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Reviews Panasonic Lumix GF3 - Performance and Image Quality - Panasonic Lumix GF3 is a camera that was released in 2011 with the concept mirrorless camera that can change, change the lens and the image sensor size is pretty large four thirds (almost equivalent Digital SLR cameras in general) but the smallest size possible. visit ( smartphone tahan banting terbaik )
Body & Design
If you look at the photos, this camera looks like a plastic toy that is fragile, but after a close look and touch, the material turns the camera body is made of metal with high quality, better than most Digital SLR cameras. When held solid but not too heavy. This camera was still made in Japan, which is usually quite rare for a camera for beginners. There is a slight indentation to handle highly solidify grip when shooting. When fitted with a pancake lens / thin, the camera can be inserted into a cargo pants pocket or jacket, but could not get into slacks / jeans.
This camera is touchscreen LCD, but not the type that is as sensitive as mobile phones today. The touchscreen is used to change the camera mode, and choose the setting and the view camera display. Need to press quite strong using fingertips / nails, but if you're used not too much trouble for me. The touchscreen feature is a nice feature because the buttons have a little camera. 2013-2014 era many mirrorless cameras that do not have a touchscreen display. The screen can not be rotated sideways or upwards, the resolution included a standard that is 460 million points.
The interface and control
Aplikasi to do list android To se-compact cameras, Panasonic GF3 does not have many buttons. Some buttons are available that capture button (shutter), button iA (intelligent Auto), the video button, playback button, menu button quick / fn, control wheel to change the setting of the fourth direction can be suppressed. In the midst there is the menu button. The buttons on the control wheel, among other settings: drive mode, WB, exposure compensation, and selection Autofocus.
For me, the direct access buttons and the touchscreen is quite easy and fast to toggle the setting is important, especially Q-menu buttons can be customized to be a quick access keys such as ISO. The LCD screen can also be customized as the placement of a live histogram, grid displays / help lines. Changing the camera mode is done by tapping the touchscreen or from the menu.
One feature I like is when I use the AF area, I can touch the LCD screen to determine which areas to focus on. This makes changing the focus area is much faster compared to other mirrorless camera that is not a touchscreen, and more flexible than a Digital SLR camera because we can select the area freely even to the end of the frame. visit http://www.technphone.com/3-smartphone-tahan-banting-terbaik/
The picture quality
Panasonic GF3 has four thirds sensor with a resolution of 12 MP. This sensor technology is already circulating for a long time, from 2009-2010's era, only the results of the picture is pretty good, do not lose much from the camera larger current era. Approximately one generation is more remote than the latest micro four thirds cameras. For comparison, the picture quality was similar to a series of Nikon 1 , but it's easier to make the background blur. The picture quality of Panasonic GF3 lost one generation of Olympus EPL5 ever my review.
iSO Rrange that can be selected from ISO 160 to ISO 6400. No problems for shooting in dark conditions, but when photographing waterfalls or scorching daytime, the lowest ISO little high (160), I hope there is ISO 100 or even below 100 so that the shutter speed can be slower. Noise is pretty much up to ISO 400.
Speed cameras are generally fast, I do not need to wait when opening the lid of the camera, or change the settings. When shooting RAW format files or photographs in a row, I recommend using a memory card with high speed, minimal class 10 that do not have to wait while the camera as writing data to the memory card. free photos in succession up to 4 photos per second.
Autofocus is fast, especially for not moving photo subject. Autofocus speeds below 0.5 seconds so that tasted like instant. It feels a bit faster than a Digital SLR camera with a zoom lens kit. For continuous focus on fast-moving subjects, auto focus a little bit overwhelmed to get focused, because the camera autofocus system is not a hybrid-phase detection such as advanced mirrorless cameras like Sony's NEX A6000. ( apliaksi to do list dan reminder terbaik )


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We've all dealt with it. You are out with our husband, boyfriend, etc., and all you can notice is the abominable condition of his nails. Is that dirt and grime under his two thumb nails? Why are all the nails different lengths? How come the index finger's nail has some strange hexagonal shape to it? Yikes, all of the cuticles are cracked and look terrible!
Yes, Scary Man Nails Syndrome is a frightening thing…but, how can we fix it? Every time we offer to schedule a manicure for them, they abruptly stop the convo and say in-salon manicures are "not for men." Likewise, even after we reply that going to the nail salon doesn't impede on his masculinity, he retorts with a gruff and simple "no way!"
We can agree that all nail salons have girly atmospheres that scare men away, but does that mean there isn't a way to fix your beau's ghastly nail problems?!
Nope! You, yourself, can give him an at-home manicure so he doesn't have to leave the house and make that dreaded trip to the salon. He would be much more comfortable with you doing it, as he would see it as a way to make you happy. Likewise, he would keep his dignity and ego, and also enjoy spending the quality time with you without feeling emasculated around other people. So, how exactly can you give him that life-saving at-home manicure?
To start, make sure you have nail clippers, a nail file, a rosewood stick, cuticle remover, cuticle clippers, a buffer, hand cream, olive oil, and nail hardener. First, make sure he washes his hands and removes the dirt from under each of his nails. Then, clip each nail to your desired length and file each nail in one direction to give them shape. Do not use a "sawing" motion that would damage the nail. Once the nails are the desired shape and length, rub cuticle remover on the base of each nail and push the cuticles back towards the base with the rosewood stick. After this step, clip all the hangnails and cuticles with the cuticle clippers, taking care not to cut to deep. Then buff the entire nail, starting at the cuticle and moving forward. This will keep each nail from cracking, Afterwards, apply nail hardener to each nail, and then place quarter-sized amount of hand cream to the top of both hands. Massage each hand for five minutes, and then massage olive oil on each cuticle.
This simple, at-home manicure will rid your beau of Scary Man Nails Syndrome, guaranteed! Never again will he ask you why you keep looking down at his hands with a look of horror, and you won't lose your appetite whenever he waves his hand in the air while telling a story! Consider us your new best friend!
Yours truly,
Katie Saxton, Nail Expert and President of CustomNailSolutions
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Sunday, March 5th, 2017
Toronto, Canada: PDAC, the largest mining convention in the world, kicked off its 85th annual event in Toronto today. In response to the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada's (PDAC) call for innovative ideas to #DisruptMining, over a hundred people participated in a 'Toxic Toronto' tour of the city organized by the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network. The bus tour ended with a rally at the convention site, where statements were shared from communities around the world impacted by the companies exhibiting inside the convention. Dozens of tour participants also took the opportunity to attend PDAC wearing shirts promoting the importance of community consent near Canadian mining projects. Many were quickly ejected – or not even allowed to enter the premises. Apparently, this was not the disruption PDAC was looking for.
MISN member Kate Klein states, "PDAC promoters say that if you're not at this annual convention, it's 'out of sight, out of mind', and we believe them: communities opposing mining are definitely out of sight and entirely unrepresented. The narratives and facts represented at the PDAC convention are completely disconnected from the realities of people on the ground, which includes violence, environmental degradation, and zero respect for Indigenous sovereignty".
The controversies and issues endemic at mining projects were highlighted by simultaneous actions and statements shared from people in Ecuador and Chile, two of the country sponsors of PDAC. In Ecuador, YASunidos Cuenca, a social movement dedicated to preserving the Yasuní region of Amazonian Ecuador, held a bike ride, cultural festival, and protest coinciding with the start of PDAC to oppose their country's messaging at the convention. Community members delivered a clear statement to mining companies, holding up signs spelling out "Miners, you shall not pass!"
Jennifer Moore from MiningWatch Canada also read out a public declaration from the Latin American Observatory of Mining Conflicts and member organizations, which speaks to how communities bear the brunt of mineral extraction, as well as how they are equipping themselves with information and responding with ever greater resistance to defend their well-being and ways of life.
A third statement prepared by the Diaguita Huascoaltinos, an Indigenous community in Northern Chile that is resisting a Barrick Gold mine said "Chile is a country that unfortunately has and continues to promote events like the PDAC convention, which are focused on exploiting natural resources across nations. Their point of view is based on egocentrism and extreme extractivism that leaves nothing behind. This is presented as normal, and standard. The Huascoaltinos people struggle to survive this short-term thinking." These statements made it clear that there is international opposition to this convention.
MISN member Merle Davis says: "When people think of mining disasters they may imagine poisoned rivers or contaminated lands in remote locations. However, these mining projects, as well as their funding, originate right here in downtown Toronto."
"The Toxic Toronto bus tour highlighted the interconnections between the mining industry, the academy, government, and financial institutions and demonstrated why communities impacted by Canadian mines around the world consider Toronto 'the belly of the beast'", explains Rachel Small, one of the tour guides.
Toronto is home to 75% of the world's mining companies, and much of the world's mining capital is raised on the Toronto Stock Exchange. A study commissioned by and then leaked from the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada shows that Canadian mining companies are the worst offenders when it comes to human rights abuses and environmental degradation. An article in this week's NOW Magazine argues that the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada annual conference, which advertises itself as innovative and responsible, completely ignores the violent reality of Canadian mining.
Last year, members of the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network entered the conference to hold a vigil for those murdered in association with Canadian mining projects. After reading dozens of names, they were quickly ejected by police and security. This year's security swiftly removed people who expressed criticisms of the human rights violations committed by mining companies present at the convention.
Caren Weisbart, another Toxic Toronto tour guide, says, "It is clear that when PDAC and its sponsors put out the call for 'disrupters' they were not looking for any real disruption to the misleading narratives that they perpetuate."
Check out our report-back here on other interventions MISN carried out at PDAC this year.
A video of the rally at PDAC is available here.
A video of the bus tour is available here.
Video below by Michael Toledano of a small group of Indigenous activists and allies who unveiled a banner at the booth of Denison Mines after the Toxic Toronto Tour. Denison mines is a uranium company with a shared responsibility for the devastation of the Serpent River watershed (Anishinaabe / Ojibway territory, northern Ontario).
Indigenous Activists Disrupt PDAC2017
On the first day of PDAC's 2017 gathering, March 5, a small group of Indigenous activists and allies unveiled a banner at the booth of Denison Mines, a uranium company with a shared responsibility for the devastation of the Serpent River watershed (Anishinaabe / Ojibway territory, northern Ontario). Few in Toronto know about PDAC (Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada), the world's largest mining conference. The conference, held annually in downtown Toronto where many international miners are based, perennially paints the industry as ethical, environmentally responsible, and profitable. But mining corporations are known worldwide for human rights abuses and environmental disasters.While Denison's mining operation has now ceased, it has left behind than 60 million tonnes of radioactive tailings waste that must be monitored and isolated from the environment in perpetuity. For raising their concerns, including a lack of consent for mining on their territories, and for displaying cloth banners, the activists were escorted out of the conference by private security and Toronto police.Learn more about:Denison mines – http://miningwatch.ca/blog/2005/9/13/elliot-lake-uranium-minesToronto as an international mining capital – https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/mar/03/toronto-hidden-history-how-city-built-miningMining Injustice Solidarity Network – https://mininginjustice.org/ and on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/mininginjustice.solidarity/#PDAC2017 #DISRUPTMININGVideo by Michael Toledano. No commercial use without consent.
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There are much too many formats in photography, almost unlimited, especially when the photographer has the liberty to crop the picture he wants. This is an image made for a young, lovely and beautiful Russian model, Kate, to portrait her in a more matured, sophisticated and sensual way.
I was using a square format camera, the new Rolleiflex, or known as Hy6 to Sinar or Leaf AF-i II for Leaf. It is an interesting camera because although autofocus has been introduced to mainstream 135mm format cameras since mid 80s, and in mid 90s to medium format, it is just became available for medium square format, at 6X6, available for the still film lovers, but also an open platform for digital photography by way of attaching a digital back, while most of the current digital backs offer more or less 2:3 image ratio, depend on how you position the camera or the digital back. For this picture, I was using a revolutionary digital back, the 33 million pixels Sinar eMotion 75LV with its revolving back adapter. What's special?
The 6X6 film gate on Hy6 allows much larger working space than sensor area of the back, and with Sinar revolving adapter, you can simply rotate the digital back, rather than flipping the camera. What's more interesting? Because the viewing area on the camera allow the choice of either shooting the picture in landscape or portrait mode, it gave me the opportunity to hold back and see beyond the image capture area to decide which orientation to shoot. But can you do this with other cameras? Perhaps, but not by looking thru the viewfinder! But how important it is to have to look thru the viewfinder? To me, it is very important! And why?
Yes, many would argue that in fashion work, the classic medium format has the finder allows the photographer to control the camera while have entire visual presentation controlled by looking at the entire scene, which I don't disagree. But when you shoot at a very close distance, it will then become very difficult. Because when the photographer and camera moves closer to the model, the intimacy between the photographer and the model increases, and a good picture - at least it is to me, will be difficult to get when there are more than 2 parties involved, and in such situation, there are the model, the photographer and the camera - one too many, and one too much more! When I shoot a model in a close distance, I need to stay behind the viewfinder so the model look thru the camera and seeing the photographer so she is communicating with a photographer; in stead of a photographer is away from the viewfinder and the model will be confused to which her emotion focus on?
And the Hy6 and Sinar eMotion 75LV gave you just that! The camera allow you to hold in a position you always do, but it gave you the choice to determine which orientation to shoot, rather than separating the photographer and his camera. Portraiture is a very spontaneous photography, you can't really plan ahead of what kind of picture will come out best, it is the chemistry between the two that is the deciding factor, not the model, not the photographer. And when you get close, everything change.
Will this picture look as good as it is when I shoot it otherwise? I don't know. But, I am quite certain if I shot this picture in portrait orientation, the result will become different, probably worse. It is how you approach to the model, how do you control the model by having her looking at the camera lens as seeing the photographer's eye, there the magic chemistry between photographer and the model happens.


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I pray they are enjoyable and low stress to prepare and do with your families, as I know that makes it so much easier with little ones!
God Bless, Kate
Day 2
Luke 2:1-7
"Baby Jesus is born"
Treasure Hunt resources: Paddle pop sticks, PVA glue, nativity characters
Beginning Activity/Chat: To begin with send the children out on the treasure hunt for the paddle pop sticks first. When they have found them, open them up and spend some time building a stable together with the sticks and glue. As they make them talk about who might live inside a stable like this?
Once finished you can either send the children out to find more "treasures" (the nativity characters) or you can just have them handy to put inside the stable and even use them to act out the story.
At this point you can either go on with the bible story or continue encouraging the Super Saviour theme by singing Colin Buchanan's "Super Saviour" song again with the capes from yesterday to make it super fun!
Let's read about the day baby Jesus was born in our true story from the bible.
Beginners Bible p. 271
This true story from the bible tells us that:
1. Who was the baby born in the story? (Jesus)
2. Where was he born? (In Bethlehem in a stable. There was no room for them stay anywhere else. What an unusual place for a king to be born.)
3. Do you think baby Jesus might be the secret rescuer that Isaiah talked about yesterday? (YES!)
Isn't it incredible that our Saviour and King, Jesus, should be born in a place that was made for animals to live. No fancy palaces or comfy beds. Instead God gave the world his wonderful gift, in the quiet of the night, a baby who would grow up to rescue us by dying on the cross at Easter time for us, and then returning to heaven to prepare a place for us to be with Him one day!
Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you so much for having a rescue plan for your people! Thank you so much that it was Jesus! Thank you that he grew up to save us by dying on the cross for us, so that we could be friends with you again. Amen.
Extra Memory Verse Activity:
Some suggestions for things you could do today are:
Continue practicing the song and actions listed in yesterday's devotion.
The children could help you draw some pictures/symbols to go with the words. Then you could display it on the wall and the pictures might help them to learn it before they are able to read!
You could have fun playing a game together saying it in different and funny voices – loud, soft, crazy, high, low etc....


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text: So I've lurked these forums for quite a while, doing my homework on calibers, brands, grains, etc. I am a student in the College of Ag here at OSU, originally from Utah. Last october I bought a Glock 21. I used it through deer/elk seasons and a little hiking. I LOVE shooting it, but it was a bit heavy and kept pulling my pants down or getting in the way of my rifle slung over the shoulder. If I keep it I'll definitely get a leg harness for it. But I am thinking of trading it for a 30 or 27, or eventually one of each. I will be getting my CCW in the spring. I would like to have one for the hills and one for the streets, but on a student's budget, one gun will have to work for both for now. Does anyone have one/both (ideally both) that would let me shoot? I have felt them in the stores, but that only tells so much of the story. I will buy lunch/ammo if someone will take me out with them to let me try them before I commit to one. Thanks!


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This is one of those days I try to make simple cards but ended up taking equally same amount of time to decide what materials to be used ;)
Pattern papers adorned with a button, two gems and a lil' of glossy accent.
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My friend posted this on Facebook . . . I wish I could knit that fast, and pretty soon, my hair will be long enough to knit with. And this is why we have stashes of yarn!
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Aww! I am so touched!
So, I've been blogging for a while now, and not all of my posts have comments on them, so when someone comments, I'm happy, but imagine what I felt when I saw that Sanderella's Crochet has my blog as one of the creative spirits she admires!
Yup! Someone likes me! Yay!!
After I calmed myself down, I checked out Sanderella's work, and she's got some awesomely inspirational crochet herself. Go check her out!
Learning Knit and Crochet
Have I told you how I learned to knit and crochet? If I have, well, you're about to hear it again. We'll blame it on a mental blip.
I learned to crochet when I was five years old. I was always very proud of this fact because outside of my family, it seemed that few knew the skill, certainly none of my friends. When I was five, back in the mid-seventies, my parent made extra money by making crochet cushions and capes. They would sell the finished products to a local TG&Y, a store similar to Rite Aid. To keep me busy, my mother put a crochet hook in my hands and gave me a ball of yarn. I remember starting with chains, and eventually learning a treble crochet. I totally skipped the single and double crochet stitches.
Every winter, I'd fiddle with yarn projects, but it wasn't until I was a teenager, when I saw my aunt using two knitting needles that I actually made a garment. My aunt Gloria taught me how to knit one summer during the 80's. I remember how popular knitted tops were. She was making extra money by knitting them for her neighbors. I bought purple yarn and got to work. I wish I had a picture of that blouse, but I don't, and it's long gone.
Since then, I've knitted mostly scarves, hats, and stoles, and I've crochet blankets and hats. I've got my eye on this sweater, but I haven't started on it yet. I've got the yarn all picked out, a lovely, soft blue yarn I picked up at Stitches West a few years ago.
I'm not sure what's stopping me, but maybe this month I'll pick up the needles and give it a try.
Crochet Shawlette
Two years ago, at my first time at Stitches West, I bought two skeins of Helen Hamman 100% Superfine Alpaca in a nice deep red color. You know how being surrounded by yarn, either at your LYS or at a knitting and crochet conference makes you go a little nuts? You squeeze the skeins and maybe rub them on your cheek, and then you put them back, walk around a little only to come back and impulsively buy the yarn without having a specific project in mind? Well, that's what happened to me. I had these two skeins for two years. Every once in a while, I'd pick them up and think, "One day I'll find the perfect project for you." But I'd end up working on something that required a different type of yarn instead.
Well, back in July, I saw a Lion's Brand crochet pattern for a shawlette. I thought, "Finally! This is the project!" The shawlette itself is not full-length shawl, but it's perfect for a light spring day. You can drape it around your shoulders on a night out.
This is an easy project for a beginner, and if you have some experience with crochet, then it'll be a super fast project that you can whip up in a couple of days. A chart is included if you're a visual person. I'd recommend using a thinner yarn. If lace weight intimidates you, then a DK weight would work. The yarn I used was a superfine, not really as thin as lace weight, but thinner than DK. And because it is pure alpaca, it is warm enough that I can wear it wrapped tighter around my neck in the winter.
I got so many compliments and a few requests for it when I wore it. This project is interesting enough to make again and again yet it's simple enough that it's done within days. I recommend using it if you want to make a quick gift for someone.
Here's a picture of the shawlette as it dries. I blocked it by spraying it with a water bottle, laying flat on the floor on a clean towel. I used pins to define the edges, pulling each peak tight, then I let it dry. Once it was blocked, the shawlette has kept its shape even after I wore it several times.
You can find the pattern here.
This is my 8 year old niece's first knitting project. Those holes? They're "design elements." She started this when she was 5 and only worked on it when she came over. It took a long time but she did a good job.
Bumpy's Blankie
My friend is having her first baby after many years of heartache, and I was so excited for her that I decided to crochet his first blankie. She's nicknamed him Bumpy, so I've decided to call this Bumpy's Blankie.
Inspired by little woolie's Mixed Stitch Blanket, and using the yarn I got from Deramores, I created my own. I started with a granny stripe. I have to say that this blanket is for a little boy, but I felt the need to break up the blues and greens with the red/pinks. I think it looks good, no?
Chain 150 stitches.
1 row of dc.
1 row granny stripe. Then using the nine colors I chose, I did two rows each of the granny stripe, with the last row being all dc.
Then I flipped the blanket over, and using the second color on the starting chain, I sc loosely across the row. Cut yarn, but do not turn work. Using new color, sc across.
Notice that the sides seem to not add up, but when I counted my stitches, I had 150. This seemingly wonky side will be fixed when I block the blanket.
Next, I flipped the blanket over and did 1 row of sc, then 1 row of *dc 4, then front post double crochet. Repeat from * to the end. Repeat these two rows alternating color 3 times.
Next, I used the Wave and Chevron Stitch I found on little woolie's blog. I couldn't read the pattern instructions from the picture in her blog, but I could see the chart very well. I just followed it. Below is row 1 of the pattern.
The Wave and Chevron Stitch is bordered by a a row of sc in yellow. The next bit is something I found online also, but I didn't keep track of where I found it.
Row 1 – dc.
Row 2 – ch 4, *skip next 2 st, dc 4 in next dc, ch 1, sk next 2 st, dc, ch 1. Repeat from *
Row 3 – ch 5, *dc 4 tog, ch 2, dc. Repeat
Rows 4 and 5 – dc with different color.
Next, I echoed the preceding patterns and ended with Crochet Geek's Crochet Cluster V Stitch. I put a dc border all around the blanket.
The yarn used: Stylecraft Special DK in the following colors: aster, pomegranate, saffron, turquoise, aspen, fondant, cloud blue, meadow, and sherbet.
What do you think? Think Bumpy will like it?
Now, if only I could get myself to the post office and mail it!


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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
The Adorable Fairy Doors!
I spend at least one to two hours reading every day. When you make it a practice to read on a daily basis, a whole new world is opened up to you. The amount of information available on the internet is staggering. Casey, my daughter-in-law and partner, reads as much as I do and several weeks ago she happened to read a blog that mentioned "Fairy Doors" and we both thought it was the cutest idea! As I began researching this unusual topic, I was surprised to find how many people have added "Fairy Doors" to their homes and businesses.
I think this craze began in Ann Arbor Michigan (click on the second door on the Ann Arbor page to view sightings). Visitors and children are enthralled with hunt. Check out the "Fairy Door" Google installed in one of their conference rooms; the title on the Fairy Door is "Giggle," how appropriate! Perform a search in Google for "Fairy Doors." There is a lot of information out there (resources and blogs) regarding this subject. Judy Santoni and her girls visited Ann Arbor, click HERE to read their story. You will see that the possibilities are limitless!
If you have small children or grandchildren, this is a perfect idea to add a bit of magic to your home or business. What child wouldn't would love having a "Fairy Door" to visit? There are so many creative and imaginative things you can do with these. Start a tradition by encouraging children to clean their room, then, if they don't clean their room, the cleaning fairy comes to tidy up the room and leave a note saying she is disappointed and will visit again later hoping the room will be clean next time or maybe every night the fairy is moved to a different spot and, of course, you might mention the fairy door is only magical when they don't touch it.
You can purchase "Fairy Doors" from Enchanted Fairy Doors Shop or Monkeytail and Wellington or purchase dollhouse doors and adorn them yourself.
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Labels: Casey, Fairy Doors, Magic
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- AnonymousDecember 29, 2009 at 9:25 AM
the "enchanted" fairy doors are NOT "enchanted"...they are cursed! Well..maybe not "cursed", but they certainly carry some serious bad Karma. They are an unimaginative rip off of actual urban-fairy fairy doors.
As a side note, Google did not install the Giggle fairy door. I happened to be there the day it showed up.
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By Joe Neadley
Halifax RLFC completed an Easter double with a narrow 16-14 home win over Oldham Roughyeds.
Tries from Ben Johnston and James Saltonstall being enough to see Fax home to attain their fourth consecutive win and ending the gruelling Easter period on a high note.
Oldham hit back late on through Kieran Gill, Joe Burke and Jamal Chisholm but Fax held on regardless.
The narrow win means they drop a place in the table but remain level on points with London Broncos and in touch with Featherstone Rovers and Toulouse Olympique.
Fax started the better as they inflicted pressure on the Roughyeds early on.
Oldham survived initially before a reverse kick from Scott Murrell was chased by Johnston, who scored under the posts, a carbon copy of his effort at Bradford,
Stephen Tyrer converted and concluded the points scoring in an error-strewn first half at 6-0.
The second half saw the fatigue come into show following such a busy period.
Tempers started to flare too that resulted in a sin-bin for Liam Bent in his return to the Shay following a scuffle.
Tyrer edged Fax further ahead with his 30 metre penalty goal before Fax took control of the match with their second try.
Saltonstall finished off some slick handling orchestrated by Scott Murrell, taking him up to first position on the Kingstone Press Championship's try scoring charts this season.
Tyrer superbly slotted over his touchline conversion attempt to help Fax into a 14-0 lead.
However, life soon became much more difficult as Oldham started their fightback, albeit controversially.
A high kick from Scott Leatherbarrow was supposedly knocked on by Will Sharp despite the attentions of Scott Turner before the free play was shifted out wide to Gill, who quickly touched down to put Oldham on the score sheet.
Oldham soon added their second as Burke barged over from close range following Sam Gee's bullet pass, with Leatherbarrow's conversion reducing the deficit to just four points.
Tyrer then settled a nerve or two with his second penalty goal of the clash but Oldham refused to go away and took the match to a nail-biting finish.
Displaying their credentials to survive relegation, Oldham produced some quick handling that allowed Chisholm to race over in the corner.
However, Leatherbarrow was unable to hold his nerve as his touchline conversion attempt was wide.
Though a knock on by Sharp invited oldham for a last gasp finish close to their try line but a try saving tackle from Steve Tyrer and Ben Johnston denied Adam Clay a match winner, despite the latter looking dead certain to score!
Fax then held their nerve and closed out a tough match to end the Easter period with maximum points.
Next up is a trip to Whitehaven RLFC in the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup Fifth Round; make sure you're there as Fax aim for a historic run in the competition to crown off our 30th anniversary of our Wembley triumph!


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1. Beneath a Dying Sun
2. Made of Flesh
3. Scourge of the Bleeding Haunted
4. Into the Depths of No Return
5. Flesh Bloody Flesh
6. Forged in Blood
7. Damned in Fire
8. Demons of the Dead
9. Carnal Devourment
10. When Life Surrenders
Origin - Germany
Style - Death Metal
" 'Made Of Flesh' is Fleshcrawl's seventh album, a very nice piece of European death metal that combines the early days of the genre with the highest production standards of the new millennium "
" You can definetly draw comparisons to Dismember, Grave, and maybe even a little Bolt Thrower. The music is mostly mid-paced, groove laden old-school death metal in the same vein as these bands. The vocals remind me of kind of a cross between Corpsegrinder and Glen Benton. Mostly low growls with a few occasional high screams here and there. The guitarists perform very solidly on the record, and have a good selection of riffs on each song. They even incorporate a hint of melody here and there. The drumming is tight, with the drummer offering a good variety of drumbeats across the album "
A good solid Death Metal record is what you get here.......
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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RMT's Central Line drivers' ballot, which saw drivers at all depots at both ends of the line balloted for industrial action to win the reinstatement of sacked colleague Danny Davis, returned an absolutely thumping majority.
Easily beating the Tories' "double threshold" (a minimum 50% turnout, and a minimum 40% of all those balloted voting yes to action), the final score was 99% in favour of action on a 77% turnout.
This is a superb result and a testament to the excellent campaign reps and activists have run in the depots. The result puts us in a very strong position; with rank-and-file Aslef members committing not to cross RMT picket lines, the company knows it will have total shutdown of the Central Line on its hands if it doesn't see sense and reverse Danny's unjust sacking.
The ball is in LU's court now. Let's remember that the demand of this dispute is to get Danny back on the front of a train. The fight doesn't stop until that's achieved.


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Historic Storm was Historic Bust in NYC/
The media talk was about New York City getting as much as 3 feet of snow.
The TV Weather people said that this could be the biggest storm in New York City's history.
Records were going to be broken they claimed.
So how much snow did NYC get?
3 feet?
2 feet?
A foot?
Wrong again
The historic storm brought New York City 7 inches of snow, or as the folks in Buffalo call it, "a light dusting."
Once again, Mother Nature did not live up to the hype and you can expect the Media folks to start making excuses very soon.
Never mind.... they have already started. Funny how the media CRITIC is already starting the excuse train for the media.
The bottom line, if the media was right, they would have been crowing over and over about how they nailed the "Storm of the Millennium" or whatever they decided to call it. But, they were wrong again and the Chicken Little style of reporting will obviously have viewers looking at the next "Historic Storm" which a side eye.
The Weather folks swung and missed and they should admit as much and leave the excuses to the CNN Media Critic.
Just saying.....


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A259 Link Road one hour from London help us now
The Combe Haven valley is a unique habitat which was once the port of Hastings (pre 1066). Evidence is now being obtained from a small group of entusiasts which proves this unique valley, which is in the Parish of Crowhurst Sussex, was the site of the Norman Invasion and also the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Our group is fighting a battle with East Sussex County Council to stop the A259 Link Road cutting through one of the most important heritage sites in the land and also an invaluable enviromental reserve.
Bulldozers are already on the site digging trenches. An initial road protest is organised this weekend. Please familiarise yourself with the heritage story because this is important. 5000 Englishmen gave their blood in this valley and it should be preserved and not desecrated with a road that goes through open countryside - see the videos on our web site - see why we are fighting to save this place one hours drive from central London


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J.Crew have reinterpreted their signature contemporary suit "The Ludlow" in luxurious Italian cashmere from Vitale Barberis Canonico.
The tailored trim silhouette includes a double-vented back (introduced last year to the J. Crew suit lineup), a narrow lapel, square flaps on the pockets, a slightly shorter cut and a two-button closure.
The navy used really adds a vitality to the garment and makes the Loro Piana navy wool fabric used in the standard Ludlow suit absolutely lacklustre.
As someone who has purchased the standard navy Ludlow (and promptly returned it for the charcoal), my biggest issue is that the colour is almost indistinguishable from black except in direct sunlight (and even then it's difficult). But this is definitely not that fabric.
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My labs came back today and they were really good! My phosphorus is 3.6. It needs to be below 5...yes! I told them I was going to go home and eat some ice cream. They suggested I not do that. Dang.
I heard today that if your phosphorus is too high then certain parts of your body could turn black and fall off. Yikes! I saw pictures of toes falling off, but the nurse was talking about female and male body parts falling off. Yowzers!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Good Labs
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According to Face The Facts USA, student loan debt grew 275 percent during the last decade. This is why I "hack" library school in the community college system.
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1st essay:
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, childhood depression has been taken more seriously over the last two decades. While no single factor may explain the cause of depression in youth, a number of different theories exist. As with many types of mental illness, a combination of factors usually contributes to the cause of depression. Genetic Factors
As the prevalence of depression occurs at a higher rate for children that have family members who suffer from the disorder, a genetic component likely exists. Drs. Rita Wicks-Nelson and Allen Israel write in "Behavior Disorders of Childhood" that even though genetics play a partial role in the cause of depression, environmental factors influence its development. So while a child may carry a genetic predisposition for depression, what happens to him in life determines whether a problem with the disorder will develop. Sponsored Links
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Dr. Kenneth Merrell writes in "Helping Students Overcome Depression and Anxiety" that little research exists regarding the biological causes of depression in youth. Chemicals in the brain called neurotransmitters appear associated with the development of depression. Deficient or excessive amounts of these chemicals may cause depression in children. Additionally, imbalances in hormone levels may have a role in the development of depression in children. Family Influences
Dr. Merrell indicates that problems with a child's family contribute to an increased risk of depression. These include poor communication and conflict-resolution skills, high conflict, violence or abuse and strained family relationships. Drs. Wicks-Nelson and Israel state that children who grow up with a parent suffering from depression possess a higher risk of developing the disorder themselves. Besides the possible presence of a genetic component, the caregiver's depression may affect her ability to parent, or she may unknowingly model thoughts and behaviors associated with depression for her child, thereby increasing the child's risk for depression. Lastly, Drs. Aaron Beck and Albert Alford found in their research that parental loss likely increases the risk of the development of depression in children. Orphaned children were more likely to be depressed than children who continued to reside with biological parents. Psychological Stress and Life Events
Children exposed to traumatic events, abuse or violence have a higher risk for depression. But even when a child undergoes these stressful life events, other factors appear to determine the higher risk of depression. They include levels of social support and the child's level of resiliency. Cognitive Influences
The style of thinking a child adapts to appears to be associated with the development of depression. If a child holds a negative view of self in addition to a poor outlook on the present and future, this pattern of thinking may contribute to a decrease in self-esteem and an increase in feelings of hopelessness and helplessness. In addition, if a child views the world as a scary place in which bad things happen, she is more likely to develop and maintain problems with depression. Behavioral Influences
A number of problematic behaviors may contribute to the development of depression, including self-isolation and withdrawal, poor problem-solving skills and disengagement from fun activities. These patterns of behavior may lead to feelings of loneliness and drops in self-esteem, increasing risks for depression.
2nd essay:
Despair among the Young: Adolescent Depression and Violence
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Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Language is doing much more violence, sometimes even much more harm than the gun", said His Exc. Mgr. Edward Hiiboro Kussala, Bishop of Tombura-Yambio in South Sudan, while speaking to a United Nations sponsored Miraya FM radio. South Sudan has just embarked on a difficult path of peace and national reconciliation, after about three years of civil war, and the Bishop has appealed to political leaders to avoid "harsh and divisive language and instead develop a language that can build the Country".
Mgr. Hiiboro referred to the crisis of Wau, 650 km north-west of Juba, where in the clashes which broke out in late June at least fifty people were killed (see Fides 30/06/2016). According to the Bishop, at the root of the crisis of Wau there is a lack of dialogue, because "when dialogue is missing immediately people resort to violence and fighting".
"South Sudanese - underlines Mgr. Hiiboro - need to learn to talk. It is talking that brought us South Sudan. It is not cowardice to speak to your brother and sister and say look we have gone wrong here, how do we go about this".
Unfortunately, adds the Bishop, in the country people live in deep mutual distrust, they are afraid to talk with each other. Mgr. Hiiboro stresses that although the Church, civil society, NGOs must do their part to start national dialogue, the authorities have a duty to restore peace throughout the Country.
"We prepare people in the church, we pacify them, we need the government to step in and reinforce the messages spread by the church to pave way for a peaceful stable nation", he concluded. (L.M.) (Agenzia Fides 04/07/2016)


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Shi, L. et al. Journal of Asthma | Published online: 1 May 2017
Introduction: Given the known link between asthma and stress as well as the link between mindfulness and stress, we explore the possible association between trait mindfulness and asthma-related diagnosis and symptoms with a cross-sectional study.
Discussion: This is the first study to suggest a link between trait mindfulness and asthma. Our finding provides evidence that people with higher level of mindfulness are less likely to have had an asthma diagnosis and less likely to have the symptoms of persistent dry cough and wheezing.
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Our son is 16 years old and struggles daily with autism since age 3. I identify with my son for different reasons. I'm transgender knowing since age 4. Emily.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
My son and a new school.
For my son school has been a challenge but not from the perspective of academics as he is very bright. The challenge is social and behavioral. Ever since he was a toddler attending school he needed a pretty extensive support system to address his special needs as an autistic child with a seizure disorder. We have been trying to help our son get through these emotional challenges he encounters and find the necessary support system that will allow him to overcome them and to flourish. He needs continual encouragement and mentoring that will help him develop self confidence and a sense of self worth. He has a kind and caring side that needs to be recognized and further developed so he can shine and be known for how he really is.
All kids from time to time have tantrums and act out but it seems our son has them more frequently and this has resulted in many disruptions in his schooling experience and it has led to several suspensions through the years leading to frequent absences that have contributed to his losing out on learning, his gradual loss of self esteem and his inability to have normal socialization with his peers. We have been very concerned about the predicament they have put him in as a student without a school and felt the schools he attended were not helping him and decided to take the easy way out when they suspended him.
The last school he was attending tried to provide him an education and keep him in the classroom and the school but the meltdowns our son encountered were too much for the school to handle and they were not equipped to help him through them so they took the action of a permanent suspension which was for 5 months starting in late November 2010 around Thanksgiving break and it lasted through Spring break, April 2011 until the Easter holiday. His former school did provide a teacher to come to the house for a 2 hour lesson, 5 days a week. This was the minimum education he was receiving for that period he was out of school and it was not always consistent. During that period his former school was also working on helping place our son in a suitable school environment.
We had several meetings with his former school trying to find the right school setting for our son and the school that was highly regarded and recommended was the James E Allen Middle School and High School which is a BOCES school that caters to special needs and handicapped children. The school learned of our son's situation and they were open to admitting him where other schools were not. We were impressed with the school and the learning environment and the philosophy and we were confident that they would be able to help our son where the other schools were not so we decided to accept the school as our son's next school. We are very concerned for our son's education and we want him to feel comfortable and happy in the school he attends and we feel that James E. Allen will help him to get to that point.
His very first day of school at James E Allen was Tuesday, April 26 which he said felt like the start of a new school year. He is now adjusting to being in a new school with new teachers in a new location trying to make new friends and trying to do his best while containing his emotions. I am very sympathetic to my son for all the challenges he faces and I am trying my best to encourage him and help him to believe in himself and to find his strengths. Since he seems to enjoy math and writing I feel he should focus on doing his best in these areas as well as science, music and art. I believe in my son and know he can do well in school and deal with the social barriers most autistic children face because he has so much potential and he is deep down a wonderful young boy with a very kind and caring heart.
As a parent with hopes and dreams for their child I stand by my son with my wife and we fully expect our son to overcome his difficulties and to flourish in the right school and we are confident that James E. Allen Middle/High School will allow him such an opportunity.
Good Luck Matty, We love you and we know you will find your way and we will always be there to help you and guide you as will your teachers. Enjoy your new school!
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the goods:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup natural peanut butter
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
1 large egg, plus 1 large egg yolk
1/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
48 miniature Reese's peanut butter cups
48 pieces candy corn, for decorating
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 24-cup mini muffin pan with paper liners. In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, beat together peanut butter, butter, and brown sugar on high until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in egg and egg yolk, scraping down bowl as needed. With mixer on low, beat in flour mixture, buttermilk, and vanilla until combined.
With the large end of a melon baller, place 2 teaspoons batter into each muffin cup.
Press a peanut butter cup into each center until batter aligns with top edge of candy.
Bake until puffed and set, 10 minutes.
Immediately place a piece of candy corn on top of each cupcake; let cool completely in pan on wire rack.
Repeat with remaining batter and candy.


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Dear Ben,
My mom called to wish me Happy Birthday this morning, and she reminded me of my birthday a year ago. Yes, I remember. In detail.
A year ago I had been home for a week from a head-spinning 3-month cross-country trip to visit family and friends trying to distract myself from the typical bad luck of coming home from my mission. I was completely depressed, and left on that trip just a day after meeting you. You stayed calm and patient, though, building up a friendship and understanding of me while at my most vulnerable over the phone during those three months.
Eventually we talked on the phone every day, and had our first "real" date the day I came home-- a Monday. We went to the single's branch FHE together. Kind of boring for a first date, but it was something we both loved and wanted to do.
We celebrated my birthday on Monday a week later. After knowing me over the phone for three months, and in person for 1 week, you already knew you loved me. I thought I knew I loved you. But I believe I fell in love with you for real... or just all over again... that day.
You surprised me with a special birthday playlist on my iPod I was to discover later that day complete with some of my favorite songs (which you had to know about and take the time to download earlier), and some of yours. I love music, and believe it is a wonderful way to express your emotions. Thank you for opening yourself up to me in such an intimate way after such a short amount of time!
That night we went to FHE, as expected, where they spontaneously announced my birthday and sang. I had been home from a long trip preceded by a mission for only a week-- most of the people in that room had never even met me, yet here they were singing me happy birthday! I had never been to an FHE where they sang!
You tipped off the Activities Committee that it was my birthday, and they also surprised me with a cake-- white on white, my favorite. You even arranged to have the cake thrown in my face, reminiscent of the birthday I'd spent with my kids in Cambodia, where it is tradition to food fight with birthday cake. I'd been thinking a lot about my birthday celebrated in Cambodia that day, and was so touched-- repeatedly-- that you thought to honor that special memory.
After FHE we got a small group of wonderful new friends together for sushi at a nearby Japanese Steakhouse. We were on top of the world sitting at that sushi bar, and the person on my right offered to help you pick out the "perfect diamond engagement ring", stunned to hear that we had only been officially dating for a week.
When they sang to me at the restaurant (which you made me dance along to.. .I'll never forgive you for that!) and gave me a cupcake and took my picture, you were in the picture. You had known since July (according to my mom) that you loved me, but that night I figured it out, too, and knew we would be spending eternity together.
Thank you for all your thought, sweetness, kindness, understanding, and love on that day a year ago, for someone you barely knew and who was very vulnerable. This year we are married, and it's because of that day.
Knowing I don't like the attention of celebrating my birthday, this morning mom suggested we celebrate our "Love Day" instead. I think that sounds like a fabulous idea. Will you go to dinner with me to celebrate the day I fell in love with you?
I love you!
This is one of the songs on my birthday playlist, and describes that day perfectly!
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
New Toys
Ben discovered a new use for the vinyl-ized shower door in our hallway:
He also had some fun on Amazon.com....
Suz: "Hey look! There's a bar in the doorway!"
Ben: "Yeah. Do a pullup."
Suz: "Ok, I'm up. Now what do I do?"
Ben: "Come down."
Suz: "OKKKkkkkkk......"
Now we each do 3 pullups if we're entering that room, or just passing by it
(often... it's beside the bathroom.) Tons of fun!
And he got me a Bagel Guillotine! How awesome is that?!?!?!?!?!
I love bagels, and fun quirky things, so it was the perfect gift.
Suz: "A bagel guillotine... that is so cool!"
Ben: "Yep. This marks a new landmark in our relationship."
Suz: "What are you talking about? "
Ben: "The first time you get a kitchen tool from your husband."
Suz: "I really wish you hadn't put it that way......"
Ben: "Yep. This marks a new landmark in our relationship."
Suz: "What are you talking about? "
Ben: "The first time you get a kitchen tool from your husband."
Suz: "I really wish you hadn't put it that way......"
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Katz's Deli-- no other intro needed.
Katz's Deli in the Lower East Side of Manhattan has been known as the best deli since they opened in 1888. It has literally been dubbed "The Best Deli" by Food Network, as well as being featured on numerous Food TV shows for various reasons.
We went there Tuesday afternoon!
Oooooooooooooooooooooooh yeah, Baby.
We went there Tuesday afternoon!
Oooooooooooooooooooooooh yeah, Baby.
The classic Katz's meal: Pastrami on rye with mustard, Dr. Brown's soda (celery is surprisingly good), and pickles-- store cured both fresh and old.
OOOOooooh yeah.
Ben totally belongs here.
This place gets so much traffic that a policeman gives out tickets to each customer. They take the ticket to the long deli counter (sectioned by food type) order, and the deli counter guy writes on the ticket what it was worth. After the meal you take the tickets to the cash register and pay. EVERY person gets a ticket, and EVERY ticket gets turned back in to the original policeman to make sure they all paid.
How organized is that?!SO impressed.
So worth giving up vegetarianism for the afternoon!
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Let's hear it for NEW YORK...
Ben's latest business trip took him to Orangeburg, just outside of NYC, so I begged along. Couldn't resist! I spent my mission in Queens and Manhattan, so we flew in a day early to JFK and spent all day Monday going around my old stompin' ground!
stop1: jamaica ave
We walked for miles all around Jamaica Ave visiting the church, library, street stores,
and tracking down old members. We found tons of cars with these
anti-theft clubs on the steering wheels. Very Queens-y!
Gotta love the subway!
stop 2: flushing meadows corona park
I was so psyched to show Ben one of my favorite places in the whole world: Flushing Meadows Corona Park! Hmmm... most of my favorite places are parks... But how can you resist this one which is home to the Steel Unisphere, 1964 World's Fair, Shea Stadium, U.S. Open tennis center, and the weird spaceship statues from MIB?
Sometimes I get a little embarrassed to have my picture taken...
stop 3: graffitti park and hunter's point
An annoying subway ride away is 5 pointz, also known as Graffiti Park, an out-of-the-way alcove of building walls that are covered in professional graffiti. Yes, professional graffiti. Artists are put on a waiting list to tag these walls, their work is reviewed and painted-over if it is too bad, and all the walls are re-painted every few weeks so there is always something new. May not sound a lot like me, but this is truly one of my favorite places in Queens!
Uncanny resemblance...
I am so impressed with how life-like (or at least photo-like) graffiti can be! Check out this shading!
How AMAZING is this place?!?!?!?!?!
We went back to jamaica ave after that and went to the missionary-run FHE at their branch. I got some amazing news that their minuscule branch has grown so much that they have a satellite group watch church in another room! I used to have to bus to each member's house to personally pick them up! The ward has grown so much the space they have reserved for a new, REAL building is finally being built! I was on cloud nine.
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Funny Stuff :P
Last night while deciding on any health insurance changes for 2011:
Ben: "What is a beneficiary?"
Suz: "Me. The person who receives your life insurance policy."
Ben: "Is this much money enough for you to get over my accidental death?"
Suz: "Nothing could help me get over you. But that would be a start."
Ben: "So what do I get if you die?"
Suz: "All my clothes. Except for the ones Brett wants."
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This next video has nothing to do with anything, but it is HILARIOUS!
Ben: "What is a beneficiary?"
Suz: "Me. The person who receives your life insurance policy."
Ben: "Is this much money enough for you to get over my accidental death?"
Suz: "Nothing could help me get over you. But that would be a start."
Ben: "So what do I get if you die?"
Suz: "All my clothes. Except for the ones Brett wants."
Click here for some BS fun :)
This next video has nothing to do with anything, but it is HILARIOUS!
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Halloween O'Brien style! Part 2
Saturday we went to historic Winston-Salem, about an hour away from us. It was a great day to visit another century! Fun being Halloween weekend, It wasn't very crowded, and the sun was shining.
It was such a beautiful drive because all the trees are changing color!
Love autum!
Ben found something he enjoys...
I found something I like!
And it was goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood.
We also spent a long time at the local church's graveyard.
This particular church has a tradition of seperating their members into men, boys, women, and girls. They do this to illustrate that God sees us all as who we are, and to address the needs of each individual group.
They bury their members in the same fashion, so the graveyard is serparated into quadrants for each group.
I thought that was really sad... we found a lot of gravestones for children who had died close to birth, and they weren't buried with their families! I know what to expect for the next life, but something about that seemed so terrible to me...
I thought that was really sad... we found a lot of gravestones for children who had died close to birth, and they weren't buried with their families! I know what to expect for the next life, but something about that seemed so terrible to me...
That's just creepy.
Yes... that says 1777! How cool is it that we saw gravestones as old as our country?!?!
We got back into town just in time to decorate our car and meet some friends for our ward's Trunk-or-Treat!
We were the tortoise and the hare, and decorated the car to be our pet cage!
I wore white with bunny ears and a cotton-ball tail, Ben wore all green with a cut-out shell.
We put the back seats down in our car, and filled it with shredded newspaper and put our candy in tupperware that looked like pet food containers. It was super easy, very very inexpensive, and I think it turned out pretty well!
I wore white with bunny ears and a cotton-ball tail, Ben wore all green with a cut-out shell.
We put the back seats down in our car, and filled it with shredded newspaper and put our candy in tupperware that looked like pet food containers. It was super easy, very very inexpensive, and I think it turned out pretty well!
I was trying to show off my tail, but it still didn't work!
Our competition: The car next door
Every time kids would come to our car and say "Trick or treat!" Ben would say, "Trick!" It took most of them coming by for their second or third turns to figure it out.
Happy Halloween, world! We had fun.
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Halloween O'Brien style! Part 1
I've never been the hugest fan of Halloween (just ask the friends who took me to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios), but something about marriage makes me excited for everything! It's like a new opportunity to start over in life, and have as much fun as possible with someone you can actually build lasting memories with. I love that about being married! Also, something about having a house make me want to decorate and celebrate, too.
Last Tuesday we met our friends Stephen and Janet (how stoked are you that we have friends over here?!?!?!) to carve pumpkins at our house.
My strategy to survive haunted houses:
Last Tuesday we met our friends Stephen and Janet (how stoked are you that we have friends over here?!?!?!) to carve pumpkins at our house.
It took us a while to pick out the perfect pumpkin among all the truly gnarly ones.
Janet and Stephen
Ben wanted to carve Bert on our pumpkin, so I pulled up a pic on the iPhone and started drawing!
They decided to go with a traditonal scary jack-o-lantern
We spent Friday night going out to a Haunted Woods nearby, where cameras weren't allowed. But it was decent, for Bethlehem, NC! I was appropriately spooked without being overwhelmingly terrified.
My strategy to survive haunted houses:
- Be in the group with children. Actors always go for the kids.
- Look the actors in the eye and laugh when you want to scream. They mostly go for the ones they can see are scared.
- Stay on the heels of the person in front of you. That way you're prepared for what's coming up after you hear them scream.
- Have someone behind you. Then the actors can't sneak up from behind you (that's the worst.)
- Go with someone who doesn't mind you squeezing their hand. Just squeeze when you feel scared, and use them as a shield!
That night we continued the celebration by watching A Haunting in Conneticut. It was scary. Afterward Ben and I looked at each other and said, "WHY DID WE DO THAT?!?!"
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This traditional, single-storey cottage is located on the edge of Mevagissey in Cornwall, sleeping five people in three bedrooms.
Harlyn is a homely, single-storey cottage located on the edge of Mevagissey in Cornwall. With three bedrooms including two doubles, one with an en-suite bathroom, plus one single, this cottage can sleep five people. There is also a family bathroom, a kitchen, a sitting room as well as a conservatory and a sun room. Outside is off road parking for one car plus an enclosed lawned garden with furniture. Harlyn offers friends and families a cosy base from which to explore this beautiful, varied area of Cornwall.
Perfect Place for us and the dogs!
As fantastic holiday let in beautiful Mevagissey. Very clean and comfortable with everything we could need for a weeks stay. The garden was perfect for our dogs, safe & secure. We were very comfortable and the beds were comfy too! The internet worked perfectly which is such a nice change after being told by many other holiday rentals that internet was availiable, only to find it was not! Nice position with good parking. Would not hesitate to book this again.
Harlyn was wonderful, and we took full advantage of the cottage when the weather was bad. Very comfortable and felt like you were at home with all the pictures and decorations.
Mr Johnson
A lovely cottage with plenty of room for our party, and it was great having the sun room and conservatory. Will definitely return one day.
Mrs Evans
The property was well maintained, the owners were friendly and the garden was beautiful. All in all we had a very peaceful holiday which we thoroughly enjoyed.
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The cottage was just lovely and comfortable, especially the beds and pillows. This is the first time away on holiday ever that I slept well on the first night, which continued through the rest of the week. Everything that you could wish for was there in the kitchen. The garden was absolutely lovely, well maintained with a lovely summer house and plenty of seating. Actually I don't think I can fault it.
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Parking Space
Linen provided
Towels provided
Washing Machine
Double Beds
Twin Beds
Electric storage heaters with electric fire
Electric oven and hob, microwave, fridge, freezer, washing machine, tumble dryer, dishwasher, TV with FreeSat, DVD, WiFi, selection of books, games and DVDs
Fuel and power included in rent
Bed linen and towels included in rent
Off road parking for 1 car
Enclosed garden with summer house and garden furniture
One well-behaved dog welcome
Sorry, no smoking
Shop and pub 10 mins walk with uphill return
Changeover Day
Get an Ordnance Survey map covering the Mevagissey area.
Nearest AttractionsHeritage Rated from 1- 5 (low-exceptional) on historic interest
World of Model Railways Exhibition - 0.4 miles (Family Attraction)
Mevagissey Museum - 0.4 miles (Museum)
Mevagissey Sealife Aquarium - 0.5 miles (Museum)
Lost Gardens of Heligan - 1.1 miles (Garden)
Caerhays Castle and Garden - 3.9 miles (Garden)
Pine Lodge Gardens - 4.9 miles (Garden)
Tregrehan Garden - 5.5 miles (Garden)
Par, St Mary's Church - 5.7 miles (Historic Church)
Eden Project - 6.3 miles (Garden)
Trewithen - 6.3 miles (Historic House)
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Richmond Hill Plantation
Hwy 144 : Richmond Hill, GA 31324
Bryan County, Georgia
Farm Description
The property is located within the Richmond Hill City Limits about 2.5 miles east of City Hall on Highway 144 and about 4 miles off I-95. The property adjoins the Publix Shopping Center, McDonald's restaurant and the Sterling Links Golf Course.
The tract fronts along Hwy. 144 approximately 1400 ft. and has about 350 ft. frontage on Sterling Links Way (main entrance to Richmond Hill Plantation) on the rear. The property is mostly level gradually sloping toward the center where wetlands of some 5 plus acres lie.
Zoning is PD-2 (Planned Development) allowing multi-family with 10 units/acre density and officials at zoning department say that higher density could possibly be achieved through a variance. The PD-2 Zoning could possibly also accommodate some commercial uses.
Utilities are available in the area. Public water and sewer are available through the City of Richmond Hill.
This is a great location for a number of 525,000.00 Cash at closing


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|wow! great hair and make up right on trend...!
|If you were not an expert in creating the perfect up do 'The Beauty Queens' (www.thebeautyqueens.co.uk) were on hand until midnight to fix hair and makeup.
|Check out this party goers fab vintage belt
|These guys look excellent in their uniforms....
|The flowers in her hair look great - reminds me of Kate Beckinsale in Pearl Harbour.
|Menus disguised as ration books here
|Swing band -
|authentic Blitz lighting
|Many thanks to Alice and Pippa Cullen, fashiontent's roving reporters for the evening ....
'The Blitz Party' has been taking London back to the forties for the last five years with great success. With the revival of the forties look on the catwalk, the night proved a popular concept and is understandably a sell out event.
Arriving at the Village Underground in fashionable Shoreditch we found a bank of sandbags, stepping down into the old warehouse felt a bit like we could have been going into an underground bunker. Inside Union Jack bunting, long tressel tables and grainy gramophone record style music gave the feeling of being at a local village hall dance.
Champagne glasses and elegant cocktails hinted at the glamour of the forties era, the menus were cleverly hidden inside a ration book.
Later an air raid siren and search lights announced the arrival onstage of a swing style band, performing modern favourites in a forties flavour.
The atmosphere was great and everyone made a huge effort to look authentic, uniforms were a popular choice for the gents as well as plain shirts worn with braces and open at the collar.
The ladies wore a mix of vintage and high street, many sourcing items from nearby Brick Lane, accessorised with vintage furs, gloves and hats to complete the look.
Victory rolls and pin curls were sported not only by glamorous forties ladies but also land girls, and if you were not an expert in creating the perfect up do 'The Beauty Queens' (www.thebeautyqueens.co.uk) were on hand until midnight to fix hair and makeup.
The next Blitz party is on the 17th of September, but if you can't wait that long twenties themed 'Prohibition' is on Saturday 23rd July.
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The dress in the first picture is really amazing and wellstructured, but the jacket in the 2nd pic is also REALLY unique and eccentric (but that's what makes it so great).
I chose the 3rd picture because I love how the white fur blends into the bright light behind the model, wearing a black dress.
Lensed by Pierre Even with styling by Niklas Bildstein.
I really hate that I don't have any information at all about this editorial but that didn't stop me from posting this beautiful,feminine,vintage looking, editorial. The flowers on the model's head are placed so strategically that it completes the pictures perfectly. Very elegant,dreamy, and great styling.
Photographer: Yuval Hen.


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Oasis.com ReviewJun 29
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By becoming of Oasis.com, one could create a profile and add photos, get in touch with other members through the different communication tools: instant messenger, community forums, and message boards. Members of Oasis could also look for other members through its search options (quick and advanced search) and find out whether he/she's the one through the site's auto matchmaking service.
More about Oasis.com
The site has a growing number of followers since its establishment a few years ago. However, because it doesn't ask for subscription or membership fees, the site suffers from technical glitches. Some of these technical aspect concerns include connectivity issues and tools being affected by bugs, rendering them to be useless.
Final thoughts on Oasis.com
The website could have been one of the best online dating sites that offer free membership, only that it has poor technical maintenance, maybe as a result of free subscription. It has features not commonly found among other free online dating sites but these features like the instant messenger are occasionally affected by bugs, making them unusable.
My personal favorite dating site is Match.com because they're so mainstream. You'll find a lot more people joining them daily which will drastically increase your chances of finding that special someone.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Everything has gotten so green lately. I've wanted to post pictures of it before, but whenever the sun was just right I was busy feeding the rabbits or something, and by the time I went to get Matilda the sun had set and it was too dark. The black cherry trees have leafed out and are all blooming now. The line in the foreground was where we desperately had to put the cows after Richard was gone. They were only there for a few days, but everything green is gone. It was only a small area, so hopefully it didn't do too much damage.
These are the higher up grazing lines that we've only just last year had the cows and goats in. Mostly the goats, because the blackberries scratched Matilda's udder and made it uncomfortable to be milked, and the cows don't eat the browse like the goats do. They still look much wilder than the first grazing lines.
We gave the cows an entire grazing line, which they have been very much enjoying. Matilda has started to fatten up noticeably. She was thin after she got scours during the winter (we're pretty sure it was a virus she'd had from before we got her. She also had a cough and runny nose and was the only one to get sick). I'm glad to see her get some meat on her bones. Every time I've been to other farms and seen other Jersey cows I'd realize she really wasn't that thin, but she was so much thinner than our other cows I couldn't help but worry. Can you even see the cows out there? Geranium was to the left of the big pine tree, and Belle, who has been hanging out with the cows lately, is just next to the little plum tree. The hay bale is on the far end, so they always look like little specks when I get out there. It's been a little challenging to get Matilda down for milking every day, but once they see me Geranium and Isla come running, and that usually gets Matilda, too
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This is the title from a novel by Belgium writer, Amélie Nothomb. I really enjoyed its reading. The narrator tells how misunderstandings and misinterpretations can damage human relationships. In this very case, the main character arrives in Japan and she discovers a new culture and a huge gap in communication. But the writer uses her irony and sense of humour to face these setbacks. This is the case I'm going to tell you about.The setting is not so far! Yesterday I was informed about a person who has a blog.Then, I had a look on its news. At first, it was interesting because she had posted her own working experiences, I think. However, what surprised me most was I found two entries which came from my blog...Was it a coincidence? Lack of new ideas? I don't hope so! Then, what is the point of creating a blog if you don't share your likes, experiences and emotions? I like reading my friends' entries, comment on them and, why not, get new viewpoints for my own ones. But, this is NOT a question of quantity, I mean, to increase the scoreboard of visitors to your blog. We want to use this resource to improve something, define that something yourself. I do it to help people learn English. I try my best. But I don't use other authors' contents pretending they are mine. At least, quote the sources. Be original and don't let your followers down. Their astonishment can be bigger than Nothomb's heroine and their disappointment even worse. Get the message!
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Stupeur et tremblements
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- Marisa García said...
I completely agree with you, Rosa, and I have written a similar post in my blog. Stop plagiarism!
- January 16, 2010 at 6:18 PM
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Friday, April 30, 2010
The Cool Mom
I don't talk or dress hip enough to gain this status. I did think that perhaps a well place witty remark might earn some grudging respect from the kid set.
But I recently attained this status, quite without my effort or even knowledge.
A friend was driving Jackson home from a play date and he said to her "We are soooooo lucky in our family."
"Why?" my friend asked.
"We have our own lawyer."
I didn't know how popular lawyers have become in the grade 3 set. Another mom told me her son routinely "lawyers up". Apparently, the kids act as each other's counsel. One kid has an entire entourage of lawyers at his disposal. Don't ask me what kind of representation you need in grade 3.
Perhaps: "Mrs. B, my homework isn't done. My lawyer will be speaking to that."
Or maybe "Hello Mrs. B, I'm Jordan's lawyer and I'd like to talk to you about the non judicious desk placement in the classroom this week".
So you can imagine how my currency increases compared to the 8 and 9 year old lawyers others have. Until now I have used my legal skills at home for manipulation and coercion. As in "I can't leave you home alone while I pick up your sister. It's illegal. I should know. I'm a lawyer." and "You HAVE to go to school. It's the law. Do you know I'm trained to know all about the laws? Do I need to call the police?"
My utility has exceeded the chauffeur-laundrywoman status and I am now capable of doing the things lawyers do.
Which are, in case you didn't know:
1) to sue people and makes lots of money.
2) to intimidate people so they will give you lots of money.
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248 21 APRIL 2017 • VOL 356 ISSUE 6335 sciencemag.org SCIENCE
When faced with a reduced availabil- ity of oxygen in the environment (hypoxia), vertebrates can make a variety of respiratory, cardiovascu- lar, and hematological adjustments to ensure an uninterrupted supply
of oxygen to the cells of metabolizing tissues (1, 2). These are adaptive solutions for
"aerobic organisms in an aerobic world" (3).
Coping with the complete absence of oxygen
(anoxia) requires more fundamental alterations of cellular metabolism that are typically
nothing more than emergency stopgap measures to buy time until the oxygen supply is
(hopefully) reestablished (4). On page 307 of
this issue, Park et al. (5) identify a new champion of anoxia tolerance among mammals—
the naked mole-rat.
The mammalian brain is especially sensitive to oxygen deprivation because of its
high mass-specific rate of energy metabolism, which is fueled by plasma-derived glucose as a carbon and energy source. Because
the delivery of glucose and oxygen to neurons is closely coupled to energy demand,
oxygen in the brain lasts for only seconds
after the cessation of blood flow, and the
supply of the energy-carrying molecule
adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is depleted
within 1 to 2 min (6). When the ATP supply is no longer sufficient to maintain cellular ion homeostasis, depolarization of cell
membranes leads to necrotic or apoptotic
cell death (4, 7). Consequently, most vertebrates can survive for no more than a few
minutes under anoxia.
1School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
NE 68588, USA. 2Department of Biology, McMaster University,
Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
consequences for bacterial populations in
the presence of antibiotics. The results add
to the growing body of knowledge on how
phenotypic variation can contribute to antibiotic failure and resistance development.
For example, Aldridge et al. found that in mycobacteria, elongation preferentially occurs
at old cell poles; this asymmetrical growth,
combined with a time-dependent (rather
than size-dependent) cell division cycle, gives
rise to a population with heterogeneous sizes,
elongation rates, and responses to different
classes of antibiotics (6).
Another type of phenotypic variation that
has emerged as a potentially major contributor to antibiotic treatment failure is bacterial
persistence. Persisters are subpopulations of
bacteria within isogenic cultures that exhibit
extreme tolerance toward bactericidal antibiotics that kill their kin. Several studies have
linked heterogeneous levels of metabolites (7,
8) and other cellular components to this form
of antibiotic tolerance. Pu et al. found that
E. coli persisters tolerant to b-lactams
showed higher expression of efflux genes,
including tolC, which resulted in enhanced
efflux activity and decreased drug accumulation (9). Wakamoto et al. discovered that
persistence to isoniazid in Mycobacterium
smegmatis is a dynamic state governed by
stochastic differences in expression of the
drug-activating enzyme (10). More recently,
mutations that enhance persistence, which
can arise rapidly during cyclic antibiotic exposure (11, 12), have been found to foster development of antibiotic resistance (12).
Although understanding of phenotypic het-erogeneity and its functional consequenceshas increased dramatically in the past 15years, many questions remain. For example,it is uncertain to what extent phenotypic het-erogeneity drives resistance development indifferent species and to different drugs. Inbiotechnology, it is unclear how phenotypicheterogeneity and its impact on metabolismcompromises or benefits productivity. Withrespect to the findings of Bergmiller et al.,future studies could focus on other OMPsthat accumulate in aging poles and explorehow their asymmetrical distribution affectsfitness in different ecological niches. Suchknowledge will help determine how phe-notypic heterogeneity can be targeted toachieve desirable outcomes, especially for thechallenging task of improving treatments forbacterial infections. j
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2. T. Bergmiller et al., Science356, 311 (2017).
3. D. Du et al ., Nature 509, 512 (2014).
4. P. Rassam et al ., Nature 523, 333 (2015).
5. P. Wang et al. , Curr. Biol. 20, 1099 (2010).
6. B.B.Aldridge et al., Science335,100(2012).
7. E. Germain et al., Mol. Cell 52, 248 (2013).
8. S. M. Amato, M. A. Orman, M. P. Brynildsen, Mol. Cell 50,
475 (2013).
9. Y. Pu et al. , Mol. Cell 62, 284 (2016).
10. Y. Wakamoto et al., Science 339, 91 (2013).
11. B. Van den Bergh et al., Nat. Microbiol. 1, 16020 (2016).
12. I.Levin-Reisman etal.,Science 355,826(2017).
T.C.B. and W.W.K.M. contributed equally to this work and
are listed in alphabetical order. This work was supported
by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
(grant F30AI114163), the U. S. Army Research Office (grant
W911NF-15-1-0173), and the Charles H. Revson Foundation.
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As a bacterial population divides, "mother cells" inherit an increasingly older cell pole and a greater number of
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|He has a brontasaurus riding in a trailer with a longhorn steer and a triceratops in the bed of his truck- your argument is invalid.
- This past month flew by.
- Someone will correct me and say that is a diplodicus and not a brontasaurus as I always get dinosaurs confused now that I have gotten old.
- Zac just (today is 5/27/2015) asked me some questions about the war over breakfast.
- Kinda surreal.
- Most interesting question was, What was your favorite part about Iraq-if there was one?
Me: is today going to be a good day?
Universe: Uhmmmm- No!
- Guy in the kitchen at Wildberrys is talking loud, fast and long!
- I know a couple of people who
- After a break of only few hours I come back here just as puzzled as you, as to where I was going with that last point.
- Coming back a few days later I remember now, plain as day...
- No wait- I got nothing.
Somebody left this in the break room. Multiple people stopped in mid stride as they walked by and did a double take- thinking it was a bottle of booze.
- When I was a boy we had family in Wichita Falls, Holiday, Iowa Park and Burk Burnet. On the way home from seeing them we would pass a quonset hut that was in private hands. It intrigued me as I knew it's military origins only and could not comprehend one being privately owned. I thought the owner must secretly be a soldier of some type.
- I saw it once later- years ago but do not recall where it was located. It had been painted but was the same place.
- Although I suppose it is a gimme- here is my favorite Pennywise song. What is yours?


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Christine and Peter's wedding was a little different from my past weddings. You see, Christine is my cousin-in-law and my daughter's godmother.
So, I had to be a mother, guest and wedding planner.
My flower girl
Sparkly shoes
Zoe calls her shoes "Cinderella shoes"
It's all in the details
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Christine + Peter 10.23.2009
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