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Miami-Dade County
Kitschy, cool Vagabond Motel coming back to life on Biscayne Boulevard's MiMo district
After years in a sad limbo behind a construction fence, the sirens and porpoises at the marvelously waggish Vagabond Motel are looking decidedly chipper under a fresh coat of paint. The re-plumbed fountain will soon come back to life along with the rest of the iconic but long-dormant motel, which has come to symbolize the fortunes of the fledgling Miami Modern historic district on Biscayne Boulevard.
The reopening of the fully restored 1953 MiMo landmark, set for Dec. 5, could mark a significant milestone in the slowly gathering revival of the boulevard along the city's Upper East Side.
The Vagabond's newest owner, developer Avra Jain, is buying four more of the dozen or so historic but rundown MiMo motels that define the district. She has ambitious plans to turn them into a collection of boutique hostelries and dining and lounging spots for locals and visitors looking for distinctive, affordable alternatives to South Beach.
"The boulevard is at the tipping point,'' Jain said as she led a tour of the bustling, still-unfinished Vagabond restoration. "The demand is there. This isn't contrived. If you change the motels on the boulevard, you change everything.''
The Vagabond's multi-million-dollar makeover, overseen by architect Dean Lewis, will restore the kitsch-edged 1950s verve that made the motel the gem of the boulevard in its heyday, before family tourism gave way to hookers and drug pushers.
Its glorious neon signs are being restored. The mermaid mosaic at the bottom of the swimming pool has been faithfully reproduced using tiles brought from France. A new open-air Cabana Bar will stand by the pool. The interiors will be done up in mid-20th Century Modern style by designer Stephane Dupoux.
But Jain says none of this would be happening without a little-known, and previously untried, city program designed to foster renovation of properties designated as historic.
The program allows owners to sell "air rights'' — meaning development rights they can't use because of historic designation — to developers looking to build bigger in high-rise districts such as downtown. The revenue, which can amount to millions of dollars, must then be plowed back in full into renovation of the historic property.
Jain and her attorneys at Greenberg Traurig were the first to figure out how to tap into the transfer of development rights (TDR) program, established when the city's new Miami 21 zoning code went into effect in 2010.
The ability to raise money through TDRs, she said, is key to the restoration of the deteriorated boulevard motels, whose small size and big renovation needs would otherwise make the job financially unfeasible.
"There's a reason this building sat vacant for so long,'' Jain said, alluding to failed efforts in recent years by previous owners to resuscitate the Vagabond, which she bought for $1.9 million last year. "Economically no one could make it work. We will spend $5 million on renovation. Part of this for me was really passion for the building. But it's otherwise hard to justify spending this kind of money on a 45-room motel.''
Jain raised $3 million for the Vagabond restoration by selling 440,000 square feet worth of air rights to developers Related Group and Terra Group for use in three high-rise condo projects in Edgewater, Brickell and Coconut Grove. The appeal for the condo developers: the TDRs have sold for $7 to $8 per square foot, considerably cheaper than the cost of buying additional development capacity through the city's Miami 21 "bonus'' program, which also permits builders to purchase the right to add volume to their projects, said Lucia Dougherty, Jain's attorney at Greenberg.
That Jain was able to do so was in part because of fortuitous timing, Dougherty said. There had been no demand for the TDR program because no one was building after the real estate collapse.
"The good news is, there is a place to sell them because people are building again,'' Dougherty said.
But the process, which Jain and her attorneys described as laborious, took months because the city had not set up rules and procedures for the TDRs. The city also had to establish safeguards to ensure revenue from sale of TDRs is not diverted to other uses.
Jain next plans to use TDRs again to restore two other MiMo motels she has purchased — the Royal, a block north of the Vagabond, which she will turn into an annex to the iconic motel; and the Stephens, at 6320 Biscayne, where she will bring in a national retailer. Jain also has contracts to buy two more boulevard motels, she said.
The city's use of TDRs in the MiMo historic district, which runs along both sides of the boulevard from 50th Street to 77th Street, has not been entirely uncontroversial.
At the insistence of some neighbors and City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, who represents the area, the city imposed a 35-foot height limit on both sides of the boulevard. That raised strenuous objections from preservationists and property owners, who say the restriction has stalled redevelopment of the district by making it nearly impossible to expand smaller, outmoded buildings to make them viable again.
Preservationist Nancy Liebman, co-founder of the MiMo Biscayne Association, argues the city is unwisely allowing the use of TDRs by owners of vacant and non-historic buildings inside the district to, in effect, compensate their owners for the loss of property rights arising from the height restriction. As a consequence, she said, those are being replaced by bland, one- or two-story new commercial buildings that do little to complement the historic buildings in the district.
"They're using the TDRs to stop people from filing lawsuits because their property rights are being taken away,'' said Liebman, a pioneering Art Deco District preservationist who favors lifting height limits on the Boulevard to 50 feet, a scale she contends will allow the mix of uses that revived South Beach. "That's not what TDRs are supposed to be for. It is just creating those one-story buildings that add nothing to the character of the neighborhood. It doesn't give you the infill that creates a destination.''
Sarnoff insisted the TDRs are working as designed.
"You're putting the urban density where it belongs downtown, and you're keeping a street at the scale at which it was designed years ago,'' he said. "The proof is in the pudding.''
Still, Liebman heartily applauds Jain's use of TDRs to salvage historic buildings.
"She is the Tony Goldman of the boulevard,'' Liebman said, referring to the late preservationist and developer who helped turn around South Beach and Wynwood. "She got it. She is the best thing that's happened here so far. We need more [like] her.''
The historic district was the city's first in a commercial area when it was established in 2006. The hope was it would spur redevelopment around its set of 1950s motels, which grafted bright neon signs and space-age detailing on simple, Bauhaus-inspired Modernist boxes to lure middle-class visitors traveling to Miami by car with their families.
While numerous shops and restaurants have opened along the district to cater to the gentrifying neighborhoods flanking both sides of the boulevard, only a small handful of motels have been renovated, including the New Yorker and another re-baptized Bianco. But those have proven so successful in drawing economy-minded European tourists that they're often fully booked.
That prompted Jain, who has redeveloped other urban commercial and residential properties in Manhattan and Miami and is a partner in the Regalia luxury residential tower now nearing completion in Sunny Isles Beach, to take a hard look at the Vagabond.
The motel — designed by Robert Swartburg, architect of the famed Delano in South Beach — had been gutted by a former owner who gamely tried to restore it, saving many of its original details and finishes, including terrazzo floors and Dade County pine ceilings, before losing it to foreclosure in the crash.
She decided to take the chance after her Greenberg team persuaded her they could make the TDRs work. Because banks were not making project loans, Jain said, she raised money up front from friends and family.
Now she's scrambling to get the Vagabond sufficiently ready for an opening Tiki Party poolside during Art Basel Miami Beach week. Work is more advanced than it seems from the outside, she said. New electrical and plumbing systems have been installed, and windows and wallboards are going in this week.
Eventually, the motel's former office will be a casual seafood diner, and Jain hopes the Vagabond will become a gathering place for the neighborhood. For her plans to fully bear fruit, however, will require other developers to follow suit by purchasing and renovating historic motels.
That may yet happen. Greenberg's Dougherty and Iris Escarra say other developers interested in using TDRs have approached them. and other deals are hatching.
TDRs, Sarnoff said, are "selling like hotcakes.''


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compared with only 47 percent of respondents from companies with less than $100 million in revenues. This may
indicate that small companies still have a hard time justifying the software's expense.
Next on the list of most widely used applications was
enterprise resource planning (ERP) software—again no
surprise given that most organizations use ERP programs
as the system of record for financial transactions. Tied
for third place were transportation management software
(TMS) and business analytics solutions. (For the full list,
see Exhibit 1.)
The study also found that different types of businesses
favored different types of software. For example, manufacturers were the top users of WMS and warehouse control
systems (WCS) as well as control towers and solutions
for demand planning, supply planning, and analytics.
Companies in the wholesale distribution sector were the
primary users of inventory optimization software, while
third-party logistics service providers (3PLs) were the
biggest users of TMS and yard management software.
Interestingly, labor management software usage was evenly
split among manufacturers, retailers, and 3PLs, indicating
that all three groups are seeking to optimize DC work force
performance. Finally, in a bit of a surprise, slightly more
manufacturers than retailers said they had deployed distributed order management systems (DOMs). DOMs, which
are designed to help users determine the optimal location
from which to fill a particular order (i.e., from store inventory vs. DC stock), are generally regarded as a tool to be
used by retailers engaged in omnichannel commerce.
Asked about their recent software purchasing activity, 23
percent of survey takers said their company had invested in
software in the past year. As for which applications they had
bought, WMS again came in first, accounting for 21 percent of new purchases. TMS came in second ( 10 percent),
followed by business analytics ( 9 percent).
Since a software purchase can run into the thousands of
dollars, it's hardly surprising that companies would be
looking for a quick payback on their investment. But what
constitutes a quick payback? As the survey made clear,
expectations vary all over the map. At one end of the
spectrum were companies that expected payback within
three months ( 5 percent); at the other were businesses
that expected payback within three years ( 24 percent). The
remainder expected a return in one year ( 31 percent), two
years ( 28 percent), or six months ( 12 percent).
In regard to actual payback, many respondents expresseddisappointment with their software implementations. Only48 percent reported that they had realized the expectedpayback from a software investment, while 18 percent saidthey had not. Another 34 percent were uncertain as towhether the software had met the company's expectationsfor return on investment (ROI).As for the reasons behind the disappointment, onecommon complaint was that the vendor had oversold thesoftware's potential for improving performance. Wrote onereader about a WMS deployment: "Support and mainte-nance continued to bleed cash as the products overpromisedand underperformed." Another reader reported that a WMSdeployment had resulted in "cost overruns, project delays,a large number of defects, and overall poor performance."Yet another complained that "too many modifications wereneeded, which all were à la carte and cost extra $$."One option for companies looking to minimize softwareimplementation costs is to take the cloud-based route—amodel in which the application is hosted by the vendor (ora third party) on an off-site server and delivered via theInternet. Among other advantages, this allows the user toavoid a hefty upfront capital outlay for software licenses aswell as ongoing expenses for upgrades and maintenance.Plus, the user can configure the cloud application to itsbusiness needs instead of having to pay a programmer forcustom coding.And in fact, one-third of the survey respondents have
Warehouse management 57%
Enterprise resource planning 52%
Transportation management 41%
Business analytics 41%
Order management 35%
Demand planning 30%
Inventory optimization 24%
Labor/workforce management 23%
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Supply chain planning 21%
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There are a lot of things grad school will never prepare you for. One of those things is drafting an email to parents with the subject line "I'm sorry I turned your child green and gave him or her a mustache."
Our day started with an exchange of Valentines. Temporary tattoos are very popular. Cute animals, peace signs, superheroes… and mustaches. After reminding them that these things stay on for at least a day, I let them go wild. It was hilarious! Picture a group of 24 little kids wearing pretty realistic looking mustaches. I did consider what their parents would think, but in the long run I figured it was fine.
On to the next activity! After reading Dr. Suess' Bartholomew and the Oobleck earlier in the week, we had fun with our own oobleck- cornstarch, water, and green food coloring. If you never had the chance to play with this, I feel sorry for you. Your childhood was seriously lacking, and you should go to the store immediately and buy cornstarch. The result is a gooey, amazing semi-solid liquid that you can have a lot of fun with! After the kids had been playing with it for a few minutes, I noticed something- Their hands were green. I had apparently added wayyyyy too much food coloring. They looked like the ninja turtles. But with mustaches!
I wasn't too worried about sending them home with mustaches, but with mustaches AND bright green hands? Bright green arms, even, on the kids who had really dug in. I couldn't look at them without laughing.
When we all trooped off to lunch, the reactions from the other kids were priceless. Mustached heads held high, my kids ate their lunches with all the dignity a turtle with facial hair can muster. They loved it.
One of my former students stopped me and asked, "What did you do to your students?" "Me?" I asked indignantly. "Why is it my fault?" He raised his eyebrows. "They're green and they have mustaches." "So?" I asked. "Maybe they did it without me knowing." "Aren't you supposed to be in charge?" He asked. "You're just jealous I never turned you green." I told him. He nodded. "I am, actually."
Two of my students have parents who work in the school. I stopped one of them in the staff room. "In a purely hypothetical way, what would your reaction be if your son came home with green arms and a mustache?" She shrugged. "Typical Friday." Now I just cross my fingers the rest of the parents feel that way.


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Established in 2007, Amorgos Diving Center is the only PADI five Star Diving resort on Amorgos. For example, in the UK the Fantastic Britain Diving Federation was formed in 1992 with the intention of taking more than the governance of Diving from the ASA ( Amateur Swimming Association ). Although it initially received widespread support from the diving neighborhood, the FINA requirement that international competitors had to be registered with their National Governing Body was a important aspect in the abandonment of this ambition a handful of years later.
As the name implies, Diving Cairns specialise in scuba diving on the Wonderful Barrier Reef so regardless of whether you want to find out to dive , do an introductory dive , enrol for Advanced Diver Training , go diving or snorkeling on a day diving trip from Cairns or Port Douglas, or do a liveaboard dive adventure to the Ribbon Reefs, we can aid you locate the correct dive trip or diving course to suit your wants.
Masters' Diving events are generally conducted in age-groups separated by 5 or ten years, and attract competitors of a wide range of ages and knowledge (lots of, certainly, are newcomers to the sport) the oldest competitor in a Masters' Diving Championship was Viola Krahn, who at the age of 101 was the initial individual in any sport, male or female, anywhere in the world, to compete in an age-group of one hundred+ years in a nationally organized competitors.
Unless the maximum depth of the water is known, and is very shallow, a diver must monitor the depth and duration of a dive to stay away from decompression sickness Traditionally this was done by applying a depth gauge and a diving watch, but electronic dive computer systems are now in basic use, as they are programmed to do real-time modelling of decompression requirements for the dive, and automatically let for surface interval.
We provide a individual service and a enjoyable atmosphere which enables you to get the most from your St Kitts scuba diving practical experience. There are quite a few sorts of diving courses and activities provided by locally licensed diving schools. We specially advise that you develop into a PADI Dry Suit Diver ahead of doing 1 of our dive tours. Certified diving at the edge of Australia's continental shelf is merely spectacular.


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a clever little egg
Ok this is an official
Miss S is in the middle of year 11
and she is studying
both textiles and art
this is the work she created for her first year 11 art assessment
they had to do an art work
that depicted the influences of society on the individual
it was amazing watching this work grow
i just wish it hadn't been created in the middle of my lounge room
apparently though she needed foxtel to inspire her......lol
and i have to say there is no visible evidence of her painting
in the room
although when i got home from work one evening there was
ALOT of evidence of painting on her
it was everywhere
this is one part of a three part assessment,
they had to work with three different mediums
so she did a photoshop image
and an ink image
and this painting
unfortunately i did nt get a chance to photograph the other two items
i am pretty proud of her
i think it is a really great image
this is the artwork that didn't make it into the assessment
she rejected this
the hair was totally created using phrases that she felt influenced her as individual
i just love the eye
so detailed and amazing
as you can tell i am pretty proud of her
. . . . thats enough bragging for now . . . .
i hope your hands are working on a project that you love


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During the weekend my hubby and I went to a friends birthday party, well actually two b-day parties. This is just my party look, what I was wearing to one of them, I'll post (soon I hope) photos of the second party look too.
I love this turtleneck, especially the color, it's so vibrant, and it's on trend right now - radiant orchid trend ;) I pared it with my snake print mini skirt. Since it was late and cold I wore opaque black tights and over the knee boots. And a black coat too, just not on the photo (I forgot). My hubby took these photos from some really weird angles don't you think, ha ha. Oh well, you get the picture of my OOTD!
Turtleneck: Bershka
Skirt: New Yorker
Boots: No brand
P.S. As some of you might noticed I look really tiered in these photos, that's because I was, I only slept for 3 hours that night (and that's a long story).
I linked up this week with http://livingincolorstyle.blogspot.com/


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Cytoprotective and supportive care agents:
Indications for ETHYOL:
To reduce cumulative renal toxicity associated with repeated administration of cisplatin in patients with advanced ovarian cancer. To reduce xerostomia in patients undergoing post-op radiation therapy for head and neck cancer where the radiation port includes a substantial portion of the parotid glands.
Pretreat with antiemetics. Reduction of renal toxicity: 910mg/m2 by IV infusion over 15 minutes once daily, starting 30 minutes before chemotherapy; monitor BP every 5 minutes during infusion and thereafter, interrupt infusion if systolic BP decreases significantly; if BP returns to normal after 5 minutes, may restart; if full dose cannot be given, then give dose of 740mg/m2 for subsequent cycles. Xerostomia: 200mg/m2 by IV infusion over 3 minutes once daily, starting 15–30 minutes before standard fraction radiation therapy; monitor BP before and immediately after infusion.
Not established.
Do not use for other malignancies in which chemotherapy can produce a significant survival benefit or in patients receiving definitive radiotherapy (except in a clinical trial). Not recommended for hypotensive or dehydrated patients. Stop BP medication 24 hours before therapy when using as a chemoprotectant (do not give to patients unable to stop antihypertensives). Monitor prior to, during and after therapy; discontinue if severe cutaneous reactions, mucosal lesions, or allergic reactions occur. Ensure adequate hydration. Keep patient in supine position. Hypocalcemia risk (eg, nephrotic syndrome, multiple doses of Ethyol); monitor serum calcium. Cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease (ischemic heart disease, arrhythmias, CHF, stroke or TIA). Elderly. Pregnancy. Nursing mothers: not recommended.
Caution with drugs that can cause hypotension.
Adverse Reactions:
Hypotension, hypersensitivity, nausea, vomiting, flushing, chills, malaise, fever, rash, dizziness, somnolence, hiccups, sneezing, diplopia, blurred vision, inj site reactions; rarely: severe skin reactions (eg, erythema multiforme, SJS, TEN, DRESS), reversible loss of consciousness, hypocalcemia, respiratory and cardiac arrest, renal failure, arrythmias, hypertension, seizures, syncope.
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Food Sensitivity 101
For more articles on food sensitivities and food allergies, check out: Food Allergies and How to Deal, The Top 7 Sweetest Gluten Free Recipes, How to Beat Wheat, How to Get Calcium without Drinking Milk, 7 Foods to Fight Allergies, Sugar Intolerance May Cause Digestive Symptoms, What is Celiac Disease?, Your Top 7 Digestive Questions Answered!
In his book, "The Chemistry of Joy," Henry Emmons, MD, describes four food types that are the most likely sources of trouble in a food sensitive person. These food intolerances are dairy, wheat, nightshade vegetables and corn. Unfortunately, each of these, especially corn and wheat, are hard to stay away from in a country where most food goes through some sort of processing. Luckily, Recipe4Living is here to help! After each category check out the tasty dairy free, wheat free, nightshade free, or corn free recipes that are healthy and safe to eat while you diet!
Dairy: The most well known intolerance associated with dairy products is lactose intolerance. Lactose is a sugar in milk that needs to be broken down into simpler sugars to be digested properly. According to the Mayo Clinic, however, the two major protein groups found in dairy products, whey protein and casein, may also contribute to chronic digestive disorders. Casein is present in cheese and yogurt. When eliminating whey protein from your diet, avoid milk, cream, butter and ice cream.
Whey and Casein free recipes:
Goat Cheese Stuffed Turkey Burgers
Goat Cheese with Pecans, Cranberries and Basil
Sweet Berry Goat Cheese Bruschetta
Wheat: Most breads, pastas, flour and baked goods, and the wheat substances durum, semolina and farina. Just remember that wheat sensitivity is not the same as gluten intolerance! Foods that are wheat-free, but not necessarily gluten free include rye, spelt and barley.
Wheat-free recipes:
Nightshade Vegetables: White potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and eggplant.
Nightshade veggie-free recipes:
Baked Salmon with Dill Garlic Beurre Blanc
Summertime Delight Watermelon Sorbet
Corn: Corn chips, corn tortillas, popcorn, corn oil and corn syrup. The sweeteners Splenda, sucralose, sorbitol and xanthan gum are all made from corn, too.
Corn-free recipes:
Don't be discouraged by this list! Focus on the foods that are safe to eat and think of this as a chance to expand your cooking experiences! Keep these final tips in mind to keep your spirits up. Eat small meals or snacks every three to four hours to avoid food cravings. While you may be irritable or experience headaches due to withdrawal from the foods you crave, stick to the diet and you should improve in a few days. Carry a journal or notepad with you to note down how you feel from day to day, your symptoms or lack of symptoms, and how your sleep and energy levels have changed.
Have you wrestled with a food intolerance or sensitivity? Let us know your thoughts and any tips of your own in the comments!


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Descend deeper into the mystery surrounding a chain of beautiful, but perilous islands in Marooned 2: Secrets of the Akoni! In Marooned, Macy discovers her presence on the island is not by coincidence, but by a startling betrayal. Her only escape lies in solving the mysteries around an ancient people called the Akoni. The escape is short-lived and the stakes are even higher however, as Macy now comes face-to-face with her betrayer. Join the adventure and help Macy survive in Marooned 2: The Secrets of the Akoni!
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I've mentioned in the past that I love myWriteClub with a passion. The ability to set goals using a range of units of measure, to track progress, and cheer other people on all work for me – there is little I love more than seeing the deadline approach, seeing my little line go up and (preferably) getting that glee from being ahead of where I need to be – or conversely, that surge of motivation to work harder if I have slipped behind. It's good motivation for me and I'm a firm believer in doing what works.
I also love word sprints, though at times I get distracted, what with kids and all.
Well, myWriteClub has solved that. Last night a friend sent me a link to MWC's new sprint page and I was full of "OH MY GOD!". I've used Write or Die in the past and enjoyed the frenetic pace, and I really enjoyed writing in OmmWriter historically as well. MWC has managed to come up with something that ticks both of those boxes for me – A TIMER, and a nice, clean, simple page to write in. What's even better is that my friends can be in the sprint as well and I can watch their word count bars go up!!! I ducked in earlier to grab a screen shot for you, and saw someone who'd been diligently writing away. He demonstrates the awesome shiny that is the gold star you receive when you hit 1000 words, and the regular stars you gain for each 100 words you write.
While it's still in beta, it's certainly hitting the spot for me. There are some tweaks I hope we see in the future, but Andrew is super responsive and hopped into the sprint last night to chat with us about it – yet another thing I love about this site.
If timers and sprinting work for you, then you should totally check it out. Sprints start on the hour and the half hour, run for 25 mins and have a 5 minute window in between so you can pop into the chat window and encourage each other. I was feeling super flat yesterday, had struggled to write a mere 458 words over the whole day. Seriously it was like pulling teeth. But then I decided to test out the sprint function. Well. I started, and before I knew it, 25 minutes was up and I had a massive total of 1148 words or something. I couldn't believe it.


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Christian Dior crystal necklace and earring set, amber and blue stones and beads, 2-strand necklace, diamond-shaped earrings, c. 1960s, $250.
Mary Hartline doll, heart on dress, plastic, blue sleep eyes, closed mouth, red dress with name and musical notes, Ideal, 15 inches, $330.
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World Series ticket, Game 3, Yankee Stadium, 1938, 23/4 x 7 inches, $940.
American Watch Co. 18-karat yellow-gold hunting-case pocket watch, monogrammed, c. 1877, $615.
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American Renaissance Revival burl walnut center table, rounded ends, turned pendants, trestle supports, stylized foliage and urns, c. 1875-1880, 30 x 55 x 31 inches, $1,610.
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Plum Pudding Cookies
125g butter
3 tablespoons treacle
2 tablespoons water
1/2 teaspoon bicarb soda
1 cup raw sugar
1 egg
1 cup plain flour
1 cup SR flour
2 cups mixed fruit
1 teaspoon mixed spice
Put butter, water and treacle in a large saucepan and put on low heat to melt.
Add sugar, and bicarb soda and mix well
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Outside of a Van de Graaff there aren't many things in life that can give you a free perm - but today my hair was given a truly worthy curly wurly with the news that David Pountney will be WNO's new Chief Executive and Artistic Director. Currently the Intendant at the Bregenzer Festival Pountney will take up his position with WNO in September of this year, combining both roles until he steps down from his Bregenzer role in 2013.
Having worked with Scottish Opera and English National Opera he is no stranger to the opera scene in the UK and his vast experiences abroad with the likes of Zurich, Vienna and Bavarian State Opera promises much excitement for WNO's future. He'll be working closely with Music Director Lothar Koenigs and they should be quite familiar with each other given that Koenigs has conducted at the Bregenzer festival, so the Poutney directed Lulu in the spring of 2013 promises to be an exciting production.
Speaking about the appointment the Chairman of WNO, Geraint Talfan Davies, had this to say...
"We are truly delighted to have found someone of David Pountney's experience and stature to lead WNO for the next five years. With his substantial track record for innovation and excellence, he will reinforce the international standards and the sense of artistic ambition on which the company's reputation has been built..."
The man himself had this to say...
"I am really thrilled to have the chance to return to lead a company that has long been very close and important to me - a national and international company that has enormous potential to be a powerful creative force on the European opera stage. That potential stems from its secure base in Wales, from which it derives its deeply grounded musical tradition. I particularly look forward to nurturing that tradition alongside my friend and colleague, music director, Lothar Koenigs."
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Guardianship cases involve at least one individual seeking a court order establishing legal responsibility for an incapacitated adult or a minor (child). If your case will involve a child, please read this first to determine whether you should file for third party custody or petition for a guardianship.
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Food Allergies and the Aware Parent
Food allergies are quite common; in North America over 2 million children and an estimated 12 million adults are allergic to one food item or another. It could be that you or your children are among them. What are Food Allergies? Food allergies occur when the immune system over reacts to a food that theRead more →


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This might be the best Carpool Karaoke of all time.
James Corden, the host of The Late Late Show on CBS has been doing an online series called Carpool Karaoke for a good while now and has had some highly touted guests on the series, but Cardi-B might have just taken the cake.
From the classic mini-concerts in the car to the back and forth banter, these never cease to entertain any viewer.
In Cardi's episode, James gives her a driving lesson and performs for some, well, mature audiences.
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Cardi B Carpool Karaoke
Cardi B hops in the car with James Corden for a Carpool Karaoke through Los Angeles singing her biggest songs, discussing growing up in the Bronx and the subtle art of ASMR. And James encourages Cardi to get behind the wheel and give driving a chance, which he learns she doesn't really do for good reason.
I may be biased but Cardi is just plain superstar material and I hope she sticks around for a while.
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Words I uttered to my mother when I was watching Chicago Fire. Let me explain, for anyone unfamiliar with the hit US TV series, Chicago Fire details the personal and professional lives of the firemen and women of Firehouse 51. Starring as Lt Matt Casey is Jesse Spencer who, for many years appeared in Neighbours, the Australian soap opera much beloved by my mum. It was Spencer whom I was referring to when asking her if she remembered him, telling her he played Karl and Susan Kennedy's son Billy, but she drew a blank to my amazement.
How could she forget someone she watched on TV in a daily basis for years?
Surprised and determined to jog her memory, I then went on to Google to find pictures of him in his Neighbours heyday and, in doing so, came across one of his co-stars from that time - Brooke Satchwell.
And I suddenly felt less bewildered by my mum's lapse of memory, as I had completely forgotten Brooke Satchwell who had appeared in Neighbours for four years from 1996 to 2000 as Anne Wilkinson, Billy Kennedy's girlfriend - who I had a massive crush on!
Neighbours captivated British viewers when it arrived on BBC1 in 1986. It was broadcast twice daily, once after the 1pm news, but more crucially again at 5:35pm after Children's BBC, where it captured the attention of kids such as myself. Fast forward ten years and the teenage me knew the show was utter cobblers, but it had become habitual viewing and it cannily kept my attention with a series of attractive young actresses often dressed in just a bikini - Brooke certainly fell into that category; she was adorably cute, busty yet slim and very often placed in swimwear as a host of galleries on the net will testify, of which this is just one example
She also looked pretty sweet in her school uniform, had a delightful toothy smile, and often drew comparisons to a certain teenybopper of the time called Billie (what happened to her? hehe)
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Meghalaya seems to have become the new go-to destination for B-Town.
ROCK ON!! 2, releasing this week, has been shot in Meghalaya, and the love for this place was clearly seen through every cast member's interactions – be it Farhan Akhtar, Shraddha Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Shashank Arora or even Ritesh Sidhwani, all simply loved this place!
And the latest one who seems to be smitten by Meghalaya is none other than superstar Aamir Khan!
Yes! Aamir ringed in his wifey Kiran Rao's birthday in Meghalaya, and even called it beautiful on a micro-blogging site.
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An opening taster to the sound Dirty Vibes have. With the playful riffs and the refreshement of such striking female
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Don't Listen to the Hypocrite
"Don't Listen to the Hypocrite", something we all tell ourselves right? After some reading, this song is about drugs. My favourite part of the song being the chorus, "As I swore that I'd keep away, I've become the new hypocrite of the day. Who am I to preach what to be, when even I wouldn't listen to me". The vocalist herself considers it one of her best works, and what I like about this song, is that lyrically it is very clever; the song has a kick to it and adds a different perspective on such a topic.
Black Habit
Possibly my favourite track? There is a "sexy" vibe to the whole song, vocals, guitar, bass, drums, the lot. The way they come together drew me in right from the start. For me, this is probably one of the best works I have heard Dirty Vibes produce. Simply fallen in love. Fact.
Lucy Fur
This song reminds me why I love female vocalists. The likes of Janet Gardner, Ann Wilson and Lita Ford spring to mind. A sex appeal matched by no other. Kt-Jo's alluring "Did you get what you want?" drew me in, and if I didn't have a camera in my hands at gigs, this song would definately get me moving, as the guitar riffs and bass notes are beautifully combined with the drum beat that holds it all together.
In Nirvana
A different style of song now, but equally compelling. I have noticed that more often than not bands have that one "ballad", so to speak. Not that it was a bad choice. This song is familiar to me, perhaps a Courtney Love track? The solo about 2minutes into the track is wonderful, and [like Wires Faulty and Shatterpoint, shall we say] there is no reason why new talent shouldn't be able to express their "other side".
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House Feylyn is the eldest of the Great Houses of Magic. The wizards of Feylyn channel the power of Wyvic, the root of the World Tree associated with the natural order. It is often referred to as 'the Root of Balance'.
Wyvic is strongest in places where green things grow and life is abundant, and the root absorbs a portion of this immense life energy, transferring it to the Wizards of Feylyn. With such power at their command, few things are beyond the masters of House Feylyn. They can re-knit even the most grievous wounds, commune with nature to a point where they may shape or command it - even calling upon wild beasts for support. It is rumoured that they may also be able to use Wyvic to take new forms at will, drawing on the power of the wild to transform themselves into fierce creatures. None have witnessed this, however, and lived to confirm such conjecture, so it remains a guessed-at whisper for now.
The symbiotic relationship between man and beast forms one of the central pillars of House Feylyn's belief structure, and many wizards of the House are attended by animal familiars to honour this bond. The first wizard that will be released from House Feylyn: Mother Yulia - the Bride of the Moon, is just such a Wizard. Accompanied by her loyal friend, Vushka the Grizzly Bear, Mother Yulia is a potent Wizard that has been in the service of House Feylyn for over fifty years.
Few adversaries can stand against the bestial onslaught of Vuskha and the magical assault of Mother Yulia for long; such is their combined fury. She has personally bested over thirty Wizards in the great arena of Magic at Tovenhal, a record that few can match and none yet exceed.
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House Durant was founded by a council of honourable Wizards preoccupied with the protection and safety of their fellow man. Durant wizards channel what they call the 'Root of Protection', also known as Aknihr. It has drunk deeply of the strength of the soil, even unto the core of the world, and has an affinity for stone and minerals.
Durant Wizards know few equals in matters of defensive magic. They can surround themselves in shields of near invulnerability, and imbue true-forged battle gear with the power to deflect blows, blind enemies with dazzling light, or befuddle aggressive encroachment. This is not to say they are lacking in offence however, for a Wizard that can call upon Aknihr has the power of the very earth to drawn upon. Durant masters have been known to shatter steel with their bare hands or to cleave citadel gates in twain but with a single blow – such is their overwhelming might.
The Wizards of House Durant see themselves as the guardians of the common folk, and as such commit their lives to the service and protection of the Mellorian people. One such Wizard is the first to be released from House Durant, Luther Draxos – The High Warden of Tpvar. It was Luther who single-handedly defeated the Demon Ornias and broke the back of the Diabolist insurrection in G'Barr. Alas, the corruption of the dark one's touch claimed the flesh of his right arm, and a great deal of the Durant Master's power.
Many Wizards would have been felled by such tragedy, but the will of Luthor Draxos could not be quelled. In recognition of his mighty service to mankind, he was gifted a new arm of pure energy by the Masters of House Travium. Taking up his Warhammer once more, Luther has taken command of the Fortress of Tpvar, where he trains the Durant orders in warfare and tactics. Though his power is now unquestionably lessened, his skill with defensive magic remains undiminished, and it is his strength alone that shields the brave soldiers of Durant from the terrors of the northern mountains.
House Acedia is unlike any of the other great Houses of Magic. It is, in actuality, merely a front for a cabal of Mellorian citizens whose desire is no less than the extermination of nine-tenths of their race. They fight not for the glory of their House but to undermine and destroy the society that has raised them. They are a nest of vipers, hiding behind a façade of piety.
Wizards of House Acedia draw power from the root of the World Tree named Kanekos – sometimes called the 'Root of suggestion'. They weave this power into their spells to great effect: inspiring an ally to acts of bravery or making a foe question his very reasons for opposing House Acedia. The power of suggestion is akin to drops of water that over time build into an ocean; eventually it cannot be resisted, and one has no power but to comply.
Deception plays a key theme in the mind of Acedians. What is seen and what lies hidden behind plays out again and again in their actions, their magic, and even there very thoughts. The first Wizard to be released from House Acedia, Friar Sarpeth – the Voice of Dark Wisdom, embodies this dichotomy like no other. Sarpeth is a giant of a man, yet is renowned through the world for gentleness and humility rather than strength. The people flock to his sermons and hang upon his every word, giving him far more credence than their supposed masters.
Yet this is little more than a carefully cultivated act. Sarpeth is a powerful Wizard and all those that look upon him are affected by his magic. Where they see a gentle soul, a cruel tyrant hides behind his fair-seeming guise. Sarpeth calls people to him with promises of a better world; yet he wants nothing more than to bring the oblivion of death to all of them. He judges that only the strong shall survive the day of reaping, and when he wields his flanged mace, buttressed by the magic of Kanekos, who can lay claim to be stronger than Friar Sarpeth of Acedia?
House Travium is probably the most powerful of all the great Houses of Magic. Travium Wizards call upon Ghyr, the 'Root of Power'. It is the root of the World Tree that is closest to the purest form of magic, but also the most dangerous to wield. The energy released by Ghyr can only be controlled by the most precise wizards; the slightest error in channelling this energy could mean the explosive demise of the casting Wizard.
Thankfully for the other great Houses, House Travium does not seek political gain from this advantage, nor do they often involve themselves in the dealings of the city-states.
The Wizards of House Travium do not accrue power to gain prestige, lands, or titles. They gain power for its own sake – to one day gain enough to breach the barrier between realms and to be the first to step through, into the unknown.
Subtlety is not a concern for House Travium Wizards. They believe all problems can be solved by the application of ever-increasing amounts of power. This rather straightforward mind-set is embodied in the first Wizard to be released from House Travium: Amara – the Unfettered.
Amara was sold into slavery before she could even walk. Ghyr had blessed Amara with great strength, and this was eagerly exploited by her owners, without them ever realising the source of her abilities. Amara performed the tasks of three male slaves, double her age, yet for the greed of her masters even this was not enough.
When a cruel overseer tried to take one liberty too far, a wave of rage exploded from within her; the innate magic released broke the chains of her fellow slaves and she led them in a bloody revolt, eventually escaping to the South and into the waiting arms of House Travian.
Years have passed and now Amara is a Master Wizard of the House. The limits of her powers have yet to be fully tested, but she remains unsatisfied in her heart. Amara understands deep down that she is not yet powerful enough to break every chain, everywhere. Only when she has the power to bring freedom to everyone in Mellorian, will she consider her Mastery complete.
House Myrke enjoys the greatest wealth of any of the great Houses of Magic. While their rivals sell charms, protection, or look to landholdings and donations to generate revenue, House Myrke has built up fabulous riches because they are willing to do the things that the others consider beneath the honour of Wizardry.
When a crime has been committed by someone beyond the law or when judgement has been passed and there is no one to carry out sentence, House Myrke will be called upon. This has made their name synonymous with dark acts, so they are shunned and feared by the society that needs their services so badly.
House Myrke's success is built upon the root of the World Tree named Shemk, which is also named the "Root of Fear". It draws energy from the strong negative emotions, and the Wizards of House Myrke amplify this, directing it back at a chosen target. A victim is confronted by their own worst fear made flesh; or is paralysed by the guilt of a past crime, long hidden from others. All men know fear, and thus all men are vulnerable to the magic of House Myrke.
As they are shunned by Mellorian society, most Wizards of House Myrke travel under a heavy, hooded cloak, seeking to intensify the disquiet they inspire in people. The first Wizard to be released from House Myrke, Hephescus Zantt – the Seeker of Sins, does not share this view. He believes that recognition of an approaching fear inspires the greater terror. Zantt has laboured to make sure that his gaunt visage is well known, never hiding his involvement in the grisly work of House Myrke, ensuring that his arrival is met by a wave of panicked hysteria.
Hephescus Zantt, like his House, is not an evil or vindictive man; merely pragmatic. Shemk has gifted him with a supernatural ability to determine the sins his quarry have committed, and to force them to confront their past. Few survive this trial - most taking their own lives within minutes, but they are the lucky ones. Those who try to resist his sorcery for long will invariably suffer madness from his torments, only to be left alive as a warning to others that judgement is coming.
House Qing is a conundrum to the other great Houses of Magic. It is merely five years old, yet has already been granted great House status. The rival Houses cannot determine the root of Qing's power, and their greatest minds labour ceaselessly, trying to unravel this mystery.
The truth is at once simple and yet impossible for them to comprehend. House Qing does not wield the magic of the World Tree; they source their power from a different and far more dangerous source. The Masters of Qing have struck a bargain with an ancient entity, one that offers great power but demands a costly price. The magic of House Qing allows them to subvert the power of other Wizards and add it to their own - this is why the other great Houses are so alarmed at their rise.
The masters and acolytes of House Qing are not Wizards in the true sense, each gaining their power through the 'bargain'. The first 'Wizard' to be released from House Qing: Lady Xiu Bao – the Emissary of the Jade Lord, was one of the first to make that fateful choice.
Xiu Bao's magic seems outlandish to the Wizards of the other great Houses, but it is no less potent. She wields formidable powers of domination - the ability to compel the actions of others. When her magic is bolstered by the stolen power of another Wizard, this becomes far more terrifying, for it allows her to increase the duration or the number of foes affected. The other Houses have made it a priority to attempt to capture the Lady and draw out the knowledge from her by any means necessary.
Lady Xiu Bao is aware of their intent, however, and delights in using herself as bait for overconfident enemies. The power she claims from them exhilarates her and she has become addicted to the sensation. It is the only thing that provides respite from the pain Xiu Bao suffers as part of the bargain that she struck. The loss of her right eye was bad enough, but the lump of jade that now resides in its place - the source of her power, is a constant source of agony. Such is the cost of the bargain House Qing agreed…
Although a relatively new force within Mellorian, the Diabolists have existed in countless guises within the wider world for many aeons. It is stated in most religious orthodoxy that when the world was formed the forces of creation and of entropy fought a titanic battle for dominance, only to slip into an eternal stalemate. Both sides continue to seek a final victory, but the efforts of entropy, in the guise of the Great Wyrm of Darkness, are beginning to bear rotten fruit. His mortal followers, the Diabolists, are at the forefront of these gains.
The Diabolists are a disparate and secretive group, all walks of life and all classes of people are represented in their unhallowed ranks. Lords and ladies, middling merchants, and even menial servants can be found at ritualistic bloodlettings. All share one common thought: that they alone may be raised up in their service to the Wyrm, and each person is therefore willing to commit acts of wanton destruction in order to gain this boon. The shedding of blood and the taking of life is nothing to them, for they are the truly damned.
One such benighted soul is the first Wizard to be release from the Diabolists faction: Suleiman, the Thrice-Cursed. Suleiman is perhaps the most infamous Diabolist in the whole of Mellorian, for in truth they usually take great care to avoid detection. Not so this insane disciple of the Wyrm - Suleiman revels in the terror his name and works inspire in the populace.
Many murders and acts of slaughter have been attributed to his coterie of debased lunatics, and the people of Mellorian cry out for justice. Suleiman means to continue his reign of evil until one of two events occurs: his apotheosis to demon-hood or his destruction whilst trying to attain it. He intends to spill enough blood in Mellorian that even the Great Wyrm takes notice, though even within his damaged mind, Suleiman knows that he is a long way from gaining the attention of his monstrous God.
Suleiman does not care how many throats he must cut to gain favour: all he knows is that blood must flow in the name of Darkness. He has sold his soul to many masters, and soon his marker will be called by one of them. Suleiman's only chance is to leave his mortality behind, and to earn this he must wreak havoc in the land.
The Order of Malleoch has existed for only a century, but its name is already legend throughout Mellorian. Created as a bulwark against the rising tide of darkness in the land, the finest warrior-mages, hunters, and trackers were brought together with a single purpose: to eradicate the servants of the Wyrm of Darkness wherever they were to be found. They have discharged this duty with honour and more importantly, with enthusiasm, since the day of their founding, and countless Witches, Warlocks, and Diabolists have been felled by their hand.
Wizards of the Order draw upon Vanathar, the Root of Sanctuary to power their spells. Vanathar is an offshoot of Aknir, the Root of Protection, and therefore the Order maintains close links with House Durant. Many of the greatest members of the Order began their career affiliated with Durant, so the bond between the groups is strong. Vanathar grants the power of the heavens and the earth to act as a barrier to the forces of darkness made manifest in the world. It is a power of graceful celestial bodies and places of natural stillness and tranquillity. It is anathema to the entropic force of the Wyrm and its servants and so is a potent weapon in the arsenal of the Order.
The Wizards of Malleoch are all powerful warriors and keen scholars of diabolic lore, keen to uncover any advantage, however slight, versus their great enemy. Many of them have been training since they were young, shaping their body and their mind to combat the horrors unleashed by a Diabolist cult. This is the case of Otremia Rathe, Fist of the Heavens – the first Wizard to be released from the Order of Malleoch. Otremia was raised by the Order since birth to be a living weapon against the darkness. Despite her youthful looks, few living hunters can claim more Diabolist kills than she can, for she wields a tremendous power that few can hope to rival.
Otremia is not blessed with a huge range of spells, but those she has are almost unstoppable: she can call on the power of a falling star to shatter her enemies to a bloody pulp, or to open a magical doorway between two places. Otremia has been honed into one of the greatest weapons the light can field against the forces of darkness. Some question if one woman can be enough, but those who question have clearly not met Otremia Rathe…


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By Pamela Peeters
The German philosopher Feuerbach used to say: "We are what we eat." I truly believe in that. We have created this cheaper, bigger, faster food system by supporting "the $5.99 value meal" for too long, and it has simply killed good farming practices. Almost without noticing, we traded quality for quantity. Fifty years ago, America had great farming practices. But those great farmers were forced by our changing consumption habits to start growing cheap produce and to raise cattle in faster and cheaper ways, to keep up with our demand.
About 98% of the food grown in America comes from factory farming. Only 0.5% of the US farmland is certified organic. When I say factory farming, I mean that most food has significant amounts of synthetic hormones, antibiotics, chemicals, and GMOs (genetically modified organisms) as ingredients. Those are all components that are very good at making money for some agrochemical companies, but are not good for people, or for the planet. By the way, about 95% of the products that you can find in the supermarket now have some GMO content. And to make matters worse, there is no label regulation that warns us about this presence. [Editor's note: Food labeled USDA Organic, or certified by the Non-GMO Project, cannot contain GMO ingredients.]
The Real Price of Cheap Food
We live in a country in which about 80% of the population is overweight, and almost one-third is considered obese. For the first time, babies born in America now have a shorter average life expectancy than their parents, simply because of obesity.
The link between food and health is obvious and unavoidable. We now know that if we save money on food, down the road we will have to spend way more on doctors and healthcare. We have made a dangerous trade-off, with convenience exchanged for our health. We need to help change this food system to a better one as soon as possible. In 1930, Americans spent 24.5% of their income on food; in 2004, that number went down to 9.5%.
The level of consolidation in the current food system is also unbelievable: only four companies produce 81% of the beef, 73% of sheep, 56% of pigs, and 50% of poultry in the United States. And all of this is happening through subsidies that come from our tax dollars. Not only do 33% of U.S. farms receive these subsidies, but about 70% of what they grow with this money is not used to feed people.
To continue eating without really thinking about the food we eat seems to be a very bad idea overall. We keep deteriorating our collective health, and we keep providing the wrong players with money to keep growing their businesses, at the same time blocking all kinds of needed change.
Sustainable Food Solutions
A big part of the solution is to start eating better foods. By better foods, I mean foods that are organic and locally grown. If we all start supporting good-quality food, we will be healthier, but we will be also supporting the right agricultural practices. And change will happen faster than most people think it can. We must take things into our own hands and start leading by example, because capitalism must be changed from within, through profits. Once the right farmers start making good profits through our consumption habits, most farmers will switch back to the right practices, and the pace of change will accelerate.
We should develop an understanding of the different players in the food chain and be able to support the right ones. We must differentiate food companies that care about people, and the environmental impact of their business, from the ones that want to "greenwash" us in order to sell more of the same. We are too smart to be greenwashed.
On the other hand, it has been scientifically proven that reducing our caloric intake will help us live a healthier, longer, and happier life. Let's all think before we eat, and help others to do the same, and change will immediately happen. Our health will automatically improve, and we will move toward the food system that we need: quality over quantity!
Alberto Gonzalez is leading a food revolution. As founder and CEO of GustOrganics, the world's first and only 100% certified organic restaurant and one of the greenest and most progressive restaurants on the planet, Gonzalez has been in the business of making change happen for years.
More on GustOrganics: www.gustorganics.com


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264: Choices: Part 1
|Choices: Part 1
Title text: Wait, damn, I think I spotted a new email on the last refresh.
Megan is sitting at her computer, not waiting for a particular mail, but still refreshing every few seconds. This is an illustration of boredom and pointlessness in life. But suddenly the wall in front of her is opening. She considers running for the door, but curiosity overtakes her. She enters the hole, and with that, she enters a different world. The hole appears as if it is a rip in a sheet of paper, implying that since they are drawings (which they are), this would be essentially a hole in space-time from their perspective. Most people would run away from such a thing, but Megan seems to feel that since she is currently bored (shown by the fact that she is constantly refreshing her E-mail), this is a break from her normal life, and she may not fully be realizing/acknowledging the inherent dangers of leaving her realm into an unknown universe.
This starts out a metaphoric five-part adventure that celebrates, marvels at, and reminds of human freedom. The series was released on 5 consecutive days (Monday-Friday).
All parts of "Choices":
- 264: Choices: Part 1
- 265: Choices: Part 2
- 266: Choices: Part 3
- 267: Choices: Part 4
- 268: Choices: Part 5
- [Megan sits at a desk, using a computer. Refreshes page.]
- *Refresh*
- Click
- [She sits back and looks at the monitor.]
- [Sheefreshes the page on the computer.]
- *Refresh*
- Click
- [She sits back and looks at the monitor.]
- [Megan leans forward and clicks the mouse.]
- Click
- [A hole opens up in the panel. It appears to be the torn paper of the comic itself. A light-blue, sky-like background is revealed. Megan jumps in surprise, nearly tipping over her chair.]
- [Megan stands up as the chair falls over completely.]
- [Wide view. Megan looks back at the door furtively.]
- [She begins to climb into the hole.]
- [By now, Megan is entirely inside the hole. She is closing it behind her.]
- [Only her head and arms are visible.]
- [The hole is closed, revealing a formation of ripped paper.]
- [Large frame, where Megan appears to be in space, with blue not black background. Stars dot the sky and rays of light seem to originate from a point to the right, and then traverses the frame both horizontally and vertically almost like lightning. Megan is in a bubble, floating disconnectedly. Both she and the bubble have become white, tinged against the backdrop.]
- The text "Megan is in a bubble" is from the original transcript by Randall. At all other lines in that transcript she is just "a girl".
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- Megan dreams
At the parts 1 to 4 Megan is dreaming. This becomes more clear in part 4 where the clone says: "You'll forget this trip...". So the dream should be part of the explanation.--Dgbrt (talk) 11:31, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
- Citing from part 4:
- Megan: Am I going to wake up thinking this was a dream?
- Clone: This is... think of this as after the game, outside the theatre.
- If she is dreaming, she certainly does not realize it!
- "You will forget this trip..:" does not indicate that it's a dream, does it? –St.nerol (talk) 14:24, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
- So, is Megan at our "real world" or just having a mystic dream?--Dgbrt (talk) 15:10, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
- That is a false dilemma. She enters another world, which seems to be something like the afterlife. Just because supernatural or absurd things happen, we can't draw the conclusion that some main character is dreaming! Cf. 1013: Wake Up Sheeple.
- So, is Megan at our "real world" or just having a mystic dream?--Dgbrt (talk) 15:10, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
Who else would probably do this if it happened to them? I have to admit I probably would, even though technically a hole in reality would be the most likely thing to kill me horribly ever. -Pennpenn 126.96.36.199 02:38, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
- As I learned in science class, horizontal cracks in the universe lead to Amy Pond's bedroom. In other words, yes, I'm going through the crack. 126.96.36.199 09:17, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
Surely you're more likely to be killed horribly by any of a large number of other things. 184.108.40.206 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- Not necessarily! Have you ever *seen* a hole in reality? If not, that may be because such phenomena are so destructive that any universe in which they occur is destroyed in horrendous cataclysm. It is possible that the reason we do not observe holes in reality is that such holes annihilate any universe in which they occur. In such case, it could be argued that *if* such a hole existed, it would then be more (100%) likely to kill you than any other thing (heart disease: 28%). This indirectly pertains to my phobia of being killed by a meteorite: It is perfectly reasonable to fear riding in automobiles (auto accidents are the leading cause of death for ages 18-35) & they can be avoided, therefore a strong aversion to riding in autos is reasonable, not necessarily a phobia. (Off topic: Contrast with the miniscule fraction of people killed by bullets; Yet guns are considered by many to be a more serious danger than cars. In practical terms, regulating car use would save far more lives annually than regulating guns. Why? Cars are simply more common & have an absurdly high rate of criminal misuse. If any other product were dangerously misused as frequently as automobiles, that product would face severe litigational barriers or outright prohibition.) A human being killed by meteorite is exceptionally rare (so far) but cannot reasonably be avoided; In such a case what makes the aversion an unreasonable "phobia" is not the low actual likelihood of occurrence, but the futility of practicing avoidant behavior. In the case of potential risk related to holes in reality, I would guess that they fall neatly into the "incredibly dangerous & difficult to avoid" zone of this particular Venn diagram. Much more dangerous than cheese. 126.96.36.199 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- Comments like these make me believe that we should try and get <rant></rant> tags approved in the html standard and make browsers render them as blank space unless you click on them. I could write a bigger rant in response to this, because, you know, someone is wrong on the internet. But I will restrain myself. 22.214.171.124 01:43, 17 April 2016 (UTC)


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Gertrud Kraut is a professor of mathematics and mathematics program coordinator at Southern Virginia University. Dr. Kraut joined the faculty in 2007. A native of Germany, she comes to Southern Virginia University from the University of New Hampshire where she taught mathematics, including an innovative, yearlong course of general physics integrated with calculus. She also was involved with institutional research at UNH, primarily by evaluating the mathematical preparation of first year students entering the college of engineering and physical sciences and developing placement criteria. Dr. Kraut received the outstanding teaching award at UNH and the Distinguished Service Award from the Texas Section of the Mathematical Association of America, April 2000, for the creation and direction of the Texas NExT program, the first regional program established in support of the National Project NExT program. Dr. Kraut, a numerical analyst, has worked in academia, education-related industry, and oil exploration. While working in oil exploration she had the opportunity to work in the Sichuan province in China. She and her husband, Charles, live in Lexington, Va.
B.A., San Francisco State University, 1980; M.Sc., Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, 1982, 1993
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Hi guys, Crafting here again!
In this evening, we are going to make a star lamp for Christmas. This is only one idea but you can make letters or another forms with this technique.
Is very simple to make, and it really quick. And you can use it as a Christmas decoration or for decorating your room add LED light.
You only need:
- Foam core board
- Pencil and ruler
- Paper
- Compass
- Cutter
- Awl
- LED light
Take a look at the video below and I hope you enjoy the vídeo. Please leave your comment, I want to know what do you think of this project.
See you in the next tutorial!


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Ok single ladies, this post is FOR YOU! Not all of us may have a significant other to spend this LOVEly day with, but don't fret, I got you covered. Here are some ways you can treat yourself, and dress if you want to be laid back or have a day to pamper yourself!
Comfortable and casual. Great for a day of shopping, grabbing lunch with your girls or just spending way too much money at Sephora.
shirt: Zara
blazer: Thrifted
jeans: Zara
boots: Heel boy
Photos by: Emily Kathryn Jones
It's the middle of Winter here in Canada, so get CUTE and COZY. I could watch Netflix all day in this outfit.
hat: H&M
sweater: J Crew
pants: Isabel Marant for H&M
boots: Heel Boy
Photos by: Emily Kathryn Jones
HAVE A NIGHT IN. Put on your pjs and chillllllllll out. Make some popcorn and enjoy a show on Netflix. I personally went through How I Met Your Mother way too quickly.
PAMPER YOURSELF! My idea of relaxation is a bath and a mandatory bath bomb from Lush. These are my favourites at the moment. (from left to right).
Avobath (Lemongrass scent, super nourishing)
Floating Flower (Probably the prettiest thing you've ever seen)
Space Girl ( There are sparkles. That's all you need to know)


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Top Reasons Garrett Gilbert will Succeed in his Junior Season for the Texas Longhorns (Part 2 of 3)
New Coaching Staff:
After almost completely wiping out his coaching staff, Mack Brown is locked and loaded with a whole new set of talent at the coaching position. Major Applewhite and Bryan Harsin are both experienced with developing quarterbacks. Applewhite who used to be a quarter back himself at Texas, will be in his first season as an offensive coordinator, but was recently running backs coach and knows a thing or two about QBs. Harsin on the other hand, formerly coached such talent as Kellen Moore back at Boise State, who will once again be a Heisman hopeful in 2011, thanks to Harsin's coaching and development. Also coming our way is Stacy Searels, formerly offensive line coach at Georgia and LSU. In his time at LSU and Georgia, he coached Stephen Peterman and Rimington Award winner, Ben Wilkerson, both first team All-Americans. He also coached a National Championship and an SEC Championship. I think it's safe to say Texas has quite a bit of talent coming our way to help out Garret Gilbert.


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Now published by Josef Weinberger Plays - available for performance in 2016.
Genre: Comedy
Author: Valentine, Pam
When famous crime writer Jack Cameron and his wife Susie drown in a boating accident, they are refused entry into heaven – Jack is a card-carrying atheist – so they return to haunt the country cottage where they lived. Life is dull. Their only pleasure comes from spooking the estate agent and frightening away any would-be tenants. Things change when Susie persuades Jack to allow a young couple, Simon, an aspiring crime writer, and Flic, his pregnant wife, to move in. Inevitably Susie and Jack become drawn into their lives, and whilst Simon has writer's block, Marcia, Flic's monstrous mother, is doing her best to separate them.
With no hope of success, Suzie calls up her Guardian Angel who, when she arrives, is not the angelic figure one would expect. She tells Jack he can help Simon write his book but by an unorthodox method which causes moments of utter confusion. Christmas arrives, so does a snowstorm, and so does the baby. Then comes a moment of crisis and Jack finds himself doing something that no card-carrying atheist would ever admit to. But will it help . . . ?
Cast 3 male 4 female
Length Full
Set Interior
Licence World in English
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1. The proteinaceous network that remains of the myelin sheath of axons after fixation and the removal of the fatty material; the reticular appearance is probably a fixation artifact.
2. The insoluble protein matter of brain remaining after extraction with solvents after proteolytic digestion; it is unrelated to the keratins.
Synonym(s): neurochitin
[neuro- + G. keras, horn]
neurokeratin/neu·ro·ker·a·tin/ (-ker´ah-tin) a protein network seen in histological specimens of the myelin sheath after the myelin has been removed, probably not existing in vivo.
neurokeratin(nū″rō-kĕr′ă-tĭn) [″ + keras, horn]
The type of keratin found in myelinated nerve fibers.
non-lipid component of the myelin sheath.