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Banahan swaps Bath for Gloucester
Live updates
Gloucester Rugby could win European Challenge Cup
Gloucester Rugby have the chance to close their season with European Challenge Cup glory this evening.
The Cherry and Whites play Edinburgh at Twickenham Stoop and all the team are gearing up for the match
Gloucester Rugby sign Crusaders scrum-half Willi Heinz
Gloucester Rugby have signed Crusaders scrum-half Willi Heinz.
The 28 year old, who will join next season, will bolster Gloucester's half back options with the current Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw and hugely promising Callum Braley already in the squad.
Heinz has represented the Crusaders over 50 times and even has a Facebook page set up by the fans dedicated to him.
Willi has been a stand out performer in a Canterbury side that hasn't finished any lower than fourth in Super Rugby since 2001. His experience of playing in that competition, for such a successful franchise will be a very welcome addition to our squad.
England puts trust in West Country players for Six Nations opener
The Six Nations kicks off in Cardiff tonight with several Bath and Gloucester players in the England team to take on Wales.
Bath's George Ford, Anthony Watson, Dave Attwood and Jonathan Joseph are all in the starting line-up.
Gloucester winger Jonny May keeps his place on the wing, while Billy Twelvetrees starts on the bench.
Bath's Jonathan Joseph rewarded with England start
Bath centre Jonathan Joseph will start for England in the opening six nations game against Wales.
The number 13 has been the in-form centre in the Aviva Premiership and solves Stuart Lancaster's midfield conundrum.
The 23-year-old will join Luther Burrell to form a relatively new-look back line.
Joseph will also be joined by three other Bath players - Anthony Watson (winger), David Attwood (lock) and George Ford who starts at fly half with Owen Farrell injured.
Jonny May and Billy Twelvetrees from Gloucester Rugby also feature.
RUGBY: Dramatic win for Gloucester at Kingsholm
Gloucester have been in action in the Premiership, hosting Saracens at Kingsholm.
The visitors led throughout the game until a James Hook penalty deep into stoppage time took the Cherry and Whites ahead to win 24-23.
Gloucester and England no 8 Ben Morgan was stretchered off with a leg injury leading to fears for the Six Nations tournament, which is just weeks away.
Prop Nick Wood was also carried off with what looked like a neck injury.
RUGBY: New deal for Gloucester's Ben Morgan
England international number eight Ben Morgan has signed a new contract to extend his stay at Gloucester.
Morgan, who was named recently as the winner of the QBE Man of the Series Award for his performances for England in the Autumn internationals, is currently in his third season with Gloucester.
He moved to Gloucester in the summer of 2013 and has already made nearly 50 first team appearances for the club.
He is the third current England international to agree a new contract with the club this season, following in the footsteps of Matt Kvesic and Jonny May,
We're absolutely delighted that Ben has signed a new contract with the club. He's a key part of our plans going forward and it was very important to us to secure his services.
He's been in excellent form in recent months, both for club and country, and seems to be enjoying his rugby hugely.
Most importantly though, he is happy with the direction that we're heading in and with our ambitions for the club. He wants to be part of that going forward and we're delighted that he's on board.
The Cherry and Whites number 8 is delighted to have signed on the dotted line.
Having been away with England for a few weeks in the autumn, it was great to come back to Gloucester and sign a new contract. I'm really grateful to the club for the smooth way it's been handled.
Everyone knows how much Gloucester Rugby means to me and my family, so I'm delighted to be staying. I'm enjoying my rugby and being part of a talented group of players that are improving week by week.
I genuinely believe that there is a bright future for the club, and look forward to being part of that. I can now focus on my game and playing my part in the club's future. It's very exciting.
Elton John to play Gloucester rugby stadium
It's been announced that Elton John and his band are to play Kingsholm Stadium in Gloucester next year as part of their European tour.
The concert on Sunday 7 June will be the rock star's first ever performance in Gloucester. It will feature classics from his five-decade-long career.
I am very much looking forward to playing my first show in Gloucester. My drummer, Nigel Olsson, and guitarist, Davey Johnstone, have been with me since 1970 and 1972 respectively and we all have such fond memories of our early shows in the area.
The fans there have always shown a great love for my music and my band and I can't wait to bring our show to Kingsholm Stadium. I promise it will be worth the wait and am sure we will all have a fantastic time.
Gloucester Rugby's Chief Executive says the club couldn't be more excited about the gig.
We have held some successful concerts at the stadium in the past but this really enhances our reputation as a venue for top quality acts and will be part of an exciting year for the club, culminating with hosting four fixtures as part of Rugby World Cup 2015 later in the year.
Tickets go on sale on Friday 28 November at 9am.
Gloucester Premiership win 'unrealistic at this stage'
The new Director of Gloucester Rugby, David Humphreys, says it's unlikely the club could win the Premiership next season but he is optimistic about the longer-term future.
Premiership fixtures for Bath and Gloucester announced
The full fixtures lists for the upcoming Aviva Premiership Rugby season have been released.
The season gets underway on Friday 5th of September. New coach Laurie Fisher will take his Gloucester side to Northampton on the opening night.
Elsewhere Bath will face a trip to the North West to Play Sale Sharks at the AJ Bell Stadium.
You can see the full fixture list for the season here.
Friday 5th Sept - Northampton Saints v *Gloucester Rugby *
Saturday 6th Sept - Sale Sharks vs *Bath Rugby *
New Gloucester Rugby coach excited for challenge
Gloucester Rugby's new head coach, Laurie Fisher, has taken to Twitter to speak of his excitement about joining the club.
The Australian joins from UC Brumbies in Canberra.
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Looking Back at my Worst of 2014 List
Similar to yesterday's post reflecting on my favorite games of 2014 and if or how those opinions changed in the year since, I thought I'd tackle my least favorite games of 2014 with the same approach. Republishing what I wrote last year with 2015 commentarty added for good measure.
So with that out of the way, here are (were) my 5 Worst Games of 2014.
5. Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning Returns and Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster - SquareEnix kicks off my list with a tie for 5th place. Lightning Returns was just disheartening because it felt like the whole Lightning trilogy went way off the rails. None of the games were good and the story seemed like such an after thought that there's virtually no connective tissue between the three games. Sure, a handful of characters existed across the series but it was pretty much in name only. The characters themselves are wildly different in each game. So much so that it ended up feeling like they only used Lightning, Serah, Hope, et al because they already have the game assets. Lighting Returns' story is so laughably bad and forgettable that it outweighs the one thing that the game does get right: its combat. The action RPG elements of the battles belongs in a much better game. What a fall from the glory days of Final Fantasy IV through Final Fantasy IX? Which leads me to...
The Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster. Why did I buy this game? Even worse, why did I buy it for both the PS3 and Vita?! This game made its way into my collection on pure nostalgia. As the first voiced Final Fantasy games, I remember them being a huge deal. Funny how your memory can play tricks on you. The performances are really awkward and wooden and it's immediately clear that SquareEnix didn't really know what it was doing with voice acting yet (and unfortunately as Lightning Returns shows, they still don't have much of a clue). These kinds of games don't hold up in a post-Persona 4 Golden kind of world. And the fact that they made the game Cross-Play but not Cross-Buy is why I wound up with two copies. The games belong on my television screen but I also wanted the freedom to play them lying in bed or on the go so I picked up the Vita version as well. I will definitely remember 2014 as the year that SquareEnix pretty much burned through the last of my Final Fantasy goodwill.
2015 Commentary: Ever since I kind of crapped on Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD during my appearance on Kinda Funny Gamescast #21, my friend Nathan has turned it into a running joke about them being my favorite game in the series. We even pitched the idea of X-III: A Ronso Love Story on Twitter as a dating sim featuring Kimahri. Fortunately, I had the self-restraint this year and didn't buy SquareEnix's cheap cash-in by releasing the port on the PlayStation 4 as well. In fact, that pissed me off most of all because there's absolutely no reason they couldn't have released that in 2014 alongside the other two versions. It just reads as a desperate cash grab probably helping to pay for Final Fantasy XV.
And the entire Lightning trilogy sits at the bottom of my Final Fantasy rankings. But hey, at least this year we finally got the announcement that Final Fantasy VII Remake was a real thing, in some form or another.
4. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS - This is probably the most controversial pick on the list given how many people were falling over themselves to praise the game this year. But I stand by all of the concerns that people had before they got hands on with the game. The 3DS is too small to be able to follow the frenetic pace of a Super Smash Bros. fight. And as I touched upon in my best of write up, the 3DS as a controller is pretty much garbage, especially for games like this one that need precision timing. Add to that the idea that I couldn't use the d-pad for movement and was stuck with the thumbstick I despise and this game just left me angry with no real desire to try and complete every challenge. I played enough to get all of the characters and stages but that was about it. Maybe if I had a group of friends to play with, I'd be singing a different tune, but I'd probably also just bite the bullet and get the Wii U if that were the case. Because it seems to me that Couch Multiplayer is about the only thing Nintendo is still doing well in the console wars. And this game was essentially an expensive demo of the far more system-appropriate Wii U version of the game.
2015 Commentary: I haven't touched my Super Smash Bros. on 3DS this year but, sure enough, 2015 was the year I finally buckled down and got a Wii U and Super Smash Bros. was indeed one of the titles I picked up for it. The idea was that Cat and I would be having our friends over more for games of Mario Kart, Mario Party, Smash Bros. and the like but that didn't really happen. So I didn't even play enough of the Wii U version to unlock everyone. I might still come back to it now that all of the DLC is wrapping up, including Cloud. But it might also just keep gathering dust on my shelf instead.
3. Destiny: The Dark Below - While Destiny got an honorable mention nod in my best of list, the expansion pack makes the worst of list because it makes pretty much zero effort to respond to the complaints of the core game. Specifically, this was Bungie's first opportunity to respond to the universal criticism of the lackluster story and they just gave us more of the same. I hopped back into the game to play this expansion since it was already included with my initial purchase and noticed a few things. First, there were a lot of little tweaks to the game that had occurred while I was away and I had to go digging through Bungie's notes to identify how now level up my Exotic gear. Second, I quickly breezed through the new story content and strike missions. Given the price of the expansion, it seemed as though there should have been about twice as much content than there was. And once again, as a solitary player, I'm pretty much unable to enjoy the raid. I'll revisit the game again when the House of Wolves pack is released but this time, I'm not getting my hopes up and I'll probably wind up putting the game down for good after that.
2015 Commentary: As discussed in yesterday's commentary on Destiny, I largely sat out the game this year. I didn't even bother diving back in when the House of Wolves content launched because I heard that the real draw of it was the PvP content. Eventually, I played through it a couple of weekends before Taken King launched and that pretty much cemented that I wouldn't be picking up the new expansion. Have fun, Guardians! I enjoyed my time with you but not enough to keep coming back.
2. Watch_Dogs - Watch_Dogs makes the list because of its wasted potential all-around. The story was cliched. The main character was milquetoast. The driving was atrocious. The novelty of the hacking mechanic wears off far too quickly to carry the game. Ultimately, there just wasn't anything here to keep me engaged so I stopped playing probably somewhere in Act II or Act III. I might revisit it during a drought in gaming this year but it's pretty low on the backlog so I may just opt to play through games I actually enjoyed again, instead. This game was often described as Assassin's Creed with technology. So I really should have taken that as a sign because I absolutely hate the original Assassin's Creed. But to their credit, they did make Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag which I really enjoyed. Speaking of...
2015 Commentary: Phooew. Inserting my commentary in here completely breaks up my segue into Assassin's Creed Unity. Oh well. I don't think I ever really thought about Watch_Dogs this year. But in retrospect, we clearly should have known it was going to be dumb, what with that stupid underscore in the middle of it's name. That's right Nick_Scarpino and Fred_Sully. That dig was directed specifically at you two and only one of you is even aware of this website. Anyway, back to that great segue about Ubisoft making this game and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag...
1. Assassin's Creed Unity - Fuck. This. Game. Up front. I didn't even have any of the crappy glitches or issues that plagued this games launch. This was just a shittygame that soured me on the whole series. Now, to be fair, I already didn't have a ton of love for the game. As I alluded to above, I absolutely hate the first game. I tried playing it a few years ago and just walked away from it because it handles horribly. But since there wasn't all that much to play when I got my PS4 in 2013, I picked up Black Flag and actually really enjoyed it. So much so that I even went back and played through the other games in the series. I still hated the first one but I fought my way through it hoping that some of the features/weapons that I enjoyed in IV would appear. They never did. So as soon as I finished it, I moved onto ACII which I liked far better. And for the most part, I enjoyed the entire Ezio trilogy just fine. I never got too far into ACIII, which as I understand it is for the best. But all told, ACIV was my favorite game of the series so I was excited for Unity. Then I played Unity. And pretty much everything about the game made me angry. Right off the bat, in the Tutorial level, the controls just felt like shit. The character never went where I wanted him to go. Next, the game proper starts and UPlay is immediately thrown intrusively into the mix (but pretty much nothing about the Initiates site was working). Oddly, I've actually stuck with the stupid companion app and am about to complete the final missions on that because I really enjoyed the Kenway's Fleet aspect of Black Flag and that game was essentially the same setup. But as soon as I get through these last couple missions, I'll pretty much be quitting the franchise unless a game comes out with significantly better reviews. The story was forgettable and frustrating. It was pretty obvious early on where they were going with it. And it was lazy storytelling 101 to fabricate stakes where there otherwise were none. Arno angered me because he was such a non-character. And for all of the hype that was put towards the beauty of re-creating Paris, I would have much preferred they had put the time and effort into fixing the problems that pretty much every entry in the game has. If the gameplay isn't fun, I don't care how much time and effort you put into building the world, because I have no incentive to explore the world. You can put 500 NPC characters on screen at once now? Why should I care? Does that make the game better? No. It's just the easiest statistic to relay what the new generation of hardware can do. That's just 500 people that are now in the way between me and an objective. Congratulations AC Unity on souring me from the game so much that I won't be picking up Rogue until it's a free PS Plus game or something. And thanks for moving at least one game off my docket for next holiday season. I will think of you disdainly as I'm playing through a game of actual quality come Q4.
2015 Commentary: Wow. I remembered that I hated this game and true to my word skipped on Syndicate this year. But I had forgotten going on that diatribe. But yeah. Fuck Assassin's Creed. By avoiding this year's installment, I was able to squeeze in a couple of games that I'm sure will feature in my Best of 2015 list.

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January Column: Thought for the Month
As we enter a new year, what are you hoping for? The only hope that is guaranteed to be fulfilled is our hope in God. He is the God of hope.
January Column: Thought for the Month
with Reverend Richard Hall, St Mary's, Saltford
As we enter a new year, what are you hoping for? The only hope that is guaranteed to be fulfilled is our hope in God. He is the God of hope.
When children were invited to ask the vicar about creation, one boy asked: "When God created the world, did he know that men were going to make rockets and bombs and things?" The answer is that he took the risk. He is a God of hope.
God has a theology, it may not be written down in the bible but it is there all the same. One way or another, God affirms: "I believe in men and women, dwellers in time and space, caretakers of the earth and its environment. I believe in creation, mind and matter, body and spirit. I believe in freedom."
Look again at the Garden of Eden. When things went wrong, God could have scrapped the whole thing and started again. But he didn't, he believed in us. God found Noah and his family and gave them a DIY ark kit. Afterwards he told them, while there is a rainbow in the sky you will know the God of hope is still in business.
The God of hope then became the man of hope, in Jesus, who gave all hope to all people.
For us today, our Christian hope is no fanciful optimism, but God does expect something of us. He is putting us in charge.
So, we have responsibilities at home and at work, our concern for our neighbour next door and in the Third World, our campaigning for world peace and so on.
This is because he believes in us
So, may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing in 2013.


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BOUCHERVILLE, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Nov. 12, 2013) - The Board of Directors of RONA Inc. (TSX:RON)(TSX:RON.PR.A) has authorized the Corporation to purchase in the normal course of its activities, from November 18, 2013 to November 17, 2014, up to 8,578,384 of its common shares, representing 10% of its 85,783,842 public float or 7.04% of its 121,905,319 common shares issued and outstanding on November 12, 2013. This issuer bid is subject to the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange.
"Counting on cash available and free cash flow generation, we believe the purchase of our common shares would represent an effective use of our capital. This buyback program is part of our initiatives intended to optimize our capital structure and increase shareholder value", commented Dominique Boies, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation.
Under this issuer bid, the purchases will be made at market prices through the facility of the Toronto Stock Exchange or alternative Canadian trading platforms, in accordance with the requirements of the Toronto Stock Exchange. The common shares thereby purchased will be cancelled.
The average daily trading volume of the Corporation's common shares was 142,998 common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange over the last six completed calendar months. Accordingly, since the Corporation is entitled to purchase up to 25% of the average daily trading volume on any trading day, it can purchase 35,749 common shares per day in addition to block trades in accordance with the Toronto Stock Exchange rules.
In the preceding twelve-month period, the Corporation has not repurchased any common shares of the Corporation.
Shareholders may obtain a free copy of the documents filed with the Toronto Stock Exchange concerning this bid by writing to the Corporate Secretary of RONA at 220 chemin du Tremblay, Boucherville, Quebec, J4B 8H7.
About RONA
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For more information on the risks, uncertainties and assumptions that would cause the Corporation's actual results to differ from current expectations, please also refer to the Corporation's public filings available at www.sedar.com and www.rona.ca. In particular, further details and descriptions of these and other factors are disclosed in the MD&A under the "Risks and uncertainties" section and in the "Risk factors" section of the Corporation's current Annual Information Form.
The Corporation expressly disclaims any obligation or intention to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required by the applicable securities laws.
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text: Wednesday afternoon, working at the boutique. Drawing new fabrics designs, thinking about food....good food...Thanksgiving food! Which makes me thing of desserts...I Love desserts...um, yum! So I sidetrack, and on one of my favorite websites looking for an apron pattern (to make aprons with my own fabric...oooooh so tingly inside) when I come across food, because that's all I can think about today...and I come across these darling patterns to make faux cakes....which leads me to some of the most fantastic posts I've seen lately on these talented women who can make delicious looking treats out of fabrics. You can check out my friend Karla's blog and see what the talented Natasha made for her recently! So just for some silly Thanksgiving fun maybe you'll be inspired to make your own fabric treats. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I am so Thankful for YOU! Check out Repo Depot Fabrics for patterns.


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Dear Internets,
As some of you know, my name is Alisa Starr and I make Snarky Cards: Brutally Honest Greeting Cards. I sell them in bars from a box that hangs beneath my boobs. Which are huge. So is my ass. We call my ass The Mountain. Well, we call it The Magic Mountain now (Thanks Asa!). I'm looking to get my ass down to normal size. This means we might have to sacrifice some boobs, but I'm willing to go down to a D cup (from my triple D's) for the cause.
Creston Pool opened about 3 weeks ago. It's an outdoor pool, mostly filled with children getting swim lessons, and the 16 year old lifeguards who teach them. I do laps there in the afternoon, and try to swim around the pool on the weekends, while the pool is crowded with people just bobbing and screaming in a recreational attempt to get out of the heat. It's weird to be the only fat chick at the pool. It's especially weird to be the only adult swimming who doesn't have a child taking lessons. Sometimes I eavesdrop on the lessons, trying to improve my strokes. I love swimming. I always have. I think it's because I'm a cancer, and we're crabs. But I also took swimming lessons every year from the time I was four until I was ten. My mother kept me in swim lessons for an extra long time, because she liked to flirt with my swim instructors. She was a young mother, younger then than I am now, and the boys who ran the pool liked flirting with her back. By the time I was 11, I actually got on the swim team, in Santa Clara. I competed and won some medals. And then I turned 12, and started to get self-conscious about my body, and the idea of wearing a bathing suit just sounded humiliating.
So, I forgot that the pool is a perfect place, where I'm always the right size, and it's OK to be athletic, and nothing can hurt me while I'm swimming laps. Usually by the 25th minute of my work-out I have some sort of epiphany about work, or my feelings, or my life, that makes it all easier. And then I get out of the pool (a little wobbly as the leg I broke doesn't exactly remember how to climb the pool ladder) and I feel muscular and strong.
I like to walk back home, on Powell, wearing my wet suit, letting it dry in the sun. I think of this as an exercise in loving the way I look in it; trying my best to like my body as it is, rather than wishing it was different. And while I swim, the sound of children laughing and learning things reassures me, bringing me back to a time when my life was simpler, and I was sure I was easy to like.
Last night I went out selling in Southeast Portland, and I met a whole lot of people who've been buying my cards for years, and are happy to see that I'm still doing it. It was like a nudge from the Universe saying: You're still OK. You're doing a good job. You just have to keep going. Between that and the Magic Mountain plan, I think this summer is going to turn out OK.
I just relisted some cards on my etsy site. Kitty AIDS has been one of my favorites. At first I thought it was a card I could send my grandmother, but recently I've realized that she's actually Hella-Religious and she would probably get upset about me making fun of the baby Jesus this way. Then again, she does hate cats….


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Econnect explores the design of educational structures that connect to their surrounding culture and environment. Designing spaces that are culturally responsive as a place to connect and learn about the local environment supports stewardship of the planet.
Location: New Delhi, India. 2010Project: Econnect (Lotus Flower)Competition: KHOJ International Artists' Association: In Context: public.art.ecology Part IIProject Submission: Econnect by Jennifer and Geoff Hoffman with Love Motel for Insects by Brandon BallengéeExhibition: Econnect and Love Motel for Insects KHOJ InstallationCollaboration: Jennifer Hoffman (Econnect Lotus Flower Concept and Design), Geoff Hoffman (Econnect - Technical Consulting) with Love Motel for Insects by Brandon Ballengée
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Masakage VG10 Tsuchime Petty 150mm
A large right-handed paring knife, thin blade, nice and pointy. For those more fiddly jobs around the kitchen.
The contrast of the highly polished and hammer finished blade and more subtle Japanese handle looks great and the good news is that this is also a well balanced lightweight knife and at the larger end of the "petty" scale it's perfect for a lot of jobs like peeling and chopping smaller items such as fruit and many vegetables.
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We have personally tested and reviewed this knife to give you an honest and personal opinion about it and this is how it rates.
The technical bits
- Blade length 155 mm (Measurement of the cutting edge)
- Total length 280 mm (Blade + Handle)
- Blade height 29 mm Heel to spine
- Total weight 71 grams
- Blade Material Stainless cutting edge, laminated in Stainless
- Style Japanese
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- Tang Style Half
- Type Petty
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Apricot Filled Pretzel Crunch Muffins
So I'm an idiot. I'm such an advocate for in-season eating and local food, and what do I go ahead and choose for the first Cook's Mission Challenge? Apricots. My heart was in the right place- last weekend, Upstate NY was in the high 70's and I was feeling Spring! I associate spring with apricots, so I thought 'perfect, I'll make apricots the secret ingredient!'. Are apricots at any farmers markets? No. How about in any grocery stores? No. So was this a poor choice for the tail end of winter? Probably.
So that means dried fruit, which I'm okay with. Actually I'm more than okay with it. I hated dried fruit when I was younger, but when I tasted fruit that wasn't soaked is sulfur (in my mind, sulfur=egg water) I grew to love dates, apricots, plums and even raisins.
The thing with dried fruit is: less water means a more intense taste, a more intense sweetness and yes, more calories. Fresh fruit will always have my heart, but I do love the occasional candy-like chew, and caramel-esque flavor of dried fruit.
I was thinking the mystery basket ingredients (pretzels and apricots) would be fun in a savory dish, but I hadn't baked everything in a while so I decided to go for a muffin recipe.
The filling of these muffins is a gooey sweet apricot fudge. It keeps them so moist and is better than any icing!
The actual muffin is a hybrid apricot banana bread with crunchy pretzels as a topping. They're vegan to accommodate more people!
- 1/2 cup dried apricots
- 1/4 cup walnuts, toasted
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/4 tsp salt
Process all ingredients in a blender or food processor until creamy and smooth.
Apricot Stuffed Apricot Muffins
- 1/4 cup apple sauce
- 1 tbsp flaxseed, milled
- 1/4 cup almond milk (or soymilk)
- 1 banana, mashed
- 1/4 cup honey or brown rice syrup
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup dried apricots, chopped
- 1 batch of apricot walnut filling, above
- 1/2 cup chopped pretzels
- 3 tbsp chopped walnuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 350*
Combine the apple sauce, flaxseed, almond milk and honey. Let mixture sit for fifteen minutes.
Why? Flaxseed has thickening properties that can increase the viscosity of the batter. I believe it's the soluble fiber in the seed that binds water molecules. Have you ever added Metamucil (soluble fiber) to water and let it sit? It turns into goop! The properties of flax and chia seeds are similar and keep the muffins from falling apart. I let this sit for 15 minutes to give the seeds time to thicken the liquid.
Whisk together the flour, salt, cinnamon, leavening and apricots. Pour the wet ingredients and mashed banana onto the dry ingredients and let sit for 5 minutes.
Why? Pouring the wet onto the dry lets the starch molecules in the flour swell before agitating them and producing gluten. Gluten is a protein structure that will be chewy or tough, so you want to avoid that. '
Fold together the wet and dry just until the powder disappears.
Why? The more you mix, the more gluten structure is created.
Using a 1/4 cup measuring cup (or disher) distribute batter into 9-10 holes in a greased muffin tin. Add 1 tbsp of filling to each muffin, then cover with another tsp of batter. Top all muffins with crushed pretzels and walnuts, if desired.
Bake for 7 minutes in the oven. Because the cooking time is so short, there's no need to open the oven and rotate the pan unless you're sure your oven has hot spots. Opening the door will actually increase the chances of uneven cooking.
Cool the muffins and then enjoy! They're awesome with coconut butter, or Coconut cream cheese.
Nutrition: (per muffin) 174 calories, 5 grams fat (1.6 grams saturated fat), 30 grams carbohydrates (3 grams fiber) (12.7 grams sugar) and 3.7 grams protein. Provides 7% recommended daily value of Vitamin A, 6% Vitamin C, 6% Iron and 3% Calcium.
Head over to the Cook's Mission site to vote for your favorite recipe! Just leave a comment to place your vote.
The winner will pick the ingredients for the next week! 🙂
So my posts have become more involved lately. It takes several hours to put together a post, with baking/cooking several attempts, taking pictures, editing ingredient photos, researching the science and typing up the recipes. Though I love doing it, right now I've been having trouble putting out 6+ posts per week with school and work to tend to. I won't take offence, but would you guys rather see more frequents posts or less frequent (4-5 posts/week) more detailed posts?
I can't express how grateful I am for your comments and feedback. I just makes my day to see them. 🙂
THANK YOU everyone who participated in the first Cook's Mission: Mystery Basket Competition challenge! It means so much to me.
Check out:
Christina's Rosemary Apricot Stuffed Pretzels
Jessica's Pretzel and Apricot Crusted Tuna with Apricot Quinoa
Heather's Crunchy Pretzel Apricot Glaze Chicken
Caronae's White Chocolate Dipped Pretzels Coated in Chopped Apricots
Jessica's Apricot Chickpea Patties
Meg's Gluten Free Apricot Pretzel Snack Mix
Jessie's Secret Apricot Passion Pudding
Katie's Pretzels with Apricot Mustard
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March 27, 2010 4:44 am
Girl, you just blow. me. away. Your talent with food is AMAZING!!! I think you chose the PERFECT ingredients – and now I wish I had participated!!! 😉
Off to check out those posts and vote!!! 😀
Great job!!!
March 27, 2010 5:05 am
Girl, that just looks incredibly amazing! My week was a little crazy, but I hope to participate next time!
March 27, 2010 5:07 am
Those muffins have to be the most creative and delicious looking muffins I've ever seen! I love pretzels and I love apricots!! Brilliant combination! 🙂
March 27, 2010 5:35 am
Mae, those Crunch Muffins look heavenly. Wow! I can understand how much work goes into all your posts – and you're an extremely busy girl, especially managing the Cook's Mission website, too! I'd say if you really love doing the more detailed posts, and the shorter ones don't cut it for you, do them less frequently – I'll read them all! Do what you're most comfortable with 🙂
March 27, 2010 9:29 am
You are too cute! Whatever works best for you! It is YOUR blog after all! If you have time and feel like posting, then go for it! if you are stressed and busy, then take a break!
We will all still be here when you come back! Go with what feels right for you!
March 27, 2010 10:14 am
These look awesome. I don't know how you do it! It must be so labor intensive to photograph every ingredient…even though the finished result is terrific.
I MUST make these muffins. They look so good. Thanks for the fab recipe. 🙂
March 27, 2010 7:02 pm
Wow, how creative!! I'll bet the sweet + salty tastes AMAZING. I want to participate in the next one!!
March 27, 2010 10:54 pm
I am LOVING the visuals of the recipe ingredients! I love the little measuring spoons and cups decorating the page, indicating what and how much is used. I also LOVE the in-depth posts–I learn so much from you. I think a fun update post now and again is great too, but the posts you do now really highlight all of your strengths with the researching, science, baking, photography, writing, etc. Keep it up!
BTW, have you decided yet where to go to school?? I've accepted Clemson's offer so I'm pretty excited 🙂
April 17, 2010 1:36 am
hmmmmm you have a banana in the picture but it's not in the ingredients or directions? they look delicious and I wanted to make them!
April 17, 2010 2:15 am
yay, I also just tried the coconut cream cream cheese and chocolate euphoria. The chocolate= love, I am currently undecided on cream cheese 🙂 but you are a culinary genius either way. If you had never invented anything other than humnut pizza I would probably still think this though- that stuff has changed my life.
April 18, 2010 4:49 am
Ok so I just made these and they are delicious BUT I did take some liberties with the recipe 🙂
I eliminated the walnuts and pretzels on top. I reduced the honey to 3 tbsp. I substituted dried figs for the apricots and just took the dried fruit out of the muffin part (just in the filling).
They are a little more calories friendly at 125 each. You could also take the walnuts out for an even 100cals each (made ten muffins). but I like the crunch, might be good with the pretzels in the filling?
Basically I ended up with banana muffins with figgy filling and they were better than any fig newton I ever had!
Thanks for the great idea
April 18, 2010 4:50 am
Oh I also forgot to mention that I bet a dab of nut butter in the very center of the filling would be AMAZING, then they would be triple layer muffins 🙂
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THESE AND EVERYTHING ELSE LOOK SOO GOOD. you are soo cute, i cant wait to read this more in depth!


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Redundant Women: The consequences of Economic Recession on Women
Economic recession is defined to be a time frame (two consecutive sectors) where there is disappointing or negative growth in an economy of your specific region or perhaps country. Economic recession offers different effects on each sector of a nation. A particular sector could experience a direct effect that could distinctive simply in his or the woman's sector.
Women includes half of the worlds human population. During recessions, there is a comparable downturn on womens work that ever before. Ahead of the United States recession in 2001, women were not greatly affected by the economical recession. However, following the 2001 recession in the usa, omen started losing lots of jobs.
Women also experience low work rates. Families rely on womens employment to boost the family income during a economic downturn. According to the United States Agency of Labor Statistics:
1. When women lose jobs, families lose a substantial share from the income. Women salaries are said to be 1 / 3rd of the whole family budget.
2. Over the past 30 years, families who have a working wife have experienced real increases in family income.
3. Throughout the 2001 recession, females were hit tougher by unemployment than men.
4. After the recession of 2001, ladies were able to get back to their own jobs but in which unable to gain or even experience any rise in their employment charges.
5. Women are said to become harder hit through the 2008 recession given that women are disproportionately displayed in state and local government services.
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These tarts are made with chickpea flour and seeds and are very easy to make. Chickpea flour is high in protein (10 grams per 1/2 cup serving) and fiber (5 grams per 1/2 cup serving), and relatively low in carbohydrates. It is great for anyone avoiding gluten or refined carbohydrates. It is so versatile. It can be used in desserts, snacks, sauces, main dishes.
Savory tarts with roasted beet hummus
- 100 g chickpea flour
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2-3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- a pinch of oregano
- salt to teste
Preheat oven to 180 °C. Brush 6 tart molds (7 cm diameter) with a little bit of olive oil.
Combine dry ingredients in a bowl. Add 2-3 tablespoons olive oil and 3 tablespoons of water. Mix and knead with your hands until it all sticks together.
Spread the dough into 6 tart molds and bake for 20 minutes until crisp or lightly golden.
Remove from the oven and let it cool down completely.
Fill the tarts with roasted beet hummus (see recipe) and top it with green peas and sprouts (for decoration I used broccoli flowers)


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Works Minister Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu will lead the 180-member delegation to the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, beginning in Delhi next week.india Updated: Jan 04, 2007 14:38 IST
Works Minister and MIC president Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu will lead a 180-member delegation to the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2007, a conference which brings together people of Indian origin living overseas.
The three-day conference, which kicks off on Jan 7 in New Delhi, is aimed at bringing expertise and knowledge of the overseas Indian community to India in an effort to further boost collaboration among Indians worldwide.
Samy Vellu's delegation to the conference, dubbed the Indian Diaspora, would include MIC and non-governmental organisation heads and 20 Malaysian media practitioners.
"We will use this forum to seek more investments, especially infrastructure-related investments. We will also exchange information on various national and international issues," Samy Vellu said in a statement yesterday.
He said he would use the conference to hold discussions with several chief ministers of Indian states to explore business opportunities available there for Malaysian businesses.
The Malaysian delegation, which will also include Construction Industry Development Board chief executive officer Datuk Hamzah Hasan, is confident of securing more business deals during the trip.
"We hope to tap the increasing opportunities for infrastructure projects in India. It is a booming economy and it is only opportune that we use this platform to get more business," said Samy Vellu who is slated to present a keynote address at the conference.
MIC deputy president Datuk G Palanivel will also deliver a paper at the Diaspora.
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How to find a qualitative social media influencer
Ludmila Savina
Social media influencers don't necessarily have to be a blogger or celebrity. Any user of social networks with a large audience, which actively follows him can be the influencer.
But how to recognize high-quality social media influencers among the raging flow of social networks, which perfectly fit into your advertising campaign? Of course, they have many distinctive features. We'll tell three of the most basic.
Qualitative social media influencers have clearly defined interests, which they transmit on social networks. Beauty, fashion, technology, food — at first sight on influencer`s profile it becomes clear on what he specializes in and in what field is considered to be an expert.
Such influencers worry about their reputation and value about followers. They realize that a lot of people listen to their opinion, therefore, promote only those products in which they are confident.
– Publicfast's influencer
True influencers control the quality of their content. Each of them has an individual style. If you don't notice advertising posts on influencer` social networks at once, then you have found a quality influencer.
The ability to write in an interesting and natural way — that is what distinguishes good influencers from those who just want to make some money. Advertising posts of high-quality influencers don't distract from the overall content and look very organically.
– Publicfast's influencer
The number of followers and engagement rate
Hundreds of thousands or even a million of followers don't guarantee the quality of social media influencers. It`s important to consider how the audience responds to influencer` posts when you select them for the advertising campaign. View the number of followers (and/or friends) on accounts and compare it to the number of likes under posts.
For example, if the user has 50 thousand followers and the average number of likes is only a thousand, the influencer can`t be considered qualitative due to the low level of engagement. But if the influencer has only a thousand followers and about 400-500 likes — be sure that you find a real high-quality micro-influencer. True influencers always interact with their audience, ask questions and reply to comments.
Thanks to this increase not only the level of trust but also engagement. Thus, the interaction of "brand-audience" will establish faster and easier.
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www.fueloilnews.com | FUEL OIL NEWS | MARCH 2017 3 DATELINE BREAKING NEWS LAST CHANCE: OESP ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2017 SCHOLARSHIPS OESP's Dave Nelsen Scholarship Program was established in 1999 to provide scholar- ships to students interested in pursuing their careers in the energy service industry. The deadline to apply for a scholarship is Thursday, March 16, 2017. Since 1999, more than $250,000 in awards has been presented. To be consid- ered a candidate, applicants are required to write a 500-word essay telling the com- mittee about themselves, including their background that has prepared them for the success in their chosen field of study. Each year we receive hundreds of applications that are reviewed by our dedicated scholar- ship committee. For eligibility requirements and to download an application, go to http:// thinkoesp.org/education/future-energy- professionals. Corporate sponsors can help continue this worthwhile program, OESP said. OESP awards $5,000 per qualifying stu- dent per year. The Association contributes $2,500 and is seeking sponsors to match that award. Scholarship sponsors receive: Your logo on the scholarship page for the year Your logo in OESP's e-blast solicita- tion of applicants Your logo in OESP's monthly e-blasts and newsletter whenever the scholarship program is mentioned Your name in press releases of schol- arships following the conference Featured article of scholarship spon- sors in printed conference issue of the OESP News Recognition & signage at the OESP awards dinner, May 23, 2017, in Hershey, Pa. Contact OESP at 888-552-0900 or email@example.com to confirm your company's sponsorship of the Dave Nelson Scholarship program. ADD SYSTEMS SIGNS ON AS A TOP SPONSOR FOR 2017 EASTERN ENERGY EXPO ADD Systems has signed on as a sponsor for the 2017 Eastern Energy Expo, May 21-25 in Hershey, Pa. The Eastern Energy Expo is co- sponsored by the Oil and Energy Service Professionals, the Atlantic Region Energy Expo, and the Pennsylvania Petroleum Association. ADD Systems, founded in 1973, pro- vides back office and mobile software to the heating oil, propane, HVAC, wholesale petroleum, lubricants distribution, and convenience stores industries. ADD Systems joins Beckett and Federated Insurance as the Expo sponsors of the conference. This year's Diamond Sponsors are: Angus Energy; Buckeye Energy Services; Gulf Oil; Renewable Energy Group; Sunoco, LLP; Valero Marketing and Supply. Other sponsors include Citgo Petroleum as a Platinum Sponsor, RE Michel as exclusive sponsor of the charging stations on the trade show floor and Petrocom Energy as a Food Court Sponsor. OESP sponsors include Weil McLain, Roth and Taco Comfort Solutions as "Premier Education Sponsors" and Honeywell and F.W. Webb as "Own the Classroom Sponsors." As of this writing, there are still open sponsorship opportunities in which companies can have their logo on offi- cial conference signage, as well as print ads, web ads, complimentary confer- FEATURED NEWS DATELINE • Last Chance: OESP Accepting Applications for 2017 Scholarships • ADD Systems Signs on as a Top Sponsor for 2017 Eastern Energy Expo • Bob Renkes to Retire from PEI; Rick Long Named His Successor • Propane Council CEO Willis to Retire FUELS/EIA – pg 10 • KleerBlue Solutions Debuts Fleet and Retail DEF Dispensers • EIA: Residential Heating Oil Prices Up from Last Year • EIA: Propane-by-Rail Data Gives Insights to Changing Markets • EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook: Forecast Highlights BUSINESS OPERATIONS – pg 18 • Cargas Launches Mobile Delivery Solution for Android and Windows Devices • AquaMotion Names Sales Rep and 'Trailblazer' of the Year • Paraco Gas Corp. Hires COO • Bergquist Assigns Matt Brock to Sales Position for Tank Monitoring • Mid:Com Hires Jeff Christiansen as IT Administrator/Engineer • Ralph Amadeo Retires from Powderhorn Agency • Eric Leskinen to Lead Consulting Division of P3 Propane Safety • Katharine Morgan Becomes President of ASTM International • General Filters Presents 'Soaring Eagle' Award to Edmunds & Associates HVAC/HYDRONICS – pg 44 • Cargas Named to Bob Scott's VAR Stars List • Fujitsu General America Names Andrew Armstrong Vice President of Sales and Marketing • Product: Westmor Industries Redesigns Blueline Bobtail Piping • More Selected Products Exhibited at 2017 AHR Expo


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This matching set of rings are handmade and stamped with personal messages on the inside. It's a great way to celebrate a special event shared with someone – whether for a marriage or a first marathon. Two incredibly different experiences, even if they sometimes feel the same 😉
The samples in this newest listing are the actual rings I made my husband and I for our 10th wedding anniversary. I would have stamped the date instead of a message on his, but fortunately he has yet to forget. When he does, I'll just make him a new one as a gentle reminder…


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Week 2 has one exercise and one lesson that do not have active links to material. Why is this?
1.1 Inner Peace and the Art of Bowing
One thing I like about music is the way it sounds.
In this first module, we'll learn some FUNdamentals: Posture, tuning and bowing on open strings. However, when we practice our goal is simply to make a nice sound. This can be a very enjoyable part of your fiddle journey. Just try to enjoy making a good (not perfect) sound.
Even if you have been playing for a few months (or longer), you may benefit from watching some of these fundamental lessons. Sometimes certain techniques and skills get skipped or are not covered as thoroughly as they should be especially if you're learning online.
- Play every day for at least twenty minutes. Ten if you're extremely busy.
- Be able to play a nice sound with simple back and forth bowing.
- Be able to play rhythms and string changing patterns.
- Practice exercise loops and at least two duets with play along tracks for timing and feel.
Lessons & Practice
- Lesson: Posture and Hold
- Lesson: How To Tune the Fiddle
- Lesson: Plucked Up
- Lesson: Introduction to Bowing
- Practice: Bowing Exercises
- Practice: Tone-building Exercises
- Lesson: String Crossing
- How To Clean Up String Crossing
- Practice: String Crossing Exercises
- Practice Lesson: Don't Break The Chain
- Practice: Call-and-response Exercises 1.1
Core Tunes
Workbook 1.1
Use this to keep track of your practice. The workbook is also visible at the bottom of all core technique and tune lessons.
Master Practice List
Suggested Weekly Practice
- Read: How To Practice Consistently.
- Take the lesson : Posture and Hold.
- Take the lesson : How To Tune the Fiddle.
- Take the lesson: Introduction to Bowing.
- Take the lesson: Tone Building.
- Take the lesson: String Crossing.
- Review exercises from last week.
- Basic rhythms: tucka, hoedown, triplets
- Tone Building Exercises
- String Crossing Exercises
- Take the lesson: Loopy for Looping.
- Learn at least one Beginner duet.
- Practice the String Crossing Exercises.
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The White House has announced that it will be hosting its first ever Maker Faire to celebrate the accomplishments of makers throughout the country. More details on the Maker Faire are pending and will be announced later this year.
The White House blog states, "At the 2012 White House Science Fair, Joey wowed the President by using a homemade cannon to send a marshmallow flying across the State Dining Room. Joey then handed the President a business card reading, "Don't be bored, make something." The saying became a rallying cry for the President's efforts to grow a generation of students who are "makers of things, not just consumers of things." In December, Joey became the youngest Intel intern, after he amazed Intel CEO Brian Krzanich at a Maker Faire, which is an event that allows tinkerers, entrepreneurs, and inventors like Joey to haul their creations out of the garage and into the spotlight.
"By democratizing the tools and skills necessary to design and make just about anything, Maker Faires and similar events can inspire more people to become entrepreneurs and to pursue careers in design, advanced manufacturing, and the related fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The Administration is already partnering with companies, non-profits, and communities to make the most of this emerging movement. The Defense Advanced Projects Agency, or DARPA, collaborated with the Veteran's Administration to support the creation of a TechShop in Pittsburgh, where members can access cutting-edge tools for making, and provided memberships for thousands of veterans. With funding from the Department of Labor, the AFL-CIO and Carnegie Mellon University are partnering with TechShop Pittsburgh to create an apprenticeship program for 21st-century manufacturing and encourage startups to manufacture domestically. Similarly, with support from AmeriCorps and leading companies and foundations, the Maker Education Initiative is working with schools and youth-serving organizations to provide students with access to Making. Last summer, the group engaged more than 90,000 youth and families around the country in making activities. The White House has also honored Maker Movement leader Dale Dougherty as a Champion of Change." (White House Blog)
The White House hopes to help students and entrepreneurs by providing tools, education, and maker spaces. These are some of the ways that we can help, according to the blog:
• Companies could support Maker-spaces in schools and after-school programs, provide their employees with time off to serve as mentors, be "anchor tenants" for maker spaces like Ford's partnership with TechShop, or, for multi-channel retailers, provide access to consumers for innovative Maker start-ups.
• Universities could add a "Maker Portfolio" option as part of their admissions process, create more Maker spaces on campus for students and the community, and support research in advancing the development of better hardware and software tools at national, regional, and local levels, such as the equipment in MIT's FabLabs.
• Mayors and communities could pursue initiatives like design/production districts that allow entrepreneurs to create more jobs or initiatives that expand access to Marker spaces, mentorship, and educational opportunities through their schools, libraries, museums, and community organizations.
• Foundations and philanthropists could provide matching grants to communities that are interested in embracing Making, in the spirit of Andrew Carnegie's support for public libraries. In particular, the Administration has called for special efforts to ensure that girls and under-represented minorities are included in such STEM opportunities.
To get involved, email your thoughts, questions, or creations to email@example.com.


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City Council Proclaims Sept. 25 as National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims in Edinburg
Edinburg, Texas (Sept. 20, 2017) – The Edinburg City Council issued a proclamation to mark Sept. 25 as National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims in Edinburg.
National Day of Remembrance was established in 2007 by the National Parents of Murdered Children (POMC) to honor the memory of victims who have been killed. The day is also intended to acknowledge the long-term trauma for families of those who have been killed.
POMC along with other organizations like the Rio Grande Valley-Families and Friends of Murdered Children Inc. will hold an event to commemorate the Day of Remembrance on Monday, Sept. 25 from 6-9:30 p.m. at Pharr Boggus Ford Event Center.
Edinburg residents are invited to attend the event known as the Candlelight Vigil "As Long as I Breathe, You will be Remembered."


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The Crosman (Previously Benjamin) C9A is a single shot, bolt action, multi-pump pneumatic, .20 caliber pellet rifle with a walnut stock. It has rear sights adjustable for elevation, ramped front sights, and manual safety.
The stock and pump handle are in about 95% condition, and the metal retains at least 95% of the original finish.
This one's been cleaned, lubed, and resealed in our shop. We tested the velocity at around 596 fps using lead pellets.
- .20 caliber
- Single shot
- Multi-pump pneumatic


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Creators of Reckless Spirit Jewelry Julie and Laurie are a spunky duo creating trending jewelry and accessories. Their style is a cross between boho and rugged with a classy twist. This shoot featured their "Boyfriend Bracelet". This bracelet is an oversize stretchy including Lava beads. The lava will absorb your boyfriends cologne or essential oils to keep you smelling fresh all day! Check out their site to purchase your own recklessspirit.com/
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