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Newbie vegan
i'm a new vegan, finding it ok up to now even though I've just realised most of my favourite snacks are non vegan but i think i will cope. Trouble is i'm having a bit of a problem reading labels. Like the smoothie i had before says its for vegetarians but it doesn't mention vegan and there's only fruit in it! So dose it also mean for vegans when it says suitable for vegetarians cause on other labels it says both of them a few products. I need to get use to label reading for vegan food, i find it quite confusing sometimes.
Also do they sell vegan cheese at Hollard & Barret and unicorn(in UK)?
It takes time. And don't beat yourself up over the little slip-ups. It happens. Learn from it and move on.
Here's a list of common animal-derived ingredients to avoid:
(I don't know if they call this stuff by different names in UK)
And welcome to the site!!
Hi, you will get used to it, it just takes a little time.
Holland & Barrett in the UK do sell vegan cheese, have a look in the fridge at your local one. Mine does tofutti and some cheese slice things as well as other dairy replacements. I've even managed to feed tofutti to my omni, very dairy orientated housemate and she couldn't tell the difference from dairy philadelphia (and she eats that stuff by the tub!!) H & B also do loads of other vegan stuff so just take a good look around the store. I've got no idea about Unicorn as I've never heard of it but good luck.
You know, I don't know just how new to veganism you are, but you may want to put off vegan cheese for a while. It can be kind of gross if you're still really used to the dairy stuff.


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Example 1If the original IRA owner reached age 70½ prior to death, the default distribution schedule typically follows the original IRA owner's RMD schedule. The beneficiary does have the option to choose a lump sum distribution or a life expectancy distribution. In many cases, children may elect accelerated distributions instead of the smaller RMD distributions and create large income tax payments.
Angela, age 50, inherited her mother's IRA valued at $400,000. After weighing her options and consulting with her advisor, Angela chose to take the IRA distributions over her life expectancy. By choosing this option, Angela will not be subject the 10% early withdrawal penalty. She will pay income tax on each distribution at her ordinary income tax rate. If instead the charity received the IRA, Angela could inherit other "good assets," like stock or real estate, and sell them tax free. The charity would have been able to receive the IRA tax free. Under the IRA life expectancy tables Angela reached life expectancy at age 84, at which point the IRA payments from the inherited IRA ceased. Angela was an active and healthy woman, she lived to age 98. The IRA distributions ended well before she passed away.
Example 2
William inherited an IRA valued at $400,000 from his uncle. His uncle's estate was rather large. William consults with his professional advisor and determines he would like a lump sum distribution. The IRA is subject to estate tax of $160,000 before being distributed to him. William's professional advisor ensures that William has adequate tax withholding on the IRA distribution. William understands that the IRA distribution will increase his tax rate. He will also need to increase his withholding on his wages and other income because his entire income will be taxed at a higher tax rate. He will pay ordinary income tax of $84,000 on the IRA. The original $400,000 IRA will be substantially reduced by estate and income taxes. William is left with $156,000, which is only 39% of the original asset. If his income tax withholding is insufficient, William could also end up with a large income tax bill from the IRS including interest and penalties.
Example 3A testamentary CRUT funded with an IRA allows the IRA owner to provide for family in an income tax favored way while also generating a substantial legacy gift for charity. Using a CRUT as the inheritance vehicle for an IRA ensures the proceeds of the IRA are distributed over time and not disbursed in a lump sum. This can aid IRA owners' peace of mind knowing their loved ones will have regular payments measured over their lives or a term of years. This may be a great solution for heirs lacking in money management skills.
If, instead of leaving the IRA to Angela (see example 1 above), her mother created a testamentary CRUT for the benefit of Angela, the results would better meet her mother's goals. Assume that instead of receiving the IRA through the beneficiary designation form, Angela was the income beneficiary of a testamentary charitable remainder unitrust that was funded with her mother's IRA. When the trust was funded, the IRA was valued at $400,000. Angela received a 5% unitrust payout from the CRUT for her lifetime. Angela lived to age 98 and over the course of her life received over $1.22 million in trust payments. The charity received the remainder value of the trust, which at the time of Angela's passing was valued at almost $645,000. The combined value of the trust payments and remainder value to charity was over $1.86 million. The charity is able to receive the remainder value tax free. Angela's mother left a lasting legacy gift and was able to provide for Angela during her remaining lifetime.
Example 4The IRA owner should obtain the testamentary CRUT document and the appropriate consent forms from his or her attorney prior to updating the beneficiary designation form to ensure a smooth transfer. The testamentary CRUT must be in existence at the time of the donor's death to qualify for an estate tax deduction. The CRUT can be formed as a funded or unfunded CRUT, but it must be created during the life of the donor to qualify for an estate tax deduction.
Over his lifetime, Edward has accumulated a substantial amount of assets. Edward wants part of his estate to benefit his young children. He wants his favorite charity to benefit from his IRA. His wife will be well cared for through other assets in his estate. Edward's attorney highlights the benefits of using a testamentary term of years CRUT. Edward is very happy that he can benefit his favorite charity and provide his children with some added security.
Edward's attorney drafts the testamentary CRUT. His attorney also creates the required consent form and Edward's wife signs the form. Edward finally updates his IRA beneficiary designation form to reflect the desired outcome. Edward's taxable estate is valued at $14 million and includes his IRA worth $3 million. The IRA plus $7 million other assets will go to the 20-year testamentary trust, creating an estate tax deduction of just over $3.68 million. Edward's estate will save almost $1.13 million in estate taxes with this inheritance plan. Edward's children will receive income for 20 years and the remainder will go to charity. The charity is projected to receive almost $11 million from the trust at the end of the trust term.

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The School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin has launched a Certificate in Public Safety at the undergraduate level. Social work students can register for certificate-approved courses in fall 2017. Certificates will be awarded starting in fall 2018, when the new university catalog is effective.
The certificate provides undergraduate social work students with coursework and learning opportunities that prepare them for careers in public safety settings such as law enforcement, fire departments, emergency medical services, and emergency management at the local, state, and national levels.
"We are excited about this new certificate program," said Allan Cole, senior associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Social Work. "It opens new career possibilities for our students, and it allows social work values—such as commitment to social justice—and social work skills—such as empathic listening—inform positive change in a range of human service contexts."
The certificate will be awarded to students whose successful completion of the bachelor in social work program includes six courses with a public safety focus. One of those courses requires 120 hours of service learning in an approved public safety setting.
For more information, please contact the Undergraduate Program Coordinator, email@example.com or call (512) 471-5457.


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Name: Dan Tranh.
Type: Chordophones > Zithers > Heterochords > Tube > Half.
Hornbostel-Sachs No#: 314.122.4
Specimen: 1 in collection.
Country: Vietnam.
Region: Far East Asia.
Acquisition Source: Randy Raine-Reusch, Vancouver.
Description: The đàn tranh [in Vietnamese pronunciation; ɗâːn tʂaɲ 彈箏] or đàn thập lục is a plucked zither of Vietnam, similar to the Chinese guzheng, the Japanese koto, the Korean gayageum and the Mongolia yatga.
It has a long soundbox with the steel strings, movable bridges and tuning pegs positioned on its top. The đàn tranh can be used either as a solo instrument, as part of various instrumental ensembles or to accompany vocal performances.
History: In the late 13th and early 14th centuries, the đàn tranh had 14 strings. Between the late 15th and the 18th centuries, the number of strings of the đàn tranh increased to fifteen and the instrument was called thập ngũ huyền cầm. In the 19th centuries, the đàn tranh with 16 strings appeared and had become the standard version until the late 1970s and early 1980s.


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When you hired your Web site developer to build your Web site, you agreed on a project, signed a contract, paid a price. Therefore, you automatically own the Web site, right?
Jeffrey Rose, an intellectual property Attorney who writes for IP Magazine says "The client might presume that he is the owner of everything that the developer was paid to create, but this is rarely the case."
We hear from a lot of companies who, for one reason or another, decide that the relationship with their current developer needs to end. But when they ask to take their files elsewhere, they're told that they can't have them, because they don't own them.
And while it's surprising, disappointing and angering, unfortunately it is also correct! And while they feel they've been ripped off, they've only been deceived by not having been informed from the beginning.
The misunderstanding stems from the fact that we're used to the print model, where we pay a someone to come up with the design, then we pay for the paper, and pay the printer to print the design on that paper. The finished product is ours. We own it.
However, software and the Internet are different.
Here's a pop quiz to show you why: Do you own a copy of Windows 95 or 98 (or the MAC O/S)? Do you own Word, Excel or Access?
If you answered "Yes" to any of the above, you're incorrect.
Even though you went to Best Buy, wrote out a check, brought home a shrink-wrapped box, and installed the software from the enclosed CD, you still don't OWN the program. You have merely paid for a license to operate the computer files contained on that CD.
Web sites are made up of computer files, and so they fall under the same copyright and ownership rules as other software.
In J. Dianne Brinson and Mark F. Radcliffe's "AN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW PRIMER FOR MULTIMEDIA AND WEB DEVELOPERS," they write: "You should not assume that you own the copyright if you pay an independent contractor to create the work (or part of it). In fact, generally the copyright in a work is owned by the individual who creates the work, except for full-time employees working within the scope of their employment and copyrights which are assigned in writing.
What this means is that if you have subcontracted an individual to create your Web site, he or she owns it. If you contract a company to develop your Web site and the contract doesn't specifically spell out who owns the files, that company (not you) owns the files. And those aren't company policies, they're a federal law.
The moral of the story is this. Make sure that your contract with your developer explicitly addresses the file ownership issue to spell out who owns the files, and the terms and costs associated with transferring the ownership to the client.
One final caveat: Some of the software on your site may require other programs to be installed on the server for areas of your Web site to run. These programs are files that are owned and licensed by third party companies (Database Programs, Operating Systems, Secured Server software, etc.). And while getting a license to install those programs on a new server may be relatively easy, they cannot be included in any file transfer agreement with your developer.
It's a tricky legal issue, but knowing the law, and making sure you've got yourself covered will avoid a misunderstanding later.
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Sadly, the answer is yes. As we're all aware, OUI stands for Operating Under the Influence. That's what we call drunk driving in Maine. In other states they call it DUI for Driving Under the Influence or maybe even DWI for Driving While Intoxicated.
Now, in Maine the law requires that the state prove by proof beyond a reasonable doubt the following: that you are operating a motor vehicle, i.e., a car, and you are either a .08 grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath. Okay, the .08 is standard, or you're impaired to any degree by alcohol no matter how slight.
Oftentimes people will blow below a .08. Perhaps it's a .06 or a .07, and the state of Maine will still charge them with Operating Under the Influence even if they haven't used or were not under the influence of prescriptions or illegal medications. And the reason for that is the standard in the State of Maine concerns not only your breath alcohol content but in the alternative, impairment to any degree.
So under the law if you are between a .05% and a .07% BrAC, there is no presumption of impairment, but that breath alcohol test can still be introduced. If you're below a .05, expect that you will be given a drug recognition evaluation by a DRE who is an officer that's "trained" to administer specialized testing to determine if you're under the influence of narcotics or prescription medications. So, again, this is a very long winded way of saying that in Maine you can, in fact, be charged with Operating Under the Influence of alcohol even if your breath alcohol content is below a .08%


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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Chocolate Covered Pretzels - Baptism Favors
I love edible favors, and figured the easiest thing would be chocolate covered pretzels. I made dark choc and milk choc with a white choc drizzle. I used the "defrost" setting on the microwave. I think it actually melts the chocolate better than the full power. In the past, I have use the regular power and feel like the chocolate got "burnt". I let it go for about 60 seconds, stirred it and then let it go for another 30 (ish) seconds. It was the perfect consistency at that point
One tip that I found on-line was to pour the choc onto wax paper and then just roll the pretzel (1st pic). This worked out really well and gave a nice even coating for the pretzel. I have seen some pics and they seems very thick and chunky. I think those were "dunked" in some kind of cup or a deep bowl.
I think the wax paper method worked really well. The only tip with that is not to put too much on the paper at one time. It cools really fast when in thin amounts. After the first time, I just put a smaller amount on the paper and rolled it. I did "tap" it a bit before putting it on the cooling rack. The rack worked better than just waxed paper. The rack allowed less surface area touching the pretzel - so no flat spot like if I just put it on the waxed paper.
After the chocolate was "set" I melted the white and then took a fork to drizzle. I am sure it would have been fine if the choc was not set. But, I did not want to take any chances since I did not have more time. to make more if these were ruined somehow.
I made 60 total - 30 milk and 30 dark. Each favor has one of each. I just made a simple tag. I had wanted to use the extra paper from the invite kit...but my printer was totally not cooperating. So, simple tag it is. No worries :)
Oh, and I gave Cora a small piece of pretzel with chocolate on it. She loved it.
UPDATE - I have made these several times, and have gotten between 35-40 pretzels out of a one pound bag of chocolates.
7 comments:
This is a great idea! What did you wrap the pretzels in?
- March 29, 2012 at 3:17 PM
- Shavo said...
Hi there, what did u wrap them in ?
- July 28, 2012 at 11:22 PM
- Amy (MyColonyNJ) said...
They make special pretzel bags. YOu can find them at most craft store (Michaels, AC Moore, etc) They will be in the candy making / Wilton section. Usually by the lolipop molds.
- July 29, 2012 at 11:31 PM
- City Girl Gone Country said...
I am curious about how the tag is attached to the bag. Is it just the ribbon holding the bag to the tag or did you do something else 'behind the scenes'?
- April 7, 2013 at 10:49 PM
- City Girl Gone Country said...
I am curious about how you attached the tag to the pretzel bags. Is it just the ribbon that is tied around the bag keeping the bag connected to the tag?
- April 7, 2013 at 10:50 PM
- Amy (TheGiggleWorm) said...
@city girl gone country - there was a bit of space at the top of the bag. I just folded over the cardstock a tiny bit over the bag and stapled it shut. The ribbon was tied into a bow and then glued to cover the staple on the front.
- April 12, 2013 at 9:00 PM
Beautiful and elegant tag and great idea!
- May 26, 2014 at 2:22 PM


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Elaine is the custodian of Heart Centre and Elemental Therapies. It was her desire to create a space that brings people together in a supportive environment while on their Spiritual Paths.
In addition to looking after Heart Centre, Elaine is also a Therapist. She began her career in this field over 15 years ago when she trained as a Counsellor and worked throughout Fife in Health Centres and Hospitals. As she was working as a Counsellor, and as her own Spiritual Journey began, Elaine added to her skills by training in Reiki and Hypnotherapy/NLP eventually starting her own business in 2010.
Over the years, Elaine has also added to the therapies she can provide and at the moment offers:
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Frying: to cook in oil to produce moist, evenly cooked food with a gold, crisp surface.
Our Four Favorite Frying Recipes
Battered foods are often fried to achieve a crispy, golden texture. Use oil with a high smoke point, and heat to the stated temperature (usually between 350-400°F). Fry ingredients until they are cooked through and reach the desired color.
Cooking tips:
- For a healthier meal, look for recipes that can be baked instead of fried. Place the ingredients on a cookie sheet and bake at 375-400°F. Turn foods occasionally so they achieve a uniform color and texture. Adjust cooking times accordingly.
- Keep fried foods warm until they are ready to serve by placing them on a sheet pan in a 250°F oven.
1. Lemon-Ginger Tea Brined Fried Chicken
2. Chicken Fried Steak with Sausage Gravy
3. Quick 'n' Easy Garlic Fries
Our Four Favorite Pans for Frying
Frying typically requires dealing with a substantial amount of heated oil. Comfortable handles with a good grip will help you easily transport the heated pan from stovetop to sink or countertop.
1. Anolon Tri-Ply Clad covered Sauté with Helper Handle: durable three-ply construction features an aluminum core between layers of stainless steel; induction suitable and oven safe to 500 degrees F.
2. Rachael Ray Hard-Anodized Covered Oval Sauté: stylish, and uniquely shaped to take up less space on the stovetop, this pan provides extra capacity and durable nonstick.
3. Paula Deen Signature Porcelain Covered Chicken Fryer: generous depth and soft-touch handles offer extra convenience and comfort for this long-lasting nonstick pan.
4. Farberware Classic Series Covered Sauté with Helper Handle: heavy-duty stainless steel is polished to a mirror finish offering even heating and a classic look; dishwasher safe and oven safe to 350 degrees F.
How to: Fry
Use this cooking method to prepare Game Day Onion Rings.
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Available now
- Price$2,250,000
- Length76'
- MakeOffshore Yachts
- Built2010
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Twin Caterpillar C-32 / 1550 HP EnginesLow Hours - only 1560Beautiful High Gloss InteriorIncredibly Comfortable RideOne owner
- NameArmagnac
- Current Price$2,250,000
- Year2010
- Length76'
- Hull MaterialFiberglass
- Draft5.67 ft
- Fuel Capacity2400|gallon
- Beam19.25 ft
- Location (city)Fort Lauderdale
- Location (state)FL
- Location (country)US
Essential Information
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- BuilderOffshore
- TitleAvailable now
- TypePower
- Sub-TypeMotor Yachts
- StatusActive
Engine 1
- TypePower
- Fueldiesel
- MakeCaterpillar
- ModelC-32
- Hours1560
- Power1550|horsepower
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- MakeCaterpillar
- ModelC-32
- Hours1560
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Planing hull, deep vee bow entry, generous flair @ bow sections, raised chine, prop pockets, integral
swim platform, keel extension for propeller protection, underwater exhaust with frp exhaust barriers
Hand laminated FRP utilizing only bi-directional & uni-directional material, vacuum bagged Core Cell
solid laminate below the water line with high quality iso & vinylester resins
Full-length hull girders of high density foam cores with bi & uni-directional material
Exterior hull finish in high gloss "Cook" gel coat, Reichold Hydrex vinylester resin laminate
Multiple athwartship girders reducing panel size and increase impact strength
Cored structural bulkheads padded @ hull, bonded as per schedule
Full length keel increasing directional stability and propeller protection
Putty coated bilges for smooth finish
All bonding of hull to deck, roofs to cabins done with FRP, exterior finished w/gel coat
30 mil epoxy barrier coating and bottom paint with limited 3 year osmosis warranty
Sealed bow compartment with water tight hatch
Structural upper and lower FRP rub rails capped with solid stainless steel
Prop Pockets to reduce propeller draft
Raised chine to reduce wave noise at anchor
Port and starboard hull doors for convenient access
Portlights recessed in hull sides for protection
Hull side port lights thru bolted for added safety
Detail/whale stripe enhancing appearance
Hand laminated FRP utilizing bi-directional & uni-directional material w/Core Cell sandwich, high quality
ISO resin, vacuum bagging, deck mechanically & FRP bonded to hull
Suitable high compression cores as required for hardware mounting
Exterior finished w/high gloss "Cook" gel coat all surfaces, two tone non skid finish at decks
Main deck soles and engine room bulkheads padded & cored w/appropriate sandwich materials
High bulwarks protecting recessed walkaround decks
Leak proof window frames molded into cabin sides
Gel coated joint at overhead deck liner to main cabin sides
Molded in multiple facet & plank lines for detailed appearance & strength
Hand laminated FRP construction utilizing Core Cell sandwich vacuum bagging where appropriate of exterior doors, moldled in recessed window & door frames & exterior window frames, radar arch, internal storage bins, port & starbd bulwark doors
Molded & gel coated finish of interiors of all FRP hatches & doors
FRP forward fashion plates and rear fashion plates
Tinted tempered window glass (10mm fwd, 8mm side and aft)
Flush FRP recessed access boxes for exterior plumbing & electrical fittings
Exterior materials of gel coated FRP, stainless or optional teak, no exposed aluminum
Twin C-32 1550HP "Caterpillar" diesel engines with vibration damping mounts, 24V/75Amp alternators, ZF-550A 2.64:1 gears w/Centra dampening & live PTO
Stainless steel #316 (w/316-L rod) exhaust risers w/zinc plugs connecting to FRP underwater system w/bypass pipes to "Aqua Quiet" mufflers
3" "Aquamet #22 High Strength" propeller shafts
Bronze V struts with "Cutlass" bearings & damping insulation
Bronze intermediate struts with "Cutlass" bearings
Five blade expanded ratio computer designed propellers
Hydrodynamic stainless steel rudders per design
Dripless propeller shaft glands ("Tides") with dual cooling lines
"Tides" rudder shaft seal and bearings
ABT 9' roll fin hydraulic stabilizers and 40 hp bow & stern thrusters w/hydraulic raw water cooling pump
Twin Disc electronic engine controls @ pilothouse, flybridge and aft deck
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Engine room start/stop panels with engine gages
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White aluminum perforated covering on overhead, side, fwd, aft engine room bulkheads
covering multiple layers of the latest technology sound insulation
Welded stainless steel engine beds (electro polished)
Two marine grade aluminum fuel tanks @ fwd blkhd, sight gages (900 gallons each)
All aluminum fuel tanks insulated to minimize condensation and noise transfer
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Fuel manifold system for supply & return management with 2" crossover for port or starbd fuel fill
Sight gages (marine grade w/protective guard) at fwd blkhd fuel tanks
Marine grade bronze sea cocks for through hull skin fittings
"Groco" sea strainers at all raw water intakes
Main seawater intakes plumbed for emergency bilge pump use
Full flow stainless ball valves for all piping systems
Dual Racor marine filter system with vacuum gauge for main engines
Racor #500 marine filter systems with vacuum gauge for both generators
Tank level indicator system for fuel, water and waste tanks
Six high output 24v bilge pumps w/"Ultra" automatic switches & high water alarms
High output "Whale" 40 manual bilge pump
"Delta-T" engine air intake system minimizing water ingestion, recessed & color matched to exterior
Four "Delta-T" 11" 120V/AC engine room blowers
Engine room 24V/DC lights X 4pcs and 120V/AC fluorescent lamps X 4 PCS
Engine room video camera system (2 cameras)
"Fire Boy" MA 1800 automatic fire extinguishing system w/engine shut down system
S.S. safety rails along inboard engine stringers
24v "Reverso" fuel transfer pump
"Reverso" 24V/AC oil change system with 2 x 30 gal oil tanks for main engines, transmissions & both generators
24v low profile S/S dome lights @ forward pump room & thruster/chain area
Fresh water wash down faucet in engine room
Integrated overhead storage lockers above engines
Stainless floorboard frames, floorboards covered with non skid vinyl & trimmed with teak
Labels on all thru hulls
Dual "Muir" 3,500lb 24V vertical anchor windlass' with three station controls
Dual stainless CQR 110 lb bow anchors with 300 ft 7/16" HT chain each and chain stoppers
"Hynautic" 62" trim tabs with controls @ pilothouse and fly bridge
"Steelhead" 2000 lb hydraulic davit with cable, boom and rotation functions
"Marine Air" 90,000 BTU expansion air conditioning system
"Reverso" 24V/AC oil change system with 2 x 30 gal oil tanks
Triple "Buell" low profile dual trumpet air horn w/120v compressor, compressor outlets @ lazarette & engine room
"Exalto" stainless articulating windshield wipers w/washer system
5 "Tecma" silent flush heads
120v "Headhunter" holding tank discharge pump
24v "Sealand" standby macerator pump
Deck discharge for holding tank
Six 24v bilge pumps with "Ultra" automatic switches
"Ultra" system high water bilge alarm w/warning lights at pilothouse
Gate valve at each watertight structural bulkhead
"Headhunter Mach 5" 120v fresh water pressure pump w/filter & accumulator tank
"Headhunter" 24v standby water pressure pump
"Allcraft" 35 gallon and 12 gallon 220v s/s hot water heaters
Two shower sump tanks designed for convenient access
Port & stbd (or fore & aft) dockside water pressure connection
Central drain system minimizing thru hull fittings
"Nutone" Central Vacuum System
Two Salon AC 12BTU Air Handlers
18BTU AC Handler with 16BTUELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Two "Northern Lights" 25 KW diesel generators, 24V start w/whisper sound shield with gas/water exhaust separators and E.A.R. anti vibration mounts
Four "MKl" 8D gel cell main engine start batteries (24v)
Two "MK" 4D gel cell generator start batteries (24v)
Ten "MK" 8D gel cell batteries for ship's 24v system
Battery cross over capability for main engine and generator batteries
"Xantrex" SW-40/24 4kw inverter/120Amp charger with high temp. shut down
"Newmar" PT-24-40CE, 24V ship service back up charger with high temp. shut down
"Newmar" PT-24-20CE, 24V engine battery charger with high temp. shut down
Additional 60amp 24v alternator on each engine for ship service systems
Digital DC charge rate, DC ampmeters and DC voltmeters
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120V & 24OV back-lit distribution/circuit breaker panels w/amp & voltmeters
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Two Charles Marine 50amp isolation transformers
"Marinco" Shore power 125/250V-50A, phone and TV cable inlets port & stbd side (or fore & aft)
"Glendinning" CM-7 cable master, 24OV 5O amp w/75' cable located aft
Vimar switches and outets in accomodations and living areas
Halogen overhead "Cantalupi" lighting w/dimmer controls throughout
Wall sconces or reading lights in staterooms and heads as appropriate
GFI breaker protection as appropriate @ deck, galley, heads, engine room & lazarette
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Electrolysis bonding & grounding system w/two 6" x 12" zinc plates and shaft scratchers
High quality shielded RG-6 CO AX for TVs
Tinned high temperature wiring, UL approved
"Panasonic" phone/intercom system, 7 station
"Winegard" TV antenna booster & selector switch
ACR Search light
Spreader lights at radar arch
Garmin 7215 Chart Plotter / GPS
Garmin GM1 10 multi display wind/depth
Furuno RD33 depth
Simrad AP28 autopilot
ICOM-M604 radio
ICOM command mic II two stations
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"BOSE" Stereo system
Direct TV with 5 SAT receivers
37" LCD TV @ salon & "Polk Audio" surround speakers @ Salon
"Polk Audio" speakers @ pilothouse, master, VIP, mid guest cabin
20" TV @ master stateroom, 15" TV @ VIP and mid guest stateroom
DVD playerMAIN DECK
Walkaround decks with high bulwarks midships
Two tone non skid @ all decks, pilothouse roof white non skid
Molded in multiple facet & plank lines for appearance and strength
Exterior stainless 316 grade (including screws, bolts & nuts), welds ground & polished
1 ¼" s/s hand rails and bow
Port and starboard bulwark doors
"Marquipt" three step side boarding ladder with integral bulwark FRP storage locker @ stbd deck
"Manship" overhead hatches w/"Oceanaire" sliding screens/shades
"Manship" s/s port lights powder coated to match gel coat
316 s/s hawse holes w/cleats, 316 s/s bow chocks, 316 s/s deck cleats
Waterproof "Cantalupi" deck lights and LED safety lights
Aluminum reinforced exterior doors, exterior covered w/FRP & gel coated, interiors covered
w/matching interior wood, stainless steel door frames
Bow & stern staffs, s/s sockets allowing port & starboard deck access from pilothouse
Port & starboard storage lockers at bow
Fresh and salt water wash downs at bow
Aft deck engine & thruster controls, rudder indicator & engine start-stop switches
Port aft deck storage cabinet with covered sink, Isotherm refer & teak ventilation grates
Starboard aft deck storage cabinet with hatch/ladder to lazarette, crew & engine room
Molded FRP seat
S/S ladder to boat deck with overhead hatch
Two aft deck flood lights with molded FRP pods
Hand held shower @ sport deck
Fresh water wash down @ sport deck
Poly Planar water proof speakers in aft deck overhead with volume control
Camera at aft deck
60" swim platform with 4 removable stainless 2" diameter U-handrails
S/S pop up cleats @ sport deck
S/S swim ladder @ sport deck folding into storage locker
Teak Decking at California Deck, Port & Starboard Stairs to Cockpit
Teak Caprail at California Deck
Single large aft deck table with fore and aft slide
Double Gaggenau BBQ with safety switches at starboard aft deck cabinet
Aft deck wing doorsFLYBRIDGE & BOAT DECK
Manship door/hatch access to/from pilothouse
Strataglass equivalent Enclosure
Helm station w/complete engine instrumentation, function alarms & rudder indicator
Lexan venturi windshield w/stainless steel frame
Two Pompanette AS21 Helm chairs s/s flush mount pedestals with 360 degrees s/s footrest
FRP "L" seat, storage under with teak ventilation slats
Two large boat deck teak with holly inlay tables with S/S supports posts
Starboard cabinets with sink, stainless steel "Isotherm 85" refrigerator & teak ventilation grates
FRP radar arch with flood lights with molded FRP pods with additional custom SS Radar Arch
Steelhead 2,000 lb hydraulic cable, boom and rotation davit w/ dedicated hydraulic system
Maxwell Chain Counter
Boat deck drained to waterline with intregral drains and scuppers
1 ¼" s/s handrails @ boat deck w/welded s/s life lines
"Manship" s/s hatch and s/s ladder to California deck with s/s safety rail
S/S ladder to hard top roof
Fresh water wash down outlet
Poly Planar waterproof speakers in radar arch with volume control
Custom hard top w/ ss radar arch w/ dome & radar mounts
Helm station w/complete engine instrumentation, function alarms & rudder indicator
Hart tank tender system for liquid levels
"Tank Watch" level indicators at holding tanks
Maxwell Chain Counter
Back lit AC & DC distribution/breaker panels
Chart table/locker w/navigation lights and magnetic compass
Halogen "Cantalupi" lighting w/dimmer controls
Rocker switches with indicator lights for bilge pumps, lighting & other functions
Three stainless "Exalto" articulating windshield wipers w/washer system
Port and stbd water tight doors with stainless articulating hinges and stainless frames
Two ventilation overhead hatches with "Oceanaire" sliding screens/shades
Two "Stidd" 500-200 helm chairs upholstered in ultra leather.
Raised "L" seat with dining table
Padded vinyl forward helm console counter top
Padded soft vinyl removable headliner
Installed Weems and Plath bilge counters
Mahogany plank with carpet inlaySALON
Automatic electric opener @ sliding aft door w/fixed glass windows
Optional aft stairway to owner's stateroom, no charge
Low large windows for "sit down" visibility
Built in "L" settee with two low plywood armrests
37" LCD TV & "Polk Audio" surround sound speakers
Pop-Up TV Lift for 37" TV
Solid wood crown molding surrounding salon
Lambrequins at windows
Halogen "Cantalupi" lighting w/dimmer controls & four 120v wall sconces
Tebe Art Pivot Light at forward port salon with Vimar dimmer
Padded soft vinyl removable headliner with burl inlay wood trim
Buffet cabinet with granite counter top at forward bulkhead
U-Line Wine Cooler
Forward Lobby: upper cabinet over laundry area with lights and dimmer, marble crema marfil counter top and marble backsplash
Forward Lobby: baseboards on lower lobby walls and starboard stairwayGALLEY
Black Galaxy Granite counter tops w/overhead hanging storage cabinets
Halogen overhead lighting w/dimmer control, under cabinet lighting
Fold out soap tray @ galley sink
Drawers and cabinets fitted w/push pull latches & lined with Formica
Large pantry w/slide out shelves & counter cabinets w/slide out shelves
"Franke" single S/S sink PCX 110-21 with "Grohe" faucet
"Grohe" soap dispenser
"Insinkerator" - S/S Classic 1Hp stainless steel garbage disposal with top switch
"Broan" trash compactor
"GE" 18" dishwasher AC 120V (Stainless)
"GE" 30" 220v cook top w/adjustable pot holders
"GE" 24"220V oven (below cook top) (Stainless)
"GE" Microwave/convection oven w/exhaust fan AC 120V (Stainless)
"GE" side by side refrigerator Artica 36" AC 120V (Stainless)
Solid wood crown molding surrounding galley
Mahogany plank sole
Stainless Steel Tile BacksplashMASTER STATEROOM
King size walk around bed with drawers & lockers under
Four large windows with storm covers
Cedar lined hanging lockers (2 large)
Built in upholstered seat w/ storage
Polk Audio speakers
32" LCD TV with bureau drawers below
DVD Player
Insulated/cored aft & forward bulkheads
Solid wood crown molding surrounding stateroom
Halogen overhead lighting ("Cantalupi") with dimmer controls
(2) reading lights with Vimar dimmer
(2) sconces over nightstands with Vimar dimmer
One piece beveled mirror over master headboard
Vanity and drawers with mirror and sconces on forward wall
Drawers and cabinet on starboard bulkhead
Curved cabinet doors to starboard cabinet
Safety escape hatch at overhead w/ drop down ladder
Padded soft vinyl removable headliner
Carpet on cabin sole
Solid Mahogany high gloss finish counter tops w/6" back & side splash w/ceramic sink,
Marble seat in shower
"Newport Brass" faucets, towel bars and towel rings
"Tecma" silent flush toilets (x2)
Shower with polished ss frame, frosted glass doors with clear border trim and integral towel bars w/teak grates
Solid wood crown molding surrounding head
Halogen overhead "Cantalupi" lighting with dimmer control
Ultra quiet ventilation system
Mahogany plank soles
Two opening s/s port lights powder coated to match gel coat
(2) sconces with Vimar dimmerFORWARD VIP STATEROOM
Queen size island bed w/hinged top (or "V" berths) with drawers below
Cedar lined hanging lockers
Polk Audio speakers
DVD Player
Solid wood overhead molding surrounding stateroom
Halogen overhead "Cantalupi" lighting with dimmer control & berth lighting
Safety escape/ventilating hatch to forward deck with "Oceanaire" shade/screen
Two "Manship" s/s opening port lights powder coated to match gel coat
Padded soft vinyl removable headliner
Carpet on cabin soleFORWARD VIP HEAD
Marble counter top w/6" back & side splash w/ceramic sink
Beveled mirror
Marble seat in shower
"Newport Brass" Faucets, towel bars and towel ring
Opening s/s port light powder coated to match gel coat
"Tecma" silent flush toilet
Solid wood crown molding surrounding head
Shower W/frameless glass door and integral towl bar w/teak grate
Halogen overhead "Cantalupi" lighting with dimmer control
Mahogany plank sole
Ultra quiet ventilation system
Twin berths or bunks with desk
Mirror at aft berth wall
Cedar lined hanging locker
DVD Player
Polk Audio speakers
Solid wood overhead molding surrounding stateroom
Halogen overhead Cantalupi lighting with dimmer control & berth lighting
One "Manship" s/s opening port lights powder coated to match gel coat
Padded soft vinyl removable headliner
Carpet on cabin soleMID GUEST HEAD
Marble counter top w/6" back & side splash w/ceramic sink
Beveled mirrors on fore and aft walls over head counter
Marble seat in shower
"Newport Brass" Faucets, towel bars and towel ring
Opening s/s port light powder coated to match gel coat
"Tecma" silent flush toilet
Shower W/frameless glass door and integral towl bar w/teak grate
Solid wood crown molding surrounding head
Halogen overhead "Cantalupi" lighting with dimmer control
Mahogany plank sole
Ultra quiet ventilation system
Two single bunks
Hanging locker
Halogen overhead "Cantalupi" lighting with dimmer control
Marbleite counter top & sink with Grohe faucet
Enclosed head with "Tecma" toilet and FRP shower
Ultra quiet ventilation system
Two "Manship" s/s opening port lights powder coated to match gel coat
"Lonseal" vinyl wood sole
Sink & faucet, refrigerator and microwave for crewLAZARETTE
Watertight access door to swimstep/cockpit area
Maytag washer & dryer
40 gallon crew holding tank with monitor in pilothouse
Cabinets covered in off-white Formica with teak trim
Work surfaces covered with brushed s/s with teak sea rails
Halogen overhead "Cantalupi" work lighting
Two opening portlights
Vinyl sole
Built in tool box
Full height storage cabinet on forward bulkhead with adjustable shelvesSAFETY PACKAGE
(1) Horn
(1) Ships bell
(6) Type 1 Life Jackets
(6) Type II Life Jackets
(1) 24" Life Ring
(3) Hand held fire extinguishers(1 TYPE 1, 2 TYPE 11)
(1) Flare gun kit
U.S.C.G. Navigation rules
Entire maindeck & lower deck interior finished in Mahogany w/ high gloss finish
Solid brass interior door hardware and locks
(4) Polyform fenders
(6) Braided dock lines
All personal items and art (two paintings and 1 sculpture)DISCLAIMER
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.


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A former substitute teacher in Michigan has been arrested after sending nude photos and having sex with a student under the age of 18. The former soccer coach had sex with the student last April.
Per Daily Wire:
Allyson Brittany Moran, 26, who taught science and chemistry at Stockbridge High School in Stockbridge, 70 miles west of Detroit, faces three felony counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a student and one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a student, according to the Lansing State Journal. She could be sentenced to 15 years in prison.
According to the Decatur Herald & Review, Moran married Ryan Moran on June 15, 2013; her maiden name was Staudenmaier. The Herald & Review reported Moran was a student at Millikin University in Decatur when she was wed. She was allegedly a biology major.
Moran was arrested at a motel in Decatur on September 14 on a contempt of court charge.
These situations continue to surface all over the country. Time and time again we ask, are these boys really victims? It's hard to view them as so.


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Florida Rainbow Fest will bring together members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, their friends, and supporters in celebration of the unique spirit and culture of the LGBTQAI+ family.
More than just celebration, we hope to provide education on a variety of subjects relevant to the community and family members of all ages.
The festival will include live entertainment, workshops, vendors, camping, and fun for the entire family.
Workshops and Activities Here's some of the activities planned for the Florida Rainbow Fest. More will be added as we get closer to event.
Cabaret Show. Featuring Shay Shay, Mr. Vyn Suazion, Kaotica Divine, and
Adriana Sparkles
♥ Entertainment with Mr. Operaman
♥ Music with Chris Stein
♥ Music with RJ Leszczynski
♥ Open Mic: Bring your musical instruments, your voice, and talents to share with the community.
♥ Meet and Greet with games and prizes
♥ Crystal Singing Bowl meditation; Experience a chromoacoustic healing sound bath.
♥ Yoga: Gentle Yoga and stretching.
♥ Tai Chi
♥ Drum Circle: Drumming and dancing around the main fire circle.
♥ Transgender Discussion/Workshop
♥ Improving Confidence Workshop
♥ Coming out and Communication with the Family
♥ Healing Ritual
♥ Polyamory Workshop
♥ Dance and Self Acceptance Workshop
♥ Sexual Trauma and Dosmetic Violence within the LGBT community discussion.
♥ Happiness in your Hand with Jack Moffatt
♥ Poi Workshop w/ Neo
♥ Impact on the Environment workshop
♥ Kids have the ability to heal too!! with Andrea Holley
♥ Craft Table for adults with Gypsy Jenn
♥ Lots of great activities for the kids including; Face painting by Kaotica, crafts, and games.
If you have a workshop or activity that you want to share with community please send description to firstname.lastname@example.com
General Info
The site for this event, All World Acres, has hosted more than 150 different events over the past sixteen years. AWA is a not for profit sanctuary and campground that is supported by the community it serves. All of the work done to prepare and facilitate this event is done by volunteers. Their only compensation is the satisfaction of working in a family-like environment to better the community at large. We hope all visitors will want to "join the family". AWA is located at 4715 Bruton Rd. Plant City, Florida 33565. Admission is only permitted during scheduled events (no drop bys). First time visitors should review Site Policy.
and camp for the whole weekend.
This is a wonderful way to build community in a comfortable village atmosphere.
Nightly bon fires for fellowship, nice shaded camping spaces, and a bathhouse with hot showers.
The Blue Heron Cafe
Welcome to the Blue Heron Cafe where Mama Steele makes fresh, homemade food and treats at low prices. Stop by to chat, listen to music, and try our hearty breakfasts, healthy lunches, and delicious dinners. Please join us and share real food, prepared with love.
Full Event Admission amount is for the whole weekend and includes all workshops, activities, and camping on Friday and Saturday night. The full event price for adults is only $30 in advance or $40 at the gate (cash only). Cost for youths 11-17 years old is only $10 for the whole weekend. Children 10 and younger are free. For those who can only attend for one day, a day pass is offered at $15 in advance or will be available at the gate for $20 and good from 9am-9pm (no camping). Gates open 1pm on Friday, 9am on Saturday and Sunday. Please do not arrive after 9pm on any evening.
Full Event admission; all activities and camping for the entire event at the gate $40. Please bring cash!
Youth full event admission all activities and camping for the entire event $10:
Day Pass; Saturday or Sunday 9am-9pm (no camping) at the gate $20. Please bring cash!
Vending cost per 10x10 space; Vending space (no food vendors) is limited so please register early. (plus the cost of full event admission) $10:
Please note that admission donations may be transferred to another person or used for another event at All World Acres. There are no refunds.
Help and answers to questions are always available.
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When synthesizers first became popular in the Late Jurassic 1970s, musicians needed a solid knowledge of how they worked in order to play them, mostly because they looked like this (or worse, this).
Today's synthesizers are often far simpler – just open Garageband – but if you've ever been called a phony because you can't tell an oscillator from a sequencer, get ready to praise the electro-gods. New York tech startup littleBits and veteran synth company Korg just released this tiny, toy-like Synth Kit that will let anybody – even a kid – not only figure out how a synthesizer works but build and play one of their own. Think about it as a rewind to the basics, a hooked-on-phonics for synths.
The DIY synth (below) is just the latest maker set created by littleBits. Originally founded by corporate finance consultant Ayah Bdeir five years ago, littleBits manufactures tiny, candy-colored circuitry doodads that connect like Legos or Tinkertoys via a set of magnets (plus a power signal and ground). The sets allow anybody, of any age, to understand and develop rudimentary mechanical systems like a goofy jack-o-lantern upgrade or a news-reporting helicopter.
"The idea is we want people to understand the technology around them, because it runs our lives," Bdeir tells WIRED of the technology, which – surprise! – is all open-source. "littleBits break down technology into very basic parts, and bring the power of electronics to everyone."
The basic circuitry sets have been on the market for two years now, but this year (beginning with a foray into design with a Museum of Modern Art partnership in April), Bdeir and her company are beginning to explore "field after field where technology is dominating." Adding music pieces, she says, was a goal from the company's inception. "Now music is a field full of apps and software and devices and equipment you have to study with booklets. It's become far less accessible; there are layers and layers that separate people from the actual technology that powers the instrument."
The Synth Kit that just hit the market originated a year ago, at a TED conference where Bdeir and comedian/musician Reggie Watts met backstage after giving talks, and started discussing the idea of littleBits musical instruments. Watts became the user-friendly "muse" for the product's development, advising the team – which ended up including a delegation of engineers and product developers from the Japan-based company Korg – on how to construct the perfect beginner set.
As promised, the set makes it immediately clear how a synth works: the keyboard produces tones – or sine waves, depending on how technical you want to get – which the oscillator and delay then warp; the filter and envelope add tone and color to the notes. You can build tones and repeating riffs with the sequencer, and if you're feeling as bold as Watts in the video above, even plug in an amplifier through the speaker piece's headphone jack.
The best part? The blocks can be interchanged like no other synthesizer (since unless you're Keith Emerson, most synths are assembled in a specifically functional order), and you can add them to existing littleBits pieces to create your own elaborate instruments, including keytars (below) and turntables.
"Synthesizers are quite simple when you break them down," says Tatsuya Takahashi, the hardware engineer at Korg who worked with developers at littleBits to build the kit. "Technologically, it's just like the Monotron we've been developing recently, or like Korg models from 1978."
Takahashi and the team spent about nine months working on the set, molding it to produce the right sound, with the right amount of power for such a tiny system. Bdeir and Takahashi both agree that a smallish power supply is the only real limitation of the product; you can otherwise keep building and attaching new pieces infinitely with other littleBits circuitry like pressure or light sensors. Bdeir and Takahashi say they'll be producing expansion sets (like the ones that already exist for the basic littleBits sets) for the synth kit itself in the coming months — including a microphone.
"You can do some crazy, unconventional things you couldn't do with a normal synth, like putting a delay module before the oscillator, or an oscillator before the sequencer," Takahashi says. "I haven't actually reached a limit as to how far out you can go with the bits."


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How many products in your bathroom include microbeads? Because the Great Lakes are currently full of up to 1.7 million plastic particles per square mile, according to Time Magazine. That's why Illinois just took a big leap, becoming the first state to ban the sale and manufacturing of all products containing the teeny tiny devils. It turns out those little beads, which so effectively exfoliate your skin, cannot be filtered out during sewage treatment, meaning they end up back in our lakes and oceans where fish and other sea creatures gobble them up and die—or worse, suffer from altered DNA that will mean who knows what down the line.
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What was the point of microbeads in the first place? Sometime in the '90s women became obsessed with exfoliating. Where bar soap used to be enough, loofahs now ruled the shower. The harder you scrubbed, the more you glowed, and small plastic beads could remove dead skin and grime without being too rough on delicate skin. Then they threw them into toothpaste for a buffing effect, and lotions for silkier application.
NYC Dermatologist Dr. Francesca Fusco says they're omnipresent because they're easy and inexpensive to manufacture. "Over the past decade, I have noticed an increase in concern among my patients as to what they are putting on their face, where it's derived from, and how it affects the environment," says Fusco. She adds that there are tons of other ways to exfoliate. There are gritty, natural exfoliants like sugar, salt, or even ground up walnut shells. Fusco recommends First Aid Beauty's Facial Radiance Polish ($24) which uses shea nutshell powder and willow bark extract and St. Ives Exfoliating Apricot Body Wash ($3.39). Gommage peeling gels like Koh Gen Doh's Soft Gommage Gel ($45) stimulates circulation and cell regeneration without using any kind of granules.
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And then there's manual exfoliation. You can use a basic washcloth or, as Fusco recommends, an Asian Konjac sponge like Boscia's pillowy Konjac Cleansing Sponge ($18). Dry brushing is another excellent technique that revitalizes skin while stimulating the body's circulation and lymphatic systems. Use light firm strokes with Bernard Jensen Natural Bristles Skin Brush ($10.49), brushing toward the heart for smoother skin and less visible cellulite, as well as improved digestion and kidney function.
Still stumped? Check out Beat the Microbead for an updated list of products that do and don't use plastic so you know what to reach for next time you're at the drugstore.


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About the Community
With Pulte's thoughtful new home designs in one of the St. Augustine's most appealing areas, Creekside at Twin Creeks is the perfect place to call home. Located in the highly sought-after St. Johns County School District, the Creekside community attracts homeowners looking for new home construction with quality schools & plenty of living space. Our collection of single-family new homes offers spacious gathering areas perfect for entertaining and functional spaces for managing your busy life.
Tour Creekside at Twin Creeks
The life you want to live is waiting for you at Creekside at Twin Creeks. Explore this community and see for yourself.
Now's the Perfect Time to Buy
$279,990Starting from
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2,097Sq. Ft.
The easy living Darden features an open concept and gathering room, combined with a cafe off the kitchen, and covered lanai.
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The Oasis is a single story home design featuring 3-4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, plus flex room, covered lanai and a 2-car garage.
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The Summerwood's open concept modern design features a large kitchen island overlooking the gathering room, making entertaining a breeze.
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The Carissa features an open concept first floor along with a spacious loft and additional upstairs bedroom.
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The single-story Amberwood stands out for its spacious, new construction design and storage solutions, with an open kitchen, Everyday EntryTM, and Pulte Planning Center®.
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See Cyprus for its downstairs Owner's Suite, flex space off the foyer, huge loft, and covered lanai for outdoor entertaining.
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The Stonehaven exudes space with a large open kitchen and gathering room, an optional loft with bedroom suite, and the owner's suite on the first floor.
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A formal dining area with butler's pantry, upstairs loft, and gathering room with vaulted ceiling all add to Vanderbilt's appeal.
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The Casoria is perfect for families of all sizes with a lot of customizable options to fit your needs, as well as a lot of built-in upgrades.
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- Single-Family Homes South of Race Track Rd. in the Master-Plan of Twin Creeks
- Starting from High-$200s
- 1 & 2 Story Home Designs Ranging from 2,097-3,994 sq. ft.
- 10 Minutes from the Atlantic Ocean and Easily Accessible to Both US-1 and I-95
- Located in the Highly-Rated St. Johns County School District
- K-8 School Coming Soon
- 20 Minutes From Upscale Dining and Shopping
- Only 10 Miles North of Historic Downtown St. Augustine
- Community Swimming Pool & Pavilion
- Fitness Center
- 43 Acre Recreational Lake Coming Winter 2018 - Canoeing and Kayaking
- 2018-2019 - Ocean Palms Elementary
- 2018-2019 - Landrum Middle School
- 2018-2019 - Allen D. Nease High
- 2017-2018 - Pacetti Bay Middle School
- 2017-2018 - Palencia Elementary School
- 2018-2019 - Allen D. Nease High
- All home designs are pre-wired for Smart Home Technology with customizeable Smart Home options available
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The Christian Church was intolerant and sanguinary from the very beginning and it fostered much hate throughout the Holy Roman Empire. The absolute kings of divine right, anointed by the Pope, ruled over the different parts of the empire and not only persecuted the Jews, the 'Christ killers', but all those who refused to follow the Roman Church's liturgy as well. For instance, the Pope would suggest the need for a crusade, and the kings and nobles fearing excommunication, or wanting to earn their passage into heaven, would be quick to raise an army, France leading the way. The first crusade was against the Muslims in 1099. After slaughtering the Muslims in Jerusalem, the French conquered Palestine and established the Kingdom of Jerusalem which lasted until 1291. In 1209, Pope Innocent III asked the French king to carry out a crusade against his own people, the Cathars, and it lasted from 1209 to 1229. The Cathars were completely annihilated down to the last 'good man' who was executed in 1231, more than a million in all. All this because the peaceful Cathars refused to accept the Roman Church's liturgy.
The Church committed so many atrocities and was so inflexible that opposition to it could only grow. So, when Gutenberg's printing press came along in 1440, it slowly paved the way for the Protestant Reformation that was to come. At first, printing had a very limited impact, for it was used mainly to print the Bible and such. The Church controlled what was being printed, the language used was Latin, only a few scholars could read, and fewer still could write.
In Germany, in 1517, the pamphlet was first used by the leaders of the protestant movement to inflame popular opinion more efficiently against the Pope and the Church. Martin Luther was one of the earliest and most effective pamphleteers. The coarseness and violence of the pamphlets on both sides and the public disorder attributed to their distribution led to their prohibition. Many scholars, disgusted by the abuses and barbarism of the Church, rallied to Luther's side, and started reading the contents of the pamphlets to the masses. The Protestant Reformation was not about to go away.
By 1520, Luther's ideas had spread in France, and as early as 1521, at the initiative of the Sorbonne, the condemnations of the Protestant heretics began. Fines and prison sentences were imposed on lowly infidels, while heretical monks and priests were condemned to the stake.
Then came along Jean Calvin, a follower of Luther, who would do something Luther hadn't considered doing. Luther had mainly been a reformer trying to change the Church from within, but Calvin, a French humanist, wanted much more, he wanted to lay down the rules for a new religion. He had great success among the French bourgeoisie, which comprised the greatest entrepreneurs of the day. Wanting to make up for lost time after the Hundred Years' War, these businessmen wanted the backwards and cruel Roman Church out of the way. They of course used pamphlets to make their views known, and after the 'Affaire des Placards' in 1534, King François I, having lost patience with them, had several of their leaders hanged or sent to the stake. Following these events, Jean Calvin left France and settled in Geneva. Other French Calvinists started emigrating to Hanau, Amsterdam and London.
While Latin continued to be the language of the Roman Church, French became that of the Calvinists in France and French-speaking Switzerland. As of 1570, the printing houses in Geneva and Amsterdam became major centers for the dissemination of French, and consequently of Calvinism. The French nobility had massively adhered to Calvinism as early as 1555. The French Roman Christians, feeling threatened by the Calvinists, perpetrated the Wassy massacre in 1562, when several hundred innocent Huguenots, as Calvinists began to be called, were slaughtered like animals. Then, in 1572, with printing becoming widespread in France, the Huguenots were on the verge of tipping French political power in their favor, and King Charles IX, no doubt with papal approval, engineered the massacre of St. Bartholomew. On the night of August 24, 1572, more than 10,000 noble and notable Huguenots were killed, in Paris and in the provinces.
Because of the Placards Affair in 1534, the massacre of St. Bartholomew in 1572, the siege of La Rochelle in 1627, and the dragonnades under Louis XIV in 1681, hundreds of thousands of Huguenots migrated to more clement lands, and it was the biggest brain drain in the history of any country. That's why, when Henry VIII was forced to open the door to those with financial and business skills in 1534, many Huguenots had ended up in England where French was still widely spoken among aristocrats.
But in 1573, when William of Nassau-Orange converted to Calvinism, and later, in 1579, when the Treaty of Union was signed in Utrecht, making the Netherlands independent from Spain, Amsterdam became a Huguenot haven and many Calvinists were encouraged to join up with their brothers who were already established there. More importantly, when the Marranos started arriving after their expulsion from Portugal, they joined forces with the Huguenots in both London and Amsterdam, and their union changed the face of the earth


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The Fiscal Commission charged with charting a path toward a balanced federal budget released a draft report Wednesday, calling for cuts to Social Security, broad changes to the tax code and cuts in spending across the ledger.
This draft is the work of chairman Alan Simpson, a former Republican senator from Wyoming, and Eskine Bowles, a chief of staff for President Bill Clinton. The panel is supposed to submit a final recommendation to Congress by Dec. 1, but only once 14 of 18 members agree on the plan.
We're gathering reactions to the draft report here. The proposal is embedded below:
Co-Chairs' Proposal
Illustrative List of Recommendations
In February, Judy Woodruff interviewed Bowles and Simpson about the daunting task of reducing debt:


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|Katy Bondy
Height: 5-4
Hometown: Moorhead, Minn.
High School: Moorhead H.S. ('09)
Major: Math
________________The BONDY File
Nickname: Bondy, Bon-Bon
Place I would most like to visit: Montana
Favorite food: Fruit
Favorite restaurant: Drunken Noodle
Favorite movies: Batman: The Dark Knight
Favorite TV show: That 70's Show
Favorite Musical groups: Linkin Park
Favorite book: Brave New World
Favorite Holiday: Halloween
One thing I can't live without: Camera
Best gift I have ever received: Wakeboard
The one person I would most like to meet: Ansel Adams
Greatest personal sports moment: Shoot out
If I were to play another sport, it would be: Lacrosse
My dream job is: Calculus Professor
The most unusal thing the average person would not know about is: I love eating ice
Before each game I: Listen to music
What is your greatest fear: heights
One thing I have to do before I turn 40: leave the country
The best thing about Fargo Moorhead is: Moorhead DQ
What was the first CD you ever owned? Nysnc
This summer I: went to New Orleans to participate in the ELCA National Youth gathering and worked at Old Lutheran
Letter winner in soccer and track...hobbies include photography and listening to music... daughter of Mark and Cindi


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Washington Office Interiors
Washington Office Interiors has been a client for over 5 years and we have helped them design numerous branding, print and web design projects at Tint Press
Web Design
Created a website featuring office furniture that Washington Office Interiors uses in their designs. Keeping their branding consistant through all their marketing materials.
Business Cards
The latest business card design for the client incorporated a recycle paper feel to their cards. The texture and look of the cards was essential for right look.
Presentation Folders
The folders have a dark brown linen finish to match the existing marketing pieces and web design. The texture of the linen should add an extra bit of depth to these glossy folders. Presentation Folders keep everything organized and looking professional.


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In the first post in this category I introduced a way to perform DML in a SELECT using the following technology:
- Table Functions
- Autonomous Transactions
In this post I'll add the following:
- A REF CURSOR as a parameter
- Row by row (aka slow by slow) processing of the REF CURSOR
- Raw parallel query processing to try to overcome the slow by slow processing
Lets get to the code shall we…
SQL> -- Create the table SQL> CREATE TABLE demo 2 ( col1 NUMBER, 3 col2 NUMBER ); Table created. SQL> -- create 1000 demo records SQL> BEGIN 2 FOR counter IN 1..1000 LOOP 3 INSERT INTO demo 4 VALUES(counter, 5 counter); 6 END LOOP; 7 END; 8 / PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> COMMIT; Commit complete. SQL> -- create a return type for the function we will write later SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE v_n_t AS TABLE OF NUMBER; 2 / Type created. SQL> -- now for the function SQL> /* SQL> Key points SQL> 1) The parameter is a REF cursor - how cool is that? SQL> 2) We loop through the records one by one aka SLOW BY SLOW... SQL> 3) The function deletes the rows it queries SQL> 4) This is madness SQL> 5) Yes, it is madness but I'm leading up to something SQL> 6) When will you make your point SQL> 7) 3 or 4 more posts; I promise SQL> 8) OK. This better be good... SQL> */ SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION delete_demo ( p_curs SYS_REFCURSOR ) 2 RETURN v_n_t AS 3 PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION; 4 v_ret_val v_n_t := v_n_t(); 5 v_number NUMBER; 6 BEGIN 7 LOOP 8 FETCH p_curs INTO v_number; 9 EXIT WHEN p_curs%NOTFOUND; 10 v_ret_val.EXTEND; 11 DELETE demo 12 WHERE col1 = v_number; 13 v_ret_val(1) := SQL%ROWCOUNT; 14 END LOOP; 15 COMMIT; 16 RETURN(v_ret_val); 17 END; 18 / Function created. SQL> -- One way to overcome the slow by slow processing is with MORE power! SQL> -- This can be provided by Parallel Query because we are using a SELECT here... SQL> ALTER SESSION FORCE PARALLEL QUERY; Session altered. SQL> SELECT COUNT(*) 2 FROM TABLE(delete_demo(CURSOR(SELECT col1 3 FROM demo))) 4 / COUNT(*) ---------- 1000 SQL> ALTER SESSION DISABLE PARALLEL QUERY; Session altered. SQL> SELECT COUNT(*) 2 FROM demo 3 / COUNT(*) ---------- 0 SQL> -- Check the parallel query server usage SQL> -- Please note the number of message sent and received SQL> -- because that become important in later posts SQL> SELECT statistic, 2 value 3 FROM v$pq_sysstat 4 WHERE value > 0 5 ORDER BY value DESC; STATISTIC VALUE ------------------ ------ Local Msgs Sent 22000 Local Msgs Recv'd 22000 Server Sessions 4000 DFO Trees 1000 Queries Initiated 1000 Servers Idle 12 Servers Started 12 Servers Highwater 4
At this point you may/should be thinking this is a lot of work just to delete records from a table. And you would be right.
It would be far simpler to just set the parallel degree for the table and run the DELETE directly against it.
And if you want to process the rows deleted just add a RETURNING clause to the DELETE statement.
And looping through the rows one by one will take forever!
Those are all valid arguments. And this series of posts is not intended to debunk any of them.
It's intended to show Table Function as an option for processing large amounts of data especially when extra processing such as running totals must be added to the workload.
Over the next few articles I'll expand on these topics. The next post introduces Parallelism for Table Functions.
Thanks for reading!


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Dominance, it appears, comes with a price. And so it is with the six-year-old superstar mare Tajmeallover.
They wouldn't race against her at Northlands. And now, after she strutted her stuff and won the Nov. 26 Lady Elements stake at Fraser Downs in a breezy gosh-that-was-easy romp - for the second straight year - they won't race against her in B.C. either. It's not that the other mares didn't like her personality or her political beliefs. The fact is: she's simply too good and everyone else was tired of racing for second money.
Like Roberto Duran in his 1980 fight against Sugar Ray Leonard, her opponents collectively turned to the racing secretaries and, in unison, cried 'No Mas.' They couldn't find anyone to oppose Tajmeallover last week and they wouldn't race against her this coming weekend either. Her opponents simply had enough. And, really, can you blame them?
Just how many times can you take getting dirt kicked in your face and getting a strained neck watching her blow by you? Never mind getting so dispirited that they probably would all like to find a shrink to console them.
"I'm forced to give her a break which I hate to do because she's pretty lightly raced and she's so good right now," said Jean Francois Gagne, the horse's driver and co-owner along with Peter Van Seggelen, Carl Warner and Tapron Holdings and a mare trained by his wife, Marjorie Dumont.
"Good?" How about great? Tajmeallover won 13 of her 20 starts this year and if it wasn't for a horrendous trip on Oct. 20 when she got gapped - "Gapped badly and couldn't get live cover," added Gagne - Tajmeallover would be going into her 'enforced' exile with nine straight victories. If anything Tajmeallover was, if at all possible, even getting better which is saying a mouthful because just about every time Tajmeallover showed up at a racetrack it was about as one-sided as a fox hunt.
There was more suspense watching 'The Godfather' for the 17th time and wondering what was going to happen to Santino "Sonny" Corleone at the toll booth.
"Most power from a mare I've ever sat behind," said Gagne, who started driving harness horses in Quebec in 1992 and came to Alberta in 1998. "She's just a very fast horse," which is as much an understatement as saying that Oilers forward Connor McDavid is pretty quick too. "She's pretty athletic. It's effortless. It's raw speed and she doesn't wear herself out."
Now she is being forced to the sidelines. "My hands are tied," said Gagne. "I've turned her out. I'll give her a month to six weeks off and then start slowly with her over the winter and we'll see what next spring will bring. "Maybe I'll try and qualify her at the end of the Northlands meet in February."
Missing almost all of the rich two- and three-year-old races, Tajmeallover never raced until November of her three-year-old season. "She just wasn't ready until then. She lacked maturity," said Gagne. But once she got to the track she immediately showed her potential. In just her third career start she won the Northlands Filly Pace elimination, moving from sixth place and almost 10 lengths off the pace at the half mile pole to win going away by two lengths.
The Filly Pace Final, however, was a disaster. "For starters we drew the eight hole. I took her back and when I pulled some dead horses pulled in front of me," said Gagne. "The track was jammed; there was nothing she could have done. "The track was also very heavy - heavier than heavy. No horses came from behind on the whole card that day."
Finishing last it was the first of only two times in her entire career to date that she would finish out of the money. The rest of her races have been sublime. In 2015 she started 21 times and won 14 of them.
Last year, Tajmeallover won 14 of her 27 starts and was voted both Alberta's Horse of the year and, unequivocally, Alberta's aged mare champion. This year has been another mirror image: 20 starts, 13 wins, three seconds and a pair of thirds. Add it up and she has a phenomenal record of 42 wins in 72 career starts. Her career earnings are $301,263 despite only contesting five stakes race finals.
"She's done it the hard way," said Gagne. As well as the afore mentioned Lady Elements stakes races and the Northlands Filly Pace, the only other stakes races Tajmeallover has appeared in during her career are the 2015 $30,000 Bev Sears - when she finished second after encountering traffic problems and was forced three wide early - and the 2015 $14,000 Prairie Girl which she won easily.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Tajmeallover is that Gagne said "She's never been passed by another horse. "She obviously didn't win every start but another horse has yet to pass her. When she lost she mostly just ran out of room."
The converse is equally true. "She just loves to pass horses." Remarkably, only once in her career has she gone wire to wire. "She's very manageable. You can leave and settle into a hole or you can take her back off the gate. "To be honest, she pretty well drives herself. "She has so much desire. She's always asking me. It's not me asking her. She's going too fast for that to happen. "She just loves to race. She can't wait to get out of her stall. She definitely enjoys the sport."
Tajmeallover comes by her talent honestly. Her sire is champion Tajma Hall, who, with Gagne at the controls, set Northlands track record of 1:50 3/5 in 2008. Amazingly, it still stands today. More amazingly, Tajma Hall was 10 years old at the time making him the fastest 10-year-old in harness racing history to pace a record mile over a five-eighths mile track. He would win 62 races and earn $764,000.
Meanwhile, Tajmeallover's dam, Watch Over Me - a daughter of champion As Promised, was purchased at the Alberta Yearling Sale for $35,000 and was Alberta's two-year-old filly champion of 2005. "She was also one of the finalists for three-year-old filly of the year," said Gagne. "She equalled Northlands track record for three-year-old fillies (1:53 2/5) and won $280,000. "She raced a little bit as a four-year-old but then she got injured so we turned her into a broodmare."
Watch Over Me, whose dam Keeping Watch, was also a champion in Alberta in the late 1990s, has also excelled as a broodmare. In addition to Tajmeallover, Watch Over Me produced Watch My Luck (by Camluck), a stablemate of Tajemallover and a solid performer in her own right winning 15 of 47 starts for earnings of $154,326. Five-years-old, Watch My Luck even defeated Tajmeallover three times this year. One of those occasions came on May 20 at Century Downs when Tajmeallover had to go three wide and just couldn't get to Watch My Luck with the race going in 1:52 4/5.
Another daughter of Watch Over Me was Watch and Pray who paced in 1:53 1/5, made $100,000 and lost the 2012 Western Canada Pacing Derby by a head. "Watch Over Me has been an unbelievable producer," said Gagne. "Her first three foals to race have already won over $550,000. Unfortunately, two full brothers to Tajmeallover didn't survive their birth when they were born breeched.
But Gagne does have a full brother weanling to Tajmeallover, who he said looks the part. "Tajmeallover is a champion, her mother was a champion and her grandmother was a champion. "Hopefully, when the time comes, Tajmeallover will keep the tradition going in the breeding shed." Given her racing career and her bloodlines, the odds on that happening would appear to be very favourable.
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Cricket World cup records: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka cricket team
by MairaS on February 24, 2011
in Pakistan, Srilanka, Team records in ICC Cricket World Cups
- The only team who has never won a single game against the Pakistan cricket team in the ICC world cup is the Sri Lankan cricket team.
- They have encountered each other 5 times and not even once have been the Sri Lankan team able to beat the Pakistani cricket team.
- Maximum runs that the Pakistani cricket team has ever scored in the ICC cricket world cup were against the Sri Lankans (333 in 50 overs).
- The reason behind the successful performance of Pakistan cricket team against Sri Lankan cricket team has mainly been bowling and batting attack of Pakistani cricket players like Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram, Sarfraz Nawaz, Imran Khan, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Zaheer Abbas.
- Sri Lankan cricket team managed to give a tough time to the Pakistani cricket team in the first match of the 1987 ICC world cup. And apart from this they have never been able to perform well against the Pakistani team.
In 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, Pakistan cricket team faced Sri Lankan cricket team again in a group match where Pakistani cricket team played tremendously and defeated the Sri Lankan cricket team after a thrilling match. Pakistan cricket team scored 277 runs against which Sri Lanka lost with a difference of 11 runs. From Pakistani cricket side, Misbah played a brilliant innings in bating while Shahid Afridi, the captain of Pakistan cricket team, took 5 wickets in 8 overs by giving out 16 runs and 3 maiden overs. Shoaib Akhtar bowled an impressive, short but deadly quick spell which paved the way for Pakistan cricket team to win this match.
Pakistan and Srilanka both cricket teams are considered as tough opponents in cricket. Pakistan vs. Srilanka matches are always a treat to watch. In 2011 cricket world cup, Pakistan vs. Srilanka was one of the best matches of the tournament. Both teams were balanced and displayed the ability of over powering the other team.