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What I want..Sometimes work can be stressful and demotivating..Thus,I want to write a list of things that I want other than being stuck here..
1.A big bowl of creme brulee from Zen cafe
2.A warm milk bath
3.A full body massage
4.A goodnight sleep for 8 hours or more--haven't done this in days--explain the pimples!
5.More alone time with my boyfriend!--yeah imma selfish like that..bwahahaha.
--Oooh,I conspired with his lil sis& took him away yesterday afternoon so that his family can set up a little surprise for him..they're so sweet & loving towards each other!My boyf has 5 siblings altogether,3 boys & 2 girls.
He had no idea of it coming & he was a bit miffed because I kept taking too long using the wifi at Tutti Frutti when all he wanted to do was catch up on some much needed sleep..Poor baby been having back problems & haven't been sleeping properly..:((
He was even more weirded out when I wanted to stay at his house & watch him practice singing/playing the guitar with his dad & brothers for his sister's upcoming wedding when in fact,I had to come into the house with him for the surpriseeee!
His expression was funny cos' he was so sleepy so he was like whatttttt?hahahah.Fooled you sayang!!!:P He got 3 presents from his family--lucky dude!haha
Will upload pics of it tomorrow!:)

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I purchased a seat for my 9 month old's carseat. I was able to travel to our vacation spot with the carseat, no problems, on Allegiant Air. Upon attempting to return (again, with a paid seat for the 9 month old) the flight attendant asked if the car seat was authorized for use by the FAA.
Disclaimer: I have been a flight attendant for 15 years. I am aware that it is required that a carseat be authorized for use by the FAA. In my 15 years and 3 airlines (one regional, one major U.S. carrier, one corporate) I have NEVER been trained to physically check car seats for labels. Anyone with common sense knows that it is safer to fly a baby/child in a carseat than as a lap child. In fact, as a flight attendant, I regard flying the same as driving...car seat, or don't go.
I told the flight attendant that is was authorized (it is Graco...of course it is). She physically took the car seat from my hands and would not return it as she started looking for the label. Apparently the label had fallen off, a fact which I was unaware of. She told me to sit down while boarding finished and we would resolve it at the end of boarding and that I would have to talk to the captain because she could not find a sticker.
At the end of boarding I spoke with the captain and the lead flight attendant who had confiscated our baby carrier. The captain told me he
that the seat was okay because he owns the same one, but without the sticker they had no choice. At this point I admitted to being in aviation for 15 years, told them I understood the FARs. But at the same time, come on...
I asked if we could hold the baby during taxi, takeoff and landing (the most dangerous segments of flight) and use the carrier in-flight. Again, we had PAID for the seat! I asked to speak to an FAA rep. I was just searching for solutions, but the flight attendant refused to budge on her single-mindedness, and of course the captain got out of there as soon as he could! Yes, I have known plenty of Flight Attendants like her in my career
They would not return OUR carrier to us. Eventually we had our 9 month old ride forward-facing (a BIG no-no) in our 4 year-olds car seat, and the 4 year old went without.
My argument is this: okay, technically they are correct about the sticker. However, obviously not all flight attendants at Allegiant are trained the same, as we had no such problem on our first flight. They basically allowed me to become stranded without a safe way to return home. BAD customer service. On top of this it is always the Captain's right to authorize something for safety purposes.
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Boo to the airline, and boo to the FAA! Frankly, any car seat is safer than a lapbelt. These babies in an accident either become missiles or are crushed to death. The FAA should make a ruling that any parent who wishes to purchase a seat for their child and use ANY car seat, they must be permitted to do so. The FAA know perfectly well that permitting lapbelts is unsafe. They calculate that if parents had to buy a seat, they might drive instead and so the lapbelt is preferabe. This illogical argument could equally be used for kids over 2. The Sioux City accident put paid to any idea that the lapbelt could be considered safe. This FA was being a jerk.... And it sounds like the Captain knew it. He should simply have told the FA that he had personal knowledge the seat was approved and that he was not prepared to jeoardise your child's safety. Notwithsanding CRM, he had the power the over rule this stupid FA.
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Jan 26, 2012, 3:07 AM
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I have been a customer service agent for a few different airlines and ALL of them told us to look for the sticker on a car seat. Now I'm a flight attendant and we are also told in our training to look for the sticker. If it's not there, the child can't sit in it. No proof that it's FAA certified. If we just take word for it and god forbid something were to happen, it's our ass. I can your side of it and the flight attendants side. You mention crm with the captain, but he didn't authorize it. You also say you know the far's , so you wanted them to break the far just for you?
I understand your side too. Quick question. They didn't give you the car seat back? What did they do with it? They couldn't gate check it? I would call them and fight with them on that. I think they owe you a car seat.
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Jimworcs, thanks for the insight and agreement. I agree that the real root of the problem is with the FAA. Unfortunately I do not have the time to fight that battle, though I may forward an account of my situation to them and of course expect nothing to happen.
Cortney, I see your point, no I do not want them to "break an FAR just for me". I'm not sure if you are a parent or not, but I know when I became one protecting my children became foremost in my mind...above everything, including FARs. As Jimworcs said, a sensible solution would have been for the captain to override the flight attendant and allow us to use it as he had personal knowledge that the carseat was authorized for use in an aircraft. I also expressed to the crew that if they were going to physically check for the sticker they should notify passengers in some way so the passenger can verify that the sticker is present. I live in Las Vegas, I can only assume that the glue melted and it slid off somewhere. I now have a document from the manufacturer to prove it is safe for use. As a flight attendant I know that sometimes common sense must be employed.
The lead flight attendant gate-checked the baby carrier and it was returned to us at the end of the flight. In retrospect I should have refused to go, called Graco and flown a different airline.
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Aviation safety related issues/concerns to report: While flying allegiant airline on April 22, 2013 from GSP to FLL 913 We were told that the FAA had delayed the flight And that it was not the fault of allegiant . We were told that the flight set for 1005 would be leaving 1205 pm ... five minutes later the allegiant rep announced came we must board in 25 minutes and we can leave at 11:05. Everyone rushed the counter... We had paid an additional $14 per ticket for assigned seating to be able to be with my two-year-old grandchild we paid for three tickets ( D section).some one already had our seats once we boarded in the order that they had anounced over the PA. My two-year-old grandchild was forced to sit on the lap of her grandmother and I was forced to the back of the plane... How was forced to pay for a ticket for my two-year-old grandchild and chose to pre pay extra $14 per ticket so that we can have assigned seating my two-year-old grandchild was forced to sit in the lap of her grandmother rather than an individual seat jeopardizing her safety in violation of FAA rules ... The flight attended Salina (approx 30 blond female) Told us they would not be honoring assigned seating...and also forced me to move an additional time calling me a baby to the other flight attendant... she bragged to the passengers that that was a record time of boarding at 12 minutes. I am a pilot in training GA and this has been a very upsetting event to me Dangerously rushing and skipping over rules ...is future of aviation?This flight attendant used the threat of either leaving now or having a 4 hr delay to cheat me out of seating and risk the safety of my baby LeAnn...Love flying and site seing didnt look out the window this whole flight and only wanted it to be over
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In rounding up a bunch of daytime activities, we realized that the east side is a great place for children. Outside of the obvious bars and restaurants covered on other pages, just about all of the hangouts are kid-oriented, or at least kid-friendly.
Nurture creativity and artistic skill at businesses like Kids Can Draw (3617 Betty Drive, Suite S, kidscandraw.info) or Monart School of the Arts (5490 Powers Center Point, #172, csmonart.com). Imagination Celebration (1515 N. Academy Blvd., #200, imaginationcelebration.org) encompasses much of the same while also collaborating with local arts organizations for theater productions and larger projects. Stop by its large headquarters in the Citadel mall for crafts, artwork and more.
Always a source for free entertainment (for all ages), the libraries are a great hangout, offering far more than books and media. Visit the Pikes Peak Library District's newest branch, High Prairie Library (7035 Old Meridian Road, Falcon, ppld.org) and check out its schedule of activities for children, teens and adults. That goes for the other 12 libraries in PPLD, too, as well as those up in Teller County.
Moving from the bookworm stereotype to the jock stereotype, there are Colorado Springs Sky Sox baseball games at Security Service Field (4385 Tutt Blvd., minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp?sid=t551). Promotions throughout the season promise deals on snacks and tickets — which are already a deal at $7 to $12 — as well as fireworks after Friday night games.
Supervised crashing around is available courtesy of iT'Z Family Food & Fun (3035 New Center Point, itzusa.com/colorado). iT'Z trades in straight, potentially destructive, stuff-you-can't-do-at-home fun, with arcade games, bowling, rides and bumper cars.
Much like rough-housing is an integral kid impulse, so is gazing at wild animals. Serenity Springs Wildlife Center (24615 Scott Road, serenityspringswildlife.org) in Calhan feeds this need with weekend tours that expose kids (safely, of course) to about 120 big cats (lions, tigers, leopards, servals, cougars and other exotic species). Many of Serenity's cats are rescues, while others are "retired movie stars."
Less exotic, but equally gaze-worthy, animals — along with rides, live entertainment, a demolition derby and stock shows — show up at the El Paso County Fair (Fairgrounds, 366 10th St., Calhan, elpasocountyfair.com) in late July.
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Many people move to woodland or other natural areas to be closer to nature and to escape urban stress. These homeowners tend to value landscaping that emphasizes scenic beauty, wildlife viewing, privacy, and shade. They may prefer native plants around their homes to enhance wildlife habitat. They may be interested in conserving water and energy for economic and environmental benefits. There are several landscaping programs that help homeowners achieve these goals, such as the Backyard Wildlife Habitat™ program that focuses on improving wildlife habitat around the home to enhance wildlife viewing.
Life in the wildland-urban interface (areas where homes or other structures are adjacent to or intermixed with forests or other rural land uses) provides multiple benefits for those that choose to live there. However, along with these benefits come risks. Risk of wildfire is high in many parts of the South due to the region's fire-prone ecosystems. Many plants that evolved in these ecosystems actually benefit from periodic fire, and they sometimes have characteristics that support the spread of fire, such as highly flammable leaves or branches. The landscape surrounding a home or other structure can become fuel for a wildfire, contributing greatly to the risk of damage to the structure. Vegetation that is overgrown, continuous, and close to a home may improve wildlife habitat or conserve energy, but it also increases the home's vulnerability to wildfire. One way to reduce fire risk to homes and other structures is to incorporate principles of firewise landscaping, which is part of the national Firewise program. Firewise landscaping incorporates fire safety into landscape design. It may not be necessary, however, if you are located within an urban or suburban area and are completely surrounded by other developments. In that case you can give priority to other landscape goals. Can a homeowner incorporate firewise landscaping without sacrificing other landscaping goals? This fact sheet compares several home landscaping goals and their key principles to firewise landscaping principles to help answer this question.
In this section, we give a brief overview of several different landscaping goals, including wildfire risk reduction (Firewise), wildlife habitat creation or enhancement, water conservation, and energy conservation. We introduce the main principles and compare each to firewise landscaping. We also briefly discuss examples of programs and guidelines that incorporate multiple goals. Table 1 lists some of the apparent conflicts between firewise and different landscaping goals. More detailed information about each landscaping goal can be found in the publications or websites listed in the Additional Resources section at the end of this circular.
A key principle when landscaping to reduce wildfire risk, otherwise known as firewise landscaping, is to create an area of defensible space that extends at least 30 feet outward from the house in all directions. Within this defensible space, vegetation should be modified to break up the continuity of plants. The extent to which vegetation is modified is generally determined by distance from the house. Through ongoing maintenance, highly flammable plants should be removed or isolated, vertical (Figure 1) and horizontal separation between plants or plant groups should be created and dead plants and plant materials (e.g., fallen leaves, dead branches) should be removed (Figures 2a–b). These practices help to disrupt the spread of fire through the landscape, allowing the home to better survive on its own and providing firefighters with sufficient room to operate. The Firewise program (http://www.firewise.org), sponsored by the National Fire Protection Association and the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG), provides information to help homeowners, fire fighters, and communities incorporate firewise landscaping.
When landscaping to create or enhance wildlife habitat, the main objective is to provide the key resources that wildlife require—food, cover, water, and space. A national landscaping program that focuses on creating wildlife habitat is the Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program of the National Wildlife Federation® (http://www.nwf.org/Get-Outside/Outdoor-Activities/Garden-for-Wildlife.aspx). While most wildlife landscaping programs seek to increase overall wildlife diversity in the yard and surrounding areas, landscaping programs also exist that are designed to increase populations of specific types of wildlife (e.g., woodpeckers, butterflies, songbirds). Regardless of which program is used, principal wildlife habitat practices are to limit the amount of lawn (lawn offers very little food or cover for wildlife), provide water, plant native plants that provide food and/or cover (Figure 3), and remove invasive exotic plants (they may take over natural habitat). In addition to providing wildlife habitat, native plants can help conserve local plant biodiversity and reduce required maintenance if appropriate species are selected (i.e., "right plant, right place"). The use of native plants in fire-prone ecosystems, however, may conflict with firewise principles, as some natives adapted to such ecosystems are highly flammable. Vertical layering of vegetation in the landscape (Figure 4) and retention of dead plant materials (standing dead trees and brush piles) near the home are recommended because they provide cover and habitat for foraging and nesting. However, these recommendations conflict with firewise landscaping, which advocates vertical separation and removing flammable dead plant materials from the defensible space.
The primary goal of landscaping for water conservation, commonly called waterwise landscaping or xeriscaping, is to create landscapes that use only minimal supplemental water resources once plants are established. The main principle of waterwise landscaping is to select "the right plant for the right place," which means choosing plants that are well adapted to the specific conditions where they are to be planted (e.g., soil type, soil moisture, amount of sunlight, and temperature). Selecting plants in this manner reduces the demand for supplemental resources, such as water, fertilizers, and pesticides (Figure 5). Waterwise recommends using lawn sparingly and only in high traffic areas, such as play areas, because lawns have high water requirements. Both waterwise and firewise recommend grouping plants in islands. Waterwise makes this recommendation so that plants with similar water requirements are placed together, while firewise recommends this so as to create fuel breaks (islands should be separated by at least 10 feet with materials that won't burn such as well maintained lawn or rock). Waterwise landscapes require less water to stay healthy. This becomes especially important during drought periods when restrictions on watering may be implemented and the risk of wildfire is greater.
Strategic placement of trees, shrubs, and other landscape plants around a house can reduce the energy required to keep homes and surrounding areas comfortable during the summer and winter months. Reductions in cooling costs are achieved by strategically planting shrubs and trees to provide shade and funnel wind towards the house during the summer. Heating costs can be reduced during the winter by arranging rows of shrubs or trees at set distances from a house to block the winter winds (windbreaks) and/or by arranging shrub rows around the foundation of the house to create an insulating dead air space. Foundation plantings, however, can represent a fire hazard if the plants are highly flammable. Likewise, trees near the house can create a fire hazard due to overhanging branches. A common energy conservation recommendation is to plant vines near a home to shade walls, another practice not recommended in firewise guidelines.
There are several landscaping programs that combine multiple landscaping goals, such as the Florida Yards and Neighborhoods (FYN) program (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_ffl). This program emphasizes elements of the aforementioned landscaping goals, such as water efficiency, "right plant, right place," mulching, and attracting wildlife. The FYN program also emphasizes recycling, reducing stormwater runoff, and protecting waterfront. Sustainable design guidelines, such as Low Impact Design (LID), encourage the use of native plants and minimal irrigation, as well as minimizing land clearing and other site disturbances during development. LID guidelines are part of the green design movement, which seeks to lessen the impacts of development and to increase water and energy efficiency.
Where firewise guidelines seem to conflict with other landscaping guidelines, slight modifications can be made to overcome these apparent conflicts. This can help create a program that incorporates firewise and other landscaping goals. Table 1 provides an overview of how these different landscaping goals (i.e., wildlife habitat creation or enhancement, water conservation, and energy conservation) (in columns) agree or conflict with key firewise principals (in rows). When a firewise landscaping principle is compatible with a goal (i.e., does not conflict), there is a "Y" (yes) in that column. If a firewise landscaping principle is potentially incompatible (i.e., potential for conflict) with a particular goal there is an "N" (no). The apparent conflicts will be discussed in more detail in the following section titled "How to Achieve Multiple Goals."
In this section, we include strategies for resolving apparent conflicts (indicated by "N") shown in Table 1 among different landscaping goals so that multiple goals can be achieved simultaneously. The following bulleted list outlines the key conflicts between firewise landscaping and other goals and suggests some solutions to overcome these conflicts. If you are not sure of your wildfire risk, you can determine it by completing a wildfire risk assessment on your property (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FR076 or http://www.interfacesouth.org/products/publications/wildfire-risk-assessment-guide-for-homeowners-in-the-southern-united-states/) or by contacting your county forester or UF/IFAS Extension agent for assistance.
Avoid flammable plants near your home
Conflict 1: Firewise generally discourages planting shrubs close to a house. Foundation shrubs are recommended, however, for energy conservation. Energy conservation principles also promote strategic placement of trees near the home for shade and consequently reduced energy costs.
Solution 1: Foundation shrubs should have at least 2–3 feet between their branches and the house and be trimmed to stay 2 feet below the windows. Select shrub species that have a low flammability (see EDIS publication Selecting and Maintaining Firewise Plants (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FR147) for how to do this). Also select trees of low flammability and trim branches up to 10 feet.
Conflict 2: In firewise landscaping, individual or small groups of trees and shrubs can be maintained in the defensible space (within 30 feet of house), but low-growing groundcovers are recommended as the primary landscape plants. Yards with extensive lawn areas are often cited as good examples of firewise landscaping because well-maintained lawns are relatively low in flammability, and they can function as a barrier to fire spread. However, landscaping principles for wildlife or water conservation recommend limiting lawn areas and they don't specify using plants of low flammability as criteria for selecting plants.
Solution 2: In high-traffic areas immediately around the house, a well-maintained lawn may be the best choice because of its resilience to foot-traffic and effectiveness as a firebreak. However, lawns can also become flammable when they are drought stressed. Thus, in low-traffic areas of your yard and in the outer edges of your defensible space zone, lawn can be replaced with organic mulches and alternative ground covers that might require little or no supplemental resources (e.g., water, fertilizer, weed killers) (Figure 6). Plants of low-flammability should be selected that also meet wildlife and water conservation principles. Sidewalk or stone steps also work well. Note: Islands of plants (including ground covers) should be separated by areas that will not burn, even in these outer edges.
Maintain vertical separation
Conflict 3: Firewise landscaping discourages vertical layering of vegetation while landscaping for wildlife encourages it.
Solution 3: If you live in an area at high risk of wildfire, you should give priority to firewise landscaping and maintain vertical separation (Figure 5) between plants within your defensible space. However, beyond that defensible space you can leave patches or islands of vertically layered vegetation, as long as these islands are separated horizontally by areas that are cleared of dense vegetation.
Clear dead plant material and organic mulches near home
Conflict 4: Firewise recommends removing dead plants and brush piles from around the house, while wildlife landscaping encourages leaving such plant materials as habitat for wildlife. Firewise also often discourages the use of organic (or wood-based) mulches close to the house due to their potential fire hazard. The use of mulches in landscaping is recommended for water conservation.
Solution 4: If you have a large enough lot, create small, isolated brush piles greater than 60 feet from your house and remove all dead plant materials from within your defensible space with the exception of mulches. Organic mulches composed of large chunks, such as pine bark, can be used in landscaping near the home. Pine straw mulch is highly flammable and should be avoided. Maintain an area 2–3 feet outward from side of house as bare ground or covered by rock/gravel, and keep it clean of all mulch and other plant material. Snags are individual, dead trees, and they can be left outside the defensible space, as long as they are not tall enough to fall on your house. Snag retention is most appropriate for larger lots, where more distance can be left between them and the home. All dead branches should be removed from these trees within 10 feet of the ground, as should any branches that could be hazardous to people if they were to fall.
Homeowners who are interested in landscaping to conserve energy and water and to enhance wildlife habitat can also make their homes safe from wildfire with proper planning. When firewise landscaping is compared with other landscaping goals, few differences actually exist. In those instances that reveal conflicts, small modifications can often be made to resolve differences.
Currently there are landscaping programs, such as the Florida Yards and Neighborhood program (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_ffl), that encourage landscaping for multiple environmental goals (e.g., wildlife habitat enhancement, water and energy conservation). Firewise principles could be similarly included with other landscaping goals by resolving apparent conflicts, as we have outlined on pages 5–6. Landscaping for multiple goals, including Firewise, ensures an environmentally friendly, sustainably designed landscape while reducing the risk that wildfire may damage your home.
Firewise website http://www.firewise.org. National Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Program.
Landscaping in Florida with Fire in Mind by M. Monroe and A. Long. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FR076
Firewise Retrofit Home on InterfaceSouth. http://www.interfacesouth.org/products/presentations/firewisehome/introduction.htm. The Southern Center for Wildland-Urban Interface Research and Information.
National Wildlife Federation Backyard Wildlife Habitat program: http://www.nwf.org/Get-Outside/Outdoor-Activities/Garden-for-Wildlife.aspx
Landscaping Backyards for Wildlife: Top Ten Tips for Success by M. Hostetler, G. Klowden, S. Miller, K. Youngentob. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW175
Water conservation
Waterwise landscaping website by St Johns Water Management District, Florida. http://www.sjrwmd.com/waterwiselandscapes/
Xeriscaping for Florida Homes by M. Brandies. Great Outdoors Publishing Company, Inc., 1999.
Energy conservation
Landscaping for Energy Efficiency by U.S. Department of Energy. http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/landscaping/index.cfm/mytopic=11910
Conserving Energy with Plants by M.A. Powell. http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-631.html
Multiple landscaping goals
A Guide to Environmentally Friendly Landscaping: Florida Yards & Neighborhood Handbook, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_ffl
Florida Guide to Environmental Landscaping, E. Gilman, S. Brown. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/EL001
Energy Efficient Homes: Landscaping, Terry B. DelValle, Joan Bradshaw, Barbra Larson, and Kathleen C. Ruppert. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/document_fy1050
Sustainable Design Guidelines
LEED: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=154
The Practice of Low Impact Development. Published by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2003. https://www.huduser.gov/publications/pdf/practlowimpctdevel.pdf
Compatibility of several landscaping goals with firewise landscaping principles. A "Y" indicates compatibility, while an "N" indicates potential incompatibility
Landscaping Goals
Firewise Landscaping Principle
Avoid flammable plants near your home
Group plants to create areas that won't burn
Maintain vertical separation
Less maintenance required at greater distances
from home
Clear dead plant material and organic mulches near home
Maintain healthy plants
This document is CIR 1478, one of a series of the School of Forest Resources and Conservation Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 2006. Revised February 2009. Reviewed August 2016. Visit the EDIS website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu. Contact: Martha Monroe, professor and Extension specialist; UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation. This circular is funded by the National Fire Plan through the Southern Center for Wildland-Urban Interface Research and Information, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service.
Cotton K. Randall, former WUI fire project coordinator, UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation; L. Annie Hermansen-Báez, technology transfer coordinator/center manager, Southern Center for Wildland-Urban Interface Research and Information, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service; and Glenn Acomb, associate professor, College of Design, Construction, and Planning; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.
The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations. For more information on obtaining other UF/IFAS Extension publications, contact your county's UF/IFAS Extension office.
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Today I canned pears by myself. A little intimidating, but turned out well and I have gained another notch in my belt as a homemaker:)
While I was earning my notch, Hans was up to his usual, unattended mischief. After I put Anya to bed I heard her fussing more than normal. I went up to investigate. I looked for Hans and could not find him anywhere. I opened Anya's door and there they both were, in Anya's bed!! Anya had a big bruise on her head. Who knows how that got there; Hans doesn't and Anya can't talk!
Later I went to check on Hans in his room and it smelled refreshingly eucalyptus-ly. Hmmm. Sure enough, He got the Vicks off the dresser and applied it to his belly, "to make my bones grow!" LOL!!! I laugh as I steer him done the hall to get cleaned up or disciplined, whichever is necessary. Sometimes I question the fairness of punishing him for things that entertain me so much!! It certainly makes it more difficult to keep a straight face while explaining obedience:)


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A few of my aunts and uncles recently got together and got me a nice gift card, so I made them some thank-you cards. I wasn't really sure what to do until I decided to be inspired by the card they sent along with the gift card. The card was brown, with a debossed gold vine and some white flowers with dark pink centers. I skipped the vine and used much bigger flowers.
I made an attempt at stamping the flowers in dark pink and using white embossing powder just around their edges, so as to have a dark pink center. Unsurprisingly, the embossing powder stuck to everything, and my flowers were plain white. Bah. So I took my finger, smooshed it in the pink ink pad, and dabbed at the centers -- and it turns out I really like the effect!
Thank goodness for serendipity. Whatever would I do without it?
I'm entering this serendipitous card in the following challenges:
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- Cute Card Thursday 250: Something New (the flower stamp is new)
- Simon Says Stamp and Show: The Totally Mad (No Rules) Tea Party (anything goes)
- Hiding in My Craft Room #78: Freestyle
- Fashionable Stamping #38: Surprise Us
- Loves Rubberstamps 32: Anything Goes (neither of these stamps is carried by Loves)


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This week on Science Weekly with Alok Jha we discover the immense complexity of the human immune system when we meet Prof Daniel M Davis to discuss his new book The Compatibility Gene.Alok is also joined by Guardian science correspondent Ian Sample and Prof Kate Jones, joint chair of ecology and biodiversity at University College London and the Zoological Society of London. Kate discusses a recent Nature article exploring the science and ethics of species conservation using genetic modification.Also, Ian talks about recent insights into the defensive habits of ancient trilobites and why rolling up in a ball helped the species survive for more than 270m years.Finally, Alok surveys the latest data from the Mars rover Curiosity and the discovery of considerable reserves of water in the surface soil of the red planet.Subscribe for free via iTunes to ensure every episode gets delivered. (Here is the non-iTunes URL feed).Follow the podcast on our Science Weekly Twitter feed and receive updates on all breaking science news stories from Guardian Science.Email firstname.lastname@example.com Science is now on Facebook. You can also join our Science Weekly Facebook group.We're always here when you need us. Listen back through our archive.Alok JhaIan SampleJason Phipps


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Crazy First Poker Hand FUNNY
First hand of the Main Event of the WSOP 2005, filmed by ESPN. In this heads-up confrontation was Oliver Hudson, actor from the TV show Rules of Engagement, brother of actress Kate Hudson and son of singer Bill Hudson (who disowned his 2 kids with Goldie Hawn just recently). Poker great Sam Farha is his opponent. They make hay of the very first poker hand in the tournament.
This hand is one of those entertaining, but painful-to-the-player bad beats seen that make you wonder about the poker gods: What, exactly, were said gods drinking when they arranged this?
Farha has A-10 offsuit. Hudson has 10-10.
Flop is an unbelievable A-A-10, giving both men full houses, only Farha has the better one and it's in fact the nuts, the best one possible with As. This hand is over before the river. Hudson just lost his way out of the Main Event and is now $10,000 down. Farha doubles his chips.
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God rest ye, merry cuckold!
I wear a lot of hats doing this work--girlfriend, mommy, counselor, sexologist--sometimes all in one call. But this week I got handed another role, one that my eight months of phone sex, and all my years of interpersonal experience and sexual exploration, couldn't prepare me for. For a few frightening moments I was at a loss.
A caller asked me for help with his Christmas shopping.
It was B., of course, who recently gave me my first encounter with tease and denial. He calls me every week or so, spinning out a labyrinthine tale of cuckoldry that any soap opera writer would give their studio parking spot to dream up. Because why? It would keep them in business for decades. I'm hoping to still be hearing about this when B.'s as-yet-unborn kids who clearly aren't his are scouting out colleges and hitting him up for outrageous allowances.
In this week's episode, B. called and said, straight out the gate, "I need your help." (Duh duh duhhhh!) For a split second I thought, oh god, it all turned out to be real and his wife Deanne is asking for separation and he needs a sofa to crash on while she and her dominant bull lover Jamal work out living arrangements. Nothing so simple. B. said Deanne had just texted him at work, telling him to get presents for Jamal and Joellen, her lesbian lover. Which raises that perennial holiday question:
What do you get for the guy who already has everything, including an irresistible BBC and your wife?
I'll be honest, the part of my head that goes "real or ridiculous?" whirred for a couple of frantic seconds. But then my PSO-mind clicked back on, and I sat back and started pulling out from B. what he knew about the recipients of his flamboyantly humble cuckold gifts. Of course, what he "knows" is all sexual--he doesn't know Joellen's favorite color, but he knows her bra size and how many strap-ons she keeps in her travel suitcase. And Jamal, what does he like? "Beer and your wife," I answered my own question while thinking out loud.
In the end, we decided that he should get Joellen a nice, domme-ish black leather halter top (in my mind, she's a slightly femme dyke-on-bike). And Jamal is going to be given a his-and-hers set of subtle, chain-mail collars, for him to make B. and Deanne wear at his pleasure . I figured Jamal would appreciate the symbolism behind it; I mean, B. sure did.
For that added weight of verisimilitude, I gave B. some sites to look at for submissive-type jewelry, and told him sternly that if he wanted the collars to get there in time he would have to have them overnighted (extra expense and therefore humiliation!). As a finishing touch, I instructed him to take his wedding band and his wife's as well (she hasn't been wearing it for months), and bring them along with the collars to a jeweler, and have their wedding bands attached to the collars as the connecting loop for the leashes.
I was kinda proud of that last bit.
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Zavion and his father evacuate to Baton Rouge after surviving Hurricane Katrina. Zavion, traumatized by the destruction and death he witnessed, is also heartbroken that he and his father had to steal candy bars from a local store to survive. Eventually, he is given a pair of donated blue jeans with a marble in the pocket. Henry is traveling from Vermont to New Orleans on the hunt for that very marble, accidentally given away by his mother. The marble was a magical talisman he shared with his best friend, who fell to his death as the two raced home from an overnight mountaintop adventure. In a bit of serendipity that feels like grace in this well-constructed storyline, the boys meet on the streets of New Orleans, Henry searching for his marble and Zavion returning to the market to pay for the candy bars. The two, who seem so different on the surface, come to understand all they have in common and begin to help each other confront their losses and their fears.
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National tour of musical stops in Costa Mesa next week on road to Broadway
In the movie "Flashdance," a talented young woman beats the odds to achieve her dream of becoming a professional ballerina.
You could say the same thing about Vista-raised actress Kelly Felthous, who has a featured role in the national tour of "Flashdance the Musical," which makes its only Southern California stop next week in Costa Mesa.
Felthous, who attended elementary and middle school in Bonsall and graduated from Vista High, can barely remember a time in her life that she wasn't dancing and singing. Her mother, Diane Felthous, ran a dance studio and when Kelly was a little girl, she began performing in local community theaters. She turned professional at age 8, performing in "Jane Eyre" at La Jolla Playhouse and "Ruthless" at The Theatre in Old Town, and when she was 12, she hit the road with the national tour of "The Sound of Music" (as Brigitta von Trapp).
"I'm from a very artistic family and I owe everything to my mother," Felthous said in an interview from a "Flashdance" tour stop in Portland, Ore., last week.
Felthous, who's in her mid-20s and now lives in New York, plays the role of Gloria in "Flashdance." Gloria is the best friend of Alex — who's a lady welder by day and an exotic dancer by night. The musical, which launched in November with the goal of one day playing on Broadway, is based on the 1983 film starring Jennifer Beals and it features songs from the movie and other 1980s classics.
Felthous' character (named Jeanie in the film) is an aspiring ice skater who turns to pole-dancing at a strip club out of desperation.
"I go to the dark side but I find my way back," Felthous said of her character, whose name was changed so she could belt out the 1982 pop hit "Gloria." "My big number is a very musical theater thing with a lot of '80s 'voguing.' "
Like the movie, the musical is dance-heavy, and Felthous said many of her castmates are professional dancers, including some from Twyla Tharp's dance company.
"Everyone in our show is at the top of their field," she said. "Sometimes this life is really hard and I wonder why I'm doing it, but then there are moments like this when I'm surrounded by people at the height of their industry and I know it's all worth it."
Before joining "Flashdance" last fall, Felthous spent two years on the road with "Grease." She said touring is grueling on the mind and body but she enjoys shopping, trying local foods and going to music clubs in the cities she visits.
She said she's played a lot of the musical theater "blondes" over the years — a particular favorite was Ruby in "Dames at Sea" at Moonlight Amphitheatre in 2002 with her sister, Charna, and future Tony Award winner Christian Hoff — but the one role that has so far eluded her is Glinda in "Wicked." And she'd love to play Rapunzel if there's ever a musical version of the animated film "Tangled."
During the run of "Flashdance," Felthous will be staying with her sister Charna in Orange County, and many Vista friends and family will be coming to see the show, including former Moonlight chief Kathy Brombacher cq and perhaps new Moonlight chief Steven Glaudini cq.
"We encourage everyone that comes to laugh, clap, sing, dance and wear '80s clothes," she said. "For young people, this show is about following your dreams and you will see the best of the best dancing in this show."
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Where: Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa
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Such a beautiful day for a 10 year`s birthday.
ELINE my youngest GD celebrating the 18. of May.
Being 10 is a good age, she says !
Enjoyable, sunny day outside! Ice-cream melting, imported
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on the pink cake was fine for a celebration 3 days ago :-)
Must get a move on: a sponge cake and muffins to be baked.
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Best Shots Advance Reviews: SPIDER-MAN/DEADPOOL #1, X-MEN: WORST X-MAN EVER #1
Spider-Man/Deadpool #1
Written by Joe Kelly
Art by Ed McGuinness, Mark Morales and Jason Keith
Lettering by Joe Sabino
Published by Marvel Comics
Review by David Pepose
'Rama Rating: 8 out of 10
Every generation has their power couple. Abbott and Costello. Harry and Sally. Sid and Nancy.
And in the case of Marvel, it's Spider-Man and Deadpool. Well, at least some will think so. Pitting your Friendly Neighborhood Webslinger against the Merc with a Mouth is a pairing that might seem like a no-brainer... or a recipe for disaster. Writer Joe Kelly's wit is buoyed by Ed McGuinness' striking artwork in Spider-Man/Deadpool #1, but buyer beware - if you're not a fan of Wade Wilson, you're going to find this series as one more example of peak Deadpool saturation.
As a longtime Spider-Fan, the most jarring part about Spider-Man/Deadpool is the dynamic that Joe Kelly has given his titular heroes. We're used to Peter Parker firing dad jokes while he battles Doc Ock, but having him be the harried straight man to Deadpool's free association gags? It can be an acquired taste, even as Peter tells Wade to take all the "'words' swirling inside the toxic waste vat you call your brain and suffocate them," this series puts Spider-Man firmly in the reactive role. (Particularly as Deadpool talks about giving M.O.D.O.K. a sponge bath, or warns Spidey that since they've been tied up together by the dread Dormammu, he may have an erection.)
Blue humor aside, Kelly has some funny twists in this issue, such as Deadpool taking the "mindless" out of the Mindless Ones, or Spidey pulling the pins out of Deadpool's grenades using some precision webbing. There are some bits, however, that don't translate quite as well, such as Deadpool's D&D alignment app, which brings him from Chaotic Neutral to Heroic Good, but doesn't always stick the landing in terms of explaining how Wade might rationalize these statuses. One thing that may help or hurt this book, depending on the reader involved, is that Kelly also has this less-than-dynamic duo set in their ways - Wade is the wacky jokester, while Spidey is perpetually put-upon and self-deprecating. While some readers will be more than happy with that, to me it occasionally felt unbalanced.
But having Ed McGuinness on this book will make it an instant buy for many, and they wouldn't be wrong. Even with Kelly's talky, panel-dense scripting, McGuinness makes his action pages look sleek, really differentiating between Spider-Man's more balletic style of combat versus the bulkier Deadpool's in-your-face gunwork. With Mark Morales' smooth inkwork, there's a lot of comparisons that could be made with Frank Cho or Nick Bradshaw. That said, if there was one thing that was a detractor for the art, it's that the script doesn't often give McGuinness a lot of room to really show off his action chops - McGuinness does his best to keep this book from looking like just talking heads, but after awhile, he definitely gets overshadowed by the dense dialogue.
Ultimately, Spider-Man/Deadpool is a strong showing from two talented creators, and there will likely be a ton of self-selection just as this book is released. People who find Wade Wilson annoying or one-note will not be converted here, while readers who can't get enough of the Merc with a Mouth will have one more title to enjoy his presence. Seeing Ed McGuinness artwork is enough of a treat for this reviewer to give this book a chance - here's hoping that Joe Kelly will dig even deeper into this not-so-odd couple in future installments.
X-Men: Worst X-Man Ever #1
Written by Max Bemis
Art by Michael Walsh and Ruth Redmond
Lettering by Clayton Cowles
Published by Marvel Comics
Review by David Pepose
'Rama Rating: 3 out of 10
Stop me if you've heard this one before - an ordinary schlub discovers he has great powers and joins up with a group of superheroes to not just save the day, but to redeem himself as a human being.
Now imagine if that schlub never grew up.
That's basically the premise of X-Men: Worst X-Man Ever, a semi-comic comic book that doesn't quite have enough narrative meat to justify this limited series. Say Anything frontman Max Bemis has written some fun comics with his work on Polarity and Evil Empire, but only die-hards will want to spend their comic book budget on this non-starter.
There's a saying out there about carrying yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man, and that's absolutely Bailey Hoskins, the protagonist of this series. Bemis opens up this series with Bailey checking out girls to hook up with his on cell phone, but he's neither dark nor cool nor edgy enough to be anywhere in their league. (He scoffs at the one girl his best friend suggests to him, complaining she "has not one noteworthy quality to her.") But this opening scene doesn't do Bemis any favors by making his lead seem compelling - instead, it's very, very clear from the first page that he's kind of a clueless loser, one who would rather spend all day playing Halo rather than, well, trying to pursue any of the avenues that might make him seem as special as he so desperately wants to be. He is the worst.
After a handful of establishing pages, Bemis finally cuts to the chase - namely, that Bailey is a second-generation mutant, and that he needs a consultation at the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters. Unfortunately, you already know the punchline to Bemis' joke just from the cover of the book - Bailey's power is a one-time use kind of deal that is totally useless to him. It feels about as meaty as a Saturday Night Live sketch, so the idea of stretching this out over five issues goes beyond beating a dead horse - by next issue, we're going to be shipping this book's carcass to the glue factory. Things could be salvaged with the strong characterization built up over the years with the rest of the X-Men, but at this point, Bemis has barely scratched the surface of typically personable characters such as Beast, Jubilee and Forge.
The one highlight of this book has to be artist Michael Walsh, who is being criminally misused to be tasked with a comic book like this. His sketchy inkwork lends a ton of atmosphere to even the least dramatic pages (and there are plenty of them), and his expression work goes a long way towards salvaging this book. (His take on Wolverine, who just pops his claws and shouts out a ton of random curse words, is easily the highlight of the book, and definitely Bemis' funniest gag.)
The X-Men had established their own version of Hogwarts decades before Harry Potter ever hit the scene, and there's plenty of potential for a story about an average kid in a school filled with extraordinary people. Unfortunately, this story doesn't reach that potential. With predictable plotting and an annoying lead character, not even Michael Walsh's artwork is enough to justify buying this book. Worst X-Men Ever, indeed.


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my bread is good but I hate peoplePosted: June 6, 2012 Filed under: bread Leave a comment »
So, naturally, as I wrote that last piece of drivel, I had a loaf in the oven which, as I expected, pretty much proved that my sourdough troubles were over. But I got my whine out, which was good. Ah.
My problem, at least mostly, or my major problem, was not knowing when to consider my dough properly risen: the amount of time can vary hugely when you screw around with all the variables all the time like I do. Having gotten a handle on this, all of my loaves since have been wonderful. And the ones that weren't, well, had obvious explanations.
In fact I rewrote and nearly here presented that bit of pith I was on about; I would have, except that my theories have gotten ahead of my practice again, and I can't bear to go on about old practice.
Meanwhile I've bought the new Sandor Katz fermentation book, which is a joy. Though hasn't got a lot to say about bread. But the theory, and the license—a joy, and to be widely recommended.
Anyway, more eventually. Even though I hate food writing. Loathe it. Can barely glance at magazine racks anymore without some amount of inner puke. So, yeah.


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Banking group HSBC UK has joined forces with industry charities GamCare and GambleAware to develop and launch a new self-restriction tool to enable its customers to block gambling transactions on their accounts.
Bragg Gaming Group has reported revenue of CAD$10.0m for the third quarter of 2019, while starting tomorrow, the business will have a new finance chief as bwin.party veteran Stephen Prowse takes over the role from Ashkay Kumar.
GVC Holdings chief executive Kenny Alexander hit back at the All-Party Parliamentary Group that accused him of "cowardly behaviour" and their recommendation of a £2 stake limit on online casino games, a suggestion he labelled "ridiculous".
Denmark's regulated gambling market has reported a marginal year-on-year decline in revenue, with declines in revenue from land-based gaming machines and sports betting offsetting growth in online casino.
Scientific Games has reported a 4% year-on-year increase in net revenue for the third quarter after growth across all of its business segments, which saw the supplier return to profitability for the period.
Gaming technology supplier PlayAGS has posted a net loss of $5.5m for the third quarter, despite also reporting an increase in revenue for the period.
The Malawi Gaming Board is preparing to launch a request for proposals (RFP) process to award additional sports betting, casino and wide area progressive licences in the country.
Independent casino games provider High 5 Games (H5G) has extended its operator network with the addition of Sky Betting & Gaming (SBG) after agreeing a content deal with The Stars Group.
Sports betting and casino platform provider Digitain has announced the integration of ID Quantique's proprietary Random Number Generator (RNG) into both its Betting and Skill Gaming portfolios.
iGaming content developer and aggregation platform provider Relax Gaming has named former Kindred Group executive Tommi Maijala as its new chief executive, with his predecessor Daniel Eskola shifting to a new role as chief commercial officer.
Despite fierce competition, Relax Gaming chief product officer Simon Hammon believes there are still opportunities for smaller studios to disrupt the market leaders - but only with effective game distribution.
The Tanzanian government has amended the country's gaming regulations, to expand the range of licence categories available, and to permit a partial lifting of an advertising ban implemented in January this year.
Changes to the GB Gambling Commission's Licence Conditions and Codes of Pratice (LCCP) that aim to raise standards for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and consumer interaction have come into effect today (31 October).
The Czech Republic Ministry of Finance has defended its decision to introduce higher taxes on certain gambling activities, after a national newspaper claimed the increases would harm the country's land-based market.
Red Tiger chief executive Gavin Hamilton argues that NetEnt's £200m deal for the slot specialist wasn't a result of market forces. However, he adds, those forces mean it might have come at a perfect time.
Novomatic's interactive subsidiary Greentube has bolstered its presence in the Swedish market by launching a range of online gaming content with Svenska Spel Sport & Casino.
Finland's Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV) has spoken out in favour of a central regulatory body for the country's gambling sector being established to improve supervision of the country's monopoly operator Veikkaus.
Greece's parliament has passed a package of legislation designed to boost economic development in the country, which includes a bill reforming the country's gambling laws.


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|May 19, 2013 08:30 AM EDT
Need to scale your data tier? The foundation of every application is the database layer, and today application architects have more choices than ever. With these choices come new questions: Which database technology is best for your application? How can your application take advantage of Big Data technology? Can you run your relational database at Big Data scale? What does it take to implement a comprehensive data infrastructure, including your core database, incorporating SQL, No SQL and Big Data platforms?
In his session at the 12th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo New York [June 10-13, 2013] Cory Isaacson, CEO/CTO of CodeFutures Corporation, will answer these questions and more. Cloud Expo delegates at the Javits Center will learn exactly what it takes to scale their data tier, and how to keep it reliable - despite the challenges presented in Cloud environments. They will also enjoy a quick review of the primary types of database platforms, enabling them to choose the best technology for their application challenges. Isaacson will close with a high volume social application/gaming case study, showing exactly what it takes to run a high-volume, multi-terabyte database infrastructure in the cloud.
Speaker Bio:
Cory Isaacson is CEO/CTO of CodeFutures Corporation, maker of dbShards, a leading database scalability suite providing a true "shared nothing" architecture for relational databases.
He has authored numerous articles in a variety of publications including SOA Magazine, Database Trends and Applications, and recently authored the book Software Pipelines and SOA (Addison Wesley). He has more than twenty years of experience with advanced software architectures, and has worked with many of the world's brightest innovators in the field of high-performance computing.
Isaacson has spoken at hundreds of public events and seminars, and assisting numerous organizations address the real-world challenges of application performance and scalability -- effectively applying emerging technologies to a variety of fields including social networking, mobile applications, gaming and high volume transaction systems. In his prior position as president of Rogue Wave Software, he actively led the company back to a position of profitable growth, culminating in a successful acquisition by a leading private equity firm.
- The Top 250 Players in the Cloud Computing Ecosystem
- Cloud People: A Who's Who of Cloud Computing
- Cloud Expo New York Call for Papers Now Open
- The Top 100 Bloggers on Cloud Computing
- Industry Experts Discuss the State of Cloud Computing
- Cloud Computing and Big Data in 2013: What's Coming Next?
- The Next Chapter in the Virtualization Story Begins
- CIA was Headed to an Enterprise Cloud All Along: Jill Tummler Singer
- Web 2.0 Re-Examined: Nexaweb's Coach Wei On The Paradigm Shift, Technology Stack and Business Value
- Virtualization Expo New York Call for Papers to Expire January 15, 2010


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lava top infill panel
This Lava Top Infill Panel is 18mm in thickness by 620mm in width and is 2800mm in length.
Available in black, maple, beech, silver, walnut, white, lava, cashmere, mid walnut, stone grey & oak.
This panel is used to infill from the top track to the ceiling when your ceiling height is more than 2260mm and less than 2395mm for Standard Doors or 2480mm and less than 2615mm for Made to Measure Doors.
This panel will cover either the 'Spacer Blocks' or the 'Opening Height Reducers' which attach from the Top Track System to the Ceiling. This is constructed from a grade 1 quality chipboard.
PLEASE NOTE - This panel will require to be cut to length and height to fit by your wardrobe installer.


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The progressive challenges presented on the 10 Tracethe8s™ charts lead the individual/client/student through a series of learning experiences that are entertaining, arousing, and fun. Tracethe8s™ is a fun, engaging, therapeutic activity designed to enhance:
- Visual-motor skills
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- Laterality
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- Eye-hand coordination
- Sequencing skills
- Speech
- Brain integration
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- Comes in a shipping envelope that can be used for storage
Enhance and refine a variety of sensory and perception skills with Tracethe8s™.


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Saturday, October 3, 2015
Marc Faber : Chinese Stocks to resume the Bull Market after 40-50 percent Correction
Marc Faber, Editor and Publisher of "The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report'" talks about Chinese stocks.
As for Chinese stocks, they went up very strongly over the last year, but recently they crashed just as hard. Is this a precursor to something worse or is it merely a bump on the road towards a still ascendant China?
Well I think that a year ago in June/July 2014, Chinese stocks were very inexpensive compared to other markets in the world. They had been going down relative to the S&P since 2006 and compared to other Asian markets like the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand... they had performed very poorly.
So a year ago my view was that a) because of the crackdown on visitors to Macau and more importantly because the property market in China was beginning to show cracks, prices were no longer going up and many markets were over supplied so my sense was that domestic money would shift out of the property market or de-emphasise property investments and go into equities, at the same time international investors were grossly underweight Chinese stocks and my sense was that as an international investor you look around the world and see all of these markets, the S&P is up at an all-time high last year already and then you see a market like Japan that two years ago was very depressed compared to other markets, so money went into there.
A year ago what was very depressed relative to everything else was the Chinese stock market. So money flowed also internationally into Chinese stocks and the market in China is relatively illiquid. You have to see. Because most blocks of shares are owned by the government or by large Chinese groups so what is available for trading is not that large.
Then the money flowed into Chinese stocks and they went up by more than 100% within a year and the whole thing became very speculative because in China people borrow a lot of money against what they buy whether it is properties or stocks and so the margin accounts increased dramatically and the margin debt reached almost 4% of GDP whereas in the US it is around 2% of GDP and it is at its highest level ever. So 4% was a very big figure. I think the government´s measure to support the market will largely fail and that eventually there will be more selling pressure and stocks will retreat somewhat more.
Do they go back to the levels of a year ago, to the 2014 lows? I don't think so. I think this may be the beginning of a new bull market in China but after a 100% rise we could have, like, from peak to trough a 40% correction. Or even 50%.
I think this may be the beginning of a new bull market in China but after a 100% rise we could have, like, from peak to trough a 40% correction. Or even 50%.
Interview conducted by Johannes Maierhofer and Peter Matay
Full Interview - http://www.marcopolis.net/the-big-pic
Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.Dr. Doom also trades currencies and commodity futures like Gold and Oil.
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An Aotearoa New Zealand where tourism contributes positively to national and local economic development.
Key Principles
- That we find ways to ameliorate the impacts of tourism on climate change and the environment.
- That people coming to New Zealand for holidays enjoy their experiences.
- That New Zealanders are encouraged to holiday close to home.
Specific Policy Points
Promoting Domestic tourism
- Direct Tourism New Zealand to encourage domestic tourism.
- Develop a promotional campaign to encourage people to 'get out into the great outdoors'.
- Support the ongoing development of distinct reputations for particular regions.
- Support and promote schemes for domestic tourists to learn organic farming skills.
- Ensure that tourism training includes strong environmental and cultural components.
Managing the Pressure of Tourism
- Work with local authorities to resolve issues with waste disposal.
- Establish a community development fund, providing start up capital for ecologically sustainable small businesses and community enterprises.
- Develop domestic tourism and eco-tourism, especially those based in less well known locations.
- Support current initiatives by DOC to make available more land for camping grounds.
- Require DOC to prioritise recreation over tourism.
- Expand the nationwide network of cycle/pedestrian trails.
- Promote rail as a great way to travel and seek to make it more available and reliable.
- Take real action to reduce climate change and its impacts on sensitive tourism destinations.
Maori Tourism
- Support a brandmark system to authenticate tourism products and services based on tikanga Maori.
- Include Maori tourism operators in all initiatives relating to climate change and care for the environment.
- Promote educational/cultural tourism.
Cultural tourism
- Support both local communities and the tourism sector to protect 'at risk' cultural and historic landscapes and townscapes.
- Support a brandmark system to authenticate tourism products and services based on NZ cultural heritage, aligned with any similar tangata whenua system.
Maintaining high standards
- Work with industry to develop a code of practice and brandmark levels for eco-tourism.
- Develop workable and effective safety standards and codes, particularly in relation to adventure tourism.
- Ensure increased education on safety for visiting tourists.


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Saw this over at Good Math, Bad Math and decided to join in!
What were the last three genre books that you purchased? Why did you purchase them? And do they feel comfortable together?
My most recent purchase of books for myself included a total of eight books, bought before summer from a giant online bookseller. Since then, I have also picked out free books at The Book Thing of Baltimore, and I have purchased books as gifts, which are not included in this list.
I shall here narrow down the list of eight lately bought books to three, all of which I have read or at least begun:
- No Teachers Left Behind, by 'Hopeful but Frustrated Teacher', a fictional account of middle school teaching and its daily details, both funny and frustrating. I bought this book because it was recommended on a teaching blog that I regularly read.
- Group Theory in the Bedroom, by Brian Hayes, a sequence of essays on popular mathematics (and computer science). I enjoy reading the author's bimonthly columns in the magazine American Scientist, so when I heard he had a compilation of these mathematically-themed essays coming out, I jumped at the chance to buy it!
- Notes on Fermat's Last Theorem, by Alf van der Poorten, a transcription and extension of lectures on Algebraic Number Theory as it relates to the history and solution of Fermat's Last Theorem. I had set as a goal this summer to work my way through an earlier-purchased textbook on Algebraic Number Theory, with this book as an additional resource and motivation. I was drawn to this book in particular because its author has co-written articles in the past with my undergraduate thesis advisor. While I did begin to read and work through both books, my goal for the summer was not realized, so I hope to continue reading/working on Algebraic Number Theory as the school year progresses.
While these three books are not all of a type, they do span the continuum in between two of my interests: math and teaching. Notes is pure math; No Teachers is pure teaching; whereas Group Theory is at the juncture of the two, exposing interesting topics in advanced math (both pure and applied) in a way accessible to a broader audience. This is, at its core, math teaching! Since I am a math teacher, then, I think this trio of books fits together quite nicely!


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Mechatronika was founded in 1989 to design and manufacture entry level surface mount equipment.
Our manufacturing portfolio covers:
We provide our customers not only with equipment but also know-how enabling quick deployment of Surface Mount Technology in their production facilities.
High quality production enables us to sell our machines on the world market since 1995. Our products can be found in Australia, Austria, Belarus, Brasil, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Kazachstan, Latvia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Puerto Rico, Russia, Singapore, Slovak Republik, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, Ukraine and USA.


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More information about this season can be found in our Season 13 Welcome Packet. Download it here or pick up your
copy at the studio desk.
Parents and Toddlers (ages walking - 2) 45 minutes
Parents, if your little toddler is full of energy, it's time for you to share some physical time in a fun and exciting movement education class. These little movers are taught to explore basic motor skills through movement, music, and props while they bond with their parent and socialize with other kids.
Toddlers Tumbling (Parent and Child) ages walking - 2 years old, 45 minutes
Our little tumblers are taught to explore basic motor skills through basic tumbling exercises, music, and props while they bond with their parent and socialize with other kids.
Tumble Time (ages 3-4) 45 minutes
Tumble Time is a fun and energetic class incorporating basic tumbling skills, as well as taking directions, and developing musicality and coordination. The goals for this class are to release energy and creativity, and to gain flexibility and strength all while having a fun learning experience. This class incorporates fun age appropriate music, and props.
Creative Dance (ages 3-4) 45 minutes
Creative Dance is a fun class for our youngest dancers. This class focuses on exploring the dancer's own creativity while adding an introduction to basic Ballet vocabulary and movements. Young dancers will learn Ballet movements such as basic positions and center barre technique, to follow directions and develop musicality and coordination. The goal is to provide a healthy, positive, and fun experience to stimulate a growing love of dance. This class incorporates fun age appropriate music, and props.
Combo Class Tap/Ballet (ages 3-4) 45 minutes
Instilling the love for dance through a fun and creative class while introducing basic Ballet and Tap vocabularies. The dancers will gain a wide knowledge of the basic ballet and tap techniques which will help them progress to other classes in our youth program.
Creative Dance Too (ages 4-5) 45 minutes - must have taken Creative Dance already.
In CDToo the dancers will continue their introduction of basic Ballet vocabulary through more advanced center barre work which will better prepare them for our Little Ballerinas and Primary Ballet classes. Each dancer will be encouraged to explore their own creativity, coordination and musicality. This class incorporates fun age appropriate music, and props.
Little Ballerinas (ages 5-6) 1 hour
Our ballerinas in training will learn basic ballet terminology and technique in a fun and positive environment. Understanding and accomplishing the movements in this class will prepare them for our youth ballet program.
Tumble Stars (ages 5-6) 1 hour
Young tumblers will continue their introduction of basic Tumbling skills as well as progress to developing more complex skills. This class incorporates fun age appropriate music, and props.
Combo Class Tap/Jazz/Ballet (ages 5-6) 1 hour
Instilling the love for dance through a fun and creative class focusing on rhythm and technique, while introducing basic Ballet,Tap, and Jazz vocabularies. The dancers will gain a wide knowledge of the basic ballet, jazz, and tap techniques which will help them progress to other classes in our youth program. This class incorporates fun age appropriate music, and props.
HIP HOP (Intro, Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced) - A high-energy class incorporating Hip Hop choreography, and foundational techniques such as popping, locking, and break dancing. Dancers will learn movement influenced by some of today's hottest music video choreography to popular rap, R&B and pop music. Dancer's will be encouraged to develop their own personal style through freestyle movement and picking up choreography. These classes will help build confidence and performance quality in the students along with giving them the opportunity to develop their own personal style.
BALLET (Primary, A, B, C, D, Pointe) Classes will be divided by age. Our new location will house a new and improved Ballet program. The program includes classes for beginning-advanced level dancers. Ballet is the foundation for all styles of dance, with an emphasis on proper body alignment, technique, poise, and balance. It fosters not only an awareness of line, but also increases flexibility and tones and strengthens the body. The knowledge of Ballet will also transfer into all other forms of dance. Additional attention is given to musicality, movement quality and anatomically correct work.
JAZZ (Intro, Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced) - Fun, upbeat style of dance. Jazz teaches the development of flexibility and control through the use of isolations, turns, and progression combinations. Students learn traditional Jazz vocabulary in a fun and engaging class. Through learning combinations and choreography, including jumps, turns and various energetic leaps, students explore rhythm, coordination, and begin to develop their own personal style.. Energetic popular music is used for this class. Previous Ballet technique is recommended.
Contemporary & Lyrical (Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced) - Are expressive dance forms combining ballet technique with jazz and modern style. These classes are for dancers who like physical complicated choreography, and self-expression. Dancers will utilize their technique while learning choreography and developing their own personal style which will enhance their overall performance. Elements of improvisation are also introduced. Lyrical and Contemporary require a pre-requisite of ballet and/or jazz technique.
Acro Classes (Intro, Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced) - Acro classes are for the innate tumbler in every child. These classes develop flexibility, control, strength, and motor skills. Students learn how to work with their body to flip through the air and accomplish amazing tricks. Through learning balances and air technique, learners develop core strength which enables them to use their body as an apparatus. These energetic classes will enhance a dancer's skill and core by providing the foundation necessary for today's performance expectations. Set in a fun and positive environment, these classes are rewarding and a great way to build self-confidence for any learner.
Tap Classes (Intro, Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced) - Tap is an American art form in which the dancer creates sound through rhythmic footwork. What could be more fun than making beats and music with your feet!The class require special shoes to create different rhythms and sounds. Great for developing coordination and skills. Dancers will work on developing musicality and counting music. The combination of percussive footwork and stylized upper body movement enhance students overall stage presence.
Musical Theater - Musical Theater class is for the triple threat performer. Combining acting, singing, and dancing into this fun outgoing class will prepare students for character roles in theatrical dance performances. The dancers will have fun in this high energy class where they will learn some of their favorite routines from popular musicals. For example: High School Musical, Hairspray, Lion King, Footloose, and many more!
Cheer - Our NCDA Cheerleaders will learn basic stunts, Tumbling, Jumps, Chants and a mix of Jazz Funk and Hip Hop choreography. Developing all of these skills will provide our cheerleaders with the tools to achieve their dreams of becoming a successful cheerleader on any school team or competitive squad.
In our youth program (ages 6 to 13) our dancers and acrobats are able to take class in any of the following techniques: Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Tap, Lyrical, Contemporary, Musical Theater, Cheer and Acro. The levels within each technique start with an introduction to the basics, teaching each student the skills they need to progress through the program as they advance. As your child progresses through our program, they will learn to master skills in a fun and positive learning environment. Classes are age and skill level appropriate. Youth classes will also be given the opportunity to showcase their routines at our yearly Recital Showcase!
We are excited to offer a wide variety of Teen Adult classes for dancers High School age, College age, and beyond. Training is available in Ballet, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Lyrical, Jazz, Leaps and Turns, Acro, and Tap. Each style is offered in a variety of skill levels with classes geared towards the recreational dancer as well as classes for the serious artist! All of these classes are drop-in welcome, meaning dancers may register for monthly classes or drop-in to take class when they can. Although these classes are open, we do promote regular attendance because a smart dancer recognizes that consistency equals results. All classes are taught by highly trained working professionals. Our dedicated artistic staff will always be there to guide you when choosing which classes will best suit you with your current abilities. Dancers training throughout our program often are accepted into prestigious College dance programs, develop professional dance careers in the commercial industry and concert world, and continue to have a deep rooted passion for the art of dance.
Group Exercise is all about fitness, fun, and body conditioning. We are excited to offer a new and improved group fitness program for adults at our new location! Taught by experienced, highly trained instructors, these classes are motivating and produce results. Our instructors are passionate about helping you reach your fitness goals! We've got several weekly classes to choose from. Some are fast paced, high-energy calorie burners, while others are focused more on anaerobic toning, shaping muscles, and flexibility. For participants who commit to a regular and varied class schedule, results will be seen quickly in cardio endurance, muscle toning, flexibility, balance and core strength. Monthly membership discounts are available as well as single class rates.
Our Young Movers Program offers dance and tumbling classes for children ages 18 months to 5 years old. These young dancers will develop a love for dance and acro while they are guided through basic exploration of motor skills, musicality, and technique, in a fun and creative learning environment. Not only will our young movers gain skills like coordination and balance, but they will also develop early socialization skills such as sharing and taking turns, following directions, and cooperating. These weekly classes will help prepare our young movers for classes in our youth program.
Call Us: 1-408-995-6500
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The Future8 team have spent some time with our expert judges to gain insights into their industry experience and see what Tips and Advice they have for Future8 Awards entrants. We met with Games Category judge Jo Scalpello, Head of Partnerships at Blinkbox to talk all things tech, gaming and The Future8 Awards.
Jo has fused her passion for digital and creative talents to create marketing campaigns for leading brands like Sony PlayStation, Nike, EA Games and BlinkBox – taking the digital world into the physical world in new and innovative ways!
Check out Jo's entry tips video here for tips and advice on what she's really looking for in the winning entry!
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We're looking for the best digital talent across 8 categories! Enter over at www.TheFuture8.com for your chance to impress industry experts and win life changing prizes!
As with all of our categories we're looking for completed projects AND well presented projects which are at the IDEA stage too! Check out what you need to enter and see the prizes up for grabs on our site!
Be Sure to check out Jo's Tips and Inspiration video about entering The Future8 Games Category and more!
If you want to enter The Future8 Awards Games category check out what you need to do here!


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New Delhi [India], Oct 16 (ANI): Himanshu Rana will lead the 15-member Indian U-19 team while Abhishek Sharma will serve as his deputy in the fourth edition of the Asia Cup, to be played in Malaysia from November 9-20.
India, who are also the defending champions, have won this tournament thrice.
"The All-India Junior Selection Committee has picked the India U-19 team for the fourth edition of the Under-19 Asia Cup to be played in Malaysia from November 9-20. Team India is defending champions and has won the tournament thrice," the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a media release.
Meanwhile, the national selectors were also of the opinion that 17-year-old Prithvi Shaw, who recently scored a century (154) in the Duleep Trophy final, should play in the ongoing Ranji Trophy.
The India U-19 team is as follows:
Himanshu Rana (Captain), Abhishek Sharma (vice-captain), Atharva Taide, Manjot Kalra, Salman Khan, Anuj Rawat, Harvik Desai, Riyan Parag, Anukul Roy, Shiva Singh, Tanush Kotian, Darshan Nalkande, Vivekanand Tiwary, Aditya Thakare, Mandeep Singh.(ANI)


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Following up on the previous post, I realized I never shared the awesome dress up storage rack that Grandma Sandy built for Chloe (although I did mention it on Facebook – I need to figure out how to link to those status updates here, instead of my long unused twitter feed). Anyway, it is fabulous, and a really nice way to store and organize all the costumes, play clothes and accessories that Chloe has been given. It is just the right size, and a fraction of the cost of buying one pre-manufactured. I have some beautiful metal dragonfly hooks that I'll attach to each side, and eventually get some vinyl lettering to personalize the front. I would say Chloe uses it almost every day. Here is the link to the easy-to-use plans we found on ana-white.com. We chose to do the shelf-on-top option, which I highly recommend.
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More Ikea Organization
We've been to Ikea twice in the last week. We went to buy shelving for our laundry room, a narrow 6×12′ section in the back corner of the house that holds our washer and dryer, the hot water heater, and anything else that we can possibly fit into it, including all of our extra dinnerware (which is considerable – see this post), electrical appliances (bread maker, pasta maker, 3 coffee makers, ice cream maker, panini press, kitchen aid mixer, blender, food processer… the list goes on), linens, vases, dog food and supplies, boxes of candles and holders, bulk items, etc. It doesn't sound like a lot upon reading mere words, but trust me, we've got A LOT.
David has been wanting to re-organize this room for some time now. Before, the storage mostly consisted of salvaged cabinets from our kitchen remodel and some metal shelves (we're still keeping one set of wall cabinets and the metal shelving). Decidedly unglamourous, but at least partially utilitarian. Except that there still wasn't enough nooks and crannies to hide it all.
And so, with a happily accepted birthday donation from my wonderful in-laws, we were able to purchase this new IVAR shelving and two ANTONIUS wire baskets from Ikea. However, when we got there on sunday, we were stunned to find that they were all out of the size we needed. Thus our second trip a couple days later (after calling to confirm there was indeed a new shipment of IVAR parts). And now look, it is all organized! Things aren't crammed together and hidden within the dark recesses of our old cabinets. Now everything has a place, easy to locate and easy to access. All that's left to do is to paint the old wall cabinet (not shown) white and for David to hang a sliding door in front of our new shelves. What a difference!
Click here for a detailed explanation of what is on each shelf.
P.S. This room isn't as blue as it looks in the photo. Only two walls are blue, and the other two are white.
Other posts I've written about IKEA are Ode to our home office and The perfect craft table.