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1. Why do you think you're the best candidate for this seat, and why are you running?
I am a single mom of two, I have sent both my children through Lewiston Public Schools. My daughter is a teacher, my son will graduate in June. I have seen how changes in education over the years have impacted our children. I've been actively attending School Committee meetings for the last several years. I serve on many of the subcommittees — two proficiency-based learning committees, the dropout committee and the Barr Grant Advisory Committee (formally the Longley Programming Committee). I'm running to give our students and our teachers a voice, while being mindful that we need to spend tax dollars wisely.
2. What do you like, and what don't you like, about the school budget passed in the spring? ($41.75 million in Auburn, up by $1 million; $74.3 million in Lewiston, up by $5.5 million)
Having sat through all the budget meetings, I feel the money could have been spent differently. We need to make sure the needs of our schools are being met and stop relying on grants to create programs that will need to be incorporated into a budget paid for by the taxpayers. Our classroom sizes are large, our staff is overwhelmed … We are constantly changing programs without sufficient training for staff, parents and students. When we spend thousands of dollars on a program it needs to work correctly and staff needs proper training. We need to focus on meeting the needs of our schools and not just going with the next new program.
3. When it comes to property taxes, what kind of budget would you support this spring?
This year's budget season is going to require a lot of hard questions. What do we need versus what do we want? Are we fully staffed to meet the needs of students? I would support a budget that meets the needs of our schools and would have a tough time supporting any extras or new administrative expenses. There would have to be a very compelling argument that new administrative expenses were needed.
4. What, to you, is the biggest issue facing Lewiston or Auburn schools, and how would you like to see it addressed?
Proficiency based learning is going to be a major concern for years to come. The state is working on redoing the rules that schools need to follow. This is problematic, it changes things yet again for students and staff. Students need consistency. They need to know what's expected of them. … Our children are not a test score, we should stop spending money on tests that are not beneficial. We also have to look at ways to give relief to our large classroom sizes, especially in elementary schools. We improve our graduation and dropout rates by making sure students are getting their needs met in the younger grades.
5. Do you support the merger of Lewiston and Auburn?
No. It will not benefit Lewiston schools.
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by Amy Lindholm, October 6, 2016
Contractors and homeowners love LP® SmartSide® engineered wood siding options because they are beautiful, easy to install and come in a wide range of colors and textures. The developer of a new luxury apartment community in Indianapolis was attracted to LP SmartSide Trim & Siding products for many of the same reasons.
The Preserve at Willow Springs
Becovic Management Group of Indiana recently constructed The Preserve at Willow Springs, a master-planned, 90-unit development located just north of downtown Indianapolis. Becovic owns and manages all the properties it builds, so long-term performance of building materials is a prime concern. LP SmartSide products were the company's pick for building exteriors at The Preserve, including siding, trim and soffit.
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The next must-have was a product with aesthetic appeal suitable for an upscale, master-planned community. The different profiles of LP SmartSide gave project architects the design flexibility to mix many different textures and color schemes. In addition, Becovic wanted a trim and siding product that would be easier for contractors to install while creating less breakage and waste on the job site.
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The SamSam ransomware has earned its creator(s) more than $5.8 million in ransom payments since late 2015, according to the most comprehensive report ever published on SamSam's activity, containing information since the ransomware's launch in late 2015 and up to attacks that have happened earlier this month.
Compiled by UK cyber-security firm Sophos, the 47-page report is a result of researchers collecting data from past attacks, talking to victims, and data-mining public and private sources for SamSam samples that might have slipped through the cracks.
In addition, Sophos researchers also partnered with blockchain & cryptocurrency monitoring firm Neutrino to track down transfers and relations between the different Bitcoin addresses the SamSam crew has used until now.
230 SamSam victims paid the ransom
By tracking all the Bitcoin addresses researchers were able to find, Sophos says it identified at least 230 victims who paid a ransom to the SamSam crew, of which, 86 went public with the fact that they paid the ransom, allowing Sophos to create profiles about each of these victims.
Researchers say that based on the data of these 86 victims, they were able to determine that around three-quarters of those who paid were located in the US, with some scattered victims located in the UK, Belgium, and Canada.
Half of the victims who paid were private sector companies, while around a quarter were healthcare orgs, followed by 13% of victims being government agencies, and around 11% being institutions in the education sector.
The Sophos team says it identified 88 Bitcoin addresses used in SamSam ransom notes and 157 unique addresses to which SamSam operators transferred money received as payments.
The total funds stored in these addresses is around $5.8 million, which is way more than previous estimates about the group's financial prowess that had its earnings at only $850,000.
Sophos says that SamSam usually makes around one victim per day, and one in four victims pay the ransom.
"After the victim pays a ransom, the attacker will almost always transfer the money to multiple different accounts on the same day. On many occasions where the victim has paid half the ransom, the attacker will wait until the second half has been paid before transferring the full amount," the report reads.
The most the group earned from one ransom alone is $64,000, according to Sophos, which is way more than your typical ransom payment that ranges between $200 and $1,000.
SamSam has remained largely the same
The reason for this huge ransom payment is because of the way the SamSam group operates. SamSam has always been different from most ransomware threats since the moment it first appeared in late 2015.
Its creators never used mass-distribution tactics such as email spam, exploit kits (malvertising), or fake update sites/software. Instead, the SamSam crew targeted one victim at a time. Initially, they used a known vulnerability in JBoss servers to target companies with Internet-accessible and unpatched JBoss installs.
As JBoss owners patched their servers and it became harder to find new victims, the group moved to searching the Internet for networks with exposed RDP connections, and mounting brute-force attacks against exposed endpoints, in the hopes of finding at least one machine that used weak credentials.
Once inside a network, the SamSam crew would spend as much time as it could scanning the network, mapping its layout, and using various legitimate tools such as PsExec to expand their access to local servers from where they could infect other workstations.
Once they had the access they needed, SamSam operators would wait until the weekend or nighttime to manually deploy the SamSam binary via the server to all connected hosts.
The ransomware then encrypted all PCs' data and displayed the ransom note to the breached company, allowing the company to pay for each computer in part, or in bulk for all infected workstations.
"A relatively small percentage choose to only pay for individual machines," a Sophos spokesperson told Bleeping Computer via email. "Most victims paid the full ransom amount sometimes after paying for an individual machine as a test first."
SamSam crew becoming more cautious
Across time, Sophos says it identified at least three major SamSam ransomware versions, each receiving more and more protection measures to prevent security researchers from analyzing its inner-workings.
Sophos notes that as time went by, the SamSam operators became more and more cautious, moving the ransom payment sites to the Dark Web and deploying more obfuscation for the SamSam code.
The reason is that after almost three years of targeting companies across the world, law enforcement and security firms are desperate to find any clues that may lead them back to its creators.
But Sophos doesn't believe SamSam is the work of a group. In its report, the cyber-security firm claims that based on language analysis of all the ransom notes and the ransom payment portal, in addition to various other behavioral quirks, the SamSam ransomware appears to be the work of a lone individual, rather than a group.


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From Lynn Garafola: Russian ballet in the age of Petipa in Kant 2007: Cambridge Companion to Ballet:
"Here [in Odile's pas de deux in Act III of Swan Lake], writes Krasovskaya, Petipa 'brilliantly {set} off Ivanonv's Odette, with her elegiac arabesques, against Odile, the bird of prey, with her resilient and commanding attitudes. His skill triumphed in the fouetté' – a sequence of thirty two [!] of those highly virtuosic turns – 'which was no longer a technical stunt but the culmination in the depiction of cunning temptation: the swift repetition of the dancer's spins put the finishing touches to Odile's charcter.' [quoted from: Vera M. Krasovskaya: Ivanov, Lev in Selma Jean Cohen and Dance Perspectives Foundation (Ed.): International Encyclopedia of Dance, Oxford 1998]" (p.159/160)
"[Petipa] pondered the colour scheme of the costumes, deciding on black and white to underscore the theme of moral guilt and the presentiment of death. The intonation of sorrow was intensified […] when the black swans cut through the lines of white swans and climaxed at the end of the act, when first Odette, then Siegfried died by their own hands, thereby breaking the spell. With the lovers united in death, Rothbart, the 'evil genie', as he was called in the libretto, fell dead. In the apotheosis the lovers appeared in the clouds, seated on enormous swans, giving the ballet a happy, if banal, ending." (p.160)


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A Denver man on a quest to get his wife — and her fellow nursing home residents — who use wheelchairs or walkers, outside to enjoy the open space near the facility is on his way to achieving that goal.
"People want to go outside and what they have is a 12 by 12 patio," Rick Nierman said. "That's it. That's your world."
Open Space and Trails Advisory Committee members recently were mostly supportive of Broomfield creating a special event permit so that area senior citizens can access the trails in a way they otherwise not allowed to under current municipal rules — golf carts.
Nierman presented his three-page proposal to OSTAC at its June 22 meeting
He spoke to the staff at Broomfield Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 12975 Sheridan Blvd., who said they would be willing to take on the responsibility and liability of driving around their charges.
It's a chance to get nursing home residents outdoors, Nierman said, and while they may not see wildlife the experience is "better than four brick walls."
He told OSTAC members that he is anticipating monthly visits between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., which is how the nursing home typically orchestrates outings. The months of May through September would be his target period.
"There are fishing derbies and water parks, but nothing for seniors in wheelchairs," he said. "This is an opportunity to get them outside and let them enjoy open space."
Nierman, who has worked with Masek Golf Cars of Colorado to donate carts for a Northglenn picnic in the past, said he would talk to them for this project, too.
He is aware of vehicle restrictions on the trails, but saw this as an opportunity to have a special day in the park for seniors in a time frame that's not typically busy.
"We don't want to touch on weekends," he said. "They've got football, soccer, joggers and walkers. I want to do it during the week when there's nobody there."
People who live in nursing homes have been a part of the Broomfield community and paid taxes for years to allow funding for these types of public spaces, he said.
Nierman took research into his own hands when he paid several visits to the open space near Broomfield Skilled Nursing and talked to hikers, walkers, joggers and cyclists about the possibility of golf carts on the trail once a month to accommodate seniors and people with disabilities.
Responses, he said, led him to believe most people would not have a problem with this type of activity.
"There would be guidelines put in place to protect all involved from users to seniors, and to also protect the natural habitat of the area," according to his proposal.
"The use of a golf cart does not meet the specifications highlighted in this policy," said Kristin Pritz, director of Broomfield Open Space and Trails. "However, the special event permit will allow a way to respond to Mr. Nierman and still address safety concerns, etc. We think this is a positive solution for all involved."
If the once-a-month outings are successful, Nierman could see orchestrating a Senior Day.
According to Broomfield's current regulations, any power-driven mobility device must have a width of less than 39 inches to allow the passage of pedestrians, bicycles, strollers, or other devices safely on an 8-foot wide trail.
Golf carts, which typically have a width of 48 inches, would not meet the current restrictions, Open Space Trails Coordinator Pete Dunlaevy said.
Outings would need to be planned so carts wouldn't be passing each other and there would need to be signage to indicate a special event is occurring, so the general public knows the carts are an exception.
Not all the details have been worked out, but OSTAC voiced support for the idea of allowing seniors this opportunity and praised Nierman's proposal.
Members suggested ideas such as requiring disability placards, which already indicate a level of screening by a health care professional.
"I think it's a fantastic idea," OSTAC member Todd Cohen said. "I just think other people would want to take advantage."
Councilwoman and OSTAC member Elizabeth Law-Evans said is was a problem she was not even aware existed, even though she goes by the nursing home every day and knows the patio area Nierman referenced.
"What a magnificent bit of thoughtfulness on your part to bring this forward," she said.
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Steve Singkofer, an IT Training Specialist at the University of Arizona in Tucson, is currently working with four other trainers on the Mosaic Project, training much of the University staff on five new enterprise-level software packages. Prior to his stint at UA, he worked for several years as a trainer and implementer for a healthcare software provider, traveling around the country providing valuable training to hospital staff. He can be contacted at email@example.com.
Steve first became a trainer – and first discovered his love for training – in 1991 while in the US Navy. The first workshop he taught was a disaster, and he almost passed out when he became extremely nervous and started hyperventilating.
Things have gotten much better since then.
Q. Could you tell us about a training project that you were involved with—one that you're particularly proud of?
I am currently working for the University of Arizona on the Mosaic Project. This multi-year project is bringing five new enterprise-level software packages to the University, replacing decades-old systems for Student, Employee, Financials, and Research. The fifth package – enterprise-level reporting – is where I come in.
The University is using Oracle Business Intelligence – which we are calling UAccess Analytics – to provide a reporting platform for the entire campus. The reporting needs encompass and combine information from all of the other four systems.
I attended a three-day workshop on how the new system worked, then put together a rough training program of my own, which started one month later. During the next several months, I was able to rework and refine the information I was providing to campus.
Since then, I've expanded my repertoire of workshops to include several versions of basic reporting workshops: an advanced reporting workshop, several short "brownbag" workshops, and a practicum. In the practicum, I work directly with small teams or departments on campus to get them started in building their own reports and dashboards.
It's very satisfying to see the people I've trained actually putting their new knowledge to work.
Q. From the learner's point of view, what does one of your workshops look like?
All of my longer workshops (3½ hours) are hands-on-the-computer, instructor-led workshops. I follow standard pedagogical practices with adult learners. One of the keys to my particular workshops is tying the necessarily generic instruction to the learner's particular specific situation from the beginning without getting so specific that other learners are turned off. With learners coming from across campus and with many different levels of knowledge, experience, expectations, and situations, it's important that I am able to connect with each person on some level. One level that works for me is humor.
Let's face it, some training can be mind-numbingly boring. Reporting training is one of those potential pits. However, with a touch of wit, a bit of humor, and proper pacing, even something as potentially dull as reporting can be made fun and exciting. Enthusiasm for the topic is important, too, even if you're not "feeling it" at that particular moment. On some levels, I believe that all trainers are frustrated comedians or frustrated actors, and we all learn how to project that enthusiasm and excitement into our topics. Of course, it helps when you actually find your own topic interesting.
It's also important to be very flexible and quick on your feet. Occasionally, someone throws a new question or scenario into the mix. However, having done this sort of training for a number of years, and having taught these particular workshops for a couple of years, I hear the same questions again and again. In situations like that, I feel it's important to make the learner believe they're the first one to ask that particular question while still conveying a high level of confidence in answering the question. Again, the frustrated actor or comedian comes out.
Q. Can you retell an awkward moment that you had to deal with in your workshop? How did you handle it?
Oh, lord.
We all have those awkward moments, and I've certainly had my share.
I've said stupid things, and I've said inappropriate things, and I've given completely incorrect information. You don't make it through 20 years of training without having done all of those things and more. And I continue to do them as I continue to train new things to new people.
But you wanted examples.
Occasionally, I have to deal with Deans or Associate Deans or, very occasionally, senior Faculty. They can be very nice people, and can be very accommodating, and very willing to learn. Sometimes, however, their purposes in coming to my workshop and the goals of the workshop don't match up.
For example, an assistant dean might be under some amount of pressure to provide a specific report to the dean. Tomorrow. That assistant dean's objective, when they walk into my workshop, is to simply get that report built. And they want me to stop the entire workshop, ignore the other 11 people who are attending, and work on their report. Naturally, I can't do that.
I am not the most diplomatic person in the world, but in a situation like the one I've described, diplomacy has to come to the fore. I have had to pause a workshop, ask the participants to take a short break, and explain to the individual in a one-on-one setting that there are other opportunities for them to get their specific needs met, but the middle of a workshop isn't that place or time. Most often, the person understands, relaxes, and completes the workshop. Along the way, they will most likely learn several concepts that apply directly to their situation, and they are then able to return to their office and complete the specific task they had looming over them.
Once or twice, however, I've had that one individual who just wasn't willing to recognize that the others in the workshop also had their own expectations of the workshop, and that we all had to compromise to reach our goal of completing the various tasks and covering the various concepts that are part of the workshop. I have had to take a short break, as above, explain the situation to the individual, then watch as that individual grabbed their personal items and walked out of the workshop. What they then end up doing is having their IT person – who attended my workshop six months prior – build the report for them.
Of the 2,000-plus people I've trained here at the University of Arizona, I can tell you truthfully that I've only had three people walk out of my workshops. One left because he already knew the information I was presenting. Two people in 30 months have left because they weren't happy with my decision to NOT interrupt my workshop for their benefit.
Those are examples of others creating an awkward moment.
I've also created my own awkwardness.
The people I work with and train most often are University staff. They are highly trained, often well-educated, and truly dedicated people. But there is a gulf between staff and faculty. It's similar to the gulf between nurses and doctors, or white-collar and blue-collar employees. It's a bit of an "us-and-them" situation.
Because I do work most often with staff, that "us-and-them" attitude can creep into my vocabulary, or into whatever situation I might be explaining in a workshop. I may make a comment along the lines of "You know how faculty can be." The staff people chuckle and nod knowingly at each other. However, when a faculty member happens to be in the workshop, and I'm not aware of their position, that makes things a bit tough for me. Usually, those faculty members also "know how faculty can be," however, and they are able to identify themselves as faculty and chuckle right along with the rest of us.
On the very occasional basis when something like that happens, I turn to comedy again. But the rest of my comments will be about myself, and about my own foibles or strange thought processes or whatever else is needed to ease that bit of tension I've created.
So, if things do get awkward, and if that awkwardness is of my own doing, all I can do is shrug my shoulders, offer a public apology to the 'wronged person' in the workshop, and continue. My personal idiocy doesn't detract from my professional knowledge of the subject matter at hand, and that's important.
Q. If you were to codify your approach to such "nightmare situations" into a handful of bullet points, what might they be?
Hmmm. Interesting question.
1. Acknowledge that you are in the situation. 2. Begin to defuse that situation immediately, using appropriate means. Apologize, make amends, explain as necessary. I try to use laughter to relieve any tense situations, directing the laughter at myself. Whatever works. 3. Continue with the workshop. There's no point in dwelling on the situation, once it's been defused. 4. Defuse again at the end of the workshop, if necessary, and provide additional assistance, answers, apologies, or information. 5. Examine what happened. Once the workshop is over, take a few moments to figure out what happened, when, and why, and try to avoid those situations again in the future. They're going to happen again, regardless, but you can do your best to avoid them.
So, that boiled down neatly into A/B/C/D/E. I didn't start out with that in mind, but once I got the A and B, I thought I'd keep going. :)


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What am I liking this week?
1. I love my friends (and choral music!). Canterbury Voices, a large local choral group, teamed up with the OKC Philharmonic for a performance of Handel's Messiah, and my friend Linda and I went to see it last weekend. It was a really glorious performance, great music, great companionship, and a lovely venue. What a great way to celebrate advent. They did both the Christmas and Easter sections. The soloists were really quite good, but as a choral music fan, the choir was the standout for me.
2. I love that my bathroom is finished! A couple months ago a bunch of tile broke in my bathtub and there had been plumbing problems in there for a while (this weird jet of water shot straight out of one of the fixtures) so it was time for a bathtub overhaul. I had some trouble finding someone to do the project, but a recommendation from someone at worked turned up a phenomenal guy who wound up doing a great job. My bathroom has this very busy 90s colored wannabe William Morris-style wallpaper that I used to hate, but have grown to adore, and I wanted to find some tile that matched the dark brown/dark green/dark red/dark blue look. After much tribulation I found some gorgeous glazed brown tile which nicely complemented the leftover blue tiles my sister gave me (having saved them from one of her projects). The whole thing is finally done and I'm thrilled. It's a terrible room to take pictures in, so the colors are very sallow in the picture, but in real life they're rich and warm.
3. I love decorating (obviously). This week we decorated at work; our department puts up a tree on the main floor, but my lab is on a sort of catch all floor with a bunch of mixed departments, so the last couple years, I've spearheaded the decorating. My lab (and anyone else who wanted to) gathered up earlier this week and we put out lights and garlands, and cut a bunch of snowflakes, and generally had a festive time. We even have a sparkly pink Christmas tree (because duh, I'm the one picking out and buying the decorations). The second one is my tree at the house, just because everyone benefits from gratuitous dog pictures.


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Inside Ken Lingenfelter's Eclectic Car Collection
Tucked away in an unassuming industrial park in Brighton, Michigan, is one of the most awe-inspiring car collections in the United States. It's owned by Ken Lingenfelter, head of Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, himself an unassuming man. But with a helluva car collection. It's a collection only a true car lover could curate because it's built on a love of exotics, Corvettes, and other random additions that Ken just sort of has a thing for. There's no method to the automotive madness that is the Lingenfelter Collection. RELATED: Watch Ken's 200MPH Camaro ZL1 Blitz the Track
We had a great conversation at the Chicago Auto Show about his 2015 Corvette C7 and Lingenfelter Reaper — the Chevrolet competition for the Ford Raptor. Over lunch he mentioned, "If you're ever in Michigan, you're going to have to come see my collection."
Fortunately, my talented 10-year old daughter was part of a team that won a competition requiring a trip to Lansing, Michigan — just 90 minutes away. Of course, I was excited for her, but partly for me, too. A couple of e-mails later the appointment was booked and it was time to visit this magical space.
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Ken has built a collection that is 40 percent Corvettes, 30 percent exotic, and 30 percent muscle cars. It's 100 percent stuff he likes. It's a compilation that might make purists scorn, but the average car nut swoon.
The best part is 100 times a year Ken throws the doors open for charitable organizations to come through as a fundraiser. Fortunately, he has tolerant neighbors and understanding local cops (who have been through the collection themselves) who don't mind thousands of folks showing up.
RELATED: See Photos of the 2014 Lingenfelter Reaper
What most catches the eye in this 40,000-square-foot collection of 190 cars plus are the domestics tucked away in the back third of the space. There are Ferraris, a Lamborghini and Bugatti upfront, but there's something about Pontiac GTOs, a classic Dodge Challenger, and even an Olds Toronado that just catch the eye.
It's the latter that probably has the strongest tie to Ken. It's a car his dad helped developed while an engineer at GM. It's symbolic of Ken's curatorial style. He bought the car because his dad built it.
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He also buys other cars because he has the financial means to help charities. Such is the case with the Eric Blake Faulkner Memorial Dodge Charger Funny Car. Ken bought it at Barrett-Jackson to support a foundation that helps families who lose children.
Plus, he sometimes buys cars just because he used to own them. Case in point is a Pontiac Fiero. Two more dramatic examples would be the 1969 Camaro and 1971.5 SS 396 Camaro.
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The Lingenfelter Collection isn't open to the public, except for charity events, which are frequent. You can visit his website for more information.
And when you go bring a camera, clear your schedule, and be prepared to stare in awe. Your jaw's going to hurt from dropping to the floor so much.
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Mizrach literally means "sunrise," and, by extension, has also come to mean a painting or decorated item hung on the east wall of the house or synagogue in the direction of Jerusalem, to facilitate proper prayer.
In this fabulous work, Farber has created a rare Mizrach painting, where she combines two different art techniques: the old practice of stippling (ink on paper), and water color. The adorned border "frame," which portrays some of the most beautiful symbols of Jewish life, including the Ten Commandments, surrounds and embraces the central water-color piece of Jerusalem. The Jerusalem scene shows Eliyahu HaNavi, the prophet, who leads the Jewish people in greeting the Mashiach.
Farber uses stippling technique to make the one-of-a-kind artistic border. She applies small ink dots by a pen to produce continuous soft graduations of light and shade. The dots are placed closer together to make it darker, farther apart to make it lighter. To further perfect the painting, the artist actually uses a magnifying glass as she makes her finest ink dots. "Stippling is a time-consuming art form," Nechama says. "That's probably why not many artists work in this style today. Yet, this old style of art literally grabs you when you are exposed to its beauty. Compliments abound when people see this art."
A viewer can spend hours looking at the amazing and intricate smaller details of this distinctive painting.
This Mizrach painting can also be used as a House Blessing, with the corresponding verses from the Torah and the names of family members being written down below in the blue space under the Wall, Cherubim, and Yonah images.
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The Benriya repair Connie's gun shop and Alex recalls a surprisingly important memory from her past.
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Alex is working hard repairing Connie's shop when Connie invites her to take a break, which Worick allows her to. Connie pours tea and talks about the common brawls that occur in her shop. Connie then extends a hand of greeting but gropes Alex's breast instead, much to Alex's chagrin. Suddenly Worick yells in pain after smashing his thumb and Nic throws him some aspirin before complaining about being assigned to "grunt work" by Chad. An irritated Worick retorts that it was Nic's fault and the latter admits it was but warns Worick not to go near "those two". Worick then asks why Nic was carrying aspirin but he replies that it was the return of a favour from Dr. Theo and it does nothing for him anyway. After seeing a momentary image of Veronica, Worick then smashes Nic in the shin with a hammer and chuckles as Nic sits on his arse in irked agony.
Granny Joel then arrives and jabs Worick in the arse and chastises the two for slacking off. She then goes inside the shop and is surprised when she sees Alex. Joel then asks Alex if she had left the Benriya yet and Connie realises that she was the person her grandmother had been talking about. When Alex replies to Connie's question of whether she'd put her prostitute life behind her, Granny Joel retorts that she would relapse soon enough. As she is speaking Connie begins to tell Alex a secret but is stopped when Joel swiftly yanks her ear making Connie alter what she said next.
Connie asks Alex when she would return to her family and Alex suddenly realises that she had a younger brother but she didn't know how he was doing. As Connie explains that the multi-purpose Benriya could probably help locate him, Alex realises in horror that she had forgotten her brother's existence and questions whether it was because of the Tb pills Barry fed her. She suddenly has a frightening hallucination of Barry behind her and her body begins shaking from anxiety as she nervously reaches for her medication. Nic, noticing Alex's sudden change, comes from behind her, steadies her shaking and helps her to open her medicine. As she calms down, she calls Nic's name and looks around to find him not there.
Later, after finishing the repairs, Connie pays a grateful Worick and as they prepare to leave Granny Joel calls out to the Benriya, inviting them to eat with her since she had made too much food. As Connie excitedly rushes to eat, dragging Nic with her, Worick apologises to Alex for not monitoring her and then asks if she had a mother. Alex explains that she didn't and thus had to take care of her little brother herself; she goes on to say that her memories of him were fine until she met Barry. Worick reassures her and then tells her to get out of the city as soon as possible but until then she was free to stay with the Benriya, leaving Alex choked up with tears from his gentleness.
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I saw Stampin' Royalty's latest colour combo and really thought I would struggle with it but I can't believe how lovely this card turned out...I'm very happy with it, I really like the freshness to it. I'm also posting it to the latest Freshly Made Sketches challenge as well.
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Phi Tau Gamma – Alpha Tau Omega
The fraternity Phi Tau Gamma began in 1915; it was one of the first fraternities on campus. In 1966, it inducted its first pledge class as Alpha Tau Omega (ATO). ATO existed until 2011; it is currently inactive, although alumni hope to revive it in the future. When ATO alumni were preparing for the organization's 50th Anniversary as ATO, they contacted the Archives. Previously, they had housed a large quantity of material in one of the member's barns. They knew that this was harming the materials, so were happy when the Archives was able to give their historical materials a safe home. We had ATO and Phi Tau Gamma materials already, as the long-time advisor to ATO left his collection to us, so adding additional materials let us build an even stronger collection. We love collections like this one, as it helps us tell the story of student life in Kearney.


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Gujarat High Court Recruitment 2017 Legal Assistant 17 Posts . – Gujarat High Court invites application for the position of 17 Legal Assistant vacancies on Adhoc basis in High court of Gujarat. Apply online before 15th April 2017.
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We are celebrating 5 Years and 27 Exhibitions at DAS ESSZIMMER … space for art+
Saturday, October 8, 2016, starting 5 pm
> Finissage:
Solo show Europaeische Werte von Stijn Peeters (NL), in Kooperation mit SEA Foundation in Tilburg (NL).
> dada reading: 5:30 pm | Space Cowboy 2
a reading after dada by Stefan Birckmann (Bonn)
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we celebrate with live-music from the Broad-Band and with everybody who accompanied us in the past years.
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Michael Pitt ("Boardwalk Empire," "Funny Games") has scored the role of Mason Verger in the latter half of the upcoming second season of NBC's "Hannibal"
In the books Verger is a patient of Dr. Lecter's who unwisely begins to play a deadly game when he discovers Hannibal's secrets.
Ultimately he becomes horribly disfigured and serves as the main antagonist in Harris' novel "Hannibal". Gary Oldman played the character in Ridley Scott's 2001 film adaptation.
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The Ultimate Game Chair V3 Fascinates the GamersBy Avik, Gaea News Network
Monday, August 30, 2010
Fascinated with games? Want them to go real? Here is something that is sure to add Ecstasy to your gaming experience.ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW
The Ultimate Game Chair is for sure the best among all the gaming accessories that have hit the market till date. This sleek geek chair is power packed with almost all the features that one can think of. Its capability to deliver you with the ultimate stimulation is fueled by 12 motors distributed through out the chair that vibrate in synchronization to the games action.
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Both the Renegade Game Chair and the Ultimate Game chair v2 are not available. They have a new one called the Ultimate Game Chair v3, which is the model I have. It totally rocks, is comfortable and I play for hours.


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More than 16 million kids in the United States are at risk for hunger each day. Fortunately, you can help. Visit Feeding America to find your local food bank. And, help Dr. Phil raise enough money for 10 million meals. Donate today!
David and Lori say their 26-year-old son, Christopher, was once a model child but is now lazy, unmotivated and in no rush to leave home. They say Christopher makes a mess of his room, can't hold a job, drinks and smokes pot and doesn't even properly manage his diabetes — which has resulted in him having several seizures. The parents admit they make life comfortable for Christopher but say they worry too much about his health to kick him out.
Christopher admits he is messy but says his room is his space, and his parents shouldn't bother him about it. He also says he would like to live on his own — if he could afford it. Christopher has had nine jobs and admits he was fired from four of them. Currently, he works part-time at a juice shop but says minimum wage just doesn't cut it.


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When developing your photography skills, you must be able to effectively highlight the subject of every shot. There are a number of tips professional photographers use. You can learn to take higher quality photos, which will improve you reputation. Read this article to find out how to take outstanding pictures.
Get as close to your subject as you need to. Getting up close gives you a better conceptual focus, and blots out background distractions. This also better captures facial expression, which is very important in portrait photography. Camera image sensors are only so good, so long-range shots sacrifice detail.
In order to take professional photographs, you need to have a professional camera. There is no substitute for a DSLR camera when it comes to taking professional-grade pictures. This is the type of camera most professional photographers use and, if you want to produce similar results, you should use similar equipment.
When you are snapping pictures of people, you can blur the background a bit to get the best effect. If the background is just as in focus as the subject, it takes the eye away from where you the viewer should be looking. An easy way to do this is to make your background is further from your subject.
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As the previous tips stated, taking photographs is a great way to preserve memories. It requires a lot of experience to become a good photographer, but it's worth it when you see the results.


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We handle software development for embedded systems by following the method of Ward Mellor Data Flow diagrams. For other systems,we follow the Object Oriented approach with UML as the modeling and documentation mechanism.
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With the scarcity of fresh tomatoes, housewives had to search for alternative soups to keep the family going. These soups can be made without tomatoes. Some of these soups can go with rice, yam, spaghetti as well as solid food, popularly known as swallow.
It is also known as Ofe Akwu by the Igbo. It is a palm-nut stew. Native to the eastern and southern parts of Nigeria. It takes time because of the extraction of palm oil juice from the husks of the palm nuts.
Ingredients required in making it include palm fruits, beef, dry fish, scent leaves, onions, crayfish, stock cubes, iru, salt and pepper.
It is usually made to go with the local rice called Ofada. The sauce can be used to eat regular white rice, yam, plantain and even spaghetti. The ingredients include tatashe, locust beans, red palm oil, onion crayfish, assorted meat and fish.
Oha soup is native to the South eastern Nigeria. It is similar to bitter leaf soup but cooked with oha leaves.
The ingredients used are Oha leaves, cocoyam, palm oil, assorted fish, pepper, crayfish and salt to taste.
Edikang Ikong soup is native to the Efik, people from Akwa Ibom and Cross River state of Nigeria. Prepared with a generous quantity of pumpkin and water leaves. Edikang Ikong is regarded as a nutritious soup in every sense of the word.
Ingredients used are pumpkin and water leaves, beef, shaki, dry fish, pepper, salt, crayfish and palm oil.
Ogbono soup or draw soup is a popular Nigerians soup made with Ogbono seed (wild African bush mango seed), periwinkle, crayfish, chili pepper, salt. It has a slimy texture similar to okro soup.
Ingredients used for making it are Ogbono seed powder, assorted meat and fish (beef, cowfoot, shaki, ponmo, dry fish and stock fish), palm oil, pumpkin leaves or bitter leaf, crayfish, pepper, salt.
Atama is a delicious palm nut soup native to the Efik, Ibibio or Southern Nigeria. It is similar to Banga soup. The only difference is that Atama soup has a distinctive taste and aroma. Atama leaf is an aromatic vegetable widely grown in the southern parts of Nigeria.
Ingredients used in making it include palm fruit pulp, assorted meat (beef, cow foot, goat meat, ponmo), dried fish, smoked fish, stock fish, fresh fish, periwinkle, crayfish, chili pepper, salt.
Nsala or white soup is very tasty, fast and easy to prepare. It has its origin in the riverine areas of Nigeria. White soup is perfect for a cold rainy day.
Ingredients used to prepare are cat fish, fresh or dry utazi leaves, thickener, raw white yam or yam powder, potato, habanero pepper, salt, crayfish, ogiri okpei (Nigeria traditional seasoning).
Just like Edikang Ikong soup, Afang is native to the Efik, Akwa Ibom and Cross River state of Nigeria but enjoyed by all Nigerians. It is a very nutritious soup because it consists mainly of vegetables.
It is made with Afang leaves, water leaves, palm oil, beef, dry fish, ground crayfish, pepper and salt.
It is one of the quickest and easiest Nigerian soups to prepare. You can add Ogbono or vegetables to it or leave it bare.
Made from Okro, palm oil, beef, shaki, fish (fresh or dry), stock fish, pepper, salt, onions, vegetable or ogbono, stock cubes.
It is one of the most expensive Nigerian soups. It is made with assorted meat. It is common to eastern parts of the country most especially Owerri. It is made with assorted meat, snails, dry fish, stock head, sliced uziza leaves, pumpkin leaves, maggi, palm oil, salt and pepper to taste.
It is peculiar to Edo people, Benin to be specific. A delicious and easy soup to prepare. Made from three basic leaves, the leaves are ground together. Made from bitter leaves, scent leaves, uziza leaves, roast fish, assorted meat, ground crayfish, pepper, maggi, stock fish, palm fruit sauce, salt.


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I recently had the pleasure of being pampered by Sophie, a wonderful 'Tropic Ambassador'.
Tropic make naturally sourced, vegan, cruelty free body, skin and make-up products.
Sophie began the pamper session with a beautifully relaxing Tropic Signature Facial before giving me a tailored make-over.
Watch our Tropic Signature Facial and Make-Over here.
The products used today are all available for purchase and they all smell incredible.
It was like bringing the experience of a spa in to my home, I was left refreshed and relaxed. I loved the facial, my skin felt rejuvenated, the products were light and fresh and smelt good enough to eat. I am especially impressed with the bamboo cloth and make-up brush, I am considering buying one of those purely to brush over my face without using any make-up!
I'm not a huge make-up wearer so it does sometimes feel peculiar to me but again the products weren't heavy or over powering. Overall I loved every second of it. Not only are there some great skin care products available here but the ethics of the company and the whole story behind it is wonderful and something I think we should all be shouting about!
I loved listening to the background story of Tropic, created by Susan Ma. The inspirations behind creating the products, which stems from growing up in North Queensland, Australia surrounded by tropical plants and natural remedies.
There seemed to be an anecdote or small snippet of information for each potion, lotion and even brushes! Such as hyaluronic acid (the stuff that makes baby's skin so plump and squishy) can be found in the tail end of a rooster…however since Tropic are cruelty free they grow their own in their beauty kitchen!
Sophie has an excellent knowledge of the products she uses, it is obvious that she is passionate about them and really does enjoy and believe in them.
Sophie spoke quite animatedly about how many of the products available through Tropic are suitable for her daughter who suffers with many allergies; being a dairy free household it is great for them that Tropic are vegan friendly.
As a Tropic Ambassador, Sophie is available to book for facials, make-overs, parties, Bridal make-up and tutorials. To find out more visit her Facebook group and request to join or visit her Ambassador page at Tropic.
Or if you feel you'd like to become an ambassador yourself, she's more than happy to chat with you about it.
As mentioned in the video we have a Jasmine, Naroli and Vertvert body wash to give away! For free! (Usually priced at £10) To be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is leave a comment on this post so your name can be entered in to one of those random generator thingy ma bobs.
Thank you Sophie for introducing me to Tropic.
Don't ever let anyone make you think you're not good enough.
Follow your dreams right now! Don't wait until tomorrow,
next week, next year. Stop planning, start doing 🙂
Be happy and keep smiling 🙂


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Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District has not raised taxes in at least four years.
That record will stretch a little further with a 2015-16 budget that actually dips taxes on both sides of the county line.
The final budget, passed Tuesday, came in at $30,407,108. There was a $287,538 shortfall between expenses and revenues, which will be covered by the district's fund balance. There was just one vote against the spending plan, from board member Jim Verbeck.
Taxes were set at 51.49 mills in Centre County, down 1.17 mills from last year. In Clearfield County, residents will pay 109.16 mills, down from 110.02. The millage rates were passed unanimously.
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P-O straddles the border between Centre and Clearfield counties, and the wide difference in rates is actually about making the taxes on a similar property the same in both areas, which assess taxes in different ways. According to business manager Michael Conte, the tax rate often teeters, with residents in one county seeing a slight increase while the other decreases from one year to the next.
This year, he attributes the simultaneous reduction to a change in assessed value of real estate in both areas.
"Overall, I think we are in a sound financial position," Superintendent Gregg Paladina said. "We haven't raised taxes in five years, and we aren't going to this year as well. It's always a challenge with rising expenses and payroll. The price of everything goes up, but we've done a good job of balancing our expenses with what we prioritize for our children."
The new plan includes energy-efficiency upgrades such as replacing single-pane glass windows at the high school, as well as resurfacing parking lots at the two elementary schools and repairs to the soccer and possibly softball fields.


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Use the suppliers trusted by the Selling Houses Australia team!
Bunnings is the leading retailer of home improvement and outdoor living products in Australia and New Zealand and a major supplier to project builders, commercial tradespeople and the housing industry.
For more information visit: www.bunnings.com.au
For this episode Bunnings supplied:
Kaboodle Base Cabinets & Doors - Chocanilla
Kaboodle Slimline Cabinets & Doors - Chocanilla
Kaboodle Wall Cabinets & Doors - Chocanilla
Kaboodle 3 Drawer Base Cabinet 600mm & Fronts - Chocanilla
Kaboodle 2 Drawer Base Cabinet 600mm & Fronts - Chocanilla
Kaboodle Oven Cabinet & Front - Chocanilla
Kaboodle Rangehood Cabinet & Doors - Chocanilla
Kaboodle Standard Runners
Kaboodle Standard Hinges
Kaboodle Slimline Cabinet Hinges
Kaboodle Base End & Wall End Panels - Chocanilla
Kaboodle Pantry End Panel - Chocanilla
Kaboodle Island Back Panel 1200mm - Chocanilla
Kaboodle Kickboard 2400mm - Chocanilla
Kaboodle Bar Handles Brushed S/Steel 256mm
Everdure Slide Out Rangehood 600mm
Everdure Electric Cooktop Vitroceramic
Everdure Electric Oven
Brilliant Portland Up & Down Wall Light Stainless Steel 240V
Brilliant Straton LED Up & Down Light Stainless Steel 240V
Brilliant Pendant Light Lane Bronze 240V
Brilliant Table Lamp Light Aberdeen
Verve Table Lamp Light Metal/Glass Sian
Mercator Table Lamp Light Lisbon Nickel
Arlec Lamp Base Black Metal
Verve Mix & Match Lamp Shade Dawn Ash
Café Floor Lamp Light Masco
Café Table Lamp Light Daintre
Northcote Pottery Steel Primolite LA Egg Pot 45 x 41cm
Outdoor Entertaining
Mimosa Cape Cod Adirondack Timber Chair
Matador Boss 3 Burner Hooded BBQ
Glow Petra Fire Pit Cement Grey and Black 87 x 87 x 38cm
Mimosa 4 Piece Aluminium Sofa Setting
Johnson Porcelain Floor Tiles Sandstone Grey 30 x 60
Kikuyu Instant Turf
At Taubmans we're all about painting. Not just the paint, but the physical act of painting in all its wonderful, messy, squishy, blobby glory. We think painting should be exciting, playful and add a splash of colour to your life.
We know painting can sometimes be difficult. The fear of mistakes, the daunting scale of the job, the disagreements and constraints, but we promise to do everything we can to inspire, motivate and congratulate you every step of the way. It's this commitment and belief in what we do that has helped Taubmans become one of Australia's most successful paint suppliers.
For more information visit: www.taubmans.com.au
In this episode Taubmans supplied paint for:
Wall Paint
Endure Interior Low Sheen – Straun Grey
Feature Wall & Master Bedroom
Endure Interior Low Sheen – Misty Lake
Semi Gloss Alkyd Ultimate Enamel – Straun Grey
Front & Back
Endure Exterior Low Sheen – South Pole
LUXAFLEX® Window Fashions has been in Australia for over 60 years and is one of the most widely known and respected window covering brands in Australia. The brand has been synonymous with Australian-made quality and craftsmanship, innovation and value in the window coverings market.
The range of LUXAFLEX® Window Fashions contain the broadest collection of non-curtain window coverings available in Australia. It includes Venetian Blinds, Roller Blinds, Vertical Blinds, Shutters, Awnings, Sunscreens, Panel Glides and Roman Shades, as well as luxurious and unique products such as the soft shades collection - DUETTE® Shades, SILHOUETTE® Shadings, LUMINETTE® Privacy Sheers, Modern Roman Shades and PIROUETTE® Shadings. Many of these products are compatible with a wide range of home automation solutions such as the new PowerViewTM Motorisation Technology.
Discover the Luxaflex Difference – Visit your Local Luxaflex Gallery Showroom Today!
In this Episode Luxaflex supplied:
Luxaflex Roller Blinds (Fabric Range: Xceed, Opacity: Sunscreen, Colour: Sand/Silver)
With thanks to the local Luxaflex Gallery Dealer: Betta Quality Curtains & Blinds.
CityMove is your Local and Interstate removals and storage company with a difference. We bring Respect, Integrity and Fun to moving home while taking our customers every step of the way from packing, moving, storing and unpacking. We are proudly AFRA (Australia Furniture Removers Association) accredited ensuring we consistently exceed your expectations, treat your possessions like they were our mothers and leave you time to truly enjoy your new home.
In this episode CityMove provided:
Furniture removals and storage services
As an Australian-owned, fourth-generation family business that has been manufacturing premium garden products for 100 years (since 1916), Richgro has a wide range of products that caters for all areas of your garden, each carefully designed to "bring your garden to life". Our range of Fertilisers, Soil Conditioners, Potting Mixes, Water Savers, and Plant Protection products are available in leading garden and hardware centres throughout Australia. All of us at Richgro are passionate about gardening and we work hard at ensuring that we create environmentally friendly and innovative products of the utmost quality.
In this episode Richgro supplied:
Natural Mulch
Seasol Potting Mix
The Caroma signature has inspired Australians for 75years…
The trusted name in bathrooms, Caroma brings form to function and design to dependability. As the country's design aesthetic has changed, so too has Caroma and we've continued to embrace and influence a distinctly Australian style.
A continued investment in Australian innovation and design has remained at the heart of our business, and helped ensure we remain one of the world's great innovators in the bathroom.
Visit: https://specify.caroma.com.au
In this episode Caroma supplied:
Dorf Poseidon Sink Mixer – Chrome
Quatro End Bowl 1.5 Single Tap LHB
Your home says a lot about you. It captures your soul, the essence of who you are. At Linen House we create a remarkable breadth of stunning looks for you to choose from. Starting with an inspiration, our design stories come to life through beautiful bed linen and home textiles. So from room to room, season to season, you can tell your story your way. Linen House is an Australian owned family business founded in Melbourne, Australia in 1993. We specialise in designing, sourcing and bringing to market a wide diversity of textile homeware products.
For more information visit: www.linenhouse.com
In this episode Linen House supplied:
HAN Quilt Cover Set
HAN Cushion – 45 x 45cm
HAN Cushion – 50 x 50cm
HAN European Pillowcase
Urban Road has brought original canvas and framed art prints into the homes of art lovers everywhere. Founded in Sydney in 2010, Urban Road creations are inspired by urban surrounds and nature's beauty; a unique array of flowers and plants, animals, landscapes, water and abstract patterns in a mix of colour palettes – sometimes vibrant, sometimes subtle, always beautiful.
In this episode Urban Road supplied:
From the Ashes 1 100 x 75
From the Ashes 2 100 x 75
Sombre Seas 100 x 75
The Rainforest 120 x 90
Watercolour Bokeh – Ocean 120 x 90
Scrawling Gum 1 90 x 60
Scrawling Gum 2 90 x 60
Gumdrop 120 x 90
Phoenix Evening Mist 100 x 75
Jim's Skip Bins services are dedicated to servicing the waste removal and recycling needs of the community with trained and professional franchisees. Wherever possible we belong to the local Waste Management Association to remain up to date with industry developments. Jim's fleet has modern trucks and equipment to handle your every need in rubbish removal.
For more information visit www.jimsskipbins.com.au
Or phone 131546 to make a booking.
For this episode Jim's Skip Bins supplied:
4x 6m Skip bins
Using an industry leading iPad application, we deliver our reports in an easy to read format – free of fine print and jargon – within 24 hours. Our strict pre-selection process ensures your building consultant is highly skilled, qualified, experienced, fully insured and where required licensed. Jim's Building Inspections is now delivering service in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Sydney. Regional areas are also being actively serviced with inspectors based in regional centres of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Jim's is Australia's largest and fastest growing network of building consultants and inspectors servicing the clients throughout metropolitan and regional Australia.
www.jimsbuildinginspections.com.au; Phone: 131 846
For this episode Jim's Building Inspections provided:
Building inspection and report
Presenting Beautiful Homes are Adelaide's Home Styling experts, specialising in preparing and presenting homes for sale since 1995. From furniture and accessory hire, to complete home make-overs, PBHomes have the furniture, trades and experience to make it happen.
With the largest range of furniture in Adelaide, they have furniture for any age or style of home, no matter how big or small.
To find out more about Presenting Beautiful Homes visit: www.pbhomes.com.au.
In this episode Presenting Beautiful Homes supplied:
A variety of furniture, art & accessories used to style the property.
Granite Transformations is the largest kitchen makeover company in the world with over 200 branches worldwide. Our exclusive 'Trend Surfaces' engineered stone range is designed to optimal thickness allowing the product to be laid directly over existing bench tops and splash backs with no need for demolition. Granite Transformations specialize in full kitchen makeovers, brand new kitchens, bathrooms, laundries and much more. http://granitetransformations.com.au
Tel: 1300 30 66 66.
For this episode Granite Transformation provided:
White Star Kitchen Benchtop
Resurface It! are your bathroom and kitchen resurfacing specialists. They are highly skilled in all aspects of bathroom and kitchen resurfacing for both the domestic and commercial client.
Resurface It! use a broad range of highly specialized materials to ensure they achieve the best possible finish on the newly applied surfaces. Resurfacing or Refinishing is the application of a specialized coating over the top of your existing bathroom and kitchen surfaces, to repair and renew those surfaces without the need of replacement. From a simple bath resurface to a full kitchen makeover, Resurface It! Have options for all needs and budgets.
Resurfacing as an option when renovating is affordable, quick and the results that can be achieved are truly remarkable.
We're proud to showcase our work on Season 10 of Selling Houses Australia.
For your no obligation quote, contact the resurfacing professionals.
In this episode Resurface It! supplied:
Upstairs Bathroom Respray
Ensuite Vanity Respray


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GMCT will be undertaking the removal of four trees from the Hume section of Northern Memorial park during the week of 13 April.
The trees have been identified as a safety issue for the public and staff. The area is also part of a development project for the installation of new graves.
Members of the public are asked to comply with any safety instructions from staff or signage.


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Fall Protection & Working At Height
Fall Protection & Working at Height
Course Objectives:
The training is intended to provide candidates with the necessary knowledge on working at height through strict adherence to the current safety system and Accepted Code of Practice. At the end of the instruction the candidates will be able to:
Training Requirements
**Training venue shall be arranged by the client
Minimum Qualifications
Validity of Certificate
Course Certification
Successful participants who passed the written and practical test will receive certificates on Fall Protection and Working at Height Training.
Course Contents