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How to Download and Install Characters for the Sims 2
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The Sims 2 is an impressive game on its own. Keep reading for detailed instructions on how to download content or characters to improve the experience!
1Find a website that has complete Sims available for download and find a Sim you'd like to download.
2Click on the link for the object. A dialog box will come up asking if you want to Open, Save or Cancel. Hit Save and save it to your desktop for now.
3Right click on the object on the desktop and click "properties." In the box, there should be something telling you what type of file it is. It will either be .rar or .zip. This file type is a compressed version of the actual file, so it's quicker to download.
5Put the file(s) you extracted into your Downloads folder.
- If you have a Windows XP, your Downloads folder is: Documents and Settings\(Current User Account)\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads
- If you have a Mac, the Downloads folder is: Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads
- If you have Windows Vista, the Downloads folder is: Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads
- If you don't have a downloads folder where it should be, simply make one. Remember, it has to be a capital D and end with an s.
6Check the file type of the thing you downloaded should be a Sims2Pack. So, just click on it twice to start the installation to your game.
7When you go to the Create-A-Sim page, your new Sim will appear under the saved sims icon.
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- When you download clothes, objects and hair, Delphy's Download Organizer might help you figure out why things aren't showing up in your game by finding objects without meshes or meshes without recolors.
- If you plan on downloading a bunch of things, you may want to organize your downloads into sub folders. Create new folders for each new object and it's recolors and then organize those folders in more general folders such as "Floors" or "Hair."
- If it's .PACKAGE file, it's not a complete Sim, just a part of them.
- Check to make sure you have the expansion packs required for the download. If you don't have all of them, some of the content you like with the Sim might not be available.
- If your Sims 2 custom content files are taking up a large amount of space on your computer, try using Sims2Pack Clean Installer to find and delete duplicate files. You'd be surprised at how many you may find.
- If you find that you don't want to use all the parts of a Sim in your game (for example, let's say you just like the Sim's hair or makeup), you may want to get Sims2Pack Clean Installer. It allows you to choose what you want to install.
- Make sure you have the right gender and age for your Sim selected before you look for your Sim in the Saved Sims page.
- If hair or clothing is part of the Sim, check to see if it is a new mesh (3D model) or if one is required. There will usually be a link to the mesh if it isn't included. You must have the mesh for the object to show up in your game.
- If it's .JPG, .GIF, .PNG or some other file like that, it's probably just a picture to help remind you what object it is. You can delete this if you want.
- If it's a .txt file, it's probably the creator's guidelines for what can and can't happen with their downloads. You can delete this if you want, but it's good to hang on to.
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ShiftCon is coming to New Orleans in December, and I'm excited to be a part of it this year. It's happening right in my neighborhood too, which is an added bonus!
The last several years of my life have been filled with successes, changes and struggles to lose weight and regain control of my life. For a long time the driving force was losing weight to look and feel a certain way, and that's fine. Heck, it's important, but over the last several months I've shifted the focus to the little choices I make everyday.
There are so many areas for improvement, and as i follow the eco-wellness movement online I realize that there are lots of little things I can do to create a positive impact. I've also discovered brands that are making real, healthy and delicious foods, and I strive to support companies like that.
I don't fit into the traditional role of the completely organic, non-gmo lifestyle that so many at this conference do so flawlessly, but it seems like a good idea to learn and experience as much as I can – especially since it'll be in walking distance of my home this year.
I have a lot of respect for the founder of this conference, Leah Segedie, because she chose to encourage and uplift me at a time when I desperately needed it, and I admire her passion and tenacity.
Check out this video about the conference:
Is anyone here familiar with ShiftCon? Have you been to the conference? Do you plan to go this year? If so, I'd love to hear from you.
There's still a few more days to get the Early Bird discount, so check it out. And if you're planning to be here, I'd love to hear from you.


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I've been having an issue recently where something has been randomly and silently erasing the contents of /etc/hosts on some of the Macs I support. If I modified the file and added the proper entries, the file would be zero bytes again shortly thereafter. I noted that this zeroing out corresponded exactly with the creation of hosts.efi.bak, which I doubt is a coincidence.
I just uninstalled and reinstalled the software on one of the affected Macs, and we'll see if this fixes the issue (so far so good).


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Visiting Artist Program Update
Our Visiting Artists program invites highly accomplished, professional woodworkers on campus to explore innovation in their work. Visiting Artists share the 6,800-squarefoot Thomas Miller Jackson Building with participants in our Fellowship program, for whom they act as informal mentors. In addition, they enrich the experience of students and faculty in all programs through lectures, critiques and daily interaction.
Visiting Artists are selected by invitation. Previous participants include Peter Fleming (Toronto, ON), Beth Ireland (Roslindale, MA), Michael Puryear (Shokan, NY), and David Upfill-Brown (Australia). Most recently, carver Chris Pye came from Hereford, UK this August to work on a free-form sculpture, allowing himself a freedom of expression that would otherwise be a luxury in his commission-based business structure.
Chris decided to use an unusual piece of wood for his sculpture. This walnut cylinder is a by-product of veneer manufacturing, and is the core of a veneered log.
Setting the sculpture on its carving stand. A threaded rod secures the sculpture on the carving stand.
While Chris usually works with a design in mind from the start of project, while in the Visiting Artist program he worked in a more freeform manner, responding to the constraints of the material. Here, he marks the lines of the sculpture before shaping the wood.
Tools of the trade.
A grinder can make quick work of the removal of large amounts of material.
A look of concentration during the final phase of shaping the sculpture.
While Visiting Artists are typically selected through invitation, inquiries are welcome. To learn more about the Visiting Artist program, please see the Courses & Programs section of our website.


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Recovery Efforts Help Write Final Chapter for Missing Pilot's Wife
By Fred W. Baker III
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2008 - Sallie Stratton always knew she wanted to write a book, but she just couldn't bring herself to put pen to paper -- until now.
It is truly a Texas-sized love story that starts nearly 50 years ago in small record store near Dallas. It chases a pilot's dream around the globe to a foreign land, turns on its end in a fiery jet crash, returns to a grief-stricken widow and three small boys, and ends in a southwestern cemetery just last year.
Chuck was Stratton's first love. On New Year's Eve in 1959, the young man bent on flying for the Air Force happened into the record store where Stratton was working and tried to flirt with her. She was busy closing the shop, so he had to buy a record to get her attention, Stratton said. Though she wouldn't break her date that night to go out with him, she did yield her phone number.
They went out a few days later, and Chuck proposed within a month. But, Stratton was only 17 and had yet to finish high school. Chuck was set for pilot's training for the Air Force. So after she finished school and he finished training, they married. The two had a one-night honeymoon and left for their first duty station the next day.
"I knew it was Air Force from the time I met him. He was a flyer, and that was what he was going to do," Stratton said.
The two would spend the next decade traveling from base to base and starting a family. But the war in Vietnam was raging, and Jan. 3, 1971, found Capt. Charles W. Stratton with a fellow pilot, Maj. James H. Ayres, flying an F-4E Phantom II, a long-range supersonic fighter-bomber, on a night mission over Savannakhet province, Laos.
The two made a dry pass over the target, but did not drop their bombs. The plane did not return from its second pass.
Pilots flying nearby reported seeing a large explosion on the ground. No one saw anyone eject, and communication was lost with the jet. Hostile activity in the area prevented any search and rescue attempts, according to reports.
Stratton and Ayres were listed as missing in action that day.
While Chuck was deployed, Stratton had moved back to Dallas to live with her mother. She thought it would be a good opportunity for their three boys, ages 3, 5, and 8, to spend time with grandparents.
The next morning at 6 a.m., there was a knock on her door. An officer read to her a brief telegram detailing the facts of the night's events, then turned and left to relay the same information to Chuck's parents.
And Stratton began grieving, and waiting.
"Human beings, ... we can survive anything, if we know what it is we're surviving," Stratton said. "I think that the unknown is probably the most difficult situation to be confronted with. We want to know. We want to know the answers."
Stratton said she knew it was likely her husband had died in the crash. But because no body was recovered and no one knew for certain, there was always a question of whether he was still alive and held in a prison camp. So she waited to hear something -- anything -- that would let her know for certain one way or the other. But information was not forthcoming.
"We didn't get any information for the first couple of years, while the war was going on," Stratton said.
She pinned her hopes on the Jan. 27, 1973, peace accord that put an end to the war and the U.S. military involvement. U.S. prisoners of war were to be released and returned home. Foreign and U.S. military officials both promised lists of those who were held in the various prison camps.
Stratton received word via another telegram; this time an officer read it to her over the phone. There would be no such list from Laos, so her husband would continue to be listed as missing.
"I believed for years that Chuck was alive -- that he had survived the crash," Stratton said. "I clung to the dream I had of him where he was a POW. That dream gave me the hope I needed to survive at the time. I was so sure he would be on that list in 1973 and come home to us."
By 1977, Stratton had gone back to college, become active politically with other wives of POWs and served on the board of directors for the National League of Families, an organization for family members of servicemembers taken prisoner or missing from the Vietnam War.
And she had come to a point at which she needed to resolve her husband's case, Stratton said.
"By then, I decided I needed to figure what was going to happen. It was pretty obvious I wasn't going to get much of an answer at that point," she said.
Stratton decided she would request a status review of her husband's case by the military, she said, though she knew it would result in his being classified as presumed dead.
"There was this fear that if I have a status change, I'm killing him off," she said. But a status change would allow for his insurance to be paid and other benefits to begin. It also would allow her to be free socially to date or remarry.
"At that point, I really didn't think I would ever know anything. It was just one of those things we'd have to live with," Stratton said. "I had done everything I knew to get an answer, and there wasn't an answer."
She spent months considering her options and finally decided that the status review was best for her and her sons. And, Stratton said, she knew her husband would have supported her decision. Promoted twice during his time listed as missing, Lieutenant Colonel Stratton officially was classified as presumed dead July 8, 1977.
The family went through the motions of a memorial service. Stratton said she really didn't want to, but she knew it was important. Surprisingly, after the service, it was as if her husband had rejoined the family, Stratton said. They told stories about Chuck, and the children began remembering little things about him, she said.
"It had become very apparent that we didn't talk about Chuck [before]. And the boys particularly didn't talk about their daddy," she said. "How do you talk about somebody you haven't seen in forever? If you talk about him as if he's alive, it feels weird. ... But if you talk about him as if he is dead, then you are killing him off."
For the most part, after the service, life moved on for Stratton. She traveled, taking different jobs. She lived abroad for a few years. And she almost forgot about the nagging question of what really happened that night her husband didn't come home.
But from time to time, things happened to remind her that she never really knew.
Around 1992, rumors circulated that American POWs were being kept in Laos near where her husband's jet crashed. A native even identified her husband from a photograph as one of the POWs kept there. The military discounted the reports, though, and did not view the source as credible.
Then, in 1999, Stratton was back in Texas, living with a friend in Houston. She received a letter from the Defense Department's POW/Missing Personnel Office. The Washington, D.C.-based office is charged with developing the policy and overseeing the efforts of the nearly 600 men and women in a handful of agencies across the country who work to research, recover and identify those who still are listed as missing from past wars.
People assigned to the office travel across the country a dozen times each year to update families on the status of missing servicemembers. The next meeting was nearby and Stratton decided to attend.
There, she found out that her husband's crash site was next on the list to be excavated by a team from the U.S. military's Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command on its next visit to Laos. The command sends out research and recovery teams on about 70 missions each year. The JPAC is based in the U.S. Pacific Command and conducts 80 percent of its missions there. It has identified nearly 1,500 formerly missing servicemembers.
"I didn't realize that they were still excavating and that they were really going to those lengths," Stratton said.
While she was excited about the possibility of finally knowing whether her husband died that night, Stratton said original questions she had tried to quell began to resurface.
"It was almost like replicating those first few years of waiting for information," she said. "It's like [you feel] that hope again that you're finally going to get an answer. We started the waiting game again."
It would be five years before the site was fully excavated and all remains were recovered.
In 2001, a joint U.S./Laotian team, led by the JPAC, traveled to Savannakhet province and interviewed citizens about aircraft crash sites. One of the men led the team to what was believed to be the Ayres and Stratton crash site, according to military reports. Later that year, another team began excavating the site. The team recovered human remains and aircrew-related items. Between 2002 and 2005, joint teams visited the site six more times to complete the excavation.
Stratton received detailed reports from each trip. And finally, she learned that the teams had found bones and possible material evidence. Pieces of flight suits, boots, and a survival vest were found.
In August 2005, Stratton found herself at the Life Sciences Equipment Laboratory in San Antonio. The lab supports the JPAC mission and deals mostly with identifications from aircraft crash sites, because they are less likely to yield human remains. The heat, fed by jet fuel and loaded munitions, incinerates most human remains as temperatures reach several times those of a crematorium.
But many pieces of military uniforms and equipment will withstand those temperatures. Most times, the equipment analysts at the lab are able to piece together with scientific accuracy the likely final moments of servicemembers based on the artifacts.
Analysts estimate that with the full bomb load that Chuck's jet was carrying that night, temperatures would have been eight times that of a crematorium. Yet they recovered 58 pieces of flight suit material.
Using those, analysts pieced together two right-leg pencil pockets -- evidence that both pilots were in the crash. Also, boot sole material was recovered. The tread on military boots made during the Vietnam era varied, and analysts found boot sole material with two different treads.
"Looking at that, it was like 'This was just incredible.' I felt so blessed," Stratton said. "I never thought I would get that much of a definitive answer. Now I know that he wasn't ever a prisoner. He died instantly on the third of January, 1971. That felt ... comforting to finally know."
That would not be the only evidence that her husband had died in the crash. The small amounts of bone material found at the site remarkably had rendered DNA, allowing technicians at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory in Rockville, Md., to help conclude that the remains were those of her husband.
The lab also supports the JPAC mission and extracts the DNA of 800 bone and tooth samples each year provided by the JPAC. DNA testing, once deemed unreliable by the scientific community, has developed to become a key piece of evidence in nearly 85 percent of all missing troop identifications.
On July 5, 2007, Stratton finally got the call she had been waiting on for more than 35 years.
"I was just like dumbstruck," Stratton said.
She said she asked the officer from the DNA lab on the other end of the line about a "buh-zillion times" if he was sure of the results. He was.
After she got of the phone, Stratton said, she walked only a few steps and stopped.
"There was just this wail, this scream ... this grief that just came up I think from my toenails. I cried like I have never. It just erupted," she said. "Getting the positive DNA [results] unleashed grief that was still buried somewhere in my body. It was just amazing."
So the family had another funeral service last year for Chuck. In stark contrast to his first funeral decades earlier, hundreds of family, friends, grandkids, and even some of Chuck's old cadet buddies gathered Oct. 9, 2007, at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery for what turned out to be more of a celebration than a memorial.
"It was like Dallas and the world welcomed Chuck home. It was absolutely awesome," Stratton said. "We laughed. We cried. We told stories. We celebrated his life from beginning to end. And it was just awesome."
But, truth be told, Chuck is not buried under the stone in the cemetery. Stratton chose to keep her small bone fragments with her in an urn. The two pieces of bone, thought to be the two ends of his thighbone, are roughly the size of a thumbnail.
"He was gone a long time. He's going to stick around for a while," Stratton said.
Stratton has dated other men, but never remarried. She has never checked the "widow" block on a form. In some ways, she said, that question was always there.
Stratton is now writing a memoir of her experiences. She had always wanted to, she said, but had not been able to start. Stratton said she cried and wrote in her journal for four days after hearing of the DNA results. It was then, Stratton said, that she knew she could write her book.
"This is why you haven't been able to write your story yet," Stratton said she realized. "It didn't have an end. Now [I] have an ending."
*Related Sites:*
Honoring the Pledge [ http://www.defenselink.mil/home/features/2008/0908_jpac/ ]
Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command [ http://www.defenselink.mil/home/features/2008/0908_jpac/ ]
Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory [ http://www.afip.org/consultation/AFMES/AFDIL/index.html ]
Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office [ http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/ ]
Recovery Efforts Help Write Final Chapter for Missing Pilot's Wife [ http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=52175 ]


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Drill page collect all parameters from the Bonita Server, and offer a simple interface to access it.
It offer the Recommendation tools, to verify your configuration, and returns some advice
The Comparaison tool detect changes on the platform from factory
This repository contains a Bonita project that leverage Adaptive Case Management with Bonita.
It is an example application of a credit card dispute resolution application.
1.x versions are compatible with Bonita 7.9.0 and above (Enterprise editions only).
The Widget Modal button displays a button. When you click on the button, then a Modal window appears, and then you can edit something.
NOTE: a widget Modal is now in standard in Bonita. Prefer the standard widget.
A close button is then accessible to ... close the modal window
This is an official Process example for Bonita 7.9.4 (or above)
Install this example process by importing the provided .bos file in your Bonita Studio.
Issues tracker is available on GitHub.
Update the business database to fit the new Business Data Model.
Give the new BDM version, and the page compare the existing database structure, against the new definition. Then, a SQL Script is proposed to update the database. A comparison is provided too.
Different tools to track the performance on the system.
Home page
This is an official Living Application example for Bonita >7.9.3
This example demonstrates the following concepts:
This is an official Living Application example for Bonita 7.
It is build using Bonita 7.9.3 and is compatible with any future releases of Bonita 7.
This example demonstrates the following concepts:
- Living Application
- Forms, pages and custom widgets built in the UI Designer
- Process using BDM and contracts
The Truck Milk page execute jobs at intervalle.
Different jobs exist, so add them, and give parameters.
Parameters are
* frequency to execute (every minutes ? Hours ? Once a week or two times a month ?)
* particular job parameters. Each jobs has its own parameters.
A job execute a Plug in. The available embeded plug are:
* purge archive case after a delay : keep a case archive one month (or xx days), then purge it
This REST API can access in one call all your Process variables , BDM variables (with all the hierarchie), Local variable , from a taskId or from a caseId .
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Use http://../API/extension/context?caseId={{caseId}},
------ Task ------http://../API/extension/context?taskId={{taskId}},
Manage the command loaded in the engine.
All commands are visibles, and can be remove. A new command can be deploy
The page is use to repair data in engine, like when some timer are broken, to create them again
The widget File Upload is a "two direction" widget.
* It allows the user to upload a Bonita Document (file, or URL)
* user can download the current document and can decide to keep it, erase it, or upload a new version for this document
* using the FileUpload as a list of document ensure that you can edit this list: remove the third document of the list, update the fourth document, add two new documents.
Food Truck is the best place to discover and download custom pages, custom widgets and Living Applications you'll love on your Bonita Runtime.
This custom page enables you to list all available artifacts on Bonita Community GitHub and helps you install the one you have chosen on your Bonita Runtime for selected user profiles. This allows you as well to update to latest versions.
Conditionnal tab widget. You can show / hide a tab
Here the widget in action
The same function as the Standard Button, except that you can give a confirmation message.
Visit the project to get examplehttps://github.com/Bonitasoft-Community/widget_gantt
Automatic test on your processes. Different method is available to simumlate and load processes: by example, or via some scenario. Tests can be run automaticaly by some REST API call (Continious Integration isage)
Describe the scenarii to test (per process, or per grovvy scenarion)
The page display two differents input. Give the new password twice, and ask to change it.
Nota : the change does not work if you connected your authentication on a SSO or on LDAP
To install it:
* Log in the Portal
* Use the profile Adminstrator
* Select Resource Menu
* Click on ADD. Select the Zip file downloaded
page_sweetvehicule / Delegation
This page manage the delegation.
Display the worker's photography and the number of item in the queue.
Then, according to the monitoring, you can setup correctly the number of workers:
if they are all busy, then you can increase the numbers (if your CPU is not 100%)
second, you can have a good view on "on what my workers are working" : connectors? Groovy? Sql?
Integration of the alaSql Librairy, to export / import Excel
Access the example page https://github.com/Bonitasoft-Community/widget_alaSqlOperation/blob/mast...
In this page, you have a complete example:
- you have a list of data in a WidgetDataTable, then the widget creates for you an Excel file. It's done locally, no call to any server
Report on BDM
Noon Rover is used to access the Business Data Model information. All data in theses tables can be search.
When to use it?
In production, to search data in your database.
To build some form, and give access to your users
Give a description to protect the serverAPI like the Tomcat Valve do.
By default, the servletAPI is open, and any host can connect to a BonitaServer, then use the BONITA JAVA API to do any operation.
This filter is able to protect the servletAPI, to describe which host can access the BONITA JAVA API
The filter verify that the RemoteAddr match the pattern. This is the same usage as the org.apache.catalina.valves.RequestFilterValve except that a filter can be setup for a specific URL, not all the tomcat
You display a form, and when the user submit, you want to come back where you were (Portal, Custom Page, Living Application) ? This widget is for you
When you access a task from a direct link, BonitaPortal display the form and you can work with him.
But when you want to submit the form, you got a "your are not assigned to the task".
This is particulary ennoy if you want to send the task list by email.
So, put this widget in the form, and branch the taskId and the UserId. The widget will do the job for you.
This is the Bonita Jasper connector removed from the Bonita Studio after 7.7 version.
You can download the latest binary and import it in your Studio if your processes need it.
Jaas module to query the Bonita User Database, and return true if the login / password exist. This JAAS module is perfect if you want to use multiple JAAS module, and say "in Bonita OR in my LDAP"
in form V6, you have a "User Anonymous" function. You can setup a process with this properties, and then any person can create a case without a Bonita user/password.
You just need to give to the user an URL like:http://localhost:8080/bonita/portal/resource/process/mySimpleProcess/1.0...
Access the log file
The page display the different log file detected on the server, and clicking on a file, you display the log.
It's possible to filter on error, or to search in the log some information.
Clicking the "automatic refresh" is usefull to view the log in real time.
Error Analysis give a feedback per errors in the days
Actor filter to allow a task to a list of user candidates.
Useful to allow users belonging to a group to be task candidates when the group depends on the process instance.
See Repository on Github.
Sina miniblog (Sina Weibo) is a twitter like social platform with the most users in China market. This connector can easily update status of a user. Please add the dependency weibo4j.jar to your process as well
The Americain custom page can upload any organization, from a CSV source file.
It can run
* to load a file at one moment,
* to monitor a directory and load any file in this directory
* to run as a service
Confront a source with your current server, and display what you should deploy. Administrator talke a decision item per item. All item to be deployed are then deployed
This project aims to develop connectors that meet the requirements of information security, such as: integrity, confidentiality , non-repudiation and authenticity.
The repository already contains developed connectors for integrity, encryption, decryption , digital printing and digital signature with digital certificates PKCS#12.
The development of connectors that meet other Information Security Requirements are welcome.
These are the connectors used to integrate Chain Core with Bonita BPM.
Bonitasoft is a software to create a BPM application all-in-one, from back-end to front end, all in the same environment. We can drag tasks into diagrams or widgets into web-pages with beautiful rendering. We can add some code (groovy, javascript, css, html) to be closer to our needs.
What's about this specific code insides diagrams and web-pages ? How do I know the level of quality of this code ? How can I detect potential misconception, code smell or bug ?
This is what Bonita Extract Sources provide you : A way to analyse code hidden in diagrams or web-pages


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Duration: 10 hours
Transportation lunch, entry fees and guided tour included.
8:00 am daily
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** Terms and Conditions: 2-person minimum (check availability).
Lovers of coffee and nature will enjoy a full day of culture, nature and fun.
What you'll see and do:
Enjoy the first part of this exciting day on the country's original CoffeeTour. Our coffee experts will lead the way tracing the "footsteps" or our "grain of gold," from plantation to cup. Learn what makes a coffee truly gourmet. Discover how Costa Rica's distinctive "micro climates" and fertile soils create conditions ideal for growing the finest gourmet coffees.
After the tour, sample delicious chocolates, sweets, nuts and our great variety of gourmet coffees at our on-site factory store. Don't forget to take home a souvenir or creative craft unique to Costa Rica.
We'll then head to the La Paz Waterfall Gardens for a delicious lunch in a beautiful, natural setting. Here, you'll marvel at some of Costa Rica's most-loved waterfalls, stroll along beautiful nature trails and visit an aviary, butterfly farm, snake exhibit and hummingbird gallery. And more!


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Smodcast Invades Death Ray Comics
By Blake Leszczynski [Posted June 14, 2014]
Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes will be appearing Sunday, along with Will Wilkins, at Logan's Death Ray Comics to help owner Trent Hunsaker, and a store full of fans, celebrate the store's one year anniversary. Yes, you read that right – Jay and Silent Bob will be in Logan. … read more


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Jeez I'm behind on my reviews! This little beauty is a set that NARS released for the holiday period. I had my eye on it for a while, but couldn't really justify the £85 price tag. It is worth noting that it was £10 cheaper at the Selfridge's NARS stand! I got mine at the end of Jan with some vouchers I was gifted as my leaving present from the kind peops at my old work.
The brushes are stunning and unlike any other you'll find. NEED them though I did not. WANT them though, I did! Haaaaa is that some kind of makeup jedi talk right there?
Anywho, as I already said these brushes are stunning. They are made to mimic beautiful traditional Japanese brushes, the likes of which I imagine Geishas would have used centuries ago. The handles are so elegant and with exception of the Mizubake brush, they have lovely long handles that make applying powder products a dream. Take a look…
Left to right; Mie Kabuki, Kabuki Eye Brush, Mizubake Kabuki
As far as makeup brushes go NARS do make some incredible ones. They are so dense and lovely, with long luxurious black handles. They are not cheap though, so they really are a luxury item. This set is pretty good value for money if you consider the Mizubake Kabuki costs £43.00 on its own! For £75 you get three gorgeous brushes and an acrylic storage box. So lets run through the brushes shall we?!…
Mie Kabuki – This brush is a long-handled, full brush that is perfect for applying powders or blush. It is tapered at the end so it really makes for lovely precise application that you can easily blend out if you're a little heavy-handed!
Kabuki Eye Brush – Another gorgeous brush that is very versatile. You can use this to create a perfect smokey eye, to apply highlighter on your cupids bow or cheek bones, or you can use it to apply your setting powder under your eyes.
Mizubake Kabuki – This little jem is the reason I fiended after this set. It's gorgeous and dense bristles make for a perfect contouring companion. Now I don't apply my product with this brush. Instead I use a precise brush to apply the product and then I go in with this little beauty to blow out the product so it's blended perfectly.
In absolute honesty you don't need this set. There are plenty of other brushes that will do the jobs of these brushes just as well, and for half the price! This set is however complete luxury and something that will last you a long, long time if you look after it.
So guys do tell, have you given in to temptation and snapped one of these babies up, or have you opted for something else? Let me know in the comments below.
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Introducing Clements Marketing
We're always striving to be the best at what we do, both in the East Midlands and internationally, evident by the award we proudly received for Marketing Campaign of the Year at Nottinghamshire's Best Business Awards 2012.
The team here at Clements Marketing are excited to announce that we've decided to undergo a pretty major revamp to freshen up our image. With this crisp new image comes a new found energy – our new team of experts recruited by our Director, Alan Clements, are bursting at the seams with bright innovative ideas.
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Our current location has also enabled us to develop strong contacts within the university here and in China with many of their multilingual masters graduates. This has allowed us to communicate effectively with international markets for our clients in China and across Europe and to create more successful marketing campaigns.
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Everybody Has A Plan - Ana Piterbarg interview
Feature by Jack Foley
ANA Piterbarg talks about the experience of working with Viggo Mortensen on thriller Everybody Has A Plan and some of the challenges of shooting the picture, including working on boats.
She also talks about why she wanted to become a filmmaker in the first place and whether she would like to swap places with another person's life.
Q. What is Everybody Has A Plan about?
Ana Piterbarg: It's a thriller that happens in a particular area of Argentina called Tigre E Sedalta; it's close to Buenos Aires but it has a different way of life – people live on islands, sometimes isolated. It's the story of a man who needs a change but he at first doesn't know how to change or what to do. Then in a strange circumstance, he takes the place of his twin. The heart of the film revolves around the idea that there are two sides to everyone and how difficult it is to make them work together and integrate the two sides. With the twin characters, played by Viggo, in the film you can see the sides graphically, yet you can find the theme of duality in all of the characters.
Q. What challenges did you find with shooting the twin characters at the same time?
Ana Piterbarg: We were working in two ways. For Viggo it was technically very difficult because he had to portray the twins differently at the same time yet act like they are brothers. Viggo was great because he made the scenes of the twins convincing, so he had to be aware of how the other twin was acting around him, without him actually being there. In regards to the camera, it wasn't too hard, we shot one brother, then the other and put them together to create the shot.
Q. Do you think there is good and bad in everyone?
Ana Piterbarg: Yes, of course, and I firmly believe that it is a bad idea to fight them because I think it's impossible to be a purely good person or a purely bad person. It's like Rosa says in the movie: "We all have some evil inside." And you just have to embrace it.
Q. Would you swap lives with someone else if you could?
Ana Piterbarg: Maybe, it could be fun.
Q. How did you find working with Viggo Mortensen?
Ana Piterbarg: He's such good company and we're great friends now. We had a lot of fun on set and, as he got involved in the movie from the beginning, we worked with it a lot so when we began shooting, we knew what we wanted from the film. He's a great artist and when you make a movie, you don't know whether personalities will work or in what ways an actor will contribute, but I was surprised with how much Viggo did contribute to movie and how he benefitted the finished piece. When I saw the movie edited, I was surprised with the character curve that he made, it's a difficult character, he's not a likable character and it's hard to create a curve with an unsympathetic character, but I liked very much what he did to him.
Q. A lot of the scenes occur on boats, what were the challenges with shooting on water?
Ana Piterbarg: It was more difficult than the twin aspect actually! We were there for six weeks and every day we had to take everything and everyone we needed on and off boats, make-up, cameras, actors, it was tiring. It was really cold in the nine week winter shoot and the tide rose and fell throughout the day which was a problem for continuity. It was pretty arduous but I think it looks great on camera.
Q. Where do you get your inspiration from in cinema?
Ana Piterbarg: I've always loved visiting the cinema because you get to experience different feelings there. When I wrote the screenplay I mostly began with some images and themes that I am interested in and that I know will provoke different feelings. I like to be surprised by movies I watch.
Q. What is the first film you remember that peaked your interest in cinema?
Ana Piterbarg: When I finished secondary school I began studying medicine, but was taking part in some theatre at the same time and I was also very keen on media and communication, it never really came to mind then that I would become a filmmaker. At one point I had a bit of a crisis about what I was going to do with my life and during that time I watched a lot of movies. I watched mainly David Cronenberg and David Lynch so I feel that they now influence me but before and after that I saw a lot of movies that also excited me. I watched many films in my childhood and a director who was, and still is, really important to me called Leonardo Favio I remember admiring when back in the 60s and 70s; I feel that he is now the main inspiration for modern Argentinean filmmakers, let alone myself.
Q. Do you think foreign films are more accessible now in the UK?
Ana Piterbarg: Yes, I think people can find a Spanish-speaking film much easier now than a few years back which is great because we have something to say and we have stories to tell. At the same time, I only think the first wall has come down in terms of accessibility and acceptance into mainstream cinemas.
Everybody Has A Plan is released in cinemas on May 31, 2013.


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Farthingales Corset Blog is all about corsets, corset making supplies and corset making techniques
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Striped Corset
It should be on it's way to the publisher by the new year and available for purchase in 2013.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Silk and lace corset
She's layering fine black embroidered net over silk duopioni that fushia shot with black.
The plan is to pair the corset with black skinny jeans.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Corset Fashion Show Work Week
Kathi Posliff has started her corset! She stenciled a pattern onto pre-cut waist cincher pieces then stiched along the pattern that she had traced onto the leather and it's under layer of gold silk.
you can see Kathi's corset and about 35 others at Farthingales Corset Fashion Show during the Creativ Festival in Toronto October 22nd.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Just one corset..of many
This corset was created by starting with Vogue Patterns dress block/sloper. How I did it will be outlined in my second corset making book which unfortunatly will likely not hit stores until 2013. It's made from deep magenta Chinese brocade and features a hidden busk.
For discounted tickets to the Corset Fashion Show check out the "Sale" page on the Farthingales web site. http://www.farthingalescorsetmakingsupplies.com/
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New Listing 6823 Adera Street, Vancouver, BC
Luxurious masterpiece on a 8497 sqft landscaping lot is situated on one of the most desirable streets in South Granville. Exceptional quality and design create a gorgeous living space with high ceilings, extensive use of Italian marble and hardwood flooring, Euro-line windows, private soundproofed den, gourmet kitchen & wok kit with high end cabinetry & top of line S/S appliances. The master bedroom boasts a spa-inspired ensuite, walk-in closet and french door opens to a huge balcony overlook beautiful garden. Top floor includes a spacious recreation room with a full bath. Amazing basement offers a large recreational room, media room, wet bar, wine cellar, laundry, sauna and 2 ensuite bedrooms. Walking distance to Maple grove Elementry and Magee Secondary.


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The camera is directed across the valley from Engerdal Østfjell cottage field "H2", capturing the northern part of the mountain Kvitvorda and the southern part of the mountain Sølen
In the native language of the webcam owner
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Medics are transporting a 50-year-old woman injured Tuesday evening in a two-boat collision on Lake Washington, a Seattle Fire Department spokesman said.
The woman reported body pains. She was being taken to Harborview Medical Center.
Seattle police are investigating the crash, which happened near Magnuson Park, north of the Highway 520 floating bridge.


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International rugby star Ben Cohen, who is straight but extremely gay supportive, brought his Acceptance Tour to Town Danceboutique on Tuesday, May 24 for a meet and greet and auction. The proceeds went to Cohen's StandUp Foundation, an organization designed to combat homophobia and bullying. Ebone Bell reports.
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Every child loves to hear a bedtime story before they drift off to sleep – and they're sure to love it even more when they hear their own name mentioned alongside the famous characters of these fairytales! This stunning Personalised Fairy Tales Book features twelve classics, including Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty and the Three Little Pigs, making it the perfect gift for a young bookworm.
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Stick to Investment Basics in a Down Market
Market turmoil causes investors to question their own judgment and seek different approaches, but the only thing investors really need to do is follow some fundamental principles. Consider the following:
Invest in securities and use strategies you can easily understand and that have withstood the test of time. The subprime mortgage crisis and the collapse of Enron are examples of strategies that failed because some very smart people couldn't control their complex schemes. Be sure you understand your investments, including risks, fees, and other costs.
Make sure you're well diversified globally. The U.S. isn't the only market in the world, and every day we become more dependent on a global economy.
Use mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. Unless you have at least $500,000 to invest and the time and expertise to monitor individual securities closely, you'll be better off with well-chosen mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The value of an individual stock or bond can go to zero, but a mutual fund is usually so diversified that losses are temporary. To reduce risk, limit any single stock or bond to no more than 10 percent of the portfolio. Be conscious of too much overlap in individual securities or in styles of funds in your portfolio. Your advisor or online tools can help you analyze the portfolio.
The 10-percent rule especially applies to employer stock. High concentration in employer stock is one of the most common mistakes made by 401(k) participants. Be aware of how much company stock you hold in all your various portfolios. With your employment and potential retirement benefits already aligned with the fortunes of your company, limiting personal exposure in your company's stock is best.
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Ethnic Cleansing* by I.C.E.: What to Do Beyond Your Rights
The New Sanctuary Coalition (NSC) believes that immigration issues stem from unjust global economic relationships and racism. This panel will present strategies for bringing together citizens with immigrants facing detention and deportation to change U.S. immigration practices and to provide sanctuary through innovative techniques/programs that get around I.C.E.'s increasingly harsh and inhumane tactics. NSC believes everyone deserves hope and dignity while fighting for their rights. This panel will include discussion of physical sanctuary in N.Y.C., asylum, work, defense, and bond.(Merriam-Webster defines ethnic cleansing as,"the expulsion, imprisonment, or killing of an ethnic minority by a dominant majority in order to achieve ethnic homogeneity.")
Natacha Gaudard is an immigrant from Haiti who arrived in the U.S. in 2015. She became a member of New Sanctuary Coalition in 2017 and was accompanied to ICE check-ins. In July 2017 she was taken into detention but released on bond in November with NSC help where she now assists others with...Read more
Almost 25 years ago my husband, my son (who back then was a 5 month old baby boy) arrived into this country. We knew we had to forget about the pain we felt for leaving everything behind -our 21 years of life in which we grow loving our families, our friends, our land, our culture, and our...Read more
Steven Sacco is an immigration attorney with the Legal Aid Society of New York, and a volunteer and member of the New Sanctuary Coalition. He serves as a volunteer consultant at the NSC Pro Se Immigration Clinic.
Aura Hernandez was ordered to report to ICE on March 1 for removal and came to NSC for help "beyond her rights." She is a major fighter in the struggle for social justice while in physical sanctuary at The Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York on the Upper Westside. She...Read more
Ravi Ragbir is a NYC immigrant rights activist who has helped hundreds of people as an organizer and now as the Executive Director of the New Sanctuary Coalition of New York. He works directly with those who are facing deportation to empower them to struggle to remain in the US, He has trained...Read more


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Mercy Corps wins $400,000 grant from Best Buy Children's Foundation to expand youth activist network
May 26, 2009
Exciting initiative on youth education, leadership fights global poverty. Work expands to the Middle East and Scotland.
New York, NY - Best Buy Children's Foundation has awarded the global relief and development agency Mercy Corps a $400,000 grant to support the Global Citizen Corps, an initiative that equips high school students with critical skills to fight global poverty. This funding will allow Mercy Corps to allow thousands of new students to participate in its youth activist network.
Mercy Corps' Global Citizen Corps aims to educate, inspire and empower the next generation of leaders to advocate for policy changes that will help root out poverty around the world. The Corps provides educational resources, hands-on guidance and leadership development to train students to serve as effective grassroots organizers on issues such as hunger, education, climate change and HIV/AIDS.
The Best Buy Children's Foundation grant will permit the Global Citizen Corps to reach its goal of directly training nearly 2,500 young people over the next three years. These peer leaders will in turn influence hundreds of thousands more young people through on-line engagement and advocacy campaigns.
The program has already cultivated a strong, vibrant community of teen leaders though its face-to-face training, online forum and leadership summits. Over the past five years, Corps members have spoken out on these issues in their hometowns as well as in Washington, D.C. They have organized rallies, circulated petitions, met with legislators, spoken to media, raised funds and launched campaigns.
"I am constantly impressed by the energy and immense talent of our youth participants," said Ai Hirashiki, Director of Youth and Education Programs. "They're hungry to gain the knowledge and skills to change the world. The Global Citizen Corps is a unique program that channels that passion into concrete ways to tackle the most important challenges of our time."
The Best Buy Children's Foundation recognized the alignment between the Global Citizen Corps and its own efforts to empower teens to take action through its online youth forum, which it calls @15.
"We're thrilled to support this innovative youth program," said Jeff Peterson, Director of Community Relations at Best Buy. "The Global Citizen Corps broadens the worldviews and offers invaluable leadership skills to thousands of young people across the country."
In addition to the expansion funded by Best Buy, Mercy Corps recently increased the geographic scope of the Global Citizen Corps to include young people in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Gaza and Scotland, home of Mercy Corps' European headquarters. This fall, the Global Citizens Corps plans a series of videoconferences among its youth leaders. This virtual dialogue will allow American, Middle Eastern and Scottish students to exchange ideas and ask each other questions about their advocacy projects.
Mercy Corps recognizes that supporting the Global Citizen Corps is vital to its mission of alleviating suffering, poverty and oppression around the world. "If we want to see lasting change, we need to build a constituency of globally engaged citizens who understand the issues and commit themselves to addressing them," said Ai Hirashiki.
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Birthstones have existed across cultures throughout history. Often, these were attributed to significant aspects of a particular society, such as religion or custom. Modern times reflect these themes as well, as groups have updated these symbolic stones to reflect current tastes, thoughts, and trends. Join us as we examine the nature of the February birthstone.
The February-born may find
Sincerity and peach of mind,
Freedom from passion and from care,
If she an amethyst will wear.
-Traditional Birthstone Poem
Modern Birthstone
Luxurious amethyst is the modern birthstone for February. Available in a range of purple tones, there are many options available in this regal hue.
For centuries amethyst was regarded as one of the five cardinal gems. These were held to be the most valuable and rare of all gemstones. Large deposits, discovered during the 18th century in Brazil, made this coveted jewel more readily available for a gem hungry public.
Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz, with a variety of types existing.
- Bahia Amethyst: Known for its violet color and smoky red undertones.
- Lusaka Amethyst: Featuring concentrated purple tones with flashes of red and indigo.
- Rose de France: Lightest of amethysts, this type showcases delicate lilac hues.
- Uruguayan Amethyst: This kind of stone is well-known for its deep, rich purples.
Historical Birthstone
From a historical perspective, amethyst can trace its use as a birthstone to as early as the 15th century. In addition, pearl and hyacinth were once considered February birthstones up until the 20th century, when multiple older sources were condensed into the format used today.
February Birthstone Quick Facts
- Amethyst is considered the modern U.S. birthstone.
- The United Kingdom also uses amethyst as a modern February birthstone.
- Aquarius (1/22-2/18) is assigned garnet as a birthstone.
- Pisces (2/19-3/20) utilizes amethyst as their stone.
- Amethyst has been used as a February birthstone since at least the 15th century.
Your Birthstone
Birthstones were often thought to bestow luck on the wearer. They continue to be an excellent gift for lovers of jewelry and mementos. Whether you prefer tradition or modern sensibilities, birthstones are a unique way to tell a story about yourself. Which would you choose?
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Printing and Framing Manatee Prints (Artwork) for Your Home or Office
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Young manatee name: calf
Female manatee: cow
Male manatee: bull
A group of manatees is called: herd
Manatee classification: manatine, sirenian
Manatee class: Mammal
Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. The name manat comes from the Tano, a pre-Columbian people of the Caribbean, meaning reast. They contain three of the four living species in the order Sirenia, the other being the dugong, which is native to the Eastern Hemisphere. The Sirenia is thought to have evolved from four-legged land mammals over 60 million years ago, with the closest living relatives being the Proboscidea (elephants) and Hyracoidea (hyraxes).
Manatees are mainly herbivores, spending most of their time grazing in shallow waters and at depths of 1-2 meters (3-7 ft). Much of the knowledge about manatees is based upon research done in Florida and cannot necessarily be attributed to all types of manatees. Generally, manatees have a mean mass of 400-550 kg (900-1200 lb), and mean length of 2.8-3.0 m (9-10 ft), with maximums of 3.6 meters and 1,775 kg seen (the females tend to be larger and heavier). When born, baby manatees have an average mass of 30 kg.
On average, most manatees swim at about 5 km/h to 8 km/h (1.4 m/s to 2.2 m/s; 3 to 5 miles per hour). However, they have been known to swim up to 30 km/h (8 m/s; 20 miles per hour) in short bursts. Manatees inhabit the shallow, marshy coastal areas and rivers of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico (T. manatus, West Indian Manatee), the Amazon Basin (T. inunguis, Amazonian Manatee), and West Africa (T. senegalensis, West African Manatee). A fourth species, the Dwarf Manatee (T. bernhardi) was recently proposed for a population found in the Brazilian Amazon, although some have questioned its validity, instead believing it is an immature Amazonian Manatee. Florida is usually the northernmost range of the West Indian Manatee as their low metabolic rate makes cold weather endurance difficult. They may on occasion stray up the mid-Atlantic coast in summer. Half a manatee's day is spent sleeping in the water, surfacing for air regularly at intervals no greater than 20 minutes.
Florida Manatees (T. m. latirostris) have been known to live up to 60 years, and they can move freely between different salinity extremes; however, Amazonian Manatees (T. inunguis) never venture out into salt water. They have a large flexible prehensile upper lip that acts in many ways like a shortened trunk, somewhat similar to an elephant's. They use the lip to gather food and eat, as well as using it for social interactions and communications. Their small, widely spaced eyes have eyelids that close in a circular manner. Manatees are also believed to have the ability to see in color.
They emit a wide range of sounds used in communication, especially between cows and their calves, yet also between adults to maintain contact and during sexual and play behaviors. They may use taste and smell, in addition to sight, sound, and touch, to communicate. Manatees are capable of understanding discrimination tasks, and show signs of complex associated learning and advanced long term memory. They demonstrate complex discrimination and task-learning similar to dolphins and pinnipeds in acoustic and visual studies.
Manatees typically breed only once every other year, since gestation lasts about 12 months, and it takes a further 12 to 18 months to wean the calf. Only a single calf is born at a time and aside from mothers with their young or males following a receptive female, manatees are generally solitary creatures.
The main difference between manatees and dugongs are the tails. A manatee tail is paddle-shaped, while a Dugong tail is forked, similar in shape to a whale's.
Manatees are herbivores and eat over 60 different plant species such as mangrove leaves, turtle grass, and types of algae, using their divided upper lip. An adult manatee will commonly eat up to 9% of its body weight (approx 50 kg) per day. Manatees have been known to eat small amounts of fish from nets.
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Has Winter Sapped You? Does it feel like winter has just settled in and sapped your energy, your joy and your comfort? Often, when the fog rolls in over the valley and the days become short and chilly, people start to worry about how they are going to feel over the next few weeks and months. Luckily, although we can't manipulate the weather to our liking, it is possible to nip some of the winter … [Read more...]
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The identity of the man killed in an early morning crash involving an overturned tractor-trailer and a car that shut down a stretch of I-84 for more than 10 hours on Monday has been released.
The closure occurred on eastbound I-84 at Exit 17 (Ludingtonville Road/Route 43) in Kent.
At approximately 3:48 a.m., a 2015 Volvo tractor-trailer operated by 36-year-old Sergio Khundiashvili of Brooklyn was traveling in the left lane when the trailer struck the median guardrail, state police said.
The trailer jumped the guardrail causing the entire rig to overturn, and land on the driver side, according to police.
Thomas W. Cipolla, 52, of Beacon, was also traveling in the left lane behind Khundiashvili. Cipolla's 1994 Toyota Camry struck the underside of the tractor-trailer causing both vehicles to become engulfed in flames, police said.
Cipolla was extricated by passersby and Khundiashvili. Cipolla was transported to by Patterson EMS to Putnam Hospital where he was pronounced dead by the on-duty Emergency Room medical doctor.
Khundiashvili and his passenger were transported by Patterson Fire Department to Danbury Hospital for minor injuries.
The stretch that was closed, between exits 16 and 18, reopened around 2:30 p.m.
The crash occurred around 4 a.m. Monday when the tractor-trailer rolled over and was struck by a passenger vehicle, State Police Trooper AJ Hicks said.
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With plenty of parks, trails, golf courses and more, Victoria is a perfect place for anyone looking to enjoy outdoor fun.
Lone Tree Creek Hike and Bike Trail
Fairly new to the community, Lone Tree Creek Hike and Bike Trail spans 2.1 miles and is situated between Victoria East High School and Airline Road. The lighted, paved trail is open to the public and offers opportunities for activities such as walking, running, biking and rollerblading.
Plans for the trail were announced in 2007. According to Doug Cochran, Victoria's director of parks and recreation, the trail was a needed quality-of-life amenity that would enable more of the city's residents to spend time outside.
City Parks
A new splash park is planned for Victoria, which will be located at Lone Tree Creek Park that is under construction on East Airline Road. Set to open in 2012, the 2,400-square-foot splash park will be ideal for young children and teens alike.
With 565 acres, Riverside Park features sites such as a rose garden, which features 1,300 blooming roses, and activities including fishing the Guadalupe River, playing disc golf, paddling the Victoria Paddling Trail and more.
Victoria uses the Victoria Youth Sports Complex for many of the community's sporting activities. This complex houses a basketball pavilion, two tennis courts, five softball fields and seven baseball fields, as well as a 15,000-square-foot skate park, a 223,000-gallon pool and a baby pool.
The Gary T. Moses Municipal Pool is one of the most popular places in the summer. It offers a 25-meter pool, a children's pool area and a bathhouse.
State Parks and More
Goliad State Park has a character defined by beautiful scenery and interesting sites spanning over the park's 188 acres. Among these sites are a replica of the 1722 Mission Nuestra Señora del Espiritu Santo de Zuñiga and ruins of the 1754 Mission Nuestra Señora Del Rosario.
Located on 575 acres, Lake Texana State Park offers water-oriented activities – thanks to its location on Lake Texana – consisting of boating, swimming, fishing, jet skiing and more.
To enjoy the peacefulness of nature, the Coleto Creek Park and Reservoir contains 190 acres, of which only 40 acres have been developed. Much of this park is undeveloped to enable visitors to appreciate nature in its entirety. Coleto Creek offers a 3,100-acre lake, a 200-foot pier and more than 50 campsites.
Saxet Lake features a 250-acre park complete with activities including boating, fishing and jet skiing in a lake that measures up to 100 feet deep.
Golf Options
Victoria's golf courses include Riverside Golf Course, The Club at Colony Creek and Victoria Country Club. In addition to the tournaments and activities at these courses, Victoria also hosts the annual Wildgame Tournament and the Labor Day Invitational tournament.
Riverside Golf Course is a public course featuring 27 holes, while Colony Creek Country Club is a semi-private club offering a brilliant 18-hole course, a driving range and a putting green. The Victoria Country Club is a private club that offers a PGA-quality 18-hole course designed by Joe Finger, as well as high-quality tennis courts, fine dining and a refreshing pool area.
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1. 'Incompatible with life' is not a medical diagnosis - this is abortion for children with disabilities
2. Parents need better care not abortion
3. These are mostly late term abortions - a horrific death for the baby
4. 90% of parents in these situations don't abort, but they are being ignored and silenced
5. Clare daly is using these sad situations as part of a push for abortion on demand, through all 9 months of pregnancy, paid for by you the tax-payer
Gemma, mother to Lily Rose
Clodagh Mc Gill lived for 33 days with Edwards Syndrome. Elaine Fagan lived for 25 years with the same condition. Kathleen Rose Harkin has just celebrated her 8th birthday with Trisomy 13. Lilly Ann Behan lived for 6 days with anencephaly.
All of these children had a disability which would have made them a target of Clare Daly's abortion bill.
All these children were described as 'incompatible with life' - but did you know that the phrase is NOT a medical diagnosis. In fact, there is NO condition where a doctor can say with certainty that a baby will not live until birth, no matter how severe the condition.
As we can see, some babies had short lives; others defied the doctor's expectations. But all of their lives had meaning and purpose, and they brought great joy. And they were all alive and kicking in their mother's wombs.
Their parents have powerfully stated that their children had a right to life: and that right should not be taken away because they had a severe disability.
Aileen, mother to Lilly Ann
This is a heartbreaking time for parents. It's devastating to hear that your much-loved unborn baby is sick, and may not live for long after birth.
But parents say that the time they have with their babies is hugely rewarding - and crucially important for healing. They get to take photos, make memories, hold their children in their arms, to say hello before they say goodbye. Every minute of their baby's life is filled with love.
Parents are asking the government to make better care available for families who face this devastating news. It's called perinatal hospice care, and its not expensive. It means that parents always see the same team, that they have a special room available after their baby is born, that photographers and bereavement counsellors are available to them.
In other countries, even where abortion was available, when better care was made available, up to 85% of families continued with the pregnancy.
Fiona, mother to Andrew
When Clare Daly and others talk about 'terminations' in these cases, they are actually talking about late-term abortions, usually after 20 weeks. In Britain, these abortions are legal right up until birth.
There are two chief methods of aborting babies then in these situations:
Either method is horrific, and in stark contrast to the beautiful care provided by perinatal hospice services, which respect both baby and family.
Studies have also shown that substantial numbers of women who undergo abortion in these circumstances suffer post-traumatic stress. (Korenromp et al, 2005)
A longitudinal study in 2009 in the Netherlands looked at 147 women who had a termination of pregnancy for anomalies and reviewed psychological outcomes at 4,8, & 16 months. At 4 months 46% women revealed pathological levels of posttraumatic stress symptoms - at 16 months 21% still had symptoms.
Charlene, mother to Myla Faith
Official statistics show that more than 90% of Irish parents DO NOT abort after getting a diagnosis of a life-limiting disorder. But these parents are not being heard.
In fact, these parents are being ignored and their experiences - which can do so much to help other parents now facing these diagnoses - are being shut out by the Irish media.
Please READ and SHARE their stories here: www.everylifecounts.ie
Clare Daly is an avowed abortion campaigner who wants abortion-on-demand legalised in Ireland.
She is using these sad cases - where a baby has a profound disability - to attack the Pro-Life (Eight) Amendment to the Constitution so that she can try to have abortion on demand legalised in Ireland.
That would be abortion on the British model - which sees up to 200,000 aborted every year, and where up to 37% of abortions are repeat abortions.
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www.perinatalhospice.org Amy Kuebelbeck, A Gift of Time: Continuing Your Pregnancy When Your Baby's Life Is Expected to Be Brief (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011)
D'Almeida et al. 2006. Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. http://www.jpands.org/vol11no2/calhoun.pdf
Calhoun BC1, Napolitano P, Terry M, Bussey C, Hoeldtke NJ. Perinatal hospice. Comprehensive care for the family of the fetus with a lethal condition. J Reprod Med. 2003 May;48(5):343-8.
Jacquier M, Klein A, Boltshauser E. 'Spontaneous pregnancy outcome after prenatal diagnosis of anencephaly.' British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2006; 113:951–953
Mitchel L. Zoler, 'Trisomy 18 survival can exceed 1 year', OB/GYN News, March 1 2003 Trisomy 13 / Patau Syndrome
Rasmussen SA1, Wong LY, Yang Q, May KM, Friedman. Pediatrics. Population-based analyses of mortality in trisomy 13 and trisomy 18. 2003 Apr;111(4 Pt 1):777-84.JM. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12671111
Wu J, Springett A, Morris JK. 2013. Survival of trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome) and trisomy 13 (Patau Syndrome) in England and Wales: 2004–2011. Am J Med Genet Part A 161A:2512–2518. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23949924
Korenromp, Marijke José http://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/9774
Korenromp MJ, Page-Christiaens GCML, van den Bout J, et al. Adjustment to termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly: a longitudinal study in women at 4, 8, and 16 months. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:160.e1-7. http://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378%2809%2900393-7/abstract
Calhoun BC1, Hoeldtke Nathan, Frontiers in Fetal Health http://www.perinatalhospice.org/uploads/Frontiers_in_Fetal_Health.pdf


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"Sweet & Sour" is my version of that dinner table game where every guest says what the best and worst parts of the day were. As we head into the weekend, I think it's important to get the bad stuff off your chest and remember the positives as a silver lining and energizing factor. When the weekend hits, I like to release the "sour" and embrace the "sweet."
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Have you ever gotten so angry that you've lashed out, either physically or verbally? When do you know that you've crossed the line and require anger management techniques, or outside help?Read more
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Generally, for most people eating is a pleasure in addition to being a necessity to sustain a healthy body. When a person feels the urges to change the normal course of their eating behaviors (such as under-eating or overeating) due to certain perceptions, this can lead to — or already is — an one of several eating disorders.Read more
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"Some people eat to live while others live to eat"- It's one thing to love good food; to eat passionately, indulge in culinary delights, and savor great cuisine. After all, eating is one of the great pleasures in life — along with sex, travel, wine …. and a good bowel movement. And the priority of each can shift from day to day. What to know and how to spot Bulimia Nervosa in friends, family and oneself starts with education.Read more
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The rapid rise of technology is claimed by some to be inhibiting human interaction. Others claim that it contributes to the public journal and the broadcasting of it. What do you think, can both sides be correct?Read more


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• Della gifted the shoe to a charismatic businessman, who wore it in a television interview, which sky rocketed Tod's sales and reputation.
• In 1980, Diego Della expanded the business and created the Hogan brand, which originally was a sportswear and sneakers brand.
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When beginning "onboarding" coaching with a client he or she is always interested in my top tips for successful ignition in a new role. Onboarding is an important opportunity for newly-placed leaders. Many don't realize that there is a high risk of failure in new positions. The new leader has to acclimate to and get accepted by a new culture, a new boss, and a new team. I have seen multiple leaders who get terminated or resign after about 18 months. Onboarding leadership coaching seems to help the leader be successfully accepted and achieve the key performance indicators of the new position.
The top six tips I give are the following:
- Ask open-ended questions about other team members and leaders (i.e., What do you do?). Don't wait for people to approach you. Be out there. Greet people and speak first if necessary.
- Be empathic and humble. Make gentle eye contact, say less, and listen.
- Research and learn as much as you can about the company and division in which you will work before you start.
- Learn people's names before you start from team name lists, hierarchy diagrams, and organizational charts.
- Always carry a Moleskine or notebook in your pocket during the first month. Record the names of each person you meet with some details. Draw diagrams of where people sit and their names. Nothing is more important than remembering someone's name and some important items you discussed. This makes people feel valued, which is the core of team engagement.
- Form a positive relationship with your boss from the first discussion. You should be finding out what he or she wants from you and identify the key goals and metrics for success that he or she lists for you.
Keith Rollag mentions some more tips:
- Research shows people are anxious about approaching unfamiliar people and do whatever possible to avoid conversation. You need to break through anxiety and make contact.
- Ingram and Morris report that their research demonstrates that executives will do a lot to avoid introducing themselves. So introduce yourself! Push through isolating feelings and thoughts so you actively connect and form vital relationships that enable your success.
Lastly, I will add that newly hired leaders should be aware of the "high school" culture in their new workplace that really never goes away. Like the lunchtime cafeteria of high school, pay attention to how to get accepted by the key players of the team. You may be surprised to find out who they are and what it will take for them to respect you. The solution may be that you have to set some limits to get their respect. It may be that you have to transfer or terminate someone. Figure out the puzzle to you taking charge of your area. Prioritize humility, listening, and remembering details as the keys to your success.
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FOLLOW-UP on my Feb 18, 2016 Blog: A Clear Voice Over Time Increases Visibility and Productivity at the 2016 Grammy's
I want to follow-up on the Oscars broadcast on Sunday, February 21, 2016. Chris Rock was funny and tough on the largely white audience, as predicted. Diversity played a key role throughout the program. For Short Documentary, A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness won an Oscar and the producer Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy reported that the film is actually spurring changes in the law to help prevent honor killings in Pakistan. Vice President Biden introduced Lady Gaga who sang a song about sexual abuse that connected to the film, Spotlight, the story of boys sexually abused under the watch of the Catholic Church in Boston. Spotlight went on to win Best Picture which establishes an even further intensification of corrective goals for the Vatican.
The talented Sam Smith, winner of multiple previous music awards, accepted best original song for Writing's on the Wall, from Spectre, the latest James Bond movie. During his joyful acceptance speech he dedicated the award to the LGBT community.
The President of the Academy, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, spoke as a black woman who pledged to implement many changes in voting and in making sure the diverse world is represented in the Academy. The movie Revenant won best director and best actor (Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Leonardo DiCaprio).
As we ask of executives in coaching, the academy cleanly owned both their goals regarding altering their membership and voting policies. Interestingly, there was a significant number of minority presenters and entertainers present to balance out the embarrassment of having no minority nominees. Chris Rock held everyone accountable yet maintained his sense of humor throughout the broadcast. Leonardo DiCaprio accepted the Best Actor award with one of the most tweeted speeches in Oscar history focusing on dealing with climate change and respect for other people.
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