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FitBit, Inc. Securities Litigation alleges §11 and 10b-5 claims arising from Fitbit's misrepresentations that its proprietary heart-rate tracking technology, PurePulse, was "highly accurate," and could "automatically and continuously track heart rate."
The complaint alleges that the truth was revealed by the filing of a consumer class action against Fitbit alleging that its devices were, in fact, highly inaccurate and did not properly track heart rates. The stock fell about 5% after the lawsuit, and the first securities class action was filed.
Loss Causation:
The most notable part of the decision is loss causation. Defendants argued that the filing of a consumer class action is insufficient to trigger loss causation under Loos, because it is similar to the announcement of a government investigation and standing alone, reveals only the possibility of fraud. We countered that the later-filed expert report in the consumer case, as well as news reports, confirmed the allegations, and that these disclosures, taken together, were sufficient under Lloyd. The defendants argued that the expert report should be highly discounted because the expert was testifying for the consumer plaintiffs. The court agreed with us and upheld the loss causation allegations.
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The court rejected the defendants' argument that statements about "high accuracy" are inactionable because they are mere puffery and do not quantify, with mathematical prevision, exactly how accurate the devices are.
Scienter –
The court found that we sufficiently alleged scienter based on i) statements of two confidential witnesses who claim they reported the inaccuracies in Fitbit's technology to the Company's Chief Operations Officer, who was not named as a defendant, but who is alleged that have met with the Defendants on a weekly basis; ii) the importance of the product to the Company's revenues; iii) defendants' motivation to raise funds in their IPO and iv) insider sales.
Congratulations to Associate Aatif Iqbal for his hard work in preparing a meticulously detailed Amended Complaint and his assistance on the briefing!


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The House Finance Committee has approved legislation that would allow Twin River Casino to build a hotel on its Lincoln property.
Committee members unanimously voted to approve the bill Tuesday. President and CEO of Twin River Management Group George Papanier has said building the hotel would create approximately 200 temporary construction jobs and 100 full-time jobs.
State Rep. Jeremiah O'Grady introduced the legislation to lift a ban on building a hotel at the casino. The restriction was originally put in place to satisfy Providence hotel owners concerned about competition.
But Twin River now faces competition of its own with licenses for three gambling facilities approved in neighboring Massachusetts.
The full house will vote on the bill Thursday before it goes to the Senate.

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Into the Dead: The Board Game (Canceled)
An all-new miniatures board game set in the zombie apocalypse world of the hit mobile games Into the Dead and Into the Dead 2.
Into the Dead: The Board Game (Canceled)
An all-new miniatures board game set in the zombie apocalypse world of the hit mobile games Into the Dead and Into the Dead 2.
Into the Dead: The Board Game is a competitive game of strategy and risk-taking in which players take the roles of survivors and their loyal canine companions to navigate a landscape teeming with hordes of the undead. By gathering supplies, killing zombies, and reaching safety, players show their aptitude for surviving the apocalypse through the completion of missions and collection of survival points.
Available for 1-4 players and lasting between 60 and 90 minutes, Into the Dead: The Board Game has been developed by PikPok and the team behind the hit mobile games Into the Dead and Into the Dead 2, designed by Rob Stoddard, Chris Cervantes, and Adam Poirier of Trishula Entertainment, and published by PikPok and The Brownstone Group.
About Into the Dead
PikPok's original titles Into the Dead and Into the Dead 2 have amassed over 100 million downloads since the series launch in 2012. In Into the Dead 2, players follow the story of James, who journeys through the zombie apocalypse in a race to save his family. Armed with an arsenal of powerful weapons, players must fend off ever-increasing zombie threats while crossing treacherous terrain. The board game offers players the chance to play as James as well as other beloved characters from the world.
Infectious Tier:
Apocalypse Tier:
The US$90 Infectious Tier pledge of Into the Dead: The Board Game contains:
The US$150 Apocalypse Tier pledge of Into the Dead: The Board Game contains all Infectious Tier content, plus:
Join us in discussing all things Into the Dead on our other social channels here:
- BoardGameGeek: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/267242/dead
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/intothedeadgame/
- Facebook Into the Dead: The Board Game group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/IntotheDeadTheBoardGame/
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/PikPokGames
We will provide digital copies of the rulebook in French and German. The printed components of Into the Dead: The Board Game will be manufactured in English only.
"This is a zombie game, but it is very different to anything out right now. This is a very, very fun, fun--let me stress team--FUN game. I really enjoy this game. The board game is a phenomenal experience." - The McGuire Review
"This game is a lot of fun. I really appreciated the fact that it was played competitively... I found myself just gleefully enjoying my turn... It makes for fabulous stories and cinematic moments. This put a breath of fresh air in the zombie theme. I really, really enjoyed this." - The Undead Viking
"This isn't like anything you've played. If you've played the app, it's an excellent port!" - Derek Funkhouser, Board Game Spotlight
"A whole lot of fun! ... It's great looking and plays just like the app. Cool integration to into the community from an app." - Michael Wright, Unfiltered Gamer
"They've done a really nice job capturing that video game app feel and putting it into the board game. You definitely get that high tension, high pressure from moving through the zombies, and the horde ever pressing closer to you." - Mark Streed, The Dice Tower
About PikPok
PikPok is is the developer and publisher of the hit mobile games Into the Dead and Into the Dead 2, available on the App Store and Google Play. Founded in 1997, PikPok is a leading publisher of fun and addictive games across smartphone, tablet, desktop, and tabletop. We deliver you great games, where ever and whenever you want to play them, from the bus stop to the living room.
About Trishula Entertainment
Trishula Entertainment is a game design studio founded by Rob Stoddard, Chris Cervantes, and Adam Poirier. Individual designer credits include over 100 commercial titles across leading brands including Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, Lego, Justice League, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pixar, Privateer Press and Hasbro/Transformers.
Why Kickstarter?
Kickstarter provides an opportunity for us to introduce Into the Dead to a new audience and to enter a new creative industry. We chose to run this campaign via Kickstarter because of its strong and passionate board game community.
We offer Customs Friendly shipping in USA, Canada, the EU, Australia, and New Zealand. We will look into making the same arrangement for locations where we have a significant number of backers.
Shipping will be charged after the completion of the campaign in the pledge manager. Your address will be collected in the pledge manager in order to dispatch your pledge to the most accurate of our international shipping hubs.
The following are up-to-date estimates for the shipping costs per region. Please, keep in mind that these costs may rise depending on the evolution of the campaign (unlocked stretch goals which will increase the weight of the parcel), and due to industry-wide fluctuations in shipping costs between now and the time of fulfillment.
- USA: US$10 - 20 to most states
- EUROPE: US$15 - 20 for most EU countries
- ASIA: US$15-30 to most countries
- AUSTRALIA: US$15 - 20 to most territories
- NEW ZEALAND: US$10 - 20 nationwide
- REST OF THE WORLD (all unlisted countries): US$70-100 to most other countries.
We cannot ship to PO Boxes domestically or internationally.
We do not ship to the following countries: Afghanistan, Brazil, Burma (Myanmar), Cuba, Iran, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, and Yemen.
Risks and challenges
We have made significant efforts to minimize risk in the usual problem areas for board game Kickstarter campaigns by contracting many industry experts to advise on these challenges so that we can preempt them as much as possible.
There are however always vagaries associated with manufacturing, shipping, and customs. We are working with highly reputable partners in order to prevent these issues as much as possible, but there may be unforeseen circumstances that will affect the final product or its delivery timeline. If so, we pledge to communicate these circumstances in a timely manner.
We aim to begin delivering this Kickstarter in Q2 2020. Due to international shipping logistics, backers in different regions may receive their reward sooner than others.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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This fabulous artwork could be yours.
ACEF has received a generous donation of artworks from Camilla Palmer which could soon be hanging on your wall.
The pride of the pieces is a fabulous limited edition print by David Shepherd, foremost wildlife artist. Entitled "Two Gentlemen of Savuti", this glorious framed and mounted, rare limited edition print shows two proud Kenyan lions.
David Shepherd is a prestigious wildlife artist and his Wildlife Foundation raises money for endangered animals around the world. Sale of this artwork through closed auction will help ACEF raise even more money to feed the students of Brainhouse Academy.
We are inviting closed bids by 30th July.
To make your bid, please provide the details below in an email to Liz Formby before 30th July 2014.
Phone number
Email address
Bid value
This is a commitment to proceed if your bid is selected.
Size – the actual print size is 40 x 68 cms and with the frame it is 99 x 74 cms.
Date of publication April 1991
Print 1192 of 1500 with an embossed seal and pencil signature
Estimated value £450
10 Beautiful David Shepherd pencil drawings.
These lovely framed prints show a beautiful array of animals from Africa and beyond.
Each artwork is worth in excess of £25. They are all available for purchase via Liz Formby.


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When my husband and I celebrated our first Christmas in our new home, we bought the perfect Christmas tree and set it up in front of the window. There it sat, bare of ornaments for several days. We were each waiting for the other to begin. You see, when I was growing up my Dad always put up the lights and my Mom, brother and I decorated the tree. In my husband's family his Mom strung the lights and the kids decorated. We had different expectations because we were raised differently.
Similarly, the attitudes each of our parents had about money more than likely shaped those money attitudes we hold ourselves, today. Regardless of whether we grew up in a lower income, frugal household, or a wealthy, free-spending one (or something in between), we learned spending patterns from our parents as well as certain money "messages" such as:
- Money doesn't grow on trees.
- I work hard; I deserve to spend money on myself.
- I don't spend much time with the children so I'll make it up to them with expensive gifts.
- Always save for a rainy day.
- You have to put in a good day's work to get a good day's pay.
As the years pass, and you gain experience in the world and meet others who have more – or less – money than you and have different family "rules," you continue to develop different money behaviours that may still be in line with what your parents taught you – or may be the complete opposite.
Meet William and Benjamin
When Will and Ben were growing up, their father worked at lower paying jobs and was often unemployed. Their mother picked up occasional part-time work. Money was often especially tight so it was spent only on the bare necessities. The brothers ate starchy, low cost meals and wore clothing from the thrift store that was usually too small or too large. No "frivolous" spending was allowed.
After graduating from university, Will and Ben each obtained well-paying and secure professional jobs.
Will continued living his parents' lifestyle. He ate cheaply, wore inexpensive clothing and rented a small, sparsely furnished apartment. He spent very little on entertainment and friendships. What he did have, however, was an enviable portfolio of very conservative investments. His greatest fear, even though it was unlikely, was losing his job.
What money means to William is security, stability, building a nest egg, and having peace of mind.
On the other hand Ben totally rebelled against his parents' money attitudes. He is free spending and generous with his friends and family and often rewards himself with expensive clothing, merchandise and trips. He is a risk taker with his investments, which sometimes works out for him, but he often faces large losses.
For Benjamin, money represents luxuries, respect, enjoyment of life, being generous with loved ones, and having experiences.
Does how you spend your money align with your values?
Do you say that your family is the most important thing in your life, yet put in twelve-hour days, six or seven days a week at work? I'm sure your children would rather have good memories of their parent instead of a big house and lots of toys.
Are you grinding it out at a boring job you hate because of the great pay?
Do you try to keep up with the Joneses with an expensive house, auto, electronics, etc. even though it's draining you?
Is money a means to an end – or an end in itself?
Our relationship with money – and how we earn and spend it – says a lot about who we are. Is it relating the real you?
What does money mean to you?
Are you happier when you're saving or spending?
Can you spend or give money away easily, or are you unwilling to part with a cent?
Do you always want more no matter how much you have? How much is enough?
Do you spend money on others but never on yourself?
Do you value today's consumption over consumption in the future?
Are you unwilling to take a chance, even to obtain possible rewards? Or do you embrace risk?
Final thoughts
Money is more than simply the coins, paper or plastic used to acquire goods and services. It is linked to unconscious, complex emotions, feelings and behaviours. Each person's financial behaviour today is based on past observations, experiences and what they were taught.
Dig deep down and discover what money really means to you. Your definition of what money means will affect every decision that you make that has a $ attached to it.


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Especially in a time when folks are pushing hoards of high-priced supplements, higher-priced luxury gym memberships, and clean diets" chock full of organic super foods and wild caught meats. In this, we contain men and women who eat everything that vegetarian eats but also consists of eggs in their diet plan. A scale will be of use to you only if it can reflect the weight of meals placed on it correctly. Every of my recipes was designed to assistance muscle growth, muscle repair and recovery. Your metabolism will be hungry for more and go ahead and feed it because the recipes are produced with foods that you should be eating. In reality, this book is the outcomes of more than ten years of trial and error, and 4 years of intensive research… Yep, it took me 4 years to create, test, and pick recipes for this book!
Skilled bodybuilders have all found their routines via a basic trial and error procedure and so shall you if you don't make any progress, which is frequently a lack of tracking your bodybuilding program with out the bodybuilding food recipes a supremely healthy and match physique, he or she attains optimal physical fitness as a birth into the bodybuilding food recipes a far more extreme viewpoint, I will use this instance.
The fat deposited in our physique is not because of the excess fat we consume, but is because of the further calories we take in the kind of carbohydrates and as a matter, most of our caloric surplus comes from vegetarian food. I like using the chicken tenderloins, as every piece is about an ounce so I do not have to drag out my scale. I figured I should share a couple of recipes which would hopefully inject a bit of variety into your bodybuilding diet program. What makes it different from what we've noticed so far is the capacity to compute the calories and nutrients of the meals. All of these methods are probably to make you eat fewer calories, even even though you may not intend it.
It surface has no notches exactly where the meals could get it. An older model of this scale had a plastic platdorm that could not be removed and consumers had been much less than content with it. Luckily, the new Kitrics scale comes with a removable and washable stainless steel top. Almost everything that a person involved in bodybuilding or fitness Need to know about nutrition. This indicates that most of your foods need to come from the outer perimeter of the shop – fruits and veggies, lean meats, eggs and other base foods.
We usually go for the effortless alternative by spending tons of funds in pre-made meals, take-out meals and meal replacement drinks. As a result, most of us fail to take up the western diet program because of the impracticality of the availability of food products it suggests in our region. Cease wasting your time listening to all the bodybuilding and fitness nutrition nonsense, as an alternative get started right now learning how to make your own mouth-watering meals that will after and for all give you the opportunity to stick to a nutrition program certain to your goals and get ultimately the results and physique you deserve!


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We were invited to join this creative workshop this past Saturday and it was quite the event! Started off with Instagram worthy bites by taste of pace, farm to table catering. In the first 5 seconds of indulging in savory bites & coffee we've already felt we received our moneys worth.
Right at 10:30am, We jumped right in, the group was intimate and diverse and we all quickly became friends through a fun drawing project. Everyone was given a chance to introduce themselves. That was followed by a talk about how to sharpen your business concepts and finesse your brand story, social media tips and much more. All professional in their own fields our gracious hosts Bess Wyrick of Celadon Celery, Liz Cherkasova of Late Afternoon and Annabell Acton of Never Like It Anyway, took turns talking through all the talking points in there respective fields and expertise.
We broke up into groups and did crafts and had unlimited amounts of time to pick the brains of fellow entrepreneurs. The hosts were also available & encouraged us to ask questions and get advice & even offered to share their secrets and contacts. They held nothing back, they were honest and helpful in everyway.
We took a break had some champagne and lunch. Lunch was a dream of course catered by Pace. Ill let the pictures do the talking!
Finally the day came to a close and we didn't want it to end. We left with a crown on our heads, some new friends, a bouquet of beautiful blooms, a full stomach and fully inspired! Oh and a swag bag for a send off gift, a book and goodies from Kate Somerville.
I hope this inspires you to try new things, make to friends and Live BOERA. To learn more about color wyld please visit them at Color Wyld and follow them on insta @colorwyld


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"I do not believe the United States should send troops back into Iraq. I don't think so. I don't think it'll do any good." He believes all those involved in those events want to do is fight each other. "Them people been fighting for years and they're not gonna change," ... "there are too many ethnic and religious groups which can't find common ground."
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How many parents are gearing up to get the kids back to school? Whether our children are ready or not, the first day of school is right around the corner! Time for new backpacks, new shoes, new teachers and new friends!
We understand how difficult it can be for parents and teachers alike to gather up supplies for the beginning of the year. Parents have to provide pencils, highlighters, pens, markers, lined paper, copy paper, bleach wipes, Kleenex, glue, binders, erasers, pencil sharpeners, spiral notebooks, the list literally goes on and on. (If you think I'm kidding, I'm not. I was using my son's 5th grade supply list for reference.) That's just for one child for one class. And that's just a fraction of what the teachers provide for our kids all year long. Talk about overwhelming!
Many of us in our community know how underpaid and undervalued our teachers in Lake Havasu are. They make less than they should, and work 2, sometimes 3 jobs, all for the love of educating our children. I don't know about you, but that sure means a lot to me. Without teachers, our community would have no future.
College Street wants to help our kids and our teachers. We will be holding a school supply drive in our restaurant until August 5th. Spread the word to help our community! Also- if you bring in a supply item you get $1 off a draft beer. So not only to you get the warm fuzzies from helping a kid, you also get your favorite College Street beer for $1 off! Sounds like a deal if you ask me!


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SIP harnesses the power of the sun
When Valerie Franc and her colleagues at M&Y Chiropractic heard about an innovative oven designed by Solar Freedom International, they thought it could have great potential for use in Igoma, Tanzania, as part of the SIP (Stouffville Igoma Partnership) project.
SIP has provided assistance to Igoma since 1998, and the partnership was officially recognized by the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville in 2003. With the help of fundraising initiatives and local volunteer participation, the organization has built a health clinic, provided money for education and job training programs, and supplied basic needs such as a water purification system and mosquito nets to Igoma residents.
The staff at M&Y raised the money for the purchase of a prototype oven, which SIP plans to take out to Igoma later this year. The manufacturer is a Calgary-based company which was established in 1994 and is dedicated to the research, design and dissemination of solar ovens and solar cooking worldwide.
"We have placed thousands of solar cookers in over 38 countries," explained founder Craig Shearer. "We have done this through both large and small scale projects at home and internationally. Our key successes have been in Cuba, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Fiji, Northern India, Haiti, the USA and Canada. Solar Freedom International has evolved into an organization dedicated to developing green energy solutions with a focus on simple passive solar designs."
By Kate Gilderdale
Stouffville Free Press
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PICit A/S
In 1984 the first steps towards PIC as we know it today were taken, as the software house Plus Data developed a system for managing containers at the container terminal in Aarhus, Denmark. The solution was developed in close cooperation with the customer and user, the stevedoring company, Århus Stevedore Kompagni. From the very beginning, the solution was interactive and designed for the parties in the chain of transport who all had online access to the information centre.
In 1998 the organisation behind the solution was spun off into its own company under the name CSA; in 2002 this name was changed to FAA Information Technology.
In 2005 FAA Information Technology joined forces with the Swedish InPort Intelligent Port Systems AB and in this connection the name was changed to InPort Intelligent Port Systems A/S. After five years of cooperation the Swedish company was sold off in 2010 and, in order to stand out from the Swedish namesake, the company name was changed to PICit A/S.
PICit has a long experience in providing user-friendly and reliable solutions to the transport industry. Our staff represents experienced and highly qualified programmers, engineers and technicians, committed to ensure the highest level of reliability, security and availability to our customers. The management team of PICit was also the key figures behind the system developed in 1984 and the team has ensured a continuous development to this day, where we provide up-to-date, efficient web-based solutions to all our customers.


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December 26, 2012
FreedomWorks tea party group nearly falls apart in fight between old and new guard (Amy Gardner, December 25, 2012, Washington Post)
The day after Labor Day, just as campaign season was entering its final frenzy, FreedomWorks, the Washington-based tea party organization, went into free fall.Richard K. Armey, the group's chairman and a former House majority leader, walked into the group's Capitol Hill offices with his wife, Susan, and an aide holstering a handgun at his waist. The aim was to seize control of the group and expel Armey's enemies: The gun-wielding assistant escorted FreedomWorks' top two employees off the premises, while Armey suspended several others who broke down in sobs at the news.The coup lasted all of six days. By Sept. 10, Armey was gone -- with a promise of $8 million -- and the five ousted employees were back. The force behind their return was Richard J. Stephenson, a reclusive Illinois millionaire who has exerted increasing control over one of Washington's most influential conservative grass-roots organizations.Stephenson, the founder of the for-profit Cancer Treatment Centers of America and a director on the FreedomWorks board, agreed to commit $400,000 per year over 20 years in exchange for Armey's agreement to leave the group.The episode illustrates the growing role of wealthy donors in swaying the direction of FreedomWorks and other political groups, which increasingly rely on unlimited contributions from corporations and financiers for their financial livelihood. Such gifts are often sent through corporate shells or nonprofit groups that do not have to disclose their donors, making it impossible for the public to know who is funding them.In the weeks before the election, more than $12 million in donations was funneled through two Tennessee corporations to the FreedomWorks super PAC after negotiations with Stephenson over a preelection gift of the same size, according to three current and former employees with knowledge of the arrangement. The origin of the money has not previously been reported.These and other new details about the near-meltdown at FreedomWorks were gleaned from interviews with two dozen current and past associates, most of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to talk freely.
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I'm a big fan of the holidays, and an even bigger fan of retailers that make cheesy, sentimental, adorable, wonderful commercials (John Lewis, anyone?!).
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Selling your Soul: Intern Horror Stories
These stories may seem tortuous – but the fact is, interns are in the business of learning.
Leveling Up: Life of an Extreme Gamer
This isn't a casual Saturday night game of Mario Party. Extreme gamers take their sport to a whole new level.


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Strawberry Apple
Take a sip of this invigorating organic apple strawberry juice and savor the sweet taste of fresh-squeezed fruit. You'll love its summery flavor any time of the year.
Organic Apples and Organic Strawberries.
Serving Size 12 oz., Servings per Container 1.
Amount per Serving: Calories 165, Calories from Fat 0, Total Fat 0g (0% DV), Saturated Fat 0g (0% DV), Trans Fat 0g, Cholesterol 0mg (0% DV), Sodium 22mg (1% DV), Total Carbohydrate 39g (14% DV), Dietary Fiber 0g (0% DV), Sugars 33g (includes 0g of added sugars 0% DV), Protein 0g, Vitamin D 0mcg (0% DV), Vitamin C 12mg (13% DV), Calcium 0 mg (0% DV), Iron 0.5 mg (3% DV), Potassium 300 mg (6%). Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.


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Where Do We Meet?
Gannett Fleming Toastmasters
Club 2658, Area 12, Division A, District 38
Gannett West 260 – Training Room
209 Senate Avenue
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Time: Meeting starts at 11:35 a.m.
Ending Promptly at 12:35 p.m.
Day: 2nd and 4th Monday's of the month (see TM Meetings for Dates)
717 763-7211
Map in PDF format.
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Well things have certainly been busy!
First of all, my husband and I are now the parents of two precious children :). However, we were all in for a surprise when we found out that our little girl was actually a little boy, and we had no name picked out!! Just goes to show you that sometimes ultrasounds can be interpreted incorrectly, even by an "expert." 🙂 But we welcomed little Logan into the world on June 11th and couldn't be happier.
Also after much consideration, I recently went back and released a second edition of "Mind Trace." As far as the plot, there are no changes, but I went back and had it professionally edited and released the new edition, handling a lot of the typos that had gone unnoticed prior to its publishing. A free update was provided on the Kindle platform with these changes. It has certainly been a learning experience, but I hope that my future books will reflect all these things I have learned.
To keep things organized, I created a new tab with some of the resources I found useful in this publishing business. I will be updating this as I have time, but it can be found here: https://hollymccaghren.com/resources/
Other exciting news! My second book is in the proofing stages and I expect it to be released within the next month. Look for it on Amazon and Kindle when it is released! More details to come on that in a future post. Note: It is not a sequel to my first book, but I will be continuing Alice's adventures in a future novel!
Stay posted for updates about book #2!


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If present trends continue, 1 percent of the farms in the United States will control half of this country's food and fiber production by the year 2000 -- with the 50,000 largest farms producing almost two-thirds of agricultural output.
This startling picture emerges from a study just released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The report notes that the concentration of production in fewer hands will naturally be accompanied by far larger farm units. "About 57 percent of farmland is projected to be operated by farms with 2,000 or more acres in 2000," according to the USDA report. In 1974, the comparable figure was 42 percent.
The fewer, larger farms projected for 20 years from now will be substantial business operations, if the report is correct in predicting that "capital requirements will rise to about $2 million of capital assets per farm for farms with sales of more than $100,000 -- nearly double what was required in 1978."
However, these figures "are not forecasts," cautions the report, whch is entitled "US Farm Numbers, Sizes, and Related Structural Dimensions: Projections to Year 2000."
Instead, in the tradition of Dickens's "A Christmas Carol," the report's projections are intended to provide "a boundary notion of where the present trends are likely to lead in the absence of significant changes in the underlying forces," it says.
The report, in fact, anticipates significant changes -- reflecting Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland's determination to review the entire structure of US agriculture. This latest reports is only one of a wide variety of studies being carried out by USDA researchers in order to provide a basis for a thorough restructuring of government farm programs expected when Congress draws up the 1981 farm bill. Secretary Bergland hopes the measure will be a new departure from, rather than the rubber-stamping of, previous programs.
The report notes that past government policy has played a major role in establishing the current "trend toward greater concentration -- fewer but larger farms." It concludes that "government may find the projections of use for planning research, for projecting revenues and expenditures, and for examining long-term public policy options to influence the structure of agriculture."
The report rejects some curret, wellpublicized worries. It sees no trend toward the diappearance of the family farm. The well-managed family farm will survive, it says, although young farmers will find it harder to become established as farms grow dramatically in acreage and capital outlay requirements. It also discounts scare stories that city-based corporations and foreign interests will buy heavily into US farming.
Drawing on a number of studies, the report finds that "the amount of farmland controlled by corporations has never been significant and it is unlikely to become so in the near future. . . . Few nonfarm corporations are likely to be attracted to farming unless the profitability of farming improves greatly."
The report seeks to focus attention instead on the tendency of govenment programs to favor large farms. It states, "A recent ESCS [Economics, Statistics , and Cooperatives Service of the USDA] study reaffirms what is widely known about the programs -- that benefits are closely proportional to production volume: The larger farms, although few in numbers, have the highest production and thus receive a disproportionate share of the program benefits. . . ."
The rport leaves it to policymakers to decide whether the US government should continue to encourage ever-larger farms in fewer hands each year -- so that the 4 million farms in 1959 that dwindled to 2.9 million in 1974, could drop to 1.8 million by 2000.
Overall, the report puts on the public record the USDA view that Congress has a clear choice: Either it agrees to major farm-policy changes next year, or else it will deliberately be endorsing the continued concentration of farm ownership and production.


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Be the Change You Want to See in the World
photo by Leo Cumings from stock exchange
"What does it mean, change your thinking? To begin with, it means getting rid of old thinking, including the powerful but often unexamined beliefs that support it. There are many now obsolete beliefs about ourselves, others, and nature. Here is a short checklist.
- Everyone is separate and rightfully pursues his or her own self-interest.
- When one serves one's own interest he or she benefits also others: after all, the market distributes the benefits.
- Life is a struggle for existence; only the fittest survives.
- In the ruthless competition for "fitness" (meaning power, wealth, and success) the ends justify the means.
- The more money you have, the better you are.
- You owe allegiance to one nation and government, and one business alone.
- If you want peace, prepare for war.
- More technology and more efficiency are the answer, no matter what the question.
- The environment can be engineered like a bridge or a dam to fit our needs.
- For all intents and purposes nature is an inexhaustible source of resources and an infinite sink of wastes.
Two things hallmark the new thinking. One is the realization that the ancient saying "we are all one" is not mere fiction. As William James has said, we are like islands in the sea—separate on the surface but connected in the deep.
When you shed obsolete beliefs and adopt new thinking, you change yourself. In these chaotic times that change can be the "butterfly" that triggers a storm. It can spread far and wide, and in the end it can change the world.
At the dawn of the modern age Western civilization… was shaped above all by the belief in the power of reason inherited from the Greeks. It developed a mechanistic worldview inspired by pioneers of modern science, Galileo, Newton, and Copernicus. This allowed classical physics to join hands with handicrafts and produced enormous technological breakthroughs.
But today, in an age of global information, communication, interdependence and environmental degradation, this kind of worldview doesn't work any more. The technologies and behaviors it generates produce more heat than light—more negative side-effects than real benefits.
Modern civilization is no longer sustainable: it either breaks down, or it transforms. The challenge is to transform it into a civilization where six-and-a-half billion or more people can live in dignity, and harmony with each other and nature. This civilization must be diverse yet unified. It must be an organic whole, the same as nature and the universe…
It is in our own best interest to make sure that this much-prophesied watershed in human affairs is not a prelude to breakdown, but the springboard to an age of peace and sustainability."
excerpt from article, GLOBALSHIFT!: Why, How, and When, by Ervin Laszlo
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Visit Hui artists and art demonstrations in our Glass, Jewelry, Ceramic and Printmaking Open Studios. MOS is a unique, vibrant event modeled after a very successful concept and tradition that has been enjoyed by the public for free throughout California and other art-appreciating states across the country for many decades. Experience the creativity that the art community on Maui has to offer at this very special event for both artists and art-collectors alike. The Hui welcomes 18 artists on property, be sure to stop by!
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Over the past 8 years,
it has been on a journey!
with lots left over!
Don't get me wrong...
I do love the wax with the chalk paint,
Happy kitchen, yeah!!!
I'm sharing today over on
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Love Love Love the way your island came out and I LOVE that brick floor!! Beautiful job...beautiful kitchen! Thanks for partying with us:-)ReplyDelete
Beautiful!!! I'm getting ready to paint old thin paneling in a vintage camper. Got any technique ideas? Thanks! Gena SloanReplyDelete
Thanks, Gena!! I have only had one thing not work for Annie Sloan paint & that was a cheap particle board shelf that I bought at Target...would NOT adhere!! I think that paint would work fine in there but you would have to use the wax or finish it with a sealer for sure. You can find Annie Sloan paint at Then & Again Marketplace in Hendersonville.Delete
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English Springer Spaniel poops in his sleep
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I have a 5 year old altered male Springer Spaniel and he poops in his sleep. He's always done it periodically but has done it 3x in the last two days. He doesn't do it when he sleeps on the couch or the floor, it is generally on my bed. The poop is normal, usually 2-3 turds. Before spending an arm and a leg at the vet to be told he is relaxed, I wanted to see if this is a problem for anyone else. I have been around Springers my whole life and have never had this problem.
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text: Eliza is on the Tile and Flooring Sales team at Earth Elements Design Center. Eliza was born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. Her passion for the great outdoors and a shift in lifestyle brought Eliza and her husband to Bozeman in early 2015. Eliza's keen interest in customer service, sales and interior design has made it a perfect transition for her joining the Earth Elements team. Eliza brings her energy and hard work to every project or client that she engages with.


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Dr. Zheng Wei, the company's Co-founder and CEO, was invited to speak at the "CTIC Cross-Border Healthcare Investment Summit" during the JP Morgan 36th Annual Healthcare Conference, and delivered a presentation entitled "Developing next-generation therapeutics for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and inflammation." His presentation was followed by an on-stage interview with Mr. David Flores, CEO of BioCentury. The summit was held on Jaunary 7, 2018 at Hyatt Regency San Francisco.
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- January 16, 2018
NEW DELHI (AP) — Moshe Holtzberg, a young boy whose parents were killed at a Jewish center in Mumbai during a 2008 terror attack, returned to that city for the first time Tuesday to visit the site of the attack with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu arrived in New Delhi for a six-day visit Sunday and will travel to Mumbai on Thursday, where he will visit the Chabad House where Holtzberg's parents, Rabbi Gabriel Noach Holtzberg and his wife Rivkah, were gunned down as 10 Muslim terrorists rampaged through Mumbai in a three-day siege. Netanyahu is to unveil a memorial to 166 people killed in the attacks.
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Hydro Thunder Hurricane
We've got Boost – let's use it!
We're into the second week of XBL's Summer of Arcade and despite offering dynamic and exciting racing delights, Hydro Thunder Hurricane was always going to find the universally praised Limbo a tough act to follow. Not that there aren't aquatic thrills and spills a plenty in this powerboat-racing sequel to the original arcade game Hydro Thunder, but it doesn't have the same wow factor.
In the single player game, you can choose from race, ring master, gauntlet and championship modes which are all centred on the 8 courses available. The courses are impressive and lavish in design and location including the hanging gardens of Babylon, the sewers of Paris (minus the filth I remember seeing once on a school exchange trip) and the fabulous Asgard complete with ghostly Viking ships, gigantic swinging war hammers and Arnold Schwarzenegger brutes shouting "go back!†Each course in race and championship mode feels like it's straight out of an action movie and are well designed to be a mixture of sharp twists, treacherous turns and incredibly high freefalls with waterfalls, swelling tidal waves, monsters and police boats to also contend with. The courses in the ring master and gauntlet modes are the same as in race mode but instead of battling against computer AI racers, it's you against rings and the clock or explosive barrels and the clock – I'm pretty sure you can work out which is which. Alternatively, you can race up to four local players for split screen or race up to eight online for motorboat mayhem.
There are of course the classic Hydro Thunder shortcuts to hunt out that will shave an all-important couple of seconds off your race time plus lots of secret shiny emblems to collect and most importantly boost canisters to give your boat the edge. Whilst racing, your team (heard but never seen) will not only comment on your performance but will helpfully talk to you about your boost levels; "we're low on boostâ€, "we need boostâ€, "boost is ready†and "we've got boost, lets use it†followed by "we could have made that jump if we had boost†or the alternative "betcha if we had boost we could make that jumpâ€â€¦. You get the idea. This commentary would be very useful and not at all annoying if this wasn't a game that was built around using boost! In order to finish the race within the top three, you are gonna have to grab either a blue or red can of boost to fire up your onboard rocket and blast you over the winning line. As soon as you have a can, the boost comments kick in. The blue cans don't last very long yet are just about spread out along the courses that you can hit another as soon as one runs out. Great. Constant chatter of needing boost, having boost, using boost then wanting boost, boost and yet more boost – this game should have been sponsored by Cadbury's! For those of you that don't mind the commentary, they have included a high-pitched peeping alarm that will also sound as your boost is beginning to run low. AAAGGGHHHHH!
However, the upside of boost means there are genuinely fierce and fantastic moments within each race as the scenery flips by as you hit the perfect line at almost 200mph! Coming in the top three means not only do you get a shiny trophy but are awarded credits which go towards unlocking other courses, boats and skins (with design names including the delicious "hot chips†or the rather saucy "hugs and kissesâ€), though be prepared to repeat each course a few times before you have enough credits to level up – a little humdrum but not as boring as it would seem because at the end of the day, you're driving a rocket fuelled powerboat – and that's fun! There are three classes of boats – normal, pro and "you're crazy†expert. Each boat differs in acceleration, top speed, handling and air control and the differences are immediately obvious once you're on the race route. These variations mean over time you can fully explore every nook and cranny of every course but aren't essential to gaining credits. It took me just over 3 hours to unlock all the courses, simply by using the boat with the most balanced stats in each class. The difference between each class really comes down to handling rather than speed, as the boosts will comfortably get you to the chequered flag first. As you can go back and replay races, you could simply keep clocking up credits on the first normal race but wouldn't suggest this, as it's dull as ditchwater.
Overall, the transition from the original arcade game to this is great. It retains it's repetitive arcade racing spirit mixed with fabulous courses and hidden surprises. Perhaps not the biggest splash this summer, more of a quick squirt from a hosepipe but still should go down a storm with racing fans everywhere.
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If you missed mine previous Posts on Amazing animals then Click -->> Part 1 and Part 2
And sorry for so Late Post...
1."Assassin Caterpillar" (From Assassin Creed for You :) )
Yeah,, Caterpillar can also be scary and Poisonous at the same time. It's Been Responsible for more than 500 lives in Brazil previous few years.
People who were Poisoned by it just said that they touched something on Ground or Tree. And when that area was Surveyed for suspected creature, only this guy was found everywhere ( I dont think someone is trying to frame it). Yeah this guy Mr. stealthy Assassin..
Scientists have been Worried due to this caterpillar since in Previous 2000 years ,, there were no such reports about this guy.. but in previous 10 years something happened which made this small guy realize it's Power and now it's on rampage( OVERKILL ).
2. "Horror Wasp"/Megalara Garuda
So, Meet Mr. Horror Wasp directly from Hell for you. Discovered in 2011 in Indonesia, It Grows to 2.5 inches..(OMG,, Now, we need a big Roll to hit and kill this guy). Also known as " warrior wasp" or "King of wasps". It's atleast twice of an average Wasp.
look at it's Pic and you will know how dangerous it can be..


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Dr Emily McMurray
MB BCh BAO BSc (Hons) MD MRCP
Consultant Physician
- General Endocrinology
- General Diabetes
- Teenage and Young Adult Neuro-oncology
- Western General Hospital
Emily McMurray studied medicine at the Queen's University of Belfast, graduating in 2002. Her training was largely based in Belfast, and included a two year period of research looking at the effect of eplerenone on insulin action. She was awarded an MD for this work from Queen's University of Belfast in 2011. Emily spent a year working in Hôpital Cochin in Paris, focusing on Cushing's disease and adrenal pathology.
She moved back to Scotland to take up her Consultant job in the Western General Hospital in 2013, where she is involved in diabetes and endocrinology clinics, the DAFNE course for patients with Type 1 diabetes and a teenage and young adult cancer follow up clinic.


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4 Reasons to Love the New Due 2.0/
A couple of days ago, Lin Junjie released the new version of Due. I'd recommend you to read Federico Viticci's review at MacStories and Sean Korzdorfer's tips on how he use Due, if you haven't already.
Compared to other apps on my home screen, I open Due more frequently on a daily basis. Other than the obvious visual changes, these are a few things I love about the new version.
1. More Quick-Access Timings
One of the great features in Due 1.x is its excellent natural language parser. Combined with four quick-access timings, it allows me to quickly (and often times, programmatically) create a new reminder.
The new 2.0 version keeps the natural language parser and adds a set of eight quick-access timings. You can configure these timings to fit your needs. The new timings allow you to create a relative timing (such as +1 hour and -1 day) in addition to the fixed timings (such as 6 AM and 7 PM). For example, I created six fixed timings based on my daily milestones and another six relative timings to easily move a reminder to a different date/time.
Long time users know that we can create a new reminder in Due very quickly. It's so fast that there's almost no reason for you to delay jotting down whatever it is you need to be reminded of. With the ability to create relative timings and configure up to 12 shortcuts, it's now even faster to set the exact date/time for your reminders.
2. More Gestures and Shortcuts
Aligned with its quick-entry theme, Due 2.0 adds a bunch of new gestures and shortcuts throughout the app. Here are some of them that I've found:
- Pull down to search a list (works in all three sections: Reminders, Logged Reminders, and Timers).
- As you type in the search reminder box, you can hit the + button to add what you type as a new reminder instead.
- In the editor popup, you can swipe left/right to complete the reminder creation.
- In the reminder list, you can short swipe to the left to mark a reminder as complete. If you do a long swipe (to the left) instead, the reminder will be deleted.
- If you set up the alerts to show up in your lock screen or the Notification Center, you can swipe left there to snooze or mark a reminder as complete. Swiping left on a due timer allows you to restart the timer.
- It's now even easier to create a new reminder as you're browsing the list, because the + buttons are also available at the top of all sections.
- You can swipe left/right on the list title to switch from Reminders to Timers and vice versa.
Note: If you often find yourself duplicating a reminder in 1.x, the new Duplicate menu is now a part of the Sharing Extension. Open the reminder, tap on the Share button, and select the Duplicate option there.
Watch trailer video for Due 2.0 on YouTube
3. 45 New Alert Tones
One of the features that I like from Due 1.x is the ability to set a different alert tone for each reminder. This can be useful for a particular type of recurring reminders.
The new 2.0 version adds 45 new alert tones that you can choose from. If you're upgrading from 1.x, this comes as a $2.99 in-app purchase alongside other features such as shorter auto snooze periods, background sync via Dropbox, and the ability to pause/resume timers. If you're a new user to Due 2.0, you will get all of these features as a part of your $4.99 purchase.
I have to say that this is quite a unique way to offer discounted paid upgrade to existing users.
4. Keeps the Same URL Schemes and x-callback-url Support
Another great feature from Due 1.x is its support for x-callback-url. The new 2.0 version keeps the same URL Schemes allowing all of your previous custom actions and workflows to work seamlessly.
Because upgrading from 1.x to the new 2.0 version keeps all my logged reminders, I can reuse my most-frequent reminders again. If you haven't made the most out of your logged/completed reminders, you should definitely consider it. Combining a Launch Center Pro trigger with the new relative timings is a really great way to quickly reuse a frequently-used reminder.
Bonus: New Actions in Launch Center Pro and Workflow
If you want more shortcuts in your life, here are four custom actions that I've created in Launch Center Pro and Workflow.
The first one is a Launch Center Pro action called Due: Meet & End. It's a shortcut to create a sequential Due reminder. The first one is a reminder to meet someone with an embedded URL to create a second reminder to end the meeting within a given time period. I often need this to remind myself to end a meeting before it goes too long.
Open this link to automatically install this action on your iOS device.
The second one is a Workflow action to create a reminder to call someone from my Contacts list. Workflow offers the ability to search my Contacts list and allows me to pick one among many phone numbers that a Contact may have. After encoding it in Launch Center Pro, I invoke Due to create that reminder.
Open this link to automatically install this action on your iOS device.
The third one is a Workflow action to create a reminder to buy birthday gifts for upcoming birthday events in my Calendar. Workflow offers the ability to search my Calendar events and allows me to pick one or more birthday events from that list. For each birthday event selected this way, I'd create a reminder in Due to buy the birthday gifts. And, with the new fixed and relative timing shortcuts, it's very easy for me to schedule a gift shopping reminder a few days prior the birthday event.
Open this link to automatically install this action on your iOS device.
The last one is a Workflow action extension that allows me to capture an Overcast URL and convert it to a reminder to check the show notes later. Because I mostly listen to podcasts while driving, I often find the need to be reminded for an interesting link in the show notes when I arrive at home.
Open this link to automatically install this action on your iOS device.
Due 2.0 is a great update to my most-frequently-used app. It offers many features, such as relative timing shortcuts and gestures, that make creating reminders very easy and very quickly. If you haven't tried Due yet, now would be a great time to do it. For me, Due is going to be the first third-party app I'd install on an Apple Watch.


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April 2004
Timber Processing's April issue spotlights Averitt Hardwoods International for its operation of three hardwood lumber sawmills, including one at the refurbished headquarters site in Clarksville, Tennessee. Sun Studs is making moves as the latest acquisition of Swanson Group, Inc. Also, a Mississippi construction firm established itself with forest products industry business.
Ben C. Stimpson Sr., former president of Gulf Lumber Co. in Mobile, Ala., and a leader in forestland and wildlife conservation, died February 16 in Mobile. He was 79. Stimpson, along with his brothers, William (Billy) and the late Gordon (Dut) Stimpson, spearheaded one of the South's most progressive southern pine lumber operations, meanwhile establishing a legendary reputation for their hunting and wildlife expertise and enthusiasm.
Long-time southern Oregon lumber manufacturer Sun Studs, LLC is currently operating with a potent mix of old and new during the first three years under its new owner, Swanson Group, based in Glendale, Ore. (see sidebar). By combining the mill's existing skilled and well-trained work force with an infusion of upgrade capital, Swanson is developing a high-recovery operation that fits well with Swanson's log procurement strategies by processing a wider mix of species and sizes than the company's other two mills.
Composed of a triad of sawmills found here and in Cadiz and Grand Rivers, Ky., Averitt Hardwoods International produces 30MMBF of hardwood lumber annually from the three mills combined, with the Clarksville location manufacturing 6MMBF annually. The headquarters location has undergone continual improvements dating back to the construction of a 9,000 sq. ft. office in the late 1980s. The corporate office complex overlooks the hardwood-rich Cumberland River Valley.
Good times are upon us! At least that's the sentiment revealed in a random survey of owners, executives and managers of softwood lumber and hardwood lumber operations throughout the U.S. The survey appeared with a selected number of January issues of Timber Processing magazine. An impressive ninety percent of the softwood lumber and hardwood lumber respondents combined expect their operations to experience some degree of profitability in the next two years.
Yates Construction is a familiar name in the forest products industry. Signs bearing the Yates name or one of several subsidiary companies are often found in front of wood product mills under construction or expansion. Yates' involvement in construction in the forest products industry goes back to the '60s. In the mid '70s Yates was granted the site work for the Weyerhaeuser pulp mill in Columbus, Miss. "The Columbus project helped put Yates on the construction map," says Jim Thomas, Business Development Manager for Yates' Industrial/Forest Products Div.
Indianapolis-based portable and industrial band sawmill manufacturer Wood-Mizer has opened an authorized sales center in Palmer, Alas. The company held an opening ceremony in March. Wood-Mizer Alaska ASC will provide a place to see mills demonstrated and to receive new mill training. The location will also provide replacement parts, along with performing emergency service. The location will also play host to customer seminars and field days.
Vecoplan designs, engineers and manufactures screening machines and systems for high volume applications in the forest products industry. Vecoplan delivers precision screening through the use of application specific technologies including rotary trommel, oscillating, star and roller screens. A comprehensive range of standard sizes as well as custom designs are available. Up to 5 levels of classification are possible within a single unit.
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Tourism Consulting
Songa Africa offers a wealth of specialist experience in tourism, with clients ranging from international bodies and national and local government to tourism enterprises, heritage and environmental agencies and local communities. Our mission is to combine innovative ideas and realistic solutions, with the principles of sustainable tourism at their heart.
Strategies and Destination Management
We prepare tourism strategies for countries, regions, and local destinations – for large cities, towns, national parks, organizations and many other types of areas. Each of our strategies is crafted to meet the specific needs of the destination or organisation. They are based on careful local consultation and a thorough investigation of market opportunities, resource strengths and constraints, and funding possibilities. They will include practical action plans and recommendations on the best structures for securing commitment from the public and private sectors.
Research and Intelligence
Our research and intelligence services will help our clients understand the scale, pattern, impact and potential of tourism, now and in the future. This can involve simply pulling together and making sense of existing data, our services will also include undertaking original research, such as visitor surveys, enterprise surveys, and consumer discussion groups. We can also undertake tailor made research such as profiling of leisure and business market segments. We help clients keep abreast of performance and provide advice on indicators, monitoring and bench-marking.
Policy Advice and Guidance
Our carefully selected consultants are in position to address key tourism issues, options for policy and provide guidance for government and the tourism industry. The policy choice is based on a combination of our own experience, consultation and investigative research, and often leads to the preparation of advisory publications and manuals, including case studies of good practice .Through our network we draw on experience from around the world that will help organizations, countries deliver on a wide ranging issues concerning the successful planning ,organization and delivery of tourism .We also specialize in policy guidance on tourism as a poverty reduction strategy.
Marketing, Information and Interpretation
We work with tourism destinations, regional blocks, organisations and enterprises on the preparation and implementation of tourism marketing strategies and plans. We place great emphasis on clearly identifying objectives, such as reducing seasonality or increasing spend per head, leading to the selection of target markets, brand positioning and tactical communication activity. We also prepare visitor information and interpretation strategies, adopting creative solutions and taking full account of the many opportunities provided by new technology, but always driven by a desire for clear and simple messages be conveyed cost effectively.
Conservation Consulting
Support and contribute to the stewardship of the environment and the sustainable management of nature, through the provision of advisory and other services, based on the best available knowledge and expertise. We aspire to promoting a new development paradigm; one that combines the ethic of responsible environmental stewardship, passion for nature, compassion for people and sound science as the pillars of sustainable living.


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3-Pack Combo - 18 Garlic Scent Pucks
3-Pack Combo - 18 Garlic Scent Pucks
The nerdy explanation:
The reason garlic works so well is that it is composed of aromatic amines, cyclic molecules that escape as scent very readily. That is why when you cook garlic or hot peppers, they release pungent scent so quickly upon cooking. When these aromatic compounds are put in fish scent, they distribute quickly in the water, much faster than regular prey food's scent.
Aromatic amines enter the fish's nostrils, and they trigger the brain to follow and feed if they like the scent, and scram if they don't, such as bear scent diverting running salmon. Since fish don't avoid garlic it can only result in positive behavior; ie. feed, reproduce or move.
The fisherman explanation:
It works!
Each tube contains 6 long lasting pucks.


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After nearly 30 years working as a graphic designer and branding consultant, in 2016 I stopped crafting images for other people and started making them for myself. Drawing on a lifetime of taking photographs whilst living in Edinburgh, London and the south of France, I began with solar plate etching. Recently I have expanded my skills to include screen printing.
Having last attended life drawing at art college in Edinburgh in the 1980s, I have also returned to that. And I love it. For the moment I'm not sure how that will effect my printmaking. But in the future, I intend to evolve from just purely photograph-based image making to something more gestural. Lithography, monoprinting, photogravure and drypoint are all on my radar, so watch this space!
CV in brief
'Lasting Impressions', Scarborough Museum and Art Gallery
Elected member of Greenwich Printmakers
Selected for the Printmakers Council archive in Scarborough
Joined Printmakers Council
Selected for 'Route des Artistes', St-Rémy-de-Provence, France
Began screen printing
Returned to London from France
Freelance branding and communication consultancy
Began solar plate printmaking
Lived in Provence, France
Renovated a farmhouse, rented as summer holiday accommodation
Freelance branding and communication consultancy
Sabatical: Winters running ski chalets in French Alps and summers etsablishing a holiday business in Provence, France
Graphic designer/communication consultant
Graduated Edinburgh College of Art
BA Visual Communication
Contact me
Annoying, I know, but this form stops both of us getting spammed. Please use it to contact me with any comments or queries and don't forget to confirm you're not a robot! Cheers. Guy


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June 30th, 2011 by Vomitron
Director: David DeCoteau
Writer: Arne Olsen
Release Year: 2007
That's a beautiful bear. I want one too.
I desperately try to not watch one single David DeCoteau movie every year, yet for some reason I always seem to end up watching one of them every single year. This has been going on for some years now. I have no explanation for this phenomenon.
So what about 'Grizzly Rage'? Well, the bear was good, wasn't he? The bear was a beautiful specimen. The bear was nice. Watch him roar. Watch him run. Watch him do not much else, really. I have no idea where DeCoteau got the bear footage from, as it was obviously shot on another day, somewhere else and with none of the actors & crew around. That's called stock footage. And if not, then it's lousy filmmaking.
Once again, DeCoteau manages to poop out a movie that has absolutely nothing to offer. He gives us nothing but endlessly padded scenes with no content. Not a single remotely interesting thing is going on in this movie. Three guys and one girl in some woods with a bear out for revenge after them. Seriously, the bear wants revenge. Get even. Up close and personal. Why? Because the youngsters killed Mommy Bear's Baby Bear in a hit-and-run accident. And since Mommy Bear is a law-abiding specimen, she wants justice. So, in a way, this film is like 'Deathwish' set in some forest and with a bear replacing Charles Bronson.
It might also be a spin on 'The Toxic Avenger', as the bear apparently had been drinking water polluted by toxic waste. However, that part of the plot was completely lost on me, until I read about it afterwards on IMDb. It made me remember there were indeed a few barrels of toxic waste in some shots. I think this film made me very stupid all of the sudden, because I completely failed to link those toxic waste barrels to the bear. And it didn't help things that the bear just looks plain normal. It's a big one. And a beautiful one. Yes. But normal and furry. No Mutant Bear Avenger. I want to re-watch 'Prophecy' now.
What about the killings? Well, we sometimes see a fake bear's claw hitting nothing but thin air really. And then an actor flies through the air. Then cut back to the bear going "rooaaarrr" and some CGI blood splatters on the camera-lens, and… that's it, basically. This stunt gets repeated a couple of times. Oh yes, something else: I wanted to see a crappy CGI bear and I didn't get any. Color me disappointed.
And what? Not even enough money for crappy CGI effects? How cheap can a movie get?
Another funny thing. Why on earth did that one actor have to run around through the woods at night in his underwear? Was it because he felt like Tarzan? Or did he feel like going back to nature to go barbaric on the bear's ass? No, of course not. He was starring in a David DeCoteau movie, and that requires any hot-looking male actor to take his cloths off at some point. He ran around in his underwear, climbed up a tree and just sat there for a while. Really a profound sequence that was.
What? There's no naked boobs in this movie? Now I'm getting mad.
Forgive me if I'm not even going into the movie's plot or other details. Other people have given it their best shot already on various websites. But I'd like to share one more thought about this film that involves a truly puzzling aspect. Have you ever noticed in certain movies (especially cheap B-horror movies) whenever there's supposed to be a storm going on outside, those light-guys are just a tad bit too eager to push the buttons on their strobe lighting effects? A 5-minutes-long scene might have for instance like 20 lightning flashes in it. While in real life, you're even lucky if you catch about two lightning flashes during a whole rainy night. Now DeCoteau really goes way beyond this. Not just a few steps too far, but so ridiculously beyond this, that he's just gone. The last 30 minutes or so of 'Grizzly Rage' take place at night, during a storm (they actually didn't have the budget to produce rain effects either, but whatever). Now, about every 3-5 seconds, those lightning strobe-effects come on. For about 30 minutes straight, relentless and persistent. You'll be flashed out of your mind, I tell you. Seriously, I'm pretty sure DeCoteau was not at all simulating a nightly storm. I'm convinced he wanted to show audiences he had a stroboscope on the set by simply making it part of the scenery. Part of the story even. Like, "Hey look, there's pulsating lights in the woods. They just grow there. Ain't that cool?".
No, seriously, insanely exaggerated lightning effects are one of DeCoteau's trademarks, just like featuring naked male torso's. Just watch any given DeCoteau movie, and you'll always get both of them.
Some movies just eat the cake, and 'Grizzly Rage' is one of them. Now, I could swear I will never watch a David DeCoteau movie again in my entire life. But chances are if someone would throw 'Demon Speed' or 'Leeches'! at me, I'd just pop it in and watch it anyway. But not this year, I guarantee you. Next year, maybe.
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Stuff I've been working withAs a developer, I always try to find a somewhat "state-of-the-art" tool or technology to address a particular problem. I guess the reason is I'm a lazy bum and I don't like to repeat myself. I don't like to write code when I feel I should't be doing it. And I don't like to write code when I feel it's becoming hard and complex to implement.
I like things simple, fast, straightforward. And this is becoming even more true in the ruby world.
I've been working on a project for some time now (shhhh, it's a secret yet), these are the technology I've been using/discovering/enjoying/trying:
- Rails. Well, you all know it, right? :)
- Formtastic. It's a simple but fantastic way to handle forms inside RoR. We all need forms, right? I was in pain writing a FormBuilder in rails when I just felt I was reinventing wheel. Later on I learned I was. Luckly.
- Blueprint. Have you ever spent hours trying to align divs in your web page? I did. The fact is: I'm not a CSS expert. Blueprint makes it a piece of cake to align and structure your page. Really a must have.
- Haml & Sass. These are basically tools for generating html and css, respectively. You write in haml and sass and then get it converted to html and sass. Write less, do more. I love it.
I'm having the opportunity to test and implement these technologies at work, with success. This makes me very happy. It's always good to find new technologies that makes your work better and have the change to use it at work.
I guess that's all for today.


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Christina Hendricks knows how to party. While she was on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, she told Jimmy about quite possibly the most ideal vacation/party/day ever. (You can watch the video here )
Just imagine it: a house in Palm Springs, poolside with your ladies, sipping cocktails, noshing on casserole all while lounging in a glorious caftan.
My birthday's in September; who's coming with me? :)
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10 months on
[ a pound light or a day or 2 late]
Walking with Joseph
Napoleon's Army preparing for the season, as is Joseph.
First battle will be on 2nd of May
Walking with Andrew
March of the 104th Regiment
6 April Quebec hands over to Ontario for re-enactment on the 104th march
12 April Re-enactment of 104th march concludes in Kingston.
22 April Provincial Marine, which was established in 1778, is disbanded [name only]
23 April First anniversary of this Blog
27 April Americans capture York [present day Toronto]
Remnants of the Light Co of the 8th[Kings] Regiment arrive at Kingston, having retreated
from York. They joined other troops being assembled to defend Kingston. Included are the
Grenadiers of the 100th Regiment (Roberts, pg 70)
Saturday, April 20, 2013
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Cheap & Delivered
Bookmarks, as the name suggests are that kind of placeholders which are used widely in books and other reading materials to ensure that you don't lose the place where you left reading or writing. These are the most common types of placeholders which are used by companies and individuals to ensure that you don't forget and have to start over from scratch again.
They are used in storybooks for children, in novels, in religious books, as educational text books as well as another type of reading and writing books.
They are made from materials like paper, vinyl and PVC plastic where paper materials are the most common type of material and it also looks classic. The vinyl printed bookmark designs are transparent in look and they can also be used in places where more durable bookmarks are to be printed. You can also choose to have the bookmarks printed in PVC plastic which has solid colors as well as provides waterproofing.
All them are available in two different sizes where we offer 2 x 6 and 3 x 7 bookmarks.
The bookmark designs are printed in full-colors which let you get any kind of color printed as compared to the CMYK. Full-color printing option can also be used to get any kind of image printed on them.
Our printed bookmark designs can also be personalized by choosing from options like emboss, stamp and foiling where foiling can be done in gold or silver. You can also choose to have them protected from scratches by getting them UV coated.
All the bookmarks printed by us have premium quality without increasing the price and we also offer free shipping to any location in the United States to keep the overall pricing to the minimum.
If you are looking for the printing of custom packaging boxes for your business or personal use and want some unique shapes and custom made packaging then, the packaging printed by us are made right for you.


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Shopping Packages
Make a visit to Kildare Village extra special with our selection of Shopping Packages. Combining Gift Cards, luxury transport to and from the Village, refreshments, extra savings and more, Shopping Packages offer great value for money. Treat yourself to the perfect day out. To book your Shopping Package, click here.


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Scribd Gets Cooking with Rachael Ray
Exciting news: this morning, Scribd was featured on an episode of the Rachael Ray Show! We're huge fans of Rachael's, so in addition to the Scribd subscriptions that were given to members of the audience, we're offering anyone who couldn't make the filming a chance to get a 3-month Scribd subscription today. To redeem this special promotion, just click here.
What should you read once you join Scribd? If you love watching the Rachael Ray Show and trying out her latest recipes, we recommend you head straight to our new Food & Wine collection. The collection highlights a mix of food memoirs and narratives, as well as lots of delicious recipes and wine advice to explore. Some of our favorites include Try This (travel the world just by trying out new restaurants), Culinary Reactions (learn about the science behind some of the most basic recipes) and Wine on Tuesdays (think everyday wine-buying suggestion book). Once you're done reading up an appetite, check out a few of our Kitchen Companions before you get cooking.
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Marvel has revealed details on the season two premiere of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which debuts on September 23 at 9 PM ET.
The episode is called Shadows. Here's a synopsis:
Coulson and his team are now wanted fugitives with limited resources, but that's not stopping them from keeping the world safe from powerful and unseen threats everywhere. However, with new members they hardly know, will S.H.I.E.L.D. ever be trusted again?
Marvel has also revealed that Hayley Atwell will guest star as her Captain America character Agent Peggy Carter.
Hayley is also tapped to star in her own spinoff series, Marvel's Agent Carter, will be seen in a flashback in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. opener and is also joined by Captain America characters Dum Dum Dugan(Neal McDonough) and Jim Morita ( Kenneth Choi).
Agent Carter is scheduled to premiere in 2015 on ABC.
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What turns you on?
Do you have a natural inclination to be drawn to one of these three options?
Are you one who is accommodating and generally fueled by the interests of people?
Or, is it the outcome and in particular the performance that draws your attention?
Then there is process, are you more interested in how things work or come together?
I'm a performance person. Today I set me kids a challenge chart and they are busy building a boat at the moment. They've decided to make it a competition which excites me even more!
Whether you are a people, performance or a process driven person, you've got to understand that your communication preference doesn't work for others if you're driven by different motives. Fortunately, my two kids are excited with most challenges, so I talk in the 'performance' language - my native tongue!
With the constant change in our lives, we must be multi-lingual to ensure we maintain our relationships rather than mismanage them. Many folks are bi-lingual, they have two preference e.g. people & performance or process & people. This is more complex to interpret and many play the guessing game rather than get smart with their communications.
If you don't know the motivation language of your team or anyone who you have a vested interest in - then we need to talk ... now!


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Man dies in struggle with Berkeley police
A 41-year-old man died while struggling with Berkeley police officers trying to take him into custody for a psychiatric evaluation, authorities said Wednesday.
The man, whose name has not been released, lost consciousness after an altercation with officers, police said. The Alameda County coroner is investigating the cause of his death.
The incident happened after police arrived to investigate a disturbance between roommates at the Gaia apartment complex at 2116 Allston Way about 11:49 p.m. Tuesday, police said.
One of the roommates "became increasingly agitated and uncooperative to the officer's verbal commands and began to scream and violently resist," Officer Stephanie Polizziani, a police spokeswoman, said in a statement. "After struggling with officers, they were able to gain control of the subject and place him in restraints."
The man continued to kick and scream, prompting police to request a gurney from the Fire Department. At some point, they discovered he was not breathing and began CPR, Polizziani said.
The man died at a hospital.
Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @henryklee


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the Biennalen for a second time/
At the weekend I went back for a second look at the Biennalen for Kunsthåndværk og Design out at the Carlsberg site. My first look at the exhibition was at the crowded opening so it was good this time to see the works with fewer people around but also I wanted to take some extra, specific, photographs of the pieces by Helene Vonsild to add to the profile of her work that I have posted here.
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"Thousands of interviews for jobs at law firms are taking place now as top law schools, under mounting pressure to help indebted students snag jobs, increasingly push major law firms to recruit in August, months earlier than in previous years.
"Law firms follow an unusual tradition of recruiting the lawyers they eventually plan to hire two years in advance. For example, they are interviewing second-year law students now for summer associate positions that start in May or June 2012. At the end of the 2012 summer, the firms expect, they will then invite almost all the summer hires to work full-time as junior lawyers, likely starting in September 2013.
"By forcing the big firms to recruit in August, rather than as late as the end of October, as in previous years, law schools are hoping to give their students an edge in the competition. "There was a race to the front of the line by law schools," said Keith Wetmore, whose title is chair of Morrison & Foerster LLP, which is sending partners to 28 campuses this month to recruit students for its 2012 summer associate class.
"In 2000, for instance, seven law schools held their interviewing weeks in August. By 2009, the number had increased to more than 70, and this year, the figure will top 100, according to Mark Weber, assistant dean for career services at Harvard Law School.
"During the market crash of 2008, both Harvard and Yale law schools "went essentially last" in the recruiting season, with their interview weeks in September and October. "Their students did get hurt, and got fewer offers," said James G. Leipold, executive director of NALP. "Our students still had great jobs, but you do even better when you're at the beginning of the [recruiting] process than the end," Harvard's Mr. Weber said. A spokeswoman for Yale Law School said she couldn't comment.


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Credit: onlykhjtimes.blogspot.com/2011/08/tvbs-news-preview-of-persons-exclusive.html
This is a preview cut of The Person's exclusive interview segment with HJ.
It should be noted that, according to KeyEast, as reported by Yonhap News on Aug 17, HJ was the 1st Korean star to show up on this TVBS talk show.
Quoting the company, the news agency said only TOP superstars would be invited to this talk-show, which is the No.1 ranking channel in its time-slot in Taiwan.
Please note that HJ's recording was completed on Aug 15, and his segment will air on Aug 21. So....keep a watch out for it gurls! =))
Translated and subbed by: OnlyKHJtimes
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The family of my great grandfather is one of my most impermeable brick walls. Charles Francis O'Malley was born 1876 in Louisiana and went west to New Mexico in around 1900, where he married Augusta Fleck. I know his parents names and quite a bit about his possible maternal ancestry, which includes Irish revolutionaries and Cajuns. But Charles' paternal ancestry, and a personal connection with that branch of the family are missing. I chip away at it this way and that, and have pieced together bits and pieces.
I have some information from the Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church records and from the Census. The family of Mary Burke is based mostly on help from some kind descendants of some of Mary Burke's siblings. And although I am so glad for their help, I have not yet seen the proof that Mary Burke who married Thomas O'Malley is the same person as Mary Rosa Burke, d/o Judge Junius Burke and Alexandrine Millet.
Here is the lineage I have documentation for:
1. Thomas O'Malley and Ellen McDermot of Ireland, were parents of
2. Thomas O'Malley, b. 1837, Ireland; emigrated 1850; worked as a Levee Contractor d. possibly sometime around 1900 in Ascension County, Louisiana,
m1. 1865 Katherine 'Kate' Rush b. 1849, Ireland; d. 1872, Ascension Parish, LA; d/o Thomas Rush & Katherine Gaffney, both b. Ireland.
Children, all b. Ascension Parish, LA
3.1 John O'Malley b. 1866 (when his mother was only 16!; don't know what happened to him)
3.2 Mary 'Maery' Anne O'Malley b. 1868; m. Thaddeus A. Dunn; d. probably sometime between 1905 and 1910 in Baton Rouge, LA.
m2. 1874 Mary Burke b. 1850 in Louisiana; d. sometime after 1920
Children, all b. Ascension Parish, LA
3.3 Thomas Archibald O'Malley b. 1875; m. Henrietta Louise O'Rourke; d. after 1956.
3.4 Charles Francis O'Malley b. 1876 ; m. Augusta Fleck; d. 1969 Las Vegas, San Miguel, New Mexico
3.5 Patrick Burke O'Malley b. 1878; maybe alive in 1920 in Biloxi, Mississippi, living with his mother Mary B. O'Malley?
I'll keep chipping away!


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From Jim Gilliam's blog archivesHyperBee and WideSource
April 21, 2003 9:30 AM
Since posting Search: By the People, For the People a couple distributed search/crawling projects have come my way. Andrew Wooldridge pointed out WideSource, and Mihalis Panagiotakis mefied HyperBee.
WideSource is a free search "community." It hooks into your bookmarks allowing you to categorize them while it spiders those sites in the background. You can then search those sites, or the sites of other users. The search is peer to peer. It also has chat functionality and other community oriented features.
HyperBee is roughly the same concept as Grub, only it hasn't launched yet. It has a distributed crawler, but a centralized search.
Neither one of these hooks into my web trail. It looks like WideSource could be adapted to hook into the history of IE and Netscape and crawl those pages as well. We'll see what their thoughts are.
HyperBee and WideSource (04.21.2003)
Next Entry: Clinton's Dereliction of Duty (04.21.2003)


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Soul Thistle
Due to the work I am doing right now to get ready for the Erylian Epic launch, catching up on Patreon content, and also being in a more taxing class this quarter, I will be doing some shorter World Building Wednesdays. This one is one I had already done most of the work for in my DM Journal. This week is another piece of botany I have worked on for Erylia, though unlike bloodthorn, this is one isn't a drug with mechanics attached to it.
Soul Thistle is an herb that is primarily known to be used in a ritual for a potential warlock to reach out to a patron and try to form a pact. Soul Thistle on Syvahl is generally an herb that is exported from The Faevale, however the Fae do not often deal with outsiders on their own, and it is very difficult to get to The Faevale. Due to this, not many people are able to get their hands on Soul Thistle, and those that do are able to charge a premium for it. There are rumors that a few people have managed to grow Soul Thistle on their own, but those who have keep the supply scarce to keep its value up.
Soul Thistle is a small flower that sprouts from a fuzzy looking bulb on its stock. The flower itself grows silver and it is said to react to the magic around it, giving it a slight glow in highly magical areas. For Soul Thistle to grow into a useful form, it must feed off of magic and absorb it, this is why it grows so natively in The Faevale, few other places are as magical. This also means that those who wish to grow it themselves have to nurture it with magic of their own, draining them of the ability to use it in the process.
There is a very small window in which you can harvest Soul Thistle. After months of absorbing magic from its surroundings, the bulb will begin to open up, allowing the magic to flow into the flowers petals. The petals begin to grow brighter and brighter until a single flower could light a small room on its own. It is during this time that the petals must be plucked and prepared. Once plucked, the petals will slowly begin to fade, but the magic that was released into them remains and they will continue to glow softly. They must then be protected and dried, because once a petal is crushed, it begins to lose its potency and will quickly become useless. If a Soul Thistle bulb opens and the petals are not harvested before falling off, the magic within them will quickly fade and the petals will darken, rendering them useless.
I'd also like to remind all of my readers here that while I intend to keep up my weekly posts here, I will be adding all of this content, and more, to World Anvil, so make sure to follow us there!


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Watersports Unlimited has been a full service dive store since 1992, serving Western Nebraska and the surrounding areas. We are a PADI Dive Center. The shop is also able to do recovery work! Our air is tested and certified at both the North Platte and Lake McConaughey stores. We are your SCUBAPRO Dealer for all your sales and service needs!
We have three instructors in our store eager to get your started in a an adventure of a lifetime! Scuba diving is a family oriented, with kids starting as young as 10 years old. We offer Discover Scuba so you can see what it's all about!
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Krispies are delighted to announce that they will be sponsoring the Exe Estuary Spring Beach Clean in association with Exe Estuary Management Partnership which will take place at 2pm on Saturday 13th May at the Imperial Recreation Ground slipway in Exmouth. We want to do all we can to make sure we make this event really successful and after two hours cleaning you will be treated to a FREE Krispies Fish and Chip meal!
Due to limited places for food, advance booking is essential for the Clean-Up and can be done through the Exe estuary Officer, Stephanie Clark on email@example.com or 01392 382236. A reserve list will be made once places have filled up.
If you are coming along some gloves and necessary equipment are provided but it is important that volunteers wear sensible (generally warm!) clothing and footwear such as wellies or old trainers. Also, bring a bucket if you have one, to safely carry sharp pieces of glass to the skip. Families are welcome (including friendly dogs on leads), but children must be accompanied by an adult.
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Your 40th Wedding Anniversary: Ruby Ring Buying Advice, This article was updated 1 April 2016
BY popular demand we're going to revisit the topic of ruby rings for 40th wedding anniversaries!
We've searched through all of our ring reviews to show you the 6 most sought after ruby ring styles for 40th anniversaries, including ruby eternity rings.
We're going to tell you what each style stands for, their benefits, as well as showing you plenty of beautiful ring examples to choose from.
Click on the ring images to find out more about each one!
1. Classic ruby and diamond rings
Why choose a classic ruby-and-diamond ring for your 40th anniversary? When you spend four decades with the one person you love the most in the world, your anniversary gift is not just representative of your time together, but also the strength of your relationship. The ruby's red colour symbolises love, as well as marking your Ruby Anniversary year. Diamonds, the toughest and most lasting of all precious stones, speak about the strength of your commitment to each other.
Two classic ruby and diamond rings – click on rings for more info
2. Ruby eternity rings
There are several good reasons to choose an eternity ring for a Ruby Anniversary. Firstly, eternity rings are a traditional anniversary gifts. Due to their beauty and complex design, they're the most elaborate of all rings – and as such, perfectly suited to big, important occasions. They can also be worn as "upgrade" wedding rings, replacing a plain band. Secondly, an eternity ring with its never-ending circle of gemstones represents the concept of everlasting love. Thirdly, if you choose a traditional jeweller who handcrafts your ring to measure, it will be a truly unique and exquisite jewellery gift.
Two ruby eternity rings – click on rings for more info
3. Ruby half eternity rings
Half eternity rings have rubies and diamonds set only on the upper face of the ring, as opposed to full eternity rings with gems all around the band (as shown above). Thanks to this, half eternity rings can also be designed in styles that feature much larger gems than full eternity rings (see example below, left), although there are also plenty of simpler, more understated half-eternity styles (as shown below, right). Half eternity rings are often priced lower than full eternity rings, although this ultimately depends on the carat weight of the gems and the type of precious metals used. Some wearers say they find half eternity rings more comfortable than full eternity rings, although most people choose them simply because they prefer this style.
Two classic ruby half eternity rings – click on rings for more info
4. Three-stone ruby rings
Ruby 3-stone rings, also known as trilogy rings, are very popular as 40th anniverary anniversary rings because they represent the past, present and future of your life together. They're a creative alternative to the classic ruby ring, usually featuring three rubies, or alternatively, one large center ruby with two accent diamonds.
Two ruby three-stone rings – click on rings for more info
5. Emerald cut ruby rings
As you may have noticed above, many ruby rings feature oval-shaped stones. This is often due to the fact that it's very rare to find big, clear rubies – therefore gem cutters tend to favour oval or round shapes, which maximise the use of the rough ruby the gem was carved from. However, a well-cut ruby will also look spectacular and quite unique in an "emerald cut" shape, which is rectangular. This shape tends to give of long, sustained flashes of light, rather than sparkle (sparkle is the type of lightplay more often seen in round or oval cut rubies due to the way their facets reflect light in all directions).
Two rings with emerald-cut rubies – click on rings for more info
6. Creative Ruby Rings
There are as many beautiful types of ruby rings, as there are marriages! Their effect is not just created by the placement of the rubies and their surrounding accent stones, but also the colour and design of the precious metal band. If the person you are buying the ring for has flamboyance and flair, you may want to consider a design that breaks the norm. Below are some of the most popular creative ruby ring shapes that would make handsome 40th anniversary gifts.
Creative ruby ring designs – click on each ring for more info
Other reasons to choose rubies… The ruby is one of the "Big Five" precious stones, alongside diamonds, emeralds, sapphires and tanzanite. Rubies are incredibly durable – this is ideal for rings, which can sometimes get knocked when you use your hands. The ruby's colour can range from strong pink to sumptuous red, and that's why it's associated with love. It's also the birthstone for July, so if your partner was born mid-summer, an anniversary gift of a ruby will have double the significance!
Be sure to also read our recent Ruby Birthstone article and visit our Ruby Gem Guide for ruby facts, expert buying advice, history, care and cleaning tips, and more.
What to shop ruby rings now? Go straight to our website!
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Help with weight!
I used to be 117lbs before I had my two children. Now I am not going to say but I am significantly bigger. I need to lose weight before I get depressed! Any ideas on losing...
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Sailor Ben Ainslie put a fourth Olympic gold in his own hands heading into Sunday's medal race in the Finn.
The 35-year-old came into London 2012 as overwhelming favourite to top the podium but heads into the final race of the regatta behind Jonas Hogh-Christensen, who has sailed the regatta of his life.
The Dane pulled four points clear of Ainslie on Friday afternoon, but the Briton responded in some style in the final race of the opening series to halve that.
Having got off to a storming start and built up a lead of almost 200 metres, the Macclesfield-born sailor slowed right down in the final upwind leg in a bid to slow down Hogh-Christensen, who was in second.
The Dane struggled with the move rarely seen before a medal race and was overtaken by Holland's Pieter-Jan Postma, who went onto finish second.
Ainslie won the race to put him two points behind Hogh-Christensen in the overall fleet standings heading into the medal race, which is competed between the top 10 boats and sees points scored doubled and added to the opening series' score.
With two points for each position in the medal race, Ainslie will win gold as long as he finishes ahead of Hogh-Christensen and not at the back of the fleet - as that would allow Postma back in should he win the medal race.


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Electronics (POWER)
Setting up your helm requires some thought as to how best to utilize what is often limited space. Whether you are refitting an older boat or buying a new one, make sure the instrumentation works for you, and critical instruments are where you can see and operate them with a casual glance.
Weems & Plath introduced a new safety device at the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis. I think it is pretty creative as it uses Bluetooth connectivity to link a smartphone to a wearable transponder. If the signal is lost, or the unit is immersed in water, the smartphone sounds the alarm with sound, strobe, and vibration.
It is a new application of Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity.
Carrying an Air Band VHF radio on your next passage might be of value if you need to call for help. Even at high altitude, it is possible to communicate with a passing aircraft to get the word out that you have an emergency and need help.


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Over Thanksgiving break I learned how to make a stuffed jalapeno peppers! They were easy as can be and just delicious! This Friday night is my sorority's Semi Formal. Before we head out to dance our hearts away a few of the seniors are getting together for appetizers and wine. I have decided I am going to make these stuffed jalapenos' to bring. I know there are lots of events similar to this coming up so I wanted to share the recipe.
1. Slice the jalapeno in half and take out the middle part.
[Note to self: We learned at this part just how hot
peppers can be! Don't touch your eyes!]
2. Soften 2 cream cheese packets
3. Combine cream cheese, 3/4 bag shredded cheddar
cheese and chopped up green onion. Mix and fill hollow jalapenos.
4. Wrap stuffed jalapenos in bacon
5. Bake at 350
Have a wonderful day!