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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Retellings I Want To Read
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These all sound really good and I couldn't agree more with the ones that I've read. I actually really liked Ash & Bramble and I wasn't expecting to love it at all. I hope you like them!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2015 at 10:50 AM
I loved Cress! Such a great story :) I can't wait to read Winter later this year. I've read the first Dorothy Must Die book but not the 2nd, hopefully sometime soon. Love your list :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2015 at 10:51 AM
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I haven't read any but I keep seeing Crimson Bound on a ton of lists so I think I need to check it out!ReplyDelete
I need to read a lot of these as well. The Lunar Chronicles are fantastic though. I can't wait for Winter!ReplyDelete
Cassi @ My Thoughts Literally
Yes! I forgot about Meagan Spooner's upcoming book. I still need to read Cress too and i'm really excited for Winter. Crimson Bound and Mechanica look so good. I'm hoping I can continue on with the Splintered series very soon.ReplyDelete
Olivia @ Fluttering Pages
Oh The Lunar Chronicles is one series that I'm lookimg forward to read. Dorothy must die as well. The rest are books that I've yet to check out but I love the covers!ReplyDelete
I'm really going to need you to hurry up and catch up on the Lunar Chronicles before Winter comes out! lol. I know you weren't impressed by Cinder, but trust, it gets better I promise. The flower guy on the front, isn't that from the Splintered series of something. I remember you telling me about it, and I believe I added the first book with the girl on the cover to my TBR. I am DYING to read Winter, and I haven't heard about dead upon a time, but I'll be looking that up as well. Good list Jaz, not get to reading Cress girl!ReplyDelete
Great list!!!ReplyDelete
My ttt
So excited about Mechanica! I've always loved retellings of Cinderella.ReplyDelete
I've heard great things about Dorothy Must Die. I'm not a huge fan of retellings, but I might have to pick that one up.ReplyDelete
Aj @ Read All The Things!


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remains up in the air
"I spoke to seven residents whose homes border the lot which the association approached us for use as a park," said Stephens in his monthly planning commission report to the board. "Only two were in favor of the park while the other five were either against the idea or voiced concerns with a park at that location."
The issue of liability was posed to by nearby homeowners. Owners were concerned the proposed park might become a hangout for teenagers. "Some residents were concerned about supervision of the park and who would be responsible if someone were to get hurt," Stephens said.
Stephens noted the two families in favor of the park had children living at home, while the five with concerns had grown children.

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FAU Grad from Wellington Fired From 'Apprentice'
FAU Grad from Wellington Fired From 'Apprentice'
Feb. 18, 2007
By By Skip Sheffield
Boca Raton News
If you?re going to be fired, you might as well do in a grand way.
Marisa DeMato was fired by no less than Donald Trump Jan. 28 on the fourth episode of NBC-TV?s nationally broadcast Sunday night series, ?The Apprentice.? DeMato, 28, took the experience calmly and unflinching, with dignity intact.
?The Kinetic team was a great team,? she said recently, relaxing at Sanborn Square in Boca Raton. ?We had sales, marketing, entertainment industry and lawyers. We got to stay in a beautiful mansion on Mulholland Drive that had a spectacular view of Los Angeles. I thought I came up with a good idea with the chicken suit, but Heidi shot it down. I think she had a real problem with me. I know I?m a very strong person. I could see it coming.?
?It? is Donald Trump?s stern declaration, ?You?re fired!?
Weep not for Marisa DeMato. The Wellingtonian already has a good day job as a lawyer at the Boca Raton office of Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins. She has her own Web site (MarisaDeMato.com) and her friend and fellow lawyer Stuart Davidson has created a Marisa DeMato blog on Blogspot.com.
Nicknamed ?The Politico? on ?The Apprentice,? DeMato makes no bones about having political ambitions.
?I am still in contact with NBC,? she confirms. ?And they will be flying me back to California for the finale. Everyone on the show has an agenda. I was thrilled when they nicknamed me `The Politico? because I do have political aspirations.?
DeMato majored in political science at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, and while an undergraduate she served as an intern for U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler. When she was in law school at the University of Baltimore, she was a legal intern in the office of the attorney general of Maryland.
Like all ?Apprentice? contestants, DeMato was selected at a casting call. In her case, it was Tampa in March of last year. When DeMato made the first cut, she returned for a second round in Tampa.
Excitement was mounting in her law office as she made that cut and was invited to fly to California to meet Trump himself.
?For the first time, Donald Trump personally selected each of the candidates,? she revealed. ?We didn?t know we were going to meet him. He is very involved in the California production.? So are Trump?s daughter Ivanka and son Donald, Jr.
?I got along very well with Ivanka,? she reported. ?I admire Donald Jr. He is very serious and has a strong work ethic, like his dad.?
Despite her rapport with the Trumps, DeMato ran afoul of another alpha female, Kinetic team captain Heidi Androl. Both teams were charged with promoting a new dish at a California chicken restaurant chain called El Pollo Loco. Whichever team made the most money in one day would be declared winner.
DeMato said she wanted to call it the ?Bravado Bowl? but was shot down in favor of ?Paradise Pollo Bowl.?
Another of DeMato?s ideas was to have someone dress up in a chicken suit as the chain?s mascot to drum up business on the street. Heidi rejected the idea, but DeMato says there is more to it than meets the eye.
?What they didn?t show in the final edit was that the Arrow team used the chicken suit as part of its promotion. If they had showed that, I would have been vindicated.?
Nevertheless the Arrow Team won and DeMato was ?fired? from her non-paying job. At one point The Donald warned her to ?shut up? as she tried to defend herself.
In the time since she left the show, she has used her higher profile to advantage as a pro bono speaker for worthy causes such as the Democratic Party, cancer and stem cell research. At 6:30 p.m. March 2 she will speak at the American Diabetes Association Carnivale in Wellington.
?I?m her Number One fan,? declared Stuart Davidson. ?It was very exciting to have someone we know on national television. We are all very proud of Marisa, and we think she has a very bright future.?
?The Apprentice? airs at 9 p.m. Sunday on NBC-TV channels.


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The key to revising, in my eyes, is planning. Throughout the year I think that it is crucial to make notes in every lesson and make sure you understand what you have learnt, then go over your notes that evening so that you are confident on the subject. Don't be afraid to ask your teacher for help if you do not understand at the time, it will make your life significantly easier in the future. When it comes to serious revising in summer, the process suddenly becomes a lot easier and manageable as you have already understood the whole course. From Christmas time to Easter I will write all my notes on to revision cards, with a question based on the syllabus on one side, and the answers on another side. However, I know that revision cards are not best suited to everyone, some prefer just writing on paper or making posters, but what you have learnt needs to be written down because the process of physically writing involves conscious thought and it is much more difficult to switch off, unlike just reading through a textbook. I can then use these cards at anytime, making sure I regularly test my knowledge and, most importantly, make mistakes which I can then learn from. After this learning stage, past papers are very useful. I usually do one or two for each exam using the book to help me and take a long time over each question, then mark them in detail. If there are any topics that you are finding particularly difficult, make sure you spend time doing extra questions, until it becomes your strongest topic. I usually do the remaining papers on my own without the book as a mock and I spend a lot of time seeing how the mark scheme wants me to answer the question. I do as many past papers as I possibly can, and I usually do about two within the week before the exam. During this intense revision period, take breaks and use your breaks productively, such as doing some exercise or playing an instrument. You cannot work all day every day with no breaks. It is also normal to be stressed, and I would be worried if you weren't stressed. I believe it is important to be able to use that stress wisely and convert it to motivation to revise.
Matthew Adams


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Boterkoek has almond flavoring and real butter in it, so try and eat just one wedge!
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp. almond flavoring
1 1/2 cups flour*
3/4 tsp. xanthan gum
1.5 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1.5 tsp. baking powder
Cream butter, sugar, egg, and flavoring together. add remaining ingredients. press into an 8" or 9" round pan. moisten top with milk. bake at 350 for 30 minutes. cut into wedges.


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parenting and slackness
|Yep, back as a rigpig.
Since I was pointed to/at a job notice in September, I have had a lucrative three months. As far as strict parenting goes as a single parent goes, I have let it go, shouting and ranting only when there is a mess, and keeping to myself and my hobbies* and letting the kids free rein on the family TV.
Seems a bit rough, but the gels have their aunt around, a few days or more a week for Female Company/ Role Model. As a pool is involved at her place, I think she is like me, 'let em go for it' with their young cousin.
The second child is a little tougher to handle, he could be out on his own this time next year, and his freedom and phone are pretty important to him at the moment. Well.. To both of us. But I am not paying for vices for him, his phone bill is too much almost to bear. Even if I could afford it, his cap is over nearly every time the bill comes round. I mean, five or six pages of text messages on the bill each month- who has time to spend on text messaging? I reckon he will have it hard enough with this last year of high school anyway and only a few bucks a week to pay the bill. However, his friends and GF manage not to sponge too much off their folks, or even save money! We did have a dinner out together the other night, nice meal, then a few games of eight-ball later. Nice night out.
Eldest child is happy enough I think. At the moment he is happy to help out with stuff around the house here while on vacation from uni, baby sitting the kid, shopping for the house, a bit of cooking and lots of [free] downloading, and doing my delivery job while I am away during the day on a rig earning some real money!
And the newest problem or addition to my menagerie is this little hand me down [below] from #2Son's friend Jonnie... About 3 months old, male, and so is onto EVERYTHING. A firm grip on the nape when an attack occurs seems to have intimidated him that I am IN CHARGE, bit the gels are letting him give them war scars.... He loves chasing the red spot from a little laser pointer- it is FUNNY. So here is the little squirt, resting from a hard days labour entertaining the troops..
My father in law had a birthday the other week, the big 80. I think. And is over his Whopping Cough illness a bit more too. Imagine a doctor [GP] or hospital staff not recognising that- UNBELIEVABLE any way, anti-biotics, and feeling better is how it's going.
My father is in Tassy, at a wooden boat Show with my brother and a cousin's hubby. is that not nice or waht. So far they are eating well. I think. And the weather has been nice for them too.
Other local buzz is a huge bush fire out of control for three weeks now or more- north west of us by 40km, covering a huge 75000 hectares- that is 750Km2 or 289 square miles or 185330 acres. I just wish that officials or the media would say 20 miles by 14 miles, with the active perimeter as say 200km long? And another fire out of control is greater than 10000 hectares in the Alpine region 130km NNE. What a great Country!
*My TV, Solitaire, The Portable Vineyard watering program, work paperwork and some beers.


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Footprints stained into the pavement,I now realize that you will outlive me.
I remember joyfully the day you were made
With pavement-worn, blackened, white-soled shoes
In a pleasant, warm, winter rain.
Now the rain and winter have passed,
The summer sun beating down upon you,
Yet marked on the pavement you still rest.
In the coming days my time here will end
Yet I take strength from knowing
Upon the pavement you will remain
even once I have left.


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[Bacon pigs [trials: wheat, wheat and lysine, horsebean and methionine, 00 rapeseed, soybean cakes, two-row barley and animal fats, flaking cereals, extruded wheat, wheat and horsebean, silage-maize (grain or grain and cob)]]. [French] [1988]
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Monnaie (France). Departement de l' Elevage des Monogastriques. [Corporate Author]


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We had a great time baking and meeting new friends in Johor Bahru (JB). We had 3 sets of baking on the first day instead of two by request and at the end all of us got into being a zombie . . . . yeah, we were so tired and went straight to our bunker!
There were a lot of changes in the Johor Bahru scenery, lots of new roads and new buildings as for food, I would amazingly say, just amazing, just delicious, just awesome!. We had loads of Italian food, you just can't imagine, just pure lovely, perfect pasta and drooling pizza. We had japanese too, outstanding flavours, fresh shashimi, truely teppanyaki of a whole squid, unagi maki, tempura, not forgetting the garlic fried rice and flushed down with a few cup of rejunevating cooling green tea.
Another exciting menu we had, it was the Bak Kut Teh flushed within the Johor Bahru downtown scene, it was totally amazing delicious. Yet another exciting meal we had was the beef noodle and also the stewed duckling noodle, both amazingly delicious, something not to be missed and I will defintely post about them this coming weeks.
And as for today, I am going to share my delicious discovery of baking, a chocolate vanilla olive oil cake and a recipe by a modest, loyal, good looking and a winning pastry chef himself, Chef Ronny Leung from the famous Hong Kong Club.


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Saturday, April 20, 2019
Idles, stylised as IDLES, are an English punk rock band formed in Bristol in 2012. They released their debut album Brutalism in 2017 to critical acclaim.
Idles has their roots in the Bat-Cave Night Club in Bristol, ran by singer Joe Talbot and bassist Adam Devonshire, who met while at university in Exeter, eventually deciding to start a band. According to Talbot, "It took us a long time to get productive because we didn't know what the fuck we were doing at all, we were fucking terrible for a long time." The band's first release was the Welcome EP in 2012. By 2014 the band comprised Talbot, Devonshire, guitarists Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan, and drummer Jon Beavis. They released a second EP, Meat, and Meta, an EP of remixes, in 2015, and then started writing songs for their debut album.
After the 2016 singles "Well Done" and "Divide & Conquer", the band's first album, Brutalism, was released in March 2017 to critical acclaim. DIY magazine, gave it 4 stars, calling it "An exhilarating escape along frenzied rhythms and powerhouse rhythms with a ferocious commentary for guidance...as vital as it is volatile." The Line of Best Fit website gave it 9/10, calling Idles "one of the most exciting British bands right now". It got 8/10 from PopMatters, with Ian King calling it "bracing, caustic, and relentless". Uncut gave it a similarly positive review, calling it "A rare rock record with the rage, urgency, wit and shattering of complacency usually found in grime." Talbot's mother died after a long illness while the band was working on the album, and is pictured on the cover, along with a sculpture by Talbot and his father. Her death gave Talbot and the band a new focus. They toured to support Brutalism, and supported The Maccabees on the London shows of their farewell tour, as well as supporting the Foo Fighters for the O2 Arena's 10th Birthday. Followed by several festival appearances throughout Europe, and began working on their second album, Joy as an Act of Resistance, which is due to release on the 31st of August 2018.
Often described as post-punk, Talbot rejects the label, saying in June of 2017 "We're not a post punk band. I guess we have that motorik, engine-like drive in the rhythm section that some post punk bands have but we have plenty of songs that aren't like that at all."
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idles_(band)


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Monday, September 5, 2011
If You Are Not Over The Top, You Will Be Under The Radar
RT Staff Note: This is a rewind from a few years ago.
I was chatting with a parent at a Labor Day Weekend party about our sons baseball schedules the past several years. We talked about the hundreds of games, the travel, the cost and the commitment it takes to play at the next level. He gave me a look like I was from another planet. So I asked him, "You have this incredulous look on your face. You think I'm over the top don't you"?
He paused for a moment and said. "No, it just hit me what it's going to take for my son (an 11 year old) to play at that level."
We also talked about the excitement and high ratings of this years CWS in Omaha. I reminded him that all of those players that were in the College Baseball World Series have what many not familiar with our world would call "over the top parents". And every day, those players are extremely thankful that their parents had the vision, patience, dedication and extra money in the cookie jar to help them realize that dream of playing Next Level Baseball.
We touched upon Olympic athletes too. The one message that has been loud and clear during any past Olympics was that each and every athlete at those events had an "Over The Top" work ethic and were supported by parents that knew what it took to succeed at that level. We all know how dedicated Michael Phelps mom had been. But, the countless of other athletes from track and field, softball, volleyball, fencing, rowing, tennis and even some sports I had never heard of before, had that same support group at home.
These parents are all very aware of the sacrifices it takes to play at a higher level and to succeed as an elite athlete. Is it over the top? Well, since the Olympics in Beijing were the most watched in Olympic history, I think the world has spoken that they at least appreciate the results they saw from the athletes. Most people are just unaware of the road it takes to get there.
That's why the parent I was talking to at the party had that look on his face. He had never put an elite athletes preparation and schedule into perspective before. He began the conversation by asking about my son who is competing at the collegiate level and the year round commitment he spent on reaching that goal was way more than he thought it would be. But, he now realizes that all Next Level athletes are elite athletes. They must compete with and against other elite athletes, whether it's in their region, conference, NCAA Division or on the world stage. The hard work to get to any next level requires a special desire and attitude, incredible work ethic, a wad of mom and dads money and of course, a good dose of talent helps too.
Sports parents are no different than the parent that pays for extra educational tutoring for their child, or music, dance and art lessons. Thank goodness for parents that care enough for their children to want to give them more opportunities to succeed.
So, if you have a son that wants to play next level baseball, both of you need to start thinking a bit over the top, out of the box and into the next level of your previous routines. That's what college coaches are looking for and it's the only thing that will make your son that elite athlete that will be in their radar not under it.
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The main idea in both stories 'A Way of Talking' and 'A Game of Cards' is close relationships, especially within the family. This is important because we can understand how people think, and how we can overcome problems or family differences.
In 'A Way of Talking' Hera and Rose have a close relationship, Hera is proud of her sister and enjoys talking to her and listening to her. When Rose mimics the professors, the family laughs. By doing this, Rose is sharing her experiences in the big city with her rural dwelling family and making these authority figures (professors) seem less scary. The reader enjoys seeing the humour and laughter in the relationship, and seeing the closeness between the sisters. This relationship is tested when rose questions Jane's racist comment. "He's been down the road getting Maoris for scrub cutting." Hera is embarrassed 'I was wild with Rose' and wishes that Rose had kept quiet.
Hera resents her sister's boldness initially but when she tries to tell her sister how she felt she gets a surprise. Rose says "Don't worry, Honey, she's got a thick hide." This comment makes Hera feel as if Rose "a lot older" than her. It opens her eyes to the fact that her sister is also "very hurt." This changes the relationship between the sisters, at least from Hera's point of view, and this new understanding probably brings them even closer.
In "A Game of Cards" there is also a close relationship between the narrator and the main character, Nanny Miro. The narrator loves his nanny very much and the reader gets the sense that he admires her too. Nanny Miro also loves the narrator. "Everybody used to say I was her favorite mokopuna,". We can see that they have a close...


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And in that moment I was right back there: six and a half months pregnant with my first child one warm Saturday in September, waiting in the dim, flagstoned lobby to depart while my mother-in-law, who came alive in the company of her children and grandchildren, took her long-drawn-out leave of them. After a while, I began to feel a bit giddy and leant against the wall. 'You'd better get used to this,' said my (now ex-) husband's aunt in my ear, her tone as dry as a bolt being shot home. 'You're a G------- now, my girl.'
Ghosts to lay, then. Though there was no strong sense of returning. It's been taken over by a chain in the meantime, its former quirkiness Farrow and Balled into nondescription. In any event it was warm enough to sit outside: our first outdoors pub lunch of 2017.
This is on account of the proximity of Sully Island and the huge tidal range of the Severn estuary, which means the causeway connecting it to the mainland for three hours either side of low tide is covered by rushing water at a dramatic speed.
By the time we'd eaten, the tide was already far too high for us to contemplate going out there, though Ted was undeterred.
As it was, we didn't hang about on it for long. There was three minutes between this photo ...
... and this one.
Sully island will have to wait for another day.
Flat Holm and Steep Holm wrapped in mist and the wrong way round
Back on the opposite side of the Severn, it was time to celebrate my father's birthday. He is 95 today, and this being the opposite side of the Severn, in an excellent mood on account of the rugby.
Not a bad day.


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Have you ever watched someone eat ice cream and it made you so hungry that you wanted some too? I can't do dairy, nor do I do sugar, so ice cream is not in my diet. But man..... I get so hungry for it.
I don't normally do baked goods either so the only treats I get are fruit or fruit smoothies.
Now, with Yonanas, I can have ice cream made with just fruit. It tastes just like ice cream. It feels just like ice cream. It melts just like ice cream. It is so good that you will want to eat it every day.
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2 Bananas
2 Tablespoons Peanut Butter
That's it!! Nothing else goes into this ice cream, yet it tastes great!
The Yonanas Maker makes your ice cream fat free, dairy free and guilt free.
Well, if you add peanut butter you are adding some fat, so just be aware of that.
The Yonanas is very easy to use.
Freeze your fruit and when you are ready to make ice cream, take your fruit out of the freezer and let thaw for 15 minutes.
Put your fruit through the Yonanas and Walla!! Ice Cream that is so good it is Sinful.
Plus, clean up is a breeze.
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I also made some Strawberry Banana Ice Cream with a few blue berries in it. The combination of fruits you can use in this are endless.
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Warren Buffett recently sold a private lunch with the billionaire investor on eBay. The auction sold for more than $1 million. When you compare that to some of the past years' winning bids, you'll recognize that it's a bargain.
On Friday, an anonymous bidder submitted a bid for $1,000,100, and it was the winning bid on eBay. The proceeds of this auction go to the Glide Foundation. The foundation is known to help the homeless and poor in the city of San Francisco.
Over the last five years, this auction has generated bids of at least $2 million or more. Last year the lunch went for a record setting $3.5 million.
Warren Buffett has been gradually giving away his money over the last seven years, since 2006. Eventually, he has plans to split most of his Berkshire shares between five different charitable foundations. The biggest chunk of his fortune will go to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.


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The Associate of Business ("ABUS") degree at SCC prepares students for transfer into an upper-division business program at a university. This degree is designed for students wishing to pursue a CIS degree for transfer to university. Students can transfer at least 64 credits to the business schools at the University of Arizona, Northern Arizona University, Arizona State University, and many private schools in-state and out-of-state. Many of these universities require that you complete the ABUS.
Students wanting to pursue an ABUS and transfer to a university to complete a bachelor's degree in business should be serious about business as a major. The ABUS is one of the more difficult associate degrees to complete. Please contact the Business Department ABUS Adviser Cindy Gemberling at email@example.com to arrange an appointment.
Why complete the ABUS at SCC?
- Up to 64 credits transfer toward a 120-credit bachelor's degree
- Completion of Arizona General Education Requirements (AGEC) guarantees admission to to any state university
- Smaller classes - more personalized instruction
- Business instructors with industry experience
- Free tutoring for tough courses
- Much lower tuition than universities - save money for two years
- Free parking and close access to classrooms
Note: Completion of a Business Transfer Associate Degree guarantees your acceptance to an Arizona state university and qualifies you to apply for the university's business school. However, it does NOT guarantee your acceptance to the business school. Separate application and high GPAs may be required.


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Be very careful of the quality when it comes to magic corners as some can be a bit flimsy and whatever you do don't overload them with heavy items like mixers or blenders. An easy mistake to make with corner units is to forget the corner post that comes with them – this is very important as it prevents the door handles from bashing into each other – so when ordering your base units make sure whoever you are purchasing it from knows that you need a corner unit as opposed to a standard base unit and ask for a corner post! You also need to allow for the width of this corner post when working out the best combination of base units.
Cooker hoods have become one item in the kitchen that you can really make a statement with. Top-of-the range statement hoods can cost well over £1000 so be careful when buying something that looks similar but costs a lot less – they're usually badly made. As a rule try to stick to one of the better known brands – if there is one item in the kitchen that is prone to breaking down it's the hood. As a designer I'm not particularly excited about having an "out-there'' cooker hood as they tend to date pretty quickly and it's an expensive item to change once the trends move on. So, often I think it's best to go for a concealed/integrated or canopy hood – telescopic hoods are really smart as they only project into the room when in use and are otherwise inconspicuous.
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I got a windows 10 update a couple days ago and ever since that day, I am unable to open most of my programs. Some programs that won't open include Microsoft Edge, Skype, Minecraft, League of Legends, etc. I can't even open the settings for my computer to try to reset my PC. Google Chrome will open but it only appears as a white box that is useless. Some programs that will open for me are the recycle bin, FireFox, and any folders that have programs or any other files in them.
When I start up my computer, I enter in my login info, and it brings me to my desktop. If I click the start button, it brings up the start menu. When I do something else however, I am no longer able to click the start button as it doesn't bring up the start menu. When I hover my mouse over the area to where the start menu should be, my mouse turns into the blue loading circle. I can't click anything when my cursor is the blue loading circle.
When I hit Ctrl+Alt+Del it only brings up a black screen where the only thing I can see is my cursor. I can get out of this black screen by hitting the esc key.
When I attempt to download something from FireFox, It downloads on my computer but then I am unable to execute it When I download something it usually asks for admin permission in the screen that makes the background go darker, but after this update I got it only makes the background darker and doesn't show the actual box with the information and Yes/No options to download something. In order for me to get out of the darkened screen, I can't simply press esc. I have to hit Ctrl+Alt+Del, then it takes me back to what I was looking at previously for a second, then goes black. Then I can press esc to go back to what I was doing.
I just recently right clicked my desktop and hit "Display Settings" and it brings up the error "ms-settings:display" saying "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Please install a program or, if one is already installed, create an association in the Default Programs control panel.
I have attempted to run system restore but to no success.
We got this computer back in 2013 and was originally Windows 8.
I can provide some screenshots of pretty much anything if that would help my case.


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Henplais 9:4
4Hauv chav ntawd muaj lub thaj kub uas hlawv hmoov tshuaj tsw qab thiab muaj lub phij xab sib cog lus uas luam kub thoob plaws txhua fab huvsi, sab hauv muaj ib lub me hub kub ntim mana, thiab muaj Aloo tus pas nrig uas tawg cos paj thiab ob daim txiag zeb uas sau tej lus cog tseg.
Text Copyright © 2004 Thailand Bible Society
Quotations of the White Hmong Holy Bible Standard Version, in any form, must obtain written permission from Thailand Bible Society if the quoted material is inclusive of at least 1,000 verses, or a copy of any book wholly or partially which amounts to 50 percent of the book quoted. For any long quotation, notice of copyright must appear as follows: Text Copyright © 2004 Thailand Bible Society. Used by permission.


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Probably, a newbie spectator of this building would say: 'What strange it looks like! Those are pillars, really?' Indeed they are, although there is a concrete core which supports the most of the efforts.
The main idea is quite simple. If there is a quantity of efforts at the very base to convey to the earth, there will be only a half in some plant, an even less up the building. As the structure is made with concrete slabs, it is possible to locate the pillars where it is wanted to. Otherwise the structure would be more regular. Also, some pillars are no longer needed beyond some story.
Not to forget the passerby, I must say that quaint structure does its best to show off. In fact, the effect is very well achieved from my opinion. Nonetheless, after I had consulted a book for the plants design, I thought they are just correct. I must warn that I have not study at them thoroughly, and of course there are some remarkable details such as the ramp oblique position. But, could the building have been developed by focusing on the plants design instead of the structures show-off? Sure. I do not know if it would be better, though. Now let look at the street and think it is supposed to be Lima. Now, let think about the expense of a red colored concrete. Although concrete may be a cheap material in Peru, are costs really worthwhile? I do not know, it is just something to think through.
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One habit I've been trying to develop the past few weeks is to say THANK YOU. Not that I don't say it enough, because I do (probably even more than the average person does). It's one of those things my mom has long instilled in us (and is apparently her #1 trait when I made her take this psychological test back when I was still in college). The habit I'm trying to develop, though, is saying THANK YOU to strangers I meet everyday who deserve gratitude but are often neglected because, well, what they're doing is "part of their job".
I think I came up with this idea when I was on the bus one time and the driver was all *VROOM* *SCREECH* *INSTANT BRAKE* the whole trip and I thought, when I get down, I'm going to go all, 'Thanks, Kuya, for getting me safely to my destination' complete with sarcastic tone. But then I thought, regardless if he's a reckless driver or not, you do owe him for getting you safely to your destination. I mean, you could have died, but he wasn't reckless enough for you to have to fear for your life. Somehow you still knew you were getting to where you wanted to go and you didn't feel the need to call your loved ones to utter your final words.
And then there's this one thing my friend posted on Facebook a couple days ago. He basically expressed his disappointment toward the people who rode the jeep and didn't say thank you whenever they asked someone to forward their fare to the driver. That got me thinking again because, oh my gosh, I'm one of those people! *guilt* I never really paid much attention to it because, like I said, it's already common practice and it's basically "part of your job" to pass on your fellow passenger's bayad. But then again not really, because you have the option to just stare at the person and have him crouch towards the front to hand over the bayad himself.
I've been testing this resolution out on tricycle drivers lately. The past few weeks, whenever I get off, I always make it a point to say thank you after handing in my fare. Awhile ago, though, I was caught off-guard. The driver beat me to it by saying thank you first! I'm making a big fuss out of this because it's the first time in a VERY LONG TIME that I got a thank you from a tricycle driver. Some of the tricycle drivers in my village have attitude problems — maybe because they're aware that I'm the one in need of their services. Although this is true, they're also the ones in need of my money. They have a "boundary system", you see, wherein they need to reach a certain amount in a day to give back to the owner of the tricycle they're driving. If they earn extra, they get to keep it. That's probably why drivers in our village prefer going on "special trips". What they don't realize is that they could earn more if they have 4 people ride and pay 8 pesos each than have 1 person ride and pay 20. Sometimes laziness makes you stupid.
But I digress. And lose my point entirely.
OH! WAIT! I remember now! Although it's true that we are in need of their services, we can always wait for another (less annoying) tricycle (driver) to take us where we want to go. So yes, it's our job to be pleasant to each other.
Anyway, moving on.
I guess I just feel like the world would be a much better place if people learned to be just a little more grateful. Twitter would definitely be less negative if people stopped complaining about how the air is too cold and instead thank God for even allowing us to experience such a temperature in this tropical country that we live in!
I feel like being grateful about even the most mundane things can make a huge amount of difference. It sure has for me.
Maybe if you say THANK YOU more often, Mr. Tricycle Driver would be less of a douchebag. Maybe if you say THANK YOU more often, Kuya Busboy won't spit on your food. Maybe if you say THANK YOU more often, Kuya Magtataho will place more sago and sugar on your next taho order. Maybe if you say THANK YOU more often, your forever PMS-ing officemate would be less of a bitch. Maybe if you say THANK YOU more often, God (or the universe, whatever you believe in) will reward you and give you more things to be thankful about in the future. Maybe. 🙂
So there.
To you — THANK YOU for reading my brainfart of an entry. 🙂


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If you are in to scrap booking or thinking about scrapping to do something cool with that giant box-o-pics you have at the bottom of your closet, then you have probably spent some time looking at other peoples scrapbook pages for ideas and inspiration. I'm sure you have admired the colorful papers and embellishments, and journaling, but I am willing to bet that the pages that truly 'grabbed' your heart the most were the ones with one or two quality photos where the photos were the star of the page. Right?
So now let's think about this.... What makes a quality "photo" vs. a snapshot?
Here are some really high-level, simple rules that will immediately improve most photos:
1. Fill the frame with the main subject. Get close or zoom in.
2. Take candid shots instead of rigidly posed shots.
3. Take the photo at a fun angle. Don't take a picture standing with the camera straight on every time. Tilt the camera, hold it high and have the subject look up, hold it low and angle up to the subject. Get down on the ground with kids and pets.
4. Don't force a smile. The most moving images are when the person has a natural expression.
5. Catch mid-giggle pics of kids.
6. Make sure there is lots of natural light. Avoid the harsh light of the flash whenever possible. Daylight with the subject near a window works great or outdoors on overcast days or at sunrise/sunset when the light gives the subject a warm glow.
7. Don't center the subject in every shot. Move the camera so that the main subject is off to one side. Also, don't center horizon lines when taking outdoor shots. Follow the "Rule of Thirds".
8. Use interesting crops to show just a portion of the photo, like maybe the whole body without the head in the frame, or just show the hands or feet.
and more...
Please check back to this blog for photography tips on how to take better photos part 2 coming soon.
Here is an example of some pages found on flickr that I think exemplify some of the tips mentioned above(permission to blog granted by the owners):
Sweet Tender Moments Digital Scrapbook Page by Christine Smith
Originally uploaded by Christine_Smith
Cute Digital Scrapbook Page by Christine Smith
Originally uploaded by Christine_Smith
Kitty 6"x6" scrapbook page
Originally uploaded by smiling.jessica
The pages above, IMHO, are embellished in a way to bring the photo more attention vs. draw attention from it. The memory is the foremost subject of the page, and that is what tugs at our hearts, makes us smile, or gives us warm fuzzies!
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A little nostalgia for you, from about 1988, if I am not mistaken, when I was having some promo shots taken. Hard to believe that is almost twenty years ago. Here I am with my Strat, which, incidentally hasn't been played in a while.
Ah yes … those were the days.


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Another Metronome
For my next iPhone app I'm working on a metronome. I know what you're thinking – another metronome?!? Yes. Another one. Before you run away, let me explain…ok, I guess there's not much to explain. There's a lot of metronome apps out there on the store, but as you might imagine, a huge percentage of those are just plain crap. New ones keep coming and going, and yet, Tempo by Frozen Ape continues to stand tall above the rest. Don't get me wrong, Tempo is a great metronome. I just think it's time to take a shot at gaining that spotlight for a while. Plus, I think I've got a few things I can bring to the table that will set mine apart too. We'll see. Anyway, the reason for the post is I've been working today on getting a Tap Tempo feature up and running. I think I've found a pretty good implementation.
Averaging it Out
The basic idea behind a tap tempo for a metronome is that the user will tap on a button along with the beat of a song, and the metronome will figure out the beats-per-minute and set itself to that tempo. So, all you really have to do is keep track of when the user taps, calculate the average time between taps, and then convert from length of time to BPM. Simple right? The problem is that you're trying to measure a very precise amount of time, and you only get a couple of samples to measure and average, and most importantly – it's a human pressing that button, not a machine. That, combined with any slight latency in the device, makes for a tricky situation when deciding on what BPM the person is trying to tap. Tiny differences in the time interval between taps can have a big affect on the BPM calculated from it. At exactly 120 BPM, there all 2 beats per second, so the interval between taps will be .5 seconds. At 130 BPM, the interval will be .4615 seconds – so a difference of less than 5/100ths of a second between taps will yield a BPM that's completely different! I don't care how good a musician you are, nobody can tap consistently with that kind of accuracy. And when it comes to trying to match the tempo of a song, even a difference of 1 BPM will be noticeably "off" within just a few beats or maybe measures. Sticking with the example of 120, the difference in tap interval between that and 121 BPM is less than 1/200th of a second, and yet musically, just one BPM different is a large difference. Obviously, the trick here is to get as many samples as possible and average them together – the more taps you can collect, hopefully the closer you can zero in on that desired tempo. To implement this in Objective-C, I'm just using good old NSDates and an NSMutableArray. Each time the user taps, the date is added to the array. Once at least two taps have been registered, use [NSDate timeIntervalSinceDate:] to find the interval between the two. When 3 or more taps have been recorded, loop through these and store each interval, then average them together. More taps = better average = closer to desired tempo. Not too hard, right?
What's the Catch?
The problem then, is how and when to break out of the cycle. You want to store as many taps as possible to allow the user to really zero in on the desired tempo, but you can't keep adding and averaging intervals forever. What if they want to set a new tempo? What if they mis-tap a time or two and you need to clear out those bad taps? What if they start tapping quarter notes and then realize they'd rather do eighth notes? For my implementation, I've addressed each of these problems like this:
1. Setting a new tempo. This one's pretty easy and is commonly done with a simple timer. Each time the user taps, an NSTimer is scheduled with a specific interval, if no new taps are received before the timer fires, then we assume the user has found their desired tempo and stopped tapping, and we clear out the cache of intervals. So, if they start tapping again, we've got a clean slate and are ready to calculate any tempo they might want. The timer technically only has to be slightly longer than the slowest tempo we want to be able to calculate. For example, 30 BPM = 2 seconds between each tap, so as long as we wait at least 2 seconds before clearing out the cache, we can calculate tempos as slow as 30 BPM.
2 & 3 go together: Mis-taps and/or just plain bad tapping, and quickly and drastically changing tempo – e.g. switching from quarter notes to eighth notes. Although these may seem kind of like edge cases, I think they are actually quite common. I know I myself have run into these problems when using other metronome apps, and I haven't found one yet that addresses them very well, hence, my own implementation. For example, what if you're trying to find a tempo to record your own song at? There's no music playing to follow along with, just music in your head – or live from your instrument. As you go, you may be tapping along a little faster now, a little slower now, trying to find the right speed, or even start out WAY too slow or fast and want to adjust your tapping on the fly. Or, perhaps a song has a very slow tempo. You start tapping along to the quarter notes, but realize that's too inaccurate, so you immediately start tapping eighth notes. Well, if our only escape mechanism is the timer, then the only way to get the metronome to calculate a new tempo is to stop tapping completely, wait until the timer fires – and two seconds really is a LONG time to wait – and then start again at the new tempo. Otherwise, all those taps will be used in the calculation, and the average won't be anything close to what you're looking for. This waiting is completely unintuitive and potentially very frustrating to any user. There's no clear way to tell them, "sorry but you're going to have to stop tapping until my timer fires, and then you can start again." The most common way to deal with this is to limit the number of taps that are used to calculate the average. Start out too slow? Well, just keep tapping, and eventually those old, bad taps will be pushed out by the new, correct ones. Problem here is, we want to use as many taps as possible to get a good average, but if we use too many, then the user can run into these problem situations where the metronome is really slow to respond to large changes in tapping speed. How can you compensate for these limitations while making the whole thing intuitive an invisible to the user? My solution: As each new tap comes in, compare it to the previous average. If it falls outside of a certain range of acceptable variation, throw out all the old ones and start over from scratch. Now we've got the best of both worlds: if the taps are nice and steady, just keep on collecting intervals, and the average keeps getting more and more accurate. But, if a rogue tap comes in, you don't have to wait for the 2 second timeout or the old taps to "fall off" the end of the array, just keep on tapping, and the metronome will adjust to follow your new tempo! One of those simple little situations where the little details can make the difference between frustration and pleasure for the user, trying to make sure the mechanics of the interface fade into the background and get it to "just work."


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Recently we celebrated our Wedding Anniversary. We decided to go sledding, yes, snow sledding. Utah boasts the greatest snow on Earth! Although most of our pre-marriage dating was in a beach setting, sledding brought back "the sense of love and passion and excitement and connection" that Griswold preaches. We have added back in simple yet exciting activities to our dating. Small adjustments can create excitement like going to see live theater rather than a movie, , or making a meal that we often ate when we were first married (with greater cooking experience!) or booking a local hotel room instead of staying at home Creating new memories can flourish the old, and make marriage sweeter. Novelty in dating seem to be the key to creating new memories and recreating that loving excitement that we crave. ~SimplySweetMarriage.com
For satisfying marriage go for exciting over pleasantBy JAMIE GRISWOLD
Aron says couples should try activities that are new and challenging for both parties. "What maintains the sense of love and passion and excitement and connection, is that each of you is feeling that the relationship and the partner is making you grow, and giving excitement to your life, and you associate that with the relationship."
"If you go canoeing all the time, going canoeing again isn't that great a thing," says Aron. "If you go to the opera all the time, fine enjoy it, but if you've never gone to the opera and as long as neither of you hate the opera, give it a try."
Aron says beyond adding exciting activities day-to-day, you should also consider how you can help your partner grow in their long term goals.
"The things that affect you most are things that are new and challenging and exciting. In the long term though it's things that you feel you're growing from, that you have more in your life because of your partner."
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