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YouTube Killed the Video Star
YouTube removes all the fun from suffering through a bad movie just for the few great moments.
yeah... it wrecked Fight Club for a friend.
Yeah, of course it has for music videos definitely, I'd rather watch the video I want without commercials or in some cases censorship, and not have to watch TV in hopes of seeing said video on the so called "Music" Channels. It also doesn't help that the music I listen to is either very old, or of a genre that doesn't get much if any air play.
I never watch things on youtube before seeing them. Except for The Room, and that was just so gloriously bad I couldn't wait. 'You're tearing me apart Lisa!'
Thats the one thing I'm always embarrassed for being a Turk is. We make unlicensed movies with the most random choice of characters and for some reason Spider-Man is the main villain.
Yes, well, I suppose it was only fair, given what Video did to the Radio Star...
Bad puns aside, I'm inclined to agree. Yeah, there have been a few rare occasions where someone wants to set up an all night movie session of old (but fantastically horrendous) movies using a projector, some canvas (or a side of a house), and an appropriately sparse clearing in the woods (or next to your house), but beyond those occasions, the Grindhouse style in theaters (well before my time but not unappreciated on occasion)is probably on it's last blood-coughing gasp before if forever kicks it. At least, until some quirky directors come by and rez the poor thing against its consent, heaving up its butchered, battered corpse as a shiny beacon of classical resurgence, all whilst trying to claim that as it is now is how it was then...
this just sounds like an annoying hipster/emo/indie saying how he/she/it discovered this great band/movie/cartoon/game which they only like ironically and how they where into to that (ironically or not) band/movie/cartoon/game before it got all popular.
sure, you make some points along the way, but i just cant shake off the feeling that i just willingly listened to you whine about how something got mainstream and now you cant impress smelly women whit your knowledge of it anymore and also because now that people know about it, it sucks and sold out.
Well, not only do you do that, and then have Captain America team up with a Mexican Wrestler and fight with him in a graveyard, but somehow the filmmakers also found it fit to use copyrighted music in the movie. (In a clip reel that I saw, I thought I heard what sounded like a badly-rendered recording of Arcana by Edgard Varèse. It's probably the silliest and most hilarious use of it, too.)
But anyways, good insights, MB.
My problem with 'the video stars' in terms of music videos, is that the music industry seems have entirely forgotten what a music video IS.
It's a promotional video made to advertise music or an artist.
Therefore, surely someone who's willing to distribute it worldwide, to millions for free, they've got to be SO grateful for all that no expense publicity, right?
no, they're stomping around with their lawyers all over the net throwing hissy fits.
It's like if I turned the front of my house into a giant COKE billboard, and they sent their lawyers around to demand I stop using their image.
They really need to realise that most people are not carrying around a laptop streaming the videos instead of buying the music. Sure there's a lot of people pirating the music, but the videos are not the big problem.
I also realise this isn't really what this thread was about, but it made me think of this, so I'm gonna type it anyway.
This. If something is bad, I don't want to watch it. So, I'll settle for just the good parts. If I miss out on some of your nostalgia, oh well. It's not my problem. It's not your problem either, really. You just choose to cry about it.
and YouTube strikes again
Agreed... I watched some of Pulp Fiction on it and it kind of blew everything up for me...
When I saw the actual movie I already knew how awesome Samuel Jackson was and how great the movie was I didn't have to make up my mind on anything...
I've since resolved to never looking at anything I haven't already seen.
This is pretty incorrect. I'm a fan of the shitty low budget horror movies and there are tons and tonnes of DVDs lining the bargain shelves. I buy them 5 at a time and there are usually only three good scenes between them.* It's such a rare occasion that I have begun celebrating when I find a truly good movie in all that garbage (like Weirdsville).
* - Here's an example: I just bought 5 movies from my place of business that cost me a pretty penny (Andre the Butcher, Brother's War, Return to Horror High, The Back Lot Murders, and Vampz). Of these 5 films the only worthwhile scenes are Ron Jeremy stapling his severed arm back to his body (Andre the Butcher), a before-he-was-famous George Clooney hamming up his scenes (Return to Horror High), and a character getting his testicles in a vice before getting a "Mexican Necktie" (The Back Lot Murders). Trust me, you can still get the experience of sifting through the trash in the hopes of finding that one good scene if you still want the experience.
I don't think Bob Chipman understands the fine art of "Mst-ing" a movie. Every horrible movie has a reason to be watched (I even own Night of the Lepus), and that reason is to remember our lord and saviors Tom Servo, Crow T Robot, and Mike Nelson. (And Joel, if you're into him I guess)
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Mr. Chipman certainly has a point. He's referring to an already worldwide phenomenon, focusing on its effect on the movie-goers. Each and every generation gets even more spoiled, they get straight to dessert without even having to look at the vegetables. This is basically the way to sell things nowadays. 5 awesome minutes out of 96 just don't cut it anymore. I, your average mindless consumer, have paid for this sh-t and am therefore entitled to extract every bit of amusement/entertainment out of it. Effortlessly. The entertainment has to be served on a platter. It's why the 'blockbuster' movies are but a concatenation of scenes with loud, blinking objects presented with ridiculously high cuts per minute rates. Anything else in between them (explaining the fast-moving, loud, blinking objects for example) would bore the audience if stretched longer than a few minutes. That's just how it is, anything that comes out is reduced to its' "best parts" in the eye of, and in case of the mentioned YouTube videos, BY the consumers.
I doubt "bad movies with great single scenes" will ever truly go away.
There will always be people who don't understand how to make a real GOOD movie, but REALLY want to make movies. They'll find a way to get funding, or make the movie with their own shit and throw it out onto the airwaves..
And these movies, may or may not, have truly awesome moments.
You may be able to get the highlights of these movies on Youtube, but the accidental nature of a lot of these favorite scenes make it so that they'll always crop up eventually.
The appeal of the grindhouse aesthetic with modern filmmakers is just a bit of history repeating. Look at the movie people in my and Bob's generation grew up with, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, etc. These movies were not things unto themselves but the filmmaker paying homage to the movies (or movie serials in these cases) of their youth. After a hundred years of film, the medium is becoming self-referential. Filmmakers are paying homage to the movies they grew up with to which a later generation will pay homage. Now there's a scary thought.
As someone who enjoys bad movies as much as good ones, I'm a little disheartened by the youtube generation's circulation of clips. however, it is inevitable. We don't live in the Information Age. We live in the Convenience Age. Finding clips of the "best" parts of bad movies is just easier than slogging through terrible movies to find these parts, which is a time-consuming process. Why spend two hours watching a movie when all you want is the three minute clip?
Where this may have far-reaching industry effects is that most people will stop at watching the clip vs the entire feature. Why buy Star Crash on DVD when you can watch the good parts on Youtube? (Long live Marjoe Gortner!) An entire branch of the industry is in serious jeopardy if the bargain bin fodder is no longer profitable. And if one branch of the film industry no longer bears fruit, the entire tree may wither.
Perhaps that's a bit Chicken Little. At most it may mean a serious restructuring of the film industry to keep itself profitable. Some companies may go under while new ones, more savvy to the needs of the new market, will spring up and flourish. It's just good business. What it means for people like me, though, is adjusting to the sort of product this new market prefers and lamenting why they don't make the movies they used to.
well shake it off and pay attention next time because you missed the big point. it's not about bragging rights, it's about the personal experience of cinema-seeking. That's what is disappearing with youtube, the journey and reward of finding these little bits of treasure. Whether that's a good or bad thing is subjective, I'm certainly not opposed to skipping the bad parts of a bad movie just to see an awesome lightsabre battle with a claymation robot. then again, there's no way of knowing what movies are bad and good without watching them for yourself (Zombie for instance is a kick-ass movie - the zombie-shark fight is just icing on the cake!)
Strange coincidence Bob, I just ran across Q in my local video store just a couple weeks ago, was wondering what the hell it was. Video Spectrum in Bowling Green OH is a cornucopia of these great old dreck-fests, with its massive VHS horror section.
it's not only youtube, all footage can be skipped through or missed completely.
I freakin' LOVE that part!
To address the first quote, I didn't get that feeling at all. He actually said that he loves telling his friends about the films, as long as they watch the whole thing. Endure the crap. That's the whole point, his problem is with people only watching the brilliant scenes, rather than the whole movie.
And for the second, he isn't talking about nostalgia. He's talking about how watching the whole movie, enduring the bad parts too, makes you feel like you've earned the brilliant scene, thus making it even better.
At least, that's what I got from it. And I'm never wrong.
A really BAD movie (so bad it's good) will have many such moments though.
Everyone knows "Kick ass and chew gum" and "The greatest fight scene ever" from They Live! but without sitting through the rest of the film you won't get why...
And really, even I fail with turkeys like Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death.
"Bob Chipman" is dead.
Well, I'm mostly just glad to see somebody else who liked Death Proof. As far as I know, the film was universally panned. Even most Tarantino fans seem to hate it.
Oh, and as long as we're mentioning awesome/horrible movie moments:
"They're eating her! And then they're gonna eat me!"
Maybe the Youtube effect will stop movimakers making movies with only 9 minutes of awesome, and make GOOD movies. You can't fit The Godfather into a Youtube clip (but i'm sure many have tried). I'm sure this effect also spoils the male audience for Chick flicks where the big A List celebrity has a 30 second nude scene whuch it TOTALLY justified in the context of the story.
Correction, the best part of Surf Nazis Must Die was the pubic hair in your eye insult.
The problem with all these awful old movies as opposed to awful movies now is that the awful movies I grew up on there was a feeling that they were releasing the movie knowing it was utter garbage and could revel in that fact. Now you get the impression someone puts out a remake of The Fog turned into a teen slasher movie and have the arrogance to think it might do well.
My question is this: how is the devolution any different from the ADD phenomenon in general in our culture these days? I don't think it's so much that You Tube killed Grindhouse, as our short attention span society put the knife in the hand of YouTube and then wrapped our hands around that, and proceeded to stab away.
Reading thsi article reminded me of Simpsons episode, Saturdays of Thunder, in which Homer goes to a movie rental store and sees this scene from this action movie, (called McBain, but only Simpsons fans would care about that) in which the bad guy tries to shoot the titular character, but ends up killing a man about a day away from retirement, who was just talking about his family and how he plans to spend more time with them after he retires. After being shot repeatedly, he tells McBain to do one thing: get back at the man who murdered him.
When asked if he wanted to rent the movie, Homer replied "Why should I? I just saw the best part!"
It kind of applies to what you where saying, somewhat, but I get what you mean.
This should have an "i like it" button.
I guess this why I am not really into nostalgia. It gives people a skewed vision of their past. It also sounds like you are pissed that you did the work and sloughed through horrible movie after horrible to see the gold, but you are just becoming aware that other people do not have your patience and cheated.
Well, I am one of those cheaters, but I did not use youtube. I used the original killer of movies to do it. That's right these compilations were on tv. The studios were making the same arguments you are now. There used to be best scene montages on television on all the networks and I watched all the scenes you mentioned without using the internet.
Now, I watched my share of bad movies: Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke 'em High, Avocado women in the Amazon Jungle of Death, invisible maniac, girlfriend from hell, Meet the Applegates, Sweet Sugar, Hunk, just to name a few. I have seen everything Troma has made.
Fact of the matter is that people are going to cheat and not do the work regardless of the new medium. Quit sounding like a grandpa.
nevermind that popular culture has adapted/stole all the catchphrases in a movie and use them daily as if it was something awesome.


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I wonder where these guys are now, probably ended up in someones car boot selection or maybe smashed up by someones small children.
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Uther Talents
Welcome to our Talents page for Uther. Here, we give you an overview of how strong each of Uther's talents is. Then, we present several viable builds, before analyzing each talent row separately, so that you can make informed decisions.
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Uther's Talent Build Cheatsheet
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This standard build provides superior crowd control and burst healing. It allows you to quickly save teammates and both setup and follow up all while being relatively difficult to kill for a healer.
Level 1 Talents for Uther
Quest: Reduce damage from Heroic sources with Devotion.
Reward: After reducing damage 40 times, Holy Light's Mana cost is reduced from 80 to 60.
Reward: After reducing damage 80 times, Holy Light's Mana cost is reduced to 40, and its range is increased by 50%.
Quest: Damage or heal Heroes 60 times with Holy Radiance.
Reward: Increase the duration of Devotion by 0.5 seconds.
Passive: Damaging or healing Heroes with Holy Radiance refunds 5 Mana and reduces its cooldown by 1 second.
Quest: Basic Attack enemies 75 times.
Reward: Basic Attacks reduce the cooldown of Hammer of Justice by 1.5 seconds.
Passive: Basic Attacks restore 1.5% of Uther's maximum Mana.
This Talent tier improves Uther's Mana efficiency and provides situational defensive utility.
Silver Touch provides less overall Mana than the two alterative Talents. Additionally, the range bonus is seldom useful, given Uther's propoensity to staying close to whatever needs be healed.
Wave of Light significantly improves what is arguably Uther's most important Ability by significantly reducing its Cooldown and Mana cost. The duration increase to Devotion's Armor-increasing effect furthermore contributes to Uther's ability to help with survivability.
Hammer of the Lightbringer serves to punish melee-heavy team compositions. Under ideal circumstances, Hammer ofthe Lightbringer will provide more Mana regeneration than its two alternative Talents, on top of a hefty Cooldown reduction to Hammer of Justice. This second point is particularly valuable when combined with some of the other Talents that improve Hammer of Justice.
Level 4 Talents for Uther
Holy Light can be used on an enemy to do 50% of its healing amount as damage. When used this way, Uther receives its self-healing benefits, its cooldown is reduced by 6 seconds, and it refunds 45 Mana.
Hammer of Justice increases Uther's Movement Speed by 25% for 3 seconds.
Deal 13 (+4% per level) damage per second to nearby enemies. Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes increase this damage by 20% for 3 seconds. This can stack up to 3 times.
This Talent tier provides offensive utility.
Holy Shock opens up the possibility for Uther to deal a passable amount of burst damage at the cost of putting Holy Light on a short Cooldown. This can be useful when your team's strategy involves bursting down one specific target. An added benefit of this Talent is that it can trigger Devotion's effect on Uther himself at a relatively low Mana cost. The downside of the Talent, however, is that it is less than useful when you must use Holy Light to keep yourself or allies alive. In short, Holy Shock is a good choice when your team is the aggressor.
Pursuit of Justice provides Uther with a reliable but modest movement speed increase which, ultimately, does little to increase his general utility.
Holy Fire somewhat improves Uther's abysmal waveclear on top of providing him with with a decent incentive to use Basic Attacks against Heroes. One interesting aspect of the Talent is its ability to reveal Stealthed Heroes.
Level 7 Talents for Uther
Being Stunned, Rooted, or Silenced grants Uther 90 Mana and causes Holy Light's cooldown to recharge 200% faster for 6 seconds. This effect has a 20 second cooldown.
Healing a Hero that is Stunned, Rooted, or Silenced increases the Armor bonus they receive from Devotion from 25 to 50.
- Cooldown: 90 seconds
Activate to make target ally Unstoppable for 1 second. Cannot be cast on Uther. Basic Attacks reduce Hand of Protection's cooldown by 5 seconds.
This Talent tier provides situational defensive utility.
Armor of Faith punishes opponents for stunning Uther himself. Unlike the alternative options available on this Talent tier, Armor of Faith cannot be used to help allies out against crowd control, which is generally the precursor to kills, reducing Uther's general utility.
Guardian of Ancient Kings fulfills a function that is similar to Hand of Protection by granting your target a very significant amount of Armor should they find themselves under the effect of crowd control as opposed to simply freeing them. In addition, Guardian of Ancient Kings does not mitigate some crowd control that Hand of Protection does mitigate. It does, however, benefit from having a much lower Cooldown, making it more readily available.
Hand of Protection is one of the most powerful cleansing effects available in the game. This is due to its built-in Cooldown reduction effect. Although it does require Uther to attack to take any real effect, having such an effect available often is invaluable. Still, the 50 Armor bonus provided by Guardian of Ancient Kings is considered more useful in terms of survivability. Hand of Protection can still be used to setup for Heroic Abilities that must be channeled-ability.
Level 10 Talents for Uther
- Mana: 80
- Cooldown: 90 seconds
Make an allied Hero Invulnerable and increase their Movement Speed by 20% for 3 seconds.
- Mana: 80
- Cooldown: 80 seconds
Deal 170 (+4% per level) damage and Stun nearby enemies for 1.75 seconds.
As Divine Shield and Divine Storm are both situationally very powerful, the choice of one or the other is based on personal preference and team compositions. These Abilities are discussed in further details in the Abilities section of this guide.
Divine Shield is your defensive option. It offers a unique effect that can single-handedly influence the outcome of any given fight. In theory, Divine Shield's invulnerability effect can prevent an infinite amount of damage from affecting your target for its duration. For this reason, it is often used to avoid burst damage against team compositions that rely on hard-engaging. The movement speed increase provided by Divine Shield also allows your target to effectively escape if their Health is left low from an engagement, or re-engage after being healed. Alternatively, Divine Shield can be used on a high-damage Hero, generally melee, to allow them to deliver their damage unscathed.
Since many kills rely on the application of crowd control effects to hold a target in place while it is being damaged, the debuff removal and immunity effect provided by Divine Shield is just as valuable as the invulnerability itself.
Divine Storm is your offensive option. Although such a reliable area of effect stun has useful defensive applications, notably for peeling, Divine Storm is typically used as part of a combo, either as the initiating component or as a follow-up. Alternatively, it can also be used to lock down Support Heroes (especially when used along Hammer of Justice for lengthy stuns) while your team kills off other Heroes before they can be healed or otherwise protected.
Divine Storm combos particularly well with area of effect Abilities, and should be strongly considered if your team composition features two or more.
Level 13 Talents for Uther
For the next 5 seconds after using Holy Light, Uther's Basic Attacks heal him and nearby allied Heroes for 15% of the total amount healed by Holy Light.
When used against Heroes, Hammer of Justice reduces the target's Movement Speed and damage dealt by 25% for 3 seconds.
Every 30 seconds, gain 50 Spell Armor against the next enemy Ability and subsequent Abilities for 3 seconds, reducing the damage taken by 50%.
Can be toggled to allow or prevent this talent from triggering automatically.
This Talent tier provides situational defensive utility.
Blessed Champion has the potential of providing some incredible area of effect healing. This potential, however, hinges upon being able to reliably deliver Basic Attacks, something that is seldom possible. Blessed Champion is a good counterpick to double healer team compositions, as you will have more freedom to play aggressively with your Basic Attacks.
Well Met provides a modest but reliable debuff that stacks with the Armor provided by Devotion in terms of damage reduction. The movement speed reduction is also useful as well when used with Hammer of the Lightbringer and Pursuit of Justice as they allow you to consistently maintain the debuff on your chosen target.
Since Uther is rarely a priority target for Abilities unless grossly mispositioned, Spell Shield is generally superfluous.
Level 16 Talents for Uther
While below 50% Health, Uther receives 200% more self-healing when healing others with Holy Light.
Allies healed by Holy Radiance receive 40% increased healing from all sources for 6 seconds.
- Cooldown: 60 seconds
Activate to reduce the Mana cost of Uther's next Basic Ability by 50 and its cooldown by 10 seconds.
This Talent tier improves Uther's burst healing.
Beacon of Light has a rather strange requirement — that of being below 50% Health — and an ultimately limited payoff. Still, this Talent could become popular if Armor of Faith does become popular itself for some extremely high healing output, though this has not been the case for years.
Tyr's Deliverance increases Uther's burst healing, granted you cast Holy Radiance before Holy Light. An interesting added benefit of this Talent is that it increases ALL healing received by the target, including that of Healing Wells, Healing Globes, and other Heroes. This Talent is thus very powerful when playing with other Healers.
Benediction acts as a minor version of Rewind, allowing you to cast the same Ability twice in a row, on top of reducing this ability's Mana cost by 50. Benediction is notable for allowing you to cast Hammer of Justice twice to accomplish one of the game's longest targeted stun (for a total of 1.5 seconds, up to 3.25 seconds when combined with Divine Storm). When used with Holy Light, Benediction allows you to bypass a large portion of the Ability's Cooldown for a significant amount of single-target healing. Benediction is particularly powerful when used with Holy Radiance and when the Divine Protection Talent has been learned to grant a massive amount of Armor to several Heroes, including yourself.
Level 20 Talents for Uther
Divine Shield lasts 2 seconds longer and its cooldown is reduced by 20 seconds.
Divine Storm's radius is increased by 50% and its cooldown is reduced by 20 seconds.
After Eternal Vanguard ends, Uther revives at the spirit's location with 50% of his maximum Health.
This effect has a 180 second cooldown.
Applying Devotion to a Hero that is already affected by Devotion increases their Armor to 50.
This Talent tier provides powerful utility.
Bulwark of Light is a niche Talent that is used to power up a single high-damage Hero. Such a strategy is generally used at the highest levels of play as it requires a very coordinated team to pull off. Lower level or otherwise unorganized players may see better results with other Talent options, though the ability to make a target completely invulnerable for 5 seconds can always be useful.
Divine Hurricane simply increases the reliability of Divine Storm by allowing it to hit more targets. This increases Uther's effective threat range, and can be particularly surprising to unexpecting opponents. This Talent works well with combo-heavy teams that rely on quickly wrestling kills to gain an advantage.
Redemption is one of the best Talents in the game. The utility of being able to die, expending your opponent's time and resources, to then be able to use Devotion's outstanding healing potential, to then revive near your team with a full Mana bar and a reasonable amount of Health simply cannot be overstated. The only thing that you need to ensure is that you move your spirit to a safe location to revive, as clever opponents will quickly switch their attention to you in your weakened state.
Divine Protection is a subtle yet extremely impactful Talent that helps Uther with that which he is best at: mitigating burst damage. Being able to grant any ally 25 points of Amor on demand simply cannot be overstated. Pick this Talent over Redemption if you seldom find yourself dying.
- 11 Oct. 2019: Talent builds and recommendations reviewed and updated.
- 14 Jan. 2018: Updated Radiance build.
- 28 Jun. 2017: Reviewed assessments of Level 4 and Level 13 talents.
- 29 Apr. 2017: Well Met is now situational (was not recommended before).
- 27 Apr. 2017: Updated page to include talent discussions.
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Lamar Odom Reveals When He Realized His Love Story With Khlo Kardashian Was O-V-E-R!
Lamar Odom has only love and respect for ex wife Khloé Kardashian.
However, the former NBA baller is well aware that he and the KUWTK star's love story is well over. In a teaser for an upcoming episode of the Mancave, the 38-year-old sent KoKo only well wishes amid her happy baby news. Oh, and he even admitted when he realized they were REALLY done.
Related: Khloé Isn't Bothered That Kimye's Third Child Stole Her Thunder!
While discussing Khloé on the BET late night program, the ex Los Angeles Lakers player shared:
"I'm happy for her. She took care of me. She'll be a good mother, for real. She's a great woman."
In case you forgot, Khloé put a halt on their divorce so that she could be there for Lamar during his health scare in October 2015. The twosome were married between 2009 and 2016. So, it's no wonder Odom still has a fondness for Kardashian.
Regardless, he knows that the E! starlet has fully moved on with her life. He added:
"I still got my shawty's name still on me, her initials still on me. But for no reason. You know what I'm saying? I understand when it's over, it's over. When she was with her second or third NBA ball player, I could see that."
Hey, at least he can admit that without any resentment. You can ch-ch-check out Lamar's words on the matter for yourself (below)!
Odom marks the first celebrity guest on the new Steve Harvey produced chat show. Be sure to catch Mancave when it airs on January 18 at 10:30 p.m. ET.
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Thursday 16 August 2012
Melanie and Lee Moulds of St Neots have become the first couple to give birth after undergoing fertility treatment at Cambridge IVF.
Baby Kallee was born on Saturday 11 August at Hinchinbrooke weighing 6lb 1.5oz and returned home with her ecstatic parents on Saturday. The Moulds have a four-year-old son,
Jack, who was also born through IVF.
Melanie said: "The staff at Cambridge IVF have all been brilliant and I rang them as soon as I could to let them know that she'd been born. We are taking both children into the clinic next week to meet the staff. We are so grateful – they were so supportive and the facilities there are amazing. "The technology is so advanced now – without it, we wouldn't have had Kallee or our son so we consider ourselves really lucky.
Cambridge IVF offers the only comprehensive assisted conception facility in the NHS in the east of England. Opened in September 2011, it builds on 20 years of experience as a fertility treatment centre at Cambridge University Hospitals and partnering other leading units in running a successful satellite IVF service.
Stephen Harbottle, lead embryologist for Cambridge IVF, said: "We are absolutely delighted for the couple, and it's wonderful news for the clinic as well. We are looking forward to helping many more couples achieve their dream of having a baby."


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Where should the vapor barrier be placed: on the interior side or the exterior side of the metal studs? What is the best type of barrier to use: poly sheeting, foil-faced insulation or foil-faced gypsum?
Where should the vapor barrier be placed: on the interior side or the exterior side of the metal studs? What is the best type of barrier to use: poly sheeting, foil-faced insulation or foil-faced gypsum?
First of all, the purpose of a vapor barrier is to keep condensation out of insulation, since moisture reduces the insulating value, and to keep it from ultimately rotting the insides of walls. (If the walls don't go from floor to the slab above, this is not a concern since moisture can escape out of the open walls at the top, but a data center wall should be slab-to-slab, both to maintain the interior environment and to provide the fire rating.) The generally accepted rule is that the vapor barrier goes on the warmer side of the wall. The reasons are two-fold. First, warmer air migrates toward colder air, and one would hope that the offices would not normally reach the temperature of the data center; second, warm air is inherently capable of holding more moisture than cold air, so the normal assumption is that any condensation will take place on the warmer side of the wall as the more moist air migrates to the colder side. The goal, therefore, is to stop the moisture before it gets into the insulation.
Assuming you are in the North, in summer the building air conditioning will remove moisture so humidity will be relatively low. In winter, heating will increase air temperature, but the outside air will be crisp and very low in humidity. If you are in the South, you will have high heat and humidity outside in summer, which the air conditioning will reduce, but not as much as in the North. In winter you may still use air conditioning in regions where it never gets really cold, which means lower humidity as well. So to start with, no one analysis holds completely true for every part of the country, but we can still draw a general rule. For an interior data center such as you describe, the "office" or "exterior" side of the wall should still be "warmer" than the data center side.
However, this is where things get a little sticky. In a data center, we are not only cooling to levels below the normal office environment. We are also forcing the humidity to abnormal levels relative to the temperatures we are running. Therefore, it is a virtual certainty that the data center will be both colder and more humid than the offices, at least while building environmental systems (heating or air conditioning) are operating in the office areas. This is not in line with "norms." So even though we would usually think of warmer air as also being more humid, this doesn't hold true between offices and the data center, which throws a bit of a monkey wrench into conventional theory -- except for one thing: While we specify both a relatively low temperature and a relatively high humidity range for the data center, we always tack on the words "non-condensing." Obviously, we don't want a situation where moisture starts condensing on cabinets or equipment, so this phrase makes sure the air coming out of the CRAC units is not made so cold in order to cool the equipment that it is below the dew point when humidity is added. And if it won't condense on our equipment surfaces, it certainly won't condense on or in the interior wall. Therefore, the "outside" wall is still the place where any concern might arise. But let's recognize that this condition is likely to arise only on summer weekends or holidays when building systems are shut down and the office air truly becomes both hot and more humid than that in the data center.
As to the best type of vapor barrier to use, as can be seen from the above description, the barrier itself isn't really going to do much of anything most of the time, so this is not a major concern. Contractors love poly sheeting, but it is more easily damaged and compromised during construction than most any of the other materials. You mention that your insulation is for noise-control purposes, so foil-faced insulation is probably not a good choice (unless it's rigid board insulation) since standard batt insulations do not have the density to provide much sound attenuation. But thermal control inside the data center is usually the reason for insulating the wall, not sound attenuation, since it is expensive to maintain a good data center environment and thick, loose batts are the right choice for that purpose. If you also want noise control, it would probably be best to use thermal insulation between the studs, put a layer of rigid, noise control fiberglass under the gyp board on the data center side of the wall and use foil-faced gyp board on the office side. But frankly, for the amount of condensation control you are actually dealing with, the specific type of vapor barrier is not very important. Whatever your contractor is most comfortable installing is probably the best choice.
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May 26th, 2014 at 9:00 am
Summer Fun Bucket
By Kim Ross
One of my favorite things to surprise the kids with is a summer fun bucket! I take a bucket and stuff it with all the fun items we need for summer vacation. Here is a list of fun things to fill your bucket with:
- Sandals or flip-flops
- Inner tube or pool float
- Goggles
- Beach towel
- Water balloons
- Sidewalk chalk
- Bubbles
- Fun craft set
- Tickets to the zoo, pool, or another local attraction
- Popsicle sticks and dixie cups
- Water gun
- Sparklers
- Journal to document summer activities
- Water bottle
- Sandbox toys
- Frisbee
- Cards – to play War, Go Fish or other games
- New coloring book and crayons
- Sporting items
- Glo sticks
What other things would you fill your bucket with?
March 17th, 2014 at 6:44 am
Happy St. Patrick's Day
By Kim Ross
Knock Knock
Who's There?
Irish Who!
Irish you a happy St. Patrick's Day!
Has the leprechaun been tricky and visited your home yet today? Our leprechaun does some tricky things like turning our milk green! He's a sneaky little fellow! He can show up any time so if he hasn't appeared yet, be aware!
In our house we will be eating lots of green foods today! Think kale, sugar snap peas, green M&M's, spinach, and more! We also like to make some foods green that aren't usually green. Ever have green pancakes or green floats? Check out this rainbow treat with gold at the bottom of it. An adorable treat for the kids or a great item to send to friends! I also think this rainbow of fruit may have to make its way to our dinner table.
As my boys get older, it might be more fun to do a treasure hunt for the leprechauns gold. Check out some of these great ideas:
Lucky the Leprechaun Treasure Hunt
St. Patricks Day Limerick Scavenger Hunt
St. Patricks Day Hunt for the Gold
Remember to leave a little treat from the Leprechaun like a lucky penny, some chocolate gold coins or a box of Lucky Charms cereal.
Here's a few more sprinkles of laughter to bring fun to St. Patricks Day.
What is Irish and left out on the lawn all summer?
Paddy O'Furniture
What happens when a leprechaun falls into a river?
He gets wet!
Why do frogs like St. Patrick's Day?
Because they're already wearing green!
Why can't you iron a four-leaf clover?
Because you shouldn't press you luck!
I'll send you off with an irish blessing:
Here's to me, and here's to you. And here's to love and laughter.
I'll be true as long as you. And not one moment after.
Kim Ross also writes at A Little Bit of This and That ~ The Adventures of a Stay at Home Mom.
December 5th, 2013 at 5:00 am
Our Favorite "Elf on the Shelf" Ideas
By Liz
Elf on the Shelf has become a hilarious and fun tradition for families during Christmastime. You can really get creative with the mischief the elf gets into. Here's a collection of some standout ideas for your little elf that will entertain your kids throughout the season.
Elf is taken hostage by Legos from Picklehead Soup
Elf does some wrapping from Over The Big Moon
Elf makes a "flour angel" from Mommy Savers
Elf watches a movie from One Orange Giraffe
Elf has a delicious "accident" from Mommy Shorts
Elf writes a letter to Santa from Lil Blue Boo
Elf has some fun with stamps (washable of course) from Mommy Upgrade
Elf steals some candy from Operation $40K
Elf plays dress up with Barbie from iVillage
What Elf on the Shelf ideas are YOU doing this year? Share them with us on Facebook!
October 3rd, 2013 at 11:12 am
Fall Traditions
By Liz
As I've gotten older I've realized just how important traditions are. As a child, seasonal and holiday traditions were things I looked forward to all year. There's excitement in knowing a special activity or outing is approaching…they are some of my fondest memories, and now as an adult, I love seeing the children in our family experience the same excitement. Here are some of our fall traditions to inspire you…perhaps you have your own or will start some new ones this year!
Apple and pumpkin picking
At the beginning of every October we pack the family up for a fun-filled autumn day of pumpkin and apple picking. We go to "pick your own" places where you can pick them right off the tree and vine. The kids love climbing the trees and picking the apples, and selecting their own pumpkins. The places we go to usually have a corn maze and other fun activities for the kids to enjoy. I, myself, love the seasoned corn on the cob and apple cider they sell…YUM! After a long day out, we come home and make a warm, hearty meal like beef stew or chili.
Baking pies and banana bread
The kids really love helping make pies from the apples they pick themselves! Apple and pumpkin pie are my usuals, but berry pies are delicious as well. My family has a chocolate chip banana bread (no nuts) recipe that has been passed down for generations, so we make a few loafs for the house and a few to give as gifts to friends and family. Here's a popular recipe similar to mine (can't give away all the family secrets!).
Pumpkin carving and painting
Needless to say, this is the most popular tradition with the kids…it's a great way for them to get creative. Sometimes we use stencils we print online and other times they just let their imagination run. The little ones use paint to safely decorate their pumpkins instead of carving utensils.
Halloween books and movies
Since Halloween can be a somewhat scary time for kids, it's nice to read books that celebrate and poke fun at the holiday. When I was little, my mother used to read me my favorite Halloween book, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams. GoodReads has a list with other great titles you can see here. For the little ones, watch It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, and the older ones will enjoy Nightmare Before Christmas (bonus, two holidays in one!).


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Scrap the tried and true cake when it is time for a dual celebration. A graduate who's also marking a birthday deserves a cake that makes a statement about her life. A cake in the form of a mortar board or one decorated with photos of the celebrant will be the piece de resistance at a birthday/graduation gathering and provide the honoree with sweet memories for years to come.
Make a large sheet cake designed with squares depicting the milestones that brought the graduate/birthday girl where she is today. Turn real estate properties into grades K through 12 and favorite subjects. Railroads and utilities are transformed into awards and extracurricular events. Chance and Community Chest can be used to depict names of old crushes, good friends or favorite sayings throughout the years. Other spaces can be used for the names of schools, teachers and pictures of birthday candles. Place fondant monopoly money, a small mortar board and birthday candles in the center of the cake.
Cap and Sparklers
Bake a sheet cake and frost it in school colors. Place a mortar board, made from a small square cake, over a slightly smaller round one in the center of the sheet cake. Cover it in white fondant. Attach a tassel to it and invite guests to sign the cap in gel frosting. Snap plenty of photos of the autographed cake for the birthday graduate before cutting.
Photo Cake
Take your collection of school photos, a full body cap and gown shot and birthday snapshots to a professional cake decorator. Instruct her to airbrush the cap and gown picture onto the center of the cake. Have her alternate airbrushed copies of the birthday photos with the school pictures. Place the birthday candles near your child's hands in the center picture or allow them to surround him. Another option is to leave the corners blank and place a few candles in each corner, making it a challenge to blow out in one breath.
Year Book
Bake two rectangular cakes and place them side-by-side to form what looks like an open year book. Make ridges along the edges to add the appearance of pages. On one side write the year of graduation and a couple of comical lines that start with "Most likely to..." and fill in the blanks with funny quotes or observations. These may include, "wait until the last minute to do homework" or "outshine the rest of the class" or "go on a diet the day before birthday cake is served." On the right side of the cake write Happy Birthday Graduate and add a bouquet of frosted flowers, candles and a diploma scroll.
Serve a diploma cake to the birthday graduate. Instead of using a traditional sheet or round cake, bake a chocolate roulade cake. Frost the cake in white frosting. Write, "Happy Birthday, Graduate" across the scrolled diploma. Surround the words with candles on this unusual choice in cakes.
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Here are the top fish producing flies from last week in no particular order:
San Juan Worm. Fish took these with gusto. I had major issues with them falling apart after a few casts or one bite. I used bright pink. Some had a shrimp pink flat diamond braid body underneath. Violent strikes. Others had luck on red. Producer Jason had his biggest steelie take a red san juan.
Hareline Dubbin and more specifically Greg Senyo materials. I wasn't sure how to tie these so I went to Youtube. I'll post those videos in a second. These flies take a time investment to create. I normally would never spend this much time on a fly but the results were worth it. I've never had a more violent strike than the fish that ate one of these flies. I tied them in blues, pinks, purples, and chartruese. I spent most if not all of my food money for the trip stocking up on all the great materials at All Sesons and Malinda's to enhance these flies. Tying them on Senyo shenks worked much better than cut up bass stinger hooks.
Next up was the Blood's Dot. I had never heard of this fly until the podcast with Autumn Siren Flies. I had one fish bend a hook on this. It looks crazy good when wet and is super easy to tie and fun. Just be sure to tie sparse. Play around with colors.
The fish seemed to change their minds for no apparent reason as to the color, shape, and size of what they would take. And that is the fun of fly fishing. If it wasn't a challenge I probably would knit blindfolded.


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Family Matters
Over time families tend to grow and so do their assets if all is well planned and done. The older generation will have to hand over their estate and control some day and so the new heads of the family must be found and groomed and accepted. This takes time and lots of efforts especially because the rest of the family must accept and support this. That raises also questions such as "What do we tell those who shall not have leadership roles and what role, information and influence should non-leaders have?"
On this website practical answers and experiences are shared about this process. Also short explanations are given about suitable and flexible structures such as foundations, trusts, WAQF, to hold, control and finance the family, its assets and its philanthropy.
Suggestions are given for secure estate and safe tax planning, and the ways in which families can be organized and governed for example through family offices and with the help of family governance through documents such as a family charter with the relevant core family values, family culture and understandings within the family. These and many more topics with which families are often confronted, are covered.
Many authors have dealt with issues resulting from nationals moving from one country to another and the risks and opportunities thereof.


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This is what you get at 7am in the 39th week...
How far along: 39 weeks, 2 days
Baby Size: size of a little watermelon
Weight gain: 29 ibs.
Maternity clothes: dresses, dresses and workout clothes
Stretch marks: nope
Sleep: Sleeping OK -- two nights this week I had Braxton Hicks that woke me up a couple of times but nothing that kept me up.
Gender: Girl
Movement: Not as much. She still moves around but it's just little movements. I think she is out of space.
Best moment this week: Date night with Mike. We had a nice long three-coursed dinner (it's Restaurant Week) at a place we'd never been before. It was so delicious and just really nice to enjoy a lengthy dinner with him and chat about who knows what.
Also, Mike has been trying everything to get me to go into labor. It's so cute. He's trying to get me to pop. Any myth to make a woman go into labor, he's trying!
looking forward to: Not being pregnant. I'm over it. I'm ready to be able to do things like bend over and ride a bike and comfortably get in and out of bed.
Food cravings: Nada
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope. Getting heartburn again though.
Labor Signs: Braxton Hicks -- those tricky things get my excited quite often. My bag is basically packed so we're ready to go. Oh and I bought ingredients to make cookies when I go into labor. I figured that would be a delicious thing to do while laboring at home. Now I just have to restrain from making them beforehand.
What I miss: I miss being able to move around and do what I used to be able to do. And, I miss shopping. I can't justify buying a bunch of stuff for maternity so I haven't bought much clothing. And the clothes right now are real cute so that makes me want to shop even more.
Symptoms: Anxious to be done already! I'm still a week out and already I'm antsy. I think I'm going to change my due date to Sept 10 so that every day doesn't feel like it could be the day.
Nursery: DONE! Wooooo hooo! We chose to do the nursery in neutrals. I like neutrals and when we have another kid, they'll have to be in the same room so it needed to be boy or girl friendly. We incorporated things we love -- natural elements, travel, plants, Jesus. My next addition is I want to add a little rock wall somewhere in here but I ran out of space and we have at least a year before adding that in. Basically everything is from Home Goods or Ikea or homemade.
Belly Button in or out? same old
Wedding rings on or off? On. I switched to a plain band that I use when we travel so that I didn't have to worry about losing my rings when we go to the hospital or them having to be cut off or something.


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"The (insert popular U.S. brand) of (insert emerging market)." By now you have surely heard this formulaic phrase countless times to describe any number of investment opportunities in the emerging markets. Often these phrases can mean very little, but occasionally they can mean everything. Case in point: Wal-Mart de Mexico y Centroamerica (OTC:WMMVY) literally translates to "Wal-Mart of Mexico and Central America."
The Wal-Mart of Mexico and Central America
Wal-Mart de Mexico y Centroamerica traces its origins back to 1958, but in its present form it began as a 1991 joint venture to open Wal-Mart and Sam's Clubs stores in Mexico. Today this Mexican Stock Exchange-traded company is 70% owned by Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT), and its operations now include the Central American nations of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. All together, Wal-Mart de Mexico has 2,768 stores in a region that encompasses more than 155 million people.
Of the 2,786 store locations in these six countries, 251 are Wal-Mart stores and 167 are Sam's Clubs. The remaining 2,350 stores are comprised of various brands of discount department stores, discount warehouses, membership warehouse clubs, supermarkets, pharmacies, and clothing apparel stores. Wal-Mart de Mexico's operations also include Banco Wal-Mart with its over one million Mexican bank accounts, as well as its major e-commerce presence with Walmart.com.mx and Mexico's leading online grocery sales site Superama.com.mx.
The Mexican division of Wal-Mart de Mexico y Centroamerica is the much larger of the two, making up about 86% of total company revenue and 76% of the company's store count. The Mexican division is also the largest retailer in Mexico, far larger than its nearest Mexican competitor. This past quarter the Mexican division contributed 87.2 billion pesos ($6.76 billion USD) in revenue, while Mexico's No. 2 retailer -- Organizacion Soriana -- did just 799 million pesos ($62 million USD) during its most recently reported quarter.
Despite this dominance over Mexican retail, Mexico has been a recent challenge for Wal-Mart de Mexico due to the slowdown in that country's economy. In the first and second quarters of this year, the Mexican economy grew just 0.6% and 1.5%, respectively, compared to the first quarter 2012 and second quarter 2012 growth of 4.6% and 4.2%, respectively. This low Mexican GDP growth can similarly be observed in Wal-Mart de Mexico's third quarter earnings released last week; the Mexican division's revenue increased only 1.7% over its third quarter 2012 revenue.
Central America
While the Mexican side of Wal-Mart de Mexico y Centroamerica has been a challenge as of late, Central America remains an attractive market with great growth potential. The company expanded into Central America in 2010, and this region of nearly 40 million people currently has just 19 Wal-Mart stores and exactly zero Sam's Club locations. As a point of comparison, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona with their combined population of 34.7 million people have 549 Wal-Mart stores and 97 Sam's Clubs locations (as well as two Supermercados).
Much of Central America's retail sector can be described as informal. These are small, local, independent retailers with no real size, scale, or widespread distribution. In other words, this is a rather inefficient retail market ready and waiting for some company to come in, disrupt, and consolidate. Wal-Mart de Mexico is the single best positioned company to be that disruptor.
That potential can be seen in the company's third quarter earnings with its Central American sales improving thanks to the company's pricing power. In this past quarter, the company's Central American division reported revenue of 14 billion pesos ($1.09 billion USD), a 6.4% increase in constant currency compared to the third quarter of 2012. The Central American division's gross margin similarly rose to 22.4%, up from 20.5 last year.
Foolish bottom line
Investing in Latin America is not without its risks. That has been particularly true this year, with many Latin American economies slowing down and falling out of investor favor. With shares down over 20% year to date, Wal-Mart de Mexico y Centroamerica is no exception. Despite this, there are still great opportunities to be had in Latin America. For those investors able to think long term, the future rewards of Wal-Mart de Mexico could very well be worth the risks of today.


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Victorian House Revamp West Bridgeford
Merrin and Son Painters and Decorators Nottingham has just completed a whole house renovation for a client that converted his house into flats for rent.
The house was in need of a huge amount of work, and we went all out, including the following
One of our West Bridgefords clients in Nottingham had a dated and well worn living area in desperate need of a full strip and redecoration. We took everything back to bare bones from the floor, walls, ceiling, doors and woodwork.
After a full strip the walls and ceiling were lined with 1200 grade lining paper before being painted using Johnstones professional paints.
After fixtures, fittings and new carpets were laid you can see the amazing results.
No matter how big or how small your painting and decorating needs are in Nottingham, Merrin and Son is the best selection to help you get the job done. We offer the highest quality service from preparation to finish at really competitive prices.
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Well, summer is almost over and before the rain sets in, the owners of this lovely house in Gunthorpe wanted to give the outside a good freshen up for the winter months.
The job was a full top half exterior paint to tidy up the overall look of the property.
In our normal fashion you'll see we did a really tidy job here, no mess or drips anywhere and minimal disruption to our clients.
As winter settles in this kind of job will probably be the last for the summer however if you're in need of some exterior decorating maintenance on your property over the winter, please let us know. We'd be happy to book you in for a free quotation.
The UK has had a strange year of weather, The winter was wetter than usual and the summer has been hotter than we've seen in many years.
We've had a lot of enquiries about external house painting and external home decoration this summer after the unusual UK weather has caused a lot of properties to look weathered.
We've just finished this external paint job on a house in Bingham.
If your property's exterior needs a touch up, don't hesitate to get in touch with Merrin and Son Painters and Decorators.
We've shown you some of our best work ever in our blog and website and we talk regularly about the high end, fancy jobs that will really get your juices going. However, sometimes all you're looking for is some help to prepare your house to go on the market and get it ship shaped so potential buyers won't knock money off their offers because a room isn't well decorated, or there are stains on the wall.
Take a look at this living area we spruced up for summer for one of our regular customers.
Before we could paint we had to repair some cracks in the walls and damage to the ceiling from a leak, and although only a small job, you can see the amazing quality finish we left. By the end of the job we have one happy customer with a nice fresh room to enjoy over the summer.
If you need any work doing, from small jobs like this to entire redecoration of a room or home then don't hesitate to get in touch for your free quote today.
Merrin and Son Painters and Decorators Nottingham has just finished 2 luxury bedroom redecoration's in Mapperly, Nottingham.
In preparation, we re plastered the ceiling, covering the original artex, and stripped the walls and woodwork back to ensure a perfect finish.
The first bedroom walls were painted with Johnstones 'TORI' Corvaplus Vinyl Matt, and the second bedroom painted in Johnstones 'GAZELLE' Corvaplus Vinyl Matt.
A neutral eggshell white was used on all woodwork, and accent walls were covered with Laura Ashley Floral wallpaper.
Take a look at some of the before and after pictures below:
If you are looking for Nottingham's highest quality Painter and Decorator in Nottingham to perform any of your decorating needs from Plastering to Wallpaper hanging then don't hesitate to get in touch with Merrin and Son Painters and Decorators Nottingham.
One of our trusted clients unfortunately had a water damaged lounge in their Bestwood Park home. This was a result of a major leak in their bathroom. We were fortunate enough to be able to come to the rescue quickly enough to reduce any major disruption to their day to day lives.
The bad news was the room was in quite a mess, the ceiling was badly damaged, and the electrical fixtures and fittings were also compromised. We also found the pipework for the central heating in this room was corroded and a risk of a similar leak was on the horizon so we agreed to refit this as we worked on the rest of the room.
As part of the full renovation of a house we're doing in Brinsley Nottingham, we wanted to show you this stunning floral wallpaper we hung for the master bedroom.
The wallpaper used was from the luxurious Voyage wall-covering Mural Range. A great way to add a large focal point to a room.
We painted the walls in Little Greene Rolling Fog, and the wood work and ceiling was painted using the infamous Johnston's paint.
We've been working on this full redecoration of a modern and beautiful open plan Kitchen at a property in the Brinsley area, Nottingham. Our client wanted us to design the area with a fusion of modern and classical.
We've used Little Greene, Rolling Fog paint on the walls which gives a very warming and classical colour. The ceilings are painted in white matt Vinyl.
As you can see from all the fixtures, fittings and furniture, we've created a stunning room and our client is overwhelmed with the room.
If you're looking for a painter and decorator that goes the extra mile, and will work with you through every step of your painting, decorating and interior design needs in Brinsley in Nottingham then look no further. Merrin and Son Painters and Decorators are the right choice for you!
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As the tourist numbers in Kaunas keep growing, it's important the city itself changes for the better and focuses on new tourism-oriented products and higher quality of services available. Spring is a great time for some news here!
One of the aims of Kaunas In, the agency established last year to attract investment and tourists to Kaunas, is to make sure the availability of tourism information is not dependant on the working hours of official tourism centres. This means businesses in Kaunas should also be involved in providing useful information for tourists and making sure they have a great time in Kaunas.
A handful of restaurants, hotels and other businesses in Kaunas have already joined the initiative. Here's a list of places that'll provide you with the essential information about Kaunas (they're stacked with free maps and guides of the city, too):
Bookstore Knygų ministerija (picture above) – Laisvės al. 29, Working hours I-VI 9.00 – 21.00 VII 10.00 – 19.00
Café Coffee Inn/Caffeine Roasters – Laisvės al. 89, Working hours I – V 8.00 – 22.00 VI 10.00 – 22.00 VII 10.00 – 21.00
Café Coffee Inn/Caffeine Roasters – Laisvės al. 72, Working hours I – V 8.00 – 22.00 VI 10.00 - 22.00 VII 10.00 – 21.00
Café Coffee Inn/Caffeine Roasters – Vilniaus g. 3, Working hours I – V 8.00 – 22.00 VI 10.00 – 22.00 VII 10.00 – 21.00
Hotel Park Inn by Radisson Kaunas – K. Donelaičio g. 27, Working hours 24/7
Hospitality complex Monte Pacis – T. Masiulio g. 31, Working hours 24/7
Caffeine Roasters / Laisvės al. 89
All of the place above are marked with 'Tourism information friendly' stickers. Of course, this is just a list to begin to. We'll add many more places soon.
The main Kaunas tourism information office is located in the Kaunas Town Hall (Rotušės a. 15). The one on Laisvės al. 36 will be closed from April 21st.
You can always email firstname.lastname@example.com or message the Facebook pages Kaunas Tourism and It's Kaunastic if you have Kaunas-related questions. Don't forget to download the official Kaunas app, too!


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Some friendly neighbors that we should meet (7:30 esplanade):
Tuesday morning (10am) is Mardi Gras!
Some friendly neighbors that we should meet (7:30 esplanade):
Tuesday morning (10am) is Mardi Gras!
It's all there: http://www.opulenttemple.org/archives/000205.php
Note that Wednesday night is "White party", so get your white outfits ready! Infected Mushroom will be playing at 1:30am.
I have not found anything yet for Nexus or Root Society. Post if you do.
We got the news from the Placement team on Bastille Day: We are getting 100′ x 100′ spot with a frontage on the Funeral arc and close to the 9:00 street!!! This is excellent news and made us ecstatic, as this is basically our main preference on everything.
This is based on the 2011 playa map, that can be found there:
I'll update the detailed map of our camp with the adjusted size and updated info.
We have a bit more than a month to finish all the preparations. Let switch to high gear now!
Hello world,
The Kreme Burners are online!
This is the place where we'll share our ideas, thoughts, news, discoveries, media and everything else that we find interesting.
We are planning a camp at Burning Man this year again.
Our theme this year is:
Rave de Crème Brulées 2011:
Come visit us in Black Rock City in the shade of the "Dodecagon", for afternoons of Deep House, Psy-Trance, Lounge, Electronica and Tribal, while cracking the crust of a freshly made Crème Brulées! Later, the "Playa Reactor", our portable-sound-system-on-a-bike, will bring the party to the playa! Also, don't miss the Francophone Burners Apéritif on on Tuesday and Thursday at 5pm, and our rite of passage game.
Stay tuned for more details and our exact location.
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Come and visit us.
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WARNING: This article is about… debt. But relax! You're about to find out that being in debt is not all bad news.
Being in debt can indeed be a crippling problem, but debt can also be incredibly useful when it comes to buying a home or a business, and some debts can be extremely profitable when structured correctly.
The most important consideration when going into debt or taking out a loan is whether the debt incurred is good debt or bad debt.
Definitions: Bad Debt vs Good Debt
Let's jump straight in and clear up the differences between bad debt and good debt:
Bad Debt is any non-tax-deductible debt that you use to purchase depreciating assets. In other words, bad debt means consumer debt (credit cards, store cards, personal loans, car loans etc) used to purchase 'things' (assets) that decrease in value (depreciate) as soon as you buy them. You are borrowing money that you don't have, and paying interest (and fees!) on that money to purchase items that will eventually be worth nothing. In addition, the interest charges on consumer items that are not purchased for business or investment purposes are not a tax deduction, so there is no tax relief for your bad debt.
Good Debt on the other hand is tax-deductible debt that you use to purchase appreciating assets. In other words, a good debt represents an investment loan used to purchase 'things' (assets) that are going to produce income and increase in value over time. Examples of good debt include investment property loans, share trading loans, or a business loan. And here's the kicker: the interest component of your investment loan is tax deductible. So the tax man actually helps you pay for the loan!
But my parents taught me to pay off my mortgage as fast as possible and never go into debt for anything!
It's possible to live without debt entirely, but there are some costs to making that choice – for example it would make home ownership impossible for most, and it limits your investment options.
You should definitely avoid or reduce bad debt as much as possible to reduce your expenses. But saving money can only get you so far, and will never generate income the way good debt can. Being debt free alone doesn't pay the bills, it doesn't provide a passive income in retirement, and it doesn't pay for your food, medical expenses, or living costs (let alone spending money for your golden years if you're imagining travel and some gifts for the grand-kids).
So being debt-free is great….but it's just not enough, because you can't live on it.
But I can't afford to invest because all my money is spent on paying off my credit cards, my car loan, and my mortgage!
One of the biggest barriers that I see stopping people from making progress towards their financial goals, is the statement that goes something like this:
"I can't afford to buy an investment property until I pay off my $30,000 credit card debt… (or personal loan, car loan, etc)"
But an investor has a completely different mindset for this problem. He or she would say:
"I'm going to invest in a property that will increase in value by $30,000 in the first year and I'm going to use this profit to pay off my credit card."
Two completely different outcomes. One small change in personal mindset.
What about my mortgage? Is it good debt or bad debt?
Your mortgage is what I would call Okay Debt. It's kind of in the middle of good and bad. It is most likely the largest debt you have, you are paying a huge amount of interest over the life of your loan, and the interest is NOT tax deductible, so that is bad! But your house is still an appreciating asset – it is not only increasing in value over time on its own, but as you pay off your mortgage you are also building up the equity you have in your home, and that is good!
So your mortgage is a necessary evil and we categorise it as Okay Debt and just focus on paying it off as soon as humanly possible.
So how do I get rid of my bad debt (and my okay debt) FAST so I can feel more comfortable about using good debt?
Now you're thinking like a smart investor! Well done I'm proud of you.
Being as clever as you possibly can with how your money flows in and out of your life is the key to removing the barriers that are preventing you from investing and getting ahead. Being clever with your cash flow means making any money that you earn start working for you from the moment it hits your bank account, by applying it to the non-tax-deductible bad debt first, and paying off this bad debt as quickly as possible.
To reduce debt as quickly as possible we need to focus on getting rid of our various debts in the correct order, from worst to best, in other words we want to focus on getting rid of any and all bad debt first, followed by our okay debt, and then eventually (by the time we retire) we can think about clearing all of our good debt.
Debt Consolidation
The fastest way to get rid of your bad debt is through a debt consolidation loan. If you have some equity in your home you should look at refinancing and using some equity to pay off all of your bad debts. This way you can turn all of your bad debt into okay debt immediately, and continue to pay all of your okay debt with one monthly payment at 5% interest (the interest rate on your mortgage) rather than multiple repayments at 10-20% interest (the various interest rates on your various credit cards, personal loans and car loans etc), which will save you thousands of dollars in interest, and account and admin fees, over the long term.
The Turning Point for Your Finances
Freeing up an amount of cash that was previously lost to credit card or personal loan repayments provides you with a critical opportunity – to channel this (previously wasted) money to somewhere that advances your financial situation.
Option 1: Direct the cashflow into your mortgage to reduce your okay debt even faster
Let's take a look at this:
- Let's say you have a mortgage of $300,000 on a 30 year term at a variable interest rate of 5%.
- If your debt consolidation loan freed-up $400 per month in repayments that you were paying on various credit cards or personal loans, and you simply channelled that same $400 per month onto your mortgage, you would pay off your mortgage 10 years and 4 months earlier, and save a staggering $111,939.00 in interest!!
Option 2: Direct the extra cashflow into an investment property
- The extra cashflow you have freed-up could be used to start investing for your retirement. Investing in a property could cost you as little as $13 per week to own thanks to negative gearing (see an example with real numbers), so this is your chance to put your windfall to good use and start doing something about your retirement plans.
- Or if you simply cannot bear the thought of spending $13 per week on your retirement plans, you could switch strategies and purchase an investment property that is going to cost you $0 per week to own and instead put $33 per week back into your pocket (or even better, back onto your mortgage!). See how the numbers work for a positive cash-flow property here.
So we've turned some of our bad debt into okay debt (a lower-interest loan), and some of it into good debt (new investments). Not only is our new investment building our wealth over the long-term, but our interest payments are now tax deductible.
Option 3: Invest it into anything!
The point is that money that used to go straight to your credit card company is now building YOUR wealth.
Just by getting a little smarter with where your money flows, and without affecting your current lifestyle at all (notice I haven't mentioned budgets or spending cuts once), you have 'freed-up' the extra cash flow you need to pay off your mortgage faster, or invest, and finally get started on that property portfolio or retirement plan…
We do 1-on-1 Financial Independence Workshops for $295. We improve your finances on the spot by exploring all of the strategies in this article and more. We guarantee that we'll make you $5,000 in saved interest and tax on the day, and we do this with confidence because we have a 100% success rate in 2015. Full details and results here…
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
Going to 1850 tournament later today with my grey knights...nah!!!! Taking the wolves!!
That's right I am throwing down the gauntlet and taking the space wolves for this 1850 tournament. I am going to run without Thunderwolves....
With all the whining and complaining about Grey Knights, I am going to try a different version of space wolves. Not depending on the big scary guys. Maybe I will lull my opponents to sleep compared to what I normally play.
So what will the list be?
Something like this:
2 Rune Priests
1 Battle Leader
3 x longfangs
6 x grey hunter packs
1 pack of scouts
1 big pack of wolfguard
So a lot of flexibility, good psychic defense and powers for those pesky grey knights, and lots of scoring options.
We will see how it goes.
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II'm right there with you Spag; however, I'm going heavy Thunderwolf myself and forgoing missile Launchers entirely at 1750. Promises to be a good day for the Wolves!ReplyDelete
lol, taking Space Wolf missile spam is throwing down the gauntlet? I think throwing down the gauntlet is taking Footdar or something else that's supposed to suck, and winning anyways.ReplyDelete
@Da Master Cheef,ReplyDelete
I hear you, but I have played a mixture of thunderwolf cavalry for 1.5 years. As I want to depend on my ability instead of the awesome sauce that is TWC. It is different for me. I will probably take my grey knights to Nova and play them when I want to win tournaments, but I still love my space wolves and don't want to give up on them. I know I will be facing grey knights and I need to beat them with my wolves to feel right. At major tournaments I have only lost to grey knights with my space wolves. And 1 dark eldar player who was awesome, and I didn't know hellions.....
@unholy Martyr,
How do you run yours?Replies
Ran the following:Delete
Bear Lord with Hammer and all the fixings
Majesty Lord with Claw and all the fixings
Lord with Frostblade, Runic Armor and Storm Shield (barely ever pulled his weight)
2 Las Plas squads with Melta
2 Las Plas squads with Flamers
2 Scout Squads with Melta
3 Thunderwolves: Power Fist/Storm Shield, Storm Shield, Naked
Went 1-0-2. Based on Victory Points I took 3rd.
I gotta say I agree with Da Master Cheef.ReplyDelete
if you really want a challenge, and test your skills. I have a Sisters of Battle force you can use.
SW's are still the most flexible and adaptable codex out there. By taking Priests, Long Fangs, and Grey Hunters, you're only taking 3 of the 4 Awesomesauce units. I'm not so sure that's a handicap, just a slightly different emphasis for your list.
Ok, let me use your sisters then. I have an idea about a list I would like to try.ReplyDelete
Yes you heard it here. Or I can use counts as. I need the rules tho'.
Go Templar! Help me show the world the codex isn't utter fail! :DReplyDelete
Real men win with Tyranids. :PReplyDelete
Hey! What about those Dark Eldar you already have?ReplyDelete
There is no need to drag me into this Sandywyrm, just cause my Tyranids are amazing. haha.ReplyDelete
I'll take on spag playing sisters with my Nids any day.
I just got the pdf codex and will play a 2000 point game with whoever wants one. I will have to counts as my space wolves as sisters, but I believe I have a list that I think would be competitive.ReplyDelete
Open challenge is out! The gauntlet is laid.
Well it isn't the game I've been wanting with you, but I will accept the challenge. Besides, my Tyranids are getting hungry.ReplyDelete
What game do you want?ReplyDelete
I play against Sisters of Battle all the time, as well as Templars. The sisters can kick serious ass. Despite what the 'internets' say, sister repentia with a priest kept in reserves are awesome counter-assaulters, especially with their 'parting gift' type of attacks.ReplyDelete
As for Templar, take a shotty termi force, with x2 reclusiarchs both with terminator command squads, you're looking at 16 Missiles every turn....
Well spag I want to test my jumpers against either your gk or wolves at some point. :DReplyDelete
But I'll play what ever, when ever you're free. Sent ya an email.
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The American Lung Association Has Your Quit Smoking Checklist for Your Smokefree Resolution
(December 13, 2016) - CHICAGO
For more information please contact:
Allison MacMunn
[email protected]
It's that time of year again! Along with hitting the gym more often and starting a diet, quitting smoking tops many New Year's resolution lists.1 Nearly 70 percent of current smokers say they want to quit smoking, but quitting smoking and staying smokefree throughout the year is hard.2 The American Lung Association has proven tips to help smokers be successful in the long run.
- Write Down Your Reasons to Quit Smoking. Every smoker has their own personal motivation for quitting. Whether it be for your health or the health of your family, the money you'll save, or removing the hassle of smoking, write your personal reasons down. Keep them in your back pocket, on the refrigerator door, or in the car so you keep your motivation nearby throughout your quit.
- Choose a Quit Date. Setting a quit date a few weeks or a month in the future can give you the time you need to prepare for a successful quit smoking attempt. Through the American Lung Association's Freedom From Smoking® program, participants learn how to set a quit date and build a quit plan that accommodates their personality and lifestyle.
- Identify Your Smoking Triggers. Start to notice when, where and why you have the urge to smoke, and write them down. You'll start to see a pattern, and then can make a plan to avoid or adapt the behaviors that trigger that urge, and how to work through that moment. The urge to smoke will pass in three to five minutes—whether you smoke or not.3
- Talk to a Doctor. Advice and support from a healthcare provider, which includes counseling and medication, can double the odds of successfully quitting smoking.4 A healthcare provider can help with a quit plan and provide information on quit smoking medications that may be helpful. Through Quitter's Circle, a mobile app and social community from the American Lung Association and Pfizer, users can access resources to have a smoking cessation conversation with a healthcare provider or connect with one online or in person.
- Build a Support Team. In a 2015 survey, 80 percent of smokers trying to quit said that support from family, friends, significant others and even coworkers is very important to successfully quit smoking.5 They can be those necessary cheerleaders and motivators during the toughest parts of a quit smoking attempt. Quitters can invite supporters to join their Quit Team through the Quitter's Circle mobile app, and encourage them to watch their progress in real time – keeping their quit on track.
- Keep Trying – Even if You have a Slip-Up. It can take several quit smoking attempts before someone becomes completely smokefree.6 Slip-ups – having a puff, or smoking one or two cigarettes – are common but slip-ups don't mean that a quitter has failed.7 Each person needs to find the right combination of techniques for them. The important thing is to keep trying!
Quitting isn't easy but over 50 million ex-smokers in the United States have succeeded, so it's achievable!8 For more information about quit smoking resources, visit Lung.org/stop-smoking or call the Lung HelpLine at 1-800-LUNGUSA to talk to a certified tobacco treatment specialist.
- Sources
- Norcross JC, Mrykalo MS, Blagys MD. Auld lang syne: Success predictors, change processes, and self-reported outcomes of New Year's resolvers and nonresolvers. J Clin Psychol. 2002. 58(4);397-405.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Smoking and Tobacco Use: Quitting Smoking. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/cessation/quitting/. Updated May 21, 2015. Accessed November 17, 2016.
- American Lung Association. Freedom From Smoking: The Guide to Help You Quit Smoking. 2009. Accessed November 17, 2016.
- Fiore MC, Jaén CR, Baker TB, Bailey WC, et al. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update—Clinical Practice Guidelines. Rockville (MD): U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2008.
- DOF Pfizer Omnibus Survey Results 2015. Accessed November 17, 2016.
- US Department of Health and Human Services. Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: US Dept of Health & Human Services, Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General; 2001.
- Smokefree.gov. Tips for Slips. https://smokefree.gov/slips. Accessed November 17, 2016.
- BeTobaccoFree.gov. Your New Year Quit Smoking Plan. https://betobaccofree.hhs.gov/news/quit-smoking-plan.html. Accessed November 17, 2016.
About the American Lung Association
The American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease, through research, education and advocacy. The work of the American Lung Association is focused on four strategic imperatives: to defeat lung cancer; to improve the air we breathe; to reduce the burden of lung disease on individuals and their families; and to eliminate tobacco use and tobacco-related diseases. For more information about the American Lung Association, a holder of the coveted 4-star rating from Charity Navigator and a Gold-Level GuideStar Member, or to support the work it does, call 1-800-LUNGUSA (1-800-586-4872) or visit: Lung.org.
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Photography Classes in Hemingway SC
Are you looking for photography classes in Hemingway SC? Whether you are a hobbyist, professional, or beginner, the most effective way to improve your photography technique is through hands-on training with skilled instructors.
There are numerous accredited photography schools in South Carolina. Photography classes teach techniques such as lighting, exposure and composition, posing and unposing, portrait capture, and other photography fundamentals. Maturing into an experienced photographer can pave the road to a successful professional career or lifelong hobby.
There are numerous Photography Classes in Hemingway SC:
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We are a nonprofit organization providing supports to people with developmental needs from birth through adulthood. It's our goal to be able to provide comprehensive supports for as little or as long as they are needed.
To provide those supports necessary to enable people with developmental needs to live as independently and fully as they desire within the community.Our Mission >
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We offer both full and part time positions with a variety of shift options.Our Team >
The S. June Smith Center opened in 1965, The residential services emerged in the 1970's, and the 1980's saw adult day programing join the mix. Today we arOur History >
Services start at birth and are utilized by some briefly and others until public school services take over. Many alumnae rejoin us after graduation to utilize our adult day services and residential options.
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144,000 NOT THE BRIDE OF CHRIST; 144,000 JEWS NOT GENTILES Part 1
144,000 NOT THE BRIDE OF CHRIST; 144,000 JEWS NOT GENTILE Part 2
These are the videos I just did regarding the 144,000 that will minister through the Tribulation. This is not The Bride of Christ for these Witnesses are clearly stated in the Bible as being Jewish male virgins from the 12 Tribes of Jacob. These specially chosen are just as the Bible speaks – Jewish for they will be anointed by the Lord to seek out the Jews all over the world, but especially in Israel.
What I'm about to say should be "common-sense knowledge" regarding the strong firm beliefs of Judaism – they will NEVER RECEIVE TEACHING OF THEIR COMING SAVIOR/MESSIAH FROM A GENTILE! NEVER! A Jew will only accept teaching of this from another Jew or Jews. Now, this Special Remnant that the Lord has kept "for Himself" is the line He has saved, kept supernaturally protected and has "hidden" until the time He shall appoint them in their Walk/Assignment. The Holy Spirit will not be on the earth at this time so you can imagine the difficulty the Spirit will have when trying to remove their "Spiritual Blindness". How hard is now when the Holy Spirit is still upon this earth? Okay, now you are getting a clearer picture! The Jewish People have been waiting for thousands of years for their "Messiah" as they did not believe then nor do they believe now that it was in fact our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. They have been waiting…and waiting…and waiting…so you have to truly, fully understand this is the time that God will turn His Face back to Israel and REMOVE THE SCALES FROM THEIR EYES! He will now ALLOW them to see who Jesus really was and still is but it will be through the Pure Chosen Line that God has kept for Himself…a Jewish Remnant saved for such as time as this. This cannot come from Gentiles.
The Bride of Christ will too come back to help those who were Spiritually Blind and yes, that number could too be 144,000, although I truly think in my heart that number will be much higher, maybe not, only the Lord Himself knows this number. But, we, The Bride, will be sent to those who the Lord appoints us to and where He places our feet around this world. These are 2 separate groups that are sent out to Witness and bring to the Kingdom of God, His Kingdom in Heaven. We will have our own "group" to minister too – the Gentiles, and the Jewish will witness to the "Jews".


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Cerebral Palsy
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What is Cerebral Palsy?
Cerebral palsy is a group of disorders characterized by loss of movement and/or loss of other nerve functions. It is caused by injuries to the brain that occur during fetal development or during labor or birth. The United Stated Cerebral Palsy Associations estimate that more than 500,000 Americans have cerebral palsy.
There is no cure for cerebral palsy. It occurs in roughly two to four babies for every 1,000 births. The expenses of medical procedures, special education, orthopedic braces and other appliances can be overwhelming.
Cerebral palsy can be caused by medical providers failing to provide adequate care.
What Kinds of Actions on the Part of the Medical Provider Could Cause Cerebral Palsy?
- Improper use of labor-inducing drugs (e.g., Pitocin)
- Failure to act on changes in the condition of the fetus during labor
- Failure to act on changes in the mother's condition during pregnancy
- Failure to perform a cesarean section in the presence of fetal distress
- Failure to order specific tests during pregnancy, and/or not correctly interpreting these tests
- Excessive use of vacuum extraction
- Lack of oxygen to the brain or trauma to the head during labor and delivery [1]
Early signs of inadequate medical care or brain injury can include the following symptoms or factors:
- The infant demonstrates poor sucking after birth
- The infant has seizures within 24 to 48 hours
- The infant is floppy at birth
- The infant's skin is blue, or dusky at birth
- The infant requires resuscitation because he or she is not breathing
- There is no family history of brain damage
- There was no indication of trauma or infection during pregnancy
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If you believe a doctor's error could have caused your child's cerebral palsy, you should seek qualified legal help immediately. Call Brown & Crouppen toll free at 877-448-5415 for a free case evaluation today or use our contact form online.
You only have a limited time period in which you can file – but the costs of caring for a child with cerebral palsy continue indefinitely, so don't wait to protect your child's interests.
[1] http://www.cerebralpalsy.org/cerebral-palsy-causes/birth-injury
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