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Past CURL Events
Check out CURL's events from the recent past.
Immigration: The Long Walk to Freedom
Thursday March 26 | 7:00PM
Mundelein Auditorium
Lake Shore Campus
Lawrence Benito, immigrant rights activist and CEO of Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) and former CURL Graduate Fellow will be discussing his ongoing work with ICIRR to promote more just immigration reform policies both locally and nationally.
Effect of Public Policy on Private Student Lending
Effect of Public Policy on Private Student Lending
Xiaoling Ang: Economist at US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 | 3:00 pm-4:30 pm | Lake Shore Campus, Information Commons, 4th Floor
Loyola Alum and former CURL Undergraduate Fellow, Xiaoling Ang, an economist at US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, will speak about her role at the Bureau, and her current work on private student loans. She will also talk about how her undergraduate Loyola experience informed how she works with various constituencies including other agencies, consumers, and other researchers.
All are welcome: students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members.
Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL)
Quinlan School of Business
The Young Lords Organization:Its History and Impact on the Latino Community and Other Oppressed Communities
Jose "Cha Cha" Jimenez, Founder of the Young Lords national movement
Wednesday, October 15th, 2014 | 6:00pm | Lake Shore Campus, Crown Auditorium
"If the People of El Salvador can ask for self-determination, if the People of Nicara-gua can ask for self-determination, if the People of Ireland can ask for self-determination, if the People of Poland can ask for self-determination, if Black People in America can stand up and demand self-determination, then Puerto Ricans demand self-determination."
Sponsored by: Chicagoland Coalition for Minority Advancement, Latin American Studies Program, CURL, Department of Sociology, and
CAS Dean's Office.
Book Signing. Jesus Christ, Peacemaker: A New Theology of Peace by Terry Rynne.
Book Signing. Jesus Christ, Peacemaker: A New Theology of Peace by Terry Rynne.
Terry Rynne: Co-President of the Sally and Terry Rynne Foundation and the founder of the Center for Peacemaking at Marquette University.
Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Lake Shore Campus, Information Commons, 4th Floor
"Rynne retrieves the image of Jesus as Peacemaker and with the example and teaching of Gandhi he lays a new foundation for non-violence, not as a weakspined evasion of social responsibilities but as a strategy, and above all, as a fundamental attitude of Christian faith and more-necessarythan- ever practice of peace-making. . . ." —Rev. Peter Phan, Georgetown University
A short presentation and refreshments will be served. All are welcome: students, faculty, staff and community members.
If you have any questions, please contact Teresa Neumann at firstname.lastname@example.com
Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL)
Hank Center for Catholic Intellectual Heritage,
Department of Theology, Peace Studies,
Provost Office for Social Justice Initiative
Connected in Crime: Using Network Analysis to Understand Chicago's Violence Epidemic
Connected in Crime: Using Network Analysis to Understand Chicago's Violence Epidemic
Andrew Papachristos: Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Yale University whose research focuses on social networks, neighborhoods, street gangs, and interpersonal violence.
Thursday, March 13th, 2014 | 2:00 pm-4:00 pm | Lake Shore Campus, Information Commons, 4th Floor
Loyola alum, former CURL Fellow, and current Yale professor Andrew Papachristos will explore how understanding the growing field of network science helps understand Chicago's gun violence epidemic. Using data on fatal and non-fatal gunshot injuries for the entire city of Chicago, this presentation will describe the severe concentration of violence within small social networks and how one's position in such networks relates to the probability of getting shot. The implications of such networked insights for policy, prevention, and enforcement efforts will also be discussed.
All are welcome: students, faculty, staff and community members.
If you have any questions, please contact Teresa Neumann at firstname.lastname@example.com
Co Sponsored:
Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL)
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
Provost Office for Social Justice Initiatives
Urban Studies Minor
View the video of the lecture.
Contract Buyers League of Chicago: Makers "Making" by "Taking" from the African American Community.
CURL Friday Morning Seminar | November 22nd, 2013 10:30am—Noon | Cuneo Hall, Room 417
Jack Macnamara, Chief Organizer, Contract Buyers League of Chicago and CURL Scholar will be recounting the contract selling of residential real estate to black home buyers in Chicago during the 1940s, 50s, and 60s as a heinous example of systematic racial exploitation. He will also explore evidence coming to light that this is an example of continuing practices indicative of a "culture of legalized stealing from people of color."
Sustainability Bus Tour
Sustainability is about soil, air, and water as well as economic opportunity and social equity.
- What happens to communities when factories shut down and jobs disappear?
- Speak with community leaders about environmental hazards disproportionally affecting Chicago's low-income communities.
Learn about environmental and social sustainability on a bus tour through Chicago's Southeast side.
WHEN: Saturday, November 16th, 2013 9:00am-1:00pm
Funded in part by the College of Arts and Sciences.
Tour provided by People for Community Recovery.
Increasing Access, Increasing Livability: The CTA Red Line South Extension
November 1st 2013, from 10:30 to noon in Cuneo 417, FRIDAY MORNING SEMINAR.
"Increasing Access, Increasing Livability: The CTA Red Line South Extension." The presentation includes the following individuals:
Phyllis Palmer, Chairperson, Developing Communities Project, Inc. Red Line Oversight Committee.
Kendra Smith, Associate Outreach & Community Engagement, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.
Julie Hilvers, University-Community Research Coordinator, CURL & PhD student, Department of Sociology, Loyola University Chicago.
Phyllis Palmer from the Developing Communities Project will discuss the long history of community organizing and advocacy in the Greater Roseland area to extend the south branch CTA Red Line train from 95th Street to 130th Street. Kendra Smith will discuss how the CTA Red Line South Extension fits into the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning's (CMAP) GO TO 2040 comprehensive regional plan for metro Chicago. Julie Hilvers will discuss CURL's partnership with DCP and CMAP to gather qualitative data in an effort to document community members' experiences with public transit and document how the extension would impact the Far South Side communities.
Examining Movement Building Around the Globe: Cory Muldoon
In case you missed it, check out the presentation that Cory Muldoon shared with us last semester during a Friday Morning Seminar. View interviews he conducted with organizers around the globe and here in Chicago. Learn more about the principles of organizing and how social change is possible in similar and unique contexts all over the world.
Movement Building Around the Globe PowerPoint
Learning about Environmental Toxins
During the summer of 2013 in conjunction with the Advancing Healthy Homes Initiative, youth from Erie Neighborhood House heard a presentation on environmental health by CURL fellows and visited the Lake Shore campus to witness the chemical processes of measuring the levels of heavy metals in hair samples. They also talked with our colleagues at the Institute of Environmental Sustainability about the use of mapping in presenting research findings. CURL is pleased to host such visits that expose youth in Chicago to collaborative research being done in their communities on a variety of topics. Visit our Facebook page to see more pictures of the visit.
Social Mix and the City: Challenging the Mixed Communities Consensus in Housing and Urban Planning Policies
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 | 3:00 pm -5:00 pm | 417, Cuneo Hall
Dr. Kathy Arthurson, Associate Professor and Director of Neighborhoods, Housing and Health @ Flinders Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity at Flinders University of South Australia. She will be presenting on her new book Social Mix and the City: Challenging the Mixed Communities Consensus in Housing and Urban Planning Policies.
Learn more about Dr. Arthurson's book and her discussion at http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6488.htm
Panel on Michael Harrington's The Other America, 50 Years Later
Friday, April 12, 2013 | 10:30 am -12:00 pm | 417, Cuneo Hall
This Friday Morning's Seminar will feature the panel "Michael Harrington's The Other America, 50 Years Later." Harrington's influential book, published in 1962, shone a light on poverty in America. During the seminar, panelists will use Harrington's book as a jumping off point to assess poverty in America today, as well as relevant social policy. Panelist Nancy Shier also will reflect on her personal work with Michael Harrington and what he likely would think today about poverty in America. Panelists include:
* Ayana Karanja, Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, Loyola University Chicago
* Nancy Shier, Vice President, Illinois Policy, Ounce of Prevention Fund
* Christine George, Associate Research Professor, CURL, Loyola University Chicago
* Phil Nyden, Director, CURL, Loyola University Chicago
Exit Zero: A Rough Cut Screening
A Rough Cut Screening Friday, April 12, 2013 | 2:00 pm -4:00 pm | McCormick Lounge, Coffey Hall
Director Chris Boebel, Producer Christine Walley
Exit Zero offers an unusually intimate look at the lasting effects of deindustrialization in the United States, and the ways that Americans talk – and fail to talk – about social class. Using home movies, found footage, and a first person narrative, the film interweaves the stories of multiple generations of filmmaker Christine Walley's family in the once-thriving steel mill community of Southeast Chicago. It conveys the devastation brought about by the collapse of the steel industry and its long-term social and environmental impacts.
Environmental Justice and Public Sociology: Using Photography, Theater & Digital Media.
Crossing the Campus-Community Divide: Scholarship, Advocacy, and Trying to Do it All: Tracy Perkins
Friday, March 22nd, 2013| 3:00 pm -5:00 pm | Information Commons, 4th floor | STREAMING LIVE
Tracy Perkins is a PhD student in Sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She will present Voices from the Valley (www.voicesfromthevalley.org), a public sociology project that uses theater, photography, and digital media to raise the profile of environmental justice advocacy in California's San Joaquin Valley. She will reflect on the project's origins and continued development, its relationship to her teaching and research, and the possibilities and pitfalls of working across the campus-community divide. See more of her work at www.willworkforjustice.com
Immigration: Undocumented Students in Higher Education
In the United States today, many undocumented students, bright, talented, and motivated young men and women who were brought into this country by parents without the authorization of the federal government or who entered the U.S. legally but overstayed their visas, find themselves prevented from developing their full potential, limited in their ability to contribute to the civic life of their surroundings, and living in fear of being deported.
On February 26th, 2013, findings of "Immigration: Undocumented Students in Higher Education" a major national study of undocumented students at Jesuit colleges and universities will be unveiled and discussed in Washington, DC.
This is a major, multi-year Ford Foundation-funded study to understand the issues and complex lives of undocumented students in higher education, with a focus on the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States. The three lead Jesuit institutions – Fairfield, Santa Clara, and Loyola University Chicago – each partnered with another Jesuit university in their region, doing in-depth interviews with students, staff, and community advocates.
Researchers found some undocumented students dream of becoming teachers, accountants, nurses, doctors, and engineers. However, those professions are off limits because they require certifications that undocumented students are unable to obtain. Some shared that they feel disconnected from campus life.
The research aims to:
- present a way of proceeding on immigration that informs and helps shape the national educational discourse
- improve institutional practices for undocumented students at Jesuit institutions nationwide
- explore the obstacles, needs, and desires of impacted students, and provide them with a more fulfilling educational experience
- make a substantive contribution to the common good of the nation from a principled Catholic perspective
- suggest a new model of leadership in the area of serving undocumented students in higher education
The event will bring together Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) presidents, faculty, and administrators; national legislators; and students. There will be an opportunity to talk one-on-one with speakers and researchers following the event, including students. In a gesture of solidarity, a group of AJCU presidents have signed a moral statement to work together to help undocumented students. We anticipate that many of the presidents who signed it will also attend the event. Please see the AJCU Presidents' Statement:
UPDATE! Media stories covering the event:
- "In Helping Immigrant Students, Jesuit Colleges Hope to Lead the Way" - The Chronicle of Higher Education
- "Documenting the Undocumented" - Inside Higher Ed
- "Jesuit Universities Release Study on Undocumented Students in Higher Education" - National Jesuit News
Root Shock and the Built Environment
Addressing Social Dimensions of Equity and Sustainability by Dr. Mindy Fullilove
Monday, November 12th, 2012 | 7:00-9:30pm | Lake Shore Campus, Multi-Purpose Room, Simpson Living Learning Center
Dr. Fullilove, an internationally-known author and Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University, will be the first speaker in a CURL series bridging the physical and social aspects of equitable environmental sustainability. The lecture will focus on how community reinvestment and change in the physical environment without resident voice can have detrimental social and mental health consequences. Alternatives and solutions to these issues will also be addressed.
Co-sponsored by The Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL) & the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University Chicago.


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Assistant boss Chris Lucketti insists there's a bright future at Fleetwood Town – a 2-0 victory at Rochdale hauling Graham Alexander's men back into the play-off chase.
"They were magnificent," said Lucketti. "Every single one of the players and the subs who came on contributed.
"I thought it was a worthy three points. We took the chances, that's the difference. It has been a problem of ours.
"We've been creating chances in every single game. We have been failing to take them."
Lucketti, himself a former centre-half, couldn't have been more pleased with skipper Roberts, who scored the opener with a back post header before setting up Morris for the second.
He said: "Robbo lead the way for us, he's our captain and he set a great example. Then he's set up the second for Josh.
"It's put us in a position where we've got the breathing space and maybe we haven't had that this season, maybe that's what we've been missing.
"I'd have been delighted with that header and I think he should be too. He leads by example and I think it was fitting he scored our goal.
"I'm not sure how he found himself up there for the second but he's played a nice ball in and it's been finished fantastically well."
Town kept Rochdale at bay for the majority of the 90 minutes but Chris Maxwell produced the goods when asked, Town's keeper with crucial saves in the opening 30 seconds and the last minute to help seal the win
"We've been quite dominant," said Lucketti.
"It was probably one of our most complete performances of the season.
"We were dominant in possession and created the better chances.
"When they've come at us we've taken it well.
"Chris Maxwell has made three outstanding saves, important saves.
"But we don't want to single out individuals, it's a team performance."

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Jennifer Lopez dated Bradley Cooper in the past, but they have since broken up. Jennifer Lopez is currently engaged to Alex Rodriguez.
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Malthus's Zombie: Why Are We Still Scared by Stories about Scarcity Causing Atrocities?
Public discourse is populated by zombie concepts—a term coined by Ulrich Beck to refer to tropes or claims that continue to live on even after hard evidence and history have long since killed them off, time and again.
One monstrous zombie concept is the claim that climate change will spark new atrocities and conflicts over food scarcity. It's clear that climate change is a scientific fact. But I am a skeptic about any direct links between environmental crisis, climate change and conflict and famine in the modern world. This skepticism arises partly as a reflex against the poor arguments marshaled in favor of those who predict such crises. Not to mention the trend lines: as the globe has warmed over recent decades, mass atrocities (including both large scale violent killing and famines) have declined.
World population growth will predict future famine. No! Over the last 100 years, great and calamitous famines have declined almost to zero, while world population has expanded. The next wars will be over water. Not really. Research shows that transboundary water resources are a cause for cooperation more frequently than conflict. Darfur was the world's first climate change war. A gross simplification of a complicated story that was more political than environmental. Ditto for Rwanda, Syria, or any other case one can mention.
Timothy Snyder's Oped in the New York Times, "The Next Genocide", exemplified the revenge of a dead idea. It invoked the Holocaust out of context—as a professional historian, Snyder surely should have known better! It presented environmental determinist accounts of the mass atrocities in Rwanda and Darfur as facts rather than folktales. It speculated about Chinese land- and resource-grabbing as if China had neo-imperial ambitions.
But, a discussion convened last week by the Stanley Foundation on this topic, made me reflect. The problem is not violence or starvation caused by scarcity, but how narratives of scarcity are deployed to rationalize aggressive policies. In responding to those narratives, political scientists and policy analysts have an important role to play—debunking not resurrecting the Malthusian specter. There is no reason to reconsider the verdict that the causal links between climate change and conflict are unproven, and should they exist, are mediated by a host of political factors. There's no reason to overlook the basic rule that every mass atrocity is a political decision (and why are political scientists so poor at studying political decisions?).
Malthusianism refuses to accept its proper place as a thoroughly disproven proposition. Refuted by every historical experience—not just food, but energy and minerals too—it is a story that refuses to die. But the un-death of Malthusianism is a political fact. Malthus's Zombie holds an irrational but tight grip on our imaginations. Snyder's Oped is just one example. There are plenty more: let me give just one example, prominent in the British media.
The renowned environmentalist Sir David Attenborough produced a TV program on human ecology two years ago, arguing that population control was a "huge area of concern", and that the world was "heading for disaster unless we do something".
"What are all these famines in Ethiopia?" he continued. The answer is, there are no longer famines in Ethiopia. The current drought—related to El Niño and exceptionally severe—is cutting several points of the country's economic growth and has resulted in food scarcity and hunger, but not mass dying as in famines past. Thirty years ago a less widespread drought contributed to a famine that killed at least 600,000 people. The population has more than doubled in the meantime, but famines—in the sense of events that kill tens or hundreds of thousands of people—have disappeared from the country. Why? Because famine, like atrocity, is a political act.
The link between scarcity and atrocity passes through the minds and mouths of populist politicians. It's political decisions that make something wholly insubstantial into something real.
Snyder might have chosen to make this point: Adolf Hitler's unfounded fear of scarcity contributed to his hunger for lebensraum, and we should worry that similar irrational narratives may recur.
My simple recommendation to the advocacy and public information organizations who work on this is therefore, it's our duty as political scientists and responsible citizens to challenge every public statement by a political leader or commentator who claims that resource scarcity threatens famine or atrocity. We may not be able to destroy Malthus's Zombie—after all it is dead already—but at least let us immobilize this ghoul every time it makes an entrance, and stop it eating our brains.
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Khalid Almubarak says:
Nobody knows Darfur better than Alex de Waal.I have visited Darfur once for a week;
and have quoted Prof De Waal's Darfur references;but I do not fully agree with his reference to Darfur in this article.Both Wangari Mathai and Susan Rice (when she was the US UN Ambassador)have accepted the thesis that the Darfur crisis was caused (among other things)by climate change.It would be an over-simlpification to claim that it was ONLY caused by climate change;but to deny that climate change was the main cause would also be inaccurate.A report by a fact-finding mission led by a former chief justice Dafalla ElHaj Yousif(2004) documented that between 1932 and 2001 thirty-six conflicts took place in Darfur.All were resolved by reconciliation conferences held by the colonial administration and the central government.This report was in Arabic ;but an English copy was translated by us in London in 2008.It seems that no copy has been sent to Prof De Waal.
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With increasing incidences of natural calamities striking almost all parts of the globe, the need for emergency housing has never been more evident. The Accordion reCover Shelter designed by Matthew Malone, Amanda Goldberg, Jennifer Metcalf and Grant Meacham, which can sustain a family of four following a disaster for up to a month, is indeed the need of the times. The oversized origami structure can be entirely collapsed into not one, but two different shapes (either horse-shoe or flat) depending on which is easier to transport. It is composed of polypropylene, meaning no harmful gases go into the production of the shelter and it is 100% recyclable after use. Set-up takes minutes and only requires one person on deck.
Once the temporary residence is unfolded, the functional ridges can be used to collect drinking water, and local materials or even ground cover can be used to better insulate the structure and keep harsh weather at bay. As a sustainable and inexpensive solution to provide a quick roof over victim's heads…..love it for the design, detailing and of course the concept.
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It was a few days ago but I only just found out myself. Brian was one of the great English fashion photographers of the 1960s. There is an excellent documentary about him and some of his work here. I liked a lot of his work and the way that he worked too. Although I called him a fashion photographer he was not someone who stayed within such silly labels. Some of his advertising work in the 80s is particularly memorable and fun.
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'Teen Mom: OG' Secret Wedding: Ryan Edwards marries Mackenzie Standifer
Teen Mom: OG's Ryan Edwards has married fiancée Mackenzie Standifer.
The reality star tied the knot in mid-May before entering rehab, Us Weekly confirms.
The couple wed in Tennessee on May 15, after sharing their engagement news in December 2016.
Multiple sources confirmed to E! News that Edwards, who is shares son Bentley with ex Maci Bookout's oldest child, has been in rehab for two weeks and that is "doing well."
The news comes after Bookout expressed her fears of Edwards dying from his addiction on the recent episode of Teen Mom: OG.
"I'm just sick of cleaning up his mess," she said. "I get tired of dealing with the s***. Just being the only one that f***ing sees everything and cares," she said wiping away tears.


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Whenever people ask me why I work out, I simply reply, "too many Jean-Claude Van Damme movies as a kid", cue laughter. It's a lot easier than explaining how I was an angry, insecure, chubby kid...
Just south of the Pier are several sets of rings, climbing ropes, parallel and chin up bars. It was interesting to see the different dynamics of Saturday morning fitness enthusiasts around: Crossfit camps, would-be American Ninja Warrior contestants, tourists, kids, random bros messing around and me.
After a very inadequate warm up I jumped on the rope and tested my mettle. I forgot the last time I climbed one of these things I was wearing socks and shoes. So holding the rope between your feet Sidekicks (Chuck Norris, Jonathan Brandis, Mako and Joe Piscapo alert!) style brought near instant pain as the rope scraped off a few layers of skin. After going 2/3 of the way up, I worried the friction would cause me to lose grip and came back down. Tried it one more time, same feeling.
I moseyed around messing with the various equipment and completed a circuit 3 times:
Ring Pull Ups superset with close grip push ups
Front dip (hands in front of you on a bar or ledge, kind of like a vertical push up)
Jump high chins (Jump up to the bar, pulling body up as high as possible)
Dips on parallel bar then inched forward and backward in the upright position.
A quick stretch and walk back to the car equaled the end to my relaxing yet challenging trip to the beach.
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Reviews of Mazambala Island Lodge
They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa.
Mazambala Island Lodge review
What an entrance! We arrived by boat after a lovely twisting journey down various river channels.
Most imaginative layout and excellent atmosphere at the lodge.
We had prepaid for the Horseshoe Lagoon trip only to be told when we arrived that it had left 30 minutes earlier. We got a boat trip instead but we did see literally hundreds of elephants by the side of the river eating the cane leaves, etc. And we got very close too.
Mazambala Island Lodge review
We were greated by the owner (polite as only an elder generation can be) and someone should write a book about is lifeRead more about the whole safari
Mazambala Island Lodge
Unfortunately, we stayed over at the Mazambala lodge for the night, and had to continue early next morning. Had a relaxing evening and a good nights rest.Read more about the whole safari
Mazambala Island Lodge review
The way to get there by boat is already worth it. The staff is very attentive and eager to help: for example, when I forgot my credit card in the other lodge, they managed to send someone to pick it up at a given place.
The bungalows are simple but comfortable. The lodge has an open fire place which is nice to use before or after dinner. We enjoyed the food very much, as it was a bit different from what we got served so far and it was really tasty.
We booked an afternoon game drive in the park across the river, which we found pleasant, although not very informative.
As the lodge is alone on a tiny island, there is not much to do except relaxing, which we did plentifully on the tower above the restaurant.
The minus point for this lodge is the fact that you can't pay by credit card.
A nice friendly place to stay
Nice accomodation in pretty wooded gardens.
Friendly reception and knowledgeable guide on our river trip.
Mazambala Island Lodge review
very few visitors and we were the only guests on the 2nd night. great river safaris. the staff and owner were very friendly. it feels a very isolated spot and also very beautiful, it will be a memory for a long time'Read more about the whole safari
Mazambala Island Lodge review
This was probably our least favourite place that we stayed during our four week trip. In fairness I had predicted this from the reviews on this website but it suited our budget. We stayed two nights but one would have been enough.
The rooms are not great and as so many people have pointed out are very noisy. There was a big tour group there when we visited and we felt everything was geared towards them - we couldn't book on a safari trip because they were using all the vehicles. We went on a sunset boat trip and the driver had to get back early to go and pick up some of the group. I wouldn't recommend the sunset boat trip - it's expensive and nowhere near as good as one we did a few days later on the Chobe River.
Overall I wouldn't recommend Mazambala.
Mazambala Island Lodge review
A lovely site, & we really enjoyed opur river trip. Our game drive was taken by a guide new to the lodge, who didn't appear to know the park (or how to drive the vehicle in difficult terrain) very well yet.
Although another guide sat at the back to watch & assist/prompt him, it meant the trip was overlong & not as informative as elsewhere.
You are in for a surprise !
We parked our car and looked around as to where the lodge was. We were asked to unpack our car and a boat would be along shortly .. we waited in anticipation ! The boat arrived and 'Gift' , the skipper loaded us all on for a 2km ride through the rushes and behold - Mazambala Island Lodge loomed ahead of us and there stood Andre with open arms to welcome us - it was magic !!!
We were the only people at the lodge and we were treated like royalty - nothing was too difficult or impossible. Andre. Stefano & Johann were friendly yet not 'in our face'. Our dinner was delicious - Andre's borsch soup was yummy and the choice in mains and light but delicious dessert was superb ! All the staff were always there in the background should we have needed them.
Our room was clean and an adequate size for 3 people. The only 'downside' was that we were next to the outdoor 'brai' / fireplace which was cleaned at 5.30-6am in the morning .. we had not quite adjusted to the early mornings yet !
We went on the safari and had our first experience with a Bull elephant mock charging us - certainly got the heart beat going but we never felt unsafe. The ride to and from the drive along the river was so relaxing and enchanting !
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and Andre, Johan and Stefano certainly made it pleasurable - thank you !
Mazambala Island Lodge review
Beautiful location, excellent trips but poor service from all the staff bar the guides.
The chalets were so close together you could hear personal convesations, they were very dark and gloomy and not overly clean.
The food was very average and invariably cold with birds pecking away at the breakfast cereal! The service in restaurant was poor. It was hard to get anyones attention and even when you did they often forget to bring you what you had ordered. Most of the staff seemed totally in thrall to the owner who was more interested in entertaining his own personal guests than his paying ones!
Although he was on hand to greet us and also to say goodbye he very rarely acknowleged us at any other time and I have to say his manner was somewhat repellent.
It was the only place we visited that didn't take credit cards and as we were nearing the end of our trip we had run down our Namibian dollars. We fortunately had some US dollars with which to settle our account but people should be informed that there is no credit card facility at this lodge or suggest they change their policy


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Megger, a global manufacturer of electronic test equipment and measuring instruments for electrical power applications, has launched new MTO106 transformer ohmmeter to provide an affordable yet accurate and reliable option for measuring DC winding resistance in smaller distribution and transmission power transformers
The instrument is compact and readily portable – weighs 7.3kg – and, with the lid closed, it has an IP67 ingress protection rating, which means it can be shipped without further protection.
Operation of the MT106 transformer ohmmeter is straightforward and intuitive – users make the ground connection, connect the power, and make connections to the transformer under test using the Kelvin leads supplied. Then, after selecting the required test current, they simply press the start button. The test results are shown clearly on a large backlit display.
To ensure safe operation, audible and visual 'test active' indicators operate during the test and, at the end of the test, the winding is automatically discharged with visual and audible indicators in operation. Discharge continues to completion even if the supply to the instrument is turned off. This simple operating procedure means that users need only a small amount of training to operate the instrument safely and obtain results that are accurate and reliable.
The MTO106 offers two test channels with test current manually selectable in five steps up to a maximum of six amps. This allows the current to be chosen to suit the transformer under test, while minimising the risk of heating the windings. The instrument delivers an open-circuit test voltage of up to 48V, ensuring that even larger transformers are saturated rapidly, which reduces the time needed for testing.
This versatile and convenient instrument can be used to carry out winding resistance measurements in line with most major transformer testing standards, including those published by CIGRE, IEEE, IEC and ANSI. It can detect problems such as faulty tap changer contacts, broken conductors, shorted winding disks or layers and poor bushing connections. As well as its primary function of testing transformers, the MT106 can also be used to measure the winding resistance of other inductive assets, such as chokes and motors.
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Handheld GPS UnitsGarmin GPSMAP 64S Rugged High Performance Handheld GPS Receiver
Garmin GPSMAP 64S Rugged High Performance Handheld GPS Receiver
The new Garmin GPSMAP 64s updates the high-powered GPSMAP 62s by adding a new and improved GPS antenna, expanded memory, and easier battery options. The GPSMAP 64s includes electronic compass and barometric altimeter sensors, as well as new upgrades like wireless connectivity.
New Features
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- Wireless ConnectivityReceive Smart Notifications and pair with optional ANT+ sensors, such as heart rate monitor, tempe temperature sensor, speed/cadence, or use to control your VIRB action camera (64s/64st only)
- Expanded Memory Built-in internal memory includes 4GB for 64/64s and 8GB for 64st. Also features a microSD card slot in all models for additional memory
- BaseCamp Mobile Easily manage and share waypoints, routes, tracks and more by transferring data from your handheld to your iPhone (64s/64st only)
- Garmin Connect Mobile Wirelessly upload data to Garmin Connect and view on smartphone, plus share activities as they happen with LiveTrack (64s/64st only)
- BirdsEye Satellite Includes a 1 year subscription of BirdsEye Satellite Imagery (64s/64st only); simply download using BaseCamp. In addition, the BirdsEye Satellite service features improvements such as enhanced image quality in many regions and significantly better download performance
- Pre-Loaded Geocaches 250,000 preloaded worldwide geocaches from Geocaching.com, plus more storage and new tools such as advanced filtering and deleting
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United Way allocations dip as agency aims for stronger financial footing
United Way of Horry County's community partners will share $779,850 next year, but each will have less money because it's coming from a smaller pot.
The 2013-14 campaign raised $1.2 million, or 93 percent of the $1.275 million goal. The board unanimously decided to base the 2015 allocations on the past year's history — actual dollars — rather than the future year's goal, United Way President Genie Sherard said.
"That ensures sustainability," she said. "You don't plan to buy a car because you think you'll get a raise. You base it on the nice raise you got this year."
Every organization is evaluated each year, and the allocation percentages are not based on merit, but on each group's unique needs, Sherard said. The organizations will receive the same percentage of funds that they received last year, and the board did not add any new applicants, she said.
The campaign goal for 2015 is $1.275 million and has been for the last few years because of the economic downturn. Recent campaigns have fallen short of the goal but were close enough that the board could use its reserves to avoid allocation cuts, said Tracy Vreeland, United Way spokeswoman, but reserves only last for so long.
"You can't run a house like that," Vreeland said.
United Way supports 42 initiatives, with allocations going to 38 community partners. The agency also supports 2-1-1, its information hotline; Get Connected, a volunteer database website; the Prescription Drug Savings initiative; and the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance initiative.
Organizations recently were notified of their allocations and now are faced with making up the shortfall.
"I understand it – they didn't get to goal," said Barb Mains, whose Help 4 Kids/Backpack Buddies allocation dropped from $20,000 to $17,400. "We just have to try to make it up."
The Claire Chapin Epps Family YMCA received $27,700, about $4,300 less than last year. All of the money goes toward enabling kids to participate in after-school and summer camp programs, said CEO Matt Dempski, adding the YMCA will raise money on its own.
Dempski said he appreciates that United Way gives ample notice about its allocations, as he has worked with other agencies that report funding in the current year. Knowing the allocation ahead of time allows him to plan necessary budget changes now for next year, he said.
The timing is more difficult for the Coastal S.C. Chapter of the American Red Cross – which saw its allocation drop by $10,000 – because its new fiscal year started July 1.
"This is the lowest our allocation has been in 11 years," said Executive Director Nanci Conley. "It goes to support victims of home fires and for disaster relief in Horry County, and the figures are going up."
Conley said the Red Cross spends $1,250 per family of four, and a $10,000 loss equals eight fewer families, or 32 fewer people, who can be served. Last year, the Red Cross helped 309 people in Horry County who lost their homes to fires, she said.
"This just means we're going to have to really get out there and do more fundraising," Conley said. "We've got to meet the needs of the clients – we're certainly not going to leave Horry County citizens standing on the corner."
The Red Cross received a $10,000 grant from Myrtle Beach this fiscal year, the first grant from the city in Conley's memory. The group did not, however, receive a grant from North Myrtle Beach this year.
United Way's upcoming campaign will kick off with its Day of Caring Sept. 12, when 300 to 400 volunteers will work on a variety of needed projects for area agencies, said Lisa Bourcier, campaign chairwoman. There will be a phone blitz aimed at reaching people early and lining up the bulk of donations in the first three months, while local businesses will be contacted about opportunities that can expand into that week, she said.
"We definitely want to start calling early," Bourcier said. "A lot of it is getting the information out there and making sure people are asked."
Bourcier said there also will be an effort to increase members of the area's Alexis de Tocqueville Society, a United Way organization for donors who give $10,000 or more a year. Sherard was director of the Tocqueville Society in Detroit, which saw record growth before she left to join Horry County's United Way in April.
Sherard said not making goal is never a positive, but the board is being fiscally responsible, and they expect to see a turnaround for 2015.
"We feel like we are going to make [goal] this year, and as the economy turns around – as it is doing – we expect it to go back up," she said. "We're making a difference, and people want to make a difference – they need to know it is working."


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Like most of you I listen to all different types of music but I've found that I particularly enjoy good bass lines or good melodies and I use the term "bass line" loosely since a nice guitar riff on a rock song will be listened to like a bass line for me sometimes in the style of how a bass line carries a dub tune (obviously along with the drums) but I'll sort of always translate it viscerally to the way dub feels, even since I was little before I ever heard a dub tune, or at least before I was aware that I had heard one, though I'm still convinced I heard it somewhere or another as young one because the first time I actually listened to dub it was not new sounding at all and very familiar like something I was looking for but just didn't know how to describe except to keep thinking "bass" like some sort of dim witted dolt.
Anyway, so how good reggae/dub rhythm makes me feel (whether it's the minor or major chord I prefer, not sure the difference till someone refreshes memory) is sort of the template for me emotionally or home base for me enjoying a tune. I can hear a song from any genre of music and sort of bring it back to the same thing but I find some people cannot seem to not make that distinction between genre and can't find the common ground, it would seem the experience is just different or not related to one another so I was curious as to other peoples thoughts on the matter. I'll give an example with a sample to try to clear up my meaning perhaps a little better than my explanation.
Footnote: When I first listen to any song I can't help it but I don't really hear the lyrics/vocals necessarily as words, though I obviously know they are saying the words and can hear/understand what they're saying, but the music comes first so I could really care less about the words, they more act as another instrument to my ears for many listenings, unless I choose to actively listen to them and understand what's being said/talked about. This is usually why I often hear them wrong or just as phonetic sounds, examples being either having them sound like just melodic noise made with the mouth or as words my mind makes up on the spot based on the phonetic sound I heard or a word here or there I understand, such as Bob Marley's So Much Trouble In The World he says "million miles from reality" but I hear/heard "building minds through reality" and I understand every does this to an extent and we've had discussions about it but I do it habitually and it's not that I am convinced of what I hear it's just an example of how the words are not a priority over the music to me, at least not initially.
I'm giving the footnote because the example below might fall into the Genre Bias I'm talking about because of the lyrics/style/twang etc but lets see how you interpret it.
I think Pandora or one of those other Orwelian algorhythmic shots in the light music listening programs brought me to the tune above, didn't even realize it was Lynyrd Skynyrd which is better for me to not know, gives me a better listening experience without any associations to muddy my head/perceptions. Anyway, I'm listening to the tune and it doesn't really feel different to me than a good dub tune would sound, the genre, instruments etc don't affect or intrude on how the music is swimming in my head to bend my emotions/feelings one way or another. I find this is a positive attribute for me because I can switch from genre to genre without any interruption or incongruity to my feelings.
But some people seem to not be able to shake the "style" from letting them enjoy it in the same way. This is clearly a southern rock but that particular riff/melody on the guitar, to my ears, could easily translate to a dub tune or listened to in the same way. Anyone agree or disagree?
This particular phenomena is especially pronounced with fans of hip hop, they are notoriously genre biased or at least used to be, unless of course they are producers in which case they are either much more open to different sounds or are in fact just the opposite of genre biased and know how to translate one genre to the other for otherwise gullible or ignorant fans who can't. I've played songs for people, they don't like it, same song gets sampled, not chopped up or dismantled but a direct note for note sample and not they like it. How does this make sense...are your ears and emotions that compartmentalized that SOUNDS either are good to you or bad depending on who/how they are presented, even though they are the same exact sound?
Perfect example....I'll play this tune for someone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF06ajG_WjY and they'll quite literally be like, "yo get that f*cking kebab soundtrack out my face" but years later they'll hear this....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgoqrgc_0cM now they want extra yogurt sauce with tahini on that kebab cuz it's the dog's nuts!
It's the same f*cking sound, I understand people get brain-washed and manipulated and controlled but the same sound can literally be heard as the **** on the one hand and trash on the other?? And would this be exclusive to the sense of hearing or would other senses apply? I mean could you imagine trying a food and thinking it tastes like **** but then someone you look up to tells you it's delicious and now you taste it and it quite literally feels favorable to your taste buds??


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NA3HL announces Easton Hockey Divisional Stars of the Week
The North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL) today announced the Divisional Stars of the Week presented by Easton Hockey for the week ending November 15, 2015. The divisional stars of the week is an award given each week of the regular season to the top performing players in each of the six divisions of the NA3HL as nominated by their head coaches.
Central Division Star of the Week: Peter Henderson, forward, Wisconsin Whalers
Last year's NA3HL Forward and Rookie of the Year, Peter Henderson, is starting to heat up and show signs of playing like he did last season as he helped the Whalers to a weekend road sweep of the Chicago Jr. Bulldogs. The native of Libertyville, IL, had eight points in the two-game sweep, which included three goals, five assists and a +6 rating. On Friday, Henderson (5'11/175) had three assists in a 12-1 win. On Saturday, he had a hat-trick and two assists in a 12-3 win. In 16 games played this season, Henderson, 20, has 29 points. "Peter is really getting his game from last season back and it's brining the whole team up a level," said Wisconsin head coach Tom McDermott.
2nd Star: Thomas Hanson, F, Wisconsin Whalers
Honorable Mention (alphabetical): Brett Gravelle, F, North Iowa Bulls – Ben Henderson, F, La Crosse Freeze – Mick Nisbet, F, La Crosse Freeze – Adam Orn, D, North Iowa Bulls – Connor Senn, F, Chicago Jr. Bulldogs – Dan Spano, F, Chicago Jr. Bulldogs
East Division Star of the Week: Jacob Drinkard, F, Metro Jets
Thanks to a weekend sweep of the West Michigan Wolves, the Metro Jets lead atop the East equals the largest in the NA3HL. Forward Jacob Drinkard, 19, was a one-man wrecking crew during the weekend as the native of Lapeer, MI, totaled eight points (4 goals, 4 assists) in the two games and was a +5. On Friday, Drinkard (6'3/225) had two goals, including the game-winner, and added three assists in an 8-3 road win in West Michigan. On Saturday, he scored two more goals and added another assist in a 4-3 home win over the Wolves. In 19 games played this season, Drinkard has 20 points. "Jacob had a big weekend for our club. Our leaders have been playing great of late and he is one of them who got rewarded in a big way finally," said Metro head coach Justin Quenneville.
2nd Star: Marcus Gloss, G, Pittsburgh Vengeance
Honorable Mention (alphabetical): Graham Day, F, Metro Jets – Nicholas Lyon, F, Pittsburgh Vengeance – Joe Morgan, G, Wooster Oilers – Will Schober, F, Wooster Oilers
Frontier Division Star of the Week: Dylan Michaud, forward, Bozeman Icedogs
Bozeman forward Dylan Michaud, 19, helped his club pick up five out of a possible six points this past week as Bozeman picked up a road sweep in Glacier and also picked up a point in an overtime loss against Yellowstone. The native of Esko, MN, had seven points (3 goals, 4 assists) during the week and was also a +4. On Thursday, Michaud (6'1/200) had an assist in a 4-3 overtime loss at home against the Quake. On Friday, he had a goal and two assists in a 4-3 shootout win in Glacier. On Saturday, he scored two goals, including the game-winner, and added an assist in a 4-2 win at Glacier. In 14 games played this season, Michaud has 16 points. "Dylan played very well this weekend and worked extremely hard in both ends of the rink. Dylan uses his size and good shot to put himself in a position to help his linemates and team to be successful and we need that every week," said Bozeman head coach Mark Vichorek.
2nd Star: Johnny Bonta, F, Helena Bighorns
Honorable Mention (alphabetical): None
Midwest Division Star of the Week: Dominic Caito, forward, St. Louis Jr. Blues
17-year-old forward Dominic Caito helped the 1st place Jr. Blues to another pair of wins this past weekend in Cincinnati, which extended the team winning streak to five straight games. During the weekend, Caito (6'0/165) had four points (all goals) in the two wins and was a +3. On Saturday, the native of St. Louis, MO, had a goal in a 3-2 overtime win. On Sunday, Caito had a hat-trick, including the game-winning goal, in a 5-0 shutout win. For the season, Caito has 15 points in 18 games played. "Dominic had a break out weekend for us. He scored an important goal Saturday night to help the team start a comeback in the 3rd period and followed up on Sunday with a hat trick. He is making a transition from defense to forward and is adopting very well and producing points at the same time," said St. Louis head coach Chris Flaugher.
2nd Star: Austin Wisely, F, Peoria Mustangs
Honorable Mention (alphabetical): Rory Callihan, F, Cincinnati Thunder – Adam Conkling, G, Evansville Thunderbolts – Kyle Kinnaman, F, Cincinnati Thunder – Joe Nolan, D, St. Louis Jr. Blues – Aaron Siegrist, D, Peoria Mustangs
South Division Star of the Week: Alex Johanson, forward, Atlanta Capitals
In a battle for 1st place in the South Division this past weekend the Atlanta Capitals and Point Mallard Ducks played a great series ending up in a split. Capitals forward Alex Johanson, 19, was a big time factor in both games as the native of Skokie, IL, totaled six points (4 goals, 2 assists) in the weekend split for Atlanta. On Friday, Johanson (6'1/200) had two goals and an assist in a 6-4 loss. On Saturday, he duplicated the feat of two goals and an assist, which resulted in a 4-1 win. He was also a +3 for the weekend. In 15 games so far this season, Johanson has 26 points. "Alex has such a determination to be a key contributor every night. His work ethic, passion for his team and the game are some of the reasons he's been successful so far. He is one of the key pieces of our puzzle and has flourished with that responsibility, we are happy he's being recognized for it," said Atlanta head coach Anthony Bohn.
2nd Star: Tristan Wilson, F, Euless Jr. Stars
Honorable Mention (alphabetical): Tucker Alspaugh, D, Louisiana Drillers – Justin Clark, F, Point Mallard Ducks – Matt Cozzan, F, Sugar Land Imperials – Ryan Dunner, F, Texas Jr. Brahmas – Brayden Hutchinson, F, Louisiana Drillers – Alex Norwinski, F, Sugar Land Imperials – Kyle Rimbach, F, Atlanta Capitals – Cooper Seedot, G, Point Mallard Ducks
West Division Star of the Week: Robbie Goor, goaltender, Granite City Lumberjacks
Granite City Lumberjacks goalie Robbie Goor, 19, led his team to two big wins over the weekend, which vaulted the Lumberjacks into 1st place in the West Division. For the weekend, the native of Anoka, MN, stopped 42 of 44 shots in wins over the Minnesota Flying Aces and Alexandria Blizzard. On Friday, Goor (6'3/200) made 17 saves in a 5-1 home win over the Flying Aces. On Saturday, Goor made 25 saves in a 2-1 road win against the Alexandria Blizzard. It was his first action since October 17th. Goor is 2nd in the NA3HL with a 1.50 goals against average and 4th in save percentage with a 93.6% mark. "Robbie was solid all weekend. He made some big saves for us and was great with his rebound control. He was great after being off for three weeks," said Lumberjacks head coach Brad Willner.
2nd Star: Matthew Sprink, F, Granite City Lumberjacks
Honorable Mention (alphabetical): Ryan Mezera, F, Breezy Point North Stars – Christian Sanzottera, G, Breezy Point North Stars


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Poteusa Loppy & Namakemono Mikke are coming!
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♥ Poteusa Loppy & Namakemono No Mikke Japan are coming from Japan! YAY! ♥
Poteusa Loppy Backpack
It has been almost 2 years since I got Loppy backpack from Japan. I thought it was going to be a "regular" release like other collections. Meh, I was WRONG! Loppy backpack didn't come back till 2 years later!!! 🙁
We were lucky to get few Poteusa Loppy backpack this time! Well, I only managed to get 8 of them from Amuse. Can you believe it? They are SUPER POPULAR! Now, cuties are on their way and we're offering VERY LIMITED quantities to our online customers. Rest of them will go to convention in May (Megacon in Orlando, FL) <3
Namakemono No Mikke ぬいぐるみ ナマケモノのみっけ(まったり日ver)
This is one of my "wish-to-get" plush since last year!
Ever since Amuse debuted this cute Mikke sloth, I'm in LOVE with their cutederpy looking faces! LOL! xD
Since it was a new character, I wasn't sure how this is going to be. Amuse will test the market with any new character AND if reactions/feedbacks were good, then they will start collection/series with the same character till people want no more. As you may noticed Alpacasso are released bi-monthly instead of monthly now.
Since this is the 2nd version of Mikke, I felt more confident that this "sloth" will "live" for quiet some times, haha.
Ok, I GOT MIKKE! They are on their way to meh!!!
These cute sloth are listed in the shop for Pre-Order. I will make a short video once I get them. Of course, these are going to Megacon, Supercon…etc till I finish. ;P Should you want a set, just drop me a note! ♥
I'll be writing new items soon. Oh, and convention experience as vendor, in case you're interested O_o
Hope you guys have a great Wednesday, Can't wait to eat sashimi with Mama, LOL. Oh, for those of you prefer look pictures than reading, you can follow my Instagram account RURUVICTORIA
I don't post a lot of pictures, but I will try my best to keep you up to date 🙂
First time using align center, not sure how posts will look >_< Let me know if you don't like it. :3
Kawaii Poteusa Loppy Field Invasion!
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♦ Kawaii Poteusa Loppy Field Invasion! <3♥
Harrow guys! Today I wanna share with you the new loopy bunnies that I got from Amuse Japan!
I was planning to get the mini loppy since it is our first time ordering. Unfortunately, 10cm were all "Sold Out" -_- I have no choice but to buy the larger size. I was very excited when I got them, they are very cute and huggable! I'm very happy that I bought the larger one. It's PERFECT for Lolita or anyone wants a little bunny plush. You can take them around while traveling <3 <3
Look at the whole farm field family! They are all in the field getting fresh strawberry and carrot 🙂
There are 2 new members in this collection; Pitan ( Gray) & Kantorin (medium brown). They both have white marks around their mouth, so kawaii ne~ ^_^
I like Kantorin the best! I don't know if is his color or just the white mark.. lol but he's super adorable! I'm planning to keep these 3 in my collection! I will take Kantorin with me if I travel ^^ Starting to take pictures and videos :3
Everybody sit still! 😀
Wha… you're kissing me Kantorin ^///^
What's your favorite Poteusa Loppy?
Poteusa Loppy From Amuse
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Just received these babies in our warehouse! They are uger cute and looked so round 🙂 We are glad that we have them in our store, welcome cutie bunnies <3
Here are little description for you guys to find out more about these super popular cuties 🙂
Authorized Amuse US seller
ぽてうさろっぴーフィールド ♪ ~
Loppy goes to the field and picking some fresh strawberries and vegetables!
This is the July's release, this time we have 2 new friends introduced in this collection; KantoRin & Pitan! They both have white fur around their mouth.
Surely you will enjoy this cute collection, may they create sweet memories with you~
Loppy name:
Floppy しろっぴー (White w/raddish)
Mimipyon みみぴょん (Pink w/strawberry)
Chappy ちゃっぴー (Light brown with carrot)
Kantorin かんとりん (Dark brown)
Pitan ぴーたん (Gray)
Miruku-chan みるくてぃーちゃん (holding ear)
Size: H14×W12×D10cm
Release Date: July 23rd,16


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Etsy Find: Dotty Garland
Garland can be used in place of flowers when there isn't extra money in the budget for a fresh bouquet. Recently, we spotted this crafty Dotty Garland on Little Glowing Light's Etsy site. Shades of pink and orange, the strands of garland look whimsical and classic on a white wall. Catherine also makes her own version of the more traditional garland and is in the process of making tea towels with a similar garland design for her Etsy store.
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- How To: Make a Love Garland
- Inspiration: Blue And Green (And a Little Spring Fever)
- Make Garland, Use: Cupcake Liners


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For more than a decade, parents and medical professionals hotly debated whether routine vaccinations caused autism in children. However, the British Medical Journal reported yesterday that the claim, made by Dr. Andrew Wakefield in a 1998 study, was an "elaborate fraud." The six million-word investigation concludes that Wakefield deliberately altered or misrepresented the medical histories of all 12 patients used in the analysis. For example, the study said that some children would receive a vaccine, then show signs of autism just days later, but the investigation found that Wakefield made up many of the dates reported. Often, children showed signs of autism before the vaccine was ever administered or months after the fact. So, what do you think?Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.
But the study has clearly damaged public health; it led to a sharp drop in the number of children receiving the vaccine that prevents measles, mumps, and rubella. Rates in Britain dropped as low at 80 percent in 2004, and the number of children diagnosed with measles went up. In the United States, more cases of measles were reported in 2008 than in any other year since 1997, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and more than 90 percent of those infected had not been vaccinated or their vaccination status was unknown.
Uncertainty about the study began several years ago after Wakefield failed to reproduce his results and other researchers were unable to match them. Most of the study's co-authors withdrew their names in 2004 after it was discovered that Wakefield had been paid to conduct the study by a law firm that intended to sue vaccine manufacturers. Despite the mounds of criticism, Wakefield continues to staunchly defend his research.
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One of the most highly anticipated additions to Beechwood Country Club has been the members-only fitness studio. Opened in 2015, our fitness studio offers refreshing views of the pool, a spacious and comfortable environment and top-of-the-line equipment for your workout.
The members-only fitness studio features first class Technogym equipment, a Kinesis Trainer, free weights and more. Members have access 24 hours a day by a key-fob entry system. Each piece of cardio is equipped with its own television, internet, and personal fitness tracker. The studio is also equipped with a sound system and a large screen television to make your workout even more enjoyable.
Beechwood has personal trainers on staff that are available for private training, assistance in creating an exercise regimen, and to help you stay focused on your fitness goals. Yoga classes are offered weekly for the perfect mix of meditation, flexibility and exercise. Check out our calendar for schedule.
Fitness Studio
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Review Travel has been named Best Travel Company at the Talk of Manchester Business Awards.
The team gained the highest number of votes from across Greater Manchester, with voters asked to select 2016's best performing travel company from a shortlist.
Review Travel has grown significantly over the past year, acquiring hotel and venue booking specialist, Executive Status, and welcoming six new staff members. The business also launched a daring new rebrand at the start of 2016, reflecting its ambitious growth plans and commitment to adopting the latest business travel technologies.
The award win comes just one month after Review Travel CEO, Christian Gleave, scooped Business Services Entrepreneur of the Year at the North West Entrepreneur Awards.
Christian commented: "Our people, and the amazing service they provide, are the reason our client retention rate is so high. I'm extremely proud to see them honoured for all the brilliant work they do, and look forward to continuing to expand our award-winning team in 2017."


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MJ: The tabloid press ... that kind of press .. Not the press ... the tabloids ... the paparazzi ... that type. I've been running for my life like that ... hiding, getting away. You can't go that way cause they're over there ... well let's go this way and pretend we're going that way ... and we'll go that way. Somebody should say, " Hold on! Stop! This person deserves their privacy. You are not allowed to go there!" I go around the world dealing with running and hiding. You can't ... I can't take a walk in the park ... I can't go to the store ... you can't ... I have to hide in the room. You feel like you're in prison.
BW: What's been the most intrusive thing? What's the worst?
MJ: They always have been ... they go as far as to hide things into places. They'll slide a machine up under the toilet ... tch, tch, tch, tch [Michael makes a sound effect like clicking a camera] ... and you go, "Oh, my God!" They've done that.
BW: When you came into this hotel, you had to come in ... or you felt you had to come in ... through the kitchen.
MJ: I've been doing it for years. In many lobbies, I have never seen the front door. Never.
Just want to share a story tale about Michael from Margena A. Christan, a EBONY senior writer -- @MargenaXan
When I visited Los Olivos, Calif., where MJ's Neverland Ranch was located, I was pleasantly surprised at how nice everyone in town appeared.
What stood out most about meeting the man was how he held on to the fact that MJ was so "normal." How MJ was a "regular" guy.
While staying at a little hotel there, I met a hotel worker. He was also a photographer.
He told me how MJ would often walk around town alone. Everyone knew him. Nobody bothered him. He LOVED nature and people.
The man also taught photography at a local college in Los Olivos. He recalled meeting MJ.
The man told me that MJ was very fascinated with his camera. He wanted to hold it and examine it. MJ asked him lots of questions.
Like most Virgos, he was inquisitive. The man said that MJ was a joy to speak with. He wanted to see the photographer's work.
A small detail though it may be, the man was delighted that MJ took an interest in photography.
The man said he asked how everything on the camera worked. He studied it closely. MJ was also pleased to learn the man was a professor.
At the front gate of Neverland, I met many of MJ's neighbors. One told me, "He'd come out and stand where you are and talk to us."
He had so much land that he'd rent space so the neighbors could allow their animals a place on Neverland.
Life is about perception. The world saw MJ as a "freak" and "strange" person. I never saw him that way. The people I met didn't either.
The glass really is half full. It's how you view things. MJ was a man full of questions. He was a man who enjoyed learning about a camera.
His fascination seems to make sense now. His entire life folks chased him around w/a camera hoping to get picture.
Little things in life mean so much. Understanding the enemy, in MJ's case the camera, might have been important for him. Who knows?
Story tale from @MargenaXan's tweets
"I can look at a painting and lose myself. It pulls you in, all the pathos and drama. It communicates with you. You can sense what the artist was feeling.
I feel the same way about photography.
A poignant or strong photograph can speak volumes."
~ Michael Jackson ~
Any picture can give you many perceptions on your mind, though most of the time it depends how the photographer captures the images. Sadly, the media/tabloids make pictures of Michael to earn money, get ratings and for their own fame without even try to touch the essence of the man himself.
"I just hope that one day that they will be fair and portray me the way I really am,
just a loving and peaceful guy wanting to make wonderful, unprecedented entertainment and songs and music and film for the world, you know that's all I wanna do,
I am no threat, I just wanna do that, that's all I wanna do.
I want to be a joy to the world."
~ Michael Jackson ~
What is it that so hard to see him fairly? He had gave his life for the world, and for the children!!


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The 4th annual Texas gala ceremony was held in Houston on November 3rd at DoubleTree by Hilton Houston Greenway Plaza where hundreds of oil and gas executives gathered together to celebrate leading companies in operational excellence, innovation, corporate social responsibility, health and safety as well as environmental stewardship. Congratulations to our 2016 Texas Oil & Gas Awards Winners: Trucking Company of ...Read More »
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Dallas, Texas is set to host this year's Southwest & Midcontinent Oil & Gas Awards, which is a platform to honor the best and most innovative in the industry. The 2015 awards will focus on acknowledging oil and gas industry areas of environmental stewardship, efficiency, innovation, corporate social responsibility and health & safety. A Southwest & Midcontinent Industry Summit will ...Read More »
4 things that make the 2015 Northeast Oil and Gas Awards top notch
Last month, the Oil & Gas Awards for the Northeast took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and several companies that attended the event took home awards. However, it isn't so much the awards themselves that make the event something special, it is the hard work, time and overall camaraderie that is shown by the companies that attend. The 2015 Northeast Oil ...Read More »


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YoungStudentMarius wrote:Oh, Ari...not again. I'm so, so sorry, in fact, that doesn't even begin to express how much I feel for you right now, and you know it. Just know that no matter what they say, no matter how wrong it is, because it is wrong, you are always, always valuable and special, and there's nothing they can ever do to take that away. *hugs*
Ahh, I just can't stand it. I want someone to teach those kids a lesson. And I hope, soon, you'll find someone who will understand. There's no way you should be grounded for that.
And Rachel, I'm very sorry to hear that. It's never easy to go through a loss. *hugs* We're here.
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In a perfect world, a balanced diet, with a wide variety of food products, would give us all of the nutrients we need for healthy bodies and minds. (And yes, it is important to remember that nutrients feed our mind and therefore are necessary for keeping it healthy.) But modern lifestyles, dietary "fashions" and our own changing bodies often mean that we are not getting some of the important nutrients our bodies need to function at their optimum levels.
Of course, it is just as easy to remedy in our modern world, by changing eating habits or using supplements. Here are four important nutrients that many women may be lacking, and how to make sure you get enough of them:
Vitamin B12This is a powerhouse vitamin and a veritable fuel for our nervous systems. A vitamin B12 deficiency can actually lead to problems not only with thinking, but with walking and moving, since those activities depend on cognitive acumen. B12 is also instrumental in producing red blood cells, and a B12 deficiency can lead to anemia.
The problem arises in modern diets because B12 is found in animal products, and so many health conscious people are now following vegetarian diets. Unless you are a strict vegetarian, you can get your B12 from eggs, fish and dairy products; otherwise, you will have to make sure you take a B12 supplement, especially as you get older and the B12 you do consume is not as easily absorbed into the body.
PotassiumPotassium regulates the absorption of sodium into the body and so if you consume too little potassium, you have to be very careful of your sodium levels, or increase your intake of potassium, if you want to avoid high blood pressure.
The good news is that potassium is so easy to add to your diet. Bananas, of course, but spinach, avocadoes, salmon and white beans will all give you a healthy dose of this important nutrient. Supplements can be dangerous, since a too high level of potassium is dangerous for anyone with kidney problems or who is taking diuretics (frequently prescribed for women), since you will not be able to excrete any excess. Consult your doctor if these issues apply to you.
Co-enzyme Q10This substance is absolutely essential for a healthy heart. CoQ10 is part of the ATP chain that powers every one of the body's cells. But the cells that need it the most are the ones in our high energy organs: the heart, liver, kidney and pancreas. CoQ10 has been used to treat congestive heart failure: a study showed that patients who took a daily dose of CoQ10 within three days of a heart attack were less likely to experience another heart attack.
Heart disease is now the leading cause of death for women, and so this protection is really critical. Furthermore, CoQ10 works as an anti-oxidant. Anti-oxidants, which are also found in Vitamins C and E, protect the cells from free radicals. Statin drugs, popular today for reducing cholesterol, inhibit our body's natural production of CoQ10, but we would have to consume an unhealthy amount of red meat, fish and chicken (the natural external sources) to supplement it with diet. Best to turn to supplements, but if you are on any medications, especially blood thinners, you should check with your doctor.
CholineThe B family of vitamins should be on everybody's list of must have nutrients, and choline is an important family member because of its ability to help the body synthesize and release acetylcholine, which helps the body transfer nutrients into the brain cells, and toxins out. The problem is that choline is hard to find in foods.
Eggs are a good source, but so many of us no longer eat eggs today because of the fat and cholesterol. Moreover, women, who may be avoiding eggs the most, start to lose production of choline after menopause. Adding one egg a day to your diet will not boost your cholesterol levels significantly, but will boost your intake of choline.


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How to paint is a common question that people start looking for portraits of many artists on the Internet or in bookstores. Chances are that they have attempted to paint portraits of people 'and not happy with the results. There are several tricks and techniques that can be used to paint a portrait that is achieved can be produced. I will explain some of the easiest ways I found to learn how to paint people.
Get An Accurate Drawing On Your Canvas
If your image is to capture the form of a specific individual, you will want to sketch a portrait in pencil before painting. You can free hand if you are not good at drawing. Some of the easier method, but must use a grid and a duplicate image to the canvas by drawing a box or replicate individual boxes. And my other favorite method is to print a paper copy of black and white photographs, and then completely darken the back of the paper with soft charcoal. The next place on canvas and paper with a sharp pencil, draw more than enough pictures to print. Your sketch will appear on the canvas as if by magic!
Indication Of The Cat
One of the easiest ways to draw people is to keep things simple and only indicative of the paint. If you're confused than not. The easiest way to explain what I mean is for me to illustrate this with an example. Imagine a beach scene with a couple walking hand in hand away in the distance. If you were to examine the near future, you may notice that they are simply a form. Each head is only going to be a round shape on top of a triangular body, on top of two rectangular legs. Two rectangular sleeve quick connect body. Add highlights and you have some people that simple!
Cat Only Part Of The People
Many artists struggle with accuracy when painting people. It is true that one feature should be accurate in order to be successful portrait. If you choose a pose that describes the views or partial views you can cut your work and make a portrait of two attractive with only half of the face paint is actually seen. For example, try to paint a profile of children on the beach boy vs a straight face.
Cat Person Or Persons Unknown foreign
Another fun and easy way to paint is to paint the foreigners. The reason for this is that you're trying to get an exact likeness. If you have already made their nose is too big or too small, no one would know the difference! You can use magazines, books or other painting to get some ideas. Let's say that you are taking photos at the garden of an old woman sitting on a park bench and reading a book. You decide to change the images in the painting. The painting will still be attractive even if she did not resemble the actual picture at all, because nobody knows him anyways.
Do not Paint What You Can not Paint
A great technique for painting the human is to choose a pose that does not require a lot of detail. One way to do this is by painting a subject who was wearing sunglasses, if you are timid about painting the eyes. If you are not comfortable painting gear and then paint the mouth closed or drape the scarf around the face. A very funny pose for a portrait of a child is to have them peek out from behind something. You will only see part of the face and it was a sweet scene with only a portion of the show face.


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I always find great new blogs through Dream Big Dream Often. If you're looking for new blogs to follow, check out the Meet and greet.
It's Meet and Greet Weekend at Dream Big!!
Ok so here are the rules:
- Leave a link to your page or post in the comments of this post.
- Reblog this post. It helps you, it helps me, it helps everyone! So don't be selfish, hit the reblog button.
- Edit your reblog post and add tags (i.e. reblogging, reblog, meet n greet, link party, etc.), it helps, trust me on this one.
- Share this post on social media. Many of my non-blogger friends love that I put the Meet n Greet on Facebook and Twitter because they find new bloggers to follow. This helps also, trust me.
Now that all the rules have been clearly explained get out there and meet n greet your butts off!
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NEW and IMPROVED....New mattresses and box springs on all beds, fresh paint throughout, new TV's in all rooms, new carpet, new lanai furniture! You will love our Penthouse Suite, the size is grande
at 2097sq. ft.. We have 3 large bedrooms. Our Master Suite has a King Size bed and a Large Master Bath. The second room also has a King Size bed and is very lovely
and our third bedroom has Two twin beds. We also have a full bath for these two rooms. There are 32' HD flat screen TVs and DVD
players in all three bedrooms. And a 50'' HD flat screen TV with a DVD in the family room for your enjoyment and relaxation after a
busy day in Orlando. And an office with a queen size sleeper sofa for your extra guests. It has been elegantly and professionally
decorated for your enjoyment while on vacation or on a business trip. The added colors make this very inviting. The kitchen is totally
equipped for the gourmet chef (with spice rack)or if your looking for simplicity while away from home. Our lania is very
comfortable to enjoy the warm weather in Florida. There is an elevator for your convenience.


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St. Michael, Catholic, Fernandina Beach, Amelia Island,
The Catholic Sacrament of Reconciliation (also known as Confession or Penance) has three elements: conversion, confession and celebration.
In it we find God's unconditional forgiveness; as a result we are called to forgive others.
For more information call the Parish Office at 904-261-3472
Confessions heard on Saturdays at 4-4:45 pm or by appointment


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Automotive Ideas Golden Valley
Bio-geometry channel structured tires movie-terminated for strength are the focus of the lead tire brands at current. Largely fixing a normal performance matrix of gas efficiency, traction, and tire life, these new bio-geometry merchandise eliminate the engineering paradox of floor degradation in response to the normal model of limited, single high quality improvement. Tire producers want to maximize general efficiency of tires. Development of such bio-geometry tire properties are the present work of mechanical engineers devoted to the design and reliability testing of ecologically and safety enhancing tires for each electrical and gas fueled cars. These advancements are capable of rework any car, whether they be a Toyota Tacoma or the most recent design from Tesla. Smoke detectors Solely Warn You – Give it some thought – Your Smoke Detector doesn't work – until you might have SMOKE – By then it may very well be TOO LATE! Article 7) Let's say there are 4 people in the automobile (One driver and three passengers). The driving force is sober and didn't drink any alcoholic drinks. Although the passengers are ingesting, the alcohol smell will not stop the automotive from starting nor the engine is not going to be stopped.
For this reason Germany will at all times outperform proper wing nations like the UK. Solely the huge natural resources and huge inner market of the US permits it keep wealthy in the face of suicidal economic selections. And that may not final. Toyota Touch 2 is a 7 inch, full colour, contact-screen interface which represents a new method to affordable, on-board multimedia programs.
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Here is my project:
Today the Design Team is showcasing We R Memory Keepers! Here are the supplies that I used to create my project:
We R Memory Keepers Clear Stamp Love Struck
Heart Ribbon
Heart and LOVE cut from Paper Pups Cricut Cartridge
Glossy accents and Recollections Snow Glitter
Liquid Pearls
Pearl brad
Tim Holtz Distressed Inks Walnut Stain
Heart Clip
Sparkle gel roll pen
Creative Cutter Room!
Only entries that fit the challenge guidelines will be entered to win the prize!
The Cuttlebug Spot: Sweetheart
Tuesday Throwdown: Valentine
Scrappy Moms: Hearts Galore


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Seminar: Bytopian Breakfast - 1 of 3
8. October
11:00 – 13:00
Sagene Samfunnshus
Address: Kristiansands gate 2, 0463 Oslo
Bytopian Breakfast x 3 is a series of communal breakfasts at central locations in three different districts in Oslo where municipal work on social housing and local democracy has been especially successful.
There will be free breakfast for all while representatives from the municipal districts present their work in conversation with local politicians and a moderator from Bytopia. The audience may also take part.
The goal of the Bytopian breakfast series is to share examples of best practice work on social housing and user involvement as examples of local democracy in action. The result of this work is mostly just shown within the administration and within the professional discourse in academia even though it is of great importance for the inhabitants of the whole city.
Bytopian Breakfast X 3 is a chance to learn more about the status on municipal work on social housing and user involvement and an opportunity to discuss what local democracy can mean in Oslo in 2016.
Language: Norwegian
Breakfast is served at 11 am.
Moderator: Bytopia.no
Stay tuned for further details.


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If you've seen my phone, you'll know that it's full of folders crammed with apps. Apps for music, videos, games, academics, health, travel, and more. I even have a folder dedicated to apps for Instagram. I'm a huge advocate of the technological progress that the world has achieved in the last two decades and think it's all really amazing! Because of this, I'm going to share with you just a few apps that make my world go round! (Okay maybe now literally, but they certainly help!) These are my favorite lifestyle apps! They aren't social media apps or games, simply apps that make my life easier.
If you go to Starbucks even once a week and you don't have this app you are seriously missing out. You can conveniently import any Starbucks gift cards into the app and hook up your credit card to instantly reload money onto the cards so you're ready to pay the second you get to the cashier at Starbucks. There's a ton of great rewards for members including free food and drink and promos all the time.
I absolutely need to meditate or I go crazy. This is the best meditation app I have found thus far and I've tried a lot of meditation apps. There are some in-app purchases but they're completely optional and there's tons of content without having to pay for anything. You put in the feelings your feeling at the moment and the app finds the best meditations for your current mood.
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And/or any banking app. If you're not on the online/mobile banking hype I don't know what you're doing. You must be really organized because I could not keep track of paper bank statements and credit card statements for my life. Everything is done online automatically or manually (automatically is super useful though, never miss a payment!) and most importantly instantly! You can check at any moment how much money you have in your accounts. Getting your life together starts here.
I do not mean Spotify without premium. Spotify app without premium is pointless. Spotify premium is one of the best investments I've ever made. It's only $10 a month or $5 for students and you can listen to any song ever (except Taylor Swift but like I guess that's her problem right?). I used to spend a ton of money on iTunes and eventually end up with a backlog of songs I needed to buy when I was broke. It was so inconvenient and honestly I know they have Apple Music now, but my music app on my iPhone confuses me to no end and if for whatever reason I decide I don't want an iPhone, I can't use Apple Music at all. Plus, no student discount! Spotify is so easy to transfer from device to device I'd never switch to anything else!
OKAY so I was recently informed that not everywhere has this particular service but go check out the app and see if your area does. DoorDash is an app that has restaurants in your area on it, you order off the app, and someone delivers it to you. Instant takeout from anywhere you want without having to move at all!
Uber or Lyft
This needs no explanation. If you don't have one of these apps at this point, you're asking to get abandoned in the middle of nowhere. Cabs? Mhm, when was the last time one of those showed up on time? Can you track your cab? Can you rate your driver? Do they hand you the aux cord? No.
I totally get why some people don't have Venmo and I'm sure one of these days all of my information is going to get stolen and it's going to be a disaster but until then I will remain faithful. For college students who are constantly going out with friends and sharing bills and checks, Venmo is great for paying friends back instantly or getting paid back instantly! I never carry cash around anymore and never have to remember to pay people back!
Companion is great for people who are out and about alone. Basically, you type in the address of your destination and then choose at least one companion who will receive a text that links them to a map of your exact location. You have the option to call 911 or say you're nervous, so your companion knows what's up all the time. This is especially great for those of us who are notorious for getting separated from groups at parties. Never be alone again when you have Companion!
If you are taking language classes you need this app! It's 100% free (no ads either!) and helps a ton with vocab. No, it's not the best if you're trying to become fluent in a language and have no outside help besides this app, but if you're taking classes or living in a foreign country and trying to pick up the culture and language quicker, Duolingo has your back. My foreign language classes never do quite enough memorization for vocab and I always use this to help before tests!
Plant Nanny
Plant Nanny is an app that my mom and I found right before our trip to Disneyland and it saved us. You adopt a cute little plant that you water whenever you drink a glass of water. It's an easy and super fun way of keeping track of how much water you drink and making sure you're getting enough!
So there you have it! I started this post off with just doing all of my favorite apps and it quickly became too many! So there will certainly be some follow up posts to this one, but I hope you check these out and let me know which ones you like! What are your favorite lifestyle apps?
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
My Favorite Lifestyle Apps
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The Sterling Community Center began serving the community in 1977. Our center has grown along with the expanding population of the county. We offer a variety of programs for preschoolers through seniors, as well as trips, camps, drop-in sports programs and special events, including Sterlingfest.
The Sterling Community Center has an advisory board that consists of local residents who help the center best serve the community. The Board is a major sponsor of Sterlingfest, along with Sterling Foundation and Sterling Playmakers. If you would like to get involved, please call 703-430-9480.


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Mups Shoes for Mother's Day! Win Two Pairs For Mother and Daughter!
I recently had the pleasure of meeting Diana, the President and creative force behind MUPS shoes. When Diana told me about her fabulous and innovative shoe concept I was really excited about finding out more. She invited me to her warehouse to check out all the fun designs and how MUPS works, and the first thing I was struck by was how enthusiastic Diana was about her product. After that I couldn't help getting excited about all the different styles...PLUS the endless variety of shoe possibilities you can get with just one pair of shoes!
Check out her website HERE!
MUPS are high quality, super comfortable shoes that have interchangeable ornaments, so with only one or two pairs and a couple of ornaments you can create a large variety of styles to wear for different occassions. How brilliant and fun is that??
Check out her the MUPS ornaments HERE!
You could tell that Diana and her designer put so much thought and time into each pair and each design. There was something for everyone, no matter what her style may be. I also thought it was really cool that you could wear the same pair of shoes for a business meeting, and then all you had to do was switch an ornament and you were ready to go out for fun with friends. And that is just one example of the versatility of MUPS shoes!
Diana let me pick a pair of sparkly MUPS (I chose the Bella Red & White Stripe), and then invited me back for a fun photo shoot with her talented photographer Dani Diamond, to capture me in action wearing a couple of variations of her fabulous and super comfortable shoes. What a fun time we had...and look at how great the shoes look!
And don't forget, MUPS also has a whole variety of styles for kids too! You MUST go check out the MUPS website and facebook page because once you see the concept and styles of these shoes you will want your own pair ASAP! As a matter of fact, you can even WIN your own set of Mother/Daughter MUPS just in time for Mother's Day. All you have to do to enter is check out her website, like her facebook page and leave a comment here which style you love the best.
Remember, each pair of MUPS comes with TWO fabulous ornaments: the one on display and another classic logo ornament. So buying one pair of shoes is like getting two. Then you can purchase additional ornaments to create your endless variety.