text: (copy/paste of e-mail from Plug-In-America) The Harris Ranch has recently installed a Tesla charge site off Highway 5, and will hold a grand opening on March 5th. This event is made possible by a generous Tesla charge station donation by long-time Plug In America supporter Earl Cox, who chose Harris Ranch as an ideal central point. You're welcome to join us at the ribbon-cutting ceremony and mingle with other EV drivers. Here are more details: Date: Friday, March 5 Time: 10am-11am simple ribbon cutting ceremony at the EV charge site with coffee and freshly baked pastries provided by Harris Ranch. After: 11:00 Harris Ranch Inn Restaurants offer a discount on meals at their Restaurant so folks can informally gather after the ribbon cutting ceremony. Sponsors: Harris Ranch, Plug In America, and Electric Automobile Association. Location: Harris Ranch Inn & Restaurant 24505 West Dorris Avenue Coalinga, CA. 93210 1.800.942.2333 http://harrisranch.com/stay.php It is recommended that those driving EVs plan to arrive by the evening of Thursday March 4 and stay overnight so they'll have a full charge to get back home. Please RSVP by contacting Earl Cox directly if you plan on driving an EV to the event. He can be reached by phone (818)281-9638 or email [email protected] and will be coordinating all of the charging sites. EV Charging: There is only 1 Tesla HPC at the Ranch. This will be reserved on Friday to enable folks giving Roadster rides to dignitaries to get home. Please don't plan on being able to use it. Harris Ranch is going to try to set up some temporary power but, otherwise, we'll have to shuttle overnight guests to the Somerville/Almond Tree RV Park (below). Lodging: Harris Ranch Inn has developed (2) special Inn packages which will give the electric vehicle enthusiast a couple of value packed options to choose from. To make reservations you can either call 1-800-942-beef or book on-line at http://www.harrisranch.com, click on Harris Ranch Inn/Restaurant. These special Inn/Restaurant packages are named after Tesla and Plug-in America and are now available. We would suggest that anyone with Electric Auto Association, Plug In America or Tesla wishing to spend the night anytime, including the March 5 weekend, to take advantage of one of these packages. Dining: Harris Ranch is offering anyone attending the March 5 opening or coming out over the March 5 weekend a special 10% discount off of any meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner) at the Harris Ranch Restaurant. They can get this discount by merely telling their server that they are associated with Tesla, Plug In America, or Electric Automobile Association. The Ranch is an omnivore's destination restaurant. Vegetarians can select between their (5) vegetarian entrée Salads such as the popular Waldorf Spinach Salad or their Portabella Flatbread Pizza or Portabella Burger. Directions/Maps: Harris Ranch Inn: I-5 and West Dorris Ave (CA 198) - From San Ramon Tesla Charger: 155 miles - From Parson's Lot in Pasadena: 199 miles (Roadsters probably should drive about 55 mph or plan for intermediate charging) - From 4th and G Plaza public parking garage Davis: 198 miles (Roadsters should probably should drive about 55 mph or plan for intermediate charging) Intermediate Charging Opportunities South: -Somerville Almond Tree RV Park- 41191 South Glen Avenue, Coalinga, CA (near Harris Ranch, this will be backup charging location for the event. Harris Ranch is offering a shuttle to the Inn if you stop here. $10 for full charge, talk to Manager - Smitty) -Traveler's RV Park 33151 Cyrill Pl, Kettleman City, CA - (559) 386-0583 (a little rustic) -Lost Hills RV Park, Lost Hills, CA - Lost Hills RV Park- 14831 Warren Street, Lost Hills, CA - (661) 797-2719 -Buena Vista Aquatic Area (BEST LOCATION), South Enos Lane, Bakersfield, CA 93301 (661) 763-1526 (County bureaucracy: hard to get short-term rate to top-off, may have to pay full RV rate) On March 5, Earl will try to work out a deal where he'll rent a site on the 5th at full $21 cost and folks can stop by "to visit Earl Cox" See EV Charger News - Home for more options.


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Teach English in China and Travel The World: Free Tefl
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Location:
- International
- Apply by:
- 20th March 2019
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- Graduate job
Have you thought of travelling the world after you graduate?
43% of all graduates deem travel and experience essential to their personal and professional development and 75% of employers recognise that graduates who have extensive travel and cultural experience are stronger applicants when applying for positions.
Most of us want to travel and see the world… but it costs money! The easiest way to travel AND earn a respectable salary is as an ESL teacher. English teacher abroad.
Echo Education are one of the largest education companies in China. We are a Chinese owned company and directly hire British graduates for our public schools in China. We're not a referral agency but the direct employer who handle all work permits, transition arrangements and day to day welfare of more than 200 teachers already in China. In September 2018 Echo Education are hiring a further 350 British graduates for teaching positions in China.
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The Chinese provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu contain the mega cities of Hangzhou, Suzhou, Ningbo and Nanjing. It's with these 4 areas where the government particularly want to develop English programmes in public schools. These cities are fully developed with the latest technologies embedded in their infrastructure and populations larger than London. They are now international cities that have a global reach, focusing particularly on e-commerce and trade. The vast majority of our schools are based in these cities and we welcome applicants to review our city guides for more insight
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"Do I have to teach children.."???
The majority of our positions are for Chinese public schools which include kindergarten, primary, middle and high schools. Ages of children will range from 4 years old to 18 years old. However we also have teaching positions available at universities and within business English schools for mature clients. We assess during training and interviewing which age group we feel the applicant is suited to.
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Your monthly salary will be between £1200 and £1500 (exchange rate
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"Great… so how long are contracts"
We offer graduates a choice of either a 9 month or 22 month contract starting in September 2018. The 22 month contract offers a salary increase in the second year with additional holiday payments and contract completion bonus. We also have limited opportunities for March 2018 for applicants who have already graduated
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Keep message consistent on every channel
Ruth Mortimer on going Fairtrade
Watching TV the other night, I noticed an interesting phenomenon. An ad for Galaxy chocolate proclaimed that people could feel great eating it, not only for the taste but also the fact that it had joined up with the Rainforest Alliance (RA). For those of you unclear on the significance of this, the RA is a scheme that aims to make businesses more sustainable and fair. In other words, it's a logo that Galaxy can use to show it is trying to act in a sustainable way.
FT's loyal audience puts the brand in enviable position
The comments from Ben Hughes on the FT's plans to extend the brand while generating additional revenue came as little surprise (MW 4 March).
Offers that matter
The way we communicate with customers has changed irrevocably due to technology, and retailers must target customers through multiple touchpoints while ensuring that their marketing messages are relevant, engaging and timely. Customers now expect more from the retail experience than just a transaction.
Stuart Smith on Unilever's CMO
6X brewer to sponsor pub quiz show on Absolute
Client partnerships in print titles offer mutual benefits
Labour must reconsider marketing strategy
M&S goes to public vote for its latest eco initiative
Marks & Spencer is launching an environmental initiative inviting customers to suggest eco ideas the retailer can implement into the business.


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Gay JerkOff Auditions features horny amateurs auditioning to appear in porn movies. The guys here are pretty much regular everyday guys in their early twenties through their mid-thirties with average bodies ranging from slender to slightly chunky, and there are a couple who have a hint of muscle. Some are smooth while others have some body hair, and you'll find both clean-shaven men and guys with some facial hair or a little scruff on their chins. They seem to be a mix of straight and gay, average to cute and a mix of white and Latin guys.
Most of the videos start off with a brief interview before things get started, and the interviewer plays a part in what we hear about the guys. Also in four of the videos, the interviewer either sucks the guys' cocks or gets his cock serviced. The rest of the scenes are solos with some stripping, showing off and once their dicks are out, each guy gives his meat a good stroke session before shooting his load.
Gay JerkOff Auditions offers 10 videos, the same amount they had at launch in 2007, so don't expect any growth. The videos are available in WMV format and they stream at 320x240. While they are DRM-free and the sound is pretty good, the videos are only available as clips - no full scenes here - and they are not offered for download. Not surprisingly since the site hasn't updated in years, quality is average, and there are no mobile or larger versions of the movies.
Each video comes with a set of pics. Four sets include average quality digital stills sized at 800x1067, while the rest of the sets offer screencaps sized at 720x480. There are no real features, so you won't find downloadable zip files or hands-free slideshows.
There are some extras including a DVD collection with around 200 titles and a a good amount of bonus picture sets in the Photo Albums section, but these are older pics you've probably been seeing on other sites for years. While there are 15+ feeds listed on the XXX Videos page, a number of the feeds still listed don't work. There are also no longer any games on the Arcade page nor are there any bonus sites listed on the join page or member home page.
While I'm a huge fan of amateur jack off videos, I found the camera work kept me from focusing on the action. The camera man doesn't have steady hands, so the videos are often sort of shaky - sometimes very shaky - and when he zooms, he sometimes zooms too far - in one video, he zoomed right past the guy's cock. He probably should have used a tripod, as it's hard to enjoy the video when all the extra motion almost makes you seasick.
Let's address all the issues. First, the site doesn't update. Next, there are plenty of ads on the bottoms of the pages. When it comes to value, this site has just about the highest full month price around, and when you combine this with a collection of only 10 exclusive videos, it's not a good value. Let's not forget the lack of downloadable or mobile videos, the videos only being offered as clips and the non-working feeds. And last, when I tried to watch a couple trailers on the tour, I discovered that they no longer work - the domain they were being served from is expired.
The bottom line is that Gay JerkOff Auditions isn't a site I feel I can recommend. Yes, the content is exclusive, and yes, some of the men are amateurs and really hot. But with only 10 videos that aren't offered for download or mobiles, are small in size and broken into clips with no full scenes, it's hard to get excited. Yes, each video has a set of pics, but with the non-working feeds, poor camera work, lack of updates and no quality bonuses, it's hard to get excited about the site or the videos. The only reason I could see joining this site is if some of the guys on the tour really turn your crank. Otherwise there are much bigger amateur jack off sites out there.


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Aberlour a'bunadh (Batch 57)
This bottle of Batch 57 caught my eye during my last trip to my favorite liquor store, and reminded me that I haven't reviewed a batch of a'bunadh in awhile. Checking past posts I see that I've missed 15 (!) prior batches, as my last review was Batch 41. At a resounding 60.7% ABV, this is also the strongest a'bunadh I've tried. As always, this is aged exclusively in Spanish oloroso sherry casks, and bottled at cask strength with no chill filtration.


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Monday, March 25, 2013
sophie the bunny
I was inspired to knit a toy this past week. The design is called Sophie and is by Ysolda. The pattern is really well thought out and the way the stitches are picked up for the arms and legs look really nice. I am slower on dpn's so it took me a bit longer to knit this then I anticipated. I changed the ears a bit making them more dense and narrow. The yarn is Alpaca with a Twist and I am really happy with this choice of yarn for the project. It looks like little nut brown hare will be on time and well loved this Easter.
1 comment:
- Elizabeth said...
Love it! It looks so soft and cuddly :)
- March 27, 2013 at 11:08 AM
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This is for the benefit of friends or family of romantically involved siblings, who may have recently discovered their secret. Though I've used "incest" in the title, I won't continue to use the terms "incest" or "incestuous," I will use "consanguinamory" and "consanguineous" (pronounced "con-sang-gwin-am-or-ee" and "con-sang-gwin-ee-us). "Incest" is too loaded a word for intelligent discussion, and I only ever use it for sexual abuse. If I say "consanguinamory", assume I am talking about consensual sex. (I'm going to assume that the couple is opposite-sex, but most of this also applies for same-sex couples.) Remember: there's a difference between love and abuse.
This might be long, but bear with me. All of your concerns are about to be addressed. If you truly love them, you will have the patience to read this.
First, stop and take a breath. I know that this must be a lot to take in. I seriously doubt that you've ever sat down to consider the possibility of this happening. I don't expect you to be calm, but I do expect you to care enough about their well-being to seriously consider what I'm about to say.
Did you discover them accidentally? If so, talk to them individually – with an open mind – and make sure that there was no coercion. Ignore the taboo nature of what you just found out. If you have no evidence of coercion or manipulation, then do not try to project abuse where there is none, and do not force them to internalize your own sense of what's "taboo." Why would you ever want to burden them with so much unnecessary guilt and shame? Talk to them together, and get the story from them, calmly. See how they act together. Remember to treat them with respect, especially if they're already adults; it's what you would want for yourself.
Did they come out to you on their own? Then there's even less chance that there was any coercion involved. In fact, coming out to you is one of the bravest and most trusting gifts they could ever give you. Not only is their love extremely taboo, but even if they are adults, in most places on Earth they could be thrown in jail, possibly for the rest of their lives. You could get them thrown in jail. Every person they tell is a potential threat who could ruin their lives forever, getting them locked up for years and permanently placed on the sex-offender registry. And yet, despite all that, they told you. They could have lied – it wouldn't have been easy, but they could have – but they told you. However much you thought they trusted and loved you, they just proved that their true trust and love is greater.
If they say that it's consensual, and there's no evidence it isn't – especially if they came forward on their own – how can you still assume that no person could consent to it? How can you possibly disrespect their intelligence and agency so much? Have you ever had any other reason to doubt that they are of sound mind and soul? Then why should this one thing counteract years of personal experience? Did they hurt anyone? Of course not. If you think there must be something wrong, it's because that's the story society has been spoon-feeding you.
Consider: if one of them was adopted – if they weren't genetically related – would you still feel as uncomfortable as you do? Because if you wouldn't, then there's no good reason for your discomfort now; socially, whether adopted or not, their relationship would be the same. If they weren't even raised together, then in no way are they family, though they are blood relatives. Ignore for a moment the particular, taboo nature of their relationship. Just consider them as individual people. If your daughter/sister/friend was dating a man like her brother, knowing everything you do about him, would you be displeased, or happy? If your son/brother/friend were dating a woman like his sister, knowing everything you do about her, would you be upset, or glad?
If you are their parent, unless you've done an awful job of raising them, my guess is that, before you found out, you were quite proud of them. Well, they're the same people now, the same people who made you proud. Wouldn't you want your daughter to date a man who made you as proud as your son? Wouldn't you want your son to date a woman who made you as proud as your daughter? Aren't they more to you, and to each other, than just their genes?
Society has taught you to feel a certain way about consanguinamory. It was handed to you, and you accepted it without much thought. You've probably never met anyone who was openly sexually involved with a close family member. This has allowed you to go around without seriously considering what such a relationship might look like, how it could work, and how you should feel about it. It has allowed you to absorb the limited perspective put out by the media, giving you a narrow, stereotyped view of what's possible. You have been listening to only one side of the story your whole life.
Just because you don't know that you've met such a couple before, doesn't mean that you haven't met one. In fact, as you follow your family tree further and further back in time, the probability that you will find at least one consanguineous couple approaches 100%. Self-reported surveys have found that as much as 10% of college students have had consensual sexual contact with a sibling (mostly childhood experimentation). (If we extrapolate this to the whole population, this equates to about 30 million people in the U.S.) The fact that a couple is related tells you exactly nothing about what their relationship is like, nor whether it is consenting or not, nor whether it is fulfilling or not. Each of those things is independent of their blood relationship.
The cultural stereotype of such relationships is that they are dysfunctional, self-destructive, and abusive; anyone who willingly participates must somehow be mentally ill. Besides this view being incredibly condescending, it also has no meaningful basis. What is considered "healthy" and "unhealthy" changes, and is very subjective. On what standard are we to decide what constitutes mental "illness?" Is it that they're doing something they know society disapproves of? I don't think any reasonable person thinks we should use the preconceptions of the majority to decide what constitutes mental illness. It must, then, be that the behavior is self-destructive, or causes them to destroy the lives of others.
Do you see anything indicating that those things are happening? Aside from their experience of bigotry, do they seem unusually disturbed? Are they lashing out at themselves, at each other, or at you? Are they unable to operate normally in a social environment? If not, then you have no reason to think they are any less mentally healthy than before. In fact, their love may have made them healthier, by bringing them fulfillment and peace.
"From a scientific perspective, we do not know what constitutes normal childhood sexual behavior or feelings. […] Sexual behavior varies drastically among different groups of people due to their moral beliefs, values, social class, and culture. Sexual feelings and behaviors also vary widely among youth due to individual differences and variations in development. […] Some of the behaviors mentioned above are harmful. However, many are socially unacceptable because they would be classified as immoral or indecent by many people, not because they are harmful."As I've said, you've probably already met a consanguineous couple. They couldn't have stood out as any more dysfunctional than the average couple, or you would have become suspicious that something was wrong. Unfortunately, prejudice keeps people in the closet, which perpetuates ignorance, which itself perpetuates prejudice. You have been given the rare opportunity to examine your own assumptions, and break your own cycle of prejudice. Most people have never gotten that chance.
The "pedophile" label has long been used to brand sexual minorities as deviants, as threats to society and to our children. Homosexuality has long been heavily attacked as pedophilic, and in the past when people had limited experience with open, healthy same-sex relationships, they believed the propaganda. Now that so many homosexual couples are out in the open, we realize that there is a clear difference between the consenting majority, and the predatory minority.
Even today, opponents of legal rights for homosexuals try to brand the gay rights agenda as pro-pedophilia. There is a homophobic Neo-Nazi "vigilante" group in Russia called "Occupy Pedophilia," but it isn't pedophiles they're targeting: they target young gay men. They go around torturing them, sometimes to death, and use "fighting pedophilia" as their implicit justification.
It is the same for consanguinamory. The vast majority of cases that come to light are the most unhealthy. (In the previously quoted summary of studies, only 30% of respondents answered that their reaction to sexual contact with a sibling was "negative." Of that 30%, 25% were non-consensual. The remaining 5% may be due to stigma and shame.) Those in healthy, fulfilling relationships never come forward, and we only see them in the news when they are caught and thrown in jail.
The consanguinamorous are lumped in with a predatory minority, and because of the closet, the public buys it. Just because these siblings love each other, it doesn't mean that they want to have sex with any other relatives, and it doesn't mean that they are pedophiles. Despite the propaganda, their relationship does not automatically mean they are abusive and emotionally damaged.
Besides, so what if every other consanguineous relationship in history has been abusive and emotionally damaging? We consider people as individuals, and don't punish them based on the sins of others. Even in murder trials, attenuating circumstances are considered. If murderers get the benefit of the doubt, if murderers get to be treated as individuals, then why not these siblings? Even if every other relationship like theirs was damaging, that doesn't automatically mean theirs is. If they are the only loving, consenting blood-related couple in the world, then that's all the more reason to treat them with respect and dignity.
However, they are not the only siblings to have a consenting, loving relationship. It is not some newfangled idea. Societies' attitudes towards various sexual relationships – especially familial – have changed all throughout history. They are in illustrious company, among some of the greatest people to ever live. These are just a handful of the examples known, and there are certainly many more lost to history.
- Japanese emperor Bidatsu married his half-sister, Empress Suiko.
- Korean king Gwangjong also married his half-sister, Queen Daemok.
- Inca emperor Huayna Capac married his full-sister, Coya Cusirimay.
- Siamese king Rama married four of his half-sisters. (This was in the 1800's, too.)
- An aristocratic Athenian woman, Elpinice, was married to her half-brother until she divorced him and married another man to settle a family debt. Upon her death, she was buried with her brother, not her husband. In Athens, familial relation was considered to be passed on through the mother, so if two siblings did not have the same mother, they could get legally married. In Sparta, it was passed on through the father. This shows how contrived and arbitrary our concepts of "blood-relation" and "incest" are. Even now, our taboos are pre-modern.
- Because of the unique, divine status of pharaohs in Egyptian society, it was common for pharaohs to marry within their immediate family, to preserve the purity of their divine bloodline. Pharaoh Tutankhamen was both the product of a sibling marriage, and himself had a sibling as his wife.
- The practice continued under the Ptolemies, and Pharaoh Cleopatra was married to each of her brothers until they died, leaving her the sole pharaoh. By then, the practice of sibling marriage had spread to all classes of Egyptian society, providing the only case in history where full-sibling marriage was not only allowed, but encouraged. As much as a fifth of all marriages were sibling marriages. The practice continued under the Romans, but was eliminated by Roman pressure: the Romans refused to make anyone who married a sibling a Roman citizen. Egyptian society survived all of this sibling marriage, and is still around today. They have the same number of toes and fingers as everyone else, so clearly it was not as dangerous as the stereotype says.
- For similar reasons as the Egyptian pharaohs, the Seleucid emperors also started to marry their sisters. The first such empress of the Seleucid Empire was Laodice IV. She married her oldest brother, whom accounts say she loved dearly, and bore him a daughter. When he died, she married her second oldest brother, and bore him three children. When he then died, she married her youngest brother, and bore him two children. There are no records stating that any of these children were anything but healthy.
- It was common practice in Hawai'ian society for royals to marry within their own family. The practice was actually encouraged by Hawai'ian elders. When Christian missionaries came to Hawai'i, they tried to crush the practice. The last Hawai'ian king to have a consanguineous relationship was Hawai'ian king Kamehameha III, the first Christian king of Hawai'i. However, he didn't succumb to the wishes of the missionaries. At an early age, he had fallen in love with his sister Nahi'ena'ena, and wanted to marry her. Because of opposition by the missionaries, he did not, but he also held off marrying the preferred choice of the missionaries for many years. "Bingham learned that even after King Kamehameha III of Hawaii accepted Christian rule, he slept for several years with his sister, Princess Nahi'ena'ena — pleasing their elders but disturbing the missionaries. They did it, says historian Carando, because they loved each other." He only married the wife favored by the missionaries after his sister had died.
- The love between Artemisia II and her brother Mausolus was so profound, they became symbols in Greek writing of love and devotion. Mausolus was a rich Greek vassal of the Persian Empire in what is now Turkey. Under the reign of he and his sister, their territory flourished, and they built many monuments. Their final monument was so glorious, it became known as one of the seven wonders of the world: a giant tomb, to house their ashes. (It's from "Mausolus" that we get the word "mausoleum.") When her brother Mausolus died, Artemisia's grief was so great that she ritually drank a bit of his ashes every day. She ruled well for two years, but eventually wasted away from sorrow. Her ashes were sealed in the Mausoleum with what remained of her brother's. Their tomb would last for over a thousand years, amazing everyone who saw it.
A sister: "We knew we couldn't hide it from our parents forever. We didn't want to hide it, but we were nervous about talking about it with them. However, they figured out something was going on before we told them. Looking back, I'm not surprised. We spent lots of time together and they knew we weren't seeing other people on a serious level. Plus they could just tell there was something between us. […] So we had a long talk. A lot was said, but luckily they didn't get angry. They finally said we could live the way we wanted if it was that important to us. It took time, but they have come to accept us. I think the fact that they're going to become grandparents helped them to accept us being together as a couple. We're expecting our first child, a daughter, and I couldn't be happier with my life. Having a child was a big decision for us, but I know we'll be great parents."
A brother: "The way I ultimately decided to be with her was when a girl told me about her twin, Jesse, who had committed suicide when their relationship was discovered and they were forced to separate. I realized how similar she sounded and knew one thing for certain. Nothing should stop true love. People are born into families not of their own will, and just because someone was born with them shouldn't mean they can't love each other. […] I want [other people] to open their eyes and mind. […] I have asked people what's wrong with our relationship, but all they say is that it's wrong or disgusting without giving any reasons. Something they seem to forget is that stopping true love is also morally wrong. I believe they're the kind of people that people in the future will look back on the same way they look at people who were against interracial marriage."
A sister: "We all love for the same reason: our hearts and souls tell us that the person we are with is the right one for us. Follow your heart, listen to your soul. When you know your heart, mind and soul speak as one, it's right. Love never judges anyone, so don't judge until you fully understand. We may be related, but look past that, see us for who we are. He's my brother, yet he's also my bear. He's a Grizzly in his fight to give disabled people the right to lead as normal a life as you and me, yet my Teddy Bear when he's in my arms. Don't discriminate [against] us, don't judge us. We have a right to live and love, just like everybody else does."
A sister: "He is my brother, best friend, partner, lover and the only person on the planet that can push me to the point that I want to strangle him while I am curled up on his chest. I can't imagine being without him and he has said […] to me that we would run away if we had to. […] I am his rock and he is mine. […] The disadvantages are huge, such as the inability to behave like a normal couple around family and friends, and not being able to tell people how happy you are. The family are constantly telling us that we should find ourselves someone special […]. […] On the flip side I think that the advantage is the level of trust. We know each other better than we know ourselves sometimes. He has my back and I have his. We protect each other from the outside world. Our bedroom is our bubble. No one can hurt us in here."
A brother: "We understand your concern, we respect your beliefs. But this is our life. You can't separate us simply because you want to. We will continue to live the way we choose. We are not trying to "disrespect" you or anyone who's had a bad experience with incest related abuse or anything of the sort. But we feel like there is nothing wrong with what we're doing. We're just as normal as any other couple and we know that many who have actually taken time to meet us will agree. […] [Getting married] would be a dream. We've experienced physical and mental abuse due to our relationship, even in the workplace. Also the fact that we cannot have the marital benefits that many couples do have, even unrelated gay couples here in Canada. It's very difficult. But so far we'd just like the ability to be together and feel safe doing so."
A sister: "I'd like to ask them to please try and understand us and get to know us before they pass any judgment on us. We hurt no one and keep to ourselves. Brothers and sisters can and do fall deeply in love with each other. We're only human and we lead normal decent lives; we're productive members of society and just like anyone else, just trying to get by. And I'm hardly a victim. I do what I do out of love."
A brother: "I would definitely say it's a natural thing. It wasn't until early teen years we really became aware it's taboo, but for me it just always felt right. You hear everyone talking about finding the "one", I can't help it that I did and she just happens to be one [of] my sisters. I still find it strange that so many have the incest fantasy/fetish. We fantasize about being a "normal" couple. I am aware that the nature of our relationship does make it kinky to most, though I don't see it that way. […] We cuddle, we are very affectionate, and I think we make our friends sick with the amount of love we have - these friends only know us as a couple."
A sister: "[…] Daniel's wedding day didn't upset me at all. It was his 30th birthday six months later which really got to me, as he stood there with his wife Alison while they greeted the guests. I can honestly say that that was the only time when I felt real envy and wished desperately that it was me standing beside him, arms round each other as we showed the world how much we loved each other. […] By the time he met Alison he was working and I was a student. […] [It] came as a shock when he told me he wanted to marry her. However, I was more shocked when he said: 'You only have to say and I won't marry her, but then I want us to stay together and not see anyone else. We could be the old boring brother and sister who never got married, but ended up sharing a house because no one else would have them! I know this is meant to be wrong but I've never felt anything so right.' After hours of discussion we agreed that it was time to stop the sexual side of our relationship […]. […] [It] pain[s] me that what appears so lovely and natural to me would be regarded as abhorrent by most people."
You may wish that they would just find other people. There are plenty of non-blood-related fish in the sea. If they did that, it would certainly make things easier for you, wouldn't it? You may even be able to convince yourself that it would somehow be easier for them, too. Well, why should they find other people?
Do you have someone you love? If so, why don't you find someone else? It's easy to see that it's not so easy. If you knew a bisexual man who was dating another man, would you tell him that, because he has "more acceptable options," that he must date a woman? The "homosexuality isn't a choice" argument is strawmaning: it serves as a nice talking point, but that's not ultimately why society now feels that homophobia is wrong. We've come to understand that love doesn't always fit the conventions proscribed by society; that it is morally wrong to police people's sex lives and love lives; that society is better off when we nurture people's natural love. A bisexual person may be capable of loving someone of the opposite sex, but that doesn't mean they will. No-one chooses who they fall in love with. It is no different for siblings in love.
Besides, have you stopped to consider the consequences of forcing them to break up? People think only of the consequences of letting siblings stay together, but not of destroying their relationship. Consider: how will breaking them up, causing them misery and pain, shaming them, and policing them make their relationship "healthy?" Even if you think it's "unhealthy" now, their relationship is guaranteed to be much worse after that kind of trauma. They'll remember what they had, they'll remember the pain of its loss, they'll remember the judgment, they'll remember the shame, and they will probably know that they still love each other. What kind of family dinners do you expect with that kind of angst floating around? They may in fact choose to never see each other again, because it would be too painful.
What if they shun your judgment and shaming? Many consanguinamorous couples, when facing judgment and intervention by friends and family, break off all ties with them for the sake of preserving their own relationship with each other. If you really do care about them, and also want to be part of their lives, learn to at least tolerate their love. Better that you have a presence in their lives. Don't force them to choose between family and friends, and the love of their lives.
Now, there is one legitimate concern regarding consanguinamory: won't introducing sex and romance destabilize the family dynamic? What if it ultimately doesn't work out? Won't that make it difficult to go back to being just family for them? The short answer: not necessarily.
Now for the long answer. First of all, yes, it might, but many people pursue love at the risk of existing relationships, and we don't begrudge them their pursuit of happiness, even if risky. No truly good things in life are gained without risk. As a culture, we even romanticize such risky pursuits of love. I would argue that, aside from the threat of social stigma breaking them apart, they are actually less likely to break up than other couples. Assuming they were raised together, they've already had decades to get to know each other, most of it probably non-sexually. Imagine if a man and woman lived together for sixteen or more years, without any sex at all, before they decided to be romantically involved. We would all consider that comically conservative, and yet that is the kind of experience these siblings have had.
Even when romances do end explosively, they can still go back to normal, given time and space. There are couples that have broken up very dramatically, but after having a couple years to themselves are able to go back to being friends. Even if these siblings do ultimately break up, given all of their prior experience as siblings, the common familial relationships, etc., they should be much more likely to eventually get back to being friendly than non-related couples. They would have more motivation to.
Remember too, not all romances end explosively. Some marriages end after over a decade, on amicable terms. If a relationship ends, the destructiveness of its end is related directly to the destructiveness of the relationship itself. What destroys a relationship in such a way? Lying, abuse, lack of communication, emotional unavailability, bad conflict resolution skills, lack of respect, lack of appreciation, etc.
Since you know the couple, you should have some idea whether they have problems with any of these things in their lives. If you are their parent, then you are in a unique position to ensure that they both treat each other with respect, empathy, and honesty. You have an interest in their relationship being healthy in the long term, and you also have the power to help that happen.
Don't assume that their relationship as siblings and their relationship as lovers are mutually exclusive. It's a common, false assumption that they must be, but the personal testimony of people in such relationships refutes it. I doubt they fell in love because they were bad siblings, but more likely it grew out of an especially close sibling relationship. We all acknowledge that people can serve multiple roles in a relationship, being both best friends and lovers. Well, so it is that they are best friends, lovers, and siblings. Each one of those relationships strengthens the others: their relationship becomes greater than the sum of its parts.
Even if familial and romantic love were mutually exclusive, who are you to decide which of those options is best for them? So they happened to be born as siblings. Why must that chain them the rest of their lives? Maybe they will be better as lovers than as siblings. As consenting adults, they get to decide which kind of relationship makes them happiest.
Assuming you're okay with all of the points I've just made, you may still have one objection: what if they have babies? This is one of the last refuges for those who can't quite justify banning consanguinamory, but still want to. After all, what about all the stories of monster babies? Well, there are actually very few of those stories, they are an over-publicized minority, and that stereotype goes against actual scientific and historical evidence.
These siblings may already have a child. They may be pregnant. They may be planning on having a child in the future. You might have even found out about it because a pregnancy or genetic test of a child brought it to light. Once again, I must ask you to calm down, and listen carefully to what I'm about to say. The feelings you have are coming from a lot of cultural baggage and stereotyping, again. I won't deny that the risks are higher than for the general population, but they're not nearly as bad as you hear, and slightly elevated risks are never any reason to curtail a woman's basic rights.
One hears an ingrained, "But it's unnatural!" argument quite a bit. "Inbreeding" is not "unnatural," as many would claim. Many species engage in consanguineous mating in some form or another, and it can have both positive and negative effects, depending on the circumstances. Sometimes, species even evolve a resistance to problems from "inbreeding." In nature, as in society, things are always more complicated than a blanket judgment can capture.
If we should force people to only have babies with people that are distantly related from them, for eugenic reasons, then why stop at prohibiting consanguinamory? Why not forbid all sex between people of the same race? Genetic similarity within a population can still be great enough that genetic diseases are passed on – just look at Tay-Sachs. Of course the idea is ridiculous, but it just follows the logic of policing women's uteri to minimize genetic disease.
"[…] [S]cientists have rejected the explanation that [the] incest taboo is a social mechanism that reduces the risk of congenital birth defects. One of the reasons is, findings have concluded that recessive or defect-carrying genes in a population may increase or decrease in instances of inbreeding. The frequency of birth defects depends on the availability and effectiveness of healthcare in a population. A recent genetic report also stated that children of unrelated parents have a 3% to 4% risk of having serious birth defects, while the offspring of first cousins have only a slightly higher risk of about 4% to 7%."We can extrapolate from this that for siblings, it is at least 7%, and probably no higher than 10%. This is lower than the risk of birth defects for women over the age of 35, which is 12.5%.
I have also written about how new scientific discoveries are illuminating why, over many generations, having children with blood-relatives can have an effect on a population. It's not what most people think, it's not as threatening as most people think, and more importantly, we may soon be able to fix it.
Whether considering the genome, or the epigenome, a single generation can be completely inconsequential. All of the risks are population-wide risks: the chances that a random sibling couple would have a child with defects are that high, but these two siblings are not a random couple. They are a specific couple, with individual genomes. Their family history of disease is specific to their family. Those things tell you much more about their chances than some randomized study. They may, in fact, have a lower probability of defects than the general population.
Either way, we do not, as a society, agree with eugenics, and for good reason. We do not espouse the views of racists who spent decades sterilizing the poor and black in the U.S. They'll have to care for the child, it is her body, it is their risk to take. It doesn't matter whether you approve of it on a "massive scale" (which wouldn't happen without society forcing people), all that matters is whether it would be okay for this specific couple.
You're probably also worried about how the child will deal with the taboo nature of its parents' relationship. Isn't it better that a child grow up in a normal family? This is the kind of reasoning that punishes all sexual minorities for the bigotry of the majority. Not only do they have to deal with the derision of the masses, but now they have to give up their own children because of that derision? No enlightened person in this day and age would argue that we should take the children of same-sex couples away from them and have them raised in "normal" families. It would be barbarous, and yet there are homophobic reactionaries who argue against same-sex adoption with a similar argument.
We should never let the bigotry of others police our families. A child can learn to deal with ostracism, as long as they have a good support network at home, but no child can learn to live without experiencing love. Isn't it better that this child grows up in an "abnormal" household that loves them dearly, than a "normal" one that doesn't?
Here are refutations of many arguments people make against sibling consanguinamory. It's a good addition to what I have just said. This quote from the article is especially apropos:
"There are siblings who are together right now, providing each other love, comfort, support, or their first sexual experience in a safe and reassuring environment. The biggest problem with sibling consanguinamory seems to be the prejudice and sex-negative attitudes of others. In most cases, trying to force consanguinamorous siblings apart only makes things worse. It can be a mutually beneficial way of bonding, expressing their love for each other, learning, and discovering their sexuality; it may even be a beautiful, lifelong romance. Let's not let ignorance cause needless concern or repression."Don't be ashamed of changing your mind. Other people have had to walk the same intellectual and emotional journey. Don't be ashamed that you were once wrong. Better to grow as a person than cling to terrible beliefs out of a misplaced sense of embarrassment and ego. Let yourself grow, for the sake of your child/sibling/friend. You may think you have nothing left to learn, but everyone can learn something, and everyone can teach something. This is their moment to teach you.
Here are some extra resources:
- Advice from Full Marriage Equality, to family and friends of the consanguinamorous.
- Full Marriage Equality's answers to frequently asked questions.
- Advice from Full Marriage Equality, to consanguinamorous couples themselves.
- From my blog Manifesto, all posts tagged "role models." These are posts highlighting exemplary but unconventional relationships, that serve as guides to how such relationships should be done in a healthy way.
- From my blog The Final Manifesto, all posts tagged "consanguinamory."
- My blog, The Final Manifesto.
- Full Marriage Equality (Blogspot) (Tumblr)


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1. Recognise That When You Aren't Changing, You're Not Growing – And when you're not growing, you're dying. Benjamin Franklin said it well – "Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement and success have no meaning." If you truly want to place yourself in the best position, that position needs to be in state of constant change.
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2. If The Wheel Hadn't Been Reinvented… – … we'd still have wheels made of stone, I guess. However, the best inventions start with small changes and innovations; the kind of changes that can be fast proto-typed in a quick, efficient and cut-throat way. We all need to be looking for small changes we can make everyday.
TRY NOW TIP: Have you thought about a more efficient way to use your toothpaste? What about re-organising your wardrobe? OR, Heaven-forbit, what about throwing out some clothes you haven't worn for a while?
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TRY NOW TIP: Don't sit on a tack – that's stupid. Try putting yourself in slightly uncomfortable situations such as, spending some time with someone you don't know well or even going to a BBQ as a newbie.
4. Stop Talking About Change Management – The term 'Change Management' creates an underlying assumption that, at Point X, we will stop changing. Humans love to reach milestones, don't they? We imagine that once we implement changes a, b and c; we will have reached utopia and we will never need to change again. We love that quintessential image of ourselves standing on top of a mountain, flag in hand with an 'I made it!' look across our faces. We imagine a time of rest once we have conquered a supposedly insurmountable challenge. Let's face it – change isn't going to stop anytime soon. Change will be ongoing and the only way to manage it is to actually change.
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According to a confirmed report via ANN, the ongoing series Fairy Tail looks like it's about to come to a close at the end of March just as the new spring season gears up. Information was revealed via Kodansha's TV Magazine that the series will air its final episode on March 30th, 2013. The show has typically gotten its renewal news in the fall of each year, with the series originally premiering back in October of 2009, but no such notice came last year which has left fans wondering what the fate of the show would be.
After the news was revealed, the mangaka tweeted about it by asking fans to stay patient and that more news was coming.
The more creative fans looked at the structure of the tweet and speculation runs that it's worded in a "coded" way that says that more anime will be coming, just not in what form. With the TV series doing fairly low in the ratings in Japan and recent home video releases selling in the hundreds of copies at best at times, it's not a surprise that a new approach would be taken to the aging show which is now at 171 episodes as of this writing.
The series has been simulcast in limited form via Crunchyroll for a couple of years now, with only a certain recent selection of episodes kept available there, and FUNimation has licensed and released the first forty-eight episodes on DVD/BD combo releases, with more coming later this year as they licensed another block of the series. Kodansha continues to releases the manga, which is at thirty-six volumes now in Japan and the first twenty-three release in North America, though solicitations are up through volume twenty-nine as the series is on a fast track through the spring and summer.
Series Concept: In the Kingdom of Fiore, powerful wizards make their living by joining magical guilds and contracting out their services to become "wizards for hire." Harnessing the forces of Dragon Fire, Ice, Weaponry, and the Zodiac, four young wizards of the infamous guild Fairy Tail team up to seek their fortunes.
Growing stronger with every mission, they travel the countryside helping people and battling rival guilds, but with personalities as different as their magic skills, this team may end up doing more damage than good.
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Elsewhere, Kevin Sundher scored a goal and an assist as Chilliwack's losing skid hit six games with a 6-4 defeat at Kelowna. Sundher's even strength marker, his 17th of the season, came when he buried a point-shot rebound midway through the first period to give the Bruins an early 2-1 lead. The 6'0 center has posted multi-point games in two of his last three after a 17-game run or single or zero point efforts.
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Directioners, give us a second to put earplugs in so we can protect our hearing once you guys see the swoon-inducing and scream-worthy individual band member album covers for One Direction's upcoming 'Take Me Home.' Don't all scream at once at the heartthrobs and their covers - you're going to go crazy, crazy, crazy when you see them, to paraphrase the lyrics to 'Live While We're Young.'
Aren't they amazaeballs? Each member has his own cover, focusing on his handsome face. You can also check out the cover art for the new single 'Little Things,' as well.
We've gotta know. Which 1D individual cover is your favorite? Niall Horan looks summery and sun-kissed, with his perfect blond locks. We bet this is Demi Lovato's favorite of the covers. Just sayin'.
Handsome Harry Styles looks like such a hunky gentleman, with his gaze averted. Those eyes! That hair! We're clutching our chests at this point. Louis Tomlinson's image is sunsplashed, and makes us want to spend a day in his company.
Liam Payne is such a boy-next-door, with his crooked smile. He's so approachable and so sweet looking. Zayn Malik looks a bit serious and deep in thought; he's the thinker of the group. Well, at least that's the vibe he puts forth in his cover.
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text: Dan Aylward is a Senior Consultant and founding member of Abilita since 2004. He has over 16 years of experience helping businesses and municipalities reduce expenses and right-size telecommunications (landlines and wireless) inventory. Dan has been a guest speaker/author for The Voice Report, Michigan Public Radio, and Michigan State University. Dan has a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications from Michigan State University.


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There is no doubt that despite the news of new breakthroughs about male enhancement, you are still looking forward to use natural methods. Of course, the main reason is simple—safety. Most people would rather keep themselves safe instead of taking risks.
The others do take risks just because they thought they need faster results and having a larger penis is a real requirement. However, in reality it is not. This is due to the fact that one study stated that women are already satisfied with their partner's normal penis size.
In this case, it is not solely about the penis size in order to satisfy women in bed.
It is apparent that there has been a large market for the male enhancement products. The products range from pills, patches, devices, etc. Most probably, you have tried one of them.
However, these products are still on the process of being approved by the whole medical body, such as male enhancement pills. Pills are considered ineffective for they could still offer perilous effects on your body.
Moreover, with the use of devices, many claims stated that these could just damage the normal functions of the male organ.
In that case, what you really need are male enhancement natural methods.
To give you few, here are the following:
- Jelqing
This is among the most famous natural technique for men to use. This is a natural enhancement exercise, which would be performed when your penis is completely erect. The method would be done by applying plenty of lubricants to your male organ.
After which, you would use your thumb in order to form an okay sign at your penis' base. Then, you should slightly press your penis at the base and bring back your thumb and forefinger at your shaft's length.
You would stop when you reach your penis head and repeat the procedure using your other hand.
- Weight Training
According to studies, weight training could really aid in penis enhancement. This is supported by the fact that weight training could apply continuous tension and apply maintenance to this stress.
By this process, there would be promotion of growth and renewal of cells. Moreover, when the tissues swell, extra mass would be created.
- Stretching
This is another natural technique that would be done when your penis is not raised. It could be repeated for about 10 to 15 times to achieve optimum effectiveness.
The first step you would do is to take your limp penis around the head. Then, you would drag it forward slightly until you stretch your penis into maximum limit that is not painful.
Before releasing, you would hold this elongation for about 15 seconds. According to studies, by stretching your penis, you would help loosen up the muscles.
The above natural techniques are all naturally employed and could assure your safety. Obviously, they are safe since they would not even cause you complications or side effects, which are commonly found with other enhancement methods.
Just follow the instructions and prevent to overdo them as instructed.


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"What's for dinner, mom?"
"Hmmm, I'm not really sure. Unless you want to eat one of these four blankets I have crocheted then I'm not really sure..."
"Do I have any clean laundry, mom?"
"Hmmmm, I do not believe so. But hold up, if you give me a couple days I will crochet you something to wear. It'll be super cool. I promise."
"Mom, can we go do something fun. Maybe outside? Or maybe you could drive us somewhere fun?"
"Hmmmm, no."
"Because crochet."
I just want to crochet all the time. Everything. And anything. And all the bloody things. Everything wants, no needs, to be crocheted. By me.
I am having a love affair with Crochet.
I have come to discover in the last four months, since Crochet moved in, that this particular art comes with a few sets of problems. And these problems don't suit my nature. And by nature, I mean the demons that live inside me which determine whether or not I can accomplish something.
Turns out I have a demon that has been hibernating inside the deep recesses of my crafting soul. And that is the Never-Satisfied-With-My-Yarn-Choices demon. That demon, we will name Indecision, because that's what it is. Plus, it is different than Impatience, which is the demon that has plagued me most of my life.
It is probably quite conceivable that I have been to the yarn store no less than 11 times in the last 9 days due to Indecision. Blast that Indecision. He is a thorn unto me!
But, over the last 21 years, Impatience and I have come to an understanding of sorts. And that understanding is the man. This is how it goes:
I try something for 1 second.
It frustrates me.
I throw an epic temper tantrum.
The man steps in and fixes it.
We really appreciate the man around here.
Impatience has reared its ugly head in exponential proportions as of late, since Crochet has moved in and turned everything all topsy turvy around here.
Yarn is a necessity of crochet. But, yarn is also a product of the devil. Because it tangles. And tangles upset Impatience immensely. I will now use pictures to show you what has become of my home. Because words alone will not suffice.
Excuse the crappy, night time iPhone shots. We work with what we have around here.
|Many hours of The Office was watched while the detangling happened.
Red yarn, grey yarn, variegated yarn. We don't discriminate.
He is a good man. A patient man. And clearly one with a disorder.
His face may indicate that he isn't loving every minute of this but, trust me, that's his happy face.


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Tray Packers typically erect a tray through the use of a reciprocating feeder and a series of lugs. The product is then collated into the proper pack pattern and then side loaded into the erected tray. Once the tray is filled with product the flaps are closed and sealed using either a glue or tuck method.
Below are the different tray packer models that AFA offers. Please note that AFA can customize each machine to your specifications.
The CP-TRS Integrated Tray Packer and Shrink Bundler is an all servo tray packer that is an innovation solution for your production line. Servo starwheel turners can ensure your carton is in the correct orientation before loading.
The MK-CTL - Case and Tray Loader provides flexibility, versatility and efficiency by combining two processes in one machine. This simple and compact tray packer minimizes floor space and increases productivity.
The MK-CTP - Intermittent Motion Tray Loader is a compact and flexible machine. "No Tools" fine tuning, with quick release ratchet handles on key adjustment points provides quick changeover capabilities.
The MK-IWS - Intermittent Motion Wrap Around Packer is a compact packaging solution for large wrap around trays. The tray packer features a unique glue system that allows long strips of adhesive to be applied to non-moving trays.
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text: Requests Requesting enabled. You can now request any time you wish 24/7. As you can see all you have to do is click on the "request" beside the name of the song. You can even put in a dedication. Hope this makes it easier to request songs and dedicate songs. Have fun and enjoy listening. Please note there is a standard default 10 minute wait for your song to play. When a DJ is on air, the list shown is their playlist. When the DJ goes off air, the list changes to the next DJ's songs or the Auto DJ songs.


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AMC Newport on the Levee is now offering deluxe recliner seats, a Dolby Cinema, upgraded snacks, and a full bar.
Yes, with liquor.
Now, you can throw back your favorite cocktail while munching on a pretzel the size of a steering wheel, kicked back in a huge recliner, and watching the finest movie display offered anywhere.
After five months of renovation, AMC showed off its new look to local media this week and The River City News took advantage of the sneak peek.
"It's a significant investment," said Ryan Noonan, AMC's director of communications, who was in town from the Kansas City, Mo. headquarters to guide the tours for local press.
All the theaters are outfitted with the new plush recliners, and while that means fewer available seats, Noonan said that it translates to more frequent use of the theater by guests. AMC Newport is also offering online ticketing, reserved seating, and ticketless entry with the upgrades.
The theaters feature new movie screens, speakers, and sound systems.
One theater is now equipped as Dolby Cinema, which means crisper images and sound.
At the concession stand, a new 1.5-pound Bavarian-style pretzel is sure to entice, but so, too, will the pretzel bites - dusted in cinnamon/sugar, honey dijon, cheesy parmesan garlic, or light salt. Pizzas, fully-loaded hot dogs, and gourmet popcorn (served in caramel or chedder flavors - or cheddar crunch, which involves cheese curls) are also on the menu along with snacks on the go (in gluten-free varieties), sliders (chicken waffle, too!), flatbreads, and more.
"We're excited to deliver this incredible AMC Experience, which guests around the country are raving about, to movie-goers in the Cincinnati area," said John McDonald, executive vice president, U.S. Operations, AMC Theatres, in a news release. "These enhancements, including our AMC Signature Recliners, provide an unparalleled movie-going experience that complements Newport on the Levee's status as a destination hub in the area."
"AMC at Newport on the Levee has a long history of providing a quality experience for our movie-going guests," said Barney Estes, general manager of Newport on the Levee. "This renovation enhances that experience even more and we are thrilled to bring this state-of-the-art experience to our guests."
"Everything our guests see, touch and feel in their experience has been updated," said Vanessa Rovekamp, director of marketing at Newport on the Levee. "The renovations represent a huge investment in our region and a huge vote of confidence as well. We are dedicated to continuous improvements and are proud to be one of the premier destinations for families in the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region."
In addition to the movie-going enhancements, AMC incorporated new design elements to the theatre, including a remodeled food and beverage area, fresh paint and new carpet throughout the building.


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This release has limitations as compared to its PalmOS counterpart: no human-to-human, or computer-to-computer options: you always play against the computer, you always need to place 5 pieces in a row to win. However the board is not always square, you can select board width and height separately. As in PalmOS release, three computer player skills are available.
Standard Edition (requires RAM size 52K)
Xr0w_1.1.1_j2me.zip (58k)
For purchasing refer to Handango site
For online manual click: online manual
Mini Edition (requires RAM size 30K)
Xr0wMini_1.1.1.zip (38k)
For purchasing refer to Handango site
For online manual click: online manual
Screen shots
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Django is one of the most popular python web framework. Although it is considered as an MVC framework but basically it is an MTC (model, template, controller) architecture . You can install Django in your Ubuntu Operating System by following the below mentioned steps –
Before we start, I hope you are familiar with all sort of Linux commands and their execution. So, without any further wastage of time let's get started with the installation process.
Step 1:
If we are working on a linux system python will be installed by default. You can just verify it by typing "python" in your terminal. ( ctrl+z to exit ). All we need is to just install Django.
Although there are a number of ways to do so, but as per my experience this is the best so far.
For installation of Django first we need to install pip in our system. This can be done by the following command.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-pip
Although Django does not work on python 3 but still if you want to install pip for python 3 you can go for the following command 'sudo apt-get install python3-pip'
Step 2:
Now as you have installed pip in your system you can proceed with the installation of Django. You just have to type the following command.
sudo pip install django
The above command will install django in your system. Also, it will ask you to upgrade it if it was already installed in your system. The upgradation can be made by the following command.
sudo pip install django –upgrade
Now your system is loaded with Django, just to verify the installation run the following command
django-admin –version
NOTE: Make sure that you have the latest Django version running on your system else it may create some troubles in the future processing of your project.


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Watch over over 26,000 films on Kanopy! You can watch must-see classic film from The Criterion Collection, learn about every subject imaginable from The Great Courses and PBS or indulge in festival indie or world cinema sourced from award-winning filmmakers globally. Kanopy makes it easy to watch any time, to share and discuss films.
Here's how to get started:
- Go to westlakelibrary.kanopystreaming.com and create an account.
- Go to your email account to verify your email address.
- Add your library card number (include all letters and numbers, no spaces).
Now you are ready to start watching videos!
- You can stream up to 5 videos per month
- Once you press play on a film you will have 3 days to watch it (as many times as you like)
- Play credits will reset on the first of each month
Apps are available for Roku, iOS and Android via the Kanopy website. The Kanopy app is pre-loaded on Roku devices borrowed from WPPL.


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Help your young basketball player start learning the game with the 90204 Lifetime portable basketball hoop. This affordable basketball goal provides a height-adjustable rim so even very young players can reach the rim sooner and experience the thrill of their first swish. For older players, the rim is adjustable all the way up to a regulation, 10-foot height. This is a great basketball hoop for your home basketball court or driveway.
Lifetime portable basketball hoops feature some of the best specs for residential basketball hoops. The 90204 comes with a 44 inch polycarbonate backboard. Polycarbonate backboards hold up better to agressive use when compared to plastic backboards. To improve the life of this goal, all metal parts are powder coated to help resist rusting. This system includes a black classic rim with a regulation 18 inch diameter.
Lifetime Products warranties this basketball system for 5 years for customers in the United States and Canada. All metal parts of the system are powder coated to help the metal resist rusting.
Simply hang onto the original packaging and contact us within 30 days of receipt if you are not satisfied with this product. We will have the item picked up at our cost and refund you in full. We are that confident you will love this product! Please note that the product must be received back in resalable condition to qualify.
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I choose to use 'J.M.' because it gives me just enough space from my writing. I love writing and feel that it's one of the only ways to manage my thoughts, but I don't want to only be known for my writing.
Most of my time is spent thinking and it is both a blessing and a curse. It took me almost three years to write my first book, Breathless, and just having the storyline out of my brain was an amazing feeling, because it left me room to think about something else for a change.
My only goal with writing is to make someone feel what I have felt reading different books over the years. I've laughed, cried, and gasped, and that's what I want someone else to do. I want people to read one of my books and be glad that they did. If i've done that, then I consider myself to have accomplished something.


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An exciting new atheist talk show is starting up in Seattle on Comcast channel 77 (public access) and streaming live from scantv.org!
It will be airing every Sunday, live at 3pm PST.
This is a project that I am personally involved in as a volunteer, and I am grateful to Mike Gillis, Casey Doran, Sam Mulvey and Jeremy Whitman for their hard work which afforded me an opportunity to be involved in something as special and exciting as this. :D
The show tomorrow will be focused on portrayals of atheists in media and fiction with hosts Mike Gillis and Libbie Mistretta. Make sure to set a reminder to watch, and maybe give the show a call if you feel like contributing to the dialog!


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This blog is being started to share news about the island, events on the island, my home on the island, and support the wonderful people who live on the island.
Interesting arts and crafts, home textiles, and great places to stay and eat out await!
We will be starting with a crowd-funding campaign in support of a women's cooperative and you can be obtain the most interesting and colourful textiles!


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Do you want to work for a business organization or start your own business? You will need the academic background, financial knowledge and management skills to survive and succeed in the cut throat world of business. Enrolling in an associate degree in business management may train you for a challenging career in as little as 2 years.
You may learn the necessary knowledge and skills in:
The 2-year, 60 credits degree will be divided into general education and core courses requirements.
Some of the core courses in business management may be titled under:
General education requirements may be fulfilled by completing some of the following courses:
The following list may serve as a general admission guideline only:
It is impossible to quantify your 2 years in college in terms of effort, hard work, etc. Colleges and universities will have different fee structure for the same degree. Private colleges and universities will always be more costly than their public counterparts. Therefore it is advised that you contact the college/university of your choice and look at their fee structure, etc.
All accredited colleges and universities, both traditional and online, offer various financial aid options to their admitted students who qualify. It is therefore advised that you contact your school's financial aid office.
The following is not an exhaustive list of career options available for graduates with an associate degree in business management. However it is worth reminding that an associate degree is a terminal degree, leading to a bachelor's degree, therefore graduates may only be looking at entry-level positions.
An associate degree in business management is a 2-year investment in rigorous academic study which prepares you for a variety of careers, some of which were mentioned above.
Q:What are the contents of the course on Fundamentals of Management in the Associate in Business Management?
A:The Associate in Business Management degree program has dedicated course on Fundamentals of Management. This course usually is of around 2 credits in total. It is designed to provide students with ample understanding of the skill based techniques to decision making and leadership. Students are also given hands on experience for better understanding of the program.
Q:What type of courses are taught in the associate degree in business management?
A:The Associate Degree In Business Management is an undergraduate program giving students the introductory knowledge in the chosen area of specialization. Students enrolled in the associate in business management are required to complete two sets of courses. These include core courses and electives. Core courses are compulsory to complete before selecting electives.
Q:How long is the online business management associate?
A:The Business Management Associate degree is generally for two years. However, students enrolled in the online program are not bound to complete the degree in two years. They can take as much time as they see fit and complete the course at a pace of their own. Online programs have no specified degree completion duration.
Q:Can you name a few business core courses I will study in an associates in business management program?
A:An associates in business management degree program comprises of a number of courses and subjects. These are mainly categorized as business management courses, general education courses, and business core subjects. A few business core areas of study in this program include computing, accounting, personal finance, principles of marketing, and organizational management.
Q:Is an aas in business management considered equivalent to the first two years of a bachelor degree?
A:In some places, an associate degree is equivalent to the first two years of a bachelor degree. However, this may not apply everywhere. It is best that you get in touch with the institute you plan to enroll in and find out more about this program. The area of business management is growing popular in the academic field.
Q:Can I enroll in an associate in business administration program?
A:Yes, if you are interested in business administration and want to prepare for a career in this area, you can enroll in an associate in business administration degree. This program is a pre-bachelor degree that can be earned after completing your high school education. The program covers all basic management concepts and theories.
Q:I have just completed an associates business management degree, what program should I enroll in next?
A:If you have completed a course in business management at associate level, you should continue your education in this field at bachelor level. There are many bachelor degrees in the area of business, management, and relevant academic principles. On the other hand, if you do not wish to continue with management education, there are plenty of other academic principles you can choose from at bachelor level.
Q:What is a business management and marketing-associate degree?
A:An associate degree in business management and marketing is geared towards providing students with a fundamental understanding of the field. The coursework will entail introductory courses and advanced subjects such as the following: principles of management, promotion and advertising, resource allocation, consumer behavior, accounting and finance, strategic planning, and more.


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Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is preparing to assist New Zealand's leading apple exporters by ensuring tens of millions of cartons reach their destination in optimal condition.
MSC says that along with their expertise in reefer services, they have been working closely with exporters to fully understand their needs and to provide fast and reliable services which connect New Zealand to all major international markets.
Thanks to a million new apple trees coming into production this year, the New Zealand apple market is expected to grow to its largest ever export apple crop in 2017, with approximately 21.5 million cartons worth a record $800 million. MSC has established a dedicated and experienced apple team, based in Tauranga, with the sole focus of managing all apple shipments from New Zealand through to their final destination.
New Zealand's apple sector is set to become a billion-dollar industry by 2022. A secure and strict cool chain is required for to assure a high-quality end product, as the apples grown being grown are regarded as a premium offering in international apple markets.