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With the three blanks provided to us, laid out on the table in front of me, I started sketching out ideas of how I could use juxtaposition, appropriation, emotion, and complexity.
With this sketch in mind, I quickly brought one blank to the shop and chopped its head off.
Taking some spray paint I had at home, I painted the head red and wanted to play around with a full gold body or a half black half gold one in case one didn't end up like I wanted it to.
And what do you know…I didn't love the way the black and gold paint job turned out initially…but then I thought the solid gold one was kind of boring.
To add the first element of emotion I took the two main bodies back to ITP to sand down the bottom. It proved to be a bit difficult to get the angle correct so that the model wouldn't fall over. I only sanded one as a result, because I didn't like how much of the body had been taken off in the process.
The model would fall down easily so I knew I had to balance it somehow with the head in its arms.
I started with the nails since I would need a lot of surface area to rest the wood on in order to get the nails in properly and bend them into arms with a pair of pliers.
A second after I took that photo… it's arm fell off.
Out with the glue!
The red head would bit fit inside a tiny box.
With dead eyes.
I super-glued the box to the nail hands…
Fit some soldering wire around the antenna…
And then went to get some tin foil to make a cape out of.
The head moved around too much so I put a little paper towel inside to stay in place.
But then I realized that the box, when open, blocks the eyes and face completely!
So I cut off the sides.
And I like how it came out!
My cape was open on the side,
So I took some of these heavy duty adhesive and proceeded to spray it all over my hands and get it all over the place and that was a disaster for 5 minutes. I remade the cape and ran into the same problem, which led to making it into wings instead, and I'm pretty happy with the result!


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#TBT The Daily Citizen News
Well it's that time again. Throwback Thursday… This is when we get a chance to peruse through all the articles and find something to talk about. This time we chose "The Daily Citizen News" from 1994 via Coker Elementary School. You KNOW this was some time ago because Mr. Stacy is wearing a regular polo.. not the cartoon covered shirts we wear now but a polo. We've come a loooooong way. Check it out after the jump!Read more →

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Much of the advice some people give is blatantly biased to fit their own prejudices. For example, if one person in a relationship doesn't have much of a sex drive, the advice changes with gender. If it's the man who has low drive, it means he's either cheating or has a medical or psychological problem. If it's the woman who doesn't have much drive, it's still the man's fault; he's not doing enough housework or spending enough money on her.
Even among some in the femdom community, there's still this belief that the man doing more than his share of the housework will magically cause the woman to become a raging nympho. This is another one of those ideas that's very popular online but not so much in real life; every d/s couple I know who live together split the housework evenly (barring situations like college, working overtime, sick relatives, etc.)
So if both people are working full-time, there's a certain amount of housework to be done when they get home. If he does most of it, she may be free to be sexual, but that won't do them any good as a couple since he'll be busy doing housework. Or there's the "too tired" excuse: She's too tired to be sexual after working all day. But somehow she expects him to work all day, do all of the housework, and still have the energy? How much rock do you have to smoke before that makes any sense?
If both people start on what needs done at the same time and split it up, they'll both have free time when it's over. Obviously most couples don't have sex (or scenes) every single day. But if you can't handle the responsibilities of being an adult and maintain your relationship, then I would question whether you should even be in one. And yes, a d/s relationship is a relationship. As such, it involves compromise and real-world responsibilities. D/s is not an excuse to say, "I don't like doing the things that need done in my life, so I'm going to pass my responsibilities off on someone else." If that's what d/s was about, I would most definitely be dominant so that I could live a life of leisure without ever doing anything unpleasant again.


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Faithful discipleship seminar
KUCHING — St Joseph's Cathedral Parish organised a faith seminar entitled "Faithful Discipleship – Church: Disciples of the Word in Communion for Mission" on Saturday 22 September at the Christian Ecumenical Worship Centre, Kuching. Some 240 participants comprising members of lay organisations and parishioners attended the one day seminar.
The seminar began with a short opening address by Rev Fr Felix Au who welcomed everyone and gave a short explanation on the basis of the seminar. Fr Felix explained that the parish level seminar is a continuation from the Archdiocesan Pastoral Congress where the whole Archdiocese of Kuching gathered to review, reflect and gave recommendations based on the activities of the past five years on the pastoral Focus on the Family. The seminar aimed to instil in parishioners a better understanding on "Discipleship", "Communion" and "Mission".
There were 3 sessions with consecutive workshop sessions. Felix Kong presented the first session on "Disciples of the Word" and he covered topics such as what it means to be 'Disciples of the Word', how to use the Bible as a source of prayer and Lectio Divina. The second session was presented by Allan Tan on "In Communion", how communion came about and how each and every one can be in communion with others. Benedict Lo presented the last session entitled "For Mission". It covered topics such as what mission is and why mission is important. The key important issues were tabled with proposal of action plan at the concluding session.
The seminar concluded with a Sunset Mass for all participants and helpers at the same venue.
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This is one of the most frequently used words in French conversations.
'Bonjour' is the greeting word that people use when the meet each other. It is the equivalent to 'namaste', 'as-salamu alaykum' etc
The pronunciation of 'bonjour' is /bonzhooh/. It can be written in Hindi somewhat like बोनज़ूह but remember the the 'j' should be pronounced /zh/. It is the same sound of 's' in 'pleasure', 'measure' etc
If someone greets you 'bonjour', you should also greet them back by saying 'bonjour'.
This greeting word can be used any time of the day. So, a 'bonjour' can also be used in place of 'good morning', 'good afternoon', 'good evening' etc
'Bonjour' is a polite, standard formal word that can be used to greet anyone of any age. It shows politeness and respect. But don't use this word while taking leave i.e., don't say 'bonjour' to mean 'goodbye', 'good night' etc. Use your 'bonjour' only when you meet someone, not while leaving them.
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Another way of greeting someone is 'salut'. This word means 'hi' or 'hello'.
You can use 'salut' with your friends, colleagues, those who are younger than you etc. So, what is the difference between 'bonjour' and 'salut'?
Yes you know it. The first one is a formal greeting that can be used with your boss, seniors, elders or anyone that you need to show respect to. It can also be used with anyone regardless of your relationship with them.
'Salut' is an informal expression that is mostly used with your friends, children or anyone that you do not need to be so formal with.
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Aside from devouring a raw bison liver in his Oscar winning performance in The Revenant, Leonardo Di Caprio is an avowed vegetarian. Di Caprio helped to launch the 2015 Netflix film Cowspiracy, a condemnation of animal agriculture as a major contributor to global warming through production of methane gas, inefficient use of water, habitat loss and pollution from pesticide use. By avoiding meat, consumers also refuse to support an industry that raises animals in crowded pens, denies them fresh air and sunlight and then trucks them to inhumane slaughterhouses.
Besides reducing one's carbon footprint and promoting animal welfare, there are some other feel good reasons for adopting a vegetarian diet. Health benefits include weight loss, lowered cholesterol and blood pressure and reduction of the incidence of diabetes and heart disease.
The key to a responsible vegetarian diet is to include a wide variety as no one food source is complete. For sound advice on kick starting your plant based diet consult Dietitians of Canada or Toronto Association of Vegetarians to ensure you include enough protein, Vitamin B12 and other nutrients in your diet.
Other tips include:
- Incorporate "Meatless Mondays" into your week
- If you can't give up one animal product, give up all the others
- Try substitutions – bean burritos instead of beef, marinara sauce instead of bolognese, veggie burgers instead of hamburgers
- Eat out at ethnic restaurants which often have vegetarian options on the menu such as Thai, Indian, Chinese or Mexican
Check out one of the many vegetarian cookbooks Winnipeg Public Library has to offer. Here are some of the recipes tested by members of Fort Garry Library's Taste Buds Cook Book Club who made a foray into the world of plant based foods.
Carla's Lentil-a-roni from Isa Does It
Melinda's Chuck It In Chef's Salad from
At My Table: Vegetarian Feasts for Family and Friends
Anne's Vegetable Bowl from Mason Jar Salads
With a little effort it is easy to eat well, help to save the planet and embrace compassion for animal welfare.
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Secure the Borders for the Birthday Boy
Richard Clancy is a double major in Philosophy and Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. He just returned from an internship with Sen. Richard Burr during the spring semester.
In light of his bicentennial birthday, let us afford to Mr. Mill the opportunity to express his views regarding the debate over border security and illegal immigration. Unfortunately, Mill has very little to say on the subject of immigration, legal or not. During his time, the fluctuations in the English population (those not due to natural birth and death) were mainly from the practice of emigration and colonization- England is a dreary place and people wanted to leave. He did, however, make clear his position on national character and national security.
For Mill, the bounded nation-state was essential for a free, liberal society to flourish. Underlying this was an assumption of the necessity of a shared political culture. In his Considerations on Representative Government he said:
Free institutions are next to impossible in a country made up of different nationalities. Among a people without fellow-feeling, especially if they speak different languages, the united public opinion necessary to the working of representative government cannot exist.
While we accept legal immigrants of many different nationalities, we do expect that they assimilate themselves into their new culture and identify with their new nation. (It is our own fault that we have not declared English as our official language.) And in all but a few dual-citizenship situations, we even demand that immigrants renounce their foreign citizenship to be recognized as a citizen of this country. If a country doesn't have the right to decide with whom it shares its people, then it has no rights at all. Illegal immigration not only denies the right of our country to decide with whom we share our people, our culture, our way of life, and our freedoms, it is a direct threat to them.
One might expect, from his Utilitarian viewpoint, that Mill would be little concerned with borders when it came to how one should act towards his fellow man. In fact his mentor, Jeremy Bentham, espoused a view of universalism. But Mill criticized Bentham's universalism claiming that it was superseded by national character. He says:
That which alone causes any material interests to exist, which alone enables any body of human beings to exist as a society, is national character: that it is, which causes one nation to succeed in what it attempts, another to fail; one nation to understand and aspire to elevated things, another to grovel in mean ones; which makes the greatness of one nation lasting, and dooms another to early and rapid decay… A philosophy of laws and institutions, not founded on a philosophy of national character, is an absurdity. ("Bentham")
Our laws and our liberties define our national character. And those who ignore the one and seek to reap the other pose a threat to both. Along with the threat posed by illegal immigration, we must also consider the threat of terrorism, which incidentally threatens the very same things as illegal immigration. Securing our borders from these threats is essential, not only for our national character, but for our national security as well. Mill consistently states throughout all of his writings that the primary role of government is to protect its people and their property. To Mill, "Security is the most vital of all interests. On it we depend for all our immunity from evil, and every good, beyond the passing moment." (Considerations on Representative Government)
Perhaps Mill's greatest reason for controlling the flow of immigration is the economic state of the country. While Mill does not speak specifically of the effects of immigration, he does compare capital to population. Mill's ultimate goal is to reach a "stationary state" where the wealth and the population have reached a level where utility is maximized. Population growth in the United States has slowed continuously, while our national wealth has continuously advanced. Disregarding arguments about the justice or injustice of the distribution of said wealth, with steadily increasing wealth and a steadily declining population growth, the U.S. was moving, slowly but surely, towards that "stationary state." With an influx of illegal immigrants, who are now demanding the same standard of living as citizens, the rise in population is slowing the growth of per capita national wealth.
From his Principles of Political Economy, Mill writes:
…let us suppose capital advancing and population stationary; the facilities of production…[remaining] unaltered. The real wages of labour, instead of falling, will now rise…[and] this rise of wages implies an equivalent increase of the cost of labour, and a diminution of profits. (Until a stationary state is reached.)
So, for Mr. Mill's bicentennial celebration, let us give him what he seems to want for his birthday. For the economic well being of our country: secure our borders and control immigration. For the security of our people and our property: secure our borders and control immigration. And for the preservation of our national character: secure our borders and control immigration. Happy Birthday John Stuart Mill.
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Richard Winsor, highly acclaimed for his dance, stage and screen work, will play Tony Manero, the role which famously rocketed John Travolta to screen stardom, in a new stage production of Saturday Night Fever.
Saturday Night Fever will run at the King's Theatre in Glasgow from Tuesday 16 - Saturday 20 October as part of a UK tour.
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This hotly anticipated new musical production, produced by Bill Kenwright by special arrangement with The Robert Stigwood Organisation, sees Richard Windsor take on his first leading role in a major musical, and, his first stage appearance since Casualty.
As a dancer Richard Winsor hardly needs introduction: principle dancer with Matthew Bourne for ten years, he has starred around the world, leading Bourne's celebrated production of Swan Lake, as well as Dorian Gray, Edward Scissorhands, The Car Man and Play Without Words. He landed the lead role in cult dance movie StreetDance 3D and was snapped up by the BBC to play Caleb Knight in flagship medical drama Casualty, a role in which he gripped audiences for over three years until his dramatic exit last year, which shocked the star's millions of fans as he lost his life in a knife fight.
Ignite The Inferno. Feel The Fever. Like Never Before.
40 years since its famous UK cinema release, Saturday Night Fever is a reimagined and revitalised music and dance spectacular.
Saturday Night Fever tells the story of Tony Manero, and his reckless, yet thrilling road to dancing success. The musical features the Bee Gees' greatest hits including Stayin' Alive, How Deep Is Your Love, Night Fever, Tragedy and More Than a Woman as well as 70's favorites Boogie Shoes, Disco Inferno and for the first time will feature a group playing the Bee Gees live on stage.
The 70's classic Paramount/RSO movie, with story by Nik Cohn, was an instant hit when it was released in cinemas. The album remains the best-selling movie soundtrack of all time.
Whilst paying homage to the movie, this new stage version promises more drama, more music and hot new choreography. It is directed and produced by Bill Kenwright, with choreography by Olivier Award winning Bill Deamer, designs by Gary McCaan, lighting by Nick Richings, and sound by Dan Samson. The stage adaptation is by Robert Stigwood in collaboration with Bill Oakes.
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Hanson's Marathon Method Week 18 Rundown
LAST WEEK OF TRAINING BEFORE RACE DAY has come and gone! Thanks for your patience while I catch up on sleep and get back to reality after traveling/race day. Here's my final week rundown and next Wednesday I'll have a full review of the Hanson's Marathon Method up on the blog (so make sure to check back!). Next week I'll be reviewing my trip and both 5k/marathon, so you definitely won't want to miss it!!
I did only easy runs this last week and tried to keep my pace super easy. I did most days on the treadmill (because of icy roads/cool weather), but played with the incline a bit. I also did one day of strength training and made sure to do a LOT of foam rolling/ icing/ legs up the wall.
Monday: 6 Miles easy @ 9:59 on the treadmill
Tuesday: 6 miles easy @ 10:00 on the treadmill
Wednesday: 5 miles easy @ 10:01 on the treadmill; 60 minute Barre class at lunch
Thursday: 6 miles easy @ 9:50
Friday: Rest Day
Saturday: 3.15 miles (5K) @ 9:40; 2 miles easy with last mile alternating every .10 pick-ups 20 seconds below goal race pace & .10 easy @ 10:00-10:20)
Sunday: RACE DAY!
Sunshine Goods:
- Kept easy runs easy (5k was a little too fast)
- fit in a Barre class
- Kept recovery a priority
- Nutrition was on-point & drank A LOT of water throughout the week/ weekend leading up to the race
Gloomy Goods:
- No complaints! No taper-tantrums and felt strong/ ready to run, but not overly exhausted or tight anywhere : )


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Designs of the Year 2013
A non-stick ketchup bottle has been nominated in the Product category for the Design Museum's sixth annual Designs of the Year. How does it work? The inside is sprayed with an edible lubricant which repels the sauce and out it slides. Which immediately makes me think: Heinz are going to need a new ad campaign.
But headline-grabbers aside, here's the shortlist of the 90+ designs nominated which include big hitters: the Olympic Cauldron and The Shard, but also practical solutions for the developing world such as: Child Vision self-adjustable glasses for children with no access to opticians, and life-saving medicines from Cola-Life that are distributed to the furthest corners of Africa by jumping on the Coca-Cola distribution network. GENIUS.
The breadth and scale of the creations is mind-boggling. The exhibition runs until 7th July.


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Monthly Archives: April 2012
My Dream
My dream is that everyone in this world can feel happiness. That they can realize their self-worth, conquer there self and fulfill their potential. My dream is that this book will inspire, motivate and create a social movement bringing together complete strangers and creating bonds that will never be broken. My dream is that families become stronger, friendships become tighter and relationships last forever. My dream is that people open their minds, hearts and souls to the idea of change and accept it with its bringing's. My dream is that you don't waste your time on this planet and live every second as if it were on purpose.
Change Up Challenge!
Routine. Repetitive. Redundant. Does this sound like your day? Does it feel like the movie Groundhogs Day in your own life? Could you complete your day with your eyes closed? Well, I have been there before. As humans, we look for the path of least resistance. We do not like confrontation, anything hard and constantly want the best of both worlds. So, it makes sense that we often find ourselves doing the same thing day in and day out. We don't want a curve ball thrown our way and for heavens sake its the end of the world when something comes out of left field and surprises us. Well, I have a challenge for you!
For the next week….
1. Take a new route to work every day
2. Instead of packing a lunch or eating at McDonalds, take a long lunch at least one day and spoil yourself
3. Don't go home and watch tv and eat a frozen dinner, go out to a Happy Hour and I dare you to introduce yourself to one new person
4. Do something every day that makes you feel awkward. Whether its standing up in front of your co-workers and making a joke or singing Karaoke…feel awkward
5. Go out of your way to help someone. Buy a stranger coffee!
6. Take 5 minutes a day to day dream about your biggest desires
7. On the last day, write in a journal or a notepad or on your computer about all the experiences you had. Share with us!
I do not care how far-fetched, silly, out of this world your dream is…It CAN happen. I am saddened at the fact that every day I see 828 elementary students and I ask them, "What is your dream?" and 80% of the responses are "I don't know." What happened to our imagination? Why aren't schools piggy-backing on the energy of a students dreams to motivate learning? What is even worse is that by the time these students hit high school and college, that 80% turns into 99%. We live in a time where everything is at our fingertips and any small desire of a dream is washed away with any hiccup or bump in the road. Well, I have a suggestion to help make your dream a reality!
You may think you have nothing in your life, or you may be blessed and have anything you desire. Either way, you can still benefit from this solution. I have the dream to become a motivational speaker and inspire K-12 and college students believe in themselves. Instead of letting my dream remain a dream I have began to take action. Instead of waiting for an opportunity to fall into my lap, I have used the world around me to create my dream. Now, I may not be getting bookings but I am ready for it when I do! I have written my speeches, I have purchased a presentation board and drew out different activities on its pages. I have even written letters to myself pretending I am someone else who has benefited from my presentation. I have 5 letters ranging from experiences and benefits. One is from a single mother who gave up on the possibility of an education, another from a high school student who is adopted and doesn't have any self-worth.
So, if you want to be a singer, make a fake microphone and go through the motions as if you were a famous singer on tour. Make your schedule of cities you want to tour to. If you want to be a pilot begin surrounding yourself and making your life look like you imagine it to be.
Every great accomplishment started as a thought. With a little hope it became a dream. With a little faith, the dream became within reach. With a little love, it became a reality.


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Wear Red, Eat Right, and Exercise during Heart Health Month
For decades, February has been known for one of the most romantic holidays of the year—Valentine's Day. More recently, however, this holiday that celebrates matters of the heart has sparked a month-long focus on much more than what the heart is feeling. February has become Heart Health Month as millions of people also focus on how their hearts are working.
The impetus behind this designation may be traced back to 2003, the year the American Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute announced National Wear Red Day. This heart-healthy "holiday" was created to draw attention to heart disease. In 2010, the Wear Red for Women movement began as a way to shine the spotlight even more clearly on women. At the time, heart disease was claiming the lives of nearly 500,000 American women each year.
Of course, both men and women are affected by heart disease—it's the leading cause of death for both men and women—but women seemed to be paying less attention. However, in the past decade, since the idea of wearing red on a certain day (traditionally the first Friday in February) and talking more about heart disease began, women report increased awareness and better heart health!
Studies show the following:
- Nearly 90% of women have made at least one healthy behavior change
- More than one-third of women have lost weight
- More than 50% of women have increased their exercise
- 6 out of 10 women have changed their diets
- More than 40% of women have checked their cholesterol levels
- One-third of women have talked with their doctors about developing heart health plans
- Nearly 300 fewer women die from heart disease and stroke each day
- Death in women has decreased by more than 30 percent over the past 10 years.
While heart disease is still the number-one killer in the country, it's also one of the most preventable. Heart Health Month becomes the perfect excuse to take a closer look at what you can do to make sure your heart is a healthy as it can be.
Of course, there are the obvious things. Eating healthy, exercising, and maintaining a reasonable weight are common-sense choices that should top your health to-do list. Other things you may want to think about doing include gathering your family health history, identifying your risk factors for heart disease, scheduling regular check-ups, and working with your doctor to ensure you're as healthy as possible.
We invite you to join us this month as we focus on heart health. We'll be wearing red this Friday (February 3)—we hope you do too! Our February Product of the Month—Nutricardia—is also designed to support heart health. Let's make this month about how our hearts are feeling—and working!


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From KOMO News  – – (KOMO News)
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A controversial decision by Evergreen State College officials to let a transgender student to use the women's locker room has brought up issues of civil rights, state laws and how best to protect children.
At the center of the issue is a 45-year-old student who was born a man but identifies as a woman. The student uses the women's locker room at the college's indoor pool. Angry parents contacted the police after a young girl saw the transgender student naked inside the locker room.
As a compromise, the college put up "privacy curtains" and allowed the transgender student to continue using the women's facilities.
"If it were my kid I would be absolutely outraged," said Joseph Backholm, director of the conservative non-profit Family Policy Institute of Washington. " (Parents) have the reasonable expectation that there are not going to be naked men or people that their daughters believe are naked men — however they see themselves — in that restroom."
Some on campus are outraged by college's decision, while others say it's a matter of equal rights.
"The college has to follow state law," said Evergreen spokesman Jason Wettstein. "The college cannot discriminate based on the basis of gender identity. Gender identity is one of the protected things in discrimination law in this state."
But the law says otherwise, argues Arizona-based religious liberties group Alliance Defending Freedom. The group sent a letter to the college warning it may be held liable if something happens in the locker room.
For now, the college will not change the policy. Officials admit the locker room curtains aren't perfect, but say they do address the privacy concerns of those involved.


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Befor it's time for another mani swap, I have to apologize in case you were already on my blog today. We (me and my boyfriend) are currently working on it so sorry in case something's not working.
I had some massive problems lately regarding my comments. They somehow just disappeared from time to time. So we were looking for the bug today and noticed that we had to change EVERY SINGLE POST up to now. Which was a whole lot of work as you can imagine. But we've fixed it now and hopefully it works. Unfortunatelly even more comments got lost and if you had a question or wanted to say something to me and you can't find your comment anymore please write again. It should work now. HOPEFULLY.
I would be very happy if you could tell me a mistake if you find something. I had to rearrange all the pics and also part of the links didn't work after changing everything so in case something is not working somewhere or anything is strange please tell me right away. I would really appreciate that.
So now it's time for another mani swap. This time I had the pleasure to work with Amina for the first time. She was one of the first I've followed on Instagram and that's why I'm espacially honored to do something with here. She's a great person and such a talented artists and I'm tremedously happy to have met her.
On the left you can find the older manis and on the right are our recreations from one another.
I recreated her fabulous profile picture, one of my favorite mani's of all time.
Items used:
essence colour & go "144 black is back"
essence colour & go "06 cookies & cream" (by far my favorite nude of all times. too bad that it was a LE)
Ruby Wing "groupie"
striping tape
V-shaped nail vinyl
V-shaped nail vinyl
heart shapes studs of bornprettystore.com (use my code SSUNX31 to get 10% discount)
I started off by painting my index finger and my thump in this wonderful pink color. Like hereit's a polish of Ruby Wing which changes colors in sunlight.
Then I painted my pinkie in black (topped it with a mattifying top coat later) and my index and middle finger in nude. I put the striping tape on my middle finger and painted black inbetween. I always used two stripes of stiping per stripe to get thicker lines. For my index finder I first put a nail vinyl on in so that I get the pink tip later. Again I took my striping tape and made thinner lines between the nail vinyl and my cuticle area. The lines also became black. Please remember: The earlier you peel of your stiping tape the accurate your lines will look like. So always right after painting one line I peel off the tape which I don't need anymore. Last but not least I added those hearts I bought at bornprettystrore (as always: use my code SSUNX31 to get a 10% discount)
Next you can see the recreation Amina did. You can find my original work here.
Again thank you Amina! I was a pleasure to work with you!


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Our historically literate founding statesmen elaborated a foreign policy to shield Americans' exceptional way of life in a hostile world through the timeless principles of statecraft. For more than a century, their successors held to the Founders' purpose and to those principles. America grew great. Since the beginning of the 20th century, however, a new generation of statesmen, consciously abandoning the Founders' way of thinking, has turned U.S. foreign policy from shielding the American people against danger to improving or otherwise leading the rest of mankind. Imagining that everyone, everywhere shares their good intentions, they have conducted America's international affairs…
Does This Government Deserve Continuity?
A Justice Department attorney casually remarked to Judicial Watch's president Tom Fitton that the "Lois Lerner e-mails" that provide crucial evidence of the U.S. government's effort to suppress conservative political activity probably survived efforts to destroy them because "the federal government backs up all computer records to ensure the continuity of government in event of a catastrophe."
Taking Political Advantage . . . And Then What?
By practicing racial prejudice regarding the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, the Obama administration, Governor Jay Nixon, and the media stoke racial strife among Americans. Apparently they intend to bump the Democratic Party's share of the black vote up yet another notch.
Reasonable observers cannot but take note when persons who know what they are doing promote judgments about a case before all the facts of that case have been put forward, and do so on the basis of race. That those promoting such strife are Democrats, that black Americans are their immediate audience, and that voter-registration tables have been set up among the demonstrators they help to mobilize, all raise the question: cui bono? Conscience should abhor the purchase of political advantage at the cost of further dividing American society along its starkest fault line.
Madness in Mesopotamia
President Obama's order for air strikes that are to last "several months" against the northern and eastern edges of the Islamic State In the Levant (ISIL) is a small part of a political effort to promote a "more inclusive" Iraqi government in Baghdad. This undercuts the missions that American air power could accomplish in short order – namely strengthening Kurdistan, America's only ally in the region beside Israel, and saving the masses of refugees now fleeing ISIL. Nor is it part of any strategy for dealing with ISIL.
Bringing International Contempt upon America
Recently, President Obama protested to Vladimir Putin that Russia had been violating the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces in Europe treaty (INF) for the last six years by testing precisely the kind of missile that the treaty prohibits. That protest, as reported by the New York Times, is a textbook lesson in how a government earns the contempt of others.
Impeachment Won't Stop the Debasement of Our Government
Proper as it is to dismiss President Obama's daring his opponents to impeach him as childish posturing for his political base – secure as he is that the Senate's Democratic majority would prevent his conviction regardless of any Constitutional evidence brought against him – nevertheless we must note that Obama risks disaster, as do children who play with matches in the presence of gasoline. His flaunting of impeachment sets up the alternative between the unfettered power of any president supported by a Senate majority and, on the other hand, the unfettered power of any Congressional majority coherent enough to remove presidents politically unpalatable to it.
Either way, Obama is opening the door to the partisan erasure of the distinction between executive and legislative power.
Achieving America's Peace: A Conversation with Angelo Codevilla
Angelo Codevilla comes to Liberty Law Talk to discuss his latest book To Make and Keep Peace Among Ourselves and with All Nations. Our conversation focuses on Codevilla's main argument that American statesmen increasingly fail to understand the nature and purpose of statecraft: the achievement of peace. So what does it mean to achieve America's peace? To do so, Codevilla insists, requires concrete evaluation of the means and ends necessary to protect American interests. This requires particular judgments about power, interests, and the practial reality we are confronted with. Our practice, for well nigh a century, has been to speak in…
From the Rule of Law to the Triumph of the Will
The arguments by which the Obama administration is countering lawsuits that seek to limit Obamacare subsidies to participants in "exchanges" established by states—a limit that is specified in the Obamacare law itself—have raised the outcome's stakes. Administration officials argue that the plain, unmistakable, uncontested language of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is less important than what they want the law to mean, and that hewing to its words would deprive millions of people of the subsidies that the administration had granted them regardless of those words. Therefore the courts should enforce what the administration wants rather than what the law says.
Israel's Iron Dome, and Us
Images of Hamas's artillery rockets being intercepted by Israel's "Iron Dome" missile defense system naturally lead Americans to wonder why, if missiles were fired at our homes, we wouldn't go to the trouble of stopping them in mid-flight as the Israelis do. The answer is that our bipartisan ruling class decided half a century ago that even trying to protect America against all but token missile attacks would be a hostile act toward Russia and China.
Is Israel at War?
As Hamas empties its current stock of artillery rockets (some 10,000) from Gaza onto Tel Aviv and southern Israel while its allies in Lebanon launch similar projectiles into Galilee, and as half of Israel's population rushes in and out of shelters, no one can forget that the Arab world (minus Egypt and Jordan) is at war with Israel in fact as well as formally. Nor does the Arab world leave doubt about its war aim: to destroy the Jewish state. But as the Israeli air force strikes gradually at the rockets' launch sites and storage areas and picks away at some of Hamas' mid-level leaders, as some 40,000 army reservists prepare for a possible invasion of Gaza, the aims of Israel's military operations are by no means clear. It is clear, however that these operations do not amount to war. That is because, obviously, they do not aim at winning peace for Israel.
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Find out with no obligation if you have PPI
Just relax and let us take care of everything
We are here for you throughout the entire process
Let's get things up and running. We'll send you a confirmation e-mail and text message when you're done. We're all about keeping you in the loop, all the time.
One of our PPI experts will give you a call, at the end of which we'll get a pack out to you.
Keep an eye out for the pack in the post.
The pack has a Letter Of Authority in it (one for each lender) which you need to sign. Sign in the appropriate places, pop it back in the FREEPOST envelope and we'll complete your free check.
Sometimes life gets in the way of these things. We understand that, so we'll drop you an e-mail and a text message now and again just to remind you if you've forgotten about your pack.
We'll get your check done. If you have paid PPI, we can sort the claims process for you! Alternatively, you can handle the claim yourself.
We'll advise you if we think that you could have a potential mis-sold PPI claim. It is important to find out what kind of PPI you have had before making any claims for compensation.
Secured, Unsecured.
Standard, Balance Transfer
Personal, Contract Purchase, Hire Purchase
PPI, or Payment Protection Insurance, is a type of insurance designed to cover repayments on loans or credit cards in the event of an accident, sickness or unemployment. For example, if you have a mortgage and lose your job, PPI should cover the payments on your mortgage so that your family does not lose its home.
PPI policies were sold alongside loans and credit cards.
An estimated £50bn worth of PPI policies were sold over the last 10-15 years by banks and lenders
One in nine adults are unsure if they had PPI. Have you checked?
Some claims management companies are now offering a FREE PPI Check. The service aims to put individuals in a position of complete clarity over whether or not they had PPI on their finances. With PPI being so widely sold and a possible time limit coming into place, now would be a good time to find out if you even had PPI. Quickppi could help you.
The term 'Allay' or 'us' or 'we' refers to the owner of the website whose registered office is Generator Studios, Trafalgar Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2LA. Our company registration number is 06836398. The term 'you' refers to the user or viewer of our website.
If the agreed fee is 24% (inclusive of VAT where applicable). (If you started your claims journey before 10/07/2018 the fees as per your T&Cs applies). If the redress we obtain for you is..
-£1,000, then the fee payable by you to us would be £240 (inclusive of VAT where applicable)
– £3,000, then the fee payable by you to us would be £720 (inclusive of VAT where applicable)
– £10,000, then the fee payable by you to us would be £2,400 (inclusive of VAT where applicable)
The fee will be payable to us upon receipt of an offer from the lender.
* For substantiation and referral of Your Claim to the Third Party, we will charge you £60 (inclusive of VAT where applicable)
* For referral of Your Claim to the FOS, we will charge you £60 (inclusive of VAT where applicable)
* For any manual communication e.g. an outgoing or incoming call/letter/email to or from either You or the Third Party, we will charge you £40 (inclusive of VAT where applicable)
* For any automated communication to e.g. automated update letters or text messages to you, we will charge you £10 (inclusive of VAT where applicable)
Welcome to our website. If you continue to browse and use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use (laid out below), which together with our privacy policy govern Allay's relationship with you in relation to this website. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use our website.
The term 'Allay' or 'us' or 'we' refers to the owner of the website whose registered office is Generator Studios, Trafalgar Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 2LA. Our company registration number is 06836398. The term 'you' refers to the user or viewer of our website.
The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use:
A cookie consists of information sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.
We may use both "session" cookies and "persistent" cookies on the website. We will use the session cookies to: keep track of you whilst you navigate the website; and other uses. We will use the persistent cookies to: enable our website to recognise you when you visit; and other uses.
Session cookies will be deleted from your computer when you close your browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach a specified expiry date.
We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users' computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google's privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.
Most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to reject just third party cookies. For example, in Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking "Tools", "Internet Options", "Privacy", and selecting "Block all cookies" using the sliding selector. Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including this one.
The cookie information is based on an SEQ Legal privacy policy form available at www.website-law.co.uk.
|Cookie Name
|Cookie Purpose
|MD5 Sum Session
|This is a session cookie generated by PHP, a technology we use to code our websites.
This cookie is necessary to enable the pass through of information. In terms of information this is stored against a customer record within our database at the point where the user ticks to confirm that they have read our Privacy Policy.
|This is a 30 day cookie that determines the best phone number for you to dial in on.
|GOOGLE ANALYTICS (utma, utmb, utmc & utmz)
|These are persistent cookies and as such last longer than the user's session. These cookies are performance cookies and are used as part of our web analytics activity to monitor traffic and compile reporting about how users are using our websites. The cookies are used to capture anonymous data about a user's journey around our website and the information is aggregated in order to allow us to analyse trends and to make improvements to our website. Below is a more detailed explanation of each type of Google Analytics cookie:
|AddThis ANALYTICS (atuvc)
|The atuvc cookie is created and read by the AddThis social sharing site JavaScript on the client side in order to make sure the user sees the updated count if they share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated. No data from that cookie is sent back to AddThis and removing it when disabling cookies would cause unexpected behaviour for users.
This privacy policy sets out how Allay (UK) Ltd(Allay)uses and protects any information that you give Allay when you use this website and our services.
Allay is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.By using our website, you may be providing us with some of your personal information, we want to make sure that we do not use your data in a way that you would not expect. Allay assure you that your personal information will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement and in compliance with the latest privacy regulations (EU GDPR).
Allay may change this policy in future by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 25/05/2018.
Customer Information We Collect
Information you give to us is called "Customer Data" which is controlled by Allay Limited. The Customer Data we collect in order to provide our services may include:
This list may not include all the information we require when providing our service/s.
The information we ask you for will relate to your specific enquiry and will only consist of the information we need to carry out our service. If you contact us other than via our website, we may keep a record of that correspondenceand a copy of call recordings.
If you decide to use one of our claims management services, you will be provided with a Terms of Engagement along with details of our complaints procedure and how to cancel our service . You will also be able to access details of any regulator applicable to the service/s we provide. This information is provided before we provide our service to you.
We collect and process personal information from you at various stages of the claims process for reasons including answering your enquiries, ensuring that our website content is presented in the most effective manner for you and your computer, to notify you about changes to our websites, to provide you with specific advice, and to carry out our obligations from any contracts entered between you and us.
Other Information
Allay may also collect and receive the following information:
a) Complaint Information relating to the nature of a complaint or claim such as a lender, investment company, insurer, administrator, Financial Ombudsman Service
b) Billing and other information. Customer payment information for processing the collection of a fee along with a billing address retained securely only until the appropriate payment of the fee has been made
c) Whenever you visit www.Allay.co.uk we may record your IP address, device information such as desktop or mobile etc. and operating systems or software versions and browser type/version
d) A password to enable you to log into your dedicated account within our client management system and associate information as and when you access the system
e) Third party data. We may also receive information from selected data suppliers, our regulator, Legal Ombudsman, our partners, or others that we use to provide our service/s to you.
f) For information relating to Cookies, please see our Cookie Policy
What we do with your personal information
The information we collect about you is used solely for the purposes for which it was provided. We will only use it for additional purposes such as marketing if we have received specific consent to do so. If you are a client, you can update your communication preferences by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. We may also use your information to provide and improve our products and services
We also use your information for other parts of our service. This includes:
a) Researching and analysing trends to better understand how users are using the services and improve to them.
b) Communicating with you by responding to your queries or requests.
c) Sending service and administrative emails and messages to inform you about changes in our services, and important service related notices.
d) Important service related notices such as security and fraud advice. Under current legislation, these notifications are considered compulsory and for your protection, you cannot opt-out of them.
e) Sending communications about new product features or other news about Allay. You can opt out of these at any time by emailing email@example.com to have your preferences updated.
f) Billing and account management information to administer accounts and keep track of billing and payments, such as communicating with you for invoicing, account management and similar reasons.
g) Carrying out investigations to keep our services secure and to prevent abuse and fraud.
h) Making you aware of services we think you may be interested in.
Your Rights
You provide us with details of what we 'can do' with your Data and have the right to opt-in and importantly to opt-out by emailing email@example.com to have your preferences updated.
If you are a client, you can request to see a copy of what personal data we hold relating to you. As a client, you have the following rights:
• To know that your data is being processed
• To access your personal data free of charge
• To data portability
• To have your information corrected if inaccurate (Including ensuring any third party puts right any inaccuracy)
• To request that your data be erased
• To restrict processing
• To object to processing and;
• To rights relating to automated decision making
How we provide our Service and Retain your Data
There may be times when you contact us to discuss a specific aspect relating to the service/s we provide. You will usually communicate with a member of our team. To provide the most effective service we may share the subject matter of your communication with any of the third parties with whom we need to share information to fulfil our obligation to you. The following are recipients of personal data as part of the claims management process: lenders, investment companies, insurers, administrators, Financial Ombudsman Service, our regulator and Legal Ombudsman
Of the datawe process, we retain the data for no longer than necessary in accordance with our Legal Basis for Processing Table (please see further down) and maintain a data retention policy which can be seen here http://www.quickppi.com/data_retention.php When a data subject contracts with us to provide a claims management service, the data is retained within secure electronic archives as required by law but for no longer than 6 years after the conclusion of the service provided.
*Where reasonably practicable access to data is restricted so not to be identifiable unless required by law or is subject to a Subject Access Request.
The Allay Group recognise the personal nature of the information we collect, process and store. As we are committed to ensuring that your information is secure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to prevent loss, unauthorised access, misuse or disclosure and to make sure that your online information is safe and secure. If password access is required for certain parts of our website/application, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.
To learn more about our policies regarding security and confidentiality of Customer Data and other information, please see our ISMS Policy
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Other Disclosure
The Allay Group may share or disclose Customer Data and other information in the following situations:
• If we merge with or acquire a business, the business is restructured, or if our assets are acquired by a third party, any personal data held by Allay about its clients may be transferred, in which case you will be contacted by us to notify you of the transfer.
• If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data to comply with any legal obligation, or to enforce or apply our Termsof Engagement and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of our company, other customers and others. This includes exchanging information with organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Where possible in such circumstances as described above, we minimise your personal data so not to be identifiable as the data subject unless required by law or as subject to a Subject Access Request. For example, by providing details of the average number of successful customer cases in a set period the personal data would not form part of the information disclosed.
You may not transfer any of your rights under this privacy policy to any other person. We may transfer our rights under this privacy policy where we reasonably believe your rights will not be affected. If any court or competent authority finds that any provision of this privacy policy (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision will, to the extent required, be deemed to be deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of this privacy policy will not be affected.
Unless otherwise agreed, no delay, act or omission by a party in exercising any right or remedy will be deemed a waiver of that, or any other, right or remedy
This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted according to the law of England and Wales. All disputes arising under the Agreement will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.
If you have any queries relating to our Privacy Policy or the personal data we hold about you, please email email@example.com. If you are unhappy with any aspect of your personal privacy you may complain to us using the contact details above, if you are dissatisfied when we have dealt with your complaint you are entitled to contact the ICO whose information is available at www.ico.org.uk.
|Our use of your data
|Legal basis for processing
|To carry out our contract with you to provide you with the products and services including claims management services, processing payment and where required provide advice
|Necessary for the performance of our contract with you or to take steps to enter into a contract with you
|To send you marketing information about our services that may be of interest to you
|You have given your consent for us to contact you
|To manage the effectiveness of our online service and to deliver the website service to you
|You have given your consent for us to contact you
|To make sure that the content of our website is presented as effectively as possible
|Our use of your data is necessary for our legitimate interest of making sure that the services we provide are managed effectively
|To create statistical information which will help us manage the services we provide and make improvements to the services
|Our use of your data is necessary for our legitimate interest of making sure that the services we provide are managed effectively
|To monitor our website to make sure it is functioning correctly and to its optimum and to be able to correct any issues to improve the customer journey
|Our use of your data is necessary for our legitimate interest of making sure that the services we provide are managed effectively
|To allow our customers to access the interactive features of the website that facilitate account login to access your claim information
|Our use of your data is necessary for our legitimate interest of making sure that the services we provide are managed effectively
|To protect your personal information when you use our website and our services
|To protect your data and your identity
This privacy policy sets out how Allay uses and protects any information that you give Allay when you use this website.
Allay is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement and in compliance with the latest privacy regulations (EU GDPR).
Allay may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 25/05/2018.
|Type of personal Information
|Retention Period
|General personal data which includes your normal personal data, personal identity and personal financial data
|• 6 years after the end of our business relationship with you, or the end of your matter which ever comes later
|Client Due Diligence Material which includes copies of your Passport, Drivers Licence, Bank Statements and any associated documents and explanations you have given to us to prevent fraud, financial crime and money laundering
|• 5 years after the end of our business relationship with you, or the end of your matter which ever comes later
|Special categories of personal data
|• 6 years after the end of our relationship with you
|Call recordings
|• 1 year
1. Introduction
Allay (UK) Ltd has a responsibility to protect all client, corporateand all other information in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) 2016. We are required to monitor all information being transferred by our employees to the public and all other organisations. Any transferal of data will be done in accordance with this policy.
2. Scope
This policy applies across Allay (UK) Ltdsuch that all staff will be made aware through induction training, general refresher training and through documentation. No employee will be exempt from this policy.
3. Data security:
3.1. It is Allay (UK) Ltd's policy to comply with all laws regulating computers and data protection. Weminimise exposure to risk by adopting robust practices regarding the use of data or inappropriate, or illegaluse of software.
3.2. Save in relation to reasonable e-mail and Internet usage and policyour employees are only permitted to use Allay (UK) Ltd's computer facilities to perform their job functions. We allow a restricted personal use policy which is subject to strict accountability.
3.3. To protect our client data staff are expected to keep their personal password confidentialat all times and in accordance with password policy such that staff must not use personal data in their password, they should change their password regularly and must never share or divulge their personal password to any unauthorised person.
3.4. Staff are only authorised to use systems and have access to information which is relevant to their job and know that they should neither seek information nor use systems outside of this criterion.
3.5. Software issued by Allay (UK) Ltd for your use is licensed to Allay (UK) Ltd and is protected by copyright law. Neither Allay (UK)Ltd nor any member of staff may make copies or distribute software that has been copied.
3.6. Staff are not permitted or authorised to:
3.6.1. install software ontoAllay (UK) Ltd's computers without first obtaining permission to do so and, because of the risk to Allay (UK) Ltd's computers of any computer virus staff are expected to raise any issue which may relate to a computer virus with the IT Manager.
3.6.2. download any 'copyright' material onto any device that is supported by our IT network. This includes downloading 'copyright' material ontoa personalmobile phone where access to Allay (UK) Ltd's Wi-Fi has been granted.
3.6.3. download, onto any device that is supported by Allay (UK) Ltd's network, any software for which Allay (UK) Ltd does not have a valid license. You must not download any such software without first obtaining the permission of the IT Manager.
3.7. Allay (UK) Ltdoperates a secure WiFi service that is restricted and only accessible via either the Operations Manager or the IT Manager. Allay (UK) Ltd reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to allow you to access Allay (UK) Ltd's Wi-Fi for the personal use of either staff or visitors . Where access is granted the password is not providedbut is activated by authorized staff only and, where a password is made available (highly unlikely) the individual is advised that they are under a strict obligation not to share the relevant passwords or login details with other members of staff or other visitors. Accessing and using Allay (UK) Ltd's Wi-Fi shall be restricted to only authorised and designated breaks.
3.8. All laptops with company data have full disk encryption enabled using appropriate OS software.
3.9. Only authorised staff are permitted to use USB Mass Storage Devices within Allay (UK) Ltd, as determined by the IT department, backed up with suitable job justification. Staff are advised to perform an Anti-Virus scan on any device after is has been plugged into any machine and where possible the USB device should be encrypted if the device is to be used to transport any company data.
4. Internet and E-mail Usage:
4.1. Allay (UK) Ltd's computer system contains e-mail and Internet access facilities which are intended to promote effective communication within Allay (UK) Ltdand with clients and contacts relating to its business. Both systems are therefore used for that purpose.
4.2. Allay (UK) Ltd permit limited personal messages sent via e-mail, but these must respect the primary purpose of the e-mail system. Our policy states that our e-mail system should not be used for a purpose detrimental to the job responsibilities of a member of staff, for spreading gossip, for personal gain or in breach of any of Allay (UK) Ltd's policies.
4.3. All individuals representingAllay (UK) Ltd's best practice must refrain from including bad language and/or references to inappropriate or offensive content within any message sent on the e-mail system. Confidential information is not sent externally by e-mail without express authority and unless the messages can be lawfully encrypted.
4.4. Staff are permitted reasonable use of our Internet facility. This is limited to break times and to the accessing of appropriate sites. We have a policy on the accessing of unsuitable sites which is viewed seriously by Allay (UK) Ltd and can lead to disciplinary action.
4.5. Allay (UK) Ltd has the right to retrieve the contents of e-mail messages and to examine computers in relation to Internet access for monitoring whether the use of the e-mail and Internet systems is legitimate, to assist in the investigations of wrongful acts or to comply with any legal obligation.
4.6. Allay (UK) Ltd instruct staff that when they leave their PC unattended or on leaving the office they ensure any PC is locked or secured to prevent unauthorised users accessing our system and our data.
4.7. If, as a customer of Allay (UK) Ltdyou receive an e-mail message which has been wrongly delivered you should notify the sender of the message by redirecting the message to that person who will notify out Data Protection Officer who will then contact you to advise you of any action required.In the event the e-mail message contains confidential information you must not disclose or use that confidential information
4.8. Misuse of the e-mail or Internet system in breach of this policy is taken very seriously by Allay (UK) Ltd.If any misuse is bought to our attention that constitutesmisconduct it will be dealt with within the framework of Allay (UK) Ltd's disciplinary procedure. Misuse of the e-mail system by transmission of any material in any of the following categories automatically constitutes gross misconduct:
• defamatory;
• offensive or obscene;
• untrue or malicious;
• racist or otherwise contrary to Allay (UK) Ltd's Equal Opportunities Policy
• protected copyright material.
5. Staff use of own device
Staff are fully briefed on the company Computer and Data Protection policy, with regards to Data Loss Prevention. Staff are aware that our IT department has the right to undertake audits on staff equipment that accesses the organisations data to ascertain whether or not this policy is being adhered to.
6. Sensitive Information
Allay (UK) Ltd operate a policy on the management of Sensitive information which is governed by the level of the Confidentiality in question and is marked appropriately in accordance with policy.
7.Virus Protection
All PC and Servers are vulnerable to intrusion by viruses without sufficient protection these devices could become infected and all information on these machines vulnerable to corruption, being stolen and/or deleted.
Allay (UK) Ltd has a responsibility to clients, employees and third parties to protect data from such a threat. We maintain strict guidelines to protect the company from viral and worm contamination and provide the means to minimise disruption and business impact should preventative measures fail.
Our IT Department operates and maintains up to date effective anti-virus software on all computer systems that are liable to attack from malicious software.All networked PCs are updated with the latest applicable virus definition files daily on start up. Virus protection of computers that are not networked is also maintained. Provision of this requirement is made by our IT Department
8. Responsibility
It is the responsibility of each Line Manager at Allay (UK) Ltd to ensure this policy is deployed within their area of responsibility.
9. Customer Care Contact
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text: You are here: Home > Course > Side Dishes > Low Cal Pickles/ Sauces / Chutneys > Low Calorie Green Chutney, Hari Chutney – Diabetic Friendly Low Calorie Green Chutney, Hari Chutney – Diabetic Friendlyby Tarla Dalal 13 Dec 2018 add to my cookbook add to shopping list You are not signed in. Please sign in to access your cookbooksExisting members click here to sign inNew visitors click here to sign up Please sign in to create shopping lists! 5/5 stars 100% LIKED IT 3 REVIEWS ALL GOOD Added to 358 cookbooks This recipe has been viewed 41998 times Chutneys are a favourite accompaniment for snacks as well for main meals. This low calorie chutney uses roasted chana dal (daria) instead of fat laden ingredients like coconut and peanuts. Curds and lemon jucie have been used to retain the fresh green colour of this chutney. It can be stored refrigerated for 2 to 3 days. Add your private note Low Calorie Green Chutney, Hari Chutney – Diabetic Friendly recipe - How to make Low Calorie Green Chutney, Hari Chutney – Diabetic Friendly Tags Frozen Foods, Indian Freezer Recipes Low Cal Pickles/ Sauces / ChutneysNo Cooking Veg IndianMixerQuick ChutneysSenior CitizenDiabetic Breakfast Preparation Time: 5 mins   Cooking Time: 7 mins   Total Time: 12 mins     Makes 0.5 servings (7 tbsp ) Show me for servings Ingredients 2 tbsp roasted chana dal (daria)1 1/2 cups chopped coriander (dhania)1/2 tbsp roughly chopped green chillies1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera) salt to taste1 tbsp low-fat curds (dahi)1/2 tbsp lemon juice Method MethodCombine the daria, green chillies and cumin seeds alongwith 1 tbsp of water and blend in a mixer to a smooth paste.Add coriander, salt, curds and lemon juice and again blend in a mixer till smooth.Use as required. Other Related Recipes Accompaniments Mint and Coriander Chutney Nutrient values (Abbrv) per tbspEnergy8 calProtein0.6 gCarbohydrates1.2 gFiber0.4 gFat0.1 gCholesterol0 mgSodium6.9 mgClick here to view calories for Low Calorie Green Chutney, Hari Chutney – Diabetic Friendly RECIPE SOURCE : Cooking with 1 Teaspoon of Oil


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Every morning at about 11:15am I glance at the clock and shout "oh shit, I'm going to be late for work!", kiss Karin and Liam goodbye before hurrying out to the car leaving them to their daily routine. A daily routine that since I don't witness I just assume includes lot's and lot's of playtime, naps and fun for them both while I slave away at the old salt mine. There must be helper elves or magical fairies getting all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, medical calls, Liam care and the other house stuff done, I don't really know how that all works. The point is I'm not there, and so I know very well what it feels like to miss Liam. I do it every day.
Aside from a little joke in my last blog post I was very supportive and understanding of Karin's feelings of loss and worry when she couldn't follow her baby into his classroom at school last week. His first day in the full classroom setting with other children. I was understanding and supportive yet all the while thinking that I was immune to such feelings. After all, I left him behind to head out to work for nine hours every day I knew what missing the boy felt like, but only when I was the one doing the leaving.
PT/OT were fun for Liam this week. It was such a beautiful spring day that it was a no brainer that he would be spending it outside on the playground instead of inside on a padded mat. Their swing is different from ours but is supportive enough that he was able to swing a little bit, but it was much too soothing. He almost fell asleep. No, sleeping is not ideal when we're trying to get him to work his core and head control so off to the big boy slide we went to really wake him up.
Scared the hell out of him, but as I may have mentioned before in other blogs fear shows an awareness to your surroundings and since he wasn't in any real danger, a little scare can be a good thing. Got his heart rate up that's for sure. By the time he reached the bottom though he had look of pleasure on his face and we sent him back down again three more times.
Can I just take second here to direct your attention to that picture again. See anything missing? Pretty cool huh?
Once back inside Liam participated in his playgroup which is always wonderful since Karin and I are allowed to help out with play group. Seeing other children take an interest in Liam warms my heart. We threw and rolled and kicked different colored balls all around the room for about a half an hour until the proverbial bell rang and it was time for Liam to head off to class.
I followed Liam, his speech therapist, and his nurse into the hall and it suddenly dawned on me that although doing it in a wheelchair and with the help of his nurse, Liam was essentially walking away from me to a place where I wasn't allowed to follow. Instead of me saying goodbye on my way out to work, he was saying goodbye to me. I didn't like that at all. I didn't even know what to say. Sensing that I was about to say something, Liam's nurse and therapist waited and looked at me, while keeping one hand on his stroller struggling to let it and him go.
"uh, . . . Uh, . . You be a good boy." I found some words to fill the awkward silence and kissed the top of Liam's head with Karin behind me probably grinning from ear to ear knowing that the heart ache and fear that I had given her such a hard time about last week had just washed over me. We walked to the couches at the front office while Liam and his crew headed down the hall in the other direction. Liam is in class for an hour (making all of this seem even more silly) so we waited by the front office with our kindles instead of leaving and picking him up.
"It's hard watching him leave you like that isn't it?" Karin asked me with a grin.
"It really is!" I gave her a hug and we sat together and read glancing down to the end of the hall toward the classroom between almost every word. Waiting for our baby boy to come back from his big boy classroom.


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Last fall I wrote a blog post highlighting some best practices I've observed at top firms. In January I followed that with an example—a Houston firm that's doing a great job of building relationships with its clients.
Another best practice I offered was about finding a specific segment of the market to serve and focusing exclusively on being a market leader in that area.
Sharpen your client focus
In other words, don't try to be all things to all people. Top advisors often tell me they focus on serving specific segments or types of clients in the market (for example, high-net-worth entrepreneurs).
By focusing on one type of client, you'll help drive down your costs by creating efficiencies and maximizing the impact of your marketing and client-recruitment dollars. Firms that pursue this strategy quickly become experts in serving their targeted clients, which can really set you apart from your competition.
A firm that's found its niche
One firm that's succeeding with this strategy is right in our backyard here in southeastern Pennsylvania. CBIZ InR, based in Media, is an RIA that specializes in small municipal retirement plans and the needs of their sponsors and participants. They provide customized retirement planning for 457, 401(k), and 403(b) participants as well as individual investors.
With roots dating to 1992, founders Michael Glackin and Jeffrey Hugo identified their niche early on.
There are 2,258 individually managed local government pension plans in Pennsylvania, each with its own unique combination of options and benefits. CBIZ InR simply isn't trying to compete in big markets. Michael and Jeffrey created a highly successful practice focusing solely on a small segment of the financial advice market.
"There are more defined benefit pension plans in Pennsylvania than the rest of the U.S. combined," said Michael, CBIZ InR's president. "When we started, many pension plans were using banks and insurance companies and taking an active management approach. We initially competed by taking an institutional investment approach and using active managers, but ultimately we determined it was in our clients' best interests to change."
Losing focus can have consequences
In 2005 CBIZ InR revised its investment philosophy to take an all-market index approach. The move allowed the firm to streamline processes, focus more on the unique needs of municipal retirement plans and their participants, and lower management fees, making CBIZ InR more attractive to potential clients.
Michael said the firm has resisted the temptation to stray from its core focus, which has occasionally meant turning away business. For example, one new client wanted to keep an active manager in its plan. But CBIZ InR, confident in the success of its investment process, knew from experience that the exception would be problematic.
"When you deviate from what you're good at and get out of your comfort zone, that puts you at risk," Michael said. "You really start chasing that rainbow and getting off course."
Because of its market specialization, CBIZ InR has built an excellent reputation among plan providers and participants. It has become a trusted expert on the expansive options offered through the patchwork of municipal benefit plans. And they truly understand the unique plan rules and hardships that can occur when serving participants who include first responders.
"It's a very small world. Everyone knows everyone," Michael said of the municipal retirement plan market. "We've gotten a tremendous number of individual retirement clients through our relationships with DB plans. For instance, we had one participant who was a truck driver who came in and met with us every year to go over his finances while he was working. Upon retirement, he had met all of his financial goals, which allowed him to take a long motorcycle road trip. He was so thrilled with the service, he continued working with us as an individual client after he retired."
How to choose your niche
So how do you decide where to focus your efforts? There are so many choices! Here are a few simple strategies for finding your niche.
- Be self-aware. When deciding what market segment to focus on, start with an evaluation of where your firm has the potential to excel and where you're potentially weaker. By concentrating on a strength, you will have less of a learning curve, and you should be able to create a competitive advantage in serving your targeted clients.
- Review your costs. Serving specific types of clients should create efficiencies in your service model. Take the opportunity to identify any costs that aren't aligned with the needs of your targeted clients.
- Seek strategic partners/technology providers. They can enhance your strengths while also performing tasks more efficiently and at a lower cost.
Focusing your practice allows you to build economies of scale, create competitive advantages over your rivals, and spend more time on client acquisition. And most important, keep you more focused!


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We talk to Sam from Toronto's PONY! We discuss her TV obsession, (including the Shrek spinoff we all know and love, Shrek's Swamps Stories), the worst songs that have made her cry, and we test her on her Pinterest pinned recipes in a segment called PINNED TO THE WALL!
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Pony - Do You - Healthy Brain
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Applications of Forgings - February 16, 2017
Cold Forging V/s Hot Forging – A Comparison - January 31, 2017
Zero Defect Forgings - January 27, 2017
Heat treatment of Forgings – Introduction - January 16, 2017
Forging Types - December 30, 2016
Forging products - December 28, 2016
Advantages of Forged steel over Castings - December 27, 2016
Annealing of steel - December 23, 2016
Heat treatment of forged steel components - December 21, 2016
Grain Flow-Lines - October 20, 2016
Grain Flow-Lines
Definition: Grain flow is a directional orientation of metal grains and any non-metallic inclusions that have been deformed due to forging. Individual grains are elongated in the direction of the metal flow or plastic deformation. More importantly, non-metallic inclusions, particles and other impurities inherited during the casting process are elongated in the direction of grain flow. Grain flow occurs to some extent in all metal-forming processes, and not just forging.
How to observe flow-lines: The forging needs to be ground and polished, after sectioning, similar to a metallographic sample. Then, macro-etching is carried out
Why flow lines are visible: One can observe grain flow-lines due to the presence of particles and inclusions. The etchant attacks the interface region between these inclusions as well as the base metal. The metal is corroded due to acid and the unaffected inclusions are visible as flow lines.
Significance: Mechanical properties vary with respect to orientation relative to grain flow. Properties like impact toughness, ductility and fatigue strength, which are measures of a material's resistance to cracking, can be improved significantly by proper alignment of the direction of crack propagation and the grain flow. The optimum alignment occurs when the maximum principal stress (perpendicular to a potential crack or fracture) is aligned with the grain-flow lines.
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It's Friday and you know what that means?!! A brand new TGIF Challenge! #tgifc203 is simply out of this world!
I had fun with this challenge by getting super inky! Using Watercolour paper, an Aqua Painter and a few reinkers, I went to town and got lots of colour splashed down before covering it all back up again with Night of Navy ink! It really did look like a hot mess until I added the white watercolour paint splatters and then it turned into a night sky! This is also known as the Galaxy Technique.
This card is inspired by my daughter who sets goals and achieves them. Dreams a dream and makes it a reality. I love her fearlessness in doing things regardless of what might stand in her way, hence the sentiment on this card. She is the fearless Lion and I am the protective Mama Bear!
I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge. You can upload your creations on the TGIF page HERE.
If you want the supplies to recreate my project, I would be delighted to be your demonstrator. Click on the pictures below to shop my New Zealand store 24/7!


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Birth Center Safety
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The Highest Level Of Safety
You're In Great Hands
Our midwifery model of care is recognized in receiving high marks for safety in a multiple national studies. The most recent study demonstrated that care led by nurse-midwives in a birth center setting had a high level of safety and a low level of obstetric intervention rates, which is similar to what previous studies have also shown. We call it the "high-touch, low-tech" approach to labor and birth.
Because our clients are low-risk when they begin their care here, most receive their prenatal care exclusively from our nurse-midwives and don't ever need to see a physician during their pregnancy.
We're Prepared
Being nationally-accredited by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers requires Breath of Life to maintain best practices in maternity care and the proper safety training, equipment, and supplies. We have the amenities here on site that can help with minor emergencies, or that can stabilize the mother or baby for the drive to the hospital.
We are Tampa Bay's only Nationally Accredited Birth Center.
The Ease Of Necessary Transfers
When Is A Transfer Needed?
Occasionally a mother may need to be transferred to another care provider due to a change in her medical status. Those changes may include the onset of:
- Gestational diabetes
- Pre-eclampsia
- Twin Gestation
- Breech Presentation
We understand how difficult it is for a client who planned to have her baby here to have to change her thinking and get to know a new caregiver. We help make that transition of care as easy as possible, and can recommend midwives/obstetricians who would continue to support a natural birth while also giving that mother and baby the medical care they require.
Where Would I Go For A Transfer?
If a client requests or needs to transfer to the hospital during labor, we transfer clients to Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater. It is just a 10-minute car ride from the birth center. Breath of Life has a strong relationship with the physicians and nurses there, and because they are a baby-friendly hospital, they have some birth philosophies that are similar to ours. The physicians and nurses respect that the mother still wants as natural a birth as possible, so they use minimal interventions that help mom balance the changes in her birth preferences.
How Would The Transfer Happen?
In most cases, a transfer is requested because the laboring mom has been in labor for a long time, and she's tired and wants medical pain relief such as an epidural. In that case, a family member would drive her to the hospital, where a staff member would be waiting for her so they make her comfortable as quickly as possible.
However, if a client is transferring for an emergency, which happens infrequently, then the mother would be transferred by ambulance while being accompanied by a family member or friend.
Can My Nurse-Midwife Still Deliver My Baby?
A Breath of Life nurse-midwife may accompany a client to the hospital to ensure a smooth check-in process, but she does not have privileges at the hospital and therefore is not permitted to provide care for a client in the hospital. However, clients are welcome back at the Breath of Life for post-natal follow-up visits.


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Cracking the dress code: Where do we draw the (hem) line?
Who's violating the dress code? That's up for interpretation. Morgan Pupa (left), Aleda Stub, Taylor Moran and Chaney Holland show examples of their clothes that are sometimes OK, and sometimes not OK, by Nordhoff's dress code standards. Other area schools have much more specific dress codes. (Ojai Valley News photo by Ashley Wilson)
Misty Volaski, Ojai Valley News editor
Ask a teenage girl, and she'll tell you — cropped tops and short-shorts are fashionable right now. But in a school setting, how short is too short? At what point does clothing violate a dress code and become a distraction in schools?
It depends on who you ask.


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This is a new project for me as I do want to get this game on the table to play. I have had the Kickstarter in the 'to do' pile for a long time and so decided it was time to bite the bullet and get going with it. I have several other projects which are in the same position so it's definitely time to start moving with this one.
The style of figs are so different for me that this is a real painting challenge. Thats the reason I got the game in the first place. I'm still not 100% sure that was the the correct move for me but heck, the money is spent now so we'll see if I'm up to the challenge. The lighting where I took these pictures, in my kitchen does not really help but it's good enough for these pictures. You can see the first set of figures below and so you can make your own opinion.
All the figs have colours and looks from their action cards in the game, so getting the right look for these is important. A player has to be able to match up the model to the card artwork so there is no point going too far from that. Luckily, the card art work is comic based not that lifelike. My personal hatred for that type of thing is a photo of a professionally painted model that I will not get close to with my skills. There is nothing more off-putting on than that to me. They avoided that so I that was great.
There are 12 hero models in the base game and above are 3 of them. So you can rightly guess there will be more posts on this project in the future. The figs are nice but did need a little timing/tidying of the models to get rid of a few small mould lines. These were not too bad without paint but when I undercoated the models they were visible so that's something to note for others doing this game.
I have done the bases very plain – just grey. I may return to do those in a flagstone style or may not. I'm concentrating on getting the models painted to a nice level first. I think doing something on the bases will help the overall models but again as a board game I just want to do a paint effect and not use any flock/grit etc.
As well as Heroes there are baddies of course. Below as the first of those. Even these are an interesting challenge for painting. The face paint in particular was fun. Having 6 figs all the same was also a bit of work but I did it – to my perseverance of getting them done.
Overall, I think these came out ok.
Close up like this you can see they are I believe at a very good wargame table standard, but that's about as good as I get them. I found not using many washes but trying to layer paint for effect harder on the open spaces of these models. It's a great way to challenge yourself in trying different things, as these are. They may not be perfect but I hopefully get better overall at painting. The big eye's and faces call for more detail and careful brush control.
Hopefully soon I'll be able to host a game of Arcadia Quest. It does look like a fun and light hearted board game.