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Maternity Care
Initially arrange an appointment to see your Doctor
The local Midwives Team will look after you during your pregnancy
Child Services
The local Health Visitor Team will take over care of you and your baby from the birth of your child
Child Development
If you have any concerns please make an appointment with your Doctor or Health Visitor.
Test Results
The results of blood and urine tests are usually available after 16:00, at least five working days after the specimen was taken.
Please note that many tests do take longer. The reception are able to advise you of the result of most of your tests once received from the hospital but it is the doctor's responsibility to ensure all your tests are reported and it is our policy to advise you of any significant abnormal results.
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Some minor surgical procedures can be done at the practice at the Doctors discretion, such as removal of moles, cysts or ingrown toenails.
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Responsible for the provision of first and second level telephone, e-mail, face-to-face and remote desktop support, instruction and training to ICT users. The Post holder will be responsible for ensuring the provision and receipt of complex and sensitive information on ICT matters, logging ICT SD fault calls and ensuring the information is processed in accordance with policies and procedures. The post holder will be responsible for delivering the performance results set by the ICT SD Analyst Team Leader but they will have the freedom to determine how these are best achieved.
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GEOS 405 students return from research trip to Panama
May 18, 2016
Students take Spring semester data-collecting trip.
GEOS 405 is the capstone course for Environmental Geosciences and Environmental Studies students – a total of 300 students. The course requires student research, with faculty instructing students in the research and writing process.
For the Spring semester, students took field trips to collect data for their projects – including Panama.
The trip included 5 days at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's (STRI's) Bocas del Toro Research Station (BRS), and 2 days in STRI's Barro Colorado Island Research Station (CBI) in the Panama Canal Zone.
There was a great response from the students, particularly Lorena Cisneros.
"Being the only one of the TAMU group fluent in Spanish, Lorena was extremely helpful and selfless throughout the trip. Not only was Lorena fearless in approaching people and asking for help, but she did so enthusiastically. The trip would NOT have run so smoothly were it not for Lorena", says Geology & Geophysics professor Ethan Grossman.
The students sampled waters for an ocean acidification study, deployed water samplers, filled bottles, recorded information, and took GPS readings.
Many of the students spent additional time studying the wildlife – including spider and howler monkeys, coati, anteater, agouti, and toucans.
The group also participated in a boat tour of the tropical rainforest in Bahia Honda, ate a traditional lunch from the Ngabe indigenous people, and learned about cacao farming and chocolate production.
"Just ask the students. They were engaged, excited, and educated. Besides learning about marine and terrestrial ecology, and environments and human impact, they learned about Latin American cultures and living conditions. Their projects will test for human impacts on Bocas del Toro waters, and hopefully add to our understanding of this fragile environment", Professor Grossman adds.
"I hope this experience will impact their life long after graduating Texas A&M University."
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November 2015
Westpac Waikato Business Excellence Awards celebrates business excellence in the region and this year's winners were announced at a sell-out gala dinner in late October 2015, sponsored by Westpac, Waikato Chamber of Commerce and the local Institute of Director's branch.
Babbage's Project Management team was announced as a finalist in the Agri-business category, a huge achievement for Babbage recognising the input and dedication of the team to be a successful business in the Waikato, and an appreciation of the team's efforts over the past 18 years since the Hamilton office was established.Waikato Chamber of Commerce chief executive William Durning says this year's nominees and awards reflect continual business excellence. "The region should take great pride in the fact that not only did great businesses participate in the awards, but also that they were led by business owners and senior managers who understand the importance and value of independent review and feedback on the way in which these businesses are run."
Participating businesses have benefited in several ways from the awards. Finalists and category winners have had their business profiles raised, strengthened existing commercial relationships and laid the groundwork for new relationships to develop.
"All participants have benefited from the process of articulating the specific attributes and processes of what they do, thereby helping them to consistently grow and develop," Mr Durning said. The awards are an opportunity for entrants to focus on their businesses in a structured way and identify core strengths and competitive advantages, as well as areas that may benefit from more focus.
Businesses are judged on leadership, planning, customer focus, quality and systems, people management, business performance, governance, innovation, community and industry contribution, and environmental sustainability. Feedback businesses receive from a highly capable judges' panel is a valuable component. The feedback gives the businesses points to work on for future planning, adding value to them, as well as the overall region's economy.
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For years I've been disappointed with the Windows process scheduler. It is so easy for a process to suddenly take up all of the CPU and completely "freeze" your PC for minutes at a time.
Fair scheduling is something high-end UNIX variants like Solaris have dealt with successfully for a while now, while Linux is still coming to terms with.
An interesting freeware tool I've been trying out recently is ProcessTamer, a Windows utility that runs in your system tray and constantly monitors the cpu usage of other processes. When it sees a process that is overloading your cpu, it reduces the priority of that process temporarily, until its cpu usage returns to a reasonable level. Now my PC doesn't become completely unresponsive for long periods of time, but on the downside some applications like Firefox take longer to start up.
Sad that I have to consider using tools like ProcessTamer, but so far it has done a pretty decent job.


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Bush admin. salutes pro-life pregnancy centers
"More than 150 pregnancy center volunteers and 56 pregnancy center organizations from across the country received Presidential Volunteer Service Awards on Friday [Sept. 19] at a ceremony hosted by Assistant Secretary for Health, Admiral Joxel Garcia, MD, M.B.A. and the White House USA Freedom Corps."
You would never, ever know it from our abortion-propagandizing "news" media, but 2,500+ pro-life pregnancy centers exist around our USA, with tens of thousands of volunteers. They outnumber the abortion chambers.
If any liberals think the abortion zealot and extremist Barack Hussein Obama would ever salute pro-life pregnancy centers the way the Bush admin. has, they are nuts.


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The mission of the Court is to interpret and adjudicate applicable state laws and to support the local community by providing efficient and effective services through the promotion of justice. We seek to serve the citizens of Lockhart in an accountable, efficient, and independent manner.
In addition to providing fair and equal access to all citizens of Lockhart, we also strive to facilitate the timely disposition of cases with prompt and courteous service.
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Lockhart Municipal Court is located at:
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Discussion in 'Cars and Transportation' started by twinklejet, Jul 20, 2013.
Article: http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/18/4534786/ford-sued-over-myford-touch-system-glitches
Just rode in an Escape that has one. Didn't lock up or freeze but it's hard to get used to the size after the MS. It felt as though it belonged in a doll house. About the size of an index card.
Our friends have a Ford Edge that is ~six months old and have had theirs replaced already. Had the same issues being reported since they bought it and then it finally died.
Of course it's low quality software - it was developed by Microsoft. What do you expect?
Ford developed the application that runs on the windows automotive OS. A dozen other OEMs use the same OS and have no complaints. Ford apparently outsourced the whole app development ... you know rest of the story.
My biggest gripe with MFT is the lagginess and latency. It may have a more "polished" and "sophisticated" look than my 2011 Sonata, but my car blows it into the weeds in terms of snappiness and responsiveness. I don't know if the "fade in/fade out" effect on MFT was to make it seem smoother, or to cover up how painfully slow it is. I'd rather have a sharp, immediate transition.
Sounds like the Karma. I did like that Ford led the way with this more modern approach to the dash UI though. They also had the foresight to allow upgrades via USB stick and were proactive in mailing those out to owners free of charge. It would see that their heart is at least in the right place.
The wife has an Edge, and yes MyFord Touch is horrible.
I've done two major updates on it which required me downloading files onto a USB drive and then sitting in the (running) car for an hour in the driveway while it updated. I have to admit, the system is more responsive and less buggy now, but the feature set is weak and the design seems like it borrows inspiration from a Fisher Price toy.
If I could do it again, there's no way I would have paid extra for that headache.
You had to burn gas and foul up the fresh air along your driveway just to do a software update? Luckily it wasn't done in your garage...
When I did a nav/firmware update to my Sonata, I took it out on a 45-minute drive down a canyon road. One of the few times I've used the flappy-paddle shifters on my car. :smile:
They warn you like 20x during the update to not din it in your garage. Pretty funny. We will be getting an X to replace it ASAP.
Well, that's pretty wretched, but sued???
That is lame. You want to sure FoMoCo, I'll give you something to sue about.
I am reeking of diesel all over, as I just spent a horrific mid-day to evening under my F-350 replacing (successfully, finally) the primary fuel filter....which is located INSIDE!!!!!! the frame rail, and takes a 35mm socket to loosen - about 100 turns as you have zippidyzero clearance, and is directly connected to the fuel tank so you are guaranteed to splash 38 gallons of diesel all over you and your garage floor when you replace it.
Now, that is bad engineering and that is actionable. And every other Ford owner of this vintage can attest to same.


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South Africa Sevens forward Kwagga Smith is confident that the Blitzbokke will challenge for a medal at the Olympic Games in Rio, given they came second in the IRB World Sevens Series this year.
With Sevens making its Olympic debut, Smith hopes to repeat what his team did in 2014 when they won the Commonwealth Games gold, which is possible given the Blitzbokke won silver in the World Sevens Series for the past four years.
Smith told MyPlayers: "My greatest rugby memory was winning the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2014. That was a small taste of what the Olympics will be like.
"It's a huge honour to receive the opportunity to play in Brazil. I hope to maintain good form and deliver consistent performances during the World Series.
"I believe South Africa will have what it takes to medal at the Olympics and I'm delighted to be a part of the journey."
Sevens has been growing in popularity over the past few years, with big Rugby Union players making the jump across formats, and the likes of Bryan Habana (who was a shock omission from the Olympic squad) giving it their time.
Smith told MyPlayers: "It's nice seeing some of the biggest names in rugby dedicating their time to sevens rugby. You have guys like Sonny Bill Williams playing for New Zealand and Quade Cooper called up by Australia.
"The likes of Bryan Habana, Francois Hougaard and Juan de Jongh have also spent time with us in recent months.
"The sevens field is already so competitive and this gives us the opportunity to measure ourselves against the best in the business.
"The shorter World Series schedule has also tested us mentally and physically. With only two to three weeks in between back-to-back tournaments, our recovery and preparation processes are more important than before."


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I attended Mayberry Days in 2006 and went to the poetry book signing on Main St where I had my book signed by Kathryn Daren the book's publisher and a Mayberry tribute artist herself. I introduced myself to her and she told others in line that I was the one who wrote the tribute to Barney in the book. Several people asked me to sign their book. I was embarrassed but I obliged. Kathryn asked me to return to a book signing later that day but other obligations prevented this from happening. Having heard there would be another updated publishing I decided to try again and here' what I came up with...
As time goes by the stars pass on and bring sadness to our day
but the memories they have given us will never fade away
Aunt Bea has raised little Opie to become a fine young man
and Barney the bumbling deputy can't mess up another plan
Otis Campbell the old town drunk has taken his last nip
Floyd the barber with the one-chaired shop has given town folks their last clip
Miss Crump will never teach again poor Andy's lost his mate
we've seen the last of Ernest T. Bass no more windows can he break
Howard Sprague the county clerk will no longer use his rubber stamp
and Emmett Clark the fix-it man can't fix another lamp
We'll never again hear Briscoe scrub one off with the Darlin' boys
or weep as grumpy Ben Weaver delivers his Christmas toys
Old Jud yellin' at the top of his lungs is silenced forever more
Asa will never awake again and have his gun drop to the floor
Clara Edwards with blue ribbons nearby has made her pickles one last time
Emma Watson has taken her last pill that worked miracles for a dime
The fire's burned out under the Hollister still it's dripped out it's last load
Rafe's glorious voice won't sing no more "Look Down That Lonesome Road"
Doug and Mitch of the Darlin' boys will no longer be around
but now they're reunited in Heaven where the Lord's blessed by their sound
Since Goober's gone and left us he'll no longer pump our gas
Andy has taken his last breath we'd prayed he'd never pass
These precious things once part of life helped put a smile upon our face
because they took us back to a simpler time in a simple place
Although the stars pass on their memories live on and we thank them for their part
in giving us The Andy Griffith Show that brought Mayberry into our heart
This is an edited version of original poem because of the passing of several people from the show.
May God bless all of us who has made Mayberry a part of our lives. All that's left are memories...and reruns!
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I found this as I read my sports section today: Crowd jeers eliminated U.S. team with chants of 'Osama!'

Feb. 11, 2004 SportsLine.com wire reports

 	GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- The boos nearly drowned out The Star-Spangled Banner, and a few dozen fans chanted "Osama! Osama!" as the United States was eliminated by Mexico in Olympic men's soccer qualifying. A loud anti-American crowd hollered as Mexico beat the United States 4-0 Tuesday night in the under-23 tournament, claiming a berth in the Athens Olympics. As U.S. players left the stadium for their bus, several fans -- some clutching beers -- chanted "Osama! Osama!" in reference to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

 I realize it was just a few dozen out of the thousands, but this is pretty lame. I can't understand why these people dislike the USA so much. -Mike


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The Challenge
Hadrian's Wall runs from Bowness on Solway to Wallsend. The route is a world heritage site and is preserved today as a monument to our past.
Day one, we arrive on the campsite/bunkhouse near Haltwhistle around 5-6pm. An evening meal is served about 7pm followed by a briefing of the weekend's activities.
The 2 days walking consists of 15 miles and 11 miles walking over undulating short but in some places steep hillsides. Underfoot it is mostly grass paths but in some areas it can be gravel, small stone, tarmac or rock, so appropriate footwear is recommended. You may be lucky to see a Roman soldier walking the route, which often happens.
Day two, we walk the central section where the wall is most prominent and we start at Lanercost Priory after a short coach journey, walking through stunning scenery throughout the day in the Northumberland National Park alongside the wall and passing remains of Roman forts on route like Birdoswald where we stop for refreshments, as well as a lunch stop nearby the Roman Army Museum. Trekking for 15 miles we return to the campsite at Windshields. A hearty evening meal is prepared before reliving the high points of the day then settling down for the night.
Day three. After breakfast we walk the wall again over rocky crags, and continue along the undulating sections both beside and on the wall a further 11 mile to finish at Brocolitia, a Roman Temple. During this final section we pass the sycamore tree featured in the Robin Hood film 'Robin Hood Prince of Thieves' as well as more Roman forts and temples.
Finishing the walk, we take a coach back to the campsite where we have some food and a hot drink before leaving for home.
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Duration : 3 days
Grade : Moderate
Challenge Date
13th – 17th Apri 2019
Group dates can be arranged on request
Challenge Prices
Deposit of £50, plus a further £395
What is Included
All snacks, food and drinks throughout the trip (2 Breakfasts, 2 Dinners, 2 Packed Lunches)
Full mini bus support and qualified guides throughout.
What is not included
Personal outdoor clothing
Day Rucksack
Sleep Mat
Sleeping bag or quilt fort he bunk bed
Water bottle or hydration pack
Spending money (Recommended £25)
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Do I look different?
I ought to look different but perhaps I just want to look different because I feel different.
Last week I took part in "Making Families Count", the brainchild of Jan Sunman of OXFSN and Julie Kerry of NHS England, together with the filmmaker Julian Hendy of the "Hundred Families" charity. They want to develop training for everyone working in NHS Trusts and train staff to treat people who lose relatives in their care, better and with greater sensitivity.
I was incredibly nervous about going. I have never been to anything like this before and I felt completely and totally out of my depth. My two main fears was that I might cry in front of a room full of strangers and my other fear was that I would be the silly little woman that no-one knew. That I would stand out, be dressed wrong, wrong kind of voice, wrong things to say and that I would be left, sitting on a chair by myself and ignored, as others happily chatted. I didn't sleep the night before.
It wasn't anything like this. Yes, it certainly was a room for of strangers, but those people who organised the event – Jan and Kerry, couldn't have been more warm and welcoming.
It was an amazing day for me. I met some people I will never forget. Listening to the stories of the other families and watching the short films about their experiences. Talking to them afterwards as well as meeting all the people who do this work – not because they've ever lost anyone but because they are driven by a desire to do good in the world and so they do it the very best they can.
For me meeting these people and being together with them in the room, hearing them speak and listening to the strong reaction from the people who had come to hear us………………………………..….it was as if someone had shone a big, bright light onto me. Suddenly I felt that I was not alone in the dark. I was part of something wonderful, bigger and stronger than just me. And that was a very new experience.
I didn't feel alone in my struggle. I had a sense of others caring, wanting to know our story, wanting to support me and understand what I have been through. I felt, for the first time, that I am part of a wider community, a wider group of support. Just feeling that you are part of something is a big deal when you haven't had that before and feeling that you have the support of a group around you is just tremendous!
You see throughout this long, long struggle for justice for my golden boy, it has really just been me alone. Without help from others (Beverley Dawkins and Charlotte Sweeney in particular) I absolutely would not have achieved what I have, but I don't see them very often and don't speak to them on a regular basis. Without my solicitor and barrister we could not possibly have achieved a good inquest result or the Article 2 status, but these aren't people I can ring up for a chat when I'm feeling low.
Day after day, week after week and month after month after month it has just been me, typing and typing and thinking and planning and hoping and just doing my very best, when most of the time I haven't had a clue what I ought to be doing and if what I'm doing is the right thing to do. I haven't always had anyone even to discuss this with, bounce ideas off and hold me up when I feel that I just can't go on.
So to suddenly find myself in a room full of people who wanted to hear our story and wanted to support me and help me in my fight for justice, almost took my breath away and made me feel very humble. Jan Sunman gave a wonderful speech, illustrated by the funny, dry and pointedly sharp pictures created by Sara Ryan and now familiar to everyone who follows her justice campaign.
It was difficult to sit through the short film that they had made of me talking about Nico and about what happened to us, but I always knew it would be. Strangely I didn't find it as upsetting as I thought I would. It was more moving than upsetting.
Equally moving, and perhaps even more so as I heard them for the first time, were the other families testimonies and films, from the shocking opening recording of Len Hodkin's mother's murder to hearing Stephen Habgood speak after the film about his son. I will never forget Mr Habgood's words "I'm not brave. I am broken".
But one of the other profoundly moving things was seeing for myself how meeting these families opened the eyes and the hearts of many of the NHS people present in a most profound way.
It is all too easy for many people within the NHS to deal with bereaved families by shutting down their empathy, but making us less like themselves, less like their own families and by not allowing themselves to be in our shoes. I think they do this partly as a survival technique, so that they don't become too involved in their work, too affected by the families they meet but I also think they do it because of fear. The fear of being wrong, being caught out in being wrong and the fear of reprisals, whether that be disciplinary or being sued, is now almost taught to them by their management as if it is an expected and normal part of their work experience.
Over the last few years in particular, the years of the slashing budget cuts, they have displaced themselves from empathy for their own convenience and in order to get through another tough day.
Meeting us and actually having us physically present in the room; listening to our voices, watching our films, made that distancing impossible for them – perhaps for some of them, for the first time in a long time. They were forced to see for themselves what is done to us by this culture of distancing. Time alone will show what lasting changes this may bring, but I have hope.
At the end of the day a woman came up to speak to me. I can't write her name here for obvious reasons. She was lovely, friendly, approachable and easy to talk to. She said "I should have known you instantly as I can see you have your son's lovely eyes". I nearly lost it.
She told me that she knew we had applied to NHS England for an independent case review following my son Nico's death. I told her that we were still waiting to hear back from them but I did have some hope of a good outcome. She left me and I ate as many of the free sandwiches as a woman could possible stuff in her face and still stay the right side of dignified.
After 10 minutes the woman returned. She asked me if she could speak to me privately and she took me down the corridor. She said that she had just made a phone call and that she had been given permission to give me some news.
And so it was that I was told, standing in the corridor outside the loos in the Hilton Hotel, Reading (which is not the place I ever thought I'd be standing when I was given life changing news), that NHS England has approved our application and will be carrying out an independent case review into my son Nico's death.
Do I look different now? I certainly feel it.


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Denrell, Jerker (2011) Are the highest performers the most impressive? In: Subjective Probability, Utility and Decision Making (SPUDM), August 2011, Kingston, UK.Full text not available from this repository.
The relation between performance and ability is a central concern in discussions of imitation and learning - should we imitate and learn from the highest performers? Past research has shown how rich-get-richer dynamics, combined with noise, can produce a weak or even non-existent association
between performance and ability. Still, if performance and ability are positively correlated, it makes sense to imitate the highest performers. Using a simple formal model we show that noise can lead to a more counter-intuitive e�ffect: performance and ability can be negatively associated for high levels of performance. The implication is that the highest performers are not the most impressive - instead, agents with moderately high performance are expected to
have the highest ability. Our model o�ers an alternative explanation for why exceptional performance seldom lasts and suggests that people who assume that higher performers are better may systematically mistake luck for skill.
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Nestled on 500 acres in the lower Hudson Valley of New York state lies (lay?) the undulating hills of Storm King Mountain, where a majestic open-air museum sits in Mountainville. For fifty years, this unassuming treasure has been celebrated as one of the world's leading sculpture parks.
Filled with woodlands, wildflowers and lush, native meadow grasses like switchgrass, bluestem, purple top tridens, Canadian wild rye, and sideoats grama grass. The grass, hearkening back to landscapes of the Romantic Hudson River School is such an integral part of Storm King that a "tall grass program" has been implemented for over nineteen years by landscape architects.
Storm King Art Center's distinguished collection comprises more than 100 sculptures by some of the most acclaimed artists of our era such as Alexander Calder, Claes Oldenburg, Louise Bourgeois, Bruce Nauman, Nam June Paik and more. Works at Storm King encompass the years from post-World War II to the present. It obvious that the curators focused on large-scale abstract sculpture. Towering in the meadows, almost looming behind leaves, stand steel anaglyphs, different from all angles, and giant mechanical simulacra like faux oil rigs across Texas. The collection also includes figurative work and sculpture in stone and earth itself.
A strange sort of time travel occurs when leaving NYC and traveling north. One passes the remnants of colonial America, its first battlegrounds, Fort Montgomery, tollroads on cliff-sides. One arrives at the park and encounters sculptures like extraterrestrials trying to communicate their nature through objects, or like ruins from an ancient civilization whose language we have lost.
Although Storm King was originally envisioned as a museum devoted to Hudson River School, by 1961 its founders had become committed to modern sculpture, and whatever the evolution of that terms mean. Every work is situated with consideration of both its immediate surroundings and distant views, as if the artwork was meant to be one with the land all along.


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If you have Frankenword on your phone, you're in for an awesummer (that's "awesome summer")
Do you know what an "Alarmadillo" is? Well, it's more or less what it sounds like: an armored mammal with an alarm clock in its belly (and it presumably makes a watery, strangled "BRAAANG" when it's hit by a car). Unfortunately, the Alarmadillo has not been seen by sober eyes, so if you play its species name as a word in Scrabble or Words With Friends, you're bound to get thrown out on your butt. Maybe it's time to consider an iOS word game that doesn't play by rigid rules laid down The Man. Maybe it's time to give Frankenword a try.
In Frankenword, you are tasked with cobbling together words that technically don't exist, but strangely enough, almost make sense. Each of these words is actually composed of two others that have been spliced together like a pigeonrat. For instance, when "Nougat" and "Attorney" fall in love and have a baby, you get "Nougattorney"—a delicious, candy-filled lawyer.
You're not expected to smash words together blindly, of course. If you've played any tile-based word assembly game, then you shouldn't have a problem jumping into Frankenword. Each stage issues you a handful of tiles, and two hint words that are supposed to help you assemble your new hybrid word. Extra tiles are thrown into the mix to make sure that you don't guess the word too easily.
When you've correctly identified the word at hand, you're offered a delightfully nonsensical definition, or you're invited to make your own and post it on Twitter or Facebook.
If you like to label words with flavors and colors, then you're certain to have a good time with Frakenword. Most of the hybrids you create meld together beautifully and are fun to read and pronounce.
Frankenword is more of an interest piece than a game, however. It's not challenging on a mind-bending level, though you will probably still put a dent in your allotted hint supply. Oftentimes, the words you need are staring you right in the face, and when you use a hint, you may well end up slapping yourself on the forehead. On the other hand, there are instances where the hints you're issued aren't very good. In one example, "Evil spirit" was supposed to translate into "Goblin," but that old-world association isn't popular for those of us who became familiar with the creatures through Dungeons & Dragons and Tolkien's works.
Frakenword's presentation is bare-bones, too. Granted, there's not a whole lot you can do to trick out a tile-based word game, but the graphics and sound effects in Frankenword barely rank above a text-based adventure.
But the bottom line is that you have nothing to lose by picking up Frankenword. The first fifty word puzzles are free, and you can purchase hundreds more for a low fee. More free puzzles are coming in August, so if you decide to hold on to your cash, you can be assured that an update is on the way. You can't lose—unless you neglect to remember that a goblin is actually a malevolent spirit and not a pony-gobbling under-dweller.


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Chicken fried oyster taco
Yield: 4 tacos
- 1/2 cup rice flour
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 12 fresh gulf oysters, shucked
- Canola oil for frying
- 4 corn or flour tortillas
- Cilantro or chopped scallion for garnish
Heat canola oil to 350 degrees. Combine flours in a small bowl. Dredge oysters in flour mixture. Carefully drop oysters in hot oil and fry until golden. Drain on paper towels and serve immediately in tacos.
To assemble tacos: Warm tortillas on grill. Place a generous amount of celery root slaw (recipe below) on each tortilla. Add three fried oysters to each tortilla. Drizzle Frank's RedHot sauce over oysters. Garnish with cilantro or chopped scallions.
Celery root slaw
- 1 small celery root bulb
- About 1/2 cup homemade ranch dressing or Hidden Valley Ranch
Trim ends of celery root and then peel it. Grate on medium grater. Add ranch dressing and toss to coat celery root, adding more dressing if necessary.
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1. Bianca * Mohamed * Lila 2. Christine * Devin * Kanwal 3. Stephanie * Rachel * Lorena 4. Lindsey * Sarah * Amaru 5. Lauren * Elizabeth * Caitlyn 6. Julia * Zhuoxi * Helen 7. Parker * Edtricia * Halie 8. Nalicia * Veronica * Nisha
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For Wednesday and TO DO
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Your midterm exam is posted below; also the pictures for question #2. Please make sure you complete the readings marked "Banks Ch. 4" for Wednesday. Also, please read the following (short) articles on copyright and creative commons: http://blogs.qc.cuny.edu/blogs/blogtutorials/2005/01/understanding_copyright.html http://www.lib.umn.edu/copyright/fairuse.phtml If you haven't done so yet, please finish your blog entry about your final project idea. […]
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Midterm Exam
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Find the handout for the midterm exam here: Midterm Exam Soc 240 Spring 2010. Your responses are due on March 22; a hard copy at the beginning of class. The pictures for question #2 are posted below.
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Picture #2 (click on the picture to view full size)
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Next week, we will continue talking about methodology and start a discussion on ethics and copyright. The readings for next week are posted here. I will hand out the assignment for the midterm exam next Monday; you will have one week to hand in your response. Make sure to update your blog with all missing […]
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Mini Fieldwork Experience
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This in-class project is designed to give you a first, 'low-key' experience in the field and some practice with photo elicitation. It's meant to be a playful experience where 'trial and error' may (and will) occur. So, stretch your creative muscles and have fun! For this project, you will work in groups of two, assuming […]
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Sociological Images — recommended by our own Stephanie Lee! Thanks Stephanie. Have fun exploring.
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In order to earn extra credit, write a one to two page reaction paper about the event (what was talked about? what interested you most? what did you learn? what questions do still you have? how did the event relate to our class?…) and post it on your blog no later than 10 days after […]
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Find the handout for the content and structure of your final projects here.
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Visual Sociology class of Fall 2009 "Girl Culture" by Lauren Greenfield (see intro, photographs and artist statement) "Material World" by Peter Menzel (see example pages here, under Images from Poster Set) Photography and Sociology by David Bacon
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How to Select a Grout Color to Match Your Personality
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You are renovating your bathroom or kitchen and you have already picked your tile. Now all you need is the grout that holds it all together. Often, attention for selecting a grout color is overlooked, but it is as important as the tile selection, as it adds an additional design element that can change the look of tile completely. Read this blog to find inspiration on grout colors to complement your home.Read full story


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Cheap or free registration of new domain names is driving the growth in Web sites used for spamming or hosting malicious software, according to research from McAfee.
The study, released on 12 March, highlights continuing problems concerning how Web sites are registered and the ease with which criminals can change Web sites to continue online scams.
McAfee analyzed 8.1 million of the world's most trafficked Web sites registered on 265 top-level domains (TLDs), such as ".com" and ".biz" along with country-specific ones, such as ".jp" for Japan.
McAfee offers a free tool, SiteAdvisor, that determines if Web sites send spam, host bad programs or have excessive pop-ups. McAfee, which bought SiteAdvisor in April 2006, also offers a pay version with more advanced features.
Small islands with their own TLDs remain troublesome. For example, some 18.5 percent of Web sites registered under the ".st" TLD are considered "risky" for either spam or other malicious activity, McAfee said. The TLD belongs to Sao Tome and Principe, a country of two volcanic islands west of Gabon.
Tokelau (.tk), a territory of New Zealand in the south Pacific, and Niue (.nu), also in the south Pacific, east of Tonga, give out domains for free. That is good for scammers, who often need to register new domains as older ones are blocked by security software.
Niue also allows anonymous registration of Web sites. Nine years ago the country declared "no tolerance" policy against spammers, but McAfee said this had not been a deterrent.
The safest TLDs belong to countries with stronger registration rules. Japan, Ireland, Sweden and Finland, which require a local postal address, while businesses in Norway have to register with the government to get a ".no" domain. Consequently, McAfee found the lowest percentage of bad Web sites in those domains.
Australia and Canada, McAfee said, require a local contact for registration, which often deters spammer since registrations take more time.
The ".info" domain ranked first among generic TLDs for its percentage of risky sites, at 7.5 percent, McAfee said. The domain also hosts many Web sites that send "spammy" e-mail, the vendor said.
SiteAdvisor submits an e-mail address to Web sites and counts how many e-mails are received. Users have a 73.2 percent chance of receiving a spam e-mail by giving their address to a random ".info" site, McAfee said.
The ".com" domain -- created in the 1980s -- came in second for risk, with 5.5 percent of its Web sites considered questionable, McAfee said.


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The New Era Seasonal Basic LA Dodgers Cap features an embroidered team logo on the front with a small brand flag logo on the left side. It has a high crown, standard flat bill, covered top button and ventilation holes for all day comfort. The interior has a moisture absorbing sweatband along with brand taping.
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To Divest or Not to Divest: That Is The Question
by Ana Marta Laranjeira
Starting off by laying everything in simple terms, to divest is, quite simply, the opposite to invest.
Divestment campaigns are certainly no novelty, with tremendous examples in history such as the boycott to South Africa during the Apartheid. These movements are typically used as a tool to incite social and political change by, not only diminishing the financial power of a certain institution, but also by raising the society's awareness on the problem being dealt with.
It is that exact concept that sets the base for the Fossil Free campaign. Aiming to get institutions at a global scale to remove all of their investments from any kind of fossil fuel companies, 503 institutions have already taken part (e.g. Rockefeller Brothers Fund, University of Oxford, Guardian Member Group) and approximately $3.4 trillion have been divested to the date of this publication.
Started in 2014, this grassroots movement has swiftly rose to popularity, having been reported to be the fastest growing divestment campaign ever in History and with a mounting number of supporters such as Ban Ki-moon (Secretary-General of the United Nations) alongside the UN's team responsible for the climate framework, Leonardo DiCaprio, Desmond Tutu, Al Gore, amongst others.
Nevertheless, popularity tends to walk hand-in-hand with objection and opposing ideas invariably arouse debates, which brings us to the million-dollar question: to divest or not to divest?
Generally speaking, the contending side to the Fossil Free campaign has its main focus on the more direct impacts, the most obvious ones being the financial.
It is stated that, economically, it makes no sense for an institution to let go of its shares and freeze all investment on fossil fuel companies as, hypothetically, some other investor would follow-up and buy those exact same shares. Assuming that this happened, in terms of profitability this could potentially jeopardise the institutions divesting more than the actual fossil fuel companies. As a matter of fact it's been reported by Welch and Wazzan (1999) that the boycott to South Africa had little impact on the country's economy, possibly due to this. Nonetheless, the two add that the movement did have an impact on Apartheid, believing that it's linked with the social/political opposition rather than the economical front.
Furthermore, some opponents defend that the campaign spreads the wrong idea to the population, that by divesting "we have done our part", when this "part" is actually not enough. Divestment won't change the dependence on these fuels, consumer demand will. Yet, consumers cannot fully shift away from fossil fuels due to the lack of concrete alternatives available, with renewable energies still failing to perform due to their insufficient technological development, possibly linked with a shortage of investment in this area.
On the other hand, most supporters believe that these perspectives seem to miss the bigger goal embedded on this movement. There doesn't seem to be any feasible way of completely extinguishing all of the profits of the fossil fuel companies in the short run, and surely divestment won't do it either. Nonetheless, when a large number of institutions agree on comprehensively divesting from this industry, it should affect the public image of the overall sector. As easy as it may be to replace investors, it is a completely different story when it comes to gaining back reputation. This should lead to a loop effect as, impoverished reputation results in reduced economical appeal and, consequently, fewer investors willing to allocate capital on such companies.
What's more, and coming back to a point that seems central to this matter, movements like this instigate social alertness. Although most of the statements arising from this debate seem to pose as mere assumptions, with hubs already spread throughout the five continents, the commitment of hundreds of institutions, public demonstrations all over the world and growing popularity on the political and social fronts, the point of public awareness has moved on from assumption to fact.
"Protesting" can be quite a tricky task, with numerous activists struggling to capture the public's attention to their causes, no matter how noble they may be. Fossil Free seems to be doing so, which is noteworthy. Information on climate change, fossil fuels and renewable energy has long been available to everyone thanks to Google search, and a little extra reading. The predisposition for doing so, in many cases, has not. Further awareness leads to further knowledge, discussion and community engagement which ultimately are legitimate forces in engendering change.
In conclusion, it is important to understand that divesting really isn't an immediate solution to climate change. Removing investment from fossil fuels doesn't result in consequent investment on renewable energies (although that should, perhaps, be a viable exchange). Investing in research and development on the clean energy sector is, more than ever, of paramount importance. Still, we cannot let perfect be the enemy of good. Movements as such get people talking, debating and learning more on the topic. Social engagement generates strong communities that do have the power to incite change: public pressure inflicts political action and dissatisfied consumers force market adaptation.
Fossil Free doesn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon and – whether you support it or not – it's certainly a movement to keep an eye on in the years to come.


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I have two dear friends at work that are about to take a huge step of faith and follow their dreams.
They've been married for 5 years and have always wanted to end up in Colorado. For awhile they thought that they wanted to open up a Chick-fil-A out there, so he's been finishing school and training to be an operator, while she has been doing marketing for Chick-fil-A. Long story short, they met a couple who is moving out to Colorado to plant a church and Jasmine and Adam have decided to go with them. They are leaving their condo, furniture, jobs, and unfinished school in Atlanta and embarking on a brand new journey together. They are trusting that all the appropriate doors will open, that they'll find a place to live, get furniture, new jobs, and be able to build a church from the ground up. Dream pursuing is not for the faint of heart.
I'm so encouraged by them because so many people have big dreams and things they want to do, but never manage to take the first step. But Adam and Jasmine are some of the first people that I've known to just drop everything and pursue the things God has placed inside of them. They may never finish their work at Chick-fil-A, but they know that Colorado is where they want to be, so they're going to start there. And be in a state that they love, with the beautiful Rockies out their back door, pressing into God's heart for what He wants to do in Colorado. They are living life bold and unhindered, and radically chasing their dreams. Getting to watch the beginnings of this process is such a joy and a privilege for me.
I want to chase after my dreams the way that Adam and Jasmine are doing. Abandoning all that's familiar, and straining towards the promises that lay ahead. God has so many great things in store for us, but sometimes we have to get out of our comfort zones and trust that He wants to give us all that is in our heart to do. So let's dream big and press in further for the courage to move out in faith.
"And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues....they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well." Mark 16:17-18


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Aug 7 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
- U.S. aluminum producer Alcoa Corp on Monday asked the administration for an exemption from the 10 percent tariffs as the company imports much of its aluminum from its facilities in Canada, which is among the countries subject to President Trump's metals tariffs. nyti.ms/2nfxs7L
- The U.S. Justice Department on Monday laid out its case against a federal court's approval of the AT&T Inc and Time Warner merger, criticizing a judge for "erroneously ignoring fundamental principles of economics and common sense." nyti.ms/2nj8EvM
- Indra Nooyi on Monday announced that she was stepping down as chief executive of PepsiCo Inc and handing the reins of the multinational conglomerate to Ramon Laguarta, a 22-year veteran of the company, in October. nyti.ms/2MoTLD3
- Top technology companies like Apple Inc, Google , Facebook Inc and Spotify Technology SA , erased most of the posts and videos on their services from Alex Jones, the internet's notorious conspiracy theorist, thrusting themselves into a fraught debate over their role in regulating what can be said online. nyti.ms/2OgWr68
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By William Opalka
The six New England states aren't an island, but the region sometimes feels that way when it comes to its winter power supply. Although transmission ratings and maximum generation output is higher during the cold weather and peak load is lower, the ability to import power is a major concern.
"Transmission interfaces into New England are going to be loaded up pretty much around the clock every day," Peter Brandien, ISO-NE's vice president of system operations, told FERC on Thursday. "Which means that any sort of contingencies … I'll have to handle with the resources internal to New England.
"People are talking about ramping up their efforts for the winter, but for us, [preparation occurs] throughout the year," he continued. "I look forward to the time when I can come down here and say that we're all set and we don't have any concerns going into the winter. I feel like a broken record every time I'm down here talking about the same concerns."
In addition to the familiar concerns over constraints on gas pipelines from the west, he also cited worries about diminished supplies from Nova Scotia. Natural gas supplied 44% of the region's power in 2014, nearly tripling its share since 2000.
The lack of infrastructure also causes New England prices to be "higher than just about anywhere else," Brandien said.
ISO-NE will again rely on the winter reliability program it has used for the last two winters, which gives oil generators incentives to secure fuel at the beginning of the winter. Last year, it added incentives for liquefied natural gas. "Hopefully, there will be LNG injections like last year," Brandien said.
The RTO's Pay-for-Performance program, which rewards successful generators and penalizes those who fail to meet their commitments, goes into effect in 2018.
Gas-electric communication, "a 12-month project," has improved in response to FERC orders, he said.
The RTO hired a former gas industry veteran to help evaluate gas availability and developed a gas usage tool that scrapes the electronic bulletin boards of the five interstate pipelines serving the region.
This winter, the RTO also will begin allowing generators to change offers on an hourly basis in the day-ahead and real-time markets, improving incentives for following dispatch orders. "We think that's going to pay dividends to us," he said.
The RTO's assumptions for the Winter 2015/16 Forward Reserve Auction included a reserve requirement of 2,363 MW.
"I'm somewhat comfortable that we have insight into all of [the challenges, that] we have the right communication, that we have the right emergency procedures and that we'll be able to implement any operational actions in time," Brandien said.
Still, ISO-NE said in its presentation: "[The] loss of any major non-gas unit or significant disruptions in gas supply or pipeline capability will create major challenges for ISO operations."


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I recently became a member of the church my grandparents and my mother belong to. I used to go there on occasion when I was younger but got away from it for several reasons after I went away to college. After I had the boys my Granny and my mom requested prayers for me and my little men every Sunday and the congregation would ask for regular updates on our guys and their progress. They truly seemed to care about the well-being of our little miracle babies. Knowing people who you don't even know are rooting for you does something good for your soul.
I took the babies to church on Easter Sunday and there was such a HUGE welcoming to all of us that I HAD to become a member of the church because I always want my boys to have the Christian upbringing I had and have that same moral compass that has led me in my life. The other important thing for me is that they always know that God loves them and made them perfect and that God doesn't make mistakes!
Recently, some members of our congregation participated in a mission trip out of state at a group home for people with developmental disabilities and brain injuries. They spoke of the residents that they met with nothing but love in their voices as they stood before the church reporting on their trip. One woman's story in particular had both my mom and me in tears. She told of how she used to feel uncomfortable around people who are different and that after this trip she realized that we are all the same! What an incredible revelation in her life! She reminded everyone that all people are the same regardless of ability and I don't have the words to express how much that meant to me. I want everyone to know this!
As I was crying while listening to her story I began to think that God knows just what we need even when we don't. It's amazing. Being a mother has done nothing but increase my faith in God.
When we first married I was aware of the fact that my husband didn't want to have children. I knew and accepted that because I love this man more than I can tell you. He is the wind in my sails! Anyway, I knew that Matt didn't want kids but I was not totally convinced I didn't want them- I would have been fine without children but my heart wasn't totally convinced we'd be okay. So I left it to God. When I would say my daily prayers I would thank God for my amazing husband, my wonderful family, my health and my job and I would always finish with this statement- if you feel we should have a baby let us have one. I leave it to you.
I never told Matt about that part of my prayers because it was a private thing. I think now that I KNEW I longed for motherhood but felt so completely blessed with my Matthew that I was willing to do without. God knew what was in my heart and blessed me with the sons I was meant to have. And I am so thrilled that He did. I never knew you could love someone like I love those boys.
Faith is a powerful thing. And faith is the reason why I am not afraid to have another baby despite the strong suggestion of the doctor at the Down Syndrome clinic that we meet with the genetic counselor first. Initially, I felt like I would be irresponsible if I didn't follow her directive. Now, I feel like I would be betraying myself if I did follow it! God will give us the baby we are meant to have. More importantly what can a genetic counselor do other than tell me the odds that we have another baby with DS? I have heard that the Chance of dying from a car accident is 1 in 18,585 but I still get in a car nearly everyday! If it's my time to go it will happen. The point is- no one can predict the future and I have decided to live by one of my favorite and most treasured mottos- Let go and Let God!
As a mother I have to have faith all the time. I have to have faith in the cribs we bought for our sons and have faith that my husband assembled them correctly. I have to have faith that the formulas we buy for the babies are nutritionally sound. I have to have faith that the car seats that we put those little ones in will save them if we got into an accident. I have to have faith that I know what I am doing and that I have the best partner in the world to help me raise these guys. I have faith coming out of my ears! It's a damn good thing, too, because life without faith would be scary and lonely. My life is anything BUT scary and lonely. I have more love in my life than most 10 people combined.
Faith is good. Motherhood without faith would be like night without moon and stars- dark and difficult to navigate.


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When Sen. Brian P. Stack (D-33) conducts hearings on what went wrong with the power companies' response to Hurricane Sandy, Stack should fess up and blame himself, says Sen. Mike Doherty (R-23).
Doherty said Stack supported S1925, which in part shifts the state's solar goals from a fixed megawatt hour requirement to a percentage based requirement.
"What it did was accelerate the amount of green energy the energy companies had to purchase," Doherty said of the bill. "I had the head of the BPU in my office and based on what he told me it's my understanding that hundreds of millions of dollars per year will be going to put up these solar panels and to build solar fields. What is the priority? Reliable energy delivery, or diverting focus and putting up these solar panels?"
Stack and other supporters of the solar energy bill need to look at their policies, he said.
"He's partially responsible for that," Doherty said. "I don't think these solar panels are doing anything for us right now. When Senator Stack has his hearings I plan to testify and express my concerns. New Jersey is Number 2 in the country after California for the number of solar panels that have been installed. It's time to consider whether these policies are good for New Jersey."
Doherty said he's not going to defend the power companies.
"People out there are upset over the lack of accountability," he said. "The lights never went out the way they're going out now. The electrical power system is unreliable. We're supposed to be best country in the world, and we really need to look at why is this is happening. The solar projects are coming with a cost. There are retired folks paying for solar panels with their social security checks and they're sitting in the dark tonight. Meanwhile, well-heeled residents of New Jersey are installing solar panels."


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52. Being a Trans* Lesbian
Are You Still Interested In Girls? I just had a thought and wanted to write a quick blog post. I noted in a recent post that I came out twice, once as a trans* woman, and also as a lesbian. However, I was somewhat robbed of the second experience of coming out as a lesbian


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Welcome To Beauty Is More Than Skin Deep~
The Blessings Event-Black Dapper Suit & Burgandy Velvet Dress by A&S RugRats!
It's almost time for The Blessings Event and today I am showcasing this pair of adorable yet classic outfits from A&S RugRats (a Zooby affiliate store) for your babies. With Black Dapper Suit & Burgandy Velvet Dress your babies will be dressed to impress and ready for the party!
The girl's Burgandy Velvet Dress is a sweet dress with tiny, white buttons down the front and a cute bolero jacket with a stripe at the cuff and adorable peter pan collar. The leggings are color coordinated and included.
Your baby doll will be dressed to impress and ready for all those holiday parties that are coming up. Baby model, Kewanee looks like a little fashionista.
And the Dapper Suit for your little man is a double-breasted, tuxedo styled suit that is perfect for that Holiday parade, party or dinner. Anightwing Jr. is so handsome in his fedora and suit, don't you think?
Dapper Suit is what your boy needs for that iconic baby style!
Black Dapper Suit and Burgandy Velver Dress are just so sweet and wonderfully made and these photos just don't do them justice!
Black Dapper Suit & Burgandy Velvet Dress are just what your babies need for party season so hurry over to The Blessings Fair and grab them before they're gone.
*SHOES, HAT AND BOW NOT INCLUDED but sold seperately*
Fair starts on December 5th so mark your calendar. LM below –
The Blessings Event – TP not active until December 5th-
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/events/429805130541861/
Dress and Suit outfits – A&S RugRats –http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Animus%20Island/86/159/21/
Models – Anightwing Jr. & Kewanee Akina
Lurve Mesh Jammies & $60L Weekend Cuddle Bear Mesh Jammies
Lurve has some super snuggly Mesh Jammie sets that are just perfect for Winter and their CuddleBear Mesh Jammies are only $60Ls this weekend!!! And come with Lolas Tangos applier.
Lurve has three pairs of jammies that you will love. A Henley jammie top and jammie pants with a drawstring. AND they all come with comfy, matching slippers!!
Lurve Cuddle Bear Mesh Jammies are the $60L Weekend deal so hurry before the weekend is over!!
Lurve also has Winterfest and Sock Monkey Mesh Jammies! (Shown below)
Winterfest Jammies and slippers are soft and snuggly and oh so cute this holiday season.
Not only are these jammies and slippers warm and snuggly but totally adorable too. Pick a pair or grab the Fatpack of all 3 sets.
I am loving these warm jammies to get me through the coldest of SL winters.
A lil' sexy and a lot snuggly for your cold SL nights.
Sock Monkey Jammies are also too cute and I love the slippers as well !
And that is The End from me and Lurves 🙂 Grab the LM below before this great deal is over.
Lurve Main Store –
SHEY Emily Shirt Dress & Susan Wrap Top
Today I have 2 great new styles for the upcoming Summer, SHEY Emily Shirt Dress…
Emily Shirt Dress is a cute, sleeveless mini dress just in time for the warmer weather.
SHEY Susan Wrap Top is a sexy little halter top that shows off lots of skin.
Susan is super sexy and you will want it in your summer wardrobe this season. The front sports a deep vee and ties around the neck and lower back.
The rest of your back is left beautifully bare to show off that summer tan to perfection!
Both designs are mesh and comes in many sizes to fit every torso. You also get lots of choices with the HUD. So take a trip to SHEY today and grab these designs up! Limo below –
Monday with SHEY!
Today I have a few new releases for you from SHEY…..read on…..
First, I have this sexy Spring top, Shey Michel Choker Top… .
Perfect top for your Spring and Summer! You will be stylish as well as sexy in the sunshine.
Michel Choker Top is mesh and it has 10 prints.
Next up is SHEY Anais Mesh Cocktail Dress…
Sexy, low plunging neckline shows plenty of skin in the front and back.
Beautiful and sexy mesh dress, Anais is perfect for the warmer weather.
The next sexy style is SHEY Tarja Mini Dress….slinky, sexy and so much more!
Belly button baring and totally daring mesh dress….sexy Tarja mini is just perfect for getting your dance on in the clubs.
Still sexy but a bit more demure is SHEY Solange. Solange is an off the shoulder mini that is very versatile. Date night, club night, shopping with friends….great in any situation.
You can't go wrong with these sexy SHEY designs. These will show off that Spring/Summer tan in a super sensuous way. Head over to SHEY this Monday and grab some friends. Time to shop! Limo below –
Shey presents our Happy Easter Hunt 2014. There are exclusive gifts waiting for you.
Hunt Time – April 18-30th
Item Price – $1L
There are 10 eggs to find. All eggs are hidden and you need to find them by hints.
Hints will be released on April 17th on our Flickr page
Thank you for your interest in Shey. If you have any questions about Hunts please don't hesitate to contact Cuba Avedon or Paisley Lancaster.
~We at Shey wish you and yours a very Happy Easter~
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SELDOM BLUE Special DOLLARBIE Lingerie~ The Daphne!
Seldom Blue is Back in a big way….with a super special DOLLARBIE Lingerie Set ~ The Daphne!
You get the bra, bikini panties and matching boy shorts…PLUS the beautiful mesh nightie for those chilly evenings.
To entice you ALL over to check out the range (AND the store if you haven't visited before) here is our fabulous dollarbie offer, a black version of the underwear and an EXTRA gift, our purple Daphne mesh nightie in case you feel a little chilly)…in 5 sizes from XXS to XL. So you can be sure to get the perfect fit and look fabulous!
This underwear set is fresh and minimal, with simple clean lines, these undies are perfect for throwing on every morning before you start your day, you'll feel ready for anything.
The New Releases area is to your right as you TP into the store.
Can you believe this 3 piece lingerie set is only $1L ??? It is BUT only for a limited time, so hurry over to SELDOM BLUE and grab yours before they are gone!
SHEY New Release~ Nazgul Mesh Set
Who loves SHEY? I do! Who loves warm, puffy mesh winter coats, stylish mesh jeans and mesh Ugg Boots? I do! Who wants to go shopping at SHEY and warm up your winter with Nazgul Mesh Set? I do, I DO!!
SHEY Nazgul Mesh Set has this fashionable, yet warm and snuggly coat with a fur trimmed hood, SHEY Revolution Jeans, and Ugg Boots. All mesh and a Winter must have!
With the awesomeness of the HUD, you get many choices for the coat color and the Uggs too. More if you join the SHEYHOLIC GROUP!!
Choices are wonderful and SHEY offers many….change your jacket fabric, and the color of your Uggs.
Mix 'em….match 'em! You can go wild with Nazgul Mesh Set and be stylish even out in the snow! You can ski, skate, hike or just have a good old snowball fight and look amazing while you do!
SHEY FASHION is THE place to go for all your clothing needs. You will not be disappointed…check out SHEY today and see what I mean!
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2013 in review~ Thank You to all my Readers !
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.
Here's an excerpt:
A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 6,400 times in 2013. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people.


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Picture © Daniel Graves Photography 2014
Jonathan Fry recently graduated from Cardiff Metropolitan University with an MPhil in the research of Event Evaluation. During his time at University Jonathan set up Event Rater, a service which allows event attendees to rate events and venues using a smartphone app, resulting in valuable feedback for event managers and venue managers.
In September this year, Jonathan was presented with the award for 'Best Digital' at the South West England and Wales Heat of the Lloyds Bank Enterprise Awards 2014. The prize included £1,000, in addition to local business mentoring.
I heard about the Lloyds Bank Enterprise Awards award via the Centre for Student Entrepreneurship's Twitter account and felt that it would be an excellent opportunity so I decided to apply. I was really pleased to win the 'Best Digital Award' as it was great experience and the national recognition has been useful but I think the most important thing was being allocated a local business mentor who has been very helpful.
Winning the award has had a very positive impact on Event Rater. I have now had my second meeting with my business mentor (Senior Business Development Manager for Lloyds Bank) who has been really helpful in providing advice on developing a revised strategy for the business which I am currently working on.
When I launched the company I was still a student and I feel that the MPhil research that I have undertaken has helped me to develop the company in many ways. I was able to find out what the industry wants and established the prioritised evaluation questions by carrying out research involving event managers and venue managers. Now that my MPhil is complete I am able to focus 100% on the business.
Yes, the support has definitely helped. I have had one to one business support which has been beneficial and I also found attending the events useful. I attended Mingle (a networking event) during which I met local entrepreneurs. It was interesting to hear their story of starting up. I also attended the Spider Hack in which myself and other entrepreneurs were given the opportunity to work with Computer Science and Graphic Design students as well as industry experts, to gain feedback on our business and help with the functionality and design of the websites or apps. This was particularly helpful in terms of gaining an outside perspective and making improvements to the website.
The smartphone apps will be launched in the New Year and I am currently working on generating some PR to raise the profile of the company initially with students and Cardiff press and then within the events industry. I am planning on using the funding from the award to utilise iBeacon software. This will send app notifications to attendees upon entering the venue in order to encourage them to rate the event on their smartphone for a chance to win prizes, offers and discounts.
Jonathan's MPhil supervisor Dewi Jaimangal-Jones commented: 'Jonathan was a very determined and focused student and I'm very pleased his Event Rater business has won this award. It is testament to the hard work and commitment he has put into this business and the originality of his idea. Event evaluation in terms of direct customer feedback is often difficult to achieve without impinging on the event experience, this app will allow event organisers to gather customer feedback in a user friendly format providing valuable and timely information to aid in the improvement and development of events and the venues in which they take place.'
Further details can be found at
iPhone App Download Link: https://appsto.re/gb/n1CY2.i
Android App Download Link: http://bit.ly/1ugGLhs


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The day we traipsed through the Gypsy Restaurant in Berlin was my favorite. I love being transported into a different era and this place did exactly that.
This post also marks the last of my photos taken during my time abroad (for now). But, I've relocated to one of my favorite places with plenty of beauty to be captured, New York City. Stay tuned...
Gipsy Restaurant.
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This year the Regis 10 will be supporting the charity You Raise Me Up. They assist families who have suffered the loss of a child between the ages of 16 and 25.
Lewis Smith was a 17yr old originally from Bognor Regis with a bright future ahead as a racing jockey. He tragically died in a road accident.
You Raise Me Up assisted his parents Wayne and Elaine through this very difficult time
We will have a number of runners taking part in this years race to raise money via sponsorship.
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Family Support Workers:
- Partner with school staff to identify students who are not making adequate progress toward graduation
- Educate middle school families about the importance of academic success at the middle school level
- Ensure that high school families are aware of graduation requirements, credit accumulation expectations and the progress of their children
- Communicate information from the school to parents regarding options for credit recovery, then develop a plan to address credit and learning deficiencies
- Provide regular communication between teachers and families regarding progress
- Assist families with basic needs (food, housing, safety, community resources) that may distract families from focusing on their child's academic achievement
- Provide ongoing support and follow-up to ensure that families and students implement the recommended strategies successfully
The Cost of Doing Nothing in Secondary Schools
The cost of this program is very low in comparison to the price society pays when children do not graduate from high school. Students who do not graduate are more likely to be involved in criminal activity, to incur higher health care costs, to receive public assistance and, to pay lower taxes as adults.
High school dropouts earn $260,000 less over a lifetime than a high school graduate and pay $60,000 less in taxes.
(Cecilia Rouse of Princeton University, October 2005, The Social Cost of Inadequate Education, The Campaign for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University, p.16)


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We love Miami-inspired music and videos. So it's hard for us not to get behind Mobroder, the Italo-disco side project from Spank Rock, Blu Jemz, and DJ Hoff that seems hell-bent on creating the perfect Magic City soundtrack. (Mobroder's Twitter lists its location as "Miami 1983.")
And for the "Rush" music video, directors Francisco Soriano and Antoine Wagner, who are behind the upcoming Phoenix documentary, From A Mess to the Masses, takes the trio's fondness for our city and places them against a backdrop of Art Deco buildings, fast cars, and beautiful ladies. There are even quick glances of downtown Miami and landmarks like the Arsht Center and Ice Palace Studios.
Yes, it's an idealized version of our city, all fabricated for a NBC show. (Miami, ahem, Vice...) But you got to hand it to Soriano and Wagner for recreating that '80s charm, complete with German news crew, in a city forever stuck in the excess of that decade. Recession be damned!
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Disney Springs | West Side
Praise the Lord and pass the biscuits! Come to the House of Blues and experience our popular House of Blues Sunday Brunch, featuring inspiring gospel performances and an amazing buffet to feed the body and the soul… Replenish on Sunday at the House of Blues Sunday Brunch!
Restaurant Info: Southern and American, Gospel Brunch (Sunday), Buffet, $$$ – $30-$59.99 per adult
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House of Blues Sunday Brunch Menu
Menu Date: 12/2017
Booking Info
Ticket Prices:
Adults (10 years old and up) – $43.00
Children (3-9 years old) – $24.00
2 & under – Free
Every week different gospel groups from around the region perform live on stage. To make reservations call 407-934-2583 and ask for the Box Office. Tickets also available all Ticketmaster outlets, and LiveNation.com. Payment is due in full and is non-refundable once booked. Applicable tax and service charges apply to all ticket sales. Acts/date/time subject to change without notice.
Seating Times: 10:30 am and 1:00 pm
Menu varies but may include many of the items below:
Assorted Danish
Mini Muffins
Cold Items
Fresh Salads
Pasta Salads
Fresh-cut Assorted Fruit
Peel-n-Eat Shrimp with Cocktail Sauce
Hot Offerings
Scrambled Eggs
Hickory-smoked Bacon and Breakfast Sausage Links
Buttermilk Biscuits and Country Gravy
Red Rose Breakfast Potatoes with Sautéed Onions and Peppers
Smoked Barbecue Chicken
Creole Chicken Jambalaya
Macaroni & Cheese
Fried Catfish
Action Stations
Hand-carved Smoked Honey Baked Ham – with Assorted Condiments
Hand-carved Roast Beef – with Assorted Condiments
Chicken and Waffles – with Vermont Maple Syrup or House-made Buffalo Sauce
Made-to-Order Omelet Station – with Crawfish, Ham, Bacon, Mushrooms, Roma Tomatoes, Andouille Sausage, Red and Green Peppers, Green Onions, Jack and Cheddar Cheese
Freshly Baked Cookies
Mini Assorted Dessert Squares
White Chocolate-Banana Bread Pudding – with Crème Anglaise
** House of Blues Sunday Brunch Menu and Prices are Subject to Change Without Notice **


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St. John's United Methodist Church offers musical opportunities for all ages, including children and youth. Our goal is create a lifelong desire to worship God through song.
NewSound is our choir program for children who are pre-K through grade 5. Children in NewSound develop musical skills through singing, playing instruments, and having fun!
The Sonrise is our choir for students in grades 6-12. Sonrise members sing each week in worship, and gain skills in vocal production and music reading.


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There are enough 'ifs' to make Mayweather vs McGregor the biggest sporting event in recent memory
Over the past decade, combat sport has increasingly followed its own path when defining what makes an elite contest.
The best taking on the best? In an ideal situation, great, but not a requirement. The best talker taking on the best talker? Deal.
This is not meant as a criticism, more praise and recognition of the sport's growing embrace of one of the key marketing approaches available – hype.
With Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor you not only have the brashest men in the fight business, you also have the shrewdest business men in the fight business. No two athletes on the planet get the importance of 'hype' more than these two do and that's exactly why this "first ever billion-dollar fight" is a no-brainer for them.
They are of course both immensely talented within their own field but it's their ability to know what sells that makes them most alike.
There is a good reason Mayweather's nickname is 'Money'. He's created over $1bn in pay-per-view revenue in the last 10 years of his career and has been named the highest paid athlete in the world on numerous occasions. When he fought Manny Pacquaio in 2015, nearly 5m fans paid for the privilege and it brought in $400m for just 36 minutes of boxing.
McGregor, not to be outdone, is the most influential speaker in combat sports; this is a man who people paid pay-per-view just to watch a live stream of a recent Q&A. He gained over 2m views on a short clip of him shadow boxing that he posted on his Instagram account, and a tweet last year hinting at retirement became the most retweeted post by a sportsperson in history.
Build-up to a big fight is now an event in itself. Slights in a pre-fight press conference are rarely truly off the cuff and instead carefully orchestrated to create headlines, increase conversation across social media, gain views and ultimately increase revenue through pay-per-view.
Manchester United are the richest football club in the world, with supporters across the globe. But would anyone other than the true die-hard fan tune-in to watch their pre-match press conference? When you compare to the pandemonium, pantomime and genuine enjoyment of those orchestrated by McGregor in particular, you could easily charge pay-per-view for this alone and nobody would feel short changed.
Anyone who has ever glanced at a boxing match will be able to tell you that, in a ring and not an octagon, Mayweather should win every single round for as long as it lasts.
But there are enough doubts to turn this. What IF McGregor lands that long, southpaw left-cross? What IF Mayweather gets old overnight? And what IF McGregor gets yet another prediction correct and that he cracks Mayweather's "little head clean off his shoulders and up into the bleachers"?
The clash of minds pre-fight may well outdo the clash of fists but no matter how much this fight is dismissed as a ridiculous mismatch, there are enough 'ifs' to make sure the hype train won't be derailed and if made, this will be the richest fight in boxing history and we'll enjoy every second of it.