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A reverse mortgage can be one of the best ways to weather a financial storm at the end of life for senior citizens. Reverse mortgages are also one of the very few ways that older Americans can use a significant portion of the equity they have in their homes without moving or facing new drains on cash flow.
Reverse mortgages, however, come with many caveats. They are complex and expensive, and they are undergoing changes in response to the credit crisis and the drop in home values.
Get the picture. Before you begin the process, be sure you understand how a reverse mortgage works. The mortgages are available only to people over age 62, and while there are no monthly loan payments to the lender, there may be monthly servicing fees. The loan and interest must be repaid when the owners move, die, or sell the property.
- Pick your type. By far the most popular reverse mortgage is the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage, insured by the federal government and offered through private banks. There are also public sector loans offered by state and local governments, often aimed at low- or moderate-income homeowners for specific purposes, and proprietary loans backed by the companies that offer them.
- Calculate costs. Count on an origination fee equal to 2% of the loan value and a 2% insurance fee, plus other closing costs. Altogether, your costs may add up to 5% of the home's value. Fees can be folded into the loan amount.
- A new option. In 2010, the Federal Housing Administration introduced the Saver loan, which has much smaller upfront costs. In exchange, the amount that can be borrowed is up to 18% less than with a traditional reverse mortgage and the interest rate may be a quarter to half a percentage point higher.
The payoff. How much you can borrow is a function of your age, your home's value and current interest rates. Generally, the more valuable your home is and the older you are, the more you can borrow.
- Rate reversal. In most cases, interest rates on reverse mortgages are higher than what you'd pay for a traditional mortgage and interest costs begin accruing as soon as you take the money.
- Know your loan. For years, adjustable-rate reverse mortgages were the most popular and they allowed borrowers to choose whether they wanted a lump sum, a monthly payment or have a line of credit, which could increase over time. But today, fixed-rate reverse loans make up about 70% of the business and proceeds from fixed rate loans must be taken as a lump sum.
- Best use. Generally, funds from a reverse mortgage should be used for needed home improvements, to supplement your income or perhaps to keep a home out of foreclosure. Lump sum payments must be managed carefully so they don't slip away.
Figuring it out. Because of the costs and risks associated with these loans, they should be a last line of financial defense, so proceed with caution.
- Help is available. Applicants for HECMs must first meet with housing counselors from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, who will walk you through the process and help you figure out how much you can borrow. You can find a counselor at https://entp.hud.gov/idapp/html/hecm_agency_look.cfm.
- Other options. Depending on your circumstances, you may also want to consider a regular home-equity loan, like a home equity line of credit, or selling your home to your children or other relative and leasing it back. If money is very tight, many state governments have special programs to help seniors pay property taxes or make needed repairs.
What not to do. Because this may be your last major asset, use the money carefully. Don't waste it on a hot tub or use funds to play the stock market.
- Don't pay fees up front. Loan fees should be included in the loan balance and paid when the loan is settled. Don't let someone tell you that fees must be paid only after you have the cash in hand.
- Don't pay off a traditional mortgage. Unless you're trying to avoid foreclosure, look for another way to handle your current mortgage. The cost of the reverse mortgage will likely be much higher paying off your existing balance.
- Don't buy an annuity. Instead, pick a reverse mortgage that allows you to get a monthly payment, which essentially functions as an annuity.
For more to read: Other sources of reverse mortgage information are the Federal Trade Commission; HUD,and AARP. You can also read our guide to reverse mortgages, reverse mortgage and taxes and tapping home equity without a bank.
Adapted from The Wall Street Journal. Complete Homeowner's Guidebook, by David Crook, (Three Rivers Press, 2008).


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WASHINGTON � Three months after Superstorm Sandy ravaged coastal areas in much of the Northeast, Congress on Monday sent a $50.5 billion emergency relief measure for storm victims to President Barack Obama for his signature.
Despite opposition from conservatives concerned about adding billions of dollars more to the nation�s debt, the Senate cleared the long-delayed bill, 62-36, after House Republicans had stripped it earlier this month of spending unrelated to disasters. All 36 votes against the bill were from Republican senators.
The Oct. 29 storm is blamed for more than 130 deaths in the U.S. and tens of billions of dollars in property damages.
SANTA MARIA, Brazil � There was no fire alarm. There were no sprinklers or fire escapes. And when a band member tried to put out a fire that had been started by pyrotechnics, the extinguisher didn�t work.
All the elements were in place for the tragedy at the Kiss nightclub early Sunday. The result was the world�s worst fire of its kind in more than a decade, with 231 people dead and this southern Brazilian college town in shock and mourning.
Funerals began on Monday, as reports continued to emerge about the accumulation of neglect and errors at the packed night spot.
CAIRO � Protesters battled police for hours in Cairo on Monday and thousands marched through Egypt�s three Suez Canal cities in direct defiance of a night-time curfew and state of emergency, handing a blow to the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi�s attempts to contain five days of spiraling political violence.
Nearly 60 people have been killed in the wave of unrest, clashes, rioting and protests that have touched cities across the country, but have hit the hardest in the canal cities, where residents have virtually risen up in outright revolt.
SEVARE, Mali � Backed by French helicopters and paratroopers, Malian soldiers entered the fabled city of Timbuktu on Monday after al-Qaida-linked militants who ruled the outpost by fear for nearly 10 months fled into the desert, but first setting fire to a library that held thousands of manuscripts dating to the Middle Ages.
French Col. Thierry Burkhard, chief military spokesman in Paris, said there had been no combat with the Islamists, but the French and Malian forces did not yet control the town. Still, there was celebration among the thousands of Timbuktu residents who fled the city.
Timbuktu, a city of mud-walled buildings and 50,000 people, was for centuries a seat of Islamic learning and a major trading center along the North African caravan routes that carried slaves, gold and salt. In Europe, legend had it that it was a city of gold. Today, its name is synonymous to many with the ends of the earth.
HAVERHILL � The state fire marshal�s office says a woman has died in a condominium fire in Haverhill.
The death Monday is the eighth in seven fires so far this year in Massachusetts.
The woman�s name has not been released. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
A Gloucester woman also died in a weekend home fire.
State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan is urging people to keep a 3-feet area clear around heating appliances and to check that smoke alarms are working.
BOSTON � Attorney General Martha Coakley and other law enforcement officials launched a renewed push on Monday to expand and update state wiretapping laws that predate cellphones and other modern-day forms of communication.
The bill also would change the law�s definition of organized crime, so that it goes beyond organizations such as the Mafia, and allows police to seek permission from the courts to wiretap dangerous youth gangs or human trafficking networks.
GUATEMALA CITY � A former U.S.-backed dictator who presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala�s civil war will stand trial on charges he ordered the murder, torture and displacement of thousands of Mayan Indians, a judge ruled Monday.
Jose Efrain Rios Montt is the first former president to be charged with genocide by a Latin American court.
Prosecutors allege that after leading a March 1982 coup and seizing control of the government, Rios Montt oversaw torture, rape, forced disappearances and forced relocations and killings of thousands of Ixil people by soldiers, paramilitaries and other government officials.
SYDNEY � The Australian radio show behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated has been officially canceled.
The �Hot 30� show and the two DJs behind the prank in December were widely condemned after the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha who answered the phone and helped the DJs get confidential information about the former Kate Middleton�s health.
Southern Cross Austereo, the parent company of radio station 2DayFM, announced Monday the program had been formerly canceled. SCA Chief Executive Rhys Holleran said DJs Michael Christian and Mel Greig will go back on the air.
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Since Ho Chi Minh was my first time going somewhere completely solo (no meeting up with friends or acquaintances), I decided to book a Mekong Delta day tour to transition myself into the travel mindset. Visiting the Delta was on my wishlist for HCM, it seemed pretty difficult to go by yourself anyway, and at least with a tour I knew I'd be taken care of in terms of transportation and being shown around. I usually don't like doing organized tours purely because I don't like being given time limits on places or paying for something I can figure out on my own pretty easily. I was also pretty terrified of getting a "bad" delta tour that would leave me flustered and annoyed, but the Youth Tourist Joint-Stock Company (YTC) was actually pretty awesome. I never felt rushed, and I never felt bored. They kept the tour running pretty smoothly, our tour guide was lovely, and everything we ate was delicious. There are chances to do multi-day tours in Mekong that include a lot of other places, but I thought I'd give you an overview of what a Mekong Delta day trip might look like!
Our guide came around 8:00 a.m. to gather anyone who was a part of the tour, walking us to where the bus was located along the main road. It was then a two around ride to My Tho, where we'd bored a boat to take us into the delta. The bus is really nice, air conditioned, and comfortable for the drive. You can leave some things on it if you want, but, as always, don't leave anything you'd be devastated losing! Also, dress appropriately in sleeves and longer pants or skirts. It can get really sunny in that exhausting kind of way, and on the flip side you might have a few moments feeling a little cold! I wore a white shirt, my Uniqlo lounge pants, and comfortable sandals, and I was fine the whole day. One girl wore a really low cut romper style with an open bag, and she actually got pretty cold with the shade and wind despite the 97 F temp. There's a bathroom you can use at My Tho before getting on the boat as well as a shop to buy hats, sunglasses, etc.
There are four main islands in the Mekong Delta, considered the "holy islands." I made a map here, so you can see a layout of the area. We only visited three of the four islands as apparently many of the richer residents live on Dragon Island (Con Tan Long), and do not want tourism there anymore.
We went to three islands in the delta with our guide talking about its history all the meanwhile. The first island is Dragon Island. Here you'll be able to take a boat ride through its creeks (which is where you'll see a lot of Mekong Delta pictures come from), and this will take you to the Eco Bee Farm. There you can see some of the bees at work and try honey straight from slate. Being allergic to bees and not a big fan of honey on its own, I obviously opted out and just watched from quite a far ways away. Afterwards, we sat down to try a honey drink and some honey treats where I brought some snacks for the future train rides Michelle and I had.
Next we went to Turtle Island where we sat around some fresh fruit (oh, fruit, how I've missed you), listened to some traditional music (and not so traditional when the singers cutely began singing "If You're Happy and You Know It." We then went to a little factory where they were making coconut products, and we could sample some candy.
Our final stop was at Phoenix Island, and it's also where we had a simple lunch of steamed rice, meat or tofu, and some vegetables. You could order this giant fish for four people, but the memories of food poisoning in Gangwondo we still pretty fresh in my memory, so I wasn't will to risk it with two and a half weeks of travel ahead. We had some free time afterwards, where I wander around the resort and explored this abandoned monastery and its interesting sculptures. Apparently there once lived Dao Dua, the Coconut Monk, who was considered crazy by some and followed by others. The author of the VietSpring author describes the monastery as a sort of Delta Disneyland, which is the perfect description.
We were then back by 5:00, dropped off by the Ben Thanh Market, and I somehow managed to find my way back to my hostel before passing out!
Extra Information:
- Cost: 650,000 VND/Person
- Pick-Up Time: 8:00 a.m.
- Tipping: I recommend tipping the people who row you down the creeks and the singers.
- More Information on My Tour
- (Mis)adventures on the Mekong Delta | That Backpacker
- Mekong Delta II: Phoenix Island | Lady Bougeotte
- Con Phung Island | Alo Trip
- Turtle Island | Alo Trip
- The Coconut Monk | VietSpring
Have you been? What did you think of the experience? If I ever go back, I'd love to do a longer stay!
Words and Photographs by Samantha


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More than 10,000 couples every year visit us while on their honeymoon, and over 1,000 couples come back on their anniversary each year to visit the place where they exchanged their vows. Weddings take place in both our underground wedding chapel and outdoor covered lakeside pavilion.
Our Lake of the Ozarks scenic attraction is also home to some wonderful and creative wedding proposals! If you didn't think a cave could be a romantic spot, these memorable stories will prove you wrong.
Diamonds in the cave?On one of the routine tours through Bridal Cave, a gentleman asked the guide if there were any diamonds found anywhere in the cave. Just as the guide was about to explain that no, there were not... his friend announced that he had found one! The finder (who turned out to be the best man) handed his friend (the soon-to-be-groom) a diamond engagement ring. The man then dropped to his knee and made the surprise proposal in front of the entire tour group!
They're playing our song!Another groom-to-be got the bride-to-be's family involved. He put some major planning into this one. The group made arrangements in advance to have our underground bridal chapel inside the cave set up for this grand proposal.
Under the pretense of a family boat trip to Ha Ha Tonka, one of the family members conveniently mentioned that they had never seen Bridal Cave, and maybe it would be worth stopping for a tour. This turned out to be no ordinary cave tour.
The chapel was entirely lit by candlelight, champagne was waiting, and the couple's favorite song was playing in the background. As they entered, the soon-to-be-bride stated how beautiful the room was by candlelight and what a coincidence it was that the music playing was their favorite song. When she turned around, her fella was on one knee, with the entire family surrounding him, and he asked for her hand in marriage.
Just this week...We wish we had some photos to share with you of those two romantic proposals, but we did capture the latest one. Just this week, another young lady was surprised on the boat dock at Thunder Mountain Park. We couldn't hear the conversation from that far away, but boy, it sure did look amazing.
While there are no guarantees in life, to the best of our knowledge, no proposal has ever been refused that took place at Bridal Cave & Thunder Mountain Park. So gentleman, if you've been considering asking her, we've got lots of beautiful spots to pop the question! FYI- August is Romance Awareness Month, and March 20, 2017 is National Proposal Day. It's never too early to plan ahead, and it's always a comfortable 60 degrees inside the cave, even in March.
Thanks to these stories, we can truly say that our popular Lake of the Ozarks attraction is one of the most romantic places in mid-Missouri.
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GALLATIN, Tenn. – The Sumner County teacher convicted of having sex with a student was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison, the maximum sentence she could have received.
Sandy Binkley was found guilty in September on two counts of statutory rape by an authority figure for having sex with the Portland High School student, where she taught math.
She faced a maximum six years for each count.
The judge ruled Friday she will serve the maximum for each, consecutively, for a total of 12 years.
The defense had sought the minimum three-year sentence.
Several witnesses were called by both the prosecution and defense prior to the sentencing including the principal at Portland High School, the mother of the victim and a parent concerned about Binkley's relationship with her son.
Principal Bob Gideon called the situation "an embarrassment" that "continues to be a distraction every time you hear it in the news."
"It's been difficult for the faculty and staff because of the association," he said. "It [has] hurt a lot of people."
The victim's mother told the courtroom even her before the trial began, students at school were calling her son a rapist and because of that, she had to explain to her eight-year-old what sex is.
"…He found out at school because some of the boys were calling his brother a rapist, because they see the TV. He's defending his brother, the role model he looks up to, so I've had to sit him down and explain to him that you don't sleep with teachers, that he was wrong… and that his brother was not a rapist," she said.
Suzanne Groft recalled two occasions where she's felt Binkley's interactions with her son were inappropriate.
Last year, at registration night, she said Binkley hugged her son after admitting it was something she shouldn't do and then, two weeks later, inappropriately approached them at a local Sonic restaurant.
"I thought it was very forward, the way she approached my son, and not very appropriate for a teenager," Groft said.
Excerpts from a yearbook Binkley kept and had students sign was also read in the courtroom.
One read, "I think you are possibly the most awesome teacher I've ever had since the fourth grade. I appreciate you letting me talk about you, and 'smack your butt.' I hope to see you some next year when I'm a big sophomore. Stay cool and kinky. It was nice getting to know every inch of you. Tap that ass later."
The judge said Binkley would be eligible for probation after serving 30%, or four years, of her sentence.
Binkley has been in custody since she was convicted on September 29.
She was cleared last month of the statutory rape charge she faced in Robertson County.
Previous Stories:
- Oct. 16, 2009: Robertson Co. rape charge against teacher dropped
- Sept. 29, 2009: Jury finds Portland teacher guilty on 2 counts
- Sept. 29, 2009: Jury deliberating sex changes against teacher
- Sept. 28, 2009: Portland teacher testifies in sex case
- Sept. 24, 2009: Pastor, husband testify on teacher's behalf
- Sept. 23, 2009: Testimony continues in Portland teacher's sex trial
- Sept. 22, 2009: Trial continues for teacher accused of sex with students
- Sept. 21, 2009: Jurors selected in former teacher's trial
- April 23, 2009: Judge sets Sept. trial date for former Portland teacher
- Jan. 12, 2009: Grand jury indicts Portland teacher
- Oct. 1, 2008: Portland teacher faces additional charges
- Sept. 25, 2008: Portland teacher arrested on statutory rape charge


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by Montserrat {Chocolate on my Cranium}
I am not a poetry person. Oh, I enjoy reading it, memorizing it, but not analyzing or writing it. Maybe I'm afraid to just let go, to let my emotions break through. Or maybe I just haven't experienced poetry enough. Regardless, I have written one poem in my life. It is nothing noteworthy nor particularly exciting. Instead it is a simple testimony of my Savior, Jesus Christ, written many years ago while I was out riding on a tractor one spring day with my husband and our two small daughters at the time.
The wondrous works thy hands have wrought,
The majesty of thy being,
Doth cause within my humble heart,
A peaceful quiet knowing.
Thou art my Savior, my Master, my Healer,
My soul from sin redeem.
Oh, beautiful Lord, my Rock, my Pillar,
Thou King of all supreme!
Thy suffering pains no man could share,
In agony that night spent!
And still, next day, the cross to bear,
That all mankind might repent.
Three days thy body lay in tomb,
My Lord, the Anointed One.
What joy is found, the empty tomb!
Victory over death is won!
Thou art my Savior, my Master, my Healer,
My soul from sin redeem.
Oh beautiful Lord, my Rock, my Pillar,
Thou King of all supreme!
My sins are great, my soul doth grieve,
"O wretched man that I am!"
Yet, in thy bosom, sweet reprieve,
Cleansed by the blood of the Lamb!
- Easter | Jesus Christ | poetry
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Impressive to say the least! I disagree about how humanity measures and weighs Beauty, especially after Isaiahs words about the Savior in which he had absolutely nothing that would cause us to see him above regular and uncomely but, to the mortal eye, not heaven! You ARE Beautiful !
I, for one, have long admired anyone who can write poetry or music. Sadly, it's far, far beyond me!
This lovely poem put into words many of the same feelings I have for our Savior . . . thank you for writing them down so my heart, too, could find utterance. You added a bright and precious light to my day.
This is so lovely. I could almost put a melody to it. It could certainly be a hymn. Such a lovely testimony.


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Long Jin tea is also known as Dragon Well and is often called the national drink of China. It is probably the most well known green tea produced in China.
When brewed, this green tea produces a yellow-green colour, giving off a distinct but subtle aroma with a great taste. It is incomparably better than the beverage produced from cheaper green tea bags.
Taster's Review:
The flavor of this tea is so rich and pure. It has a very clean, vegetative taste with no bitterness and a surprising amount of complexity – especially when one considers that this tea was brewed just 1 minute in a gaiwan!
The dry leaves are a bit smaller than I'm used to seeing when it comes to a Dragon Well. As they unfurl, they reveal themselves to be tiny, young, WHOLE leaves that are just beautiful – almost breath-taking! – to behold.
The aroma is floral with grassy notes, and this translates into the flavor except that I wouldn't really call the flavor grassy. It is vegetative but not overwhelmingly so, and it's more like a vegetable than a grass taste. There are notes of flower, hints of fruit, and even a very subtle nutty quality. The tea has a light astringency that gives a sense of continuity to the clean taste of the overall cup.
But the dominate flavor of this cup is the buttery taste of it. No, it's not like drinking a cup of melted butter, but the sweet, creamy butter taste of this tea is a fine compliment to the other notes of this pleasingly complex tea.
And this tea stands up to multiple infusions, too! I managed five very flavorful infusions – each just as delicious as the one before it! I am so thrilled that I had the opportunity to try this fine tea.
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Ginger is a proven remedy for mild indigestion. And Gingerchai is great for a stomach upset. Ginger beer and ginger ale are also useful, even though the ginger content is less in these than in tea.
You all probably remember childhood stomach aches (and adult ones too). Did your parents' remedy for stomach aches include using ginger? If yes, they were doing you a big favor.
To make ginger tea (I mean Gingerchai):
- Just add some peeled and thinly sliced fresh ginger root to boiling water.
- Simmer the mixture for around 15-20 minutes.
- Add tea leaves and when the liquid rises, switch off fuel.
- Strain the tea.
- Add honey.
- Enjoy.
Ginger tea bags also work, but again, they contain less ginger.
You can squeeze a lemon into the ginger tea for added benefit – I am already salivating thinking of it!
In addition to indigestion, ginger also eases and controls other digestive problems like nausea and vomiting.
Other than this, ginger also has several other benefits, thanks to its anti-inflammatory properties. Some of these are:
- Natural treatment for colds and flu
- Relief from heartburn
- Remedy for morning sickness
- Eases motion sickness
- Prevents colon cancer and ovarian cancer
- Reduces pain and inflammation
- Relieves menstrual cramps
- Prevents diabetic neuropathy
- Including ginger in your diet rids you of body odor.
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Five people killed by explosion in Yemen
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SANAA, Yemen -- Five people, including four South Korean tourists, were killed by an explosion in the Yemeni province of Hadramout, the government said Monday.
The Yemeni Interior Ministry said in a news release that the explosion, whose fifth victim was a Yemeni guide, occurred in a mountainous Hadramont area, the official Yemeni government news agency, Saba, said.
"The explosion occurred about 2:45 GMT (6:45 P.M. in Sanaa) while a number of South Korean tourists were paying a visit to a mountainous area in the historical city of Shibam, Hadramout," the ministry said.
"Five other South Koreans, two men and three women, suffered light injuries due to the incident."
Another Yemeni national was hurt in the explosion, unidentified security sources added.
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I would totally be an Alliance Troll druid :3
stay away from da voodoo mon!
I would totally be an Alliance Troll druid :3
stay away from da voodoo mon!
Play dwarf, would switch to undead in a flash.
My main is an undead warlock ... So, I'd still b with the horde and play Undead Warlock.
Tried Alliance ... And, didn't like their cities. Too bright and happy that's not cool.
Blood elf. Bring them back home to the allaince where they've always belonged.
Gnomes on the Horde cause of how much the Horde love them.
Had they made the Draenei like they should have been and gone with the Broken model I would love a Horde Broken Shaman.
Voted Worgen, but I'd like a dwarf equally, just because they are awsome in lifestyle and dialect.
If I'd could choose my class with whatever race, it would be bloodelf druids.
Its a tough one.
Probably gnome. Every raid needs a sacrifice and horde need more /hug s
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Female Blood Elf. I have Orb of the Sin'Dorei and all my xmogs look better on a blood elf. (I play a female human)
I would also enjoy playing a tauren. Or maybe Undead.
I would be a tauren rogue SO fast.
I currently play a Human Paladin, but I wouldn't mind beeing Tauren.
A very complicated question... or simple, viewpoint dependent...
I, as a member of the Alliance would be unable to choose any race of the Horde: those that are not barbarians, are primitive, repulsive, monstrosities, traitors or just several of these things at once...
Worgen, its too beastly for Alliance any way.
"I hated hating Garrosh before it was cool."
Given the "Neutral High/Blood Elf" speculation threads, I expected that number to be higher!
I would not change, I'm really happy about my human monk and I find playing alliance to be alot more fun anyhow


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This month, ESS Eyewear introduced the ICE NARO™ and ICE-2 NARO™, new smaller versions of the company's popular ICE 2.4' ballistic spectacle series. The products were designed to meet the needs of troops and first responders who are seeking a smaller size than was offered by the universal fit of the original ICE 2.4™. The new products are approximately one half inch narrower between the temples, with smaller lenses that look at home on a smaller face, but also offer greater proportional coverage and full compliance with the US military specification MIL-PRF-31013 and ANSI Z87.1+ standards.
"In listening to our customers, we identified an unmet need in the market for ballistic spectacles that fit the many people with smaller, narrower faces," said Brian Ross, ESS VP Sales & Marketing. "The ICE NARO will see to it that they can do their duties in comfort without sacrificing safety."
There will be two basic varieties of the new product offered: the ICE NARO™, which includes Clear, Smoke Gray and Hi-Def Yellow lenses, and the ICE-2 NARO™ two-lens model with Clear and Smoke Gray lenses. Both kits come with a protective case, elastic strap, and anti-fog cloth. All ESS ICE™ and ICE NARO™ spectacles can be fitted with the same prescription lens carriers in ESS' Rx product line. These same carriers also fit in either the ESS Profile™ or Advancer™ series goggles.
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Young love. It's so beautiful, so wonderful, it takes your breath away.
Like any other romantic couple, two adults who are in love in an Asperger's relationship are on cloud nine when they first meet.
Reality sinks in once the emotional high wears off, and if there are not some tools for navigating the journey, Aspie-NT couples may find themselves at-risk.
There are many successful Aspie-Aspie marriages and Aspie-NT marriages. For the purposes of this article, I am going to cover the subject of Aspie-NT (one adult with Asperger's and one adult who is Neurotypical).
For every successful Aspie-NT committed relationship, there are many others who are struggling, teetering, and on the brink of failing.
I am borrowing the ideas for this article from Solutions for Adults with Asperger Syndrome (2005), and specifically to psychologist Dr. Juanita P. Lovett's chapter on How Marriage is Affected by AS (Aspergers Syndrome).
Building Understanding Between AS and NT Worlds
Here are some autism spectrum facts about individuals with Aspergers that it's important for NT partners to understand:
Step 1: The diagnosis of AS must be made and accepted by the AS partner.
One of the best things that can happen is for the couple to seek help from a therapist or marriage coach who understands the unique differences between Asperger's Syndrome individuals and NT individuals. If the therapist does not understand the unique differences, all that will happen is the couple going back and forth, arguing for their own view of the situation. And the AS person will have a hard time understanding his/her impact on the NT individual.
Step 2: Both partners need to have an in-depth undersanding of AS and how marital relationships are affected.
There are a couple of resources I want to share with you, so that you and/or your partner can gain better understanding for each other's world.
First, I highly recommend joining WrongPlanet, the free online community started by a young college student, Alex Plank. (I think he's graduated by now). There are multiple topic areas, including in depth discussions for adults with Aspergers, dating, and social skills, but one thread I particularly appreciate is what's called the AS-NT Open Hotline. In that thread, NT's and Aspie's can both post questions they have about different points of view from the AS side of things, and from the NT side of things.
Second, in doing some research for this article, I found a site called Aspires: Climbing the Mountain Together.
Here's a quote from the site:
ASPIRES is an on-line resource for spouses and family members of adults diagnosed or suspected to be on the autistic spectrum. Our approach to one another and towards our "significant others" is directed towards solving problems in our relationship with a spectrum-sitting spouse.
ASPIRES is an e-mail subscription list for individuals with AS, and those who have a parent, spouse, or child with AS. We share our family and relational experiences, resources and survival tips as well as offer encouragement and hope. Through sharing, we hope to lighten one another's burdens and find positive solutions to many of the troubling challenges that characterize our relationships and bridge the communication gap that exists in everyday life.
Step 3: Both partners must make a serious commitment to making the relationship work.
However, the individual with NT is going to have to understand that it will feel to them that they are the party making more accomodations. Even if the individual with AS accepts and understands their diagnosis, the truth is that your brains are wired differently. Interpreting non-verbal signals, the core of all communication, for example, is something that the AS individual will always have a lot of difficulty doing.
As an NT individual, you will need to shift from "what is wrong" about your partner and the relationship, to "what is right." You will need to build on the stregnths, and value the differences, versus seeing your partner as insensitive and uncaring.
For the NT, shift your focus from what you are not getting from your AS partner to see and value the strengths he or she brings to the relationship.
I realize that I have only scratched the surface here. I welcome your comments, experiences, critiques, and suggestions. But I hope that you will find some beginning tips and tools to help you celebrate and thrive in your marriage.


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Omg dat Warlock art!!!!
I want this ingame!!!
heh, Paragon completed the heroic mode on 10 man like a day ago.
And people still insist that 10 man is harder.
One thing I may agree on that for less hardcore guilds it's harder with 25 because you usually fill up the raids with 15 nabs just do the content, but for the top 10 or even 20 guilds it doesn't matter if it's 10 or 25 because it will just as "easy" for them in either setup due to only having world class players who will know their role pretty quickly, only thing that set top guilds back is gear requirements to push the dps (lich king hc huge example).
Blood Legion is the Canadian sports team of WoW - they always do well, but finish just below where they want to. I say this both as a Canadian and someone who was rooting for them to win - no disrespect
I might lvl my warlock to 90 just to do that questchain!
I really wish people would just stop with the whole 10 vs 25 thing. Right now it is impossible to say which is harder this tier because NOBODY has cleared both yet so there really is no way to compare them. Yes in the past 25 man has been a bit harder, but even looking at DS there were some fights that were harder as 10 man, we have no way other than wild speculation on knowing about this tier.
That Warlock fanart was stolen right out of Darksiders 2. That looks exactly like Death's true form.
The bag issue is one thing that has bothered my from the beginning of this patch. I know they have expressed interest in expanding our default bag and there are issues doing that. But I would have loved to see some more option for bags in MOP. Such as a windwool 28 slot and the special cloth as a 30 slot or something. Another bag we need is a cooking bag. With all these new cooking items, my bags are completely full. A 36 slot cooking bag would significantly help that problem. Could be an engi craft (portable refrigerator)?
Yes x 1000After some recent discussion, we're now exploring options to develop something similar to Void Storage where you can store your cooking materials. A Pantry, if you will.
Please tell me the pvp bullshit is optional... that we don't actually have to go to stupid BG's or get flagged and ganked while doing dalies... the endless dalies that take hours to do to repgrind were bad enough... forced pvp is not ok. this is a RPG not a DODA or LOL game. Keep the pvp to pvp servers and away form PVE things that matter to raiders.
umm duh?Warlocks can obtain a [Sealed Tome of the Lost Legion] that is sealed.
Don't want to engage in whole 10vs25 discussion as I didn't do 10man hc nor 25man just yet, but what I did was both modes on normal. 10man on normal is free loot. literally. It's like LFR. I'm not saying that 25 normal is much harder but at least you have to pay attention here and there.
Relax people, most likly killing Horde/Alliance NPC will NOT flag you for PvP and you can continue to do DAILIES! YAY DAILIES <3
But things might get very very interesting on PvP servers....
I don't play wow anymore but I played and paid for a couple of years.
I don't think always making changes to classes matters very much. I love change but could the attention not be brought to something else? wow is a great game but outdated in a way, the textures are all low quality but they look and feel great but are outdated in my opinion.
like I use to run a website and put all my time and effort into it.
I treated it like it was my child and put so much effort into it, the members loved it but then I started to keep changing it (making unnecessary changes) like changing something and then changing it again and then going back and what ever. now what the members really wanted was -> content <- . the forum was already perfectly (mostly) layed out and had great forum software. the thing it was lacking was content and over time changes kept been made and then reverted and whatever but that was just useless and made the members not like it was much. they wanted new and more content, not changes. the classes in wow are already fine really but in my opinion as of now over 7 years it needs to be updated and more content. not changes made to classes. instead of putting the effort and attention to changing classes,etc -> focus on new content. World of Warcraft in my opinion is already awesome because:
- The World, the way everything is layed out, etc
- The music (perfect for each zone,etc)
- Elwynn Forest -> Goldshire (the way its layed out).
- The light/-> Brightish. It gives a nice fresh feeling and why I loved and played WoW.
- The textures,art,etc (but the textures quality seems to be very low, wish it is higher quality) -> makes a big difference
- It runs smooth, zooming in and out even <- all that makes a huge difference. I went to play Aion and the zooming in and out from your alt was a nightmare, it was just not that fun.
- The animations -> Best animations ever in any game, runs/looks/feels so smooth. WoW overall just feels and runs so smooth and that is another reason why I'm tempted to go back and play it.
- The art,the design,the scale,etc,
- Players levels,etc (80,31,etc)
- The style and the type of the game. (The medieval bit makes wow in my opinion). whatever it is its just great.
- etc..
I just wish Blizzard would stop redoing the dungeons...and if they redo them at least make them fun, the ones they've redone in MoP (scarlet halls etc) are so freaking dull... i mean killing trash is a dull job but those places -shudders- i'd rather watch jeremy kyle and that makes me feel dirty.
lore wise is still pretty lol, especially if they do kill the prince... as velen in the short stories spread all over blizzards websites in the "getting to know your leader" segment (i still have no idea who the blood elf dude is) velen saw anduin as a paladin in the future.
meh...a prince who goes to a faraway land to save his people and ignores his fathers pleas to come home. it's been done.
much like the dungeons they're remaking. stale. just stale.
least the new zones are pretty. shame about the quests, the bugs (oh the bugs) and the feeling of rep grinds that feel WORSE than vanilla, least in vanilla you got quests AND rep from mobs you killed. In MoP it's just daily quests on daily quests giving so low a rep.. i wonder if it's worth it.
Look at the sword offered by the kaxxi at exalted, pfffft .. i'm halfway through revered and have a better weapon than that !
I hope that this q actually provides a reward like green fire and not have to wait for the next part on 5.2 -.-
Congrats on world first to method


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Yes, on New Year's Day at THE BRASS ARMADILLO WEST we made 'Tossing Your Cookies' (figuratively speaking) Fun! The Play on Words and the Cookie Toss Game were a Big Success and everyone had a Great Time Winning between 5%~20% off their Entire Purchase that day tossing Rubber Cookies! And Yours Truly was the Cookie~Toss~Miester between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm. Yes, I was like a Carny Cookie Toss Barker at the Fair, what Fun being in charge of the Cookie Toss was... I could be a Great Midway Game Carny! I Encouraged EVERYONE to try their Luck, including Dealers, because we all know that most of us Dealers can also be the best Customers at an Antique Mall since Old Stuff is our Passion and Weakness! *LOL* With Winning their Discounts as they walked through the Doors the Customers were Excited to go seek out Found Treasures to use it on and so Sales were brisk! The G-Kid Force even talked Grandpa into coming on down and getting in on the Action as well... and asked Gramma to show them how it 'Was Done'. And yep, a little Brag and Swag here, I 'Scored' the coveted 20% Off on my first throw! And after my Shift promptly used it to purchase this Fab Vintage Canvas Hat Form I've been Lusting after for some time now! *Winks*
See... you Win a Good Discount you ARE gonna find something to use it on now aren't you? *LOL* How could you help yourself? And I'm also using this opportunity to show off the Cool Vintage Autobridge Game I got during one of our previous Sales just before Christmas... I'd never seen one of those before and hadda have it since it was priced so well and was so Cool.
I like to utilize Old Game Boards, especially those in muted Sepia Aged Hues, for Decorating... and this one has lots of Fun sliding pieces on it as well as being Visually Appealing...
It also came with two Original Packets of a total of seventy-two great pieces of Ephemera that make up the Game Board's Strategy... and the Cover of one Packet had these Great Vintage Retro Graphics... so 50's! And as you can see it cost a Buck back in the day, which was a fair bit of coin way back in the 50's... so I REALLY got a great Deal on the whole Set.
I Love Old Ephemera, don't you?! And to find it in it's Original Packaging is always a Sweet Bonus!
So... how did YOU spend your New Year's Day and the Start of 2013 my Friends?
Blessings from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian


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Sorry, that headline is an obvious troll but ... per ESPN, and numerous other outlets, are reporting that Miami Heat forward/guard/center/coach/GM LeBron James will opt out of his contract and will become a free agent on July 1.
James, who signed with the Heat as a free agent in the summer of 2010, was scheduled to make $20 million this season. He had two years remaining on his deal that is now moot. Because, can you really live on $20 million in one year? Probably not.
Pretty sure LeBron will be the top free agent on the market, sorry Carmelo.
Also of note - NBA.com reporter David Aldridge is reporting that LeBron teammate, and Dallas native, Chris Bosh is expected to opt out of his contract as well to become a free agent.
Once again, this will allow Mavs owner Mark Cuban to test his theory that he can sign the best free agents the NBA has to offer.
Since winning the 2011 NBA title, that plan has not gone great. Deron Williams and Dwight Howard both listened to the Mavs, and said no. Chris Paul never even listened. But, the team did sign Samuel Dalembert, so ... that's kinda like signing D12 or CP3.
Bet big money neither LeBron nor Carmelo Anthony, who will also become a free agent, will listen to the Mavs. Despite the Mavs having plenty of room under the salary cap, and one of the best coaches in the NBA, a committed owner, the team - for whatever reason - never has been able to lasso top tier free agents.
Chances are good that LeBron is trying to force Heat president Pat Riley into upgrading the team's roster, and there is no greater leverage than threatening to leave.
Dirk Nowitzki can be a free agent, but he's not leaving. He would play for $10 bucks if it meant LeBron comes to the Mavs.
If LBJ really does intend to look, and he would be stupid not to, the Mavs at least have to try. At this point, it would be a win if he just listened to Cuban, Donnie Nelson and Dirk.
Stranger things have happened ... like the Mavs defeating LeBron's Heat in the '11 Finals.
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Fashion law, the study of the fashion business' legal challenges and opportunities, has emerged as an important field in the global fashion industry. Long before Elle Woods applied to law school in Legally Blonde, LIM College has been engaging the field of fashion law.
At LIM we offer two courses, Business Law, as well as Fashion Law, both taught by industry professionals, designed to give students a comprehensive introduction to the legal and regulatory issues facing the ever-changing fashion industry. In our library we have copies of the recently published title Fashion Law: A Guide for Designers, Fashion Executives, and Attorneys, published by Fairchild Books, with contributions from professors at Fordham University's School of Law, which houses a pioneer program in fashion law (fashionlawinstitute.com), which has accepted recent LIM College graduates.
Several prominent recent cases in fashion law, such as the lawsuit filed by designer Christian Louboutin against YSL concerning the possible intellectual property infringement arising from red-soled shoes, and the legal challenges brought by luxury brands to protect trademarks across international borders, illuminate the complex concerns facing the fashion industry.
In an era of rapidly evolving production and communication technology, how do we balance protecting design innovation with the kind of appropriation and re-mixing so deeply rooted in fashion's history and culture? Is a concept for a dress a protected form of intellectual property? Should fast-fashion retailers have a legal right to copy designs from higher-end retailers? These and many more challenging questions are addressed in Fashion Law: A Guide for Designers, Fashion Executives, and Attorneys.
Posted on November 04, 2013 I Blog post by David Benjamin, M.A., M.S.L.I.S. (LIM College Archivist)


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As I see it, the hypernormalization is the actual real fascism happening around us. Of course there's no denying of the sick cultist hatred and violence of neofascist fringe groups, but it isn't as dangerous as a mass-based culture and dynamics of extensive and UNchallenged conformity to the same old social institutions that anarchists -before the age of millenials at least- have been pitted against.
These days I'm seeing far too many younger people around getting married and making babies -like a huge collectivized baby factory, proven to be the biggest since the '40s- being headstrong and proud of it, and my impression is that since this is a mass effect (hey there's even a series of video games named like this!). But who's questioning the very practice of marrying and making babies? Or gimme any fucking damn reason to fuck, marry, and fuck again to make babies. Or not fuck but get babies through in-vitro process. I don't see, especially in today's world, any logical reason to produce more babies, beyond subconscious reasoning like prolonging the lineage, or worse, the race, or nation. Not that there's anything wrong, inherently, with having babies... but big fucking "why?".
Saying that, I'm sure to be sounding like some retrograde pastor of the Deep South talking about how drugs and rock and roll corrupting the kids, but now through some funny reversal. There might be also my irritation at the social pressure put over my shoulders, of having failed, after roughly 20 years of adulthood, to «find love» and then build a nice yuppie family, as if these were system commands issued by some cybernetic, invisible directorate...
It's somewhat understandable for me to feel sick when looking at this, as my "youth" was in the '80s and '90s, where having kids and marrying was seen as a quite dumb and burdensome practice and pattern. The stats related to divorce and single families were tremendous, and I don't recall having seen a gen-X family not having broke up at some point. And perhaps that's also what's in store for the millenials for whom apparently the world has been starting anew, where they falsely believe to have invented "nobody cares" (lol), doing this amnesiac tabula rasa with all the contradictions and insanity of the past (FAIL).
Yet the liberal reformists pushing for legal acceptance of gay marriage in some parts of the West has greatly helped in "saving the boat" of these institutions, whereas all the people with this paper-thin values and worldview tend to be suddenly seeing marriage as politically correct, instead of some old retrograde institution.
But how is this relating to fascism, or its many weird contemporary iterations? Well, I think what we have here is a kind of social fascism (as opposed to the much-abhorred political fascism), or a "shadow fascism". Consisting of a mass culture that is over-formatting our behaviors through new grand schemes of mindless subservience to the traditional authorities, hierarchies and dominant institutions, yet those that have shifted their power to a more global and lesser democratic power. à
(Read "Empire" by Negri/Hardt for a better explanation of this new, reified global State, especially the parts on sovereignty and administrative power)
The problem in mass culture is, as always, rooted in people who don't question themselves but rather are following bandwagons as a cheap excuse for critical thinking. And there's also the aspect of influence through cohesion, or influence through peers. You can have people who enthusiastically voted for Trudeau, for instance, that you're finding really nice and end up having as good friend/lovers in your daily life. But what is the end result of this? More people crowding up on the State's side, as the authentically antiauthoritarians are staying or getting lonely, and radical groups are eroding/disbanding.
It's quite clear, with a good look at the social landscape of your liberal city, that the common people are winning (once again). Stuff that the commies would be cheering and having toasts over... but as we all know the wine in their glasses is poisoned. You know it's actually not the people themselves who're winning... Humans are losers against their own social machinery more than ever. They're just expendable workforce serving a system they don't really understand (like you know... supporters of past fascist regimes, and their wars, among other despotic rules of history), and still can't be distinguishing from "life" or "human nature".
Part of our failure to powerfully assert anarchy in today's world has to do with us being maybe too nice and flattened by the daily interactions and relations. Understand that the anarchy insurrection cannot just be about broken windows and casual stick-fights with a bunch of boneheads from the social fringe.
The insurrection has to be everywhere I am (you are?). Not just in obvious conflict with that is widely recognized as conservative culture, but more importantly with what made conservatism into being the dominant culture... now reformed under "better", "nicer", "more diverse" definitions; thus making something way tougher and pervasive in the minds of people than the more traditional racist and machist configuration (that's been in no way taken down, but only added to, accumulated upon).
There is the massification of hypernormalization mechanisms, brought to you by the onslaughts of social media and internet TV (how to NOT think of Game of Thrones as sheer neoliberal, also crypto-fascistic capitalist propaganda?), the phenomena that is even scarier -while also related in some way- to the rise of the so-called alt-right, an amalgamation of the liberal and the conservative values and views, or shall I say an historical reunification of these. Not completed, but rather a still-ongoing process.
So for how it seems to be putting people into molds that are reformatting and flattening decades of counterculture in a whim -the only aspect that's significantly new here, beyond technological evolution- there's something to question about what is and will be the place of the individual in an evermore hypernormalizing social reality, or how can we be different -and more importantly «ourselves» - any longer, without falling in one of the false "differences" now endorsed by the State institutions. The existence of the person -as opposed to the imperson created by these social dynamics- is an ever greater enigma. How can you be a person, in a world so heavily dominated, from all sides, by those manufactured, reified, social-political identities?
...but I feel that it's not even the more pressing question to this problem.
You're not forced to read beyond that... but the more urgent question here was nicely represented in the Formula E championship, that took over a vast portion of Montreal's downtown very recently. The event was both promoted through social media and mainstream State media, being mostly located at the very foot of the Radio-Canada/CBC compound. The event was, of course, for the hordes of bored, clueless tourists and locals, an attraction as big as any other summer festival. Masses of people far greater than most protests that happened downtown over the recent years... Mass, mindless procession not unlike the ultra-dumb traditional Catholic Easter processions I had the displeasure of having to go through when I was in Granada, Spain.
The events of mass ritual has always been powerful in wiping critical thinking and questioning. Of making them seem boring or useless, when they are not see as outright disturbing, offensive or "triggering". Like I attempted to talk with my new roommate from Spain about the nonsense of having a car racing event in the middle of downtown area over a busy summer weekend. If you know Spain, especially the south, you'd know it's still somewhat of a developing country. The car industry is pretty new over there, just like other industries.
So to him, this sounded like promoting a kind of social progress over the destructive oil industry that is contaminating the Earth, and causing climate change. To me, the dindon de la farce was the irony of having a supposedly "green" car racing championship to be actually causing MORE car pollution and noise in the city by blocking the traffic on several main streets. Ideally, I'd like roads everywhere to be deprived of cars and trucks, but that's not what the mainstream (mass-driven) discourse is about these days. There's still no consideration in anybody's newspeak about how cars and trucks will remain destructive even when electric-powered... how many lives -mostly non-human- they'll keep destroying under their wheels. But as you're guessing, even that is liberal talk. The car industry is a big part of capitalist industry, but it ain't capitalism; only is low-hanging fruit. There's also still no consideration of how cars as commodity fetish are typically part of this dumb old macho subculture like celebrated on/around Crescent St early June.
Any despotism thrives on the abolition of critical thinking. Not only thriving, it NEEDS it. Authoritarian relations are always undermined by people asking the "wrong" questions, or behaving "disorderly", especially in contradiction with some alleged consensus, or status quo, or both.
My point here is that through the ever-evolving mass media schemes, the hypernormalization it creates, it is being wiped and swapped out, just as in traditional fascism, by a renewed system of morals and ideology that works in a way as to be the only way to think and behave, the only "cool" and likeable. It defines ethics by enforcing the aesthetics and cosmetics. This is the dark side of consensus... the part where thinking rationally and questioning no longer is repressed through guns, hangings, torture and gas chambers, but made uninteresting, dislikeable, even repulsive or distasteful to the senses of the many. You are only expected to discuss and agree. Or be nothing. Or be non-existent. Or be a quidam. This is the "soft fascism" of the ordinary, in a neoliberal capitalist society.


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San Pedro has the best restaurants in Belize, period. This is due to the fact that Ambergris Caye is Belize's most popular tourist destination and it has been that way for many, many, many years. There are two other main factors that support their food scene, one, they have a large expat community (see: why retire in Belize) and two, compared to other locations, the standard of living is much higher for local San Pedranos. But enough socio-economic drama, let me introduce my recommendations for the best food spots in San Pedro.
1. Elvi's Kitchen
Elvis Kitchen is one of the oldest local restaurants in San Pedro. It is my favourite and I'm fortunate to be friends with the family that owns it. The first time I visited San Pedro I was 15 and strapped for cash, but as I passed by Elvis kitchen I forgot about my budget and splurged! I had the most amazing garlic butter red snapper…and the rest is history.
2. Estels Dine by the Sea
Estels is the most popular breakfast joint in San Pedro and since it's right next to the beach, a beautiful view also compliments the amazing food. On Sundays you can join them for their beach BBQ which includes Chicken, Pork Chops, Ribs and sausage. Om nom nom nom!
3. Blue Water Grill
I hate this place…they regularly tweet their special of the day and make me want to take a bite out of my phone. Grrr!
I love BWG's extensive menu options, it's perfectly located next to the beach with views of the barrier reef and has a nice patio seating area that feels casual yet fancy.
4. Waruguma
Waruguma is popular for their pupusas and chances are that you hadn't thought about having that in Belize. After all, Pupusas are Salvadoranian, right? Well you'll be missing out if you don't because I've had pupusas in various countries and Waruguma takes the crown. But they don't only serve pupusas, try the lobster burrito, it's delicious beyond explanation.
5. El Fogon
El Fogon is the place to go for authentic Belizean food on a budget.When this restaurant is referenced by locals, they say, "it's good simple food," but after a visit, you'll find out it's being downplayed (it might be because of its humble atmosphere). Try the Royal Rat if you want to be adventurous.
This post is part of my How to eat like a local in Belize recommendations. Expect a series of top restaurants from each location in Belize:


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kdka.com - Downtown Pittsburgh Grocery Store To Open In Oct.We are in the Cultural District on the other side of the 7th Street Bridge.
The new store's location is about 10 blocks from The Strip District. Cheese is sold in the strip.
Growth of downtown residents has gone from 2,700 to 4,000 today. This store is going to allow for how many new residents, exactly?


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forbid name change
I make a program where you can encrypte files and decrypte them again in different ways, like password, text message etc.
The path of the files are saved in a database table for each user. But what if the user changes the name or replaces the file to another location.
It might still be encrypted but in my database I aslo find how it is encrypted. If it's done by using a simple password, then it will also be decrypted by a password. And if the name is changed, I wouldn't know how it's been encrypted. Is it possible to forbit these actions? So the user can't change the name of the file without decrypting and it can't replace the file, also not as an admin.
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Humaima Malik bags Emraan Hashmi starrer
The Pakistani actress has apparently been roped in to star opposite him in Kunal Deshmukh's next
Sources say Emraan Hashmi has found his next heroine. The actor will be romancing Pakistani heroine Humaima Malik in his next film, helmed by Kunal Deshmukh.
Our source says, "The film will bring forth a fresh pairing. Since there are hardly any actresses left, who have available dates, Kunal decided to cast a fresh face. He had seen Humaima work in Bol and was very impressed."
Buzz is that the initial discussions have already taken place and the formalities are being worked out. "Humaima is extremely thrilled to be working with Emraan, who is also quite popular in Pakistan," adds the source. Kunal remained unavailable for comment.


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Recently I was doing a little online browsing for college apparel when I came across the cutest piece ever…that I can't wear. I know, I know. You're wondering, "Well, if it's so cute, why can't you wear it?" Is it because it's the wrong school? No. It doesn't come in my size? Getting a little warmer. It's because it's maternity wear. How cute is this tank? Can't you just imagine a little Cam in there?
Ok, that just made my ovaries hurt. Or a little Tom or Aaron or Drew? Look at those little handprints!* If one of my married friends gets pregnant and it's a boy, I'm totally making her wear this tank.
Who says that you can't look fabulous and support your team in style while pregnant? You can grab your school's tank (and other maternity wear) just in time for summer at FootballFanatics.com.
*This is probably the only time you'll see me get this excited about maternity wear, so mark this date.


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Hey. At least Jeff Samardzija didn't win.
We understand your disappointment. You watched the College Football Awards show on ESPN Thursday night holding out hope that Owls sophomore receiver Jarett Dillard would win the Biletnikoff Award over Samardzija and eventual winner Calvin Johnson. He didn't, and now you're sick, angry like never before.
Don't worry. Dillard, as usual, has maintained proper perspective on the snub.
"When they didn't call my name for the award I was perfectly fine with that, because I looked around and saw that I was with some of the best players in the country," Dillard said. "Just being there and having that experience was enough.
"The best thing that happened was me not winning, because it let me know that if you work a little harder you could win. Me being there was a good accomplishment. You don't really recognize it until after it's all done and it sinks in a little bit. For next year – no, that's not my goal to go to the awards show and be a Biletnikoff finalist – if it happens again, it'll still be a blessing."
Part of Dillard's experience was having a chat with a guy named Troy. During the conversation, an ESPN story profiling Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith ran, prompting Dillard's new buddy to change the channel. Dillard didn't think much of it until later when, as he watched TV, he realized he had been talking with Smith.
Owls coach Todd Graham was elated to get some face time for Dillard and exposure for Rice. Such opportunities don't come often for non-BCS programs.
"It was a proud moment," Graham said. "To sit in that room – I think us and Hawaii (Warriors quarterback Colt Brennan) were the only non-BCS schools there having someone recognized – and they're talking about Ohio State and Troy Smith, and then the next video it's talking about Jarett Dillard and Rice, it's very exciting.
"What great exposure for our program and to putting us on the map. I thought Jarett was very deserving to win the thing … but on the same hand, we'll be back."
Dillard, incidentally has been named second-team All-American by both the Walter Camp Foundation and Sports Illustrated's online publication, si.com.


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By Ling-Mei Wong
Ping Fu epitomizes glamorous success. One of the developers of the first Web browser, founder of a successful start-up and adviser to President Barack Obama, Fu's name can be found with entrepreneurs and billionaires.
And yet Fu's memoir celebrates being a nobody. Candid, insightful and devastating, her narrative is ultimately one of triumph.
In "Bend, Not Break," written by Fu and MeiMei Fox, Fu recalls a happy childhood in China interrupted by the Cultural Revolution when she was 8. Overnight, she was ripped from her doting aunt and uncle, who had raised her as their own with their five children, and sent 200 miles to Nanjing from Shanghai. Her professor father and accountant mother were shipped off for "re-education," leaving her to raise her 4-year-old birth sister Hong alone.
"If only I could fly. I'd soar like a bird up into the heavens, out of this nightmare, and back home to Shanghai, to my loving mama and siblings and our peaceful home," Fu wrote.
As children of "black elements," the sisters were forced to "eat bitterness" made from animal dung, tree bark and dirt. In struggle sessions, they loudly called down curses on their family. Fu suffered a brutal gang rape when she was 10, with her attackers going unpunished.
Despite the horrors, Fu remained resilient. When Mao Zedong died in 1976, schools across China reopened. The 19-year-old Fu was admitted to Suzhou University's literature program.
Fu's thesis on China's one-child policy involved two years of interviews with villagers and medical staff. She personally witnessed baby girls drowned in rivers, flushed down sewage systems or tossed into the trash. A story based on her research broke in a Shanghai newspaper and the government-sponsored People's Daily. When the international outcry about female infanticide became too great, Fu was exiled for shaming her country.
The 25-year-old Fu came to America with just $80 and no English skills. She boarded her first flight and refused all food from the stewardesses, assuming it had to be paid for. After enrolling at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, she worked her way through school as a babysitter and waitress. She transferred to the University of California, San Diego, and studied computer science while working for a software start-up.
The rest is history. Fu went from being a broke student to a billionaire, founding 3-D imaging company Geomagic with ex-husband Herbert Edelsbrunner. In 2010, she served on the National Advisory Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship under the Obama administration.
Fu's remarkable tale is without self-pity or rancor. When her husband leaves her for another woman, she accepts it. Instead of rage, she lets go and chooses to appreciate the kind people in her life: An anonymous friend who left food; an uncle who shared banned Western novels; and a fellow waitress who stuck up for her.
"Bamboo is flexible, bending with the wind but never breaking, capable of adapting to any circumstance. It suggests resilience, meaning that we have the capability to bounce back from even the most difficult times," Fu wrote.
For a "nobody," Fu lived life to the fullest no matter what. Her bold spirit and fierce loyalty is an inspiration to us all.
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text: Second week of July. We should start seeing some action soon. Post rumors and transactions here. The Sox obviously are sellers and presumably will look to move: Samardzija, LaRoche, Ramirez, and Cabrera Also, if they don't intend to try to contend next year, a bunch of bullpen guys. If they're very lucky, sombody will take one of their bench players in a salary dump(jerry).


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Celebaby: From One Extreme To The Other
There are celebrity marriages and families that work and there are those that don't. Jamie and Jools Oliver (I love that, 'Jamie 'n' Jools) celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary this week and Peter Andre would like to have Jordan wiped from his memory - wouldn't we all Pete, wouldn't we all!!
Happy Tin Wedding Anniversary
I promise I haven't mispelt 10 with an 'i'. In the whole ruby, golden and diamond wedding anniversary thing (is there a name for these?) a tenth wedding anniversary is tin!
Doesn't sound very glam' does it, but rather fitting for one of the nation's most treasured celebrity chefs - I wonder how many roasting tins, baking tins and muffin tins Jamie and Jools were given as presents to commemorate this marriage milestone?
They threw a big bash over the weekend, looked happy as ever and were dressed in psuedo-wedding gear . Mr and Mrs Oliver already have three cute little girls and Jools is currently preggars with the next addition to the clan.
I wonder if Jamie will end up outnumbered five to one, or whether they'll have a little boy to redress the balance just a little bit?
Congrats to them both and we wish them many more happy years together!
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Jordan-Free Mind
That's what Peter Andre would like to have and if you believe the latest news coming from the Jordan-Reid camp out of Thailand, where a disasterous honeymoon-from-hell is currently being taken, the current 'Mr Jordan' might think Pete's on to a good idea!
If you've never seen the movie 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' then you wont' have a CLUE what I'm talking about! Basically, people would have events and people they'd rather forget erased from their minds - hence the spotless mind bit. OHHHH if only! I can think of a few people I'd like to have removed from my mind.
But on a serious note (unusual for Celebaby I know!) if hypnotherapy can help people stop smoking, lose weight (I read about a woman who was hypnotised to believe that she had a gastric band it's working wonders! Amazing...) and get over phobias then why not use it to help get over heartbreak or resentment?
I'm on the fence. If someone is REALLY struggling to move on then maybe there's merit in it, but if we started to pop off to the local hypnotherapist every five minutes to erase this and that would we start to lose ourselves or our ability to grow stronger through dealing with tough situations?
I think we should call it a day today on that philisophical note; if you haven't seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, by the way, and are at a lose end this weekend then see if you can get your hands on a copy - it's worth a watch.


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Second Life, the virtual world that rose to fame in large part because of the freedom it offered its residents, has once again found it necessary to curtail the activities of subscribers to accommodate the law.
On Wednesday, Robin Harper, VP of community and support, writing under the Second Life surname "Linden," announced a new policy to restrict gambling in Second Life to accommodate "conflicting gambling regulations around the world."
The new policy bans wagering on games of chance or games that rely on the outcome of real-life organized sporting events if they provide a payout in Linden Dollars, Second Life's currency, or any real-world currency or thing of value.
"As you review this new policy, please remember that Resident compliance with real world laws has always been an integral part of our Terms of Service," said Harper in a blog post.
The abrupt ban left casino owners like Anthony Smith, of Brighton, England, scrambling to figure out what's next. Smith, who goes by the name "Anthonymark Alcott" in Second Life, ran a business called Casino World on a full server -- known in Second Life jargon as a sim. He said he'd invested about $3,800 in the business, plus 12 to 14 hours per day every day since founding the business in February.
"I do not know if I trust Linden Lab anymore to work with," he said. "The way they do business is not good. They change their policy and advise if you don't comply immediately, you get all your assets frozen, or even worse, dissolved. Any other company in the world who treated their clients like this would not last long."
Earlier this year, Linden Lab invited law enforcement officials to visit casinos in Second Life in the hope of receiving some guidance from authorities about the legality of virtual gambling. A company spokesperson couldn't immediately say whether those visits played a role in shaping the new gambling policy.
The spokesperson said that Linden Lab was looking "to broaden the acceptability of the platform globally."
This is not the first time that real-world laws have prompted Linden Lab to take action in Second Life. In May, for example, company officials banned a man and a woman from the virtual world after a reporter from a German television station provided evidenceof in-game sexual activity depicting a child avatar.
In fact, Second Life is a lot less free than many of its residents believe. Some of the misperception about the virtual world's freedom may be due to Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale's past characterizationof Second Life land as being "owned, controlled, and built by the people who are there." Such ownership and control isn't enough to stop Linden Lab from seizing virtual assets for what it claims is a Terms of Service violation, as Second Life resident Marc Bragg found out last year. Bragg is suing Linden Lab to recover about $8,000 worth of virtual assets that Linden Lab confiscated for what it deems to be a game exploit.
As for the gambling restrictions, some Second Life residents welcome the new rules.
Benjamin Duranske, a writer and an intellectual property attorney, praised the decision on his blog Virtually Blind. "It feels, to me, like Linden Lab grew up a lot here," he said. "For the first time in a long while, a potentially controversial policy statement has obviously been at least vetted, and probably written, by the legal department. Frankly, it reads better than a fair number of laws I've had to parse. So at the risk of alienating a lot of readers, I'm going to say… well done."


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A new school year is underway, and I would like to celebrate some recent milestones reflecting our hard work and devotion to excellence. Caltech is #1! Yesterday we learned that the Institute has been rated as the number one university in the 2011–2012 Times Higher Education global ranking of the top 200 universities, knocking Harvard University out of the top spot for the first time in the survey's eight-year history.
On Sunday, our nation will mark the 10th anniversary of the tragic events of 9/11. I was reflecting on this milestone, and on the turbulent character of this past decade, when I heard an interview with columnist Tom Friedman on the challenges facing the U.S. right now.
In his third annual Town Hall address to the Caltech community, President Jean-Lou Chameau looked back at the last academic year—from its game-changing research to its streak-ending basketball games—and considered the year to come.
It gives me great pleasure to announce that the Board of Trustees has approved my recommendation that Peter B. Dervan, Bren Professor of Chemistry, be appointed Vice President for Development and Institute Relations. Professor Dervan will serve on an interim basis while we conduct the search for a new vice president for Development and Institute Relations.
To the Caltech community, As many of you know, one of our own—Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail—has been in Cairo for the past two weeks. In a phone conversation I had with Ahmed this weekend, he said, "It is exhilarating to be part of this historic transition, to watch the emotions and joy of the Egyptian people, and to be able to give back in any way I can; it is a defining experience in one's lifetime."
As in my year-end message in December, I plan to continue sharing personal communications with the Caltech community at various times throughout the year. From the President's Outbox will feature a variety of topics involving Caltech students, faculty, and staff.
In his end-of-year message, President Chameau shares his thoughts on 2010 and sets the Institute's course for the future.
Jean-Lou Chameau, the provost and vice president for academic affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named the new president of the California Institute of Technology. He will take office on or before September 1.


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The Center for Teaching Excellence and Instructional Resource Center cosponsor an event on distance education from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Friday in the Johnson Center, Assembly Room C.
Beverly Boyd, director of Office of Professional Development in the College of Nursing and Health Science (CNHS), will address key issues and share lessons learned in the design and implementation of her courses. Barbara Happ, coordinator of distance education, will focus specifically on the nine online courses offered in the "RN to BSN" distance learning program. Farrokh Alemi, acting assistant dean for health science, will describe how simulcast courses are used in the "Quality Improvement and Outcomes Management" certificate program.
Lunch will be provided for those who RSVP by tomorrow.
The Center for Teaching Excellence and the Instructional Resource Center also cosponsor an event on Wednesday, Nov. 13, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in Johnson Center, Assembly Room H. Minder Chen, School of Management, will discuss how he uses screen capture for instruction. Learn about using simple video capture of a sequence of on-screen activity and recorded narrative to create customized learning modules. These modules can be used to show a process and/or demonstrate a skill.


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On 2 September ,2008, in a valley in eastern Afghanistan, Trooper Mark Donaldson made a split-second decision that would change his life.
His display of extraordinary courage that day saw him awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia, making him the first Australian to receive our highest award for bravery in wartime since Keith Payne in 1969.Yet Mark's journey to those crucial moments in Afghanistan was almost as exceptional as the acts that led to his VC. He was a rebellious child and teenager, even before the death of his father - a Vietnam veteran - when Mark and his brother were in their mid-teens. A few years later, their mother disappeared, presumed murdered. Her body has never been found.
Mark's decisions could have easily led him down another path, to a life of self-destructiveness and petty crime. But he chose a different road: the army. It proved to be his salvation and he found himself a natural soldier, progressing unerringly to the SAS, the peak of the Australian military.
From his turbulent early years to the stark realities of combat in the mountains and valleys of Afghanistan, Mark's book is the frank and compelling story of a man who turned his life around by sheer determination and strength of mind.
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ever Australian should read and know this story. should be a part of school history classes.
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There were places when I learnt of people dying that I got truly choked up.
I read a lot of books an this is definitely my book of the year. A long but thrilling read. Totally got my monies worth.
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