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Careless Car Habits, A Multi-Blog Series of Habits that Deteriorate and Diminish Your Car's Value.
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Careless Car Habits, A Multi-Blog Series of Habits that Deteriorate and Diminish Your Car's Value
Other than distracted driving which includes (but not limited to) texting, talking, smoking and driving while impaired/tired there are many mindless habits we do in our cars.
We are all guilty of them, some more dangerous than others. Some habits shorten the life of your vehicle some diminish the value or aesthetic appeal. Let's face it your vehicle takes a beating already from the sun, the road, the rain, salt, snow, ice and other driver's. Not to mention the occasional passer-by who scrapes your car with their purse or box they are carrying too close to your mirror or car door. Trees, acid rain, the paint truck driving in front of you and freshly repaired patches with tar in the road are not friends either. How about those bugs? They love your car! Unfortunately a little too much as they can permanently damage your car's exterior. Let's not cause additional damage to our vehicles by inducing harm to them ourselves. I would like to take you on a journey through a multi-blog series talking about mindless habits that we all can avoid to maintain the pristine condition of our vehicles.
Some things to think about the next time you get into or park your four wheeled friend:
Give Me a Door Ding, Please
Parking next to that old beater with dents all over it, filthy dirty is probably an indication that the owner/driver not only doesn't care about their own car, but they certainly do not care about yours! Avoid this common mistake and park away from them! Tight spot? Don't do it! Find another parking spot with more room. Typically doors need at least 36″ to open and get a body out of the door. If your door has large mirrors (truck, van, suv) or a large armrest inside, it may require more room to swing the door open or to get yourself out of the car. Park closer to the car on the left of you, because you can control your door and more than likely the car to the left of you will have only one door opening (the driver) not someone entering/exiting on the passenger's side. If you can, find a spot that is adjacent to a handicapped parking spot or at the end or close to a curb/median or natural divider in the parking lot. Avoid parking next to large trucks, suvs and vans as many times their large mirrors and easily ding your vehicle when they open the door. Sound too OCD and anal? Just a door ding? They add up! I recently paid $250 wholesale cost to my paintless dent repair expert to take out five dings on a car. The deeper the ding, the more expensive. If a ding has a crease in it or has cracked the paint, chances are you will have to paint your car, which is almost certain to have a negative effect on the value of your vehicle. Taking small precautions in the parking lot can have a big payoff.
Bolster Blunders
Do you find yourself "plopping" into your cars seats? Or do you shuffle or slide into the seat right to left? If you do, chances are you are scuffing up what's called the driver's seat bolster area. This is the far left part of your driver's seat and is the most common damage to any leather interior. Simple fix for this: Get into your vehicle more carefully and slowly. Place your right leg first into the vehicle over the left side of the seat, not touching it. When your right leg is all the way in, you should be able to enter your left left right on top of the seat rather than sliding or plopping down, eliminating the chance of scuffing that seat. If you wear studded jeans or pants or consistently wear belts you may also be doing harm to your bolster. Sound too complicated? Then move your seat back more and allow more room to get in. On luxury cars you have settings like 1, 2 and 3 on the side of the door or seat. Program 1 for your driving settings and 2 for your loved one and perhaps 3 would be for entering the car…slide it all the way back to allow for maximum room to get in and over that seat bolster. Most seat repairs cost $250-$300 at dealerships to redye or touch up the seats. With just a little more careful entrance to your vehicle you can avoid unsightly seat wear and unnecessary costs to your vehicles maintenance. While we are talking about seats, if you have a light tan or gray leather seat, remember leather is porous. If you wear a dark dye pair of your favorite True Religion or Seven Jeans or a fresh black leather jacket, chances are you may be bleeding that dye onto your porous light leather! Remove it by spraying a little Simple Green sparingly on the leather reduced by 50% with water and a horsehair brush or soft brush. If you let is sit too long, the leather may be permanently dyed with those favorite jeans or jacket color!
Windshield Scrapers
Windshields typically cost $600-$1k to replace. From rock chips to salt to stars they can take a beating. Why add to that? Letting your windshield wipers get too low or tear and operating them with the metal scraping against your glass is a sure way to ruin your windshield. Wipers cost $5.00 at Wal-Mart each–why take that chance? Additionally using something OTHER than a windshield ice scraper like credit card or something else to scrape that ice or frost or snow off your car can be dangerous. Lastly use Rain-X, Invisible Glass as cleaners and buff/wax your windshield a couple times a year when you wax the rest of your car to keep that windshield free of bugs, tar and other contaminants. Have a kitty cat or lap dog that loves to ride in the car? Don't let them climb on your car or get in your lap close to the windshield! Cat or dog claw marks can really scratch up a windshield! If you happen to scratch your windshield badly with any of the aforementioned culprits try buffing them out with wax or rubbing compound. For serious scratches professional detailers can take it out with an orbital buffer and believe it or not whitening toothpaste with baking soda in it! Leave that one to the pros if you have never tried it.
Stay tuned for our next series of bad habits: Tire Thriftiness, Sunscreen, Salt and Pepper, Heel Hole, Parasitic Drains, Remotion Commotion, Sticky Situations, Toxic Towels and Abrasive Cleaners


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Police say 1 killed in Vegas, part of Strip shut down
In a statement, police said officers responded to the call at 10:48 a.m. and that the shooting occurred on the Strip near Harmon Avenue. The area that was shut down, between Flamingo and Harmon streets, is where several large hotels are, including Planet Hollywood, Bellagio and the Cosmopolitan.
A sick plan for health care
Virginians with pre-existing conditions , such as diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma, cancer and obesity can no longer can be denied coverage by health insurance companies. We the people need no input from you, as we know what you need. I just had to hope I was OK. Sharon Brown is 58 and can't work. Federal money would help buy these plans, " The New York Times writes ".
Month-Old Dies After 'Ghost Calls' Flood Emergency Phone Lines
Police officials have used overtime to beef up staffing in the 911 call center. "As you can well imagine this situation is very frustrating", he said, adding, "This is the No. They said no other cellphone carriers seemed to be affected by the "ghost calls" issue. During that time, emergency operators received a surge in calls, city officials said in a statement .
Chattanooga prices at the pump fall to 29 cents below United States average
The falling prices come at a time of year when gas prices typically rise as refineries undergo maintenance and switch to more expensive summer fuel blends. Prices were also down in South Florida - dropping two cents to $2.43 in Broward County and $2.49 in Palm Beach County. "All these factors could push pump prices 20-40 cents higher by Memorial Day".
The 'Only Bipartisan Thing' Left: Former VP Joe Biden Takes On Cancer
Introduced by his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, the former vice president was greeted by a standing ovation from a sold-out crowd of 1,300 inside the Austin Convention Center, where he made an appearance to discuss the "cancer moonshot" initiative.
On Sunday: Change your clocks, change your batteries
Sunday, although most people go ahead and turn their clocks forward Saturday before they go to bed. He said homeowners sometimes do not realize that smoke detectors have a lifespan, just like any other device, and forget to replace them every 10 years.
The 'Stand Your Ground' Defense Rejected In This High-Profile Shooting
While Florida's "stand your ground" law has been used successfully in many instances, the available evidence in this incident did support Reeves's claim that Oulson constituted an imminent deadly force threat at the time he was shot. The judge concluded that the defense arguments are an attempt to "justify [Reeves'] actions after the fact". In her order, Barthle said Reeves' "testimony was significantly at odds with the physical evidence and other witness testimony".
At least 3 dead after train hits charter bus in Mississippi
Biloxi police Chief John Miller said the bus, which was carrying about 50 people, was stopped on the tracks when the train hit it. Authorities do not know what caused the bus to stop. Several of the victims were airlifted to nearby hospitals to be treated for their injuries. The eastbound mixed freight train, traveling from New Orleans to Mobile, Ala., had three locomotives and 52 cars - 27 loaded cars and 25 empty cars.
Wizards sign PG Brandon Jennings, who was waived by Knicks
While he isn't the consistent scorer he was earlier in his career, Jennings has never been afraid to attack and will give the Wizards another offensive playmaker. He then moved to the Pistons in a trade during the offseason where he went on to average double figures in points during his first two seasons in Detroit.
Berkeley still all-time top producer of Peace Corps volunteers
Meghan McCloskey Boydston "08 , a political science major and art history minor, served as a girls" education and empowerment Peace Corps volunteer in Sotouboua, Togo, from 2009 to 2011. The Peace Corps ranks its top volunteer-producing colleges and universities annually according to the size of each school's student body. Colorado College is tied with Smith College, Spelman College, St.
Justice Ginsburg praises media and the role of free press
Separately, in an interview with the U.K.'s BBC Television, Ginsburg said the US isn't "experiencing the best of times". During her appearance at GWU, the 83-year-old justice never mentioned President Trump or his embattled travel ban executive order.
Trump administration to crack down on immigrant deportation
The agency also plans to send non-Mexican migrants crossing the southern USA border back into Mexico as they await a decision on their case. President Donald Trump, meeting with business leaders at the White House on Thursday, described his administration's moves to deport undocumented immigrants as a "military operation", a label that runs counter to what his administration has previously said.
After Charleston, Roof went toward second AME church, docs say
The records show that after Roof gunned down nine parishioners at the Emanuel AME Church on June 17, he stopped at another house of worship - the Branch AME Church - and shut off his Global Positioning System device for several minutes. Roof carried out his attack at Emanuel AME Church on Wednesday night, June 17, 2015. Convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof has asked for a new federal trial, saying prosecutors didn't have jurisdiction to bring their case against him.
Flooding Forces More Evacuations in San Jose, California
The previous record was in 1922, at 12.8 feet (3.9 meters), Benjamin said. The flooding forced officials to break out their once-in-a-century flood maps. An overnight shelter opened at James Lick High School, on 57 N. White Road. Animals at the Happy Hollow Park & Zoo were being evacuated from flood prone areas Tuesday.
Calif. officer killed, another wounded while responding to accident
Lt. John Corina of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department told the Associated Press the two officers were approaching the vehicle when they were shot by an alleged gang member driving a stolen auto. It was not immediately clear what started the shooting, though Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Lisa Jansen told the Daily News that the suspect is a known gang member.
Boulder police: Missing woman's remains may be in Shreveport are
Densmore, the child's non-custodial father, was pulled over by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol as he was driving Mead's vehicle with the child, unharmed, riding inside, police told Crimesider. The arrest affidavit has been sealed by the court. Police say Densmore left Boulder, Colorado on February 12, 2017. A Colorado man was charged with murder Thursday in the death of his year-old daughter's mother, a day after authorities in Oklahoma caught up to him and the girl, who had been reported ...
Seven Queens Undocumented Immigrants Among Those Arrested By ICE
Although the raids by federal authorities are said to be aimed at criminals and those who violated immigration laws, not everyone detained fits those categories, some say. All kids, regardless of their immigration status or their parents', need to know their rights if they're approached by law enforcement: while the requirement to provide your name to law enforcement varies by state, all people - adult or child, documented or not - have the right to remain silent and refuse to be ...
Trump Nominates Law School Dean To Labor Secretary
Senators Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) were expected to oppose his confirmation in the 52-48-majority Senate. Andy Puzder, the controversial fast-food executive who dropped his bid to become US labor secretary on Wednesday, will return to his job running the Carl's Jr.
ODNI Denies WSJ Story Claiming Intel Officials Withhold Information from President Trump
Trump's announcement comes after the House Intelligence Committee said they are investigating the sources behind the story that led to General Michael Flynn resigning. The Post later reported the Justice Department had informed Trump in January that Flynn had misled officials and was "potentially vulnerable to Russian blackmail".
2-year-old Chicago Boy Killed in Shooting Streamed on Facebook Live
She is now in fair condition. At least four people have been wounded in shootings in Chicago since mid-afternoon Monday, according to police. Lavontay White Jr. Both Lavontay and his aunt's boyfriend were shot in the head during the attack, and were later pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital. There's a deep inequality of gun violence in the city that has seen steep declines in more wealthy communities and increases in a handful of much poorer neighborhoods on the city's south and west ...


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A mirage for both you and us, how can this be real.
We love your body in that photograph, your home state sure must be proud
The queen of the United States, OR HAVE YOU LOST YOUR CROWN!
Well aren't you Miss America (Nope, your answer was just wrong)
Don't you Miss America (wish you believed in equality)
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Antique Billhead-R. Sellew & Co.-St. Louis. Missouri-1884
Price:$9.99+$5.00 S&H
Take a trip in time back to the wild west. Texas was on the edge of the frontier where the six gun still ruled. Cattle drives, gunfights, and drinking and gambling in the saloons was the order of the day The streets were filled with buckboards and horses rather than automobiles. This is a 126 year old billhead dated October 23, 1884 from R. Sellew & Co. of St. Louis. Missouri. It was for a sale made to J.P. Dowell of McKinney, Texas. Mr. Dowell ran a hardware store in downtown McKinney. It measures 8 1/4 inches by 7 inches and is in excellent condition.


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By Jenna Jay
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Full Circle Theatre will present the exuberant musical "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" at La Jolla High School's Parker Auditorium, Aug. 4-7. Karina Wiener directs the show with assistance from Ann Boutelle, head of the theater department at La Jolla High School.
"The people involved in the production are all students of some kind," Boutelle said. "There are college students and some high school students. A lot of the kids met during their high school years in the National Comedy Theatre improv. They're doing basically all of the creative design and choreography and dancing."
The newly resurrected Full Circle Theatre boasts a core of performers who came to Boutelle with the idea of presenting "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," following last summer's performance of "The Thirty-Nine Steps."
On selecting "Scoundrels," Boutelle said, "It was just a show that a lot of them really liked. They came to me said, 'Can we do this?' and I was like 'OK!' Everybody I know who saw the musical really enjoyed it. It's very silly and funny."
The cast of 13 began rehearsals in mid-June.
"They are bringing the energy to it," Boutelle said. "They want to use the space, want to entertain the community, want to work on the skills and craft they've been developing. Many of them are very serious about performing as a career, and I think it's great that they're coming back together again to work together and learn from each other."
This is the second year for Full Circle Theatre to present a production in La Jolla. Last year, at the urging of La Jolla High School theater students Katheryne Penny and Brendan Milove (two performers also involved in this year's production), Boutelle resurrected Full Circle after several years of dormancy.
Full Circle Theatre began as a local performing arts company in 2000, established by Boutelle and her husband, as well as Walter Stewart, former artistic director and founder of the La Jolla Stage Company and theatre teacher at La Jolla High School. The company has produced shows such as "Kindertransport," "The Diviners," "Stepping Out," "Pets," "The Last Night of Ballyhoo," "Teach Me How to Cry," "The Trial" and "Black Comedy."
This year, Boutelle said, theatergoers can expect "a colorful, hysterical, lively, very funny show with beautiful sets and cool lights. "
If you go
Musical from Full Circle Theatre
7 p.m. today, tomorrow and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday
Parker Auditorium, La Jolla High School,
750 Nautilus St.
$12-$8 at the door and (858) 454-3081 ext. 4402. Cash or check only. No credit accepted.
About the show
The musical premiered in
on Sept. 22, 2004, before moving to Broadway in January 2005. It closed on Broadway on Sept. 3, 2006 after 626 performances. It's based on the 1988 film, starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine, and centers on two con men living on the French Riviera.


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Very catchy song, quite original.
You sang it well. I liked the music behind it, too. Even though you wrote it 12 years ago, it is timely and goes well today.
I would like to hear more from you. Glad you're back in the game!
Jeep writing and performing!
Reminds me of the 60s in its Flavor to it. Nine-member singer called Ricky something that a famous song and I can't remember right now. The background vocals are a little for could be more outstanding. Especially when they sing sweet love. Otherwise and that it's pretty good.
Good luck in your future endeavors.
Welcome to fanmusic and I'm glad your sharing your musical passion here. Love the sock-hop feel from this, it reminds me of Grease. The only thing missing for me was your lovely voice doing the doo waaap harmonies over the lead vocal track. Keep that good stuff coming!!!


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Adblock Plus' big announcement that it is going to start selling ads with the launch of its first ad exchange didn't exactly get off to a good start – with Google and AppNexus publicly denouncing the project – but the ad blocking company is insistent it's still going ahead.
Here's an update of what's happened in the past 24 hours:
- On Tuesday morning (EST), Adblock Plus announced the launch of its "Acceptable Ads Platform," powered by a UK-based ad tech startup called ComboTag. Adblock Plus said the platform will contain a supply-side platform (SSP) that allows publishers to insert what it calls "acceptable ads" that are able to be served to its ad blocker users. The platform also comprises an ad exchange, allowing demand-side platforms (DSPs) to plug in to let advertisers purchase those whitelisted ad spots. Adblock Plus said ComboTag would bring its current demand-side partners, Google's AdX and AppNexus, into the exchange. Initially, AppNexus confirmed it worked with ComboTag. Google said it had no knowledge of the arrangement with ComboTag and Adblock Plus' parent company Eyeo. Later that day, AppNexus released a statement saying it had suspended its business relationship with ComboTag and its associated ad network Shefa Media. AppNexus said it would never have agreed to work with Adblock Plus because it thinks the ad blocker's business model is akin to erecting "toll booths on a public road" and "siphoning off" ad dollars that should be going to publishers. AppNexus said the only person who received details of the initiative was a junior support manager who had no authorization to sign off on it. On Wednesday, Google's senior vice president of ads Sridhar Ramaswamy told journalists the company would also be ending its relationship with ComboTag because it "created this relationship with Eyeo, which is now going from being an ad-blocking company to being a provider of ads – this is not a business that we want to be a part of." Google later released this statement: "We were surprised by the announcement and learned of it when we were contacted by press. We have no involvement in their program and this is not a business we want to be part of. We are moving to terminate ComboTag's AdX account.
"Ad blocking is a symptom of bad ads online and that's why we believe the industry needs to align around a standard–backed by data and insights from conversations with real consumers–for what constitutes a better ads experience online."
But despite two of the world's biggest advertising companies saying they want no part of Adblock Plus' pivot from ad blocker to ad seller and airing their grievances that they were not properly informed they were going to be linked to it, Adblock Plus says the project is still going full steam ahead.
A spokesperson for Eyeo, Adblock Plus' parent company referred our inquiries to Guy Tytunovich, ComboTag CEO.
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He first addressed the apparent flip-flop from AppNexus, which Tytunovich says was initially on board with the project.
Tytunovich said: "We are surprised and disappointed that AppNexus had this sudden change of heart. However, we'd prefer not to speculate about what happened in the course of yesterday, or who spoke with whom about what, or what conversations may have happened on Twitter."
Nevertheless, the Acceptable Ads Platform has close to "1,000" publishers signed up to take part so far, he said.
ComboTag and Eyeo are currently exhibiting at the huge digital advertising trade show Dmexco in Cologne to show off the platform. Tytunovich said the booth is "flooded with appointments and walk-up interest."
We asked for Tytunovich's reaction to Google terminating its relationship with ComboTag.
He responded: "Google – on our end nothing's changed. We work with countless of different partners on the demand side. It's an open platform after all. Considering the fact that all we're doing is helping the publishers improve their UX [user experience], and providing them with a way to reduce user churn and improve their yield, I don't see a reason of why anyone would be uncomfortable with it."
To that end, Tytunovich claimed more than 50 demand sources – advertisers, agencies, and agency trading desks – have approached ComboTag since Tuesday to take part in the Acceptable Ads Platform.
The Acceptable Ads Platform has yet to launch out of beta yet, so it's unclear how users will react. However, the majority of the 64 comments in response to Adblock Plus' blog post announcement were critical of the initiative.
"You disgust me. UNINSTALLED," wrote "Matt." Another user, "Marcus," wrote: "Sellouts. That you legitimize it with that most users can't find the non-intrusive ads button in your settings is just sad. Uninstalling."
"Bernice" said: "This is an absolute BETRAYAL of your users. I will be uninstalling your app after having used it for many many years."
It's only been one day and it's already been exceptionally messy, but the Adblock Plus Acceptable Ads Platform saga looks like it's nowhere near over yet.


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15 Super Happy Dogs Who Missed The Lesson On Personal SpaceTranslateCategories: Animals · Cute · Humour Tags: Personal Space
If you're a dog owner, you know there is one thing he or she is always getting up in - your personal space. It doesn't matter what you're busy with, who you're with, where you are. Fido's like ... um hey, whatcha doin? was'up? Let's cuddle man.
We've collected a hilarious collection of photos of dogs who have no concept of you or me or her or him - they're just all about the we.
I'm Just Keeping The Baby Warm, Get Your Eyes Back On The Road Please.
So Like Rob And I Go Way Back, We're Like The Same Person, Nice Suit By The Way.
Listen, She's Not That Pretty And I'm A Better Kisser, Let's Get To Being Just The Two Of Us, MUAH!
We'll Start With A Cobb Salad, Then The Porterhouse Done Rare With Some Garlic Potatoes, Yeah That's How We Like It.
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Cause We Close Like That.
I Am Everywhere, When You Wake Up, When You Sleep, I Am You And You Are Me.
We're Supposed To Go To The Park And He Won't Get Up, What Else Should I Do.
What's Going On Here Young Lady?
Listen Man, I Know You Need A Hug But I Can't Breathe, It's Time To Lay Off The Cookies.
Stop Creeping On Her Facebook ... If I See You Doing It Again, I'm Not Going To Just SIT On Your Face ...
You're Such A Gread Cuddler.
You Know I Was Thinking, One Day We're Gonna Travel To Faraway Magical Places ... Just You And Me.


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Comparative study of endo-parasitic infestation in Channa punctatus (Bloch, 1793) collected from Hatchery and Sewage lagoon
Md. Jobaer Alam1, Md. Rakibuzzaman1, Mehedi Mahmudul Hasan2
1Department of Fisheries, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh 2Department of Fisheries and Marine Science, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Sonapur, Noakhali- 3802, Bangladesh Email: firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com, email@example.com
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Abstract: The study was conducted to collect and identify endoparasites of Channa punctatus (Bloch,1793) from different water bodies of varying water quality in Bangladesh and to determine the prevalence and intensity of infestation brought about by the endoparasites in the hosts. The host fishes were collected from polluted water at sewage treatment lagoon in Narayangong and fresh water at Tongi Hatchery in Gazipur, Bangladesh. The prevalence of endoparasites in the host fish Channa punctatus was 91.30% in female and 88.88% in male fishes, among them in polluted water fishes the prevalence was 85.71% in female and 86.66% in male and in fresh water fishes the prevalence was 100% in both the male and female fishes. The intensities of infestation in Channa punctatus was 6.78 in female and 6.55 in male fish collected from hatchery; and in sewage water fishes the intensity
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Endoparasite, Channa punctatu, Hatchery, Sewage Lagoon
Date Deposited : 12 Jan 2011 17:02
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Volume 8, Number 5, May 2010 , ISSN 1545-0740
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Once upon a time there was a pair of red vinyl pants bought by a girl in college. They were a little on the outrageous side for her but she caved to friends' persuasion and bought them. And they were hella fun and made this rollerskate skinny girl look like she actually had a booty. And she wore them clubbing, way back in the day when she actually did these sorts of things. And then she graduated and went to grad school and wore the pants just once her first year and enjoyed having her butt admired by Woody Allen-esque friend. And then stress, lack of exercise, an overly youthful and carefree diet, and a metabolism that came to a screeching halt all combined to make her unable to fit in her party pants. And she sadly put them away, resigning herself to never wearing them again but unable to throw them away.
Breaking from annoying third person, cut to my last year of grad school. My future in-laws buy me a gym membership and I splurge on a few personal training sessions and start going to the gym almost every day. It's addictive, in a good way. Beforehand, if someone were to tell me they go to the gym almost every day, I'd think they need to get a life. But it's such a great way to relieve stress and it just feels good, even when it kicks my ass. I've been feeling stronger and getting more toned.
I'm on my way to being obsessed with eating better - more fruit and veggies and whole wheat pasta and cutting way back on soda, watching my portion sizes and eating more frequently. Nothing draconian, I love food too much to ever diet. Just doing simple, reasonable things and enjoying everything in moderation and wondering why the hell it took me so long to pay attention to these things. I've never made it a goal to try and go back to my college size, because I thought that was unrealistic and unproductive, plus while I was thinner in college, I was not fit at all.
I do not have washboard abs yet and trying on bikinis at Target was dreadfully unfun. I'm convinced that the only women who really look great in bikinis are those with 0% body fat and that's just not me. But I'm shaping up and slimming down and the other weekend I bought this cute green mini-dress and thought "Hey, there are my legs! They look pretty good!" And I went jeans shopping and kept grabbing sizes that were too big but wondering what the hell was wrong with the universe because I thought, I am not the size X I ended up with. It happened again when I went to the outlet mall and 95% of the things I tried on were way too big, I felt like I was in the Twilight Zone. Gradual weight loss (and gain for that matter, I've been down both roads) is a funny thing in that even as your body changes, your perception of it doesn't keep up.
But the final test was trying on the party pants. I tried on a couple of other things from college first, just testing the waters. And I was still convinced that there was no way the party pants could fit but that that was okay.
I slipped them on this morning and they fit like a glove. Huzzah!
The irony, of course, is that they look a little silly and disco-y now. Where the hell would I wear these? Not really big into the clubbing thing now, as I am old and like to go to bed at a decent hour. Maybe I should wear them to proctor my last exam?
But dammit, if I wanted to wear them I could. And that feels really frakkin' good.


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December 6, 2010
Of Waiting and Ivory Towers
I love Advent, now, but that hasn't always been true. For almost my entire life, I described myself as impatient. "I hate waiting," I used to say with a self-deprecating smile, as if this somehow made me a more productive person. Waiting. Who would want to do that?
Years ago, long before I ever consciously thought of changing my life entirely and going to seminary, I confided in a friend that I felt I was waiting for something, but I couldn't figure out what. It was driving me crazy. I felt like a person in a hamster wheel, going over and over the same facts about my life. Nothing was wrong. What was I waiting for? I was frustrated. My friend reminded me that I needed to learn to just wait. "How can you ever be present to others in the same situation, if you don't know how to be still and wait?"
I didn't know then that there would be a time in my life when I would be called upon to "be present to others."
Three years of formation as a spiritual director, one MDiv, and a summer as a chaplain later, Holy Wisdom has worked some of her magic. I know how to wait. I know how to make space. I know how to just show up.
The gift of being present with people in the most unspeakable moments of their lives is hard to describe. People move closer to the Holy; they open up new ways of seeing God's love and mercy. For almost all, suffering seems to bring them closer to God, rather than driving them away. Courage, strength, and grace abound. I see these miracles because I've learned to wait.
Today I led the memorial service at Peter's Retreat. Peter's is a supportive housing facility for people with HIV/AIDS run by the non-profit (Hands On Hartford) for which I work. At the service, residents spoke of God's love, even as they mourned the loss of those who've died. They spoke of decades-long struggles with the virus. In acknowledgment of World AIDS Day, we prayed for compassion and justice people all over the world who have HIV/AIDS, and for all those right there in the room. They know how to wait. I'm blessed to have pastoral relationships with some of the residents at Peter's. It's not a quick process. I show up, I wait, they show up, God shows up, I listen, we pray.
Community Meals is our soup kitchen. It's open long hours before meals, so it does feel like a community. People greet those who enter with smiles and shouts of recognition. These days I show up to the same smiles and shouts. That didn't come quickly either. I had to wait, to just show up, to earn trust. Sometimes I roll plasticware in paper napkins, sometimes I serve food, sometimes I play dominoes. Mostly, I wait. I wait, and I listen. The other day, I listened to a man who told me that he begins his morning with psalms. Want to know what are the psalms of a man who lives outdoors? Psalms 3, 5, and 91. Look them up. You'll be surprised at how they seem to speak to a man who lives outside, who isn't quite sure he wants to move indoors.
This week I've met God in the family and friends surrounding April's (my partner's) dear friends in the heart-wrenching and unexpected loss of their husband and father, at the age of 44. These people quickly became my family when April introduced me to them over two years ago. Now, being present to their pain is almost too much to bear. I am honored and grateful to witness their faith and their love. The waiting in this case is heart-wrenching. They wait for the coroner's report. They wait for the funeral. They wait for something, anything, to ever seem normal again. And in the waiting, God's love shows up in the friends and family who fill the house. They come, they sit, they talk, and they wait. April is staying with the family. They love her and rely on her. She waits with them.
True confession. I loved seminary. I loved being surrounded by people who seemed to care about the same things that I did. Surely nothing could ever be as good, as holy, as these moments in seminary. I wondered if perhaps it was okay for me to love it, if there was some ministry for me in the rarefied air of academia.
Perhaps there is. But first, I had to bring the ivory tower to the streets. "It's real! It works!" Ian Douglas, my bishop, said when we had lunch a couple of months ago. He left EDS, too, when he was elected bishop of Connecticut. "All that stuff we taught, it really does work." Judging from his beaming face and dancing eyes, I'd say he never doubted it. But I did. I wasn't sure that all those ideas that formed me in seminary could make a difference in the real world of homeless people, hungry people, people with HIV. Now I know that they do. The gospel I learned is as real on the streets and in the tragedy as it was in the classrooms and dining hall.
And all I have to do, is wait.


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Just two days before Mobile World Congress LG has surprised everyone with announcement of two new mid-range smartphones dubbed K8 and K10. While no one was expecting LG K8 to announce these devices around MWC, it was surprising to see the company do that.
But now when these devices have been announced, it makes sense to take a look at their specs, features, price and release date. And that's what we're gonna do – here we'll take a look at each of these things for LG K8. Let's begin:
LG K8 Features
The device will come with a wide range of new photography features. One of those notable features will be the ability to reduce noise from photos taken under low light. It will also have HDR feature. Other notable features will include:
- Flash Jump Shot: This feature captures up to 20 images in one shot, each of them at an interval of 3 seconds, and then combines them to create a GIF.
- Timer Helper: With this feature, you won't have to keep an eye on the counter of your phone's timer to see when it's about to click an image. The flash of the phone will give visual cues by flashing again and again when it's about to capture an image. A great feature for all your group shots.
In addition to that, the design of phone also has the feature of 2.5D Arc Glass for a seamless and modern look.
LG K8 Specs
LG K8 will come with a 5-inch display (720 x 1,280 px resolution), 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, 8mp primary camera and 5mp secondary camera. The device will run Android 7.1.2 Nougat, and it'll be powered by a 2,500 mAh battery. The great thing about this device is that its battery will be removable. In this era of non-removable battery based smartphones, it feels great to see that at least one great vendor is releasing devices with removable batteries.
LG K8 Price
Since LG K8 is a mid-range device, we can expect it to be priced that way. The price of the device hasn't been announced yet, but it may be revealed at Mobile World Congress.
LG K8 Release Date
The release date of LG K8 is also not known as of now. The company may reveal the availability details at MWC in next 2-3 days, and that's when we'll come to know about its release in major markets.


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Rethinking Economic Anthropology: a human centred approach. Papers & Schedule
Friday 11th January 2008
Venue : Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS
09:30 - 09:45 Welcome (Catherine Alexander) 09:45-10:45 Keynote lecture
Keith Hart : The Human Economy
Chair: Catherine Alexander
– 10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break – 11:15-13:00 Plenary 1 : Ethnography of capitalism at the core
Chair: Jonathan Parry
Kalman Applbaum
Where Demand Meets Supply: Comorbidity and Channel Stabilization in the Creation of a Psychopharmaceutical Blockbuster
Hirokazu Miyazaki
The Temporality of No Hope
Sandy Robertson
Trust us – we're anthropologists
Caitlin Zaloom
Economy in the Brain: Gifts and the Compromise of Medical Reason
Discussant: Marianne E. Lien
– 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch – 14:00-15:45 Plenary 2 : Political economy of peripheral areas
Chair: Stephen Gudeman
Fairtrade and its implications
Jane Guyer
Cash Economies
Barbara Harriss-White
Informal Capitalism: Social Order, Agency And Deviance (Five comments on Europe and India and their implications for anthropological research on the economy)
Janet Roitman
The Anti-Crisis
Discussant: Stephan Feuchtwang
– 15:45 - 16:15 Tea Break – 16:15-18:15 Plenary 3 : Alternative Economies
Chair: Deborah James
Stefan Ecks
What is "Global Corporate Citizenship"? A View from the Indian Pharmaceuticals Market
Jean-Louis Laville
Towards a theory of plural economy: in the footsteps of Mauss and Polanyi
Bill Maurer
Re-socialising Finance? Or Dressing it in Mufti? Calculating Alternatives for Cultural Economies
Richard Wilk
The strange economics of happiness
Discussant: David Graeber
Saturday 12th January
Venue: Clement House, LSE, Aldwych
Presented as two groups consisting of 3 parallel workshop sessions each 09:15-10:45 Workshops Group I (3 parallel sessions) Workshop 1: Calculability and Gambling
Venue: Room 302
Chair: Kalman Applbaum
Rebecca Cassidy
Getting lucky: the changing face of betting shops in Britain
Ilana van Wyk
Gambling on God in post-apartheid South Africa: money and sacrifice in the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God
Hans Steinmuller
The Moving Boundaries of Social Heat: Gambling in rural China
Discussant / rapporteur: Caitlin Zaloom
Workshop 2: Debt
Venue : Room 311
Chair: Barbara Harriss-White
Evan Killick
Good Debt and Bad Credit: A Cross-Cultural Consideration of Debt
Gustav Peebles
Alienated Futures, Alienated Money: The Nationalization of Hoarding and Its Implications
Nicolas Martin
Class Formation and the Political Economy of Bonded Labour in the Pakistani Punjab
Discussant/rapporteur: Janet Roitman
Workshop 3: Concepts, Methods, Objects 1
Venue: Room 306
Chair: Richard Wilk
Nicolas Ellison
Towards an anthropology of 'economic practices': perspectives on the 'market nexus' from the Totonac periphery (Mexico)
Alice Bryer
Beyond Bureaucracies? The Struggle for Self-Determination and Social Responsibility in the Argentine Worker-Run Companies
Dinah Rajak
'Uplift and Empower': Discourses of Responsibility in a Transnational Mining Corporation
Geert de Neve
From CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) to CSR (Corporate Social Regimes): the politics of ethical compliance in the South Indian garment industry
Discussant: Ravi Raman Rapporteur: Hirokazu Miyazaki
– 10:45-11:15 Coffee Break Room D402 – 11:15-13:00 Workshops Group II (3 parallel sessions) Workshop 4: Calculability, Reciprocity and Ethics
Venue: Room 311
Chair: Sandy Robertson
Antina von Schnitzler
Measuring Life: Technology, the life and the Production of Calculability in Soweto
Gregers Petersen
Circulating property. Free software as inalienable object and the reality of giving while-keeping
Andres Dapuez
Turbulences of the Present
Helen Busby
The contested values, promises and ethics of commercial cord blood banking in the UK
Discussant: Erik Baehre Rapporteur: Stephen Gudeman
Workshop 5: Labour
Venue: Room 302
Chair: Jonathan Parry
Elisabetta Basile
From Green Revolution to Industrial Dispersal: Informality and flexibility in an industrial district for silk in rural South India
Rebecca Chamberlain-Creanga,
Between money and soul: work, self and Soviet/Russian culturedness in a newly privatized global factory
Jaron Rowan
Notions of work under a regime of mass innovation
Discussant/rapporteur: Massimiliano Mollona
Workshop 6: Concepts, Methods, Objects II
Venue: Room 306
Chair: Catherine Alexander
Jose Ossandon
Property and the collective in Chile's private health insurance
Horacio Ortiz
Everyday investment in Asset Backed Securities: an anthropology of
Kate Meagher
Informality Matters: Popular Economic Governance and Institutional Exclusion in Nigeria
Koray Caliskan & Michel Callon
Economization:New Directions in the Social Studies of the Market
Discussant/rapporteur: Bill Maurer
– 13:00-14:30 Lunch – 14:30-16:00 Discussants' report, discussion and consolidation
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, Aldwych
Chair: Jane Guyer
Rapporteurs: Caitlin Zaloom, Janet Roitman, Bill Maurer, Stephen Gudeman, Massimiliano Mollona, Hirokazu Miyazaki 16:00-16:30 Wrap-up: Rethinking Economic Anthropology
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, Aldwych
- Marianne E. Lien


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August 8, 2015-May 15, 2016 -- English Premier League football season. Responsive interactive graphic shows fixtures, live results, league table, team details and matchtrackers of every match in the Premier League. Matchtrackers show head-to-head statistics, live scores, team lineups, match statistics and times of key events in the match automatically updated.
This is a mobile-friendly, responsive interactive graphic with live results and statistics. This uses a new technique developed by Graphic News - Rather than scaling the graphic to fit into displays of different windows the design of the graphic is fully responsive. If you use the iframe code supplied by Graphic News, adjust the px width dimensions to suit your page (leave the height and the scale factor). The graphic will then re-size on your page appropriately.
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Two Things You Need To Learn About Skin Cancer
Posted on: 10 March 2018Share
Skin cancer is more common than many people think. In fact, there are many people who are walking around with suspicious moles and patches of skin without even realizing that they are at risk for full blown skin cancer. Skin cancer is an important kind of cancer to find early. If you can find it when it is still localized in the mole or patch of skin, then the treatment can be incredibly simple, but if it goes undetected for a long period of time, you put yourself at risk for it spreading throughout the body. Here are some things that you need to know about skin cancer.
1. Know What Skin Cancer Looks Like
One of the first things you need to know is what you are looking for. In many cases the origination point for the cancer will be a small mole. These moles have characteristics that can tell you if they are safe or dangerous. For example, there should always be a border around the mole, you shouldn't see it bleeding out. Moles shouldn't be changing color over time. The way they start out is the way they should stay. Additionally, be careful to make sure that the mole looks symmetrical. If you cover half of the mole it should look the same on both sides.
Moles are not the only way you can learn you have skin cancer. Another sign are patches of dry skin that don't even seem to heal. It is more than just rough dry skin, it usually has some sort of flaking coming from it. Additionally, if you have a wound that just won't heal, this could be a sign of cancer and needs to be addressed.
2. Know What To Do
If you do suspect any kind of problem with your skin, you should see a dermatologist right away. It is a good idea to meet with a dermatologist regularly, like every other year or so, just to make sure that there are no changes for your skin. This is especially the case if you have a family history of skin cancer.
If you do have skin cancer and they find it early, the dermatologist can remove it right in their office. It is has become more advanced, then you will need to see an oncologist about additional skin cancer treatments.
These are just some things that you need to know about skin cancer and what to look for and treatments.


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Anyone who ever doubted Britney Spears' ability to draw a crowd anywhere in the world forgot to ask the good people of Australia, where the comeback queen is selling out shows left and right.
Within hours of tickets going on sale last Friday for shows in Sydney and Perth, all available seats were sold out and additional nights were being planned for both cities to meet demand.
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Mobile marketing has been proven to be a great way to reach out to a much larger audience. There are very few people that do not have some sort of mobile phone, tablet, etc.
Do not contact your customers just for the sake of contact. Only send them information that they'll find relevant and useful. A mobile marketing campaign can fail if you waste your customer's time by texting them random, useless information. Customers demand information in the marketing texts they receive.
Never forget that everything about your marketing campaign is designed for your customers. The fundamental principle of mobile marketing is comprehending the aspirations and dreams of your prospects. If you are unable to decipher what your customer is seeking, then you are unable to gain anything from them. The more informed you are about your potential buyers, the more successful you will be in promoting and selling your product or service to them.
Ask your friends to test your website, advertisements and emails. If you need unbiased opinions, you can hire testers.
Having a mission statement can help keep you on point with your mobile marketing message. Follow the same principles you have used in your previous campaigns.
Changes in your market will dictate changes in your customer base. You can gain or lose customers based on outside influences that you cannot control. If you want to remain competitive, you must make sure you are offering the most current in terms of technology.
You will see a good rise in profits with mobile marketing. More and more people every day use mobile phones for social networking and to download applications. These are both great new areas that you can expand your marketing strategies into. You need to target your customers where they are congregating online.
Wait until the results are in on your first mobile marketing campaign before you cook up a second one. Instead of measuring the success of the marketing by the number of new sales, look at the longevity of the campaign. A successful campaign paves the way for successful future campaigns.
You likely knew that it's possible to create and distribute free apps, but were you aware that it's super easy? Your business could always offer its own special app and really take your mobile marketing to the next level. There are a ton of things you can put in your app.
Many cell phone users have texting capabilities, but not everyone knows what the common texting abbreviations stand for. If your customers are unable to make sense of your promotional text message, they will simply disregard it, which equates to lost sales opportunities.
Your recipient will, probably, send out the mobile marketing ad if it is easy for them to do so. You want to make sure that the recipient of your ad can easily forward it to others, while also including an incentive to the person who first viewed it.
Give yourself more than one option when creating your landing page. User convenience and functionality testing is as crucial for mobile pages as for sites viewed online via desktops. Make two distinct versions labeled A and B of your landing page, then test extensively to see which of the two lands you the most sales. Use the more successful page.
If you are going to incorporate SMS into your mobile marketing campaign, provide your visitors with an opt-in method, and be upfront about how many texts they can expect to receive every month. If SMS messages are done improperly it can harm your business because of the close tie-in with the notification system of the mobile device. This can be extremely intrusive. For these reasons, you must make certain that your SMS marketing plan includes only those customers who have opted in. You must also be certain to send only the number of texts you have agreed to monthly. Making promises and keeping them builds trust among your consumers.
Mobile Marketing
While mobile marketing can be difficult, it does have the benefit that you can tailor ads based on location. Mobile marketing lets your customers know where you are and what you are doing. This means that mobile campaigns can do things no other kind of marketing can. Location awareness is an important aspect of mobile marketing: make sure you plan your strategy accordingly.
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Starting in January, we will be hosting a community lunch on the first Friday of every month. Members and visitors with one-day passes can enjoy lunch on us, gluten free and vegetarian options will be available. Coffee and tea are also free as usual!
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Six Nations Peace Gathering on Sunday, October 15th!POTLUCK FOR PEACE GATHERING
Arrive before noon!
Sunday October 15, 2006
Bring food to share.
This is the peaceful response of the people to the hate rally scheduled for the same day in Caledonia. Supporters are asked to attend.
Cash donations are much needed since the band council suspended financial support to the reclamation. Cheques can be made out to Janie Jamieson.
Please make every effort to attend to show your solidarity and support for the Six Nations land reclamation.
For info:
Dick Hill, 519-865-7722
Hazel Hill – email@example.com .519-865-7723 or 519-445-4351
Janie Jamieson 905-517-7006 firstname.lastname@example.com
Jacqueline House (905) 765-9316 firstname.lastname@example.com
It is important that people make every effort to attend this gathering! With the appointment of Julian Fantino as OPP Commissioner, it is crucial that we demonstrate our unqualified support to the Six Nations Land Reclamation.


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Project Name – Frodsham
Main Contractor – Eastern Alliance & Balfour Beatty
Works – HT were contracted to provide 132 kv sealing end structures and 132 joint bay enclosures. The main contractor brief was to work within the very highest of safety standards to deliver the product.
Materials – The project required the delivery and erection of Haki-teck system scaffold and roof components.
Design – The design had to take into account working within a very close proximity high voltage power line.


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Studying scripture is an important part of every Christian's walk. This Bible reading plan is made in such a way that it will work for just about anyone, no matter where they are at in their journey. The plan is broken up into three different levels. The most entry-level plan is the Essential Plan. As you are reading through, if you find you would like to read more that day, the other plans are listed alongside so you can continue to read more.
Each month is broken up into 25 days of reading. Built into each month are catch-up days, or days to study something a little deeper without feeling like you are falling behind. The goal of the plan is to help you feel encouraged about studying the Bible. Just like Hebrews 4:12 says, "For the word of God is alive and active." We know that as you are reading God's Word, that it will be alive and active in your life.
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Thanks for stopping by! For more than 115 years, Alpha Sigma Tau has been empowering women to excel in life. The sorority invests in women by instilling the skills necessary to navigate life and inspire members to enrich their own lives and the lives of others. We are a proud part of that tradition!
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Each week, we look at some unchanging values and priorities that we must adapt as resolutions in our lives because we must not compromise the foundation of Christ in the midst of the shift in our culture that technology continues to drive.
Psalm 46:10 (NKJV) Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
1 Peter 4:8-9 (NKJV) And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins." Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.


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About us
Cross Designs is a Christian based company founded in 1995 and run by Helene Cross, who is an active member of a Baptist Church in Derby. This business is clearly run on Helene's faith in Christianity.
She has pushed herself to be responsible for staff, to pay them well and look after them, along with customers being happy with our service and product, but if at any point a customer is not fully happy she will always bend over backwards to get that right and ensure they are completely satisfied.
All our garments are made to the highest possible standards whilst remaining reasonably priced, and you are assured of a friendly and personable service from us.
Most of our business comes from client recommendations and repeat orders due to our high quality, hand finished and latest fashionable range of clerical garments. We are always looking at fashion trends and adapting these to clergy wear with the latest colours and styles for men and women.
Our client base has expanded 100% over the last five years and we hope to grow further over the next year.
Our staff are all highly trained and constantly using their creative and technical talents along with their enthusiasm to the benefit of our client's needs.
Womens styles include stretch blouses, t-shirts, classic and shaped blouses in a variety of styles made to fit your specific measurements including fitted designed cassocks and albs. Cassocks, cassock albs, surplices, cloaks and scarves available for both men and women. Our mens shirts and stretch t-shirts are also available in a variety of styles.
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I was asked to make cookies for an unborn baby girl based on one of her nursery decoration (cookies to be given as gift when the baby is born – it is nicely wrapped in a bag with a ribbon). You can see it in the second picture. I used the bell cookie to make the dress and I have uploaded a tutorial few weeks ago that you can find here:
Thanks for looking!
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Dina I loved these on Facebook! So pretty! Gorgeous colour! :-)
Way too cute Dina, I love them!!
Elli, thank you so much for adding this to your favorites!!!
Jessica, Sharon, JO, thank you so so much!!
I am also "favoriting" this one. Love it. Thanks for the tutorial. Love your creativity in using the bell cutter. Very creative. :)
Josie, thank you VERY much for your support and for adding this to your favorites!
I see you are in the Bay Area, I lived 10 years in San Francisco, in the South Beach area, adjacent to the Financial District. I miss it so much :-(((
These are just the cutest thing! What a great little gift! I have never made cookies on a stick before. Do you put the stick in before or after baking them? I would love to make them sometime!
Toni, thank you for your lovely comments and for adding this to your favorites!
I do put the sticks before I bake the cookies, the baking time is around 7 to 8 mn so they don't get time to burn. I use Wilton's Lollipop sticks because the Cookie sticks are way too thick for smaller size cookies. One advice: insert the stick gently into the cookie (that has to be super cold)… Hope this helps, let me know if you need more info!
Sweet, cute and very lovely! Wonderfully made! :) xxxx
Thanks for the tutorial and all your help in getting me started on cookies! xoxo
Very cute!!
Dina that look soooo cute. Love them
Dina, thank you so much for the advice! I am definitely going to try making cookies on a stick soon! Yours are so lovely!
Pauline, thanks a lot for your comments and adding this to your favorites! I think you are going to try these soon, right :-) Looking forward to seeing your creations!


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They'll be warm and dry in this lightweight pullover jacket. Crafted in a shower resistant orange fabric, it has a zip with popper overlay, two front pockets and a handy hood. Plus, it's fleece-lined and has one-touch fastenings on the sleeve cuffs to keep the draughts at bay.
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To grow or not to grow
It is ironic, but sometimes managing growth actually means getting smaller, more efficient, more refined, more focused…or maybe even refocused or redefined. No matter what, it always means change. And planning for, executing, and managing change can be a daunting task for any organization of any size. The path is often littered with challenges and roadblocks. As business advisors, The Milagro Advisory Group, LLC acts as a catalyst for implementing positive change, improving communications, and increasing profitability and operational efficiencies for your company.
"The only thing upon which you can constantly rely is change." — Buddha
We strive to make even the most modest of enterprises great places to work at and to do business with. When we do that, in both quantitative and qualitative ways, we have accomplished our goal and usually have exceeded our clients' expectations. Our motivation—indeed our mission—is to provide achievable and sustainable benefits for our clients. We want them to do the same for their clients, customers, and partners. We think the Golden Rule is the best rule.
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." — Charles Darwin (1809–1882) English naturalist/author


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Researchers frequently spend time thinking about journal selection. What should be the best journal to publish their academic research? Academic publishing giant Elsevier aims to simplify this process. They have added the Elsevier Journal Finder to their list of research tools.
Why Elsevier Journal Finder?
Elsevier Journal Finder uses the Elsevier Fingerprint Engine. This Fingerprint Engine creates an index of weighted terms that defines the text. The text can be any scientific document including grants and project summaries. The Fingerprint Engine basically compares the fingerprint of your article to other articles. The Journal Finder will then suggest an Elsevier journal which has published articles with a similar fingerprint to yours.
Elsevier's Fingerprint Engine uses many thesauri in order to be effective. It uses thesauri from the Life Sciences, Engineering, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Mathematics, and Agriculture. It is also possible for the Fingerprint Engine to use an institution's thesauri.
Elsevier's Journal Finder helps researchers match their abstract to one of more than 2,200 Elsevier journals. These journals cover the Health Sciences, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and the Social Sciences. Using this fingerprint matching system helps authors submit their papers to journals that are the best fit. This should reduce the number of rejections that researchers have to face. Fewer rejections means less time spent on re-submissions.
How to Use the Elsevier Journal Finder
Selecting a journal is easy. A researcher will enter the title, abstract, and/or keywords on the Journal Finder page. It is possible to select up to three research fields to refine the search. You may also choose to limit the results to Open Access journals. Clicking on "Find Journal" will take you to the results page.
This research tool will show the top ten search results. Each listing includes a set of headings such as the journal name and how well its fingerprint matched your article. The listing includes the journal's CiteScore and impact factor. Elsevier Journal Finder also reports the average review speed, acceptance rate, publication speed, and Open Access fee. The Journal Finder makes it possible to sort the results by any of the headings. From the search results page, you can access information on the journal's scope. It is also possible to go to the journal's page or submissions portal.
The current version of the Elsevier Journal Finder uses new Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology to analyze the data a researcher enters. The research tool uses noun phrases, avoids bias due to journal size, and utilizes the Best Matching Algorithm (BM25). This means that authors can expect better accuracy from its recommendations.
Benefits of the Process
One of the major reasons a paper is rejected is because it did not fit the scope of the journal. This can happen even if the paper is excellent. If more authors submitted their work to appropriate journals, rejection rates should go down. Using a system that helps with journal selection by matching a paper to journals that have published similar works should save an author's time.
The Elsevier Journal Finder takes the guesswork out of finding a good journal for your next paper. It gives authors a list of journals that have published similar work. The convenient format of the search results also allows authors to sort based on the headings that are most important to them. The only limitation is that the search returns the best Elsevier journal matches.
There are thousands of journals available today. Journal selection is therefore a complex choice. Being aware of the scope of a journal can definitely help to narrow the list of potential journals to publish in. Even after doing this, however, your academic research may still be rejected. Elsevier Journal Finder is an easy to use research tool that takes selection a step further. It uses NLP and algorithms to find the most relevant journals having similar published articles. It also gives you additional details about the journal to help you make a final decision.


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Former Edwardsville cop burglar to appeal guilty plea from prison
Security footage captures ex-Edwardsville cop stealing from salon
The police officer who pleaded guilty to burglarizing businesses and neighbors intends to appeal his own guilty plea.
Brian Barker, 43, served more than 18 years as a police officer in Edwardsville. But for at least 15 of those years, he burglarized the homes and businesses of strangers and even his neighbors, according to his guilty plea earlier this year.
Now Barker intends to file an appeal, after a motion to reduce his sentence was turned down.
Evidence found in Barker's home and other locations linked him to a string of burglaries, as well as the burglary-arson of then-state Rep. Dwight Kay's offices in Edwardsville. Other businesses named among his targets in court documents were Afsaneh's Alterations, Edible Arrangements, Edison's Entertainment, Pedegos, Newsong Fellowship Church and Reality Salon and Spa.
It was a salon burglary that led to Barker's fall from grace in 2014. Reality Salon owner Cynthia Van Patten had suffered numerous burglaries in her salon, and had installed a motion-activated camera to catch the burglar who never seemed to set off her alarm system, believing it to be an employee.
But the image showed Barker, armed and in uniform, cleaning out her cash register. She testified at Barker's sentencing that she didn't know what to do when she saw it — in fact, Barker had often been the officer responding to her calls. "He was the police, and that's who you call when you have a problem," she said at the time.
Edwardsville Police Chief Jay Keeven turned the case over to the Madison County Sheriff's Department, and during Barker's initial four-hour interview with Lt. Kris Tharp, he eventually confessed to the salon burglary.
Police then found "truckloads" of items in Barker's residence and that of his then-fiancee: auto parts, tools, boxes, a safe full of stolen firearms, boxed mufflers, rare coins, gold bars and two guitars from the church, among other items. Eventually the sheriff's department had to rent a 10-foot-by-10-foot storage unit to hold all the evidence. Most have since been returned to their owners, police said.
Barker pleaded guilty to six counts of burglary, possession of stolen firearms and official misconduct, and was sentenced in June to 40 years in prison, of which he would have to serve at least 50 percent.
Five months after going to prison, Barker appeared in court again on a motion to reconsider his sentence and a separate motion to vacate the judgment and withdraw his guilty plea. Madison County Circuit Judge Robert Tognarelli denied both motions. Barker then filed a notice to appeal with the 5th District Appellate Court, which was also noted in Madison County Circuit Court.
Madison County State's Attorney Tom Gibbons said he was confident that Barker's conviction would remain intact upon appeal.
"He was represented by counsel, and his waiver of rights and plea of guilty were knowing and voluntary," Gibbons said. "No matter what, we will do everything in our power to continue to fight for the many victims and for our community."
Barker was represented by attorney Bill Lucco at trial, but he will be represented by deputy state defender Ellen Curry for his appeal, according to court documents. Curry said she does not normally discuss cases in the press before the appeal is officially filed.
He had resigned from the police department in the early weeks of the investigation. His pension was to be reallocated among his victims, according to Gibbons.
His now-wife, former dispatcher Keri Knight Barker, was found guilty of two felony counts of obstruction of justice for taking a plastic tub full of cash and gold bars to a friend's house when the police came to search her house. After Barker posted bail, she took the tub to the police and cooperated with the investigation. She was sentenced to two years' probation and was fired by the police department.
Clinical psychologist Daniel Cuneo evaluated Barker initially at Lucco's request, because the suicide risk for a police officer facing prison was extremely high. He then continued therapy for free, testifying that Barker suffers from depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, kleptomania and alcoholism. Many of the items Barker stole were never opened or sold, simply categorized and stacked like a warehouse, Cuneo said.
Barker is currently incarcerated at Graham Correctional Center in Hillsboro, Illinois.
Elizabeth Donald: 618-239-2507, @BNDedonald


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Cedar Workout Tank & Dolman Top
Step up your game with the Cedar Workout Tank and Dolman Top! View A is a sleek workout tank, featuring princess seams, a v-neck or crew neck, optional decorative straps, and an easy foldover elastic finish.
Afterwards, clean up with View B, a casual, dolman sleeve top suitable for drapey wovens or knits, with a relaxed fit and an optional pretty knotted detail. From yoga to brunch, this duo of patterns has you covered with stylish, sporty design.
Please note the Cedar Workout Tank & Dolman Top pattern is only available in a PDF format.
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SEWING LEVEL: Advanced Beginner
SIZING: 12 to 28, cup sizes C - H.
Workout Tank (View A): Lightweight lycra jersey with at least 50% stretch (both directions).
Dolman Top (View B): Mid-weight jersey or technical fabric with good drape (can be stretch, but not required) or lightweight woven fabric such as lawn, silk, or rayon.
NOTIONS: Ballpoint/stretch needle, thread, 2.5 yds (2.3 m) of 5/8" (1.5 cm) wide Fold Over Elastic (FOE) (View A), 5/8 yd (0.5 m) lightweight fusible interfacing (45"/115 cm wide) (View B).
The PDF comes as files to print at home or at a copy shop. Files are delivered as a .zip file which can be downloaded on a computer, but not on a mobile device. For more on PDFs, see the FAQs.
NOTE: There are separate files for each view and cup size so you only have to print what you need.
Instructions: 18 pages (5.7 MB)
View A: Workout Tank
- Print at Home Pattern pieces: 19 pages (3.4 MB)
- Copy shop (A0 or US 36" x 48" size): 1 page (2.8 MB)
View B: Dolman Top
- Print at Home Pattern pieces: 27 pages (4.2 MB)
- Copy shop (A0 or US 36" x 48" size): 1 page (2.9 MB)
Customer Reviews
The dolman pattern is just what I was looking for. It comes together quickly. The finishes are clean and professional. The finished top fits well, and I know I'll wear it a lot. I made a 16 E/F out of a single yard of interlock (with the facings from a different fabric). I'm already planning a couple more for spring and a couple out of athletic fabric for working out yearround.
This pattern adds extra bust width but no extra length to accommodate the bust projection so I would still have to make alterations and add darts to the dolman top, which never works well. My whole reason for buying this pattern was because I wanted to save myself the time and effort of a full bust adjustment for my 36G figure. I also thought you'd found a way of successfully shaping a dolman top without darts, but sadly not. I don't believe all large-busted women are so round-shouldered that they need the same length front and back. From my point of view, a complete waste of money.
I have made the Dolman top without the tie front and am thrilled with how nice it looks. The fabric is a remnant from Abakhan Fabrics, Mostyn, North Wales and was in a basket labelled 'sportswear.' It cost me roughly £3. My first plan was to make the pattern up in cheap fabric as a toile and so didn't bother with interfacing, however, the result is such a lovely summer top that I'm wearing it now at work. What a wonderful surprise it is to make a pattern that not only fits beautifully without any alterations but is flattering too. I love the neck and hem facings which I stitched down with a twin needle as suggested. This pattern is far too nice to keep for the gym and it's fairly quick to sew too.
Love this top! It is a little more work than a standard tank, but worth it! Princess seams, curved hem and low back options give it loads of flair. I have made 4 from cotton Lycra. A favorite for layering with a cardigan and joggers.
This is exactly what I was looking for. Needing a sleeveless but not too revealing top for yoga class and layering for everywhere else? This is the one! Love the curved hemline, really flattering! Made the first with fold over elastic, the second top was made by creating a half lining in a 4 way stretch wicking fabric with elastic just under the Bust for a shelf bra. Two more ready to cut out, next one will use color blocking!