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Air Button: The Most Powerful Smart Button for Android
Miss the date you can operate your mobile phone without having to deal with or look at the device when it was with keypad?
With the introduction of amazing Touchscreen and smartphone technology, even for a simple action like selfie, it can become a bit of a hassle.
What you need to do:
Exit your current running app -> Dig into apps icons to search for the app you want to use -> Launch it -> And finally, perform your desired Action.
This "simple" process requires 4-6 different actions and takes more than 5 seconds! Additionally, you must keep your eye on your screen throughout the entire process.
Using a smart phone should be, well, smart! Instead we have to dig through our phones to find your favorite apps? With Air Button you can easily control your phone the way it should be, with a smart, simple and tactile button.
Saving you time and effort
Air Button lets you perform any Action on your smartphone by using the most intuitive input – clicking a button.
Air Button is a physical button attached to your gadget that can be customized for actions to control your phone.
Connecting the Air Button with the free Air Button app lets you easily customize and use your favorite and frequently-used actions.
- Launch your favorite apps
- Call forward
- WiFi ON/OFF
- Wifi Hotspot ON/OFF
- Bluetooth ON/OFF
- Screen Rotation ON/OFF
- Mobile Data ON/OFF
- Flashlight ON/OFF
- Free the memory (10)
- Open your favorite URL
- Control your music (Play/pause, Next, Previous)
- Take instant photo without launch a camera app
- Selfie Taking
- Voice recording
- Dim screen
- Sound On/Mute/ Silent
- Alarm snooze
- Play a Loudly Alert Sound
- Go to Phone Setting Page (20)
- Launch Wifi Setting Page
- Launch Bluetooth Setting Page
- Launch Apps Setting Page
- Launch Data Setting Page
- Launch Developer Setting Page
- Launch Account Setting Page
- Launch Battery Setting Page
- You can tailor your own button by combining any functions above!
Air Button comes with pre-set Actions, but once you get the hang of things you can customize clicking behavior and trigger dozens of different actions. The Air Button app allows you to select your favorite Actions and set different Click-combinations for each Action.
Feel frustrated to change the setting of your mobile when arriving office? It can take a few minutes to change all of them. With Air Button, you can change them instantly with a click. (Music OFF, Mute, Vibration ON and WiFi ON, instantly with a click!)
But not everyone utilizing smartphone, for some it can actually be terrifying. Air Button simplifies the complexity of using a smartphone. No need to search for the number, you can now call your loved ones by simply clicking the button.
Cannot press the shutter key during selfie? Let Air Button help. You can place the Air Button wherever you like in the rear of your smartphone. Easily touchable location makes selfie more convenient than before.
With just a click, Air Button can start playing an alert, no matter your phone is muted or silenced, to warn anyone threating or following you on your way home.
We have been developing more and more interesting functions than mentioned above. As you may imagine, Air Button can control lots of different services of your phone but can also be used to control your devices and web apps, like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.
Air Button is a patent pending technology using NFC to communicate with most Android devices. Air Button is battery-less, the lifespan of it depends on the physical limits of the material. Tests concluded that each button can withstand more than 100,000 clicks! Should be more than enough for most of you. And it can be reassigned the functionality of around 100,000 times before the button memory wears out.
No worry, it will not drain your phone's battery
The application is activated only when the Air Button is clicked.
Air Button will come with a re-stickable adhesive that allows you to stick it to any surface and easily peel it off and restick it again to another phone.
With a wave shape, you can easily identify the Air button.
Not only the functionality you can customize, you can also place your Air Button according to your own ergonomics. Air Button is built to fit your needs.
If we tell you to program your own Air Button, one may be scared immediately by the word "program". No worry, we know how scary it can be. This is why we designed Air Button to be quick to set up and use right out of the box. The user interface of the app is easy to understand, even though it packs a lot of advanced features.
Different people share different ideas about the applications of Air Button. The first version which suits every need of various user, is already online. We are now working closely with numerous partners to bring third party plugins and integration into some of the world's coolest apps.
Getting started to Air Button cannot be easier.
You can try and feel the best location to apply the Air Button. Attach the Air Button to the rear of your device, download the free app, and you're perfecct to go. Click the Air Button to turn flashlight on. Click it again and it turns off, as simple as that.
Why do we need your help
With Air Button we want to make smartphones matching your own needs and make life easier. The next step after Air Button is even more exciting but first we need your help to bring Air Button to the market.
Your support will allow us to buy components in bulk, as well as initiate tooling and mass production so we can bring Air Button to you and millions of people who believe that buttons rock.
There's always risks that can delay the process before Air Button gets into your hands. Luckily, in addition to our core team, we've assembled an incredible group of engineers, designers, and industry experts who are collaborating with us to create the best product. We have some people that speak legalese in our circles as well. Manufacturing deals with our partners have already been struck, and most of the logistics obstacles have been worked out.
Which devices can Air Button work with?
We have tested Air Button with most qualified devices and all works perfectly, as long as it runs Android 4.0 or above, and contains NFC antenna with it. However, it doesn't work with HTC One M series, as the location of NFC Antenna is surround the camera and you will need to cover your camera by Air Button.
Can I use Air Button with phone case?
You can attach Air Button on your phone cases and it works well, unless the case is made of metal.
Where can I stick Air Button on?
For most smartphones and tablets, sticking Air Button on the rear side works well.
How many times can I reposition my Air Button?
You can reposition it to optimize your user experience and comfortability. According to test under laboratory condition, Air Button retains its adhesion for over 10 times of reposition, depending on the factors like: using condition, surfaces you stick it with, dustiness of your surfaces, etc. It will eventually deplete and detach from the surface of your devices. Now, we keep searching on materials and design to make it re-attachable for more times.
How many Air Button can I have for one device?
As many as you can. You can cover the rear side of your devices by Air Button(s), and create a keyboard for a touch-screen smartphones as you wish.
How durable is Air Button?
Air Button is battery-less so you don't need to worry about battery life. Besides, as a tactile button, what you worry most is probably the durability to clicks. Our assessment proved that each button can withstand about 100,000 clicks and times for reassigning the function. For its adhesion, Air Button will adhere on your devices until you purchase a new one if you follow the instruction above.
Is Air Button water-proof and weather-proof?
The materials we applied for the exterior of Air Button are Water-proof for daily life usage. It withstands under sweat, wet hands and even under rain, just please don't sink it into water! We are planning to apply for Ingress Protection Marking (IP) which offer you standard knowledge about its self-protection.
How much battery does the NFC connection consume?
Turning NFC on for a day will only drain not more than 0.5% power consumption which is not noticed any difference in battery life in daily use! It is worth every penny to own Air Button, isn't it?
Does Air Button work during off-screen?
Currently, due to security concerns, this functionality is disabled in Android. For the time being, to work with Air Button during off-screen, you have to root your device and then install a NFC Mod. But we are not subjected to any responsibility of damage of your devices after rooting.
Will Air Button be triggered accidentally?
You should worry about the lock button and the volume button of your devices first. The feature of NFC button is that it has to be triggered by at least 0.5 sec of pressing the button which prevent it for unintentional control.
Are there more colors and designs to choose?
For now we provide 5 colors for you. But 3 designer collections are ready if certain goals are stretched during this campaign. Stay tuned and support us if you prefer designs rather than mono color. We are also welcome to explore designs based on popular demand by backers.
When and where is the app of Air Button launched?
Our Android App is well-constructed for Android 4.0 or above. It will be launched on Google Play Store for free while this campaign start so you can play around with our app first.
How about other platforms, like Blackberry, Windows Mobile?
Stay tuned for latest updates about our advancement and development. We will investigate on other platforms, integration with apps and also smart-devices, depending on the feedbacks and requests by backers. Your support is going to make this happen!
How about IOS?
We will develop this technology for IOS as long as AppleInc. open their API for app development.
How can get the latest updates about Air Button?
Please subscribe us on the following channels:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/airbutton
Twitter: www.twitter.com/air_button
Website: www.air-button.com
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Also write down your email for monthly newsletter!
How do I change my order or my personal information?
Please send an email to email@example.com and we will reply shortly.
Where does the free shipping cover?
We offer free shipping to ALL territories.
Since the moment you pledge, we will keep you updated regularly. You will be provided with information of your products for reference so please be patient for the shipping. Please write us an email or write a comment here with the above information if there is any issue about shipping.
What if I found it difficult to use the Air Button?
Check our website: www.air-button.com for user manual. If you still struggle, simply drop us an email to ask, or write a comment if you believe the same problem will also happen for other users. We won't let you down with our technological support!
What about warranty service?
We will check and quality-control every single product to-be-sent, to ensure its function and operation. Nonetheless, if there is any issue, please reach our inbox to discuss and we promise to keep you satisfied.
Are you confident to pull this off?
Our founder has invented Air Button in 2012 and has been awarded by Hong Kong Cyberport. We are supported by various start-up funding and we are well-recognized in Hong Kong IT industry. Following the path of 3 years investigation and preparation, we are confident to promote the bug-free and indeed the BEST shortcut button EVER to Indiegogo community. We operate sustainably with our supply chain partners and has successfully manufactured 500 Air Buttons ready for our first bunch of backers. We will also be up for manufacturing immediately after we receive pledges and feedbacks from backers.
Any further enquiries?
Leave us a comment on this campaign page, or email: email@example.com
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Hey everyone and welcome back to my mid week must have. The product im going to share today has been out a few months now and I have read a lot of reviews from other blogs and im sure you may already own it. However I have only been using it more often the past couple of weeks so I wanted to share what I thought.
So this week it is the Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water. (I haven't linked this to a specific site as you can purchase this from most drugstores) This is a cleansing water which you are able to remove your makeup without rinsing afterwards. I have heard allot about these cleansing waters I know bioderma is very popular and also L'Oreal came out with one just before this too. I didn't really know if I needed it but after all the good things ive heard about it I thought why not.
After only a couple of weeks of using it my first impressions are really good! I like that it is hypoallergenic and hypoallergenic which makes it perfect for my sensitive skin. It removes makeup easily without having to scrub it away, as this can irritate skin and make it sore. It removes waterproof makeup easily too which I like. I find it really hydrating to skin and soothing too, Its not drying all. I don't usually use this to take my full face of every day however when I don't have time I use this and its so simple and quick. It doesn't smudge everything around it removes makeup quick and easy. This is also great to use on a cotton bud to clean up any mistakes when doing your makeup. Any smudges or fall out can quickly be fixed with this. Another way of using this is great to wipe over the face before applying makeup to someone else just to make sure the skin is clean first. You really don't have to rinse after using this either many times I have used then then applied moisturiser straight after, it leaves a really nice clean smooth base.
Over all a brilliant product to have on hand, its suitable for any skin type and its really king and gentle to the skin especially the eye area to. I think the 400ml you get is also a great amount and you can get up to 200 uses.
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An Arab diplomat visiting the US for the first time was being wined and dined by the State Department. The Grand Emir wasn't used to the salt in American food (French fries, cheese, etc.) and was constantly sending his man-servant, Abdul, to fetch him a glass of water. Time and again, Abdul would scamper off and return with a glass of water. But finally he returned empty-handed.
"Abdul, you son of an ugly camel, where is my water??" demanded the Grand Emir.
"A thousand pardons, O Illustrious One," stammered the wretched Abdul, "But a man is sitting on the well."


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Java development 2.0, Ultra-lightweight Java web services with Gretty
Gretty drops the web stack for
From the developerWorks archives
Date archived: December 19, 2016 | First published: August 16, 2011
Gretty is one of a new school of ultra-lightweight frameworks made for building web services. Built on top of the blazingly fast Java™ NIO APIs, Gretty leverages Groovy as a domain-specific language for web endpoints and Grape's Maven-style dependency management. In this article, get started with using Gretty to build and deploy Java web service applications.
This content is no longer being updated or maintained. The full article is provided "as is" in a PDF file. Given the rapid evolution of technology, some steps and illustrations may have changed.


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The case concerns illegal donations made by Alan Bown to UKIP between Dec 2004 and Jan 2006. The donations were illegal because Bown was not on the electoral register.
ELCOM warned UKIP on 67 separate occasions that the donations were illegal. UKIP's leadership ignored EVERY warning and continued to take Bown's money.
As if that isn't bad enough for UKIP Tom Wise is soon to be released from prison and is planning to expose the truth about his conviction, and certain things within UKIP. Wise is the former UKIP MEP jailed last year for fraud after his expenses and allowances were investigated by the EU authorities. He was never disciplined by UKIP and the only reason he is no longer a member is because he let his membership lapse last year. Here is an interesting article from EU Politics News:
Shamed former MEP Tom Wise plans to "point the finger" at those he says were culpable in his fall from grace when he leaves prison.
According to a well-placed source he will "pull no punches" in a book he plans to write when he is released from prison later this month.
Wise is expected to be released from jail on 29 June having served just six months of a two-year sentence for fiddling his parliamentary expenses.
The 62-year-old, a former UK Independence Party MEP, was jailed in November 2009 for false accounting and money laundering.
At his trial, the court was told he spent parliamentary money on cars and wine.
Wise, a former policeman, is currently working as a trustee and prison carpenter at Ford Open Prison in the south of England.
He has also been working with young inmates who have drink and drug problems.
According to a close friend, the former deputy will start work on a book when he is released outlining details of his downfall.
"It will pull no punches and he will not hesitate to point the finger at those who were culpable in what has happened to him," he said.
Wise has been allowed out of prison to spend time at this home with his family in Leighton Buzzard.
The source said Wise had been "bowled over" by the response from his former constituents to his imprisonment.
"People have been coming up to him in the street saying how much they are pleased to see him.
"He says the worst part of it all is that, even when he comes out of jail, he will not be able to visit his grandchildren who live in Luxembourg due to the terms of his release."
News of his release, however, has not met with universal approval.
Ukip MEP Gerard Batten said, "I regarded Tom Wise as a friend. He consistently maintained his innocence to me up until a week before his trial, at which point he changed his plea to guilty.
"He could have saved himself and UKIP a great deal of trouble by admitting his guilt at the beginning. If he had anything to say about his colleagues he could and should have said it at his trial.
"If a book ever appears, I shall not be buying it."
These are extraordinarily interesting times for UKIP watchers.


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We take to the air,
in fits of ecstasy, unprovoked,
gleaned form a revelation,
an opening of the mind,
perhaps a chance meeting with an old friend,
a deep conversation,
viewing a piece of art that touches the soul,
or having a heron take off in full view!
Our flight extends to the beginning of the realization we have taken off at all.
when the thinking mind grasps us,
makes the experience conscious,
we fall
back to earth,
to resume whatever we were doing.
But lighter,
for having the air lift us at all.
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Recently we received samples from Eco Ditty of their organic cotton snack bags (ditty bags!). Reusable food bags have been getting easier to find, especially at farmer markets (a local favorite of mine is Mama Luvs). Ecoditty's has a nice design – an envelope with soft Velcro© to close it. The long flap keeps food in.
The bags are 6×4″ in size and weigh 0.8 of an ounce. They are machine-washable.
Will bags like this replace plastic bags? For some uses, yes, they can. If you are carrying crackers, baby carrots , peas, grapes or other items such as raw nuts they work well. Not so great for neon-orange encrusted Doritos© (yuck anyways) or wet produce (say watermelon!). The bags also work well to organize small items such as tins of lip balm, mini tools and other things that tend to wander off in packs. I found that to be a great application last weekend – I stashed all my small items I like to have on hand in my pack's top pocket. Normally I use a freezer bag in pint size, they last a couple of trips. The bag was much classier to say the least.
So consider the value of cotton bags for some things, they can be handy!


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LP Interrogation Techniques Can Work as Negotiation Tactics
Negotiation tactics are synonymous with terms ranging from compromise and mediation to haggle and interrogation. It is not difficult to argue the fact that interrogations represent the hardest form of negotiating. When people enter into negotiations or mediations, they understand they may need to sacrifice some of their interests in Read More


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Assembly and work stations systems
Clean room
Machine and equipment
Platform system and walkway system
Residential: Table chair and cabinet fish tan
Wire mesh
X-Y-Z Axis Actuator
LED Lighting
Solar Panel
Office/Workshop in Johor Tampoi area to assist our clients.
Trademark for our company name and logo.
Celebrating 10 Year Milestone in the market, we are giving 20% discount for our accessories.
We have took part in exhibitions during 2014 in Singapore and 2015 in Malaysia.
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T-Mobile New Horizons
|Mobile application for T-Mobile New Horizons film festival
|18.07 – 28.07.2013
|Festival guide
|Applied solution:
|Mobile application for Android and iOS
The application delivers a mobile festival guide for T-Mobile New Horizons festival. The programme provides descriptions of all presented products, technical data, information about the cast and awards, if any. For certain films trailers were enclosed. The most important function of the application is to book tickets, having first signed-in. Most likely this is the only festival application in Europe, which brings such functionality. The solution was feasible owing to close cooperation with the New Horizons Association.
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Please Note – No Online Motorcycle MOT's can be booked for the current day (to prevent double-bookings)
If you require a test today (AND WE GUARANTEE TO GET YOU IN SAME DAY!!) then please call us on 07803 609216
Open 7 days per week – Yep! We are open for motorbike mot tests on Saturday and Sunday!
Tests are conducted while you wait.
No appointment necessary (but advised) if you wish to book then please do so below!!
If you require an MOT for today then please call us on 07803 609216 where we will be happy to fit you in and have never turned a customer away yet!
We are a Class I & II station meaning we can MOT all bikes. Motorcycle, Motorbike, Scooter, Custom, Cruiser, Off-Road and even some 3-wheelers!
Quad bikes are a different mot class – we cannot MOT quad bikes. Sorry
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Airport Security Is Killing Us
The U.S. spends billions each year to keep the skies safe from terrorism. Has it made travel more dangerous?
By Charles Kenny
The arrival of the holiday season in the U.S. marks the start of the busiest travel period of the year. For millions of Americans, it's a time of misery — hours spent waiting out weather delays and missed connections in crumbling domestic airport terminals with oppressive overhead lighting and bad food. But what makes the experience of air travel truly abominable is the government agency ostensibly designed to ease anxieties about getting on planes: the Transportation Security Administration. Far from making travel safer, the U.S.'s approach to airport security is putting the lives of even more people at risk.
The TSA was created to replace the patchwork of private security companies that handled airport security in the pre-9/11 era. Its budget quickly ballooned: Since 2002 the number of TSA agents has risen from 16,000 to more than 50,000. Still, to a traumatized public, any amount of overreaction in the name of preventing another terrorist attack seemed acceptable.
More than a decade later, it's time to move on. For one thing, the attention paid to terrorism in the U.S. is out of proportion to the relative threat it presents. Since 2000 the chance that the death of a U.S. resident resulted from a terrorist attack was 1 in 3.5 million, according to John Mueller and Mark Stewart of Ohio State and the University of Newcastle, respectively. Out of the 150,000 murders in the U.S. between 9/11 and the end of 2010, Islamic extremism accounted for fewer than three dozen. In fact, extremist Islamic terrorism resulted in just 200 to 400 annual deaths worldwide, outside the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq — the same number, notes Mueller, that occur in bathtubs in the U.S. each year.
Yet the TSA still commands a budget of nearly $8 billion — leaving the agency with too many officers and not enough to do. The TSA's "Top Good Catches of 2011," reported on its blog, did include 1,200 firearms and — their top find — a single batch of C4 explosives (though that payload was discovered only on the return flight). A longer list of the TSA's confiscations would include a G.I. Joe action doll's 4-inch plastic rifle ("it's a replica") and a light saber toy. For all the face cream, breast milk, and live fish that vigilant screeners collected in airport security lines last year, the TSA didn't spot a single terrorist trying to board an airline in the U.S.
It doesn't have to be this way. As long as passengers aren't flying to the U.S., Canada allows them to keep their shoes on and their iPads in their bags (where they are less prone to being nicked). The U.K. will allow you to carry small decorative snow globes onto a flight, deeming tolerable the risk of onboard snowpocalypse. And those fancy new backscatter scanners where you stand with your legs apart and stick your thumbs on the top of your head as agents get to see what you would look like if you were naked and very furry? They've been banned in the European Union.
In the U.S., kids and old people can now keep their shoes on through security, while the backscatter scanners — which have been linked to cancer — are being moved out of major airports. These are small signs of progress, but they're far from adequate. According to an estimate by the New York Times, the 9/11 attacks caused $55 billion in "toll and physical damage" to the U.S., while the economic impact was $123 billion. Costs related to increased homeland security and counterterrorism spending, as well as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, totaled $3,105 billion. Mueller and Stewart estimate that government spending on homeland security over the 2002-2011 period accounted for around $580 billion of that total.
As Rand Corp. President Emeritus James Thomson argues, most of that expenditure was implemented "with little or no evaluation." In 2010 the National Academy of Science reported the lack of "any Department of Homeland Security risk analysis capabilities and methods that are yet adequate for supporting decision making." DHS (and the TSA in particular) is spending huge bundles of large denomination bills completely blind.
All this spending on airline security is worse than wasteful. Following the official rules while still attempting to show decency toward passengers all but forces TSA employees to delay, embarrass, and inconvenience many thousands every day. Faced with the prospect of such unpleasantries this holiday season, countless Americans will skip the flight to grandma's house and drive instead.
But compare the dangers of air travel with those of driving. To make flying as dangerous as using a car, a four-plane disaster on the scale of 9/11 would have to occur every month, according to analysis published in the American Scientist. Researchers at Cornell University estimate that people switching from air to road transportation in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks led to an increase of 242 driving fatalities per month — which means that a lot more people died on the roads as an indirect result of 9/11 than died from being on the planes that terrible day. The Cornell researchers also suggest that enhanced domestic baggage screening reduced passenger volume by about 5 percent in the five years after 9/11, and the substitution of driving for flying by those seeking to avoid security hassles over that period resulted in more than 100 road fatalities.
That's not to say TSA employees bear responsibility for making the roads more dangerous — they're just following incentives that reward slavish attention to rules over common sense. (To its credit, the agency is trying to ease the security process, especially for frequent travelers through the PreCheck program.) Don't blame Homeland Security officials, either. They're merely avoiding the far greater backlash associated with doing nothing rather than something — even if nothing is probably the right course in a lot of cases. Instead, the blame lies with politicians, the media, and yes, the traveling public, who will skewer officials over a single fatal plane incident while ignoring car crashes, gun homicides, and even bathtub accidents that kill far more than terrorism does.
The TSA should be encouraged in its efforts to expand lower-hassle approaches to airport security that don't dissuade people from using one of the very safest ways to travel. Washington should ask itself why it values the life of an airplane passenger so much more than a bus or train passenger (or the daredevil bath-taker) in terms of the time-wasting, expense, and invasions of privacy it's willing to tolerate to protect them from harm.
For Americans reading this while stuck in an interminable airport security line, now might be a good moment to fire off an e-mail to your representative, senator, or Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and let them know how you feel. Or if you decided to drive because flying was too much hassle, and you pass an accident on the road, get your passenger to text them: "That could have been us." Perhaps they'll get the message this time.


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Preserve the memory of your hunt for years to come with this high definition heavy duty plaque. Beautifully sublimated with your photo, and any text such as date, time, place or anything else you want, added at no charge.
This plague is 9 inches by 12 inches tall.
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"Freefall, Chapter One": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.
Appearing in "Freefall, Chapter One"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Talia al Ghul
- Captain Boomerang (Appears only as a corpse)
Other Characters:
- Black Condor (Appears only as a corpse)
- Deborah Poulos (First appearance)
- Central City
- Avernus Cemetery
- Gotham City
- Metropolis
- New York City
Synopsis for "Freefall, Chapter One"
- Synopsis not yet written.
- Avernus Cemetery is called Avarice Cemetery in this issue and was last seen in The Flash Vol 2 217.
- No trivia.
See Also
- Write your own review of this comic!
- Discuss Nightwing Vol 2 140 on the forums
- Cover gallery for the Nightwing series
- Images from Nightwing Vol 2 140
Recommended Reading
- None.
Links and References
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In Stock. The solo piano series Just for You was one of Dennis Alexander's first publications with Alfred and has remained one of his best-selling series. Just for Two features duet versions of many favorites from each book of the original series. Students will enjoy making music together with these duets that are "twice the fun" as the originals. Titles: Celebration! * Cinnamon Popcorn! * Dance with Me * Scottish Dance * Sour Lemons! * Strolling Along * Spooks from Mars * Tally-Ho March. "Celebration!" and "Spooks from Mars" are Federation Festivals 2016-2020 selections.
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For the strong and nurturing mum who's always fussing over her brood, this Mother Hen Tea Towel will make a truly thoughtful gift.
Inspired by the gentle nature of the Victorian era, this quality cotton tea towel features a timeless design. Oozing class and vintage style, it'll add a sophisticated touch to your mother hen's kitchen. As an extra gift, how about using this wonderful tea towel to dry the dishes and take a little pressure off your doting mum? We're sure it'll be much appreciated and well rewarded!
High quality tea towel made from 100% cotton. Machine washable at 40 degrees. Please note: this product cannot be personalised.
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Orders placed before 11am begin production that day, while orders received after this time begin the following day.
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The majority of our gifts are made to order, so please allow time for the product to be made (produced)
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Pruning encourages branching and helps develop more plentiful blooms. It should be accomplished between the end of February to the beginning of April. Pruning later than April will result in a delay of blooming.
Prune with sharp garden shears, 0.5-1 cm above the set of two healthy leaf buds. Always remove all withered leaves and either whole stems or just the parts that died down (e.g. because of freezing).
During the first year all clematis should be cut not higher than 30 cm from the base, to encourage the growth of new stems at the base of the vine. Similar, or even better result can be obtained by laying the stems flat on the ground and covering them with mulch, just as you did when planting clematis. It will foster the strength of the plants and thus ensure better flowering and higher immunity to diseases. In subsequent years, pruning depends on the variety and the season in which it blooms. (refer to the last column in a catalogue chart and drawing 1 and drawing 2).
When it comes to pruning, clematis can be roughly divided into three groups, which we'll call
1 (none), 2 (light) and 3 (hard).
Notice: By December 2004 we have adopted an international classification of clematis pruning groups. Pruning group 1 corresponds to the former group C, group 2 to the former group A, group 3 to the former group B.
Group 1 (none) - are varieties that flower only on growth produced the previous year: Clematises from Montana and Atragene Group. They are generally not pruned at all, but if it is necessary to prune some overgrowth, cut immediately after flowering, usually not lower than 1 m above the ground.
Popular varieties which should not be pruned:
Group 2 (light) - are the large-flowered varieties that begin to bloom in May or early June with the first flush of flowers appearing on the previous year's growth, followed by a smaller flush on new growth. Pruning should consist of cutting shoots at a height of 100-150 cm from the base (the younger a plant the lower it should be cut). This is a safe way of pruning if we are unsure which category our plant falls into.
Popular varieties which should be pruned at a height of 100-150 cm:
Group 3 (hard) - are later flowering species and varieties that bloom on new growth from the end of June to July e.g. cultivars from Viticella Group and Jackmanii Group. These should be hard pruned above second or third set of the buds, 20-50 cm from the ground. This pruning pattern should also be applied to vigorous vines if you want to reduce their growth: Clematis from Tangutica Group. As for herbaceous perennial clematis and cultivars from Texensis Group remove all dead stems just above the base, cut the rest 5-10 cm above the ground.
Popular varieties which should be pruned at a height of 20-50 cm:


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The douchebag execs at Nike are going to lay off a bunch of the eng team who developed The FuelBand, and other Nike+ stuff. Mostly because the execs committed gross negligence, wasted tons of money, and didn't know what they were doing.
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The sculpture , commissioned by the Town of Victoria Park and the Burswood Park Board commemorates the passage of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Torch Relay through the town of Victoria Park on Saturday 8th July 2000, was unveiled on 22nd April 2001. A Community Cauldron was lit from the Olympic torch at a community based event staged in Burswood Park where residents were encouraged to share in the spirits of the Games.
The sculpture features two of Western Australia's finest athletes, Shirley Strickland and Herb Elliot and symbolically depicts the key element in the passage of the Olympic Flame through the community, the transference of the flame from person to person.
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Now that I'm actually sitting down to write I have so much to talk about but not enough time or energy to creatively put it in written form. A good friend of mine (one of my cool writer friends) suggested bullet points. I think that is a great idea. I will write about all of them more detail as the urge to write comes to me.
- My trip to the Midwest for my sister's birth went well. I got there in plenty of time. The birth was beautiful. My niece is beautiful. I got to come home a few days early, and my family survived.
- I attended another amazing birth just a few days after I got home. I actually had a lot of fun at this birth even though I was up two nights in a row. I was one of three doulas there and the other two are a couple of my favorite friends. We had a blast. It was a VBAC and the mama ROCKED!
- I decided last night that I am seriously in LOVE with John Mayer. So much so that I will overlook the fact that he is rumored to be dating Jessica Simpson.
- I have two clients that think they will be having their babies within the next 48 hours. This should be an interesting week. Two more births to write about. Fun!
- Thanks to Jane, the song Game of Love by Santana (featuring Michelle Branch) , is stuck in my head. This one will require lots of thought (and maybe some soul searching) before I write.
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Since 2007 I've been visiting curious places in the UK that remind me of another country. Usually they are a fabulous place to visit in their own right too. As I've wandered around my home I've started realising, that, for all sorts of reason many people in London are nervous of moving out of their postcode. This is a tremendous shame - and it isn't always to do with cost. Here's a list my 11-year-old Nell and I put together as the absolute best things to do in London, for yourself, with or without visitors. Most also offer a lot of fun for children.
#1 Walk around London
TIME the Capital Ring is 170 miles - how long have you got?
COST Oyster card and Family & Friends Railcard keep the prices down.
WHERE IN THE WORLD peeps into all sorts of places including Switzerland.
VERDICT achievement of walking the whole way around London is off the rating. Plus you get to see parts of London you'd never expect to visit - miles away from hip Hoxton, Camden and the City.
ALTERNATIVE could you join a sponsored walk or bike ride around a London park or over the many bridges crossing the Thames? Lots of 5km park runs are organised - though I love hash-house-harriers.
#2 Tour of Highgate Cemetery (West)
TIME one hour precisely (check website)
COST children £3 (8 years and up); adults £7
WHERE IN THE WORLD this is the other world - rated by the Victorians as the most magnificent of the magnificent seven cemeteries ringing London. Hammer Horror has filmed here. There's an Egyptian burial chamber family vaults at the Circle of Lebanon.
VERDICT dappled 20 acre woodland site filled with atmospheric and historic graves. Your camera will love this stop off.
ALTERNATIVE Go and see Marx's huge stone head memorial in the East Cemetery, which is open more often.
#3 Dickens Pub Crawl (suggest this is child free!)
TIME several evenings (avoid weekends as the City shuts)
COST ££ pubs aren't expensive, but inhibitions may disappear
WHERE IN THE WORLD feels like Restoration London. Parts of it look like it too, especially on the edges of Fleet Street.
VERDICT simple solution to what to do tonight.
ALTERNATIVE just think of a Londoner and concoct your own pub crawl. Douglas Adams of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy must have drunk somewhere in his home beat of Islington... George Orwell was up in Hampstead... etc. See info on CAMRA London pubs here.
#4 End to end on the #19 bus
TIME Finsbury Park to Battersea (or vice versa)
COST Oyster card and Family & Friends Railcard keep the prices down.
WHERE IN THE WORLD See the Algerian cafes with mint tea, black coffee and sweet cakes around Finsbury Park's Blackstock Road; then through Angel (where the Monopoly Board game was dreamt up at the building now used by the Co-op Bank); past Dickens Museum, along Shaftesbury Avenue and Theatreland; past Green Park and Hyde Park (green oasis in the city); past Harrods (the rich person's mecca, perhaps a little taste of Dubai?); then on to Sloane Square and Kings Road (quintessentially English) and over a pink-painted bridge (San Francisco?) with Battersea Park and the Japanese Peace Pagoda on your left.
VERDICT marvellous - and a good route for unaccompanied (sensible) children/teens as there's plenty to spot.
COUNTRIES: Algeria, Japan, UAE, USA,
ALTERNATIVE: any end to end bus route that suits your lodgings.
#5 London's skyline from Ali Pali
TIME don't rush this one, take the day and if you've got visitors from the tropics give them a go at the vast ice skating rink.
COST £20 max but just as good free if you opt to stroll and feast your eyes. There's a cafe in the adjacent park that sells the best coffee while the owner sings opera (not open on mondays).
WHERE IN THE WORLD peeps into all sorts of places including Switzerland.
VERDICT Gorgeous park, mighty view.
ALTERNATIVE: £££ on the London Eye. Or look at the view from Parliament Hill or Kenwood House, both on Hampstead Heath.
#6 Kew Gardens in spring (any time is a treat, even when raining as lots of heated greenhouses)
TIME this is a day trip
COST it's free for children, but adult tickets are £££. You'll need snacks/ice cream/hot choc depenidng on the season.
WHERE IN THE WORLD rush to the hot houses for Tropical scents, info and warmth.
VERDICT never knew you could learn so much from a park walk. Ideal for a mixed age group (oldies can use the "train" and meet up at a cafe when the energetic have worked up an appetite running from the Japanese pagoda across to Kew Palace via a few plants...
#7 Big Ben
TIME not long, this is a neck stretching exercise. Get to Westminster tube and look up
COST nil
WHERE IN THE WORLD just think of the chimes on the World Service and you can spirit yourself anywhere.
VERDICT this is an iconic bit of British life. I try to give visiting children a sticker book, or get them to make their own of the interesting things they see in London. Big Ben is also very close to Trafalgar Square with all those cute stone lions...
#8 Take a Boris bike to a theatre show
TIME use these bikes carefully - short hops are cheap, keeping them all day makes the price rocket.
COST £££ for the theatre unless you really don't mind sitting in the Gods (very hot in summer)
WHERE IN THE WORLD London
VERDICT you should have a fab time, whether you pick something cerebral or a musical, or even more populist like Stomp (energetic dance).
#9 Cup of tea at the V&A museum (ideally on Sunday when there's a pianist)
TIME about an hour
COST ££ (find the right cafe, you need it to be totally over the top tiled, with a massive chandalier. Easier to find if you enter via Exhibition Road).
WHERE IN THE WORLD this is history - you're surrounded by Victorian clutter, but it's grand.
VERDICT memorable space, though the acoustics make it hard to hear your companions!
ALTERNATIVE: Sir John Soane Museum, near Holborn - just as much clutter, but no chance of a cuppa. If you time it right you'll get to see Hogarth's famous Rake's Progress revealed in a room that has paintings hung double on its walls.
#10 Walk on the Southbank with lunch at Borough Market
TIME all day, traffic-free route. Mon-Wed lunch only. Thurs-Sat full market.
COST potentially zero, but Borough Market has tasty offerings
WHERE IN THE WORLD peeps into all sorts of places including Switzerland.
VERDICT the London landmarks are out in force including The Globe (Shakespeare plays), Tower Bridge and loads of big art galleries.
ALTERNATIVE: any city boasting a big river now seems to have a riverside walk used for galleries, festivals, stalls etc. London's isn't the best (Brisbane, you win!), but it's still an amazing pleasure and think of the landmarks you're going to tick off.
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Discipline, by definition, is training which involves rules and regulations enforced by rewards and punishment; this is an excerpt from a paper presented during an in-house training recently organized by the office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, held in the conference room of the Vice-Chancellor.
According to the resource person, Mr. S. A. Akinkunmi, a Senior Assistant Registrar and Head of Council Affairs, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, discipline is the practice of making staff obey rules and punishing them when they break the rule. In a paper titled DISCIPLINE: WORK ETHICS OF UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS, he defined Work Ethics as knowing what is right or wrong or learning what is right or wrong in the workplace by way of obligations, fairness and benefit to society, whereas Ethics was defined as a system of moral principles or rules of behaviours that governs or influences a person's behaviour. Work Ethics of the administrative staff are simple moral principles or conducts guiding the profession which must be followed.
He also defined a university administrator as an employee of the University who is in administrative capacity, be it an academic staff or non-teaching staff. Discussions at the training however focused on Administrative Officers, Higher Executive Officers, Executive Officers, Secretarial Staff, Clerical Officers and Office Assistants.
The resource person added that ethical standards expected of a disciplined university administrator in accordance with Nigeria Code of National Ethics as entrenched in Chapter 2, sub-section 23 of the Constitution are discipline, integrity, dignity of labour, social justice, religious tolerance, self-reliance, patriotism, among others.
Declaring the training session open, the acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. R.A Omolehin, expressed happiness with the exercise, noting that information is important for self-advancement in the workplace. He advised participants to pay detailed attention to the session and make the best possible use of the exercise as the world we live in today is not static. "The challenges of today are different from those of yesterday. If you are not properly equipped you will not be able to function optimally. Without proper information or knowledge it will not be easy to get to the top," he admonished participants. He therefore challenged the participants to adhere strictly by the work ethics of university administrators.


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4 Essential Benefits That You Only Get If You Speak Another Language
For most of us learning a foreign language become really hard decision, because studying a new language takes a lot of time and hard work, but it can provide you with innumerable benefits and really enrich your life. To convince you to start or help keep you motivated through the learning process, here are our top reasons why you should study a foreign language.
See and understand more of the world
When you know more than one language, the world opens up to you. You may be able to communicate with more people right in your hometown, and you'll be able to engage much more deeply in different cultures when you travel. Speaking the native language of another country will enable you to move away from the main tourist attractions when visiting and get to know locals on their own terms. You'll be surprised at how much more you can see and how much more deeply you can connect with a culture when you speak the language.
Give yourself a scholastic advantage
If you're applying to colleges or graduate schools, having three years or more of language study on your transcript will look great to admissions officers. Speaking more than one language makes you look well-rounded and passionate. Research has also shown that studying foreign languages improves scores on almost all standardized tests, including the SATs, ACTs, GREs, MCATs, and LSATs. Particularly if you study a romance language, foreign language study can drastically improve your understanding of English vocabulary.
Open up more opportunities
In today's increasingly globalized world, more and more companies are looking to hire employees who can speak more than one language. Language skills enable you to communicate with more people, both in your own country and abroad. This makes you an asset for any company. Becoming fluent in another language also opens up opportunities for you to work or study abroad.
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Speaking a foreign language has been shown to improve brain functionality. By studying languages, you learn to recognize meaning and communicate using different systems. These are skills that can be applied to other problem-solving tasks. Knowing other languages usually also leads to a wider cultural awareness. The more you know about the world, the more you can do. All of this knowledge will contribute to making you an interesting and well-rounded person.


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4 downloadsCt - stl file processed This file was created with democratiz3D. Automatically create 3D printable models from CT scans. Learn more. clavicle, bone, 3d, model, printable, .stl, scapula, ribs, sternum, chest, dorsal, spine, body, transverse, apophysis, cartilage, thorax, pulmonary
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78 downloadsWhole body NRRD file converted from CT Scan for Medical 3D Printing includes the chest, abdomen and pelvis. The chest wall (thoracic cage) is composed by twelve pairs of ribs laterally and the sternum anteriorly. The ribs are attached to the dorsal vertebrae (thoracic spine) posteriorly and along their costal cartilage to the sternum. The thoracic cage main function is to protect the vital chest organs such as the heart and lungs. The cervical spine is the upper most spines forming the spinal column, extending from the skull base to the level of the thoracic vertebra (the spines with attached ribs). The cervical spines are usually seven and the main function is to support the skull and to protect the spinal cord. The dorsal (thoracic) spine forms the middle portion of the vertebral column extending below the seventh cervical vertebra to above the first lumbar vertebra. The dorsal spine is formed by twelve vertebral bodies. The vertebrae forming the dorsal spine are unique in shape as they are the only vertebral bodies articulating with ribs. The lumbar spine represents the mid-lower segment of the vertebral column and is composed of five adjacent vertebrae. They are convex anteriorly to form a lumbar lordosis. The lumbar spine facet joints allows limited movements and rotation. The bony pelvis is formed by 4 bones; a pair of hip bones, the sacrum and the coccyx. The bony pelvis supports the pelvic viscera and works to transmit force from the axial skeleton to the lower limbs. The two hip bones are related anteriorly by the symphysis pubis and posteriorly to the sacroiliac joints bilaterally. The CT scan is derived from the file ABD_LYMPH_001 The 3D bone model created from this scan can be reviewed at: The 3D muscle model created from this scan can be reviewed at:
Biopen and Bio Ink: 3D Printed Cartilage for the Knee
mattjohnson posted a blog entry in Matt Johnson's Biomedical 3D Printing BlogThe knee joint is the strongest and the largest joint of the human body. It consists of the lower end of the thighbone, upper end of the shin bone, and the knee cap. The three bones are connected to each other with articular and meniscal cartilages that act as shock absorbers and help protect and cushion the joint. Degeneration of the knee joint due to age and overuse can cause unwanted friction and bone spurs. The condition, also known as osteoarthritis, is the most prevalent form of arthritis and is often seen in individuals over 50 years of age. Osteoarthritis develops slowly and leads to worsening pain and stiffness of the knee joint, grinding or clicking noise during movement, and weakness in the knee. Treatment involves lifestyle changes, physical therapy, and viscosupplementation injections. Patients with severe form of the disease may require a surgical intervention. During the process, the doctor may remove cartilage from another part of the body and place it in the knee or may replace the damaged cartilage with plastic and metal implants. Researchers across the globe are now looking at three-dimensional (3D) medical printing and bioprinting technologies to create highly compatible, patient-specific knee implants that will increase the success rates of total knee arthroplasty by improving patient outcomes and lowering the risks of a revision surgery. Unlike traditional implants that come in a few specific shapes and sizes, 3D printed cartilages can be customized as per the needs of the patient. Surgeons can use the additive printing technology to print larger cartilages as well. The Biopen: A Handheld Bioprinter Used During Operations A team of researchers and surgeons from St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, developed the Biopen, a type of 3D printer that helps doctors create cartilaginous tissue fragments during the actual surgical intervention. The surgeon can customize the size and the shape of the tissue as per the needs of the patient. Researchers predict that the medical-grade plastic and titanium Biopen will lead to 97 percent survival of the cells and will transform knee surgeries forever. This technology may, however, have some drawbacks. The human cartilage is made of only one type of cell. Scientists, therefore, tried to grow the tissue by embedding specific cells in a hydrogel but the liquid medium may restrict cell growth and intercellular communication. Consequently, the new implant may not have the desired mechanical integrity. Additionally, the degradation of the hydrogel may lead to the formation of toxins that would inhibit cell growth. Hence, researchers began looking for other materials to create cartilage implants. A New Bio-ink Holds Promise for Printing Cartilage Scientists at Penn State, under the supervision of Dr. Ibrahim T. Ozbolat, created tiny tubes from algae extracts, injected cow cartilage cells into them, and allowed the tubes to grow for a week to create tiny cartilage strands. A bio-ink made from these strands was fed into a specially designed nozzle of a 3D printer to develop cartilage tissues of the desired size. Although this 3D printed cow cartilage is weaker than its natural counterpart, it is definitely better than the hydrogel version. Dr. Ozbolat believes that the implants will strengthen once they get exposed to the pressure from the joints. His team also hopes to mimic the entire process using human cartilage cells. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that one in two Americans will be diagnosed with osteoarthritis by the age of 85. An estimated 249,000 children under the age of 18 also suffer from some form of arthritis. Additive printing technology is offering hope to millions of individuals looking to overcome pain and improve quality of life. While most of these products are still at an inceptive stage, researchers are trying to start clinical trials at the earliest and get the required approvals in the not-so-distant future. Sources: https://www.engadget.com/2016/04/04/biopen-lets-doctors-3d-print-cartilage-during-surgery/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160627094828.htm
Bioprinting Helps Create Transplantable Cartilages, Muscles and Bones
mattjohnson posted a blog entry in Matt Johnson's Biomedical 3D Printing BlogOrgan transplantations and surgical reconstructions using autografts and allografts have always been challenging. Apart from the complexity of the procedure, healthcare professionals also have difficulty finding compatible donors. Autografts derived from one part of the body may not fit in completely at the new location causing instability and discomfort. As per the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, about 22 people die each day due to a shortage of transplantable organs. Creating more awareness about organ donation is only part of the solution. Researchers have to look for other alternatives, and this is where technologies such as three-dimensional medical printing and bioprinting are making an impact. Integrated Tissue-Organ Printing System (ITOP) Millions of dollars are being invested to develop technologies that will help healthcare professionals print muscles, bones and cartilages using a printer and transplant them directly into patients. The ITOP system is a big step in that direction. It was developed by researchers at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine. They used a special biodegradable plastic material to form the tissue shape, a water-based gel to contain the cells, and a temporary outer structure to maintain shape during the actual printing process. The scientists extracted a small part of tissue from the human body and allowed its cells to replicate in vitro before placing them in the bioprinter to generate bigger structures. Unlike other 3-D printers, the ITOP system can print large tissues with an internal latticework of valleys that allows the flow nutrients and fluids. As a result, the tissue can survive for months in a nutrient medium prior to implantation. Researchers have used this technology to develop mandible and calvarial bones, cartilages and skeletal muscles. The goal is to create more complex replacement tissues and organs to offset the shortage of transplantable body parts. Polylaprocaptone Bone Scaffolds Researchers at John Hopkins are also developing 3-D printable bone scaffolds that can be placed in the human body. Their ingredients include a biodegradable polyester, known as Polylaprocaptone, and pulverized natural bone material. Polylaprocaptone has already been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for other clinical applications. Researchers combined it with natural bone powder and special nutritional broth for cell development. The cells were added to a 3-D printer to generate bone scaffolds, which have been successfully implanted into animal models. Researchers at John Hopkins are now looking for the perfect ratio of Polylaprocaptone and bone powder that will produce consistent results. They will subsequently test their scaffolds in humans as well. More studies are being done as we speak. Many surgeons have also started using 3-D printed tissues and bones to help their patients. In the next few years, this technology will become more accessible, affordable and effective and may change medicine forever. Sources: Photo Credit: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Scientists 3D Print Transplantable Human Bone


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My BEACH WEDDING RECEPTION was the finale of all of my hard work and the celebration of the union between my husband and myself. Of course, we wanted or you want it to be perfect in every way possible! Here are 10 unique ways to decorate your beach theme wedding, without overstretching your wedding budget. These are all based on my own experience, though our reception area was all organized by the resort personnel, which really turned out to be ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!
Please click here to read the story of my Wedding Reception by the Beach of Le Canonnier in Mauritius....Enjoy reading...
1. Remember to have fun at your beach theme wedding reception! Your wedding is about you - plan ahead so there are people around to take care of the details and you can relax and enjoy your new husband and your celebration.
2. Consider having your beach wedding reception much later in the evening, when the sun is well on its way to setting. It's important to keep your guests cool and comfortable and outdoor temperatures are at their highest in the afternoon and early evening.
3. Serve a variety of fresh fruits and light fare, such as salads. Beach wedding receptions tend to be warmer and most guests won't want to dine on heavy foods like steaks and chicken.
4. You should also skip the confetti. Like balloons, confetti is dangerous to the local environment and wildlife and is more difficult to clean up. Unless you're having an indoor beach wedding reception, you're better off without confetti altogether.
5. Unless you're going with a whimsical theme, for a beach theme wedding reception you're better off going without balloons. Not only are these dangerous for the environment and wildlife should they get loose and pop, they don't do an elegant beach wedding justice.
6. For an elegant look, keep your beach wedding reception décor to a minimum. Overwhelming the area with dozens of trinkets and lots of colors will only serve to make your décor look to busy or thrown together.
7. Use real, natural sea finds for your beach wedding reception table decoration instead of purchasing bags of seashells, dried starfish or even sand dollars. Go out on the beach in the early morning and see what you can find - spend some time cleaning them and letting them dry. They'll make incredibly inexpensive yet beautiful decorations!
8. Try incorporating lanterns instead of candles. Candles can be blown out easily, even by just a simple gust of wind. Lanterns offer protection for the flame and many of them even last longer than candles, so your reception will be elegantly lit well into the night.
9. Consider a pool side beach reception. Bear in mind that a reception right on the sand can be quite messy - sand is going to go everywhere. Many resorts and destinations offer pools and areas that are right next to the beach - offering you incredible beach views while keeping your reception perfect.
10. Use white! White is the most traditional and popular wedding colors, and it works beautifully for beach theme wedding receptions. Use white table linens, napkins, china and even flowers. To jazz up an all white beach theme reception, try employing a number of different textures, such as lace and satin.
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Arab Spring
In the spring of 2010 we witnesed revolution in the Middle East. What begin in Tahrir Square in Egypt in January of that year, quickly spread across the region. The season of uprisings and protests against authoritarian regimes became known as the "Arab Spring", but the movement continues today. Below are some resources that may be useful in explaining what is happening abroad.
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The great "Dileas" adventure… (Part 5)November 2nd, 2009 alison
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We got up early to catch the tide down the Sound of Mull and make our way to Kerrera for some crew changes. Being close to Oban it has good transport connections and also gave us the opportunity to have a meal ashore in one of the restaurants on the North Pier.
The next day after the crew change over and some provisioning we carried on our way to Puilladobhrain where we were going to anchor for the night. Being not much more than an hours sail from Oban it makes a good stop if you can't leave until after lunch. There was limited space there as 15 boats were already anchored, but we found a gap and enjoyed what remained of the sun while watching a seal play around the boats in the hope he would get lucky with some food.
The next part of the trip was going to take us south again, although when we left Puilladobhrain we hadn't actually decided where we were going to stop. We left early and passed Insh Island, Easdale, and retraced our steps through the Cuan Sound. We had decided we wanted a mooring or a berth rather than anchoring and that gave us options of Kilmelford Harbour and Pier, Kilmelford Yacht Haven, Craobh Marina or Crinan boatyard. After deciding that Loch Melfort would probably be more peaceful than Crinan boatyard we headed there and picked up a mooring at Kilmelford Harbour and Pier, just in time to inflate the dinghy before lunch, and to spend a leisurely afternoon on shore.
The final part of our trip was to take us to Ardfern where we were leaving the boat. As we got ready to leave the wind picked up and we had one of the best sails of the trip down Loch Shuna, through the Dorus Mor and up Loch Craignish, avoiding the lobster pots as we went. We were tied up in the marina about 4 and a half hours later and cleaned up the boat and ourselves before we treated ourselves to a final night dinner in the Galley of Lorne.
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The Month of 'Shrawan'
The month of Shrawan is filled with devotional fervours for the devotees of Lord Shiva. The full moon day to full moon day festival - Guru poornima to Rakhi Poornima - is the most devoted worship filled with austerities and faith though not marked with festive colours as we have for Diwali or Durga Puja.
The worship is offered at all Jyotirlinga shrines throughout the month, more particularly on Mondays and the last day - Shravan Poornima day falling on August 24, 2010.
Jyotirlingam, 'the linga of light' is so called as the God is in the symbolic form of a stone tinctured with a cycle of light. The Jyotirlinga is an attempt by humans to give a form to the formless Brahman.
The twelve temples with Jyotrilinga in India are:
1. Somnath Temple at Saurashtra in Gujarat.
2. Mallikarjun Temple in Srisailam, or Shrishailam, in Andhra Pradesh.
3. Mahakal Temple, or Mahakalaswar, in Ujjain Madhya Pradesh.
4. Omkar Temple, or Amishvar, at Omkareshwar on the banks of Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh.
5. Kedarnath Temple or Kedareshwar in Uttarakhand.
6. Bhimashankar Temple at Dhakini in Maharashtra.
7. Kashi Vishwanath Temple, or Viswesh, at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
8. Trimbakeshwar Temple near Nasik on the banks of Gautami River in Maharashtra.
9. Baidyanath Dham or Vaidyanath Temple at Deoghar in Jharkhand.
10. Nageshwar Temple near Dwarka in Gujarat.
11. Rameshwaram Temple in Tamil Nadu.Grishneshwar
12. Temple Near Ellora in Maharashtra.
For the people of Bihar and Jharkhand, visit to holy Jyotirlinga shrine at Baidyanath, Deoghar is an important form of worship of Lord Shiva during Shrawan month. Lakhs of devotees called as "Kanwarias" carry water from Ganga for offering to Lord Shiva. The name Kanwarias comes from the pole the yatris carry called 'Kanwar' on their shoulders. Pots with Ganga Water hang from the two sides of the pole.
Nearly a million Kanwarias carry Ganga water from Sultanganj, to the famous Deogarh Shiva Temple during Shravan Mela. Some prefer to walk the entire stretch from there home to the River Ganges silently chanting prayers. Some go in groups singing praise of Lord Shiva. Some devotees create a Mela atmosphere by travelling on trucks and carts with loudspeakers playing different types of music. Then there are the relay marthon runners called 'dak kanwarias.' In it each yatri runs a certain distance and is then taken over by another yatri.
Numerous Hindu spiritual organizations and other voluntary organizations setup camps along the National Highway during the Kanwar Yatra. The Kanwarias are provided food, shelter and safe place to keep the Ganga water.
The Shiva temple of Deoghar is a recognized place of Siddh. With the slogans of 'Bol-Bam, Bol Bam' the environment of the region becomes spiritually elevated one. From the first day of Shrawan month, which started on July 27, 2010 lacs of devotees will travel to Deoghar for 105 kilometers, taking the holy water from Sultanganj's uttarvahini Ganga wearing the traditional saffron dresses and as Kanwariyas. The devotees will devote the holy water to one of the twelve jyotirlinga's of Mahadev Shiva and will be the participant of virtue.
More over this holy place is further sanctified by the foot prints of Bhagawan Sri Ramakrishna during his pilgrimage to here, on his way to Varanasi. It was in the month of January 1868, Sri Ramakrishna accompanied with 125 persons headed by Mathurnath Babu visited this holy shrine. And it was here the first relief operations of Ramakrishna Order was inaugurated by Sri Sri Ramakrishna Himself. During his stay here, Sri Ramakrishna happened to see the miserable plight of men and women. He requested Mathur to feed them and to give pieces of cloth to each of them. Thus, Sri Ramakrishna's "Shiva jnane, jiva seva" was started here as he saw the Lord of Baidyanath in the faces of those poor ones.
(Lord Ravaneshwar at Baidyanath, Deoghar)
Shiva known for his name "Asutososhin" – one who is easily pleased, is the beloved deity of people of all walks of life - school going children, married ones and the sannyasins.
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onsdag 25. juli 2012
Challenge at Papelitos
My DT card:
MIM - anything goes
Deep Ocean Challenge - Fantasy world
Crazy Amigo challenge - free theme
Jackson`s Digital expressions - anything goes
Sassy Cheryls Digi challengeblog - Polkadots everywhere
Love to create - polkadots
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- knitmachinequeen (KMQ) sa...
Thanks for joining us at Jackson's Digital Expressions for our "Anything Goes" Challenge. Good luck and please do join us again soon. xx Rachelle JDE DT
- 25. juli 2012 kl. 15:13
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Thanks for joining us at Love to Create. Your creation is lovely. xxx
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Just beautiful, lovely image, great tag. Thanks for joining us at Jackson's Digital Expressions.
- 25. juli 2012 kl. 18:38
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what a fab tag ,love the colour combo and pretty image
thanks for joining us at MIM and good luck
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Your tag has great coloring and embellishments! Thanks for sharing with Jackson's Digital Expressions
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What a fun tag!! Love the image...and your coloring is beautiful! Great embellies too! So glad that you've joined us at Sassy Cheryl's for this week's fun "polka-dot" challenge! Hugs. Pat Frank
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isn't she just precious. . . .super sweet and beautiful. What a fun, sweet tag.
Polka Dots are my FAVORITE! Thanks for playing along in the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge this week.
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Saw your gorgeous creation on MIM and had to take a closer look. This is fabulous. Hugs Jox
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Absolutely Stunning!! Thank you so much for playing with us this week at Love to Create Challenge!! Come Back and Play with us again really soon!!
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Pretty card! Thanks for joining us at Love to Create Challenge!
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Beautiful tag! Thanks for sharing with us at Jackson's Digital Expressions!
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An Idaho pastor and Presbyterian Mission Agency Board member urged new small church pastoral residents to remember the role of mystery as they bear witness to God's kingdom.
During a Small Church Residency Program commissioning service in Louisville yesterday, the Rev. Marci Glass, pastor of Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho, drew from the parable of the sower in Mark's Gospel to stress that God's work surpasses human understanding.
"The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and eventually some of it grows, and the sower does not know how," she said. "The kingdom of God is a mystery."
That mystery continues in the life of the church today, Glass noted. "We don't know why one person hears an invitation to church, takes you up on it and the next person doesn't. We don't know why some people hear the Word and are convicted by it and transformed to begin a journey of faith, and we don't know why others, who hear the same Word, walk away unchanged."
While the parable teaches that the seeds that fell on good soil yielded a bountiful harvest, Glass emphasized that seeds should be sown in all types of soils. "Our task is to throw the seed of the mystery of the kingdom of God around liberally, extravagantly even. Our task is not to hoard it and parcel it out in good doses to the people or places we think look like they have potential to be good soil."
Rather than look for good soil and anticipating praise for achieving success, she said "God wants us to sow a Powerball-sized number of seeds, go on with our lives, and see what happens."
After the sermon, seven residents who will serve for two years through the Presbyterian Mission Agency's Small Church Residency Program were commissioned. Launched in 2009 and originally called "For Such a Time as This," the program pairs recent seminary graduates with underserved congregations in rural, small town and urban settings. The goal is to renew and grow small churches and help them become healthy, missional congregations. While serving these congregations, residents are guided by pastor-mentors.
The residents, mentors and representatives of presbyteries where the residents will serve are in Louisville this week for orientation. They include:
- Charlotte Presbytery: Elizabeth Reif, resident; Matt Baker, mentor; and Betty Meadows, presbytery representative.
- Giddings-Lovejoy Presbytery: Jeffrey Snell, resident; William Smutz, mentor; and Anita Hendrix, presbytery representative
- Heartland Presbytery: Amir Tawadrous, resident, and Charlie Spencer, presbytery representative.
- Peaks Presbytery: Matt Bowman, Bob McLavey, Christy Mitchell, and Kristen Reinhold, residents; Dale Brown, Nancy Dawson, Kim Jeffries, and Shirley Larson mentors; and Steve Earl, presbytery representative.


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The Obama administration is giving the public a peek at a long-secret Bush administration plan to secure the nation's computer systems. But the newly revealed list of the plan's goals provide few surprises, and its key provisions remain secret.
The decision to publish a summary of the cyber initiative on the White House blog comes just a month after the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking release of the Bush-era computer security document.
Privacy advocates and other groups long fought to get the Bush cyber plan made public. They worry that it discussed surveillance activities and Internet traffic monitoring by intelligence agencies that could violate personal privacy.
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By 2050, 1 in 5 or 1,000,000 Singaporeans will be diabetic.
The projection was made by NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, which played a pivotal role in Singapore's War Against Diabetes. The School projected that diabetes could cost Singapore $2.5 billion from direct and indirect treatment by 2050, 2.5 times the amount of $1 billion in 2010.
In support of the national campaign to raise public awareness on diabetes, the NUHS Diabetes Awareness Campaign - Stay Healthy, Be Diabetes Free, was launched and it comprised two series of infographic posters to help raise the general awareness of diabetes, and an internal survey to better understand our NUHS staff. The posters were put up at lift lobbies, office corridors and staff quarters at the NUHS Kent Ridge campus. Phase I of the infographic posters share information on blood glucose levels, as well as the risk factors and symptoms to look out for in diabetes, while phase II of the campaign begins with tips and information on some of the common causes of diabetes and how we can work towards prevention of the disease.
The series of posters are below.
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Show biz lore holds that you have to be really smart to play the dumb blond, and that Jayne Mansfield and Judy Holliday actually had Mensa-level I.Qs.
So maybe Media Matters is now lifting tactics from The Girl Can't Help It instead of Rules for Radicals. But is "playing dumb" really the, er, smartest strategy a well-funded, organization staffed with educated people can come up with?
Today, the George Soros Steno Pool gives it a shot anyhow:
Conservative media figures have attacked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) remarks linking slavery to Republican opposition to health care reform legislation, but have routinely attacked progressives and the Obama administration for creating "slavery" and enslaving the public.
In other words, Media Matters is pretending not to know the difference between "slavery: the shameful episode in American history that ended in the 19th century" and "slavery: the metaphor/analogy for involuntary servitude that's as old as the Bible."
Along with Harry Reid, Media Matters is also pretending not to know that it was the Republican Party that battled to end slavery, while Reid's Democrats fought to retain it.
And it's pretty rich watching Harry Reid, of all people, play the race card. Earlier this year,
The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) had spoken with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) – prior to his indictment in December – and recommended that he not appoint Jackson, Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) or Illinois State Senator Emil Jones (D) to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat, because Reid apparently did not think either man was electable and feared losing the seat to a Republican.
One loyal Democratic Party supporter saw it this way:
Reid wants to hold that seat in 2010 and does not believe a black Senator will hold it. Based purely on the color of that Senator's skin.
Strong stuff. No wonder Media Matters prefers playing dumb — and hopes its readers really are as stupid as they're just pretending to be.


text: Edwina M. Lewis, 92, Hampton Road, La Belle, died Sunday. Born in Worcester, Mass., she moved to La Belle from Russells Point, Ohio, in 1978. She was a homemaker and a Protestant. Survivors: son, William M. Lambert, Longwood; daughter, Estela F. Burngard, La Belle; three grandchildren. Cox- Parker Guardian Funeral Home, Winter Park.


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Hey ladiesI finally filmed another tutorial! :)
check it here or on my youtube channel "Kassie May"
|"simple floral design I did this week. I'm not too into fall nail art trends, but I've
been loving micro floral designs."
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This seems to be one of those things that people either love or hate, so today I want all of your opinions regarding this trend.
I've seen a lot of models and celebrities rocking purple lips and I personally have always thought it looked cool. Purple lipstick looks quirky, daring, and a little avant garde.
But is purple lipstick better suited for the runways and high fashion magazines? To be honest, my immediate answer to this question was going to be "yes". However, I remembered that I started my fashion blog to show and prove to people that there are no rules when it comes to fashion, and that you can make anything work if you try. So what better way to put my idea to the test than by buying myself a purple lipstick (or two) and trying it out for myself? I ended up buying these lip tints from EXCEL Paris, two of which are purple (one dark and one light).
Here are some photos of me wearing the lighter shade (second one from the left in the above photo).
What do you think? Personally, I feel like I can make it work. I think one of the most common "problems" that people face when it comes to purple lipstick is that oftentimes it can make you look like you're dying from hypothermia lol.
Because of this, I came up with some simple solutions to avoid suffering from this dilemma.
1) Add color to your face using a little bit of bronzer. The goal here is to look a bit tan and avoid looking pale as much as possible to avoid having that "Corpse Bride" look.
2) Sweep a small amount of blush onto your cheeks just to give yourself that "flushed" aura and a livelier vibe.
3) Choose the right shade of purple. If you have a tan complexion like I do, choose a brighter and lighter shade, whereas if you have a paler skin tone, go for a darker purple. Doing this creates contrast and prevent you from having that dull look.
So now, ask me that question again. Is purple lipstick strictly for magazines and fashion shows? My answer is "NO".
Like I said, you can wear anything you want (be it clothes, accessories, makeup, etc.) and make it work as long as you tailor it to suit your style and your personal look. Of course, confidence is a must! I know that's a very typical thing to say, but it really is true. When you're confident, you can make anything look fierce.
How about you? What do you think of purple lipstick? Yay or nay? Do you think it looks okay on me?
*Fashion tip: Purple lipstick will look especially nice when combined with edgier outfits.


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I love your pantry, and i love the color.It's a great place for all your goodies.
That is a lovely piece that would work well in many spots. The colours are great too. We don't have a broom closet in our kitchen so I'm looking for a narrower version.ReplyDelete
oh wow, I think I need a piece like this... and what did you have here before? this couldn't be any better!. Love the stuff you have on top most of all!!!ReplyDelete
I love it and your collection!
That is such a great idea. Love that inside color also and your stuff looks so cute in there! Definitely going to remember this for my new house which will no doubt be old and not have enough cupboard space. Thanks :)ReplyDelete
LOVE your storage cabinet. I think it looks fantastic.. Tip for you for future projects.. Take a little caulk any old kind will do. Squeeze some out onto your finger or small spakle knife and run it along the raw edge of your wood it fills those voids and they when dry you can paint over it. It makes a nice edge. My Dad taught me that years ago when we were making a shelf like this for my babys room. I still use that tip now and again.. Love your collection of silver napkin rings and all the other cool stuff in your cabinet too.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the the tip!
That area between the doors is the perfect place for your cabinet. It looks very nice with the attractive items on the top. Everything looks very neat and orderly. ShannonReplyDelete
Perfect! I can't
really remember
what was there
before.... A desk,
maybe? Love how
it fits the spot ~
and your style,
so well : )
Happy Monday,
xo Suzanne
I have always loved free standing cupboards and cabinets for the kitchen and dining area. They add something very personal and unique to a space, especially when you then create your own purpose for them.ReplyDelete
I adore your home!!!!ReplyDelete
Hi Jill, I'm popping over from Steward of Design. Love, love your cabinet - it's beautiful and looks like the perfect piece for your space!ReplyDelete
That is some sweet storage, from the sorter for the jars to the holder for the cups and mugs and the jar of napkin rings, I would just want to look at it all day and I might never get anything done. So adorable and practical. The best combination.
I love your cabinet. Especially how you have styled it! Bravo!ReplyDelete
Hi there,
Just found you and your lovely blog...I am loving your slip covered stool. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!