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Don't just take our word for how good Otter Falls is - See what other people have said who have already stayed with us.
Had a lovely week, cottage spacious and clean, Fishing lakes were good & well kept, Tickled Trout pub was good & meals nice. Staff Friendly. Would come back.Mrs J Locke - Cannock -Staffs- 5 July 2014
Our first holiday can't wait to come back, we stayed in harvest which was lovely and clean. Staff very helpful. we are going home feeling relaxed, even the dogs are chilled out. Otterfalls has so much to offer.Mr & Mrs Hawker-Bristol- 16 Jan 2015
This lodge was the cleanest we have ever had. The team of cleaners must be congratulated on their attention to detail and thouroughness.Overall weather accomodation & atmosphere were as near perfection as possible. We will recommend Otterfalls to friends and family.Mrs R Toplis - Evesham - 18th July 2014
Following a 5 day break at your site over Easter I wanted to drop you a line with my families thoughts and comments, in a time where we are quick to criticise poor service I believe we should be as quick to compliment when something exceeds our expectations with excellent service. We stayed in the farmhouse and found the house spacious, clean with everything we could want for our 5 day stay. From the moment we arrived to check in the staff were FANTASTIC! Nothing was too much trouble. It was a home from home, where I am certain we will want to return to again and again in the future.The Richardson family- Wilts- 15th April 2016
We have enjoyed our break at Otterfalls. The accommodation is very comfortable, the surroundings are picturesque with the enjoyment of lovely scenery and wildlife. The leisure facilities are good. We would love to come again and would recommend it to other people as a pleasant place to stay.Mr & Mrs Edwards - Brackley, northants- 3rd April 2014
Island lodge 1- Great accomodation - clean and comforatble and well equipped. Lovely location- Great being next to the lake for fishing- Very pretty site and areaThe newmans - wilts - 4th April 2016
Little lodge- We have spent a lovely four days at our Little lodge. Spotless accomodation (not always the case when dogs are allowed!) well designed, in a beautiful position. beautifully uncommercial. yet everything we needed. within easy reach of Lyme regis, Sidmouth, Seaton & Honiton. Hopefully return in the not to distant future, for anothe few peacceful days!!!Mr & Mrs Phillips - Wilts- 31 March 2016
Little lodge - lovely cosy lodge, with everything we needed. Great location, quiet and peaceful with great views. Had a lovely week despite the rather mixed weather!!Welland -Berkshire- 21 March2016
Another enjoyable family weekend, this is our eighth visit !!!Mrs Long- Somerset- 11 March 2016
We've had a much needed break from the rat race. We couldn't have been happier whilst being at Otterfalls. Accomodation - EXCELLENT, Services- EXCELLENT. Gorgeous surroundings, really relaxing.Mr & Mrs Woodward- Poole - 8th Feb 2015
Beautiful areapeace and quiet. Accomodation very very nice and restful,warm & comforatble. Will visit again. Great for dogs too. Wonderful, Helpful Staf.fMr P harding- Essex- 30 March 2016
Thanks again for our getaway,batteries all charged ready for the normal home stuff and reality. Always a pleasure to come here but always heartbreaking to leave.xxxxSue Thompson and Pete Sutton 8th Oct 2015


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My farmer's market yield, as it turns out, is a selection of winter produce that perfectly compliment each other and go hand-in-hand in this salad! If you have never seen watermelon radish, you should hurry to your nearest Farmer's Market or Whole Foods and purchase a few. It is a root vegetable, an heirloom of the daikon radish, and as the name implies, IS a radish that when sliced, look just like watermelon (see my photo above)! These beauties are not readily available year-round like their "regular cousins" (the regular radish). They taste just like a regular radish; however, if you are lucky, there are some with quite a piquant bite!
As I write this, I realize that I have a thing for Florence fennel and arugula! I have posted two other salad recipes with Florence fennel as the main star: Florence Fennel Salad (with grapefruit) and Spicy Sassy Salad (with arugula, radishes, and tangelos). Check them out! 🙂
- 1 small Florence fennel bulb ~ washed, end removed, thinly sliced
- 1 medium heirloom watermelon radish ~ washed, thinly sliced
- 1 small shallot ~ peeled, thinly sliced
- 1 bunch organic arugula* ~ thoroughly washed , tough ends removed, torn/cut into large pieces
- organic extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 lemon ~ reserve a few slices of lemon for garnish
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- Herbs de Provence**(a delightful, savory blend of lavender, rosemary, peppercorns, sage, tarragon, etc.; blends vary with the brand)
- Put the fennel, shallot, watermelon radish, and arugula into a large mixing bowl.
- Drizzle some olive oil over the veggies (just enough to lightly coat the veggies when you toss them).
- Squeeze the lemon juice into the mix.
- Add the sea salt, black pepper, and herbs de Provence.
- Toss lightly.
- Serve with the slices of lemon on top.
*It's best to fill a large bowl or sink basin full of water, submerge the arugula, then wash and rinse them at least three times. This helps remove all the dirt and grit that tends to be in the heart of the low-growing plant.
**Herbs de Provence can be easily made ahead of time if your garden yields the herbs you like. Just crush the leaves, add some sea salt, peppercorns, dried citrus zest, etc.. Store in an air-tight container, in a cool, dark place.

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Oswaldo Guayasamin (1919-1999), born in Quito, Ecuador, was an iconic Ecuadorian master painter and sculptor of Quechua and Mestizo heritage. Besides being Ecuador's most famous artist, he was also a politically active intellectual who supported the causes of the poor and victims of slavery, exploitation, wars, famine and other tragedies on the continent. He was a close friend of Pablo Neruda, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Fidel and Raul Castro, Francois Mitterrand and Rigoberta Menchu, among other important progressive figures from the second half of the 20th century. Most of his pieces express a profound sense of sorrow, which can be interpreted as a condemnation of the suffering that millions bore because of social injustices and wars. Despite this, his art is strikingly beautiful.
He was born to a native father and a Mestiza mother, both of Quechua descent. He was the first child of ten children in his family. His family was poor and his father worked as a carpenter, taxi and truck driver. He showed an early love for art and he graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Quito as a painter and sculptor. He also studied architecture there. While he was attending college, his best friend died during a demonstration in Quito and this event helped him to form his vision about the people and the society that he lived in. In 1957, at the Fourth Biennial of Sao Paulo, he was named the best South American painter. He traveled to many of the diverse countries in Central and South America, visiting Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and other countries. Through these travels he observed the indigenous lifestyle and poverty that appeared in his paintings. In Quito, he built a museum that features his work.
His images capture the political oppression, racism, poverty, Latin America lifestyle, and class division found in much of South America. He dedicated his life to painting, sculpting, collecting; however, he was an ardent supporter of the communist Cuban Revolution in general and Fidel Castro in particular. He was given a prize for "an entire life of work for peace" by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
His death on March 10, 1999 was marked by a day of national strikes by the indigenous people (whom he spent his life supporting) and other sectors of society, and was considered a great loss to Ecuador. He is still lauded as a national treasure.
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Read this tip to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Benefits of Earning a Bachelor Degree and other Bachelor Degree topics.
One of the less obvious benefits of earning an online college degree is the ability to meet people that you would otherwise never have met. Let's face it, most of the day is spent shuffling between work and home. It can be difficult to expand your network or circle of influence whether for personal or professional growth.
One way to do both simultaneously is while pursuing an online university degree. The very nature of online learning creates an atmosphere of sharing among people with distinct circles of influence. Online learning is similar in nature to a traditional classroom in that you tend to meet people and share ideas during the process of discussion and project development. It's a great way to learn about different opportunities and insight into careers you may have never considered.
Another important tip is to treat the course in a manner similar to a job: It's a major investment so treat it like one! People will notice how you communicate, your level of participation and your general style of contribution. Cultivate these relationships by being responsive and professional.
Take the opportunity to meet people or learn more about a potential employer by using your homework as an ice-breaker or introduction. From interviews to internships most companies and professionals are more than happy to share their knowledge with you. It's a great way to make an impression or just learn from others. Earn more than a bachelors degree online by creating professional networking and personal growth opportunities that can last a lifetime.
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For just a little time ago, people got wind up about the application City Lens for Nokia 900. At this time, it was still in the form of Beta, yet it is now certified and accessible for download from the Market Place. For those people who have not yet heard of this thing. The Nokia City Lens is actually the boosted application based upon the location. This app simply make uses of a view-finder of the phone camera and provides a place on top view of the buildings and highlight the interesting places near upon your location.
Moreover, the Nokia City Lens gives out the best information of the shops, restaurants, museum and other areas that will interest you nearby the location you are in. It even helps the information of the user about the places just like its space from you as well as the ranking of the institution. With this application, you could definitely use it when looking out for places you will be interested in and get the best of information even without making researches on it on the web.
Apart from those, the device is merely capable though it is now on its way out. Well, there is a great competition regarding the smartphones and most of them are powerful enough to beat the others. However, Nokia can't just give out without a fight. Nokia Lumia 900 has been considered as one of the most capable Windows Phone 7.5 devices around, not to mention that the handset has about 16GB inner storeroom while the display measures 4.3 inches obliquely and happens to be one of the AMOLED diversity with 400 by 800 pixel resolution. It even comes out with 8MP shooter right at its back panel, while the frontal bezel is a home for the 1.3MP video call camera.


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How-To: Creating an iTunes Account for a Different Country
Maybe you have recently signed up to a smart DNS or VPN service and you now want access to a specific iOS on-demand app from abroad. If you suddenly realize the respective television apps are not to be found anywhere in your local iTunes App Store, this is no cause for alarm!
On the other hand, you may just want to access another countries iTunes store so you can buy music or videos not available in your own.
In any event it is quick and easy to create a new iTunes ID in another country where you can access any free content. If you happen to have a credit card or gift voucher from that country, you also have the option to buy apps, music and videos as well – all without interfering with your existing local iTunes account.
The only thing you need to set this up, is an additional email address. If you cannot easily get one from your ISP, you could always create a new one from a free web based service such as GMX, Google etc, or use your work email – presuming it doesn't break any workplace policies. Any email address will do, as long as it is not the same as the one you currently use for iTunes.
Step 1:
If you haven't already done so, sign out of iTunes from your existing account.
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Select the iTunes Store as demonstrated below and then click on the flag showing your current location. (it may be different to the flag in the example)
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Choose the country of the new store you wish to create an iTunes account for.
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Now here is the important bit; Unless you have a credit card or gift voucher from the country you wish to access, you need to find a free app first and select to download it. This is of course exactly what you may want to do anyway if you were after a specific regional app.
Once you have found a free iOS app and begun to download it, you will jump to the Sign In window.
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At the Sign In window, instead of entering your existing iTunes account details, opt to Create an Apple ID.
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On the next screen, click continue to access the terms and conditions window. If you agree with Apple's terms and conditions, tick the required box and click Agree.
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Fill out all the required fields and then click Continue.
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If you have a Credit Card or gift voucher from this country and wish to use it for purchases, feel free to enter the details here. You will need some form of payment to purchase items that are not free. Naturally, it goes without saying that when dealing with any payment method such as credit cards, you should fill out the requested details correctly as required by law.
Otherwise, if you only require the account to download free apps from iTunes, then select the None option shown here. You will have to fill in the other details to the best of your ability.
If you do not see the None option, it is possible you didn't access this form by first selecting a free app in the new country store. If you require this option, you must cancel out of the current form and return to Step 4.
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Finally, select Create Apple ID and a confirmation email will be sent to the email address you specified in Step 7.
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After you have verified your new account by entering the requested details, you will now have access to the new iTunes store.
Important Notes:
- Although all apps will function together regardless of the store they are purchased from, they may only offer updates if you are currently in the regional store they were purchased in. i.e. if you are currently in the US store where most of your apps were downloaded from, only those apps will update. You will have to log out of this store on your iOS device, and into the other regional store to update apps purchased there.
- Once you have more than one Apple ID – To switch between country stores, you only need to log out from your current store, and log back in with the alternate Apple ID. This will switch stores automatically, as each ID is associated with a specific country store. You do not need to change countries using the method in Step 2.
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Hi, I struggle to get past step 2, as this kind of screen doesn't seem to exist in my iPad (think this is a newer iOS). Is there another way of accessing a foreign App Store? Thanks!
Thanks for the quick answer! Can i open the account on a Mac and then access the foreign store on my iPad to download an app on the iPad?
Thanks a lot, managed to do it now!
what free app should i download? i dont get that part?
Thanks a lot. This worked just fine. I already feared I need to go through all that rigmarole to close my account in the one place, i.e. buy something stupid just to clean the credit, just to be able to open another account at another place. Problem I foresee though is say I want to open yet another account somewhere else. Sooner or later I will run out of email accounts as there are only so many providers.
Hallo there!
I tried all of above but unfortunately at step 8 although selecting "none" I am required to give a UK address which I do not have! Can you help please?
Kind regards
Hi, I'm looking to purchase music from the Australian store (that isn't available in the US store). If I use this method, will I still be able to listen to the music in my library on my regular account? Do I have to create a whole new email address to do this? Thank you!
Also got stuck on Step 8. Trying to create an account in Canada. The app I chose was free (I tried twice, with 2 different apps), "None" was selected, and it still would not let me create an apple id without providing a Title, First and Last Name, Street, Area Code and Phone number. 🙁
Please update the instructions, thanks!
If you are trying to purchase iTunes gift cards internationally, the best site I've tried is http://iTunes-GiftCards.com/. they are super reliable and the codes are sent directly to your email within minutes. Highly recommend!
Thanks Martunes
This no longer seems to work with the current version of iTunes. Apple now forces you to type in an address even if you are not purchasing anything. 🙁
Brilliant. Im in Australia and want to access USA apps.
This worked perfectly for me. Thank you!
Thanks for the article. However, I am stuck around step 9. How do I resolve the following
1) The fact that do not have the other country's address since I do not live in that country.
2) How do I pay for products from the other country with my own country's card details.
Kindly advise.


text: The pervasive sense that procrastination is bad, is what Columbia Business School professor Eric Abrahamson calls "a cultural value," and an outgrowth of the worker efficiency movement spawned by Frederick Winslow Taylor. In 1911, Taylor published The Principles of Scientific Management. "Taylor thinks of a worker as an idiot," scoffs Abrahamson. "He thinks of a manger as smart and able to get the employee to save time." Abrahamson also told me about a top flight computer programmer he knows, who spends most of her time playing solitaire. "You could say she's procrastinating," says Abrahamson. "On the other hand, you could say she's recharging."


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- You are interested in a contract of limited duration. Specifically, they offer 3 seasonal contracts covering the summer season
- You are interested to fly out of a French base (Nantes, Lyon, CDG or Lille)
- You are available to start at TUI fly between January 2018 and May 2018 until at least November 2018
- The TUI values "Trusted – Unique – Inspiring" are in your DNA
- You like to work in a dynamic team of Cockpit- and Cabin crew members to give their passengers a pleasant and safe flight!
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There is something about women getting together to talk. They relate. They bond. And when they cross cultural and faith traditions, something special happens: They act.
Five years ago, Trish Harris, a Catholic, met Shahina Begg, a Muslim, at a performance of The Children of Abraham, a musical play that traces the connection between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the conflict between them, and the possibilities of reconciliation. Harris said to Begg, "It would be kind of nice to do something instead of 'The Children of Abraham', what about The Women of Abraham?"
"Funny you should mention that," Begg responded. "I have a Jewish woman and a Protestant woman who had contacted me and they're interested in doing the same thing. We're going to have coffee next week. Do you want to have coffee?"


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Oklahoma town gathers to help Hailey
Hailey Baskeyfield is a force to be reckoned with.
"Nothing's difficult with Haley Baskeyfield," she exclaimed.
Hailey is the state Braille champion, loves school and her friends, and she's one of the most entertaining kids around.
"Of course I am," she said.
But life hasn't been easy. Hailey was born blind and with a spinal condition.
"We're talking close to a 150 degree turn in her spine," said Tami Baskeyfield, her mother.
Hailey has Jarco-Levin Syndrome. The curvature of her spine has caused one of her lungs to become compressed, so Hailey is always short of breath and easily gets tired.
"I don't like being blind and I don't like having Jarcho-Levin because I have to stay out of school," Hailey said.
Her mother calls her a blessing.
"She doesn't forget anything," Tami said. "So when she asks me a question, I don't answer with what I think the answer might be, I actually have to do research."
Hailey's parents are 100% honest when talking to her about her condition. They've taught her to always be positive.
"Realistic of course, because she does have to learn to advocate because she's going to have these conditions for the rest of her life," Tami said. "So she has to learn about them."
But Hailey's life is about to change. In April she's headed to Philadelphia for two operations.
"Yes, I'm half scared to death about it and oh it's fine," she said.
Doctors will take out some of the curvature in her spine. The operations are very serious, but Hailey is trying to stay positive just like her parents taught her.
"I'm going to grow like 2 or 3 inches on the operating table," she said.
Although the medical expenses will be picked up by the children's hospital, Hailey and her parents need help with living expenses. So they've decided to hold a "fun-raiser."
It's a fundraiser without the D," she said.
There will be lots of items up for auction, raffles, all kinds of food, live entertainment, and much more. It's all thanks to their hometown of Noble.
"It's just an incredible community with a heart bigger than the town is," Tami said. "That's for sure!"
Hailey is hoping all of Oklahoma stops by to say hi.
"Here's my motto: have fun and raise a little mun (money)."
If you'd like to help Hailey, the "fun-raiser" is being held Sunday, March 13 from 1:00 - 4:00 pm at the Moose Lodge in Norman. Charity Pickup and Felina Rivera, two local entertainers, will be performing.


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Bought a PSVR? Trying to figure out what to play next? Well we've got a quick suggestion for you, and it's been out for a little while already.
Bound released on the PlayStation store a little while ago, and some have you may have forgotten that it also supports PSVR, adding a new layer of interactivity to an already beautiful game. There's certainly nothing else like it in this initial VR lineup.
In case you missed it, our own Mike 'Dr' Vane reviewed the title in its standard 2D version a little while back:
Bound is a personal journey, one that many women can relate to, men as well, but the story is told from the point of view of a woman. Developer Plastic Studios deserves praise for following this narrative path. It's not the most compelling or interesting story, but certainly one that I have never experienced before. I compare it to the story of 2013's Gone Home. Like Gone Home, Bound explores the mind of a woman with narrative elements open to interpretation. Bound certainly targets the female demographic, but that doesn't mean males won't enjoy it. I did.
You can download Bound now on the PS Store. Have you tried it yet in VR? What did you think? Let us know in the comments below.


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Piedmont Housing Alliance remains committed to helping the Youth Leadership Team of Friendship Court effectively provide input for the redevelopment of their community. This team of highly motivated and engaged youth is embracing the challenges in front of them aided by Piedmont Housing and a grant from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
Already this fall, there have been two events involving the Youth Leadership Team and their quest to learn how to effect positive changes where they live. The youth team is participating in several sessions with students from the University of Virginia's Curry School as part of the Curry School Youth-Nex initiative to promote effective youth development. The most recent meeting was spent learning about Youth Participatory Evaluation (YPE)—how to effectively evaluate proposed changes to the community and to assess how and to what extent current programs are working. The goal is for the youth to learn how to be informed evaluators as they work with their community and gather input regarding certain aspects of the redevelopment.
During a recent session, the youth and the graduate students discussed their current understanding of research and evaluation. Mark Yu, one of the graduate students involved said, "Rarely do we see youth included in discussions of community issues and change. This is unfortunate given that youth are probably the most affected by changes in their community. My goal is to support and empower youth at Friendship Court to be part of the process of change in their community. Using a Youth Participatory Evaluation framework, my hope is to engender leadership, build trust, and inspire learning among the youth residents at Friendship Court."
The second event involving the Youth Leadership Team dealt directly with the physical environment of Friendship Court. The resident youth met in their backyard with Todd Niemeier the director of the Urban Agriculture Collective of Charlottesville. "Farmer Todd" heads the community garden project at Friendship Court. He led the team on a tour around the terraced garden walls and they talked about the importance of the garden to the community. They also discussed the next harvest (Swiss chard) which will be available to residents during Market Day at Friendship Court on November 18.
As part of their time in the garden with Farmer Todd, the youth had time to reflect on their hopes for the future of the garden and to sketch some of those ideas for future discussion.
For more information on Youth-Nex, please visit: http://curry.virginia.edu/research/centers/youth-nex?utm_source=youth-nex&utm_medium=general&utm_campaign=youth%2Bnex.
For more information on the Partnership with U.Va. under the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, visit: http://piedmonthousingalliance.org/2016/03/08/jessie-ball-dupont-fund/.
For more about Farmer Todd and the Urban Agriculture Collective, visit https://uaccville.wordpress.com.


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Enjoy Your Pregnancy With These Helpful Tips
No one says you have to be a professional to bring a new life into the world, and when it comes to pregnancy, you aren't going to know everything at once. Perhaps your diet or exercise is a concern, or even things that should be omitted from your lifestyle until your bundle of joy arrives. No matter what concerns you hold, be sure that you consider these tips as you carry forth to month nine.
Start exercising for a healthy you and a healthy baby. Pregnancy is not an excuse to sit on the couch for nine months. Being active during pregnancy has been shown to reduce the risk of miscarriages and can help shorten the length of your labor. Keeping yourself active will go a long way towards having a smooth pregnancy.
You should start taking a prenatal vitamin now. Taking a prenatal vitamin is great for your health. Prenatal vitamins can also help you conceive a baby. They are great for many different reasons and your doctor can help you find out which one is the best while trying to conceive.
Search your home and eliminate any substances/chemicals that may harm your pregnancy. Cleaning solutions are among the biggest culprits, so make sure to use less harmful alternatives. Once the baby is born, don't let the chemicals back!
Ask for help with some of your daily tasks. Things that involve heavy lifting, climbing and using chemicals should be avoided when you are pregnant. They can have a negative impact on both you and your unborn baby, so do not be shy about asking your partner or other family members for assistance.
Your pregnancy means the decisions are yours. Just because someone in your office or a distant relative doesn't believe that you should drink coffee or lift something heavier than 20 pounds doesn't mean they control your pregnancy decisions. Talk to your doctor and make your decisions with them. Ignore unsolicited comments from others.
Find a birthing class as soon as you can, in order to make sure you get the best dates for you and whoever you use as your labor coach. It is important that you do not procrastinate in doing this. After all, it's always possible that your baby could arrive earlier than planned.
Try not drive alone during the later stages of your pregnancy, just in case you were to go into labor. Being alone in your car when you water breaks can mean you will be yourself when you deliver. This could cause your baby to be born improperly and can cause health problems for you.
Learn relaxation techniques and make sure to practice them at least once a day. Having some time to relax with breathing and calming exercises will help you relieve the stress that comes from pregnancy. Make sure you make time for yourself to keep you a happy mom to be.
To keep wearing your own pants tie a rubber band on your button and loop through your button hole. Wear a maternity band or long shirt to hide your pants at the top, and no one will ever know. This will help you keep from buying so many maternity clothes.
If you know someone who has given birth recently, talk to her and you can glean valuable information. It is a good idea to get this information from someone experienced since they know firsthand what you are going through.
Try to avoid some of the chemicals that would be harmful to your body such as paint and toxic supplies around the house. These will end up getting into your bloodstream and could affect the overall health of your baby. Be extra cautious when you are pregnant to protect the child you are carrying.
Help reduce morning sickness by munching on slices of cucumber. Keep cucumber slices in water in your fridge and try snacking on them throughout the day. No one is sure why it works, but for a good percentage of women it has a calming effect on their morning sickness symptoms.
Many people want to keep their pregnancy hidden from people for the first three months. It is better to choose one person that you can confide in. This will allow you to get release from everything that is going on in your life and talk about what is bothering you.
If you think that you are pregnant, you need to take a pregnancy test before you do anything that could be harmful to a baby growing inside of you. If you cause harm to your unborn child because you drank or smoke while you were pregnant there is a good chance that you will feel guilty for the rest of your life and that your child could be born with defects.
Consume at least 15 milligrams of zinc each day when you are pregnant. Many women have a zinc deficiency during pregnancy. This can affect their baby's growth and immune system. Some studies have indicated that not consuming enough zinc can also affect the immune system of your unborn child's offspring.
If you want a carefree pregnancy, you are out of luck as it doesn't exist. However, if you want a pregnancy that is a bit more comfortable in which you are a bit wiser, you can use this guide and all the tips provided to get off to a great start in nurturing a growing life within you.


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Multiplying fractions calculator
Fractions calculator with steps lets you add, subtract, divide and multiply fractions, mixed fractions, and whole numbers.
Multiply fractions and mixed fractions, multiply fractions with whole numbers
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1. Set the number of fractions you need to multiply - you can select to multiply 2 fractions, 3 fractions, 4 fractions, 5 fractions, or 6 fractions.
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These Linds Men's Classic Black shoes are for you, if your'e looking for a quality made, left handed bowling shoe. These shoes are made with US top grain leather and they have a buckskin sliding sole as well as a smooth rubber traction sole with a leather tip. Don't miss out on this amazing shoe made with the finest material!
The heal will degenerate until it develops a slick, black coating. It will be slippery and there will be no braking with the heal. If you clean it off, it will brake and you will face plant until the black slippery coating develops again. I wore Linds for 15+ years and loved them. What did you guys change? You used to be the best on the market. Now, you can't even compete unless someone wants to spend $250+ on your custom shoe. You guys really need to figure it out.
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Vick Ballard Suffers Season-Ending Injury, What it Means for Ahmad Bradshaw
Vick Ballard reportedly suffered a "freak" knee injury at Thursday's practice. The injury is expected to sideline the second-year RB for the rest of the season. The injury comes just a day after the Colts announced their intentions to implement a time share between Ballard and Ahmad Bradshaw in the Indianapolis backfield. Obviously, Ballard's injury crushes those hopes and boosts Bradshaw's value going forward, assuming he himself can avoid injury.
The Colts coaching staff was apparently raving about Ballard's pass-protection from their Week 1 win over the Raiders. However, Bradshaw has excelled in pass-protection throughout his time with the Giants and shouldn't have any problems manning those duties.
Look for Bradshaw to shoulder the load this weekend vs. the Dolphins, with Donald Brown getting more involved on 3rd downs and occasionally spelling Bradshaw for a few carries.
Yesterday, Bradshaw's value plummeted as much as anybody's, with the announcement the team would establish a 50/50 timeshare moving forward. Not 24 hours later and Bradshaw has firmly grabbed the team's lead role. Bradshaw will have back-end RB2 and solid flex value moving forward. Let's just hope his feet can remain healthy enough to make it to the back-end of the season.


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Give a Gift to Last a Lifetime
Bequests or charitable trusts are examples of planned gifts. They are a wonderful way for you to provide a future gift to charity. You can take care of yourself, your family and VNA Community Healthcare & Hospice. Planned giving involves providing for a future gift to charities through your financial and estate plans.
A bequest is a gift from your estate—a transfer of cash, securities, or other property made through your estate plans. You can make a bequest to VNA Community Healthcare & Hospice by including language in your will or living trust leaving a portion of your estate to the agency, or by designating VNA Community Healthcare & Hospice as a beneficiary of your retirement account or life insurance policy.
Your bequest will:
- Help VNA Community Healthcare & Hospice continue it's mission
- Give you control of your funds or property during your lifetime – it can be changed at any time
- Reduce estate taxes
- Enable you, if you let us know of your plans, to be celebrated, recognized and honored as a member of our Caregiving Society
Making a bequest is EASY! Simply download our Sample Bequest Language and contact our Development office (email or call 203.458.4277) to let us know of your gift.
You may name VNA Community Healthcare & Hospice as a beneficiary of your IRA or other qualified retirement benefits. Please consult with your tax advisor regarding the tax benefits of these types of gifts.
Naming VNA Community Healthcare & Hospice as the beneficiary of a qualified retirement plan asset such as a 401(k), 403(b), IRA or profit sharing pension plan will accomplish a charitable goal while realizing significant tax savings. It can be costly to pass such assets on to heirs because of heavy tax consequences. By naming VNA Community Healthcare & Hospice as a beneficiary of a retirement plan, the donor maintains complete control over the asset while living, but at the donor's death the plan passes to support VNA Community Healthcare& Hospice, free of both estate and income taxes.
Making a charitable gift from your retirement plan is easy and should not cost you any attorney fees. Simply request a change of beneficiary form from your plan administrator. When you are done, please return the form to your plan administrator and notify VNA Community Healthcare & Hospice. Once you decide to designate VNA Community Healthcare& Hospice, as a beneficiary, simply provide the address and tax identification number, as follows, on your beneficiary designation form.
Please contact us if you need further assistance.
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If you have decided to include VNA Community Healthcare & Hospice in your estate plans, we would like to show you our appreciation by including you as a member of our honorary society, Legacy of Care.
We want to make sure that your legacy gift is used as you intended. To recognize and thank you for your generosity and planning we will send you a certificate of appreciation and letter from Janine Fay, our president & CEO. We will also host an annual event to recognize and honor you and other members of our Legacy of Care.
You will also be recognized as a member of our Legacy of Care in our annual report that sites our donors. As a member of our Legacy of Care, you will receive timely information, tips, and ongoing information about our services and healthcare trends.
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Location: Bratislava, in the part of the city - Petrzalka
Address: Kopcianska 82/E, Bratislava
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Pension offers its clients high-standard accomodation, board and especially relax services.
Pension Raki Centrum is built as a passive house, fully air-conditioned with a permanent supply of filtered fresh air, thanks to which you will enjoy your peaceful sleep.
Restaurant, relax centre, securited parking, laundry, tire and car services are self-evident.
Pension Raki offers its clients comfortable accomodation with 1 apartment and 13 modernly equipped rooms with a total capacity of 31 beds.
Elegant and pleasant enviroment of Restaurant Bari with the capacity of 80 seats offers various traditional food, as well as international cuisine.
Hotel amenities: Restaurant, conference room (50 seats), relax centre, air-condition, fast-speed internet connection, securited parking
Hotel services: celebrations, weddings, proms, meetings, conferences, workshops
Room amenities: Bathroom, toilet with a fan, air-conditioning, internet connection, SAT/TV, telephone, safe, minibar
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We use Bug Club and Phonics Bug to support the teaching of Phonics and Reading.
This includes home access. Please see your child's Class Teacher for access details.
Click for Bug Club and Phonics Bug via ActiveLearn
Academy approach to reading:
At Estcourt Primary Academy we believe that as well as bringing enjoyment and advancing learning, reading is an essential skill for leading a happy, healthy and full life.
From Year 1 every day the children complete a guided reading activity which follows a cycle.
A pre activity
A guided session with the teacher
A post activity
Phonics or spelling
The text the children work on in class is meant to challenge the reading skills and is pitched the level above the one they are working on. Children also complete guided reading and one to one reading sessions within our Foundation Stage to develop phonic skills and good reading behaviours.
Within the Foundation stage and Key stage 1 the pupils also receive daily phonics sessions in addition to the guided reading. The children are taught this in ability sets, with key words sent home for the children to practice.
Details of reading schemes:
A book band is a level that can accurately span across different book schemes and is also used to select the books for Guided Reading. It takes into account the child's phonic and comprehension skills.
To develop their comprehension skills, the children take home a book which is 'at their level' or 'book band'. We currently use the Oxford Reading Tree, Bug Club and Navigator book schemes. The children are expected to set themselves 1 comprehension question a week based on their reading book, which is marked weekly by the class teacher. Pupil's reading books are changed as regularly as a required.
In school, children have guided reading everyday and currently read Bug Club books in KS2, Collins Big Cat in KS1 and Bug Club in Foundation Stage. The children are expected to complete activities set from these books as well as reading online books from Bug Club.
As part of the children's guided reading session they are asked multiple questions about the book they have read. These are taken from the new reading descriptors from the new reading curriculum. Below are examples of each type of question starter you could use to help start questions to ask your child at home.
KS1 question key ring KS2 question key ring
Reading Stars:
Reading stars is a 1:1 daily reading intervention.
It targets children's comprehension, spelling, phonics and writing skills.
Children learn how to think for themselves as a reader, writer and learner.
They learn to how to use phonics and comprehension as tools in the service of reading for meaning and pleasure and they progress to use these skills independently.
Reading Café
On a weekly basis, parents with children in years 1-3 join us for our Reading Cafe, which consists of a starter, main course and dessert. The children complete a variety of activities in the 20minutes before lessons start. This gives children the opportunity to read a book with their parents and engage in activities of their choice as well as develop a passion for reading.
Bug Club
Children have access to Bug Club online so that they are having the enjoyment of reading both at school and at home.
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Panasonic launches cloud PBX collaboration
Panasonic Business has launched fonhub, a cloud PBX and SIP business solution in collaboration with market leading cloud innovator BroadSoft.
The agreement, initially exclusive to Germany, will see the full range of Panasonic IP handsets fully integrated with an enterprise-ready cloud PBX, including unified communications, team collaboration and contact centre services.
"fonhub represents the leading provider of SIP handsets and the leading provider of cloud PBX services, coming together to offer an end-to-end unified communications solution," said Raphael Studer, European Business Development Manager for SIP Products at Panasonic. "The offering makes it easier for you and your workforce to stay connected and productive - from any device and any location."
Service will be available through the existing Panasonic distribution channel. fonhub gives all Panasonic dealers the opportunity to offer their customers an all-in-one business communication suite, including UC, Cloud PBX and Panasonic IP handsets.
The package is available as Standard hosted PBX, Premium Subscription and later as SIP Trunk in collaboration with the Panasonic PBX portfolio.
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Why I Chose Elliptical Machines
It can be a real pain looking for and researching all the types of fitness equipment in the hopes of finding the one which perfectly matches your needs. I personally love using Elliptical fitness equipment and I'm going to give you a few reasons why I like it and what to look for when buying one.
Elliptical trainers basically start using a smooth and oval-like movement which provides a low-impact and smooth movement that is fun and easy simultaneously. It would need you to stand on some soft footpads and the hold the hand grips which would help your balance. There are also those machines that offer the feature of an upper body workout as well.
The exercise that you would be doing on an elliptical is comparable to running or walking. A good thing about them though, is that as your feet bear your weight, they don't leave the footpads, and so you wouldn't be experiencing too much joint impact that you simply do as you run or walk on a treadmill. Therefore, you would be able to have a complete body workout that is very low impact.
If you are looking to actually purchase an elliptical, you will have to take the proper precautions and do the proper research to enable you to get the correct one. Each company that produces them have slightly different selling angles and provide different features. For example, so have been specifically designed for cross country runners whilst others just for the elderly looking to exercise in a safe way.
You would first have to consider your price range. There are some you could buy with prices ranging anywhere from around 200 dollars to a couple of thousand.
Generally, the more money you invest in one, the closer your experience is always to a health club workout, however not all people need or want health club quality equipment. Although you might want to spend extra for a better quality machine, the unit you would ultimately be choosing should not break the bank.
One of many things to consider is the functions of the elliptical. One of the best features for me is the option to control the resistance of the machine. What this signifies is that you could work up to harder levels as you go and soon be pushing your body to achieve some really fantastic results. When buying you get the option of whether you want this to be a automatic function or whether you want it to manual. Whilst getting the manual will cost you less the automatic version will let you do all the monitors for your heart rate and other vital workout readouts.
It's also absolutely critical that you look into different companies and make sure that the one that your dealing with is legit. It's very easy to get lead into a buying decision with a shady company and then end up having to pay the consequences.
If after reading this you believe that one of these cross trainers would be what you want to get, then start doing a little research and make a decision based on your findings. There are so many user reviews online and you could even head over to your gym and make enquires there too.
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Location Information
Santiago de los Caballeros, the second largest city in the Dominican Republic, is surrounded by mountains in the lush valley of the Cibao region. Places of historical, cultural, and ecological interest are nearby, and it is just a little over an hour drive to the Atlantic Coast. Known asLa Ciudad Corazón (City of the Heart), Santiago is the commercial and cultural center of the fertile Cibao Valley region, housing over 100 industrial free trade zone factories, the León Jimenez Cultural Center and cigar factory, and the commercial street of Calle del Sol. Although it is a growing city with a population exceeding 800,000, Santiago retains many features of a small town.
On the CIEE Service-Learning study abroad program students take the core course and capstone project at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM). For the service component of the program, students are selected to work with one of our Santiago-based community partners: Acción Callejera, Arte a Mano, Centro de Atención Primaria Juan XXIII, Fundación Cuidado Infantil Dominicano (FCID), Niños Con Una Esperanza, and Oné Respe.
Housing and all meals are included in the program fee. Study abroad students live in Dominican private homes, and meals are eaten at the place of residence. Homestays are within walking distance of PUCMM. Students and their families are asked to speak only Spanish. Living in private homes is considered the best housing arrangement in Santiago because of its practicality (there is no student housing on campus) and positive contribution to the program's objectives. CIEE works closely with host families to provide students the opportunity for integration into the Dominican community.
- Georgia Tech degree-seeking student.
- Good Academic Standing with a 3.0* (or higher) GPA at time of application
- Undergraduates must have completed at least two semesters of study at GT.
- At least 18 years of age by the program's departure date
- Be able to stay at the host university for the duration of their semester, INCLUDING through their exam period
- Be in Good Standing with the Office of Student Affairs and Housing
- All Non-U.S. Citizens are welcome to apply to participate in an exchange outside of their home country only. This rule applies to all who do not have a U.S. passport, including U.S. Permanent Residents.
- All study abroad participants are required to have a passport prior to any visa deadline dates, and any needed visas prior to departure date (Students are responsible for securing all required travel documents per the host country's regulations prior to departure).
*Some host schools have stricter requirements such as higher GPA or more time in school before study abroad. (See Academic Info on your host school GT program page for any restrictions.)
Academic Info
Since 1947, CIEE has engaged in fulfilling its mission "to help people gain understanding, acquire knowledge, and develop skills for living in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world." The Service-Learning study abroad program serves this mission by providing a framework for students to fulfill their educational and personal goals while bridging relationships in the communities in which their learning takes place. In this sense, service-learning takes theory to practice to meet the challenges of social problems and closes the circle on an experiential learning cycle, while providing benefits to all those who are involved with the program.
The American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) defines service-learning as a method under which students learn and develop through thoughtfully organized service that is conducted in and meets the needs of a community and is coordinated with an institution of higher education and the community; helps foster civic responsibility; is integrated into and enhances the academic curriculum of the students enrolled; and includes structured time for students to reflect on the service experience.
The CIEE Service-Learning program is specifically designed upon the four core principles of service-learning, and each component of the program addresses one or more of the principles:
1) Engagement
2) Reflection
3) Reciprocity
4) Public Dissemination
The design and nature of the Service-Learning program requires methodology that is more interactive, field-based, and reflective in theory compared to normal course pedagogies. Students are required to draw upon learned and new knowledge and reflect on these experiences through the analytic scope of research and observation methods drawn upon from the core course.
The language coursework is framed on the foundations of Spanish grammar, but focuses heavily on expanding everyday vocabulary and communication skills with regard to issues in community development and service work, enabling students to better communicate and understand the community in which they work.
The core courses and Directed Independent Research and Capstone Project draw on the expertise of the CIEE resident director and professors from the Department of Applied Linguistics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM). The internship component is coordinated through various non-profit and non-governmental organizations in the Santiago area.
Credit Transfer
Credit for courses taken as a part of exchange programs is received by transferring the credits back to Georgia Tech. For more information about this, click here. Here you will find the foreign credit approval form, the foreign credit approval form instructions, and a link to the registrar's Equivalency Table.
Students are normally graded on any combination of the following: quizzes, exams, papers, student presentations, and class participation much as in the U.S. Letter grades of A-F are given without pluses or minuses. Attendance is mandatory and incompletes are not accepted. Grades are given on a 10-point scale and are converted to the U.S. grading scale.
The Dominican Republic Service Learning Exchanges uses the following credit transfer system:
1 credits = 1 GT credit
Partner Transcript Grade = US Grade
FN (Failure Due to Absences) = F
Program Costs (Estimated)
- For most exchange programs, participants must pay GT tuition, GT campus fees, and study abroad insurance to the GT Bursar for each GT semester they are abroad. No other expenses associated with this program are paid to GT; instead, these expenses are paid on site.
- Keep in mind the costs of books, health insurance, food, living expenses, and travel money, as well as pre-departure costs like your passport and visa.
- Following are cost estimates for one semester at the exchange program school that may help you prepare for your term(s) abroad. All costs are in USD.
GT Mandatory Fees
* Miscellaneous
Round-trip airfare
Mandatory Insurance
In-state Total
Out-of-state Total
Costs in the preceding chart are estimates for GT students based on tuition rates posted by the GT Bursar. Guaranteed tuition rates, graduate tuition rates, and MBA tuition rates vary. Please check the GT Bursar's web site to confirm actual tuition rates based on degree, term, or level of study. Insurance rates are subject to change. Actual costs may be higher or lower than those listed above, depending on the exchange rate and personal spending habits/needs.
Additional Financial Information
Cost of attendance includes all meals.
Visa and Passport Information
- Complete information about how to apply for or renew a U.S. passport is available here.
- You must obtain all proper immigration documents, such as an official passport and a visa if required. Students are responsible for securing all required travel documents per the host country's regulations. For visa information visit the U.S. State Department website here.
Experiences of Former Students
Want to hear from former study abroad students about the realities of daily life at the host school? Want to see snapshots from around the world - taken by former study abroad participants? Check out these helpful links: Peer Advisors and Study Abroad Photo Contest.
Can't find a student perspective for your particular program? Contact this program's Exchange Abroad Advisor (listed at the top of this page); this advisor often has lists of recent participants who are eager to tell other GT students about studying abroad.


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July 2015
Uyghur Exile Pursues Life in Turkey After Taunts and Torture Back in China
- Fri, 07/31/2015 - 00:00
Young political prisoner recounts how China's post-9/11 crackdown sundered his once prosperous family.
A Voice From China's Uighur Homeland, Reporting From the U.S.
- Fri, 07/31/2015 - 00:00
IN December 1994, Shohret Hoshur, then a 29-year-old journalist in a remote corner of the far western Chinese region of Xinjiang, said goodbye to his homeland.
China: Ensure 2022 Olympics Won't Fuel Abuse
- Fri, 07/31/2015 - 00:00
IOC's Selection Raises Massive Concerns, Challenges
CPJ calls on IOC to ensure press freedom at 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
- Fri, 07/31/2015 - 00:00
The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by the decision to award the 2022 Winter Olympic Games to Beijing and calls on the International Olympic Committee to ensure that journalists are able to freely cover all aspects of the Games, including sensitive issues such as construction of the venues, possible protests, and any allegations of corruption.
Human rights groups slam IOC for granting Beijing 2022 Winter Games
- Fri, 07/31/2015 - 00:00
The Beijing bid delegation had no sooner finished their congratulatory hugs and handshakes after being awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics than criticism from human rights groups over the IOC's decision began to pour in.
China Indicts Former Party Chief of Xinjiang's Capital for Graft
- Wed, 07/29/2015 - 18:58
The former Chinese Communist Party chief of Urumqi, the capital of the far western region of Xinjiang, has been indicted on corruption charges, China's state news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday.
Uyghur Terrorism: A Misnomer?
- Tue, 07/28/2015 - 00:00
Conflating domestic protest with international terrorism is unhelpful.
Do we have to be told what is terrorism?
- Mon, 07/27/2015 - 00:00
State-sponsored torment of Uighur community in China's western region is bound to trigger a backlash at some point from the repressed minority
Thailand's move to return Uighurs to China is a massive moral failure
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Turkish help for Uighur refugees looms over Erdogan visit to Beijing
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The folded piece of paper with a photo of a four-month-old baby tells a story that will loom over Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his Chinese hosts when he visits Beijing this week.


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I live in a little house rather centrally within a medium sized Canadian city with my husband, 2 children and 2 dogs. I'm a mum, a wife, a PhD student and a lover of walks and books. We've just moved from our condo and are slowly working at making this little house our home.
This blog is a place for me to share the things that I've found, seen, used or made…mostly in relation to children and the home, but perhaps also things relating to dogs or being a 30-something student. I'm still getting the hang of this blogging thing, and I suspect that it will turn out to be quite an organic experiment. An ever changing entity, so please check back and see what's new!
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LG Mobile has announced that "more than half" of its planned 'phone output is to run Google's increasingly popular Android platform, with Windows Mobile pushed into second place.
A survey has revealed that consumer interest in Google's Android platform has surged 15 percentage points in the last three months - rapidly catching up to market leader Apple's iPhone.
A new Samsung point-and-shoot digital camera - boasting a 14 megapixel sensor, WiFi, and an AMOLED touch-sensitive display - has been leaked ahead of its launch at CES.
Wily hackers have worked out how to root the Barnes & Noble Nook ebook reader, allowing third-party Android applications to run on the device - including a full web browser.
Samsung has announced that it is to launch a new smartphone OS which will be based on Linux.
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The Advertising Standards Authority has branded adverts for LED-backlit TVs from Samsung "misleading," and has banned the ads from running again.
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Chinese chip maker Rockchip is looking to beat ARM at its own game, with the launch of an ultra-low voltage processor aimed specifically at Android 'phones.
The annoucement of a PC-based operating system by Google yesterday may lead to Eric Schmidt's departure from Apple's board of directors under competition law.
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Rumour has it that Sony is looking towards Google's Android platform for its next revision of the Walkman range of MP3/MP4 players.
Google has added a neat new import feature to Gmail which allows users to quickly transfer their messages and contacts from another webmail provider.
Nokia and Intel have teamed up to launch the oFono project, which aims to produce an abstraction layer to mobile telephony functionality on Linux operating systems.
Google's Android platform is set to explode in 2009 according to predictions from Strategy Analytics - and with 900 percent growth could knock the iPhone off top spot.
T-Mobile has sold its one millionth G1, the first commercial smartphone implementing Google's Linux-based Android operating system.
OpenMoko has announced that it is postponing plans for a follow-up to its ambitious open source smartphone to concentrate on the secretive "Project B."
Microsoft has announced a deal with PacketVideo that will see PlayReady DRM bundled with mobile devices running Android, Linux, and Symbian.
The X11 graphical user interface platform has been successfully installed on the Android-based T-Mobile G1, allowing for a fully-fledged desktop environment.
Google is set to introduce paid-for content to the Android Marketplace - with developers getting a 70 percent cut of the proceeds, and carries taking the remainder.
Motorola has announced the closure of its Windows Mobile development centre in Florida, prompting speculation that it is ditching the platform in favour of Google's Android.
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The Cast:
LOLITA-MARIE CLAYTON (Lisa), a Virginia native, delighted in her role as Lisa and thoroughly enjoyed the entire film-making process. It was truly a pleasure working with the Too Saved cast and crew. Lolita-Marie has been involved with community and professional theatre as an actress and period make-up/hair consultant, and also volunteers her voice on Books-on-Tape for the visually impaired. She most recently graced the stage as Sadie in 'Having Our Say," Cyrillia in 'Jocasta,' and Lorraine in 'The Man Who Came to Dinner.' She received her M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and her B.A. from Howard University. Lolita-Marie thanks God for His bountiful blessings. None are more apparent, meaningful, and humbling to her than the patience, love, and support she has received from Brandon, Bernice, Michael, James, her family, and friends as she continues to live her dreams.
JAMES JOHNSON (Bobby) is a Virginia native. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre in 1997, from Virginia Commonwealth University. DC theatre credits, include: Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare's Sistah Theatre Co.), Member of the Wedding (Ford's Theatre), Macbeth (Theatre at Lime Kiln), Anna Lucasta (Rep Stage), Kingdom (African Continuum Theatre Co.). Currently onstage at Imagination Stage, in the production of Junebug and the Reverend. NYC theatre credits include: Richard III (TWAS Project), All's Well that Ends Well (Tattooed Potato), The Meeting (Paul Robeson Theatre). Film/TV credits include: America's Most Wanted, Kid Fitness TV, Eleven, Gratuity's Included and Too Saved. He wants to thank God, friends and family for their love and support.
ANTOINETTE GREENE-FISCHER (Mona) started taking acting classes some 20 years ago in New York. She did some extra work on The Cosby Show, Sesame Street, some independent films and music video's. Then she moved to Maryland 18 years ago, where she continued taking classes, doing some extra parts but primarily I was being a Mom. Now that the part has taken on another stage, she does local commercial's "Shopper's Food", "Giant", "Towson University". Independent films, "Run", "Thread", "Boner", and Too Saved. She was an extra in "Die Hard 4", "The Wire" and "Invasion". She has been in the industry for some 27 years as a broadcast technician for Fox Television. And in her spare time she enjoys bicycling, weightlifting and spending time with her family.
CLARANCE VM FLETCHER (Pastor Robinson) happily makes his debut with Nubia Filmworks, Inc. in Too Saved. Recent film credits include: America; At the Corner of Clark and Clifford, 8 Hours and the Lion's Den. Recent drama projects include: Waiting to Be Invited and The Blues of Lula Mae Jenkins. He thanks his soul mate of fifteen years Janina, for without her love and support nothing else would matter!!! Special thanks also go out to Knycos, Jhane, and Cyrus for their continued love and support. For film and stage projects Clarance can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.
CAROLINE PLEASANT (Deaconess Ford) "Too Saved" is Caroline's debut film with Nubia Filmworks, Inc., and she is pleased to be a part of this project. Television credits include "The Wire" on HBO, and the role of Ms. Josephine Harris in "Countdown to Ground Zero", on the History Channel. Stage work includes Miss Leah in "Flyin' West", Mammy Louise in "The Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman vs. Mammy Louise and Safreeta Mae", and the Judge in "Nuts". Her work includes industrials, as well as in independent films such as, "Exodus 2013". She received her Associate of Arts Degree in Theatre from Prince Georges Community College, and she studied at The Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory. Caroline thanks God, family, and friends for support, and loves her work.
SOWANDE TICHAWONNA (Fred) was born and raised in Washington, DC. He graduated from Howard University in Washington, DC with a BA in Broadcast Production and a minor in Drama. He most recently performed in the feature film, Too Saved. His stage credits include, Nocturnal Agony, Dancing the Night Away, also directed by Shuaib Mitchell and Missing Pieces by award-winning playwright, Maria P. Jones in Washington, DC. He also performed in staged readings of A Rose By Any Other Name by Shuaib Mitchell in New York and Rome and Juliettte by Christa Dickey in Washington, DC. His film credits include The Session by David Johnson and Victims of Circumstance? by Patrick Charles.
ANNETTE C. JAMES (Mrs. Robinson/Pastor's Wife) lives in Upper Marlboro, Md. with her husband Lee and three-year-old son, Donovan. Annette's recent film credits include Too Saved and Eight Hours Plus. Her theater credits include: A Round of Hearts, Essense of Love, and Miracle at Mattie's Place. One of her favorite scriptures is, Philipians 4:13, "I can do all things through Christ, who gives me strength."


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Welcome to LWOS Hockey's summer series, Call to the Hall, where we take a look at the next great player from each NHL franchise to get called to the Hockey Hall of Fame. There are a few caveats, the player must be active, and must have played 300 games (or 150 for goaltenders) with the franchise.
Check out the previous Call to the Hall articles HERE.
Call to the Hall: Vancouver Canucks
The Canucks currently boast just a small handful of alumni in the hall, a group consisting of Mark Messier, Mats Sundin, Cam Neely and Pavel Bure. One of the ongoing criticisms of the franchise is that throughout their 44 year history, they haven't had a ton to brag about in terms of elite, superstar talent, with Bure being the only one of the aforementioned four to make a truly significant impact on the organization. Sure, Markus Naslund had a nice career, and Trevor Linden left a huge mark on the franchise, but both are probably stretches for the Hall of Fame at this point.
There aren't too many candidates as far as future hall of famers go in the pipeline, but they do have a couple, including franchise goaltender Roberto Luongo and former-Art Ross winner Daniel Sedin, but there's one that stands above the rest, and that man, is Henrik Sedin.
Henrik Sedin
Henrik Sedin first came onto the scene with Modo Hockey of the Swedish Elite League, finishing second in team scoring behind former Canuck Samuel Pahlsson, and eventually landing a slot as one of the top ranked prospects of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, and one of the two highest ranked Europeans (along with his brother Daniel). Despite concerns expressed from agent Mike Barnett and Canucks head scout Thomas Gradin about them being selected by separate teams, the Twins entered the draft, and after some marvelous work courtesy of Canucks GM Brian Burke, Daniel and Henrik were selected 2nd and 3rd overall by the club. The two started their NHL careers in the 2000-01 season, with Henrik putting up 29 points in 82 games.
The Swedish centre never truly broke out as a star until the 2005-06 campaign, when he put up 75 points in 82 contests, while putting together seasons of 81 points, 76 points and 82 points over the next three seasons. In 2009-10, Sedin emerged as one of the league's biggest offensive stars and captured the Art Ross trophy as the league's scoring champion with a startling 112 points, which included a career-high 29 goals for Sedin. In addition to his Art Ross, Sedin, the 13th captain in franchise history, also won the Hart trophy that same year as the most valuable player to his team, and was named to the first All-Star team.
He followed that up with a 94-point 2010-11 campaign, which placed within the top-five of NHL scoring for that year, and then what was essentially a point-per-game season in 2011-12 with 81 points in 82 games in a season which saw the Canucks take home their second consecutive President's Trophy.
What separates Henrik from other candidates – namely his brother, Daniel – is his mild edge in several franchise records, specifically his lead in the overall points category, where he beat out former scoring champion Naslund with an assist against the Dallas Stars during a 2012-13 contest. As it stands now, the centerman currently boasts 915 points, and, barring he doesn't fall off a cliff completely or experience some sort of career ending injury, should easily hit 1000 points within the next two seasons. In addition to his excellent regular season output, Sedin currently ranks 2nd all-time in franchise playoff points with 78, trailing only now President of Hockey Ops. Trevor Linden (95). If the Canucks can squeeze in a couple of post-season appearances over the next handful of years, it's conceivable that he could eventually take over as the franchise's leader in post-season production.
Over the course of his 1092 NHL game career, Sedin has established himself as one the league's premier playmakers, becoming the franchise's all-time assist leader by a mile (150 assist lead on Daniel), as well as ranking 51st all-time among all NHL'ers, and 3rd among active players (behind only Florida's Jaromir Jagr and San Jose's Joe Thornton).
Internationally, Sedin won a gold medal with Team Sweden at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, and would have been part of the 2014 silver medal-winning roster had he not been sidelined due to injury. At the IIHF World Championships, he took home bronze medals in both 1999 and 2001, and won the world title in 2013 (playing alongside his brother and Bruins winger Loui Eriksson, which, due to their success as a line, later sparked rumors that Eriksson was on his way to Vancouver via trade). At the junior level, Sedin has partaken in three World Junior Championships, two European Juniors and a World U17 Hockey Challenge (winning a silver medal in the process).
Henrik has not only been a productive player, but also a durable one, accumulating an extravagant "iron-man" streak of 679 consecutive games played, 6th all-time, and, while in progress, ranked as 2nd on the active list to only St. Louis Blues defenceman Jay Bouwmeester (737). In addition, he has dominated the team award nights over the years, winning five Cyrus H. McLean trophies as the team's top scorer ('08, '09, '10, '12, '13, '14), two Cyclone Taylor Trophies as team MVP ('10, '12) and one Molson Cup as the player with the most three-star selections ('10). Henrik has also competed in three NHL All-Star Games (2008 in Atlanta, 2011 in Raleigh and 2012 in Ottawa.)
Not only has Henrik Sedin been an astronomically important piece of the franchise's history on the ice, he has made a significant impact off it. His most notable contribution was when he and Daniel donated a combined $1.5 million to the BC Children's Hospital, with the money going towards a pediatric intensive-care unit and a diagnostic imaging area.
Henrik Sedin has been a dominant player for many years in the NHL, and while he seems likely to slow down after a 73-point 2014-15, there's no questioning that he's put together a sterling career, and, despite falling short of a Stanley Cup so far, should be a definite Hall of Famer one day, and will go down as one of the most important figures in the history of the Vancouver Canucks.
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Clint Schmitt
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Phone: 423.394.7964
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B. Mus. Ed., Jacksonville State University
M. Mus., New England Conservatory of Music
Woodwind Methods
Clint Schmitt holds adjunct faculty positions at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Southern Adventist University where he teaches applied saxophone, music theory, woodwind methods and jazz survey classes. He holds degrees in Music Education from Jacksonville State University and in Saxophone Performance from The New England Conservatory of Music.
His resumé includes performances with such prestigious organizations as the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Opera Company of Boston, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Portland (Maine) Orchestra, the Peerless John Philip Sousa Band, WGBH-FM radio in Boston, WFMT-FM radio in Chicago, and the New England Conservatory Orchestra, as a concerto competition winner.
In addition to maintaining a full teaching schedule, Mr. Schmitt actively performs in the Chattanooga area in classical, jazz and commercial settings. Performances here have included working with The Temptations, The Impressions, the musicals State Fair and West Side Story, and two concerto appearances with The Chattanooga Symphony and Opera. He regularly appears as guest conductor for the Big Band Fever concerts of the CSO.
Performances outside the Chattanooga area include appearances with the Alabama Symphony in both classical and jazz settings, guest solo performances at regional North American Saxophone Alliance conferences, the Southeastern Band Conference, the Georgia Music Educator's Conference, and the Anniston Museum Recital Series, as well as several recital appearances at various Southeastern Universities and Colleges.
Mr. Schmitt is a contributing member to the Worldwide Concurrent Premieres and Commissioning Fund, which has commissioned works for saxophone by composers Gunther Schuller, John Harbison, Michael Colgrass and Larry Bell.


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Title: Fantasy
Theme: sm-monthly LJ community: July (Minor Characters) 19th - Erotic
Genre: Angst/Drama/Dark/Smut
Version: Manga
Rating: NC-17/M
"I'm Sailor Mercury!" She had told him as he had looked at her drenched form in shock. The thunder had drowned out her words but it was the rain pelting down her drenched, unfamiliar form and her disheveled appearance that froze him. She repeated herself more softly when the thunder died out, but it was her torn and bloodied uniform that convinced him. He didn't realize who she was until she told him. "Motoki-san," she had murmured his name and on any other day he might have blushed at the intimacy in her voice. He had wondered how Sailor Mercury was real and how she knew him (by first name basis, even!). "I'm Mizuno Ami," she told him, the frenzy in her eyes quieting, like someone coming into the eye of the storm.
The world halted.
When he had regained his senses, he found that he had taken her hand and led her to the back to find her a towel. She had broken down half-way there, telling him how they had watched a civilian get caught in the cross-fire and taken hostage, how the poor young girl was tortured before their eyes, how the youma had gotten away despite their righteous anger, and how she couldn't stay to face the guilt (she had thrown up at even mentioning the memories). Then she had looked at him, and Motoki didn't know what to do with the woman who he had always thought of as a cute little sister as he dried away her tears and wiped clean her chin, watching her rinse away the bile from her mouth. She was different now, standing before him with her ripped blue-white suit, long legged, bruised, battered, shamed and strangely beautiful.
The rips though... they were a bit strategic, weren't they...?
The air grew heavy with a sudden tension in the silence and Motoki shifted uncomfortably from his place for all the wrong reasons (why did his eyes have to wonder?). He felt guilty for being in the back room of his store with an obviously distraught friend while ecchi thoughts made him feel slightly hotter than he wanted to. Reika, think of Reika-
But Sailor Mercury's, or rather, Mizuno Ami's down cast eyes landed on the last piece of his body that he wanted noticed (as he was trying to discretely shift it away from view). Then her fingers stopped him (when did the room get so small), trailing up his legs and stopping his breath. "Do you want me?" And her voice held surprise though it remained hoarse and scratchy from tears and pain and- She sounded so sexy that Motoki's brain stopped functioning.
Then Sailor Mercury, dark eyed and pale, grabbed the front of his shirt with needy fingers, pulling him down to her and kissing him with more passion than experience. He tasted the slight sour after-taste of vomit and blood, sorrow and fear, and it drowned him, her emotions. He discovered quickly that this was no sweet-kiss of a high school girl but that of a cornered woman who had seen too much. He would never have thought that the studious Mizuno Ami who blushed at the sight of him, who discretely tried on fruity lip-balm in the corner of his arcade and hid behind her books and glasses, could have ever tasted like this. Yet, she also tasted of rain, the slight salt of the sea on her skin, and the soft murmur of waves against his throat as she dragged her lips like a whisper, brushing against his Adam's apple.
"I've never done this before," she whispered hotly against his ear. And this shouldn't have turned him on, this whole situation was wrong, but he was turned on and it was not because of any emotions he had ever known before. Except that she needed him, and that the room was too small, and the black, forgotten things in the back of his mind began to take him over. And he remembered how her usual high school sailor-fuku would fall to her knees - and ah, did he ever realize her legs were that long? And her waist was small in his hands. Her bones, they were so delicate - how could she fight all those monsters? And she made little noises when he blew a hot breath against her cool skin.
It wasn't long before they both realized they (or rather he) had no clue how to undress her from that ripped armor. She had laughed softly, smiling for the first time since he had found her that night. Her lips were softer now, against his skin. They moved into a teasing curve as the armor vanished from beneath his hands, like mist upon his fingers. Her school uniform suddenly appeared, dry against her cold skin. At this, he felt the beast inside him rumble. "Mizuno Ami," he whispered, and for the first time he could say her name and believe it. She rewarded him by unzipping his pants and grasping him, pulling him loose while he tried to gentlyremove her from her clothes without giving in to the urge of ripping it all off.
And then they fucked.
Her back was against the wall and her legs were wrapped tightly around his slender hips (they were stronger than they looked). It was different - raw and naked, almost too violent and almost too good. And it was not as erotic as he would have thought it would have been, but it was a lot more desperate and needy and incredibly satisfying.
It was a fantasy of his that he hadn't really ever thought would become a reality, though it was far from what he would have ever dreamed of himself. After all, most men fantasized about having sex with an actual high school girl in her sailor fuku - and Reika had even offered once. It was not soft or slow or romantic, though he would have thought a girl like Ami would have wanted it like that. And it must have hurt her, though she wouldn't show it or allow him the room to think about it.
"I'm used to it," and he interpreted itto mean pain, though he tried to be kind when any amount of oxygen would reach his brain through his constricted lungs. He just didn't last long enough, not with the animalistic way they came together. The way she would turn her hips just so to grind against him almost made him not believe this was her first time, though he felt and knew it was. The way her muscles splayed and rippled and moved to drive him against her, hard enough to make him grit his teeth (and perhaps rattling hers). Half-formed thoughts of gentle love-making never quite got anywhere in the fog that took over his head.
And he knew, even then, that this was not for pleasure or even because of the infatuation that he had sometimes caught in Ami's shy glances his way. It was just to forget, it was the desperation to feel something real and whole and human (and not despair). The after-taste of her pain lingered in evidence upon his body and on his tongue. And when it was over, it ended in a small explosion. The pants between the mingled sweat of their bodies drove her, a discovery for Ami that brought him soft, grim satisfaction that was not as bitter as he thought it should have been, but neither was it sweet.
"I've had so many fantasies," she told him later. Her blue-black hair, short and soft, was laid out against him. Her pink lips murmured - a bridge between her white skin and his when they were finished and spent and motionless against the floor. "I had wanted to shatter each of them," she confessed. Her voice was soft and her eyes, when he turned her face to him, were haunted as she looked at him and through him.
"I know," he told the blank expression in her eyes that wanted to stop such things as feelings and thoughts (and altogether, life itself). And he did, though he could not understand why or why the look of hopelessness in her gaze did not disturb him (or why it was so familiar). Motoki brought his arms around her. "Sometimes, I feel I'm missing a piece too, like I have forgotten something important." He smiled a little bitterly at this, "That I had lost something I had forgot ever having at all." He never told anyone this, not Reika and not his parents, not even his little sister who would watched him with worry. Yet, between him who could not remember and she who could not forget, he could be honest, just a little bit more than usual.
"Innocence?" she had suggested but it was not really a question that escaped from Ami's lips. She closed her eyes and leaned against him. "I'm sorry, about this... I know you have a girlfriend, but..."
"It's not like you brainwashed me, Ami-chan," he joked, interrupting her with a boyish smile against his lips. Ami winced at his words, though he did not understand why. "It takes two people to do something like this," he amended softly and kissed her forehead in a brotherly fashion, though they weren't really in a position to call it by such a name.
"For now," she closed her eyes. "Can you just hold me a little bit longer?"
"Yeah," he answered without reserve and let her lean on him just a little bit more.
Tomorrow, Motoki promised himself. I'll feel guilty about this, tomorrow.


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Flights to Bergen
Flights to Bergen from main hubs:
Amsterdam – klm.com
Copenhagen – sas.no and norwegian.no
London – norwegian.no and ba.com
New York – norwegian.no (only summer)
Reykjavik – norwegian.no – icelandair.com (only summer)
Oslo – sas.no and norwegian.no
Stockholm – sas.no and norwegian.no
From the airport
Bergen Airport, Flesland:
The venue in Bergen city centre is located a 30 minute drive from Bergen airport, Flesland. You can travel to the venue by airport shuttlebus, "Bybanen" (Bergen Light Rail), or taxi:
Airport shuttlebus: Leaves every 10 – 15 minutes form the airport and costs NOK 100 for a single ticket or NOK 170 for a return ticket which can be paid by cash or card. The bus can be found directly across from the arrivals exit.
You depart at Festplassen, which is a ten minute walk from the venue. For more information visit the shuttle-bus website here.
Bybanen is a light rail that stretches from Byparken in the city centre to Bergen airport Flesland. The light rail leaves every 5-7 minutes and costs NOK 37 for a single ticket which can be paid by cash or card before boarding. It takes around 45 minutes from the Airport to the city centre.
Taxis are also situated directly outside the arrivals exit. The price may vary between NOK 500 and NOK 700 depending on time of day and traffic.
The conference venue will be the University of Bergen Faculty of Law (Magnus Lagabøtes plass 1, map), and the University of Bergen Aula (map, entrance from the lower deck).
You can also see a map of the University locations on this map.
We offer rooms at the following hotels:
(These prices are only available when booked via the conference registration site).
Scandic Bergen City: NOK 1170 per night for a single room (and NOK 1370 for a double room).
Citybox: NOK 700 per night for a single room (and NOK 850 for a double room).
For more information on what to do in Bergen go to our official travel site: http://www.visitbergen.com/en/
Most people from countries outside the EU/EEA must apply for a visitor's visa. Check https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/visit-and-holiday/ for more information.
Evening events
(prior registration is required)
– Reception: Wednesday, September 27 at The Faculty of Law 18:00
– Conference dinner: Thursday, September 28 at Fløien Folkerestaurant 20:00 Departure from the bottom station 19:30. Must be pre-booked. Price: NOK 380 (map)
If you have pre-booked the dinner you will receive a dinner ticket attached to your nametag.
The dinner also includes a round ticket for the Fløien Funicular (Fløibanen), taking you up to Mount Fløien and the restaurant. You will need to bring the ticket to be able to ride the funicular.
It is still possible to sign up for the Reception and Conference dinner. Please send an email to email@example.com if you wish to register for these events.
Thursday, September 28
08:00 – 13:00 University Aula
13:30 – 16:00 Faculty of Law
All participants must remember to register upon arrival to gain access to the conference and dinner!
Lunch is included both days. If you wish to register on site for the conference dinner, please note that we only accept payment by credit card.
Weather and clothing
The weather in Bergen in September is fairly mild, but temperatures may vary from 10 – 20°C. For further details you can have a look here.
Things to do in Bergen
Bergen offers a wide range of attractions and activities. We can recommend visiting Bryggen, taking a stroll through the narrow alleyways and walking or taking Fløybanen up to Mount Fløyen for a beautiful view of the city. If you want to further explore the fjords we also recommend a fjord cruise. Find more information about Fjord Tours here.
The pre-event on Wednesday 27 September at 16:00 is cancelled due to unexpected circumstances.
You can see the detailed programme here.
During the parallel sessions there will be 3-6 speakers in each sessions, which gives 10-15 minutes for each presentation (depending on the number of speakers in the panel). It is possible to use PowerPoint, and the speakers must bring their presentation on a memory stick.
Exchange rates are around 9,3 NOK per EURO. Almost all places accept credit/debit cards, and there is an ATM at the airport if you wish to withdraw any cash.