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5 Reasons to Visit California This Summer
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Are you dreaming of a Southern California vacation? We can't blame you; it's easy to dream about a visit to paradise! We want to help make your dreams a reality this summer so we outlined five reasons to pay our state and your favorite Southern California resort a visit!
- Relive the vacations of your youth – or live out your fantasy vacation as an adult! There's no age limit for visitors at Disneyland, Universal Studios, or Knott's Berry Farm! Age ain't nothing but a number at these fantastic theme parks in Southern California! After a busy day running around the park, head back to Pacific Palms Resort and nap poolside while you soak up that beautiful California sun!
- Stereotypical weather – As we mentioned above, our weather is pretty near perfect year-round but there's something extra special about those warm summer days and breezy nights that lead to memories we know you'll be sharing on Facebook or laughing about for the rest of the year. Our weather is also conducive to plenty of outdoor activities like golf, hiking, or enjoying live music by the bar – you are on vacation after all!
- Live like the stars – When staying at Pacific Palms Resort, you might be lucky and catch our resort being used as a filming location for a TV show or movie! But if you're looking for a more star-studded part of California, head into Hollywood and walk among them on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! Head back to the resort and enjoy the star treatment at any of our bars or restaurants to finish off a great day in California.
- Food – California is known for its wide variety of cuisine and award-winning dishes. Luckily, if you stay at Pacific Palms Resort, you can enjoy award-winning dining without leaving the resort! Our Red Restaurant and Bar and CIMA Restaurant have won various readers choice awards as Best of: Romantic restaurant, live entertainment, place to have a martini, and everyone's favorite on Sunday: brunch! We also offer room service if you prefer breakfast in bed when you travel.
- Art & Museums – It may be tough to tear yourself away from our sunny outdoors but our museums and art collections are a good reason to get indoors for a while. Nearby we have, The Getty Center, Homestead Museum, LA Art Museum, His Lai Buddhist Temple, Fullerton Arboretum, Museum of History & Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and many more. Whether you want to further explore a culture or the works of your favorite artist, we have a museum waiting for you!
This list is just meant to get you started planning your vacation and we'd love to hear your favorite reasons for visiting us! Make your planning process easier by checking out our Southern California vacation packages and specials.


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A new television comedy will be coming to Channel 9 in 2018 and recently Dave G sat down and had a chat with the stars of the show – Tawni Bryant and Jerome Velinski. Take a listen as Tawni and Jerome tell us what to expect from the new show and how they came up with the concept.
You can listen to our Method interview right here.

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Tuesday, November 4, 2014
SugarPea Designs' November Sweet Sneaks - Day 2
Good morning everyone and welcome back to Day 2 of our SugarPea Designs November sweet sneaks! So did you fall in LOVE the stamps and dies we shared with you yesterday? We have another gorgeous stamp set to show you today!
Today's sweet sneak features Lost Without You. I absolutely fell in love with this image the moment I saw it! This little guy has the sweetest face! I colored him with copics and then stippled the background with blue ink. The star image is also included in the set, along with the sweetest sentiments! I added some glimmer to the star with a Wink of Stella pen and then added a little pearl to the center.
Would you like to WIN the Lost Without You stamp set? Hop along and visit with the SugarPeas, leaving some comment love along the way! One lucky person will be randomly selected to win the Lost Without You stamp set.
Don't forget that our entire Holiday Release will be available in the SugarPea Designs Online Boutique at 6:00 PM EST this Friday, November 7th.
Enjoy the hop!
Hugs, Anita
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Beautiful coloring and card!ReplyDelete
Oh Anita this is just darling. What beautiful sentimentsReplyDelete
Absolutely wonderful image and card!ReplyDelete
pretty card!ReplyDelete
Awesome card very beautiful.ReplyDelete
I like the circle design, your coloring and the pearl and sparkle on the star.ReplyDelete
Your coloring is just beautiful!!ReplyDelete
Wow! Love the colouring and how you showcased this image in a window!ReplyDelete
Such a cute and elegant card! love the fur effect on the lamb .ReplyDelete
I just adore him!! I love how you have framed him with simple white, it totally makes him pop!! Gorgeous work! (as always!!) ;)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 4, 2014 at 10:36 AM
Love the way the shepherd is highlighted in the circle.ReplyDelete
great coloring.
thanks for sharing a wonderful card.
Lovely card Anita.ReplyDelete
Stunning card, love all the white with the pop of the colored image!!ReplyDelete
So cute, love that little shepherd and the little star!ReplyDelete
I can see why you fell in love with this image. Adorable! Great card!ReplyDelete
What a great card! Love the colors and that is such a cute image!ReplyDelete
I think I might be lost without this little guy for Christmas!ReplyDelete
So beautiful!ReplyDelete
Beautiful colored card - awesome project!ReplyDelete
Sweet as can be! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
I love how many of you are using the same image but all in such different ways! I love it! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
So cute. Great coloring!ReplyDelete
Beautiful CAS card ... love how your coloured your little sheep!ReplyDelete
This is so darling and love the beautiful coloring and layout!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 4, 2014 at 5:35 PM
I love this, the circle like a window and that blue background!ReplyDelete
This is so sweet, Anita! I love your coloring and the white paper and card back. He looks so fabulous framed in the circle.ReplyDelete
What a beautiful, clean and simply stated card! I love it!!ReplyDelete
Such a sweet card!ReplyDelete
the pearl on the star is so cute!ReplyDelete
This is SO, so, so, Adorable!! I love the simplicity of it and the layout is awesome!ReplyDelete
Beautiful card. Love your design and this new stamp set.ReplyDelete
This little guy is the sweetest, especially the lamb!ReplyDelete
So sweet clean and good colors great card!ReplyDelete
I too have fallen in love with this image AND your card. LOVE, LOVE, LOVEReplyDelete
This is just so sweet Anita. I love the sponged circle.ReplyDelete
Such a cute image and wonderfully stippled background.ReplyDelete
The sentiments seem to match that sweet-looking little shepherd.ReplyDelete
In love with this image... super adorable and love your card...ReplyDelete
so gorgeous anita.fabulous colouring and the image is adorable ;DReplyDelete
xx coops xx
I would love to win this stamp set...you're right..he is adorable!! Awesome card..great coloring..love the blue background!ReplyDelete
what a sweet cardReplyDelete
Awww... I just wanna kiss him and hug him! Great blue sky Anita!ReplyDelete
Sweet card and beautiful coloring!ReplyDelete


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How to Knit a Chunky Brioche Slouchy Hat in SHORTCUT Brioche Stitch – Free Knitting Pattern
Free Pattern! This Brioche Slouchy Hat is warm, squishy, and airy, knit in 3 colors. This tutorial will teach you to work my Shortcut Brioche stitch in the round. If you can work in the round and work "knit 1, purl 1" ribbing, you can knit this hat! There are no decreases at the crown, or anywhere in the pattern, it's just ribbing and Shortcut Brioche Stitch. I added a large pom pom at the back.


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I went to the lab where they're experimenting on 83's skin samples. I watched through the glass wall as the scientists inside ran various tests, standard biological stuff as far as I could tell. I loitered outside until someone came out who I could speak to. I asked the scientist what they were doing with the tissue, and she told me they're searching for the mechanism by which 83's skin regenerates. She said it's a particularly fascinating case because they don't know where the energy or protein for the regeneration comes from. 83 eats nowhere near enough food, and they suspect he draws on the mal in some way.
I told her I thought the research sounded fascinating, and that it had obvious applications in medicine. I asked her if she thought it might produce something that could be sold, or used in other applications. I was thinking of how much money could be made from cellular regeneration. She looked at me as if I were an idiot, and said that whatever mechanism was involved in 83's regeneration wouldn't function away from The Sick Land, just like everything else they study here. I was embarrassed; I thanked her, and left.
I've been worried about possible cynical motivations here, but the scientist I spoke to made a good point: whatever they discover here only holds here. The research, though unpalatable, is obviously aimed at helping people survive the mal, which is a noble goal. I'm still not sure how it relates to stopping the expansion, but I'll continue speaking to people until I find out.


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Bose 9ss Headphones with over 1,000 crystals
If you're looking to buy that special someone a little something shiny, you should check out these Bose headphones. They're plenty shiny and they are definitely luxury items. Your special someone will definitely feel special receiving this one for Valentin's Day. Although, likely for a great deal of people, this is taking the shiny factor about fifteen steps too far, if not further. The great thing with these Bose headphones is you have a decent variety of colors to choose from.
The headphones are being sold in a total of 7 different colors; ice, black diamond, light siam (red), light topaz (yellow), peridot (green), rose (pink) and sapphire (blue). The come packed full of over 1000 hand placed swarvoski stones. Beneath the crystals is a nice set of Bose headphones, so you'll get both quality sound as well as quality crystals. Almost all of the colors are going for $409, but the white version (ice) is sold for the far more affordable $399.
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New postseason overtime rules
Both teams must have the opportunity to possess the ball once during the extra period, unless the team that receives the opening kickoff scores a touchdown on its initial possession, in which case it is the winner.
If the team that possesses the ball first scores a field goal on its initial possession, the other team shall have the opportunity to possess the ball. If [that team] scores a touchdown on its possession, it is the winner. If the score is tied after [both teams have a] possession, the team next scoring by any method shall be the winner.
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Welcome to our second Workshop Wednesday!
If you are visiting from The Scrap Shoppe welcome and thank you for stopping by my blog!
I hope you are enjoying our Christmas in July blog hop and getting some creative ideas or even a jumpstart on your handmade gifts or decorations for this year. Everyone had some creative ideas last week and I cannot wait to see what the other ladies have for us today so make sure you check them out.
Last year at Christmas I purchased three styrofoam cones in hopes to get them finished but unfortunately they have been sitting on my craft table waiting to be decorated, so I thought they would be the perfect decorating idea to share with you today.
I purchased three different sizes from Hobby Lobby and I used different fabric and trims. I will walk you through each of mine but you can really get creative with these to make them your own.
I started by wrapping each of my trees with fabric. Before wrapping the fabric completely around the tree I folded the fabric over the top of the tree to hide the extra fabric. For the bottom I pleated the fabric around the circle and glued the remaining fabric to the bottom of the tree. I then cut a circle smaller than the bottom but large enough to give the bottom of the tree a clean finish. Now comes the fun part…
I decided to use plaid fabric to cover the largest tree and added gold trim. I trimmed the bottom of the tree (this helps to cover any fabric that was not pulled tightly underneath) and made three additional circles up the tree. I then made a bow using a sheer gold wire ribbon, curled the ends, and used two straight pins to hold the bow in place. One tree down two to go…
I think my second tree is so fun and it was very simple. I ran one row of feather trim along the bottom and the top was a snap. I purchased a feather hair clip, stuck a straight pin in the top of my tree and clipped the feathers on – easy peasy!
The last tree was made using a shiny green fabric and red cord trim. I ran the trim around the bottom of the tree and then circled the trim around to the top. For the top I made a fabric flower using the same fabric that covers the tree and finished it off with a red rhinestone in the center.
Now that the trees are decorated it is time to talk about the base of my trees. I purchased these wood candlesticks from Goodwill and the most expensive one was only $0.99. I started by using Martha Stewart Multipurpose paint in Wedding Cake. After the paint was completely dry I used sandpaper and my BasicGrey file kit (I love this set) to distress my candlesticks.
Once they were distressed I found the center point on the bottom of my tree, applied glue to the top of the candlestick and held the tree in place until the glue dried. Now I have three finished trees I can use this year at Christmas.
I hope you enjoyed today's project. Remember we would love for you to join in on the fun so post a link to your project so you can be included in our link party!
Merry Christmas in July!


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The theme of this year's TEDxToronto was redefinition, and child activist Bilaal Rajen didn't stray far from that message. Rajen is a child activist who has been raising money for various causes since he was 4 years old.
As NOW Magazine mentioned via Twitter, many founders of charities take to TED as a source to tell the story of their organization, but Bilaal Rajen took an alternate route -- and it made all the difference. By using his past as an example, he urged us to not accept the idea of "no." As children, we say no to going to bed, to vegetables, to one lollipop instead of two, but as we grow older we learn to accept things that we might have otherwise resisted. This is dangerous and Bilaal Rajen repeated during his TEDxToronto talk that we must say no to no. He would have never gotten to where he is today if he had listened to the many people that told him no.
Instead of succombing to discouragement, Bilaal Rajen raised millions of dollars for children around the world, founded a school in Tanzania for HIV/AIDS orphans and ultimately became UNICEF Canada's child ambassador. At TEDxToronto, Rajen cited people like TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie and Kiva co-founder Jessica Jackley who are inspirational by saying no to no, and thus, are representative of redefinition itself.
Another message that Bilaal Rajen propelled was "listen hard, don't hardly listen." The delegates at this year's TEDxToronto hands-down took Bilaal Rajen's message to heart as they sat open-eared, open-minded and open-hearted and listened hard, not hardly listened.
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So today , more like an hour or so ago when I was high out of my mind. I made the decision I should have a long time ago.
I'm basically just going to sit on the sidelines, pray and put it in god's hands. He will point me in the right direction and that is what I need to do.
There's so much on my mind and plate, I keep pushing him to the side . Three weeks I've planned on going to church and made other plans.
My grandma gave me a Bible before I left for facebook. She wrote to read one chapter per day. I'm going to start doing that. Just pick a random chapter and read.
I hope I get my answers soon.
Until then , keepdreaming. 🌠


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|Mary in the Staple dress by April Rhodes
We are just days away from having a printed pattern. How many days? I still don't know and I'm her mother!! I stopped asking April when we would get patterns weeks ago because of the added stress to her... she has been working with the printer for 2 months to get it just right for us. She has been working day and night while taking care of two very active girls. I know her girls are very busy because I watched them yesterday. I left the very innocent two year old, Camilla for just a moment and returned to find her with black permanent marker and one of my books. Later I saw that she left some "art work" on my linen pillow sham. I will adore the marks on my sham as it reminds me of darling Camilla.
But the pattern is coming... Stay tuned for the exact day. Do you follow us on Facebook or Instagram? You may get the news quicker if you do.
Lastly, I have to say how very proud I am of April. I've always known she had style. Now she gets to share that style with us through her patterns. Please send April loving thoughts as we wait out the last days until the patterns arrive in the mail. I pre-orded 100 to sell here at the shoppe. I know you'll want one.
See you soon,
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christmas is going to the dogs
He cooked a mean piece of rosemary stuffed roast pork with parsnips and potatoes for Christmas night, the leftover of which we had as sandwiches, picnic style, the next day. We had had vegetable curry – his mum's traditional meal – on Christmas Eve. There was wine. And music. And candle lights. There was also lots of love. And kisses. And laughs.
He managed to spend the entire day without trousers on. You gotta love someone who can make a deliciously debilitating meal without any pants and still be completely sexy.
He said he loves me. That he wants to make me happy. He said he'd shave his cat for me...
And me? All I can do is miss the snow, my crazy family and think how much I will miss him when I go home.
Next year, I want to learn how to be happy please.
A very good one to you too.


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Hello my dear readers!
For those who don't know I decided that I wanted to chronicle my experience of starting a blog. The intent is so others can learn what it takes to start a blog, learn from my mistakes throughout the process, and to hopefully provide some humor and enjoyment to your day. I think I will run this "Starting a Blog" series for 52 weeks to provide a well-rounded beginning to starting a blog that you fully intend to turn into a business.
If you want to learn how to start a blog, I created a tutorial on how to do so through Bluehost. (Please know, that I am an affiliate partner for Bluehost which means I would earn a little bit of money if you decide to purchase through my link. But, I promise to always be honest and to only recommend those things that I personally use and enjoy!)
I've decided these weekly updates will be posted on weekends and will consist of 7 categories to help summarize my progress each week.
- Blog posts that I published
- Blog Improvements
- Personal Accomplishments
- Extra Income I earned
- Extra Income I received
- Goals I accomplished during the week
- Goals for Next Week
I know this will be very similar to my monthly income reports, but I think having weekly and monthly goals are going to help me stay focused and break my bigger goals down into smaller ones. This should help me in accomplishing my monthly goals, but also allow me to celebrate additional small successes that may happen throughout each week.
Week 18 has come and gone! This week was very different for me. If you have been following along in my "Starting a Blog" series, you have probably noticed that I have been struggling the past 2 months on staying active and consistent. Now I know one of the reasons for this was due to my having several family obligations throughout the past 3 months. But I hate excuses, and honestly I just didn't put in the time and effort necessary to help this blog grow during the past two months.
This week though, I came to the decision that I want this blog to become my full-time business. I truly love helping you work towards financial freedom, and living the best life you can imagine! So, I decided to basically hit refresh on this blog. I don't like the way my blog looks, the quality of my articles and photos, my About Me page, and everything else basically. I want to provide my readers with more and make the content I share worth your time and mine.
This week I decided to commit to several free webinar training's offered by a variety of successful bloggers and entrepreneurs. In fact, I attended 4 webinar trainings during my lunch break at work, and 1 webinar when I got home one evening. This means I attended 5 total webinars this week and had planned to take 2 others but time did not allow for me to do so. I still plan on trying to attend these other 2 webinars at a later date if possible.
During all this training, I decided to switch my focus from pumping out content multiple times each week to once each week. While I may be posting less content than I had been when originally started this blog, please know I am going to be publishing content that is much higher in quality. Because I want to invest my time back into you instead!
If you can bear with me during the next few weeks while I begin implementing the tips and knowledge I learned during this week I promise you will begin to notice a change. Even if it is small changes, I am sure it will be worth your while to stick around!
Blog Posts:
(this week was a guest post by Oli, the writer and owner of Patchesoft.com)
How to Enjoy Blogging Without Worrying About Making Money
Blog Improvements:
- I attended 5 free training webinars this week all focused on how to improve my blog. This was so important this week, as I made sure to only attend webinars that I felt would be beneficial to me at this stage in my blog's life. Let me tell you, this wasn't originally planned. I found the course by Raelyn Tan first, then I found Mike Dillard's webinar, and all of a sudden I was seeing free webinar training everywhere. I am going to start taking 1-2 training webinars each week. Here are the webinars I attended:
- 3 Strategies to Grow Your Email List Fast by Raelyn Tan
- How to Double Your Traffic and Email List in 30 Days by Melissa Griffin
- Passive Income Without A Product by Addi Ganley
- How to Get 10,000 Fans, Publish a Book, and More by Jeff Goins
- List Building Webinar by Mike Dillard
- I published my first guest post by Oli from Patchesoft.com this week! Be sure to check out the post I wrote on his blog as well! How to Improve Your Blog When You're Exhausted
Personal Accomplishments:
- I finished 2 books this week!
2. My husband and I joined a gym! So, we have been wanting to invest some of our budget back into ourselves for a few months. Since we paid off our first loan, we now have money in the budget to be able to do this. We are both 100% happy with this decision as we had both lost a significant amount of weight when we first met and have since gained an even larger amount of weight back. So, this will be the first time we have focused on losing weight, gaining muscle, and becoming healthier together and we are excited. I also attended my first of 4 beginning training sessions with a personal trainer this week and attended my first Zumba class in over a year! Woo…I have lots of work to get back to where I was physically previously.
3. I earned my 3rd free book of the summer from my local library during our summer reading challenge! Woot free books!
4. I was able to spend some time with co-workers after work this week to celebrate all of our hard work thus far
Extra Income I Earned: $8.42
(If you would like to learn how you can start earning extra income, check out my Resources page) Please note I do not include Google AdSense income here because it isn't confirmed until a month later.
I decided to not pursue making extra income from my usual sources this week so I could devote all my time to working on setting a new direction for my blog.
Surveys: $0.00
American Consumer Opinion: $9.25 currently in this account. (+ $0.00)
Inbox Dollars: $21.42 (+$0.38)
Swagbucks: 2,459 points (+1004 SB) (1000 SB was from when I took advantage of purchasing trash bags from Walmart 2 months ago and I already claimed those points so I will not include them in total earned this week)
ShopKick: 15,307 kicks (+35 kicks)
Mystery Shopping: $8.00
Affiliates: $0.00
Referrals: $0.00
Extra Income I Received: $0.00
(please note I had to update last week's post as I actually received $185.85 last week instead of the $139 originally reported. I did not receive any funds for this week)
This Week's Goals:
Originally, I decided that each week I will set 10 small goals for my blog. All of them should be helping me reach my bigger goals that I set each month. I am changing this up because I want to start focusing on one goal at a time and then adding more on as I complete them.
- Update About Me section-Fail. I'm not too disappointed I didn't meet this goal. I did start to rewrite it, but I want this to be a perfect page for you to learn about who I am and to why I created this blog. So I am okay if this takes a few weeks to finalize.
- Finalize guest post swap-Pass! Oli (from Patchesoft.com) and I have been talking about swapping guest posts for almost 2 months now. The reason it took this long, was because I had so many commitments happening these past few months. So I really appreciate how patient and understanding Oli was throughout this whole process.
- Identify areas to work on in blog-Pass! As I mentioned in my intro to this weekly update, I spent this week taking as many webinars as I could find that I feel would be relevant to the blogging stage I am currently at.
- Publish 1 post-Pass! Hopefully, you've checked out the first guest post ever featured on my blog! If not, check it out here: How to Enjoy Blogging Without Worrying About Making Money
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- Implement Pinterest strategies I learned during Melissa Griffin's training course.
- Begin editing and improving my previous content to provide higher quality content.
- Update my About Me page.
- Focus on growing my email subscription list.
- Start looking for a new theme for my blog.
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From the various places to visit in West Bengal, One of the exciting place with lot of history and devotion attached is the Church of Bandel. Bandel is in the outskirts of Kolkata and a weekend spot of many.Sunday being a favorite day for all to visit the Bandel and spend quality time with near and dear ones .Travelling through the local train makes the trip more thrilling for most of the them.Many foreigner tourist also visit this place and provide financial support to the Church for the poor . The Bandel Church is surrounded by ground, which is mostly used for picnic,fair and sports play .It is a favorite destination in West Bengal.
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The Bandel Church
Bandel Church of West Bengal stands as a symbolic architecture of the Portuguese in India.The Church is dedicated to Our lady Of The Rosary, it is a monument of religious creation of the 1599. It is said that the church was burned down in the year 1632 however rebuilt in the year 1660.The Bengali word Bandar meaning port is the reason behind the church to be called Bandel ,of the Portuguese settlers of that region. As the urban area falls under the Chinsurah-Mogra block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It falls under the Chinsurah police station and is a part of Kolkata Metropolitan Area . Bandel being one of the major rail junction of the Eastern Railway, it is 40 km from Howrah station. Various historical places are there in Bandel other than the famous Bandel Church like the Imambara, Bandel, Hooghly, Sun Dial, Imambara, Jubilee Bridge over Hooghly River. The festive of Christmax and Eid are celebrated grandly in Bandel town.
History of Bandel
Hundreds of years after Vasco da Gama arrived the Idian West Coast, Inroads were made by the Portuguese to enter Bengal. Portuguese settled in the bank of the Hooghly river, covering the area of Hooghly under them thus the area came under the Portuguese. The church of Bandel was constructed in 1599 on the banks of the river Hooghly, thus its considered as the oldest Christian Church of West Bengal.
In 1632 the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan conquered the Portuguese and ruined all the establishment of the Portuguese like the churches, even they imprisoned Father Joan De Cruz in Agra, and later he was thrown infront of a ferocious elephant. However the elephant not only spare the death of the priest but raised him by his trunk and placed him back to his position.Impressed my this miracle, the Emperor set the priest and all his followers free. And also made the land free of tax to reconstruct the church. There were more miracles like during the siege a local Christian named Taigo, desperately bid to save the Mother Mary statue dived into Hooghly, and was never seen again. Astonishingly at the day of inauguration of the church the statue appeared in the banks of the Hooghly. Thus statue was re – established and came to be known as "Our Lady of the Happy Voyage."As the Portuguese was celebrating the inauguration of the Church with the statue appearing on the river bank, a Portuguese ship escaped a storm and luckily all the crew was saved. The captain of the ship, during this storm had promised to offer the main mast of the ship to the first church he sighted. The captain kept his words and the mast can still be seen in the compound of the Church.
The journey to Bandle Church
- 40 kilometers away from Kolkata is the Bnadel Church on the bank of river Hooghly.
- Welcoming to the Church by the arched gate is the Tower clock of the Bandel Church on the bank of Hooghly.
- As the road way is equally straight one can drive straight from Kolkata to Bandel Church by car too.
- One can easily reach the Bandel Church as its both reachable from Sealdah and Howrah, and a ride on the rickshaw from the Bandel station will drop you to the door step of Bandel Church.
- Many bus service are also available in this days.
- There are many travelling agents providing a day trip package to the Bandel with all service of food and travelling included.They also provide sight seeing and historical knowledge about the area of Bandel.Its alike a picnic or a weekend trip.
The Mother Mary Statue with Jesus in her arm as a baby, sailing on a boat. This statue in premises of the church makes one feel the peaceful blessing of the divine power.
Enlighting the Hope
In the church there is a huge balcony, stands "Our Lady of the Happy Voyage." where every devotee lights the candle. The candle of hope that Lord will protect them and their family from all evil. The bright Sun ray falls on the balcony ,enlightening the Mother grace with the views of the Jubilee Bridge spanning across the Hooghly. In 1887 the Jubilee Bridge was built to celebrate the 10 years of Queen Victoria's reign .Making it the oldest operating rail bridges in the world.There are several statues surrounding the church ,the statue of Our Lady of Holy Rosary, the statue of Jesus, St. John Bosco and Statues of different Christian Saints. Some graveyard and mast are also in the complex of the church.
Visiting the Church of Bandel is not only a religious visit but also the grace, and history of the place is a interest that attracts many to visitors to this place. The beauty and divine grace of the church not only attracts localities but many people across the country and tourist from various part of the world comes to pay their visit to the Church of Bandel in West Bengal. this place is also a great place for families to come together and spend time in peace and also a ideal place for picnic too.
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Akamai Technologies' (NASDAQ:AKAM) earnings report suggests the company has many more years of growth ahead, Fool contributor Tim Beyers says in the following video. Why? One number stands out: 50.
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That's a strong number that suggests growing global appeal for the company's core business at a time when emerging economies are getting their first real taste of broadband. Companywide, revenue improved 15% in the fourth quarter. Adjusted operating profit grew 11%. Both figures beat Street estimates and guidance also impressed.
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George Eliot said; Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.
The origins of Dia de Meurtos go back 3,000 years to the Mexica, Maya, Purépecha and Totonaca Indians, who prior to the arrival of the Spaniards memorialized their ancestors during the month of August with candlelight processions, flowers, incense, puppets and statues of gods, heroes, mythological figures and painted skulls which told the stories of death and rebirth.
After the colonization of the Americas, when the church outlawed many indigenous practices, these Native rituals and celebrations were folded into the Catholic holidays of All Hallows Eve on October 31st, All Saints' Day on November 1st and All Souls' Day on the 2nd, with Christian saints replacing the Native figures.
Our ofrenda is set up, with the four elements represented, earth by the food, wind by the papel picado, water in the sherry glass and fire by the candles. Plus there is salt and painted skulls and skeletons that serve as reminders that death and rebirth are a great cycle.
Of course, no ofrenda is complete without flowers. The marigold is the basic must-have flower which forms the arch on every ofrenda. It may be augmented by any flower but it is well-known that the favourite flower of the Meurto is the marigold. I have added spider mums, peonies and carnations. While copal is the traditional incense I couldn't lay hands on any so I burned pine incense because most of my Meurtos came from areas where the pine is the dominant tree. A pine log fire was the very scent of home.
The ofrenda honours those loved ones who have passed, so we have photos of family members on the shelves; my parents Charlie and Mattie, Tony's parents George and Kinette, my paternal grand-parents, Josie and Fred. There's my maternal grandfather Henry and Tony's maternal grandmother Marie Theresa. Then there's a photo of my grandfather Fred's parents William and Susan Ann, and grandmother's Josie's mother, Kizziar. My brothers Hall and Harrell and sister Ruby are also there, and second parents Midge and Barney. Barney was one of my high school teachers, and they became like a second family to me.
Nov 1st is called "Dia los Angelitos" (Day of Little Angels) and the Spirits of the children who have passed are said to visit their families, so on Nov 1st ofrendas are decorated with toys and sweets, for the children in the family who have passed. We have no photos of Isabel, the baby girl we lost in 1971. I found an angel card which I'm letting represent her. I added some small toys, a teddy bear, Babar and Celeste, a doll and cradle (miniatures made by much-loved friends years ago) and of course candy and colourful cupcakes. To her left are Ixchel, Mayan Goddess of women, and her Rabbit companion.
We have placed a smooth green and grey egg carved from agate, the size of a robin's egg, which belonged to Tony's father George on the ofrenda as his memento. George brought it back from Ecuador in the 1930's. He was a geologist, and he loved shells and stones.
I never saw Tony's mother without the small golden hoop earrings that are clipped to her photo. She took them off and gave them to me before going into the surgery she did not survive in February 1990. There's also a tiny pair of wooden Dutch clogs, carved in 1901, which belonged to her. They are empty in the photo above (Angelito Day) but on the 2nd I placed a cigarette in each clog, one for George and one for my Dad.
A beer and a Coca-Cola, in the small old-style bottle, complete the meal. While the Meurtos can't eat, drink or smoke, their Spirits are said to enjoy the "essence" of the food and drink on the ofrenda, and if they were smokers, one is expected to put out a cigarette for them - after all they no longer have to worry about smoker's cough, do they?
Tucked onto the edge of Tony's grandmother's picture frame is a teeny gold Crusader's Cross with "Jerusal__" on it. The the last letter(s) are worn off. This little medal was one of the gifts her brother Albert brought back for her when he went to Jerusalem in 1901. She wore this tiny medal and a an equally tiny crucifix on a fine gold chain around her neck. Her brother died in 1929, so I'm guessing she passed this tiny Crusader cross through her thumb and finger as she prayed for him for 30+ years after his death.
My Dad's memento is a plastic coin case which holds a 1979 John Kennedy 50 cent piece. How many times have I seen him fish that coin purse from his pocket and dig change from it? It says, "Forget Not All His Benefits". Of course it's a Bible reference, but I remember the benefits of being raised by such an honourable and decent man.
It is in the preparation that we call our loved ones back, buying the ingredients for the meal, seeking out the chocolates, cheeses and beer they liked, going through the family albums and pulling out photos, bringing out keepsakes freighted with memories. Buying flowers, bringing out dishes, candles and the decorative skulls and figures, and at last combining all of it on, or into, the ofrenda. It is an ancient ritual, one that ties us to hundreds of generations of our ancestors. We eat traditional foods, and we remember our Meurtos, and hope they linger to hear our laughter.


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An adult who is choking
Don't panic and don't shout,
Stay calm with reassurance
Encourage coughing out.
If this is not effective
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Slap between the shoulder blades
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Siem Reap piscine enthusiast Tomoyuki Sato is on a one man mission to save the endangered tiger fish of Tonlé Sap, as well as produce the first ever definitive book on Cambodian freshwater fish.
He also owns Botia Life, a Japanese restaurant in Angkor Night Market's food court, and services aquariums for Temple Town businesses including Yokohama restaurant, Antanue Hotel and Passaggio Boutique Hotel. Such is his reputation as the 'go-to' man for fish that Phnom Penh's Sakura Tei Japanese restaurant recently commissioned him to create an aquarium.
From a young age Tomoyuki was always fascinated by fish and had an aquarium of his own. After studying marine biotechnology in Osaka, he managed an aquarium in Kyoto before working for ten years at Japan's largest freshwater fish aquarium, in Lake Biwa Museum, in Shiga Prefecture.
The 36 year-old first came to Cambodia twelve years ago to research the distribution of freshwater fish.
"When I worked in the aquarium in Japan there was a corner dedicated to Cambodian fish," he says. "When I saw this corner I wondered if they really were all from Cambodia.
I doubted, so I came here to do research."
He returned three years ago and began work on an encyclopedia of local freshwater fish, the first of its kind. The book, Freshwater Fishes of Cambodia, will contain details of over 400 types of fish, including new species he has discovered, such as a tiny, eel-like 'bottom feeder' fish. The book will have photographs of each fish, plus text outlining its distribution range and habitat.
"I have been researching freshwater fish in Cambodia," he says. "Where they live, how many kinds of fish there are. I carry out distribution surveys in Tonlé Sap and also in the Mekong."
The tome will be published in English and Japanese, and he plans to sell it in Japan and Cambodia. The publication date has not yet been determined.
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In time, if the breeding program is successful, he would like to educate locals in how to breed tiger fish.
Tomoyuki's latest project is his 'Save the Datnioides' t-shirt that he designed. The t-shirts depict the black and yellow striped tiger fish and proceeds go towards his research.
"The t-shirts are sold in my restaurant and also in the Café de Sora shop in the new night market," he says. "Cambodian people like this design. Many people buy it."
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text: KIRKUS REVIEW Norman Mailer has evolved a theory that an author must create a public personality for himself in order to sell books, and in accordance with this theory he here publishes everything he has ever written, each piece accompanied with a long and frequently fascinating introduction concerning how the work was written, what he thought about it when he wrote it, and how he thinks about it now. The material includes five excellent early short stories, his columns for the Village Voice, his now famous essay The White Negro, a couple of other (and much better essays) on David Riesman and Western Defense, a pair of passages from his forthcoming novel, as yet untitled but than which nothing more clinical has been seen since Edmund Wilson's notorious Princess with the Golden Hair. Mr. Mailer also includes a lot of opinions of his peers in the field of literature which are back-breakingly honest and also pretty shrewd. Mr. Mailer is by far the most articulate (literarily speaking) exponent of the way of life he prefers to call Hip (rather than Beat), and it is therefore the more unfortunate that another of his theories requires him to use Anglo- Saxon monosyllables on principle, because his Advertisements is practically certain to be banned in many localities, and possibly nationally. There is a good deal of nonsense in this, much very strong meat, and a lot that stands up well in spite of the framework. This is sure to be some kind of success de scandal, but the bullheaded integrity behind the undertaking compels a certain respect. Pub Date: Nov. 6th, 1959ISBN: 0674005902Page count: 540ppPublisher: PutnamReview Posted Online: Sept. 28th, 2011Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1st, 1959


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Composers often use different methods to portray similar ideas to their audience. How have the two texts you have studied reflect the same ideas in different ways? Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew and Jill Junge's 10 Things I Hate about You.
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English Transformation Practice Essay Composers often use different methods to portray similar ideas to their audience. How have the two texts you have studied reflect the same ideas in different ways? Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew and Jill Junge's 10 Things I Hate about You are examples of where composers have used different methods to portray similar ideas to their audience. This essay will compare the three common themes the texts share, including marriage and dating, deception and disguise and the role and hierarchy of women in society. By comparing the dramatic and film techniques used in each of these respective texts, the common themes are expressed in their individual ways which ultimately are able to engage their audiences. Traditionally, economics and financial gain have been the more important aspect in relationships, especially marriage, as opposed to love. The marriage and dating customs of society have remained relatively similar overtime. In Taming of the Shrew, the audience is given an exclusive view into what marriage meant to society and individuals of the Elizabethan period. William Shakespeare conveyed how marriage as a financial gain was specifically applied to peoples during his era in Taming of the Shrew, where in Act 1 Scene 2, Petruchio and his servant Grumio visit Hortensio's house. Petruchio boldly announces his quest to wed a rich wife. "...I come to wive it wealthily in Padua, if wealthily then happily in Padua." ...read more.
Deception and disguise in the two set texts involves harmlessly deceiving one, or multitudes of people by impersonating someone, or good at something they're in actual fact not, the result of which is gaining something in personal value. Shakespeare expresses his interpretation of deception and disguise through Act I Scene II where upon arrival in Padua Lucentio and Tranio swap identities with each other as part of the plan to capture Bianca's heart. Tranio assures "...when I am alone, why then I am Tranio, but in all places else, your master Lucentio." Master and servant are well disguised as someone they're not, and the chess pieces are set. Furthermore, Baptista, Bianca, Petruchio and the others of the story are deceived by the role swapping of Lucentio and Tranio. Again, the use of dramatic irony further increases the 'masquerade' atmosphere developing in this scene, thus supporting the theme of deception and disguise, for masquerades often involve not knowing the identity of anyone as their face is so effectively shielded with masks. Shakespeare cleverly inserts the concept of deception and disguise within his play that it becomes an important and crucial element to the plot, and when compared back to 10 Things I Hate about You, deception and disguise is another important and crucial element to the plot. Cameron's disguise and deception as an adequate French tutor as a desperate attempt to attract the attention of Bianca in 10 Things I hate About you is an example of where deception and disguise becomes a key theme in the story. ...read more.
Although Kat lives in a modern high school world where the role of women in society isn't challenged as significantly and her role in her relationship with Patrick isn't specifically relevant, Jill Junge also tries and recreates the similar idea of a 'shrew being tamed down'. At the end, Kat offers to come to the front of her class, and read out her poetry assignment. "...but mostly I hate the way I don't hate you, not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all". This simple statement gives such a deep insight into Kat's personality, and the audience learns that though she may maintain a violent, livid and ill-tempered fa�ade on the outside, inside, she is still very much a human being capable of feeling complex emotions. During this scene, the camera gradually zooms closer into her face, so that the anguish and hurt she expresses is conveyed very directly, her tears and facial expressions not omissible. In conclusion, through comparison of dramatic and film techniques alike used for the three common themes evident in the two set texts of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew and Junge's 10 Things I Hate About You, marriage and dating, deception and disguise and the role of women in society/relationships, the composers have been able to convey similar ideas through different methods. Bethany Lee ...read more.
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We welcome new patients and can often accommodate same day appointments.
On your first visit, we will begin a permanent record. Please bring any medications you are taking, so that we may accurately determine the dosage and frequency. We will ask you to complete a medical history and registration form. Please bring your insurance card and try to arrive at least thirty minutes early for your first visit. If you have been under the care of another doctor, we may ask your permission to transfer some of your records.
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To be able to perform arithmetic, you must first be familiar with numbers. Therefore, although we give a few helping examples, this article is not about binary numerals.
The main interactive circuit at the top of this page is an arithmetic circuit capable of performing both addition and subtraction on any two 4-bit binary numbers. The circuit has a Mode switch that allows you to choose between adding (M=0) and subtracting (M=1). To understand why this circuit works, lets review binary addition and binary subtraction. We use 4-bit numbers in the examples because the main interactive circuit is a 4-bit adder–subtractor.
Binary addition is certainly easier than decimal addition. You just add 0s and 1s. For example to add the numbers five (0101) and six (0110) together, we just add the respective bits:
For binary subtraction, we use 2s complement to keep things simple. For instance, to perform the operation six (0110) minus five (0101), we first obtain the 2s complement of five and then add it to six:
We show the carry bit in green because normally it does not count towards the result.
Now that we have reviewed our binary addition and subtraction skills, lets look at what the circuit is doing. If you fix your gaze on the full–adders while you play around with the input switches, you will see that no matter what operation you think you are doing, the full–adders job never changes: the full–adder adds up the signals that appear at its inputs. This is surely not a strange behavior. In reality, whether you are doing binary addition or binary subtraction, the last thing you always do is add the numbers (e.g. "Step two" above tells you to add).
So how does the circuit know whether you want to add or subtract? The XOR gates and the Mode switch, of course! The circuit assumes that your subtraction will always be in the form A — B. So because one input of each XOR gate is attached to the Mode switch while the other input of each XOR gate is attached to a B bit, when the Mode switch is equal to 1, the output of the XOR is the complement of B. This is because B 0 = B and B 1 = B. In addition to going into the XOR gates, the Mode signal also goes into the carry input of the least significant full–adder (C0), which basically adds a 1 to B when the Mode switch is ON. Hence, when the Mode switch is equal to 1, the XOR gates and the Mode switch take the 2s complement of B and pass it to the full–adders.
To recap, here is a brief summary of how the circuit works: When M = 0, the full–adders see A + B because B 0 = B. However, when M = 1, the full–adders see A + B + 1 because B 1 = B and C0 = M. And, yes, (B + 1) is the 2s complement of B.
Although our presentation focuses on a 4–bit adder–subtractor, the circuit can be extended to any arbitrary size by simply incorporating more XOR gates and full–adders.
Using the Adder–Subtractor
The following four tables show you how to use the adder-subtractor to perform different type of arithmetic operations. At the time of publication no similar breakdown exists in the literature. Hence, we advice that you pay attention to the distinctions.
2s Complement Table


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Why Scott Pelley's story shows some of the most graphic footage in the broadcast's history. Pelley discusses his report on a sarin attack in Syria
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STATUS: AUG/2015 "... Pelley believes the cellphone video could be important evidence of a crime against humanity. Working with producers Nicole Young and Katie Kerbstat, his goal was to collect the available evidence of the attack and put it in one story.
"What would've happened during the Holocaust if all the Jews had cellphones?" Pelley wonders. "Certainly the world would've found out much sooner what was happening."
Pelley first reported on the attack for the CBS Evening News in 2013. As images of the victims were arriving in the newsroom, he decided then to embark on a more detailed investigation of what happened for 60 Minutes ..."
"Never forget..." in our near future we will see, and be primary source, to events good and bad in our world. Populace everywhere now has a portable video camera and a way to upload streams of images and sound. abuse of the rights of women and children, animals, elderly and infirm will be broadcast immediately and thereby maybe much of it will be thwarted. Yes?
We at MooPig Predictions Department truly believe a natural selection will occur that puts threat of would-be mass-murderers on report, by publishing their faces, and their crimes, all over the world.
It's not big brother watching, its moms and pops and all their children watching.
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So what exactly is the meaning of sisu? There are plenty of definitions, but the one most agree with is that it translates to the strength of will, determination and perseverance. I often heard it translated as a child as 'having guts.' Other, more thoughtful interpretations say it is not momentary courage, but the ability to sustain an action against the odds - even with repeated failure.
Now you can call that stubbornness, which many Finns are accused of, and you can call that stoic-ness which is also a typically Finnish trait. But I choose to call it persistent: to keep trying until you get it right. That in a nutshell is me. And I'd like to channel that energy to realigning my life this year. To let go of those things that are holding me back and embrace those things that are helping me grow as a person.
Ok, so how do you capture that in a picture? I took the entire week to try to figure out what I could photograph. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that when I think about what this means to me it is captured by my grandparents. Funny thing is I think of my maternal grandparents, who are German. My father is actually the Finn. Nonetheless, that is what I think of. They grew up in rural Nebraska, on neighboring farms. They were sweethearts from about the age of 6 and ran off to get married at 17 across the Nebraska border in Kansas (that wild state of KS - ha!).
But by the time the kids came along, they were heading into the dust bowl. And Nebraska was right in the heart of that crazy thing. They tried to move the family to Oregon twice. The first time Grandpa just couldn't find any work. So he went back to Nebraska. But the second time he found work on a Dairy farm and went back to pack up the family and drive across the states in an old Ford pickup truck shown here (c. 1938). The little girl is my mom.
My grandparents were hard-working, people of few words, and what they said was honest. They lived their lives simply and with love. I think that is a great guide to assess my life this year.


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We all have a part of us that lies dormant. We don't want to show our true colors to people or are afraid to be ourselves at our jobs or in front of others because we'll get chastised for being abrupt or outspoken. We might even be shun from groups because we don't fit in with their ideals.
It is sad that people can't allow others to be who they are and speak their mind. It is unnerving that one can always be made out to be the 'bad guy' when others can do or say what they want. It is sad that some must lie dormant and create undue stress on their lives to get by in this world.
Individuals need to start looking at themselves and see that they are not always right, they are not always to push their ideals onto others that prior planning does create less anxiety in those they work with daily.
Sorry if this doesn't make sense to most, to me it does.


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Hi guys,
I need to check from a sample cpp program if the foll. declaration exists:
const int *x = new const int;
it has to be replaced as
const int *x = new const int(3);
Problem is if it exists only once in the prg script is working fine.
for multiple occurences there is a problem
used grep cmd to search and then used cut to get the type and then used sed to replace
Plz let me know soon


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Rising funk act Ava Luna stick to roots
NYC indie funk act play their fourth record release show at Brooklyn DIY space Silent Barn, but this time it's the last of 35 national tour dates and a send-off to an international tour.
In their five year history, Brooklyn indie funk five-piece Ava Luna have played three record release shows within the confines of Silent Barn, a DIY art/music space initially shuttered in 2011 and revived last spring. When they play there tonight forElectric Balloon'sNYCrecord release show, they'll once again play for friends. This time, though, it comes at the tail-end of a 35 date national tour and on the heels of a two-week stint abroad. We chatted with singer/guitarist Carlos Hernandez about conceiving their latest album, playing their brand of punchy, R&B-laden art-rock across the country and why they're playing a fourth record release show at Silent Barn.
Metro: How has the tour been?
Carlos Hernandez: It's been great… it's over now. All really good shows of various stripes, and we sold out of records. We've toured a number of times now. We've been blown away in the past — we've been to so many places. It's quite familiar in a funny sort of way. [Next month], we have an international tour booked.
Metro: After touring alongside the album, do you have a different perspective on the songs off Electric Balloon?
C.H.: The songs feel a lot more comfortable. Musicians bitch and moan [about playing songs over and over], it's one of the classic tropes. On the contrary, I'm quite enjoying playing the songs.
Metro: Electric Balloon, and your debut album Ice Age are composed of unique, intricate, experimental cuts. What is your songwriting process like?
C.H.: For the previous album, I was writing the album and conceiving all of the songs. This one was much more open and collaborative with contributions from other band members. [To record Electric Balloon], we went upstate to a friend's family's home for two weeks. We had a couple of sketches and demos, but we would just play… it's much looser, an open feeling that thrives under a volition to jam.
Metro: You're playing the NYC release show [tonight] at Silent Barn, when you could have easily played a bigger space. I know that you and Julian spend lots of time there recording other acts. Why did you guys choose Silent Barn?
C.H.: You can talk about it in theory… on a pragmatic level, we spend every day there. If there's any setting [for our release show], it's there. Playing release shows [at Silent Barn] is almost superstition at this point. The very first one was in the basement of the old Silent Barn space. The second one was upstairs. The third was a Silent Barns presents show at a German beer hall in Ridgewood. The old Silent Barn was my favorite place.
Catch Ava Luna tonight at their record release show at Silent Barn (603 Bushwick Ave., Brooklyn).
This column is part of a Metro Boston and Metro New York music feature called Locally Amped. Follow us on Twitter @Locally Amped and on Facebook at Locally Amped.


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Reports coming from Capitol Hill indicate that the much heralded NSA reform bill will not even come up for consideration in Congress. Multiple congressional sources report that the Senate version USA Freedom Act simply doesn't rise high enough on the priority chart to move forward.
In what it calls a "stinging setback," the National Journal reports that despite broad support from both sides of the political aisle, and even a ringing endorsement from NSA head James Clapper, Sen. Patrick Leahy's reform bill has little chance of seeing the light of day before the November elections, or even in the lame duck session afterward.
The hard-fought bill has a wide array of backing from tech companies, privacy and civil-liberties groups, the White House, and even the intelligence community. But multiple sources both on and off Capitol Hill say the measure is not a top legislative priority on a jam-packed Senate calendar filled with other agenda items, including unresolved fights over a continuing resolution and the Import-Export Bank.
The article indicates that the bill lacks support from "defense hawks" like Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, and Sen. Harry Reid seems disinclined to "shepherd the complicated bipartisan bill through the chamber so close to midterm elections."
Even some reform advocates privately conceded that the political calculus to pass a bill perceived as weakening the intelligence agencies is unfavorable at a time when national security concerns are rising in the Middle East and elsewhere.
None of this should come as any surprise. After all, Congress has had nearly 40 years to reform the NSA. Sen. Frank Church warned us about the NSA way back in 1975:
"Th[e National Security Agency's] capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left, such is the capability to monitor everything: telephone conversations, telegrams, it doesn't matter. There would be no place to hide. [If a dictator ever took over, the N.S.A.] could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back."
It should be pretty clear at this point: Congress will never substantially reform the NSA. If you plan on waiting for the political class in Washington D.C. to protect your privacy, you will likely find yourself still waiting 40 more years from now. Depending on Congress to fix the NSA has about as much chance of success as counting on Santa Clause.
It's time for a different approach!
The spy-state will not pay attention to your phone calls, it will not respond your rallies. It will not fix itself because you scream loud enough. Real reform will only happen by pushing D.C. from the bottom up. We have to get the NSA's attention by boxing it in and making it difficult, if not impossible, for it to continue violating your rights.
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One last reminder before the weekend!! Jadeflower Ceramics will be present this Sunday at the Fremont Market. So if you are in the Seattle Area, please stop by!! Sunday May 9th 10AM-5PM
That's right! This will be a Spring Cleaning Sale for Jadeflower! I am cleaning out all my older stock and items that don't appear in my shop. And the prices will be LOW!
$2 cups? I gotcha!
Buttons half-price? Got that too!
All sorts of single items that you won't find anywhere else, because the are one-of-a-kind? You KNOW I got that 🙂
Please note: I won't be bringing my large spiky pieces – this us just a sale for my smaller, more transport-friendly stock. However, if there is interest in any of my spiky guys, just let me know in the comments here, and I'll see what I can do!
Cleaning out my studio and storage areas is the name of the game so that I have plenty of room for NEW pieces this spring and summer! Prices will be very attractive, you won't have to pay shipping, and it should be a beautiful spring day. So if you're in Seattle, there's no reason not to come see me! Even if it's just to say Hi 🙂
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Heya Guys!
It is officially summer! It has been warm around here for a few weeks now, but to know it is official is still kinda exciting! One of the things I love most about summer is the flowers. They are in full bloom, just bursting with life, and wonderful flowery scents. All that flower awesome is what inspired today's nails.
To get this look I started with a base of OPI You Are So Outta Lime. It is a "neon" from their new neon summer line. I say "neon" cause it isn't really a neon. It is an incredibly pretty lime green polish, but neon it is not. However, if you are looking for a unique, bright lime green polish, this could be it. It applied nicely, especially since it is considered a neon. Once that was dry, I stamped using Pueen plate 72 from the buffet stamping set. I used the same plate for all 3 images, just picked different parts of the plate each time. I stamped in Mundo De Unas Yellow 11, Orchid 55, and Blue 4. The studs are from Born Pretty Store. I then topped coated everything with HK Girl.
This was the first time I have stamped on the same nail more than once, and I couldn't be happier with the results. This is certainly something I will be doing again. I really love the jungle feel of this, and the bright colours go so well together, and although the green isn't neon at all, it is bright and oh so pretty!
Alright guys and gals I think that covers it for today. I think I am off to lay poolside today! I hope everyone has an awesome sauce weekend. Till next time kittens! <3


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Posted by Craig Fiske| May 6, 2014 |
Hi there,
There are 2 families looking for a beachfront vacation rental. We are OK staying in the same home (if it's a villa), or renting 2 condos in the same complex.
Arrival date: February 12, 2015, departure February 22, 2015.
We have 3 teenagers travelling with us that are eager to try surfing. Ideally, we'd be close to a beginner surfing area.
We are looking for a place that is;
– beach front
– close to restaurants
– close to grocery store
– is central and therefore don't need a car
Transportation to and from the airport is a requirement. Is this something you can offer? Or do we need to arrange ourselves?
Thanks in advance.
Craig Fiske (Canada)


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I LOVE crackers. Last week the store was closed, we were out of them and I had the munchies. So what's a girl to do?
Make them herself of course!
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- Crackers will become crunchier as they cool.
- Give crackers a zesty kick with spice combinations.
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|Asdew Acquisitions, a high-profile investor, has acquired a stake in lithium miner, Alliance Mineral Assets (AMA), just weeks before it starts production in its project in Western Australia.
Asdew bought 19 million shares at 30 cents apiece from the controlling shareholder, Living Waters Mining (Australia), which is the vehicle of CEO Tjandra Pramoko and his wife, Simone Suen, an executive director of AMA.
Following the married deal, announced this evening, Living Waters Mining owns a 12.08% stake (67.1 million shares) in AMA, down from 15.49%.
Asdew's purchase amounts to a 3.4% stake but it is not known if it has shares of AMA bought in earlier times.
Its 30-cent purchase is already in the money as the stock closed at 41 cents today.
Asdew is controlled by Alan Wang, formerly the head of research of Kim Eng Securities as well as a former director of Kim Eng Holdings (1995 to 2004).
He is not new to the shareholder registry of AMA as he held 14.5 million shares, or a 4.5% stake, just prior to AMA's IPO in 2014. That made him the No.3 largest shareholder then.
In recent months, Asdew has snapped up blocks of shares placed out by three listcos and would be sitting on tidy sums of profit if it has not flipped the shares:
The shares were transferred on Monday (29 Jan) but the deal was signed on 12 Jan 2018.
Presumably there was a lot more paperwork than usual to settle before the share transfer.
The sale shares were part of 46,074,788 frozen shares subject to an injunction order, which has been lifted with the consent of Jonathan Lim and Grande Pacific.
Separately, the court Sheriff has also released the 40,029,786 shares of Living Waters Mining that were seized by Jonathan Lim and Grande Pacific pursuant to the execution proceedings under a writ of seizure and sale.


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Long Beach Airport joined in the 3rd annual LB Green Fest in downtown this weekend. Airport staff provided info about the new terminal project- one of the most eco friendly in the nation. The terminal will feature a variety of green aspects:
- A solar paneled roof offsetting 13% of electric use
- Water reduction through low flow faucets and toilets
- A garden atrium featuring xeriscaping through native Southern California plants
- Replacing diesel power equipment that tug passenger planes
More info is available at: http://www.lgb.org/travelers/terminal_modernization.asp