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Any long term readers of this blog will know I am a huge fan of Harry Potter. Along with my housemates, we even created and began the first Harry Potter society at my university.
So, as you would expect, I've read the books several times and have of course seen the films; but if you asked me which was better, the books or the films, I would have no hesitation in saying the books.
Often when books are made into films, things are excluded and changed and Harry Potter is no different. It is a long and sometimes complicated book series, so it was obvious that not everything would fit into the 8 films, but there are some aspects which I think should have been included.
- Peeves. (Those who haven't read the books all collectively say 'who?' here.) Peeves is a ghost at Hogwarts. More specifically, Peeves is a poltergeist, which means he is noisy, destructive and loud. He's always around when Harry wishes he wasn't and appears quite a lot in all the books. I'm surprised they even managed to cut him out completely, he's almost a main character!
- The Hogwarts kitchen (ft. Winky) – The Hogwarts kitchen is only explored once in the books, but it's such an interesting chapter where we find out just how all the Hogwarts food is made and presented on those four long house tables in the Great Hall. It is a scene that I'm sure all the book readers would have loved to see visually in the films (and in real life at the London Studio tour!) During this chapter, we also learn that house-elves get drunk off butterbeer; Winky (previously a house-elf for the Crouch family) tries drowning her sorrows after getting in trouble. This is all I'll say about it, but I would suggest you read the books to find out more!
- Nice Kreacher – We don't see Kreacher much in the films, but what we do see tells us that he is very loyal to his previous Slytherin masters. After they died, he was left to serve Sirius, which he did with much bitterness, and after Sirius died, he was left to Harry. But what the films leave out is how Kreacher becomes friendly towards Harry and his friends after he lets him have Regulus's fake locket. He cooks them meals and looks after them while they stay in the House of Black and he even appears during the Battle of Hogwarts where he leads the other house elves to fight. The books end leaving you thinking that Kreacher will be happily serving Harry from then on, and honestly, it's a nice thought.
- The end of the Elder Wand – Okay I'm just going to go straight in here and say the films made this completely wrong. Think about it, if Harry snapped the Elder Wand, how would he fix his own? Harry isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, but even he'd realise that he needed to fix his own first! This is what he does in the book, fixes his old wand, and then returns the Elder Wand to where it belongs, with Dumbledore. He does NOT throw it off what is left of that Hogwarts bridge.
Voldemort's death – He did NOT just fake into a million pieces, okay? He DIED, like a human (surprisingly), but his body fell down, all in one piece, which they later took away from the castle.. much better, right?
- Nice Dudley – In Deathly Hallows, there are a few moments where Dudley seems to have realised that Harry isn't that bad and has maybe even developed some love for his cousin. He leaves Harry cups of tea, and even says a nice goodbye with him when Harry leaves the Dursley house for good. This last scene was actually filmed but was unfortunately cut from the final version of the film. It would have been nice to see Dudley finally be kind to his cousin and it would have just been a way to conclude Harry's life with the Dursley's. (I do believe that it is in the DVD's extra features though!)
These 6 things are just some of the reasons why the Harry Potter books are better than the films. If you want to find out what else the films missed out, I do advise you to go and read the books – you will not be disappointed!
(Plus, if you haven't read the books, you've got no chance of winning this quiz!)
// Beth

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Please stroll down the catwalk or click HERE for our current Challenge #82 – Trees With Autumn Colours
Today we are showcasing the Saturday Spotlights from the 'FASHION' Challenge which Laura chose.
Laura here with my SS picks and my reasons why. Thank you for the fabulous entries. Each and every one was stunningly fashionable in different ways which made it so hard for me to choose my selections but here goes. No particular order:
#2 – Joan
Such a gorgeous card! – I loved the vintage fashion stamps and the delicate colours add to the vintage look of this lovely creation.
# 5 – Christine
Love the fashion images! The card is beautifully designed and the colour scheme is wonderful too
#7 – Gail
Such a cute image and those flowers are amazing! Adore the Autumn colours!
Thank you to all who entered, each and every one of you deserve to be chosen for the Saturday Spotlight and well done to the Fashion Stampettes for all your amazing inspirational pieces for the 'FASHION' challenge.
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White Hart Hotel
White Hart Hotel is a 3-star venue positioned about 29 km from Wookey Hole Old Penny Pier Arcade.
White Hart Hotel lies about 10 minutes' walk from the city center. The hotel is set 193 km away from London.
Rooms at White Hart Hotel feature modern touches such as flat-screen TV and an iron with ironing board.
In the morning a complimentary continental breakfast is served.
Bristol airport is situated within a 55-minute drive from White Hart Hotel.
Guests can take advantage of laundry, dry cleaning and ironing service.


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Yesterday I had to go to A&E.
Nothing to panic about, really. If you read my previous blogpost you'll know that over a week and a half ago, I injured my knee and was left unable to walk. I'd spoken to my GP who basically gave me the usual 'rest it, elevate it' type spiel, but I just felt like no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get back to full health. Finally this weekend I thought I was getting there, but on Monday morning I twisted it again, so badly that I decided enough was enough! So despite it being a Bank Holiday Monday, my husband and I called an Uber and off we went to St Barts hospital.
This is the second time I've been to A&E in about three years - I went at the end of 2014 too with chest pain from what turned out to be costochondritis, an inflammation of my rib cage. Both times despite being at different hospitals with completely different complaints, the A&E worked similarly - a consultation with a nurse, who sent me for a scan - first time an ECG, this time an X-ray - and then after a wait, I saw a doctor.
I probably waited about 2 and a half hours in all before I saw the doctor. Everybody in the waiting room was like me - cross, and in pain or ill or otherwise uncomfortable, bored and grumpy about spending their bank holiday Monday indoors. People were snappy and tense and on edge, sighing every time a name was called that wasn't theirs. I felt pretty grateful to be there with such a minor complaint, but by the time the doctor called me I was seriously ready to go home.
And the doctor was incredible. He examined my knees thoroughly and looked at my shoe to show me where I tread and how that's affecting me. He talked to me and didn't dismiss my small, but budding desire to become a runner like the GP had -he discussed it and suggested ways of strengthening my muscles to work around my body's natural inclinations. I left feeling so reassured, so much happier, sure I was treating it the right way. He was genuinely interested and he never once made me feel like my complaint was trivial or that I had done anything wrong.
He does that over and over again, all day long, on a bank holiday. On a day when you're sitting at the pub with your mates or recovering from a heavy night on the Sunday or at a BBQ or having lunch at your mum's, he's in a neon-lit room with a bed in it that smells faintly of disinfectant, helping kids with broken arms and old women with bad chest infections and teenagers with sprained ankles and twenty-something women who can't stop dislocating their stupid knees. All of them grumpy and cross and tired, and he does it with a smile, and he does it well, and WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
Do you honestly, honestly think that doctors should get paid less for that? I think there's been so much focus on the incredible life saving work doctors do - and they do, and that's amazing. But oh my god, there's also so much tedium, so much boring, routine work, so many broken bones and sprains and pneumonia and migraines, and doctors realise that while that's just a half hour appointment to them, to you, it's huge and terrifying and horrible and scary, something that will be a story you still tell down the pub in the future. They treat you with dignity and respect and they reassure us and fix us up, patch up the wounds, send us on our way. We take it for granted that if we break a bone, it won't be a disaster because a nice doctor will fix it. Do you know how lucky that is? Nobody in this country needs to worry too much about serious food poisoning or a bad flu because there's a doctor who will make it all better.
Do not let people with political agendas take away from the fact that our doctors are incredible and they deserve more, not less recognition for the work they do. Not just the times they save dying babies or bring a stopped heart back to life, but for the other, every day miracles they perform every day. I am grateful and I can wholeheartedly say I support the junior doctors, and that you should too!


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What is the difference between compound and isolation movements?
Compound movements are movements that require many different muscle groups and multiple joints within the body. A good example of this is the deadlift. In order for this to be performed the body utilizes the quads, the hamstrings, the glutes, the lower back, the abs, the lats, the forearms, and more. These movements are unique in that they naturally promote the release of growth hormone throughout the body. Finally, most compound movements mirror the movements that we utilize in everyday life such as sitting and lifting.
Isolation movements seek to isolate specific muscle groups within the body and are commonly done with the aid of specialized machines. An example of these exercises would be the seated calf raise. These types of exercises can be great for instances when one wants to target specific areas of the body such as for rehabilitation or for body-building.


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Thursday, May 11, 2017
Shona Banda Hearing
Tomorrow, Friday, May 12th at 1pm CST, we will be in Finney County Court, Garden City, KS for Shona Banda's completion of Daubert Hearing and Motions Hearing. This will be the Prosecution's Expert Witness.
Please tune into live feed from Real People Real Life and join us making history!
There will be a Radio Show from 7-8am CST. Please call in between those hours at 316-721-TALK to discuss what will happen and your opinion,
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1. What is Graphic Design? Graphic design is a method used express a message to a target audience by visual communication. It is a way of influencing someone's opinion by using a collection of typography, objects and pictures to create something that captures the viewer's attention and generally looks aesthetically pleasing.
2. What is branding and what are some of its primary applications? Branding is many aspects brought together to define a type of product. E.g. For iPods, their branding is everything promoted about their business that is not spoken that effects the way everyone else sees their business e.g. logo, packaging, brand, advertisement on website etc.
3. What are some Identity Design applications? Identity design applications include logos, visual identity, branding across media and corporate rate identity.
4. What are some applications of Corporate Communication? Corporate communication applications include annual reports, brochures, sales kits, corporate websites and intranet and corporate publications.
5. Environmental Design is important to a company and it's employees. Research and report on some companies that have used interesting techniques to design the spaces that their employees and customers utilise. Lots of big market places use environmental design by having many signs around their market place showing a map of their market place and where that sign is on that map. This informs the customers and their clients of where they are and where they need to be.
6. What are some common examples of good Information Design in Wagga Wagga. Some good examples of informational design are exit signs, street signs and our wagga sign. These all clearly identify information to the public and are easily identifiable, however they may not be as identifiable to people who cant read English.
7. What is Information or Experience Design? What are some examples of it that you have been impressed by? Interactive or experience design is any sort of design that is fundamentally designed to be viewed from a screen. These include gaming designs,
Motion Graphics etc. What are some of the differences between a career in that and traditional Graphic Design? A career in Experience design has a lot more involved in motion graphics and web based design. Because of this experience design has different software that the those designers who work in this field need to know, whereas Graphic designers have more focussed on still images.
8. What is Promotional Design? Promotion designs primary purpose is to introduce or promote groups, sell products and come up with ideas or events to promote whoever their client may be.
9. What are you if you develop and design typefaces? You are a Typographer
10. Lettering is what? Lettering is simply hand drawn letterforms rather than typed letterforms
11. Are their any companies in Wagga that use Mass Media? Yes there are many companies that use mass media in wagga. For example there are many clothing companies such as rivers, JJs and the warehouse that use mediums such as television to mass-produce information about their clothing.
12. What is a demographic? Demographics are grouping populations by identifying aspects that they have in common. This term generally refers to consumer markets.
13. In what disciplines/places do Graphic Designers commonly get jobs? Graphic designers commonly get jobs in design studios, branding firms, publishers, digital/interactive agencies, advertising agencies and marketing companies just to name a few.
14. A Graphic Designer who is just starting their career can benefit from working for someone in what ways? Working with someone who has had lots of experience as a graphic designer can benefit us greatly. By working with someone who has experience we can learn what is fundamentally important, how to manage our time well, how to communicate with fellow designers effectively and efficiently and how to communicate effectively with the client. It is important to learn how to communicate effectively with other people and the best way to learn is to watch someone who has knowledge and an understanding of this.
15. Describe how the process of working with a client is called a 'collaboration'. The process of working with a client is collaborative because now it is rather a bunch of people grouping together to reach a common goal rather than one person producing a job for a company. More and more graphic designers are teaming up with others to give their expertise compined with others expertise to get the best possible result. Designers are also having the need to perhaps hire photographers or illustrators
16. Why does design matter? Design matters because it drives the economy and communicates vital information to our society.
17. What does the publication 'First Things First' say about urgent worldwide concerns and Graphic Design? It discusses the fact that the world has major issues that would greatly benefit from the use of Graphic designers using their skills to benefit their society through educational tools, information design, public service campaigns etc.
18. In your notes, what is said about Advertising and why it matters? Advertising matters because it pushes our economy in a free market system and gives us choices and information.
19. Why should Graphic Designers have ethical practices? Graphic designers should have ethical practices because it sets the bar for who they design for and what they design. Every piece of design can be solved in a large number of ways. It is up to Graphic designers to limit those ways through what they think is morally right.


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"No One Cares" by the New Investors | With my laptop out of commission again – last time, the fan; this time, the motherboard; one week, the time frame between – there are fewer commutes to listen to my radio recordings on. This one was sitting on my iPod, apparently: the New Investors is another one of those Copenhagen bands I stumble upon because of the radio stations I listen to, and these guys have a nice mix of INXS-esque new wave and 70s psychedelia-lite. I was in the laptop repair place waiting for my turn when I heard this – a really heady mix, fitting in with the delirium of my situation. "I have to fly to Hong Kong in two weeks and I need a laptop. What now?" I have no answer to that yet, but this song is good. [NB]
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The forces of good and evil wage a holier than thou battle for our attention in the hybrid thriller "The Exorcism of Emily Rose." Inserting a dose of horror into a standard courtroom drama, writer-director Scott Derrickson and co-writer Paul Harris Boardman have constructed a well-cast yet dopey tale that is much less than the sum of its parts. It's certainly creepy, but not always in ways the filmmakers intended.
Laura Linney stars as Erin Bruner, a high-profile defense attorney hired by a Catholic archdiocese to defend Father Moore (Tom Wikinson), a priest accused of negligent homicide. The church, understandably not wanting to appear medieval, would prefer to make the case go away by having Moore plead out to the charge that the exorcism he performed on 19-year-old Emily Rose (Jennifer Carpenter) led to the college freshman's death.
Going against the wishes of the archdiocese and her boss (Colm Feore), however, Bruner not only takes the case to trial but allows Moore to testify. The priest's passionate desire to tell Emily's story and a malfunctioning alarm clock are about all it takes to convince the attorney, an avowed agnostic, that it's a case worth the risk to her career.
The audience witnesses the exorcism through the testimonies of Moore, Emily's father (Andrew Wheeler) and her college friend, Jason (Joshua Close). The flashbacks show to good effect the work of production designer David Brisbin, whose chilled to the bone landscape and sparse farmhouse are the setting for Emily's exorcism, and the frosty cinematography of Tom Stern.


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While browsing some of the content on slashdot.org I came across a link to John Cook's blog, which discussed the differences between scientists and programmers when it comes to developing code. The original article can be found here. The key … Continue reading
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4 Probability of Extinction The probability a process is extinct by the -th generation is given by Since there is exactly one parent at the beginning of the process (i.e. ) who produces all the future children, we can say … Continue reading
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again, I find myself taking another SAL.. how can I put an end to this, I wonder.. perhaps you people should stop planning such attractive projects..? (yep, I'm definitely going to blame someone else for this! :D)
so this time it's Natalie's fault.. subscriptions for the Stitch Me Club 2012 Patches of Life have just opened as this is a summer long project, with four steps sent (hear hear!) by snail mail! 😀
isn't this lovely? to actually receive an envelope with a part of the chart every month until october?! I find this a nice change.. especially for this time I won't be the one who has to wait for a chart to arrive from overseas!! 😉
it's going to be a big sampler (283×223) and it can be stitch on whichever fabric you prefer, called for fibers are a couple of DMC threads and hand-dyed (GAST, GASS, WDW and CC), even though you find DMC conversions for all the threads
instructions can be either in English or French, it's up to you to choose, and the price is 9.50 euros per month to be payed all in advance as a one time only payment, which will include shipping costs for each envelope sent, which means a total of 39.50 euros/31£ for Europe, 40 euros/49US$ for International subscriptions.. yeah, I know.. I but pricey.. but after all it's an Atelier Perdu, which means amazing stuff.. check this out! 😀
so here I am.. committing to another big project I'll desperately try to catch up with.. gee I need to learn to say no to new stitches..
as for Pablita, she's finally got permission to GO WILD again! 😀
at first she looked a little perplexed.. then she started smelling the grass all around her, zigzagging.. and I just knew what this meant.. EGGS!
she must have been waiting to lay her eggs all this time, the poor lady.. moreover she usually ends up as exhausted as famished.. which isn't really a nice combo in her present conditions..
I left her alone for a while, when she finished I went to check and she didn't do anything.. so I'm even more worried now, for she may be unable to.. and this would mean x-rays and a possible intervention..
now she's resting in her favourite spot, under the rosemary.. this afternoon it'll be time for medications (she still has to receive her fix every 48 hours, plus daily disinfection therapies) ..fingers crossed..
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enjoy the weekend
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Thursday, 23 April 2015
Omega Doom (1996)
The action scenes are weak but the build-up towards them is much better.
The nuclear winter world isn't explored much, but the locations are stylistically lit with colour filters, successfully hiding the cheapness.
The way the androids' programming dictates their actions and affiliations is a strong point, but their whirring noise got on my tits after a while.
2½ feathers out of 5
Nutted by Dr Faustus at 00:01
Labels: Albert Pyun, Anna Katarina, Faustus' Nuts, O, Rutger Hauer
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2 comments:
- cuckoo said...
Wait'll my "whirring noises" get on your tits.
- 23 April 2015 at 18:33
- Dr Faustus said...
Get your oil checked first.
- 24 April 2015 at 01:16
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White colour projects purity, simplicty and a sense of orderliness. So often used in the Scandinavian interior design as a background, white sets off and pairs with all the other colours incredibly well, making them look clean and vivid.
Today's interior is this lovely apartment in Llavaneres (north of Barcelona), a project accomplished by a Spanish design studio Susanna Cots Estudi de Disseny. Susanna Cots is known to work with white on the majority of her projects, claiming that the colour is universal and always in vogue, no matter what current trends dictate.
Here the trick was to integrate the interior space with the landscape and the sea, allowing more natural light and the gentle breeze to penetrate the interior. The kitchen, dining room and bedrooms were designed to remain parallel to the sealine, the result of which is the integration of outside surface with the interior space. Alltogether, a very tranquil, modern yet cozy design, offering the occupants a place to relax and unwind.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Back to Warmer Weather
I got a picture attached of our first Spanish Makerel of the day. Dad probably caught about 6-10 in the couple hours we were out. The photo and video are both of the first one. The ones to follow were bigger, but I never got a chance to get more video. Grandpa got a couple Mackerel and a flounder. I was out of luck until the very end and got a Mackerel and a Whiting. Bait of the day was a jig head with live shrimp.
Andrew Kraker
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- Bryan and Katy Kraker said...
That picture and Video work sure does look good on that rainy mountain background.
- February 24, 2011 at 11:44 AM
- Bryan and Katy Kraker said...
Looks like you guys are managing to have some fun. How much longer til we see some hog hunting footage?
- February 24, 2011 at 11:45 AM
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The Tradesmans Arms, Cove, Hampshire, originally uploaded by Mike Cattell.
Established in 1741, The Tradesmans Arms plays a big part of Cove, an ancient village forming the western part of Farnborough in the county of Hampshire in the south-east of England. This public house offers a great atmosphere, comfort and style.


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Josh's Family coming down!
It's getting close to Josh's family coming down!!! We are really excited about them coming. The downside is that Grandpa is really sick and we may end up having to fly back to Iowa which would leave Josh's family down here and us in Iowa. We are just praying for Grandpa's health and know that God is in control of the situation.
Please be praying for our family and Grandpa Ellson during this time.


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3 floors, 119 guestrooms, deluxe accommodations.
Cafe La Fiesta on property offering Mexican cuisine, full service bar/lounge.
Carr. Xalapa-Veracruz, kilometer 2.5 - 91190 - Xalapa, Mexico View Map
4 star accommodations, business-minded guestrooms, close proximity to airport, close proximity to business district, deluxe accommodations. Local Attractions: El Lencero airport - 15 minutes, Downtown - 10 minutes, Port of Veracruz. - 45 minutes, Close to local attractions such as Anthropology Museum , Xalapa Interactive Museum. Recreation: fully equipped fitness center, indoor swimming pool. Services: valet dry cleaning and laundry services, shuttle service is available , business services available at front desk.
Conveniently located in the city's emerald zone—the district with the fastest growth and business potential.
TripAdvisor vote: 4/5 Based on 442 guest reviews
3 floors, 119 guestrooms, deluxe accommodations.
Cafe La Fiesta on property offering Mexican cuisine, full service bar/lounge.
The hotel is suitable for sportsmen. The hotel offers a bar to enjoy a drink and relax. The property is fully equipped with a conference room. The Hotel Fiesta Inn Xalapa offers disabled facilities. The property has its own heated swimming pool for guests.
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The counter culture boutique that made its name in the States has opened shop in SM Aura
Sneakerheads and hypebeasts, it's time to rejoice. Commonwealth has made its way to the Philippine shores.
For those of you that aren't well-versed on sneaker culture and street style, we're not talking about the long stretch of road in Quezon City. Commonwealth is a decade-old lifestyle specialty store that serves as a retail haven for people hailing from various counter culture communities – basketball-lovers, hip-hop enthusiasts, and DIY divas included. Heavily inspired by themes of community, rebellion, and success-through-struggle, Commonwealth is a boutique driven by rigid standards regarding authenticity, craft, quality, and style.
Commonwealth has received awards in the past and is widely known to stock a broad range of amazing brands. From Stüssy to COMME des GARÇONS Play, Commonwealth's selection is always something to rave about. Commonwealth Philippines's head honcho Mike Concepcion shares, "The brand roster will be closely rooted from the core list we see in the US today but we've also put together an entirely new list of brands that we will be launching at the store as well. We took into consideration the uniqueness of each market and customized our buys based off what we felt would apply better to the Philippines." Omar Quiambao, founder and director of Commonwealth, adds, "Whether in Washington DC, Virginia Beach, or here in Manila, we try to our best to find products and brands that will help express the opinions of the local scene."
Get your street style fix – from kicks that are undeniably fly to caps that'll punctuate every outfit – at the U/G level of SM Aura, Bonifacio Global City. The industrial-themed, street-chic playground awaits you.


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Friday, October 17, 2014
Beyond our Backdoor
The blog post below was posted on this, our old blog, by mistake. To see our current adventures as we live in Burundi, East Africa check out our new blog
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Saturday, September 06, 2014
Now we are denial
Woops, I meant, now we are in de Nile! Today was our first Saturday at Kibuye and we thought we would spend a relaxing day at home. However, after breakfast, John Cropsey stopped by our house to invite us to join him and a few others on a short day trip to the source of the Nile river, which happens to only be about an hour drive from Kibuye. Well, we could not say no to that offer. It is the rainy season now, so as you can see from the photos it is a bit cloudy and rainy, but nevertheless, it is still beautiful. This is the southern-most source of the Nile river and was discovered in the 1930s by a German historian and explorer. Above this area, you can hike to a small pyramid atop a hill, built by the same explorer, with stunning views of the Burundian countryside all around.
Notice the bathrooms just upstream from the source of the Nile:)
And apparently it is okay to let your kids take their shoes off and walk around in it
This photo was taken BEFORE we discovered there was a bat hanging just behind Steph's head
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Friday, October 12, 2012
I had the immense pleasure of spending a morning alone with Mekdes last week while my other two were at school (we're at two different schools again this year). I suggested going out for donuts, she asked if we might be able to go for a bike ride instead. Yes! That would be MUCH healthier, great idea! We packed up our bikes and headed to the lake for a ride. It was a beautiful fall day with yellow leaves reflecting in the lake and I was so glad to be there, on the bike I hadn't ridden in ages, with my girl who is a beacon on light and joy in my life- so incredibly far from where we were a year ago! But, this time, instead of reflecting on how she has changed, I started thinking about how much I have changed because of her. I am so much healthier now because of her and here are a few examples:
* I have never exercised as much or as consistently as I have since Mekdes came home, what at first was a stress relief is now a healthy daily habit.
* I am more organized, first because with 3 kids I just need to be, but also because Mekdes needed routine. Getting our family into routine made me realize how much we all thrive in knowing what is expected of us when. I feel that we flounder less with our time and get more done with less stress. Life has enough kinks to keep us from getting bored, our routine helps our lives run smoother!
*We eat more beans/legumes, Mekdes really likes beans and it winds up that the rest of the family enjoys them too. I started visiting the dry goods section of the grocery store and making more recipes with legumes and vegetables, only eating meat 2-3 times a week. Some meals, like the sprouted bean soup I made tonight, wasn't my favorite, but it was full of good food and both my girls devoured it, so I'll make it again.
*Spiritually I feel that I have a greater understanding for God's love for us and adopting us into His family. He doesn't love us because we are beautiful, in His love we are made beautiful.
When I look back at the first difficult year with Mekdes I don't think so much of how hard it was, the predominant thought is HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS! It was a beautiful year! Yes hard, but my goodness what a gift to see this child's life transform before us! I was thinking all this as we pedaled along, and out of the blue Mekdes said "Mom, I love you!" and I wanted to jump off my bike and squeeze her so tight, because I love her SO much and she is such a gift, and I began to wonder if I would be so awestruck by my love for her if we hadn't struggled so hard to get here. We began to peddle uphill and Mekdes spoke up "I don't like the uphills, downhills are much funner." then as if to answer my question she continued "Guess you can't have the downhills without the uphills." and as we sped down the hill Mekdes shouted into the wind "Thank you downhill!" and in laughter my heart echoed "Yes! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you downhill!"
As an addendum, we received an e-mail today from Mekdes' teacher just letting us know how much she enjoys having Mekdes in class.
... She is such a compassionate and sweet little girl... She is a bright ray of sunshine and spreads joy to her teachers and the kids around her... She is a wonderful little girl who is such a blessing to me and her classmates.
It brings a mama's heart great joy to know the teacher, with whom Mekdes spends so much time, sees how very beautiful she is!
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Monday, July 02, 2012
The Faces of Bini
Lately Bini has been into playing memory match, or more often playing with the memory match cards while we play Uno with the girls. The other day he started imitating the facial expressions of the characters on his memory match cards. It cracked us up so I thought I'd share.
In other Bini news, has started "swimming school" this week.
he also wrote his whole name for the first time.
He told me "mom, I wrote 'cat'" and yes, he certainly had.
Bini loves letters! He dreams about letters, when he does imaginary play he's often pretending to be a letter - "A" being a favorite because then he'll run around yelling "ahhhh". He even made up a "T" dance where he puts his arms close to his sides and shuffles around the house saying "ttttt"
All this letter love has led to him being able to read many 3 letter words.
The other day he told me "I see a blue fox" and I turned to see the word fox written in blue letters.
Awesome Biniyam, now how about using the potty? please! pretty please?!
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Sunday, June 17, 2012
Our Yellow Ring
Ella's hip hop dance
Ella had her spring dance performance last night. This year our little ballerina pulled out her hip hop moves and I have to say I just LOVE watching hip hop!
Her dance studio presented dances inspired by C.S. Lewis' "The Chronicles of Narnia". Ella's dance was the first of the night "Digory, Polly & The Rings" Ella was a yellow ring, which in the story transported the characters into another world.
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Art Journal Your Archetypes
Knowing what makes you unique is highly valuable to you as an art journaler. With this book, you will learn which 8 personal archetypes you most identify with and how you can express them in your journals!
It's true, isn't it? You have a burning desire to express yourself. But to be successful, confident and happy, you need to know yourself, your true self. That's where archetypes come in.
An archetype is a symbolic representation of the repeated patterns of behavior that make you who you are, the driving forces behind your being. Maybe you're a Rebel or a Seeker? Maybe you are both. Or are you a Visionary? How about a Student? The better you know yourself, the stronger, more resonant and more authentic your art.
And where else to practice expressing your newly discovered self than in an art journal—a place where you are free to create with no rules, no wrongs. Art journaling is a colorful, non-critical way to explore your archetypes.
In this unique book, you will learn processes for discovering your core archetypes and using that knowledge to create highly personal visual expressions, all the while embracing the personal revelations and creative breakthroughs that result.
- A fun 33-question quiz will help you discover and embrace your guiding archetypes.
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'A Day in The Life' is one of the Beatles most famous and influential songs.
the song comprises distinct segments written independently by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, with orchestral additions added later. While Lennon's lyrics were inspired by contemporary newspaper articles, McCartney's were reminiscent of his youth.
George Martin, the Beatles' producer, later described explaining his improvised score to the puzzled orchestra:
"What I did there was to write ... the lowest possible note for each of the instruments in the orchestra. At the end of the twenty-four bars, I wrote the highest note...near a chord of E major. Then I put a squiggly line right through the twenty-four bars, with reference points to tell them roughly what note they should have reached during each bar ... Of course, they all looked at me as though I were completely mad."
McCartney had originally wanted a 90-piece orchestra, but this proved impossible; the difference was made up, as the semi-improvised segment was recorded multiple times and eventually four different recordings were overdubbed into a single massive crescendo. The results were successful; in the final edit of the song, the orchestral bridge is reprised after the final verse.
Following the final orchestral crescendo, the song ends with one of the most famous final chords in music history. Lennon, McCartney, Starr, and Evans shared three different pianos, with Martin on the Harmonium, and all played an E-major chord simultaneously. The final chord was made to ring out for over forty seconds by increasing the recording sound level as the vibration faded out. Towards the end of the chord the recording level was so high that listeners can hear the sounds of the studio, including rustling papers and a squeaking chair.
'A Day in The Life' The Beatles 1967.


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I have about a 56% success rate with baking in a bundt. Simply NOT acceptable.
How on earth do you get it out without the top coming off?
I had a FAIL the other day.
I would eat a failed cake any day!!
Oh my goodness, your friend's fail is hilarious! Poor girl. Looks like she needs your church friend's private lessons. ;) (I'm guessing I know who that is...) Way to go on your gorgeous bread. Maybe I should be brave and give it a try too.
just buy some cooking spray with flour and your bundt cakes come out perfect! It isn't cheap, so I only use it on bundt cakes & sweet breads.
Hahaha. For some reason I didn't see this post below the other one. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for posting this. Not because I like to see you fail, simply because I made THAT VERY CAKE on Sunday with the exact same result. Absolutely hilarious!


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If you haven't already read the first part of my Lush Christmas discontinued dupes for 2012, you can read it here. I've previously shared alternatives for Snow Fairy, Twilight & Ponche & now it's time for me to share with you some bubble-tastic bath-time swaps...
First up, is one of my favourites, Candy Mountain {it always reminds me of Charlie the Unicorn}. Candy Mountain shares exactly the same scent as the year round available Creamy Candy Bath, so if you're all out of your seasonal stock, you have a great alternative!
Creamy Candy is suitable for all skin types & it contains chunks of cocoa butter which makes it super softening on the skin. It a lovely sweet vanillary scent similarly to Rockstar Soap.
Following on, it's the glamorous Golden Wonder!
Words cannot describe just how beautiful the Golden Wonder is... It's champagne; cognac & sweet orange scent is heavenly! Golden Wonder is a slow paced dual-layer ballistic, it foams, fizzes, changes colour & shoots out sparkly golden stars.
Being totally honest, there isn't an exact dupe for the Golden Wonder however, I would suggest cocktailing the Dragons Egg Ballistic with the glitteriffic Sunny-Side bubble-bar!
Another cocktail for you, to replicate the tonka & neroli scented Santa's Sack...
Santa's Sack is a reusable bubble bar, which can be used for a whopping 10 baths!
My two suggestions to replicate the festive experience of Santa's Sack are the frankincense & patchouli Blue Skies (& fluffy clouds) cocktailed with the orange oil & patchoili Karma Bubble Bar... With both bars, as with the Santa's Sack pieces can be broken off for multiple baths.
The smell won't be identical, but it'll be festive none-the-less.
The smell won't be identical, but it'll be festive none-the-less.


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Where Are The Lenses?
January 23, 2010
Most DSLRs today evolved from earlier film-camera systems. (Sony's originally came from Minolta; only Olympus started over from scratch.)
Although lens mounts stayed the same, there was a tiny problem about the sensor. Film cameras shot in a 24 x 36mm format. But making digital sensor chips of that size turns out to be quite expensive and difficult.
Sensor chips are made on costly, ultrapure silicon wafers, each about 8 or 12 inches in diameter. Obviously, increasing the area of each sensor means fewer of them can fit on the wafer.
With all the steps needed to lay down pixel electronics, it's nearly unavoidable to get a few random, chip-wrecking defects scattered across the wafer. So the bigger each sensor is, the more likely it is to be ruined by some defect.
These two factors mean the economics of "full-frame" sensors will always be forbidding. You can read more details in a rather informative Canon PDF white paper here. (Take their marketing spin with a grain of salt; just start reading at page 11.)
By Canon's reckoning, a finished APS-C sensor might cost 1/20th as much as a full-frame one. (That was written in 2006; today's numbers might be a little different, with 12″ wafers more common. But still, the principle applies.)
So, despite all the wails and begging of enthusiast photographers, there are still only a handful of 24 x 36 mm format digital cameras on the market. A Canon 5D Mk II is $2500. A Nikon D700 is $2400. A Leica M9 is a whopping $7000. A Sony A850 is the "bargain," at only $2000. These prices are without lenses, of course.
Today's affordable DSLR models are all based on smaller, APS-C sized sensors. The origin of that cryptic name is irrelevant today; but it simply means a chip slightly under 16 x 24 mm.
There are dozens of APS-C models on the market, starting from the low $400's—and that price includes a kit zoom. Megapixel counts range from 6 to 14 Mp. While it would be misguided to push pixel counts higher than that, the current models give satisfactory images even when set to ISO 800.
It seems apparent that APS-C is today's sweet spot for digital-camera value. And because of the chip economics I mentioned, that is not likely to change anytime soon.
So let me (finally) get to my real point.
Where are the lenses?
Back in the olden days of 35mm SLRs, the "kit lens" was typically a 50mm standard one, with an aperture f/1.8 or so. A photographer more serious about low-light shooting could buy the f/1.4 version. You could get a nice inexpensive wide angle or portrait lens of f/2.8 or faster.
So, where are the equivalents for APS-C?
Lots of old lenses designed for film bodies are still being sold. But when used on APS, these make you to pay a premium in size, weight, cost, and maximum aperture. Cameramakers have dragged their feet on creating interesting, new, fast lenses dedicated to APS-C bodies.
Today, of course, the default is to offer zooms instead of primes; the APS-specific lenses you are able to buy are mostly zooms.
Yes, zooms are convenient. But you typically lose two f-stops of light-gathering power. Some say modern image stabilization gives back those two stops—but that's true only if you don't care about viewfinder dimness, or blur when the subject moves. Zooms are larger and heavier than primes, too.
The normal lens for an APS-C camera would be about 32 mm (48e on a 1.5x sensor; 52e on a 1.6x Canon). The only camera maker so far to "get it" with an APS-specific normal is Nikon, with their 35/1.8. Sigma sells a 30mm f/1.4 in various mounts—but it's mystifying that they're all alone in that market.
For portraits we generally want a nicely-blurred background—meaning we'd like a wide maximum f/stop. This is especially true when using a smaller sensor, because depth of field increases slightly compared to 24 x 36 format. So where are the APS-specific portrait lenses, at f/2.0 or faster? In the range of 60 to 70mm (giving 90-105e), there's only this Tamron—intended more as a dedicated macro lens.
Yes, there's oodles of 50mm's around, recycled from the film era. Canon is well known for their "thrifty 50" —which apparently they're able to knock out for a hundred bucks, despite it covering a larger format. Why on earth should APS-specific lenses be more expensive? The image circle they cover is only 2/3rds the width!
Shooting film, my most-used wide-angle is a 24mm f/2.8. And back in the day, cheap 28mm f/2.8's were a dime a dozen. But convert that to APS-speak. Are there any f/2.8 lenses of roughly 17mm? Is your sole available choice one chubby $600 zoom? I sure can't find anything else.
I'll give credit to Pentax, for creating the widest lineup of APS-specific lenses—including several beautifully-finished primes. But their prices are high, and their widest apertures are really nothing to get excited about.
Finally, lets take a glance at the Micro Four Thirds universe, too. Panasonic's new 20mm f/1.7 pancake (40e on the µ4/3 sensor format) has indeed made quite a splash.
The test reports are excellent. So I suppose it would be snarky to observe that Panasonic's 20 just revives a lens style that numerous snapshot cameras offered in the 1970s—and at a much higher price.
So, where are the lenses?
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August 10, 2010 at 4:44 pm
One other one is the Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens.
But overall I definitely agree. I learned photography with the classic Olympus OM-1 with a 50mm f/1.8 lens – lots of great photos with just the one focal length. And the compacts I used in the 90s often had no zoom either.
But these days it's also rare to find a compact without a zoom (not counting phones) – only the high end compacts do that. I'm sure the manufacturers would say that they are just providing what the market wants, but I wonder how true that is, or if it just makes it easier to list more features to your camera/lens. Maybe there should be a campaign to have a standard quality rating be one of the numbers you can look at and then the manufacturers can compete on that. But I'm not holding my breath …


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Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Hon'ble Minister of Railways, Govt. of India will flag off of the extension of Rourkela-Jammu Tawi-Rourkela Express up to Sambalpur, inaugurate the free Wi-Fi Services at Palasa Station on 12THAugust 2017 through, video conferencing from Rail Bhawan, New Delhi.
Distinguished Guests, Hon'ble Member of Parliaments, Shri Nagendra Kumar Pradhan, Prabhas Kumar Singh, Dillip Kumar Tirkey and Hon'ble MLAs Shri Raseswari Panigrahi, Naba Kishore Das, Dilip Kumar Ray, Ramesh Patua, Mangala Kisan, George Tirkey and Rabinarayan Naik will be present at Sambalpur Station.
Distinguished Guests Hon'ble MP Shri Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu and Hon'ble MLA Shri Gouthu Syam Sunder Sivaji will be present at Palasa Station for inauguration of free Wi-Fi Services.
On the inaugural run, the train will run as a special train from Sambalpur Station towards Jammu Tawi at about 1100hrs (11.00A.M). However, the regular service in the extended portion will be commenced from 13thAugust, 2017.
18109 Sambalpur-Jammu Tawi Link Express will leave Sambalpur at 0745hrs everyday and will reach at Jammu Tawi at 1410hrs on the next 2ndday. In the return direction, this train will leave Jammu Tawi at 1425hrs everyday and will reach Sambalpur at 1745hrs on third day. On the extended portion, this train will provide stoppage at Jharsuguda, Bamra and Rajgangpur between Sambalpur & Rourkela. The timings and stoppages for this train between Rourkela & Jammu Tawi will remain unchanged.


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The Step-up Centres are conceptualized to ensure that not just educational prowess but holistic development of an underprivileged child is pursued which helps them gain sufficient traction to merge with the formal government education system.
Step-up is a year-long programme. It is designed by blending the formal learning and skill based experiences, engaging children for six days in a week. Aligned with the norms of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Step-up is a Multi Grade Multi Level framework, which aims to provide outcome based learning to Out of School children.
Through the KADAM Programme, HPPI addresses inhibiting factors of OOSC enrolment and retention, namely: lack of parental reinforcement, due to low awareness on their part; children ill-equipped to navigate the changing dynamics of relations in formal school settings; and poorly financed mainstream initiatives that, in effect, compromise the functionality of accelerated learning programmes and skills development.
With education at the fulcrum, buttressed by cooperation between, child, HPPI, community and government, the approach focuses on establishing child-centric learning centres that benefit larger number of out of school children, bereft of basic education.
The development of the Programme started in 2012, and currently 396 Step–up centres reach out to 11,307 children across 11 districts of Haryana.
AWC proved to be an important precursor to initiate the concept of Step-up Centres. Humana People to People India aims to establish 1200 Step Up centres reaching out to 300,000 children over the next 10 years to assist National and State Governments in meeting the goals of Right to Education and the UN Millennium Development Goals for Education.
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The mandate to educate children up-to primary level is intensifying. Similar need is re-iterated by the collective efforts of people around the world through Sustainable Development Goals and in India through the Right to Education Act 2010. In India, an estimated 8.1 million children between 6-13 years are out of school while millions more do not attend school regularly. The Academy for Working Children (AWC), aims to contribute to the efforts of providing basic education to street and working children, who have either dropped out or never been to school, and subsequently enrol them in formal schools. These children primarily belong to migrant families who come in search of jobs and sustainable livelihood. The AWCs work with these children on their sanitation, hygiene, behavioural & personality development and primary education.
The Academies serve the children of rural areas and slums in six locations of Rajasthan and NCR including Ghaziabad, and Gurgaon. The three Academies in Rajasthan are set at Neemrana, and Jagatpura and Malviya Nagar in Jaipur with the latter two been approved as Non-Governmental Educational Institutes, which allows them to award formal qualification certificates to children, for the classes attended and passed.
The Academies provide activity based, programme oriented learning to Out of School Children, which grants them the freedom to master the content at their own pace. The activities are carefully designed to facilitate the working of children in groups, to learn the concepts, theoretically and practically. The Academies have adopted the government school curriculum, to make transition to mainstream education easier. To facilitate all- round growth of children, comprehensive personality development, art encouragement and sport promoting activities are also incorporated with the study sessions.
AWC's have also taken an important step towards filling the technology lacuna by conducting regular computer classes for the women and youth from the community. Five out of six AWCs conduct the Computer training courses, out of which, the three Academies in Rajasthan are authorized to provide Rajasthan State certification in Computer courses, in a public private partnership with Rajasthan Knowledge Corporation Ltd. The Academies run evening extra classes for the children who require additional academic assistance. They also mobilize the community with activities like health camps, open Sundays, sports and cultural arrangements for better integration with this educational goal. Since its inception, AWC's have benefitted 13,000 drop-outs and out of school children and currently reach out to 1260 children annually.


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Thursday, October 24, 2013
A different season, a different place
For the past week and a half, I have found myself in a foreign land. I am a runner. And right now, I cannot run. My foot is healing from an overuse injury in training. God held it together long enough to finish the marathon. But now, I rest.
In the past few days, I have driven along some of my favorite running routes, so familiar that I know every turn, every hill, even the coming up on the places where the trees flank the road like a cathedral. I long to pull over on the side of the road, abandon the car, and finish that path on foot.
But this is not the time.
There are so many things I would like to be doing. But this is not the time for them. I am in a different season for the time being. I am in a different place. Not a bad season, not a bad place, just different. And God has some different things for me to be doing right now.
I can be so distracted by where I was before -- or where I want to be -- that I can become totally ineffective where I am right now. It is so easy to get bogged down in the grumblings of the "if only's" and the "what if's" and "why this, God?" that I miss His assignment for the now.
"Show me, LORD, what I need to be doing in this place, in this day, in this not-what-I-would-have-chosen situation."
We all have gifts that we long to be used. God may be in the process of developing yet another. And this different place and season may be how He will do it.
When our first daughter was born, I remember a frustration creeping into my joy when I said out loud to this infant, "I can't get anything done around here!" My gaze fell on her uplifted face. And I realized SHE was what I was doing right now. Other things will come someday, or be set aside for a season, but when we get the big rocks in first, everything else falls into place. It doesn't have to be an either/or situation. God fulfills.
And so, be it the prophet Jeremiah in chains ("bound in chains along with all the captives" Jeremiah 40.1), or the apostle Paul in prison ("I am an ambassador in chains" Ephesians 6.20), or simply a runner who can't run, God has something deeper going on.
It may not be what we would have chosen,
but it is an opportunity
such as we wouldn't believe.
Let God use you in it.
...fulfill your ministry.
1 Timothy 4.5
(whatever that may be today)
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"Roscon de Reyes is a Spanish Three Kings cake made at Ephiphany (5th January). This recipe is posted per a request by a member and I will make it as soon as I can. The recipe says "1 package active dry yeast" which is not accepted by Zaar computer, I will amend to a specific amount as soon as I have done some research on the package size. If you make it before I do then I would appreciate your feedback. Cooking time includes rising time. Thanks!"
Roscon De Reyes, Spanish Three Kings.
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Ingredients Nutrition
For the cake
- 3 1⁄4-3 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- active dry yeast
- 2⁄3 cup milk
- 1⁄3 cup butter
- 1⁄3 cup granulated sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
For the filling
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 3⁄4 cup diced mixed candied fruit, and peel
- 1⁄2 cup chopped toasted almond
For the icing
- 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 -2 tablespoon orange juice
- ground cinnamon (optional)
- finely shredded orange peel (optional)
- To make the cake: In a large mixing bowl stir together 1-1/2 cups of the flour and the yeast; set aside.
- In a small saucepan heat and stir milk, butter, granulated sugar, and salt just until warm (120° to 130° F) and butter is almost melted. Add milk mixture to flour mixture; add eggs.
- Beat with an electric mixer on low to medium speed for 30 seconds, scraping sides of bowl constantly. Beat on high speed for 3 minutes more. Using a wooden spoon, stir in remaining flour until dough forms a solid mass that can be kneaded.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead in enough of the remaining flour to make a moderately soft dough that is smooth and elastic (3 to 5 minutes total). Shape the dough into a ball.
- Place in a lightly greased bowl; turn once to coat the surface. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled (1 to 1-1/2 hours). Punch dough down.
- Turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes. Roll dough into a 20xl2-inch rectangle. Spread with the 3 tablespoons softened butter.
- To make the filling: In a small mixing bowl combine the granulated sugar and the cinnamon. Add mixed fruits and peels and almonds; toss gently to coat.
- Sprinkle the mixture onto the buttered surface of the dough. Starting at a long side, loosely roll up dough jelly-roll style. Moisten edges; pinch firmly to seal. Place roll, seam side down, on a greased baking sheet.
- Bring ends together to form a ring. Moisten ends; pinch together to seal ring. Flatten slightly. Using a sharp knife, make 12 cuts around the edge of the dough at 1-1/2-inch intervals, cutting about two-thirds of the way to the center. Cover and let rise in a warm place until nearly doubled (30 to 40 minutes).
- Bake in a 350° F oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until bread sounds hollow when tapped. (If necessary, cover loosely with foil after 20 minutes to prevent over browning.) Remove from baking sheet; cool on a wire rack.
- To make the icing: In a small mixing bowl combine powdered sugar and vanilla. Stir in enough of the orange juice to make an icing for drizzling. Spoon icing over ring. Before icing dries, sprinkle with additional cinnamon and orange peel, if desired. Makes 12 servings.
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text: This book aims to showcase scholarly work from leading coaching psychologists and coaches from different parts of the world, with an expectation that each author will provide thoughtful analysis of group dynamics, family systems and psychotherapeutic approach to family business coaching. The book will thus provide both a theoretical groundwork and a practical application of group dynamic issues to family business coaching practices. The book is expected to provide a key reference book for family businesses, practitioners, business coaches, researchers, postgraduate students and coaching profession. It is believed to serve as an essential compendium for the coaching psychology, and a useful groundwork to understanding group dynamics of a family business. It is also expected to provide practitioner's input in family business coaching practices, with specific reference to knowledge enhancement, and developing innovative and reflective coaching practices appropriate to family businesses around the world. The book offers a new outlook of partnership between group dynamics and family businesses in diverse settings. The book has thus a far-reaching goal to benefit coaching profession at a global level.


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The stairs up from the hallway to the half landing, this time (nearly) last year, with the carpet finally fitted.
Now. Doesn't look any different.
The snug with the gorgeous (in my opinion) stripey Brintons (bargain - as discussed here) carpet. Such lovely, thick and squishy carpet; wish we could afford this quality all through the house, but at least we got it in one room!
Now. Sigh, those orange check curtains are still here.
Then. Ugly concrete hearth, but at least it meets building regs. Boring.
Now. Ugly concrete hearth still there; one day we hope to cover it with tiles or slate or something more attractive than concrete.
Now. You can barely see it.
And a quick jaunt upstairs to our bedroom; here's my wardrobe, then.
Now. Slightly more 'stuff' inside.
And finally my office, then.
Now. What can I say?


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I have XM Radio in my car. If I didn't, I think I would blow my brains out. It's the only thing that makes my hellish commute bearable.
One of the advantages of XM Radio is being able to hear uncensored content. No FCC (don't bother to ask me what the 'F' stands for...you won't like the answer). And because I like to listen to the comedy stations on the way home from work, I stumbled upon an amazing new talk show starring Mojo Nixon. I'd tell you the name of it...but it contains a really offensive pejorative that, while an appropriate description of what/who politicians are, isn't acceptable for a "family" blog like mine.
The other day the topic was the stimulus package which, at that time, was rumored to be approaching more than $1.5 trillion dollars. There was a variety of opinions expressed - mostly references to where Washington could stick their "stimulus".
But one caller demonstrated the genius of the common man. His proposal: rather than spend all of those trillions of dollars on crap that just makes government bigger and more powerful, why not just send $1 million dollars to every American household, with this caveat on how the money must be spent:
- Pay off your mortgage
- Pay off all of your bills
- If any money is left over, invest it in the stock market
Which is why it'll never happen.
Government only likes solutions that (1) perpetuate problems, not solve them, and (2) that empower government. Which, now that I think of it, is exactly what the phony "stimulus" package the Senate is considering now is.


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Looking across the Thamalakane River at Sedia - where a rainbow is always shining.Posted by Sedia Riverside Hotel on Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Sedia Riverside Hotel - Maun offers rooms, chalets, accomodated camping and conference facilities. They have an internet cafe, craft shop, large pool and terrace bar. It combines the best of African Values and World Class Value. Come and experience the unique ambiance provided by our staff, the facilities and the environment.
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Thamalakane Dry - Terrace Bar and Pool Wet
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Great lot located at the edge of a cul-de-sac with great views of Millerton Lake. Power, water and sewer are available to lot. Close to Eagle Crest Gold Course and Table Mountain Casino, only 25 minutes to Fresno. This is a perfect opportunity to build your dream home in the beautiful Millerton Lake are. Buyer to verify boundaries


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From X-press Cafe to a cup of coffee in Tim Hortons and dinner at L'Italiano's. Phew~ so much food for this week. I must go back to my insanity work out again.
I'm loving my new phone! haha! Great camera. And I was so busy using kakaotalk… that's why.. er…….


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As I got closer to the barn I decided to just give her a good brushing. I mean, TM is not one to roll in the mud so odds were that she while she might be a little dusty she wouldn't be so bad that I couldn't clean her. I had just gotten out of the car when TM and her buddy came trotting over to the fence by my car happy to see me. TM was caked in mud. MY ONE CLEAN HORSE WHO ROLLS IN THE MUD MAYBE ONCE A MONTH LOOKED LIKE GENNYRAL. I could have cried. What are the odd that she would finally decide to be disgusting?!?!
So I went to get out the stuff to give her a bath because she had left me no choice. As I was hooking up the hose I started to feel bad about doing it, so I left the hose unconnected and got TM to see if I could brush the dirt away. My indecision was killing my timeline. If I was going to give her a bath I needed to do it ASAP because it was getting colder by the minute. After 10 minutes of currying and no luck at all in getting all the mud off I knew that my hand had been forced. I had to give her a bath.
After having spent hours just two days before trying to get Gennyral warm and dry I was really feeling horrible about giving TM a bath. I decided to do it at lightning speed and do it right away. I would load her up with coolers and ride her while she was still wet to try and get her moving and hopefully warm her up. Can I just tell you that TM is a saint? She really is. Gennyral tries to kick me during a bath even on the hottest of summer days, TM just stood there, looking miserable with her ears pinned back, but like a statue none the less.
After toweling her off as best as I could I loader her up with 3 coolers (mind you the horse was not even shaking because she is tough as nails) and got ready to ride. As I brought her over to the mounting block I could tell she was cold because she was acting very Thoroughbredy…which is not like her. Every sound caught her attention, she was getting more and more up with every stride. Luckily, I am a TB person so her acting like her breed wasn't going to stop me from riding.
In hindsight I wish it had. I wish that I had not gotten on to her. Heck, I wish I had not given her a bath. It was just stupid and not worth it. TM was horrible. Spooking, crow hopping, rearing, bucking, spinning, trying to take off with me. I have written about every time TM has had a toe out of line on this blog. The horse has misbehaved (I don't count the not stopping because that was more of a training issues) maybe a handful of times since I started with her in June. To have her carrying on like Gennyral scared me. I stayed on and kept my cool enough to at least work on getting nice walk halt transitions so I could quit on something good, but as soon as I got three nice ones in a row I leaped off. I was the one shaking and it wasn't because of the cold.
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Can you believe December is almost over? It feels like this month has flown by! For Day 29 of my Advent Grab Box Calendar, I picked out this gift!
Inside was...
The Taylor Swift Wonderstruck perfume! I've been wanting this fragrance forever, so I was super excited to find this in my box!
Note: My mom purchased this item for me!


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Until later,
|Bilbo's face...
"The Sword of Elendil was forged anew by Elvish smiths, and on its blade was traced a device of seven stars set between the crescent Moon and rayed Sun, and about them was written many runes; for Aragorn son of Arathorn was going to war upon the marches of Mordor. Very bright was that sword when it was made whole again; the light of the sun shone redly in it, and the light of the moon shone cold, its edge was hard and keen. And Aragorn gave it a new name and called it Andúril, Flame of the West."
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
|The reforging of Anduril
Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I with none of this had happened.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you were also meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought.Question 2: Favorite characters from each race?


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Buying real estate can be an intimidating venture. There are so many things to consider- what kind of real estate you need, what kind of payment plan to choose, what to do to make sure you get the best article. Read on for some easy tips on how to buy real estate.
When starting the search for a new home, research the area to find the neighborhoods that you would be happy in. Make sure to check out crime statistics, school quality, and the areas walking score. If you have an agent, let them know the type of area that you are looking for and they can point you in the right direction.
Make sure to contact people you helped to buy a house every holiday, and on anniversaries of their first day in the house. When they hear from you, they will remember how much you helped them out. Tell them that since you make your money via referrals, that you would be grateful if they could refer you to the people they know.
The right time to buy a home is always now, provided you are prepared. Interest rates fluctuate and so does the market. Real estate purchases should always happen when you are ready, not when the stars are aligned. The time to purchase is when you have done your homework and found the home that makes you happy.
Look into the history of the home and the surrounding area. Look for occurrences of tornadoes, forest fires and flooding for example. These occurrences in the past may be a sign that the home was damaged and will allow you to know what kind of damage to look for before you purchase the home.
Buyers should visit open houses whenever they can. These occasions are great to tour the houses on the market, learn about nearby schools, parks and shopping centers. Listing agents hosting these events are open to discuss the special features of the properties and they can be a great resources to find out how motivated the sellers are.
Choose the best time to view a house. While most people wait until the 'open house', normally on a Saturday or Sunday, in reality you can request to see the house at any time. Choose a day in the middle of the week when the sellers aren't there. The realtor will be happy to show you the house, and this way you aren't looking at the same time as lots of other people. If you decide to make an offer on the house, you can be sure that you are the only one.
If you need to purchase a home in a short amount of time, use the internet to jump-start your search. Going to open houses or driving around to find properties is one way to look for a home, but you will lose a lot of time seeing residences that don't meet the criteria that you have. Searching online lets you look for properties based on the characteristics that you want in a home. This will help you find what you need in a shorter amount of time.
Buying a house with a swimming pool is not as much of an investment as it once was. A house with a pool is more for your pleasure than a long-term investment. home foreclosure listings are a cause for concern with a pool, and you will lose many potential buyers if your house has a swimming pool.
If you are trying to invest in real estate, be prepared to lose some. There will always be other investment properties available. You should try to keep your emotion out of your buying and selling decisions. When you lose a potential investment property, remember that another one is just around the corner and it could be better than the one you lost.
Have a contractor tag along wherever you go. These people are the most experienced at pointing out minor flaws that may have costly repairs. If you take a contractor to an open house with you, you will know in advance what major or minor problems may need repairs, thus saving you the costs in the future.
If you are trying to purchase a home, but aren't sure if you can afford it, keep your eyes open for vacant real estate. Vacant homes are general indicators that the previous owners are ready to sell. The longer the home sits empty, the more motivated the owners are to sell.
It is vital to get any real estate property, be it home or rental, professionally inspected before committing to a contract. If you cannot afford the cost of the inspection, then it is prudent to further examine whether you can fundamentally afford to own the property. An inspection can show costly issues which a layman can easily overlook, but end up being liable for further down the road.
Check the zoning on property you are looking to buy. Your plans for expansion, businesses or splitting lots might be prevented by the zoning your property sits on. Always check with city or county officials before buying a piece of property you plan on making major changes to.
You have just read a lot of different advice on home buying. If https://tangyeyesight9275.jimdo.com/2017/05/01/discover-the-best-ways-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-home/ didn't take notes when you read the article, it is a good idea to go back through and write down or highlight all the facts that you found useful. Then you can reference the information you need very quickly.
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Dale Palmer & Associates would like to congratulate Richard and Charles on the sale of their beautiful home. Thank you very much for using us in the sale of your Wilton Manors home.
The city of Wilton Manors is an island city located just north of the city Fort Lauderdale and south of the city of Oakland Park. The main downtown walking district of Wilton Drive is what brings buyers to this city with quaint shops, restaurants and nightlife.
This 3 bedroom, 2 bath pool home was updated with a large kitchen with granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances, large family room with vaulted ceilings and fireplace with a copper flue. Other features of the home include a newer roof, new AC, gorgeous landscaped back yard with paver brick decking, pool and waterfall. This home was is just a couple of blocks from Wilton Drive, nightlife, shopping and restaurants.
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Sunday, December 11, 2011
Mi Universidad
This semester I have attended the University of Seville. The building I have class in was the first tobacco factory in Europe. I enjoy classes at the university- I am taking Spanish Baroque Poetry, Middle Ages and Renaissance Spanish Literature and Spanish Literature of the Nineteenth Century. In Spain, classes are basically all lecture. Students rarely participate in discussions. A big difference between American and Spanish universities is the grading system. Instead of the letter system, the Spanish grading system ranges from 0-10 with 0 being the worst and 10 being the best. There is only a final test here, too-no papers, projects, quizzes or other exams. My professors have all been wonderful, but they all show up to class 15 minutes late (typical at Spanish universities) and cancel class frequently.
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text: God is so wonderful and faithful. Without our realization, God enlightens us through someone experiences and brings hope to our life. I just feel that sometimes God sends angel to help me whenever I am hopeless in finding solution. May your soul and life be blessed richly and abundantly while seeking God's righteousness.


text: Many of you in childhood reading fairy tales has imagined how cool would be to live in a fairy tales house or palace. Watching the cartoons you see how fantastic and beautiful are fairy tales houses designs. But fairy tales houses may be found not only in fairy tales, but also in real life. Inspired by fairy tales people build interesting houses for themselves and reproducing some of their favorite fairy tales or cartoons like The Simpsons or Alice in Wonderland. While living in a house like that, you can forgot about some of casual problems and feel like a fairytale character. In this post, you will find more than 45 very interesting and fabulous house designs that are inspired from fairy tales.


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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has condoled with the victims of the recent violent attacks in a number of communities in Taraba State, where deaths have been reported. He condemned the acts of violence, adding that perpetrators of the attack would be brought to book.
commiserating with the people of the affected communities, the entire
government and people of Taraba State, the Acting President yesterday
summoned and held an emergency meeting with top security officials of
the Federal Government and Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku.
President Osinbajo therefore ordered the deployment of an extra
military battalion, police reinforcements and also a deployment of
the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps to the areas affected.
the Acting President has ordered the provision of relief materials to
be delivered to the affected communities in Toffi, Mayo Daga, Mayo
Sina, Tamiya, Kwara-Kwara, Tungan Lugere, Timjire, Nguroje and other
villages in the hinterlands of Mambilla Plateau.
Federal Government also put in motion, long-time solutions including
mediation between opposing groups in the communal conflict.
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At the end of last year I've had the enormous privilege to beta test the brand new Hahnemühle Britannia hot pressed watercolour paper (300 gsm) and was very positively surprised with it's amazing quality! In fact it has become one of my favourite papers ever.
The paper has a very smooth, satiny surface… it's one of the softest hot pressed papers I've ever used. Until now it was only available in cold pressed and rough surfaces so I'm very happy Hahnemühle decided to add it to the range.
I really enjoy drawing on this lovely surface and if I needed to do a bit of erasing in certain areas, it did not affect the the paper at all. I always use a kneaded eraser but with some papers even the slightest amount of erasing can cause some damage and lead to uneven colour application later on.
As with the Cezanne hp paper I was very pleased with the drying time on the Britannia. Even though the surface is hot pressed, the paint did not just sink into the paper and dry immediately. After applying a wash I still had plenty of time to move the paint around, soften the edges or drop some more pigment in using the wet in wet technique.
It also seems to me that the colours remained vibrant and did not lose their intensity after they had dried, which is a very nice quality of Hahnemühle papers.
In my paintings I usually do only two washes: one for the local colour and one for the shadow shapes, so I cannot comment on how layering or glazing would work on this surface… I also do not lift and tend to leave things as they are.
Below are some of the paintings I've made on the Britannia paper.
I am very grateful to Hahnemühle for being so generous and letting me test their lovely brand new paper!
I hope this review was helpful to those of you who are interested in hot pressed papers. Hahnemühle's Britannia is definitely worth trying out and it's a ridiculously good value for money!


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Scones are simple to make but Audax encouraged us to make multiple batches and really perfect the technique. This is a wonderful idea and I would have loved to do so, but a little baby is taking priority at the moment. I am just pleased that I managed to make two different versions, photograph them and do a blog post.
For the first batch I followed the host's recipe and directions. It worked very well but honestly, anything tastes good fresh out of the oven and slathered in jam and cream. It was interesting to discover that I consider scones absolutely must be accompanied by a red jam - strawberry, blackberry etc, while Tom considers marmalade or apricot jam to be perfectly acceptable.
|Plain scones with the compulsory cream and strawberry jam
Thank you to our host Audax, who not only did an amazing job with this challenge, but contributes a huge amount to the Daring Bakers and Daring Cooks every month. Visit his blog to be amazed.
|Flo's pumpkin scones


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Today Carson started swimming lessons. I knew I wanted to enroll him but I searched for one that I didn't have to get in the water with him. Everytime we go swimming he clings to me and I knew it wouldn't work that way. I found a place that I didn't have to get in with him and it is indoors and with that skin that is a big PLUS! I was pretty nervous that he was going to freak out when we got there and not participate but boy was I wrong!! He was so good and I was so proud of him! He got in, swam around, listened to his teacher and jumped off the side. At times he was more interested in the cute little girl in his class but when it was his turn to try he did so good! We have the lessons everyday for 2 weeks so I will post another video at the end of the lessons.
So Monday evening Colton came really close to rolling over. Corey and I sat in the livingroom with the video camera on him for a good 30 minutes and he never got completly over. So wouldn't you know that little stinker decided to roll completly over while at MiMi and PawPaw's today! When we got home I got the camera back out and caught it! It is really cute and we are so proud of him! You can see at the end he is proud of himself too:)


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We are going to have a potluck dinner coming up soon. Slave gets to bring a casserole. Only can't make up my mind what kind. So slave has instituted a "4 for 4" taste tasting. Set up a sign in sheet this morning for four people to help taste test. Planed for 4, took plates for 5 and served 7!
One of the testers admitted that her nickname had been Pitiful Pearl. Everyone agreed that should be the name of this dish. So slave gives you:
Pitiful Pearl's Poultry Potluck!
- 2.5 lbs of boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 package low fat cream cheese
- 2 cans cream of chicken soup (undiluted)
- 1 lbs. Package frozen mixed vegetables
- ½ lbs rigatoni
- ½ cup of Chopped onion½ teaspoon poultry seasonings
First do your cutting. Cut the white meat chicken into a large dice. (1½ inch). Sprinkle the raw chicken pieces with the herbs. Using a table knife, cut the cream cheese into the same size dice. Chop the onion.
Wipe out the slow cooker and spray. Set on low.
Pour the chopped onion into the cooker, then the chunks of chicken.
Add the diced cream cheese and spoon in both cans of cream of chicken soup. Put the lid on and let cook for 5 hours.
At the 5 hour mark, add the bag of frozen vegetables and turn up the heat to HIGH. At about 5½ hour mark, boil the water for the pasta. Cook according to the box directions and drain. Spray a 9 x 13 casserole dish.
Pre heat the oven to 375 degrees.
Dump the pasta into the casserole and stir in the chicken mixture. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes to blend the flavors and serve. All this meal needs is possibly some hot rolls.
Slave got some really great suggestions and feedback. And a wonderful chance at just being social.
Anyone remember Dinah Shore?
The biggest joy is that slave got to serve all of those new friends! And we come up with a great name.
To satisfy and restore.
To nourish, support and maintain.
To gratify, spoil, comfort and please,
to nurture, assist, and sustain
…..I cook!
Please buy slave's cookbook:
The Little Black Book of Indiscreet Recipes by Dan White http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F315Y4I/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_vAT4sb0934RTM via @amazon


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I really don't like making a scene unless one is called for – but today I feel there is.
I have been searching for a funky, mommy friendly nappy bag since I was pregnant. Its lank hard to find affordable ones that one would actually want to wear. Oh, I have found millions of tutorials to make, but my sewing skills are limited and now my time too.
Then yesterday I found the most beautiful bag – in my price range – but sadly, there were no size indications. As any mom of a baby knows, you leave the house with everything AND the kitchen sink… So I need a good size bag. Therefore I did what any normal person would do… I emailed the company to ask for measurements. Now, please note – the picture on there site is barely a thumbnails with no option for enlarging – so I can't see how the bag is made or anything. Another thing you need to know is I attempted (it never took off), an online baby shop with stuff I made. The only stuff I now sell are Cherub Tree nappies.
Here is the response I got from the shop I emailed:
Hi Lizanne
Before replying to your mail, I went to have a look at your
blog-cum-eshop. Because of what I saw there, I will not be giving you
the measurements of our changing bag. I would also like to make clear
that Rhubarb and Custard does not give you permission to place any of
our images on your website, as you have done with other people's
products that you plan to copy.
I will be looking up all the images you ahve used, and notifying the
Yes the email is incomplete, she sent it unfinished… But here is the thing:
- My baby shop never went public – no one ever ordered or even viewed it.
- I was purely mailing as a person interested in buying – she could have asked me WHY I wanted the measurements first.
- About the images, I did a credit on the "shop" site, as I always do when using other images than my own.
- As my shop was mainly geared at friends in the first place I was unaware that its a sin to make and sell things that millions of other people also do.
- I emailed this very rude woman back to say I will never buy her products, or shop at anyone who stocks them.
- I also said I would tell everyone I know not to buy there… Call that overreacting? I think maybe professionalism was called for, not to be treated like a common thief, without her checking facts.
I would never usually have done this kind of blog post – but I have not even received an apology – they can just be glad I have limited readership.


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Zoinks! This is fantastic! This is as close as it gets if not better than eating a real key lime pie. It's an acquired taste, but once you've had authentic key lime pie you know Chastity Belt has captured it's essence in an e-liquid. I never have time to get bored of a juice at carpe diem because they come out with these fantastic new flavors too much. I think they are trying to make me go broke. I kid. They are worth EVERY single penny and more with their craft. The lime is not too much, it's just right and it's the star of the show but the cream... oh the cream is fantastic in this juice.
I adore Carpe Diem Vapor so much it'll be the only 10 I give to a vendor. I'd give them over 9000 if I could. It's over nine-thousand! Time to stop being silly and start getting real. You'll never have another company like this. If I wasn't already married, I'd marry Carpe. Prices are great, so many of their juices are absolutely amazing, In the grand scheme of things, all their juices are 10s compared to most companies. Sure, I don't like some of the flavors, but I can appreciate them and understand why others love them.
SUPRAH fast shipping, ultra well packed, special gifts and goodies inside my package sometimes. But most of all, they're the bees knees when it comes to creating well-balanced, DELICIOUS and complex flavors.


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- Type: scooter
- Fuel: Gas / Diesel
- Displacement: 125cc
- Engine Type: 4-Stroke
- Max. Speed: > 80km/h
- Certification: ccc
- Condition: New
- Brand Name: LUOJIA
- Place of Origin: Henan, China (Mainland)
- Model Number: LJ125-9B
- Brake(F/R): DISC/DRUM
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Max power : 6.2/7500(Kw/r/min)
Max.Torque 8.2/6500(N.m/r/min)
Economic fuel consumption:2.8L/100km
Wheelbase(mm): 1310
Engine type:152QMI
Battery:12V /7AH
Fuel tank:6L
Max speed (kph):80
Starter:electric and kick
Net weight (kg):113
Max load (kg):150
Ground clearance (mm):130
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Front tire: 130/60-13/Rear tire:130/60-13
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Hi everyone! My name is Ruby from Sydney, Australia and I am a new admin on this site. I'm fairly new to the Kpop world but this will be an opportunity for me to learn more about Kpop and be more involved in the groups and help both new and old Kpopppers around the world. Stay tuned for more exciting and cut posts about your favourite groups and biases.
Can't wait to write more posts for you guys so keep coming back to check them out! 🙂