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In Chesterfield Magistrates’ Court this week, Ben Wrigley told Steve Williams, Senior Partner of law firm Forrest Williams, that he was extremely relieved to have avoided the custodial sentence he had been dreading.
For Ben, the experience was a painful reminder of a similar occasion four years ago when he had first been disqualified for a drink driving offence. At that time, he had resolved never to come before the magistrates again. But, during a period of crisis in his life he had make the fateful decision to drive after drinking and the police had pulled him over as he was making his way home.
With a third category breath-alcohol reading of 102mg, and a previous recent conviction for the same offence, Ben realised that he was facing more than a long disqualification period (at least 36 months) and a financial penalty.
Forrest Williams had made him aware that, however genuine his mitigating factors, he still faced the possibility of prison.
However, Steve Williams made the court aware of the personal factors which had resulted in Ben’s error of judgement, and also the fact that he had finally accepted he needed support with his misuse of alcohol.
The court was therefore minded to impose a disqualification of 40 months, with the offer of the drink drive rehabilitation course, which – on completion – will reduce Ben’s disqualification period by 25%.
It is hoped that, with professional support, Ben will now be able to take the steps needed to ensure he keeps his earlier promise of never appearing before the magistrates again.
If you have been charged with a drink driving offence, get the experts on your side by calling Forrest Williams now on 01623 397200.

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in chesterfield magistrates’ court this week, ben wrigley told steve williams, senior partner of law firm forrest williams, that he was extremely relieved to have avoided the custodial sentence he had been dreading.
for ben, the experience was a painful reminder of a similar occasion four years ago when he had first been disqualified for a drink driving offence. at that time, he had resolved never to come before the magistrates again. but, during a period of crisis in his life he had make the fateful decision to drive after drinking and the police had pulled him over as he was making his way home.
with a third category breath-alcohol reading of 102mg, and a previous recent conviction for the same offence, ben realised that he was facing more than a long disqualification period (at least 36 months) and a financial penalty.
forrest williams had made him aware that, however genuine his mitigating factors, he still faced the possibility of prison.
however, steve williams made the court aware of the personal factors which had resulted in ben’s error of judgement, and also the fact that he had finally accepted he needed support with his misuse of alcohol.
the court was therefore minded to impose a disqualification of 40 months, with the offer of the drink drive rehabilitation course, which – on completion – will reduce ben’s disqualification period by 25%.
it is hoped that, with professional support, ben will now be able to take the steps needed to ensure he keeps his earlier promise of never appearing before the magistrates again.
if you have been charged with a drink driving offence, get the experts on your side by calling forrest williams now on 01623 397200.


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I am largely bored of PlanetSide now.
For a supposedly open ended MMO game, it hasn't held me captivated for long.
The game has no real objective. On the micro scale, you shoot people. On the macro scale, you trade territory.
In reality, SOE have created an XP farming game, where you build up XP at a snail's pace in the hope of being able to unlock something next week which allows you to play with more variety.
Both in terms of real cash and XP, the pricing is ridiculous. £7 for a virtual weapon?! I think I'll pass. Most weapons are 1000 certs (1 cert = 250XP), and you earn about 30-40 certs an hour. Do the arithmetic. It's awful.
SOE change the rules often so you never know where you stand with a particular weapon. I'm currently sitting on 1500 certs because I don't feel confident spending any significant portion of them.
It's unstable in that patches generally break things, which tend to remain broken for quite a while afterwards. SOE are simply bad at software engineering.
And there are incredibly irritating bugs that never get fixed. My favourite is the random mute 'feature'. I regularly find the game has decided to mute members of my outfit, forcing me to manually unmute them. How does this even happen?!
A side effect of this is the number of hackers. It's not amazingly fun to get killed by people who are under the terrain or inside a wall. You'd think the game would be able to tell when someone was under the terrain, but apparently not.
A lot of the time it's just not very fun. Rolling with an outfit helps for a while, but often you're just one zerg versus another. Other times you're sat at the warpgate for 10 minutes while your outfit tries to get itself together. Or you're running around capping territory that doesn't matter and that nobody's defending, which will be re-capped in 30 minutes when their zerg cottons on, and the only obvious reason to do it is to earn precious certs.
SOE have carefully cultivated this game to make the player continually chase after certs for unlocks. The extensive amount of unlocks and the painfully slow rate at which you can acquire them appears to be their strategy for longevity. But once you get past the fancy light effects and the large scale of the game, there's not really a lot else there other than XP grinding.
It's a shame that so many games now need unlocks and other gimmicks and manipulate the player into attaining them. Back in the old days, people played thousands of hours of Counter-Strike on the strength of CS as a game, not because they were forever chasing experience points.

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i am largely bored of planetside now.
for a supposedly open ended mmo game, it hasn't held me captivated for long.
the game has no real objective. on the micro scale, you shoot people. on the macro scale, you trade territory.
in reality, soe have created an xp farming game, where you build up xp at a snail's pace in the hope of being able to unlock something next week which allows you to play with more variety.
both in terms of real cash and xp, the pricing is ridiculous. £7 for a virtual weapon?! i think i'll pass. most weapons are 1000 certs (1 cert = 250xp), and you earn about 30-40 certs an hour. do the arithmetic. it's awful.
soe change the rules often so you never know where you stand with a particular weapon. i'm currently sitting on 1500 certs because i don't feel confident spending any significant portion of them.
it's unstable in that patches generally break things, which tend to remain broken for quite a while afterwards. soe are simply bad at software engineering.
and there are incredibly irritating bugs that never get fixed. my favourite is the random mute 'feature'. i regularly find the game has decided to mute members of my outfit, forcing me to manually unmute them. how does this even happen?!
a side effect of this is the number of hackers. it's not amazingly fun to get killed by people who are under the terrain or inside a wall. you'd think the game would be able to tell when someone was under the terrain, but apparently not.
a lot of the time it's just not very fun. rolling with an outfit helps for a while, but often you're just one zerg versus another. other times you're sat at the warpgate for 10 minutes while your outfit tries to get itself together. or you're running around capping territory that doesn't matter and that nobody's defending, which will be re-capped in 30 minutes when their zerg cottons on, and the only obvious reason to do it is to earn precious certs.
soe have carefully cultivated this game to make the player continually chase after certs for unlocks. the extensive amount of unlocks and the painfully slow rate at which you can acquire them appears to be their strategy for longevity. but once you get past the fancy light effects and the large scale of the game, there's not really a lot else there other than xp grinding.
it's a shame that so many games now need unlocks and other gimmicks and manipulate the player into attaining them. back in the old days, people played thousands of hours of counter-strike on the strength of cs as a game, not because they were forever chasing experience points.


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Blend the chips and cherries until equally mixed throughout the dough. Cover the dough and place in the fridge for one hour.
Once the dough has had a chance to chill, take it out of the fridge and roll the dough into medium sized balls – if you have a cookie scoop, use it at this time. Place the cookies on a cookie sheet covered in parchment paper, giving them enough room to spread. Place in oven for 6-7 minutes.
Take out of the oven and gently press in your marshmallows and hershey bar chunks (I did three-four mini marshmallows and 2-4 chunks of hershey bar in each cookie).
After making the cookies into mini black forest cakes, place back into the over for another 2-3 minutes. You also have the option of quickly turning the oven to broil to brown the marshmallows.
Place the cookies on a cooling rack after they have had a chance to cool on the cookie sheet for about 5 minutes. These cookies seem to take a bit extra time to cool off.
Enjoy these tasty little monsters!

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blend the chips and cherries until equally mixed throughout the dough. cover the dough and place in the fridge for one hour.
once the dough has had a chance to chill, take it out of the fridge and roll the dough into medium sized balls – if you have a cookie scoop, use it at this time. place the cookies on a cookie sheet covered in parchment paper, giving them enough room to spread. place in oven for 6-7 minutes.
take out of the oven and gently press in your marshmallows and hershey bar chunks (i did three-four mini marshmallows and 2-4 chunks of hershey bar in each cookie).
after making the cookies into mini black forest cakes, place back into the over for another 2-3 minutes. you also have the option of quickly turning the oven to broil to brown the marshmallows.
place the cookies on a cooling rack after they have had a chance to cool on the cookie sheet for about 5 minutes. these cookies seem to take a bit extra time to cool off.
enjoy these tasty little monsters!


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Following the official launch of their two new Honeycomb tablets, Sony has now announced a new eReader for those who like simpler things in life. The new Reader Wi-Fi (PRS-Ti) is claimed to be the lightest 6-inch eReader in the world with a weight of just 168g, which coupled with the 8.9mm thickness would make it very easy to hold in your hands.
The Reader Wi-Fi has a multi-touch touchscreen, underneath which lies a 600 x 800 resolution, 16-level gray scale E Ink Pearl electronic paper display. The Reader Wi-Fi has 2GB of internal memory, which can be expanded up to 32GB usig microSD card.
The 802.11n Wi-Fi connectivity lets you purchase eBooks from the Reader Store or borrow them wirelessly over public libraries in the US, UK and Canada. You can also download eBooks from other sources using the built-in browser. The Reader Wi-Fi supports EPUB along with PDF and TXT files. The battery life of the Reader Wi-Fi is rated at over a month with Wi-Fi disabled and three weeks with Wi-Fi.
Engadget has also discovered that this eReader runs Android underneath, something that Sony fails to mention in their press release. This means that there is a possibility of rooting the device and using it as an Android tablet. The lack of a color display means there are not a lot of reasons why you’d want to do this, though.
The Reader Wi-Fi will be sold in the US and Europe starting October for around $149. It will be available in three colors, black, white and red.

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following the official launch of their two new honeycomb tablets, sony has now announced a new ereader for those who like simpler things in life. the new reader wi-fi (prs-ti) is claimed to be the lightest 6-inch ereader in the world with a weight of just 168g, which coupled with the 8.9mm thickness would make it very easy to hold in your hands.
the reader wi-fi has a multi-touch touchscreen, underneath which lies a 600 x 800 resolution, 16-level gray scale e ink pearl electronic paper display. the reader wi-fi has 2gb of internal memory, which can be expanded up to 32gb usig microsd card.
the 802.11n wi-fi connectivity lets you purchase ebooks from the reader store or borrow them wirelessly over public libraries in the us, uk and canada. you can also download ebooks from other sources using the built-in browser. the reader wi-fi supports epub along with pdf and txt files. the battery life of the reader wi-fi is rated at over a month with wi-fi disabled and three weeks with wi-fi.
engadget has also discovered that this ereader runs android underneath, something that sony fails to mention in their press release. this means that there is a possibility of rooting the device and using it as an android tablet. the lack of a color display means there are not a lot of reasons why you’d want to do this, though.
the reader wi-fi will be sold in the us and europe starting october for around $149. it will be available in three colors, black, white and red.


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Per the AZTC Preferred Business Partners program, AmCheck is offering all AZTC member companies customized payroll and HR solutions to fit each organization with discounts up to 30%.
AmCheck provides end-to-end payroll, benefits, HR, and talent management solutions!
Our software solutions including Payroll, HR, Onboarding, Time Keeping, Online Benefits Enrollment, ACA compliance, and Performance Reviews.
As the leader in customer service, AmCheck provides exceptional service, in fact our NPS scores have consistently been in the 70’s! A score of 50 is considered “world-class service”.
More about the deal: A bundled enterprise level solution designed for businesses of all levels to include payroll, Human Resource software, online benefits enrollment, and electronic onboarding for one low monthly cost. We would offer various bundles based on need with the entry level bundle offering a discount of over 30%.

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per the aztc preferred business partners program, amcheck is offering all aztc member companies customized payroll and hr solutions to fit each organization with discounts up to 30%.
amcheck provides end-to-end payroll, benefits, hr, and talent management solutions!
our software solutions including payroll, hr, onboarding, time keeping, online benefits enrollment, aca compliance, and performance reviews.
as the leader in customer service, amcheck provides exceptional service, in fact our nps scores have consistently been in the 70’s! a score of 50 is considered “world-class service”.
more about the deal: a bundled enterprise level solution designed for businesses of all levels to include payroll, human resource software, online benefits enrollment, and electronic onboarding for one low monthly cost. we would offer various bundles based on need with the entry level bundle offering a discount of over 30%.


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I belong to a book club of women who are all moms like me. Once a year we pick a classic to read (or reread). This year’s pick was To Kill a Mockingbird, for which Lee won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and on Monday received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. I had read Harper Lee’s classic in high school and I remembered the plot, but what I did not remember was how magical Lee’s prose was, how connected I felt to Scout Finch, the narrator, and the rhythms of her life in that small Southern town. I wonder now if I forgot all of this or if I never got the chance to feel this connection when I read Mockingbird in English class.
I was an avid reader even back then, but I often felt disconnected from the books that we read in school. I was reading James Michener’s historical tomes and Robert Heinlein’s fantasy by the time I was in high school (OK, not classic literature, but so fun to read!). The books we were assigned were so boring! It took forever to read one, stopping after every chapter to “do something” with the book: memorize vocabulary lists, hunt for examples of figurative language, and write lengthy essays from teacher prompts. These assignments killed any momentum that might have pulled me through a book, and killed my appreciation for the book, too.
As Mockingbird continues, Scout’s views show that she has become increasingly disconnected from the learning she must do at school. She says, “…as I inched sluggishly along the treadmill of the Maycomb County school system, I could not help receiving the impression that I was being cheated out of something. Out of what, I knew not, yet I did not believe that twelve years of unrelieved boredom was exactly what the state had in mind for me.” To Kill a Mockingbird was written in 1960 (set in the ‘30s), I was in high school in 1984, and as teachers and parents, we are still bemoaning the lack of engagement that students seem to have in school and with reading. Much research into reading has taken place since 1960, so what has not changed for students?
I think the mistrust is still there. Teachers do not trust students to take control of their own literacy development or their own learning. We still teach books instead of teaching readers. Students are given very little control of what they read, when they read, and how they are allowed to respond. School reading still seems to be about what teachers think students should be getting out of a book. The opportunity to fall in love with a story is denied to students who have come to view school reading as an obstacle course of comprehension assignments. Teachers are the gatekeepers of knowledge instead of the guides. Should knowledge have a gatekeeper? Until we release some of this control back to our students, they will never become independent thinkers or readers. As for students like Scout and me, who walk into classrooms already readers, we will continue to wonder why our love of reading has no place in school.
Oh, yes. I knew better than Scout. I didn't let on that I could read already in first grade. But I have a vivid memory of my first in-school reading group (and how disappointed I was that there was no reading involved), where the teacher held up a picture of ALICE in a red dress and asked us about how we would know it was ALICE if we saw her on another day, in another dress. I knew I wasn't supposed to notice that ALICE was printed in big letters under her feet.
I hated sitting in reading group, waiting as one after another had a turn at reading the same page over and over. It did teach me how to "read ahead" on the sly--a skill that carried me through many boring classes throughout the years.
As a child who read "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" independently at the age of 4 years and 9 months the summer before entering kindergarten, I felt exactly the same way in "reading" class. We didn't even have reading groups: the entire class read together. The first person in the first row read the first sentence, then the second person in the first row read the second sentence, and so on to the end of the story. I would read ahead, count up to my sentence, then read something else on the sly until it was my turn. Same for the worksheet -- finish it in about 20 seconds, then read a real book under the desk. I always thought that the other kids, who struggled over decoding their assigned sentences, were BETTER "students" than I was, because they were able to play dumb more successfully than I could! That was the lesson I learned by the end of first grade -- school was a gigantic charade, where you were supposed to pretend to learn things you already knew, for some unfathomable grown-ups' reason that kids weren't supposed to understand or question.
My mother went to open house when I was in first grade and was surprised to hear my teacher say, "We have lots of students ALMOST reading!" My mom told the teacher I really could read already. The teacher suggested that I might have memorized a few books at home, but that I wasn't reading in class. My mom came home asked me why I wasn't reading at school, and I explained that since I knew it was the teacher's job to teach me how, I didn't want to hurt her feelings. My mother told the teacher what I said; I was taken to some little room and given a reading test; I was sent to another classroom for reading every day after that, which made me pretty sure that I'd made the teacher mad--she was sending me away!
Years later, I was in a staff development session across the table from my first grade teacher. She introduced me to the others as "so brilliant we had to send her to second grade for reading from the start of the year!" I never knew the other classroom was a second grade room or that it was a good thing to be sent out.
I continually wonder what it is we do to children to make them dislike school so much. Analyzing the heck out of a novel, drill and kill with grammar, memorize this and that....No wonder kids are taking mind trips left and right to escape the boredom that surrounds them in school. I hope that more teachers read your blogs and reflect on their own teaching practices thinking how to best engage/invite children into learning again. Children begin school with such excitement. Where does it go?
Like Kerri, I remember being puzzled by the capstone project for my kindergarten class--a series of prereading exercises bound in a large format book called "I Am Learning How to Read!" I'd been reading for quite some time at that point but the teacher was very excited about it, so I went along with her. Luckily, my first grade teacher was excellent at differentiation, even back in the early 70s. I got what I needed from her.
Donalyn and others like her, from high school reading remediation teachers--Thank you for the love of reading you instill in your students and for helping others to achieve the same with students. When I taught high school remediation classes to help students pass the graduation exams, I had students who had been "properly schooled" but did not learn to read for the love of it. When you love it, you comprehend it--that's what I told my students. They couldn't understand why we spent 90% of our time just plain reading books and talking about what we read and only 10% actually practicing test questions. I read with them. We read to each other. They read to me--not round robin reading but the whole class period from a book they loved and wanted to share. It was glorious! Not one of my students failed the reading grad exam after a semester of breaking the "rules" and reading without a test or worksheet to assess comprehension! Too many of my senior level students had never read a book even though their classes were assigned books to read and they were tested on what they read. Students too often said they didn't need to read because the teacher spent too much time analyzing the book in class--they just took good notes during that analysis of what the teacher thought they needed to remember. They could pass the test without reading the book. So, thank you Donalyn for what you do with students and for how you have agreed to inspire others to be teachers like you!
I just found your blog, and loved this entry. I grew up in a small town in Western PA, and remember reading my sister's textbooks when I was in first grade and she was in third--it was glorious then, but third grade was an awful bore.
It went on being boring for several years, but then in 6th grade the entire reading class involved just sitting there every day, reading whatever we wanted. Once a week we were to take a break from reading and write a letter in our journals telling the teacher about what we were reading and what was exciting about it. She would write back, too, which made me feel really special.
Future classes were never as fun, as we had to stay back to the pace of the slowest reader. I was a vocal kid, and eventually the 7th grade reading teacher finally acknowledged that I had read all of the books on his list of appropriate books...so he had me read War and Peace instead. Writing a book report on that one was hard! After I finally finished it, I talked to my gifted class teacher and talked her and the principal into letting me skip 8th grade reading and go take an extra history class at the high school.
I ended up transferring to a private school where the other kids had read Shakespeare in 6th grade and I was grateful for my reading speed in attempting to catch up to all that I had missed in my semi-rural public school.
I'm glad to see so many others who were bored to tears with school. The best thing that ever happened to me in school was in seventh grade. I went to a tiny (60 students) private school. Someone had donated hundreds of books to the school and the headmaster asked me if I'd like to spend a few hours a day sorting them. I never sorted a single book, but I spent hours every day sitting in that "library" reading to my heart's content -- biography, history, fiction. That good lady headmaster never said a word about it.
I honestly do not know how I became a reader. Well maybe I do. But by all accounts I should have been illiterate. I never read growing up. I used to play outside all of the time. Then around 12 years old, my parent's subscription of Newsweek became my weekly read. I would look for it each week and read it from cover to cover. I do not know what prompted me to read and think about everything I read. I needed a lot of mental stimulation - or to think about things, anything, It was kind of odd and I do not understand what that was all about. I then started reading books and I became so immersed in my thoughts about what I would read. I was also too impressionable. At around that same age I read Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World, and became a cynic about life. Then I read Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier (sp?). I discovered my view on that book was completely different than anyone else's understanding of it. I just felt Rebecca was not liberated enough and dysfunctional as was those in her life. Too, later I felt that the book was too single faceted. But I find many authors are that way. I guess I just accept it now and add my own spin to it to make it more interesting.
What is my point???? Darn I lost track. I have a child with dyslexia. Of all things. And boy have I learned a lot about the other side of the reading experience. My question, what can I do? Everything that has ever been said to help these children is ridiculous such as "they need to practice reading". Correction: They need to practice ACCURATE reading, not just reading. You cannot give a student with dyslexia a book and tell them to read it over and over so that they get better because all they end up learning is how to read inaccurately. It reinforces multiple mis pronunciations or multiple incorrect decoding of the same word, it becomes an exercise in mind torture and turns them off to reading. These kids need to learn how to accurately decode words. I picked up on the pattern for decoding and it became reliable for ME. Not so for my child. She will need a few more explicit trips to such letter combinations like the trigraph "que" and the digraph "sc" before she gets it and can do this automatically so it does not interfere with the meaning and therefore pleasure or reinforcement we get in order to have the incentive to read.
2. Lots of love and nurturing - I stand next to her and respectfully correct the mistakes she makes reading the brownie directions.
5. Lots and lots of humor- let's face it these kids need to be able forgive themselves for making so many reading mistakes. Humor re energizes and takes away the anxiety that results from all the issues related to not having the most foundational skill needed to feel competent in school.
So what may have worked for me -interest and a lot of curiosity, plus the opportunity to pursue reading what I wanted to read, may or not work for these special kids who are often very bright, who are in desperate need for the same intellectual stimulation that we get from reading. The same motivation to learn is there but we need different approaches.
Parent who needs a very special teacher: You are exactly right. Kids with dyslexia need explicit instruction in decoding just like you said. Practice reading incorrectly will only cause frustration. You need to find a teacher trained in multi-sensory direct instruction - Orton-Gillingham. You also need to go to the International Dyslexia Association website- www.interdys.org . They provide a great deal of support and can also refer you to a properly trained instructor in your area. The research has proven what kind of teaching works and the help is out there.
I'm certainly glad I wasn't part of some of the classrooms described above. I always was allowed to read my own choices; and I abhor stories I hear where children are told they can't read a book because it's not on the list. Ms. Miller and I are of one mind when it comes to getting students to love reading.
All is seems to take in my classroom to get students reading is to help them find what they like. I do booktalks on new books all the time, and we have to have a lottery to see who will get to be first to read each one. If we take the time to be interested in students' individual choices and talk to them about their reading, it isn't too difficult to have a reading community in the classroom.
If you share your love of books with kids, they will respond, especially when you offer a menu with choices that connect to their own lives. Start with their comfort zone and then nudge them towards more sophisticated, challenging books as the year progresses. I'm amazed at times at what a child will delve into when they're motivated to read something on a topic they love.
I read all of your articles listed here and I'm so happy to see there are teachers in the upper grades who feel and teach as you do. It's one of the things other teachers in my building just don't get.
They cannot resist stuffing their 3 and 4 year olds with information, rather than letting them learn from a rich environment with an experienced guide (the teachers). I don't understand it, and they don't understand me. They say I don't teach. They feel the children will be more ready to succeed if they're drilled in academics, I feel like they are training the majority of the children to hate school.
Luckily my administrators are more understanding and supportive of my teaching style. What do you say to the teachers though, who like my co workers say, oh you don't teach, you're letting the kids down? Especially when they've had the same training and workshops as I have?
In 1962, I moved to a small, rural school where I was so advanced in reading that the teacher said, " Honey, you can read those books while I have reading groups and the others do their work." The shelf was beside my desk. There were plenty of books, like Tom Sawyer, Huckaberry Finn, and others. I read them all and loved it. Keep up the good work.
This is what I love about finding a group of really smart people. I can find the answers to questions I need help with. Can one of you wonderfully bright minded individuals please help me?
Is que a trigraph in the words queen queer query quercetin question or am I dealing with a quadraph with queer and queen?
I am working on listing letter groupings that represent specific sounds and matching the words to them.
However it looks as though que makes over four sounds such as in unique, quell, queen, quercetin.

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i belong to a book club of women who are all moms like me. once a year we pick a classic to read (or reread). this year’s pick was to kill a mockingbird, for which lee won the 1961 pulitzer prize and on monday received the presidential medal of freedom. i had read harper lee’s classic in high school and i remembered the plot, but what i did not remember was how magical lee’s prose was, how connected i felt to scout finch, the narrator, and the rhythms of her life in that small southern town. i wonder now if i forgot all of this or if i never got the chance to feel this connection when i read mockingbird in english class.
i was an avid reader even back then, but i often felt disconnected from the books that we read in school. i was reading james michener’s historical tomes and robert heinlein’s fantasy by the time i was in high school (ok, not classic literature, but so fun to read!). the books we were assigned were so boring! it took forever to read one, stopping after every chapter to “do something” with the book: memorize vocabulary lists, hunt for examples of figurative language, and write lengthy essays from teacher prompts. these assignments killed any momentum that might have pulled me through a book, and killed my appreciation for the book, too.
as mockingbird continues, scout’s views show that she has become increasingly disconnected from the learning she must do at school. she says, “…as i inched sluggishly along the treadmill of the maycomb county school system, i could not help receiving the impression that i was being cheated out of something. out of what, i knew not, yet i did not believe that twelve years of unrelieved boredom was exactly what the state had in mind for me.” to kill a mockingbird was written in 1960 (set in the ‘30s), i was in high school in 1984, and as teachers and parents, we are still bemoaning the lack of engagement that students seem to have in school and with reading. much research into reading has taken place since 1960, so what has not changed for students?
i think the mistrust is still there. teachers do not trust students to take control of their own literacy development or their own learning. we still teach books instead of teaching readers. students are given very little control of what they read, when they read, and how they are allowed to respond. school reading still seems to be about what teachers think students should be getting out of a book. the opportunity to fall in love with a story is denied to students who have come to view school reading as an obstacle course of comprehension assignments. teachers are the gatekeepers of knowledge instead of the guides. should knowledge have a gatekeeper? until we release some of this control back to our students, they will never become independent thinkers or readers. as for students like scout and me, who walk into classrooms already readers, we will continue to wonder why our love of reading has no place in school.
oh, yes. i knew better than scout. i didn't let on that i could read already in first grade. but i have a vivid memory of my first in-school reading group (and how disappointed i was that there was no reading involved), where the teacher held up a picture of alice in a red dress and asked us about how we would know it was alice if we saw her on another day, in another dress. i knew i wasn't supposed to notice that alice was printed in big letters under her feet.
i hated sitting in reading group, waiting as one after another had a turn at reading the same page over and over. it did teach me how to "read ahead" on the sly--a skill that carried me through many boring classes throughout the years.
as a child who read "the lion, the witch and the wardrobe" independently at the age of 4 years and 9 months the summer before entering kindergarten, i felt exactly the same way in "reading" class. we didn't even have reading groups: the entire class read together. the first person in the first row read the first sentence, then the second person in the first row read the second sentence, and so on to the end of the story. i would read ahead, count up to my sentence, then read something else on the sly until it was my turn. same for the worksheet -- finish it in about 20 seconds, then read a real book under the desk. i always thought that the other kids, who struggled over decoding their assigned sentences, were better "students" than i was, because they were able to play dumb more successfully than i could! that was the lesson i learned by the end of first grade -- school was a gigantic charade, where you were supposed to pretend to learn things you already knew, for some unfathomable grown-ups' reason that kids weren't supposed to understand or question.
my mother went to open house when i was in first grade and was surprised to hear my teacher say, "we have lots of students almost reading!" my mom told the teacher i really could read already. the teacher suggested that i might have memorized a few books at home, but that i wasn't reading in class. my mom came home asked me why i wasn't reading at school, and i explained that since i knew it was the teacher's job to teach me how, i didn't want to hurt her feelings. my mother told the teacher what i said; i was taken to some little room and given a reading test; i was sent to another classroom for reading every day after that, which made me pretty sure that i'd made the teacher mad--she was sending me away!
years later, i was in a staff development session across the table from my first grade teacher. she introduced me to the others as "so brilliant we had to send her to second grade for reading from the start of the year!" i never knew the other classroom was a second grade room or that it was a good thing to be sent out.
i continually wonder what it is we do to children to make them dislike school so much. analyzing the heck out of a novel, drill and kill with grammar, memorize this and that....no wonder kids are taking mind trips left and right to escape the boredom that surrounds them in school. i hope that more teachers read your blogs and reflect on their own teaching practices thinking how to best engage/invite children into learning again. children begin school with such excitement. where does it go?
like kerri, i remember being puzzled by the capstone project for my kindergarten class--a series of prereading exercises bound in a large format book called "i am learning how to read!" i'd been reading for quite some time at that point but the teacher was very excited about it, so i went along with her. luckily, my first grade teacher was excellent at differentiation, even back in the early 70s. i got what i needed from her.
donalyn and others like her, from high school reading remediation teachers--thank you for the love of reading you instill in your students and for helping others to achieve the same with students. when i taught high school remediation classes to help students pass the graduation exams, i had students who had been "properly schooled" but did not learn to read for the love of it. when you love it, you comprehend it--that's what i told my students. they couldn't understand why we spent 90% of our time just plain reading books and talking about what we read and only 10% actually practicing test questions. i read with them. we read to each other. they read to me--not round robin reading but the whole class period from a book they loved and wanted to share. it was glorious! not one of my students failed the reading grad exam after a semester of breaking the "rules" and reading without a test or worksheet to assess comprehension! too many of my senior level students had never read a book even though their classes were assigned books to read and they were tested on what they read. students too often said they didn't need to read because the teacher spent too much time analyzing the book in class--they just took good notes during that analysis of what the teacher thought they needed to remember. they could pass the test without reading the book. so, thank you donalyn for what you do with students and for how you have agreed to inspire others to be teachers like you!
i just found your blog, and loved this entry. i grew up in a small town in western pa, and remember reading my sister's textbooks when i was in first grade and she was in third--it was glorious then, but third grade was an awful bore.
it went on being boring for several years, but then in 6th grade the entire reading class involved just sitting there every day, reading whatever we wanted. once a week we were to take a break from reading and write a letter in our journals telling the teacher about what we were reading and what was exciting about it. she would write back, too, which made me feel really special.
future classes were never as fun, as we had to stay back to the pace of the slowest reader. i was a vocal kid, and eventually the 7th grade reading teacher finally acknowledged that i had read all of the books on his list of appropriate books...so he had me read war and peace instead. writing a book report on that one was hard! after i finally finished it, i talked to my gifted class teacher and talked her and the principal into letting me skip 8th grade reading and go take an extra history class at the high school.
i ended up transferring to a private school where the other kids had read shakespeare in 6th grade and i was grateful for my reading speed in attempting to catch up to all that i had missed in my semi-rural public school.
i'm glad to see so many others who were bored to tears with school. the best thing that ever happened to me in school was in seventh grade. i went to a tiny (60 students) private school. someone had donated hundreds of books to the school and the headmaster asked me if i'd like to spend a few hours a day sorting them. i never sorted a single book, but i spent hours every day sitting in that "library" reading to my heart's content -- biography, history, fiction. that good lady headmaster never said a word about it.
i honestly do not know how i became a reader. well maybe i do. but by all accounts i should have been illiterate. i never read growing up. i used to play outside all of the time. then around 12 years old, my parent's subscription of newsweek became my weekly read. i would look for it each week and read it from cover to cover. i do not know what prompted me to read and think about everything i read. i needed a lot of mental stimulation - or to think about things, anything, it was kind of odd and i do not understand what that was all about. i then started reading books and i became so immersed in my thoughts about what i would read. i was also too impressionable. at around that same age i read aldous huxley's "brave new world, and became a cynic about life. then i read rebecca by daphne dumaurier (sp?). i discovered my view on that book was completely different than anyone else's understanding of it. i just felt rebecca was not liberated enough and dysfunctional as was those in her life. too, later i felt that the book was too single faceted. but i find many authors are that way. i guess i just accept it now and add my own spin to it to make it more interesting.
what is my point???? darn i lost track. i have a child with dyslexia. of all things. and boy have i learned a lot about the other side of the reading experience. my question, what can i do? everything that has ever been said to help these children is ridiculous such as "they need to practice reading". correction: they need to practice accurate reading, not just reading. you cannot give a student with dyslexia a book and tell them to read it over and over so that they get better because all they end up learning is how to read inaccurately. it reinforces multiple mis pronunciations or multiple incorrect decoding of the same word, it becomes an exercise in mind torture and turns them off to reading. these kids need to learn how to accurately decode words. i picked up on the pattern for decoding and it became reliable for me. not so for my child. she will need a few more explicit trips to such letter combinations like the trigraph "que" and the digraph "sc" before she gets it and can do this automatically so it does not interfere with the meaning and therefore pleasure or reinforcement we get in order to have the incentive to read.
2. lots of love and nurturing - i stand next to her and respectfully correct the mistakes she makes reading the brownie directions.
5. lots and lots of humor- let's face it these kids need to be able forgive themselves for making so many reading mistakes. humor re energizes and takes away the anxiety that results from all the issues related to not having the most foundational skill needed to feel competent in school.
so what may have worked for me -interest and a lot of curiosity, plus the opportunity to pursue reading what i wanted to read, may or not work for these special kids who are often very bright, who are in desperate need for the same intellectual stimulation that we get from reading. the same motivation to learn is there but we need different approaches.
parent who needs a very special teacher: you are exactly right. kids with dyslexia need explicit instruction in decoding just like you said. practice reading incorrectly will only cause frustration. you need to find a teacher trained in multi-sensory direct instruction - orton-gillingham. you also need to go to the international dyslexia association website- www.interdys.org . they provide a great deal of support and can also refer you to a properly trained instructor in your area. the research has proven what kind of teaching works and the help is out there.
i'm certainly glad i wasn't part of some of the classrooms described above. i always was allowed to read my own choices; and i abhor stories i hear where children are told they can't read a book because it's not on the list. ms. miller and i are of one mind when it comes to getting students to love reading.
all is seems to take in my classroom to get students reading is to help them find what they like. i do booktalks on new books all the time, and we have to have a lottery to see who will get to be first to read each one. if we take the time to be interested in students' individual choices and talk to them about their reading, it isn't too difficult to have a reading community in the classroom.
if you share your love of books with kids, they will respond, especially when you offer a menu with choices that connect to their own lives. start with their comfort zone and then nudge them towards more sophisticated, challenging books as the year progresses. i'm amazed at times at what a child will delve into when they're motivated to read something on a topic they love.
i read all of your articles listed here and i'm so happy to see there are teachers in the upper grades who feel and teach as you do. it's one of the things other teachers in my building just don't get.
they cannot resist stuffing their 3 and 4 year olds with information, rather than letting them learn from a rich environment with an experienced guide (the teachers). i don't understand it, and they don't understand me. they say i don't teach. they feel the children will be more ready to succeed if they're drilled in academics, i feel like they are training the majority of the children to hate school.
luckily my administrators are more understanding and supportive of my teaching style. what do you say to the teachers though, who like my co workers say, oh you don't teach, you're letting the kids down? especially when they've had the same training and workshops as i have?
in 1962, i moved to a small, rural school where i was so advanced in reading that the teacher said, " honey, you can read those books while i have reading groups and the others do their work." the shelf was beside my desk. there were plenty of books, like tom sawyer, huckaberry finn, and others. i read them all and loved it. keep up the good work.
this is what i love about finding a group of really smart people. i can find the answers to questions i need help with. can one of you wonderfully bright minded individuals please help me?
is que a trigraph in the words queen queer query quercetin question or am i dealing with a quadraph with queer and queen?
i am working on listing letter groupings that represent specific sounds and matching the words to them.
however it looks as though que makes over four sounds such as in unique, quell, queen, quercetin.


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MiSK Art 2018 event of MiSK Institute of Arts, one of the initiatives of Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Foundation (MiSK), has started with the participation of more than 250 artists in Riyadh during the period from 30 October to 3 November. The event is one of the largest events to highlight the artistic movement and cultural orientation in the Kingdom. It is organized by the MiSK Institute of Arts in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Saudi Telecom Company and the General Authority for Entertainment. The event aims to transform the city of Riyadh into a city of art, through live performances and workshops, as well as exhibitions including Arabic calligraphy, Saudi art and children's spaces, as well as 120 pavilions for Saudi artists and local, regional and international sculptors.
Wadi Al Disah Development Project launched!
Le Celebrazioni per la Festa Nazionale del Regno dell'#Arabia Saudita. #Saudi_National_Day_88.

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misk art 2018 event of misk institute of arts, one of the initiatives of prince mohammed bin salman bin abdulaziz foundation (misk), has started with the participation of more than 250 artists in riyadh during the period from 30 october to 3 november. the event is one of the largest events to highlight the artistic movement and cultural orientation in the kingdom. it is organized by the misk institute of arts in collaboration with the ministry of culture, saudi telecom company and the general authority for entertainment. the event aims to transform the city of riyadh into a city of art, through live performances and workshops, as well as exhibitions including arabic calligraphy, saudi art and children's spaces, as well as 120 pavilions for saudi artists and local, regional and international sculptors.
wadi al disah development project launched!
le celebrazioni per la festa nazionale del regno dell'#arabia saudita. #saudi_national_day_88.


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The Armenian National Committee in America is designed to remember a genocide that took place in Turkey in the early 20th century and press for the defense of Christian rights of minorities in Turkey and the Middle East. But despite the fact that those rights are trampled in Turkey and elsewhere, the organization ignores the oppression of Christian rights in the U.S., more specifically, by an official of Armenian descent, Brad Arvakian.
The Armenian National Committee in America is designed to remember a genocide that took place in Turkey in the early 20th century and press for the defense of Christian rights of minorities in Turkey and the Middle East. But despite the fact that those rights are trampled in Turkey and elsewhere, the organization ignores the oppression of Christian rights in the U.S., more specifically, by an official of Armenian descent, Brad Arvakian.Armenians, as a group, have been persecuted by the Muslim majority in Turkey, and the government participated in what is generally acknowledged as a genocide of Armenians in the early 20th century. There are many documentaries that describe the persecution and genocide of Armenians in Turkey. Because many Armenians in Turkey are largely Christian, the group also defends the rights of Christians to practice their religion, and asks that the Turkish government respect those rights as well. Because the government Muslim, it is an uphill battle.
A call to the ANCA was answered by the communications director Elizabeth S. Chouldjian, who was not interested in the details of Arvakian’s actions. Her response was that since Arvakian was an American, the organization was not interested in responding to the repression of the rights of Christians in the U.S.
In fact, Arvakian, commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industry, not only violated the religious rights of a Christian baker in Oregon, but evidently gloated about it online after his action. In his role as commissioner, he followed the guidance of a judge to fine Aaron and Melissa Klein for refusing to bake a cake for the wedding of two lesbians. The Kleins provided baking services for the two women before, and did not refuse service or products to them simply because of their sexual orientation. The Kleins had no reason to know their sexual orientation.
Arvakian is running for Secretary of State in Oregon, and on his web site he is clear in his advocacy of abortion rights, something that the majority of Christians are opposed to. It should be obvious that Arvakian had an agenda going into the prosecution of these Christians, and that he would side with the two lesbians and the rights of LGBT community, even though it violated the rights of Christians.
Feb. 26, 2016 - Today the NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon PAC endorsed Brad Avakian for Oregon Secretary of State.
The event happened in 2013. The court proceeding, where the Kleins had to defend themselves, is detailed and extensive, and reports how the couple reportedly suffered because the Kleins simply refused to provide service to the couple in this one instance. (The court proceeding are in a pdf; it’s a total of 122 pages). The Kleins have filed an appeal to dismiss the $135,000 in damages and at first refused to pay the fine, but later agreed to pay the fine until the appeal is heard. It's not in admission of guilt; it's simply so that interest on the fine does not accrue. The couple received more than $500,000 in support through a gofundme campaign. (Their business was closed because protesters disrupted their business at their store front location).
“The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries hereby orders [Aaron and Melissa Klein] to cease and desist from publishing, circulating, issuing or displaying, or causing to be published…any communication to the effect that any of the accommodations…will be refused, withheld from or denied to, or that any discrimination be made against, any person on account of their sexual orientation,” Avakian wrote, The Oregonian reported.
The ANCA posts articles on human rights issues related to Armenians, so that congress and the administration, as well as Armenians and other Americans can know about human rights issues, which are usually violations.
The ANCA welcomes Dold, a Republican, as the new co-chair of the caucus.
It is ironic, if not hypocritical of the ANCA, to on the one hand, seek the assistance of a Christian congressman, yet at the same time, ignore the actions of an Armenian official in the U.S., who keeps Christian business people from expressing their religious rights. Many of the press releases and articles written by Chouldjian directed at a Christian congressman, Rep. Robert Dold and others, promote the religious freedom of Christians in Armenia and elsewhere in the Middle East.
The ANCA should ask itself: how are the rights of Christians in Armenia, Turkey, Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East any different than the rights of Christian bakers in Oregon. What if a Muslim asked an Armenian baker to bake a cake to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the Armenian genocide in Turkey? Should they be forced to do so, or face a fine? If we are going to defend the rights Christians in Turkey, we need to defend the rights of all Christians, including those in Oregon.

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the armenian national committee in america is designed to remember a genocide that took place in turkey in the early 20th century and press for the defense of christian rights of minorities in turkey and the middle east. but despite the fact that those rights are trampled in turkey and elsewhere, the organization ignores the oppression of christian rights in the u.s., more specifically, by an official of armenian descent, brad arvakian.
the armenian national committee in america is designed to remember a genocide that took place in turkey in the early 20th century and press for the defense of christian rights of minorities in turkey and the middle east. but despite the fact that those rights are trampled in turkey and elsewhere, the organization ignores the oppression of christian rights in the u.s., more specifically, by an official of armenian descent, brad arvakian.armenians, as a group, have been persecuted by the muslim majority in turkey, and the government participated in what is generally acknowledged as a genocide of armenians in the early 20th century. there are many documentaries that describe the persecution and genocide of armenians in turkey. because many armenians in turkey are largely christian, the group also defends the rights of christians to practice their religion, and asks that the turkish government respect those rights as well. because the government muslim, it is an uphill battle.
a call to the anca was answered by the communications director elizabeth s. chouldjian, who was not interested in the details of arvakian’s actions. her response was that since arvakian was an american, the organization was not interested in responding to the repression of the rights of christians in the u.s.
in fact, arvakian, commissioner of the oregon bureau of labor and industry, not only violated the religious rights of a christian baker in oregon, but evidently gloated about it online after his action. in his role as commissioner, he followed the guidance of a judge to fine aaron and melissa klein for refusing to bake a cake for the wedding of two lesbians. the kleins provided baking services for the two women before, and did not refuse service or products to them simply because of their sexual orientation. the kleins had no reason to know their sexual orientation.
arvakian is running for secretary of state in oregon, and on his web site he is clear in his advocacy of abortion rights, something that the majority of christians are opposed to. it should be obvious that arvakian had an agenda going into the prosecution of these christians, and that he would side with the two lesbians and the rights of lgbt community, even though it violated the rights of christians.
feb. 26, 2016 - today the naral pro-choice oregon pac endorsed brad avakian for oregon secretary of state.
the event happened in 2013. the court proceeding, where the kleins had to defend themselves, is detailed and extensive, and reports how the couple reportedly suffered because the kleins simply refused to provide service to the couple in this one instance. (the court proceeding are in a pdf; it’s a total of 122 pages). the kleins have filed an appeal to dismiss the $135,000 in damages and at first refused to pay the fine, but later agreed to pay the fine until the appeal is heard. it's not in admission of guilt; it's simply so that interest on the fine does not accrue. the couple received more than $500,000 in support through a gofundme campaign. (their business was closed because protesters disrupted their business at their store front location).
“the commissioner of the bureau of labor and industries hereby orders [aaron and melissa klein] to cease and desist from publishing, circulating, issuing or displaying, or causing to be published…any communication to the effect that any of the accommodations…will be refused, withheld from or denied to, or that any discrimination be made against, any person on account of their sexual orientation,” avakian wrote, the oregonian reported.
the anca posts articles on human rights issues related to armenians, so that congress and the administration, as well as armenians and other americans can know about human rights issues, which are usually violations.
the anca welcomes dold, a republican, as the new co-chair of the caucus.
it is ironic, if not hypocritical of the anca, to on the one hand, seek the assistance of a christian congressman, yet at the same time, ignore the actions of an armenian official in the u.s., who keeps christian business people from expressing their religious rights. many of the press releases and articles written by chouldjian directed at a christian congressman, rep. robert dold and others, promote the religious freedom of christians in armenia and elsewhere in the middle east.
the anca should ask itself: how are the rights of christians in armenia, turkey, syria and elsewhere in the middle east any different than the rights of christian bakers in oregon. what if a muslim asked an armenian baker to bake a cake to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the armenian genocide in turkey? should they be forced to do so, or face a fine? if we are going to defend the rights christians in turkey, we need to defend the rights of all christians, including those in oregon.


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If you frequently use multiple tabs when you use Firefox, you'll want to immediately download FoxTab (free), which offers a great set of tools for handling many open tabs. It makes it easy to find the tab you want fast, see what you have open at a glance, see closed tabs, and much more.
FoxTab gives you controls over the 3D appearance of your tabs.
When you install FoxTab, it adds a new icon to the left of the Firefox address bar. Click it and you'll see thumbnails of all of your tabs in a 3D view that looks much like the Windows Vista-Windows 7 3D Flip feature. Scroll through them all until you find the one you want, then click it to go there. You can change the angle and direction of the view, and choose the background color as well. To leave the FoxTab view, press the Esc key, or click the FoxTab icon again.
That's just the beginning, though. FoxTab offers far more powerful tools than just a 3D look at your open tabs. You can also arrange them in other ways, including as flat thumbnails on a variety of different grids, and in a nifty view that looks much like the Mac's Cover Flow feature. You can also show tabs that you've recently closed. And you can also search through the titles and URLs of open tabs.
Its Top Sites feature is an excellent one as well. Top Sites works and looks much like Safari. When you open a new tab, instead of seeing a blank page, you see 3D thumbnails of your favorite sites. Just click any to get to it. One drawback to this feature is that unlike in Safari, the Top Sites feature doesn't populate itself based on sites you've already visited. You'll have to FoxTabs which to put there.
There's one more drawback to FoxTab: It doesn't play nice with Firefox 4's new Panorama tab-handling capabilities. If you click Firefox's Panorama icon to launch Panorama, the Panorama page launches behind FoxTab so it's not visible. In addition, FoxTab won't show you the tabs you've grouped together in Panorama.
Still, FoxTab is a very useful tool if you're not a fan of Panorama. You'll find it to be a very useful tab-tamer.

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if you frequently use multiple tabs when you use firefox, you'll want to immediately download foxtab (free), which offers a great set of tools for handling many open tabs. it makes it easy to find the tab you want fast, see what you have open at a glance, see closed tabs, and much more.
foxtab gives you controls over the 3d appearance of your tabs.
when you install foxtab, it adds a new icon to the left of the firefox address bar. click it and you'll see thumbnails of all of your tabs in a 3d view that looks much like the windows vista-windows 7 3d flip feature. scroll through them all until you find the one you want, then click it to go there. you can change the angle and direction of the view, and choose the background color as well. to leave the foxtab view, press the esc key, or click the foxtab icon again.
that's just the beginning, though. foxtab offers far more powerful tools than just a 3d look at your open tabs. you can also arrange them in other ways, including as flat thumbnails on a variety of different grids, and in a nifty view that looks much like the mac's cover flow feature. you can also show tabs that you've recently closed. and you can also search through the titles and urls of open tabs.
its top sites feature is an excellent one as well. top sites works and looks much like safari. when you open a new tab, instead of seeing a blank page, you see 3d thumbnails of your favorite sites. just click any to get to it. one drawback to this feature is that unlike in safari, the top sites feature doesn't populate itself based on sites you've already visited. you'll have to foxtabs which to put there.
there's one more drawback to foxtab: it doesn't play nice with firefox 4's new panorama tab-handling capabilities. if you click firefox's panorama icon to launch panorama, the panorama page launches behind foxtab so it's not visible. in addition, foxtab won't show you the tabs you've grouped together in panorama.
still, foxtab is a very useful tool if you're not a fan of panorama. you'll find it to be a very useful tab-tamer.


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Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream shortening, butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and extract. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Set aside 1 cup batter.
Spread remaining batter into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Combine cream cheese and lemon curd; spoon over batter. In a small bowl, beat jam; stir in raspberries. Drop by tablespoonfuls over lemon mixture. Drop reserved batter by tablespoonfuls over top.
For streusel, in a small bowl, combine flour, sugar and almonds. Cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over batter.
Bake 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
Combine icing ingredients; drizzle over cake.
1 piece: 282 calories, 12g fat (6g saturated fat), 54mg cholesterol, 143mg sodium, 40g carbohydrate (27g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.
Lemon curd can be found at any World Market store. Can't wait to try this recipe.
I've never heard of lemon curd...where do you get it or how do you make it?

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preheat oven to 350°. in a large bowl, cream shortening, butter and sugar until light and fluffy. beat in eggs and extract. combine flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. set aside 1 cup batter.
spread remaining batter into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. combine cream cheese and lemon curd; spoon over batter. in a small bowl, beat jam; stir in raspberries. drop by tablespoonfuls over lemon mixture. drop reserved batter by tablespoonfuls over top.
for streusel, in a small bowl, combine flour, sugar and almonds. cut in butter until crumbly. sprinkle over batter.
bake 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. cool on a wire rack.
combine icing ingredients; drizzle over cake.
1 piece: 282 calories, 12g fat (6g saturated fat), 54mg cholesterol, 143mg sodium, 40g carbohydrate (27g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.
lemon curd can be found at any world market store. can't wait to try this recipe.
i've never heard of lemon curd...where do you get it or how do you make it?


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At the beginning of this year, the APRL released a digital version of The Postage and Telegraph Stamps of British India by L.L.R. Hausburg, C. Stewart-Wilson, and C.S.F. Crofton, originally published in 1907. The digital version of this rare book was scanned by Penn State University Libraries from the APRL’s fragile copy and made available for sale from the APRL. The APRL also scanned Supplement No. 2 (The Essays, Proofs, and Reprints of the First Issued Stamps of British India of 1854-55 by E.D. Bacon), and included it in the digital edition.
One of the people who bought this digital edition alerted us to a number of missing plates, as well as to the existence of Supplement No. 1 (New Discoveries in the British India Stamps of 1854-5, Printed in India by L.L.R. Hausburg, published by the Philatelic Society of India in October 1916) and “Appendix to the Third Edition of ‘The Essays, Proofs and Reprints of the First Issued Stamps of British India of 1854-55’” published in The Philatelic Journal of India in April 1933.
We looked at our original and discovered that we were, in fact, missing plates.
Our first step in locating images of the missing plates was to search the Philatelic Union Catalog. We discovered that the Collectors Club, Greene Foundation, Royal Philatelic Society London, and Western Philatelic Library also had copies of this book. We contacted Roger Skinner at the Western Philatelic Library in Sunnyvale, CA, to find out if that copy of the book had all of the plates.
Roger confirmed that it did, and scanned the missing plates for us. Meanwhile, we located the first supplement and the appendix in the APRL collection and scanned them using our book scanner.
We are now pleased to offer a revised and expanded digital edition of The Postage and Telegraph Stamps of British India for sale in the APS Digital Publications shop.
If you purchased the original digital edition and would like to upgrade to the new edition, please contact Tara Murray for options.

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at the beginning of this year, the aprl released a digital version of the postage and telegraph stamps of british india by l.l.r. hausburg, c. stewart-wilson, and c.s.f. crofton, originally published in 1907. the digital version of this rare book was scanned by penn state university libraries from the aprl’s fragile copy and made available for sale from the aprl. the aprl also scanned supplement no. 2 (the essays, proofs, and reprints of the first issued stamps of british india of 1854-55 by e.d. bacon), and included it in the digital edition.
one of the people who bought this digital edition alerted us to a number of missing plates, as well as to the existence of supplement no. 1 (new discoveries in the british india stamps of 1854-5, printed in india by l.l.r. hausburg, published by the philatelic society of india in october 1916) and “appendix to the third edition of ‘the essays, proofs and reprints of the first issued stamps of british india of 1854-55’” published in the philatelic journal of india in april 1933.
we looked at our original and discovered that we were, in fact, missing plates.
our first step in locating images of the missing plates was to search the philatelic union catalog. we discovered that the collectors club, greene foundation, royal philatelic society london, and western philatelic library also had copies of this book. we contacted roger skinner at the western philatelic library in sunnyvale, ca, to find out if that copy of the book had all of the plates.
roger confirmed that it did, and scanned the missing plates for us. meanwhile, we located the first supplement and the appendix in the aprl collection and scanned them using our book scanner.
we are now pleased to offer a revised and expanded digital edition of the postage and telegraph stamps of british india for sale in the aps digital publications shop.
if you purchased the original digital edition and would like to upgrade to the new edition, please contact tara murray for options.


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There are many holiday events this week in the North Shore suburbs.
Enjoy the holiday spirit with the Saukville Chamber of Commerce and the students of Saukville Elementary School. Start Wednesday, Dec. 6, with entertainment and breakfast from the students of Saukville from 7 to 8 a.m.
The menu will include eggs, potatoes, sausage, bacon, fresh fruit, bagels and beverages. Guests can also take a tour of the school. Admission is $12 for chamber members and $15 for nonmembers.
Enjoy an evening of hors d'oeuvres, drinks, a raffle and more with the Interfaith Caregivers of Ozaukee County from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, at the River Club of Mequon, 12400 N. Ville du Parc Drive.
The annual fundraiser will support the Interfaith Caregivers of Ozaukee County's ongoing mission to enable seniors, including those with limited mobility, to remain independent in their own homes.
Attendance is $35 per person. For more information, call 262-376-5362.
Get jazzed on holiday spirit at Range Line School, 11040 N. Range Line Road, Mequon. The Mequon-Thiensville Recreation Department will host a holiday luncheon for seniors Thursday, Dec. 7.
In addition to lunch catered by Prime Minister, the event will include games, a prize table and goodie bags from local merchants. Al Anderson’s Jazz Band will be on hand for entertainment. Doors open at 10:30 a.m., with entertainment to start at 11 and lunch at noon.
Admission is $17. For more information, call 262-238-7535.
Head to the village of Brown Deer for its tree lighting ceremony from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, at the North Shore Fire Station, 4401 W. River Lane. The event will include hot chocolate, cookies, music and fire station tours. Guests may also meet a police dog and get their picture taken with Santa. The Brown Deer High School choir will be on hand caroling. The tree lighting itself will take place at 7:30 p.m. The event is free to attend.
The Cedarburg-Grafton Rotary Holiday Symphony Concert is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, at the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center, W68 N611 Evergreen Blvd. Tickets start at $40 and can be purchased at www.cedarburgpac.com or by calling 262-376-6161. Student tickets are $25.
Take in some live tunes at Unitarian Church North, 13800 N. Port Washington Road, Mequon. Vezner and Henry will take to the stage at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8 as part of the Wisconsin Singer Songwriter Series.
Tickets are $18 in advance and can be purchased at the Stagecoach Inn and Grapes & Tastes in Cedarburg, North Shore Bank locations in Mequon and Grafton and Vines to Cellar Winery in Port Washington.
For more information, call 262-457-4399. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Take a journey at the Port Washington Fire Department, 104 W. Washington St., on Saturday, Dec. 9. The firehouse will host caroling, cookie decorating, trolley rides, a train display, letters to Santa, photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus and even making reindeer food. Admission is $6 per person, or free for children ages 2 and younger. For more information, call 262-284-5881.
Head over to the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center, W68 N611 Evergreen Blvd., as the piano sounds and voices of Jim Brickman and Ann Cochran gear up for an evening concert Sunday, Dec. 10.
The performance starts at 7:30 p.m.; tickets are $55. For more information, call 262-376-6162.

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there are many holiday events this week in the north shore suburbs.
enjoy the holiday spirit with the saukville chamber of commerce and the students of saukville elementary school. start wednesday, dec. 6, with entertainment and breakfast from the students of saukville from 7 to 8 a.m.
the menu will include eggs, potatoes, sausage, bacon, fresh fruit, bagels and beverages. guests can also take a tour of the school. admission is $12 for chamber members and $15 for nonmembers.
enjoy an evening of hors d'oeuvres, drinks, a raffle and more with the interfaith caregivers of ozaukee county from 5 to 7 p.m. wednesday, dec. 6, at the river club of mequon, 12400 n. ville du parc drive.
the annual fundraiser will support the interfaith caregivers of ozaukee county's ongoing mission to enable seniors, including those with limited mobility, to remain independent in their own homes.
attendance is $35 per person. for more information, call 262-376-5362.
get jazzed on holiday spirit at range line school, 11040 n. range line road, mequon. the mequon-thiensville recreation department will host a holiday luncheon for seniors thursday, dec. 7.
in addition to lunch catered by prime minister, the event will include games, a prize table and goodie bags from local merchants. al anderson’s jazz band will be on hand for entertainment. doors open at 10:30 a.m., with entertainment to start at 11 and lunch at noon.
admission is $17. for more information, call 262-238-7535.
head to the village of brown deer for its tree lighting ceremony from 6:30 to 8 p.m. thursday, dec. 7, at the north shore fire station, 4401 w. river lane. the event will include hot chocolate, cookies, music and fire station tours. guests may also meet a police dog and get their picture taken with santa. the brown deer high school choir will be on hand caroling. the tree lighting itself will take place at 7:30 p.m. the event is free to attend.
the cedarburg-grafton rotary holiday symphony concert is set for 7 p.m. thursday, dec. 7, at the cedarburg performing arts center, w68 n611 evergreen blvd. tickets start at $40 and can be purchased at www.cedarburgpac.com or by calling 262-376-6161. student tickets are $25.
take in some live tunes at unitarian church north, 13800 n. port washington road, mequon. vezner and henry will take to the stage at 7:30 p.m. dec. 8 as part of the wisconsin singer songwriter series.
tickets are $18 in advance and can be purchased at the stagecoach inn and grapes & tastes in cedarburg, north shore bank locations in mequon and grafton and vines to cellar winery in port washington.
for more information, call 262-457-4399. doors open at 7 p.m.
take a journey at the port washington fire department, 104 w. washington st., on saturday, dec. 9. the firehouse will host caroling, cookie decorating, trolley rides, a train display, letters to santa, photos with santa and mrs. claus and even making reindeer food. admission is $6 per person, or free for children ages 2 and younger. for more information, call 262-284-5881.
head over to the cedarburg performing arts center, w68 n611 evergreen blvd., as the piano sounds and voices of jim brickman and ann cochran gear up for an evening concert sunday, dec. 10.
the performance starts at 7:30 p.m.; tickets are $55. for more information, call 262-376-6162.


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THE ROAD TO HOPE 2018 was huge success! All who walked in Buffalo Gap, Dallas, and across the country enjoyed the camaraderie and challenge as they walked (or ran) in support of recovery for themselves or a loved one. Participants and donors raised over $60,000 to provide treatment for other individuals struggling with eating disorders and addiction. A sincere thanks to all who supported our efforts!
WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF OUR 2018 THE ROAD TO HOPE DONORS!

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the road to hope 2018 was huge success! all who walked in buffalo gap, dallas, and across the country enjoyed the camaraderie and challenge as they walked (or ran) in support of recovery for themselves or a loved one. participants and donors raised over $60,000 to provide treatment for other individuals struggling with eating disorders and addiction. a sincere thanks to all who supported our efforts!
we appreciate the support of our 2018 the road to hope donors!


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lowercased: the all-new and improved everlite aluminum open utility trailers provide maximum durability in a light- weight frame. look has spent an extensive amount of time engineering and developing the full line of aluminum open trailers. these everlite trailers are different from the ground up—featuring triple a-frame tongue construction and an integrated front cross member for ultimate durability. the smart, first step to adding a strong new income stream to your business is to partner with a brand that can give you outstanding support, superior national name recognition and an impressive line of products tailored to today’s customers. exiss trailers are the centerpiece of profitable dealer operations throughout the u.s. if you are in an underserved area, we would like to talk with you about joining our winning team. featherlite’s product line includes aluminum horse trailers, living quarters trailers, stock trailers, car trailers, recreational trailers and utility trailers, as well as business-to-business specialty trailers, command centers and professional race transporters. featherlite dealership opportunities are available throughout the u.s. and canada. featherlite is part of universal trailer’s family of brands. felling trailers, inc. has been providing innovative solutions to your specialized transport needs for over 40 years. with over 100 years combined industry sales experience, felling has the answers to your transport needs. felling, the trailer experts. felling trailers, inc. is an iso 9001:2015 certified company. floe manufactures quality aluminum atv/snowmobile trailers and the cargo max xrt—the utility trailer that changed the industry. floe products are designed and produced with innovation at the core. from the patented versa-track infinite tie-down system to cargo max’s extreme rugged technology, which creates a unique combination of strength, functionality, and style—floe is always at the forefront of innovation and design among trailer manufacturers.


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So begins the saga of my cockpit project.
I grabbed two sheets of 1/2-inch plywood from Lowes... 18.00 per sheet.
I got BaldieSr involved in the construction and we were able to complete a great deal in one day, but it wont be completed (sanding/painting) untill this weekend. The following weekend, we begin building another... BaldieSr wants one too!
Total cost so far is $40. I still have to by the padding/covering and some paint.
The plywood comes in 4x8 foot sheets. You can use MDF if you don't want to deal with sanding/priming prior to painting. I would have used 1/2-inch mdf, but none was available.
The seat is made from 3-inch foam rubber. I still haven't gone shopping for that yet, but I'm guessing it will not be too expensive.
Cool. I DL'd and checked it out. I might just go ahead build one for the "in your face" factor with my wife...hehe.
I built a couple of those a little over a year ago.
Here are some shots of mine.
The panels and switches are just decals I made based on some images of F-16 panels I downloaded off the web.
I bought some inkjet transparencies, flipped the images over (so they displayed backwards) and then printed them onto the transparencies. That gave me correct looking panels when viewed through the plastic of the non-printed side.
Once I had all of those done, I spray painted the back (printed side) of the transparencies with white Krylon to make them visible when not backed by a white sheet of paper. That left me with smudge and damage proof plastic panel sheets. From there it was just a matter of cutting them out, spraying the back (painted) side with 3M #77 adhesive and sticking them down on the cockpit where I wanted them to be.
Total cost of the project was probably about $60. Not bad for something that sturdy and finished.
The seat cushion is just one I picked up at Wal-Mart for about $6 in the patio section. It fits perfectly, and is even close to the right green color if you flip it over to hide the striped part.
Due to some special personal circumstances, I have a bit of expertise on construction of seat padding.
In this area, my suggestion is to use a cheap foam sleeping pad (the type for camping) for the base padding. These pads can be found relatively cheap or free (discarded by Boy Scout troops, for example). They are often around .5" thick, and are of fairly high density foam, good for a seat's base padding.
Next, lighter-density foam can often be found at fabric stores, such a Jo-Ann's fabrics (might be a regional chain, I'm not sure).
There, I found two densities of foam in 3" or so thicknesses. Stacking the lighter density on top makes for a cushy seat.
When cutting all this foam, an electric turkey carving knife works great.
Right-on. The seat cushions were a concern, but I like your idea. Thanks!
How much knee-room do you have? I want to use two drawer-slides to make a keyboard tray that slides, but I'm starting to think there isn't enough room.
How far from you is your monitor? I am concerned about TiR since its seems to work best about 18 inches.
Knee room is fine. The distance from the "desk" part of it is adjustable, since the cockpit isn't all one piece. You can set the front part back as far (or close) as you like.
I built mine before the keyboard tray was an option, so I'm not sure about distance on that. One of these days I'll probably make the extra 3 parts or so to get the tray, but for now I'm happy with it as is.
Monitor distance is probably close to 3 feet when I'm sitting back in the chair. I usually lean forward a little when using the TrackIR, but mostly I've found the distance isn't too much of a problem.
You should wear a mask while cutting any lumbers, but MDF especially so. My father is a very skilled craftsman, and has used MDF on several recent projects, including one for his custom TV cabinet/entertainment center. The powdered saw dust that came off that MDF was VERY, VERY FINE in size, everything was coated, covered, and generally caked in the stuff. I don't even want to think about what would happen if you inhaled the mess. Wear a mask.
I built my pit from 18mm plywood, also preferring to avoic MDF due to the extremely fine dust involved. I managed to find a used but clean Recaro-type bucket-seat with a headrest, and it is adjustable for rake & lumbar as well as having a sliding rail for getting to the right distance from the pedals.
Hey I got those plans too.(got them from you last time you posted) and I am fixing to get on the project myself. My only problem is where to find some good quality foam. WoooHooo cant wait. Good bye corner desk HELLOOO cockpit.
Hmmmmmm... now I'm picturing you characters in your Roger Ramjet fuzzy Pj's, super modified bicycle helmets with the athletic cup/oxygen masks, the therapist with that look on his face as he is jotting his notes about you and observing all this and humming to himself from the other side of the safety glass.
BtW .. my Me 110 'pit is almost finished and my therapist wants the first "flight"..
I wish I had the time and the money to invest into a project like building a cocpit.
Ah, invest in a bigger, flatter monitor!
cheers for the designs , im planning on buliding 2 thead to head simulators for my cadet squadron running original il2 as the budget is constrained, also does anyone know how to make cheap rudder pedals will racing car ones do like ther ones u get with a steering wheel do?
being a necessity dosen't stop it sucking!
You can buy good quality foam from self-employed people or small companies which are active in the upholstery-business.
You know , the kind of people who can also restore an antique chair or sofa .
Just look them up in the yellow pages .
I use hard density foam , 10 cm thick for the seat , and 5 cm thick for the back.

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so begins the saga of my cockpit project.
i grabbed two sheets of 1/2-inch plywood from lowes... 18.00 per sheet.
i got baldiesr involved in the construction and we were able to complete a great deal in one day, but it wont be completed (sanding/painting) untill this weekend. the following weekend, we begin building another... baldiesr wants one too!
total cost so far is $40. i still have to by the padding/covering and some paint.
the plywood comes in 4x8 foot sheets. you can use mdf if you don't want to deal with sanding/priming prior to painting. i would have used 1/2-inch mdf, but none was available.
the seat is made from 3-inch foam rubber. i still haven't gone shopping for that yet, but i'm guessing it will not be too expensive.
cool. i dl'd and checked it out. i might just go ahead build one for the "in your face" factor with my wife...hehe.
i built a couple of those a little over a year ago.
here are some shots of mine.
the panels and switches are just decals i made based on some images of f-16 panels i downloaded off the web.
i bought some inkjet transparencies, flipped the images over (so they displayed backwards) and then printed them onto the transparencies. that gave me correct looking panels when viewed through the plastic of the non-printed side.
once i had all of those done, i spray painted the back (printed side) of the transparencies with white krylon to make them visible when not backed by a white sheet of paper. that left me with smudge and damage proof plastic panel sheets. from there it was just a matter of cutting them out, spraying the back (painted) side with 3m #77 adhesive and sticking them down on the cockpit where i wanted them to be.
total cost of the project was probably about $60. not bad for something that sturdy and finished.
the seat cushion is just one i picked up at wal-mart for about $6 in the patio section. it fits perfectly, and is even close to the right green color if you flip it over to hide the striped part.
due to some special personal circumstances, i have a bit of expertise on construction of seat padding.
in this area, my suggestion is to use a cheap foam sleeping pad (the type for camping) for the base padding. these pads can be found relatively cheap or free (discarded by boy scout troops, for example). they are often around .5" thick, and are of fairly high density foam, good for a seat's base padding.
next, lighter-density foam can often be found at fabric stores, such a jo-ann's fabrics (might be a regional chain, i'm not sure).
there, i found two densities of foam in 3" or so thicknesses. stacking the lighter density on top makes for a cushy seat.
when cutting all this foam, an electric turkey carving knife works great.
right-on. the seat cushions were a concern, but i like your idea. thanks!
how much knee-room do you have? i want to use two drawer-slides to make a keyboard tray that slides, but i'm starting to think there isn't enough room.
how far from you is your monitor? i am concerned about tir since its seems to work best about 18 inches.
knee room is fine. the distance from the "desk" part of it is adjustable, since the cockpit isn't all one piece. you can set the front part back as far (or close) as you like.
i built mine before the keyboard tray was an option, so i'm not sure about distance on that. one of these days i'll probably make the extra 3 parts or so to get the tray, but for now i'm happy with it as is.
monitor distance is probably close to 3 feet when i'm sitting back in the chair. i usually lean forward a little when using the trackir, but mostly i've found the distance isn't too much of a problem.
you should wear a mask while cutting any lumbers, but mdf especially so. my father is a very skilled craftsman, and has used mdf on several recent projects, including one for his custom tv cabinet/entertainment center. the powdered saw dust that came off that mdf was very, very fine in size, everything was coated, covered, and generally caked in the stuff. i don't even want to think about what would happen if you inhaled the mess. wear a mask.
i built my pit from 18mm plywood, also preferring to avoic mdf due to the extremely fine dust involved. i managed to find a used but clean recaro-type bucket-seat with a headrest, and it is adjustable for rake & lumbar as well as having a sliding rail for getting to the right distance from the pedals.
hey i got those plans too.(got them from you last time you posted) and i am fixing to get on the project myself. my only problem is where to find some good quality foam. wooohooo cant wait. good bye corner desk hellooo cockpit.
hmmmmmm... now i'm picturing you characters in your roger ramjet fuzzy pj's, super modified bicycle helmets with the athletic cup/oxygen masks, the therapist with that look on his face as he is jotting his notes about you and observing all this and humming to himself from the other side of the safety glass.
btw .. my me 110 'pit is almost finished and my therapist wants the first "flight"..
i wish i had the time and the money to invest into a project like building a cocpit.
ah, invest in a bigger, flatter monitor!
cheers for the designs , im planning on buliding 2 thead to head simulators for my cadet squadron running original il2 as the budget is constrained, also does anyone know how to make cheap rudder pedals will racing car ones do like ther ones u get with a steering wheel do?
being a necessity dosen't stop it sucking!
you can buy good quality foam from self-employed people or small companies which are active in the upholstery-business.
you know , the kind of people who can also restore an antique chair or sofa .
just look them up in the yellow pages .
i use hard density foam , 10 cm thick for the seat , and 5 cm thick for the back.


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Review: First and foremost, great customer service! The seller was in communication with me the entire order process and had quick responses! And the shipping and the delivery of the product was fast! The wig was as described. I colored the hair and it held up. I have only been wearing the hair for 2 weeks so I cannot comment on the longevity of the hair. I. regards the to the order transaction, 5 star and more than likely will order from them again!
Review: The texture and feel of this hair is amazing. However, the hair sheds a little and the cap does not fit no matter what I try. It's beautiful on now that I've attached an elastic band from the corners. It's suits me very well and I'm in love with it. I'll definitely order another one. I give this seller a 5 star because their customer service was excellent. You have earned a customer for life!!
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Review: This hair is amazing soft and beautiful! Soon i will make some pictures. Asa thanx for the advice!
Review: Love the hair. I ordered the hair on Friday and received the hair that Tuesday. The hair was really soft and the curl pattern was perfect. I cannot wait to install. I will post pics after installation.
Review: I love the it very soft the quality is perfect i wasn't expecting it. The communication with the seller was great he/she tried to inform with every details of the hair. The delivery was perfect I'm buying another one soon, and thank u Rossa for the little gift.
Review: So far so good, this hair is amazing and the density is A+. I'm a hair fanatic and I can tell good hair right from the bat. The hair is so soft and I did get a little bit of shedding. Other than that, this is really good hair. The front lace has a very natural appearance and the baby hairs blend right in to disguise the hairline. Oh and the hairline is very natural too.
Review: This hair is amazing, very full which I was pleasantly surprised by. This hair passes the wet test and looks amazing wet or dry. I got the 16 in which seems shorter than I like but I ended up loving it. I'm gonna buy another one but longer :) oh and shipping was super fast!! I got it a day ahead of schedule.

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review: first and foremost, great customer service! the seller was in communication with me the entire order process and had quick responses! and the shipping and the delivery of the product was fast! the wig was as described. i colored the hair and it held up. i have only been wearing the hair for 2 weeks so i cannot comment on the longevity of the hair. i. regards the to the order transaction, 5 star and more than likely will order from them again!
review: the texture and feel of this hair is amazing. however, the hair sheds a little and the cap does not fit no matter what i try. it's beautiful on now that i've attached an elastic band from the corners. it's suits me very well and i'm in love with it. i'll definitely order another one. i give this seller a 5 star because their customer service was excellent. you have earned a customer for life!!
review: this hair is super. got to me in 3 working days. asa you're the best, very professional and kept updating me about my hair until it got to me. nice doing business with you. i recommend you to anyone who wants to buy good quality hair. everywhere i went, people are like - wow your hair is gorgeous and so full. thanks a million times. i'm happy!
review: this hair is amazing soft and beautiful! soon i will make some pictures. asa thanx for the advice!
review: love the hair. i ordered the hair on friday and received the hair that tuesday. the hair was really soft and the curl pattern was perfect. i cannot wait to install. i will post pics after installation.
review: i love the it very soft the quality is perfect i wasn't expecting it. the communication with the seller was great he/she tried to inform with every details of the hair. the delivery was perfect i'm buying another one soon, and thank u rossa for the little gift.
review: so far so good, this hair is amazing and the density is a+. i'm a hair fanatic and i can tell good hair right from the bat. the hair is so soft and i did get a little bit of shedding. other than that, this is really good hair. the front lace has a very natural appearance and the baby hairs blend right in to disguise the hairline. oh and the hairline is very natural too.
review: this hair is amazing, very full which i was pleasantly surprised by. this hair passes the wet test and looks amazing wet or dry. i got the 16 in which seems shorter than i like but i ended up loving it. i'm gonna buy another one but longer :) oh and shipping was super fast!! i got it a day ahead of schedule.


text: Our 2015 classic Lagoon 450 is a perfect 4 charter yacht available from Marina Trogir - SCT, in Croatia. You will find she sleeps 8+2+2 comfortably. This yacht is perfect for groups seeking a little more space, with great value.

lowercased: our 2015 classic lagoon 450 is a perfect 4 charter yacht available from marina trogir - sct, in croatia. you will find she sleeps 8+2+2 comfortably. this yacht is perfect for groups seeking a little more space, with great value.