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Artie felt the icy sting of melted ice water all over his face. He began to cough and gag.
"Enough of that." chided a voice.
Artie looked up to see an annoyed Hesperide holding a bucket.
"Thank you, Erytheia." said Jacob as he took the now empty bucket. He looked at Artie for a moment before he returned his attention to the rest of the Hesperides. "Can you give us some privacy?"
"As you wish." They all bowed and shimmered out existence.
Jacob offered a hand. "Sorry about that."
Artie took it, noting Jacob was wearing bronze plated gauntlets. "Don't worry about it."
"Hey, you ever have maté?" Jacob asked.
Artie cocked his head. "Yeah. When I was in Uraguay and Argentina."
"Come on then." Jacob motioned for Artie to follow.
Jacob led Artie to a fountain that sat opposite the dragon and golden apple tree. It was beautifully carved from gray stone and black marble, with water flowing from the mouths of nine heads that belong to a Hydra. The water was clean and smelled fresh, but Artie wasn't sure if the water in basin at the Hydra's feet was safe to drink or even touch.
Leaning against the fountain was an old looking sack. It reminded Artie of the sacks used in old westerns, white bags with the symbol for money on the side. Jacob opened the bag and retrieved the strangest things, things that could not possible fit inside. A a cafe table with an umbrella that was quickly followed by two high backed chairs. Jacob retrieved an old looking wicker picnic basket on the table and noticed Artie staring.
"Just like Felix." Artie whispered.
"I said the same thing when I got it." Jacob smiled warmly. "Remember the song?"
"How could I?" Artie grinned reluctantly. "It was the only cartoon that the teatro played before the movies back home." He chanted. "Felix the Cat."
"The wonderful, wonderful cat." Jacob said,
"Whenever he gets in a fix . . ." Artie added.
"He reaches into his bag of tricks." Jacob finished.
Jacob opened the basket and produced a few things. A large thermos, a hollow wooden gourd, a metal straw, and some kind of ground up green herb. He took out tea biscuits with butter, jam, and honey to spread on them with high quality silverware and china plates.
Artie watched Jacob prepare the drink as he recalled the first time he tried it. It was when he unknowingly crossed the border from Brazil into Uruguay and met an old man living in a wooden cabin in the middle of a dense forest a several kilometers west of the Rio Negro. The old man took the young boy in giving a warm bed while he tended to his wounds that he was unable to treat.
It was when Artie woke up the next morning that he heard the tea kettle whistle. Artie assumed the old man was making coffee or tea, but he wasn't. The old man smiled at him and chuckled innocently at the boy's ignorance of the country's national drink. The ground green herb was called yerba mate and it was poured dried into a gourd before hot water was poured over it after inserting a metal straw, the submerged end was flared with small holes or slots that allowed the brewed liquid in, but block the chunky matter.
Artie found it bitter and strong, but found enjoyable once the generous hermit, Jorge he introduced himself as, adding a few spoonfuls of sugar. Together they enjoyed a small simple breakfast of bread, fresh cow cheese, and maté.
Then Artie caught sight of Thorn skulking just at the edge of the clearing that Jorge's yard and bolted, leaving before he could properly thank the old man for the food and fresh clothes.
"Açúcar ou mel?" Jacob asked.
Artie shook his head. "What?"
"Sugar or honey?" Jacob repeated in english. "Never really liked it so bitter like the Argentinians drink it."
"Sugar's fine."
Jacobs added a spoonful sugar and poured hot water from the thermos into the gourd before sliding to Artie. "Saúde e fortuna, irmão."
Artie wordlessly drank from the gourd and Jacob spread some jam and butter on a biscuit. Then he paused, the metal straw a harisbreath from his mouth. "What am I doing?" he whispered.
"What?" asked Jacob.
"WHAT AM I DOING HERE?!" Artie shouted, slamming the gourd down on the table.
Jacob sighed and rolled his eyes. "Is it obvious?"
"Where are my friends?" Artie demanded.
"They went ahead." Jacob took a bite from his biscuit.
Jacob swallowed. "Well, I didn't give them much of choice. It was either go ahead," He motioned to the dragon guarding the tree. "Or Ladon here gets to see if three demigods can be split enough for all his heads."
"Three?" Artie did a quick mental count. "Thalia, Percy, Zoë, and me make four."
"Why would I want to kill you?" Jacob looked confused. "I wanna make you an offer."
"An offer I can't refuse?" Artie appeared suspicious. "How exactly how are you alive?"
"Yes." Artie snapped. "Jacob, the real Jacob, died when I was eight."
"You of all people know should be able to figure it out." Jacob said.
"Figure what out?"
"What can manticore venom do?" Jacob sighed. "Its hurts so bad that its like being set on fire from the inside out times a thousand, even more when you mix it with nectar, but is it lethal? No, all the manticore venom in the world can't even kill an ant."
Artie gasped. "You mean . . ."
"Check out the big brain on Brett." Jacob fished in a pocket as he quoted Pulp Fiction. "Here, let me show you." Jacob tossed a golden drachma into the fountain that the setting sun hit just right to make a rainbow. "Iris, goddess of the rainbow, accept my offering and show us the night our family was broken."
Artie watched as the rainbow swirled and he was gazing back through time into the room he and Jacob had shared in Rio.
There were two small wooden beds that were so on the edge of collapsing even the most starving termite would turn its nose up at. The mattresses were just old futons that had been thrown out years before a merchant fished it out the ocean and sold it to Maria Gallezi when Artie had was growing to large for them to comfortably share the bed when he was just a small baby. At the end of each bed was an old looking chest that held their share of cloths with Artie receiving Jacob's hand me downs which were already hand me downs twice over. Most would find it strange to return to struggling to live in the slums of Rio, but Artie didn't. Yes the streets could sometime be filthy with garbage and money was hard to come buy, legally anyway, but it was home.
Maria's job at a local bakery was not glamorous and it didn't pay much, but it was enough to keep her children and herself fed. Between the rent, feeding three mouths, and uniforms for school, Maria's salary did not leave much for anything else. Once every month or so, if the tips had been generous enough, she could afford to send her children to the local cinema to forget their troubles, but that was the extent of it.
So naturally when Pele announced he would be signing autographs at the Estádio do Maracanã for one night only to raise money for charities, Maria could not send her children. Of course, children being children, there was shouting and arguing along with a good bit complaining before Maria sent them to thier room without dinner. Not to be denied, Artie proposed sneaking out, but Jacob argued against it. Like before, Artie lost his temper and left, not knowing the last words to his mother was wishing she was dead and telling Jacob he didn't need him or anyone.
Artie watched as he guessed it was that same night. Quite some time must have passed because twelve year old Jacob was laying in bed reading a magazine when a noise caught his attention.
"Artie?" Jacob called out as he went to open the window. "É você?"
Any of Jacob's other questions were cut short by a strong glove hand shooting out from the dark night and grasping his throat.
"Tente novamente!" hissed an all too familiar voice.
Artie watched Dr. Thorn bend under the window while maintaining a tight grip on Jacob's throat. Naturally Jacob try to cry out as he pounded on Thorn's wrist and kicked for all that he was worth, but Thorn hardly seemed to take notice.
Thorn gazed around before focusing on the struggling demigod. "Where is he?" he asked in perfect Portuguese. "Where is the other boy?"
Jacob made a rough croak and motioned to his throat.
"Oh!" Thorn's hand twitched a bit as he loosened his grip. "Now talk!"
Jacob sucked in a loud breath to scream.
"Fim!" Thorn clamped a hand over Jacob's mouth while simultaneously retightening his grip around the boy's neck. "Now talk or things will more unpleasant."
Jacob continued struggling, knocking an old tacky lanp that stood a little close to the edge of the nightstand. Thorn took no notice until it was too late and the lamp shattered loudly on the hard floor.
Suddenly footsteps could be heard running from down the hall.
"Rapaz tola!" snarled Thorn and threw Jacob aside.
Maria threw the door wide open. "Garotos, achei que dito — ack!"
"Oh, don't be too hard on them." Thorn said, lifting Maria off the ground by her throat. "Boys will be boys."
Jacob recovered enough to look up and see this strange man hurting his mother. He grabbed the remains of lamp, still connected to the wall, and drove it into Thorn's ankle. Electricity tore through Thorn's body and he dropped Maria. Jacob rushed to help his mother up, but he never made it to her.
Something felt wrong.
He looked down to see something sharp and bloody protruding from his left hip. His hand slowly touched the spot and stained his fingertips with his blood, warm against his skin and nearly black in the dim moonlight. As he looked down he saw another object exit from the right side of his chest.
Maria screamed as Jacob collapsed at her feet.
Thorn caught her just as she rushed to her son. She fought with all the force she was capable of and then some. She bit, punched, kicked, shrieked, and even used her nails like claws to reach her son, but to no avail. Thorn hardly seemed to noticed as he dragged Maria out by her hair, her screams and wails of protest echoing throughout the room and hall.
The rainbow swirled and distorted the image.
Artie looked to Jacob, his hand shaking as he brought another biscuit to his mouth.
"But . . ." Artie began to say, his voice barely a whisper.
"Keep watching." Jacob said just as quietly.
Artie turned back to the image floating in the rainbow mist.
Two men wearing blue vest, red beret's and tan shirts with the Brazilian national flag on the sleeves were bending over Jacob. They seemed to be calling for help as one took the boy's pulse and the other checked his breathing.
Artie had often wondered, out of curiosity, how the mortals of Rio would have reacted to finding his mother and brother dead with the house torn apart and not a single sign of him.
Another pair of EMT's rolled in a gurney and quickly, but gently as possible, lifted Jacob and placed him on the gurney. Their hands were lightning as one strapped Jacob in so he moved not an inch while another slipped a bright orange neckbrace. The remaining two ran an IV while simultaneously calling for others to clear the way.
As Artie watched his old home swarming with police, curious onlookers, and EMT's Jacob spoke. "You'd be surprised what you can live through." He paused. "Well, not really you, but I was."
The image swirled again and Artie found himself watching Jacob strapped to a hospital bed. He had several tubed connected to IV bag filled with a rainbow of liquid. Though he could not hear, it clear that Jacob was screaming in agony.
"Like I said, manticore venom can't kill." Artie turned to see Jacob lower his collar to reveal a star shaped scar. "The spine would have killed me, but like everyone else my heart is on the left. And the other barely nicked a kidney." Jacob motioned to the rainbow. "They did everything they could, but they couldn't even begin to understand what was causing the pain so forget treating it."
"How . . ." Artie asked, not taking his eyes off the image.
"Now that might surprise you." Jacob waved a hand over the image. "Luckily for me, lots of satyrs come to Brazil. They're always looking for Pan and the Amazon Rainforest is usually one of the first places they look. He took a bit of a tumble down a small hill and some tourists managed to get him into town. He found me and knew the mortal doctor's couldn't help me so he called a friend."
Now Artie saw the same room with Jacob, but with two new people. There was a satyr pacing back and forth, his shoes and hat tossed on chair so his horns and hooves could be seen, while a red headed woman in a wheelchair examined the boy.
"Eurphrasia?" Artie's voice hardly more than whisper.
It was her. The same glasses that gave her a bookish look her thick red hair tied back as she worked over a table filled with herbs, flasks filled with liquids, and an old fashion stone mortar and pestle. Artie had seen her make the very same cure she had made for him when Thorn ambushed him in the Everglades along with countless remedies to counteract infections and speed up the healing of broken bones.
"Apparently the satyr, Stamatis, met her when he was checking out the swamps in Florida." Jacob explained. "Took her all of two minutes to figure out what was wrong and all of five to make the cure." Jacob waved his hand over the image. "From there, Stamatis, or Stan as he preferred, took me all the way to America. Long Island, New York to be exact."
"Long Island?" Artie repeated. "But that would mean . . ."
"Camp Half Blood." Jacob confirmed. "In less than two weeks, I lost everything. My mother, my brother, and finally my home."
"But why did Chiron never mention you?"
"You know what the worse part of being a child of Apollo?" Jacob growled. "Yeah, we're the best archers and best musicians, but a lot of us have the gift of prophecy. I was one of them." Jacob pointed to the image. "See?"
Artie turned back to the rainbow and saw Camp Half Blood. It seemed to be some time after Jacob arrived at camp because he was wearing an orange camp shirt and jeans with a bow and quiver slug over his back. Jacob seemed to be arguing with Chiron on the porch of the Big House. Several times Jacob motioned and pointed to Half Blood Hill as if something important was happening. Chiron shook his head and spoke with a calm, if a bit concerned, demeanor.
"I spent almost a year at camp." Jacob said. "Apollo claimed me barely a month in and thats when the visions started."
"They were unclear and unfocused at first. I could catch pieces and clues to what I was seeing along with a whisper of a voice calling for help." Jacob grew cold. "Then they became clearer and I knew what I was seeing." Jacob looked his brother dead in the eye. "You! I was seeing you as you ran around the wild as Thorn chased all over the continent." Jacob thrust a hand at the image. "I begged and pleaded with Chiron and that useless drunk of a god telling them that my brother was alive out there and in danger, but they wouldn't let me leave." Jacob began mocking Mr.D "As much as I'd love to have one less brat running around, I'm afraid I would not here the end of it from your father." Then Jacob switched to Chiron. "It would not be wise, child. You could have very well seen the present than the future. There is no way tell either way and we have not a single method to go about locating him."
"He was right." Artie said reluctantly. "I never stayed in one spot for more than a day. Thorn wouldn't let up and I ran into other monsters too."
"I know that now, but I wouldn't hear it then." Jacob admitted. "Every night I'd have another vision and every morning I would tell Chiron, but he wouldn't change his mind." Jacob waved his hand over the rainbow and the imaged paused. "Until I had a vision of you arriving in a port in Miami. I'm not sure if that actually changed his mind or if he got tired of me asking every day, but he agreed to let me go."
"What did the oracle say?"
"Forsake aid of any kind and none shall pay mind." Jacob recited. "With the strongest of oaths you will be bind. Despite enemies and events both shall unite. Against their true enemy, brothers in all but blood shall fight."
"I don't understand."
"Like you, the first line meant I had go alone or monsters would attack left and right." Jacob explained. "The second line meant this." Jacob motioned to the image again. "Turns out Chiron was right. The vision I had about you and Thorn in Florida was one year too early."
Artie turned back to iris message and saw Jacob walking through the everglades.
He was covered in mud as he waded through water up to his knees. His orange camp shirt clashed horribly with brown and green of the environment and Artie noticed he was wearing the same golden leather trench coat, stained with mud and wet in several places, along with the same bronze gauntlets he wore now. Instead of a bow and quiver, Jacob had a curved celestial bronze knife in each hand. He was about to ask what child of Apollo preferred close combat with knives to ranged with a bow and arrow when two figures emerged when Jacob bent to drink from a creek.
The two figures were eight feet tall, wearing nothing but blue jeans. The rest of them were covered by shag-carpeted thick brown fur. They both had claws for fingers, a snout for a nose, and all their teeth being pointed canines. Both of them carried a javelin in hand and wicked looking knives at their waist.
Artie said nothing as the bear twins attacked, Argrius charged while Oreius threw his javelin. Jacob dived out of the way and landed into a roll just as Argrius buried the javelin's head into the dirt where had been standing. Jacob drew himself up and threw both of his knives.
As they flew in the air, spinning perpendicular to the direction it was heading, Artie saw they weren't knives, but sharpened celestial bronze boomerangs. As the bear twin scrambled for cover, Jacob threw open his trench coat to reveal half a dozen more deadly projectiles. He drew two in each hand and threw them as well, but Artie saw the drawback.
Each and every boomerang collided with a tree trunk or was slowed when it cut through foliage and branches.
Agrius and Oreius looked around and saw they had the advantage and slowly advanced. Then Jacob thrust out his hands and two boomerang that had been brought to a dead stop by a tree flew back to him like a bullet, not bothering to go around the bear twins.
The twins looked down and saw the holes left by the boomerang before collapsing into gold dust.
"I never returned to Camp Half Blood so Chiron naturally assumed I died and I doubt he wanted to tell that your only brother survived only to die on a quest to save you." Then Jacob severed the connection. "I spent a month looking for you and killing anything that got in my way, but I couldn't speed up time."
"So you gave up?"
"No!" Jacob snapped. "Never! I never gave up!"
"But . . ."
"Someone spoke to me one night. He told me all about you. How you were the child of Artemis and it was your scent that brought Thorn."
"I . . .uh, . . . um." Artie wasn't sure how to respond.
"I told him it wasn't your fault and you know what? He agreed." Jacob pointed to him. "It was your mother! That sexist goddess, Artemis."
"The voice you heard, it was the General wasn't it?" Artie asked.
"Yes." said Jacob. "He promised me everything I wanted. You and me would be back together. Thorn punished along with Artemis and Apollo."
"Apollo?" Artie asked. "What did he do?"
"Nothing! He did nothing!" Jacob snapped. "He and Artemis just sat back and watched while our mother was killed and we were seperated thinking the other was dead without lifting a finger to help."
"So you sided with the Titans." Artie concluded.
"And you sided with the gods." Jacob countered.
"Why?!" Jacob demanded.
"Because I don't have choice." Artie said simply.
"Yes, you do." Jacob assured. "Join us and stop being a pawn for the gods."
"Whereas being a pawn for the Titans is better?" Artie frowned. "You said Artemis and Apollo just sat back an watched? Well, what did the Titans do? The same thing, nothing!"
"They're helping us now." Jacob answered.
"And so are the gods." Artie opened his arms to show his armor and weapons. "Do you think I just walked into a store and bought this? No, Artemis convinced Hephaestus to give one of his children enough moonsilver to make this armor. This cloak and Kopis? She gave it to me because she thought 'I might need it'. Either way, they're using us to get what they want."
"Then why help them?"
"I'm not."
"Could have fooled me."
"What did the General tell you?" Artie challenged. "That I was part of the quest to rescue Artemis?"
"Aren't you?"
"No. That was they're quest. My quest was to save Annabeth."
"The blond girl?"
"Yes." Artie said. "Do you want to know what I think about this little fight between the gods and Titans? I couldn't care less. At the end of it all, nothing is going to change. Let them kill each other over the earth."
"Then why help them?" Jacob asked again.
"Because a fight between them would get the few people I still care about killed." Artie answered. "That's why I'm helping the gods. The gods may ignore us, but that's a lot better than being the Titans' playthings if they win."
"But the General promised our mother back." Jacob told him. "Imagine it! You, her, and me together like we should be."
"It won't be the same." Artie shook his head. "Look at yourself. Look at me. As much as I hate to say it, Artemis was right. Things can't go back to the way they were. We've changed too much. We've seen too much."
"What are you saying?"
"That the sons of Maria Gallezi died with her that night eight years ago." Artie paused. "So I'm not going to join you and the Titans."
"So you're picking your friends over your only brother?"
"No." Artie held a hand. "You're coming with me."
"I don't understand."
"Did you swear on the Styx to serve the Titans?"
"Not exactly."
"What were your exact words?"
"I swear on the river Styx to serve the Titans until Thorn pays for what he did along with those responsible."
Artie smiled and held out a hand. "That was the second part of your prophecy, With the strongest of oaths you will be bind."
"I know that." Jacob looked tempted to take his brother's hand. "But the General said I had to wait until Thorn stops being useful."
"I swear on the Styx, Jacob, not only he can't be used, but he's paying for what he did to us as we speak." Artie recited. "Vengeance taken and guardian freed, that was the third line of my prophecy. I took care of Thorn and now I'm here to free you, the guardian that the General appointed to the Hesperides."
"But . . ."
"Just because you gave up on your quest doesn't mean the quest gave up on you." Artie said, his hand still out. "Despite enemies and events both shall unite. The gods and Titans have kept us apart long enough, irmão."
Jacob reached for his brother's hand, but pulled back. He shook his head as tears formed in the corners of his eyes. "I can't! Thorn and Artemis were only half of it."
"You swore to serve until Thorn and the ones responsible were punished." Artie reminded. "Thorn is taken care of, but there is still the General and I can't fight him alone."
"The General?" Jacob repeated.
"Remember what I said about being used by either side?" Artie asked. "When I was in D.C. I caught the General yelling at Thorn for screwing up."
"He's always doing that."
"He said he gave Thorn a mission eight years ago. When he failed that, the General gave him a second chance which took him four years with nothing to show for it." Artie then quoted the General verbatim. "I will choose lieutenants who get me results! Not ones who retreat when their target if half dead."
Jacob fell to his knees and held his head. "Oh meus deuses. Todo esse tempo. . . que era ele. . . e eu nunca pensei. . . ele estava me usando . . ."
"I know." Artie knelt and embraced him tightly as he could without hurting him. "It took me forever to figure it out, but now I'm almost sure he sent Thorn."
"But why?" Jacob sniffed. "What could we do to them? We're not children of the Big Three. We can't decide the fate of Olympus."
"I have no idea." Artie stood up and brought his brother with him. "But I'm gonna find out." Artie wiped Jacob's eyes. "Are you going to help me?"
"You can't beat the General." Jacob protested. "No one can."
"Do you know what Artemis said to me after Thorn nearly killed me in Florida? As I stumbled around in the forest?" Artie smiled grimly. "Show me only the gods themselves can stop you."
"I don't understand."
"If I asked the General if he is a god, what would he say?"
"Then we should be fine." Artie chuckled reluctantly. "Since he hasn't seen Ghostbusters."
"What?" Jacob cocked his head. "You lost me."
Artie smirked. "When someone asks you if you're a god, you say 'yes'."
"Oh, that." Jacob chuckled reluctantly. "Its been a while."
"Once all of this is over, we are having a movie marathon." Artie promised. "Just you, me, my DVD collection and we're not stopping until we run out popcorn."
"I'd like that." Jacob looked up at the summit. "I'd like that a lot."
"But first we have to get up there, beat the General, free Artemis and Annabeth. And we need to hurry."
"Yeah, the whole winter solstice thing." Jacob asked. "Why is it always before the solstice?"
"No, we need to hurry so I can make back to Miami before Christmas." Artie said.
"Why Miami?"
"Let's just say I have a better chance of surviving a fight with a Titan than I do if Appolonia is mad at me." Artie smiled. "Tartarus hath no fury like a women scorned."
A/N - Sorry for such a long time between updates. Apparently Hurricane Sandy thought that me, and a large portion of NY, should return to the times of reading by candle light and cold showers. Plus the snowstorm a week later didn't exactly speed things up. So I'm back with power and internet and hopefully I can get back into the swing of things.


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Outfit// Fedora Hat BDG | Rose Gold Mirrored Aviator Sunglasses Kate Spade (similar here) | Dark Wash Denim Jacket Kut from the Kloth (here) | Floral Print Cross Back Romper L'ATISTE (similar here) | Studded Leather Wrap Tassel Bracelets E. Kammeyer Accessories (here) | White Vegas Jewels Bangle Kate Spade | Rose Gold Wedge Sandal Kate Spade (similar style here) | Straw Bag From Italy (similar here) |
Summer is over, and I am ready to put away my summer dresses in exchange for some cozy knits.
I can't help look back at the end of the trip we took to Las Vegas and think about all the fun pieces I took with me. I felt this look and the two-piece set were some of the most daring outfits I've put together. They both show a lot more skin, the two-piece set showed some torso, and this cross back romper shows off a lot of my back. Outside of the beach and Vegas, I feel I would more likely wear this as a swimsuit cover-up. As effortless as this piece looks, it was not easy putting it back on after going to the restroom (the struggle with rompers!)
I've gained a lot of self-confidence in myself and what I wear as I step out of my comfort zone and try different things. I don't really talk about body positivity, but last week I attended a poetry workshop focused on self-love hosted by my blogger friend Ani Chivchyan of Yours Truly, Ani. It's been a long time since I've written poetry, but the workshop made me realize something pretty amazing when I look back at what I was experiencing during this outfit shoot in April 2018.
For one, as much as I smiled, I was feeling awful. I mentioned in a previous post I was sick during most of the weekend, but it wasn't the first time I had experienced this type of sickness. It started right before I left my first real job and made my transition to a new department and office. I would feel nauseous and my stomach would tighten. I made a few doctor's trips and took some pills to help alleviate the symptoms. It was hard to pinpoint what was wrong with me, but my doctor concluded it was stress which caused adrenaline to be released and made me lose my appetite and have these gastrointestinal issues.
I felt like one of those prescription commercials where the woman can't go anywhere unless there is a bathroom nearby. I felt very cautious and would be nervous about going out and having to use the restroom or feel nauseous. I began to meditate more, but I still felt uneasy and anxious about getting sick and relying on things like Zantac or anti-nausea medication.
Fast-forward to now and what I learned about myself at this Self-Love Poetry Workshop. While extreme, the biggest act of self-love I made for myself was removing myself from a stressful work situation and saying to myself that I would be okay. I am happy to report since leaving my office job, I haven't felt sick like I used to, and that is a huge relief for me. I feel like I have gotten into a good rhythm in balancing job hunting as a freelancer and listing items for sale on Poshmark and feel very optimistic about what I am working towards, especially for the site updates.
Lately, I've been focused on saying yes, particularly to things outside of my comfort zone, and this workshop felt like one of those moments since I have gotten used to staying in at home more.
Self-love and self-care can look different for everyone, but now that you have the realization I made regarding my connection of leaving a stressful job to no longer getting sick, here's the poem I wrote from the workshop with some minor edits:
Like the cocoa bean
You were in a hard shell
Unaware of your true potential
Waiting to be opened
Pushed out, Drying out
Only to be tossed into the fire
Learning of your limitless potential
Becoming a necessary ingredient
Enriching others lives
With your flavor
Words have power, and while we might have flaws, it is also important to recognize the good in us and our limitless potential. I hope you can show yourself some self-love either by writing yourself a letter or telling yourself something you are proud of doing recently. It can be something small, like doing laundry or completing an errand, the important thing is to just start.
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Energy-efficient products
In developing its products, Chiorino takes into account all the aspects necessary to reduce energy consumption, such as loads and friction coefficients. Products that are highly resistant to mechanical stress and abrasion also provide a longer service life and lower production costs.
Conservation of natural resources
In developing its products, Chiorino is considering a possible potential indirect impact on the environment. In addition to providing the highest level of safety, Chiorino products have a light cleaning procedure, which reduces water consumption and environmental pollution with detergents.
Compliance with HACCP for food products
Careful selection of raw materials, continuous updating of R&D laboratories compliance with the new effective food safety laws, combined with strict control throughout the production process (good manufacturing practice), ensure the complete suitability of Chiorino products for contact with food products in accordance with the HACCP system.
The Chiorino Quality Management System, covering the entire production chain, from design and production to marketing and after-sales service, is certified in accordance with UNI EN ISO 9001:2015.
Safety of personnel
Production processes and jobs are designed to guarantee and protect the health and safety of workers. Using education programs on prevention and safety of activities, periodic health checks, noise measurements and continuous checks of jobs and equipment, provides a healthy and safe working environment for Chiorino employees.
Reducing the impact on the environment
For Chiorino, environmental protection means preventing pollution and providing greater transparency to society and public institutions, while reducing environmental impact. This strategy allowed the company to obtain the certification of UNI EN ISO 14001:2015 and, as the only one among the conveyor belt manufacturers, to pass an environmental audit in accordance with the EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) system.


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An A5 digital Giclee print taken from Chris Bakers original pencil drawing of Skinny Pete. The original pencil drawing that your print will be taken from is A6 in size and took Chris 15 hours to create. Chris used a 4B pencil, an eraser, blending stumps and tissues for blending.
A5 Giclee print of Skinny Pete
All prints are printed using the digital Giclee printing process, museum grade archival paper and mounts have been used to ensure that your print will not degrade over time. As we use the digital Giclee printing process for all of the prints here at CJBart, you as a customer are recieving a direct replica of Chris' original pencil drawings.


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Welcome to the forum!If I follow the Synfig forum thread, you have tried both that old extension (SVG2SIF), as well as saving as SIF from Inkscape - correct? The video you referenced doesn't seem to run, for some reason.And you also tried converting the text to path? That should work.Unfortunately, I don't have Synfig for testing, and no time at the moment, to download and install.I guess, for myself, I would suggest trying this: -- open a new blank file -- create a new layer -- type text in the new layer -- Path menu > Union (this is a shortcut which does the same thing as Object to Path plus ungroup plus combine) -- make sure that you don't have a duplicate of the text in the file, which might be producing the problem, despite converting the original text to paths -- save as SIF, and then open in SynfigMostly I just suggest the new layer for "good measure"....or maybe call it a hunch.If you still have the same problem, please see this message for info about either contacting developers or filing a new bug report. I'd probably go straight for the bug report....unless someone else posts a reply here, who knows how to fix this problem.https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?topic=628.0
I doubt that the dpi would have anything to do with this problem. If you want to export a PNG at 90 dpi, you would not have to install an earlier version. Just change the dpi in the Export PNG dialog.I'm not familiar with the extension you mentioned, Prepare for Export. But you could look and see if it allows you to change the dpi yourself.If it doesn't, then to answer your question....oh gosh, I can't remember for sure. I'm pretty sure version 0.91 was the last which used 90 dpi as the default. If it wasn't 0.91, then it was 0.48.5 (yes, the project jumped ahead in version numbering).Note that your image might not be the right size, using 90 dpi (in case size is important for your project).However, I think saving as SIF is currently the proper way to get images from Inkscape to Synfig. It's possible those older extensions don't work, although I don't know for sure.I don't know what you mean about the "extra edge" that someone's text has, which exported properly. Do you mean it's a serif font?Have you tried different fonts? It doesn't sound like it would matter....unless it was some kind of font which doesn't have closed spaces.What about different file formats? Are there any other file formats which you could use, to get the text from Inkscape into Synfig?I think I would probably go ahead and file a bug report, at this point. Although I realize you're probably more focused on getting the text into Synfig correctly. But once developers can have a look at the problem, they might be able to offer a workaround. Or maybe they might even know a fix?OH! I just had a flash. Look in Inkscape Preferences > Input/Output > SVG Output > Path Data. How is that set? For general use, Optimized is the best choice. But maybe for your purpose, Absolute would be the best choice? Change that before you type the text, then convert to path, then Union, then save as SIF.If that, as well as using a 2nd layer doesn't help, then I'm fresh out of ideas.
Interesting. I guess I would lean towards making a bug report about version 0.92 on this. Except that the text in that example does not have any closed spaces. So I can't be sure if the problem with the text is a bug, that it does not exist in 0.91, and is new in 0.92.x.In other files, have you used text with closed spaces, to confirm that the problem is not happening in 0.91 ?
Would you like to make a new bug report for this? If you don't want to get involved, I'd be glad to make one. But developers may have questions which I would not be able to answer. And I certainly would not be able to test, if they have either a fix or a workaround (since I don't have Synfig).However, I still would make the report (if you don't want to). It would be better to have a mere mention of this kind of problem, even if it can't be fully explored yet.If you'd like to make it, please do that here: https://launchpad.net/inkscape Also please post a link to it in this topic, after you finish.If you'd rather not make it, let me know, and I'll do it.Thanks
While adding some notes and files to the bug report, I looked at the SVG file which you provided, more closely than before. And I got a possible clue. In that file, the text is already converted to paths. And the name of the groups are like "flowRoot1234".I don't know where that id name for the group came from, but it makes me wonder if you had been using flowed text for this. Flowed text is created by dragging out a text box, with the text tool, before you type the text into the box (or paste it in). Regular text is created by just clicking once on the canvas, and start typing.The reason it would not be surprising if flowed text was causing this problem, is because there is no SVG standard for flowed text (and never will be, afaiu). If you were using flowed text, I would ask you try using regular text. Because if using regular text solves the problem, you can go back to version 0.92.x, and have the Objects dialog which you like so much!Give it a try


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Analyzing Job Hoppers
CBS reported recently that Millennials are job hopping more than previous generations. The phrase "job hopping" may make potential employees sound fickle, distracted, or unreliable, but in all honesty, this group of workers is more complicated than people realize. Here are some things to consider when looking at job hoppers' applications. Who hires job hoppers?


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The following ships are expected in Malta:
The Gesina Schepers from Sousse to Al Khoms, the Karina from Sfax to Tripoli, the Dina Trader from Benghazi to Sousse, the Contship Max from Misurata to Benghazi, the CMA CGM Aristote from Algiers to Bejaia (all CMA CGM Malta Agency Ltd) and the MV Eurocargo Genova from Genoa to Genoa (Sullivan Maritime Ltd) today.
The APL Merlion from Antwerp to Jeddah, the CMA CGM Magdalena from Algeciras to Genoa, the BF Nilou from Tunis to Skikda, the Corona J from Misurata to Izmir (all CMA CGM Malta Agency Ltd), the MSC Antigua from Gioia Tauro to Valencia (John Ripard & Son Ltd) and the Berlin Express to Nava Sheva (Bianchi & Co. Ltd) tomorrow.
The CMA CGM Columba from Beirut to Valencia, the BF Esperanza from Benghazi to Skikda, the Contship Sun from Livorno to Misurata, the Jan from Ambarli to Annaba (all CMA CGM Malta Agency Ltd), the MV Eurocargo Venezia from Genoa to Genoa (Sullivan Maritime Ltd), the Maria Grazia Onorato from Catania to Catania (SMS Shipping), the Visitor from Damietta to Alexandria (Thomas Smith & Co Ltd) and the Al Manamah to Le Harve (Bianchi & Co Ltd) on Saturday.
The Tilly Russ from Bar to Catania, the Oued Ziz from Tunis to Yunis and the Louisa Schulte from El Dekheila to Algiers (all CMA CGM Malta Agency Ltd) on Sunday.
The Contship Fun from Trapani to Salerno, the Okee August from Algiers to Mersin (both CMA CGM Malta Agency Ltd), the MV Euroferry Olympia from Salerno to Salerno, the MV Eurocargo Malta from Genoa to Livorno (both Sullivan Maritime Ltd), the Barbara Krahulik from Genoa to Catania (SMS Shipping) and the Maersk Kingston from Izmir to Valencia (Thomas Smith & Co. Ltd) on Monday.


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This page will list all the suppliers I have purchased kit off, or am in the process of buying from. They are listed in date order of my first purchase. All are very busy people with waiting lists of months if not years. Enjoy.
Englyshe Plate Armourie
Historic Enterprises
St George Armoury
Tod's Stuff
The Padded Armour Company
Past Tents
Shoot and Scapa
If any of them should happen to visit this site, please accept my thanks (as you have my cash ;) ) for your time and effort in producing such wondrous articles. The emphasis on the word 'articles' is very much the first three letters. Let me know if any of the links don't work.
And a few other links which anyone who chances by this page will probably already have Bookmarked in their browser, but here goes:
Wars of the Roses Federation
Medieval Siege Society
English Heritage
Royal Armoury - Leeds


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Formal Proof; Sterling Allen and Larry Graeber, Project Room Blue Star Contemporary
Larry Graeber a Texas-based artist, works in studios in San Antonio and Marfa. Raised in Austin the oldest of three children, the son of an architect, and homemaker. As a youth Larry was always involved in making things; forts, treehouses and down hill coasters. As a teenager, junior high - high schooler he worked summers at his grandad's lumber yard, Graeber Lumber.
In college Larry initially studied architecture, then discovered the art department where things came naturally, studying painting, printmaking, jewelry and filmmaking. By his second year he had already found a studio in downtown San Marcos that he devoted to painting.
Graeber began exhibiting in 1971, curated into Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. His first major one person exhibition was in 1974, Works From a Small Duplex, curated by director John Leeper hosted by the McNay Art Museum in their upstairs galleries. Represented in both public and private collections, books and magazines, he most enjoys exhibiting in group and one person shows.
Recent events:
2019 pop up Gallery 90 - 13 artists, three openings, nov 29 - dec 28
formal proof - exhibit at BSC: blurb book with essay by Anjali Gupta
Blue Star Contemporary: Formal Proof; Sterling Allen and Larry Graeber, Project Room
State Wide: Texas Sculpture Group exhibit Houston Baptist University
Studio Debris - Sculpture, blurb book with the essay by Matthew Mendez
When They Appear; Marilyn Jolly & Larry Graber, Grayduck Gallery, Austin, catalog
Larry Graeber, Works on Paper, March Spotlight, Platform Gallery, Seattle WA
1340 Art Magazine 2019//01 - page 45; Creatures oil on canvas 2018
2018 three blurb books - Eye on You, paintings and drawings, Dec 2018
Sky and Land, painting, May - Aug 2018
Coupling and other paintings, Jan - Apr 2018,
exhibit of paintings; Sky and Land, Greasewood Gallery, Marfa TX
Fifth Annual ArtSpace 111 Regional Juried Exhibition: Juried by Christina Rees
International Sculpture Center, mixed media sculpture, Boy, Hamilton Township
International Sculpture Center's Chapter Member Exhibition at Zona Maco, Mexico City
Silent; Dock Space Gallery, paintings and sculpture, San Antonio TX, Jan 13-Feb 2
2017 blurb book - paintings, works on paper, sculpture
assorted work; Overland Partners, paintings, sculpture, paper works, San Antonio, TX, Nov 2017 - Jan 2018
Fiction; exhibition of sculpture and wall reliefs, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX, Oct 2 - Nov 3
One of two presenters, James Surls and myself, at the Richard and Pam Salmon sculpture competition
symposium sponsored by Angelo State University and the San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, Oct 13
Intersections; Rachael Wren, David Alcantar, Larry Graeber - Curated by Benjamin McVey, Anthem Gallery,
hosted by Fl!ght Gallery, Blue Star, San Antonio
Place to Place; exhibition of sculpture, paintings, works on paper; catalog, essay by Chad Dawkins, de
stijl\Podium for Art, Austin, TX
The Austin Chronicle - Arts & Culture. Larry Graeber: Place to Place by Sam Anderson Ramos,
Red Dot, curated by Jacqueline McGilvray, catalog, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio
Survey: Texas sculpture group; curated by Chad Dawkins, Texas State University
2016 Passing Glance; James Joffe & Larry Graeber, Gallery 20/20, San Antonio
Above and Below; six sculptors, Curated by Sculpture Month Houston. sponsored by Rudolph Blume Fine Art
/Art Scan Gallery, Houston
Sculpture Month Houston; celebration and survey, Oct 15 - Nov 19 at the Decorative Ctr., Houston,
Rivard Report - Urban. Independent. All About San Antonio. Larry Graeber: Making Art as a Way of Life by
David S Rubin http://therivardreport.com/larry-graeber-making-art-as-a-way-of-life/
Meet the Future 2016 pop-up exhibition, six artists, McNay Art Museum, curated by Rene Barilleaux
Artist's Statement: principles of elements - painting, sculpture, work on paper;
After many years of practice I trust a degree of empathy and understanding have found lodging in me. I no longer have any pervasive agendas, but a more patient approach to the manner in which I work.
I am intrigued with the idea of approximations, even approximations of other approximations. I see this all the time as we modify the present in a reach for the future, even at times implementing nostalgia as reassurance of our history and identity.
Convergences and phenomena are a big part of this for me. The simple experience of three or more things occurring or arriving at the same place at the same time has always fascinated me. Besides it merely happening, its potential as a phenomena has the earmarks of history and the necessity found in innovation.
My effort is to engage similarly, to prevail on the elements of my studio, past work and goals of intention. I may merely add to the "debris", but the engagement has potential, an unfinished drawing, painting or sculpture may get finished, a new idea may occur. All in benefit of my hope to make coherent artifacts, intuitively accessible and subjectively understood.
contact information 210 834 0588 firstname.lastname@example.com
Texas painter and sculptor located in San Antonio, Texas
Please find here illustrated current paintings, sculpture, a page of assorted paper works and a miscellaneous page of past work that are also available.


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About us
Ideal Pioneer Enterprise (IPE L.L.C) is a group of global companies, formed a respected organization in 1985 in Canada and experienced in the fields of Energy, Petrochemical, Water and Automation.
We are a family, grounded in dicipline, reasonable in what we do and what we want and bounded up to each other by trust & respect since values are inbuilt as well as essential they are, to all we do.
Mainly based on EPCM services, Trade and Development, IPE is one of the leaders of its field. By collabrating with our clients, we implement venerated projects that enhances durable headway and enlarge economies. IPE has the sources and attain to provide our clients reliance in delivery.
At Ideal Pioneer Enterprise, we are passionate about the environment. From the ambitious sustainability goals we set for our own business, to our integrated design approaches, our culture ensures that our clients' projects are guided by the best environmental practices no matter where in the world they may be. Because we live and work in the communities where our projects are located, we are committed to ensuring that our solutions are sensitive to local conditions and sustainable for the long term.
Ideal Pioneer Enterprise has the following principles as its vision, mission and values:
As an international private sector the company's vision is to be known a successful Management and Engineering Partner of the third millennium, knowledge based and client oriented with integrated process based infrastructure to give valuable services with international standard level in Management of EPC projects, Advanced Detail Engineering, Value Engineering, De-Bottlenecking, System Engineering, Modeling and Modernization.
As an international private entity, the company's vision is to be well-known as a reliable, knowledgeable and world class Total Solution partner of the third millennium in the fled of its expertise.
The company offers comprehensive services of;
Project Integrate Management Services
Enhance Detail Engineering, 3D Modeling, Value Engineering and HAZOP Study.
Project Execution
Condition Monitoring, Operation & Maintenance
The company fields of activities are extended in Energy, Water, Waste Management and Control Automation. Background and experiences are covering the following industries;
Power & Steam Generation (Co-Generation, Combined Cycles, Renewable Energy)
Oil & Gas (Surface Facility, Storage, Gas Gathering and Transmission)
Water Systems (Desalination & Production, Transmission and Distribution)
Waste Management, Treatment
IT, Smart Sys. Implementation, Control Automation (Instrumentation, SCADA, DCS)
Company Board of Management is proud of background exceeding Three billion USD project completion without failure in complying with the scope of responsibility and more than 15Millions man hour No LTI records.


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Zhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences
Dec 20, 2017
To investigate the effect of low-salt diet on gene expression of canine cardiac tissue. Microarray data (GSE17149) of heart tissue from dogs fed with low-salt diet was obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO). The data were analyzed by Qlucore Omics Explorer 3.1, STRING 10.0, Gen...read more


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Wallace, Cruz pace West Virginia in 6-4 win
Quality start from Wallace and two homers from Cruz headline the victory
By David Kahn / West Virginia Power | April 13, 2018 11:28 PM
HICKORY, N.C. (April 13, 2018) - Gavin Wallace turned in West Virginia's first quality start of 2018, and Oneil Cruz clubbed a pair of home runs to guide the Power to a 6-4 win over the Hickory Crawdads on Friday evening at L.P. Frans Stadium.
Wallace (1-0) spun six innings on the hill in his second Low-A start, allowing three runs on eight hits while striking out five and not surrending a single free pass. Evan Piechota earned the save after tossing the final three innings in relief.
Cruz blasted his first of two home runs in the opening frame, a three-run bomb to left-center off Hickory (1-7) starter Jean Casanova (0-1), who lasted just two innings and gave up five runs (two earned) on five hits in the loss. The Pirates' 14th-best prospect per MLB.com, Cruz crushed his second roundtripper in the seventh to deep left against Alex Speas. The infielder tallied a career-best four RBI with his two long balls. Cruz became the first Power slugger to hit two home runs in the same game since Adrian Valerio on June 22, 2017, against Lexington.
After West Virginia's three-run first, the Power (4-5) added two more in the third on an RBI groundout from Ryan Peurifoy and a bloop single to right from Chris Sharpe, who swiped two bases in the game as well.
Hickory posted a single run in each of their first three offensive frames, with two of them coming on solo homers from Miguel Aparicio and Ryan Dorow, who both notched their first home runs of the season. The Crawdads could not string together any type of momentum, however, as they went 0-for-12 with runners in scoring position on Friday.
West Virginia continues its four-game series with the Hickory Crawdads on Saturday evening at L.P. Frans Stadium. LHP Ike Schlabach (0-0, 3.18 ERA) makes his first start of the year against Crawdads righty AJ Alexy (0-0, 2.25 ERA). First pitch is set for 6:00 p.m., with pregame coverage beginning at 5:40 p.m. on The Jock 1300 and 1340 AM, as well as online at wvpower.com and via the TuneIn Radio App and the MiLB First Pitch App.
The Power return home on April 19 for an eight-game homestand against the Asheville Tourists and the Rome Braves, with tons of promotions on tap, including another Thirsty Thursday, presented by Rock 105, a postgame fireworks show, presented by Electric 102.7, and Brewfest CharlieWest on Saturday with a 2:05 p.m. first pitch, sponsored by Rock 105. Our first Pets in the Park is on April 25, while Family Buck Night returns on Monday, April 23. For tickets and more information, call 304-344-2287 or visit www.wvpower.com.
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Chrysalis - Number 8 Turquoise Wing Necklace
A beautiful, oval Number 8 Turquoise (from the 'Number 8' mine in Nevada) with a tan border on the left side which ebbs across the stone in a pale matrix amongst the sky blue stone. Set in eco-friendly, recycled sterling silver, this piece is a striking necklace that is sure to catch the eye.
The sterling chain is a thick wheat chain with a slide adjust up to 20 inches. A lobster clasp closure.
The back of the pendant has my maker's mark, Silver Muse.
Your necklace will be packaged within an anti-tarnish bag within a Kraft gift box. A fair trade, silk sari ribbon will be wrapped around the box for gift giving.
*this listing is only for the oval necklace*


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The next course I will be teaching will be:
Date of course: 10/11 July 2020
This is part of the 2020 course programme at The Old Kennels, Dunkerswell, Devon.
If you are interested [lease contact them for details and to book at: theoldkennels.co.uk
I am a co-founder of Basketry and Beyond: basketryandbeyond.org.uk. In 2020 we are organising two courses: Buoy Baskets with Lois Walpole in Helston, Cornwall and Azorean Lunch Baskets with Aida Bairos in Hope Cove, Devon
BUOY BASKETS, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM with LOIS WALPOLE
27/28 and 29th March 2020, CAST, 3 Penrose Road, Helston, Cornwall TR13 8TP
Course cost £180
Lois Walpole will be bringing her recycling and basketmaking expertise to West Cornwall where she will be leading this 3 day exploratory workshop.
She will be guiding you through the entire process of developing utilitarian and/or sculptural forms and structures from found materials gleaned from local coves and beaches.
The course will include
- a preliminary beachcombing session
- an inspirational introductory talk
- examination, selection and preparation of materials
- experimenting with a variety of basketmaking techniques
- development of individual projects
Lois trained in sculpture, basket making and product design. She is a designer and maker of baskets, furniture and art works. Her work combines the techniques and often the forms of basketry with the detritus of consumerism and the natural materials of her immediate environment.
Her most recent touring exhibition is titled 'Weaving Ghosts', based on materials found washed up
on Shetland beaches.
ACCOMMODATION, details available on reques
For further information: 01736 762055 or firstname.lastname@example.com
April 25th/26th 2020
Hope Cove, Devon
Price to be confirmed.
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DIY Honey Facial Mask Recipe
New Zealand Honeycomb - Where, What & Why?
Where to buy honeycomb in New Zealand? You can buy New Zealand honeycomb through Lili's Honey online store. Our Honeycomb is of the highest quality with 100% positive feedback from all of our customers. You can see that the reviews speak for themselves. Funny thing is, when looking to buy honeycomb, Amazon is also an online store that you are able to purchase through. However, we can safely guarantee, nothing will taste more natural and healthy as our NZ Honeycomb. As Lili's Honey is based in Auckland, local buyers around the area can buy honeycomb in Auckland near their location and...
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Although New Zealand had two species of native bees, neither were suitable for honey production. Once the honey bees were introduced, it did not take long at all for wild honey colonies to spread in abundance. A big factor in the rapid success of hives was the New Zealand Bush and Native Flora especially in the Bay of Islands, Auckland region and later throughout New Zealand including the South Island.


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UNLV Runnin' Rebels vs. Fresno State
Phone: 702-739-3267
Website: UNLV Runnin' Rebels vs. Fresno State
Located Within: Thomas & Mack Center
The Event
The UNLV Runnin' Rebel Basketball team hits the hardwood and enthusiasm couldn't be higher in Las Vegas.
Under first year coach T.J. Otzelberger, the Runnin' Rebels take on Mountain West Conference opponent Fresno State.
More Info
- Dates: February 8, 2020
- Time: 5pm
- Price: $16 - $143


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Take the Moonshine Express run of the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad, and I promise you will not be disappointed.
After booking our tickets online, we picked them up at 9:30 the morning of the trip and boarded the Carolina Shine car around 10 AM. Before we even started rolling, we were served three of the seven moonshine flavors we tasted. Starting with the basic White Lightening, we moved quickly on to Apple Pie and Cherry. Our second flight featured Peach, Blueberry, Pina Colada, and Salted Caramel. Peach and Apple Pie were my favs . . . and I did try them all. Heartier souls can order all sorts of shots and/or moonshine-laced cocktails in addition to wine or beer from the well-stocked bar. It was a happy train car.
We rolled out of the Bryson City, NC trainyard under diesel power about half an hour into our five-hour experience, on a route along the beautiful Nantahala Gorge. Our energetic, funny host, Steve, kept us entertained with all sorts of historic facts and trivia as we chugged along about 20 miles per hour through forests, around lakes, and over rivers.
A tasty BBQ lunch was served before our hour-long stop at the Nantahala Outdoor Center. At the Center, you see some beautiful (and scary-looking) class-5 rapids, as well as a kayak training course used by Olympic athletes. There are ample restrooms, a restaurant/bar, and a shopping area focused on active outdoor clothes and accessories (think wetsuits and paddles).
Pretty much any resort in Africa is going to offer guests a thrilling vacation escape. We loved every aspect of our time in Africa. Sadly, one of our favorite spots, &Beyond Xudum Okavango Delta Lodge, was completely destroyed by a bush fire this past May. I hope they rebuild, it was such a special place. Here you can read about two of our favorites from South Africa, the Forest Lodge at Grootbos down on the southern coast of and the &Beyond Ngala Tented Camp in Timbavati.
Forest Lodge|Grootbos
Once at the Forest Lodge at Grootbos, we met with an activity staff member and planned our stay, checked into our beautiful, private suite and enjoyed a relaxing lunch.
We have a lovely, very modern suite – set up like an apartment with separate living room, bedroom, two bathrooms and walls of glass windows overlooking the reserve and ocean. Dinner was a lovely multi-course, gourmet experience that included horseradish hummus, lentil & saffron soup, pork, and a white chocolate mousse for dessert. The meal was served with a special starter from the chef, palate cleanser sorbet between courses, and very unusual (but tasty) garnishes and sauces. Even my husband liked his tempura-style salmon and Thai soup.
From the Lodge there are all sorts of active outdoor activities and hikes and visitors are perfectly positioned for nearby adventure activities like cave exploring, whale watching in Hermanus, and White Shark viewing in Gansbaai.
&Beyond Ngala Tented Camp|Timbavati
The dusty airstrip in Ngala in about a half-hour away from the &Beyond Ngala Tented Camp and our Ranger was waiting for us when we landed.at the strip to meet us.
The ambiance at Ngala is incredible. The facilities are very elegant, upscale, permanently tented suites with full power, A/C and heat, no windows-just screens open to the elements and, of course, incredible gourmet meals. My husband can be a picky eater, but he even said: "I have nothing to complain about the food here, it is really good."
Ngala borders Kruger National Park, and our camp with just a few permanent tented rooms is very laid-back with much more flexible schedules than many safari camps and a bigger focus on tracking. A lot more time here is spent waiting and watching – often, with great rewards.
Ngala means lion in the local Shangaan language and our safari drives lived up to the inferred promise. In fact, in 2019, the area is home to two rare white lion cubs many lucky guests have been able to spot.
The food was exceptional and they had no difficulty in producing gourmet fare for a vegetarian guest. At this camp, unlike some others, we shared meals with other guests (unless having a romantic dinner on your own) making for some lively, interesting conversation. We were the only Americans in a very international crowd.
On a typical morning drive, we turned a corner and there was the staff cooking a fabulous breakfast. Linens, glassware, champagne, yogurt/granola cups each with special nametags for us, and breakfast made to order – it was a dream.
It can get quite cold here at night and while we were at dinner, staff put down shades and drew drapes making guests extremely comfortable and cozy, tucked in the wonderful bedding with dual control electric blankets. We also had an outdoor, secluded shower in addition to the indoor bath with freestanding tub. Glamping at its finest.
The night sounds are amazing as the temps drop and many animals move around; we heard the lions roar, elephants trumpet, monkeys play, and many more sounds I am happy not to be able to ID.
While a few guests napped or hung out by the pool between safari rides, the staff made arrangements for us to visit a local school. The impeccable service and attention to detail continued until we went back to the dusty airstrip and boarded our next small plane.
The best meals are not always the fanciest, most expensive, famous, or easy to access. We always make the effort to find out the local specialties and tap into local sources for getting to the right place. Join me as I recall a few of my favs:
Geneva, Switzerland
Breaking from our usual frenetic pace we enjoyed Geneva as the locals do. Under the tutelage of our good friends, Geneva residents Eva and Bob, we are seeing some sites, relaxing, chatting, and enjoying views of the tranquil lake. A highlight for us was visiting the nearby country village of Hermance and enjoying some of the fabulous local perch prepared the typical Swiss way (with a butter sauce), at La Croix Federale. No trip to this part of the world would be complete without sampling this delicious local fish. Good company, blue skies, perfect temperature, the harmony of the migrating songbirds, and cold white wine combined to create a day of really special memories.
Rhode Island
My husband and I love oysters and make it a point of trying them wherever we travel. I don't know how it took us so long to experience these delicious bi-valves in a state we both love. The Narragansett Indians inhabited this area and called it Matunuck meaning "lookout". Maybe the name reflected a need for security, or maybe it was the view. But the real stars here are the oysters.
University of Rhode Island aquaculture grad Perry Raso farms the delicacies close by on Potter Pond. His pond-to-plate concept at Matunuck Oyster Bar is a winner and his restaurant is on our must-visit list whenever we are in Rhode Island. Three varieties: Matunuck, Rocky Road, and Wild Goose. So sweet and tender. Rocky Roads are our favs. Go Rhody. Read More
Singapore's Marina Bay Sands Hotel
We stayed at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel so we could swim in their iconic rooftop pool, located 57 floors high and it was worth the experience. Warning – the water is freezing (at least for this Miami girl), so I didn't stay in long.
The only way to get in this pool is to stay at the hotel, otherwise, visitors can go up to the SkyPark or dine in nearby restaurants. Spago is adjacent to the pool and has good views, so if you don't care about getting in the water, that's a good way to go. BTW – You can get drinks and food when you are by the pool, but it comes from Spago and is expensive. Read More
September is National Bourbon Heritage Month and so it is only fitting for this week's post to celebrate that great Kentucky whiskey:
Our whirlwind Bourbon Tour involved 3 other couples, a rented van, and a lot of details, but it was worth every second of the planning. We had great weather and in just four summer days drove through beautiful horse country, ate incredible meals, and tasted some mighty fine bourbon. Our travels took us from Buffalo Trace (home of Blanton's and the famous Papy Van Winkle), to Woodford Reserve (official bourbon of the Kentucky Derby), Makers Mark, Heaven Hill and Jim Beam (where my favorites Basil Hayden and Knob Creek are distilled), and last, but not least to the Craft Distillery, Willetts.
21c Museum Hotel | Lexington, Kentucky
The 21c Museum Hotel is a great hotel with a contemporary vibe and a focus on historic preservation and art; what a winning combo. And yes, there is an art museum. This is one of several art museum/hotels in renovated sites by this innovative company. I loved the rooms in this repurposed historic bank building. I particularly enjoyed the fun the designers had with color and art. Bright colors were used as accents in the rooms and public spaces, and photography by one of the owners was beautifully featured in the room.
The room was comfortable, bed great, shower excellent. We had no trouble getting feather pillows. Our corner room was on a high floor and the views of the city were terrific. I arranged the trip for a group of friends and we enjoyed the bourbon package. Breakfast was excellent and our bourbon flight was a lot of fun, with a super bourbon steward. Valet was efficient and the staff was very friendly. The only hitch was check-in which was very slow and disorganized, a contrast to everything else about the hotel and our stay.
The Brown Hotel | Louisville, Kentucky
The Brown Hotel was a real step back into another era. We loved the hotel's colorful history. We were traveling with a group of friends and enjoyed the Club Level service – it proved very convenient, and was more than adequate for breakfast and afternoon wine, beer, (no hard liquor) soft drinks and snacks.
Our Chef's Table dinner in the kitchen of the English Grill was a wonderful and memorable occasion. Under the direction of English Grill Manager (and Sommelier/Bourbon Steward extraordinaire) Troy Ritchie and Chef Dustin Willett, we enjoyed a first-class event. I had worked with Troy in advance to put together the details and he was delightful, creative, and very easy to work with. Read More
Brijrama Palace|Varanasi
The Brijrama Palace is a luxurious heritage hotel on the ghats (high embankments with steps leading into the river) in Varanasi. More than 200 years old, it's been open since 2016, after 18 years of restoration. It is beautiful and opulently furnished with antiques and 18th-century art. Located on the Darbhanga Ghat, the only way to get there is by boat. Following a fascinating hour-long drive from the airport to the Mahishasura Assi Ghat, we took our first trip on the sacred Ganges. Luckily for us, once at the Brijrama, it's the only hotel on the ghats with an elevator (the first in India). When we arrived, we were met by a priest who anointed our foreheads and gave us each a traditional marigold garland.
If you must consume alcohol and eat steak nightly, this is not the place for you. Since the Ganges is a holy river, there is no alcohol or meat served in facilities along its waters. Several kilometers inland you can eat and drink whatever.
This is one of the best ways to experience India as it has been for thousands of years and we were happy to forego cocktails, wine, and meat. From a culinary standpoint, the elegant restaurant Darbhanga at the Brijrama was wonderful and we really enjoyed our dinner of the traditional vegetarian Banarsari Thaali. It was actually more like a feast, delicious – I wish I knew what everything was. Read More
If you enjoy the quirky side of Americana you will love the House of Mugs (aka The Collettsville Cup House). Located in Collettsville in rural western North Carolina, near the Wilson Creek Recreation Area, about 12 miles from Lenoir. The house is a testament to something – I'm just not sure what.
It's estimated there are 25,000 mugs covering the house, fence, and arch; feel free to bring one along to add to the collection. It's free and there is a guest book to sign. We didn't see anyone around when we visited and it doesn't look like anyone actually lives there. It's a really nice country drive and we crossed at least three single-lane bridges until we reached the lovely setting along a pretty riverbank. Read More
It's pretty easy to get to the highest point in the eastern US; visit Mount Mitchell in western North Carolina and most can easily maneuver the 285 yards paved Summit Tower Trail to the top observation deck. It is handicap accessible. But be prepared for chilly weather with temps about 20 degrees cooler than lower elevations, experts say the climate is more like Canada than North Carolina. At 6,684' you will be rewarded with a 360-degree view for up to 85 miles of the surrounding Black Mountain Range and the Pisgah National Forest. There are many trails of varying levels throughout the Park and several easy trails from the summit. The informative signage about wildlife, plants, and geology make it a particularly enjoyable, educational experience for families. Read More
This post marks the first time I have ever uploaded copy I did not write. After reading an email from my friend KC, I thought it was just too good not to share. KC and her husband are life-long friends of mine and he is a serious golfer, she doesn't play but knows her stuff. Together they raised three children who all became golfers at the University of Florida. So, you get the picture, they know golf. Enjoy the read.
If you haven't yet played golf in Wisconsin at Erin Hills and/or the Kohler courses (site of the 2020 Ryder Cup), I can vouch for both that they are fabulous. We read that the lodge at Erin Hills is in the top few lodges for golf in the country and we found it to be nice, though not extraordinary. Our room was minuscule and had no internet access, though it was well decorated and nicely appointed. There was much needed bottled water on tables in the hallways, in the rooms, and elsewhere around the resort for guests to take as needed. This was definitely appreciated as the sun was surprisingly intense and there is limited shade, so even with relatively mild summer temperatures, we felt parched.
We stayed only one night and that was plenty given the small room and limited non-golf activity options. King beds are a rare find here. For larger groups, there are some cottages with multiple bedrooms and a common area. We arrived the day before hubby's tee time and he played the warm-up holes (Kettle Loop) in the late afternoon. We both tinkered around on the putting course, and had a delicious dinner and chatted with a lovely family at the table next to us.
The staff at the resort was wonderful – friendly and helpful and good at their jobs. We almost felt like we were visiting the home of a very gracious and hospitable friend. Erin Hills is out in the middle of nowhere and a bit pricey for the room we had and lack of amenities beyond golf-related activities, but there aren't very many other options nearby except lower end hotel/motels some 8-15 miles away. However, the entirety of Erin Hills is like a giant playroom for those who love golf with a brand new cool 12 hole putting course, a 5-hole warm-up course, a great practice area, and the course itself, which has hosted multiple USGA championships in recent years. The course looks like the moon with grass on it. You will walk many miles up and down hills to play or observe and there isn't a tree in sight! Hubby's caddie was a darling girl whom we just loved having with us on the course. Caddies generally pull a double loop unless you request a caddie for a single. Read More


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In many ways, Animal Collective's ninth studio album, Merriweather Post Pavilion, epitomizes the way music is consumed in the 21st century. Long before any concrete details were released, pages and pages of posts on various message boards dissected every minuscule piece of information. Animal Collective, despite being extremely well regarded in the indie-rock community, are virtual unknowns to basically everyone else, but for hundreds (and eventually thousands) of pages, fans speculated on everything from how the album's songs would differ from their respective live recordings to what its Pitchfork rating would be. All of this before anyone had heard a note of the finished album. When a shitty vinyl rip of Merriweather Post Pavilion finally leaked on Christmas Eve, the mad rush began to decide where it would place not only in Animal Collective's catalog but also among other "landmark" albums of this century. And now that it has been in our consciousness for all of three weeks, most people have pretty much formed their opinions on the album and moved on. This cycle of hype and anticipation is the kind of thing that used to happen over the course of months, even years. But thanks to the Internet, the entire trajectory of the album's reception took place in a little over a month, and fans have already begun speculating about what the group's next album is going to sound like.
But let's slow down here, and take a moment to recognize the achievement of this album. On Merriweather Post Pavilion, Animal Collective have created a consistently inventive and engaging pop record that reveals new subtleties with each listen, and distills the group's extensive back catalog to its very essence. It's the kind of album that can push a band from well-regarded outsiders to the indie-rock A-list.
Merriweather Post Pavilion offers instant gratification, but I've listened to it easily 20 times now and I'm still hearing new things every time, and its immediate highlights never get old. Two and a half minutes into opener "In the Flowers," Avey Tare muses, "if I could just leave my body for a night," and the song is blown wide open by massive strings and percussion. On first listen this explosion is an instant attention-grabber, and remarkably, this effect does not fade across multiple listens. You always know it's coming, but you're always blown away by it.
More than any of the individual songs, the most arresting thing about Merriweather is its sound. Reverb is piled so high that many of the songs sound as though they were recorded underwater. When juxtaposed with pop melodies and harmonies that Brian Wilson would be proud to call his own, this murky production adds to the album's charm and makes it sound cohesive. On their own, there is not much similar in the giant disco stomp of "My Girls," the Beach Boys-esque "Guys Eyes," the spaced-out drone of "No More Runnin'," and the hyperactive electronica of the astonishing closer "Brother Sport," but the album's sound is used to tie these disparate themes together. This is a band at the heights of its powers, fully in command of its sound and its creative process, unafraid to try basically anything.
Plugging away since 1999, The National finally hit mainstream success with the release of their 2010 album High Violet. Of course, this entailed their first world tour, but in the new documentary Mistaken For Strangers, it's only the backdrop for the relationship between lead singer Matt Berninger and his younger brother Tom, who had no idea that these short videos he was shooting would turn into a public document of their troubled, if still loving brotherhood.
We talk with Israeli rockers Vaadat Charigim about some of their favorite records.
We talk with Yvonne Ambree and Jesse Barnes of Take Berlin about some of the records which influenced the recording of their debut EP, Lionize.
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(The following is a joint news release from the Noble County Economic Development Corp. and Indiana Michigan Power.)
The Noble County Economic Development Corp. (NCEDC) was recently awarded $15,000 by Indiana Michigan Power to aid in marketing a free training program for people seeking to gain valuable manufacturing experience.
META (Manufacturing Entry Training Academy) is designed to prepare unemployed and underemployed residents of Noble County for good-paying careers in the manufacturing industry. The 42-hour training course covers entry-level manufacturing skill topics such as teamwork, plant safety, quality control and basic manufacturing processes. People who successfully complete the program will have an opportunity to interview with area manufacturers.
Manufacturing accounts for 50 percent of the jobs in Noble County and 60 percent of wages.
META programming is funded by Northeast Indiana Works, the region's workforce development board, and NCEDC. It is carried out by the Kendallville-based Freedom Academy.
Fort Wayne-based Asher Agency is assisting NCEDC with marketing the training program, including developing digital, print, and broadcast marketing campaigns. The goal of the campaign is to increase awareness of the program leading to increased participation, successful completions, and a higher job placement rate.
"The META program is an under-recognized resource in Noble County that will improve professional development opportunities for residents and showcase the community as one committed to shrinking the skills gap," said Ashley Savieo, economic and business development manager for Indiana Michigan Power. "I&M appreciates the work of the Noble County EDC, Northeast Indiana Works and Freedom Academy to serve the people and address workforce needs of industry in the area."
Spots are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information on the META program, visit www.nobleup.com or call the WorkOne Northeast Career Center at 260-599-1000.
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Soon you will travel without a passport!
Soon you will travel without a passport!
Soon you will be traveling without the need for a passport or paper.
Thanks to the initiative of the World Economic Forum.
A new traveling system is currently being tested. without a passport or additional papers and documents.
Registered travelers will be able to travel between Canada and the Netherlands using their mobile phones instead of a passport.
Where the identity data of passengers arriving at airports operating on this system will be stored on their mobile phones, rather than the passport.
While the relevant information will be sent to airlines, border authorities and others before passengers arrive at the airport.
The traveler will provide individual approval each time the data is sent, giving passengers more control over their personal data than the current passport system.
Using biometric technology such as fingerprints or facial images, travelers can enjoy easier, paperless traffic, transit stops, or access to aircraft or their destinations.
This program will continue throughout 2019 and the first digitally documented flight is expected in 2020.


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Welcome to episode 81 of Starships, Sabers, and Scoundrels: Jedi Before the Menace. On this episode, the Scoundrels are taking a look at Scott Cavan's radio drama Jedi Lost and Claudia Gray's novel Master & Apprentice. Before the Scoundrels dive into their hyperthetical and the news, they discuss Galaxy's Edge coverage, Alphabet Squadron, and ticket prices for Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2020.
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Cinnamon has been traditionally used by ancient healers from many backgrounds for stomach cramps, flatulence, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, infant colic, common infections and also female reproductive problems such as dysmenorrhoea, menor-rhagia, lactation, and pain in childbirth. It has also been used as an ingredient in topical preparations for pain and inflammation. Cinnamon is often used in combination with other herbs and spices for most of these indications. In TCM it is considered to warm the kidneys and fortify yang, so is used for impotence among other indications.
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UNICEF said hospitals are struggling to treat large numbers of wounded people with insufficient supplies. The agency added that at least three health workers have been killed in attacks, AP reported.
The agency said yesterday that air campaign has disrupted the supply of drinking water in some Southern areas and sewage is flowing in the streets, raising the risk of disease.
Saudi Arabia has been striking Yemen for 13 days now to restore power to fugitive president Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh. The Saudi-led aggression has so far killed at least 906 Yemenis, including hundreds of women and children.
Hadi stepped down in January and refused to reconsider the decision despite calls by Ansarullah revolutionaries of the Houthi movement.
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Five Persian Gulf States -- Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait -- and Egypt that are also assisted by Israel and backed by the US declared war on Yemen in a joint statement issued on March 26.
US President Barack Obama authorized the provision of logistical and intelligence support to the military operations, National Security Council Spokesperson Bernadette Meehan said late on March 25.
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1. A ~corgeous~ brooch you should definitely buy, no ifs, ands, or ~butts~.
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11. A bottle of spiced cherry bitters to have on hand for the holiday party you're hosting. Everyone will still be talking about the cocktails a week later.
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