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Accommodation options within 8km from Saltycrax Backpackers/ Surf hostel include:
SaltyCrax Backpackers Cape Town, South Africa is ideal for the watersports enthusiast. We are situated close to the beautiful white beaches of Blouberg and the famous Kite Beach.
Ocean Blue Guest House is ideally located within easy walking distance to a host of local amenities,restaurants,bars, shopping,gyms,MyCiti & the world famous Blouberg Beach which boasts majestic views of Table Mountain & Robben Island.
Luxurious 2 bedroom cottage offering self-catering or B&B to leisure/business travellers (internet, telephone, satellite TV) and total privacy in a secure, upmarket residential area close to Blouberg beach, vibrant restaurants and shops
Baywatch House is ideally situated 10 minutes walk away from the shores of Table Bay in Blouberg and offers safe, comfortable accommodation at affordable rates.
Located just a few hundred yards from the world-renowned Blouberg Kitesurfing Beach, this bright and cheery rental is ideal for a romantic vacation for two.


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Every project comes down to storytelling. Whether covering a national news story for one of the broadcast networks, directing a satellite media tour for an international brand, shooting an informational video for your customers or employees, helping get your message out to millions on the web, or using his camera skills for an uplifting piece that's meant to bring a smile to your viewers' day, we know how to tell the story.
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Yellow cars with mouse ears are being seen in more countries than ever. Orlando-based Truly Nolen, which uses colorful cars as a marketing tool, is now in 58 countries, having recently added New Zealand.
About one-third of the company's revenue – now topping $150 million – is from international operations, company president Scott Nolen said.


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Since 1993 Comarch's mission helps communication service providers achieve high business profitability and enhance their customer experience with end-to-end IT services and solutions. Thanks to numerous projects realized for several biggest telecom operators worldwide, we have gathered a lot of domain knowledge and industry expertise. This, among other factors, enabled us to successfully deliver projects for multiple clients (including such renowned brands as O2, T-Mobile, Vodafone, KPN, E-Plus, Orange) all over the globe.
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- NFV/SDN-ready Network Inventory provides an end-to-end view of the network as a distributed cloud, together with its complete physical and logical topology. From the NFV perspective, it helps to create intelligent applications and VNF placement algorithms, thus enabling implementation of Management and Orchestration (MANO). From the SDN perspective, it enables smart network control decisions.
- NFV/SDN-ready Service Inventory provides insights into the customer service perspective of your network (enabling the SDN controller to make smart, customer-centric decisions) and lets you view dependencies between VNFs and applications needed to make MANO customer-driven
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HAMPTON — Celebrating the great flavors of the Seacoast, the annual Toast to the Coast will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at the Ashworth by the Sea.
HAMPTON — Celebrating the great flavors of the Seacoast, the annual Toast to the Coast will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at the Ashworth by the Sea.
Presented by the Exeter Area and Hampton Area chambers of commerce, the event is underwritten by People's United Bank.
Sample a wide selection of fine wines, beer, craft brews, ales and specialty cocktail coolers, plus hors d'oeuvres and sweet treats from some of the Seacoast's finest restaurants, caterers and specialty shops, such as: Bonta Restaurant and Bar, Ron Jillian's, The Purple Urchin, Stop & Shop Exeter, The 401 Tavern, Boardwalk Cafe, Cornucopia Wine & Cheese Market, Karimah's Kitchen, The Ashworth by the Sea, The Old Salt, Edible Arrangements, Flatbread Co., Avellino's Italian Kitchen & Deli, The Community Oven and Bernie's (formerly La Bec Rouge).
Featured food will include assorted cheeses, ahi tuna, chicken, steak or turkey kabobs, carved pork with chutney, seafood cocktail, roast beef tenderloin, blackened fish tacos, feta-stuffed shrimp with prosciutto, citrus scallops, chocolate-dipped berries and milk chocolate budino.
Fine wines, champagnes and beers will be presented by Bayside and New Hampshire Distributing, Candia Vineyards, Flag Hill Winery & Distillery, Horizon Beverage, Jewell Towne Vineyards, Pine State Beverage Co., Zorvino Vineyards, Sweet Baby Vineyards and several more.
In addition to the mingling, sampling and noshing, the evening features an opportunity to determine the "Top Chef" as judges pick the best hors d'oeuvres of the evening. The Purple Urchin of Hampton won the 2012 award with crowd-pleasing crab cakes with champagne remoulde over black bean salad.
The night will also feature a raffle that includes thousands of dollars worth of prizes, including a new bike donated by Seacoast Coca Cola, summer gear, gift baskets, wine, hundreds of dollars worth of restaurant gift certificates sponsored by Taste of the Seacoast and Coastal Home Magazine, and cash.
Purchase tickets in advance for $40, or $50 at the door. Tickets may be ordered online at www.hamptonchamber.com or by calling 926-8718.
The event is sponsored by D.F. Richard, Unitil, Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., Interventional Spine Medicine, O'Brien's General Store, Taste of the Seacoast and Coastal Home magazines, and Allegra Marketing Print Mail.


text: This is a once a year event sponsored by some big names in the industry and is not your usually Friday night drag. The event takes place at: Palm Beach Raceway Date: Sunday, January 18th, 2015 Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm The spots are very limited I have already signed up and it is a great opportunity to air out your engine in a safe controlled environment. To sign up http://www.streetcardrags.com/ Let me know if you do sign up and we can arrange to meet before hand. I have not yet confirmed but there are a couple of P85Ds on the ticket up against a Dodge Hellcat and a Merc AMG E63s so should prove an interesting afternoon. It would be nice to see a few of us taking on the McLaren's and Lambos I think we can give them a run for the money. Please email me if you would like to attend even if you do not want to track your car it will be a great day of fast expensive cars doing what they do best Please email me if you are going and if you wish to race or just spectate if we get enough interest maybe a bite to eat after the races. Cheers Steve


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Tuesday, August 02, 2016
Doodletopia Manga
If you are interested in Manga and anime, Doodletopia Manga by Christopher Hart is the book that could help you learn it fast! After a super brief and funny introduction, the author gets straight down to the business of teaching. He starts you off by having you finish the heads and faces for which he has already provided the bases. But you don't stop at just human faces and expressions, he takes you through the process of dressing up Chibis, drawing cute animals, explaining emoticons, to completing mazes and scenes.
A very fun book for any age!
*I received this book from Blogging For Books for this review.
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In 1775 Cherokee leaders sold most of Tennessee and Kentucky to the recently arrived white settlers, but Dragging Canoe, a proud chief, said that the sacred land should not be defiled by the white man's ax and plow. "This is the Dark and Bloody Ground " he proclaimed to the assembled chiefs.
Perhaps it is the abundance of decaying mansions that harbor dark and sinister secrets, or perhaps it is Tennessee's tragic heritage of war and defeat, or it may just be the love of a good story that accounts for the fact that Tennessee is steeped in strange tales. Each of these 40 accounts has been exhaustively researched and is presented as accurately as possible, inclulding:


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Floating Island
Floating Islands and Floating Lakes are located generally well above the world's main land mass and can be found all the way up to Space. Their location makes them susceptible to Harpies in pre-hardmode, Wyverns and Arch Wyverns in Hardmode. Being at such high altitude, players often experience reduced gravity when navigating them. Both are similar in size and placement, and both rest atop Cloud and Rain Cloud blocks with background Cloud Walls.
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A Floating Island contains a mass of isolated Forest land and a house-like structure. Each world will contain at least one Floating Island, up to a possible eight maximum in large worlds.
Floating Islands will usually contain a structure constructed from Sunplate Block, Disc Wall, and Glass Wall. It will always contain exactly one Skyware Chest along with other random Skyware furniture. Each Skyware Chest contains either a Lucky Horseshoe, Starfury, Shiny Red Balloon, or Sky Mill , along with other typical Forest chest loot. Unique items are chosen at random, with the restriction that all four unique items must be spawned at least once before truly random unique items spawn on any remaining Islands.
|Map Size
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|Approximate Height
|250 - 600 ft. (125 - 300 tiles)
|450 - 800 ft (225 - 400 tiles)
|650 - 1000 ft. (325 - 500 tiles)
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Floating Lake[edit | edit source]
Floating Lakes consist of nothing more than a large body of water, suitable for Fishing. There will be relatively few of these in a world. Unlike Floating Islands, they do not have Sunplate Block structures, or any of their contents. Some exclusive catches can be found there, like the Damselfish, Sky Crates and some quest fish including sky-exclusive Cloudfish.
Floating Lakes can rarely contain Water Chests.
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- In uncommon occasions, a Floating Island won't contain a house-room, and therefore no chest. Sometimes a house-room but no chest present in any way.
- Floating Islands are randomly generated somewhere in the upper sixth of the map.
- Upon entering Hardmode, Floating Islands can become Corrupted, Crimsoned, or Hallowed if they fall within the path of the initial transformation.
- The structures found on some Floating Islands can become valid Houses for NPCs once a light source is added.
- Meteors may sometimes impact Floating Islands.
- Floating Lakes are not counted against the spawn limit for Floating Islands. eg., there can be 5 Floating Islands on a medium-sized world and still more than one Floating Lake in addition.
- It is possible to spawn on top of a Floating Island when creating a new world.
- Not all worlds will provide all the unique items found inside of Skyware Chests, meaning that the player may have to access at least one other world or fish for Sky Crates to get all the unique items.
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- Floating Islands can be located using a long-range weapon with a ricocheting projectile, such as the Water Bolt. The projectile's return will signify a landmass above.
- A bow can help locate islands as well, if the player shoots straight upwards with a high-velocity arrow; if only some arrows return, there is a sky island. (This only works on small worlds due to the height of the islands in larger worlds.)
- Gravitation Potions make locating and accessing Floating Islands much easier.
- Floating Islands will catch Fallen Stars. Areas on the surface in which Fallen Stars rarely or never fall may have a Floating Island above.
- Sometimes sky islands generate over dungeons, making them easy to get to using wings or rocket boots, and a grappling hook.
- A Gravity Globe can be quite helpful, as it provides endless gravitation.
- To protect any Floating Islands or Floating Lakes from meteors, place a chest 25 blocks from either edge of the island.
- The UFO Mount allows for endless flight, and makes finding Floating Islands easy.
- One way to find floating islands is to create a Hardcore character, die and become a Ghost, and then fly around to look for one. Once you have found one, you can log back in to your main character and navigate to it.
- Another way to find floating islands is to go up to the height where floating islands are typically found, then create a temporary skybridge using the Ice Rod.
- It is possible to locate a floating island via a water fountain falling low enough to been seen when flying.
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- Floating Islands were originally made out of Dirt and Stone Blocks. The house was either made of Gold, Silver or Copper Bricks with a single Gold Chest inside, causing it to resemble a shrine. Grass vines hanging below the island could be used to locate it as projectiles would make noise when destroying them.
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- Desktop 126.96.36.199: Sky Lakes introduced to make sky fishing easier.
- Desktop 1.2: Chests no longer require keys and islands have been revamped.
- Desktop 1.0.6: Gold Chests are now replaced with locked chests.
- Desktop 1.0.5: Common Chests are now replaced with Gold Chests.
- Desktop-Release: Introduced.
- Console-Release: Introduced.
- Mobile-Release: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.


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Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, Neurascript develops software tools that automate the recognition, extraction and indexing of information from business documents and forms. The integration of Neurascripts tools will strengthen DICOM Groups portfolio of Information Capture technologies that maximise the performance of business processes, and provide a flexible development platform to pursue large enterprise opportunities.
Said Arnold von Bren, Chief Executive Officer, DICOM Group: The acquisition of Neurascript is a natural and strategic extension of a long-standing relationship. We consider Neurascripts high-end Information Capture tools to be core technology, especially as modules for our Ascent application platform. He added: The Neurascript development team will be fully retained and strengthens our leadership position in the Information Capture market by providing significant expertise in the development of enterprise solutions.
Said Richard Brierton, Managing Director, Neurascript: Neurascript has created scalable and robust tools that streamline the transformation of documents and forms into electronic information. Our technology complements the industry-leading products of Kofax, DICOM Groups US-based product development and marketing centre. We look forward to working together to expand the pervasiveness of our Information Capture technology among our worldwide partners and customers.
For the financial year to 31 March 2004, Neurascript reported sales of 1.3m and a net profit of 43,000. As at end of March 2004, the company had net assets of 376,000, including net cash of 433,000.


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Love him or hate him, it's hard to argue Rob Zombie has his own trademark style of making movies. Interestingly though, his highly anticipated latest feature THE LORDS OF SALEM might be a change of pace for the director. Speaking to Artisan News, Zombie gave a rundown of the cinematic approach he went for with his latest movie. You can read a transcript of the chat below:
"Cinematically, I wanted to do something different, 'cause I've done all the other movies - and I like that style - sort of handheld and rough and kind of in your face, but I wanted to do something that was much more (...) controlled and composed, so it didn't seem like 'oh, I'll just throw up a hand cam and grab it'. All the shots are very symmetrical and composed... Which is kind of a stupid thing to do when you don't have a long shooting schedule, because sometimes setting up the shot takes forever and you're losing so much time doing it, but once I locked into that style I couldn't really vary from it. But, amazingly, it got done and it makes the movie look gigantic compared to the other films, because it just has this really grand approach to it. Which is really what I wanted to do. I couldn't find a lot of movies that really had the look of what I was going for. All of the Stanley Kubrick films have that look and then the vibe of a lot of Roman Polanski's films and then kind of the weirdness of Ken Russell's movies, you know... If Ken Russell directed The Shining."
THE LORDS OF SALEM stars Sid Haig, Bruce Davidson, Christopher Knight, Ken Foree, Billy Drago, Richard Lynch, John Five, Lisa Marie, Maria Conchita Alonso, Sheri Moon Zombie, Ernest Thomas, Michael Shamus Wiles, Barbara Crampton, Brandon Cruz, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Michael Berryman, Patricia Quinn, Judy Gleeson and Dee Wallace Stone.


text: SOUTH BEND -- The Four Freshmen have been performing nonstop since 1948, and the oldest members of the group are only 35 years old. Luckily, you don't have to be Einstein to figure out the equation. Now in its 22nd lineup, The Four Freshmen perform Saturday with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra at the Morris Performing Arts Center in a Pops! program titled "A Fresh Perspective." The Four Freshmen -- all of them Hoosiers -- were founded while the original members were students at Butler University in Indianapolis. "The group has been in a constant state of change since 1953," founding member Bob Flanigan says by telephone. Flanigan sang the high parts and played bass and trombone with the group from 1948 to 1992. "The sound is the same," he says of the current lineup. "The guys are great musicians." The sound Flanigan speaks of is a smooth, tight, four-voice jazz harmony that made The Four Freshmen stand out from their peers and that would serve as a major influence on the sound of later groups such as Take Six, Manhattan Transfer and The Beach Boys. The Four Freshmen had another thing going for them: They accompanied themselves on a wide variety of instruments. Today's members have been playing together since 2001. The group consists of Brian Eichenberger, who sings lead vocals and plays bass, guitar and keyboards; Curtis Calderon, who sings the second part in the group harmonies and plays trumpet and flugelhorn; Vince Johnson, baritone voice, who sings the middle part of the vocal harmony and plays guitar, trombone and bass; and Bob Ferreira, the group's bass voice, who performs vocal solos and plays drums. Saturday's program includes 12 pieces arranged for orchestra, including "My One and Only Love" and "Laura." The Four Freshmen also will perform some of the group's most famous songs, including "Poinciana," "It's a Blue World" and "The Day Isn't Long Enough." The Four Freshmen have recorded more than 45 albums, have had numerous top-selling singles and have received six Grammy nominations. This past year, they released their latest recording, "In Session," a potpourri of songs by Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael (Porter and Carmichael were native Hoosiers), Johnny Mercer and a host of other composers. The CD includes material never before recorded by any generation of The Four Freshmen. "Singing and playing in a jazz group like this is what I always wanted to do," Johnson says by telephone. A member of The Four Freshmen for six years, Johnson grew up a fan of the group and of Take Six. "We're excited to bring this program to South Bend," he says. "It brings the group, its music and its legacy back to the state where it took root."


text: 1 Pharmacogenetics of Fatal Morphine Poisoning in a Breastfed Neonate of a Codeine Using Mother Gideon Koren, James Cairns, David Chitayat, Andrea Gaedigk, Steven J. Leeder Motherisk Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto (G. Koren, FRCPC); Ontario Coroner Office (J. Cairns MD); Prenatal Diagnosis Program, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto (D. Chitayat, FRCPC), Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City (A. Gaedigk PhD, S. J. Leeder, PhD) Correspondence to: Dr. Gideon Koren [email protected] 2 Case: A full term healthy male infant, delivered vaginally, who was breastfed by a codeine-using mother, exhibited intermittent periods of difficulty in breastfeeding and lethargy starting on Day 7. On Day 12 he exhibited grey skin and decreased milk intake. Subsequently, he was found dead on Day 13. Postmortem analysis showed no anatomical anomalies and blood morphine concentration (the active metabolite of codeine) of 70 ng/mL by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Neonates breastfed by mothers receiving codeine-typically have morphine serum concentrations of 0-2.2 ng/mL(1). The mother was prescribed Tylenol 3 (codeine 30 mg and acetaminophen 500 mg) after birth for episiotomy pain (initially 2 tab. 6 hourly and half that dose from Day 2 due to somnolence and constipation). She continued Tylenol 3 for two weeks. Due to poor neonatal feeding, she stored milk on Day 9 which was measured for morphine by specific ELISA and GC-MS at 87 ng/mL. Typical milk levels after repeated maternal codeine range from 1.9 to 20.5 ng/mL at doses of 60 mg q6H. Genotype analysis was conducted for cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6), the enzyme catalyzing the O-demethylation of codeine to morphine(2). The mother was heterozygous for a CYP2D6*2A allele with CYP2D6*2x2 gene duplication, classified as an ultra-rapid metabolizer. This genotype leads to enhanced formation of morphine from codeine, consistent with the somnolence and constipation experienced by her(3). The maternal grandfather, the father and infant possessed two functional CYP2D6 alleles (CYP2D6*1/*2 genotypes, classified as extensive metabolizers. The maternal grandmother was an ultra-rapid metabolizer (Figure ). 3 The clinical and laboratory picture in this case is consistent with opioid toxicity leading to neonatal death. Most of the analgesic and CNS depressing effects of codeine are secondary to its metabolism to morphine by CYP2D62. The high milk level of morphine corroborates the clinical picture in the infant. Milk was available only at half of the initial codeine dose; conceivably peak milk concentration of morphine was higher. Codeine is a commonly used analgesic after labor for pain associated with episiotomy and caesarian section. The American Academy of Pediatrics lists codeine as compatible with breastfeeding, despite lack of sufficient published data to support this recommendation(4). Because the vast majority of pregnant women initiate breast feeding, the safety of codeine during breastfeeding must be established. This case reveals that polymorphism in CYP2D6 may be life threatening for some breastfed babies. Given that a CYP2D6 ultra-rapid metabolizer genotype occurs in 1% in Caucasians and up to 30% in some parts of Asia and Africa(5), this polymorphism is clinically important. Several strategies can be considered to prevent life threatening neonatal toxicity (Table): 1) Avoiding breastfeeding in cases of maternal use of codeine. While this approach can prevent neonatal toxicity, it would prevent the benefits of breastfeeding from thousands of infants. 2) Genotyping all postpartum women who are planned to receive codeine. 4 This strategy would identify CYP2D6 ultra-metabolizers who are at risk of neonatal poisoning. Presently this test is not available in most clinical facilities. 3) Careful follow up of all women on codeine, and testing mother-child pairs when the mother is experiencing symptoms consistent with opioid toxicity. 4) Following up closely all breastfed infants of codeine-using mothers and test morphine levels whenever there are adverse events consistent with opioid toxicity. Morphine measurement is not routine in most facilities. In any suspicious case, naoloxone may reverse and thus corroborate opioid toxicity. Whatever clinical approach is taken, codeine cannot be considered as a safe drug for all infants during breastfeeding. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first record of a breastfed baby succumbing to toxicity through breastmilk. 5 REFERENCES: 1) Meny RG, Naumburg EG, Alger LS, Brill-Miller H, Brown S: Codeine and the breastfed neonate. J Hum Lact 1993; 9: 237-40. 2) Meyer UA. Pharmacogenetics of adverse drug reactions. Lancet 2000; 356: 1667-71. 3) Gasche Y, Daali Y, Fathi M, Chiappe A, Cottini S, Dayer P, Desmeules J: Codeine intoxication associated with ultrarapid CYP2D6 metabolism. N Engl J Med 2004; 351: 2827-31. 4) Committee on Drugs. American Academy of Pediatrics. The transfer of drugs and other chemicals into human milk. Pediatrics 2001; 108: 776-89. 5) Cascarbi I. Pharmacogenetics of cytochrome P4502D6: genetic background and clinical implication. Eur J Clin Invest 2003; 33 (Suppl 2); 17-22. Acknowledgement: Supported by Genome BC, the Ivey Chair in Molecular Toxicology, University of Western Ontario, and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research. 6 Pedigree of the family's CYP2D6 genotype. 7 Table : Clinical Strategies to Manage Breastfeeding While on Codeine Action Avoid codeine when breastfeeding Avoid high dose codeine (240 mg/d) for more than a few days Advantages Avoiding potential neonatal toxicity Minimizing potential neonatal toxicity Avoid breastfeeding when on codeine Informing and monitoring mother and baby for signs of opioid toxicity Avoiding potential neonatal toxicity Intervening early and preventing serious toxicity; ability to give antidote (naloxone) Predicting mothers at risk of Expensive, not presently producing excess of routine morphine Genotyping mother for 2D6 Disadvantages Potential uncontrolled maternal pain *Suboptimal maternal pain control *May still be too high a dose for ultra rapid metabolizers. 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Parts for Generac generators can be found at online parts supply sites such as Genset Services, Inc., eReplacementParts.com and Sears PartsDirect as of 2015. Each of these websites features several Generac parts available for purchase.
Genset Services, Inc. is a factory-authorized distributor for Generac Industrial Power Systems. Carrying residential, industrial and commercial parts, the site features a request form to assist customers in ordering the correct part. A response to the form is generated within 24 hours from a team of qualified professionals. A toll-free number is provided for customer convenience, and emergency rentals are available.
Customers can browse eReplacementParts.com by department or they can check for a part by entering the model number in the site's search engine. Offering millions of parts and same-day shipping, eReplacementParts.com ensures customer satisfaction with live support and a 45-day return policy. Payment is accepted through major credit cards.
The Sears PartsDirect website is searchable by model or part number. Fit is guaranteed, and a toll-free number is provided for customer support. Customers can log in to their accounts to view saved Sears model purchases for easy reference. Regional warehouses offer fast shipping, and customers can join the email list for updates and exclusive offers.


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PRESS INFO: Power Mac Center collaborates with Brillante Mendoza, Shaira Luna to mentor young creative
Power Mac Center has always been all-out in supporting technology-assisted creative expression. Just recently, the premier Apple partner gathered young creatives, mostly photographers and videographers, in an event called Lounge to help them build connections in the industry, get to interact and learn first-hand from professionals like Director Brillante Mendoza and Shaira Luna, and discover powerful devices to boost their craft.
In partnership with LaCie, a French brand of digital storage solutions, Power Mac Center was able to get internationally acclaimed Director Brillante Mendoza to talk about his experience in the film industry and give the young creatives tips in filmmaking.
"I use several cameras on the set. I use three to four cameras on the set. 4K lahat so mabibigat yung mga files so on the set, we make sure na right after the shoot or even during the shoot actually, kailangan tina-transfer and LaCie is really very useful in that aspect," Mendoza told his audience.
An independent filmmaker through and through, Mendoza enjoys the full creative freedom to tell his story the way he wants to. His biggest challenge though, was sourcing for funds. So in order to secure his hard work, which is the film itself, Mendoza makes sure to invest in equipment that are reliable and provide him with complete peace of mind.
Meanwhile, for her part,fashion and advertising photographer Shaira Luna talked about what drives her to follow her passion in photography and how LaCie complements her on-the-go lifestyle and keeps her file transfer speedy and protected.
"I'm very thankful that I have LaCie to back me up. I just have so many pictures if only you know. I've started organizing my Instagram into color themes because I just have that many photos," Luna said.
Luna loves being a photographer because it allows her to travel and meet a lot of people, especially creative minds she gets to work with in the process.
"Power Mac Center shares LaCie's commitment to support the creative community. More than anything, we provide solutions to the demands of the industry from creatives of today," said Power Mac Center Marketing Director Joey Alvarez.
Anthe Lounge event was meant to bring creatives together and "lounge" with industry movers to share/brew ideas. LaCie will continue to hold such pocket events for its new products this 2018.
LaCie is Seagate's premium brand of world-class storage solutions designed for Mac users, photographers, videographers, audio professionals, and other power users. Its products are available in Power Mac Center stores nationwide. For more information as well as updates on future events, follow @powermaccenter on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or YouTube.
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Power Mac Center is a recognized Apple Premium Reseller, Authorized Education Reseller, Apple Authorized Training Center, and Apple Authorized Service Provider in the Philippines. Power Mac Center has become a reliable retail shop and service provider of Apple products to the Filipino consumer.
The company has grown to over 30 branches nationwide, with stores located in Greenbelt 3, Glorietta 5, The Annex at SM City North EDSA, SM City Fairview, TriNoma, Robinsons Magnolia, SM Megamall, The Podium, SM Mall of Asia, SM Aura Premier, Festival Supermall, Cash and Carry Mall, Circuit Makati, SM East Ortigas, Abreeza Mall, SM Lanang Premier, SM City Marikina, Power Plant Mall, SM City BF Parañaque, Harbor Point, SM City Southmall, SM City Pampanga, SM City Bacoor, SM City Lipa, SM City Santa Rosa, SM City Batangas, SM City Dasmariñas, Vista Mall Sta. Rosa, KCC Mall de Zamboanga, Vista Mall Bataan, SM City San Pablo, SM City Trece Martires, and Robinsons Galleria Cebu.
Power Mac Center Apple Authorized Service Centers are located at The Annex at SM City North EDSA, Northeast Square, SM Megamall, SM Aura Premier, Glorietta 5, SM Mall of Asia, Festival Supermall, Cebu Business Park, Abreeza Mall Davao, and KCC Mall De Zamboanga.
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This is why I do not do blog walking lately. Yes it has taken me to great blogs, and introduced me to some great people, but ninety percent of the time, I would end up reading nonsense. Oh well, it is a pay to price for the freedom of speech in the internet…
Apparently one Indonesian blogger is being grumpy that the Governor of Jakarta, Ahok is going to let little supermarket to sell alcohol. She did not say why exactly she was unhappy about it, nobody asked her to buy that bloody alcohol. She could be a teetotaller if she wants but why she would not let other people choose life of their own? Oh, maybe she has completely brainwashed by the totalitarian regime, where she could not have the luxury of freewill.
I do not know.
Ahok is probably the closest to Jose Mujica, that Indonesia could get. Open minded, people oriented, and has a straight logic that no idiots would understand. When Jose Mujica, the celebrated leader of Uruguay decided to legalise marijuana, people questioned his motives. But he did it anyway, because he could not let his people live in the mercy of the drug dealer. Having marijuana controlled by the government makes it easier for them to limit the usage, and helped those with the addiction.What about those who do not want to try or use marijuana? They simply do not buy them.
This is what Ahok wants to do with alcohol.
How many times I have said that banning alcohol would only benefit the black market merchants, and alcohol bootlegger. People would buy it anyway, buy they would buy the uncontrolled alcohol products which are potentially dangerous, and the seller would earn without paying tax. How many times we have to explain to these stubborn cretins that regulating is the better way than banning completely?
What makes me feel even more annoyed is that they always justify themselves with religious reasons. Keep telling people that in their religions they are not allowed to drink alcohol. LOL, if they only knew that in Turkey (renowned as an Islamic country, opening up the border for lots of Syrian refugee) you could see alcohol everywhere, just like you could see mosques in every corner of Istanbul. Nobody would force anyone, in the name of religion, to do whatever you do not want to do, to wear what you do not want to wear, OR not to drink what you want to drink.
They have a simple rule: you do whatever necessary for you, god would be the judge in the end of the day.
Or if you want to keep it a little bit more complicated you can follow what the Malaysian do. If you want to buy alcohol, you would have to be able to prove that you are a non-muslim — otherwise you will be persecuted as you are violating a law. Is that not the true concept of sharia law? — that the law itself is only applicable to the people who believes in it? Or is it just an excuse made by a bunch of apologetics liberals who wanted to soften the actual brutality as suspected by many?
Anyway, Malaysia is also an Islamic country, they are just next door in the neighbourhood — maybe it is make it easier for you to compare. They sell booze in the store (but only non Muslim can buy), they sell pork in the street (you don't even need an ID to buy one), and they have a casino for people who gamble. What they don't have are a bunch of dickheads who kept blackmailing the government for not enforcing sharia law to people who don't believe in it, or terrorising the citizen by forcing them to close their business during Ramadan month, OR, threatening people with different beliefs by destroying their church.
So much for Pancasila country.
There's no limit to human stupidity, and I know that. I have been reminded by many of my friends not to underestimate the power of idiots in large number. Fortunately, I am not anywhere near those people right now, so I should raise my glass (with a incredibly tasty irish cream in it), and tell the world…


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As mentioned in a previous post, I am privileged to be spending three weeks as a Visiting Fellow at Chawton House Library. While I am here, my aim is to study the use of paratext (footnotes, epigraphs, prefaces, notes, and any other bits of 'outside information') in Smith's novels. This fixation on text outside of the narrative led to the post below on the publication of The Banished Man.
In August 1794, Smith wrote to Thomas Cadell Jr complaining of errors in the copies she had received of her new novel, The Banished Man, noting that one copy had even been 'bound wrongly.'¹ According to her letters, she had never had any issues of this kind before and it could have led to the atypical copy I found at Chawton House (pictured above). I found myself wondering why the errors and misbindings had occurred in the first place, so I looked into the history of the publishers, knowing that they had changed hands during the time Smith was writing and publishing. I wondered if, perhaps, the change from 'T. Cadell' to 'T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies' had had an impact on the publishing process.
My hunch was correct. In the summer of 1793, Thomas Cadell Sr retired, leaving the company to his son (Cadell Jr) and his manager (William Davies). According to Richard Sher, by the mid-1790s, around the time that Cadell and Davies became the new proprietors, the publishing firm had slipped down the ranks to become the second in London, overtaken by George Robinson. The business continued to deteriorate throughout the decade, and by 1802 (when Cadell Sr died) it was noted that it had 'fallen into a state of comparative decreptitude.' While Sher argues that this statement was, perhaps, overblown, a decade later the firm was nearly bankrupted by Davies' liberal spending, and was bailed out by Andrew Strahan (Cadell Sr's old partner) for £20,000.²
After the difficulties in the publication of The Banished Man, Smith looked elsewhere when she published her next two novels. By December 1794, she was already writing to Cadell and Davies about sending her next novel, Montalbert, to a new publisher (Sampson Low) in a pointed letter about the errors she had corrected in the first print run of The Banished Man.³ It was the last novel Smith published with Cadell and Davies until four years later in 1798 when she came to publish her final novel, The Young Philosopher.
¹ The Collected Letters of Charlotte Smith Judith Stanton ed. (2003)
² Richard B. Sher The Enlightenment and the Book (2006)
³ The Collected Letters of Charlotte Smith Judith Stanton ed. (2003)


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The photo blog from the Denver Post has up some absolutely moving pictures from the Great Depression era (H/T Daily Dish). You have to check them out. From the Denver Post blog:
These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America's rural and small town populations. The photographs are the property of the Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color.Here are three of my favorites (for full effect click to enlarge):
Which one's do you like?
The whole photo essay reminded me of that Jamey Johnson song You Should Have Seen It In Color. YouTube video:


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On today's fashion, its really hard for us people to follow because we don't have a resort or perhaps a guidelines what we should get to makes us too fashionable and on point when it comes to out fashion style. But not anymore, as this shop called Zaful.com is here for us to update on what's new in the industry, Fashion, all you have to do is to check their current items over their online shop and from there you may have the idea already on what you should get to make you trendy and in fashion today.
In addition, if you are too keen to buy off items for the fall either for the summer summer season. I really suggest you to take a look the shop mentioned now, Zaful.com, because right now they'll be having their Zaful 4th where you could get your items in a discounted prices or if you got a very good deal you may get it below 10 usd per piece. and not just that, as the shop produced and coupon coupon which the : "ZafulW" for my readers to enjoy. You may be titled to have an at least 15% off in the totality of the purchase items. Go check them out now before the sale event will finished.
And if you were asking me though what items that I could recommend you to get? well, I think a hoodies or anything same. Because fall is past approaching and these hoodies makes you on point by that time. Please check my wishlist of hoodies below for your preferences.
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Underlay Sleeve Crew Neck Sweatshirt
So these are the hoodies that I wanna get through them soon as for my preparation for the fall season. So please if you are keen to be fashionable in a very limited budget, you may now start shopping at this shop called zaful.com as they've got all the trendy clothes in a very cheapest prices.


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Yesterday I completely forgot to post a picture of the birthday card we made. So here it is ...
I loved it! It kinda looks like a tiny puppet theatre and two of the finger puppets are just tucked into it ... I thought it's kinda cute ...
Two of the other finger puppets are done ... two still to be done ... post hopefully coming soon ... :-)
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Finger puppet birthday card
Posted by Ms Muffin at 9:32 PM
Labels: crafts
5 comments:
- Morgane said...
It looks amazing.
At first I did not realize it was a card!
I really like all the finger puppets you make!
Thanks for visiting!
- April 19, 2010 at 2:16 AM
- LiEr said...
Miss Muffin, I LOVE your finger puppets! Especially the top-stitching. And tucking them into a puppet stage card so they are toys AND a card AND a puppet stage is such multi-purposing genius!
- April 19, 2010 at 11:50 PM
- Karin @ madebyk said...
so so cute!!! a card and a gift in one!!!
- April 20, 2010 at 5:54 AM
- MaryAnne said...
What a cute idea, I love it!
- April 21, 2010 at 10:33 PM
Adorable! I love these. And what a perfect gift.
- May 22, 2010 at 11:12 PM
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All days comes three different people, sometimes they are family, for example: Dad and son, mom and daughter, uncle and nephew...
They comes to our class at 10:30, at the morning. We do any questions about they before they come, and they answer us.
I think that this is amazing, because we learn a lot of English, but with people that we don't meet, and they don't speak Spanish, that helps us.
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The late actress Pratyusha Banerjee is all over the news prior to her first death anniversary (April 1, 2017) thanks to TV actress Kamya Punjab and Pratyusha's beau Rahul Raj Singh.
Recently, Kamya who was a good friend of the deceased actress, took to her Instagram account to release a promo of Pratyusha's last short film, titled, "Hum Kuchh Kah Na Sakey".
As soon as the video started doing rounds on the internet, Pratyusha's long-term boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh got furious and, stated that the promo was "fake" and "bogus".
Now, it seems that Rahul is extremely angry with Kamya as he has filed a police complaint against the TV actress. He has registered a defamation case against Kamya and has also alleged that the actress has tampered with an old video of his late girlfriend.
Have a look at the copy of the police complaint.
On the other hand, Kamya was quick to hit back at Rahul while saying she's not going to be afraid of anyone
Speaking to a leading daily, the telly actress said, "Tell him to keep his mouth shut. I am not answerable to the world and him. Her parents are with me and that is what matters."
She further added that the producers of the film have decided to give the money to Pratyusha's parents and, she has no personal agenda of laundering any publicity or money out of the film.
"This film is made by Neerusha and the money is for her parents. I am helping her release the film and nothing can stop me", Kamya added.
Remembering her dear friend, she said that Pratysha was too young to die and, now when she is trying to do something for her friend's family, Rahul is simply creating needless troubles
Kamya and Rahul made their disliking for each other apparent publically, after Pratyusha committed suicide on April 1 last year.
The TV actress alleged that Rahul was abusive towards Pratyusha and was responsible for her death, while Rahul accused her of using his girlfriend


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Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Serge is not my hairdresser, it is a type of stitching
My Watch List on eBay is top to bottom overlock machines. I've been lurking around serger auctions for, gosh, it must be months now. I can't commit to a serger. I've been sewing sans serge and have been finishing my edges with zigzag (I know, I know: War in Iraq, Global Warming, edges finished in zigzag. What is the world coming to?).
Despite my status sans serger, I just had to dig into these knits. Had to. But you know what? Sans serge works. Even for knits. I'm good with it. Just don't turn these clothes inside out: The world is in a precarious state as it is.
FYI: Pattern Farbenmix QUIARA (form and fit just dreamy!)
6 comments:
- Christine said...
Hey ;O)
I didn´t know you have commitment issues *LOL*. Don´t worry, you´ll find the right overlock machine. Maybe it just needs some more time ;O)
L., Chris
P.S.: Anna looks adorable in her new outfit !!
- July 24, 2007 at 3:48 PM
- mooi hoor... said...
Ha! I have not entered the overlock-age either. I'm from the S-L-O-W-C-R-A-F-T movement (see also: slow food movement). But in reality i'm just lazy and technophobic and I can't justify buying an overlock machine at this point because I hardly get to sewing these days.
Enough about me: Anna's outfit proves you make lovely things without the overlock. But get yourself one anyway. It'll fit your mission statement concerning the having fun and making money (I'm sure they are more efficient than the zigzag-method?)
PS: Thanks for your nice comment on my fency post ;) I love those US of A porches. A porch, a Hollywood swing, some (long island)ice tea, smell of barbecue, garden full of kids playing and a couple of cotton fields. Hmmm...life can be romantic...
- July 25, 2007 at 1:50 AM
- anjana said...
Hi Nancy,
I know what you're talking about first hand....laugh.
I have an overlock but am really toying with the idea of buying a real nice one. But as money is always a rare commodity (is that spelled correctly) I gues I will have to use my old one a while longer.
Anna outfit is absolutely gorgeous. And I also love the new jacket you made for her (Sylt) That is definitely a looker.
I still need Anna's waist size.
So long
- July 25, 2007 at 5:06 AM
- Bowznstuff said...
can't blame ya darl - those knits are GORGEOUS!!!!! Baaaaaabyyyyyylock, baaaaaaabylock - jet aiiiiiiir threaaddding - suck that thread on down :)
- July 25, 2007 at 6:06 AM
- SABINE said...
Of course, there is a life without a serger after all, BUT, once you have one, you will keep asking yourself, why you did wait so long!
It is fun, saves hours for many other nice projects and it looks good! ;o)
I cannot image living without one anymore!
Get one! ;o))
L., Sabine
- July 25, 2007 at 8:49 AM
- Kristen said...
I second the babylock...LOVE the imagine, jetair rules....
Love the new outfit - wherever did you find the glorious knits??
- July 30, 2007 at 11:56 AM


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The third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina came and went a couple of weeks ago, but you might have missed it amid all the hand-wrining over Hurricane Gustav.
It'll have a tougher time slipping through the cracks on Friday, when a pair of Hurricane Katrina documentaries open, including the nice "Walking on Dead Fish," about the East St. John High School football team's post-storm season, and the magnificent, Sundance-decorated "Trouble the Water," focusing on one emblematic couple's storm experience.
Just in case you can't wait, though, here are the trailers for each.
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The palace will be alive with the sound of a musical! Start your Ramadan right with "About Lovers"
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About Lovers, a musical by independent theatre director Hany Afifi -- who recently presented I am Now Dead at the Falaki Theatre -- will be performed on every evening of the first week of Ramadan, from 1-7 July.
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If you're excited about the nation's long-term prospects, Cramer has an idea for your portfolio.
It's United Rentals.
"This is the largest equipment rental company in the world," Cramer said. "United Rentals own roughly 400,000 pieces of equipment and machinery that they rent out mainly to construction and industrial firms in the U.S. and Canada."
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after a long time planning I finally ordered clothes at the DreamV/Yumetenbo - Store. I ordered via their webshop on Rakuten.co.jp at the 8th of July 2012 and received the package at Tuesday the 17th of July 2012. Didn't thought that I will receive my package that early. ^O^~
I am so lucky - I always wanted clothes like this, clothes you can wear everyday but looking beautiful! ♥♥
Because I was pretty uncertain about the quality of the clothes and the service I want to write a short review about my whole order to create a bit clearity for the westerns. =)
So, this beforehand: It isn't that complicated than you are thinking!
I guess the biggest deterrent when you're entering their website is the language problem. Rakuten.co.jp offers the option to switch the websites language into english but because they are working with an automatic translator, the translator generates a quite of weird (and also funny) sentences and words. But it serves the purpose.
Well, I've ordered the following clothes:
(I do not accept any responsibility for the external links below!)
and weared:
(Sorry for the quite confused look - it was early in the morning before I had to go to my work-place as I took the photo XD)
What had I to pay for the whole order?
Well, I paid for this order,
9,880 Yen for the clothes theirselves
3,150 Yen for the EMS shipping
13,030 Yen is the totalsum which will be blocked at your creditcard first
30,48 EUR german Einfuhrumsatzsteuer
But Overall, I am really, really satisfied with my clothes, so I will order again at DreamV. It is for sure not the favourablest way to buy clothes, but DreamV(ision) clothes are simply LOVE to me! The payment and shipping was easy going too and I hadn't any problems.
Here's a quick guide for you, let's see:
1. Visit the store: Dream V Store (english) ♥
2. ♫ Let's go to the Mall ♪ - It's SHOPPING TIME ♥
Chose your favourite clothes! ♥
IMPORTANT: Please notice the measurement tables at the bottom of the pages. The size charts may vary greatly! Size "S" in shirt A is not necessarily in other shirts size S, too. Take a look at the detailed measurement!
Because the size chart is in japanese characters written and will not be translated (because it is actually not a text but a picture) I translated common size-measurements for you here:
3. Your Shopping card ♥
So, you'd found some nice clothes?
By clicking the red button "add to cart", below the table for chosing your size x color, you will be redirected to your actual "Shopping card", here you can proceed to the checkout also. To continue shopping you had to use the "return"-arrow of your internet browser.
4. Payment possibilites, Shipping, Review and Confirm your Order ♥
Rakuten.co.jp only accepting a payment via CreditCard. If you do not having one, you can not order. If you are living outside Japan you also only have one shipping possibility: EMS.
The shipment costs are related to the costs of the products you want to order. You will see a detailed table of your shipment costs by clicking the "details"-link in the EMS row.
After that you will have the chance to review your order completely at the next page.
If you were not registered yet at rakuten.co.jp you can register during the checkout process. ^__^
5. Orderconfirmation and Tracking Number ♥
A few minutes after forwarding your order you will receive several mails of rakuten.co.jp itself and Yumtenbo/DreamV also. You have to keep in mind, that Rakuten.co.jp is the japanese "amazon.com" and for this they do not have the clothes of DreamV in their warehouse. The whole shipping is DreamVs task. Should you have any problems, you should contact DreamV directly and not Rakuten.co.jp. As such, DreamV will also send you a trackingnumber for your ordered products. Now you have to wait patiently! ^__^
In my case, I received my package via DHL which had the advantage that I received the package pretty quick and comfortable at my door but on the other hand I guess I had to pay a bit more taxes for this service as if I had to went to my local customs. Unfortunately, in germany you can't control in which way you in the end wll receive your package. Maybe it's different in other countries than germany.
Wear your ordered clothes and make a sight of yourself! ^O^
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This guide is by far not that detailed, but I guess I figured some important things out. If you have any questions feel free to contact me, I will try to help you!
Thank you for reading, watching and/or commenting!


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We are offering free 30 minute genealogy consultations at the 24th Annual Conference of the Scottish Association of Family History Societies to be held at the Scottish Borders Campus, Nether Road, Galashiels, TD1 3HE, Scotland from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 11th May, 2013.
The idea is to help you get over an obstacle, perhaps by directing you to a type of record you haven't used before, or by accessing our vast library to overcome your problem. To enable us to help you, email us as soon as possible to book your time slot and tell us all you know about the family. That way we can have a look over your family before the event.
There are limited slots available, here is what we have left:
Click the link above to email me, tell me the time you would like and tell me as much as possible about your family.
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Everyone wants to look great, but most people can't be bothered taking the time and completing the hard work required. Congratulations! By taking the steps to find the correct information to get in shape, you are on the right track! Read on to learn easy ways on how to build muscle quickly.
Make sure to eat plenty of vegetables. A lot of diets that promote muscle building put a lot of emphasis on consuming proteins and carbohydrates; however, vegetables are usually ignored. There are many vitamins and nutrients you can only find in vegetables, meaning you won't get them in pasta or meat. They are also good places to get fiber. Your body uses fiber to process protein more efficiently.
A common mistake people make when working out is focusing on speed rather than technique. Form and technique are extremely important in muscle building and it is always better to go slow and focus on form, rather than speeding through a workout. Do not rush, and be sure to properly do these exercises.
You must warm up properly before starting any exercise. When your muscles become stronger, they'll experience lots of additional stress making them susceptible to injury. By warming them up, injury can be prevented. Warm-ups consist of light exercise followed by warm-up sets of exercise. Don't lift weights until you've completed your warm-up routine.
Use as many sets and repetitions as possible in each training session. Target fifteen lifts, allowing for a minute break between each set. This keeps your lactic acid moving, and your muscles building. Repeating this again and again will build your muscles to their fullest extent.
A great way to motivate yourself is by making short-term goals and once you reach these goals, reward yourself. Motivation is key to getting muscles, since it can be a long process. Rewards that help you achieve your goal are especially effective. One good idea of a healthy reward is getting a massage.
Do not extend your workouts to more than 60 minutes. If you work out for longer than an hour, your body will start producing large amounts of cortisol, an unhealthy stress hormone. This cortisol will block testosterone – wasting all the work you are putting into your muscle development. Making sure that workouts are less than an hour helps you to get the best results.
Continually change your exercise routine. If you stick to a single routine, it may get boring and you won't want to do it. Switch up your workout to include different exercises, and work different muscle groups every time you go to the gym. A new workout will help you stay motivated and enjoy exercising.
It is possible to make yourself look larger than your actual size. Build up your upper chest, back and shoulders through targeted exercise. This causes your waist to look smaller and makes you look bigger.
You must eat carbohydrates, if you wish to build muscle. Your body needs carbs to create energy and allow your muscles to work, as you wish them to. It is recommended that, if you wish to train hard, that you should have three grams of carbohydrates for each pound that you weigh.
Building muscle doesn't necessarily mean you have to get ripped. A variety of bodybuilding routines are available, and it is up to you to choose the one appropriate to you before beginning. Adding a supplement to your routine can help you gain muscle.
Stretch for a few minutes after working out in order to facilitate muscle repair. Someone who is under forty should hold each stretch at least thirty seconds. However, if you are older than forty, you should try to maintain a stretch for about sixty seconds. This will help to insure that you do not get injured after doing exercise to build muscle.
It is OK to take a few short-cuts when weight lifting. Using just a little of your body in order to pump out an extra couple of reps is an excellent method of increasing the volume of your workout. Just be careful that you don't cheat too often. Stay in control of the speed of your repetitions. Do not let your form be compromised.
Don't rely on your "limits" to know when to stop a set, instead allow your body to physically be exhausted. You want to try and push yourself to your limit during every set. Don't stop until you're unable to do even a single more. If necessary, spend less time on each set as your body tires.
Focus on the "big three" exercises of squats, bench presses and dead lifts to build muscle quickly. Combining the three can help you get fit quickly and will constantly build muscles. Try adding other exercises to a routine with these three at the core.
Cheating can be okay when done sparingly and for the right reasons. You can utilize a small bit of body weight if you need to squeeze out a few extra repetitions so that your workout is maximized. Remember, though, that this tactic should only be used when there is no alternative. Stay in control of the speed of your repetitions. Keep in mind that if you compromise your form, you will run the risk of injury.
After reading the article above, you have learned that it really isn't that hard to look great and build muscle. All it takes is the information above and a commitment on your part to build the muscles that you have always wanted.
Keep in mind that any muscle-building routine you undertake is only effective if it makes you stronger. This will result in a gradual increase in your ability to lift more weight. Remember that as a beginner, you should be able to increase your weights by about five percent every two sessions. If you are having difficulty meeting your goals, it may be necessary to rethink your current plan of action. If you find that you are weaker than your last session, it is possible that you were not fully recovered.


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The famous 19th century writer and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson stated, "Our distrust is very expensive." It's true, if we lack trust in others we suffer an extreme form of isolation. A good example of the chaos that can result from distrust gone array is what happened in Colorado on July 20, 2012.
James Holmes, a 24 year old man, who a few months before had a life of possibility, apparently developed a distrust so insidious and toxic that he collapsed his life and simply closed down from all society. Former FBI profiler Brad Garrett stated on CTV's Canada AM, "His behavior changed erratically and suddenly. When you start to distrust everyone you have an extreme form of isolation and we can all go off the rails in regards to our thinking."
Trust is not actually a given and some can not help but come into a new relationship riddled with a sense of distrust. For example many who struggle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder often find trust a constant tug of war. However, in an attempt to build relationships and end their own isolation that same individual might decide they will trust until the other is proven untrustworthy.
Our western judicial system begins from a place of trust; that being, all are innocent until proven guilty. As young children we begin our life psychologically from a place of trust. An infant holds a pure trust, a perfect trust which 'just is'. However, this state of perfect trust is fleeting and even if our parents do not violate it, we as humans will never know it again.
So how then will trust look as we age? As we grow our trust will no longer 'just be' as when we were infants. Rather, our psychological trust in others will have to develop. The most recent theory on trust maintains people obtain and sustain certain patterns with regards to trust. In this theory, trust in relationships develops in stages. Each stage is built on a foundation of ability, integrity, and benevolence. So the more we see these behaviors in another person the more we trust that person.
The first stage of trust development is calculus based. We look at someone and we decide subconsciously what are the rewards for trusting that person and what are the threats should he/she violate our trust. Then we continue to calculate and we subconsciously decide if the rewards will out weight the threats. If the rewards are greater we will begin to form a calculus based trust. This first stage of trust is a cognitive trust which is grounded in the dependability of the one who is being trusted.
The second stage of the development of trust is more emotional then the former. As two individuals successfully navigate through the calculus based trust stage they might-- if it is appropriate to do so-- move to the second stage of trust development. With a better understanding of one another and a more extensive personal history they may actually realize that they share the same goals and values. With this awareness their trust will grow to a higher level that is referred to as identification-based trust.
Identification-based trust is more emotional than calculus-based trust. Two individuals who have developed an identification- based trust will understand each other to the point where they will be acting on the others interest and subsequently an emotional bond develops. Identification-based trust is a rich, quality type of trust built on a foundation of emotions.
Psychological trust is not a given. We can not be expected to trust everyone we meet. Yet if we distrust everyone we meet we will never be able to build trustworthy relationships and will live our life in a severe state of isolation. This type of isolation can lead all of us to behavior that is regrettable. We are social beings and we need to have some socialization to function in a productive way. So what can we do when our trust for whatever reason has been betrayed?
What we must do is subconsciously or conscious decide to build trust with another. As our personal history develops with another and we find they are trustworthy, so to will a rich, emotionally based trust: the most rewarding and nurturing of the two stages of trust.


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Antonio Villaragosa told reporters Tuesday that the GOP "can't just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname" and expect Latinos to vote Republican. He called that window dressing.
He said a party's policies are more important. He said the GOP platform calls for the self-deportation of 11 million people. The Republican platform supports tougher policies to staunch illegal immigration.


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For years, Tom Davis' Bible sat on a shelf gathering dust. Although Davis was raised Catholic and never missed Sunday Mass, he simply didn't give much thought to the Sacred Scriptures.
Then, he heard an audiotape of a Dr. Scott Hahn lecture.
"I was amazed by what I didn't know," he said.
That first tape led to another. Then another. And another one still. The more Davis learned about the Bible, the more he wanted to learn … and the more his Catholic faith grew.
Today, Davis leads two Bible studies — one in his home parish in Ontario, Calif., another in nearby Upland — both from the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, which was founded by Hahn. This will be his eighth year leading the Journey Through Scripture studies and for both him and the participants, Davis said the "journey" has been life-changing.
"I'm continually in a state of awe," he said. "Studying the Bible has opened up the Faith to me, to all of us, on levels we never considered before."
Signs of renewal
Davis isn't alone. The past several years have seen a surge in Catholic Scripture study, as more and more Catholics have taken advantage of the growing number of studies, tools and programs — all designed to aid Catholics in their quest to read the Bible from the heart of the Church.
Whether it's a new study in Jeff Cavins' The Great Adventure series, the newest addition to the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, the next volume of the St. Paul Center's journal of biblical theology "Letter and Spirit," the sudden profusion of Catholic Scripture commentaries and translations of the early Church Fathers, or events like the recent National Catholic Bible Conference, there is, as Hahn told Our Sunday Visitor, "a super-abundance of evidence" that "a new renaissance in Scripture study" is taking place within the Catholic Church.
"When I think back to when I entered the Church in 1986, there was a dearth of Catholic Bible studies," said Hahn, a professor of theology at Franciscan University and the author of more than two dozen books on Scripture and the Catholic faith. "You were starting to see a resurgence in the apologetics movement, but almost no one was doing serious Scripture study."
To an extent, that held true as recently as 2005, when Ascension Press hosted its first National Catholic Bible Conference.
"Initially, attendees were tentative," said Sarah Christmyer, co-developer of The Great Adventure series. "We had to persuade people that it's OK to read the Bible as Catholics, that it's not a Protestant thing."
Lingering misconceptions
The reasons such persuasion was necessary were manifold, including residual effects of the Counter-Reformation (which rightly stressed the priority of the sacraments and looked with skepticism on Protestant's private interpretation of Scripture) to the problems of fidelity that plagued Catholic theology in the mid-20th century.
Likewise, many Catholics fell into that habit of thinking of the Bible as a book only for "experts." In other words, they believed the average person couldn't pick it up and find something useful without specialized training.
And while a person doesn't need a pontifical degree to understand the Bible, it is true that it takes more expertise to understand Scripture than it does Harry Potter.
"The Bible is old, foreign and not always easy to understand," said Curtis Mitch, co-editor of the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible. "That turns people off. You don't feel like you can be nourished by something you don't understand. And most Catholics were never given the tools they needed to understand the Bible."
Make no mistake: Those tools are necessary. When it comes to reading Scripture, the maxim "anything goes" doesn't hold for Catholics. Through the centuries, the Church has laid out certain rules or guidelines — starting with the recognition that the Bible must be read in unity with the whole Faith — designed to help people understand the sacred texts and guard against misinterpretation. For those unfamiliar with the guidelines, the mere idea of them can make a foray into Scripture more intimidating still.
In reality, however, those guidelines are fairly simple and straightforward. And as growing numbers of Catholics have dived into the Scriptures in recent years, they've discovered just how much richness learning the Church's "rules" adds to their encounter with God's Word.
"As Americans, we pick up this idea that rules and guidelines are bad, that they work against freedom," said Jeff Cavins, co-developer of The Great Adventure. "But that's not the case with life in general or with Scripture in particular. Learning the basics about how the Church reads and understands Scripture actually gives you the freedom to go deep and wide.
"As a Protestant pastor, I thought I knew the Bible well," he added. "I'd studied it for 20 years. But when I became Catholic and submitted to the Church's guidelines about how to probe the depths of Scripture, I couldn't believe how the Bible exploded in terms of meaning."
Reasons for renewal
That recognition, at least in part, is driving the renewal in Catholic Scripture study.
Taking their cue from Dei Verbum, the Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, the most successful studies and programs, including The Great Adventure, Journey Through Scripture and Catholic Scripture Study International (see sidebar), strive to give participants a thoroughly Catholic understanding of the Bible, where Scripture and Tradition go hand in hand. That overview of the Church's understanding of Scripture and salvation history has given Catholics the confidence and tools they need to go deeper.
"To read the Bible detached from the magisterium, detached from the Eucharistic liturgy of the Church, is like a botanist who rips up a plant by the roots, takes it into the lab, puts it under a microscope, then wonders why it's dying," Hahn told OSV. "Only when we read the Bible within the whole tradition and the life of the Church can it bear the fruit it's meant to bear, both in the Church and our lives."
That's a lesson Catholics have learned not only from Vatican II, but also from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who likewise gets much of the credit for the recent revival in serious Catholic Scripture study.
"In the Church's 2,000-year history, no other pope, before ascending to the Chair of Peter, has been a world-class biblical theologian on the level of Joseph Ratzinger," Hahn said. "In a deliberate, thorough and singular way, he made it his highest priority to integrate Scripture into all he did as a theologian. And he succeeded in a way that is comparable to the early Church Fathers."
Other factors in the revival include the influx of Protestant converts, such as Hahn and Cavins, who brought their passion for Scripture with them into the Church, as well as the continued downward spiral of the culture.
According to Christmyer, as people's faith has been challenged on a practical level at home, in the neighborhood and on the job, many have come to see the necessity of knowing their faith better. And as they've looked for answers to their most pressing questions, they've discovered that, "There's nothing quite like knowing Scripture to help you understand God's plan," she said.
Bearing fruit
Tim Carpenter, director of Religious Education at St. John the Baptist Parish in Howell, Mich., has witnessed the same over the last several years.
Carpenter, who leads anywhere from two to four Bible studies annually at the parish (most often from the Great Adventure series), said that participants are amazed by how much a deeper knowledge of Scripture opens up the rest of the Catholic faith to them.
"Again and again, what you hear is 'I went through 12 years of Catholic school (and sometimes four years at a Catholic university), and I didn't learn any of this,'" he said. "Almost all of it is new to them. But the deeper they go, the more they see what God has been and is doing in his Church. That leaves them in awe."
It also has other effects, he told OSV, including a deeper desire to participate in the Mass, a greater understanding of the sacraments and prayer, and an easier time submitting to God and the Church's teaching.
"They start recognizing that God is active in their lives, just as he is in Scripture," said Carpenter. "That helps them not only see him more readily but also trust him more too."
"The Bible is God's love story to us," added Matt Leonard, executive director of the St. Paul Center and the author of "Louder Than Words" (OSV, $14.95). "Our true identity is children of God. Scripture not only shows how we fit in his master plan, but how this new identity affects how we approach him in our daily walk."
New Springtime
Both Christmyer and Leonard agree that the past five years have seen a notable spike in Catholics' interest in Scripture — with attendance at the National Catholic Bible Conference more than tripling since 2005, more than 5,000 Catholics receiving training to lead the Journey Through Scripture studies in the same time period, and requests for more studies and more leaders increasing with each passing year.
"Even the level of knowledge in attendees has grown exponentially," said Christmyer. "There's a much greater hunger among Catholics to know and teach and spread God's word, even compared to just a few years ago."
In many ways, however, the renewal has just begun. There's still a long way to go before Catholics match their Protestant counterparts in enthusiasm for and familiarity with Sacred Scripture. In part, that gap is to be expected. As Mitch said, "Catholic life, formation and spiritual growth are fed by the seven sacraments, whereas for many Protestants, the Bible is all seven sacraments rolled into one for them. It's the one place where they can encounter Christ and grow in a relationship with him."
But while the gap might not be surprising, it remains a problem. Throughout the past 50 years, the Church has repeatedly harkened back to the Church Fathers' understanding of the unity of Scripture and Tradition, Word and Sacrament, stressing that for Catholics, it's not supposed to be an either/or relationship; it's supposed to be both/and.
Much rides on helping more Catholics grasp that truth.
"The dynamic Catholic, the modern Catholic, has to be, first and foremost, a disciple of Christ," said Cavins. "If you're going to be a disciple of Christ, you have to meet him regularly in Word and Sacrament. Just one isn't enough. As St. Jerome said, 'Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.'"
The struggle, he added, is turning "fans" of the Church into "followers" of Christ.
What's the difference? Fans love learning about the Faith and reading about the Faith, Cavins told OSV. They are "enthusiastic admirers." Followers, on the other hand, are people who have a real relationship with Christ and strive to imitate him in word and deed.
"There are a lot of fans out there," said Cavins. "But Jesus doesn't want fans. He wants to have a relationship with us, to talk to us, to transform us. That transformation will never take place, however, just by learning more about the Faith.
"In order for the New Springtime to fully unfold, Catholics have to enter into the grand conversation with Scripture," he said. "They have to start living in their Bibles. That's where transformation happens. The gold pages can't stay nicely gilded anymore."
Emily Stimpson is an OSV contributing editor.
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I had mentioned in my little Pillow Talk Swap information email that I was working on a couch quilt in French General.
Holly, from Binkwaffle, made me the most gorgeous pillow to go with it!
I almost cried when I opened it... it is so special to have someone you've never met go to so much work making something so gorgeous and special, and just for me. ;)
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
The back is pretty too.
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I reached 200 followers! You know what that means... (giveaway coming soon)
AND I leave you with a little text conversation from my beloved (I think this is the first time he has texted me ever)


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While my blog may seem to be unassociated ramblings to the common eye, astute readers would have caught on the true intent of the blog. The bedrock for this site, is to celebrate self-discovery and hopefully, self-improvement.
One of my favourite quotes of all-time would be one that I picked up during my mandatory military service-Everyday, Stronger, Better, Faster. I personally find this quote (regardless of the song), to be a truly exceptional one.
Today, I shall introduce the Alpha-ness Vs Faggotry Balance (AvFB in short).
The second picture depicts what happens on the AvFB when someone becomes more "alpha". The fulcrum of the balance moves away, but it doesn't make you less "alpha". In this scale, the length of the distance between the category (alpha-ness/faggotry) represents the volume of the said category you possess. Why? Well, this is simply because, if you are more alpha, you would actually need to do less to impress The harsh reality is that many a time, people are influenced by reputations. If you have a strong image, you do not actually have to do as much to create the same impact. Metaphorically to the scale, you will need to exert a lesser force. Scientifically, it means the fulcrum has to be further away.
With each passing day, we should seek to move the fulcrum in the favourable direction such that we become more "alpha". There are two ways to go about doing this:
1. Increasing alpha-ness.
2. Decreasing the amount of faggotry.
Without further ado, allow me to share one method of acquiring alpha-ness and one manner to reduce faggotry.
Gentlemen (and ladies, if there happen to be any reading), always remember this: You can have 99 problems, but a bitch ain't one. Looking past the crude-ness, you would realize the immense wisdom in this statement. You see, as a man, you should never be flustered and bothered because of a girl. A girl, should never form the center of a universe where you, revolve around. More accurately, no one should; but then, there is an underlying connotation as to where I stated a female. One should never cement his life around another. Not even married couples.
Allow me to explain for the part about married couples. You see, I believe in the Sphere of life time-space continuum theorem. Everyone has a sphere of life. At different points of time, this sphere can stretch or pull back towards its centroid/core. When I was 17, DotA formed a big part of my life. The sphere extended extensively (pardon me for the lack of variety in vocabulary) in relation to the "DotA" aspect. However, as I grew up, the sphere shrunk with regards to this nature. The "DotA" radius decreased dramatically while the sphere grew to embrace other stuff, more befitting of the testosterone in my body. As couples, you and her spheres will overlap and intertwined. Your sphere doesn't revolve around hers, but rather, together with hers.
Today, I shall also expose the biggest faggotry of modern times-Facebook. OK, to be fair there is nothing wrong with Facebook itself. It is how people, or rather, the male population is using it now. By virtue of their gender, I would not inquire into how females use Facebook. However, if you have a Y-chromosome, then I propose that certain rules must be enforced to prevent you from looking like a faggot. I have plenty of examples:
Exhibit A-
What is wrong: Plenty. Firstly, men do not post emo nonsense on Facebook. Secondly, unless you are, don't type like a first-grader. Hell, I knew to capitalize my letters when I was in kindergarten. Salvation point-he is still quite young.
Exhibit B-I spend the last 1/2 hours commenting on facebook posts and stuffs. Behold the new MSN chat lulz!
What is wrong: Much more. The act of spending 30mins (at a go) doing what he did should already have you condemned. Posting about it, ala being proud of it, suggests this person is a total faggot. Again, poor command of English being demonstrated here. Not much salvation for this guy, he's is 21 already.
Exhibit C-
Exhibit C-Happy birthda Dimitar Berbatov! Blah blah blah blah(it's really insanely long). Keep on banging in those goals, you Bulgarian beauty!
What is wrong: Need I say? Wishing players from your favourite soccer team happy birthday is just acting like a stupid teenage fan-girl going crazy over boy-bands. This is a surefire way to score 10/10 for faggotry. And really, "Bulgarian beauty" for a man from a man? Verdict: totally gay.
I feel obliged to add this. Liking your own posts and using your status (unless is within comments) to give live feeds of an on-going match are absolute no-nos as well.
I'm pretty certain that you do not want to look like a total dumbass like the above exhibits. This is why, you must practice the Kerb Rule before making any post on Facebook The Kerb rule is a very simple rule; yes, you guessed it, it's the same as the one your mom taught you when crossing roads. In Facebook fashion, it would be stop before you hit the enter key, look at what you have written, look at it again, then decide if you really want to hit the post key. Remember, there is just a very fine line between posting like a retard and being "social"(although there is a problem to this as well, to be covered in The Solo Theorem at a later date). Unfortunately (for them), many people have fallen under the imbecile grouping.
Shoot, score, smile.