text:
Welcome to Heart of Texas Internal Medicine. HoTIM provides comprehensive medical care, including a full service lab, x-ray, EKGs, Injections, PFTs, Welcome to Medicare Exams, Medicare Wellness exams and chronic condition management. We take pride in our caring staff and appreciate you trusting your health needs to us.
Services & Specialties
- Full service lab
- X-ray
- EKGs
- Injections
- PFTs
- Welcome to Medicare exams
- Medicare wellness exams
David Morales, M.D.
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine
Medical School: UT Health Science Center - San Antonio
Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center
Amy Tindol, M.D.
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine
Medical School: University of Texas -Southwest Dallas
Residency: Baylor University Medical Center - Dallas
Michael Kingston, PAC
Specialty: Physician Assistant
Certification: National Commission Certification of Physician Assistants
Medical School: UT Medical Center, Galveston Texas
Tanja Morgan, FNP
Specialty: Family Nurse Practitioner
Certification: American Nurses Credentialing Center
Eligibility Screening Services
Our team may be able to help you get health coverage from federal, state or county programs. Click here for more information.
Newly Insured
You now have health insurance. So, you're probably wondering, what's next? Click here to find out.


text: B.5.9 WP95 Review Continuous Descent Operations Manual Presented by: Bill Holtzman (USA) Roosevelt Pena (Dom Rep) on behalf of TOC B.5.9 CDO WP95 FAA Administrator Note: This video from February 8, 2011 was shown at the Amman Conference but is not available for distribution. B.5.9 CDO WP95 Current Operations B.5.9 CDO WP95 Continuous Descent B.5.9 CDO WP95 IATA B.5.9 CDO WP95 Doc 9931 B.5.9 CDO WP95 Doc 9931 Definition Continuous Descent Operations (CDO) is an aircraft operating technique aided by appropriate airspace and procedure design and appropriate air traffic control (ATC) clearances enabling the execution of a flight profile optimized to the operating capability of the aircraft, with low engine thrust settings and, where possible, a low drag configuration, thereby reducing fuel burn and emissions during descent. B.5.9 CDO WP95 Terminology • "Continuous Descent Operations" (CDO) is a class of procedures. • "Continuous Descent Approach" (CDA) is a procedure. • "Optimized Profile Descent" (OPD) is a procedure. This term is used in the USA. B.5.9 CDO WP95 CDAs in the UK B.5.9 CDO WP95 Los Angeles Intl (LAX) • First published OPD in the US, the River One STAR - 2007 • Average savings - 25 gallons a flight for 300-400 daily • Fifth busiest US airport with 545,000 operations in 2009 • 40+% of LAX approaches now OPDs B.5.9 CDO WP95 RIIVR2 B.5.9 CDO WP95 RIIVR2 Profile B.5.9 CDO WP95 RIIVR2 to ILS B.5.9 CDO WP95 The LA Way 1. 2. 3. 4. Use active controllers Obtain data on typical trajectories Apply the "90%" rule Build an initial CDA B.5.9 CDO WP95 The LA Way 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Break trajectory into segments Use a trajectory simulation tool Redesign the associated sectors Perform simulation testing Begin implementation B.5.9 CDO WP95 US Lessons Learned Critical elements • Precisely spaced arrival flow • Automated wind information • "90% rule" • Design to hit merge points • Lots of simulation Not necessary • Dynamic resectorization B.5.9 CDO WP95 Doc 9931 - Predictability Manual identifies two goals: • Continuous descent • Increased flight predictability To the controller, predictability is: • Restricted trajectory - single 3D path • "Low tolerance" CDA To the pilot: • Unrestricted trajectory • "High tolerance" CDA B.5.9 CDO WP95 Trajectories B.5.9 CDO WP95 90% Envelope B.5.9 CDO WP95 Open Path 22.214.171.124.2 - The open path design is a design where a portion, or all, of the route consists of vectoring. The specific distance to runway threshold is not known prior to start of the CDA. Two procedures: • Vectored CDA • Open CDA to Downwind B.5.9 CDO WP95 Open CDA to Downwind B.5.9 CDO WP95 Closed Path 18.104.22.168.1.1 - The closed path design is a design where the route is fixed and the specific distance to the runway is known prior to start of the continuous descent operation. The procedure may be published with crossing levels, level windows and/or speed constraints. The design of the closed path may comprise the STAR and (initial) approach phases of flight until the FAF/FAP final approach point (FAP). B.5.9 CDO WP95 Path Stretching B.5.9 CDO WP95 Merge Points B.5.9 CDO WP95 Tailored Arrivals (TA) • On demand, individually constructed route and profile clearance • Transmitted via data link from Ocean21 system to FANS-1/A aircraft • 6 years of testing in Australia, Netherlands and US • Operational in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami this year • Fuel savings – 75-400 gallons per arrival (280-1500 L) B.5.9 CDO Conclusions 1. The CDO Manual incorrectly uses the term "CDO" to refer to a procedure. 2. The ICAO definition of CDO only considers the perspective of a single aircraft. 3. Flight predictability should be increased for both the aircraft and the ATM system. 4. Best practices for CDA design should be derived from successful implementations. 5. Open Path CDAs are a compromise between predictability and controller flexibility. 6. Restricting the controller's ability to intervene reduces ATM capacity. B.5.9 CDO Conclusions 7. In CDA design, there is a trade-off between capacity and the aircraft's optimal flight path. • "Low tolerance" CDA Higher predictability for controller Higher capacity for non-arrival traffic Inhibits ideal engine-idle trajectories • "High tolerance" CDA Lower predictability for controller Lower capacity for non-arrival traffic Pilots fly ideal descent trajectories B.5.9 CDO WP95 Debate B.5.9 CDO WP95 Recommendations 4.1 - IFATCA Policy is: IFATCA defines Continuous Descent Operations as: Continuous Descent Operations (CDO) are aircraft operating techniques facilitated by appropriate airspace and procedure design which meet all ATM requirements, allowing the execution of an optimized descent profile. and is included in the IFATCA Technical and Professional Manual. B.5.9 CDO WP95 Recommendations 4.2 – IFATCA Policy is: IFATCA supports the development and implementation of Continuous Descent Operations provided that: Controllers are involved in the design. Airspace is suited to the design. The design meets the desired ATM capacity. Tactical ATC interventions are allowed. Flight predictability is increased for both pilots and controllers. • Controller workload is not increased beyond an acceptable level. • • • • • and is included in the IFATCA Technical and Professional Manual. B.5.9 CDO WP95 Recommendations 4.3 - IFATCA Policy is: Doc 9931 should be amended as follows: • Incorporate CDA design practices learned by the pioneers of continuous descent, including the 90% rule, the use of extensive simulation and the need for automated wind data and advanced sequencing tools. • More precisely refer to those procedures it aims to regulate as either Continuous Descent Arrivals (CDAs) or Optimized Profile Descents (OPDs). and is included in the IFATCA Technical and Professional Manual.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Skateboard Coach
The Best Way to Learn Skateboarding Fast
Seriously Technical
We film real skaters and coaches doing the tricks, and talking about how they do them. We use expert Movement Analysis and slow-motion photography to speed your learning.
Skateboard Videos
Learn skateboarding's concrete fundamentals, excel at specific tricks, study the science behind skateboarding, or appreciate it's artistic nature.


text:
Moving Services Troy has proved to be the most consistent company in the moving business. Our local movers take pleasure in providing fully steadfast, dedicated and trustworthy moving services all over the city of Troy. Our top priority is our valued customers and their satisfaction. Our local and long distance movers in no way take things for granted and present the best relocation services.
We're available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week all through the year for any form of move you may have. Our licensed movers are on hand to adjust to each client's exclusive moving necessity. Don't put off any longer and call us today for a free quote. Our local movers function according to a fitting planned schedule and work-flow.


text:
Chesterfield residents are being urged to be extra vigilant around door step callers over the festive period.
At around 12.40pm on Monday, December 15, officers received reports of a man that was attempting to sell goods door to door in the Deerlands Road area of Chesterfield.
Officers carried out a search to offer advice about the importance of trading with a Pedlar's Certificate; however it appears that he had already moved out of the area.
At around 1.30pm on the same day, police were called after two men were asking to carry out work on properties on Scarsdale Close in Dronfield.
Police are asking residents to be aware of door step callers, especially in the run up to Christmas, and not to feel pressured into buying goods at your door without checking for quotes from other suppliers.
Officers are advising residents to follow some simple safety tips when dealing with doorstep callers, including asking to see the identity card of the caller, and if they are selling goods, to ask for their Pedlar's Certificate.
They should take the ID card or certificate, close the door and examine it from inside, and to call the organisation they work for using a number from the telephone directory or a utility bill if they are unsure.
To contact Derbyshire police call the non-emergency number on 100, except in an emergency when the number is always 999.


text:
Its been ages since I posted any of Rudi's work, but the main reason is a new baby! Things are settling down now and watch this space for work from Rudi's younger brother, Art!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
New work from Rudi!
Posted by Sarah at 3:40 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, child's drawings, children's drawings, illustrations, monsters, scary
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)


text: 2017-2018 Ospreys Rugby Cotton Stripe Polo Shirt (Tap Shoe). Official Ospreys Rugby Cotton Stripe Polo Shirt which is available to buy online. This is the new Ospreys Rugby polo shirt for the 2017 2018 season, which is manufactured by Canterbury and is available to buy online in adult sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL. This polo shirt is black in colour.Whether you're facing the media or looking for a smarter look, retain that Ospreys pride with this Canterbury Ospreys 2017/18 Cotton Stripe Rugby Polo Shirt in Tap Shoe.This adults polo shirt from Welsh Pro 14 side, the Ospreys comes in a tap shoe colourway with a split striped design for a fan-pleasing style.Made from 100% cotton, the famous Ospreys logo proudly embroidered on the chest, the CCC branding of Canterbury is placed the other side of the chest with title sponsors on the collar. With a smart button-up collar, show your support for Alun Wyn Jones and the rest of the Ospreys squad in this Canterbury Ospreys 2017/18 Cotton Stripe Rugby Polo Shirt.Product Code E534257


text:
Water damage is a terrible thing to go through; however, it helps to know that Plumbers FL Services will be there quickly and efficiently when needed. Christian and Carlos make a great team. They are friendly, polite, and hard working. They are a credit to the Plumbers FL, and I'm glad they were here to help me. Thank you Christian and Carlos and the Plumbers FL crew. I always call Plumbers FL, and recommend their services to neighbors and friends. Thank you.
We have used Plumbers Florida many times in the past. The technicians are always pleasant, professional and do outstanding work. Our last experience was with William who went above and beyond our expectations. His communication skills and advise were spot on. As well as just a really, really nice man!!!
A 2.65″ continuous rocker lays the foundation for the Hyperlite Franchise Wakeboard to be fast and carve with ease. The rocker is the largest continuous rocker in the Hyperlite line and provides maximum pop off the wake. The innovative and tapered channels narrow at the tip and tail aligning the dual fin configuration to increase the board's edge hold. The overall profile of the board and reduced tip and tail profile decrease swing weight for simple rotation on flat and inverted spins. On landings, the board incorporates two soft landing spines for cushy entries on either edge. Franchise 138: 54.3″ x 17″. For riders up to 175 lbs. Franchise 142: 55.9″ x 17.125″. For riders over 160 lbs. http://www.overtons.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Hyperlite-Franchise-Wakeboard-Blank&i=44391&aID=600C2A&merchID=4006


text:
At BDK America, we are happy to share educational and cultural programs, including exhibits and classes, with our friends and neighbors in Moraga and the greater Bay Area. (Events are scheduled at various times in Moraga or in Berkeley. Link to the schedule below for details.)
Class Schedule for August and September 2018
Our schedule of classes for August and September identify new series of classes in Tea and Yoga starting in September. And for Ikebana Now we can show the schedule for the full year.
Class Schedule in July 2018
Here is a schedule of classes in July. Listed are classes for Way of Tea, Yoga with Meditation, and general information for students regarding the July Ikebana Show at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda. For Ikebana Now we can share the schedule for all of 2018
Class Schedule in May and June 2018
Here is a schedule of classes in May and June.
Please note that we are offering fewer classes in May as some series of classes have drawn to a close. But stay tuned for when we announce more classes for June.
Class Schedule in March and April 2018
Here is a schedule of classes through the end of April.
Ikebana Classes - March and April. Please note there will be no Ikebana class in March 2018. Generally classes meet from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and on the fourth Thursday of each month with some exceptions: June (third Thursday 6/21/18), July (prep morning of Friday 7/20/18 for flower show or early Saturday), Sept. (third Thursday, 9/20/18), Nov. (third Thursday, 11/29/18), and Dec. (third Thursday 12/20/18). See recent arrangements from Suiei Sensei and her students.
Yoga and Meditation - March and April. We continue our popular yoga and meditation classes in our Berkeley location. Space is limited; Please sign up for a Monday session by the Saturday before: Space is limited to six students.
Way of Tea Classes - March and April. Classes sessions convene on various dates and a new five-part series begins March 24, meeting each Saturday from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at our Moraga location. Other sessions take place in Berkeley. Link to the schedule of classes above for details. Please contact the instructor if you have questions.
Instructer Contact Information


text:
Because when Jesus said he came to proclaim release to the captives and to let the oppressed go free, I believed him.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Lent Day 15: Checking In
Sophia (who is herself a gracious presence here) writes:
The pastor of my grad school parish once gave a fascinating reflection, at about this mid-point in the season, called "How to Survive the Mid-Lent Crisis"! As I recall, his main point was that by halfway through the season we have often found it very challenging to live up to our original plans....But, he suggested--on the analogy of the healing and reframing of our life plans that can happen during a mid-*life* crisis--that that can be even more fruitful.
So here's an invitation to check in on the state of your spirit midway through "this joyful season where we prepare to celebrate the paschal mystery with mind and heart renewed" (Roman Missal). Hopefully there's a good deal of grace, and not too much crisis, in your mid-Lenten experience!
1. Did you give up, or take on, anything special for Lent this year?
This Lent I did something I often do: vowed to say Daily Prayer (or the Daily Office, depending on your tradition) every morning by rising an hour earlier than usual. This is a challenging discipline for me, especially the early rising part, but I knew I needed it.
2. Have you been able to stay with your original plans, or has life gotten in the way?
Not only has life not gotten in the way, life has made this early prayer hour essential: Within a day of adopting the plan, the idea of coming out to my congregation began to burn in me, an absolutely unquenchable desire.
3. Has God had any surprising blessings for you during this Lent?
The plan to come out: I know it is a blessing, but I also believe it is a great challenge (and no one, I believe, ever promised that blessings would not also be challenges). Yes, this was a surprise. After thinking about coming out a year ago, I had essentially tucked this idea away... found it a closet, I guess you could say. And I had no plans to resurrect it. But... there is coming a time when my congregation will vote to make what has been a temporary pastoral relationship permanent. And as that vote approaches, several things become clear.
First, I can imagine being at my church for many years-- ten or more. In fact, this is what I am hoping for. But I cannot imagine being there all that time closeted. In fact, I can imagine it becoming something that feels very, very oppressive, as I continue to have a vague sense of anxiety every weekend that Beloved and I stay together, or as well hold hands in a movie and I glance around to see whether I recognize anyone from my church community there. The other piece of it is this: being closeted is a temporary measure at best in a small town. Being outed is inevitable. I can imagine a scenario where people begin to learn this about me, and nothing is said... but attendance dwindles, people remove themselves, the trust in me has been hopelessly eroded. This leads me to the second dawning awareness.
I am increasingly uncomfortable with the idea of the congregation voting without knowing this about me. It begins to move out of an area of reasonable privacy (which I think was reasonable for the earlier stages of our lives together), and into the realm of dishonesty. Given the inevitability of being outed sooner or later, it just makes sense that I would take as much control (of an uncontrollable process) as I can.
4. What is on your inner and/or outer agenda for the remainder of Lent and Holy Week?
One unexpected thing that has happened is that my friends are not universally supportive of this decision. Most are... in fact, all but one. My friends who are out have all been incredibly sensitive to my need to be closeted as I have been. I have never felt the slightest pressure from anyone, and that includes Beloved. But as I have shared this idea, this news with them... their response has been joyful and supportive (even as they have said things like, I am afraid for you, for the difficult parts of this).
One friend has not been happy with this decision. This friend is sharing with me thoughts and ideas that are designed to be reality checks-- I truly think there is concern for me-- but which in fact are just full of fear, fear, fear. And which are feeding into some of my worst nightmares about the possibilities that lie ahead of me.
My agenda includes continuing to process all of this, getting my support systems in place and ready to go, and writing both the letter that I will send to the congregation and the sermon I will preach the following Sunday. And praying, praying, praying.
5. Where do you most long to see resurrection, in your life and/or in the world, this Easter?
I wish you could see me smiling. Whatever may come... at the end of it will be freedom. That is resurrection enough for me. I wish it for all.
Bonus: Share a favorite scripture, prayer, poem, artwork, or musical selection that speaks Lenten spring to your heart.
For me, the scripture of this Lent is from 1 John 4:17-19:
17Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world. 18There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love. 19We love because he first loved us.
Amen, Amen, Amen.
13 comments:
- August said...
applause! loud and raucous applause!
- March 13, 2009 at 7:54 AM
- Choralgirl said...
Love you so. :-)
- March 13, 2009 at 8:16 AM
- Rachel said...
Bold, what an amazing journey so far. Your courage astounds me.
- March 13, 2009 at 8:22 AM
- Gem said...
Beautiful. Are you taking Sundays off? If so, do you know the reason you take Sundays off? I am sorry if you already explained this on your blog, I just found it now and quickly skimmed through it...
and the picture of the words from your blog on the right hand side; where do you do that?
- March 13, 2009 at 10:15 AM
- Sophia said...
Rejoicing with you, dearest Cecilia. You and Godde are so amazing and it is such a blessing to read this sharing.
Also noticing that that scripture brings me to tears--need to spend some time with that. It's been years since I read Hind's Feet on High Places but the heroine's name at the start is Much Afraid....And at the end it has been changed to Grace and Glory. That is what I long for, for all of us.
- March 13, 2009 at 10:33 AM
- Cecilia said...
Gem, thanks for commenting here. Welcome! That's a "word cloud," you can get it at http://www.wordle.net/. You simply use a portion of your writing (or your whole blog, for instance, which is what i did with that one... about a year ago or more) and it creates it. Cool!
Pax, C.
- March 13, 2009 at 11:04 AM
- Cecilia said...
And yes, Sundays are "in" Lent, but not "of" it. Sunday is always the celebration of the resurrection, so those days are not counted in the count of the days in Lent.
Pax, C.
- March 13, 2009 at 11:05 AM
- LittleMary said...
yes, at the end will be freedom!
- March 13, 2009 at 11:58 AM
- Songbird said...
- March 13, 2009 at 2:21 PM
- Jan said...
Cecilia, you are so brave and wise. Honest, too. Prayers as you walk this way to openness, which is risky but also hopeful.
- March 14, 2009 at 3:32 PM
- jsd said...
I throw this out there for what it's worth. Before leaving TX to come to VT to discern. Two friends on a near weekly basis played devil's advocate; they wanted to dissuade me from leaving my very good life for one of what they envisioned to be poverty and not the best choice for someone with young children. But, much of what they asked I had already thought through and excepted. Some of their questions gave me things to think about, and decide even if that where to happen, my decision to leave was the right one.
This journey has not been easy, some of what they said, I've had to live through and into my answers I gave them then.
I had some initial regrets, and a lot of doubt about what have I done. But, now - I am back in that space that come what may, it will be what it will be, and I will be ok.
Peace to you.
- March 15, 2009 at 4:26 AM
- 52 Faces said...
Of course I'm already predisposed towards this post (and your Day 25 one) because my name is Sophia :)
Happy Lent!
I'm very happy to have found this blog (google search "day of lent" as I prepared to write my own mid-Lent check-in.)
- March 26, 2009 at 12:46 PM
- Cecilia said...
Welcome 52Faces! great to see you around these parts. Come back again!
Pax, C.
- March 26, 2009 at 1:15 PM


text:
Once there was a new, brilliant white, short-cuffed, cotton, athletic sock hanging on a rack in a department store. He was a fine Sock, and quite proud of his sturdy construction, his seamless toe, and his promise to instantly whisk away perspiration. Not that he'd ever have to face that problem, because Sock knew he was destined for great things.
And he was right, for it wasn't long before someone came to Sock's rack and began searching through all the varieties that hung there. Sock hung almost trembling on his hook, trying hard to gleam his whitest. His efforts were soon rewarded when he heard, "Oh, this is exactly what I'm looking for," and he was lifted off the rack. Sock mentally congratulated himself for having been white, short cuffed and made of cotton. Obviously, he was made the best of the best, and he was right.
Sock was taken home and placed in a drawer with many other socks. At first he was outraged that he was forced to mingle with the stained, stretched out, and (heaven help him) flimsy navy dress socks. What was his owner thinking to put such a fresh, clean specimen like himself with such a motley crew? He began to wonder how the other socks came to look as they did with holes in their toes and broken elastic in their cuffs. He promised himself to never become so complacent as to end up stretched out, stained and shapeless. He would stay pristine white and shapely no matter the odds.
And he was until the day his owner took him out of the drawer and pulled him on his foot for the very first time. Sock was so excited to finally fulfill his purpose, and prepared to shine his whitest for all to see. But his efforts were short-lived, for in a matter of moments, a big, dark boot was pulled on over the top him. The boot was smelly and close. It rubbed him at the ankle and toe, and completely covered Sock's short cuff. All day long he suffered in the tight quarters of that boot. His perspiration-whisking abilities were sorely tested, but he rallied himself with thoughts that surely this was just a onetime experience. Maybe socks needed breaking in like shoes and the next time things would be easier. He was comforted and dreamt of the washing he'd receive at the end of the day.
But the washing didn't come that day; nor did it come the next. When sock had finally been removed at the end of his first long day on the job, he had accidentally slipped under the bed and disappeared from view. For two days he sulked on the floor. He now bore large black stains on his underside. His cuff felt overstretched. He was worried about a spot on his heel that felt thinner, and he knew the smell that made the dust bunnies cower at the far end of the bed was his own. He complained to himself of his ill treatment, but was relieved that none of the other socks could see him in his current state.
Then one blessed day, he was rescued and dropped in a washing machine. He thought, "Finally all will come right and I'll be my lovely white self again!" He was very happy until he realized that other dirty clothes were being tossed on top of him. "Agh", he thought to himself, "Don't they know they're only supposed to wash me with like colors? What if that red shirt bleeds on me?" And suddenly he remembered that no one had applied stain remover to his underside! Now he would be gray forever.
And he was right. As days went on, Sock came to resemble all the other worn out, used up socks that dwelt in the drawer. He was so often worn inside the dirty black boot, that so soon his heel was thread bare. His elastic cuff began to sag, and his general appearance was gray and sorrowful. Sock chided himself for having foolishly thought he was something special and could keep himself new.
And he was right, but only partly right. For one day, Sock was pulled out of the drawer by very different hands. Small hands carried him away and pushed a nail through his cuff. "That's going to leave a hole," thought Sock to himself. But then it hardly mattered anymore really. Still, he couldn't help but be curious as to what this new task would be, and hope within him stirred. That is, until he found himself hanging from the mantelpiece—out in the open for all to see. Sock was ashamed of his saggy middle and gray hew. This was not what he was meant for. Why did they humiliate him so? Sock hung limp and completely dejected.
That night, however, Sock woke from his stupor of self pity to feel small boxes, wrapped chocolate and a candy cane shoved inside him. This was very strange. What could it mean? He waited, feeling odd with the lumpy items pushing awkwardly at him from inside. Then at first light, Sock heard a squeal and thudding feet in the hall. A young voice was shrieking, "Oh look at the sock! Look, look! Let's see what's inside!"
And little hands ripped Sock off the nail and hugged him close before eagerly digging through his contents. In wonder, Sock watched the pleasure each new item brought to the face of the small one. He wished he could stay there forever giving up new treasures for the impatient little hands. Never had he felt so useful and valuable. He was still gray and worn out, but it hadn't mattered in the least. The gifts he had given had brought joy to the child. Sock never wanted to go back to that drawer, or worse, that black, dirty boot. Couldn't he just stay here where he was loved and appreciated?
Apparently the small one had the same wish, for she was asking, "Daddy, can I keep this sock always and hang up again on the mantelpiece?" Sock held his breath and then heard Daddy's reply. "Sorry, honey. You'll have to find somewhere else to store your treasures. I need that sock."
Sock was startled. He was needed? Sock realized that there were many other socks that could fill his role, but his owner didn't want to let him go. He remembered the day he had been chosen, and his owner's words, "This is exactly what I'm looking for." He had been chosen, and that made all the difference. Out of all the hundreds of other socks on that rack, his owner had picked him. Sock suddenly realized that stains, holes and stretched out elastic could be worn like medals--proof that he had been chosen, and chosen again…and again.
And he was right!


text:
Did you know that Walt Disney had a private apartment above the firehouse in Disneyland? As a prize at an Annual Passholder Event in 1995, we won dinner in that apartment which has been preserved since Walt's passing in 1966. Click on the picture below to read all about that night, and see all of the pictures we took.
Check out all of our
Pages for Disney Fans.
Secure Online Ordering
These stamps were issued by Uganda in 1997 to celebrate the first Toy Story movie. Both sheets display some of the classic artwork from the movie that was used for many, many different products. The "Woody Spots An Intruder" sheet is especially attractive, measuring 4x5-1/2 inches. The multi-character sheet is about the same size and uses the same Toy Story art that was used on a everything from posters to candy packages. Both sheets are in excellent condition.
Similar Toy Story Collectibles:
With complete credits for the first film inside.
Limited Edition of 2,500 - Amazing sketches & drawings
This page was last updated on June 25, 2011


text:
Two Cambridgeshire men are among seven members of a gang jailed for stealing museum artefacts worth millions of pounds.
The plots saw multi-million-pound items including Chinese jade and rhino horn taken from sites including the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and an attempted theft at Norwich Castle Museum.
Danny Flynn and Daniel O'Brian – both 45 and both from Smithy Fen – got for four years and 6 years 8 months respectively.
Six other men will be sentenced today.
Read more HERE


text:
A whimsical, wonderful sight! Dainty neon butterflies take flight on a dark navy backdrop. Flattering style is shaped with princess seams and back darts.
- Women's "Flight On" Print V-Neck Scrub Top
- Bright neon butterfly print on navy
- Princess seams and back darts for a sleek silhouette
- Bungee loop on front yoke
- Four roomy pockets, one with snap closure
- Multi-needle topstitching
- Side slits
- High performance 97% cotton/3% spandex blend
- Center back: 26"


text: The Bavarian Data Protection Authority, which is the competent authority for more than 700,000 companies (including global players), associations and freelancers, has presented its seventh activity report for 2015/2016. The report is still mainly concerned with the application of German privacy law, but also deals with the upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation. Private video surveillance (e.g., through wild cameras or dash cams) has emerged as one of the central topics in the activity report. The report states that the last few years have seen a constant increase in requests and complaints by data subjects. About one half of the complaints led to the detection of privacy breaches which, as a rule, also constituted administrative offences. File procedures, however, had been initiated only exceptionally, for reasons of capacity.


text:
Just a weekly update... My seeds didn't get planted this weekend; after my SIL's baby shower and some public crying in church on Sunday I just didn't feel up to it. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow, we'll be going over my new diet ect. and I will post in detail about my research on Elimination and Rotation diets. They are great for food allergies or intolerances. Also The sheep aren't getting shoarn until later in the spring, but we do have new baby chicks; I'm hoping to get something up about them too. Hope you all have a lovely week.
31 March, 2008
No comments:
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Pregnant, Glowing And Getting FuckedSeptember 19, 2018 — Porn Guy
|Ever notice how pregnant girls have that sort of glow to them? After doing some exhausting research, I've determined that it's the thick layer of hormones surrounding their sex starved bodies that causes this. No need to thank me for that bit of reasearch!
For More Horny Pregnant Women Fucking in Hardcore Action Click Here!


text:
For a few hours, a debut author shone at the top of the N.Y. Times bestseller list Thursday. But after online commenters questioned how the book got there, the paper removed "Handbook for Mortals" by Lani Sarem. What happened?
Author Phil Stamper thought it was strange when "Handbook for Mortals" was climbing and poised to knocked "The Hate U Give" off the No. 1 spot on the Young Adult Hardcover bestseller list.
"The Hate U Give" is the debut novel from author Angie Thomas. It came out in February to widespread critical acclaim, including glowing reviews from prominent book bloggers who had read advance copies. It's been optioned for a film, and has spent 25 weeks on the New York Times' bestseller list.
In contrast, "Handbook for Mortals" was announced only last month, as the first offering from website GeekNation's new publishing venture.
The most recent New York Times YA hardcover bestseller list was released on Wednesday. Stamper, the author of YA ebook "Crowded," said in a direct message on Twitter that "pretty much everyone I knew was stumped" to see "Handbook for Mortals" at the top of the list.
"I couldn't find one person who had ever heard of this author, this title, or the publisher," he continued. "This book had zero publicity." (His findings were first reported by the website Pajiba.)
People who worked at bookstores began reaching out to Stamper and writer Jeremy West privately, saying they'd received bulk orders for "Handbook for Mortals" but weren't carrying any copies in stores.
An article in The Hollywood Reporter announcing "Handbook's" publication noted that a film franchise was also in the works. It already had a website. According to IMDBPro, the author, Lani Sarem, is set to star. She'll play "Zade," a "free-spirited twenty-something girl who comes from a long dynasty of tarot card readers who practice magick."
No one knows exactly how many books you sell to reach national bestseller lists, but estimates are in the low thousands. Sometimes, authors or publishers bulk-purchase copies in hopes of making the list. Typically, the New York Times denotes books that have received bulk orders, though this was not the case for "Handbook."
Nielsen BookScan, which compiles book sales data, indicated that more than 18,000 copies of "Handbook" had been ordered. Stamper theorized that the publisher was behind the bulk orders, in conjunction with the planned movie release.
Angie Thomas, the author of "The Hate U Give," posted a screen shot Thursday afternoon that showed "Handbook" had been removed from the list.
"Handbook" briefly reappeared on the list again Thursday evening but was later removed again. The amateur sleuthing has already inspired fan art and is a Twitter moment in its own right.
Follow me on Twitter @jessica_roy.


text:
6 comments:
Just gorgeous Sandy! But don't think I've ever seen a citrus butterfly before. Isn't it beautiful?!! Great shots again, of course! ♥ReplyDelete
They are beautiful. I posted about one that flew in a while back; they have another name, Orchard swallow tail. I'll have to keep watch on the lime (which currently has 9 limes thank you) to see if any caterpillars appear. I also posted another one ages ago that had the tail here: http://snapshotsofbeauty.blogspot.com.au/2010/04/flutter-by.html.ReplyDelete
Such brilliant colours Sandy... I'm amazed. Your photos are great and that closeup is beautiful.ReplyDelete
Love those snowflake lillies too - wow :D)
Thank you, Susan. Someone told me it's the Canon that makes the difference, but I'm not sure. Just enjoying when it works! The lilies are more amazing because I took the shot from the 1st floor.ReplyDeleteReplies
... it's also the photographer, finger poised, knowing just when to hit the button ;D) Well done !Delete
I think luck also plays a big part. For instance, only this morning I just missed a beaut shot of that pesky blue faced honeyeater on the banana palm! If I'd gotten outside 10 secs earlier I'd have got him. But thanks again!Delete


text: Find out about the damage you're causing and the benefits of quitting. Improved if you stop smoking. Timeline of health benefits after stopping smoking. Over 70 per cent of smokers say they would like to quit smoking. Calculate how much you can save by quitting, take the addiction test & watch videos about others who.


text:
Boomerang, the San Francisco startup behind the eponymous Boomerang email tools, is launching a new AI-powered productivity assistant. It's called Brief Me, and it intelligently pulls relevant text out of your inbound messages.
The post Boomerang's AI assistant for email puts the important stuff on top appeared first on Digital Trends.
Source link


text:
Hey, today we have some xxx videos with moments of strong orgasm feelings. Enjoy ladies squirting, moanin and loud screaming… here we go!
Ravishing sex with slut in bed. Look as she strongly compresses the cushion her arms
Awesome threesome action with stunning girls enjoy big cock. Her face shows ocean of pleasure between of her legs at the moment.
Horny ginger girlfriend can't keep her feelings inside. Short but very nice amateur video.
Blonde babe Nikita Von James enjoys hard dick penetrating her pussy from behind on the leather couch. She is definitely a milf!
One more great homemade video that you'll like at 100%. Busty GF with juicy boobs rides a dick like a hell. WOW!
If you want to see more orgasm videos, you can easy get it over this page, also we can recommend you this site: OrgasmPornPic.com (name tells all). See ya!


text:
TAKING THE PULSE: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS, -0.39% and Morgan Stanley MS, -0.61% are due to report expectedly weak fourth-quarter results after the European debt crisis derailed trading and deal-making activity at the end of 2011.
A second disappointing quarter in a row would cap a lackluster year that had shown promise before the debt crisis erupted mid-summer. Volatile markets pushed investment-banking deals into 2012, while equity- and bond-trading revenue will remain under pressure due to the challenging environment and the typical seasonal slowdown.
"Overall operating trends worsened sequentially as already anxious clients grew increasingly cautious and proved less engaged during the fourth quarter," wrote Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Brad Hintz in a recent note to clients.
Investors and analysts will be scouring earnings reports for clues about 2012 trends, including job cuts and any signs of a potential recovery within the capital markets. The fourth-quarter reports will also reveal how much in annual compensation the banks set aside for employees. Industry consultants project bonuses will fall 35% to 40% from a year earlier.
COMPANIES TO WATCH: Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
- reports January 18
Wall Street Expectations: Analysts expect Goldman Sachs to report profits of $1.38 a share, a rebound from a loss of 84 cents a share in the third quarter though well below profits of $3.79 a share reported in the fourth quarter of 2010. Expected net income of $847 million on revenue of $6.6 billion would be down 61% and 23%, respectively, from one year ago.
Key Issues: A poor environment for trading, a tepid market for merger and other advisory services, and a cooled-down hunger for initial public offerings are expected to result in slashed revenue for Goldman for the quarter and the year. Full-year revenue expectations of $30 billion would be the lowest in two years.
Goldman is expected to log gains in the mark-to-market value of its investing and lending portfolio, which includes stakes in public companies such as Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. and other private and public investments. More than $2 billion in mark-to-market losses in the third quarter in this segment pushed Goldman into the red.
The fourth quarter will also reveal how much Goldman allocated for compensation for the full year. Earlier this month, Credit Suisse estimated it would set aside $12.7 billion for 2011 pay, down 17% from 2010. Full-year compensation would be 44% of revenue, up from 38.9% last year.
Morgan Stanley
- reports January 19
Wall Street Expectations: Analysts expect Morgan Stanley to report a loss of 56 cents a share as the investment bank is projected to book a pretax charge of $1.8 billion related to a settlement with MBIA Inc. (MBI). Revenue is forecast to come in at $5.7 billion. A year ago, Morgan Stanley reported earnings of 41 cents, including discontinued operations, on $7.8 billion in revenue.
Key Issues: While Morgan Stanley isn't immune to industry-wide weakness in bond trading, the company will likely report core fixed-income revenue up more than 30% from a weak period a year ago. More reflective of tough late-year trends, Credit Suisse projected that Morgan Stanley's fixed-income trading will fall 10% sequentially.
The quarter will again feature some noisy items including the large monoline settlement and the typical wildcard--accounting gains or losses from swings in the value of the company's debt. Analysts are divided on whether Morgan Stanley will post a positive or negative debt-valuation adjustment for the fourth quarter.
Poor client risk appetite and lower activity levels will again make it difficult for Morgan Stanley to boost the pre-tax profit margin for its wealth-management unit, which includes Wall Street's largest brokerage.
On the compensation front, analysts expect costs in the quarter to be elevated, with Morgan Stanley's full-year pay accrual expected to climb about 2% to $16.4 billion.
(The Thomson Reuters and year-earlier figures may not be comparable due to one-time items and other adjustments.)


text:
Service Design is the activity responsible for organizing and planning infra-structure, communication, people and every other element that composes a service. It's goal is to improve the service's quality through the consumer's interaction towards the service.
Focused on the user and his/her needs, always seeking to improve the service's relevance. Service Design was a design course's subject that came up in 1991 at the International School of Design in Colonia, Germany, taught by Professor Dr. Michael Erlhoff. Some Service Design's tools and concepts were used even during the previous decade but these were listed as marketing and management subjects, and service blueprints were used to organize services.
"... there's no job meant to be worked by one person, I might be a service design leader but that implies that I'm a leader at guiding a service design process, managing the service design thoughts… It's a multi-disciplinary job, it's not meant to be done by one single person. Service Design's concept is based upon people who have different cultures and ideas so that we can gather different perspectives…" – Melina Alves
Service Design depends on a few principles and according to Marc Stickdorn on "This Is Service Design Doing" – Service Design's 5 main guidelines are:
Focus on the user: Just like other Design areas, the focus is the user, and his/her perspective guide the creation and the tests to the service.
Co-creative: rethinking service it becomes noticeable that stakeholders and employees participation in the process is extremely important so that they become aware about the changes that might come out of it from the beginning. Also their participation assures that the service designer is aligned with the client's values and expectations.
Sequential: Series of interactions and contact points produce user's perception about the experience. This sequence is very important and the points taken from it have to be consistent.
Evidence: Services are intangible and since you cannot feel it or have a taste of it before the purchase, there's the need of having evidence of all the non-physical elements before delivering it.
Holistic: All services elements and environments might be taken into consideration.
"Service Design supports the correction of routes or the improvement of the products' and services' conception of experience and even interaction." – Melina Alves
Service designers are professionals experienced in different knowledge areas, such as operation managers, administrators, interaction designers graphic or product-wise, and experts in other areas.
These professionals create a structure and design all of the service's process from the beginning or redesigning an existent one. They always focus on the user experience on interaction with the service.
Laura Keller, a North American designer, divides Service Design into four main stages: exploration, creation, reflection and implementation.
Exploration: In this stage the service designer develops all the questions related to functioning and experience. These questions and the research are the guidelines used by the designer to better understand the company's and the service's image from the user's point of view, providing the designer with insights about the service's opportunities and threats.
Creation: Now that the problem or the opportunity is highlighted, it's time to create a solution for it. In this stage is quite important to have a multi-disciplinary team because the different perspectives might complement the solution in different ways and making the team's Know How diversified. It's also important that in this stage the employees, stakeholders and users be involved, making sure that all the expectations are aligned.
Reflection: After filtering all the of the ideas from the previous stage it comes to developing prototypes and testing the ideas conceived. It's essential that the entire team be able to figure out and visualize this service's functioning. In order to complete this stage simulations focusing on detecting flaws in this new process are made.
Implementation: So that this stage is successfully executed it's necessary that not only the Service Design team can visualize the new idea as a process, but also all of the employees that will take part on providing it. These employees must understand what changed in the process, and how it's structured now.


text:
'how are you doing thread' (how are you doing-centric)
How's it going?
- foppyish this'd this
not bad
+ i finish work in 21 mins
- im so hungry and everything takes forever to cook :(
Think i'm coming down with a dose of man flu
Plus this day has dragged insanely and there is still an hour and 9 minutes to go.
Plus it's raining outside and i'm only wearing shorts and t-shirt.
Minor gripes though, largely i'm doing good thanks for asking.
+sorted out a tax refund and booked GP appointment for holiday jabs
-everyone i'm living with next year is about to fall out over a dud room.
On the up
+It's sunny
+German biscuits
-Banking paperwork
-Uni forms
I slept funny and my neck is very sore
so I'm currently doped up on painkillers, I'd say I'm pretty good.
yeah, it was hilarious
well worth the crick in the neck today!
the worst part
is I'm someone who clicks their neck a lot - it hurts if I don't. Now I need to click my neck and I can't because it's so sore, no relief!! I need that satisfying CLICK.
can you do the breastbone click? i can only achieve it about 25% of the times i try
but it's the best one by far. other notable clicks - small of the back, fingers (classic), punching elbow click.
that is one I've not managed!
I'm on of those people who cracks every time I move, my boyfriend thinks it's hilarious - I'm such an old woman. I stand up, I click. I sit down, I click. I turn, I click.
Toes, fingers, ankles, elbows, wrists, neck (best one! provided it doesn't do that awkward "I need to click, oh no wait, I don't ow ow ow" thing) and back. When I'm at work (involves standing all day), I like to straighten up the hear the satisfying click and my spine stretches, mm. Clicking is awesome.
one* of those people
as* my spine stretches
I need to learn to read over my posts before I reply.
i bloody love clicking. still in bed morning routine:
- all of the fingers
- punching elbow click x2
- right hand on left knee turn to the left
- left hand on right knee turn to the right (lower vertebrae)
- sit up position holding chin to chest (upper vertebrae)
- stand up quickly (knees)
def worth being a cripple in later life, cant do ankle though, jealous.
ankle doesn't have a proper click
but it's a click nonetheless. You're not missing out - I just have crap ankles which will one day collapse in a pile of dust and I'll be a footless hedgehog. I'll just lie clicking on the floor.


text:
Train Sim is the #1 Train Simulator with over 14M downloads! FEATURES
-Awesomely Realistic 3D graphics-47 Realistic 3D Train Types-31 Train Car Types-8 Realistic 3D Environments-1 Kids Scene with Toy Trains-1 Underground Subway Scene-3D Cab Views for all Trains-Train derailments-Kid friendly-Realistic Train Sounds -Easy Controls-Regular Content Updates-No In-App Purchasing-Optimized for Intel x86 mobile devices
Train Sim is perfect fun for both adults and kids who love Trains & Train Games. Pick up passengers from stations, or carry some freight. Control your favorite historical or modern trains perfectly recreated in 3D. Sit inside the trains, passenger cars, or simply view the train from the ground as it comes towards you. This professionally made Train Simulator has something for every Train fan.
Ad free version now available: Train Sim Pro
Train Sim is also available for iOS/Win8/WP8 & Amazon platforms.


text:
No, not in the xml, do this in the recordset.
in the dynamicwebcharts folder, there will be a file named <chartPageName>_data1.php, where <chartPageName> is the name of the page you added th;e chart to. the recordset that creates the chart will be on this page, Double click the recordset to edit it and add to the where clause. Examine how the first parameter was added to the where clause for an example on how to add the second one.


text:
We have just returned from the Platte River Valley in Nebraska where we witnessed the migration of Sandhill Cranes. If you ever have a chance to see this, don't hesitate, as it is by far the most impressive wildlife spectacle I have ever seen. During the day you see crowds of cranes feeding on last year's waste corn in the fields, mile after mile of large gray birds, heads down, fattening up for the rest of their migration. They've come from wintering grounds in the south and funnel through a narrow area around Kearney where they rest and gain strength for a few weeks before continuing on to their nesting areas in the north, even as far as Siberia.
In the evening, flock after flock fly in to the river in long skeins. Here they roost on sandbars in the water as a protection from predators such as coyotes. As light faded we saw many tens of thousands crowded together, so close together they looked like islands.
In the morning we went to blinds owned by the Rowe Sanctuary before dawn. The sound they make is unforgettable, a sort of guttural gurgle reminiscent of a turkey to me, but not as assertive. As dawn comes, the cranes awaken and begin lifting off toward the fields, slowly at first but in greater and greater numbers until the sky is full of them. On the last evening we watched, an eagle flew down the river sending all the cranes up into the air in panic. The cacophony of their cries must have been audible for a couple of miles. After a while they settled back down to roost. We searched in vain for one of the Whooping Cranes as one had been reported. It was a long shot, there being only 230 or so Whoopers left in the wild. We occasionally got to watch the Sandhill Cranes dancing, a part of their pair bonding ritual.
It was a great trip with an added bonus of good steaks.


text:
VTech Push and Play Spinning Top622/2387
- £19.99
Check stock
Tell us where you are to check stock:
About this product
Discover animals, shapes and numbers with the Push & Play Spinning Top! Press the plunger to hear spinning sound effects. Includes 7 songs and 20 melodies.
- Chunky plunger spins the top and plays fun spinning sound effects.
- 4 coloured animal buttons, introduce animals and colours.
- 4 shapes buttons introduce shapes and numbers.
- Includes 7 sing-along songs and 20 melodies.
- English speaking voice.
- Size H20, W19.9, D20cm.
- Batteries required: 2 x AA (included) plus (not included).
- For ages 6 months and over.
- Only for domestic use.
- To be used under the direct supervision of an adult.
- This toy does not provide protection.
The small print
*Prices correct as displayed but are subject to change.
The customer and brand answers you'll see above are submitted independently. As we don't review these answers, we can't take responsibility for anything they may say. The responses from Argos colleagues are accurate at the time of publishing. For the latest info, you should check the product page.


text:
"Benedict sent from God" the German audience chants...
From Yahoo! News - Benedict Says He Prayed Not to Be Elected:
Benedict played to the crowd, telling them: "My roots are in Bavaria and I'm still Bavarian as bishop of Rome."
At the start of the audience, Benedict apologized to the crowds for arriving late, explaining that a meeting with religious leaders who attended his inauguration Mass ran long.
"The Germans are used to punctuality," he joked. "I'm already very Italian."


text:
- Design
Old Pallets Reinvented In 37 Unique Pieces Of Furniture
in Design
Old Pallets Reinvented In 37 Unique Pieces Of Furniture
Writen by Alexandru / 0 Comments
From pallets you can build almost everything you can think of because pallets are made of wood and wood can be used for any project . In this post, you will find 37 ways to reinvent the old pallets that are waiting your attention in garage. A hammer, some nails and imagination and tons of things can be made.
Alexandru is the co-owner of TopDesignMag. "If it looks easy, it's hard. If it looks hard, it's impossible. If it looks impossible, it's due tomorrow. At 8 A.M."
You may also like
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.


text: Whatever you're in need of, we'll find a mama that can help! Head over to our Facebook page to reach out to Mamas in your community – swap toys, request or donate items, share experiences and connect. If you still aren't able to get what you need, contact us directly via email and we'll help as best we can! This program is made possible through private donors and fundraisers.


text:
What do we Offer?
We offer herbal teas made from high quality organic herbs grown in the foothills of Himalaya. The teas are made from herbs like Tulsi/Holy Basil, Chamomile, Lemongrass, Nettle and Rhododendron. These are available in boxes containing 20 pyramid shaped nylon tea bags, or in packets of 50 and 25 grams of loose tea.
What are Herbal Teas?
Herbal tea is a generic term for tea made from herbs instead of tea leaves of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis). These are not really teas as they are not usually made from tea leaves but other types of plants. They are purely made of herbs without any tea leaves and are caffeine free alternatives to tea or coffee for a hot drink.
How did it get its name?
Herbal tea is also known as tisane. The name notes that the tea is not made from tea leaves. Herbal tea can be made from fresh or dried flowers, leaves, seeds or roots. The tea is usually made by pouring warm to boiling water over the plant parts and allowing the mixture to brew for several minutes.
The Health Benefits of Herbal Tea
The majority of herbal teas have medicinal properties. Most are high in Vitamin C and some have very particular active ingredients with very specific effects. Some of the herbs commonly used to make herbal teas are:
Tulsi or 'Holy Basil' is a prime herb in Ayurvedic treatment. Marked by its strong aroma and astringent taste, Tusli is a kind of "the elixir of life" as it promotes longevity. The plant extracts can be used to prevent and cure many illnesses and common ailments like common cold, headaches, stomach disorders, inflammation, heart disease, various forms of poisoning and malaria. It is often called "mother's medicine" of nature.
Chamomile, Chamomile is an herb that comes from a flowering plant from the daisy family. The active ingredient in chamomile essential oil is known as bisabolol, which has a number of anti-irritant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-microbial properties that can be used to treat a number of everyday ailments, such as insomnia and other sleep disorders, anxiety and panic attacks, stomach flu, and ulcers.
Lemongrass is a citrus flavored grass that is often used in cooking. It is known to have antibacterial and anti-fungal properties. Herbal tea made of lemongrass is known to aid digestion by killing infectious microbes in the stomach. In Ayurved it is known as the medicine for relieving cough and nasal congestion. Brazilian folk medicine also prescribes lemongrass tea for anxiety and its oil is often used as relaxing perfumes and scents.
Nettle has anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic properties and is commonly used against hay fever, arthritis, eczema, asthma and urinary tract problems. Fresh nettle may be used to stop bleeding due to its high vitamin K content, but is almost absent in dry nettle which may then be used as a blood thinning agent.
These herbs are collected from the clean mountain meadows of the Himalaya near Mount Everest. In a Buddhist viewpoint, the petals of the rhododendron tree are said to be the tears of the Bodhisattva "Loving Eyes" and symbolize the united compassion of all Buddhas.
It clears stomach and improves digestion. It is helpful with "lung" disorders involving general weakness of the body. It helps reduce fever and swelling of the abdomen due to the indigestion of food, restore the natural balance after changes in climate or water. This tea helps balance five elements and improves physical well being.
Some other herbs include Thyme, Echinacea, Oregano, Mint, Rosemary, Parsley etc.


text:
Advert Description
2018 reg, 665 miles, Auto 2998cc Petrol, 2 door Coupe, Alpine White. 2018 BMW 4 SERIES 440i M Sport 2dr Auto [Professional Media] Coupe with 665miles. In excellent condition, well equipped specification, this Buyacar certified used car can be ordered online and delivered to your door. Incredible monthly finance packages available, 6.9% APR representative. Price includes a finance contribution, visit our website www.buyacar.co.uk for more information, and the other colours available from 1000's of Buyacar certified used vehicles in stock.


text:
Use Cases
Add Instabot
Start Free Trial
Conversations that Increase Conversions
A Chatbot for your Website
Start Now
Trusted by:
The Most
Intuitive + Powerful
Conversion Chatbot Platform for Businesses
Instabot is a conversion chatbot that understands your users' needs, provides information, and motivates them to convert quickly. Proven to increase conversions.
You can build, integrate, and launch Instabot into your website, mobile app or email in 20 minutes or less. Quickly leverage data collected by Instabot by porting it over to your CRM, marketing automation, e-mail platforms, or internal portals. Once deployed, you can live chat with customers as well as see rich bot analytics, suggestions for optimization, and edit your bot on the fly.
Start Your Free Trial Now
Bot-First Live Chat
Monitor and takeover bot conversations in real-time with live chat
Learn More
How it Works
Easy to build, launch, and optimize bots with
no technical resources
—and make bots sophisticated with natural language processing (NLP) over time
on a SaaS platform
Visually build bots quickly through an intuitive interface, designed for non-technical people.
with a snippet of code
Add a code snippet to your site (like Google Analytics) and launch in less than 5 minutes. Control what it says, when it launches & how it looks.
Strengthen + Optimize
Analytics + Feedback
You'll receive fully transparent analytics, and data that allows you to optimize your bot.
Easily Train
with NLP
Gather the data you need to train your bot and easily leverage top NLP and machine learning platforms to make your bot smarter.
Benefits of Bots
Increase Conversions
Instabot is proven to increase conversions by specifically targeting language to different audience demographics, curating information for each user on otherwise static websites. The homepage is crowded place. Get visitors the specific information they need without having to read through your whole site and answer all the questions they need to convert. Instabot also qualifies users and leverages live chat to convert them while they are on your site.
Understand Users
Gather nuanced preferences and demographics from anonymous users so you can better nurture them throughout the sales funnel. Use the data to curate the user experience and personalize your marketing strategies. All user responses are saved in their user profile which can be downloaded to Excel or ported via API to your CRM systems or marketing platforms.
Enhance Lead Generation
Instabot is proven to gather over 33% more leads than contact forms. Instead of filling out an entire form, Instabot can gather data (e.g. e-mail address) and build customer profiles over time. Also, Instabot automatically qualifies leads, alerts the sales team when leads are on your site, and can direct different leads to different sales teams automatically, based upon their conversations—far improving your sales process.
Show More Use Cases
Build + Deploy Chatbots in Minutes
Easily build sophisticated bots using our intuitive platform. Endow your bots with scrolling images, beautiful videos, GIFs or pull in customer information (e.g. preferences, favorites, past purchases, etc.) with REST APIs. Add in NLP, or conditional logic. We can build your first bot for you!
Customize your bot with custom logos, colors, backgrounds, fonts, and more. Apply your own CSS. Our platform allows you to completely white-label your bot, making it seamless within your website or app. No one will ever know you are using our platform.
Target + Launch
Target messaging based on users location, preferences, demographics, number of times on site, etc. Set your bot to appear after a specific time or action (scroll down 30% of the page) or simply use it on the nights and weekends, when your team isn't available to answer questions. Then launch in 5 minutes or less!
Alert + Talk
Get alerted via push notifications or e-mails each time visitors talk to your bot, or when they meet certain qualification criteria. Route alerts to specific teams based on the conversation or monitor the bot conversations in real-time and instantly talk to users on the site with our bot-first live chat.
Transparent, Comprehensive Bot Analytics
Gather Detailed User Preferences + Demographics
Each time a customer chats with an Instabot, all their answers will be saved in their user profile. All conversations are time-stamped and dated. Dynamically create user segments based on their responses. Target these segments with additional chatbots or with a personalized email marketing campaign. All information is available in an API that can be sent to your CRM systems, or can be downloaded into Excel.
See Full Conversation Flow
Unlike other platforms, Instabot analytics are fully-transparent. Identify users who responded, and see how they flowed through the conversation. You can also identify where people engaged and abandoned the bot, so you can you optimize both your site, app, and future bots.
Understand User Needs
Get a 360 view of what your users need and how to improve your content and website. See responses in aggregate and the breakdown of how they responded. This tool is an excellent to signal changing user and customer needs as well as site and app content that is either difficult to find, or not compelling.
Try Instabot for Free
Enhance Your Bots with Natural Language Processing
Build out your bots quickly and layer in natural language processing (NLP) as you need it. With our platform you can quickly leverage top NLP platforms and train your bot to answer questions based on your users' questions or comments.
You can ask me anything
What's the capital of Finland?
Try Instabot for Free
Start Your Free Trial Now
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
What are Chatbots?
How do Chatbots Work?
What is an SDK?
Website Bots
Mobile App Bots
Email + Social Media Bots
Push Notifications Bots
Chatbot Consulting
Instabot Live Chat
Instabot for Shopify
Instabot for Squarespace
Instabot for Wordpress
Instabot for Lead Generation
Instabot for Conversions
Instabot for Marketing Attribution
Instabot for Talent Acquisition
Use Cases
Add Instabot
Start Free Trial


text:
'Upstairs Amy' is a branded content series presented by Walmart Canada that will be available on YouTube this Fall. The scripted series follows three modern women, and details the journey of Millennial parenting. The main character in the series is an accountant-turned-YouTuber, who documents her journey in a manner that allegedly incorporates real social media influencers.
Walmart Canada is attempting to address Canadian family dynamics in a manner that's engaging and entertaining. This curated content series will feature vlogs, blogs and more and serves as a unique way for Walmart to digitally connect with its audience. Through the series, a variety of sponsors will be highlighted, including Hamilton Beach, the official partner for the series.
Millennial-Targeted CPG Brands
Self-Serve Shopping Apps
Organic Big Box Eateries
Pumpkin Pie-Flavored Candy
Fridge-Stocking Delivery Services
Free 2019 Report & eBook
Get the top 100 trends happening right NOW -- plus a FREE copy of our award-winning book.
Our Research Methodology
This article is one of 350,000 experiments. We use crowd filtering, big data and AI to identify insights.


text:
Exorcist: The Fallen
When the fallen rise up
A young girl and her family go through a horrifying reality while she becomes possessed by demonic forces. Throughout the film we experience the ways a family deals with situations beyond their control and how they fight to overcome them. Only when the possession takes place does the family bond get stronger and the relationships between them get tested to their limits.
Genre: HorrorActor: David Withers, Garrett Benach, Justin Hall, Justys Spencer, Petra Boyd, Rollyn Stafford, Tara Marie Kirk, Todd A. Robinson, Tom Slater, Tony Teach
Director: Garrett Benach


text:
The Browne 5724140 Thermalloy® cover is designed to keep heat in the Browne 5724019 braiser with its 15.8-inch diameter. The stainless steel construction is durable and easy to clean, perfect for commercial kitchens. The hollow-cast handle design ensures that it stays cool to the touch while the pot heats up. Since the handle is riveted on the lid, it adds strength to the Browne 5724140 Thermalloy cover.
Product Details
- Handle is riveted to the cover for strength and long-term use
- Hollow-cast handle stays cool to the touch
- Stainless steel constructed for resistance to corrosion and durability
- Keeps heat in the Browne 5724019 braiser
- 15.8 in. dia.
- NSF certified
Thermalloy® Cover, for 5724019, NSF
Important Prop 65 information for California residents.
Browne 5724140 SpecificationsPDF Spec Sheet
|Product Type
|Parts & Accessories
|Part Type


text:
Update yourself with Pisces Horoscopes 2011 at Horoscope Hub.Blogspot.com
Pisces General Forecast 2011: Overall, Pisceans will feel more responsible towards their family in the coming year 2011. Pisces Horoscopes 2011 also states rise of competition for these people in professional fields.
Pisces Love Forecast 2011: Pisces Love Astrology 2011 predicts some serious love situation in March 2011. Pisceans can also expect some romantic tours for these people in the last quarter of 2011 and that will give space to new beginning in their love life.
Pisces Career Forecast 2011: On the professional front, Pisceans will get rewarded for their hard work with some promotions or awards in 2011. Pisces Career Horoscopes 2011 also mentions that new deals will come in way of these people in the last quarter of 2011.
Pisces Health Forecast 2011: Pisceans might experience tiredness and fatigue in the beginning of the New Year 2011. Pisces Health Horoscope 2011 also predicts low immunity of these people in the coming year 2011.
Pisces Travel Forecast 2011: In terms of travel and relocation, Pisceans might get transferred to a new location for work in the second quarter of 2011. Pisces Travel Astrology 2011 states that these people would go abroad for higher studies in 2011.
Wish all prosperity and luck to the Pisces in 2011.


text:
Friday night I went to the cinema with the girls to see Annabelle. Me and the girls absolutely love a horror film but we haven't seen one in the cinema for a while so I literally couldn't wait to see this! Although I was also crapping my pants at the same time.
Annabelle is the prequel to the film 'The Conjuring'. I didn't really have any pre-assumptions of the film. I'd watched the trailer (in mute, I was too scared to have the volume on) but that was literally all I knew about the film. Friends had been to see it and said it was jumpy so that was all I really expected.
So the film wasn't all that great. I was expecting a lot more as the producer had worked on Sinister and The Conjuring. There were a few jumpy moments but most of it had been shown in the trailer.
There was one part of the film though that was no eerie an creepy that the whole cinema was screaming for the scene to end.
But other than that one part that was good, it's not a film I would recommend.
Anyone got any recommendations for me? Have you seen any really good scary films recently?


text:
View this email in your browser
Aldea is involved in this world event with Habitat for Humanity. We still need ten volunteers to commit to October 6 to help a local homeowner. The total cost for sponsorship is $2,500. For the first $1,000 contributed toward our $2,500 goal, two generous donors will match that contribution. This way your contribution will be doubled. Email Gary Henshaw for details.
We're organizing a Refreshment Team to help with tasty treats Sunday mornings at Aldea. Interested in helping out? Email Jack Clark, email@example.com for more info.
Copyright © 09.27.2017 Aldea Spiritual Community, All rights reserved.
Mailing address:
8800 N. LaCanada Dr. Tucson, AZ 85704
unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
Comments are closed.
"Love. Period." is more than a slogan at aldea; it's a statement of our identity. We view love as life's highest value and the truest expression of faith. Many aldea events are designed with this truth in mind.
As you interact with people, ideas and practices, your faith is shaped and it shapes you. We encourage you to explore the spiritual path that fits who you are while learning from other people and other perspectives.
Love In Action...starts here! Sign Up for our weekly newsletter!


text:
Everything about provestra side effects
Not enough sexual libido and Insufficient sexual libido and push tend to be applicable to Ladies of nowadays. This issue is caused by certain things which may be preset.
However, try to host your web site on a server that's geographically near your readers. Search engines like google take the geolocation of the server under consideration in addition to the server speed.
Significantly being a blood clot proscribing the movement of our existence-bringing blood will cause disorder and/or Dying for the impacted organs, the blockage of our Qi will bring about disharmony and discord to our bodies and life.
Facebook is a vital channel for any business' digital promoting. seventy two% of consumers and virtually every Millennial expects your to have a existence on Facebook.
The penis in the bush hyrax is elaborate and unique from that of the opposite hyrax genera. It's got a short, skinny appendage inside of a cup-like glans penis and actions bigger than 6 centimetres (2.
: if adequate symptoms of the two conditions inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity have been present with the previous six months
Winkelmann's mouse can easily be distinguished from its shut relations by the shape of its penis, that has a partially corrugated glans.[a hundred and one]
It will make you upset at any time some time for lovemaking methods and you also absence the will. Some interactions are already shattered plus some led to divorce because of this and it is actually even amid the reason why Adult males go astray in a very marriage. Should they be unable to get pleasure from their partner, they start to look for just one in other resources.
Hyperactivity and Impulsivity: 6 or more indicators of hyperactivity-impulsivity for kids up to age 16, or five or more for adolescents seventeen and more try this web-site mature and adults; symptoms of hyperactivity-impulsivity are already existing for at least six months to an extent that is disruptive and inappropriate for the person's developmental amount: Normally fidgets with or taps fingers or feet, or squirms in seat.
Female libido enhancers also perform to Enhance the psychological aspects of life click over here that will influence the libido and sexual intercourse travel.
When The body and mind is at relieve and blood is flowing Normally in your sexual organs you may begin to knowledge several of the greatest personal encounters of your daily life. Even though you are article menopause.
It is a ton of excellent information and facts. I have generally been thinking about acupressure factors. I will try out a number of the types you have outlined. Excellent hub!
A stag's penis forms an S-formed curve when It's not necessarily erect, and is retracted into its sheath via the retractor penis muscle mass.[34] Some deer species spray urine on their own bodies by urinating from an erect penis.[35] A person form of scent-marking conduct in elk is known as "thrash-urination,[36][37] which usually our website involves palpitation of your erect penis.
This dietary supplement may perhaps consider slightly more time to work since it is all all-natural and has to revive equilibrium within the physique. It took time for the human body to achieve The purpose it is at hence it can take just a little time and energy to "repair".


text:
Casa Lupita Cafe located at 13120 Westlinks Terrace #10 is hosting Paint Nite, an evening of good wine, great friends and the experience of creating your own paining. Hosted by Social Painting Instructor Maria Makrynakis, Paint Nite is for people of all skill levels in painting. Absolutely no experience is required!
January 12, 2015 (SOLD OUT)
January 19, 2015 (SOLD OUT)
January 26, 2015 (get tickets)


text:
Last Rose
The last rose in my garden opened up. It is so pretty. My last weaving class is Wednesday!! That went by so fast...What will I do on Wednesday. Well my project comes off the loom last class. Our class show is in December. It be great fun to see everyone's finished project. I love seeing the differences between the different projects. The instructor, Linda, was really excellent! She has so much knowledge.
Today I will be sorting out Christmas pressies...I need to organize myself. So this post will be short... I did find some funky fabric to make my sister-in-law some pillows. There aren't many good fabric stores where I live. Blah. I have to go into the city to get anything nice.
I am going to leave you with a picture of some trees in the back.
Enjoy your week!


text:
Monday, 22 July 2013
shaker step card
had a lovely day here this afternoon, bit sticky for bed though.
well this is my first shaker card, cannot believe I have never done one all these years I been crafting
sorry about the bad photo, cannot get rid of the reflection on the acetate front.
New memory box again here at oyster stamps
snowflake over the image is Swirling snowflakes.. Bells are ringing.. Elyse Christmas tree..
Happy holidays..
all available from here at
oyster stamps
thank for calling by my blog lovely of you to visit pam ...
17 comments:
- cuilliesocks said...
This is a Wow Pam, just gorgeous and for a first time too. Love your dedign and the new dies are wonderful, Kate x
- 22 July 2013 at 22:30
- Sue - bearhouse said...
Such a wonderful card Pam. I love the unique design and gorgeous die cuts.
Sue xx
- 22 July 2013 at 22:47
- Neet said...
Well Pam, you have just changed the view of a lifetime. I have never been fond of shaker cards but this is something else and I love it. So classy.
Hugs, Neet xx
- 22 July 2013 at 23:30
- Wendy Fraser said...
I do love a shaker card, especially when they're as gorgeous as this. xx
- 22 July 2013 at 23:33
- Marie-Louise said...
Another beautiful card Pam.
- 23 July 2013 at 00:34
- aussie aNNie said...
This one gorgeous step shaker card, how awesome...would love to make one, any tutorial...luv annie
- 23 July 2013 at 03:35
- Have A Scrap Happy Day said...
Oh wow! You're so clever! Love this awesome card.
- 23 July 2013 at 04:32
- Jacqui's little piece of England said...
Gorgeous Pam love those bells
jacqui x
- 23 July 2013 at 06:58
- Ab Fab Designs said...
Love a shaker card Pam ,it looks fab
Hugs xxx
- 23 July 2013 at 07:02
- Karen B said...
Great card Pam - love all the elements you've used and well done on making your first shaker card!
Karen x
- 23 July 2013 at 07:15
- Aquarius said...
Great step card and clever to include a shaker as well using some interesting dies - looks good.
- 23 July 2013 at 07:46
- Patricia Howarth said...
Morning Pam, Wow, a really lovely card, so beautiful and wintery, gorgeous colours and gorgeous die-cuts, fantastic compilation. Truly lovely card.
Lots of love from Patricia xx
- 23 July 2013 at 08:05
- Hazel said...
Beautiful card Pam.
- 23 July 2013 at 18:16
- Patricia said...
Good evening Pam,
I love this beautiful card. The colour combination is wonderfully clean and fresh
Patricia xxx
- 23 July 2013 at 18:53
- Linda Simpson said...
Oh WOW Pam this is fabulous a stunning Christmas card.
Linda xxx
- 23 July 2013 at 19:09
- Stamps and Paper said...
Fabulous shaker card Pam and the first step shaker ive seen...love all the new dies lovely design
- 23 July 2013 at 20:01
- Sandy Beebe said...
You are so very talented!
- 27 July 2013 at 16:58


text:
The role of women in tangos
I'm jealous when I see my wife dancing with another man, am I normal ?
It's only dancing, she says, it's my limited mind ...
So I work on it ...
beyond jealousy I sense some dark confrontation ...
with the pain of passion lost ?
I get up,
I'm not done with my performance.
Tango, jealousy and knifefighting ...
The traditional themes of tangoshows are the nuns in the bordello and the knife fight ...
As in tango, many knife-fighters are nothing more than poseurs. However, the true thing is a serious piece of work. Because the focus in tango is't always the female, a show must show some respect for the skill with the blade.
In the world of knife fighting there is an unspoken rule: Go in, cut and get out unscathed. Knifefighting is a fast, fluid and dangerous affair, to master this most lethal of martial arts demands self-discipline, physical sacrifice and years of intensive training. The experienced knife fighter will easily see an opening and go in for the kill without being countered. The thing is, until you have actually faced a blade in the hands of someone who means you harm, you have no idea how terrifying it is. In that moment of singular clarity, you know: They are assassinations and "knife fighting" is a romantic fantasy that can be deadly. If you think that is bad, what you experience when facing a blade bare handed is even worse.
So the obvious tangostory is... flesh against flesh, the scenario of two jealous men dancing in combat over another woman , the passionate or troubled relationship, the figure of the compradito, the male dancer whose role is nearly always dominant on the stage in danza, a lovers quarrel and uncivilized intimate behaviour, traditions of domination, control and violence.
Seen from a narrative point of view, the role of women in tango is finely a twist-apple.
And beyond the show, one can see mirroring movements of shadows exactly like life ... but this strangely obscures what is happening on the stage, which is only obedience to tango's stage conventions and the tyrannical expectations of the vampire-audience.
Their version of tangoshow, as milongueros dismissively call it, is to play on old stereotypes, featuring male dancers dressed in faux 1940s tough-guy garb and women in their whorehouse-lite outfits, including fishnet stockings, very highheels and short skirts with long side slit.
Their dancing is full of kicks, brusque, melodramatic turns and oversized gestures, athleticism and an in-your-face sexuality. Pure Argentine Tango however is subtle. It is a very difficult dance to master, specifically because of the subtlety of the steps as well as the complexity of the lead-follow relationship.
It is revealing to look at the character interactions as a series of shifts in the both the dance partnership and gender dynamic.
As a unit, the pair is in a constant state of communication, give and take, control and release. When that release is fully attained, it is a delicious moment for both leader and follower, and the confidence and attitude of the leader is developed.
Under certain circumstances, with a tuned partnership, the follower can make various types of embellishments according to the tempo of the music, and can even take the lead away briefly.
True, tango is a metaphor for relationship of power, sex, love and control ...
But in the socialized tangoclub, the rotary is civilized ...
rules restrict the social intercourse.
At such tango de salón, one can imagine Gustave Flaubert,
sitting at a table, writing Madame Bovary *...
Who's dancing with whom?
The milonga dancing, or club dancing, is an intimate art. The milonga is full of those subtle considerations. It's a world of intimacy and freedom , but also very strict codes. The codes are needed because in la milonga, the conventions of normal life are not respected. In what other place do you just accept embracing someone you don't know, close your eyes and surrender?
There are milongas every day of the week, at lunchtime, in the afternoon and evening, and true milongueros, as milonga regulars are called, keep a schedule of favorites. They all share, however, some strict but unwritten codes, covering everything from the way to dress to the correct, and incorrect, ways of inviting someone to dance.
Appellation Tango Argentin Contrôlée :
"There are a thousand rules, " says Sonia Abadi, a much respected psychoanalyst by profession, and also a milonguera and author of "El Bazar De Los Abrazos" (The Bazaar Of Embraces) a very entertaining, often fascinating guide to the milonga world.
"La milonga puts you in a place that borders with transgression of the standard rules, ... because it's the night, because it puts body against body. And the more transgressive a situation is, the more rules are needed."
The tango at the milonga, danced in a counterclockwise motion on the edges of the floor, has the sensuality of understatement. Tension and trust hold the dancers together.
The man dances with his eyes open, she dances with her eyes closed so he's guiding her all the time and protecting her with his body so as to not bump into other dancers. She has to trust. What's more, almost instinctively the good dancer, as he sees a potential clash, turns so he gets the brunt of the collision and not the woman. In fact the good dancer is almost by definition, in the tangoworld, a gentleman.
"The milongueros are male geishas,*" says Abadi.
The milonguero is a guy whose aim is to please the woman, make her feel good. The good milonguero must make the woman he's with happy. He doesn't take her to show her off but to make her feel happy. It's like making love. You have those who do it like an athletic event and those who actually take their time to make love. In tango it's the same...
The milonguero is supposed to go to a milonga showered, perfumed and, within his means, well dressed. Many men dance with a jacket on . But if it is too hot they might wear just a shirt but with a vest, a way to keep the woman at a certain distance within the intimacy.
There are rules about inviting the woman to dance. Men and women usually sit at separate tables at the milonga, although that is changing The tangoman looks and nods. This gives the tangowoman the chance to accept or play to be distracted. A man does not come to the table to take a woman out. That's bad form. And a good female dancer does not accept if a man does such a thing, it would be like selling herself cheap. Unlike in Europe, a woman also doesn't start yelling when she sees a good Valentino or get angry if he doesn't come.
The dance proceeds in tandas, or sets, of five tangos, usually recordings by the same orchestra. The standard set-up features three major styles that alternate in a specific order: tangovals, tango and milonga (also the word for a music style).
Depending on the place, the DJ might play a set of jazz tunes, Argentine folk music or even rock. At the end of the tanda the floor clears, everybody goes back to their tables and the DJ plays some sort of theme song to clear the palate.
Good dancers know each other and if there are new faces they wait and see. You see them sipping soda water (serious milongueros don't drink alcohol) and watching.
If by chance they take a dancer who is shit, the unspoken rule is that you dance the first two pieces of the tanda and then beg off. Those first two songs are considered 'courtesy dances.'
"You don't bail out," says Abadi. After that you can make up an excuse, and you are off the hook. But as a courtesy you don't dance the rest of that tanda with anyone else. That would precisely show up the other person.
So, precisely the knife-fight is still sniping ...
Making a geisha from a knifefighter,
can give some identity problems,
or is it the difference between a milonguero and a tanguero ?
promiscuity seems to be the nature of tango,
jealousy is inevitable,
rules make it possible to endure and cover up ...
that it is ...
Madame Bovary was published in two volumes in 1857,
but it appeared originally in the Revue de Paris, 1856-57.
Emma Bovary is married to Charles Bovary, a physician. As a girl Emma has read Walter Scott, she has romantic dreams and longs for adventure.
"What exasperated her was that Charles did not seem to notice her anguish. His conviction that he was making her happy seemed to her an imbecile insult, and his sureness on this point ingratitude.
For whose sake, then was she virtuous?
Was it not for him, the obstacle to all felicity, the cause of all misery, and, as it were, the sharp clasp of that complex strap that bucked her in on all sides."
What is Geisha ?
"Gei" means accomplishment or performance and "sha" means person.
At first, Geisha were men and after a while, female Geishas came.
They were called "On-na-geisha", "On-na" means woman.
In the old period, only men went to parties, they needed someone to make them feel relaxed.
A geisha chat with guests, perform classical Japanese dance, sing songs or play games.
In "Memoris of a Geisha", Nitta Sayuri tells us of her life as a geisha.
We witness her transformation as we enter a world where appearances are everything.
Behind its facade of haunting beauty the salón turns out to be a viciously competitive place where women compete desperately for men's favor and largess,
where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder,
where women are trained to beguile and please the most powerful men,
where personal trust is almost nonexistent ...
and where love is scorned as illusion.
Synopsis translations: E/Fr/Port/Gn/Sp/It/Norge, + Link Milongas Buenos Aires
True tango is subtle, so is jealousy. Popular shows make it more clear...
High heels, sexy underwear and knife fighters. The traditional themes of tango shows are the nuns in the bordello and the knife fight. Many knife-fighters are nothing more than poseurs. However, the true thing is a serious piece of art. A show must show some respect for the skill with the blade, the focus in tango is not always the female. Knife fighting is a fast, fluid and dangerous affair, to master this most lethal of martial arts demands self-discipline, physical sacrifice and years of intensive training. The experienced knife fighter will easily see an opening and go in for the kill without being countered. True knife fighting is no romantic fantasy.
In any Martial Art, the crucial factor is the game of legs, to walk with a perfect balance and grace. In Argentine tango, the body energy-center lies lower than in ballroom tango. A little downwards pressure in the hips, makes the knees bend more and gives a more centered body axes, a sneaking, gliding way of walking. This less royal way of moving is related to knife fighting. The classic story in tango spectacles is the scenario of a woman and two jealous men in combat. Domination, control and violence. Many shows are melodramatic, tangosteps athleticism and an in-your-face sexuality. Seen from a narrative point of view, a women in tango is finely a twist-apple. Beyond the show, one can see mirroring movements exactly like life, but civilized.
At such tango de salon, one can imagine Gustave Flaubert, at a table, writing Madame Bovary. In a socialized tango club, there are rules about inviting, where to sit and a thousand codes how to look. Who's dancing with whom? Rules restrict the social contact and a male is preferred to turn himself into a geisha, which can give a knife fighter some identity problems. And a tanguero? Promiscuity seems to be the nature of tango, envy is inevitable, to keep a true thing alive?
Article from Tango-E-Vita


text:
I like ghost stories. I'm not talking about the scary stuff, though; I'm talking about when spirits help solve crimes, for instance.
So, I'm perfectly set up for Raines, the new NBC drama that premieres on March 15th. (You can watch it beforehand, as I did, at NBC.com.) Michael Raines, played by Jeff Goldblum, is a detective returning to work at LAPD for the first time after three months; he and his partner Charlie were hit in a shoot-out. Charlie is apparently disabled; he uses a cane and is not working. So when Raines catches the case of young woman found shot in the back in a parking lot, he works it alone.
Raines first stop is the victim's apartment, where he comes across a young woman. "Are you her sister?" he asks. Raines is alarmed when she tells him she is Sandy Budreau, the victim. Afterward, he checks in with Charlie, who reminds him that he always talked to the victims. "Know the victim, find the killer, remember?" It's just that in the past Charlie was in the car with him, and the victims didn't appear in the flesh and talk back.
Raines admits to Charlie he's hallucinating, and his colleagues express concern about how much he's talking to himself. And it is to himself he talks. Although he sees Sandy, she doesn't know any more than he does and constantly reminds him of the fact, or turns questions back on him. "Why?" he asks. "Why do you think?" she responds.
Raines tries to take the easy route in solving the crime, going on circumstantial evidence, but Sandy does not go away. "Maybe you haven't solved the crime to your satisfaction," says Charlie. Indeed. With the help of his hallucination, Raines pushes on, and, of course, he does solve the crime. Even so, Sandy doesn't leave him. "Is there something else I can do you for you?" he asks. Naturally there is one more thing. And one more surprise.
You'd think a someone who sees dead people might be passé. I mean, Haley Joel Osmet did it so well in The Sixth Sense, and the brilliant HBO series Six Feet Under made artful use of dead characters. Not to mention that the television show Medium (also on NBC), in which a detective dreams of victims, has been on the air for many years now. So what does Raines have to offer? What makes it different? Aside from the fact that it's not actual ghosts he sees.
The character for one. Smart, eccentric, and sarcastic, he's kind of a cross between Adrian Monk and Alison Dubois with a dash of Gregory House. Raines' unique twist is that he wanted to be a writer, so even though he ended up a cop, he has a writer's imagination; characters (read dead people) come alive for him.
Jeff Goldblum for another. Goldblum is a well-respected actor, and he must have seen something in the script for him to take his first TV gig in over 25 years. (Check out the nice bio they have at NBC or better yet, Jeff's own website.) Unlike his energetic roles in such films as Jurassic Park or Independence Day, Goldblum gives Raines a low-key quirkiness rather than a frenetic presence.
The creator of the series and writer of the pilot episode is Canadian screen writer Graham Yost, who is known for the movies Speed, Broken Arrow and Hard Rain. Yost does a good job with the script, laying out the series premise and keeping the episode's mystery alive with a not-what-it-seems plot. The dialogue moves at a goodly pace and held some laugh-out-loud moments.
The supporting cast has promise, although it's hard to tell from the pilot if they will work well as an ensemble. (They include Matt Craven as Captain Daniel Lewis, Linda Park as Officer Michelle Lance, and Nicole Sullivan as Carolyn Crumley, a civilian employee at the police department.) Maybe I'm hallucinating, but given the offbeat premise and the promise of Jeff Goldblum communing with the dead, I think Raines is a show to watch.
Cross-posted to Blogcritics.


text: Behold the brutal sludge as the giant sandworm makes it's way through the terrain. This must be one of the sickest releases so far this year, combining a truckload of death metal samples, slowed down, pitched-up and jackhammering their way through your eardrums into your skull. This apocalyptic soundtrack sees ZONΞ ΞATΞR and §E▲ ▓F D▓G§ (with guest performances by 0F.digital, HELLCOM and KING QUARTZ) take on the a wild aesthetic of what can defined as their self proclaimed "dethwave", pushing the zany limits far beyond the average.


text:
Head of Physical Education, Bletchingley, Surrey
Closing date:
Start date: January 2019
Contract type: Full Time
Contract term: Permanent
Suitable for NQTs: Yes
Head of Physical Education. We are seeking an enthusiastic and inspiring Head of PE to join our vibrant and successful Sports Department in this busy school.
Working closely with the Director of Sport, the successful candidate will pro-actively lead and develop a high standard of teaching and learning of PE from Early Years to Year 8, ensuring that children of all abilities are engaged positively enabling them to develop and maintain a love of sport. The successful candidate will also be involved in coaching the School's main team sports which include football, rugby, hockey, netball, rounders and cricket. There may also be the option for the successful candidate to teach Swimming, as well as wider areas of the curriculum, depending on specialist subject knowledge and experience. The ability to teach English and/or Maths would be considered favourably.
Full details and an application pack are available on our website or from the HR Manager, Emma Mitchell firstname.lastname@example.com Tel: 01883 743048 Ext 2022.
Closing Date: Sunday 5th August 2018. Interviews to be held w/c 27th August 2018 Early application is strongly encouraged. The School reserves the right to conclude the recruitment process before the closing date should the ideal candidate be identified.
We are a thriving, creative, friendly IAPS Co-ed, Day School in Bletchingley, Surrey with 550 Pupils, 2-13 yrs, situated on a beautiful 35 acre estate
Contact The Hawthorns School
Thanks for your interest in this role.
Simply fill in the form below to ask any questions, request a call, or schedule a school visit.
This field is required


text: Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee was created to assist and work with the Capital Improvements and Street Maintenance Committee as well as other committees of the Common Council as needed to improve bicycle and pedestrian accommodations in the City of Wausau. The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee has been determined to be a "special" committee by Wisconsin Statutes, whose members are appointed by the Mayor without Common Council approval. This committee shall consist of five (5) citizen members appointed by the Mayor to serve a term of two (2) years from the date of their appointments and the alderpersons serving on the committee representing Standing Committees of the Common Council shall also be appointed by the Mayor and serve their term of office. A member of the Wausau Police Department as approved by the Police Chief and appointed by the Mayor shall serve as a liaison to the committee. The committee is staffed by the City Planning office. The terms of the current members would expire on April 30, 2016; citizens recruited prior to that date would begin a full three year term thereafter and alderpersons would be appointed by the Mayor after the new Common Council is seated following Spring Elections Please check the calendar to confirm whether the meeting will be held. Committee Members Representing Name Address Term Phone # Citizen Member Elizabeth Brodreck 316 Scott St Expires 04/30/2020 715-843-0748 Citizen Member Andrew Plath 111 S. 4th Ave. Expires 04/30/2018 715-842-7120 Citizen Member Susan Schmidt 3949 Henry St Expires 04/30/2018 715-573-4800 Citizen Member Paul Kage Bridge Clinic Expires 04/30/2018 715-261-2123 Citizen Member Dawn Follendorf 2314 Midway Blvd Expires 04/30/2018 715-348-1459 Council Member Gary Gisselman 319 Park Ave. 2016-2018 Term 715-848-5160 Council Member Pat Peckham 1618 Emerson St 2016-2016 Term 715-845-1396 Ex Officio Brad Lenz 407 Grant St. Term of Office 715-261-6760