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January was…A lot.
This past month has been crazy, to say the least. A lot of highs and a lot of lows but I'm getting through it so that's something!
January contained so much in such a short time that I still can't believe it's over!
January's TBR
Guys, I completed not one, but two read-a-thon/challenges this month! For someone who hasn't participated in any before I count that as a double win!
I participated in the Late-A-Thon hosted by Destiny @ Howling Libraries and JanJamJar from the Devour Your TBR Goodreads group!
I was able to combine them both by using a TBR jar with the ARCs I wanted to catch up on in it.
So the books I put in my January TBR are all the books I put in the Jar.
I didn't get all of them but I didn't expect to.
│The Good Son│✅│
│Anger is a Gift│❌│
│The Unbinding of Mary Reade│✅│
│Rad Girls Can│❌│
│The Boneless Mercies│▶│
│What If It's Us│❌│
Emoji order – format-representation-challenges/readathons-reading status.
The TBR Jar really worked in my favour! And it was great catching up on so many ARCS!
Each book I pulled out came at the right time and I think I might continue with the Jar until I've caught up on the ARC's I have left from 2018.
│The Unbinding of Mary Reade│📥💚│🏳🌈💋🌹│🏃♀🏺│✅│★★│Read Jan 8│
This one was fairly disappointing. I wanted a whole lot more than it had to give.
│My Name is Victoria│Lucy Worsley│📥💚│🌹│🏃♀🏺│✅│★★★│Read Jan 11│
I actually really liked the twist in this but god damn was most of it boring.
│The Good Son│You-Jeong Jeong│📥💚│🔆│🏃♀🏺│✅│★★★│Read Jan 25│
I—this just wasn't great and it mostly just made me angry.
│Unbroken│Marieke Nijkamp│📚│🏳🌈💋🔆♿🧠🌹│▶│
I nearly finished this before the month was up but not quite.
│The Boneless Mercies│April Genevieve Tucholke│📥💚│🔆🚺│🏃♀🏺│▶│
This has been decent enough so far but I'm waiting for more.
Book of the Month
│Girls of Paper and Fire│Girls of Paper and Fire #1│Natasha Ngan│📥💚│🏳🌈💋🔆🌹│🏃♀🏺│✅│★★★★│Read Jan 21│
I loved it! It was so engaging for the most part!
│January Completed│ARC: 4│Owned: 0│Library Loans: 0│Reread: 0│Diversity: 4│Average Rating: 3★'s│
│Vengeful│Villains│VE Schwab│🏳🌈🔆🧠🚺➕│📖│
Nearly didn't get this one because I accidentally sent it to the wrong address but I visited my neighbour and I got it!
This was a late Christmas present to myself!
│P.S. I Still Love You│To All The Boys I've Loved Before│Jenny Han│🏳🌈🔆🧠🚺➕│📖│
│Always and Forever, Lara Jean│To All The Boys I've Loved Before│Jenny Han│🏳🌈🔆│📖│
These were birthday presents to myself!
Past Grey Reads
☁ Book Review // Girl Made of Stars – I Am Broken
☁ Book Review // Everything Leads To You – A Quite Love Story
☁ Book Review // The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – What Do You Mean She's Not a Real Person???
Film & TV
I've really not watched much at all because I just don't have time! Or money!
I decided that the season 1 watch I did of Charmed was enough to give me the hit of nostalgia that I needed so I won't be continuing it again anytime soon! I do want to get around to watching the remake soon though!
January's TBW
│How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World│❌│
│Mary Queen of Scots│🎥│2018│🎬 Josie Rourke│🌟 Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden│★★★★★│
Fave Part: Literally all of it, it was so well done. And I loved that they portrayed Mary and Elizabeth as two women pitted against each other by the men around them.
I won tickets to see this at my local cinema so me and mum went and it was fucking brilliant!
│Hannibal│Season 2│📺│2013│💭 Bryan Fuller│🌟 Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas│★★★★│
Fave Part: The fact it's gotten more and more homoerotic.
I watched the same four episodes about four times each because I needed a fucking break but was being stubborn.
Also, my coworker had time to rewatch every episode in the time it took me to watch those four properly. She has work AND Uni. I have no idea how she has time to do it???
│Drag Race All Stars│Season 4│📺│2012│💭 RuPaul│🌟RuPaul, Michelle Visage│★★★★│
Fave One-liner This Season: "Yeah, well some of us don't have to force story-lines to get air time" -Farrah Moan.
Valentina has continued to live her full telenovela fantasy and it's entertaining as fuck.
The judges need to stop sleeping on Naomi because the bitch is turning it out and they're refusing to take notice… Except for maybe last week….But we don't talk about that.
Manila is killing it as always and the period gown that she couldn't wear on the show??? Iconic.
Also, I'm very excited to see Season 11!!!! So many queens that I'm looking forward to seeing!
│Jessica Jones│Season 1│📺│2015│💭 Melissa Rosenberg│🌟 Krysten Ritter, Rachael Taylor, Eka Darville│★★★★│
Fave character: Jessica obvs
I am struggling but only because the only time I have time to watch is when I'm fucking tired and ready for sleep. I'll get there.
│Dumplin'│🎥│2018│🎬 Anne Fletcher│🌟 Danielle Macdonald, Jennifer Aniston, Odeya Rush│★★★★★│
Fave part: The fact Bo didn't like Will despite her being fat, he thought she was beautiful as is.
This so easily could have been terrible and you literally just have to look to last year to see just how easy it would have been but this was so good and special and respectful and I cried so much while watching it and fucking Ginger Minj was everything and this is everything I wanted Sierra Burgess is a Loser to be and I'm so glad I finally got it.
Also, I have a huge crush on Bex Taylor-Klaus. So there's that.
│Derry Girls│Season 1│📺│2017│💭 Lisa McGee│🌟 Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Louisa Harland, Nicola Coughlan│★★★★│
Fave character: Orla
This show is so fucking funny. I was struggling not to laugh out loud while my mum was giving someone a massage.
│The Haunting of Hill House│Season 1│📺│2018│💭 Mike Flanagan│🌟 Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, Henry Thomas│★★★★★│
Fave sibling: Theo
This show is brilliant like everyone talked about how good it was but I just didn't have time and then I put it on one night and didn't pay any attention to it at all. And then I put it on when I had a self-imposed mental health day and mum watched it with me and it was the best decision I've made in 2019 so far, to be honest.
I binged watched it in just three days which is huge for me because I haven't been able to binge watch anything that isn't just short 20 minute episodes in short season in months.
Oh, and I want Theo to top me.
I would say I need to stop watching YouTube because I watch so fucking much of it but I watch it while I'm doing other things like eating, doing housework, cooking and blogging. It's the only way I can watch it without feeling guilty.
│VH1│Meet the Queens of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 11│The Pit Stop: LaLaPaRUza w/ Katya│The Pit Stop: Jersey Justice ft. Kim Chi│
I am so ready for the new season!!!
Also, I love anything Katya and Trixie do.
And look at Kim Chi's look, I die.
│Miz Cracker│Review With A Jew│
Review With A Jew has gotten PROFESSIONAL now and I just love Miz Cracker.
│Ladylike│Hot Takes—Jen Reveals Her Unpopular Opinion & Devin Reveals Her Unpopular Opinion│Kristen Goes to Montreal With No Clothes│
I am loving these hot takes because they're just fun to watch and see the other ladies react as well!
I think the whole trip with no clothes challenge is a brilliant idea!!!
│Lily Marston│My Friends & I Read Your Assumptions About Me│15 Tools That Help My Neck & Back Pain│
I think the assumptions video trend is actually really a good idea because it allows creators to share a little bit more of themselves!
if you have chronic pain you're gonna want to check out Lily's video on the tools she uses to get relief!
│Buzzfeed Video│Mom In Progress—We Tried the 7-Day Vegan Challenge│
So in this video, they eat vegan cream cheese on toast with raspberries and it looked so delicious that I wanted to try it with other toppings. So now mum and I are obsessed with cream cheese and pepper smoked salmon on toast and I can't stop.
Other toppings I've tried are;
☁ Mango and raspberry jam (because raspberries are pricey)
☁ Salami
☁ Tomatoes (with salt and loads of pepper)
☁ Shaved chicken (with salt and loads of pepper)
And next to try is peaches!
│Liza Koshy Too│The videos I never uploaded… until now│Why I took a break│
I love Liza and I love that she's easing herself back into making videos again and so far I've loved them both!
│Chris Klemens│Telling Each Other What to Say to Strangers: Carly and Erin│
You need to watch this just to see Carly speak gibberish which honestly sounds like Simish and really did sound almost like another legit language.
│Sorted Food│Pass It On│
I will never not love this series. It's YouTube whispers but cooking a meal.
│ElleOfTheMills│My Weight Loss│
I love anytime some talks openly about mental health and Elle is really delivering lately!
I've honestly barely listened to any music this month let alone any new music.
│Camila Cabello│Something's Gotta Give│Inside Out│In the Dark│
│Madison Beer│Dead│
│The Greatest Showman Reimagined│Never Enough (Kelly Clarkson)│This Is Me (Kesha)│Rewrite the Stars (James Arthur & Anne-Marie)│
│Race Chaser│🎙 Alaska Thunderfuck & Willam Belli│★★★★★│
│Sibling Rivalry│🎙 Bob The Drag Queen & Monet X Change│★★★★★│
│What The Tuck│🎙 Nicole Byers & Joel Kim Booster│★★★★★│
I don't know how to not become obsessed with things and apparently, that means listening to all the podcasts to get the backstage Tea on All-Stars 4.
Past Grey Watches
☁ Grey Watches // I Wanna Bone Jude Law and Kate Winslet – The Holiday
☁ Grey Watches // It Has To Be A Shit Show – A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding
☁ Grey Watches // I Hate It So Much I Love It – A Christmas Prince
Blogosphere Highlights
│Krystin @ Here's The Fucking Twist│
Top Ten: Mystery and Thriller Releases for Q1 2019!│
│Destiny @ Howling Libraries│BEST OF 2018: CONTEMPORARY!│
│Elise @ The Bookish Actress│ANOTHER 2018 FAVE, FINALLY REVIEWED! SAWKILL GIRLS BY CLAIRE LEGRAND│
│May @ Forever And Everly│My Most Anticipated YA Books Releasing January through July ft. a Lot of Asian Fantasies and Diverse Books in General!│
│Ellyn @Allonsythornraxxbooks│
│Silvia @Silvia Reads Books│All I Learned About Audiobooks: A Guide│
│Avery @Red Rocket Panda│HOW TO HYPE YOUR FAVOURITE READS│
│Abbiee @Abbiee│WRITING TIPS
Transform a Messy Story Idea Into a Strong Outline (in 3 simple steps!)│
│Ilsa @A Whisper of Ink│How the HECK does one receive a physical ARC because I want one?! (I hear your cries and answer all your questions) Welcome to How To Request + Recieve ARCs│
│Simone @Simone and Her Books│My Review Process and Why I Write Reviews│
│Swetlana @The Caffeinated Bookworm Life│16 Blog Post Ideas To Help You Get Through (AT LEAST) A Month Of Blogging│
│Melanie @Mel To The Any│The Top 12 Books I Must Read in 2019│
Past Month In Review
☁ Month in Review // Christmas is Over Thank Fuck – December
☁ Month in Review // November – I Already Hate Christmas
☁ Month in Review // July, August, September & October – New Post Series!
January's Goals
☁ Increase my walk time and maybe go for walks 6 days a week? ✅
☁ Start doing some floor exercises like crunches. ❌
I need an exercise ball which I have but I don't know where the pump is and I keep forgetting to ask mum where it is.
☁ Read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ✅
☁ Work out my new blogging schedule ✅
☁ Start working on my WIP ❌
☁ Fucking relax a bit ✅
☁ Maybe finish editing all my past posts??? ✅
A Month of Mayhem
I spent my birthday out!!! My mum took me to get my hair cut, we did some shopping, she gave me a massage and some Reiki which I needed!!! And then we went to Fasta Pasta for dinner and it was delicious!!! Oh and I even took photos with mum and didn't feel gross and have a new selfie I took with snapchat with the fox filter and I think it's v cute!!!
The last few years I've always gotten books as presents for my birthday but mum told me I had too many unread books so I had to choose something else…So I chose things for my reading! Because of course.
I got a pair of noise-cancelling headphones so that I can continue to read or blog or write uninterrupted instead of getting distracted every time mum's massage clients come and go. Except mum keeps forgetting to check if I have them on before she goes to have a full conversation with me. So when I realise she's doing it I just turn and look at her and she notices the headphones. I've taken to moving one of the earphones off my ear when I notice she's in the living room but I don't always notice.
My mum also got me my first book sleeve from Etsy! I spent hours finding one I wanted that wasn't super expensive but good quality! It's spacey and I love it. It's great timing since I'm going to be reading more of my owned physical books this year and I don't want them to get damaged by the three drink bottles in my bag for work
YES THREE!!! and two are 1-litre ones and my bag is heavy. I HAVE MY REASONS!!!
I also bought myself far too many animated movies, some books, a curler, some hair products so I can use the curler
I have still not used any of it yet shhhh, and a fitbit!!!!
I mean the fitbit was definitely the most needed one for sure because now I can actually track how many steps I'm doing a day and I've been doing pretty good! I'm hitting 8000 steps most days and even hit my first 10000 steps on the 16th which was exciting!
I went and did my tax finally and now my tax debt
thanks work for not taking the correct amount of tax out for several years! is down to a very manageable amount! So that's a relief!
My sister brought my nephews around for a visit and nephew 3 nearly got bit by a spider but nephew 2 saved the day! Other than that the visit was good! I love them so much and Nephew 3 is starting to walk!!!
My mum treated me to get my nails done professionally for the first time ever and I love them. My nails look like bullets.
I discovered where I could buy cheap hazelnut syrup for my coffee and then when I went to buy it saw they also have dark chocolate syrup as well so basically I'm just drinking liquid Nutella.
And I have officially been on this blog for a year!!! I'm so thankful for this community and even just this blog being a lifeline and a thing to focus my attention on when things have been shit in my personal life. I'm so glad I can call myself a part of this community and I look forward to many more years being a part of it!
I lost my bank card while doing my food shopping which was not great and very inconvenient since a lot of the parking I pay for work is cheaper booking online! But whatever.
I had a few emotional moments throughout the month but it was mostly just me having a little cry and then moving on.
I visited my other sister which kind of didn't go great, to begin with. There was a whole thing, I had an anxiety attack and suffered a bout of paranoia and cried a lot but it all worked out in the end.
Once I calmed down we went to get my phone upgraded (this was already the plan) because I am anxious, my mum is busy, and my sister knows a guy that works there so I got well looked after! But then I had to go back another day because they didn't have the phone that I wanted in stock.
We came back to her house and played Overcooked on the PlayStation which is always fun for us and I was in much better spirits when I left!
Until the next day when I was a mess again.
Look, I'm really great at handling big life-changing things as they're happening. It's a trait I inherited from my mum. The whole world as we know it could end and it wouldn't look like I even knew something had changed.
It's like my brain will just put the BIG THING in a box and shove it under a few things until I've gotten through it and then it'll bring it out and say "Remember this BIG THING??? Yeah, now you gotta process it. Have fun." Which is great until there are several BIG THINGS waiting to be processed and then I get hit with them all at once, which happens most of the time.
So then I break down over seemingly small shit. It's very clearly SO MUCH FUN!!!
So basically I spent that whole day crying and anxious and paranoid and had to call my mum to help calm me down and then my new phone was ready to be picked up and I didn't want to bother my sister to go with me and I knew I needed to do something on my own to prove to myself I'm not totally useless so I went and picked up my phone by myself! Thankfully the hard part was over
I am an absolute pushover and will be talked into buying anything even if I don't want it so I just had to go in, they transferred my stuff over to the new phone and I was done!
It went well, despite the fact that the guy was having difficulty transferring my stuff over but I think he was a little unnerved by how quiet I am in person and especially with people I don't really know, and I hate being THAT customer so I tend to just sit patiently and try and get my brain to shut up.
He kept commenting on how quiet and patient I was and trying to get me to talk but I hate small talk because I never know what to say. When we were finished he said he hopes I'll become a regular customer and if I have any problems to come in and he'll help me out!
I also made an appointment that day to get my mental health plan done so I can go back to seeing my therapist which, clearly, I super need!!!
At the end of the month, I took a mental health day with my mum. We stayed home all day and did the bare minimum and it was so good! I sat and watched the Derry Girls and then mum and I watched half of The Haunting of Hill House and we talked about what anxiety and depression and paranoia sound like in our head and talked a lot about mental health and it was just really lovely even though it was emotional and I cried.
I know it kind of sounds like this month was a bit of a downer but overall it really wasn't and it also didn't feel like that. For the most part, I was happy and motivated and got a good amount of reading done and was productive! I even cleaned out my car!
Sometimes it's easy for me to focus on just the negatives but I have to remind myself that even though I had some downer moments I am nowhere near as consistently down as I was just a few months ago and that's progress! I just have to keep focusing on my health, both physical and mental and talking to my mum when I'm sad and talking through my feelings.
I say that like it's the easiest thing in the world when I am in fact Queen Of Not Reaching Out.
Past Month Ahead
☁ Month Ahead // Happy Birthday To Me + Hiatus Announcement – January
☁ Month Ahead // December – I Already Hate It
☁ Month Ahead // November – New Post Series
January is done and dusted, bring on February!
What did you do this month?
What did you read?
What did you watch?
What posts did you write that you're super proud of?


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Galileo's Dream
The dazzling novel from the acclaimed author of the groundbreaking MARS trilogy follows Galileo on an amazing journey from the dawn of the modern world to a future on the verge of a completely new scientific breakthrough.
Late Renaissance Italy abounds in alchemy and Aristotle, yet it trembles on the brink of the modern world. Galileo's new telescope encapsulates all the contradictions of this emerging reality. Then one night a stranger presents a different type of telescope for Galileo to peer through, enabling him to see the world of humans three thousand years hence.
Galileo will soon find himself straddling two worlds, the medieval and the modern. By day his life unfurls in early seventeenth century Italy; by night he is transported through dimensions of time and space no other man of his time could possibly comprehend. Inexorably, Galileo faces trial for religious crimes in his own time, while in the new world he discovers, where science assures men that they can perform wonders, but does not tell them what wonders to perform, he is revered.
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Here is a new fat and calorie saver guide that has 20 easy ways to lower the calories you consume by making simple substitutions. It consists of 20 easy swaps that you can make whether you are cooking at home, eating out, or tempted by desserts and other sweet treats.
This guide replaces an older one that was very popular with readers when we first started blogging. The new one emphasizes more up-to-date choices for cooking, desserts, beverage, and meal choices based on market choices, consumer habits, and Dietary Guideline suggestions.
We feel these new substitution recommendations are more up-to-date, practical, and significant now because people spend about 25% less time cooking versus eating meals away from home now versus 20 years ago, (Smith, 1). Furthermore, meals eaten away from home have almost doubled according to the USDA. In 1970, 25.9 percent of all food spending was on food away from home; by 2012, that share rose to its highest level of 43.1 percent.
Here is an overview of the handout by category:
One of the best ways to save calories and limit overconsumption of refined fats and oils is to use oil dispensed in a spray vessel. There are so many more options for oil sprays in the store now including: canola oil, olive oil, and avocado oil to name just a few.
Avocado oil is delicious and great for cooking because of its high smoking point, which is 482 degrees Fahrenheit (AOCS, 1). This means that you can heat it higher before it will smoke so items will brown quickly. Spray oils often make a better "bread" spread, too, in place of butter or margarine. At about .80 per ounce it is not cheap but that is precisely the point. You will use less! One study found that it enhances carotenoid absorption in salads and salsa (Unlu, 1). For safety recommendations on fat and cooking see this USDA fact sheet.
Using a spray oil and flavored vinegar combo is a great low-cal way to dress a salad; lemon or lime juice and flavored vinegar by themselves work well, too. Bottled dressings are often high in fat and or sodium.
Other low-fat cooking substitutions include using egg white in place of whole eggs and extra lean turkey in place of ground beef will help lower calories by 50% or more. Lean protein choices can also include fish, poultry white meat without skin, beans and legumes, and lean meat.
After choosing the most lean cut or protein, keep it lean by using a low-fat cooking method like broiling, grilling, steaming, or sautéing with a small amount of fat. It is best to skip deep frying, pan frying, or any other cooking method where large amounts of fat are added to the cooking process.
Greek yogurt is popular and it's plain option makes a great substitute for sour cream, creme fraiche, and cream cheese. One container of plain, nonfat yogurt can perform many tricks in your kitchen including:
- dressing baked potatoes
- smearing on crackers or bread
- topping fish, chicken, chili, burritos, tacos, Indian dishes, and other spicey dishes the same way you would with sour cream
- adding to dips
Of course Greek yogurt makes a delicious dessert when topped with fresh fruit. Look for the 0% fat variety in your store.
For those with a sweet tooth for cookies, cupcakes, iced cakes, brownies, and ice cream, there is good news. You don't have to give up your sweet tooth to make better choices that will help you stay within your calorie budget. In our opinion it is better to keep a few items on hand for fruit-based dessert creations than packages of items that add a lot of calories in a week. Always consider the total number of calories per package when you are shopping.
Whipped cream is only 76 calories an ounce and 1/4 to 1/2 ounce is often enough to top yogurt, bananas, or fruit for an assembled decadent dessert that is surprisingly low in calories. This is more fresh and satisfying than ice cream, sticky sweets, or large cookies. Greek yogurt, fruit, nuts, and whipped cream can be combined in many ways to make a great treat. Just remember portion control on these items, too. Stick to the amount recommended on the package or go a little less.
When out at the coffee stand go for a single biscotti cookie rather than a 600 calorie sticky bun. Coffee stores such as Star Bucks now list the calories on their items so you can learn a lot about desserts and their calorie contents while standing in line.
Meals and Beverages
The meal and beverage chart is pretty straight forward. Choose beverages that are not sweetened with sugar. Flavored teas are always great any time of the year. You can go cold for summer and hot for winter. No sugar needed!
Instead of fast food consider soup and salad, or sushi. One of the best places to look for these items when you are in a hurry are grocery stores that have salad bars, sushi counters, and whole, ready-to-eat buffets. You can be in and out with a great meal in less time than you can wait in a fast food drive-through line.
"Food Eaten Away from Home", USDA Economic Research Service, Published Online December 2016. Accessed May 2017.
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- Muscle Vs Fat (6)
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- Orange Coins & Diet and Exercise (8)
- Nutrition Month (19)
- Rainbow Chard & Good Nutrition (8)
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Judy's passion for cooking began with helping her grandmother make raisin oatmeal for breakfast. From there she earned her first food service job at 15, was accepted to the world-famous Culinary Institute of America at 18 (where she graduated second in her class), and went on to the Fachschule Richemont in Switzerland where she focused on pastry arts and baking. After a decade in food service for Hyatt Hotels, Judy launched Food and Health Communications to focus on flavor and health. She graduated with Summa Cum Laude distinction from Johnson and Wales University with a BS in Culinary Art, holds a master's degree in Food Business from the Culinary Institute of America, 2 art certificates from UC Berkeley Extension, and runs a food photography studio where her love is creating fun recipes.
Judy received The Culinary Institute of America's Pro Chef II certification, the American Culinary Federation Bronze Medal, Gold Medal, and ACF Chef of the Year. Her enthusiasm for eating nutritiously and deliciously leads her to constantly innovate and use the latest in nutritional science and Dietary Guidelines to guide her creativity, from putting new twists on fajitas to adapting Italian brownies to include ingredients like toasted nuts and cooked honey. Judy's publishing company, Food and Health Communications, is dedicated to her vision that everyone can make food that tastes as good as it is for you.


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Really useful link from Nat — visual representation of what 200 calories is. Very useful for understanding the impact of food choices.
Great discussion of the different types of users that need to be taken into account for Linux to "break" the desktop.
LOL — I can totally see Niamh as PM…
I believe that Apple's key strength is not design or innovation, but executing other people's ideas slickly and beautifully. Airport Extreme and the Apple TV are both great examples of this.
More cutting stuff from Jessica(tags: funny humour cartoons graphs firstworld thirdworld)
"But Ugly Betty only really works as long as the duckling remains ugly."
That's exactly what I find most interesting about the series!
"You can use these characters and scenes in storyboards, presentations and brainstorming during product development; they're free for you to use."
More details of the $100 laptop. I have to say I'm more excited about this than about the iPhone!
"One idea would be for customers to have to buy two laptops at once – with the second going to the developing world."
This would be a fantastic idea!
"Vista's Start Menu lets you type what you want instead of pointing at it."
This is the first Vista feature I'm even remotely excited about. Since I'll always have to have a Windows PC for work, this could be a real productivity gain.
"The message should be that this is an appalling breach of confidence, and both the state agency and the Patriot Act are seriously in the wrong."(tags: privacy patriotact usa facebook)
Ian is so right about this …
"The easiest way to guess a password isn't to guess it at all, but to exploit the inherent insecurity in the underlying operating system."
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Im migrating some old folios from DPSuite to DPSolution and can't figure out how to use the HTMLResources zip.
The zip contained a few pdfs that i need to link to from the folios.
Ive searched and read a few threads (here and here) - on the one hand it seems like HTMLResources havent been implemented in DPSol, but then someone mentions an API, which, to be honest, is a bit above my head.
So -- is there anyway straightforward (easy) way to use HTMLResources in DPSol when i update my old folios?
Solved! Go to Solution.
We automatically migrate HTML resources in old folios over to the new DPS system. If you're just migrating content you don't have to do anything special: the links will still work after migration.
We automatically migrate HTML resources in old folios over to the new DPS system. If you're just migrating content you don't have to do anything special: the links will still work after migration.
Hi Neil,
Thanks for the reply. In addition to updating the old folios (the migration tool worked a treat) I'll be building new folios in the manner of the migrated folios. Is there a way to use HTMLResources or something similar to embed a pdf in a DPSol folio? If not, are there plans to include a function like this anytime soon?
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There is no way to upload shared resources in new DPS 2015 articles via the UI.
Having said that, since you are simply trying to access PDFs, there's a better way to do this in DPS 2015. Treat the PDFs as proper articles, not as HTML resources. Use the beta of the PDF to DPS Acrobat tool (available on both Mac and Windows) to convert the PDFs to .article files and upload them to the portal. Then simply reference the articles via a navto:// hyperlink. The PDF articles don't even have to be in a collection. Just reference them via navto.
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To follow up on Neil's reply, you can read about the pre-release for the DPS Acrobat plugin in this blog post:
Now in Prerelease: Adobe DPS Converter for Acrobat | Adobe Digital Publishing Solution
It includes an email address to request an invitation to the pre-release.
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Normally that might be a good solution, however, the pdfs in question are actually pdfs of the print version of the folios themselves, so that would be duplicative.
I suppose I could host the pdfs online and link to them from the app.
Thanks again!
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How is this duplicative? Your readers will only see the content if they tap on the hyperlink, just like if they tap on the HTML Resource PDF hyperlink. Or is the intention to give them a way to download the PDF independently? If that's the case, yes, just post them online.
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Hi Neil,
Its duplicative content-wise. As I previously stated, the pdfs are just print versions of the folio/articles themselves. So if we converted the pdfs to articles, we'd have two set of very similar articles!
I think linking to the pdfs would be the best solution.
Thanks again for the reply!
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In order to celebrate two big anniversaries, Ubisoft is giving away not one, but two free games! As always, this is a limited time offer starting today and will run from December 4 through December 11. To get World in Conflict (Soviet Assault expansion included) and Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag free, all you have to do is download Uplay. Then from Uplay, add the games to your library and it'll be yours to keep. Unfortunately, this offer is only available for PC. Both games are celebrating their tenth anniversary.
Free dates:
World in Conflict : December 4 ~ December 11
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag : December 12 ~ December 18
What is Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag?
As Edward Kenway, you will sail across the trecherous Caribbean seas on a mission to make a name for yourself. And as all game in the franchise goes, you will find yourself caught up in the battle between the Assassins and the Templars. But, you will also get to do cool things like:
- Engaging in sea combat with enemy vessels plus boarding and plundering once you win.
- Diving into the deep blue sea to search for treasures while avoiding sharks.
- Singing along to sea shanties with your crew until the song gets stuck in your head.
- Steering the ship and bombarding forts.
What is World in Conflict?
World in Conflict is an RTS game based off an alternative history. In this world, the Soviet Union invades the United States in the late 1980s. As commander of the Allied Force, marshal in air and ground units as you engage in skirmishes ranging across the U.S. The Soviet Assault expansion is included for free as well along side the main game.


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September 11-13
Chicago, IL
Douglas Park
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Tag Archive: Tenacious D
Riot Fest 2015 [Chicago]
September 11-13
Tags: 11, 12", 13, 88 Fingers Louie, against me, Alex Wiley, alexisonfire, alkaline trio, almost here, Alvvays, American Nightmare, and out come the wolves, Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness, Andrew W.K., anthrax, atreyu, Babes in Toyland, Barb Wire Dolls, bayside, Beach Slang, Benjamin Booker, Billy Idol, Black-Am-I, Blis., blood guts and pussy, Bootsy Collins' Rubber Band, Cayetana, Chef'Special, chicago, chon, CIV, clowns, coheed and cambria, counterpunch, cypress hill, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, De La Soul, death, Death Grips, Desaparecidos, Die Selloutz, Direct Hit!, Dirty Fences, doggystyle, Doomtree, Douglas Park, dreamers, Drive Like Jehu, Eagles Of Death Metal, Echo & The Bunnymen, Elway, emo, every time i die, faith no more, Faulkner, fidlar, fishbone, fit for rivals, Flatfoot 56, Flogging Molly, Foxtrott, Gateway Drugs, Ground Up, gwar, have mercy, Heems, Hum, Ice Cube & Special Guests, Iggy Pop, il, indian handcrafts, indian school, into it over it, Jazz Cartier, Jimmy Cliff, Jo Mersa, Joyce Manor, kevin devine, Knuckle Puck, Kongos, L7, Lee Scratch Perry, less than jake, lifetime, line up, Living Colour, Main Attrakionz, Manchester Orchestra, Mariachi El Bronx, Marmozets, mayday parade, Meat Wave, Merle Haggard, Mest, metal, Millencolin, Modern Chemistry, Modern Life Is War, Morgan Heritage, motorhead, Mustard Plug, new politics, No Doubt, Northern Faces, ok go, Pears, pennywise, pop rock, Post Mallone, prayers, Psalm One, punk, rancid, rap, real friends, riot fest, rock, rodrigo y gabriela, september, Signals Midwest, Skating Polly, Skinny Lister, Skip Marley, Sleep On It, Slightly Stoopid, Snoop Dogg, souvenirs, Speedy Ortiz, Stephen "Ragga" Marley, Steve Ignorante & Paranoid Visions, straight outta compton remix, Superheaven, Swervedriver, system of a down, taking back sunday, Tarrus Riley, Tasha The Amazon, teenage bottlerocket, Tenacious D, The Academy Is…, The Airborne Toxic Event, the ataris, The Brokedowns, The Coathangers, The Damned, The Dead Milkment, the dear hunter, the devil wears prada, The Dirty Heads, The Dwarves, The Expendables, the joy formidable, The Lawrence Arms, The Movielife, The Municipal Drainage Project, the prodigy, The Thurston Moore Band, The White Buffalo, thrice, tommy stinson, Twin River, White Mystery Foxing, With FKI, Yelawolf
Riot Fest 2015 [Denver]
August 28-30
National Western Complex
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Tags: 2015, 28, 29, 30, 7 seconds, 88 Fingers Louie, alkaline trio, American Nightmare, and out come the wolves, Andrew W.K., anthrax, august, Babes in Toyland, bayside, Beach Slang, Benjamin Booker, Bootsy Collins' Rubber Band, broadway calls, Cayetana, Chef'Special, Cloud Cult, coheed and cambria, Cold War kids, cypress hill, Daye Jack, De La Soul, Death Grips, denver, Desaparecidos, Direct Hit!, doggystyle, Doomtree, dreamers, Drive Like Jehu, Eagles Of Death Metal, Elway, explosions in the sky, Faulkner, festival, fit for rivals, Flogging Molly, Gateway Drugs, gwar, GZA, ice cube, Iggy Pop, indian school, Input + Broken, Iration, Jazz Cartier, Joyce Manor, Kongos, L7, less than jake, line up, Main Attrakionz, Meat Wave, metal, Millencolin, modest mouse, motorhead, nada surf, national western complex, Northern Faces, OFF!, ok go, Pears, Pixies, pop, Post Malone With FKI, prayers, Pup, rancid, rap, Reverent Horton Heat, riot fest, rock, Rozwell Kid, run dmc, Skating Polly, Sleep On It, snoop dog, souvenirs, Speedy Ortiz, straight outta compton remix, Swervedriver, system of a down, teenage bottlerocket, Tenacious D, testament, The Airborne Toxic Event, The Black Lips, The Bunny Gang, The Damned, The Dead Milkmen, the get up kids, The Hotelier, The Joy Formidaable, The Lawrence Arms, The Might Might Bosstones, The Moth & The Flame, the prodigy, the vandals, The White Buffalo, thrice, White Mystery, Yelawolf
Amnesia Rockfest 2015 [Quebec]
June 18-21
Montebello, QC
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Tags: 10th anniversary, 18, 19, 20, 2015, 21, All, americana, amnesia rockfest, and out come the wolves, around the fur, atreyu, bad religion, Bald Vulture, Banileue Rouge, Barrasso, Beaucoup Plus, Big D And The Kids Table, Bigwig, blind witness, Bodh'aktan, Bolt Thrower, bookakee, Buzzcocks, Captaine Revolte, Caravane, carcass, Catch 22, CKY, coheed and cambria, Colectivo, Cro-Mags, deftones, Descendents, down, Endremement De Biere, evergreen terrace, fear factory, First Blood, Floggy Molly, from autumn to ashes, GBH, get the shot, gogol bordello, Goldfinger, good riddance, Groovy Aardvark, hatebreed, inches from the mainline, June, Les Cowboys Fringants, Les Ekorches, less than jake, line up, linkin park, mad caddies, Map, melvins, metal, metalcore, Michale Graves of Misfits, Mike Ward, Ministry, Miracles, Mononc Serge, Montebello, No Fun At All, Operation Ivy, Overbass, parkway drive, Penelope, Pixies, post hardcore, Propagandhi, qc, quebec, rage against the machine, Raised Fist, rancid, randy, refused, Rejlaplanche, Reset, rob zombie, Rufio, Satanic Surfers, screamo, Sharpie Man, sick of it all, Skinny Puppy, Slapshot, slayer, snapcase, Snoop Dogg, Steve-O, story of the year, Subb, sublime with rome, Suicide Machines, system of a down, Ten Foot Pole, Tenacious D, the bouncing souls, the dillinger escape plan, the exploited, The Offspring, The Planet Smashers, The Real McKenzies, thrice, Tom Green, tribute, UKKO. Slaves On Dope, unwritten law, voodoo glow skulls, walls of jericho, Yessir Miller


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Appearing on CBS's Face the Nation, USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page said that a newly discovered email shows that Hillary Clinton wasn't being truthful about why she wanted a private email server.
Face the Nation host John Dickerson quizzed Page about the email in question:
Dickerson: Didn't turn over an email that showed there were problems with her server. That's not good.
Page: An important disclosure for two reasons. She gave a different explanation for why she had a private email server. She was concerned about the personal being accessible. It wasn't a matter of convenience, which is what she told the world. Secondly, she didn't turn it over. She deleted this email apparently, and it came up because it came through the aide that she had sent it to, so it goes right to those questions about honesty, trustworthiness, transparency.
Dickerson: And that email was about the problems that having a home-brewed server would cause.
The email in question was an exchange between Clinton and her Deputy Chief of Staff Huma Abedin on November 13, 2010. Abedin had suggested that Clinton should consider getting a state.gov email address since the emails from her private clintonemail.com server were being blocked by the State Department's spam filter.
Clinton rejected that suggestion out of hand:
"Let's get separate address or device but I don't want any risk of the personal being accessible."
Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon tried to explain away the discovery of this email by saying that she provided "all potentially work-related emails" that were still in her possession when the State Department requested them in 2014.
"Secretary Clinton had some emails with Huma that Huma did not have, and Huma had some emails with Secretary Clinton that Secretary Clinton did not have," Fallon said.
It's not just Republicans who don't trust Hillary—but also a large swath of Democrats and Independents who have a hard time believing what she says—which could prove costly in November.


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Top Quality Heavy Duty Folding Bulk Boxes. Multi-purpose, Strong & Surprisingly Large. Maximum Weight Capacity of 500KG. SIZE: 1200 x 800 x 900mm. Good condition, secondhand pallet boxes, colours may vary.
Each pallet consists of three elements; polymer pallet, wall ring and lid. The container can be disassembled for easy storage and transportation. These are great for the storage of large parts, and can be stacked up to 6 high. Going to be extremely convenient for companies with large storage areas/ warehousing. Please take a moment to look in our shop for high quality plastic products, and answers to your storage problems.
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The seller is "plastic_mouldings_northern_ltd" and is located in Bishop Auckland, Durham. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom.


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👍 How to beat LinkedIn: The Game
For those unfamiliar, LinkedIn is a 2D, turn-based MMORPG that sets itself apart from its competitors by placing players not in a fantasy world of orcs and goblins, but in the treacherous world of business. Players can choose from dozens of character classes (e.g., Entrepreneurs, Social Media Mavens, Finance Wizards) each with their own skill sets and special moves (Power Lunch; Signal Boost; Invoice Dodge). They gain "experience" by networking, obtaining endorsements from other users, and posting inspirational quotes from Elon Musk.
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We are happy to announce that have completed our development to document and monitor standard analogue telephone lines for our SLA customers that use Tyrmida telephone systems. On our website in the admin panel you will notice a new menu item called "Phonelines Overview" underneath the folder "SLA View". This will show every telephone line for your company and to what device and which port number they are connected (Faxes, ADSL Modems, PBX systems etc).
This system allows our monitoring setup to automatically build its configuration to check and test telephone lines connected to our PBX solutions. It comes down to the ability to be notified and know if a telephone line is damaged within a few minutes of it breaking – thus ensuring that your phone services stay running and unaffected as much as possible.


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First there is the Prattware Pitcher (Mischievous Fun); the Yellow-Glazed Earthenware; sugarbowl of unknown origin and the Polychrome Tischelaar Vinegar. Does it show that I just love this stuff? I was raised in an antique shop and received my first piece when I was 8. Guess I just never grew out of it. :)


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steps to downtown Minneapolis, Mississippi River, St. Anthony Main, Northeast, U of MN campus
As the hub of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus, Dinkytown is a dynamic student community packed with diners, used bookstores, and nightclubs. Cozē is a quiet retreat just blocks from the action. You're steps from campus as well as the city's best food shops and the Mississippi River's parks and trails. Take in the live music at the Aster Café (voted best place for a first date) on historic Main Street. Get lost in the exhaustive selection of wine and cheese at Surdyk's in Northeast. Splurge on a gourmet dinner at Restaurant Alma. Or just go for a run or bike ride on the shores of the Mississippi.
It's all here when you live at Cozē Flats:


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welcoming marigold fable
Our darling littlest one arrived on Monday 24th July in the wee hours of the morning. Her birth was intense and quick after a few days of early-ish labour and she was born en caul – strange and wonderful. I will write down the story of her birth soon but ultimately it was an incredibly redeeming and empowering experience.
We came home when she was 12 hours old and introduced her to her big, doting siblings. These photos are wonderfully honest captures of a two-year-old who wants to play ball with his "Baby Sister! Baby Sister!" and an even bigger brother who fawns and fusses with complete adoration. As for Poet, she cried for half-an-hour as she held Marigold – complete and utter overwhelm as she soaked it all in. A sister! Her dream come true.
How am I? I'm elated and weary and happy and tender. I came out of the birth with no tears or grazes but my pelvis and ligaments are incredibly sore and so for now rest and recovery is a priority. I'm napping when I can and embracing the unpredictability of these newborn days…light-filled and beautiful despite the ever-growing washing pile and the demands of big siblings adjusting…each in their own way.
A big thank you for all your well wishes and kindness over the past few weeks. I'll be back here soon.
Beautiful. <3
Poet looks so grown. I've been reading your blog since it way back when it was just Che. Thank you for sharing such tenderness. Enjoy these early days.
Oh, their different reactions are so interesting & telling of their personalities. My second, who is 7, was the emotional one. He couldn't stop crying! Take it slowly & ignore the washing for now. I have mountains of it everywhere! I think that is just the way it's going to be for a while… Xxxxxx
Been thinking of you and your gorgeous family. xxx
Oh Jodi, I'm all tearing reading just how Poet reacted to having Marigold, how beautiful!
Love Rhi xx
I teared up looking at Poets expression, such love & joy!
Oh I love her name so much, and those sweet pictures of your family… this is beautiful really!
I'm so moved by Poet's reaction. Wow, what a beautiful, precious family you have, Jodi.
Ronnie xo
So wonderful, to capture all that emotion. Just beautiful. x
Welcome! What a great Mom you are to all your children. We enjoy your posts so much. Rest and enjoy this time!-Laurel
I've been reading your blog for years. Thank you for sharing! I'm so happy for you all! You make me cry too… 🙂
May all of Life come to You with Ease and Joy and Glory!
She is so beautiful and thank you for sharing such beautiful pictures…and she's born on my same birthday!!! Your blog post makes me look back and remember my own two births, which I still haven't got around to recording…but I must do that, before the little details are gone from memory. Best wishes for the first part of getting to know one another.
Beautiful baby sister with a lovely name! Enjoy these hazy days of loving.
Congratulations to all of you! Beautiful family!
Hugest congratulations to you all, and warmest wishes for this settling in period.
Jodi, Reading that Poet cried with joy made me cry! Can't think of better way to arrive in the world than in a lovely big water balloon – lucky girl! These photos are wonderful. Long time reader x Clare
So wonderful! I can not get over how beautiful her name is!! What tender moments. Hope you are recovering well and everyone is finding their new rhythm xx
Congratulations on the arrival of such a sweet girl with an even sweeter name. I've been reading for years and have been awaiting this post eagerly! My own third baby is due eight weeks from now and seeing Marigold's face and the reaction of her siblings makes me all the more excited. My own daughter is wishing so hard for a baby sister to dote on and although I know whatever baby comes will be the right one I can't help but hope her wishes be granted because to have a sister is one of life's greatest blessings in my opinion.
What a beautiful child and beautiful name!! Wow! So glad to hear she is here! All your children are so wonderful!
Welcome little Marigold and congratulations to the whole family. It has been a pleasure to read along as your family grows. I'm sure you will all enjoy and treasure these precious early moments. Heartwarming!
I am in awe of her beauty and her name is just so gorgeous, I love the story behind her name too. May she be blessed with love, happiness and inner joy all her life. I am so thrilled Poet got her little sister too. Congratulations to all your family xx
Feeling such joy in seeing these first precious moments, especially Poet's little face! Sending love to you and your family, Welcome Marigold!
Oh she is beautiful and wow I love her name! I hope you can grab some moments of rest. Well done, Mumma!
Congratulations! Beautiful baby, born on my birthday 🙂


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Pair charged in bank, convenience store robberies
Sanford police on Tuesday arrested two men, including a convicted sex offender, in connection with a string of bank and convenience-store robberies over the summer.Posted — Updated
Gabriel Elijah Martin, 19, of 383 Kittery Point in Sanford, and Ryan Dean Thurlow, 22, of 151 Lynn St. in Spring Lake, were charged in four incidents:
- robbery of a Kangaroo convenience store, 1130 N. Horner Blvd., on July 29
- attempted robbery of a Kangaroo convenience store, 1007 Spring Lane on Aug. 11
- robbery of a Kangaroo convenience store, 4470 N.C. Highway 87, on Aug. 11
- robbery of the Capital Bank, 2800 Williams St., on Aug. 27
Martin and Thurlow both face three counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon and one count of attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon. Thurlow was given a $250,000 secured bond, and Martin a $500,030 secured bond.
Martin was also charged with four counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felony and served with outstanding warrants for probation violations.
State Department of Correction records show that he was serving two concurrent sentences of probation for 2009 felony indecent liberties with a child and misdemeanor drug convictions. The victim was 12 and Martin was 17 at the time of the offense, according to the North Carolina Sex Offender Registry.
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As someone who comes from a blend of different cultures, it can sometimes seem like there isn't really anywhere I belong. There are no neat boxes that I fit into.
I love that I am able to have a unique perspective and have the opportunity to grow up knowing different cultures. I'm proud of who I am and where my family is from. I am Cuban, Mexican and white and I will always consider myself lucky that I am able to have the experiences I do.
But there is also a lot of frustration that comes along with being mixed race.
People have dismissed my Latina side completely ("Please, you're just white.") and people have called me racial slurs or have said racist jokes to me ("Want to mow my lawn?").
I have sought out Latino friends only to be turned away because I'm "too white," while my white friends will never really be able to understand my frustrations about race or be able to relate to cultural references.
When people tell me that I'm "only white," it's like an entire half of me–half of my life experiences, half of my upbringing and half of my family–is being ignored. These are the same people who will "joke" with me about landscaping and cleaning their houses.
Growing up Latina and white showed me that white privilege is a real issue. My mom, who is Latina, and my dad, who is white, have received different treatment even when being in the same place together. Neighbors have treated them differently, completely ignoring my mom while they have no problem speaking with my dad.
One experience with racism that sticks out the most in my mind was when my family moved when I was in middle school. My mom and I went out to ask the mailman what the neighborhood was like–keep in mind that it's a pretty nice neighborhood, one that was (and still is) predominantly white.
The first thing out of the mailman's mouth when he saw us: "Are you part of the cleaning crew for this house?"
I don't think he meant to be racist. But he was, at that moment. He automatically assumed that my mother and me, both Latina females, were just there to clean the house. I don't think it crossed his mind that we were living there until my mother corrected him.
If I were "just white," then I wouldn't be dealing with racist remarks like that.
Despite all of the frustrations and struggles that come with being of mixed races, I love telling people that I am. I love telling people about my grandparents and where they come from.
Speaking of, my grandmother and grandfather on my mom's side came here, to the U.S. illegally. (They're both U.S. citizens now.) My grandfather, who is from Cuba, escaped on a boat in the middle of the night. He left almost his whole entire family behind. My grandmother grew up in poverty in Mexico and left to find a better life, being a single mother at the time.
They still had struggles in the U.S. They worked in factories and didn't make a lot of money, but they told me once that their life here was much better than it would have been if they stayed in the countries they were born in.
Whenever people insult immigrants, I think of them. Whenever it hits me just how lucky I am to be here, I think of my parents, who both worked hard to provide a better life for my sister and me.
And whenever I hear or see someone talk about Latinos being "lazy" or about immigrants being "ungrateful," I think of my grandparents, my mom, my aunt, cousins and family friends, who are examples of the exact opposite.
As I grow older, I try to pay more attention to the food my grandparents make, trying to file away the recipes in my mind. When they speak Spanish, I try to swim through the two different accents and dialects and understand. I want to preserve the cultures I grew up with so that I can pass them on.
I don't want to hear what you think I am, and I especially don't want to hear that I am not enough of something. Do not tell me what you think I am because I will prove you wrong.


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Barrera, Nelson P, Henderson, Robert M, Murrell-Lagnado, Ruth D and Edwardson, J Michael (2007) The stoichiometry of P2X2/6 receptor heteromers depends on relative subunit expression levels. Biophysical Journal, 93. pp. 505-512. ISSN 0006-3495
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Fast synaptic transmission involves the operation of ionotropic receptors, which are often composed of at least two types of subunit. We have developed a method, based on atomic force microscopy imaging to determine the stoichiometry and subunit arrangement within ionotropic receptors. We showed recently that the P2X(2) receptor for ATP is expressed as a trimer but that the P2X(6) subunit is unable to oligomerize. In this study we addressed the subunit stoichiometry of heteromers containing both P2X(2) and P2X(6) subunits. We transfected tsA 201 cells with both P2X(2) and P2X(6) subunits, bearing different epitope tags. We manipulated the transfection conditions so that either P2X(2) or P2X(6) was the predominant subunit expressed. By atomic force microscopy imaging of isolated receptors decorated with antiepitope antibodies, we demonstrate that when expression of the P2X(2) subunit predominates, the receptors contain primarily 2 x P2X(2) subunits and 1 x P2X(6) subunit. In contrast, when the P2X(6) subunit predominates, the subunit stoichiometry of the receptors is reversed. Our results show that the composition of P2X receptor heteromers is plastic and dependent on the relative subunit expression levels. We suggest that this property of receptor assembly might introduce an additional layer of subtlety into P2X receptor signaling.
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On the growth of colloform textures: a case study of sphalerite from the Galmoy ore body, Ireland
Barrie, Craig D., Boyce, Adrian J., Boyle, Alan P., Williams, Patrick J., Blake, Kevin , Wilkinson, Jamie J., Lowther, Mike, McDermott, Paul, and Prior, David J. (2009) On the growth of colloform textures: a case study of sphalerite from the Galmoy ore body, Ireland. Journal of the Geological Society, 166 (3). pp. 563-582.
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Colloform textures have been described from many of the world's sulphide ore deposits and involve formation of distinct microcrystalline layers. These textures provide information related to sequential stages of ore formation, yet their mechanism of growth is poorly understood. This study has analysed a series of colloform samples from the Galmoy Zn + Pb mine, Ireland. Results indicate that the growth sequence is not always intuitive and layers that appear stratigraphic upon cursory observation may not be. The crystal preferred orientation (CPO) of discrete colloform layers abruptly switches between different orientation axes. Examination of the same layers using in situ laser sulphur isotope analysis reveals equally striking changes in {delta}34S signature between end-member bacteriogenic (–25{per thousand}) and hydrothermal (+10{per thousand}) sources. Although these results, combined with petrographic observation, allow the determination of a probable growth history, there is no correlation between shifting CPO and {delta}34S signature. Trace element analysis reveals changes in trace element sequestration between colloform layers. Cadmium- and chlorine-rich layers correspond to a hydrothermal sulphur source, whereas iron-rich layers correspond to a bacteriogenic sulphur source. In the absence of alternative mechanisms we suggest that the most likely factors influencing CPO changes are temperature and degree of supersaturation during two-fluid mixing.
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Thank goodness Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Rag is doing it's part to make the U.S. even less well informed. We would not want the average American to get their hands on the truth. Who knows what the consequences might be, Wisconsin 1, Illinois 0 – With Springfield raising taxes amidst its fiscal disaster, the new Republican governor of the Badger State is telling Illinoisans, "Escape to Wisconsin."
Illinois this week earned the honor of becoming the first state in 2011 to sock it to taxpayers, passing a tax hike the size of Lake Michigan. Citizens cried out, legislators deflected, but the most interesting response came from neighboring Wisconsin, where newly elected GOP Gov. Scott Walker had three words for Illinois businesses: "Escape to Wisconsin."(emphasis mine)
Note the lack of numbers. Otherwise people might get the crazy idea that Illinois legislators did the responsible thing for the residents of their state. Who realize now is not the time to be laying off more teachers, cutting funds for alternative energy research, laying off firefighters and police or other public workers – whose wages are spent at businesses Republicans swear they care about. WI Gov. Scott Walker Begs Illinoisans To 'Escape To Wisconsin' Where Taxes Are Actually Higher
Conservatives like Walker have insisted on using the figure that Illinois is increasing taxes by a whopping 66 percent. While this is factually accurate, it's misleading as it makes the tax increase seem much bigger than it actually is. Illinois tax rates will only go from 3 to 5 percent (hence 66 percent increase), representing a total increase in tax rates of just 2 percent. This will allow Illinois to solve a massive $15 billion budget deficit without gutting state programs. But even with this increase, tax rates for individuals will still be lower than in Wisconsin. Wisconsin has different tax brackets; the lowest income rate if you make over $11,000 is 6.15 percent. The highest rate is 7.75 percent. Bloomberg noted this yesterday:
Absent from Walker's sales pitch was the fact that Wisconsin's top income tax rates remain higher than Illinois even under the increase … Walker hasn't yet proposed lowering the state's income or corporate tax rates.
But this didn't stop Fox New host Neil Cavuto yesterday from insisting that Illinois is experiencing a "tax storm."
Neil Cavuto and Fox are to accuracy in reporting what a flim-flam man is to easy riches.
Sarah Palin's "blood libel" remark filled in a few spaces on the Republican reaction to any tragedy. It painted Republicans as the real victims. It exaggerated any harm done to Palin or conservatives. It exploited a tragedy to paint moderates as evil extremists. It gave Palin yet another opportunity to vent her spiteful petty attitude on the American public. What might have been lost in Palin's remarks are worth noting. Those who did not, probably now know the history of the term blood libel. Palin's hijacking the term for political reasons is especially egregious since Palin once belonged to a church who thought Jews needed to be saved from Judaism,
Palin seems to disdain intellectualism, she's a vociferous opponent of gun control and she attended a fundamentalist church that hosted Jews for Jesus, which seeks to convert Jews to Christianity. (Palin apparently sat through a speech by a leader of the group in which he said terrorist attacks on Israel were punishment for Israelis' failure to accept Jesus as the Messiah.)
I've lost count of the number of pundits who have made the case that Palin bears no direct blame for the Tucson massacre ( Digby, James Fallows at The Atlantic, Daily Kos and myself to name a few). All premised on the fact the murderer was probably suffering some mental problems and the logical fallacy that a few gun sights on a map do not a murderer make. What does Palin do. She comes along and says we're wrong. Words can make people murder,
Then she went on to say that "journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn."
So when Palin said "Remember months ago "bullseye" icon used 2 target the 20 Obamacare-lovin' incumbent seats? We won 18 out of 20 (90% success rate;T'aint bad)", in Palin's very own speech – which she had days and tons of help from her advisers – she claims that words do have a direct cause and effect on violence. Remind me again why anyone should ever bother to defend Palin. In case anyone missed it, Joan Walsh, Sarah Palin will never be president – The stunning narcissism and inability to even fake empathy show why she'll never lead the nation
The narcissism required, on a day the nation is commemorating the Arizona shooting victims, to put her own sense of victimhood front and center, is stunning. The "blood libel" idiocy may be the worst of it, especially given that Giffords herself is Jewish. But that's not the only thing wrong with her performance. Hilariously, after all the times she's mocked President Obama for using a teleprompter, you can see a teleprompter screen reflected in her eyeglasses throughout much of her Facebook chat. Seeing the flickering teleprompter in her eyes is eerie; it's where some flicker of her soul should be, but you don't see any. Looking into Palin's eyes, you see a blazing, self-pitying anger that's shocking, even for the self-described "pit bull in lipstick."


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Having just returned from watching the new CGI, motion capture, animated movie "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn", I must say I had a rather fun, if slightly unfulfilling, time. Don't misunderstand me, it's certainly a film worth seeing, however it left me feeling a little like the characters on screen, pretty good on the surface but hollow on the inside.
As a child I was a fan of the Tintin cartoons and I enjoyed the occasional Hergé comic too, it was the adventure of it all that I loved. Ever since I'd heard of it's inception I'd been looking forward to this movie. The knowledge that Spielberg and Jackson were on board only served to heighten my anticipation that this could be a classic. The trailers helped too but also made me a little fearful as, it must be said, the characters do look a bit odd. They're right on the line between real and stylised, sinking to the deepest depths of the Uncanny Valley and freaking the willies out of you at a glance. As a disclaimer I'll just say; This does fade during the action but every now and then your brain realises and does a little "Urgh!!" in your head to remind you.
I'd also like to state, for the record, that we were forced to watch the movie in 3D*. None of our party wanted to see the movie in any more than the usual two dimensions but the final 2D showing anywhere in driving distance was at 18:30 and that's just a touch too early for us working folks.
So, with mixed feelings but high hopes (and 3D premium paid), I made my way in and settled down, wearing two pairs of glasses on my face.
The movie starts quickly, with a nice in joke and some incidental crime. We're then immediately introduced to the plot's MacGuffin, the titular "Unicorn", and, seconds later and unmistakably, the villain of the piece. This is a good start and the breathless pace continues throughout the whole movie. Clues are presented, people appear, that piece of the puzzle is put together, action happens and it's all done extremely slickly, with great style and flare. Some of the "one shot**" action sequences are especially well accomplished, flowing from one set-piece to the next with only the briefest of time to digest what you've seen before the next section of beautifully rendered CGI slaps you around the chops and shouts "Boo!!". It really is an irreverent adventure movie from start to finish, punctuated with some good jokes and a standout performance from Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock. (When will they give that man an Oscar??)
My only real criticism would be that everything just seems to happen. I realise this is Tintin and, to a point, the only remarkable thing about him is that things just seem to happen to him all the time but we really could have done with a little more explanation or thought on the part of our protagonist before things dawn on him. Simply pointing skyward and connecting A to E without the intermediary steps of B,C and D comes off as far too convenient. Unfortunately this extraordinary instinctive ability to put clues together in an instant and then give the most cursory of explanations persists throughout the film. This does wane as the story progresses, but that's more because action is thundering along with no need for connecting the dots than any conscious attempt to fill in the blanks.
Another point I'd like to raise before rounding off is that some things did literally just happen. Two examples that immediately spring to mind; The first being when Tintin, for no appreciable reason, goes to a "deserted mansion" that just happens to be the Haddock family home and where the main villain, unbeknown to our hero, is in residence. The second is when a tank chases Tintin, Haddock et al though a Middle Eastern city. It just happens to appear right behind them half way down the hill and, bizarrely, encase in a hotel's entrance hall. Both of these glaring examples lead me to believe that an extended cut (similar to those of the Lord of The Rings movies) may be on the cards for the DVD/BluRay release. Jackson at least has a history of such things and it might help resolve my earlier criticism too…
In conclusion then, this movie is bags of fun and visually spectacular. Just let the pace of the film to you, don't think about things too much and you'll love it. Score = 7/12.
*Perhaps unsurprisingly, the 3D added nothing but a few pounds to the cost of our evening's entertainment.
**These are presented as "one shot" but, due to the nature of the movie, are simply effects shots without cuts, so don't really count. They look very nice though…


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The Daggers, who reached League One in 2010, needed victory to keep their slim survival hopes alive.
Goals from Jamie Cureton and Clevid Dikamona gave them hope after Jay Simpson fired the O's into a 2-0 lead.
But Armand Gnanduillet fired in the winner to relegate Dagenham and keep Orient's play-off hopes alive.
Dagenham reached the Football League for the first time in their history in 2007, but they now return to the National League under John Still, the same manager who took the club from the Conference to League One.
The Daggers have League Two's worst goal difference, and have conceded 20 goals more this season than they had at this point last term.
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Boss Still, who returned for his third spell at the club in December, told BBC Radio London on Wednesday that he is committed to helping the Daggers gain promotion from the National League next season.


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By Taleeb Starkes for American Thinker
Have you noticed the unchanged pattern of outrage that manifests from the black community whenever a black life is taken by a white person? Have you also noticed that the usual culture-vultures (mainstream media, reverends, college professors, politicians, et al.) arrive without hesitation to gluttonously feast during these incidents? Undoubtedly, you've noticed this trend — unless you're a liberal.
One must understand that these "call to action" reactions are not spontaneous; they're calculated maneuvers promoted by an ever-present Race Grievance Industry. The charter for this race-hustling industry mandates that no white-on-black drama is wasted. Booker T. Washington was amongst the first blacks to notice this parasitic group.
Washington observed:
"There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs. There is a certain class of race-problem solvers who don't want the patient to get well."
Regardless of evidence, circumstances, or facts, the predictable scavenger hunt that summarily ensues after any unfortunate white-on-black incident stems from what I've termed as the Race Grievance Industry's "Theory of Exploitivity."
Basically, the Theory of Exploitivity declares racism as the motive for any disagreeable white-on-black incident. Racism is their end-all-be-all explanation. For the Race Grievance Industry, this one-dimensional, race-based concept is unapologetically absolute with no room for debate. In simple terms, the Theory of Exploitivity translates as Black Victim + White Culprit = Racism. And due to the theory's continued success, white Hispanics have now been included as "White Culprits" for exploitation. Black Hispanics, on the other hand, don't fit the agenda.
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In 2016, shortly after the EU referendum, I interviewed Arron Banks at length for this magazine. My reading of the man whose record-breaking financial support for the Leave campaign is now under criminal investigation is this: the self-made provincial businessman harbours a deep loathing of a London-based establishment from which he has always felt excluded. Which begs the question: did that great chip on his shoulder render him susceptible to Russian seduction?
Banks, who is 52, has always been a misfit, an outsider. Raised in Basingstoke while his father managed sugar estates in Africa, he was expelled from two second-rate public schools – the first time for stealing lead from the roofs and the second for a "monumental pub crawl".
That ruled out university. He instead sold vacuum cleaners back in Basingstoke, stood unsuccessfully as a Tory candidate for the local council, and – at 21 – married a teacher despite her parents' strong disapproval. "They wanted their daughter to marry a country solicitor or someone with prospects," he told me.
Banks went on to set up insurance companies catering for motorcyclists and White Van Man, and grew rich (he is worth an estimated £100m-£250m). He bought a Gloucestershire manor from Mike Oldfield, the Tubular Bells musician, and a house overlooking a South African game reserve.
He acquired racehorses, went to Wimbledon each year, joined the RAC club and sent his children to expensive private schools. Tellingly for a self-proclaimed rebel, a photograph of him shaking hands with the Prince of Wales adorns his office on a Bristol trading estate.
Banks also donated to his local Conservative association, but was never part of polite society. He was a provocative, belligerent, unpolished maverick. Banks abhorred the Tories' takeover by David Cameron's Old Etonian clique. "I hate Cameron – viscerally," he said to me.
In 2014, having defected to Ukip, Banks donated £100,000 to the party. William Hague, then leader of the House of Commons, made the mistake of dismissing him as "somebody we haven't heard of". Incensed, Banks upped his donation to £1m. Hague "called me nobody", he declared. "Now he knows who I am."
Hague's put-down "was one of the most wounding things he could have said about [Banks]," a senior Leave official told me. "Everything since that day has been about Banks trying to prove he's a somebody."
During the 2016 Brexit referendum, Banks bankrolled Leave.EU, the renegade wing of the anti-EU campaign. He provided £8m in loans and donations to an organisation that arguably contributed more to the Brexiteers' victory, by targeting alienated blue-collar workers, than the official Vote Leave campaign.
Banks finally received the recognition he craved, and not just in Britain: he and Nigel Farage were among the first Britons to meet Donald Trump following his presidential election victory that November, posing for photographs beside the gold lift of his Trump Tower penthouse.
Banks also published a book about the campaign, The Bad Boys of Brexit, a title now returning to haunt him as investigators seek to determine whether his badness extended to outright criminality.
By far the most serious allegation is that Russia secretly funded Banks's contributions to Leave.EU. Banks is certainly well disposed towards Russia. His second wife, Katya, is Russian. He has holidayed in the country. In our interview he expressed admiration for Vladimir Putin's strength and nationalism.
He has also been disingenuous, at best, about his own links to Russian officials. In his book he acknowledged having a boozy six-hour lunch with Alexander Yakovenko, the Russian ambassador to London, during the referendum campaign. It has since emerged that they met four times, and that he was offered stakes in various gold and diamond-mining ventures, which he says he declined.
Most seriously, the Electoral Commission has now asked the National Crime Agency (NCA) to investigate Banks. It said that it had "reasonable grounds" to suspect a number of criminal offences, including that he was "not the true source" of the contributions to Leave.EU, and that they came through a "non-qualifying or impermissible company" – Rock Holdings, based in the Isle of Man.
During his recent appearance on The Andrew Marr Show, Banks insisted: "There was no Russian money or interference of any type." But he failed to explain the origin of the money at a time when, according to a Financial Times investigation, his businesses were struggling.
The NCA is highly unlikely to complete its work on the case before Britain's departure from the EU on 29 March. It may exonerate Banks, but if it did conclude that Russia financed Leave.EU's campaign, it would be too late to prevent Brexit. Moscow would have succeeded spectacularly in splitting Europe, and gravely destabilising one of its leading democracies, with Banks serving as its willing tool.
This article appears in the 07 Nov 2018 issue of the New Statesman, Revenge of the nation state


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According to the Department of Labor (DOL), most workers are "employees," not independent contractors. After years of watching more contract workers fall outside the categories of "employees," this morning, the DOL issued an Administrator's Interpretation regarding the alleged "misclassification" of workers as independent contractors, and broadly includes most workers as employees. The DOL's guidance responds to the skyrocketing usage of contract labor in the wake of increased government regulation, including the Affordable Care Act. Bucking this trend, agencies like the DOL have increased regulatory action to clampdown on worker misclassification. Today's Interpretation continues the trend. The DOL Administrator outlines the current law regarding classification, and articulates – in no uncertain terms – the department's position that "most workers are employees under the FLSA's broad definitions." The DOL relies on the FLSA's broad definition of the term "employ" as being "to suffer or permit to work" and fully embraces the "economic realities test," which has regularly been adopted by courts as the most applicable to determining whether an individual is a contractor. The economic realities test applies a multi-factor approach, including: (a) the extent to which the work performed is an integral part of the employer's business; (b) the worker's opportunity for profit or loss depending on his or her managerial skill; (c) the extent of the relative investments of the employer and the worker; (d) whether the work performed requires special skills and initiative; (e) the permanency of the relationship; and (f) the degree of control exercised or retained by the employer. Many courts and other federal agencies have used similar tests. For example, the IRS applies three broad categories:
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Modeling building semantics: providing feedback and sustainability
Grzybek, H., Shah, H. H., Wiafe, I., Gulliver, S. R. and Nakata, K. (2011) Modeling building semantics: providing feedback and sustainability. In: World Renewable Energy Congress 2011, 8-11th May 2011, Linköping , Sweden, pp. 1016-1022.
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Even minor changes in user activity can bring about significant energy savings within built space. Many building performance assessment methods have been developed, however these often disregard the impact of user behavior (i.e. the social, cultural and organizational aspects of the building). Building users currently have limited means of determining how sustainable they are, in context of the specific building structure and/or when compared to other users performing similar activities, it is therefore easy for users to dismiss their energy use. To support sustainability, buildings must be able to monitor energy use, identify areas of potential change in the context of user activity and provide contextually relevant information to facilitate persuasion management. If the building is able to provide users with detailed information about how specific user activity that is wasteful, this should provide considerable motivation to implement positive change. This paper proposes using a dynamic and temporal semantic model, to populate information within a model of persuasion, to manage user change. By semantically mapping a building, and linking this to persuasion management we suggest that: i) building energy use can be monitored and analyzed over time; ii) persuasive management can be facilitated to move user activity towards sustainability.
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Only a few people really know what to do if a first aid case happens before their eyes. Would you know what to do in real life?The Zhejiang University in China has taken the common component found in a first aid kit, the emergency blanket, to another level. The concept can help a complete novice, but can also give a trained amateur more confidence through the structured instructions on the First Aid Blanket, as it has been called.
The First Aid Blanket has clear diagrams and step-by-step instructions printed directly onto it, and was especially designed to help amateurs perform first aid during a medical emergency. The blanket is not capable of compensating for a proper first aid training, but it might still help to save somebody's life.
The blanked has been focused of situations involving a drowning person, in those cases it provides a surface to place the drowning person onto, as well as a first aid guidance in different situations – with or without sign of life.
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The blanket won the Red Dot Award for conceptual design in 2014.


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Selected dates in 2023
Mix the USA with Hawaii in 2023 book that dream holiday you deserve - Fly with United to San Francisco starting your West Coast and Hawaii Holiday with 3 nights at the Handlery Union Square. The hotel is perfectly located just steps from the popular destinations of Pier 39 and Ghirardelli Square, while the rest of downtown San Francisco can be easily reached by the iconic cable cars.
Fly onto the Hawaiian island, Big Island, Hawaii's largest, and spend 7 nights at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa. On the island's north-east coast the resort is set over 15 acres of ocean front grounds, with views of amazing Hawaiian sunrises and sunsets across the Pacific Ocean. Unwind at the onsite Mandara Spa, home to a range of local treatments and rent snorkel sets, kayaks boogie boards and pedal boats on which to explore the diverse coastline. Great shopping can be found at the Kings' Shops and Queens' Marketplace located just steps from the resort, where you will find boutique shops, art galleries jewellery stores and a gourmet market. Ask our Hawaii experts about the various tours and attractions further afield on the island including the spectacular eruptions at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Stop off in Los Angeles on your way back home, with 2 nights at the Beverly Garland Holiday Inn Universal Studios. As the name suggests it is perfectly placed for all the Universal attractions, but further afield, Beverly Hills and Disney Studios are just a few of the attractions within easy reach of the hotel. The hotel has been recently updated and combines the designs of a Spanish influenced mission with a tranquil garden setting.
- Flights with United.
- 3 nights at the Handlery Union Square, San Francisco.
- 7 nights at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort and Spa, Big Island Hawaii.
- 2 nights at the Beverly Garland Holiday Inn Universal Studios, Los Angeles.
Prices from £4099 per person (2 persons sharing).
Our Hawaii team has built this offer based on their extensive knowledge of Hawaii's islands and the USA. We do however specialise in building bespoke itineraries around your needs, so give one of our Hawaii experts a call today and start planning the holiday of a lifetime.
All offers and prices are subject to our terms and conditions and availability at the time of booking. Various travel dates apply, and offers are based on maximum occupancy for accommodation. Resort fees/entrance fees are not included. If this offer is not exactly what you are looking for, or you would like alternative hotels/locations/airports, please contact us and one of our specialist travel consultants will create your holiday to suit your requirements.