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Picky Kid Rating: 2.4
We're back! We've just returned from a well-deserved technology break (aka a camping vacation). That meant lots of family time and interaction, so it's fitting that we're reviewing a multiplayer family game today. Happy Geese is an iPad app based on two childrens' board games, The Game of the Goose and Snakes & Ladders. The games are somewhat complex to set up, but easy to play.
We reviewed the free version, which limits the game board options to two simple boards per game. That's enough for us right now, but if you want to purchase the more complex game boards, they're available as in-app purchases ($1.99 per set).
Turn the volume down before starting the game — the music is unusually loud, and we find it annoying as well. When you start the app, you'll first need to choose which game you want to play. We're familiar with Snakes & Ladders thanks to the classic Chutes & Ladders board game. We hadn't ever played The Game of the Goose before, but it's pretty straightforward. In case you need some extra instructions or game rules, there's a question mark button on bottom left of the start screen. Tap it for detailed game rules and instructions on how to use the app.
One thing that the instructions on the start screen don't cover is how to set up players for the games, which you'll need to do before you can start playing either of them. Upon selecting a game, you'll come to a game configuration screen, where you get to set up boards, options and players. We tried tapping on the empty "holes" to create players, but that doesn't work (unless you happen to tap the very small text that says "name" below the hole). The best way to create players is to first tap the pencil button and then drag avatars to the "holes". Then the keyboard will pop up and you can add a name. (Note: we just found another set of instructions… The question mark icon from the configuration screen has detailed instructions about configuring. D'oh! But in our defense, it's strange that there are two sets of different instructions that share the same icon.)
Once you have your players set up, things are more straightforward. Drag icons from the players panel at the bottom of the configuration screen to the empty "holes" around the game board. You can have between 1 and 4 players. Then select a game board from the left-hand panel, and options for the game from the right-hand panel. The options are different depending on the game you're playing. For example, in Snakes & Ladders, you can choose to play without snakes, or without ladders. Both games offer options for the kind of die to use (more about that later), whether or not you must have an exact match to win the game, and board highlighting. When board highlighting is turned on, the square players must move to will flash, helpful for young kids who may have trouble matching patterns or counting accurately.
Once you've set up your configuration, press the green arrow in the lower right of the screen to start the game. Side note: your configurations are saved. This is nice because once you've set everything up, a pre-schooler can easily start new games. It would be nice if the green start arrow were more prominent on the configuration screen though.
When you start a game, a spinner will randomly determine which player goes first. That player's avatar/game piece will flash, and the die will be placed on their side of the board/iPad. Tap the die to "roll" it. Then drag your game piece to the correct square, wait for the next player's turn and repeat. Game play is quite intuitive. One odd thing though, is how pieces are moved "out of the way" so that another player can pass. It would have been better to design the game boards to accommodate all the icons in one square while still allowing player to pass. The motion of the non-active game piece throws B for a loop since it's "not their turn!"
When somebody wins the game, you'll see an animation showing their avatar bouncing up and down on a podium with a satisfying cheer. The rest of the players continue the game, and when each person gets to the end of the board, they'll see a similar animation, so essentially everybody gets a chance to "win". When all the players have finished, you can go back (to the options screen) or restart the same game.
In our opinion, the best things for preschoolers about this game are:
- They must practice taking turns
- They can learn colors, shapes, symbols, letters (just vowels), and numbers as they practice with the die, and there are many ways to make this learning more challenging. (See the instructions from the start screen for a detailed explanation of the differences in the die options — they're a bit hard to figure out just by looking.)
The design of the app is polished but boringly functional. What we mean by that is that all the graphic elements are well rendered, but there aren't any extras to make the game more engaging for kids. For example, the slightly textured blue background behind the game boards are functional (they make the game boards stand out), but B prefers more complexity/interest. That may be one of the reasons this app doesn't to spontaneously played very often at our house.
There are voiceovers to reinforce the symbol, color or letter that's been rolled on the die, and these are quite good (American English). But we really don't like the circus-like music that accompanies the start screen and configuration screens. As mentioned before, it's too loud, and there are also various animal noises in it (quacks?) that are pretty annoying. Luckily it stops when you start a game!
Happy Geese isn't super popular in our one-child household. It would likely be played more if there were multiple kids around. It's worth downloading (c'mon, it's free) to introduce pre-schoolers to turn-by-turn board games, but be prepared to spend a bit of time helping with the configuration screen before you can turn them loose.
[The developer of this app requested a Picky Kid review. No fees were paid.]Review: Happy Geese iPad App,
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Played on: iPad2, iOS6
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Wish it were easier to file your income taxes? Now, there's an app for that.
Intuit, maker of the popular tax-preparation software TurboTax, on Friday unveiled an application that allows taxpayers with basic reporting requirements to prepare and file tax returns from their smartphones.
The software, dubbed SnapTax, is geared toward filers of 1040EZ forms, a simplified income-tax form for people who make less than $100,000 a year, do not have dependents and meet certain other qualifications.
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Cape Coral Christian School
5.00 (3 reviews)
Po Box 150129
Cape Coral, FL 33915
Cape Coral, FL 33915
Tel: (239)574-3707
School Overview
|School Membership(s)School Assoc.
|Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) or (School of Tomorrow)
Other school association(s)
|Religious Affiliation
|Grades Offered
|Grades Prekindergarten-12
Student Body
|Total Students
|146 students
|Student Body Type
|% Students of Color
State avg.: 32%
|Students by Grade
Academics and Faculty
|Total Classroom Teachers
|11 teachers
|Student : Teacher Ratio
National avg.: 13:1
Finances and Admission
|Admission Deadline
|None / Rolling
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|5 6/3/2016
My son attended Cape Coral Christian School all 4 yrs. of high school and just graduated. I can't begin to say how blessed we feel to have found CCCS. My son has dyslexia, and school has always been a challenge for him. The small class sizes and caring teachers have made all the difference for him. He has excelled academically and received many awards during his years at CCCS. CCCS also takes the McKay Scholarship which was a huge help. My son was provided with several opportunities that might not have come his way in public school. Some of these included playing flag football, being on the student council, learning to run the sound system, and being part of a drama class. As a senior, he enjoyed a senior trip and his graduation and senior chapel were both extra special. Each graduate and teacher spoke. I highly recommend CCCS. My only regret is that we didn't find it for him right from the start of his schooling.
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|5 5/17/2016
I have a son that goes to Cape Coral Christian School. He loves it there. The teachers and staff are very kind and help the students in every way they can. My son went to Cape Coral Charter School for 2 years and hated it. The teachers are very mean to the kids there. I''m glad I found Cape Coral Christian School. The Curriculum is great and seems to be a bit ahead of the public and charter schools. My mother was a teacher for 30 years and is very impressed with this school. It's nice to have a school that prays everyday and cares about the success of their students. I have seen in the public schools and charter schools they act like they care but when it comes right down to it all the care about is a paycheck.
- Posted by Parent - m562s
|5 7/24/2015
I think the staff at Cape Coral Christian School truly care about the students. I know and have seen each and every teacher go that extra mike to see that each student is successful! The teacher to student ratio is low, every child can get plenty of individual attention! The read master program has developed all three of my children to be great readers with great retention! If you can overlook the facilities a they are in portables this is a school that will help your child! They have a good drama program that performs every Friday during chapels. The sports program is great! They won a state championship in football(6 man tackle)! They also went undefeated in high school basketball in 2011 high school boys!! The middle school has won several championships over the last few years in flag football basketball volleyball and soccer!! Any child that is willing to do their part and do Gods will, will definitely be a success!! They do a lot with very little and God provides the increase!!
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Abstract 5572: RAGE Signaling in Macrophages Contributes to Atherosclerosis in ApoE Null Mice
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Fixation of Caesium, Strontium and Thorium Ions in Commercial Synthetic Zeolite Matrices by Thermal Treatment
Synthetic zeolites AR-1 (a mordenite), 4A and 13X, all in their Na-forms, have been found to be suitable for the uptake of Cs, Sr and Th ions, respectively. Samples of Cs-loaded AR-1, Sr-loaded 4A and Th-loaded 13X were prepared and heated in a furnace to various temperatures (up to 1, 200°C), for fixing the exchanged ions in the host zeolite matrix. X-ray diffraction patterns of the products indicated that the crystallinity of Cs-AR-1 and Sr-4A was intact till 500°C, partially lost between 500°C, and 1, 000°C, and improved again at 1, 200°C. For Th-13X, the crystallinity was gradually lost after 500°C.
Thermogravimetric-differential scanning calorimetric (TG-DSC) studies indicated the occurrence of phase transformations at around 890-1, 020°C, for Na-4A, Sr-4A, Na-13X and Th-13X. For Na-AR-1 and Cs-AR-1, no clear inference of change of phase could be drawn. Above 1, 300°C, all the zeolites converted to a glassy mass.Desorption studies in vigorously stirred liquid media, viz., demineralized (DM) water, 10mM NaNO3, 1M NaNO, and 2.8M HNO3, and Static leach tests in DM water and tap water media, with fresh replacement of the water after preset time durations, were carried out with the zeolite samples heated to 1, 000°C. The leach rates at equilibrium were found to be low, of the order of 10-7g/cm2•d for Cs and Sr and still smaller for Th.
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How should I ask my boyfriend to a dance? He wasn't able to go to the last dance and so I wanted to ask him in a cutsie way any cute ideas?
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If he's your boyfriend then anyway we will be "cutsie" to him, at least in my view anyway.
You could make a piece of paper look like the bottom of those danci. g games with the arrows pointing in directions. On it it could say dance with me this (insert dances date)
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(Student Guide to World Philosophy)
Four essays express the essence of Gottlob Frege's mature philosophy of language: "Function and Concept," "Concept and Object," the classic "On Sense and Reference," and the later "The Thought." (All are collected in The Frege Reader, 1997.) Although Frege conceived these papers as ancillary to the logicist project, they became the foundation of modern semantic theory. They contain significant revisions of Frege's earlier views, yet they basically adhere to the three principles of Die Grundlagen der Arithmetik: Eine logische mathematische Untersuchung über den Begriff der Zahl (1884; The Foundations of Arithmetic: A Logico-Mathematical Enquiry into the Concept of the Number, 1950): "There must be a sharp separation of the psychological from the logical, the subjective from the objective"; "the meaning of a word must be asked for in the context of a proposition, not in isolation"; and "the distinction of concept and object must be kept in mind."


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Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, I am not JK Rowling. Nor do I own Blood & Chocolate. I am not Annette Curtis Klause. I have nothing to do with the creation or publication of either work.
Warnings: Descriptive violence , and….I got nothing. Avert your virgin eyes: this is a T or higher fiction.
AN: This is Lupin-Centric, and a Crossover with the book Blood & Chocolate. It's a werewolf fic, and set during Lupin's 5th year-meaning this is during the Marauder era. For Blood & Chocolate, it is near the beginning of the book.
The moon softly illuminated the figure that rested languidly on the bed. He felt a chill pass through him; the figure had gold predator eyes, they were the only outward sign of anger. The sweat was clinging to his body, and made him very aware of how exposed he was. The curtains were blowing behind the figure, creating an alluring despite the underlying fury beneath the surface.
His heart was stuttering and screaming at him to flee; the figure parted plumped lips, and a kittenish pink tongue darted out. He knew he should have listened to him before-the room seemed to spin, and he was positively shivering now-but it was so hot. It felt like fire was flooding the room; the moon had definitely had something to do with it.
The figure was panting, and stared into something he couldn't see, and he continued to watch the figure with morbid fascination. He felt his bones rattle-maybe the figure felt it too. Now it's eyes were on him-it was changing shape somehow, becoming more full, richer-its eyes refracted the moonlight, becoming potent. It looked as if it was waiting for something. He felt strangely leaden, body shaking as it pulled him forward to the now erect figure. The figure watched with an emotion he couldn't know, and he felt a thrill of fear go through him; both seemed to burn beneath the silver light.
The prospect of a challenge sent rippling heat through him, and he never felt more intrigued as terror bolted into his chest; he had to expel these sensations. The figure was snarling, pearly fangs revealed-the muscles beneath the skin were stretching themselves taunt-as if waiting for something.
As he stood above him, he felt a thrill of dominance he never felt before-but the figure wasn't afraid of him at all, and knowing that made him swell up and tighten like a balloon fit to burst; he was startled to find he was growling. Both were shaking-both collided-he wasn't sure what was happening, but he liked the feel of rough hide and sharpened teeth-the low growls gave him a violent feeling.
He could feel the burning limbs wrap around him, and he can't be sure if its in affection or anger; the hot lips were open and showed the slick teeth-the fur clung dampened to the lithe body that was struggling and writhing beside him. It was crying out in a way that made his chest ache, and he opened his mouth and loosened a howl.
He could feel the teeth sink into him, sliding in a rabid symmetry. His fear reached its peak, he threw his head back, eyes rolling as the blood spurted and ran down hot between flesh and fur. Lightening coursed through his blood, it sang in tandem with the figure's howling-the unity made a thunderous pulse in his ears. When he looked down and opened his eyes, he saw-
A boy's face-one he knew-flesh pinkend and enlivened, the sweat clinging to a petite body-looking the picture a savage and wild flower that had just bloomed. The boy-his face-his lips were covered in blood. His blood. Shining a luminous red when backlit by a looming moon; he knew that he was going to die.
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The Bible
While Lutherans recognize that there are differences in the way the Bible is studied and interpreted, there is no debate that it is the primary and authoritative witness to the church's life and mission. It is the source and norm for the faith we practice and proclaim. As Martin Luther once said, "The Bible is the manger (the cradle) in which the Christ is laid."
The Bible is the God-breathed, written expression of God's own heart and hands continually at work all throughout the course of history. It does not just "contain" God's Word -- instead, the Bible IS God's Word. Although the Scriptures were written by men, they are neither of men nor from men, but from God. The words of Scripture are the inspired and inerrant Word of God.Written and transcribed by many authors over a period of many centuries, the Holy Bible bears remarkable testimony to the mighty acts of God in the lives of people and nations.
In the Old Testament, we find the vivid accounts of God's own faithfulness and covenantal relationship offered to Israel, the first people of God, as revealed through the central figures of Moses and the prophets .
In the New Testament, we encounter the first-hand witness of God's new promise, reaching out to redeem all people and all of creation, through the saving acts of Jesus the Christ. The New Covenant, as recorded in the New Testament, is what we accept as our infallible guide in matters pertaining to conduct and doctrine (1 Thessalonians 2:13 and 2 Timothy 3:16 and Galatians 1:11-12).
As we study, interpret, and use the Bible, it is always important to understand the context in which we find a particular verse or passage of God's Word, and always balance one portion of Scripture by other Scripture. Let Scripture define Scripture. And no matter what section of the Bible we study, we learn to read and interpret it through the teachings of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
We encourage one another in developing a regular habit of reading of the Bible. Click here to discover how you can "Read Through the Bible in One Year."


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The only thing better than edamame hummus (in my opinion) is spicy edamame hummus. While not as creamy as this avocado and chickpea version, this Spicy Edamame Hummus has it's own merits….
Spicy Chipotle Black Bean Burrito Bowls
A week ago Sunday, we were flying back from Rome. I'm actually pretty excited to be back to my normal routines and as much as I love pasta and cheese and wine and salami with fennel in it (finocchiona is my new BFF even though I don't really know how to say it), I've been super excited to get back to my normal way of eating which is fairly healthy — despite what you may think if you've read this blog for any amount of time. …
Vegan BLT Naanwich with Avocado Hummus
You all know how I feel about vegan coconut bacon. And the 3+ batches of creamy avocado hummus I've devoured in the last couple of weeks. And using naan in "naantraditional" ways. <– Ha, see what I did there?
This open-faced vegan BLT naanwich was bound to happen and I'm so glad it did….
Maple Mesquite Coconut Bacon
I'm pretty sure coconut bacon has been making its way around the world wide web for a few years now, but I'm still not over it. And this maple mesquite version has gotten me all kinds of excited all over again.
These salty, smoky little niblets make the perfect meatless substitute for bacon. I'm not saying it's a perfect replica, but I am saying it's a surprisingly delicious stand in next time you want some sweet and smoky bacon sprinkled on your salad, tucked into a sandwich, or scrambled into your eggs….
Creamy Avocado Hummus
Welp. After years of making tasty-but-not-quite-as-smooth-as -I'd-like-it-to-be hummus, I finally figured it out. Behold: silky, creamy, perfectly smooth hummus.
I get that there are lots of different ideas about the texture of hummus out there and I wish I could say I've tried them all (because I love hummus THAT MUCH). And while I respect probably about 90% of those ideas about what hummus should feel like, I have a thing for the perfectly smooth kind with no hint of graininess. No chunks. Just soft, silky, creamy hummus. …
Korean BBQ Tofu Salad with Spicy Sesame Dressing
I'm baaaaaack. I wish I could tell you that I just returned from some fabulous, sun-soaked vacation.
I didn't. I returned from the flu.
When I get sick, my emotional stability regresses back to that of a two year old. If I'm not averaging a 7 or better on the happy feelings scale, chances are I'm crying. Ugly crying with a lot of words that don't make sense to anyone, least of all my spouse who, by default, becomes the target of all my emotions.
So really, it's just better for everyone if I'm asleep the entire time I'm sick. Which is pretty much where I've been for the past 5 days. Asleep in the couch, cuddling with Trudydog. But only after an irrational and tear-filled (exclusively on my part) conversation with Mr. Peach wherein he was finally able to convince me that I couldn't transmit flu germs to the dog.
I was very concerned with her well-being.
And now that I'm done embarrassing myself on the world wide web, I would like to introduce my new best (condiment) friend: gochujang….
Thai Red Curry with Roasted Kabocha Squash
If you've followed this blog for any amount of time at all, you'll maybe have picked up on my slight obsession with Thai red curry. And dessert.
But given that I gave up desserts exactly 3 weeks ago yesterday, I'm refocusing on other things I love to eat. Like curry. This curry, to be specific….
Crispy Tofu Banh Mi Tacos
One of the many upsides to living in Eugene, Oregon is the ample brewery options. Ninkasi, Oakshire, and Hop Valley, for example, are all within about a half mile radius. And while I do enjoy the beers, I will admit that most of my excitement about the brews in this town comes from the truly wonderful observation that where there are breweries, there are food trucks….
Toasted Coconut, Peanut Butter, & Chocolate Granola
Is it just me, or have you noticed that artisan peanut butter seems to be making its way onto grocery store shelves? A few months ago, we picked up a jar of this merry concoction – Chocolate Coconut Peanut Butter. As someone who is generally, and quite literally, the very opposite of trendy, I really think I've got my finger on the pulse this time. My prediction? "Artisan" peanut butter is trending and may very well make its way into all of our lives in 2016….
Crispy Italian Roasted Chickpeas
Taking a mediterranean-inspired chopped salad to the next level is the raison d'être for these Crispy Italian Roasted Chickpeas, which is why I've opted to name them so. Fair warning — I can't confirm that there's anything authentically Italian about this recipe.
I can confirm, however, that they are a crispy, crunchy, and flavorful snack to enjoy either on their own or atop the aforementioned salad (to be shared soon)….


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I'm looking for a cake for a little girl's 4th year birthday party. The cake will have to be fairly big. It will be a princess theme. We had looked at Bee's Knees and liked the castle cake on their website, but they have apparently gone out of business.
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Board of Trustees
The Rowan College at Burlington County Board of Trustees is a governing body of Rowan College at Burlington County. The Board is a 12 member group, including the Board Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, Alumni Trustee, and Solicitor.
Communication to any or all members of the Board of Trustees may be addressed to:
Rowan College at Burlington County
Board of Trustees
900 College Circle
Mount Laurel, NJ 08054
(856) 222-9311, ext. 2524
Rowan College at Burlington County Board of Trustees
Mr. George N. Nyikita, Chair
Trustees Emeritus
Betty Lou Barnard
** Dr. George W. Dean
Judge Victor Friedman
Lucille Gerber
John F. Heimmer
** Dr. Joseph Howe
** John Kelley
Stephen V. Lee III
** William K. McDaniel
Dr. Eric Olandt
** Lewis M. Parker
** Malcolm P. Pennypacker
** Emmett Spurlock
Carol H. Talbot
Samuel Thomas
Ronald D. Winthers
** Deceased
Meeting Schedule
The Board of Trustees of Rowan College at Burlington County hereby designate the third Tuesday of each month as the date of its regular meetings, and, unless modified by Resolution of this Board, such meetings shall commence at 5:30 p.m. Meetings shall be held as follows:
- January 16, 2018
- February 20, 2018
- March 20, 2018
- April 17, 2018
- May 15, 2018
- June 19, 2018
- July 2018 (No Meeting Scheduled)
- August 21, 2018
- September 18, 2018
- October 16, 2018
- November 20, 2018 (Reorganization Meeting)
Unless otherwise publicly noted, all meetings will be held on the Mount Laurel Campus in the Student Success Center, 1500 College Circle, Executive Conference Room 138, on the first floor. The Mount Laurel Campus is located at 3331 State Route 38, between Hartford and Briggs Roads, in Mount Laurel, New Jersey.


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It is vital to keep this distinction in mind to be able to understand the complexities explained in this article. You will also learn how MODx allows grouping of documents, users, and permissions.
Let us start by creating a web user. Web users are users who can access restricted document groups in the web site frontend; they do not have Manager access. Web users can identify themselves at login by using login forms. They are allowed to log in from the user page, but they cannot log in using the Manager interface. To create a web user, perform the following steps:
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Now you will see a page like the following, which lists all the web users on your site.
There are other fields that you can fill in, such as the name, address, and so on, in the General tab. There is also a Photo tab, where you can upload a picture for a user.
In the User tab, you have the following fields:
When you click on any user on the web users' page, a page opens that allows you to edit the existing information and also shows simple statistics, such as when the user last logged in. It is also possible to block or unblock the particular user from this page. You can also set Blocked Until or Blocked After to block a user for a certain period and to schedule such a block. When a user is blocked, MODx does not allow that user to log in.
Now that we have created a user, let us add a login form that allows the user to log in to the site.
This process is very simple. All that you have to do is call the WebLogin snippet in the template where you want the login page to be shown. We are going to change the template HTML with the following HTML for the Learning MODx default template:
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Notice that the only addition is the call to the [!WebLogin!] snippet besides the change in the HTML layout, which now has two divs id=col-1 and id=col-2 within the div with id=content to make the content area into two panes.
Also, since we have made changes to the layout, we will have to change the style.css file to specify the width of col-1 and col-2. The new style.css should be changed to:
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body { margin:0 20px; background:#8CEC81; }
#banner { background: #2BB81B; border-top:5px solid #8CEC81; border-bottom:5px solid #8CEC81; }
#banner h1 { padding:10px; }
#wrapper { background: #8CEC81; }
#container { width: 100%; background: #2BB81B; float: left; }
#content { background: #ffffff; height:600px; padding:0 10px 10px 10px; clear:both; }
#footer { background: #2BB81B; border-top:5px solid #8CEC81; border-bottom:5px solid #8CEC81; }
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The following are the steps to change the template to use a login snippet and to style it as described above:
Now preview the Home Page; it should look similar to this:
Log in as samira. The screen will now look something like the following:
Notice that the QuickEdit bar is dependent on whom you log in as from the Manager interface and not on whom you log in as from the Web interface. You can check this out by clicking on the Logout link in the Manager page and refreshing the Home Page. The QuickEdit bar does not appear.
Documents can be assigned to document groups and permissions can be defined on document groups. In our site, we want only our friends to post a blog, though anyone can write a comment. So we will create a user group called Friends and assign all the friends that we will allow to blog to this group.
Perform the following steps to create the Friends user group:
Now that we have a user group called Friends, we need to specify which, otherwise not accessible, documents are accessible by this group. We can group all those documents into a document group. The following are the steps to create a document group:
All the documents so far have been created as All Document Groups (Public).This means that anybody can access the documents. When we assign a document to some other group, then only the users belonging to that particular group can access it. Now let us change the document group of Post a Blog to onlyforfriends as follows:
If you have logged in as samira from the web site, log off and preview the Post a Blog! page. You will still see the blog page. This is because when we assign a document to a document group, it is still accessible to everyone. Only when a user group is linked to a document group do the permissions become exclusive to that group. Now let us link the Friends user group to the onlyforfriends document group.
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Now preview the Post a Blog! page again and you will see something like this:
Forget about the inappropriate message for now; we will deal with it at the end of the article. What you must understand now is that MODx has denied access to this page, and has redirected the user to the permission denied page that was initially set in the site configuration.
Try logging in as samira from the Home Page and visiting the Post a Blog! page again. You are still unauthorized to view the page. samira can only access the Post a Blog! page if samira is a member of the Friends user group. This is because we mapped the Friends user group to the onlyforfriends document group and Post a Blog! belongs to the onlyforfriends document group. So let us go ahead and add samira to the Friends user group.
Now having logged in as samira from the Home Page, visit the Post a Blog! page. You should be able to see the regular blog page.
It will be helpful if we can delegate the role of moderating blogs to someone else. The user must only be able to manipulate the documents from the Manager interface and not perform any other activity. There are two points to note here:
Let us create a role called Blog Moderators who can only edit documents.
Field Name
Field Value
Role name
Blog Moderators
Role type that allows only administration of documents
Let us create a Manager user called blogmoderator1 who will moderate all the blogs:
Field Name
Field Value
Blog Moderators
Now that you have created a new role, and have assigned a user to that role, let us try to log in as that user. First, log out from the Manager interface and log in again with the username blogmoderator1 and password blogmoderator1. You will see a screen like the following:
As you can see, you have been able to log in to the Manager interface successfully. And you will also notice that you are allowed to do only the activities that were enabled for this user.
We have already seen how new users can be created. Besides creating users from the Manager interface, users can also be allowed to register from a Web interface. Users who registered from the Web interface can also be assigned to a default user group.
To show a signup form, we will use a snippet that comes bundled with MODx.
Field Name
Signup Form
Uses Template
Learning MODx default template
Document Content
Notice that the content of the document is only [!websignup!], which is a call to the snippet websignup that displays a user registration form.
Now preview the page and it will look like the following:
To assign the registering users to the Friends user group, change the Document Content field on the sign up form to the following:
[!WebSignup? &groups=`Registered Users`!]
Notice that this functionality allows websignup to be called multiple times, with different parameters to have separate login forms for different kinds of users. You can even have different forms by setting a template parameter for the rendered forms.
Now that we have created a User Registration page, we need to add a link to the signup page. Add the following code at the end of the document Home Page:

Register
We are just creating a link to the signup page in our Home Page.
Now the Home Page will appear like the following:
So far, we have seen authentication and authorization with respect to:
Authorization on a document level restricts access or grants permission to a user for the entire document. Authorization within snippets can make this more granular by restricting only certain content within a document that is being rendered by the snippet. Snippets accept parameters, and certain snippets provide parameters to be configured so that they are accessible only by a certain user type. In this section, we will modify the NewsPublisher snippet to allow posts from only the authenticated users.
Edit the contents of the Post a Blog! page and change the document's content to the following:
[!NewsPublisher? &folder=`47` &makefolder=`1` &canpost=`Friends`!]
Now, only the registered users will be able to submit the posts. You can check this out by logging out and visiting a blog page. It will look like the following:
There are two categories of MODx users:
We learned that:
We have modified the site to have a signup form and a login form. We have also enabled blogs to be posted only by friends.
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Is this real???
Yeah, but it's just a documentary.
It won't be long until the Sharapova documentary goes into production as well because of this! Ten bucks says Sharapova one ups Jankovic by showing more skin in hers.
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It sounds easy when you first listen but the breakdown where the bass is playing the same part as the brass section is killer
The general bass line is really easy. What makes this hard is when you're doubling the horns. Arguably one of the hardest bass runs in history, spanning the entire fretboard played a rather fast pace. Definitely a challenge!
This requires extremely fast fingers and is definitely Steve Harris's best
Listen to the music. Steve Harris just used his 2 fingers. And its really fast and hard to play it
One of the most under rated funk/pop bands ever and mark king is possibly the greatest bassist who ever lived his bass solos are amazing and no other bassist can outmatch him or meet up to his standards and sing at the same time
This should be number one. go listen to it. trust me. just go listen to it and you'll know.
Have you guys even heard this song? Anyone who can play this deserves all of my respect. Two hand tapping is not good enough for you? Before you vote just listen to this.
Well... I don't know, WHY IS WOOTEN SO UNDERRATED?! How is posible that from 100 songs there is not "U can't hold no groove", or "My & My Bass Guitar". Various Wooten are hardest than a lot of songs right here
Victor wooten is one of the greatest bassits ever yet very few people even know who he is
"Teen Town" is not unplayable but should definitely be higher on this list. A rather intricate line spanning the whole fretboard played at a rather fast pace. One of Jaco's most memorable lines.V 2 Comments
Has anybody ever tried to run through this amazing song? It is a really difficult one. Do not even think to play the live version (from the 70s) of this. Seriously, I cannot imagine how Greg Lake was able to play this complicated bass lines while singing and exchanging instruments (bass and guitar) and at the same time following the complicated structure of this song. A reasonable disagreement would be "ok but he uses a pick" but still this is a really really difficult song. Personally, I think that this song belongs to the top of what prog rock was/is supposed to mean.
This song takes a lot of skill with slapping and if you miss just one note, your totally out of sync with the song. Goodluck learning this one!
Very difficult song, very fast. Basically a solo the through out the whole thing. You don't stop, just keeps going. The intro is another solo itself. Very hard for a finger style player, because of the speed with the sharp edges.V 1 Comment
Not super hard. The beginning just takes a bit to learn. It's so much fun once you get it down
I would not put any ting by blink on this list, love them, but difficulty is not what they are about.
It may not be Flea's most complex bassline. But it's sheer speed at 190bpm plus having to do slap for it makes it quite t challenge. With even experienced bassists having trouble with itV 1 Comment
Although maybe you all think that this song is not too difficult to master, that fast fingering near the solo though. Colin did a good job on making that bassline.
R u kidding me, this song is ridiculously hard. It also sounds sick when your able to play it properly. Listen to it. Trust me. - L-Lads
The main bass rift is insane, bass line was composed by the drummer with the intention of composing a rift that a bass player would never dream of playing, bass line is only played with impeccable rhythmV 1 Comment
This song is nuts! Most of the hardest bass riffs are probably tech death ones like this, the problem with most of them is that they tend to be complex for the sole purpose of being complex, and lack emotion or any form of "wow" factor that most great basslines have. This is truly mindblowingly hard though, and if you want to base it on just difficulty, than this should be pretty high on the list.
Not nearly enough tech death on the list as a whole, but this song... this song is something else entirely. Good luck playing this at quarter pace.
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1 3-5 lb. whole chicken
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2 celery ribs, chopped
4 carrots, chopped
5 Tbsp. chicken base
1⁄8 tsp. parsley
1⁄8 tsp. garlic salt
1⁄2 tsp. thyme
1 pinch of oregano
1 ½ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. pepper
10 oz. bag of egg noodles
Begin by roasting the chicken with 2-3 cups of water added to the roasting pan to use for broth. Prepare the vegetables while the chicken bakes. After roasting the chicken, remove and discard the skin. Clean the meat off the bones, tear into bite-sized pieces and set aside. In a large pot, over medium heat, combine the juices from roasting the chicken with water to equal 41⁄2 quarts. Add the chicken base and all the seasonings. Stir well. Add chicken meat. Toss in potatoes, celery, and carrots. Simmer until vegetables are tender. Add 10 ounces dry egg noodles. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then simmer for 5-10 minutes until noodles are done. If freezing the soup, leave out the noodles and add them in when you reheat.
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Learn About Food and Wine Culture of France
France may be the only country in Europe which includes southern and northern Europe in the boundaries. And that's why they could grow this type of diversity of food. It was once the French always ate well however not any longer. Due to the Internet which has increased everyday routine, fast food has eked its distance to the culture even in the dinner.
French Food Culture:
French cuisine is very diverse, with just the Chinese having similar variety within their food. This variety is based on in france they adoration for good food in most its forms, France's extraordinary selection of different geographies and climates which offer the local manufacture of all kinds of ingredients, and France's long and varied history. In lots of ways, an awareness from the culture of French food and recipes is definitely an knowledge of France itself.
Regionalism in French Food
Additionally, you will discover that a region's food is heavily relying on the region's own background and border countries. For instance, in Alsace, that is separated from Germany only through the Rhine river, common foods include choucroute garnie (sauerkraut with sausages, salt pork and potatoes) and spätzle, the industry kind of German dumpling with egg noodles.
French Wine Culture
France is among the countries who've long good reputation for making wine. Not just the vineyards superficies is big, the amount of production is very large, the consumption level is high, but the excellence of the whole production is more popular because the very best in the world.
French wines are universally acknowledged as reasonably limited product. It thus received the praise and love from a lot of people. It isn't just, like perfume or fashion, a genuine contribution towards the trustworthiness of France like a romantic country, but more to the point it's some exclusive historical and cultural foundations.
There isn't an area in France that isn't noted for some form of wine. Wines are commonly served with dinner together with water or carbonated standard water. Should you think about all of the wines which have French names, it might soon become clear the wine market is quite large in France. For instance:
Champagne originates from the Champagne region in France,Chardonnay (thought to have originated from France),Merlot, Burgundy wine.These are merely a little sampling from the wines which are manufactured in France. France reportedly makes near to 900 million dollars from the wine industry.


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Abra de Ilog was formerly a small settlement founded by Spanish religious missionaries in the early part of the 17th century. Its former name, Abre de Ilog was derived from the Spanish verb abrir (to open) and the Tagalog noun ilog (river). Later on, the name evolved into its present name: Abra de Ilog, a Chabacano-like terminology which can be loosely translated as yacap ng ilog, or "embrace of the river." This can be attributed to the numerous rivers and creeks that traverses, or "embraces", strategic areas of the municipality.
In 1902, during the American Occupation the town was officially organized. Abra de Ilog's first "municipal president" was Rosaleo Miciano. But with the passage of Republic Act No. 1280 (An Act Reducing the Fifteen (15) Municipalities of Occidental Mindoro into Eight (8) Municipalities) on January 4, 1905, Abra de Ilog was made a barrio of the Municipality of Mamburao.
In 1910, Abra de Ilog regained its status as a municipality. On June 13, 1915, the government under US Governor-General Francis Burton Harrison approved Rep. Act 505 creating the "New Province of Occidental Mindoro". This new province comprised the municipalities of Abra de Ilog, Looc, Lubang, Mamburao (now the capital of Occidental Mindoro), Paluan, Sablayan, San José and Santa Cruz.
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I was talking to some friends the other night about porn. Given what I do, it's a conversation that I find coming up more and more. Sometimes there's a belligerent edge to the dialogue, where I am expected singlehandedly to justify the existence of pornography in its entirety and defend against the worst excesses of its past (as if anyone would actually want to defend the worst excesses of anything); sometimes people are simply curious; and other times it's all done with a sense of fun.
This time around, I was enjoying the conversation with some pretty open-minded folk, and the subject up for discussion was… the trouble with porn; not trouble in the moral sense for once, but rather, refreshingly, in the aesthetic sense.
For some, it turns out, the trouble with porn – well, not all porn, but a lot of porn – is that it's boring, boring in the sense that it is essentially formulaic. The scene begins and often the woman is already naked and primed, butt in the air, oiled and purring, ready to go. If a man doesn't immediately come through the door, the woman might masturbate for a few minutes, but eventually, a throbbing cock will appear on the picture and then it's: suck cock, lick pussy, fuck pussy, fuck asshole, maybe fuck some face for a bit here and there, and finally, after around 15 minutes or so of all that, it's cum on ass, tits or face so that we know we're all done and that it's time to pick up our now empty bags and go home (or back to the living room).
Feminist pornographer Lucie Blush agrees that porn is formulaic. "Most porn we see today," she says, "is mechanical and reduces the sex to a series of positions instead of showing all the potential of a hot fuck! It removes the humanity."
Acclaimed sociologist Dr. Chauntelle Tibbals has a different perspective. "I think that what's formulaic to some is stimulating to others," she tells us. "As such, we continue to see "formulaic" content being produced – it's clearly meeting a need for some consumers. For others though, not so much. This is what (partially) drives the creation of new content."
That said, from my own point of view, it does seem from a quick look around that a lot of porn out there for mass consumption is basically straight down to the nitty-gritty. There's no build-up, no visual foreplay if you like; it's almost as cold and passionless as watching two penguins mate on Discovery.
Here's a radical concept. Porn should not just be about the fucking.
I know; it sounds crazy, right? But it isn't, not really; all I'm actually saying is that porn needs to embrace the fantasy side of things. For me, a good porn scene has to have a scenario in it that I can take to bed at any other time and play out in my own head. Visualizing a naked body is easy. What I want, though, is a story, to be able to imagine myself in a certain part, and allow that fantasy scenario to unfold. You can still have the whole basic French maid bit, or cheerleader or nurse, or whatever it is that floats your boat; there would just be a bit more to it than, 'Hi, I'm a maid/cheerleader/nurse/whatever, this is my pussy, let's fuck!'
To put it simply, some folk need more than a (sometimes) brutal example of human biology to get off. That's not to say there isn't a place for a no-frills fuck-fest; we all enjoy some KFC every now and then, but we'd still always prefer to sit down and consume something made with love.
The concept of fantasy and scenario will become more and more important as the adult industry makes the inevitable move to augmented, VR and, eventually, fully immersive porn. If the future of adult entertainment does indeed lie in such technology, then consumers are going to want more out of their experience that just the bare bones – or rather bare boners – otherwise, what's the point? Put it this way, while a soccer fan might enjoy a small compilation of goals set to music, it's not going to compete with the excitement and enjoyment of a proper match. Context is everything.
What those contexts might be will vary greatly, as do all niches of porn today, and will no doubt cover the range, including the 'wham-bam-straight-down-to-business-ma'am' quickies, from college dorms and doctor's surgeries through to full-on cosplay parodies and everything in-between. But there will probably be some new additions to the current repertoire; serious, erotic masterpieces; everyday sexual reality plays; the boyfriend/girlfriend experience writ large; not just the stuff that won't ever happen, but also the stuff that just might.
"I think the audience wants to feel more," says Lucie Blush. "The technical innovations will allow us to connect more with the settings, the characters… Which is why we should take full advantage of this and create new, more immersive experiences. I guess there will be a lot of different kinds of content, which is exactly what porn needs: diversity. We will always use porn for a quick jerk off, but we won't be limited to it. There is a wide array of possibilities… I'm sure all the content makers will be happy to develop all kinds of quality experiences for their paying customers."
Of course, the big selling point of the VR and fully immersive adult entertainment experience is what you see and how you see it. Someone who has decided to go for the immersive experience is probably looking for a level of reality that conventional media, no matter how hi-the-res, just cannot reproduce. Just to be clear, we're not talking about reality in terms of plot plausibility – remember it is still fantasy we're looking for, after all – but reality in terms of physical experience, and what we see when we're engaged in a particular physical experience. This is all about heightening the concept of POV (point of view) to the nth degree.
As far as porn goes in terms of this experience, Dr. Tibbals warns, "This is kind of a slippery slope – someone is looking to be embedded fully in a fantasy scenario, but that scenario has to be produced on some level. Though the possibilities here are incredible, one concern may be a sort of standardization of VR level fantasy. Unless of course the level of VR is both responsive and interactive (platform, technology, etc. notwithstanding). Then the only limit would be the consumer's articulation of their own desire."
Still, getting back to that idea of POV to the nth degree, just think, for example, of exactly what it is you see when you're going down on someone, or rimming an asshole, or even kissing, anything that happens close-up basically. You all know, I'm sure, that what you see in those moments is not exactly what you see reproduced on screen. Now, perhaps it's not up to VR porn to recreate that level of experiential verisimilitude – in fact, there's probably no point anyway until it becomes possible also to recreate the taste and sensation on your tongue as well as certain trigger smells (either that or you keep your fingers crossed for the kind of ultra-understanding partner who won't mind if you eat them out with your goggles on, imagining it's someone else's cherry pudding you're lapping at) – but the point remains that what the consumer is going for when he or she goes for the immersive option is still going to be as close an approximation to 'the real thing' as is doable.
Thinking about these things made me start to wonder if we'd begin to find eroticism, sensuality, arousal and even climax in more than just the famed 'money shot' moment. Would the VR/immersive experience change what we looked for in pornography? In other words, would we just be using it to get off? Maybe you'd have a scenario that involved a whole date before the sex, an entire evening spent in the company of that person; leading to that ultimate release of bliss.
"I think this would also absolutely depend on the viewer/consumer," says Dr. Tibbals. "For some, a BF/GF VR experience would be ideal. For others, simply getting off in the VR world would be the ticket. It's about technology meeting variable needs."
Again, it all comes down to story and context – the muscle, tissue and blood, if you like, around those bare bones we mentioned earlier – and what you expect from the immersive experience.
I can see feminist porn working really well in this sort of arena, as something to be marketed to both men and women. The focus that feminist porn places on the equality between the roles would be an important factor in allowing porn that hallowed cross-gender attraction, perhaps even pushing it into the mainstream, where it belongs. "Feminist porn is already marketed and watched by both men and women," says Lucie Blush. "Of course feminist porn filmmakers will explore that new way as well, although I think it tends to focus more on the content and the message, than the form."
Back when I first interviewed Lucie, I remember being fascinated by the fact that one of her scenes ended with the woman's orgasm instead of the man's. I still find this incredible, in fact. Unless you're watching a lesbian scene, obviously, you just don't see that happen. And it's actually a very erotic thing to see happen. I'm not saying that men will suddenly want to stop seeing themselves ejaculate over all the usual places as an end point, but perhaps, from time to time, they might find themselves wanting to climax to something different… and perhaps the look on a woman's face – or a man's – as she orgasms will be that thing. That kind of focus already explains the success of sites like Beautiful Agony, a website that believes that "eroticism in human imagery rests not in naked flesh and sexual illustration, but engagement with the face," and which we featured here in BaDoink a while back.
The arrival of VR and immersive porn – which BaDoink is trying to bring to the masses with its freevrgoggles.com campaign and the launch of its new badoinkvr.com website – is a further extension of the ever-growing human sexual repertoire, another choice on a wonderful list of options, and with it brings new tastes or magnifies aspects otherwise ignored or underplayed by the adult industry.
For Dr Tibbals, this presages another possible return to the slippery slope. "I would hope," she begins, "to say 'the sky's the limit!' However there are still people out there dealing with shame about their sexual desires, an inability to articulate their desires, and moral and legal limitations on sexual expression – would this impact the realm of immersive VR fantasy? This is a very sticky space that time will need to work out."
While that is certainly true, we should never underestimate the human capacity for learning and evolving. Perhaps it will be the use of immersive VR fantasy that ultimately makes that difficult space less sticky, a virtual classroom in which human beings as sexual creatures – and more – learn to grow and progress.
As we've stated before here on BaDoink.io, the human species is a cultural entity, a sexual entity and a technological entity. We try to use culture and technology to improve our nature and our abilities, and to show us the potential of what those abilities and what our nature might become, and where we might go as a whole. Sexuality is, undoubtedly, an important facet of the human experience, intimately tied up with the notions of culture and the innovations of technology… and all three of those things converge in immersive VR fantasy. Where that convergence leads, none of us can really tell yet, but as we are about to find out, the possibilities are endless.


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"I am so impressed with this product! Went up with ease and really makes a difference in organizing the attic! At the same time, great customer service is hard to find, and that's exactly what I have been shown. Thanks!"
"The attic looks fabulous. What a huge difference! Now we have space to walk without stumbling over bins, and everything is accessible. You went the extra mile to make the most of our restricted amount of space.
Thank you so much. I will recommend AtticMaxx to everyone."
Best wishes as your business grows.
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North Carolina
"With four children, one car garage and everyone's stuff I needed to maximize my attic space. The trusses in my attic are rather funky and backwards and my attic space is only half the size of my house. I installed the AtticMaxx shelving myself, and it was really quite easy except for the ones that I had to install backwards due to my funky trusses…they were easy too, but first I just had to think it through how to make it work. Now I have shelving on both sides of my attic and on every truss!!! And I don't have to unstack boxes to get to the bottom one anymore. And with the flexibility of the AtticMaxx shelving I was able to work around the air conditioning unit in the attic and the dryer vent. Thank you AtticMaxx for solving my shelving problems!!"
Deb Zechini, Professional Organizer
North Carolina
"Easy to install. Very practical and light weight. Managed to only use 4 shelves so far. So 4 more to install, hmmm what else can I put up there?"
"Roh" on the Customer Review Page of Amazon.com
"…Our attic was only accessible by a small hatch in a linen closet, so we had pull down stairs and some flooring installed. The roof peak was a lot lower than I had thought it would be and the space was still very cramped. Seemed liked we spent a lot of money and still were not going to gain much extra storage. Then I found your product. I only bought an 8-pack to get me started. It was not quite as easy to install as the video showed, but I attribute that more to doing it by myself in the hot, cramped space. But it wasn't too bad. And thanks for putting in extra screws. I did send a couple of them flying into the blown-in insulation, never to be seen again. I've only used half the shelves I've installed, but I'm soon to fill the rest up. Pretty sure there is another 8-pack order in my near future.
"Prior to purchasing, when the contractor was still working, I showed him your product. He was like, 'How come I didn't think of that!.' He thought he might make that part of his pitch when doing other attic access jobs.
"Neat product. Fairly easy to install even in the cramped space I was working with. Sure is helping, that's for sure. For scale… being on my knees and "standing" upright, my head would be jammed in the peak.


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It takes some effort to find the best supercars rental companies that offer the best prices. This is because the analysis of car rental rates isn't that sophisticated and detailed as compared to the analysis used in the hotel and flight booking industries. Fortunately, I have some tips for you on how you can find a good supercar rental company if you are planning to give yourself a treat.
With so many supercar rental companies available each offering their services at different prices, renting a supercar of your choice can sometimes be confusing and expensive. However, you don't have to go through all the stress and headaches to get a good supercar rental company. Below are tips to help you get the best car rental services that will suit your needs.
Types of vehicles
A good car rental company should have a wide range of supercar hire to choose from. You will, therefore, choose a supercar rental company that you are sure will have that specific type of car that you are interested in whether it is a McLaren, a Lamborghini or a Ferrari.
Programs and discounts
Since renting supercars are quite expensive as compared to renting the normal cars, you will need to save some cash when reserving a supercar. Good supercar rental companies offer their clients with discount programs and special promotional offers. This will enable you to save some money especially if you are operating on a tight budget.
Rental services offered
Their rental services offered refers to the types of trips for which you can reserve a car. Some of the various services offered include round-trip rental where you pick up a car and bring it back in the same location. There are also one-way rentals where you don't have to bring back the car to the same location where you picked it up. However, this type of arrangement will cost you a little extra. A good rental company will offer you a variety of rental services that you will choose from.
Reservations and delivery
The best supercar rental companies allow their customers to make reservations for their supercars of their choice online or through the phone. Some companies will also offer delivery and collection services to customers so that you won't have to travel to go and pick your car; it will be brought to you.


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The Library offers over 545,000 titles of books, ebooks, DVDs, streaming audio and video, and periodicals. In addition to study space, other specialized spaces include a curriculum lab, archives & special collections, a lounge, a writing & subject tutoring center, and a coffee shop. Within the building, there are 37 computers and seating for 230 people.
The H. A. Ironside Library has served both the college and local community since 2001.


text: My son is 15yo and has been incarcerated sinece 2 weeks after turning 14yo. Previously, while living at home, he disobeyed rules regarding cell phones and the computer in major ways. He had stolen cell phones, ran up bills, been up during all hours of the night using these things, downloading porn, sending photos of himself (although I never saw any sign of nude ones), been court ordered for me to remove the computer, busted through a door to keep it locked up, stole my credit cards to buy things off the internet, tried to buy a gun from the internet, and played very violent games online. Now the issue of the week for him is that I told him since I HAVE to have the computer for work under the current circumstances and I can't afford for it to get viruses or have files or software messed up, he will have to stay off this computer. I told him he'll have a school issued laptop (no internet service) He's saying "all his friends have internet service, he should have it too because he's older and more responsible now". OK- I'm sure he's right about that point. However, I keep thinking (and reminded him) about how he never before stayed within the boundaries of the rules so this priviledge would not come back quickly. He's saying he'll work to pay for it and all these other promises like it's the most important thing in the world and I'm being undreasonable. I don't know if I am or not- I have no doubt that most kids his age have their own computer- or at least access- and can easily use the internet. But I know all he did iin the past, albeit he was 11-13yo, and I keep hearing these news stories about worse stuff happening via the internet all the time. So I'm wondering what others' thoughts are on this subject. I was thinking about telling him if he gets off probation and buys his own computer or pays for wireless service so he can use the internet thru the sd's computer (which will check for inappropriate use and report him) then fine. Otherwise, no. Where do you all stand on this for a boy this age and given his history? Oh- and then there's my bro who will contact difficult child if he ever sees a fb or myspace page of difficult child's. And that would lead to a problem.


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Easter Sunday at a Greek household is a full day affair with extended family and friends coming over. The day is centered around the cooking of the lamb be it a whole beast slow-roasted on a spit or in the oven. While we wait, there's appetizers, we crack our red eggs, drink wine and sip on Ouzo and soon after…dancing ensues!
It's a long day but Easter is very important for Greeks as we hold dear the Resurrection of Christ and welcome another rebirth in Spring. After some 40 days of fasting the feast is most welcome on Easter Sunday and I can safely say most Greeks go beyond the Easter egg hunt for the kiddies and Easter brunch (foreign customs for us).
After a long day of eating, drinking and exhausting every topic imaginable its time for fruits and dessert and one of things I try to do when creating a menu is to make sure there is balance. The last thing anyone wants after an all day feast is a rich chocolate cake but rather, a dessert on the lighter side without cheating family or fiends out of dessert.
This Lemon – Mastiha Tiramisu offers a light finish to a long meal and incorporates the ritual and good dietary habit of enjoying a digestif after the meal. Italians have Grappa and Limoncello and us Greeks have Tsipouro (or Raki or Tsikoudia) and Mastiha liqueur. One of my fave ways to enjoy Mastiha liqueur is to sip on it with ice and a good squeeze of a lemon wedge. This version of Tiramisu borrows from this digestif's lemon & mastiha combo and I just adored it as a dessert.
Lemon Mastiha Tiramisu (Τιραμισου με Λεμόνι & Μαστιχα)
2 1/2 cups water
1 cup sugar
3-4 slices of lemon
1/4 cup mastiha liqueur (choose a sweet brand of Mastiha as some are strong and not fit for this dessert)
juice of 1/2 lemon
Lemon cream filling
5 large eggs, separated
2 – 8 0z. packages of cream cheese
3/4 to 1 cup icing sugar
1 – 8 oz. container of Mascarpone cheese
1 or 2 shots of mastiha liqueur
zest of 1 lemon
juice of 1/2 lemon
For Assembly
36-40 Savoiardi lady finger cookies
For topping
zest of 1 lemon
12-15 café style cream wafers, roughly chopped
- First make the syrup by adding the water, sugar, lemon slices in a pot and bring to a boil. Then reduce to a simmer for cook for another 6 minutes. Remove from the heat, add the lemon juice and mastiha liqueur and reserve.
- In a large bowl, add the egg yolks, cream cheese and Mascarpone, icing sugar and a good splash of mastiha liqueur with the lemon zest and mix until creamed together. In another bowl (ensure its very clean) add lemon juice, egg whites and beat until stiff peaks have formed. Quickly yet gently fold the cream cheese mixture into the whipped egg whites.
- Dip both sides of the cookies into the syrup and lay a layer in the bottom of an approx 8 X 15″ casserole of Pyrex dish. Ensure the cookies are arranged in tight, straight rows. Now spread a layer of cream filling over the cookies and spread evenly with a spatula. Repeat by laying another layer of dipped cookies followed by another smoothed-out layer of cream mixture. Place in the fridge (covered) overnight to set.
- The next day, uncover just before serving and roughly chop the cream wafers then strip the zest off of 1 lemon and spread over the entire Tiramisu. Serve cool or room temperature.
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Peter Minakis
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Date: ca. 1502–4
Culture: Flemish, probably Brussels
Medium: Wool, silk (6-7 warp threads per cm.)
Dimensions: Overall: 141 1/2 x 132 in. (359.4 x 335.3 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit Line: Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1998
Accession Number: 1998.205
Based in part on Petrarch's poem I Trionfi (The Triumphs), this tapestry belonged to a set of six representing the consecutive triumphs of Love, of Chastity over Love, of Death over Chastity, of Fame over Death, of Time over Fame, and of Religion over Time. Here Fame reads at a lectern, surrounded by writers whose works immortalized the deeds of the ancients. Triumphant over Death, she tramples the Fates and holds an orb crowned with a cross, locating the subject in a distinctly Christian context. This tapestry, or one identical to it, was purchased by Isabella, Queen of Castile and Aragon in 1504. It remains extraordinary for its condition, color and harmonious composition.


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A New Delhi-bound Air-India flight made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday night (Tuesday morning in India) after blowing a tyre during take-off. All 267 people on board escaped unhurt, it was officially announced then.
What was not announced was the ordeal that awaited the passengers after the safe emergency landing. Jennifer Oldham of the Los Angeles Times brings alive the trauma on the tarmac.
It started Monday when their first plane blew a tyre on takeoff, dumped fuel over the ocean and circled back to Los Angeles International Airport to land in a spray of sparks, shedding 200 pounds of rubber and metal on the runway.
On Tuesday, hundreds of Air-India passengers tried again, settling into a different jumbo jet with Your Palace in the Sky scrolled in red script near the tail.
This time, one of the engines wouldnt start. For about five hours, travellers sat in the sweltering plane. Flight attendants locked up the drinks. Some passengers staged a mini revolt.
Finally, the passengers were taken off the plane and bussed to a hotel, arriving at 2.30 am on Wednesday. They overwhelmed the front desk, and some did not get to bed until 4 am.
The weary travellers returned to the airport later Wednesday morning for their third attempt, a flight set to depart at 1 pm. It was pushed back. It was moved up.
And finally, around 4.30 pm, they took off, bound for Frankfurt, Germany, and New Delhi.
All in all, after two nights with little sleep, endless waits in line and three scheduled flights, their ordeal stretched to a 45-hour delay.
Its been a nightmare, said Jaswinder Toor, a self-employed contractor from Modesto, California, as he waited in the international terminal on Wednesday.
Through it all, an engineer, a psychologist, a man recovering from open-heart surgery, several college professors, an aspiring model and a Western Master of Eastern Wisdom got to know each other on a first-name basis.
Some didnt make it to important lectures. Others lost precious vacation days. And a few worried they would miss once-in-a-lifetime family events.
I want to be at that wedding, otherwise Ill get very mad, said Gursharan Toor, 16, as he stood in line with his family on Wednesday morning, a Red Bull in one hand and a fruit juice in the other. I only have one sister.
The high school juniors journey started early Monday when he, his brother Jaswinder, his brothers wife and their six-month-old son drove from their home in Modesto to San Francisco to get a visa for the baby.
After a seven-hour drive to the airport, they boarded Air-India Flight 136 to New Delhi. As the plane took off, Gursharan said, it shook after a tyre burst, startling passengers. The Boeing 747-400 flew over the ocean and circled, dumped fuel and then returned for a bumpy emergency landing. The landing gear dug into the runway, leaving a 7,000-foot-long field of debris that took 40 employees hours to clean up.
That night in a hotel, the teenager and his family turned on the news to see footage of their plane landing amid a shower of sparks.
"We're lucky everyone is safe, thank God," Gursharan said.
Airport officials said the pilots made a wise choice to take off, explaining that, if they had aborted, they might not have had enough runway to stop the heavy, fully fuelled aircraft. Jaswinder Toor tried to get the family on a different airline but was told that the next available seats were not until January 15. His sister's wedding is on January 8. On Tuesday, the Toors returned to the airport, loaded with 10 pieces of luggage and wedding presents, to try again.
Flight 136 pushed back from the gate at 8.35 pm — two-and-a-half hours late. As the jet approached the runway, the crew realised that one of the four engines was malfunctioning. They called a tug to tow the plane to a remote gate near the western end of the runways. It took 45 minutes. After making an initial announcement that there was a "technical problem", the flight crew didn't provide more detailed information, passengers said, leaving them trapped on the packed jumbo jet for about five hours.
"We were told it would take 10 minutes, but it took another hour and another hour," said Gerhard Wenz, a chemistry professor on his way to Germany.
Representatives of Air-India said the crew didn't immediately take passengers back to the terminal because mechanics initially thought they could fix the problem quickly.
"This process takes time; that is why obviously the passengers would have discomfort," said Lalit Kapur, the airline's West Coast manager. "They would find that we cannot give the correct information because we also don't know it. It was step to step as it happened."
As mechanics worked to diagnose the problem, the temperature started rising on the double-deck plane. Flight attendants locked up the drinks in the galley to keep passengers from helping themselves.
Soon tempers flared. Some travellers who had been on Monday's flight stood by the cabin doors, crying.
Soni Verma, a psychology professor at Sierra College in Rocklin, near Sacramento, said some of the stranded passengers were very patient.
But she added: "We were not."
As their son Rahul, 10, snapped pictures on his camera and listened to Hindi music on his iPod, Verma's husband, Ravi, organised passengers to lobby the flight crew to allow them off the plane.
"I'm an engineer and things break," Verma, the chief executive of a network security company, said as he stood in line on Wednesday morning. "But people (were) suffering — they think people are immature and you shouldn't tell them too much."
Finally, Wenz, the professor, said he just walked through a door that attendants had opened.
He climbed down the stairs and off the plane to wait on the tarmac. Other passengers, he said, followed. He watched mechanics checking the engine with a flashlight. As he recounted his story at Gate 110 of a terminal, Wenz and his fellow travellers agreed that the experience, however unpleasant, was memorable.
"We made up a joke," said Jeffrey Armstrong, whose business card proclaims him a "Western Master of Eastern Wisdom" and who said he often travels to India to lecture. "Air-India is going to give out infrequent flier miles."
Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service


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The Weirds: A Facsimile Selection of Fiction from the Era of the Shudder Pulps (Starmont Popular Culture Series, Vol. 1)
1989 · San Bernardino, CA
by Sheldon. Jaffery (editor)
San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1989. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good +. Reprint. c.1989. Hardcover. 8vo. 173pp. Very Good+. Light general shelfwear, rubbing at spine-ends, Library of Congress Duplicate stamp on flyleaf, LOC stamp on copyright page. Scarce! (Inventory #: C000027320)


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Using Framelits as Stencils for Watercoloring with Aqua Painters
Here's a really cool technique for using Framelits as stencils to watercolor with Aqua Painters and ink pads. I thought this technique and this card were a perfect match for this week's Global Design Project Challenge #GDP075. The challenge was to create a project using the theme "Winged Creatures". Here's my finished card and step by step directions.Here are my… Read More »


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The Oklahoma Electronic Game Expo was a most excellent event for aNm. It was great to see all the individuals in the local OKC metro area come out for an event focusing on video games and electronic media. The staff and crew deserve many thanks and kudos for their accommodating attitudes and due to the fact that everything ran smoothly.
There were many vendors and sponsors and all the booths were busy with people interested in one aspect of video games or another. Indeed, aNm's booth received many visitors and friendly faces wanting to know more and talk about video games and electronic media.
At alterNative Media's booth, we displayed images from the digital gallery (which can also be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheyahshe/sets/72157603892304375/show/), were able to pass out many information flyers – about my book, Native Americans in Comic Books, the studio itelf, and our outreach to other '3D people' in the local community – as well as exchange business cards and do some good-natured networking within the 3D community.
Friend, David Downs came in for the "assist" in manning the booth, distributing flyers, and fielding questions from our booth's visitors. Many thanks to him for his efforts and professionalism at the expo.
We appreciate all the good people that came out and talked with us at OEGE and look forward to hearing from all of you that have 3D skills and to those that had potential projects to collaborate with aNm. Feel free to use our contact page for any communications about potential projects or collaborations. Look for alterNative Media at next year's OEGE event.


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When the Chandler (Ariz.) Basha High senior signed her national letter of intent with Division II Adams State on Wednesday, she became the first female football player to do so for a college at that level or higher. Last year, she made 30 of 33 extra-point attempts.
"I didn't know that until today", Becca said after he football coach, Gerald Todd, told her about this historic fact. Offensive coordinator Josh Blankenship then visited her in Arizona and expressed interest.
While there have been about a dozen documented women who have played college football, but none of those who played for NCAA-affiliated programs were on scholarship.
She'll be the second woman to play in the NCAA Division II level or higher, according to HERO Sports News. "I'm ready to compete", she said. He says "she has a strong leg and she can be very accurate".
`Boss Baby' Takes Charge of Box Office for Second Weekend
The Focus Features film, starring Jessica Chastain, grossed a muted $2.9 million for a 10-day domestic total of $7.6 million. Its earnings were worse than 2013's US$17.5 million opening of Smurfs 2, which finally grossed US$347.5 million worldwide.
She worked out for the coaches at Adams State and performed well enough to receive a scholarship offer.
"It's insane to think about it and how much it is blowing up", Longo said.
An assistant coach eventually came to the school and invited Longo to visit the university.
Becca Longo was just playing football.
Microsoft Word flaw was used in both espionage, crime since January
The exploit shows some bait Word document to the user while it's busy downloading extra payload in the background. The attack can not be activated if people open the documents in Office's protected view , McAfee said.
Liz Heaston made a few extra points for NAIA school Willamette in 1997 and is believed to be the first woman to ever score a point in a college game. She also kicked a 30 yard field goald.
"The doctors told me that I couldn't play sports ever again and I just kind of like used that as motivation to prove them wrong", she said. My wife is a former pro athlete.
Inspired by an older brother who played football, Longo picked up the sport her sophomore year.
Adams State, which play in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, open their 2017 season on 2 September against South Dakota's Black Hills State University. 'I don't really have any expectations beyond that'.
Immigration arrests at Mexico border continue to plummeta
Kelly said a "physical barrier works" in the 650 miles where it now exists along the southern border. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) - to issue a written directive to his 230,000 Homeland Security staff.


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In today's global trading environment, you also need to make multicultural considerations. Fortunately, it does not matter too much which product or service you are selling. Most in-store and online consumers will have a need for them, no matter what their cultural affiliations. Of course, you will be taking into account what they can afford and you have catered for this. But because your current and future customer base is broad, speaking different languages and practicing different customs, your customer focus needs to be a bit more sensitive.
You can take both multicultural and bipartisan approaches to how you handle your established and new clients. You can build profitable partnerships. But you cannot achieve these on your own. What you need right now is a bpo partnership. What this means essentially is that you will need to starting thinking seriously about outsourcing a great deal of your staff to customer interactions. A consummate and established team of call center operators, dealing with telephonic communications, can take over your limited resources and react quicker to pertinent questions being raised by customers.
They also have the communications skills to deal with different dialects and languages. The pool of skilled call center operators is drawn from different corners of the world. While some training is required, there are those staff who are positioned to deal with languages and customs that they are already familiar with. Also, the outsourced customer relations base is fully equipped with up to date software applications that can deal with accurate transcriptions, when necessary.
In this day and age, you cannot afford to second guess your clientele. So that it does not overwhelm you, you need to outsource your multicultural interactions. You need to establish new partnerships with the right relationship builders supporting you profitably.


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KATY, Texas -- A deadly crash shut down I-10 the Katy Freeway mid-morning Monday.
The crash happened on the westbound lanes near Pin Oak and the Katy Mills Mall.
Katy police say they responded to a reported crash and found one vehicle on fire. One person died at the scene.
Lanes reopened around 1:30 p.m.
Views from Air 11 showed at least two vehicles involved in the wreck -- one that burned up and another that was on its side not far away.
Photos: Fatal crash on I-10 Katy Freeway


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a VirtualTourist member from Sydney
Hi all,
We are going to NZ with a few friends. We are going over the Easter break, so will only have 4 or 5 days. Of course we don't expect to see everything, but will pick a region. We live in Sydney so we will have chances to go again in the future. But the idea of this trip is to have a nice break with friends.
I've been googling, but the problem is you need to know what you're looking for, eg if you want to go to Rotorua, you google that. We havent even decided which area we are going to!! If anyone has any suggestions for a region (or two nearby regions) we could spend a few days in, that would be really appreciated.
The group: all adults, 30-41 yo. 2 couples, maybe another two single guys. Interests: wine tasting, good food, scenery, national parks, a bit of bushwalking (beginner level), possibly kayaking (beginner level)
Accomodation: mid-range, comfortable, eg on a winery, absolutely no camping!! (says one of our friends)
Areas need to be gay friendly (I'm sure thats all fine in NZ)
My husband and I have been to Queenstown and Dunedin and cycled the Otago rail trail so want somewhere new.
Possible places of interest: The classic wine tour from Napier to Blenheim, Martinborough wine region (and also Marlborough wine region) but I am particulrly interested in the Martinborough pinot noir, Milford Sound. Would have to choose between these....
Is there a region that has wineries and some outdoor activities (national parks, bushwalking, lakes you can rent kayaks on)?
Thanks very much!
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text: Hello everyone, A route came on offer in my center and I never got a chance to bid on it because at the time I did not know about it and was covering a feeder job out of a different building. When I returned to pkg (I am a combination driver), I was surprised to find out a driver with less seniority had won the route ( which I've always wanted to get some day). Now, it is the duty of the center team to inform every driver, and they claim since I was away from the center that they called me to let me know and left me a message about the route. I am 100% sure I did not get such a call and I am planning on filing a grievance against them. But, I can't prove that they DID NOT call me. For some reason I cant figureout, my lousy cell phone carrier is unable to provide me a list of all incoming calls for the period they insist that they called me. So, do you guys think I can win such a grievance, even though its my word againsts theirs. What sort arguement or persuassion could I use to convince them to give me a chance to bid for the route. Thank you kindly in this mattter ladies and gents.


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Our trade bars are all designed by Australian artist Lee Smith.
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When ash, cinders, and bombs build up in a steep pile around a volcano's vent, the result is a
a) cinder cone volcano.
b) sheild volcano.
c) composite volcano.
d) dormant volcano.
When groundwater heated by magma rises to the surface and collects in a natural pool, it is called a
a) hot spring.
b) geyser.
c) vent.
d) pyroclastic flow.
The huge hole left by the collapse of a volcanic mountain is called a
a) lava plateau.
b) caldera.
c) cinder cone.
d) sheild volcano.
Several kilometers froma volcano, a geologist observes an old lava flow made up of dark-colored basalt rock. The geologist infers that the lava must have had
a) high silica content.
b) high viscosity.
c) low viscosity.
d) medium viscosity.
When many layers of thin, runny lava build up a high, level aera, the result is a
a) lava plateau.
b) sheild volcano.
c) cinder cone volcano.
d) composite volcano.
What triggers the small earthquakes that occur around a volcano before an eruption?
a) upward movement of magma
b) pyroclastic flow
c) cooling magma inside the crust
d) plate movements
When magma hardens in a volcano's pipe, the result will eventually be a landform called a
a) batholith.
b) dike.
c) volcanic neck.
d) sill.
Pahoehoe is
a) cooler, slower-moving lava.
b) fast-moving, hot lava.
c) volcanic ash.
d) lava with a rough, chunky surface.
What is the landform that forms when a mass of hardened magma is uplifted, causing the layers of rock to bend upward?
a) volcanic neck
b) dike
c) lava plateau
d) dome mountain
If a volcano's magma is high in silica, the volcano will probably
a) erupt quietly.
b) remain dormant.
c) erupt explosively.
d) produce dark-colored lava.
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