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Georgia Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Is there a minimum age to take this traffic safety course? A. No, drivers of all ages can benefit from learning more about traffic safety and defensive driving using this fun, self-directed course.Return to Top Sign UpQ. Why should I take this traffic safety course? A. Most people who take this course are trying to get points removed from their driving records, resolve traffic tickets and save money on insurance. If you complete the course before 3pm CT on a weekday, we'll put your Evans Defensive Driving Certificate in the mail the same day for you. Once you get it, you can give it to your traffic court or your insurance company. However, before you sign up, we recommend talking to the court or insurance company to make sure that they will accept your certificate. It is your responsibility to ensure that the course will be accepted.Return to Top Sign UpQ. Can I use this course to get a discount on my car insurance? A. Check with your insurance company. Many insurance companies will give you a defensive driving discount after you present them with the certificate of completion we send out once you've finished the course. However, it's your job to check with them first.Return to Top Sign UpQ. Can I get my certificate rushed to me? A. Sure! Simply select Express shipping when you sign up, and your certificate will arrive 1-2 days after the course is completed. Express delivery is an additional $22.75. Return to Top Sign UpQ. How long does it take to complete your Georgia online defensive driving course? A. It depends on how fast you go through the material. Since our course is online, you can space out the material however you'd like. When you log out of the course, we'll save your spot for you. When you're ready, you can pick up where you left off.Return to Top Sign UpQ. Can I break the course up into sessions? A. Of course! We track what page of the course you are on, so you can log out at any time. When you return, you'll pick up right where you were when you logged out. Return to Top Sign UpQ. How much do you charge for the Evans defensive driving course? A. We only charge $29.95 for the course, including same-day processing of your Evans Defensive Driving Certificate on weekdays.Return to Top Sign UpQ. Will I get a certificate to show I finished the course? A. We send your certificate of completion for the Evans defensive driving school course via first class mail. Wrap the course up Monday through Friday before 3pm CT, and we'll even send it the same day you finish. If you are pressed for time and need your certificate immediately, request Fed Ex service when you sign up for the course and your certificate will be there 1-2 days after you finish it. Return to Top Sign UpQ. What payment methods do you accept for this defensive driving course? A. We accept Master Card, American Express, Discover, PayPal and even electronic checks. Call Customer Care toll free at 1-877-937-4846 if you'd prefer to pay by phone.Return to Top Sign UpQ. Is it safe to pay online with a credit card? A. Definitely! We use state-of-the-art encryption technology to make sure that your identity and payment information is kept safe. If you'd prefer to pay by phone, just call Customer Care at 1-877-937-4846.Return to Top Sign UpQ. Will I be tested on the material? A. Yes. As soon as you finish the course material, you will need to pass a short final quiz. The good news is that it's multiple choice. 9 out of 10 customers pass it the first time they take it, but you can re-take for free until you pass. Return to Top Sign UpQ. Do I have to do the entire course on the same computer?A. Nope. We track your progress through the Evans defensive driving course so that you can sign in from any computer and pick the course up right where you left off.Return to Top Sign UpQ. What do I have to do to pass the course?A. It's not hard at all! Just read the material and answer the questions that follow each lesson. Then, take a short quiz over the course material. The quiz is multiple choice with unlimited free retakes, so it's nothing to be afraid of.Return to Top Sign Up
WHAT IS EVANS GEORGIA DEFENSIVE DRIVING? Defensive driving for those driving in Evans Georgia who have gotten traffic tickets or get an insurance discount from their insurer is simple and convenient with Driving University traffic school. Now that traffic school is taken online at Driving University, more and more Georgia drivers are finding Driving University to be a better solution than driving school in a classroom. The Evans Georgia defensive driving school is 100% online and self paced – you can log in and out whenever you want.
HOW DOES DRIVING SCHOOL IN EVANS GEORGIA WORK?Now that Evans Georgia drivers can take defensive driving online, more and more people are staying at home and achieving the same result. After you sign up and pay for the course, you immediately start the online defensive driving program. You can finish the traffic school program in one evening or you can start and stop whenever you want because it's a self-paced, online defensive driving course.
WHO TAKES ONLINE TRAFFIC SCHOOL IN EVANS GEORGIA?Drivers across the state of Georgia can take the Driving University defensive driving course for any reason they choose to. An Evans Georgia traffic ticket can cause drivers to take defensive driving school online. Courts giving drivers a reduction in the traffic ticket fine or dismissing the ticket altogether causes many drivers to take driving school at Driving University. Defensive driving school in Evans Georgia is user friendly and convenient at Driving University.
HOW IS THE EVANS GEORGIA DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE DIFFERENT?Traffic school online in Evans Georgia is obviously different than in a classroom. The Driving University defensive driving school is done at your own pace 24/7. Do small amounts at a time or do it in one sitting. Driving University is different from other online defensive driving schools because you're not challenged to memorize, study and take notes about Georgia traffic laws. The Driving University online traffic school has been written by Georgia drivers for Georgia drivers. Return To Top | Sign Up
Defensive driving Georgia certificate of completionUpon successful completion of the Evans Georgia online defensive driving school, you will receive a completion certificate to give to the Evans Georgia court that issued the traffic ticket or to your insurance carrier. Driving University will process your driving school certificate automatically and mail it to you. Return To Top | Sign Up
I'm in a hurry!No problem! Choose FedEx when you sign up and Driving University will send your Georgia defensive driving school completion certificate to you by FedEx overnight delivery. Return To Top | Sign Up
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Beach ball writingPosted by zi xin wong at 5:15 PM
Apart from pondering and mulling over university education, I have been drawing and sketching. I have embarked on a fun holiday journey of graphic design and illustration. It's all good fun, nothing serious - it keeps me drawing. Those whom I have been drawing inspiration from include Barry Blitt, Oslo Davis and Jane Reiseger ... all fantastic. Anyway, that is all ... I feel like the more I write, the more this blog entry is becoming a beach ball, that is, without substance. Well ... here are some pretty pictures.
Jane Reiseger
Oslo Davis (He does quite a bit for The Age ... like 'Overheard')
Barry Blitt (He is probably most well known for creating the covers of the New Yorker)
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Happy Monday! The weather in San Francisco keeps swinging between Summer and Fall. It was almost 70′ this weekend, but during the week it has been a bit more cloudy and windy. I pulled out one of my new Fall piece: The plaid coat is a classic wardrobe essential that everyone should own. I added these beautiful Naturalizer boots. They are a bit more sleek and dressed up than most flat boots. This is more of a running around look for me. What Fall pieces are you adding?
Plaid Coat via Shopbop, Sweater via Nordstrom, J. Brand Jeans, boots c/o Naturalizer, Mark & Graham monogramed clutch, necklace via the Happiness Boutique, ASOS sunnies


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Happy Thanksgiving fellow Star Wars fans and Star Wars action figure collectors! We hope you have a save and fun holiday! The image below was created by the talented Stephen Hayford who is a diorama artist. He creates images for various pop culture properties, municipalities, museums and galleries, you can look at more of his Star Wars work on his official website (or on Instagram) and you can listen to our interview with him on Toy Run episode 11!
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Who can or should you trust? I have an idea that excites me: one that seems to have meat on the bone and I'll need a great team to act on. But I'm having a hard time finding the balance of whom I can trust to tell this idea to. Some people are evangelists and rally incredible support for their visions. Others hold their cards close to their chests. I want to tell everyone, but don't want someone to take it and run.
by Naomi Kokubo, Cofounder of Founders Space
You usually can't build a company alone. You need people to help you build the product, market the product, form strategic relationships, and get user feedback. So you need to tell people about your idea.
Chances are someone is already doing something similar. We all think our ideas are totally unique, but there are billions of people in this world, and if your idea is truly interesting, at least one of them is doing the same thing.
In other words, your greatest risk is that someone else is already doing your idea and will beat you to market. Time to market and execution are more important than the idea itself, so you need to pull together a great team and move quickly.
Keep in mind, most people are too busy or preoccupied with their own things to drop everything they're doing and run with your idea. And even if they do, you've got a head start, and you're already in a race against the guy in Finland and the five guys in China who have the same idea.
So don't worry about someone stealing your idea. Go for it, and let the world know. Remember, your biggest risk is not that someone takes your idea but that you do a poor job of implementing the idea and executing on your business plan.
I hope this helps!
I have great idea but ineed to know how can trust to give my idea
Pls i need help cuz i got very great idea
Who buy my ideas?
Before telling people about your idea do the work to make it tangible. Then when you do tell you have results to share.
1. Unless you're coca cola – that dont need millions of their own employees to not know the secret "idea" and still be part of its execution (Coke, Pepsi)
2. Unless the marketing value of the idea is so genius, that you generate millions of dollars as soon as you tell world about your idea/product, and you already have the marketing bandwidth to get the whole world to notice at once (Apple).
3. Unless the idea itself is so protectable, that even with your product out in the market and generating millions $, no one can figure out what the core idea is. (Coke/Pepsi)
You can trust anyone with your idea. They are dime a dozen. All that otherwise matters is execution. Focus on execution, and selling tomatoes home to home is a billion dollar idea.


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Jeffrey Richter's CLR via C#, Second Edition, is a much-appreciated book: 39 of Amazon's 46 reviews are 5-star reviews. And we're happy to share that Jeffrey and Microsoft Press are updating the book for .NET 4.0. For more details on this update, see Jeffrey's post on it here.
Mr. Richter simply rocks; we're thrilled to be working with him again.
About Jeffrey Richter (Wintellect)
Jeffrey Richter is a cofounder of Wintellect (www.wintellect.com)—a training, debugging, and consulting firm dedicated to helping companies build better software faster. He is the author of the first edition of this book, Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming, and several other Windows-related programming books. Jeffrey is also a contributing editor and columnist for MSDN Magazine. He has been consulting with the Microsoft .NET Framework team since October 1999.
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In my interweb travels I come across some pretty hideous examples of when jiu jitsu companies try and go out on a limb...Below are some of the more notorious examples...
"Tap me out and I'll bust a cap in your ass!!"
You know what this gi needs?.... More patches!!
This Gi has it all...
On the mats you are either a lion...or a zebra.
Which one do you think you look like in this gi?
A 100% denim gi for the rocker in all of us, (fingerless leather gloves sold separately)
Come-on, jeans for the bottoms and a jean jacket for the top.... This is the greatest thing you will see today!


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PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner Training Course Manchester
Can you confirm your course is accredited?
Yes the course is accredited by PeopleCert
Do I have to buy my own course materials?
After payment has been made you will be given on the course, your own courseware folder, the official Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 manual (which is yours to keep), refreshments, both official examinations dependant on chosen course, pre-course work supplied via email and official certificate(s)
How much are the exams?
PRINCE2 Training are happy to say that your Foundation & Practitioner examinations are included in the overall course cost. All subsequent exam re-takes are subject to an additional fee
Can I take the course with no experience of Project Management?
Yes. The PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner course is open to those with no previous experience and wishing to gain the PRINCE2 certification or for those who have been involved in a Project Management environment but have yet to gain the full accreditation
Do I need to study before attending the course?
Read at least 3 chapters from 'Managing Successful Projects using PRINCE2® (2009 Edition)' manual, Completed a 6 hour pre-course workbook, Completed and pass the PRINCE2 knowledge 70 multiple choice questions test.
Can I take the Practitioner exam first?
To take the Practitioner exam you must first gain a Pass at the Foundation level. Proof of this will be required if seeking to take the Practitioner exam only
When do I get confirmation of the course that I booked?
As soon as payment has been made and received may it be over the phone or via our online booking system, an email will be despatched detailing the course location, pre-course work, course agenda and payment receipt. Please keep this email for your own records
How long is the course?
The daily hours are on average 09:00 to 17:00. We would like for you to arrive at approximately 08:45. The instructor will discuss the remaining days upon your arrival on the first day.
I've had homework on other training courses but is there homework for this course?
There will be work that requires completion each evening and will be set by the instructor at the end of each day.
To BOOK please choose the COURSE DATES tab on the left to book your PRINCE2® course
PRINCE2® Foundation & Practitioner 5 day course covers the following topics:

 What is PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner?

 The PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner training course underwent a recent 2017 update. We offer both the Foundation and Practitioner levels as one training course, including exams, for delegates to complete within just 5 days.

 This PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner training course will teach delegates the necessary knowledge and skills to be able to manage projects in a controlled environment. PRINCE2 (PRojects IN a Controlled Environment) is the most popular project management methodology used become a successful Project Manager.

 Learning Outcomes

 After completing this course, delegate will:

 Be familiar with PRINCE2® principles and methodology

 Have knowledge on the seven themes involved with PRINCE2®

 Gain the skills to direct a Project with PRINCE2®

 Have the skills to apply the PRINCE2® processes to Project Environment tasks

 PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner Prerequisites

 In order to attend this course, we recommend that delegates should read at least 3 chapters from 'Managing Successful Projects using PRINCE2® manual

 Who should attend this course?

 Project Managers

 Project Directors

 Project Executives

 Any-Sized Organisations

 Anyone who is interested or involved in project management

 PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitoner Pre-Course Reading

 We will send you a pre-course workbook consisting of reading and exercises to complete prior to the start of the training course. We recommend you complete the workbook as it will give you a useful insight into what the course will cover.
 There will also be some practice questions for you to complete also.

 PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner Course Outline

 This PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner training course will cover the following topics:

 Introduction to PRINCE2®

 Introduction to PRINCE2® methodology

 PRINCE2® principles

 Project Processes:

 Initiating a Project Process

 Starting up a Project Process

 Directing a Project Process

 Themes:

 Organisation

 Business Case

 Plans

 Quality

 Risk

 Change

 Progress

 Controlling a stage

 Product Delivery Management

 Stage Boundary Management

 Closing a Project

 Tailoring and Adopting PRINCE2®

 Adoption considerations

 PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner Exam Information

 PRINCE2® Exam Preparation Workbook

 Our exam preparation workbook ensures and validates that you have the knowledge and confidence to pass your exam.
 The exam preparation workbook comprises of mock questions, applicable scenario based projects, and is known to further elevate pass masks. Please note that this exam preparation workbook and instructions of how to book your exam, can be found in your Joining Instructions, received upon enrolment. Completion of the workbook prior to taking the exam, is highly recommended to maximise your chances of passing.

 PRINCE2® Online Exams

 *After completing 4 days of classroom training and successfully passing your PRINCE2® Foundation Exam, the fifth day of this course is a flexible exam preparation day to complete at your convenience in order to prepare you to take and pass your PRINCE2® Practitioner exam online.
 We provide comprehensive support during the exam process to make the experience as simple as possible. This exam can be taken at a suitable time, subject to availability; online, anywhere.

 Benefits of PRINCE2® online exams include:

 Proven higher pass rates

 Quicker Results

 Save Travel Costs

 FlexibilityConvenient

 Take your exam at your home, office, or work when you are ready

 PRINCE2® Foundation exam:

 Focuses on knowledge of PRINCE2.

 Multiple choice

 60 questions

 1 hour

 The pass mark is 55% or 33/60

 Usually on the 3rd day at 3:00 pm

 PRINCE2® Practitioner exam:

 Focuses on the ability to apply PRINCE2® to an example scenario

 Objective testing, a type of multiple choice

 68 questions

 Two-and-a-half hours

 The pass mark is 55% or 38/68

- "I found at first the course to be a little out of my depth but the more I progressed the more I became more confident. I was happy that my experience and other delegates were of a different level so I had more than just the instructor to call upon if I got stuck. No doubt my next course will be booked very soon. Worth the money spent."By Lauren Downes (Rating: 4.5 out of 5, 08/05/2012)) from Stoke on Trent
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Makers Mark Catalogueimages/stories/headers/print/printadheader2.jpgA luxury catalogue presenting works of art. A luxury catalogue presenting works of art.
Diamonds, precious pearls gold and platinum every object was a precious piece. Security was tight. Designed on site in the offices of the client amongst the jewels the approved layout was a pencil drawing of each item as it would be photographed for the page. Only those items sketched onto the page were photographed reducing handling an time out of the safe.
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"Rest on My heart, eat and drink. You must take life from this food that is beyond your power to understand.
Dare as only love knows how to dare. Stay on My heart and be sure always to wake up there. Do this for the sake of all humanity, as though it were in your power to give Me every living person in a single instant. Learn to desire this. Desire is a beautiful fruit; you can quench My thirst with it.
Offer Me this desire to see Me and Me only in everything. And I'll take it as a gift from you. Let nothing else count for you any more apart from what grieves or what pleases Me. Sacrifice yourself in My sight to the point of not even noticing your sacrifice. And suffer with the greatest simplicity, since it is all for Me, your Christ, who suffered for you. What is life when one possesses eternity? You remember what you said about eternity: 'It's as though one were always just arriving, and the earth—no more than the faraway, fleeting dream of a moment.' Take courage from this thought. And never suffer outside of My love, but let your suffering be like new accents of love for Me that say, 'You know that I love You, that I am as incense burning before Your face with the utmost desire to please You, My friend.' . . ."
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Vita Ultra is the perfect solution for all your problems related to unhealthy internals. We all know that a dirty colon is the major root of many dangerous diseases that can even lead you to colon cancer. Cleansing your internals on a regular basis is as important as eating. And Vita Ultra is the solution that can surely help you get rid of this frustrating problem. Read this review and get to know more…
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Vita Ultra is an ultimate colon cleansing supplement which is developed to help people get clean and healthy colon. This solution completely detoxifies your body and eliminates all the harmful stuffs from your internals and makes your digestive tract function properly. With an aid of Vita Ultra, you can easily get rid of constipation, protruding belly and other colon related issues.
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There are plenty of options for motorized overhead storage platforms, even more if you're willing to put in some DIY work yourself. If you'd rather get a set-it-and-forget-it kit to save yourself any extra work, we have a feeling you'll enjoy MyLifter.
For the most part, it's an erstwhile standard motorized storage set that you can install on the ceiling for various overhead storage needs. Except they integrated a few smart features that should make it a bit more convenient to the average user.
MyLifter will install to your ceiling and plug in to a wall outlet like a regular motorized winch lift, so it's familiar enough to anyone who's put together similar storage installations. Each one measures 3 x 4.5 x 4.5 inches and weighs 2 pounds, with 25 feet of stainless steel cable rated at a lifting capacity of up to 50 pounds. While the load limit only makes it ideal for lighter items like bicycles, surfboards, and luggage, you can combine multiple units to lift heavier items like your Suzuki Quadracer and your drunk best friend who's ruining the Christmas party (don't worry, he'll forgive you once he sobers up).
Each unit comes with sensors that can detect the weight its pulling, so it won't let you take the risk (and any potential accidents it can cause) when you're loading something past the limit, as well as an auto-locking mechanism that's activated when power is suddenly cut off and the motor shuts down (so your gear doesn't fall straight down to the ground). It comes with a Bluetooth remote control that you can use to operate multiple units, along with an iPhone app that can act as a remote as well as allow you to program multiple units to work in tandem, distributing the load among themselves.
Currently, MyLifter is a fully-funded project on Kickstarter. You can still get in on the action, however, with pledges starting at $95.


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Aramaic Meaning:
The name Jagur is an Aramaic baby name. In Aramaic the meaning of the name Jagur is: Biblical place-name meaning 'heap of stones; marker.
Biblical Meaning:
The name Jagur is a Biblical baby name. In Biblical the meaning of the name Jagur is: Husbandman; stranger.
expression Number: 3
People with this name tend to be creative and excellent at expressing themselves. They are drawn to the arts, and often enjoy life immensely. They are often the center of attention, and enjoy careers that put them in the limelight. They tend to become involved in many different activities, and are sometimes reckless with both their energies and with money.
SoulUrge Number: 4
People with this name have a deep inner desire for order and physical creativity, and want to be involved in conventional, safe activities.


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As a star of the Jackass films and of his own show on MTV, Bam Margera has made a good living off low-brow stunts, pranking anybody and everybody, and generally causing chaos in front of cameras.
Last week, he did more of the same, tweeting a picture of himself holding a gun to a puppy's head. The tweet read: "Penny pooped in my bed. Not too fond of that. If it happens again, Penny goes Bye Byes."
Penny, as you can see, is an adorable Pit Bull puppy. Bam, as you can also see, is a wild-eyed, tattooed hellraiser.
The outcry was immediate. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, "SPCA spokesman Rich Britton called the picture 'not funny' and said that, even for a shock comedian, Margera 'missed the mark on this one.'"
Margera has 820,000 Twitter followers. He's a sort of anti-hero to legions of young people, some of them impressionable kids, who look upon his fame with admiration and envy. They've been known to do what he does, even the dumb things he does.
Fortunately, Margera seems to understand how stupid the whole thing was.
He quickly began apologizing, especially when informed of the recent animal abuse cases in his home region of Chester County, PA.
"I think those people need to go down," he said of the abusers. "Just hurting another animal is rude, crude, and more."
The gun, incidentally, is fake. Bam told the Inquirer that he wished he had made that clear to his Twitter followers.
In an interview with Fox 29, Bam said, "Sorry if I offended anybody. But I'm an animal lover and I'd never hurt this dog in a million years, and the gun is a fake gun."
"I didn't want to offend anybody. I just wanted to make people laugh," he said. "I just like to joke around. I would never ever in a million years hurt a dog or a cat or any animal."
In addition to the puppy, Bam has six cats -- Eric the Cat, Trouble, Mischief, Wall Crawl, Peaches, and Twanda Newton Harris.
This is a sorry chapter in Bam's strange life, but it seems to be simply a joke gone bad. We hope he can turn this into something positive for animals -- he can start with those 820,000 followers on Twitter.


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Brantley and I have our first Hunter Pace of the season this weekend and like the rest of the… month… it's supposed to pour. Derp … But I'm super excited! It'll be nice to get back in the woods with Wendy and Elijah, that's for sure. Saturday is our warm up in CT… Beautiful 20-mile ride through Tyrone Farm and "cross-town", whatever that means. ^.^ Of course it's not supposed to rain on that day! Oh well. It'll be great.
We were lucky to get a couple of chances to ride with Niall again last week after the Blessing and we are really on a roll. I would love to write about our lessons and tell you things that I learned… But apparently I cannot focus on this post to save my life. All I know is that he's getting softer in my hands, using his hind end correctly, and even going to straight! Which is huge! Because he definitely likes to fall to the inside… And I definitely let him. Whoops…
Today we went over some cross-rails. Unfortunately I scratched my cornea again but I gave in and rode with my glasses (I don't know how some of you do it). I definitely did not feel myself. I felt off balance and like I couldn't focus. I've only been wearing glasses since I was… 8. But! I did it and we hopped the cross-rails and I was just going to call it a day until the BO said, "Hey, let's run through your dressage test!" – So we did… And we rocked it. I'm getting pretty excited about the entries I sent out this week.
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Just a quick update before I head off for my lunch! Here are some photos which I've randomly snapped a few days ago...
|Reminiscing our Hongkong holiday trip (March 2015)... And Nathan looks like a baby Star Wars Jedi in this photo :D
|Some of our books. The newest addition to our collection is the Maze Runner's "The Death Cure" and I need to read that soon!!
|Anakin Skywalker and R2-D2
|Nathan's chubby arm and hand :)
|Hello handsome little mister! :))
|That little chubby tummy of his which I can't get enough of <3
|"Don't take my photo!!" Haha too late, Shayne :P
|Deciding which soft toy to give to his younger brother..
|27 weeks baby bump <3
|Last but not least, have a wonderful weekend with your family and friends! :)


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Rev Up Your Outdoor Living With Easy-Care Plants
Low-maintenance flowers, foliage mean less work, more play
The desire for low-maintenance landscapes just keeps growing, according the latest gardening and landscaping surveys. At the same time, Americans' love for outdoor amenities like fire pits, grills, dining areas and seating shows no signs of waning (see "Recent Statistics" at end of this piece). So combining the two should mean less work and more play, right? Here, experts suggest fuss-free flowers and foliage for outdoor living.
"Whether you're relaxing during a private moment in your personal sanctuary or are hosting a dinner party, you don't want to come out to a tired, ailing landscape," says Anthony Tesselaar, cofounder and president of Tesselaar Plants. "The idea is to go for something that's easy-care, with season-long interest, so you never have to worry about what's outside your door."
"We all lead such busy lives," agrees California landscaper and North Coast Gardening blogger Genevieve Schmidt. "You don't want an outdoor living space where you're looking at more chores or another to-do list."
Not-so-needy blooms
If you're looking for less watering, spraying and pruning, flowers aren't out. Schmidt regularly uses drought-tolerant, blooming perennials like catmint, hardy cranesbill geraniums, ornamental sages, Russian sage, lavender, lion's tail, euphorbia, sunrose, artemisia and phlomis.
Landscape roses are another favorite of Schmidt's, and she often turns to the Flower Carpet®line (The original Flower Carpet Pink shown at right). Often called "desert roses" in the southwest, these shiny-leaved, colorful bloom factories can be a great choice for low-maintenance, season-long color in beds or containers.
When planted en masse, carpet roses (which spread more horizontally than vertically and become covered with a blanket of blooms) are also a great way to quickly fill in a large bed while turning it into a more low-maintenance, sustainable landscape.
The Flower Carpet range of roses, notes Tesselaar, won high marks in the Dallas Arboretum's famous plant trials in extreme heat. The series has also won the most awards for disease-resistance; most notably, Germany's coveted All Deutschland Rose (ADR) designation, the world's top honor for disease-resistant roses: "And if you want roses in containers, which succumb to drought even quicker, Flower Carpet's Next Generation line offers even better heat and humidity tolerance."
Another Tesselaar plant that did well in the Dallas Arboretum trials was the Storm™ series of agapanthus (Blue Storm shown at right). Says Tesselaar: "It offers up to three flushes of blooms a season with full clusters of strappy foliage in between for season-long interest." Jimmy Turner, Senior Director of Gardens for the Dallas Arboretum, says it's good for mass planting, because of its sturdy, multiple flower stalks, uniform height and multiple flushes of blooms, each lasting six to seven weeks. But, Tesselaar notes: "It's really a head-turner when it's by itself in a pot."
Schmidt also recommends native and adapted plants (those that naturally grow or thrive in your area without using a lot of resources, respectively): "Native plants are especially nice for outdoor leisure areas, because you're inviting in the local cycles of wildlife and a balanced local ecosystem, which means wonderful extras like singing birds, the sight of butterflies and nature's own methods of pest and disease management."
There's a native plant society for almost every state, she notes, and you can go to your state's page to learn more about native plants in your area.
Fuss-free foliage
Low-maintenance foliage can also soften and add character to outdoor living spaces.
"Going without flowers doesn't have to mean no color," says Tesselaar. The colorfully foliaged Tropicanna®cannas (at right), which can handle wet feet, can be potted and set right into your favorite water features. And the dark-red, strappy foliage of Festival™ Burgundy cordyline (at right) is so extremely drought-tolerant and pest resistant, you'll wonder if it's real. Its basal-branching low-growing structure allows for fuller, more compact clumps and a gentle fountain effect – perfect for containers or color blocking around your favorite outdoor living spots.
Festival, which is only hardy in Zones 7 or warmer, also overwinters beautifully as a houseplant, says Tesselaar: "So you can simply bring the patio pot in or out depending on the season, or replant it in the landscape year after year."
Schmidt loves the bright-red color of Japanese blood grass, along with other low-maintenance ornamental grasses like maiden grass (miscanthus – although it's considered invasive in some areas of the country), blue oatgrass, leatherleaf sedge, fountain grass and noninvasive dwarf or clumping bamboo. Favorites in other parts of the country include 'Elijah Blue' fescue, pampas grass (also invasive in some areas), Northern sea oats, blue panic grass, muhly grass (also extremely salt tolerant and prevents sand dune erosion) and little bluestem (hardy to Zone 3).
Then there are Schmidt's other foliage faves: phormiums (New Zealand flax), nassella (needlegrass) and Mexican feathergrass. Succulents, she adds, have exploded in popularity – in containers, hanging baskets and even as wall art.
Of course, the plants themselves aren't the only part of a low-maintenance landscape, say Schmidt and Tesselaar. There are also tips and tricks like mulching, grouping together plants with similar needs, efficient irrigation, reducing your lawn and maintaining healthy soil. But low-maintenance plants are a key ingredient.
"Some work in the garden is great if you enjoy it, but we all have tasks we'd rather not do," says Schmidt. "I know I'd rather be doing artful pruning, potting up containers and deadheading instead of weeding or mowing. The idea is to reduce or eliminate what really feels like work so you're free to focus on what matters to you."
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In the 2012 Residential Landscape Architecture Trends Survey conducted by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), a whopping 96.6 percent of respondents rated low-maintenance landscapes as "somewhat or very in-demand" In particular, 85.4 percent of them had installed native or drought-tolerant plants in their outdoor living spaces.
The Winter 2011 survey on sustainable gardening by the Garden Writers Association Foundation showed similar results, with 58 percent already having reduced their watering (58 percent) and 35 percent adding more drought-tolerant plants.
At the same time, respondents in the ASLA survey stressed their love for outdoor leisure elements like grills (97.4 percent), pools (79.2 percent) and seating and dining areas (95.7 percent).
About Tesselaar
Tesselaar Plants searches the world and introduces new plants for the home garden, landscape, home décor and gift markets. Tesselaar undertakes extensive research and development of its varieties and, once they're selected for introduction, provides marketing and promotional support for them through its grower and retail network. Tesselaar carefully selects its licensed growers and purposefully keeps its portfolio of plants small by design, resulting in consistently high-quality, dramatic, prolific plants that are also environmentally friendly and exceptionally easy to grow.
The Tesselaar philosophy is to introduce exceptional plants while "making gardening easy" for everyone, and so it makes its products as widely available as possible. Tesselaar believes that the more gardeners there are, the better it is for everyone.
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05/05/13 18:39
Barney needs to be monitored when he experiences a change of environment / bedding as can suffer allergic / dust allergies that can affect his breathing which can be controlled by Ventopolin prescribed by vet. He is a horse of very nervous disposition and very rarely lays down – or that you catch him laid down. He is a very mucky and wet horse and has been tried on shavings and straw beddings with no luck – on average costs around £15-20 per week in bedding alone.
Day 1, see [attachment 1]
Positively surprised at how little it took to put a full 'deep litter' bed down in the stable. Smells brilliant and looks great, fantastic to stand on very bouncy and soft under foot. No dust at all when spreading. Will have to keep an eye on Barney for first few days due to breathing. 5 bags to put down a deep litter bed of a decent size, very easy to bed down too with minimum effort and nothing stuck to your clothes / boots.
Day 2 – 10, see [attachment 2]
Fantastic! The horse has showed absolutely no signs of distress with his breathing and has had no medication – excellent!! It also still smells lovely. Walked it around quite a lot in the first few days but as days go on it is certainly setting. Sets nicely and still looks clean, and still smells nice. Only skipping out the dirty – and its still holding fantastic. Very absorbent and so far easy to muck out with a metal shavings fork as it sets quite solid but still bouncy. Very easily managed, does not fall through your brush like shavings and is easily swept.
Day 10 - 20, see [attachment 3]
Still highly impressed – so impressed I've had to recommend it to everyone I know. One bag certainly goes a long way – have only put down an extra 2 bags since I first set the bed down. It is still relatively clean looking. It is also super absorbent. The bed is now firmly set and now very easy to muck out and sweep. Have also caught my horse laid down a number of times, so he clearly approves. Very easy to brush off horse and rug – Has found as it has set the stable stains are less occurring and it is easy to clean / brush off. Not at all dusty, and still smells nice. Very impressed by how absorbent it is.
Bed is now 15cm deep and very happy with it. Very easy to muck out. Only problem is hay getting caught up in it but picked out by hand. Defiantly need a metal shaving fork to work best as can clump together.
Day 20+
Still only using one bag a week to place over what has been mucked out. Still extremely happy. Horse has experienced a wound in girth region due to medical treatment which is left open – bedding does not stick to it and comes away easy which is a bonus. Slight discolouration but overall still looks acceptably clean – and no smells of ammonia yet which is very surprising. Still smells and looks very clean. Still very surprised at how one bag goes a long way. Very impressed – started new horse on the same bedding and same results. Much easier to muck out than shavings, and so much more absorbent! Mucked out within half the time with no mess. So easy to separate the dirty and wet.
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A very highly recommended bedding which is very suited to my horse who suffers from allergies and dust resulting in difficulty in breathing / closed airways. No medication needed to open air ways using this bedding which means there is little or no dust in this bedding. Fantastic! Having such a wet and mucky horse this bedding is an absolute god send! Since using Flaxcore I no longer have to lay down a new bed every day which was time and money consuming now I am able to muck out and keep it clean within minutes, it is so very easy to separate the wet and the mucky. After the first week once the bedding has set you get little walked around which means it's not walked down the stable block such as with straw. Using on average one bag of bedding per week on top of the original deep litter I set down using 5 bags. Smells brilliant, and continues to smell brilliant. No smell or scent of ammonia, and keeps a decent clean colouring even after weeks of use. Highly absorbent and very easy to muck out. Easy to manage as does not fall through brush or stick to floor / surfaces. Very easy to clean off rugs and horse does not stick like shavings do. Hardly any stable stains which is brilliant!! Cannot recommend this bedding enough – will continue to use it for all of my horses. Altogether very happy with Flaxcore bedding, excellent and very economic. One bag goes a long way. Brilliant, a must have bedding!!
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If you have a 'wet' horse I would recommend giving Flaxcore a try. First it smells really nice when you first lay it. When I have used shavings and straw in the past, my horse's stable would be very wet and smelly in the mornings. I was pleasantly surprised to find a dry, lovely smelling stable the next morning! I couldn't even see the wet patches! I have since left it as a deep bed, just picking up droppings wearing marigolds and then sprinkling a few handfuls over any wet patches. My husband has also commented that I don't smell of ammonia when I come home from the yard like I used to, so it must be good! It has only just started to need the wet taking out after over two weeks of having my rather wet warmblood in every night. Its costing me less and saves me heaps of time. I'm going to stick with it.


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us Inez residents, spread along a dozen
miles of arcing dirt. The North Platte
River glides through the sagebrush and
Russian olives, holding nary a rapid but
many a channel cat, and an occasional rising rainbow.
Here, twenty years ago, Maria and I salvaged a disintegrating 1890s ranch house.
And here we raised two river rats from
pups, now strapping young men who sing
about childhood tree swings, watermelon
parties, the glories of river mud, and beater
pickups driven on hardship licenses at age
fourteen. When they visit, they hug our
laying hens to their chests like old friends.
But things are changing in Wyoming. A
friend used to say that visiting us was a wilderness experience; our major nighttime
intrusion was a neighbor's sodium-vapor
yard light a mile o=. The stars still blared.
Nowadays, though, the energy colony bordering Powder River coal country bristles
with Okies and Texans in F-350s, here to
fatten their wallets and feed the consumptive empire. Across the river, mile-long coal
trains chug by day and night, and oil and
gas development clutches the land. The
fricking fucking frackers are on us, we say. Giant seismic thumper trucks have crawled
across our pastures, seeking hydrocarbons sequestered in our "split estate."
Oil trucks, gas trucks, gravel trucks, and
the omnipresent white pickups raise dust
that coats us inside and out. A humongous
triple pile of gravel—a neighbor cashing
in—dominates the horizon atop foothills
of the Laramie Range.
And yet, spring came and summer followed. Male redwings claimed the cattails,
and the bees wintered strong, and will
again provide buckets of creamy sweet-clover honey. In the tallest cottonwood,
fuzz-headed bald eaglets poked their outsized beaks over the edge of a messy nest.
Pelicans fished communally in blindingly
white rafts. And this evening, while I'm
walking the dog, a five-second meteor
sizzles across the sky.
LEAN BACK till you feel like you'll tip. Take in the sky. Wasn't it a
steely gray just a minute ago? But now
it's blue like the eggs tucked away in
the nests, cluttered with clouds that
have broken apart over this one spot
on the edge of Barnstable Harbor.
Soon the marsh cordgrass will erupt,
an emerald carpet reaching up, breaking through the brackish phragmites
pounded flat by winter storms, but for
now, it remains all potential, the wash
of pale shades that defines Cape Cod.
This is how it happens, falling in
love with a place. Mostly gradual, with
short bursts of free fall. Endless discovery, with occasional disappointments
(one more tick, extracted from an abdomen). Round an unexplored bend,
then next time, go farther. Spend a
year, then two or four or forty. Become
accustomed to the rhythms. In the last
ten days, the peepers have begun their
songs. Learn that the pace of their pulsing chorus is a thermometer of sound.
Leaving the trails of the Audubonlands behind, the trees still skeletal, afriend and I head to a small island thatrises from the marsh. We seek flotsamand find plastic, but also one washed uplength of seaworn two-by-six. It servesas a bridge to traverse the channelsthat Depression-era men once gashedinto the wetlands, straight veins amidthe sweeping curves. The salt hay is asponge beneath the feet.
The ospreys are back, and infinitely
occupying each platform raised for
their delight. One bird sits on a nest
not far o=, takes flight, travels low
along the open marsh. Then there's a
second one, a third, a fourth—each a
black-and-white M against azure. They
fly. I free-fall.
This is how it happens. Everywhere
there is death and history. I stand
where the dead lay, an oar nailed into
a tree to mark the spot. The salt marsh
below me an accumulation of eons.
Everywhere there is life and the future,
ospreys returning, peepers emerging.
Each state a reflection on the other.
Each of us in the middle, gazing and
gazed upon.
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And a year later, it appears the redshirt freshman is turning into a mauler at right guard.
"The depth chart is still in pencil, but one guy who took the next step was Kyle Kalis," offensive coordinator Al Borges said, when asked last week on WTKA-AM (1050) what he learned during spring camp. "When Kyle came in, he wasn't really ready to play yet. It was a little overwhelming from a systematic perspective, as much as anything. Not so much physically, but just learning how to play big-time football.
"But Kyle, from the first day to the last day, really improved his game. He's a powerful kid who can run-block and is learning the technique in our passing game."
Coach Brady Hoke called Kalis a "road-grading" lineman when he was signed out of Lakewood, Ohio, in 2012. His physical tools were advanced, with position coach Darrell Funk once saying "he just wants to tear your head off. He plays like that all the time and practices like that all the time, and we need that. You can Xs and Os all you want ... but (winning) starts with knocking the heck out of the guy in front of you, and that's one thing Kyle does real well."
But the mental side took some time to catch up, as is natural for most offensive lineman. No true freshman has played the position at Michigan since 2006 -- not Jake Long, not Taylor Lewan, not David Molk.
But all three of those guys turned into All-Americans.
And Borges is high on what Kalis could provide this year at right guard, as well as at center with Jack Miller/Graham Glasgow and left guard with Ben Braden/Glagow.
"Early on, (Kalis was) still battling some of the systematic growing pains that go with a new player," Borges said. "It was all awareness. Just playing with each other a little bit and having a feel for exactly what the other guy is going to do.
"Line play is so much like that -- having faith the guy next to you is going to make the right step and cover your back. And I think Kyle got more comfortable with that, as did Jack and a couple other guys."
Kalis is the leader to replace Patrick Omameh, a four-year starter at right guard. Miller is the leader at center and Braden at left guard.
Seniors Taylor Lewan and Michael Schofield will anchor the tackles, and will be leaned upon for leadership with so much youth in the interior.
But it seems Michigan likes its nucleus there heading into the summer break.
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Back when other middle school girls were reading Nancy Drew, I discovered Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes books and became a life-long fan.
They used to play Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes movies on TV when I lived in Puerto Rico, back in the days when TV sets had no remotes, so I watched those, too, even when Holmes (Basil) verbally abused Watson (played by Nigel Bruce) in the likes of:
Nigel: How did you solve that, Holmes?
Basil: It was elementary [snotty/condescending explanation follows]
Nigel: I see! Even a child could have solved it!
Basil (sneers): Not your child, Watson.
I'm a moderate, low-key, FaceBook-type fan; not one that joins Sherlock Holmes fan clubs (I did take a Holmes-themed walking tour of London years ago) or remembers much trivia, but a fan all the same. In addition to having read all the Conan Doyle books, over the years I've watched several Sherlock incarnations, including Michael Caine in an awful movie aptly named Without a Clue to Robert Downey Jr.'s martial arts Sherlock. The supreme, definitive, Sherlock is Jeremy Brett, who was able to develop his character over the years and whose Sherlock lived in nicely-appointed Eduardian lodgings.
So last night I thought I'd watch CBS's Elementary. Its Sherlock lives in modern squalor (inexplicably he has a $10,000 Viking range but his walls need paint), the plot didn't exactly grab me, and my room needed tidying up so I watched while doing light housework. The suspect responsible for some deadly Anthrax poisonings turned out to be some dude with "extreme radical leanings. . . They hate the government, including the NYPD, but they're big fans of violence and the Second Amendment."
Now, in my ripe old age I know propaganda when I see it: A love of violence is equal to a love for one article of the Bill of Rights, because guns. It was 15 minutes or so into the show, and in my ripe old age I don't waste time turning off the TV, either.
Bye-bye, Elementary.
Over the pond, where they have very restrictive gun laws, Sherlock (whose apartment is a museum of ugly wallpaper) is packing heat, big time.
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Venue & Maps - Detroit
Check back for an overview of events happening at each venue. Upon arrival, be sure to download the FIRST Championship App.
Venue Address
Cobo Center
1 Washington Blvd
Detroit, MI 48226
Venue Guide
Expand below to learn more about the venues in Detroit.
Cobo Center (CC)
Level 1 (CC L1)
- FIRST® LEGO® League (ages 9-16, grades 4-8) – Elementary and middle school students are judged on Core Values, Robot Design, and Project. Additionally, in the Robot Game, LEGO MINDSTORMS®-based robots are programmed by team members to complete "missions" on a playing field. All activities will be held in Halls E1 – E3, Level 1, where you can see 108 teams from around the world work on their robots and compete.
- FIRST® LEGO® League Jr. (ages 6-10, grades K-4) – Elementary school students are challenged to explore a scientific topic, then present what they learned with a Show Me poster and a model built using LEGO® Education WeDo. Sixty teams will present their findings at the FIRST LEGO League Jr. World Festival Expo located in Room 140, Level 1.
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Level 2 (CC L2)
- FIRST® Tech Challenge (ages 12-18, grades 7-12) – Middle and high school students compete on custom playing fields with robots they have designed, programmed, and built themselves. One-hundred-twenty-eight international teams will compete in Hall A Level 2. The teams' Pits will also be located in Hall A (safety glasses provided and required).
- FIRST® Robotics Competition (ages 14-18, grades 9-12) – High school students from 400 international teams compete on custom playing fields with robots they have designed, programmed, and built themselves. FIRST Robotics Competition fields and Pits (safety glasses provided and required) are located in Halls B - D. Watch teams compete in this year's robotics challenge on six playing fields.
- Special Events – The Grand River Ballroom B (GRBB) in the Cobo Center will hold special events such as the FIRST LEGO League and FIRST LEGO League Jr. award ceremonies, Dean's List and other various FIRST Championship events.
- The Grand River Ballroom A (GRBA) will house the FIRST Innovation Faire, a hands-on, Maker Faire-inspired area featuring FIRST sponsors, suppliers, scholarship providers, and other special guests. All FIRST Championship attendees are encouraged to participate in the completely free FIRST Innovation Faire, where attendees can receive exciting giveaways, witness new technology demonstrations, and participate in fun, hands-on activities for all ages.
Ford Field (FF)
- Ford Field is home to the FIRST Welcome Party and FIRST Closing Celebration. There will be activities for students of all ages to engage in – from mainstage acts, to activity booths and roving entertainment. Concessions will be open around the stadium. Admission is free to all registered and badged FIRST Championship attendees.
The FIRST Closing Celebration will incorporate final matches for FIRST Robotics Competition and FIRST Tech Challenge, FIRST Championship top awards, and the Finale all rolled into one event. Concessions will be open throughout the event. The FIRST Closing Celebration will be the culmination of FIRST Championship Detroit and will include exciting competition, fun entertainment, top award presentations, and a few surprises along the way.
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"We are able to understand and visualise the genuine concerns of our customers both as individuals and as an overall collective"
In an enormously competitive market where most consumers have little to no loyalty, monitoring the needs and desires of consumers within a large supermarket chain would allow the chance a greater understanding, leading to the provision of simple improvements. In this instance, monitoring the concerns of customers would be a near-on impossible task where thousands of products are served.
DCC was tasked with finding a way to monitor the feedback a number of stores of one of the leading UK supermarket chains. Whilst in the past, data capture kiosks have been used to great success, in this instance there was the desire and the need to provide something beyond this. After much discussion over the final desired information to be collected, the humble comment card was suggested as an alternative solution.
Capturing data from typed forms or simple tick-box questionnaires is a comparatively simple process. To provide consumers with the assurance that each of their individual concerns and feedback comments would be heard, free-form comment cards were instead designed and printed by DCC to be filled out across a number of stores.
Whilst the comment card themselves specified the need to write in block capitals, it soon became clear that most responders did not heed this advice, making the task of data capture that much more complicated. DCC embraced the challenge cursive writing presented, and were able to work with a piece of text recognition software to design an effective solution. The desire behind the acceptance of this challenge was to unlock the meaning behind naturally written words when respondents are often at their most honest.
Comment cards can now be read electronically, with cursive writing transcribed into text. From here, further analysis can take place, grading the sentiment behind language, highlighting key repeated issues and offering the chance to visualise the meaning behind the data.
The solutions developed have been delivered on time and on budget, despite the large challenge. Each card also has an auditable trail, so individual concerns can easily be traced and responded to.


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I can't express to you all how much I adore Washi Tape. As you will see below, I can use it for everything and anything. If you lack inspiration for what to do with your washi tape or it's the first you've heard of it, it's time you buy some washi tape and enjoy exploring the creative side of this tape for anything you can imagine!
Before we delve into what you can do with washi tape….here is more information about it..
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What is Washi Tape?
If you don't know what it is, you need to get onto this cute craft idea pronto. It's cheap, easy to do and will transform your world! Washi tape is often confused for masking tape, but its not, which I will explain later! And it's no ordinary tape! By its name, if you haven't guessed it already, Washi tape originates from Japan and is made of natural fibers.
The reason it's often confused for masking tape is because of it's texture and feel. However, washi tape is superior in its quality as it's strong, durable, versatile for anything and it has pretty designs – a definite crafters and DIY'ers delight, even experienced artists enjoy small craft projects such as this!
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Use this type of craft tape to decorate your rather ordinary candle lit holders to suit any decor, whether in the living room, bedroom or office. Click the images below to purchase or buy here: Black&White or Gold (Incs Free Bonus Roll!)
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Washi tape is most famous for using on jars and bottles. Click the images below to purchase or buy here: MT05G003
You can combine upcycling wine corks with washi tape to create many cool projects such as this cork key chain, amoungst others.
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Using this decorative tape on your make up brushes makes them stand out above everyone else's but also makes them last longer. No more wear and tear on those handy little brushes that make all women feel beautiful. Click the image below to purchase or buy here: CraftyRabbitBlue
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Scrapbooking Ideas & Crafts
In combination with cutting your own handwriting, you can use washi tape to decorate your scrapbooking items such as this:
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Decorate anything for easter time – you can decorate eggs, labels and make anything you require. Click the images below to purchase or buy here: Collection
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Here are some great ideas on how to neatly store and organize your washi tape to ensure they are in close reach and are displayed so you can enjoy your collection. There are many options available including, washi tape dispenser wheels, washi tape storage boxes and storage cases aswell as DIY washi tape storage boxes.
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Everyone loves a good deal. Hence the appeal of the "outlet mall," a phenomenon we fully exploit here in Central Florida. People traveling from all over the world work a trip to the outlet mall into their itinerary, and leave with enough merchandise to clothe a small country.
Many people think that just because they're buying something at an outlet mall, it's guaranteed to be "a deal" and less expensive than buying it at a regular store. We get caught up in the thrill of the score, and wind up going for broke (literally and figuratively) by the end of the day (c'mon—how many of us really need a fancy garlic peeler?).
Here are my tips for making sure that your next trip to the outlet mall produces items that will be workhorses in your wardrobe:
Have a list (at least a mental one) of what you're looking for.
Not only do I like to have a general idea of what specific pieces I'm looking for, I like to map out my route to certain stores once I arrive. This ensures I visit the stores that are most likely to have what I need. Once I get everything I need, I can visit other stores for extra fun. That way, I stand a much better chance of coming home with pieces that fill in the gaps in my wardrobe.
Know what's the real deal.
I've seen too many friends disappointed in their search for designer items (especially bags). It's not impossible to score a good deal on a designer bag, but you need to know the hallmarks of that designer and the materials they use. Designers usually stamp each bag with an identification number and the particular bag style should be recognizable from brand marketing. Shoddy zippers and linings or off-kilter or oddly colored logos are usually a good sign that you might not be getting the real deal.
In addition, some designers put out diffusion lines that have a similar aesthetic to their main line, but sometimes sacrifice a bit of luxury in the manufacturing process. The leather might not be as buttery soft, the hardware might not be as hefty, or the stitching may not be quite so even. You can find incredibly fun diffusion line pieces, but I do caution against overpaying for a diffusion line piece (this is easy to do because many times, diffusion line pieces are sold side-by side with main line items in the outlet stores with little to no differentiation. I say again: Know your designer).
Know what's a real deal.
This generally has to do with your style aesthetic. The expression "Know thyself" has never rung more true than when applied in a sartorial sense. Snagging a purple sweater for $10 is $10 wasted since I don't wear purple. Conversely, I love moss green, so paying $35 for one in that color (I like a silk-cotton blend) is a much better deal for me.
Similarly, since I don't really wear sneakers, the 2-for-1 sale going on at Adidas isn't going to be the best use of my finances. But I love leopard, and the utter abandon with which I pair it with everything imaginable completely justifies picking up two pairs in differing heel heights (the men in my life may disagree, but I'm standing by this one).
I find that wardrobe demise does not sneak up on you through well-thought-out investment purchases, but by frittering away your budget on things that appear to be a good deal at the time (This t-shirt in every color because it's only $12!).
These guidelines may not completely safeguard you against the odd errant purchase (Oh, like I'M the only one with pool slides in my closet?), but they should at least ensure that you make good use of most purchases from this weekend's ventures.
Know what is important to you.
I almost can't believe I'm saying this, but there will be times when quantity will be more important than quality (pregnancy reigns fresh in my mind; so do newly-minted college graduates entering the job market). But barring a few exceptions, I tend to look for a very few (thank you, Lilliputian closet) quality pieces over volume.
Is prestige or living on the edge of the fashion scene more important to you? Does your weekend wardrobe read "sporty" or "party"? Do you prefer frequent shopping fun or a few big trips a year? These are all things that will affect how and when you spend your clothing budget.


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There are a diverse range of ski holidays out there, and paradoxically, they're not all about skiing.
OK, so that might sound like a fairly odd sentence to start off with, but we're confident that groups and families—of all ages and abilities—can enjoy a winter break together; whether they all ski or not. With a stay at one of the ski chalets we've listed below, you can spend seven days on the slopes, balance your time between different sports, or forgo all that snow and while your hours away on other pursuits. Are you into black runs but your mate's a budding gourmand? Perhaps your parents want a pampering but you've taken to snowboarding? Whatever the ski or non-ski situation, read on for our top tips when booking winter breaks.
Ski holidays in France show no sign of slipping in popularity ranks, and with good reason: the Morzine and Meribel ski areas (to name just two) are some of the finest the world over. But what about a ski holiday in France that'll appeal to non-skiers too? No problem: Chamonix ski chalets should do the trick. Sleeping fifteen of your friends, this rustic ski lodge in Les Houches comes with private woods and a hot tub, and offers nearby opportunities for activities as diverse as ice climbing and wine tasting. And, being just an hour from Geneva, you can concentrate your efforts on exploring what neighbouring Switzerland has to offer, too.
What can non-skiers do on Austria ski holidays? Plenty. While Dad's taking on the mighty Hintertux glacier in Mayrhofen, Mum can indulge herself with a massage and sauna session at the spa. And for youngsters who haven't got to grips with the slopes quite yet, they can always opt for ski lessons if they want to take the plunge: there are no less than ten ski schools in Mayrhofen alone, tutoring little ones as young as three. Of course, there are always ski holidays in Ischgl to factor in, offering much in the way of non-ski activities, too. With its own sauna, room to sleep six and opportunities for paragliding, this Ischgl ski chalet is a sure crowd pleaser.
Despite what you'll read when checking out Canada ski packages, It's not all about skiing when you head for the slopes of Whistler. Surrounded by expansive forests and littered with stunning lakes, Whistler's more about venturing off the beaten track than anything else. Non-skiers can spend their days ice skating and tobogganing, while skiers will find no shortage of incredible terrain to explore. When it comes to pleasing everyone, this ski chalet in Pinecrest Estates is perfectly situated: the attractions of Whistler are just ten minutes away, but with a hot tub and tennis courts surrounded by wildlife, you might just want to stay put.
Bulgaria ski holidays are increasingly popular, offering particularly great value for money. And, when you book private ski chalets, you can be assured non-skiers are kept smiling too. In Borovets, those who'd rather avoid the slopes can enjoy hot mineral pools and horse riding in the Rila Mountains, or take in the attractions of Sofia just an hour away (skiers will be too busy tackling the World Cup course!). And in Bansko, you can visit the Belitsa Sanctuary, or Four Paws; one of the largest bear conservation areas in Europe. Winter sports fan or not, few will argue with this ski rental in Bansko, replete with luxuries including an indoor pool.
Ski holidays in Italy remain a great choice for groups: destinations are incredibly diverse. In Livigno, skiers can tackle excellent runs on the stunning Swiss border, while non-skiers shop till they drop. Enjoying a special tax status as a duty-free zone, there are over 250 shops in the open-air mall here, 1,800 metres above sea level. In Cervinia, there's a great, albeit laid-back, aprés ski scene; characterised more by excellent gastronomy than it is by manic nights out. Besides, skiers will be too busy enjoying the moonlight descents! Ideally situated, this Cervinia ski rental offers great opportunities for hydrotherapy and hiking trails.
For more inspirational ideas, check out HomeAway's extensive guide to ski holidays. If you are looking for ski accommodation, simply choose from our selection of destinations and book online.


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The ACA blog provides readers with information to help them advance their knowledge, achieve their professional goals and strive for excellence, while also creating a greater sense of community among chiropractors nationwide through online engagement and information-sharing with their colleagues.
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Ruth Wooden, who was president of Public Agenda from 2003 through 2010, remains a committed member of the Public Agenda family, serving as a senior adviser to the organization and on the Board of Directors.
In addition to her work here, Ms. Wooden serves as chair of the board of Civic Ventures, which works to define the second half of adult life as a time of individual and social renewal. She is a board member of the Family Violence Prevention Fund, Teachers Count, Independent Sector and Demos. Ms. Wooden is also a former director of CARE and the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation.
Ms. Wooden has often written and spoken on issues including obstacles to college completion, the need for less partisanship and more true dialogue in addressing the nation's most difficult public policy problems, new approaches to retirement, and the challenges and choices facing the American people as a result of the federal budget deficit and national debt.
Ms. Wooden was a member of the Committee on the Fiscal Future of the United States. Its January 2010 report is a key part of the continuing Our Fiscal Future initiative, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, which includes OurFiscalFuture.org, a Facebook site and Twitter feed, the latter two both produced by Public Agenda.
Prior to joining Public Agenda, Ms. Wooden was Executive Vice President-Senior Counselor at the international public relations firm of Porter Novelli, where she led the Advertising and Cause-Related Marketing Practice. Before joining Porter Novelli in 2001, she served as volunteer President of the National Parenting Association, and from 1987 to 1999, she was president of The Advertising Council, the nation's leading producer of public service announcements. During Ms. Wooden's tenure, the Ad Council collaborated with Public Agenda on the groundbreaking study "Kids These Days: What Americans Really Think About the Next Generation," which was named by Congressional Quarterly as one of the 50 most important documents of 1997.
From 1978 to 1987, Ms. Wooden worked as Account Supervisor, Senior Vice President and Managing Director at N.W. Ayer Advertising in New York. She began her career as a research brand analyst at the Ralston Purina Company in St. Louis. Ms. Wooden attended Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, and she received a B.A. in Sociology and History from the University of Minnesota. In 1994, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Northeastern University.
Ms. Wooden is the recipient of United Jewish Appeal's Maxwell Dane Humanitarian Award; Advertising Woman of the Year; the Prudential Prize in Non-Profit Leadership and the Matrix Award from New York Women in Communications.


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These days of travel are coming to an end I find myself urging the hours to hurry up. I HAVE PEOPLE TO SEE. These days of travel are coming to an end and I find myself dragging my feet. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?
These days of wandering are taking a pause and I find myself in a constant emotional quandary. I am thrilled and I am sad. Sad to leave. Sad to arrive. Ready to move on. Holding tight to these lovely freedom. I never want to stop. But I am weary. I need a pause. I need a day of easy communication. I need to not be surprised by a hug because they are so rare. And even as I list these 'needs' I am terrified to realize how easily I slip back into the expectations of Western Culture. I want a break. But I don't want easy. Simple. Spoiled America. Even as I find my spoiled life here in Air-Conditoned Cambodia. I don't want this to be the norm. I done want to stop being grateful.


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Alternative Visions - Trade, Fed Rates, and Global Economy - 07.20.18
Jul 20th, 2018 by progressiveradionetwork
Dr. Rasmus reviews the status of 'Trump Trade Wars' re. China, Europe, and NAFTA, noting tariffs have been actually implemented on only 2.3% of total US imports and exports. Rasmus predicts: deal with NAFTA within 6 months, possibly with China in early 2019, and with the EU only after its 'Brexit' issue is resolved. In the meantime, much Trump threats and bombast to appeal to his domestic political base for November elections. Rasmus next addresses the Federal Reserve chair, Powell's, testimony to Congress this past week, indicating 2 more rate hikes in 2018 and more after. Rasmus reiterates his prediction that a Fed Funds rate hike above 2.5% (now 2%) will invert the yield curve and precipitate the next recession, likely in 2019. Trump's critique of Powell, as the Fed raises rates to finance Trump's annual more than $1 trillion deficits and debt. Trump doesn't want more hikes but created them with his multi-trillion dollar tax cuts and defense spending. The show concludes with discussion of signs of slowing global trade and economy, and some financial instability indicators emerging in Asian junk bonds and China markets.