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Sunday, 21 February 2010
Ok, so yesterday uni work wise was crap, yesterday being with my boy was amazing. He took me out for a meal to cheer me up, then we watched the Olympic highlights.
Absolute perfection.
I finally dragged myself out of bed around midday, to find matty drawing. It made me feel motivated. But thanks to the snow storm last night, i was stuck at his for hours cos i only had my quilted flats with me, so had to wait ages for the snow to melt.
I did dinner for us both, pancakes for desert.
Tomorrow will be good, im going to make it good. It needs to be productive and i need to make a good start on all my uni work.
I also need to get back into the real world. I've been in a constant bubble for the past week.
Im looking forward to getting up to date with fashion week.
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by Ayelet Kowalsman
Israel is a very rich country.
By saying that I don't mean that all the people in Israel are wealthy, or that our streets are paved with gold – I mean that to live in Israel is to be constantly surrounded by inspiration, marvel, wonder. There is a wealth of enchantment, of new ideas, of the sense of growth. Maybe it stems from a certain sense of urgency, that things can change within the hour, that you must live your life fully, and release your creativity.
Although Israel is a small country it incorporates within it a vast variety of climates, cultures, landscapes and people. It is this diversity, I think, that also gives us the ability and the opportunity to learn, absorb and be inspired by everything around us. I have come to notice that many people here in Israel are creative, each in his own way, and was wondering about the source of their inspiration.
So I decided to find out (you can find my inspiration at the end)…
"Clementina" bags
Neta, the founder of "Clementina" is a mother, wife, and a designer. She grew up in a very creative family and was taught to listen to her heart and do what she loves doing best.
"My brand "Clementina" was founded during my visual communications studies at Wizo Haifa. The original idea was to make bags that could not be found in the market. My love for nostalgia and my fascination with images, prints, color, shapes and composition influenced these early designs that were incorporated with sewn old magazine pictures. Followed by my close circle of friends, more people showed interest in my bags and my business was born.
Today I still use those old magazine pictures in my designs, as well as pictures from the personal photo album of my late beloved grandmother, Sophie. My love for the past has just increased and it's important to me to take the old and incorporate it to modern times. Just like a student's backpack used to carry books and now carries tablets, my designs take the old school, vintage inspiration and translate them to the sophisticated, technological society we now live in.
My bags are all vegan; I use faux leather and lovely, soft, durable poly canvas fabrics with wonderful prints. Some designs start with the shape and I find the perfect fabrics to fit them and others, start with a print and the bag is built all around it. All my bags are individually hand sewn."
Lir Mizrahi is a mother and a jewelry designer from center Israel.
"For as long as I can remember myself I had a special passion for jewelry. When the time came to decide what I want to learn as a profession it was clear to me that I will study to be a goldsmith.
Most of my pieces are inspired by ancient goldsmith work. I admire the Indian jewelry, it's attention to the smallest details always inspired me. I also love working with gemstones – I believe colors can make a big difference in our mood, and in our life.
My designs are the kind you'll love wearing with your everyday outfits: whether it's the boho chic style for the days you want to be noticed for the textures and colors, or more elegant chain-mail jewelry for a special occasion. Everything is handmade by me with lots of love and attention to details."
Sara Kakon is a Mother and a designer with a free spirit.
"Truth be told, I've never been the kind of girl who wears high heels…I was always looking for flat sandals and shoes that are beautiful and stand out, but also feel comfortable, and let me just be myself. It was hard to find, so I started making them on my own…
I love summer – the sea, the sand, the different textures and the vivid colors – and I bring it all into my designs. For decorating and embellishing, I use professional jewelry techniques and the highest quality materials varying from beads, stones, fabrics and shells. My sandals are not only footwear – they are feet jewelry. For me – to see a carefree and happy woman wearing my sandals – is the most satisfying feeling of all…"
Guy Cohen is an artist, a jeweler and a father.
"Since I was very young I was attracted to crafts and tools (especially my father's) and experimented and created all kinds of crafts. Now it is my passion: I make unique engagement rings, wedding ring sets, special men's wedding bands, personalized and custom jewelry – and they are all handmade by me.
Israel is a country of contrasts and it is reflected in my jewelry: by combining hard and soft materials, rough textures with shiny finishes, sharp lines and smooth ones.
Handmade techniques are as rare and precious as gold.
The diversity of traditions and cultures in my country enabled me to learn special and unique techniques from various master craftsmen.
In my jewelry I like to combine handmade engraving, it allows me to share the ancient secret of engraving while using it on new and contemporary pieces of jewelry. This rare and beautiful technique also helps me to grant a personal touch through my creations to each person who buys from my shop.
I work with a microscope so I can achieve the best accuracy that is possible for jewelry made by hand. I keep the high standard and the best quality of my jewelry as my top goal, because this is my passion, my proficiency and that's where I master – the fine handcraft of a jeweler-goldsmith."
Eynat Klipper is a fashion designer and lives in a small, beautiful seaside village in northern Israel.
"When I was a student in one of the fashion design collages in Israel, we had a project where we were asked to bring a source of inspiration. I went home and looked at my old family albums, and I have found an old picture of my mother and some of her friends. They were in their swimsuits, having fun in the summer sun, somewhere in the 60's. They all looked happy and relaxed, natural and innocent and so at peace with themselves.
I wanted to recreate this feeling and bring it to our time as well. The swimsuits in that picture were made from special patterns and unique fabrics of that era. To me they were the essence of that elusive feeling, the center of the picture. I have decided to use that nostalgic swimsuits design to help bring this peace and harmony to our time as well.
That was the beginning of a love story. Two years after I started with my first swimsuit collection."
Debra Eidlitz is a mother and Leather Bags designer:
"I was always inspired by nature, but the most powerful influence on my work comes from one particular animal – the horse.
When my daughter Bar was a small child, she was having difficulties in interpersonal relationships. Specialists recommended us to take her horseback riding. Horses are well known in their energetic and calming influence, and their therapeutic effect on people.
Little by little Bar's confidence grew, and she became a girl with great beauty, charm and elegance. One day, as I was watching her riding her horse, I was inspired. A picture popped into my head – "A queen on a horse". I understood I want all my customers to feel exactly this way.
In order to achieve that I use very high quality leather and elements that project comfort, nobility, elegance and beauty. My designs are in a "Boho Chic" styleת which is my personal taste, and preference. In this style I feel that freedom and creativity connect me to my true inner place. I experiment with other trends as well, but I always stay loyal to myself and my bags".
Ayelet Zuler is a mother and a jeweler.
"I love combining extremes. Living in the middle of the woods yet still keeping up with new trends. The unity of art and craftsmanship. Elegant, immaculate jewelry and rough looking street style piercing. I think we are all these things together, and therefore there is no contrast.
Through jewelry making I believe my love of art and beauty meets my appreciation for meticulous craftsmanship, and the combination allows me to express myself in my own style.
I love things that make people look good, things that bring out the beauty in each person. Every person has a unique style, though not everyone knows how to find the precise item to best express it.
I love making nose rings to those who want to playfully express their originality, and earrings that will make you feel instantly better about the way you look.
For something to be truly beautiful it has to have the correct proportions, as well as aesthetics. It is eternal and has nothing to do with the changing fashion. Beauty is beauty."
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Noa Holtzshtein is a mother, an artist and teacher:
"My creations express the connection between art & design, and deeply incorporate elements from Pop art and Readymade (Objet trouvé) art.
I create decorative, artistic, colorful and humanistic home unique decor designs. My creations are composed of different objects, old and new, plastic decorations and vintage dolls and more, making my world fantastic, whimsical, magical and a little bitter sweet.
The Enchanted Wool
Ayelet Kowalsman is a mother, a graphic designer, a needle felt artist and a proud geek.
"I have always loved fantasy stories about fairies, witches (good and evil) and dragons. Through the years there have been many books, movies, comics and TV series that have left their mark on me. There are many fantastic characters in these stories that I would have liked to meet, but seeing as they aren't real, I can't. Right?
Recently I have discovered a new passion, and have taken to needle-felting. The wool is so soft and inviting, the colors so vivid and lively. Little by little an idea presented itself to me: Why not combine both my passions together?
And so I did.
"The Enchanted Wool" is a new home for my beloved characters. Some of the characters come from various fandoms, and some are my own inventions. I usually start a project with something specific in mind, but every once in a while I get the feeling I am not really the one in charge…
I love all my creations but have found that I especially like making the strong, smart, "kick-ass" women the sci-fi worlds have to offer. I find the contrast between the softness and flexibility of the fabric, and the strong will and hard determination of these women very intriguing. I also believe that such ladies can be a good role-model for young girls and boys, so they are a perfect present for young kids, as well as for their parents."
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Taking supervised adventure could save your child's life
Local adventure sports coach Keirron Tastagh, from St Johns, returned from London last week with a clear vision to share with decision makers on the Island.
"About 400 people drown and a further 200 take their own lives in our waters in the UK every year; that equates to one accidental drowning every 20 hours. Activities in and around water are safer now than ever, but 44% of drowning fatalities happen to people who had no intention of entering the water." David Walker, Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
Educating young people to take risks responsibly (make informed decisions) through coastal water experiences, is integral to the UK National Strategy for Drowning Prevention. Keirron was invited to the House of Commons by the National Water Safety Forum (NWSF), as the representative of the Coasteering industry, in his role of Secretary of the National CoasteeringCharter (NCC).
"Evidence suggests a concept of real risk management (progressive exposure to real risk) has a long-term positive affect on people's perspective, and ultimately their actions."
Coasteering on the Isle of Man
"The skillsets of the UK's Coasteering leaders have been recognised by the National Water Safety Forum, which is itself a huge accolade. Furthermore, participation in professionally led Coasteering journeys (by NCC members) has been identified as a solution to people's lack of real risk management experience. A practical realistic prevention of future drowning risk."
The launch at the House of Commons last Monday, was sponsored by Robert Goodwill MP, Minister of State for Transport, who gave his and the UK governments absolute support and backing to the strategy.
Dr David Meddings (WHO) speaks at the House of Commons launch - credit NWSF
Dr David Meddings, World Health Organization (WHO), based in Geneva, spoke about his pleasure in seeing the UK put together such a robust strategy. The World Health Organisation has called for all nations to have a drowning prevention strategy, and has provided advice and support to make it happen.
Guests included chiefs from the RNLI, HM Coastguard, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Chief Fire Officers Association, Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS), and activity bodies such as British Canoeing, National Coasteering Charter (NCC) and the Amateur Swimming Association, who have all agreed to share experience and resources to prevent drowning.
Chair of the National Water Safety Forum, George Rawlinson, highlighted the need for shared vision and action by 'making the National Strategy a local priority' (respect and understanding of water).
The first of 5 priority targets is:
· Every child should have the opportunity to learn to swim and receive water safety education at primary school and where required at Key Stage 3.
This priority has already been piloted by members of the NWSF, on the Island. Last August, a partnership between the RNLI and the ASA, saw lifeguards from Western Swimming Pool undertake their RLSS Beach Lifeguard Award, before running the 'Swim Safe' open water safety sessions in Peel for 192 youngsters. There are plans to expand the program this summer.
"Broadly speaking, misinterpretation of Health and Safety has meant that risk aversion became a running theme though both health and education systems. In a nutshell, a common solution to people's lack of risk management experience, is to prevent them taking risks (legislation over education). The escalating cost of which is unsustainable."
Keirron explained that detailed and close communication between safety bodies, (through the NWSF) and analysis of the facts, have driven a fresh approach to safety and drowning prevention in the UK. Combined with this, long-term partnerships with organisations such as the NCC (sharing knowledge) has considerably lowered their industry risk profile.
"People's mental and physical health benefit from outdoor exercise. Where that exercise involves real challenge, (risk is an element of challenge) prevention of harm is facilitated by those with appropriate experience. By guiding people through progressively increasing challenge, combined with skilful coaching, participants learn that risk aversion is 'one' of their options. Experiencing challenge in this way allows participants to start making informed decisions themselves, (real risk management)."
The well-publicised, professionally led activity of Coasteering is the epitome of this learning process. Keirron's company Adventurous Experiences has been running experiences and long-term programs on the Isle of Man for nearly 12 years.
"I chose two great activities, sea kayaking and coasteering to achieve my business vision, back in 2004. Over time, with a terrific team behind me, the developmental components of regular exposure to adventure, challenge and associated risk have led to our programs receiving international acclaim, and invitations to speak at conferences in the UK and overseas. I'm absolutely delighted to be part of this shared vision of evidence driven decision making."
To pledge your support;
Key message
Through increased activity, we will have an impact on health, physical (obesity) conditions, mental health, and drowning prevention.
"What was greatly refreshing to hear is the approach is to get more people in the water, not preventing activity or increasing legislation." Keirron Tastagh
The NCC committee has representatives from every Coasteering region in the UK, (all of whom are current providers) who meet to discuss ideas, incidents and solutions, and then share this considered good practice back out to regions. Regions (such as the Isle of Man) host seminars before and after the peak coasteering season, where all current providers train together and share ideas.
There are situations where Health and Safety has been misinterpreted, resulting in the loss of essential outdoor play by young people. The Isle of Man is well placed to make best use of its excellent opportunities to access water in a natural setting. With so much water around us, it is essential that people learn how to use it, and progressively build the transferable skill of real risk management.
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Sony Assurance Donates Sorabear Power Generation Equipment to a Center for Early Childhood Education and Care in Kanagawa Prefecture
Jan. 29, 2019
Sony Assurance Inc. ("Sony Assurance"), a wholly owned non-life insurance subsidiary of Sony Financial Holdings Inc., today announced the donation of a solar power generator, "Sorabear Power Generation Equipment" to a center for early childhood education and care in Kanagawa Prefecture.This donation is part of the Sorabear Smile Project* managed by the Sorabear Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes the spread of renewable energies and environmental education.
Since March 2009, Sony Assurance has carried out this program** to install solar power generators at kindergartens and nursery schools across Japan, which capitalizes on its unique automobile insurance premiums to support the Sorabear Smile Project.
Associated with this program, Sony Assurance has reached a total of 23 donations of Sorabear Power Generation Equipment.
Sony Assurance will continue to participate in the donation program and encourage children to get involved in environmental conservation through the installation of Sorabear Power Generation Equipment at other kindergartens and nursery schools across Japan.
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The Governmental Delegation from Laos visited FCG on 10 September. The Delegation was headed by Dr Kikeo Chanthaboury, Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Deputy Minister and his team were interested in FCG's capacities in the fields of water and sanitation, energy as well as education and innovations. Both parties confirmed their keen interest to scope potential co-operation opportunities. The guests were particularly interested in FCG's outstanding track record of previous projects as well as extensive network of experts.
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Steppe SpearmenSpearmen are the backbone of an army; they keep cavalry at a respectful distance.
Far from being simple, ignorant barbarians, the various steppe tribes had a great cultural wealth. Living in an area stretching from the Caspian Sea to the northern shores of the Black Sea; the Greeks called them 'Scythians' and the Persians 'Saka', while a western group became known as the Sarmatians. Wearing trousers marked them as barbarians as far as the Greeks were concerned, before their tall, pointed caps and swarthy appearances were even considered. Looks apart, they were, however, exceptional horsemen, highly-skilled with composite-recurve bows and deadly hand-to-hand fighters. Grave goods suggest that Scythian women were as warlike as their men, and probably fought alongside them in battle. This may well be the origin of the Greek myths of Amazon warrior women.
Unit NameSteppe Spearmen
Main Unit KeySte_Spear
Land Unit KeySte_Spear
Naval Unit Keybarbarian_transport
CategoryMelee Infantry
ClassSpear Infantry
Custom Battle Cost190
Recruitment Cost190
Upkeep Cost50
Melee Attack14
├ Melee Weaponrome_spear_anti_cav
├ Melee Damage Base15
├ Melee Damage Ap5
├ Armour PiercingNo
├ Bonus vs. Large30
├ Bonus vs Elephants30
└ Bonus vs Infantry0
Charge Bonus14
├ Base Defence22
├ Shieldceltic
└ Shield Defence30
├ Armourcloth
├ Armour Defence10
└ Shield Armour35
├ Man Entityrome_infantry_light_fast
├ Man Health40
└ Bonus Hit Points5
Base Morale25
AbilitiesSteppe Spearmen
- Square
The unit moves into a close square formation.
Bracing, morale, melee defence
Can't move
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
- Resistant to Cold
This unit tires less quickly in snow.
Strengths & WeaknessesTransport
- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Average defensive unit
- Low damage but average armour penetration
- Weak attack
- Poor morale
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This was immense. If anyone needed a reminder of how good our new generation of u18s are, then here it was. This was a systematic destruction of a Liverpool u18s side that beat our cross town neighbours United 2-1 last week, and it was mightily impressive. When you consider that this was all without the likes of the EDS' Brahim, Nmecha, Diallo, Duhaney, Kigbu and Davenport, all still eligible for u18s football, then it really starts to hit home how many exceptional talents we have at this club. It was marvellous to watch – bright, creative, varied and persistent. We started off strong and never let up, constantly breaking through Liverpool's backline with free-flowing, incisive attacking football. Liverpool had no answer as Lee Carlsey's team swarmed at them from all angles.
Sancho was fantastic, a taunting, mesmeric menace who tore Liverpool's right-hand side to pieces. He's improving week on week – his weight of pass, the timing of his decision making, it's all developing at a rapid rate. Foden is like Silva with a goal threat. Wonderful feet. A bit Iniesta stylistically, come to think of it, and he can finish too as well as create. He bagged two well taken goals with almost nonchalant ease as well as grabbing an assist in a complete attacking-midfield performance. Luke Bolton is a proper battering ram of a winger, he grabbed one and and constantly ran at Liverpool's backline and Tom Dele-Bashiru, as we saw last year with the u18s when he stepped up level, is such a powerful difference maker when he decides to go through the gears.
It was Dele-Bashiru who made the first goal – he skipped past one before freeing Joe Hardy who coolly fired home from a tight angle. It was an impressive game for Hardy. He barely got a kick for the u18s last year as he sat behind Nmecha and Buckley in the pecking order, but he's looking very bright so far. He was one of the small handful of last year's u18s first year scholars that hasn't moved up to the EDS already, and it's been justified. Two clever, instinctive finishes and two assists in one game, and importantly regular football. The same could be said for Joe Coveney – he struggled for game time last year behind the likes of Oliver, Kigbu, Humphreys and Adarabioyo, but he's one of the benefactors of the shifting of the age groups at this level. He would have been delighted with his contribution – he had a big hand in two goals, playing two lovely deep passes out of defence on the counter. He partnered Joel Latibeaudiere in defence, who was powerful as immaculate in possession as ever.
The England youth international, Ed Francis, was a calming, composed presence at the heart of midfield before he seamlessly slotted slotted back into his usual central defence role as Iker Pozo came on. Iker's a really nice player. Tiny, but tough and very, very composed on the ball. Typically Spanish, he dictated play from deep in the second fourty-five. Tyreke Wilson, Sancho's left-hand side partner, was also excellent. A really likeable, tenacious and vibrant full-back. He was a constant thorn in Liverpool's side as he linked well with Sancho throughout the 90. Colin Rosler, and yes that is Uwe's son, started at right-back and had a solid, if not outstanding game. He's arguably more suited to central midfield, but his versatility should stand him in good stead in the long run. Ian Carlo Poveda looks another impossibly skilful attacker. The signing from Brentfotd came on, scored two and showcased some sublime footwork as he repeatedly wrong-footed Liverpool's midfield.
There was an encouraging little cameo from Myles Beerman, finally over a year long injury, and Muric was impressive in goal. A tall, imposing presence, the new signing is exceptionally confident. A modern goalkeeper in the truest sense, he was typically excellent with his feet and he did more than one Neuer impression as he swept up well. There was one moment of madness, but that will happen as he learns. It was a phenomenal team performance, and after a 3-1 victory away at Everton last week it's looking likely that this team will go from strength to strength. As u16s last year this team blew teams away for fun and the question mark was whether they could do it after they stepped up a level. Well, it's looking promising and the omens are good. Add Lorenzo Gonzalez to this, the Swiss wonderkid forward who is waiting for his international clearance, and the options this u18s team have are simply outstanding. The future is bright.


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Not what runes say!
One of the shows there is the Mud Show. The performance we went to was "The Viking Story". It was the story of two vikings, Sven and Olaf. Olaf was potrayed by a member of the audience who got very into his role. Sven and Olaf had to compete in trials of manhood as determined by the toss of the runes to see who would have to battle the ogre Ivegar.
Every time it looked like Sven got a break, the wise-man would toss the runes and pronounce, "Not what runes say" followed by whatever the runes said Sven's newest misfortune.
For example, Olaf won the trials of manhood. Sven was happy because that meant Olaf got to go fight the ogre while he stayed home with the women.
*Rattle* *Clatter*
"Not what runes say. Runes say Olaf valuable, Sven is expendable. Sven will go fight ogre, Olaf will stay home with women and supervise construction of Sven's coffin."
The Sven pointed out that at least he had a year to train for the fight with Ivegard.
*Rattle* *Clatter*
"Not what runes say. Runes say Sven must fight ogre soon."
"How soon?"
"Runes say right now."
By the way, nothing parts a crowd of people in Ren Faire garb like a man covered in mud running from another man intent on flinging more mud at him.
Hmm. Maybe now I will go and actually do something productive.
*Rattle* *Clatter*
Not what runes say!


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I wish Jyot all the best for the future, not only in cricket but for his coming life too. The day I saw him, I didn't know him and had not seen him before but there was an instinct that made me realize that this boy has something in him to be put to serious practice -Nayan MongiaFormer wicket keeper of Team India and Chairman-Senior Selection Committee-Baroda Cricket AssociationMy best wishes for the book. It takes great courage to write a book at the quarter stage of life - Irfan PathanMember of Team IndiaI am very happy to know that Jyot has put his thoughts and experiences from crucial years of his life in the form of a book and tried to bring it to the people.I hope that the parents of young, budding cricketers would be inspired by this book and would go in the same direction - Yusuf PathanMember of Team India


text: Meet the Artist: Evita Colon October 24, 2017October 30, 2017 How did you get involved in the 2017 PA Governor's Awards for the Arts? I got involved through Rose Luciano of Fruition Collective, she asked me to do something. I was excited to be a part of it. I already had a play scheduled for that week, Purple Cries for Blue Skies. I have two […] Read More


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aka Spare Tire JesusPosted: February 12th, 2010 | Author: Mooney | Filed under: aka My Jesus, Spirituality | Tags: Christian, Christianity, God, jesus, Spirituality | 2 Comments »
Regardless of the number of times I have subdued this beast, each time is an epic battle. It seems simple enough, a half twist counter-clockwise, then crank the nut clockwise until you can get the tire out. I am sure that every night, the engineer of the release mechanism under my van lets out a haughty laugh, admiring his brilliance. It never works the first time. It hardly works the fiftieth time.
After the beast has been unleashed, and properly mounted, there is still the matter of driving. It's embarrassing. About the only thing it's good for is, well, nothing. It impedes my speed and handcuffs my handling. The only thing on my mind is how fast can this be fixed, so I can put it back where it belongs; out of sight – out of mind.
It hurts to say, but sometimes this is how I treat my Jesus, as a "Spare Tire Jesus."
My life is on cruise control, situation normal, and bam! Something goes wrong. Uh-oh, life can't go on like this. I'm forced to get dirty now, to get on my knees and pray for help. It should be easy to do. Speaking with Jesus should be an every day event, not just a call I make when I need roadside assistance.
So I get my "Spare Tire Jesus" out, and install him in my life for a time. And sometimes it's embarrassing to put Him on display for the world to see. What if people were to know that Jesus was a part of my life? Not just that, "I'm saved," but that I truly put my trust in Him, that He is as integral to my life as having a fourth tire.
My "Spare Tire Jesus" alters the way I drive my life. He changes the direction I want to go, and how fast I can get there. This is a good thing. Jesus is meant to be more than a pull in a certain direction that hampers me getting to my destination. He is meant to be the navigator and driver. If he holds the plan for my life, it only makes sense that He knows how to get there better than I.
Well, the situation clears, now what? With my van, I put a new tire on, and pray it doesn't happen again anytime soon. But this cannot be allowed to happen with my Jesus. Instead of being my safety net in case of emergencies, He needs to be my life. Those times when life gets a flat tire are generally the result of me not following Christ's examples for living (Matthew 5-7) and are simply His way of saying, "Chris, you're on the wrong path. It's time to get it straight."
Is Jesus your spare tire? Is He only for use in emergencies, hard to get out, and embarrassing to display as you live life? I encourage you to get out of the drives seat, climb into the trunk, hand Jesus the keys, and say, "Where you lead, I will follow." He will take you on unbelievable adventures, and there will be no need to worry about getting a flat tire when He takes the wheel.
This is the first in a series I am titling "aka My Jesus." Check back for new installments!
- mooney


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I love puzzle games probably more than any other genre out there, and I'm always eager to see what new ways there are to boggle my mind at conventions like PAX East. This year was no exception.
In this article, we're highlighting 4 indie puzzle games that made us say "Aha!" after a few moments of scratching our head (the universal sign you've got a good puzzle game on your hands), and one platformer with enough puzzle in it to warrant a place on this list.
Like always, this is a purely subjective decision process: These are by no means the only co-op games that were at PAX East, so if we've missed one you particularly loved, let us know in the comments!
Title: Views
Developer: Orson Cheng and Shixin Nie
Platform: TBD
Release Date: TBD
The very first game that made me say "AHA!" in a fit of sudden realization was Views, a student game being shown at Playcrafting's PREGAMER party the night before PAX East began proper. Views is being made by Orson Cheng and Shixin Nie, and is still very much in development, but the concept totally captured me.
The concept is simple: get your icon to the end of the path. However, to do this, you'll need to play with perspective, turning the environment not only to reveal the pitfalls you have to avoid, but to literally create the paths you'll need to follow. Shixin warned me that the mechanics of the path's were finicky as I played, but to be quite honest, I thought the mechanics of the game were already incredibly solid.
I'm eagerly awaiting a chance to dig into Views again, looking forward to more content and polish and seeing what these two guys create.
Title: WaveCrash
Developer: Flyover Games
Platform: Windows/Mac
Release Date: Out Now!
One one hand, WaveCrash is a fairly straightforward matching game, where you make sets of colored tiles and activate them. However, on the other hand, you're activating these tiles not for points, but as the means attack your opponent.
You're playing against an opponent in a puzzle based game of tug of war, matching tiles in specific configurations to attack your opponent, lock down their tiles and push the center line there end, thus winning the round. There are a host of characters, each with there own special abilities, tied to specific configurations
What this ends up becoming is an incredibly fast paced puzzle game, with ample splashes of twitch reaction and strategy thrown in for good measure. WaveCrash is a remarkably cool upending of the classic matching puzzle formula.
Title: Collapsus
Developer: Wraith Games
Platform: iOS, Android, Fire OS, Windows Phone, Steam (Mac, Linux, and PC), Wii U, 3DS, and web (with plans for Nintendo Switch, PS4, Vita, and Xbox One)
Release Date: TBD
Speaking of upending the classic matching puzzle game formula, lets do that. Literally.
Collapsus was probably the best showed game at PAX East for me. I was handed a tablet, which quickly populated with a series of colored blocks. Touching on a block makes it disappear, causing the column of blocks to move down (possibly creating a row of 4 like colored blocks, and thus removing those for points), and using up one of your limited pool of touches/clicks. Removing a set of 4 blocks in a row or column gives you back a touch/click charge: run out of these and its game over.
I'm playing this and, quite honestly, thinking "Okay, this is pretty standard…", when one of the folks at the booth leans over and says "hey, why don't you turn the tablet?" Eyebrow raised, I turned the tablet clockwise in my hands…and the board turned with it. Rows became columns, and columns became rows.
I audibly whispered "Oh, now I get it". Collapsus is a brilliant take on a classic type of puzzle game, and beautifully uses the technology of tablets to turn into something mind blowing. You can play a PC version of the game now, though don't try turning your monitor: buttons are provided.
Collapsus also has turned an eye towards accessibility that's incredibly thorough and welcomed.
Title: A Fold Apart
Developer: Lightning Rod Games
Platform: TBD
Release Date: Valentine's Day, 2019
A Fold Apart is an adorable puzzle game about long distance relationships, no matter the gender. The basic mechanic of the game revolves around folding the paper environment to create or connect paths for you character to traverse. The PAX East demo was short, and didn't explore some of the more complex folding and unfolding mechanics that the developers talked with me about, but the concept is solid and already very well polished.
It's also fantastic to see such an emotional and touching story combined with a unique puzzle mechanic, and to see the puzzle mechanic reinforce the symbolism and message of the story. A Fold Apart could be using one of the most successful marriages of mechanic and narrative I've ever seen in a puzzle game, but I'll reserve the right to judge this after I've seen some of the more complex puzzles.
Title: Isometric Epilepsy
Developer: Ludopium
Platform: PC, OSX (possibly Linux) via Steam and itch
Release Date: TBD 2018
Now, I can't call Isometric Epilepsy a pure puzzle game, but I have to mention it in this list because it has a fantastic "Aha!" moment, as good or better than any puzzle game I've ever played.
Isometric Epilepsy sees you as a small cube, having to navigate a path toward an exit, avoiding obstacles and pitfalls, and occasionally solving small puzzles and problems to facilitate your exit. The problems are almost all based on timing, and the world of Isometric Epilepsy is ruled by rhythm.
As I was trying to navigate the world, I found myself struggling to make it through these mazes and obstacle courses. That is until I stopped thinking about what I was seeing and started listening to what I was hearing. Everything is keyed to the beat of the phenomenal soundtrack pumping in the background on Isometric Epilepsy, and as soon as you let go and start solving these puzzles and mazes to the beat of the song, things suddenly become close to effortless. Solving platforming puzzles in time to the amazing soundtrack was a fantastic feeling and one I cannot wait to explore further.
Make sure to check back in with IndieHangover soon, because we'll have compilations of our favorite Multiplayer Party Games for this year's PAX East next week. Missed our look at some of the best Couch Co-op Games from PAX East? Check it out here.


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Last week I ran a workshop 'Social Media for Researchers' for the CITE group at the University of Southampton, which was great fun, despite the limited time that we had to talk about the issues covered. CITE are doing loads of cool stuff at the moment to raise awareness generally across the university within which I'm based around the use of technologies and I was really happy to work with them.
The idea behind the workshop was to begin to develop a pool of resources for staff and students alike to find out about the use of social media as researchers. Through identifying areas where support is needed, a project could be put together to locate and link to already existing resources, but to also collect personal experiences with various social media from within and outside of the university.
I put together some slides designed to get people thinking about the kinds of issues relating to the use of social media that researchers come up against in their practice. There were some great conversations around the different papers that I mentioned, and the group had much to say about the various issues that we discussed.
The slides from the presentation are available here: http://www.slideshare.net/nicoleebeale/social-media-for-researchers-workshop-4th-july-2012-university-of-southampton
The powerpoint is round-up of work that I have come across in the past six months that has informed my own approach to using social media in my research practice (not for my research; that's another blog post!).
I refer to work by Joseph Thornley, Sarah Louise Quinnell, vitae (NorthWest hub), vitae and British Museum's Digital Researcher project, Tim Kastelle, the University of York's Research Impact project, the University of Bath's Connected Researcher project, LSE Impact of Social Sciences group, and many other organisations and individuals.
There is a recording of the entire 2 hour workshop available here: http://coursecast.soton.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=c4394051-2574-4142-9431-658206c11c95
I imagine you don't have a spare 2 hours (who does?!); there is a breakdown of the presentation on the lefthand side of the Coursecast, so that you can skip to the bits that are most relevant to you, .
The del.icio.us stack that has links to the resources that I have mentioned is available here: http://delicious.com/stacks/view/EqgnHL
I'm going to continue tweeting any follow-up resources under the hashtag #sotonsocmed and will add these to the delicious stack as I tweet them. So follow these if you are interested in this topic.
I'd like to say a big thank-you to the 30 or so workshop attendees, without your input, it wouldn't have been the event that it was.
What happens next
We will be scheduling a follow-up workshop later in the summer to go through the strategy stuff that we ran out of time to cover in this first event, and will run another introductory workshop at the beginning of the next semester, so let me know if you want to be added to the list. Both of these workshops will be half-day events, so that we have more time for discussion and cake eating!
If you would like to be involved in the project I've loosely outlined above, then drop me an email; I'd love to hear from you.


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Posted by lgirard on May 16th 2013 to Center News
Our Popular Summer Camps Are Filling Up Fast!
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The Arvada Center is offering Summer Camps, June 3 – August 23 for ages 1½ -18. Let your child explore their creativity in exciting classes from our most popular teachers and courses in drama, music, dance and visual arts!
We also offer Extended Day and Lunch Bunch sessions for busy, working parents!
Got a budding actor or comedian in your family? Improv Comedy or On-Camera Acting Camp would be a perfect fit!
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Each of these drama camps concludes in a late summer production to be performed in our Main Stage theater or Black Box Theater.
Or are you raising a rock star? Rock Band Camp is a wildly popular class that allows kids to record songs, design album covers and work together a real rock-n-roll band!
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 Summer Classes Available through August 22nd
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We have classes for ages 18months to 100+ !
Have shows like "Project Runway" reminded you of that dusty ol' sewing machine in your closet? Dust it off or use of ours and join others learning the basics of sewing in Introduction to Machine Sewing. In this one-day class, you will make 2 fun projects and get inspired!
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Posted by lgirard on May 03rd 2013 to Center News
Last Chance! 42nd Annual Jefferson Foundation High School Art Exhibition Closes May 12th
Heidi Jung
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Jeffco Alumni Exhibition
May 5 <–CLOSES SUNDAY
M-F 9am – 6pm
Sat. 10am – 5pm
Sun. 1pm – 5pm
The Arvada Center welcomes back Heidi Jung who began her career right here at the Arvada Center's Jefferson County High School Art Exhibition in 1989. Now, a thriving professional artist, she returns to launch the first Jeffco Alumni Exhibition.
42nd Annual Jefferson Foundation High School Art Exhibition
closes Sunday May 12
Sponsored by the Jefferson Foundation, the exhibition features more than 400 works from 23 different Jefferson County high schools. Â
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On The Roadside
Jeffco Teacher Solo Exhibition
A teacher at Jefferson County Schools for 8 years and currently at Warren Tech High School, he was selected from artists who participated in last year's Juried Teacher's Exhibition at Lakewood Cultural Center.
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You don't often hear, "sweet catch!" while quail hunting, but it was the appropriate exclamation for what happened while the pastor of a church in Texas was on a hunt with NFL quarterback Colt McCoy.
With a shotgun in one hand, the pastor reaches out his other hand just as a quail flies toward him and grabs it. After he grabs it, that's McCoy's voice you hear off-camera yelling, "Sweet catch!"
Cameras were around to catch the moment because the church uses various videos to teach bible lessons. Maybe the next class will be on the "Immaculate Reception."
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Now you don't have to head to the corner store for your favorite frozen drink . Make this Homemade Cherry Slurpee that tastes just like the original. Yummy!
For as long as I can remember I have loved grabbing a slurpee at the corner store. Growing up in So-Cal it was the thing to get at 7-11 & they were everywhere. It's my "go-to" frozen drink & if it's cherry flavor- I'm ecstatic. It's my ALL-TIME favorite. It's the thing that I will always grab if we are just stopping in, I can't pass it up. It just makes me so happy & can brighten almost any day. But I obviously can't be running to the store all the time. If you follow me on Instagram then you saw how excited I was when the hubs found me freeze & go Icee packs. As yummy as they are – I still wanted something I could make at home with things I already keep on hand. This keeps me from heading into the store in the first place – because we all know that once I'm in there I'm not going to buy just the one thing I walked in for. 🙂
So I started testing recipes to come up with one that tastes as close to the original as I could get it. I hit the nail on the head with this one because it's absolutely PERFECT. Just like the ones I love from the store. Cool, frosty, delicious & PACKED full of that great cherry flavor. I'm in Slurpee heaven. I'm making them all the time now & I'm a happy girl.
Just look at how easy these are to make!
Homemade Cherry Slurpee
- 1 cup cold club soda
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 tsp cherry Kool-Aid drink mix
- 1/2 tsp maraschino cherry juice
- 2 cups crushed ice
- Place all ingredients in blender & blend on high for several minutes
- Once mixture is like slush & free of all remaining chunks of ice it's ready to serve
- Pour into serving classes & kick back, relax & enjoy
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I remember my Mother using an old metal sprinkler similar to this. I ordered it for the nostalgic feel, but have found many ways to use this cute little sprinkler! Will probably order more for future gifts!!
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Yay! No more broken spray bottles!
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I bought this because we used to have one (a dinged up metal one!) when I was little. Nostalgia is fun! I can also use it on my husband's shirts.
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Such a simple gadget from yesteryear. And nothing has been improved since. It works better than my hands, better than a spray bottle. I sell vintage linens that I handstarch, sprinkle, iron. Thank goodness, I found it at Lehman's. Five to this one.


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As the 96th PGA Golf Championship approaches, plans for PGA REACH, the charitable foundation of the PGA of America, is also gearing up. Their goal is to seek to positively impact the lives of youth, military and diverse communities through the game of golf at the PGA Championship.
In order to reach their goals, PGA REACH has partnered with best-in-class charities in order to support the three pillars at the 96th PGA Championship: Youth, Military and Diversity/Inclusion. They will kick off the festivities with a golf clinic taught by PGA Professionals. The clinic will be offered for underserved youth in the community in order to introduce the young men and women to the game of golf.
PGA REACH, in conjunction with the Boys and Girls Club have introduced over 2,000 youth across the United States to the game of golf and to its life enhancing values since 2010. PGA REACH also partners with other organizations for the betterment of life for kids in distressed neighborhoods.
Take for instance their partnership with Blessings in a Backpack, a Louisville, Kentucky program that ensures underserved elementary school children get a backpack filled with nutritious food to take home on the weekends. The impact of their partnerships is a blessing that many youngsters would otherwise not witness.
To further their impact on the Kentucky children, PGA REACH is planning to implement golf programs to be taught by local PGA Professionals in the area schools. This way they will make golf more accessible to the kids in the area and the kids can learn life lessons by learning the game. The kids that will gain accessibility will be those supported by PGA REACH Kentucky.
"This is an exciting time for the PGA of America," said Scott Kmiec, Senior Director of PGA REACH. "Through PGA REACH programming at the PGA Championship, the PGA of America will be in a position to make a more meaningful impact in the communities we serve."
The next step of their journey is to help the military community by reaching out to them; utilizing golf as a means to support veterans not only in the Kentucky region, but all across America. PGA REACH will do so by offering an Armed Forces golf clinic that will be held at Shawnee Golf Course in Louisville. They will provide those in the military an opportunity to receive a golf lesson from certified PGA Professionals.
PGA REACH began their partnership with the Helping Our Patriots Everywhere (HOPE) program in 2007. Ever since then, they have facilitated both the physical and social rehabilitation of over 2,000 veterans nationwide.
As for their Diversity/Inclusion pillar, PGA REACH seeks to create a culture of inclusiveness by communicating and demonstrating the fact that golf can be affordable and accessible for people of all abilities, ages and backgrounds. Since this pillar began in 1993, PGA REACH has provided nearly 400 diversity-based scholarships in order to support their goal.
PGA REACH has recently been unveiled as the charitable foundation of the PGA of America and will align with the 41 PGA Section offices and charitable partners throughout the United States to positively impact lives through golf. Through the creation and promotion of key programs and initiatives, PGA REACH will utilize existing programming while fostering new partnerships and initiatives. To accomplish this goal, the PGA Foundation has been rebranded as PGA REACH.
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Summary: Nearly 70% of Americans are overweight and suffer from 58 obesity related diseases in large part because they do not walk enough during the day. A University of Tennessee study in 2010 found that Americans average only 5,000 steps a day (2.5 miles), half the minimum amount recommended for health maintenance by the U.S. Surgeon General. TrekDesk Treadmill Desks offer a solution to the problem and employees nationwide are taking the step to change their health.
The average American adult walks approximately 5,000 steps per day despite the Surgeon General's recommended minimum of 10,000 (5 miles). Long commutes, full days stuck in an office chair and an increase in home TV/computer activities are often cited as the main reasons for America's activity decline. But to some innovative and proactive Americans these are health obstacles that need to be overcome. Kirklyn Smith, an executive and marathon desk trekker, is one of those individuals. After previously walking a marathon equivalent 26.2 miles in a single day at the office, he is the first individual to ever walk 100 miles in a work week using his TrekDesk Treadmill Desk.
How does he do it? "I like walking at 2.5 m/p/h with a 5% incline. This has been a pace that has worked well for me during the past 2 years, and has allowed me to work up to a level where walking 15-20 miles a day is pretty standard. I love it when things get busy at the office, and I just forget that I'm walking.
"It would take the average American 40 work weeks to accomplish what Kirklyn did at the office in a single week," stated Steve Bordley, CEO of TrekDesk Treadmill Desk. "Not only is that impressive but more importantly it reflects just how little the general population is moving when it would take the average employee ¾ of a year to achieve that much movement."
Kirklyn Smith is 34 years old and serves as the Director of Operations for EOI Direct. He lives in Boise, Idaho with his wife, Cherish. He started using the TrekDesk in April, 2010. Designed to fit any existing treadmill, TrekDesk treadmill desk is an affordable, full sized, height adjustable workstation that allows individuals the opportunity to gain the necessary amount of daily exercise to lose weight, maintain health, reduce stress, prevent disease, strengthen muscles, boost mood and productivity, without requiring additional time during the day or extra motivation.


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Since our office is small, each of our staff members, with their can-do attitudes, fills in wherever necessary, and we appreciate them very much.
Karen Rice has worked in our office since 1998. She is a 1980 graduate of Hart High School, Hart, Michigan, She graduated in 1982 from Baker College with an Associate's Degree in Data Entry/Computer Programming. She has lived her entire life in the Hart/Shelby area. She is our jack-of-all-trades, office administrator/receptionist/secretary/bookkeeper.
Heather Rowe has been our legal assistant since May 2012. She has over 15 years experience as a legal secretary/assistant. She has much experience in estate planning, probate, domestic relations, and contract law. She has lived in the Hart/Shelby area since May 2006. She is also called on to be a part-time receptionist and bookkeeper as needed.


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Site-specific window display
Mass is a site-specific window installation that combines physical forms and moving image.
Based on research into architecture for public spaces and crowd simulations, Mass presents a distant viewpoint of human behaviour, with choreographic patterns emerging from the chaos.
Mass was first shown in Universal Everything's solo exhibition Anthropologies at SIA Gallery, Sheffield in 2016.
Creative Director: Matt Pyke
Animation Director: Chris Perry
Available for licensing, screenings and exhibitions
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Whether your vehicle has full, partial or no service history, you can still benefit from our warranty protection. All you have to do is carry out a manufacturer's service or an alternative five point service schedule within 21 days or 500 miles (whichever is sooner). (SERVICE GUIDE)
If a service is completed within the last 12 months by a VAT registered garage and it is correctly stamped in the service book (or you have the invoice), then a you can choose to follow on from that service according to the manufacturer's service interval. However, we don't insist on expensive franchised dealer servicing. If you prefer, at intervals of 6 months or 6,000 miles (whichever is the sooner) you can elect the alternative 5 point check. (SERVICE GUIDE)
Our warranties are extremely popular for high mileage vehicles because we cover failure of an insured part due to wear and tear... FROM DAY ONE! Generally, you will find warranty providers penalise high mileage car drivers irrespective of whether a claim is made or not by increasing the premium. Click4warranty don't. Instead, only if your car has covered over 60,000 miles do we ask for a contribution toward betterment in the event of a claim. Not unreasonable as the car is in better condition than it was before. (BETTERMENT GUIDE)
Our policies have one of the lowest standard claim excess available in the market today at just £10 per claim. If your car has covered less than 60,000 miles we will settle 100% parts, labour and vat (subject to the policy terms and claim limit). Over 60,000 miles we ask for a contribution toward betterment. (BETTERMENT GUIDE)
All Click4Warranty policies offer a £3,000, per claim, limit as standard. For a small increase in premium this can be upgraded to either £5000 or £7000 per claim. Whichever you choose, this represents the maximum amount that can be claimed for each breakdown. The amount of claims that can be made is unlimited. As with all responsible Insurers, the total amount settled during the course of the policy term cannot exceed the Glass's Guide retail value of the car.
The claims process is simple, handled by telephone and we deal with the garage on your behalf. All you need to do is call the claims line. Claims are administered by the UK's leading provider of motor related insurance products to the motor trade and all calls are dealt with by NVQ qualified engineers. (CONTACT DETAILS)
Wherever possible, to avoid your being out of pocket, we will settle authorised claims directly with the repairer (FIND OUT MORE)
With Click4Warranty you can rest assured that, unlike some online companies, we are FCA Regulated and all our policies are insurance backed. This means, your claim will be protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, a statutory fund of last resort set up under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to compensate customers of authorised financial services firms in the event of their insolvency.
The FSCS is free to consumers and, since 2001, has helped more than 4.5 million people and paid out more than £26 billion. A clear warning was sent out recently as to why the FCA urge consumers to purchase regulated insured policies. On 28th July 2016, the FSCS declared Enterprise Insurance Company PLC in default, therefore if the FSCS establishes Enterprise cannot meet the cost of claims made against it, they will protect UK policyholders. (FIND OUT MORE)
We've appointed the UK's leading independent car service and repair network, Halfords Autocentres, who provide nationwide cover through hundreds of garages across the UK with more ATA trained mechanics than any other independent garage. Repairs are guaranteed for 12 months or 12,000 miles.
If you prefer to nominate your own repairer, simply contact the Administrator for authority before work starts, but remember you may not be at home if you breakdown!
The policy will pay a reasonable vat registered repairer's retail price for parts, labour times as set out by ICME (INSTITUTE CHARTERED MECHANICAL ENGINEERS) and up to the LABOUR RATE of our approved repairers. (FIND OUT MORE)
If you feel we haven't provided the service you expected, we do of course value the opportunity to put things right straight away. However, unlike some online companies, Click4Warranty is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) (formally known as the FSA) and all policies are insurance backed giving you the additional protection of the FSCS. This means, we report to the FCA on a regular basis throughout the year about our products, solvency and service levels.
If a policy holders is unhappy with our response or decision, they are entitled to complain to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). When this happens, we would immediately have to make a payment, whether or not they uphold the complaint. Their decision is final and we must abide by it. (COMPLAINT PROCESS)
Helping our policy holders to drive a safe and roadworthy car is at the core of our business culture. For this reason, we encourage policy holders to stop driving as soon as they believe their may be a fault. Our Claims Technicians follow Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) guidelines from the FCA. Therefore, if it's agreed an insured component is faulty during routine maintenance or MOT, the claim will be processed in the normal way. (CLAIM PROCESS)
A warranty is a valuable selling tool if you decide to sell your car and the warranty may be transferred to the new owner. Simply call us to request the transfer and we will transfer the balance of your policy to the new owner. We do require a £25 contribution from you toward the administration costs and conditions do apply (for example we can't transfer the policy if you sell your car to a motor dealer).
You can make an unlimited number of claims and we will apply your selected claim limit to "each claim". The maximum amount we will pay in total during the term of the policy is set at the Glass's Guide retail value of your car at the time of claim.
Unlike many providers we allow 21 days (not the standard 14) from the date the policy was purchased to cancel the policy and receive a FULL refund (as long as you haven't submitted a claim of course).
Up to £30 a day towards the cost of a replacement vehicle while your car is being repaired.
Up to 60 days cover for driving in the Republic of Ireland and mainland Europe.
Your Click4Warranty policy pays toward the costs of parts and labour for repair or replacement of an insured component.
Up to £100 towards the cost of recovery to the repairing garage
Click4Warranty policies have no limit to the annual mileage you drive, your vehicle will be protected until it has covered 150,000 miles.
Up to £60 towards hotel expenses or a return rail ticket.
Unlike many warranty providers, we steer away from broad statements about the parts covered by our policies. To describe cover as all mechanical and electrical components means that, if you want to be sure a part is covered, you need to laboriously work out what really is excluded. Instead, you will see our terms and conditions comprehensively list the insured parts and, quite simply, if a part isn't listed it isn't covered... If it is listed, then the part is covered!
Obvious exclusions are batteries, wheels; tyres; exhausts; catalytic converters; and worn out clutches & brakes. As well as damage to bodywork or paintwork; glass and headlights. Also some electrical items may not be covered such as: aerials; batteries; and microphones & loud speakers. And goes without saying, like all other warranties, we don't cover pre-existing or known faults. (FIND OUT MORE)
Electric and hybrid cars are excluded. Our policies can be purchased for LPG, LMG and CNG systems. However, claims would not be accepted for any consequential damage to the LPG, LMG or CNG systems caused by the failure of an insured part or for damage to an insured part where an LPG, LMG or CNG systems was deemed to be the cause of the failure. Always read the terms for full details on policy features, benefits, exclusions and limitations.
Hire or reward, taxi, self drive hire, by a driving school, commercial delivery purposes such as despatch or delivery courier; with a carrying capacity exceeding 35cwt, service vehicles (police, ambulance etc), used for any kind of competitive purposes, off road use, customised or fitted with equipment not approved by the manufacturer.Always read the terms for full details on policy features, benefits, exclusions and limitations.
Nissan 300zx/Skyline, Noble, Panther, Porsche, Rolls Royce, Mazda Rx7 And Rx8, Subaru Wrx, Tvr, Venturi, Westfield; Jaguar Over 4000cc.Always read the terms for full details on policy features, benefits, exclusions and limitations.
Click4Warranty polcies cover cars up to 150,000 miles, 12 years and 5000cc. Cover will cease when any of these are reached.Always read the terms for full details on policy features, benefits, exclusions and limitations.
All American, Australian and Canadian vehicles (unless built for the UK market) - Stretched limousines - Aston Martin - Bentley - Bristol - Bugatti - Caterham - Daimler 12 cylinder models - De Tomaso - electric or hybrid powered vehicles - Ferrari - Ford Cosworth - Honda NSX - Hummer - Jaguar vehicles over 4000cc - Kit Cars - Lamborghini - Lancia Delta Integrale/8.32 - LCC Rocket - Mercedes AMG - Lotus - LPG powered vehicles - Marcos - Maserati - McLaren F1 - Mitsubishi 3000 GT - Morgan - Nissan 300ZX/Skyline - Noble - Panther - Porsche - Rolls Royce - Mazda RX7 and RX8 - Subaru WRX - TVR - Venturi - WestfieldAlways read the terms for full details on policy features, benefits, exclusions and limitations.
AT A GLANCEDay one coverEven for wear & tear!
AT A GLANCENo Service History? No problem! See what's needed
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ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. - Dampfwerk Distilling was started by the Loffelholz Family just over a year ago and they are hitting the ground running with some amazing spirits produced in St. Louis Park.
Ralf, a native of Muhldorf, Germany, spent 25 years building and managing businesses that serve the global food and beverage industry. Ralf, along with his wife Mary, and their two college-aged, children Christian and Bridgit, are creating four lines of fantastic European-style craft spirits mixed in with the creativity of the American market.
They use many local ingredients including whole apples, 80% Haralson which were developed at the U of M in their pure Apple Brandy. Our favorites in their line were the Barreled Apple Brandy, Barreled Gin and the Herbal Liquors.
Their website explains their processes and shows you the wonderful products that they are producing right in our own backyard.
By the way, it's a great gift! The bottles are beautiful and they are filled with many hours of craftsmanship!


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In my holidays I took photos of public post boxes sometimes, but sometimes I forgot it. Feel free to upload your own, but not letter boxes please.
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Royal Mail celebrated Bradley Wiggins Olympic gold medal win by painting two iconic red post boxes gold in Eccleston and Chorley.
I think Bradley Wiggins is one of those guys who rides a bicycle without falling off. Anyway, I hear about the gold mail box and made a detour to see it and post some mail art.
Katerina, was this the documentary you saw?
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Feb 26, 2007
Falling water levels in China's Yangtze River have left 1 million people short of drinking water. A severe drought has caused the water level in China's longest river to plunge over the last two weeks, severely cutting water-pumping capacity. Water levels in the Yangtze and Jialing rivers have declined sharply because of a lack of rainfall, which followed a severe drought last summer. The problem is expected to continue until the rainy season begins in May. "If the water levels in the Yangtze and its upper tributary Jialing River continue to decline, we'll face a real crisis." Last summer's drought in the southwest was the worst in 50 years, causing more than $1.1 billion in economic losses.
The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia and third longest in the world.


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Bob Schieffer mentioned one of my cartoons on Face the Nation earlier today. My ego runneth over. Unfortunately, it's 22 minutes into the broadcast so you have to fast forward through all the actual substance to get to the cartoon and Schieffer's related commentary. Here's a link to the cartoon if you want a better look at it.
Update: The video was reportedly making Internet Explorer crash, so I've posted a link instead. Click here to see the video.


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A water-saving feature, or aerator, can be built into a faucet to limit water consumption. The reduced water flow helps the environment and the homeowner's water bill. The water is restricted by several filters that restrict water flow, but it also reduces the water pressure coming from the faucet. In some cases, the restricted flow can be from a clogged aerator, but the aerator can be removed and the faucet works fine without it.
Block the drain so no parts fall into it. You can use a stopper or just place a small towel over the drain.
Turn the aerator counterclockwise and unscrew it from the faucet. The aerator is located at the tip of the faucet. If it does not turn easily, use a rubber-strap wrench. Pliers or other metal objects can scratch the faucet's surface coating.
Turn the aerator over and remove the screen. Use your fingers to remove it, but if you can't get it you can use a flat-head screwdriver.
Screw the aerator back into the faucet.
Rubber-strap wrench
Flat-head screwdriver
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If you plant to remove the aerator because of minimal water flow, consider installing a different one that allows more water pressure through the faucet, or cleaning the screen thoroughly to get rid of built-up sentiment. By choosing one of these options, you restore adequate pressure, while maintaining water savings.
Removing the screen will also allow sentiment to flow through the faucet. You may find that your water has little bit of dirt if you remove the screen.


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Danny Graham scored late on as promotion-chasing Blackburn snatched a 1-1 draw against Northampton at Ewood Park.
John-Joe O'Toole's 12th-minute glancing header looked to have ended Blackburn's 16-match unbeaten Sky Bet League One run but Graham nodded in an equaliser in the 74th minute.
However, Rovers could not force a winner and slipped out of the top two following Shrewsbury's win at Portsmouth.
Despite dominating the opening exchanges, Blackburn were caught with a Northampton counter-attack when Joe Bunney crossed for O'Toole to deftly nod in his fourth goal in his last four games.
Craig Conway came closest to a first-half equaliser after reacting quickest to a corner but his shot whistled just wide.
Northampton perhaps should have had a second after the break, only for Regan Poole to volley over.
And they paid the price when Dominic Samuel floated a cross in for Graham to head his 10th goal of the season into the bottom corner.
Bradley Dack was denied a winner late on when Richard O'Donnell superbly parried his late strike, as the Cobblers moved three points away from the drop zone.
Danny Graham secures point for Blackburn
Danny Graham scored late on as promotion-chasing Blackburn snatched a 1-1 draw against Northampton at Ewood Park.


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|Figure Trimmer
- Stand with both feet on the trainer, feet as close together as possible
- Make sure I am near something where I can catch myself if I fall (a wall, the back of a couch, a counter)
- Hold my arms in position for the turn I'm about to do
- I make the turn
- If I do it correctly, I don't tip over, fall or roll off the trainer
- If I do it wrong I get instantaneous feedback, and I can make instantaneous corrections
- I learned I have to go much, much deeper in the knee than I'm used to
- According to my coach 'much, much deeper in the knee than I'm used to" is the correct amount of knee bend
- I learned that I do the knee bend so that I drop straight down--no butt sticking out or leaning forward.
- According to my coach, butt out-tits forward is a typical adult turn problem.
- I learned that once I got the correct amount of knee bend, and the correct posture (no butt out-tits forward) I could do the turn on the trainer without falling off
- Once I got the kneebend, posture right, I could work on my checking and timing.
- I'm now working on the checking and timing, but bad habits are hard to break
- Learning what I was doing wrong took about 5 minutes. Fixing it didn't take much longer. Getting better is an ongoing process
So, when I showed my coach what I had learned, she was tactful enough not to say "Finally!" She had been working with me on this for back 3's, but the temptation to lean forward is awfully strong. Using this trainer made a world of difference and corrected my bad habits between lessons.
P.S. Don't use this for one foot turns. I think it's too unstable


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Great article in The New York Times about Asian American singers and musicians. The article mentions artists such as Charice, David Choi, AJ Rafael, Kina Grannis, Gabe Bondoc, Cathy Nguyen, JR Aquino, Dawen, Jennifer Chung, and more. The entire article posted after the jump.
OVER the last few months the four Filipino-American R&B singers from the San Francisco Bay Area known as Legaci have appeared on some of the biggest stages of American pop. There they were, belting perfect four-part harmony on "Saturday Night Live," finger-snapping and line-dancing like the Temptations on "The View," "Ellen" and "Today," and crooning to a hysterical, sold-out crowd of 15,000 at the annual KIIS-FM Wango Tango blowout in Los Angeles. (They took the stage just after Kesha and Adam Lambert, just before Ludacris and Usher.)
If you've never heard of them, chances are you have heard of their boss, the teenage pop heartthrob Justin Bieber. Legaci's members are his backup singers, which means that their camera time comes in blink-and-you'll-miss-them flashes. Onstage they live between bursts of spotlight and the shadows of their perch at stage right. As they performed behind Mr. Bieber on "Saturday Night Live" in April, Ahmir Thompson, better known as Questlove, the drummer for the hip-hop tastemakers the Roots, singled them out on Twitter. He gave Mr. Bieber "cool points" for having "the Asian New Edition" as his backup singers.
They just might be the most visible yet invisible pop figures in the world.
Before joining Mr. Bieber's touring group, they were rising stars on YouTube, now a crucial launching pad for Asian-American artists seeking the kind of exposure rarely afforded them by the mainstream recording industry.
"The stereotype is that we're violinists or mathematicians," the cultural critic Oliver Wang said. "So for a lot of industry executives there's this disconnect when they see an Asian-American singing R&B. But YouTube is chipping away at that. It's becoming a much more common sight."
Micah Tolentino, 30, started Legaci with Jason Atencion (who has left the group) under the influence of R&B acts like Boyz II Men and Shai, in 1997, while in high school in Vallejo, Calif.
"Even if most people just know us as Justin Bieber's Asian backup singers," Mr. Tolentino said, "we're proud to be out there, to show the world that Asian-Americans are talented."
While the pop charts are a familiar home to African-Americans and Latino-Americans, they've been less hospitable to Asian-Americans in the United States.
"Asian-Americans are locked out," said Phil Yu, who runs the pop-culture blog angryasianman.com. "There are definitely elements of racism, but it's also that audiences are not used to seeing Asian faces on the pop charts or on music videos, and record labels won't take a chance on that."
Legaci can list its fellow travelers on one hand. There's the Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger (her father is Filipino), the fledgling Filipino pop star Charice (who sings a duet with Iyaz on her first United States single, "Pyramid" ) and most famously, Allan Pineda, a k a Apl.de.ap, of the Black Eyed Peas.
"Mostly when you see Asian artists, it's as D.J.'s or producers," said Mr. Pineda, who was born and raised in the Philippines and immigrated to Los Angeles when he was 11. "You don't really see people up front as singers or musicians. We're always part of the background scene. We're like the quiet storm."
Mr. Pineda has sneaked two songs in Tagalog, "The Apl Song" and "Bebot," onto Black Eyed Peas albums. "It's going to be hard for a Tagalog song to ever be a single for the Peas," said Mr. Pineda, who has started his own Asian-focused record label, Jeepney Music, and recently recorded "Take Me to the Philippines" under the auspices of the Philippine Tourism Department.
Christine Balance, a professor of Asian-American studies at the University of California, Irvine, points out that while Latin and black music have longstanding currency in the industry, there's nothing comparable for Asian-Americans. "How do you market an Asian-American star?" she said. "African-Americans are foundational to U.S. popular culture, and for Latinos there's the adjective 'Latin' music that's used to describe a variety of musical forms. But Asians are still seen as foreign or alien to mainstream America."
Yet the one place where Asian-American artists flourish in contemporary pop is on YouTube. The ninth-most-subscribed YouTube musician channel — basically a video home page that fans can subscribe to — belongs to the Korean-American pop singer David Choi (one spot behind Taylor Swift and 12 ahead of Beyoncé). Of the 50 most subscribed music channels at press time, 4 belong to Asian-American artists: AJ Rafael (178,117 subscribers), Kina Grannis (177, 560), Gabe Bondoc (143, 881) and Cathy Nguyen (140, 904). Since posting her rendition of "Airplanes," the hit collaboration between the rapper B.o.B. and the Paramore singer Hayley Williams, a little over a month ago, Ms. Nguyen's version has been viewed well over a million times; her take on Jason Mraz's "Lucky" from a year ago, which begins with her declaring "My nose itches," has topped five million.
"I never imagined for anything to happen when I posted my videos," Ms. Nguyen wrote via e-mail. "Although I did secretly want to be a YouTube star."
Other Asian-Americans with a notable presence on YouTube include singer-songwriters like Melissa Polinar and acoustic soul aspirants like Jr Aquino, Dawen, Jennifer Chung and Melvin Gutierrez.
"Asian-Americans want to see people who look like they do, who reflect their lifestyle, who speak English the same way they speak English," Mr. Yu said. "Now for a kid growing up the most famous personality for them is not necessarily Lady Gaga but David Choi. That's a big shift that wouldn't have happened without YouTube."
The Asian-American influence on YouTube has even been credited with bolstering the success of Andrew Garcia, a Top 10 finalist on this past season of "American Idol." Mr. Garcia is Mexican-American, but he is married to a Filipina, and before the show he was on YouTube and had collaborated with Ms. Nguyen and Mr. Rafael. In early April, Legaci posted a video urging its fans to vote for Mr. Garcia.
"It was kind of like Andrew was repping for the Asians," said Dominic Manuel, 28, of Legaci (Above picture). "The Asian community is very supportive. Once they're fans, they are rabid fans."
The members of Legaci contend that many Asian-Americans turn to YouTube because they are unable to break through to the mainstream music industry.
"It's very rare to hear an Asian-American on the radio," Mr. Manuel said . "So we all had to find somewhere to go. YouTube levels the playing field. It was our chance to have our voices heard."
It's certainly a strategy that has worked for Legaci. The group tried the traditional route when it emerged in the late '90s as part of a larger Filipino R&B boom in Northern California that included groups like Pinay, DNH and Kai. It performed in clubs and on college campuses, and released two albums of polished throwback R&B that mixed its own songs with covers ( "Little Black Book," from 2006, and "Sessions," a year later). The group also auditioned for television talent competitions with open calls: "American Idol," "The Sing Off," "America's Got Talent" and MTV's "Top Pop Group."
"We tried them all," Mr. Tolentino said. "And they all said the same thing, 'You guys are great, you have great voices, but you're not what we're looking for.' The first couple times we were like, 'O.K., maybe we didn't hit it that hard,' but the more we heard it, we couldn't help wondering: 'Is it because of who we are? Because we're Asian-American?' We decided that if TV wouldn't give us a chance, and major labels wouldn't give us a chance, we would turn to YouTube."
The amateur aesthetic at the heart of YouTube — singing somebody else's songs in your bedroom or living room — had long been part of Legaci's own upbringing. Its members all grew up singing pop and R&B hits on the karaoke machines of their Philippines-born parents.
"Filipino culture is based on performing," Chris Abad, 28, said. "In the Philippines there's a cover band in every restaurant, in every club. Everybody knows how to play guitar. You are raised to have music as part of your life. Our parents put that into our minds at a very young age."
In 2007, Legaci began posting videos of itself doing mostly a cappella covers of Top 40 pop and R&B hits in the living rooms of its members (or of their parents). They were encouraged by the success of another Filipino from the Bay Area, Jeremy Manongdo, known professionally as Passion, who in 2006 went from being an unknown to racking up thousands of subscribers in just a few months.
"We actually had a meeting," said Delfin Lazaro, 28, of Legaci, who had been a member of another '90s Filipino R&B group, Next Phaze. "And we said, 'O.K., we want to be the first Asian-American group to really make it, so how are we going to do this, since we didn't have any money?' We dedicated ourselves to our YouTube videos."
The group has covered a few Boyz II Men classics, slowed Jason Derulo's sparkling hit "Whatcha Say" into a plaintive, heart-melting ballad, and when it took on Iyaz's "Replay," Mr. Tolentino recreated its rhythms and studio effects using old-school hip-hop beat-box vocal techniques.
But it was Legaci's version of "Baby," the ubiquitous spring smash by Mr. Bieber, that changed everything. Joined by Ms. Nguyen and the rapper Traphik (another YouTube mainstay), the group stripped "Baby" of its slick production and re-arranged it into a passionate slice of pop.
The video was barely up for one day when the group received a call from Scooter Braun, Mr. Bieber's manager, who just three years ago had discovered Mr. Bieber in much the same way, watching him perform his own cover versions on YouTube. Mr. Braun was so impressed with Legaci's take on the song that he invited the group to join Mr. Bieber.
"I absolutely loved what I saw," Mr. Braun said by phone from the Bahamas, where Mr. Bieber and Legaci were rehearsing for a summer tour. "I really wanted someone to be in the band who was from YouTube, so that Justin could give something back to the community that gave so much to him."
Only a week after receiving the call Legaci flew to New York for rehearsals and then joined Mr. Bieber live on MTV and on New York's top pop radio station Z100. The group has been pleasantly surprised by just how much it has been embraced by Mr. Bieber's fans, many of whom now follow Legaci on Twitter and subscribe to its YouTube channel. The connection is not lost on Mr. Braun, who is working with Legaci on a record deal.
"The amount of exposure they get on the road with Justin is more exposure than they'd ever get working a single with a major label," he said.
During the tour, which begins on Wednesday in Hartford and comes to Madison Square Garden in August, Mr. Bieber has made room in his set for Legaci to perform one of its own songs. It's the kind of support that Legaci hopes will help let a generation of young music fans see that it is not unusual for Asian-Americans to be in the spotlight.
"We know how long it's taken African-American groups to be totally accepted by the mainstream," said Mr. Lazaro. "That will happen for Asian-Americans too. We want to open that door, and then we'll bring everyone with us."