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I remember when my miscarriage happened. There was an anguish in my heart that I just couldn't describe. It tore me from the inside and left an immeasurable vacancy in my body and soul. I spent all day in bed, my dishes never got washed, I stared blankly at my bedroom walls for hours; Drained and bone-weary from my loss.
Every year it gets a little bit easier and cuts a little less deeper but every year it still stings when a friend or a family member posts a fake pregnancy announcement on Facebook.
A part of me wishes I could just let it go and take the joke but an even bigger part of me wishes I wouldn't have to be reminded of my fertility problems on a day that's supposed to be full of humour and amusement.
I spent the first year after my loss, trying to find the strength to be genuinely happy for my friends very real pregnancy announcements. Trying not to feel heartsick when I held their tiny babies in my arms, wishing I could have held my own baby. Trying not to break down in the supermarket whenever I passed a mother with her infant. Knowing that even though those feelings were not irrational, they were feelings that would fade in time. Feelings that were mine to feel.
Luckily, those feelings are not as arresting as they once were. I feel none of the bitterness that left me stricken with guilt. I'm even partially okay with the fact that I may never have my own babies, life doesn't always give you exactly what you want..
But I still can't, no matter how hard I try, find the April Fool's pregnancy announcement funny.
It still hurts.
Sorry Gwen Stefani, but I just think this joke sucks. While you may disagree with me, call me overly sensitive, or accuse me of being the PC police… it looks like a lot of women feel the same way I do. So next year can we just please come up with something a little more original and a little less tacky?


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Sad news to hear that Pete Shelley, singer and guitarist with the BUZZCOCKS has passed away aged 63.
The cause of death is believed to be a suspected heart attack, with Pete passing away in his home in Estonia.
Buzzcocks are perhaps best known for their 1978 hit, 'Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)'.
The band this morning confirmed the story....
"It's with great sadness that we confirm the death of Pete Shelley, one of the UK's most influential and prolific songwriters and co-founder of the seminal original punk band Buzzcocks. Pete's music has inspired generations of musicians over a career that spanned five decades and with his band and as a solo artist, he was held in the highest regard by the music industry and by his fans around the world."
The Buzzcocks were celebrating their 40th Anniversary as a band this year, announcing a reissue of their back catalog.

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Gerry's Insights: Putting It All Together
As a business writer I go back long enough to have caught the tail end of an era when corporate honchos sought growth by assembling unwieldy collections of unrelated businesses into giant conglomerates, on the theory that their different dynamics and business cycles would provide a hedge against relying on a single business. (As occasional scandals at conglomerates like Tyco International brought into high relief, having enough moving parts also makes it difficult for investors to get a good read of what's actually going on under the hood.) The trend really got started in the 1960s, thanks to low interest rates and a lurching business cycle that often enough left weakened companies vulnerable to acquisition overtures. So we ended up with soda companies (Coca-Cola) getting involved in unrelated businesses like motion pictures (Columbia Studios) and wines (Wine Spectrum). Often enough, these turned out to have fewer synergies than managers had anticipated and they ultimately were shed in favor of operating a more focused, streamlined corporation.
While I can't claim that financial analysis is my forte, I've been mystified by quite a few spinoffs over the years. Barnes & Noble, for instance, seemed to me to have a pretty good counterbalance to the vagaries of the book business with its GameStop videogame chain, which operated under dynamics that didn't seem entirely alien to those of B&N. After all, both were retail operations that carried physical copies of media items that could be most effectively sold by an informed, enthusiastic sales force. But B&N spun off GameStop in 2004, at a time its hold on the book business already seemed to be slipping. True, that made it easier for top executives there to focus on the core bookstore business, but I sometimes wonder whether managers at B&N didn't subsequently wish they had the cash flow and diversity of GameStop's thousands of stores. By now, of course, both are grappling with the existential threat of the Internet.
In our world of beverages, the one that mystifies me the most is Dean Foods' decision to spin off its WhiteWave operation a few years ago – precisely at the time that dairy alternatives were picking up momentum and retailers were beginning to cut over big chunks of space to merchandise them. With its well-developed DSD system, Dean Foods seemed to me to be highly synergistic to the WhiteWave Foods operation: after all, as milk volumes declined, WhiteWave's soy and almond and other beverages were poised to neatly fill the void, in the process getting into the impulse nooks and crannies where those brands could really accelerate. It wasn't lost on me, either, that Dean's CEO, Gregg Engles, wasn't staying put with the mother ship but instead fleeing aboard the good ship WhiteWave.
So how has that panned out? Of course, we all know that WhiteWave soon enough was scarfed up by Danone, which had been struggling with some of the same headwinds on the dairy side as Dean Foods. So it picked up some needed diversification – and Dean Foods can look at having indirectly empowered a key global rival. Did Danone get a good deal at that $12 billion sticker price? I'm not sure it did, and there are rumblings of some buyer remorse at the French giant as it delved more deeply into WhiteWave's operations post-acquisition. But strategically, it made great sense. Meanwhile, Dean has been left scrambling to deal with the difficult economics of the milk business and trying to plug some of the gap via such means as its joint venture with the growing organic co-op Organic Valley. That just reinforces to me that the whole spinoff idea is overrated, if not entirely misconceived. In the name of "unlocking shareholder value," Dean disabled itself in the longer run in a manner that ended up vaporizing a lot of its market capitalization. Readers who're more financially astute than me, am I missing something here?
Indeed, if you can scan the corporate landscape, there are plenty of examples of conglomerates that are performing well – say, the complex assortment of companies that Warren Buffett and his team operate under the Berkshire Hathaway umbrella. And there are examples of close-in, stick-to-your-knitting acquisitions that have been disastrous – say, Quaker Oats' fumbled acquisition of Snapple, which cost the company its independence. It turned out that the difference between the warehouse-delivery system that Quaker used for its Gatorade brand and Snapple's DSD orientation was simply too great a chasm for Quaker's managers to surmount – as daunting, in retrospect, as trying to weld together soda and movies into a growth powerhouse.
If Dean's rationale for spinning off WhiteWave mystified me, so am I flummoxed by the continued drumbeat of abuse that PepsiCo has to weather for not breaking apart its beverage and snack businesses. Justified via rubrics such as "The power of one," the logic actually seems quite sound to me: beverages and snacks are highly complementary, impulse-driven, DSD-reliant categories and, as major traffic drivers at retail, do serve to make Pepsi more important to its national accounts. If Pepsi's North American Beverages unit is losing ground to Coca-Cola, it's certainly not clear to me that the solution is to spin off beverages into a separate company that would be a distant No. 2 to Coke. To me, any benefits the operation would receive from greater focus would be offset by that loss of retail clout.
So I guess where I net out with all this is that some conglomerates succeed, others fail; some single-business corporations thrive, others falter. It's hard to point to the corporate structure alone as being the determining factor. Maybe Dean Foods should have just held on to WhiteWave, and maybe PepsiCo just needs to execute better on beverages.
Longtime beverage-watcher Gerry Khermouchis executive editor of Beverage Business Insights, a twice-weekly e-newsletter covering the nonalcoholic beverage sector.


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Radiohead - Karma Police - Bercy 10 juin 2008 from Gonzague Dambricourt on Vimeo.
Tracklist Radiohead em Bercy - 10.06.2008
01. 15 Step
02. Bodysnatchers
03. All I Need
04. Airbag
05. Nude
06. Pyramid Song
07. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
08. The Gloaming
09. Dollars and Cents
10. Faust Arp
11. Videotape
12. Optimistic
13. Just
14. Reckoner
15. Everything In Its Right Place
16. Fake Plastic Trees
17. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
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18. House of Cards
19. There there
20. Bangers'n Mash
21. The National Anthem (Hunting Bears outro)
22. How To Disappear Completement
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24. You And Whose Army ?
25. Karma Police
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Photographer peter menzel published his first book of photojournalism material world, a global family portrait in
1994. the book looked at the material lives of people around the world. more recently, menzel and his wife
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of families around the world. the centerpiece of each chapter is a portrait of the entire family surrounded by
a weeks worth of groceries accompanied by interviews and detailed grocery lists.
ecuador: the ayme family of tingo
food expenditure for one week: 31.55 USD
family recipe: potato soup with cabbage
china: the dong family of beijing
food expenditure for one week: 1,233.76 yuan or 155.06 USD
favorite foods: fried shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce
japan: the ukita family of kodaira city
food expenditure for one week: 37,699 yen or 317.25 USD
favorite foods: sashimi, fruit, cake, potato chips
germany: the melander family of bargteheide
food expenditure for one week: 375.39 euros or 500.07 USD
favorite foods: fried potatoes with onions, bacon & herring, fried noodles with eggs & cheese, pizza, vanilla pudding
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The Ring and the Book - The Ring and the Book is generally conceded to be Robert Browning's masterwork. Based on a real-life murder trial in 17th century Rome, the story is told from multiple perspectives, changing with every new section of the book; we hear from the "Man on the Street", the murderer, the victim on her deathbed, and even the Pope.
It was inspired by what became known as The Old Yellow Book. Its depositions, written testimony for a murder trial in 1698 Rome, were covered in soiled, yellowing vellum.
Browning discovered the collection of written testimony while browsing in the Piazza di San Lorenzo on a June day in 1860.
His eye caught the volume, crowded among its insignificant neighbors.
"One glance at the lettered back," declares the poet, "and… a lira made it mine."
All the way home and all day long, he pored over the pages, until by nightfall he had mastered the facts of the case and the whole tragedy lay plain before his mind's eye.
To this day, no one knows how the once official Roman documents came to be remaindered in a stall in Florence two hundred-plus years after the trial ended.
ROBERT BROWNING (1812-1889) was a towering poetic presence of the Victorian era who changed the literary universe. His poetry was highly distinctive, adopting a multitude of rhythms, images, forms, and personae. The sheer immediacy and colloquial energy of his poetry ensured enduring appeal. His poems remain among the most profound, and beautiful in the English language.


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ISRS experts held a meeting with the counsellor of Japanese embassy in Tashkent, Atsushi Suda. The sides discussed the prospects for further development of bilateral cooperation between Uzbekistan and Japan and current trends of regional cooperation in Central Asia.
At the meeting, Atsushi Suda stated that the leadership of Uzbekistan in a relatively short period of time managed to restart its relations with all neighbors and to create completely new friendly atmosphere in this strategically important region. In this context, the diplomat highlighted that ongoing deep changes in Central Asia fully coincide with the national interests of Japan. Tokyo always stressed its commitment to maintain regional stability and continue the course towards sustainable development of Central Asia. Atsushi Suda underlined, that this is the cornerstone of the regional policy of the «Land of the rising sun».
At the meeting, the sides also focused on deepening and expanding mutually beneficial cooperation, intensifying the exchange of experience on a wide range of issues, attracting Japan's advanced technologies for further successful implementation of reforms carried out in Uzbekistan.
At the end of the meeting, both sides agreed on the need to intensify cooperation between the analytical centers of Uzbekistan and Japan.
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ISRS experts held a meeting with Sher Jan Ahmadzai, the Director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies of International Studies and Programs at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (USA). The center is one of the leading US think tanks specializing in resolving the Afghan problem.15.07.2019


text: Re: Opus 1.3-rc Reply #50 – 2018-06-16 11:33:01 Quote from: ThaCrip on 2018-06-07 22:39:48as far as speech goes... 14kbps is about the lowest I would suggest as while you can go lower and have it still passable (i.e. still understand what's said etc) I feel sound quality starts to really drop off going below the 14kbps setting, at least based on my Klipsch Pro-Media speakers for the PC. because while I can notice the 14kbps being a hit to the overall sound compared to the 128kbps original MP3 speech file I got, it's not that much worse for a tiny fraction the original files bit rate.Well, it is possible that I may be exaggerating things, but I was in no way saying that I'd listen to a 9kbps Opus song for daily purposes--I just meant that for 9kbps, the result is (at least for me) exceptional compared to what other codecs can offer at the same bitrate. But no, I'd never listen to a 9kbps Opus song for daily listening stuff--for that, I'd happily use (at least) 48kbps (but I'd rather use 64kbps) (I'm not that picky with quality, and a bit of artifact adds a nice touch to the audio, I dunno why I think that way) But 9kbps... never XD Last Edit: 2018-06-16 11:38:16 by OrthographicCube


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As the great Winston Churchill once said: "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." Failure is a normal part of any journey to success – and although sometimes it may feel like the end destination, it's simply a bump in the road. How we recover and […]Read More >
Yesterday was a day filled with celebrations here at HQ – as we got the news that four of our grads have been shortlisted for the Professional Adviser New Talent Awards. As if this wasn't enough to have us rummaging around to find our party hats, we also found out that as a team, we […]Read More >
Lee Hastie Dip.PFS. That's right – Lee has achieved his CII Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning *insert party emoji*. Lee joined The Grad Scheme in 2017 and has had an incredible journey so far – we asked him to tell us more about this below… What were your biggest challenges? My biggest challenge was trying […]Read More >
After joining us back in April at our most successful assessment day so far, we knew that these two new grads were a great fit for us! Four months on, they've finished their degrees and are settling into their roles of Graduate Compliance Support at Apricity – on that note, meet Alice and Alanis!Read More >
Another successful application day sees us welcome another group of budding grads into our ever-growing team. Since the last cohort, we received a vast number of applications and we really were spoilt for choice – meaning our three new recruits should be extremely proud of themselves for standing out and making us smile. Without further […]Read More >
Holly joined The Grad Scheme in 2017 and in less than 2 years, has achieved her CII Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning! It hasn't always been plain sailing for Holly, but she's overcome every hurdle and should be so proud of herself, as we are. She's quite literally had her cake and eaten it (see […]Read More >
Last week our Marketing & Communications Assistant, Jas, attended the B2B Marketing Expo, in London. It was a great opportunity for her to go along, attend some seminars and report back to the office full of new knowledge. As a business, we think it's incredibly important to invest in our team and to ensure that […]Read More >
It doesn't matter how much we love our jobs – it's inevitable that from time to time things get a little much at work, and before we know it, we're feeling overwhelmed and unsure of what to do next. Otherwise known as, stressed. Whether it's workload, personal challenges or other factors – it's bound to […]Read More >
This week, we're looking at Grant and what The Grad Scheme has done for him. For us, Grant is the ultimate success story – from a fresh-faced Business Management graduate, to a Chartered, award-winning Paraplanner – it's safe to say, he's achieved great things over the last 5 years with us. Supporting Grant throughout his […]Read More >
Hannah was our first ever grad to join the Apricity team and since coming on board, she has gone from strength to strength! Below, she tells us her story and explains what The Grad Scheme has done for her. "In 2017 I graduated from the University of Law with an LLB Degree. When I left I wasn't sure […]Read More >
As you may have guessed, we'd happily talk the ears off anyone who will listen, about how wonderful we think The Grad Scheme is. However, we know that sometimes it's best to hear it straight from the horse's mouth, (so to speak!), and we know how important peer reviews are to you Gen Y/Z-ers! With […]Read More >
The difference between a job and career. With 2019 in full swing and the 'New Year, New Me' quotes filling your Instagram feed, you may be thinking about a change of direction. With that in mind, we thought a good place to start would be understanding the difference between a job and a career. It […]Read More >
We have reached the final cohort of 2018 (where has this year gone please?!). It's been an exciting year for The Grad Scheme, as we have welcomed yet more amazing grads into our ever-growing brood. There's been a hefty amount of exams passed and a lot of progress made with our team (more to come […]Read More >
It's a question that baffles most employers; what do millennials want at work? As a company, we already have a good handle on what millennials want but we've done a bit more digging and these are the key points we have found… A clear career path Millennials are looking for employment where they can see […]Read More >
So, it's an important part of applying for the job. It's your chance to stand out from the crowd. It's the first introduction a company has to you but it can also be a really daunting task. This is a short blog post with our top tips on writing the perfect cover letter and also, […]Read More >
"You graduated ages ago, you can't apply for that!" This is a phrase we have heard time and time again. The truth is, we don't actually care how old you are! We don't discriminate. We employ people who have a 2:2 degree or above and simply just bloody impress us. The more background you have, […]Read More >
Can you believe it's that time again?! Our first cohort of this years graduate training programme have joined us here at Para-Sols and are raring to go. Our assessment day, in April, saw us welcome 12 grads who were all hoping to join the crew and three of them blew us away with their personalities… […]Read More >
Bringing the #MyStorySoFar episodes to a close is Rachael, yet another one of our fabulous grads! She almost has her Diploma under her belt, below, she explains why you too, should want to strive to succeed… How has The Grad Scheme improved your skills? Since joining The Grad Scheme in 2016, I feel as though […]Read More >
I'm Sunaina, (or Nains), and I joined The Grad Scheme at Para-Sols in July 2017, straight out of Nottingham Trent University where I studied English and Linguistics. When I first started here at The Grad Scheme I didn't really have much of an idea about all things finance and paraplanning so it wasn't something that […]Read More >
Today's story comes from Holly, who started as a grad for Para-Sols in May 2017. Since joining us, she has been promoted to Junior Paraplanner, which we think is fantastic! How has The Grad Scheme improved your skills? My time management skills have improved significantly! Every case is different – you are always learning new […]Read More >
This post is all about Kate and her journey. Kate joined us in 2015 as a graduate and is now a fully qualified Paraplanner, (you go girl!). Below, she tells us how she's got to where she currently is and why other people should want to join her. How has The Grad Scheme improved your […]Read More >
With the deadline aproaching for the first round of this years applications here at The Grad Scheme, we're looking at our previous grads and marvelling at how far they've come. We want to share their stories with you, so today's edition is from Lee, a Graduate Paraplanner at Para-Sols, who joined us in June 2017. […]Read More >
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Last but certainly not least our final graduate to join us in 2017 is Hannah! Due to the success of our Grad Scheme in creating capacity and growth in Para-Sols, we've extended our opportunities to our new sister company Apricity and Hannah is officially our first TGS recruit! She certainly won't be the last as […]Read More >
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The PlayStation (known early in development as the PlayStation EXperimental, or PSX), Sony's first video-game console, was launched in 1994. The system was widely popular and quickly became the best selling home console to date, only to be passed by its successor, the PlayStation 2.
It was initially set to be an add-on for Nintendo's Super Nintendo Entertainment System as an answer to Sega's Sega CD. When the prospect of releasing the system as an add-on dissolved, Sony transformed it into the PlayStation video game console. Ironically the game system that was suppose to help Nintendo hindered them instead since the Final Fantasy games from VII onwards were released on the Sony Platform instead of the successor of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System the Nintendo 64 due to space restraints and other technological hindrances.
The PSone (also PSone, or PS1) was a smaller and redesigned version, released in 2000. Sony also released a small LCD screen and an adapter to power the unit for use in cars. The PSone is fully compatible with all PlayStation software.
Những game Final Fantasy trên PlaystationSửa đổi
- Final Fantasy VII
- Final Fantasy VIII
- Final Fantasy IX
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Final Fantasy Origins
- Final Fantasy Anthology
- Final Fantasy Chronicles
- Final Fantasy VI
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- Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon
- Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2
- Chocobo Racing
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Alice's life is dictated by her autistic son, Sam, who refuses to leave their remote Lancashire farm. Her only time 'off' is two hours in Lancaster on a Tuesday afternoon – and even that doesn't always pan out to be the break she needs. With money running out and her marriage to Duncan foundering, it seems her life is shrinking to a vanishing point.
When Duncan picks up Larry, a rootless wanderer, in the local pub and brings him to the farm to embark on a money making scheme, Alice is hostile. A stranger in their midst can only upset Sam. But miraculously, Larry beguiles Sam, a map obsessive, with tales of travel in the outside world, and as he works his magic on her son, Alice begins to fall for him, too. She glimpses the possibility of another life: of fun, companionship and sex.
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I have a HP desk top computer that my password was changed and I dont know it. there was no recovery disk with cpu. I have windows 7 home as OS. How do I get by the password
Have you tried leaving the password blank?
yes I tried that did not work.
How did it get changed? We are always suspect about password issues. Like, are you supposed to be using that computer?
it is my family home computer my older daughter change my password alone with hers and forgot to write them down. Can you assist me or not.
yes home computer daughter changed it and did not write it down now months later she forgot hers and well as mines. Can you assist me?
Try booting into Windows Safe Mode by tapping F8 at start up. If you are prompted for the administrator password by just hitting enter.
If you get into the administrator account in safe mode you can change passwords from there.
Why did you give your daughter your password? Kind of defeats the purpose doesn't it?
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When you first got the computer you were prompted to make recovery disks. Evidently you didn't do that. You can still re-install Windows from the hidden partition on your hard drive. Look at the second link below to learn how.
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Wallace (Wally) Anthony Newton, 85 of Albany, passed away on Sunday, August 5, 2018, at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.
Wally was born March 10, 1933, to John and Bernice (Ridders) Newton. He was the third of 3 brothers. He was raised by his grandparents Henry and Mary Ridders after the death of his mother Bernice when he was only 19 days old. He was a lifelong Albany resident, being born and raised in North Albany.
He attended Fir Grove Grade School and graduated from Albany Union High School in 1951. He joined the army and fought in the Korean conflict. He then worked as plant/production manager of Corvallis Gazette Times for 30 years before retiring.
Wally was a lifelong member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, member of the American Legion, and former BPOE member as well as a member of a pinochle card club. He was a master do-it-yourselfer and could repair and/or build nearly anything. He took pride in his craftsmanship and work. He also enjoyed the outdoors; fishing, boating, and camping. He especially enjoyed going to his grandchildren's activities. Some of his fondest memories were of family camping trips.
Wally is survived by his wife of 63 years Dolores (Haener) Newton; children Pam Bissonette (Robert), Jodi Schwindt (Victor), Steven Newton (Jammie), Kenneth Newton (Gina), Kristi Marshall (Heath); 13 grandchildren; and 7 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by parents John and Bernice; and brothers Robert and John.
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President Anastasiades holds phone conversation with his Greek counterpart
President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday held a telephone conversation with his Greek counterpart Prokopis Pavlopoulos, according to a press release issued by the Greek Presidency.
Anastasiades briefed the Greek President about the latest developments in the Cyprus problem, following a meeting he had earlier with the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. There is a consensus between the two sides, according to the press release.
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"I like women with big behind" – King Promise
King Promise, born Gregory Bortey Newman, who rose to fame featuring M.anifest on "Me Ne Woa" has confessed he is an admirer of females who are heavily endowed at the right places.
The singer who turned 25 just recently, with a hidden relationship status considers himself to be a "normal Ga man who like girls" endowed behind.
King Promise said, "I am normal and I like girls. You know, I'm a Ga man so I like big butts."
Asked by popular TV host Deloris Frimpong Manso on 'The Delay Show', whether he has received any advances from the gay community based on his mode of dressing, the 'Hey Sexy' laughed it off refuting the assertion.
Instead, he said he's had huge support from his fans who are mostly females.
According to him they usually slide in his direct mail to show some love. He took the opportunity to thank them and expressed how much he loved them.
"Thanks to my female fans who have been supporting me…keep loving me and showing me support. I'm here to show you much love," he declared.


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Adding lines to a photo can give a dynamic moment to the picture. Lines are identified with movement, although in a static picture. In my example I want to show the wind blowing from the background over the square.
It is TownTown in Vienna. The skyscraper in the background is the Wiener Stadtwerke Tower. The photo was taken in November 2012 in the morning.
What I need
1) Photo
3) Colours
I combined the Lines and Colours with method "multiply" to get coloured lines.
Then I moved the coloured lines, Rotated, Perspectived and Distorted it to put it into the right position. I also wanted a wave in the lines. The endpoint near the middle is made lighter, because the background is light from the rising morning sun.
I repeated this procedure for the second lines.
The layers I created (named in German language):
- Hintergrund: the photo, processed with Curves and Contrast.
- Ebene2, Ebene1: only saved for more lines. These layers are invisible.
- Gruppe3: Group with the lines on the right side and a Gradient map to make the starting of the lines lighter
- Gruppe2: Group with the lines on the left side and a Gradient map to make the starting of the lines lighter
- Selektive Farkorrektur: Selective Colourcorrection for the final picture
- Kurven: Curves for the final picture
- Ebene5: only the sky cut out of the Hintergrund layer.
- Farbton/Sättigung: Hue/Saturation to make the blue colour of the sky deeper blue
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- Gather the information that you need to create an Exchange Mailbox client.
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The Benefits of Rebellion.
It is evident that rebellion has now been experienced in most parts of the world. This has been contributed by a number of factors. It is notable that this is not a new terminology as it has been there and we cannot ignore that there are rebellious people even today. One of the things that you should be concerned about now is the meaning of the term rebel would mean to you as a person. In case you find someone smoking or even doing other things, you need to understand that this does not mean that they are rebels. Understanding who rebel is will be an essential part of life before you can accuse your friends of being rebels.
It is worth noting that rebels are people who are willing to stand their ground and not worrying about other people's opinion. Once you are rebel, you should be ready for criticism since people will always criticize your decision and more so your lifestyle. There would be a number of reasons why you would feel lonely as a rebel since people may not want to be associated with you. You should be ready to accept who you are regardless of the character that you have since we are all different. With this is mind, it is crucial to note that there are several benefits of rebellion and therefore you should appreciate your personality if you are rebellious.
It is ideal that you read more about the benefits of rebellion. You are assured that you will be able to stand your ground and you will not have to worry about other people's decision since this is one of the benefits of rebellion. Rebellion allows you to work without having to work in order to please other people. It does not matter the decision that you make but being rebellious allows you to stand your ground and more so your ground despite their opinion. After you are rebellious, you can rest assured that you will be criticized and this make you gain more experience.
In addition, rebellion allows you to expand your courage and thus you are assured that this will be an appropriate attribute for personal development and more so for a person's career. You will always be able to be different while with your friends only when you are rebellious. Another advantage of being rebellious is the fact that you will standout while you are with other people and therefore you should consider being rebellious. You can rest assured that you will get some friends who will be willing to stand by you and this another benefits of rebellion


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YMCA Accused Of Excluding Boy With Down Syndrome
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — A mother and her 6-year-old son are accusing the Great Miami Valley YMCA of discrimination for allegedly barring the child — who has Down syndrome — from attending summer camp alongside his typically-developing peers.
Denise L. Watts and her son Steven, whom has Down syndrome, are seeking "equal access to summer camp and inclusion for a young child with Down syndrome" after she claims the YMCA, as a summer camp provider, refused her son entry into a regular summer camp and refused to "make reasonable modifications to its practices and procedures or provide reasonable accommodations to the child," according to the 15-page lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati.
The child was told he couldn't attend a summer camp for "typically developing children," including the Adventure Camp or Atrium Branch Camp.
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Instead the YMCA insisted the child attend Camp Campbell Gard for children with disabilities.
Attorney Curtis L. Cornett of Cors & Bassett, LLC in Cincinnati said in an emailed statement that his client was "surprised and disappointed" to learn of the filing.
"Ms. Watts … enrolled Steven in summer camp at Camp Campbell Gard, and the YMCA understood that Ms. Watts had agreed that Camp Campbell Gard was the only safe summer camp alternative for Steven," Cornett wrote.
Watts said her son in the past has "actively resisted" programs restricted to just special needs students.
According to the court filing, Watts would prefer her son "stay with the peers that he has grown up with through your programs at the Y. He has proven success in the aftercare program with reasonable accommodations."
Watts said in the suit her son has previously attended summer programs at the Atrium YMCA, as well as before and after-school programs hosted by the Y at Steven's school, Miller Ridge Elementary in Middletown.
The lawsuit cites violations by the YMCA under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Ohio Revised Code.
Watts and her son are seeking punitive damages for the "YMCA's intentional injurious conduct;" compensatory damages for the deprivation of civil rights; and injunctive relief that requires the YMCA to provide reasonable accommodations.
"It's a disrespect to all those before me that fought for my son to have what he has and it's an injustice to those who have yet to walk this path. I told the YMCA that I don't ever want to see another parent have to go through what I've been through," Watts said in the lawsuit.
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As far as day trips from Pittsburgh are concerned, perhaps the most popular of all is visiting our regional theme park: Kennywood!
When the folks at Kennywood invited us out for a visit during the 2016 season, we jumped on the opportunity. I am a roller coaster enthusiast who loves the most extreme experiences imaginable and Angie, well, she agreed to join me with the promise of potato patch fries- something she has been craving since her last visit several years prior. So on a gorgeous July day we made the trip out of the city to take in as many flips, dips, spins, and fries as possible.
But why should you make the trip out to this park? We share our favorite reasons below.
A Great Mix of Attractions for All Interests
One of the things we love about Kennywood is that there is a great split of attractions that is sure to make any theme park visitor happy.
Those who love thrill rides can check out the selection of roller coasters which includes Sky Rocket (a launching coaster with several inversions), The Phantom's Revenge (a traditional steel coaster), The Exterminator (an indoor wild mouse style coaster), and historic wooden coasters including the Racer, Thunderbolt, and Jack Rabbit- the latter of which has been opened since 1920!
Adrenaline junkies have even more options with a wide array of swinging rides, including the Aero 360, our personal favorite. In this one you complete full, 360-degree spins on the iconic Kennywood Arrow which nearly stops when upside down! It may not seem like much from the ground, but this one is sure to get your heart pumping. (But don't worry about us, we had our potato patch fries after riding this one.)
The park is also home to many family friendly attractions including the dark rides of Garfield's Nightmare, Ghostwood Estate, the fully remodeled Noah's Ark attraction, and a rather large children's section- making Kennywood perfect for visitors of all ages and interests.
Visit Kennywood in the Morning to Beat the Crowds
As with most theme parks, it is often best to visit first thing in the morning before the crowds descend upon the park for the day.
We arrived to Kennywood about 30 minutes after opening on a busy (and beautiful) Saturday and were met with a near empty parking lot and roller coasters going out with just one or two riders on them. We managed to enjoy this relative calm at the park for well over an hour and walked on some of the most popular attractions like the Sky Rocket and The Phantom's Revenge almost immediately. By noon the park had picked up steam and the crowds were in for the day.
It is worth noting that since Kennywood is a smaller theme park, the term crowd is relative here because the lines move relatively fast for its size. Even when it felt like the park was reaching its peak capacity we were still able to walk on many rides within one or two cycles- something I certainly cannot say happens at larger parks around the country.
When it comes down to it I'll take shorter waits over more attractions any day of the week, and Kennywood strikes a balance that is truly hard to come by at theme parks these days.
We'd like to thank Kennywood for inviting us out to enjoy the park. As always, all opinions are our own.
Kennywood is located in West Mifflin, PA, approximately 30 minutes away from downtown Pittsburgh.
For more Kennywood attractions, why not visit during Halloween for the Kennywood Phantom Fright Nights or in Christmas for the Kennywood Holiday Lights? After, head over to Brew Gentlemen in Braddock for a delicious beer!
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Spring Craft Show & Omaha Bridal Showcase
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I am glad the events went well for you, even if not equally well. Your setups are beautiful, especially the one for the bridal fair! And you look lovely, too. I certainly hope that the events will be very successful for you in the end and you will get lots of wonderful customers, and then friends of those customers, and so on!ReplyDelete
Your bridal show setup looks great! And, wow, that's a lot of stoppers and brochures. I really hope things pan out for you!!ReplyDelete
Congratulations Edi! You and your booth look beautiful. I love the white too. Everything seems to show more. Brilliant idea giving out wine stoppers with coupon codes!ReplyDelete
I hope you get lots of sales! I think you'll definitely get some business from all the cards and coupon codes you handed out.ReplyDelete
Craft fairs really wear me out...not so much from being on my feet all day, but from having to talk to so many people! Everyone is always really nice; it's just exhausting for an introvert like me. That's great that your mom could be there with you. :)
Yay for successful events! It sounds like the bridal show was a really great one. Your display looks incredible. Hoping you get lots of sales! And also hoping you can relax and recoup a little. When I used to vend and exhibit, especially at music festivals, I sometimes needed a full week to feel normal again. They're a lot of work!ReplyDelete
Congratulations Edi! Your booth at the bridal show looks amazing! The white table cloth and back drop really make your items stand out! Loving your new tiered displays :) I agree the talking part is very exhausting, but so happy for you that your booth got lots of attention :)ReplyDelete
I'm so happy for your lovely experience and that all those hard work paid off!!!! Many best wishes and "lucky" sales in future my friend!!!! Congrats!!!!ReplyDelete
I'm glad that both shows went well! You're right that having back to back shows is exhausting. I try not to do that too often. I second others' comments about the bridal fair display! I really hope that it proves to be well worth the effort.ReplyDelete
Both set ups look great and you look beautiful!ReplyDelete
Congrats on two successful shows. It's really cool that your mom was there to help you out. She must have been so proud or you.ReplyDelete
you've been so busy Edi! fingers crossed on the bridal show - hope it is very successful for you!ReplyDelete
Your bridal fair display looks fantastic! Hope it turns into lots of sales and referrals!ReplyDelete
Your booth looks great, I love that the display is made of wood. I hope the waiting games brings in something good!ReplyDelete
The booth looks great. :) Glad the show went pretty well. Bridal shows are busy! Ive done a couple as a wedding photographer.ReplyDelete
I'm so happy the shows went well for you. Your bridal display is beautiful and very eye catching. I truly hope you get lots of orders as a result of your hard work!ReplyDelete
Oh wow!! That's awesome! I'm so glad you were busy and hope that turns into lots of orders. I would think you'd get orders even outside bridal just by having mothers there thinking of other gift times.ReplyDelete


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You can view the list of winners here. Quite a coup for a local Vermont Bank, especially since it was up against the big financial guns and winners, including Merrill Lynch, U.S. Trust, Ameritrade, e-Trade and Barclays, to name a few.
The VermontMatters.com site tells the stories of Merchants Bank's customers through video stories and interviews. It profiles Merchants employees and allows people to connect with them through social media. We've also used the site to crowdsource decisions about our promotional events.
Huge kudos to Bill Drew and his Cottage 10, the brand and advertising agency that runs the Merchants account and led the Vermont Matters work. My firm Digalicious led the interactive work on strategy, design and development. I worked with Corey Machanic, who led the Art Direction, and Kolody, who led the development work. Bruce Gibbs worked with Bill to create the videos.
Of course, none of this would've been possible without a forward thinking client, Merchants Bank, and the people who oversaw the project, EVP Tom Leavitt and Marketing Manager Betsy Kapner.


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Typhoon Mangkhut: South China battered by deadly storm
A powerful storm which killed dozens of people in the Philippines is now making its way across southern China.
Typhoon Mangkhut is one of the most powerful storms to hit the region in decades.
Two people have been killed in the Chinese province of Guangdong, according to state media - more than 2.5 million people have been evacuated in Guangdong and on Hainan island.
In Hong Kong, the storm wrecked buildings and shut down the city.
The typhoon is now moving inland, and is expected to hit the Chinese regions of Guizhou, Chongqing and Yunnan later in the day.
In the Philippines, 33 miners have been confirmed dead and at least 29 are missing after a landslide hit a mining site in Itogon in Benguet province, according to local reports.
Search and rescue missions are continuing, and there are fears the death toll could rise above 100, said Itogon's mayor, Victorio Palangdan.
In Hong Kong, which was hit hard over the weekend, videos on social media showed apartments swaying in the wind, scaffolding crashing to the ground and commercial buildings with windows shattered.
Transport services have also been suspended, with flights cancelled, trains stopped and major roads closed.
The city managed to avoid serious casualties but now faces a difficult recovery as thousands still remain affected by flooding and travel disruptions.
Mangkhut is expected to gradually weaken into a tropical depression by Tuesday as it continues to move inland.
How has China been affected?
Typhoon Mangkhut made landfall on the Chinese coast near Jiangmen city on Sunday afternoon.
Officials put the number of injured in Hong Kong at more than 200.
Despite avoiding a direct hit, winds there reached more than 110mph and as water levels surged by almost 3.5m (12ft) in places.
Authorities had issued their maximum alert, warning residents to stay indoors and away from windows to avoid flying debris.
Most shops and public services were shut, and about 900 flights were cancelled at Hong Kong International Airport.
A resident living in a high-rise in the city told Reuters news agency she could feel her building swaying in the storm.
"It swayed for quite a long time, at least two hours," Elaine Wong said. "It made me feel so dizzy."
In neighbouring Macau, for the first time in its history, the territory's famous casinos were ordered to close.
How about the Philippines?
The storm ploughed across the main Philippine island of Luzon over the weekend.
Most of the deaths there were caused by landslides, government officials say. Dozens of people are still missing after the storm, which is being called Ompong locally.
In the mining town of Itogon, at least 33 miners died after being buried under a landslide.
Itogon Mayor Victorio Palangdan told news wire AP that dozens of miners and their families had rushed into an old bunkhouse - that had been turned into a chapel - for refuge when the typhoon hit.
The building was later wiped out by landslides.
"They thought they were really safe there," said Mr Palangdan.
The BBC's Howard Johnson in the Philippines described a trail of destruction along the northern coast of Luzon with forests ripped to shreds and electricity poles felled.
There is also concern over the economic cost of the typhoon, which has caused extensive damage to farmland in Cagayan, a key agricultural province.
Francis Tolentino, a political adviser to President Rodrigo Duterte, told the BBC that he estimated only a fifth of produce there had been harvested in advance - threatening staples like rice and corn.
Preparation and evacuation procedures have improved since Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 which killed more than 7,000 people.
Warnings were issued, travel was restricted, schools shut and the army was put on standby in advance.


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Leroy Sibbles Interview at Uppsala Reggae Festival 2011 – United Reggae magazine
Leroy Sibbles is a bonafide legend in the reggae industry with almost 50 years in the business and countless immortal bass lines and riddims with his name on them. United Reggae met him after a performance by The Heptones at Uppsala Reggae Festival.
It's a few minutes past 1 o'clock in the morning and I'm sitting in the chilly and damp press tent waiting to interview Leroy Sibbles, front man and lead singer in The Heptones.
The clock keeps ticking and suddenly me, two photographers and another reporter are asked to relocate to a warmer setting.
It turns out an early August night in Sweden is too cold for Leroy Sibbles and he is freezing at the moment. Instead of meeting in the press tent outside we are asked to interview him in a container where Uppsala Reggae Festival's founder and promoter Yared Tekeste usually has his office.
This is the second time The Heptones perform at the festival.
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As all plans and blog posts are "Lord willing" so this post is not what I said my next post would be. I ended my last post by stating that the gospel itself is an excellent apologetic. I want to explore this idea further in this post and, in so doing, demonstrate the methodology of revelational apologetics.
I want us to return to I Corinthians one and two to see what God Himself through Paul says about the gospel that reveals Himself. Paul tells us that the gospel is foolishness to the Greeks and a stumbling block to the Jews (1:21-23) and foolishness to mankind in general (1:18). Paul goes on to say that the gospel can not be discovered by "the wisdom of men" and is clearly contrary to it (1:21; 2:1-6, 13) but is indeed a display of God's wisdom (1:24; 2:6, 7) revealed by the Holy Spirit (2:10-13) which revelation is rejected by the natural man (1:21; 2:14). Furthermore, Paul tells us that the gospel is the power of God unto salvation (1:24).
From this I want to point out several truths. First, the content of the gospel cannot be explained by any human origin. The Greeks would never devise a faith in a human, they longed for speculative ideas, much less a Jewish itinerant preacher who was crucified, the Jews would never invent a Messiah who was crucified by the Romans, and no one else has ever made a religion that was based on faith alone giving them no reason to boast in their accomplishments or knowledge. Secondly, this gospel is powerful changing lives in a way nothing else can. Not only were these phenomena true in Paul's day, they are still true today.
I would then argue from these observable truths that the gospel can be best explained as a revelation of the God who really exists. The message of the gospel is unique in the world being of a different category of thought from all other religions or philosophies in a way that could not be explained by any invention of man for it is indeed foolishness to man (As any atheist will tell you). I would argue, then, that the message of the gospel had to have had its origins outside of human thought which is what Paul is clearly stating in the passages cited. If it is not human, then what is its source? Furthermore, the gospel is powerful in a way that cannot be explained by human activity or psychology. Not only are there actually millions of individuals throughout history who would claim that it changed their lives, but many of these individuals today and throughout history have observably changed in a most dramatic way through the message of the gospel. Not only so, but this message has affected the whole world and completely changed Western society. How could something so foolish be so powerful? No other concept has had this combination of being considered by so many as being so foolish and yet having such an impact on the world changing so many lives for the better. Indeed, there is no other idea comparable. I would argue then that the idea that the gospel originated outside of the mind of man and is from the mind of God Who is revealing Himself through the message of the gospel powerfully applied by the Holy Spirit is more rational than any other explanation.
I realize that this topic can be investigated further. One can give examples of dramatic change and make comparisons with the rise of Islam and the impact of the theory of evolution, for instance, or deal with various psychological explanations. When all this and more is considered, however, the best explanation is still that the Gospel came from God as a revelation of Himself. Therefore, belief in the existence of God is not only rational, it is superior to the idea that the phenomenon of the gospel can be explained without the existence of God. That is all, then, we can do, point others to the revelation of God. It is the work of the Holy Spirit taking the words of I Corinthians to work in the hearts of men to reveal Himself and apply the gospel.


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Fresh peaches are cooked down in your slow cooker and then dried in your oven or food dehydrator in this recipe for Crock-Pot Peach Fruit Leather! A healthy and delicious snack everyone will love!
Crock-Pot Peach Fruit Leather
I have been waiting to be able to make fruit leather for several years, and just needed a good harvest from our peaches and this year it happened and so I made Crock-Pot Peach Fruit Leather.
The Crock-Pot is the 2nd main step in the 4 steps to making fruit leather. Your 4 steps are:
- Boiling and peeling your peaches.
- Crock-Pot cooking to reduce the water content.
- Blending using an Immersion Blender to make a super smooth puree.
- Dehydrating in a food dehydrator to make the final fruit leather.
I purchased my dehydrator several years ago and have been dehydrating apple slices a lot, and was so happy that this slow cooker peach fruit leather worked so well.
You can purchase fruit roll up sheets that go into the dehydrator for the fruit leather to dry on, but if you don't want to make that kind of investment you can use what I used, which is these Reynolds Cooking Baking Sheets.
They also work great for cooking just about anything on a cookie sheet. I use them all the time so I had some on hand. While you can order them online at stores like Amazon, you should also be able to find them in most grocery stores here in the United States, they are typically sold in packs of 4.
One of the great things with this recipe is it should work for a various varieties of fruit. You'll want to pick fruits that don't brown too badly. So peaches, nectarines, apricots, berries, strawberries, pineapples, mango's, etc. And you can do a fruit base and then add additional fruit or berries to jazz it up. For instance if you have a lot of peaches or nectarines do mostly those and then add in some berries for a nice berry blend.
Also, in a pinch your fruit base can be applesauce, either homemade or store bought….then add other fruits to make your fresh fruits stretch out and add flavor. This is a great money saver too since applesauce is much cheaper than fresh fruit and still packs health benefits and fiber to your finished fruit leather.
This will take time to boil fruit, cut, cook in the Crock-Pot until mushed enough, blended and then it will really depend on your dehydrator how long this portion will take. I would expect at least 9 hours. I found with mine that I needed to change the order of my fruit trays, because the bottom dried faster than the top. So although the recipe says 4 hours, that is only for the Crock-Pot portion. It was an overnight deal for the dehydrator. I also would not place the crock on high, as you're risking burning the fruit.
I know this sounds complicated but it really isn't. And the results are so much more healthier than store bought "fruit snacks" which are really nothing more than candy.
I hope you enjoy this recipe!
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|4Hours On LOW
- 8 cups Peaches peeled, pitted and quartered
- 1 cup Water
- 2 tablespoons Lemon Juice
- 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1/4 tablespoon Ground Nutmeg
- Additional Items Needed
- Ice
- Water
Servings: People
- First wash the peaches making sure to use good quality un-bruised peaches. Place the fruit in a boiling pan of water for approximately one minute. Pull out the peaches and place immediately in a bowl of cold, icy water. I did about 4 . -5 peaches at a time and did them assembly style. Boiling water, icy water, then I used my cutting board and cut them in half. Peeled (the skin should come off easy, otherwise you should boil a little bit longer) and pitted. Then place peeled, pitted and quartered peaches in a 6.5 quart slow cooker.
- Add the water and lemon juice and cook on low for 4 hours, stirring every hour or so. After the 4 hours use a potato masher to mash it up a bit.
- Using an immersion blender inside the crock or a large bowl and puree until nice and smooth. You can also use a regular blender or food processor but be careful the peaches will be hot!
- Now you will want to taste it to see what flavor it has. Is it sweet or tart or sour? Add about 3/4 of the sugar and spices and then taste again to gauge if it needs the rest of the sugar. If you add the rest of the sugar and it still seems sour to you, feel free to add a bit more. You can also add cinnamon and allspice.
- Now as it's resting you'll want to get your dehydrator ready. Use the Reynolds Baking sheets or parchment paper and cut them to the shape you need as best as you can. Most dehydrators come with multiple layers so you will want one for each layer.
- Then you will carefully pour the peach mixture onto the paper making sure it doesn't spill over too much. I smoothed it out carefully with a spatula. If you have left over you can refrigerate it and then dehydrate it for another batch or you can use your oven at 140 degrees for about 8-12 hours. You'll need a cookie sheet and more parchment paper with the poured peach mixtures smoothed out on it.
- In the dehydrator turn it on and it took me about 9 hours with me at 5 hours swapping the bottom ones for the top ones, because the bottom ones dried out faster. 9 - 12 hours are going to be typical but please allow time in case it takes longer. Many dehydrators have a temperature so I would set it at low or a lower temperature. Mine doesn't so I just played with it as best as I could.
- I eventually pulled out two of mine first because they were done, and allowed the other two to continue to dry. Once they were finished I allowed them to cool off and then I used clean scissors to cut them into wedges. You could also do stripes or even shapes. Because it's already on the parchment paper they didn't stick to each other so I just used a couple of ziploc bags to store them in, if you really want to put a lot of work into it you could peel them and cover them with plastic wrap.
- The paper keeps them from sticking and peels right off when you are ready to eat them!
- Store in an air tight container for up to 1 month in the refrigerator or freeze for up to 6 months for longer storage.


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The founding of the Brotherhood of the Sword.
In order to speed up the subduing of Estonians and Livonians, Toreida priest Teoderich, founded a religious order of knights, on the example of the Order of the Temple that was active in Palestine. This order was named the Fratres militae Christi, later called the Brotherhood of the Sword, after the image of sword on their coat of arms and coats.
Most important members of the Order were professional warriors, who wore coats decorated with a red cross and a sword (see image).
Venno (Vinno) of Naumburg was appointed as the first Master of the Order; first record of the Order in the pope's chancellery documents is from 1204.
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This section is dedicated to exploring Christianity and naturism and the effects, both bad and good, it has on our families.
Feel free to explore any and all issues in this forum about family issues, especially those related to your faith, and naturism.
For some reason, for some of us the idea of being seen nude by a bus load complete strangers is often small potatoes when compared to being seen nude by a family member--even when they are of the same gender. I have seen seasoned nudists, and naturists who would only smile and wave at a passer by, run for cover at the sighting of a family member. It is odd to me, when I think of this--Why is it more embarrassing to be seen by family?
When I was growing up, it was generally acceptable for men and boys to change clothes in the same room, and likewise for the females (locker room mentality). When we were younger (up until I was about 10) me, and all of my sisters would often share the bathroom, and change in the same room occasionally at bath time. More recently, as we are all adults now, the old freedoms of youth have been replaced with much less toleration of nudity--My sisters are reluctant to even share a hot tub with me now, although they have tolerated it, so long as I stay in the water.
My household, my wife and 2 daughters, are all naturists--so we live in relative harmony. Even so, our extended family is not all for it. Some are home nudists themselves, and support us. Others are merely tolerant, and some think we are perverted, and robbing our kids of their innocence--and wish we would stop it. I suppose it is a tall order to expect all of them to accept us as we are, and be supportive. None the less, I am very thankful to have as harmonious house as I do. I would hate to think of the troubles it would bring, if my wife was not supportive.
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Families who really have an emergency fund and can not help it if you have to dive into it. If you have pet insurance, even if you have to borrow it, you know you'll be able to put that money right back in five to 14 business days. The ability to avoid and rebuild this fund can be a relief for families. Also, these funds are available for unexpected or other emergencies.
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It's Go Time.
It's summertime here at Dr. Beardhussein's Lair O' Legendary, and as such, I'm already in overdrive pondering the possibility of epic nights and happy encounters with members of the opposite sex. That being said, if you know me–and why would you be reading this if you didn't?–you know that's never reeaallllyyy a good thing. So, to counteract some of the Wussing Out I've got going on, I present to you a thrilling array of the randomness that floats around in my noggin.
1- I've said this before, but I really think we should all have entrance music when we arrive at certain places. I mean, obviously not hospitals or funeral homes (ick *knocks on wood), but work, house parties, or situations where a buddy/buddette needs help with something and you come thru should all count. Think about it: You're on time for work, you're looking good, you're wide awake, and you're ready to rock–and all of the sudden you hear "digga digga digga digga DUNT! DUNTDUNTDUNT! DUNTDUNTDUNT! DUNDUNDUNNNNT!" and motherfucking "Eye of the Tiger" blasts over the intercom and you walk into work. Who would be against this? This would be a total morale booster. Think of the variations! You call out sick for a few days and nobody's really sure how you are, and about 10-15 minutes after your normal arrival time, your music hits. The office goes crazy, your boss is happy, and everyone goes "He/She's here!".
Of course, not everyone would be eligible for this. You'd really have to be well-loved by your friends/family/coworkers to have entrance music. If you're kiiiind of a douchebag, nobody's gonna be happy when your music hits. They'd be typing away at work only to be interrupted by the blaring of a jerkface's music, and that'd just annoy everyone. You'd need at least 2 references each from your group of friends, family, and coworkers to qualify for the "RTH Entrance Music Status" status. The other exception is that your theme music would have to be approved by 5 people in the aforementioned friends/family/coworker groups. I like a lot of songs–love a lot of songs–but that doesn't mean they should announce my impending arrival. Kanye West's "Stronger"? Yes. Celine Dion's "Where Does My Heart Beat Now"? Um, no.
Either way, this needs to happen fast. Like, "Superman Changing" fast.
2- I never thought it'd be true, but I have photographic evidence that proves it: I look awesome in black nike wristbands with the matching headband. This fact excites me more than I should admit. I should ask my boss if I can wear them at work.
3- We should be allowed to talk trash at work. There's a pretty generous incentive program at work based on how many customer service calls a representative takes, and while it doesn't get too competitive per se, people definitely keep score. Therefore, I should be allowed to yell: "YEAH MARISSA! WHO'S THE MAN NOW!? GET THAT WEAK SHIT OUTTA HERE! THIS IS MY MOTHERFUCKIN' HOUSE!". If I buddy up with someone there, we can incorporate chest-bumps and elaborate celebratory handshakes. I have so many good ideas it's silly.
4- I didn't think there'd be this many "sports-stuff-at-work" ramblings here, but fuck it, here's one more: At the end of every day, depending on how much volume we did, they play "Takin' Care of Business" or "Rock & Roll Part 2" or "New York, New York" (not "Secaucus, Secaucus", right Kate? ;-)). And on Fridays? Confetti falls from the sky in addition to the music. Fridays before 3 day weekends? Confetti, Music, and a high-five line. End of business on the Wednesday-before-Thanksgiving? Music, confetti, high-five line, and hats & t-shirts. They don't even need to have anything written on them. I just think it'd be neat to see people high-fiving wearing matching hats and t-shirts, even if they were just plain white hats'n'tees. I should call H.R. about this.
5- Have you guys seen the Wendy's coffee commercial with the Boy Band? I think it's great, but you know what? It made me miss boy bands. It's been about 7 years since they were pretty much done being humongous–is that enough time for them to come back? I'm not talking the "Day 26" bullshit, but five clean cut white boys, or 4 clean cut white boys and the rebel, or 3 clean cut white boys, the rebel, and the mulatto lookin' one. We need boy bands back. Yes, they're cheesy, and yes, sometimes they're so insincere it's cringe-worthy: "Girl, I know you've got braces and you're pushing 2 bills, but girl, your heart is what I love, girl.", but they can't possibly be worse than some of the crap that gets played. Why not make jovial fluff crap and all acknowledge it's fun, disposable music, instead of making jovial fluff crap that's disposable, but treated like it's real art? I'd love to see this interview:
Interviewer: "Hey, this is Towanda McClurgh from PopNews.com here with K.U.D.O.S., the hottest new boy band in the country. Guys, your song, 'Let's Just Hold Each Other' is #1 on billboard and iTunes. What do you think about all your success?"
Kyle: "Well, to be honest, we know we only have like 6 and a half, 7 minutes left on our 15 minutes, so we're just gonna hook up with as many girls as possible."
Ulrich: "Yeah, pretty much. 'Let's Just Hold Each Other' is really the only good song on the album, and we had to pay a shit-ton of money to get Ne-Yo to write it for us."
D'Marquis: "We're not kidding ourselves here, Towanda. Just to cover our asses we had our lawyers write in our future VH-1 'Celebreality' appearances into our contract."
Orlando: "I can't even sing. I just fit the costumes."
Seth: "I mean, if people like the song, awesome, but even my Mom says we're just aight. It's cool while it lasts. Uh, Girl."
So yeah, bring back the five part harmony. Bring back the dancing. Bring back the pooka-cheeka machine. Viva Las Boy Bands!
6- Summer Re-Run season has arrived, which means I'm in front of this computer more and more each day. I can't BELIEVE networks won't roll the dice with some off-kilter show selections that don't make me root for Kim Jong Il to drop a dong on us. If I ran a network, I'd just give all my decision makers copies of "Weird Al" Yankovic's 1989 gem, UHF and say: "Make it so."
7- NBA Finals start Thursday, Lakers vs Magic. I'm sooo rooting for Orlando, for one reason and one reason only: Patrick Ewing, Knicks Hall of Famer, All Star, and Captain, is on their coaching staff. Patrick Ewing deserves a championship ring. He wasn't able to get one as a player, but he's got another chance as a coach. Patrick winning this ring changes everything. It's like Marty McFly burning Grey's Sports Almanac in the 3rd reel of Back To The Future II. It. Changes. Everything. No more coming in #2, no more looking back and saying he didn't have what it takes, and no more Rey looking back at those awesome Knick teams from 1992-2001 and wanting to jump off a roof. Patrick gets his immortality as a coach, and as the guy that helped hone the skills (pause?) of Orlando's own franchise center, Dwight Howard. God, you've hurt me & Patrick sooo much. Give us this one, and I'll stop masturbating. Forever. It's a promise.
8- Just so the hundreds and hundreds of e-mails will stop: My scented candle of choice is Glade's Angel Whispers. It makes me wanna hug everyone. I should set up a hugging booth. I'm not one to quote lines everyone knows from movies (most of the time), but I'm a big hugger, and I find myself often saying "C'mon in for the real thing." Fuck Pauses.
9- I think if Land of the Lost bombs at the box office, Will Ferrell should be forced to make a sequel to either Old School or Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. I've enjoyed almost everything I've seen Will Ferrell in since Old School, but his last couple of movies brought out the Randy Jackson in me–pause–cuz they were "just aight for me". Will had a great run, and I'm not ready for him to ride off into the "Eddie Murphy Family Comedy" sunset. In any event, the formula for his resurgence is simple: The Frat Pack–Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson & Owen Wilson–take on a team of rivals comprised by The Apatow Gang–Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd & Bill Hader. The Frat Pack gets Steve Carrell if they it's an Anchorman sequel, otherwise he might have to sit this one out. Nothing against Steve, but we gotta keep it 5 on 5. Who wouldn't see that movie? Shit, I'll take it one step further. We film a big budget sequel to Revenge of the Nerds that combines Old School with it. The Tri-Lams judge a Frat War between The Apatow Gang, The Frat Pack, and…
…wait for it…
…keep waiting…
…a little more…
…now! The American Pie Guys–Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Seann William Scott, Thomas Ian Nicholas and Eddie Kaye Thomas.
Who wouldn't see this movie? Seriously, this combines 4 different audiences and like three and a half generations. This could possibly be the greatest comedy of all time. I'm getting giddy just thinking about this. I mean, if Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, George Clooney and Don Cheadle–along with luminaries such as Al Pacino and Andy Garcia and Julia F'n Roberts can put egos and paychecks aside for the Ocean's Franchise, why couldn't we make this happen?
And? Just to bury the needle? Special cameos at the end from Ryan Reynolds and Kal Penn, reprising their roles as Van Wilder and Taj Mahal Badalandabad.
Wow. My nipples are hard pondering that flick. Okay, Pause that.
10- I've got the ill craving for haagen dazs chocolate ice cream. And root beer. Not together in a glass, but separate. Mmm. Root Beer.
Call Reynolds, Cuz It's A Wrap.
Okay folks, that's it for today. I had fun writing this–even if I did rip off ESPN.com's Bill "The Sports Guy" Simmons a bit. I mean, not that much–part of the reason he's awesome is cuz we have similar writing styles. Ah well.
As always, Comments, Questions, Critiques, and reasons why Haagen Dazs chocolate ice cream is superior to all other flavors of ice cream can be left below in the Dr. Donda West-Christopher Wallace Memorial Comments Section.
Thanks for tuning in,