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By: Jessica Kennedy
"Its been awhile since I spoke with you. I think I may have forgotten how." She spoke in a whisper as she gazed up at the clear sky.
Amelia hadn't prayed in years. Growing up the oldest daughter to an evangelical pastor, prayer used to be common place for her. She was comfortable talking to god, having conversations and feeling connected. It had always given her a sense of peace. But after she met Andrew; a boy neither of her parents approved of; she left that world behind her. She ran away and married him. She put her focus into her marriage and her charming and passionate husband. He longed for a life of luxury, spinning stories of extravagance and wealth. He brought her in and made her crave that life as well. Together they devoted their lives to their careers, Andrew as a Real Estate broker and Amelia as a Financial Service Advisor in a large firm. They let their extended families go, losing contact with them and choosing not to have a children. They had bigger dreams.
Today she was desperate. She needed to find a sense of peace that she hadn't felt in years. She needed to come back to her roots.
"God, I feel lost. Abandoned and confused. All this time, I have been coasting on a desire for more. Forgetting that I am not invincible. Destroying all in my path. It has caught up to me . Now look where I am."
She had just come from the office where she was about to start her day like any other, but as she was walking through the sliding doors of the modern high rise, she was shoved back out by a co-worker, Lucy.
"The feds are here. Upstairs." She breathed in Amelia's ear. "Turn around, get in you car and go home. Soon it will all come crashing down."
Lucy rushed away and left Amelia motionless and astounded. She was frozen on the sidewalk. Her body language staying composed but her insides screamed another story. She realized that it was all over, she would soon be discovered for the white collar criminal that she was. She and her co workers would be prosecuted. She would lose her job, her cars,her homes and all the luxuries she had worked for. Her worldly possession would be gone, and quite possibly her relationships too. She had created a persona of high roller. A woman of taste and esteem. Once that sparkle washed away and the grime of her criminal offence came to the surface, she was certain that all who were in her life now would disappear.
This made her think of Andrew. She wondered about his loyalty. He knew nothing of her dealings in the firm, but enjoyed the benefits of being married to a highly successful woman. He was naive and uninvolved, but really never cared as long as he felt satisfied. Would he stick by her, or would he run too? She needed to compose herself and create a plan.
That is when she decided to pray more. She needed something, and everything she knew now was lost.
"God, our conversations have been lost lately. Non existent. I have distanced myself from your connection. Losing my way. But now I need you. I need the peace that comes with our relationship."
She spoke quickly and quietly, but none the less the words got out. As she continued to pray, she began to feel a sense of calm. She could do this. She had made mistakes and needed to figure out how to deal with the natural consequences, but she knew she could do it.
She needed call Andrew. His phone would be off as he had a big meeting with a potential client today. She knew she could leave him a message.
"You have reached the personal voice mail of Andrew Weber, please leave your message after the beep." He voice smooth and silky, travelling from the earpiece of her Iphone.
she shakily started to speak "Andrew, Its me. We need to talk. I love you, and need you today. I'll be home in 10. call me when you can." She was vulnerable and soft. A role she rarely took in their marriage, but today it felt right.
She left her message and shut her phone down. She needed to get home and figure a few things out. She had an odd sense that it would all be ok, she hadn't felt this sure about anything in a long time.
Chapter 2:
She drove down the familiar winding roads to her home. A home she loved. Her heart began to tear apart as she thought about how much longer she would have in it. The art that graced her hallways, her expensive and beautifully designed furniture, her lavish linens, and her closet. Her eyes began to moisten. The pain was overtaking her.
A breath in and she shook it off, thought for a second and came to the realization that really, it would be ok. She had this sense of eerily calm. She kept repeating. "It will be ok. It will be ok." Some how the peace she felt from her earlier prayers was strong enough to subside the sadness and panic of her situation.
Her car pulled into the drive and recognized her husbands car in front of the garage. The black camaro glistening in the sun. Beside it was parked a red corvette, small and shiny. She assumed it was the car of his new client. Still it was odd, she thought. She was certain that Andrew had told her the meeting was being held at his office downtown. She brushed it off as a change of plans and walked into her home.
The familiar feeling of being home washed over her as she quietly crept through the door.She was extra quiet taking in the smells and sights of her house while trying not to disturb the meeting. She was holding it together. She was ready to talk to Andrew.
She made her way up the winding staircase to her home office. It was situated beside her bedroom. They had placed her office upstairs while Andrew's home office was downstairs, off of the main room. She figured she would go upstairs until he was done with his client.
As she passed her bedroom door and she heard unfamiliar noises. She though it may be the cats, locked in her room. It didn't quite sound like the cats but her mind was preoccupied, maybe she morphed the sounds a little. She placed her hand on the door knob, about to open the door to free her kitties from the jail cell of her bedroom, when she heard a voice.
"Oh, ANDREW! oh my god. You are amazing!" The breathless voice was feminine and she was obviously excited by whatever her husband was doing.
Amelia tore open the bedroom door. She was pulsing with a rage she had never experience. She was skilled in the art of holding on tight to emotion, but this rage was too much for her. It bubbled over the surface and exploded out, like vinegar and baking soda.
She saw her husband naked, in between the curved and graceful legs of a woman she did not recognize. She couldn't even describe the womans face. She just kept picturing the legs of another woman draped over the shoulders of her husband. It fuelled Amelia's anger and sent her into a fit. Her whole focus was on her rage.
"GET THE FUCK OUT! NOW! NOW! NOW! Andrew, get her the fuck out of my bed." Amelia screamed in a voice she did not recognize.
She torn off the sheets while the embarrassed two shuffled and ran out of the room. She screamed, the cursed, and she destroyed the tainted room. As she spun around the room in a tailspin of disgust, anger and betrayal; Andrew got his mistress out before anything worse could happen.
Exhausted, Amelia collapsed into a heap on the floor in her walk in closet. Tears streaming down her face. Her heart was tearing open. Raw and painful.
He was her everything. She created this life for his dreams. She committed a crime to keep their lifestyle up to his standards. She left her family for him. She lost her connection with herself and god, to please him. Everything was for him.
"Melia, honey, where are you?" His sheepish voice travelled from the bedroom. He had returned from dismissing her unwanted house guest.
"Baby, it was mistake, I am so sorry. It will never happen again. I promise." he said as he walked into the closet. He had found her, vulnerable and raw.
He stood over top of her and pleaded. "It is just that you have been busy and distracted for so long. I was feeling neglected. You know how sexual I am. You know how much I need it. I got caught up in the flirting. I am sorry. I never meant to hurt you. I love you. Can you forgive me, Baby?!"
He was begging. Amelia was disgusted. She was broken and hurt. She had come home to tell him about her dilemm, confide in him and connect with the love of her life. She had come home praying he could see that everything would be ok and that their commitment to one another would make it all work out.
This discovery shattered any of her previous thoughts about how this would play out.
"Fuck you Andrew, I can't even look at you. You broke my heart when I needed you the most. I lost everything today. My job, our house, my freedom. Our firm had been laundering money from clients for years and today the feds were in our office. It won't be long before everything I have is shattered. This life we know is gone. Today I needed you the most. But you were here, with whoever that was. Giving all you have to her." She was shaking as she spoke. The rage was gone but the exhaustion made her quiet and soft.
"I loved you. I changed my whole being to please you. To create a life you dreamed of. You wove me into the dream, but now I see, I was interchangeable, as long as you got what you wanted. I see how little I meant to you. It was more what I could give you that mattered. I see that now" The truth lifting her up a little bit. "Goodbye Andrew, good luck, we will both need it." She stood up and walked past him.
His face was frozen. In an expression of disbelief. "Wait, you mean…the money is gone?…" His sense of loyalty disappeared and was replaced with superficial panic of his material life.
Amelia didn't even answer. No words could describe what she wanted to say to him. She just kept walking out of the house towards her car.
Her house of cards came shattering down. She prayed that someday she could look back at this as a turning point to her new life. A faint smile spread across her lips as she drove back to her office to face what was waiting for her. She had never felt lighter.


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TABOR, JOHN WASHINGTON (1822–1901). John Washington Tabor, Confederate infantry officer, was born on November 16, 1822, in Bibb County, Alabama, to Nathan Tabor and Mariah Henry. He married Martha Jane Anderson on July 23, 1843, in Winston, Mississippi. The couple had eight children.
John Tabor served as a major in the Seventeenth Texas Infantry during the Civil War. This unit was part of the Trans-Mississippi Department and fought in the Red River campaign in 1864 before surrendering on May 26, 1865. Following the war, Tabor and his family lived in Bryan, Texas, where he worked as a dry goods clerk and owned a livery stable. He died on January 25, 1901, and is buried in the Bryan City Cemetery.
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In West Asia, even more than in most other state societies all over the world, men did not allow women to do all the things that men did. People valued women less than men. In Hammurabi's Code, from 1700 BC, there's a lower penalty for killing a woman than for killing a man. But even though they were oppressed, West Asian women lived busy, interesting lives. And sometimes they managed to get some power into their own hands.
As in most places, little girls probably got less food and less good care than little boys, so more girls died in childhood or grew up hungry so that their brains and bodies didn't grow they way they should have. By the time they were seven or eight years old, most girls spent most of their time either home spinning and babysitting their younger brothers and sisters, or out in the fields pulling weeds or picking berries along with their sisters and cousins.
Probably girls also spent hours every day gathering firewood or dried dung for cooking fires, and fetching water from wells or springs. While some rich boys went to school, girls couldn't go to school. Many rich girls, like the priestess Enheduanna, did learn to read and write and do math, though. Probably girls were home-schooled by their family or slaves.
Because West Asian girls didn't eat as well as modern girls go, they usually didn't reach puberty until they were about fifteen or sixteen. Soon after that, girls usually got married. When girls got married, their families sent a dowry with them to their husband's house. The dowry was supposed to support the woman, and if her husband died or left her, or she left him, she got the dowry back so she would have something to live on. Women got this dowry, while their brothers got an inheritance from their fathers.
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Bibliography and further reading about West Asian people:
Find Out About Mesopotamia: What Life Was Like in Ancient Sumer, Babylon and Assyria, by Lorna Oakes (2004).
Ancient Mesopotamians, by Elena Gambino (2000). For kids, retellings ofMesopotamian stories and lots of context.
Ancient Egyptians and Their Neighbors: An Activity Guide, by Marian Broida (1999). Not just Egypt! Includes activities for kids about the Sumerians, the Babylonians, the Hittites, and the Nubians.Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia, by Jean Bottero and others (2001). Translated from French.
Life in the Ancient Near East: 3100-332 B.C.E., by Daniel Snell (1998).


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Amazing Stories is suggesting that potential award nominees go on record with a statement that rejects their participation and/or inclusion in voting slates, voting blocs and voting campaigns for genre awards.
While this will not prevent others from gaming someone onto a slate, it will put participants on the record as being opposed to such actions and will serve to inform voters of the participant's desires.
The wording below may not be entirely appropriate for each individual and serves only as example.
If you agree with the sentiment, please place your name and a link to your website/blog in the comments. If you agree in principal but wish to state your position in different words, please feel free to place those in the comments as well.
Please feel free to pass this along to other potential nominees.
I reject the use of voting slates, bloc voting and campaigning for any award I may be considered for now or in the future. Organized campaigning for awards devalues the award, the participation of those voting and the entire process. Any award I might win that results from campaigning would also be devalued.
I will not participate in voting slates, bloc voting or campaigning on behalf of others or myself.
I do not give anyone permission to include my works on a voting slate, either because they genuinely believe it should win, or because they are attempting to game a voting system.
Further, should I become aware that I or one of my works has been included on a slate, a voting bloc or in a campaign, I will request that it be removed and will make my request public in the belief that potential voters will respect my intent and will vote accordingly.
22 thoughts on "No Campaigns, No Slates"
Matthew David Surridge declines nomination: https://www.blackgate.com/2015/04/04/a-detailed-explanation/
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine: would have said "hell no" if given the chance: https://simonpetrie.wordpress.com/tag/andromeda-spaceways-inflight-magazine/
Annie Bellet withdraws: https://www.blackgate.com/2015/04/16/marko-kloos-and-annie-bellet-withdraw-from-the-hugo-ballot/
Marko Kloos withdrawal: http://www.munchkinwrangler.com/2015/04/15/a-statement-on-my-hugo-nomination/
Blackgate Magazine withdrawal: https://www.blackgate.com/2015/04/19/black-gate-withdraws-from-hugo-consideration/
Mike Resnick (partial, though I believe he has said more elsewhere): http://file770.com/?p=21708&cpage=3#comment-250175
Jo Walton: http://papersky.livejournal.com/668793.html
Brandon Sanderson – with caveats. (Asked to be removed last year, didn't this year for reasons articulated in the linked post.) Rejects Rabid Puppy inclusion. http://brandonsanderson.com/hugo-awards-2016/
Brandon is probably closest to my own views since I lean left but write-right a lot. I don't want to disqualify myself arbitrarily if I ever get nominated. But if that ever happens, I'm going to make a point of reading the stories in my category and check out my gut feeling on the STORY. I believe one can ALWAYS find someone else that is a more accomplished writer than one's self in your Hugo-nominated field, but did that particular field of competitors write a more compelling story than you did that year? That's what I'm going to try and keep in mind if I'm ever in this hot seat.
Mark – just to be clear: asking not to be placed on slates, voting blocs or campaigns is not the same as disqualifying oneself; eligibility posts are fine, recommended reading lists are fine and saying you don't want to participate in a campaign for votes (which operates against core principals of the award) is a positive thing, and certainly nothing that would disqualify a work.
Thanks, Steve, I've tried to pretty much keep my distance from both rabids and puppy kickers, though I have a few friends in the sads, though we are at polar extremes politically at times. I think I've said elsewhere that I've avoided the cons so far but will probably attend my own local Hawaii one in September. As to what I think you are saying, The question I'm asking myself is if I come down on one side of the fence or another going to alienate my readership? Is asking not to be put on slates going to alienate half of my readers if they THINK I'm identifying as a kicker by doing so? Would I be considered a kicker or a fence sitter if I try to stay out of the polarization? For myself, puppies are probably going to appreciate my stories and styles more than kickers. I can certainly see where Brandon is coming from.
Well, all I can really say is this:
1. my original suggestion for asking not to be involved was at a time well-outside of Hugo season. I suggested that it be done as a blanket, non-targeted request: just don't do it, no matter what the reasons may be.
Making the statement could more readily be seen as "taking a side" DURING the award season, I do concede.
2. if your readers have a problem with you making a generalized statement that essentially says "keep me out of the Hugo Award politics", then I think you have a problem with your readership in general. In this sense, I think there's little to no negative impact>
3. I think making the statement offers the third "neutral" position. You can even request being left off of slates & etc., and still even stick your oar in on the subject (if you'd like), because what you're saying really is "don't play games with the award process", not "those people are bad…"
I don't want to, nor do I think most people want, to be nominated or win an award that is rendered nearly meaningless because of the gaming that is going on. We might as well put all the names into a hat and pull one at random. (Hey, you won the random pull award for best short story!!! – do you really feel like a winner?)
Likewise, it is possible to say "don't make my works a pawn in the game" AND, "you know, there might be something to some of the claims the puppies are making".
It's two different issues.
Finally, authors have problems with readers for what they say, who they are, what they wrote, the subject of their covers, the themes of their stories, who they like and don't like and even when they and say nothing, so, welcome to the real world.
Best advice I've ever heard on this subject is: write what you want – your audience will find you.
and I think that had the sad puppies gone about registering their complaints in a non-offensive way (screwing with EVERYONE'S award), they'd probably be much farther along in promoting their agenda than they are now.
IF a certain type of SF really is being overlooked, the community wants to know. IF fans really are paying a price for legitimate political leanings, then fans want to know.
However, when these things have happened previously, it was brought to everyone's attention and acted upon in positive ways – the writing of essays, publication of books, creation of a new convention, creation of new awards, establishment of fan funds…
It's not been all sweetness and light, but the focus of such actions has largely been neutral to positive.
Old adage: catch more flies with honey than with vinegar….
Yeah, I hear that. Some years ago I managed to get booted out of Baen's Bar because I made a few snippy comments to folks at the same time a few of their more right-leaning were dog-pilin' on me calling me a f@*&$in idiot for my left-leaning politics. They allowed the pilers but booted me because I made a few politically insensitive comments about religion and vets… so you can see the line I'm tryin' for here, I think… one of my latest stories deals with the outcomes of right and left societies in our country.
Yeah, I think if it ever comes up for me ( not impossible but sort of unlikely) I'm probably going to read my competition's stories and base my own call on whether I think I'm a legitimate competitor based on the strength of the stories and stay on board no matter who makes the nominations if I think my story rates. If it doesn't rate, IMHO, as if in someone failed to write something that fills me with wow and wonder but merely 'meh' competent writing ,but yawnish story… (mine's better), I'll keep my hat in.
Ann Leckie:
At my request, Adam-Troy Castro has republished his statement on this subject. You can find it here – http://www.adamtroycastro.com/2015/08/these-are-not-reasons-to-vote-for-me-for-a-hugo/
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|Treat them well and chillies will work wonders for your dishes. (This picture really has little to do with the story; just thought the post needed an image, and since I open with the chilli...)
It was the first time I had decided to wear gloves when handling chillies and only because I had to put on my contact lenses after that. The dish I was preparing was mango relish to go with Thai-style grilled chicken, or gai yang.
So after the task, I go put on my lenses and, well... imagine your eyeballs being bitten by a dozen red ants. Of course, I burned one eyeball first and leaped around quite a bit in the bathroom as if that would make the pain go away, and then jumped around some more when the second contact lens went in. For quite a time after that, my eyes kept tearing and my nose running.
Okay, so maybe those thick rubber gloves, the ones the British call Marigolds, would have been more effective – my thin plastic disposable ones were useless!
If not for the tastiness of the chicken and mango dish (used as a sandwich filling for the April Don't Call Me Chef column; see tab above), I would have blamed the universe for putting me through that pain. But this is gai yang we're talking about, a dish famous all over Thailand. A whole bird is spatchcocked, marinated with a combination of herbs and spices and grilled – sometimes at less-than-sanitary stalls set up by the roadside.
I first tasted this flavourful and aromatic chicken under such conditions many years ago. Travelling with my teammates by bus from Kangar, in Perlis, to Kota Bharu, Kelantan, for an inter-school sports meet, we broke journey in the Thai border town of Sadao – the route through southern Thailand was faster than going all the way down to Grik in Perak to take the East-West Highway. All we needed to get into Thailand was a border pass.
Sadao at the time was basically a stopover town for lorry drivers taking the trunk road between the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia and the east coast of the country. It was tame by today's standards. None of the go-go bars and massage parlours that I understand openly operate there nowadays. Good thing too, because 25 years ago, teenagers still blushed at the mention of undergarments.
Amid the exhaust fumes of trundling lorries, the aroma of chicken thighs cooking on a small clay brazier drew forth the pack of schoolchildren, and at only RM1 apiece, we could not have cared less about hygiene.
Nor about losing most of our games. Leaving Kelantan a week later, all we could think about was stopping in Sadao for another round of gai yang.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— Cal State Fullerton mustered up only 43 points on 27 percent shooting for the game, as New Mexico ran by the Titans 52-43 Tuesday night at The Pit.
Sophomore guard Chante Miles led all scorers with 12 points on 5-of-13 shooting, as the only player on either team to score in double figures. Sophomore forward Kathleen Iwuoha poured in six points and led all players in rebounds with nine.
New Mexico (7-2) spread the ball around nicely, sporting three players with seven or more points, with forward Sara Halasz leading the charge with a team-high nine points. Guard Bryce Owens also proved to be vital for the Lobos, picking up eight points and six steals on the night.
Fullerton (2-6) missed on its first five field goals of the game, and didn't score until the 14:44 mark of the first half, when Mya Olivier's jumper snapped New Mexico's 7-0 run to begin the contest.
Neither team could find any offensive flow in the early going, as the two teams combined to turn the ball over 15 times in the first half. All it took was a quick 5-0 run for the Titans, capped-off by an Alex Thomas trey, and Fullerton only trailed 9-7 with 10:32 left in the half.
The Titans found a mini burst of offense once again, as they went on a 6-0 run, scoring on three consecutive possessions to at one point grab the lead at 16-15, with five minutes and change to play until halftime.
Despite shooting just 8-for-33 from the field for 24 percent during the first 20 minutes of play, Fullerton only trailed 21-18 at the break.
Both teams traded buckets back-and-forth at the start of the second half, but the Titans managed just one field goal conversion during a 10-minute stretch, and fell behind 39-25 near the seven-minute mark of the second half.
The Lobos eventually worked their lead to 46-27 with 3:32 left, before the Titans went on an impressive 16-5 run to close the game.
However, it was too little, too late, as the Titans have now dropped five straight games away from Titan Gym.
Fullerton continues it's three-game road swing this Sunday, as the Titans head to Spokane to take on the Gonzaga Bulldogs at 2 p.m.
Game Notes: Cal State Fullerton's 43 points scored is the lowest offensive output for the Titans since scoring 39 at UC Santa Barbara on Feb. 9, 2012…Lauren Bushong's three blocks tonight gives her 59 for her career and moves her into a tie for sixth on the school's all-time block list…The Titans have dropped 12 consecutive games away from home going back to Jan. 18, 2012…Fullerton falls to 0-4 all-time vs. New Mexico.


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A visual blog, a place to share my photography and things that I love.
Love these pictures :)The Flower Girlthebohemiangoods.blogspot.com
great pictures yes, I love the first one in black and white but also the one with bambi, I'm starting to get a little more familiar with Luxford and I absolutely like everything he does! good blog xx


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Sterling, VA Market Report 6/8/10
The following represents the real estate market in Sterling, Virginia:
- Homes for sale: 470 (up from 460 last month and down from 507 one year ago.)
- Homes sold: 121 (up from 111 last month but pretty stable compared to one year when there were 123 sales)
- Average sold price: $328,097 (up from $318,038 last month and $286,037 one year ago. +14%)
- Average days on market: 23 ( down from 30 last month and very stable so far in 2010, down from 86 one year ago)
Here we are Post-Tax Credit. The predictions of Doom & Gloom seem not to have panned out. Folks are still buying and selling as they have for generations, without government subsidies. Today's prices are still great values and affordability is at historic highs due to exceptionally low interest rates. Sterling has been an active market and the price increases and reduced selling time are proof of that.
It remains a fact that the market bottomed in December 2008. Buyers who have purchased since then have been rewarded with increasing equity from price increases as well as paying down a small part of their mortgage each month with every payment.
Commentary and analysis provided by David Hess, Executive Vice President.
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Get a wah-wah pedal if you want to play like Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix used a wah-wah pedal
Jimi Hendrix was the first of the great musicians credited with making the wah-wah pedal an essential tool for rock guitarists. He used the pedal that really does make a "wah-wah" sound on his song Burning of the Midnight Lamp .
Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin and Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd fame are two more guitarists who have used wah-wah pedals in their performances and on recordings.
The original wah-wahs were Jim Dunlop Cry Baby pedals. The sound they made was extreme and distinctive and rock fans loved it.
But there are many other types of effects pedal or effects unit that all the legendary rock guitarists have used.
Wah-wah pedal
Using a wah-wah pedal
If you want to sound like your rock music heroes or simply want to create a unique style for yourself you will probably need to get some effects pedals or effects units. Then play around with them and find out what you can do!
All music shops sell effects pedals but you can also, of course, shop around for them on the Internet now too. Sites like eBay and Amazon have plenty of effects pedals for guitarists for sale.
To use these pedals you simply plug your electric guitar lead into the input hole of the pedal and have another lead from the output that goes to your amp. Turn the pedal on and activate it with your foot.
The wah-wah effect is controlled by the amount of movement you make on the pedal. A wah-wah can be combined with other sound effects such as distortion. Distortion pedals are also known as fuzz boxes because they break the sound up making it loud and fuzzy.
You need to experiment to find the sort of sounds you are looking for, and how to make them again. It is easy to get excited by sound effects though and end up using too much or too many pedals at the same time.
I know because I have done it. I used to be so fascinated with all the weird sounds I would have a whole collection of pedals on stage with me and sometimes overdid it! I have been known to have a wah-wah, a flanger, a phaser, a distortion pedal and a delay pedal all on stage at the same time. The trouble is you can end up so taken by the strange sounds that you forget about your skills as a guitar player.
Some electric guitarists choose to use an effect for all its worth and their playing sounds clearly altered by whatever pedals they are employing whilst other use them but subtly, so only an experienced musician or producer could spot what effect was being used.
Demonstration of a Boss flanger FX pedal
Other types of effects (FX) pedals
Other popular effects pedals are chorus pedals, flangers, phasers and delay pedals. A well-known and trusted manufacturer of these pedals is Boss.
Boss Flanger
Their pedals come in a range of flashy colours. I remember having a plum-purple coloured Boss Flanger, a pale blue Chorus pedal, a grey-olive Phaser with orange control knobs and a silver Delay pedal. They look almost as good as they sound!
If you have a lot of different pedals it is possible to connect them all up using short jump-leads. These little leads come in arrange of flashy colours too.
They all have tone and volume control switches on them at the top solid part and a movable pedal you stamp you step on to switch on and off when you are playing and want to use its effect. An LED light shows if the pedal is on on many models too.
The pedals are usually battery operated and it is always wise to carry spare batteries in case yours wear down and need replacing. I have known rock guitarist at local gigs having to call out has anybody got a 9v battery here?
Roy Harper
I remember getting a Boss Heavy Metal pedal after finding out that singer-songwriter Roy Harper, who is one of my favourites, was using one. Putting my foot down on it gave increased volume and a fuzzy distortion and a different sort of energy to a song.
Delay pedals basically echo the notes you are playing and repeat sequences. They can be set to different speeds and produce some amazing and very impressive effects.
Flangers flange and the best way I can describe what that means is to include a video below in which a Boss Flanger pedal is demonstrated.
DOD Pedals
DOD pedals are another very popular range. DOD stands for Division of Digitech by the way, and amongst their range of sound effects is the Grunge pedal, which the company like to boast was used by the late great Kurt Cobain to get his sound. Other versions of this story claim that he actually came to hate the pedal and on one occasion threw it into the audience in disgust and as a gesture.
Once you become acquainted with the range of sounds these pedals create you can easily end up hearing them in use on pieces of rock guitar and songs you like. But that shouldn't spoil your enjoyment! It may actually inspire you if you are a musician yourself to try emulating the sounds in some of your own music and writing.
As well as pedals there are combined multi-effect processors. These units are usually a bit more costly but mean you just have one 'box' to put on the stage instead of a whole array. Some guitarists like to show off their collections of vintage pedals though!
© 2010 Steve Andrews
I just had to vote you up Bard. I don't use effects myself, I like to keep all of my signal. I would like to get one of those old Vox wahs though. Great Hub! Thanks.
Hello my dear music man, how you are of such interest...we all know what your passionn is, I just want the sound and you know how to make it. Great hub, love & peace darski
All the effects petals are great but my buddy just got the device and app for his Ipad that you plug into and they're all right there. I think it's one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time. Good hub! Peace!! Tom


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Report Tips October iPad Mini Launch
The new iPhone is largely expected to be released in late September, but what about the iPad mini? According to a new report, you will probably get your hands on the smaller tablet by October.
Citing rumors circulating in the IT market, Digitimes today reported that Apple will launch a 7.85-inch iPad in October. Suppliers reportedly started producing about several hundred thousand iPad minis in June, but will ramp up to about 4 million iPad mini devices per month once things get going.
Digitimes said Apple will include a thinner screen frame on the iPad mini, which will allow it to have a bigger display than rival tablets and a resolution similar to that of the iPad 2.
The publication did not have any details about pricing, but speculated that even if Apple priced the iPad mini at $100 more than rival tablets like the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7, it will still have a major impact on the Amazon and Google tablets.
Earlier this month, 9to5Mac posted a mockup of what the iPad mini might look like. The blog suggested that the device will resemble a "big iPod touch" with a thinner border around the edge than the 9.7-inch iPad, as well as separate volume buttons.
Reports from Digitimes should sometimes be taken with a grain of salt, but today's story is in line with other reports that suggest an October launch for the iPad mini. Apple has made no announcements, but is expected to unveil the device at a Sept. 12 event, which could also see the unveiling of the next-gen iPhone and iPod touch.
For more, see PCMag's iPhone 5 rumor roundup slideshow below.
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International Tibet Network News Digest & Analysis: 14 June 2013
Self-Immolations, Protests, and Restrictions in Tibet
Two Tibetan singers secretly sentenced but whereabouts unknown - TCHRD
13 June | Singers Pema Trinley (22) and Chakdor (32) from Meuruma nomadic village, had recorded and distributed a music DVD containing songs about current situation in Tibet including self-immolation protests, as well as songs in praise of the Dalai Lama, Panchen Lama, Kirti Rinpoche, and Lobsang Sangay. They were detained for 6 months and sentenced to 2 years in prison, but there whereabouts are currently unknown.
Tibetan student leader jailed, Nuns released - RFA
12 June | A court in northwestern China's Qinghai province has jailed Wangchuk Dorje for helping lead a student protest last year, while authorities in neighboring Sichuan released two nuns and another woman after they completed prison terms for their roles in protests challenging rule by Beijing, sources said.
After serving 5 years, Tibetan political prisoner comes out in poor health - Phayul
11 June | Tsewang Dakpa, a monk at the Jangang Monastery in Drango region of eastern Tibet was released on June 5. According to Tibetan exile sources, Dakpa, who is in his late 20s, is in "poor health" and one of his hands is "severely injured."
Tibetan nun sets herself ablaze in new self-immolation protest - RFA
11 June | A Tibetan nun set herself ablaze on Tuesday during a large religious gathering in China's Sichuan province in protest against Beijing's rule in Tibetan areas, sources said.
Tibetan nun self-immolates in apparent anti-China protest - VOA
11 June | The unidentified nun self-immolated Tuesday afternoon near a monastery in the Tawu district. Her condition was not immediately known, as Chinese security personnel took her to a nearby hospital. Sources say all communications to and from the district have been blocked and travel restrictions have been imposed.
Chinese diplomats threaten French journalist after Tibet report - Reporters Without Borders
13 June | Chinese embassy personnel went to the France24's headquarters in Paris to demand the documentary's withdrawal from its website. The Chinese embassy in Bangkok then threatened Cyril Payen by telephone after he arrived in Thailand.
Next Dalai Lama could be a woman, Tibetan leader says - France 24
13 June | "If the circumstances are such that a female Dalai Lama is more useful, then automatically a female Dalai Lama will come," he told a press conference in Sydney to launch a 10-day tour of Australia.
Katzenberg's Tibet film won't be controversial, he maintains - Contact Music
10 June | Mention Tibet and the image of the exiled Dalai Lama and the brutal suppression of Buddhist protesters comes to mind, but Jeffrey Katzenberg apparently believes he has found a way to skirt the controversy with his upcoming The Tibet Code, based on a ten-book Chinese series of novels that has sold over 10 million copies in China.
Sinopec Southern to explore Tibet's Lunpola basin - Oil and Gas Journal
10 June | Sinopec Southern Exploration Co. of China and the Oil and Gas Resources Research Center of Geological Survey Bureau of Ministry of Land Resources signed an agreement on joint exploration for oil and gas in selected areas of the Lunpola basin in Tibet.
Climate change on the Tibetan plateau - The Guardian
10 June | Photojournalist Sean Gallagher talks about his latest project, Meltdown: climate change and environmental degradation on the Tibetan plateau, a series of photographs that capture melting glaciers, grassland degradation and the loss of Tibetan culture.
Opinion and Analysis
Questions and concerns about developments in Lhasa - International Tibet Network
14 June | A new report targeting UNESCO on the subject of current 'development' construction in Lhasa and how it relates to World Heritage Site guidance. http://issuu.com/internationaltibetnetwork/docs/unesco_lhasareport_2013
Looking back at the past few years of not celebrating Losar - High Peaks Pure Earth
13 June | Woser's blog from February 2013 discussing the effects of the recent custom of not celebrating Losar since 2009.
An open plea: Xi and Obama can accomplish one thing - Committee to Protect Journalists
6 June | Bob Dietz advocates for Xi Jinping and Barack Obama to agree to release jailed Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen so he can join his family in the United States.


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Hello Friday!
Hello the beginning of swim season!
Hello no soccer game tomorrow!
Hello having family time this weekend!
Book Character Parade at school. Mr. FBI
Thing #14 (all the Kindergarteners were "Things")
This forecast looked a little dreary for our double game. (but it didn't rain a drop!)
Seriously. GO SPURS GO!
My view.
We introduced the boys to Monopoly. Let' say that mommy is still competitive.
One of my BIGGEST pet peeves is when people don't return their carts to a cart return. I'm standing IN the cart return. Is it really so hard to walk the extra 10 steps to put your cart away so that people can walk on the sidewalk and so that cars won't get damaged?
Happy Mother's Day to me!
My boy.
New study: Nehemiah. She Reads Truth. Good stuff!
They're pretty sweet.
I am in love with all the prints at Lands End! Super, duper cute swim suit choices!
Wednesday. (and that's totally Tyson dancing in front)
Breakfast with Mom at school. :)
Yesterday we ditched doing homework after school and opted to cool off at Mimi's pool.
It was a good choice.
Happy Friday y'all!


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Oleaster Tree Scientific Name: Elaeagnus
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Here is some general information on oleaster trees.
Olea oleaster, the wild-olive, has been considered by various botanists a valid species and a subspecies of the cultivated olive tree, Olea europea, which is a tree of multiple origins that was domesticated, it now appears, at various places during the fourth and third millennia BCE, selected from varying local populations. The wild-olive, which ancient Greeks distinguished from the cultivated olive tree, was used to fashion the olive wreath awarded victors at the ancient Olympic games. The ancient and sacred wild-olive tree of Olympia stood near the Temple of Zeus, patron of the games.
Today, as a result of natural hybridization and the very ancient domestication and extensive cultivation of the olive throughout the Mediterranean Basin, wild-looking feral forms of olive, called "oleasters", constitute a complex, potentially ranging from feral forms to the wild-olive. The wild-olive is a tree of the maquis shrubland, itself in part the result of the long presence of mankind.
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Lily Rothrock
Born in Sacramento, California, she speaks for the Earth and all beings. Gifted with communication, clairsentience and empathic skills, she shares stories of the evolution of the human-biosphere relationship. Witnessing the world as one being, she echoes the purity and beauty in all nature.
In 2012, Lily Rhoads co-created Chakra Illumination Festival on Isla del Sol in Bolivia and continues to create space for ancient ceremony to blend with current culture in the Birth Into Being Method workshops and intentional gatherings she holds. She is a co-founder of Weaving Women's Wisdom: A Gathering of Many Generations with her sisters in Butte County, California.
A digital native, Lily gathers around the glowing screen to receive and share stories with her global family. As Director of Communications with Birth Into Being, she channels the powerful story of the rebirth of Earth with digital mediums.
She sings, dances, and swims to cultivate connection with universal energy.
Lily deeply resonates with the tools and teachings of the Birth Into Being Method. She believes that it presents a graceful shortcut for finding Peace and roots out outdated patterns in Life. Through tapping into our original emotional imprint from birth, it is possible to consciously shift into alignment with our spirit's intention for this life.
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Way back in October or November time last year, Paul asked me to book some time off work. He wouldn't tell me where we were going, or if we were even going away, just that it was a surprise. I kept trying to get it out of him, but he wasn't having any of it! He kept it a secret from me until one day in March when I asked him to give me a clue about the surprise. He mentioned padlocks, which straight away made me think of Paris, as we went a couple of years ago and attached a love lock to the bridge. I wondered out loud if we were going to Disneyland while we were there, as we'd been to Disneyworld Florida in September and it's safe to say we were both looking forward to our next dose of magic - so I was really excited when Paul told me that's what he had planned!
Just found out where Paul's taking me in July… Disneyland Paris! ☺✨💜🎉
— Holly (@_hollypocket) March 6, 2015
That was the full extent of the surprise as far as I knew. Fast forward a few months...
We flew to Paris on 1st July after travelling to the airport in First Class on the train - free tea, yay! On our first night we just went to get some food and settled in. We only had tickets for one day so we'd planned to get up nice and early to make the most of it, and we were there pretty much in time for the park opening. There were quite a few people around but because it was just before the school holidays, it wasn't super busy. Minnie Mouse ears already firmly in place, we wandered down Main Street and looked in a few shops before stopping in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle for photos.
Paul took a few photos of me and then we swapped cameras so I could take some of him before we started looking around for someone to take one of both of us with the castle in the background. We milled around in front of the castle for a while and he would occasionally point out people who might be able to take our photo, but didn't really approach anyone to ask them. It wasn't my camera and I was just happy to be there so I just kind of left him to it and took a few of my own photos of the castle while we were waiting. Eventually, a couple approached us to take their photo for them which Paul did, and I took the opportunity and asked them to take ours.
After that, I was satisfied that we'd got all the photos we needed and we could wander off and explore the rest of the park, but Paul was really reluctant to move away from the castle. I think it was at this point that I started noticing him acting a bit strangely, still looking around for someone to take another photo of us even though the couple had taken some good ones. After a few minutes still hanging around, I decided that I was actually pretty hungry as we hadn't really eaten before we left the hotel, so we wandered back down Main Street and picked up a croissant. Paul said he wasn't hungry despite having no breakfast - that's when I should have really known something was going on!
We walked back to the castle and I assumed we were heading for the rest of the park, but Paul was still hanging around. I actually started to get a bit impatient (I really wanted to start going on rides, poor Paul!) Eventually, he asked me to stand by one of the railings in front of the castle and he approached a nearby girl to ask her to take our picture. Now, he was talking to a her for what seemed like a really long time, definitely far too long to just be asking her to take a picture, so at this point I had more than an inkling that he was up to something.
The next part is kind of a blur, actually! As he came back over to me he was pulling his rucksack off his shoulder, and instead of putting his arm around me or posing for a picture, he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. We both started crying pretty much before he'd even got the question out, and then I cried even more when I saw the ring! I didn't say yes, I said 'of course I will!' and there was lots of hugging and crying and a very nervous Irish girl who wished us congratulations after having nearly crumbled under the pressure of capturing our special moment for us!
I couldn't stop crying happy tears for ages and of course I had left all my pocket tissues at the hotel, so the next few minutes was a fun game of trying to locate some in Disneyland, where none of the staff knew what we were talking about - the French for tissues is not 'papier pour le nez' but Paul repeating this to the bemused guest relations lady definitely gave me the giggles. We spoke to both of Paul's parents on the phone pretty much straight away, but getting hold of my family was a different story entirely. Neither of my parents would answer their phone, and I wanted to tell them first before I put anything on any social media. Of course my Dad already knew as Paul had been to ask his blessing which I think is lovely, and eventually we managed to get hold of everyone important. I spent the rest of the day in Disneyland questioning Paul incessantly, I wanted to know everything - when did you plan it, how long have you had the ring, who did you tell first, what did they say, did this person cry, were they happy, etc. etc. but we had a really fun day and it was finished off perfectly with the fireworks display above the castle in the evening.
The next day we went into Paris which was lovely too. Our first stop was Lover's Bridge where, after some pretty frantic searching on Paul's part, we found our padlock that we had attached almost exactly two years before! We were so happy it was still there, as we'd seen in the news about the decision to cut them all off. We might not be so lucky another time, but it was pretty special to see it on this trip. Then we visited one of my favourite spots, Shakespeare & Company book shop, where we met Luke who makes a living writing stories for passersby while they wait. He wrote a story for us about our engagement, which is such a lovely, unique keepsake, it was good luck he was there on the same day as us!
So we've been engaged for nearly 2 months, and so far I haven't been able to stop admiring my ring every chance I get. It's so beautiful! It's actually one that I pointed out in the window of the jewellery shop and declared to be the prettiest ring I'd ever seen, and I know now that he went back the same day to pay the deposit. But that's another story, one which I'm going to let Paul tell in his own post! As for the proposal itself, I couldn't think of anywhere more perfect than Disneyland. It really was magical, and I can't wait to be Mrs Dickenson.


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We all know that Tarte has the multi-tasking thing down. Here's another product for your beauty product arsenal.
Tarte's FRXtion is a lip balm and exfoliator in one with a little mirror to boot. On one side, you have a lip balm with jojoba and vitamin E to help condition lips. This lip balm is great, I only wish there was more of it so I could use it all the time… I tend to use it only when I'm exfoliating my lips so I use the product up evenly. The other side exfoliates with brown sugar to give you smooth lips. If you apply the lip balm on first, exfoliating your lips with the brown sugar side is more effective. As for the mirror, it's conveniently built in to the lid so that it flips up when the lid is off.
This product also earned Tarte two awards. This year the product won a CEW Beauty Insider's Award for lip treatments under $14 and a ICMAD CITY award for the Color Cosmetic Package Design Innovation. Need I say more?


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- Beijing Capital Airport Terminal 3
- Beijing Flight Times
- Getting To / From Beijing Capital Airport
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Further reading on Beijing Flights
Beijing Tour Ideas on China Highlights
Getting To / From Beijing Capital Airport
Beijing Capital Airport (北京首都机场 – Bĕijīng Shǒudū Jīchăng) is the main international airport serving the city of Beijing. The airport is located about 20km Northeast of the city, connected by the airport freeway. Currently the best way to get there is by taxi or by the excellent airport bus, but Olympic plans include a rail connection. Watch this space for developments.
From Beijing to Capital Airport by Taxi
After immigration you come out into the arrivals hall, where you will probably be approached and offered a taxi. Ignore these people, who will overcharge you, and proceed to the taxi rank which is just outside. A taxi to the city centre usually takes just under an hour, and costs 150-250RMB. The driver should legally use the meter. If they don't tell them to. If you arrive or depart very early in the morning or late at night, drivers are particularly reluctant to use the meter, if you end up having to agree a price, make sure it's clear you're talking about RMB!
From Beijing to Capital Airport by Bus
A cheaper alternative is the Airport Bus, which is cheap, quick and comfortable. There are five different routes. These details are subject to change. Check this page again before you leave for up to date information.
There are six Airport Bus routes, but only five run to Capital Airport, no.6 connects Xidan with Nanyuan Airport which is located about 15km South of the city and handles mainly internal
Beijing Capital Airport Airport Bus Routes
Airport Bus Route 1: Beijing Capital Airport – Fangzhuang
Stops at: Liangmaqiao, Hujialou, Dabeiyao (World Trade Centre), Panjiayuan, Shilihe, Fangzhuang (Guiyou Shopping Mall)
First bus:7.30
Last bus:22.30
Fangzhuang – Capital Airport
Stops at: Fangzhuang (Guiyou Shopping Mall), Dabeiyao (South China Aviation Hotel), Capital Airport
First Bus: 6.00
Last bus: 19.30
Airport Bus Route 2: Beijing Capital Airport – Xidan
Stops at: Sanyuanqiao, Dongzhimen, Dongsishitiao Bridge, Xidan (Civil Aviation Building)
First bus: 7.00
Last bus: Meets last incoming flight
Xidan – Capital Airport
Stops at: Xidan (Civil Aviation Building), Dongzhimen (~50m East of the bridge), Jingxin Building (West Entrance), Capital Airport
First bus: 5.40
Last bus: 21.00
Airport Bus Route 3: Beijing Capital Airport – Beijing Railway Station
Stops at: Yuyang Hotel, Dongdaqiao (except after 22:30), Chaoyangmen, Yabaolu, Beijing Railway Station
First bus: 7.30
Last bus: Meets the last incoming flight
Beijing Railway Station – Capital Airport
Stops at: Beijing Railway Station, Beijing International Hotel (West Entrance), Dongzhimen (~50m East of the bridge), Jingxin Building (West Entrance), CapitalAirport
First bus: 6:00
Last bus: 19.30
Airport Bus Route 4: Beijing Capital Airport – Gongzhufen
Stops at: China International Exhibition Centre, Xibahe, Anzhen Bridge, Madian Bridge, Beitaipingzhuang, JimenBridge, Friendship Hotel, Beijing TV Station, Zizhu Bridge, Hangtian Bridge, Gongzhufen (Xinxing Hotel)
First bus: 7.00
Last bus: 23.00
Gongzhufen – Capital Airport
Stops at: Gongzhufen (Xinxing Hotel), Friendship Hotel (North Entrance Air Ticket Office, Beitaipingzhuang (50m from the east of the crossroad); 4. AnzhenBuilding; 5. CapitalAirport
First bus: 5:40
Last bus: 21:00
Airport Bus Route 5: Beijing Capital Airport – Zhongguancun
Stops at: Wangjing (Huajiadi), Xiaoying, Asian Games Village (Anhui Bridge), Xueyuan Bridge, Zhongguancun Bridge (No. 4) First bus: 8:30
Last bus: 21:30
Zhongguancun – Capital Airport
Stops at: Zhongguancun Bridge (No. 4), Beihang University (North Entry), Huixinxijie (Anhui Building), Huixindongjie (SINOPEC), Capital Airport
First bus: 7.00
Last bus: 19.30
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Dana Smith was 6 when she began riding horses, growing up in the Imperial Valley. Her mother was a packing-house manager and her dad was a crop duster. Neither knew anything about horses. But when she was 9, her parents bought her a 2-year-old quarterhorse she named Fancy.
"Nobody knew how to break a horse, so here I was 9 and my dad was a crop duster," Smith said. "We just did it somehow, and I actually rode her all the way up until I was 17, competing in my last youth year."
Smith competed in jumping competitions across the state, with her parents driving her every weekend. When she was old enough to drive, they got her a car and a trailer so she could go on her own.
After jumping in youth contests, she turned 18 and began riding as an amateur, eventually landing at a stable in Carson before moving to a barn in Santa Ana.
"I got invited by Patty Harris – now she's Patty Garrison – about 30 years ago to come here to Rancho Sierra Vista … in San Juan Capistrano, and I've been here ever since," Smith said.
The trainer owns Dana Smith Show Team Inc. and shares Rancho Sierra Vista Equestrian Center with several other trainers whom Garrison invited to work with horses in specialties including dressage, steeplechase and jumping. Smith trains jumpers.
Riders can stable their horses or use or lease one of Smith's dozen or so horses. She offers riding and training lessons for the public in packages starting at once a week.
She's constantly looking for horses with qualities she can use in lessons. She often goes on jaunts to Germany to look for new blood. When a horse gets bored with giving lessons, Smith has another job to find that horse a new home.
Smith also trains a team of about 35 to 40 youths in jumping competitions in Orange County. Two leagues with different seasons keep her riders busy.
"We are really goal-oriented with riders," Smith said. "We are always working on something and working toward getting something done."
Q. What is the best thing about owning your business?
A.The pride that comes with the accomplishments from my students and their families. It's really what horses have done for students, too. I've seen kids that can hardly say hello, and then parents are amazed at the confidence their child has. They'll tell me the family is talking at the dinner table again and actually having conservations.
Q. What is the most challenging aspect?
A.It's probably providing enough horses for all the people who want to ride. I could use five more, but then another challenge is finding quality horses.
Q. What advice do you have for anyone opening a business?
A.Make sure you understand your business and do what you do from the heart – make it your passion. And whatever you do, you have to do it ethically.


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BPC's Executive Council on Infrastructure hosted an important event highlighting the role of public-private partnerships, or P3s, in addressing America's $2 trillion in unmet infrastructure needs. P3s can bring private sector innovation, expertise, and capital to projects, helping communities across the U.S. modernize their transportation, water, and other infrastructure systems. Yet the U.S. continues to lag its international peers in using P3s. Join us as we hear from both American and international experts on how to capitalize on private sector interest in U.S. infrastructure, foster increased investment, and protect the public interest.
Keynote remarks by:
Amb. Joe Hockey
Australian Ambassador to the United States
Closing remarks by:
Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA)
Panel discussion with:
Keith Hennessy
Head of Public Infrastructure and PPPs, Bechtel Infrastructure
Lilliana Ortega
Vice President, Project Development and Equity Bid Director, Parsons
Adam Ortiz
Director of the Department of the Environment, Prince George's County


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Welcome! Keep reading if you find it overwhelming to select furniture/décor and then to cohesively set it up in your home. This is for you if you feel like you don't have time to get that room or two together, but you want it done before the in-laws visit, or if you can envision the room of your dreams but can't seem to make it happen. Many people know what they like in their homes, but they have a hard time translating the design from thought to reality. If you find yourself in any of these categories, Andrea Gary Interiors, LLC can help with a service called Stage to Live.
Staging to Live is a cost effective way to revamp your space. New home owners and existing home owners can benefit from working with a professional Home Stager to add personality to your space on a budget. Instead of moving walls or going through a huge renovation, we use movable furniture, accessories and décor to revamp your home. Whether updating or starting from scratch, you are able to experience the rooms in your home in a new way. The finished product is sure to capture your personality and showcase your home with a current twist.
Staging to live is perfect for anyone who just purchased a house and wants the space to quickly feel like home. Just think, you've moved in…now what? It's time to unpack all of those boxes, sort and organize your belongings. Instead of living out of boxes for weeks and not knowing where things are, how about making it easier on yourself and letting a pro do the work for you? This is a perfect time to stage because you are working with a blank canvas. I come in and assess your needs. Using a client profile, together we come up with a theme by noting what you want to feel when you enter a space. Are you going to be entertaining? Do you want a tranquil vibe? Would you like to show off a collection? Answering questions like these are a great way to pinpoint the types of items needed and a furniture layout for your space. In the end you will have personalized spaces to enjoy that create your desired ambiance.
If you have lived in your home for a while, and you are ready to update your furniture and décor, Staging to Live works for you as well. I believe that a house is a place where memories are created and it should always feel warm and welcoming. When you have lived in a house for a while, at some point it's time to update the space with a fresh look. Try going through all the items you've accumulated over the years. Declutter that hidden catch all space. You'll begin to uncover how your storage and entertaining needs have changed. This discovery process reveals great pieces to give new life to the rooms in your home. It is also a great way to transform the space by mixing the old items with new purchases. Now your home can reflect new flavorful spaces because you have a story to tell. Let's connect on FB, IG or Pinterest!


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In the recent interview, Sylvester Stallone admitted that he was injured during the filming of 'The Expendables' while working with former pro wrestler Steve Austin saying, "Actually, my fight with Stone Cold Steve Austin was so vicious that I ended up getting a hairline fracture in my neck. I'm not joking. I haven't told anyone this, but I had to have a very serious operation afterwards. I now have a metal plate in my neck."
'The Expendables' stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Steve Austin , Eric Roberts, Dolph Lundgren, Charisma Carpenter, Giselle Itie, Brittany Murphy, David Zayas and Amin Joseph and will open on August 20th, 2010.