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The 10 Best Earplugs For Musicians
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Colorado Springs, CO – May 10, 2018 - These lightweight and comfortable earplugs will filter harmful, excessive noise, while still allowing you to hear instruments and vocals clearly...
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Just in time for Back to School uKloo Kids, Inc. brings you the children's literacy game Early Reader Treasure Hunt. Developed as a reading game with the help of teachers, parents, kids, and special needs family testers, kids use clues and a "picture helper" poster to search and follow directions to the next clue. As they go along, they build sight word recognition, learn basic sentence structure and more!
My son loved that he was able to move around while playing and he enjoyed following a set of directions. I enjoy the fact that this game is an alternative to books and provides a way for my kids to problem solve.
Clues are laid out around the house and once your child finds a clue it will lead him or her to the next clue. When they reach the end, your child will find a special surprise of your choice! I left my son some stickers. There are also 3 levels of cards to differentiate the learning and some blank cards so you can create your own clues.
This game is suitable for all children, including:
- Beginner Readers
- Young Readers
- Reluctant Readers
- ADHD Children
- Autistic Kids
- English as a second language students
Check out how to play uKloo Early Reader Treasure Hunt game here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ3CAELUB44&feature=youtu.be
Where will you hide your clues from uKloo?
*DISCLAIMER: Any opinions stated are strictly my own. I was sent the above item by uKloo to help facilitate my review. All photos used in this post are courtesy of uKloo.*

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Individual Emergency Cash Grants
If you are looking for individual emergency cash grants from the government to pay for personal items, you may be out of luck. However, there are other ways you can receive emergency financial assistance, though most require research and careful review of the fine print.
Individual Cash Grant Options
A grant is not a loan or entitlement which needs to be paid back. Rather, it is money given to an individual in dire need of financial aid. While it may seem like easy cash, grants are not given to just anyone. There is often a litany of requirements which need to be met prior to receiving emergency cash grants. Fortunately, there are a few entities that provide for those in desperate need of emergency funds, including:
U.S. Government
The federal government is a good place to start when researching individual cash grants. Unfortunately, you won't find Uncle Sam doling out free money to be used at your discretion. Rather, monetary aid is available to individuals who have lost their home due to disasters, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and fire. Emergency grant money is allocated to cover costs related to finding temporary shelter, food and clothing. It may also be used to pay for traveling expenses incurred if you are forced to relocate.
Religious Agencies
The Jewish Federation's Emergency Cash Grants Program helps families in the Jewish community make ends meet when times are especially tough. The cash grants are awarded to individuals who are found to be in urgent need of financial support. Grant applications can be found at Beit T'Shuvah, Jewish Free Loan Association, Milken JCC and Tomchei Shabbos.
Catholic Charities also offers emergency financial assistance to those in dire straits. However, you don't need to be a baptized Catholic in order to receive emergency grants. The group awards cash to impoverished individuals and families and those who have suffered major catastrophe, especially natural disasters.
Applying for a Cash Grant
When applying for an emergency cash grant it is vital that you follow the directions printed on the formal application. In most cases you will also have to provide valid picture identification in the form of a driver's license or passport. However, since grants are not loans, you will not have to worry about the agency running a credit check or asking for collateral or a co-signer. That's good news for individuals who may have less than stellar credit or have filed for bankruptcy in the past. Even if you have declared bankruptcy in the past, typically you would still be eligible for emergency grant money from major entities. In addition, if you are awarded an emergency cash grant from the government, you will not have to pay taxes on it.
Other Ways to Get Emergency Cash
If you are in need of financial assistance due to low or no income, there are other ways you can make ends meet even if you don't meet the requirements for an emergency cash grant. Options include:
- Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program: This government program provides rental assistance for the needy.
- Food Stamps: This program is run locally and funded by the federal government. It is designed to help families facing economic hardships to get free food up to a certain dollar amount depending on need.
- Energy Assistance: This program aids low-income individuals who are unable to afford electricity or heat. It offers financial aid to cover energy bills and is typically paid directly to the local utility company.
Beware of Scams
Individuals in dire need of money often become prey for scammers. Regardless of how desperate you are for cash to make ends meet, do not fall for swindlers requiring you to pay for information regarding government cash grants. If you need help with your bills, it is best to contact non-profit organizations or official government agencies who will provide information on specialized programs and direct you to reputable resources for free.


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The general strategy adopted by most present-day competitive bodybuilders is to make muscle gains for most of the year (known as the "off-season") and, approximately 12–14 weeks from competition, lose a maximum of body fat (referred to as "cutting") while preserving as much muscular mass as possible. The bulking phase entails remaining in a net positive energy balance (calorie surplus). The amount of a surplus in which a person remains is based on the person's goals, as a bigger surplus and longer bulking phase will create more fat tissue. The surplus of calories relative to one's energy balance will ensure that muscles remain in a state of anabolism.
Overtraining occurs when a bodybuilder has trained to the point where his workload exceeds his recovery capacity. There are many reasons why overtraining occurs, including lack of adequate nutrition, lack of recovery time between workouts, insufficient sleep, and training at a high intensity for too long (a lack of splitting apart workouts). Training at a high intensity too frequently also stimulates the central nervous system (CNS) and can result in a hyperadrenergic state that interferes with sleep patterns.[52] To avoid overtraining, intense frequent training must be met with at least an equal amount of purposeful recovery. Timely provision of carbohydrates, proteins, and various micronutrients such as vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, even nutritional supplements are acutely critical. A mental disorder, informally called "bigorexia" (by analogy with anorexia), may account for overtraining in some individuals. Sufferers feel as if they are never big enough or muscular enough, which forces them to overtrain in order to try and reach their goal physique.[53] https://www.pinterest.com/NewBeginningsToHealth/


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Well, it was a toss up between this one from the Daily Pundit and 'Woman Kicked Off Plane For Breastfeeding.' Anyway, its kind of an interactive invitation to post comments about ready and willing real estate buyers who choose to stand on the sidelines for now for the obvious (bubble?) reasons.
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Yesterday I received a newsletter announcing the new layout of Leica's photo sharing platform, Leica Fotopark. I tried it out and here I will write about some of the changes and glitches. The background of this post is this. I didn't want to write this in the first paragraph, but I spent the last two hours… Continue reading My point of view. The New Fotopark
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#5 Kaleidoscope – La Défense
20th January 2014 After I visited The Louvre, and tried to catch as many good angles, I decided to finally grab a bite and go and see The La Dèfense. During that trip I think it was the first or second time when I took the metro. Even though I love walking around when I… Continue reading #5 Kaleidoscope – La Défense
#3 Kaleidoscope – Louvre Pyramid
Towards the end of January 2014, I went on a trip to France. I was very determined to spend a lot of time taking pictures. After all, Paris is one of the most photogenic places. With the last statement I wouldn't agree as much right now but, at that time, it was quite right. Lots… Continue reading #3 Kaleidoscope – Louvre Pyramid
#2 Kaleidoscope
11th May 2014 After the first "exercise" ( here if you missed it), how I like to call it, I realized that, somehow, because of the taste for architecture and geometry, I had plenty of similar composed images that were having the same potential. I know that architects, or my architecture teachers at least, nowadays are… Continue reading #2 Kaleidoscope
#1 Kaleidoscope
10th May 2014, I went to a photowalk organized by my favorite photo group in Bucharest, Bucurestiul Meu Drag ("My Dear Bucharest"). The starting point was very familiar, in the central area, just next to Victoria Square, but shortly after the surroundings started looking less and less familiar as we went further within the urban fabric. At one of the… Continue reading #1 Kaleidoscope


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Displaying the Registration Number and Registration Decals
If your vessel requires registration, it is illegal to operate it or allow others to operate your vessel unless it is registered and numbered as described below.
The registration number and registration decals must be displayed as follows:
- Number must be painted, applied as a decal, or otherwise affixed to the forward half of each side of the vessel, placed to be clearly visible.
- Number must read from left to right on both sides of the bow.
- Number must be in at least three-inch-high, bold, vertical, BLOCK characters.
- Number's color must contrast sharply with its background.
- Letters must be separated from the numbers by a space or hyphen: WN 3717 ZW or WN-3717-ZW.
- No other numbers may be displayed on either side of the bow.
- Current year decals only must be affixed on each side of the bow, toward the stern of the registration number and in line with the number.


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The Marten Bequest
Travelling scholarships from The Marten Bequest are administered by the Australia Council on behalf of Perpetual as trustee. The scholarships provide financial support in a number of disciplines to help talented Australian artists achieve their dreams.
John Chisholm Marten (1908 – 1966) was born in Kent, England and moved to Australia at a young age, residing in Sydney for his adult life. John Marten was a theatrical artist and well known for his appreciation and support of the arts community.
John was actively involved in many different art forms, he was trained in Spanish dancing and served in the merchant navy during the war. John also co-authored The Bali Ballet Murders with Cornelius Conyn which was published in Australia, London and also translated into Dutch and published in the Netherlands. (This novel can be found at the Mitchell Library A823/C768/IAI)
A strong advocate for the artistic capabilities of young Australians, he understood the costs involved in study and training programs. In light of this, Marten established through a charitable trust, The Marten Bequest.
Travelling scholarships from The Marten Bequest offer talented young artists the chance to explore, study and develop their artistic gifts through travelling either overseas or interstate.
For more information visit the Australia Council website.


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Shortly after we moved to our house in Nolensville 24 years ago we happened to look out toward the north one night and saw something odd. There were several bright lights just above the horizon that appeared to be stationary. Claire and I joked about being invaded by aliens, but we really weren't sure what those lights were. Eventually we realized that they were the landing lights of airliners that were making their approach to the airport. While they appeared to be stationary, they were actually moving toward us. But until we realized it, we were asking ourselves, "What is it?" When we are unfamiliar with things, we tend to ask, "What is it?"
None of us, however, do this when it comes to familiar things or people. We don't go home to our spouse or child and say, "Who are you anyway?" We don't go to our home and say, "I wonder who lives here?" Why? Because we know these things and these people. Yet in Mark 4, we read that the disciples ask this very question, "Who is this?" about Jesus. They thought they knew who he was until something happened that caused them to wonder, "Who is this anyway?" Let's read Mark 4:30-41.
I. The setting of the storm is described in verses 35-37.
Jesus had been very busy teaching the people about the Kingdom of God. Now it is at the end of the day and Jesus quite simply needs a break. The pressure of the crowds had become so great that he wanted to get away. He tells the disciples to sail to the east side of the Sea of Galilee, leaving the crowds behind. As soon as they were away from shore, Jesus fell sound asleep in the stern of the boat. How good to know that Jesus, the Lord of wind and waves, was also a human being who grew tired and weary and needed sleep as we do. But Jesus' sleep is also the sleep of trust and the restful sleep of those who have full faith in God.
Is there a deeper significance to this storm? Historically this storm was viewed by early Christians as a symbol of persecution in the early church. Christians in Mark's day were facing death and severe hardships for their faith. And so historically, this storm has been used to describe the threats of various kinds that Christians must face in their lives. Today we too face many different storms in our lives that come unexpectedly. There is an accident or a doctor says that we have a disease that threatens us. Or there is a lost job or a salary cut or large unexpected expenses.
The disciples respond, understandably, by being terrified! These seasoned fishermen had likely weathered many storms on this lake before. But this one was so severe that even these seasoned sailors were terrified. Waves were crashing over the boat and it was filling up with water. And in the midst of all this, there is Jesus – sleeping in the boat. And so the disciples cry, "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?" This is a cry of anger and rebuke against Jesus. They believed that Jesus obviously didn't care if they lived or died! While they did go to Jesus for help, this shows that they are really not trusting in him. They didn't expect Jesus to do anything expect perhaps share their fear. He could at least wake up and wring his hands with them.
III. Jesus' tender rebuke is given in verses 40-41.
Notice that Jesus doesn't rebuke them for being afraid during the storm. That is important for us to realize as we face storms in our lives. We serve a great God, but a God who also understands our fears. He doesn't rebuke us either for being afraid of life's storms. We need not be afraid of expressing our fear when we face hard times. It is okay for us to say, "I'm afraid of my illness or injury." It is okay for us to say, "I'm lonely or struggling with something." It is okay for us to say, "I'm sad or grieving a loss in my life. Jesus understands when the storms of life make us afraid of what is going to happen. But while we may express our fears, we must also trust God in them.
For Jesus does rebuke them for still being afraid after he had removed the threat. Jesus says, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?" He had saved them from drowning and they are still afraid. Why were they still so terrified after the storm was calmed? Well, they were beginning to realize who it was that they were following. They were given in this event a deeper understanding of who Jesus was and that was deeply disturbing to them. These disciples were schooled in the Old Testament. The Old Testament clearly teaches that God is the Creator of all. But the Old Testament also makes it very clear that the Creator God is also One who controls the earth. God pushed back the waters of the Red Sea and the Jordan River to let the Israelites pass. God can change things in nature; there was no question about that. Now Jesus had done something that they knew only God could do.
So, filled with awe, they ask: "Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!" I imagine the question, "Who is this?" is a question they kept on asking themselves. They probably asked it when Jesus was being tried and beaten. They must have asked it when Jesus rose again. They must have wondered it when Jesus returned to heaven again. Who is this who does the things of God and yet is one of us? Only after the Spirit was given, would they realize that Jesus was God's Son who not only saved them from physical harm, he also had saved them for eternal life. Jesus is the One who saves people from destruction, both physical and spiritual.
Our Lord is far more amazing and greater than what we can imagine. Karl Barth confessed to a recurring dream of himself arriving at heaven's gates pulling a child's red wagon, in which were neatly stacked all his writings. As he interpreted the dream, all of his knowledge and theologizing was but child's play when compared to God's greatness and grace. We think we have God figured out and then he does something that causes us to wonder and marvel at his greatness. The passage ends with the question ringing in our ears, "Who is this?"
IV. And so what is our response to the God of wind and waves?
Our response is to be filled with awe but not the terror as the disciples felt. We should not cringe in fear because if we believe that Jesus is our Savior, then we know that the great God is also our Father. We are not to be afraid of God, but we must be in awe of who God is. We must have a sense of awe as we think of God's grace has shown to us in Jesus. It should be truly amazing to us that God should send his only Son to die for us. That amazing act of salvation goes far beyond quieting the wind and waves. And we must have a sense of awe of what God continues to do for his people. God is still the God of the wind and waves. Our great God and loving Father can do all things, no matter what we may face.
Often we believe that God can do many great things, but we don't really expect him to do so for us. "God, you can raise Jesus from the dead, but you can't help me with this issue." "God, you created the world and control everything in it, but this problem is too big for you." We must continue to learn that God can help us and desires to help us. In fact, God will do what is truly best for us. God will act in mercy and compassion and help those who ask for help. Now that doesn't mean that God will always give us just what we want. God doesn't always heal the disease or restore the wounds or remove the pain. But God will do what is truly best for us because he loves us. We must have the faith that no matter what storms we may encounter in life, Jesus, who calmed the wind and waves, will calm us and give us peace. God is with us and he can certainly make the storms go away. And even if the storms don't go away, he will give us the grace and peace to endure them.
We may wonder where the love of God goes when we are in the midst of life's storms. Martin Luther was once asked, "Where will you be, Brother Martin, when church, state, princes and people turn against you?" Luther answered: "Why, then as now, in the hands of Almighty God." The question is will we look to him to help us in the storms we face?


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I saw this place across the street from Campagnolo and thought, "Middle-eastern kebab burgers?!" After closer inspection and some googling I realized it was Korean rice burgers, and nothing to do with kebabs. Continue reading Korean Rice Burgers at Kobob Burger on Main St.
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Chicken Pho at Cafe Phin
I've been craving a bit of northern Vietnamese-style chicken pho ever since having it at Turtle Tower in San Francisco. I've heard about Cafe Phin on Denman for a while but haven't had the opportunity to try it until a recent sunny Spring lunch. Continue reading Chicken Pho at Cafe Phin
Food Crush: Alice's Brown Bag Tasting from Les Amis du Fromage
One surefire way to reinvigorate your tired culinary life is to let someone else make the decisions for you! As much as I love eating the same stinky Epoisse and intensely nutty Extra Aged Mimolette, I was stuck in a bit of a cheese rut. So when I saw these "brown bags" on Les Amis du Fromage's Facebook page, it got me excited to try something new. Continue reading Food Crush: Alice's Brown Bag Tasting from Les Amis du Fromage
Getting My Tail Kicked at Longtail Kitchen
I love the accomplished Thai cooking in a casual atmosphere that Longtail Kitchen excels at. We went for a late lunch/early dinner on a Sunday afternoon. Since we got there around 3:00pm, we thought why not try their Chef's Menu?
(See previous Longtail Kitchen posts here.) Continue reading Getting My Tail Kicked at Longtail Kitchen
You're Such A Tease!! Dinner at Burdock & Co.
We've been meaning to get back to Burdock & Co. for dinner after having a great brunch a while back. One thing that kicked our asses into gear was reading that Burdock won the Silver Award for Vancouver Magazine's Best New Restaurant, so we thought that we'd better get in there before it's slammed! (Farmer's Apprentice won Gold, so uhhh, good luck getting in!) Continue reading You're Such A Tease!! Dinner at Burdock & Co.
I just had to try the oysters in Toronto, didn't I? Toronto – June 2013
I was in Toronto for a work conference and Wicca tagged along. We only stayed for a couple extra days but what a time we had! Continue reading I just had to try the oysters in Toronto, didn't I? Toronto – June 2013
Portlandiapalooza at Rio Theatre: Artisan Grilled Cheese & Portland Beers
The Rio Theatre on Broadway near Commercial held a Portlandia marathon called Portlandiapalooza, featuring "artisan grilled cheese" and special Portland beers. I had a super-fun time and could've stayed a lot longer than I did. Continue reading Portlandiapalooza at Rio Theatre: Artisan Grilled Cheese & Portland Beers
A Tale of Two Mac 'n Cheeses: Milestones vs Kessel&March
Whatever your feelings about Vancouver Foodster, he was running a Mac 'n Cheese Challenge and mac 'n cheese is a GREAT THING. I didn't get to try at least three kinds (minimum required to be able to vote in the contest) but I did manage to try two…Milestones and Kessel&March. First up, Milestones on Robson.
*Contest is over and winners have been announced here. Kessel&March won in the Media Judge category! 🙂 Continue reading A Tale of Two Mac 'n Cheeses: Milestones vs Kessel&March
What Does an $8 Sourdough Loaf Taste Like? Nelson the Seagull in Gastown
I was stuck in a bread rut, always going back to Swiss Bakery's par-baked baguettes. Great baguettes with an almost-thin but robust crust and (on a good day) a crumb with great varied crumb structure and deep, complex, satisfying flavour with a hint of natural sourdough tang. I said "on a good day" because some batches seem to be deeper and richer than others. I'm not sure what magical yeasty voodoo happens in the back room at Swiss Bakery, but sometimes when I buy their par-baked baguettes (either from Swiss Bakery themselves or at Les Amis du Fromage), they taste a bit flat and one-note, but other times they're a gorgeous, sweet, rich, multi-sensory experience.
Well, anyways, I'm now on the lookout for another bread experience that really hits my bread button. So after buying chocolate from East Van Roasters, I came across Nelson the Seagull, which is a cafe in Gastown that also bakes their own bread. Continue reading What Does an $8 Sourdough Loaf Taste Like? Nelson the Seagull in Gastown
Cacao! Bean-to-Bar Comes to Vancouver: East Van Roasters
Is it worth it to be so fussy about chocolate?
Single-origin chocolate? Wooo, hoo, la-di-fuckin'-da, you hipster!
I'm not a huge fan of sweets or dessert, but I do love some plain dark chocolate once in a while. Maybe a dark chocolate with chili added 😉 I love the single-origin, bean-to-bar concept. You get to taste chocolate in one of its purest forms, without distraction. Doing side-by-side tastings is super fun and you'll be amazed at the different flavours and sensations going on with chocolate from different regions. One of my few previous experiences with true single-origin, bean-to-bar chocolate was Dandelion Chocolate in San Francisco (as described in this SF post). Amazing chocolate. So when I learned that Vancouver has its own bean-to-bar chocolate place, East Van Roasters, I had to check it out! Continue reading Cacao! Bean-to-Bar Comes to Vancouver: East Van Roasters


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NYC Horse and Carriage Rides
Hi. Heading up November 10-16, what is the best price I can get for a carriage ride around Central Park? Any recommended companies? Thanks.
by Deborah Berry (United States)
NYC Insider Guide Answer:
Great question as there is a lot of confusion around Carriage Ride prices. You can find the hidden details along with current regulations on Carriage Ride prices here.
The carriages that sit outside Central Park and pick up passengers have fixed pricing mandated by the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs, which is who licenses the Hansom Cab Drivers. Those prices are for a set 1.5 mile route that takes, on average, 20 minutes.
Private Central Park Carriage Rides
There are also private Horse and Carriage Tours (by Central Park Sighteeing), who offer more flexible and longer tours, somewhat nicer Hansom Cabs and allow you to make reservations in advance.
More from NYC Insider Guide
- One Day in NYC with Kids (itinerary includes Carriage Ride)
- Visiting New York City with Kids
- Things to Do in New York With Kids
- Romantic New York City Vacation
- Central Park Guide
- New York City Tours


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It's the same excrement, different 24-hour cycle. You get up way earlier than you would like to, get in your car to get through an hour long commute and arrive at your work grumpy before you've even started. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of people who enjoy what they do, but there are… Continue reading How to get through a rough day at work
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Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World review
When you think of Nintendo, you think of Mario. But don't forget that there are plenty of other characters in the Mushroom Kingdom. Most of these characters have their own spin-off games and Mario's loyal dinosaur Yoshi is no exception. After Yoshi's Woolly World for the Wii U, Nintendo brings us Poochy and Yoshi's Woolly… Continue reading Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World review
Best free video editing software for Windows
Picture this. You're looking for some free video editing software and want to find out which one is the best. Sounds pretty easy, right? Just Google 'Free Video Editor' and you're good to go. Well, you might be mistaking. I've decided to take a leap into the world of free video editors for you to… Continue reading Best free video editing software for Windows


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TiffinTown Books is a social enterprise that seeks to revolutionize the way children read.
Singapore -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/28/2017 --On Nov. 18, 2017, TiffinTown Books launched its Kickstarter campaign, which will last till Dec. 22, to fund its AR children's books series and quarterly eMagazines on diverse women with early bird prices for the first 100 buyers.
These books, created in collaboration with the London-based studio Augmented Reality, help children invite these women into their lives. Augmented Reality functions as a portable landscape, a digital interface into which virtual objects can be inserted. AR is a flexible and promising medium, and TiffinTown Books is adopting it to add context and fun to its stories. Readers simply find the AR pages, open their app and point their cellphone cameras at the pages. Then they can watch the characters come to life on their devices.
"One of our goals with this project is to normalize the excellence of women, and AR brings all these iconic moments in our women's lives closer than ever to our young readers," said Ms. Sneha Subramanian, 25, co-founder of TiffinTown Books., "there is a lot we want to further develop down the road."
12 books will be released each year, each illustrated by a different artist. The books tell the extraordinary tales of diverse women and their contributions to the world, separated into seven categories: scientists, artists, athletes, activists, business leaders, politicians, and explorers.
The first four books tell the stories of Josephine Baker, an iconic African-American dancer and civil rights activist; Ruth Harkness, fashion-designer turned explorer who brought the first panda to America and sparked public interest in panda conservation; and Eugenie Clark, a leading ichthyologist who championed marine conservation. A surprise book on an influential chef is planned a well.
"We wanted to share the stories of these amazing women, because they do exist and we want children today to know about them," said Ms. Gladys Ng, 23, co-founder of TiffinTown Books. "There has been a great push for diverse representation, but we really want to close the gap even more."
Less than 33% of children's books in any given year featured an adult woman [1], and only 22% of children's books featured people of color [2]. The time to tell these stories is now.
The start-up is also producing Tiffiners Magazine, a quarterly eMagazine that seeks to contextualize these women lives and educate children on cultural, scientific, and historical themes using animated graphics and interactive games.
Passionate about giving back to society, TiffinTown Books will contribute a percentage of all books revenue to an organization aligned with the work of the woman featured.
About TiffinTown Books
Founded by Sneha Subramanian and Gladys Ng in 2017, TiffinTown Books creates illustrated stories of tenacious heroines from around the world and combines them with Augmented Reality technology to rekindle in children the joy of reading and the courage to forge their own paths.
Feel free to contact us for more information.
You can reach us at:
Gladys Ng, Co-Founder
(+65) 9880-3874
12 Eastwood Walk, Singapore 486437


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How to Avoid Jail Time Even When You Don't Have Money for Bail Bonds
Getting arrested will most likely mean you will stay behind bars while waiting for your bail hearing schedule. Things could go south even further if you or your loved ones have no immediate cash available to post your bail bond, which will allow you temporary freedom. In such a difficult moment, you first need to calm yourself, think straight, and go for the most effective solution: Contact a bail bondsman who can help a lot in getting you out of jail. But if you don't have any available funds, you would be forced to stay behind bars while waiting for your court hearing—a scary prospect to contemplate.
We will help you find a trusted and reliable bail bond agent in Orlando who can post the required bail to allow you to get out of jail.
What Exactly is a Bail Bond?
A bail bond is a guarantee presented by a bonding company so the accused may be released from jail and wait for their next court hearing outside of the bars.
The bail bond is applicable to both criminal and civil charges.
A criminal bail bond comes into play in criminal cases. You are still presumed innocent until proven guilty. However, the judge needs a guarantee that you will appear in court to face your accuser; hence, the need to post bail.
The same justification applies with the civil bail bonds. These offer surety on the debts, interests, and costs imposed on the defendant.
Why do I Need a Bail Bond?
A bail bondsman provides your biggest hope of not enduring a miserable time in jail at a time when you don't have sufficient money to pay for your temporary freedom. As is common in many states, the bail bond rate is set at only 10% of the bail amount, which means that you only need this amount to get out of jail. It therefore makes it smart to look for a bondsman in your city if you need to bail a loved one out without having to spend a lot of money for his or her release. In any case, the most important thing is to get you out of jail, and for that you need to find a reliable bondsman in your area. you agree to the contract, you can just sit tight and wait for the bonding company to post the bail on your behalf.
Now, remember that court proceedings can be quite messy, and because of this, you will benefit greatly from the assistance of a bonding company. For instance, all things being equal, two persons who committed the same crime will have very different bail amounts. On the upside, you don't have to worry about filing the paperwork or dealing with court staff because the agent will handle all that.
Chances are, you will not want the court to form a bad opinion of you, so when you present yourself before a job, it pays a lot to look as professional as possible. A bail bondsman is your safest bet to make this happen. In contrast, when you are out on bail, you can dress smartly and make a good impact on the court.
Also, the bondsman can help you maneuver around the complex judicial proceedings. It's more convenient to hire their services rather than deal with the court on your own.
How Does the Bail Bonds Process Work?
Finding the right bail agent is important. We have a shortlist of names that have proven themselves out in the field. Given the strict adherence to professionalism, a bail bondsman will gladly walk you through the bail process and iron out any reservations that you might have. The bondsman will then offer to post the bail bond on your behalf in return for an affordable service fee. With the help of the bondsman, you can heave a sigh of relief, walk out of jail, and enjoy the company of your loved ones once again. Within hours, following the action taken by your bondsman, you can walk out of jail, a free man once again.
It is important to be aware of the time element in the entire process. So when you are fully satisfied with the explanation of the bail agent, the bail agent will work to comply with all that is needed for your or your loved one's release.
Always make sure to provide the bail bondsman with accurate information of the defendant's name, date of birth, and the place or the city where the arrest happened. The bond will continue to be in force until the court hands down its ruling, or if the defendant is arrested for another offense or dies.
What Information Should I Have When Contacting a Bail Bondsman?
Before you get in touch with a bonding company, make sure to provide the following information accurately:
- The full name of the defendant
- The prison that holds that defendant
- The booking number
- The charges
- Any other relevant information you can think of
What Does a Bondsman Accept as Collateral?
Your lack of immediate cash is the primary reason why you are seeking the help of a bail bondsman. If you don't have enough cash, you can also put up some of your assets as collateral.
Below are a few examples:
- Real estate
- Cars
- Credit cards
- Stocks
- Bonds
- Jewelry
- Personal credit
- Bank accounts
If you find that the bond is too steep, bail bonds companies have financial payment options in place that you can avail. Just talk to the representative to determine which option is the best one for your situation.
Expect the bail agent to offer you a fair repayment plan that is within your means to pay. Connect with a trusted bail bondsman in Orlando through our website. You or your representative can take your pick from the bonding companies listed in our website. Most of them are open for business 24/7. Through our website, you can find a trustworthy bail bondsman in Orlando who will assist you in securing your freedom once again.
Orlando Jails
Orange County Jail
3723 Vision Blvd
Orlando, FL 32839
Seminole County Jail
211 Bush Blvd
Sanford, FL 32773
Osceola County Jail
402 Simpson Rd
Kissimmee, FL 34744
Lake County Jail
551 W Main St
Tavares, FL 32778
Orlando Courts
Orange County Court
425 N. Orange Ave
Orlando, FL 32801
Seminole County Court
101 Bush Blvd
Sanford, FL 32773
Osceola County Court
2 Courthouse Sq #2000
Kissimmee, FL 34741
Lake County Court
550 W. Main St.
Tavares, FL 32778
Types of Bonds
- Appeal Bonds
- Appearance Bonds
- Cash Bonds
- DWI Bonds
- Federal Bonds
- Felony Bonds
- Immigration Bonds
- Misdemeanor Bonds
- Non-Arrest Bonds
- Surety Bonds
- Traffic Bonds
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Smoked Rice
One of the most powerful life lessons I've learned came from the kitchen, and my grandfather quite accidentally taught it.
It must have been 1988 or 1989. I was in high school then, and came back home daily from school to an empty condo in Mexico City. My mom worked until the evening and I had to cook for myself every day, even though I didn't know how to.
On one occasion my grandfather, Jose, came over to wait for my dad. They were going to a doctor's appointment. I was happy that he was there. He was a pleasing old man, gentle, warm, and always in a good mood.
In my eagerness to please him, I offered him some rice that I was about to cook. He said that he was hungry too and that he would eat with me. Being only about sixteen and having cooked rice only once or twice, I proceeded to attempt steaming it on the stove. I must have applied too much heat and not enough water, because after a few minutes the whole condo was filled with smoke. My rice was a smelly mess of hard-burned grains on the bottom and half-cooked grains on the top.
My main concern was my grandfather. Perhaps now he would be upset or make fun of me and laugh at my ineptitude. But instead he said, "It's OK Mario, hurry up and clean it up. I won't tell your father!"
In just a few words he showed me his love and acceptance. He did not judge me or criticize me. He was not concerned about his food. He was more concerned about me not getting in trouble. And that selflessness has stayed with me ever since. He passed away a decade ago at the age of 91, yet I always remember with love and admiration. With that kind of acceptance I was able to grow up with confidence. I could screw up and still be OK, after all.


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For consumers, there has never been so much choice when it comes to working out what to buy and how, but this represents a real challenge for retailers. In the past, competing with your rivals generally took place on the high street, and the market was dominated by established brands and department stores, but technology has been changing consumer behaviour in the fashion industry recently.
Staying ahead of the latest trends is the key to survival, and we have already seen some big changes as famous names have disappeared from the high street thanks to disruptive activities from up-and-coming brands like Boohoo, MissGuided and Pretty Little Thing. This is because they've found ways to engage the modern fashion consumer and benefit from the stay-at-home economy.
How Has The Stay-At-Home Economy Changed Fashion?
The stay-at-home economy has seen consumers increasingly steering clear of the high street and using digital devices to buy food, clothes, etc. The ability to skip the shops and stay at home to browse the bargains and latest trends on your phone has revolutionised the fashion world, despite the obvious drawback of not being able to try clothes on when you're at home and they're in a warehouse.
So far, retailers have simply had to make their returns policy as easy as possible so that customers don't feel like they're taking much of a risk when purchasing, but Amazon is aiming to take that even further with the launch of its Amazon Prime Wardrobe option. This Wardrobe is designed not to store your clothes but to help you try on new clothes without going into a store.
Customers can select at least three items of clothing (up to a maximum of 15), which will be delivered in a resealable, returnable box, meaning that once they've tried the clothes on, they can send back any that they don't want, with a courier picking the box up. The concept is clearly to go the extra mile to encourage customers to feel like they're getting the same benefits from shopping at home as they would in a store.
At the moment Wardrobe is only in beta and will be available to Prime members alone, but if Amazon makes it a success, it wouldn't be a surprise to see more online retailers following suit. What's more, it isn't Amazon's first attempt to position itself at the heart of the stay-at-home economy for fashion, as it launched the Echo Look earlier this year, an AI-style assistant designed to help customers choose what to wear from their own wardrobes.
Which Trends Are Coming Next?
With consumers happy to stay at home and browse, getting them engaged with your brand is becoming ever more essential and the possibilities are growing. Some brands are crowdsourcing designs, as adidas recently did with Manchester United's third kit, giving football fans the chance to design a kit that will be worn by the stars (and of course be available to purchase). Meanwhile, crowdfunding is growing in popularity for designers looking to get their products to market. The two may be at opposite ends of the scale in terms of size, but both are using digital to get consumers invested in their products.
Adidas has also embraced technology in its fast fashion NEO stores, with several of them having interactive mirrors that allow consumers to get their social media friends involved in the decision process before buying a new outfit. They just snap the photo, post it to their feeds and their mates can chip in with their thoughts. This approach makes digital a fundamental part of the in-store experience, combining elements of what Amazon is trying to bring to the stay-at-home market.
If the high street wants to fight back, this kind of technological innovation is what it needs to embrace, bringing social and digital interactivity into the process of actually visiting the shops. Burberry has equipped its store staff with iPads to help make the experience of shopping there more like online shopping in terms of what can be offered, ordered and customised, and already 10% of orders in the London store are made via the devices.
There are still some elements of the market that are as yet small in terms of footprint, but which could see dramatic growth as trends shift, like subscription fashion, which takes the personalisation to the next level by getting consumers to sign up, like they would to Netflix or Spotify. The most famous of these is Rent The Runway, which had over 6m subscribers by October 2016, and allows them to rent designer dresses for four days or eight days for a greatly reduced price.
However, in a twist to the general trends on display here, Rent The Runway has actually opened physical stores to offer customers the kind of personal assistance in the flesh that remains impossible online. That demonstrates the contradiction that remains in this area, which is that all of the digital personalisation currently available still doesn't replace the personal approach of seeing, touching and trying on clothes in a store or getting advice from a shop assistant or personal stylist or even friends or family.
Nor does it yet replace the ability to go into a physical shop at the last minute needing an item of clothing for that very evening with the confidence that it will fit. Technology is changing the way we do many things, including the way we behave as fashion consumers, but there's certainly still a place for the high street, with perhaps a blend of offline and online being the way forward.
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I met Farmer Colin Hawkins on the banks of the River Frome more than thirty years ago, when I first joined the Dorchester Fishing Club. It seems hard to imagine that since our first meeting, he has planted a vineyard just a stones throw from the river, that now produces some very fine sparkling wine.
The vineyard was established in 2011 on part of the old Poundbury Farm, that his Father & Grandfather used to work. His Grandfather Harry, knew Thomas Hardy, so it naming the wine just had to come from one of Hardy's famous books.
The varieties of grape used to make D'Uberville are classic Pinot Noir, Pinot Meaner and Chardonnay, with a Bacchus variety planted just this year. It is vinified at Langham Estate, who know a thing or two on producing award winning sparkling wine.
The wine is dry, extra brut is on the label, it is crisp, refreshing, sophisticated, a fun sparkling wine for special & social occasions – you can purchase it for only for £25.99 a bottle from Dorset Wine Company, Poundbury which is only 850m away from the vineyard!
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Another lesson on religious pride strikes even closer to home for true believers. If we are inclined to say to ourselves, "Lord, I thank you that I am not like that proud Pharisee," we should bear in mind that the apostles themselves were infected with pride and disputed with one another about who was the greatest (Luke 22:24–27). Sadly self-promotion, in pursuit of reputation, influence, and "success," is evident in some ministry leaders even today. But if the apostles had to struggle with it, who are we to think ourselves exempt?
It would be easy to conclude that pride is the special problem of those who are rich, powerful, successful, famous, or self-righteous. But that is wrong. It takes many shapes and forms and affects all of us to some degree. The widespread, chronic preoccupation with self in American culture, for example, is rooted in pride and can give rise to or intensify our emotional problems. As a famous Harvard psychologist observed,
Any neurotic is living a life which in some respects is extreme in its self-centeredness… the region of his misery represents a complete preoccupation with himself. The very nature of the neurotic disorder is tied to pride. If the sufferer is hypersensitive, resentful, captious, he may be indicating a fear that he will not appear to advantage in competitive situations where he wants to show his worth. If he is chronically indecisive, he is showing fear that he may do the wrong thing and be discredited. If he is over-scrupulous and self-critical, he may be endeavoring to show how praiseworthy he really is. Thus, most neuroses, are, from the point of view of religion, mixed with the sin of pride.4
Much more could be said about pride, but space fails us. Let's sum up the biblical perspective and move on. Pride can be summarized as an attitude of self-sufficiency, self-importance, and self-exaltation in relation to God. Toward others, it is an attitude of contempt and indifference. As C.S. Lewis observed, "Pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense"5 The depth of pride can vary from one person to the next and can be obvious or concealed. In the Old and New Testaments it is a truism that God will not suffer the creature to exalt itself against the Creator. Pride provokes God's displeasure, and he has committed himself to oppose it.
If your pride causes you to exalt yourself, you are painting a target on your back and inviting God to open fire. And he will. For he has declared his determination to bring it low wherever he finds it, whether among angels or humans, believers or unbelievers. It was pride that caused Lucifer to be cast out of heaven and Adam and Eve to be cast out of Eden. And it is pride that will be our undoing if we tolerate it in our lives. The danger of pride is a sobering reality that each of us needs to ponder. Truly, it is our greatest enemy.
However, chances are good that most of us do not see pride in our lives. For while it is easy to see pride in others, it is very difficult to see it in ourselves. C.S. Lewis observed that "there is no fault which makes a man more unpopular and no fault which we are more unconscious of in ourselves. And the more we have it in ourselves, the more we dislike it in others."6 But he does suggest a couple of ways to detect its presence. First, Lewis quoted William Law from chapter fifteen of A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life "there can be no surer proof of a confirmed pride than a belief that one is sufficiently humble." Also, "if you want to find out how proud you are the easiest way is to ask your self, 'How much do I dislike it when other people snub me, or refuse to take any notice of me, or shove their oar in, or patronise me, or show off?"7 Because it is so tricky to recognize, we are perhaps best off to earnestly seek God in prayer and ask him to reveal to us any sinful pride in our lives so we can repent and forsake it. Another step we might take is to ask those who live or work with us if they see significant expressions of sinful pride or arrogance in our life.
There is, of course, a good type of pride. Paul, for example, was proud of the churches he had established. But this was not arrogant or self-exalting pride. He made clear that his accomplishments were the fruit of God's grace to him and through him (Rom. 15:17–19). Occasionally Paul mentions boasting, but this is a matter of highlighting what God has done by his grace, either through Paul or in those in the churches. It is never self-exalting. These days most of us will say that we are proud of our children or our favorite sports team or perhaps something we have accomplished. In cases like this, we are (one hopes) saying that we are really pleased about something good and are not engaging in the sinful type of pride and arrogance the Bible condemns.
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I want to begin this essay, then, by reminding leftists that all of these attitudes - and particularly, all of them clustered together into the same stigma - are extraordinarily suspicious. First, they mark a set of often arbitrary and subjective tastes and norms that just so happens to be disproportionately shared by the privileged, and disproportionately rejected by the powerless. Second, they critique and villify what is at worst an extraordinarily marginal form of violence - and out of all proportion to the often insidious and far more pervasive violence that afflicts our society. And third, the stigma against professional wrestling rarely comes from a place of lived experience or even cursory knowledge of its culture; as a rule, critics are not merely unfamiliar with it and its history, but proudly ignorant, and would be ashamed to know anything more than the barest details.
Consider, for example, a typical series of remarks from liberal columnist Katha Pollitt, who touched on professional wrestling a while back. How should the democratic egalitarian respond when she sneers that it is "witless - Americans can't get enough of it"? Today, Pollitt insists that we should support Hillary Clinton for president, since we supported other candidates who "voted for [the] Iraq war also". What is the ideology that embraces this repetition - and then broods that professional wrestling "is popular because it corresponds to reality...which fights one war after another"?
To be sure, there is a left critique of wrestling. Historically, it has been afflicted with every bigotry you can name. This does not much distinguish it from anything else in our culture, and particularly in recent years wrestling has made significant strides, even stepping ahead of the curve on some issues; still, it has a history of racism, sexism, and homophobia that must be grappled with. Wrestling also remains a horrifically exploitative industry characterized by union busting and gross inequality between the richest and poorest workers; again, this hardly distinguishes it from any other industry in late capitalism, but it cannot be disregarded.
Still, whatever the merits of the popular stigma against professional wrestling, it is clearly caught up in a discourse that fosters elitism and that, through scapegoating, confounds our understanding of violence. This should be enough to raise the hackles of anyone concerned about the insidious ways that ideology can entrench hierarchy and perpetuate oppression; it should at least compel the skeptic to suspend her judgment, and to reconsider, with fresh eyes, the profound and even revolutionary spectacle of grown, greased-up men wrestling in their underwear.


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Australian Representatives
The following players have represented Australia at various levels. The most famous of these players being Domenic Longo who was vice captain of the youth side that finished fourth at the Under 20 World Cup and vice captain again of the Olympic team that finished fourth at the Barcelona Olympics just missing out on a bronze medal.
Phillip Owen
1967 Australian Schoolboys Representative
John Genovesi
U/23 1974 Indonesian Tour
Domenic Fraraccio
1975 Australian Schoolboys Representative
Luciano Fabrizio
U/20 1983 Youth International
Romeo Frediani
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Rich Ricci reveals Champion Hurdle dreams for Annie Power and Faugheen
Owner Rich Ricci is happy to let Annie Power and Faugheen be campaigned with next year's Champion Hurdle in mind.
Faugheen was a brilliant winner of the two-mile showpiece at the 2015 Cheltenham Festival, but was unable to defend his crown in March after suffering injury following his scintillating display in the Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown in January.
In his absence, Annie Power was supplemented for the Champion Hurdle and ran out an all-the-way winner before following up at Aintree.
The Willie Mullins-trained pair are likely to be kept apart in the short term, with the Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown and the Hatton's Grace at Fairyhouse identified as possible starting points.
Ricci said: "Annie Power has summered remarkably well and everyone is delighted with her.
"Can she win the Champion Hurdle again? We think she can, but we have Faugheen, too, and, of course, they will need injury-free seasons.
"Annie in particular is fragile. We have tried to get her to the Hatton's Grace the last two seasons and twice she went wrong.
"I suspect we will train her and Faugheen along the same lines we intended to last year and if they are both fit and well in March we will have a decision to make.
"Hopefully she will be ready for the Morgiana or the Hatton's Grace to start her season off, with Faugheen going to the one of those that she doesn't."
The leading owner is also keen to see Faugheen bid for a hat-trick of wins in the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton on Boxing Day.
"He suffered a suspensory ligament injury which, whilst small, was obviously enough to halt any plans for defending the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham and we decided then to let him off for the season," Ricci continued.
"He's back in and riding out every day so we are all very happy with him right now.
"If he keeps that way, which he should, Willie's record of returning horses from similar issues is fantastic and it will be all systems go very soon.
"Hopefully he will make the Morgiana or the Hatton's Grace as his season opener. I'd imagine it will then be Kempton for the Christmas Hurdle which he has won for the past two years and then the Champion Hurdle.
"Whether we will run him between Christmas and Cheltenham after what happened last year I don't know, we hadn't done that before.
"Like with Annie we will just try and get them fit then keep them sound through the season.
"Horses have a way of making your mind up for you."
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The "Workshop on Non-Handicapping Environment (NHE) and Emerging Groups in Cambodia" was organized with support from the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation of Cambodia (MOSVY), Disability Action Council of Cambodia (DAC) and the Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 29 May 2013.
Over 40 representatives from the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation (MOSVY), the Disability Action Council (DAC), APCD/JAIF Project community members, the Komar Pikar Foundation (KPF), the Parents Association for Children with Intellectual Disability (PACHID) and APCD participated in the workshop to exchange and elaborate the views on NHE among emerging groups on disability, including groups and organizations of persons with intellectual disabilities and autism. At the end of the session, the "Agreement of Publication on Autism and Intellectual Perspective" was developed and supported by the participants.
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Representatives from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam
The second round of the APCD/JAIF Project Steering Committee Meeting of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV) was organized by APCD through the APCD/JAIF Project at the Eastin Grand Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand from 6-7 June 2013. With over 60 participants from CLMV, the meeting included presentations on activities and progressions in relation to the Project by the representatives from each country while a session on preliminary action planning was held to provide guidance for the members. The "Mekong Input on the Non-Handicapping Environment (NHE) to Promote Community-Based Inclusive Development (CBID)" was adopted with a consensus of agreement from all participants.
From 10-14 June 2013, "APCD/JAIF Project Training on Non-Handicapping Environment (NHE)" was conducted for the members from CLMV at the same venue. Besides knowledge in non-handicapping environment, various topics such as disability equality training and universal design were discussed to develop the capacity of the participants and to draw out Action Plan for each CLMV country.
Small group discussion among CIAI officers and local participants
Members of the CIAI-APCD Project "Community for All" visited Sisaket province during 24-28 June 2013. With the main objective to make a better understanding concerning Community-based Inclusive Development (CBID), the members met executive members from six Sub-district Administrative Organizations (SAO), including Pakmai SAO of Huai Thap Than district; Koo SAO, Suengkhao SAO and Toom SAO of Si Rattana district; Nam Kliang SAO of Nam Kliang district; and Saothongchai SAO of Kantharalak district.
The Project aims to achieve collaborative establishment of CBID with participation from people in the community and all stakeholders in the first two years.
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SINGAPORE - Both local and international postage rates are set to rise from October, SingPost said on Tuesday.
Local rates will increase between four cents and 20 cents while international rates will move up between five cents and 25 cents depending on the weight.
The revised rates come amid a challenging postal business environment, said group chief executive Dr Wolfgang Baier, where domestic mail volumes are on a decline for the second consecutive year and costs are escalating.
SingPost's postage rates have not seen any adjustments since eight years ago.
To mitigate the impact of the new postage rates, SingPost will give out a free stamp booklet containing six 1st local stamps to every household. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will also receive a five per cent rebate for franked mail for one year.
To continue to provide quality services to its customers, SingPost said it will enhance its processes under a $100 million service improvement plan, which includes installing new automated sorting machines and hiring up to 200 more postmen.


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Good morning everyone! Here we are at the beginning of December! Yikes!! I am finding it so hard to believe that 2011 is coming to a close! Besides that, I really need to get going on my Christmas cards and Christmas shopping! But first, it is Thursday, and that means another great challenge from our friends at Create with Connie and Mary! This week we have a sketch to challenge us! Take a look!
And here is what I decided to do with it!
I guess it is no surprise that I have Christmas on the brain. We have finally put up our Christmas tree and decorations. I did alter the sketch just a bit but it is mostly still there. My card base is Crumb Cake. I layered a piece of Cherry Cobbler and a piece of designer paper from the Frostwood collection together. Then I flagged one end of a strip of Garden Green and glued that down as well. Before this was glued to the card I wrapped a piece of Cherry Cobbler quilted satin ribbon around it. I also put another piece of Garden Green just under the ribbon with the word 'merry' (from Pennant Parade stamp set) stamped in Early Espresso. I punched a piece of Cherry Cobbler with the 2 1/2" circle punch and popped it up on the card. I stamped the the tree from the same set in Garden Green on Whisper White three times and cut them out. I also punched out three scallop pennants from Garden Green card stock. I glued the trees to a scallop pennant and then scored them down the middle. One side of the pennant was glued to one side of another and then glued to another (I hope that all made sense - lol). The other two sides were glued to the circle. I added a rhinestone at the top of the tree to finish it off. A fun card!!
I do hope that you will go on over to the Create with Connie and Mary site to see what the other fantastic designers did with this sketch! I do hope you will play along with us this week and let us see what you designed using this sketch! I do love to see what you all come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Pennant Parade; Paper- Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Whisper White, Frostwood Lodge designer paper; Ink- Garden Green, Early Espresso; Accessories- Cherry Cobbler quilted satin ribbon, rhinestone, pennant builder punch, 2 1/2" circle punch, dimensionals
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Labels: CCMC, Pennant Parade
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Love that little 3D tree!!! Such a great card for the holidays!ReplyDelete
Very classy! Love the clean simple look and those pennant trees are the bomb for making 3D!ReplyDelete
Such a cute card! Love that little tree!ReplyDelete
I like how you layered your pennants with the stamped image and transformed them all into a 3D image. Very cute!ReplyDelete
That 3D tree is adorable Deb! I love the subtle background pattern and blocks of color--it really makes the tree the focal point! GREAT card!ReplyDelete
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Chapter One
Iraq, 2004
Something caught his eye. A glimmer. A shadow in the dark yellow fog.
The fuck? He reached for his binos in the turret. Across the street, Johnathan spied through the dust scratched lens vendors hastily tucking and clutching whatever goods they could get their hands on. Only the most meager of items remained on the street. Even the sound of the Humvees seemed to fade, as if the entire world was holding its breath.
What's going on? Johnathan shook, his nerves pricked. Hairs stood on-end. His knees locked. He watched, hands resting on the M2 .50-cal. He searched for someone, anyone to put the tightening in his stomach at ease. Where are they going? Shadows snaked in between the empty spaces and seemed to grow larger. The yellow dust whipped the air. Al-Hurriyah was being consumed by it.
Johnathan could feel the lump in his heart become heavy. He pulled his scarf off. He choked on the dust, tasting all the nastiness of the Baghdad ghetto, but paid little heed. The soldier scanned his field of fire. Anticipation boiled in his veins. Then the yellow sand darkened again.
The glimmer returned, taking shape, forming in the dust. His mouth fell agape. "What the fuck is that?" He screamed inside, his mind rattled and confused and terrified.
From the alley across the road the shadows dissolved, giving form to some massive Thing with skin covered in bristle-like hair as black as tar. The bulking torso hissed, and swelled, hissed and swelled. Its thin, but otherwise muscular, fragile-looking legs twitched in the sand, protruding and stretching out, pulling down the tarps of the vender huts near it.
How many legs does this thing have? What is this? I'm dreaming, have to be. This can't be…
In the dust-whipped wind what looked to be mandibles where its mouth should have been opened and then snapped shut. It was hissing, but the hissing sounded like clicking, the rattle of teeth in a glass jar or a snake poised to strike. On its head was an unmistakable shape, as frightening as it was. Bulging from its head, two swollen red eyes taking up nearly all of the creature's face glared in the dust, compound, like the eye of a fly, gazing directly at him.
Its antenna drooped low, and then it began talking to him with a wild rush of clicks in its throat. The sound was terrible, reminding him of spring months back home, the swarms of cicadas that blanketed the canopy in his parents' backyard every few years or so and the eerie sound they made, the clicking, horrible hissing, just like in that one movie Ricky loved to watch when they were kids around the same part of the year, the 1950s atomic-age science fiction flick, the one with the giant ants.
Partially hidden in the dust, the height of the hideous Thing was hard to guess, but whatever is was, it wasn't possible. None of this was possible. It couldn't be real, yet there it was all the same, hulking out from across the street, large and hungry looking.
"Are you seeing this?" Johnathan croaked, his voice pained with fear and doubt.
"What?" asked Ricky. He turned in his seat, looking out the driver's side window. Searching. "I don't see anything."
"Are you fucking kidding me!" Johnathan yelled, panic stained in his voice. He kicked the driver's seat.
"Dude, we're about to dibby out. Stop being so jumpy," Ricky scolded. "I don't see anything, man."
"Look, you asshole!" Johnathan kicked the driver's seat again with his boot.
"Dude!" Smith turned fully around and peered in the direction Steele was gesturing. He fell silent for only a moment and then he yelled, "Get down!"
"We need to do more than—" Johnathan had started to say, but was cut short. He looked back to the alley where the Thing had been, but the monster was gone, replaced by a man with a shaved head shouting something terribly familiar and propping an equally terrifying object across his shoulder.
Is that?
"RPG!" Ricky screamed on the radio.
The air sucked back. Johnathan thought he was going to puke as he watched a plume of white smoke rocket toward him. The world was motionless for a second, perhaps less. In that moment he thought of Karen and Tabitha, he thought of his childhood and his friends that filled it. Then the explosion hit, lifting his Humvee upward into the air.
The large metal behemoth came crashing back to earth with a thunderous moan. He fell inside. His head smashed against the gunner's platform below. He saw nothing, only white, burning light. Outside, he could hear the crackle of gunfire faintly against the ringing in his ears, like fireworks in a neighborhood a block away.
People were shouting. His squad mates, maybe. Language seemed beyond him at the moment. He could smell sulfur and the awful hint of something else…like overcooked meat on the grill, he imagined, dazed and numb. Through the broken window he watched the battle of Al-Hurriyah with disbelieving eyes.
Another explosion struck somewhere nearby. Pebbles or chunks of the police station perhaps rained down on his truck. The radio was abuzz with noise, fire direction, casualties. Someone yelled through the mike, "Death Blossom." Death Blossom…? Are we under attack…? Yes…Ricky called it out, didn't he? His head rung with the battle cry.
Johnathan shifted his weight. One of his legs fell from the strap he used as a seat, the other felt strangely dead. He looked. Among the yellow dust and stars that filled his eyes, he could see, though blurred, the gnarled remains of what was once his right leg.
"Shit!" he screamed, clinching at his thigh. I can't look. I can't look. Ricky. Ricky? "Smith? Ricky? Are you okay, man?" he winced, straining to get a look at his friend.
No answer.
More rattling pinged off his truck. Someone nearby yelled, "Got you, you fucking bastard!" Another voice screamed in language not entirely unfamiliar.
Must be some of the Iraqi police, he thought vaguely caring. Death Blossom…those assholes are going to ping someone in the back…
Something was pinching his neck. He reached and felt warmth and something hard. He dug whatever it was out and pulled his hand to see. He glared dumbfounded at what looked like a tooth.
Not mine, he thought, testing his teeth with his tongue. He looked at Ricky, but his form was covered in haze.
Gunfire continued to crackle outside, but in the broken and torn Humvee, the world felt like a tomb.
He could see Ricky now, lying awkwardly in his seat, one hand still clutching the radio receiver. Smoke wafted from his body. He didn't move. And the smell…the smell was terrible.
Johnathan blinked. Not real. Not real. "Ricky, you son of a bitch, answer me! Are you okay?" he yelled. Hot adrenaline coursed through him like a drug, pooling in a venomous sundry of dreadful sorrow and hate, lumping together in his heart, stealing his breath. Maggie's face flashed in front of him and then Karen's, but he pushed them away.
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This video's titles springs from the "telepathic" understanding Yorke and Cole were said to have with one another. It includes today's stars training in blindfolds, eerily reminiscent of Luke Skywalker wearing a blast helmet on the Millennium Falcon while honing his lightsaber skills.
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Nolan Arenado scratched from Rockies' game with sore wrist
Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado's all-star start to the season has been derailed.
The two-time Gold Glove winner was a late scratch for Monday night's game against the Padres because of what the club called a sore left wrist. He's listed as day to day.
After the game, Arenado said he hoped to be back at third base for Tuesday night's game against San Diego.
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How to Maintain All Those Bible Verses You Keep Memorizing
For years I have memorized Bible verses.
And for years I have forgotten Bible verses.
It's been so defeating and even humiliating at times. A few years back, I was the speaker at a ladies' Christmas brunch and in the middle of sharing I went to quote one of my favorite Bible passages. I had been so confident in my preparation that I did not even open my Bible – surely I would be able to spout off these two little verses! But, alas, with a hundred eyes on me, I bumbled it almost to point of speaking gibberish. Anyone who noticed (hello, probably every gal there) was gracious in never reacting but was I embarrassed!
I vowed to never let that happen again.
But, as time always takes care of, the shame faded. My determination to better memorize Bible verses took a seat a little farther back and I didn't really do much about it.
This is one of many cycles I've gone through over the years, with serious plans in place to memorize (and sometimes reaching a couple hundred or so verses) and then crashing when life changed course a little.
Surely I am not alone – tell me if you can relate to this!
So over the last few months I have approached several people I know to be wise, disciplined in staying in the Word, Christian leaders and so on. I've asked each of them how they maintain Bible verses they memorized.
I wish I could list out their terrific responses, but, honestly, I didn't get as many answers to my questions as I was hoping for – most people just told me how they memorize initially. Maintaining is a whole other thing and the answers were vague…understandably – it's hard!
As I've alluded to, I've been struggling with this and almost jumped for joy (maybe I actually would have if I wasn't 9 months pregnant right now!) when I ran across this video. John Piper answers the question I've been trying to get answered for months!
The two key things I get out of his answer are:
1. What are your ministries?
In what areas do you serve? What types of social events do you attend? In all of these areas, what Bible passages would be the most helpful to you? What verses would give you the ability to encourage others, challenge others or draw them closer to Jesus?
2. What Do You Personally Need?
Figure out what "cluster of texts" that you always want or need at your disposal. Focus on these. Review them regularly with no end date. And as he mentions in another video, pick passages that personally help you fight unbelief in your life.
The Bible is huge and it can be overwhelming to figure out what exactly you should memorize. Watch the video above for thoughts on how you can find the passages you need to memorize and not just what people or churches say you should memorize (although, of course, there can be great suggestions out there). These new-to-me ideas on memorizing Scripture greatly encouraged me and I hope have lit a fire in your own life as well.
Do you have any other methods or tips that have helped you in this area?


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Over the years a variety of groups, families, and individuals have organized events to benefit Spare Key. Some of the events take place once, while others have become an annual tradition — but they all make it possible for Spare Key to help families in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and South Dakota care for their seriously ill or critically injured family member.
If you are interested in hosting an event to benefit Spare Key and the families we serve, please contact Mary Serie by phone: (952) 406-8872 or email: email@example.com.
Our Hosted Events
Be Scary for Charity – October 31st, 2015
On Halloween, Amy Rondeau Photography generously offered to take Halloween family portraits from 10-2pm. All of the proceeds was be donated to Spare Key!
Stewart Title Benefit for Spare Key – September 24th, 2015
Andy and Cheri Granberg from Stewart Title hosted a wonderful event to benefit Spare Key! We appreciate your time and generosity to help and support
Just Fore Kids Golf Tournament – August 17th, 2015
We are honored to be partners with the Just Fore Kids Charity Golf Event that was held on August 17th. Their event was able to
Dominic Desmarais and Metropolitan Financial Benefit for Spare Key – April 23rd, 2015
Dominic DesMarais and Metropolitan Financial hosted their 2nd Annual Spare Key Benefit! We appreciate your time and generosity to help and support families who are
96.3 K-TWIN/Spare Key Golf Scramble Raises Nearly $16,000 for Spare Key Families
The Golf Scramble this year was a HUGE SUCCESS, with nearly 16 THOUSAND dollars raised for Spare Key! Here's 96.3 K-TWIN's B.T. with Spare Key Executive Director
Double Play: The Saints and Spare Key Team Up for Families!
We had a GREAT time at the Saints game last night! Huge thanks to the Saints and to everyone who came out to support Spare
96.3 K-TWIN/Spare Key Scramble With Eddie Money ~ June 2013
Golf and good times for a great cause!
Waterstone Mortgage Lunch Truck Event ~ June 2013
We love this idea! Thank you to our friends at Waterstone Mortgage for hosting this ongoing event.


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The inaugural Social Media Week (SMW) Johannesburg event in South Africa will take place from September 22, and is set to draw thousands of attendees and a diverse and interesting range of speakers to numerous venues across the city.
SMW Johannesburg will join dozens of other cities like Lagos and Tokyo, in an event that aims "to provide the best information, ideas and inspiration to help people understand how to achieve more in a hyper-connected world".
Themed "The Future is Now: Making sense of our Always On Always Connected World", the week-long conference will feature a central stage for keynotes and panels, masterclasses and workshops, as well as networking events.
Discussions taking place in the city will also be broad; ranging from topics about "democratising black hair care in South Africa" to "the practical role and influence of social media on radio broadcasts".
According to its website, SMW Johannesburg will look at "the ways we live, work and create, [and how it can] can lead to meaningful change and a more productive life". Asking questions such as "What does it mean to become a truly digital city?" to answering queries about "How to figure out who's reading your site" in a masterclass, SMW plans to unpack how our country engages with the digisphere and the many avenues it affects.
The speakers at SMW include 22-year-old SBTV owner Jamal Edwards, whose online music channel attracts over 200-million YouTube views, to Gabriella Razzano, head of legal research at Code for Africa and cultural planner and Srt.Crd curator Hardy McQueen, to name a few.
We chose four events, one from each day of the week (except for the public holiday), to check out at SMW Johannesburg, here they are:
22 September
Building cities for the digital citizen:
This keynote, by Lee Naik – managing director of technology strategy business Accenture – will focus on role of emerging digital technologies in transforming service delivery for governments and businesses.
23 September
Masterclass: How to turn Instagram into a powerful – and free – marketing tool: Los Angeles-based journalist, blogger, and novelist Britni Danielle will present the masterclass and give tips on how to use the image-sharing site to create awareness around your personal and public brand.
23 September
The future of crowdfunding in Africa:
Burn Media's Michelle Atagana will host at a panel at the Wits Ampitheatre, focusing on the rise of crowdfunding in Africa. According to SMW Johannesburg, "The conversation will include insight on funding for startups, funding for events and charitable purposes."
26 September
Sound waves: How music travels in Africa:
Asking questions such around issue of piracy within the African economy and digital media's effects on selling music prematurely, the "Sound waves" panel will "explore what digital platforms are doing to shorten the distance between music producers/record labels and consumers on the continent", according to SMW Johannesburg.
For more information, visit http://socialmediaweek.org/johannesburg/ .


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Sindaghi is a small village situated in the Bijapur district of Karnataka and has a taluka of the same name. It has 40 village panchayats under it. Its neighbour is Bijapur (28 km). Sindaghi has an agrarian economy. The people here are warm and friendly. Sindaghi has a predominantly Hindu population.
Places to Stay
Although there no hotels in Sindaghi, nearby Bijapur has a number of good budget hotel options. These include Hotel Pleasant Stay (Tariff – Rs. 1000), Hotel Megharaj (Tariff – Rs. 500), and Hotel Royal Residency (Tariff – Rs. 500).
The official language of Sindaghi is Kannada.
Sree Rama Navami, Ganesh Chathurthi, Maha Shivratri, and Navratri are celebrated with fervour here.
Places of Interest
There are several places of tourist attraction in Sindaghi. The Shiva Statue weighing 1500 tonnes and 85 feet tall is one of the tallest idols of Lord Shiva in Ukkali Road (31 km). The Golgumbaz in Bijapur (28 km) is a historical monument that attracts tourists from all over the world. And the Almatti Dam (81 km) is a popular scenic picnic spot here.
How to Get There
The nearest airport to Sindaghi is Belgaum airport (209 km).
Morampudi is connected to Bijapur (28 km) on the Southern Railway line. All major trains to Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Cochin and others frequent this station.
There are daily bus services to and from Udupi, Kundapur, Padubidri, Mangalore, Ankola, Bhatkal, Mumbai, Goa and other places in Karnataka and Maharashtra. The best bus operators that offer good experience for passengers are SRS Travels, VRL Travels, Ganesh Travels and Tours, Raja Travels, and Paulo Travels. Online bus booking in India is one of the most preferred ways of getting bus tickets to various popular places in India.


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How do you identify distinct character areas whilst allowing each sub area to create its own microclimate?
The site of the Singapore High Commission offers a diverse experience from the gently sloping open area around the main buildings, to the more steeply bush clad slopes and gully that drop away to offer views out across Wellington Harbour.
The landscape has been planned by identifying distinct character areas. A gradual progression of landscape character spaces, with the perimeter and open areas reflecting the natural context of the site. The sheltered gardens have been more highly refined and arranged around the buildings to reflect the architecture and cultural values of the Singapore High Commission.
Landscape design and documentation
|Warren & Mahoney on behalf of Singapore High Commission
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Caroline Patton
Steve Dunn
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I have finally stepped outside of my red/berry lipstick comfort zone!
I have been on the hunt for a 'nude' lipstick for some time now and I decided to try one of the NYX Cosmetics Lingerie Liquid Lipsticks as I heard a lot of great things about them and wanted to try them out for myself. I picked up mine from Boots for £6.50.
I am in love with the shade I picked up called 'Bedtime Flirt'. I was instantly drawn to this one as soon as I heard about them and I have been after it ever since. As you've probably noticed from my previous posts, I'm not the best at describing the colours and shades of products but I would attempt to describe this shade as a 'browny pink'! I love how this doesn't completely wash me out, which has always been my main concern when it comes to nude lip products.
This liquid lipstick is packaged like a lip-gloss and it comes with a long and thin doe foot applicator. It has a thin, mouse-like consistency and is highly pigmented. It is very smooth to apply, however it does takes a few seconds to dry completely matte on my lips. As it dries completely matte on the lips, it highlights the cracks on your lips. I recommend exfoliating your lips before applying this and also applying some lip balm beforehand.
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Ticor Title Insurance proudly introduces their expansive business quarters during their debut as a First Friday Artwalk destination in Ashland, OR. Adorned with Sandi Whetzel's vibrant, contemporary, flora art through the end of April, the business seeks to become a popular art venue.
The first Friday of each month, the public is invited to stroll the historical downtown railroad districts, exploring the visual and tasty treats at many participating art venues from 5-8 p.m. Ticor, located at 180 Lithia Way, near the corner of Lithia Way and First Street, is near the center of some of the popular art stops. Ticor will serve wine and chocolates to art observers this Friday and April 4th.
Ticor management requested Sandi Whetzel's art via Ashland Art Center's ART2Business program because they felt her uniquely textured, graceful floras complemented their contemporary, wide-open space. Sandi is pleased to have her art hanging on the walls of such a spacious,...


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