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Research ProjectHow Humans Move Marine Parasites
Project Goal
We are examining the role of humans in spreading marine parasites and disease in marine systems, primarily focusing on marine shipping as the mechanism for transporting these organisms. We are also attempting to understand the characteristics associated with successful parasite invaders to better understand their invasion risk.
Marine shipping is a major contributor to the spread of marine organisms, allowing these plants, animals, and algae to travel across vast distances that would be impossible for them to do without human assistance. Though microscopic organisms are much more abundant in the marine environment and likely to also be spread through marine shipping, due to their small size, these organisms are much less conspicuous and have not been well-studied in invasion biology. However, there are many examples of the devastating impacts that toxic and parasitic microbes can have when these organisms are introduced into new areas and capable of infecting hosts, including MSX disease in the Chesapeake Bay and crayfish plague in Europe.
Thus, our research on parasite invasions involves understanding the role of humans in spreading marine parasites, assessing the characteristics that make parasites successful invaders, and examining the underlying mechanisms that allow for successful parasite invasions. We examined the protistan communities, including the parasites and toxic taxa, associated with ballast water of commercial ships across multiple US coasts to assess the extend to which marine ships are dispersing these organisms, changing their global distributions and allowing for potential invasions. We are currently assessing the microorganisms, including parasites, associated with the biofilms on the hulls of these ships as well. As these organisms are small and hard to find and identify based on morphology*, we are using genetics, specifically metabarcoding*, to identify microbes in these samples. Finally, we are beginning to examine the characteristics and mechanisms that allow for successful parasite invasions using laboratory experiments to understand how parasites associated with ships can move from the ships to hosts in the surrounding environment.
Feature Stories
What Parasites are Hitching a Ride to the Chesapeake Bay in Ballast Water? By Katrina Lohan. February 3, 2014
KM Pagenkopp Lohan, RC Fleischer, KJ Carney, KK Holzer, & GM Ruiz (2017) Molecular characterization of protistan species and communities in ships' ballast water across three U.S. coasts. Diversity and Distributions.
KM Pagenkopp Lohan, RC Fleischer, ME Torchin, & GM Ruiz (2017) Protistan Biogeography: A Snapshot Across a Major Shipping Corridor Spanning Two Oceans. Protist, 168: 183-196.
KM Pagenkopp Lohan, RC Fleischer, KJ Carney, KK Holzer, & GM Ruiz (2016) Amplicon-Based Pyrosequencing Reveals High Diversity of Protistan Parasites in Ships' Ballast Water: Implications for Biogeography and Infectious Diseases. Microbial Ecology, 71(3): 530-542.
|the branch of biology that deals with the form of living things and the relationships between their structures
|The branch of biology that studies the geographical distribution of species, traits, and ecosystems
A DNA-based method for rapidly identifying the community of organisms in a particular sample using a combination of PCR and high throughput DNA sequencing


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This kigurumi kid is as unique as you are! It's one-of-a-kind!
You are ordering the exact kigurumi kid pictured in the gallery photo.
Each kigurumi kid measures about 6cm wide by 5cm high (or a little taller if bunny-shape). Consider completing your look with a matching speech-bubble or skull bow brooch!
(Kigurumi is the name given to animal-style PJs, by the way – in case you wanted to know why they're called that!)

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The totality of our expectations concerning Bulgari was finally verified during the latest trip to Bali. This was the last resort we checked into (after four others: Mandapa Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Four Seasons at Sayan, Amandari, and Amankila) and it was a perfect place to end the Balinese adventure. The real Bulgari certainly matched the imagined one.
To begin with, we were looking forward to appreciating the resort's design—and Bulgari does not disappoint. The resort's designer Antonio Citterio created a place that beautifully blends Italian elegance and local building traditions.
We especially liked the villas. Their large bedroom and equally big bathroom interiors utilise black lava stone, mahogany from Java and sophisticated Balinese fabrics. Everything seems polished to a shine—from the wooden floors and neat bricks of the volcanic walls to the floor-to-ceiling glass walls that look out to manicured greenery and beyond, to the ocean.
But it is the resort's striking setting that really stays in memory. Positioned atop a dramatic cliff, the Bulgari ensures wonderful vistas from pretty much everywhere: from the swimming pool and cliff-edge restaurant area and from most of its 56 private villas. And perhaps especially from the unique inclined elevator, which is a one of the kind lift that slides on the cliff's slope to a secluded beach.
The resort's beach is not very big and it gets overwhelmed by a roaring sea at high tide, but it opens to a vast and deserted public beach, which we, of course, traversed, all the way to a lone old shipwreck, just over a kilometre from the resort.
The hotel's location ensure beautiful sunsets, which we'd wait for while sipping drinks in the clifftop bar. We loved to gaze at the sea in the fading light of the day until its dark expanse got dotted by dozens of spotlights from fishing vessels luring squid to the surface.
This was the perfect prelude to a romantic dinner at the award-winning Il Ristorante, where we had the chance to try the sublime creations from the Italian Chef de Cuisine Nicola Russo.
The pool, bar and restaurant areas are gracefully incorporated into landscaped hotel grounds. The beautiful gardens and pathways are sprinkled by mature frangipani and acacia trees.
Only occasionally the hotel introduces an element somewhat at odds with the surroundings. The spa is housed in a historical house imported from Java (wonderful spa treatments by the way!), which works well in context. But the sleek form of the wedding chapel seems to pay homage to the deconstructive architecture more than Balinese building traditions. It is nothing if not impressive though and it brings to mind contemporary design in Italy.
Maybe this what makes the Bulgari take on luxury so attractive. For us, the resort has always evoked images of sophisticated Balinese luxury, but only by visiting it we discovered strong traces of European DNA. In any case, it all results in a very compelling end product. The Bulgari reputation as one of the best high-end properties on the island is well earned.
Categories: Beach, Honeymoon, Island, Luxury, Modern Design, Private Villa, Quiet, Relaxing, Resort, Romance, Secluded, Sightseeing, Spa, Tropical, Wedding, Wow Factor,
Number of rooms & suites: 59
Rate per night: From USD 750 (EUR 670)
*The rate is only approximate and is based on our own independent research, at the time of writing. We cannot guarantee the rate in any way.Check room rates and book
Bulgari Bali is an example of a five-star hotel that is authentically rooted in its location without forgoing glitzy luxury. It sets its own benchmark in a sublime mix of Italian contemporary design and traditional Balinese style.
Author: Travel+Style. Last updated: 11/12/2016
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Dave Stewart's Fishing Report
Written by Dave Stewart | Originally published 04/03/2015
Kentucky Lake: Water Level at Kentucky Dam - 356.10 Surface Temperature - 58 Lake Barkley: Water Level at Barkley Dam - 356.15 Surface Temperature - 58 Both lakes are 3 feet below summer pool and on a slow rise. Kentucky Dam is generating an outflow of 62,500 cfs this morning. Barkley Dam is generating an outflow of 18,000 cfs this morning. The TVA has the lakes on schedule to rise to summer pool by the end of this month, of course this could change if we receive an unforeseen large influx of water. General Conditions: Kentucky Lake water clarity ranges from clear to slightly stained. Lake Barkley water clarity is stained with some heavy stain in some of the creeks and bays. The water temperatures continue to rise with the warmer weather we have had over the past few days and this rise should continue with the forecasted warm weather over the next week. We do have a cold front that will pass through the lakes area today and we can expect some possibly severe thunderstorms and high winds with the frontal passage. We will be post frontal on Saturday with sunny skies, a high of 62/low of 38 and wind N7. Temperatures will begin to rebound on Sunday with a forecasted high of 66/low of 52 and winds shifting to the S12. The forecast has us back in the 70's through next mid week with a chance of scattered thunderstorms each day and south quadrant winds. Boaters should check the latest forecasts before venturing on the lakes as this is the time of year that we get a lot of thunderstorms and changing weather conditions. The Largemouth are still on early pre spawn patterns and the Smallmouth are on pre spawn patterns. We should see the Largemouth into full blown prespawn patterns and the Smallmouth on late prespawn and spawning patterns within the next week. The Alabama rig is still producing some good bags of fish as are crank baits, suspending jerk baits and jigs. The Carolina rig and spinner bait are starting to come on now with some of the fish on staging points in the creeks and bays. Largemouth are also being taken on shallow flats in the creeks and bays near deeper water with lipless crank baits, shallow running crank baits and chatterbaits. Largemouth Bass: Largemouth are being taken on staging ledges around the mouths of the creeks and bays, also on main lake points as well as secondary points and channel banks inside the creeks and bays. These fish are being taken on Alabama Rigs, Carolina rigged lizards and creature baits, suspending jerk baits, medium running crank baits, spinnerbaits, jigs and shakey heads. Some Largemouth are also being taken on shallow flats in the creeks and bays near deeper water with lipless crank baits, shallow running crank baits and chatterbaits. Smallmouth Bass: Smallmouth are being taken on main lake ledges as well as points and banks near the channels on the main lake and on secondary points in the creeks and bays. These fish are being taken on Alabama rigs, suspending jerk baits, slow rolled crank baits and jigs. The Smallmouth bite has picked up as these fish are feeding up just before they begin spawning. Productive Lures: Some of the more productive lures this week have been: Rapala Shad Raps, DT6 and DT10 crankbaits in Demon and Red Craw, Excite and Strike King medium running crankbaits in black/chartruese, Strike King Red Eye Shad and Excaliber One Knocker lipless crankbaits in red or orange with black crawdad patterns, Smithwick suspending Rogues in chrome with black back, Big Hammer swim baits in pearl, sexy smelt and bay smelt on Alabama rigs, Rapala X-raps in black/silver, Bag 5 custom painted Mega Bass jerk baits in Blue Glimmer, Lucky Craft Pointers and Bag 5 custom painted Mega Bass jerk baits in Aurora Black, D&L jigs in Cumberland Craw and Oops patterns, Charmer lizards and timber pups on Carolina rigs, Charmer shakey head worms as well as Yamamoto senkos on D&L and Slong's shakey head jigs in green pumpkin. Crappie: The Crappie bite is being reported as improving with some fish still being taken over brush piles in 15-20 ft of water inside the mouths of the creeks and bays by spider rigging with small jigs dressed with small minnows. The Black Crappie are staging on points and banks in the creeks and bays with wood cover and are being taken by casting curly tail jigs and road runner type baits to the shoreline. There are also some reports of Crappie now being taken around shallow wood cover in the creeks and bays with minnows under bobbers and slow rolled curly tail jigs under bobbers. With the warming water temperatures, the Black Crappie should be spawning actively over the next week.
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I finally got caught up on reading 8K filings and saw that Zynga's acquisition of 80% of Super Giant Games Oy was in exchange for $363.5 Million in cash and 63,794,746 shares of Class A common stock. At today's $4.40/share (if the Super Giant team and investors could sell that much on the open market at that price), that would be $280.7 Million. That's Approximately $644.2 Million so far with an almost $50M profit from the Zynga share value increase. The remaining 20% of the company will be acquired over the next three years based on profit goals. Empires & Puzzles is amazingly well designed and it's going to prove to be a bargain even if the total with the earn out reaches $1 Billion.
According to the 8K, Super Giant received $333,549,846 in cash (not including cash and liabilities) and $230,936,975 in Stock (@$3.62/share on December 20, 2018). So we can derive that Super Giant still had about $32 Million in cash when they were acquired. They were
Here's a quote from the original Tech Crunch article on the acquisition, "The company reported $33 million of revenue for Empires & Puzzles, its most popular game, 10 months after its launch in 2017."
I think this is a fantastic acquisition by Zynga that really adds to their balance sheet and their internal capabilities.


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Today's Everyday Fashion/
Today's Everyday Fashion is brought to you by Banana Republic at the Florida Mall! I can't believe the event is tomorrow night (!!) but for the next couple days, I will be posting a new outfit from the fall line. For more info about the event on Tues, Aug 17th and to RSVP click here.
Navy ruffle blazer, $198 (style #767581)
Striped cardigan, $59.50 (style #769558)
Ruffled cream shirt, $69.50 (style #770517)
Khaki skirt, $69.50 (style #762182)
Metallic belt, $49.50 (style #770584)
Necklace, $34 (style #652621)
Shoes - my own Banana Republic shoes
Disclaimers: I do not own these clothes (besides the shoes). Prices listed above are full price. A discount will be available at the event!


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Sunshades Eyewear is the largest privately owned Sunglass Company in Australia The company was founded by Betty Lasse over 30 years ago in the garage of her home. Sunshades is now an established design house for Australian and Global brands including Oroton, Ksubi, Karen Walker, The Cancer Council to name a few. Operations are from a 3000sq ft DC based in Alexandria, in Sydney employing over 100 staff across AUS & NZ. Annual turnover is around $32Mil supplying over 3 million sunglasses and optical frames every year.
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The Least Cost routing option of SmartFreight® has taken the guess work out of which is the most cost effective carrier to use, saving Sunshades Eyewear 10% on an annual freight spend of $750K
The Bi-directional interface to Pronto Xi allowing us to produce shipping documentation automatically at time of invoice has also saved us 30-45 seconds per consignment-we ship over 400 consignments per day'
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National Geographic Channel's 'Mountain Movers' Showcases Snow Park Technologies' Up-to-the-Minute Course Build for Winter Action Sports' Most Widely Anticipated Event
Episode Three, 'The Big Time,' Featuring Builds for the Big Air and Slopestyle Events at ESPN's X Games Aspen Airs Thursday, May 23 at 8 PM ET/PT
For Snow Park Technologies (SPT), the most anticipated event of each year is ESPN's X Games Aspen in Colorado. This event, broadcast live in 184 countries around the world, puts an entirely new level of pressure on the crew as they attempt to build the best courses in X Games history.
The third episode of 'Mountain Movers,' National Geographic Channel's new series presented by Chevrolet, features the SPT crew working within a narrow window of time to meet the hard deadline imposed by live television and the arrival of more than 150 of winter action sports' top professional athletes. Despite inclement weather and last minute course changes that stall their progress, SPT must take the X Games Big Air and Slopestyle courses to the next level.
"X Games holds a really deep spot in my heart, because I was the original course designer from day one of the very first Winter X Games, and I have been all the way through. This will be year 17," said Chris "Gunny" Gunnarson, president of SPT. "This is the biggest winter action sports event on the planet, and it's got to have the best courses, be completed on time and ready for live for TV. The best athletes in the world participate, so it has to be better than everything else we do."
For this build, Gunny gives up complete control over this event for the very first time, and names his protégé, Chris Castaneda as project manager. In this new role, Chris is responsible for oversight of both the build and overall course operations. The project entails the most elaborate courses the Winter X Games have ever seen, including a massive 75-Foot Big Air Jump and a Slopestyle course comprised of two sections; the upper section contains rails and steel boxes, followed by four jumps ranging from 55 to 70-Feet at the bottom.
"When Gunny entrusted me to take the responsibility of the X Games, I got excited. It's the biggest project that we have," said SPT's X Games project manager, Chris Castaneda. "Knowing that he is passing the baton to me and trusting that I'm going to get the job done right with the crew that I have – it stoked me out."
"The Big Time"
Thursday, May 23, at 8 p.m. ET/PT
It's time for SPT's most stressful, most anticipated event of the year: the ESPN X Games in Aspen, Colo. As the original course designer for all 17 years of the ESPN Winter X Games, Gunny still feels the pressure to build the biggest, most intense courses the industry has ever seen. Gunny has passed the torch to his young protégé Chris Castaneda to lead the crew from SPT, who will have to manage the diverse SPT personalities of veterans Mike Binnell and Aaron Dettling, as well as rookie Landon Taylor. Extremely cold weather, malfunctioning equipment and tight deadlines quickly pile on to the intensity and difficulty of this worldwide televised live event. With the highest-caliber athletes waiting and the whole planet watching, SPT will have their work cut out for them.
"Pretty much since I first came to the X Games I think was the first time I met Gunny, and he has always been the nicest guy," said professional snowboarder Torstein Horgmo. "Whatever you want to have built, pretty much anywhere on the planet, he'll be there for us with his whole crew and they kill it for us. He doesn't fail. Ever."
Working in the most remote locations under extreme conditions, Mountain Movers profiles the SPT crew's every move — from battling with avalanche control to building a halfpipe in blizzard conditions. In each episode, we'll see passion and craftsmanship at work. No one understands how to move and shape snow like this team.
About Chris "Gunny" Gunnarson
Gunny is the creator and owner of SPT and an iconic, highly respected name in the snow sports industry. At a young age, he became interested in the infrastructure necessary to fuel his snow sport passion and was fascinated with the concept of moving tons of snow to create winter works of art. In the 16 years since SPT was born, Gunnarson and his crew have designed and built more than 250 competition courses, including all of the X Games winter events in the United States and Europe, the Burton U.S. Open and the Winter Dew Tour. When reality TV producer Jason Carbone met Gunny, he knew that he had to capture the real-life drama of his world, battling the most extreme weather that Mother Nature can dish out to create the pulse-pounding competition courses for the world's most popular action sports events.
Mountain Movers is produced by Good Clean Fun for the National Geographic Channel. For Good Clean Fun, Jason Carbone and Sarah Kane are executive producers. For National Geographic Channel, executive producer is Michael Mavretic, senior vice president of programming and development is Kevin Mohs, executive vice president of programming is Michael Cascio and president is Howard T. Owens. General Motors is a co-producing partner and Chevrolet is the lead media partner of Mountain Movers.
For more information about Mountain Movers, visit www.snowparktech.com or National Geographic Channel.
About Snow Park Technologies
Snow Park Technologies (SPT) is the world's leading consulting team for special projects on snow. SPT's wide range of expertise includes designing and building some of the most renowned resort terrain parks and halfpipes; high-profile ski and snowboard competition courses; and countless on-snow productions. SPT also provides event production services, sport organizing and marketing services aimed at youth categories. The SPT team is a collection of the most experienced and talented freestyle park and pipe innovators in the world, whose dedication and passion for snow sports has redefined the winter landscape and what is possible on snow. For more information, visit SPT's website at http://www.snowparktech.com and follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/snowparktech, Twitter @snowparktech and Instagram @snowparktech.


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To Budget, Or Not To Budget?/
After a year of planning a team around a $189 million budget, after thousands of blog posts, millions of water cooler chats, billions of comments about how to spend and who to trade, and one unhappy general manager, Steinbrenner might have a change of heart. But before you get too excited, I'll warn you that this comes from Wallace Matthews. Despite his reputation for wild speculation, I have to agree with some of Matthews' conclusions. In the last few months, Yankee fans have grown uneasy with the increasing age of the team, as well as the organization's reluctance to spend on free agents. The team's last big signing was Rafael Soriano, and before that you have to look back to 2009. After watching Nick Swisher, Russell Martin, and Soriano walk without the team bringing in reasonable replacements, Yankee fans have grown uneasy. Hal Steinbrenner was taken aback by their disappointment.
"I'm surprised to hear that there's anger, if you see what we've done this offseason. …We've signed three or four of the top free agents that were on the market, because we're going to continue to field a championship caliber team."
After this, Steinbrenner came out of hiding, and insisted numerous times that the budget was a goal, but not necessarily a mandate if they couldn't field a "championship caliber" team. As soon as the budget was suddenly no certainty, Robinson Cano's looming free agency grew in media coverage. The fact that the Yankee might not be able to afford Cano next season was just another opportunity to call the new Yankee ownership cheap.
"This is the first time since George died that it appears a Steinbrenner is actually running the Yankees."
Matthews believes that Hal Steinbrenner, distressed by fans calling him cheap, has decided to pull the plug on the budget. Considering all the comments Steinbrenner made in January about the budget being just a guideline, and his recent eagerness to talk to the media (I've probably read about 3 to 4 articles a day on Steinbrenner over the last week) tells me that he's trying to save face. It seems that he's exclusively negotiating with Scott Boras and Cano at this point, leaving Cashman out of the picture, and I wouldn't be surprised if he plans to announce this big extension, a new team policy towards keeping players, and a reconsideration of the $189 million plan all in the same breath.
Of course this is all speculation at this point, and Matthews' anonymous sources are far from reliable, even the quotes don't tell much of a story. When you layout the offseason though, Cashman's unhappiness, the Yankees inability to replace key pieces, Steinbrenner talking about the budget as guideline, and his new eagerness to extend Cano and break team policy look sort of fishy.
On the other side of this thought process, the Yankees have a ton to lose if they completely ignore the $189 million budget. If the team manages to fall below this for just 2014, they stand to save nearly $60 million even with the recent revelation that refunds are decreasing. To go back on this plan they've been working on for the last year and a half sounds too good to be true from a fan's perspective, and from a business stand point, may not be worth it.
But if they do so, the way the team is set up right now could mean bright things for the future. The Yankees have a ton of money coming off the books and a farm system that could be ranked very highly by the end of 2013. If the organization is now willing to spend $20 or $30 million more than they were for next season, the team is in fantastic shape.
When Steinbrenner is asked about the budget over the next couple of days, he'll probably just reiterate that it was always a guideline. I expect to know what the future plan is after a Cano extension is or isn't finalized.


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What Are the Benefits of Watermelon Seeds?
While you might consider seeds a pesky interruption when you're eating watermelon, they actually come packed with essential nutrients. With healthful fats, protein and essential minerals, watermelon seeds boost your nutrient intake and benefit your overall health. Add them to salads and wraps, combine honey and watermelon seeds as a topping for Greek yogurt or eat seasoned seeds on their own as a healthful snack.
Calories and Macronutrients
Each ounce of watermelon seed kernels contains 158 calories, or 8 percent of your daily caloric intake based on a standard 2,000-calorie diet. Most of these calories come from the seeds' fat content, with each ounce of seeds providing 13.4 grams of healthy fats. Your body uses fat as fuel to get you through each day, and fat aids in vitamin absorption and nourishes your cell membranes. An ounce of watermelon seeds also contains 8 grams of protein -- a nutrient important for tissue repair and maintaining muscle mass.
Watermelon seeds contain manganese, an essential mineral. Manganese activates manganese superoxide dismutase -- an antioxidant enzyme that shields your cells from free radical damage. It also helps you produce collagen, a structural protein essential for wound healing, and promotes new bone tissue growth. An ounce of watermelon seeds provides 0.5 milligrams of manganese -- 28 percent of the recommended daily intake for women or 22 percent for men, according to guidelines set by the Institute of Medicine.
Incorporating watermelon seeds into your diet also helps you consume more zinc. Zinc plays an important role in your metabolism, activating almost 100 enzymes that your cells need to survive. It also activates enzymes that regulate gene activity in your cells and stabilizes your proteins and cell membranes. Consuming enough zinc in your diet supports reproductive health, boosts your immune system and aids in new cell growth. An ounce of watermelon seeds offers 2.9 milligrams of zinc, approximately 26 percent of the daily intake recommendations for women or 36 percent for men, according to the Institute of Medicine.
Watermelon seeds serve as a good source of phosphorus, a key component of several important biomolecules. Phosphorus helps you make ATP, a chemical your cells rely on as a source of fuel. Your cells also incorporate phosphorus into DNA and RNA -- your genetic information -- as well as phospholipids, the building blocks of your cell membranes. Each ounce of watermelon seeds contains 214 milligrams of phosphorus, or 31 percent of your daily recommended intake, according to the Institute of Medicine.
- Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University: Phosphorus
- USDA National Nutrient Database: Seeds, Watermelon Seed Kernels, Dried
- McKinley Health Center: Macronutrients: the Importance of Carbohydrate, Protein, and Fat
- Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University: Manganese
- Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University: Zinc
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raspberry-glam trifle
Desperate for a dazzlingly decadent dessert revival? Look no further than my sumptuous raspberry-glam trifle! Nothing screams nostalgic quite like this delicious showstopper; the ultimate grand finale after dinner chart topper! This trifle is a great alternative to something predictable and chocolaty; that, and the presentation is rather resplendent when executed properly. At your next formal dinner gathering you ought to place my trifle on the table, then proceed to watch your guests lick their glittering plates all gluttonously and grateful!
Mrs. Lilien's Raspberry-Glam Trifle:
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1 cup seedless raspberry jam
4 cups raspberries
2 cups heavy cream
1 cup mascarpone
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 pounds pound cake
1/4 cup gold edible glitter
- In a small saucepan, bring 1/2-cup sugar, 1/4-cup water, and lemon juice to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar, 1 to 2 minutes. Let cool.
- In a small bowl, combine jam with 3 cups raspberries, mashing slightly. In a large bowl, whip cream, mascarpone, vanilla and 2 tablespoons sugar to stiff peaks.
- Slice pound cake 3/4 inch thick; brush both sides of slices with lemon syrup.
- Fit 1/3 of slices snugly in the bottom of a 4-quart trifle dish or other glass bowl, trimming edges if necessary. Gently spread top of layer with 1/3 of raspberry mixture, and then 1/3 of whipped cream. Repeat to make two more layers; garnish with remaining cup raspberries and sprinkle with gold edible glitter. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Gold Edible Glitter / Mexican Pure Vanilla Extract / Straus Family Creamery / Bonne Maman / Miranda Trifle Bowl


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Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is 25 miles from TCU. Shuttle, train, taxicab and car rental services are available at the terminal.
Love Field is 35 miles from TCU. Shuttle, taxicab and car rental services are available at the terminal.
Airport Shuttle
Super Shuttle is available to or from the D/FW Airport. They may be reached by calling 800-BLUE-VAN or 817-329-2000. No reservations are required from the airport, however, for trips to the airport, reservations are necessary. Reservations from the airport can be made at the Super Shuttle phone in the terminal. Shuttles depart every 30 minutes (approximately) from D/FW Airport. Return arrangements must be made two hours prior to a desired pick-up time.
Rail Service
The Trinity Rail Express links the D/FW Airport with Fort Worth's T&P Station. For more information, click here.
Taxicab fare from downtown Fort Worth to the campus is about $10. Allow 45 minutes for the trip from D/FW Airport to TCU. The fare is approximately $50 one way.
Driving to TCU
TCU is located four miles southwest of downtown Fort Worth on University Drive. The address for the Mary Wright Admission Center is:
3301 Bellaire Drive North
Fort Worth, Texas 76129
From the D/FW Airport, follow the South airport exit. Take 360 South to Arlington. From 360 follow signs to I-30 West to Fort Worth. Travel through to Fort Worth (past Six Flags and the Ballpark). Travel through downtown and exit University Drive South. TCU is 2 miles from the Interstate.
From the north or south, take I-35 West to I-30 West. Travel through downtown and exit University Drive South. TCU is 2 miles from the Interstate.
From the west or east, exit I-30 to University Drive South. The campus is about 2 miles from the Interstate.
- Continuing south on University, drive through the center of campus and turn right on Bellaire Drive. (just before Einstein's Bagels)
- Go west on Bellaire.
- Turn left into the last parking lot entrance just before the four-way stop. Park in any spot with white stripes.
Click here for driving directions to the Mary Wright Admission Center.


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Our latest Capital Data Summit guest blog is from Srdjan Marinovic, CTO of DC-based startup Wireless Registry. Wireless Registry indexes the world's detectable WiFi, Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals in a single, searchable platform. Marinovic will be a panelist on the Identity Management in the Age of the Internet of Things panel at the Capital Data Summit taking place on February 15, 2017 at The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner.
The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices poses new security challenges. Sensitive IoT use cases, like financial transactions and access control, must be secured against novel attacker models on an unprecedented scale. Significantly, traditional identity verification and authentication methods ‒ reliant on connection and the exchange of secrets (passwords or keys) ‒ are impractical across so many billions of wireless devices. As a result, Wireless Registry envisions identity for the IoT as a "secret-less" cloud solution constructed from IoT contexts.
An IoT context is a set of wireless devices in proximity to each other. The WiFi, Bluetooth and BLE signals these things emit create temporal clusters. For example, a home context may comprise a WiFi router, Bluetooth speaker, TV and a smartphone; a transportation context a number of cars on a highway and the surrounding urban infrastructure; a payment context several routers, a point of sale and customers' BLE wearables. Devices can leverage IoT contexts as identities that inform trust-based decision-making prior to taking an action. A driverless car, for example, may augment its assessment that it is, in fact, parked in front of an airport terminal prior to unlocking for a passenger, based on the (anonymized) "fingerprint" of detectable signals around it.
Devices move around, so proximity is constantly changing. At any given moment, wireless things enter and exit IoT contexts. Signal contexts are dynamic, both for fixed spaces and for the individual mobile devices that pass through them. A smartphone will develop a temporal identity ‒ its own IoT context ‒ based on patterns of detections of things it encounters as it moves through the world (its owner's wearables, item tracker, car, home and work WiFi contexts, and much more). Consequently, prior to enabling a mobile payment transaction, an app may rely on several different trusted IoT contexts to support not only that it is close to a payment terminal and inside a retail store, but also alert to abnormal usage patterns that could indicate possible theft or loss of that smartphone.
In summary, whereas legacy paradigms continue to inspire security approaches that involve keys and secrets, Wireless Registry suggests that identities for the IoT may be constructed and verified through IoT contexts. Indeed, although traditional solutions are adequate on smaller scale enterprises, on a global scale they are not feasible, and thus contextual identities are the solution.
With a Ph.D. in computer security from Imperial College London and a research background in information security at ETH Zurich, Srdjan Marinovic is CTO of Washington, DC-based startup Wireless Registry.


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After the postponement of matches involving Stade Francais and Racing 92 following their merger announcement which has since been scrapped, there were just five matches on offer in the Top 14 this weekend.
Clermont bounced back from last week's loss to Montpellier by crushing fourth-placed Pau 65-13 at Stade Marcel Michelin.
After a pair of Morgan Parra penalties, the hosts scored three tries in quick succession through Flip van der Merwe, Benjamin Kayser and Raphael Chaume to race out to a 25-0 lead.
Tom Taylor kicked two penalties for Pau to reduce the deficit to 25-6 at half-time before Clermont came flying out at the break and scored through Fritz Lee in the 42nd minute.
David Strettle added another for Clermont, and while Paddy Butler managed to score for Pau it was no sign of a comeback as Clermont scored another four tries in a dominant display.
La Rochelle kept the buffer at the summit of the Top 14 standings at eight points after a comfortable 36-17 victory over league strugglers Brive at Stade Marcel Deflandre.
The damage was done in the first half as La Rochelle ran in four tries through Vincent Rattez, Elliot Roudil, Jason Eaton and Benjamin Noble to lead 28-10 at the break.
Brive began to muster a comebeack when Sisa Koyamaibole scored in the 58th minute to reduce the deficit to 11 points, but a red card Patrick-Albert Toetu with 15 minutes remaining scuttled those hopes.
La Rochelle held firm as Brock James kicked a penalty before Mathieu Tanguy scored in the final play of the match to seal the result.
Bayonne provided the big shock in Saturday's trio of clashes when the side placed 13th in the league stunned Bordeaux Begles 24-20 to maintain hope of staying in the top flight of French club rugby.
The hosts started well and led 13-0 midway through the first half thanks to a Jean Monribot try and two penalties off the boot of Martin Bustos Moyano.
Simon Hickey got the visitors on the scoresheet with a penalty, but Gabiriele Lovobalavu's try not long after kept Bayonne on the front foot entering the second half.
Hickey and Bustos Moyano exchanged penalties in the second half before Bustos Moyano was yellow carded, and Bordeaux made the numerical advantage count when Ole Avei scored.
But as UBB looked to be turning the screws Bayonne did enough to hold on as Ireland international Ian Madigan scored a consolation for the visitors in the last play of the match.
A fortnight after suffering a sickening head clash yet somehow passing the HIA tests, Alexis Palisson scored a hat-trick of tries as Toulouse recorded a bonus point 42-26 win over Lyon at Stade Ernest-Wallon.
Julien Marchand got the home side off to a flying start with a second minute score before Palisson got his first of the afternoon in the 16th minute.
Lyon hit back not long after through Deon Fourie, but Palisson got his second and then Gillian Galan got in on the action to wrap up the fourth try bonus point within 35 minutes.
Lyon mounted a comeback, and managed three tries on the bounce to reduce the deficit to eight points midway through the second half.
But as the pendulum was swinging in the visitors favour Jean-Marc Doussain kicked a crucial penalty before Palisson completed his hat-trick to secure a much needed win for the hosts.
In the last of the five matches from the weekend Grenoble stunned glamour club Toulon as they overturned a 17-point deficit to draw 23-23 at Stade des Alpes.
Tries from Romain Taofifenua and Laurent Delboulbes as well as a penalty from Pierre Bernard saw the visitors run out to a 17-0 advantage inside half an hour.
Grenoble's Fabien Alexandre was yellow carded as half-time approached, but the hosts managed to get on the score-sheet with a man down through Maritino Nemani. Jonathan Wisniewski converted to cut Toulon's lead to 17-7 at the break.
Both side's exchanged penalties in the second half, with Bernard's third of the match keeping the buffer at seven points with 10 minutes remaining.
Another yellow card -- this time to Grenoble's Laurent Bouchet -- looked to have scuppered any hope for the home side, but as they showed in the first half they were capable of scoring with 14 men on the field and they managed to do it again in the 79th minute as Henry Vanderglas scored much to the delight of the home fans.
Wisniewski stepped up and converted the try to draw the match to remain three points clear of Bayonne at the foot of the table.


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For those of us that have been gluten free for a while, this seems like an obvious question. However, I want to make sure this blog helps everyone – especially the newly diagnosed – so I'm adding in some of the basics.
I get asked all the time by non-celiacers about different grains to see if I can eat them or not. Very commonly I get the question, "Can you eat rice?" Or, "Is rice gluten free?"
I remember when I was first diagnosed, when I started to hear what gluten was, I had the same thoughts. This also led to thoughts/questions about corn, potatoes, quinoa, spelt and many more. I will have more posts about those grains (and others) soon.
In short, yes, rice is gluten free. You are safe eating it, but watch out for accidental cross contamination. You done want to boil rice in a pot that just had whole wheat pasta or something. And, traditional soy sauce is not gluten free (neither is teriyaki sauce – which is comprised of soy sauce and other ingredients) but there are alternatives. I use gluten free tamari and can't tell the difference. It is available at almost any grocery store in the Asian foods section.
So, eat all the rice you want and watch out with eating in Asian restaurants (because of the soy sauce). It isn't traditional Chinese food, but PF Changs is a great option for gluten free. They use separate bowls and plates and cook with different pots and pans – gluten free shrimp fried rice is one of my favorites! They have complete meal options and a large gf menu.
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IFA 2017 has attracted more than 253,000 visitors to Berlin, as the power of innovation and brands yet again turned the event into the world's most important tradeshow for consumer electronics and home appliances. With more than half of all trade visitors coming from abroad, IFA Berlin provided a huge boost for both manufacturers and retailers in the crucial run-up to the holiday period, which runs from Thanksgiving in the United States all the way to Christmas and the New Year. Once again, IFA was operating at full capacity, with 1,805 exhibitors showing their latest products and services on 159,000 square meters of fully booked show floor at Messe Berlin. The mood among exhibitors was highly optimistic, not least given the expected order volume of 4.7 billion euro achieved during the six days of the event. IFA Berlin is closing its doors on 6 September.
IFA was also the showcase for numerous innovations and product launches, which demonstrates that "IFA is and remains the ideal meeting place and market place for trade and industry," said Hans-Joachim Kamp, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the IFA organizer, gfu Consumer & Home Electronics GmbH.
"IFA has strengthened its role as the world's most important trade show in this anniversary year, with the tenth edition of Home Appliances@IFA. It just shows the extraordinary contribution of the event to the expected positive development in the global market for domestic appliances," said Dr. Reinhard Zinkann, Chairman of the ZVEI Association for Electric Appliances and CECED President.
"By bringing together the world´s great innovators, brands, technologies, products, entrepreneurs and media all in one place, IFA is the most efficient platform to tell your story worldwide – whether you are a start-up or a long-established brand," said Dr. Christian Göke, CEO of Messe Berlin. "We are extremely happy with the enthusiasm and energy shown by all our exhibitors."
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Journalists from more than 70 countries came to Berlin to report on the flood of new and innovative products and technology trends shown this year at IFA.
Jens Heithecker, IFA Executive Director, said: "IFA is the global powerhouse for innovation, and the volume of media coverage around the world just serves to underline IFA's global importance. In 2017, we welcomed 6,000 journalists here in Berlin, and nearly 2,800 came from more than 70 countries."
The CEO of Messe Berlin, Dr. Christian Göke, described the event as "absolutely impressive". "This year, IFA Global Markets truly made a quantum leap, both in terms of size and quality," he said.
"Our exhibitors are thrilled," said Zhang Jing, director of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, who supports 150 IFA Global Markets exhibitors. "Just an hour after the opening, my exhibitors already had some of the biggest and most important customers at their booths," she said.
Yoon Chang-woo, senior researcher at the Korean Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute praised the high quality of the event: "Last year, we gained a large company from China as an important customer. IFA Global Markets is an opportunity for us to meet global companies all in one space."


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Thank you to everyone for your generosity and for helping us to spread the word about CRASH, BOOM, POP! We'll be sure to keep you updated on our progress, send you samples as we color and finish more pages, and finally, ship out your rewards. We can't wait to finish the book and get it into your hands. You've all made this a truly inspirational event in our lives.
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Wouldn't it be great to learn about the economy in a way that didn't suck? Too many of us are living paycheck to paycheck. Income inequality is a worldwide problem. Students are graduating with record debts. Trillion dollar wars are charged to the national credit card of debt. We're inheriting economies in crisis, yet less than half of all U.S. high schools require any kind of economics or finance courses in order to graduate.
Help us launch our graphic novel series - CRASH, BOOM, POP! - to help lay a good foundation in economics. We want to expose how money and economics actually work, without the complicated rhetoric. Everyday questions that befuddle our brains like: How is money created? Why do housing prices keep rising? Why are interest rates at all time lows (even if your credit card interest may not be)? What's the purpose of austerity? Why do central banks, like the Federal Reserve, continue printing more currency?
These are baffling questions for many...including actual economists! Yes, that's right. Much of what economists actually believe - and teach in their incredibly boring textbooks - is wrong.
Take the question of how money is created. Ever heard of the "Money Multiplier"? It's so mainstream that in 2009, President Obama used it in a speech to justify giving the banks a bailout instead of families and businesses:
"there are a lot of Americans who understandably think that government money would be better spent going directly to families and businesses instead of banks – 'where's our bailout?,' they ask".
..the truth is that a dollar of capital in a bank can actually result in eight or ten dollars of loans to families and businesses, a multiplier effect that can ultimately lead to a faster pace of economic growth."
Great idea...only it's wrong. That's not how money is really created. The Bank of England recently admitted as much:
"This description of how money is created differs from the story found in some economics textbooks. For instance, in normal times, the central bank does not in practice
choose the amount of money in circulation. Nor is central bank money
'multiplied up' into more loans and deposits. Rather, the Bank of
England implements monetary policy – which is set to be consistent with
low and stable inflation – by setting the interest rate on central bank
reserves ('Bank Rate'). This then influences a range of interest rates –
including those on bank loans – and, in turn, the aggregate amount of
spending in the economy."
Confused? So were we. Then we read some books that cut through the confusion: Steve Keen's "Debunking Economics", Ann Pettifor's "Just Money - How to Break the Despotic Power of Finance" and Ha-Joon Chang's "23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism", just to name a few.
As a team with a background in finance, education and economics, we did our best to digest all of this information for you. Now we want to share what we've learned.
The Details
CRASH, BOOM, POP! Volume 1: MONEY will be a perfect bound graphic novel. The final size will be 6.75" x 10.5" (17.15 cm x 26.67 cm) with 100+ full color pages printed on thick, high quality paper. Our goal is to print at least 1000 copies.
Who Are We?
Meet the Team
The Crash, Boom, Pop! team includes comic creators and founders of 7 Robots (indie publisher) Miguel Guerra and Suzy Dias, and writer Genevieve Tran (watch her TED Talk on financial literacy for the next generation).
Meet Steve Keen
Our mentor and muse is Professor Steve Keen, Head of the School of Economics, Politics and History at Kingston University London, founder of the Minsky open source economic simulator (which was successfully funded on Kickstarter), and author of the bestselling, "Debunking Economics".
He is also the winner of the 2010 Revere Award of Economics from the Real-World Economic Review for being the economist, "who first and most clearly anticipated and gave public warning of the Global Financial Collapse and whose work is most likely to prevent another GFC in the future."
To paraphrase Groucho Marx, economics is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
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Keep in Touch
IDEA Economics
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/IDEAeconomics
Twitter: @IDEAeconomics
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Steve Keen
Site: www.debtdeflation.com/blogs
Facebook: www.facebook.com/steve.keen.5
Twitter: @ProfSteveKeen
Risks and challenges
The biggest challenges that we see are shipping and distribution of all the books around the world in a timely manner. Since we are spread out over three countries (Canada, UK and Spain) and do this in our spare time, we decided the most efficient way to print and ship out the books would be to pay for a service. Using experienced distributors will considerably ease our worries and reduce costs that would have otherwise gone towards plane tickets and hotel rooms. We also want to ensure that any unexpected shipping costs, taxes and fees are included in our campaign funding goal.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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I remember back in the day when Weird Beard was just in the planning stage. Lots of talk and dreams, but no real decisions or substance; we hadn't even agreed on a name. I was still at my previous job, on a night shift, filling the time reading blogs from other breweries as usual. To this day I remember one particular blog that really stood out. I had done some googling after I had enjoyed a stout, rare to these shores a few times, called iStout. I really liked the beer, but did not really know much about the brewery, 8 Wired Brewing Co, as there wasn't much of their stuff around at the time.
Here's that blog. It was really inspirational reading about a guy (Søren) working in a larger New Zealand brewery, who were letting him brew his own stuff on any spare capacity. The beers he made impressed people so much he went on to open his own brewery. 8 Wired beers are now a lot easier to find, thanks in part over the last year or so to Todd and the NZ beer collective.
Everyone at Weird Beard see Todd, and few other people working for the NZ cause, as friends. We've worked many festivals together, meeting a number of Kiwi brewers along the way. It really was only a matter of time before we managed to get together with one of these guys and brewed something special. So when we bumped in Todd exciting a great cask bar in central London where he mentioned that Søren from 8 Wired would be in town in a few weeks and was keen to brew with us while he had the chance, I have to admit to being just a little excited. The very next Monday, emails started flying around and it was official, Weird Beard and 8 Wired were going to be brewing a beer together at the end of February.
We are fans of hops - you may have figured this out by now - but it's always worth mentioning. And what is NZ known for? Could it be all those lovely New World hops? It was obvious, this beer had to be all about the hops. A super basic malt bill was required, with a single sack of Carapils, and then Lager malt, loads of Lager malt. In fact, this beer has a higher percentage of lager malt than our lager. Then, our standard yeast, a nice clean US style yeast that doesn't add a lot of character, leaving a nice light, easy drinking but essentially blank canvas to paint our hoppy masterpiece. Anyway, back to the hops...we had a brewer from NZ brewing a beer with a UK brewery, so we had to run with this love in, and get some UK hops working in harmony with some NZ hops.
Unfortunately, there wasn't quite enough time to have Søren smuggling hops into the country and we were restricted by our hops contracts; anyone who follows our blogs will know how much fun they are. Out of what we had, Soren went with Kohatu, one we have used a few times in the past and we went with a UK hop that just oozes lovely, fruity blackcurrant, but one usually found in darker beers, Bramling Cross. Just to bridge the gap a little, we went for another NZ hop that we have been using since Gregg's first home brews, and a big part of our flagship pale ale, Mariana Trench. Pacific Gem, a hop that brings more blackcurrant to the party, in a very NZ way.
I had a great day working with Soren and think the resulting beer is something to be proud of.
Get stuck in while it is available.
Weird Wired will be sold in keg, cask and bottle formats. It's launching on cask tonight (5th April) at our Meet the Brewer event at the Union Tavern.


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Wednesday, 7 May 2014
My YouTube Journey - so far!
Hey hey hey lovelies!
So today I just wanted to share with you my excitement and pride in something that I have been working on for a few months now, and that is, my YouTube channel! You can check it out HERE
Today I reached 130 subscribers! That's crazy for me! I can't believe that people watch my videos, let alone 130 of them find my content good enough for them to subscribe! That is awesome and has put the biggest smile on my face!
For a few months, up until the end of April, very few people I know personally knew of my channel. It was always something I had wanted to do and I had finally found the courage to upload and I didn't want it all to go to waste by getting negative comments or hate from those I knew. And so I kept it on the down low. However, people started finding out about my channel through my blog whether that was reading through it or googling it to be able to vote for it (In an old competition I entered)
At first I felt so embarrassed and didn't want to face the reactions that I was sure to be getting from them but they were quite supportive and nice about it! Some even joked around saying that I could become YouTube famous one day!
Anyway it is an achievement in my books!
What have you all been up to lately? Have you guys achieved anything you are proud of?
I always to hear from my followers!!
Lots of love, Karine xx
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- Lynsey Chapman8 May 2014 at 17:02
Well done Karine!!ReplyDelete
So so proud of you :-D
You are way too lovable and amazing to not be supported!! :)
Love You! :) xoxo
Do you know what, I have exactly the same problem. I would love to start a YouTube channel but can't for the fear of what those around me will have to say! This is exactly why I wrote about your channel on my post; I find you such a courageous inspiration in the YouTubing world and I am so glad people around you have been supportive. 130 subscribers! That is amazeballs! Congratulations. Love the revamp of your blog site also, cute social media links. Rosemary xReplyDelete
Oh rosemary you are such a sweetheart! I am breaking out of my comfort zone and doing things I love doing. It is no longer about what people think of me, rather than my happiness and doing things for myself! So with that came that little confidence that got me started! Do not give up on that YouTube channel idea, once you are confident enough and realize that it doesn't matter what others think, then you will be able to do it just like I did! I definitely would subscribe to your channel so you have a supporter here :)ReplyDelete
Thank you so much lovely!! xxx
Congrats on the milestone! I find videos a ton of a lot harder than posts, so major props to you for carrying through with making vids. There's always some tic or squeak that I make that I don't realize until I'm editing the whole thing. Maybe I should stick to blog posts :PReplyDelete
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my post and for commenting! I read and will reply to every single one! Please leave a link to your blog and I will be sure to check it out as well! :) xx


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My name is Melodie Kantner. I have been working full time in the network marketing industry for over 17 years, 15 of those years have been with one company.
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Leather Wench here you're one and only source into Myrtle Beach's Leather World. If you didn't already know it is Girl Scout Cookie time! I am sure all around the U.S. Girl Scouts are delivering cookies each and every day. Being that I am a retired Girl Scout I know all about the wheelin and dealin and suckerin people to buy boxes and boxes of cookies. Of course, back when I was youngin I was very shy and didn't like talking to people so I didn't sell much. Ha! My sister on the other hand sold a whole butt load of them during her Girl Scout years. You know, each year they seem to switch up at least two of the cookies. My favorites were the Lemon Sandwich cookies, can't remember their names but they were awesome. Now they have some kinda lemon flavored short bread cookie covered in powder sugar. Bleh. I think there is a new cookie out today called Thank You Berrry Much. Would you imagine that it has berries in it? Haven't tasted those yet. Let's go back to the original Girl Scout Cookies shall we?
- Tagalongs
- Dosidos
- Samaos
- Treifoils
- Thin Mints
Now they've added so many more to the collection and I am sure each and every one of them are delicious. A few new ones include…
- Savannah Smiles
- Thanks a lot
- Dulce De Leche
- Cranberry Citrus Crisps
Sounds yummy! Not really my taste but hey I'm sure there are people out there that love them. I bet some of ya'll are reading this and thinking what does this have to do with leather? Well Jamin Jamie is kind enough to let troops store their cookies here in our shop while they deliver them so many at a time. Ain't he sweet? In return they give a couple boxes of free cookies. I mean hey FREE COOKIES! I took a poll and here are the office favorites here at Jamin Leather.
– Thin Mints (Clearly these are the winner)
– Dosidos (My personal favorite)
-Samos (Jamin Jamie's favorite because hes nutty)
Gives you an insight about our little Jamin Family.
Whats you're favorite girl scout cookie?
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