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After a great deal of family discussion, in light of the Vet's diagnosis for the overweight moving hearth rug that is our beloved dog of arthritis in both hips and a possible heart problem, we decided to enquire about getting a puppy. Tibetan Terriers are not a common breed here so I couldn't believe it when TT pups were advertised in our local paper. Yesterday we went to meet M, the breeder, and the parents, and the two remaining puppies. Being the only lady in the house(our four feathered ladies belong strictly outside) I had fancied a wee girl doggie. By the time we had driven an hour to the breeder's home there were two boy pups left. One was black with 4 white paws and a white ring round his neck, the other white with two black ears, a black eye, a perfect black circle on his back and a wee black waggy tail.
It was very difficult to choose. Perhaps bringing Mr Gillybirds and two of our boys was not the best plan as there was divided opinion over which pup to choose. In the end we chose the whiter pup, his markings are very unusual and he was finer boned than the black pup. M the breeder called them Spot and Andy. Spot is now home with us and goes by the full title of
Lucas Domino.
He was born on 22nd June this year making him 11 weeks old.
We are all in love. Even the hens who were so curious when we took him outside for a sniff and a piddle (some chance)
Except Buttons, our 7 1/2 year old TT. No one likes their tail being treated as a chew toy, or being kept awake half the night by high pitched yapping. But I think he'll come round in the end.
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Oops thought I'd replied last nite! What a cutey pie puppy – is he a pedigree? just unusual markings?
On the hen front – we have a broody one! Nosey Bird returned from her summer holiday at "The Farm Retreat", where she had a short but passionate holiday romance with John The Rooster! On returning to Urban Lisburn, Nosey became very protective towards her precious eggs, thinking she was clocking a chick & refusing to leave the nesting box for almost 3 days! The rest of the girls were NOT HAPPY! (Jealous perhaps?)
Finally with our egg supplies dwindling Dave took a harsh approach & locked her out of the coop in daylight! The Hen blogs all tell you to remove the eggs and pop a pile of ice cubes in the nesting box…..how unkind??!! Needless to say the poor bird was totally traumatised and was found clocking on a branch in the garden!! Egg production is now thankfully resuming in the boxes & peace has been restored among the girls!
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Hi Shazza
Here is my entry for the October challenge. As soon as I saw the painting it reminded me of some really old photos I had of my daughter feeding the pelicans! The position she is standing in was so similar to the woman in the painting! I cant scrap soft colours so I stuck with my usual bright papers! There are shades of pink, a pink rose on the tag and a white bird (as well as all the white pelicans!).
My scrapping creations- http://scrapperazzi.blogspot.com/
Wow! Narelle this is gorgeous. I love the photos of your daughter with the pelicans....look how close she got to them. You couldn't have got any better photos to use for this challenge. I love your bright pinks, and I love the flowers on the circle pp. All criteria covered for a fantastic take on the challenge this month. Super work! Cheers Shazza

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Amol Parashar and Aahana Kumra are here to redefine wanderlust with Viu's upcoming- It Happened in Hong Kong
A solo trip definitely features on every millennials' bucket list and while a few may have it checked-off, many are still determined to cross it off the roaster, one day. However, once in a while, something inspiring comes along and the dreams are refueled. The trailer of Viu's upcoming digital series – It Happened in Hong Kong, featuring the digital stars Aahana Kumra and Amol Parashar's is sure to reignite the desire for a solo trip in every millennial. The upcoming romantic travel series which is set to launch this month is about two wandering soul in one exotic location.
Speaking on her upcoming series, Aahana Kumra commented, "Working on 'It Happened in Hong Kong' was an amazing experience. I've always loved to travel. When I heard the script and got to know it will be shot in Hong Kong, I jumped on the opportunity as I have never been to Hong Kong. I had an incredible time working with Lakshya and Amol, they both are truly amazing people to work with. I have been wanting to work with Amol since a while as we've known each other from theatre and this seemed liked the perfect opportunity."
Amol Parashar commented," I haven't ever done a solo trip and was very excited when I got to hear about this project. We had a wonderful time shooting in Hong Kong and I must say that city is beautiful to its core. Our director Lakshya has done complete justice to the shoot as he brought out the best in me. It was the first time I was shooting with Aahana and she is super fun to work with. I hope our viewers enjoy watching us as much as we enjoyed shooting it."
Redefining wanderlust in true sense, It Happened in Hong Kong has an interesting story-line, where the two actors meet by chance and hit it off instantly. Their beautiful journey takes some interesting twists and turns and the chemistry between the sensational actors, Amol and Aahana is something to watch out for.
With a weekly release every Friday, consumers can watch this romantic series for four weeks on www.viu.com and the Viu App.


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Burnley FC in the Community and Accrington Stanley Community Trust are joining forces to deliver a joint Kicks project in Accrington. The project will provide weekly free football coaching sessions for 11-19 year olds for the forthcoming year starting on Monday 28th September. These sessions will give local youngsters an opportunity to train with professional coaches, get fitter and be healthier and learn and develop new skills. Burnley FC in the Community are currently delivering seven further Kicks sessions across Burnley which currently engage with upto 300 young people per week. The new weekly session in Accrington will take place as follows;
Every Monday (starts 28th September)
Venue; Hyndburn Leisure Centre (3G pitch), Dill Hall Lane, Accrington
6pm – 7pm 11-13 year olds
7pm – 8pm 14-19 year olds
Neil Hart, Chief Executive Officer of Burnley FC in the Community said, "Thanks to funding from Lancashire County Council we are delighted to form a close working partnership with Accrington Stanley Community Trust to deliver joint community work in Accrington. With the close proximity of the two clubs we are delighted to be able to have a presence in Accrington in partnership with Accrington Stanley Community Trust. This is very much the start of many more opportunities for us to be working with Accrington Stanley Community Trust for the benefit of the Hyndburn community."
Martin Fearon, Community Manager at Accrington Stanley Community Trust said, "This is a new project we are bringing to the area of Hyndburn and one that I am confident is going to be a huge success. We have a close relationship with Burnley FC and it is great to be able to work together to provide this opportunity for the community. There is a lot of histroy between our clubs who are both founder members of the football league. We are also in the process of looking into other areas of community work that we can support each other on."
For more information on the Kicks Project visit www.burnleyfccommunity.org/social-inclusion/premier-league-kicks/ or contact Nathan Mottram on email@example.com or 01282 704716
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Burnley and Accrington Communities Join Forces
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White Plains, NY — In a move that helps towns and villages protect our drinking water, the Board of Legislators has authorized the release of three-quarters of a million dollars to pay for watershed-protection projects throughout Northern Westchester.
The money comes from the East of Hudson Water Quality Investment Program Fund and pays for the operation and maintenance of projects undertaken by the towns of Bedford, Cortlandt, Lewisboro, New Castle, North Castle, North Salem, Pound Ridge, Somers, Yorktown and the town/village of Mount Kisco.
These projects are designed to prevent pollutants from running off with storm water into the Croton and Kensico watersheds.
"There's nothing more important than protecting our drinking water," said Legislator Kitley Covill (D - Bedford, Lewisboro, Mount Kisco, North Salem, Pound Ridge, Somers). "Those of us who live in watershed communities take the responsibility very seriously, but solutions that are both effective and cost efficient require regional cooperation. That's why I'm so happy that the county, as custodian of East of Hudson Water Quality Investment Program Fund, is making this money available to our towns. This is a great example of the good things that happen when county and local governments work together."
Board Chair Ben Boykin, (D – Harrison, Scarsdale, White Plains), "I applaud Legislator Covill for her continuing efforts to protect the environment for all Westchester residents and for her work on behalf of the county's watershed communities. I also would like to thank the entire Board for supporting this important legislation."
The newly-released $750,000 will pay for expenses incurred from January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2022 by the towns.


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SavingIn this elementary school-level workshop, students learn about saving through a storybook reading and conversation about money.
BudgetingStudents create a real budget based on choices they make, such as whether to rent or own housing, and buy a new or used car. Then they account for their other monthly bills and spending. Discussion includes what to do if the budget doesn't work out.Saving/InvestingStudents write down real savings goals and learn how to reach them. Discussion includes the time value of money, compound interest and an explanation of different types of investments.Credit/BorrowingStudents learn about the three types of credit – installment loans, home loans and credit cards. Discussion includes how credit reports and scores work and why it is important to maintain a good credit score.
Making Money Make SenseThis presentation is designed to motivate students to review their financial needs and desires then make wise money decisions. Examples are provided to encourage goal setting, smart spending, saving and budgeting. Also discussed is the importance of being "credit smart" from an early age. Financial Industry RegulationThis brief civics lesson describes how DFI regulates banks, credit unions, lenders, stockbrokers and investment advisers. It also addresses fraud investigations and how state and federal regulators work together.


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Arguably the most enduring sporting symbol in Australia, the Baggy Green typifies the Australian spirit and its ideals of courage, mateship, perserverance and camaraderie. This felt crown, adorned with an iconic crest of two symbolic and native fauna - the emu and kangaroo - speaks volumes about the expectation of a nation for each recipient; when you wear the Baggy Green, with every effort with bat, ball or in the field, you represent each and every one of us, and never will a backward step be taken.
While it is only the best that ever get the opportunity to represent Australia on the biggest cricketing stage, it takes someone special to lead them - one who has the perfect blend of talent, committment, relentlessness and determination. One who inspires, leads by example and only ever looks back to help his comrades join overcome adversity and join him in shared success. One who shows a willingness t carry his brothers in times of trouble, yet shows humility in his successes.
Michael Clarke is each and all of these. A wunderkind who might well have ben born with an elegant mastery of the off side, Clarke was earmarked as a future Australian leader well before he took on the role. In captaincy though, he has flourished - a proactive, aggressive tactician in the field with centuries, doubles and triples in the midle. From the first ball to the last ball, his approach to all facets are undoubtedly Australian, which make him not just a champion who will go down in cricketing history, but our National Pride.


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It's been almost one and a half month since our last news about GoldNuggetInvest (goldnuggetinvest.com) in which we informed about the start of refunding process (read here: http://www.hyipnews.com/news/17107/NO-REFUNDS-FROM-GOLDNUGGETINVEST/). Today we can finally announce that the ice has broke up. We became aware that some of GNI former members got first refunds and that makes the program the biggest mystery of the past few months as it is the first time when a HYIP being closed for so long started processing refunds. This is actually a pleasant surprise. Robert, the admin of the program, reports on around $300K in refunds have already been made to members not in profit and requested a refund. Briefly, all refunds are being processed slowly but surely and GNI asks all its former investors to be patient.
Yet there are still some problems with refunding process and it will probably take more time that originally expected. The situation is being complicated by the well-known StrictPay issue. The administration of GoldNuggetInvest has decided to put the refunds to StrictPay on hold until things get back to normal. The basic part of GNI update deals mainly with this StrictPay issue and you may read it in full here:
…How StrictPay's current crisis will impact the payment of refunds.
As most of you know (certainly those who deposited or withdrew using SP), StrictPay is facing some very trying times. The cause of their problems is nothing we can or should comment thereto, other than to say it is troubling for everyone.
At the time of this writing, the turnaround times to withdraw from StrictPay is as follows:
1. Bank wire – Maximum amount allowed / 500.00. Average time to Process (not necessarily the time client receives the funds), 29 days
2. Check by Mail – Maximum amount allowed / 300.00. Average time to Process, 29 days.
3. Loading of Debit Card – Maximum Load Amount / 200.00. Average Processing Time, 28 days As a result, we have suspended StrictPay (SP) refunds. SP has sent all of its current account holders an overview of the current state of affairs; with an assurance they will and are taking all reasonable steps to mitigate further problems. They have every intention to resume operations at their previous (albeit, some times, slow) level.
We have no reason to think otherwise, nevertheless we do not want our valued customers stuck with PP funds which cannot be redeemed for hard currency. Those of you who feel compelled to complain about the temporary suspension of StrictPay refunds, would you want us expediting your payout only to find that you can't do anything with the funds you hold?
Understandably, most of you would like to abandon StrictPay, preferring instead to use another PP or E-Currency. While this may be an option we are forced to swallow, it is less than ideal. It will require multiple layers of client re-identification but for the currency swap, we would not otherwise need. It can ONLY slow the process, perhaps substantially, we just don't know yet. Many of you have forwarded, documentation in your effort to expedite the process. It does not. Please refrain from requesting to switch your refund PP until we have made a final decision in this regard. Those of you who have sent verification documents to Debbie, I have instructed her to, at this time, refrain from opening these emails….she doesn't have the time.
Those of you who have sent verification documents in your ticket, she is obligated to respond or your refund gets held up. This, likewise will slow down the show. We are hoping to know enough within the next 30 days to have enough information to make a decision whether or not to use SP in our refund process. Please keep the speculation to a minimum.
I assure all of you, we are doing our best to get these refunds back to you in a timely fashion. In a little over a month we have issued approximately $300,000.00 in refunds. We expect to maintain this level throughout the process.
Thank you, Robert & Team".


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Our Sante Fe Woven Necklace from MIRTH is a lightweight statement piece, perfect for pairing with our tops and caftans from MIRTH.
MIRTH ethically creates modern caftans and easy resort wear. Launched in 2016 by two caftan loving sisters – after discovering heritage textiles over the course of several years of travel and exploration. The handmade fabrics, sourced from artisan communities, bring a story to each piece.


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Credit Repair Dunedin
While trying to get a job, buy a car or rent an apartment in Dunedin, FL you might be in need of credit repair in Dunedin. Many companies have started running credit checks along with their background checks on new employees, making it now more important than ever to have your credit score raised. If you are one of the millions of people that have inaccurate data on your credit report, you will need to seek assistance from a company specializing in credit repair in Dunedin, Florida. National Credit Restoration Assistance is a company an upstanding, consumer focused company specializing in credit repair in Dunedin. With their customizable and personalized services, the team at National Credit Restoration Assistance is able to assist their customers in not only deleting false information on credit reports but also in effectively raising their credit scores. William Ikemba Crowley and Veronica Mack, who partnered in starting this credit repair Dunedin company, work with you to not only help raise your score but to educate you on the pitfalls and inner dealings of the credit reporting industry. If you haven't checked your credit report yet this year, now is the time to give the people at National Credit Restoration Assistance a call and work through your credit repair needs together.
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How My Hot-Mess Made this Thanksgiving a Little Sweeter
It's Thanksgiving morning, and though I am hundreds of miles away from home on this frosted morning, I'm overwhelmingly grateful. Grateful for my family who sends their love, grateful for my supporters who make the life I live possible, thankful for the moments that took my breath away this past year. Thankful that at 25 one of my dreams of traveling the world has come true. Tha...Read More »


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Construction begins on 11 Habitat for Humanity homes in Regina
Officials break ground on a Habitat for Humanity project in Regina on Sept. 27, 2018
The federal, provincial and municipal governments have teamed up to break ground on 11 Habitat for Humanity houses in Haultain Crossing.
Haultain Crossing is a multi-unit family housing development designed to house 62 families when it's complete.
"All Canadians deserve access to housing," said Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Ralph Goodale in a written release. "All over the country our government is collaborating with partners like Habitat to produce positive housing outcomes for families. Adding another 11 homes to Haultain Crossing is a real shot in the arm for this project, and another positive step for our efforts to address the community's housing needs."
"Our government is pleased to support Habitat's work in Saskatchewan," Minister of Social Servicves Paul Merriman said. "Together with our partners, we are helping Saskatchewan families in greatest housing need to live in dignity, safety and comfort. This initiative, and others throughout the province, supports our goal of keeping Saskatchewan strong and moving forward."
The housing units are located in Regina's Eastview neighbourhood. The provincial and federal governments contributed $675,000 to the project. The city is funding $15,000 for each of the 11 homes, for a total of $165,000.
Families selected by Habitat for Humanity contribute 500 partnering hours to building their home or other Habitat homes. The family is able to purchase the home for fair market value, paying an interest-free mortgage set at 25 per cent of their annual gross income.


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Flower Fragments
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Mantua square silk satin scarf with a machine-rolled hem in 14 momme silk, 110cm x 110cm
Indigenous South African flowers represent the cycles of life and seasons. Fragments of a
whole that break away, die and scatter in the wind. Broken down to their finest form, they are
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The Shure VP89S Modular Shotgun Microphone features an interchangeable capsule that displays high RF (Radio Frequency) rejection, superior side noise rejection, and is paired with the detachable VP89 Preamp. Long, short and medium sized capsule barrels are available to suite various recording needs, rejection angles and frequency response types. This model ships with the short capsule, and includes a windscreen and zippered pouch. The state-of-the-art low noise preamplifier design features a low frequency roll-off switch for eliminating noise below 200Hz. The usefulness of the microphone can be further extended by buying one of the other length capsule and simply attaching it to the already included preamp. State-of-the-art preamplifier redesign Superior RF immunity Internal low-frequency roll-off Recessed low-cut filter switch for additional control Smaller footprint Superior Shure design and rugged, roadworthy construction
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Watch the Intense Red Band Trailer for Michael Bay's Benghazi Drama
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi gets inside the heads and hearts of a heroic Special Ops team.
Based on the new red band trailer, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi looks to be one of the most intense movies you'll see this year.
The September 11, 2012 attacks on two diplomatic compounds in Benghazi, Libya, killed four Americans and remains a hot-button political issue four years later. Michael Bay's movie, based on Mitchell Zuckoff's 13 Hours, zooms in on the six-man Special Operations team that was tasked with rescuing any survivors, apparently with little clear direction or support. The explosive trailer reminds us a bit of Zero Dark Thirty, and we're guessing 13 Hours will be just as controversial.
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi opens in January 2016.
'13 Hours' Red Band Trailer from Michael Bay Dot Com on Vimeo.


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Review: THE VOID, Grim, No-Nonsense Horror
Directed by Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski, THE VOID draws inspiration from potent horror influences, then forges its own path.
Following its Frontieres market pitch a few years ago and a successful Indigogo campaign, The Void shot in Canada last year with Aaron Poole, Kathleen Munroe, Kenneth Welsh, Ellen Wong, and Art Hindle. The film premiered at Fantastic Fest 2016 in Austin to a packed house, with producer Casey Walker and directors Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski in attendance.
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personally, i thought it was a grade above awful. thats coming from a horror/effects enthusiast with 100+ viewings of THE THING under my belt. after watching this you will appreciate how good movies like the thing/event horizon/from beyond etc actually were, even made 30 years ago some of them. the practical effects in this are poor, i hate to be negative and was excited about this movie pre viewing but alas....
Well, thank god you have 100+ viewings of The Thing. Otherwise people might not care what you think about this movie. By the way, Event Horizon sucked.
I would have liked to have seen a tad more mythology. But as it is, it's a very decent mixture of John Carpenter's PRINCE OF DARKNESS, Paul Anderson's EVENT HORIZON and Lucio Fulci's THE BEYOND, by way of Clive Barker's HELLRAISER. It doesn't quite transcend them though, which is a pity. Still: fun was had!
Ha. I think I was being conservative on my viewings of THE THING, nearer 200+.. yeah event horizon was flawed, but the concept was great ( unlike the void ) and could have been awesome in the hands of a better director. I mention it as I felt this movie borrowed from it heavily, among many others mentioned. I could discuss the nuances of why I think the void is so terrible, but I don't want to talk spoilers. It's enough I guess to state my negative opinion on it. I don't normally slate movies so badly. I guess I was so fed up this time by yet more hype and build up . I was really looking forward to this coming out.
Not a great film but not a bad one either. I disagree with the poster below who says the practical effects are poor in this movie. Are they as good as The Thing? Of course not, but what in the last 35 years is? The effects in The Void are as decent as countless horror films I watched in the late 70's and 80's and work fine in this movie, and I'd much rather see this kind of stuff than the endless stream of overly slick and homogenized megaplex horror films of the last 20 years. My issue with the film is that by so obviously wearing it's influences on it's sleeve that it never establishes it's own identity and thus never becomes more than a fun homage to those classic films. Not a classic movie, but not a failure by any means either, and I certainly appreciate the obvious spirit with which it was made.
Not bad at all, but nothing special. Carpenter? Yes. Lovecraft? Yes. Fulci? Yes. But also Baskin. Not a new classic, but a decent movie made with the right spirit of the past.
The Void is a film that seems to blatantly copy some ideas from the classics of the 70-80s horror films (mostly Carpenter and Fulci) but executed like the shitty examples of those decades. Poor craftsmanship everywhere, not even the practical effects were holding a candle to the ones from the 70's and 80's. The film is an utter mess.
i think the " spirit in which it was made " is really the only positives about this movie. as a watch, for me it simply didn't entertain. regarding the practical effects? i guess i was perhaps a bit harsh to say they were poor. some parts were done well but my main issue i think was with the creature design and the way they animated them. for me, they just didn't look good. like some other poster mentioned. the creatures looked like they were designed and animated 20-30 years ago. even without employing any expensive hydraulic robotic/puppetry techniques there must be ways of doings things like this a bit better nowadays? and the creature at the end reminded me ( design wise ) of the stupid beast at the end of alien resurrection, which didn't help matters.. this film though was certainly a lot better in terms of production than say " harbinger down " at least..


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DETROIT: Lexus will be staging the world premiere of the 2020 Lexus RC F Track Edition at the North American International Auto Show here on Jan 14. It is being touted as the most powerful Lexus offered since the LFA supercar.
The Japanese luxury car maker has been terse with its Thursday announcement, which was accompanied by a teaser photo of a giant carbon fibre wing for added downforce in a track car. However, there are already spy shots floating around that hints of a meaner track car with major performance boost.
The spy images indicate the upcoming RC F Track Edition will sport a carbon fibre bonnet with a small vent in the centre along with with a large splitter and bigger corner inlets than the existing RC F.
They also show a coupe that rides lower with wider tyres, and this certainly means the suspension settings have been revised to cope with the altered dynamics. Stopping power will also be improved as the cross-drilled brake discs and big calipers behind the V-spoke wheels suggest.
Lexus has not revealed the performance figures yet but we hazard a guess that it will be north of what the current RC F or the LC 500 offer. At present, the 5.0-litre V8 mill of the RC F produces 467hp and 529Nm of torque. The same engine in the LC 500 has been tweaked to make 4hp more and 12Nm more.
Come a wintry Jan 14 in Detroit, Lexus will livestream the world premiere for the benefit of car enthusiasts.
Starting 2020, the Detroit show will marked a new milestone when it opens in summer on June 8.
Organisers and exhibitors have previously supported the move to open the show latter in the year to avoid a clash with the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and to allow for more outdoor promotional activities during the warmer months.
The show this year pulled in some 800,000 visitors over two weeks.
Hardcore Lexus RC F Track Edition to debut at Detroit show soon
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Nokia has taken the wraps off its first ever 'phablet' device – the Nokia Lumia 1520, in Malaysia. The new device is the biggest and fastest Lumia to date, packing a 6-inch Full HD IPS LCD display and one of Qualcomm's fastest processors – the quad-core Snapdragon 800 rated at 2.2Ghz.
Made with the same design language of all other Lumia devices, the Nokia Lumia 1520 exudes quality and a premium feel with its polycarbonate body. Measuring 162.8 x 85.4 x 8.7mm and weighing just 209g, the device is sensibly thin and light despite its large footprint.
Read about my first impressions of the Lumia 1520.
Nokia made sure they didn't skimp on hardware specs packing the best processor they could into the new flagship device – a top-of-the-line, 2.2Ghz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor from Qualcomm, complemented with 2GB RAM. Internal storage is 32GB, with a microSD slot for further expansion. Also get 7GB of cloud storage on SkyDrive.
The 6-inch Full HD 1080p IPS LCD display with ClearBlack technology is as crisp and bright as it comes, protected by the famed Gorilla Glass 2. If you've ever felt that the screen real estate on the Lumia 925 was limiting, then you're in for a treat. The Windows Phone 8 Start Screen has never felt this spacious before.
It would be an understatement to say Nokia makes good camera optics. It makes great camera optics. While the Lumia 1520 does not get the full-blown 41MP whopper of the Lumia 1020, it does get a 20MP PureView main shooter with Carl Zeiss optics, OIS, f/2.0 aperture and dual LED flash. One word: impressive.
Other notable features included are NFC, 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n.
Nokia has packed a considerably big battery into the Lumia 1520 – a 3,400mAh lithium-ion, good for 25.1 hours talktime on 3G, 750 hours of standy or 10.5 hours of video playback. The battery supports Wireless Qi charging.
New Nokia services
With the launch of the Lumia 1520, Nokia also announced its free MixRadio music streaming service, available to all Lumia owners. Read about Nokia MixRadio.
Nokia has also announced a partnership with local telco DiGi to enable an operator billing feature that enables DiGi customers to pay for their app purchases on the Windows Phone Store by deducting the amount spent from their prepaid balance or by adding it to their postpaid bill. Nokia has said that it is also talking to other telcos to offer this service to other customers.
Pricing and availability
The Nokia Lumia 1520 will be available in the first week of December in the Klang Valley and in mid-December for the rest of Malaysia at RM2,159 (SRP). Pre-orders registered on the Nokia Malaysia Facebook page from the 26 November till 4 December will be entitled to a free Nokia Coloud Boom headset and a RM160 discount voucher (so you get the device for just RM1,999!).
Pre-orders for the Nokia Lumia 1520 will also be available on the 26 November on the Digi Online Store and LowYat.Net's StoreKini. Pre-orders from StoreKini will be packaged with a free powerbank, 32GB MicroSD card, and a stylus.
The Lumia 1520 will be available in four colours – yellow, white, red and black.
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How is everyone's "back to school" going?!?!? Sarah has three weeks of 10th grade over with and so far she's LOVING school this year. Whew!! I have to say I was a bit worried but she's just going right along. She has lots of homework each night but it's getting done with some time left over for "family time" so I couldn't ask for any more than that.
We have some exciting news about "Sarah Loves Ladybugs .com"! We've just added oodles of new hair bows to the store including cheerleaders with tiny little corker pom-poms and a rhinestone encrusted bow in their hair! Too cute. We have several colors available now and many more arriving next month. If there's a combo of colors you'd like us to have, just drop us a note and we'll see what we can do!
Also, "Sarah Loves Ladybugs" is starting promoting to retail stores and fundraising groups this week. We're very excited to be starting a wholesale program for stores AND fundraising groups. So if you have a cute little boutique, children's shop, dance school, cheerleading group, school group in your area, we'd love their contact information (especially email and address) so we can send them a note to let them know about our products. And, if you or someone you know is doing some fundraising and thinks they might like to sell our hair bows, please have them email us. You can reach us at firstname.lastname@example.com .
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Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate, which concludes that 57 percent of the 77 million or so boomers plan to sell their homes and move on to some kind of "next phase" of their lives. Or so they think - what they can afford to do might be a different story.
Comparing the boomers to the previous generation of people who were retiring, the boomers aren't necessarily downsizing into properties that have fewer amenities - they plan to live the rest of their lives in style.
Thirty-one percent of boomers are more likely to want to sell their homes now than they were five years ago. They have confidence in the real estate market.
I really believe that this group wants to make the best of the rest of their lives and they're planning for it. The properties that they end up with may be different from the ones they've dreamed about, but they're headed in that direction.
And regarding the boomers who want to move into cities, these boomers are dreaming about lifestyle and community, rather than buying the house or condo.
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The dean of the UF College of Journalism and Communications announced Wednesday that he would return to faculty duties in January 2013.
The dean of the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications, who has been on medical leave as he received radiation and chemotherapy for throat cancer, announced Wednesday that he would return to faculty duties when his contract as dean runs out in January 2013.
College Dean John Wright wrote in a letter to colleagues that UF will soon form a search committee and have an entire year to find a new dean. Wright wrote that he decided in the fall to step down as dean and planned on announcing it at the end of the semester, but the process was derailed because of his cancer treatment and sudden hospitalization.
Linda Childers Hon, the college's executive associate dean and a public relations professor, has been serving as acting dean since Dec. 5. Wright plans to return to the job next week, according to UF spokesman Steve Orlando.
Wright joined the UF faculty in 1982. After college Dean Terry Hynes resigned in July 2006, Wright was named the college's interim dean. He was made dean in December 2007.
His tenure has been a time of major change. The college expanded efforts in digital media, including the creation of a Center for Media Innovation and Research, and recently announced the creation of a professional master's degree in mass communication with an emphasis in multimedia journalism.
He created a Division of Multimedia Properties that oversaw sometimes controversial format changes at the college-owned broadcast stations, including the dropping of classical music for a news and talk format at 89.1 FM. The college also has gone through budget cuts that resulted in layoffs and the elimination of its Documentary Institute.
Wright "definitely had to make some tough decisions but I think he always made those decisions with the best interests of the students, the college and the university in mind," said Spiro Kiousis, chairman of the college's public relations department.
Wright was unavailable for comment on his announcement, according to college spokeswoman Quenta Vettel. In his letter to colleagues, Wright wrote that he was looking forward to the college's upcoming re-accreditation visit and other aspects of the coming year.
"There are so many wonderful aspects about being dean of this great College, but I am excited about pursuing other professional goals as well," he wrote.
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Kanye West is a born-again Christian and a musical genius with dreams of being a billionaire. So why not change his name to stand in his truth?
A wise person once said "You are what you think." Kanye thinks he is the most successful and wealthiest artist of his generation. During an appearance at the FastCompany Innovation Festival 2019 in New York City, Kanye, 42, says he might change his name to reflect his billionaire status.
"When people say it's crass to call yourself a billionaire, I say I might legally change my name to Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West for a year until y'all understand exactly what it is… It will be on the license plate."
Kanye said he is determined to prove Forbes wrong after the magazine refused to recognize him as a billionaire when he showed them a receipt for $890 million. Forbes recognized his sister-in-law Kylie Jenner as a billionaire with no receipts.
By changing his name, Kanye will force the world to recognize him as a billionaire because billionaire is his middle name.
"When I did Forbes, I showed them a $890 million receipt and they still didn't say 'billionaire.' They don't want us to know that we can buy land; they don't want us to have the 100 percent ownership [that] I have at Yeezy."
Kanye recently disclosed that the IRS cut him a refund check for $68 million. The hefty check brings him that much closer to his dreams of billionaire status.


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Ali Smith is a bewitching storyteller with an inimitable voice. The stories in her new book Shire seamlessly blend fiction, autobiography and poetry, exploring the myriad influences of people and place on her current home, Cambridge. Playful and often surreal, each story is a work of profound and perfectly condensed beauty. Come and discover this beguiling tribute to the local landscape, with one of our most original writers.


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Being Entertainer for Kid's Party
Being an entertainer, why not? The entertainer is basically not much different from being an artist. But entertainers usually do not air on television. They work from one place to another, then paid fully after their work is done. Currently, there are a lot of Event Entertainment Ideas to make the party become festive. Some people began to pioneer careers into entertainers. They have the main mission to entertain people and make the party fun. That's what they're paid for. Being an entertainer event is not just for adults. Children's parties also need an entertainer. Even many people view that being an entertainer for children is more challenging than adults.
Being a kids entertainer means you must be able to be familiar with children. If you are used to entertaining adults, it's time you can put yourself to entertain the children. You must have a 'kid friendly' persona, so that children are not bored or not afraid of you. You have to understand how to treat children to make the party run smoothly.
If you want your work to be successful, as an entertainer, you must have a plan. Entertaining children means you must have many alternative plans. How about a bored child? What if they do not pay attention to you? What if one of them would be scared and cry? You must have a way out. The main thing is you should not panic fast. Because if you panic, children usually panic.
If you intend to bring music to entertain the children, you must know what song is suitable for them. You can not carelessly carry an adult song for them. Do not sing any irreverent lyrics in front of them. If that happens, usually the parents will complain against you.
Lastly, you should have plenty of ideas for games. Kids love the games! Create simple games but can attract their attention. If necessary, give games that have nothing to do with playing the gadget. Because many parents complain when their children play too many gadgets.


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Unwrapping Charter School Titles: Where's the Innovation?
Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.
Where's the innovation with choice and charters? Betsy DeVos has said, it's how you go from a closed system to an open system that encourages innovation. People deserve choices and options. Advocates for choice and charters often refer to innovation—like parents are going to find something unique and wonderful with vouchers.
But what are those choices? Go looking for them and they are hard to find. Some charters advertise subjects stripped from traditional public schools due to draconian reform and privatization. But that's not innovation. It's theft!
Charter schools might have unique titles, but scratch beneath the surface and most of them are run the same way—with data, character education, and rigor. Students and parents must comply with rules. Charter managers can reject students who don't follow those rules.
That's strict management—not innovation.
It's difficult to find real innovation in charter schools. Consider their titles and what happens in the schools.
Classical Charter Schools
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Afraid Of The Dark
Once upon a time, in the wee stages of life, the darkness felt too vast and terrifying to bear – my heart would shudder at the thought and I needed some external source to light the way.
And yet, as I grew older, I began to realize there was nothing within the inky blackness that had the power to hold sway over me. For indeed there was a light inside of me that shone brighter than the sun and moon…and it is a light that does not extinguish, no matter what night…neither life…has to say.
Trying Not To Be Nice
This is totally me (read: my interpretation of me) when my husband says I'm nice and I vehemently (albeit foolishly) deny it. Maybe I just want to be called evil every once in a while. Not because I actually AM…the dark illusion is just so tempting! I mean who didn't want to be Skeletor when they were a kid?!
Goth Humor – Because. . .Black
Goth Humor – The Queen Of Darkness At Dinner
Had I seen this earlier in life, I'd have insisted my parents get one for the dining room. Seeing as I'd have been the ONLY person willing (*cough*…desiring) to sit in it, there'd have been no need to fight over who sits where.
Seriously… This dark and dreary investment could have single-handedly prevented sibling-fueled fights. . .
Wearing Color…
Afraid Of The Dark
There are times in Life when it seems all light extinguishes, leaving blackness, fear, and despair.
And yet. . .
In the midst of it. . .if we look deep without our inner recesses, we will find the inextinguishable flame we've carried all along.
Remember what you have accomplished. Remember the demons you've conquered, the tears and blood you've shed. For you are a warrior, stronger than anyone else can ever know. You are a survivor, you are beautiful, and you are a beacon of light in spite of all.


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A young girl from a poor village in Cambodia rides her bike 17 miles each way, everyday, to a bare-bones school. One of the lucky ones who is able to scrape together the fees for education - and has willing parents - she tells a visiting reporter from The New York Times about her daily journey.
The reporter fears for the 12 year old. The route to the school is thick jungle terrain with many places in which rapists and slave traders can hide. In a country overflowing with such crime (that goes unpunished except for the rape victim who is ostricized or worse), the "outsider's" alarm is justifiable.
She asks the girl what she fears most as she rides alone along the route. The girl replies, "Ghosts."
The reporter is perplexed by this information. After all, wouldn't a rational person fear a real human being with concrete abilities to maim body, mind and soul?
When she asks the girl to elaborate, the young one says, "I mean living ghosts."
Her clarification is poetic and insightful. Only a person who has lost their humanity, who is dead to the life force and sanctity of the human body, can commit the crimes that are a daily occurrence in Cambodia...and for that matter worldwide.
I ponder. What part of myself is dead to the present, filled with ghosts from the past that inhabit my daily thinking? How does this affect my ability to love and serve?


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The weather can bring on all sorts of conditions like eczema and psoriasis, and while central heating is great, it can make your skin dry and dehydrated. With all of this to contend with, it's no wonder that your skin is need of a bit of TLC. Here's our top tips to stop you cracking up from the cold this winter.
Cosmetic overhaul
During the winter months there is less moisture in the air, which can leave your skin feeling chapped and irritated. Switch up your skincare routine as you would your wardrobe, replace the moisture lost from your skin with a rich moisturiser or soothing balm. Look for products made with hydrating compounds or alternatively invest in hydrating oils such as Jojoba which you can mix into moisturisers to give that extra boost!
Make sure that you also step up your exfoliation routine, as a build up of dead skin will leave your skin looking tired and dull. Aim to exfoliate twice a week during the winter – this will make your complexion immediately appear brighter and healthier.
Watch the thermostat
Going from the bitter cold into central-heated homes can be incredibly harsh on your skin. The sudden change in temperature causes your blood vessels to rapidly expand and contract leading to broken veins, sensitivity and redness. Try to narrow the temperature gap by wrapping up when out in the cold and turn your thermostat down slightly, particularly before you go to bed (we recommend investing in a hot water bottle for ultimate coziness!)
Indulge in some skincare DIY
A study conducted by Bionsen revealed that the average British woman spends a staggering £2,000 a year on beauty products. But do we really need to fork out on designer brands, when the secrets to flawless skin may have been hiding in our kitchen cupboards this whole time?
High in antioxidants with anti-inflammatory qualities coffee is the perfect ingredient for an exfoliating body scrub. Mix up your own with just three ingredients- two parts melted coconut oil to one part coffee grounds, Then, add a teaspoon of honey and place in the fridge for just ten minutes. Once it's solid whip it up using a hand held mixer and scrub away!
Olive oil is packed with anti-ageing qualities and hydrating squalene to give hair skin and nails a nourishing treat. Mix a two parts olive oil and bicarbonate of soda to one part honey to create your winter saviour, a super hydrating face mask. Leave on for ten minutes, then rinse with warm water for beautiful soft skin.


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Andrea Cruz, the artist, professionally known as "A.Cruz", began drawing at a very early age.
Her talent was discovered by her mentor, her grandfather, also an artist.She had an eye for color. She could draw anything as an exact match. Eventually this amazing talent and passion translated into paintings. This connection with colliding colors is what initially set her work apart in shows and competitions and has led to a growing following of galleries and collectors alike.
Andrea Cruz has been featured in many publications in and around the art community. She's donated paintings to many organizations in Dallas, TX, Riverside, CA and in the Orange County area.
She has since independently illustrated and published her own children's book. Andrea has decided to follow her heart, her passion, and her dreams! Please join us at The Painter's Loft to share and enjoy a great experience that you will soon not forget!
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Stevensville Gets a Brewery: Blacksmith Brewing
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Blacksmith Brewing is coming to Stevensville, locating itself over on the east side of town near the Cenex.
From what I'm told, they hope to open by the end of the month.
Neighbors near and far – that would include me too – are very excited.
They've got some nice pics of their progress up on their website.
Put a menu up Blacksmith! We need to know more!
Maybe they can talk a local farmer down there into growing some hops, and Montana will have it's first grown-brewed-and-served in Montana beer. Providing, of course, they use some Montana barley too.
They FINALLY opened. I've been waiting for a while, and I just heard from a woman here at work. Their website is still rather lacking in info, but it does say that it officially opened on Friday, Oct. 24 at 6PM. Am I living in a cave? Because I had no idea until the girl told me about an hour ago. It'd be nice if they at least advertised it, at least a little bit. Newspaper? Something? Hell, craigslist is free.
Anyway, I'm goin' to check it out this weekend (other than Halloween, of course, kids take precedence).
Great Northern Brewery in Whitefish uses locally grown hops from Purple Frog Gardens in their Frog Hop brew!
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Tue, 21 August 2018
It's the Championship Week in the Tantasy League and your host Mikey is in the Championship Game.
Learn all about his fears of Damien Cook and how the last two rounds of fantasy can screw even the best team over.
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I'm too young to know who Marilyn Monroe is, so I can't tell you.
A classic frequency-dependent optical illusion here:http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/fcs_SpatFreqComposites/index.html
A classic frequency-dependent optical illusion here:http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/fcs_SpatFreqComposites/index.html
Mike, you're prepubescent?Oddly, although I couldn't switch what I saw in the picture up close, I knew what I would see from a distance. I don't know whether that was cultural knowledge, visual processing, or some combination of the two.
stephanie is this becagainst u r reading this ion ur playstation>."` ??i am arting this on my wii!!1LOL
I would never post a comment from the PS3, and now you know why. 🙂 Enjoying the Wii?
Yecch, halfway in between I got Marilyn Monroe with a mustache.
Hey cool.I see Marilyn with the most horrific cold sore ever known to man.Can we get a biopsy of that?
Well, the Wii does not make a very good internet interactive tool, but it does let me look at my web site on the TV, so that's good.When we cross-wire the Wii Fit with the Internet, I will be able to stomp on shit I don 't lie. Literally. Blogging will be very different.
Try this: If you have a mouse with a wheel, use the wheel to move the picture up and down again and again very quickly. You get MM and AE at the same time, jiggling.
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Rob! Holy crap, that is Brilliant! Works perfectly!!!!!!!
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Foot Health Awareness Month
April is Foot Health Awareness Month and here at Amber Health we are encouraging you to think about your feet and look after them to help keep them free from injury, pain and illness.
Most of us don't think about our feet often, but they are actually pretty amazing. Your feet contain one quarter of all your bones, with 33 joints, 26 bones, 19 muscles and 107 ligaments in each foot. And every time we use our feet, we are asking them to provide us with support and balance, whether we are standing, walking, running or jumping.
Since most of us take between 5,000 and 10,000 steps every day, it's easy to see why our feet are so prone to illness and injury!
Foot Pain
Nearly half of us will experience some type of foot pain in our lives and we need to understand that foot pain is not normal and can be a symptom of a more serious underlying condition.
Foot pain can be relatively simple to diagnose, often caused by an ingrowing toenail, from wearing ill-fitting shoes or cutting our nails incorrectly or from simply having a long day standing and walking.
Other times foot pain can be much more complex, associated with poor circulation and diabetes, as well as more serious issues.
The Windows to our Health
Our feet are excellent indicators of our overall health and keeping a regular eye on them can help us spot the early signs of underlying issues. For example:
- Swollen, sore feet – can be a sign of heart or kidney problems
- Lines on your toenails plus the shape of nails – can indicate a vitamin deficiency, as well as some forms of skin cancer
- Loss of hair on toes – can be related to poor circulation
- Swollen joints – may be due to arthritis, injury, gout or bunions
Foot Health – Tips to Keep your Feet Healthy
As our feet tell us so much about our overall health, it's vital to both look after them every day and to have them examined regularly as part of a healthcare routine.
- Look at your feet every day, especially in winter months when they are usually hidden in socks.
- Keep your feet clean and dry
- Trim your toenails – straight across to avoid ingrown nails. Nails should not extend over the tip of the toe
- If you wear nail varnish, examine your nails between applications to identify any changes in nail health
- As you get older, pay special attention to any loss of padding in your heels or balls of your feet or stiffness in your toes
- Ensure your shoes fit you properly and don't pinch
- Make sure your footwear is appropriate to your activity. For example, trainers, running shoes and walking shoes all have very different properties.
- Give your feet proper support. Our podiatrists can help you understand what type of foot you have and what type of support you need.
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Checking your own feet should be enough for most people, but if you experience any of these problems regularly, you should make an appointment with a podiatrist. They will examine your feet thoroughly and let you know what treatment course to follow which could include specialist foot ointments and creams, orthotics and/or a referral to your own GP.
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Seriously. In James Woods' "An American Girl". He has said he won't make this film without Kristen playing the lead, so he is waiting for her.
Here is his synopsis of the role that may win her an Oscar:
"It's about a young woman who is really destructive. It's that magical time right after you're out of high school. She was the top swimmer and dive champion in school. Now it's a year later and she lives in a little town in Indiana and the place is dying, she's working in a grocery store and drinking and drugging too much and she's showing off in front of this guy who likes her, and gets involved in a big sex thing with two guys drunk one night at a quarry. She gets taped doing it on somebody's phone and in a small town, her reputation is ruined and on a drunken whim, she joins the Marines, which is ridiculous. The ironic thing is that along the way she starts learning these values she doesn't expect. They're just values like you take your brother, they take care of you. It's not like she's a gung-ho Marine. She starts to sober up and then she gets into the Linus Program because she's smart where they teach these women to speak Arabic. When they're in combat situations, women in the Muslim world were not comfortable talking to men soldiers but they'd talk to the women soldiers so these women learned to speak the language and would ask if there were arms or snipers in the house. A tragedy happens and when she comes back to the town where she was a disaster, she rebuilds her life and finds through this tragedy a greater value in herself. It's a phenomenal story and a slam-dunk Oscar for her."


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Hate is a strong word, but it applies here sooooo lets roll with it.
If you don't know what Dark Dynasty is pop it into google and have a little nosey around YouTube. In simple terms they're a breeder of American Pit bull terriers, or so they say.
They don't just breed the dogs to sell as puppies, they breed and train the dogs to be "security dogs" that will attack and switch temperament on command, but can also apparently change temperament themselves without any cue… hmm. Dogs are extremely intelligent but they also have their own minds and their own instincts.
These Pit bulls are bred to be over 3 times their standard size…. WHY?! WHAT IS THE POINT. Oh yeah, money. and I'm talking thousands. Considering Marlon Grennan likes to constantly project his love and passion for his dogs like word vomit, he clearly does not care much for the health issues including physical ability… kind of ruins the whole "we produce the best of all the finest bloodlines" spiel.
Dark Dynasty K9 in fact breed mixed breed dogs, this includes the infamous "pit bull" that shot them to fame, Hulk. If you've never heard of him just, again go to google, the name fits aside from the fact he's not green. They constantly like to show off their dogs on camera and their abilities, including the dogs doing command bite training WITH THEIR CHILD, just because they like to reinforce their family friendly values and the safety of their dogs around children… *sure Jan*
Just last year one of the companies Pit bulls Ace was mauled by two of their other younger dogs, due to an error where all three males were let out with a lone female (most likely to breed) and of course male dogs become very territorial over those females when in heat and that's the same for any dog. Of course Grennan gave his heart breaking interviews over the loss of Ace and simply placed it down to "human error", would this be the case if those dogs went on to attack another dog and a potential intervening owner….. human error cannot be used as an excuse when lives are at risk and in my opinion that includes other dogs.
The idea that Dark Dynasty are dispelling the stigma and fear around this breed… by turning them into attack dogs….. sure ok. The people actually making a difference to this breed are organisations like New York Bully Crew, and countless individuals and rescue shelters that work tirelessly in rescuing, rehabilitating and educating the world on why these dogs deserve a second chance, and even a first chance to be loving pets just like multiple other breeds. Campaigners that fight to end BSL and excessive breeding work hard to undo the damage companies like Dark Dynasty and other copy cat breeders have done, they deserve the TV shows and the interviews.
I could go on and on for hours about these types of "backyard" breeders and my issues with them but well save ideas for other blogs. All together all dogs deserve to have the BEST lives, they don't deserve to be something you just want to profit from at the risk of other humans and animals.


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Malta Diary It's all over bar the shouting – but is it?
I began my professional career as a sports journalist many hazy years ago, in September of 1965 to be exact, as the juvenile assistant to a very senior and veteran Sports Editor in a Maltese English Language newspaper. He was a former club and international player whose whole life had centred entirely around the game.
Writing up football reports came naturally to him but I was quick to perceive that he used many clichés in his descriptive narratives. One of these included "at this stage it was all over bar the shouting" to describe one team having taken an imposing and unassailable lead over the other.
Well, the Malta General Election is now definitely over – bar the shouting! The calling of a snap election five weeks ago triggered off intensive non-stop electioneering in what turned out to be the vilest, dirtiest mud-slinging election campaign ever with both main parties accusing each other continually of conspiracy, corruption and all kinds of mal-practices.
With the eruption of the volume of social media, the dirt became dirtier with the exchange of a barrage of insults and sleights couched in the most descriptive of foul language between 'friends' and the general public.
Thankfully, everything slid to an abrupt halt at midnight on Thursday, 1st June in what should have been a 24-hour period "day of reflection" with political parties, politicians, newspapers and the broadcasting media legally banned from making any pronouncements or announcements.
However, this proved to be no deterrent to the social media and the mud-slinging in fact intensified. All political sides cried "foul" but a rapid interpretation of the Law established the ban did not cover "private and personal views" and so the battles continued to rage on Facebook.
On polling day, on Saturday 3rd June, the polls opened at 07.00 and already large queues had formed. Yep, the Maltese are fanatical about their elections! By 14.00, 52% of the electorate had already voted and when the polls closed at 22.00, 91% was the final poll, slightly less than normal but still ranking as probably the highest in Europe where voting is voluntary.
And the tension began and you could slice through the silence with a knife. Overnight, all the voting boxes were collected from 90 booths throughout Malta and Gozo and transported to the electoral hall in Naxxar. Their seals were cracked and the boxes placed at their designated district locations.
Malta and Gozo are divided into 13 regional districts for an election. Everything was set to go by 10.00 on Sunday 4th June morning and the tension mounted unbearably, with Electoral Office officials, party agents, party representatives and politicians milling around the counting areas.
The counting process has remained manual but the parties use a slick system for establishing an almost immediate result. Party agents are armed with checking meters, the ballot paper votes easily discernible because of the different colours used by the parties. As the ballot papers are flipped on tables in bunches of 50, face upwards, the agents see the NO 1 vote (more about this later) and click their meter.
Each party monitors two batches of 50 from every district, total them up and virtually establish the result. Within the hour, by 11.00, the result became known, a resounding victory for the incumbent Labour Party and the Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. The hall erupted in a roar as Labour Party agents sang and banged on everything that could be banged.
Within seconds the estimated result became known throughout Malta and Gozo and out came the car cades, the roads jam-packed with highly-coloured party flags and Maltese flags on cars, trucks, motor cycles and anything else moveable, horns honking incessantly, music blaring everywhere to a background of fireworks explosions as the triumphant celebrated and the defeated locked themselves in behind shuttered doors and windows, commiserating.
The actual final result took 55 hours to produce and announce the 65 elected candidates with the Labour Party gaining 55% of the vote against the 43% of the Nationalist Party, a difference of over 35,000 votes and a landslide in Malta terms, in fact the largest margin of victory ever.
Why such a lengthy delay in an electronic world? The system is still manual and laborious and most complex because of a system of Proportional Representation.
A ballot paper may have 30 or 35 candidates listed and the voter has to register their preference on a numerical basis starting at No 1 for their most favoured. A voter may well vote for every candidate under the preference system, or even for just one candidate. The norm is that a party voter will vote for all their party candidates and ignore all the others.
A quota of votes needed to be elected is established in every district, that being the total number of votes cast in the district, divisible by five (five seats in every District), plus one vote. Votes are transferable and successive counts begin, the candidates with least votes being eliminated at every count.
The votes from those eliminated (or excess votes of those elected from the first count that go over the quota) are then placed in order of next preference to the next preferred candidate voted for until the whole system is complete.
There are plans that by the next election the whole process will be on an electronic basis to yield a much faster result.
The final result – a Labour Government for the next term of five years and the disintegration of the Opposition and the virtually immediate resignation of all of its top officials.
So now, it's all over bar the shouting – but is it? Politics and politicians are ongoing … naturally for the good of "the people" … or are they? Anyway, that's what the politicians tell us …


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"Holland's latest insult to Ayaan Hirsi Ali," by Christopher Hitchens, Slate, 22 May 2006, http://www.slate.com/id/2142147/.
"Europe's Politics of Victimology," by Fleming Rose, Blueprint Magazine, 27 May 2006, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/05/europes_politics_of_victimolog.html/
I've criticized Europe's attitude toward immigrants before, but it is clear that the gathering nightmare of Muslims non-assimilation in Europe isn't only Europe's fault. Europe appears to be incapable of melting those who do not wish to be melted into her cultures. Here are two excerpts, both courtesy National Review's The Corner, of the Islamic Distopia in Europe:
From Christopher Hitchens:
In the two weeks since I wrote about the increasing isolation of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Somali-born Dutch parliamentarian, her isolation has markedly increased. Dutch courts have already required her to vacate her home as a result of her neighbors' petition to have her evicted, and she was on the verge of resigning her seat in the Dutch parliament and of requesting the right of residence in the United States. But this was not enough to satisfy her critics. A leftist news team in the Netherlands has broadcast an item about the way in which she had initially entered the country, and now the immigration minister has proposed stripping her of citizenship (and thus of her seat in parliament) as a result of the irregularities involved.
It will be delightful to have Ayaan Hirsi Ali in Washington. But the American Enterprise Institute, which has offered her a perch, is not the place where she is most needed. In Holland, every day, extremist imams preach intolerance and cruelty, and, when they are criticized, invoke the help of foreign embassies to bring pressure on the Dutch authorities. They face no risk of expulsion. In my youth, the action of lighting one person's cigarette with another was called—don't ask me why—a "Dutch f***." I once heard a young lady, offered a light in those terms, respond loftily by saying, "Doesn't say much for the Low Countries, does it?" No, it didn't, and neither does this mean and petty harassment of a woman who has also redefined that old expression "Dutch courage."
From Flemming Rose:
And yet the unbalanced reactions to the not-so-provocative caricatures — loud denunciations and even death threats toward us, but very little outrage toward the people who attacked two Danish Embassies — unmasked unpleasant realities about Europe's failed experiment with multiculturalism. It's time for the Old Continent to face facts and make some profound changes in its outlook on immigration, integration, and the coming Muslim demographic surge. After decades of appeasement and political correctness, combined with growing fear of a radical minority prepared to commit serious violence, Europe's moment of truth is here.
Europe today finds itself trapped in a posture of moral relativism that is undermining its liberal values. An unholy three-cornered alliance between Middle East dictators, radical imams who live in Europe, and Europe's traditional left wing is enabling a politics of victimology. This politics drives a culture that resists integration and adaptation, perpetuates national and religious differences, and aggravates such debilitating social ills as high immigrant crime rates and entrenched unemployment.
This has wider implications, as well. It may be unwise to admit Turkey to the EU, and anti-liberal Muslim violence is already changing the face of Europe.


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B.A., 1990, Psychology, University of California, San Diego
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Internship & Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1996-1998, Public Service & Minority Mental Health, Specialization in Substance Abuse & HIV, University of California, San Francisco.
I presently teach the following courses:
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Representative Publications - *Student Co-Authors
Copeland, A. L., *Peltier, M. R., & *Waldo, K. (2017). Attitudes toward E-cigarette use among college students. Addictive Behaviors.
Copeland, A. L., Waldo, K., & Peltier, M. R., Hecht, G. S. (2017). The role of hormone therapy in nicotine dependence and smoking cessation. In: Nicotine dependence, smoking cessation and secondhand smoke: Exposure, chemical components, and health consequences. Hauppauge New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Copeland, A. L., Waldo, K., Peltier, M. R. (2017). Drug use disorder: Diagnosis. In Amy E. Wenzel (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology.
Copeland, A. L., Waldo, K., Peltier, M. R. (2017). Drug use disorder: Treatment. In Amy E. Wenzel (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology.
Copeland, A. L. & Hecht, G. S. (2017). Agonist Substitution. In Amy E. Wenzel (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology.
*Vinci, C., Spears, C. A., Peltier, M. R., & Copeland, A. L. (2017). Facets of mindfulness mediate the relationship between depressive symptoms and smoking behavior. Mindfulness.
Copeland, A. L., *Peltier, M. R., & Geiselman, P. J. (2016). Severity of menopausal symptoms and nicotine dependence among postmenopausal women smokers. Journal of Smoking Cessation.
*Vinci, C., Spears, C. A., Peltier, M. R., & Copeland, A. L. (2016). Drinking motives mediate the relationship between facets of mindfulness and problematic alcohol use. Mindfulness, 7(3), 754-763.
*Vinci, C., Waldo, K. M., Shah, S., Kinsaul, J., Coffey, S., & Copeland, A. L. (2016). Examination of trait impulsivity on the response to a brief mindfulness intervention among college student drinkers. Psychiatry Research, 242, 365-374.
Copeland, A. L. (2016). Characteristics of participants enrolled in a brief motivational enhancement for smokers. Special issue: The impact of active and passive smoking upon health and neurocognitive function. Frontiers in Psychiatry. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00077.
Copeland, A. L., *Spears, C. A., *Baillie, L. E., & *McVay, M. A. (2016). Fear of Fatness and Drive for Thinness in predicting smoking status in college women. Addictive Behaviors, 54, 1-6
Proctor, S. L., Copeland, A. L., Kopak, A. M., Hoffmann, N. G., Herschman, P. L., & Polukhina, N. (2016). Outcome predictors for patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment: Findings from a retrospective multi-site study. Journal of Substance Use, 21, 601–613. doi: 10.3109/14659891.2015.1118564.
Copeland, A. L., *McVay, M. A., Martin, P. D., *Baillie, L. E., *Spears, C. A., *Rash, C. J., *Kendzor, D. E., & Geiselman, P. J. (2015). Smoking cessation and weight gain prevention program for postmenopausal, weight-concerned women: A pilot study. Eating Behaviors, 18, 107-114.
*Proctor, S. L., Copeland, A. L., Kopak, A. M., Hoffmann, N. G., Herschman, P. L., & Polukhina, N. (2015). Predictors of patient retention in methadone maintenance treatment. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 29, 906-17.
Copeland, A. L., Waldo, K., Peltier, M. R., Hecht, G. S. (2015). The role of hormone therapy in nicotine dependence and smoking cessation. Journal of Drug Addiction, Education, and Eradication, 11, 201-211.
*Terlecki, M. A., Buckner, J. D., Larimer, M. E., & Copeland, A. L. (2015). Randomized controlled trial of BASICS for heavy drinking mandated and volunteer undergraduates: 12-Month Outcomes. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.