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When I watched Charlie McDonnell (charlieissocoollike)'s video Don't Break the Chain last week, I knew that I had to design a calendar to try it out for myself. The idea is that you set a task and a minimum time for something that you want to do every day – whether it be exercise for 30 minutes or study French for an hour. Every day that you complete the task, you X the day off the calendar, and as you get a longer and longer string of X's, it becomes more motivation to do that task every day so that you don't break the chain.
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And finally, to answer a very frequently asked question, I will indeed make a full-year version. Just send me a reminder in December, and if there's still interest, I promise I'll design it by January 1st :)
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A photograph with a controversial caption has been circulating on Facebook since yesterday, attracting the ire of many Singaporeans of all races. The photograph (see on the left) shows a school bus with young children inside. The bus services students from the Huda Kindergarten in Woodlands, Singapore. One can see clearly the attire worn by the little boys - a white shirt and a songkok (Muslim hat). These little children are clearly Muslims. And for those who are not aware, Huda is a Muslim-run kindergarten. The caption below the photograph (part of it has been blurred in this version of the photograph) states "Bus filled with young terrorist trainees?". This caption has been attributed to a Jason Neo, a member of the Youth People's Action Party (YPAP).
Clearly, the caption to the photograph is hate speech targeted at Muslims in Singapore.
Singaporeans and the ISA Refrain Each Time Racial Agitators Strike
Many Singaporeans on Facebook have been quick (to their credit) to denounce the inflammatory caption. Several have also called for the Singapore Internal Security Department (ISD) to investigate the matter; in what I can only call a knee-jerk reaction. Each time, a racial incident rears its ugly head in Singapore, invariably the ISD is foremost in the minds of people.
More so today, as the ISD and the Internal Security Act (ISA) have been debated in the Singapore only a month ago.
The ruling party, PAP, had defended the relevance of the ISA in Singapore and has stated that it has been used against racial agitation:
"The ISA has been used, for instance, against foreign subversion and espionage as well as racial agitation. Between 1991 and 2010, there were a total of seven cases of detentions for espionage. One case was subsequently charged under the Official Secrets Act. Wherever possible we have prosecuted espionage cases in court, but this is not always practicable when the danger from compromising confidentiality of the intelligence involved outweighs any advantage from open prosecution and conviction".
Source: DPM Teo Chee Hean
ISA Unnecessary as Means to Prevent Racial Agitation
Hate speech (the general definition of hate speech is: any communication that disparages a person or a group on the basis of some characteristic such as race, color, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, or other characteristic) is regulated by various legislation in Singapore, other than the ISA.
Legislation that addresses hate speech in Singapore, other than the ISA:
Sedition Act
Penal Code, section 298A
Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act
The ISA, as a means, to deal with racial agitators in Singapore is unnecessary. Singaporeans need to avoid this knee-jerk reaction to invoke the ISD/ISA, given the host of available legislation to deal with hate speech.
Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act
In 2010, a Christian pastor was called up by the ISD for posting Youtube videos deriding the Buddhist and Taoist faiths. He subsequently apologized and was let off with a reprimand from the ISD. But in that particular case, the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act could have been a route that police could have used.
Section 8(1) of the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act permits the Minister for Home Affairs to make a restraining order against any priest, monk, pastor, imam, elder, office-bearer or any other person who is in a position of authority in any religious group or institution where the Minister is satisfied that the person has committed or is attempting to commit any of the following acts:[8]
(a) causing feelings of enmity, hatred, ill-will or hostility between different religious groups;
(b) carrying out activities to promote a political cause, or a cause of any political party while, or under the guise of, propagating or practising any religious belief;
(c) carrying out subversive activities under the guise of propagating or practising any religious belief; or
(d) exciting disaffection against the President or the Government while, or under the guise of, propagating or practising any religious belief.
Sedition Act
In 2005, animal shelter worker Benjamin Koh Song Huat, 27, was jailed for one month while Nicholas Lim Yew, an unemployed 25-year-old, was sentenced to a nominal prison term of one day and fined the maximum $S5000 ($A3924) for racist comments against the Malay community. Both were convicted under the Sedition Act.
3. —(1) A seditious tendency is a tendency —
(a) to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the Government;
(b) to excite the citizens of Singapore or the residents in Singapore to attempt to procure in Singapore, the alteration, otherwise than by lawful means, of any matter as by law established;
(c) to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the administration of justice in Singapore;
(d) to raise discontent or disaffection amongst the citizens of Singapore or the residents in Singapore;
(e) to promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between different races or classes of the population of Singapore.
It remains to be seen how and under which legislation Jason Neo will be investigated for his hate speech.


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These are some of my favorite novels of all time. 1984 is one of the most influential dystopian fiction stories of my childhood, with Animal Farm not too far behind that. Glad to see the futurist stylings of one Shepard Fairey (ObeyGiant.com) finally connected with one of the masters of dystopian fiction. These designs are great and definitely embody the vibe of the novels!


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Superheroes know organic is better for our bodies and for the planet, but most people believe organic foods are expensive, hard to find, and out of reach. Now, I'm a coupon clipping, budget conscious mom yet I've been able to easily integrate organic choices into my family's diet. It just takes a little know how and a few tricks:
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Species: Bifora americana Benth. & Hook.f. ex S.Watson
Collection Date: 24 May 1946
Determined By: L.C.
Determination Date: 1 January 1949
Institution: unknown
Continent: North America
Country: United States of America
Region: Texas
Subregion: Denton County
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Slender, erect annuals, 6 dm. tall or less; frequent on roadside and in a small ungrazed pasture.
Denton Co., 2 1/2 miles south of Sanger.
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Posted December 28, 2005
Contact: Alfredo
Padilla, Education Projects Manager
(Seattle) MAVIN Foundation has unveiled a new Education
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adopted students in the U.S. from Kindergarten through college. The
new project adds bold new initiatives to existing MAVIN programming
to create a comprehensive pipeline to support the millions of mixed
heritage students in classrooms and on campuses across the U.S.
Today, in cities like Seattle, Sacramento and San Antonio, 1 in 6 babies
is mixed race. Census 2000 counted over 2.5 million mixed race students,
yet most schools still classify mixed heritage students monoracially
and lack culturally competent curriculum that is inclusive of their
unique needs.
In 2004, MAVIN Foundation partnered with the Level
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* The Safe Spaces Initiative: This mentorship initiative
partners with similar programs to recruit mixed heritage mentors and
mentees, and supports the development of culturally appropriate mentorship
programming for mixed race and transracially adopted youth.
* The Leadership Development Initiative: This initiative
continues our high school and college student advocacy programming with
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Rio Olympics 2016: Chris Froome wins bronze in men's time trial
Great Britain's Chris Froome took bronze in the Olympic men's individual time trial, which was won by Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara.
Three-time Tour de France champion Froome struggled early on but made up time in the latter stages to finish one minute 2.12 seconds behind Cancellara.
The Swiss came home in one hour 12 minutes 15.42 seconds, 47.41 seconds ahead of silver medallist Tom Dumoulin.
Britain's Geraint Thomas finished ninth on the wet-dry 54.6km course.
Froome's bronze means Team GB have now won seven medals at the Rio Games, with hopes of further success on Wednesday in gymnastics, shooting, rugby sevens, tennis and more.
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He who dares…
Hit by heavy rain showers throughout the race, riders were at risk of sliding off their bikes on the downhill sections of the tricky, jungle-lined Rio course, which was the scene of some serious crashes in the previous weekend's road races.
Cancellara, 35, appeared to descend on the wet, downhill sections faster than pre-race favourites Froome and Dumoulin, giving him a sizeable advantage.
By the 32km checkpoint, Froome's hopes of gold had all but evaporated and he was also seven seconds adrift of third-placed Australian Rohan Dennis.
However, Dennis broke a handlebar in the closing stages, which required a change of bike.
That gave Froome a chance and he took advantage with a strong finish over the last 10km.
Froome said he performed to his best on the course, located on Rio's southern coast.
"I can't be disappointed," he told BBC Sport. "I'd love to have been in with a chance of gold. I gave it everything I had.
"Fabian was the clear winner. If I had lost by five or six seconds I would have been disappointed myself. Fabian was the strongest guy.
"I tried to hold back a little bit for the last lap knowing how hard the course was but I didn't have any more."
Olympic track cycling champion Chris Boardman
"If you ask people in any other sport how long you can maintain peak form for, you're probably going to get an answer of a couple of weeks.
"To come to Rio and win this time trial after the exertions of the Tour de France, you're asking for top form for more like two months.
"It was a good course for Froome, but he can be happy with a bronze in my opinion.
"Thomas was thrown in at the last minute, and he can be proud of his performance. He got stuck in."
What the others said
Thomas, who had finished 11th in the road race after crashing near the finish, said: "I got stuck in but it wasn't my day.
"The disappointment of my road race crash overwhelms everything else, but it's an amazing experience to represent Team GB at the Olympics.
"I can be proud that we gave it everything."
Cancellara, seventh behind gold medallist Bradley Wiggins four years ago, said: "It is pretty special.
"After the 2012 disappointment and many other ups and downs, now in my last season, my last chance, I knew it would be challenging with Froome and all others.
"To finish with another gold it is not bad."
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Clayton County Quint Meet Results
November 10th, 2010
Congratulations to the Mercy Swim Team for WINNING their first meet last night in Jonesboro! They defeated three other schools by a significant margin and took first place in 18 out of 22 events. Great job to our new swimmers who made their debut in the water: Freshmen Caleb Lewis, Chris Thrailkill, Liam Devlin, John Nguyen and Danny Dwyer, Sophomore Sarah Black and Junior Aisling Cleary. A special congrats to Senior Craig Sage, who returned with a vengeance, breaking his all-time 50 Free personal record at 25 seconds. Please join us on Saturday the 13th at the Lundquist Aquatic Center on Tara Blvd. in Jonesboro for our 2nd Meet, where we are sure to make a splash! Gooooo Bobcats!!!
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Enduimet Wildlife Management Area lies in Olmolog and Tinga Tinga wards in the West Kilimanjaro Basin of Longido District. It is bordered with Kilimanjaro National Park on the South-East, while on the North, it boarders the Tanzania-Kenya political boundary. On the west side, the WMA borders with Ngasurai Open Area. Enduimet is close to west Kilimanjaro it is about 20km2 from the WMA center. The WMA is a association of 9 villages and is managed by our communities for the future generations of the people of Enduimet.
An empowered, united community that its members can sustainably access holistic human needs without discrimination.
To provide a platform for sustainable protection and utilization of resources within Enduimet for income generation through eco-friendly tourism activities that shall address health, water, education, livestock, infrastructure and wealth creation for future generations.
The WMA hosts variety of wild species which includes Elephant, Buffalo, Giraffe, Leopard, Oryx, Lesser Kudu, Eland, Gerenuk, Klipspringer, Hartebeest, Bushbuck, Wildebeest, Bushuck, Hyaena, Thomson Gazelle and Grants Gazelle and other small animals. Ecologically, it acts as connectivity between the Mkomazi, Arusha, Kilimanjaro National Parks and Tsavo ecosystem.


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The Game Developers Conference is just around the corner, and with it, the Independent Game Festival, and out of 306 entries, Today I Die, the most popular Alt+Escape title of 2009, has been nominated in the Nuovo category, which honors unconventional, unusual or abstract titles.
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Mick Swallows 10lb carp !!!!
Or should that be 'Mick Swallow's 10lb carp'?
The VAC Golden Peg prize was finally bagged last month on the
match on the Globe section of the GUC near Leighton Buzzard by
popular regular Mick Swallow (brother of Pete Swallow - see
'Your Contribution')
Drawing on peg 3 close
to the Globe riverside pub there was always the risk that Mick
would be distracted by the lure of a pint of best at opening
time. But he made the most of the good draw to take just over 10lb
of skimmer bream plus this double figure carp, landed on the
pole and 1lb line to win with 20.07. This was well clear of
match organiser Brian Lakin who had a waggler caught 8lb carp in
his 2nd place net of 12-11.
Mick picked up around
£40 for first place plus £192 for the Golden Peg Accumulator.
It's been noticeable
that match attendances have dropped off this year. Fresh faces are
always welcome and, if you were one of the absent 'regulars',
drop us a line (by
clicking here)
and let us know why we don't see you these days.
Note that attendance to the world record breaking
Rolf's Lake on November 13 needs to be pre-booked,
Over on Smallford the venue has been surprising even the
regulars with some unknown 30lb carp coming out. Although
the club did stock a common known now as 'the Lady' at 31lb,
Paul 'Chelsea' Hill says that this is "deffo a different
Captured by Chris Knight and weighing in at 31.02 Chris has
her 'Molly' - in his words "after the man's dog who taught
me how to fish".
Wow, a dog that can teach fishing!!. And, to rub it
in, it's the second time
Chris has landed Molly this season.
The consensus is that Smallford now hold possibly four
different 30's in addition to numerous 20's and upper
doubles plus double figure tench and bream. Certainly one of
our premier venues.
Meanwhile, Paul Hill has reported a bag of 8 double figure
bream from the same pit. Anthony ? has had a pair of 3lb
perch on lures from School Pit and Paul Hill (again) has had
an 8-07 tench and some big true crucians from the same
Click here for more details regarding this great
fishery now available to VAC members.
In case you missed
the recent bad news, the VAC have lost access to the River Lea
at Batford with immediate effect
Your Contribution:
Keep those pics coming in by
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Simon Teasdale sent in this snap of a double figure carp
from the Frogmore match lake. Plenty of fish down there in
need of a good winter feed-up so, go on, give it a go.
A reminder that, for many people, October is the time to
start piking. Smallford, Moor Mill and our Ouse venues all
hold good pike. Also, the Turnford and Lea Consortium waters
are worth checking out if hunting ol' Esox.
A small pic of Kelvin Fellows with the famous Riverside Koi.
She's not yet a double - maybe next year.
George at Colney Tackle, London Colney, has asked me to
mention his new range of cat food flavour feed pellets.
Available in 2mm, 4mm and 6mm - tell him you saw them on the
VAC web site and he should give you a nice discount of the
normal £2.75 for 500g price.
Above is Pete Swallow with a picture taken in 1989 at what
is now peg 25 on the Frogmore Match Lake. Low water levels
were a problem back then as well.
Look out next month when I'll be publishing some of the
pictures sent in by Pete of Frogmore taken in the 80's. And
also, more details of La Carp Ark, Pete's carp fishing
holiday venue, set to open next Spring in the Haute Vienne
area of the Limousin, France, known as the French Lake
The inclusive
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As you can imagine, I often bring up "religion" (as they like to call it) up to my classmates. I have learned many people's views and I must say that some of them disturb me. One was the title "agnostic Christian". If you have any idea what an agnostic is, then you, like me, would be concerned for this person's soul.
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Now, giving an agnostic Christian some slack, I might say he or she believes that somebody forged God's "identity" and just claimed God wrote the Bible. However, for one thing, God is the main "theme" of the Bible. If you don't believe He is provable how can you believe in the Bible? Secondly, the Bible, time and time again has proven itself to have come from only one source: God.
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For anyone else who has been trying to figure out what they're actually doing, they're launching a car out to the orbital distance of Mars. It won't go near Mars because of legal issues.* Instead, it's going into a highly-elliptical orbit around the sun that loops out roughly 1.5 AU from the sun. (The next launch window for Mars via Hohmann transfer starts in April of this year, so they're too early to go near Mars)
I'd love to see what happens to the Roadster after a few years in that orbit.
*Something about 99% chance of not hitting Mars initially and a 95% chance of not hitting it after 50 years. It's a concern about contaminating the planet. So SpaceX would have to sanitize the entire car - which would be a significant waste of resources. The car is just taking the place of a test mass for the launch.
EDIT: Launch delayed two hours to 3:05 eastern time.
EDIT: Launched delayed another 40 minutes to 3:45 eastern time.
Fucking. GORGEOUS.
So glad it got delayed, woke up just in time to catch it live.
Watch the car live!
After the launch we were discussing this in our lab. Despite the fact were 2 months early for the optimal window it's 'only' about 500-1000 ish m/s more launching now according to pork chop plots. Thats a substantial amount but with a small enough payload that different can be negligible.
That launch was gorgeous though and so cool to watch. Stage separation was so much more aggressive than I expected and the synchronous landing was great. First display of rockets flying in formation too!
If they can do this now, then it can't be too long until Elon sends the empty crew capsule on a return trip to Mars orbit and back again. As a round trip test. I hope they place a dummy crew or two in the capsule and have lots of HD cameras and hot microphones so we can listen in on all the sounds throughout the flight. Like the Blue Origin video with the live mic, but this time 24/7 for the whole flight mission, with views out of the crew window.
Given that the payload was not significant compared to potential payload, and even with the less-than-optimal geosynchronous burn prior to the Mars departure, would this launch be capable of that?
I don't expect them to change it, given the lack of sterilization of the payload, but it would be pretty cool to park it in a Mars orbit forever.
Edit: being the geo statement from the Scott Manley video, but he also said the two side boosters would have ~15 second delay, so…accuracy unclear.
Also, a little disappointing that the center booster failed, but a minor hiccup overall.
FH will not be manrated. In the post launch interview he said BFR should be coming online soon enough anyways that it's not necessary.
The payload mass decreases the farther in the solar system you want to send it. Yeah it's possible to get it out to Mars. If they wanted to fly by they only had to wait 2 months. Hell, they could have done it now if they had the precision.
The hard part is manufacturing a spacecraft that can last many months or more in interplanetary space. It's a lot harder than using your second stage to put you on a ballistic trajectory. The Falcon second stage has just had it's longest operational life time in space ever at 6 hours, which was one of the mission objectives for this launch because it's necessary for direct GEO insertions.
I hope the party went well, what with delays and such. I was thinking about the subwoofer idea as all those enthusiastic idiots were drowning out every element of interesting audio during the launch. I know that SpaceX tries to convey a sense of excitement over their launches, but the level of noise really detracted from enjoying that amazing experience.
If anyone finds a recording without the screaming, please link it here.
A couple more tidbits.
They overshot Mars and the Tesla will be headed out towards the asteroids. Apparently people are champing at the bit to find out what the new orbit will be so they can perform a risk assessment on other bodies. The overshoot is disappointing.
The rocket was built from block 3 and block 4 parts, so they're not going to reuse either of the landed cores. Only block 5 components are to be used multiple times and there are no plans for development of a block 6. The BFR is the focus of work beyond block 5.
One last mention is that I was wondering what they were going to do with the massive crossbars that secure the three cores together. Any other organization would just eject them. Not SpaceX. They rotated those babies up and stowed them against the center core. It's stuff like that that warms my heart.
Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team.
I'm surprised they haven't put up the Technical broadcast like with other launches. Those are nice to watch with just the rocket and mission control.
Haven't seen a technical webcast for launches for quite some while now … kind of looks like they faded it out silently a while ago.
They did it. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. It didn't explode. Nice. Rewatching this evening this time with fixed cameras.
This video has all the fixes to the views. Quite the event, I enjoyed the Bowie playing during the fairing deployment.
That was great launch.
I was curious about the landing if they going to risk landing the boosters together or with some slight delay to minimize the risk of bumps and such.
Now i wonder whether they will start making some aerobatic displays with them, since they nailed it so much
aquabelles :-)) with rockets …rocketbelles
I was thoroughly impressed by the synchronization of the two side boosters - until I realized that it was the same video feed twice. Somebody at SpaceX goofed, and it fooled a lot of people. Matt's video has both booster feeds, and the video again makes sense. They have great automatic flight control, but not the perfection suggested by the live video.
Here's another interesting take on the launch from the guy who does Smarter Every Day.
He's standing on the VAB, so there's a definite delay in the audio, but it's free of all that cheering. Also, he focuses on the sound of the launch - which I brought up - and you also get a little bit of the sensation of the rocket going from the ground all the way into space. I wish he'd thought to try to convey that sensation a bit more clearly.
As a bonus, he documents the triple sonic boom that comes off each booster as it returns to the pad area. Its very clear, so I think you'll enjoy it.
Elon Musk celebrates successful Falcon Heavy rocket launch
It went so much better than I expected!
I wasn't able to get my hands on any big speakers in time, but I don't think that would have mattered all that much given the audience. Nobody there had seen previous launches (or the live launch earlier that afternoon) so they really didn't know what to expect. We watched the full broadcast starting at T-22 minutes, with full commentary for context, and the sounds of the SpaceX team cheering in the background.
As we neared the final stages of the countdown I could feel the excitement from the people around me… the significance of what they were about to see, and the build up of excitement in the presentation. (SpaceX does an excellent job here)
During the launch my "Non-Space Geek" friends became "Space Geeks" as it were… their faces were locked in a state of awe, and the energy in th e room was excellent. The Launch was wow, the tesla reveal was spectacular… and the landing of the two boosters had people shaking their heads in disbelief…
Follow that up with video of Starman floating out above the earth… A evening of win all round.
I will be hosting more private Launch parties in the future, everyone loved it, and quite a few people were asking for links to the YouTube channel, asked questions about other companies, what SpaceX was doing all this for, etc.
I definitely recommend hosting one in the future, even if you can't watch it live
Speaking of the boosters landing, anybody noticed (in that video, at 30:30) how the thrusters were firing on both sides to stabilize the booster ? For a second that reminded me of the eternal discussion in our space games how thrusters firing in opposite directions doesn't "look realistic" ^^
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I guess they updated the video again, im not sure what changed but there's a new url.
I meant to respond to this because I think I know the reason. Typically for cold gas thrusters you have a minimum impulse possible based on the minimum time you can actuate the valving. If you wanted to thrust below this minimum impulse based on accuracy you would actuate multiple thrusters(basically valves in the case of cold gas thrusters) to offset. Say you wanted .5 units to the right but you were only capable of thrusting in units of 1 at minimum. You could thrust 1.5 to the right and 1 to the left to get the accurate .5 net in the right direction. It obviously uses more fuel than just thrusting .5 to the right but we couldn't in the first place because we don't have the control authority to make that work.
I can't see where 30:30 was in the main video to see the reference though because of the new video so I'm not sure if that's the case or they were just venting after the fact. 30:30 in this video is them just venting the gas afterwards. Pressurized fuel is dangerous.
@Mattk50 They fixed the dual video during landing. Before they had the same camera from the view on the left as the right. They must have reuploaded with the correct second booster video pasted on the right view.


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The Most Confusing Texts Guys Send (...and What He Really Means)
Newsflash: "Hey" doesn't mean "Hey"
When that hotline bling, that can only mean one thing… Well, maybe for Drake. For the rest of us, we pour over his texts at brunch, dissect them to death with our girls and still have no clue what they mean. Is he dumping you or putting a ring on it? Here are the most confusing texts you'll receive and what he really means.
What you think it means: "Hey there! I'm totally thinking about you. You're the best"
What he really means: "Hey. I'm bored (or busy) and have nothing of substance to say. I hope you can carry this conversation"
*Insert Emoji*
What you think it means: "I'm adorable and love our playful banter"
What he really means: "I communicate like a 5-year-old. Wah wah! Where's my juicebox?"
"Send me a pic"
What you think it means: "OMG you're sooo sexy. Send me a nude pic"
What he really means: "Send me a nude pic. I'll probably share it with all of my friends. If we break up, it's going straight on a creepy, message board."
"Netfllix & Chill?"
What you think it means: "I'm so sweet that I want a quiet night at home with you."
What he really means: "I'm trying to smash with the least amount of time, money and effort invested. Also, I can wear my house shoes right?"
"Why are you always mad?"
What you think it means: "Huh? I don't get you or your feelings. Let's talk about it for a million hours."
What he really means: "You're insane. I don't understand your feelings because I'm a guy. You can explain them to me but I still won't get it."
"Sorry something came up"
What you think it means: "I'm dumping you and I'm seeing my side piece instead. Proceed to cyber stalk me for the rest of the night."
What he really means: "Something did come up. Take a chill pill."
"I'm not looking for a relationship right now"
What you think it means: "I just haven't found the perfect girl…until I met YOU!"
What he really means: "No, really. I'm not looking for a relationship right now."


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Best Bosphorus Cruise in Istanbul
Best Bosphorus Cruise in Istanbul, Schedule-Price-Map-Timetable
Istanbul Bosphorus Cruise Tours, considered as one of the most entertaining activities in Istanbul. Ottoman Sultans moved from the traditional Topkapı Palace to modern Dolmabahce Palace in 1856. Bosphorus has been the most popular settlement area in Istanbul since then.
Bosphorus has a countless number of historical houses called "Yalı", palaces, mansions, citadels and mosques. Ortakoy, Bebek, Rumeli Fortress are the most popular spots to see during the Bosphorus Cruise journey.
Istanbul Bosphorus Cruise Provides Great Instagram Photos
Istanbul Bosphorus Cruise Schedule, Price, Map
Sehir Hatlari Vapuru (Official Government Ferry) and Turyol Daily Bosphorus Tours (Private Company) will provide you the cheapest and most efficient tour options.
Sehir Hatlari Bosphorus Cruise Ferry
Sehir Hatlari has long (6 hours) and short (2 hours) tour options. Sehir Hatlari offers large ferries with comfortable decks to take photos and look around. However they have a strict timetable. That could cause you seek some other options.
Turyol Bosphorus Tour Boats
When you need an alternative to Sehir Hatlari Ferry. There is a private company that is called Turyol. This company has nice boats. They are considerably smaller than the Official Sehir Hatlari Ferries but they are very often. You may catch one of Turyol Boats without worrying about timing. Because the boats set out for a journey on the Bosphorus each hour. Duration of the tour is 1,5 hours.
Istanbul Bosphorus Cruise Ferry Stations Map
1st Option: Full Day Bosphorus Tour from Eminonu to Black Sea "6 Hours"
Sehir Hatlari "Long" Bosphorus Cruise Tour Schedule
An official transportation company, Sehir Hatlari ferry begins the tour at the small pier just next to Galata Bridge. (Check the map above) Boats leaving from this pier provide you three different cruise options:
Sehir Hatlari Long Bosphorus Tour Route to Black Sea 2019
10:30 Leaving from Eminönü Pier > 12:00 arriving to Anadolu Kavagi < 3 hours break > 15:00 departing from Anadolu Kavagi > 16:30 Back to Eminönü Pier
Istanbul Sehir Hatlari Bosphorus Cruise Ferry
3 Hours Break At Anadolu Kavagi
The nostalgic boat begins the tour at 10:35 at all seasons and takes you to the Black Sea shore weaving through both European and Asian side of Bosphorus. After a ride for 1.5 hours, you will have three hours of free time at Anadolu Kavagi stop.
During this time, you may take a walk in the cute town, have a lunch and walk up to Yoros Castle to take pictures of the Black Sea and Bosphorus. The boat leaves at 15:00 to take you back by going through the same stops. When your tour ends at 16:30, you will have had a great full day Bosphorus tour at a great deal.
Sehir Hatlari Long Bosphorus Cruise Tour Price (Cost) 2019
Sehir Hatlari Long Bosphorus Tour ticket price is 25 Turkish Lira for a single person.
Sehir Hatlari Bosphorus Cruise Tour Route On A Map
2nd Option: Short Bosphorus Cruise Tour "2 Hours"
Sehir Hatlari "Short" Bosphorus Cruise Tour Schedule
14:30 Eminonu Pier > Non-stop Bosphorus Tour > 16:30 Eminonu
You will see the most important attractions in Bosphorus with this two hours tour. The settlement in Bosphorus area extends only to a certain area on the north. Therefore the Short Bosphorus Cruise should be enough for you to see the important palaces, mansions and citadels.
Sehir Hatlari Short Bosphorus Cruise Tour Price (Cost) 2019
Short Bosphorus Cruise journey costs 12 Turkish Lira for a single person.
3rd Option: Turyol Company Bosphorus Cruise Boats "1,5 Hours"
Turyol Bosphorus Cruise Boats – Tour Schedule 2019
10:00 Eminonu Turyol Pier> Non-stop Bosphorus Tour > 11:30 Eminonu Pier
Turyol Bosphorus Cruise Boats
Turyol's cute and small boats are good alternatives for an enjoyable Bosphorus cruise.
Turyol Bosphorus Cruise Boats Timetable 2019
The biggest advantage of Turyol over Şehir Hatları is that Turyol Bosphorus tours start at 10:00 a.m. in the morning. Do the same tour each hour. Tours last from 10:00 O'clock in the morning till late evening.
Turyol Bosphorus Cruise Boats Route 2019
Boats start the journey from Eminönü pier. The boat will simply take you up to the second bridge of Bosphorus, named Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge and they take you back to the begginning point (Eminönü).
This route is a bit shorter than that of Şehir Hatları Line's though. Except for the nice seaside mansions of Yeniköy which is ahead of the second bridge, you will see all the beauties of Bosphorus with this tour. If you have limited time or don't want to be restricted by Şehir Hatları Line's fewer number of daily departures, Turyol would be a great choice for Bosphorus cruise tour.
Turyol Bosphorus Cruise Boats Tour Price (Cost) 2019
The cost of Turyol Bosphorus Cruise Tour 20 Turkish Lira for a single ticket.
Istanbul Bosphorus Ferry Stations Map
Recommended: Istanbul Half Day Private Tours
To get the most out of one day: I would recommend you the Half Day Private Walking Tours in Istanbul. You can start with your guide in 09:00 in the morning. You may visit the listed places. (Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Basilica Cistern, Hippodrome). The duration of this tour is aproximately 4 hours.
When you finish the Half Day Guided Tour, your tour guide can take you from Sultanahmet (Old City) to Eminonu Ferry Stations. Then you could choose either Turyol Bosphorus Boats or Sehir Hatlari Short Bosphorus Tours to enjoy the beauty of Bosphorus.
Best Bosphorus Cruise Tour in Istanbul
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- Best Things to Do in Istanbul
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- Best Shopping Malls in Istanbul
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I have found a few great deals for Prilosec for the month of April, we have a free sample, a coupon, and some great online deals. This is good news for any of you heart burn sufferers that are also on a tight budget, lets start with the free sample
Free Prilosec Sample
This one is a no brainer, just visit the prilosec free sample page and fill in your basic information. If you qualify you will get a free 14 day trial pack. You can only get the free sample once but it is absolutely free!
Prilosec at $10 off!
Usually when I look online I can only get a few dollars off a pack of Prilosec, but I found a deal for a 42 pack for $10 off. These deals are hard to find so make sure you buy in bulk and stock up, if you order 5 packs at $10 off you save $50! I checked at wal-mart and the 42 pack is $25, it's only $15 on this Amazon.com Prilosec page
Prilosec Coupon $1 off
If you prefer to buy Prilosec in the stores there is a $1 prilosec coupon in this months P&G brand saver. To find the nearest store that caries the brand saver you can use this link. With this link you will save $1 off the $24 price for a 42 pack, so I definitely recommend buying online and if you buy in bulk you get free shipping.


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Some quick tips to get a perfect cake within your budget
Cakes have become an inseparable part of every celebration in modern times. Be it a birthday party, wedding ceremony, marriage anniversary, farewell party, birth of a new born baby or any other such event, a cake forms the backbone of every gathering.
You need to find the perfect cake for the occasion so that the celebrations becomes a memorable event for everyone. Here are the few points that can help in the appropriate selection of the cake without any trouble.
Perform the background research about the cake pricing- You would not like to splurge your money unnecessarily on a cake which is not worth your money spent. In order to get the best deals, you need to perform the detailed background research about the cake bakeries available. There are various bakery stores that are offering exciting cake discounts and cake offers to its customers. Besides, there are online cakes delivery stores that can provide amazing FNP discounts to people in order to encourage them for a cake purchase.
Check out the available bakery stores- You need to have a proper understanding and information about the various available bakery stores for selecting the delicious cake for the occasion. Once, you have a clear idea about the selection of a particular bakery store, getting a perfect cake will not be a critical task anymore. Enquire about the price of the same cake on different bakery stores in order to get the correct factual information about the cake pricing.
Inform about your requirement in a proper way- There are several people who want to design a cake as per their requirement and preference. In such a scenario, you need to inform about your cake requirement in an elegant manner so as to avoid the disappointment later on. Provide accurate information about your cake requirement so that you can get the mouth-watering cake without any problem.
Gather information about the cake delivery services- Right from the baking of the store till the final dispatch of the cake to the customer premises, there are a lot of things involved in the middle. To ensure the timely and efficient cake delivery at your desired destination, you need to take the assistance of a reputed cake delivery services. Hire a company which can deliver cake at the desired location in a time bound manner to avoid spoiling of the cake taste.
So, getting a delicious cake at a reasonable price is all about getting information about attractive cake offers on a bakery stores and then placing the order accordingly. Follow all these points carefully and you will be rewarded with a yummy cake that will leave an enduring imprint on your gustatory cells.


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I have a better idea. If you have OS X, take a screenshot of the background color. Then import both images intoPhotoshop and place the screenshot over the text. Now you can put in your custom text and file type. Hope it helps.
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Annual Review and Accounts
Annual Review 2017
'Reformation: Then and Now' is the title of our first Annual Review. From timely new research, to the stories of young Christians who've benefitted from our training, we're pleased to be able to share with you some of the key achievements for the Jubilee Centre in 2017, as we've worked to bring biblical thinking to the public square.
Jubilee Centre is a registered UK Charity (charity no.1142076) and each August we publish our annual accounts and a trustee's annual report. These are available to the public at: charitycommission.gov.uk
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I once heard my mum talking to her friends about 50 Shades of Grey and she said, "There are two types of people that read this book; those that liked it and aren't getting any, and those that hated it and are. And let me tell you, I HATED it!" And that's basically what this movie is about.
Let me begin by first expressing my sincere surprise that in its many years of existence, the movie industry has not produced a film titled 'Book Club' until this year, 2018.
I'm so flabbergasted by the fact that it begs the question Were they waiting for the pinnacle of all books to finally be written and bestowed upon our fine planet that a movie about a book club specifically titled 'book club' would be the only way to honour said book? Or Are we still trying to capitalise on the success of a pornographic novel masking itself as a love story?
It is with astounding pleasure that I would like to confirm that the second question above was answered during a 1hr 44min session of muffled giggles and genuine surprise that the audience found this extravaganza ironically legitimately enjoyable.
Book Club takes us through a month in the lives of four women in a new phase of life where their husbands are no longer sexually active, marrying younger women, or dead; and this month they're reading *Drum Roll, Please* 50 Shades of Grey.
When Vivian (Jane Fonda) pulled out this month's book, Diane (Diane Keaton, now too beyond Hollywood to be given a character name), is unsurprisingly gobsmacked by even the idea of reading something sexy, and delivers her classic "oh my, we couldn't possibly!" throwaway laugh. This is me, I am her. Our mums tell us we should 'live a little'.
Candice Bergen's 'Sharon' is the depressing reality of 20-30 something female's haunted by every swipe of Tinder quietly whispering to herself "please let this be the one". If we don't get this right now, our husbands are going to leave us for younger women, and all we will have is our highly successful law career and…. Bumble. *shivers*.
My saving grace moment for this film came in the form of Carol (Mary Steenburgen) who's end of the movie dance recital made me cry "happy marriages do exist!". It was so action packed that I also wondered if they had planned the end of the movie first, worked backwards, and decided to put some filler in the middle.
Despite being the wrong audience this film was intended for, I've got to hand it to Hollywood for showcasing 4 women over 60 in a film that explores the genuine trials and tribulations of entering a new phase of life. And while it was still a bit Hollywood in the sense that Diane and Vivian both managed to find men their age that weren't chasing younger woman, it's quick wit and cheap one liners will keep the older generations in your family happy.
by Jessica Eaton