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Performing arts, this is just one of one of the most well-known sort of arts in world today that's why individuals got so interested concerning it. They are asking exactly how it encouraged a lot to attempt as well as be hooked to it which's maybe because they do not know that it can give us with a lot of advantages. Once you dedicate yourself in making performing arts as a part of your life and hobbies, you will able to make a great deal of knowing and expertise that will surely make you a much better person. Some of these are written below:
Created skills as well as capabilities. When you opted to do executing activities, you will certainly able to develop all your skills and capacities that you have been concealing all this time. Arts will certainly make you the best person that you can be which is via utilizing your very own talents. It will assist you have those talents that just couple of can do and that's just what will certainly make you distinct and also different from other individuals. You will certainly undergo a lot of workshops as well as trainings and all of those will help you to establish your skills to be even better that will certainly make people state "wow" once they saw you executing.
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Stacked: Basil Inspired August Signature Items
By Erin
Have you been to Stacked lately? Earlier this year I introduced you to many of the delicious creations at Stacked: Food Well Built. Since then, I've gone back quite a few times and just had to go when they invited me to come back to check out their basil inspired signature items for August last week. You WON'T want to miss them, so be sure to check them out for yourself this week or this coming up weekend!
First on the Basil Inspired August Signature list (there are five Basil inspired items) we have the Strawberry Basil Shake! A hint of fresh basil makes this Strawberry Shake even more refreshing on these very hot and HUMID days. It totally gave off a spice flavor like that of a pumpkin spice latte, but with a strawberry twist. I would love to have this shake again. Nice, light, and refreshing, it doesn't leave you filling stuffed.
NOT on the Basil menu, but a must have when heading to Stacked is the Candied Bacon. Thick-cut, cherrywood-smoked bacon, basted with a heavenly maple syrup and brown sugar mix that is slowly baked until carmalized to perfection. It is the ultimate combo of sweet and savory. Bacon lovers, just beware, you may have to put in two orders of this stuff as it is very addicting and hard to just have one (or two) pieces of it! 😉
Next on the Basil Inspired menu that we ordered was the Strawberry, Basil, and Feta Salad. Perfect for those wanting a lighter and healthy choice, this fresh salad features strawberries, fresh basil, toasted almonds, and feta all on top of a Spring Lettuce mix and tossed with a Cranberry Balsamic Dressing. This is a delicious way to start your meal and perfect for sharing.
The third item on our Basil Inspired adventure brings us to the Caprese Turkey Burger! Oh. My.Yum! I think this may just be my new favorite burger at Stacked to have! It consists of all of my favorite toppings to have on a burger. Talk about being STACKED with flavor! This baby comes complete with a freshly ground turkey patty with Parmesan Breadcrumbs, Carmalized Onions, Applewood Smoked Bacon, Roma Tomatoes, Avocado, Fresh Basil and Creamy Burrata all served on a Brioche Bun with Roasted Pepper Aioli. I will be going back for sure sometime this week for this one!
For the Mac 'n' Cheese lovers out there, you will LOVE the Tomato, Basil and Mozzarella Mac 'n' Cheese! This delightful treat combines Tomatoes and fresh Basil with Macaroni Noodles and a Three Cheese Blend topped with Mozzarella Cheese and Parmesan breadcrumbs, creating a fanciful feast for your taste buds. 🙂
The last stop on our Basil adventure (before dessert anyways, but that does not have basil in it!) is with the Tomato, Grilled Corn and Basil Pizza with Burrata! This specialty is Stacked with fresh pizza dough, and topped with Mozzarella Cheese, Grilled Sweet Corn, Fresh Basil, Grape Tomatoes, Red Pepper Flakes and a rich creamy Burrata. I loved this. I've never had all of these toppings on a pizza before, and it seemed much healthier than the typical pepperoni, sausage, and bacon toppings I might otherwise usually get. I liked the change and would get this pizza again.
That may have been the end of the Basil Inspired August Signature Items, but of course we couldn't just end with that! We had to get a STACKED dessert to share to end things right! We went for the Peanut Butter Heaven. It was gone in a flash, it was that good.
I LOVE Basil, so I had to try everything. I'd have to say the shake and the turkey burger were my favorites, but I really loved the Mac 'n' Cheese too! What Stacked Basil Inspired August Signature Item is your favorite?

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I love cheesecake. Very much. And ever since I laid eyes on this restaurant, it has always been my hidden want to eat at this place. I mean, a factory of cheesecakes? Yes please! And now that I finally got the chance to do so, I am blown away.
And one more thing. You may notice I didn't make a separate category for this place nor did I choose one aside from Food and Restaurants. If you've already been to this place, you already know why. If you haven't been to this place, I'll explain in a bit.
And again, since this place has several locations nationwide, I'll just talk about the location I have been to.
8701 Keystone Crossing
Indianapolis, IN 46240
Kind of food?
Aside from cheesecakes as implied by the name, they have a whole variety of food selections. They have like 20-ish pages of menu. They got everything covered from pizza to burgers to steak to seafood to pasta to salad to anything else you can think of. This is why I couldn't choose a specific subcategory. Oh and huge slices of cake.
Don't come in here with a small budget. No worries though, it's not super expensive. It will be worth it (or at least I think so).
Food Evaluation
Generally, it's very good. Their Shrimp and Chicken Gumbo is great, their Catfish is great, their Bleu Cheese BLT Burger is great, their White Pizza is great. Now I'm not saying that it will be the exact same greatness everytime you come here. There will be minor variations that may or may not take away from your food enjoyment, and you can blame that on whoever the chef is for that day. I say this because the first time I had my Shrimp and Chicken Gumbo, it was exceptional. The chicken pieces just melted in my mouth and the shrimp was firm yet tender. The portion had a balanced amount of chicken and shrimp and andouille sausage pieces. None of them overpowered the whole dish. Now my second time wasn't as great. It was still good, but there was something different about it. The chicken became the regular chicken you usually get from the breast portion. It's still soft but you feel the threads of the meat this time. There was barely any shrimp and sausage pieces. The shrimp was a bit too tender. The cream also tasted like it came from the bottom of the pot where all the chili powder sat on. It wasn't quite as balanced, to say the least.
I also had the opportunity to take bites of the other food they offer. Their Bleu Cheese BLT Burger was great. It's probably the second best burger I've had next to the Big Ugly from Bub's (cough). It's very juicy, very tender, and the patty itself just breaks down easily as you chew on it. Judging from the size of it, I won't be surprised if it's at least a half-pound burger. The trimmings are there too, in large portions of course. Very nice. Their fried catfish is also awesome. Nice, flaky fish with just enough breading on it. The breading doesn't take away from the fish itself, it adds onto it. You get a hint of sweetness at the back of the tongue while you enjoy the softness of the fist and the subtle spices on it. Very balanced.
Oh and this one of those places that give you bread before you get your food. Their bread is obviously always warm and served with butter. I like the butter that they give you. It's not Country Crock, it's something else. I forgot the name. They always give you two kinds of breads: some sort of wheat and sourdough. The brown one (I somehow like to call it chocolate bread) goes super well with the butter. Oh and the bread they give you are about 4-6 inch slices. They're quick to give you more if you run out, unlike that one other place. *coughlonghorncough*
Their cheesecake? Oh my goodness. Best cheesecake I ever had, handsdown. I even like it way more than my own cheesecake! The cream cheese is balanced very well. The first one I had was the White Chocolate Blueberry cheesecake. I should have taken a picture of it because it's a big slice. If you do manage to completely finish your huge main course, you're not gonna be able to finish this cheesecake. Easily shareable. Going back to its quality, it's heavenly. The white chocolate shaving balances perfectly with the cream cheese. The blueberry slices in the middle give it a nice touch too, just to remind you that you're not just eating a huge dollop of cheese and chocolate.
The second cheesecake I got is extra special. You see, we went there for my birthday and my partner's dad told our server that it was my birthday. When they served our cheesecake, Reeses Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake Cheesecake, it had a candle on top of that big pile of whipped cream. Look at the picture for more details 🙂
Let's talk about that cheesecake whose name is a mouthful. It's a huge slice, bigger than the White Chocolate Blueberry. It's a layer of chocolate cake, cheesecake, chocolate, and crushed reese's. With big, honking dollop of creamy peanut butter. It screams of sugar and calories, but I don't care because it's freaking heavenly. Oh my goodness. You have to tilt it down on its side to properly eat it. Oh and I should mention the surrounding crust of it. It's small bricks of chocolate. It's a chocolate lover's dream come true.
Did I mention their portions are always huge?
Service Evaluation
On the two times I've been to this place, the service always have been great. Our servers are upbeat and really seem to enjoy what they're doing. Their knowledge of the menu is impressive considering how the menu is huge. They're very attentive and are quick to provide you with what you need. I also love how they automatically give you a spoon for you to use. I know this is a personal preference now but I always eat with a spoon, and I always find it a little bit of a hassle to have to ask for one. Cheesecake Factory saves me the trouble. Wait times on food are not that long either, which is good. I don't think I have anything else to say about their service.
Location Evaluation
Given the price range of this restaurant (which is at least 13 bucks, I'd say), it's no surprise that this restaurant is one of the establishments located on that whole Keystone Crossing lot. The Keystone Mall have several namebrand stores that always attract high-end people. This location is very close to the Sheraton Hotel, so if you happen to stay there you can just walk to the attached mall and find your way in here. Cheesecake Factory is located in between stores, so you're shopping and suddenly get hungry, you can stop by here. You can easily see it when you're on the road, so there's no way you'll miss it.
The interior of the restaurant itself seems like it's playing with the color brown. Brown walls, brown doors, brown ceiling, brown everything. The outside of the building is designed to look like an arabian place with arabian domes, and the walls inside look like they're made of desert sand. I don't get it but I thought it was cool.
TLDR Evaluation and Rating
Cheesecake Factory is a wonderful place to eat if you have the budget. Definitely should try it if you find one.
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Chester is a city with a lot to offer new businesses, so it's no surprise that record numbers of start-ups are flocking there.
Chester, UK (PRWEB UK) 26 September 2012
There was an explosion in net growth of new companies in Chester during the first half of 2012. The company register increased by 305 companies during the first six months of the year, representing a 323% rise when compared with the net growth of 72 companies during the same period last year.
The Duport Business Confidence Report contains further positive news for Chester with both May and June seeing record numbers of new company formations, when compared to the same months in all previous years on record.
The increase in new companies in Chester could be due to the "Chester Renaissance" project that began in 2007. The aim of the scheme is to make Chester into a "must-see European destination". Upcoming developments include a vibrant new business district and a £4.5 million theatre and cultural venue. The venue will contain an 800-seat theatre, a fully integrated central library, a 200-seat studio theatre, two studio cinemas, as well as several cafes and bars.
Peter Valaitis, Managing Director of Duport.co.uk said:
"Chester is a city with a lot to offer new businesses, so it's no surprise that record numbers of start-ups are flocking there. It has a very busy services sector and high footfall from tourism, especially during the summer months.
"The 'Chester Renaissance' project is making the city even more attractive to new companies, and they will doubtless benefit from the new facilities that are being provided."
Chester is undoubtedly a popular place to set up a business, and the new companies that are setting up there will, in turn, bring more prosperity to the area as the grow and develop.
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Welcome to USS Colorado (SSN-788) Commissioning Committee web site. USS Colorado (SSN-788) is the 15th Virginia Class submarine. It was delivered to the Navy on September 21, 2017 and is currently conducting shakedown operations. After shakedown is complete, it will be commissioned on March 17, 2018 at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, CT. The Committee's purposes are to promote awareness within the state, provide support for the crew, and to help organize and raise money for the events surrounding commissioning.
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Virgin Australia has announced that it will add extra six flights per week to Denpasar, Bali from Australia's east coast to support growing demand.
From December 19, 2013, the Airline will add an extra weekly service from Brisbane, two extra services from Sydney and a further three weekly services from Melbourne. The new flights will be timed to complement existing services and will add over 1,000 extra seats to Bali per week, providing even more choice to travelers.
Virgin Australia Chief Commercial Officer Judith Crompton said on Thursday, November 7, 2013: "Today's announcement demonstrates our commitment to adapting our schedule to meet the demand of travelers."
"Bali is one of Australia's most popular international leisure destinations, visited by over 2.8 million Australians each year. By adding more than 1,000 seats per week, we will be able to support increased demand to this region."
"We have also invested in a number of product and service enhancements on our services to and from Bali, to enhance the travel experience for our customers. We are now pleased to offer inclusive hot meals and choice of beverages and, by the end of the year, our innovative new wireless in-flight entertainment system will be available on all flights to and from Bali." Crompton said.
Virgin Australia's 176-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft offering Business and Economy class will operate the flights.
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Kardashians Celebrate Mason's 1st Birthday (PHOTOS)
With help from her dear sisters Kim and Khloe Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian is celebrating her son Mason's 1st birthday today, December 14!
Kourtney and the doting Kardashian aunties took to their personal blogs to post messages and photos galore of Mason, with Kourt saying: "Happy very first birthday to my little angel Mason! You complete and fulfill my life. This year with you has been more than I could have ever imagined."
Kim seconded that emotion, writing that "little Mase has changed my life." Khloe gushed that she "can't believe it's been a year since this perfect little person came into our lives." Click through to coo over Mason's first year with photos from the Kardashian family album. Tell us in the comments – which precious Mason shot is your favorite?


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Does one Minnesota woman have what it takes to be the next "Survivor"? We'll find out when "Survivor: Samoa" kicks off at 7 tonight on CBS.
That's when we get our first look at 22-year-old Ashley Trainer — a Hamline University grad who currently lives with her mom and dad, Paula and Tom, in Maple Grove. We spoke to Trainer — a former captain of the Maple Grove High School cheerleading squad — last week, but because of the secrecy of the show she wasn't able to answer any specific questions about her time in Samoa. However, we were able to find out just how adventurous the self-described "social butterfly" was prior to the show, why she tried out for "Survivor" and how she mentally prepared for her time in Samoa.
On the most adventurous thing she'd done before "Survivor": "I actually went gorilla trekking in Rwanda. We [Trainer and her parents] hiked up a mountain in Rwanda and found gorillas. We got to sit with them for an hour. You're not supposed to get close to them, but they sometimes get close to you and you just stand there. At one point, one of them came up with a baby on its back and walked by and touched my leg."
On how she ended up on "Survivor": "I actually auditioned for 'Amazing Race,' and then 'Survivor' contacted me. I was thrilled because I'm a huge fan of the show. I had to go through the entire process and, sure enough, I made it. I think 'Survivor' is a better fit for me because I'm such a huge fan of the show. I had only watched a couple seasons of 'Amazing Race,' but I had watched every season of 'Survivor.' "
On how she mentally prepared for "Survivor": "I did a lot of puzzles. I also watched a couple seasons of the show over again and watched players I liked to see what they did and how they made it far in the game. Obviously, you don't know what's going to happen, you don't know what kind of people you're going to be with. But I prepped as much as I possibly could by studying people."
"I really like Parvati [Shallow, winner of the 16th season 'Survivor: Micronesia']. I really liked the way she played the game."
On how her friends and family reacted to her being on "Survivor": "Everyone was so excited, but shocked because it was me. I'm the girl who likes my comforts.
The question everyone asks me is, 'Did you win?' I laugh at them because I can't answer that. Do you really think I'm going to tell you?"
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But the series has an unlikely fanbase: Gitmo prisoners.
The Miami Herald reports that early episodes of the show have replaced the Harry Potter book series as the most-requested items by detainees at the Guantanamo Bay library.
To keep up with demand, the librarian just ordered all six seasons of the show, the Herald reports, while the Harry Potter books are sooo 2011. "They're over that," the librarian says of the boy-wizarding series. Oddly, too, Bill Cosby enjoyed a brief surge in popularity among the Gitmo population, the librarian noted.
Why, we wondered, might the TV show — which featured Smith as a tough kid from the streets of Philadelphia who comes to live with upper-crust relatives in a tony California neighborhood — strike a chord with Gitmo denizens?
"Any diversion is welcome," says Washington human-rights attorney David Remes, who represents 17 prisoners there.
Once, he left a copy of the dystopian novel "1984" for an English-speaking client, who later told him the book "perfectly captured the psychological reality of living at Guantanamo." Remes thinks the prisoners would prefer such serious fare to more frivolous offerings like Harry Potter and the 'Fresh Prince' gang.
"They do not have a rich cultural life there," he says.
Guantanamo's library, housed in an air-conditioned trailer, includes a "multilingual collection of books that mostly circulate in Arabic, Pashto, English and French," the Herald reports. Other hot titles: President Obama's "Audacity of Hope" and George W. Bush's "Decision Points."


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From reporter Jordan Carleo-Evangelist:
The results of the State Police investigation into the Jan. 10 firefight that left Darrel O. Brown dead provide the best insights so far into what prompted Brown, a known member of the Bloods street gang, to open fire.
The incident began around 11:55 a.m. when the cab Brown hired to ferry him from Hartford to the Capital Region was stopped by a trooper for speeding westbound between exits 10 and 9.
While it's not clear where in the Albany-area Brown was headed, State Police investigators say they believe he was fleeing central Connecticut because he knew he was a suspect in a carjacking and assault from the night before.
As the trooper interviewed the taxi driver and Brown on the side of the busy highway that Saturday, Brown became agitated and pulled an assault rifle out of a duffel bag, State Police said.
The trooper and driver ran to safety.
After spraying several nearby cars with bullets and allegedly taunting police to kill him, Brown was struck by three State Police shotgun pellets, two rifle rounds fired by an East Greenbush police officer and one rifle round fired by a State Police sniper.
Critically wounded, Brown died two days later at Albany Medical Center Hospital.
Below is an edited video of surveillance footage from the trooper's car. If you look in the player to the right, you'll see the entire video that was released to the media. That includes everything from when the trooper took the call of a speeding cab, but abruptly ends before the assailant is shot.


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Having explored every other film genre, Ron Howard has finally tackled the western. Jim Schembri saddles up.
If they have a bit of talent, a head for business and a fair slice of luck on their side, filmmakers can ascend to a special mid-career plateau where the view is rather splendid.
At a glance, they can survey all the hard work that got them there, as well as all the work they still want to do - with the emphasis on want, not need. Finally armed with enough experience and confidence to relax, the creative impulse still runs strong, while the anxiety to prove oneself fades.
That's where Ron Howard sits today. At 50, he has done as well as anyone mucking it in the hardcore of the Hollywood mainstream. He's directed huge box-office champions and presided over major-league actors such as Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson, Jim Carrey and Russell Crowe.
He's also won the Golden Handful, earning best director and best picture Oscars for A Beautiful Mind in 2002.
Scanning over Howard's extensive filmography shows what a genre-switching
master he is. Early comedies such as Night Shift (1982) and
Splash (1984) led to more heartfelt fare with the feel-good sci-fi
comedy Cocoon (1985), the enduring ensemble comedy-drama
Parenthood (1989), his Tom-and-Nicole frontier epic Far and
Away (1992) and his cutting media-based comedy The Paper
In the past decade, though, Howard's versatility has hit its stride, clocking up a diverse slate of films.
There was the fact-based space adventure Apollo 13 (1995), the Mel Gibson kidnap thriller Ransom (1996), the topical media satire EdTV (1999), the children's mega-hit The Grinch (2000) and the moving, Oscar-spangled drama A Beautiful Mind (2001), which is credited with being the most successful film ever to deal seriously with schizophrenia.
Howard's latest effort, The Missing, is a western in which a frontier woman (Cate Blanchett) heads into the wild and very brutal West with her estranged father (Tommy Lee Jones) to rescue her daughter (Evan Rachel Wood), who has been kidnapped by slave merchants.
It's another big change of gear for Howard - but not deliberately so, he insists. Not this time, anyway.
"It's never a virtue in my mind to say, 'well, I haven't done that genre before'. I no longer feel that pressure. I think I'm through taking on projects as exercises," he says.
"What I'm interested in doing now is just applying what I've learned over the years to stories and characters which I find compelling and interesting, and The Missing is an example of that. So was A Beautiful Mind. I feel really blessed over these last couple of years to have spent my time telling those stories."
Howard had long been excited by the prospect of doing a western but had trouble finding a story that both respected the conventions and played with the strictures of the genre.
"I've always loved westerns as movies but when, in the past 10 years, I would read a script that fell into that genre, I always felt it was conventional. This one I felt was unusual and surprising.
"The characters at the centre of the movie were very unconventional. They're not the types who are usually in adventure stories. I felt there was a real freshness here and yet it wasn't completely subverting the genre. It was kind of an expansion."
Howard is one of Hollywood's biggest power players - he and Brian Grazer, his producing partner at Imagine Entertainment, ranked fourth on the 2003 Entertainment Weekly "Power List" - yet he chose to put his effort into a form that has been dormant for a long time.
Dances With Wolves (1990) and Unforgiven (1992) were Oscar darlings, and Wolves star/director Kevin Costner recently returned to the genre with Open Range, but westerns have been largely dormant and have not exactly proved themselves big box-office draws at the multiplex.
"Oh yeah, sure," Howard says with a nonchalance that reminds you that this guy was both Richie Cunningham in the iconic 1970s sitcom Happy Days, and Opie, the archetypal all-American kid, in The Andy Griffith Show throughout the 1960s.
"I think that if (the success of) A Beautiful Mind has done anything for me, it's perhaps emboldened me to take a few more risks. I was really happy to have the opportunity to be able to get the financing to tell this story."
He identifies the moment when he realised he has turned the corner and could allow some long-held anxieties to drop a gear or two.
"The success of Apollo 13 probably keyed into that. Not that I feel particularly confident about what the outcome of any one film is going to be, but I think at that point I'd learned to trust the audience a little bit more. That was an important step in my progress, and I hope that progress is ongoing. I hope that 10 years from now we're talking and the general feeling is that my work's getting better and it hasn't levelled off or stagnated."
Willow, his expensive 1988 George Lucas fantasy epic, and EdTV, the sharp reality TV satire that died in the wake of the similarly themed The Truman Show, are his only considerable misfires. Given this, has Howard made any sense of the way audiences work?
He draws a deep breath. "I've learned that audiences are much more sophisticated than I had given them credit for early in my career. I also think that the collective audience IQ is rising monthly."
"Audiences now are more aware about films, they're more sophisticated in their tastes. Not that they don't want good escapist entertainment, but they are not quite as easy to please as they've been in the past."
He takes another deep breath. "And I think that's a good thing for filmmakers."
With The Missing, Howard is not only tackling a genre with a bumpy box-office record, he is again pitching a film outside the lucrative male-teen demographic. He demonstrated with The Grinch just how well he could target the mass market. With A Beautiful Mind and The Missing, he was going for more mature viewers. He feels The Missing, in particular, needs an alert, intelligent audience.
"It's a tough movie, it's darker than anything I've ever done. And it's very spare. People don't overstate their feelings or opinions. Even though there's this really powerful and relatable family drama going on, characters in that era didn't have the vocabulary to address that (range of emotions) the way we do today.
"Part of what was dramatically fascinating about directing those scenes was that the characters are inarticulate in this regard, yet we know what they're feeling. They just don't quite have the words to express it. Both Cate and Tommy Lee made the most of their pauses, their incomplete sentences and their hesitations."
Understanding audiences is one thing. What about critics?
It's fun to review the way some of Howard's films have been received. Willow was slated and Far and Away was so derided by critics, it pushed Howard into bouts of depression. Having been around the block a few times, has Howard developed any theories about the way critics work? Do they smell blood? Do they hunt in packs? Do they all share the same brain cell? Thoughts please.
Howard laughs.
"Well, I think that they're numb. They see so many films. The one complaint that I have with them really is . . ." He breaks a second. "Look, I hate to be criticised. I want everybody to like everything I do and it pisses me off if they don't. So I'm not above that, just despising a critic in the most petty way because they've attacked one of my films.
"But they see so many films that they tend to celebrate anything that shocks them, so it sort of pushes filmmakers in some subconscious way to try to be as shocking and disturbing as they can possibly be because they've been trained that that's what the critics are going to like.
"Critics then criticise if a filmmaker celebrates life in any way. Look, I'm over-generalising - just the way they do sometimes - but that's one of my beefs."
Howard did say he only had one complaint, but he's warming to the topic the way a dog warms to a soup bone.
"The second complaint is, I hate it when they rewrite my movie!" He lets out another laugh. "Review the one I've given you but please don't start rewriting it on the page and go telling the world what it should have been. If you're going to do that, you know, come on, go make your own!"
Like many directors of the TV generation who began making their mark in the 1980s, Howard has embraced the DVD format with great enthusiasm, putting together solid, self-critical packages for films such as EdTV and A Beautiful Mind. He recently went back in his catalogue to do special editions of Splash and Cocoon. Yet one of his best films, Parenthood, has only ever been given the vanilla treatment on DVD, with no extras, no commentary, no nothing. It's a film Howard was very close to. So what gives?
"I'm writing a note down right now," he says quickly. "Parenthood DVD. This is a phone call tomorrow to the Universal executives, wondering 'why not?'" He suddenly hardens his tone. "Why in the hell not? It's one of my favourites and it was personal to me at the time. I haven't seen it start-to-finish in years. As a matter of fact, those DVD commentaries are good for one thing: they force me to see the films again! I never go back and see these movies again, not because I have any particular distaste for them, I'm very affectionate about them, but I just don't take the time somehow to go back and revisit them. It's fun to take a look back. Parenthood. I'm going to get after it tomorrow."
Howard has always spoken frankly about the darker side of current events, such as the Columbine school massacre and 9/11. So, a simple question about the war in Iraq: good thing or bad thing?
Howard sighs heavily, thinks.
"I disapprove of it, although I am delighted that Saddam Hussein is no longer in power. As a citizen, I have some regrets about the timing and our involvement as catalysts. I think that Saddam Hussein should have been ousted by the United Nations years ago when he was violating all the UN edicts after the war with Kuwait.
"I agreed with going into Afghanistan and I honestly wish that we were focusing all of our resources internationally in the region on helping to create a peaceful, constructive situation in Afghanistan. But I want to qualify that: I don't count myself a political expert."
And his view on the world post-9/11?
"Deeply unsettled times. I also think that on a generational level (things have changed). I was talking to my oldest daughter, who is 22, last night about this, that there's an entire generation - her generation - which has grown up feeling safe and secure for the most part and suddenly are wondering what's going to happen next.
"I think that there's a weird convergence between this technology-driven hyper-speed, which I think has everyone a little stressed out, frankly, and this feeling that as the world grows smaller it is also somehow becoming more dangerous. It's a particularly unusual time in our history and in my personal experience as well.
"Not to do a commercial segue, but some of this really influenced my interest in The Missing, because that was a period where mistrust tended to be the word of the day. It was very difficult to allow yourself to really trust anyone.
"Oh man, you read the diaries of the people who lived back then. It wasn't just the human violence, it was the world, it was the environment. There was danger lurking. It's remarkable that they endured it."
The Missing is now screening.
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Learn How to Program in PHP, the Code below will create the Calculator Above. Say It!
This example and the above calculator are to help with DIY CNC Software Configuration, Mach3, EMC, and interpreting Firmware requires this information and usually in Metric measurement.
Determine Steps per MM using Imperial Threaded Bar (Steps per MM):
To help, if you don't know what the T.P.I (Threads Per Inch) is for your machine just count the threads within one inch then follow the link below to boltdepot and use the Chart for help.
Common Step Angle for Stepper-Motors:
1.8-Deg * 200 = 360-Deg
0.9-Deg * 400 = 360-Deg
Axiom #1 *** One Revolution = 360 Degrees ***
Axiom #2 *** One Inch is equal to 25.4-MM ***
With that information we can make a Calculator!
Two values are required to get 360-Deg or one revolution. Say for fun the stepper being used in this example has a step angle of .5 deg, we calculate that by using the following equation 360/.5 = 720 steps per revolution.
Now onto the Threads-Per-Inch or TPI, one thread is equal to one revolution so it will take 720 steps to make one revolution, if the bar is 16-TPI we multiply; 720*16 = 11520-steps per inch.
To go from steps per inch to steps per MM we now convert one more time by using 25.4, in this case one " 25.4th" of one inch is 453.5433070866142 steps, so, to get to one MM with a .5-Deg Motor with a 16TPI Screw the Motor will require 453.5433 pulses to move one MM, or 2.267716535433071 revolutions. This is also known as PWM an acronym for Pulse Width Modulation.
Some PHP Source code!
function inchmm(){
if (isset($_POST['stepangle'])) {
$rotation = '360';
$inchtomm = '25.4';
$stepangle = $_POST['stepangle']; // user entered value
$TPI = $_POST['TPI']; // user entered value
$numsteps = '$rotation/$stepangle'; // one inch
$stepperinch = '$numsteps*$TPI';
$steppermm = '$stepperinch/$inchtomm';
echo $steppermm;
echo ' Steps Per MM from $TPI Threads Per Inch';
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The views are breathtaking, location is perfect, and the best of everything went into constructing this spectacular modern ocean front home in Amagansett. The impressive main floor has 2 junior master suites and 2 guest bedrooms, a very large family room, and an infinity edge pool. But it's the second floor that will make you stop and catch your breath. Once you stop staring out of the magnificent floor to ceiling windows at the blue sky and glimmering Atlantic Ocean, you will begin to appreciate the architecture and thoughtfulness that went into this home. A large open room containing a truly state-of-the-art kitchen, dining room, and a living room area. A quick right turn and you are in a master bedroom with ocean views you once only dreamed of waking up to. This home is, without exception, the finest August rental in all of the Hamptons.


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Bleyhl Farm Service Inc., a FARM MART retailer, was honored as Grandview, Wash.,'s 2012 Business of the Year during a recent community awards banquet. General Manager Greg Robertson was on hand to accept the plaque.
"It's very nice to be recognized for our contributions," Robertson said in a later interview. "Bleyhl enjoys being an active part of the community and participating in various service projects."
Founded in 1964, Bleyhl is a farmer-owned cooperative headquartered in Grandview, with retail, petroleum and agronomy divisions serving south-central Washington and eastern Oregon. The company posted annual sales of $76 million in 2012. It employs 135 full- and part-time workers at locations in Grandview, Sunnyside, Zillah, Toppenish and Pasco, Wash.
Bleyhl has long been involved with United Way, Rotary and the local Chamber of Commerce. The company also supports 4-H and FFA programs, the Yakima Valley Fair & Rodeo, Coats For Kids, Wreaths Across America, The Great Prosser Balloon Rally, and was feted for its donation to the new Grandview/YVCC library.
Robertson has seen many changes in his 22 years at the co-op's helm. But it is what hasn't changed—namely, the company's integrity and reputation for quality, professional service—for which he is most proud.
"Bleyhl is a great place to work," he said. "Our employees make positive contributions through their work and their community involvement."
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The warnings at the top of your build say oci8.c is missing. You cannot build DBD::Oracle without oci8.c (it is part of DBD::Oracle). This DBD::Oracle distribution seems fundamentally broken. I just downloaded DBD::Oracle 1.58 and it does contain oci8.c so the dir you are building DBD::Oracle in has been messed with. Untar it again and start from scratch.
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Boxes for the Protection of Books: Their Design and Construction
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DIANE Publishing, 1994 - Book boxes - 224 pages
A revised & updated version of the previous 1981 volume, Boxes for the Protection of Rare Books.Ó Designed to meet the needs of book conservators, museum technicians, & curators in libraries & archives who require a practical method for the construction of protective boxes, which provide a safe method for storing, handling, & transporting library materials. Protective boxing affords a non-invasive, cost effective, & archivally sound way of dealing with large numbers of items or entire collections. Covers: simple housings; phased boxes; portfolios; double-tray clam shell box; book box with portfolio smaller/larger than the book.
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New Dell machines that include the Google toolbar as part of a marketing agreement also include a secret program that redirects non-url information typed into a browser window to a Dell-branded page filled with ads. For example if you type in dogfood.cim, instead of getting a browser error message, the secret Google Address Redirector redirects the query to an ad-filled page of search results.
OpenDNS's David Ulevitch reported the error in the company blog, since the software interferes with his company's inventive, free DNS service, an opt-in DNS service which does some smart typo corrections, blocks known phishing sites, and provides search result pages for browser bar queries like "hot sauce."
If you were to put a heatmap on the Dell-branded page… well, users can only look at ads. Dell and Google's behavior here isn't okay. Users never asked for this experience and they can't get rid of it!
Moreover, this new "functionality" breaks things. Instead of making DNS requests, the address bar now sends single word queries to Google. This application breaks a lot of OpenDNS functionality our users love. Typo correction? Broken. Shortcuts? Broken. Google's application breaks just about every user-benefiting feature we provide with client software that no user ever asked for.
We enjoy challenging problems at OpenDNS. But we'd rather spend our time making the Internet better rather than solving problems that shouldn't have been created in the first place. We know that Google is capable of launching great products and services, but this isn't one of them.
I'm a huge fan of OpenDNS and install it as the DNS provider on every machine I get my hands on. I particularly love the ability to foil the .cm squatters and redirectors, and the service now offers some very cool, cross-machine bookmarks. Dell and Google have now joined the likes of Verisign and Earthlink in hijacking user's browser bars to make cheap money.
UPDATE: A Google spokesman tells THREAT LEVEL that Google believes the pages with ads are better than a simple error page. He also said that while Google works with Dell but gives the computer maker "flexibility" on how the page is designed. He also called Ulevitch's use of the term "spyware" inaccurate and probably intentionally inflammatory.
Judge for yourself if the search page is actually more useful than an error page. /UPDATE
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Taoiseach expresses his 'full confidence' in James Reilly
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said Health Minister James Reilly has his "full support and confidence" and that he expects the new ministerial team in the Department of Health to "move on" following last week's row.
Roisín Shortall resigned as minister of state for primary care last week following a public disagreement with Dr Reilly over the location of primary care centres. She was replaced by Alex White, whose appointment will be confirmed at Tuesday's Cabinet meeting.
Yesterday Ms Shortall has claimed her attempts to reform the health service were blocked by Dr Reilly and she said his failure to tackle "big ticket issues" such as consultants' pay and drug costs would lead to "the most appalling cuts" in the budget.
Mr Kenny last night said he had not heard Ms Shortall's interview on RTÉ Radio One yesterday morning, during which she said Dr Reilly's decision to include two centres in his constituency on the final list as "stroke politics".
Mr Kenny said Dr Reilly had outlined in the Dáil during the week the reasons for including Swords and Balbriggan in the list of locations.
Speaking ahead of the Fine Gael presidential dinner in Dublin last night, Mr Kenny thanked Ms Shortall for her work and said there was now a "changed scene" in the Department of Health.
"I expect Minister Reilly and his two ministers of state to move on now with great diligence to see that the programme is implemented in the interests of everybody," Mr Kenny said. Kathleen Lynch is minister of state for mental health.
"I expect that team to get on with implementing the programme in regard to health, which is a fundamental part of the programme for government. The structures in the health system have been around for a very long time."
Mr Kenny declined to answer directly a question about whether or not he had considered moving Dr Reilly from his current portfolio. "Minister Reilly has the full support and confidence of the Government," he said.
Speaking yesterday, Ms Shortall had questioned Dr Reilly's commitment to the programme for Government and denied there was a personality clash with her senior colleague.
A spokesman for the Minister flatly rejected her claims, however, describing them as "inaccurate". He said it was the former Labour junior minister who had questioned the programme for government and claimed she had questioned an agreed element of the programme that deals with health insurance when addressing the Dáil last week. .
Ms Shortall said her resignation had been coming for some time. "There was a situation developing over a number of months, where it was quite clear that James Reilly and I weren't on the same page. I don't believe he really subscribes to the programme for government, and there were fundamental differences."
Ms Shortall said there had been a "drift" in commitments made for the health service and said Dr Reilly was going in a "whole different direction" toward the American, business-based style of healthcare, and that her attempts at reform were "running into the sand".
"There are choices there," she said. "You can tackle the unacceptable drugs bill; we're paying far too much for drugs or you can cut home help services. You can tackle consultants' pay and put a cap on pay or you can impose charges on people with medical cards, There are all kinds of choices."
She said Dr Reilly had "signed up to a health budget which could have been balanced this year if he had followed through on the commitments he had given to tackle those big ticket items within health.
"You have insurance costs, drug costs, consultants' pay. And the budget is predicated on him doing that, but he hasn't and now we are coming to the end of the year, and we are going to be facing the most appalling cuts because of his failure to tackle those issues."
She said Dr Reilly was "very much about the insurance companies running the health service and privatising large parts of the health service".
Ms Shortall also said she felt "let down" by the Labour Party over the issue, and that she resigned the party whip due to lack of backing. "If the Labour Party isn't about allocation of resources according to need . . . what is it about?"
The former junior minister claimed there had been a "certain closing of ranks" and "certain attempts to smear" in sections of the media.
She said she had spoken to Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore by phone about her resignation - rather than just emailing him - and that he had asked her to reconsider her decision.
Ms Shortall revealed she had considered resigning in July but said that there was a question mark over Dr Reilly's future as Minister at that time. She had also considered resigning when former HSE chief Cathal Magee departed, claiming he was "driven out of his job".
Asked why she had voted confidence in the Minister for Health, Ms Shortall replied if he she had voted no confidence in him, it would have been a "one-day wonder" and argued she had a responsibility to set out her beliefs over the lack of reform and future direction of the health service.
She also said that the description of the health service as being "like Angola" was a "cop-out".
Referring to the addition to a list of two primary-care centres from Dr Reilly's constituency, Ms Shortall said she agreed with the description of that being "stroke politics".
Dr Reilly's spokesman questioned much of what was contained in the interview and highlighted Ms Shortall's recent comments on health insurance - which, he said, proved she was out of step with the government programme.
"In her final words in her recent Dáil statement, Ms Shortall asked whether we should have a social insurance model or a commercial insurance model in establishing universal health insurance," Dr Reilly's spokesman said.
He said the programme contained a commitment to give everyone a choice between competing insurers. "It has already been agreed by both parties that universal health insurance with competing insurance companies provides the best method for developing a single-tier health service with a dynamic for reducing costs and increasing efficiency."
He would not comment on the record on the substance of Ms Shortall's's claims that Dr Reilly had failed to tackle the issue of consultants' pay or drug prices.
Fianna Fáil's health spokesman Billy Kelleher said Ms Shortall had "laid bare the dysfunction within the Department of Health under James Reilly's leadership" and had "exposed the cynicism of the decision of [Labour TDs] to vote in support of Minister Reilly during my motion of no confidence".
He said the interview also "confirmed what Fianna Fáil has been saying about Cathal Magee being forced out as CEO of the HSE. It was blatantly obvious since the start of the year that the HSE budget deficit was out of control - instead of addressing Mr Magee's concerns, Minister Reilly decided to drive him out".


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A Cool Girl's Guide To Nighttime Dressing
Falling somewhere in the middle of the evening style spectrum poses some challenges, particularly in cold temperatures, so we've turned to our favorite stylish ladies like Kate Bosworth, Alexa Chung, Cara Delevingne and more, for inspiration.
Once the temperature starts to rise, opt for a coordinated skirt set in a sheer fabric for a modern twist on ladylike style.
At the Van Cleef and Arpels South Coast Plaza Boutique Celebration in California, Bosworth is wearing a Monique Lhuillier S/S 14 Dress, Van Cleef and Arpels Jewelry, and an Edie Parker Lara Clutch ($995).
No evening outfit list is complete without the trusty little black dress. Achieve Delevingne's relaxed look by wearing yours under a long, boyfriend coat and throwing your hair into a messy bun.
Attending her sister's wedding lunch, Delevingne wore a Burberry Prorsum Tailored Cashmere Coat ($3595) and Open Back Jersey Dress ($1995).
Steal Moss' style by pairing a statement pendant and metallic clutch with your black and gray basics.
On a recent night out in London, Moss carried Stella McCartney Falabella Chamois Fold Over Clutch ($925).
A simple black top and white crepe trousers look effortless when paired with loose waves and a fun clutch.
At the 2014 amfAR New York Gala, Hemingway wore a Chloe Taffeta-Trimmed Crepe Top ($2995) and Stretch Wool-Blend Tapered Pants ($950).
Dress down a fun, printed mini with a louche sweater, opaque tights, and a block heel.
Celebrating the Peter Pilotto for Target Launch in New York, Chung wore a Peter Pilotto for Target Skirt ($35).
A floor-length metallic slip dress doesn't have to be relegated to the red carpet. Instead add ankle boots, a v-neck sweater, and top with a leather biker jacket.
Leaving the Jason Wu F/W 14 fashion show, Dunn wore Valentino's Studded Leather Biker Boots ($1495) and carrieda Stella McCartney Falabella Denim Fold Over Tote ($1195).
Girly dresses not your thing? Try a tailored black suit with a casual white tee underneath.
At the Warner Music Group's Grammys after-party, Muse wore a Balmain Blazer and Pants (no longer available) with a Valentino Rockstud Flap Leather Shoulder Bag ($2745).
A long-sleeved jumpsuit in a dark floral print looks great with brown accessories and a cardigan jacket.
At the RoboCop premiere after-party in London, Waterhouse wore a Reformation Cairo Jumper ($258).
Instead of a tank top, wear a printed silk blouse, fluffy v-neck sweater, and finish with a faux fur scarf.
Arriving at the Peter Som F/W 14 fashion show, Palermo is wearing a Tibi Two-Tone Crossover-Front Jumpsuit ($333); Fendi Fur-Trimmed Calf-Hair Shoe Boots ($1790).
Juxtapose a printed sweatshirt with a leather pencil skirt for a warm and fun evening look.
At the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce EXPERIENCE event, Alba wore a Kenzo Tiger Print Sweatshirt ($269) and Nine West Women's Cashy Ankle Boots ($129) with a Valentino Rockstud Clutch ($1845).
Up the ante of your all-black ensemble by adding sleek, pointed pumps and a leather bomber jacket.
Leaving the Jason Wu F/W 14 fashion show, Kloss wore a Coach Leather Varsity Jacket ($1098).
Jumpsuits are the cool girls' answer to cocktail attire; try a structured strapless version with heels or ankle boots.
At a pre-BAFTA party held by InStyle UK, Friel wore a S/S 13 Osman Strapless Embroidered Jumpsuit.


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The New True (or, The Internet: The Incredible Credibility Machine)
There's an old saying, "don't believe everything you read in the newspapers." Obviously, this advice applies to the Internet. …As the Internet has become the medium of choice for uncounted millions around the globe, it has also acquired the power to grant credibility not only to fringe and potentially dangerous ideas, but even to outright lies… Why is this a problem? …because there is a growing culture that is accepting the malleability of truth.Read More


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Sometimes you might want to make a change that requires replacing an existing object with a new one. Here are a few examples of when you might want to do this:
For this example we are going to assume that we have a firewall with an existing set of rules that include an Address object called Mail Server 1. We want to replace this object in the rules with a new object called Mail Server 2.Mail Server Objects
Here are a few examples of rules containing the Mail Server 1 object.Rules Before Find and Replace
Click on the Find Object icon at the top of the application to open the Find tool in the bottom panel. Drag-and-drop the object from the tree that you want to find, in this case Mail Server 1, and then drag-and-drop the object you want to replace the found object with in our case Mail Server 2. Click on the appropriate action, for example 'Replace all'.
You can restrict the scope of the find and replace, so for example if you have two firewalls and you only want to replace objects on one of the firewalls you can restrict the scope to the 'policy of the open firewall'. Or you can set the scope to be 'Tree and policy of all firewalls' which will replace the object everywhere.Rules After Find and Replace
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So internet broke down middle of installation of ubuntu while it was downloading updates. Is this bad or should i reinstall ubuntu. However installer just went to end and it seems ok, i haven't seen any problems yet except freezing of screen time to time but i am not sure if it has come always with ubuntu.
Is it ok or do i have to reinstall everything. Do it just automatically skip updates or do it affect someway quality of install?


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Hampton Inn & Suites - Resort
Requires Sims 3 + Ambitions + Late Night + Supernatural + Seasons + Island Paradise + Stones Throw Greenhouse
Lot Size: 40x40
Furnished: $304,273
Stories: 2 + Basement
Other: This high end resort features great ammenities for sims! There is on-site laundry for longer stays, free breakfast, lunch, dinner and a dessert bar. We have two VIP rooms, a workout room, a lounge area, and a wedding arch. The highlight here is the indoor / outdoor pool, patio area with grill and pool bar and snack bar! Created in Evansdale County on Marvin Street in the city side.
Le Chateau of Roses - Resort
Requires Sims 3 + Ambitions + Supernatural + University + Island Paradise
Lot Size: 30x20
Furnished: $76,943
Stories: 2 + Basement
Other: This quaint resort features rest and relaxation and cozy furniture! It is by no means anything fancy, but it has computers and TVs, a little bar, artist supplies and decent food. There are two VIP rooms, each with a private bath and kitchenette area. One of the VIP rooms has another little room with bunk beds for family vacations.
Deadwood Motel 6
Requires Sims 3 + Ambitions + Late Night + Showtime + Seasons + Island Paradise + Into the Future + Serenity Retreat + Sunlit Tides (for massage table and sauna only)
Lot Size: 20x30
Furnished: $213,563
Stories: 2 + basement
Other: This motel features two VIP rooms, each with a private bathroom and kitchen area. The upper level has a workout room with massage room, sauna and the BIG screen TV. The main area has an indoor swimming pool with little bar, the dining room and a living area with computer and TV. It is a peaceful place for sims to enjoy. Created for Anne Arbor at 55 Deadwood Market.
Lilac Woods Inn
Requires Sims 3 + World Adventures + Late Night + Pets + Supernatural + Island Paradise + Brunch at Old Mill (for lights only)
Lot Size: 20x30
Furnished: $95,990
Stories: 2 + basement
Other: This smaller resort is a cozy place to get away for the weekend. The main level features a living area, nice dining room, patio with a fire pit and computers. Upstairs is a VIP suite with private bathroom and kitchenette. There is also a workout area and shuffleboard. The basement has a bar, live music, pool and an arcade room. Created for Winchester Farming to replace the lot located at 395 Hillbilly Road.
Redwood Hilltop Inn
Requires Sims 3 + World Adventures + Ambitions + Generations + Supernatural + Seasons + Island Paradise + Into the Future
Lot Size: 40x40
Furnished: $122,838
Stories: 2 + basement
Other: This beautiful and modern resort features a lot of things for your sims to do! There is a hot tub and pool with plenty of lounge areas and a small playground. There are two VIP rooms each with a private bath. One has a balcony and the other has a larger kitchen area and fireplace. This is a very tranquil setting for sims who want to relax and enjoy the view! Created for Anne Arbor to go at 38 Cottage Grove.
Grizzly Mountain Cabins
Requires Sims 3 + Late Night + Pets + Supernatural + Seasons + University + Island Paradise + Into the Future + The Boardwalk + Bohemian Garden + Brunch at the Mill + Basketball Hoop
Lot Size: 64x64
Furnished: $136,783
Stories: 2 + basement
Other: This resort has everything your sims need for a great getaway! There are two VIP cabins, each with a bedroom, two baths and a kitchenette. Guests have access to our fun roller coaster, fine dining, gym with basketball court, pool and hot tub and more. Also a great place to have a wedding with arch underneath the gazebo! This lot was created in Anne Arbor for 12 Grizzly Road. Please note that the only the premium content for the roller coaster is really necessary.
Blue Bay Bed & Breakfast
Requires Sims 3 + World Adventures + Late Night + Pets + Supernatural + Seasons + Island Paradise + Into the Future + Town Life + Serenity Retreat
Lot Size: 60x64
Furnished: $81,969
Stories: 2 + basement
Other: This bed and breakfast can replace the one currently located in Storybrook County. It has two stables for horses, as well as a sculptor's studio in the hay loft. There is a pool, hot tub and a wedding arch on the beach. There are two VIP suites with a private patio and bathroom. There is a bar, pool table, library area and upstairs is the wellness area with work out area and a sauna / spa room. There is also a playground area which makes this a great choice for families!
*When placing this resort, you need to first delete the prior one and then restart the game. You will then be able to place this lot.
Super 8 Motel
Requires Sims 3 + GEN + UNI + SHO + SEA + IP
Lot Size: 30x64
Furnished: $81,969
Stories: 1
Other: This motel offers guests many ammenities at such an affordable price! There is a pool with water slide and small playground. There is a conference room, small gym, arcade room and three buffets. This motel has two guest towers, as well as two VIP rooms. One VIP room is actually 2 rooms connected to accommodate families. This lot replaces the former motel at 441 Memorial Avenue in Storybrook County. There is a version of this that uses rabbit hole rugs - see here.
Zodiac Casino & Resort
Requires Sims 3 + All Expansion Packs + Business As Usual + Lucky Simoleon Casino
Lot Size: 30x50
Furnished: $326,985
Stories: 3 useable + basement
Other: This large luxury hotel is full of stuff for your sims to do! The main level has a gourmet restaurant and lots of food bars to keep tummies full! There is a workout room, indoor pool and outdoor picnic areas. The next level up has a wedding reception area with live music and dancing. Across the hall is a casino with bar. There are two VIP rooms. This lot can replace the library in the city in Storybrook County.
Spanish Rose Retreat - Resort
Requires Sims 3 + LN + SEA + SHO+ UNI + IP
Lot Size: 40x40
Furnished: $113,238
Stories: 3
Other: This expensive resort features luxurious rooms and two spacious VIP suites. There is a pool with pool bar as well as a full service bar in the lobby. There is a dining room with 4 buffets as well as a wedding arch. Guests also have access to an exercise room. This lot was created in Evansdale County to go at 459 City Heights Road.
Lucky Palm Casino - Resort
Requires Sims 3 + LN + SEA + SHO+ UNI + IP + Lucky Simoleon Casino
Lot Size: 17x22 Houseboat
Furnished: $86,598
Stories: 3 + Basment
Other: This moderately priced resort has a lot on board to keep your sims in a great mood! There are two VIP rooms which have a kitchenette and rooftop patio with lounge chairs and bar. Other ammenities include a workout room, full service bar and hot tub. The lower deck features a dessert bar with a casino. This lot uses premium content from Lucky Palms for the casino only.
White Wave Landing - Port
Requires Sims 3 + Showtime + Island Paradise
Lot Size: 50x30
Stories: 1
Other: This is a new port to place on the city side of Evansdale County. It has two fountains on each side and a bathroom on site. It was specifically built for 67 Evans Beach.
Sea Cottage Escape - Resort
Requires Sims 3 + Seasons + Island Paradise
Lot Size: 30x30
Furnished: $56,638
Stories: 2
Other: This resort will certainly appeal to technophobes as there is not a TV to be found on the lot! The focus here is relaxation and quiet. There is a pool, nice lobby area, a reading nook, balcony and spa rooms. There are two sea cottages. If you have the Serenity Retreat one spa room will be for massages and the other is the soaking tub from Sunlit Tides (they will just not show up if you don't). This lot was created in Evansdale County to go on 25 Lily May Isle.
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Latest newsletter. Read the February newsletter: the season after the season, a history of the club, have you seen me?, and more.
Show support. We have excellent mushroom T-shirts for you and your friends. Two designs. Get yours!
Who we are. The Northwest Mushroomers Association promotes the understanding and appreciation of mushrooms, furthering the study of fungi, their identification, natural history, ecology and conservation. We serve mushroom enthusiasts in northwest Washington State, including Whatcom, Skagit, and Island Counties.
What we do. Northwest Mushroomers meet the second Thursdays of each month during spring and fall to explore the amazing world of fungi. At our member meetings and other events, you'll enjoy excellent guest speakers on intriguing topics and participate in hands-on identification of local mushroom specimens. Every October we organize a Wild Mushroom Show celebrating the beauty and diversity of Northwest fungi. In spring, we host a Survivors Banquet in Bellingham and a Mushroom Mayhem outing near Lake Wenatchee. Northwest Mushroomers Association also teaches a yearly mushroom identification class.
Join us. With membership, the whole family can join in group forays, with details sent to members by email. At these forays, we head out together to local haunts to hunt for mushrooms. Our more experienced members share their knowledge of mushroom identification, habitat, and habits with those new to the study of fungi.


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While architects, engineers and construction pros close the books on 2014, industry experts have already crunched mountains of data and released their predictions regarding where the construction industry is headed in 2015. Here are some highlights from industry analysts.
The Associated General Contractors of America @AGCofA
AGC of America Economist Ken Simonson took a look back at 2014. In a recent release, Simonson cited a report from the Department of Labor which confirmed 37 states and the District of Columbia added jobs between October 2013 and October 2014. The association's chief economist noted, "These year-over-year and one-month changes show that construction is doing well in most of the country. Yet, the list of states that have added construction jobs varies from month to month, showing that the industry's recovery remains vulnerable to worker shortages and unfavorable governmental actions."
Forbes @Forbes
Houston was the fastest growing U.S. city in 2014, according to Forbes Staff Writer Erin Carlyle. The oil industry metropolis was the site of $25.1 billion in new construction in [Read more…] about 2014 Construction Industry Roundup and 2015 Forecast


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Head on over to Popsicle's Facebook page and print this Popsicle coupon for $1.00 off any two Popsicle, Fudsicle, Creamsicle or Yosicle product (no size restrictions). Use it at Dillons (other Kroger stores) to snag the following deal:
Popsicle Frozen Treats (8 ct.) – $1.00
Use $1/2 Popsicle coupon
Final Cost $0.50 ea.
And if you shop at Dillons, don't forget to check out the rest of Dillons Deals this week.
Thanks Common Sense with Money!


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There are several reasons that I love using Linux. Ubuntu to be more specific. It's definitely not for everyone, but if you can get by without the latest and greatest games, it's generally a great operating system. Sure, there are some annoyances, but name one operating system that doesn't have any. Want to know some really great things about Linux that make it number one in my book? I'll tell you…
1. Price
Of course the price is great. You simply can't beat free. Many people think, "you get what you pay for", but that's not entirely true. For instance, even most Windows users will say that Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome are the best browsers out there. How much do you pay for those? That right, they're free. Although these are free, that doesn't mean there aren't some really good developers behind the software.
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Last week, America's greatest bar band the Hold Steady dropped by the Rolling Stone offices to play a three-song acoustic set of tunes from their new disc Heaven Is Whenever . After slowly building a rabid fan base with four records of fist-pumping, boozy Eighties college-rock romanticism, the band took a new approach to its latest LP. Singer-guitarist Craig Finn and guitarist Tad Kubler labored over writing and recording, spending six months cutting the album instead of the usual six weeks. The band say they've gotten more comfortable with their life as professional musicians as a result.
"We're not just a flash in the pan," says Kubler. "This all started with very little ambition — we didn't know if we were going to make a record let alone go on tour. Having played in bands since we were teenagers to little or no success at all, I think there's a tremendous amount of gratitude." Watch acoustic versions of three new songs — "Hurricane Jay," "We Can Get Together" and "Barely Breathing" — up top.