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Adelto is an online magazine that features contemporary homes, travel, interiors, style and furniture from companies, brands and individuals from around the globe. With a global readership of over 500,000 visitors we connect brands with a relevant audience.
You can keep up-to-date with us via Facebook, Twitter and by subscribing for free to our RSS or email feeds. Thus ensuring that you never miss an article.
We also offer a wide range of advertising opportunities to leverage your brand across our website, social media accounts and email newsletters – contact us for more information listing what you are looking for and your budget.
Founder – Richard Barker | Connect with me on LinkedIn | Twitter – @HarrisonMannUK
From a love of interior design and travel, Richard started Adelto as a means to share what homes he liked and places he has been to or wished to go, as well as showing clients the kind of results he can get them through the company he owns, Harrison Mann, a leading digital marketing, SEO, PPC and Website Design company based in Bradford, Yorkshire.
From small beginnings Adelto has grown into a site which regularly receives over 500,000 page impressions per month and has visitors from around the world.
Editor – Assif Majid |
Assif Majid is an avid traveller who is always on the go. When not boarding planes or trains he can be found in London or Leeds.
A BBC alumnus and graduate of the University of Leeds and Manchester Metropolitan University. He is partial to tea and cake – Yorkshire Tea please.


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Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that comes from the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) or type 2 (HSV-2), though most cases are caused by HSV-2. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that there are over 700,000 new cases in the United States each year, and almost one out of every six people aged 14 to 49 have HSV-2 infection. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, 45 million Americans over the age of 12 are infected. Most infected individuals do not show any symptoms, and the virus can be passed to the partner if the infected person is not showing symptoms.
How do you get Genital Herpes?
Genital herpes is spread through vaginal, anal, or oral sex with an infected partner. An infected person can spread the disease even if he or she does not show symptoms. However, transmission is more common from sexual contact with a partner who has open sores. In most cases, HSV-2 can only be contracted from a person who has a genital HSV-2 infection. A genital HSV-1 infection occurs from oral-to-genital or genital-to-genital contact with an infected person. Herpes can also be passed from a pregnant mother to her child. Around 70% of pregnant mothers who infect their children are asymptomatic.
Remember, most people with a genital herpes infection do not show symptoms and many are not aware that they have the disease. The majority of people who infect others are asymptomatic and unaware they have genital herpes. Proper use of latex male condoms, female polyurethane condoms, and dental dams use can reduce the risk of infection. However, an infection can still occur on an area that is not covered during sexual contact.
Who is most at risk of getting Genital Herpes?
Herpes is far more common among women than in men – of Americans age 14 to 49, around 1 in 5 women are infected with HSV-2 as compared to 1 in 9 men. This gap exists because, as with other sexually transmitted infections, women have a higher chance of contracted the disease. Without the use of antivirals or condoms, the chances of an infected man passing HSV-2 to a woman is almost 10% annually; the chances of an infected woman passing HSV-2 to a man are around 5%.
Other groups with a higher than average rate of infection include:
- People with more sexual partners
- Blacks and Hispanics/latinos
- Homosexual men
- People infected with HIV
What are the symptoms of Genital Herpes for men and women?
Many people infected with genital herpes do not show symptoms. Other times, the symptoms are very mild and are not properly identified. However, when symptoms do arise they typically appear as one or more blisters in the genital area and begin 7-14 days after exposure to the virus. This is typically referred to as an outbreak. When these blisters break open they result in sores that can take up to four weeks to heal. Blisters usually occur where the virus entered the body, which can include:
- In males: penis, inner thigh, buttocks and anus
- In females: labia, clitoris, pubis, vulva, buttocks, anus
Other symptoms of genital herpes infection may include:
- Cracked, red, or raw skin around the genitals
- Tingling, itching, or burning in the genital or anal region
- Pain when urinating over blisters or sores
- Backaches
- Headaches
- Flu-like complaints such as fever, fatigue, swollen glands
These symptoms typically last for 2-3 weeks. After the initial outbreak, the person may experience several outbreaks over the next year. As time goes on, the number of outbreaks per year generally lessens. There is no medical consensus on what causes outbreaks, but some believe symptoms can return when the infected person is sick or experiencing stress and during a woman's period. During this time, the body's immune system is weaker and less capable of keeping the virus inactive. The recurring outbreaks are generally not as severe as the initial one.
Who should be tested for Genital Herpes?
Anyone displaying the symptoms or has a sexual partner with herpes symptoms should be tested by a doctor. During an outbreak, the virus can be identified by a visual inspection or a swab test of the sore(s). If the person is not currently showing symptoms he or she can be diagnosed with a blood test. Talk to your health care provider about the testing options available to you.
Can Genital Herpes be cured?
There is no cure for herpes, but there are ways to treat the symptoms, reducing the severity of outbreaks or preventing them from occurring. People infected with herpes can take antiviral medications to help lessen the duration of an outbreak. The medication may also be effective in reducing the risk of spreading the disease to sexual partners. Things can be done at home to treat the symptoms during an outbreak. These treatments include:
- Wear loose clothing to allow air circulation around sores
- Take over the counter painkillers like acetaminophen or aspirin
- Bathe areas where sores are in a warm salt-water solution
- Wrap the infected area with an ice pack
- Rest and relax
What happens if Genital Herpes is left untreated?
In general, genital herpes does not cause other complications in healthy adults. However, the disease can take a mental and emotional toll on an infected person. Many worry about how the disease will affect their health and personal relationships and suffer from increased anxiety and stress levels. It is important to remember that, if properly treated, genital herpes can be managed. Consult with your health care provider for more information about how to address your concerns. For more advice on living with genital herpes, read this informative guide created by WedMD.
The most common physical complication occurs when an infected person spreads herpes from the infected area of the body to new areas by touching sores and then another body area without washing his or her hands in between. It is important to avoid touching sores or the fluids from these sores; if you do happen to touch a herpes sore wash your hands immediately and thoroughly. Individuals infected with genital herpes are at greater risk to contract HIV if they have open sores.
Pregnant women may pass the virus to their children during childbirth if they are in the midst of an outbreak. In this circumstance a cesarean section is the safest option. Genital herpes can also cause miscarriages and premature birth. If you are pregnant and have any reason to believe you may have herpes, inform your health care provider immediately.
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The Long Black Veil
It is one that I really don't wish to write at all, quite frankly, but feel I can't properly continue to write this blog without pausing (at the very least!) to mark this moment. There has recently been a death in my family that has been very difficult...it is still too raw to go into any more personal detail than that. This has developed into one of those life-changing, life-affirming, enlightening, re-evaluating "ah-ha" times that I think has changed my life forever as a person; looking back, it's hard to see that anyone could go through a similar experience and not come out different.
My views on death, life, marriage, parenting and what love means (and I ain't talking about the kind that comes in a Hallmark card) have all been profoundly affected.
Overall, I feel more compassionate and understanding about both family and friends. Through the years, it has always been my tendency to fill the role of peacekeeper in many situations and now I feel more comfortable in that role and find myself stepping up it instead of just eventually "falling" into it.
There is a helpless, terrified sense about how fragile life is that has been hammered home quite clearly....it sounds horrifically trite, but is so very true a sentiment; I would have to assume being at a birth is a very similar experience. In today's world that is so dangerous and mired in cynicism, it is understandable that people don't really dwell on on the whole life/death matter and the plethora of frivolous distractions makes sense; everyone would drive themselves nuts being depressed or in a constant state of terror if they did.
As previously mentioned, it does however put things in perspective and that is something that is acknowledged all too seldomly. This whole process/experience has brought about a whole new framework for which me to view things. I've noticed there tends to be a sense of peace and calmness that settles in now over times that I begin to get stressed or moments of indecision....not right away, but it does come. I shall forever have my moments of fretting mind you, (I'm Jen, Mood swings is what I do!) but it now seems obvious that there is really very little about which getting worked up over is an effective and worthwhile use of one's energies. (Passionate about, yes. again, have you met me?)
It's a bit of a cop out, but I'm not feeling too original at the moment, so to sum this whole bit of rambling up, all I can say is "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, and it Really IS in the end all Small Stuff."


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The word "craft" elicits many images in peoples' minds, from plastic canvas and popsicle sticks arranged into predictable objects of dubious originality and bead kits assembled into Christmas ornaments to expertly knit socks, hats, and mittens, jewelry and home decor wrought from metal, and wood turned, shaped and polished in such a way that the bowl appears to have been captured in the wood from its beginning and released by the endeavours of the craftsperson.
The very fact that craft encompasses this wide of a range of skills, materials and artistry, from the expert and elite to the low-quality and inept, is the reason for which I no longer call what I do craft. I have no real problem with the word "craft", as most of the work of highly skilled professional craftspeople fits that definition. No, the reason for which I eschew it is its overly general nature. I don't think craft is a specific enough word to describe the highly skilled and refined nature of the work turned out by members of the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador. Yes, we make craft. No, a word that describes what people do with kits purchased from Wal-mart is not adequate to categorise our labours.
Fine craft is a step in the right direction. The additional word not only raises the expectations of quality in the eyes of the public, but also correspondingly makes them more aware of the skill level involved, the artistry present and hopefully the professionalism of the craftsperson.
"Craftsperson" is another interesting term. For some reason, the lowering of "craft" to its current level of expectation hasn't completely dragged "craftsperson" down with it. I suppose it has to do with the fact that people "do crafts" as a hobby, but craftsperson is quite evidently doing their work on a more time-consuming basis. That said, I actually prefer the term artisan. It's basically French for "craftsperson", but the inclusion of the word "art" effectively enhances the emphasis on creativity and originality, while retaining the flavour of craft through the creation of something with a practical application. An artisan endows the practical with beauty. While it's certainly true that many expert craftspeople or artisans do work in traditional materials and patterns, preserving the cultural heritage of a region or people, they continue to make modifications and variations within their work. A good artisan or craftsperson can't help but continue to improve and create, regardless of the strictures of the framework in which they craft their creations. While fair isle patterns may look similar to the casual eye, the possibilities of colour and design are virtually infinite in the hands of a craftsperson. Combine that eye for design with technical skill and adeptness and a sweater evolves into a wearable work of artistic beauty.
Within each field, of course, there are variants of terminology. Some people might call me a quilter. I rarely use that term because I often leap back and forth across the boundaries of the definition of "quilt" on a given piece of work and, frankly, I don't want to have to defend myself against people who say, "that's not a real quilt." I'd rather be able to do whatever the piece dictates with impunity, answering only to the question of, "does that technique hold up artistically and structurally?" I do make "real" quilts, but most of the time I'm a fibre artist.
These nuances occur in various fields. Woodworking, pottery and ceramics and metal working all have subcategories that reflect a more specific style of shaping a medium.
If you're thinking of turning to making money as a craftsperson, stop and think first. Are you "crafty" or a "craftsperson"? Is what you do of a high quality and skill level? Is it original? Are your materials of good calibre? If you make a solid, good product and are keen on developing it for sale, be honest about what you want to be. Don't sell yourself short as a maker of cheap crafts, if indeed you are of artisanal quality. At the same time, don't call yourself a craftsperson if you make Christmas tree ornaments from kits at Wal-mart.
If you are set on refining your work as a professional artisan, seriously consider joining your local Craft Council, arts council or craft-specific guild. Many have Standards of Quality for individual fields that provide guidelines for what constitutes "high-quality" in your chosen field. Before you decide to produce en masse, enter fairs, solicit shops and market your wares, work through the standards provided. Submit pieces for examination by those who assess such things. Listen to their feedback and reflect upon suggested modifications to your techniques, materials and finishing/packaging.
Next entry on crafts: Standards of Quality and how to use them!


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Rose Gold Cross - Essential Oils Diffuser Wrap Bracelet (Hypoallergenic)
$ 34.00
We've added rose gold to our diffuser bracelet collection.
Our new limited edition wrap bracelets are made with hypoallergenic stainless steel and leather. The custom cross design locket is perfect for holding your favorite essential oils.
Our stainless steel locket screws on and off to securely hold the felt pads. Leather bracelet is adjustable and wraps twice around your wrist.
Your choice of brown or black leather band.
- Beautiful leather and stainless steel diffuser bracelet for your essential oils.
- Custom designed by The Oil Collection this cross locket is perfect for holding your favorite essential oil scents.
- Add a few drops of oil to the included felt pads and to have your oils nearby all day long.
- Wrap bracelet is adjustable from 13-14.5 inches. Locket measures 30mm across and is 8mm thick. Locket screws on and off to securely hold your diffuser pads. Made with leather and stainless steel, hypoallergenic.
- Arrives at your door in our signature The Oil Collection bag, perfect for giving as a gift.
- Includes four diffuser pads.
- Essential oils not included.


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At 07:53 PM 10/21/2000 , Charles F. Munat wrote: >So what does this have to do with the WCAG? Well, take a look at the current >working draft of version 2.0: >http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/WD-WCAG20-20000928 Although nothing in there is "secret", it should be noted that this is still a work-in-progress, and as a draft which does not yet reflect consensus (even among the members of the working group), it's hard to discuss what this does or doesn't say. (And comments on what it should say should probably go to the working group mailing list, at firstname.lastname@example.com, so that your viewpoints can be reflected in upcoming discussions.) --Kynn, WCAG working group member, not speaking for the working group -- Kynn Bartlett <firstname.lastname@example.com> http://kynn.com/ Director of Accessibility, Edapta http://www.edapta.com/ Chief Technologist, Idyll Mountain Internet http://www.idyllmtn.com/ AWARE Center Director http://www.awarecenter.org/ What's on my bookshelf? http://kynn.com/books/Received on Saturday, 21 October 2000 23:05:13 UTC
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In Los Angeles they're referred to as the mannequins -- those ageless thespians whose misadventures with Botox have left their faces temporarily stripped of expression. And despite Hollywood's insatiable demand for fresh features and unfurrowed brows, they have triggered a Botox backlash, with a number of directors finally speaking out. ''I love Sergio Leone crop shots,'' declares Allen Hughes, who with his brother, Albert, directed ''American Pimp.'' ''But sometimes you can't shoot as close as you want because it starts to looks fake.''
Wary of the Stepford look, many potential mannequins are sticking with the needles but throwing out the syringe. At the moment, L.A.'s hottest treatment is Dr. Mao's acupuncture face lift.
''If an actress is working on a movie, she might come in every day for a month before shooting,'' says Dr. Mao -- his full name is Dr. Maoshing Ni -- the acupuncturist at the Tao of Wellness in Santa Monica. Patients wait as long as six weeks to see Dr. Mao, paying $110 a session for the privilege.
The doctor -- handsome and 39 -- doesn't have a wrinkle on his face. His waiting room is filled with people who look young, healthy and relaxed, but not overly relaxed in that airbrushed Hollywood way.
''We can slow down the aging process and in some cases reverse it,'' Dr. Mao informs me as he turns his well-trained eye in my direction. Carefully examining the deepening road map on my forehead, Dr. Mao seems confident that he can ''at least soften some of the lines.''Continue reading the main story
''Let me see your tongue,'' he says, and then stares at it closely. Diagnosing ''a little stress,'' he inserts a hair-thin needle into my scalp. Slowly, I begin to relax. As he starts on my forehead, he explains: ''It tightens the skin, the skin tone and the muscle tone.''
In the next five minutes, he painlessly glides 30 needles into my face, so quickly and with such precision that it's like watching a magician.
''Enjoy your rest,'' Dr. Mao says before leaving the room and turning down the lights.
Forty-five minutes later, he returns to take out the needles. I rush to a nearby mirror to check out the results. Though the changes are not extraordinary, I look a little more relaxed -- tighter around my eyes and forehead.
Dr. Mao says it takes about three months of weekly visits to see a drastic difference. ''People will start noticing and say: 'Hey, you look great. What's happening?' And yet they can't quite put their finger on what's changed. It's subtle.''
In a society where immediate gratification is the norm, a few months of pinpricks may be a hard sell. But Dr. Mao's face lift may just stir a countercultural revolution.Continue reading the main story


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tea plays an important role in my daily life. it is always a small joy throughout the day to sip some herbal tea or (soy) milky chai. of late its all cinnamon and chamomile. so tomorrow i'm off to see the meaning of tea at the asia society. they posed this interesting question on their site:
Are tea rituals still relevant in a modern world? What roles does tea play in your life? what do you think? you can see the responses here.
my boy does a chinese style tea at home, which is really interesting to see done. this video is kinda long, but has so much good info on chinese tea delivered by arguably the cutest woman ever. she drops tea science...


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For Immediate Release
February 3, 2003
Contact: Kathleen Bergen
Phone: 404-305-5100 After Hours: 404-305-5180
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Southern Region, has proposed to assess a $51,000 civil penalty against Hornbeck's LLC of Rosemont, IL, for allegedly violating Department of Transportation hazardous materials regulations.
The FAA alleges that on June 21, 2001, Hornbeck's improperly offered a fiberboard box containing one 32-ounce plastic container of liquid insecticide, a flammable liquid, to United Parcel Service (UPS) for transportation by air. Ground handling employees at the UPS sort facility in Louisville, KY, discovered the shipment leaking.
Hornbeck's offered the hazardous materials for transportation when they were not packaged, marked, classed, described, documented, or in condition for shipment as required by regulations. Hornbeck's also failed to ensure employees were trained to properly package and handle hazardous materials, and did not make available at all times the required emergency response information.
Hornbeck's, has 30 days from receipt of the FAA notice to submit a reply to the agency. This announcement is made in accordance with the FAA's practice of releasing information to the public on newly issued enforcement actions involving penalties of $50,000 or more.


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Olive Garden Revives Never Ending Pasta Pass, Adds Chance to Win Italy Trip
Starting Sept. 25, you can eat your fill of Olive Garden's Never Ending Pasta Bowl menu every day for eight weeks — assuming you can get your hands on a $100 Never Ending Pasta Pass.
Olive Garden will offer fanatics 22,000 of these Pasta Passes on a special website starting Thursday, Sept. 14, at 2 p.m. EST.
If that sounds like a ton of passes, you probably weren't paying attention when 21,000 of them sold out in one second last year.
This time around, Olive Garden said the sale will last 30 minutes, but if you want a pass, you'd better be ready at 2 p.m. — there's an added option this year that may bring out even more eager pasta eaters than in 2016. This added twist is Olive Garden's Pasta Passport, which costs $200 and comes with a trip to Italy.
Really? A Trip to Italy and Unlimited Pasta for $200?
The short answer: Yes, really.
But there is a catch, of course. Olive Garden will offer only 50 Pasta Passports, so they will be the toughest to get. That means only the luckiest among us will get one.
And there's added pressure in going after the Pasta Passport: If you aim for this $200 deal and miss out, you could also squander your chance to get the standard $100 Pasta Pass because those will go fast, too.
If you're trying to strategize, the details of the trip might make missing out on the $100 passes worth it. This trip sounds epic.
According to a press release from Olive Garden, you and a friend will get to see most of Italy in eight days and seven nights.
Your trip, which will run April 7-14, will start in Siena then move on to Florence and Assisi before heading into Rome, Vatican City and Pisa. You'll walk the cobblestone streets, see the ancient architecture of the Colosseum, the beauty of the Sistine Chapel and the wonder of the Tower of Pisa all while eating delicious Italian food.
Olive Garden has your airfare, hotel, food, transportation and activities all covered. The chances of getting that trip might be worth missing out on the $100 passes.
Without the passes, the Never Ending Pasta Bowl menu starts at $9.99.
What You Get With the $100 Pasta Pass
The $100 Pasta Pass may not come with a trip to Italy, but there are still perks.
Between Sept. 25 and Nov. 19, every passholder will get eight weeks of unlimited access to Olive Garden's Never Ending Pasta Bowl menu. Passholders can choose from seven pasta styles, six sauces and five meat or seafood toppings, plus they get unlimited soup, salad and breadsticks.
If you use the Never Ending Pasta Pass at least 10 times in those eight weeks, you'll break even — everything after your 10th trip is on the house.
According to Olive Garden, the Never Ending Pasta Menu offers more than 100 different combinations, so you'll never get bored.
Desiree Stennett (@desi_stennett) is a staff writer at The Penny Hoarder. She's going to try for the $200 pass because she believes in going big or going home. That's good because home is where she's headed if she doesn't get the pass.
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Fallout 4's Dogmeat duplication glitch is back, but a little tricky to do. The Dogmeat Duplication Glitch for patch 1.4 allows folks to gain multiple items and weapons so that they have more than one, which is almost but not quite the same as patch 1.3 Dogmeat duplication glitch. Although it's a bit harder than before, it still works for PS4, PC and Xbox One.
Console players in need of Dogmeat Duplication glitch finally have somewhat of an alternative way to do it again in Fallout 4's patch 1.4. It's not exactly like the one on patch 1.3, but it still provides an option to duplicate weapons and other items in stacks.
First have Dogmeat as a companion and a distance from you. Next have him to pick the item up while he's still somewhat far away, which will be your cue to start spamming the button to pick the item up. This sounds simple but it doesn't always work even if you've successfully followed all the steps.
As for duplicating stacks of items, like ammo or other stack-able items, Dogmeat will only drop one of that item from the stack which will not be the whole stack. To get the whole stack, head to your inventory and drop the whole stack near the single item that Dogmeat dropped and quicksave it. Exit to the main menu and load your quicksave.
In addition to the stacking glitch, the single item will turn into the stacked amount that you've placed near the single stacked item when entering from your quicksave. After picking it up, you should have a duplicated stack of that item.
If all of the above sounded too confusing, you can watch Demon Asylum do the glitch below. The actual glitching in the video starts around 1:55 in case you don't want to hear him explaining the glitch, or you already know how to do it.
Something worth noting, if it doesn't work right away or on the first try it doesn't mean that the glitch doesn't work. It may take a few tries and some re-positioning to get things working.


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AT&T has yet to launch its LTE 4G network, but we're already seeing spy shots of possible models of its LTE phones.
Today we have a glimpse at the Samsung Impulse 4G, which could very well end up being AT&T's first LTE 4G phone, according to the mobile site Boy Genius Report.
There aren't any details available yet for the Impulse, but as BGR points out, it looks strikingly similar to Samsung's Droid Charge on Verizon. That phone sports a 1 gigahertz processor (surprisingly, not dual core), 8 megapixel rear camera, 1.3 megapixel front camera and a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display. Given that pretty much every new Android phone is dual-core these days, I suspect Samsung will upgrade the processor for the Impulse 4G.
AT&T is still far behind Verizon in terms of its LTE 4G deployment and phone availability, but we'll likely see it doing some major catching up during the rest of the year. AT&T launched two LTE devices this week, the USBConnect Momentum 4G and Mobile Hotspot Elevate 4G, but they won't be able to take advantage of the carrier's LTE network until it actually launches. The company previously said it plans to launch LTE in five cities this summer.
Verizon, meanwhile, is seemingly bringing LTE 4G to new cities every few weeks. The carrier has brought LTE to more than 117 cities since it launched late last year, and it expects to cover 185 million Americans with LTE by the end of the year. By the end of 2013, Verizon says, the entire country will be covered by its LTE network.


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'Good times'
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To The Editor:
I read the piece on the Verd Mont Mobile Home Park. I'm not sure, but that might be the same property where I lived in the fall of 1965. It was owned by Edgar and Sally Tremblay, and I was their first tenant. I lived in a 50-by-10 pink trailer, which I bought used for $2,500. My rent was $25 a month, which included water and sewage. I heated the trailer with a kerosene-fueled stove. It was my first year as a teacher at Waitsfield Elementary School, and my salary (annual) was $4,400. I was so broke that I had to find a second job. I ended up tending bar at the Gateway Motel, which was at the junction of Routes 17 and 100. It was owned by the late Howard Munn, who was a local entrepreneur. Good times.
Best regards.
Mike Baz
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ — From the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), digital entertainment services company RealNetworks(R), Inc. is announcing the availability of its popular RealPlayer(R) on Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor-based netbooks and nettops. By working with RealNetworks, the netbook and nettop OEMs can bundle a Moblin-optimized media player that includes the most sought-after media format support, decreasing their development, legal and administrative costs and reducing time-to-market.
"At Intel we see netbooks and nettops as an opportunity to expand basic Internet usage throughout the world through simple and affordable devices for consumers," said Doug Fisher, Intel vice president and general manager, System Software Division. "The ability to play rich media is a key element of that Internet experience. Our continued collaboration with Real to deliver an integrated media solution as part of the Moblin software stack, optimized for the Intel Atom Processor Technology will make it easier for our customers to deliver solutions to market quickly."
The new RealPlayer can play content in all the most sought-after formats, including: RealMedia(R), Windows Media, MP3, MPEG4, H.264, AAC, AAC+, VC-1 and Ogg. Devices that use the Intel Atom processor with Moblin based OS will have the added benefit of highly optimized performance and battery life when playing media content. RealPlayer can be used to play content in a browser window for an embedded Internet experience, and also as a stand-alone media player.
"With the new RealPlayer for Intel Atom Processor-based netbooks and nettops, Linux application developers can focus on what's most important: the user experience," said Jack Klingert, vice president of intellectual property licensing, RealNetworks. "Instead of spending time building multimedia solutions from the ground up, developers can leverage a mature, market-ready and Moblin compliant multimedia solution and bring rich experiences to the Linux end-user."
The new RealPlayer was developed using Real's Helix DNA(TM) technology, available in source code form for development via free community source licenses through the Helix Community (http://www.helixcommunity.org). And, plugs into Moblin.org open source code base for an integrated and optimized experience. Real plans to publish a standard API in the Helix Community to provide third-party Linux application developers with the ability to create innovative user experiences based on the functionality available in the RealPlayer.
Real will be demonstrating the new RealPlayer by appointment at the Intel Developer Forum at Moscone Center in San Francisco, August 19 – 21, 2008. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com to schedule an appointment.
RealNetworks, Inc. delivers digital entertainment services to consumers via PC, portable music player, home entertainment system or mobile phone. Real created the streaming media category in 1995 and has continued to lead the market with pioneering products and services, including: RealPlayer(R), the first mainstream media player to enable one-click downloading and recording of Internet video; the award-winning Rhapsody(R) digital music service, which delivers more than 1 billion songs per year; RealArcade(R), one of the largest casual games destinations on the Web; and a variety of mobile entertainment services, such as ringback tones, offered to consumers through leading wireless carriers around the world. RealNetworks' corporate information is located at http://www.realnetworks.com/company.
RealNetworks, RealArcade, Rhapsody, RealPlayer and the Real logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks, names of actual companies and products mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
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With Halloween all up in here this weekend, there are times one may not be able, physically or mentally, to do the going-out stuff. Now, the most obvious option is to watch a couple scary movies that pop up on TV or visit your favorite video outlet. Without further Apu, here is a brief listing of some of those offerings that help ring in the spirit it their own little way.
The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Part VI
Even though an amazing Simpsons episode has become more endangered than a dodo, every once in a while, the show finds its bite again (see the recent Banksy-assisted intro). Maybe it's the darkness of the holiday or the genuine geekiness of the writers, but the "Treehouse of Horror" episodes rarely disappoint. A perfect sampling of the episodes at their zenith can be found in the sixth entry of the series (from the seventh season). With this episode, we're treated to three stories. One tale features Paul Anka and Lisa fighting off the colossal Lard Lad statue while another finds Homer turned into a computer-generated 3-D character lost in a Tron-like dimension. This nerd's personal favorite is "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace," a freaky parody of the Freddy Krueger series with Groundskeeper Willie doing his best impression of Robert Englund's legendary role. It's certainly better than that dumbass Nightmare on Elm Street remake.
The Beyond
What if you just want to test your intestinal fortitude? Well, grab a nearby barfbag ladies and germs because one need look no further than the grody stylings of the late Italian director Lucio Fulci (Zombi 2). It should be noted that The Beyond, one of his best films of the early '80s, is more than a mere gorefest. The plot revolves around one of the gates of hell opening up. Crazy crap starts going on: a painter falls from a building, a blind woman gets attacked by a dog, and a man gets his face eaten off by tarantulas. These are but a few of the stupidly gnarly scenes that'll give you that "ugh" face. Aside from the goofy gore, the oneiric incoherence and pervasive Catholic themes turn this pukefest into something eerily beautiful.
Some horror movies are great for one thing and one thing only: making the viewer stare in gaping disbelief while uttering the phrase "What the hell?" over and over again. When it comes to giving the viewer this sensation, one should scan their eyes eastward, more specifically to Higuchinsky's Uzumaki. Based on a popular Japanese manga, the inhabitants of a small seaside town come under the influence of a strange force that puts them under a spell. This spell makes the townsfolk become obsessed with spirals. Yes, I said spirals. The townspeople's strange obsession with finding spirals manifests itself in a townsgirl's overly long, curly hair, a patient digging the cochlea from her inner ear, and a man's spinning eyes, among other things. It's only fair warning to mention that the film is subtitled but, in all honesty, you don't need them when the visuals rival David Lynch's most psychotic work.
House of the Devil
One sure-fire way to give any movie geek a nerdrection is to reference a genre's glorious bygone era. When it comes to horror, the '70s and early '80s are where a newer film should look to for guidence. One film that harkens to the early '80s paranoia of satanic cults is Ti West's House of the Devil (2009). When Samantha Hughes is hard up for quick dough, she gets a baby-sitting job at a creepy isolated mansion. Needless to say, things go from crappy to creepy when she discovers why she's really been hired. Never has a movie attempted to be more faithful to a particular cinematic era than this film. With cinematography unique to low-budget horror flicks, a long opening credit sequence harkening back to old TV-movies, cameos by '80s genre vets like Mary Woronov and Dee Wallace Stone, and a languid pace that may test the patience of some of today's viewers, House of the Devil is a treat of its own for the faithful and the casual.


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An Invitation to the Grace Encounter Conference
Dear Friends: It's very easy to view our nation's current ideological and cultural divisions as occasions for hopelessness, not opportunities for healing. The seemingly endless stream of bad news flowing over social media and through our televisions threatens to overwhelm us like a torrent. Mean-spirited and polarizing rhetoric pushes at us like waves and pulls at us lik...Keep Reading


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The Bard of Avon, who championed the downtrodden in plays like "Coriolanus," was a conniving character in his personal life, British researchers claim -- a tax dodger who profiteered in food commodities during a time of famine.
William Shakespeare was fined repeatedly for illegally hoarding grain, malt and barley for resale during a time of food shortages. He also was threatened with jail for avoiding taxes, according to the study of court and tax archives by researchers at Aberystwyth University in Wales.
The profits were channeled into real-estate deals, the researchers wrote, making Shakespeare one of Warwickshire's largest landowners.
"There was no copyright then and no sense that his plays could generate future income," Jayne Archer, one of the researchers, told the Sunday Times of London. "That drove him to dodge taxes, illegally hoard and act as a money-lender."
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In February 1598, Shakespeare was prosecuted for holding 80 bushels of malt or corn during a time of shortage, the researchers wrote, adding, "He pursued those who could not pay him in full for these staples and used the profits to further his own money-lending activities."


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An Awesome PSA…Oxymoron? I Think Not.Posted: November 19, 2012 | Author: kagalgano | Filed under: Advertising | Tags: Advertising Week, Advertising Week Social Club, Australia, AWSC, Dumb Ways To Die, Keely Galgano, McCann Australia, Melbourne Metro, PSA |Leave a comment
The Melbourne Metro train system tasked McCann Australia with creating a train safety PSA. Pretty boring topic, right? Well, the outcome was anything but. And really, barring Smokey the Bear (and Nancy Reagan? I'm not sure, these are before my time), when was the last time a PSA stopped you in your tracks (no pun intended)? Featuring adorable cartoons and hilarious lyrics, McCann created a Feistian (like Faustian? I suppose I shouldn't have to explain my wordplay..I digress) jingle that translated perfectly to a "dumb ways to die" Tumblr page. So without further ado, "don't do any of these OK? especially the train ones."
In other exciting news, I'm going to be blogging for the Advertising Week Social Club! Keep an eye out for future #AWSC posts, and be sure to check out the AWSC website (and their social media pages) for great insights from professionals and students alike!


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Superfoods are full of nutritional and health benefits and can be found in any local supermarket.
• Honey
– Honey is one of the oldest medicines known to man and has been used in the treatment of respiratory diseases, skin ulcers, wounds, urinary diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, eczema, psoriasis, and dandruff. Today, research has demonstrated that honey can inhibit the growth of bacteria, yeast, fungi, and viruses and contains oligosaccharides which increase the number of "good" bacteria in the colon, reduce levels of toxic metabolites in the intestine, help prevent constipation, and help lower cholesterol and blood pressure. To determine the health benefits of any honey, the darker the colour of the honey, the higher the level of antioxidants.
• Avocado
– The healthy monounsaturated fat in the avocado is one of its biggest Superfood health claims. The only other fruit with a comparable amount of monounsaturated fat is the olive. The monounsaturated fat in avocados is oleic acid, which may help lower cholesterol. At 145 calories it contains approximately 2 grams of protein, 6 grams of fibre, and 13 grams of fat, most of which (8.5 grams) is monounsaturated fat.
• Coconuts
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• Green leafy vegetables
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• Omega 3
– We know that the omega 3s you get in fish lower heart disease risk, help arthritis, and may possibly help with memory loss and Alzheimer's but there is some evidence to show that it reduces depression as well. Look for wild (not farmed) salmon, herring, sardines, and mackerel or fortified eggs, flax seed, and walnuts. These superfoods have the added benefit of being high in monounsaturated fats, which can lower cholesterol. You should aim for two-to-three servings a week.


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There were two recent stories in the news about teens in East Oakland. They are like night and day.
First, the tragically typical. A 14-year-old boy was charged with murder for shooting his 15-year-old friend to death April 21 at Arroyo Viejo Park. The 14-year-old (police have not publicly identified him because he is a juvenile) told the police he was mad at something Shonte Daniels Jr. said to him. He felt "disrespected," so he allegedly took out a gun and shot him.
Then, there was the atypical. Kim and Gloria "Jack" Mejia-Cuellar are twin sisters who grew up in a home where they sometimes worried about having enough to eat after school. They never knew when the water or electricity would be cut off because their mom's earnings as a cashier at the Oakland Zoo sometimes did not stretch far enough.
This fall, both girls are going to Yale University on full scholarships. How do you like that? From Fruitvale straight to the Ivy League.
The twins' parents are immigrants from Mexico and El Salvador who never finished high school. Kim and Jack live in a small apartment with their parents and 6-year-old brother. After reading my colleague Katy Murphy's wonderful story (http://bit.ly/IPUgDV) about this extraordinary pair, I thought about the radically different outcomes for the twins and the two boys. All four came from low-income neighborhoods of color. Yet the girls are graduating first and second in their senior class at Media Academy, part of Fremont High School in Oakland. Shonte meanwhile, joined the ever growing number of young black males across the U.S. shot and killed in street violence — most often by other young black males. The 14-year-old will spend who knows how many years incarcerated.
Why such polar opposite outcomes for these children?
It can be traced directly back to choices made and actions taken — or not taken. Both by the adults who were responsible for them and by the children themselves.
Let's look at the two radically different scenarios.
The boys lived in Oakland. According to police, there is no record of either one attending an Oakland public school. If they were indeed truant, they made a choice not to go to school.
The 14-year-old chose to get a gun from somewhere. Both boys chose to be hanging out in a public park at 2 a.m. Where were the adults whose responsibility it was to be supervising these children?
It was 3 a.m. when police arrested the 14-year-old near Eastmont Police Station — still carrying the weapon police say he used to kill Shonte.
Now let's look at the girls.
They grew up in a technically two-parent household but say their father has been largely absent from their daily lives.
They noticed at an early age going through school that teachers set low standards for kids like them — poor, Hispanic and female. But they chose not to be limited by societal expectations of what they could achieve. They chose to study hard and push themselves, even though the popular kids were cutting class and dropping out of school. They chose to steer clear of the all-too-common pitfalls, such as teen pregnancy, for girls growing up in urban communities. Instead of hanging out on the street, they hung out at the public library. They joined their school newspaper and the debate club. It was lonely going against the grain but they resisted the social pressure to conform to behavior that would ultimately lead to a dead end.
Their mother, Maria Mejia, had quit school after becoming pregnant. She had had a hard life and was determined that her children would have the opportunities she never did. She did not sit around saying, "Oh woe is me, I'm poor with three kids to raise. I might as well just give up."
She chose to be involved in her children's education. She asked teachers to give her daughters extra homework when she felt they weren't being challenged. From the time they were little, she chose to take them to the public library to read books she couldn't afford to buy.
It's not politically correct — especially in Oakland — to talk about individual responsibility when talking about poor people of color. Some elected officials and people in the community insist that the answer to violent crime and cyclical poverty is to give people jobs and social programs.
While those things are certainly important, people also have to be willing to take advantage of the many opportunities that are out there.
Tammerlin Drummond is a columnist for the Bay Area News Group. Her column runs Tuesday and Sunday. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow her at Twitter.com/Tammerlin.


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With all of the planes, trains, automobiles, rafts, helicopters of last week, it's no surprise that I picked up the latest cold/flu. It came on fast and furiously, blessing me with puffy eyes, running nose, a smoker's cough, a persistent fever, and pure exhaustion. A steady diet of DayQuil/NyQuil hasn't been all that impressive in its impact, but does make working a little easier. Of course, I've also been trying to catch up from being on vacation for a week and, to add insult to injury, our systems completely blew up in my absence. Aw, wasn't it nice that they waited for me to return to start looking into the problem.
On Saturday, I had a solid 5 mile run which I thought would propel me back into my regular running regimen. I felt good, had no real issues with not having run in 6 days, and I simply enjoyed it. Sunday was a completely different story. I had nothing. Never ran a step. Had 8 miles on the docket, but knew before I got out of bed that it was not happening. I made a half-hearted attempt by donning my running shorts, but quickly gave in.
While getting breakfast at our Colorado River campsite last week, one of our new friends Lou asked me, "Hey, did you and Scott run around the campsite this morning?" He was joking of course, but then asked a real question, "Do you feel stressed when you can't/don't run?" I answered quickly, "No, I really don't. And I planned for this week of not running. It's a balance." This week has put that reply to the test, as I've been in bed by 7:45 and have left work early to come home and take a nap. Absolutely no energy or desire to run. I'm still not stressed, but I always dread taking a longer than planned break from running because it just feels so much harder to restart. Fortunately, as Scott reminded me today, the Boston Marathon was just 2 months ago – so I know I haven't lost all my fitness since then. A little longer unplanned break isn't going to deplete my fitness level completely.
Although this cold feels all encompassing right now, it will pass. And when it does, I will dive back into my running routine with a renewed zest for the miles temporarily abandoned on my training log. We always miss what we can't have, right? Just thinking of going out for a nice long run is clearing my head. Unless the DayQuil's finally doing its job…


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"Power Books: Conversation is a resource of lesson plans and materials for teaching basic conversational skills to children with high functioning autism or social communication disorder. This is a downloadable product that comes with a pdf file for the book and also two audio files: The "Conversation Song" and an instrumental version."
These lessons were created by Joe Rothstein, who is an SLP in California. He basis his work on current research, which is so so so important these days!
The book includes lessons for the following areas:
-whole body listening (body positioning and using you eyes)
-staying on topic (reciprocal statements and asking questions)
-expanding topics
-talking too much
-background/ context
Each lesson in the program includes the following elements:
-direct instruction
-guided practice
-independent practice
-redirection cues
Here's an example of a lesson:
Other pages in the book include supplemental pictures to go along with each lesson, such as these conversation starters or emotions images.
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Here's what I love about Power Books: Conversation:
-I love that it's research based! This is so so so important.
-I like the different levels of instruction/practice for the students.
-I like that there are included multiple lessons under each topic.
-I like the songs! My students love music, so this was a fun way to add to their learning.
-I like how easy it would be to prepare these lessons. It's all laid out for you.
-I like that, even though they are laid out for you, you can adapt them to your students' needs.
If there's one thing that I would like to see in future updates, it would be real photos for the emotions. The illustrations used are not terrible, by any means. Sometimes my students with autism have difficulty with illustrations and benefit from real images. Just a personal preference and a suggestion based on what works for my students.
If you're interested in this book, you can purchase it from Turning Points Media here! They are listed for $10.00 each and contain a digital download of the book and recordings of the Conversation Song!
What do you think? Would you use these in your speech room?


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26 March 2003 The results of a survey released today by the official statistics agency in England and Wales indicates that 7% of female respondents aged 16-49 had used the abortifacient morning pill in the preceding 12 months. The results, contained in a report issued by the Office for National Statistics and based on a survey conducted by the Department of Health in 2001/02, also indicated that 21% of women aged 18-19 had used the drug. In 2001/02, 43% of all women who used the morning-after pill obtained it from their own general practitioner or practice nurse, while 31% obtained it from a family planning clinic and 20% from a pharmacy. [ONS, 26 March ] About a million packs of the abortifacient morning-after pill are now provided each year in the UK, resulting in tens of thousands of early abortions. It is reported that China has banned sex-selective abortion. A regulation issued jointly by the State Commission for Population and Family Planning, the Ministry of Health and the State Food and Drug Administration prohibits the use of ultrasound scans to determine an unborn child's sex and bans doctors who carry our routine tests from divulging an unborn child's sex to the parents. While broad guidelines prohibiting sex selection already exist in China, the new regulation is thought to be the first attempt to ban the practice by law. [South China Morning Post, 25 March] China's one-child policy and a cultural preference for boys have led to widespread sex-selective abortion and infanticide across China, resulting in a seriously unbalanced male to female ratio. The Australian federal government is planning to amend a regulation banning the export of human embryos to allow women to take their own IVF embryos out of the country. Faced with the possibility that the Senate might throw out the entire regulation, the customs minister acknowledged that "unexpected and complex issues" had been raised and said that the government was considering amendments to allow couples to export their own embryos for purposes connected with IVF treatment, such as finding a suitable surrogate mother overseas. The regulation, which came into force last month, decreed that exports of human embryos were "prohibited absolutely", but critics claimed that such a blanket ban was too restrictive and could even prevent pregnant women from leaving the country. [Sydney Morning Herald, 26 March ] Pro-life legislation forms a major plank of a comprehensive legislative programme recommended by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. The bishops' proposals for the 108th Congress are divided into seven categories, one of which is dedicated to pro-life legislation and includes measures to reclassify certain "contraceptives" as abortifacients, ban partial-birth abortion and human cloning for all purposes, maintain bans on federal funding of abortion providers and embryo research, and improve palliative care for the terminally ill. While the proposals are limited to what is feasible at the moment, the preamble to the pro-life section of the bishops' document declares that the Church still seeks to eliminate all legalised abortion, ultimately through a constitutional amendment. [USCCB, 24 March: Introduction &pro-life proposals ] A committee of state senators in Maryland has thrown out a bill to allow the sale of morning-after pills from pharmacists without a doctor's prescription. The Senate's Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee rejected the measure by 6 votes to 5 after the House of Delegates had approved it. [The Baltimore Sun, 26 March ] Meanwhile, on another life-related matter, the governor of Arkansas has signed a comprehensive ban on human cloning into law after it received the overwhelming support of both houses of the state's legislature. [LifeSite, 25 March ]


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To anyone reading, you'll never know me but your reading this means the world to me.
*Disclaimer ** I've never done this before and I tend to ramble on about every detail possible.. so in a written form I hope you dont mind getting to know me ha ha.
I've been trying for years to do this but I was always trying to find the perfect time. Well, there isn't one for me. So here goes…
I wish I had an interesting story for today but in reality I barely have those. Today I spent the day with my ex…. yep, its a bit sad when you realize your only friend is your ex. We will often ( usually at least 3 to 4 times a week spend the day together or atleast see each other ) anyway.. we will often spend time on drives or just hanging out. I've just come from there and tomorrow is planned, I wish I had more of a life.
Lately I've been lonely and I'm not wanting to make this a depressing blog but I do want to put my feelings out there. I've wanted the life I used to have, friends and people who would actually start the conversation with me. I haven't had that for about 5 years and its not easy finding friends when you get out of the school age. A 24 year old girl shouldn't be so familiar with loneliness.
The friends I did have are there but when you haven't contacted someone for around 5 years it's hard. Well for me it is. An important part of me is that I have always had anxiety and depression but it has taken over to the crippling stages in the last 24 months. I cant even walk by myself, it's ridiculous. People around me get annoyed and I know I'm pushing them away and why I want to show new people that side of me?
My username is Fictional heart. I have the biggest heart and would help whoever needed it, but with that comes a longing for anyone who would see that over the anxiety and depression. I also have always thought of my life as a fictional story, someone else is writing it and because of all the things I long for I wish they would just shut the book.
I'm usually not this sad in my writing and it will get better, I promise. I guess I'm just looking for any opinions or questions, someone new to talk to.
Tomorrow ill have a better story or ill atleast try 🙂
Til next time,
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KAI's planners and designers also have specialized expertise in transit-oriented development (TOD) and disaster recovery assistance.
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Local governments join forces to help grow local business
09 March 2016
The City of Greater Dandenong has formed a partnership with neighbouring Kingston City Council to present a series of small business workshops and seminars for home-based, micro and small business in 2016.
The series, which runs until October, covers core business basics along with the key focus areas of marketing, tenders, exporting, resources, online marketing and social media.
Council's Economic Development Unit has teamed up with a diverse range of stakeholders (Australian Taxation Office, Dandenong Library, Industry Capability Network (ICN), Kingston City Council, Pitcher Partners, Macpherson and Kelly Lawyers, Manex, raraPR, Social Traders and Small Business Victoria) to deliver a comprehensive suite of programs aimed to boost the growth of the local small business sector.
To see a full list of workshops and seminars visit the business workshops and events or to book email firstname.lastname@example.com or phone 8571 1000.
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I first tried Ravenscourt Apothecary way back in June '15 after spotting that Tamara sent some of their products in a green beauty swap with another blogger.
I couldn't resist the decadent (and good enough to eat) Blood Orange Hand Whipped Body Butter (60ml - £8) which has a citrus-sweet scent. It melts instantly on contact with the skin and is a real luxe comforting treat.
Pure, Raw Organic Shea butter deeply nourishes and restores. Coconut, Jojoba and Sweet Almond moisturise.
To use: apply over the body after a bath or shower (it's "best applied in the evening, this way it can work its magic overnight".)
The simple but pretty packaging is recyclable. See the shop HERE. Have you tried any products by Ravenscourt Apothecary?


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Friday, 22 April 2011
More about McCartney/McCartney II
The Lovely Linda
That Would Be Something
Valentine Day
Every Night
Hot as Sun/Glasses
Man We Was Lonely
Oo You
Mamma Miss America
Teddy Boy
Singalong Junk
Maybe I'm Amazed
Kreen – Akore
Suicide [Outtake]
Maybe I'm Amazed [From One Hand Clapping]
Every Night [Live At Glasgow, 1979] [Live]
Hot As Sun [Live At Glasgow, 1979] [Live]
Maybe I'm Amazed [Live At Glasgow, 1979] [Live]
Don't Cry Baby [Outtake]
Women Kind [Mono] [Demo Version]
Tracks 1, 3-7 previously unreleased
Track 2 from One Hand Clapping documentary, 1974, previously unreleased on CD
CD 1: The Original Album
Coming Up
Temporary Secretary
On the Way
Nobody Knows
Front Parlour
Summer Day's Song
Frozen Jap
Bogey Music
One of These Days
Blue Sway [With Richard Niles Orchestration]
Coming Up [Live At Glasgow, 1979]
Check My Machine [Edit]
Bogey Wobble
Secret Friend [Full Length Version]
Mr H Atom / You Know I'll Get You Baby
Wonderful Christmastime [Edited Version]
All You Horse Riders / Blue Sway
Tracks 1-2, 4, 6, 8 previously unreleased
Track 3 from Parlophone single R 6037-B, 1980
Track 5 from Parlophone twelve-inch single 12-R-6039-B, 1980
Track 7 from Parlophone single R 6029-A, 1979
Source and further information: Theseconddisc.com
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A source reports those listings are at least a couple of months out of date, which is why they don't include the DVD contents. An official announcement is expected in the next week or so.
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Metropolis:Old scores left unsettledSubmitted by A-B on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 22:18.
Bane laid beneath the tree for a while longer as his profound angst passed and his mind tried to skip to how happy he was in his solitude, alone now, but away from all of his problems. He tapped 'Bessie' on the trunk and stood up, stretched and walked back towards the house, suddenly he had a mind for fishing. When he got back outside the sun had reached its zenith and was beaming down. But he didn't mind, Bane hefted his fishing rod and headed towards the small lake. The walk was a short one, and he was glad for it, the heat had begun to get him.
Metropolis: An ominous meetingSubmitted by A-B on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 02:19.
Victor lounged across a sofa, his head resting on the arm rest, with his limbs stretched out, taking up all the available room. He was swathed in a plume of dark smoke, which issued from his cigar. A magnificent room stretched out before him. Lush carpets brought in from the south, an antique time scale hung from the wall, periodically calling dates and times before reverting to the appropriate one, charts of every reverence called the walls home. Thick furs of beast unknown to even Victor hugged the floors close.
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Download key generator for Microsoft Research AutoCollage Touch 2009
Microsoft Research AutoCollage Touch 2009 Build 0806 Incl. License
Microsoft Research AutoCollage is a great tool for creating photo collages. It is a part of Microsoft Research software, which has produced very good multimedia applications for automatic processing of pictures, like Photosynth.
AutoCollage is a small program. The interface is quite nice and clean, as all Microsoft software. There aren*t many settings to customize. We simply see a window, where we can insert pictures (at least 7 images should be selected), selecting a folder through the *Image Browser*. There is no drag and drop feature so if you need to exclude some files, you have to do it manually by editing the folder. The next step is to select the number of pictures you need for the collage; there is a slider that you can use to set these values. After that, you click the *Create* button, and watch the program selecting the pictures, merging them, etc.
You may also want to set the output image size (or the resolution), the relative size of the pictures (that can be set according the image ranking system), how the image overlaps, etc.
Face detection is another advanced feature included, which is actually a difficult area of computer research.
Overall, this is a great program that all of you must try. It would be nice if Microsoft included more options to customize, and templates to select from.


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To celebrate International Day of the Girl I would like to reclaim the word 'girl' and restore it to its original meaning: a young woman below the age of eighteen.
There are two ways that this word gets misused and the first is as an insult meaning weak and inconsequential. This week we've had two examples from public figures of this particular form of put-down:
Former Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler had to apologise for saying on the BBC's Football Focus that a couple of (male) players had spent much of a Premiership game 'at each other's throats, like a couple of girls.'
And in the same week Prime Minister David Cameron, at the Tory Party conference (when announcing plans to ban school-leavers from claiming the dole) made this statement:
'We will continue to take the tough decisions and do the really swash-buckling stuff. The other lot will only faff about with girly sticking plaster'.
The second misuse is the sex industry's co-option of the word to mean 'sexually available young woman'.
In this case the insult is directed towards adult women who, in the minds of the peddlers of porn and sleaze, are too old to be sexually attractive. 'Women' don't sell sex apparently, but 'girls' do. Strip clubs proclaim in neon lights 'Girls Girls Girls', click on any porn site and you don't see 'hot women' but 'hot girls' 'teen girls' and 'horny girls'.
And of course the most publicly visible branch of the sex industry, Page 3 of the Sun, invites you to 'take our beautiful girls for a spin' online. Pornographers have sexualised the word 'girl' and, because of the ubiquity of porn, innocent terms like 'teenage girl' and 'schoolgirl' have gained an undercurrent of sexualised meaning.
If 'girl' means either weak, silly and not worthy, or a fully developed sex doll, who would celebrate being a girl?
Today the Girls' Brigade have reminded us that real girls are neither of these things: the famous footballers, David Cameron and the sex industry have got it wrong.
As their way of celebrating Day of the Girl, they have followed the Girl Guides in publicly announcing their support for the No More Page 3 campaign and Girls' Brigade members have written to David Dinsmore, Editor of the Sun. Here are some extracts from that letter in their own words:
'We dream of living in a culture where girls and women are not objectified - where a woman's worth and value is not solely measured by her sexual attractiveness but instead acknowledges her gifting, personality and talents.
We dream of living in a society where a national newspaper, like The Sun, depicts men and women as equals and no longer feels the need to display porn on Page 3 in order to sell newspaper copies.
Using an online survey, we asked GB members (of all ages) to explain how they felt The Sun's Page 3 had affected them. Around 70% of survey participants revealed that they believed Page 3, which you support and have allowed to continue since you became editor, has had a negative impact on their self-esteem.'
So this is what 'girls' are. Neither silly creatures nor passive sex toys, but intelligent, thinking, sensitive young human beings who have a dream to simply be treated and represented as such and are brave enough to demand it.
Girls' Brigade Participation and Advocacy Co-ordinator Dr Claire Rush says 'We believe girls and women are uniquely created and their value and worth is not based on what they look like. Unfortunately that's not the message The Sun's Page 3 is communicating to a generation of young women in 2013. It's time to stop the objectification of women in the media and to start celebrating women for who they are and what they've achieved.'
That's not too much to ask on International Day of the Girl is it?


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~~A DIY girls adventures in life and her garden.~~ I use only heirloom, non-gmo seeds for the healthiest garden I can grow!
Friday, July 17, 2015
AUGUST Seed Planting Guide for the US
Because you ask, we've posted our AUGUST Seed Planting Guide a bit early this month!
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Album review: Synth-poppers Darkstar deliver a change of direction with their second album News From Nowhere – but it's one that works.
First pitched into the spotlight via two singles for hip electronic label Hyperdub, London's Darkstar (then a duo) have since made change their constant.
They emerged with an intriguing hybrid of dubstep, pop and minimal techno but with 2010's debut album North – and the addition of vocalist James Buttery – plunged into the retro synth-pop pool.
Now Darkstar have shifted ground again. News From Nowhere is designed more for late-night listening in a moodily lit lounge than mirrorball action. It ranges across psychedelic electronica (single Amplified Ease), ghostly, mechanico-r'n'b (Bed Music – North View) and burbling soundscapes with a faint folky feel (Hold Me Down).
Buttery's sweetly mournful voice ties the tracks together, along with the kind of ambient sweep that should appeal to fans of The xx and Animal Collective. A Mercury Prize nomination could well be on the cards.


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Explore Cape Town with The Table Bay Hotel's Exclusive Shuttle Serviceon April 19, 2012
The Table Bay Hotel is perfectly located at Cape Town's V&A Waterfront and provides easy access to some of the city's most famous attractions. A complimentary shuttle service is offered to all guests, providing an excellent opportunity to explore Cape Town at your leisure.
The Table Bay Hotel has beautiful views of Cape Town harbour, Table Mountain and Robben Island. South Africa's former President, Nelson Mandela, opened the hotel in 1997.
A map with suggested places of interest in Cape Town, operating times and drop-off / collection points, can be found at Guest Services.
Places of interest
- V&A Shopping Mall
- Blue Shed Craft Market
- Two Oceans Aquarium
- St Georges Cathedral built in 1830
- South African Museum and Planetarium
- Company Gardens – established in 1652
- Slave Lodge built in 1679
- Flower Market – in operation for 100 years
- Jan van Riebeeck Statue
The shuttle bus service departs from The Table Bay Hotel at 09h00 and every two hours thereafter up to 17h00. The bus returns every two hours from 10h00 until 18h00.
- Depart The Table Bay Hotel: 09h00 / 11h00 / 13h00 / 15h00 / 17h00
- Drop-off – Cape Town International Convention Centre 09h10 / 11h10 / 13h10 / 15h10 / 17h10
- Drop-off – South African Museum: 09h20 / 11h20 / 13h20 / 15h20 / 17h20
- Drop-off / collect Table Mountain: 09h30 / 11h30 / 13h30 / 15h30 / 17h30
- Collect – South African Museum: 09h40 / 11h40 / 13h40 / 15h40 / 17h40
- Collect – Cape Town International Convention Centre: 09h50 / 11h50 / 13h50 / 15h50 / 17h50
- Return to The Table Bay Hotel: 10h00 / 12h00 / 14h00 / 16h00 / 18h00
The Table Bay Hotel looks forward to hosting you on your next visit to Cape Town.
For accommodation bookings, please contact Central Reservations
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How to Prepare for the Inevitable
The General Data Protection Regulation puts high stakes on data privacy with fines up to 4% of global revenue or 20M euros, whichever is greater. It's never been more important to ensure your firm's data protection policies and security technologies will keep cyber criminals at bay.
Read this eBook to learn the three key points and how to address them to prepare for the GDPR going into effect May 25, 2018.


text: Hugely influenced by the darker sounds of early 70''s Proto-metal. Features two ex Scorpion Child (Nuclear Blast) members. Their sound is menacing and brutally old school. Total purists, their tunes cut right to the bone with heavy, deep groove and blistering tone. Tough and Loud! Hard rock as it should be! Cover artwork by Branca Studio FOR FANS OF: Clutch, Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, Kadavar, Scorpion Child TRACKLISTING: 01. FEARS OF THE DEAD 02. THIS OLD CROW 03. THE KRAKEN 04. FELL TO THE EARTH 05. ON THE EDGE 06. ELECTRICITY 07. WHEN THE PIGS ARE FED 08. LOCKED OUTSIDE


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The Council Majority Builds Fantasyland in West Berkeley
Well, I almost went to yesterday's City Council hearing on the future of West Berkeley. For a retired serial entrepreneur like me, the glib discussion by the council majority and their complacent staff of the marvels of what we're now supposed to call "spinout" businesses is galling. It makes it all sound so easy and natural, just take your campus research project, rent a cute little incubator space and voila! No figures sought or offered as to the probability of success of such ventures or their chances of producing long-term steady jobs for Berkeleyans (slim to none, I'd wager, based on experience).
But I spoke at the last public hearing on West Berkeley about the folly of sacrificing a vital manufacturing area on the altar of high-tech speculation. It was possible to see the whole sad spectacle last night from the comforts of home, and as my co-watcher pointed out, everything's been said on the topic already and nothing's been heard. So I stayed home and watched online, and good thing, too, because my derisive shrieks at some of the more outrageous statements would have disrupted the council meeting.
First up was a truly superb presentation by economist Linda Hausrath of her research showing an ongoing vigorous demand for industrial sites in the inner Bay Area. She showed convincingly that if such sites are converted to other uses, which is proposed for West Berkeley, industry will move to the fringes of the area, adding to sprawl and taking along jobs which inner city residents would gladly fill.
The council looked bored, said nothing much. The only question was from Councilmember Gordon Wozniak, who seemed to have misheard or miscalculated a statistic on an early slide, so that he thought that the companies studied produced very few jobs as compared to the amount of space they used. He was off by a factor of ten, surprising in someone whose frequent posture is that of the most scientifically astute councilmember. I couldn't help thinking of Doctor Science on the old Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre ("I have a Master's Degree—in Science!")
And it was downhill from there. A major feature of the proposed zoning changes is making it easy to convert warehouse space to research and development space. Amazingly, no one from either the Planning Department or the Economic Development Department had a convincing estimate of how much warehouse space is now available in West Berkeley, even though available warehouse space is a key component of the viability of manufacturing jobs.
The discussion was a perfect illustration of how Berkeley (like, I fear, many other cities) cheerfully operates in a data-free zone. A new proposal was floated: to allow 80 acres of land to be made available for mixed use master permits covering a city block or more, but there was no agreement on what percentage of available land the number 80 represented—estimates ranged from five percent to 46%, a staggering gap.
But this didn't stop the council majority, the ones whose votes are controlled by the Mayor, from voting to give developers a blank check to convert as much space as they wanted to other uses. Max Anderson and Linda Maio made a timid proposal to enable 100,000 square feet to be converted and the results to be analyzed before the balance would be released for conversion, but it went down at the end of the evening in a classic 5-4 vote (Wengraf, Wozniak, Moore, Capitelli, Bates No, Anderson, Maio, Worthington, Arreguin Yes.)
Oh, and what about the public hearing? Most of the many speakers, well over two-thirds or more, supported the compromise position advanced by the West Berkeley Artisans and Industrial Companies (WEBAIC), the people who are currently operating successful ongoing enterprises in the area. The council essentially paid no attention to what they said, with the exception, of course, of Worthington and Arreguin, and occasionally Anderson and Maio.
Nothing was mentioned about the private channel that the three Hills councilmembers (Wozniak, Capitelli, Wengraf) have set up for themselves with the Peak Democracy company. On the Open Town Hall ™ poll which the organization has established online, that reliable Berkeley citizen Semi-Anonymous, the lineal descendant of Spiro T. Agnew's Silent Majority, gave an overwhelmingly positive endorsement to the question "Should the City Council amend West Berkeley zoning to allow conversion of warehouse and/or wholesale spaces to other uses including research and development (R&D)?" Presumably the sponsoring councilmembers were aware of this result, though they didn't disclose it at the beginning of the meeting as they might have, and it possibly influenced their votes.
To an old liberal arts graduate like me, the pathetically unscientific data-free comments of council and staff sorted themselves out into three academic categories:
The literary version comes from Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men: "Tell me about the rabbits, George." Councilmembers (except Worthington and Arreguin) desperately asked for someone, anyone, to hype the supposed virtues of the staff proposal in the face of abundant contrary evidence cited by the public speakers, to no effect.
They did get one ridiculous answer from a nouveau entrepreneur, a guy who was once an economic development bureaucrat appointed by Gavin Newsom in San Francisco, who opined that West Berkeley could be another Mission Bay. Max Anderson acerbically pointed out that Mission Bay was a huge and mostly empty former rail yard, while West Berkeley is a lively, well-settled and much smaller industrial area.
Then there was the anthropology comment, the cargo cult analysis. From Wikipedia:
"A cargo cult is a religious practice that has appeared in many traditional pre-industrial tribal societies in the wake of interaction with technologically advanced cultures. The cults focus on obtaining the material wealth (the "cargo") of the advanced culture through magic and religious rituals and practices." Cargo cult thinking was observable most often in the discussion of "community benefits"— the quasi-religious belief that if high tech development comes it will surely be accompanied by goodies like "jobs programs", "training" and other vague un-quantifiables. The more astute councilmembers asked, repeatedly, if what would be gained would outweigh what would be lost, or if there was any way to measure benefits provided, but they got no coherent response from proponents.
Finally, there was the film school category, mocked by one speaker opposed to the plan changes: "If you build it, they will come." The quote is from the 80s sports fantasy movie Field of Dreams.
Mayor Bates, an old college jock, seems particularly enamored of the dream vision. He and his developer buddies seem to fervently believe that changing building standards to allow construction of 75-foot buildings with 15 feet between floors will bring many new jobs into Berkeley, even though exactly zero evidence has been presented to support that proposition, and Linda Hausrath's exhaustive data contradicts it.
Oh well, it all turned out okay in the movie, so maybe it's possible here. Fittingly, the most vocal proponent of revising building standards in West Berkeley is the spokesperson for Wareham Development, now the proud owner of the old Fantasy Films building.
This quick and dirty overview is in the nature of a film review—for a more detailed and accurate analysis of what the council's up to, check back later this week. Or if you're a real glutton for punishment, the whole thing is now online—if you don't believe that it could have been as bad as I've reported, watch it yourself, if you have nothing better to do.
Note, if you do watch it, one councilmember's muttered mention of Egypt, in the context of the very real probability of West Berkeley stakeholders deciding to resort to a referendum if their legitimate fears about some of these proposals are ignored. If our city continues to be run for the benefit of wealthy corporations like Wareham, it could happen.


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Ever thought about how many famous people named Veronica are out there? This list of celebrities named Veronica will show you the most prominent people with that name, along with pictures and additional information about them when available. The famous Veronicas below include actors named Veronica and athletes named Veronica, but this list also includes doctors, teachers, or politicians named Veronica who are notable in their fields. Some of the notable Veronicas below include Veronica Lake, Veronica Avluv, and Veronica Rodriguez.
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This week is Beaujolais Nouveau Day which marks the beginning of the winter. when cold is wrapping you there is nothing better to invite your friend around a cheese raclette or cheese fondue. No specific recipe for the raclette, just ask your cheese monger to cut the cheese raclette for you, you can add some Morbier (raclette cheese with ashes in the middle), prepare your charcuterie, add some mushrooms, peppers and it's ready.
The cheese fondue request more time to prepare, but when done everyone can enjoy it at the same time. The selection of cheese is really important as it can change the taste a lot. For Londoners I recommend Beillevaire Cheese monger in Knightsbridge, for Lillois I recommend Philippe Olivier cheese monger in rue du curée St Etienne. As well a fresh cheese fondue is very different of the ready-made one as Entremont, if you don't like the last one I can only recommend you to taste the real recipe below.
What do we need?
-Fondue pot
Cheese for 4 to 6 people:
-1 clove of Garlic
-300gr Beaufort cheese
-300gr Comté cheese
-300g Tome de savoie
-1/2 Reblochon cheese
-1 glass of dry white wine (apremont, Abymes wine, vin de Savoie you can also use Alsacian Sylvaner)
-Black pepper or/and nutmeg
To eat the cheese fondue:
-Old bread (preferably made with Levain) 200gr/3 persons
How do we process?
-Cut all cheeses
-Scrape the fondue pot with the clove of garlic and let it in.
-Put the fondue pot over the fire.
-Add little by little the cheese, and the wine, finish with the Reblochon cheese.
-Stir until cheese is melted
-When ready put the fondue pot under its own special fire in the middle of the table.
-At the end add an egg yolk to get the remaining cheese
What do drink with?
-Preferably a dry white wine: from sylvaner to Champagne, the most classic is Apremont, but a white Crozes Hermitage is perfect as well.
-This week you can have it with Beaujolais Nouveau, and other weeks if you are a red wine drinker go for Chenas, or a Beaujolais village.


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Had a busy few days, with a meeting at work, doctor's appointment, shopping, and a visit from my sister. There really doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day, and it will seem worse next week; the return to work on Wednesday, if my doctor agrees.
I've mixed feelings about going back; I'll just have to see how it works out.
A few pictures to sort through, but I don't think that will take too long, most look crap anyway, and a lot of blogs to catch up on.
So, just a few random shots for the weekend…….
A Black-headed Gull tucking into a hearty meal of fish.
Grey Heron, looking very purposeful.
A young Great crested Grebe
An older Wigeon
And a peaceful looking Mallard to finish with.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend.


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We on the West Coast, and our fellow quake-, tsunami- and volcano-endangered travelers living on the Pacific Ring of Fire, know all too well the once and future king of earthquakes that haunts our dreams.
A 9.2 magnitude and greater megathrust shake hit the Cascadia Subduction Zone at 9 p.m. on Jan. 26 in the year 1700. It dropped the shoreline by several feet and generated a massive tsunami.
The next one is due anytime, though it could be a hundred years or so off. The fact is ... no one knows for sure. But these big ones tend to hit every 300 to 500 years. Add on the smaller but potentially just as deadly quakes from the spider's web of faults running all over the West Coast and there is significant risk to life and property.
So, while we on the West Coast have this knowledge scared into us from birth, it apparently took an East Coast publication (a big one with lots of cred, for sure) to make an impression on the White House.
In July, the New Yorker published the story "The Really Big One: An earthquake will destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest. The question is when."
Then on Thursday, the White House announced it was hosting an Earthquake Resilience Summit on Tuesday, Feb. 2. "It really caught their attention," one official told the Seattle Times. The White House wrote:
The White House will host an Earthquake Resilience Summit to promote adoption of an earthquake-early warning system in the United States. Federal, State, private and academic partners will announce new commitments to broadening the system and increasing earthquake awareness and safety for the public.
We hope they all bring their checkbooks to further fund the expansion of the early-warning system just beginning to take shape here through the USGS Cal Tech, UC Berkeley, and the University of Washington. The first tests of the new system began in February 2015.
No one knows when the next big one will hit, but what we do know is if you are being operated on or running a data server farm or just about to get on a stacked freeway, even just a 30 second warning that a big shake is on the way can save the day.
If it takes an East Coast magazine to get the White House on board, so be it.
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