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A complete guide to Bali, Indonesia
Having travelled through Bali on three separate occasions now, I have come to the conclusion that the 'best places to go' change by the year – in my opinion anyway. This comes as a result of a crazy increase in tourism, as people flock to the incredible beaches and Instagram worthy brunch spots popping up all over the island.
In 2013 I would have told you to go Lovina and then get a boat over to the paradise that was Gili Trawangan.
In 2015 I would have told you to go to Seminyak and lap up the cafes and sunset spots dotted all along the west coast.
After my most recent trip, in 2017, I would tell you to go to Ubud with a taste of Uluwatu and Nusa Lembongan. Although now, even Nusa L shows immediate signs of tourism takeover.
So the first thing I would say when planning your trip to Bali and doing your research is to look at when the advice was given {if you're looking at online publications}. Honestly, I once fell in love with Seminyak and now I would totally avoid it when exploring Bali. That view changed in 11 months – the tourism over there is growing like crazy.
That's not to say at all though, that there isn't an authentic and absolutely gorgeous side of Bali still to be found; there definitely is.
And remember… Bali is just a very small piece of the larger and beautiful puzzle that is Indonesia.
When considering your trip to Bali I encourage you to, additionally, look into the likes of:
- Lombok
- Flores
- The Komodo Islands
- Borneo
- Java
- Jakarta
But if Bali has already been decided as your destination, let's get cracking…
How much money should you save for Bali?
Bali is definitely not as cheap as it was when I visited three years ago, but when compared to the likes of Europe and the America – life here really does come come at a fraction of the price.
Bali is definitely a great option if you are looking for a gorgeous tropical holiday, without the price tag of the Maldives.
Check out my comprehensive guide to budgeting for Bali here, and you'll be able to get an idea of just how much you'll need to save.
How should you find accommodation in Bali?
Whilst Bali most certainly can be done on the cheaper side of things, there is definitely still a presence of your 5 star western resorts, should you seek them. Booking.com is always a great option to see what's available in the area.
If you're looking for some super unique and gorgeous experiences in Bali, the Airbnb options there are out of this world. Split the cost of a villa between you and your friends and it works out a similar cost to that of a hostel. The value for money is madness. A lot of the villas come with personal cooks and drivers.
Get £15 of your first Airbnb stay here
If you are backpacking or you're just an all round bargain hunter, then hostels or, more common here in Bali, Homestays are going to be your new best friend. A homestay is basically accommodation run by locals. It may be multiple villas, a b+b or even a spare room in a house. They are dotted all over the streets – you really won't struggle to find one. A few of them are advertised on the internet but a lot of them, because they are run by locals, aren't. When I'm travelling around Bali I literally just turn up with nothing booked and have a look around. This way you can usually bargain with the owner for a better deal too.
When should you go to Bali?
In Bali you can expect a tropical warm climate all year round. I guess the rainfall is something worth taking note of, because even though it's warm tropical rain – the clouds can shadow those gorgeous blues and ocean views.
Rainfall is highest between Nov – March.
The most popular time (and expensive time) to come is July and August.
Saying that though, out of the 3 occasions i've been to Bali I experienced more rain during a June visit than I did in January or March.
Top tip: The weather forecast often states tropical thunderstorms for Bali but quite often it can say that whilst you're sat on a beach with clear blue skies.
Where should you go in Bali?
There are so many gorgeous corners of Bali that you should check out when you visit. Though I have been lucky enough to visit three times now, there are still SO many places that I haven't got my hands on yet on this beautiful island.
Perhaps kickstart your Bali inspiration by popping over to my '10 amazing things to do in Bali' blog post here.
There are a few main spots you should be aware of in Bali, a few of which I'm sure you've already heard of. Let's run through them…
Ubud is known as the cultural hub of Bali with temples, holistic centres, yoga studios and local markets on every corner of the street. With access to locally grown produce of every variety, it is here in Ubud that the vegan and raw dining culture was born. The food and drink options are incredible, as well as the options to explore the famous rice fields, the nearby Mt.Batur and the legendary Monkey Forest.
See my ultimate guide to Ubud here
Seminyak is one of the closest towns to Denpasar airport (where you'll probably fly in) and is home to the likes of W Hotel. There's only a few seconds per minute where you'll be without the sound of the taxi horns. It's busy to say the least but the magic of the sunsets is undeniable. There are some absolutely DE-LI-CIOUS eateries here too. I would suggest only staying a night or two if you decide to come here.
And if you're a backpacker – definitely check out my stay at Umahku Hostel.
See my complete guide to Seminyak here
As a result of the tourism takeover in Seminyak, the lime light seems to have now shifted over to Canggu, or 'the gu' as locals call it. Canggu is the younger sibling of Seminyak located just north of Seminyak on the west coast. Canggu is one of the hottest spots on the island with surfers and if you go – you'll most likely end up with a cocktail or two at Old Man's as you watch the sun descend beyond the horizon.
See my complete guide to Canggu here
Considered one of the sleepier towns and host to many family orientated hotels, Sanur tends to be the underdog with young travellers. I absolutely love it here; it's the perfect place for a more laid back Balinese experience. Plus, you are right on the gateway to the nearby islands of Nusa Archipelago, Lombok, Flores, Komodo and the Gili's, all of which you can explore in a day trip or two.
See my complete guide to Sanur here
I haven't yet done a guide to Uluwatu as I've only visited on two occasions and each time only explored for the day.
Uluwatu is home to some of the best surf breaks in Bali, to the Pura Luhur temple (see photo below), and some of the most exclusive hotels and restaurants on the island.
If you head here be sure to check out: Rock Bar, Single Fin, Nalu Bowls, Pura Luhur and get a surf lesson!
Kuta was my first ever taste of Bali and if I'm really honest… it was the biggest disappointment ever. As soon as I got out of Kuta I discovered the paradise I had always imagined in my head. In comparison, Kuta was not even close. Kuta is a pretty plain, party orientated town. The energy centres around the Sky Garden which is a multi story club serving all-you-can-eat BBQs on the rooftop. I'm sure there are many that this would suit, but considering I had travelled from the other side of the world – I wanted more. Rumour has it that Kuta is the 'Magaluf' equivalent for Australians. Cheap flights, lots of booze and a nice climate. Don't say I didn't warn you!
Nusa Dua
Nusa Dua is an area of Bali with luxury 5* resorts that back onto the white sands of Nusa Dua beach. The hotels and restaurants are all at Western prices – even the water activities are on the pricey side. For a more affordable holiday in the same area, you can find plenty of 5* hotels with 4* price tags in Tanjung Benoa, which is just a 7-minute taxi journey from Nusa Dua beach. You can still access the pool and facilities of some of the exclusive resorts for the day if you wish by purchasing a day pass at the beach side access to the hotels.
In Tanjung Benoa you will also find the home of one of Bali' s best massage centres. Jari Menari provides a clean, professional setting with indoor waterfalls creating ambience as you are relieved of all your tension (and strains from travelling). There is even a free pick up/drop off service in the Nusa Dua/Tanjung Benoa area, so you can be transported straight back to your bed.
You can make a booking here – email@example.com
When staying in Nusa Dua, the best sunset is viewed at Jimbaran Beach (pictured below) – where the sun sets into the sea (it doesn't at Nusa as the coast is facing East) – a 15-20 minute taxi away (costing around 70,000 Rupiah/£4). There is music, bars and reggae music set aback from the tranquil beach front.
The East
I haven't actually explored much of the East, but no doubt at some point I will return to Bali and when I do, a road-trip up the east coast is at the top of my list. There are some gorgeous temples located up the coast alongside rice paddies spilling over countryside left, right and centre. Go and check them out for me and let me know what's good!
The North
The first time I ever visited Bali we met a local in Kuta and persuaded him to take us to see some of Bali's finest offerings. He took us to the very north of Bali, to Lovina, where we ate at a local warung before waking up at 4am and heading out to watch the dolphins at sunrise.
It was pure magic.
Check out: Banjar hotsprings, Banyumala waterfall, Bedugul, Banjar, and Sekumpul waterfalls.
My recommended one-week itinerary for Bali…
- Spend three days in Ubud (take one morning to hike Mt. Batur at sunrise, followed by the hot springs)
- Head to Sanur, hire a moped and float around the east coast for a couple of days. Serangen is an awesome spot to check out if you want to dive into the local culture.
- Get a boat over to the Nusa archipelago and kick back and relax in paradise for two or three days.
See my guide to Nusa Lembongan here | See my ultimate guide to Ubud here
My recommended two-week itinerary for Bali…
- Spend four days in Ubud (take one morning to hike Mt. Batur at sunrise, followed by the hot springs)
- Take a day trip to Uluwatu or Canggu and learn how to surf!
- Hire a moped and float around the east and north coast for a few days. Check out the dolphins in Lovina! Serangen is also an awesome spot to check out if you want to dive into the local culture.
- Get a boat over to the Nusa archipelago and Gili Islands and kick back and relax in paradise for three days.
- Spend your last few days on Lombok.
Mollie's top tips and travel hacks for Bali…
19 invaluable tips for Bali that will save you money, time, patience and more…
See my travel tips and hacks that you MUST know before travelling to Bali here
Where's Mollie Global Travellers' tips!
In case you have totally missed the latest addition to the Where's Mollie? arm, let me get you up to speed. On the last weekend of April I had a midnight thought about creating a place where those who wanted to could all get a little more personal. And by personal I mean sharing personal travel recommendations, tips and advice with each other.
Where's Mollie Global Travellers FB Group was born. Click here to join!
Now as part of my 'complete guides' I'm going to add in a section of WM Global Travellers' tips to give you another perspective and to fill you with even more goodness and inside knowledge for your trip!
Here are the top WMGT Bali tips…
1. 'If you do take taxis, take Bluebird taxis (they're a light blue colour with a blue bird on the roof). They are the safest and will always run the meter.'
Courtney from courtingthecoast.com
2. 'Download go jek, which is like an Indonesian Uber type app. You can book cars, motorbike taxis and also it'll tell you the approximate cost from place to place. That way you know roughly how much alternative taxis should be charging. It's a useful tool to ensure you aren't getting ripped off.'
3. 'Attend a Balinese ceremony at an ashram or a retreat. It was the most magical experience I had. There are many different ones of course. At the one I attended we had a Guru (whose speech just blew me away) and musicians. We danced and sang and it was just incredible.'
Eliza from elitravelbug.com
4. 'Bring red cordial and drink a glass a day. My parents swear by this to help prevent Bali Belly.'
Courtney from courtingthecoast.com
I hope this has helped you plan your Bali adventure… you're going to LOVE it!
Other posts you may like that will help you plan your trip to Indonesia:
- Diving with manta rays, Nusa Lembongan
- A guide to Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia
- A guide to exploring Ubud, Bali
- Climbing Mt. Batur for sunrise, Bali
- A guide to The Gilis, Indonesia
- A guide to Seminyak, Bali
- 10 amazing things to do in Bali
- A slice of Tugu luxury in Canggu
- 10 ways to save money for travel
- 10 reasons I love hostels over hotels
- How to choose the best hostel to stay in
Need to book accommodation? Here's £30 off your first AirBnb booking – my budget travel godsend!
Or search for the best hostels or hotels here
Have you been to Bali?
What did you think? Where did you visit? I'd love to know! ?
Thank YOU guys for reading <3
Mollie x
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All that yapping about "American taxpayers are burdened by too much taxes" sure paid off for these 400 people. What about the other 200+ million taxpayers?
Here's a bit from a comment by David Wessel in his blog on the Wall Street Journal:
In its annual update of the taxes paid by the 400 best-off taxpayers, who aren't identified, the IRS also said that only 220 of the top 400 were in the top marginal tax bracket. The 400 best-off taxpayers paid an average tax rate of 16.6%, lower than in any year since the IRS began making the reports in 1992.You really have to pull out a hankie and shed a few tears for these guys. They didn't qualify for the top tax rate because they are "struggling" with incomes above $138 million. Yeah, I know it is tough. It only makes sense that they are taxed at a lower rate. They have it tough!
To make the top 400, a taxpayer had to have income of more than $138.8 million. As a group, the top 400 reported $137.9 billion in income, and paid $22.9 billion in federal income taxes.
About 81.3% of the income of the top 400 households came in the form of capital gains, dividends or interest, the IRS data show. Only 6.5% came in the form of salaries and wages.

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In recent years there has been an explosion of virtual worlds intended for early childhood populations; however, because the majority of research on games and such worlds has focused on adults and adolescents, we know very little about these spaces. This article attempts to address this gap by providing a qualitative content analysis of the affordances that Webkinz World an online environment that as of March 2010 had over 3 million unique site visitors per month, offers for children's literacy and language development. Analyses suggest that the site provides unique opportunities for immersion in literacy-rich contexts and academically-oriented practices that may enhance those that are readily available in many children's daily lives. However, looking beyond the discrete linguistic and technical aspects of learning in Webkinz World reveals a designed culture with limitations on learning and a constrained set of literacies and social messages that warrant further critical exploration.
Keywords: Virtual Worlds, Literacy, Early Childhood
Biographical Statement
Rebecca W. Black is an Assistant Professor of Language, Literacy, and Technology at the University of California, Irvine. Her research interests center on how youth, particularly English language learners, are using new technologies to learn, create, and communicate. Her publications include a recent book, Adolescents and Online Fan Fiction (Black, 2008) and articles in Research in the Teaching of English (Black, 2009) and the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy (Black, 2009). Recently, Prof. Black has started exploring opportunities for literacy, learning, and development in virtual worlds aimed at early childhood populations.
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Hi, everyone! Who likes Tiffany & Co.? I know I do! Tiffany & Co. is a well known store in New York, known mainly for their AMAZING jewelry and breathtaking diamonds. When I think of Tiffany's, I think extravagant, elegant, and expensive. Those three words just remind me of Tiffany's. Most people associate that 'blue color' as the Tiffany's 'color', only because when you buy something from them it comes in that 'little blue box'.
I purchased some earrings from Tiffany's, and received my little blue box today. Let me just say they shipped very fast, and I got them on time. It's really exciting seeing that little blue box, knowing that something amazing is inside (I think anything from Tiffany & Co. is amazing!). The box came with a white ribbon tied around it, making it look elegant. Once I opened the box, it had a little blue bag inside which hold the earrings. So with that being said, it is Tiffany's and it's all about the appearance, right? They really make sure that the jewelry is safe and secure so that it doesn't get damaged. I just LOVE the fact that they care about their packaging; it strikes your attention, and they have become well known for it.
The earrings from Tiffany & Co. that I purchased are sterling silver, heart-shaped studs that read: "Please Return Tiffany & Co New York 925". These earrings are so cute, and the great thing about them is that anyone can pull these off. They are not big, but they are not too little, either. They have the traditional clasp on the back to ensure that they don't fall out. They are just perfect little studs that you could wear with anything or anywhere. I love that they are universal, and I can wear them with my sweats around the house if I wanted to. The real question is-- how much were they? Well, they were actually in my price range of $150.00, which was just GREAT!
I never really looked at the Tiffany's website before until a couple days ago. I was pleasantly surprised to find they did have some things in the price range that I could work with. I never thought I could have anything from Tiffany's! They also have some extravagant pieces, of course, but I will be purchasing some other little pieces that are in my price range from them in the future.
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The World Affairs Council – Washington, DC, 'A Leading Forum for Global Education and International Affairs,' is an institution 'Where Learning Happens'.
Since 1980, WAC–DC has been a leading provider of top-level and thought-provoking presentations, debates, and discussions of global education and international affairs in the Washington metro area. The Council's programs include public, diplomatic, political, and business events, along with town hall meetings, professional development seminars, and international communications programs.
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Hey folks. Looks like Sunday is going to be a nice one so we're going to take advantage of the weather and hit the road. A group of us are going to roll around the Folsom Lake loop. If you're interested in a beautiful ride packed with challenging climbs, some great views, and some fun descents, come join us. If this route is new to you, you can check out the details here and see a few pics in "The 2010 season begins" post from a Feb 28. Feel free to drop a comment on this post if you think you might be coming along so we can have an idea of the level of interest.
See ya there:
Start Time: Noon
Location: Karens Bakery in Folsom
Route: Start at Karen's, head out Green Valley and do the Salmon Falls, Cool, Foresthill, Auburn loop around the lake.


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Identified NFLD Sealing/Birding Gun with Powder Horn
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This is a percussion about 9 bore Identified Newfoundland sealing or birding gun. Overall length is 65" with a 48 3/4" part round/octagon barrel showing English proofs on the left barrel flat. The lock has been converted to percussion and was originally sourced from a British military musket showing the remnents of the "CROWN/3" inspectors mark. The lock was later marked "WOODCOCK" The percussion hammer was commercial and has a notch associated with a former doglock. The wood extends to the end of the barrel and shows an old ramrod capped with an early English large caliber cartridge case. The left side of the butt is nicely carved with the name "WILLIAM BUTLER EP ROBIN HOOD" and dated "MAY 11 1869" The piece exhibits a crude and very old repair to the wood on the right side of the tang. The right side butt shows a unknown/unidentified name. This name is probably an obliterated ship's name. Guns of this type and period were pieces used on sailing vessels in the seal hunts. It was not uncommon for the gunners to take their guns home in the off season. If the guns were not returned it is not uncommon to find obliterated ships names. This gun came to us with an orignal powder horn schrimshawed in the same style as the gun with the name "WILLIAM BUTLER" . Examination of the body of the horn shows that prior bird and/or animal markings were removed probably at the time that the inscription was added. The horn is overall 15" tip to tip with a base of about 3". A sound original horn. It can be noted that "ROBIN HOOD" is a part of Port Rexton, Newfoundland. The obituary of William Butler is included.


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Editor's Note: As the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which opened on Thursday, continues in Beijing, China Daily asked a number of top executives from international companies to give their impressions of the event and their expectations for the country. We asked five questions, and the answers we were given showed great confidence in China and its business environment under the country's new leadership, set to be elected at the congress.
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We're still reeling from the incredible turn out at this year's PinkDot 2011 - Yes, an estimated 10,000 decked in their finest Pink, converged on the greens of Hong Lim Park and celebrated the Freedom to Love. 10,000...let YOH repeat that - 10,000! Hong Lim Park was bursting at the seams at all the edges. We were surprised at the turn out, and very touched that there were so many out there that wanted to show their support for the local LGBTQ community.
YOH arrived on the park grounds, slightly later than the estimated time - sorry to those who came by earlier and couldn't find our stand... we had materials to be brought over, thus longer travelling time. Once the YOH pull up banner went up, our tables were set, our little pink ice cream bell rung - the YOH booth was ready for PinkDot 2011!
The "I Am" project started with a bang - with more and more people coming by to pen down their creative statements on the black paper. We saw that you poured heart and soul into those statements, and that was reflected in the multi coloured creations that you put up! Some of you pulled along your friends, some brought their family members, some of you were from the various LGBTQ organisations surrounding the YOH booth - all in all - we like to thank every single one of you that visited our booth and took part in the 'I Am' Project. We stayed till 730pm at Hong Lim Park - being one of the last community groups, other than the PinkDot organisers, who were still there. And if there was more people coming to our booth, we would have gladly stayed on much longer!
Be sure to check out all the photos from the Project via YOH's FB Page!
The "I Am" project is going places...which places? We'll tell you more in due time!
Noticed the pink uniform that YOH was wearing - yeap, it was our designed YOH/PinkDot tee shirts. Both were designed by our own YOH team, specially to commemorate this year's PinkDot! Both designs were exclusive to the YOH team, but since we've gotten many requests to make it available to the public - we're gonna start selling both YOH/PinkDot 2011 Tees soon. So watch out for it!
If you do have any comments / suggestions that you would like us to know, feel free to email us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Or if you want like to join our mailing list, join us as a volunteer in Team YOH, or join our Support Group - feel free to go to our respective pages, and sign up there!
From Team YOH to you - thanks for making out experience at PinkDot 2011 so memorable and exciting! Three cheers for PinkDot 2011!
We'll leave you now with some snapshots from this year's PinkDot 2011 & the 'I Am' Project'.
Be sure to check out the complete photo albums of YOH @ PinkDot 2011 and "I Am" (Project) @ PinkDot 2011 on our Facebook Page!


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This morning I paid $4.61 for a cup of coffee at Siteglass. And for the record – it weasn't a pourover; it was a drip (like I give a f-ck). Under the risk of making a grossly outdated statement, there is something with this. But… who is more wrong – they are for charging or me for willing to pay?
I am just curious – at what point would people say "enough… we are not putting up with this shit, and we will go back to making our own coffee". What would be the threshold? $7? $15?


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Bishop's Castle is approximately 20 minutes south of Shrewsbury and 20 minutes west of Ludlow. The Hotel is set 50 yards back from the High Street at the north end of the town.
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St. Vincent Cancer Center Mosaic
We are excited to share the final product of the mosaic project at the St. Vincent Cancer Center. The original painting underlying the mosaic was created by Yael Buxbaum and I; the scene was inspired by members of a cancer support group at St. Vincent's. Once the painting was complete, I set up a corner with tiles and chairs in the Cancer Center and invited people to stop by and help put the mosaic together. The project took on a life of its own and truly became a collaborative effort; friends, patients, patients' family members, doctors, nurses, administrative staff... anyone and everyone helped with the piece. Often someone would come to place just one tile and stay for hours. The space of the mosaic became a calm and safe place for people to do art and relax. You can learn more about the process and see the final product in the following video:
To everyone who helped with the mosaic or supported the project, thank you. The mural will be hanging in the lobby of the Cancer Center if you would like to see it in person.


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A Mablethorpe circus owner has made a girl's dream of wanting to run away with the circus a reality - and her journey will be featured on an upcoming TV documentary.
Rusty Russell (50) from Mablethorpe has owned Russell's Circus for the last 12 years.
But the love of the circus has flowed through Rusty's veins since the age of 12 when he first went to see the circus.
Since that day, he hasn't looked back and has climbed the ladder to stardom.
Now he wants to help out circus newbie, 15-year-old Imogen Reynolds, originally from Great Yarmouth.
And it's all been captured on film as part of new Channel Five documentary 'Circus Kids' to be aired in the coming weeks.
"We're thrilled to be part of the TV documentary," Mr Russell said.
"We are a high quality circus and it will be great for people to see the great things we do."
Imogen has been fascinated by the circus for as long as she can remember and started taking circus classes at the age of 12.
She then began to specialise in aerial performances and dance.
"Any circus that came into town, I'd make sure I would always go and watch," Imogen explained.
"I loved the sparkly costumes, the bright lights and everyone on stage, so I started taking circus classes myself, which I really enjoyed.
"Out of them all, Russell's Circus was always my favourite one to go and watch."
After always going back for more, Imogen started to make friends at Russell's circus and it wasn't long before Russell saw Imogen's talents for himself.
"I saw a video of Imogen in action on social media and recognised her from coming to see the circus often and decided to meet her," Russell added.
"She was really talented, so I asked if she wanted the opportunity to join us."
It was then down to Imogen to make the final decision of joining the circus.
"I had thought long and hard about it all, but the circus shows are all I want to do, and now I'm starting my first full season.
"I'm really excited, especially doing the shows in Mablethorpe as I have never been to that area before."
Mr Russell has had nothing but praise for Imogen.
"Imogen is a very welcome addition to our circus family," Mr Russell said.
"She gets on well with all the other girls, and she's a really happy, bubbly youngster."
Russell's Circus will be back in Mablethorpe from Monday, July 17.
1 Channel's Five's 'Circus Kids' will be aired at 9pm on July 6, 13 and 20. Imogen and Russell's Circus is set to feature in episode two.


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Yesterday I got to meet my gorgeous new Great-Niece Mia. She is just the most adorable little thing - when I look at my "baby" who now towers above me now it's hard to believe he was ever close to being that small. They really do grow so fast!
To celebrate the early arrival of Miss Mia I used this adorable New Baby image from Wee Stamps. I also used the Martha Stewart alpha mold and a baby feet mold I have with some paper clay - I LOVE how much fun this stuff is to use and the dimension it gives. I was also grateful they hadn't chosen a much longer name ;)
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COZY LITTLE HOUSE: Welcome Wagon Friday 11/4/11
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hi Olympia! Thanks for joining my blog! I love that you are Greek! I love greek food! I love old things too and it is so fascinating to meet people from other countries. God Bless You!ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφή
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I love the quilts. You know, my sister sews quilts too. They sure keep us warm during the cold weather. Oh, thank you for your comments on our Greek post. These are the little places that me and the girls often go to when we want to celebrate our Greek heritage. And YOU, my friend, are so lucky to actually be there in all its glory. I hope to one day visit. Did I ever tell you the story about when Jess was in Athens - she called my cousins, and wanted to stay with them for a bit. They only spoke Greek, so they didn't understand her, and Jess could not communicate with them. Can you imagine being on the other side of the phone and only hearing someone speaking English? Jess was so dissapointed because she would have loved to spend some time with our relatives. Have a lovely weekend.
~Sheri at Red Rose Alley


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Past Big Brother Hottie Kristen Bitting has a new gig as one of the Sherdog Technique of the week girls.
You'll probabaly best remember Kristen for her stint on Big BRother 12 looking killer wearing the hippie tard, Battling Boy George ("Floaters grab your life vests .. KRISTEN") and posing in a series of Solid Big Brother N*des.
Kristen's has been busy and from the looks of things she's leveraged her Big Brother Fame into a modeling and acting career.
Here's a excerpt from the Techniques of the week
"Reverse Triangle from Single leg Position
This is a very common position in MMA fighting and a lot of people tend to get stuck in this position. The reverse triangle is unpredictable and hard to prepare for. "
OBB wishes Kristen's all the best in her new MMA en-devour and has thrown their hats in the Octagon if Kristen ever needs to demonstrate some more MMA moves. Perhaps a Peruvian neck tie, Rubber guard or a omoplata… OBB is here to help :)
BIG BROTHER 14 is a GO!! get your application ready Check out the rules here . Big Brother 14 Casting Calls Should be known in March so prepare now and get on the show. Give Simon, Dawg and the millions of fans something exciting to watch.
Thanks for the links Chad!
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Wallace State Respiratory Therapy program marks 100 percent pass rate for graduating students
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — Wallace State Community College's Respiratory Therapy program continues to prove itself as a top-notch program, with all of the students in the 2015 graduating class successfully completing the National Certification Exam.
2015 is the second consecutive year for a 100 percent pass rate from the program. It also holds the highest pass rate in the state and is one of only 12 in the nation with a 100 percent pass rate for programs that graduate 15 or more students per cohort.
Dr. Paul Taylor, chair of the WSCC Respiratory Therapy program, credited his faculty for preparing their students. "Dr. Ken Crow and Matt Maples do a wonderful job," Dr. Taylor said. "We would not be as successful as we are without these two excellent faculty members."
The students also get credit. "We have a great student population here at Wallace State, and that is why we do what we do with so much compassion."
Wallace State's Respiratory Therapy program prepares its students to work in a branch of the healthcare field that aids patients during what can be stressful and in some instances life-threatening situations. From helping to treat asthma patients, to newborn infants with underdeveloped lungs, to emergency care, respiratory therapists help patients of all ages breathe easier.
The program also boasts high marks for job placement, with 100 percent rankings for overall employment and in-field employment of its graduates from the 2013-2014 academic year. The program is affiliated with about 30 healthcare institutions that play a major role in the success of its students.
According to U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of respiratory therapists is projected to grow 19 percent from 2012 to 2022, faster than average for all occupations. The median annual wage for respiratory therapists was $55,870 in May 2012, with the lowest 10 percent earning less than $40,980 and the top 10 percent earning more than $75,430.
For more information about the Wallace State Respiratory Therapy program, contact Dr. Paul Taylor at 256.352.8310 or visit www.wallacestate.edu.


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One of our most impressive renovations is 921 R Street NW located in the heart of Shaw! This single family home with mother-in-law basement suite features 3 bedrooms with 3.5 baths. It also has a finished two car garage that could be utilized as a studio space, office, or an indoor/ outdoor lounge space. The home has a private deck off the the master bedroom, a back patio area, as well as a roof top patio on the finished garage.
Before the renovation, the home had a traditional town house layout with formal living room, formal dining room, kitchen in the back, and small entry vestibule. The entire first floor was separated by walls which made the rooms feel small and made the home very crowded. The second floor had two bedrooms and one bathroom with a small master bedroom deck. The basement was left completely unfinished and the garage was used as mostly storage.
Our goal for the renovation was to create a home that was functional and had a modern home layout that was set up for entertaining. We did this by eliminating walls on the first floor and creating a open floor plan that joined the living, dining and kitchen together. We also added a convenient powder bathroom and floor-to-ceiling windows in the living area to flood the entire first floor with natural lighting. We maximized the space in the basement and the top floor to make sure that every bedroom had a full bath with plenty of closet space.
The garage was the biggest renovation of them all. We wanted to utilize the large existing garage area by finishing half of the basement and creating a flexible space that could serve as a lounge/ office/ guest house. In doing all of these renovations we added plenty of livable exterior space by creating a deck off of the master bedroom, a patio area between the house and garage, adding a rooftop lounge on the garage.
To finish up the renovation we painted the exterior a medium grey with black trim, added a black light and beautiful gold transom numbers. We also landscaped the front to create an inviting area. Click through the galleries below to see the before and after transformation of 921 R Street NW!


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After seven hours on the road, and a stop at Blue Mountain Brewery, we finally made it to the secret destination: Luminhaus. As we pulled in, the sun was setting and the house was starting to glow. We got out of the car and Larry exclaimed "This is awesome!"
And Luminhaus is awesome. It's a two-bedroom modern pre-fab home designed by architect Rocio Romero and built by Jennifer Watson and Barry Bless in the Blue Ridge Mountains outside of Amherst, Virginia. I'd been wanting to visit this place ever since we stayed at Lost River Modern in West Virginia last year. Modern homes are unfortunately few and far between in this part of the country. In fact, Larry commented several times during the weekend that he felt like we were in Northern California. Indeed.
The simple glass and metal rectangular structure is impeccably decorated with modern art and furniture. The views of the woods from the massive windows are stunning.
Surrounded by nature:
Dogs are not allowed at Luminhaus, so we had to leave the pups behind for this trip. But after admiring the large expanses of glass, I realized the number one problem we'd have living in a glass house: SNART. Yeah, this view wouldn't be so impressive with dog snot covering the windows:
As soon as we got inside and unpacked the groceries, Larry located the beer glasses. We poured a couple drinks and started exploring the place. Between my love of modern architecture and art, and Larry's love of books, music, and nature, this place was perfect for us! (Clearly the owners have similar interests!)
Here's a tour. The living room:
I would LOVE to be organized and minimalist enough to have a kitchen like this. Maybe it's only possible in a vacation house?
Bedroom #1. So colorful - I love all the art and patterns in here!
Bedroom #2. We chose to sleep in this room because it was slightly larger and the bed faced the window:
As soon as we arrived I hung up this birthday/art market garland to make the bedroom feel more festive:
And I left a little surprise on Larry's pillow. (It was a Nook.)
Even the bathroom was amazing. It was full of really cool art and it had a corrugated plexiglass ceiling - which wasn't exactly soundproof. (Tip: don't go to Luminhaus with anyone you aren't comfortable sharing bodily noises with!)
The house is situated on SIX heavily wooded acres. Basically, it's just you and the trees as far as you can see. We also saw several deer. Oh, and bugs. There are lots and lots of bugs. Luckily, we are never without our daily dose of DEET.
Here's a view of the back of the house. There's a platform deck for eating/relaxing/admiring the house from outside.
I really loved how the house glowed at night. There was even a little shed that lit up like a lantern in the evening. Larry and I already have plans to replace the dilapidated old shed in our backyard with something similar.
Once the sun went down, we discovered another challenge of living in a glass house: Moths are crazy for the illuminated windows. Seriously, the windows were covered with thousands of moths each night.
And not just any old moth. Meet MOTHRA:
EEeeeeeks! Mothra came back every night, flapping its wings against the windows. Let me in!
I could get used to living in a place like this.


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Trivia returns to Professor Thom's this Wednesday night, May 31st at 8:30 PM, with "Beatles Trivia" as the Special Category, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the release of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album this week. It will be seven questions about the career of rock's greatest band. The Q Train lightning round will be "Comedy Movie Characters Trivia." I will give you 10 names of famous comedy movie characters down through the years and you have to tell me what film that character was in.
The Sneak Peek question for this week is:
We are back on the main floor of Professor Thom's for good for Trivia, as the Celtics' playoff run just came to a close. Hope to see many of you for Trivia this Wednesday night!


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Dallas World Aquarium
Thursday, December 27, 2007 No comments
This is one of my favorite things to recommend 'in Dallas.' It is my all time favorite aquarium, probably because it's group in 'themes.' There is a 4 level rainforest exhibit and you meet the creatures of the rain forest as you move down a wooden path from howling monkeys, sloths and ex0tic birds, down through the insect, reptile and aquatic world. There is a Mayan Ruin Area, Aquariums of the World, walk through shark tank (you can later see from above with the people moving through it), and two penguin exhibits. I think what is so neat is that the cages are not as 'obvious.' Some of the birds can literally fly over your head. If you time it right you can see the keepers at the various feeding times, and the divers who go into the tanks to feed and clean. This is my 'tourist' stop this break.
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Merry CHRISTmas
Tuesday, December 25, 2007 No comments
I heart Christmas, and today was a good day, as expected. This year I got a lot of really fabulous gifts, and I like them all 'equally,' but there is one that stands out a little when I think about things I will really cherish. My Mom made me a scrapbook this year of 'my life.' I love reading about my life through her eyes, and the fact that she took on an (ambitious) hobby I enjoy doing in order to 'tell' the story. After a small family gift exchange, we headed over to my Aunt and Uncle's house for lunch, more gifts, basketball, card games, and dessert. I've spent the evening messing around with some of my new 'toys.' Merry Christmas, I hope amidst the hustle and the bustle you found CHRIST in Christmas and have a sense of spiritual fullness to surpass the tummy aches and money woes that too often come with the holidays. There aren't too many complaints of aches and pains when you overindulge in CHRISTmas!
Christmas Eve 2007
Monday, December 24, 2007 1 comment
I'm writing this blog....waiting for Santa ;O). This year Christmas Eve was at my house. I made some 'Reindeer Droppings'....formerly known as "No Bake Cookies" in other months of the year (this is a recipe I first had at the Fergason's house, I always loved "No Bake" days). Before dinner my family headed to the Christmas Eve service, one of my two favorites! I love the candle lighting service, and the symbolism behind it always brings me back to the baby who changed the course of (my) life. It started with a baby, was carried on by just 12 disciples and a band of believers, and now spans the earth. I wasn't there to witness all the miracles, but I've certainly seen enough in my life to know, believe, trust and follow and put my faith in the birth, death, and ressurection of Jesus! I loved something that was said tonight at the service, "Jesus is the reason for the season. YOU are the reason God sent His Son."
After lights, dinner and some time spent throwing balls to Max, and being sat on by Lilly my family headed out to look at lights with my cousins' dog, Sandy. I have a very poor shot of a really amazing house that has a unique light display syncronized to music. I love Christmas Eve!
Traditional Outings
Saturday, December 22, 2007 1 comment
I spent the morning with my Mom covering some traditional Christmas stops.
#1 (After shopping our way to Snyder Plaza (Picture One is the Traffic Circle in the Plaza)) was a stop in Highland Park for Deli Meats (for Christmas Eve) from Kuby's (Picture Two). The German shop has been there almost 50 years, as has the Plaza, and the house on Rankin where my Great-Grandparents lived and my Grandmother was raised (Picture Three-With some Modern Updates). It's up the street from the plaza. These sites don't mean too much to non-Dallas natives, but they are some pretty major cornerstones (in my mind) for my Dallas family. It took two loops around the Plaza before we found a parking space, and it was standing room only in the deli, I can't imagine what tomorrow....or Christmas Eve will be like.
#2Next came a stop at Stein's Bakery at Preston (Another Old Timer Location). They were out of Gingerbread men :O(, but they had Petit Fours (Picture 4)-I haven't found a holiday, or a random weekend yet that I can find a reason to buy some. I love the icing, but if you aren't into sweet icing....well....that just leaves more for me. Traffic was insane, I guess we aren't the only family with traditional outings! Tomorrow I hit the grocery store....eeck.
#3This evening I went with my Aunt and Cousin (and Mom) to Frisco's Town Square where the entire square lights up in patterns based on the Christmas music playing on a local radio signal. There was also a Santa Stop with trains, and Santa, and a lot of festivities throughout the month of December including snow, outdoor moves (brrr) etc. It's a neat new place to take a family (or a bunch of girls following the Dallas Guide Section of the paper on a cold Saturday evening!). It was our first year to try out this stop, but we've spent many evenings in the car looking at lights, I never plan to outgrow this tradition. (Picture 5 is a little piece of the square with bits lite up from the music, there were snowflakes etc all over the walls that danced to the tunes, but it wasn't 'their time' in this picture.)
Tags: Dallas Area Activities, Family, Holidays
Friday, December 21, 2007 1 comment
Sometimes I enjoy being single. This past month I've gone over to friend's houses to learn how to make candy, play around with calligraphy, and saw shapes out of wood. Today I attended three Christmas parties starting with a breakfast and ending in a dinner...times two....and I didn't have to think about who was, or was not waiting at home (minus the constant worry about the dogs, who don't have any trouble entertaining themselves while I'm gone, which is pretty much where the 'trouble' begins. It's a guessing game to see what they have been into when I arrive home). I do want to be married...someday, but I appreciate the freedom of trying out every craft known to (wo)man, spending time with most of the population of Dallas, and calling people at strange times (and updating my blog at 12:30 am). BUT.....there are those moments when I do think maybe I should hit fast forward on the husband finding hunt. For the last month I have been on mission. Now that the weather is turning chilly there are certain residence who are looking for a warmer place to spend the winter months....I have a colony of lizards living around my house. I first spotted a giant lizard in my guest room and asked him nicely to leave. The next time I spotted him, about a week later, I tried to evict him with a box, a bear, and a lot of screaming. I gave up, and I wasn't happy about it, but I usually only spend time in the guest room in the light and I can monitor closely the reptile population. Then....one evening as I walked towards my bed I noticed a lizard hanging to the side of my bed skirt. I jumped around the room shrieking for a bit (rather ineffective as a single). Tried to interest my dog, went and grabbed my cat....nothing. The lizard just ran under my bed. I then had trouble sleeping thinking about the lizard....lets just call him Godzilla, plotting a path of terror. I built barriers using throw pillows, shouted stern warnings, and eventually fell asleep. Alas, a week later, he reappeared. This time, I was ready. I went and got my fine china (cough cough a Maverick's Cup cough cough) and trapped him. And now he sits....and he waits for someone brave enough to remove him from my house. And this is why I think getting married sounds more appealing every day, surely it's in the book of Genesis somewhere "He shalt removeth thy lizards and other insects trapped under the cupeth when the daughter of Eve requesteth." Eve and that snake....Christy and the lizard(s).....no more apples for me!
Saturday, December 15, 2007 2 comments
Every once in awhile I have an adventure that feels a little bit like discovering oil in my backyard. (Maybe that's too much of a 'Texas' analogy for some of you to appreciate?). Anyway, I have heard people mention the Gaylord Hotel before, but I don't know why they haven't EMPHASIZED how very cool it is on it's own, and with the addition of the annual ICE exhibit it's an outstanding holiday event! Who knew? And it's so close! The Gaylord is located a little over 30 minutes from where I live, and it's a HUGE resort (hotel is too meek of word, and the picture doesn't do it justice). It reminded me of Vegas-minus the smoke and slot machines...and heat. There is an ENORMOUS atrium inside that was decorated to the max with Christmas decorations (and photo ops for those of you with little ones) and trains running every which way. There were also tons of shopping chances, and eating chances. Each section has a theme-I was able to identify the Alamo, with the 'riverwalk' running through it. Not only could families visit Santa, take pictures with a real reindeer and Mrs. Clause, walk through a life size gingerbread house, visit western saloons, walk along the 'river' and chase trains, and 'light look'....the last few years the hotel has been bringing in an exhibit called "Ice." There are some ice sculptures they fly in from China to work for a full month creating an ice land. They then keep the room at a chilly (and windy) 9 degrees, and they provide coats for all the guest (and blankets for the babies)....along with a row of tissues once you exit (you really do have a runny nose from that chill!). The one draw back is the cost, but it was worth seeing and experiencing! I can't even begin to describe all the things we saw in the interactive world of ice, or include all the pictures, but you could climb on ice, life size carriages, trains, and bears, and slide down an ice slide. Everything you see is made of ice, though some is painted once it is sculpted.
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Christmas Lights
Friday, December 14, 2007 No comments
This week Kelly and I took some time to hang out and get in a little Christmas activity. I LOVE looking at lights (and usually drag at least one friend along at some point during the holiday). It's been quite awhile since Kelly has been in town during the holidays. I grabbed some pizza, Kelly provided hot chocolate and we headed out to see what we could see and sing along to Christmas music (that's when you know you have been friends a long time). I even had my camera in my purse and was able to snap a picture of one of the last houses we passed. These are up in some huge trees in front of a house with moving features. I can't imagine many places that have as MANY different neighborhood competitions which provides for some great light looking. It was just 'fun' in the midst of a crazy week!
Tags: Dallas Area Activities, Holidays
Zooming In
Sunday, December 09, 2007 3 comments
I loved seeing Nicole's tree in detail on her blog, so I'm borrowing her idea. The stories behind the ornaments are what I love about decorating the tree. I think my Mom says the same thing each year about some of the ornaments as we hang them. I captured just a few of the ornaments on my tree. The family Christmas tree is like reading a biography of my family's journey. Pet's we have had, trips we have taken, life events etc.These little elve's hung on my Great-Grandmother's tree.My Mom made these ornaments when she first got married.This is my first ornament."That good old Baylor Line..." Many of my ornaments mark periods in my life, I have one ornament for each Christmas I spent away at school. Next year, Baylor....it's your year, I can feel it (just like myself and the rest of the Baylor community have been 'feeling that good season' coming on since the Cottonbowl game in the 1970's...Sic'Em Bears I try to find at least one ornament on vacation-this year was Jackson Hole, WY (along with the other 11 states we hit on the trip, I got one in each major location).I buy at least one Christmas ornament a year (usually many more). These are the Hallmark 2007 Mother/Daughter Ornaments.
There's a Reason for the Season
This evening I completed my tree decorating. I have more room decorations to come, but I thought I'd share a slice of my weekend. Friday evening I attended a Christmas dinner, Saturday morning was a women's Christmas brunch. Skip ahead past some shopping, errands, and the selection of this year's Christmas tree and I attended Prestonwood's show stopping holiday show-Gloria. Today after church and some more random activities (including a Cowboy's win!) I attended the Living Christmas Tree performance at my Aunt's church, which we attend every year. This evening, I completed the tree decorating. I love all the church performances, it reminds me each time that this time of year is more than a list of presents to buy, and dishes to prepare. I was looking through some old photos and I was thinking about the fact that it was sad I had no idea who some of the people were in the photographs and that they each had all these same little moments I blog about, and life stories that are somehow lost with the years, but then it hit me, those faces without names began the journey I'm on today. It all comes back to the family who taught me about Jesus. I know each of us have a story, but the foundation of mine begins with reading the bible with my Mom as a little girl, and attending church. I had to take the rest of the journey alone in giving my life to Christ, but how grateful I am that I learned so many valuable lessons so young. I sometimes wonder who in my family's past changed the course of my life for the better, and I'm grateful to them, and all those that followed after. In 100 years if someone looks at my picture and doesn't know my name or my story, but knows Christ because of a role I've played, it'll all be worth it. I hope you are taking the chance to hear the story of Christmas this year, and have a chance to celebrate Jesus, and share the story with others, I look forward to those moments most of all in the next few weeks.
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Play Day
On Friday, when I got home from work I walked into a house full of toys. My dogs had pulled out 12 toys (and a throw pillow) at some point during the day to play. I can only imagine the sort of activities that went on (it's not hard to imagine, I've seen them before). Sometimes I'll be watching TV in the living room and Lilly will start running back and forth between random rooms in the house gather her army of dollies. When I got home, she, of course, needed to fetch me a toy, but instead of selecting from the 12 available, she ran into my room and pulled out toy number 13. I've captured a few by camera. It's just one of the things that made me smile (it's so much nicer to come home to toys instead of ripped up packages).
Cooking Lesson
Tuesday, December 04, 2007 1 comment
Today is the first night of Hanukah-I didn't know that until yesterday when Sandye called to see if we could change our Starbucks get together to a Starbucks run and time spent at her house while she prepped some Potato Latkes for a party she was attending tonight....with a cooking lesson thrown in because if there's a new skill to learn, you know I want to obtain it. It was neat to know just a little more about someone else's culture, family recipe, cooking tradition etc. Sandye was pretty daring to allow me into her kitchen. I only find minor culinary success upon occassion under the appropriate supervision. I now could probably prep Potato Latkes on my own, but no promises, Sandye guided me the whole way-they were very yummy.
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It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Sunday, December 02, 2007 5 comments
It is now officially Christmas on the OUTSIDE of my house....disregard the confusion left behind by the fall leaves (whose days are numbered) that I have yet to rake up. They are left over from the season that was formerly my favorite-fall, but now that Christmas is upon us....it's my new favorite time of year...until spring. The rule to Christmas celebrations (in case you didn't get the official rule book) is that you must add one thing to your Christmas decorating list each year. The pink tree doesn't count-that was for my Mom, and the peppermint sticks would have just been too lonely out there on their own with out a little door garland. I spent yesterday hunting down candycane colored 'things' to go with the new peppermint sticks and the 'old' lights and wreath. To get the full detail, you'll just have to swing by...
A Christmas Project
Saturday, December 01, 2007 2 comments
On Friday, my friend Terry taught me a new crafting skills. I now know how to use a jigsaw. She helped guide me to cut out two candy canes and 6 peppermint. I have red and white lights I put in the front of my house each Christmas, so I wanted some yard additions, without the expense (though now that I've become involved in 'wood crafts' it may be a LOT more expensive in the long run...but fun). This is my first attempt at making 'yard art.' I need to learn a few wood painting skills in the future, but from the street I think it's going to be just fine! Any project that starts with a saw and ends with adhesive spray and glitter has got to be a fun one! I also bought some preshaped wood (Terry is going to show me how to do that with another saw in the next installment of 'wood crafting lessons.') and I painted them like pepperments as well to go in some garland I'm planning on stringing around my door and decorating-pictures to come later :O) of the completed project....it's not finished yet.
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Santa's Naughty List
Number one this year on Santa's Naughty List is MAX!!! What a BRAT. He has been on a real tear lately. This week my little furry kids and I received a Christmas package in the mail from Maurine, Derek and their furrbabies. There were about nine little packages. As only us kidless gals understand-we include gifts for each other's pets in our packages (or maybe that is just Maurine and I? Regardless, it's a tradition that makes us happy). I opened the box, pulled the wrapped contents out, and set them VERY high on top of my table on top of a huge box I had yet to put away. The point-they were ALL very high. I had to run to a meeting, and when I came home, to what should my wondering eyes should appear? TWO unwrapped gifts. Now, you might say-there must have been dog food inside for him to be able to pinpoint which TWO of the NINE gifts he would most want to open... no-my dog can smell rubber from dog toys and locate the object of his affection-squeaky rubber toys, and little fuzzy dog babies. He also loves gift wrap, he loves to open it and then bury his toys within. I immediatey documented the crime on film, as you can see he wouldn't give me eye contact-and then he took his oversized body outside to think about what he had done. Anyway, Maurine, the toys were a hit a month early (sorry). I guess they get to enjoy them over the ENTIRE holiday season....they better because I don't think they make squeaky dog coal and I'm not sure he's getting anything else for Christmas.
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Information Systems Speaker Series
The Naveen Jindal School of Management at UT Dallas is privileged to host academic experts presenting their latest research on the most relevant topics facing our discipline today. Information Systems Seminars are held every Fall and Spring semester.
|Vibhanshu Abhishek
Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University
|Information Transparency in B2B Auction Markets: The Role of Winner Identity Disclosure
|Alok Gupta
Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
|Why Should I Donate? Examining the Effects of Reputation, Peer Influence, and Popularity on Charitable Giving over Social Media Platforms
|Marius Florin Niculescu
Scheller College of Business, Georgia Tech
|Strategic Intellectual Property Sharing: Competition on an Open Technology Platform Under Network Effects
|Bin Gu
W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
|Home Bias in Online Employment: Evidence from an Online Labor Market
|Ramesh Shankar
University of Connecticut
|Online Reputational Loss Aversion: Empirical evidence from StackOverflow.com
|Beibei Li
Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University
|Nudging Mobile Customers with Real-Time Social Dynamics
|Haldun Aytug
Warrington College of Business, University of Florida
|Bidding in Keyword Auctions: Advertisers' Perspective
|Yong Tan
Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington
|Optimizing Two-Sided Promotion for Transportation Network Companies: A Structural Model with Conditional Bayesian Learning
|Eric M. Overby
Scheller College of Business, Georgia Tech
|How Does Online Lending Influence Bankruptcy Filings? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
|Jinyang Zheng
Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington
|How Mega Is the Mega? Measuring the Spillover Effects of WeChat by Machine Learning and Econometrics
|Jane Xue Tan
University of Washington
|Why Should I Donate? Examining the Effects of Reputation, Peer Influence, and Popularity on Charitable Giving over Social Media Platforms
|Yun Wang
University of Arizona
|Deep Learning of Spatiotemporal Patterns for Urban Mobility Prediction using Big Data
|Yicheng Song
Boston University
|When Diversity Becomes Relevant' — A Multi-Category Utility Model of Consumer Response to Content Recommendations
|Chengxin Cao
University of Minnesota
|Impact of Enterprise Systems on Mergers and Acquisitions
|Zhuoxin Allen Li
Carroll School of Management, Boston College
|Network Externalities in Collaborative Consumption: Theory, Experiment, and Empirical Investigation of Crowd funding
|Dr. Prasanna TambeAssociate Professor of Information, Operations and Management Sciences, Stern School of Business, New York University
|Who Pays for Technical Skills? Engineering Brand and High-Tech Wages
|Dr. Anandhi Bharadwaj Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management Goizueta Business School, Emory University
|Is it a 'cloudy' future? The Impact of Transition to SaaS for Software Vendors
|Kai-Lung Hui Professor, Department of Information Systems,Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
|See No Evil, Hear No Evil? Dissecting the Impact of Online Hacker Forums
|Dr. Dengpan Liu Iowa State University Associate Professor – College of Business
|Dynamic Advertising Competition in Electronic Retailing with Operational Considerations
|Dr. Catherine Yang Associate Professor Graduate School of Management University of California, Davis
|Predicting downloads for Mobile App recommendations
|Dr. Corey Angst Associate Professor in IT, Analytics and Operations Management Mendoza College of Business University of Notre Dame
|Just What the Doctor Ordered? Physician Mobility and the Adoption of Electronic Health Records
|Dr. Sudip Bhattacharjee
University of Connecticut, Associate Professor – School of Business
|The Effect of Information Transparency and Social Values on Smart Grid Balancing
|Dr. Animesh Animesh
McGill University
|Software Patents and Firm Value: A Real Options Perspective on the Role of Innovation Orientation and Environmenta Uncertainty
|Dr. Amrit TiwanaProfessor Department of Management Information Systems Terry College of Business, University of Georgia
|Modular Outside, Monolithic Inside: How Nearly-Decomposable Architectures Lead Platform Races
|Dr. Jan Stallaert University of Connecticut Professor – School of Business
|Information Consistency and Accuracy in Prediction Markets: Evidence from the U.S. Presidential Election Markets
|Dr. Sunil Wattal Associate Professor, Management Information Systems Temple University, Fox School of Business
|An Empirical Analysis of Crowdfunding Campaign Referrals
|Dr. Huaxia Rui Assistant Professor, Computers & Information Systems University of Rochester
|Is Technology Eating Nurses? Staffing Decisions in Nursing Homes
|Dr. Juan Feng Associate Professor Information Systems City University of Hong Kong
|Does Money Talk? -The Impact of Monetary Incentive on UGC Contribution
|Dr. Vidyanand Choudhary Associate Professor Information Systems Paul Merage School of Business University of California, Irvine
|IT Investment under Competition: The Role of Implementation Uncertainty
|Dr. Zhenhui Jack Jiang
National University of Singpaore
|Grab Users' Attention Through Choice-based Advertising: An Eye-tracking Study
|Dr. Kai-Lung Hui
Hong Kong University
|The Light and Shadow of Cybersecurity Regulation: A Natural Experiment in China
|Dr. Ahmed Abbasi
University of Virginia
|Don't Mention It? Analyzing User-generated Content Signals for Early Adverse Drug Event Warnings
|Dr. Guodong (Gordon) Gao
University of Maryland
|How Digital Word-of-Mouth Affects Consumer Decision Making: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
|Dr. Kai-Lung Hui
Hong Kong University
|An Economic Analysis of Peer-Disclosure in Online Social Communities
|Dr. Narayan Ramasubbu
University of Pittsburgh
|Examining the Impact of Technical Debt on Firm Performance
|Dr. Lin Hao
Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame
|A Mobile Platform's In-App Advertising Contract under Agency Pricing for App Sales
|Dr. Maytal Saar-Tsechansky
University of Texas at Austin
|Machine Learning that Matters: The Case of Model Collaboration for Intelligent Active Learning
|Dr. Jennifer Zhan
University of Texas at Arlington
|Divide the Task and Multiply the Success: The Effect of Resource Distribution and Alignment on Team Performance in Online Crowdsourcing Contests
|Gene Moo Lee
University of Texas at Austin
|Matching Mobile Applications for Cross Promotion
|Wei Chen
University of California, San Diego
|Engaging the Wisdom of Crowds: Structural Analysis of Dynamic User Contributions in Online Communities
|Hailiang Chen
City University of Hong Kong
|IT-Enabled Broadcasting in Social Media: An Empirical Study of Artists' Activities and Music Sales
|Zhe (James) Zhang University of California
|Recommender Systems and Consumer Product Search
|Dokyun Lee
Wharton School,OPIM
|The Effect of Social Media Marketing Content on Consumer Engagement: Evidence from Facebook
|Sukumaran Nair
Southern Methodist University
|Enterprise Security: Threat Landscape and Trends
|Jeffrey Hu
Scheller College of Business
|A Dynamic Structural Model for Heterogenous Mobile Data Consumption and Targeted Promotion
|Dr. Raghu T Santanam
Arizona State University
|Do App Descriptions Matter? Evidence from Mobile App Product Descriptions
|Dr. Ramnath Chellappa
Emory University
|Cost Drivers of Versioning
|Shaojie Tang Temple University
|Modeling Data Dissemination in Online Social Networks: A Geographical Perspective on Bounding Network Traffic Load
|Shachar Reichman
MIT Sloan School of Management
|Crowd-Squared: Amplifying the Predictive Power of Large-Scale Crowd-Based Data
|Shaojie Tang
Temple University
|Towards Secure Mobile Business: RFID-based Anti-Counterfeiting System & Privacy-preserving Data Aggregation
|Atanu Lahiri
University of Washington
|The DLC Strategy: Go Vertical in a Horizontal Market?
|Mohammad Rahman
University of Calgary
|An Internet-Enabled Move to the Market
|Zhe Zhang
University of California
|Daily-deal Business Model: Performance Based Advertising and Price Distortion
|Yi-Chun Ho
University Of Washington
|Effect of Utility Disconfirmation on Online Rating Behavior: A Dynamic Analysis
|Xiao Ma
Wisconsin School of Business
|Online Gambling Behavior: The Impacts of Cumulative Outcomes, Recent Outcomes, and Prior
|Jason Chan
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
|Internet's Dirty Secret: Assessing The Impact Of Online Intermediaries On HIV Transmission1
|Xitong Li
MIT Sloan School of Management
|How Does Online Reputation Affect Social Media Endorsements and Product Sales? Evidence from Regression Discontinuity Design
|Hyelim Oh
McGill University
|Free versus For a Fee: The Impact of Information Pricing Strategy on the Pattern and Effectiveness of Word-of-Mouth via Social Media
|Dr. Tridib Bandyopadhyay
Kennesaw State University
|Role of Intelligence Inputs in Defending against Cyber Warfare and Cyber Terrorism
|Dr. Vijay Khatri
Indiana University
|The Roles of IS and Application Domain Knowledge in Conceptual Schema Problem Solving: A Cognitive Fit Perspective
|Dr. Chris Dellarocas
Boston University
|Attention Allocation in Information-Rich Environments: The Case of News Aggregators
|Dr. De Liu
University of Kentucky
|Friendships in Online Peer-to-Peer Lending: Pipes, Prisms, and Relational Herding
|Dr. Sunil Mithas University of Maryland
|Information Technology, Customer Satisfaction, and Profit,
1994–2006: Theory and Evidence
|Dr. Geoffrey Parker
Tulane University
|Innovation, Openness, and Platform Control
|Dr. Alok R. Chaturvedi
Purdue University
|Sentient World Simulation: A continuously running, continually updated model of the world
|Dr. Huseyin Doluca
University of Würzburg
|Bank Performance and the Solow Paradox Julius-Maximilians
|Dr. Samuel Ransbotham
Carroll School of Management
|Electronic Medical Records and Medical Malpractice Claims
|Dr. D. J. Wu
Scheller College of Business
|Economics of Free Under Perpetual Licensing: Implications for the Software Industry
|Alan R Dennis
Indiana University
|Sparking Group Creativity with Priming
|Dr. Nigel Melville
University of Michigan
|Information Systems for Collaborating versus Transacting: Impact on Plant Performance in the Presence of Demand Volatility
|Dr. Paramvir Singh Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
|Crowdsourcing New Product Ideas under Consumer Learning
|Paul A. Pavlou
Temple University, Philadelphia
|Strategic Pricing of IT Services in Online Outsourcing Markets
|Rajiv Kohli
Mason School of Business
|Investing in Information Systems: On the Behavioral and Institutional Search Mechanisms Underpinning Hospitals' IS Investment Decisions
|Dr. Sulin Ba
University of Connecticut
|Promotional Marketing or Word-of-Mouth? Evidence from Online Restaurant Reviews
|Arun Rai
Georgia State University
|(Mis) fit of Vertical Deintegration and I T-enabled Process Integration
|Mohammad Rahman
University of Calgary, Canada
|Beating Irrationality: Does Delegating to IT Alleviate the Sunk Cost Effect?"
|Zhenguri Ziang
Iowa State University
|The economics of public beta testing
|Gal Oestreicher Singer
Tel Aviv University
|The Quest for Content: How User-Generated Links Can Facilitate Online Exploration
|Mehmet Ayvaci
University of Wisconsin
|The Effect of Budgetary Restrictions on Breast Cancer Diagnostic Decisions
|Lu Yan
University of Washington
|Healing Power of Social Networking: Empirical Studies on Online Interactions among Patients
|Yingda Lu
Carnegie Mellon University
|Optimizing Social Relationships: A Dynamic Analysis of Social Network Formation in Online Communities for Diabetes
|David Zepeda
University of Minnesota
|Health Care Supply Chain Design for Reducing Disparities in the Delivery of Care: Evaluating the Effects of Resource Dependence and IT Leveraging Competence
|Hsinchun Chen
University of Arizona
|Advanced Informatics for Business Intelligence 2.0
|Terrane August
University of California at San Diego
|Who Should be Responsible for Software Security? A Comparative Analysis of Liability Policies in Network Environments"
|Chris Forman
Georgia Institute of Technology
|Information Technology and (Downstream) Vertical Integration: Evidence from Plant-Level Data
|Huseyin Tanriverdi
University of Texas at Austin
|Flying Greener with Smarter Decisions: The Impact of Operational Analytics on Carbon Footprint of Airlines
|Rema Padman
Carnegie Mellon University
|A Collaborative Filtering Approach to Medication Reconciliation
|Vallabhajosyula Sambamurthy
|Has the "Golden Rule" Lost its Aura? Revisiting Multimarket Contact under Asymmetric Pricing in the US Domestic Airline Industry
|Jaime Newel
|Information Systems Development Risk Factors and Dispersed Teamwork: The Role of Empowering Leadership in Facilitating Team Member Well–being
|Nackiketa Sahoo
|A Hidden Markov Model for Collaborative Filtering
|Sameh Al–Natour
|The Antecedents of Customer Self–Disclosure to Online Virtual Advisors
|Dr. Anjana Susarla
|The Role of Social Capital in Assuring Market Performance: Evidence from Information Technology Outsourcing Contracts
|Dr. Anuj Kumar
|Impact of Customer Web Portals on Call Centers: An Empirical Analysis
|Dr. Tunay Tunca
|An Empirical Analysis of Price, Quality, and Incumbency in Service Procurement Auctions
|Dr. Thomas Weber
|Monotone Approximation of Decision Problems
|Balaji Padmanabhan
|From Information to Operations: Service Quality Indicators and Customer Churn
|Giri Kumar Tayi
|Investigating Retailer (Online and Local) Strategies in Mitigating Consumer Fit Uncertainty
|Sanjeev Dewan
|Information Technology and Firm Boundaries:Impact on Firm Risk and Return Performance
|Kartik Hosanagar
|Recommender Systems and their Effects on Consumers: The Fragmentation Debate
|Ross Hightower
|A Longitudinal Analysis of Information Exchange Effectiveness Within Teams Meeting Face–to–Face and with Instant Messaging Technologies
|Akhmed Umyarov
|Using External Aggregate Ratings for Improving Individual Recommendations
|Sang Pil Han
|1–An Empirical Analysis of User Content Generation and Usage Behavior in Mobile Media
2-User Content Generation and Usage Behavior in Multimedia Settings: A Dynamic Structural Model of Learning
|Atanu Lahiri
|Pricing of Wireless Services: Application Pricing Vs.Traffic Pricing


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Blue Chip Tek Named CRN® Triple Crown Award Winner
Date: Oct 10, 2016
Third Annual Award Program Recognizes Standout Solution Providers
Santa Clara, CA, October 10, 2016 – Blue Chip Tek, Whatever IT Takes today announced that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has honored Blue Chip Tek with its esteemed 2016 Triple Crown Award. Fewer than 60 North American solution providers had the necessary revenue, growth and technical expertise to be recognized on three of CRN's pre-eminent solution provider lists, earning them the Triple Crown Award this year.
CRN assembles lists and rankings each yearto recognize solution providers who are setting the bar in the IT industry, including the Solution Provider 500, which lists the largest solution providers in North America by revenue; the Fast Growth 150, which ranks the fastest-growing solution providers; and the Tech Elite 250, which recognizes solution providers that have received the highest-level certifications from leading vendors. It is a considerable achievement for a solution provider to make any one of these lists; to make it onto all three, however—as this year's Triple Crown Award winners have done—is a big achievement. A company must simultaneously have enough revenue to be ranked on the Solution Provider 500 list, record double- or triple-digit growth for recognition on the Fast Growth 150, and invest heavily in top certifications to attain Tech Elite 250 status.
Silicon Valley-based Blue Chip Tek, Inc. (www.bluechiptek.com), is a trusted IT consulting firm in the San Francisco/Bay Area, responsible for solving some of the most complex data center, high-performance infrastructure networking, cloud computing and high-volume storage challenges in the industry to date. Blue Chip Tek's highly qualified engineers architect and implement technology solutions that have helped industry pillars and SMBs alike grow from pre-revenue startups into blue chip companies.
"We are so excited to be recognized with the Triple Crown award. Technology continues to change at a faster rate than we've ever seen. It is a great challenge to continue to adapt rapidly and deliver new and relevant solutions that help our customers achieve their initiatives and beat their own competitors to market. Winning is fun. Watching our customers achieve great things makes it even more fun. We can only be successful at this level with the recommendations from our partners and customers because we deliver results." said Jessica Geis, CEO at Blue Chip Tek, Inc.
"The solution provider organizations receiving CRN's 2016 Triple Crown Award have risen to the top of their class in not one or two, but three major categories: They are channel leaders in certification, revenue and growth," said Robert Faletra, CEO of The Channel Company. "We commend the extraordinary series of achievements that earned each of them a spot on CRN's premier solution provider lists and look forward to their continued innovation and leadership."
The 2016 Triple Crown Award winners will be featured in the October issue of CRN and can be viewed online at www.crn.com/triplecrown.
About the Channel Company
The Channel Company enables breakthrough IT channel performance with our dominant media, engaging events, expert consulting and education, and innovative marketing services and platforms. As the channel catalyst, we connect and empower technology suppliers, solution providers and end users. Backed by more than 30 years of unequaled channel experience, we draw from our deep knowledge to envision innovative new solutions for ever-evolving challenges in the technology marketplace. www.thechannelco.com
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Women's Independent Film Festival
Women's Independent Film Festival
Selections will be notified on April 9th, 2012. The festival will take place between April 25th and 28th.
Awards for each category with the exception of SCRIPT are as follows:
Best of Category
Best Directing
Best Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Actor
Best Editing
*Submissions under the SCRIPT category will compete for Best of Category only. Winners in the SCRIPT Category will have the chance to read an excerpt from their script at the festival in April.
All Best of Category winners will screen and compete with each other for the Audience Award at the festival in April. Other winners will receive certificates of achievement.


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For customer requirements which sometimes extend beyond our range of in-house expertise, we tap on our "Friends", a trusted group of partners whose professional services can be included flexibly into a project for support. They are all internationally experienced specialists with proven track records who are characterised by the highest professionalism and quality in their respective areas – just as we are.
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Located on the scenic Molly Stark Trail (Route 9 / Marlboro Road), the Vermont Maple Museum is a unique destination gift shop. There is something for everyone in the family to explore and enjoy.
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Contagious metaphors: from Typhoid Mary to quarantine
This month marks the 100th anniversary of the final quarantine of Mary Mallon, better known as 'Typhoid Mary', who was the first recognized asymptomatic carrier of typhoid. An Irish-born cook in the New York City metropolitan area, Mallon caused several outbreaks of typhoid in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. While several dozen infections […]more
Why is the plural of 'moose' not 'meese'?
As fitting as it might sound, the plural of moose is not and has never been meese. And while it is tempting to switch out -oo- for -ee-, the plural of moose is simply moose (though you may occasionally see or hear the word mooses). This confusion is understandable if you consider the word goose, […]more
WordWatch roundup: negus, insurgent, collywobbles, Plantagenet, and snoop
This series investigates changes in lookups for words and their meanings across OxfordDictionaries.com. The graphs are based on website data collected over a four-week period, and the accompanying commentary explores how news and other current events have influenced these word trends and sudden peaks in interest. insurgent / divergent It will probably come as a […]more
Did Charles Schulz coin the term 'security blanket'?
Anyone familiar with Charles M. Schulz's seminal comic strip Peanuts is probably also familiar with Linus Van Pelt and his blue blanket. But even those who have never encountered Linus, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang are probably acquainted with the concept of the 'security blanket': a 'small blanket or other soft fabric […]more
The names of punctuation marks
Chances are that you use them every day – from ' to # and ? to . – but where did common punctuation marks get their names? Ampersand The ampersand is the sign &, used to mean 'and'. The shape of the symbol originated as a ligature for the Latin et ('and') – that is, it […]more
9 drinks named after people
Not unlike certain kinds of food, sometimes people end up being strongly associated with certain drinks, especially cocktails. Usually, the famous are those who end up with their name attached, even if the drink was not their own invention. This is the case with several of the drinks below. However, it seems as though other […]more
Nautical terms and phrases in English
Ahoy, me hearties! When I plumbed the hidden depths of the nautical origins of common English words and phrases last year, I dredged up a treasure chest brimful of material, more than enough for the post I was writing at the time. With thoughts of summer holidays uppermost in many of our minds right now, […]more


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The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) underwent major changes effective
July 1, 2001. Only realty-related (fixture) filings are recorded with
the local Register of Deeds of the county in which the real estate is
located. All other UCC documents are to be sent to the Department
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Standard forms may be obtained from the
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Paper forms may be printed, completed and submitted for recording.
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Ask a Hispanic anything and they will not say no. They will say yes. How many times I've heard them say, "Yeah, I'll be there," and they never show up. There you are waiting for them and when you ask them why they didn't show up they will make up an excuse. There's something about saying "no" that is unattractive to a Hispanic. It's disloyal to say "no," even if you don't mean to say "yes." Saying "no" tells the other person that you don't care about them and Hispanics are social beings that derive much of their energy and life from their interaction with others. We do things in a group. Next time you ask a Hispanic something be aware that a "yes", does not mean "yes." A "yes" means "maybe," "no," or "yes." Hey, don't complain, at least they are loyal and don't make you feel bad by saying "no."
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