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**Disclaimer: this post is NOT to be taken seriously. Merry Christmas all you non/lovebirds.
It doesn't matter if you've recently claimed the status of singleton or if, like me, you're well versed in the concept of going solo, Christmas can come as somewhat of a shock to the system. A season full of love, you can't shake a bag-for-life full of merlot without whacking into a smooching couple. Not intentionally, of course.
But seriously.
I have just spent twenty minutes waiting for my train – politely minding my own business, might I add – while a loved-up twosome played tonsil-hockey mere inches away from my person.
Now, I don't begrudge a good kissing sesh or a nice bit of PDA, but when you're heading home to spend Christmas with your family, alone, for the fourth year in a row, you might be forgiven for muttering obscenities under your breath. That said, Christmas is the season of goodwill and all that, so I replied warmly to their cheery "Merry Christmas" as they barged on the train before me (as I attempted to navigate the throngs of people and clutching World's Biggest Suitcase) refusing to release each other's grasp.
I feel the need to state how much I love couples right now – some of my favourite people in the world are coupled, married, involved with someone – but come Christmas Eve, it's hard to be as bright eyed and bushytailed, and romance seems to be EVERYWHERE. Except anywhere near you.
So as I head off on yet another train journey to my childhood home, to spend a few nights in my childhood bedroom, no boyfriend in tow – just the aforementioned World's Biggest Suitcase and bag-for-life full of merlot – I feel the need to share with you lovely, single lot, how it's extremely possible to supress the gloom and have a truly cracking Christmas flying solo.
Spend it with your family
Now I am extremely lucky with my family. My parents are flippin wonderful. I have the best time just hanging out with them and, yes, while they are still sickeningly in love, they are the type of people who would rather I go out into the world and have a damn good crazy ridiculous time, rather than worry when I will marry someone sensible, settle down and produce offspring for them to fawn over. The thought of my doing so seems to bring my father out in a cold sweat. They ply me with wine, spoil me rotten and make me belly laugh the entire time I am with them. We lost my brother eight years ago and so family, for us, is extremely important.
Embrace the family this festive season. Dance around the kitchen with your Mum to Taylor Swift. Get drunk and play quiz up with your Dad. Slip Grandma some more sherry and watch her say everything that comes into her head.
Tonight I will be going to bed pleasantly boozed up and looking forward to spending the day with people who truly love me. I can't really get any better than that!
Plus Point: while it would be quite nice to be tucked up in someone's arms, embrace the fact that you can starfish the hell out of that double bed when you're in a red wine/turkey coma.
Spend it with friends
Friendmas is a relatively new concept for me. In all the years that I have lived with friends and housemates, I have never suggested spending Christmas with them. I think it's because I love spending Christmas with my Mum and Dad so much that I've never considered it. But after two hip-operations (Dad) and a long year, my parents are opting to spend Christmas 2016 in sunnier climates. Despite offering me an invite, the thought of crashing the rents' romantic holiday at the age of 31 is less than appealing. Instead, housemate I have decided to bring friendmas into the mix.
What better way to spend Christmas than with a whole heap of people you love getting drunk with?
Plus Point: You can get as drunk as you like. These people already know that three drinks makes you dancey, six makes you sleepy and a bottle makes you a tyrant at Monopoly. They know that Chardonnay plus Homeward Bound makes you weep uncontrollably. They've got your back.
Friends all in a couples? Most of mine are partnered up bar the ones who live further afield. Don't be spiteful or jealous, bask in the happiness of your loved up friends. Spend time with you friends' partners, get to know them, make them your friends. They love this person for a reason, time to find out what all the fuss is about.
Give Back
Ever wanted to volunteer at a soup kitchen? Head out and help the homeless? Now's your chance. Don't wallow in your single state, use it to help those less fortunate than yourself.
There are a host of adverts on both radio and television this year highlighting various people who unfortunately might be spending the festive period alone. Just look at the John Lewis advert!
For all my joking during this blogpost, it's an incredibly sobering thought that over a third of people over the age of 70 in the UK eat alone EVERY DAY.
Some older people have even stated that they have gone an entire month without speaking to another person. This is dreadful.
If you really do your research there are some great projects out there. One of the most recent campaigns comes from gravy giant Bisto,and is called Spare Chair Sunday. Joining forces with charity Contact the Elderly, the campaign seeks to connect those who might otherwise be alone with people willing to provide a chair and a meal at their family table. I am all for this and housemate and I will probably be signing up to the scheme in the new year. There's nothing better than sharing good food and interesting tales around the table!
Plus Point: Helping others will not only give you the warm fuzzies but you will actually be making a difference. No-one should be alone, and certainly not during Christmas. Inviting someone into your home/life/conversation can be enlightening as well as great fun!
Spend it somewhere new
This is definitely on the single-girl bucket list. Ever fancy a change of scenery? A change of pace? Sick of the hustle and bustle of shopping centres as we rack up bills buying stuff we don't need? Hop on a plane and escape it all.
Think you can't afford it? Let's just tally up all that money we spend on food and presents and I bet a plane ticket and a budget hotel/airbnb room is cheaper! Spend a fortune on your ex last year? Found the cash then, didn't you? The problem is that we feel guilty spending such large amounts of money on ourselves during the season of giving. It's time to be your own best friend and get yourself the present you really deserve this year!
For me, travelling at Christmas would be all about emerging myself in a completely different culture. Oh, and preferably getting to spend it in a bikini at a beach rather than wrapped in a festive knit!
Plus Point: Travelling broadens our horizons. If you're feeling a bit dejected about the whole Christmas – even life- thing, this could be just the change you need! Just broken up with someone? Love life non-existent? It's surprising what a bit of sun on your skin and a new place can do for the soul!
Sometimes just thinking outside our comfort zone can prove to be beneficial.
Who knows, your best ever single-person Christmas might be waiting! Embrace your singledom!
Have you ever spent Christmas abroad? Do you have experience volunteering during the festive period? Are you gearing yourself up for Friendmas this year? Could you bear to be away from your family? Or is Christmas for you all about smooching under the mistletoe? Let me know.


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The Fort Worth Chapter of Credit Unions has been busy advocating for the credit union movement. They recently sponsored several robust days of advocacy, training, celebration, and PAC fundraising, including:
CU: ROAR Training
In late September, about a dozen attendees from local credit unions attended the chapter's CU: ROAR training. The training was held in the clubhouse at The Golf Club at Fossil Creek in Fort Worth. Jim Phelps, Cornerstone Credit Union League's (Cornerstone) vice president of Advocacy, conducted the hour-and-a-half training.
Walter Furnace, legislative coordinator for the chapter, said, "Jim did an outstanding job in presenting the CU: ROAR training. As a longtime member of the League's Advocacy team, Jim is well equipped to provide this type of training."
Legislative Meet-N-Greet
After the CU: ROAR training, the Fort Worth group held their chapter program, hosting featured speaker and Texas state representative Bill Zedler (District 96, Tarrant County). Jeff Huffman, Cornerstone's governmental relations vice president, earns kudos for orchestrating Rep. Zedler's appearance at the event, and according to Furnace, "Rep. Zedler has always been accessible to the chapter, be it in Fort Worth or during our Hike the Hill visits in Austin."
Rep. Zedler provided attendees with a recap of the 2013 Texas Legislative Session and the subsequent special sessions. He reported that the 2013 session was "a good one" for credit unions, in light of the passage of the Credit Union Department's legislative package and the fact that no changes were made to the credit union franchise tax exemption. Instead, the Legislature was focused on three major issues this session: education, water, and transportation. After his presentation, Rep. Zedler took questions from the audience and thanked credit unions for the financial services they provide to members.
Golf Tournament, ICU Day, and PAC Fundraising
Last week, the Fort Worth Chapter sponsored a golf tournament, and Natalie Parish, chapter president, reported, "The weather was perfect at Sky Creek Golf Club as 102 golfers teed off for a great round supporting Cornerstone Credit Union League PAC. This year, the Fort Worth Chapter raised a total of $3,180 with his golf efforts."
For its October chapter meeting, to celebrate International Credit Union Day, and to raise funds for the TCCUL PAC, the Fort Worth Chapter of Credit Unions hosted its 2nd Annual Chili Cook-Off and Cake Auction at Rahr Brewery. Fourteen chili cooks competed, and over 100 people attended the event.
Votes for the first and second place People's Choice awards were taken in the form of dollars. Voters placed the money in small boxes in front of their favorite chili—an easy, fun, and effective way to raise PAC funds! $453 dollars were collected through votes that evening. The chapter served hot dogs, Fritos, and all the fixings to accompany the delicious chili.
Later that evening, the chapter held its annual cake auction. Volunteers from chapter credit unions baked and brought 62 cakes for the live auction, garnering a little over $2,400 for the PAC.
The Fort Worth Chapter of Credit Unions proves that PAC fundraising can be fun. Attendees had a great time supporting their PAC, enjoying the festivities, and networking with other credit union employees and chapter vendors. To top things off, each attendee received a glass complete with the cook-off logo. All total, the chili cook-off raised a total of $3,220 for PAC.
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It's official! I am now active on my YouTube channel, Ella in Wanderlust! I have a back-log of videos made starting with this Seychelles Vlog. I'm determined to stick to a schedule and will be uploading once a week, every Sunday.
This first video is about my Seychelles trip. In November 2016, I went on a 2-week trip to Mahé, Seychelles. Mahé is the largest island in Seychelles - a group of over 100 islands found in the Indian Ocean. The island yielded some incredible beaches with large, granite boulders dotted along its shores. Most special, however, was the stingray that we found on one of Mahé's lesser-known beaches.
Admittedly, I didn't do that much filming whilst in Seychelles. So this 2-week video is rather short. I also didn't actually Vlog whilst I was over there so I had to use some imagination and narrate over the video when I returned home.
Video was made 8 months ago! The image above is a link to it. I've also included a text link here and the video is also embedded below 🙂


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Most big brands are congregating on ad-accommodating social platforms like Facebook and Twitter. And teen retailer Wet Seal is one of them. Except it recently joined the more mobile friendly Snapchat platform, following in the footsteps of brands that can be counted on the fingers of two hands: 16 Handles, Acura, Bloomberg Businessweek Juicy Couture, New Orleans Saints, NPR, Seventeen, and Taco Bell.
Data shows that among cell phone users, 26 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds report using Snapchat. No wonder Facebook offered to buy the site for $ 3 billion late last year. The latest numbers say Snapchat has 26 million active users in the U.S., and the coveted 13- to 25-year-old group is its main audience.
"We saw Snapchat as an opportunity to expand the brand's existing communication with their core audience of mobile natives while providing the brand with a first-mover opportunity," says Leslie Hall, president of Wet Seal's agency, ICED Media. "The benefit is to communicate on the audience's social network of choice, where they most frequently communicate with their peers in the most authentic way. As a result, the engagement rate is the highest we've seen across any platform."
Wet Seal's Winning Snapchat Campaign
When the 6th Annual Shorty Awards ceremony came to New York on April 7, 2014, to honor the best of social media, Wet Seal took home the prize for its winning Snapchat campaign:
- Wet Seal partnered with popular teen blogger, Meghan Hughes, who goes by MissMeghanMakeup: a notable teen influencer with more than 200,000 YouTube subscribers, 48,700 Twitter followers, and 101,200 Instagram followers.
- The 2013 holiday season provided the ideal framework to showcase the festive world of a real teen, allowing Hughes to bring her authentic energy to the brand's channel while simultaneously embracing the spirit of Wet Seal.
- Hughes leveraged her vast online audience with a "Snapchat Takeover" for a weekend, resulting in more than 6,000 views—the most engaged Snap Story in Snapchat's history.
"The process was very simple thanks to the ease of use of the platform itself," Hall says. "For an entire weekend we gave over the reigns of our account to superstar teen MissMeghanMakeup, and she weaved together an amazing Snapchat "story," including a visual narrative of holiday-themed events in her hometown, for our fans to follow."
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Wet Seal's Snapchat account is growing at a healthy rate, and Hall says they will continue to introduce a balance of brand storytelling, partnerships with influencers who can help authenticate its communication with fans, and calls-to-action, such as Snapchat exclusive offers and promotions. Here's what Hall also recommends to reach your audience on Snapchat:
- Understand how consumers are using the platform and build your strategy around this native behavior.
- Promote your handle on your other social channels to build a qualified foundation of loyal fans.
- Use the platform to share real-time moments from your brand, especially behind-the-scenes, exclusive previews, and new collections.
- Experiment with "stories" as a way to weave together moments throughout time to tell a longer and more engaging brand story.
"The incredible and talented net artists we've seen emerge as a result of the evolution of social networks is so inspiring," says Hall. "Social content is becoming a new medium for creativity and visual storytelling, and brands will become more savvy about how to develop breakthrough content within the nuances of each individual platform to help tell their brand story in the most compelling way."
Besides being on Facebook and Twitter, Wet Seal maintains an online presence on Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, and Wanelo, the social shopping app. "Instagram and Wanelo are also thriving platforms for the brand, but Snapchat certainly shows the most promise and engagement," Hall says.
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Guitar Mythbuster: String Gauge
Do guitar strings noticeably lose sound with decreasing gauge? The gauge of your guitar strings is up for debate with some guitarists preferring a thin gauge string and others stating that there has to be some sound loss with thinner strings. Does it really make any noticeable difference?
Sound Loss With Decreasing String Gauge?
Many people unfortunately fall for the rumours that are being spread by salesmen in guitar shops and by other employees with a superficial knowledge . I can only assume that those salesmen and employees never really tested things out, or probably never even had a guitar in their hands.
I speak from experience when I say that both many salesmen are telling their customers some stuff about String Gauge that actually is completely not (or not quite) true and that mostly the opposite of what they are saying is the case.
So, let's come to the statement that strings noticeably lose sound with decreasing gauge.
Over the years I made some experiences with different gauges and with different types of strings, too. For many years I have played 010-013-017-026W-036W-046W strings by the producer D'Addario that were relatively rigid. In Logic (the music and studio software that I use) you could always see in the waveform graphics that there was a very slight overload when I picked the low e-string (also known as the 6th string). The overload lamp on my interface lit up shortly when I played that exact note.
A few years later I changed to 009-011-016-024W-032W-042W strings -- also by the producer D'Addario. The difference was none at all. Neither was there a difference in the sound, nor in the graphics, nor could you detect a difference by the response of the overload lamp.
Lately I stringed my guitar with 008-011-014-022W-030W-038W strings by Picato and shortly after by Ernie Ball, which are also generally a lot softer than D'Addario strings. Well, this time I actually was a little worried about the outcome, and I desperately hoped that I wouldn't have to reset all my amp and interface settings -- and I probably would have to because I really wanted to have these 008 strings. A salesman already advised me against these thin strings, but I didn't care -- firstly, I absolutely wanted to play them and furthermore, I already knew that in that guitar shop the employees were not as competent as they pretended to be.
So I tried them out and guess what? I exactly verified the individual aspects that might indicate a sound loss. First of all I tested diverse amp settings I had been using, and interestingly no difference was audible. Of course the audible part is the most important one, but I wanted to know if there was any sound loss at all, too. Well, the overload lamp as usual lit up shortly when I picked the low e-string, and I also checked the waveform graphics. They still told me there was that slight overload when I picked the 6th string.
And if you think something is wrong with my analysis I can reassure you. Of course there has to be some sound loss with thinner strings, but it is so insignificant and minimal that you neither perceive it, nor can you proof it with normal studio measuring instruments.
Therefore I have some good news for all those who always would have liked to play thin strings like for instance a 008-011-014-022W-030W-038W set or so (for these strings are extraordinary pleasant to play), but never dared to as they didn't want to put up with significant sound losses: In my experience there is no significant or audible sound loss, so get the strings you really want to play!
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Recently, my brother and I recorded the brilliant "White Room" by Cream and shot a video as well. In this video and on the recordings I played 008-011-014-022W-030W-038W strings by Ernie Ball on my Fender Strat. So, if you want to know how these strings really sound, click the following link and see how powerful they really are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFmOFGkdq5A
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The Handmaid's Tale is an adaptation of a classic Margaret Atwood novel from 1985, which is set in a dystopia of the near future. Alexis Bledel will be playing Ofglen, who is the handmaid companion to Elisabeth Moss's Offred. Moss and Bledel also were in AMC's Mad Men.
In the novel, the handmaids are women who serve the ruling class of men in a totalitarian regime by bearing the men's children. They're essentially enslaved, and the book follows the women's journey in helping each other toward liberation. The show sounds like it will be pretty spectacular, both for lovers of the book and those of us who are new to the story entirely. Hulu describes the forthcoming series:
Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism in its militarized 'return to traditional values'. As one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred (Elisabeth Moss) is a Handmaid in the Commander's household, one of the caste of women forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to repopulate the world. In this terrifying society, Offred must navigate between Commanders, their cruel Wives, domestic Marthas, and her fellow Handmaids – where anyone could be a spy for Gilead – all with one goal: to survive and find the daughter that was taken from her.
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Fractional Ownership guide offered by World Class Group.
28th January 2010
As the after shocks of the financial markets and real estate sectors begin to somehow settle down, it becomes clear to most investors that change is the only constant that they can rely upon.
Few spaces in the economy have been spared from the frigid effect of the withdrawal of confidence by investors and consumers, which has created a domino effect globally. Real estate continues to go through an incredible metamorphosis.
One trend though, although was gaining in popularity prior to the downslide, was using partnerships in the acquisition of buying second homes. This is widely known as Fractional Ownership, and is becoming more popular than ever as now second home buyers are now being give the option of a much lower entry fee to command a destination property for a month of holidays per year.
According to the author of the Power of Property Partnerships, Michael J. Tolan, new opportunities for developers and consumers will emerge during 2010.
"We forecast growth in Fractional Ownership now that the bottom of the market has been identified in areas such as Dubai, Thailand, and Egypt in the coming 12 months." said Tolan.


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Something that your game is known for, at least to me, is having a large, pretty casual audience, a little bit more so than some of the other MMOs on the market. Would you say that's a fair characterization?
JC: Yeah. I think the biggest attractions for our game are that players can create characters right off the bat without having to unlock a whole bunch of stuff -- our character creation system is so robust, once you start experiencing it your imagination just lights up. It's so easy to use and to understand, people can just spend hours and hours within the character creation system without getting into the game, and then, once they get into the game, they realize, "Oh, wow! This is even much more fun!"
DN: The great thing about the character creator is it can be as casual or involved as you want to be. You can spend weeks doing it, or you can hit a button and have a costume generated for you -- or levels in between; you can have that generated for you and only choose the colors. So it's as involved as you want it to be.
In terms of the game content, do you think there's something about your game in particular that attracts that sort of audience? Or, more to the point, you have a hardcore player base that's satisfied, and you're also satisfying a much more casual player base?
JC: Well, we draw our inspirations for a lot of our starting lines not only from comic books but from books and television and movies, and we can have some of our story lines resonate with a lot of people.
I mean, the Roman background, players get inspired to get on their gladiator outfits on, or whatever; or alien invasions where the heroes and villains have to unite to fight off these alien foes. Those are really cool concepts that exist in television, movies, comic books... It's just fun. Not a whole lot of MMOs can take advantage of that because they may not be set in a kind of comic book universe where fantasy and science fiction can meet. I think that's one of our benefits.
Does it have anything to do with the pace of the gameplay or the design also, do you think?
JC: Well, our gameplay is very different from other MMOs. The way that players can fight and move in a 3D space -- other MMOs are always ground-based, so you can't full jump or fly at super-speed and also do combat. It's much slower, I would say, in other games. It's just different. I think our game allows players to feel very powerful without being... I guess gimmicky, if that makes sense.
Your expansion deals with the concept concept of people switching alignment, and in a comic book theme there are clear "evil versus good" stories. Where these have appeared in other games -- like World of Warcraft or Fable for example -- people tend to play the "good guys". Have you found that to be the case in your game, or does the superhero theme or anything you do design-wise encourage experimentation with different alignments?
JC: Comparing City of Heroes and City of Villains, we definitely saw a lot of players favoring the heroes side, but, with Going Rogue, what we've tried to do is we've tried to turn the concept of what good and evil means -- and right and wrong and what that means -- really inside and out and upside-down.
Primarily because, with Praetoria, there's two different factions: the Loyalist and the Resistance factions. In your mind, the Resistance could be, "Oh, they're the freedom fighters, so they must be the good guys!" In the same sense, those freedom fighters can also be agents of chaos.
Somebody who's a Loyalist, who's in the opposite faction -- they're the people who provide the safety and support for the law, and that provides structure and sanctuary; but, by doing so, they may also be supporting a tyranny.
Suppose the good guys are actually bad. So what we are doing with Going Rogue and Praetoria is turning everything upside-down.
In other games, where they have good and evil, with Praetoria, we're trying to change the concept of what good and evil actually is. Players may find that being good isn't where they want to be; they may actually want to sway towards evil, if that makes sense, because we're switching it all around.
Sometimes players resist the good/evil dichotomy stuff, but with superheroes it seems to be a fit. And that's tapped into tapped into the discussion of superhero stuff more recently in pop culture -- about good vs. evil and the gray area.
DN: Yeah, actually that's exactly -- if you look at the story of comic books as a medium, it definitely started off a little on the naive side, a little bit binary good and evil; you know, boy scouts versus mustache-twisting villains.
But through The Dark Knight Returns in the '80s, we saw the medium grow up. To explore this shade of gray, very quickly the vigilante characters that occupy that middle space became the most popular characters. Batman and Wolverine came to the forefront, and Superman kind of faded back.
That's what's been popular ever since! It's the gray-area stuff, stuff that appeals to an older audience with more complicated tastes. Likewise, for the game, players want to be that vigilante and tell complicated stories like the characters they love; now they can make their own characters that fit exactly their concept of what that character's supposed to be like in the game world. That's why I think Going Rogue is so compelling as a basic idea.


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Make the popular hydrangea flower; its dimension will astound you. A great introductory class, Appli-bond© applique, stem construction and needle turn applique will be taught.
Size: 14" x 16"
Time to Complete: 5 - 6 hours
Needs List - Tools
- Required pattern ($5.00/each)*
- Basic sewing supplies
- Fabric scissors*
- Paper scissors
- Glue baste-it or glue stick*
- White marking pencil*
- Blue water soluble pen *
- Straight pins
- Template material (or pre-cut templates*)
- Template marking pencil
- Cutting mat / rotary cutter / ruler
- Appliqué / straw needles*
- Appli-bond needles*
- Embroidery needles
- Embroidery floss for the leaves and stamens
- White glass seed beads (optional)*
- Thread to match fabrics
* These products will be available for purchase in class.
Needs List - Fabrics
- ¼ yd lighter petal fabric
- 1/8 yd darker petal fabric
- Green fabric for the leaves and stems
- Background fabric cut 10 ½ '' x 12 ½"
- ¼ yd Heat N Bond Ultra Hold Iron on Adhesive (no substitutions)*
- ¼ yd fabric for border and binding
* These products will be available for purchase in class.
Sewing machines are not needed. An iron and ironing surface would be very helpful.
Complete kits for the Hydrangea are also available for $25.00 each. The kit includes the required $5.00 pattern, all fabrics including borders, bindings and background. Also included are the Heat N Bond and embroidery floss.
Please let me know the number of kits required in advance.
Joan Shay
17568 SE 121st Circ
Summerfield, FL. 34491
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Jeff and Linnie Will, Somerset, are announcing the engagement of their daughter Heather Ann to Jason Lee Knotts, Hyndman.
Miss Will is a 2002 graduate of Somerset Area High School and will graduate in December from California University of Pa. with a Bachelor of Arts degree in social work. She is employed as a therapeutic support staff for Youth Advocate Program, Somerset.
Her fiance is the son of Don and Annette Knotts, Hyndman. He is a 2000 graduate of Meyersdale Area High School and a 2004 graduate of Marshall University, Huntingdon, W.Va. He is employed by CSX Corp., Cumberland, Md., as a conductor.


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Monday: November 6, 2017
VT Dept. of Health, Barre WIC Office, 5 Perry St., Suite 250, Barre, VT 05641
1:00PM to 2:00PM
Wondering what to do with all of those extra apples you picked this fall? Come learn how to make your own applesauce! We will demonstrate how to make your own applesauce that may be sampled. A recipe will be provided, as well as recipes featuring other fall fruits and veggies. Attendees will receive a free reusable bag. Call 479-7442 or sign up at your next WIC appointment.


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Hire a transport company that is experienced in shipping heavy equipment. Find a few with great reputations and call them up for more information. Make sure they can handle the delivery of the equipment or oversized cargo that you wish to transport. They'll need all the right transport technology and tools to even deliver your cargo. From there, you'll want to collect and compare quotes from those that are certain they can transport your heavy equipment.
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There's no possible way to transport such heavy equipment and machinery without haulers and state-of-the-art shipping technology. Oversized or heavy cargo need to be cared for cautiously during the entire delivery process. One mistake could cause injury to those conducting the transport or to anyone on the road.
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Nations Discuss Syrian President
PARIS (AP) — U.S. officials say Syrian President Bashar Assad has a stronger grasp on power now than he did just months ago.
How to get Assad to step down will be part of the focus today at a London meeting of 11 nations from the West and Mideast.
Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday in Paris, "There's a human catastrophe awaiting the world if you can't have a negotiated solution."


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Wallace (Wally) Hogan
Windsor/Essex (Kingsville)
Wally Hogan, B.Comm, CMC, is owner and practicing principal of Hogan Consulting, an advisory in business and information technology transformation. As a Certified Management Consultant, Wally has been practicing since 2011.
Wally has enjoyed a 30-year career in the high technology industry having held Canadian, North American and Global executive positions with IBM, Novell and Hewlett-Packard (HP). Wally began his career with IBM in Windsor Ontario, where he would later return to lead IBM's operations in Windsor/Essex, Chatham/Kent and Sarnia/Lambton. In the last ten years, Wally led HP's Canadian, then North American Outsourcing Services business, which, while encompassing all industry segments, provided him the opportunity to work closely with the health care sector providing IT services and operational support to several large primary care providers, and provincial agencies.
Throughout his career, Wally volunteered in support of many charitable causes, including serving as Chair for United Way campaigns while at IBM and HP. In addition, he served as a founding member of HP's Executive Diversity Council in Canada.
An avid sailor and certified yachtmaster, Wally has served as a Board Director for Ontario Sailing and has volunteered with the International Sailing Federation providing support to Paralympic Sailing.
Wally is a proud graduate of the University of Windsor, holding an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree, and a specialized Certificate in Personnel & Industrial Relations. He has had the opportunity to complete executive programs at Harvard University and Babson College. He is a member of the Canadian Association of Management Consultants and the Centre for Outsourcing Research and Education.
As natives of Kingsville Ontario, Wally and his wife Cori returned in 2016 to once again reside in their home town. They are proud parents of two grown sons living in Toronto and Barrie.
October 18, 2017 – October 17, 2020
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Weapons - Swords, Axes Knives etc. / archery / bows, crossbows
Wooden bows for traditional historical archery. The material used for English longbows is usually ash wood. We offer also crossbows. For your pleasure, we also offer hand crafted arrows.
For hand-forged arrowheads (in the shape of a leaf, pyramid or sunken), our blacksmiths used hard spring carbon steel. The arrowheads are hammered, annealed, sharpened, quenched in rapeseed oil and annealed, then polished with stones. They have a minimum hardness of 60 HRC and approach the qualities of the quenchable steel used in the past.
Another specialty we offer is welded arrowheads. Hard steel used to be expensive, so weapons were made by welding blades made from hard steel onto softer, cheaper, iron. The part of the head that fastens onto the shaft is forged from soft iron and a piece of hard carbon steel is welded onto the leaf of the arrowhead. Then the point is annealed, sharpened, tempered and etched in vinegar (the last procedure is only significant for its cosmetic effects: Damascus steel is also etched in a similar way.
Hand crafted arrows: Arrows made from spruce, or sometimes other woods if requested. The shafts are shaped by hand, and they have chiselled grooves to hold the fletching from goose/turkey feathers, which are attached with pitch and wound around with pack thread. The length of the arrows is about 80 cm, with a diameter of about 8 mm, or we can arrange other dimensions for a custom order.
Catalog number: BOW01
Your Price: 110.00 €These living history (no modern materials) ashen bows are 1,5 - 2,2 m long. Strenght: 15 - 30 kg. Bowshot: 70 - 140 m. Impregnated with linseed oil.
Catalog number: BOW15
Your Price: 175.00 €
Custom made ash bow - you can set strenght and length. Price includes flemish braid Bowstring. It takes 2-4 weeks to make it.
Catalog number: BOW03
Your Price: 15.00 €
Living history arrow with forged arrowhead, goose feathers (fletchings) and natural resin in stead of glue. Material for a shaft: spurce or ash. Length: 80 - 90 cm. It takes 1 hour to make one arrow.
Catalog number: FPR267
Your Price: 5.00 €
Forged Arrowhead - leaf.
Catalog number: BOW02
Your Price: 14.00 €
Living history arrow with forged arrowhead, goose feathers (fletchings) and natural resin in stead of glue. Material for a shaft: spurce or ash. Length: 40 cm. It takes 1 hour to make one arrow.
Catalog number: BOW04
Your Price: 7.00 €Material: iron.
Catalog number: BOW07
Your Price: 290.00 €Historical crossbow. Stock hold is made of plum-tree wood. Material that is used for a bow is a laminate that has less "memory effect" than wooden bows, so this material is for shooting and practisi more proper. Calibre: 11 mm. Overall measurements: 63 x 75 cm. Draw weight: 70 and more (depending on your wishes).
Catalog number: BOW11
Your Price: 155.00 €Fully functional replica. Length: cca 35 - 40 cm.
Catalog number: BOW05
Your Price: 7.00 €Material: iron.
Catalog number: BOW06
Your Price: 7.00 €Material: iron.
Catalog number: BOW10
Your Price: 115.00 €This is rarity among crossbows - fully functional "pocket" crossbow, handmade in the Czech Rep. Length of a body: cca 20 cm. Price includes crossbow arrow.


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Best of the Best Destination Photos of 2017 - We Won!
I am so honored and thrilled to share that the image below placed in the Junebug Weddings Best of the Best Destination Wedding Photography for 2017. I've been hoping to win this contest for years, and this year it finally happened. I can't believe it and I'm so humbled to share this honor with so many other incredible wedding photographers. See the full collection of images here - the work is outstanding.
Massive thanks to Elle and Ryan for venturing out to Rock Island State Park with me here in Tennessee, where this image was taken, just a few weeks ago. Photography is truly collaborative and without you, this image never would have happened. Much love.


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Chairman of Co-operation Ireland, Dr Christopher Moran mourns friend and champion of peace, Martin McGuinness. Cooperation Ireland hosted many of the peace building initiatives that Mr McGuinness participated in most notably the historic handshake with HM The Queen at the Lyric Theatre.
"I am hugely saddened to learn that my friend Martin McGuinness has lost his battle against the illness which has robbed Northern Ireland of a genuine peace maker. Martin along with Peter Robinson was an enthusiastic champion of Co-operation Ireland and its activities. He was not afraid to take risks outside his own comfort zone and in doing so provided leadership across the whole community. His death will be deeply felt across the entire political spectrum. My sincere condolences to his wife, family, friends and colleagues."
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Chairman of Co-operation Ireland


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Residential Asphalt Maintenance Tips To Extend The Life Of Your Driveway
If you are building a custom home and have installed a long asphalt driveway, then there are steps you should take to ensure that it lasts for a very long time. Asphalt driveways that are properly maintained have a lifespan of well over a decade before they need professional repairs or replacement.
To keep your new home's asphalt driveway in great condition and looking good for years to come, do each of these things:
Inspect Your Asphalt Every Season
The most important thing you can do to protect your investment in your driveway is to walk around it each season and look carefully for any problems. While inspecting your driveway, look for:
biological growth
If you find any grease or oil stains on your driveway, then they should be removed using an asphalt degreaser. Cracks in the asphalt should be sealed using a sealing compound that you can purchase at your local home improvement center. Finally, depressions in the surface of the asphalt or biological growth such as moss signal that your asphalt has an underlying issue that needs to be looked at by a professional asphalt contractor.
Keep Your Driveway Clean of Contaminants
There are many contaminants that will cause your asphalt driveway to become damaged or to degrade prematurely. When you see rocks or other debris sitting on the asphalt you should sweep it off. Repetitive driving over rocks and dirt on the surface of the driveway will cause pitting in the asphalt that will lead to future cracks and potholes.
In addition to rocks, standing water on your driveway will cause early degradation of the asphalt. You can't stop the rains, but you should take steps to keep your landscaping sprinklers from spraying the asphalt. And, if you see standing water for days after a storm, then you need to have an asphalt contractor come inspect and fix the underlying problem causing the lack of drainage.
Regularly Seal Coat Your Asphalt Driveway
Finally, one year after your driveway was installed, it should be professionally seal coated. The seal coating layer protects your new asphalt from the sun's harmful rays and will keep things like motor oil and water from seeping into the driveway and degrading the asphalt. This simple and relatively inexpensive procedure is vital for extending the longevity of your new custom home's driveway and keeping it looking great for many years into the future.
For more information or assistance, contact companies like Virginia Asphalt Services Inc.


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Spicy Stuffed BurgersBy burrger • Dec 13th, 2007 • Category: Burger Recipes
Spicy beef burgers with a special melted cheese and hot jalapeño stuffing. Stuffed burgers are a real treat for burger lovers.
- 1 lb ground beef
- ½ onion, finely chopped
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tsp hot pepper sauce
- 4 tbs dry bread crumbs
- large pinch of paprika
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- 1/2 fresh red chili pepper, finely chopped
- 4 slices pickled jalapeño pepper, finely chopped
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Mix the ground beef, onion, egg, hot pepper sauce, and bread crumbs in a large bowl. Season with the paprika, salt, and pepper.
- To make the stuffing, mix the shredded cheese, red chili pepper, and jalapeño pepper in a separate bowl. Form the beef mixture into 4 balls, and press a well in the center of each. Stuff with equal amounts of the cheese mixture. Press meat around filling to seal.
- Arrange on a baking sheet, and press gently into thick patties. Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, turning once or until well done.
Suggested burger topping: anything sweet like pineapple or sweet chili sauce. Burger Toppings
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d'Arnaud's walk-off hit lifts Braves over Rox
ATLANTA -- Having won the first two games of the series, the Rockies entered the finale at Turner Field looking for their first series sweep of at least three games against the Braves in Atlanta since September 1997. But in a scoreless tie after eight innings, Atlanta spoiled the opportunity on Chase d'Arnaud's walk-off single to hand Colorado a 1-0 loss.
"It felt amazing. Any time you have the chance to do that, that's exactly what you want to do," d'Arnaud said about his crucial hit. "Everybody wants to contribute, especially in times like that when everybody is pulling for you. I just tried not to do too much and took the bat right to the ball."View Full Game Coverage
ATLANTA -- Having won the first two games of the series, the Rockies entered the finale at Turner Field looking for their first series sweep of at least three games against the Braves in Atlanta since September 1997. But in a scoreless tie after eight innings, Atlanta spoiled the opportunity on Chase d'Arnaud's walk-off single to hand Colorado a 1-0 loss.
"It felt amazing. Any time you have the chance to do that, that's exactly what you want to do," d'Arnaud said about his crucial hit. "Everybody wants to contribute, especially in times like that when everybody is pulling for you. I just tried not to do too much and took the bat right to the ball."View Full Game Coverage
• Braves Chase-ing new win streak
Atlanta recorded five hits in the first four innings, but Jon Gray didn't allow a runner to second, stranding seven on the basepaths. Meanwhile, the Rockies couldn't find an answer for Julio Teheran, who exited the scoreless tie after scattering three hits. The Braves entered Sunday's game averaging only 2.6 runs per game for Teheran this year, which was the worst run support for any qualified pitcher in the Majors.
Both teams turned to their bullpens in the eighth, and neither allowed the other to break through. That was until, with runners on second and third in the ninth, d'Arnaud poked a two-out single into left off Gonzalez Germen for his second walk-off hit of the year. The Rockies fell to 6-12 in one-run games.
"We had a couple opportunities, especially late, but they got two big double plays," said Rockies manager Walt Weiss, whose team was looking for its first sweep at Atlanta since 1997 -- the first season at Turner Field, which the Braves will vacate at the end of this season. "It's a tough game.
"You're going against Teheran, who threw the ball. It was a good pitchers' duel, for sure. Gray pitched like a horse today."
Boldly going where he hadn't gone before: Gray's career high was 105 pitches -- in his first career win on May 13 against the Mets. But on Sunday, he was finishing the seventh, no matter how many pitches he needed. With two down and Anthony Recker at first courtesy of a hit batsman, Gray avoided left-handed-hitting Jace Peterson with a five-pitch walk and challenged d'Arnaud, who had managed two singles. Gray went all secondary pitches -- curve, changeup and, finally, a 1-2 slider on his 115th pitch for his eighth strikeout.
"I took ownership of that inning," Gray said. More >
Video: COL@ATL: Gray strikes out eight in seven innings
Teheran's troubles at the Ted: After giving up 10 runs across his final two starts before the All-Star break, Teheran retired seven batters in a row to start Sunday's game and didn't allow a single runner to advance past first base until the sixth inning. The Braves' ace ran into trouble in the seventh, when he put runners on first and second with a two-out double and a walk. But Teheran settled in and induced an inning-ending groundout. Despite his seven shutout innings, the right-hander was once again denied his first win of the season at Turner Field, where he has posted a 2.90 ERA in 11 home starts.
"He just keeps pitching," Braves manager Brian Snitker said. "I think he takes it an inning at a time and tries to win that inning is what it looks like to me, and he does a great job of keeping us in the games and just pitching. He never quits pitching."
Video: COL@ATL: Teheran goes seven innings, fans five
Just a bit outside: Germen thought he had a strikeout to end the ninth on a full-count changeup to Peterson with two out and a runner at third. Despite the framing job by catcher Tony Wolters, home-plate umpire Tripp Gibson called ball four. d'Arnaud then delivered the winning single.
It takes two: With the Rockies threatening to score in the eighth with one out and runners on first and second, Freddie Freeman fielded a sharp ground ball off the bat of DJ LeMahieu to initiate an inning-ending double play. The first baseman fired to second, where d'Arnaud touched the bag and tossed the ball to Chris Withrow at first just in time to get the final out. An inning later, Colorado once again put runners on first and second with one out. But Jim Johnson induced a 5-4-3 double play from pinch-hitter Mark Reynolds to escape any damage.
"That one they turned with Withrow wasn't easy," Snitker said. "That was a good job by Withrow getting over there. Freddie took his time and made a great throw. That was large."
Video: COL@ATL: Freeman starts a huge 3-6-1 double play
"We need to win series. We did that here. Anytime you're in position to sweep, that's what you want to do. We'll continue to win series, though." -- Weiss
Freeman entered this weekend's series batting .298 with 11 home runs and 27 RBIs in 32 career games vs. Colorado. But after entering the All-Star break hitting .345 in his past 15 games, the first baseman went 0-for-11 against the Rockies, capped by a four-strikeout game on Sunday.
The Rockies issued an unsuccessful challenge in the bottom of the seventh inning after a pitch hit Recker. The call stood after an estimated 33-second review showed the pitch hit Recker's hand and not the knob of his bat.
Video: COL@ATL: Rockies challenge Recker hit-by-pitch call
Rockies: After defeating the Braves in the weekend series, the Rockies hope to build upon that in a three-game series against the Rays at Coors Field. Rookie lefty Tyler Anderson (1-3, 3.30 ERA), who has a 2.63 ERA at home, will start for the Rockies. Game time is 6:40 p.m. MT.
Braves: Atlanta will kick off a nine-game road trip on Monday night, when it opens a three-game series against the Reds at Great American Ball Park. Matt Wisler will toe the rubber for the Braves, looking to end his woes away from Turner Field after posting a 14.00 ERA across his past two road starts. First pitch is set for 7:10 p.m. ET.
Watch every out-of-market regular-season game live on MLB.TV.
Pat James is a reporter for MLB.com based in Atlanta and covered the Braves on Sunday.
Thomas Harding has covered the Rockies since 2000, and for MLB.com since 2002. Follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb, listen to podcasts and like his Facebook page.


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Today I managed to read Death and the Girl Next Door by Darynda Jones. That means I have two down ans two more to go. I got to thinking about the other books I wanted to read and I'm not feeling them, so I may read some other books. I don't know what I want to read but I will read something tonight. Also, Amanda @Letters Inside Out posted a challenge for us. All we have to do is take the books we own or covers of the books and make a poem. I did one of these during the Origin Oltmpics and it wasn't so great. I hope this one is a lot better. Let me know what you think. Here we goooooooo.......
If you can't read it, it goes like...
Everlasting, Passion
Everlasting, Torment
Everlasting, Bliss
The Eternal Kiss
I know it's not the best but, it's all i could come up with and it took me forever. If you are doing the read-a-thon, how are you doing so far? Also, if you did a poem, I'd love to read it. :D


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"…we shall also reign with him…" (2 Tim. 2:12)
We have all had times in our lives when we ask God "Why?" Maybe we've lost our job, found ourselves divorced, addicted or in pain from a loved one, and have felt like we just can't go on. Sometimes we attempt to find relief by learning who is at fault. We think to ourselves "That boss believed a lie and that's why I was fired." Maybe "If my parents had been a better example for me when I was younger I wouldn't be getting a divorce." As far as the addiction goes; sometimes you just have to find relief anywhere you can so you start using substances in order to deal with the pain, and pretty soon you can't stop.
No matter what life circumstances you're in right now you can be sure others are struggling just the same. Most of the time our outer circumstances don't change do they? So, all that's left is for us to change. Maybe God is going to work these things in our lives in order to get us to look to him. What if God is in the process of training us to rule and reign with him and wants people who have been through a few trials and are going to trust him. Maybe they just have to be convinced they can't do it alone?
The origin of sin came about because an angel named Lucifer thought he could do a better job running things than God. He started a rebellion in Heaven that soon found its way to the earthly realm. Man joined him in his futility and the whole of our history has been marked by us attempting to run things on our own since. All the while God uses this to reveal to us little by little how powerless we really are without him. This is what these trying circumstances are really all about in the end. God is training us to look to him in all things. This is how we are being prepared to run his universe one day.
In 2 Chronicles there is a great story about King Jehoshaphat. He found himself facing a huge enemy force and became bewildered but notice what he did. He prayed and said, "O our God, will you not judge them? For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are on you." That's it! That is the way in which we will reign with him. God is looking for some people who truly know how powerless they are. He's looking for those that are unable to fight in their own strength. While this sounds counter-intuitive in the natural it is how things are done in the Spirit.
Later on in the story of Jehoshaphat we read, "Thus says the Lord to you, 'Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God's.' You see as long as we think we can do it and it's our job, apart from Christ, we are destined for defeat. God is looking for sons and daughters that know who they are to rule his universe. He's looking for those that are fully convinced he is God and they are not. These tests are all specifically designed to grow us in our faith. As God gets us through we turn and show others the way. On the surface each of us seem to have very different challenges but underneath it's basically the same. The enemy intends the struggles to push us into acting independently of God's Spirit, but God intends those same trials to teach us to look to him for everything.
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Obituaries » Betty Ruth Wilson Sonefelt
Betty Ruth Wilson Sonefelt
April 30, 1941 - March 21, 2017
Service Date: March 24, 2017
Betty Ruth Wilson Sonefelt, 75, of Anderson, SC, passed away on Monday, March 21, 2017 at Rainey Hospice House.
Born in Abbeville, SC; she was the daughter of the late Boyce and Dolly McCurry Wilson. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family and was a member of Mountain Creek Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband of over 46 years, Bobby J. Sonefelt; daughter, Kelley Sonefelt Haynie; and granddaughter, Katelyn Danielle Haynie. Betty loved and was loved by many other relatives and friends.
In addition to her parents, she is also predeceased by 5 brothers and 2 sisters.
Services will be held on Friday, March 24, 2017 at Sosebee Mortuary, South Chapel, at 2pm officiated by Rev. Billy Ray Whitfield. Burial will follow at MJ Dolly Cooper Veterans Cemetery.
The family will receive friends prior to the service on Friday at the Mortuary from 1pm – 2pm.
The family will be at the home of her daughter Kelley. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.sosebeemortuary.com.
Sosebee Mortuary and Crematory, South Chapel, is assisting the family.


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The husky is in wolf hall bite? Shandong Dezhou Zoo: original title: reinforced scratch husky was put into the zoo wolf hall bite? Dezhou Zoo: isolation treatment if the wolf with the huskies put together, you can have to distinguish? Yesterday, users will be a small video uploaded to Sina micro-blog, said with his girlfriend to go to Dezhou zoo in the wolf saw a similar to Alaska and two ha of the string, limping, paws bitten, feel the little animal poor. According to Mr. Wang (a pseudonym) provided by the video display, in the Dezhou botanical garden of the wolf has a similar Alaska dog animal cage, the animal size than the wolf, the wolf too long, has been injured before the left leg, not to limp walking. Many netizens said super high attention to similar Alaska dog the animal safety, hope it can get good care and protection, not to be hurt, in addition, we are discussing the animal is a wolf or a dog? The wolf and the dog polyculture botanical garden? And questioned the management of animal and botanical garden. This morning, reporters also came to the Dezhou zoo wolf hall. The wolf Hall of a dozen wolf, for a long time, the reporter finally found the wolf into "husky stones in the corner". The wolves don't allow another animal to seize their own turf, but this "husky" was not a little afraid of the face, but also from time to time with the wolf say hello, really is not the "negative two ha" reputation…… According to the zoo keeper said, this "husky" is a product of the wolf with husky mating. Is that a wolf or a dog? Keepers said the need for expert appraisal. However, we are most concerned about: "two" is how to sneak into the inside of the pack? Zoo staff said it was a place where they were brought in. However, the reporter found that the "husky" left front leg obviously hurt, the injury is how come? Dezhou zoo manager surnamed Xia said: because the injured dog in the indoor building activities of reinforced cage are prominent corner welding scratches, has eliminated hidden premises, veterinary is also given in the first time of active treatment, the dog is in the stage of rehabilitation. Xia said that now the zoo has been separated from the dog and wolf feeding. At 5 this afternoon, the Dezhou zoo gave an explanation and reply to the matter.相关的主题文章:
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My name is Jordan.
I'm a Certified Cicerone®, writer, occasional picture-taker, and social media/event coordinator for a Boston-based beer distributor. I've been published in the Boston Globe, on Boston.com, in The Ann Arbor News, Yankee Brew News, and American Brewer Magazine.
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Opening of Disneyland Paris Boutique at Roissy Terminal 2A on a 85sqm area, on the 5th of December, 2015.
Opening of a new Aelia Duty Free shop concept in Terminal 1 on October the 1st, 2015 in Nice Côte dAzur airport. On the 17th of October, the store Fragonard has set up in the Terminal 1 in Nice Côte dAzur airport.
Opening of the first French Victoria's Secret in the public area of Orly west in 2015, on the 4th of December.
Opening of the store Le Marché Parisien in Orly in December.
Opening on December 18th, in Strasbourg train station, of the first Burger King operated by Lagardère Travel Retail France and its subsidiary R & B
Opening of the first Pret A Manger restaurant in a French airport, Nice Airport. This new store is located in the departure lounge of Terminal 1 and has sixty seats.
Marks & Spencer and Lagardère Travel Retail France opened their second Marks & Spencer Food Store in France. This new outlet of more than 200 sqm is located within one of the largest multimodal hubs in Ile-de-France, Châtelet - Les Halles. This store shows the exceptional quality and freshness of M&S products. More than 3 000 food items are available.
Opening of a "New Relay" store in Hall 3 at Orly West terminal. In addition to reading products, this store offers convenience products, gifts, snacks, etc. It goes even further by making customers discover an original way to take away their breakfast ... Relay launches its first self-service "coffee corner" in an airport, "Eat Move".
Opening of the first Next Generation of Aelia Duty Free stores at Marseille Provence airport, terminal mp² in order to reinvent the duty free experience within airports: the art of the gift!
Opening of Les Caves Particulières within the terminal 2E at Roissy CDG airport, a shop specialized in champagnes and cognacs. An original concept signed by Moët Hennessy.
Opening of the first M&M's concept store in CDG airport terminal 2A. The store, dressed in the colors of the brand, offers a wide range of products and accessories, some of which are custom-made and sold exclusively in this space, designed and inspired by the Parisian monuments.
Opening in June of the first Marks & Spencer Food store in France in the RER station of La Défense. 700 m² dedicated to food.
Opening of the first New Relay in Toulon station. 150 m² with a wide range of products, an innovative merchandising, differentiated selling areas and a digital bar.
Opening of a Café Leffe in Tours station on an 300 m² area with more than 160 seats, 3 meeting rooms and a terrace of 60 seats.
Opening in January of a Trib's shop in Rennes airport, as well as a "Last Minute" Trib's in the departure lounge which offers the passengers a selection of Trib's shop's best-selling products.
Since 2011, LS travel retail has joined Action against Hunger in setting up a fundraising operation through its network of outlets. In 2013, thanks to the sales teams and the many donors, nearly 110,000 were collected
New BuY PARIS DUTY FREE shop at Roissy Airport 2 F
New Last Minute shop at Strasbourg Airport, 25 m² for a wide range of the best perfumes, alcohols, gastronomic specialties, sweets and souvenirs
Present on the web and in stores, Relay now offers a complete solution for digital media: e-readers, tablets and a website offering a unique range of digital press and books on the French market
Relay.com organises the complete re-launch of its service through the combination of: a new 'Max Package offer for 25 magazines per month combined with a week of discovery for only 0.99, a full responsive website accessible on 4 types of media (smartphones, tablets, desktops, large screens), with a very user-friendly interface, a new iPad app to facilitate digital reading and content sharing
Gaining the tender for Henri Mondor University Hospital, Créteil with Relais H Cafe
Opening of the first Felice Plus confectionery concept at Paris St Lazare train station
Opening of the first Eric Kayser Boulangerie at Orly Airport
Opening of the first Boutiques du Quotidien outlets on the SNCF network (Casino Shop, Trib's, Chez Jean, hubiz)
Opening of the new convenience concept Casino Shop at Marseille airport, Roissy Charles de Gaulle, and Rouen University Hospital
Opening of the first Zumo Juice Bar, at Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou in Paris
Opening of Aelia Duty Free on Reunion Island, in the context of the SVRLS@La Réunion joint-venture
Birth of Lyon Duty Free, a joint venture between Aéroports de Lyon and LS travel retail France, through its subsidiary Aelia. Six new Aelia Duty Free, Aelia Beauty and Aelia Fashion stores open their doors at Lyon St Exupéry airport
Inauguration of the largest BuY Paris Duty Free multistore (2,200 m²), the first BuY Paris Collection, ten fashion stores (Bottega Veneta, Burberry, Bvlgari, Chloé, Hermès, Lancel, Longchamp, Ralph Lauren, Salvatore Ferragamo, Tods) and the first FNAC in a customs area at Roissys new S4 satellite
BuY Paris Duty Free launches its latest concept for Roissys A-C link
Development of the Air de Paris souvenir concept, in partnership with ADP
Openings of the FNAC concept at airports and train stations
Opening of Nespresso and Mariage Frères stores at Paris Orly. A world first for an airport
Renewal and strengthening of the partnership with ADP for « Duty-free & Luxury » activities within SDA and creation of a partnership with ADP for « Travel Essentials » activities within relay@adp
Creation of LS travel retail France, bringing together all Travel Retail activities in France
Extension of reading media to the App Store eco-systems being set up, as well as the emerging tablets: iPad, Samsung, etc., later joined by new versions by Android, BB/Playbook, Windows8 ... The first version of the Relay.com kiosk application for iPad, in September 2010 doubles the volume of activity and develops awareness of the service
Development of the Tribs concept dedicated to foodservice for frequent travellers
Development of the Hubiz News & Convenience concept for commuters
Opening of the first La Cure Gourmande store in Paris
Development of the Chez Jean concept in partnership with the Casino Group
Opening of the first Brasserie with table service at Kremlin Bicêtre hospital
Reopening of terminal 2E at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport. Creation of 14 outlets (including 9 fashion stores)
Launch of the Unlimited Eco-Package on relay.com, a unique offer allowing customers to download as much as they like from a catalogue of more than 500 magazines, for only 19.90 a month. This launch marks a turning point in the activity of HDS Digital, which immediately sees its download volume soar thanks to this commercial success
Opening of the Parisian gallery, satellite S3 of terminal 2E at Roissy Charles de Gaulle, with 13 stores
Opening of the first Moa stores at Paris Est and Metz train stations
Opening of Aelia shops at Marseille Provence Airport
Creation of the first French platform for downloading digital press, available on the websites www.relay.com and www.virginmega.fr, operated by Lagardère Services. The Group seeks to take paperless developments to the core of its business as a means of strategic diversification
Opening of the first L'Occitane store at Gare du Nord in Paris
150 Relais H Cafés in hospitals
Together with Aéroports de Paris, LS travel retail, via its subsidiary Aelia, creates Société de Distribution Aéroportuaire (SDA) to run Alcohol / Tobacco and Perfume / Cosmetics shops at Roissy Charles de Gaulle 2 terminals
Redesign of the Relay concept
Openings of Payot bookshops and Petit Casino convenience stores in airports and train stations
Launch of the Découvrir souvenirs concept
LS travel retail establishes itself in terminal 1 of Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport with the opening of perfumes and cosmetics stores
Aelia is born out of the merger of Aéroboutique and Saresco, acquired by Lagardère Services
Takeover of the Eiffel Tower souvenir shop concession
Development of the new Relais H concept in hospitals
Launch of the international Relay brand
Opening of the first Relais H Café at Rouen University Hospital
Creation of Relais H
Aéroboutique opens its first duty-free outlet, and becomes the Duty-Free division of Lagardère Services
Louis Hachette creates the « Bibliothèques de Gare »


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Cornel West once stated that "justice is what love looks like in public," and when there is no justice, there is no love. Often in the LGBTQ community, people of all races, genders, and backgrounds are discriminated against and shown no justice. More specifically, there are certain combinations that are more acceptable than others. For example, black men and women who are gay are more likely to be subjected to discrimination than white men and women in the same position. Additionally, interracial couples in the LGBTQ community are also discriminated against more often that heterosexual interracial couples. Moreover, black trans women are the most targeted victims of violence within the LGBTQ community. This systemic discrimination is in part due to the gender binary that is taught to children, through different means of gender socialization.
Orange is the New Black's Laverne Cox, spoke about the intersection of trans phobia, racism and misogyny (Cox 2014). In doing so, Cox recounts one of the countless times she has experienced harassment on the street by men who, upon realizing that she is a trans women, became very aggressive. She goes on to state that many trans women are in danger simply because of whom they are, and the gender that they choose to express (Cox 2014). Additionally, Cox argues that most of the street harassment she has experienced has come from black men. Although a generalization, Cox explains this phenomenon as a response to the collective trauma experienced by blacks in the past, as well as a result of the emasculation of black men. Finally, Laverne Cox states that when men or women harass others, it is an inner problem or issue they have with themselves, rather than the person whom they are targeting (Cox 2014).
Apart from this example, there are many examples of the intersection of misogyny, racism and trans phobia, and this is due to gender socialization and the appearance of strict gender binaries. Misogyny is the explicit hatred or dislike of women or girls, and can be expressed in numerous ways, some of which include: sexual discrimination, violence, denigration and the sexual objectification of women. Misogyny intersects with both racism and trans phobia in the sense that black or coloured (trans) women have less privilege than white women and white trans women. Apart from being discriminated against for being a woman, many are additionally discriminated against for being black and trans as well. This is specifically due to gender socialization, which refers to the socially constructed roles and expectations of both men and women. Gender socialization is most often based on a strict gender binary where there is only two sides of the spectrum, boys and girls, and each have opposing characteristics.
In today's society, racism, misogyny, and trans phobia have become institutionalized through socially constructed rules and regulations. Although not enforced by law, it a common understanding that in order to be "normal" you must be either male or female, or the sex to which you were assigned at birth. The problem with this is that many or most people do not fit into the strict gender binary set by society. Even if you are cisgendered, meaning that you identify with the sex assigned at birth, you are likely to not stick strictly to the characteristics of said gender. For example, some girls like sports and are powerful and outspoken: these are usually qualities typically associated with men. Furthermore, due to this, it is more inclusive to think of gender as a spectrum, rather than a binary.
There are many examples of this systemic discrimination against transgendered people in all societies. Recently, the Canadian parliament voted to make amendments to bill C-279; a federal Bill that seeks to bring rights and securities specifically to transgender Canadians (Wingrove 2014). The amendments senate wishes to make render the Bill completely useless, and the Bill has been highly contested by Parliament as well as the general public. More specifically, the senate wants the term 'gender identity' to be removed, and this would subsequently take away the right of trans people to identify as the gender they are, rather than the gender they were assigned at birth (Wingrove 2014). This Bill is a form of systemic discrimination against trans people as it provides legal regulations that take away the rights and services of trans women and men. Therefore, the amendments to the Bill are a form of misogyny and transmisogyny, as well as a form of state sanctioned violence against trans women and more so trans women of colour, who are already susceptible to violence and discrimination (Wingrove 2014).
Although many people in today's society believe that men and women are equal, it is becoming abundantly clear that this is not the case. Discrimination against those associated with the LGBTQ community is still happening and is becoming more systemically implemented than ever before. This discrimination is due to the gender socialized norms and binaries we are taught as children, and that we see reinforced over and over again. Laverne Cox is one example of a trans woman who is popular in the media and often speaks out against certain indecencies she experiences first hand. It is important that trans women and men specifically get the justice they deserve, and in turn it is important to love and accept everyone for who they are.
Works Cited
Cox, Laverne. "Laverne Cox Explains the Intersection of Transphobia, Racism, and Misogyny (And What to Do About It)." Everyday Feminism. Everyday Feminism, 07 Dec. 2014. Web. 07 Mar. 2015.
Wingrove, Josh. "Transgender Rights Bill Stirs Heated Debate in Senate." The Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail Inc., 02 Oct. 2014. Web. 09 Mar. 2015.


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