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How To Make Bedroom Luxurious In 8 Steps
In the following paragraphs I will show you some how to make your bedroom luxurious in 8 steps, without furnishing it with expensive items or decorations.
Sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? Well, read the following lines and you'll see it's not so.
Money are a huge problem of the 21th century, and this problem deeply reflects in the way we decorate our homes.
Each of us dreams about having the perfect house, with expensive doors and luxurious chandeliers, but for many of us, these remain just a dream because we would have to work a whole life to afford just a little part of all these.
But fortunately, there are some tricks we can use if we want a glamorous house without spending too much money. There are a lot of things to say so in this article, we'll only talk about the bedroom.
1. Choose a light color for the walls
You've probably heard me insisting on this advice in many other of my posts, but the truth is that in this case, a light wall color is the best thing to start with.
Why is that? Well, begin by asking yourself "What makes hotel rooms look so glamorous?". The answer is very simple: they look so good because they seem extremely spacious and fresh.
Have you noticed that most of them are painted in lighter colors, like beige, pale orange, light green or other similar shades? Well, I have, and I think I have the explanation for this.
Colors that have a neutral, light tone manage to emphasize the furniture pieces and make the whole room look larger, more spacious. That's something most bedrooms need, as they tend to be overcrowded and full of different things. And this is exactly the little secret of elegance: spacious rooms without too many useless things.
For this reason, choosing a light color would make miracles for your bedroom, transforming it into a much finer, sophisticated room. Unless you have a pretty huge bedroom, I really advise you to go for a lighter shade, and I guarantee that you won't be disappointed with the result.
2. Add a large bed in the middle
Now that you are done with the wall color, it's time to start with the furniture, and the first thing you should do is to make sure your bed is somewhere in the middle of the room.
I know that it is placed in this way in most bedrooms, but I also know people who prefer to place the bed tied to one wall, so that one side of the bed is completely tied to that wall. Just imagine how uncomfortable that would both look and feel…
This kind of approach would only overcrowd your room, making it seem much smaller than it really is. On the contrary, a bed placed in the middle would give the feeling of fresh air and space, so this is definitely the beginning for that luxurious atmosphere.
Besides this, as we're talking about bedroom, it's important to have a large, solid bed, that would give the impression of wealth. It doesn't have to be a sophisticated or expensive one, the only thing that matters are its dimensions.
Also, in case I didn't mention that before, I recommend you to go for a double bed, even if your bedroom is just for one person. A double bed will always seem more imposing than a smaller one, so it will contribute to your bedroom's general aspect.
3. Unclutter the nightstands
This is definitely a common problem for everyone, as we tend to leave all kind of things on our nightstands. No matter if it's something necessary or something we hardly ever use, there is enough place for it on the nightstand, that's how we usually think, right?
Well, if you're willing to change your habits for the sake of a luxurious bedroom, giving up your crowded nightstands is definitely one of the top things from the list.
I'll get back to that illustration with the hotel room: What would you say if your hotel room had the nightstands full of different useless objects, that would have no place there? I bet you wouldn't like it… Moreover, I think your opinion about that room's luxurious air would change completely.
Just as you wouldn't like a busy nightstand in an expensive hotel room, you should have the same opinion about your own bedroom. Although you will probably not have as many visitors here, it's important to focus on maintaining that luxurious atmosphere you created.
For this reason, try to make some order and give up all the thing you don't need on your nightstand. And by this I mean everything that doesn't have a decorative purpose: books you started reading, cosmetics you left there, even the TV controller could be placed elsewhere so that it doesn't make the nightstands too busy. I'm probably exaggerating with the last one, but you get the point. 😀
Remember that nothing is irreplaceable, so even the eternal reading lamps placed on the nightstands can be changed with some standing, more modern Mainstays lamps, that are also really cheap.
As a conclusion, uncluttering your nightstand will definitely improve a lot your bedroom's luxurious feeling, so if you really want glamour, tidy up for it.
4. Go for a pendant light or chandelier
One of the very simple steps you have to follow for a luxurious bedroom is to change your regular light fixture with a hanging one.
Pendant lighting fixtures add a lot of elegance and class to every room, so they would be the perfect choice for a luxurious bedroom. Just imagine, a gorgeous crystal chandelier hanging on your ceiling will definitely be a hit for every visitor.
Moreover, lights that are hanged on the ceiling tend to make the room seem taller, giving that feeling of height to the entire room. And that's another element absolutely necessary to an elegant bedroom.
Although you will be surprised to hear it, pendant lighting fixtures aren't very expensive. Not even crystal ones, that look so luxurious. They actually have great prices, some are even under $100 or $50. Of course that the quality is probably not the best for those pieces, but you have a very wide range to choose from.
In case you're interested in pendant lights, you can read more about this in my article ELK Lighting Pendant Lights Review, there are a lot of tips and product recommendations there. Or if you need a more "original" light, here is an example.
Getting back to our story, a pendant light would be the best choice when it comes to luxurious lights, so keep this in mind when you choose your future illumination source.
5. Long-hanging curtains make miracles
As we were talking about how important height is for a luxurious room, you should know that tall curtains are something you should take full advantage of.
Just like hanging lights, tall curtains manage to change the way in which we see the whole room, making it look larger and taller. In reality, the room's dimensions don't change at all, but it is our vision that changes.
I always advise small room owners to use this tip, but it's something you can also use for elegant bedrooms. After all, I've told you that tall rooms are the ones that seem the most glamorous, thanks to the atmosphere they create.
My article Bedroom curtains and drapes ideas talks more about this subject, so if you're interested, you might want to check it out.
Anyway, I won't insist on this step because we've already talked about it and I guess you got my point, so if it's possible for you, choose long-hanging curtains instead of regular ones or simple hang your curtains higher than you would normally do.
6. Give up unnecessary stuff
Now that you have mainly arranged your bedroom, it's important to know that some changes when it comes to useless things would be more than welcome.
The problem is that space is the number #1 ingredient for luxury, so a bedroom full of items will never look luxurious, no matter how expensive these items would be. Even though it may be heartbreaking to give up a memorial vase or a favorite book, all these items don't belong in your luxurious bedroom.
A great tip when it comes to space is keeping the floor empty, or at least partially covered with a thick pile carpet, that would maintain the glamorous feeling.
In this way, the great visual appearance will start right from the floor and will continue to the top.
I really advise you to choose furniture pieces with legs, because they will look higher than the floor, and this will prevent it from feeling overcrowded.
Anyway, keeping your floor empty is really important for the elegance of your bedroom, so steel yourself and give up all those unnecessary thing your have in your bedroom. The result will totally worth it, I promise.
7. Thick piles and plush are a luxury statement
You will probably be a bit surprised to hear this, because thick piles and plush are pretty common in carpets and bed covers that don't have an extremely high price.
But that's exactly the great news, that you can find thick pile items almost everywhere, and the prices are very affordable. Many people wouldn't even believe that plush and thick piles have something to do with luxury, but they actually have a lot to do with it.
Even some of the most luxurious hotels choose plush covers or thick pile carpets for their top rooms, thanks to the warm and charming atmosphere, that makes you feel just like home. But does this have anything to do with luxury?
It does, actually. Choosing thick piles and plush as the main materials for your carpet and bed cover would actually improve your bedroom's luxurious feeling a lot. And it's not just about this, it's also about the cozy atmosphere they create, which is also important for a bedroom, even for a glamorous one.
Thick piles are also a trend for bedroom carpets this season, so if you want to read more about this, you can check my article Bedroom carpet trends for 2015/2016.
Summing things up, if you need an advice for your carpet or cover material, don't ask twice and go for plush and thick pile, and you will get a really glamorous air in your bedroom.
8. Don't forget about plants
Although you may not have expected it, plants are a necessary element of any luxurious decor, and your bedroom makes no exception.
Adding some plants will definitely improve your bedroom's aspect when it comes to spontaneity and naturalness, because a room without plants looks boring, no matter how sophisticated furniture pieces it has.
The plants you choose don't necessarily have to be very big and colorful. Smaller, green plants would actually be much better because they would make your room look even more natural.
For example, you can go for potted plants, hanging or even artificial ones, as long as they look natural and fresh, everything is just perfect…and luxurious. 🙂
However, don't forget that there are certain limits for everything. There is a difference between an elegant room and a wild one, so make sure you don't add a huge number of plants because you want a luxurious decor, not a jungle.
But I don't think you'll ever get there, so the point is to keep in mind that plants have their own part in a luxurious decor, so in case you ever have any room left, add a plant there. Even if it's tiny and hardly visible, at least it's a plant.
To sum up
It's not hard to make your bedroom a glamorous room, especially if you know what exactly you have to do, and that's what this post tries to do, give you some simple steps and help you understand how to make your bedroom luxurious.
Keep in mind that space is important for luxury, so choosing a light color and keeping the floor free of useless things will help a lot for the beginning.
A bed placed in the middle along with 2 uncluttered, free nightstands will definitely start bringing some elegance and the pendant light and tall curtains will improve your bedroom's style in a huge manner.
If you want to give your bedroom a 100% luxurious feeling, don't forget about materials like plush and thick pile. And last but not least, get some green plants.
If you follow all these 8 steps, I can guarantee that you'll see and feel a change in your bedroom very soon, so get ready to answer all of your visitors' questions about your elegant and luxurious decor.
I hope that these 8 steps about how to make your bedroom luxurious helped you get a more clear idea on what exactly an elegant bedroom means and how easy you can create it. If you have any questions, please leave a comment below and I will answer you very soon.
Which of these 8 steps do you find the most difficult to follow? What about the easiest one?


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Going to Seminary | Part 15
by Elouise
I don't remember exactly when the cracks started to show. It was sometime in 1974 and 1975, my second and third years as a student at Fuller Seminary. Little things began piling up that I thought D and I would never have to deal with.
Nothing spectacular. Just the slow drip of unmet and unexamined expectations. It was one thing to say we wanted an 'equal-partnership marriage.' But could we deliver the goods? Especially now that we had two growing children? Who would show us the way, or at least help us navigate our own way?
Though we had no models, we knew what we didn't want. That was easy. What we couldn't do was name exactly what we wanted or needed from each other. We'd never seen it before! It didn't matter what it was about–shopping, cooking, taking our children to the doctor, showing up for parent-teacher meetings, doing the laundry or folding the clothes.
I felt trapped in a world that expected me to be and do whatever a so-called traditional married woman with children was supposed to be and do. But this is 1974! The feminist movement is off the ground and running!
Everyone had an opinion. This famously included Marabel Morgan, author of The Total Woman, a best-seller in the USA. She described exactly what she thought women should do to get what they want. I felt embarrassed when I read it.
No matter where I turned, the "proper" or "ordained" role of women, married or not, was a hot topic. Yet change seemed light years away. No one had a plan to change the everyday lives of women to first-class citizens equally protected by the law, equal partners in marriage, and welcome to full and equal leadership in church and society.
It was one thing to be an equal partner with D when we were at home, taking care of our children while we attended seminary classes. At first my classes were all in the evening. But that ended.
Now I carried a regular part-time load, with day and evening courses each term. I wanted to finish my 2-year degree program in 3 years.
As for D, he worked out a way to complete his 3-year program in 2 years by taking more than the regular load. Why? Because one of us needed a full-time job with family health insurance coverage. Even with a generous tuition discount for me, seminary was costly.
It made sense that D would seek full-time employment. He was already sought after as a relatively rare sociologist with seminary training and an interest in international missions of various kinds. Happily, he graduated in May 1975 and began a full-time position at World Vision International.
But what about the children? What about cooking and cleaning and doing the laundry? What about a zillion things that needed to be done? Overnight, most of it fell to me during the work week.
Sometimes it all fell to me. D's new job included international travel. Housework piled up. I rarely got enough sleep. And parent-teacher meetings and school activities intruded at will.
We talked about this many times. I needed more sleep and more help around the house with regular and unexpected tasks. D needed and wanted more of me. He did what he could to help me, for which I was grateful. Nonetheless, I was often despondent and exhausted by the end of the day. I didn't want to get up some mornings.
D became increasingly discouraged; I became increasingly defensive and angry. Wasn't I doing all I could to keep up with everything? I felt overworked and taken for granted. It seemed my identity as D's 'equal partner' was nothing but a pipe dream.
To be continued….
© Elouise Renich Fraser, 9 March 2016
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Tim Hickman of Wildwood Weddings & Portraits
In 1981, Tim won his first coloring contest and spent the better part of the next dozen years staring out of classroom windows. Tim graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1998, and in 2012, he's a devoted husband and father of two; still a chronic daydreamer.
" I'm always mentally photographing everything as practice."
-Minor White
All photos on this website are taken by Tim Hickman of Wildwood Weddings & Portraits unless stated otherwise in the description and comments on each photo.


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"Hey, John. What are you doing?"
"I'm proofing my latest book."
"Let me see."
"Here it is."
"Circumstances of Childhood?"
"Yup that's the name."
"Let me be honest. Doesn't sound like something I want to read."
"I never would have thought differently, Stella. I wrote it for humans."
"Probably low brow then. Show it to the Canines and get their opinion."
"Very well. I'll humor you but I think I know the answer."
"Bailey take a look at this book."
"Yes Pops. What should I be seeing."
"Does the title make you want to read it?"
"You are kidding right, Pops?"
"Well, Stella wondered what you and Lucy thought."
"I for one don't read. See what Lucy says. By the way, I think Stella was putting you on."
"Lucy. Get up?"
"Huh. What?"
"I want to get your opinion on the book"
"Aw Boss. I was just about to take a big ole steak from that pipsqueak wiener dog across the street."
"I know I disturbed your nap. What do you think?"
"Makes a good sleeping aid. Night, Boss."
"Well, what did they say?"
"Not their kind of book either."
"You know I was just putting you on."
"I know but it was fun and at least I got to show them my book."
"Authors. Don't you guys ever give up?"
"No audience too small, Stella. No audience too small."


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By Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
THE Ndebele kingship revival and succession controversy has reached an interesting stage where the Zimbabwe High Court has declared it unconstitutional and, ipso facto, illegal.
Some descendants of the two Ndebele monarchs, Mzilikazi and Lobengula, are trying to revive that kingship by installing one or another of three claimants: Peter Zwide Khumalo who claims to be a descendant of Lobengula's son, Nyamande.
In January 2018, Peter declared himself King Nyamande Lobengula II; there is also Bulelani Colin Lobengula Khumalo, born by a grandson of King Lobengula and bred in South Africa's Cape Province.
He was supposed to be crowned King Lobengula II at Bulawayo's Barbourfields Stadium on February 3 2018, but the projected occasion was declared illegal by the High Court because the Zimbabwe Constitution does not have a provision for a king or kings, but for chiefs, headmen and kraal heads.
It is not clear whether Bulelani Colin Lobengula Khumalo, born and bred in South Africa, has acquired Zimbabwean citizenship, or whether he is a South African.
If he is South African, the organisers of this project need to explain how a foreigner (for that is what he may be according to the Zimbabwean law) can become a monarch of a part of Zimbabwe.
The third claimant is a man who was born Stanley Tshuma, but who says he is, in fact, a great-grandson of King Mzilikazi's son, Hlangabeza, a brother of Lobengula.
Tshuma wishes to be crowned King Mzilikazi II.
He says his claim supersedes those of the other claimants because Mzilikazi was the first king of the Ndebeles.
Whatever the claim or by whomever it is made, it is now of no consequence as the High Court has passed a judgment against the campaign's objective, that is, the revival of the Ndebele Kingship.
What is of great socio-cultural interest and value to Matabeleland is whether or not the region supports the wish to resuscitate the Ndebele monarchy, or whether or not the region is for the maintenance of the present republican dispensation; that is to say the constitutional status quo; or whether or not the region would prefer to have a king or paramount chief for each of the region's seven indigenous ethnic communities which are Venda, Suthu, Kalanga, Tonga, Nambya, the San also known as the 'Bakhwa' or 'Abathwa' (from which the name Mthwakazi is derived) and the Nguni, of which the Khumalos were the kings until 1893 when King Lobengula fled across the Zambezi River after he was defeated by Cecil John Rhodes' mercenaries.
Historically, each of those tribes had their own head or heads. Those communities were militarily defeated by the Ngunis when the Ngunis settled in the region where a territorial expansion military process was begun soon after their arrival in 1838 up to about a decade or two before the British South Africa Company (BSAC) of Rhodes moved lock, stock and barrel into what was later called Mashonaland in 1890, some 52 years after Mzilikazi's group settled in what became Matabeleland.
The BSAC later attacked Matabeleland and seized the region, eventually leading to what it is today in terms of chieftainships.
The region had been ruled by a Rozvi king referred to as 'mambo', the last of whom was killed by Swazi warriors some of whom proceeded further to the north-east across the Zambezi River to settle in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia.
Another legend says that, that mambo, whose name was Chilisamhulu (Chirisamhuru), committed suicide to avoid being captured by the Swazi warriors.
One of his sons, Ntinhima, and a large number of his father's subjects escaped and settled in the Buhera area in Masvingo Province from where they subsequently increased and spread all over that area.
Meanwhile, Mzilikazi's people arrived in the region following a military defeat of their forces by a combined army of Boers and Khoi Khois in the north-western region of what was later named the Transvaal.
The message in this article is simply that Mzilikazi found various communities in what the BSAC administration later called Matabeleland.
He militarily defeated those communities in more or less the same way as the BSAC's forces defeated his son's, Lobengula's, troops later.
The liberation struggle could have regarded Mzilikazi and his people as settlers just as the white people were, but it did not, for the sake of unity, especially for the purpose of defeating the white settlers who were the common oppressors of the black people, the Ngunis included.
If, however, the Ngunis now wish to revive their monarchy, it is important that the people in the whole region called Matabeleland should be consulted, preferably through a referendum.
It is utterly inadequate to create a little known organisation such as Chief Mathema's 'Royal Crown Trust' to deal with and decide on such an important issue.
Admittedly, the Royal Crown Trust can continue to function but only at the level of identifying who should succeed King Lobengula, a purely Khumalo family matter.
But the much bigger aspect of whether or not Ndebele kingship should be revived is at least a regional and not a tribal or clannish affair.
At most, it is a national issue in-as-much-as it is a national constitutional matter.
Matabeleland comprises Beitbridge, Gwanda, Filabuso, Esigodini, Matobo (Kezi), Bulawayo, Mguza, Inyathi, Nkayi, Hwange, Insiza, Nyamandhlovu, Bulilima, Mangwe, Binga and Lupane districts.
People in each of these districts fought for the liberation of this country.
They participated in the struggle so that they can freely choose their representatives in various national institutions.
Should it be necessary to amend the country's Constitution so that there is a provision for a king or kings, the people affected certainly ought to be consulted, not just chiefs, headmen and kraal heads, but the entire population at large.
We are not discussing in this article the merits and demerits of monarchism vis-a-vis republicanism but we are highlighting the right of the people to say whether or not they want a king or kings in their respective areas.
However, it would be utterly outdated for Matabeleland to revert to the pre-1893 Ndebele autocratic, monarchial, socially discriminatory system that placed the Ngunis at the top of a social scale, and those people whom they found in this region (abanikazi balona leli ilizwe) at the bottom of that scale.
Each ethnic community has a right to be ruled by one of its own and to select that individual in completely free and fair circumstances.
That is one of the freedoms for which we sacrificed our time and whatever else.
It is true that some descendants of some of the indigenous people of this region may be supporting the Nguni kingship campaign.
They may not wish to see their own ancestor's kingship or chieftainship revived or restored.
That kind of attitude is a result or a part of a socio-cultural process referred to by sociologists as 'protective social docility'.
That simply means the practice by a defeated people to dance to the tune of their conquerors not only by adopting their culture (language included), but also by physically entrenching them in positions of authority and even defending them thereafter.
Among such docile people, African history tells us that there are examples of some who claimed to be descendants of or somehow related to their conquerors.
That practice was very common among some east, central, northern and west African black communities who were ravaged by Arab slave traders.
They promoted and defended the slave traders.
In our Zimbabwean situation, the issue at stake in Matabeleland is whether traditional leadership should be from, and by each, indigenous community or from. and by, the historical conquerors of those communities.
Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu is a retired, Bulawayo-based journalist. He can be contacted on cell 0734 328 136 or through email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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The release notes below are intended to provide descriptions of any new features, improvements, and bug fixes included in this release of Exosite's Murano platform. Where applicable, an explanation of the user impact is provided, as well as any additional information that may be useful.
This is a major Murano release—it includes multiple new capabilities that are part of the Advanced Device Connectivity feature set, including new security, advanced device/lifecycle management, and product/application capability additions.
All new businesses created as of this release will have the Advanced Device Connectivity features described below. Existing businesses will be migrated over the next 90 days.
- Advanced Device Connectivity (ADC) Features:
- Communication Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) change
- Each product now has a unique device communication URL for device communication over the HTTP Device API (see Communications FQDN). This allows you to work with logs from low-level device communications since all traffic belonging to your product uses a unique FQDN.
- All device management APIs now use ProductID as the primary management index. This simplifies the APIs and allows Team Member permissions management as administered by the business account.
- Authentication & Security
- Device authentication methods now include both Token (Client Interface Key) and TLS Client Certificates (see Authentication). When the TLS Client Certificate method of authentication is selected, a device uses a unique X509 private and public key that Murano uses to both authorize and identify the connecting device.
- All communications require use of a secured transport by default. A special "Dev Mode" setting is supported for devices that use payload-level encryption over the FQDN <productname>.devmode-m2.exosite.io
- Device Provisioning
- Flexible Provisioning Whitelisting
- Products can be configured to allow Devices to register their own identity (identities do not have to be whitelisted). If not configured in this way, Devices connecting to Provision Communication Credentials must have their identities whitelisted, or the device communication will be rejected and Provisioning will not proceed.
- An identity format specification can be set to ensure connecting Devices use an expected identity pattern. If the pattern is not matched, the Provisioning will fail and subsequent communications from that Device will be ignored.
- Extended Provisioning methods. As always, a Device must have Provisioned Communication Credentials with Murano in order to communicate. However, with this release, the Provisioning methods have been extended:
- 1) Vendor pre-configured provisioning. The Administrator sets up the device Communication Credentials (either Token or TLS Client Certificates) in advance of the device communicating. In this situation, the device may immediately start communicating data with Murano without having to go through device-initiated Provisioning steps.
- 2) Device initiated Provisioning. This is different depending on the device Authentication method set for the Product. For example, if the "Token" authentication method is set, the Device initiates provisioning by sending its identity, and the server responds with a private key "Token" that is subsequently used by the Device to communicate with Murano. If "TLS Client Certificate" authentication method is set, the device connects with its client certificate in the TLS handshake, and the server looks up the identity specified in the certificate. If the identity is not yet provisioned, the server auto-associates the certificate with the identity. After that, only the device having the private key matching the certificate public key can communicate as that identity.
- Provision IP Whitelisting
- It is now possible to restrict IP addresses that can Provision devices. This restriction is often used when device Communication Credentials are initially Provisioned from a factory floor.
- Advanced Device Management Capabilities
- Locking: communication privileges can now be revoked on a per-device basis. Marking a device as locked will cause all subsequent connection attempts by the device to be ignored.
- Force-reprovision: devices can be forced to reprovision on a device-by-device basis. Force-reprovision expires the device's credentials, requiring the device to authenticate and provision new communication credentials. For example an IoT security policy may require devices to reprovision every N days.
- Settable Provisioning windows: single or batch devices that are being whitelisted by an administrator may be given a specified Provisioning window within which they must connect. This is useful for manufacturing runs or retail releases to limit the Provisioning window to the expected run or shelf-duration only.
- Batch whitelisting and identity management system integration: batch whitelisting is now supported via CSV upload or identity system integration. This is useful when your organization may manage certificates or other product information in another identity management or manufacturing management system.
- Logging: device activity for connect, disconnect, and data reporting is logged on the Products' FQDN and accessible via the UI and CLI. This is useful for development and for monitoring device behavior.
- Firmware management updates: the Product's firmware and content storage functionality has been expanded and is now accessible to internal scripts and also has a new UI for listing and management. This simplifies managing over-the-air updates and firmware version for the Product.
- Device Events: upon successful Provisioning by a device, events are broadcast to the internal Product context where security and housekeeping functions can be triggered that are specific to the Product. This allows the Product to be choreographed with manufacturing systems and IT anomaly detection systems.
- Device Communications
- Resource updates: resource definitions have a new UI and behave slightly differently. They can now be protected so that only devices can modify their contents, and data validation can be enforced on the values.
- Command/Control Resource support: if a Resource is set to allow modification by something-other-than-the-device (e.g., an Application that wants to control the device), setting the Resource by the Application will only modify the Resources' <setval> property, whereas setting the Resource by the device will modify both the <setval> and the <reportval> properties. This provides a clear workflow for managing command/control messages that are set by the cloud that can be acknowledged by the devices.
- Connection state visibility: the eventing system and the UI now shows if a device is currently long-polling (has an open session) or is disconnected. This is helpful to create event-driven command/communications with low power devices and devices that require soft real-time communication.
- Solution Menu item & Application terminology updates - With the introduction of Advanced Device Connectivity, every Product now has a full Solution capability under the hood (eventing, scripting, API management, static content capabilities, etc.). Therefore, the name of UI-focused Solutions have been changed to "Applications." Murano now has Application Solutions and Product Solutions—both of which have full Solutions under the hood, but which are equipped with different Services and UIs to enable the specific needs of Applications and Products.
- Advanced Application support for multiple Products - Applications that communicate with multiple Products can now define custom rules/scripts for each Product. This simplifies the maintenance of Application business logic as it relates to Product data.
- Auth0 - The Auth0 service has been extended to add an operation for getting logout URL.


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There's a very southern thing about cooking things in a cast iron skillet. We're reminded of those trekking across the wild west, roughing it out in the wild. Many delicious recipes involve cast iron cookware, so why not make a cookie in one?
The instructions provided here should make a cookie large enough for 5 or 6 people for about $15. It should take about 10-15 minutes to prepare the ingredients and about 30 minutes to cook, so be ready to invest 40-45 minutes on this.
Be sure to read the directions thoroughly before starting.
Step 1: Collect Ingredients
Here's what you'll need:
1 stick unsalted butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 egg
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup dark chocolate chips
In addition to these ingredients, you'll also need an 8 inch cast iron skillet and some vanilla ice cream.
Step 2: Preheat Oven
Preheat the oven to 350°F
Step 3: Melt Butter
On the stove, melt 1 stick of butter in the skillet at medium-low heat.
Step 4: Add Sugars and Vanilla
Pour 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup light brown sugar, and 1 tsp vanilla extract into the melted butter and mix until blended.
Step 5: Remove Skillet From Heat
Remove the skillet from the heat. Let the skillet cool for about 5 minutes. The pan should still be warm, but not hot.
NOTE: After letting the skillet cool for a bit, work quickly until the skillet is ready to put in the oven. The dough should not be allowed to cool too much from steps 6-8.
Step 6: Whisk Egg Into Mixture
Crack the egg into the skillet and mix it in.
NOTE: Make sure the egg does not scramble. You want the egg to mix into the mixture, not cook.
Step 7: Add Rest of Ingredients (except Chocolate)
Pour in 1 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 tsp baking soda, and 1/4 tsp salt into the mixture. Stir until the mixture is smooth.
NOTE: Again, you want to work diligently here. Do not allow the dough to cool too much.
NOTE: Take care not to spill any of the ingredients as you stir them in. Try pouring the flour in slowly to prevent any messes.
Step 8: Add Chocolate Chips
Stir in 1 cup chocolate chips.
Step 9: Place Skillet in Oven
Place the skillet in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until the cookie is golden on the top and edges. Check with a toothpick to make sure the cookie is cooked through.
NOTE: If the cookie is still not finished after the allotted time, add time in 5 minute increments.
Step 10: Serve and Enjoy!
Take the cookie out of the oven and allow the cookie to cool for a few minutes. Serve the cookie immediately in skillet or in bowls with vanilla ice cream.
NOTE: The skillet will be hot. Be sure to use a mitt or a potholder when removing the skillet from the oven.
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I'm drooling... this looks so good! Time for me to buy a skillet ;)
Mm I'm going to try this over a fire


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5 Reasons Why The Crew Redefines Driving Games
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Ubisoft are becoming known for their detail in open-world games with the Far Cry and Assassin's Creed franchises spearheading the category. The Crew brings this back within an entirely new world where North America becomes a playground to explore.
Driving from coast to coast will take a player over an hour to complete and will include major cities such as Los Angeles, Miami and New York.


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Mr. and Mrs. Pratt, who are based in the United States of America, have donated consignments of food and non-food items to Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Saint Martin's Parish Church at Blackhall Road in eastern Freetown.
According to the President of St. Vincent de Paul St Martin's Conference, Raymond P. P. Sannoh, the donation was borne out of the womb of showing out appreciation and giving thanks to the Parish organization for wholeheartedly and remarkably participating during their answering to the sacrament of Holy matrimony, irrespective of not being biologically related, the couple felt fulfilled that Catholic church community has exhibited higher level of belongingness, care and concern for its brethren.
President Raymond Sannoh disclosed that the Society of St Vincent de Paul received the items through one of its life Patrons, Mr. Emmanuel T. Komba on behalf of the American based couple.
The items included two barrels of assorted food items and two bundles of used clothing.
As a charity organization in the Catholic Church whose mandate of operation is not only limited to the confines of the church but also extended to the surrounding church community, most of the items would be judiciously distributed among the poor and needy within and outside the church.
President Sannoh maintained that the timeliness of the arrival of the items in Ebola-stricken Sierra Leone has spoken volumes not only to the church community but also to the country as a whole.


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" Alexa compared online dating to writing a book with Microsoft Word as opposed to a typrwriter."The quality of the book would probably be the same," he said.You can search through profiles using our 'Have you met...' feature, but our intelligent matchmaking improves the dating experience by picking out 3-7 matches for you daily - members who we're confident you have a good chance at a serious relationship with.
There have been some good dates, some bad, but a persistent lack of spark has seen you swipe your way through the entire single population of your postcode.
And they know it, throwing a heap of new functions at the app like Social and a Spotify connection in a bid to actually get people connecting rather than just swiping.
In brief: The personal touch What does it do differently to Tinder: Rather than basing your matches on location and a complicated algorithm, Once leaves a real life human being in charge of your dating fate.
Set up a profile and someone from the Once team will send you match at 12 noon every day.
Increase your circle of friends, locate the best areas to ride, or find that special someone.
Visit our chat rooms and message board to instantly connect with members. With this list amassed, you're then able to browse through people hanging out in locations near to where you're currently at, or people who frequent the same places as you do.The idea is, you'll then be able to bond over obvious mutual interests and establish a conversation based on something other than "Lol, that third profile picture! It's not even got an emphasis on dating - you can just find new mates (if you're too nervous to go up and talk to them in real life).Hoping to meet that special someone in Philadelphia but struggling to know where to look? Our members are interesting, intelligent and looking for long-lasting love.So, if you're tired of being single and are wishing to meet a like-minded individual, then we're the dating site for you. We Philadelphians are renowned for being a passionate bunch.According to Alexa, about 5 percent of the University registered in a single weekend.


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Sue Just a note to say thanks to Robbie who did a cracking job on Saturday evening. My kids had a great night before the dancing even got going and he did a wonderful job getting the adults dancing too! Thanks again, Ian
Ian Benjamin
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Hi Sue Sorry it has taken me so long to send this note, I wanted to thank you and all the team for making my surprise party a great event, everyone had a great night and Tim was amazing everyone thought so, he really knows how to get a party going and keep the floor full so please thank him again. I look forward to booking many more events with you and hope 2018 is a great year for you. Regards Robert Flaherty
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Hi Sue Just to say Nick did a great job for us on Saturday night happy to give reference for the future Regards Paul
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We had a great night at our Engagement Party thanks to our DJ Scott who played just the right mix of music to suit our varied age range of guests which changed throughout the evening. Everyone had an enjoyable time and we wouldn't hesitate to use Scott and A1 Discos for future parties. Thank you all very much. Owen and Katherine.
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Just wanted to leave some feedback for our anniversary party DJ Trevor.. Thank you so much, Trevor was great, played a brilliant mix of music and took requests and got them playing. The set up and lights were great too and the dance floor wasn't vacant for any length of time. Trevor was really friendly and down to earth :) Thank you
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David was a fantastic DJ and made our evening into the best party we've ever held and we've had quite a few! He never stopped and anticipated his audience as the evening progressed. Best DJ ever Many thanks
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The DJ was great, professional well mannered and played exactly what we asked for, not too loud for the size of the room, he arrived early and was very good. He played the tracks with a great mix at the beginning when we were eating with the relaxed music and then things got going, it really was perfect and I would highly recommend A1 to anyone.
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Hi Sue, I just wanted to say thank you to your company for providing a thoroughly brilliant disco for our party on Saturday. The party went really well and a good time was had by all - due in large part to the great atmosphere being created by the music. Many thanks once again, Yvonne
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We would like to thank you very much for arranging our Golden Wedding disco on Saturday 2nd September. We had the perfect 'Disco' man (Tim.) who played just what we wanted, it got people up dancing. Guests have said it was like the parties we had when we were young, only we did not move quite so quick. Thank you, again. June and Ken.
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Immigration reform and same-sex marriage are some of the most talked about legal issues of the day. While Georgia does not recognize same-sex marriage, currently 19 states and the District of Columbia do - and more could very well be on the way.
The path to marriage equality in Georgia has met with more resistance than in some other states. For example, recently Georgia's Attorney General restated his opinion that Georgia's 2004 law banning same sex marriage was constitutional and that his office would defend the law in court. Even if Georgia's ban on same-sex marriage remains, however, changes at the federal level mean that some immigrants in a same-sex marriages may have a path to legal residency and citizenship, regardless of state law on the issue.
How same-sex marriage affects immigration status
In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down portions of the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law that allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages from other states and denied certain federal benefits to same-sex couples. The Supreme Court held that this law was unconstitutional in some important ways. Among other significant aspects, the ruling had immigration ramifications. For example, a week after the decision, then-Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would treat visa petitions on behalf of same-sex married couples equally to heterosexual marriages.
However, that position did not affect married foreign nationals who already had a deportation order. Under federal law, a foreign national cannot receive an immigration benefit until 10 years after he or she has left the U.S. This meant that immigrants already with a deportation order were out of luck even if in a valid same-sex marriage.
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to review deportations of same-sex couples
In June of 2014, almost a year after the Supreme Court's DOMA ruling, ICE officials indicated they will reopen old deportation cases in light of new federal law. In order to be eligible for review, the marriage between the U.S. citizen and foreign national must lawfully recognized by a state with same-sex marriage and not be entered into solely for its immigration benefit.
In addition, the ICE policy will only apply to marriages in which the immigrant is eligible for permanent residence in the United States. Finally, the foreign national must also prove ties to the United States and have no serious criminal record.
In the last year, relatively few same-sex couples have sought the immigration benefits related to same-sex marriages in Georgia; for one, couples must marry in a different state. Still, the benefits provided by a legally recognized same-sex marriage should not be overlooked.


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In a game between a team that runs the ball almost exclusively and very well and a team that plays an up-tempo offense, turnovers could make the difference when the Mississippi Rebels (7-5) take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (7-5) in the Music City Bowl from LP Field in Nashville, TN on Monday, December 30th at 3:15 ET in a game televised nationally on ESPN.
The point spread at Pinnacle Sports has Georgia Tech as a small underdog for this contest with the current line at +3 with odds of -106.
Georgia Tech has been to a bowl game every year since 1997, but it snapped an 0-4 run during the era of Coach Paul Johnson by upsetting the USC Trojans in the Sun Bowl last season, rushing for 294 yards with its triple option vs. a USC team not accustomed to facing it.
The Yellow Jackets will now try to do the same thing to the Rebels, who had an uneven season that ended with two straight losses to Missouri and Mississippi State. Yes, the Rebels come out of the mighty SEC while the Yellow Jackets come out of the weaker ACC, but Mississippi is just a mid-level SEC team that that had a losing 3-5 conference record, while Georgia Tech has given better defenses than Mississippi trouble with its option.
The Yellow Jackets actually closed out the regular season vs. another SEC team where they took the Georgia Bulldogs to overtime in their annual rivalry before falling 41-34. Georgia Tech did show in that game though that it can run vs. an SEC defense, piling up 263 rushing yards on 58 carries. A new wrinkle in that contest though was a season-high 232 passing yards from quarterback Vad Lee!
If Lee comes anywhere close to being that successful here, the Georgia Tech would be in line for an upset as nobody has been able to stop its fifth ranked rushing offense that is averaging 312.1 yards per game on 5.6 yards per carry. It helps that their leading rusher has a fullback's body as the 6-foot, 225-pound David Sims, who averaged 5.6 yards per carry while running for 11 touchdowns, is like a battering ram when he gets downfield.
The highlight of the Mississippi season was an upset win at home over the LSU Tigers at home and the Rebels averaged a nice 473.4 total yards per game this year, mainly because they like employing a "fast-break" offense that gets off a lot of plays without huddling up. However that has also made quarterback Bo Wallace prone to some mistakes.
Granted Wallace cut his interceptions on half this year, throwing nine of them compared to finding the opposition with his throws 17 times last season, but unfortunately he is starting to revert back to those bad habits with four interceptions and no touchdowns passes in the last two games. Wallace does not usually react well when he is under pressure, and he may face some here from NFL prospect Jeremiah Attaochu, who can line up at linebacker or defensive end.
Wallace turnovers could ultimately prove fatal, so take the field goal with the Yellow Jackets in Nashville.
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The Silver Chair
"Narnia . . . where giants wreak havoc . . . where evil weaves a spell . . . where enchantment rules. Through dangers untold and caverns deep and dark, a noble band of friends are sent to rescue a prince held captive. But their mission to Underland brings them face-to-face with an evil more beautiful and more deadly than they ever expected."
The Silver Chair was read as part of the C.S. Lewis Project that I'm undertaking with a group on Goodreads.
I remember so well the first time I read this story to my two children, all snuggled up in bed with book in hand. Each night we read one or two more chapters of the series until we were finished the final act. I'm still not sure who of the three of us was most enthralled as we visited Narnia with all the different children and shared in their adventures.
This book has Eustace and Jill being summoned by Aslan to undertake a perilous task. Prince Rilian, son of King Caspian, has been missing for ten years without any word of his whereabouts. Their task is to find the prince and bring him back to Narnia. Their journey has them in lands not previously explored, deep beneath the earth in caves best left forgotten, encountering all kinds of strange creatures, enormous sized owls, Marsh-wiggles, giants, gnomes, and an evil witch who ensnares all with her spells of enchantment.
I just loved this series, and this book most of all so far. Christianity is portrayed through various animals, foremost of which is Aslan, a talking lion, who breathes life into the world around him, but it is subtle (the first reading I never once made the connection) giving us a wonderful adventure fantasy that the entire family can enjoy.
If you haven't read it before I recommend you do.
Title: The Silver Chair
Series: The Chronicles of Narnia #4
Author: C.S. Lewis
Genre: Childrens, Fantasy
Source: Personal library
Published: (first published September 7th 1953)
Format Read: Paperback
Pages: 217
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Short Stories and Novellas
A short story is currently defined as anything up to 7,500 words, while a novella is between 17,500 and 40,000 words.
The span between 7,500 and 17,500 is often defined as a "novelette", although some authorities state that a novella starts at 10,000 words.
Since it's all rather arbitrary, and defined mostly by literary contests, we are using the term "short novella" for novelette, because the term "novelette" is sometimes viewed as a work that is frothy or silly, or of limited literary value. One doesn't want one's work to be viewed as silly, now does one? :-). A reference on word counts is listed on the Rules page of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America's Nebula Awards.
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Queen's Birthday: Monday 13 JuneJune 9, 2016 – 10:13 am
Monday 13 June 2015 is celebrated as The Queen's Birthday public holiday. All campuses except Brisbane will be closed (Brisbane celebrates the Queen's birthday in September).
We are open for normal weekend hours on Saturday and Sunday (and the following Tuesday…), so please check the opening hours for the right times for your campus.
- Ballarat Library After Hours Facility will be OPEN as usual from 6am-11pm
- Library chat service will be available on Monday all day and night.
Our online resources – eBooks, eJournals, databases – are all available 24/7, even on public holidays!
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In Nov. 1975 Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone tells this story:
"Many years ago I heard the story of the son of King Louis XVI of France. King Louis had been taken from his throne and imprisoned. His young son, the prince, was taken by those who dethroned the king. They thought that inasmuch as the king's son was heir to the throne, if they could destroy him morally, he would never realize the great and grand destiny that life had bestowed upon him.
They took him to a community far away, and there they exposed the lad to every filthy and vile thing that life could offer. They exposed him to foods the richness of which would quickly make him a slave to appetite. They used vile language around him constantly. They exposed him to lewd and lusting women. They exposed him to dishonor and distrust. He was surrounded 24 hours a day by everything that could drag the soul of a man as low as one could slip. For over six months he had this treatment—but not once did the young lad buckle under pressure. Finally, after intensive temptation, they questioned him. Why had he not submitted himself to these things—why had he not partaken? These things would provide pleasure, satisfy his lusts, and were desirable; they were all his. The boy said, "I cannot do what you ask for I was born to be a king."
We are all born to be kings in the kingdom of God. Our Father is a king, and just as the king's son was exposed to every vile and perverted thing in this life, so you will be exposed to much of the filth and degradation of our generation. But you Aaronic Priesthood bearers and Young Women are also born to be kings and queens, priests and priestesses."
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"Simba, you have forgotten me."
"No, how could I?"
"You have forgotten who you are, and so forgotten me."
"Look inside yourself, Simba. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the circle of life."
"How can I go back? I'm not who I used to be."
"Remember who you are. You are my son, and the one true king. Remember who you are."
Do you remember who you are? I guess... I guess I forget sometimes.
You are the daughter/son of a King. A great, mighty, merciful, and glorious King.
A King who is waiting for you to return to Him, to claim the blessings that are rightfully yours.
You are Cinderella, you are Belle. You are Snow White, Fiona, Rapunzel, and Mia Thermopolis.
You are Prince Eric, Prince Charming, and... and Prince Zuko.
And like the fairy-tale characters above, you have come a long way to be where you are now.
And you have a long way to go.
But nothing could be more important than the choices you make now.
Your eternity is riding on them.
I know I have used this analogy before, but imagine a never-ending string of Yogurt Cheerios. (Because they are yummier than normal Cheerios...)
That never-ending strand represents your eternity. And a single Cheerio on that strand represents your earth life.
The choices you make now, during this minuscule period of time, they affect your eternity.
The time you spend here is very important.
(So all you YOLOers should stop YOLOing...!)
D&C 25:10 - And verily I say unto thee that thou shalt lay aside the things of this world, and seek for the things of a better.
That's my very favorite scripture, you know.
A beautiful and perfect realm awaits you.
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With the third baby can come a surplus of hand-me-downs, especially when it is the third girl! Truth be told, there's a lot of things that can get second and third-time use (baby baths, car seats, strollers,) but by the third child, it's also time for a refresh! I've made a little list of things that I've used and loved since bringing our little Reese into the world…some of them are repeats that were in past lists (I tend to become loyal if I find something I love,) and some are new discoveries!
1.) Bright Starts 5-in-1 Your Way Ball Play Activity Gym
With Hadley and Sadie, friends and family loaned their activity gyms to us. This time around, it was nice to have something new for our sweet little Reese. I love this one, because it can convert into many different forms (from play mat to tummy time to ball pit) —which means it will get SO much use throughout her babyhood. For now, she marvels at her newly-discovered reflection, and I also spot her focusing on all of the black-and white details in her play gym (I didn't know this until my second baby, but little ones are drawn to black and white!) The details and toys in it can keep her attention for much longer than I expected, and she is my first baby to not at all mind doing tummy time since it comes with a supportive pillow. It can play music or nature sounds (my favorite,) and all of the cute little toys are removable. Another added bonus: it is actually adorable, so I do not mind having it out as part of our "life with a tiny baby" decor.
2.) Mustela Shampoo (2-in-1 Hair & Body Wash)
I have been going strong with this shampoo since a friend got it for Hadley when she was a newborn. My most sensitive-skinned baby (Sadie) had the tiniest spurts of flaky scalp, but the instant I'd use this, it would keep it away. This is the only shampoo/body wash I have used on Reese, and in bathing her every two days (and warm washcloth wiping her every day,) we haven't had an ounce of baby acne or cradle cap. It initially smells a bit grown-up, but once your baby is washed, dried, and dressed, they will smell heavenly. 🙂
3.) Noodle & Boo Super Soft Lotion
If Heaven has a designated smell—it is definitely this. It can be on the pricey side, but thankfully, Costco carries a gigantic two pack for under $20! It makes your baby, toddler, or even yourself (I totally use it) smell incredible and feel so soft. With my girls and their sensitive skin, I have found this to in no way irritate it, and instead be very moisturizing.
4.) Bebe au Lait Hooded Towel
If you want to wrap your baby in the softest, snuggliest towel imaginable, look no further. I love that it's a bit larger so that it is like a big plush blanket for tiny babies when they just hate getting taken out of the tub…but can also be plenty big enough for a toddler (Hadley and Sadie are still going strong with theirs…they've held up so well!)
5.) Bebe au Lait Snuggle Blanket
Yes, I have a thing for Bebe au Lait. From their nursing covers, to their above-stated towels, to my favorite of all…the snuggle blanket. Super soft, incredibly light, and just big enough for grownups to snuggle in (why yes, I saw my 6'1" husband use one of ours! 😀 ) Great for making nighttime walks extra-warm (one can cover both girls in our double Bob,) makes a great blanket to sprawl out on at the park, and my favorite use of all: for snuggling under with a little, tiny baby. 🙂 (*I have blankets in the original muslin and luxury, and I honestly love them both, you just can't go wrong!)
6.) The Woombie (Comfort & Harmony Perfect Peanut Swaddle)
I didn't discover the Woombie until Sadie was almost 3 months old, and it was a game changer. All of my girls have loved being swaddled, and this time we introduced it to Reese the day she was born. Sure, there's novelty in the flannel, footprint blanket they have in the hospital, but I remember her first night, our little Reese was getting quite upset about getting loose in the swaddle. In all of my sleepy glory, I suggested that Aaron (it was his shift with the baby,) just put her in the Woombie I brought, but he insisted he wanted her in the hospital blanket. When I woke up to a fast-asleep baby in her pink Woombie, I couldn't help but laugh—what's not to love?—it's ridiculously easy to use, makes a perfect swaddle, and your baby looks like a little glowworm! (*Tip: I get mine at BuyBuyBaby and use a $5 off $15 coupon…so it comes to about $11!)
7.) Ergobaby (Original) Carrier
Babywearing is a way of my life with three small children. I often get asked which carrier I use the most, as I have a Solly Baby Wrap, a Sakura Bloom ring sling, and an Ergobaby. While I love all three for very different reasons, the one I have used the most for this stage of life is definitely the soft-structured carrier—the Ergo (with an infant insert.) My reasoning? I can easily sprint after a child while wearing it if I need to (I am half joking, but mostly serious.) It has a zippered pouch for my car keys, and a pocket for my phone…so I am completely hands-free at the park while my big girls are playing, all while my littlest can get a good nap as I wear her. I haven't tried other soft-structured carriers (such as Lillebaby, Tulas, & Kinderpacks) but pretty much anything that super-securely holds baby so I can maneuver as needed is helpful. If I am in the house, I typically wear the Solly Baby Wrap, as it is light and snug.
I could probably go on and on about baby goodies that make life easier, so rather than continuing on, if you ever have a question about something, I'd love to help out! It's amazing how the simplest of things invented can make life with a baby that much easier (thus that more enjoyable!)
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 - A mosque established and financed by the former Houston Rockets star Hakeem Olajuwon gave more than $80,000 to charities that the government later determined to be fronts for the terror groups Al Qaeda and Hamas, according to financial records obtained by The Associated Press.
Olajuwon told The A.P. he had not known of any links to terrorism when the donations were made, before the government's crackdown on the groups, and would not have given the money if he had known.
"There is no way you can go back in time," Olajuwon said in a telephone interview from Jordan, where he is studying Arabic. "After the fact, now they have the list of organizations that are banned by the government."
A Treasury Department spokeswoman, Molly Millerwise, declined to discuss Olajuwon's contributions but said, "In many cases donors are being unwittingly misled by the charities."
Federal law enforcement officials said they were not investigating Olajuwon, a 7-foot center born in Nigeria who played 17 seasons for the Houston Rockets before retiring in 2002.
The Olajuwon-founded Islamic Da'Wah Center gave more than $60,000 in 2000 and $20,000 in 2002 to the Islamic African Relief Agency, the center's tax records show.
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Olajuwon participated in a 1999 celebrity bowling tournament for the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, which the United States government shut down in 2001, accusing it of sending money to Hamas. The Islamic Da'Wah Center gave more than $2,000 to the Holy Land Foundation in 2000, according to its tax returns.Continue reading the main story


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a doodle i made earlier today. the original had very flat skin tones but i decided to push myself to make the skin more realistic than my usual. result = this!
drawn in photoshop CS3 with default brush and an intuos3 tablet.
drawn in photoshop CS3 with default brush and an intuos3 tablet.
wow, ive sen this picture before quite awhile ago and it inspired me. coincidental to see it again from you. beautiful
Those are the eyes of someone who's seen some shit . . .
By far my favorite of your work!
Interesting... Straight hair crossed with dreads.
I love! the way the hair looks! Sooooo awesome! <3
feels very "wot" inducing. Never really felt that before.
These portraits have a rare, and very real sense that the person in profile is actually looking at the viewer. They don't just appear like beautiful dolls, but beautiful people. It's thoroughly enchanting, and enthralling.
I'm writing to request a hair painting tutorial. Would love to see your process! Such a talent.
great design
love it
her right eye looks hurt..
her right eye looks hurt..
great looking face
love it! love it! love it! I think this is my favorite from your gallery. Hmmm I think?
interesting ^^ very cool pic
And AGAIN! I find the colors and love it....once again yours! hahaha
It's not perfect but there's just something about it that captivates the eye, I really like it.
the way ya draw dreads!
Hauntingly beautiful. I love it!
This is a "doodle?"
wow you are the most amazing artist ever i mean ive seen your gallery and gosh its all so beautiful and lifelike! simply amazing!!!
i love it! especially the hair, its so unusual (in a good way!) and her expression
this is my favorite thing in the whole wide world. like seriously. I love it too much
Are they twins? It's really creepy and beautiful! <3
Interesting! I love her hair!
awesome, i love it...
Very Nice!! Beautiful drawing!
i like this drawing
This is beautiful!
Your artwork is truly amazing, I'm so glad I found you
This is really cool! I love her hair.
me and my friend had a competition to see who could draw this better, it was a tie. really like the hair.
she's wonderful
man its crazy how u call this a " doodle." I love it, i Love her right eye & blue dreads. You have remarkable talent.
totally dig it!
I love this yo
i really love the composition of her face, the whole way it comes together is great. something about your art...i just love it!
One of my all time favorites on DeviantArt and what inspired me to try Digital painting
she has like a left-evil side! Nice Job
incredibel vrey well
great piece!
you should come to america and give me your art powers. yay!
or at least your creative powers cuz i have like, forever-lasting art block..
lolz.. keep up the awesome work!
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During the weekend of parties for La Mercè de Barcelona, the stage on Bogatell beach hosted the best music in Catalan.
Shows by Manel, Txarango, Búhos, Joan Miquel Oliver, Mishima and Sopa de Cabra at the "Mediterràniament" concert completed a luxurious menu.
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There was no end--only circles--like tendrils of bindweed--around and around--
Found myself re-reading The Story of Heathcliff's Journey Back to Wuthering Heights, by Lin Haire-Sargeant. It is an enjoyable read even though my first encounter with Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights in secondary school did nothing for me (most of the time I was wondering what was it with the morons sleeping next to windows that regularly burst open during storms. I mean, come on, any twit with half a functioning brain would have moved the bed away from the windows, no?)
One of the letters from Heathcliff which Catherine never read:
Gimmerton, 10 April 1784
It is I, Heathcliff--
I am come back to you.
I write this not two miles from where you lie asleep, and tomorrow I will wait in a carriage--my own carriage, Cathy--for the one word that gives me the right to claim you. Send that word and claim you I will, though to do it I must shed heart's blood in every room at the Heights, and wade through the results to carry you out.
But first you must read this account of my actions since I have been gone, so you will understand why I left, what strange imperative kept me away for three long years, and how it is that I am now in a position to rescue us both.
From the jacket:
Sprung from the soil, sky and brambles of the Yorkshire moors, the man called Heathcliff and his soul mate Cathy are two of the world's most unforgettable lovers--at the center of Emily Brontë's work of genius, the beloved Wuthering Heights. Vagabond son of nature and landowner's daughter, their hearts beat as one until ambition and destiny tore them asunder. For three years, Heathcliff disappeared--and transformed himself from a stableboy into a wealthy gentleman. It is these three lost years that Lin Haire-Sargeant masterfully chronicles in H.--. Beginning in 1844 as a train steams through the dusk from London to Leeds, this stunning novel transports us into a realm we feel immediately is no less real than our own.
On that northbound train, young Charlotte Brontë makes the acquaintance of a Mr. Lockwood, who shares with her a curious document: a letter written to one Catherine Earnshaw sixty years before by a man known only as Heathcliff. It is a letter that Catherine never received--a letter hidden from her by her housekeeper. Despairing of Heathcliff, Catherine wed her aristocratic suitor, Edgar Linton. Now the dying servant has turned over the yellowed chronicle to her friend Lockwood with a query: was she right to keep it a secret? Troubled by the question, fascinated by the spectres of Cathy and Heathcliff, who seemed strangely alive in the nether regions of her mind and in the snowswept night, Charlotte trims the lamp and begins to read the account of Heathcliff's missing years.
In Heathcliff's own words, here is what happened after he fled Wuthering Heights--determined to die or to become a gentleman worthy of Cathy's complete devotion. Guided only by the faintest glimmer of childhood memory, goaded by ambition, beset by longing and secret dread, he begins his journey . . . a quest that will take him from beggar's streets to gracious mansions, from blind jealously to a brutal confrontation with his rival, from the dark thornwood of his own roots to his rightful inheritance. Yet as he travels ever further from his old life, his heart quickens with one thought alone: of the day he will ride up the hill to Wuthering Heights, and return to Cathy's embrace.
Entrancing, moving and irresistibly vivid, H.-- portrays the dramatic transformation of one man and the enduring power of love. Beautifully true to the style of Wuthering Heights and faithful to the characters as only a gifted artist can be, Lin Haire-Sargeant neither gilds nor shadows the classic novel yet illuminates it as wonderfully alive. A writer of remarkable sympathy and craft, she has created both an unforgettable story and a vibrant confirmation of Wuthering Heights' timeless magic, which lives on in our imaginations and our hearts. (from Pocket Books first hardcover printing July 1992)
The real beauty of--and poignancy in--the book are the letters from Heathcliff, which Catherine never read. I believe it echoes an unspoken longing, a never-fulfilled sentiment in all of us: the wish for an audience, however remote, however far away, however much a stranger, to acknowledge our anguish and pain even in the most private moments of our suffering and angst. The letters unread represent a truncated moment of humanity, the act of communication forever silenced, passion unacknowledged, orphaned. Wilted. More than "What if?" this, I believe, is the locus of Professor Lin Haire-Sargeant's book.
What happens to thoughts unsaid? Love unheard?
Well, nothing. And, as a mad old king once warned, "Nothing will come from nothing." Thus, nothing comes of it. Nothing remains. Nothing, but echoes of what once was living, pining, grieving, dying, now dead. All that remains remain sheafed between torn yellowed pages. A dead world of whispering shadows within a crumbling book. Desunt cetera.
I was born to smile just as you turn your face to the door, and to wear a mask when you look back.
After the storm I was ill. I heard them say I would die, was dead already, so I let myself dream.
Our mother came to the edge of our bed, but she was in grave-clothes so I ran from her.
You ran from me, Heathcliff. You wanted to be done with me
You changed yourself into a hawk and flew far, far into the blue above the moor where I stood, until you were only a black speck against the sun--
But I became the spreading oak you homed to when your wings sagged. I closed my branches around you against the changeful moon.
But you saw it through my leaves. Coiling out of yourself you became a loathsome curling serpent, hissing venom--
Yet I was not afraid. I became the little bird that sang so sweet you rose your neck in the air and danced.
But you danced out of your skin and left it shimmering. I looked up. Now, on the very tip of a high mountain, you were in a stout castle, a castle with a hundred windows, at every window a huntsman's hand, in every hand a bow, in every bow an arrow cocked, to pierce me if I found you out--
But I became the bright lantern set in the highmost tower of the castle, beaming you the safe path home over the cruel mountains.
And I saw you coming, against the light, your outline as it was when you stood in the kitchen doorway from outside, and I in shadow
Then I woke and Nelly said husht
it was only a cloud across the sun, a
branch in the wind, a
bird on the sill
husht, my darling
I paid one last visit to the room I had prepared for you. I left a bud from a late-blooming rosebush in a glass on the ivory table by your bed as a covenant that you would be there to see it when it had opened out into its blossom. I locked the door behind me and put the key in my pocket. Alas, as I write, the crumbling petals of that rose must lie as they fell, fell day by day like the dry tears of one who is beyond hope, for I have not been back.
Everyday it is the same. He asks to marry me and I say, yes, by and by, I will live in a fine house adorned inside with white satin and outside with peacocks on an emerald lawn. Their cries the only things that speak of you.
When the sun shines I will take his arm and say yes and no and I will hold myself erect as I walk from room to room. My legs will not touch the lining of my stiff skirt.
And why should I not be happy? I will be happy, happy! For you will never return. If you were alive, you would have sent me word. You must be dead.
No, not only dead, but damned, for heaven would have let you speak--a branch bent groundward on a still day, a single leaf spiralling from a blank sky, an egg rolled out from nowhere across the floor--I would have heard.
No, not damned, but annihilated. Hell itself would not hold you from me. There is neither hell nor heaven in the place where you are.
On the day I am married I will walk from room to room in the spotless house, but that night I will slip from his bed and move barefoot over the silent clean carpets down down through the kitchen to the cellar where they hide the earth smell (they cannot scrub it away)
moving through the thick dark my feet will find the patch of damp earth in the corner. If I stand perfectly quiet in the dark, if I listen very hard, I will hear
the dry rustle of dead vines climbing the cellar wall
pale flowers flash behind the lids of my eyes
nothing to do but stand still
Tomorrow I will be a bride and he will come to me with his breast abloom.
But how can I flower without you? He is a stranger who comes for me, a gilded man in a picture, whose kisses are paper not fire like yours, my hawk, my eagle.
Not mine. You left me.
I dash you from the sky. You are nothing to me--never leaping the wall in the morning with the sun at your back, never reaching out from the barn shadows, never whispering a secret word in my pillow.
Never riding over the hill again.


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