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2018 Lexus GX Buyer's Guide
Starting Price: $52,850 | Price yours
Above Average: Off-road capability, rugged style
Below Average: Interior space, ride quality
Consensus: A luxurious, reliable off-roader
Still Making 'em Like They Used To
Lexus' most affordable 3-row offering is something of a throwback in the midsize luxury SUV segment: a body-on-frame SUV. Truck-like construction qualifies the Lexus GX among the most capable off-roaders in the segment -- second only to the Land Rover Discovery, maybe -- but that capability comes not without compromise. The GX isn't as smooth on the highway or as effortless around town as many of its competitors.
There's one thing ultimately appealing about the GX, however: It's a Lexus. The appeal of proven reliability, low ownership costs and a renowned dealership experience can't be denied.
Driving It
"Due to its rugged platform and tall ride height, the 2018 Lexus GX 460 can't deliver the same sporty ride and confident cornering as a car-based crossover SUV, but the trade-off is a firm-riding SUV with impressive off-road abilities. With its fully boxed frame, tall tires and full-time 4-wheel drive, the GX 460 can feel a bit brutish on rough pavement, even with Lexus' Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System helping to lessen body lean." Find out more in our 2018 Lexus GX full review.
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Dynamic Suspension
Because the GX 460 is known for its off-road prowess and its luxurious cabin, the SUV's suspension has to be prepared for everything from twisty roads to deep ruts. The GX's Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System improves handling on road and maximizes suspension travel off-road.
Build and Price
Pricing for the GX starts at about $53,000 and tops out at about $73,000. Build and price your own 2018 Lexus GX 460 to unlock its Kelley Blue Book Fair Purchase Price, 5-Year Cost to Own and more.
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Are you aware of how important friendly bacteria in the intestinal tract is to your family's health? If you (or your child) have taken antibiotics, you can suppose with certainty that their friendly bacteria has been compromised.
In the gastrointestinal tract, there is a very delicate balance that exists between the host and the intestinal bacteria--at least 400 different species of microflora live in the human gastrointestinal tract. These intestinal bacteria alter the chemical composition of foods and drugs, break down dietary toxins, produce and break down vitamins, create toxins and antitoxins, and inhibit the growth of certain disease-producing organisms. When we upset this balance of intestinal microflora with antibiotic use, diet, and disease, we negatively affect the benefits of these microorganisms.
This is why probiotics are so important in our daily supplement regime. Lack of good flora in the gut has been linked to all kinds of disease, including brain dysfunction.
Can babies be given probiotics?
Yes! Babies SHOULD have plenty of beneficial bacteria passed on from their moms; however, if the mom had to take drugs and/or antibiotics during the pregnancy and/or delivery, this could and usually does affect the baby's intestinal flora. Some of the symptoms of this can be thrush, diarrhea, constipation, rashes, reflux to name a few.
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Los Angeles - Idris Elba is among the names that have made the final list of potential new James Bond candidates.
The 43-year-old actor has been announced as one of the names on the official shortlist of actors who MGM bosses are eyeing to be the next incantation of the suave spy if Daniel Craig continues with his threat to quit the franchise.
A source at the company told The Sun newspaper: "To get anyone to take over from Daniel will be a tough job.
"There will be a lot of trepidation about a new Bond, but Idris' talent and proven appeal gives executives a lot of heart.
"Idris may be a little older than the other candidates but he looks like he is still in his 30s.
"MGM are confident that they are in a pretty strong place with a raft of talent available."
Other names that made the shortlist
Other names that made the shortlist include Poldark star Aidan Turner, Fast and Furious actor Luke Evans, and Thor's Tom Hiddleston.
Rounding off the MGM list are Michael Fassbender and Charlie Hunnam.
However, it's EON Productions boss Barbara Broccoli who makes the "ultimate decision" on the role, and she has her eye on two actors who didn't make MGM's list.
Happy Valley star James Norton and Billy Elliot actor Jamie Bell are both meeting with the producer, with the hopes of securing that sought after 007 role.
The source said: "While the MGM executives have an idea, Barbara makes the ultimate decision on the role.
"Once Barbara decides who she wants to direct, then the audition process will be vital."
News of the shortlist of potential candidates comes after Daniel Craig turned down a £68m offer to continue playing the iconic spy in two more movies.
A source at the time said: "Daniel is done - pure and simple - he told top brass at MGM after Spectre. They threw huge amounts of money at him, but it just wasn't what he wanted.
"He had told people after shooting that this would be his final outing, but the film company still felt he could come around after Spectre if he was offered a money deal."
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Set in the future in a time of interplanetary colonization, an unlikely pair race against an impending global crisis and are confronted by the monsters that live inside us all.
Deep in the woods of Maine, a broken promise made after the September 11th attacks forces two friends to confront the teenagers they were and the men they've become.
International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is asked by a desperate rich man to find his kidnapped daughter. However, in addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.
Set in war-torn 800AD Scotland, The Gaelic King tells the story of warrior-king Alpin mac Eachdach. When his young brother is captured, Alpin must hunt the kidnappers though a dark forest that hides an ancient evil.
When a well-known environmental researcher is murdered in the Amazon jungle, an arrogant photojournalist joins forces with a beautiful young activist to find out who is responsible. Along they way, they fall in love as they discover the men responsible for the killing would be more than willing to murder again if it will keep them quiet.
It's not politics as usual, or is it? The governor of Louisiana is about to become the vice-presidential candidate for his party but a murder and an international web spanning from South Africa to Pakistan and North Korea might just get in the way.
In Bangkok, the young Kham was raised by his father in the jungle with elephants as members of their family. When his old elephant and the baby Kern are stolen by criminals, Kham finds that the animals were sent to Sidney. He travels to Australia, where he locates the baby elephant in a restaurant owned by the evil Madame Rose, the leader of an international Thai mafia. With the support of the efficient Thai sergeant Mark, who was involved in a conspiracy, Kham fights to rescue the animal from the mobsters.
Kham is the last in long line of guards who once watched over the King of Thailand's war elephants. Traditionally, only the perfect elephants could successfully help defend the throne, after his harrowing quest to retrieve the elephants, Kham returns to his village to live in peace. But for someone as good in martial arts as him, peace is but a wishful thought…
Armed robber and career criminal Jack Cregan seeks to discover the truth behind his father's murder and his stolen heist money and in doing so puts his life in danger. The devastation that Jack soon discovers puts his very own existence into question.
Dangerous Game is a supposed action packed British heist movie. When Chris (Calum Best) gets mixed up with the Russian Mafia and Algerian Gangsters while trying to help his best friend pay off a large debt, he has to decide if he puts his career on the rocks by embarking on a spree of dangerous robberies that could end up with him in prison, or possibly dead. Synopsis It looks like we don't have any Synopsis for this title yet. Be the first to contribute! Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Synopsis submission guide.
Some elite troops from South Korea trying to solve an amount of missing and death cases at the border between North- and South Korea.
Forest Scientist Sonia is thrown between an international mafia gang and multinational energy enterprises as she secretly conducts research in a restricted area in the Canadian wilderness. With two disgraced police officers she unravels a worldwide conspiracy. Sonia's curiosity comes at a price. She loses everything and has to decide whether to run and hide, or to get even with her seemingly invincible opponents, turns Sonia into an avenger to find the last piece of the missing puzzle.
Tim Tucker (Dylan Bruce) was a star forward who broke a knee and never got drafted to the NHL. After the injury, Tim left hockey and became a hitman. Ten years later he finds himself back in town to look after his brother Matthew (Percy Hynes White), with a chance to set things right. But will his past wreak havoc with his shot at redemption? Written and directed by Brett and Jason Butler, First Round Down is a tire-squealing, gun toting, bad ass comedy set in a blue collar town.
A young girl tormented by the tragedies of her past is brought in for questioning by the police over the death of a man, who she claims to be a demon. Detective Beckett realizes this is the same girl he made a broken promise to seven years ago that he'd find the monster that raped and murdered her 12 year old sister.
To an undercover detective and his partner, events seem like typical gangland power struggle, but a feared criminal puppeteer seeks a powerful artifact with which to change the balance of …
Kyle (Markiss McFadden), one of the many orphans raised in an orphanage by Father Antonio (Paul Sorvino) is an assassin who is sent on missions; from God. For years Father Antonio led these boys to believe they are killing in the name of God. Kyle was one of the best executioners of Father Antonio's men. After placing a bomb in a little coffee shop to execute the owner a little boy Matthew (Aiden Wind) and his mother walks in the restaurant just seconds before the explosion. Kyle decided to save both of them but unfortunately he was only able to save the little boy. A reluctant Kyle takes him in and keeps him hidden for seven days. Through a very complex relationship Kyle discovers a different side in him he didn't know existed. With all the fights, bullets flying, and explosions it's going to be harder than he thought keeping Matthew safe. But with the help of Kyle's beautiful neighbor Tara (Mischa Barton) it just might be possible.
A scientist builds a massive ark after his warnings of an Earth-destroying flood are ignored. But when it's evident the disaster will occur, those who maligned the scientist now turn to him in desperation, boarding the ark and seeking his answers before the world drowns in a never ending sea.
A woman and her best friend go on a crime spree to rob her husband and escape her marriage.
John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked narcotics agents.
In a world plagued by demons who cause great human suffering, young demon hunter Xuan Zang risks his all to conquer a water demon, a pig demon and the demon of all demons, Sun Wukong.
An ex-special services veteran (Antonio Banderas), down on his luck and desperate for work, takes a job as a security guard at a run-down mall in a rough area of town. On his first night on the job, he opens the doors up to a distraught and desperate young girl who has escaped and fled from a hijacking of the Police motorcade that was transporting her to testify as a trial witness in a briefcase. Hot on her heels is psychopathic hijacker (Ben Kingsley), alongside his resourceful henchmen, who will stop at nothing to extract and eliminate their witness.
In a fragile relationship, a husband wants to impress upon his pregnant wife his seriousness in being a good father, so he whisks her away on a babymoon travel holiday to the most exotic, beautiful, Instagram -able, country imaginable, which unbeknownst to him is experiencing a political revolution!
Keiko, daughter of a famous sushi chef, leaves home to escape his overbearing training in both sushi-making and martial arts. Finding work at a rural inn, she is bullied by the staff and ridiculed by the guests, including the president of Komatsu Pharmaceuticals, who has come to the inn for a vacation with his associates. Little do they know, however, that disgruntled Komatsu researcher Yamada has followed them there with designs on revenge, using a serum he developed that can awaken the murderous instincts of fish on rice, creating…killer sushi! Bloodthirsty tuna and squid soon descend upon the humans, killing many and turning the remainder into zombie-like creatures.
This latest installment of Babylon 5 is in two parts: the first, is about an entity that has possessed a worker. It wants to be exorcised but Col. Lochley prevents the priest & sends it & the host both back to Earth. The second is about Galen trying to dupe President Sheridan into assassinating the future Centauri President to stop him possibly attacking Earth in 30 years time.
A band of outlaws appear out of nowhere on a ranchers property and viciously shoot him down. They steal what they can from his ranch and kidnap his wife. They make for the Mexican border, but something starts stalking them. From: Exploitation.TV
Those rascally Shaolin monks are at it again, and this time they're tracking down some vitriolic villains who have heisted a sacred book. Throw in an evil prince, a flying guillotine, and manic martial hijinks, and you've got a potent mix for action.
Your favourite teddy bear. That model kit that took so long to complete. The picture book you used to read over and over again. The shining stone you found that day in the park. Where do all your childhood's treasures go when you grow up? In this story, we meet fantastic creatures that gather all these little objects that fall into oblivion as they are forgotten by their owners when they step into adulthood. These creatures sneak into our world from a different dimension, and unseen by humans, they take all the ditched and forgotten "treasures" into their world. Here, they use their booty to build their own city, a fairy tale-like place called… Oblivion Island!
David begins experiencing cloudy memories of a long-lost life, a murderous existence before he moved to America, where an accident took his memory and his sight. Under the wing of Don Michele, he was a chosen of the violent, Sicilian Cortello family…a family he ultimately betrayed. Now fleeing his ruthless New York City mafiosa existence as part of the family overseen by the irrational and explosive Don Federico–his half-brother, unbeknownst to him–David embarks on a journey back to his Italian origins. Enroute on a train, he encounters a mysterious woman, as well as Father Leonard (Danny Glover), who senses that they all have a connection…and that David has a past that weighs heavily on his mind. But the priest has secrets of his own, having long ago murdered the notorious Williams (Steven Bauer). As Don Federico also sets out for Sicily, each of their paths are destined to cross in bloody confrontation, an atonement of long-ago sins.
Mouna Rudo was born and raised among the Seediq people, an indigenous tribe in Taiwan, and as he grew to be a man he became a member of the Seediq Bale, a courageous band of native warriors. However, Rudo's way of life is threatened under the yoke of occupying forces from Japan, who took over the nation in 1895. As Rudo sees the traditions and honor of his people stripped away, he realizes the time has come to fight back, and in 1930 he brings together a group of former Seediq Bale soldiers, many of whom have been reduced to infighting, and molds them into a revolutionary army. Rudo and his comrades make their stand when they confront Japanese occupation troops at a youth athletic event, leading to a violent confrontation between the Seediq forces and their oppressors. Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale – Part 1: The Sun Flag is Part one of the two-part, four-hour Taiwanese edition of the film Warriors of the Rainbow.
009 Re:Cyborg follows a group of nine cyborgs, each of them created by a shadowy organization for use as weapons against humanity. The group turns on their creators to protect the population instead, using the powers given them to fight their creators.
Captain Sabertooths world sets the stage for stormy and magnificent adventures, in which the children demonstrate courage, shrewdness and vigour in their battle against evil. The audience will enter the pirate vessel The Black Lady and join the youngster Tiny and his girl friend Raven on an adventurous voyage from the pirate alleys in Abra Harbour to the colourful and exotic Lama Rama. Together with Captain Sabertooth and his crew, they brave towering waves and travel through deep jungles in their search for King Rufus fabled treasure. The film is a thrilling story, in which we follow a young boy in tireless search for the truth about his missing father. This voyage evolves into an adventure which will change Tinys life forever. Captain Sabertooth and the Lama Rama Treasure will be a magnificent and humorous live action feature film for the whole family.
In the morning of April 5, 2004, the greatest bank robbery in Norwegian history was carried out in Stavanger. The robbery itself is the main character of the story, and it is illuminated from several angles in the course of the film, from the perspective of the police, the robbers, the central cash service personnel, and ordinary people
It is nearly ten years after Voyager's return from the Delta Quadrant, and the Federation is in a crisis. The Federation's main suppliers of dilithium crystals are disappearing. Space and time have folded around several planets, effectively isolating them from any contact with outside worlds. And this phenomenon is not natural – someone or something is causing this to happen. This necessitates drastic measures; some of which are outside the Federation's normal jurisdiction. For this, Admiral Pavel Chekov, head of Starfleet Intelligence, turns to Commander Tuvok, Voyager's former security officer and current head of the newly reorganized Section 31. Tuvok must put together a new covert, renegade crew – mostly outcasts and rogues – even criminals. This new crew is tasked with finding out what is causing the folding of time and space, and stopping it – at all costs.


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Up to 15% of the population has frequent, severe headaches. Many suffer in silence because of misconceptions and poor treatment by those who do not understand. Dr. Nelson has chronic migraine with daily headaches, and his personal experience and understanding of the condition influences his practice and understanding of your problems.
Please fill this out if you are preparing to see Dr. Nelson for a headache complaint: NLGH Headache Questionnaire
As a physician, the relationship between headaches and exercise is one of the most common issues I face. Did you know that migraines and other types of headaches affect over 28 million Americans? Eighteen percent of pre-menopausal woman and 10% of men will have several migraine attacks during their lifetime. After menopause, a woman's headache frequency rates become similar to a man's.
Exercise can indeed be a trigger for migraine. In a recent study, 22% of the respondents claimed that exercise led to a migraine attack. This may scare you away from the treadmill, but let's first take a deeper look. Long-term migraine studies show that patients who exercise regularly at least 3 days per week have remarkably fewer migraine attacks over time. Many studies show tension-type headaches can be prevented by routine exercise. The most miserable headache patients have chronic migraine. These patients have at least 15 headache-days per month and those headaches are often associated with nausea and sensitivity to light. Typically, these patients had regular and less frequent migraine patterns some months or years prior. A recent study showed conclusively that patients who regularly exercised had a higher likelihood reverting back to their previous, less severe, headache pattern.
As a person with migraines, I have personal experience with it as well. Exercise helps me and it helps my patients. Aerobic exercise is best and morning exercise seems to be a little better than in the evening, but any regular exercise will help. In an era of prescription drugs and crazy remedies for every health problem, a regular fitness routine could keep you out of the doctor's office.
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The weather in my neck of the woods:
Cool and misty.
One of my simple pleasures:
Spending a day in the kitchen just piddling.
On my bedside table:
Kleenex and my iPod.
On my TV:
No TV here.
On the menu for tonight:
We're having some leftover Bbq pulled pork that I made last week.
On my To Do List:
Figure out how to add about 4-6 hours to my day.
New Recipe I tried last week:
Made sweet potato fries last night. I had never made them at home before and they were so good!
In the craft basket:
Both handles of my crochet bag are done, but I did not pay attention to keeping the right tension in my yarn. Now one is longer than the other. I'll probably have to make another one. LOL
Looking forward to:
The weekend. So far, I have no plans except to chill.
Homemaking Tip for this week:
I've been using chorebusters web site for a while now to schedule chores for the kids. I love it!
Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other):
Not much blog reading the last few days.
Favorite photo from last week: Doesn't this look yummy? Hot off the grill!
Lesson learned the past few days:
A smile along with a determination to have a good attitude can transform into a REAL smile with REAL joy behind it.
On my Prayer List:
Fellow bloggers
Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
2 Peter 1:2-3 May God bless you with his special favor and wonderful peace as you come to know Jesus, our God and Lord, better and better. As we know Jesus better, his divine power gives us everything we need for living a godly life. He has called us to receive his own glory and goodness!


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Minute 1 – Reverse Snow Angel, 15 reps
Minute 2 – 10 Handstand Push-ups
Minute 3 – 12 Chest-to-bar Pull-ups
Every two minutes, for 20 minutes (10 sets):
Split Jerk
Coach Alex's Notes:
Let feel dictate the load. If you feel good, push the weight. If you feel a little slow or off, keep the weight light and work on speed and mechanics.
Five rounds for time of:
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Authorities have managed to identify the human skeletal remains that were found in Liberty County as those of Esmeralda Paragas-Nunez, a mother of five children who's been missing since Aug. 3, 2016.
The skeletal remains were discovered by a property owner on Aug. 28, 2016. The police conducted a two-day search after which they were able to recover 85 percent of the skeletal remains.
The Jefferson County Medical Examiner's Office conducted tests and the skeletal remains' DNA were recently confirmed by the Liberty County Sheriff's Office as Paragas-Numez's.
One of her family friend, Flavio Salinas, revealed that Esmeralda worked at the Snow Flake Donut & Deli shop at I-45 at Gulf Bank Road.
The family friend said on Aug. 3, 2016, that Paragas-Nunez was supposed to meet a woman she had recently met through work at a park near Veterans Memorial Drive. But the woman said she never showed up. "As unfortunate as it sounds, I think she was kidnapped and she's definitely in danger," Salinas said.
The main cause of her death remains a mystery although no arrests have been made by the police. However, there's a cash reward that is being offered to anyone who can provide information about a person or persons responsible for Paragas-Nunez's death.
The Liberty County Sheriff's Office can be called at 936-336-4500 by anyone with information or Houston Police Department Missing Person Division at 832-394-1840.
Source: https://www.click2houston.com/news/human-remains-identified-as-missing-mother-of-5-who-disappeared-in-2016


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Dāna is the Buddhist principle of generosity. As part of spreading the Buddha's teachings, we think it's important that we run our centre on the basis of dāna and aim to inspire a culture of giving.
All are classes are run by volunteers who aren't paid for the work they do. We don't charge for most of our classes, but simply ask you to donate whatever you can so we can cover our running costs.
This page provides an overview of our costs and income, as well as information about how to give. The centre is operated by our charity, The Triratna Buddhist Community (Colchester) and as a registered charity, our full accounts are available from The Charity Commission.
Includes both the interest and repayments on the loans which were taken to purchase our building. This coming year we are hoping to repay slightly more which will increase this to around £1,546 per month.
Last year our main expenses were structural work to the building, external signage, and a new water heater. We are projecting to spend less this coming year, approximately £662 per month.
Includes all utilities and hiring a cleaner and window cleaner, and our website costs. This figure also includes rent of the space used for running classes in Clacton-on-Sea. This year we will spend about the same.
Includes everything needed for the centre to be operating which includes insurances needed to have the building open to the public, fees for safeguarding checks and other legal and accounting costs. This year we will spend about the same.
Includes all our Fairtrade tea, coffee and biscuits, cleaning supplies, shrine keeping supplies like flowers, candles and incense, and office stationary and printing costs. This year we will spend about the same.
Our Chair and Mitra Convenors attend national/international meetings several times throughout the year for a week each time, the cost of attending is paid by the centre. This year we will spend about the same.
Includes both online and print advertising which has proven effective for introducing new people to our centre. This year we will spend about the same.
Almost every Triratna centre voluntarily donates a small amount of their surplus to help other Triratna projects such as new centres and central institutions. This year we hope to give about the same.
The vast majority of our income is from the generosity of people who come to the centre. We also make a small amount from hiring the centre, running retreats and courses, and from bookshop sales.
Income from financial years ending June each year:
Most people who come to our classes donate at the centre (we can take donations by cash or card). You can also make a donation online now:
However, many people who attend the centre regularly choose to set up a monthly standing order. Many people find this more convenient than donating every time they come to the centre. Below are instructions for setting up a standing order. If you have had a standing order for a while, you might consider occasionally increasing the amount.
We provide suggested donation amounts for our classes and events. If everyone gave these amounts, our costs would be covered, but those can't afford this (or even anything), are just as welcome as anyone else. We hope that by encouraging you to give what you can those who are able to give more will help cover for those who can't afford as much, and we can continue offering our classes free of charge.
For example, Lunchtime Drop-In class, men's/women's groups, or Mitra study groups
For example, Newcomers Night, Dharma Morning or Saṅgha Night
For example, festival days or study days
For example, just attending Newcomers Night, Dharma Morning or Saṅgha Night each week
For example, attending a weekly class, plus a study group and the occasional festival day
These are suggested donation amounts only. All of the classes and events mentioned above are free of charge and giving to the centre provides no benefit.
Another way to give to the centre is to come to one of our volunteers work days to help with the work and maintenance needed to keep the centre looking beautiful and suitable for our classes and events.
You can set up a standing order yourself using online or phone banking using these account details:
|Account Name
|Colchester Buddhist Centre
|Sort Code
|Account Number
|The Co-operative Bank
Or download and print a standing order form, fill it in, and we'll set it up for you. If you don't have a printer, you can pick up a form at the centre.
If you are a UK taxpayer, the value of your donation can be increased by 25% under the Gift Aid scheme at no extra cost to you. This makes a significant difference, so if this applies to you, please help us by completing a Gift Aid declaration.Learn More


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The Shining Cuckoo is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 738.


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Tried and tested, your sailplane is loaded in the Cobra with wing dollies and a fuselage dolly that will roll on a light and solid aluminium ramp, running on guide rails, with the help of two scissor jacks. The guides in the sidewalls assure that the wing dollies cannot tip over. They run safely on four rubber tires with a diameter of 100mm. The fibreglass fuselage dolly consists of movable cradle of 140 mm, our wing supports are twin padded with an additional replaceable layer of white sheep's wool felt. The sturdy fuselage nose dock of fibreglass is padded with 20 mm (about .8 in) of felt. Fuselage and wings are held in place by stops in the front of the trailer, and are locked by closing the top. The horizontal stabilizer is easily accessible in a lockable fixture in the top of the trailer. During loading, the wings are protected by carpeted pockets covering the sides.
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After reading all these stories, I have decided to celebrate my future birthdays with more fanfare because your stories have shown that no matter what age, you can still have amazing birthdays if you are surrounded by people important in your lives.
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Congratulations ladies. You have till 5 days (June 9th) to get in touch with me via email to provide your delivery address so I can get these prizes out to you. If I don't hear from any of the above winners by this time, I will be re-drawing and announcing new winners.
Finally, I'm always humbled by your continued support of my endeavours to be a part-time blogger whilst doing full time work which isn't the most easiest things to do at the best of times. I have to pinch myself sometimes that I have readers who support me through all these years (it's coming to my 3 year blog anniversary next month!). To you loyal readers, you have all have my heart-felt thanks.
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A Fiery Court Battle over Deed Restrictions Ends in Town's Favor
September 18, 2015
by Lynne Ober
The trial and lengthy dispute has gone to court, and a judgment has been reached.
Longtime Pelham resident J. Albert Lynch, a retired Salem District Court judge, sued the Town of Pelham because he believed that the new fire station/town office building ("fire station complex") violated the restrictive covenants governing the property. In addition, Lynch claimed violation of other covenants regarding the planting of a tree buffer and the reconstruction and maintenance of a stone wall.
However, Hillsborough County Superior Court found that the town did not violate the deed covenant that the fire station design be "colonial" in nature, but the town will have to reconstruct a piece of the stone wall. Overall the judgment was very favorable to the town.
Back in June 2012, Lynch filed his complaint against the town. Since then, the town has expended approximately $90,000 in defense of the lawsuit, according to Town Administrator Brian McCarthy. Lynch has 30 days to file an appeal.
Believing the town had violated covenants, Lynch had wanted the roof on the fire station replaced with a gable roof to make it consistent with the colonial feel. The town said this would cost $1 million. He also wanted mature trees planted as a buffer between the complex and houses on Saw Mill Road and a portion of a stone wall rebuilt. Finally, Lynch had asked for attorney fees as well.
On Feb. 1, 1985, J. Albert Lynch and Louis Fineman formed the FIN-LYN Trust to purchase a 24-acre farm on Marsh Road in Pelham, for the purpose of transferring most of the land to the municipality for use as a town center with both open space and municipal buildings. The trust subdivided six lots for residential development and, on May 31, 1985, deeded the remaining 18 acres to the town, under restrictive covenants regarding the land's use and improvements. The restrictive covenants included, among other things, the following:
"All buildings to be constructed on the land hereby conveyed shall be of Colonial architecture and shall be architecturally consistent with each other. No building shall have a flat or single pitch roof and no building shall exceed two stories in height, excluding the basement."
"Within two years of the date of this deed and prior to the construction of any building or parking lot on the southern one third of the land hereby conveyed, the Town of Pelham shall plant a dense row, at least thirty (30) feet deep, of white pine, scotch pine, fir, spruce or willow trees along the southern property line of the land hereby conveyed."
"The Town of Pelham agrees to reconstruct and maintain the stone wall along Marsh Road and said wall may be breached only for ingress and egress."
Over the years the library and town hall complex had been built. In 2004, the town began the process of trying to build a new fire station, but construction on that was not complete until 2013.
The design of the completed fire station began to be displayed in Pelham Town Hall in 2010. Former Town Administrator Tom Gaydos testified for the town at the trial and said that the drawing of the proposed structure was the first thing anyone saw when entering town hall.
William Hayes testified for the trust and said he had concerns from the beginning about the design of the fire station. During the trial Hayes cited the library as a structure that complied with the trust requirements.
During the trial, the town showed documents showing what was called "dogged opposition" to the new library, but said there was almost no opposition to the new fire station as it related to the deed. Hayes did testify that he didn't ask about the stone wall or the buffer of trees when the library was built.
Lynch testified that the fire station construction and appearance was not in keeping with either the trust or the other buildings built on the complex and equated the fire station to a Jiffy Lube building.
Lynch also testified that he had been in and out of town hall during the time the fire station sketch was posted, but didn't recall seeing it. Lynch also testified that he never attended any of the public hearings on the project because "he didn't want to be the skunk at the party." Nor did he write any letters of objection.
During the trial Selectman Bill McDevitt testified that the restrictive covenants were discussed throughout the project. Berard Martel assured the town that the design was "colonial" and that the pitch of the apparatus bay roof had enough slope to be considered not "flat." McDevitt testified that two weeks after the voters approved the fire station, selectmen received a letter expressing concerns, and he forwarded that letter to town counsel for review.
Town counsel did respond that the roof did meet the standards and that the "architectural details of the building are consistent with Colonial architecture." This information was provided during the trial as well.
The plaintiff requested that a new roof be built that would make the fire station look more like the library. Unfortunately there was a great deal of additional weight from such a roof and, as a result, it wasn't as simple as just adding a faux roof. Meridian Construction estimated the cost to design and construct a second roof over the existing roof to be $1.1 million to $1.3 million, which included adding the infrastructure needed to support the new roof.
The other issue was the barrier of trees, and testimony about that was interesting. According to the court records, "Mr. Hayes testified that years ago the Boy Scouts and other volunteers planted 300 trees. He was not able to recall, however, the exact year this occurred or the species that were planted. Many of the trees were plowed up when the town leased the land to a pumpkin grower, while others died. Only one tree remains from the initial planting." McDevitt also testified that over the years other trees have grown up to replace those that had been plowed under. As a result, the town felt that the required tree barrier was actually there.
The third issue was the stone wall. McDevitt acknowledged that the segment "towards the woods" in the direction of Sawmill Road is in need of repair, but the rest of the wall is in "very good shape." He also said the town was more than willing to work on the last remaining section that had not yet been addressed.
Lynch and Hayes also took issue with the change from a free-standing stone wall to a retaining wall in the center section where an electronic town sign is located, but stopped short of asking that this be rebuilt in original form.
In the written judgment, the court wrote, "the Court made clear in its Order that the plaintiff had the obligation to identify, prior to trial, the remedies it proposed if one or more of the restrictive covenants were found to be violated. This matter has been pending since 2012 and the parties deserve a decision. For these reasons, the plaintiffs motion to amend is DENIED. (sic)" The Court addressed the issue of colonial as used in the deed and found, "Restrictive covenant #6 requires all buildings placed on the property, now known as the Town center or village green, to be of "Colonial architecture and shall be architecturally consistent with each other." "Colonial" is not defined. This is an aesthetic covenant and although the term is not legally ambiguous, there are no doubt subjective differences in what people find most important in considering what qualifies as "Colonial" architecture."
Further, the judgment read, "The fire station complex includes numerous design elements that are colonial in character, such as clapboard siding, extensive use of trim, windows, corner returns, use of vertical lines between the bays to mimic columns, and use of trim to create shadowing and depth on the facade. Further, three of the roofs are steeply pitched, at the southern end of the building, in the section that connects the fire apparatus bay to the office portion, and over the offices portion of the building itself."
The court also found that the tree barrier was sufficient, but that the town did need to maintain the stone wall. The town does not have to tear down the retaining wall. Finally, the court found that each party would pay its own legal fees.
The Pelham Board of Selectmen issued a press release that said, "The Selectmen are very pleased that this unfortunate, contentious, and expensive matter has been put to rest."


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I stumbled upon a new Website called Godtube.com. It's similar to Youtube, but with a Christian direction. Much healthier, much cleaner, and so much better for you!
One video brought tears to my eyes. As a father of a young boy, I know how much I love my son. I suppose God loved Jesus infinitely more than I love my son, so His pain must have been incomprehensible. This video on Godtube.com is so intense, so precious, that I had to make mention of it here. If you want to know what God would do for us, watch the video and think….
To be very honest, most people who view my blog come to me by search engine terms. Every day, someone in the world views my site using the search words: work, God, meaning, purpose, good attitude, godly attitude, etc…
This is such a clear message to me: we're all searching for meaning in our work, and as Christians, we seek to have a godly attitude (and not just a good one). Some days work is difficult because we work with other humans, broken, fallen, and sinful as we are. It's not a coincidence or a matter f chance that offices have cubicle friction, departmental battles, and lunchroom gossip. We all have suffered at one time or another the trials of work. Again, without God, work is a battle.
With God at the center of our lives–with us abiding in Him–work is no more trouble than walking through the park. He is the One working through us. He is the Boss, the CEO. With that in mind, our attitudes at work change. Yes, it still can be a struggle because we often try to do things on our own strength. But with a reminder each moment that He is the One we work for, ultimately, our perspectives change. For each confrontation, for each situation, God is there working it all out for us.
I got the writing below in an e-mail, so I'm not sure if "Joe and Maggie" are the real authors. But it's a gem, and it came to me on a day when I was indeed struglling in my cubicle. Struggling with pride, with people, with stress. After I read it, I nodded my head in agreement and bowed my heart before Him. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did (in Canada!).
Psalm 23 (for work) The Lord is my real boss, and I shall not want.
He gives me peace, when chaos is all around me.
He gently reminds me to pray and do all things without murmuring and complaining.He reminds me that he is my source and not my job. He restores my sanity everyday and guides my decisions that I might honor him in all that I do.Even though I face absurd amounts of e-mails, system crashes, unrealistic deadlines, budget cutbacks, gossiping co-workers, discriminating supervisors and an aging body that doesn't cooperate every morning, I still will not stop— for He is with me! His presence, His peace, and His power will see me through.
He raises me up, even when they fail to promote me. He claims me as His own, even when the company threatens to let me go. His Faithfulness and love is better than any bonus check.
His retirement plan beats every 401k there is!
When it's all said and done, I'll be working for Him a whole lot longer and for that, I BLESS HIS NAME!!!!!!
I've been writing about unemployment, underemployment, contract employment, and now full-time permanent employment, and I think I've seen clear evidence of God's provisions throughout each stage over the six months. I've gone from fervent prayer for provisions, blinded by my own unbelief at times. I've seen answers for our prayers from unexpected places, answers that would keep us "buoyant" throughout my period of contract employment. And now with a permanent role at the company with full benefits, what I thought would be a bigger pay cheque is actually just the right amount we need to live on.
My wife and I keep a daily spending diary so that we can track our spending habits over the month. We have known that we were spending about $400 to $500 dollars more than my income each month during my three months as a contract worker (basically a full-time temporary employee). Even though we are extra careful with our spending habits, meticulously recording our purchases, the $400-$500 dollars is just the cost of a three-person household, with infant needs. Now that I'm on a better salary–and I've celebrated this in my blog here–it looks like the extra monthly salary covers that amount we've been using from our savings.
My point is this: God gives us what we need to live. He has never promised us world riches, six-digit incomes, or mansions to live in. Rather, He states so clearly that He looks after the birds in the air who do not toil for their food. As His children, we are so much more important to Him than birds, and will He not, then, provide for us?
Stated a different way, but also paraphrasing from the Bible, what kind of father would, if asked from his child to give him something nice, give him a piece of coal or rock? Our Father in heaven, then, hears our prayers, knows our needs, and by our faith and prayers, we believe that He will always provide a way for us.
I'm not sure how many times I've written that in my blog, and I'm not certain how many times I've thought of it over the past six or seven months. More importantly, what I am sure of is how many times I've seen its fruition. God provides. Simply put, clearly seen, and truthfully stated.


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Sliders are mini burgers whose shape itself makes it a perfect match to fit in a Falafel patty. These delicious and crispy patties are vegan so are healthier to eat, and the Tahini sauce just makes it tangier and creamier. These are so good that even non-vegans will love them.
Start with adding chick peas, onions, parsley, garlic and garbanzo flour which is high in protein and gluten free too! Sprinkle in the seasoning, pulse it up in your food processor; make small burger patties of the mix and shallow fry them. Cut your Vegan slider buns and start adding the patty over it with some avocado humus and some tangy Tahini sauce. Yummy!
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The trouble with poor visibility into your workforce
This light hearted trailer for Trimble Field Service Management's latest mobile workforce platform 'Work Management' does a great job of highlighting the issues of having a lack of visibility into your workforce. Getting engineers to the right place at the right time is a challenge but one that can be easily overcome with the technology available to service companies today, so don't end up with customers like Mrs Robinson and make sure you have visibility into your field service operation!
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Survival Area
The Survival Area is a small establishment in a remote jungle. Like every other place on the battle island it a place to train your Pokemon.
It is built on the foothills of Stark Mountain.
There is an odd 'Members Only' house that I couldn't get in to on the DS game so it just has a regular interior.
Route 226
Route 226 has a bay in the centre accessible after passing through the side of the mountains from the Survival Area. To its north will be Stark Mountain.
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The entire Island so far.
Survival area.
Route 226 looking up the mountain.
Looking down from the top of the mountain.
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Progress so far.
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PS: Check this project out on Planet Minecraft.
Pokémon Sinnoh Region (2:1 Scale)
And sample the progress so far by downloading the world here:
If you have any tips for improvement please don't hesitate to share. It would be greatly appreciated. Next: Part 28 features Route 227 and Stark Mountain.
After That: Part 29 features Route 228 and Route 229.
And After That: Part 30 features Resort Area and Route 230
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Cheshire-based Lucy Quartemaine is the National Association of Jewellers Designer of the Year 2016 and she was also a finalist for Designer of the Year at the 2016 UK Jewellery Awards.
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In addition to being President and CEO, Corey Thomas is also a member of the Rapid7 board of directors. He has more than 15 years of experience in leading companies to the next stage of growth and innovation. His previous positions include VP of Marketing at Parallels, Inc., a virtualization technology company; Group Project Manager of the Microsoft Server and Tools division, launching the worldwide availability of SQL Server 2005 and steering product planning for Microsoft's data platform; and a consultant at Deloitte Consulting. Corey received a B.E. in electrical engineering and computer science from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Co-Founder, MIT Media Lab
Nicholas Negroponte is the co-founder of the MIT Media Lab (1985), which he directed for its first 20 years. A graduate of MIT, Negroponte was a pioneer in the field of computer-aided design and has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1966. He gave the first TED talk in 1984 as well as 13 since. In 2005, he founded the non-profit One Laptop per Child which deployed $1 billion of laptops for primary education in the developing world. In the private sector, Negroponte served on the board of directors of Motorola for 15 years and was general partner in a venture capital firm specializing in digital technologies for information and entertainment.
Lee Weiner
Chief Product Officer, Rapid7
Lee Weiner brings a wealth of security and product leadership experience to Rapid7, where he is responsible for leading the directions and delivery of Rapid7's entire product portfolio. Before becoming Chief Product Officer, Lee was VP of Products at LogMeIn, Inc., a provider of cloud-based remote connectivity solutions. He has also held leadership roles at several software security firms, including Netegrity, Inc., IMlogic, Inc., and Symantec Corporation. Lee received a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts.
Stephanie Furfaro
Senior Vice President, Customer Success & Sales Strategy, Rapid7
Stephanie brings over 15 years of experience in sales execution and go-to-market roles where she built and managed global sales programs, operations, and strategy. Stephanie has held leadership positions in a number of fast-growing software companies, including early roles at Allaire, Macromedia, and Adobe, each of which have influenced her commitment to delivering outstanding customer experiences. Stephanie joined Rapid7 in 2011 to lead business strategy and sales operations and then as the chief of staff working with the executive team to facilitate strategic planning and cross-functional initiatives. In her current role, Stehanie leads the customer success and sales strategy teams. Stephanie received a B.A. in public administration and a MBA from Suffolk University.
Jen Ellis
Vice President, Community & Public Affairs, Rapid7
Jen Ellis is Rapid7's Vice President of Community and Public Affairs. She believes security practitioners are the guardians of Society's trust in technology, and works extensively with security professionals, technology providers/operators, and various Government entities to promote better collaboration. She believes this is our best path to reduce cybercrime and protect consumers and businesses. To this end, Jen also provides free skills training to security professionals so they can get greater buy-in and achieve more positive security outcomes. She has testified before Congress and spoken at numerous industry events.
Chris Nickerson
CEO, Lares
Chris Nickerson is the CEO of Lares, and has more than 19 years of experience in the security industry, with specific expertise in real-world attack modeling, red team testing and adversarial simulation. At Lares, Nickerson leads a team of security professionals who conduct risk assessments, penetration testing, application testing, social engineering, red team testing and full adversarial attack modeling. Prior to starting Lares, Nickerson held senior positions at Arrow, KPMG and Sprint. He is a contributing member of many security groups, founded the Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES), and was featured on the television show Tiger Team, which aired on TruTV. He cohosts the Exotic Liability Podcast, is the author of "RED TEAM TESTING" – an upcoming book published by Elsevier/Syngress – and a founding member of the BSIDES Conference.
Chris Wysopal
CTO and Co-Founder, Veracode
Chris Wysopal is the CTO and co-founder of Veracode, which was recently acquired by CA Technologies. He sits on the Black Hat Conference Review Board. Chris (@WeldPond) started his career as one of the first vulnerability researchers with L0pht, the hacker think tank that testified before Congress in 1998. Chris is one of the developers of the venerable Windows password cracker, L0phtCrack.
Mary Beth Borgwing
MACH37 Cyber Managing Director, CompTIA Cyber Advisory Board, CyberBridge Advisory Group CEO
Mary Beth Borgwing is a Cyber Executive Entrepreneur for the Accelerator 2.0 at MACH 37. Currently, she also serves as a managing partner at CyberBridge Group, a cybersecurity advisory firm bridging the leadership gap and providing cybersecurity SME for new cyber products for venture investment and Fortune 1000 clients. Borgwing has served as executive leadership, CEO and board member of several technology and security companies, including LemonFIsh, Advisen, Vigilant, and Sentillion. She has extensive experience in IT-GRC, Enterprise Risk Management, Forensic Accounting in the financial services sector and brings decades of expertise to start-ups in strategy, operations, and product development. Borgwing is a frequent speaker on cyber risk at global cyber conferences and contributing author to many national cyber publications.
Dan Geer
Chief Information Security Officer, In-Q-Tel
Dan Geer is a cybersecurity futurist and risk management icon, best known for raising awareness of critical computer and network security issues before the risks were widely understood, and for ground-breaking work on the economics of security. Dan is the chief information security officer at In-Q-Tel, the nonprofit support arm to government agencies that keeps the U.S. safe.


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Aiy??? What's up dave? We were expecting the final journey home post! Grrrrrr... we're mad now.
Ok, maybe you're not. I still do have a couple of cool things to show you as we go from Meningie back to Sturt --like a tile mosiac on an outhouse-- but I don't have time to get that up today.
And since I'm waaaaay behind in my posting I thought I'd put something up for you.
We eat rather well. We also eat fresh stuff. It's easy down here as even the chicken shop up the street gets free-range, no growth hormone, antibiotic-free chooks. And they're good too.
I also make all four of the four major food groups: Cheese, Bread, Beer, and Chocolate. I'm getting very good at it. So good that MIL refuses to drink a Cascade or even a James Boag's anymore cus my brews are very good.
So's my bread. In fact she hasn't touched a slice of store brought bread in over a year.
My first try at making Wensleydale Cheese came out perfect and she says it's even better than the stuff she used to get back home.
Chocolates? Well, how can you go wrong? It's CHOCOLATE!!!!
Here's proof (get it? like proofing the yeast?) of my awesomely good standard bread:
I haven't even used the bread machine to make the dough for months now.
Oh, and pasta should be on that list too.
Ahhhhhhhhh, food... mmmmmmmmmm.


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Greetings sunshines!
I hope that all of you have been well :)
Anyways, I just got back from the 13th Halal Food Expo incorporating Malaysia Food and Fruit Fiesta 2014! :) Which basically only means one thing, FOOD.
I did not manage to take much photos earlier on but believe me when I say this that this is one thing you cannot miss! Plus, it ends tomorrow!
The event does not only cover food but other things like apparels, hijabs, wedding event planners and of course, my favourite floral headbands from prettyloved!
So we started our journey with saying hi to my cousin in law who has a stall there selling baby clothes! And then went on ahead to look for food to eat!
We had the nasi briyani from Abu Mubarak Mandi Rice. My family members are pretty big eaters so we like these sorta thing and let me just say that it is the best nasi briyani I have ever tasted! The fragrance of the rice was really overwhelming and the meat was rather soft, just the way I like it! They didn't really go overboard with the gravy unlike most others we had and I reckon that you should go check them out some time!
Here's the address in case you don't think you're gonna make it tomorrow:
Abu Mubarak Mandi Rice
Bedok Food Center,
1 Bedok Singapore.
Opening Hours: 11.30am to 9.00pm
We went for a walk around after that and was so tempted to get so many things!
Remember when I said that prettyloved was here also?
Turns out that they have more than just floral headbands! And you know me and my love for flowers, hehehe!
Everything was just so colourful! I'd get the fake flowers if I had any cash on me but nooooooooooooo, I didn't and the ATM was miles away! So make sure you all have sufficient cash with you okay! :)
Do check out their facebook page here and instagram @prettyloved_ :)
Oh and they sometimes do have their own stall at the TGIF plaza along the walkway between Vivo and Sentosa!
While I'm at the topic about prettyloved, their mother has also set up a food stall selling thai food!
This was actually my second (or third because I tried the first two times during the first halal expo heh) try at the mango salad because it tasted so so so good!
Just look at that mango, carrots and cucumber mixture!
(Someone please reward me because I'm eating veges for once heh!)
You can opt for a spicy or non spicy salad but who wouldn't want the spicy one right?! It gives the right amount of kick to it ;)
I actually really love the sauce she added into the salad! When I tasted it I honestly thought that my tongue was gonna burn but it was so worth it because it was too good!
So do no forget to check them out guys! They're located near the stage :)
Moving on!
We also bought durian pancakes from Four Seasons. Nothing beats good quality durians guys :)
They have different outlets scattered across the country so if you're a durian lover, be sure to taste their durian cakes and durian rolls and durian errrrrrrrrrthing!
I also checked out this really cute dessert galore which is pretty suitable for those of you who have a party coming up!
I did tried out their RVC samples (because who says no to samples?!) and they had the right amount of sweetness in them! They also do customized cakes according to their customer's needs. You need a kit kat covered cake, they'll give you a kit kat covered cake. And all that jazz yknow! :) I might just be ordering from them during my next party and will give you more details about them if I decided to do so!
Was super attracted to the pink wedding showcase! HEHEHE.
Anyways, guess what I decided to do while I was there? ;) ;) ;)
HAHA, turns out that my cousin's cousin also sets up a small booth for mini makeovers! So being the typical me, I decided to try it out! Thank goodness I did not have any makeup on so it was more easier for her to apply the makeup on me!
She literally contoured the hell out of my face hahahahaha!
And the final look!
Tadaaaaaaaaaa! It honestly doesn't feel very heavy!
She does makeup for all sorts of events from random photoshoots to weddings! Do check out and ike her facebook page here ^^
That's it for today! Be sure to come to the Singapore Expo (Hall 6) tomorrow to check out the many more things they have in store! :)
Ending off with the last batch of photos :)


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I flew home to Alaska this Memorial Day weekend. It was an inexpensive flight and I had great seatmates. I had gotten to my mom's and was unpacking when I found a bit of paper in my single bag I had packed. It was something I had not placed in my bag and I felt awkward as soon as I realised what it was. It was a note from the TSA reminding me that some luggage gets physically checked 'by law' by hands trained to do this. The end the first paragraph with a phrase that appears to attempt to mollify one. "Your bag was among those selected for physical inspection."
I must admit, I did not rejoice or feel honored that my luggage was chosen to be rummaged about in by strange hands. It almost makes me want to wash everything! Even if those hands were gloved, how icky it feels to know my carefully packed items were moved and investigated and looked at. I can't imagine why mine was chosen. They probably didn't like my tiny containers of coconut oils and herbs in the glass jars. Or the olive oils and herbs in the plastic container that looked like it wasn't going to stay contained in the plastic bag I thankfully sealed it in.
Whatever the reason they chose my bag, I am not ok with this legal violation of my private and personal world. I only wish I had placed something really inappropriate in it. Although, it may have made me late for my flight. One of my seatmates had guns locked in their luggage (with alarms) and the alarms had gone off-which meant they were super close to almost late for the flight. I guess I understand, it irks me, and angers me, yet I suppose it is necessary.
Unlike the Duggar case. Which really should be addressed in a court room not made up of twitter and social media. Cuz I know how I'd decide and the general run of tweets wouldn't like it one bit!


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¨ Artificial
- Classification based on one or few morphological characters.
- Gave equal weightage to vegetative and sexual characteristics, this is not acceptable as vegetative characters are more easily affected by environment.
- This system is not followed because it results in separation of closely related families.
- Most famous system is given by Linnaeus, which is based upon number of stamen, due to this it is also known as sexual system of classification.
- Theophrastus (370-285 B.C.), a Greek botanist, classified plants into four groups herbs, undershrubs, shrubs and trees on the basis of their habit.
- Pliny the Elder (23-79 A.D.) distinguished animals into flight and nonflight ones. Flight animals included bats, birds and insects. He divided plants into herbs, shrubs, undershrubs, trees, vines, succulents, aquatic and terrestrial.
- Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778), classified plants into 24 classes on the basis of sexual characters. He took only the number, length and union of stamens and carpels into consideration for 23 classes. For example, he proposed classes Monandria (1. stamen), Diandria (2. stamens), Tri and Polyandria (3 and more stamens). 24th class was Cryptogamia, for flowerless plants. Hence, Linnaeus's system is also known sexual system of classification or numerical system of classification.
- Artificial system is simpler and easier to practice in the field, however it has several drawbacks; such as
- It lacks the natural relationship amongst the organism.
- Organisms do not show a clear-cut evolutionary line.
- It leads to heterogeneous assemblage of unrelated organisms.
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The traits used for artificial system are liable to change.
¨ Natural System
- Based on natural affinities among the organisms.
- Along with morphology it also includes ultra structure, anatomy, embryology and phyto-chemistry.
- Most famous natural system is Bentham and Hooker system. This system is followed in India.
- Bentham and Hooker published their classification in 3-volumes of Genera Plantarum, they studied 97,205 species of plants.
¨ Phylogenetic System
- The term phylogeny is coined by Lamarck and the concept of phylogeny was given by Haeckel.
- First phylogenetic system was given by Eichler.
- In this system all the evidences along with Fossil evidence is taken into account.
- This system assumes that organisms belonging to same taxa have a common ancestor.
Phylogenetic system
The evolutionary history of a group of organisms is called phylogeny. The system of classification reflecting the evolutionary sequence as well as the genetic interrelationships of organisms is called phylogenetic system. Adolf Engler (1884-1930) and his associate Karl Prantl (1849-1893) published a phylogenetic system in the monograph Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien. They placed families and orders of the flowering plants in ascending series based on the complexity of floral morphology. The characters like one whorl of perianth or no perianth, unisexual flowers and pollination by wind were considered primitive as compared to perianth with two whorls, bisexual flowers and pollination by insects. The plant Kingdom according to their classification is further divided into divisions, sub-divisions, classes, orders and families. Asteraceae (Compositae) among dicots and Orchidaceae (Orchid family) among monocots are considered highly advanced. According to them monocots are more primitive than dicots.
Numerical Taxonomy / Adansonian taxonomy – In this all the characters were given equal importance. Number and codes are assigned to all the characters at the same time hundreds of characters are analysed using computers.
Karyotaxonomy / Cytotaxonomy – It is based on cytological information like chromosome number, structure, behavior.
Chemotaxonomy – Chemical constituent of plant is used to resolve taxonomical problem.
Algae are usually differentiated on the basis of their pigments and storage products. Algae included under kingdom Plantae by Whittaker (1969) are of three types: red algae, brown algae and green algae.
About 90% of the total species grow in fresh water habitats and 10% are marine. They are cosmopolitan in distribution. They may be
- Terrestrial– growing on moist soil, walls and rocks, e.g., Fritschiella
- Epiphytes– growing on other plants, e.g., Trenteopohlia, Protococcus,
- Endophytes– growing inside the other plants, e.g., Coleoeheate nitellum inside the thaIlus of
- Epizoic– growing on the surface of animals, e.g., Cladophora and Charaeilum on mollusc shells and crustaceans, respectively.
- Endozoic– living inside body of animals, e.g., Zoochlorella inside sponges, Chlorella in the body of
- Cryophytes– growing in the polar region on ice and snow, e.g., Chlamydomonas nivalis, (causing red snow ball).
- Thermophilic– growing in hot springs, e.g., Chlorella
- Parasitic– growing as pathogens and causing diseases, e.g., Cephaleuros (causing red rust disease of tea and coffee).
- Symbionts – as components of certain lichens.
Chlamydomonas is widely distributed fresh water unicellular alga, commonly occurring in standing or stagnant rainwater, ponds, pools, ditches and on moist soils. It grows, in abundance in water rich in ammonium compounds.
Some species of Chlamydomonas are homothallic, while others are heterothallic. Gametic union may be isogamous, anisogamous, or oogamous.
¨ In most of the isogamous species any vegetative cell may function as gamete and their walls fuse prior to the gametic union e.g., C. debaryana.
¨ In species where the two uniting gametes, though they are morphologically similar, behave differently such as the cell contents of one gamete may pass into another gamete, the process is called as physiological anisogamy.
In anisogamous species like C. braunii, 2-4 large female gametes are formed in one cell and 8-16 small male gametes are formed in another cell. Both the gametes are provided with a wall. The male and female gametes join by their anterior ends. At the point of contact, their membranes dissolve and contents of the male gamete pass into the female gamete with the result of formation of zygote. The gametes do not shed their walls at the time of gametic union.
In oogamous species, like C. coccifera the male cell divides to form 8, 16 or 32 small biflagellate antherozoids. The large female cell loses its flagella and becomes an egg cell or oogonium. Fusion takes place between a male gamete and an egg. Both the gametes are covered with a cell wall and form a zygote.
Disappearance of flagella from quadriflagellate zygote of isogamous or anisogamous species is followed by the formation of a wall around it. The two nuclei fuse and it becomes a spherical structure, which undergoes a period of rest. It secretes a thick wall, which may be smooth and spiny. The resting zygote enlarges to 2-5 times of its original size, owing to the accumulation of reserve food material during photosynthesis. However, there are few species, in which there is no increase in size of the resting zygote that develops a red pigment, called hematochrome. In C. eugametos, however, zygotes remain green.
Ulothrix with its about 30 species, largely grown in fresh water ponds, pools, tanks and running streams. Some species like U. zonata, are distinctly cold water forms.
The plant body is a thallus consisting of an extremely fine unbranched filament. The filament comprises of single row of cells placed end to end, and firmly united. The filaments appear slender, thread like and may be upto 0.04 mm in diameter. Except for basal one, all the cells of the filament are similar in structure and behaviour. The basal cell (holdfast) is slightly elongated, hyaline or achlorophyllous and through it, the filament remains attached to the substratum. The remaining cells of a filament are barrel shaped and are often wider than long. However, the apical cell is down-shaped. The growth is apical.
Isogamous type of sexual reproduction is found in Ulothrix and in majority, the plants are heterothallic, The gametes are formed in large number i.e., 32 to 64 in number in each gametangium. Each gamete looks quite similar to biflagellate microzoospore. However, gametes are smaller in size. These are formed and liberated in a way similar to zoospores. Each gamete is biflagellate, pyriform and has prominent stigma and a chloroplast. They look like Chlamydomonas. but are naked. Since, male and female gametes are indistinguishable, they are denoted as (+) or (–) strain gametes.
¨ Spirogyra is a large genus consisting of about 300 species widely distributed throughout the world. It grows as free floating extensive masses and hence commonly called pond scum. It grows frequently in fresh water, stagnant reservoirs and in slow running streams and rivers. In natural conditions, Spirogyra looks like a mass of shining silky long filaments and hence it is popularly known as pond silk.
The plant body consists of slender, un-branched filament. The young filament of Spirogyra is found attached to some substratum by a modified basal cell, while adult plant is always free floating. The basal cell that helps in the attachment is called as hapteron. Each filament consists of a single row of cylindrical cells.
Each cell consists of a firm cell wall enclosing a mass of protoplast. Cell wall is commonly two layered, the inner composed of cellulose while outer of pectic substances. The pectic substances gelatinize in the presence of water and render the plants slimy touch.
Spirogyra reproduces by vegetative and sexual methods. However, aplanospores formation has been reported in S. aplanosporum and akinetes in S. farlowii.
Fragmentation is the common method of vegetative reproduction in Spirogyra. Accidental breaking or injury breaks the filaments into 2-3 celled pieces, each germinates to produce a new plant. However, in certain cases, cross walls also play a role in separating the two cells apart by the process of invagination.
The sexual reproduction in Spirogyra is called conjugation, which involves fusion of two morphologically identical but physiologically dissimilar gametes. It is called as physiological anisogamy. The gametes are aflagellate (aplanogametes). For development of gametes some of the cells start to act like male and female gametangia. The cell contents taking part in development of gametangia become separated from the cell wall and shrink and are ultimately converted into gametes. The process of conjugation involves following methods:
Sometimes conjugation does not take place. The gametangia then are converted into thick walled bodies identical to zygospores. These bodies, formed parthenogenetically, are called azygospores or parthenospores. They germinate like zygospores to form new filaments but without the meiotic division.
Water is indispensable for fertilization (zooidiogamy).
Many antherozoids swim to the neck to archegonium.
All the neck canal cells and venter canal cell disorganize to form mucilage, carbohydrate, proteins, K+, etc. These chemicals not only provide the medium for swimming of antherozoids but also chemotract them. Many antherozoids enter into the venter but only one, the most active one, fuses with egg to form diploid zygote (oospore).
With the formation of diploid zygote, the gametophytic generation ends and the sporophytic generation starts.
Present in moist and shady habitats, such as banks of streams, marshy ground, damp soil, bark of trees and deep in woods. E.g., Marchantaia, Riccia.
Liverworts are thalloid and thallus is dorsiventral which is closely appressed to the substratum.
Some members like Pelia and Porella is leafy having tiny leaf like appendages in rows on the stem like structure.
¨ The male and female reproductive structures are antheridia and archegonia, respectively. The prothalli are strictly monoecious or homothallic and protandrous (antheridia maturing earlier than archegonia). Both the sex organs are produced on the ventral surface of the thallus.
The antheridia develop in the basal region of the prothallus, among the rhizoidal cushion. Mature antheridium is a dome shaped structure that projects beyond the surface of the prothallus. The wall of the antheridium is composed of only three cells. Two cells form a ring around antheridium and are known as first ring cell and second ring cell. The third cell, which forms a cap of the antheridium, is known as cap cell. In each antheridium, there are usually 32 spirally coiled multiflagellate antherozoids. The antherozoids of ferns thus resemble with those of Cycas in their multiflagellate nature.
The archegonia are produced in the thickened portion of the prothallus,just behind the apical notch. Mature archegonium is a flask shaped structure. It has a basal enlarged venter that is deeply sunken in the tissue of the prothallus and a neck that project beyond the surface of the prothallus. The wall of the neck consists of four rows of neck cells. The venter has a large egg and a small venter canal cell. The neck canal of the young archegonium is occupied by an axial formation between the two neck canal cells and, therefore, almost invariably there is a single binucleate neck canal cell.
Plant Life Cycles and Alternation of Generation
¨ In plants, both haploid and diploid cell can divide by mitosis.
¨ The haploid plant body produces gametes by mitosis, this plant represents gametophyte.
¨ After fertilization diploid zygote also divides by mitosis to produce sporophyte.
¨ As a result of meiosis in sporophyte haploid spores are produced.
¨ Syngamy and meiosis are two important factor which are responsible for alternation of generation.


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All right, well, I guess I am making pretty decent time on these. Wands seemed to go a little easier than the other suits. I'm pretty pleased with this suit, although I did have to rearrange my royalty for a bit. For some reason I had planned to make Zuko the king of cups. Ummm... what? He's clearly the king of wands. So then Ozai got demoted from royalty altogether, he was originally my king of wands. And Tenzin will be the king of cups. I don't know why I did that, maybe I just wrote it down wrong? It makes not sense. But I have been trying very hard to get this done, because I'm sending this and the pinup deck to print at the same time, no reason to pay shipping twice. I just need to finish this. One more suit to go, and I already have artwork picked out for a few of the cups cards, and ideas for some of the others. So hopefully it won't take too long.
ace. http://kianart.tumblr.com/post/48989870761/aangs-first-sweet-tats
2.http://nymre.tumblr.com/ - post deleted
7.Flow Like Water by ~EonForgery on deviantART- removed
page. http://polarbeardog.tumblr.com/post/27615015822/pinkelastic-discogirlcomingthrough-do-you
queen. http://artgerm.deviantart.com/art/Korra-311214718
king. http://ninjatic.deviantart.com/art/Prince-Zuko-117214484