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There are many people out there that want to avoid allowing chemicals to contaminate their body. The good news is that there are some easy solutions out there that you can use to make some changes. Going with some easy alternatives that are eco friendly provide you with a way to live a lifestyle that is green and all natural.
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Nielson had 42 wins in two seasons at Utah and finished her career fourth in school history with 492 strikeouts. She graduated from the U with a degree in sociology. Generra is the daughter of Jeff and Gena Nielson of Blanding, UT and the wife of Boo Anderson of Ute football fame. She graduated from San Juan High in 2008.

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There was a woman killed in Crocker Cave after the bar was shut down. I need to do some more research on it to find the exact dates. I know some one that used to bartend at the Queen of Hearts and I think I might be related(step family) to one of the owners of it. Godfreys Hide-a-way was bought by Judy Dye and is now called Judy's Place. This is a great beer bar espically on Sunday afternoons. I beleive that is all correct but maybe Rick ought to check me out on this since he is twenty years older than me
Judys place use to be called the Falcon club. There was a murder in there in the early eighties. I think Godfreys Hide-a way is the bar that is next to the post office. I know that was called the hide-a-way. I would have to ask my dad if she ever owned it. I know she owned the Country Club. The Hide away has had several owners in the past. It hasnt been open years.
There was a tavern in the cave when I was a boy. Years later a murder did occur there. A local boy name of Higgins shot a girl in the head. I believe in the 70s, I'll check.
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Sojourners has great articles, and advocates for people whom no one else will advocate for. But I will not be renewing my subscription. In the magazine, e-mail, and blogs, never, never, do I see any advocacy for gays/lesbians/bisexuals/transgendered people.
For me, this leaves people out of the love of Christ who desperately need that love. For me, it appears that you have chosen the lesser of two evils in order to sell magazines and gather support for other causes.
Queers suffer immensely, and they suffer at the hands of Christians; you support that suffering by not speaking out. I invite you to join us in our fight, and to join us in our suffering—to take a risk in the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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House Divided is the second book in a trilogy by Raul Ramos y Sanchez. If you didn't read the first book, America Libre, start there.
The story takes place in a fictional future where civil war has broken out between American Latinos and the U.S. government. Manolo Suarez, a third generation Mexican American who barely speaks Spanish, is just one of many Latinos who has been forced into ghettos across the country.
When this series first came out, the plot seemed realistic and yet far-fetched at the same time. In today's anti-immigrant atmosphere, these books will definitely give you chills.
America Libre, (the first book), I really loved – so I was eager to read this second book. Honestly, for the first half of House Divided, I felt lost at times with the military talk. As the story line became more about the logistics of the war than about the relationships between the characters, I became a little anxious for something to pull at my heart strings. I know these chapters would play out awesomely on the big screen as a film, but war novels aren't really my thing.
Thankfully, in the second half of the book, a compelling page turning plot twist is introduced involving Manolo's teenage son and a gringa, which grabbed my attention and really appealed to me on an emotional level.
Over all, I ended up liking the book enough that I look forward to the third book, Pancho Land.
Disclosure: This book was provided to me for review purposes. All opinions are my own. No compensation was received for this review.


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"Elegante Vigore" model – Sterling silver handcut "Forza" headjoint with solid 3K gold lip plate and sterling silver riser, sterling silver body and footjoint, silver plated keys, french (open hole), offset G, split E mechanism, C# trill, D# roller, pointed key arms, pinless mechanism, drawn tone holes, B footjoint
The Vigore options for both the Elegante and Dolce series bring elements of handmade professional flutes into the mid-range budget. Vigore instruments offer a 3K gold alloy lip-plate, C# trill key, B Footjoint and D# roller all as standard. Another industry first for Pearl!


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Monday, March 22, 2010
Flower Headband and Hair-clip Tutorial
Start by gathering your supplies: Headband, fabric, hair clips, buttons, covered buttons, needle and thread, small scraps of felt, rotary cutter, and a hot glue gun.
Hair Clip Tutorial
1. Cut your fabric 2 3/4 inches by 22 inches.
2. Fold your fabric in half with right sides outward. Grab your needle and thread and start gather stitching your fabric together.
3. Keep gathering and pull tight as you go. It should start folding into the flower.
4. When you have gathered all the material shape it into the flower and sew all the pieces down together. You will need to anchor it in a couple different spots. Tie off the thread.
5. Grab your hot glue and glue on a button or fun something for the middle. I used a fabric covered button.
6. On the back cut out a small circle of felt and glue down. Then hot glue your hair clip onto it.
Walla you are done!
Fabric Headband Tutorial
1. Cut your fabric 3 3/4 inches by 27 inches (This is a larger fabric flower then the hair clip)
2. Follow the same steps for the hair clip where you will gather the fabric with needle and thread and make your flower. Then add the fun button on top. Again I used a fabric covered button.
3. Cut strips of fabric to cover your headband. They need to be about 1 inch thick and as long as you would like. You just need enough to go over the enter headband.
4. Cut two 2 inch pieces off of your strip. These will cover the ends of the headband.
5. Glue one side onto one end of the headband.
6. Fold the sides over and hot glue those onto the headband.
7. You will do this on both ends.
8. Now glue down one of your strips with a little hot glue and start wrapping it around the headband.
9. Keep going. You need to wrap the fabric all the way around it. Keep add on strips as you need to.
10. The headband should be completely covered when you are finished.
11. Hot glue the fabric flower onto the headband on the side. Cut a circle piece of matching felt and hot glue that on top.
12. The finished product!
Now, you should have fun hair accessories for your daughter, yourself, a birthday present for a friend, or whatever you would like to use them for. I also make the flower hair clip a pin I can wear too. There are lots of fun possibilities!
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I just LOVE these! thanks so much for sharing this on Craft Schooling Sunday! I hope to see you again next week! all the best, Sara
- March 22, 2010 at 2:10 PM
- Carly Jane said...
So cute. I need to have a little girl for you to make headbands for!! (Or YOU need a little girl to make head bands for!)
- March 22, 2010 at 6:44 PM
These are great and with such nice photos and easy directions, I will give this project a whirl.
Thanks for posting.
- March 23, 2010 at 8:09 AM
- Amy @ peppertowne.com said...
So cute, I'm gonna make some for my little girl. Thanks for the tutorial.
- March 23, 2010 at 8:30 AM
- Maridith said...
Wow those are so cute and what a great tutorial. My daughter received a headband like this from my BF and she left the price tag on it. $24.00!! I couldn't believe it. Whoever you make this for I know they are going to love it!
Thanks so much for linking up. I will totally take your advice and leave the party open for a week.
Hope you join me next month for Gifts from the Heart.
- March 23, 2010 at 10:33 AM
- Rowdy Family said...
you are awesome! thanks for sharing all of your fun ideas and taking the time for the tutorial. Its going to work perfect for our mutual activity this week!
- March 23, 2010 at 2:28 PM
- Becca said...
So cute! They look easy enough for me to make :-)
-Becca @ The Bee Zoo
- March 25, 2010 at 8:55 AM
- Jingle said...
These are great! I love making fun hair accessories!
- March 25, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- Lori said...
I love the head band.
Thanks for joining Get Your Craft on Thursday. Please join me next week for another great party. Don't forget to stop by and enter my giveaway. I'll announce the winner at next weeks party!
- March 26, 2010 at 4:56 AM
- Sandra Powell said...
These are so cute. Looks easy enough to do with my fifth grader's girl scout troop. TFS Sandra @sawdustandpaperscraps
- March 27, 2010 at 4:14 PM
- Carolyn @ My Backyard Eden said...
Those are super cute! I love the fabric you used on the headband!
Thanks for linking up to Make it Yours Day at My Backyard Eden!
- March 28, 2010 at 10:31 AM
- TidyMom said...
These are adorable!!
Thanks for linking up to I'm Lovin' It! Hope to see you again this week!
- March 30, 2010 at 7:02 AM
- Stacey @ Fun to Craft said...
This is so cute. I love how you covered the headband too. Thanks for sharing at Spring has Sprung at Fun to Craft.
- March 31, 2010 at 7:06 PM
- Melissa said...
That pink and white clip is probably the most perfectly gathered flower I have seen. So cute!
- April 1, 2010 at 5:46 AM
- simplydesigning.blogspot.com said...
Thanks for linking up! These are SOOOO cute! I need to try them for my daughter. She is obsessed with headbands right now!
Join me for today's link party!
- April 2, 2010 at 10:59 PM
- Marina said...
I love your blog and your awesome tutorial! We featured you over at justsewsassy.com
- October 1, 2010 at 12:26 PM
Where do you get the supplies? These are so cute! Love them!
- May 1, 2011 at 7:31 PM
These are so cute, but where do you get the clips? These are amazing. Do you make these then sell them? I would love to buy!Adorable!
- May 1, 2011 at 7:39 PM
Wow, those are lovely! Thanks for sharing the tutorial with us, now I can make them!
- May 17, 2011 at 8:20 AM
I enjoy your site very much and am inspired by your fun ideas. Loved this tutorial on flower/headband making. It will be fun to try. Thanks for sharing your ideas with all of us out here.
- July 13, 2011 at 8:36 AM
- Crafty Mischief said...
I love this fabric flower! I made a quick flower like this, but I forgot to do a tutorial. So, I had to google a tutorial to share on my blog and yours is just what I was looking for! I hope you don't mind! I'm also a new follower! Thank you! :)
- January 23, 2012 at 12:13 AM
- MommaG said...
I make these same flowers, but I attach it to a tiny hair elastic and then I can take them on and off a headband for interchangeable looks. My daughter loves that she can add as many flowers to her headband as she wants depending on what outfit she's wearing.
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Songs for the Season Holiday in the Shropshire Hills
'Tis the season to be jolly!
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It's never too early to get in the festive spirit (and we're not talking about cracking open the Baileys!). Kick off your festive season with a jolly weekend singing songs with a festive theme. Enjoy group singing just for the fun of it, both in parts and in unison. There's no need to sight-read – just turn up and sing in the season!
PS – don't forget your elf hat!
Holiday highlights
- Relaxed informal sessions
- An expert leader to help you get the most out of your voice!
- Free time in the afternoons
- An informal concert on the final evening of your holiday
Price includes
- Full-board en-suite accommodation
- Full programme of tuition from our knowledgeable leader
Longmynd House is set in a wonderful elevated location above the town of Church Stretton. With excellent walks on the doorstep, and extensive public rooms, it's an excellent base for our walking and leisure activity holidays.
Longmynd House has 50 bedrooms, all in the main building. There are also 8 brick-built lodges in the grounds - a popular alternative for families or couples, with all the facilities you would expect from HF Holidays.
'Good' Rooms
These rooms are all ensuite and furnished to a good standard. They include:
'Better' Rooms
These rooms are slightly larger and/or have a better view. They include:
Only an extra £15 per person per night
Choose Your Room: Our new "Choose Your Room" service is available at our UK country houses, providing the option to choose and confirm a specific room for an extra £30 per room. Supplement to upgrade to 'Better' rooms still apply. The choice of room number must be of the same room type as originally booked and is subject to availability.
At the house
|All holidays at our Country Houses are full board accommodation including evening meal on arrival to breakfast on the day of your departure. All of our Country Houses have a well-stocked bar serving local beers, wine and spirits.
√ Start your day with our extensive breakfast.
Your evenings
Just relax and take it easy, or if you'd like to continue to chat with our guides and fellow guests then why not grab a drink or take part in one of our optional evening activities.
All of our bars are stocked with locally sourced drinks so you can really soak up your surroundings.
More details on Church Stretton accessibility
Additional Information
- Assistance dogs accompanying visually or hearing impaired guests are welcome; dogs must be kept on a lead or harness at all times.
- Fire evacuation notices are displayed in the bedrooms and throughout the hotel. Each room has its own smoke sensor and fire alarm. In the event of a fire a very loud continuous alarm sounds and emergency lighting comes on. We have portable Deaf guard fire alarm system for those who are hard of hearing. This consists of a vibrating pad to go under the pillow and a bright strobe light. The Deaf guard is triggered when main alarm is activated.
- In the case of evacuation there are fire exits in every function room, bar and restaurant as well as the main front entrance. On the first, second and third floors there are fire exits at either end of the corridors which open to an emergency fire escape stairwell.
- Please advise reception on check in if you think you would require assistance in the event of an emergency. Door hangers are available in the rooms which can be used to indicate a need for assistance. Fire extinguishers are found throughout the building, as are fire call points. If you discover a fire please call 9-999 from your room phone, raise the alarm and alert a member of staff.
Musical experiences are always better together, so join us and create wonderful music with other like-minded enthusiasts.
Arrival day
You're welcome to check-in from 2.30pm (1pm for Best and Better rooms). Please join us for afternoon tea.
During your stay
We'll start singing each morning from 9.30am. Keep your vocal chords lubricated with a morning coffee break.
Enjoy lunch together, then you've got some free time. There are fantastic walks right on the doorstep and our Discovery Points are ready to make the most out of your stay - there are plenty of maps and a selection of the best tried and tested walking and cycling routes to use, as well as local weather forecasts and public transport options too – plus those all important personal insights on things to spot, places to stop, and things to do along the way. Or you can always get some more rehearsal time in by yourself.
There's more practice before dinner from 5.30pm and again after, so you can spend the evening doing what you love best!
There's usually an informal concert at the end of the holiday. Why not show off your new repertoire to other guests in the house?
Departure day
Leave (on a high note) after a leisurely breakfast.
What to Bring
All music will be provided. The final evening may conclude with an informal concert and if you would like to sing something at this, you may like to bring some music for a party piece.
Local area
Discover Shropshire
During your stay at Longmynd House you may enjoy visiting the following places of interest, either in your free time, or on your journey to and from Shropshire:
The attractive small town of Church Stretton is around 10 minutes' walk away. After the arrival of the railway, the town grew in the Victorian and Edwardian eras and became known as 'Little Switzerland' due to the dramatic hills on both sides of the valley. Today the town retains its bygone charm and has a range of facilities including a variety of small shops, banks, cafés, pubs and a supermarket.
Easily reached by train, or around 20 minutes' drive away, Ludlow is a particularly attractive market town. The historic centre retains many of its medieval buldings, and is towered over by its well-preserved castle. In recent years the town has developed as something of a gastronomic centre, being home to celebrated Michelin-starred restaurants and many acclaimed local food producers. www.ludlowcastle.com
Ironbridge Gorge
A little further afield, about 45 minutes' drive from Church Stretton, are the many excellent museums of Ironbridge Gorge. Known as the 'birthplace of the Industrial Revolution' it was here that Abraham Darby perfected the manufacture of cast iron which was later used to build the area's iconic iron bridge across the River Severn. Today there are 10 museums in the gorge including the Museum of Iron, the Coleport China Museum and the excellent Blists Hill Victorian town. www.ironbridge.org.uk/
Severn Valley Railway
The Severn Valley Railway is one of Britain's premier steam railways. This lovingly recreated Great Western Railway branch line is now run largely by volunteers and is home to an impressive collection of locomotives. As its name suggests the line follows the rural valley of the River Severn from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster. The nearest station at Bridgnorth is about 40 minutes' drive from Church Stretton. www.svr.co.uk
Acton Scott Working Farm
Situated just 10 minutes' drive from Church Stretton, the Acton Scott Working Farm Museum is a living museum based around a restored Victorian farm. In recent years this has featured in the BBC2 series Victorian Farm and Escape in Time. www.actonscott.com
Also easily reached by train, or a 30 minute drive, Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire. The town centre is particularly attractive featuring many black and white timber houses dating from the 15th and 16th centuries.
Much Wenlock
The small town of Much Wenlock, about 30 minutes' drive from Church Stretton, is particularly attractive with many black and white timbered houses. Despite its small size the town can claim to be the birthplace of the modern Olympic Games.
The cathedral city of Hereford, is just under an hour's drive away, and can also be reached by direct train from Church Stretton. Hereford Cathedral houses a chained library and the famous Mappa Mundi, a 13th century map of the world. www.herefordcathedral.org
Attingham Park
A grand 18th century house surrounded by an extensive deer park, located outside Shrewsbury, around 25 minutes' drive away. Now managed by the National Trust you can visit the ornate rooms and explore the walled garden and grounds. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/attingham-park
Powis Castle
This former medieval fortress has been remodelled over more than 400 years – each generation adding to the magnificent collection of paintings, sculpture, furniture and tapestries. Theworld-famous garden is overhung with clipped yews, and shelters rare and tender plants. The castle is located near Welshpool, about 45 minutes' drive from Church Stretton. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/powis-castle
Chirk Castle
Just under an hour's drive north of Church Stretton, Chirk Castle is a fine medieval fortress completed in 1310. As well as military displays, the castle was also a domestic home for many centuries, and is surrounded by excellent gardens. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/chirk-castle
Powis Castle image ©National Trust/Andrew Butler, Chirk Castle image ©National Trust ImagesMatthew Antrobus
Travel to Church Stretton
Our address is: Longmynd House, Cunnery Road, Church Stretton, Shropshire SY6 6AG
By train:
The nearest train station is Church Stretton, which is less than a mile from Longmynd House. However the house is at the top of a steep hill (it has great views!) so a taxi is recommended.
For train times and route planning by train visit www.nationalrail.co.uk or phone 03457 48 49 50.
NOTE: Unfortunately taxis are not readily available at Church Stretton railway station particularly between 2pm and 4.30pm . If you call for a taxi on arrival at the station one will come from Craven Arms (another village approximately 10 miles away). The charge for this service to Longmynd House is £18. We therefore recommend booking a HF Holidays station transfer in advance for just £7 (details below).
HF station transfer - great value!
Our station transfer operates every Friday and Monday between Church Stretton station and Longmynd House. The pickup is at 3.15pm from Church Stretton station. On departure day the transfer will get you back to the station for 9.15am, 9.45am or 10:25. This transfer costs just £7 return, however a place must be reserved 14 days in advance by calling 020 8732 1220.
By taxi:
If you can't meet our station transfer it is possible to book a taxi. Taxis can be limited so please pre-book. Details of our current recommended taxi company and rates will be sent to you with your booking.
By car:
Follow the A49 to Church Stretton. At the traffic lights turn off the A49 into the town. At the first T junction turn left into the High Street. Go straight over the mini-roundabout, and then take the next right into Cunnery Road. Follow the road up a steep hill and around a hairpin bend. Longmynd House is at the top of the hill on the left hand side. Look out for our sign. A car park is available in the grounds with free parking.
Travelling from overseas
Manchester Airport has the quickest onward connections to Church Stretton. Trains from the airport take 2 hours, with one change at Crewe. See www.nationalrail.co.uk for train times.
Flying to London Heathrow airport is another option, but has a longer onward train journey - allow at least 4½ hours to reach Church Stretton by train. There are a variety of routes, but the most convenient is to change at London Paddington and Newport as this avoid crossing London. See www.nationalrail.co.uk for train times.
Su Grainger
Su is an experienced and enthusiastic singer and workshop leader. She has run her Singing Our Socks Off choirs across Merseyside since 2006. These groups have enjoyed many performances, including singing with Russell Watson in 2016.
Su is passionate about encouraging people to sing together and is keen to teach how singing builds confidence, improves health and well-being and connects people in a fun enjoyable activity.
For more information please visit her website http://www.sosoclub.co.uk/
Dates & Prices
We're sorry, there are no dates available for this holiday at the moment. Please check out our other tours and breaks or call our team on 0345 470 8558 to be notified of new dates as soon as they become available.
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Kazumi Magica - The Innocent Malice (Spinoff manga series)
Mahou Shoujo Kazumi Magica
Spinoff started serializing in Manga Time Kirara Forward starting March 2011 issue (release on January 24, 2011).
Story by Hiramatsu Masaki.
Illustrated by Tensugi Takashi.
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What interests me is what the inspector lady said when she started transforming... referring to the mysterious person/thing who gave her the information on Tachibana. "Not only did (s)he give me information, (s)he also gave me power enough to kill someone without leaving a single trace." Possible indication of another Kyubey-type figure? Or maybe Kyubey himself...?
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the spin off Kazumi Magicka is so-so but i'll give it a couple of chapters to judge it.. totally not comparable to Madoka Magicka manga
amnesiac moe mahou shoujo.. she looks like a witch though and no Kyubey
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So...that was pretty awesome. Is there such a thing as naked moe? :P lol but Kazumi was just great in general. The generally cheerful and flippant atmosphere will probably make this a fun ride regardless of content. On the other hand, Kazumi's art is kinda not very attractive when she's wearing a serious expression. Cognitive dissonance. I wonder if I won't have an issue with that as we get deeper into the manga.
Kazumi was kidnapped, has magical powers, and seems to have lost all her memories. There is the mysterious figure whom she was supposed to have been traded to; there is also the mysterious figure who gave the cop powers and a lead on the cook guy. They both seem to have been specifically targeted at Kazumi, but I can't feel yet that both mysterious figures are the same person. Kinda interesting.
I will be interested to know how this manga is related at all to Madoka Magica. Thus far they even seem completely different universes. So far, it is more interesting/entertaining than the anime adaption manga though as the content is stuff we haven't seen before.
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After reading the first chapter, I have to say Kazumi is more interested by far compared to Madoka and her I-can't-do-nothing syndrome.
I wonder if anyone else has thought of Kyubee when Kazumi's got flash memory about corpses of herself around her.
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I can't tell whether this is set in the distant, unspecified future of Madoka's time, or if this is in a different universe entirely.
The Puella Magi contract is exactly the same, with a silhouette of Madoka and Kyubey as reference. However, the Witch was able to be returned back to a normal human, which makes hope that Madoka was able to make a breakthrough and tweak the system.
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Perhaps this is a slightly different system , set after Madoka ? It might be that in this system , Puella Magi's go through 3 stages . Firstly , as a Puella Magi , Secondly , as a Witch , and finally assuming that they've survived long enough/somehow redeemed/ repent, returned to their human selves , with all it's implications .
Essentially , with Witch like powers , but without the draw back of insanity. In other words , immensely powerful reality warpers with their humanity intact - or as intact as their powers would allow them. Barriers created by them are extremely subtle and almost indistinguishable from reality, and within their barrier , their conscious will becomes reality.
Kazumi is essentially a Puella Magi - post Madoka rewrite of the rules. Which might explain why the connection is much weaker - the whole system was amended.
Alternatively , this might be a more advance system created by the Incubators , designed to ensure that Worlds last longer , and a more sustainable harvesting of souls can be effected. PM3 was essentially the prototype Alpha , this is the Beta.
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Ten years ago, Mike and Jennifer Jewett moved to Lancaster from Missouri.
As Jennifer home-shopped, she kept in mind the type of yard that must accompany it.
When she saw the home at 805 Crescent Drive, she was sold.
"I actually picked this house out because I thought it had the kind of yard that Mike would like," Jennifer said. "In one word, it had trees."
The heartbeat of any neighborhood can be measured at its houses of worship.
But without people who nurture, teach and reach out to others in Christian love, it's nothing more than bricks, mortar, paint and lumber.
That never escapes the St. Paul AME Church family, which will honor 15 of its spiritual mothers and fathers, collectively know as the Classics, for their contributions to the local community this weekend.
Billed as an extravaganza showcase, the special recognition is 5 p.m. Saturday, at the church, 133 Pleasant St.
Making sure a brown bag lunch is nutritious and tasty enough not to end up in the school trash can is almost impossible.
But if what students learn in the classroom prepares them for the future, so does what they learn at the cafeteria lunch table, said medical journalist and author Dr. Melissa Stoppler.
The start of a new school year always has me remembering when and marveling at how quick time flies.
Gosh, seems it was only yesterday that me and Mama were walking hand in hand down to Chesterfield Avenue Grammar School for my very first day of school.
By the fall of 1941, I was in Miss Charlotte Jones' third grade class.
Everyday, she had us studying something new.
Heather Curless has joined the ranks of successful Lancaster natives who are making their mark in the world.
She has turned her personal passion into professional success, and is helping others build a healthier, more environmentally friendly world for themselves and their communities.
Her retail store and showroom, Greener Stock, (www.greenerstock.com) in Cincinnati, Ohio, celebrated its first anniversary in January of this year.
Name: Bobby Morgan
Age: 58
Address: Bailey Road
Family: Wife, Cheryl, 53; children, Andy Morgan, 31, and Jessica Williams, 27; and two grandchildren, Allana Morgan, 8, and Morgan Williams, 2
Pets: A dog, Daisy; two cats, Roscoe and Sassy, and a lot of goats
Job: Andrew Jackson State Park staff
Church: Bethlehem Baptist Church
Ashli Young, agriculture teacher at Andrew Jackson High School, was named the county's 2011 Conservation Educator of the Year on April 4, at the Lancaster County Soil and Water Conservation District's monthly board Meeting.
Each year, the soil and water conservation district recognizes a Lancaster County teacher who is doing an outstanding job educating students about the importance of natural resources.
The Lancaster County Red Cross Heroes Campaign couldn't have asked for a better script.
When the winning ticket for a 2010 Ford Mustang was drawn Aug. 5, the winner was one of their own.
Red Cross volunteer Margaret Gamble, a retired educator and member of the Lancaster County School Board, won the drawing.
"This whole thing is really ironic," Gamble said laughing. "I won a table decoration at a dinner one time, but I've never won anything big like this."
The area in front of the Buford Middle School gym is sporting a new look because Donna Moree just happened to be in the in right place at the right time.
Red clay and barren ground has been replaced by sod, stone pavers, planting beds, benches, mulch and a pergola with vine runners.
Something big was going on down at Dr. Strait's old homeplace.
Since it was only three houses up Chesterfield Avenue toward town, I decided to mosey down there to see what all the commotion was about.
After talkin' to some of the working fellas, one of 'em spilled the beans.
"Son, they're gonna build a brand new grammar school right here on this hill," he said.
Boy, that was good news for me. It meant I wouldn't have to go across town to Central School.
Name: Ruthie M. Hayden
Age: 76
Address: Northwest Apartments
Family: Children, Linda, 58, Jean, 55, James, 54, Cynthia, 43, and Eric, 37; 17 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren
Job: Homemaker
Church: Resurrection of Life Ministries
Hobbies: Reading and going to church
"How often should I water?" is perhaps the most frequently asked question by those who enjoy indoor potted plants.
But there is no pat answer to the question. "Water it as much as it needs to grow" isn't the right reply.
Variables such as plant type, plant age, growth stage, season, location, type and size of pot, soil mix characteristics, weather and placement have to be considered.
According to the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service, the main cause of death of potted plants is over-watering.
Sherry Archie
For The Lancaster News
For 10 months out of the year, the Lancaster County of Garden Clubs selects a Yard of the Month. In July each year, that focus shifts to vegetable gardens in Lancaster County.
Peggy Little of The Lancaster Garden Club awarded the July Garden of the Month designation to John Troutman at 1904 Tara Trail, Lancaster.
The animal actor that has graced the big screen, television movies, talk shows and magazine covers, is coming here.
Jeff Watson and Brody the bear will stop by Nutramax Laboratories in Lancaster Business Park on Monday for a short visit.
Don't be fooled by the 1,300-pound Kodiak grizzly's soft, brown cuddly fur, amber eyes, turned up nose and sweet face.
Raised by Watson since he was 8 weeks old, Brody is a trained actor in every sense.
Sometimes, you don't know until you try.
If you happened to be on Main Street last Thursday afternoon, you would have seen me and photographer Aaron Morrison try a stunt that the late Pierce Horton Sr. of the Corner Drug Store did more than 60 years ago.
We were trying to see if it was hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk.
Homer and Brenda Harmon of Great Falls were in Rock Hill when they decided to eat at Kentucky Fried Chicken.
"We went in to eat, but we didn't get to," Homer said.
That's because Homer was outfitted in white pants, a white jacket with a black handkerchief tucked inside and a white shirt with his colonel's "signature" string tie. He wore framed glasses and carried a walking cane.
I walked by the county jail and library on my way to Lancaster High School just about every day.
I was always fascinated when I stopped by the old library at the corner of Gay and French Streets.
To me, it was amazing to watch librarian Miss Robbie Horton work.
While I struggled to find stuff using the formula Melvil Dewey devised, she never did.
Shucks, Miss Robbie made it look easy; she knew where every book and volume was. She was the best book finder and put 'er backer I ever saw.
Name: Glenda Manus
Age: 62
Address: Steele Hill Road, Van Wyck
Family: Husband, Henry; daughters, Krista Cook and Laura Whittaker
Pets: A dog named Fox and a Polish hen named Olive
Job: Retired from Union County (N.C.) public schools
Church: Van Wyck Presbyterian Church
Hobbies: Reading and writing
The teacher who had a special love for reading now has a special place in her honor at the school she loved.
In May, members of the late Kathy Emory's family, colleagues and friends dedicated the Miss Kathy Emory Outdoor Reading Classroom at McDonald Green Elementary School.
Emory died Dec. 24, 2010, after battling colon cancer for more than two years. She was 52.
Emory served on the McDonald Green staff for more than 30 years as a fourth grade teacher and media specialist.
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The final day of early voting in Tuesday's municipal and county elections ended at 5 p.m. Friday with 150 voters making it to the Barrow County Board of Elections & Registration to cast their ballots in person.
A total of 993 people took advantage of three weeks of early voting in advance of the Nov. 8 election. Voting in person were 889 people. County voters also returned 63 absentee ballots and city voters 41. There are additional absentee ballots still in the hands of city and county voters, and if they return them by the deadline of 7 p.m. Tuesday, the final early voting tally could exceed 1,000.
Winder residents cast 517 early votes with 477 voting in person and 40 absentee. They also voted early in the city's hotly contested elections, which could portend a record turnout for Tuesday. Just 1,286 Winder voters participated in the 2007 mayoral election, and that was considered a large turnout for a local municipal election.
In Auburn's special election, which is on Sunday alcohol sales by the package, 17 residents voted early at the county elections office and one voted absentee. In Bethlehem's contested council race, five residents voted early.
Those numbers mean that 453 residents of unincorporated Barrow County voted early in the county special election. They included 390 people who voted in person and 63 who voted absentee.
The total number of active and inactive registered voters in the county is 38,018, according to interim elections supervisor Monica Franklin.
On Tuesday, the county and municipal polling places will be open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Barrow County residents Mary Thrasher, right, and John Weatherly, left, are two early voters who took to the polls before Friday at 5 p.m. in the county annex building.
Nearly 1,000 vote early in county special election; Winder's votes surpass 500
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 56 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
Design a look and feel for the just launched, rezmay.com. We are very excited to launch our new baby so we need an exciting look and feel to go with it. This design project is basically just the home page. Any logo ideas as part of the design are welcome BUT DO NOT SUBMIT LOGO ONLY DESIGNS. This project is for the design of the entire home page of rezmay.com
Rezmay is a new way to share a resume, CV or portfolio. It offers both a dynamic, interactive presentation of a person's resume but also Rezmay members get their own URL to distribute their resume with. The general style we're looking for is "business sophisticated." Rezmay is used mainly by a 22-45 year old general audience. This is a template-based system so the information architecture cannot be changed, only the colors, font style, font size, background, any graphical treatment can change. Play with the site a bit to get a feel for what changes as you interact with it. There is a system of animating "cells" that move into place as you navigate from page to page rather than a standard html page refresh. That can't change but what they look like can.
- smart, cool, sophisticated yet business appropriate
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- feel free to redesign any and all colors, font style/size, background, any effects used like bevels
- logo redesign is welcome
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Consider that my question is not a personal and/or subjective question. Perhaps, you have hired a mathematics educator in your department and you are interested in finding a way to communicate with him/her and vice versa. Or not, for some reasons you are looking at one of the writings of those peoples, and more often than not you get disappointed since you can hardly find what you are looking for. What do you expect from mathematics education as a discipline?
Addendum: After being revised by others it occured to me that my description had the potential of being interpreted as rude or offensive. Thus I decided to accept the revision done. Furthermore, to be less argumentative , it would be great to include in your answers/comments some good examples of the ideas from mathematics education that you have found useful, and perhaps an explanation of how they were useful for you (there are one or two below). I hope this would be a posstive way to go.


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The Scottish DNA Project Blog has been launched today with the aim of keeping participants and those interested in Scottish DNA studies updated with news and developments in the world of genetic genealogy.
The project currently has over 2300 members who have submitted results for Y-DNA, mtDNA or Family Finder (Autosomal) testing.
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas State University agronomy professor says snow cover left over from early winter snowfall helped protect the wheat crop from frigid temperatures.
Professor Jim Shroyer says the snow cover reduced the risk of damage to winter wheat in bitterly cold conditions in much of the state in recent weeks.
The Manhattan Mercury (http://bit.ly/1j44376 ) reports soil temperatures on Jan. 6 were about 9 degrees in Republic County in north-central Kansas, while further west they were in the mid- to upper 20s in Garden City and Colby.
Shroyer says that some damage can be expected when the soil temperature drops into the single digits, meaning crop damage was less likely in the western part of the state.
He says wheat stalks are most resistant to winter conditions from mid-December to mid-January.


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No, I'm not still brooding about my blog comment spam, I promise. I am just in one of those phases where my brain is going in a hundred different directions is all. I am slowly slowly slowly working my way through a new pattern set. I have been stitching up examples (I love that part) and here is the color scheme:
Additionally there has been a case of the 'blahs' running through our household. It might be due in part to the fact that at least one person in our family has been sick everyday for the past three weeks. Nothing major and no doctor's visits or anything like that - just the late season ick I guess. It has made us a little cranky.
What we really need is some GREEN! I did drag the family to a garden center last weekend just to smell the dirt and dream. I know I felt better after that and I hope everyone else did too. I especially swooned over the display of tiny little fairy worlds that you can create with various ground covers, ferns and mosses. Have you seen these? They sell little houses, furniture and more that you can add to your tiny world (of course) but I promise I didn't whip out a credit card (although I wanted to). I may have to look into the possibilities a little more because I could totally get into that.
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Prince Disses Lil Mo for Throwing Shade at Him on Instagram
R&B singer Lil' Mo caught the wrath of Prince and his dedicated fans after throwing shade at him during the 2014 Essence Music Festival.
It started on Friday (July 4), when Lil' Mo was denied entry to the bathroom because the soul icon was making his way to the stage to perform. Despite having VIP Passes, New Orleans police forbid the 'Gangsta' singer to relieve her bladder and even pushed her in the stomach.
Angered by the incident, Mo went on Instagram and aired out Prince for being a diva.
"yall have NO idea how these celebs be actin. and I'm not gonna eem bother they ass. i had to pee I'm real life," she wrote. "I was pushed in my stomach cuz somebody was coming through. i just want to sing and take care of MY family. f— all this EXTRA unnecessary s— dawg."
According to Complex, Mo took it to the next level and accused Prince of not being able to hit his notes and having no songs on the radio.
Of course, Prince's fans caught wind of Lil Mo's shade and went ballistic on her with slander.
"Very tacky of you. If the security or police pushed you, go at them. Not the celebrity," wrote one commenter. "If you were on Prince's level, which you never will be, you could understand why he need extra security measures. You're always popping off and dissing the next celebrity, this has been going on for yrs. You're insecurities and misery is ridiculous."
Another follower commented, "Girl you will NEVER have the amount of fans, hit songs, or record sales as Prince. That's the problem with you wannabes you don't respect the people who paved the way. You will NEVER Ever compare to Prince."
Prince (or maybe a member of 3RDEYEGIRL) jump into the fray and allegedly tweeted a series of disses to Lil Mo, which were later deleted. But he did leave one subliminal diss for Lil Mo to think about.
WINNER OF THE CAPTION THIS PICTURE THANG: "I hope she know, none of her clothes match." pic.twitter.com/c8cZl1naW4
— 3RDEYEGIRL (@3RDEYEGIRL) July 6, 2014
It's safe to say, don't mess with the Purple One.


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2016 Renault Clio Exterior and Interior
This car manufactured by the French company has been in production since 1990. It is a long time for a car in this period and this car had drinks quite mild, however, is still in production and on the market. This is due to the fact that this car is very good that people love and adore. New 2016 Renault Clio is ready to hit the market and that will show, it is likely that the new and changed for this car in the next year. There will be refreshed capabilities both inside and outside and come with much better efficiency. This little car will surely be present to the same time much more by the market.
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The 2016 Renault Clio is also at outside and inside day but contributes almost nothing new and ground breaking. How it has been linked before; spherical tracks that have good flow and the formation of a compact and attractive. Well known in the middle of the front grille and large round head lights emblem is retained.
2016 Renault Clio inside this car is basically quite large supplies indisputable fact that this car looks so small from the outside of the house. It can easily accommodate passengers and a lot of products. This car has a lot of material, some of which are not normally something that you will encounter in a car of this class. Reflex system comes with audio, touch screen navigation means, automated local climate, stomach muscles, Bluetooth, alloy wheels and comparable points.
This power train 2016 Renault Clio will bring some new features and improvements. Under the hood of this car that we will be able to search two different engines. Among these diesel will be, and the other will be based primarily gasoline. They have to bring new energy to the car and make it more efficient and more environmentally friendly. It will not be two petrol and two diesel engines. 1st be an engine that can be able to make 90 horses and other individual maybe and this one in particular will be able to make 120 horsepower. These motors use only a small excess of a chevron 60 miles, and their emissions of carbon monoxide probably be reduced considerably and extremely low in general. As for diesel engines are involved, they will engine is also very fuel efficient and use less below one gallon to 60 miles and also have very little influence on the atmosphere. All engines may be paired with a manual five-speed transmission, but will not be the automatic shift levers as an optional decision. This efficiency and emission standards are fantastic achieved through new technologies start and stop this car which makes it extremely economical, productive and manages car use energy and power.
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This 2016 Renault Clio car should reach the market in late 2015 and its price is however not identified and we will have to endure a little longer to find out.


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OTTAWA - Canadian couch potatoes, take heart: your days of lunging for the remote to silence a blaring TV commercial may soon be an end.
New CRTC rules that go into effect Saturday require digital broadcasters to ensure that television programs and the ads that break them up all come in at the same volume level.
Aggravatingly loud TV commercials have been a consumer bugaboo in Canada for years.
Last year, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission got some 7,000 "Yes" responses when they asked viewers if they thought the ads were too loud.
The regulator called it an unusually high response to a request for comment, one that was 10 times higher than the number of complaints it had received in the previous three years combined.
"Broadcasters have allowed ear-splitting ads to disturb viewers and have left us little choice but to set out clear rules that will put an end to excessively loud ads,'' then-CRTC chairman, Konrad von Finckenstein, said a year ago.
The agency produced draft rules last December and gave broadcasters time to respond. In May, it said September would be the deadline to muzzle the commercials.
The commission says a 2009 international standard for measuring and controlling television signals will apply in order to minimize fluctuations in loudness between programming and commercials.
"They are designed to ensure that you do not have to reach for the remote control when a show cuts to an advertisement," the commission said in a news release.
"Broadcasters are also responsible for maintaining the volume of the programs themselves, to ensure that both programs and advertisements are transmitted at a relatively even volume."
The new standard applies only to digital signals. Under separate orders from the CRTC, most broadcasters have abandoned over-the-air analog broadcasting in Canadian markets.
The results of the new requirements remain to be seen, however — and the regulator is already taking steps to mute public expectations.
Loudness can be relative, it warned: an ad at a normal volume could still sound ear-splitting if it follows a relatively quiet portion of a program.
Consumers are also being urged to complain directly to broadcasters if they still believe ads are too loud, and to contact the CRTC if the problem persists.
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Number: 105-9
Date: March 13, 1998
On Thursday, March 12,1998, the House passed by a vote of 242-168, H.R. 2883, the Government Performance and Results Act Technical Amendments of 1998. The major provisions of interest are delineated below.
Strategic Plans
- Requires Federal agencies to revise, update and resubmit to Congress and to the Office of Management and Budget COMB) strategic plans not later than September 30, 1998 and of every third year thereafter. The plans must:
- identify similar overlapping funct ions and programs within and among Federal agencies and explain coordination efforts to ensure overlapping initiatives arc subject to complementary goals, strategies and performance measures.
- identify major management problems, including but not limited to programs and activities at high risk for waste, abuse or mismanagement affecting the agency, that have been documented by the agency Inspector General (IG), the General Accounting Office and others, and reflect specific goals, strategies and performance measures to resolve those problems.
- include an assessment by the agency head of the adequacy and reliability of the agency data sources and information and accounting systems to support its strategic plans and performance plans and performance reports. To the extent inadequacies exist, the plan should include an explanation from the agency head of how the agency will resolve them.
- be prepared and submitted as a single document and formatted in a manner that clearly demonstrates the linkages among the elements of the plan. Executive departments are required to submit department-wide strategic plans and separate component strategic plans for each of the major mission-related components of the department.
- identify similar overlapping funct ions and programs within and among Federal agencies and explain coordination efforts to ensure overlapping initiatives arc subject to complementary goals, strategies and performance measures.
Performance Plans and Performance Reports
- Directs OMB to submit to Congress no later than March 31, 2000, and no later than March 31 of each year thereafter, an integrated, governmentwide performance report for the fiscal year to include, among other Government Performance Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) requirements, actual results and accomplishments.
- Directs OMB to require agencies when developing performance plans covering each program activity set forth in its budget to establish performance indicators which shall include determination of the full costs of each program activity. The term "full costs" is to be defined as used in the most recent Managerial Cost Accounting Standards of the Federal Financial Accounting Standards.
- Requires agency IGs to develop and implement a plan to review agency strategic plans, performance plans and performance reports. The IG review should include an examination of agency efforts to develop and use performance measures and that verifies and validates selected agency data sources, information collection systems and accounting systems . In developing the review plan and selecting specific performance indicators, supporting data sources, etc., to be examined, the lGs are required to:
- consult with congressional committees and agency heads, including in determining the scope and course of their review.
- emphasize performance measures associated with programs or activities believed to have a high risk of waste, fraud , or mismanagement, and based on IG assessment, need a review of the controls applied in developing the performance data to ensure accuracy of those data.
- Directs the IGs to submit the review plan to the Congress and the agency heads at least annually, beginning no later than October 31, 1998.
- consult with congressional committees and agency heads, including in determining the scope and course of their review.
- Requires agency IGs to audit agency strategic plans, performance plans and performance reports and to submit the results, and recommendations to Congress and the agency heads not later than April 30 and October 31 of each year. Such submission shall be made as part of the semiannual reports required under the Inspector General Act of 1978.
- Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to comply with the provisions of Government Performance and Results Act of 1993.
- Clarifies that GPRA applies to the Federal Reserve System's Board of Governors and to the Federal Reserve banks, but only with respect to operations and functions that are not directly related to the establishment and conduct of the monetary policy of the United States.


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Queenscliff 3 Bedroom Cabin
Up to 6 Guests
- 3 Bedroom/s
- 1 Bathroom/s
- Pets Not Allowed
Estimating your equipment size
We are looking for an estimate of the size of your Caravan, Motorhome, Camper Trailer, Tent etc. once it has been set up or fully extended (outside to outside)... excluding your vehicle.
Caravans, Motorhomes, Camper Vans, Camper Trailers
Please include your tow/draw bar in the estimate.
Widths are generally around 4 – 5 metres (13.12 – 16.4 feet).
Note: Include annexes of pullouts in width.
|Average Lengths:
|4 – 12 metres (13.12 – 39.37 feet)
|7 – 14 metres (22.97 – 45.93 feet)
|5 – 7 metres (16.40 – 22.97 feet)
|Fifth wheelers
|7 – 14 metres (22.97 – 45.93 feet)
|Camper Trailers
|5 – 8 metres (16.40 – 26.25 feet)
Note: Do not include the size of the tent pegs
|1 person
|1 × 2.5 metres (3.28 × 8.20 feet)
|2 person
|1.5 × 2.5 metres (4.92 × 8.20 feet)
|3 person
|3 × 2.5 metres (9.84 × 8.20 feet)
|4 person
|4.5 × 2.5 metres (14.76 × 8.20 feet)
|5 person
|6 × 3 metres (19.69 × 9.84 feet)
|6+ person
|7 × 4.5 metres (22.97 × 14.76 feet)
Please be advised that Site sizes vary from park to park and within each park. Sites will be allocated based on the measurements provided during the booking process and it is the responsibility of the guest to ensure estimates are as close to accurate as possible.
If you are unsure, we would prefer you to overestimate or give us a call on 1300 738 044
These three bedroom cabins offer an indoor-outdoor experience with a comfortable living area and a balcony with private gas BBQ... the perfect base to kick off your Queenscliff escape. "Accommodation suited needs perfectly. We enjoyed the great child friendly facilities, atmosphere, morning coffees. kids club activities..." C.Dalton Further information: Bedding configurations and floor plans…
These three bedroom cabins offer an indoor-outdoor experience with a comfortable living area and a balcony with private gas BBQ... the perfect base to kick off your Queenscliff escape. "Accommodation suited needs perfectly. We enjoyed the great child friendly facilities, atmosphere, morning coffees. kids club activities..." C.Dalton Further information: Bedding configurations and floor plans vary between cabins. Port-a-cots will not fit in bedrooms and will need to be placed in the living area. Please contact Guest Relations directly to book if you have specific requirements. Sheets, blankets/doonas, pillows and towels are included for all beds. Serviced weekly when staying 8 nights or more. Maximum of 6 guests for online bookings. (7-8 berth cabins are available on request - please contact Guest Relations direct.) Car Parking: One (1) allocated car parking space with boom gate access provided for up to one (1) vehicle. Allocated boat parking is available free of charge - Bookings essential. Free parking is available along the resort's external boundaries for all other vehicles.
Cabin sleeps up to 6
Maximum of 6 adult(s)
Maximum of 5 children
3 Bedroom/s
5 Bed/s
1 Bathroom/s
No pets allowed in the Cabin
Reduced Mobility access
Please contact guest relations with your specific needs and requirements.
General Features
- Air Conditioner
- Bedrooms separate from living area
- Fully Self Contained Kitchen
- Heater
- Iron and ironing board
- Lounge
- Smoke Free
- Cot available for hire (on request)
- All Linen provided
- Bunk Beds
- Doonas
- Queen Bed
- Hair Dryer
- Shampoo and Conditioner
- Shower -no bath
Kitchen & Dining
- Coffee Plunger
- Cooking Utensils
- Cutlery and Crockery
- Dining Table & Chairs
- Dishwasher
- Fridge/ Freezer
- Microwave
- Oven
- Toaster
- Welcome Tea, Coffee and Sugar
- High Chair available for hire (on request)
Entertainment & Electronics
- Clock Radio
- DVD Player
- Internet - Free Wireless
- Balcony/ Courtyard/ Veranda
- BBQ - Private
- Outdoor Setting
Plus enjoy all the park facilities and fun activities on offer at BIG4 Beacon Resort, as well as the many things to see and do around Queenscliff.
Check in
Check-in is from 2pm onwards. Our reception is open 24 hours a day.
Check out
Check-out by 10am
Reception hours
24 hours a day.
Deposit & Payments
For reservations arriving within 28 days of booking, BIG4 Beacon Resort will process the full amount owing to the credit card that you have securely provided, for reservations arriving more than 28 days after making the booking, 40% of the total reservation tariff will be processed as a deposit. You will receive an email confirmation once your payment has been approved. Please advise on the booking form if a printed tax invoice and copy of your credit card slip are required. The balance of your account and any additional charges incurred during your stay are payable direct to the park and must be settled prior to your departure.
Changes & Cancellations
School holidays, long weekends, public holidays and local special events - cancellation must be notified at least 30 days prior to your scheduled arrival for a full refund. All other times, cancellation must be notified prior to 9am on the day of scheduled arrival. Cancellations notified outside of these times will receive a refund once the booking has been re-let in its entirety. Failure to advise of your cancellation, or if you do not arrive by 10am on the day after your scheduled arrival date, may result in your booking being cancelled without any refund to you. Any changes to your reservation are subject to availability. Some rates or packages may not be changed or cancelled.
Rates are nightly for up to two people, unless otherwise indicated. Infants under two years old stay free; fees apply as indicated for additional guests two years old and over. All guests under 18 years old are to be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Day visitors over two years old will be charged at $17 per person. Rates and minimum booking periods are subject to change without notice.
For the comfort of our guests, BIG4 Beacon Resort has a strict no dog policy with the exception of medically required guide, hearing or disability dogs.
You need to know
- All accommodation and facilities are non-smoking.
- BIG4 membership must be valid at the time of arrival to receive applicable discount.
- Cots, highchairs, hair dryers and disabled aids are available at no additional charge.
- Special requests are subject to availability at the time of request.
- Bunk Beds: "Warning – due to the statistical chance of significant injury children under the age of nine years old are not permitted to use the top bunk; children must not play on top bunk." (Australian Standards AS/NZS 4220:2003)
- Occupancy: sites - up to eight people, (maximum four adults) per site. In consideration of guests following onto your site, please relocate tents additional to your caravan and annex, every three days. Maximum additional tent may be no more than 2.4 x 2.4m. Accommodation - up to the maximum occupancy as specified.
- BIG4 Beacon Resort is family orientated and, with this in mind, an 11pm noise curfew is in place to ensure enjoyment for all guests.
- Guests may be requested to provide photo ID and a valid credit card on arrival. VISA and MasterCard are accepted. Guests agree that all information they provide for their booking is true and correct.
- BIG4 Beacon Resort does not accept liability for any errors or omissions on this website. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the information is accurate, management cannot guarantee that the website is free from errors or faults and reserves the right to amend information listed at any time.
- BIG4 Holiday Parks of Australia Pty Ltd is not the owner of any of the particular BIG4 Holiday Parks. We only the facilitate this booking service. All bookings are made directly with the individual owner of the BIG4 Holiday Park.
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Missouri celebrates centennial of Capitol construction
Missouri officials celebrated the centennial of the state Capitol's groundbreaking Monday while Senate budget writers advanced legislation that would provide millions of dollars for the building's maintenance and repairs.
The Senate Appropriations Committee endorsed legislation Monday that would permit $50 million for stonework, window repair and other work at the Capitol, as well as $20 million for repair and renovations at state parks, $13 million for the planning and design of a new facility at the Fulton State Hospital and $38 million to construct a new office building potentially at a former prison site in Jefferson City and to renovate a Transportation Department building.
The capital improvements legislation includes other state projects, and a similar proposal passed the state House last week.
Momentum for including funding for work at the state Capitol, the mental hospital and parks increased last week after Gov. Jay Nixon's administration announced that state revenues through April were 11.2 percent higher than at the same point last year. Missouri's net general revenue totaled $6.67 billion from July through April, compared to $5.99 billion during the same period last year.
Shortly before the budget writers met, Missouri leaders celebrated the start of construction of the Capitol. Dirt first was turned during a ceremony in May 1913. The cornerstone was laid in 1915, the first government offices moved into the structure in 1917 and the building was dedicated in 1924. The current Capitol was built to replace one that burned Feb. 5, 1911, after lightning struck its dome.
Gov. Jay Nixon and legislative leaders said during a ceremony Monday in the Capitol Rotunda that it is a strong state symbol.
"Whether it's 100 years ago or 100 years from now, Missouri will always be a place where we come together with an eye toward the future and acknowledgement of the past to build a brighter tomorrow for the state we call home," Nixon said.
House Speaker Tim Jones and Senate Majority Leader Ron Richard said they remain awe-struck while working in the Capitol. Jones called it the "crown jewel" of Missouri and said that addressing its repair and maintenance needs will help to ensure future lawmakers have a place to work and future visitors are able see its artwork and other details.
"This grand old building needs our care and our attention if it is to continue to serve the people of Missouri for another 100 years," said Jones, R-Eureka.
Time is running short for lawmakers to complete their recommendations for the state's 2014 budget. Lawmakers have until 6 p.m. Friday to approve a spending plan that will take effect July 1.
Capital improvements bill is HB19. Legislature: http://www.moga.mo.gov.


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National announces cuts to minimum youth wage levels - a disastrous policy that will destroy jobs, not create them
National's announcement today of cuts to the minimum wage for many young workers is yet another example of this Government's determination to destroy jobs rather than create them.
Kate Wilkinson boldly states that the cut to 80% of the minimum wage for up to 40,000 young workers will "help get more New Zealanders into jobs in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis."
What a load of rubbish.
If employers do choose to take on young people at $10.80 an hour instead of the current minimum $13.50 per hour, the most likely outcome will be that people currently employed will be replaced by the cheaper workers on offer, leaving older folk on the scrapheap instead.
Bringing one worker in the door at lower wages while sending another out the back to the unemployment queue does not create jobs.
Placing downward pressure on wages will also lower incomes, meaning less money in the economy, in turn resulting in further job losses.
As John Ryall of the Service and Food Workers Union says, the current minimum is already 'too low for anyone to live on.'
To those readers who think meeting food, clothing, transport and accommodation costs at $10.80 an hour is not problematic, especially in a place like Auckland, I'd invite you to take a quick look around the supermarket or at the latest accommodation ads in our region.
This is not about new jobs. It is about pressing labour costs down as far as possible to maximise business profits.
Even worse is the fact that National is now extending the age of 'youth' up to 18 and 19 year-olds, not just those aged 16 and 17.
I continue to fail to understand how any rational government can contend that a) it costs less to live if you're aged 16 -19 (just think of the food bill alone); and b) that somehow young workers are worth less to an employer than older workers.
A few decades back New Zealand enacted laws which meant women were entitled to the same pay as men. I imagine no one would question that now.
Yet there is equally no justification whatsoever for the belief that somehow people aged 16 – 19 are worth less than older workers. In fact people in this age group are often fitter, stronger and smarter than some of their elders.
National is even rolling back provisions of my successful 2007 member's bill on youth wages so that even where young workers have already been in work, if they start a new job their employer will still be able to pay them the reduced rate.
This flies in the face of any government contention that the new measures are aimed only at those currently unemployed.
All this comes at a time when job cuts are biting deep in to our manufacturing and public sectors.
The EPMU has called an urgent jobs summit for Friday this week.
Unions and workers know – even if the Government pretends it isn't happening – that job losses at Kiwirail, Nuplex, Tiwai, Spring Creek, Huntly, in the courts … and elsewhere … will deeply affect not only the workers themselves, but their families and the communities around them.
Forcing youth wages down will not create a single job for a laid off miner in Greymouth or a court registrar in Warkworth.
Nor will all Paula Bennett's welfare reforms help create one new job, as Gareth Morgan so cogently points out in a recent article. As Mr Morgan says, 'Forcing mechanical engineers to be bouncers is just a game of musical chairs replacing one bouncer with another. Unless the economy gets going you are not going to see fewer people on WINZ's books.'
Today's announcement is yet another quickstep in National's game of musical chairs, the sad part being that it's not a game, and it is peoples' livelihoods – and lives - at stake.
I wish the EPMU and all involved all the best for their summit on Friday.
We need some sensible, creative thinking about not only how to keep some jobs in this country but also about how to create new ones - without expecting Australia to always be there to pick up the slack.
If the Australian economy continues to slow the pressure release it provides for New Zealanders seeking work will gradually tighten.
Put that together with downwards pressure on wages deliberately fostered by Government and mean welfare reforms which sanction and harass those unfortunate enough to be unemployed, and the future looks pretty bleak.
As FIRST union pointed out on Sunday, it is decent jobs and security of employment that New Zealand workers need.
Without that, we are doomed to a vicious cycle of growing unemployment, a wider rich poor gap, and a deepening desperation among those whom the economy and state have cast aside.
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What a cool, creepy little flick!
Once again Mill Creek's 50 Chilling Classics pack comes through with a movie I wouldn't have watched on my own, but nonetheless found interesting, entertaining, and more than a little creepy. Crypt of the Living Dead, aka Young Hannah, Queen of the Vampires, is a vampire movie with a difference, starring a couple of well-known (to 70s trash-horror fans like me) faces and boasting some strange but periodically very effective cinematography, Crypt of the Living Dead might have benefited from my low expectations going in (as with most movies I like, the internet reviews are generally savage), but as the Duke and I often say, there's no virtue in refusing to allow yourself to be entertained, and this flick gives you more than ample chances.
We open the way every atmospheric, gothic movie about old school monsters should: with a hunchback in a lightning storm. As an intense dude in robes drones in Latin over a massive marble tomb--IN THE CRYPT!--an older man prowls the cathedral above apparently searching for him. When he's startled by the hunchback the elderly expeditioner falls through a hole into the catacombs below, and once he gets his breath back draws that much closer to his goal. Once he finds the tomb, however, he is quickly overpowered by Intense Dude and the Hunchback, who knock him out and stuff him under the tomb, which we now see is raised on four marble feet. As our explorer opens his eyes the henchmen take after the two nearest supports with sledgehammers, and a moment later the tomb falls with a crunchy thud on the chest of our would-be hero. Ouch! Haven't seen that one before!
Next we find ourselves standing by the dock of the bay, watching a young skinny dude with a porn-stache putting ashore at a small fishing village. In a very strong, somewhat creepy scene the young man tries to ask the villagers where he can find the church, but they only scowl creepily and continue mending their nets, while an unsettling music-box score plays in the background. I really think that the outsider going into a creepy, unfriendly village and meeting creepy, unfriendly people is one of the more effective set-ups in horror, and it's done excellently here.
Soon a friendly face appears in the form of Peter (Mark Damon, whose acting I also just enjoyed in the excellent, soon-to-be-reviewed sexy horror The Devil's Wedding Night). We learn in short order that Stache Man, aka Chris Bolton (Andrew Prine), is the son of the professor who got crushed in the crypt, and has come to collect his old dad's remains. Peter was the professor's assistant, helping the old man excavate the crypts while researching for a historical novel he (Peter) is writing about the island. As they head off toward the church we see a familiar malformed face in the bushes: the hunchback watches them go.
(It should be said that it's fairly obvious that Peter was the robed man from the prologue who helped kill the prof. I was never quite sure if there was meant to be some air of mystery about this fact, or if the director hoped to set up some dramatic irony with the character, us knowing he was bad when nobody else did. Either way, I was taken with the atmosphere and story, so I rolled right along.)
It turns out the old man's corpse is still under the tomb, which is so massive and in such an enclosed space that no one can move it. As luck would have it, though, Chris is an engineer, and quickly determines he can set up a pulley system to lift the tomb and pull the pressed patriarch free. But he'll have to do it in two parts--first the lid, then the lower section--which of course means opening the tomb.
That's bad, because the tomb supposedly contains the remains of Hannah, a medieval princess who in the 13th Century was put ashore here in a shipwreck, contracted vampirism, and took over the whole island, converting the entire population into her undead minions. When her fiance Prince Philip arrived to rescue her and found her a bit too bitey for his tastes, he slew all her henchvamps and buried her alive(-ish) in the tomb, carving upon it the warning, "For the peace of the dead, and for the sake of the living, let no one disturb this tomb!" Nice, eh?
Well, it wouldn't be much of a story if they heeded Prince Philip's warning, and before you can say "Great Gobs of Garlic!" Chris has lifted the lid and revealed the body of Hannah to the air for the first time in seven hundred years. To everyone's surprise, not only is she uncorrupted, she's HAWT! While Chris takes time off to woo Peter's sister Mary (also the prof's assistant when she's not teaching at the local school), the villagers get nervous, remembering the lore about Hannah the Vampire Queen. Wolves are sighted in local cemeteries, fishermen's dogs are killed and drained of blood, and Peter keeps acting stranger and stranger.
Crypt of the Living Dead has a pretty interesting story for a vampire flick, and though it's deliberately paced it's never boring. Scenes with Hannah awakening, breathing for the first time after 700 years, are actually well done and a little creepy. Teresa Gimpera as Hannah is a vision, otherworldly and seductive, and manages to do quite a bit with an essentially mute character, imparting her with a malevolence and intelligence that lets you know she's calculated everything. And a scene where she appears in the bedroom of a small girl and stands looking hungrily at the cowering child is really very effective.
The final confrontation is very brisk compared with the slower pace of most of the film, and I found it pretty exciting. Peter tries to sacrifice Mary to Hannah in order to secure the happiness that has eluded him, only to be rescued by Chris. Mary returns the favor when Chris is attacked by Hannah in her wolf-form, and then at the last Chris ignites the Queen of the Vampires and sends her plummeting off a cliff like a goddamned meteorite! But it's not over yet--when the burned vampire arises again to take on a circle of villagers, the makeup and sound FX are really wild (especially the sound FX--listen for the cat howl from hell!), though it leads to the expected conclusion.
Other actors in the flick range from good the not-so-good. The villagers are non-actors and it shows, especially in the deadpan voice of the Van Helsing character, a blind old fisherman who knows a little about vamps and clearly can guess the rest. Andrew Prine makes a meal of the scenery as Chris, and seems to think that to be persuasive, whether in convincing villagers to let him move a tomb or convincing Mary to sleep with him, all he has to do is throw a petulant tantrum and shout at the top of his lungs. Lucky for him this works. On the other hand, Mary is portrayed by Patty Shepard, who is no stranger to weird 70s Euro-horror, nor to vampire queen epics: she appeared as an alluring alien in Paul Naschy's Assignment Terror, and played the seductive and sinister Countess Wandessa in the mmmmmasterpiece The Werewolf vs. the Vampire Woman. Here's she's great as the headstrong headmistress who can take care of herself, and while it's not clear why she should fall for a whiner like Chris, she's a treat to watch and easy on the eyes. And I thought Mark Damon was excellent as the demented failed novelist Peter, who along with his friend the hunchback is helping Hannah in her quest to re-take the island.
Apparently the movie was filmed in color, but the print I have is in B&W--a web search reveals that other dvd pressings are in color, so I got the shaft in the hue department. Still, despite some very dark scenes, there was some good cinematography here and some interesting mise en scene, particularly when Hannah is on the prowl. I'd be interested to see how the same scenes hold up with the proper colors added.
Anyway, I give Crypt of the Living Dead a solid 2 thumbs up. An interesting story, some cool visuals, and a wild climax make this one worth looking at. Give it a chance, and don't be so stuffy.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Crypt of the Living Dead (1973): or, Hannah's Got a Crush on You
What a cool, creepy little flick!
Posted by The Vicar of VHS at 9:35 AM
Labels: '70s, 2-3 thumbs, 50 Chilling Classics, Mill Creek, Vampires (Regular)
2 comments:
- doc_hartman said...
I have the 50 pack chiller set. This movie isn't on it though. It also isn't listed on the website as being part of the collection. Where'd you get it?
- January 7, 2008 at 4:55 PM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
Hey doc,
Apparently there are several different editions of the Chiller pack going around, which differ in their lineups by one or two flicks. For instance, I've read that some have "Christmas Evil" on them, but mine doesn't, and there are other differences.
Still well worth the money though. Thanks for commenting! Keep reading!
- January 8, 2008 at 8:01 AM


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