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El Feija national park is located in north-western Tunisia, west of Jendouba and only a few kilometers away from the Algerian border.
The park covers an area of 2.632 Ha and reaches a peak of 1150 m. It was created in 1990 in order to preserve the mountains' ecosystem that is characteristic of Khoumire.
El Feija park represents a dense forest, mainly including zeen oak and cork oak, associated to arbutus and myrtle. It is irrigated by about twenty water springs.
El Feija's landscape is made of a moderately high cork oak forest giving way to a zeen oak forest which dominates the top of the mountain. Water flows abundantly on a soil that is often entirely covered in oak leaves. It leads to a small waterfall created by an uneven ground.
The main purpose associated with the creation of El Feija Park was to protect an endangered North African endemic mammal: The Barbary stag. A 417 ha enclosure was set up in order to maintain this species.
The park holds a number of other mammal species, birds and reptiles. An ecomuseum located at the entrance exhibits the scientific carateristics of the natural environment of El Feija and its components.


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Jan's hunt for the perfect cooler is over, now he spends his free time pursuing his next big catch and seeking new adventures all over the world.
When he relocated to Hamburg, the Alps were no longer an option and he needed to find new ways to quench his thirst for fresh air and new experiences. That's why, three years ago, Jan began to fish in the harbor of Hamburg. His humble hobby quickly grew into a passion and soon he was travelling all over the world to places like Scandinavia and the United States to find new spots to cast his lines. He discovered that he was quite good at his new sport and Jan began searching for a cooler that could hold all the fresh fish he was catching and keep up with his travel needs.
In his research for the best solution, he discovered the reliable and versatile products of Dometic. The Dometic Cool-Ice 42 became his top choice for every boat trip. Rugged but lightweight, it can take a beating and keep cool for several days without Jan needing to refill the ice. The seat pad and rod holder make it the perfect companion for every fishing outing. Jan likes to tell the story of his camping trip to Norway with his girlfriend Dana. On the trip, their car broke down and they were stranded for three days in the wilderness. Despite the intense heat, the icebox kept all their food and supplies cold and fresh until they could be on their way again--even without a power source.
If you want to keep up with Jan and his fishing and hunting life, check him out on social media: instagram.com/the_fishing_huntsman and on the web: sticklebackfishing.com

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Elisa Contemporary Art will be back at the Spring Affordable Art Fair in NYC. It takes place March 27-31 and we'll in Booth C4.
We're debuting several new artists!
We'll also be featuring:
You'll have a chance to meet our artists and find out the inspirations behind their work:
We have a limited number of VIP tickets available. Please email email@example.com. For discounted general admission tickets, go to: http://bit.ly/AAFNYC2019ECA10
Take a look at our Preview Catalog to get a sneak peek at all the work which will be available:
What: Elisa Contemporary Art at the 2019 Spring Affordable Art Fair in NYC, Booth C4
Private Preview: Wednesday, March 27 from 6-9pm
Public Fair Days:
Thursday, March 28 11am – 6pm, Art After Dark 6pm – 9pm
Friday, March 29 11am – 8pm
Saturday, March 30 11am – 8pm
Sunday, March 31 11am – 5pm
Where: The Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, New York City.
The Affordable Art Fair will feature 70 local and international galleries. You'll see over 300 Contemporary artists -- featuring artworks priced from $50 to $10,000.
I look forward to seeing you at the Spring Affordable Art Fair in NYC in Booth C4 on the 1st floor
For more information, visit us at www.ElisaContemporaryArt.com, or contact Lisa at email@example.com or 212.729.4974.


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City-based B-school MICA and Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) will soon join hands for the capacity building of SEWA's master trainers in domains such as branding, marketing, new media and soft skills in professional and strategic communication.
While the first meeting towards this collaboration was held at Sewagram Mahila Haat this week where a team of officials from MICA's Dean Preeti Shroff, Manisha Pathak-Shelat, Chairperson, Communication Area at MICA and Sapna George, Assistant Manager, Centre for Social Change Leadership (CSCL) interacted with Reema Nanavaty, chairperson, SEWA Trade Facilitation Centre, Kapilaben, president, SEWA and several SEWA representatives from different districts across the state.
The overall MICA master trainer programme for SEWA will focus on the enterprise development for value chain development and scaling-up SEWA's existing food, textiles, culture, and education enterprises and will aid with the technology required for grassroots dissemination.
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June 5, 1953
King Frederik IX of Denmark today signed the new Constitution, "approved by Parliament and ratified by plebiscite May 28", reports the New York Times.
This is Denmark's fifth constitution. One of the primary changes is the inclusion of female succession. Prior to this change, only males could succeed to the throne. King Frederik and Queen Ingrid have three daughters, Margrethe, Benedikte and Anne Marie.
Princess Margrethe is now the heir presumptive. She cannot be the heir apparent because she can be superseded by a younger brother.
She will be known as HRH The Princess Margrethe of Denmark until her 18th birthday when she will be styled as the Crown Princess of Denmark.
The heir to the throne was the king's younger brother, Prince Knud, who has two sons and a daughter, The prince and his family have been vocal in their disappointment with the change to the succession.
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Around six months ago, door light would stay on and alarm would go off every hour or so. Put W240 on all door locks. Worked great solved the problem. No door light or alarm going off. Last couple months door light would stay on but no alarm. Then it would go off and come back on a couple weeks later. Now last few weeks door light has been off but the alarm won't stop going off about every hour or so. I really just want to rip out the alarm. What could be wrong? Easy fix?
My car has 220000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
Hello. I think you have a faulty alarm system. You may want to try to disconnect the alarm system and reconnect it to see if you are getting the same problem. I believe your lights and alarm system problems are connected. Your door sensors could be bad, too. Have them replaced and you may get the results you are looking for. If your weather seals are bad this could cause a problem, too.
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LOS ANGELES — When 12-year-old Marwa Naim took off the bandage from her nose earlier this month, she smiled in a handheld mirror. Her face, damaged when a missile attack in Iraq caused her to lose part of her nose, was reconstructed.
On Monday, Naim showed off her face to others. Dressed in a light green burqa, she hugged and thanked the doctors who performed the operation and said she looked forward to reuniting with her father and three siblings in Iraq when she returns there later this month.
"They helped me a lot and they treated me well," Naim, speaking through an interpreter, said of the doctors.
Naim lost a chunk of her nose and her right thumb when a coalition missile struck her home in northern Baghdad in April 2003 in an attack that killed her mother, according to several humanitarian groups that arranged for the girl's trip to California.
This year, Naim was flown to UCLA Medical Center, where plastic surgeons agreed to rebuild her nose without pay. Doctors faced a daunting task: Naim was missing the bulbous tip of her nose and there was a lot of scar tissue from the injury.
During four operations, doctors removed a rectangular skin flap from her forehead and rotated it 180 degrees to fashion a new nose. Then they took cartilage from her ear to rebuild the tip and "to give it a shape," said Dr. Timothy Miller, chief of plastic surgery.
'A great spirit'
Miller showed a video of Naim's last visit earlier this month in which she took off the bandage from her nose and smiled into a handheld mirror. But she still faces a long recovery. Her face is swollen from surgery and there's a scar that runs down the middle of her forehead where doctors removed skin for the nose.
Although the scarring may never fully heal, it will likely take between six and nine months for the scars to lighten up, doctors said.
Miller described the surgery, which costs about $12,000, as cosmetic because Naim was never in danger of dying because of her missing nose. She could still breathe and smell normally, but doctors decided to fix it partly because she was taunted in school for her disfigurement.
"She's got a great spirit," Miller said.
While in the United States, Naim stayed with four Arabic-speaking host families in the Los Angeles area. She started learning English and visited tourists attractions including Universal Studios and SeaWorld.
Besides Naim, a handful of other war-wounded children have been flown by various humanitarian organizations to the U.S. for treatment of disfiguring injuries.
The nonprofit Palestine Children's Relief Fund, which paid for Naim's stay in California, estimated that since 1991, the organization has sought medical care for about 700 Middle Eastern children who suffer from mostly war-related injuries.
Plastic surgeon Dr. George Rudkin said he would welcome the chance to help another war victim. "It'll be an honor to do it again," he said.
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A MUMTREPRENEUR who started her own cheese-making business after being made redundant has been picked to supply Harrods following an awards honour.
Ailsa Proverbs created her cheese-making kits after seeing celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall making yoghurt on TV show River Cottage.
Her success means she could soon be supplying the kits to retailers in France, the cheese lover's paradise.
The 35-year-old, who lives in Tranent with husband Sean, 50, a retail manager, and their children, Duncan, three, and Fia, one, was made redundant from her job as a marketing manager in October last year.
She had been attending free seminars run by Business Gateway East Lothian and tried to hit upon a great idea for her own business when inspiration struck.
She said: "I had my laptop out while I was watching the TV and started looking into how you would go about making cheese at home. It was a lot easier than I thought.
"The hardest bit was sourcing the little bits and bobs you need, like the thermometers for example. Once I'd got my packs together I arranged focus groups of people who didn't know me so I would get their honest opinions. The feedback was very positive."
In the run-up to Christmas, Ailsa got enough stock ready to create 400 kits, sure that this would last her well into the new year. However, she became a victim of her success.
"We sold 3000 kits before Christmas Day even arrived," she said. "There were lots of people roped in to some frantic late-night packaging sessions. We got orders from everywhere – Australia, Russia, France, Ireland, Romania – it was insane."
Ailsa's Big Cheese Making Kit has gone from strength to strength, picking up the Best New Idea Award at the Farm Shop and Deli Show in Birmingham last month.
She said: "The winners were voted for by the 50,000 people who attended the event and it was a real honour to receive it. Apparently Harrods keep a close eye on the Farm Shop and Deli Show and it wasn't long after that they got in touch asking to stock my kits."
She is in talks with a "major French retailer", with production now outsourced to Haven Products in Inverness, a social enterprise providing jobs for the disabled. Ailsa said: "I want to give back to the Scottish community. I don't want to encourage exploitation elsewhere."
Each cheese-making kit comes with enough ingredients to make ten batches, with each batch weighing between 1.5lbs and 2lbs.
The kits include a guide, step-by-step instructions, citric acid, organic sea salt, butter muslin and dairy thermometer. The child kit comes with a sticker book.


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Kawasaki ZX900A
|Kawasaki ZX900A
|Also called
|Ninja 900, GPz 900
|1984 - 1986
908 cc, Four-stroke, 4 Cylinder, Dual Over Head Camshaft
|Top Speed
|155 mph
|Spark Plug
|Final Drive
|Chain: 530x114
|Front Sprocket
|Rear Sprocket
|Front Tire
|120/80-16 '84-86
|Rear Tire
|130/80-18 '84-86
|Oil Filter
|Recommended Oil
|K-tech 10W-40
|Service Manual
The Kawasaki ZX900A is a motorcycle produced by Kawasaki from 1984 to 1986. It was known in Europe as the GPZ900R.
The motorcycle shows in Fall 1983 marked an evolutionary step along the road of ever-increasing power outputs. Conscious of the inroads they had made already, many Japanese manufacturers decided to tone down their efforts. Kawasaki decided to undercut the 1000 and 1100cc machines of its rivals by launching a 900. Nevertheless, its engine marked an important technical turning point.
Compact Design[edit]
The Ninja proved to be innovative in many respects. Rather than raw power, Kawasaki had sought compact design, with a remarkably narrow engine, with its camshafts driven direct from the end of the crankshaft. It was also remarkably low-built: the frame was reduced to a strong backbone with a bolted-on tubular aluminum rear section and the engine suspended underneath. The machine's aerodynamics benefited from its narrow profile.
Fast and Reasonably Priced[edit]
The Ninja was not the most powerful of the new machines of its day. Its discomfort on the road was only rivaled by its ability on the track. Very fast, yet reasonably priced, the Ninja was a surefire success, so much so that Kawasaki was forced to make a second production run! While its frame design was an evolutionary dead end, the Ninja's new generation engine appeared in several subsequent Kawasaki models.
The GPZ900R was a revolutionary design, in that its 908cc liquid cooled 16 valve engine was a first for Kawasaki, and delivered 115 brake horsepower (depending on market). Although its steel frame, 16 inch front and 18 inch rear wheels, air suspension, and anti-dive forks were fairly standard at that time, it took Japanese Superbike performance to a new level. Water cooling and 16 valves allowed additional power, and the frame used the engine as a stressed member for improved handling. It had a top speed of about 155 mph (holding the record for the fastest production bike at the time), and a standing quarter mile time of just 10.55s was recorded by specialist rider Jay "Pee Wee" Gleason. It won the 1984 Isle of Man Production TT at an average speed of 105 mph ridden by Geoff Johnson.
The 1984 GPZ900R was the first Kawasaki bike to be officially marketed (in North America) under the Ninja brand name.
Although superseded in the US market within 3 years, the 900R remained popular in Europe and Asia for many years. In 1990 the A7 model saw the deletion of the anti-dive units, front fork diameter increased, and front wheel diameter increased to 17 inches. Although no longer competitive with the cutting-edge sportsbikes of the day it was marketed as a competent sports-tourer. Emissions controls meant that it ceased to be sold in Europe in the late 1990s. Kawasaki ended production for Asian markets in 2003 with the final models being significantly reduced in power due to emissions and noise requirements.
- 6-Speed, Return Shift
- Color
- Fuel Tank: Firecracker Red/Metallic Gray-stone, Luminous Polaris Blue/Galaxy Silver
- Front Fender: Firecracker Red/Black, Luminous Polaris Blue/Black
- Engine No: ZX900AE000001 -
- West Germany, Sweden: ZX900AGOOOOOl -
- Frame No: ZX900A-000001 -
- Canada, USA 3KAZX2A1()EA000001 -- (Japan Mfr.),
- JKAZXPA1()EB500001 -- ( US Mfr.)
- Parts Catalog No: 99961-0188 (Microfiche).
- Europe: 99917-110152 (Microfiche)
- Service Manual No: 99924-1048-42
- Owner's Manual No: 99922-1279-04,
- Canada and US: 99920-1229-02,
- Germany 99923-1098-01
- Remarks: Supersports model with a liquid-cooled, 16-valve, in-line four. AVDS/Anti-dive system equipped and air adjustable front fork, uni-trak system with air and damping force adjustable rear shock absorber, front and rear disc brakes, cast wheels, full fairing.
- Color
- Fuel Tank: Ebony/Firecracker Red, Firecracker Red/Galaxy Silver, Luminous Polaris Blue/Galaxy Silver
- Front Fender: Firecracker Red/Black, Luminous Polaris Blue/Black
- Engine No: ZX900AE019001 -
- West Germany, Sweden: ZX900AG002801 -
- Frame No: ZX900A-015001 -
- Canada, USA JKAZXZA1()FA015007 - (Japan Mfr.)
- JKAZXZA1()FB505301 - (US Mfr.)
- Parts Catalog No: Same as ZX900-A1
Service Manual No: Same as ZX900-A1 Owner's Manual No: 99922-7313-01,
- Canada and US: 99920-5265-02,
- Germany: 99923-1120-01
- Change: Color and graphic
- 908 mL
- Four-stroke, 4 Cylinder, Dual Over Head Camshaft
- 6-Speed, Return Shift
- Color: Ebony/Firecracker Red, Firecracker Red/Pearl Alpine White, Luminous Polaris Blue/Galaxy Silver
- Beginning Engine No.: ZX900AE040001
- (West Germany)(Sweden) ZX900AG005801
- Beginning Frame No.: ZX900A031001
- Parts Catalog No.: 99917-117043, (Europe)99917-117106
- (France) 99979-1024G5, IGl99918-1033Q4
- (Canada)(US) 999614277
In Media[edit]
This is the bike that Tom Cruise rode in top gun even contrary to rumors that it was a GPZ750 due to his stature. ZX900 Ninja 900 in top gun
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Join us once again & make a willow or moss wreath for yourself or to give as a gift. The moss wreaths are especially suited to those with less flexibility in their fingers. The willow wreaths are enormous fun if you fancy a challenge learning a new skill. Come on your own or bring a […]Read More
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It's not every day you bump into an internationally renowned floral designer with royal & top brand commissions but I did just that unwittingly whilst in Bangkok in January 2018. And there Sankul Interkul was sitting making an outrageously beautiful violet & dusky pink floral art piece for Her Majesty Queen Mother Sirikit of Thailand….'ooooo' […]Read More
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On one of the only sunny days in February my good friend Sue & I went to Benington Lordship Gardens, near Stevenage, Herts, England to see the snowdrops. Well actually to have a good gossip with a cup of tea & a piece of cake. But there were snowdrops…gazillions of them. And lots of other […]Read More
Adventures in Boots June 2017 – Woburn Abbey Gardens
Every once in a while I encounter a garden which disappoints. Woburn Abbey Gardens in Bedfordshire left us feeling rather flat after our visit recently during an April bank holiday. Suggestions for the new landscaping project at the park were put forward by the renowned landscape gardener Humphrey Repton back in the early 19th century […]Read More
Eastleach House in the Cotswolds.
Thumbing through 'Secret Gardens of The Cotswolds' written by Victoria Summerley I decided a few weeks back to make visits to gardens in this region a bit of a priority. Afterall, I don't need to battle the M25 to reach the area & the route is mainly pretty. By the time I read about Eastleach […]Read More
Snowdrop weekend at Old Church House, Long Marston.
Not just snowdrops of course, which would be a bit bland, but iris, crocus & cyclamen. Also on offer was a church tower, mulled wine & flapjack. Not bad for a cold, grey winter's day eh? The Old Church House is Long Marston near Tring in Herts just a few miles from where I live […]Read More
Adventures in Boots – 'Lunuganga' in Bentota, Sri Lanka – March 2017
During the latter part of our travels around Sri Lanka in January we visited Geoffrey Bawa's garden 'Lunuganga' in Bentota. Mr Bawa was an (mostly) English educated Sri Lankan architect – the most famous architect in Sri Lanka, who died in 2003. Geoffrey Bawa House Interior Born into a priviliged family in 1919 he didn't […]Read More
Adventures in Boots – The Royal Botanic Gardens in Kandy, Sri Lanka – February 2017
The Royal Botanic Gardens in Kandy, Sri Lanka The second city in Sri Lanka is dusty, dirty, noisy & difficult to navigate so a visit to the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kandy was a most welcome relief. Not so much a botanic garden in the sense that we would recognise here in the British Isles, […]Read More
Adventures in Boots – Willow Wreath Workshops – January 2017
I haven't been trekking far and wide garden visiting since I last wrote for the magazine. I'm off to Sri Lanka in two weeks so my next post will be exotic but for now my adventures have been more of the local sort. Sue made a very neat co-ordinated wreath Terrific effort by Anna During […]Read More


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Storage products to keep the great room organized
The kitchen tends to be "the" place to hangout. That's great, as long as there is plenty of seating and storage to keep clutter at a minimum. I learned about these great products while researching for my article on how to design a multi-functional great room. Check 'em out!
Store everything from DVDs to unfinished art projects in new offerings available from ClosetMaid. The sleek, modern Selectives laminate system can be designed to fit any aesthetic and encourages restless DIYers to rearrange on a whim. The system hangs on ShelfTrack standard tracks and includes towers that can be switched around without any additional drilling. Try framing your flatscreen TV with the modular system.
"Utilize additional accessories like drawers and doors to conceal as much or as little as you dare," says Lisa Engel with ClosetMaid.
With storage lining the walls in the room pictured above, an activities table is free for homework and hobbies. The top half of a tall cabinet provides extra pantry space to store post-game snacks and victory reinforcements. For about $200, extra storage space can be found outside the closet by giving each family member shelf space. Install them near the door to save time when you're trying to get out of the house. ClosetMaid's open stock wire shelving can be cut to size and the adjustable track system allows you to change shelf heights without more drilling.
Goodbye sofa bed
Twenty-five years ago, the multifunctional solution for hosting houseguests was the sleeper sofa. But the tremendous weight of a queen-size sleeper sofa plus its lack of versatility and comfort mean this piece has given way to more user-friendly and mature futon styles.
"These aren't the hard, wooden pallets your college kids had," says Bob Naboicheck, president and owner of Gold Bond Mattress in Connecticut. "Futons have come of age."
State-of-the-art cushioning through a pocketed coils spring system, high-end materials, and dozens of cover options helped the futon industry thrive while mattress sales have declined, Naboicheck says.
I'm especially fond of the oversized studio sleeper and the Burlington solid oak full-size frame, which includes drop-down tables and tray arms. Storage blends into the rail that holds the mattress up and the drawers fit underneath, offering space for sheets and pillows. The price is $1,400 for either of these pieces.


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"The idea behind MindCast is simple. We insert a small chip into your skull and then every thought, every feeling, every memory is streamed live, twenty-four hours a day. Trust me – within a few months you'll be the most talked about person on the planet…"
'Compelling, chilling investigation into the dark instincts of masculinity' — Guardian
'…inventive, finely written and disturbing.'– Jim Crace, Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author
'From the scorched desert to the marital bedroom, Real Monsters is a memorable and moving portrait of the futility of 21st century conflict.'— Benjamin Myers, author of Pig Iron and Beastings
'Beautifully written, smart and punchy.'— Sam Mills, author of The Quiddity of Will Self


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Having a new Roger Smith book published is always a special event and Smith has certainly outdone himself with his latest book, Nowhere. If you have been following Smith throughout his career you know that he has serious writing chops and can create characters that have strong moral centers, but he balances that with some of the darkest, soul-crushing antagonists that you will ever find. This book brings back his protagonist, Disaster Zondi, and introduces us to a real slice of evil in Steve Bungi.
There are two seemingly separate storylines ongoing in this great novel. Zondi is tasked with bringing a former white supremacist to justice by arresting him on a murder charge. While it seems like an open and shut case, many things are not as they appear and Zondi is not the type to let something go once he sinks his teeth into it. He becomes determined to get to the bottom of why the pieces of this case don't quite fit together.
Steve Bungi is on a mission to clear the name of his boss, the South African president, after he brutally murders his own wife. Bungi uses blackmail and many other dirty moves to set the table to help his boss avoid justice. Bungi is one hell of an evil character and a great character creation. Just when you think he can't do something more evil than what he has done, he sinks to a new low.
Roger Smith seems to have flown under many peoples' radars and I think this book will be a breakthrough for him. His strength as a writer comes from writing in crime dramas that feature believable characters that have both strengths and flaws and Smith tailors his story perfectly to both extremes. This book is like a double shot of espresso; dark, bitter, and leaves a burn. This is strong shit that needs to be read like you drink the previously mentioned espresso; quick and in one shot.
Highly Recommended.
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The Lust List: KOLTON J
by Cori Sue
Shop local, think global is one of my favorite mottos—and it's always nice to see that happening right here in Washington. It's even more exciting when I see amazing local women doing amazing things.
I first met Jenny Schretter at a ReadySetDC fashion event last spring and immediately picked up a geode necklace from her eco-vintage jewelry line, KOLTON.J, which I wear regularly. Since then, I've had cocktails with her a few times and gotten to know the beautiful, stylish, brunette.
A graduate of Boston College, Jenny is a self-taught designer who began making jewelry as a hobby in 2008 while living in SoHo and working as an interdealer broker on Wall Street. She eventually gave up her career in finance and came back to Washington to focus on KOLTON.J full-time.
KOLTON.J's chic, unique pieces are constructed with raw materials—stone, chain, rare vintage findings—with a characteristic juxtaposition of textures using unique color palates. The baubles are handmade in the United States, as the one-of-a-kind pieces are made by Jenny herself.
KOLTON.J has been featured in Washingtonian, InStyle Magazine, Fox News, DailyCandy, OK!Magazine, Redbook, and People StyleWatch among others, in addition to being adorned by celebrities and stylists alike.
Best of all, Jenny donates 10 percent per online order to the charity of the customer's choice, including ten highly vetted women- and children-based charities.
While the line makes all sorts of baubles, it's the stunning statement necklaces with geodes, pearls, and mixed metals that are worth every penny. Right now, I'm loving the coral and pearl pieces on display. I've picked out the pieces I'm lusting after, below.
You can shop online with an exclusive Bitches discount code and get 10 percent off with "BWB10" active through July 31.
Coral, agate, and vintage pin necklace, $258.
Pink agate, white turquoise limited edition, $195.
Coral and pearl fiesta necklace, $186.
Pearl and vintage chain necklace, $118.
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Transform mind & body, release muscular tension and rediscover a sense of wellbeing with this resilience boosting massage. Inspired by the arduous migration of the painted lady butterfly, this revitalising massage uses aromatherapeutic oils, yogic stretches and deep muscle massage to boost your energy levels and support your immune system. You emerge stronger and more resilient, ready to face life's unexpected journeys.
Includes: Yogic stretching – reflex zone foot massage – back massage – sinus release – scalp massage
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The Carriage House
The Carriage House is a second story retreat with two bedrooms, two baths, kitchen, w/d, WiFi and TV/DVD. The King bedroom has a connecting jacuzzi bath. The upstairs area has 2 twin beds in the den/tv room. There is also another room with new queen bed. $245 per night. Maximum occupancy - 6 guests


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Keep the Other Parent Involved in a Divorce
When a couple goes through a divorce, the challenges are immense. It can be tough to evenly divide up property, financial assets, and friends; however, the challenges are taken to a new level when there are children involved. Usually, one parent winds up as the chief custodian of the kids while the other parent receives visitation rights from time to time. It can be tempting to tell the kids that the other parent was the cause of the divorce; however, parents shouldn't raise their kids to dislike the other parent. In fact, it is important to keep the other parent involved as much as possible.
Kids Love Their Parents
Remember that kids unconditionally love their parents. They love both of their parents. Their parents are a part of their DNA. If one of the parents starts talking negatively about the other parent, children can become hurt emotionally and psychologically. Younger children don't have the mental capacity to put up a defense against alienating one of the other parents and could wind up disliking both of their parents. Kids should be raised to understand that divorces happen sometimes and it doesn't mean the other parent is a bad person.
Parents Need Another Person to Bounce Ideas Off Of
One of the advantages of having two parents around is that there is someone else to bounce ideas off of. Raising children is a challenge and is even harder to do alone. Just as in other areas of life, parents have their strengths and weaknesses as well. The advantage of having two parents involved is that they can capitalize on their strengths and help to cover certain areas of weakness. Take advantage of this by keeping the other parent involved.
It can be Tempting to Use the Kids as a Bargaining Chip
Worst of all, some parents will try to use their kids as a bargaining chip when it comes to visitation rights. Never try to deny the other parent visitation as a way to force their hand. First, this is illegal because it is a violation of the court-ordered visitation agreement. Second, it could raise the kids to hate the other parent or it could cause the other parent to resent their children. This is not the way to keep the other parent involved. Always try to honor the custodial arrangement at all costs.


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Designed in house featuring our iconic Pitfield emblems this screen print is done onto gold leaf here in London and is available in six designs ; Golden Gun, Robot, Ghetto Blaster, Feather, Diamond and Coffee Cup. Great for giving as gifts or as a treat for yourself pick your favourite design or collect the lot for a statement wall!
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Print: Height 41cm, Width 28cm


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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (SSATB - L3)
Inspired by the solo piano/vocal version by Sara Bareilles, this Elton John pop classic has an added layer of reflective emotion and builds to a powerful climax before settling down again. Written for piano and mixed vocals, the chart features some lyric solo spots. A few 5-part splits, but largely 4-part writing.
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Dave Van Der Laan
Dave Van Der Laan was appointed to the Downers Grove Township Board in 2017. He holds a B.M. in Vocal Performance from Hope College, an M.A. in Arts Administration from Indiana University, and a J.D. from Northwestern University. Dave is an intellectual property litigation attorney with Locke Lord in downtown Chicago.
Having grown up just outside of Downers Grove Township in unincorporated Lombard, Dave now lives with his wife Joya and three young children in Westmont. Dave serves on the Board of Directors for the nonprofit organization New Moms, and is a committeeman in the Downers Grove Township Republican Organization. The Van Der Laans are active members of Christ Church of Oak Brook, where Dave sings with the Chancel Choir.
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Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University football squad advanced to the NCAA Division II National Semifinals for the second time in three years as the Bulldogs claimed the Super Region Three Championship with a decisive 37-14 road triumph over top-seeded Ouachita Baptist on Saturday (Dec. 1) in Arkadelphia, Ark.
FSU rolled up 357 yards rushing and built a 27-0 halftime lead en route to moving to 14-0 overall this year.
With the win, the Bulldogs will advance to face Minnesota State on the road next Saturday (Dec. 8) in the D2 National Semifinals. The four remaining semifinal teams were reseeded with the pairings announced late Saturday evening. Kickoff is slated for 3 p.m. (ET) in Mankato, Minn.
In Saturday's win, the Bulldogs welcomed back Harlon Hill Trophy finalist Jayru Campbell at quarterback and he completed 10-of-16 throws for 128 yards. He also ran for 47 yards and directed a balanced FSU offensive attack that spread the ball around.
Ferris State went six-of-seven in the redzone and limited ODU to 281 total yards in the contest while beating the Tigers in the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
FSU was making its third-straight D2 National Quarterfinal appearance and claimed the regional crown for the second time in three years. The Bulldogs are the only D2 team in the nation to reach the quarterfinals each of the last three seasons.
The Bulldogs opened the scoring late in the first period when senior back Derrick Portis scored on a 14-yard carry to finish a five-play, 79-yard drive.
The lead grew soon after as FSU capitalized on a blocked punt and found the endzone again only 28 seconds into the second period when senior back Robert Thomas raced in from six-yards away to finish a short 27-yard drive.
The Bulldogs increased their lead again late in the opening half with a pair of scores. The first came on sophomore Marvin Campbell's two-yard burst with 2:27 to go, wrapping up a 15-play, 66-yard-march. The second took place with only six seconds left in the half when redshirt freshman Sy Barnett caught a short two-yard TD throw fro Campbell.
Ferris State added three more points midway thru the third when junior kicker Jackson Dieterle hit a 26-yard field goal, but OBU finally found the scoring column slightly more than a minute later when Allie Freeman hauled in a 43-yard scoring throw from Brayden Brazeal, making it a 30-7 game in FSU's favor.
The Bulldogs pushed the margin to 37-7 when redshirt freshman quarterback Evan Cummins leaped into the endzone with 6:49 to go in the game. The final points came when the Tigers reached the endzone with only 12 seconds left on Brazeal's four-yard throw to Lamar Haynes.
Marvin Campbell led FSU on the ground with 75 yards rushing while Barnett caught a team-high four passes for 51 yards in the win. Linebacker Sam Heyboer led the FSU defense with seven solo tackles and an interception.
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Yes, I know, that's a really big call.
I also know that its true.
Lets start at the beginning. A little over five years ago I gave birth to the second of my three children. It was a very emotional birth, we had tried for over four years to conceive him, and the birth was a successful VBAC (vaginal birth after C-section). It was physically and emotionally exhausting, and we were very happy.
On my first night home from hospital, I was beyond tired. I remember being so exhausted, that when I went to sleep, I fell asleep almost instantly. Some time that night, I awoke with a start. Something had woken me from my sleep. I thought I had heard someone speak to me, and woke up from a VERY deep sleep feeling scared that there was someone in my bedroom. I started to panic, and checked on my baby son, who was sleeping soundly. I turned on the lights, checked the bedroom, checked the rest of the house, and woke my husband. When I woke, along with the voices, I felt like I couldn't breathe, couldn't move, and couldn't wake myself fully. It scared me so much, that I asked my husband to ring the hospital to ask if there was something wrong with me.
Things like this began to happen more and more often. Things that I couldn't explain, that were scaring me. I was having some real physical symptoms, which I didn't understand (heart palpitations, breathlessness, dizziness, fatigue, severe insomnia, nightmares, and more). I also remember things like hearing voices while I was sleeping, feeling someone (or something) pat my back as I rocked my crying baby to sleep, and feeling strange emotions and feelings that were overwhelming, for no reason. Being out in public became overwhelming for me. I wasn't sleeping, I was losing my appetite, and losing weight rapidly. I went and saw my doctor, and was diagnosed with severe post natal anxiety. My doctor explained to me that I was having panic attacks, and linked most of my symptoms to the anxiety. I began a course of anti-anxiety medication, which I stayed on for a period of 12 months.
When I was at my worst, which was a period of about one month before the medication fully began to work, I was so afraid constantly that I couldn't be left alone. I was unable to fully fally asleep, and even though I was beyond exhausted, I would only doze lightly, and wake at the slightest sound (either real, or what I thought was in my head).
The medication was a life saver for me. My fearful thoughts and feelings began to slowly recede. I saw a psychologist regularly, a chiropractor to help reset my adrenals (which were constantly in "flight of fight" mode), and I also got help from my Kinesiologist and homeopath. My attitude was, whatever it took to be well, I would try it.
After 12 months, I felt ready, with my doctors approval, to wean off the anxiety medication. What I found after this, was that anxiety was still a part of my life. Depending on what was happening around me, I would still have anxious moments, to varying degrees, sometimes with big reactions. I was determined to find a way to heal from this, so kept exploring my experiences to find out what I could do to make the panic attacks, and waves of anxiety go away FOR EVER. Over the next twelve months I read books, began practicing mindfulness, began meditating, and began exploring some of the elements to my anxiety experience that I couldn't explain.
Here is what I discovered. I am, what is commonly called an EMPATH. I can feel other peoples feelings. This is also know as being clairsentient (clear-feeling). I am also clairvoyant (clear-seeing), claircognisent (clear knowing), and clairaudient (clear hearing) in varying degrees, but my strongest "clair" is my empathy, my ability to feel peoples emotions, and to feel energy around me.
Lots of things began to make sense. It explained why I found it so difficult to be in large crowds sometimes (I could literally FEEL everyone around me, and it was incredibly overwhelming and disconcerting, especially as I had no idea what was happening at the time. Although I understand and can manage my own energy now, I still prefer to shop online.
I also began to explore my visions, my psychic experiences. The more I learned, the less afraid I felt, and the more I realised that there was indeed nothing to be afraid of. I developed a relationship with Archangel Michael, met my own guardian angels, and realised that I am always safe, loved, supported and held.
What shifted, was my own understanding of myself. The things that I had been experiencing that were initially scary, now became wonderful gateways to love, support, guidance and insight. My visions are now my strongest guidepost. My messages from my angels remind me that I am on track, they give me the loving whispers that my human mind sometimes forgets to hear.
And so, 6 years on, I live a life that is anxiety free. Life is not always perfect, I am human and have my own challenges just like everyone, but I now I don't feel alone. And if I feel myself begin to worry, or feel nervous, I know that I have tools that I can use to bring myself back in tune with my heart, my center, my inner peace.


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Another fabulous sketch at Friday Sketchers challenge, just what I need to get these Christmas cards finished! I have used papers from Basic Grey Wassail collection distressed in my usual way!
The gorgeous Willow with Candle from Whiff of Joy is coloured with copics and the swirls from the Christmas set are stamped with antique linen distress ink and stickled.
The gorgeous poinsettias are from a gold Prima Christmas bubble as is the holly leaf. The thin satin ribbon is from my stash.
The sentiment is from the Whiff of Joy winter kit and is now available separately - there is 20% off Christmas stamps at Whiff of Joy still too if you haven't already grabbed a bargain!
Hope you like it and thanks for looking! I would like to thank you all for visiting me and leaving such lovely comments and wish you all a very Merry Christmas!!!!!x


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Work has been super busy. Miss this little munchkin face when I go in early & stay late. Customer project goes live today so hopefully the pace will return to a more 'normal' one after today!
Daily outfit posts. Mix of professional, casual and travel outfits with the occasional packing list. :)
By MK
Work has been super busy. Miss this little munchkin face when I go in early & stay late. Customer project goes live today so hopefully the pace will return to a more 'normal' one after today!
Meli22 says
You look great in this outfit- and that baby is gorgeous! Makes me miss mine when she was little like that 😀
Raymonde oriflame says
your daughter is a real cutie pie >3 and i want to say also your blog is great and you are doing great!
Anonymous says
You look great! Your baby (babies!) are very cute 😉
elizabethashleyphoto says
This is a really cute outfit, and I love the idea to belt the blouse under the cardigan instead of over it. I will surely try this! And your little one is so stinkin' cute!
Anonymous says
MK, I wanted to let you know that all your hard work has been paying off! You look great! And your little munchkin is adorable too 🙂 Keep it up!
WENDY ASHLEY says
She is GORGEOUS! Leaving them everyday IS hard but the reunions every evening are wonderful!
MK says
Thanks! I can't believe how fast she's growing. 🙂
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Thank you!
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Thanks! I like the belt under the cardigan better then over because I find that I need to adjust it less. I like the look of the belt outside but then I fiddle with it all day. 🙂
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Thanks so much!
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Thanks! Baby snuggles are seriously the best. <3
Kaley says
Your little girl is so cute! Where did you get that adorable bath towel she's wearing?
MK says
Thank you. It was a baby shower gift from Pottery Barn. 🙂
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I'd like to introduce you to one of my favorite exercises, the squat. In the video above, I demonstrate the proper form for this highly effective leg exercise, along with several variations and progressions.
I have added a spiritual aspect to the move to encourage you to strengthen your faith as you strengthen your body. The suggested prayers help you to set goals as well.
Moms with babies will enjoy the "baby kissing squat" modification. It's important to be a fitness role model for our children. If your children see Mom exercise on a regular basis (while enjoying it!) then they will be likely to do the same in the future. Older children can join you in these Spiritual Squats, but they should use body weight only. Teens who have had some type of strength training can work up to the weighted variations.
Spiritual Squats can be done up to three times weekly, but allow at least one day of rest and recovery between sessions.
As with any exercise, start slowly and don't try to do too much too soon. If you are pregnant, post-partum, or recovering from an injury, please consult your doctor before attempting this exercise.
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http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0812/features/fish_out_of_water.shtml by Neil Shubin
Adapted from Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin © 2008. Reprinted with permission by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc. Shubin, Chicago's Robert R. Bensley professor, chair and associate dean for Organismal Biology & Anatomy, is also provost of the Field Museum of Natural History.
Hernias, hiccups, and snores—oh, my! It's been 3.5 billion years, and the human body's past still plays a role in our lives and health.
My knee was swollen to the size of a grapefruit, and one of my colleagues from the surgery department was twisting and bending it to determine whether I had strained or ripped one of the ligaments or cartilage pads inside. This, and the MRI scan that followed, revealed a torn meniscus, the probable result of 25 years spent carrying a backpack over rocks, boulders, and scree in the field. Hurt your knee and you will almost certainly injure one or more of three structures: the medial meniscus, the medial collateral ligament, or the anterior cruciate ligament. So regular are injuries to these three parts of your knee that these three structures are known among doctors as the "Unhappy Triad." They are clear evidence of the pitfalls of having an inner fish. Fish do not walk on two legs.
Our humanity comes at a cost. For the exceptional combination of things we do—talk, think, grasp, and walk on two legs—we pay a price.
This is an inevitable result of the tree of life inside us. Imagine trying to jerry-rig a Volkswagen Beetle to travel at speeds of 150 miles per hour. In 1933 Adolf Hitler commissioned Dr. Ferdinand Porsche to develop a cheap car that could get 40 miles per gallon of gas and provide a reliable form of transportation for the average German family. The result was the VW Beetle. This history, Hitler's plan, places constraints on the ways we can modify the Beetle today; the engineering can be tweaked only so far before major problems arise and the car reaches its limit.
In many ways, we humans are the fish equivalent of a hot-rod Beetle. Take the body plan of a fish, dress it up to be a mammal, then tweak and twist that mammal until it walks on two legs, talks, thinks, and has superfine control of its fingers—and you have a recipe for problems. We can dress up a fish only so much without paying a price. In a perfectly designed world—one with no history—we would not have to suffer everything from hemorrhoids to cancer.
Nowhere is this history more visible than in the detours, twists, and turns of our arteries, nerves, and veins. Follow some nerves and you'll find that they make strange loops around other organs, apparently going in one direction only to twist and end up in an unexpected place. The detours are fascinating products of our past that, as we'll see, often create problems—hiccups and hernias, for example. And this is only one way our past comes back to plague us.
Our deep history was spent, at different times, in ancient oceans, small streams, and savannahs, not office buildings, ski slopes, and tennis courts. We were not designed to live past the age of 80, sit on our keisters for ten hours a day, and eat Hostess Twinkies, nor were we designed to play football. This disconnect between our past and our human present means that our bodies fall apart in certain predictable ways.
Virtually every illness we suffer has some historical component. The examples that follow reflect how different branches of the tree of life inside us—from ancient humans, to amphibians and fish, and finally to microbes—come back to pester us today. Each of these examples show that we were not designed rationally but are products of a convoluted history.
I. Our hunter-gatherer past: obesity, heart disease, and hemorrhoids.
During our history as fish we were active predators in ancient oceans and streams. During our more recent past as amphibians, reptiles, and mammals, we were active creatures preying on everything from reptiles to insects. Even more recently, as primates, we were active tree-living animals, feeding on fruits and leaves. Early humans were active hunter-gatherers and, ultimately, agriculturalists. Did you notice a theme here? That common thread is the word "active."
The bad news is that most of us spend a large portion of our day being anything but active. I am sitting on my behind at this very minute typing this, and a number of you are doing the same reading it (except for the virtuous among us who are reading it in the gym). Our history from fish to early human in no way prepared us for this new regimen. This collision between present and past has its signature in many of the ailments of modern life.
What are the leading causes of death in humans? Four of the top ten causes—heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and stroke—have some sort of genetic basis and, likely, a historical one. Much of the difficulty is almost certainly due to our having a body built for an active animal but the lifestyle of a spud.
In 1962 the anthropologist James Neel addressed this notion from the perspective of our diet. Formulating what became known as the "thrifty genotype" hypothesis, Neel suggested that our human ancestors were adapted for a boom-bust existence. As hunter-gatherers, early humans would have experienced periods of bounty, when prey was common and hunting successful. These periods of plenty would be punctuated by times of scarcity, when our ancestors had considerably less to eat.
Neel hypothesized that this cycle of feast and famine had a signature in our genes and in our illnesses. Essentially, he proposed that our ancestors'bodies allowed them to save resources during times of plenty so as to use them during periods of famine. In this context, fat storage becomes very useful. The energy in the food we eat is apportioned so that some supports our activities going on now, and some is stored, for example in fat, to be used later. This apportionment works well in a boom-bust world, but it fails miserably in an environment where rich foods are available 24/7. Obesity and its associated maladies—age-related diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease—become the natural state of affairs. The thrifty genotype hypothesis also might explain why we love fatty foods. They are high-value in terms of how much energy they contain, something that would have conferred a distinct advantage in our distant past.
Our sedentary lifestyle affects us in other ways, because our circulatory system originally appeared in more active animals. Our heart pumps blood, which is carried to our organs via arteries and returned to the heart by way of veins. Because arteries are closer to the pump, the blood pressure in them is much higher than in veins. This can be a particular problem for the blood that needs to return to our heart from our feet. Blood from the feet needs to go uphill, so to speak, up the veins of our legs to our abdomen. If the blood is under low pressure, it may not climb all the way. Consequently, we have two features that help the blood move up. The first are little valves that permit the blood to move up, but stop it from going down. The other feature is our leg muscles. When we walk we contract them, and this contraction serves to pump the blood up our leg veins. The one-way valves and the leg-muscle pumps enable our blood to climb from feet to abdomen.
This system works superbly in an active animal, which uses its legs to walk, run, and jump. It does not work well in a more sedentary creature. If the legs are not used much, the muscles will not pump the blood up the veins. Problems can develop if blood pools in the veins, because that pooling can cause the valves to fail. This is exactly what happens with varicose veins. As the valves fail, blood pools in the veins.The veins get bigger and bigger, swelling and taking tortuous paths in our legs.
Needless to say, the arrangement of veins can also be a real pain in the behind. Truck drivers and others who sit for long stretches of time are particularly prone to hemorrhoids, another cost of our sedentary lives. During their long hours of sitting, blood pools in the veins and spaces around the rectum. As the blood pools, hemorrhoids form—an unpleasant reminder that we were not built to sit for too long, particularly not on soft surfaces.
II. Primate past: talk is not cheap.
Talking comes at a steep price: choking and sleep apnea are high on the list of problems we have to live with in order to be able to talk.
We produce speech sounds by controlling motions of the tongue, the larynx, and the back of the throat. All are relatively simple modifications to the basic design of a mammal or a reptile. The human larynx is made up mostly of gill arch cartilages, corresponding to the gill bars of a shark or fish. The back of the throat, extending from the last molar tooth to just above the voice box, has flexible walls that can open and close. We make speech sounds by moving our tongue, by changing the shape of our mouth, and by contracting a number of muscles that control the rigidity of this wall.
Sleep apnea is a potentially dangerous trade-off for the ability to talk. During sleep, the muscles of our throat relax. In most people, this does not present a problem, but in some the passage can collapse so that relatively long stretches pass without a breath. This, of course, can be risky, particularly in people who have heart conditions. The flexibility of our throat, so useful in our ability to speak, makes us susceptible to a form of sleep apnea that results from obstruction of the airway.
Another trade-off of this design is choking. Our mouth leads both to the trachea, through which we breathe, and to our esophagus, so we use the same passage to swallow, breathe, and talk. These three functions can be at odds, for example, when a piece of food gets lodged in the trachea.
III. A hiccup in our tadpole past
This annoyance has its roots in the history we share with fish and tadpoles.
If there is any consolation for getting hiccups, it is that our misery is shared with many other mammals. Cats can be stimulated to hiccup by sending an electrical impulse to a small patch of tissue in their brain stem. This area of the brain stem is thought to be the center that controls the complicated reflex that we call a hiccup. The hiccup reflex is a stereotyped twitch involving a number of muscles in our body wall, diaphragm, neck, and throat. A spasm in one or two of the major nerves that control breathing causes these muscles to contract. This results in a very sharp inspiration of air. Then, about 35 milliseconds later, a flap of tissue in the back of our throat (the glottis) closes the top of our airway. The fast inhalation followed by a brief closure of the tube produces the "hic."


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Homemade wooden wagons serve a variety of purposes from children's toy to gardener's cart to landscape item. Wagons can be built and customized to suit individual needs using basic carpentry. Paint the wagon any color and allow children to decorate it for their toys. Gardeners can add heavy items to the wagon because of the support added underneath the base.
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Determine the size of the wagon base. This will determine the size of the plywood sheets. Cut one sheet the length and width of the desired base. Sand this sheet to a smooth finish.
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Measure the width of the plywood sheet. Cut three lengths of board the width of the plywood. These will become the braces and wheel supports.
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Lay one of the boards at each end of the sheet widthwise. Lay the third board in the middle widthwise. Glue each board to the plywood with wood glue and allow to dry.
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Turn the sheet over. Screw the sheet to the boards with four screws per board.
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Turn the sheet over so the boards face up. Attach the wheel kit with screws to the outer boards. Turn the frame over so the wheels are on the ground. Move the base around to ensure the wheels are freely moving.
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Measure and mark two lengths of the plywood sheets to the length of the base. Measure and mark two lengths of plywood to the width of the base. Cut the measured pieces. You should have two long pieces and two short pieces.
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Line up one of the sides flush with the corresponding corners of the base. Hold the side board in position as you drive a screw through the side into the base near a corner. Repeat the process at the opposite end of the side.
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Line up an adjacent board perpendicular to the first. If you used a long board as the first side, use a short board for this step and vise versa. Continue following this process until all four sides are mounted on the base.
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Drill two more screws into the end boards and three more into the side boards.
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Attach two "L" brackets to the inside of each corner with screws. Set one at the top and one at the middle of each corner.
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Drill a hole through the 2-inch side of the ¾-by-2-inch board at one end. This is the end that will attach to the wagon via the double-sided bolt. Slide the end of the board with the hole into the swivel base. Thread the bolt through the swivel base and the board. Screw a nut onto either end of the bolt to secure it to the handle.


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Holy crap! I can finally hear what my Twin sounds like with everything turned up to 10 w/o being loud at all! This thing is the best thing ever for cranking up your high wattage amps w/o needing to be loud at all. Mmmm gotta play the synth through the Twin now for sure.... br> br>
br>Chuck E. Jesus
br>love to hear an example...i also have a twin but don't use it much (i have GR3), but i'd like to start recording thru a real amp...having the ability to crank it w/o the volume would be neat-o! br> br>
br>nice, been eyeing their univalve amp unit for a while now! br> br>
Chuck E. Jesus wrote:
love to hear an example...i also have a twin but don't use it much (i have GR3), but i'd like to start recording thru a real amp...having the ability to crank it w/o the volume would be neat-o!
I'll try to do that sometime in the next day. Maybe later tonight. This is literally the first time the twin (late 80's red knob, nothing special, I paid $600 new in '89) has ever in it's life been past 5. I'm amazed how different the amp sounds fully loaded and hot. The coolest part is that with the Hot Plate, I don't even have to have a speaker plugged in when it's in "Load" mode. It seems like the perfect recording amp all of a sudden since I could mic it at lower levels while driving the amp hard as well as get the hotplate output direct in. My speakers suck (one jensen, the other is generic) so not a big deal about micing it. It's made me start looking at amp heads all of a sudden since they don't need cabs any more.
Demos later tonight most likely after I adjust a few things. BTW, straight in only using the tube screamer sounds freaking amazing. I wish I had kept the original one I had almost 25 years ago. br> br>
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br>this + fucking fucker = ?????? br> br>
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Hmmmm....maybe Roger would let me bring it by to hear the fully unleashed wrath of the Fucking Fucker. But you know what...I don't remember seeing it there in a while....
I'm starting to have AC30 head lust.... br> br>
br>Pockets McCoy
br>...and I'm starting to have what if I plugged my AC30 into one of these lust. If only there wasn't all this damn geography in the way.
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br>LOL, I know how it feels. I can't really turn my Super Reverb up beyond 2 without the walls shaking. br> br>
br>I have a THD Hot Plate and love it. It's perfect for a multitude of uses - recording, tone experimentation, playing without worrying about your teeth vibrating out of your skull, all the good stuff. You can crank any amp to the limits and turn it down through the Hot Plate to levels that you can comfortably talk over. Plus it has the extra Bright and Deep switches which just add a little bonus to it.
The only downside would be that you obviously can't get speaker breakup without pushing watts through your speakers, but the only time you'll ever realistically be achieving that would be in an isolated recording room or a venue where you wouldn't be using a Hot Plate anyways. The t0n3 elitists out there will sometimes sprout up and say that it "saps tone," but I guess I haven't put enough sticks up my ass to care when I'm using it. It's meant to be a tool of convenience, so use it that way and it couldn't possibly do its job any better. br> br>
br>The Twin is on the clean channel with a Tube screamer and a box of rock played with an ebow. The knobs are all around noon, volume is about 6. The loudest I can ever have it w/o the hot plate is maybe 2 or 3 only on a weekend if my neighbors are out. Not a good demo of just the tone coming out, but I'm no tone whore, just me having some fun with some stuff and logic plugins.
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br>I bought the Weber attenuator, similar I think but much less money. Very good investment for anyone who doesn't live in a cabin alone in the middle of nowhere.
It's actually a tiny speaker motor without the cone. So it reacts like a cabinet would and doesn't really effect the tone that much. You just put it in series before the speaker. I have the 25W model, no brainer $75 price.
Love it. br> br>
br>I can post an audio example, but my rig is so weird I don't know what use it would be. I play through a kit-built Trinity TMBIII head, a Marshall 18W amp with plexi front end, into a Fender Blues Junior speaker cab. On the 0.0001% chance you have a similar rig, you can see what that sounds like.
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How many gardeners spent the first day of SPRING outside, working in the garden?
It was a sunny day here. The temperature was in the mid-50s and that was great gardening weather. My husband (aka The Musician) even joined in the fun. This is the first time that he's been home (retired) during the spring season. It was great to see his enthusiasm for getting the garden into shape. The man hates weeds more than me!
The Musician went on his three-mile run while I dug wild onions out of the garden. When he finished his run, he went to work shoveling the gravel to pull out the weeds. We have had several rains recently, making the ground and gravel perfect for weed eradication. Using a flat blade shovel, he scraped off the top of the gravel to loosen the weeds. They came right up. He raked the gravel back into place. It has been almost four years since the gravel path was made, so it's time to buy a bit of gravel to freshen it up again.
While we were working side-by-side in the garden, The Musician kept mentioning his enjoyment of the beautiful day for gardening. He's never had time to really enjoy gardening until now. In the past, it has been a weekend chore for him. He now sees the joy in gardening as well as the health benefits of the activity.
We went on to remove three lavender plants that didn't survive days and days of rain. When I say "we" this took on a new meaning - I pointed to the plants and he graciously dug out the very heavy shrub-size plants and dragged the 50 pound (they seem that heavy) off to the lavender graveyard that is used to block a deer path at the edge of the woods. He usually lifts weights before he runs. We both agreed that the heavy lifting in the garden is a great switch from indoor weights.
By lunchtime, we had cleaned up the cottage garden and the front pathway. I realized that I wouldn't have gotten so much done without my husband. I realized that gardening with him is more fun than gardening alone. He realized the fun of gardening when there is no rush to fit it into his spare time.
Gardening has always been enjoyable and The Musician has always been very supportive of my gardening activities and the results. I am so happy that he is so happy - to spring into action, too!
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TMD/TMJ pain has become one of our more prevalent contemporary health problems, almost an epidemic in a high pressure living and working environment like the Washington D.C. area. It is estimated that 90% of people who claim that they don't clench or grind their teeth in actuality do clench or grind their teeth. The unsuccessful use of teeth as stress reduction tools has been around for so long it's even referred to in the bible as the "Gnashing of teeth." It is rarely an exclusively dental problem, but is instead related to an assortment of underlying medical and psychological conditions. Approximately 95% of the people who grind or clench their teeth (and I would estimate the percentage is higher still) do so because of outside sources of anxiety and stress that have nothing to do with teeth, jaws, bite relationships, or anything else dental. These are often family or work related issues - difficulties with a spouse, a parent, a child, a close relative, a job, a boss, a co-worker, a subordinate, an illness - problems that we can't control or easily eliminate from our lives - for example, your in-laws are living with you. Since only 5% or less are actually of dental origin, determining the causes of most of them would be very time consuming and any treatment beyond the relief of the immediate pain symptoms will require an interdisciplinary approach in conjunction with several medical specialties.
I begin with the assumption that the real cause of the pain is not dentally related at all, and that a non-invasive, relatively inexpensive, removable appliance will determine in a just a few days whether or not I'm right. I give patients a money back guarantee in the event that I'm wrong, but very few of them have been returned. I have had extraordinary success in getting patients pain free; however, I have had virtually no success in getting dental insurance companies to cover these appliances so don't plan on them paying for yours any time soon.
All but the most intractable cases can be managed with these simple, non-invasive appliances and other conservative treatments such as, medication, meditation, moist heat, jaw exercises, and changes in eating habits; for example, no Big Macs, no big yawns, and do your chewing on your plate with your knife and fork. These types of therapies are usually enough to keep the problem under control. Over the counter non-steroidal anti-inflammatory pain relievers (NSAID'S) such as Advil or Aleve have also proved to be effective, but there are limitations on how much or how long they can be taken safely.
Your appliance can be kept in its box or in water when not being worn. It should be rinsed after each use, brushed daily with a toothbrush or a small hand scrub brush, and occasionally soaked overnight in Clorox. It is virtually indestructible although I have had a few patients that actually ground through them. It may darken over time due to the nature if the material, but the color change won't adversely affect it. It should be worn at night when sleeping and during the day in stressful situations such as driving on the beltway or, for some of us now days, just driving around town, but don't try to eat with it and don't wear it continuously or the teeth might eventually move. Appliances similar to these are sometimes used by dentists when they want to move teeth. The statistics on these appliances favor a successful outcome. Let's hope it works for you.
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Apple Cinnamon Muffins
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We're in Vancouver this weekend, me doing shows at the Wellness Show, cooking with apples from our next door neighbours at BC Tree Fruits. It's Apple Month! So I'll leave you with a batch of warm apple-cinnamon muffins, which seem to have replaced the usual banana loaves around here this winter. Partly due to the way they make the house smell, and definitely due to their deliciousness, but also because making them doesn't depend on having blackening bananas in the fruit bowl. There are always apples – I take a whole one and grate it, skin and all – no need for applesauce, nor big chunks of apple which I find often wind up lopsidedly dispersed in my muffins.
You'll notice the ingredients are very straightforward, and the quantity of sugar differentiates them from cake, although they're perfectly sweet as they are and could be easily topped with cream cheese or brown sugar frosting and presented confidently as cupcakes. They would also take on nuts or raisins well, if you like that sort of thing in your muffin. If I was at home this morning, the house would most likely smell like these baking; I'd be in my stretchy jeans and plaid robe and wooly socks, trying not to eat too many while they were still warm (with coffee!) so there were enough left for breakfasts and lunches for the rest of the week.


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The impact of intraoperative ventilation on postoperative pulmonary complications is not defined. The authors aimed at determining the effectiveness of protective mechanical ventilation during open abdominal surgery on a modified Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score as primary outcome and postoperative pulmonary function.
Prospective randomized, open-label, clinical trial performed in 56 patients scheduled to undergo elective open abdominal surgery lasting more than 2 h. Patients were assigned by envelopes to mechanical ventilation with tidal volume of 9 ml/kg ideal body weight and zero-positive end-expiratory pressure (standard ventilation strategy) or tidal volumes of 7 ml/kg ideal body weight, 10 cm H2O positive end-expiratory pressure, and recruitment maneuvers (protective ventilation strategy). Modified Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score, gas exchange, and pulmonary functional tests were measured preoperatively, as well as at days 1, 3, and 5 after surgery.
Patients ventilated protectively showed better pulmonary functional tests up to day 5, fewer alterations on chest x-ray up to day 3 and higher arterial oxygenation in air at days 1, 3, and 5 (mmHg; mean ± SD): 77.1 ± 13.0 versus 64.9 ± 11.3 (P = 0.0006), 80.5 ± 10.1 versus 69.7 ± 9.3 (P = 0.0002), and 82.1 ± 10.7 versus 78.5 ± 21.7 (P = 0.44) respectively. The modified Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score was lower in the protective ventilation strategy at days 1 and 3. The percentage of patients in hospital at day 28 after surgery was not different between groups (7 vs. 15% respectively, P = 0.42).
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A protective mechanical ventilation strategy during open abdominal surgery may influence postoperative modified Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score, arterial blood gases, and pulmonary functional tests.
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A prospective, randomized, open-label trial of protective ventilation in 56 patients undergoing more than 2h of open abdominal surgery showed that lower tidal volumes, positive end-expiratory pressure, and recruitment maneuvers led to significantly improved pulmonary function test results up to 5 days after surgery, fewer chest x-ray findings and improved Clinical Pulmonary Infection Scores
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