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The Honeywell HWB2052S2 21-Inch Tabletop Water Cooler Dispenser can use 3 and 5-gallon water bottles and features a food-grade stainless steel water tank to help improve water taste. Access to both hot and cold water is available with the push-in tap system and there's a hot water child safety lock. This water dispenser's funnel features a prong that helps prevent spills when using bottles with spill proof caps. This 85-watt water cooler comes with a removable drip tray for easy cleaning. Compressor cooling and a cold water thermostat control makes getting the right water temperature simple, with a heating capacity of 4-liters per hour above 194-degrees and a cooling capacity of 2-liters per hour below 50-degrees. This item stands 21-inches tall by 12-inches wide and has a white finish. This unit is ETL Certified. Honeywell HWB2052S2 21-Inch Tabletop Water Cooler Dispenser comes with a 1-year limited manufacturer's warranty and in-home or office tech support in over 220 cities in the US.
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But was there really a Virginia?
Today, our local newspaper, as it does every year, printed the famous letter of one "Virginia O'Hanlon" to the New York Sun asking if there was really a Santa Claus. The letter, and the editor's response to it, have become legendary. Her letter is sweet, and his response is eloquent and beautiful.
But I wonder… did an eight-year-old girl really write that letter? Take a look at what Virginia supposedly wrote:
Dear Editor!
I am 8 years old.
Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
Papa says, "If you see it in The Sun it's so. Please tell me the truth: Is there a Santa Claus?
— Virginia O'Hanlon.
115 West Ninety-Fifth Street.
The question Virginia poses is definitely childlike, but would an eight-year-old refer to her friends as "my little friends?" That sounds more like what an adult would say if he or she was talking to an eight-year-old. "Find some of your little playmates and do something nice outdoors," for example, as Fern's mother in "Charlotte's Web said.
Then there is the rather obvious plug for the newspaper itself: "Papa says if you see it in the Sun, it is so." Uh huh.
Now here's the editor's reply:
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias.
There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal life with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove?
Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.
You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernatural beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
It's a well-thought-out, beautifully expressed response.
But it seems awfully advanced to be directed toward a girl of eight, even a bright one. he does try to present his response in a way she can relate to, by mentioning fairies dancing on the lawn, but all his talk about poetry and romance seems directed more at his adult readers than at Virginia. Of course, since he was writing in the newspaper and not just a private letter to Virginia, he had to produce "editorial page quality" work.
My conclusions:
1. Virginia O'Hanlon the eight-year-old probably didn't write the letter to the editor. Who knows? Maybe in a roundabout way she inspired the published response, but I am fairly sure she didn't write the original letter.
2. The editor was probably asked by his own children about Santa Claus, and decided that the question deserved to be addressed in his paper. And perhaps he wanted to remind adults that Christmas is supposed to be a time of light-heartedness, joy and generosity.
3. It doesn't really matter if Virginia did write the letter, or if she even existed. What is important is the response, that whether Santa is real or not isn't the point. The point is that everybody should believe in teh spirit of giving, the magic of childhood, and in kindness toard others.
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Richard Bond and partner Jamie run multi award-winning Interior Design practice Jamie Hempsall Ltd near Retford.
They spend their time making people's worlds more beautiful (and practical) places throughout the UK and abroad and Richard is a tireless volunteer with Macmillan Cancer Support and the Terrence Higgins Trust, working on major donor development and national volunteer strategy. He was recently appointed UK Chair of Macmillan's new UK Volunteer Forum.
I never consider myself a "petrol head". I always say I am happy to drive anything provided it gets me around in one piece. And after qualifying as an accountant, I did drive a series of ordinary company cars for years.
But whenever I purchase a car myself, despite having every intention of going for something cheap and economical, that never seems to happen. For example... the time I bought my own wheels I ended up with a Jaguar XJS.
It was unbelievably thirsty (£40 for a full tank nearly 20 years ago). However, there was little to compare to the noisy throb from its engine. It was sublime when you fired her up and a joy when you put your foot down.
Five years ago, I decided to change my Mercedes ML350 (a brilliant workhorse for anyone running an interior design practice). I left determined to buy a Fiat Cinquecento – and came back with a new Mercedes SLK, the rationale being that the Merc worked perfectly with my iPhone.
Last year, I was similarly adamant that my sports car days were over and what I really needed was a small runabout – a Nissan Juke or a RAV3.
The end result? My Mercedes SL350. Though owning it has proved the closest I have come to the joy experienced with the XJS, only without the crippling fuel costs. It appears I am not comfortable without a large engine under the bonnet (and a top that comes off at the touch of a button).
I have had many motoring adventures over the years, but the most memorable was while Jamie Hempsall and I were visiting a friend in Spain who happens to be a major parrot breeder.
One day my friend asked us to "nip" from our mountain location to take a sick parrot for medical treatment in Madrid. He assured us the drive would only take a couple of hours.
Geography is not my strong point (I am a slave to my Sat Nav), but even I questioned this. However, I was assured it was definitely the case and we and the sick parrot were dispatched in our friend's BMW Touring, a single €500 note in our wallet to cover any expenses.
On punching the vet's address into the Sat Nav, the device advised us the journey would take seven hours. We decided it must surely be wrong, only to realise an hour into the journey that it was clearly correct and a hideous drive lay ahead.
Our poorly parrot passenger was a valuable hyacinth macaw worth considerably more than the car. And, we realised, we were transporting her without her identity papers at a time when some serious avian smuggling was going on.
I was dutifully following the speed limit down a winding mountainside stretch, but everyone was overtaking us so I decided to speed up. And of course, there was a police roadblock at the bottom booking EVERYONE.
We were without documentation for either car or parrot and getting in a bit of a sweat. I gave the policeman my passport, but as it left my grasp I suddenly remembered I had stored the €500 note in its pages. The officer looked agog, so all I could do was pretend I didn't understand a word of Spanish. Eventually he gave up, handed back the passport and Euro note and issued us with a fine – which took all our other cash.
We hit Madrid at 10pm, tired and worried about our cargo. The vet was waiting, ready to operate. But within an hour, tests confirmed the mystery emergency was... a parrot suffering from a sexually-transmitted disease. It had got chlamydia!
Trying to pay for dinner at midnight with a €500 note proved nigh-on impossible and to cap it all, we realised we couldn't check into a hotel with a parrot in tow. So had to drive straight back.
After 14 hours of driving we were dishevelled and exhausted. The parrot was absolutely fine of course. Apparently she loves a car journey!


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RR Donnelley Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Agreement by Highlights For Children
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Press release from the issuing company
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company today announced that it has been awarded a new multi-year multi-million dollar agreement by Highlights For Children, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement the company will produce Highlights magazine, described as the most recognizable and widely-read children's magazine in the nation, and High Five, a version for younger children. RR Donnelley will also draw upon its leading logistics resources to provide co-mail services.
"We are very pleased to enter into this new collaborative relationship with RR Donnelley," said Kent S. Johnson, Highlights For Children's Chief Executive Officer. "Since Highlights' unique vision was brought to life 65 years ago we have continued to incorporate innovations as we bring Fun With A Purpose to children and their parents. We look forward to working with RR Donnelley and to taking advantage of the broad range of innovations that they offer."
"We are honored to begin producing these flagship publications and are delighted to be expanding our relationship with Highlights For Children," said John Paloian, RR Donnelley's Chief Operating Officer. "Many of our employees know from personal experience the role that engaging graphics play in drawing children's enthusiastic interest. We believe that our platform is an ideal match for Highlights' special vision."
RR Donnelley also produces books and related materials for Highlights For Children, Inc.
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Like any Apple product, the iPhone "just works" right? Unfortunately, we don't live in a perfect world and regardless of what anyone will tell you, iOS is not perfect. Things go wrong, but luckily there are some great counter-measures and third-party tools to soften the blow.
We've spoken about iCloud in the past, covered setting up the core features and even retrieving a lost or stolen phone, but we've still not tackled the iCloud restore process. If – like me a few days ago – you're not too sure how the process works (or whether it works at all), today's article is for you and your peace of mind.
If you're wondering how safe your phone's treasure trove of personal data really is then read on.
Something went wrong with my Camera Roll a few days ago. After shooting a quick snapshot from the lockscreen, I couldn't get my Photos or Camera app to show the Camera Roll without crashing. Multiple restarts later I decided it was probably time to update the phone's software, over-the-air.
I'm not always the most punctual individual when it comes to updates, and recently I've been relying on my phone as more than a communication device. I had been putting off the OTA update to iOS 5.1.1 until I could afford to spend the time fixing any issues that arose.
Despite my faith in iOS, I had a feeling something might go wrong. I've had iTunes restore from backup feature fail on me in the past, so from the outset I was concerned about restoring from iCloud if the worst happened. I wasn't going to take any chances with my most precious data – photos and videos.
At this point it's worth pointing out that this iPhone isn't paired to a Mac or PC in my possession – the PC it was paired to recently died a death. I decided to grab my photos using a small freeware program called iExplorer (previously iPhone Explorer) which is great for grabbing whole folders from your iPhone and exporting them to a destination of your choice. This way I had my photos and videos, even if the OS upgrade caused issues and iCloud couldn't help.
Then, from the Settings > General > Software Update menu I initiated the update.
For the first few hours my phone sat there downloading the full update, prepared the installation and restarted. Upon restart I was presented with a status bar, which started to move very slowly. I left the phone doing its thing for a couple of hours, but soon noticed the status bar flatly refused to move. It had been about 6 hours by this point so I decided it had crashed and held the power and home buttons concurrently to reset the device.
Unsurprisingly not much happened when the phone restarted, the status bar was back but it wasn't going far. After an hour of nothing, I figured it was time to "iTunes my iPhone", so I plugged the phone into a waiting Mac in its current state of stasis and to my surprise it was recognised. I clicked Restore in iTunes and kissed my data goodbye.
Eventually the phone restarted and asked me for an Apple ID, permission to use location services and whether I wanted to use iCloud or not. Sure I did, but the option to restore wasn't there – instead I was invited to "set up iCloud". Fearing for my cloud-based backup, I decided to master reset the phone without connecting it to a Mac, hoping that the option to restore from iCloud would appear this time.
It turns out master resetting your phone from the Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content And Settings menu does indeed reveal the Restore from iCloud option. Seeing some light at the end of the tunnel, I chose the most recent backup and went to bed. I'd been at this all day, and was looking forward to getting my phone back in the morning.
Imagine my frustration then, when I woke up to that same static progress bar that caused the problems in the first place. Accepting that the iCloud backup had indeed failed, once again I gave the iPhone the iTunes treatment. After this I reset it again to reveal the Restore from iCloud option, crossed my fingers and chose an earlier iCloud backup taken about 24 hours prior to the one I had already tried.
This process takes hours. Hours and hours and hours. It was 4 hours before my phone restarted and when it did things were looking good. Everything was there, from my backgrounds to stored Wi-Fi passwords, but it still took several more hours for apps to restore and a long, long time for my Camera Roll to download. My Internet connection isn't particularly slow, so this was pretty surprising.
Eventually my phone was back to its old self and running the latest version of iOS.
So what did I learn? A few things:
Have you restored from iCloud yet? Did it go to plan? Any nightmares? Reveal all in the comments.
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A Visit to Banda Aceh: A Decade After Tsunami
BANDA ACEH - Tsunami, a Decade After: A Reflection during FPQS's Students' Visit 13-16 January 2015
by Nadrah Haron, Syed Najihuddin Syed Hassan
This academic visit was planned specially for 4th year student, 34 of us from the faculty of Quranic and Sunnah studies, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia. We chose Aceh as our destination. We discovered a city that possessed its own beauty and jewels to learn from.
Aceh is located at Sumatra, Indonesia, formerly known as Atjeh. It is surrounded by water on three sides, the Indian Ocean to the west and north, the Strait of Malacca to the east. The capital and largest city is Banda Aceh. The northernmost province of Sumatra Aceh has rich petroleum and natural gas deposits as well as valuable rubber, oil palm, timber recourses, also other most important agricultural products such as rice, coconuts, tea and coffee.
Aceh has a population of about 1.5 million, consisting of native Acehnese, Indonesians, Arabs, Indians, Chinese, Gayo and several groups of indigenous people, 98% of them are Muslims. Since the year 2000, the implementation of Syariah was introduced and recognized as the formal law in Aceh province.
Our short journey for 4 days gave us a meaningful experience and bountiful knowledge. We visited several places that brought back the memory of tsunami natural disaster a decade ago. These places became tourist attraction where the government preserves the places to show people and educate them about how tsunami happened.
One of the places we visited is called "Fisherman boat on an inhabitant house (Lampulo)", there was an old man, he was one of the survivor told us his experience facing that incident. According to him, the earthquake and tsunami disaster on 26th December 2004 has devastated the whole infrastructures in Banda Aceh. One of the incidences was a story of a wooden boat that was stranded in Gampong Lampulo, on top of Misbah family's house. Before the disaster, the boat was in the dock area in krueng Aceh River in Lampulo, the wooden boat which was 25m of length, 5.5m of width and 20 tons of weight would be put to sea after the reparation of the boat, the boat was supposed to be sent to Lhaknga. Unfortunately, God has decided on something else; the earthquake and tsunami disaster has stranded the boat to the housing in Lampulo, which was approximately located 1km from the dock area. Praise to Allah, 56 people survived in the boat.
The old man continued his story about himself. When the tsunami occurred, he thought that it was the end of his life and it is time for the hereafter. Everyone were too busy saving themselves and he too did the same. He left his wife and children behind, a few hours later while he was on his own trying to save himself, he saw a small kid near him. He then realized about the state of his wife and children, out of sympathy, he helped the kid and they survived together. Along the streets, the kid's auntie saw them and said to the old man that she is going to take the kid under her care. With the state of the old man, homeless and nowhere to go, he agreed. He continued his journey along the street and to his surprise, he saw his wife and two children on top of a tree, Praise be to Allah, he remembered the Quranic Verse, "So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it". (7-8: Az-Zalzala). The old man told us that one of his children had gone missing until now, his age should be 24 years old, they do not know about their son's whereabouts.
The inhabitant house was preserved as it is, the government made the house as a tsunami gallery, we can see around the pictures before and after the disaster. While waiting for the others to look around the place, I had the chance to ask the old man about how he feels about his son that is missing until now, his reply was: " We Muslims are the people who have faith, we believe in the Almighty, last time we are too busy and attached with the worldly things, if we are close to the hereafter we will get both the world and hereafter, but if we care only for the world, the hereafter will be left behind". That was a deep reminder for me and for my friends who were together with me at that time.
The next destination that we went was the Aceh Tsunami Museum, there was a tour around the museum by a sister who was one of the survivors and worked part-time there. She is currently taking her masters in natural disaster in UNI Ar-Raniry. The sister gave advice to us to seize the opportunity given for us to study hard and be successful as knowledge is very important. During the disaster, there was a lack of awareness amongst the villagers while community of Aceh about how to face the disaster, only few of them managed to survive and many were panicked and died. The museum itself was designed as an evacuation building and there are few other building serving the same purpose.
Today, with the help of 53 countries worldwide, Aceh has its own spirit, strong willed, where people rebuilt their lives, family and education. "No disaster strikes except by permission of Allah. And whoever believes in Allah - He will guide his heart. And Allah is all knowing of all things" (At-Taghabun, verse 11). The community and residents of Banda Aceh now have much more awareness about the earthquake and disaster, from pamphlets, booklets, education related to disaster.
According to Mr. Mahlizar, our supportive and informative tour guide, there are few other evacuation buildings and signals to alert the residents if there is a tsunami coming. Besides that, Mr. Mahlizar told us that the mosques around Banda Aceh was rebuild and designed by the government of Holland, Oman, Turkey and other countries.
The last destination that impacted me the most is the orphanage home Dayah Nurul Huda, a private organization which housed a total of 250 children aged 7 to 20 years old. Some of them lost their parents during the disaster while some stayed together with their siblings, we visited the orphanage to hand over some donations. They received their education and continue their lives at the orphanage. I knew the feeling of lost, losing the one you love most, but Allah knows what is best for us, for the children and for this world is just temporary.
There must be wisdoms and blessings in disguise for what had happened in Aceh. We am grateful to be given the chance to travel and see around Banda Aceh and god willing we would love to go again and explore more in future. A special thanks to our respected lecturer, our Dean Assoc. Prof. Dr. Adnan Mohamed Yusoff for this opportunity and guidance, Syifa Linnas Travel and tours for giving us an awesome package and to our beloved university, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia for this fruitful experience.
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Aceh, a place that revived us with a new spirit, a place that must be remembered. Acheh indeed is must visit place for us all.


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I very pleased to announce that the Thumbpicking Weekend in Mountain View, AR. is being held May 15 - 17, 2014. The new music director, Daren Dortin, has expanded the event, in the hope of renewing interest in the weekend.
What's new is that there will be intermediate-advanced workshops taught by both Thom Bresh, and Muriel Anderson. Beginning thumbpicking workshops will be taught by me. Concert performances will be given by Bresh, Muriel, Me, Moon Mullins, and Danny Dozier. I will also moderate a panel discussion on Fingerstyle/Thumbpicking guitar with Bresh, Muriel, and Moon as the panelists.
The contest is changing as well. There are now two categories - Traditional, and Open. The traditional classification is early Chet Atkins and all Merle Travis type picking. The open category is later Chet, Jerry Reed, Tommy E., Doyle Dykes, and any other modern thumb and/or finger styles of the guitar - similar to the rules in Winfield.
This year, due to time constraints, the contest will only be one round per category, and limited to 10 contestants each. It's my understanding that next year there will be two rounds per category. The judges for the contest will be Bresh, Danny Dozier, and myself.
For more information about the workshops and the contest, go to http://www.ozarkfolkcenter.com/events/?isofc=1&id=1762. You'll also find information about lodging on the website.
Hope to see you there, and tell your friends about the event. It's going to be great!
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The black Turbosound TCS-1561 is a switchable tri-amp/bi-amp three way full range loudspeaker designed for use in a wide range of fixed installations and consisting of a 15" reflex loaded low frequency driver, a high efficiency 6.5" mid range driver with low mass coil for improved transient response, and a 1" neodymium high frequency compression driver loaded by a rotatable low distortion waveguide providing 70° horizontal by 40° vertical dispersion. These high grade components are matched with an internal passive crossover, which can be by-passed for fully bi-amped operation. The entire mid/high section is rotatable through 90° within the enclosure, allowing a swap of the horizontal and vertical dispersion patterns.
The double trapezoidal cabinet shape conveniently allows the TCS-1561 to be tight packed with other TCS series enclosures. Multiple rigging points, supported by internal steel flying strips, are provided on the top, bottom, sides and rear of the cabinet to enable it to be suspended and angled in permanent installations using M10 shoulder eyebolts. Two Neutrik speakON NL8 speaker connectors are located on the rear panel providing input and link through connections to additional TCS series cabinets.
1 x 15" (381 mm) LF driver
1 x 6.5" (165 mm) MF driver
1 x 1" (25 mm) HF driver
|Frequency Response
50 Hz - 20 kHz ±3 dB
40 Hz - 20 kHz ±10 dB
|70° H x 40° V @ -6 dB points
1 W @ 3.3' (1 m): HF: 108 dB
MF: 105 dB
LF: 97 dB
Bi-amp MF/HF: 105 dB
|Power Handling
HF:50 W continuous, 200 W peak
MF: 400 W continuous, 1,600 W peak
LF: 500 W continuous, 2,000 W peak
Bi-amp MF/HF: 100 W continuous, 400 W peak
LF: 500 W continuous, 2,000 W peak
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HF: 125 dB continuous, 131 dB peak
MF: 125 dB continuous, 131 dB peak
LF: 124 dB continuous, 130 dB peak
Bi-amp MF/HF: 128 dB continuous, 134 dB peak
Addition: 130 dB continuous, 136 dB peak
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HF: 16 ohms
MF: 16 ohms
LF: 8 ohms
Bi-amp MF/HF: 12 ohms
|Internal passive network at 5 kHz
|5/8" (15 mm) Birch plywood finished in semi matt black paint
|Powder coated perforated steel with foam backing
2 x speakON NL8
Connector Pinout:
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Pin 3+: MF Positive, Pin 3-: MF Negative (MF/HF passive)
Pin 4+: HF Positive, Pin 4-: HF Negative
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This is the text of a letter from Donna Manson to parents, carers and other interested parties regarding the catchment review for Duloch and Carnegie Primary Schools:
"Public Consultation on the rezoning of the catchment area for Carnegie Primary School and Duloch Primary School
The result of the public consultation regarding the three options for rezoning the catchment area for
A copy of the full committee paper and appendices can be found at www.fifedirect.org.uk/committtees
Once you have accessed this site, you should scroll down the calendar to the 12th November and click on Education & Children's Services Committee. At the bottom of this page you will find the committee report and appendices.
The recommendations, to be discussed by the committee, are as follows:
1. In the light of the results of the public consultation, to approve Catchment Option A (catchment split at
2. To agree to dual catchment arrangements continuing at
I will write to you again on Friday 13th November informing you of the outcome of the committee's discussion and provide you with further information regarding P1 enrolment procedures for August 2010 intake.
Yours sincerely
Donna Manson
Area Education Officer"


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LONG BEACH — At the request of Long Beach officials, the City of Paramount has agreed to drop plans for annexation of a horse show arena in unincorporated Los Angeles County.
Long Beach officials say their city will annex the land, a county-owned strip that is a quarter of a mile long and 150 feet wide, with the intention of preserving access to the arena and adjacent riding trails for nearby residents.
Long Beach Councilman Warren Harwood, whose Ninth District includes North Long Beach, said that Long Beach City Manager John Dever informed him last week of the settlement.
The fate of the property, which borders both Paramount and Long Beach, had concerned residents who board more than 100 horses in houses facing Atlantic Place to the east. The houses are equipped with backyard stables facing the arena to the west. Eighteen of the homes are in Long Beach; two are in Paramount.


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How Tequila is made
Tequila is one of the tastiest liquors ever made. It is produced from a mexican plant called agave, specifically, from blue agave. These plants grow in the sandy soil of Jalisco, Mexico, and have spiky leaves growing from a "piña" (Spanish for pineapple). This piña or core is the raw material for making tequila.
When the plant is ripe, leaves are chopped away by someone known as a "jimador". It is quite a demanding job since the plant must be cut in the precise moment. If the plant is too young, it won't have enough sugar to ferment into liquor. If the plant is too old, its sugar will have been used by the plant with reproduction purposes. Usually, the plants are cut on their twelfth year of life, but this may vary and it's jimador's task to decide when to harvest them.
Piñas normally weigh between 80 and 200 pounds. Approximately, 15 pounds of agave piña are required to produce one liter of tequila. When the plants are collected, they are cut in half or in little pieces and roasted in big "hornos" (Spanish for ovens). The heat activates a chemical process inside the piñas that transform starches into sugar. After the toasting process, the piñas are recollected an pressed hard to extract their juices.These juices are put in big fermenting tanks where the sugar will transform into alcohol. Before this, yeast is added to the tanks. Every distiller keeps their yeast as their bussiness secret. No one knows exactly in what quantities or what kind of yeast is added to the famous tequila brands like José Cuervo, Herradura or Jimador.
The fermenting process of the juices takes between 30 and 48 hours. After this, around 6% of juices is alcohol. After this, the liquid is silver tequila, which can be bottled and sold. It can also be put to age in oak barrels, transforming in gold tequila which is preferred by much.
There's also a more special kind of tequila known as Reposado (Spanish for rested). It's aged for a year or more, which makes it stronger. It can be aged for many time, creating a delicious liquor that it's usually the most expensive tequila.
After this process, the liquor is bottled and distributed to all the world, where people drink it pure, in shots, or in sweeter cocktails like the famous Tequila Sunrise or Margarita.
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Fantastic. Only recently I could sip it and I loved it. It was a friend, who brought it from USA. We had a happy time while taking some shots. Thank you for sharing. I have given a link to this hub on my recent hub on Feni, the popular drink of Goa, India. Moreover it is shared on my FB account.
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A Calm Mind is Needed Amid the MBA Tornado
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Graham Matthews of Toronto is an MBA student at Ivey with a focus on marketing and entrepreneurship. In his first entry for The Globe and Mail's MBA Diary, Matthews discusses the importance of self-awareness and taking the time to reflect throughout the MBA experience. This entry was originally featured in The Globe and Mail.
It's easy to lose yourself in an MBA.
Before coming to business school I would say that self-awareness was a personal strength of mine. That's not to say that I always made great decisions, but I usually felt a sense of clarity about myself, even with the uncertainty of leaving a job I loved to return to school at 30.
The MBA experience has certainly shaken that foundation. The makeup of an MBA classroom is instantly disruptive to one's own world view. From Day 1, I was surrounded by people with incredibly diverse backgrounds, not just culturally but professionally and personally. Within the first week, Ivey's career management team paved a path for the year ahead: developing our personal narratives, coffee chats, interview practice – all toward landing us a job we'd each be happy with. Then course content ramped up quickly with a steady flow of new concepts, readings, case discussions, competitions, and group work. Conversations with 150 new friends outside the classroom dug into past experiences, future ambitions, questions, and confusions.
Imagine standing in the middle of a tornado. All you can do is try to keep your feet on the ground, but no matter what you do you end up twisted around.
So what would you do? Do you focus on "the plan?" Do you revert to the familiar? Do you become the tornado?
In all cases, being mindful of yourself and your priorities is most important. One risk of going through an MBA experience, particularly an intense one-year program like Ivey's, is that you begin to take on the identity of those around you. Long-term career ambitions, job applications, salary expectations, how you talk about your background, how you spend your free time, which MBA course work to do (and not to do) and so on, all become priorities.
My advice to anyone – business student or not – is to take time to reflect. What are your personal priorities? What are the components of a life that will make you happy? What are the sacrifices you're willing to make, what are you not willing to give up? And then what does that mean for you as an MBA student or as a professional or as an individual? Of course we can't control everything, even in our own brains, but we do have some autonomy and there's power in that.
It's also important to stretch yourself and jump into the tornado. In many ways that's what this MBA thing is all about. Every week I'm here at Ivey I evolve a little bit, some weeks I evolve a lot. Some of these personal shifts are temporary, some will stay with me longer term. So I just try to take a moment every once in a while to be reflective about where I am.
By being mindful of our own identity and priorities we unlock a level of vulnerability. We can talk about our weaknesses as well as our strengths. We can describe what's important to us in a corporate culture because we know what's important to us. I would like to think that hiring managers pick up on this. If you're a fit for their business, they will believe it because it's coming from an honest place. If they don't think you're a fit, that's fine. I'd rather we both know that now than in six months.
This is hard to do, in large part because we don't have complete control of our brains and they are complex. I have found myself seriously considering roles that I almost certainly would not be happy with and was unable to explain how I got there. It's a tornado, after all, and sometimes I don't realize how much I've been twisted around.


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I dream about you Jaejoong~ah
in my dream, you wear that red jacket, i'm sit beside you n we chit chat about your songs.
i told you that i like your songs in album WWW, but i more like your mini album.
in WWW feel not too rock, but in Y you got it. so, you try to guess my fav rock band.
metallica? scorpion? white lion?
then we cry out together "gun n roses, bon jovi"
then we sing butterfly together.
aaah….it is so sweet..sweet…sweet dream
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Shawn and Amy's Laurel Canyon Retreat! Last summer we had the pleasure of chatting with the couple, who launched cocodot last Fall, about their home. They really took their time and thought when creating their beautiful space that is perfect for their family, entertaining friends, enjoying Southern California's outdoor living year round and embracing the natural light that fills each room. Check out the full Apartment Therapy house tour right here. The new issue of House Beautiful is on stands now.
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Hello everybody! We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting submissions for our 2018 AMV Contest! We were blown away by the quantity and quality of our entrants last year and look forward to another wonderful contest this year!
There have been a few changes to our rules this year to reflect our experiences and feedback in 2017, so please read carefully below. Most notably we have a new parody category open for submission. We added this category because of the popularity of preview style AMVs and fandubs/abridging, which lack the traditional music part of an AMV, as well as videos that remake openings or other media with new animation, and several other hard to classify video types. We received a fair number of these videos last year that were very good, but failed to shine in judging because they didn't quite fit the category they were submitted in. If you have a video and are not sure if it would be best in comedy, parody, or freestyle feel free to contact us about it and we will gladly help you with placement- we want every AMV to shine its brightest!
Here are the official rules for the 2018 ACen AMV contest. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AnimeMusicVideosAtAnimeCentral/
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Contest Categories available:
Action– Anything that gets your engine roaring and your pulse pounding!
Comedy– Clever, silly, or just plain wrong- if it makes you laugh it goes here!
Drama– ALL the feels!
Horror– From mysteries to ghosts to gore to existential dread, all things spooky belong in this category!
Parody– Anime/ movie preview mashups, Clever animation alterations, mini-abridges (nothing longer than 5 minutes), and spoofs on popular video formats go here!
Freestyle– Got a great idea that doesn't seem to fit another category? Go Freestyle!
Basic Entry Requirements:
Entries sent to previous Anime Central competitions are not eligible.
Mail entries will be accepted starting February 14th, 2018.
All entries must be in the hands of the contest coordinators by May 11th, 2018.
All entrants must include with their submission the following information: the music used, the anime used, the title of the video itself, and the creator's email and mailing address (so that we can contact winners promptly and expedite delivery of prizes and awards).
- Entries may not contain bumpers, title screens, or credits. ACen staff will add uniform credits to all entries. Under some circumstances creator generated credits will be allowed if they are built into the video, a required part of it, and cannot be removed. This creative use of entrant embedded credits will be judged at our discretion.
- 50% of the video must contain anime footage. Video game footage is acceptable for this requirement, as long as the game footage is thematically appropriate (anime-inspired style, game that was adapted into anime or vice-versa).
Entries may be disqualified for the following reasons:
- Objectionable content of video or lyrics. (Objectionable content includes excessive profanity, excessive violence, or sexually explicit footage or lyrics. If you are not sure if the above rule means your entry will be disqualified e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com and we can view the content in question and make a decision.) Keep it PG-13, please.
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Episode 251 :: Sara Eckel :: It's Not You: 27 (Wrong) Reasons You're Single
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Sara Eckel joins us to talk about how Buddhist insights can inform our dating experience.
Though the Buddha really didn't date, per se, he was at one time married, and his wife and son were part of the rest of his life, even though that relationship changed. Whether you're single, in a relationship, married, or "it's complicated", dating can be tough. So what lights might Buddhism shed on being single?
Sara Eckel has been a full-time freelance writer since 1997. Her essays, arts criticism and reported pieces have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The BBC, The Boston Globe Magazine, Salon, The Shambhala Sun, and many other publications. For five years, Sara was a nationally syndicated opinion columnist, with her weekly column appearing in more than two-hundred newspapers nationwide. Sara studies meditation and Buddhist teachings at Sky Lake Lodge in Rosendale, NY, and the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York in New York City. She lives in Kingston, NY, with her husband.
So, sit back, relax, and have a nice Cupid's Bow Tea.
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1: Manifest Your Wishes - 2 Principles And 1 Procedure For Manifesting Your Desires
In recent years manifesting needs has turned into a very popular principle and philosophy, particular because the substantial success of the movie "The Secret". To accomplish your needs you have to come to be entirely congruent by having making use of manifestation and this is where lots of fail? They never really comprehend the full procedure. In some way, if everyone realize exactly what we like in life, happiness might be simply an arm's complete away. That is the only means that you may be able to appreciate them even more.
2: Easy Trick to Make a Goal and Keep it
Learn a simple trick to setting a goal and keeping it this year. It's a LOT easier than you think, your cellphone can help.
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An intelligent salesman can easily locate prospects everywhere by observing his surroundings. He can find prospects everywhere by keeping eyes and ears open. The salesman can even identify the prospects at public places, in cinema hall, travelling in buses and trains, in offices, in school and colleges etc. To find such prospects, keen observation by the salesman is necessary.
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10 minutes is very short, but in it, we can do many things. If you keep reading 10 minutes every day, you will harvest vast amounts of knowledge; if you daily keep physical exercise for 10 minutes, you will have a healthy body; if you are late to off work 10 minutes every day and stick to your goals, you must have a different life.
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I do not know if you have not heard of the case: the distance between dreams and reality is that our metal approach… Psychological factors will shape our lives and I always think is this good or bad? But I understand one of the most brutal truths: we cannot get away from our psychology and we cannot get away from it for our dominant.
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The spring 2017 legislative session in Vermont lacked both a rejection of the Trump agenda and a bold vision for the state we seek to build. As grassroots leaders, starting with RAD's People's Agenda Rally on January 4, we have seen and participated in many rallies and marches in opposition to toxic legislation and in support of legislation that would support us and our communities. But, it is time to take our work to the next level.
Looking toward the 2018 session, as well as next years spring and fall elections, it is critical that we continue to build momentum over this summer and fall, organizing, training, and bringing people together to take action on issues in our local communities and to build leadership in our collective movement for progressive change.
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Economic Justice - Pressure Governor Scott to not veto $15 & Paid Family & Medical Leave in 2018 and build constituent support in swing legislators' districts on those issues
Healthcare Justice - Articulate the need to resist the GOP healthcare agenda at the federal level (and the cuts that would result in VT), pressure Governor Phil Scott who has failed to take a stand for Vermonters healthcare, and, most importantly, loudly call for equitably and publicly financed, single-payer healthcare (Act 48) in our state.
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Were you aware that November has been renamed Vestvember? If you weren't, please now consider yourself duly informed. While some may argue that the vest is experiencing something of a resurgence, I don't think they ever really went anywhere. My mother has always worn vests, more as a matter of practicality than style (if we are being honest here). Her arms always get hot in sweaters (I don't understand it; but, there you are). I have never really thought about it, perse, but I guess a vest is a good venture to undertake as a knitter for no other reason than the lack of sleeves.
Given my enthusiasm for the vest knitting (as surely that is what I am expressing), one would think I could manage to finish a vest in a reasonable amount of time; but, no, one would be wrong.
So I am using Vestvember as an opportunity to finish up Special K's specially requested vest that I have been working on since March (MARCH!). It's not difficult, I just find the knitting uninspiring. But he requested it, and it's almost done, so I just need to make the effort. I have four hours of train travel tomorrow for a one day conference in Boston, I think that will probably help.
Most of my crafting hours, of late, have been taken up with crochet. I am putting the edging on the Babette blanket. It'll be done this weekend, because it has to be, my friend Lori is going to Costa Rica next week and plans on taking the blanket with her, so, yeah. Gotta love a real deadline.
Other things that have been occupying my time...baking. I know some of you miss the pies, quite frankly, so do I. But the best pie (real pie) has butter in the pie crust (especially if it's a shortbread crust...) and I can not imagine eating fake pie crust, which is what I would have to do with my new dairy-free lifestyle.
I will be honest. I have missed bake goods. A lot. So I finally decided to read up on dairy-free baking, which basically amounts to vegan baking (which I used think was an oxymoron...oh the hubris).
But thanks to Vegan Cupcakes Takeover the World, there are now baked goods on my menu again. And they are, delicious. Who knew? I just made the "sexy lowfat vanilla cupcakes with fresh berries" last night, and I am not ashamed to admit that I ate one for breakfast this morning. I guess I might be willing to rethink my stance on the real versus fake pie crust thing...eventually, but I will just stick with the cupcakes for now. Happiness is a cupcake!


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Chat it up with Nader
Monday, October 11, 2004
NEWS ITEM: President Bush and his wife and Sen. John Kerry and his wife separately appeared on the "Dr. Phil" show. In addition, Kerry has appeared on "Live With Regis and Kelly." Today, it's Ralph Nader's turn.
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DR. PHIL: I'm glad to have as my guest today Ralph Nader, independent candidate for president. As you know, I have a new book out, "Family First: Your Step-by-Step Program for Creating a Phenomenal Family," available at bookstores and on Amazon.com and wherever books or groceries or clothing or anything is sold. And to explore Family First, where best to start that with the families that hope to be our first families. I've already had President Bush and his lovely wife Laura on the show. And I spent an hour with Sen. John Kerry and his lovely wife Theresa. Today, we have Ralph Nader. Thanks for joining us today, Ralph.
NADER: Call me Mr. Nader, please.
DR. PHIL: I'm sensing some hostility, Ralph. What was your relationship with your father?
NADER: Dr. Phil, I came on the show to talk about how our political system is broken and rife with corruption, and you're asking me about my father?
DR. PHIL: Ralph, please, let go of your pain.
NADER: The only pain I'm feeling is the headache I'm getting from listening to you.
DR. PHIL: Again with the hostility. I'm going to tell you, Ralph, I've been watching you and I've just met you, but I think I can get to the bottom of your problem.
NADER: I don't have any problems.
DR. PHIL: Denial just isn't a river in Egypt, Ralph. What I think is you have a deep-seated desire for people to love you and accept you and that you're running for president to validate those feelings ...
NADER: No, I'm running for president to call attention to the fact that our political system is hopelessly broken and corrupt ...
DR. PHIL: Personally, Ralph, I think it's a cry for help. Running for president, as I've pointed out on my previous, highly rated show, is one of the signs of a potential serial killer. You're exhibiting seven of the signs. Jeffrey Dahmer only presented five ...
NADER: What are you talking about?
DR. PHIL: You know, I tell fat people that they're fat because they want to be fat. You're running for president because you want to run for president. It's a cry for help. Don't you see?
NADER: I have no idea what you're talking about.
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OPRAH: Welcome, girlfriends, to a very special show. My guest today, independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader.
NADER: Thanks for having me, Oprah.
OPRAH: You look fabulous, Ralph. Have you been working out? Doing pilates, maybe?
NADER: I've been running for president, Oprah.
OPRAH: Yes, you have. That's very special. Now, I understand that you live a life on the verge of poverty.
NADER: Well, Oprah, I live very simply, if that's what you mean.
OPRAH: Well, I have a surprise for you. A NEW CAR! YOU GET A CAR!
NADER: Oprah, I'm very flattered, but I don't need a car.
OPRAH: But it's a Pontiac, Ralph.
NADER: Oprah, that particular model has scored poorly in crash tests, and its gas mileage is poor, at best. Additionally, there have been problems with the air bags and it performed poorly in federal side crash tests. I'd be more than glad to accept your gift, but what you're giving me is a wasteful death trap that, if it doesn't kill me, will certainly lead to the early demise of this planet ...
OPRAH: Such a gloomy Gus. Turn that frown upside down!
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CARSON: Tonight, on "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," we face perhaps our biggest challenge, Ralph Nader.
NADER: Glad to be here to be able to tell your audience about how our political system is broken ...
CARSON: Speaking of broken, where'd you get those shoes? My God, man, I didn't think they even made shoes that ugly.
NADER: Shoes?
KYAN: And that haircut. What does your barber use, a Weed Whacker?
CARSON: That suit might have been stylish around the turn of the century — the 18th century — but it's just horrible.
NADER: You know, I'm here to talk about politics. My appearance doesn't matter.
CARSON: Well, that's obvious.
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REGIS: Welcome to the show. Kelly, you're looking fine this a.m.
KELLY: Thanks, Reeg. We have Ralph Nader here. I'm not sure I know who Ralph Nader is.
REGIS: He's running for president, Kelly.
KELLY: I haven't seen any of his TV ads. Is he the guy from Texas or the guy with the horse face?
REGIS: Neither one, Kelly. He's an independent.
KELLY: Wow! That's so interesting!
REGIS: OK, come on out, Ralph.
NADER: Glad to be here.
REGIS: That suit! I love that suit!
KELLY: You're really tall, Mr. Nader. How tall are you?
NADER: Um, I'd like to talk about efforts to get my name on the ballot in places like Pennsylvania ...
REGIS: Pennsylvania! I love Pennsylvania and those wacky Amish people with their horses and buggies! I love it!
KELLY: But they dress so plainly. Is there something wrong with a little color?
NADER: I'm, uh, not sure ...
REGIS: This is fascinating! I wish we had more time! Thanks for coming, Ralph! Good luck with whatever it is you're trying to do!
Mike Argento, whose column appears Mondays and Thursdays in Living and Sundays in Viewpoints, can be reached at 771-2046 or at email@example.com more Argento columns at ydr.com/mike.


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Centuries ago, the gnome trapmaster Gryps Wendlehook was tinkering with locks and security. Unable to replicate the intricacy of dwarven designs, Wendlehook decided to incorporate a little magic that the dwarves tended to lack, while including his personal love for puzzles.
The resulting door was essentially a combination lock that employed coloured stones for the combination. Four dull grey stones were set into the door and magically linked to four holes. A combination of four colours was then selected from a choice of six and set as the combination. Anyone wishing to open the door merely had to select the four coloured stones from a choice of six, and place them in the correct order in the available holes. When the correct colour was placed in the correct hole, the corresponding orb on the door would glow the appropriate colour.
Wendlehook recognised that this puzzle would be easily defeated if a determined thief arrived with an appropriate intellect and plenty of time to spare. As such, he included a very obvious trap to act as a deterrent.
The antechamber to any room secured with this lock is required to have a ceiling at least a 50 foot high, adorned with spikes. Every time the code is entered incorrectly, the ceiling drops by an 8 or 10 foot increment until such time as only 10 feet remain. A final incorrect code will see the ceiling drop outright on whoever has tried to bypass the lock.
Inspired by the old board game Mastermind, this door can be employed however the Dungeon Master sees fit.
Both the height of the ceiling and how far it drops for each incorrect guess will heavily impact how many attempts the party get before being ground into a fine paste. This will also rely heavily on how many colours there are to choose from and whether or not repetition will occur in the combination.


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It's easy to plan a squeaky clean social media strategy for your business when it's on paper. But executing all of the day-to-day tasks involved in that strategy can be a different story — and a giant, tangled mess — without implementing processes to manage it.
Thankfully, there are plenty of tools and strategies that can help community management teams communicate with each other, stay on the same page, schedule posts and cooperate with other departments.
Before you launch your strategy, consider how you will manage the execution. These six steps can help get you started.
Companies large and small are rushing to understand and get involved in social media. But most of the agencies and consultants who are being paid to establish social media campaigns for corporations are afraid to tell their clients three things they don't want to hear. Hear what Mashable believes to be most important about social media strategy.
I found this powerpoint especially helpful. It explains social media strategy by recapping the business case for social media, addressing pitfalls of social media marketing and providing a roadmap for a social media strategy.
What platforms should I be using to promote my blog or company?
- How many channels will I select to achieve my goals?
- Should I stick with what I know or what should I push the boundaries and test something new?
- What channels should I use to to communicate to my target markets?
- What are the messages I should send out?
- What listening tools should I use?
- What apps should I use to increase my efficiency?
- What analytics tools are the best for our situation?
By now, most companies see the value in engaging with their current and potential customers via social media channels. As you attempt to manage your brand and interact with consumers, you should be aware of both the opportunities and potential pitfalls that you could face.


text: Here is a lovely photo-essay on different attitudes toward abandoned buildings, which brings to light a variety of approaches in dealing with structures that have been left to the elements. I'm mixed in my feelings about arrested decay, because it has a theme park quality to it, even though I agree that recognizable ruins are more fun to look at than buildings that have completely crumbled into their surroundings. The most provocative idea in the essay is Camilo José Vergara's proposal to turn urban Detroit into a "ruins park," where nature would return and reclaim the urban ring. I can imagine a stunning series of time-lapse images showing the bizarre intermediate stages of that return to nature.


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Huge lot of safari playmobil toys. Rhinos, meerkats, lions, tigers, elephants, zebras, giraffes, flamingoes, a swan, a peacock, dolphins (why they are on safari I have no idea), assorted dogs, a cat, three safari people, and tons of trees/water sets. There is a hut to set up that is basic. Also includes food for the animals, a jeep, camera, binoculars, a couple of rifles, etc. And a pelican.I am going to through in a bunch of horses and ponies. And unicorns. What is a safari without unicorns. I also found a bunch of extra people to include- clown, doctor, etc. You will receive everything pictured. This is hundreds of dollars worth of playmobil. Enjoy.


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We'll admit it. Our only interest in watching this Frendly Gathering 2012 official video was the hope that it would feature long-haired, smooth-skinned Vermont hippie girls spinning around in the forest. While the video does, in fact, feature a few glimpses of hippie girls doing yoga, getting their faces painted, riding quads, and hoola hooping, it was a solid reminder that we didn't miss a thing by not taking a early June trip to Vermont. Which is not to say the people who went didn't look stoked out of their heads. They all seemed very happy with all the work the Frends crew and bands put into the weekend.
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And then she was gone, and it was a hard goodbye. We hugged and cried and she got into her car with her family and they waved goodbye. As we stood in our driveway watching them go, my sweet husband pulled me quickly into the backyard so we couldn't see them disappear. It was his way of protecting me, of pretending this wasn't happening, that everything was just fine. But everything wasn't just fine, and we were pretending.
Today, I try not to run away from sorrow. I've learned to keep my heart open during the hard times. I think it's okay to sit a while in our sadness when pain shows up. I mean, look at all those lamenting Psalms in the Bible. Those were written by men sitting - nay wallowing - in their grief and giving God a complete rendering of their fear and sadness and anger.
I decided a few years ago I would not automatically try to avoid pain and grief, but would allow myself to lean into it for a time. It feels healthier to do so. Whatever is happening to cause me pain is there whether I embrace it or not, and things happen in life that deserve our pain and sorrow. When my children move away, that deserves my sadness. It's how we know the love is big. When my friend is diagnosed with cancer (again), that deserves my pain and sorrow and anger and questions. It is only as I work my way through those darker emotions that I can get to a place of peace.
It is a huge relief to know I can be real in life and real in my relationship with God. He already knows how I feel, and pretending everything is okay only creates a barrier between my God and me. And in the hard times, especially, I want permission to be myself and sink into God's embrace. He can handle whatever emotions are churning inside me. He's there wanting to walk me through the pain.
Today, Carline and I continue to find joy in our friendship, albeit a friendship that now crosses half of the United States. I learned something new even in our out of sight friendship. I learned how to stay connected to someone who is no longer a part of my every day life. That was another first for me. But that's another story.


text: The release of the updated rankings following JFC 28 / UJC 1 has been delayed for a couple of reasons. First, there was a sickness in the family that sidelined me for a couple of days. Once that situation was better, I discovered that a number of my files had been corrupted including my master file containing the entire history of all JFC events dating back to the very beginning. Elfudge has been helpful in sending information from his database. I've been using that to reconstruct my files. I'm hoping to have the rankings released later today, but will be at the mercy of my workflow. If I'm not able to get them out today, I'll release them as quickly as possible next week. Please accept my apology for the delay. I understand many of you enjoy seeing where you stand among your fellow fantasy fighters.


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This past month, many of the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration designers participated in an Occasions Catalog Card Swap. Instead of keeping all of these beautiful card samples to ourselves, we wanted to share them with you, too! Today's blog hop will spotlight a handful of Stampin' Up's Occasions Catalog products as each of us who participated chose a different stamp set to showcase.
As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog...and be sure to pin it, too! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number 8 on the SSINK Occasions Catalog Blog Hop – Diana E. of Stampin' Fun with Diana. If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn't work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below. And, be sure to come visit us at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration where we 'inkspire' you 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year!
Welcome to Organized Chaos!
Its always a thought bubble away from a real party!
Just Sayin'
I chose to highlight my absolute favorite go to stamps!! The Just Sayin' stamp set.
How can you not love these awesome sayings? They add the perfect element of fun and can be used in so many ways!
I was so happy with that card....I recreated it with the SAME Birthday Basics DSP, but used different base and accent colors. Totally changed the "feel" of the card, but I didn't have to change much!
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Mornings are such a great time of day, often with a beautiful Sunrise. The dog and I often enjoy taking a walk as the day dawns. There is always something that catches the eye and interesting to look at. One August morning the Dog jumped onto a hay bale in the field and looked out at the dawning day… I was lucky enough to be where I could get a nice photo of the dog sitting on the hay bale with the Sunrise in the background. This has to be one of my favorite photos.
Category Archives: Sunrise
Canada Geese and Animal Tracks
There were a pair of Canada Geese in the Mississippi river this morning. The first hint of them was their honking and splashing. I caught sight of them as they were flying upstream, pointed the camera and snapped a pic. Didn't have time to zoom in or frame a shot. In order for them to show up in the pic it had to be cropped and zoomed in.
Not the best photo with one goose behind some brush a pretty blah background. Wish there had been time to zoom in and frame the shot… Wildlife just doesn't seem to cooperate all that well most of the time.
Here's another pic taken after they landed in the water and climbed onto the ice.
Not the greatest pic of geese, tho I do like the glare from the Sun and reflections in the water.
And… Here is my favorite pic from this morning, a set of animal tracks in the snow heading across the river into the Sunrise. There was just something about the angle going across the river and the lighting that looked like a good photo.
I took quite a few pics with different perspectives, with this one being my pic for the best of the bunch and of the morning's photos. Didn't I have a Great morning for taking some pics?
Black and White Photo morning
My picks for best photos from this morning's photo walk all ended up being black and white. How likely is that to happen? It might have been the slightly overcast sky that made for good black and white photography. I really don't know.
Anyway, here are ones that I thought were decent:
And… Finally, My pick for the best one of the Bunch:
What do you think? Did I pick the best one, or is one of the others better?
There was quite a bit of frost on branches and grass along the Mississippi river bank, especially near the spots of open water. The light and conditions were not real good for getting a good photo, even so, I tried. One of the hardest things for something so wispy as frost is getting the focus and exposure right in a close up. It's also a challenge to find a background where the frost will show up.
I still appreciate the beauty of Frost, even when it doesn't make a good photo. It's one of those things in Nature that is so beautiful while it lasts, so you have to enjoy it while you can.
Sunrise Photos after a Cloudy week
This past week has been cloudy and snowy, not real good weather for taking pics. I was so glad to see a clear sky this morning! Went out with the camera and got some Sunrise photos. It was a tad brisk with a temp. of -9F/-23C. Not bad at all with no wind, when you dress for it.
Here are three photos from this morning:
Catching the Sunrise thru the trees, lighting up the frost and snow on branches, was taken near the start of the walk. Finding a spot where the Sun and light bring out the best in a scene is a fun challenge.
Catching the Dog at the river bank involved quite a bit of luck. I was snapping pics of the Sunrise shining on the river water and ice, the dog came over to see what I was doing. Luckily I was able to move back and crouch down getting the dog in a few pics. Of course she didn't pose nicely in the other pics.
Last nights light fluffy snow was pretty sitting on all the dry grass and branches along the river bank. It was worth a try to get a few close-ups of the snowflakes on the grass. Getting the focus right and having the detail show up is always a fun challenge.
These photos are available on Greeting Cards or Prints, along with many of my other photos.
Favorite Sunrise Photo from 2011
When you go for a walk in the morning with a camera you never really know just what kind of pictures you'll get. One of the fun things is seeing what the photos look like full size.
The morning of this photo I took a number of pics. Several were from almost exactly the same spot, a place where a couple of decent pics were taken the week before.
Here it is… My Favorite Sunrise Photo from 2011:
And… Here are two photos taken the week before in almost the same spot:
What is amazing to me is how different these last two photos are from each other when they were taken only a few minutes apart from almost the same spot.
Even tho I like all three photos, the top one with the Sun shining thru the tops of the Timothy Hay is my favorite. Aren't I lucky to live on a farm in Northern Minnesota where there are so many great chances to take pictures?
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AE312 & AE314 High Gain MMICs
RFHIC introduces high gain MMIC for FTTx, CATV & Broadcasting market. Superior distortion characteristics for AE314 & AE312.
Suwon, Korea (June 23, 2009) – RFHIC Corporation, manufacturer of active RF & MW components and hybrids for wireless telecommunication markets, released a GaAs E-pHEMT (Gallium Arsenide Enhancement Mode pHEMT) MMIC for the FTTx, CATV and broadcasting markets.
AE314 is a cascode amplifier with high gain of 22dB(Typ.), and has superior distortion performance on multi-channel environments. DC to 1GHz, or DC to 2GHz matching application is provided for FTTx or satellite applications driver amplifier or a final amplifier.
AE312 has a current mirror circuit within the MMIC and is more stable in even a harsh environment. Very good noise figure of 1.0dB(Typ.) makes this device idea for Low Noise Amplifier application for CATV and optical ONU applications.
"RFHIC is a key supplier to cable television (CATV) cable modem and set-top box products, CATV infrastructure products and Fiber-To-The-Premises (FTTP) products in US, Europe, and Korea. AP112, which has been sold for millions of units per year in the very market is a great product, but we are happy to introduce the next generation device – AE314 & AE312, which even provides higher gain and better distortion than AP112." said Mr. Kevin Kim, Senior International Sales Manager, RFHIC Corporation.
Both RFIC has very good gain flatness, high linearity, low noise figure, and high gain. The broadband characteristics of the devices are exceptionally good for cable television (CATV) cable modem and set-top box products, CATV infrastructure products and Fiber-To-The-Premises (FTTP) products. AE314 and AE312 use +5V supply voltage, and are 75ohm impedance matched with strong in/out VSWR. Both AE314 and AE312 are available in an industry standard SOT-89 low cost SMD plastic package and is lead-free/RoHS compliant.
Both AE314 and AE312 are available in sample quantity immediately, and volume shipments will start from August 2009. Other higher output, push pull devices such as AE514 is available from RFHIC as well. These RoHS compliant device samples are available through international representative networks or by directly contacting RFHIC. For additional information regarding RFHIC's products, visit www.rfhic.com or contact email@example.com, (Tel:82-31-250-5011)


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The world famous Cheltenham horse racing festival is very nearly upon us, and now British media group Catena Media have put together an incredible infographic on the festival's longest odds winners since 2005.
2005 is a memorable year for horse racing fans as Cheltenham's format changed to a 4-day tournament.
The incredibly detailed infographic offers a huge amount of information and also includes the long-shots for each day this year.
The festivities begin in 4 weeks time, when hundreds of thousands of people will flood into Cheltenham Racecourse for the world famous 4-day event.
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Mango Languages database
Overview: This database provides tutorials for learning a variety of languages, like Spanish, German, Japanese, even English for English Language Learners. It operates similarly to Rosetta, in that you are learning the more conversational elements of the language. The site describes its software thusly, "Mango uses real-life situations and actual conversations to more effectively teach a new language. By listening to and repeating after material designed from native conversations, you'll not only learn the individual words and phrases, you'll know how they're used in practical situations and conversations. You'll learn more than grammar, vocabulary and conjugation, you'll learn how to communicate." The lessons start with introductory conversations and first play native speakers in the language. Then they break it down by word, and allow you to practice saying the words and comparing your voice to what it should sound like.
Critical Evaluation: One of the cool features I got to try during this tutorial was a wave sound representation. To compare your pronunciation with the correct pronunciation, they show you what a native speaker's sound representation looks like, as compared to yours. It doesn't seem as helpful as having a physical person to correct you or tell you how you are pronouncing it wrong, but with a little interpretation I could see that I was putting too much emphasis on the second part of the word, while native speakers have more emphasis at the beginning. They also quiz you immediately after learning the word, which ensures that you are practicing right away.
In a lot of ways, this can't really compare to learning the language from another human, and I do think that Rosetta involves more human interaction, albeit through chat groups, but I imagine that this would help a lot to be certain that your words are understood. However, as a service offered for free to patrons, I think this has a good concept of how it is that people actually learn languages and get good enough to be able to use them. In contrast to some of my language classes in school, I got a lot of theoretical knowledge of the language, but had no practical concept of how to use it. As I continue to search around the site, I see that there are two tracks for learning: the basic, which takes a few hours and gives you simple practical skills, and the complete, which would incorporate comprehensive language and grammar skills. I think having both options will be very useful and allow users to find the track which better suits their present needs.
Reader's Annotation: Learn languages your way! Choose whether you want basic conversational skills, or if you want to learn the language and grammar skills for a better understanding of the language. Great for helping with your language class or before you go on vacation.
Information about the providers: Mango Languages is the name of the company that provides this service. They are based in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Genre: Language Learning Database
Curriculum ties, if any: This has a direct correlation with what teens will learn in their language classes, and could be used to tie into class work or as an extension of what is done in class.
Booktalking Ideas: I would encourage teens to use this software to learn languages for fun, or if they need additional assistance with their class. I might demonstrate the page using a fun language, like Pirate.
Reading Level/Interest Age: Mango Languages is designed for older learners. There is also a Little Pim service for children. So this version is best suited for adults and teens.
Challenge Issues: None.
Why did you include this database? : I mention it for this database because I think that high school students in language classes will find it particularly helpful.
Reference Page:
User Dashboard (2013). Mango Languages. Retrieved from http://libraries.mangolanguages.com/dashboard (Need to create an account to see this page, but similar information is on commercial website.)