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Welcome to your go-to source for professional luxurious transportation in the Orlando area, as well as beyond the city limits!
Are you in need of some professional chauffeured transportation to and from your next special occasion in the Orlando area? We are here to cater to all occasions in the area that you may need to rent limos and limo buses for. We do hourly service and you get unlimited stops throughout your trip. If you want a night on the town to be a hit then call us for a quote about the transportation for your special day.
The best part about living in this amazing city is that you are never going to struggle to find something to do, there are so many concerts alone that you could devote all of your free time to going to them, The Amway Center always have all the biggest acts coming through. But that's not the only venue they are appearing at, we have places like the Walt Disney Theater, Venue 578, The Plaza "Live" Theatre, Orlando Amphitheater at the Central Florida Fair, CFE Arena, Hard Rock Live, The House of Blues and so many more. As you know there is more to what's happening in the city than just headliners playing concerts and Magic games.
Personal events with Party Bus Orlando are where the truly special memories are made, and we have the professionalism needed to exceed the expectation of you and your friends. We provide professional service to hundreds of weddings a year alone, not to mention the hundreds of bachelor & bachelorette parties, birthday celebrations, proms, anniversaries, and any other of the personal milestones you can think of. We are here for you anytime you need luxury transportation.
Give us a call tonight and book your ride today so you can enjoy your night out in style with no worries or hassle. You don't want to wait until we are booked up. If we don't have any buses available for you be sure to try Orlando Party Bus. Need a roof done on your house? Be sure to check out our friends over at Orlando Roofing.
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All of our amazing limo service at Party Bus Orlando are completely custom built on the interior to bring you and your guests all of them modern amenities you have come to love and expect from us. You want vehicles that offer not only comfortable accommodations, like our custom built wrap around seating with built in cup holders, bar areas and ice coolers. We are constantly updating our fleet to bring you the absolute best vehicles on the scene today. As technology advances we are able to bring you more and more control to throw your ultimate party, much better than an Orlando Limo. Whereas in the past you could bring a CD or listen to the radio, we are now able to let you connect your phone or mp3 player directly into the stereo system to play your perfect playlist for the occasion while you also play your choice of Blu-Ray or DVD on our HD screens, some customers have even made their own disc featuring music videos or concert film to complete the experience on the way to see their favorite music acts live in person...
Everyone has their own method to achieving a perfect outing, it all depends on your own personal tastes, the kind of event you are celebrating, and more. But the main thing you will need to account for the tastes shared by your guests. Your planning will be vastly different if you are sharing the vehicle with your family, including grandparents, for an anniversary party than it would be if you are planning a bachelor party with the guys. That just goes to show the versatility of our vehicles, we can accommodate any occasion you can throw at us, from your wedding, corporate transportation or casual fun like wine tours, brewery tours, or just a party out on the town. We have the experience you require, the success of your next event is assured when you book with us. Don't leave it up to chance with the cheapest fly by night company.
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You can trust our experienced chauffeurs to bring you a safe, memorable, and outstanding experience for your special event in the Orlando area.
A big thank you to our loyal customers, without you we could have never built up our fleet to such luxury. We look to continue to grow with your ongoing support.
We have trained chauffeurs who are courteous and outgoing that pick you up right from your door and take you to wherever you want to go. When your night is done you don't have to worry about getting home or calling and waiting for a taxi. We are there to take you where you need to be all night. Our chauffeurs are also familiar with the area and can make suggestions if you are in from out of town.
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If you happen to be in Florida but outside of the Orlando area try Party Bus Tampa who is one of our associate companies. We also recommend San Diego Party Bus, Houston Party Bus, Phoenix Party Bus, Party Bus Detroit, and Minneapolis Party Bus as well as NYCPB for out of the state companies.
Be sure to take a few minutes to take a look around our site, we have pictures of all of our vehicles both inside and out, we have answered many of the most common questions we receive, we have also laid out some of our clients favorite dining choices when in various cities in our service area pages. If you need any additional assistance give us a call and we will be happy to help you.


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MEPR Agency's Innovation Fund was established in 2017 as a philanthropic effort to support existing businesses in Nashville. This micro business grant will be awarded to full-time small business owners - in business at least three years - who are seeking a resource to become a more innovative business. The grant can be used to support professional development, software solutions, or administrative tools. In some cases this will be a matching grant and will only pay a portion of the need. Four awards will be provided awarding up to $250 each; the grant cycle will occur in the Fall and Spring. Applications will be accepted between November 5 - December 1, 2018. Winners will be announced by December 14, 2018).
The business must be based in Middle Tennessee. The award will be paid directly to the need, not the business owner.
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3 Reasons It's Essential To Maintain Independence In Relationships
Like so many women, I had accepted that there was such a thing as the perfect "head-over-heels" romance we see in movies. I had experienced this dynamic with my first boyfriend in college, so I chose to believe in it. He was perfect in all the right ways. He knew me better than I knew myself. Our arguments always ended up with us tangled up in the sheets; We sought each other's advice and opinions, and we relied on each other for emotional support.
Our relationship began to fall apart after one year of what I thought was bliss. Basically, we had been living in a make-believe world where we idealized each other as something larger than life, and neither one of us could live up to our own expectations. Our reliance on one another was actually a neediness that was extremely fragile. I depended on him more than I should have, and was addicted to his comforting words and behaviors, relying on them for my basic sanity every day.
After that relationship deteriorated, I met my husband who was the exact opposite of my college boyfriend. My husband is practical, independent, and notably concise with his words. He didn't pick up on subtle cues or recognize that women like me sometimes need a bit of cajoling in order to open up. He expected me to be proactive in letting him know about my feelings. Unless I told him that something ailed me, he assumed everything was A-OK.
These two men landed on opposite ends of the spectrum when it came to romance. My college love was codependent, intuitive and soulful while my husband was practical, logical and autonomous. I felt love for both men, but after experiencing both types, I would opt for the less whimsical form of love.
Here are three reasons why I prioritize independence and practicality in my relationship, and suggestions for how to achieve this kind of "rational love."
1. Making the decision to love is safer than falling in love.
According to my husband, he has never been blinded by love, pulled by that unforeseen force where he falls head-over-heels for someone. My husband has always taken a more calculated approach at love. Upon meeting me, he compared his value systems, religious beliefs, humor, common interests and moral compasses with mine and determined something like this: "So far, so good. Let's see where this goes."
His commitment to me, so grounded in reality, felt incredibly safe, for both of us —— safer than a love that felt as if it hinged on the constructs of my boyfriend's fleeting whims. After all, if our love was based on need, that need might one day disappear and so might the love. When looking back on my college boyfriend, we certainly did not mesh well in certain belief systems that are apparent now, and had I taken a step back to evaluate our relationship on a more practical level, I would have recognized this earlier.
2. I manifested love: I didn't have to wait for true love to just happen to me.
Instead of waiting for a sign from the universe to let me know that I found The One, I decided to take matters into my own hands and decide for myself. In the beginning, I waited to feel that uncontrollable tumble down the crazy tunnel of love, but because my husband was so level-headed, I was forced to remain that way as well.
What I discovered was our love for each other was rational and clear —— as opposed to irrational and blind —— and we could allow our love to grow rather than test it at every corner. I learned that I did not have to be at the mercy of my fickle emotions when it came to love. Instead, I opened myself up to the emotion with all of my senses in tact. Love never felt so simple and wonderful as it did with my eyes wide open.
3. There are less insecurities in a relationship that has a foundation of independence and practicality.
Since my husband is incredibly self-sufficient, he has never relied on me for advice but instead merely appreciates it if I have some to give. It took me a while to be convinced that he wouldn't leave me if I didn't say all the right things. My college relationship felt contingent on our neediness for one another, which ultimately disappeared, thus eliminating an actual sense of need (and desire) for one another.
I now see a partnership as something different. It's a chosen union between two independent people who are as OK with themselves as they are with each other. It's my choice to be with my husband every day, and I look at him as enhancing my life rather than completing it.
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Welcome to Cascadia PE! Our mission is to foster a lifelong love for physical activity, healthy eating and wellness. Students learn about their health content through movement based games and activities. They practice many different manipulative and sports skills throughout the school year. As teachers, we help them to monitor growth, and set goals for their different fitness measurements. Through our PE program, we aim to teach self-esteem, perseverance and sportsmanship. We work hard to foster integrity and celebrate our differences. The PE program at Cascadia is committed to providing a safe, inclusive and fun environment for all students to learn and grow.
We are currently building the P.E. Schoology Page. Stay tuned for the link to be posted here.
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The fall will be here soon and with that means rain Tristate urges you to check your roof today before it's to late!!!!
2. Missing, cracked, or curled shingles
If you see that your shingles are dry or practically break when touched, that means they have reached the end of their useful life and it's time to invest in a new roof.
3. Dark, "dirty-looking" areas on your roof
This could mean your roof has vegetation, fungus, mold, or algae growth, or that the shingles' protective granules have been lost. This doesn't mean you need to replace your roof, but these stains can reduce curb appeal. Cleaning the shingles is an option, but that could shorten their life.
4. Stains on interior ceilings and walls; mold or mildew growth
If you see stains or, even worse, mold growth inside your home, it may be caused by inadequate or faulty shingle underlayment that is allowing water to seep into the house. Inadequate ventilation could also be the culprit, which causes excessive moisture— conditions in which mold and mildew thrive.
5. Your warranty
Review your home improvement records to see how long ago the roof was replaced or re-shingled. Knowing when it was installed offers insight into how much life your roof has left.
6. The flashing around vents, skylights, and chimneys seals the seams of the roof from rain and weather
Examine these points make sure there are no cracks or breaks, which could lead to leaks in older homes, flashing is often made of roof cement or tar, but it's a good idea to upgrade to a metal flashing system for added durability.
If your roof is showing any of these warning signs give us a call today at (206) 400-0091 to schedule a free roofing estimate or Click below!
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There are currently eight panoramas in the 360 night tour of Paul's Junkyard. This amazing Mojave Desert location has an active metal scrapping business, and also doubles as a storage yard for movie cars, old trucks, buses, farm equipment, and other wonderfully photogenic detritus.
These panoramas were shot during the October 2014 full moon using a Canon EOS 6D with an 8-15mm fisheye lens at 12mm. Most exposures were between 75-90 seconds at f/8, ISO 800. The images were processed in Lightroom, stitched in PTGui and Photoshop, and are displayed using krpano. Enjoy!


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Helping individuals of all ages build the foundation for personal successas students, workers, citizens and leaders.
Priceless education and connections
Over the years, the College has honored its commitment to serving communities through providing educational services and resources to meet the collective and individual needs of students and to ensure their professional and personal success. In order to provide students with access to the resources for educational advancement, UCB has forged a series of partnerships with local community agencies.
In recent years, these partnerships have produced inspiring results through meeting people in their neighborhoods and teaching them in their native languages. Tutorials and classes in different languages have been immensely popular at the local partnership levels as these low-cost community education projects are affordable for low-income students and also beneficial to their pursuit of career-focused higher education.
In many ways, UCB stands apart from traditional college systems.
We offer:
Courses near students' homes and workplaces, are run through a network of solid community partnerships with different local organizations, such as Project Hope, The Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, and Lawrence Childcare Circuit
UCB has passionately dedicated itself to the cause of meeting the collective and individual needs of the students and their professional and personal success through making vital resources available for their educational advancement, specifically, for students who face extreme financial and cultural adversities in everyday life. Highlights from the demographic features of our students:
But, despite all the difficulties and impediments, our students have achieved remarkable success in their professional life with UCB`s affordable and job-oriented education.
UCB has introduced a range of community-based educational projects in partnership with some of Boston's leading agencies at the grassroots levels. The joint venture projects are making rapid strides to reach out to multilingual students at their convenient locations. Our students speak different languages and they come from distant towns around Metro Boston, such as Quincy, Newton, Malden, Chelsea, Revere, Lynn, Brockton, Randolph, Lowell and Fitchburg. To cater to their needs of affordable higher education, our partnerships have opened language-based educational opportunities for the communities.
Some of our partnership programs are:
Project Hope: As a leading Boston-based community agency, Project Hope provides wide-ranging services to alleviate poverty and homelessness from women's lives. Recently, UCB has partnered with Project Hope to foster career-focused educational programs to remote fringes of Boston. This collaboration has made it possible to offer 4 courses that helped 12 students to qualify as teachers and 12 more students to complete their Associate of
Arts degree in Early Childhood Education.
UCB and Project Hope are natural allies because both have a common goal of improving working women's lives. The majority of our students are women who struggle to make both ends meet and our partnership has resulted in a see-change in their lives and families. This project offers Spanish, Transition to English, and Reading and Writing/ Skills SOL classes.
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC): Based out of Boston`s Chinatown neighborhood, BCNC is engaged in implementing community education projects. The partnership with UCB has proved effective in assisting 19 childcare providers to earn their Certificate or Associate degrees in Early Childhood Education. Under this project, one third of the classes are taken in students' native languages, while at the same time, the students may also take English classes to make a smooth transition to mainstream society.
Child Care Circuit (CCC): As a local childcare agency based out of Lawrence MA, the CCC has tied up with UCB to offer two courses: Child Growth and Development and Special Education for Children. UCB`s partnership with CCC has introduced 26 students to Teacher Certification classes and an additional 25 students to earn credits toward Lead Teacher Certification.
Freedom House: Located in Dorchester MA, Freedom House runs two courses in collaboration with UCB: Introduction to Human Services and (EPS) Child Growth and Development.
Bellas Manitas: A Bilingual Learning Center: This agency is based in Somerville and it gives Child Growth and Development course on Tuesday and Thursday.
East Boston APAC: This East Boston agency provides Child Growth and Development course in Spanish language only on Saturdays.
Ready to Learn: As a nonprofit organization in Providence RI, Ready to Learn, in partnership with UCB, offers a class on Guidance and Discipline in Spanish language only on Thursdays.
ABCD Learning Works: As UCB`s partner organization, ABCD Learning Works
takes two classes—Child Growth and Development and Reading and Writing Skills II—in English language on Thursdays and Wednesdays.
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I often wonder if my friends think of me as a user. i wonder if they think that I use them for what they can provide for me, as it seems I often only call people when I need something. I always offer, and usually do, trade my computer services for whatever I'm asking for, but I don't mean to use them. It just looks that way.
So, for those of you that read this that feel I may have been using you, I'm not. I'm just…busy. Well, not even busy actually, I have a toddler, and it makes planning events even more difficult.
In other news, umm….anyone know how to recompile a linux kernel along with a patch that may exist in the newest linux kernel? Yeah…me either. But I'm learning.
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Fresh Roasted Vegetable Salsa
It's very rare you'll find a recipe on The Community Plate that doesn't include meat, gluten, or dairy. It's not by choice, really, I simply create recipes that pop in my head or that are needed for school. However, this time, I went a different direction. This recipe is dedicated to my Aunt Karen, who has recently started her own business, Woman to Woman Health Coaching, where she holds classes and seminars, teaching her attendees the importance of food and what can help and harm your body. She shows how to be mindful of your eating habits, does pantry-cleanouts, grocery store tours, and much more! You even get a delicious meal when attending classes! For more information, visit www.womantowomanhealthcoaching.com or visit her Facebook page here! This recipe focuses on simple vegetables, healthy fats, and fresh flavors. Enjoy!
What You'll Need:
For the vegetables
- 1 eggplant
- 2 red bell peppers
- 1 red onion
- 2 green zucchini
- 2 yellow squash
- 1 cup chopped artichoke hearts
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp. Italian seasoning
- 1 1/2 cups sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
- 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbsp. Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp. minced garlic
- 1 tbsp. dried thyme
- Kosher salt and cracked pepper
- 1 lemon, juice and zest (reserve a small amount of zest for garnish)
- 1 1/4 tbsp. sugar
- 1 1/2 tbsp. flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped (reserve a small amount for garnish)
1. Start by cutting up the first six ingredients. All vegetables should be diced in a uniform size, to ensure they all roast properly and evenly. In a large mixing bowl, toss your vegetables with the olive oil and Italian seasoning. On a baking sheet (or two!), spread the vegetables out evenly, in one layer. Roast on 400-degrees for about 20 minutes, until vegetables are soft and red peppers just begin to char. Remove from oven, add the chopped sun-dried tomatoes and set aside.
2. In a small bowl, whisk all the ingredients for the dressing together until incorporated. Pour the dressing over the vegetables and mix well using your hands. Sprinkle with a touch more lemon zest and some finely chopped flat leaf parsley. Serve with toasted flat-bread, crackers, or sliced baguette. Enjoy!


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8th Annual NC Hot Sauce Contest
Spice things up with the locals for the 8th Annual NC Hot Sauce Contest and Festival. Join more then 70 vendors as we celebrate all things made in North Carolina including, hot sauces, barbecue sauces and craft beer and wines! Enjoy live music by Streamline and Big Love and an antique car show, sponsored by Oxford Parks and Recreation Department while you cool off. Admission is free and more festival information can be found at www.nchotsaucecontest.com
8th Annual North Carolina Hot Sauce Contest September 13th 2014 Historic Downtown Oxford 11 am-4 pm


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Add shade to your home or business with one of our awning products. From Retractable Awnings to Tension Shade Systems and Window Awnings, we offer a variety of awning products for homes and businesses. Click on one of the pictures below to learn more about that product and the benefits it offers.
Add shade to your deck, porch, patio or balcony with a beautiful, custom-manufactured retractable awning. Dine, relax, or entertain family and friends without the heat of the sun chasing you indoors.
Tension Shade Systems are a unique and versatile shading solution that have a projection of up to twice that of retractable awnings. They can be mounted over a pergola or glass roof or to a wall and supported with legs.
Complement your home's exterior and keep the interior cooler. With stylish Window Awnings, enjoy the fresh breeze of an open window without the heat and brightness of the sun.
Our commercial line of products offers the same features and benefits as our residential Retractable Awnings, Tension Shade Systems and Window Awnings. From outdoor dining areas to shade over large windows or by a pool, the possiblities for commercial venues are endless.
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Recipe of the Month | Cranberry Coleslaw/
BBQ season is in full swing, especially with Pioneer Day weekend here in Utah! Many people put their focus on the grill, ensuring perfectly seasoned and cooked meats. Side dishes are often overlooked, merely added to the shopping cart at the last minute while at the grocery store.
A good side dish can really give your BBQ the boost it needs to be the one your guests will remember. Try our Cranberry Coleslaw for a colorful and flavorful addition everyone will love. It's easy to make the day before and refrigerate overnight so you won't have to worry about it the day of your event.
Cranberry Coleslaw
1/2 c. olive oil
1/2 c. sugar
1/4 c. salt
1 Tbsp. celery seed
1 head green cabbage, shredded
1 head red cabbage, shredded
1 small red onion, finely sliced
1/2 c. dried cranberries
1 c. apple cider vinegar
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the cabbage, onion, and cranberries.
- In a separate bowl, mix together apple cider vinegar, olive oil, sugar, salt, and celery seed.
- Toss the mixtures together until well mixed, and refrigerate overnight, or at least four hours.


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How to 'win' with your end users and breaking the stigma of the grumpy/scary IT guy.
Get a basic idea of your users, where it be who is friendly, shy, grumpy, meek, overconfident or a 'know it all'.
This will help you with the following steps.
Most users are scared or guarded about calling the 'IT Guy' but if you are polite and courteous than they'll feel more comfortable around you.
Disclaimer: This only works if you understand who you're talking to, reference step 1.
Keep this in mind: It doesn't matter what you say, but instead it is how you say it.
I'm not suggesting you become a stand up comic by any means, but even a little joke/tease can break the ice. Example: 'Oh , what did you do now?'
Most end users are scared of technology and what is can do; also incurring the wraith of the IT guy.
Take an extra few minutes while helping someone to explain what you're doing and why. Most times they'll ask questions and you can educate them on aspects of technology and how it can make their life easier. Also, making your life easier since they'll have a better understanding of how to use their computer or why a problem presented itself in the first place.
This won't happen over night, but keep at it and you'll be surprised how your help desk tickets will go down over time.
No on likes to think their problem is stupid or unimportant.
Stay focused and let the end user believe their problem is your only concern. Even if it is for only the time you are there.
As long as your server room isn't on fire or you're experiencing an outage; do your best to knock out the little issues as soon as they arise.
While rebuilding an array might be more important to you than someone not being able to print a document they need for a meeting in 30 minutes. Would putting off that rebuild for 5 minutes to solve that issue really be that bad?
Keep in mind, without end users to use the technology we implement; we wouldn't have a job.
Follow these simple steps to create a fun and rewarding work environment.
We are all busy enough as it is, might as well make some work friends while we do it.
This is a good how-to and works well as a reminder.
Overall, great points. Myself though, I might tweak #6 to be "understand and respect the impact to the end user". Assuming the intended audience for this "how to" is a multi-tasking, multi-role playing IT individual or member of a small team (and thus NOT a full-time helpdesk jockey), you still need to get your non-support work done. ALWAYS jumping up every time someone comes asking for help isn't the best idea because their problem might not be urgent, and it might be able to be put off until later (batched with all the other non-urgent problems) thus allowing you to continue on the complex work you just spent 10 minutes getting fully immersed into (clinical research has proven that human brains do not multitask well). SOMETIMES jumping up -- like when the end user has a time sensitive need -- will win you friends from the end user community while also letting you get your project (non-break-fix) work done relatively efficiently (thus also winning you friends on the management team).
Good service is a bit of a balancing act: you need to be responsive and attentive, but if you always jump up from whatever you are doing to go help someone, you will never be productive getting the bigger stuff done. In a more "business" mindset, that means you'll end up being a cost center and getting far fewer "strategic" things done.
But overall, very good points that I wish more people in our profession took to heart.
@North Shore Guy
You are absolutely correct and illustrated it very well, imo. I wish I would have though of the 'Good service is... a balancing act'.
I might add that in there when I have some more time, right now it's meeting prep time. Obviously, you'll be given full credit.


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Polar Code
The IMO Polar code entered into force on 1st January 2017 and applies to commercial ships over 500 GRT and all passenger ships that intend to operate in areas defined by the code as follows:
ARCTIC: In general, north of 60 but limited by a line from Greenland; south of 58N – north of Iceland, southern shore of Jan Mayer – Bjornoya – Cap Kanin Nos.
ANTARCTIC: South of 60.
The aim is to provide for safe ship operation and protection of the polar environment by addressing vessels present in polar waters and not adequately mitigated by other instruments. CD Marine can assist owners and managers for compliance and training in order to achieve following Polar code requirements:
- Design and construction
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Event takes place on October 18, 2016 at 6:00 PM until 7:00 PM
238 Cabot St, Holyoke MA 01040
Massachusetts was a hotbed of the dead in the nineteenth century, a place where spirits and living persons conversed on a daily basis about things mundane and heavenly. Coalescing as a movement in 1848 around the idea that the living had stumbled upon a new "spiritual telegraph" that enabled them to commune with the departed, Spiritualism became the fastest growing religion in America in the late antebellum period. Travel back in time with Dr. Rob Cox as he explores what it meant for Spiritualists when they heard spirit voices, what it says about their country, and how the movement evolved from there.
Rob Cox led a checkered life before becoming head of Special Collections and University Archives at UMass Amherst in 2004, spending time in similar institutions such as the University of Michigan and the American Philosophical Society. A recovering paleontologist and molecular biologist, he received a PhD in history from Michigan and has since written a number of articles and five books on topics ranging from the American Spiritualist movement to Lewis and Clark, sleep, and New England culinary history.
Passes are available at area libraries to attend this talk for free.
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PRTG Manual: Active Directory Integration
PRTG offers a detailed rights management via different user groups. For detailed information, see section User Access Rights.
To make user management easier, you can integrate an existing Active Directory into PRTG in four steps. During this process, you connect an Active Directory (AD) group with a user group in PRTG. All members of your AD group can then log in to PRTG using their AD domain credentials.
You cannot add single AD users to PRTG, but only allow access for entire groups. PRTG automatically creates a user account for each AD user who logs in to PRTG successfully.
This feature is not available in PRTG hosted by Paessler.
Step 1: Prepare Your Active Directory
- In your Active Directory, ensure users you want to give access to PRTG are members of the same AD group.
- You can also organize users in different groups, for example, one group whose members will have administrator rights within PRTG, and another one whose members will have read-only rights within PRTG.
Step 2: Prepare Your PRTG Server
- Make sure the computer running PRTG is a member of the domain you want to integrate it to. You can check this setting in your machine's System Properties (for example, Control Panel | System and Security | System, click Change settings link).
Step 3: Add Domain and Credentials (optional) to System Settings
- In the PRTG web interface, open the System Administration—Core & Probes settings.
- In section Active Directory Integration, enter the name of your local domain into the Domain Name field.
You can only integrate one AD domain into PRTG.
- Optional: PRTG uses the same Windows user account that you use to run the PRTG Core Server Service. By default, this is the local system Windows user account. If this user does not have sufficient rights to query a list of all existing groups from the Active Directory, provide credentials of a user account with full AD access by using the Use explicit credentials option as Access Type.
If you cannot save changes to Core & Probes settings because you get an Error (Bad Request) with the message Active Directory Domain not accessible, change from "local user" to Use explicit credentials for Active Directory Integration and provide the correct credentials for your domain.
- Save your settings.
- Switch to the User Groups tab (see section System Administration—User Groups).
- Hover over and click Add User Group to add a new PRTG user group.
- In the dialog appearing, enter a meaningful name and set the Use Active Directory setting to Yes.
- From the Active Directory Group dropdown menu, select the group of your Active Directory whose members will have access to PRTG. If you have a very large Active Directory, you will see an input field instead of a dropdown. In this case, you can enter the group name only; PRTG will add the prefix automatically.
- With the New User Type setting, define the access rights a user from the selected Active Directory group will have when logging in to PRTG for the first time. You can choose between Read/Write User or Read-Only User (latter is useful to show data only to a large group of users).
- Click Create to create the new user group.
That's it. All users in this Active Directory group can now log in to PRTG using their AD domain credentials. Their user accounts will use the PRTG security context of the PRTG user group you just created.
- Active Directory users can log on to the web interface using their Windows username and password (please do not enter any domain information in the Login Name field in PRTG). When such a user logs in, PRTG will automatically create a corresponding local account on the PRTG core server. Credentials are synchronized every hour.
- Active Directory queries are made in read-only mode and are compatible with Read-Only Domain Controllers.
- All requests to the Active Directory servers are cached for one hour, for performance reasons. If a password is changed or if you add a new group in the Active Directory, you must either wait for 1 hour or clear the cache manually by clicking on the Clear Caches button on the System Administration—Administrative Tools page in the Setup menu).
- By default, no rights are set for the new PRTG user group. Initially, users in this group will not see any objects in the PRTG device tree. Edit your device tree object's settings and set access rights for your newly created user group in the Inherit Access Rights section.
The easiest way is to set access rights in the Root Group Settings.
- PRTG only supports explicit group rights. If your AD uses groups that are members of another group, PRTG will not regard inherited implicit rights of the parent group and therefore refuse login for members of those groups.
- PRTG ignores AD information about Organizational Units (OUs). These values cannot be read by PRTG. However, if you use the AD in an auto-discovery group, you can restrict the search to computers that are part of an OU.
- PRTG does not support SSO (single sign-on).
- You can integrate only one AD domain into PRTG.
- PRTG does not support trusted domains or AD subdomains.
- For very large Active Directories, you will see an input field instead of a dropdown when you add or modify a user group. In this case, you can enter the group name only. PRTG will add the prefix automatically.
- A PRTG user account for an AD user is only created if this AD user successfully logs in to PRTG! So if you want to send email notifications to an AD user group (using the option Send to User Group in the notification settings), for example, by choosing the default notification "Email to all members of group [AD group name]", a member of this AD group has to log in to PRTG at least once to be able to receive an email notification. If you want to avoid these single logons of your AD group members to create user accounts, enter the email address of the AD group in the Send to Email Address field in the notification settings and choose None for the Send to User Group option.
- If you want to delete an AD group from PRTG (due to some changes to the AD, for example), you have to delete all users that are in this PRTG user group first. This is because AD users always have this group as their primary group, which cannot be changed.
- If you want to reflect changes to your AD in PRTG, you have to delete the AD user group and all members first. Then add the AD group anew. This is because PRTG does not synchronize with your AD automatically.
- Active Directory Integration
- Application Programming Interface (API) Definition
- Filter Rules for xFlow, IPFIX, and Packet Sniffer Sensors
- Channel Definitions for xFlow, IPFIX, and Packet Sniffer Sensors
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When the lovely Kristin Appenbrink from Realsimple.com reached out to me about joining the blog relay of A Month of Stress Free Dinners they were putting on, I was all in. The list of recipes to choose from were varied, but I zeroed in on this delicious little number immediately. First off, I LOVE lamb. Love it. It's savory with just a hint of gaminess, and is such a lovely departure from the usual chicken, pork, beef, rinse repeat cycle I can find myself in. The other thing I love about lamb? Chops take about 6 minutes total to cook. So you'll have this entire meal, including the sautéed escarole and chickpeas in under 15 minutes. Boom. Done! Love it.
For this recipe and other delicious 20 Minute Dinner Recipes, check out RealSimple.com.
Serves 4| Hands-On Time: 30m| Total Time: 30 minutes
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 small head escarole, leaves torn (about 13 cups)
4 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
1/4 cup dry white wine
kosher salt and black pepper
1 15.5-ounce can chickpeas, rinsed
8 small rib or loin lamb chops (1 inch thick; about 2 3/4 pounds total)
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
Directions Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a Dutch oven or large saucepan over medium heat. Add the escarole, garlic, wine, ½ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon pepper and cook, covered, tossing occasionally, until very tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the chickpeas and cook until warmed through, 1 to 2 minutes. Meanwhile, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Season the lamb with the oregano and ¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper. In 2 batches, cook the lamb, 2 to 3 minutes per side for medium-rare. Serve with the escarole.
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Isabell Masters
Isabell Masters Ph.D. (January 9, 1913 – September 11, 2011[1]) of Topeka, Kansas, was a five-time perennial third-party candidate (Looking Back Party) for President of the United States.
Masters' five presidential campaigns are the most for any woman in U.S. history.[2] She was a candidate in the 1984 United States presidential election, 1992 (339 votes), 1996, and 2004 presidential elections. In 1996, she was only on the ballot in Arkansas (but also received a few votes in California and Maryland) (752 votes total, 2000). Her 1992 running mate was her son, Walter Ray Masters, and her 1996 running mate was her daughter, Shirley Jean Masters.
Personal life[edit]
Isabell Masters was born Isabell Arch on January 9, 1913, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Cora McDaniels (Lewis) and Walter Arch.[2][3][4] Her father, a businessman, was of African American and German descent.[2] Masters graduated from Douglas High School in Oklahoma City and received a bachelor's degree in education from Langston University.[2][5] She later earned a doctorate from the University of Oklahoma.[5] An educator by profession, Masters taught in California, New York, Nevada and Kansas during her career.[5] She specifically worked in schools in the American cities of Pasadena, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Kansas City and Syracuse, New York.[2]
Masters married Alfred Masters, who became the first African American to enlist in the United States Marines when he was sworn in on June 1, 1942.[2][3] They had six children together, but their marriage disintegrated during the late 1940s.[2] She raised six children as a single mother.[2] Masters obtained her master's degree in higher education from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[2] She later earned a doctorate from the University of Oklahoma during her late 60s.[2][5]
Presidential campaigns[edit]
In 2000 she was a write-in candidate in Kansas alongside George W. Bush and Al Gore. Her vice-presidential running mate was her daughter, Alfreda Dean Masters.
She made several unsuccessful attempts at winning the Republican primary elections for President. In 1996 she was on the ballot in Oklahoma and won 1,052 votes (Bob Dole won by a large margin).[6]
In addition to her presidential campaigns, Masters ran for city council in Topeka, Kansas, and was once a candidate for Mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida.[5]
Masters' had six children. They include Rev. Thomas A. Masters Sr. of the New Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church (Riviera Beach, Florida), the current Mayor of Riviera Beach who was a community leader protesting efforts by the George W. Bush legal team to stop the Florida election recount following the controversial 2000 United States presidential election. Her daughter, political scientist Cora Masters, became the fourth wife of former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry in 1994, but they later divorced.[2]
Isabell Masters died in her sleep on September 11, 2011, in at a nursing facility in Lake Worth, Florida, at the age of 98.[7] She had lived with her son, Riviera Beach Mayor Thomas Masters, for the last four years of her life.[7]
- ^ Notice of Isabell Masters' death
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Isabell Masters obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
- ^ a b Williams, Janette (2011-09-20). "Political activist Isabell Masters, whose presidential ambitions started in Pasadena, dies at 98". Pasadena Star-News. Archived from the original on 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2011-10-08. Cite uses deprecated parameter
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- ^ a b c d e "Former presidential candidate Isabell Masters dies in Florida". News OK. The Oklahoman. 2011-09-20. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
- ^ Ballot Access News, Oklahoma State Election Board 1996 Republican Race for President Archived 2008-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Thompson, Kevin D. (2011-09-14). "Presidential candidate Isabell Masters, mother of Riviera mayor, dies". Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
External links[edit]
- Isabell Masters at Find a Grave
- Frantzich, Stephen E. (1996). The C-Span Revolution ISBN 0-8061-2870-4
- DiPaola, Jim "Masters' universe" City Link May 15, 2003
- Politics1: Presidency 2000 - The Independent Candidates
- Wheeler, Tim "Election protests continue in Florida" People's Weekly World
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The world is full of real-life stories of those who never gave up. People who were told "NO," but wouldn't listen or back down. People who were told "it can't be done," but kept on trying. People who were told "it was a hopeless cause" but kept believing. Beethoven's teacher called him hopeless because he handled the violin differently than the other students. Before Disneyland was built, Walt Disney went bankrupt several times. He was also told that he had a lack of ideas and was fired by a newspaper editor.
There was a junior high student who tried out for football but the coach told him he was too small and to try out for the track team. Instead of giving up, he ignored the coach's advice and started his own training program to "build himself up". His name was Herschel Walker, and he went on to win the Heisman trophy a few years later.
In Mark 5, we read the story about the woman with the issue of blood. In verse 26 in the NLV, it says, "She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse." This woman went from doctor to doctor searching for answers and spent all her money looking for a cure. She never gave up. She never backed down. When one doctor didn't have the answer, she went to the next, and to the next till she had nothing left; and even then she didn't give up. She knew that if she could just touch – even with just one finger – the hem of Jesus' garment that she could be healed. This woman wouldn't let anything stop her this time. She was in a relentless pursuit of her healing. The crowds didn't stop her. The tiredness from the disease didn't stop her. Being unclean didn't stop her. Others opinions and judgments didn't keep her from believing. She fought through it all just to touch His garment. It says in verse 27, "Immediately the bleeding stopped". She never gave up and was healed!
What lies have the world and the enemy told you? That your past is too colorful to have a future in ministry? That your marriage is over and to sign the divorce papers? That you will be stuck in a job that you hate forever? That the relationship with your family will never be restored?
Don't let the surrounding circumstances discourage you! The woman with the issue with blood was told to give up. If you were to look only at her circumstances you may have told her to give up too. Instead of believing in her circumstances, she believed in the Cross!
I encourage you today to continue your relentless pursuit to know your Savior. Focusing on the Cross puts the circumstances in our lives into perspective. Remember that it takes just "one touch" for everything to change. One touch for your marriage to be restored. One touch for your body to be healed. One touch for your life to be made new.


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An Open Letter to My Father-in-Law, Fred
Dear Fred,
I am so sorry for your loss. We love you and we are here for you for whatever you need. It's been on my heart to share a few things with you during this time. Please use them as gentle reminders from my heart.
Be kind to yourself. Grieving is a process. There is no beginning, middle, or end. Some days your grief will feel like a ten and some days it will feel like a two; and that's okay. Some days you may not cry at all and some days you will cry harder than you've ever cried before; and that's okay. When the negative thoughts pop into your head, acknowledge them, tell them to "get lost", and then immediately replace those thoughts with positive thoughts and prayers.
Strength. You do not have to be strong right now. You DO NOT have to be strong right now. Find your strength in God and in His word. Remember that when others tell you to "be strong" translate that into be strong in the Lord. Live for Him. Live for you. Live for your children. Live for your grandchildren. Live for your family. We love you.
Pray. Pray, pray, pray. In everything you do pray. When you rise pray. When you hurt pray. When you rejoice pray. When you miss Gloria pray. When you lay pray. When you cry pray. When you feel like you just can't go on PRAY!
Take care of you. Eat well. Sleep well. Walk. Dance. Rest. Write. Read. Work. Reach out for help. Call family. Call friends. Visit family. Visit friends. Spend time outside in nature. Find beauty in the life around you. Most importantly write a list of all the things you want to do in the home (projects, cleaning, rearranging, etc) and a list of all the things you want to do outside your home (travel, golf, sporting events, etc). Lastly, sometimes we just have to remember to breathe. Breathe in deep and let it out slowly. Close your eyes and do it again; breathe in deep and let it out slowly. Just breathe.
We don't know why. We don't know why Gloria was called home now. But we do know that Gloria is healed. Gloria has been made whole again. She's singing with the angels. We do know that God is sovereign. He makes no mistakes. He will comfort you in your time of need. He knows your pain and your sorrow. We do not know His will, but we do know that He is faithful. And remember that He will not put more on you than you can bear.
Thank you. Thank you for loving my mother-in-law the way you did; for loving her the way you do. You kept your commitment to her and to God. Your commitment has blessed our family. Gloria LOVED you. Whenever she spoke about you her face would light up like a school girl with a crush. She loved sharing about all that you are and all that you've done. She loved pointing out all the things in your home that you did with your hard work and creativity. Thank you for making her so happy. Thank you for keeping her smiling. Thank you for taking such good care of her. Thank you for being her beloved husband.
I love you Fred. Thank you for being a wonderful father-in-law.
Love always,
Melissa Dumas xo's Philippians 4:13


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by: Shauna Greeson
I love plants. You might say I'm a bit of a crazy plant lady. I frequently find myself in the back corner of box store nurseries looking for the plants on clearance that no one wants to buy because they've lost their perfect looking luster. These green gem orphans sense me coming and know that not only will they survive but one day they will become grandparents.
Plants move so slowly that their life changes go undetected if noticed at all, they are viewed and portrayed as passive entities, furniture, food or décor only (by most). For a better understanding of the world around me and the realm of Spirit I take time to notice my plants as intelligent, highly sensitive beings that are as connected to me as they are to each other and all other forms of life. I have developed and nurtured feelings for and unique connections to certain plants throughout my life. Generations of Christmas Cacti have been passed down in my family. Some are on display in our beautiful classroom. Stop by anytime and talk plants with me over a cup of tea!
I was raised in GA in a family that sowed seeds as soon as the Farmer's Almanac said that the last freeze had come and gone. For many generations my family's crops were planted out of necessity to survive the coming seasons. There was always a mess of canned goods in the cellar that brought warmth and laughter to our Sunday afternoons, spent together in Calhoun. Grandmommy Bone sowed flower seeds all year and her flowers were a loving backdrop to the front porch gatherings as we all dropped by to eat and be together. I can't omit the memories of all the classic still shots of her in front of her prized blooms that towered over her sweet head.
Have you ever wished you had a 'green thumb'? I've been told all my life that I have one and until recently believed I had inherited some magical power/unicorn blessing concerning plant life. Silly me. After reading The Secret Life of Plants by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird and being absolutely fascinated I started digging deeper (no pun intended) into the science of Sensory Biology in Plants. The more I learn the more I want to know. I now see that there's there's no magic or unicorns needed, just a sincere attempt to notice the imperceptible growth, the seeming stillness and relish the relationships between the plants themselves and the relationships between my plants and me.
99% of the biomass on earth is dominated by plants. My guess is that 0.01% of our thoughts are dominated by plants and what we can learn from their 400,000 different species. Did you know that a plant's roots will redirect their paths long before they reach an inanimate object or invasive plant blocking them from growth or nourishment? In my personal experience, seeking spiritual growth and nourishment, I find the more I practice stillness thru meditation and simply noticing the moment at hand the more I am aware of the people places and things that block me from much needed nourishment from the Sunlight of the Spirit. For humans, stillness seems to be something we must learn how to achieve and redirecting our life path seems to come long after the discovery of invasive people or avoidable obstacles in our spiritual paths. I believe we have much more to learn from our gardens and house plants than meets the eye. A plant simply is. Beautiful beings taking only as much sunlight, water, and nourishment they need to thrive. When deprived, a lone plant will weep, wither and eventually die without having its needs met. How similar our spirits are! Without spiritual sunlight to nourish, the light of laughter and food for thought we too wither and eventually…. Well, you know… Cease to thrive.
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ETS is Coming - Energy Thought Summit, March 24-25/
I'm part of the team at Zpryme Research that's putting together our first smart grid conference. If you're in this space, you will not find a better lineup of speakers anywhere, and this is truly shaping up to be a great event.
The discount code is: ETSjon, and I hope that helps get you to Austin!
I'll be blogging and tweeting regularly prior to the event, and if you join us, I will not be hard to find.


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This past Friday night, three of Columbus' up-and-coming indie rock groups took to the Skully's Music-Diner stage not only to entertain the sea of concertgoers who braved the elements, but also to support a fantastic charity. Proceeds went to the non-profit Music Loves Ohio, which makes disadvantaged youths' dreams come true with scholarships, songwriting workshops, and more. Early into the evening, the doorman had a wad of cash in his hand and given the crowd's size by show's end, thousands had to have been donated.
Spunky quintet Personal Public (@PersonalPublic) kicked off the night to a great sized audience for a nine o'clock start. All five guys seemed to be having fun performing their array of catchy, yet thought-provoking alternative rock songs. Their sound is a fresh mishmash of Kings Of Leon, Parachute, and Knox Hamilton, who are three acts that have earned respect within the genre. The coolest part of their set was the bassist showing off his drumming chops off stage in front of the crowd. Not to be outdone, Personal Public's actual drummer took to the standalone kit on the concert floor and did his thing. Furthermore, the fact that the week prior these guys played the same gig as national alternative acts Declan McKenna and Best Coast demonstrates Personal Public is getting the right ears to hear them.
Clubhouse (@clubhouse_music) had big shoes to fill and this group held their own with no issues. These guys stood out with a hybrid of the romantic 1980s sound combined with the hooks and harmonies found in today's alternative music (think UB40 + The 1975). Their music is cool enough to dance to by oneself, but it strikes the heartstrings enough that couples can be affectionate to it, too. It seemed quite obvious due to what Clubhouse brings to the table musically and aesthetically, they had the female-heavy audience from the first note. This is a band that is not too far from where Personal Public are in terms of opening for nationally known artists. On June 11, they will participate in LaureLive, a festival outside of Cleveland that features O.A.R, Grace Potter, Red Wanting Blue, to name a few.
Despite setbacks with the singer/guitarist's monitor, once headliners Captain Kidd (@Capn_Kidd) started playing the mob quickly forgot about the snafu and hung onto every chord these guys cranked out. These gentlemen were spot on from beginning to end and their indie dance style caught on with ladies and gentlemen alike. Their best known tune, "Freaky Love", was played next to last and sounded just as great as it does in the awesome video with over 26,000 YouTube views.
When the night was over, fifteen musicians had given their time, effort, and energy to execute something special. Those who witnessed the greatness exuded this past Friday were left wanting more. Perhaps Columbus festivals' big wigs were in attendance for a prime scouting opportunity as these bands deserve to be considered for spots. If they were not, then they missed out on good music with a fun crowd for a great cause.


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Big Bend Park is the American National Park found in Texas, right on the Mexican border. The Rio Grande outlines the southernmost border of the park, and is named after the harsh meander the river takes. The winding river goes through several scenic canyons, and the park is the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert in the United States. Inspired by this desert landscape we introduce the Big Bend boot, a handsome boot with classic broguing accents. The Big Bend is handmade in Portugal with the finest European materials, the leather is finished with carnauba wax to give it sheen and durability. A resilient lug sole gives traction in any terrain, combined with the polished cognac leather to give you the perfect look for from "boardroom to boardwalk".
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Karamu Trail Track
Varied, adventurous & safe horse trekking in a unique & diverse natural surround with many different options to suit the beginner to the advanced. glow worm/twilight rides offer a new level of riding.
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Karamu Trail Track offers safe unique & adventurous horse treks in the varied stunning surrounds of native bush, streams, limestone rocks, and rolling farmland.
You'll often see our young horses & foals frolicking as well as cows, peacocks, turkeys, pheasants, rabbits, hares & birds as we ride along. With over 100 different tracks to choose from every trek is different, and allows us to cater for the very beginner to the advanced.
Choose from 1, 2, or 4 hour treks, or for a really special treat try our 2hr twilight/glow worm rides.
Scheduled treks go out every weekend, public holiday, and school holidays at 10am & 1pm, with 3:30pm available also. Weekdays by demand. Bookings essential. Accommodation is also available.
Karamu Trail Track, 37 Smtih Road, RD5, Karamu, Hamilton, Hamilton - Waikato, New Zealand.
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- Jam kerja:
- 8am - 8pm, 7 days. - can be flexible on request. Treks depart Saturdays, Sundays, Public Holidays and School Holidays 10am and 1pm (3:30pm by demand). Glow worms rides departure time depends on time it gets dark at night (Minimum of 5 people). Weekdays by request (Minimum $200 charge applies).
- Waktu operasional:
- Setiap bulan sepanjang tahun
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- Informasi harga lebih lanjut:
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- Many students used the word "avid" in their answers--from "Avid and I would like to read more than I have time for" to "I am not an avid reader though I enjoy reading occasionally." Use specific high level vocabulary in context, and kids will pick them up and use them. I wonder where else I can use that approach?
- Many students used the sentence "I haven't yet found a book I like." Maybe if we can keep using that phraseology, they'll start to believe it, and start to think there just might be a book out there that they will like, and start to be on the lookout for it.
- I haven't found a book in English that I like yet, but I often read books in Japanese.
- I haven't found a book that I really like. But I am starting to find books that are interesting to me in either English or Japanese.
Yes, there were 3 or 4 who weren't enticed into the conversation:
- I don't like reading and I never choose to read.
- I am not a good reader because I get bored reading books.
And I'm going to choose to see that situation as a challenge and an opportunity rather than a problem, and those students as unengaged readers rather than as reluctant readers. The challenge is to engage them. The opportunity is to shift a self-perception and to create life-long readers.


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Vendor Spotlight | White Couture Wedding Attire & Tuxedos
I visited the lovely ladies at White Couture Wedding Attire and Tuxedos in Park City, Utah on an unseasonably rainy June day. Lillie Garrido, the owner of White Couture, and her invaluable sidekicks, Kristin and Christina, gave me a warm welcome when I entered their beautiful bridal salon. In addition to being Park City's premier bridal gown and tuxedo stop, they also run Soiree Productions, one of Utah's best known wedding and event design and coordination companies. Soiree Productions executes elegant upscale weddings and events with style and ease throughout Park City, Salt Lake City, and beyond. You'll get to know more about Soiree Productions in a future spotlight on my blog. Today, we're going to talk about all about White Couture!
Not only does White Couture feature some of the most fashionable, timeless wedding gown designers, but they also supply bridesmaid dresses, flower girl dresses, gorgeous wedding shoes, jewelry, hair pieces, and accessories to discerning brides.
When you walk into the bridal salon, you're surrounded by pretty. Pretty dresses, sparkly jewelry, sumptuous fabrics, and fashionable accessories. They have beautiful dressing rooms and attentive service. Christina has a background in fashion design, and Kristin and Lillie are seasoned pros, so you're definitely in good hands while choosing your wedding gown. Appointments are highly recommended in order to give you the best and most attentive service possible. You can call for your appointment at (435) 655-3180.
They have an amazing sample sale going right now. Imagine the designer gown of your dreams for an unbelievable price! Summer is a great time to purchase your wedding gown during a sample sale at White Couture, because they are getting ready to change out their inventory for the new season. They have a great variety of silhouettes--ballgown, A-line, and sheath dresses. These stylish sample gowns start at $500.00.
In order to make room for new collections, White Couture is offering sample gowns from these designers:
Birnbaum & Bullock
Carmela Sutera
Renella de Fina
And also features these well known designers:
Reem Acra
Judd Waddell
Jane Wang
Carolina Herrera
Simone Carvalli
The have accessories from Erin Cole, and shoes are 15% off! During the sample sale, Vera Wang bridesmaid dresses start at $90.00 and beautiful flower girl dresses start at $100.00. They also have bridesmaid dresses from Badgley Mischka, and more!
White Couture is definitely worth a look. You just might score your dream gown for a lot less than you thought.
8178 Gorgoza Pines Rd. (Jeremy Ranch exit)
Park City, UT 84098
Phone: (435) 655-3180
Website: www.whitecouture.com
Stay tuned for a future feature on White Couture's sister company, Soiree Productions!
Soiree Productions Info:
Website: www.soireeproductions.com
Love and Inspiration-Your Wedding Blog: www.soireeproductions.com/blog
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The clean and classic, yet fresh look of the bridal salon:
Left: Lillie Garrido, Right: Kristin Spear
Left: Christina Hadlow, Right: The White Couture team
The photos below, show the actual sample gowns on sale now. I had to contain my desire touch every one!
White Couture carries an extensive selection of Spanx (to keep things smooth underneath your gown), and Hollywood Fashion Tape which is great for avoiding wardrobe malfunctions, wedding day emergencies, and is safe for delicate dress fabric--no pin marks!
The phrase "omnia vincit amor" is featured prominently in the salon, meaning, "love conquers all". Doesn't it, though? :)


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Having a hairdresser come to your chosen venue can make the experience truly relaxing. I work alongside some other excellent hairstylists and makeup artists when working on larger party numbers so there isn't such a rush - and you can sit back and be pampered.
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¡Trabajo salvaje! Entrenadores de animales (Wild Work! Animal Trainers) (Spanish Version)
Animal trainers care for many different types of animals! Children will explore some of the methods that trainers use, such as affection bonding and classical and operant conditioning, while simultaneously gaining an understanding of animal instincts and animal rehabilitation. In this Spanish-translated nonfiction title, readers are invited to learn about the variety of animals that trainers work with and are encouraged to find an area of study to focus on if they want to become an animal trainer. With stunning images, interesting facts, a glossary of useful terms, informational text, and an interview with a real-life animal trainer, readers will be intrigued and delighted as they move through this fascinating title.
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This section explains how your child's school can support them, and the resources available to schools to help meet the needs of students with disabilities.
On this page:
- Types of support available
- More about the Program for Students with Disabilities
- Support and funding in non-government schools
As explained in the section Education and your child's rights, all schools are legally required to adjust their programs to meet the needs of all students with disabilities, whether or not they are eligible for supplementary funding programs such as the Program for Students with Disabilities.
This section of Learning Together explains how support for students with disabilities works. In the section Education planning for your child, we explain how the school should tailor your child's education and support program to meet their needs – in consultation with you. In the section Building a partnership with school, we share tips and stories from other families about how you can effectively support your child's education journey,.
We begin this section with an introduction to the support system:
Types of support available
Students with disabilities have a broad range of learning and support needs, which can be met by their schools in many different ways. Here we explain the different types of support:
- Adjustments to meet your child's needs at school
- Input from therapists and other specialists
- Specialist DET staff, services and programs
- Support for student's care needs, travel and access
- Support staff within schools
- The Program for Students with Disabilities
More about the Program for Students with Disabilities
Schools have access to various resources and funding to help them meet the needs of students with disabilities. One of these, in government schools, is the Program for Students with Disabilities, or PSD. This program provides supplementary funding to help schools support students with identified moderate to severe disabilities. Approximately one in four students with disabilities in mainstream government schools are eligible for the PSD. All students in specialist government schools must be eligible for the PSD, in order to enrol.
Here we explain the PSD application process, how applications are assessed, and the process for appeals and re-appraisals. We also explain a key step for many students on the PSD in the leadup to secondary school – the PSD Year 6–7 Review.
- Steps in a PSD application and key dates
- Assessment of PSD funding applications
- The PSD Year 6–7 Review
Support and funding in non-government schools
There are many students with disabilities in Catholic and independent schools, including in mainstream, alternative and specialist settings. The Commonwealth and Victorian governments provide supplementary funding to Catholic and independent schools, through programs similar to the PSD in government schools.
Here we outline these programs, and summarise how support and funding for all students with disabilities should work in non-government schools.
To find out more about school options in the Catholic and independent school sectors, visit the relevant pages in the section Choosing a school.


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Search our database of 974 randomized evaluations conducted by our affiliates in 83 countries. To browse summaries of key policy recommendations from a subset of these evaluations, visit the Policy Publications tab.
Eliminating Behavioral Barriers to Saving through a Tablet App for the Base of the Pyramid in Paraguay
Despite the benefits of accumulating savings, low-income individuals rarely use formal savings products. Researchers are partnering with a financial institution in Paraguay to evaluate the impact of a range of tablet-based applications, which remind people to save and help them make savings goals, on savings behavior of low-income individuals.
The Impact of Cash Transfers on Delivery Planning and Maternal Care Quality in KenyaMargaret McConnell, Jessica Cohen , Claire Rothschild, Ginger Golub, George Omondi, Katherine Lofgren, Margaret Kruk
Researchers evaluated whether cash transfers and decision-making nudges could help low-income pregnant women in Nairobi, Kenya deliver where they wanted and in a high-quality facility. They found that cash transfers, conditioned on precommitment to a delivery facility, led to more effective birth planning and increased the likelihood that women delivered at higher-quality facilities.
Political Economy & Governance, Crime, Violence, & Conflict
Deterring Drunk Driving in India
To evaluate which strategies are most effective at preventing drunk driving and reducing traffic accidents, researchers evaluated an anti-drunk driving program in India. Overall, the anti-drunk driving program was effective in reducing traffic deaths and accidents, with these reductions driven entirely by police stations that implemented surprise checkpoints. Promising transfers to reserve police for good behavior more than doubled the number of drunk drivers brought to court.
The Impact of Bundled Payments on Medicare Spending, Utilization, and Quality in the United States
Researchers use a randomized evaluation to examine the impact of bundled payments on Medicare spending, utilization, and quality of care for knee and hip replacements, two common and expensive medical procedures.
Education, Gender
Menstruation and Education in Nepal
Researchers introduced a convenient and hygienic sanitary product, reusable menstrual cups, to Nepalese girls in the seventh and eighth grades. Their evaluation addressed several questions: Is menstruation as large a barrier to education as many believe? Does switching to modern sanitary products increase attendance and school performance among girls? Results showed that girls in Nepal missed...
Finance, Health
Extending Health Insurance to the Informal Sector Through Microfinance in Nicaragua
This evaluation measured the determinants of insurance enrollment as well as the impacts of having insurance for informal sector workers by randomly varying the costs and convenience of signing up for a government health insurance program available to formal and informal sector workers in Nicaragua. Overall, take-up of the insurance and retention rates were low, and enrolling in the program did...
Education, Gender
Incentives to Learn: A Merit-Based Girls' Scholarship Program in Kenya
Approximately 85 percent of primary school age children in western Kenya are enrolled in school, but only about one-third of students finish primary school. Dropout rates are typically higher for girls; in 2001 the 6th grade dropout rate was 10 percent for girls and 7 percent for boys among students in this study's comparison schools at baseline. This project was introduced in part to assist...
The Demand for and Impact of Learning HIV Status in Malawi
While even very small incentives encouraged people to return for their HIV test results, rapid testing in the home had the greatest impact on program take-up. However, for most people, learning status did not substantially change their behavior.
Balsakhi Remedial Tutoring in Vadodara and Mumbai, India
Researchers evaluated the impact of the Balsakhi Program, a remedial tutoring education intervention implemented in schools in Vadodara and Mumbai, India, on student learning. The program significantly improved student test scores in both locations.
Labor Markets
Discrimination in the Job Market in the United States
Researchers examined the level of racial discrimination in the United States labor market by randomly assigning identical résumés black-sounding or white-sounding names and observing the impact on requests for interviews from employers. Results found that résumés with white-sounding names received 50 percent more callbacks than those with black-sounding names, indicating that, all other things...


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Pavilion Greenhouse — Buxton
We often visit the conservatory that sits in Buxton's Pavilion Gardens and the only time that it has ever disappointed us is when we've found it closed for the day. The gardens were designed by Sir Joseph Paxton (who also designed the garden/glasshouses at Chatsworth) and the gardeners that tend to the glasshouse today really do it justice.
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Eliminating warranty waste is a win-win situation
OEMs currently spend between two to four percent of their annual turnover on warranty and warranty-related costs, with 30 percent of these costs directly related to inefficiencies in dealer networks. And, many automakers lack an integrated warranty management solution.
Sewells MSXI Warranty Solutions provide you with new and better ways to eliminate warranty waste and streamline dealer processes using a highly effective set of warranty programs tailored to meet your unique business requirements. Our industry experts assess, improve and effectively manage your warranty processes and implement best practices specifically designed to overcome warranty process inefficiencies at both the OEM and dealership levels.
Not only does this reduce the dealer's financial risk, but the improvements in dealership warranty services noticeably increase customer satisfaction and loyalty. A win-win situation for everyone. Our robust warranty management program offers a competitive advantage for individual dealerships and the organization as a whole.
For any warranty program to work, a company needs a staff that is fully compliant with current warranty rules and can immediately incorporate warranty rule changes into their processes. With Sewells MSXI Warranty Training, we offer best-in-class corporate training programs tailored to the specific needs of the automotive retail industry. Our flexible, modular approach to corporate training includes instructor-led classroom training, blended and e-learning.
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Fabulous opportunity in "Headwaters Club"
Grandview Surrey – Surrey, BC
Fabulous opportunity in "Headwaters Club" by Lakewood Homes. Overlooking the green space, this well laid out 2 bedroom 2 bathroom assignment (that has an approximate completion date end of 2019) has all the bells and whistles, gas range, Stainless Steel appliances, gas hookup for the BBQ, quartz countertops and Kitchen Island to name a few. Extras include closet organizers in both bedrooms, vinyl flooring and tile throughout. Amenities include Guest Suite, Club house and Exercise facility. Close to everything that Morgan Crossing area has to offer, shopping, transit, walking trails and close access to Hwy 99.


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I've had this idea for a project (a lifestyle newsletter) for two years now. I've hemmed and hawed about it. I've created pages, hidden them, and then deleted them. I've put out feelers on Twitter. I've told Danny about it. I've gone back to hemming and hawing. I've written blog posts, prepared launches, scheduled blog posts--and then backed out at the last minute.
I'm scared of launching a newsletter and watching it fail. I'm scared that, like many things I do, it will never reach its full potential because I get scared at the last minute. I'm scared that no one will be interested, that I'll feel dumb at the end.
Mostly, I'm scared of something I really, really care about being seen as self-serving or stupid.
The nature of my anxiety is one of holding me back. Some people deal with anxiety by being busy, having schedules. I deal with my anxiety by staying in bed, not doing anything. I look around at my messy, cluttered house and think, "I want to change this," but I can't bare the thought of not getting ahead. I think about projects (novels I want to write, blog posts I want to write, projects I want to start, community events I should attend) and give up before I even fully commit.
By nature, I'm a homebody and in many ways, I can be very lazy. My biggest critic, however, is myself and I know it: I know other people look at me and see a hard worker, a mom who is doing her best. But at night, I think of all the times I spent sitting on the couch, or standing in the kitchen, or aimlessly listening to podcasts. Why don't I start running again? Why don't I start that project I wanted to?
Why don't I just start the dang newsletter?
Then the little voice says, you're not popular enough. No one cares about your blog, or you, or anything. Your Instagram isn't curated. Your Twitter is boring. So I rewind: I unschedule the blog posts, delete the tweets on Twitter, tell Danny I'm backing out.
It's hard to feel so nervous about something. It's hard to want so badly to do something, but to be so paralyzed with fear about failure. I want to be better at this blogging thing than I am--and admittedly, I'm much better at helping other people at this funny game than I am at doing it myself.
Maybe one day--someday soon--I'll be braver. Until then, I'll keep thinking about it, talking myself into it. I got so close to doing it, launching that newsletter, this time. Maybe next time I'll be braver.


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How to Use Follow Me in Google SketchUp 8
At its core, the Follow Me tool in Google SketchUp lets you create forms that are extrusions. It's a little bit like Push/Pull, except that it doesn't just work in one direction. You tell Follow Me to follow a path, and it extrudes a face all along that path. So, you need three things to use Follow Me:
A path: In SketchUp, you can use any edge, or series of edges, as a path. All you have to do is make sure that they're drawn before you use Follow Me.
A face: Just like with Push/Pull, Follow Me needs a face to extrude. You can use any face in your model, but it needs to be created before you start using Follow Me.
Undo: Imagining what a 2D face will look like as a 3D shape isn't easy — it usually takes a couple tries to get a Follow Me operation right. That's what Undo is for, after all.
Follow these steps to use Follow Me:
Draw a face to use as an extrusion profile.
In this example, you create a pipe, so the extrusion profile is a circular face.
Draw an edge (or edges) to use as an extrusion path.
Although the edge (or edges) is touching the face in this case, it doesn't have to for Follow Me to work.
Select the complete extrusion path you want to use.
Activate the Follow Me tool by choosing Tools, Follow Me.
Click the face you want to extrude.
If you want to use Follow Me all the way around the perimeter of a face, you don't need to spend time selecting all the individual edges. Just select the face and then use Follow Me; the tool automatically runs all the way around any face you have selected.
You can use Follow Me another way, too: Instead of preselecting a path, you can click any face with Follow Me and attempt to drag it along the edges in your model. Although this works on simple things, preselecting a path works a lot better — it's really the only option for using Follow Me in a predictable way.


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New Book On Plane Crash Survivors
In one of our early episodes, "Ricochet", Robin Suerig Holleran walked us through her experience of nearly dying in a small Cessna, and how that experience in many ways changed her life. And she's not alone. Many people have narrowly escaped death inside small planes, and Robin has teamed up with other survivors to published a compilation of those stories, Bracing For Impact, which shares the stories of plane crash survivors. You can hear Robin's ARRVLS story here:
Find out more about her book, Bracing For Impact, here.


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When I think of my top five favorite restaurants, I'm certain that a place like Volt would never make it on that list. But, I think that's mainly because the criteria I use is not just the quality of the food but whether or not it is reasonable to come back over and over again. For the restaurants on my top five list, I can see myself going back repeatedly and I have. For a place like Volt, you need to plan it out well in advance and it certainly does not evoke the casualness that I like in my top five. That being said, Volt definitely makes my top five if I were just rating the best meals I've ever had in a restaurant. It may even be at the top of that list.
So, instead of going to Woodberry Kitchen for my birthday this year (like I thought I would), I managed to get a reservation for Volt on short notice (someone happened to cancel). So, eight of us made the drive up to Frederick, MD. Having eight people go was good and bad. It was good because we have the opportunity to try a good variety of the dishes on the tasting menu. It was bad because you could only choose either the four-course tasting menu ($80 per person) or the seven-course tasting menu ($95) so either way, it was not going to be an inexpensive meal. The best part about it was that my two young nieces came so that they could have the opportunity to taste such great food at such a young age (9 and 11).
We decided that all of us should go with the four-course tasting menu (even though they did have a kids' menu) and even though I linked the menu above, it changes constantly and you may have most of the items you find on the website but there also may be one or two changes. So, the best thing about dining with your family is that the meal really becomes a family style meal even though each person is given their own individual portion. This allowed for me to taste just about every dish that the table ordered. We were started off with an amuse bouche macaroon with a soft foie gras mousse center. Right then, we knew we were in for a culinary experience.
For appetizers, we ordered four out of the five selections. One of the quirky things about the restaurant is that the menu only lists the ingredients of the dishes but not how they are prepared. So, the four dishes we ordered for the first course were listed like:
- kampachi blood orange, nasturtium, ginger
- venison horseradish, green apple, rye
- jonah crab cucumber, green mango, coriander
- beet walnuts, blue cheese, watercress, sherry vinaigrette
I ordered the kampachi which was sliced somewhat thinly and served raw with the nasturtium (a type of edible flower), fennel, and dried ginger with a drizzling of a blood orange reduction and some olive oil. The fish was light, very fresh with some sweet notes. It was balanced off by the crunch of the ginger and the acidity of the blood orange. All in all, a great palate cleanser to start off the meal. The venison was served as a tartare with a horseradish reduction and what looked like bread crumbs piled on top. You would coat the tartare in the bread crumbs and run it through the reduction which provided a great bite of rich venison flavor, a good amount of crunch and the slight kick of the horseradish. The Jonah crab was packed together with some corn and sat beside two reductions (green mango & cucumber). It was yet again another refreshing bite with a choice of sweet dipping sauces. The beets were a revelation. They were marinated in sherry vinaigrette and sprinkled with goat cheese and watercress. The sweetness of the beets really came through but were tempered enough by the vinaigrette. The highlight of the dish was a beet sorbet in the middle of the dish which really emphasized the beet flavors with sweet creamy overtones.
For the second course we ordered:
For the second course we ordered:
- ravioli black trumpet, celery root, goat cheese
- turbot butternut squash, brussels sprouts, radish
- foie gras ruby beets, blood orange, fennel
- sweetbreads sunchoke, black kale, bacon
I wasn't able to get a bite of the ravioli but it looked very interesting especially with the foam on top and some sort of ash sprinkled on the side. The turbot seemed like it was poached sitting on slices of radish, brussels sprouts and what I believe were toasted seeds from the butternut squash. The liquid seemed to be a mixture of the poaching liquid and a butternut squash reduction. The fish was tender and creamy almost while the seeds added a very interesting texture somewhat like crunchy oatmeal. They served the foie gras as a mousse and it sat on a ruby beet sauce with slices of blood orange and fennel leaves on top. Mixing the sweetness of the fruits and beets together gave it a nice blend of sweet and savory but the dish was really made complete when you spread everything on top of the accompanying slices of toasted hazelnut wheat bread which brought yet another level of savory sweetness to everything else. I ordered the sweetbreads (which is the hypothalamus gland) and it was probably my favorite dish of the night, though that's a really tough call. What I do know is that when I passed it down to share with my father, it never came back to me. The sweetbreads were grilled to a golden brown and were meaty and rich with no aftertaste (which I've experienced before when I ordered sweetbreads). They sat on a bed of black kale that had been sauteed and cooked with the bacon and finally the sunchokes were deep fried and came out almost like a potato wedge but much sweeter in flavor. Overall, it was a rich and earthy dish that left me wishing for more.
For our next course, we ordered:
For our next course, we ordered:
- lobster black forbidden rice, coconut, madras curry
- sturgeon jerusalem artichokes, maroon carrot, fennel
- lamb cauliflower, chick pea, golden raisin
- pork potatoes, baby turnips, hickory smoke
There seemed to be about 4 orders of the lobster on the table (my nieces can't get enough of lobster) and I had no trouble sampling all parts of it. The lobster was butter poached and sat on a bed of black rice mixed with a hint of curry with a coconut reduction sauce. If you wanted some kick, there was a good dose of curry sprinkled on some fennel on the side. The lobster was a touch overcooked and a bit tough but the flavor was buttery rich and sweet and paired beautifully with the sweet stickiness of the rice and coconut. I felt that the kick from the curry was needed to balance it out a touch but most at the table were content not to try it. I ordered the sturgeon which was pan seared with a crisp coating on one of the edges. There were pieces of sauteed sunchokes (jersualem artichokes) and carrot mixed in a broth made of the sturgeon's pan juices and butter. They placed the sturgeon directly in the broth and while the sturgeon was flaky and had a great crispiness to it, the best part of the dish was the wonderful broth which was rich with a depth of flavor that was hard to fathom. The vegetables soaked up all these flavors and it added wonderfully to their natural sweetness. I wish I could write more about the lamb but I only got one small bite before it was gone. It was perfectly cooked to medium rare but I didn't get to mix it with the grilled cauliflower or any of the other ingredients on the plate. The pork was smoked with baby turnips and placed beside two small beds of mashed potatoes. The pork turned out juicy and soft with just a hint of smokiness (frankly I wanted more of that). The mash was creamy and smooth with a rich reduction of what seemed to be juices from the pork mixed in. The dish was wonderfully rich and a uplifted play on your classic pork chop and mashed potatoes.
Our final and dessert course consisted of:
Our final and dessert course consisted of:
- banana black sesame, coconut, pineapple
- chocolate marshmallow, caramel, peanut
- apple cinnamon, rosemary, almond
After the dessert, they brought out a french vanilla & hazelnut semifreddo with a candle on top to celebrate my birthday. Normally, I'm loathe to have any sort of public display like that for my birthday but the semifreddo was simply amazing. It was rich, creamy and decadent and I would celebrate my birthday every day if I could have that every day. I also washed down my meal with a PBR. I have very fond memories of PBR and any restaurant that serves that beer already has a leg up in my book. Too bad they didn't have tall boys.
I don't think Volt is the neighborhood restaurant that I would go back to on a regular basis. It is, however, a very worthy food experience that I would put at or near the top of my list of all-time meals. It barely squeezed in on my bucket list but only because of the hype surrounding it and the proximity to where I live. But, after having gone there, it should have been placed higher on the list simply because they make great food in a great setting with great service that if you have a chance to enjoy, you should take that opportunity every day and twice on Sundays.


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- No buyer funds required on purchases (3% down can come from gift money)
- No upfront or monthly mortgage insurance
- No FHA approval needed for condos
- Lower payments with conventional financing
- Streamline loan approvals
- Any whole year term between 10-30 years
- Must have a first-time homebuyer on the loan. Otherwise 5% down is required.
Many renters think they can't purchase a home because they don't have enough money for the down payment. This new program allows as little as 3% down without having to acquire mortgage insurance.
This program can benefit those who have the income to support the required payment on a home purchase, but don't have the savings.
With rents increasing every year, the payment on a purchased home may be less than rent (especially once tax benefits are considered).
Feel free to contact us with questions, as we're well suited to discuss the tax benefits and your budget for purchasing a home.


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Lava B8 QWERTY mobile launched in India
The mobile market is growing at a very faster rate in India. There are a number of mobile manufacturers that are targeting the Indian market. Thus the tough competition has forced the mobile manufacturing company to launch good featured mobiles in a very affordable price. One of the good mobile manufacturing companies is Lava which has been launching good quality of mobile phones recently. The Lava Company has launched its new model and that is Lava B8. The model is already launched in India. There are a number of good features in the phone.
The Lava B8 features are very attracting and thus people are getting attracted towards it. The features of the phone are eye catching. The main fact about the phonies that, the phone is ideal for the people who wants to use business phone in a very affordable price. This phone is very good for the people who constantly want to check their Emails wants to connect to the internet. This handset is a value for money. The looks and the design of the mobile phone is average. If a person wants to enjoy all the features without spending more, then this handset is for that person. The main feature is the Trackpad which is the most important thing as it is used for easy navigation.
The Lava B8 specifications are very clear. The mobile phone is business purpose mobile phone with 2.3" TFT screen which provides good picture quality. The mobile has a dual SIM facility. The handset is provided with QWERTY keypad facility. The mobile is also having the feature of Wi-Fi facility. The phone is already enabled with social networking applications. The memory of the phone can be easily upgraded up to 16GB. Push Email facility is also there. The mobile is having a 3.2 MP camera with flash facility. The battery of the phone is of 1400 mAh. The phone is equipped with FM radio with recording facility. Java is already enabled in the handset. The mobile is also having 3.5 mm audio jack. Bluetooth facility is also enabled in the mobile phone. Opera mini browser is enabled in the mobile phone and now it is very easy to search for your favorite content. The phonies also enabled with EDGE/GPRS/WAP 2.0 facility.
The Lava B8 price in India is around Rs. 3, 999. The mobile is getting good response from the Indian market.
Association of Computer Repair Business Owners
The Association of Computer Repair Business Owners (ACRBO) was founded in 2009 to support the growing network of Computer Repair business owners worldwide. ACRBO is dedicated to promoting industry education and improving consumer relations with professionalism and integrity.


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`Imagemagick' on your linux box.
Example: You have 12345678 pictures [PNG, JPG, whatever] with a resolution of 3072x2304 pixels and you want convert them into a resolution of 1024x768 pixels [these new images will be saved into a new directory].
So, you are [running a terminal] where you have the pictures, you just run this:
$ for files in *.JPG; do convert -thumbnail 1024x768 $files ./lq/$files ; done
In this example I'm converting JPG images [you can choose whatever format if Imagemagick accept it] and saving the new images into the `lq' directory [of course you can choose other directory to save your new images].
Well that's it....
PS: If you found any error in my English just tell me [I need to improve it]


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A happy hour for art workers and other non profit friends.
Come hang out and celebrate your work, complain about it, or don't talk about it at all, with your friends.
This is a space to carve out once a month for us all to meet up, let our hair down, and have some fun. Music, Pool, Tomfoolery, and fun drink specials! And everyone's fav bartender, Siobhan!
If you're having too much fun, stay later for the weekly dance party Kosmetik 9-close!