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Specializing in FULLY CUSTOM Baltic Amber and Gemstone Jewelry
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Baltic Amber & Gemstone Healing Jewelry
All-Natural Pain Relief
For details, please visit the website: FuNkYBirdieBoutique.webs.com
We specialize in:
~Teething and colic jewelry for babies and toddlers
~Adult and children gemstone jewelry
~FULLY CUSTOM jewelry design
~Repair of amber jewelry
~We stock 40+ gemstone varieties to further customize your jewelry and boost healing.
What is Baltic Amber?
Baltic amber, is a fossilized tree resin originating from the Baltic Sea Region of Lithuania, near Russia.
Baltic amber when worn against the skin, warms slightly releasing it's natural oils into the system. The therapeutic compound within the oils of Baltic amber is succinic acid (succinum) which is present in the human body naturally. Succinic acid is an all natural pain analgesic, or pain reliever. So introducing Baltic amber to the body is essentially giving your body a boost of it's own natural pain-fighting agents! While all amber contains succinic acid, only Baltic amber contains enough succinic acid to be considered therapeutic in cases of pain relief.
Baltic Amber has been known as an effective and all-natural method of pain relief throughout Europe & Asia for decades, if not hundreds of years!
As with most natural and homeopathic treatments, the time and strength of Baltic Amber's effectiveness is different for everyone. Some people will notice slight differences almost immediately-within less than 24 hours of putting on their jewelry, pain symptoms lessen. For most it is a cumulative effect, with the easing of symptoms most often noted within 2-3 weeks of using their jewelry. NOTE: Baltic Amber is most effective when worn as much as possible. The stones need to be in contact with the skin to warm and release their oils to receive maximum therapeutic benefits.
The most common testimonial we receive is when people get their new amber jewelry and wear for a long while, perhaps not even noting the changes they are experiencing. Invariably they take off their amber jewelry for some reason or another. We love to receive emails like this, "We had the worst day yesterday (pain-wise). Baby was cranky and cried so much. And then I realized we took off the her necklace the night before! I put it back on her right away. I didn't even realize how well it was working till I took it off and OH MY GOSH! We love it! We are convinced, never will we be without amber again!!"
Ideally you will want to wear your Baltic Amber jewelry as close to the source of the pain you are experiencing. For example, for teething, headaches, neck and shoulder pain a necklace is ideal. While for carpal tunnel, arthritis and tendonitis a bracelet is best. Anklets are wonderful for sprains, leg cramps, and even sciatic pain.
Baltic Amber is all natural and is safe for the whole family! Babies, children, adults and elderly can benefit from it's all-natural pain relieving effects. Below are many of the ailments with which Baltic amber has proven to be effective:
Arthritis, Acid Reflux (GERD), Burns, Broken bones, Carpal Tunnel, Chemotherapy, Chronic Back Pain, Chronic Fatigue, Colic, Endometriosis, Fibromyalgia, Gas, Kidney Disorders, Lupus, Menstrual Cramps, Migraines (Chronic Headaches), Muscular Aches and Strains, Nausea, Osteoarthritis, Pregnancy Symptoms, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sciatic Pain, Stomach Problems and Upset, Teething Pain
All FuNkY Birdie jewelry for babies, toddlers and children is hand-knotted in between each bead as a safe guard. In the event the jewelry were to break, only one bead will come loose, which minimizes the chance of a child swallowing beads. Baby/Toddler/Children's jewelry is also made with safety break-away points at the clasps of each piece-IF PULLED ON WITH FORCE YOUR JEWELRY WILL COME APART! That is what it's meant to do!! That way if a baby or child were to become bound, the piece will break away and pose less of a threat of injury to the child. Amber jewelry is NOT intended to be chewed! Please watch for your child putting amber jewelry in the mouth. If a necklace can reach a child's mouth-it is TOO LONG! It is important to inspect jewelry regularly for broken beads or other issues.
Please use common sense when using jewelry on babies and children. It is to be used under supervision only!
Babies, Toddlers and Children
Baltic Amber jewelry works by being worn against the skin, it is NOT intended for babies and children to chew on their jewelry. It is important when determining what size to order, sure your child cannot roll their necklace over their chin and into their mouth.
How to Determine the Best Size
Using a soft measuring measuring tape determine what length will be best. If you do not have a soft measuring tape, you can use a string, shoe lace or piece of dental floss and measure using hard tape or ruler. The key is not tight but not long enough for child to pass the necklace over his or her chin and put into his or her mouth. Please keep in mind, the amber stones will add a little "thickness" as they are stones and not as narrow as the tape or string.
For adults, the choice of size is mostly personal preference. Keep in mind amber works by being worn against the skin, so necklaces need to be against the neck or worn under clothing. Anklets and bracelets need to be worn under socks and sleeves. Follow the same procedure listed above for How to Determine Best Size. Please remember that the amber stones will add bulk to the measurement. If you are looking for a snug fit, we recommend adding 1-1.5" to the actual measurement of your neck, wrist or ankle to accommodate the thickness the amber itself will add.
When ordering please note the length of the jewelry NOT the length of your neck/wrist/ankle. Jewelry will be made to the length you order.
FuNkY Birdie Boutique
The pictures shown here are not stocked pieces.
For assistance designing a piece just right for you or your family,
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SOME OTHER FUN GOODIES FROM THE FuNkY Birdie Boutique:
Anti-Slippie Hair Clippies
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Jeweled Hair Pins
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Clippie Keepers
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Gift Bags
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Add a colorful organza gift bag to your order!!! Great option for easy, pretty and paper-free, eco-friendly gift-giving!!! Plus, they're reusable! (Color of your choice, while supplies last.) Measures 3"x4"
Colors: White, Baby Pink, Maroon, Cherry, Lemon, Lime, Olive, Ocean, Royal, Navy, Lavendar, Black
-The maker The FuNkY Birdie Boutique can not to be held liable for improper use of these wares.
-The statements and recommendations here have not been evaluated by the FDA. These products are not intended to replace a physician's advice or treatment.
-These statements are required by US law [Small Parts Regulations].
"As with any childrens toys containing small pieces, new legislation is in effect in the US as of February 2009, which mandates an age recommendation of 3 years and older for these types of wares. These wares are NOT toys! As with any other items containing small objects, adult supervision is recommended at all times while these wares are in use. It is not recommended to leave these wares on/with a child while they are sleeping. http://www.cpsc.gov/businfo/regsumsmallparts.pdf"
All FuNkY Birdie wares are carefully crafted to the higest quality. Please use common sense when your little one is using any accessories. They are to be used only under supervision!
-These are examples of the designs you can select. Due to the nature of hand-made products, your jewelry may differ from what is pictured here.
-Note: These photographs have been enlarged to show detail. Not representative of actual size.
-Keep in mind due to different monitor settings, colors may differ in person.
If you have a specification you need please lmk :goodvibes:
-Shipping: Please visit the website for shipping options-
FuNkY Birdie Boutique SHIPPING OPTIONS
-Insurance is not required, but recommended!! I am not responsible for items once they leave my hands if you do not purchase insurance.
-Payment in full is required before custom orders will be created.
-All forms off paypal are accepted & I COVER FEES!!!! :thumbsup:
I've had some mama's rave about my work (THANK YOU ALL!!!!),
here's some:
Rave #1-from post #147 on this thread
Rave #2-from post #178 on this thread
Rave #3-in Extra Fluffy
Check out some AWESOME Action Shots some of the fabulous mamas I've worked with have shared with me... HERE!
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Currently Stocked Ribbons
~~I need to update BADLY, I have about 30 new ribbons, the sold out pictured below are noted~~
Please click HERE for large pix and names of stocked ribbons!
Pinks & Reds:
Pink Meadow limited supply, Pink Daisy & Red & blk "Nightfairy" gone
Blues & Purples/Lavenders:
***Purple Meadow & Lavender Sparkle Dot is gone and Purple Daisy is limited***
Yellows/Oranges & Greens:
Neutrals & Patterns:
***Brown Sparkle dots & Tutti Fruitti are gone***
Larger Ribbons for Boutique Bows:
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So cute I love the hand beaded flower one, the lady bug one and oh yeah the butterfly one also. I can't wait until Sammy has some hair to put those into. :giggle2:
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These were fun while they lasted but its time to get em moved out! Prices SLASHED and DISCOUNTS ON MULTIPLES
-10% off 2
-20% off 3
-30% off 4 or more
These are mostly OOAK. I can redo a few but most are fun play beads and I don't have stock for more-GRAB EM WHILE YOU CAN!!!
Great Gifts!!
Dangly Pearls $3
Pretty Pearlie stretch bracelet $1.50
Chained-up pearl chain bracelet w/mag clasp $2
Black tie dressy stretch bracelet $1.50
Purple Iridescence stretch bracelet $1.50
Tealy Purple stretch bracelet $1.50
Fancy Dewdrop strecthy bracelet $1.50 (this one is a little bigger 6.5" ish)
Bluesy Greens stretchy bracelet $1.50
*Necklaces are designed to slip over child's head. Bracelets are approx. 5-6" if you need measurements, please feel free to PM :) These are PLAY jewelry, not designed with the same safety features as my amber and gemstone healing jewelry. Please keep that in mind when purchasing and using with little ones.
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I'm going to add pix of clippie holders soon!!! So much fun!!!
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you do great work mama i wish i had a girl :cry:
ETA: I WROTE THIS A YEAR AGO! My wish came true hehe
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Aw thanks mama! I'm still gonna do an order w/you!!! :yay:
ETA: Liana u crack me up! I was totally thinking that! How'd u even remember this post??! Ya nut! LUV ya!!!!!
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Tryin' to find time to add my jewelry and clippie keepers... pm me w/interest for the time being!!!
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Good afternoon mamas!!! Don't forget about the Grand Opening Special! Place your order before the free-clippie offer is over!!!!
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It's clear that Illinois is heading in the wrong economic direction. We have a 9.2 percent unemployment rate (second highest in the country), $6 billion of unpaid bills that will continue to grow, $100 billion of unfunded pension liabilities, the worst credit ratings in the nation, and a pension crisis.
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It's a crisis because if we don't act soon, Illinois will continue to be plagued with high unemployment and economic uncertainty. Small businesses will not want to expand and companies will not want to locate in Illinois because they will be concerned about the prospect of higher tax rates to fund future pension obligations.
I applaud the members of the Pension Conference Committee for diligently working to develop a solution for the pension crisis. That said, I respectfully encourage them to finish their work with the involvement of the legislative leaders and develop a meaningful bipartisan bill. An acceptable bill would include provisions that limit future cost-of-living adjustments, increase the retirement age, and adopt a pension salary cap.
A meaningful state pension bill would serve as a template for a Chicago teachers' pension reform bill that would help Chicago address its rapidly deteriorating financial situation. If we don't take action now and quickly follow up with a Chicago pension fix, Chicago residents will be faced with higher property taxes and cuts to basic human services.
The wrong answer to solving the pension crisis is to raise taxes. There is now a strong movement to adopt a constitutional amendment to allow a graduated income tax in Illinois.
The top tax rate under the graduated income tax could be as high as 11 percent and result in a 2015 tax increase for families with income as little as $7,000 a year. There is also a lot of discussion about making the temporary 67 percent increase in the individual tax rate permanent.
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It's time for all of us to put politics aside and adopt a meaningful pension reform bill that will save the pension systems and start us on the path to economic recovery in Illinois. If we don't act soon, our leaders will have to explain to Illinois residents why they didn't take the necessary steps to save the pension systems and prevent higher tax rates.
As former Illinois Sen. Everett Dirksen said, "There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come."
The time for real pension reform is now.
• State Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, represents the 52nd House District, which includes portions of Crystal Lake, Cary, Fox River Grove, Lake in the Hills, Barrington Hills and other communities. He can be reached at email@example.com.

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Three United Kingdom cities – Glasgow, Belfast, and Liverpool – have been named among the top-ten trendy spots to set down your suitcase in Europe this year. TripAdvisor.com, the online travel site, surveyed users' opinions and reviews in order to compile their hot list of the up-and-coming, the unexpected, and the freshly updated among some lesser-known but still sparkling cities.
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Choosing Traits:
You should definitely select the "greenthumb" trait for gardening sims, this goes without saying.
learn the gardening skill faster
get high quality plants plants more often
talk to plants to raise your social bar
revive dead plants (this only works on neglected plants, barren plants are totally dead, except for the death bush)
Also you can choose "loves outdoors" but I wouldn't call it a requirement.
gives a slight mood boost when outdoors
Lifetime Purchases:
The Collector 40,000: Really all you need is the Collector, which allows you to see seeds, rocks, insects and fish in the overhead map view. Whenever you zoom in on area the spots you have selected will glow, making it super easy to find what you are looking for!
Super Greenthumb 25,000: Again, this improves your plant quality so you should pick this up asap (probably after steel bladder though)
Getting Started
While you can read gardening books (Volumes 1, 2, and 3) to improve your gardening skills, I always prefer doing the "real thing". I like the natural progression you get and you'll know what plants have been growing instead of nothing happening and you reading. A healthy combination is probably best. HINT: when you first start out the game you have no seeds. Once you reach level 1 you automatically get some free seeds to plant but they are "normal". If you buy the fruit/veg from the store they are already "Very Nice" quality 🙂
Ali Asked: How do you take a gardening class? Hi Ali, You can take the gardening class at the Science Facility. Classes are like watching tv, they don't give you the actual gardening experience, and they cost you money. They are good if need to improve your skills at the beginning, but I was able to get to level 3 in about 2 days without taking the class and just planting seeds.
Step one: Visit The Grocery Store
At first you will only be able to grow certain products because of your low skill level. As it raises visit the grocery often until you have planted all the Fruits and Veggies available from there. I suggest buying at least 5 of each item you plan to plant because sometimes they end up in meals you decide to cook. Don't skip any fruits or veggies!, make sure you plant them all so that you can get rewards easier down the line.
Step Two: Planting
Plant your seeds by selecting them from the inventory and click "plant". If you have more than one (if you paid attention you should :P) you can click "plant many" and it will allow you to plant multiple seeds one after another without having to re-select them. If you decide to stop planting I find it easiest to hit your "ESC" key when you are finished, otherwise you could try to do something else and your sim will still be holding onto a seed to plant.
Step Three: Tending
Tending involves watering, weeding, and harvesting your plants. You should first buy the sprinkler to water your garden, I leave mine on full time. Second choose a plant with a weed, and click "tend garden". This is a lifesaver because your sim will automatically tend the entire garden! Also see the FERTILIZER section, because it deserves a section of its own.
Step Four: Get Special Seeds
Special seeds need be acquired as quickly as possible. These plants take much longer than common plants to grow, so I try to plant them early. The best way to find seeds is with the Collector, but because it costs 40,000 lifetime points I'll assume you don't have it. (*See my TIP at the bottom of the guide) The only way to find a seed without the collector is to search for them yourself. In Sunset Valley look around the graveyard and in the hills on the EAST side of the map (when ocean is South). In Riverview look by SimHenge and check along the path in the island surrounded by the river where the main part of town is. Oh you are looking for SPECIAL seeds only! Leave all the others.
Step Five: Re-Planting
Once your garden is moving and producing a harvest, it's time to upgrade your plants. Here is a little guide for you to use (also applies to fish)
QUALITY CHART (from lowest to best)
- Normal
- Nice
- Very Nice (bought from store)
- Great
- Excellent
- Outstanding
- Perfect
Each time you replant a seed it will grow the next quality level. For example when you plant a Very Nice Tomato from the store, it will produce a Great Tomato plant when it grows, and It's fruit will be Great. So you can see why it is important that you re-plant your harvested goods and not sell them. Eventually you will reach Perfect quality and from there it's just a matter of re-planting them once they die – or if you are ahead of the game, re-planting them before they die. Sometimes when you take care of a plant well enough, it will grow even better quality than it already should!
Step Six: SPECIAL PLANTS (SPOILERS! – BE WARNED)
Special plants come from the special seeds you find in the world. When they first start to grow, you will not know what they are until they harvest.
Life Plant: produces life fruit. These take a day from your sim (or add a day however you want to phrase it), and they are an ingredient in ambrosia.
Death Flower Bush: I just call it the death plant. It harvests death flower. If your sim has one of these when death comes along, you can give it to death instead of dying. This is the only use I've found. The death plant will die after harvest every time. The nice thing about being at a high level gardening is that you can occasionally revive the deathplant (click on dead plant, choose "revive"), getting a two for one deal. I have been unable to revive a death plant more than once as far as I can remember.
Money Tree: produces money bags that you can sell. Although you can't replant money bags, the Money Tree occasionaly drops a seed you can plant. I haven't had one of these die on me yet, they seem to perpetually harvest as long as you take care of them. For a high quality money tree harvest, you can get a lot of simoleans out of these money bags. Sell them in your inventory for a quick cash in.
You can find money tree and other special seeds occasionally while fishing!
Flame Fruit: An ingredient that can be used to make Angel Food Cake. Also it will give you a constant 5 point mood boost whenever you have one in your inventory.
Step Seven: Cash In
So for all your hard work you get these three major things.
Improved Happiness and Lifetime Points
Sell your extra perfect fruits and veggies for a House-Full of cash
Perfect quality food for your meals and no need to buy them from the store!
Fertilizers are probably one of the things I overlooked the most when I was growing my garden. Big mistake. They not only improve the quality of your plants, but they move the growing process along very quickly. Remember the faster you get to the next generation of plants, the better. All the plants in this screenshot were planted at the same time, can you tell which ones were fertilized?
You can begin fertilizing at Level 3. Here I will list the levels where you can obtain special gardening abilities, and a list of fertilizer quality.
Skill Level Gardening Abilities
Level 2 – Weed: pull up weeds before they harm the plant (gets faster with skill level)
Level 3 – Use Fertilizer: improves quality of plants (see Fertilizer Quality below this section)
Level 5 – Plant uncommon seeds: Lime, Watermelon, Onion, Potato (common: Apple, Grape, Lettuce, Tomato)
Level 6 – Revive plant: Save a dying plant
Level 7 – Plant Rare and Special Seeds: Garlic, Bell Pepper
Special: Life Fruit, Death Flower, Flame Fruit, Money Tree
only unlocked through challenge – Cheese and Egg, Burger and Steak, Omni Plant
Fertilizer Quality: (from lowest to highest )
Lower quality
kill plant – deathfish
1- Anchovy, Goldfish, Alley Catfish/Cheese, Hamburger Patty, Egg, Lettuce, Tomato, Onion, Potato, Apple, Lime, Grapes
2- Rainbow Trout/Watermelon
3- Minnow, Jellyfish, Tuna/ Steak, Bell Pepper, Garlic, Flame Fruit
Highest Quality
4- Salmon, Black Goldfish, Swordfish
5- Red Herring, Blowfish, Siamese Catfish, Piranha, Tragic Clownfish
6- Shark, Lobster
7- Vampire Fish, Angelfish
Achievements and Challenges
Botanical Boss:
harvest 75 Perfect fruits and veggies – effect: plants rarely die from neglecting them
Master Farmer:
harvest 650 fruits and veggies: effect: – plants stay watered and fertilized longer
Master Planter:
plant every type of plant: effect: – reduces weeds
Bonus Challenges:
SPOILERS!! and I am still testing these triggers!
1. Grow 20 (excellent or better) plants -> unlocks ability to plant cheese + eggs
2. Grow 10 Excellent cheese plants-> unlocks ability to plant steak + burger
3. Grow 10 (outstanding or better) steak plants -> Receive Omni Plant seeds and ability to purchase more.
4. Omni Plant: This is a special plant that will reproduce whatever you feed it within a few days, and I believe you can either mail order or buy more seeds once unlocked.
You can only feed it certain things. Because it's special, I want you to experiment to find out what it can be fed, because that's half the fun. But to appease the curious I will add some things that you can't feed it.
Prepared Food
Money Bags
Seeds (no money tree/omni plant farming)
If you do want to see some omni-awesomeness check the screenshots page. Thanks to nina for adding that the omni plant looks the same as the other "bush" plants.
The first challenge is the hardest to get. It is totally random when you get it, so don't expect it at a certain level (although you CAN get it as early as level 7-8). One of my sims lived nearly 158 days out of 190 and were elderly before they got the first challenge. Now I did notice that the sim that got it at level 8 had no job, they were a fisherman, while my level 10 sim who was a chef still hadn't received the challenge. Frequent visits to the BISTRO and DINER may help trigger the event because that is where the challenges come from, but don't count on it.
While it may be fun to have a ginormous garden, your sim will spend all day there if you have too many plants. I limit my sim to 5 of each and that seems to produce good harvest without spending too much time. One of sims spent 7-8 hours of their day gardening. What's so wrong about that? Nothing really, but it was very inefficient use of time because there were tons of low quality plants in the garden. I could have been using that time to do other things with my sim. Once you reach perfect plants though, all bets are off because you should be at a high enough skill level where you can pull off a Huge garden.
from lowest to highest
§48_bell pepper
§64_hamburger patty
§72_flame fruit
§80_steak (most profitable!)
§100_life fruit (best fertilizer + great price)
to select all items at once in your inventory (for example ALL apples) click and hold the little arrow in the upper left hand corner. Drag your apples to the fridge, another persons inventory, or to sell them all at once! (this drove me crazy until i figured it out)
The best Job that coincides with gardening is the Culinary Arts. The benefits of being able to garden really help you out when you are given tasks at work, but most importantly when you cook with higher ingredients it improves your food quality when cooking. Your sim will also get "wants to cook with perfect ingredients" wishes, and you'll be able to fulfill those quickly with high gardening skill.
My secondary Job choice would be fishing for a gardening oriented sim, although fishing is not an "official" job. I prefer to create another sim to do that because gardening and fishing are both so timestaking though, still it's worth mentioning because in both jobs you choose your own hours. Fish are the best fertilizers, so it helps give your garden an extra boost.
My third Job choice would be the Science Career. Gardening alone can get you to a high level because it's one of the performance requirements. The hours are good 9-2:30 at the beginning and they get lower as you are promoted, so more time to garden after work 🙂 The only slight downfall is handiness and fishing are also included in your performance, and it's hard to keep those two up with a good size garden. I advise just scraping by on those aspects and improving them only when needed. Gardening will compensate for them and you'll be a level 10 scientist in no time.
Just because your sim doesn't have 40,000 points yet, doens't mean another sim doesn't! Use another sim to buy the collector with their points. Set the collector to "seeds" and go seed hunting. Once you've collected all the special seeds you can find, or have time to find, use the item selection tip i wrote and drag them to your gardening sim. Now that is how you do it! If your gardening sim has a lot of time on their hands, you could just gift the entire Collector to them (it's the butterfly icon in the inventory panel).
Also it's important to note that once you have grown and harvested from a special seed, if you find it in the wild it will no longer be "special", but will show what seed it actually is!
If you tinker with a sprinkler, or have someone handy you can upgrade the sprinkler to "auto-water". While this is probably helpful, I just leave mine on 24-7, because apparently sims have no need for water preservation.
One trick I use is to go into buy mode when you see a plant is dead (totally black but not a death plant!). In buy mode you can select the plant and just hit delete, bam it's gone and your sim didn't have to deal with it. You can also move plants around and put them in a nice order, or even a crazy order if you like.
There is a very low chance your fishing sim will catch a box containing something inside. It can vary, but in relation to gardening you catch the Flame Fruit, Death Flower and Money Tree seed. You only have a 3% of the first two, and a 5% chance for a money tree, so good luck and happy fishing!
Sometimes your sim will get the urge to harvest a wild fruit. Basically for you that means scrolling around the town looking for plants. Apple trees are a good one to look for, but you can even harvest other sim's gardens. In Riverview there is a garden you can visit on the island that has bell peppers and other various veggies growing. Jen commented that you can get a deathflower (once it reaches a harvest point) from the death plant in the cemetery and plant it in your own garden. Thanks Jen I totally forgot to add that trick, and basically this entire section 😛
The above is a rough draft, I'm still working on this guide because there is a lot to cover. I try to test as much as possible before posting. Let me know of any wrong info or additions and I will credit you with the changes. Please do not copy my guide, but feel free to post the link to it.
revisions/additions 6-25-09
omni plant info
answered gardening class question
plant classifications -common, rare, etc
science career
corrected bonus challenge
inventory screenshot
harvest wild fruit – thanks to Jen
revisions/additions 7-01-09
screens for challenges+money tree
greenthumb trait benefits
barren vs. dead info to level 7
perfect quality sell prices
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I think Florida State vacuums up more transfers than anywhere else.
Quote from: Ninja1 on November 29, 2009, 09:56:10 PMI think Florida State vacuums up more transfers than anywhere else.Do you have a number?
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Sterling was severely criticized after the celebrity news site TMZ.com on Friday posted a 10-minute recording in which a person reported to be the NBA owner tells a woman not to post photographs of herself with black people online and not to bring African-Americans to Clippers games.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the oldest civil rights organization in the United States, had planned to give Sterling a lifetime achievement award at its May 15 banquet.
"He is not receiving a lifetime achievement award from the NAACP that's coming up in the next few weeks," Lorraine Miller, the organization's interim president and chief executive, said on NBC's "Meet the Press" TV show.
The NBA has said it was investigating the audio recording, described by Commissioner Adam Silver as "truly offensive and disturbing".
President Barack Obama weighed in, saying on Sunday the comments were "incredibly offensive racist statements".
"When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk," Obama said when asked about the controversy during a news conference in Kuala Lumpur with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Players and coaches with the Clippers, which take on the Golden State Warriors in a playoff on Sunday, had discussed boycotting the game to protest the comments allegedly made by Sterling, Yahoo Sports reported.
NBA great Michael Jordan said in a statement: "I am appalled that this type of ignorance still exists within our country and at the highest levels of our sport.
"In a league where the majority of players are African-American, we cannot and must not tolerate discrimination at any level," he said.
It was not immediately clear when or how the conversation was recorded.
Clippers President Andy Roeser issued a statement on Saturday saying he had listened to the recording on TMZ.
"We do not know if it is legitimate or if it has been altered. We do know that the woman on the tape - who we believe released it to TMZ - is the defendant in a lawsuit brought by the Sterling family," he said.
The recording appears to be an argument between Sterling and a model who uses the name V. Stiviano about photographs posted to the social networking website Instagram.
"People call you and tell you that I have black people on my Instagram. And it bothers you," the voice alleged to be Stiviano's says, according to a version of the recording at TMZ.com. She also says she herself is of Latino and black heritage.
"Yeah, it bothers me a lot that you want to promo ... broadcast that you're associating with black people. Do you have to?" the voice alleged to be Sterling's says, according to TMZ.
Sterling is also allegedly heard telling the woman not to post photos of herself with Earvin "Magic" Johnson, another giant of the NBA. "And don't bring him to my games, OK?"
The Clippers' statement said Sterling was "upset and apologizes" for the sentiments attributed to him about Johnson.
"Mr Sterling is emphatic that what is reflected on that recording is not consistent with, nor does it reflect his views, beliefs or feelings. It is the antithesis of who he is, what he believes and how he has lived his life," the statement said.
Sterling, who made his fortune in real estate, has not made any public comment.
He has faced allegations of discriminatory conduct in the past. In 2009, he paid $2.7 million to settle a case brought by the U.S. Justice Department which accused him of housing discrimination against blacks and Hispanics.


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Effective Date: 05/01/2010, Docket: RP10-483-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 303 Original Sheet No. 303
3.1 Customer shall pay Pipeline each month for service provided under this Agreement
the maximum rates and such other charges as are specified in the Tariff for Rate
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(Seattle, Wash. – October 31, 2008) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation's (ADEC) application to run the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting program in the state.
The NPDES permit program, a key part of the federal Clean Water Act, controls water pollution by regulating sources that discharge pollutants to waters in the United States. EPA officials noted that while today's official approval gives the State of Alaska responsibility for water quality permitting, EPA will continue its government-to-government relationship with Tribes as it oversees the state's permitting program.
By seeking and accepting the NPDES program, Alaska's environmental regulators gain the authority to both write wastewater discharge permits for local businesses and industry, and enforce those permits to insure compliance with permit conditions.
"Alaska has achieved a significant milestone," said Elin Miller, EPA's Regional Administrator in Seattle. "Today, Alaska joins 45 other states that control water quality permitting for local waters. With that privilege comes the responsibility to administer a robust, well-funded program that produces strong, water quality-based permits. Hanging in the balance are Alaska's waters, which are among the most pristine in the United States."
"Our permits and efforts to protect water quality will be worthy of our tremendous water resources and their unique value to Alaskans," said Larry Hartig, Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). "We are particularly looking forward to making the permit program work for our rural residents who often have great interest and much to contribute when it comes to protecting water quality. Their voices must be heard. We also appreciate EPA's efforts in helping us reach this important goal, along with the support of the state legislature, the public work group that helped us, and the many, many Alaskans who have contributed."
Alaska's authority to write permits will be phased-in over three years, while EPA will continue to write permits for those facilities that Alaska has yet to assume. Permits previously issued by EPA will remain in effect and become State APDES permits, administered and enforced by the ADEC.
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Phase I (Upon delegation): Domestic Wastewater, Timber Harvesting, Seafood Processing.
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Tuition to increase at state universities and colleges
Board of Regents to vote Tuesday : Costs to decline for out-of-state students
HARTFORD -- Tuition is poised to increase by an average of more than 5 percent for in-state students at Connecticut state universities and community colleges next year, while costs for out-of-state students will decline.
The Board of Regents' finance committee is expected to vote Tuesday to recommend the increase in 2013-14 annual tuition and fees at the state's 12 community colleges by about 5.23 percent, from $3,598 to $3,786. Tuition and fees for in-state students attending Southern, Western, Central and Eastern Connecticut state universities, meanwhile, would go up an average of 5.1 percent, from $8,556 to $8,990.
The committee's recommendation will go to the full board in March.
"With tuition going up and financial aid also being cut, access to a college education for some may not be a reality for some students," said state Rep. Roberta Willis, D-64th, and co-chair of the Legislature's Higher Education Committee.
She called the action "inevitable" given repeated cuts to funding. The regents have already cut $14.4 million from its current year budget when the state imposed rescissions to help close a $360 million state budget deficit.
The increases are in step with a planned 5.5 percent increase next year in the University of Connecticut's tuition, but are far less than the double-digit increase threatened last month.
The finance committee will also consider an administration proposal to reduce a systemwide fee charged to out-of-state undergraduate students. Out-of-state students, in addition to paying far more than in-state students pay for tuition, also pay a $2,451 university fee, which is two and a half times as much as the in-state university fee. That would be knocked down to $1,030, leaving out-of-state students with a total annual tuition and fees bill of $19,074, a 2.6 percent decrease over this year.
"Each of the universities expressed concern that the high cost of the out-of-state rate was a major deterrent to attracting out-of-state students," the proposal reads. "Reducing the cost by $1,400 would improve marketing of academic programs to non-resident students and have a modest impact on overall revenues."
The reduction would mean the loss of about $2 million, but officials hope to offset that by attracting more out-of-state students. The state raises $27 million annually from the university fee and uses it to pay down debt service on auxiliary facilities.
In January, the board's finance committee began exploring options to offset a cut in state funding and possible enrollment decline. There are 58,730 students attending the state's community colleges and about 35,000 attending the state universities.
"I cannot imagine how it can not go up," Lewis J. Robinson Jr., chairman of the board, said at the time.
One scenario reviewed by the committee last month would have raised tuition by as much 14 percent. Students at both at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport and Western Connecticut State University in Danbury called any increase too much.
"I can say personally that I don't think a tuition increase is the right thing to do when enrollment is dropping," Michael Fraser, a student at Western and a member of the regents said Monday.
Margaret Buzak, a freshman at Western Connecticut State University, said an increase would be tough.
"My family is struggling to pay the tuition anyway,'' said Buzak, from Bethel.
As a musical theater major, Buzak will also face a new $450 fee each semester. At Western, the proposal calls for several new program fees in addition to tuition and university increases. Western students in art, music and theater programs would be asked to pay between $300 an $500 more per semester.
"I understand why they would increase the fee for the theater program, because of the new (Visual and Performing Arts) facility. It's going to be a little difficult, but it will be worth it because of the new facility we will have," she said.
Western has been working on its budget for months while awaiting the report from the board about how much the tuition might increase, spokesman Paul Steinmetz said.
"We have a couple of concerns with the general tuition rise. One is that we need to think about the burden on students and not unreasonably increasing student debt is one of the things we talk about here," he said.
But, at the same time, he said, state aid has decreased -- from 42 percent to about 32 percent.
Still, Steinmetz said Western would be glad to see the reduction in the out-of-state tuition.
"Of the four state universities, we're the most constrained by the out-of-state tuition,'' he said. "New York state would be a natural recruitment area for us."
The staff report that accompanies the recommendation calls the state universities a "relatively good bargain" compared to other state universities in New England and the Northeast. The Connecticut State Universities, according to the report, ranked in the bottom third in tuition and fees this year among the six New England states, New York and Jersey, and somewhat higher than the national average of $8,392.
Tuition at Connecticut community colleges rose, on average, 4.9 percent a year over the past five years, but it still ranks in the bottom third among comparable institutions in the Northeast. In 2012, the only public community college in New England with a lower tuition rate was in Maine.
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HARWICH — Ethel (Concree) Hayes passed away in her home in the presence of her loving family on Dec. 28, 2012.
HARWICH — Ethel (Concree) Hayes passed away in her home in the presence of her loving family on Dec. 28, 2012.
She survived her husband of 49 years, Jim. She was the daughter of John and Ethel LeBell Concree. Born in Boston in 1923, Ethel grew up in Roslindale. She and Jim raised their family in Easton before moving to Harwich in 1972.
Ethel loved animals. It wasn't unusual to see her driving her VW Bug with her St. Bernard, three stray dogs, and children. On occasion, she would venture out with no passengers only to return with another stray dog or even a stray goat. At the Hayes home, there were no "pests," simply little creatures who needed to be set free. Yes, bugs and mice were never extinguished, they were simply redirected to live outside. Family, according to Ethel, included children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, her pets, and her grandpets ... each and every one of them as important and loved as the other.
She leaves her children, Elaine, James Jr., Robin (Tina Shaw), Maureen, and Barbara Hayes (Al Whittet); grandchildren Bryan Horsley, Laura Longoria, Devon Whelan, Caroline Longoria, Courtney Anacleto, and AJ Whittet. She is also survived by her nieces, Joan Dowd, Janet Albani, Tina Rosso, and Jack Concree.
Special thanks to Barbara, her youngest daughter, as her mother's primary caregiver over the past eight years, enabling her to stay in her home until she passed.
A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, at Our Lady of the Cape Church, Stony Brook Road, Brewster. Burial will follow in Lower Road Cemetery, Brewster.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Ethel's memory to either VNA of Cape Cod (Hospice Division); or the Animal Rescue League of Boston (Brewster Facility).
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Why did we set out on a mission to reduce plastic waste three years ago? Well, it didn't start that way. We used to laugh about being born in the '60s, but not being hippies.
It came from one scary statistic that we heard while sitting around a kitchen table – 20 million sandwich baggies are thrown out across America each day. This was followed by another staggering fact – the average school age child generates about 67 pounds of lunchtime trash each year.
Using disposable bags may seem harmless on a small scale, but when looked at collectively, the damage to our land and waterways is significant. Not only do single-use bags pollute pristine areas, but they require substantial resources (oil, water, energy) to produce in the volumes that we demand. Take a look at these statistics:
- Each household in America uses about 1,000 plastic bags a year. It takes 12 million barrels of oil to produce the plastic bags used in the U.S., most of which end up in landfills – or stream and oceans where you, your kids and wildlife swim.
- Only 1-3 percent of plastic bags in the USA end up being recycled. Plastic bags don't safely biodegrade for hundreds, even a thousand, years.
- Each high quality reusable bag you use has the potential to eliminate 1,000 plastic bags over its lifetime. A reusable bag will pay for itself over time.
- Ninety percent of the trash in the world's oceans is plastic. Ocean animals mistake plastic bags and tiny plastic particles for food, becoming sick, dying or bring toxic substances into the food chain.
Our goal three years ago was to help the average mom reduce waste on a daily basis by cutting down on disposable items and adding reusable products to their list. We came up with a food-safe, dishwasher-worthy and cute reusable sandwich bag. We think that we have redefined the market for food transport by adding a convenient alternative to the zippered plastic baggie as an option for busy families. Because of you, we estimate that our reusable baggie has saved 120 million plastic baggies from entering the waste stream. By reducing school lunch waste, we think that we are also helping to grow a bunch of "little greeners" too.
Are you "growing a little greener"? How have you changed in your daily habits over the past three years? Do you incorporate products or take actions to reduce plastic waste? We would be interested in hearing from you.
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Google Public DNS permanently logs your ISP and location information for analysis. Your IP address is also stored for 24 hours.
OpenNIC has not adopted an official policy concerning log query privacy/anonymization. More information here.
Riseup is hosted in the USA, in case that matters.
Why not Hushmail? See "compromises to email privacy".
Bitmessage is a promising alternative to email, but it has not yet been audited by security professionals. Use at your own risk. If you decide to try out Bitmessage, make sure to generate a completely random ID to greatly reduce the probability of ID collisions.
RetroShare has not been thoroughly audited by security professionals for possible security issues.
Switching from a proprietary service like Gmail to one of the more transparently-run email services on PRISM Break is the first step to a secure email account.
The second step is getting you and your contacts to encrypt your plain text messages with PGP encryption. This section contains free email clients that support PGP.
Read the Email Self-Defense guide by the Free Software Foundation to learn how to encrypt your email messages.
Here is a guide by Security In A Box to encrypting your email with Mozilla Thunderbird, GNU Privacy Guard (GPG), and Enigmail.
Find out more about the differences between Mozilla Thunderbird and Icedove.
"Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is a data encryption and decryption computer program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication. PGP is often used for signing, encrypting and decrypting texts, e-mails, files, directories and whole disk partitions to increase the security of e-mail communications."
Read the Email Self-Defense guide by the Free Software Foundation to learn how to encrypt your email messages.
Read the Email Self-Defense guide by the Free Software Foundation to learn how to encrypt your email messages.
Why not MEGA? While MEGA is free as in beer, the software is proprietary code.
Why not SpiderOak? SpiderOak is proprietary software.
Why not Tarsnap? Tarsnap is partially proprietary and hosts your data on Amazon Web Services.
"Off-the-Record Messaging, commonly referred to as OTR, is a cryptographic protocol that provides strong encryption for instant messaging conversations. OTR uses a combination of the AES symmetric-key algorithm, the Diffie–Hellman key exchange, and the SHA-1 hash function. In addition to authentication and encryption, OTR provides perfect forward secrecy and malleable encryption.
The primary motivation behind the protocol was providing deniability for the conversation participants while keeping conversations confidential, like a private conversation in real life, or off the record in journalism sourcing."
A beginner's guide to running your own mail server is available here: "NSA-proof your e-mail in 2 hours".
Kolab integrates Roundcube into its webclient and offers desktop clients as well. Recent versions also feature a file cloud turning it into a complete solution for personal information management.
What is an MTA?
"Within Internet message handling services (MHS), a message transfer agent or mail transfer agent (MTA) or mail relay is software that transfers electronic mail messages from one computer to another using a client–server application architecture. An MTA implements both the client (sending) and server (receiving) portions of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
The terms mail server, mail exchanger, and MX host may also refer to a computer performing the MTA function. The Domain Name System (DNS) associates a mail server to a domain with mail exchanger (MX) resource records containing the domain name of a host providing MTA services."
A mesh network is a decentralized peer-to-peer network, with user-controlled physical links that are usually wireless.
"Mesh networking (topology) is a type of networking where each node must not only capture and disseminate its own data, but also serve as a relay for other nodes, that is, it must collaborate to propagate the data in the network."
Apple, Google, and Microsoft are allegedly a part of PRISM. Their proprietary operating systems cannot be trusted to safeguard your personal information from the NSA. We have two free alternatives: GNU/Linux and BSD.
GNU/Linux has a much larger community to help you with the transition. It's recommended that you begin your explorations by looking for a GNU/Linux distribution that suits your needs. Additionally the Free Software Foundation hosts a list of completely Free distributions.
Debian has a long tradition of software freedom. Contributors have to sign a social contract and adhere to the ethical manifesto. Strict inclusion guidelines make sure that only certified open source software gets packaged in the main repositories.
Fedora is a community edition that serve as the stable basis for enterprise ready GNU/Linux distributions with commercial support. Companies all over the world trust Red Hat Inc. because of their transparency throughout the whole development process.
Canonical's Ubuntu is not recommended by PRISM Break because it contains Amazon ads and data leaks by default. GNU/Linux distributions based on Ubuntu are also currently not recommended due to several other reasons.
A live distribution like Tails is the fastest and easiest way to a secure operating system. All you have to do is create a bootable CD or USB drive with the files provided and you're set. Everything else will be preconfigured for you.
A virtual machine (VM) image like Whonix is designed to be run inside of a virtualization package like VirtualBox. VirtualBox can be installed on Windows, Linux, macOS, and Solaris. This means that if you're stuck using Windows or macOS for whatever reason, you can install VirtualBox and use Whonix to increase your privacy and security.
Riseup also offers email, XMPP, chat and data hosting (via Up1) services, all of which are accessible through Tor Hidden Service addresses. The list of these addresses is available here.
Installing your own add-ons into Tor Browser is not recommended, as they may bypass Tor or otherwise harm your anonymity and privacy. Check the EFF's Panopticlick to see how trackable your browser configuration is by third parties.
If you're using a Firefox-based browser, you can safeguard your browsing habits and stop advertising companies from tracking you by installing uBlock Origin, Request Policy, and HTTPS Everywhere.
A more advanced alternative to Request Policy would be uMatrix.
Why is Adblock Plus not recommended? Adblock Plus shows "acceptable ads" by default, which works against the purpose of the add-on. Either disable acceptable ads or use uBlock Origin instead.
Use a combination of Tor Browser and a free web browser of your choice to the surf the web.
Try to use Tor Browser as often as possible. Browsing is slower with Tor, but far more secure.
Note: Mozilla Firefox is technically not completely free software, as Mozilla recommends non-free add-ons on their website.
DuckDuckGo is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) hosted around the world that provides you with anonymous search results from these sources. DDG open source components are available here.
There is also a DuckDuckGo hidden service at 3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion for Tor users.
MetaGer is a SaaS by the German non-profit SUMA e.V. that provides you with anonymous meta search results.
Startpage is a SaaS hosted in the USA and the Netherlands that provides you with anonymous Google search and image results through a free proxy.


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Profit at India's top mobile network operator Bharti Airtel fell for the twelfth successive quarter, with higher costs dragging its results well below market expectations.
Bharti Airtel, controlled by billionaire Sunil Mittal, said consolidated net profit fell to 2.84 billion rupees ($53.39 million) in the fiscal third quarter that ended Dec. 31, from 10.11 billion rupees a year earlier.
Revenue rose 9.5 percent to 202.4 billion rupees, but the company was hit by foreign exchange losses, higher taxes and financing costs. Analysts had expected the company to report net profit of 8.45 billion rupees on revenue of 202.79 billion rupees, according to Thomson Reuters.
(Read More: India's Bharti Infratel Shares Slump in Debut After $760 Million IPO)
Shares in the company, valued at $24 billion, were down 2 percent at 0500 GMT, while the broader market was slightly up.
"Market conditions have been challenging in recent quarters due to pricing pressures and rising input costs, which have put enormous pressure on the sector and consequently the margins," Chairman Sunil Mittal said in a statement.
"However, the worst seems to be getting over, with corrections taking place in customer acquisition practices and the tariffs", he said.
For years, stiff competition in a crowded market has limited Indian telecoms companies' ability to raise prices. The outlook for bigger firms including Bharti Airtel has improved since an early 2012 court order to revoke permits of several operators, signalling the exit of some smaller companies from the market.
(Read More: (India Cuts Rates for First Time in Nine Months)
Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular, India's No. 3 mobile carrier by revenue, recently raised call prices by withdrawing discounts. This week Idea reported a smaller-than-expected increase in quarterly profit as higher network operating costs ate into margins.
New Spectrum Needed
The government wants established operators to pay surcharges on their airwaves, which will mean a bill of almost $1 billion for Bharti, the country's No.1 operator by both revenue and number of subscribers, which also needs to buy new spectrum in an auction due in March.
In 2010, it ventured into 15 African countries, buying mobile assets there for $9 billion. It has yet to turn around the money-losing African businesses.
(Read More: India Rate Cut Has Got Consumers Excited)
Finance costs for Bharti Airtel rose 69 percent during the December quarter to 13.32 billion rupees from a year earlier, and income tax expense rose 20 percent.
The company also recorded a forex loss of 2.48 billion rupees compared with a gain of 132 million rupees a year earlier Monthly average revenue per user, a key metric for telecoms carriers, rose 4 percent from the previous quarter to 185 rupees for its Indian operations.
Singapore's SingTel owns almost a third of the firm.


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Table Talk 007: God's heart and ours
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
In another bumper edition of Table Talk, Mike Reeves chats with Puritan expert Ron Frost about Richard Sibbes (1577-1635) on God and the gospel.
Ron recommends:
Richard Sibbes', 'The Bruised Reed': read online.
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An Irish immigrant has emerged from a coma in Boston after he was the victim of a vicious street assault in his neighborhood, in which he was robbed.
Gary Halpin, 33, originally from Co. Cork, was left fighting for his life after the attack last Saturday night. It is understood that he has emerged from his coma and has taken his first steps since the weekend.
His mother, father and brother have flown from Ireland to be by his bedside. His aunt Mary Shannon told the Irish Independent that he is making a slow recovery.
''He's out of ICU and is doing well," she said. "It's small steps at the moment, he's out of bed and eating and drinking a small bit."
She said the Irishman remembers Saturday night, up until the assault.
''His progress is slow but we're pleased because he had been in a coma and it had been life threatening,'' she added.
The aunt confirmed he had his bank card stolen during the attack and that police in Boston are investigating the robbery.
Originally from Carrigaloe in Cobh, Co Cork, Haplin moved to Boston in 2006, where he works as a freelance designer.
The father of one was discovered unconscious near the corner of Gallivan Blvd and Adams St, in the Dorchester section of Boston in the early hours of Sunday morning, after residents complained about a disturbance in the area.
Witnesses told police they saw a man staggering down the street. According to a police report, an officer saw Halpin stand up and attempt to get into his car before collapsing. He was then rushed to Boston Medical Centre (BMC) hospital.


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Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has revealed their rating summary for Tomb Raider. The rating board confirmed that the game will ship with M for Mature rating all thanks to content related to numerous death scenarios, graphic cutscenes and more.
Wow. First time a Tomb Raider game was rated M. Not sure how I feel about that.


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Feel the Wind – bright, fiery, inspirational, positive track! Dance rhythm and good mood!
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Catchy background for your video projects on the videohive and on the YouTube!
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