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Travel magazine names Ripley's Aquarium one of the top aquariums in the country
A popular travel magazine has named Ripley's Aquarium in Myrtle Beach one of the top aquariums in the country.
Ripley's was grouped alongside 11 others including the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta and Shedd Aquarium in Chicago in DestinationsTravelMagazine.com's list of the top 12 aquariums in the nation. The list appeared online Wednesday in the magazine's July edition.
The blurb about Ripley's touts the variety of exotic and even poisonous species that can be seen at the 85,000-square-foot aquarium, which is at Broadway at the Beach. It also mentioned that visitors can touch some of the marine life, including the horseshoe crabs and stingrays.
Craig Atkins, Ripley's general manager in Myrtle Beach, said he was excited for Ripley's to be included in the list and grouped with aquariums he has a lot of respect for -- he said he's visited all of them.
"It's flattering," Atkins said. "These are top-notch aquariums around the country."
Others on the list, which was not ranked: Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta; Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Ill.; National Aquarium, Baltimore, Md.; Aquarium of the Pacific, Longbeach, Calif.; Steinhart Aquarium, San Francisco, Calif.; Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, Calif.; Newport Aquarium, Cincinnati, Ohio; Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga; Moody Gardens, Galveston, Texas; Adventure Aquarium, Camden, N.J.; Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon.
The magazine had an "insanely difficult time trying to come up with that list...and, harder still, limiting it to the few we chose," said Darlene Perrone, editor of DestinationsTravelMagazine.com.
Among the criteria: size of the aquarium, how many species and the variety of species, its uniqueness and how immersive the experience for visitors, Perrone said.
Atkins said the exposure will introduce Ripley's to a new set of travelers and possibly entice them to visit. He also said the accolade will give locals another reason to be proud that Ripley's Aquarium is here.
Ripley's operates several other attractions in Myrtle Beach along Ocean Boulevard, including Ripley's Believe It or Not.


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With the softest pastel florals, lavender linens, and sweet bicycle motifs, this Boca Grande, FL wedding is just the inspiration you need for Spring. NK Productions Wedding Planning designed an open and airy reception filled with potted trees and candlelight at the Gasparilla Inn. While a backdrop of Banyan Trees and lush greenery provided the perfect scene for gorgeous bridal party portraits from Luminaire.
Tell Us About Your Wedding Design? I was inspired by Boca Grande itself. I wanted to have a wedding that was understated, but elegant, and so I tried to work with the natural beauty of the Florida summer as much as possible. We chose soft lighting and colors that complemented the surroundings, such as grays, greens and corals. With the tent, we were able to really enjoy the warmth and the breeze. I knew if we kept our design elements simple, and our guests comfortable, we couldn't go wrong.What Were Your Favorite Parts Of The Day? Where do I start? Everything was a dream. However, the best moment of the night was when Michael and I were able to take a step away from the reception for a few minutes. We sat there watching everything happening from afar, taking it all in. I would recommend every couple do this on their wedding day. It is so easy to get caught up in the moment, and it all goes by so quickly. Take a few minutes to let the night sink in before it's over.
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March 4th, 2013 - Our wedding day. My alarm went off at 4:30 that morning. Yes, this avowed hater of mornings had to get up at 4:30 am on her wedding day. I kept telling myself that it was really 9:30 EST, and that wasn't so bad, but the truth was that I was so excited/nervous that I couldn't sleep anyway. I worried that I'd have huge bags under my eyes, but I didn't feel tired.
hair/make-up artist was coming at 5:30 am. It was still dark when she arrived. Also, it was raining. Yes, after an entire week of perfect weather, it was raining on the morning of my wedding. I tried not to let it get to me as Gemina worked her magic on my hair and face and we watched the sun come up over the Pacific. Gemina was the sweetest - even though she was working, she seemed like a friend, and we chatted easily about small business ownership and travel. She's lived on the islands her whole life and has never seen snow!
Larry and I had decided not to give wedding gifts to each other (Aren't rings and a trip to Hawaii enough?) but I left a little something for him to wake up to on the windowsill of the bedroom:
In every wedding that Larry has been a groomsman, he's brought a bottle of peppermint schnapps for the groom. A week earlier, he lamented that there would be no one to buy him peppermint schnapps on his own wedding day, so I picked up a couple of airplane bottles of RumpleMinze to surprise him. I also bought a pair of BRIDE and GROOM cake forks, because even though we wouldn't have a fancy wedding cake, no day is worth celebrating if there isn't caaaaaaaake involved somehow. In fact, I always said that the two most important things on my wedding day (besides the groom, of course!) would be: AWESOME PHOTOGRAPHY and DELICIOUS CAKE and I wasn't about to ignore those priorities just because we were eloping!
Naked Man was part of the day, too - if you don't know the story of Naked Man's significance, Jane found him on her own wedding day and stuck him in her dress. (That sounds dirty doesn't it? Just to clarify, we're talking about a doll.) Anyway, since Jane loaned Naked Man to me for my trip, it was only natural that I continue this tradition. Naked Man was also the model for the ring shot!
Once my hair and make-up were done, my dress was on, and I had something old (Nana's bracelet), something new (my wedding dress), something borrowed (Jane's earrings) and something blue (my flip-flops), I was ready to see my groom (which involved me saying through a crack in the bedroom door "Are you ready to see your bride?") and head to the beach to get married.
Our ceremony was at 10 am at Waimanalo Bay State Recreation Area. It drizzled during the drive there, but by the time we got to the beach, the rain had stopped. Whew! We met our officiant, Rev. James Chun, and our photographer, Dallas Nagata White, and walked down the beach to the spot we had selected a week before. I remember high-tailing it down the beach - in retrospect, I should've been holding my groom's hand and enjoying the walk, but I was pumped up on adrenaline and focused only on getting to the spot where we were going to tie the knot.
From our spot on the beach, we could see the ocean, the mountains, and a forest of ironwood trees. It was perfect, especially since I grew up spending summers at the beach and Larry grew up in the mountains. The sky was dramatic and cloudy after the morning's rain, and the sun was starting to peek through. There wasn't another soul on the beach - it felt very secluded and intimate - just us and nature.
Photo by Dallas Nagata White.
Before the ceremony started, I asked Larry to move a rag that was littering the beach so that it wouldn't show up in our pictures. He reached for it, said "That's not something I want to touch!" and lifted the offending item with a stick. "Someone had a little too much fun on the beach!", he announced while holding up a pair of panties and flinging them into the bushes. I wish that our photographer had captured that moment because it was the perfect pre-ceremony comic relief.
Our ceremony was short, simple, and meaningful. Our officiant included a couple of readings about love, thoughts on marriage, and some scripture before he got to the vows. (Symbolic of the 21st century, he read our vows from an iPad!)
Photo by Dallas Nagata White.
I wasn't sure how I would react during our ceremony, but I was fairly certain that I was going to be a crier. I even felt a little emotional as we were driving to the beach. But once the ceremony started I didn't feel teary at all - just happy. I remember thinking that everyone says your wedding goes by in a blur, so I tried to focus on the moment, look into Larry's eyes, and sear the memory into my brain.
It still feels like it was a dream.
Photo by Dallas Nagata White.
We pledged our lives to each other, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish all the days of our lives.
Photo by Dallas Nagata White.
Photo by Dallas Nagata White.
And then he pronounced us husband and wife and we kissed!
Photo by Dallas Nagata White.
And hugged!
Photo by Dallas Nagata White.
Photo by Dallas Nagata White.
Photo by Dallas Nagata White.
We spent the next couple hours with our photographer. She captured some amazing shots of us in the trees, on the rocks, and in the water. Let me tell you, it was windy on the beach! Sure it led to some lucky shots with my hair and dress billowing behind me, but most of the time my hair was in my face, and the wind blew Larry's hair into a style he dubbed "rooster hair", and even filled Larry's pants with air! (When he saw the pictures afterwards, he poetically described this phenomenon as "diaper butt.")
Photo by Dallas Nagata White.
Photo by Dallas Nagata White.
Photo by Dallas Nagata White.
Photo by Dallas Nagata White.
Photo by Dallas Nagata White.
Photo by Dallas Nagata White.
Photo by Dallas Nagata White.
Photo by Dallas Nagata White.After the ceremony and portrait session, we had the day to ourselves. Our plan was to explore the island in our wedding attire. Since I'll (hopefully!) only get to wear a wedding dress one day in my life, I wanted to wear it as long as possible. Larry's gift to me was a wedding mix CD and we popped it in the CD player of our little red VW and drove up to Oahu's North Shore - an area famous for huge waves and crazy surfers in the winter.
We ended up in Haleiwa, and stopped at Giovanni's Shrimp Truck to grab some garlic shrimp for lunch. The girl who took our order asked if we had gotten married, took our picture, and had us sign the truck with a Sharpie. My husband even peeled this shrimp for me!
We meandered back the way we came, in search of wedding cake. We stopped at Ted's Bakery and picked up a slice of coconut cake and a slice of chocolate haupia cream pie and fed them to each other with our BRIDE and GROOM forks. Then we headed back to the windward side - sunburned, windswept, and married.
We had planned to go out to a nice dinner in our wedding clothes, but after a such a full day, we were exhausted, so we went back to the apartment to take a few more pics on the beach, relax, and admire our ring fingers.
Nature put on an entertaining show...
...and so did Larry!
And then we ate cheese for dinner and washed it down with some celebratory wine (and schnapps)!
Smith & Roellke-Smith, ESTD. 2013
And that was it! After ten years together, a 17 day engagement, and a secret wedding that we planned in ten days, we became husband and wife on a beautiful day on one of the most beautiful places on earth.
Simple, special, and perfect.
Big thanks to all the people who made this crazy plan of ours a reality. xo
Venue | Waimanalo Bay State Recreation Area
Officiant | Rev. James Chun
Hair and Make-up | Faith & Beauty
Photography | Dallas Nagata White (See our favorite photos here.)
Snapshots | Rachel Roellke-Smith & Larry Smith (plus a couple of kind strangers!)
Groom's Attire | Tommy Bahama & Patagonia
Bride's Attire | Simply Dresses
Bridal Flip-Flops | The Dessy Group
Rings | I.Gorman Jewelers & Lenkersdorfer Jewelers
Lunch | Giovanni's Shrimp Truck
Cake | Ted's Bakery
Cake Forks | Tiny Love Treasures


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8 comments:
- Wm Chamberlain said...
When I started watching this I thought about Mr. Webb's classes making videos to teach language. When I saw you made this for classes in New Zealand, I made the connection. Great Job!
Mr. C
- July 7, 2009 at 7:24 AM
- Larisa Tarasevich said...
If your students are interested in something about our place we will help you.
- July 11, 2009 at 11:22 AM
- NZWaikato said...
I have a student in my class who was born in Russia but doesn't speak Russian and this can help her out. Great stuff.
Mr Webb, Room 8, Melville Intermediate, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.
- July 14, 2009 at 3:18 AM
- Larisa Tarasevich said...
We are glad to help your students to learn a bit about our country.
- July 14, 2009 at 10:25 AM
- Bob Greenberg said...
We return to school August 24th. I look forward to introducing a new group of Brainwaves to the students of Aban, Russia. We always enjoy seeing your smiling faces and hearing your happy voices.
- July 14, 2009 at 12:30 PM
- Larisa Tarasevich said...
I'm also looking forward to new projects with you and happy school days.
- July 15, 2009 at 9:02 PM
- Jan said...
I can't wait to learn more about your class and introduce them to my students. We'll have a fabulous time working together this year. Mrs. Gytri
- August 27, 2009 at 7:55 AM
- Stone said...
Stone Fireplace Mantels are a wonderful addition to any home and add a unique custom look. This is a great blog site, thanks for all the tips, suggestions and guidance.
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Today we visited a nature reserve near Seaton for the first time. Seaton marshes is an area of marshland, much of which floods at high tide, located next to the river Axe. There's a lovely little hide looking out on to the river
The nature reserve is visited by many different species of birds and kingfishers are regular visitors
Unfortunately my camera isn't good enough to get much of a shot at that distance, but one of the other birdwatchers was kind enough to let us view it through his telescope.
We also saw some little egrets
many gulls, ducks and some waders that I couldn't identify at a distance. Two female pheasants were feeding under the bird feeders next to the hide
and a male came along the tramway for a stroll
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Local Transport in Gulu, Uganda
In Mozambique they have taxi bicycles and here in Uganda there is a slight upgrade, – the motorbike.
The "Boda" taxi, as it is called, will carry up to four people, including all their luggage, even the family goat.
Sometimes they are hired by one individual with supplies, such as a window frame, a bed or even a wheel-barrow!
How they manage to balance is a mystery, but they do.
The owners of the boda's are often found in groups at street corners, chatting and waiting for a customer to approach and hitch a ride.


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The Kid From Denver
- Artist: Paul Quinichette
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- Release Date: 1/29/2008
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Paul's tenor was drafted by everyone from Louis Jordan to Benny Goodman to John Coltrane; here, he leads one of the best combos of the late '50s (featuring many Basie members) through a sublime set of songs. They tackle Honeysuckle Rose; Pennies from Heaven; Minor Scene; Suitcase; Big Deal, and more!
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Happy Monday dears, hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Maybe someone had some good weather? We most certainly did not here in Vancouver; one minute it is raining and the next it is sunny! Such a tease! I am dying to take the girls to the beach but it would be such a waste if I drove 45 minutes for it to pour on us....
Anywho onto the nail polish! Today I am sharing one of my newest favourite nail polishes from the China Glaze City Flourish Collection for Spring 2014! I loved a lot of colors from this collection but only picked up two (although I am still tempted to pick up more!) This is definitely my favourite from the collection!
This polish came as a surprise to me because when I looked up swatches it had more of a orange undertone to it. However this is a full on bright pink rose color. I am head over heals in love with this!
The formula on this is a pink cream with a very fine milled glimmer running through it. Not quiet a shimmer. not quiet a glitter so I am going with glimmer :)
This nail polish is one of my favourite China Glazes...I do not have anything
quiet like it in my collection which is always a plus for me!
This dries super fast and glossy and has an average drying time.
I would without a doubt say this is a must have!!
Would I Re-purchase? Absolutely!
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I can hardly believe it myself - the hours of hard work I have done in the yard for the last three weeks.
Most of the work was done in the back yard where, much of the summer was too wet to work in, or the mosquitoes were so bad I couldn't stand to be out, not to even mention the heat! Then it became such a jungle, just the thoughts of "taking it on" kept me from even starting. Oh, I was doing a lot of yard work but always choosing other, less challenging, areas. Yesterday, I was so happy with the progress I had finally made that I took my breakfast out..........
in the cool of early morning, to enjoy just surveying the neatness and change. Nothing fancy on the table, just my usual cereal and a glass of juice. This might be a good time to show what I mix together to put in my cereal bowl every morning.
I put all the contents of the two cereals, all the yogurt covered raisins, a few of the cranberries and an ample amount of the sliced almonds.
This adds up to my favorite cereal mix to date! Each of these cereals have quite a few good ingredients on their own so I am actually eating a lot of different things. Recently adding the yogurt raisins really stepped up the taste!!! Now, back to the garden..........
Until the day before, the rustic patio down here in this corner could not be seen. The stepping stones making up the patio are in a low area and because of flooding and soil erosion, the stones had disappeared from sight with basket grass growing on them. There is still what I call fine tuning work to be done but at least it is now usable!
This path had been covered up with the Macho ferns. Thank heavens they are fairly easy to pull up. If you walk down the path it leads you to this area......
.....I wanted to show because of how it was highlighted by the sun. The little tea party fairies and ......
this angel occupy the area. What you see on the ground here is the very low lying weed called basket grass I mentioned. I love it for certain areas even though it is very invasive. It can be controlled and even edged. It is better than having assorted other weeds or worse yet, just sand, where grass won't grow because of too much shade and occasional flooding.
I put a few sprigs of this Wandering Jew in the adjoining area and it has filled in another big area - also a good look back here.
And now you see the table in the distance looking back from the fairy and angel spot.
Along in the afternoon I took advantage of the little table again with a tea break and read a few pages in my book club selection for this month. I am enjoying this book and look forward to our lunch and discussion next week.
I even took a little time to do a few words in my crossword book. By now the "cool of the morning" has long disappeared and I am wringing wet!
There are always little rewards to be found as I put in the hard hours, here one bell-shaped blossom. I never can remember the name of this plant. The color is a vivid purple and the throat of the "bell" is very yellow.
A pretty collection of color here in an area that gets more sun.
At the end of the day as I was sitting at my computer in front of the window, trying to get my breath and wondering if I had "done myself in" working all day in the heat, I looked out and saw this swallowtail. It stayed still just long enough for me to get outside and take this one picture. I felt so blessed to be able at my age (74) to put in day after day of hard work and reap such beautiful rewards!


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There are details about this case that are graphic and disturbing. If you want to know them, you can find them at the SF Weekly blog. The point here is that they show that "Gay Rights Icon" Larry Brinkin not only had horrific images on his computer of young children being sexually used by adult men, but he wrote emails exulting in images that he found especially pleasing. I mention this because, when I hear of someone getting busted for something on their computer, I always wonder if they knew it was there. Brinkin did. He sought it. From what I can tell, the images he liked were not exclusively of male with male. The ages of the children were estimated to range from about one to three.
During his 22-year tenure at the Human Rights Commission, Brinkin was best known for championing equal rights for gays and lesbians. He helped craft San Francisco's groundbreaking Equal Benefits Ordinance, which became a national model for workplace equality.
Upon Brinkin's retirement, the Board of Supervisors approved a resolution declaring the week of Feb. 1, 2010, "Larry Brinkin Week" in San Francisco, saying his "dedication to advance the civil rights of all people has never stopped."
The story at CNS News also reports that he "is 'married' to partner Wood Massi," and that he "has a son with two mothers."
As a member of San Francisco's Human Rights Commission, Brinkin was responsible for investigating complaints of people, including homosexuals, who claimed they were facing discrimination in the work place. We have a Federal bill waiting to become law and force the same regime on the nation. It is amazing to think of a man who is cheering and enjoying the violent exploitation of children passing judgment on a business owner who allegedly didn't want to hire a homosexual. I assume he also was in charge of ensuring racial fairness. That is amazing now that we have the vile racial preference he articulated while viewing images of pedophilia (if you want to read it, just follow one of the links). The City of San Francisco must really believe that they have all the serious crimes locked up to devote their budget to this sort of "human right."
Ironic, in a sick way.
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The year is still new, but in German politics, an end seems already at hand: Chancellor Angela Merkel, who failed to form a new coalition government after the federal elections last September, sees herself confronted with a public that is fast losing patience with her political leadership.
In a recent poll, half of German voters said they wanted her to resign and allow another member of her center-right Christian Democratic Party to negotiate the formation of a governing coalition. Grumblings are heard within the party too, which did relatively poorly in the elections. Recently, members of the Junge Union, the party's youth organization, directly called for her to step aside.
Ms. Merkel may be one of the world's most admired leaders and an inspiration for a new generation of women politicians, but at home her appeal has been more pragmatic: Her political capital derives from her ability to react to crises rather than on her conceptualizing and shaping of the country's political agenda. To be blunt, she's not much of a vision person.
For a time, that worked. But over Ms. Merkel's three terms as chancellor, she led so-called grand coalitions with the center-left Social Democrats twice. Such a coalition should be able to use its supermajority to enact major reforms, to get big projects done. And yet very little has come of it. To the contrary: After 12 years and the unsolved refugee crisis that made the German public crazy, Merkel fatigue is setting in.
Meanwhile, the country yearns for a comprehensive approach to migration, a strategy for digitalization, educational reform and a long list of infrastructure upgrades. Instead, moving from one crisis to another, the biggest economy in the European Union has lost track of the path of modernization.
And now, it seems, she can't even form a government. The Social Democrats have rejected another grand coalition, though Ms. Merkel continues to press them. And talks with two smaller parties, the ecologically focused Greens and the pro-civil liberties Liberals, fell apart late last year.
The most controversial part of the various coalition negotiations has been refugees: not so much the premise of accepting them, but the awkward and inconsistent manner they were handled once they arrived. After putting out a well-publicized welcome mat — the so-called Willkommenskultur, or welcome culture — refugees and German citizens alike were stunned when the government did not set up obvious programs to shelter and register before allowing them in. At the same time, Ms. Merkel seemed to give up on the notion of limits on accepting more refugees; she said in 2015 that she wasn't quite sure if Germany's borders could still be protected as they once were.
Her poll numbers dropped overnight; while they have improved since, many in her party still blame her for leaving the door open to a right-wing backlash in the form of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, which siphoned votes away from the Christian Democrats in last year's election.
Many also blame her stance on immigration, and her failure to promote concrete agendas, for the failure of three-party negotiations in the fall. The Christian Democrats, Greens and Liberals couldn't single out a project that should shape their tenure. The Liberals left the table in late November after several tiring weeks. Politicians of the Green Party admitted that they also considered bailing on the talks over the chancellor's attitude.
The Social Democrats have reluctantly started negotiations in January; more than a few conservatives wonder if they would perk up if a fresh face replaced Ms. Merkel's on the other side of the table. The Social Democrats, after all, are in the same place, with a growing number trying to push out Martin Schulz, the head of the party and its candidate for chancellor in 2017. Under him, the once-grand party, once Germany's largest, delivered its poorest performance in history.
Ms. Merkel's only other option is to rule as a minority government, which would mean building coalitions on the fly, behind every new piece of legislation, always worrying about an insurrection. It's unlikely that Ms. Merkel could succeed in such an environment, or that she'd even want to try.
Should none of these options pan out, the German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will be forced to call new elections, something no one wants with the current slate of leaders — at best, the results will be the same. This is why pundits are calling for a fresh start at the top of Germany's major parties.
In both parties, there are younger, rising politicians who are eager to enter the big stage: For the Christian Democrats, there's 37-year-old Jens Spahn; Germans looking south to Austria, which just elected the 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz as chancellor, might be willing to get behind a new young leader. Already, in the Christian Democrats' Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, its chairman Horst Seehofer is stepping down as state premier in favor of the much younger Markus Söder.
Mr. Spahn in particular might be ready for the top spot, given his ability to tack between cosmopolitanism — he's openly gay, and recently married his longtime partner — and public angst over the dissolution of German identity: He recently complained that he couldn't order a coffee in Berlin without speaking English. With Ms. Merkel still floundering in the mess she created over immigration, it may be that Mr. Spahn — or someone like him — needs to take the reins.


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Package Design influenced by Warhol, Lichenstein, Van Gogh, Max and Satty
Monday, February 11, 2013 at 12:27PM
With the strategic marketing & branding expertise of Centricit's Lawrence Phipps, we created these four images for an MMC in Boulder, CO. Lawrence created the concept of utilizing influences from pop and impressionist artists and converting into branded style labels. SharpCo Designs worked closely with Centriciti to produce what you see here. This was a delighful project as it challenged our creative abilities and we think, turned out beautifully. Inspired by artists such as Andy Warhol, Lichtenstein, Vincent Van Gogh, Peter Max and Wilfred Satty - we drew imagery, colors and styles to develop four very individualized packaging labels that are meant to present a visual representation of bright to dark and light to heavy.


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As I said, Sam had left Brian at my Dads and Kates where he had inevitably fallen asleep in the lounge downstairs at such a late time of night. Sam was meant to be sleeping at home with Brian so I didn't hear him wake and potentially cry, asking for me. He is only 2 and is still breastfed. On top of that we co-sleep. I didn't know if I'd be able to stay away from him if he was calling for me. Also, I didn't want to breastfeed until the next day in the evening, after expressing out the first lot of 'hospital' milk. However, it all worked out fine. Sam slept in teh lounge with Brian, who actually only woke once in the night at my Dads. I heard him call mummy a couple of time and Sam settled him in less than a minute. He didn't even cry. I couldn't believe he practically slept through the night with Sam. Never done that with me. Slightly jealous….only joking 😉
As the boys slept in the lounge peacefully, I was meant to be sleeping getting my owm peaceful rest upstairs, but just couldn't. Not because I was in pain. No pain, not even labour, I don't think could hurt as much as the week of pain I had to endure before self diagnosing. I think I couldn't sleep because I still had a bunch of hospital drugs exiting out of my system. I was also buzzing with joy that I was alive and home. Well, at my Dad's, but still practically home. In the wee hours of the morning, after sleeping from half past midnight until half past 2, I decided to see if my friend in Australia was about to chat on line on my phone. She was. So we spent a couple hours chatting via facebook. I only ended up sleeping from 5-7am!
What I haven't yet mentioned is the pain in the right shoulder after key-hole surgery. The gases apparently get trapped under the diaphragm and have to work their way out. So they work their way up, then back down and out. Lots of foul smelling wind and bowel movements. Sorry to be so blunt, but there's not really any other way of describing it. Sunday morning after my 2 hour sleep, I had such bad pain in my shoulder I thought they had somehow messed up in hospital and that this was acute shoulder tip pain that is associated with ectopic pregnancy and they had not taken the tube out correctly. I fidgeted around in bed, shoulder in pain until around 11am when my Dad and Kate served up a lush full english. I hadn't let on to Brian that I was there until about 1045. I could hear him from about 8am chatting sweetly with Sam in his cute, adorable toddler voice that hasn't yet fully mastered the English (or German – we are a bilingual family) language. Ahhh, bliss right there (if it wasn't for the darned shoulder pain), hearing my men, knowing Inky was happy staying at my Mums, being alive, bedroom window open, looking out on tall trees and beautiful blue sky, cool air stroking my face. Breakfast went down better than the fish and chips the previous night, but I still wasn't up to my usual eating capacity. In the 8 days leading up to surgery my appetite had gotten progressively less anyway, and the last 3/4 days before I hardly even ate because of the whole tummy ache/diarrhea thing.
The next day after surgery I was buzzing and happy to be alive. Then the next day, on the Monday morning, I became really overwhelmed by what had happened and broke down in tears in the morning. From then on I had 3 days of being up and down emotionally. Hormones I guess and post op lack of sleep. Since then I have been entirely fine emotionally, but am still healing physically. As a very active person always out with the kids, flitting from activity to activity, play date to playdate, I found it incredible how my body made me to slow down and rest. Lots of sofa days and films. Luckily Inky got taken to most of her usual activities by friends. Sam had the first week after the op off to help me, especially looking after Brian so I could get some rest.
IT HAS NOW BEEN 10 WEEKS TOMORROW – below are some bits I'd like to include and also to update you, the reader, about how I'm feeling physically and emotionally after just over 2 months….
For the first 2 weeks I had to take a lot of paracetamol to dim the pain! Even after my cesarean with Inky I had only taken them for a week, and don't remember being in so much pain! However, after the cesarean I had with my still born son 15 years ago, I had mega pain for ages. I'm positive how we feel emotionally effects the pain we have….It took ages to be able to walk as far as I normally would. The first 2 weeks even walking around a supermarket I would get so weak. My right leg (the one on the side where the tube got removed) would start lagging behind a bit and I would proper slow down. Couldn't have coffee for 2 weeks because I would get light headed and feel like I was going to faint or get a panic attack. My pubic bone felt like it had been hit with a sledge hammer. When looking in mirror could see bruising over my pubic area, as well as my right hip being surrounded with bruises! It was tender to touch. Its still slightly sore now after 10 weeks! I had severe bruising below my belly button, which went through every shade of blue, purple, green and yellow imaginable. It took 7 weeks to fully fade! As did the bruising around right hip bone, which went through these varying shades. After 1 week out of hospital Brian and I came down with flu or something which lasted for 7 weeks! Think being in hospital lowered my immune system so much I got very ill – I NEVER get ill! Brian was not able to breathe through his nose properly at night for weeks and was coughing. For several nights he had a temperature. He was waking around 5 or 6 (sometimes more ) a night for a feed and some nights I had to get up with him and sit on the sofa. When he's ill he wants me, not Daddy. On top of that I started carrying him again around 6 weeks after surgery. One day I felt so well I carried him on a one and a half hour walk with Inky, my Mum and her dalmatian Shadow. It was a sunny day and Brian wasn't up for walking but I had to get out. I totally over did it that day.
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As part of National Orienteering Week in Canada (NOW), we asked our High Performance Program athletes "What drives you to continue to compete in Orienteering?"
"Orienteering is challenging. I want to do it well. The need to compete with other orienteers, the only meaningful yardstick against which to measure my performance, follows." Jon Torrance
"I have to win. If it were not orienteering, it'd be something else. But, since I seem pretty good at it so far, and can get significantly better, I envision there is a lot of winning potential still to be had." Will Critchley
"The challenge of each new race and type of terrain that forces you to adapt." Emily Kemp
"Orienteering is always new and exciting. Different terrain and races are always around the corner. I love to compete and I'm keen to reach the top!" Robbie Anderson
"Love of the sport, the outdoors, and the challenge of pushing your body." Louise Oram
"There is always the feeling that you can get better. The feeling of an absolutely perfect race is amazing, I strive for this feeling every time." Kendra Murray
"Imagine running over every hill, spiking every control. Flying through the forest with complete control over body and mind, it is wonderful." Eric Kemp
"That it is so multifactorial, it is not just physical or mental, and there is always something to work on." Tori Owen
"I am motivated to continue orienteering because I love getting to train or race on new terrain. I also want to have the perfect race." Pia Blake
"The adrenaline rush I get during a race and the feel good feeling you get after a race. Also how much I enjoy running in the woods." Jennifer MacKeigan
We have orienteering events on all over Canada this week. Check out the NOW website and find out what's going on in your area!
You can follow our High Performance Program athletes as they train and compete throughout the year on this blog, on Facebook, and on Twitter @OrienteeringCAN


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The last couple of months, my team at Transferwise, has been working to deliver a new feature on our product. We call this feature Money Tracker and helps TransferWise users to track their money better. I've been developing it for the web using Angular as an external component. As a …Read more


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HELLO! Bout of Books week is here! That means I'm going to try read, listen to an audiobook maybe, connect with other Bout-of-Bookers, and maybe even participate in some challenges!
The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 11th and runs through Sunday, May 17th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 13 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team
Be sure to also follow me on Twitter and Goodreads for live updates! (I know, soooo exciting. ) And FOR SURE follow the read-a-thon hashtag (#boutofbooks) to see everyone's updates!
- Read as much as possible – I don't have a set number of books though, so I'll just read whenever I can.
- Have fun connecting – I'll be following the hashtag on Twitter for this one.
- Participate in some challenges – Just whenever possible.
This post will hold all updates and any challenges I end up participating in will be here too, so be sure to visit throughout the week!
Currently Reading: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Starting Page: 112
Finished the Day on Page: 208
Number of Pages Read: 96
Listening to (when not reading): Breathe, Annie, Breathe (Hundred Oaks) by Miranda Kenneally, Nancy Wu (Narrator)
Listened To: 4 hours and 41 mins
Today's Challenge
Bookish Survey — Writing My Own Fairytale
1. How do you organize your shelves?
They're a mess… lol They're in this weird ARCs/Favorites/Read non-faves/Unreads.. and I guess they're all in alpha in their own sections. haha Complicated!
2. What is one of your favorite book that's not in one of your favorite genres?
It's no secret one of my least favorite genres is NEW ADULT, but only because ALL THE DRAMA. But I have read a few that I've really liked. Here's three:
3. What is the last 5 star book you read?
4. What book are you most excited to read during the read-a-thon?
I'm excited to finish my current read!
5. What book do you recommend the most?
I don't have a particular one! I usually gage the person asking for the rec before picking one to gush over.
Tuesday thru Sunday
Currently Reading: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Pages Read: 211 – Finished it on Saturday.
Listening to (when not reading): Breathe, Annie, Breathe (Hundred Oaks) by Miranda Kenneally, Nancy Wu (Narrator)
Listened To: 3 Hours – Finished it!
Started Listening To: Siege and Storm (The Grisha #2) by Leigh Bardugo, Lauren Fortgang (Narrator)
Listened To: 2.5 Hours
How are you guys doing? Link me to your updates post!


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My wife and I had Verizon cell phones and a need to know how to block incoming calls from a former friend we'd kicked to the curb. The lady had no clue how to take no for an answer. We had no desire to listen to her aggressive mental illness.
But how? How is such a thing done?
The phone menus didn't help. Time to Google. That turned up a pretty decent article on procedure…but it wasn't quite right. Out of date, maybe; technology does march on.
Hence this post. As of the date of publication (June 9, 2012), this information is true and correct.
Bottom line, Call Blocking ability does not come with the basic Verizon wireless (cell phone) package. It's an add-on feature, currently costing $4.99 per phone, which we'd never before needed. Since we have two phones, one for me and one for my wife, our new monthly bill would be $9.98 higher, ongoing.
We could live with that. Gladly, under the circumstances.
Also, it appears that Verizon has expanded the number of callers you can block. Used to be 12, but now you have the capability of blocking up to 20 phone numbers. We like that.
Finally, you don't have to call anybody at Verizon or even mess with the phones themselves to get the unwanted calls blocked completely. It's all done on the Internet. We really like that.
True, that means you have to have your online account set up. But we'd done that ages ago, so…here's the procedure from that point forward.
On the first Verizon page after logging in, there's a section titled PLAN. It's circled in green in the photo above.
Click on that.
This brings up a page headlined My Plan and Features. On the right side is a section for My Features, at the bottom of which is a button labeled Add/Change Features.
Click on that.
On the Change Features page, the feature you want to add is titled Usage Controls. In the photos, it shows as Current Feature simply because I never thought about doing a Hub on this topic until after we'd blocked our harrasser's calls.
If your account shows that, you're already paying for the privilege and could have been blocking calls from the beginning. If not, click on Add (on the right) and go from there.
The phone numbers for your cell phones have to be added one at a time–Verizon dpesn't have a button to add "All Phones For This Account" in a single click. The process is pretty straightforward, though, and eventually you end up with a page looking something like the photo above.
Minus the green redaction of numbers, of course.
Next, click on Blocked Contacts, which will bring up a page that lets you enter the number(s) from which you want to block incoming calls. Then you end up with a page like the photo below.
Adversary blocked! Ah, the peace and quiet!


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My cats have the weirdest eating habits. They seriously do this every day. I took pictures today so that I could show this to you:
1. See? It is possible for them both to eat out of the same dish at the same time.
2. But Dune always eats a little and then walks away. (See him in the top left corner?)
3. Then, he comes back…
4. …And Twilight goes away.
5. Rinse.
6. Repeat. So weird!


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They'd known each other a LONG time. Rewind all the way back to 10th grade summer camp when they met over camp songs, s'mores and fireside chats (we may be indulging our imagination a bit). There was no dating or exchanging of information, but a few years later, once they'd both graduated from separate colleges (UW and WSU rivals as it was) they ran into each other. She had befriended his high-school friends during college at UW. As they were both returning home, finding jobs, and catching up with friends they were reacquainted. It was oh so lucky they were because these two fell deeply in love (we like to think it was because of camp all those years ago) and are now getting married this summer!
Molly & Taylor, you two were so, so fun and easy to work with! Let's do it all again this September okay? 😉 ~Erik & Marissa


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NEW MEXICO: Obama
Published: November 6, 2008
The wave of Democratic zeal extended to a Southwestern battleground as Representative Tom Udall picked up a Senate seat and Democrats won all three seats in the House of Representatives.
Mr. Udall, a cowboy boot-wearing son of a political family who appealed to voters with a push for renewable energy and conservation and with opposition to the Wall Street bailout legislation, enjoyed a comfortable victory over his Republican opponent, Representative Steve Pearce.
The Democrats elected to the House were Martin T. Heinrich, Harry Teague and Ben R. Luj?
Exit polls showed a Democratic surge with Hispanic voters, who supported John Kerry only tepidly in 2004.
All three of the state's current members of the House -- Mr. Udall, Mr. Pearce and Heather A. Wilson -- sacrificed their seats to run for the Senate, with Mr. Pearce defeating Ms. Wilson in a Republican primary. The seat is being vacated by Pete V. Domenici, a Republican who has held it since 1973 but was diagnosed with a degenerative brain disease and decided to retire.
Mr. Udall will join at least one family member in the Senate. A cousin, Representative Mark Udall of Colorado, a Democrat, also won a Senate seat on Tuesday; another cousin, Republican Gordon H. Smith, was locked in a tight race to defend his Senate seat in Oregon.
CHART: PRESIDENT McCain .............. 332,979 42% 100% reporting Obama ............... 452,038 57% Other .................... 10,397 1% SENATE Udall (D) ........... 482,643 61% 100% reporting Pearce (R) ......... 305,718 39%


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"Pachakam" means cooking in kerala and Pachakam.Com welcomes you to the magnificent world of easy and healthy Indian cooking with a probe into the fascinating Indian cooking recipes. Cooking is not just about making food but is an art of presenting your culinary skills to those who love food with a different flavor and Indian cooking, by no means is an exception.
Hot n spicy chicken curry for rice, chapathi
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Published On: 12 Dec 2008
English: Onion
tamil: Vaengayam
malayalam: Savala
telugu: Nirulli / Ullipayalu / Yerra Gaddalu
kannada: Ulligadde / Erulli / Neeruli
hindi: Pyaz / Dungri / Kanda
Bengali: Pyajj / Piyaz
Gujarati: Dungri / Kanda
Konkani: Sawalo / Piyavu
Marathi: Kandaa
Oriya: Piaja
Punjabi: Pyaz
for more details, click the name of the ingredient
English: Turmeric Powder
tamil: Manjalpodi
malayalam: Manjalpodi
telugu: Pasupu
kannada: Arashina / Harasina Pudi
hindi: Haldi / Hardhar
Bengali: Halood
Gujarati: Hardhar / Haldi
Konkani: Haladpito
Marathi: Halad / Halede
Oriya: Haladi Gunda
Punjabi: Haldar / Haldi
Kashmiri: Lader
Urudu: Haladi
English: oil
tamil: Ennai
malayalam: enna
telugu: camuru
kannada: taila
hindi: tela
Punjabi: moyen
English: Salt
tamil: Uppu
malayalam: Uppu
telugu: Uppu
kannada: Uppu
hindi: Namak
Bengali: Laban / Noone
Gujarati: Meethu
Konkani: Meet
Marathi: Mith
English: Water
tamil: Thanner
malayalam: vellam
telugu: niru
kannada: niru
hindi: paani
Marathi: jal
English: Cilantro / Coriander Leaves
tamil: Kothamalli Ilai / Malli Ilai
malayalam: Kothamalli Ila / Malli Ila
telugu: Kothimeera / Kothamalli Kooraku
kannada: Kottambari Soppu
hindi: Hara Dhania Ke Patte / Dhania Patha
Bengali: Dhonay Patha
Gujarati: Kothmir / Dhana
Konkani: Kottambari Pallo
Marathi: Kothimbir
Oriya: Dhania Patra
Punjabi: Hara Dhania
English: Curry Leaves
tamil: Kariveppilai / Karivempu
malayalam: Kariveppila
telugu: Karivepaku / Karepaku
kannada: Karibevu / Baisoppu / Karibevina Soppu
hindi: Kadi Patta / Kathnim / Mitha Neem / Curry Patta / Gandhela / Bareanga
Bengali: Curry Patta / Barsanga / Kariphulli
Gujarati: Mitho Limdo / Meetho Limbado / Goranimb / Kadhilimbdo
Konkani: Karbapathi / Beva Palo
Marathi: Kadhi Patta / Karhinimb / Poospala / Gandla / Jhirang / Pandheri Kunthi
Oriya: Bhrusanga Patra / Barsan / Basango / Bhuraunga
Punjabi: Kadipatti / Curry Patta
Tulu: Bevudirae
Clean the chicken and cut into small pieces.
Heat oil in a pan.
Add onion pieces and fry them until it turns golden brown.
Add curry leaves and fry.
Add red chilli powder and chicken masala and saute for 2 mins.
Add chicken pieces and mix well.
Add turmeric powder, salt and water.
Mix well, cover and allow it to cook on medium flame for 5 mins.
Open and cook for 2 mins.
Garnish with coriander leaves and switch off the flame.
:- Serve with rice and chapathi.
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Which sign has it right? | Madalyn Rofer-Choate
Even the city-issued signs disagree about the correct spelling of the Victorian-era neighborhood next to Echo Park. Madalyn Rofer-Choate sent in this photo of the signs at Bellevue Avenue and East Edgeware Road that spell the neighborhood name two ways: Angeleno with an "e" and Angelino with an "i. While it seems that the neighborhood name is most often spelled Angelino Heights, there are still plenty of examples of Angeleno Heights as well.
Old tract maps, for example, show the name spelled "Angeleno" with an "e" but the city's Office of Historic Resources uses "Angelino" with an "i." The neighborhood's Wikipedia entry for Angelino Heights said the neighborhood's name was originally spelled Angeleno. A history piece in L.A. Magazine title "CityDig: The Living History of Angelino Heights" goes on to spell the name both ways.
The Eastsider, by the way, prefers Angeleno Heights.
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Lesson 1 (from Act 1, Scene 1)
Act 1, Scene 1
Veta Simmons and her daughter are actively trying to improve their social status within the community. As the play opens, they are hosting a party in the Dowd home. The objective of this lesson is to understand the basic personality and motivations of Veta Simmons and Myrtle Mae Simmons and how it impinges on their attitudes toward Elwood Dowd.
1) Class Discussion: What kind of people are Veta Simmons and Myrtle Mae Simmons? What is Veta Simmons trying to achieve? What does Myrtle Mae Simmons want? How does Elwood Dowd factor in to their plans?
2) Groups: Divide the class into equal-sized groups. Have each group create a personality sketch of both Veta Simmons and her daughter, Myrtle Mae Simmons, listing about five personality traits for each. Then, reconvene to discuss each group's findings with the class.
3) Individual Writing: Write a 1-2 page paper on...
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Hendricks County Parks & Recreation and local artist Rachel Davis are bringing a new outdoor painting program to McCloud Nature Park and Sodalis Nature Park this summer, beginning May 20, combining popular step-by-step canvas painting events with the great outdoors.
Plein Air Painting offers aspiring artists of all skill levels the unique opportunity to come out to McCloud or Sodalis to paint beautiful landscapes and historic structures under the guidance and instruction of Davis, who owns and operates The Purple Palette.
Davis will bring all necessary art supplies out to each park and then provide step-by-step guidance specific to each participant's skill level. A Hendricks County Park Naturalist will be there to provide some background and education to painters about what they're painting while they work. Participants will be able to take their unique artwork and conversation piece home with them at the end of the program.
The term "plein air" comes from the French phrase en plein air, meaning "in open air." The new Plein Air Painting program invites participants to immerse themselves in the therapeutic benefits of fresh air and natural beauty of Hendricks County parks while creating a masterpiece on canvas outdoors.
Plein Air Painting will be held on May 20 and June 17 at McCloud Nature Park. Additional programs will be held on July 15 and August 19 at Sodalis Nature Park. All programs begin at 10 a.m. and last about two hours. Each program is $30 per person.
Plein Air Painting is recommended for ages 6+ and advance registration is required. To learn more about this program, including how to register, click here. Space in each program is limited, so early registration is encouraged.


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Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie > Helio Gracie > Rolls Gracie > Romero Cavalcanti > Ricardo Vieira > Juan Reppin
Professor Reppin started training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu BJJ at the early age of 16 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. He earned his BJJ Black Belt under the Vieira Brothers of Checkmat Brazilian Jiu Jitsu association and team, headquartered in Sao Paolo, Brazil. It was founded by Leo Vieira who leads Checkmat with his brothers Ricardo Vieira and Leandro Vieira.
In 2010 Professor Reppin traveled to the United Kingdom and was a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructor at Aire Valley Martial Arts. AVMA had fighters that would compete in MMA, K1 Kickboxing, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. The Professor played a big role in the success of the fighters there.
The Professor later travelled to the United Arab Emirates and was hired to train the UAE Presidential Guard in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Combatives from 2011 to 2013. While in the UAE, Professor Reppin also trained US Special Ops Soldiers from Alpha Company 1st Battalion 5th Special Forces Group in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. The 5th Special Forces Group is one of the most decorated special operations units in the United States military.
Professor Reppin was also BJJ and Self Defense Coach for men, women, and children at the MMA Fitness Centre Dubai during his time in the UAE. The Professor now lives in Tampa and is the Head Grappling Instructor and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Professor at Relentless MMA Tampa.
Professor Juan Reppin - Head Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Instructor - Checkmat Tampa
Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie > Helio Gracie > Rolls Gracie > Romero Cavalcanti > Ricardo Vieira > Juan Reppin


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It's been a long school year, I have 5 more weeks of school and I'm done! Today is Mother's Day, but I'm off at school so I can't see my mom and grandma. This is the first time I won't be around to celebrate with them.
I miss them so much although it's only been a week since I last saw them. I'm counting down the 2 weeks until I can see them. I'm so homesick just because I miss eating homemade dinners. I miss the fact that I have a quiet environment to study.
Last night, I couldn't sleep until 5 am because the people upstairs were being ridiculously loud by kicking a soccer ball around and playing the drums. The RAs personally told us that they couldn't do anything about it because it's not against policy to be talking so loudly. These people have messed up my sleep schedule so badly.
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What is Video Marketing?
The name is cocky explanatory. It involves creating promotional videos to advance an artifact or service. These visuals are uploaded to the internet for accessible viewing. Like commodity marketing, video advertisements are tagged with high-ranking, accordant keywords.
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How to apparatus an able Video Business Strategy?
Given the actuality that a blow is advised to advance an artifact or account created by a company, entrepreneurs generally accept that it should be able in content. The sole ambition should be to advance the product. While this is true, it is amiss to bind the agreeable of business advance videos. The capability of any business attack depends on how accepted it becomes and the fan abject it generates. An acute agent beguiles the spectator. He creates an advertisement that entertains his admirers and advertises his product. If one brand a video, he will allotment it with his contacts, which will in about-face canyon it down.
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Welcome to Hyundai of Bedford
We here at Hyundai of Bedford are excited to share our automotive resources with the drivers of Parma, Shaker Heights, and the rest of the Cleveland area. From top to bottom, our operation is aimed at making car ownership a pleasant experience for local drivers.
New Hyundai Models for Sale
Hyundai of Bedford has more than 200 new Hyundai vehicles to choose from. From the ever-popular Sonata midsize sedan to the convenient Hyundai Tucson crossover and the sporty Veloster, our Hyundai selection has a little for everyone. Plus, we also offer a selection of Genesis luxury models like the G80.
Shopping for your new Hyundai or Genesis is simple with our online listings. You can explore every new vehicle available on our lot with access to details about features, options, performance, and more. When you're ready to drive one yourself, head over to see us in person. Check out our selection of new Hyundai cars & SUVs near Cleveland to get started with your shopping process.
Varied Used Car Selection
Looking for a certified pre-owned Hyundai near Shaker Heights? Have you set your sights on a used Chevy, Ford, or BMW? Hyundai of Bedford is a perfect place to start your search. We take in a wide variety of pre-owned vehicles via trade-in deals, resulting in a sizeable used car inventory. With competitive prices and large inventory to choose from, it's no wonder why local shoppers come to us for quality used cars. Whether you're in search of a great deal on a used car, or the added piece of mind that comes with the substantial warranty on a certified pre-owned Hyundai model, you can find a great selection at our Bedford, OH dealership.
Financing and Leasing Opportunities
If you find a car at Hyundai of Bedford that you want to take home, we'll do our best to help you find a payment plan that lets you do so. Between our network of lenders and our access to Hyundai incentives, we've had great success helping shoppers from Hudson, OH and beyond find both lease and auto loan offers.
If you're interested in owning your car, we recommend applying for an auto loan. Our finance team has the smarts to help you navigate each phase of the application process. We'll take the reins to communicate with lenders and make sure you get the best rates and lowest payments possible. If it's a lease that you're after, we'll point you toward any incentives and offers that can help you save.
Service and Parts
Our dedication to local drivers goes beyond sales. You can visit Hyundai of Bedford for your maintenance needs as well with the help of our parts and service department. Whether you need routine maintenance or you're looking to order Hyundai accessories, we can help. Call our service center at (888) 568-6220 to learn more.
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You can find the Hyundai you've been dreaming about here at Hyundai of Bedford. Stop by our location near John Carrol University and you'll see for yourself how our impressive selection and dedication to quality service play into genuine customer satisfaction across the board. Call ahead or simply stop by during business to plan a test drive, finance consultation, or learn our parts and service department. We're only a short drive from communities like Parma, OH and Shaker Heights.


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Making SEO Relevant: Why Google Rankings Aren't Everything
Many SEO companies out there will promise you the earth: number 1 spot on Google, top 10 rankings for all your keywords and enough resulting wealth to buy your own earth. But they're missing the point – Google rankings aren't everything. Why? Because Google only care about providing the most relevantsearch results for users.
Let's say you're a pizza restaurant ranking number 1 for pizza. That's great – the company you've paid have done their job. But it doesn't really matter – even if you're getting hundreds more visits because of that ranking – because if most of those users clicking onto your site are actually looking for pizza takeaway, then all you'll have achieved is a high bounce rate.
So what should you be looking for when making SEO relevant?
Making It Easy for Google
Google aren't trying to trip you up with their algorithms, or seeking to make life difficult. They just want to get the right search results for the right searches in the shortest time possible. And if you can make that easy, they'll appreciate it.
That's why you should always make sure your site structure flows properly. If you struggle to find your way from the products page to the homepage in 10 minutes then how do you expect a robot flying through your site in seconds to do it?
Similarly, if your site is a minefield of broken links, duplicate pages and poorly optimised content, Google isn't going to give it a second look.
Making It Relevant for Your Users
You might think that all you can do is make sure your site's content says exactly what you do and pray that Google will do the rest.
That's not true. Google are constantly introducing features that you can use to pad out your site's relevancy.
One of these things is rich snippets, a handy tool we've mentioned in detail before, which allows you to add extra hidden data about your page that will appear in the search engines. This could be a track listing for an album, a review for a restaurant or just a quick ingredients list for a recipe.
It might seem a small, insignificant detail to include, but they significantly increase click through rates and conversions, purely because there is a higher chance that those that click on your link will actually have been looking for your link.
Be a Part of Your Community
There's nothing Google, or in fact users, like more than finding an authority on a topic. Whether it's laptops or courgettes, a site that regularly participates in the community is going to be sought after.
So participate.
Answer questions on forums, start your own blog, write tutorials – whatever you can think of to contribute to your online community, just do it.
The more you do it, the more authority you'll possess with your audience and the more likely you'll be their first stop if they have a question. Better still, the wider you spread your web of expertise, the more Google will think your site is relevant for that particular industry. So there really is no downside.
And if you're reading this thinking "there's no way my business has a community". Think again. Everything has an online community- and I mean everything. All you have to do is look for it.
That's What SEO Is All About
It's something we've known for a long time at Strategy, and it's why our results are so exceptional. If you focus on rankings you're doomed to face a constant battle against Google. But if you have these three things:
Relevance: People clicking your links have a higher chance of wanting your link
User friendly: Give people and Google an easy ride through your site and they'll find what they want (including the checkout) faster and without giving up
Authority: Make yourself the authority and people will recommend their friends to visit the site that answered their question.
Then you're more likely to not just get those rankings, but conversions, loyal visitors and more sales. That's exactly what we focus on and it works for our clients. And it can work for you too.
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How to Invest for Big Profits When the Smartest Guys In the Room Are Wrong
I'm used to giving tough presentations, but last week's took the cake when I was asked to frame my delivery around something that's on many investors' minds at the moment…
…how to invest for big profits when the smartest guys in the room are wrong
There's no doubt the "guys in the room are wrong" when you look at the mess central bankers around the world have created in their rush to stimulate the world's economy.
Nearly every central banker around the world has his or her hands in the proverbial cookie jar at the moment. Together they've injected an estimated $8 trillion into the world's markets with more on the way according to The Wall Street Journal. Yet, the IMF recently made headlines for downgrading global growth to a mere 3.2%??!!
If central bankers actually knew what they were doing and stimulus actually worked, the world's economy would be screaming along at 7% a year and there'd be more jobs than workers. Wages would be rising and there'd be a housing market that would make even the Kardashians blink.
That's obviously not happening. Trying the same tired old tactics and expecting different results is a fool's errand. And that means you've got to invest accordingly.
That's what we're going to talk about today and, as always, I've got an investment choice to get you started that's perfectly suited for today's markets.
A Definition for "Must-Have" to Cut Through the Clutter
There are a lot of people who are thrilled by the "recovery" if you read the headlines. At least that's what they want us to believe – they being politicians running for re-election, central bankers who don't have to work like the rest of us, and academics who think their fancy models explain everything (except of course how real money works).
If that's true, ask yourself…
…why is it that 62% of Americans have less than $1,000 in their checking accounts?
…why only 37% of Americans have enough savings to pay for a $500 emergency
…why we're becoming a nation of burger flippers instead of adding high-paying, high value jobs
Answer, the average American family hasn't had a raise in 15 years.
Politicians would have you believe that there's a huge dividing line between the rich and the poor when it comes to this sort of stuff, but that's not true. Real household income is declining across the board. Rich or poor, it doesn't matter.
You can skin this any way you want, but we don't play politics here and never will. So, once again, let's get that off the table right now. My job is to help you make money.
What I want you to understand today is that money isn't flowing to consumers like the government wants so investing in consumer driven companies doesn't make sense if you want to earn huge profits going forward. The best they're going to do is scrape by because most of them are they're "nice to have" at best.
Instead, you want to shift your thinking to "must-have" companies meeting three criteria:
- You have to have them and what they make to survive
- Governments, businesses and individuals will spend trillions of dollars to have them no matter what economic conditions actually are.
- Central bankers cannot screw them up, Wall Street cannot hijack them, and politicians cannot vote them out of existence
There's nothing especially complicated about all this, and actually it's to your advantage that millions of investors will never understand the subtlety we're talking about today because that means there are plenty of bargains out there.
Take water, for example – either you have it or you die.
There are very few investments with that kind of "must have" potential. People will spend whatever it takes to ensure they have access. I'm tracking several water-related investments in our paid sister services at the moment, ranging from the only national utility to smaller specialty companies making filtration, valves, and pump equipment. One has already returned well into the triple digits for subscribers who have followed along and it's still a great buy.
Consider defense – either you have it or you die.
I'm tracking any number of plays in this area, too for similar reasons. Here, too, there's plenty of triple digit potential.
And that brings me to today's opportunity.
The world's population is about to hit a monster milestone.
According to The Economist, the number of people on this planet will top 9.7 billion by 2050. What's more, The National Institute of Health and Aging projects that the number of people 65 and older will outnumber children younger than five worldwide by 2020 at the latest. That's the first time in history this will be the case.
In many places, you can already see this happening.
In Japan, where I spend a good portion of my time every year, there are already schools closing because there are no kids, for example. Rural cities are literally being abandoned as aging pensioners move to cities to be closer to their children and medical care.
Here in America the same move is underway and most investors perceive that as a function of Obamacare and the move to national health care. But, actually, it's about the related surge in medically related expenditures that's going to surface as a result.
My favorite way to play that is a company we've talked about several times: Becton, Dickinson & Co. (NYSE: BDX), a global leader in sophisticated diagnostic and medical device sales.
But the real potential is in something far more basic and that's where the "must have" concept comes in. BDX produces more than 29 billion syringes a year, every one of which can be used once.
That's important from an investing standpoint because it means the company has built in demand for its products. People have to have syringes to deliver the medicines they need…or they'll die.
The return on equity has ranged from 10% to 26% over the past five years and sales are ramping up. Year over year quarterly revenue growth is a staggering 45% and, as the company continues to make strategic acquisitions, I think both numbers accelerate at a time when "nice to have" alternatives are going to struggle.
I'll be back next week with more.
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LAS VEGAS. Having invested $150 million over the last two years in restructuring and expanding its core wheel and wheel-end business, Accuride Corp. announced that the investment has allowed it to secure new long-term agreements with three truck manufacturers and two trailer makers.
Over one-third of the investment has been spent doubling the company's aluminum wheel production capacity, Accuride president and CEO Rick Dauch said at a press conference during the Heavy Duty Aftermrket Week conference. And $35 million has been used to consolidate and upgrade its Gunite brake drum, slack adjuster and wheel hub manufacturing operation.
The company also used its investment funds to overhaul its IT structure, expand R&D and test facilities, and make necessary upgrades to its facilities, according to Dauch. In addition to the initial $155 million, Accuride will invest an addition $30 million by 2015 to upgrade its steel wheel plant.
"We've been in a 'fix' mode, reinvesting and reorganizing our core businesses for the last two years," Dauch said. "That's just about finished and we're now moving into our growth phase."


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- Hospital is a great place to go for a full-immersion linguistic experience. The Lebanese discuss literature in French and business in English, but for the murky ins and outs of corporeal function and dysfunction, only earthy, forthright Lebanese dialect really cuts the mustard, even at Hôtel Dieu de France. So if you're serious about learning spoken Arabic, consider a short stay on the ward.
- Humour and familiarity are never out of place. "Shou, tu as trop mal?" (What's up, are you in too much pain?) the resident doctor asks me as I writhe in agony in the delivery suite. "What's too much?" I gasp, and muster a shrug as there's obviously nothing more they can do about it. "C'est comme si tu allais accoucher," he comments blithely (It's as if you were gonna give birth). I have to smile through the pain. Incidentally he calls his professor the doctor "vous" whereas I, a patient he has never seen before, get the familiar "tu" form.
- You are not allowed to take guns to hospital. No, really. You have to leave them at home, ok? Those are the rules.
- Family – well, do I ever post without mentioning family? – family should always be there for you, especially when you are waiting for an operation…including both sets of grandparents and your teenage siblings, so they can keep sneaking back into the hospital room every time the nurse turns her back.
- Dangly earrings and wedge sandals are the perfect accessories to liven up an anaesthetist's white coat. Just don't toss your peroxide hair too hard as the epidural needle goes in – maybe that's why it didn't work on one side?
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Congrats ! Nice to know your observation skills stuck around during the delivery :)
And welcome back, it's been a while. Cheers !
Congrats on the new baby!! Hope you are recovering well… curious what you thought of Hotel Dieu… considered having my next there!
Missed your blog posts…. welcome back! :)
Congrats, thought I'd finally check up your blog spot, remembering that the baby was due in the later half of the year. Where are the photos? gathered from later blog that it is a girl, what's her name then and does she take after her mother or her father, especially in the hair/eyes department?
Can't believe you were here in September with the new arrival and you didn't let me know!


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Employers that already offer paid leave benefits to their workers will be able to apply beginning next month for an exemption from having to collect, remit and pay the new tax intended to fund a state paid family and medical leave program.
The fledgling Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) plans to begin collecting a 0.63 percent payroll tax from employers July 1 to fund the estimated $800 million paid family and medical leave program launched so workers can more easily take care of themselves and their families without facing fiscal crises.
On Wednesday, DFML announced that companies that offer workers a plan at least as generous as the benefits provided by the new state law will be able to apply for an exemption starting on April 29.
Companies will have to apply for the exemptions each year, the department said. The applications will become available about one month after DFML releases its regulations for public comment, which is expected by March 29. The final regulations are to be promulgated by July 1, when the program kicks into effect.
The benefits program was created as part of the so-called grand bargain, an expansive law which the Legislature passed and Gov. Charlie Baker signed in June to keep issues like paid family leave, a sales tax reduction and a minimum wage increase off the November ballot. The law raised the minimum wage but did not feature a reduction in the sales tax rate.
The new law calls for up to 12 weeks of job-protected paid leave to care for a seriously ill or injured family member, to care for a new child, or to meet family needs arising from a family member's active duty military service. It also authorizes up to 20 weeks of job-protected paid leave to recover from a worker's own serious illness or injury, or to care for a seriously ill or injured service member.
Benefits will become available on Jan. 1, 2021 for workers seeking time off to bond with a new child, take care of a sick or injured servicemember or to tend to a serious personal health condition. On July 1, 2021, benefits will be made available for workers to care for a family member with a serious health condition.
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A Little Chaos: Film Review
Natalie Stendall
Posted on April 20, 2015
It's been seventeen years since esteemed actor Alan Rickman directed a feature. He returns with a lavish period drama, A Little Chaos, that's a far cry from his acclaimed indie effort, The Winter Guest.
"Crams a predictable love story into a societal pressure-cooker"
Attempting both gentle romance and a meditation on grief, Rickman crams a predictable love story about a married landscape gardener and his female protégé into a societal pressure-cooker: the royal court of King Louis XIV. Sexually liberated but emotionally bottled-up, the King's (Alan Rickman) royal circle offers the potential to magnify love and seduction. In reality, the setting provides little more than inevitable romance fodder from gossip, to jealous spouses and a throwaway revenge plot, hammering audiences over the head with its promiscuous, morally dubious alternate reality. In spite of the dazzling costumery and sets, Rickman's French court is blunt and laboured.
Commissioned by principal gardener André Le Nôtre (Matthias Schoenaerts) to build an outdoor ballroom at the palace of Versailles, Sabine De Barra (Kate Winslet) reacts to the King's elite entourage with jumpy apprehension, but this cast have all been better elsewhere. Rickman fails to rein in the escalating melodrama and De Barra's emotional unravelling is painfully overwrought.
A Little Chaos is a film of compounded inconsistency. It's frustrating as Rickman proves himself more than capable of tapping into nuance as both actor and director. His King Louis quietly confides a personal loss in a poignant scene that briefly redeems A Little Chaos before eventually jabbing us with the film's sweeping, squandered potential.
Certificate: 12A
Running time: 117 minutes
UK release date: 17 April 2015
US release date: 26 June 2015
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Tomorrow – now in production
It's done! It's gone to be manufactured! The new recording for my grand children and your grandchildren and everybody's grandchildren, everywhere! It has been a marvellous journey. I promised to make this, initiately, when Molly was born (2005) but in my usual mixture of inertia and distraction nothing happened... well, that's not quite true cos I did manage to produce 'Below the Radar' in the meantime. I think the general emotional tiredness that follows the creative and subsequent release and promotional effort of that CD, resulted in the inertia. I dunno! Anyway, it is now complete and I'm feeling really pleased with the result. The usual suspects joined me in the recording for which I am truly grateful: John Kirkpatrick, Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting and Andy Seward. But Chris Coe with her Hammer Dulcimer added the sound I wanted with wonderful playing. In fact everyone played with energy, creativity and awesome skill. I include in this my son David who I asked to play guitar for his mum (Val) and me on one of the tracks. I also managed to get Jessica (eldest granddaughter 9 yrs old!) to open the CD by singing with me. She does so beautifully I think! She was excited to sing for her brother, Henry, and her cousin, Molly and did so with quiet assurance, if a bit giggly at times! Actually, we both found ourselves giggling as we worked together on the track - it was great fun!
I'm also delighted to include a song written by Kit, our daughter and Molly's mum. She wrote 'Molly's Garden', a few years ago and I heard her singing it around the house. Soon everyone began singing it, including Molly! I'm sure you'll like the song and it won't be long before you'll be joining in the chorus at least, yourself. I hope it will be ready by August Bank Holiday weekend. I hope to launch it at my afternoon concert on Monday 29th!
I have to tell you that David has created a truly beautiful cover design and if I knew how to do it I'd include it here but I don't! It will, however, soon be on the 'Music' page when I manage to get my friend, Chris, to do it for me! We all have to be patient - I'm terrible at this. I'm an 'instant gratification' personality. Aaagh! See you somewhere, soon I hope?
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Guinea pigs, rabbits and cats are the animals most likely to fall victim to new technology, but reptiles and birds have also come undone at the hands of 21st century toys.
Computer laptops, remote controls and plasma screen televisions are also high on the gadget danger list.
And although Britain is meant to be a nation of pet lovers, it appears we are unwilling to take responsibility for their accidents: the majority of people blame their "clumsy" animals instead.
More than a third those surveyed said that their pet had caused injury to themselves by eating something they shouldn't, while a third of animals have hurt themselves by jumping off furniture.
Only one third of humans admitted responsibility for an injury suffered by their animals.
"The survey shows how involved our pets are in our everyday lives which is something that can take a while to get used to," said vet Brian Faulkner.
"Dogs are especially inquisitive and often get under your feet when you are concentrating on something else.
"Luckily, most of the time they see you before you see them and manage to move out of the way before you step on them but it is not uncommon for vets to have to help them through the odd accidental owner-inflicted scrape and bruise."
The survey of 3,000 animal owners by Petplan revealed a number of unlikely accidents, including a cat who singed of her whiskers by trying to sniff a candle, and a dog had to be treated by vets after swallowing a pair of knickers.
Top 10 gadgets most likely in injure pets
1) iPod (15 per cent)
2) Laptop (10.8 per cent)
3) Remote Control (10.8 per cent)
4) Plasma TV (10.8 per cent)
5) Wii (10 per cent)
6) DVD Player (10 per cent)
7) Playstation (8.3 per cent)
8) Nintendo DS (5.8 per cent)
9) Mobile Phone (5.8 per cent)
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This course bundle gives full access to all the SIMS assessment manager training courses on this site for a substantially reduced price.
This set of courses are aimed at secondary schools and local SIMS support units.
The curriculum will cover the following areas:
This bundle contains all the important skills and techniques that you'll need to become a key member of your school's data team. I've focused on teaching what you really need to know to do your job and I've cut out all the useless stuff you don't need.
With experienced data managers earning upwards over £35,000, getting the right skills is important. Working in schools, doing a meaningful job that can positively influence children's lives is a wonderful career.
The video courses include:
This is a bundle of several interlinked courses. You can choose to buy the courses individually if you wish but if you buy them together as a bundle there is a substantial saving. The courses are video based.
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The cost of the bundle is £200 per person or £500 for a site license. You can pay immediately by PayPal or Credit/Debit card. Note that if you pay online, VAT has to be added to bring the full price up to £240.
I can supply your finance officer with an invoice - email a purchase order reference number to firstname.lastname@example.com.
You can sign up now and start learning today. Click the enroll button at the top of this screen.
If you are new to SIMS Assessment I recommend you take the Assessment Manager Key Skills course which is part of this bundle. It is used by many schools to give staff the basic SIMS Assessment skills that will allow them to access the more complex later courses.
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The video lecture format and webinar are a very useful way of approximating a hands on training scenario and are better than manuals as you can see the content being used. As an experienced Assessment user I have found the sessions very useful, particularly for the new KS4 resources and Programmes of Study functionality. The most useful information for a more experienced user is the examples of what and why you would use something, and suggestions for good practice.
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Honestly I can't believe I used to be able to go into an exam with little revision and come out with good (ish) marks back in the day. I think the older I get my brain must be not wanting to take in any new information, as I've been full on revisining since Sunday and I feel like I've learnt absolutely nothing - oh well thats a lie - I do know that techonology has been the greatest impact on HR and businesses in the last 50 years. However thats not going to get me a pass. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
The thought of Fat Buddha and alcohol will get me through this afternoon, and the thought of getting a new iPhone by the end of the week too is helping. Roll on 5pm. Rant over ;)