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Lord Judd asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Chalker of Wallasey): The economic and social situation is very poor. As I explained during my visit to Angola on 19th-21st February, our ability to help will depend on the government's own efforts to improve economic management. I also urged both sides to speed up implementation of the Lusaka Protocol. I welcome the positive steps agreed by President Dos Santos and Dr. Savimbi at their subsequent meeting on 1st March.
Lord Kennet asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey: The Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty limits overall holdings of certain categories of conventional weapons within the area of application and provides for notification, information exchange and intrusive verification. Under paragraph 5(c) of OSCE's Principles Governing Conventional Arms Transfers, OSCE participating states are committed to exchanging information about national legislation and policies in the field of conventional arms transfers. All NATO countries are fully committed to meeting these provisions.
Lord Kennet asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey: A number of proposals on financial reform are being tabled. We strongly support the European Union proposal to tighten the penalties on non-payers, accelerate the
Lord Kennet asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey: In compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1021, the Secretary General is required to submit a report by 12th June on the implementation of Annex 1B to the peace agreement. It is too early to say what will be included in this report, but we expect that it will address issues relating to regional stabilisation, including those on sub-regional arms control covered in Article IV of Annex 1B to the Dayton Agreement.
Negotiations are under way in Vienna under the auspices of the OSCE.
Lord Kennet asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey: The international community will not provide reconstruction assistance to any party in Bosnia in serious breach of its peace agreement commitments.
Substantial resources are already available for reconstruction following the December conference. Progress on the ground is not, however, dependent solely on funding, but also on factors such as speed of project preparation, co-ordination of implementation capacity and ability to deal with bureaucratic obstacles. The UK is playing its part: an ODA team is currently in Bosnia to consider expansion of the existing utilities rehabilitation programme. Two ODA-funded experts will shortly be taking up post in Prime Minister Muratovic's office to advise on project preparation and donor co-ordination.
A further pledging conference will be held in April.
Lord Campbell of Croy asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office (The Earl of Lindsay): The reorganisation of local government in Scotland is not a factor which my right honourable friend would take into account in reaching a decision on whether or not to call in for his own determination the application for the construction of a funicular railway and associated developments in the Cairngorms.
Earl Russell asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Baroness Cumberlege): The relationship between diet and cancer is presently being reviewed by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy. Its report is expected in the autumn. The estimated expenditure in 1992-93 to the National Health Service of treating cancer was £1,300 million.
The relationship between an unbalanced diet, high levels of serum cholesterol and coronary heart disease is strong and consistent and is the basis for the dietary targets in the Health of the Nation to reduce the contribution of total fat and saturated fatty acids in the population's diet. The estimated expenditure in 1992-93 to the NHS of treating coronary heart disease was £800 million.
Earl Russell asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Cumberlege: Associations have been identified between lower birth weight and subsequent disease including cardiovascular disorders, obstructive lung disease and some types of diabetes. These associations have been reported in scientific journals and elsewhere.
Further research is needed to advance our understanding of these relationships, and the Medical Research Council, funded by my right honourable friend the President of the Board of Trade, has developed a programme of research to investigate them.
Earl Russell asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Cumberlege: The provisional figure for notifications of tuberculosis in 1995 is 6,249.
Lord McNair asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Cumberlege: It is estimated that at the end of 1995 there were 3,725 people living with AIDS in the United Kingdom. Since 1984, when reporting began, the cumulative total of diagnosed HIV infections reported in the UK is 25,689. It is estimated that at the end of 1993 there were about 24,000 individuals living with diagnosed or undiagnosed HIV infection. It has been estimated that 50 per cent. of AIDS cases survive 18 months or more after AIDS diagnosis. The choice of medication is for the individual clinician and patient to decide. Estimated medication cost per AIDS patient (at 1995-96 prices) is £10,000. The annual average cost of hospital treatment of an AIDS patient is in the region of £21,000 and costs vary from hospital to hospital. We do not have any information on work days lost due to AIDS.
Lord Marlesford asked the Chairman of Committees:
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A consultancy is currently being let to review existing external and internal mail services throughout the Parliamentary Estate, which encompasses, the Palace of Westminster and the outbuildings. The final report and recommendations are due on 10th May 1996.
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Congress reshuffling an empty deck?
The clock is ticking for the ruling Congress party. Ever since the national auditor's report blew the lid off the 2G spectrum scandal, the second term of the UPA government has been clouded by incessant talk of premature general elections or who will lead India in 2014.
As rumours do the rounds of a possible reshuffle of the Congress party after the Budget session, one gets the sense that India's grand old party is starting to prepare for national elections, even if they are two years away. And rightly so, especially after its disastrous performance in Uttar Pradesh, the state that sends the largest number of lawmakers to parliament. While no political party is likely to secure majority if national elections were to be held today, regional parties could hold sway.
The Congress' present situation is a throwback to the 1960s when the party was trying to revitalise its functioning in the face of declining popularity and vote share. Indira Gandhi ruled India for eleven consecutive years, followed by another term later that was cut short by her assassination. After her son Rajiv came to power and his destiny followed his mother's, the Congress returned to power for only one term until the UPA government came to power in 2004.
This time it is unlikely the reshuffle will actually revive the party — with a generation of leaders close to retirement and a severe shortage of mid-level talent, Congress has few obvious options. There is still little clarity about succession.
It is also unlikely Manmohan Singh will be the prime ministerial candidate again. There is uncertainty over whether party president Sonia Gandhi's son Rahul can run both the party and a government, if required. Nor does the party nurture its leaders to lead from the front. And with no other option in sight, Sonia Gandhi ailing and unwilling to lead, and the current PM conspicuously inert, the Congress party is increasingly faceless.
The Congress' leadership vacuum could boost the fortunes of regional political parties, their rising power evident in the recently concluded assembly elections. As for the BJP, which has its eyes on New Delhi ever since its 2004 India Shining campaign bombed, there could be two scenarios — elections could cost the party dear if it doesn't put its own house in order; or the unpredictable Indian voter might just have a typical mood swing and decide to elect the pro-Hindu party once again.
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A Florida judge said George Zimmerman was a flight risk and set bond at $1 million on Thursday for the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman had been released on $150,000 bond but was sent back to jail in June after prosecutors alleged he misled the court about his finances and failed to surrender a valid passport.
"This court finds that circumstances indicate that the defendant was preparing to flee to avoid prosecution, but such plans were thwarted," said Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester, who credited an electronic ankle bracelet with blocking Zimmerman's plans.
The judge said the higher bond was necessary to ensure Zimmerman would show up for trial on second-degree murder charges.
"The increased bail is not a punishment; It is meant to allay this court's concern that the defendant intended to flee the jurisdiction and a lesser amount would not ensure his presence in court," Lester wrote in his eight-page order.
The judge imposed numerous restrictions. He said that if released from jail again, Zimmerman must submit to electronic monitoring, remain in Seminole County, stay away from the Orlando-Sanford International Airport, refrain from applying for a passport or opening or maintaining a bank account, avoid alcohol and obey a curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Defense attorney Mark O'Mara told Reuters that Zimmerman does not have the cash or collateral to post the new bond.
"We have to do some very intentional fundraising to help the defense fund and to help George because he's not getting out without a lot more fundraising," O'Mara said.
He called the judge's order "very pointed," and said, "The judge obviously is very upset with George, believing that this thing was orchestrated. I disagree with that."
Ben Crump, the lawyer for Martin's family, said the judge sent a strong message."Just because you claim to be scared and confused, you can't lie and manipulate and mastermind this scheme," Crump said. "Money and a passport are the essential elements to flee. The judge saw this like everybody else in America saw it."
Zimmerman is charged in the Feb. 26 shooting death of 17-year-old Martin in a gated community in the central Florida city of Sanford.Martin's killing drew national attention because police initially failed to arrest Zimmerman. They cited Florida's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law and Zimmerman's claim that he used deadly force because he believed his life was being threatened by Martin.
Zimmerman, 28, was later arrested on second-degree murder charges, which carry a penalty of 25 years to life in prison.
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Shellie Zimmerman was charged with perjury after investigators learned the couple had raised at least $135,000 from a PayPal account set up to collect donations for Zimmerman's legal defense and living expenses.
The two were recorded during jail house phone calls in which they discussed moving the money among accounts, transactions that prosecutors called a deliberate attempt to deceive.
Prosecutor Bernie De La Rionda said that showed Zimmerman was untrustworthy and asked that he be denied bond.
O'Mara, the defense attorney, had argued that Zimmerman posed no risk of harm to the community and portrayed the case against him as weak.
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"Under any definition, the defendant has flaunted the system," the judge wrote.
The judge said O'Mara had attempted to portray Zimmerman as a confused young man who "experienced a moment of weakness" and may have acted out of a sense of betrayal by the justice system."
This court finds the opposite. The defendant has tried to manipulate the system when he has been presented the opportunity to do so," the judge wrote.
He noted that Zimmerman had previously been arrested and completed a pretrial diversion program after a fight with a state alcohol agent, had filed for and been the subject of court-ordered domestic injunctions and had taken courses in criminal justice.
The judge said Zimmerman had a "very sophisticated knowledge of the criminal justice system over and above that of the average law-abiding citizen.
"The money raised for Zimmerman's defense has since risen to more than $200,000 but was under the control of an independent trustee.
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Money Monday: Give Like No One Else
It's Monday again...and it's the last Monday of my series about my journey through Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University.
If you've been reading these in sequence from week to week, you might recall that I mentioned in last week's post that I would be combining the last two lessons in this post since I had missed (and then made up) a session two weeks ago entitled, Real Estate and Mortgages: Keeping the American Dream from Becoming a Nightmare.
However, after last night's amazing lesson, I decided that I want to end the series with it -- and it alone. So, if you are interested in what Ramsey has to say about real estate (and there is some good info there), you can find it on his website, radio show, or when you take his class for yourself.
I hope that doesn't disappoint anyone, but since I'm the master of this domain (literally and figuratively), I figure that I can make that executive decision.
So....the last lesson, The Great Misunderstanding: Unleashing the Power of Generous Giving, was my favorite in the series. Yes, most of the lessons are highly entertaining, and all are very informative. But, this brought it all together for me with a nice bow on top.
This session was all about Baby Step 7: Build wealth and GIVE!
Ramsey started off the lesson by taking us through all the baby steps as a review, but after he listed this one, he paused and told us that we can do everything he teaches and prosper, but if we don't get this lesson down, we will never truly have financial peace.
He showed us an analogy of the closed fist around a wad of cash. True...no money is getting out, but none is coming in either. Only an open hand can receive and allow money to leave.
He reminded us of what our true position is in this world as Christians. We are not "owners." We are "stewards" or caretakers of God's property. When we give, we are not the benevolent benefactor we'd like to envision. Rather, we are merely stand-ins and hands extended of God's largess.
When we get that, it makes it so much easier to open that clenched hand and let money flow out to those who need it.
Why are we asked to give and tithe?
Does the God who spoke light into existence need our money?
Will our tithing (or lack thereof) break or make our local church?
As with everything, God is not so much concerned about the material as he is with the eternal.
Giving is an exercise of obedience and an expression of love and devotion.
As Ramsey shared, "Giving moves you to become less selfish, and less selfish people have more of a tendency to prosper in relationships and wealth."
Giving is a way of life. It has very little to do with money at its true core.
It's a heart condition.
I completely and utterly believe this to be true. I've seen it at work in my own life.
There was a time when I did not have a giving heart. I was out for me and what I thought was mine and what I deserved. Plain and simple -- I was selfish. I don't think I really knew and understood that about myself until I took a Spiritual Gifts test when I was in high school.
Predictably, with my Type-A personality, I scored highly on Administration and Exhortation. I also did fairly well on Discernment and Hospitality. However, out of the entire list, there was one that came in dead last.
Even at the tender age of 15, I knew that this was bad. Not only was it a harsh barometer of my teen-aged priorities, but I know that it was inexcusable for me as Christian.
You can't be a true lover of God and not give...because everything He is centers around His deep love for us in giving us his one and only Son.
So, I determined to do something about it.
My first step was to ask God to change and soften my heart and to help me to understand where a heart of giving comes and to learn how to be a giver. And it wasn't easy and it didn't happen quickly, but over time, I think that I can say (without being boastful) that I have learned this lesson and continue to learn it.
In fact, would you believe that I have been accused of giving "too much" at times? (And yes, when I did hear that, I burst out laughing and had to flash back to "young Heather" starting at that gifts assessment in dismay.) Because God can do what we are unable (or unwilling) to do under our own power.
Only He can take a stingy Scrooge-like heart and make it beat for those who suffer and go without. Only He can compel an entitled adolescent to step outside of her small world and start the process of truly "seeing" others and their needs. Only He can make giving away what we think of as "mine" a joyous experience as we share with others that which He has shared with us...and see it for what it is....all "His."
That's the God I serve and love. That's the God that I want to bless with my heart of giving -- the very heart He gave to me!
I am so excited to take these 13 lessons and continue to build them into our family's heritage. But this one will always be my favorite. My fervent wish is that we would dump this debt and set on a path of financial peace and good stewardship.
But more than that, I want to be debt-free so that I can give. I look forward to the day when I can overhear a young mother talk about not being able to pay her rent for the month and slip her an envelope with enough money to cover several months. I can't wait to see the faces of children that I hope to doorbell ditch presents to one Christmas -- the really great extravagant kind. I will jump for joy when I can return to Tanzania and make a significant investment in the lives of those people whose faces I still see in my dreams.
As Ramsey says, "We live like no one else, so later we can give like no one else."
Achieving "financial peace" will never happen until we understand where our peace is found. At the close of the session last night, Ramsey shared with us that the root of the word, "blessing," comes from the word, "peace."
This life is not about me.
It's not about you.
It's about Him....and receiving His blessing and passing it on to others.
I, for one, feel blessed.....to give.
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An Ultimate Guide To Guitars For Beginners
As the common saying goes, 'there is always the first time for everything.' If you have started developing an interest in music, then a guitar is one of the most common music instruments to own. Being a first timer means you don't know much about the guitars. Hence, there is a need to get highlights which enlighten you on the best ones, how and where to buy them. This beginner guide is therefore meant for you if you are such a person.
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Types of guitars
There are many various types of guitars which are used for different purposes. Beginners can decide to start with any guitar depending on how determined they are and the tutor's approach.
- Acoustic guitar – it is one of the most popular types of guitars used. They have steel strings and are louder than any other. These guitars are used for Jazz and other more lively music. Their shapes can differ depending on the manufacturer, but they have the same concept.
- Classical guitars – their main characteristic is that they have nylon strings and used to play the classical type of music.
- Electric guitar – mainly, they use electricity to amplify the sound making them suitable for big music extravaganzas in a big theater. Their price is high and mostly used by experts.
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Type of guitar
Beginners are more concerned with learning the basics first, rather than perform in shows. This makes both acoustic and classical guitars the best choice for them. They are not complicated with simple adjustments for the best sound quality. Furthermore, one can move around with them as they do not require any power.
The price of the guitar
Beginners do not need to invest a lot of money in a guitar, and therefore, the cheaper but great guitars are the best. These two guitars are generally priced lower as compared to the other professional options. So, they provide value for money making them the perfect beginner's options.
The finish of the guitar
One more thing to check is the quality of finishing and the value of the material making them. As much as they are usually made of wood or bamboo, those that are light yet durable are the best.
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I teach saxophone, clarinet, flute and trumpet. I have over twenty five years of teaching experience in both public and private schools.
Musician/TeacherJan 2014 - Present
Band DirectorJan 1990 - Jun 2013
I worked in various public schools in New Jersey as an instrumental music teacher at all levels.
Bachelor of Arts/Music EducationSep 1981 - May 1986
Music EducationSep 1981 - May 1986
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John Phillip Sousa AwardJun 1980
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International Clarinet AssociationJan 2014
The International Clarinet Association is a community of clarinetists and clarinet enthusiasts that supports projects that will benefit clarinet performance; provides opportunities for the exchange of ideas, materials, and information among its members; fosters the composition, publication, recording, and distribution of music for the clarinet; encourages the research and manufacture of a more definitive clarinet; avoids commercialism in any form while encouraging communication and cooperation among clarinetists and the music industry; and encourages and promotes the performance and teaching of a wide variety of repertoire for the clarinet.+ Read More
National Education AssociationSep 2003
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Concerned with integrating dance in a meaningful way into the community as well developing the
professional aspect of the company, in 1993-94 Louise Reichlin & Dancers created a 7-week after
school program at Manual Arts High School, culminating in performance for the company as well as the
students, for whom Louise created a multiethnic work composed of their collective backgrounds. She used
this as her prototype for activities with Young Audience's "Share the World" project as well as projects
involving seniors in the Hollywood area, who performed in a special piece during LA C&D's concert season the following year. In 1996-97, the company was in residence again at Manual Arts High School and at Alexandria Elementary School, and the following year Reichlin created new pieces for children and their families at Los Feliz Elementary and returned to Alexandria Elementary. The project was included in programs with Louise Reichlin & Dancers in three schools culminating at the Margo Albert Theatre at Plaza de la Raza. The following season Reichlin returned to Los Feliz Elementary for another afterschool project with children and their families which culminated in performances at the school and with the company at the Los Angeles Children's Museum. An additional project in the spring included afterschool workshops for children and their families as well as curriculum dancework with two classes that was included in performances at the school, Valerio Elementary, and at the Little Theatre at Valley College. An emphasis on young people also included a performance for the International Festival For Youth in Los Angeles, and four sponsored performances in Las Vegas at the Charleston Heights Arts Center and Reed Whipple Cultural Center. Numerous extended school residencies are described on the Special Projects pages. Louise Reichlin & Dancers works in partnership with schools of the LA Unified School District for the Arts Prototype Program. Louise Reichlin & Dancers has also been selected for the new family series on the Millennium Stage at Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.
A special project of LA C& D has been the New Works Dance Festivals where 22
choreographers have had the opportunity to have their work produced using the dancers and resources of the
company. The nurturing of promising choreographers has been a unique aspect of the company. Colburn Kids Tap/L.A., directed by Associate Director Alfred Desio, is another project, this time a joint one between LA C& D and the Colburn School of Performing Arts. The student company has toured to Kennedy Center as well as performed at the Ford Theatre, the Greek Theatre, and LA Theater Center in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers has a major new collaborative piece- "Easy and Uneasy Pieces," a paradigm for Los Angeles- that explores the collision of our 2 dance forms and a collage and coexistence of them. Reichlin & Desio's collaborative work's also include "Celtic Suite," described by the Examininer as "Mythically transporting,"and most recently dances for Caution: Men At Work, TAP and a series of industrials.
Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers is a non-profit dance organization composed of two main performance companies, Louise Reichlin & Dancers (modern) and Zapped Taps(tm)/Alfred Desio (tap). An important goal has always been to develop inventive new programs for families, including audience participation and multigenerational and multicultural components. These have been sponsored by the L. A. County Museum of Art, the Orange County Museum of Art, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Plaza de la Raza, Cerritos College Family Series, La Mirada Civic Auditorium, the XXIII Olympiad, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, (New York) the Los Angeles Zoo, the Las Vegas Cultural Affairs Department, the City of Walnut "Dancing in the Streets" Festival, the Myrna Loy Center as an NPN residency, the Idaho Arts Council, and others.
Louise Reichlin & Dancers
Louise Reichlin & Dancers' recent works include The Patchwork Girl of Oz, The Five Sisters and the The Lion and the Mermaid, (all narrated works, 1999-2002), and eight dances for her company for the multimedia production of "DreamScapes." Other works include Dances of Assimilation and the E-Mail Dances. An educational version was performed for high school students bussed to the Orange County Museum of Art for 20 show in spring of 1997, with a shorter Lite Version created for the Feet Speak Festival at Keck Theatre, Occidental College in August that year. Reichlin also created a new piece for children and their families as part of a residency at Valerio Elementary School, and this piece is often included now using volunteers from the audience to learn their parts just before the performance, and then join with the professional company onstage during the culminating work. Following and developing from this, The Patchwork Girl of Oz, has two dances choreographed for 26 students, target age 4th and 5th grades. They play two groups of villagers about to go to war over a misunderstanding - the Hoppers, and the joking Horners, and their dances are integrated into the storyline. Whenever the piece is performed, auxiliary workshops are also given to train these participants. Besides performing for an average of 45 schools in Los Angeles for many years for the Intergroup Cultural Awareness Program(ICAP) our programs for the Family have been sponsored under the Performing Tree, at the LA and La Habre Children's Museums, Cerritos College, La Mirada Theatre, the Armstrong Theatre at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center, and at the LA Zoo, where LR & D performed a program of modern dance during their summer residency that tied together animal champions, athletes and dancers. Another new program created for the Children's Theatre Series at the Mark Taper Auditorium was entitled "Imagination, Transportation, Tarantella, and Turkish Delights." For more on Reichlin, please try Bio or for current news and performances.
Copyright (c) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, & 2009 by Louise Reichlin; all rights reserved. These pages may not be used for financial gain. These pages may not be used for commercial collections or compilations without express permission from the author. (Louise Reichlin, Southern California Dance and Directory)


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Purchased our 2008 Sequoia within a few weeks of them hitting the showroom floor. Love it in almost all ways. It tows beautifully. I installed wireless adjustable air leveling suspension (bags that inflate inside the rear coil springs), for extra stability and leveling when towing and loaded with passengers. The engine and transmission are stellar, I actually think the engine broke in and gained more power from 0 miles thru about 35K. I have 44K now and the gain has seemed to have stabilized. It is quiet, gets reasonable fuel mileage even while towing thru the mountains of western Maryland and West Virginia I get 13 mpg. Best highway mileage without towing has been a bit over 18. It will get 10.5 to 11 if you start pushing hard and ignoring those annoying speed limit signs. The vehicle seems to do everything very well. Every seat in the vehicle will comfortably accommodate large adults (even the 3rd row of seats work great for my 6'3 father in law and my 6'5" friend. I cannot say that for the ford and chevy we test drove. The engine and transmission are a very robust combination, A friend tried to keep up with me in his Dodge Durango, (4.7 V8) loaded with his 4 person family while I had 4 passengers and a 4300 lb boat in tow and he could not keep up pulling large grades in the mountains. Now the down side. My front brake rotors keep warping and I am at the point at which I am going to spend a large pile of money on upgraded pads and rotors to try to cure the problem. The rear suspension is a little soft for towing trailers with a heavy tongue weight and the interior materials could be of a bit higher quality considering the nearly 60K I forked out for the vehicle. I have not had the vehicle to the dealer for any problems excluding the brake rotor warping problems I have experienced. I am on set # 3 for rotors now.
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I've had a number of ELECTRICAL ISSUES in the dash including lights going out but working a day or two later, & with the most recent being power surges which have ruined two cell phone chargers and caused a rechargeable flashlight's batteries to explode and catch papers in the console on fire, luckily while I was parked. Needless to say, am not using the chargers any more. Dealership keeps telling me nothing is wrong. Disappointing & Dangerous with no good answer.
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Hope you all are having a fabulous week so far! Today I'm sharing Part Two of our home in pictures as I had promised. So many of you prayed for and encouraged us through our six months of post-disaster renovation, so I wanted to welcome you into our newly constructed home so you could see the finished result of what you prayed for.
Part One (upstairs) can be viewed here.
Our dining room used to be a deep Tuscan red, but we changed it up with a smokey blue with gold and black accents and I love how it turned out. My husband is a member of the Knights of Malta, so this is the room we honor that connection, with a large painting of the famous Battle of Lepanto on the wall, and the portraits on the opposite wall are of some of the most famous/influential Knights from the history of the Order. I'm glad we were able to incorporate some historical elements in this room, since it's something that means so much to Peter.
Our kitchen was entirely gutted down to plywood and drywall after our house fire, so it was a chance for us to pick out everything for our new kitchen. I must admit this space is all my Pinterest/Joanna Gaines/HGTV dreams come true. I especially love the white subway tile, farmhouse sink, and white counter tops. I've always wanted white.
Here's a "before" pic of what the kitchen looked like when we moved here 3 years ago:
And here she is now:
Right off the kitchen and looking out at the backyard – we spend most of our time and create some of our happiest memories around this table.
Our study serves a bajillion purposes for our family – this is where most of the kids' toys and books are stored, it's where we homeschool and play, and it's also the Hubs' desk/home office space. Someday I'd love to bring in a professional designer to help me figure out how to utilize this space to the max for our family, but for now it's cozy and functional and we spend a lot of time here.
Tiny little room across from the study:
When we bought the house this tiny space was pretty much empty and unused by the original owners, but I knew right away I wanted to put in a mud room, since the door leads directly out to the backyard. I used Pinterest to search "IKEA Hacks" websites until I found an IKEA furniture combo that would fit this small space. It's been a lifesaver for getting sand, dirt and mud off our boys before the invade the rest of the house after play. :o)
Right behind our mud room is the pantry, and for the first year we lived here it was also used as our storage/dump all room. I had wanted a little desk and some space to myself for writing and work, and our home just didn't offer a good space to make into a "mom office" area. One day it occured to me that if I got rid of all the junk and boxes and storage crap from our back pantry, I could turn it into a little mom office while still storing all my kitchen equipment, pans, cookbooks, etc here.
I painted the room, bought a $25 desk and hutch from Craigslist, and made it bright and girly colored compared to the rest of our home. This room has become such a blessing for me! I hung a shower curtain over our shelves of kitchen stuff to block it from view.
I also store the boys' Legos in here, so that they can play at my feet if I need to work at my desk. Also, during nap time I clear my desk and let my oldest do Lego work there. He can shut the door and keep his works-in-progress safe from exploring younger siblings. It's been a much better plan than having him do Legos in the study where they were never safe from the Destructoids.
Our favorite "room" of the house in spring and fall. Looks out at the backyard.
That's our home! If you're ever passing through Charlotte, please let us know when to put the coffee pot on!
…And I'll be sure to post lots of postpartum home life pictures on Instagram to make up for the fact my house is clean in these pictures. :o)


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Asteras vs Spurs - travel advice
04 November 2014|Tottenham Hotspur
Advice for fans making the trip to Greece this week for our Europa League, Group C clash against Asteras Tripolis - updated with details of coach travel from Athens to Tripoli.
The city of Tripolis is situated approximately 190km from Athens. For those supporters staying in Athens, you can catch a X93 local bus for €5 to Kifosis bus station (the last stop, and takes just over an hour) and from there, it's €15 for a bus to Tripoli.
A coach has been arranged by the Club to transport supporters back to Athens after the match. Only supporters that have already registered via email with the Club will be able to travel on this coach service. All supporters are responsible for making their own way to the stadium prior to the match.
The drop off point in Athens post match will be at Omonia Square.
The City of Tripolis is a relatively small locality with a couple of traditional squares, with some small bars and cafes approximately a 15-20 minute walk away from the stadium.
The game will take place at the Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium and tickets for the away support are accessed via Gate 4.
There will be THFC Stewards to assist you on arrival and to check tickets and bags. The usual prohibited items will apply and we would ask that you please abide by the local regulations at the Stadium. For any advice, please speak to a member of the THFC Stewarding team.
The stadium will open two hours before kick-off and those of you who have tickets to collect on the day, should make your way to Gate 4 where a Club representative will be present to issue the tickets - please provide some form of identification at this time.
Flags and banners are welcome, but will be checked prior to entry. It is common policy and normal ground rules at football stadiums in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, that flags of an overtly religious/sectarian/political nature will not be permitted and may be confiscated - please respect this request.
The away area of the stadium will have suitable catering and welfare facilities. The entire stand has been allocated to visiting supporters. There is no cover in the stadium and temperatures at this time of year in the region will be similar to November in the UK.
A decision will be taken on the night as to whether or not away fans will be held back, please listen for announcements which may affect you.
The Club is rightly proud of good behaviour during previous European travels and we would ask that you uphold this by respecting local amenities and cultures. Please do not place flags and banners on any buildings as this may cause offence.
General Advice:
- Do remember to have the correct Travel Insurance prior to travelling.
- Currency is the Euro.
- Crime in the Tripolis area is very rare and uncommon, but do take care of personal possessions in crowded areas.
- If you experience any problems whilst in Greece, please call the Travel Line - 07917 880445. This number will be available throughout the day/evening of the match.
Finally, remember that you are an ambassador for the Club and we would respectfully request that you behave accordingly throughout the entirety of your visit.


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Well, hello!
Did you think I fell off the face of the earth again? It has seriously been a crazy week here at our house, but I did have a chance to get into my craft room to play along with this week's Cutting Edge Challenge. So let's get to it, shall we?
This week's inspiration is brought to you by the sweet Amy Kolling. Be still my heart! The clean lines, the delicious color palette, the summery subject matter – it all just makes my heart skip a beat! But I was most inspired by the layout. Here's what I created in answer to the challenge:
August always reminds me that school will start soon. Not sure why anymore, since my kids are long ago out of school. But this time of year always reminds me of school supplies and new shoe shopping, and the hustle and bustle that the new school year brings. I thought this project would be fun to duplicate a few times and give as a set to someone's favorite teacher. Or perhaps you have a teacher friend? I used dies as well as my Silhouette Cameo this week, and had a ball creating it! I've listed the products that I used below.
This week's challenge is being sponsored by Ellen Hutson, which means that the winner will win a $25 gift certificate to her store! BONUS! You should totally click on through to the Cutting Edge Challenge Blog for all the details of this week's challenge, as well as some amazing inspiration from my sweet teammates! Which reminds me – we have a new teammate! But you'll have to click on through to the Cutting Edge Challenge Blog to see who it is!! You're going to love her as much as we do!
That's it for me today, friends! Thanks so much for stopping by! I plan to spend the weekend with my adorable 2 year old grandson. I'll be busy for sure, but the best kind of busy ever! Hoping you have some fun plans ahead, too!


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- designer radiator with practical and elegant design
- paintable with wall paint
- wide range of sizes
- avaible in horizontal and vertical versions
- central heating radiator
- available in bathroom models (see the Rex Bathroom and the Rex Bathroom ST)
- also available in coloured and stainless steel versions (see the Rex and the Rex ST)
- manufactured with integrated valves
- supplied with brackets
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What I'm creating and how I write is not going to change. What is changing is when I write about a piece. Because some pieces are taking such a long time, it feels like all talk and no action so I want to finish the piece before posting about it. This means that postings may or may not happen with any kind of regular schedule... but hopefully... because I work some part of every day in the studio there will be a kind of regularity to it. Time will tell. Right now, there are four pieces nearing completion although for the rest of this week I'll be snuggling my grandsons and not working in the studio. Next week, it's back to work.
An alternate title for today's posting could have been The Toaster Cover Revisited. The purse started with a piece of surface design work from my really early days of surface design as opposed to my somewhat early current days. I am by no means good at this yet but I keep making "messes" and then I turn the messes into something else which provides a whole different experience. It's good. With this piece of fabric, I'd just bought a new paisley stencil and was playing with it. I don't think I took a picture of the original fabric because I can't find one in the files. It was roughly 18" x 24" with an irregular black and purple design.
My goal was to use the entire piece since one of the "challenges" I'm finding working through the possibility boxes is that my scraps make more scraps. I didn't quite accomplish that goal. There is a 3 1/2" x 4" patch and an 18" length of strap left that went back into stash.
As I said in an earlier posting, I thought the original version of the purse looked like a toaster cover so I took it apart and reshaped the two main pieces into a more formal clutch purse by turning the curves toward the bottom and the straight edges toward the top. This new shape is an interesting contradiction to the less formal nature of the painted canvas fabric.
After reshaping the main pieces, there were two painted scraps left - one narrower than the other. I decided to use the wider one for a flap and the narrower one for the strap. It was 3" wide. My choice was two sections and a shorter strap or three sections and a longer one. Short would have been too short so I cut the piece into 3 each 1" wide strips and seamed them together into one long strip.
One edge was pressed under and the other serged. As you can see, my serger wasn't working correctly. Fixing the tension wasn't where I wanted to spend my time nor would it have made a tremendous difference to the end product so I zigzagged over the serging and then pressed under that edge and top stitched along each side. Someone looking closely may notice and at one time it may have turned me inside out but I'm not looking for that type of perfect any more.
This style of clutch purse using a frame doesn't always have a flap but I wanted one in order to use up as much fabric as possible. When I sewed the toaster cover version, I liked how the striped knit fabric worked as a binding so I used it again here. To get the correct size of opening, I cut the hole small and then kept widening it until it fit nicely over the frame - about 1/4" at a time. I've learned that I don't have to have the right answer right away. I can work my way toward it, evaluate as I go, and make the results work out. We can learn to trust our own judgement. We don't need hand holding instructions for everything we do.
To give the purse some dimension I sewed darts in each bottom corner - four in all. It adds a slight pouf to the edge that will widen when items are in the purse. The main fabric is quilted to a thin batting and a backing with a lime-green thread. I chose that thread colour because it's the compliment to the purple and would create energy within the piece.
Every time I do something again, it's an opportunity it do it better. This is perfecting versus perfect. It doesn't seem to matter how long a person has been sewing, there will always be stuff that goes wrong. With sewing on snaps using a buttonhole stitch, I typically get knots, twists, and breaks that make the finished hand sewing less than best... but I keep trying... for over forty years now... and this time I sewed the two sides of the snap, twelve locations, with only one knot and one snap. YES YES. That's improvement. I think it looks pretty good.
The purse has a lot of curved lines both in its shape and in the design of the fabric. The stripe of the knit binding adds contrast and is mimicked by the rectangular holes of the button. Some contrast - just as with the thread colour - adds energy to a piece while too much can create fighting parts. How much is just right? It takes practice. Practice means making mistakes... not being perfect... because we don't learn from perfect... we learn from mistakes... and a learning mistake is just perfect.
The lining is yet, still, again, this striped fabric that was used for the twin quilts in my guest room. I have gone from wondering if I had enough to being over inundated with the stuff. I'm using it everywhere and there's still lots left. It'll be interesting to see where it shows up next. As you can see above and below, the frame is attached in the middle of the purse top and then the edges are pushed in under the frame. I used the knit binding to finish the inside seam allowances too. Using a bias or a knit binding makes it easier to wrap around corners and curved shapes.
The frame made it impossible to stitch the flap to the back of the purse by machine. I couldn't get the fabric far enough under the needle so I hand sewed the flap in place along the edge of the binding and then secured it even further with three small buttons. The knots are tied to the outside and trimmed about 1/4" long - again a less formal touch for a formal style and again added contrast.
This ability to meander through a piece, to start over and reshape it, and to follow up tickles, is an ability I developed. It didn't just happen. It took work. A statement I hear quite often is something the lines of I could never do that, I'm too much of a perfectionist. Consider... what do you want to be perfect... the experience... or the product? These are vastly different outcomes.
When I was striving for a perfect product, the possible responses were yes, it's perfect or no, it's not perfect. Absolute perfection is never attained so my results were mostly a no or a near mess but never a yes. In the fall of 2004, I changed how I worked from following a precise plan with a guaranteed outcome to the responding method I use now. It starts with something, such as the painted fabric used for this purse, and develops one step at a time, bit by bit, until the piece says it's finished. That process involves adding to what exists and what develops, changing my mind, and experimenting with ideas and incorporating what works. It's never a straight line from start to finish or from product to perfect, BUT...
... the experience, the process, is always perfect because what I want to be perfect is the time I spend in the studio. I don't need another garment or another purse or another piece of jewelry. What I need is nurturing through the intersections of ideas and creative flow from the starting point to the finished object. It doesn't need to be useful,.nor beautiful, but more often than not I like the finished object far better than when I was striving for perfect and - ironically - my work has improved in leaps and bounds by letting go of perfection and embracing process.
Time is the other comment that comes up, that the person is too busy and they absolutely do not have time. That's not an excuse I believe because no matter how hectic life can be - and mine has been beyond hectic at times - it is absolutely vital that we carve out some of it for ourselves, to fill the well, to nurture, to energize. Time never arrives. It is taken. As little as fifteen minutes a day is progress. Fifteen minutes is something. And something is always better than nothing.
WHAT do you want to be perfect?
Talk soon - Myrna
Grateful - fabulous feedback


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Scott Berkun, "The Myth of Discoverability" (2003)
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