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Fallout 3
How do i talk to the Antagonizer?
Ive done everything hes said but when i went back to his lair to get my reward he wasn't there, i haven't seen him since, i've waited numerous days (game play days) and he is never in his lair. snixter43 - 8 years ago
>"How do i talk to the Antagonizer?"
Well. If you're on an Xbox 360, press the A button, which should normally be located under your right thumb.
Also. Antagonizer's a She. Iceburg116 - 8 years ago
Its a stupid glitch he just dissapears i did the same thing theres no way to get it back doolittlesy - 8 years ago
If you have a save point before you start the quest go back to that save point and talk to Uncle Roe and restart, the same glitch happened to me and that worked. RaepFace - 8 years ago
The same thing happens with the mechanist... just lockpick and kill them both KingFrodo12 - 7 years ago
Antagonizer is a girl.............and probably a glitch GnR546 - 7 years ago
Well usually i go about the antagonizer by killing her, but you may also persuade her to give up the live of "Crime" (This requires a sufficient ammout of chrisma). StagKahz - 7 years ago
Antagonizer is a girl, sounds like a glitch, and Iceburg116 you're a douchebag DounutMan - 7 years ago
If you have already killed or convinced mechanism to give you his suit she wont talk to you again if you dont give her the suit if you kill her you wont loose karma and you get a bonus out of it but as soon as you kill her look behind you because three giant work ants will come and attack you randomly you have to convince or kill the mechanist first then the anagonizer will tell you she wants his suit and wont talk to you until she has it. elvampire666 - 6 years ago
Ok you can talk to her or BOOM one bulliet for her and one for him captinkickass - 5 years ago
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families has awarded Girls Inc. of Dallas, a nonprofit that prepares girls and young women for personal and professional success, $240,000 per year for three years to develop, implement and evaluate a comprehensive pregnancy and STI prevention program. The three-year project, Girls Getting Ready! (GGR!), will be delivered by staff with at least one bi-lingual member and with bi-lingual materials in Girls Inc.'s four campuses in West and South Dallas, North Oak Cliff, and Love Field. The curriculum will consist of two age-appropriate modules, "I'm Making a Difference" (IMAD) for girls in grades 5 to 8, and "Reducing My Risk" (RMR) for grades 9 to 12.
The project addresses the critical need for effective teen pregnancy prevention programming in the Dallas-area. The most recent County Health Rankings and Roadmaps study shows that Dallas County has a birth rate of 76 per 1,000 women ages 15-19, in a state ranked the fourth highest in teen birth rate by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The children of teenage mothers are more likely to drop out of high school, have more health problems, be incarcerated at some time during adolescence, give birth as teenagers, and face unemployment as young adults, says the CDC.
"These unsettling statistics clearly illustrate the need to equip Dallas-area girls with the information, skills, and competencies to avoid teen pregnancy and STIs, complete high school, go to college, and pursue careers of their choice," noted Lori Palmer, Girls Inc. of Dallas CEO. "We conducted a brief community survey and discovered that there are no comprehensive, evidence-based pregnancy prevention programs available, only resources adapted for specific audiences. With the help of our community partners, we are well-positioned to address this gap and establish the evidence-based Girls Getting Ready! program well beyond its three-year grant cycle."
Palmer continued, "Girls Inc. has a strong history of providing pregnancy prevention programs based on a research-based Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy (PAP) curriculum. The project is a natural extension of our mission to arm girls and young women with the work and life competencies needed to be successful and economically independent."
To ensure the successful execution of the program, Girls Inc. has recruited high-quality community partners. Among them is Texas Woman's University, serving as the program evaluation partner. Dr. Mandy Golman, assistant professor in the Department of Health Studies in the College of Health Sciences at Texas Woman's University will measure the program's process and outcomes to ensure it meets its objectives.
"We are so excited about this project," said Dr. Golman. "Girls Inc. is a natural place to implement such a comprehensive pregnancy prevention program. We look forward to the prospect of this program serving as a national evidence-based model for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy."
In addition to Texas Woman's University, the following program partners will help Girls Inc. with the successful execution of the program by bringing expertise in behavioral health and adolescent reproductive health education, including medical accuracy, gender norms, and responsiveness and sensitivity to a racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse community:
- Salesmanship Club Youth and Family Centers (SCYFC): The organization provides behavioral-health services to at-risk youth and their families. Under the guidance of Bret Baldwin, PhD, Director of Therapeutic Services, SCYFC will serve as a behavioral health resource for girls and will train staff on critical behavioral health issues.
- Linda Holmes-Latimer, RN-BC: A veteran in women's health. She is board-certified and a nurse practitioner at the Parkland Health and Hospital System and will provide training and technical assistance to the staff for the medical accuracy of the program.
- True Child: This action tank promotes transformative approaches to reproductive health and gender-based violence. A national team led by Executive Director Riki Wilchins will train Girls Inc. staff on gender norms and reproductive health.
With the help of its community partners, Girls Inc. will use the federal funding to create and deliver an enduring program model to serve Dallas-area girls and families in future years.


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The Last of England
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by Derek Jarman
London: Costable, 1987. Reprint. Reprint; Octavo; VG/VG; Spine is black with white text; DJ has general shelf wear, edge wear, open tear to front, closed tear and nicks on back, design is clear; Boards have minimal edge wear, joints are strong, light rubbing to corners; Text block has general signs of handling, slight age-toning, content is clear, binding is strong; pp 247. Rockville. (Inventory #: 7-91-1258779)


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Minor classics
Mea culpa. I opened Michael Dirda's book with a sigh, expecting a primer, a handbook, some inky form of self-help muck, and I was so totally and egregiously wrong, so increasingly amazed and delighted, so driven headlong to the library to read his suggestions—with mounting astonishment—that I begin this review bluntly by saying that I am an idiot, that Dirda is not, and that this is one of the most riveting and enlightening books I have ever had the fortune to digest. Mea maxima culpa.
"Truly distinctive voices, once heard, ought never to be forgotten," writes Dirda, "and for roughly ninety authors [I hope] through summary, tantalizing quotation, and concise biography to convey a writer's or book's particular magic. In general, my approach is that of a passionate reader, [pointing] readers to new authors and less obvious classics" than the dray horses of the canon, such as Shakespeare, Dickens and so on. And by the beard of the Bard if he doesn't do it!
He searches writers you know (or thought you knew) for terrific books that normally go unread: Willa Cather's A Lost Lady, "among the most perfect short novels in our language," for example, and G. K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday—"the most thrilling book I have ever read," wrote Kingsley Amis.
Dirda resurrects writers who were once stars and have been reduced to scholarly-squabble or cult status: Max Beerbohm, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Prosper Mérimée, for example.
He brings to your attention writers you never heard of who will blow your mind: Thomas Love Peacock, with "Jane Austen–like wit and a flavor of Gilbert and Sullivan"; Ivan Goncharov, whose novel Oblomov, "the story of a man who fundamentally never wants to get out of bed," put Tolstoy in rapture and caused Chekhov to claim that Goncharov was "ten heads above me in talent"; the 16th-century astrologer Girolamo Cardano, "among the most entertaining autobiographers in the world"; and many more.
He hauls up to the light writers of single obscure masterpieces, like Robert Byron, who wrote The Road to Oxiana (a work held in awe by Bruce Chatwin and Paul Fussell), and Jaroslav Hasek, whose The Good Soldier Schweik Dirda ranks with Don Quixote and Joseph Heller's glorious Catch-22.
One of my pet peeves as writer and critic is that there are stunning writers who are much praised but little read except as academic duty—James Joyce perhaps foremost among them. Their names are cause for general bowing and scraping, but their stories are imprisoned and lonely on the shelf. Dirda happily restores some of these to the public arena—such geniuses of character and headlong story as Plutarch and Isak Dinesen, Émile Zola and Jules Verne, Rudyard Kipling and Philip K. Dick. Really, when was the last time you reveled in the dusty verve of Kipling's wonderful stories, or even read Dick's wild, intense novels rather than saw the movies made from them? "Our own home-grown Borges," says the polymath Ursula Le Guin of Dick, and that remark alone should send you briskly to the library for The Man in the High Castle, in which Dick posits a world in which Germany and Japan won World War II and divided up the United States between them. It's thrilling, chilling, eerie, unforgettable.
And the passages Dirda quotes—the remarks and witticisms and anecdotes! He somehow makes his book about books a fascinating book itself, filled with wry and tart images and lines moaning to be jotted down in your own notebook and pored over like koans: Descartes using a folded piece of paper for a ruler, Daniel Defoe going bankrupt owing what would today be nearly a million dollars, Thomas Peacock's "the world is a stage, and life is a farce, and he that laughs most has most profit of the performance," the French soldier Xavier de Maistre's "a bed witnesses our birth and death; it is the unvarying theatre in which the human race acts out, successively, its captivating dramas, laughable farces, and dreadful tragedies."
"Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough," said Mark Twain in another vein; this sentiment is true of Dirda's remarkable Classics for Pleasure. Urbane, informed, cheerful, utterly absorbed by great stories and great storytellers in many languages and from many cultures and creeds, Dirda manages not only to salute some 90 wonderful writers who have slipped from the literary spotlight, but to do so with a book that you will keep on your shelf the rest of your life and leave to your favorite grandchild when your chapter closes. It's that good, I was a fool to doubt him, and I am shuffling right quick to the library for E. Nesbit, John Masefield and M. R. James—writers of "the finest ghostly tales in English." Can such an encomium be resisted?


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We ordered this cover twice, the first time I was sent a cover that would't fit my gas grill, the second order might fit a Mini Cooper, we ordered an XXXL which is supposed to fit a car 19'4", our car is 17' didn't even cover half of it. The worst part is that I was charged shipping to return it. Might be my last purchase.
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At Crossfit yesterday, we did good mornings, Tabatas, and a 6 minute AMRAP of pull ups.
If you have no idea what I'm talking about when I say things like "AMRAP," you might want to go back in my blog (linked HERE) and scroll down to "Crossfit lingo."
Good Mornings work your hammies.
You can see what a good morning looks like in the photo. Deceptively simple. Put a barbell behind your head, and then bend down (keeping your back straight, not rounded), then come back up. How far you can get depends a lot on how flexible your hamstrings are.
It was 5 x 5 good mornings – I did it at 35 kg.
This is because there's a gal in the morning I always check the Whiteboard on, and she did it at 32 kg ;-) I can never really compete with her 99% of the time, but when I can, I do. A little personal competition that I carry out in my own widdle mind. ;-)
We superset this with "rollouts" – which are basically from Satan.
If you look at the photo here, it shows you what someone without a bad shoulder, with abdominal muscles, etc. will do to perform a roll-out. I'm lucky to be able to push the silly barbell out a foot. Harrumph.
After this, we did a 6 minute AMRAP of pull ups.
Because I can't do a pull up with my body weight where it is, I added a couple of bands. What that means is you loop what are basically gigantic rubber bands around the bar, put one foot in them, and use them to help you lift your weight. I did an assist of something like 45-50 pounds (blue and red bands), and got to 53 pull ups.
Finally, we did Tabata situps.
A "Tabata" is named after the guy who figured out that if you do any exercise all out for 20 seconds, then rest 10 seconds, for 8 cycles (4 minutes), it winds up doing more good than any other method. I was able to average 9 per round (I did 10 one round, 8 another, but 9 all the others) – which I was happy about.
this – of course, after doing TRX in the morning.
Oy! I even got some grocery shopping and about 6 hours' worth of billable work done yesterday. Yay, me ;-)
So, THIS morning, my hammies feel like lead!
Holy cats! I knew when I did them that the good mornings were very heavy for me. I had to really stabilize my core and my back to do them with good form. I wasn't particularly paying attention to the fact that this is a hamstring exercise.
Um, I know now . . .
Thursdays are my favorite day.
I try to start out by taking my dog down into the valley, then up the mountain on the other side. A bit of a hobble, with tight hammies. Especially the really steep bits.
This takes about an hour. If I don't have my act together – because I do a lot of stuff on Thursdays – I miss out. I need to get out of the house before 7 a.m. to do it.
After the hill hike, to the Farmer's Market.
I love the Thursday farmer's market, because it's the one the chefs go to. They come out of San Francisco, Michelin starred restaurants, to get their veggies at our little market. It's great.
You can always tell an important one, because he or she has a minion running to and fro gathering things saying 'Yes, Chef!" "No, Chef!" (Yes, really.)
I get a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) box there, eggs, and whatever else I fancy. I love the fact that, by picking up the CSA box at the actual market, I can 'swap out' anything in the box that I'm unlikely to eat that week.
The market was brimming with berries and cherries this week – I got a pint of the most gorgeous, "bluer than blue" blueberries, and some great cucumbers and daikon for a salad my hubby loves. The rest was the "usual": lettuces, spring garlic, new red potatoes, mizuno, chard, carrots, etc.
From the market, off to Pelo.
My hammies were so sore, I actually mentioned to the teacher today that I might need to decrease my "Power Number." How Pelo works is you actually are fit to the bike, and you have a "Power Number" that's specifically your own, based on your own fitness. That way, you can ride next to someone who is just starting out, who's riding next to Lance Armstrong, and you can all get the same amount of workout. When she said that we would be doing a lot of "tempo" riding – meaning, cadences over 100 beats per minute – I nearly walked right out! But I persevered, and didn't even lower my Power Number! Yay, me!
After Pelo, various errands, then time for work.
I'm nearly done with work now – just two more clients to do. But I'm proud of myself and my little hammies, that we not only got down our mountain, up the other mountain, down that mountain, and back up our mountain, but then we persevered during the Pelo tempo ride!
I'm averaging about 16-17 miles each Pelo ride, and about 400 calories. The bikes that are used in Pelo "really" keep track of your calories, because they know your personal perceived exertion (because, remember, you're specifically geared to them). So the calories always "seem low" compared to the effort you put out, vis-a-vis a "standard" treadmill or spin bike.
That's because "standard" spin bikes and treadmills are like the sizes on expensive couture dresses – they lie ;-)
Tomorrow's Friday!
I'll be going to TRX and Pelo in the morning, and the plan is to take the rest of the day off. My hubby and I were super lucky to wrangle a reservation at The Fork tomorrow – so that'll start our weekend off right!
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Post World War One (after 1920). Location unknown
Flash frame title in German. Various shots German warship "Zahringen" - docked? Smoke rises from ship and sailors / dockers appear dragging a hose.
I´m afraid there went somethig wrong. The name would be SMS Zähringen, or Zaeringen, have a look at:
She had quite a long and eventful life, by the way...


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Does God Really Use Blogging?
I often wonder what in the world I was thinking when I started blogging. I see how many blogs there are out there for women, most of them written by young moms in the thick of parenting young children. There doesn't seem to be many "older women" voices out there in the blog-sphere, and honestly, I'm not so sure many would follow them if they were there. There is community among young women and it can appear as though there doesn't seem to be much room for the older generation. I have thought of quitting several times, but then God has brought along an opportunity to write, or someone has encouraged me to keep it up.
I believe that the Internet can be one of many helpful tools, and it can be used for far reaching ministry (although it should never, ever replace real life). Women are looking for answers, and it's easy to turn on a computer and type in a few words, push "enter," and find those answers.
Just today I had people visit my website who are from the United States, Canada, Australia, Russia, the United Kingdom, India, Germany, Brazil, the Netherlands, and Singapore. That is amazing! I would never, ever be able to reach out in that way if it weren't for the Internet.
Occasionally I will receive an email that leaves me in awe of all God is doing. There is so much we just don't see! Here is an e-mail I received recently:
"Dear Gina,
Two months ago my sister came home from the Army to visit. I had known something was off with her for some time. She is not a believer. She looked horrible when she was here. I had your blog up on my kitchen table and it was the day that you shared about depression.
She started reading through your blog and then went back to Texas (I live in Florida). She had sent me a text asking me to forward the link of the blog that I had up that day. Through a series of events, she is now in an inpatient rehab for drug abuse and depression. I talked to her today and she revealed that God spoke to her through your blogs and she knows the only way she can cope is with God. She is 30 days sober today.
I had to share with you. Keep on keeping on my dear sister in Jesus. You saved my sister's mortal life. She is seeking Jesus because of your transparency."
God has led me to share as He brings things to mind, and then I leave the results to Him. He has led me to share in a very transparent manner, and to "Boast in my weakness…!" He has taken a very normal, weak, needful, "older" woman, and has allowed her to share her life with others. And for some reason He is choosing to use it!


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Need an awesome spring verb and DIY project? Look no further.
A few friends were sitting around discussing our favorite audio topics (yes, we're slightly nerdy), and the topic of spring reverbs came up. We were looking for a great example of such a reverb – finally landing on Surfin' USA by the Beach Boys. Here it is for background music:
Spring reverb is great when it fits – it can really add a cool element to your production. Just about every DAW is going to have some form of spring reverb that comes with it – and every plug-in package is sure to have a decent spring reverb sound in it somewhere.
But what if you're into adventures and building cool things that you can ultimately use? Then you've got to try this:
This is a great project that doesn't look too hard. This guy even tried it out and let us hear the results.
I'd love to have a super cool piece of gear like this – maybe I'll work one of these up!


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Review for The Heart Connection, Des Moines, IA, USA
Children's Cancer Connection is a fabulous organization that helps kids who are dealing with cancer! Growing up is hard enough and I'm so glad there is an organization helping sick kids get through this.
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Make their job easier and give them more funding!
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Keeping Our Kids Sober – Causes and Effects of Binge Drinking in Today's Youth
Parents of high school and college-aged children have long struggled to keep their kids away from the pressures and temptations of their hard-partying peers. As adults, the decisions that we make are based on our life experiences, a sort of cause-and-effect method of thinking that helps us to base our choices on previous outcomes. It is this kind of thought process that separates the wisdom of adulthood from the inexperience of youth. One of the biggest problems of our country is binge drinking in today's youth. Without our guidance, our kids have no way of knowing the harmful effects of binge drinking.
We Must Guide Our Children Towards the Right Decisions in Life
Our young people, however, often don't have that basis to judge the possible consequences of their decisions, opting for the choice that will give them the greatest pleasure and satisfaction at that very moment, with little or no regard for the possible negative effects that those choices might hold in store. Part of growing up is learning how to give up that instant gratification for more long-term satisfaction. In many cases, our kids have to learn from their own mistakes, and no amount of pleading from us will change that.
However, we can take certain steps to help guide our children towards the healthier path by keeping them informed of the dangers and possible negative outcomes of some of the choices that they will be faced with as they go through life. Making our kids aware that the decisions they make will have consequences, some positive and others negative, will help to shape their decision-making abilities and give them confidence, strength and a sense of personal empowerment and responsibility. They will be able to resist the peer pressures that they will be faced with and learn to be leaders of the pack rather than followers. They can learn to recognize the outcomes of their decisions and make the choices that will benefit them more in the long run.
The Effects of Binge Drinking in Today's Youth
According to a fact sheet released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), alcohol abuse is prevalent among our nation's young people.
Among high school students, the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey determined that 21% engaged in binge drinking, 10% got behind the wheel of a vehicle after drinking and 22% rode with someone who was drinking. These risky behaviors are just a few examples of the choices that our children are making that could have dire consequences.
But there are also other consequences of underage drinking that aren't always evident right away. Physical illness, problems in school or social life, legal issues, physical or sexual assault, not to mention being 500% more likely to develop alcohol dependency later in life, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. We have also been long aware that alcohol affects the brain in its developmental stages much differently than in adulthood. A recent study has demonstrated even stronger evidence of exactly the type and severity of this altered brain development.
Published on April 27th, 2015, in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, the study concluded that subjecting the brain to repeated alcohol exposure during the formative adolescent years results in structural and functional abnormalities in the hippocampus, the area of the brain related to learning and memory. In their research, they found connections between neurons that were misshapen in the brain that had resulted from exposure to alcohol at a young age. When stimulated, these neurons over-reacted in a manner much like that of a younger individual. This indicated that binge drinking in youthful years will cause brain cells to be trapped in a Peter Pan syndrome, where those brain cells never "grow up" to be fully functioning adult brain cells.
"In the eyes of the law, once people reach the age of 18, they are considered adult, but the brain continues to mature and refine all the way into the mid-20s," said lead author Mary-Louise Risher, a post-doctoral researcher in the Duke Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. "It's important for young people to know that when they drink heavily during this period of development, there could be changes occurring that have a lasting impact on memory and other cognitive functions. It's quite possible that alcohol disrupts the maturation process, which can affect these cognitive function later on."
With all of this evidence showing the dangers of binge drinking in today's youth, it is crucial that we must do everything that we can to help our young people see that their choices in life can have far-reaching long-term effects that they might not have realized.
Making the Right Choice: Giving Guidance through Support and Communication
In our efforts to show our children that drinking is not a good idea, no matter what their friends might say, it is not enough to teach them the negative aspects of alcohol abuse. We must also offer them positive alternatives, solutions to overcoming peer pressure and, above all, keep open and honest lines of communication available to them at all times. Scare tactics just won't cut it. In order for our kids to trust us as parents and positive role models in life, they must know that we are here to help in any way that we can, by giving them options and teaching them skills that will help them avoid uncomfortable situations and temptations that might lead them down the wrong path.
Some Alternatives to Drinking
As we inform our children of the negative consequences of binge drinking in today's youth, we should also give them choices that will be more beneficial to them later in life, and to show them the long-term positive effects that these alternatives will have for them. Some examples might include:
- Music Lessons – Does your child have a favorite band, singer, DJ or performer? Engage them in conversation about it, and try to get them enrolled to learn how to play a musical instrument or use production software that will excite them. Allow them to express their creativity and develop their own style.
- Sports or Athletics – Is your son or daughter's room covered in pictures of a favorite professional sports team or athlete? Chances are that they most likely already involved in that sport, possibly in school or a recreational league. If this is a passion that they have, it is important that they are encouraged. Go to as many of their games as you can possibly make it to. Practice at home with them, shooting hoops or throwing a ball around. Use it to bond with your child and they will come to trust you and be more open with you.
- Visit a Museum or Art Exhibit – If your child is constantly doodling, painting, drawing or otherwise being artistic, consider a weekly excursion to a local museum or art show. Talk with them about their passion and try to find out more about their artistic influences. If comic book or graphic novel art is more their thing, try to find a local ComiCon to take them to. Showing encouragement for them in their art is certain to help strengthen your relationship.
- Make Room for Them in Your Own Life and Passions – How about you? Are there any hobbies or recreational activities that you could include them in? Fishing, woodwork, cross stitch, hiking, camping, auto work, anything that will allow you to spend time with your children will help to strengthen your bond and show them that there is plenty to do without drinking alcohol.
Overcoming Peer Pressure and Temptation
Another part of providing effective guidance to our children in avoiding alcohol abuse is teaching them different ways to push back against peer pressure. In social settings, such as high school and college parties, your child will inevitably be exposed to some of their friends drinking alcohol. Those friends will usually try to get your son or daughter to join in. It is important to teach them ways to say "no" without ostracizing themselves. Role-playing with your child can help them get used to using tactics to overcome pressure from others. Here are just a few ways that you can help them to make the right choice:
- Simply saying, "No, thanks."– It really could be just as easy as that! However, if the pressure persists, your child may have to back up their "No, thanks" with other tactics.
- Repeat as Necessary – Your son or daughter can keep saying "no" as many times as they need to. This can help by making the other person stop pushing or allowing your child to stall until they can think of something else to say.
- Give Them a Reason – "That's bad for you", "You could die from that", or simply "I don't want to" are all valid responses to any pressure that your child might feel to use alcohol. The important thing is that your child learns to state their reason for not joining in with confidence. Arguing isn't necessary when they can speak their mind with conviction.
- Assertiveness – This is truly the most important part of any tactic to avoiding peer pressure. If your child can stick up for his or herself, they are learning an important life skill. Assertively stating a position is a valued trait in adults. Learning to do this at a young age is excellent preparation for later in life.
- Be a Leader, Not a Follower – Suggesting something else, such as "Let's do ____________ instead", gives your child the opportunity to not only refuse a friend's offer of alcohol, but also allows them the opportunity to keep another friend from doing it as well.
- Walk Away – Sometimes, the person just won't relent, putting more and more pressure on in hopes of having control over your son or daughter. In this case, walking away from the situation is the best option. However, this won't always work. Sometimes, your child will find themselves in a situation where walking away isn't possible.
Communicating Openly and Honestly
Your children may find themselves in situations where they can't get away from the person who is pressuring them to use. They might be at a friend's house for a sleepover, or at a party that is too far away from home to walk. It is crucial that they feel like they are able to call you or another trusted adult to come and get them without judgment. If your child feels like they are going to be punished or scolded for calling you for help, they probably aren't going to do it. They need to know that, by making the right choice to get away from that uncomfortable situation, they will be praised and commended for their responsibility and assertiveness.
There certainly is a lot involved in parenting, and teaching our values to our children is an important aspect of that. By practicing these strategies in our everyday lives, we can help shape our teens and young adults little by little into the strong, confident and responsible leaders that we will need tomorrow.
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It is such a good point that kids need to know that they can call you, or another adult for help, and that they feel safe. We need to teach them that they won't get in trouble for asking for help in situations like that. Rather than making them feel like they will be in trouble for being at a party where they were faced with peer pressure, it is best to make them feel like they did a good thing for calling you for help when they were faced with peer pressure. This will most likely have the added benefit of strengthen their bond with you as they feel you will always have their back and that they can turn to you with their problems and not face judgment or horrible consequences. It also teaches them that asking for help is a good thing and not something that is to be punished.
Underage drinking is a huge problem. I remember growing up and experiencing the underage drinking party scene. Not smart now looking back, but also seeing that it was hard to not be apart of the scene as well. It was the way of life and it was an easy way to feel open and be able to speak to people you do not normally. Now I do not drink at all and I was able to learn how to speak to people better. I also got older and more comfortable with myself. I feel kids need more of this from there parents and school. Just saying no don't do it or drinking is bad or you better not does not give them anything to handle. I thought this article was great and gave parents ideas on how to help their children better.
Wow! This was a good article! I have to admit that although I am in the easier stage of parenting as my child is only almost 3, but the thought of my son being put in some of the situations that I was in when I was a kid is a frightening concept. I do not want my son to encounter what I ran into. Also, i know now that a lot of the advice that my dad gave me will be inevitably what i tell him but i just need to figure out how to get him to listen where i didn't. I feel that this article gives a lot of good stable data to think with as a parent. It is very true that when i was focusing on my athletics i didnt use drugs or drink nearly as much although I was still around it. I cared more about what would happen as the sport became more important than the drug, but i just wished i had sick with that and not used. I strongly recommend that if you know someone who has kids you can get them to read this article. It could make the difference between an addict and a clean child.
These are great ideas as alternatives you can use with your kid to get their attention on other things rather than drugs. I know this works as my son was totally into sports and we always kept him in some kind of sport group as he was growing up and the one time we let him go on his own for about a year, he actually tried a drink and tried smoking. Thankfully we got him right back into sports and that was the end of that but it is really true that unless kept busy with something they are interested in, they will get pulled into other things that may not be good for them.
I do agree that people should learn from their mistakes if they do make them but experience is highly overrated as opposed to knowledge. For instance, I do not have to taste a chocolate covered cockroach to know I don't like eating them. The same goes for children, they can grow to the point of where they are taught that something is bad for them and could cause them death. Rather than experiencing it one time and dying or having some horrible after effect.
The main thing is to stay in communication with your kids and don't be afraid to invade privacy. A kid's privacy is not worth their life.
The fact that there is so many underaged kids visiting the emergency rooms is quite frightening. And more people need to be informed on this matter. Not just kids but the people that is supplying this alcohol. Because I doubt all of them, maybe just a handful rather, steal from their parents liquor cabinet. I am sure when this is done the parent confronts them on it and ends it off right there. Someone is supplying these young kids the alcohol that is doing this and this person needs to see the effects that they are causing. Maybe there should be a very gruesome penalty for a person selling or giving alcohol to an underaged kid. Like 10+ years in jail. And each kid that is sent to the emergency room is questioned for who gave them the liquor and they are sentenced to jail, possibly even 20+ years because they almost killed a kid.
It is important to talk to the youth about alcohol abuse and how it affects them but on their level. If you say "Oh, it damages your brain you see?" it won't get through to them. Kids tend to think they are invincible and because of how quickly they bounce back from damaging effects, they are nearly right. But we need to talk to them so they understand that this damages them in their later years and the affects that it can have in later life. Because if someone would have said to me at a young age "If you drink that, you might not remember your mom's name when you get older". That would have scared the hell out of me and I probably would have never touched alcohol. Now I am not saying scare the youth out of the idea of ever drinking alcohol but communicate to them with something that they can understand.
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I received a dozen red roses from the hubby for Valentines Day this year and I am feeling all the love this February. I'm a lucky girl as Matt is always romantic but we all know some men can be a bit rubbish when it comes to frequently showing their affection. Some girls may feel disgruntled that the rare annual romantic gesture from their man felt far too fleeting. It's been ten days since we all celebrated love and it's probably safe to say that all the chocolate has been eaten, the cards have come down and the bouquets are starting to wilt. This is definitely true in our house but unlike normal girls who have probably sadly thrown their dying flowers away by now, mine are still sat in their vase on the mantlepiece.
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I used to think that cleaning up and organizing was fun, but that was also when I thought I was good at it. Unfortunately, my illusions have been shattered: I don't feel good at it anymore.
MY HOUSE IS SO FULL OF STUFF! Where did it all come from? It can't all go to California with us.
Yesterday we had a yard sale. We sold a lot and made almost a thousand dollars. The biggest item we sold was the snowblower we bought in February during snowmageddon. We had survived for almost 12 years with a little electric one and shovels, but this last winter we broke down and bought a gas-powered one. We used it once. It was kind of cool: with a 208 cc engine of its own, it was a bit like a small car. It practically drove itself along the sidewalk. Now somebody else owns it, and is a little more prepared for whatever next winter is going to throw at us. Them, I mean. Throw at them. We won't be here.
The saddest part of the experience for me is the toys, and it's not over yet. We sold quite a few toys at the yard sale, but we still have piles of them in the house: board games on shelves, Legos in boxes, dolls missing heads. Planes, trains, and automobiles. And stuffed animals. Oh, the stuffed animals.
I bawled watching Toy Story 3. I was a kid like Andy, or perhaps even more like Bonnie: someone who played with toys, often by myself, and made them come alive in my imagination. I was also an introvert and a bookworm, sometimes more comfortable with toys than with other people. My dolls had a government, they lived in a couple of doll beds/cradles, and each doll bed had its own elected leader. Blonde Cinderella shed her rags and became Mary from the LIttle House books. She was accompanied by the shorter, brown-haired Brownie doll who lost her uniform and beanie to become Laura. They liked to drink tea a lot. I played my violin for them at night as we crossed the living room prairie.
I didn't realize until much later that not all kids would be like that. Nowadays, with my kids ages 12 and almost 16, they would have outgrown most of their toys no matter what. But even when they were younger, they played with toys much less than I did. For a while I saw this as a bad thing, and blamed the internet and computer games, which they do like and spend a fair amount of time on. "Kids need to play!" intone all these articles, bemoaning a loss of childhood imaginative play. And there have been times when I, like the mother bunny in Good night iPad, have wanted to take all the electronics away, dump them out by the curb, and leave them there in a grand gesture of protest and change. "Good night pop stars, good night MacBook Air. Good night gadgets everywhere."
I still agree broadly with those sentiments, but as I survey the leftovers and try to come up with a plan that will satisfy my need for decluttering, my Toy Story angst, and my desire to keep junk out of landfills, I think the story is a little more complicated. We did try to shield our kids from a lot of commercial TV, and perhaps as a result they didn't spend a lot of time lobbying us for toys. Sometimes they couldn't even say what they wanted for Christmas or their birthdays. I remember being a little frustrated about this, and buying stuff–toys that I thought were beautiful, or interesting, or educational–anyway in hopes that they would warm up to it. Occasionally they did, but often not. Now I have to get it out of the house.
This is about the time when I suspect that someone reading this blog is going to mention Marie Kondo's book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Maybe it will be on Facebook. I haven't read the book, but I've read reviews of it. The author's main point seem to be that you keep only things that "spark joy." While I find joy complicated and elusive even under the best of circumstances, I like the idea that you decide what to keep rather than deciding what to throw away. I also like her idea of thanking things for their service before you get rid of them. That makes the part of me happy that still thinks that toys have feelings. What I don't like about her approach is that she seems not to care very much where the stuff goes when you get rid of it. The focus is all on the happiness of the person doing the discarding and not on the consequences of that discarding to the rest of the world. That bothers me.
So I realize that for a lot of this stuff, it would have been better to have not bought it in the first place. I bought many of the toys more for myself, and for my idea of what childhood should be like, rather than for my kids. I didn't know, and I just assumed they'd be like me in their approach to toys. Maybe I should have listened better to them. In the intervening years I've heard much more about kids who don't play with toys, kids who are overwhelmed by all the bells and whistles that modern toys have, why it's better for kids to have fewer toys, and people of all ages who want to simplify by having less stuff. All of this is normal, and it doesn't mean your kids are internet-addled automatons just because they don't play with toys as intensely and imaginatively as Andy and Bonnie. In any case, it's not too late for me to become a better listener and a better steward of the stuff we do have.
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"If April Showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?"
My co-instructor told that joke last time we were teaching science to 5th graders. The kids appreciated it, or at least they humored us. I associate jokes like that with an age that I feel like I never quite left: the age before eye rolling and banter with quick-witted sarcasm. The age when clean puns are still funny.
I also associate May flowers with my mother. She taught me how to say "for-sithy-uh" and "pack-a-sandra" and "impatience." My Mother's Day gift to her growing up was usually a flowering plant, but that was for her, not me. To my mind back then, it was only ladies of a certain age who belonged to garden clubs and spent a lot of time and effort and thought on something that didn't really seem worth it. Vegetables, maybe–I mean, at least you can eat those. But flowers? They smelled, they made me sneeze. And even worse, people brought them inside, where they died and shriveled up and became creepy. Flowers for Algernon. A Rose for Emily. Thanks but no thanks.
I've been an on-and-off reader of Laura Vanderkam's blog for years. As a business writer, she writes about managing time and money. Several years ago, she wrote a blog called "What does it mean to be frugal?" that resonated with me. In it, she describes moving into a new house, where the "landscaper had a great sense of the eastern Pennsylvania rainfall and seasons, because with no upkeep whatsoever, a series of flowers has bloomed in that yard from March until June. One sequence of flowers comes up, then when it dies, another takes its place" (italics mine). Ever since reading that blog, I realized: that's the kind of yard, and those are the kind of flowers, I want. Flowers that stay outside and require no upkeep whatsoever, but that make your life better because of their beauty and harmony with the seasons.
Like Vanderkam's house, our house had some landscaping done by the previous owner, but whether due to age or neglect, it was not blooming in an orderly series (or, sometimes, not blooming at all). Bushes got crushed or bent out of shape by snow during the winter. Perennials and bulbs got hidden by weeds or overgrown bushes. One year I ordered some plants from the Farmers' Market. They were locally grown and supposed to be adapted to our New England environment. I planted them in the backyard and then one night they just disappeared–a critter's meal. A big tree branch crushed a flowering rhododendron during a windstorm. My husband also managed to mow down a rose bush with the lawn mower. And on top of all that, our yard is mostly shady. It gets a little sun at certain times of day, in certain places. But tulips weren't blooming, phlox died, and bunnies and squirrels continued to feast.
I decided I needed to lower my expectations. I was now myself a lady of a certain age, but unlike Mr. McGregor in a Beatrix Potter book, I wanted to co-exist with the bunnies, and with the squirrels, who have built at least 7 nests in the trees around our property, a few seen peeking above the roof when there are no leaves on the trees. And, like it or not, I needed to co-exist with the snow.
No upkeep? Well…
One thing I did was plant blooming perennials. First I planted daffodils, a free offer from the Breck's catalog. Then I planted tulips (I bought those). Then I tried a couple of sorry-looking specimens from Home Depot, bought on sale at the end of their flowering season. One was called Dicentra spectabilis. At least that's what I called it, "dicentra" for short. It had a lot of pretty leaves and it grew big and filled the space where I put it, only to die way back in the winter. There were also some ferns that grew along the garden border, from moss that I decided not to get rid of, because, at least it was green and didn't have to be mowed. Hostas acted about the same as dicentra: started out small, but soon grew like gangbusters, without fertilizer and without watering. The daffodils and tulips, too. I didn't water or fertilize them, and I didn't cut them down for weeks, until the leaves themselves started to turn brown and shrivel up on their own.
This year I had 11 tulips, which was 10 1/2 more than last year. (I'm calling the one that lasted for 24 hours before becoming bunny food 1/2). They get their sun, but only at certain times of the day. These almost looked like they were genetically engineered with some kind of fluorescent protein, but it's just the way the sun hits them for about an hour.
The rose bush that my husband accidentally mowed grew back, surprisingly, and yielded many pretty red roses. I made a few cuttings and put these under jars that someone else had discarded. This year I have 3 rose bushes instead of 1. We know that original rose bush is a survivor. We hope that its offspring are, too.
The daffodils have become my friends over the past several years. I see their little green shoots poking through, and I know the snow is going to end eventually. My garden blooming felt like a symbol of hope two years ago, just after the trauma of the Boston Marathon Bombings and the manhunt less than a mile from here.
On Mother's Day, my mother just got back from Holland and we were discussing tulips, and dicentra. Both are blooming this year, in kind of a sequence, without much upkeep. "What's dicentra?" she asked. It's apparently called "Bleeding Heart," but I rather prefer the Latin. I don't want a garden that's bleeding. Mother's Day this year was all about chocolate. And flowers in the garden.


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When Hulk Hogan became a huge name in the World Wrestling Federation, he went on to star in quite few theatrically released movies (Mr. Nanny, anyone? Seriously, anyone?!), spawn a Saturday morning cartoon that needs an immediate DVD release, and he co-hosted "Saturday Night Live" with Mr. T. I pity the fool who watch that episode! … anything? Ah, I give you gold, and I get nothing.
Anyway, Hulk Hogan did it all while headlining Wrestlemanias, switching companies, and becoming a household name. Sure, most of his movies are closer to a "Worst Movie Ever" list than anything else. But, you can't deny that he did it all. Even in the Reality TV frenzy that is STILL sweeping across television, Hogan has his own VH1 series called "Hogan Knows Best". You probably won't be seeing "The Snitsky Show" anytime soon. Hogan has really achieved the impossible by becoming a household name. Not many superstars from WWE have done that. Hell, how many sports figures are household names? Not too many. Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Babe Ruth, Hulk Hogan. There are more, but you probably get my point (or probably not).
The next name that comes to my mind is Rowdy Roddy Piper. Why? I really have no idea. Roddy Piper has done several movies (of action genre, I assume), and can anyone name these movies? Just one? If you can, you're probably Piper's biggest fan. Don't get me wrong, Piper deserves some of the spotlight for his genius mic skills and ability to effortlessly make the audience laugh, but I doubt his movies are nameable, let alone quality-made. He recently made a film for television, but he's far from a wrestling legend-turned film star.
Before getting to the biggest movie star that started in the WWE (Hint Number 1: It's not Doink the Clown… unless Doink was ever played by Brad Pitt. Then Doink may be number one.), I have to get to someone who has crossed over into a different world while still making a name for himself. Mick Foley has made it into the literary world, in both fiction and non-fiction. Having never read "Tietam Brown" or "Scooter", while still wanting to, I cannot say for sure that Mick has the same knack for fiction. But, in his two autobiographical efforts ("A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks" and "Foley is Good"), Foley made hundreds of pages fly by. The term "page-turner" does not do Foley justice. His success in literature is incredible. Unlike those who "pen" autobiographies with ghost-writers, Foley goes one step beyond and writes the books himself and it certainly shows. While I can't say his WWE.com diary is a great idea (it may be overkill of a great thing), I have enjoyed it thus far.
When The Rock left the WWE for a big screen career, I felt like he could be the next big star. However, his box office success is limited. While his films have made a decent amount of money, his biggest solo project remains "The Scorpion King", a spin-off of "The Mummy Returns", which was a sequel to "The Mummy"… which was a remake of a film of the same name. Before striking out domestically with "Doom" (his lowest-grossing project), his film work did between $45 and $60 million. "Be Cool", "Walking Tall" and "The Rundown" fell between those amounts. It has been felt by many fans that The Rock would have done better back in the WWE ring, but his time has come and gone. He's a future hall-of-famer, however he has accomplished everything needed to be accomplished. His only reason to return is a future (or current) big shot superstar, such as John Cena, but it's not mandatory for the people's champion.
Of course, there are certain past and present WWE superstars who have dabbled in other forms of entertainment. Stone Cold Steve Austin co-starred in the 2005 Adam Sandler comedy "The Longest Yard", alongside Goldberg and Kevin Nash. John Cena has already released his own CD. Joanie Laurer starred in "One Night in Chyna"… oops… well, I have no idea how that got on my mind. And last month, Stacy Keibler became a part of the reality/game show "Dancing With the Stars", and has since placed herself in the final four, while 20 million viewers a week watch the show. The on-again/off-again relationship that certain superstars have with fame outside of wrestling seems to be a positive. But, I really have no idea how well Joanie Laurer's "video" sold.
This year, "WWE Films" releases their first feature-length film in theatres. After filming John Cena in "The Marine" first, WWE decided to instead go with the horror film "See No Evil", starring Kane. The tentative release date (according to Box Office Prophets) is May 2006, however that's subject to change. When I first heard about WWE Films, I really had no idea what to expect. Were we going to see documentary films about the world of wrestling, past and present? Hey, that's not such a horrible idea. We we going to be treated to buddy comedies, starring the likes of Kurt Angle and Chris Jericho in an "Odd Couple"-esque movie? Hey, that's not such a horrible idea.
Actually, "WWE Films" is shaping up to release a wide variety of films. We've got horror, we've got action, we might have drama. Honestly, I have no idea what "The Marine" is about, or if John Cena will teach anyone the basic rules of thuganomics in the film. The biggest issue is whether or not the movies will be good. It's not shaping up to be in WWE Films' favor. Judging by past resumés of the writers and directors, the quality of the movies may not be up to par even with the average modern movies. Let's just say they're more towards the Razzies than the Oscars.
But, I have to keep an open mind. After all, I haven't seen the films yet. I'm up for any sort of horror film, so "See No Evil" might be decent enough after all. When else will we see Kane terrorizing a group of innocent people? Not anywhere else, that's where! My biggest fear is that the focus of the WWE will be lifted off the actual wrestling, and placed fully on the film franchise that is about to begin. I realize that there is just as much wrestling as there is entertainment in the title of WWE. In any event, the WWE should always keep its focus on what has built millions of viewers. The films will hopefully just be a bonus for fans who can point out the stars that we've come to know on a weekly basis. It's hard to imagine that a wrestling company would be at all interested in movies, but at the same time, how can the WWE refuse? The Rock has made several hits, even if the films haven't generated the mega bucks. Hulk Hogan is a household name, not just for his wrestling past, but for all of his work in Hollywood, from cartoons to movies to a reality show based on his family. The WWE is a wrestling business, but why not try their hand at the cinema? Why not cross over into Hollywood?
Wrestling and Hollywood has never went hand-and-hand successfully, but many have tried to make the huge leap into stardom. It takes years and years of hard work to be a Tom Hanks or a Julia Roberts. The WWE isn't expecting (or shouldn't be expecting) to have A-list celebrities star in their films, but a small, quiet business could eventually become something big. Something that could create work for many superstars who deep-down are aspiring actors. Imagine Triple H as an action star. Or Shelton Benjamin and his Mama in a comedy. Or how about Eugene as a ladies man with a thirst for ass-kicking. On second thought… let's leave the movie-making to WWE Films.
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No. 14 Maryland knocked off No. 5 Wisconsin, 59-53, in College Park on Tuesday. The Terps led 31-20 at halftime and rode Dez Wells (26 points) and Melo Trimble (16 points) down the stretch to pull off the upset.
But did this win say more about Maryland (23-5, 11-4) or Wisconsin (25-3, 13-2)?
"I actually was working last night. I had Villanova, so what I did was read (about the Wisconsin/Maryland game) and see some highlights late," longtime college basketball analyst Bill Raftery said on CBS Sports Radio's The Doug Gottlieb Show. "I think a lot of it has to do with being on the road, to be honest with you. I think Maryland's gotten a lot better during the course of the year. They got a healthy Dez Wells now. I think that makes a big difference. And of course we all know about Trimble's solid play and ability to get to the free-throw line.
"But Wisconsin, it's a team that's hard to play," Raftery continued. "There are losses that occur, and they're sort of mind-boggling a little bit sometimes. But the way they stretch you and shoot threes – in the NCAA format, they're one of those opponents that are not fun to play against because they do use clock. They can play any way you want, basically."
The Badgers shot 48 percent from the floor against Maryland but were just 2-of-7 (28.6 percent) from three-point range. They had won 10 straight – and 18 of 19 – entering Tuesday.
Thus, Raftery isn't reading too much into it, especially since Wisconsin's only losses since Dec. 3 came on the road against Big Ten rivals – and they were by five and six points, respectively.
"I wouldn't put too much stock in it," Raftery said. "Although it's got to be great for Maryland, no question about it. And it gives Bo (Ryan) something to scream about."
No. 6 Villanova, meanwhile, took care of business Tuesday, beating No. 25 Providence, 89-61. The Wildcats (26-2, 13-2) have won 13 of their last 14 games and are clearly the best team in the Big East. But how do they compare to the rest of the country?
"They're one of those teams that have to be considered (one of the best in the country) because you can't just take one or two guys away from them," Raftery said. "They can play around."
Villanova, with its guard-heavy lineup, has six players averaging at least 8.9 points per game. Darrun Hilliard II leads the team (14.7), followed by Ryan Arcidiacono (10.3) and JayVaughn Pinkston (10.1).
"People don't seem to take advantage of the size disparity, and I think it's because their defense has become a lot better," Raftery said. "They pressure the ball a lot better. They don't let you see the post. They front. They do a lot of weak-side help. I think they're a tough out. They don't look at the bench when they shoot the ball, which is a blessing if you're a player. They basically share the ball very well. They cut well. It's a simplistic offense where there's a lot of freedom to vacillate and do some things individually. So they're good. I mean, they're certainly one of those teams we're all talking about (as one of the) top five teams, top six teams in the country."


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Saturday, 22 October 2016
Bike and Balloons Birthday
Anyway, I used a large card-base (I think it's 8 x8). As the birthday girl is a cyclist, I cut a bike (Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons SVG) on the Silhouette , and then the balloons (also PPPR but I had to play about with this file) . I cut the sentiment and the 30 on the Silhouette using computer fonts, and I dry embossed the background.
I'd like to enter:
Craft Rocket happy birthday
AAA Cards photo ( spots on the patterned paper)
Little Red Wagon let's party
Craftycatz embossing
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Fantastic card with a great textured lookReplyDelete
Love Chrissie xx
I enlarged the photo and I am in awe...Marina this is gorgeous. I love your fab and layered design. Brilliant card!ReplyDelete
Hi, Marina! This card is super fun and sweet! Great bicycle and lovely balloons. Thanks for playing over at AAA Cards. :)ReplyDelete
This is so pretty, a lovely card...ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing with us at CraftyCatz this week.....x
I bet they were thrilled with this! It's fabulous!ReplyDelete
Lovely card! I really like how you added 30 to the balloons. Thanks for joining us at Little Red Wagon.ReplyDelete
Great card, I'm sure everyone loved it! All the patterns and colors go together very well!ReplyDelete
Great job! I'm not surprised it was well received. Thanks for sharing with Craft Rocket Challenges. Barbara DTReplyDelete
Fabulous card! Love the image and you even captured the colours in the photo!ReplyDelete
Another great card Marina, love the textured background and clever work to make a special card.ReplyDelete
I just popped below to share I've joined your bog as an encourager hope you'll do the same, if you like my work.
Thanks so much for sharing with us your creative inspiration.
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Like the way you picked up on the polka dots from the photo inspiration. Thanks for sharing with us at AAA.ReplyDelete


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We all would like to have a website that attracts visitors like a magnet. Whether you're selling with your website or you're writing a blog for fun, you'd like to see dozens of comments, hundreds of shares and thousands of weekly visits, right? You create your website; you fill it with valuable content, you add some beautiful pictures, optimize it for SEO and you wait to increase traffic to website. Here I will be trying to show ways to drive and increase traffic to website.
More website traffic is always a good thing. And most online marketing strategies do revolve around building traffic to your site. Yet it's sometimes challenging to come up with new ideas to boost your site's traffic.
Lack of website traffic is one of the most common challenges we hear from business owners. Many report having lost a significant percentage of their search traffic over the past year or two, and are continuously looking for new ways to drive and increase traffic to website.
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Promote your blog on Facebook
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Paid search, social media advertising and display advertising all are some good ways of attracting visitors, building a brand and getting your website in front of others. Each paid channel has its pros and cons, so think about your objectives carefully.
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Contributing to other blog is a great way to drive traffic to your site. To become a contributor you need to start writing and approach other bloggers or some freelancing websites. To do this you need to be writing every single day. The more you contribute, the more traffic you can drive to your blog or website.
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Post and Promote on Reddit!
Reddit is one of the powerful, but underused social media platform that can increase website traffic. If you are able to find your target audience, and delivers the right content, you can generate thousands of visits overnight. You need to know about your target subreddits, and once you get it start posting.
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Ballet on the Crystal Lake cards
December 20, 2013 by Max
The Nutcracker Ballet, a seasonal favorite, is being presented by the Berkshire Ballet Theatre and provides the family the chance to come out and enjoy Tchaikovsky's most beloved music ballet performance. Appealling to the spirit of this time of year, brochure and flyer printing may have been used to share the performance information with people from this community and the surrounding regions.
During this show, there will be lavish costumes, emotional dancing, and some unforgettable music as the story unfolds. The setting is Christmas Eve with family and friends gathering in the parlor decorating a stunning Christmas tree. After the tree is decorated, the children are brought in and stand gazing at the sparking wonder filled with decorations and lit candles. The children's presents are handed out and a mysterious man enters the festivities. He is Clara's godfather and a talented toymaker who brings gifts for all the children. Four real-to-life dolls dance and delight everyone who is there. He then produces the nutcracker doll, which totally fascinates Clara, although her brother Fritz breaks it, and her heart along with it.
Tickets for this performance range between $20 and $26 depending on the seats selected. The Nutcracker Ballet will be performed on Saturday, December 21 at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm, and on Sunday, December 22 at 3:00 pm at the Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake, Illinois. To find out more about this production, log on to the venue's website or call the box office today.


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Date of Birth: August 18 1992
Place of Birth: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Nationality: Spanish
Occupation: Model
Height: 5 ft 9.5 in; 1.77 m
Measurements: 84-60-90 (cm)
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Modeling is fun but it can also be quite demanding and stressful.
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This family-run B&B is in a glorious location with unbroken views across the Coquet Valley to the majestic Simonside Hills beyond. Situated at the end of a private lane at the very edge of the village of Thropton this 200 year old former farmhouse offers you the best in Northumbrian hospitality a relaxed atmosphere and a location from which to enjoy the beauty and tranquility of Coquetdale and the Northumberland National Park. Enjoy a continental buffet breakfast with fresh fruit cereals pastries cold meats cheeses and yoghurts accompanied by Pauline s home-made bread and marmalade served in the conservatory with its stunning views across the garden to the hills bathed in early morning light. And at the end of a busy day relax in the garden or the guests lounge with a glass of wine. Early mornings often bring the family of roe deer who live in the wood below us into the field our garden and even the car park (See photos).


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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) Panasonic is partnering with Tesla in a deal that would have the tech giant work on solar cells and modules for SolarCity.
Tesla announced that a letter of intent has been inked signaling production to begin in Summer 2017. This will allow Panasonic to produce solar battery, photovoltaic cells, at the Buffalo plant.
The solar panels to be made in Buffalo will work with these energy storage products in residential and commercial properties.
The collaboration further extends the relationship between Tesla and Panasonic, which already includes the production of electric vehicle and grid storage battery cells at Tesla's gigafactory in Nevada.
The agreement is contingent on shareholders approved the merger between Tesla and Solar City on Nov. 17.
Governor Andrew Cuomo and Empire State Development President Howard Zemsky had great praise for the Panasonic-Tesla deal. Zemsky issued a statement on the plan, " "Tesla's partnership with Panasonic will bring world-class manufacturing expertise to the table, strengthen the company's competitiveness and position the entire region for future economic revitalization. By bringing Tesla and Panasonic together, this innovative partnership will transform Buffalo into a national leader in the production of affordable, reliable clean energy. This is a far-reaching agreement that will keep the momentum moving forward in Western New York for years to come."


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Many Owners
The Fremont Adobe building complex has passed through many owners since Fremont. The Gold Coin Bar business has also passed through the hands of many owners since it was founded by Charles Greenamyer and Don Turner, including J.P. and Ruth Ellis, Mr. & Mrs. Maxwell, Tom Elliott and Whitey Thorsted, John and George Combs, George Hanlin and Bill Darnell. The bar closed in 1989 while under the ownership of William Brandhurst and has remained so until the opening of Bett's Gold Coin Sports Tavern.
Current restorationof the building carried out (and financed) by Helen Kwalwasser, owner of the Triangle Market in Mariposa. She purchased the building from the Von der Ahe estate and began the process. The restoration of this most historic building has been a labor of love and along with Linda Halvorson, owner of the Bett"s Gold Coin Sports Tavern will contribute to the preservation of Mariposa's oldest building.
Linda Halverson has been involved in food service in Mariposa since the 1970s. The General Manager of the Coin, John Saucedo, has a long association with food service and entertainment in Mariposa County. Most recently he was the food and beverage manager of Chukchansi Hotel and Casino in Coarsegold. John is well known as the son of Cruz and Willhamina Saucedo who operated the popular Cruz and Willies Restaurant in Bootjack a number of years ago.
The reopening of the Gold Coin and restoration of the Fremont Adobe, brings closure to the restoration/revitalization to the core of downtown Mariposa. After a number of years of having this historic building sit vacant at the heart of the community, it is expected that it's re-establishment will mark the end of the "Great Recession" in Mariposa like it's original opening in 1930s marked the end of the Great Depression.
For more years than I have been alive, downtown Mariposa was the center of commercial activity and entertainment for our County. While many commercial areas have grown up around downtown Mariposa over the years, the core of the historic past of our community between Eighth and Fourth Streets along Charles Street (Hwy 140) has survived because of the interest and investment of the business families and operators. There should be obvious pride in our historic center which more than ever is attracting visitors from all over the world.
I hardly think that the new customers of the Bett's Gold Coin Sports Tavern will be very much like the old crowd that has passed on leaving me behind. Mariposa residents do not even know these boys and girls that were part of my growing up in our little historic gold mining village but they were hard working and reliant friends. I fully expect a new cast of characters to enter the Gold Coin and absorb probably an unknown aura left behind. Be gentle my friends, George Hanlin, and other spirits of this building and business, may be lurking somewhere. They are surely awake now and enjoying the new life that this "reawakened" business and restored building, have brought to our "old town".
by Leroy Radanovich