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How To Go Into Labour At 37 Weeks
Are you in the late stages of your third trimester and you feel like you are ready to get it over with? Maybe you are tired of sitting tight and waiting for yourself to go into labour anytime. A full pregnancy is somewhere between your 37th and 42nd week, experts say. Any labour that occurs before the 37th week is termed as preterm labour, and its bad news.
In most cases, women tend to go into labour between 41 and 42 weeks naturally. Sometimes it can delay by a few days, which usually makes a woman desperate to go into labour since if it delays further, it means staring at having a C-section.
At 37 weeks of pregnancy, most soon-to-be mums can't wait to hold their babies in their arms. Some may start to wish for ways they could just go into labour right away. I've been in that kind of situation, and trust me; I know how anxious it feels. If you are in that situation or you are about to be, then wish no more because I'm going to show you some of the old wives' tales on how to go into labour at 37 weeks.
Ways to induce your labour
Below are ways you can make yourself go into labour at 37 weeks.
Acupressure is similar to acupuncture only that there are no needles involved. It involves the application of physical pressure to your life energy path which is usually points that run along your body's meridian system.
These are ancient Chinese medicinal techniques that should only be practised by professionals. Acupressure can be a great and safe technique of inducing labour without having to use drugs. According to acupressure specialists, there are 6 points on the body where pressure can be applied to induce labour.
One of the acupuncture points is the Spleen 6 point (SP6) and is one of the most versatile points. Located above the ankle, on the backside of the lower calf, SP6 is one of the points that can easily make you go into labour by applying pressure firmly using the index finger for some seconds.
Other acupuncture points include Bladder 60 point (BL60) located on foot, Pericardium 8 point PC8 located on your palm. Acupuncture usually involves massage.
Kicking It Between The Sheets
Sex is known to be one of the old fashioned ways that women can use to go into labour. The scientific part of it is that semen contains a chemical known as prostaglandin that will soften the cervix which will result into labour. The uterus may also contract when you orgasm and getting your uterine muscles into action.
When you have sex, your body is triggered to release a hormone known as oxytocin that usually aids in contractions. What you should keep in mind that once your water has broken, you should never attempt sex since it may lead to infections or if you have had some form of vaginal bleeding during your pregnancy.
Experts say that if you are reached your full pregnancy term which usually starts from the 37th week, you should consider making walking a habit since it will ensure that you are always in an upright position, and this is optimal for labour.
Although walking won't induce labour right away, if your labour had already started, walking will increase the frequency at which your contractions will occur, gearing you towards your delivery very quickly. This is because the gravitational pull will make your baby exert more pressure on the cervix.
Other benefits that come with walking is that you will be able to relax and enjoy the sun while also getting some fresh air.
Nipple Stimulation
The hormone that bears sole responsibility for the contraction of the uterus is oxytocin. Any action that will cause the body to release the hormone will certainly qualify to be on this article. One of such actions is nipple stimulation. When the nipples are stimulated, oxytocin will be released by the pituitary glands located in the brain.
You can stimulate your nipples by either using a breast pump, gently rubbing your nipples or by standing in a hot shower. You can also get your husband to help in the stimulation of your nipples since he can do it better.
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Eating Spicy Foods
This is one of the most popular theories. Though not scientifically proven, I think there is some truth to it. One of the ways spicy food can cause a woman to go into labour is through the stimulation of the digestive system. Some spices may irritate the digestive system. I know you may be wondering how in the world your stomach is related to your uterus, so read on.
When your digestive system is irritated, you may start to diarrhoea which may result in dehydration. Now it is this dehydration that is known to cause contractions in pregnant women.
Eating spicy food is also believed to increase the body's production of prostaglandin hormone which facilitates the contraction of the uterine muscles. However, this method is not guaranteed to work on every woman, but you can just try it to see if it will work for you.
Pharmacological Methods
This is the most preferred method of labour induction that is recommended by professionals since it has been tested and can be backed up scientifically. Vaginal PGE2 the preferred method and is usually administered as tablet or gel.
However, this method comes with associated risks. One of the risks includes uterine hyperstimulation. Doctors are therefore encouraged to inform women of such risks before administering vaginal PGE2.
Under What Circumstances Can Induction Of Labour Be Recommended By Your Doctor?
Your doctor may give you the green light to induce labour before your due date under the following circumstances:
- If there is some infection in your uterus that will put the life of the baby at risk.
- You don't have enough amniotic fluid in your womb. The baby cannot survive with little amniotic fluid.
- If the doctor discovers that there are some abnormalities with your placenta.
- If your water breaks after you have attained full-time pregnancy, but your due date is not yet.
Since going into labour at 37 weeks disrupts the natural order of pregnancy, there are risks that may result as a result of that. These risks include:
- Increased risk of C-section.
- Increased risk of premature birth since calculations of due date may sometimes be inaccurate.
- Umbilical cord problems may result due to umbilical cord prolapse which may be as a result of the umbilical cord coming out before your baby's head. The cord might get a compressed cutting off the baby's oxygen supply.
- Babies born as a result of induced labour may suffer from abnormally lower heart rates.
The Takeaway
Pregnancy is a special period for a mother at the same time a hectic one. It is no easy task dealing with swollen feet, nausea for 42 weeks, leave alone the difficulty of even turning on your sofa. It is for this reason that you might wish to go into labour at 37 weeks, a few more weeks to the finish line.
I would recommend that you just be patient and let mother nature handle her business the way she sees fit. After all, your due date will finally reach.

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Angel Meadow: Origin and persistence of Victorian Manchester's hell on earth slum
Victorian Manchester was the world's first industrial city – the shock city of its age. It was the first to experience the wealth and horrors that rapid urbanisation could bring. More than 200 years later, cities around the world continue to face unprecedented social, economic and environmental challenges. An estimated one billion people around the world live in slums – a figure the UN says will double by 2030. This study will investigate the origin and persistence of Angel Meadow - one of Victorian Manchester's most notorious slums. It will seek to bring context to recent archaeological excavations of workers' housing in Angel Meadow and add to the wider debate about the formation of modern slums.
Responses to the Culture and Politics of the United States of America in the Novels and Nonfiction of Anthony Burgess
To provide a critical account of the British author Anthony Burgess's engagement with the culture and politics of the United States of America. Burgess travelled extensively in the USA for lecture tours, professorships, visiting author positions, book tours, and other artistic engagements. This enquiry involves original research into archived documents, audio recordings of lectures, unpublished letters and journalism. The dissertation will deploy this new material in a close analysis of six post-1960 novels and non-fiction books by Burgess.
Granada Television: A Cultural History from the 1950s to 1970s.
This research explores the cultural and historical legacies of the Granada Television Company from the 1950s to 1970s. Funded by the AHRC (2016-2019) the project examines the company's reputation for being a socially-conscious 'radical' broadcaster, its presentation of youth culture and the development of Granada's visual identity and construction of place, focusing in particular on the organisation's presentation of Manchester.
Revisiting English Chinoiserie from a Perspective of Postcolonialism: How Can New Narratives be Embedded into Cultural Heritage Sites through Art Practice?
A practice-based fine art research investigating the historiography of chinoiserie from a perspective of postcolonialism through exploring how otherness was prescribed to Chineseness.
Objects of Delight: The Nineteen Century Mass-Produced Miniature
My research explores the phenomenon of miniaturisation, as reflected by the global trade and consumption of mass-produced miniatures, and what it reveals about the nineteenth century people who delighted in, desired, acquired, displayed, collected and discarded them.
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Archaeology: Site, Object, Context; Interpreting A Collection. A study of the ceramic work of Robert Louis Blatherwick (1920-1993)
The previously unrecorded work of Robert Louis Blatherwick occupies an empty space, representing a gap in the recording of twentieth century ceramic history. The body of work produced deserves attention.
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Towards a New Realism: An Investigation of the Possibilities for a Socially Engaged Painting Practice
I am proposing to examine the methodologies and signifying structures of 'classical', 'critical', 'social' and 'socialist' realist painting to determine whether they can be synthesised or adapted to generate a socially informed and democratically readable contemporary painting practice.
'Gender Politics: The Paratext In the Late 19th Century Feminist Periodical (Britain, c. 1888-1899): A Transdisciplinary Holistic Approach'
This thesis offers an interpretation of the feminist periodicals Women's Penny Paper, Woman's Herald and Woman's Signal, using an original modified version of linguist Gérard Genette's theory of the paratext as a methodology. It examines to what extent the gendered conventions of late nineteenth century Britain influenced the editorial identities of these general feminist periodicals, and whether emerging hybrid paradigms of late nineteenth century New Womanhood in any way challenged conventional patriarchal ideals. The findings reveal that the periodicals studied projected a voice that was critical of the established gendered norms, which manifested through a plethora of carefully orchestrated editorial choices.
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Hulu Announces Exclusive Licensing Agreement with AMC Networks Inc., Including AMC's Highly Anticipated Fear the Walking Dead
Through the deal, Hulu will – over time – become the SVOD home to a diverse and comprehensive collection of AMC Networks Inc.-produced content. Hulu will also become the streaming home for a significant number of films from the IFC Films collection, including 2012 Sundance Film award winner Sleepwalk with Me; Room 237, the documentary film by Rodney Ascher about the perceived meaning in the film The Shining; Pina, the 3D film about dance choreographer Pina Bausch; and L.A. Outfest Grand Jury Award winner Weekend, to name a few.
Series from AMC Networks will be available on Hulu prior to each subsequent season's network premiere. Hulu and the respective networks will execute substantial co-marketing and co-promotional campaigns to drive awareness and promote viewership of all series throughout the span of the agreement.
"AMC Networks has an incredible reputation and track record in producing captivating storytelling across a variety of genres for true connoisseurs of television," said Mike Hopkins, Chief Executive Officer, Hulu. "This huge partnership guarantees that Hulu viewers will soon be able to enjoy the newest slate of premium programming from some of the top cable networks."
"We believe in the combination of compelling content and technology to engage audiences and deliver viewers back to the linear television experience," said Ed Carroll, Chief Operating Officer, AMC Networks. "AMC Networks has been the original home of some of the most popular shows in the history of online streaming, and we are excited about this new partnership with Hulu, a growing company that has created a network-branded environment for content in a highly competitive space."
The agreement was negotiated by Lisa Holme for Hulu and Marci Wiseman for AMC Networks.
About Hulu
Hulu is a premium streaming TV destination that seeks to captivate and connect viewers with the stories they love by creating amazing experiences that celebrate the best of entertainment and technology. As we pursue this mission, we strive to continue to redefine and reinvent the TV-viewing experience.
About AMC Networks Inc.
Dedicated to producing quality programming and movie content for more than 30 years, AMC Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AMCX) owns and operates several of the most popular and award-winning brands in cable television. AMC, IFC, SundanceTV, WE tv, and IFC Films produce and deliver distinctive, compelling and culturally relevant content that engages audiences across multiple platforms. The company also operates BBC AMERICA through a joint venture with BBC Worldwide. In addition, the company operates AMC Networks International, its global division. More information is available at www.amcnetworks.com.


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Gabriel Francis Possenti
February 27
Like his namesake, St. Francis, Francesco (Francis) Possenti was born in Assisi, Italy into a wealthy family. As a youth he was known as a party-goer, clothes horse, and good dancer. His nickname was "The Ladies' Man." He excelled at horsemanship and was a good marksman. During a childhood illness he pledged his life to God if he were healed, but didn't make good on that promise until he joined the Passionist Brothers. He was given the name of Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows. Possenti is best known for the time he disarmed a band of mercenary soldiers who were pillaging the village of Isola and saved the village.
Possenti was stricken with tuberculosis soon after he entered the priesthood. Despite his illness he was known as a joyful and compassionate young man. He died in 1862 at the age of 24 at the Passionist monastery at Gran Sasso, Italy. Saint Gabriel is considered the patron saint of youth.
If Gabriel Francis Possenti had taken the Spiritual Types Test, he probably would have been a Lover. Gabriel Francis Possenti is remembered on February 27.


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"Before Dakota joined our family, I couldn't imagine our tribe of three having four. I couldn't imagine my heart loving a second child as much as I loved Kinley. I couldn't imagine more joy than what we had at the time. Now, I can't fathom our lives without our sweet and oh so perfect Dakota. We were not complete without her, and it is so obvious now.
It was a ROUGH start though. The first six months of her life were the hardest six of mine. She was screaming, I was crying, no one was sleeping. As I read all these picture perfect posts from other mommas about their babies being so happy and sleeping through the night, I couldn't help but be sad. I felt like I wasn't able to enjoy my baby being little like everyone else. Now that we are past the rough times and Dakota is feeling better, I can embrace our experience and even appreciate it in some crazy way. The Lord gave me strength I never knew I had.
Every day with these two is filled with so much JOY....also stress, messes and tons of questions. But still, so much JOY. Being a momma is such a gift, and it's not one I take for granted."


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FRANSISCO CENTENO (Bass): Francisco was discovered at the age of 15 and began recording with Motown greats like Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye. By the age of twenty, he had played in all the major cities in the USA while touring with Aretha Franklin, Melba Moore and Bette Midler. For the past 30 years, he has been heard on hundreds of commercials, albums, motion picture soundtracks and TV shows. Fransisco has played with several Broadway shows and is currently with A BRONX TALE.
KEVIN HUPP (Drums): Kevin is a world class, award-winning drummer, producer, songwriter and studio owner. He has toured with some of the best artists and musicians in the world, beginning in 1986 with the legendary Rick Derringer and working with him for the next ten years. Kevin has also shared the stage with Edgar Winter, Johnny Winter, Eddie Van Halen, Hall and Oates, Freddy Johnson, many others. He most recently played with Iggy Pop.
JERRY Z (Organ): Jerry creates a sophisticated and modern approach to the Hammond B3 and is an intrinsic part of the New York music scene. With a style all his own, Jerry has captured the attention of audiences at home and abroad with fresh melodies, potent grooves and soulful compositions. Notable collaborations include recordings for soul-jazz pioneer Melvin Sparks, Grove Up, This is It, Jim Payne's Sensei and Energie, Oz Hoy's Twisted Blues Volume 1&2, Who Gives A Funk, and The Headhunters'On Top album. Jerry has also enjoyed performing and recording with Delbert McClinton.
RONNY DRAYTON (Guitar): Ronny was raised in South Jamaica, Queens, NY, and first played drums at St. Clement The Pope Middle School. He switched to guitar at age seventeen, and met and played with many of the great ones in the genres of Rock, Funk, Soul, Blues and Jazz. His mentors included Jimi Hendrix, Edwin Birdsong, Albert King, Roy Ayers, Attila Zoller, James Blood Ulmer and The Chambers Bros. Ronny studied Composition and Arrangement at Kingsborough Community College. Over the years, he has worked on countless recording projects as well as numerous TV shows and videos.
ASA LOVECHILD (backing vocals): Asa Lovechild is a singer, actress and writer. She is a native of Louisville, KY, who started her singing and acting career at the age of four. She has had the privilege and honor of touring with the legendary Nona Hendryx (Labelle) for the past eight years, and has shared the stage and worked with the likes of R&B singer Monifah, Tsidii Le Loka, The Black Rock Coalition, Toshi Reagon, George Clinton, The Ladies of SKYY, Sara Dash (LaBelle), Melba Moore, Lonnette McKee, Martha Redbone, Freddie Jackson, Morley, Imani Uzuri, Sandra St. Victor, Qaasim Middleton (American Idol Contestant), Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads), and many more renowned acts. Asa holds a BA in Literature and Theatre Arts, an MBA in marketing, and is pursuing her DBA in Entrepreneurship (Entertainment). Her last album, Love's Experience (Steve Wallace Edition), has charted twice on the UK soul charts (in 2007 and again in 2013). She is noted as being one of the top 20 digitally downloaded artists in Neo-Soul, on Amazon.com UK. You can hear her music in heavy rotation in Brazil, Germany, Nigeria, the UK, and other parts of the world. She is currently in the final stages of recording her follow up album to Love's Experience and is in talks for mounting her one woman show Identity Crisis.
KEYONTIA "Ki Ki" HAWKINS (backing vocals): Ki Ki Hawkins is a singer, originally from Baltimore, MD, who attended The Baltimore School for the Arts where she expanded vocally from gospel, R&B, jazz and rock into classical. This classically-trained prodigy further continued her education at The Juilliard School of Music. Ki Ki began her touring career with notable artists such as Amel Larrieux; Kelis; Angelique Kidjo; Nona Hendryx; Patti LaBelle; The Legendary Group LaBelle, and 2009 Grammy Nominated artist Maiysha. As an established writer, Ki Ki has written and performed lead and backing vocals on dance singles, "You Don't Tell Me Anymore", "Get Up", "Thankyou", "Keep It Movin", and "Give You What You Need" for Wakko Records with singles released in the UK and the US. She has been invited to lend her vocal styling to many studio sessions, including Raheem DeVaughn's "Love Experience" album, as a featured vocalist on Q-Tip's 2007 single "Work it Out" and 2009 "Kamaal the Abstract", backgrounds on LaBelle's 2008 "Back to Now" CD, the 2009 E.P. release of "The Ki Ki Experience LIVE", and backgrounds on Nona Hendryx's 2011 "Mutatis Mutandis" album.


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Benecos relaunch 'Netballs for Clubs' initiative.
This year benecos is again helping to support netball clubs across the whole of the UK. At benecos we are passionate about promoting an active lifestyle and healthy living and feel that our step to providing free netballs to clubs across the UK is a key move to help achieve the best in the sport throughout the country. We have 1,500 benecos netballs that we can't wait to giveaway to netballs clubs up and down the country to get more people playing the sport leading up to the World Cup in Liverpool.
Benecos 'netballs for clubs' initiative is free to enter by any netball club in the United Kingdom. Yes, even if you have entered before! :)
Please complete the below form and submit to register for free benecos netballs for your club. Benecos will contact you in due course.
BONUS: Each despatch will include a small selection of free benecos products for members to try.


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songs to light up our times
DJ host Dick Flacks writes: I've got an amazing array of songs this week that relate to major topics about happenings in the world. Some of the happenings: Isla Vista memorial, Spanish election, Bernie Sanders launching his campaign, oil spill on our beaches, and some surprises.
culture of protest thurs 5/28/15 6-7pm pdt kcsb 91.9fmwww.kcsb.org


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I am so happy to see Mallory featured on your blog! She worked tirelessly to help us through the adoption of our daughter 17 months ago and we will always be grateful for all she has done for our family. Keep up the good work!
1. What is your job title and description here at GWCA/CAN?
I am an international adoption counselor at GWCA for our China families! I help families through their initial inquiry phase and through their matching process. I have also done some work previously on our Referral and Post Adoption teams.
2. What do you enjoy most about your job?
It is very difficult to narrow down a part that I enjoy the most! I really love getting to know families in the beginning of their process and helping them navigate the ins and outs of adopting a child from China. I of course love the days when families decide to move forward with a kiddo's adoption! There's no greater feeling than hearing the excitement that family has and knowing there is a kiddo on the other side of the world that now has a family to call their own.
3. What is the most difficult aspect of your job?
Although I experience many more happy moments than negative in my position, adoption can sometimes be very emotional and tough to navigate. Giving families unfortunate news about wait times or unexpected updates on how a child is doing tends to always be a struggle for me. When working with a family as their adoption counselor, I always want to be able to give them as much information and support as I can. However, working with foreign governments is tough and I don't always have all of the information I would like to provide to a family. I am grateful that I can play a part in their adoption story – through the positive and negative times.
4. Why do you love adoption?
I love adoption because each family's story and journey is unique and inspiring in their own way. These kiddos are coming from some of the most difficult situations and it is incredible to see how resilient and strong they are. Adoption allows us to bring the love, support and security a family brings to a child to these kiddos who deserve it. I feel very humbled to have played a small part in uniting these kiddos with such amazing families.
5. Fun facts about Mallory:
I am so happy to see Mallory featured on your blog! She worked tirelessly to help us through the adoption of our daughter 17 months ago and we will always be grateful for all she has done for our family. Keep up the good work!
Mallory was so helpful when we adopted our two sons. She guided us through the process in just nine months from the time we committed to Gotcha day. She will always be that special person that helped and supported us through some challenging times


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Recently I really got into the new show Legion. For those who aren't familiar, it's a mind-bending show about a guy who thinks he's crazy but actually has latent psychic abilities. Without giving any spoilers, much of the show is spent traversing through his twisted memories, jumping between realities, and lots of really complicated sci-fi jargon. Oh, and it's set in the X-Men universe. Sounds like a lot going on, right? I didn't realize all that going into and first tried putting it on in the background while I did other chores around the house. And what happened? After a couple episodes, I had to start it all over again because I realized I had no idea what was going on.
I know what you're thinking: "cool story, bro." But bare with me! The reason I didn't know what was going on was because I was only passively engaging. That's more or less harmless when you're talking about a television show, but it can be disastrous when done with something like your business' marketing. If you want to follow a critically acclaimed drama, you better put your phone down and look up at the screen. If you want your marketing efforts to succeed, you need to do the same.
As a business owner, you've got a lot on your plate and marketing might not be a priority compared to meeting your bottom lines. We get that. But think about it this way: when you current client base dries up and you're out of referrals, what will you do? Just like passively watching a show, you'll realize you have no idea what's going on and have to start over.


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Day One
Following a week with my son, his almost-one-year-old daughter (a.k.a. my granddaughter) and dog, it was time to say goodbye. But this would not be a quick farewell. I was accompanying them on their trip home.
Mom missed this vacation week at the shore. She had to work. No one wanted Jason to make the nine+ hours trip home accompanied only by baby and dog. I volunteered to go along for the ride.
We left the house 9:30 a.m. Monday morning - naptime. Baby sleeps, dog sits quietly next to her in the back seat and Jason and I listen to podcasts (my son's idea; I do not own an iPod or i-anything).
An hour later baby wakes and becomes restless. We pull into a rest stop and switch seats. Oliver (a.k.a. dog) jumps into the front passenger seat. I get in the back and entertain baby.
We stop at my sister's for lunch. Baby plays and crawls around.
Afternoon naptime, about 3:30 p.m., everyone piles back in the car.
An hour later baby is once again awake and stirring. We pull into a rest stop. This time Dad gets in back, I get behind the wheel and Oliver gets the front passenger seat again. We drive another couple of hours.
Dinnertime! Restaurant stop. Baby enjoys dinner, a bottle and gets changed into PJs. Jason and I eat dinner. We climb back in the car.
Baby falls asleep and snoozes for the remainder of the trip, another three hours.
Our journey finally ends at 11:00 p.m. Nine hours of driving plus stops to care for baby and to feed adults, and father, daughter and dog reunite with Mom.
Day Two
My itinerary includes a flight from Columbus OH to La Guardia airport (NYC), another flight from La Guardia to Philadelphia, and a one hour drive home. The one stop trip was the cheapest available – a nonstop flight was costlier.
Everything went smoothly. I was leery of traveling via La Guardia, remembered as an antiquated airport. But things are looking up. I landed at Terminal C, a bright, clean, new facility. I then walked over to a bus departing for terminal D, an even newer terminal. The walkway between terminals is under construction.
Terminal D pioneers the future for air travelers. There are a variety of small shops and food vendors and an ample supply of high tables outfitted with iPods and electrical outlets scattered throughout the terminal. Travelers can also sit at a bar or restaurant table, enjoy drinks and food and surf on their own computer or the iPods.
The flight from La Guardia to Philly is short – you can drive the route in a couple of hours. Well, not really, because of traffic. Crows can do it in that time. Planes too. Not cars.
I took a car service from the Philly airport back home. I could have taken two trains and a bus, but after two days of traveling, well, enough is enough.
I detoured to my favorite pizza etcetera store on my way home and bought some wings for dinner. I walked home, cut up some tomatoes and cucumbers, sat down with my computer, wings, veggies and dip and enjoyed. Or indulged might be a better word. Actually both.
So now all is quiet on the home front, at least temporarily. I am home alone for an evening. Hub is on a business trip and returns tomorrow.
I will spend some time helping the house recover from a week of family, friends and assorted others.
Friends arrive this weekend for a concert and kayaking.
The Colorado Crew descends in two and a half weeks.
I will enjoy the calm before the tumult begins – again.
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Event Innovation
Technology has given the events industry access to a large number of different tools to make live events far more impactful and effective that they might have been in the past. Delegates can join from different locations (and different countries!), questions and feedback can be instantaneous and interactive promoting engagement with your audience. If you want to reach a truly global audience Ground:zero can webcast your event to the internet with a host of customisation options – we will take care of everything!
The key to success for any event is audience engagement. Technology now places a lot more 'tools' into the event organisers toolbox.
There are a host of options, from simple voting keypads, through off the shelf event apps for voting and messaging, to a completely bespoke solution put together for your event only. For awards and public events you can harness the power of social media with Twitter walls and scraping Instagram for your hashtag.
Video conferencing has evolved hugely in recent years, becoming just another way people communicate together.
Whether you are making a standard video conference call or a global town hall with full meeting support at every site, Ground:zero has a strong competency in this area, ensuring we can maximise your communication coverage.
If you want to broadcast to the world, a webcast or live stream video conference adds a two-way connection to your event.
Your event can be broadcast live to your website if you want to reach out to a global organisation. Alternatively, if you want to speak to the world, we can live stream your event to YouTube or Facebook Live for a more public platform.


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Mon March 4, 2013
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for northern Illinois from 3 a.m. to midnight Tuesday. Snowfall, which could be heavy at times, is estimated to measure anywhere between 6 to 10 inches.
As a result of this warning, the DuPage County Health Department is offering some shoveling safety tips for those who will be outside clearing their porches, sidewalks and driveways.
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3 qts. popped popcorn
3 c. small ranch-flavored baked crackers (like Ranch Wheat Thins)
1 c. fish-shaped pretzels
1 (1 oz.) pkg. Ranch salad dressing mix
1 T. lemon pepper
1 tsp. dill weed
1/3 c. butter, melted
In a large bag, place the popcorn, crackers and pretzels.
Sprinkle the popcorn mixture with the dry salad dressing mix, lemon pepper and dill weed. Close the bag and shake gently
to distrubute evenly. Drizzle the mixture with the melted butter. Quickly reclose the bag and shake until all
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Hanni El Khatib Is All Rock and Roll
Khatib's album, Will The Guns Come Out, is a raw under produced expression of pure rock and roll unleashed. It is awesome stuff that sounds like the last sixty years of rock and roll rolled up and recorded into one convenient package. The stuff is so classic sounding, by the end of Will The Guns Come Out, you'll be reaching for the Brill cream and a motorcycle jacket. At times Khatib channels his inner White Stripes and gets all raw and bluesy while at other times he finds his inner pop sensibility and writes something that's almost like a long lost doo-wop hit from 1954.
Will The Guns Come Out is so lo-fi and so coarse that it almost sounds as if Khatib recorded this a few decades back and then dug it out of an attic somewhere. The apparent lo-quality doesn't take away from the record though, in fact, it really gives it an air of authenticity and a patina that's keeps it all cool. Hanni El Khatib might have an unusual name for a rock and roller, but the power of rock and roll runs through his veins and you can hear that on every song here. As a result, Will The Guns Come Out is flawed, basic, and brilliant!
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We have watched so many body trends sweep across Instagram over the years and gain popularity. Things like thigh gaps (showing off the gap in between your thighs that's supposed to show how thin you are) and even thighbrows (accentuating that fold where your upper thigh hits your butt...we know...weird) have taken center stage as women hashtag their photos to show how they're able to jump on the bandwagon and we're here today to break the latest trend to you: Barbie feet. Yes, this is a thing and yes - you better get used to seeing it in your feed.
If you take a second to do a quick Instagram search using the hashtag #BarbieFeet, you are bound to see many, many photos pop up. The trend was essentially started by the loads and loads of social media influencers and celebrities who position their feet in the same way in photos, basically pointing them out and down like Barbie's permanently-molded high-heel feet. You know, as if they were wearing her sky-high heels, but not actually.
Who What Wear UK shared that the trend is growing because the pose makes your legs look longer and slimmer. It is basically the art of acting "like you're wearing an invisible pair of high heels, even though there's nothing but air under your arches." We get it, but one can only hold that pose for so long.
High heels have been around for what seems forever and it really does boil down to the one thing that they offer: their sky high appearance makes whoever is wearing them look and feel slimmer. That's it. It's not like they are comfortable or anything. There is no denying that this photogenic trick works though and can even be done lying or sitting down like we've seen some pro models do. (Ahem, Kendall Jenner)
Overall, though, it's important that we celebrate our bodies without seeking perfection because eventually, it will catch up with your mental health.
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Rosie, Advice and Money Intern shares her budgeting tips and advice …
If you have not yet seen that video check it out first as it provides useful advice on how to work out your weekly budget. (Having a weekly budget is important as it helps you to not overspend or run out of money.)
Have you watched? Good, then I can begin. Now that you've figured out your weekly budget, here's a few tips on how you can reduce the risk of overspending!
Keep your funding in a separate savings account. Then, set up a standing order to transfer your weekly budget into your current account every Monday morning.
This way you can't withdraw too much of your loan at once, even if it is by accident. It also means that you will never overspend on your weekly budget, as you will only have access to the maximum that you can spend each week.
This is such a simple trick that I used myself in first year. It's super helpful and means that (even if you spend most of your weekly budget by Wednesday) you'll be more aware of your spending for the rest of the week.
I found this to be a great way to learn how to manage my money. It also meant that if I didn't spend all of my weekly budget in one week 1, then I would have more money to spend in week 2! (Or, if I was feeling really clever I would put the leftover money from week 1 into my savings, but I'll let you decide which one you want to do).
Great! Now you're a budgeting expert! A free bird, able to stretch your wings and fly out into the world, independent, with no parents to tell you what to do! What could possibly go wrong? Cut to 12pm on a Wednesday morning. You wake up with a headache and a few groggy memories of the night before, you check your bank account and there it is, the dreaded number: 0.
Hi again. Let me be that much-needed parent for a moment.
So, you need some tips on how to reduce your expenditure? Here's a few that will help you, not just on a night out, but in some general #studentlife situations:
- Use student discounts. (UniDays, NUS card, Student Beans etc.)
I can't tell you how many times these guys have saved me money on clothes, food, clothes and more food… (It's cool, I get it, I'm a student too.) Just make sure you don't fall into the trap of buying something just because it's got 30% off! ('It's a bargain!' I pleaded to my friend, in the middle of Topshop. '£45?! Rosie, you don't need another pair of black leather boots!')
- Student Railcards.
Another massive student saviour. You may be having loads of fun being independent, meeting new people and figuring out who you are, but that doesn't mean that you don't need your parents at least once a term, right? Having a railcard means that I can pop to London for the weekend for just £22 (if I remember to book my ticket in advance). That's pretty good for a homecooked Sunday lunch at grandma's house, right?
And if you're not travelling by train, make sure to book your flights as far in advance as you can. Need a cheap flight from Cardiff to Edinburgh? Tuesdays and Thursdays tend to be the cheapest days to fly and if you use comparison websites such as Skyscanner, lastminute.com and BookingBuddy, you'll be sure to find some great deals!
- Buy second hand books/equipment from older students.
Ah, books. Simultaneously the biggest joy and bane of an English Literature student's life. Some courses, like mine, boast up to 40 required books per year, so it really helps if you can get them for a couple of quid from a second-year student. You can find people that may be advertising these things on your University or specific course Facebook pages.
The student bookshop Blackwell's also sells second hand books at cheaper prices. And you can find them on the ground floor of the Students Union.
Don't underestimate amazon or eBay either. I had a friend that bought the entire works of Shakespeare from amazon for something mad like 50p!
- Leave your bank card at home on a night out so you can't overspend.
I do this every time I go out and it never fails! Just make sure to take a sensible amount of cash with you. I usually opt for £15, but everyone is different and it's important to figure out a sensible amount that works for you.
If you run out of money at the end of the night, make sure to use the Safe Taxi Scheme to get home. This is a scheme that the University runs in partnership with Dragon Taxis and it means that you can get a free lift home and pay for it later. Just make sure to show the taxi driver your student ID and they'll give you a receipt at the end of your ride. I have their number saved into my phone, which again, makes things so much easier at the end of a long night out: 02920 333 333.
One of the main things that I struggled to budget my money on in first year was food. I found it all so complicated! Supermarkets, cooking, going to the pub, how on earth are you supposed to make sense of it all without overspending? Well, don't worry, I went through it all so you don't have to!
- Do a weekly shop.
But before you do this make sure you write a list, so that you don't end up impulse buying things that you don't need.
- Plan your evening meals for the week so you know exactly what ingredients you'll need to buy.
However, you don't need to buy enough food for seven meals. You never know when you might spontaneously go to the pub or a friend's house for dinner. I made the mistake of buying too much food in my first week of University. I only actually ended up cooking four meals that week and found myself panicking on the Sunday evening as I stared at some aging chicken that had gone an unappetizing shade of grey. I'd paid £4 for it and I ended up having to throw it away in risk of contracting salmonella. It was a traumatising experience.
- Always eat before you go shopping!
Again, this will help prevent you from buying extra goodies that you can't afford. In fact, just avoid the bakery section or the snacks aisle in general…
- Look for supermarket brands.
They're usually a lot cheaper. Shopping later at night can also increase the likelihood of finding good deals and reductions on prices. I once got an entire loaf of tiger bread for 20p! There was nothing wrong with it at all. In fact, it had been freshly baked that morning, but the supermarket wanted to get rid of it before the next day so that they could tell their customers that all their baked goods were 'freshly baked that morning'. The madness of consumerism! The bread lasted for another five days!
- Try not to buy your lunch at University, no matter how tempting the meal deals and burger bars are.
Buying a loaf of bread and some fillings for five packed lunches can be up to ten times cheaper in the long run!
- Find a friend!
It can be difficult to buy meals for one person, as the quantities are usually enough for two! However, shopping and cooking together with a friend cuts your expenditure in half! If, though, you're like me and are pretty terrible at the whole socialising and making friends thing, why not just cook for two and put half in the freezer for another day. It saves you from having to cook as often!
Is your weekly budget still too low? Reducing expenditure isn't the only way to manage your money. Here are some ways that you can increase your income:
- Part time work.
The best place to look is the Jobshop, located on the fourth floor of the Student's Union. They offer easy, flexible part-time shifts in their many cafes and shops. It's really easy to fit as many shifts as you like around your timetable, especially as they need workers in both the daytime and at night. However, make sure to balance your work with your study. Cardiff University does not recommend working more than 15 hours per week during term time.
- Get a student bank account.
Student bank accounts usually offer freebies and other benefits such as interest free overdrafts. These can be useful as a last resort, but make sure you understand what you are signing up to. You will have to pay the money back at some point!
If you have tried all of these things and you are still having money problems do not hesitate to come and speak to the Advice and Money Team at the Student Support Centre. If you are in financial difficulty it may be worth applying to the Financial Assistance Programme to see if you are eligible for a loan or an award.
Congratulations, you are now a fully-fledged, competent adult who will never run out of money or spend irresponsibly ever again! Ok, so maybe that's a bit of wishful thinking, but you will always have to manage your money, so why not start now? Good luck!
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Best wishes
Rosie, Advice and Money Intern
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The first time I took this diet seriously was actually less than a year ago, when another health care practitioner recommended it to me. I had heard about it for years as a good lifestyle changing diet, and thought "why not-I could use a little better structure to my eating habits". I am type O, so I prepped myself to launch full on into heavy protein eating. As a former Selectarian (ate fish and sometime meat occasionally), it was fairly hard to stomach the huge amount of protein the O type calls to eat. I gave up in few weeks thinking this lifestyle change is not for me, I want a big huge salad. I listened to my body instead of what a book said. Low and behold, my body was right.
The blood-type diet — otherwise known as "Eat Right 4 Your Type" — has by now been soundly debunked. Yet, in the late 1990s, it held pride of place as the hottest concept in dieting, embraced by celebrities, self-proclaimed nutrition pros, and teenagers like me who believed they'd discovered the most ancient secret to looking cute in hip-huggers. What fools we'd been to chug SlimFast and count Weight Watchers Points, when all along the answer had been coursing through our very veins.
In 1996, Peter J. D'Adamo published Eat Right 4 Your Type, the best-selling book that launched the blood-type diet into cultural consciousness. He was the son of another famous naturopath, James D'Adamo, who first posited the idea that a diet based on blood type might have health benefits. The senior D'Adamo prescribed a low-fat, vegetarian diet to all his patients, noting that some seemed to exhibit improved health, others remained the same, and some got worse. Could blood type be the cause? While his theory was based only on observations within his practice, his son sought to validate them with research. "What I had been taught about blood transfusions and other aspects of blood typing didn't give me any information that supported my father's ideas about how people should eat," said Peter J. D'Adamo in an undated interview.
While at Bastyr, he began looking at connections between blood types and illnesses,thinking, "'If my father's right, the type A's should have illnesses associated with eating meat, because he said they shouldn't consume that.' It was no surprise when I found that a lot of health problems associated with excessive animal protein consumption, like heart disease, cancer, and vascular disorders, were much more common in type A's." According to D'Adamo, each blood type has different abilities to process certain foods — as well as the lectins found in many of them. Lectins are a vast group of carbohydrate-binding macromolecules that serve numerous biological functions. D'Adamo's claims that the different blood groups are unable to properly metabolize certain lectins, and therefore if you eat the wrong food, the lectin "settles" somewhere in your body, causing agglutination (cell clumping). This "dangerous glue" he continues, can cause everything from hormone disruption to liver cirrhosis, or even block blood flow to the kidneys, "to name just a few effects."
Today, D'Adamo sells a pill of "blocking sugars" called Deflect, designed to stop this clumping. Indeed, he now has several supplement lines intended to support each blood-specific diet, but back in the '90s the diet alone was the cure. Based on his and his father's observations, D'Adamo formulated four separate profiles based on each of the blood types. In summary:
Type O: This, the oldest blood type, is well suited to metabolizing animal protein, fat, and cholesterol, but not grains or dairy. As this blood type is descended from hunters, the fight-or-flight response is strong and can translate to anger issues or manic episodes. Type O's are also vulnerable to destructive habits when bored; they should avoid caffeine and lentils, engage in vigorous exercise, and remember to chew slowly.
Type A: This blood type emerged with the rise of community living, when, thanks to the dwindling supply of game to hunt, human digestion was forced to adapt to carbohydrate consumption. Type A's, therefore, should eat mostly vegetables and soy proteins, being mindful of their highly sensitive immune systems and increased risk of life-threatening disease (as well as naturally higher stress levels). They should avoid crowds and corn, andpractice tai chi.
Type B: "B is for balance!" While Type A and O are on opposite ends of the spectrum, B falls somewhere in the omnivorous middle. Meat, dairy, grains, legumes, fruit, vegetables — Type B's really need them all (except chicken). When these are out of balance, the B's can be prone to stress and illness, but when they are eating for their type, they are more physically and mentally fit than other blood types. D'Adamo notes that B's may also have a "sixth sense," as they are intuitors.
Type AB: The rarest and newest of the blood types is what D'Adamo calls "the chameleon." It is the only one that emerged not from environmental factors but from intermingling, and is somehow more mystical than the others. Lamb, dairy, tofu, and grains are all good for AB's, while buckwheat and smoked meats can be problematic. They are charismatic, have low stomach acid, and should practice visualization techniques.
"It's just a really cool idea that has no substantive support." This is the take of Dr. Ruth Kava, PhD, RD, the Senior Nutrition Fellow at the American Council on Science and Health. "There's no consistency, no logical rationale for this diet." It's a common-sense conclusion when you look closely at D'Adamo's plans — both their broad generalizations about billions of people and highly specific instructions about how they should eat (and exercise and manage their mental health). But Dr. Kava isn't as swayed by that part. The idea that blood types emerged with the milestones of human societal development also seems like logic on the surface. "There's no real scientific connection between [these events]," she adds. "But it does sound very impressive."
What further complicates the matter is that D'Adamo's unproven statements about blood types sound similar to facts that do have scientific backing. While there's no evidence that blood type is so directly linked with evolution, it is likely that certain antigens evolved with humans to protect us from environmental threats (like malaria). It's also true that there is ahigher incidence of certain illnesses in different blood groups, though the reasons are as yet unclear (and, adds Dr. Kava, "they have nothing to do with diet").
Furthermore, it's likely that many people could stumble into better health while eating on one of these plans, not because they're "eating right for their type" but because they're simply eating better than they were before. In fact, one study found that adherence to the O, A, or AB diets (but not B) may be associated with improvements in specific biomarkers of cardiometabolic health. However, they found the same results in all 1,455 study subjects, regardless of blood type. Matching the diet with its corresponding blood group "did not change the effect." If you go from eating no vegetables to suddenly integrating produce into your diet, "That's a good switch, but it's got nothing to do with blood type," says Dr. Kava.
The fact is, we don't yet have a clear explanation for why people have different blood types. Scientists have been looking for one ever since Karl Landsteiner discovered and categorized the ABO blood groups in 1909, but so far the only simple answer is that there are no simple answers. Blood is not a single substance, after all. It is cells, plasma, platelets, and proteins; it holds our commonalities as a species but also the specifics of our own genetic line. Even if D'Adamo's theory that blood types conveniently emerged based solely on food availability had any scientific backing (which it doesn't), he ignores the massive changes in our dietary patterns since then. He ignores the fact that Type A and Type B parents can produce a Type O child (practically a different species in D'Adamo's world). He ignores further scientific factors that might complicate his theory — for example, the Hh blood group. Also known as the Bombay Phenotype (it is most concentrated in Indian populations, but also appears in Asia and Europe), it is comparatively quite rare. Yet that's still millions of people with Hh blood and no diet to eat right for.
We don't know everything about blood type, and we don't like not knowing. We want someone to solve the mystery of our bodies, tell us how to get thin and not get cancer. D'Adamo claims to have the answers for that and more. Your stress, your sadness, your love of pilates — it's all there in your blood. How easy it would be to just sidestep that vast, discomforting lack of knowledge and choose to believe the truth is in our very veins. Unfortunately, there is just not sound evidence to support that idea.


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20 Best Coding Toys & Coding Robots for Kids
20 Best Coding Toys & Coding Robots for Kids
More and more kids are learning to code at an early age, so what's better than playing with coding robots that teach the basics of programming?
Robots are the type of toy that brings children together to play. Mums, dads, brothers and sisters can all have fun playing with cool coding toys.
Like many of the educational toys on the market, robots offer a fun and engaging way to get hands-on with learning. Interactive toys encourage children to get involved, solve problems, and make quick decisions, developing their skills through play.
Every year there's a new wave of programming toys on the market, and they're getting more advanced, but easier to use as time goes on. From building robots from lego to more advanced robot kits, there is something out there for everyone. There are simple robots for beginners who want to get an easy hands-on feel, and more advanced coding robots for kids and coding drones that require more attention.
To point you in the right direction, here is our pick of the newest and best coding toys for your budding little programmers.
Best Coding Robots for Kids
1. Lego Boost
Lego is one of the most creative learning toys that children love. Some of the more advanced kits, like the Lego Boost toolbox, also come with excellent opportunities to get creative and learn to code. Kids can build different styles of robots that will connect with the app to allow them to unlock special levels, and get new building instructions.
2. Kano Coding Kits
The Kano kits are excellent toys to teach kids about how computers work by building their own device. The latest in the range include the complete Computer Kit Touch and the new Harry Potter Coding kit. Potter fans can make their own coding wand and watch on screen as their spells come to life.
3. Botley
Botley is a new coding robot from Learning Resources that is well built, easy to use and is great for younger kids. He also comes with an activity pack so kids can make him a playground. There is no screen required, you code him with the remote which is straightforward to operate. Botley can move in a straight line, turn or follow any thick black drawn line. Read my full review of Botley where we printed a unicorn shape for him to follow.
4. JIMU Robots Mythical Series: Unicornbot Kit
Nothing escapes the current Unicorn trend, not even robots. UBTECH JIMU Robots have released their 'Mythical Series: Unicornbot Kit'. Using Blockly to code, kids make their very own robotic unicorn and program it to do all sorts of cool things. You can change the magical horn color, make sound effects and code your creation with the app to move around obstacles.
5. Sphero Bolt
Sphero Bolt has now joined the family with a colorful animated LED Matrix display. This fantastic little robot is one of the best STEAM learning tools on the market. The fun and quirky design from Sphero has been a quick hit with kids of all ages. Interactive activities with the robot and app show kids the fun side of programming, with many creative games to keep them entertained.
6. Cozmo Coding & Anki Vector
One of the most highly rated coding robots on the market, Cozmo has a lot of tech crammed into a very tiny body. With the release of the Cozmo Code Lab, kids can use block-based programming to get their robot moving. From displaying emotions on his screen to recognizing faces and exploring his environment, this robot will make any child more curious about technology. The interactive robot will share plenty of hands-on learning games to keep kids entertained for hours. Anki Vector is now available with integrated AI technology.
7. Wonder Workshop Dash Robot
Dash, Dot and Cue are fun-looking, coding robots for kids that come to life with a tablet. The Wonder Workshop Robots teaches kids the basics of programming, critical thinking, reasoning, and much more. Moreover, kids will have a lot of fun while programming their first robot to race, dance, light up, make sounds, avoid obstacles, and even react to their voice. Read my review of the Dot Creativity robot kit for crafty kids.
8. littleBits Kits
littleBits have released a number of exciting electronic kits to suit a variety of interests. Superhero fans can have fun with the Avengers Hero Inventor Kit, Star Wars fans can build their own R2-D2 Droid, musical kids can make guitars and there are other inventor kits to explore. Kids can design and build any number of things imaginable using the colorful littleBits electronic pieces.
9. Osmo Coding Jam
Osmo Coding Jam is the ideal toy for girls and boys who learn best through hands-on experiences. The game comes with multiple different puzzle pieces, that can be used in conjunction with the app to create new fun sounds and beats. Using the coding blocks, kids can layer beats together, design their own songs, and improve their creations.
10. Bloxels
Bloxels is a great choice for kids that love building games, featuring a blank tile board that kids can use to design unique game levels. The Star Wars kit is similar to the original but with different colored blocks. Kids can make their favorite characters come to life to engage in their own unique Star Wars game levels.
11. Meccano MAX
The latest programming robot for kids has hit the shelves! The Mecanno M.A.X is a cool little sidekick controlled with a Smartphone, Tablet or directly with his in-built keypad. M.A.X combines Artificial Intelligence (AI) with customizable coding, resulting in a robot that can talk, tell jokes, play games and respond to voice commands. His infrared sensors help him to navigate around objects as he moves smoothly around on wheels.
12. WowWee Coder MiP
Coder Mip by WowWee is another great robot themed coding toy that offers interactive play, drag and drop coding, and a selection of fun games. This unique robot is controlled using an app, can balance items, and compete against other robots, all while responding to a kid's hand gestures.
13. Dance Code featuring Disney Princess Belle
Learning with the help of your favorite TV and movie characters can make the experience much more enjoyable for children. Dance Code Belle introduces coding in a charming way, with the doll able to help children create their own dance routines. With fun songs and well-known movie references, it's the perfect coding princess toy for kids over 5 years old. Read my review of Dance Code Belle.
14. Jewelbots
Jewelbots is a new coding wearable toy that kids wear like a watch. Unlike other coding toys, there's no easy drag and drop coding, kids learn real C++ by connecting their Jewelbot to a computer. What's cool is how the friendship bracelet reacts to other Jewelbots, they can glow different colors when kids wearing them are nearby. This will be an interesting one to watch out for!
15. Technology Will Save Us Mover Kit
The Mover Kit is a unique DIY wearable that kids can create themselves using the child-friendly instructions that come with the kit. Kids will love sharing their new creation with their friends, and showing them how the light-up bracelet reacts to the way they move and jump. The kit also comes with special activities via the app, where kids can create their own code for the Mover Kit.
16. Fisher-Price Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar
Code-a-pillar is a great toy designed for younger learners, providing an interactive experience away from a screen. This cute colorful coding toy has multiple light-up sections that can be taken apart and placed back together to create a new movement sequence. A great choice of toy to introduce the idea of programming to children from 3 to 8 years old. Read my review of the Code-a-Pillar.
17. Ozobot Evo
Teach your children to code with color using the tiny Evo robot from Ozobot. The Ozobot Evo is one of the smallest robots for kids on the market and will respond to a special kind of code that children can draw on paper. The robot has more advanced features when combined with the app, introducing drag and drop programming in a way easily understood by children.
18. Cubetto
Bring coding into the real world and present the language in a way that children as young as 3 years old can understand. The Cubetto Playset by Primo Toys is one of the most hands-on coding toys available for little learners. Cubetto combines the classic style of a wooden puzzle game, with fun new coding concepts and colorful puzzle pieces. Read my review of Cubetto.
19. FurReal Makers Proto Max
Combine the fun of an adorable interactive robotic puppy, with easy to understand coding. The build it yourself kit comes with 8 separate parts that kids can use to build an interactive robot dog, with different coding activities in the app used to customize their puppy. Coding toys that look like dogs are unique and FurReal Makers Proto Max will be a most wanted toy this holiday season.
20. Codrone
A successful Kickstarter project, the CoDrone from Robolink is a flying coding drone that kids and teens will love. Learning to code with a toy drone is pretty awesome and this little guy can be controlled with hand gestures and voice commands. You can get additional add-ons to make it roll on wheels or add in a camera.
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Whatever your type of ensemble, you will perform in venues carefully chosen to suit your needs. We aim for all of your concerts to be well attended by hospitable, friendly patrons who will appreciate the efforts of your ensemble.
Churches, cathedrals, spa halls and bandstands are just some of the venues we use, or you may wish to perform at a local festival, immersing yourself in the local culture.
See yourself appear in local papers and on posters that announce your performances. Take part in attracting your audience by displaying our free concert board and posters.
We work hard to generate excellent attendance at each concert, as we understand that an appreciative audience makes all the difference.
We understand that as well as providing performance opportunities for ensembles, music tours are also considered as a holiday for many groups. All hotels and hostels are suitable for music ensembles with many offering rehearsal space and instrument storage. Rooms are normally twin or single rooms. Generally, rooms are en-suite.
We help to make your accommodation a good base for your tour and work with a variety of hotels with fantastic facilities. Twin or single rooms are normally arranged, however youth hostels with multi-bedded rooms can also be used, depending on your requirements.
Before you set off on your music tour, you will receive a detailed and carefully-planned itinerary, tailored to your group's preferences and requests. Each day will combine fantastic concerts with excursions and activities, as chosen by you. While you are on tour, your Tour Manager will assist with concert arrangements and publicity and as linguists they are on hand to help with translating.
Travelling by coach is the most economical and flexible way to tour. Be collected from your meeting point and arrive at your destination in comfort on air-conditioned, high specification coaches. Enjoy the freedom of your own vehicle whilst on tour and travel in comfort with reclining seats and toilet.
If you have many instruments to transport you can, at an affordable cost, take a trailer with you. Upon booking, we ask you provide us with a list of the equipment you wish to take on tour. If we consider the storage space within the coach is insufficient, we will, where possible, arrange a trailer for you (which will incur a supplement) or advise that you take an instrument van. We can also provide one for you at an additional charge.
Eurostar is a fantastic way for choirs, or instrumental groups with manageable instruments, to reach Paris or Brussels.
If you choose to fly, we can arrange your flights from your local airport as well as from London. Once you have arrived at your destination, we can provide transfers to your accommodation and local coach hire throughout your music tour.
We have so many happy music leaders who have toured with us for years. Here's just one example of the great feedback we get from them.
Hayley Fry, a party leader from a school in Dubai took her choir on a spring tour to Budapest. Here's what she had to say about it:
"Thank you for a wonderful tour. I really appreciate all [your] help and patience. I liked the skype meetings. I felt we made a lot of progress in these meetings and saved sending 800 e-mails back and forth. It also gave an honest opportunity to talk about expectations.
"All staff in the lead up (and on the tour) have been wonderful to work with and exceptionally helpful. I thought the process was very smooth and if I ever had a question – however stupid – there was always a response.
"Overall I would say: Exceptionally helpful staff, who guide you through the rather daunting process with ease, resulting in an incredible experience for students!"
Speaking of her Tour Manager, she added:
"[Timea] was outstanding. She went way beyond the call of duty - wonderful."
Gill Chapman, Ceceilia Singers
Chris Swain, Director of Music, Wycliffe Choral Society


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Review of Downton Abbey Season 3: Podcast
I thought this was the best episode of the season. I know that they have had some major events happen through out the year, but this episode really reminded me of the early days of this show. It was normal, small, human behavior that creates major ripples. A stolen kiss, a date at the movies, a catholic service, a brother that visits, an add in the paper and a new job for a daughter and that was only the first hour. This show handles them well, doesn't feel rushed and moves forward. One thing I have forgotten to mention each week is the way that they score the show. I have never seen a show that abruptly cuts the music with the cut of the end of the scene. It really breaks me out of the show. The violins will be playing and all of a sudden the music is gone. On every other show or movie, you fade out the music as the next scene begins. I really do not remember this happening in the other seasons. To me, this makes the show seem like a student edited it. I am not sure if this is a British television thing, or what? Does anyone know?
This episode also had some great Maggie Smith, one liners. They have been keeping her part limited this season but in this episode, she really excelled. She can do more with one disapproving look than my very own mother. (And that is saying a lot) Also, I have really missed Isobel and her interacting. I love when Isobel wants to the right thing...no matter who it hurts. She wants to be the one to help Ethel, whether it helps Ethel or not.
I found it fascinating to watch Carson be politically incorrect with his feelings towards Thomas. I am glad that they are not shying away from what people thought about homosexuality back in the 20's. It would be totally unbelievable if anyone accepted his lifestyle. It is a good commentary that we need to see now as people still fight for the rights that others have. Although I am not sure kissing someone as they sleep is protected under any law. It was nice to see O'Brien and Thomas back at it with each other. I loved everything about this hour. Now on to the next hour...
Cricket will solve it all. Although, now that i think of it, they didn't tell us who won. I guess we know who won, the viewers. Season 3 of Downton Abby was almost perfect. Had it not been for the awful story of Bates, it would have been the best season yet. I have a feeling that over time, Bates going to jail will be compared with the James story on Twin Peaks. I found it very odd that they brought on the young girl in the season finale. That seemed much more like a story line for a season Premiere, where they would bring on the youth. Part of watching this show for me is how they just don't do things like they do in American Television and that is why I like it.
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The Thomas story really worked well. I love how it reflected different opinions of homosexuality in our time and theirs. We love Carson but he is of a time when that was a crime. Hopefully people who are still prejudiced against it today, will rethink their points of view, but probably not. Also for how awful of a season it was for Robert, it was nice that he got to be on the right side of the Thomas story, and save the day. This episode actually was picked by Josh to be one of the best episodes of all time. The idea of putting this rough season behind us all with a sporting event, is a great season wrap up.
To hear more. Listen to our podcast about this season. A recap and discussion about Downton Abbey Season 3. This podcast does NOT include Journey to the Highland. MP3 File Read a review of Last Weeks Episode 3.5 Read my review of Episode 3.1
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I've been around for a while but I think not all of you may know me just yet. I know for a fact that some people who follow this site already do but for the rest, I've done some more intimate sharing below:
I prefer to be by myself when it comes to most things. I like being alone with my thoughts. I find other people often act as a distraction to me and impact my enjoyment of things.
I have been a shy person most of my life but this has been wearing away over the last few years. I was concerning myself too much with how I would be perceived by others but now this does not matter as much to me. I go out in public a lot more than I used to. I go to the movies (most of the movies I've seen this year were by myself), I walk around in shopping malls, I go to restaurants (only fast-food so far because I still think going to actual restaurants by myself is weird and "loner-y").
What I like about going to movies by myself is that I can go whenever I want. I don't have to depend on others. Whenever I'm free, I could just get up and go. Luckily for me, there are plenty of theaters within an hour of where I live to choose from. Most of these theaters are relatively the same so the one I choose depends on when a movie I want to see is being shown.
Sometimes features like IMAX, 3D, etc are sacrificed for the sake of practicality. Most of the time these things don't really matter or add to the overall movie experience. I would say the last movie I've seen where 3D actually made the movie better was Gravity. Another benefit of going to the movies by myself is that I can see whatever movie I want. I don't have to worry about other people's opinions which are sometimes not good. If something looks good to me, I'll eventually see it.
It doesn't matter what kind of movie it is, action, comedy, drama, animated, family, romance, etc. You should have seen the looks I got when this year, I saw Magic Mike XXL, and Fifty Shades of Gray. The glances I got from the "ticket rippers" and the people walking by me to find their seat(s) were definitely interesting to say the least.
So with that, now I am not as concerned with the feelings of others as I used to be.
With the coming year, things for me do not look to change but I have been wrong about these before. With my friends and I growing older, we are beginning to drift apart with us having our own lives and responsibilities. I am still confident of us reuniting on occasion for some of the year's "big movies" as most groups of friends do and the experience will be better because of it. 2016 looks to provide these experiences and also the smaller, more intimate experiencing which I've enjoyed so far seeing movies by myself. It has definitely given me a newer perspective in adulthood as I have benefited by the freedom of choice. I hope to continue with this for now and this distant future.
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Take a trip back in time and spend the afternoon at Downton Abbey: The Exhibition at CityPlace. Based on the popular television series, visitors to Downton Abbey: The Exhibition, will be transported to post-Edwardian England where the characters that you came to love, come alive inside the iconic house. Guests will enjoy learning about the social history, culture and some of the most memorable moments from the show's six-season run.
What: Downton Abbey: The Exhibition at CityPlace
Where: 575 S. Rosemary Ave, West Palm Beach
When: Now – April 2019 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Cost: $35 for adults ($40.13 with tax and fee), $33 for seniors 65 and older — and free for children ages 14 and under with an accompanying adult.
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Get in Monday through Friday for just $34.75, a discount from the regular $40.13 admission price. Get discount tickets from Goldstar here.
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Two downtown cruise terminals and handy air travel connections make Seattle the preferred choice for Alaska or Pacific Northwest cruises. Escape the mega ships and hop onboard Azamara Club Cruises The line's luxurious 700-passenger ships keep away from retracing the same old routes and as an alternative cast off for exotic locales week following week. Evening cocktail hours, pre-cruise hotel stays, and fascinating featured shore excursions on pick cruises.
Our small luxury cruises feature spacious oceanview accommodations which includes balconies in choose stateroom categories, gourmet dining inspired by 1 of the top chefs in Paris, a lavish spa with signature therapies, expansive deck space and pool, a fitness center, a boutique, and a lounge with reside entertainment.
Aquafest Cruises : Aquafest is one of the biggest sellers of gay and lesbian group cruises in the US. Afternoon T-dances, single get-togethers and gay beach parties are just a couple organized activities. Plus, skilled dancers and celebrities from the show come aboard select theme cruises to mingle with passengers and showcase their signature moves. The main area for cruising was North America (70% of cruises), where the Caribbean islands were the most popular destinations. RSVP Vacations : Self-proclaimed originator of the gay and lesbian cruise idea," RSVP Cruises has welcomed more than 35,000 LGBT guests given that its opening in 1985. Exclusive Club cruises and beneficial bonus miles that you can collect and redeem on our ships. Cruises are not only a wonderful way to travel – they are also very person.
For the last 18 years, our Nation Cruises have presented several of America's prime progressives and their suggestions to our readership, whilst also assisting raise money to support the publication of America's oldest weekly. Costa Rica, Whales and Sea of Cortez, Barcelona to Rome and Splendor of Scandinavia and Russia are a couple of of their charter cruises. Our river cruises are a wonderful way to discover new locations or see a new side of a familiar location. Paul Gauguin Cruises is recognized for exceptional service that is distinguished by Polynesian hospitality and by one of the highest crew-to-guest ratios at sea. Typical availability is much less than seven days and many cruises sell out within hours of listing.
Join any one particular of our lunch, brunch or dinner public cruises as a sightseer and get pleasure from the sights and Captain's narration with access to our complete service beverage service on board. Celebrity Cruises and Bravo have teamed up to present Prime Chef at Sea Excluding the Celebrity Xpedition, all cruises on the line's ships feature Quickfire Challenges and primary dining room menus inspired by the Emmy award-winning Television show. Options contain New Orleans jazz, Civil War history, the expedition of Lewis and Clark, and, of course, culinary cruises which highlight the delicacies of each region we go to. From Europe to Russia, from China to Southeast Asia, we offer cruises that allow you to fully experience the wonders of each region.


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