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Site: Meier Clinics
About Meier Clinics
As brother and sister, Dr. Paul Meier and Mrs. Nancy Meier Brown began working together in 1976 in Texas with the goal of developing the best Christian counseling services available. When her family relocated to the Chicago area, Nancy was asked to establish Meier Clinic's first Illinois location in Wheaton. The clinic opened its doors in September 1986 with just two counselors. Within the year, the Wheaton office outgrew the space and had to expand to the next building; one year later, they had to move once again to the current building. The clinical staff grew to approximately 35 psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed master level counselors, nurses, doctoral interns and a dietician to provide a wide range of counseling needs. Meier Clinics opened an outpatient clinic on the campus of Lawndale Christian Health Center (LCHC), in response to the need for affordable, quality outpatient therapy with Christian mental health providers within the Lawndale community, which includes predominately Hispanic and African-American individuals. Meier Clinics-LCHC sees referrals from the multidisciplinary care teams at the health center, and patients from the Lawndale community in order to provide collaborative, holistic care. Meier Clinics Wheaton is now the national headquarters of Meier Clinics and encompasses outpatient, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, and neuropsychological programs; the Lawndale office offers an outpatient program with some opportunities to conduct psychological testing.
Meier Clinics strives to integrate biblically-based, Christian beliefs with psychological principles to treat the whole person – emotionally, physically, and spiritually. As a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization, Meier Clinic's goal is to provide excellent, professional, psychological care to as many people as possible.
An important component of the Meier Clinics philosophy of training is the belief in the need to integrate scholarly knowledge, research findings, and critical thinking into clinical practice and clinical decision making. We encourage the consumption of scholarly research and facilitate regular interaction with current research literature through a weekly journal club discussion. In addition, interns are encouraged to engage in contributing to the existing body of research literature by pursuing individual or group research study. Ample data is available on site for scholarly inquiry. Interns are also encouraged to present their dissertation findings through didactic presentation to the Meier Clinics staff, interns and practicum students.
Community outreach, marketing and consultation opportunities are available through Meier Clinics and provided to the surrounding community on an as-needed basis. An important component of the Meier Clinics philosophy is to educate and de-stigmatize mental health treatment in faith-based communities, and Meier Clinics consistently reaches out to local churches and schools to provide consultation, psychoeducational presentations, and other services in order to accomplish this goal. Meier Clinics also sponsors the Chicago Christian Training Conference (CCTC) that is well attended by area colleges, churches, and providers. Opportunities for interns to learn conference development and implementation skills are also available.
Meier Clinics in Wheaton offers the opportunity for intern to be placed in the Neuropsychology Clinic or the Clinical Psychology Rotation. Specifics of these rotations are as follows:
Clinical Psychology Position
- Meier Clinics Wheaton outpatient office serves Wheaton and the surrounding communities while the Adult Day Program draws from several states across the country. The Clinical Psychology interns at Meier spend their time seeing clients in the Catalyst (partial hospitalization program for adults) and Breakaway (intensive outpatient program for adolescents) programs. The intensive portion of the internship training program requires the interns to participate in four rotations throughout the year: two in process group therapy and two in expressive group therapy.
- Interns work under an apprenticeship model of training in which during the first two rotations supervisors model core competencies to interns, and then take on a more supporting role during the last two rotations as interns take over active leadership in clinical group work.
- In addition to intensive group work, interns also have a caseload of one or two Catalyst and Breakaway clients. The interns are responsible for therapeutic interventions and case management of each client, which may include marital/family interventions and utilization reviews.
- Interns carry an outpatient caseload consisting of individual adults, children, adolescents, couples and families from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and socioeconomic levels. Clinical opportunities may also be available to work in the Meier Clinics – Chicago office 1 day/week, which serves a more ethnically diverse, urban client population.
- Interns also gain experience in providing psychological testing for adolescent and adult clients in the outpatient and partial hospital programs.
Neuropsychology Position
- Primary focus in neuropsychological testing of children, adolescents and adults with a wide variety of concerns.
- Common referrals include ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, learning disabilities, and cognitive effects of seizures in children, as well as traumatic brain injuries, changes in cognitive abilities, impacts of a stroke, and dementia in adults.
- Intern works closely with the staff neuropsychologist in conceptualizing each case, determining the appropriate battery based on the referral questions and in the interpretation/report writing process.
- The intern would also participate in didactic trainings specific to their neuropsychology practice.
- Interns carry a small outpatient caseload consisting of individual adults, children, adolescents, couples and families from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and socioeconomic levels.
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"Communication with nature is the oldest, deepest form of spiritual practice, connecting us to our ancient ancestral knowledge. My continuous quest is to tap into the power of the elements, the mystery and what connects humanity with the natural world. "
Solo Show, Gallery Exposed, Carmel
I am proud to announce my first Solo Show at Gallery Exposed in Carmel, CA on May 10th, 2019. As Above, So Below, A Journey into Mystery taps into the power of the elements and what connects humanity with the natural world. It is a play between what we see and what remains hidden in nature and in human consciousness.
Artist Reception is Friday May 10, 2019
5 pm to 8 PM
Located at San Carlos & 7th
Carmel by the Sea, CA 93923
open Saturdays from 1 to 3 PM or by appointment
(831) 238-0127
Darkroom Cheat-sheet
Keeping track of times, sizes, developers, toners etc in the darkroom can be challenging. Here is a cheat-sheet for anyone out there that needs some help with it.
Hope this download helps. ;)
In this fast paced world, there is a real need to slow down, take it back a couple of notches.Read More
Analog vs digital
Analog. One step at a time. Load, wind, frame, measure light, expose...Read More
Going back to Germany, to the house I grew up in, memories are hidden in every corner. Seeing things again for the first time, having a relationship with each item, that is why we have a hard time letting go of things sometimes. There is an emotional response to the things we see. When I saw my grandfathers brush, I could smell the turpentine and the stuffy room he used to paint in when I was a child.
Touching my grandmothers hat, I can hear her voice and see the patterns on her apron as it was yesterday. I can feel her sitting next to me on the stoop, watching the people go by.
Memories come rushing in with each image I see.
Time to make new memories, with my niece Lisa - the next generation. Perhaps she will remember our photo-shoot some day.
Creativity is Problem Solving
each step could have held me back if I hadn't found a way to make it happen....Read More
Biggest lesson in photography
The Biggest lesson in photography was an utter surprise to me. I would have imagined that is was about technique, equipment or knowledge. Some of this may be true, but what I was not expecting is how connected you have to be with your subject and yourself.
As a fairly new photographer I have gone out, learning the ropes of analog photography, trying and failing. At my darkest moment, I found myself on the darkroom floor, sweeping for the roll of film I had just dropped. I could feel the dust on the ground and thought about how bad that would be for the film, yet I continued for another 30 minutes, sweating bullets as it was not MY roll of film, but that of my daughters. I never found it and had to turn on the light eventually.
I have lost rolls of film, made many developing mistakes with agitation, chemical dilutions, temperature and time. I have mixed up chemicals, turned on the light with the canister still open and lived to talk about it. Conquering these things I imagined, would be what I had to learn to become a good photographer.
It really hit me after a recent interview with Wil Giles, who talked to me about giving form to what you are seeing, feeling and being. The connection one has with the subject, may it be a person or a landscape. The experience one has taking the picture. I knew instinctively what he was talking about. I felt it, but I could not put it into words.
Thank you Wil Giles for putting light on this subject!
Mistakes can be beautiful
Lately I find real comfort in making mistakes, and there are so many possible ways in analog photography to make them. There is no Auto mode or instant gratification. Slow progress and many ruined rolls of film and sheets of paper. Steep leaning curves and expenses one can only justify as a kind of addiction.
The shown example of an unintended double exposure proofs that mistakes can be beautiful and even if they aren't, we learn more from mistakes than we do from successes.
Van Dyke Brown
The last time I felt like this I was fifteen years old and I just had my first true creative experience. I was high from excitement, joy and utter discovery. It is like a drug you can loose yourself into, the only consequence being a piece of art that is left behind for people to enjoy. I am changing my course in life back to that which I have known.
I already converted my storage room into a darkroom, and my house will turn into a studio, with brushes and containers filled with magical colors and potions. X-acto knives and rules will rule my household from now on. I missed it and I can answer the questions why I choose analog over digital with conviction!
I spent 3 months in Italy this summer and got to know the locals in the village I was staying at. I adore especially the elders that gather every night at the piazza to talk to one another. What a wonderful way of life to connect. I see this disappearing, the old way of life, the values, the craftsmanship. It is disappearing everywhere in the world where convenience and instant gratification has slowly destroyed the beauty of slowing down, patience and hard work.
Next fall I intend to put on my first solo show in Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre to show the images of the locals and their hard work, which is in danger of disappearing.
Glad to be back in California!
The last days in Germany were cold and grey, but beauty is in everything and everwhere. However I am thankful to be back in California.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
Stonehaus is proud to announce a feature on Rfoto Folio Fine Art Photography
Stonehaus is proud to announce a feature on Rfoto Folio Fine Art Photography. During my stay in Europe this summer, I was asked by Rfoto Folio for an interview. This is a first for me and I am extremely honored.
Interview with Rfoto Folio:
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Thank you Rfoto Folio!
The road less traveled
Where do the roads lead that we travel? It so often depends on our expectations and attitude.
When life takes a turn it might be because of the decision to take the risk of getting lost on a country road instead of the Toll-Road. Taking the long way to slow down enough to stop.
We are so busy getting there, that we don't see what is around us. So busy looking at our cell-phones that we forget to talk to each other.
Sometimes what we are looking for is right in front of us. We just have to slow down enough to see it.
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A different experience
Most travelers will experience extremely crowded places, visiting the top sights in Italy, such as monuments in Florence, Rome or Venice. But even in those cities one can find Viva Italiana in the most unusual places. Places less traveled.
Such a place is the Santuario della Madonna de Montenero, in Cinque Terre, high above the hussle and bussle of the crowded trains below. This place seems to above it all with views over the entire Cinque Terre region and beyond.
Or walking around on a rainy day in a lovely town called Chiavari, just a train-ride north of Cinque Terre.
taking shelter in one of the local l'osteria's an Italian tavern, serving whatever is fresh for the day.
Visiting a flea market, finding old treasures.
Or creepy puppets . . .
The experience will be real.
Puddles of joy
If we are lucky enough to witness a single lily on a pond
to watch the speed of a single drop
to be fully present when a bloom is at its peak
only then are we truly on our path.
Life falls where it may, perfectly!
Every time I go out into the fields and forest, it has changed from the time I was there a few days before. Nothing else changes as drastic as Nature.
Everything seems to be perfectly placed, yet so random. One of the most difficult things to achieve is to TRY to make something look random.
Humans have a tendency to place things deliberately. But with the lack of thought, life falls where it may perfectly!
Past and Present
Coming from the new world into the old, I notice the many things that have survived with the ages.
I imagine the people that have been here before us. Perhaps we don't have to catch our own fish or hunt deer to survive, but many traditions remind us of a time long past.
One such place is the "Alme" - dialect for common land, from the french "Allmende". These are plots at the outskirts of town, where that townspeople can lease to grow their vegetables.
I remember very old people on their bicycles with a pick and shovel over their shoulders on their way to the fields. Even today you can see people with a tiny trailer hitched to their bicycles transporting dirt or harvested potatoes.
Another thing that can still be seen is the craftsmanship of architectural details.
The amount of time that was put into the design of a door for example stands the test of time. This craftsmanship is getting lost all around the world. I do hope newer generations take an interest and make sure that the craft and pride that goes into creating something will not be lost.
The transformation of Spring
Living in California, I can still appreciate wildflowers in "spring", but for people who have not seen the sun for months, spring has an all together different meaning.
Even in writing a black and white blog, I can see the vibrance of the colors. Spring is an experience for all the senses. Smell, touch, vision combined with the sounds of bird-life trumpeting their happiness about the arrival of Spring.
Spring is about transformation and we can learn to be inspired by the power of nature to go from darkness and cold to the fullness of life.
To keep going even though we do not know what is at the end of the road.
To weather the storm and burst into full bloom!

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eCommerce Horoscope: How Different Zodiac Signs Manage Their Online Stores
Were you born to be ecommerce superstar? Is your zodiac sign congruent with your possible success in business?
Even if you do not believe in horoscopes, the astrological signs trace their origin back to Babylonian times – approximately 1200 BC, so from ancient times people began to notice that depending on star signs it is possible to make predictions regarding personality and behaviour.
In this article we will try to define how Zodiac sign an influence in the way of working and determine how you tend to approach your day-to-day dealings, running online business.
Aries are nothing less than born leaders. They are very active and like taking the initiative, however, their energy should be streamed in some definite direction.
They have bright ideas, but can't concentrate on projects for long and may leave them mid-way, in search of another challenge/ task. For example, Aries may come up with the idea to sell new goods at their stores, but when it comes to finding new suppliers, getting csv listings and updating catalog with these new arrivals, they tend to get other people to carry everything out.
The people with this zodiac sign differ with their resistance, hardness and stability. They are practical and always planning with great attention to details. When it comes to their business, Taurus online shop managers really care about their security, that is why database backup is always a must for them. They would not take big risks and always bother about general well-being of their business.
Due to the dual nature of this sign, Gemini have enough energy for multiple tasks at once, but they always seek for variety. That is why they get quickly bored with routine and methodical jobs. They will be always glad to delegate authorities and automate tedious tasks, for instance, set up cron job and update catalog importing new goods and inventory of existing products without less time and efforts spent.
The people born under this sign are extremely particular about how things are done. They are known for their perfectionism and detailed-oriented approach to things. Thus, they are very good in analytics and make their business decisions on the basis of detailed reports about their sales, customer's behaviour and other statistics. They are good organizers as all their actions and tasks are well thought-out.
Leo's are born to lead. They are really focused in their work, striving to the highest position of success latter and they achieve it, because they are ready to do almost anything for that. Even when something goes wrong, they accept it easily as they are always willing to take risks. Leo store owners usually do not limit themselves to one online store, since they like multi-tasking. They might have a few shops selling different goods and manage with them at the same time.
Did you know that most of billionaires from the Forbes list are born under the sign of Virgo. Of course, we understand – you are still on the way to join this list and the fact that you have born under lucky star will help you.
Virgos have great skills in organizing finances and accounting. Facts and figures play a huge role in their business. They are very practical: analyze all the facts, get to know know all the details before making decision. They can seem to be a bit slow, but this is because they keep in mind lots of information.
These people are conscious of maintaining a perfect balance in whatever they do. They love harmony in their lives as well as in business. Thus, they like to know what's going on at their store in real time from home or on vacation. If anything goes wrong, they try to work better to bring everything to normal.
Scorpios are very passionate about everything they do. That is why they are perfect in making sales and promotions. Scorpios site managers know when and how to attract buyers with killer product prices or free gift. They always take care about adding suitable related products, cross and up-sells to make clients feel that the goods are perfect together and definitely should be purchased in one go.
People of this sign are very good at problem solving and making decisions. They are idealists and they want everything in their store to be perfect. They prefer to troubleshoot for small issues before they turn into big problems. Sagittarius will detect broken images, goods with no pictures at all, check for SEO problems – everything needed to improve the general look and ranking of the site keeping in mind their target goals.
Capricorns are very ambitious and like challenges. They are very determined and persistent – will do what whatever it takes. No matter of what file with products has provided the supplier – Capricorns will try to deal with it and upload data to the store. They tend to be workaholics, so they do not complain about the difficulty of the task. They use complex rules to work with datasheets and even make use of SQL queries to accomplish complex changes. They enjoy the process of solving e-commerce puzzles and look for all possible means to reach their goals.
The people belonging to this zodiac sign are characterized by impulsive behavior, quick temper and the need to act quickly. They will be full of ideas about how to arrange store, schedule appointments, and generally, how to run business. But they want everything to be done very quickly, as they are really impatient. They absolute fans of mass catalog updates and operations that can be performed over bulks of products, customers and orders.
Pisces are very optimistic and creative. They love rearranging products into other categories, restock products, and generally use their imaginative touch to refine the look of online shop, adding new high-quality and colorful images, writing catchy descriptions and making site template memorable for users.
Star signs carry important information about typical peoples' behaviour that was observed and gathered for centuries.
Understanding and taking into account the influence of your star sign, you will be far more successful in running your e-stores. Found other examples of store owners' typical behaviour? Share them with us in the comments! 🙂
Good luck!
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Spotlighting photos from my extensive photo archive
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Vera & Erwin Bruce
Erwin Bruce, the younger brother of my Great-Grandmother, was born in 1909 in Linn County, Iowa, the last of four children born to Owen Rutherford Bruce & Sally Estella "Essie" George. After his parents 1916 divorce, he moved to Minnesota with his Mother & Step-Father.
He lived in Minnesota and worked for many years as a farm hand for area farmers, later he moved to California where two of his siblings had relocated to. Eventually, in middle age, he was married to Vera Stinson Graves, a divorcee.
They lived in the Cotati area where Vera died of a heart attack in 1968 at age 61. Just over 2 years later, Erwin also 61, died of a heart attack.


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Clearwater High School received a "B" designation from the State of Florida!
Clearwater High School received
It takes the entire village, (faculty, support staff, students, district support, parents and community members) to make this happen!
The Class of 2018 revieved a 94.5% Graduation rate, with 86% of the class receiving at least one college credit!
NCAC has awarded Clearwater High School The Jeffrey N. Stein Award, and it will be presented during their Conference in Houston on Monday, November 5, 2018.
Two years in a row, The Washington Post has rated Clearwater High School as the most rigorous High School in Pinellas County! We were ranked 1st in Pinellas County, 49th in the state, 235th in the nation! Way to go CHS!
Three times, Clearwater High School has been recognized as a Model School by the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE). Hundreds of schools apply, and approximately twenty of the nation's highest performing and rapidly improving schools are accepted as models. We were recognized for continuing to raise rigor and relevance for our students through a personalized relationship building learning approach within a Wall-to-Wall Academy Model. The availability of industry certifications and internship opportunities truly prepares our students to be college and career ready.
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The mission of Clearwater High School is to build relationships that will allow us to provide a rigorous educational process which gives students the relevant information and skills needed to prepare them for college and career pathways that will truly develop a foundation for life that enables and challenges them to be successful in a global and multicultural society.
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Here's what I thought of three festive books I picked up over Christmas!
The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily by David Levithan & Rachel Cohn
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares is one of my favourite YA festive novels. I've read it three times, over Christmas 2011, 2013 and 2016, so I was elated to discover that there would be a sequel.
The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily is sadder, more melancholy than its predecessor. Lily's grandfather is sick and she's unable to appreciate her favourite season. For this new Lily, there's no magical Christmas tree and no festive reindeer skirt. She is depressed and grieving, insecure about both her relationship with Dash and her place in the world. It was tough to see Lily going through such a hard time – quite different to the bouncing, positive and enthusiastic girl we've all come to know and love – but it was important to see a different side to her. And that goes for Dash, too. He joins forces with her older brother to cheer Lily up. It was lovely to see his romantic and thoughtful side (even though he can be a bit clueless at times!).
I cannot say that I preferred the sequel to Dash & Lily's Book of Dares – it didn't fill me with as much festive glee as the first book did, but it was an unexpectedly complicated journey for the two teenagers. Even though it can be read as a standalone, I'd suggest reading the books in order to get the full experience of how Dash and Lily came to be.
What Light by Jay Asher
What Light is a contemporary story set on a Californian Christmas tree farm, a setting that has intrigued me ever since I discovered that Taylor Swift grew up on one in Pennsylvania (because I know you're all dying to know that). As it's set in California, I had to keep reminding myself that the weather probably wasn't as cold and frosty and picturesque as I was imagining. I've seen The OC. I should know better.
Sierra has spent her life living in California for the Christmas season and the rest of her time in Oregon. She's away from her East Coast friends and back with her other best friend, Heather. And she meets Caleb, who buys Christmas trees for impoverished families and has a family secret that she's desperate to unravel. As someone who has small friendship groups, it was interesting to see how Sierra was torn between them. (Although I wish she had spent more time with Heather, who only gets to see her a month out of the year!). Caleb was really sweet and I enjoyed his banter with Sierra about peppermint mochas.
What Light is a cute, quick read if you're looking for something Christmassy!
I'll Be Home for Christmas by Various
As I've said many times before, I'm not a huge fan of short story collections, but I was curious about I'll Be Home for Christmas. Festive YA is a favourite of mine – and I'm happy to report that I'll Be Home for Christmas is the best collection I've read so far!
I'll Be Home for Christmas features many of my favourite authors – Lisa Williamson, Holly Bourne, Non Pratt and more – all writing about the theme of 'home', with each copy of the book sold supporting the charity Crisis. Because there's so many to talk about, I'll pick out four favourites.
Cat Clarke's Family You Choose – a super cute story about Effie, hiding from her family and discovering a whole new one in the process (plus delicious food) and Lisa Williamson's Routes and Wings – a bleak story about Lauren, who travels around East London on buses, keeping her homelessness a secret from colleagues. I also enjoyed Juno Dawson's Homo for Christmas – the cheeky and surprising story about Duncan, who is on his way home to tell his mother that he's gay – and Tracy Darnton's The Letter – a short but poignant story of Amber, who is living in care. Tracy was the winner of the short story competition and I'm looking forward to her first full novel in 2018!
I'll Be Home for Christmas is a wonderfully diverse collection of stories and one that I'm sure to return to year after year.


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A combination of principles that mixes Psychometry and Numerology with a 4th Dimension Telepathy routine. Although this uses cards, this is not a card trick. Cards are used for their numbers to reveal a short reading.
A spectator truly and freely shuffles a normal deck of cards while thinking of the year he was born. He deals one card each to four randomly selected spectators (on stage). All four spectators remember their card, fold it in half and insert it into a coin envelope. Envelopes are truly mixed and then handed to you.
Without peeking, switching or asking a single question, you will know what card is inside each envelope and who each envelope belongs to! You announce the card inside the envelope and immediately give the envelope to its owner preceded by a very short reading as they reveal to the audience that you are correct. This is repeated three more times.
The spectator, who, while shuffling the cards, was only thinking of the year he was born, says it out loud for the first time. The audience erupts in applause as they see each card held up by the 4 spectators shows the announced birth year!
"From the mind that brought you the IBT comes the ZDT! This is a great routine that combines many different methods of mentalism into a hard hitting and fun presentation. Josh gives you the freedom to present this in so many great ways and the use of dual reality and numerology packs a real punch for a variety of performance settings from the parlour to the stage! Highly recommended!" - Dr. Todd Landman, Co-Founder of Psycrets: The British Society of Mystery Entertainers
"A great combination of ideas and a well orchestrated presentation." - Nick Belleas, PEA Member
"A great combination of ideas and a well orchestrated presentation." - Nick Belleas, PEA Member
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We have been using the same limousine/town car service for more than 10 years to transfer us from our home in Carrollton, Texas, to DFW airport. A private transfer has become something we simply choose not to live without. When we learned that Blacklane was now offering service in the DFW area, we wanted to try them to see if there were any differences between them and the company we had previously been using.
You may be wondering why we use a private transfer to the airport instead of just driving to DFW and parking the car. Covered parking at DFW is $22 per day so, by the time we pay for parking for seven or more days, a private transfer is cheaper. On this particular assignment, we were going to be out of the country for three weeks, so parking at DFW would cost roughly $450. The round-trip transfer with Blacklane cost less than $140.
We started by going to the Blacklane.com website to make our reservation.
Blacklane online reservation system
Compared with other online reservation systems, Blacklane.com is very streamlined and easy to navigate. The first time you make a reservation, an account is created where you can store pertinent information such as your cell phone number, method of payment, name and address, etc. Once you enter your pick-up address, destination, date and time of ride, another screen allows you to select the type of vehicle you require.
Choosing a vehicle class on Blacklane.com
When making our reservation, I chose the Business Class (sedan), as it is just two of us and a couple of pieces of luggage. The cost of the Business Class transfer from our home to DFW is about $3 less than the amount charged by the company we have been using. However, the Blacklane fare includes all taxes and gratuities. That makes it a much more cost-effective transfer for us. Another advantage of using Blacklane is their international presence. On this trip, we were flying to Basel, Switzerland. Had we not already made other transfer arrangements, we could have booked our transfer from the Basel airport to our hotel through Blacklane. Blacklane offers limousine services in most major cities around the world.
On the day of the transfer, I received an email from Blacklane informing me that our driver had arrived and was outside waiting for us. The email has the name of the driver and his cell phone number.
Our drive today, Amir, arrived in a new Ford Expedition which was much larger than we required. So, even though we had requested a sedan, we ended up with a much larger vehicle. Blacklane contracts with local drivers, many of whom own their own limos or SUVs, so if a sedan is not available, you may end up with a larger vehicle than you requested, but you still pay for the class of service you requested.
Ford Expedition arrived on time for our airport transfer
After Amir introduced himself, he loaded our luggage into the back of his Expedition and soon we were on our way to DFW.
Amir loads our luggage into his Ford Expedition
Even though it is not considered a "luxury" brand, the Ford Expedition is basically the same vehicle as a Lincoln Navigator, a fact Amir is quick to point out on our way to DFW. His Expedition was tricked out with all of the luxury features including very comfortable leather seats. The vehicle was spotlessly clean and there were two complimentary bottles of water for us to enjoy.
Bottled water is a nice touch
The only nit-picking observation we could make was that Amir was casually dressed. Most of the time, a limo driver will have a dress shirt and tie and often even a suit or sport coat. A corporate client transferring executives around Dallas might object, but we were fine with it. Of course, this will vary from driver to driver. Amir got us to DFW airport on time, actually a little ahead of schedule. When we arrived at the terminal, he unloaded our luggage and wished us a safe journey. Upon our return to DFW three weeks later, once again Amir was our Blacklane driver. What are the odds? Instead of a "meet and greet" outside of US Customs, Amir was parked just outside of the terminal waiting for us. I called his cell phone number from the Blacklane email and he spotted us and waved us over to his vehicle. Again, our luggage was loaded and we were delivered to our driveway quickly and efficiently.
Amin drops us off at our home
Blacklane will be at the top of our list for future transfers to/from DFW. The lower cost, great website, and ability to book worldwide through the same website are huge plusses. In DFW, at least, we can highly recommend Blacklane.com. We look forward to using Blacklane on our next foreign assignment.
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Process your marriage license.
You want the marriage and the wedding to be legal and binding and in order for you to do that or to have that in the first place, then you need to know for sure that you have all of the right documents mapped out for the event or for the special day that you have been planning out. Stop by your local courthouse so that you get to know what to process, what you need to process them, what the timelines are, and so on and so forth. It helps to know that you have all of the legal requirements and permits required before you make a move on anything for the wedding so far.
Check with your vendors.
You will soon realize that you will become more and more dependent on the way that your wedding vendors deal with you, how much they offer out for their professional services, whether they are willing to give you discounts or not, and whether or not they are all looped in on the timelines of the wedding ceremony and reception. Little things like this tend to matter a lot and you ought to go ahead and do something about this. Get to meet up with your potential wedding vendors before you even get to the point wherein you would like to decide which ones you would like to book so far. It might not sound like much but it will save you so much time somewhere in the long run. Check in with your San Francisco wedding photographer most of all because you will be working closely with him. You need some kind of chemistry with your San Francisco wedding photographer in order for the entire setup to work out for you in the first place.
Write down and practice your vows.
Don't just bank on the fact that you can be spontaneous and that you can say whatever you would like to say right off of the top of your head but the truth of the matter is that you can be pretty much dumbfounded during the time of the main wedding ceremony and you need to prepare enough for this so that you don't have to waste minutes and minutes of long and awkward silences while you are at it. Have some quiet time off with nothing but yourself and your thoughts so that you don't have to worry too much about what you are supposed to say during the vows section of your main wedding ceremony when it all comes down to it.
Keep a simple beauty regimen.
This isn't the right time for you to try out crazy new trends or experiment on what you can do to your skin. You just don't have enough resources or time for something like that and honestly speaking, you are better off than being some type of guinea pig or something fairly similar to that. You can actually do so much better than that at the end of the day. One thing for you to try to take note of all of the time that is really bound to pay off for you in the end is sticking to the basics as much as you possibly can.


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- C6 kraft, 300gsm, card and matching sized envelope
- HABICO Christmas sets featuring the large and small Santa, which I stamped using Ranger Archival jet black ink
- MFT sentiment stamped using Versafine onyx black ink
- Faber Castell polychromos pencils and Kaisercraft metallic glitter gel pens used to add colour to the kraft card
- Plaid dimensional gloss to add "glass" to Santa's specs
- Stardust stickles to add a sparkle to Santa's beard
- Winter Wonderland - April 28th challenge - ADD SOME SPARKLE OR BLING
- Chrimbo Crackers - challenge No. 131 - KRAFT CARD
- Loves to Craft - challenge No. 9 - ANYTHING GOES
- A2/C6 white, 250gsm, card and matching sized envelope
- Two pieces of card (one white and one grey) cut to 5" x 4"
- One piece of white card cut to 4¾" x 3¾"
- Penny Black image stamped using Versafine onyx black ink and 2nd generation stamping, to creat a kind of shadow
- Clearly Wordsworth sentiment stamped using Ranger Archival watering can ink
- Stampers Anonymous splatter image partially (and randomly) stamped using Hero Arts neon yellow ink, to break up the stark monochrome
- Stardust stickles to bling it up a bit
- Simply Less Is More - challenge No. 326 - SHADOW
- Rubber Dance Art Stamps - April challenge - BLACK/WHITE + ONE
- Creatalicious - challenge No. 113 - ANYTHING GOES with OPTIONAL twist of BIRTHDAY
- TGIF - challenge No. TGIFC105 - CELEBRATE and isn't a birthday the perfect reason?


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text: This 15 Watt 240V Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) Spiral Lamp (10000hrs) is available in warm white for use in areas where a warm, cosy feeling is required. This 15W compact fluorescent lamp has an equivalent light output of a standard 75 Watt light bulb. Making approximate assumptions of each unit of electricity costing 10p if a standard 75 Watt bulb was used for 4 hours each day for a year it would cost £10.80 to operate. This equivalent lamp with the same light output but only using 15 watts of electricity would cost £2.16 to operate. In addition this lamp would be expected to last up to 10 times as long as a standard lamp.


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Tower Cleaners uses sizing when needed. We restore your garments with the extra ''body'' required to make them look and feel as they did when first purchased. They will keep their "freshly pressed'' look longer, saving you time and money.
The proper way, Tower presses from the inside out. After linings and major wrinkles are pressed from the inside, only then is the outside pressed. There are details on every garment that require an old fashioned touch up with a hand iron, it is not the normal way, it is the Tower Way.
There is no comparison between our shirts and the run of the mill, piece work processed shirts, that are farmed out to wholesalers by other cleaners. We wash in chemically neutralized solutions that have been infiltrated with ozone. The neutralizing eliminates irritation and itching that residues can cause, the ozone adds that fresh Spring air aroma that you can only be attained by outdoor sun drying. After machine pressing, each Shirt is inspected for missing or broken buttons. We then touch them up by hand and carefully prepare then for delivery with collar stays.


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Sports are filled with narratives. This is a simple fact, and whether you like the concept or not, narratives in sports will never die. They're one of the reasons why we stay so locked in to specific sports and events; they add drama to what's happening on the field. However, some narratives have long overstayed their welcome, or are just plain bad. Here's the NCB staff's picks on narratives that need to stop.
The Next Michael Jordan
We need to put an end to analyst & commentators anointing young basketball talent the next Michael Jordan and let just be themselves. There are plenty of other ways to discuss a great talent besides comparing them to Jordan. Being relentlessly bombarded by guys like Skip Bayless comparing the hottest college player to Jordan & now Lebron has become an instant channel change.
From memory along I've witness ESPN compare Grant Hill, Penny Hardaway, Vince Carter, Kobe Bryant, Tracey McGrady, LeBron James & even Victor Oladipo all to Jordan. With guys like Andrew Wiggins & Ben Simmons getting compared to James.
While Kobe made a solid run at being the next Jordan, none of those listed above have been the same player that Jordan was. I'd also like to put this out there that I think James has the ability to be a better player overall when it's said and done, but he never played the style Jordan did.
While plenty of other sports communities are guilty of the same comparison game…Who is the next Sidney Crosby? Who is the next Steve Young/Peyton Manning? Etc there seems to be no community that is more gun ho on comparing a great to the next round of all-stars like the NBA.
The wrongest narrative in sports isn't that "wrongest" isn't a word, it's that college basketball is good.
That narrative is wrong, because college basketball is bad.
When I say this to other, wrong people, it doesn't go well. The first thing they bring up is usually something regarding atmosphere. Sure, college crowds are wilder than NBA ones. That's cute. You could get 15,000 people to scream at two senior citizens playing backgammon, too. It wouldn't make it interesting. Crowd noise doesn't affect the slow, boring, unimpressive gameplay of college ball.
These kids get 30 seconds to put up a shot, and by golly they are going to use every last second of that window. The NCAA just had to knock five seconds off that clock so teams would manage to crack 70 points per game. What are the rules on blocks and charges? No one seems to know. But they make sure to call a foul on someone at least every other possession, because god forbid basketball players make contact with each other.
College hoops fanatics usually spin all these problems into something like "at least they actually play defense." Here, they are wrong again. Most collegiate games don't have "defense" so much as "a bunch of dudes vaguely getting into each other's way." And nearly every team has at least five players that flat-out do not know how to score. So your opponent not scoring does not mean it's the result of good defense.
Enjoy college basketball all you want, I don't care. I can't tell you what to enjoy. Just please, never in my presence refer to it as good basketball. Thank you.
P.S. That first weekend of March Madness is pretty fun, though. I'm not an idiot.
There is a "right" way to play the game
This just in: each and every one of us is different. And because of that we each have our own ways of staying motivated throughout life.
What motivates your co-worker to come in and put in work is vastly different than what gets you out of bed in the morning.
No matter what the unwritten rules tell you and the old heads preach, there are different ways to skin a cat…or in this case, more than one way to become Olympic GAWD:
So what if Peyton Manning is the poster child for the Aw, Shucks! crowd? My man Cam Newton wants to add a little flavor to his craft and isn't wired the same way as Mr. Nationwide. I think his way of doing things has worked out pretty well for him considering what he's accomplished at every level.
Who cares if Phelps doesn't showboat during or after his races. Did you ever think that dorky guys like him would totally bust out Usain Bolt-like celebrations if they actually had rhythm? Like bust out a running man challenge dance out of nowhere rhythm, not that swimming cadence like rhythm.
We need to embrace personalties and throw away this notion that there is a template players and teams need to follow to succeed. Seriously, don't be a curmudgeon.
"Our school does it the right way."
College football folks really like to throw this quip around often, either when bragging or defending their school. It gets most of its usage when arguing against those from a school that was recently hit with an NCAA sanction or investigation of some sort, or when arguing against a superior team/conference in general. Recently, this has gotten a lot of mileage when discussing why a school that isn't from the SEC is superior to the SEC.
It's also a big heaping pile of shit. No school does things the right way. For starters, every school has its stories from the past and quiet rumors of benefits being given to players under the table. There've been extensive stories and interviews regarding men whose job is to coordinate such under-the-table dealings. Some have gone so far as to say that basically every major university gives such benefits to its athletes. Also, do you know how hard it is to not violate an NCAA rule anyway? It's practically impossible. There's a reason you hear about some school or player accidentally breaking a rule and getting a small punishment handed down. You're probably violating at least three NCAA rules right now and don't even know it, but hey, ignorance of the law is no excuse.
The sooner college football people, and basketball and volleyball and basically everything else, stop the act like your school is so high and mighty because you don't have good enough resources to cheat as well as other, better schools, the sooner we can all stop pretending like it really matters anyway.
Okay, all the, "Who is on your *insert sports-related thing here* Mount Rushmore" talk has to stop.
It's exclusionary, lazy, self-serving list-making that adds nothing of substance to the sports universe. Also, have you ever been to Mount Rushmore? It's not that great!
Let me put it in these terms. Recently, my friends and I were light-heartedly discussing who would be on the Jewish Mount Rushmore. It was fun at first; we wondered whether it was acceptable to snub Jesus Christ, and joked how Bill Simmons' Jewish Mount Rushmore would be Kevin Youkilis four times.
Soon, however, I realized how flawed a conversation this was. By limiting myself to only four, was I not marginalizing the accomplishments and societal contributions made by thousands of other great Jews? Did I not want to put in the effort to come up with more than four great Jewish people? In the end, was I not just trying to show how much of a cool guy film buff I was by including Mel Brooks and Steven Spielberg on mine?
The same can be said about pundits and fans alike applying the Mount Rushmore analogy to sports. In constructing these hypothetical national monuments through our own distorted, subjective lenses, we are putting in the least amount of effort to diminish the accomplishments of all-time great athletes, all in the name of, "Pay attention to me, I don't consider Bill Russell to be one of the four greatest basketball players of all-time" attention grabbing. We accomplish nothing.
And let me reiterate, it's not like Mount Rushmore is this amazing monument. You'll drive all night to look at the faces of four dead guys carved into a rock, and will be greatly disappointed when you arrive to see that you drove all night to look at the faces of four dead guys carved into a rock, and had to pay for parking.
From now on, if I hear the words "rushmore" and "sports" uttered in the same sentence, it better be to recast Wes Anderson's Rushmore only using notable sports figures. For the record, I think Vince Lombardi would make a great Dr. Guggenheim.
If I could only eradicate one sports narrative, it would be the "Is team XYZ's dominance bad for the sport?" narrative that has been plaguing professional and college sports for the past decade.
When a team becomes so good that they roll through the competition, opposing fans start to cry foul. No one likes to watch their team get run out of the gym, but when beat writers start talking about it being bad for the sport is where I draw the line. Over the past decade there has been one instance that sticks out from the rest where people have insinuated that dominance is bad for the sport of basketball.
When the UConn women's basketball team broke or set every major wins record in not only basketball, but all sports period. Writer after writer started saying how their dominance would permanently change the landscape of women's college basketball, that other teams would start saying "why bother" and their win streak (that ended at 90 consecutive wins) would never end. They did end up changing the sport, but for the better. Women's college basketball has never been more popular, the play has never been better, and teams are getting better.
To be honest, Im not sure why the columns are even written (besides the obvious click-bait nature of this kind of take). All it does is distract from the hard work and dedication of these winners. No team rips off a 90 game win streak without a lot of blood, sweat, and tears. These teams earn their time in the sun, and anyone that tries to lessen that by saying it is "bad for the sport" need to take a look in the mirror and ask themselves if they would be saying it if their team was the one dominating. Id be willing to bet they would change their tune in a hurry.


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For large corporate, health and higher education car parks, access to predictions or even live-feed information about capacity makes a huge difference to staff and visitors alike. It enables them to plan journey times, make alternate working arrangements, find available spaces quickly and commute to a schedule that works best for them. Our parking solutions integrate seamlessly with variable message signs (VMS) to provide real-time information to drivers on arrival. Guest parking can also be pre-allocated, minimising frustration, saving time, and helping business relations to run as smoothly as possible.
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Our parking bay sensors and software systems can be integrated with variable message signage (VMS) to display real-time capacity information, so parking operators can guide drivers quickly to available spaces. When stationed sufficiently far from the campus or city centre these signs encourage drivers to use alternate forms of travel such as park and ride schemes when car parks are full—reducing congestion and improving air quality.
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text: Farmers in East Africa such as Kenya, Botswana, and Sri Lanka have been facing huge problems with elephants. These gigantic animals often destroy crops, especially at night when they roam in herds. Sadly, when people and elephants cross paths, things turn ugly. Injuries and even deaths have occurred for both sides. These horrible outcomes need to be solved naturally without hurting each other. Zoologist Lucy King has a brilliant idea to stop the crop-raiding animals and protect the rural farmers: bee fencing. With the help of locals, they have installed beehive fences around the field with strings of wire connected with each other. When a raiding elephant hits a wire, the bees are disturbed, causing them to emerge from their hives and scaring off the elephants. It may sound funny to think that the biggest land animals run away from these tiny creatures, but elephants are by nature terrified of bees. Bee stings can cause severe pain to the elephant's sensitive trunk. Researchers have found out that elephants stay away from places where buzzing of bees can be heard. This ingenious and non-violent deterrent system of Dr. King would also help local farmers raise their income by selling the harvested honey. Help support The Elephants and Bees Project, one of the Save the Elephants' innovative program.Source: YouTube/SAVE THE ELEPANTS


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Food & Wine magazine has an online recipe for Honey Spelt Bread that states "Good News Many people with celiac disease—an intolerance to gluten—can eat breads made with spelt flour. Lionel Vatinet sweetens his bread with local honey, which may benefit the immune system and help to combat allergies."
Not only is this wrong, it is dangerous. Spelt contains gluten and is NOT SAFE for persons with celiac disease or a gluten allergy.
Please consider emailing the Food & Wine web editors and tell them that this is not ok.
Please remove the inaccurate and information from Lionel Vatinet's online recipe for Honey Spelt Bread (http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/honey-spelt-bread)
Spelt contains gluten. Spelt is NOT safe for persons with gluten allergies or celiac disease.
Thanks to Delightfully Gluten Free for bringing this to everyone's attention.
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I took my first medical anthropology course during the spring semester of my freshman year. I realized I was hooked to the field in the middle of a lecture in Professor Rivkin-Fish's Comparative Healing Systems class. As I recall, we were discussing an anthropological explanation of the transition from the era of midwifery prevalence to the rise of obstetrics and gynecology as a male-dominated, biomedical "profession." Previously, I had been drawn to the natural sciences and their steadfast faith in the scientific-method, evidence-based research and the like. Fortunately, my first medical anthropology class – and the many that ensued – opened my eyes and my mind to the extremely complex nature of human beings and the way the world works in general. Though we may like to view the world as regimented, consistent and predictable; this is rarely the case. I continued to learn this lesson throughout my college career and have carried it with me into what many call "the real world."
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Mara Buchbinder on her latest book "Saving Babies? The Consequences of Newborn Genetic Screening"
1. How did the idea for this project come about?
It was a question of being in the right place at the right time. I was brought on to the project after the initial investigators, who were two professors of sociology at UCLA, had developed this idea to study the impact of newborn screening in the clinic. They had learned that newborn screening was in this new phase of development where the state had just rolled out screening tests for a large number of disorders. They were really interested in doing something around the idea of medical uncertainty and this seemed like a perfect target for exploring some of those ideas, because it was really unclear what the impact of screening asymptomatic children for such a large number of disorders was going to be. At the time that this was getting off the ground, I was a graduate student. I was working on my dissertation research and I started out working on the newborn screening project as a research assistant. Over time, one of the investigators got busy with other projects, and I ended up taking on a bigger role, and working more closely with Stefan Timmermans, who co-authored the book with me.


text: Seller: maygall (244) 100%, Location: Prestatyn, Ships to: GB & many other countries, Item: 142734143301 For sale is this lovely Walnut American bracket clock. Complete with pendulum and generic key. The clock goes for a while, but then stops, Hence i am selling as spares and repairs. Im pretty sure it will take minimum attention to get it to work perfectly. It chimes on the hour and is in good condition. Please check pictures for details. Measures 36cm tall, and 35cm wide. Any questions don't hesitate to ask.


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1. Unborn babies have a body of their own.
2. This goes outside and far above the las of the land. It is about how society sees human life. It is our culture that dictates norms and values that may become the law of Canada or whatever country we live in.
3. The holier than thou comment cuts both ways. The pro-choice people seem to have their own corner of he smug superiority market monopolized as much as some religious pro-life people do.
4. Abortion is never going to be illegal in my lifetime. Like slavery and the holocaust a shift in the culture will need to happen. We live in a very rich, decadent, selfish, and valueless society. Until our culture changes abortion will continue.
5. Abortion is killing western culture. The west has fewer children all the time. This creates a vacuum in our society that is filled by cultures who value children and human life in greater degree than we do. Some of the cultures that are filling the demographic space left by those aborting their children do not have liberal democratic values.
6. Legislatures can not mandate morality. They never have been able to do that. They do reflect the values and culture of the people's they represent. One day we will look at our governments unwillingness to protect the unborn in the same way as slavery or the German genocide of Jews and political descenters.
As a man I can understand how a woman or young girl might abort a child. There are circumstances that are unfortunately not that hard to imagine, many very tragic. Certainly a conversation on how we try to look after these mothers and the unborn are important to all of us.


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Well, here we are, a few days later, and we can officially announce our winners of the promo codes for Beat Music Player. They are:
All of the winners have been notified via Twitter DM, so check your inboxes. Thanks to all those that entered, and be on the lookout for more contests soon!
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Earlier this week, we introduced you to Beat Music Player, a great music app for your iPhone. Were you interested but didn't want to drop a buck on the purchase? Well have we got a deal for you.
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You've heard about the benefits of a convection microwave countertop oven. You can brown your food with the built-in convection heating elements. This gives you better looking and tasting food, saves the space of having both a microwave and a convection oven, gives you additional oven space when you need it, shortens cooking times, and saves you money by eliminating the need to heat up your large oven for smaller dishes.
It all sounds good, but it comes at a price. As you might expect, convection microwave countertop ovens are more expensive than either a convection oven or a microwave alone. If you're looking for a microwave that browns and cooks food faster, there is really no other way to go. You will have to balance its additional features against the extra cost.
Since they are expensive, you want to make sure you pick the right model. General Electric (GE) is one of the most trusted brands in home appliances and they make several great lines of microwaves including convection microwaves. Monogram is their more luxurious line, Profile is considered to be more stylish, and the Café Series is restaurant-inspired. With all the lines, series, and models, which one should you buy?
We've done the research for you and found what we consider to be GE's best convection microwave countertop oven. Take a look and see if this is the perfect convection microwave for you!
GE CEB1590SSSS Cafe 1.5 Cu. Ft. Stainless Steel Convection Microwave Countertop Oven
The GE CEB1590SSSS Convection Microwave Oven has a large 1.5 cu. ft. capacity, 1000 watts of power, and built-in convection cooking capability for perfectly baked or browned food faster than a traditional oven. Complete with sensor cooking that automatically adjusts time and power; you will appreciate all the features that are designed into this restaurant-inspired convection microwave countertop oven to make your life easier.
- You can't go wrong with stainless steel and the GE CEB1590SSS uses it beautifully to enhance this oven's look and maintenance.
- Easy-to-clean with classic lines, the GE CEB1590SSSS will complement your kitchen whether it's on your countertop or built in to your kitchen.
- The combination of 1000 watts of power and convection cooking makes cooking faster and delivers better looking and tasting food.
- Use the convection cooking setting when baking or browning is required. This model makes baking bread to a golden brown easier.
- Microwave sensor cooking senses the steam produced by cooking food and automatically adjusts time and power to properly cook your food. No more guesswork. Controls include Beverage (Instant-On), Cook, Popcorn (Instant-On), and Reheat.
- You will appreciate the combination cooking controls that allow you to take advantage of both microwave and convection cooking to improve the flavor and display of your favorite foods.
- Other Control Features included a Child Safety Lock, Add 30 seconds (Instant-On), an adjustable volume cooking complete reminder, Auto & Time Defrost, Clock, Time Cook I & II, and Timer On/Off.
- Adjust time, temperature settings, and recipes faster and easier with GE's Easy-set control dial.
- Its 10 power levels give you the control you need to cook your meals with full confidence.
- The included full-width, removable oven rack allows you to cook on two-level's simultaneously allowing you to cook more of your family's favorite recipes at once.
- A large 12.75 inch glass turntable allows you to cook larger foods more evenly.
Capacity and Dimensions
- The GE CEB1590SSSS is has the capacity at 1.5 cu. ft. to handle just about any size food you want to cook.
- This model has dimensions of 22-5/8W x 14-3/4H x 20D inches and weighs in at approximately 52 lbs. It has a cavity size of 15-1/4W x 10-7/8H x 15-1/4D inches.
- The GE CEB1590SSSS convection microwave countertop oven has a recessed turntable that maximizes oven space and provides a flush design.
- ADA Compliant
- GE provides a limited 1-year entire appliance parts and labor warranty and a limited 5-year magnetron tube warranty.
Optional Built-In Trim Kit
- Customize your oven's appearance by giving it the sleek look of a custom-installed oven and the convenience of a built-in convection microwave with the optional matching trim kit.
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- Good looking unit
- Easy to use
- Fast cooking
- Love convection feature
- Expensive trim kit
- Lack of keypad may take getting used to
- Large for countertop use
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Good morning, friends!
I ran across this video yesterday through work and it's just so lovely I had to share.
Now, I'm not against digital media, mind you, but I don't think I'll ever not love the feel of a book in my hands.
Recently, Qwertee featured a t-shirt that I considered a great spin on a trend.
Although I do agree that Keep Calm is a little overdone, I think the original is iconic and the spin-offs some people come up with are totally amusing. (I have a Keep Calm and Rock On poster in my cubicle at work and own a Now Panic and Freak Out t-shirt; Jen from A Tale of Two Monkeys has great Doctor Who-inspired takes through her Nerdified Shirts business.)
This version struck me because of the Supernatural reference. I didn't care too much for the lacking "Keep Calm" part, however, so I worked up a little something for personal use. I couldn't quite decide on which version I liked best ... so I thought I'd ask you!
Let me know which one you like best in the comments. I'll be using this as a computer wallpaper at work, and could possibly be persuaded to share it once I'm done if there's interest.
And before I get even more tardy with my thanks: A belated thank you to Zoë of Timidly Confident for honoring me with two blog awards.
Have a great Wednesday!
P.S.—Did anyone click on Flo Rida's real name in yesterday's post?


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Fritz Thyssen
Fritz Thyssen, the son of the successful industrialist, August Thyssen (1842-1926), was born on the 9th November, 1873. He joined the German Army in 1896 and reached the rank of second lieutenant.
In 1898 Thyssen joined Thyssen & Co a company owned by his father in the Ruhr. By the outbreak of the First World War the company employed 50,000 workers and produced 1,000,000 tons of steel and iron a year.
In 1923 took part in the resistance against the Ruhr Occupation by Belgian and French troops. He was arrested and received a large fine for his activities.
At a meeting with General Eric Ludendorff in October 1923, Thyssen was advised to go and hear Adolf Hitler speak. He did this and was so impressed he began to finance the Nazi Party.
Thyssen inherited his father's fortune in 1926. He continued to expand and in 1928 formed United Steelworks, a company that controlled more that 75 per cent of Germany's ore reserves and employed 200,000 people.
By 1930 Thyssen was one of the leading backers of the Nazi Party. The following year he recruited Hjalmar Schacht to the cause and in November, 1932, the two men joined with other industrialists in signing the letter that urged Paul von Hindenburg to appoint Adolf Hitler as chancellor. This was successful and on 20th February, 1933, they arranged a meeting of the Association of German Industrialists that raised 3 million marks for the Nazi Party in the forthcoming election.
Thyssen supported the measures that Hitler took against the left-wing political groups and trade unions. He also put pressure on Hitler to suppress the left of the Nazi Party that resulted in the Night of the Long Knives. However, as a Catholic, Thyssen objected when Hitler began persecuting people for their religious beliefs.
Thyssen resigned as state councillor in protest against Crystal Night. The following year he fled to Switzerland and Hitler promptly confiscated his property. Thyssen moved to France but was arrested by the Vichy government and was returned to Germany where he was sent to a concentration camp.
Thyssen was freed by Allied forces in 1945. Arrested he was convicted by a German court for being a former leader of the Nazi Party and was ordered to hand over 15 per cent of his property to provide a victims of Nazi persecution. Fritz Thyssen died in Buenos Aires on 8th February, 1951.


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Growing mangos and bananas.... instead of buying them?
What dakota girl would have ever guessed you could GROW bananas in your yard? Not me! I didn't even know you could make noodles ! But over the years I have learned more about that from the chicken and noodles that my husband loves to make and with white fluffy mashed potatoes. He is going to prove that miracle of comfort foods again this WED night at the early Thankgiving meal he is preparing for the folks at church.
In Dakota, we grew things like radishes, green beans, peas and lettuce or maybe strawberries. But bananas in your back yard? Who has ever heard of that?
Apparently you just go to Craig's list and there you can find info about people growing banana trees and "pups" in their front yard. Better yet, they will sell you some plants to start your very own small banana farm in your back yard!
I didn't even know what a banana tree looked like until we went to San Diego this September to see how they grow in Molly and Matt's tropical backyard~ They are a wonder of large, summer green leaves that keep producing these rolled up leaves that unroll in the sunlight.
They also produce little "pups" or new plants and you can decide which ones you want to produce and then take out the others and replant them elsewhere or do your own CRAIG's LIST so that all the energy goes to that ONE plant you want to bear fruit in two or three years!
And now in the news this week, we are urged to be wary of purchasing our bananas from the big producers of BANANAS in the tropics I see ironically. What is happening to our food again? It is being managed with greed and violence? How could they do that to simple and wonderful bright yellow bananas?
Apparently the big bananas farmers pay off terrorists to keep their big bananas farms going, and their prices they get? But who knows what the actual farmers are getting for their hard work? That is why I am for Equal Exchange now and Fair trade products at return a LIVING WAGE to the farmers who do all the work. So far I have heard of organic bananas at Open Harvest Foods in Lincoln but that is my only alternative and it is one and one half hours away?
I was just reading about this news this week and thinking I might need a banana tree next in Nebraska to go with our new mango tree. But little did I know how big banana trees get until I witnessed one! And who knows of my mango tree will keep growing in my sunroom this winter in Nebraska!
We received the mango root from CA in the mail for Father's Day as a surprise gift and it has grown... and thrived all summer in the HEAT of NEBRASKA which was mostly TROPICAL this summer! But now with the advent of fall and winter, the mango plant has had to come indoors to our sunroom and we are hoping it grows! Or at least I am since I have adopted it from the Father in the house. But do mango trees/plants get as large as Banana trees?
I am not sure how big a mango plant gets yet but BANANA trees are taller than me and they wave in the sun with their transparent bright green leaves as if they are waving to me in the wind and laughing in the sunny warm CA breezes. I might have to look one a mango plant/tree on google tomorrow! I need to learn more about mango trees I can see!
To add to my new interest in banana and mango trees, I just googled mango and Nigeria..... and articles about the mango crop in Nigeria came up. So apparently they do grow in Nigeria outdoors in the sun. I am lately interested in Nigeria too with the Nigerian orphan, Hassan who is six now, that we are hoping to raise enough money to support for next year in Jalingo, Nigeria.
We hope to raise $1400 for his books, clothes, housing, food for one whole year! And his new HOME is more than a bargain as he finally has a loving community around him again even thought he has lost his parents who died of AIDS and his twin brother who died of Malaria at such an early age and now he is six after a year in the new United Methodist orphanage built by the Nebraska and Iowa Conferences.
He came to the new UMC Nigerian orphange after living with his grandmother who was probably trying to keep him alive the best she could but who knows her age or health status and he was malnourished when he was found. He was very shy to play with the others at first and what a trauma for a young child to go through. His grandmother might not have had mango trees or banana trees in her back yard or a sunroom or food resources. I wonder what has happened to her now and if she can visit him?
So hopefully we can all try --- as Thanksgiving approaches --- to appreciate those homegrown foods that nourish us from our gardens and food stores with the canned sweet potatoes, cranberries, turkey, stuffing,mangos and other foods we enjoy. And yet somewhere folks are paying off terrorists to keep growing bright yellow bananas to get the prices they want for these bananas. And yet bright yellow bananas seem so harmless as do mangos or plants.
So I hope that those large green leaves keep growing in CA and producing bananas in a year or two in the tropical backyard..... and that our mango trees keep growing in NE so we can see what a real mango plant or tree looks like. We also want to see how high of a ceiling we might need in winter. We hope to keep learning appreciate the foods we can grow and others can grow....... and foods we enjoy like turkeys we can find this Thanksgiving that run free on the range if they are the lucky ones.
And thanks for encouraging us to learn about bananas from the tropics and mangos from Africa, Molly, and for all the ways we can learn from growing things in our lives.
And we now realize just how great fruits are even if we only have apples and strawberries in Nebraska in comparison. The strawberry plants here in my yard are getting cold now as they nearly freeze each night. We are doing our yearly ritual of deciding to bring in some of our plants, and our old timey yard chairs as we start to prepare for the winter snows and mangos --- bananas in our dreams.
We hope the bananas keep growing with their bright sunny skins and their large green floating leaves whereever and whenever possible. We hope someday again they can all grow in freedom and warm tropical sunlight without paying off terrorists to do so..... which seems counter to the teachings of the marvels of life and the fruits of nature.... or even the miracle of a mango plant growing in Nebraska and in Nigeria at the same time.
We might have to have a mango Christmas tree this year with lights around the pot or think about Hassan living in Jalingo, Nigeria and his new family and a place to call home where he can grow. And we might have to wonder if those banana trees in CA in the backyard are unrolling their leaves to the sun with the music of Jingle bells in the hood. Now if we only has some monkeys, pineapple juice or fresh mangos.... maybe at the market on 4th street from Mexico!
And the squirrels seem to have eaten some of the great orange Halloween pumpkins in Grand Island I noticed. So what is that all about? Time to once celebrate all fruits, plants, animals and creatures, trees and growing things in our lives! It is time to give our thanks for all living things and creation this November wherever we live and we hope that more people will get a living wage for their hard work on farms worldwide! Go Equal Exchange and Fairtrade!
We just announced converting all our of our coffeemaking and coffeedrinking to Equal Exchange at our church today after one year of making the transition. We now sell EE products every second Sunday of the month thanks to Susan and the UMW that gave her the loan to order $500 of products in the beginning.
It just takes some money to get started, some persistence, some HOPE and energy, continuing education and DVD's telling the story, some work ordering and finding baskets, change, signs, sellers and folks who like coffee, tea and chocolate....... churches who want to see that we are doing justice for others who have no voice to make a living wage and then Equal Exchange is now being SERVED and SOLD each month to help others!
Thanks Susan and Molly!


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Eighth Annual Multicultural Festival on Saturday September 28, 3-7pm, in the State House Plaza: bring your community spirit -and appetite- to celebrate our cultural diversity! Participants in the festival come from many of the countries represented in the Concord community. Participants will be invited to celebrate their native cultures through music, dance, food, crafts, storytelling and more!
Details at: NHMulticulturalFestival.com


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Melton RFC slipped to their first league defeat of the season as a determined Lutterworth kept their promotion hopes alive.
Melton travelled with a degree of optimism having beaten their opponents comfortably at home, and knowing that a victory would all but secure the league title.
However, they had not reckoned on the determination of the home side as they look to qualify for a play-off position on the back of a string of good results.
The match began at a frenetic pace with the early exchanges dominated by some excellent defence on both sides.
Lutterworth tore into Melton at every opportunity as they sought to find a way through some determined tackling, particularly by Lee Miller and Chris Rose.
Both sides came close to scoring in the first quarter, only to be denied by last-ditch tackles and defiant defence.
The breakthrough came when Melton mounted a ferocious assault on the Lutterworth pack and a concerted drive from the forwards saw Sam Badham driven over for the opening try, converted by Matt Cox.
Not to be outdone Lutterworth pressed for a reply with their dangerous centres causing problems, but resolute tackling by Carl Prior and Gareth Collins stemmed the tide.
Yet Melton conceded a string of penalties which gave up valuable territory far too often. The referee finally lost his patience with Leon Gormley, a target for much of the game, and the flanker picked up a yellow card for infringing too often.
The resulting penalty reduced the deficit to 7-3 at half-time.
Once Gormley rejoined the fray, Melton had a purple patch of territory and possession, having worked hard in defence while a man down.
A well-worked lineout, which strangely misfired most of the afternoon, saw the Melton drive back Lutterworth's pack. But close-quarter drives were stopped just short with Dan Wakefield and Wayne Brookes coming within inches of the line.
This proved a turning point as Lutterworth held out and launched a series of counter-attacks and drove upfield.
A series of attacks in the Melton half saw Cox harshly yellow-carded in front of the posts, giving the home side an easy penalty to reduce the arrears.
Having to defend with 14 men again proved a tough assignment and Lutterworth quickly exploited the advantage when quick passing gave their winger an overlap and a try under the posts. The conversion opened up a 13-7 lead.
Melton came back strongly as they strived to make inroads against some determined tackling, roared on by a vociferous and hostile home crowd.
The visitors were frustrated by the continuing failure of the lineout as numerous efforts went unrewarded and Lutterworth thrived on turnover ball.
The penalty count continued to mount, giving Melton no opportunity to exert much pressure as they played catch-up rugby.
Only excellent tackling from Mark Matthews and James Woolley prevented certain scores. But Lutterworth did have the final word when yet another penalty was conceded and the kick was converted for the final points of a rugged encounter which the hosts deservedly won.
Melton captain Marcus Badham was disappointed to lose their unbeaten record, but with three games left and a six-point lead, his side are still well placed to secure the title.
* The league schedule breaks for Easter before Melton return with a mouthwatering top-of-the-table clash with Market Harborough on Saturday, April 2 at Burton Road.


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So if I have been awol recently it is because I have been a busy bee (ha get it?!). I have finally started a project that I have been planning for a
very long time now and that is a DISNEY MURAL!!
As you may or may not know I am a huge Disney fan (as in animated classics) so I thought I would put together two of my favourite things; Disney and art, and create a mural in my bedroom.
While I am very far off actually being finished I thought I would show you a sneak peek of the progress so far.
I've worked in this for about 5 days now (over the past two weeks not consecutively)
So this is half the mural. PLEASE note that it is nowhere near finished so it will get much better, but do let me know what you think of it so far and let me know if there are any characters I HAVE to include!
Until next time,
Bee 🙂


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text: Continuing my Disney kick (I'm a little obsessed), check out my cover of the Oscar-nominated Disney classic, "Go the Distance" from Hercules! I've been needing this song lately – and if you need to hear it too – remember, YOU can go the distance too. 🙂 Watch above or by clicking here: https://youtu.be/GAnOLo7tIa0


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The Chamber Ensembles at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith will perform a concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at The Blue Lion at UAFS Downtown, located at 101 N. 2nd St.
The concert will feature works presented by student musicians in the flute ensemble, saxophone ensemble, woodwind quintet, clarinet quartet, guitar ensemble and brass ensemble.
Dr. Andrew DeBoer, visiting assistant professor of music, said chamber ensembles not only give students the chance to perform music specific to their instrument, but also help develop another facet of their musicianship.
Members of the Chamber Ensembles include:
Alma: Kyle Scott and Timothy Maness.
Booneville: Kyle Jones.
Charleston: Austin Barbee.
Fort Smith: Johnny Andrews, Alyshia Cook, Sawyer Crenshaw, Will Davis, Aaron James, Christian Jones, Christopher Jones, Kaitlin Jones, Katie Jones, Karla Juarez,
Charles Melby, Miranda Pham, Esther Quintanilla and Caitlin Tusing.
Gentry: Justin Hazard and John Lopez.
Greenwood: Dakota Archer, Bryce Langley, Kayla Van Pelt and Holleigh Willis.
Hackett: Winston Turner.
Mulberry: Ginger Jones.
Pine Bluff: Gillian Johnson.
Pocola, Okla.: James Eaton.
Poteau, Okla.: William Newby.
Quinton, Okla.: Jimmy Gee.
Rogers: Brandi Cappello.
Stigler, Okla.: Caleb Drewry.
Van Buren: Beth Duquette and James Patrick Martin.
Winslow: Liam Johnson.
In addition to DeBoer, directors of ensembles include Ginny Hudson, visiting instructor of music; Dr. Christopher Barrick, head of the Department of Music and Theatre; David Holland, music faculty; and Dr. Scott Tomlison, associate professor of music.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact DeBoer at 479-788-7544 or email@example.com.