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Daughter called this afternoon. "Hi, Mama."
"Oh, I'm your mother again."
Silence. More silence.
"Okay, last night was bad. I'm sorry."
She invited me to the party, provided I didn't embarrass her. I dutifully showed up a few minutes after the party started at 5:00. She wasn't there. The car transporting her home from program broke down. They'd sent someone to rescue her and the others. I talked to the house manager, who said Daughter seems to be adjusting well, and always greets her warmly.
Finally someone told me Daughter was dropping off her things and coming. (The party was at the men's house next door). She said Daughter was pretty upset. I told her I had figured she would be. When she finally came in, she was glad to see me and hugged me (in public). She was upset because someone who used to be in her program and is rather exuberant, to say the least was there. We got our food, and went back over to her house. We sat and ate together and chatted. It was pleasant. She was not happy when I mentioned I might not make the traditional egg casserole for Christmas morning, since we'll have to head out to worship, so I said I'd make it. I guess she likes that tradition more than I knew.
I left her and went to the warehouse store, and got home a little while ago. I think I was possessed by my mother while I was there, because I ended up buying more Christmas decorations. Now I'm going to go put them up.


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The Wall Street Journal seeks to explain Rudolph Giuliani's persistent lead in the polls:
For now, Mr. Giuliani's ability to sustain his lead is striking, almost baffling. The idea that a party dominated by Southerners and conservatives who oppose abortion would open its arms to a thrice-married New Yorker who has backed abortion rights, gay rights and gun control is a mind-bender. The last supporter of abortion rights who made a plausible run for the party's nomination was then-California Gov. Pete Wilson in 1996, and he lasted about as long as a red-eye flight from the West Coast.
Yet here are today's numbers: A fresh Journal/NBC News poll shows Mr. Giuliani commands the support of 33% of Republicans, more than double the 16% who favor John McCain or the 15% who back Fred Thompson. Most surprisingly, he leads among self-identified "very conservative" Republicans and weekly churchgoers, and is essentially tied with Messrs. McCain and Thompson among evangelicals.
What accounts for this gravity-defying performance? For starters, it's a sign that for many Republicans an image of strength -- Mr. Giuliani's prime asset -- now trumps a candidate's position on the issues.
"It's all about leadership," says Scott Reed, a Republican strategist who ran Bob Dole's 1996 campaign but is unaffiliated this time around. "It's all about him being a tough guy who won't take c--- from anyone. Social conservatives have embraced this and have overlooked the traditional issues of life, marriage and the Second Amendment for the guy," Mr. Reed adds.
Similarly, some conservatives seem to have changed their top priority from social issues to fighting terrorism. They may well view Islamic extremists as a bigger threat than abortionists to the future of Judeo-Christian society, and nobody looks like a better foe of extremists than the former New York mayor who stood strong amid the rubble of 9/11.
Mr. Giuliani's rise also appears to reflect a streak of sheer practicality among Republicans. He could bring whole new states (think New Jersey) into play for the party. Much as Bill Clinton persuaded liberals to swallow their misgivings about him in 1992 in order to win, Mr. Giuliani is doing the same with conservatives now.
I believe that The Street is largely missing the point. While there are a small number of Giuliani true believers the majority of his support is coming from the "anybody but Hillary" crowd. People remember the Senate race that didn't happen between Clinton and Giuliani. The one which even partisan Democrats expected Giuliani to win (until he found out he had prostate cancer and had a nervous breakdown).
Fear on the part of Republicans has caused the Clinton machine to appear almost supernatural in their eyes. The fact that Giuliani was once favored to beat her has caused him to reach a similar level of supernatural ability in many Republican eyes. Like the deeply flawed Hercules who murdered his family in a drunken rage but also defeated the Hydra the deeply flawed Giuliani is seen by too many timid Republicans as the only force on earth who can prevent Satan incarnate from ascending the throne in DC and bringing down the reign of the Antichrist.
That the real life Mrs. Bill Clinton is, in a political sense, as dumb as a doorknob and unable to learn. That half the people in the country have already said that they have reached a settled conclusion that they will never vote for her. That she has already proven herself incapable of dealing with even the slightest resistance in any even moderately graceful way. That the wheels have already started to come off her campaign and Democrats are already beginning to think of her as the new Howard Dean is something that the scared rabbit wing of the GOP simply cannot get their minds wrapped around.
To them Hillary Clinton has been the spider in the web masterminding every Republican defeat for the past 15 years. Never mind that her ineptitude handed the Republicans control of both the House and Senate in 1994 and that the bitterness of her legacy prevented Al Gore, who should have had an easy win, from being elected president in 2000. No, to the cowering wing of the GOP she takes the form of a near-omnipotent Lovecraftian elder god descending like Dread Cthulhu from the depths of the primordial ocean of stars to rule over a trembling earth.
Sorry but I don't buy it. Hillary Clinton will be formidable because she will be backed by the Democrat Party machine and supported by the legions of those who have been enslaved by the soul-destroying chains of dependence upon one form of the dole or another. But she has massive negatives to overcome and she simple lacks the personality or the mindset to overcome them.
She also has another massive liability. Bill Clinton. Although most would think of him as a great asset, an up till now he mostly has been, he will not continue to be. Bill Clinton's driving characteristic is his ego which requires him to be "the bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeral and the baby at every christening" (as Teddy Roosevelt's daughter once observed about him).
He is simply not going to be able to take a backseat for very much longer. And not only must he grab as much attention as he can he must also make it crystal clear that he is still the star and that everyone and everything, especially Hillary, orbits around him. What will eventually happen is open warfare between Bill Clinton and his wife's campaign.
Up against this all the Republicans need to do is run a genuine conservative.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
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The Wall Street Journal seeks to explain Rudolph Giuliani's persistent lead in the polls:
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U.S. Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) released the following statement regarding this morning's announcement that Florida's unemployment rate is 11 percent. According to Florida's Agency for Workforce Innovation, the state's current unemployment rate is 1.2 percentage points higher than the national unemployment rate of 9.8 percent and is up 4.3 percentage points from the September 2008 rate. Meek's statement follows:
"Today's unemployment rate verifies what Florida's working families have known for a long time – the economic downturn has touched every community in our state and remains severe. When the nation's economy sniffles, Florida suffers a severe cold and we are not taking full advantage of a remedy available to heal our state. The Economic Recovery Act that I voted for was meant to create and save jobs, and spur economic recovery. When leadership was needed in Tallahassee to take full advantage of the Recovery Act, it was absent and federal dollars set for Florida's recovery were left on the table in Washington, DC. While other states were quick to deploy stimulus dollars putting people back to work, Florida delayed and the consequences of that inaction are in part revealed by today's unemployment figures. I urge the Governor and Legislature to act swiftly by using these federal dollars to jumpstart our economy."
Monday, October 19, 2009
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What does the word "Teamwork" mean to you?
I think teamwork means working together and in a positive way and not complaining about it.
How do you see these students trying to work together?
I see them dancing together and not horse playing and being professional about it.
How important was teamwork for these students?
Very since they are dancing like grown ups and some of them don't speak English.
What do you think is the main message that these students should take away from this experience?
How important team work is and how to work with other people
How will you work together with your teammates in Globaloria?
We will think of ideas for our game together and think of ways of how to improve them to the other team members liking


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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Her Godmother: A Magical Adventure for Children: Book Trailer
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Allie begins her magical adventure as her mother takes her to her Godmother while she works out the issues in her life. Surrounded by woods, Allie finds new adventures and a path to healing as Aunt Bridget shows her how to find the magic not only in herself but miracles in the world around her. Harry Potter was taken to a world separate from the mundane; Allie learns that magic is not only real, but is part of every day life.
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"…Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth..." – 1 Sam 3:9-10 KJV [italics & emphasis mine]
We tend to get intimidated if not irritated when someone says ''the Lord told me…'', we don't like the idea that God spoke to him/her. It gets on our nerves when someone 'claims' to have heard from the Lord…who does she/he think she/he is? We think that one has to be 'special', 'holy than thou' or 'tight-close to God' for God to speak to him/her. Yet the bible records many instance of God speaking to sinners and saints as well, yes God speaks to Lucifer, the devil.
Perhaps the reason you don't hear God's voice is because your mind is filled with 'worries of this life' so much so that when He speaks, you don't realize it. Or May be you don't hear God's voice simply because you don't know His voice? John 10 Jesus said my sheep ''know'' my voice; in Mark 21 Jesus warns us against worries of this life_lest they keep us from our waiting on Him. When was the last time you 'heard' from God? Would you recognize His 'voice' when God speaks to you?
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A startup that does all three will probably succeed.
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A day after Times Now Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami demanded strict action against "pseudo-secular and pro-Pakistan" journalists on his primetime Newshour debate on July 26, NDTV consulting editor Barkha Dutt lashed out at her former colleague with a strongly worded Facebook post criticising Goswami for his "cowardly hypocrisy".
In a Facebook post, Dutt said she is ashamed to be from the same industry as Goswami who called for gagging of media. On the Newshour debate, Goswami had called some rival channels sympathisers of militants and pro-Pakistan. He demanded stringent punishment for them.
Barkha Dutt took strong exception to the #ProPakistanDoves term used by him to describe journalists and questioned his silence over the alliance agreement between BJP and PDP that commits them to talks with Pakistan and Hurriyat and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's own Pakistan outreach.
She also expressed disgust over sections of media's silence on Goswami calling them ISI agents. "Imagine, a journalist actually exhorts the government to shut down sections of the media, misrepresents them as ISI agents and terror sympathisers, calls for them to be tried and acted against. And our fraternity remains locked into politically correct and timid silence," wrote the NDTV journalist.
"So he drones on and on about Pro Pakistan Doves without one word on the JK alliance agreement that commits the BJP and PDP to talks with Pakistan and Hurriyat and is silent on Modi's own Pakistan outreach- neither of which I object to- but since Arnab Goswami measures patriotism by such views why is he so silent on the government? Chamchagiri?" wrote Barkha.
Times Now calls for gagging of media & for journalists to be tried &punished. This man is journalist?Ashamed to be from same industry as him
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) July 27, 2016
ALSO READ: Barkha Dutt to Arnab Goswami: Happy that you loathe my kind of journalism
Here's how Twitterati reacted:
Hey @rahulkanwal no prizes for guessing which one :) https://t.co/xjJzg6YeBx
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) July 27, 2016
Whether or not you like @BDUTT's reporting is irrelevant: a journalist shouldn't call for colleagues to be silenced. https://t.co/fekj4ZlbPM
— Patrick French (@PatrickFrench) July 27, 2016
When @BDUTT gives it back to India's biggest sycophant – Arnab Goswami https://t.co/3ZGacqLr4i
Hey @rahulkanwal no prizes for guessing which one :) https://t.co/xjJzg6YeBx
Hey @rahulkanwal no prizes for guessing which one :) https://t.co/xjJzg6YeBx
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) July 27, 2016
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) July 27, 2016
— Preeti Sharma Menon (@PreetiSMenon) July 27, 2016
Journalists must question ALL politicians.Cong, BJP, TMC etc. Trying to silence the press in name of "nationalism" is nothing but censorship
— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) July 27, 2016
Barkha didi should attack Arnab dada more. That will lead to Arnab getting even more aggressive. And we can watch the fun. LOL :)
— Governing_India (@India_Progress) July 27, 2016
Just saw a Hindu rightwinger call Barkha Dutt a "paid journalist" — what else will any journalist be? No one works for free – employer pays
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Wow! Agenda of Barkha-Zakka? Good for young Zakka to be hyphenated with a veteran like Barkha by you guys.Well done! https://t.co/ZdNDvlWNVJ
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One big happy family. That is the goal of this group. Well maybe not the goal, but that is what I am hoping for. When people do things together, trips, group projects, work, team sports, etc. it has the potential to build up or tear down friendships. There will be conflicts, but you get to practice real world conflict-solving to fix it.
We haven't reached that point. Right now everyone seems happy, honkey-Dory. I would be a fool to assume that stays that way. Until then though lets focus on all the positive:
I have a fantastic view this morning. Take a look at this puppy:
Boom. Welcome to the Swiss Alps. Where everything is beautiful, highly engineered and the whether currently is rainy. I legitimately look outside thinking I'm in the Misty Mountains of Lord of the Rings. Words cannot do this place justice. This place is a wonder bomb-shell of sweetness. Go #MBIEURO16 #STUDYABROAD
At first there was worry between the fam (short for family, short for the original 13) about the integration of the "Swiss-kids" to our family. I was hoping we would show them kindness and so far we have. It is wonderful seeing the love come out of the group. At the same time it is intriguing to see what social cliques are developing. Or at least I should say I find it interesting. As much as I love people, humans are peculiar beings that don't make sense half of the time. With all the social changes I can already tell that I'm playing multiple sides of mine own personality. Going from one setting and being a passive player, to the next leading the charge. Honestly it is somewhat exhausting to be a ambiguous personality. The chameleon who adapts to the situation he is given. We need a leader, I guess I will lead. We need someone to follow, I am here. It is just interesting. The internal processing is crazy. I'm holding back a lot of it because all these changes are a little overwhelming to process. I just have to take one step at a time and just be me. Which is a basic phrase to repeat: I am experienced in who I am, and need to really process/analyze all this down the road.
Thanks again for joining us on the current news:
I survived today. No crabs. No lobsters, or fish with any claw life thing that pinches. We got up after breakfast and went up into the mountains and got to First (Fe-Urst) where there was a quaint little restaurant and then toured (very little) before we had to head down the mountains for lunch. We took cable cars (Ski lift bubble things), and a train to get to and from our destinations. It was lots of fun. Of course souvenirs are ridiculously expensive here. Like it is absurd the cost of some things. But perhaps since it is a more touristy area that is the price I pay. Oh well life goes on. We only live in this time period once.
That was the gist of today, besides for meeting three of the girls from my future Sister Floor at Moody. Which was cool. In closing I want to weigh in my words on the whole Orlando situation.
- Everyone needs compassion. I don't care if I disagree with the lifestyle of the people who died, they and their families are in need of our respect. As a human more of us should feel sick to think that someone would hurt others.
- As Americans you need to be hurting for OUR Family. Not a "high, how was your day? and then shrug them off" family, but a community of people under one nation. we should mourn.
- The only way to combat "Radical Islam" as the politicians will not put it, is Christian influence. Minister to these people who are hurting and holding fast that God's word does not return void. Be mindful and tactful, but most of all radically show how Christ can change the live of you and I, and them ultimately.
- Keep praying for the people who were injured and the families of the victims. Losing loved ones is hard. Especially to a tragedy. No words could describe the pain they are going through. So church, lets love them!
We can rally behind the humanity of others and learn to provide for them. Then we will learn to fully submit to the will of God that we should be lovers, and teachers of love in the capabilities that we are given. Don't slow down for the gospel or taint it will our preconceived notions that we can truly follow it without showing how we radically loving others in the light of the Father.
Well anywho, I'm going to bed. Good night, greetings from Switzerland,
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My final thought on Student Leadership University is that it was amazing. If you're a leader but not really growing as much as you'd hope I recommend this program. If you aren't a leader but would like to start I recommend this. Even if you are a great leader that wants to continue to improve I still recommend it.
Today we went over the meaning to S.E.R.V.E.
The S in serve stands for seeing and shaping. Being able to notice the things that need to be improved and then fixing it.
E is for encouraging others. In the role of leadership it's very easy to not like someone's personality and then react negatively to it. Instead I thinking encouraging and loving on them is the best way to get to someone who needs help and support.
R stands for reinventing yourself, always growing. One thing I learned that alarmed me was in one whole year a person may read one book that wasn't assigned to them. Out of 365 days most of us don't even pick up a book. To be a leader you have to be a reader. Learning and growing is the best way to be an excellent teacher or leader.
Then we have V, this stands for valuing relationships and results. Some of us value relationships the most which means we care deeply about others thoughts. Valuing results the most means that we stress about the outcome and are very competitive. A great leader values both equally.
Then there is E which stands for embodying your values. Figure out what your value is then share it to others.
I believe when people ask us if we are great leaders then some of us are insecure about our leadership so instead we say that we're good leaders or simply okay. Something that stuck to me is one of the speakers said "you're only a great leader if you believe you're a great leader". Once we heard this the room became silent. The next thing he mentioned was to be confident in your skills, not to glorify yourself but to glorify God and use it to help others.
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As we were getting the boys ready for bed, I suddenly remembered that I didn't get any pictures with my boys today!! I am so sad:( I really like to mark special occasions like today with pictures. I started searching through all my pics on my computer to find my other Mother's Day pictures and I found…2 years. 2 out of 5 years. 2.
Sweet boy that changed my life!
May 2009. Last year's Mother's Day. Samuel~ almost 4. Zakkai~just over 2 yrs.
Today was a rush, rush day. We woke up and rushed out the door to church, afterwards raced to the produce market to get fruit, raced home to make a fruit salad and raced to a very sweet friend's house who invited our family over for lunch! After our very nice lunch, we went home only to get ready to go for the weekly Sunday Frisbee games. Zakkai was sooooooo tired, he was sobbing "I want to go to beeeeeeeed!"
After a short frisbee appearance, we infused ourselves with the garlicky garlic "new" Domino's pizza. A few words: Better than it was…..not great…..waaaaaaaayyyy too much garlic. I feel the heartburn coming on. Really. Coming now.
Two of the sweetest little boys in the world are tucked in bed after I read to them one of my favorite books, "Love You Forever." But the best part of my day, was the special present Samuel presented me with after church. He made me a gift at school and Ben helped him hide it in the trunk on Friday. Today he handed it to me. There was a card with the word "Mom" written on the front and beneath a very colorful heart. Inside he had drawn two stick figures: Me and Him and the words "I Love You." The gift was this pen they decorated with a fake flower and all these beads (hard to explain). He face seriously LIT up when he saw how much I loved it! I told him it meant so much to me and I was going to keep it forever and that I "love, love, loved it!!" I wish I had a picture of his face. He was so happy that I liked it. It made me all teary:) Really, it doesn't take much to make me teary these days (commercials, sweet stories, garlickly pizza that causes heartburn)….but still!
I love Mother's Day and my 2 (and a half!) reasons for celebrating it:) Happy Mother's Day to all of my family and friends who pour themselves out on a daily basis to love their children! And mostly a Happiest Mother's Day to the best mom in the world, whom I strive to be like everyday.


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80 turn out for Anzac service
GYMPIE Region's only evening Anzac Day service once again drew a big crowd of all ages to the Wolvi and District War Memorial Hall.
More than 80 people gathered for the commemoration, including Federal Member for Wide Bay Warren Truss making his first appearance to a Wolvi service.
Member for Gympie David Gibson and Gympie regional councillors Graham Engeman and Julie Walker were also in attendance.
The Wolvi Hall Committee preceded the service with a barbecue followed by the Anzac Day service at 7pm.
This year's service included an Australian Flag donated to the hall by Mr Truss and a New Zealand flag on loan from the New Zealand High Commission.
The Uniform Resolution was read by Wolvi State School captains Rose Gemmel and Minnie Grady and the service concluded with the school choir singing "The Last Anzac".
A display of military memorabilia supplied by Bill Hewat was viewed with much interest by young and old alike.


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"Call me if you need anything."
How many times have we heard that or said it ourselves?
How many people actually take us up on our offer and call us? I know I have said it but I am trying harder to notice needs of others and do something without waiting to be asked.
I read a really good article the other day about someone who called her sick and bedridden friend and asked simply, "I've had you on my mind. I need to spend a few minutes with you to see if I can cheer you up a little. Do you think you could sit up and tolerate company for about 45 minutes?"
What she ended up doing was giving her a manicure and visiting with her.
I like the last paragraph,
"If my friend had called and asked me if there was 'anything she could do' for me, I would have told her no. If she had asked if she could come and give me a manicure, I surely would have refused, thinking it was the last thing I needed or wanted. She said only that she cared and wanted to cheer me up—and she fulfilled that promise by physically touching my hands and spiritually touching my heart."
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Motivation: It moves you
Motivation, motion and move all have the same route. At the simplest level they are all about moving you. That could be your emotional state, your physical state or your social-economic state.
You need motivation to move in any direction. The lack of movement is a sure symptom of a lack of motivation.
When you find yourself unable to move look for a new direction to move in – even if it means move one or a few steps back. The act of moving will help to trigger the feeling of motivation within you. Sometimes you need to backup before you can charge ahead.
Avoid growing roots of inaction. Keep moving. It will help you feel motivated.


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Multiple players in Silicon Valley have entered the battle against digital misinformation.
Apr 18, 2018
The co-working giant has once again put its pile of cash to use—this time by buying social platform provider Meetup in a deal that breaks with the downward M&A trend in the space this year.
Nov 28, 2017
Verizon has completed its acquisition of Yahoo for roughly $4.5 billion. So, how does Yahoo's sticker price stack up against the sums paid for other media companies acquired this decade?
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Social media has grown incredibly over the past 15 years, changing the way we consume and share information, as well as the speed at which information becomes available to us. Let's explore some companies within the space to see just what they do and how much attention they've received from VC investors.
May 8, 2014
A highlight of some of Facebook's biggest acquisitions, including Oculus and WhatsApp.
Mar 26, 2014
WhatsApp has agreed to be acquired by Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) for a colossal $19 billion the single largest acquisition of a VC-backed company ever.
Feb 20, 2014
Facebook, then Twitter, then? The tech community is wondering what the next social platform slam dunk will be, and using PitchBooks extensive database of VC-backed startups, we have access to all the possibilities:dating platforms, sports platforms, college communities and more.
Nov 8, 2013
We've taken our coverage of Twitter's evolution and made an infographic timeline full of financing details, valuation milestones, notable acquisitions and more.
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Rydges Palmerston – Darwin
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Mark T.
ID: 5bcd485b-8062-4469-80cc-9932710c4f96Very comfortable overnight stay
We were greeted by very friendly staff from the start of our stay and every staff member encountered was friendly and attentive. The room was very well decorated and appointed. Extremely clean. We had dinner at the Fork and Dagger. ... more
Marta K.
ID: 17d0a848-dba7-4dac-b561-cf6b4b24481aDarwin Rydges great hotel to stay at
our Stay at Rydges in Palmerston was fantastic, clean and a beautiful room we had Disability Room very Spacious and the very clean Hotel, Every pne that works there are very helpful it made outstay very enjoyable, will b going ... more
ID: 636ce766-0e6a-40e3-89ab-a1d9fcb7fa30Wires Crossed
I booked the room through bookings.com for 2 adults and 2 CHILDREN and when I go to check in, they had two rooms booked on separate floors???? I was not going to have my children sleeping on separate floors so ... more
ID: dddd1e06-39dd-44e1-bf1f-2677e516a522Excellent
Easy to book, excellent rates, fast check in and friendly service.
Ross C.
ID: 88ecd6d0-14eb-4cf1-8c96-6fd0d378b244Rossco
Clean,comfortable and friendly staff
Mark P.
ID: 584b7cc3-17cc-4b37-a75d-e2a03b7e0f77Quality of stay is above expectation
Overall the room, facilities, staff and service is above expectation. A pleasurable stay has been had and the Fork and Dagger Bar and restaurant are a favourite.
ID: 032d7d50-2b89-47ca-b90e-eca6b20c4bedGood Location, close to shops and entertainments
More spacious rooms and very comfortable environment. More facilities available like gym, swimming pool, dining etc at one place. close to all kind of shops make more easy to buy stuff we wanted.
ID: 80ff2980-f846-42c5-b7db-7dc3bf49488bGreat One night stay
This has to be my fifth stay at Rydges Palmerston Hotel and like always the staff on front desk is very helpfully hazel in particular was nice to switch my room from suburb view to the city, the hotel room ... more
ID: 7bc2a1e8-1384-449b-8a6c-e16da034211aabsolutely awesome !!
clean , comfortable ,great friendly helpful staff, great food and atmosphere in the restaurant and bar area, nothing was to much trouble for the staff ,would definitely recommend
Bev D.
ID: edb87176-e063-4c6e-80dd-7a1d5bd112bcComfortable stay, loved the late check out option when we joined up
ID: 89b599ce-1e1e-497d-bef9-45a21e5d46baGreat Stay
Stayed for 5 nights in a King Single, was plenty of room and the bed was really comfortable. Room was cleaned daily and the cleaning staff were lovely. The only meal we ate at the Hotel was Saturday night buffet ... more
Brad A. C. G.
ID: 4dc408cb-e0ae-4534-9c39-790f669c5a12What a great place
Loved it. Rooms were great, extremely clean, spacious and the staff were terrific. Couldn't fault it at all.
ID: 55a55132-6aee-4281-8ec1-e68dae176f58Fantastic staff and facilities
An absolute pleasure to stay at. I travel a lot and Rydges if definitely my preferred accommodation provider. Great location, fantastic dining and bar area over looking the pool if you wish, or giant TV screens to watch the footy. ... more
Susan M.
ID: 15b4b75d-d4f4-45cd-8418-0c9069fd8489Clean, friendly.
Elise in restaurant, James and Georgia front desk were absolutely brilliant, very friendly, very helpful. Stay here was fantastic. Looking forward to returning in the near future.Ok
ID: 134939c7-6315-4c21-9252-b63a4c80c93aEnjoyable, safe, clean and delicious!
I love staying at the Palmerston Rydges. The food is delicious, served quickly and they have friendly staff, The room and bathroom is always clean. Only suggestion is someone needs to clean the treadmills in the gym a bit more, ... more
Robyn H.
ID: feea0b64-3114-4a9f-a504-c27cd67a5620Excellent as always
I have stayed at your hotel for approx. 14 weeks over 2016 and will probably do the same this year. Clean rooms, fantastic pool that I like to exercise in early each morning, friendly staff, free newspapers, free parking are ... more
ID: d13ce622-50d8-4906-92ce-59a85e7c2322Disappointing for want of better meals
2 items of constructive criticism: 1) Breakfast was fine, lunch and dinner were both very ordinary. My Caesar salad looked as though it had been prepared in a blender. 2) The bathroom extraction fan in my room sounded like a ... more
Kristie S.
ID: bf29842f-8548-4f70-82cb-82df93aa1ca5Great room, food not so good!
Our room was huge! GREAT! Customer service was good... We had $130 worth of room service that was very average, went down to have swim and got a Piña colada cocktail, within 10 minutes I went up to my room ... more


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Hi there! Now that I've put some more time into Halo 5's multiplayer, I figured I'd share my thoughts so far. Buckle up!
Hard to believe it has already almost been a year since we played the Halo 5 Beta right? Well, during that time, 343 has been busy listening to our feedback and implementing necessary changes. So, how'd they do? Keep on reading to find out!
Before we go any further, I should answer the burning questions due to Halo MCC's rough launch. Does it work? Is matchmaking functional? Are there dedicated servers? In short, yes to everything. Matchmaking works, it is really fast, and it has dedicated servers, so there is virtually no lag. It is wonderful.
In Halo 5, there are two basic multiplayer experiences: Arena and Warzone. However, I'll be splitting this post into three categories by including the new game mode, Breakout, as its own category because I think it is different enough from the other modes to warrant its own category. Let's get started.
This is Halo 5's take on the traditional Halo multiplayer experience. Small teams, weapons on the map, equal starts, and competitive ranks can all be found here. As of right now, these are the playlists available in Arena:
- Team Arena – A mix of Slayer and Objective modes. Halo 5's premier competitive playlist.
- Team Slayer – It's Slayer. What else do you need to know?
- Breakout – A brand new game mode (more on this later)
- Free-For-All – Every Spartan for him/herself
- SWAT – Aim for the head!
- Weekend Social – a weekend-only playlist based on community voting (this weekend it's Shotty Snipers)
Now, you may be thinking, "This list is kinda short…", and I agree to an extent. Halo 5 launched with a very small selection of Arena playlists to choose from. However, 343 is already working on adding more playlists and maps into the rotation. November will see the addition of Big Team Battle, as well as maps specifically made for it. The fact that we're about 2.5 weeks into Halo 5's release and we're already getting more maps and playlists gives me good reason to believe that 343 will be adding maps and playlists quite frequently. More maps and playlists are always a good thing.
As for the gameplay itself, I think 343 nailed it. It feels like a natural evolution of Halo 2 or Halo 3 multiplayer. 343 seemed to take criticisms of Halo 4's multiplayer to heart, and they delivered a rock-solid experience. The weapons are balanced, the maps play well, and the Spartan Abilities add a fun new twist on Halo's well-known foundation.
All game modes in Arena start players with an Assault Rifle and a Magnum. I think that AR/Magnum starts works very well in Halo 5 because while it encourages players to pick up other weapons such as a Battle Rifle, DMR, or power weapon, they can still easily hold their own against almost any other weapon out there. The Magnum is especially fun to use because it greatly rewards a player with good aim. I'd say that Halo 5's Magnum is the best Halo has seen since its well known Halo CE counterpart.
The maps in Arena are, for the most part, pretty good. Here is a list of all the maps available now (NOTE: Orion was recently removed due to player feedback):
- Truth
- Regret (Remix of Truth)
- Empire
- Eden (Remix of Empire)
- Coliseum
- Fathom
- The Rig
- Plaza
- Pegasus (made in Forge)
Again, not a very big list, but I'm confident that 343 will add more maps sooner rather than later. I think that what makes it a bit worse is the fact that some of the maps all have a very similar appearance to them. Empire, Eden, Fathom, and The Rig are all UNSC-themed maps, and share many of the same pieces. That doesn't mean that I think those maps are bad; they just all kind of look the same is all. I'd like to see more Covenant-themed maps like Truth or more Forerunner-themed maps like Coliseum, or even some maps with natural structures instead of man-made structures.
If I had to pick an early favorite map of mine, I'd have to go with either Truth or The Rig, although Plaza isn't too far behind either. Oh, remember during the beta when I said that Pegasus was awful? Well, 343 made improvements to it, but I still don't like it. Just wanted to put that out there.
Spartan Abilities are the new additions to Arena, and they all work well and are very balanced. I'll briefly share my thoughts on them:
- Thruster Pack – very useful for evading damage, juking out opponents, or traversing the map
- Charge – a fun new way to smash your enemies to pieces
- Ground Pound – see above, but it's more difficult to pull off
- Slide – I don't use it very much, but its alright, I guess
- Clamber – adds more ways to get around the map, and can be combined with crouch jumping too
- Sprint – Balanced quite well and works as you'd expect (just don't sprint while your shields are recharging)
- Smart-Link – I know I said that I hated it in the Beta, but it's grown on me, and I'm okay with it
I also wanted to briefly touch on the ranking system, or CSR as it's called. It functions pretty similarly to how it functioned in the Beta, but the ranks were changed a bit. Now, the ranks are as follows, from lowest to highest: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Onyx, and Champion. Play ten placement matches in a playlist, and you'll be placed into one of these divisions based on your performance. After that, only winning will increase your CSR in that playlist, while losing will decrease it. However, you will never drop a division, so if you get to Onyx tier, you're there until the season ends and the ranks reset.
For the most part, CSR seems to work pretty well. I was placed in Platinum in Team Arena and Team Slayer, and I'd say that it is the appropriate division for me because most of the matches I played following were fair and competitive. However, in Free-For-All, I placed in Onyx, despite coming in 1st place only once, and finishing in the Top 3 only three times in my ten placement matches. I was definitely not expecting to be placed all the way in Onyx. Other than that, I like CSR.
In short, if you're looking for fierce competition centered around balanced, even gameplay, Arena is what you are looking for.
Breakout is a brand new game mode in Halo 5. It is a round-based, elimination mode where players are tasked with taking a flag in the center of the map and bringing it to the enemy base, all while avoiding getting eliminated. You only get one life per round, so you have to be cautious. To make it more intense, in Breakout, players have no shields and slightly less health, and everyone starts with an SMG and a Magnum. Breakout also has maps custom-made for it.
Now, I was never a big fan of those 'one life per round' game modes. I hated Search and Destroy in Call of Duty, and Counterstrike never appealed to me, so you'd think I hate Breakout too, right? Not quite. I like it once in a while as a change of pace, but I couldn't play it all the time. I will say that I'm always on edge while playing, since one wrong move could mean I'm waiting for the next round to start. Teamwork and communication are critical here.
While I'm not much of a fan of single-life game modes, I still enjoy Breakout, and you will to if you're into that sort of thing. Even if you're not, give it a try.
Warzone is a mix of PvP and PvE with 24 players fighting it out on very large maps. The goal is to capture and defend bases, kill the PvE bosses, and kill enemy Spartans. So, there is something for everyone to do? You suck at shooting? Well you can focus on capturing bases! You're a single player aficionado? You're probably best suited for dealing with the bosses. Are you a seasoned multiplayer vet? You know the drill: kill other players!
A big feature of Warzone is the Requisition system. Instead of having me go into detail about it with boring words, here's an informative video on the matter for your viewing pleasure.
People seem to think that Req Packs make Warzone Pay 2 Win because you can use real money to buy packs. I don't get that. You get plenty of Req Points to buy Req Packs without having to pay with real money. Plus, you still have to unlock the gear in Warzone before you can use it. And on top of that, most Req Cards are only available in Warzone, so if you hate them that much, you can play Arena since only cosmetic Req Cards are available in Arena.
The only criticism I can think of for Warzone right now is that the maps are all laid out very similarly. Each map has two home bases, an East Armory, a West Armory, and a base in the middle of the map, and each base on each map looks pretty much the same. If there were more variety in the bases, I think that it would be very beneficial to the variety of the Warzone maps, especially since there are only three right now.
That being said Warzone is still very fun. If you want to try something new with a big emphasis on lots of carnage, Warzone is the place for you.
Overall, I think that Halo 5's multiplayer really shines. There is a bit of something for everyone, and the gameplay is top-notch. As long as 343 consistently adds more maps and game modes, I can see Halo 5's multiplayer having a long, healthy life cycle.
And with that, I'm done typing for now. Until next time.


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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
-- H.L. Menken
"The fact that Romney has no actual jobs plan beyond letting the free market work its magic..."
It's not magic, it's the natural way things work. Markets are nothing more than human beings exchanging goods and services. They work well until governments intervene, masking price signals and other organic information that guides free people. Governments and the oligarchs who control them make it even worse by inventing money out of thin air and calling it wealth.
International Interventions have also Failed
Then I read Realism Prism: US Power and it's Discontents. Nikolas Gvosdev explains how US unpredictability can have unintended consequences...
This sense of exposure is heightened by what appears to them to be the unpredictable way in which the U.S. exercises its power. In other words, the question they all must consider is, what will "set Washington off"?
How and why the U.S. intervened in Libya when Washington routinely ignores humanitarian crises elsewhere raises the unpleasant notion that the United States does not operate according to any fixed set of criteria.We should butt out. Our unpredictability causes some poor souls to tragically wait for us instead of stringing up the bastards on their own. It has caused others to act rashly in the vain hope we would join in on their fight.
We are interrupting the natural flow of humankind. Yes, I know, our natural state is not luxury and technology, with flush toilets and sewer systems literally shielding us from having to deal with our own crap. As Hobbes stated, mankind's natural state is...
"No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death: and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short."
Same goes for the international financiers and businessmen. They need a free market. Free most of all from the taxpayer-funded safety nets.


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Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is." (Sass- know, be aware of, meet, have sex with; hoopy- really together guy; frood- really amazingly together guy.) Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Jem Roberts was born in Ludlow and studied English, Film & Television at Aberystwyth University. A lifetime in magazines led to the honour of writing his first book, the acclaimed Clue Bible, The Fully Authorised History of I m Sorry I Haven t a Clue, whereupon a life-long adoration for Blackadder made this follow-up a must. This, his third book is probably the closest to heart. He lives in Bath, where he runs the comedy gang 'The Unrelated Family' and writes strange tales for young readers.
"Jem manages to write about popular cultural institutions with knowledge and affection" * Stephen Fry * "Jem, you're very charming, it's a pleasure to go on about it" * Barry Cryer * "Roberts's lively conversational prose never tries to ape Adams's own style, but tells the story of his life in an accessible, compelling flow... this is a thoroughly absorbing read." * SFX magazine * "Hitchhikers is one of the most amazing pieces of literature created in modern times... His biographer Jem Roberts puts it all into context" * The Sun * "Roberts has done some meticulous work here and clearly cares for his subject'5*" * Daily Sport *


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Nasolabial Folds Adlelaide
Fillers for the nasolabial folds are a great way to treat lines around the nose and the mouth.
Nasolabial folds are the lines that run vertically from the sides of the nose to the corners of the upper lip, they are sometimes referred to as smile lines. Dermal fillers can be used to soften the appearance of these folds.
Nasolabial lines are the two skin folds that normally run from each side of the nose to the corners of the mouth, they separate the cheeks from the upper lip and are commonly referred to as nasolabial folds. Nasolabial lines can appear at an early age and can make us look older than we really are. In the mid twenties they may just appear as minor depressed lines and are in fact quite difficult to see unless someone is looking for them, however as the years pass their visibility increases and they become associated with an ageing face.
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What Are Nasolabial Folds?
Nasolabial folds are facial features that are often referred to as laugh lines or smile lines. You will notice nasolabial folds as folds of skin or deep wrinkles or lines that extend from the lower corners of the nose outwards to the corners of the mouth. The folds are seen to separate the cheeks from the upper lips. As you age these lines can become deeper and appear more prominent.
What Causes Nasolabial Folds?
Nasolabial Fold Treatment
Nasolabial folds are facial features that are often referred to as laugh lines or smile lines. You will notice nasolabial folds as folds of skin or deep wrinkles or lines that extend from the lower corners of the nose outwards to the corners of the mouth. The folds are seen to separate the cheeks from the upper lips. As you age these lines can become deeper and appear more prominent.
The dermal fillers we use to treat some wrinkles and deep lines are bio-stimulants of the body's own collagen, these dermal fillers consist of hyaluronic acid (non-animal based) which is a substance naturally present in living cells. Filler is injected into the skin in tiny amounts with a very fine needle and can have a lasting result of up to 9-12 months dependant on the individual. Hyaluronic acid can be used as a wrinkle filler, fold filler, cheek filler or for even lip augmentation. It supersedes in safety the older collagen (animal in origin) and silicon fillers now used less often.
How do You Get Nasolabial Folds?
Gravity's pull combined with internal changes to the natural structure and volume of our skin, and lifestyle factors like the sun, reduce our skin's flexibility over time. This eventually leads to sagging. Our cheeks become less defined and start to droop, which gives the face an overall tired and drawn appearance – even if we're feeling quite the opposite.
As the fat pads in the cheeks begin to slide down, they also create pressure on the nasolabial folds (lines from the outer nostrils to the edge of the smile). This makes the fold more pronounced, which can also contribute to a fatigued appearance.
Where did the Volume Go?
Over time, our facial structure naturally changes, thanks to reduced bone density and loss of facial fat. Our cheekbones provide less support for the overlaying facial fat, which then begins to move down towards the lower half of the face, creating a droopy, aged look that can impact how we feel about our looks and our confidence. Dermal fillers restore volume, lift and add definition to the cheeks while at the same time replenishing the body's stores of moisture by drawing water into the treated area.
What to expect
Results can be seen immediately and treatment with fillers is safe, fast and leaves no permanent scars or other traces on the face. Fillers add natural volume in your skin to lift and produce new firmness resulting in a healthy & vital appearance. After the procedure has been carried out the treated area may be slightly red and/or slightly swollen, however you can resume normal activities, immediately.
The results typically last 9-12 months although the exact length of time will depend on the structure of your skin and other factors such as lifestyle and age. Additional touch up treatments can be performed at any time after the initial treatment.
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Treatments generally take around 30 minutes.
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The improvement from fillers is immediate whereas anti-wrinkle injections usually show results in 1 to 2 days.
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Fillers last up to 24 months, and anti-wrinkle injections last 3 to 4 months.
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TONIGHT the worlds of high finance and horticulture will collide at the most popular fixture in the City year: the Chelsea Flower Show charity gala.
BSkyB chief executive Jeremy Darroch was spotted eyeing up garden sheds at last year's Chelsea preview, while Topshop boss Sir Philip Green – known in the City as "PG" – is also a regular at the UK's most high-powered garden party.
"There will be a terrific turnout," said Robert Swannell, chairman of M&S (below), ahead of his confirmed appearance at this evening's sold-out gala near Sloane Square. "For me it is always a particular pleasure as my wife and I share a keen interest in gardens."
Swannell and his wife, both trustees of the Kew Foundation, will no doubt make a beeline to the Kew show garden. However, other City names will gather around the Royal Bank of Canada's New Wild Garden and M&G Investments' M&G Garden, billed as "a modern take on the traditional kitchen garden".
But never mind the planting. Who is actually invited to tonight's garden extravaganza, where 5,000 guests will be served champagne and canapes before 1,000 sit down to dinner in various corporate-hosted tents?
The Royal Horticulture Society refused to give details of the guest list, but it is a safe bet that the senior executives of M&G Investments, the lead sponsor of the gala and the show, will have a strong presence.
So that's M&G Investments' CEO Michael McLintock and its owner Prudential's group CEO Tidjane Thiam accounted for. Moving on to the bankers, The Capitalist hears Lazards' London chief executive William Rucker is expected, as is Marcus Agius, group chairman of Barclays – apparently he and his wife are both "great flower lovers".
Simon Mackenzie-Smith, investment banking grandee at BoA Merrill Lynch, is taking a party, while Alison Carnwath, chairman of Land Securities, JP Morgan Cazenove chairman David Mayhew, Standard Life chairman Gerry Grimstone, and Lloyds Banking Group chairman Win Bischoff are also attending.
Throw in M&S CEO Marc Bolland, Tesco's new chairman Sir Richard Broadbent and David Wormsley, the head of UK investment banking at Citigroup who is advising on Glencore's £60bn IPO alongside Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse, and you have a dynamite combination.
Which could become even more explosive if Terra Firma boss Guy Hands, Wormsley's former friend who is still reeling from his humbling legal defeat by Citi over EMI, decides to put in an appearance...
FROM Chelsea gardens to gardening leave. Some resting bankers play golf between jobs, but Citi's incoming managing director of UK and Ireland investment banking Basil Geoghegan spent his two-month break after leaving Acision in March climbing the world's highest mountain in aid of The Ireland Fund.
Geoghegan reached the summit of Everest at 2.30am last Thursday and, ever the banker, he organised a helicopter to whisk him away from the summit to Kathmandu, before flying home to Dublin to spend time with his wife and four daughters before starting at Citi on 4 June.
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Today, I read in a magazine an article on the do's and don'ts of decoration with pictures on walls. Walls frame the house and are the face of the entire living quarter. What you put on the walls will have bearings on the well-being of your family members.
Many people love the idea of hanging personal pictures or paintings on the walls in the living room especially above their sofa. But from a Feng Shui point of view (Feng Shui is the balance of energies in spaces to bring about good health and fortune), the picture should never be larger than the sofa in the living room, larger than the table size in the dining room, larger than the working desk area in the study, or larger than the bed size in the bedroom. If not, the young ones in the house will rule over the senior ones, and the staff will overpower the Master.
What's wrong with this picture?
(picture courtesy of 3D House)
This decor seems to give better energy and happiness to the people living there.
(picture courtesy of HouseBeautiful)
Also, square and rectangular picture frames are preferred to round frames to create a better energy flow.


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What You Should Know About Roof Shingling
If you need to make repairs to your roof or are thinking of installing a new roofing material, you might be considering roof shingles. Roof shingling involves the process of installing or repairing shingles, often made of asphalt, concrete, or other materials. Here are some things you should know about roof shingling before you continue. There Are Many Types of Shingles The first thing you should know about roof shingling is that you have many types of shingles to choose from.
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The condition of your roof will play a critical role in determining the overall condition of your building. Yet, despite the importance of this component, there are many homeowners that are shockingly ill-informed about this part of their houses. This can lead them to mistakenly put their faith in a couple of prevalent roofing myths, which can lead to serious damage to their homes. Knowing the truth behind these two commonly held notions will help you to protect your roof from problems that can cost you serious repair bills.
The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Butterfly Roofs
Butterfly roofs are an uncommon alternative style of roofs that provide a modern and luxurious aesthetic to a home. Made up of two inward sloping gables, a butterfly roof looks like the wings of a butterfly lifting upwards. Because of their unique design, butterfly roofs have a number of advantages and disadvantages that other types of roofs don't have. Understanding the pros and cons associated with a butterfly roof can help you decide whether or not a butterfly roof is the best fit for your home.
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One of the nice parts of having a shingled roof is that it can easily be repaired when needed. Asphalt shingles are durable, long-lasting, and relatively easy to fix, but there will eventually come a time when you can no longer fix the roof on your home. At some point, this old roof will have to be replaced, and here are three key signs that it might be time to replace your roof instead of simply repairing it.
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Slate has been used as a roofing material for centuries due to its beauty, which is why it is installed on buildings like cathedrals and libraries. There have been many factors that make it difficult for homeowners to use slate roofing, since it is heavy, expensive, and fragile to install. Thankfully, the synthetic slate shingle is a new age improvement over the classic material, and will mirror the look of traditional slate without all the downsides.


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Google Chrome
Now there are all kinds of cool architectural ideas around Google Chrome, but right now, they don't matter so much to me. It's not like Firefox 3 is a horrible piece of junk that crashes every 10 minutes. The new architecture might pay off down the road, but right now, I don't see a strong case for switching.
There's one highlight that we would like to point to: Chrome can consume considerably less memory than Firefox 3. In our tests. This means that Chrome might be more suitable for Nettops than Firefox, and this might be the most obvious benefit of Google's software architecture for Chrome. How do YOU like it?


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Friday, 24 June 2005
non-Statuary Friday
It's my blog and I AM allowed.
5 comments:
- Ampersand Duck said...
I think you NEED a holiday. But I look forward to the next one, whenever it happens. It would still be quality even it were something like the first friday of the month...
- 9:25 am, June 26, 2005
Wot ampersand said.
But please, even though you will sometimes drag yourself to the computer, remember that on a deep level doing this blog thing is a pleasure.
That's what I keep telling myself anyway..
- 4:30 pm, June 28, 2005
- Ben.H said...
Is that Basil (masquerading under the nom de web "Bruce") on the Blogger log-in page?
- 7:49 pm, June 28, 2005
- Ampersand Duck said...
OK, times up. Enough holiday. Both you and Zoe have clammed up. I'm having to read books again...
- 2:00 pm, June 30, 2005
- Mallrat said...
oh no you're NOT allows young lady!
thinking up suitable punishment now.
but i am takign a li'l road trip to canberra this weekend, so i will try to find works opf appallign art alogn the hume.
- 2:29 pm, June 30, 2005


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Phoenix Nights (2001)
2 questions in season 1
Starring: Dave Spikey, Justin Moorhouse, Paddy McGuinness, Peter Kay
Genres: Comedy
Question: In the very first scene we hear Chorley FM, the DJ sounds a lot like Peter Kay. Is it him or am I wrong?
Question: In this episode Brian addresses Den Perry as Dennis, but in another episode in series 2 he calls him Denzel, I'm sure as they are rivals that they would know each other enough to get each other's name right, so why did Brian call him two different names?troy fox
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I have known most of these ladies for my whole life.
Food Glorious Food!
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Oh how I love Megan. She is so special to our family.
Mom's hand blown ornament tree. It is breathtaking.
Mom is welcoming the crowd.
My sweet Mama!
Last night was one of my favorite events of the Christmas season. Every year my mom hosts an ornament party for close friends and family. She has been doing this for several years since I was a little girl and the same people come year after year. My mom is the ultimate party planner and truly wants everyone to feel special and have a good time. She has the best food and a huge assortment. She picks up special items from all of our favorite places. Her house is so charming at Christmas and exudes the spirit of the season. The ornament game is quite fun and everyone loves to come away with their favorite. Last night we had a little scare with Cooper and Tom called at 9:00 and said we needed to take him to the ER. He had a bloody diaper and the doctor was worried it was related to his new acid reflux medicine or the steroid shot he received on Monday. Luckily everything turned out great and the doctor said he was a little backed up, surprise to us since he never has any problems in that department. I felt bad that this stopped the party but am praising God that once again he has his protective hand over our little love bug. I wanted to get a picture of mom and I last night but that didn't happen in all the commotion. Here are the ones I did take before the phone call.


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Kazi Afaq Hossain
Ex. Federal Secretary, Government of Pakistan
Ex. Secretary, Zakat and Usher, Government of Punjab.
Ex. DC Okara and Toba Tek Singh
Elected thrice, Member Executive Committee 1960s Member, Punjab Public Service Commission
Vice President
Mr. Asjad Ghani Tahir
Director General, Protocol, Punjab
At GC 1978-1980
Post Graduate Diploma in International Affairs, 1986
Vice President
Dr. Sheeba Alam
Head of Urdu Department
Kinnaird College, Lahore
Honorary Secretary
Dr. Khalid Manzoor Butt
Secretary Executive Committee, GCU Endowment Fund Trust
Chairperson, Department of Political Science, GCU
Elected thrice, Associate Secretary, ORU
Roll of Honour in Co-Curricular
College Colour in Sports
Secretary General
Rana Asad Ullah Khan
Former Secretary, Lahore High Court Bar Association
Dr. Salman Haider Kazmi
General Secretary, Young Doctors Association, Pakistan
Executive Member, Alumni Association, KEMU, Lahore
Presently working in MAYO Hospital, Lahore.
Executive Member Decade 1940s
Executive Member Decade 1950s
Mr. Muhammad Naeem Tahir
UCLA / Writer, Actor and Director
President of Pakistan Medal for Meritorius Services
Executive Member Decade 1960s
Mr. Najum Latif
Executive Member Decade 1970s
Prof. Anwar Ul Haq Chaudhry
Executive Member Decade 1980s
Mr. Farrukh Hayat Pannoun
Studied B.A, GC University, Lahore.
Mess Prefect of New Hostel, 1989
Passed Combined Competitive Examination/PCS (1994-95)
Recruited as Assistant Registrar Cooperative
Presently, District Officer Cooperatives/Deputy Registrar, Lahore.
Executive Member Decade 1990s
Mr. Usman Saeed
Studied B.A, GC University, Lahore.
Ex. Chief Coordinator of Mountaineering & Hiking Club
Ex. DO, Public Facilities CDGL.
Ex. Director Inquiries, Punjab Local Govt. Commission Recruited as Assistant Registrar Cooperative
Presently, TMO Shahpur, Local Govt. Department.
Executive Member Decade 2000s
Dr. Abdul Basit
Best speaker GCU 2006
Ex. President Allama Iqbal Medical College Debating Soceity
Ex. President Bazm-e-Iqbal,Allama Iqbal Medical College (2011-12)


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Monday, March 29, 2010
Random Thoughts #16: That Kooky Rockin' Bird
At the risk of sounding like an absolute mad man...
I am 100% convinced that somebody could sample Fred Flintstone (as Hi-Fye) singing "Listen to the Rocking Bird". Completely sure of it. I'd do it myself if I had any talent.
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The benefits I was getting as a Ryerson student ran out in October. Even though I was only a student until December 2012, the benefit package runs from October to October so I have been covered for a while. It is a tough bit of reality to have to pay full price for all of my medications - literally hundreds of dollars. Here is a normal day for me:
Birth Control -Cyclen - $0.90
ADHD Meds - Adderall - $3.18
Morning Anti-Depressant - Effexor - $1.49
Evening Anti-Depressant - Wellbutrin - $1.75
That is a total of $7.32 everyday, and $219.60 every month!!
So it costs me almost 10% of my income to just to stay sane, functional, not pregnant, and making sense.
The good news is that my current work is arranging for me to have a benefit package, which they will pay for, in 2013. I am going to look at packages next week to discuss which one would be best; I know that I would like dental and obviously I need prescription drugs covered!


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New Nanotube Tech Could Revolutionize Spaceflight (Source: SpaceFlight Insider)
A cold-gas thruster system, partially made from carbon nanotube
material, was recently tested aboard a Black Brant IX suborbital
sounding rocket, which was launched on May 16, 2017, at 5:45 a.m. EDT
(09:45 GMT) from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Part of
the thruster system was a Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel (COPV).
Click here.
China's Quest to Become a
Space Science Superpower (Source: Nature)
At mission control, a gigantic screen plays a looping video showcasing
the country's major space milestones. Engineers focus intently on their
computer screens while a state television crew orbits the room with
cameras, collecting footage for a documentary about China's meteoric
rise as a space power. The walls are festooned with motivational
slogans. "Diligent and meticulous," says one. "No single failure in
10,000 trials," encourages another.
China is rushing to establish itself as a leader in the field. In 2013,
a 1.2-tonne spacecraft called Chang'e-3 landed on the Moon, delivering
a rover that used ground-penetrating radar to measure the lunar
subsurface with unprecedented resolution. China's latest space lab,
which launched in September 2016, carries more than a dozen scientific
payloads. And four additional missions dedicated to astrophysics and
other fields have been sent into orbit in the past two years. (7/26)
Made In Space to Print
Breast Cancer Ribbon on ISS (Source: CollectSpace)
A race car driver's personal mission will tie together breast cancer
awareness and the International Space Station using a zero-g 3D printer
and the auction of a very special pink ribbon.
Pippa Mann, whose bright pink and white race car bore the logo of Made
In Space for the Indianapolis 500 in May, is extending her partnership
with the in-space manufacturing company to beyond the track and all the
way to orbit. This October, during Breast Cancer Awareness month, Made
In Space will use its commercial 3D printer aboard the station to
create a pink ribbon, which will be returned to Earth and auctioned to
benefit the Susan G. Komen foundation. (7/26)
Senate Moves to Bump Up
NASA Budget (Source: Space News)
A Senate subcommittee approved an appropriations bill that provides
more than $19.5 billion for NASA in 2018. The commerce, justice and
science appropriations subcommittee approved the bill during a brief
markup session Tuesday afternoon. The bill increases NASA's budget by
more than $400 million from the White House request, but offers $340
million less than a House bill. The Senate bill includes increases for
the Space Launch System and Orion, and restores funding for NASA's
education office. The same bill also provides full funding for NOAA's
weather satellite programs. The full Senate Appropriations Committee is
scheduled to mark up the bill Thursday. (7/25)
CFIUS Blocks Chinese
Satellite Deal with US Company (Source: Space News)
A proposed joint venture between satellite connectivity provider Global
Eagle Entertainment and a Chinese company has been blocked by U.S.
regulators. Global Eagle said in a regulatory filing Tuesday that the
companies terminated a pending investment agreement because they could
not get approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United
States (CFIUS) for the deal. Beijing Shareco Technologies had planned
to invest $416 million into Global Eagle for a one-third stake in the
company as part of the agreement. CFIUS, which reviews proposed foreign
investments in U.S. companies, concluded the deal had unspecified
"national security concerns," according to Global Eagle CEO Jeff Leddy.
Cassini Trying to Measure
Saturn's Rotation (Source: Space.com)
Time is running out for Cassini to complete one of its science
objectives: measure the length of a day on Saturn. Scientists have
planned to use the final phases of Cassini's mission at Saturn to
precisely calculate the planet's rotational period by measuring the
wobble of its magnetic field. However, the magnetic field is almost
exactly aligned with its rotational axis, making those measurements
more challenging than expected. "We have not been able to resolve the
length of day at Saturn so far, but we're still working on it," said
one scientist. (7/26)
The Sound of Space
(Source: Washington Post)
If you could hear sounds in space, it might sound like a "chorus of
alien birds." A physicist working on NASA's Van Allen Probes mission
has converted the radio waves detected by the spacecraft in the Earth's
magnetosphere into sound waves of the same frequency. The sounds are
entertaining, but also help scientists better understand the creation
and propagation of those radio waves. (7/26)
DiCaprio Helms New 'Right
Stuff' Space Series (Source: Deadline)
Leonardo DiCaprio thinks a new series will have the right stuff. The
actor will be an executive producer on a remake of The Right Stuff,
which National Geographic will produce as a scripted series. The series
is expected to span several seasons to follow the Mercury 7 astronauts
in the early Space Age. The announcement didn't disclose when the
series would begin to air. (7/26)
NASA to Share Tech From
Supersonic Project (Source: Bloomberg)
Lockheed helped create NASA's design, using fluid dynamics modeling
made possible in the past decade or so by increasingly powerful
computers. Together, Lockheed and NASA tested and mapped how subtle
differences in aircraft shapes affect the supersonic shock waves they
create. The design they've settled on keeps sound waves from merging
into the sharp N pattern of a sonic boom, according to Peter Iosifidis,
Lockheed's design program manager on June's small-scale model. Instead,
the waves are kept dispersed across a wide range of points behind the
plane, leaving the resulting supersonics a mere hum.
NASA plans to share the technology resulting from the tests with U.S.
plane makers, meaning a head start for the likes of Lockheed Martin,
General Dynamics, Boeing, and startups such as Boom Technology and
billionaire Robert Bass's Aerion. Click here.
First-Ever Laser
Communications Terminal to be Tested on the Moon (Source:
SpaceFlight Insider)
ATLAS Space Operations Inc., a company specializing in cloud-based
satellite management and control services, has announced that it will
test the first-ever laser communications terminal on the lunar surface.
The company has recently signed a contract with Astrobotic Technology
Inc., which could see their system fly to the Moon in late 2019. (7/25)
Over 200 Orbiting Satellites Now
Available to Digital Humanitarians (Source: LinkedIn)
Planet Labs has an unparalleled constellation of satellites in orbit.
In addition to their current constellation of 130 micro-satellites,
they have 5 RapidEye satellites and the 7 SkySat satellites (recently
acquired from Google). What's more, 88 new micro-satellites were just
launched into orbit this July, bringing the total number of Planet
satellites to 230. And once the 88 satellites begin imaging, Planet
will have global, daily coverage of the entire Earth, covering over 150
million square kilometers every day. Never before has the humanitarian
community had access to such a vast amount of timely satellite imagery.
NASA Seeking BIG Ideas for Solar Power
on Mars (Source: SpaceRef)
Missions to the surface of distant planetary bodies require power —
lots of power. Through the 2018 Breakthrough, Innovative, and
Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge, NASA is enlisting university
students in its quest for efficient, reliable and cost-effective solar
power systems that can operate on Mars both day and night. The teams
will have until November to submit their proposals. Interested teams of
three to five undergraduate and/or graduate students are asked to
submit robust proposals and a two-minute video describing their
concepts by Nov. 30.
NASA's Game Changing Development Program (GCD), managed by the agency's
Space Technology Mission Directorate, and the National Institute of
Aerospace (NIA) are seeking novel concepts that emphasize innovative
mechanical design, low mass and high efficiency, with operational
approaches that assure sustained power generation on the Mars surface
for many years. (7/24)
Noise in Gravitational-Wave Data Casts
Doubt on Historic Finding (Source: WIRED)
A team of independent physicists has sifted through the data from the
historic LIGO gravitational wave detection, only to find what they
describe as strange correlations that shouldn't be there. The team
claims that the troublesome signal could be significant enough to call
the entire discovery into question. The potential effects of the
unexplained correlations "could range from a minor modification of the
extracted wave form to a total rejection of LIGO's claimed
[gravitational wave] discovery."
LIGO representatives say there may well be some unexplained
correlations, but that they should not affect the team's conclusions.
The technical issues at stake here have to do with the extreme
difficulty of the measurements that LIGO attempts to make.
Gravitational waves are exceedingly faint, so to catch them LIGO was
built with the ability to measure a change in distance just
one-ten-thousandth the width of a proton. Lots of little bumps and
vibrations can mimic a gravitational-wave signal, so LIGO uses two
observatories, 3,000 kilometers apart, which operate synchronously,
each double-checking the other's observations. (7/24)
Inner Strength for Outer Space
(Source: NBC)
The glamorous parts of spaceflight — ascending skyward on a pillar of
fire, floating gracefully against a backdrop of stars — are in some
ways the easiest on the astronauts' minds and bodies, as long as
nothing goes wrong. As NASA eyes the long-term future of human space
exploration and missions to Mars, medical and psychological challenges
are among those that loom largest. Click here.
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Over on Craftymess Shannon is hosting a Lili of the Valley challenge, think these are everybodies favourites right now.
The criteria was to use LotV image, an A5/6x6 card using texture and punches a nice easy one to start.
I used the new "I Do" stamp coloured with Copics, Tim Holtz papers and SU Kraft (or Crumbcake as it now known), Martha Stewart heart and border punches, LotV sentiment and Wild Orchid flowers with McGill pine punch leaves.
Monday, 17 January 2011
1st Craftymess Challenge Card
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gorgeous card sarah.the image is so sweet and i love your beautiful colours and papers :DReplyDelete
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I don't pretend to know a lot about the election process.
If a person from a small party (ie: Green) gets elected, do they become the leader of their party?
If a leader from another party (ie: NDP) does NOT get elected in his riding, do they lose their job? How do they stay an MP, if they don't get elected to a seat?
Your help is welcome.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
2 comments:
- Sue Titcombe said...
So what you're saying is that you didn't believe me when I explained this to you while we were watching the election returns the other night?!?!?
- 4:29 p.m.
- nickt said...
No, I'm saying that the internet might be able to shed more light on the subject than just you, brilliant as you are.
- 8:09 p.m.
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"Except if married men have mid-life crises, men who haven't ever truly been able to commit have no-life crises." (350)
"There's nothing a man with low self-esteem loves more than a beautiful woman who doesn't know she's beautiful." (21)
"Perhaps the secret to fidelity is knowing that the grass is crazier on the other side." (250)
"You can't just date people randomly and then hope to slowly ease them into a non-monogamous relationship. You have to be upfront from the beginning." (171)
"Polyamory is not just about having room in one's heart for more love, it's also about having room for more pain and guilt. If love hurts, then polyamory kills." (276)
"As a culture, we voraciously consume horror movies about vampires, ghosts, zombies, and other supernatural beings. But people are much scarier than any monster we can make up. It's not just the acts of horror they perpetrate on each other, but even when they spare the person's life, they still take their soul, their spirit, their happiness." (60)
my ego is recovering from the recent friend-zoning, and i am able to reflect on this year's lessons and blessings, as that is what this year of dating differently has unfolded to be. i suppose it's fitting that i'm going back to this book now. i grouped these passages together because they seem to deal with different relationship choices across the spectrum (monogamy, monotony, polyamory, and non-committed serial dating). i suppose that i've been falling into the last category, and if it means that i'm taking up some space in a category that's usually reserved for doods-then so be it.
i can say that it's interesting to see the spectrum of people who are online operating at different levels of focus- from the sex-driven to the marriage minded (i got a message from someone who led with "i'm looking for a long-term relationship that will eventually end in marriage, is that something you are interested in too?" and i looked at his profile and his "about me" was the same sentence. i wrote back honestly and succinctly, "not really". and he replied, "ok, do you want to be friends first?"). i cancelled my profile this morning.
but the ones in the middle are the most fascinating-the ones who are looking for others to form an open relationship with (note: if you're a shitty communicator and are not currently in a relationship that you can open up, you're probably not going to be good at a brand new open relationship with a stranger-but that's why there are hinge positions), those who are seeing someone and still dating, those who have a roster, and those who claim to be looking for someone to fall in love with but cannot see beyond their noses.
i guess it's hard out here. the warning is always about people who are over 35 and have never been married, but i resist that because i fall into that category-though it's different for women because we do have to figure out every freaking thing, and we are much more adaptable. although i am wary of those who are very connected to their mothers (i need to actually listen to the warning sign of mentioning mothers on the first date) and those who are over 40 and still recount high school memories (ok, uncle rico) and experiences-i always wonder why they are stuck there, and what the heck they've been doing for the past 25 years.
anyway, i do remember appreciating the difficulties that the notorious player was running into whilst dabbling in the multiple side of the relationship spectrum, and all the work he did to end up on the more traditional side. i'm not sure if i co-sign with that model, but i can see how it would work for some people. i guess it's all about finding the people with which you agree the most, or at least disagree the least with what your deal breakers are.
for the record-to the person who led with "deal breaker question number one-warriors or cavs?" who didn't like my answer of "not for the dubs, but anti-cavs, though kyrie was robbed of finals MVP because if it wasn't for him, they wouldn't have got past game 5″, i don't like people who lead with deal breaker questions. there's a reason my (inactive) profile states that you should message me if you speak to people the same way online as you do in real life, and i know that i may be robbing myself of the full experience by not fully believing in it but shit-i don't approach it like american gladiator or the big brother house-i am here to make friends.
i just need a minute to get over being friend-zoned by someone i liked.
and more importantly, i need to not rub it in when they realize later what they were too foolish to see in the moment. i was talking to someone yesterday who thinks that certain women are friend-zoned because we're too cool, but that seems so backwards, because doesn't everyone want to be with someone who is cool? that's what i want…or that's what i should start acting like. because i seem to only go for those who are aloof and indecisive and never satisfied and self-serving.
"It's odd how relationship work like that: Love is not an accident. It is a delicate union of two complex, complementary puzzle pieces that have inadvertently been created by different manufacturers." (405)
or, perhaps i don't really want to be with anyone else at all so that's why i always make such safe, terrible choices. it's a way of being in control. and i went into a sensory-deprivation tank for the first time last night. i've only ever seen it on the simpsons and i didn't hallucinate, but i did wake up this morning with the realization that nobody is running to be the savior that you won't be to yourself, so i guess we all have our work to do, and my real dream is to find someone who can/will/wants to do that work separately at the same time.
just like the ice rink.