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The NA Meeting Search app was developed by Narcotics Anonymous World Services to help recovering addicts find an NA meeting anywhere in the world. The application has a map-based meeting search that will find meetings near your current location. You can also search by Area Code and State or find local helplines and Websites. A link to the Just For Today meditation is also included. The Roanoke Area regularly updates the information accessed through the app. However, outside the Roanoke Area the accuracy of the information cannot be guaranteed. TO ENSURE THE MOST ACCURATE MEETING INFORMATION FOR ANOTHER AREA, NAWS RECOMMENDS CHECKING THE AREA'S WEBSITE OR MEETING LIST.
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When Bretta reads in the newspaper that Isaac Miller, an Amish farmer who supplied some of her most beautiful flowers, has died under mysterious circumstances, she's shocked and saddened. But her shock turns to curiosity when Isaac's brother Evan, a friend of hers since his family bought her parents' farm in neighboring Woodgrove, calls and asks her to help him find out more about his brother's death.
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This wiki has been updated 20 times since it was first published in September of 2015. What are some of your favorite things about winter? Even if the list is short, it should include getting to zoom down icy hills on one of these awesome snow tubes. Our selection includes budget-priced models good for smaller kids as well as highly durable ones that even adults can enjoy (if you have the heart to tear it out of your child's hands, that is), and everything in between. When users buy our independently chosen editorial choices, we may earn commissions to help fund the Wiki. Skip to the best snow tube on Amazon.
How to Protect Your Snow Tube From Slow Leaks (& Other Damage)
Fortunately, there are precautions that you can take to avoid placing your tube in a compromising position.
In addition, try to store the snow tube along a smooth, flat surface.
The majority of snow tubes have been designed with a durable liner, which is good. But this is not to say that a snow tube isn't above the occasional puncture. Fortunately, there are precautions that you can take to avoid placing your tube in a compromising position. For starters, don't over-inflate your tube to an extent that it's just waiting to burst open. Use an air pump's pressure gauge to determine when the inner-tube is nearing its capacity, then confirm the tube is full by ensuring that there aren't dead spots.
By and large, it makes more sense to sit inside of a snow tube than to lie on top of it. Winter jackets are designed with several hooks and zippers, any of which could penetrate a snow tube, especially if that tube's owner is running up and jumping onto it at the beginning of every ride. When choosing a hill, do your best to avoid any slopes that might be lined with protruding - or even camouflaged - objects (i.e., twigs, stones, or shards of glass). Whenever possible, sled down a path that's already been smoothed over via other inner-tubes and toboggans.
Whenever you're done using a snow tube for the day, be sure to wipe, or even hose down, the bottom of it. In addition, try to store the snow tube along a smooth, flat surface. Cramming a snow tube in between several sharp objects can cause minor tears when you go to pull it back out.
If you plan on using a snow tube in the ocean or on a river during the warm-weather months, make it a point to avoid any jagged rocks or shells, especially in shallow waters. Lay a beach towel over any tube that is not being used to ensure that the midday sun doesn't cause it any damage.
How To Ride Safely & Responsibly On a Snow Tube
If you live near a sledding hill or a ski resort, snow tubes can be a lot of fun. But these tubes are also unique in that they do not feature safety belts or brakes. The good news is that if you ride responsibly, you will not have a need for either one.
But these tubes are also unique in that they do not feature safety belts or brakes.
In the event that your snow tube is speeding toward an obstruction, your best course of action may be to pull up on one side of your tube, causing it to veer wide, or topple over. The alternative is to simply fall back until you slide off of your tube. This option should only be attempted if there is nobody behind you and you are wearing a helmet.
An effective sledding hill operates based on a social contract. All of the sledders need to be considerate of one another. They need to avoid arguing and help each other up. Sledders need to use the far edges of the hill when they're heading back toward the top. And they need to wait their turn instead of speeding down less than a second after someone else has launched.
Snow tubing should be done during the daytime, or, at the very least, you should seek out an area that has ample light. You should avoid tubing on a hill that empties out onto a street, a frozen body of water, or a parking lot.
Any tube that is full of air and smooth across the bottom should glide its way straight down a hill. Leaning back with your feet facing forward should provide an even more dynamic ride.
A Brief History of The Snow Tube
According to one legend, snow tubing existed as early as the 1820s, at which point daredevils were riding roughshod across the white-capped Alpine Mountains. This account seems dubious, however, especially given pneumatic tires and air mattresses weren't available until the 1890s. A more widely-accepted explanation maintains that World War One G.I.s discovered tubing while experimenting with the scrapped tires from their vehicles.
Prior to that consumers were more inclined toward the traditional braking of a toboggan.
American G.I.s were known for chaining a rubber tire to the back of a military jeep. This jeep would, in turn, be used to whip the tire - and any attendant soldiers - around. G.I.s were also known for using a tire's rubber inner-tube as a flotation device. Manufacturers got wise to this idea during the 1920s. They began designing inflatables and life preservers for use in oceans, pools, lakes, and rivers.
Snow tubing became an outgrowth of all this, although not until the 1970s. Prior to that consumers were more inclined toward the traditional braking of a toboggan. Snow tubing gained initial notoriety thanks to skiers who had taken to riding tubes along the black-diamond slopes of the Rocky Mountains. The response was so immediate that Colorado ski resorts began renting tubes out to the public.
By the mid-1980s, snow tubing had evolved into an alternate form of sledding. The American public came to appreciate that an inflatable tube provided a lot more cushion than a wooden toboggan. Since then, snow tubing has gone on to become an even more popular form of recreation. Today, there are high-elevation ski resorts that offer snow tubing, year-round.
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Why become a freelance writer?
Freelance writing sounds like a fun career path to take. It can be rewarding in both personal and financial terms, and the greatest perk is that you can do it from anywhere you like. An on-line freelance writer can work from their local cafe or home, and that freedom of choice concerning a freelancer's workplace is one of the most enticing aspects of freelance writing.
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- A good command of the English language is an absolute must, there's little point applying for a job like this when you aren't able to communicate to the standard required.
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- Proof reading! Sounds like it should be part of quality control right? Proof reading is so important that I feel it needs it's own point. It's easier than you would imagine to miss the little mistakes in your writing. It becomes second nature after a time; so don't worry; but at the beginning it doesn't hurt to get someone to check it over for you (Alina is checking my spelling as I type).
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The first phase of a freelancer's career (as with many other careers) is the most challenging. Many do not know where to look for jobs or how one even becomes an on-line freelance writer. The best place to start searching for freelance work is on noticeboards and dedicated websites. Sites such as Elance and Problogger are examples of the above. These two examples (and others like them) display lists of jobs for freelance writers. These job opportunities are posted by companies or individuals looking to hire fresh writing talent, that means you! So getting started doesn't have to be such a daunting experience.
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My personal experience was different, but equally challenging. I actually found a job almost as soon as I started. However, not every writing job is a good one. This particular opportunity had three major flaws. Firstly, the pay was too low. Secondly, the subject area which I was being asked to cover was not an area of interest for me. Thirdly, the client was slow to respond to my correspondence.
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The answer to this question seems obvious, but why isn't low-paid freelancing like any other minimum wage job? The answer is that in freelance writing you are often paid by word count. In this case I was paid per thousand words. A low rate of pay per thousand words meant that I was forced to write as many thousands of words as I could in a limited amount of time. Researching and writing in such a way can wear you out and sap the fun out of an enjoyable career.
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By Jerry Mooney
I've written quite a bit about the revolutionary implications of Bitcoin and the blockchain. In the evolution of money, from seashells to gold to EMV card technology, Bitcoin is not merely another electronic payment system like Paypal or DIY E-payment systems. Bitcoin is transformative. But its configuration, where the ledger is open and the identities of those on the ledger on all commerce create a system of anonymous users. This is exciting when considering the implications to cybercrime with the rise of the cybercriminal plus how it can prevent theft and identity fraud, but there is another implication that needs to be discussed. What are the tax implications?
Many Bitcoin enthusiasts point to the fact that our current tax system has devolved to taxation without representation in that the taxes are used to disproportionately fund the interests of deep-pocketed lobbyists and their interests. This has cultivated a sentiment that participation in the tax system promotes a power structure that is concentrated and centralized, which is opposite of the ethics of Bitcoin enthusiasts.
However, there are real implications to not having any tax revenue and with the anonymous configuration of Bitcoin many have speculated that it could circumvent taxation entirely. Currently, Bitcoin transactions are frictionless: not fees, no sales tax, no traceable method of taxation. But now that the Bitcoin network is transacting in the billions of dollars, the IRS is responding. According to Villanova University, tax law in 2016 will include new provisions regarding Bitcoin and taxes. The IRS has two problems with this though. First, the Bitcoin reporting will be completely on the honor system, much like the revenue from a yardsale or other unlicensed transactions. Again, the ledger of transactions is completely open, but the identities of those transacting is completely anonymous. Therefore, any attempt to trace revenue or sales is futile.
Secondly, the IRS has classified Bitcoin as both an asset and a currency for tax purposes, but they fall into a bind. If they tax Bitcoin as currency, that legitimates the currency and the way it was created. The Central Bank very much opposes this. But if they don't they are limited to taxation bases on capital gains, which is only 15% and assuming they can collect. Either way, Bitcoin is disrupting the way in which money functions worldwide.
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This means that if Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies were to open themselves to some forms of internal monitoring, they could make contributing to societal good less expensive, more efficient and more representative of those who participate. Imagine a system, where instead of giving our money to a central agency, like the Treasury Department and allow bought and sold 'representatives' to determine how to spend our money, the money is tied to a live system where issues can be decided in real time and distributed based on a consensus. If a hurricane hits Florida and a consensus of Bitcoin users agree that we should all contribute, a fraction of everyone's Bitcoin could be sent for relief, arriving immediately and bypassing all of the expense and delay of bureaucracy. This might sound idealistic, but the decentralized distributed model is where the world is moving. Just look at email.
Jerry Mooney is co-founder and managing editor of Zenruption and the author of History Yoghurt and the Moon. He studied at the University of Munich and Lewis and Clark College where he received his BA in International Affairs and West European Studies. He has recently taught Language and Communications at a small, private college and owned various businesses, including an investment company. Jerry is committed to zenrupting the forces that block social, political and economic justice. He can also be found on Twitter @JerryMooney
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Getting your needs met without being angry
Heartbased parenting, family constellations
If the urge to control OTHERS would be recognized as an expression of FEAR-full thinking, than parents could be much more happy if they communicate their wishes differently.
We can never REALLY expect anybody to do something they don't want to comply with, other then using coercion/ threat which is violent. Being punished or rewarded for every step you take takes away the natural joy and behavior of 'just doing it'.
Requesting respectfully based on compassion and awareness of each other's needs creates easy compliance. The model of Crystal Clear Communication is a great tool to realize that. Not to please each other to get something out of it, but to please because it is great to do something for someone else. The joy of the mitsvah/a good deed. Just a higher level of conscious living.


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KUALA LUMPUR- Louis Oosthuizen bounced back from his US Masters heartbreak in the best possible fashion as he completed a stirring three-shot victory at the Malaysian Open on Sunday.
Oosthuizen cut a miserable figure after last week's Augusta play-off, but he was all smiles following his win over Scotland's Stephen Gallacher, who pushed him until the final holes at par-72 Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club.
The South African, who soared to prominence when he won the British Open two years ago, shot 66, 68, 69, 68 for a 17 under par total, enough for his first victory in Asia and his second of the season after January's Africa Open. But most importantly, the win atones for his gut-wrenching Masters play-off defeat just one week ago to America's Bubba Watson, whose mesmerising shot from trees proved the difference on the second play-off hole.
Last year's Masters champion Charl Schwartzel was sixth, six shots back, while defending champion Matteo Manassero and former world number one Martin Kaymer were both in seventh spot. England's Danny Willett, David Lipsy of the United States, and Spain's Rafael Cabrera-Bello shared third on 12-under-par 276.
Since Augusta, Oosthuizen has flown 10,000 miles (16,000 kilometres) across 12 time zones with his wife and children and grappled with jet lag in tropical Malaysia, where capricious weather forced storm delays on Friday and Saturday. But he candidly admitted the Masters was still on his mind when he was asked if he felt set for a great year.
"It would have been better if I had the green jacket!" Oosthuizen said. "I had a good week last week and I'm looking forward to the next majors." Oosthuizen had to rise early to complete seven holes of his third round, after heavy showers curtailed Saturday's play. He finished it with 69 to maintain his narrow, one-shot lead over Scottish journeyman Gallacher.
He dashed straight back out for his fourth round and, as hot sun replaced the rain-clouds, raced through the front nine with three birdies against a bogey on the par-four sixth to turn at 15 under, a lead of two shots. Fellow South African Schwartzel, who shot a stunning 64 in round one before slipping off the pace, had got off like a shot with birdie, eagle, birdie on holes four to six, and he picked up another stroke on the 10th.
But he pretended to snap his putter in frustration after a bogey on 13 slowed his charge, and then drove into the water on 16 as his challenge dissolved. Meanwhile Gallacher slashed Oosthuizen's lead back to one shot when he birdied the 10th, and he held his nerve with a five-foot save on the par-four 13th to keep pressure on the front-runner.
But within minutes Oosthuizen, playing the same hole in the very next group, arrowed his pitch to within eight feet and duly holed out for a two-shot cushion on 16 under par. Oosthuizen's putter was running hot and he was in disbelief when a 30-foot birdie putt just veered centimetres (inches) left on the par-four 14th.
He then shaved the cup with another long putt on the par-three 15th.
And the 29-year-old, who had won only three European Tour events before this season, finished it as a contest on 16 when he swept a stunning long iron shot from rough to within three feet to move to 17 under and a three-shot lead.
Oosthuizen was lucky to dodge a bunker as he landed in rough by the 18th green but he calmly chipped on, putted to three inches, and then waited for his partners to finish before tapping in for victory. "I'm a little bit surprised because I thought I would be tired," he said. "I played well and the game was there so that made it a lot easier. My game was a bit up and down but I kind of settled down for the final 18 holes."
Earlier, Germany's Kaymer was four under through 10 holes but he came apart on the home stretch and finished with an ugly triple-bogey in front of massed fans on the 18th green for 71. Six-time European Tour winner Alvaro Quiros finished tied for 29th and New Zealand major-winner Michael Campbell had to settle for a share of 63rd as his seven-year win drought continues.


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I love chocolate (the darker, the better).
I love cherries and I love wine.
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Oh the lable wasn't kidding! This beverage is an orgasm for the tounge.
When inhaling the arroma, the scent was sharp but sublte with only the faintest hint of berries. The smell carries dark raspberries with vanilla and the flavor is even better. At first you taste a rich full flavor of red fruits. The soft, mild tannins were completely overpowered by the luscious flavors of rich vanilla and dark chocolate. This powerful combination then melted into a blueberry finish with just a hint of bite to help the flavor linger on in the mouth. Even after you swallow, the flavors continue to dance on the back of your tongue.
I highly recomend to enjoy this drink slowly for the wonderful experience!
Perhaps the wine is so appealing because it was created by a lady winemaker Georgetta Dane.
It takes a woman to know what a woman really wants in a wine!
She continues her journey at Cocobon, where she harnesses the power of all her senses and creates a Zen-like balance at the intersection of art, science, and soul.


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64: Night in the Ruts
HEY! put down that flamethrower! it's B&AJ 64!
Direct download here -> 49 minutes. I know, you're saying "Hey, that's a long one".. We've heard that before..
Nuts or Balls?
Great comments last week
Arthur has Ottawa podcast meetup audio on the Ottawa Local Podcast
Great turnout for the secret word for last week: Muffin Top
Chris from Kaflooey gets the Lowbuz CD thanks to CC the borg
AJ's broken headphones
No one listens to the tunes anyway
AJ completely derails Bob
Bob & AJ beat out commercial radio by over a year
Movie fonts at dafont.com
The Hall of Douchebags at Rock and Roll Confidential:
Oh, this one's not safe for work
Krash from Oka-Zoo and AudioPopcorn sends a comment about Bob's unfortunate-comment-from-show-63-where-he-may-have-offended
-other-montreal-podcasters-but-really-didn't -mean-anything-by-it-so-let-it-go-ok?
The Ottawa Meetup was loads of fun
FUZZY LOGIC on location! Hosted by Mark Blevis)
Sylvie Frechette the Synchronized swimmer
Grant wrote a nice review of our show for PodcastUser Magazine
Matt does the half-canadian thing and speaks up on the Best Canadian musical act poll
Poll winner: Tragically Hip
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Selections from Mostlytunes this week:
35R – Never Rest
SugarPlum Fairies – #2 Kraft PaperBag
Laura Distasi – Moonsong


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***Badlands is a special edition mini novella, covering themes from both the Blood & Roses series and the Dead Man's Ink series.***
Michael Aubertin has an arrangement - one that not only suits him, but also the couple he spends time with, too. No strings. No questions. No complications. Nothing could be simpler.
His work life, on the other hand...
With strange, intense women showing up on his employer's doorstep, dodging crazed English mob bosses, and dealing with a long-lost cousin on a mission, Michael's day couldn't possibly get more complicated.
Badlands is a short story, released especially for Christmas 2015. Michael will be receiving his own full-length story in late 2016.


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Archive for the 'Update' Category
Twittelator Pro 3.6
It seems to be a day for downloading upgrades and seeing how Twitter clients are progressing. Twittelator Pro 3.0 was the first Twitter client to take advantage of the features of OS 3.0 and the iPhone 3GS when they were introduced last year. It was ready on launch to upload audio and video. I bought it at that point, and it was an eye-opening experience. I thought Tweetie was everything a Twitter client could be…Twittelator soon showed me a whole new range of possibilities…bookmarks, lists, saved tweets and sets of tweets, in-line image thumbs in list view, intelligent tweet counts in all views, etc, etc.: Twittelator Pro was so feature rich that it made using any lesser client seem like a huge step backward. Goodbye Tweetie. (see my first Twittelator Pro review.)
Only the advent of SimplyTweet, which had a similar feature set, a simpler UI (at least in my eyes), and PUSH! took me away from Twittelator.
Still I download every Twittelator Pro upgrade just to see how it is developing. Today version 3.6 appeared in the App Store, with one feature that I just had to try right away: TextExpander support. I have become addicted to TE in SimplyTweet, and I am of the opinion that every text based iPhone app should feature integration. It is hard to imagine how useful it is until the the 6th time you begin a tweet with "Just in case you missed it:". Setting a TE snippet to "jicumi" allows you to type just that: "jicumi" and have it magically expanded into the whole phrase, including the ":". I use it all the time.
With the exception of Push, Twittelator Pro has done an excellent job of keeping up with new features of the OS and Twitter. This version does both traditional Retweets (with the possibility of comments) and the new Twitter native Retweet. And Twitter native lists have replaced the custom lists in previous versions of Twittelator. The advantage of using the Twitter native lists is, of course, portability. Any app that uses Twitter native lists, including the Twitter web interface itself, can use the same lists you create on Twitter, or in another client that integrates the list features. When you switch clients, for whatever reason, you do not lose your lists. Of course there is a price. Twitter lists only collect direct tweets from users. They do not collect replies. Most custom lists in the clients that implemented them collected both. You can't have everything.
Twittelator Pro does continue to provide an interesting an unique feature called Bookmarks. This allows you to add a user to a list you can later access from the More menu to call up all that user's tweets with a single touch.
Another of the can haves of Twittelator is geotagging. It supports native Twitter geo tags and does an excellent job with a built-in map view for Nearby search, which is fully integrated with an intelligent list view as well. It is one of the best Nearby search implementations I have yet seen.
Version 3.6 also includes what the creator is calling an in-line browser. Of course every Twitter client that I know of uses the OS browser calls and interface to provide a way to view links within the app. Twittelator just provides a view where you can enter your own url or go to the Google page.
When you add all these new features, and more that I have not mentioned, introduced since version 3.0, Twittelator remains one of the richest Twitter experiences on any platform.
But no push. Twittelator relies on Boxcar. I downloaded Boxcar again today and set it up for Twittelator. Nah! Not the same as the native Push integration offered by Twitbit, Echofon, TwitBird, and SimplyTweet. Not at all! Sorry. No.
Then too, Twittelator has a UI that, honestly, takes some getting used to. Considering the popularity of the app, lots of people must get used to it…but it is very different from the majority of Twitter clients…and very different, in fact, from the emerging standard interface conventions among all iPhone apps. You won't see any swipes or tap for pop-up action menus here.
For instance, here is a screen shot of the list view, with little arrows and explanations of the controls.
Nothing wrong with that. Everything you might want to do is there…even if it is not obvious to the new user.
But it is different. In every other Twitter client I have tested on the iPhone, tapping the tweet in the list view opens the tweet in tweet view. Tapping the tweet does nothing in Twittelator. You have to tap the user name to open tweet view. In other apps tapping the avatar initiates a reply. In Twittelator it opens the profile of the user, and gives you your only access to @users within the tweet. It also allows you to do a Reply All. To initiate a normal reply (without opening the tweet view), you have to tap the time stamp…unless the tweet is itself a reply, in which case the time stamp will be in a speech bubble, and tapping it will open conversation view for the reply (leaving you without any way to directly initiate a reply of your own until you get to the conversation view).
If there are links, or #hastags in the tweet you have to tap the attachment icon to access them. That produces a menu of the possible links for you to choose from. That is the only way to open links or #hashtags, since once you figure out how to open the tweet view, unlike every other Twitter client on the iPhone, the links are just text…most Twitter clients require you to open tweet view before the links go live. In Twittelator you can not open a link from tweet view. Links are never live. Different. Of course, the image thumbnail right in the list view is a nice touch. Contrary to all expectation, it is live: Tapping the thumbnail opens the image viewer directly.
Here, in the screen shots, you see the pop-up menu that tapping the attachment icon opens for choosing which of the possible links you you want to activate, and the tweet view with no active links at all. As you can see, a wide range of options for action on the tweet are provided. Retweet can be set to auto choose conventional (RT or Via with comment) or Twitter native retweet, to do one or the other, or to always give you a choice. The one that is missing here is quote or repost tweet, and, unlike some other clients that have a one tap copy the whole tweet, you have to use the OS selection handles and pop-up to copy the tweet for inclusion in a new tweet.
I am not making a better/worse argument here: just pointing out that Twittelator's UI is different, and non-standard in many ways. Cryptic. It does everything you need it to do, but it takes some time to find out how to do any given thing…and some effort to remember. (There is a fairly trough instruction manual on-line and accessible from within the app). It is easy for those already in the know. Not so much for new users. You may love it and think that all Twitter clients should work this way.
I could get used to it. And the rich feature set of Twittelator makes it worthwhile. As you would expect, the longer I live with the app, the more normal it seems. But honestly, there are a growing number of clients which have all the power features of Twittelator Pro, plus a less cryptic UI , and even fully integrated push.
Still for all that, Twittelator Pro may be just your cup of Twitter Tea. It still offers features no other client offers, and has just about every feature anyone else provides. If only it did native push. I am using it as my default client, at least until SimplyTweet implements the latest Twitter native features (lists and retweet).
For more info on Twittelator go to the Stone Design web site. Or to the App Store: Twittelator Pro.
iBird apps updated to 1.8.3: the best gets better.
If you have followed my reviews of birding apps for the iPhone, you know that in my opinion iBird Explorer is, hands down, the best of the lot.
And that is saying a lot.
To quote myself, "iBird provides quick easy access to a what amounts to a whole library of birding resouces, right in the palm of your hand, as well as a complete set of audio recordings, and more images, including both detailed paintings and photographs, than you could look at in several years." And the user experience is excellent as well. iBird is a true iPhone app and makes excellent use of the UI to provide that quick easy access.
Version 1.8.3, now appearing in the App Store, adds a number of useful enhancements and refinements, and bunch of new content.
I am quoting from the iBird release on the subject, with my own comments added.
New Features
1. Shaking the device picks a random bird and plays its song. Shake twice to do it again. Word is, many users are finding this feature a good way of learning bird songs…which just might be an unforeseen benefit.
2. Family sort on Browse page now has switch: Taxonomic / Alphabetic. An excellent compromise between the needs of the beginner and the birding purist!
3. Multiple vocalizations for certain bird species. We currently only have these birds set up: American Robin, Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee, but more are coming. More will be added soon. More are needed, especially as the competition, notably Audubon Birds, features a much stronger sound library.
4. Registration. Register iBird and we'll send you a coupon for a free 6-month subscription to the WhatBird.com Make-a-Guide, a cool web based system, which lets you design and build custom field guides. You can see more about it here:
Fairly unobtrusive and useful to some.
5. 14 new search attributes plus all attributes are grouped in related areas. Welcome additions to the search criteria, but the best new feature is the rearrangement and grouping of the criteria in what now seems to be to be a much more logical scheme. Makes specifying a search much easier and the whole search function more useful.
6. Includes new search by patterns.
7. Includes new search by weight, length and wingspan. Sliders make setting the limits easy (and even a little fun!)
8. Number of birds in each state has been increased significantly. (See table below). Do see the table. Impressive work on an already extensive database of state records!
9. The switch for Color (ANY and ALL) has been simplified to an ON OFF switch.
10. The Taxonomic sort switch has been simplified to an ON OFF switch. Simplicity is always good when it does not sacrifice functionality. These changes are for the good.
11. There is a new Compare iBird Apps menu item in the More screen.
Besides the added bird sounds, over 200 additional images have been added.
In addition there are several bug fixes.
All of which clearly keeps iBird Explorer on the top of the short list of birding apps on the iPhone. It is a great app, but more than that, it reflects a great attitude on the part of its developers. They seem genuinely motivated to produce the best birding app possible, and they put a lot of effort into keeping iBird the best. Many of the refinements offered since the app appeared are totally unneeded…if your only criteria is financial success. The app would sell just as well without them. If, no the other hand, your motivation is excellence and the most excellent user experience possible, then you develop, and continue to refine, an app of iBird's obvious quality!
|New Features of iBird 1.8.3
|1. Shake opens a random species page and plays its song.
|2. Switch changes Family sort from alphabetic to taxonomic.
|3. Multiple vocalizations for species. Explains what each song means.
|4. Register iBird and receive a free subscription to the Make-a-Guide. Build custom PDF books with just the birds you want – great for classes, vacations, etc. Three formats for books.
|5. Search attributes are now grouped by similar characteristics.
6. New search by breast, belly and back pattern.
|7. Search by length, weight and wingspan. Provides an amazing wealth of information about how birds compare by these attributes.
|8. The default mode is ANY color matches (OR), the switch turns on ALL colors need to be true to match (AND
|9. The default mode for sorting is alphabetic, the switch turns on the Taxonomic mode.
|10. The item Compare Bird Apps opens a table on the web server where you can see how the iPhone bird apps stand up.
CoPilot Live 8 Updated
[Please see the updated take on Nav apps here to see why my opinion on CoPilot has changed.]
Just a quick note to say that CoPilot just released an update that, most noticeably, adds iPod controls within the app.
They are also saying improved GPS performance…but I never noticed any lack in that area in the previous version.
One thing I did note is that computer text to speech voice now says three tents of a mile instead of point three miles…the point often got swallowed in the previous version. It is now crystal clear.
The iPod controls are handy…but they promise auto-muting during voice instructions in the next update. That will actually make it work.
It is good to see that the CoPilot folks are keeping up their end. They are certainly on track to be the last paid alternative navigation app standing when Google Navigation blows everything else off the iPhone. After all, a few of us will still want on device maps…especially if Apple sticks with AT&T. CoPilot, on the basis of cost and a growing feature set, is the navigation app to own.
For the full review see CoPilot Live 8.


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KU's UAV Heads to Antarctica for Tests
Imagine traveling several hundred kilometers to work (say, the distance from Lawrence to Omaha), working a regular eight-hour day in temperatures 40 degrees below zero and then making the commute back home with loads of information.
Researchers at the University of Kansas are building an aircraft that can make that trip in Antarctica — without a pilot.
"This is not the type of mission you want to put a pilot in," said Rick Hale, associate professor of aerospace engineering. "Flying close to the ground, 1,000 meters off the ground, in the harshest climate you can imagine, the consequences of a crash are severe."
Hale is working with researchers at KU's Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets to build the Meridian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
He and a graduate student are traveling to Antarctica on Dec. 10 to test a small-scale model aircraft.
Information gathered on this trip will be put to use in further enhancing the Meridian during construction.
A full-scale aircraft will be tested in late summer 2007 and put to use in Greenland in 2008 and Antarctica in 2009.
The Meridian would collect data on ice sheets using ground-penetrating radar. That radar sends an energy signal through several kilometers of ice and then measures the reflection or vibration that returns.
From the return energy, researchers can measure the ice thickness and conditions at the bottom of the glacier where the ice meets the bedrock.
"The only way to know is to map out the bottom of the ice — to know is there water down there? Is the rock being ground up by the motion and therefore acting like marbles and allowing the glacier to slide along that? We just don't know," said Hale.
Hale said to collect data, the radar needs to be airborne to get widespread coverage of the glacier. But constructing an aircraft more capable than larger, piloted planes has presented researchers with some challenges.
"If ice builds up along the wing on a vehicle this size, it loses its aerodynamic efficiency very quickly, so we'd lose the vehicle," said Hale.
This means engineers must consider an anti-icing concept for the vehicle, as well as a temperature control system for electronics on board.
They are also developing three modes of communication to stay in touch with the aircraft: by remote control during take-off and landing, by radio frequency during near-field operations and by satellite when the aircraft is up to 600 kilometers away.
"It's a great science experiment, I think we can make a real difference to the science mission by enabling them (researchers) to get more airtime," he said.
Just as important as the science experiment, the Meridian has also made a difference in the way Hale and other professors teach aerospace engineering at KU.
They are using the vehicle to teach graduate and undergraduate students in 12 different courses.
"Even the prototypes we're flying now are better equipped and better instrumented," he said. "So we're taking cutting edge technologies and getting them into the classroom."
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In keeping with their tradition of creating beautifully innovative guitars, Ovation created a small batch run of Exotic Wood Elite Plus models like this C2078AXP-5S. Featuring eye-popping exotic wood tops, beloved Ovation electronics and legendary performance capabilities-these breathtaking instruments were built to inspire.
Starting with an Elite Plus C2078AXP design as a foundation, the C2078AXP-5S has a hand-selected quilted maple top with quartersawn scalloped X that responds evenly from the lightest touch to hard-grinding power chords. Ovation's pioneering multi-soundhole design enhances string vibration and sustain by improving soundboard efficiency. A cutaway offers full access to the gloss-finished, 5-piece mahogany/maple neck. A contour composite body maximizes acoustic output and is ergonomically designed for comfort in any playing position. This guitar also boasts hand-inlaid abalone appointments, a deluxe grade ebony fretboard and bridge, and upper-bout soundholes decorated with exotic hardwoods.
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A 21 year-old Chicago man was found shot in the torso at the Roosevelt Road "L" station east of State Street Monday evening.
Chicago police said the man was shot around 7 p.m. while on the elevated platform. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious-to-critical condition.
Several trains were affected by the investigation: Green and Orange line trains were delayed for about 20 minutes, then bypassed the stop for about an hour.
Officers continue talking to multiple people of interest, but have made no arrests as of Tuesday morning.
They believe the shooting is gang related.


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Sometimes I am just going along, and everything seems pretty good. Then - BAM! - life derails in an instant. It can be a huge, shattering thing, like when my sister became terminally ill, or it can be a small thing (but we all know a pebble can begin an avalanche!).
Today was a small thing. Well, small in the scheme of life, that is. We put the van in the shop. Like we did last weekend. And a few months ago. Every time we put the decrepit, scarred, 13 year old Caravan into the shop we pray and hold our breath and cross our fingers and toes, and then we get a phone call to say that is considerably less than we feared. I should have known when we dropped off the van last night, and we weren't worried, that it would be major. A leak turned out to be a cracked radiator, which means $600 we don't have. (Time to do the taxes, honey!).
I have been praying for a year, telling God that I trust Him to take care of our vehicle, because the van is actually paid off. We cannot afford a car payment. But, the van is also on its last legs. I know it, ArtGuy knows it, and the van knows it, too. So, God is going to provide for us. I hope.
Three years ago, I was as big as a....well, fill in the blank. I was three months away from giving birth to a 10 1/2 pound baby. Again, we had no money, and we prayed fervently for health and safety. I remember thinking with confidence that God knew our finances and would not ruin us.
I also remember crying about it as everything went wrong on May 9, 2008, and I headed to the hospital for an emergency c-section. The bank owns 99% of the Mad Toddler. I wish they would take his diaper bills off our loan amount. We ought to finish paying for him sometime before we retire.
Trust. Faith. Sometimes it is so hard to have.
My younger brother has what I call "The Midas Touch" - everything he sets his hand at doing seems to prosper (at least to my eyes). He is successful and charming and witty and has heaps of brains. I am what I call the Queen of Mediocrity. I blame it on the 8th grade gifted and talented program back in the 80's (of which I spent one year in, the last year possible, while Lil Bro qualified back in the 2nd grade). Anyway, I remember learning all about the notion of a Renaissance Man - learning for learning's sake, trying a bit of this and that, exploring options and living life by not being defined by one calling. I loved it, and I wanted it.
Yup. To this day I do many things, and do many of those things better than average, but none brilliantly. Nothing that will get me noticed. Not that I am a fame seeker, but I would just love to be sought after. For something!
I want to write, but I want to be successful at it. I want to parent, and excel. I want to sing, and be praised (but humble). I want to be thin and pretty and yet so natural. I want all our horrendous debt gone (none of which went to wild living but things like appendixes and surgeries and plane tickets to funerals and water heaters).
I...I....I....At the heart of it all - I. One letter. So much trouble.
I have a lovely little prayer book, Every Day Is a Gift, given to me when I helped write lesson plans for a 2nd grade RE program. There is a short quote from the writings of a saint, and a short prayer for each day. February 16 is as follows:
"The definition of vice is as follows: It is the wrong use -in violation of the Lord's command - of what has been given us by God for a good purpose." St Basil
Prayer: All-holy God, help me to curb my passions and desires. Let me always use Your gifts in the way You intended for them to be used."
It is either for Him or it isn't. I am not talking about things, but about people. Self.
That is the choice. Do I take my gifts and run? I can pursue what I want. Many people do. Or do I place them in a loving heap before Him, to do with as He pleases? Even if it doesn't please me. No one ever said His will would be my will. It should be the other way around.
Dying to self hurts.


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Wine, Wings, and Eviction
When I asked my friend Meredith to accompany me to my friend's wedding, I knew it'd be fun, but I also felt bad since Meredith lived two hours further away from the wedding than I did. So when she said her only request in all this was that we get "sticky nugs" at Billy Jack's, I had to agree. The wedding was taking place in our college town of Harrisonburg, VA, and Billy Jack's was the locals wings shack.
We Uber'd to the wedding, but soon learned that was not a feasible exit strategy (see previous blog post), so we took a shuttle back to the wedding hotel. I call it the wedding hotel because that's where the bride, groom, and all the guests were supposed to be staying, but when I booked us a room there, Meredith freaked out the price and insisted we could find a cheaper hotel. Which we did. But that meant we took a shuttle back to a hotel we weren't staying at.
Meredith announced to the two other passengers in the shuttle, "Cazey, I'm just going to run into the lobby and use the bathroom and then we can head downtown. Is that okay?"Read More


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Federer After Strong End to Year, Azarenka in for Doha and Rafter to Captain Aussies for Davis Cup Play
*Roger Federer insists he is ready for a strong end to 2010 despite a decidedly off-day at the office when he lost to Andy Murray in the final at the Shanghai Masters. "I'm certainly not yearning for the year to be over," said the 16-time Grand Slam winner. "I'm very positive for the rest of the season. I had a bit of an off day in the Shanghai final. It's a pity, but Murray pushed me to that. Mentally I have a lot left for the end of the year." He added: "I've played pretty well since Wimbledon. I hope to go deep into this event and hold up the trophy at the end of the week." Federer is preparing to play at the Stockholm Open for the first time in a decade and he told BBC Sport how he was looking forward to the occasion.
*According to tennis critics a lot of players have gained from Serena Williams' injury absence in the latter half of the year and this is true in the case of Viktoria Azarenka who will replace the stricken US star in the WTA Finals in Doha next week. The Belarusian confirmed her place by beating Andrea Petkovic in the first round at the Kremlin Cup.
*Following John Fitzgerald's retirement after a decade in the role it is Pat Rafter who will take up the reigns as Australian Davis Cup Captain. The two-time US Open winner receives the blessing of "Fitzy" himself and a host of Australian tennis greats coming in to the post. "I am really looking forward to working with the team and helping lift Australian men's tennis on the world stage," said Rafter. "We've got a lot of young players that have a great opportunity to play for Australia. My standards and expectations are extremely high. This is a great opportunity to be part of something that means a lot to me." Another Aussie legend, Tony Roche, joins him as coach. For full reaction to the announcement check the ITF website.
*Last week's HP Open in Osaka was one for the history books. Kimiko Date Krumm (40) shocked the likes of Sam Stosur and Shahar Peer on her way to meeting Tamarine Tanasugarn (33) in what was the final between the oldest competitors ever, with a combined age of 73. By beating Stosur, Krumm also became the first 40-something to ever beat a Top 10 player. Krumm was trying to break the record for the oldest title winner, Billie Jean King having won at Birmingham aged 39 in 1983, but it was Tanasugarn's day. "I just tried my best and fought as hard as I could," Date Krumm said. "Nobody wants to lose, so I tried everything. Now I'll play some ITF events followed by the Asian Games – so I'll be continuing to play tennis the rest of the year." Tanasugarn was happy with her performance: "I tried to be more aggressive in the third set and I finally made it," she said. "Osaka is a great city. This is a great feeling and hopefully I can continue to play like this and get a good start to 2011."
*Andy Murray says that his win over Roger Federer at Shanghai has once again given him belief that he can lift a Grand Slam. Asked after his shock defeat to Federer's friend and compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka at the US Open whether he could achieve the feat Murray simply replied: "I'm not sure." Now things are different. "I need to win tournaments like this," said Murray. "Beating guys like Roger, beating guys like Rafa (Nadal) gives you confidence that when you do play them in the big tournaments you will beat them. I need to play like I did this week for a whole tournament in the Slams, but it's pretty simple. I don't think my game needs to improve so much. I think I have the ability to win them. I've been close a few times." The full interview can be seen at the BBC Sport Tennis website.
*Polish star Agnieszka Radwanska will miss the rest of the season and the 2011 Australian Open after undergoing surgery on a stress fracture in her foot, reports the Polish Times. She is expected to return in February or March.
*Betty Blake, mother of American star James Blake, is releasing her own book on how to be a "tennis mom." 'Mix It Up, Make It Nice: Secrets Of A Tennis Mom' will give insight in how to train and prepare a future tennis star and focuses more on education and family values rather than athletic and tennis training.
*Former world No. 1 Thomas Muster will return to tour-level action as a wildcard at next week's Bank Austria Tennis Trophy in Vienna. He turned 43-years-old this month but is still hungry to add to the 44 tour-level titles he has already lofted before his retirement following the 1999 French Open, the site of his sole Slam triumph in 1995. "I'm looking forward to it enormously," Muster told Austria's Krone. "I want to inspire the crowd with my fitness and fighting spirit. I'm fighting like in the good old times and I will give everything in front of the fans in Vienna." Muster will now become the oldest player to compete on the tour since Jimmy Connors competed at the same age in Atlanta in 1996.


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The size 10 shop assistant took the hold-it-all-in swimsuit out of the bag and held it up, blocking out most of the light in the process.
'What's wrong with it?' she asked.
'It's too small,' I said, embarrassed.
'Too small? So you want to swap it for a…size 22?' she boomed.
I nodded, my face reddening as Harley wailed in his buggy.
Five minutes later, it was still bright red as I dashed from the store clutching the replacement swimsuit, totally humiliated.
Why had Danny arranged this stupid weekend? I thought to myself. Then I wouldn't have to go through all this…
I'd always been overweight, hovering close to 14 stone and a size dress size 16. Everyone in my family was…larger. But then, when I fell pregnant with Harley, I'd really stacked it on. I'd always sought comfort in food and especially now I was pregnant as there was a strong history of miscarriage in my family.
Forget eating for two, I ate whatever I could get my hands on…none of it healthy. Pepperoni pizzas dripping with cheese, greasy takeaways and family size chocolate bars became my daily diet. And it showed.
'Are you sure there's not two babies in there?' friends would joke at my expanding girth.
Even my family were vocal about my size: 'You've piled it on!' they'd gasp.
But I brushed off their comments. The way I saw it, I was eating to keep my baby strong – and to keep my mind off my fears.
Too tired to cook, I grabbed whatever convenience foods I could. Everything from packed sandwiches to takeaway and ready meals. And with each mouthful, I could dampen down my worries…at least for a little bit.
Yes, it meant getting around was hard. I was tired, out of breath. So I took it as a sign that I needed to rest more, whiled away the days lid on the settee or in bed watching TV and munching on junk food.
'Special delivery!' Danny would cry as he came home after work and dumped a load of chocolate bars into my lap to try and cheer me up.
'Thanks Darling!' I'd beam. ''Forget flowers, you know what makes me happy!'
Mum was the same. 'Get some cake down you, girl!' she joked, handing me a huge slice whenever I went to visit.
But not everyone found it funny. Being so overweight meant that my pregnancy was fraught with weight related problems. With a BMI of 38 I was classed as obese, my blood pressure and blood sugar was through the roof, and I developed gestational diabetes at four and a half months.
My consultant was worried about the size of my baby, a little boy.
'He looks very big on screen,' the radiographer noted.
As a result, I had regular scans every two weeks. Every time, I felt like I was being chastised for being a bad mother.
'Look what you're doing to your baby,' the midwives seemed to tut.
I felt awful for being so fat that I was putting my baby at risk. But truth was, even though I was ashamed and embarrassed, I didn't know how to change. I didn't know how to control my eating. I'd always eaten whatever I liked.
By the time I was 37 weeks, I weighed in at a dangerous 18 stone. I was so unwell and my baby appeared to be so large, both our lives were at risk. They decided to induce me. I was terrified.
'We've no choice,' the doctor said. 'We need to get him out.'
Danny was there as I was wheeled down to theatre for a C-section. I was petrified. I prayed that my baby would be OK, promising how I would change my ways for good if he didn't have any problems as a result of my bingeing. Because I would never forgive myself if…
'He's absolutely perfect,' Danny soothed.
And he was, all 8lb of him.
Relief pooled. Thank God, he was alright. He wasn't even that heavy, really. Still, he was closely monitored and while a reassurance, guilt bit hard.
'Things are going to change around here,' I promised little Harley. 'Mummy's going to get fit and healthy so that she can give you the best life possible.'
And I tried, I really did. Only it was so hard, and I was so, so tired.
So as the weeks passed, despite my good intentions, my eating only got worse. I'd even sit there stuffing my face with chocolate during Harley's night feeds, telling myself that I needed the sugar rush.
But deep down, I knew that I was failing my son. I avoided taking him to mother and baby groups, afraid of what the other mums would think of me and I got out of breath just playing with him. My self confidence was at rock bottom.
'Why are you even with me?' I asked Danny one evening when Harley was six weeks old. 'Look at me. I'm a rubbish mum.'
'Stop being so hard on yourself,' he said.
Yet even though he was trying to be understanding our relationship was suffering because I wondered how on earth he could find me attractive.
'I love you,' he said simply.
But I refused to get undressed in front of him and we hadn't had sex since Harley was born.
'You'd be better off without me,' I told him. 'Maybe you should just leave.'
'Don't be silly, babe,' he told me.
But I wasn't being silly. I honestly didn't understand why he was with me. I was a big fat mess.
'Surprise!' Danny said a few days later. He'd arranged a mini break in the Lake District to mark our three-year anniversary.
My first thought was panic – who'd look after Harley? He'd only be two months' old.
'Relax. Your Mum's already said she'll have him,' Danny said.
But then, as Danny went on, I realised I had a much bigger reason to worry….
'The lodge where were staying has a hot tub!' he said excitedly. 'How cool is that?!'
It didn't sound that cool actually, in fact, it sounded terrifying. Because for the first time in ages I was going to have to get my body out in front of Danny…
Which is why I was now panic-buying a swimsuit. A swimsuit I had no desire to be seen in so I'd failed to try the two-small one on in the shop in the first place.
I knew I was being ungrateful.
'You've got a wonderful man there,' Mum said as she came to collect Harley. 'Have fun!'
And I did try, I really did. But all I could think about for a lot of the time was whether the bubbles from the top tub were hiding my vast body.
Back home a few days later, I was sat watching TV while Danny was upstairs when my phone beeped with a notification from Facebook. As I grabbed it, for a minute I couldn't believe my eyes. Danny had only gone and tagged me in a photograph he'd uploaded taken while we were in the hot tub!
It was so unflattering. Bulges escaped from my swimsuit and rippled out into the water in waves. I was devastated. I puffed upstairs.
'Please delete it!' I said tears pooling.
'But why?' he said, genuinely surprised. 'We had such a good time.
'I look like a whale!' I sobbed.
You look fine,' she replied, confused.
'Fine?' I cried. 'That's the last thing I look!' There was fat spilling everywhere…
We had a furious row. He just couldn't see it from my side at all.
'You need to get a grip of yourself,' he said angrily, stomping out of the house.
It felt like the final straw, that this time we really were over.
But the more I thought about it, the more I realised this could be it: my turning point.
I signed up to The Cambridge Weight Plan weight loss plan replacing all food with shakes. I had to wait four weeks until Harley was 12 weeks old before I could start.
'Shakes?' Mum scoffed. 'You're going to be starving!'
But it had to be all or nothing. I didn't trust myself to cut down on portions so it seemed simplest just to cut out food altogether.
It was hard, so hard. But after that first week, I had lost 5lb. It gave me the push I needed to continue. The net week I was down another 4lb, then another…
After five weeks, I was two stone down and life seemed to get just a little bit easier. With less flab to haul around, I could enjoy Harley more.
And Danny and I were getting on better too.
'I'm so proud of you,' he said. He'd even started eating more healthily to spur me on,
Gradually, as I started to incorporate solid food back into my life, I realised how important it was to give Harley the best start food-wise. I started weaning him on fresh fruit and vegetables even making my own purees. I didn't want him to end up like me.
And as he ate everything, I started to think that I really could do this: be a good mum.
Now, seven months on from being tagged in that awful photo, I've gone from 18 stone to 11 stone and a size 22 to a size 10. I've never looked, or felt, better. But it's about more than just weight loss, it's been a lifestyle change for the whole family. Mum has even followed in my footsteps and lost an impressive three stone.
And in building up my self esteem, I've saved my relationship in the process. Danny and I have never been closer and he loves the new me.
Yes, I could have killed him when I saw he'd tagged me in my swimming costume, but thanks to him it gave me the push I needed to do something about it. Danny is proud of me but him posting that photo was just the beginning, all the hard work came later.
I'm a better mother and partner since losing weight and won't let myself get fat again. I know Danny and I would've ended up splitting if I hadn't lost weight because I just couldn't believe he loved me because of my confidence issues.
Now Danny can post all the pictures he likes on Facebook because I am finally happy with how I look. And for me, that's massive!
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Breakfast – bacon butty
Snacked on chocolate, crisps, biscuits
Lunch – skip lunch
Dinner – takeaway or hue pile of carbonara, chips or fried food
Breakfast – wholemeal bread and egg
Chicken salad for lunch
Chicken and vegetables or spaghetti Bolognese made from scratch
Snacks – an apple


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After playing in different bands since my teenager years, I've dedicated a huge part of my career as a singer/songwriter. Here's a bit of what I've done.
A live sessions documentary...
Thanks to the creation of my first EP "Dhamma", I grew up, I met and I shared with incredible people while I accomplished things I never imagined. "Sonofolk Presents: Rafael Rico" is a documentary that narrates the celebration of my young career as a singer/songwriter and it glimpses with enthusiasm a close musical future. From one of the most important studios in Venezuela and for me, I share with you what it was an important phase to my project as I now welcome new horizons.
My first EP
Find it in your favorite digital players and online stores!
3 live songs from Waraira Fest
Caracas, Venezuela. 2013.


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March 15th
Dear Parents and Guardians:
As your school dining services provider, we are aware of the importance of promoting healthy eating habits from a young age. With this in mind, we are pleased to introduce the Elementary Chef Trek Program. This is a unique nutrition education program developed by Whitsons in order to introduce crisp flavorful fruits and vegetables to young palettes and create life-long, healthy eating habits.
Our goal is multi-fold:
- To promote healthy eating habits,
- To introduce your child to new and exciting healthy foods, and
- To make eating a fun and rewarding experience.
As the main component of this new program, Whitsons' Chef Kim Reynolds will visit your child's school on Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 to conduct a food tasting and to familiarize your students with different healthy foods in a kid-friendly way. The program also includes tools such as a Guest Chef banner, activity sheets highlighting the foods showcased in the tasting and tasting posters featuring the Nutrition Safari® characters.
During our visit Chef Kim will be sampling an Apple Cinnamon and a non-dairy grape juice smoothie for the dietary needs of some of our students. We have attached the recipes with the ingredients for your information. If you have questions concerning allergies please contact your school nurse.As you can probably tell, we are very excited to bring the Elementary Chef Trek Program to your school and are confident that the benefits will be many in terms of helping children discover a world of wholesome, delicious food choices that will sustain them through a healthy, active life.
781-261-2320 Extension 1181/1180
John FratielloAssistant Food Service DirectorFor the Whitsons' Grape Banana Smoothie recipe, please click here.For the Whistons' Cinnamon Apple Banana Smoothie recipe, please click here.