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I'm slowly working towards some simplicity within the home, but hey! It's a lot of hard work!
I love having a go at growing my own veges and always use herbs fresh from my garden. I try to plant from seed whenever I can and have learnt to save and share my own seed for the following year. I make Award Winning preserves and pickles; and my husband brews Award Winning boutique beers as well. I love to stockpile and try to limit quick trips to the shops. I dabble in bread making and enjoy making my own stocks too.
I enjoy feeding my family good hearty meals, nothing like those tiny restaurant stacks you have to look for on the plate. My husband maintains our vehicles and machinery and we both enjoy fabricating on a small scale mostly relying on metal & timber recyclers for any materials needed.
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The Crickets
- Jerry Allison
- Sonny Curtis
- Joe B. Mauldin
- Niki Sullivan
Show us a rock band that wasn't influenced by the Crickets.
You can't. They wrote the blueprint for rock and roll bands—two guitars, bass and drums—and inspired thousands of kids to start up garage bands around the world.
The Crickets were Buddy Holly's group from 1956 to 1958, contributing significantly to his sound and success.
As a self-contained group that wrote their own songs, Buddy Holly and the Crickets served to inspire a torrent of bands that followed in the Sixties, including the Beatles and the Hollies. Their two-guitar, bass and drums lineup would become a virtual blueprint for rock bands. During this period, Holly was one of rock and roll's hottest stars and main innovators. In fact, he appears to be a member of the Crickets himself on the cover of his first album, which is credited to the "Chirping" Crickets.
Although there's no question that Holly was the central figure—lead singer, lead guitarist and chief songwriter—the Crickets contributed significantly to Holly's sound and success. They provided musical accompaniment in the country-tinged rockabilly style—or "western and bop," as Holly termed it in his early days—that made them rock and roll pioneers. Moreover, Holly committed to an all-for-one approach with his group. As bassist Joe B. Mauldin told biographers John Goldrosen and John Beecher, "Other stars kept their musicians on salary but Buddy said, 'No, man—share and share alike. You're as much a part of this group as I am. If it wasn't for you guys, I couldn't perform the show that I put on.'"
Holly's first collaborator was Bob Montgomery, with whom he formed the country & western duo "Buddy and Bob" in 1954. They performed regularly on Lubbock radio station KDAV and opened for acts that came through town. These included Mary Robbins, Porter Wagoner and Elvis Presley, who inspired Holly to adopt a rockabilly sound. Presley's performance at the Lubbock Youth Center hastened Holly's conversion from country & western to rock and roll. "We owe it all to Elvis," Holly later remarked. Inspired by Presley, Buddy and Bob added a rhythm section that consisted of two high-school classmates, bassist Larry Welborn and drummer Jerry Allison.
When a talent scout offered Holly a contract with Decca Records that year, he assembled a group that resembled Presley's. Holly himself sang and played guitar. He was joined by Curtis and Guess (calling themselves Buddy Holly and the Two-Tones). Drummer Jerry Allison completed the group. Curtis was a proficient guitarist in the style of Chet Atkins and Scotty Moore (Presley's guitarist). Allison shared Holly's love of rhythm & blues and rockabilly. They all knew each other from having attended the same schools in Lubbock. This lineup cut Holly's first recordings in Nashville. Although no hits resulted, their three Nashville recordings yielded such classics as "Midnight Shift," the Curtis-penned "Rock Around with Ollie Vee" and an early version of "That'll Be the Day."
By early 1957 both Guess and Curtis had left, with Curtis attributing his departure to the fact that "we weren't making any money." In addition, he saw himself as a lead guitarist, and with Holly filling that role himself, Curtis was relegated to playing rhythm. For a spell in late 1956 and early 1957, Holly and Allison performed in Lubbock as a guitar-and-drums duo, which further tightened them musically. Holly's mother recalled that "Jerry's drums sat in the living room for the longest time. They were almost part of the furniture." Allison told writers John Beecher and Malcolm Jones, "Buddy's guitar playing influenced my drumming more than anything else...because I learned to play drums with what Buddy played. We played together so much because we used to just sit around and rehearse for no reason, just to be playing."
In late 1956, Holly visited producer Norman Petty at his studio in Clovis, New Mexico. Petty urged Holly to form a band before returning to cut demos. Another Lubbock native, Niki Sullivan, joined them as rhythm guitarist. Like Holly, he loved rhythm & blues and country & western, and he proved well-suited to Holly's Southwestern hybrid of those forms. They needed a bassist for recording purposes, and Holly turned to Larry Welborn, with whom he had played in the "Buddy and Bob" days.
It was Holly, Allison, Sullivan and Welborn who cut the definitive version of "That'll Be the Day" at Petty's studio in the early morning hours of February 25, 1957. "That'll Be the Day" was issued on the Brunswick label and credited to the Crickets. Holly employed this group identity as a hedge against legal action from Decca Records, from which he had not yet received a formal release. A&R man Bob Thiele signed Holly to Brunswick—ironically, a Decca subsidiary—and "That'll Be the Day" was finally released five months after its recording. Holly also issued records on the Coral label, another Decca subsidiary. The terms of Holly's arrangement with those two labels, negotiated by producer/manager Petty, were rather unusual. Releases alternated on Coral and Brunswick, and were credited to Buddy Holly on the former label and to the Crickets on the latter.
The inspiration for their name was a New Orleans group called the Spiders, whose single "Witchcraft" they liked. Bassist Mauldin told writer Bill Dahl that they perused a list of insects. "Ah, Crickets! They chirp and all that stuff...Yeah, we'll be the Crickets!," he recalled them saying.
After the initial recording session with Petty in Clovis, 16-year-old Joe B. Mauldin joined the Crickets on bass (replacing Welborn, who had been a temporary addition). Mauldin, who was still attending high school in Lubbock, had previously played with the Four Teens of Lubbock. As Holly's backup musicians, the Crickets were always rather fluid, but the most stable lineup occurred in 1957 during the period between Mauldin's arrival and Sullivan's departure. It was the definitive foursome of Holly, Sullivan, Mauldin and Allison who were pictured on the cover of The "Chirping" Crickets (1957), Holly's first album.
Over the course of a charmed year, from August 1957 to August 1958, Buddy Holly and the Crickets charted seven Top 40 singles. In August 1957, "That'll Be the Day"—finally issued as a single, five months after its recording—entered the charts, hitting Number One for a week on September 23. Buddy Holly and the Crickets became bona fide rock and roll stars, and other hits—including "Peggy Sue" (named for Allison's girlfriend), "Oh, Boy!," "Maybe Baby" and "Rave On"—followed in their Texas-stamped rockabilly style.
Exhausted from touring, Sullivan left the Crickets at the end of 1957. Holly, Mauldin and Allison carried on as a trio for several months. Tommy Allsup, a guitarist from Tulsa, Oklahoma who Holly met at Petty's studio, joined in the summer of 1958, recording such classics as "Love's Made a Fool of You" and "It's So Easy" with Holly and the Crickets.
In August 1958 Holly married Maria Elena Santiago, having proposed to her on their first date in June. In October 1958, Holly began severing ties with Petty, who had served not only as his producer but also his publisher and manager. He also parted ways with the Crickets, who chose to remain in Texas and stay with Petty. Returning to New York to live with Marie Elena in their Greenwich Village apartment, Holly planned to continue as a solo artist.
"We were in Clovis, and Buddy told Norman he was going to New York," Allison recalled in a 2005 Goldmine interview with Lee Zimmerman. "Buddy said, 'You guys go on and play as the Crickets and I'll perform as Buddy Holly.' We weren't mad at each other whatsoever, although our feelings were hurt."
Tragically, Holly died a few months later in the February 3, 1959 small-plane crash that also killed pioneering Mexican-American rock and roller Ritchie Valens (who was only 17) and disk jockey-turned-singer J.P. Richardson (a.k.a. The Big Bopper). Holly had recruited guitarist Allsup, drummer Carl Bunch and Waylon Jennings on bass as his backing band for the ill-fated Winter Dance Party tour.
Ironically, on the very evening Holly died, three of the Crickets—Allison, Mauldin and original guitarist Curtis—had gathered at Allison's house, discussing the split with Holly and deciding to contact him to clear the air and possibly reunite. They never had that opportunity.
That night, guitarist Allsup flipped a coin with Valens to see who would get the remaining seat on the plane. Valens won and sadly became one of the casualties. Two decades later in 1979, Allsup opened a club in Fort Worth, Texas, called Tommy's Heads Up Saloon—an acknowledgement of his good fortune in losing that fateful coin toss. After his time with Holly, Allsup also worked with the likes of Roy Orbison, Bob Wills and Willie Nelson.
In the years following Holly's death, the Crickets carried on as a band. The Crickets' post-Holly recordings for the Coral label were issued in 1960 as In Style With the Crickets. This edition of the band included Allison, Mauldin, Curtis and vocalist Earl Sinks. Allison, Mauldin and Curtis also backed the Everly Brothers on tour in 1959 and 1960. From there, they moved to the Los Angeles-based Liberty Records, where a few Crickets singles—"He's Old Enough to Know Better" (1961) and "My Little Girl" (1963)—were minor hits. Their early-Sixties long players included Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets (1962), Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Else!!! (1963) and California Sun (1964). This Crickets lineup comprised Allison, Curtis, keyboardist Glen D. Hardin (who later played with Elvis Presley, Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris) and bassist Jerry Naylor.
Allison, Curtis and fellow Holly alumnus Tommy Allsup also did session work for such fellow Liberty artists as Johnny Burnette, Bobby Vee and Eddie Cochran. Bassist Mauldin became a recording engineer at L.A.'s famed Gold Star Studios, working with such legends as Phil Spector, Leon Russell and Herb Alpert. Guitarist Curtis also played with Slim Whitman and the Everly Brothers and had a successful career as a songwriter and composer of commercial jingles. He wrote the classic "I Fought the Law," a hit for the Bobby Fuller Four, and along with Jerry Allison co-wrote "More Than I Can Say," which became a hit for Bobby Vee in 1961 and Leo Sayer in 1980. Both songs originally appeared on In Style With the Crickets. That album also included their version of Holly's "Love's Made a Fool of You," which made the U.K. charts in 1959.
The Crickets made several more albums in the Seventies. Rockin' 50's Rock 'N' Roll, released in 1971 on the Barnaby label, found the trio of Allison, Mauldin and Curtis remaking hits from their days with Holly. It was followed by Remnants (1973) and Long Way from Lubbock (1975), which found the Crickets joined by British musicians Albert Lee on guitar and Ric Grech on bass. In 1978, four original Crickets—Allison, Mauldin, Sullivan and Curtis—performed together at a Buddy Holly fan-club convention.
In 1988 they released Three Piece in the U.K. on the independent Rollercoaster label. It was retitled T-Shirt when given a worldwide release on the Columbia label a year later. Paul McCartney, one of the most steadfast fans of Buddy Holly and the Crickets, produced the title track. Too Much Monday Morning came in 1997. In 2004 the three core Crickets recorded The Crickets and Their Buddies with a diverse array of guest artists that included Eric Clapton, Graham Nash (formerly of the Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash), Phil Everly, Waylon Jennings (with whom they toured in the Seventies), Bobby Vee and Nanci Griffith.
Various tribute albums and re-releases have appeared over the years. A tribute album titled Not Fade Away: Remembering Buddy Holly, featuring an array of country, folk and roots-rock artists, was released in 1995. In 2009 came Not Fade Away: The Complete Recordings and More, a six-disc box set that updated and superceded 1981's The Complete Buddy Holly. Released in 2011, Rave On Buddy Holly consisted of Holly covers by contemporary alternative rockers—a potent demonstration of the continued relevance of Buddy Holly and the Crickets in the world of rock and roll.
Inductees: Jerry Allison (drums; born August 31, 1938), Sonny Curtis (guitar; born May 9, 1937), Joe B. Mauldin (bass; born July 8, 1939), Niki Sullivan (guitar; born June 23, 1937, died April 6, 2004)

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The story begins back in 1989, when both Alex Barth and Ralf Jodl start tinkering with their Vespa scooters. Not satisfied with the available range of spare parts and tuning components, they start designing their own special parts.
It doesn't take long for word to spread: soon, friends and acquaintances are lining up to purchase parts and Scooter Innovation Parts (aka: SIP) gets off to a running start. Soon both are in close contact with tuners and suppliers in the scooter scene of that time: Stefan Onken from Nordspeed Tuning, Paul Melici from PM Tuning and Jim Lomas from JL Exhausts, to name just a few.
In the summer of 1994, Alex and Ralf have become a fixture at every scooter run, selling their own special tuning parts along with an array of accessories.
Things were soon getting crowded in the first modest shop, so in 1996 SIP Scootershop moves the headquarters to rented rooms in former barracks. Their first mail order catalog hits the streets - and is followed the next year with another new catalog with practically double the amount of articles.
From then on, a new catalog is published almost every year, and the amount of items doubles with each of them. Soon, the first English catalog is presented to a growing circle of scooter afficianados: SIP is moving on in the international scene.
1999 comes and SIP keeps on growing. Parts and accessories for automatic vehicles join the increasing amount of products now offered. Not only is SIP's pallet of products growing: the rented rooms are groaning at the seams, so Alex and Ralf decide to rent the rest of the building: 1000 sq. meters, that's practically 11,000 sq. feet.
At the beginning of the new century, SIP Scootershop is already one of the biggest mail order shops for scooter parts and accessories - thanks to a wide range of products and a team of 15 motivated, ardent scooter fans. Each member of the team, girls and boys, owns and rides at least one scooter.
The winter of 2002 opens a new chapter in the SIP Scootershop story. Once again, the rented rooms are virtually bursting, and field warehouses have to be rented to hold the ever increasing amount of articles. An old Ape TM from the 60's is continually trucking stuff back and forth from warehouse to shipping department much to the amusement of the neighbors.
The amount of time lost however isn't amusing: To ensure a quick and efficient delivery, SIP needs a home of its own: room for a call center, offices, shop, workshop, warehouse and shipping. So Alex and Ralf put their heads together and come up with plans for a striking new building to be built in Landsberg's industrial zone. It takes one whole week, day and night, for SIP to move into its new location.
We also found some video footage of the SIP move in 2002. Check out this clip:
In 2007 a new high-rise warehouse is added, equaling an
additional 600 sq. meters floor space (that's circa 6,500 sq. ft.), 10
meters high (circa 33 ft.). All in all, SIP now has more than 2,500 sq.
meters warehouse space (ca. 27,000 sq. ft.) storing over 23,000
articles! The team has grown to 50 members, with more than 400 sq. meters office and shop space. A modern logistic system installed in February 2007, now enables SIP Scootershop to ship 400 packages each and every day. And the beat goes on...
SIP Scootershop GmbH is an approved apprenticing company of the IHK (Chamber of Industry and Commerce) since 2000. Every year, 2-3 training positions in commerce and warehousing are available. The mail order company is training its apprentices in order to fill future job vacancies with qualified young staff members. Thus, it is important for every apprentice to keep the following in mind: personal commitment is the perfect basis for a successful professional start after the vocational training.
In the summer of 2007, Kathrin Brand completes her training as a wholesale and export clerk as the best apprentice in this trade in the entire state of Bavaria. In 2011 Sebastian Bauch follows en suite and completes his apprenticeship as an office clerk with a final grade of 1.1 as the best trainee of the year.
In 2009 the company celebrates its 15th anniversary and looks into the future with great confidence: For the next year they plan a close collaboration with one of the leading manufacturers of high quality tuning parts is: SIP Scootershop is about to become MALOSSI's exclusive sales partner in Germany. In the same year the Scooter Cross Landsberg gets the SIP Team back down to earth. Literally. Despite mud, dirt and bruises and the guys are already looking forward to another round of off-road racing fun.
The following years are characterized by a growing internationality. After trips to the USA and Asia, Ralf is travelling to Russia in 2011. Mission: Vespa. Some other members of the SIP team are fond of travelling, too. Each year the embark on a journey together, riding their scooters to Italy, France, Croatia… and each year they return with the same realization: No matter where you are going, the love of Vespa scooters unites people all over the world. Taking this into account, SIP launches a multilingual version of the webshop, enabling their customers to shop in 10 different languages.
Nobody in Landsberg doubts that success and responsibility are going hand in hand. Alongside SIP AID (the company's social commitment and support of various local and international aid projects) SIP is contributing a great deal to the protection of the environment. According to the Motto 'SIP Green' the SIP team incorporates various elements (such as: climate-neutral shipping, hydroelectric power and packaging material made from recycling paper) to increase the sustainability of their everyday working routine.
In 2012 the Classic catalogue is published. It has taken the SIP team 1.5 years to finish the mammoth project. 940 pages filled to the brim with parts, tech tips and pictures. Available in German and English, the new catalogue is a huge success and motivates the team to go one… two… three better: During the following months they publish three more catalogues, covering not only their in-house products, but also their range of parts for Lambretta and Modern Vespa scooters.
As far as marketing is concerned, the following year comes with a bang, too: Alongside the new customer magazine Curve (the first edition is published in the summer of 2013), SIP supports, visits and organizes various events. While 1500 international guests had found their way to the Motorscooter Customshow in Landsberg in the spring of 2013, SIP's participation in the EICMA trade fair successfully rounds off the year.
Everyone at SIP is very much looking forward to 2014. 20 years… who would have thought it when Alex and Ralf started out in the basement of Ralf's parents and sold their first parts on scooter runs? For the anniversary year, the SIP guys have several treats up their sleeves. One of the highlights will be the SIP Scootershop Open Day XL, May 10 – save the date! Of course they will also set out for another Joyride, so keep July 5 free, if you fancy a ride through the alpine upland...


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JMPenn necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 90 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
We need a logo which will be used to represent the Anti-Violence Advocate (AVA) group at the University off Pennsylvania. The AVA's are a group of faculty/staff who are educated about dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
We need something professional, yet appealing to college students. Modern, simple, and straight forward. PLEASE READ THE BRIEF FOR MORE INFO.
Anti-Violence Advocates
This logo is needed to represent the group which will be known as the Anti-Violence Advocates (AVAs). It is a group of faculty and staff members at the University of Pennsylvania who have been trained on dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. We want the students to know these advocates are on campus in case they need information or help regarding these issues- the logo will help us advertise the group.
The logo will be displayed on stickers and magnets so that the AVAs can put them in their office or on their door (similar to the LGBT Safezone). This logo and this cause is really important to us as we are striving to prevent violence, so please take the concept seriously.
I promise to provide feedback as often as possible!
- Needs to be easily Identifiable
- Use AVA as main design- but write it out somewhere also
- Modern and simple, appealing to college students
- Must be appropriate for the subject matter it represents
- No particular color scheme, but warm and inviting colors
- Appealing to men and women
- I am open to the idea of having an image or symbol of some sort incorporated
- Can include the word "Penn"
- Please use Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop
- No graphics which depict any form of violence
- No use of the Penn logo
- Nothing too touchy feely =)
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Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare
_h_Our vision, values and purpose_hh_
Leadership and advocacy in child, youth and family services.
_h_Centre Board_hh_
Our Board members are highly respected leaders and experts in the child and family services sector.
The Centre's annual and financial reports, Reconciliation Action Plan, and other important publications.
Employment opportunities with The Centre.
Find out about our events, including the Debutante Ball.
_h_Deb Tsorbaris_hh_
Deb advocates to improve the lives of children, young people and families in the areas of child safety, education and health.
_h_Nationally Recognised Training_hh_
The Centre provides nationally recognised training to organisations and individuals in child and family services.
RCLDS provides training and learning opportunities for residential care workers across Victoria.
_h_Child Safe Organisation_hh_
Information on new Child Safe Standards legislation, relevant training, and helpful resources.
Driving development of evidence and innovation across the service delivery system.
_h_Sector Development Forums_hh_
Free forums convened by The Centre for professional workers, aiming to provide a space for discussion and progression within the sector.
_h_Social Policy_hh_
The Centre's submissions to the state government, Royal Commissions, and government bodies.
_h_Treating Families Fairly_hh_
Advocacy for vulnerable families in Victoria.
_h_Raising Expectations_hh_
The Raising Expectations project aims to help young and mature care leavers access higher education.
_h_Fostering Connections_hh_
A sector-led project focused on foster care recruitment.
Information for employers and employees in residential care on workplace safety.
This training is only available for residential care workers in Victoria. This one day workshop is an introduction to working respectfully with Aboriginal children, young people, families and workers in the child and family welfare sector. Learning Outcomes Aboriginal History – life before and after colonisation Key effects of Stolen Generation and the continued effects-
This two hour Reportable Conduct Scheme information session is targeted at all staff, volunteers, management of phase 3 organisations. It will include information on: Background of the Scheme Key elements of the Scheme The Child Safe Standards Reporting obligations and responsibilities of Heads of Organisations. Criminal Offences Reporting Obligations Duty of Care The session will


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Abraham Hostel Jerusalem
Abraham Hostel Jerusalem has placed itself as one of the best hostels in the world, offering everything independent travelers need: great location, FREE WiFi, friendly atmosphere, modern facilities and experienced welcoming staff.
We operate daily tours to Masada, Dead Sea and more!
With locations in Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv and Nazareth our guests can enjoy all the best of Israel with Abraham's hospitality.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- 24 Hour Security
- Adaptors
- Air Conditioning
- Airport Transfers
- Bar
- Bicycle hire
- Bicycle parking
- Board Games
- Book Exchange
- Free Breakfast
- Cable TV
- Café
- Child Friendly
- Common Room
- Cooker
- Cots available
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Dryer
- DVDs
- Elevator
- Free City Maps
- Free City Tour
- Free Internet Access
- Free WiFi
- Fridge/Freezer
- Foosball
- Games Room
- Hair Dryers
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Hot Showers
- House Keeping
- Internet Access
- Internet café
- Iron / Ironing Board
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Laundry Facilities
- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- Meals Available
- Microwave
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Outdoor Terrace
- Parking
- Pool Table
- Reading Light
- Safe Deposit Box
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels Included
- Utensils
- Vending Machines
- Washing Machine
- Wi-Fi
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hostel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
check-in time is 14:00 and check-out is 11:00
Minimum age in dormitories 18
Note: As per the rules of the Israeli Tax Authority, Israeli passport holders as well as those holding non-tourist visas (visas other than B2, B3 or B4) must add VAT on top of the quoted rates.
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Abraham Hostel Jerusalem is located in the heart of Jerusalem, right next to Mahne Yehuda market.
The hostel is within walking distance of all attractions and sites including the old city (20-25 minute walk) and the central bus station (10-15 minute walk).
The Jerusalem Light Rail stops right outside our doorstep!!!
You can easily reach many of Jerusalem's top attractions including: The Central Bus Station, The Old City, Holocaust memorial Museum ('Yad Vashem') and more.
From the central bus station in Jerusalem, walk along Jaffa RD. (towards the city center) you will soon pass by a market (on your right side) then keep walking straight. Once you reach a major junction with traffic lights, take a left turn on Hanevi'im street and cross the road into Davidka Square (a large plaza).
Once on Hanevi'im, Abraham hostel will be on the immediate right. Come on in!
By Public Transportation: The Light Rail passes right outside the Central Bus Station. Hop on it, and get down at the 'Davidka' stop. we are right there!
If you arrive by car, there is a parking lot right next to the hostel (requires additional fee). It is located right after the bus station - look for a small road going down to your right.
Located Near
Mahane Yehuda Markt, Jerusalem Stadt Zentrum, Ben-Yahuda Strasse,


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For six years, Mexico has been fighting a bloody war against drug cartels, and a bloodless virtual war for public opinion of North American travellers.
Every time a piece of good news comes out about Mexico, it gets drowned out by an avalanche of bad news. At the dawn of 2012, the trend continues.
The New Yorker magazine profiled Tijuana's restaurant scene late last month, calling it one of the most dynamic in North America. But a story published at about the same time probably wiped out any wanderlust among all but the most ardent foodies.
The New York Times wrote that a new report from the Mexican government said 47,515 people have been killed in the violence since 2006. That's roughly the number of U.S. combat deaths in the Vietnam War.
Several human rights activists said the number was too low by at least a quarter.
It's because of this situation that Mexico remains on the official U.S. State Department Travel Warning list, the highest level of alert issued by the government. It's there with the likes of North Korea, Sudan, Iraq, Libya, Haiti and Congo. The only other country on the list that has a serious tourism business is Israel, and living with terrorism on trips there has always been part of the deal.
The U.S. has placed Mexico on its travel warning list because of narcotics violence, though a close read shows the areas of concern are mostly in large border towns, some areas of the interior and portions of Mexico City.
Still, it's tough to sell a "sun and fun" destination against that backdrop. Mexican officials complain the travel warning has the effect of lumping in Cancún and Cabo San Lucas with the shooting galleries of Ciudad Juárez and the worst parts of Tijuana. Officials have put on a massive public relations campaign, coming north to argue the case for tourism, working with friendly advertising-hungry media outlets on free trips to tout vacation spots.
I've found four camps when it comes to the question of travel to Mexico, and I frequently hear from them all: Those who wouldn't ever go to Mexico; those who say it isn't what it used to be and have given up returning; those who go often (including those with second homes) and say the media has overblown problems; and everyone else.
For Mexican tourism officials, the battle is for the hearts and wallets of that last group. Mexico has always been sun and fun on the cheap — usually less expensive than Hawaii or the Caribbean, a little wilder than San Diego. Even in hard times, Americans still head south. According to U.S. government statistics, 10.3 million Americans visited Mexico in the first six months of last year.
Spurring tourism would be tough in this economy without the added image burden (and now reports of possible swine flu resurgence). In a mostly upbeat San Diego Union Tribune interview last month, Juan Tintos, the tourism secretary for Baja California, said Americans used to make up two-thirds of vacationers. Today it is one-third. While the Mexican domestic market is important, it often lacks the deep pockets of the American visitors.
Tintos noted that cruise ship companies have pulled out in part because ports charged too much and tourist options had become "tired." Fonatur, the Mexican government agency that planned Cancún, Los Cabos and Loreto, has had plans for Escalera Nautica, or "nautical stairway," a string of ports in the Sea of Cortez, including 10 new ones, to attract high-income yacht owners. That seems like a distant dream today.
Perception is everything in tourism. From a tourism standpoint — and that is all I am talking about here — Mexico doesn't have to defeat the cartels and end corruption. It just has to move it to the background and away from visitors.
Memories can prove short, and beautiful beaches and great deals can bring things back. But don't expect it to happen overnight.
Mexico will get a fresh start with California residents in June when AirTran starts flying non-stop to Cabo San Lucas and Mexico City. I'm going to Cabo on a great introductory fare. I'll let you know about the rest of the trip when I get back.
The Orange County Register


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A former Chicago businessman convicted of supporting terrorists in Pakistan was sentenced to 14 years in prison Thursday.
In 2011, Tahawwur Ran was convicted of plotting a terrorist attack on a Danish newspapers for publishing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The attack was aborted.
Rana also was charged in connection with a string of bombings that killed 160 people in Mumbai, India in 2008. He was acquitted of those charges by a federal jury.
Two of Rana's adult children expressed relief following the sentencing at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, the Chicago Tribune reported.


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While many of you are rushing about this weekend in a frenzy of trying to buy just the right gift, I will be at an undisclosed location hanging out, staring at Christmas lights.
But while I am there, I will be thinking about gifts, or at least one gift I have been pondering for the past week.
What do you think? Is a nose hair trimmer an appropriate gift for a family member in need? I don't want to insult anyone. They are often on lists of worst gifts for men, but I think they could be a game changer for some people. In life, I have learned that you can win by a nose or lose by a hair. Having out of control nose hair can hurt your career or love life, frighten small children and help spread many types of disease. At least, that is what I think.
The subject of nose hair trimmers came up this week in a family discussion, but it has been on my mind for quite a while. Up until a couple of years ago, I spent little time thinking about nose hair. Then a family member home for a holiday visit cornered me and went on in great detail about his concerns about nose hair growth.
I laughed, but he was serious. I never bought one, thinking rightly that it might be insulting for someone to receive such a device as a gift, but I thought about it a lot and realize there may have been some value to his words. In my years as a journalist, I have encountered many people suffering from severe nose hair growth. I've wondered if anything could be done to help these poor people. I realize electronic nose hair trimmers might be their salvation.
The trimmers are not difficult to find. Men's departments in department stores sell them, they are found in fancy men's boutiques and they can be found online. Deciding what to buy is the tricky part. It's like buying Christmas gifts. It requires serious study.
There are a lot of nose hair removal possibilities for the man, or woman who has everything. It will take time, but it is worth it.
Those without proper grooming equipment are at risk. Grabbing a fistful of it and pulling it out can cause infection. Clipping with scissors can result in nicks, cuts and sometimes severe lacerations.
After extensive study, I have to say that electronic trimmers are the way to go. The problem is which is the best for you.
You probably thought, "Hey George, picking a nose hair trimmer is simple. Don't they all just cut hair?" Yes they all cut hair, but it is not that simple. You can buy everything from the basic utilitarian rotary blade trimmer to a Cadillac equivalent. Some are content with the traditional, but there are some more distinctive products on the market.
Panasonic offers a wet/dry facial hair trimmer and a vacuum ear, nose and facial hair trimmer which sucks up the little bits while you are cutting.
I have to be honest, the idea of trimming my ear hair with the same device used to trim my nose hair seems a little troubling, but that combination is marketed by several companies. Wahl makes a trimmer you can use for your nose, ear and brow. The bonus is it is lighted, allowing you to trim your nose hair in the dark.
Many of the trimmers are like multi-tools, offering the ability to use one device to achieve many goals. Con Air offers a nose, ear and eyebrow trimmer that also becomes a neckline, bikini line and sideburns trimmer. The company also offers a nine-piece set that includes the usual nose, ear and hair trimmer, but also has an attachment for goatee trimming. An advertisement for the product notes that "It's easy to increase your number of admirers when you have a personal clipper on hand."
I can see that. I've found that the more trimmed I am, the more people want to spend time with me. There is nothing more appealing than a sharp trimmed man.
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Rainmaker Entertainment and Blockade Entertainment are teaming for a 3D-animated film adaptation of the PlayStation-exclusive "Ratchet & Clank" video game series.
Ratchet is a lombax, the last of his kind and a foolhardy adventurer. Clank is a pint-sized robot with more brains than brawn. The two unlikely heroes struggle to save their galaxy.
First introduced in 2002, the games became a successful series and have sold 26 million copies worldwide. Key talent from the game will also be featured in the film including James A. Taylor, David Kaye and Jim Ward.
Jericca Cleland will direct from a script by TJ Fixman, the same senior writer from the game series. An early 2015 is being targeted, and in fact an 'Announcement Trailer' has already gone online.
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Anika Noni Rose is set to drop by "Elementary" as a former colleague of Joan's (Lucy Liu) who assists with their investigation (TVGuide.com); "Covert Affairs" co-star Chris Gorham will direct the show's 13th installment this season (TVGuide.com); Leslie Jordan will play the leader at a couples retreat attended by Jimmy (Lucas Neff) and Sabrina (Shannon Woodward) on "Raising Hope" (TVGuide.com); Jackie Hoffman will guest as the mother of Justin Bartha's David on "The New Normal" while Sterling Sulieman is set to recur as Rocky's (NeNe Leakes) Republican EMT brother (Deadline.com, TVGuide.com); Vinessa Shaw and Michael Wiseman will recur on "Vegas" with Haley Strode also set to guest star (Deadline.com, THR.com); Pedro Pascal and Fernanda Andrade are bound for "Red Widow" in multi-episode arcs (Deadline.com); Katherine Tokarz will recur on "The Neighbors" as fellow alien Mary Lou Retton (Deadline.com); and Michael Gaston has been tapped to play Kylie's (Autumn Reeser) father on "Last Resort" (Deadline.com).


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Bose SoundLink Mini Review/
High-end speaker harbinger Bose, has recently released a much more compact and portable version of its successful $300 SoundLink wireless speaker appropriately named the SoundLink Mini. It's Bose's smallest wireless Bluetooth speaker that competes against offerings from some of the most notable brands in the ferociously competitive portable speaker category. The SoundLink Mini packs innovation, proprietary audio drivers and dual-opposing passive radiators that recreate Bose's signature deep sound beloved by most if not all humans. And if you've already seen our guide for the best wireless portable speakers, well then we've spoiled it for you. But if you haven't cheated already, then we've got a great comparison and review lined up just around the break. How does the SoundLink Mini compare to our top rated portable wireless speaker, and more in the full review down below!Read More


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Radio stories and alternative viewpoints
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Digital Audio Broadcasting, or DAB, is a digital technology that is designed to broadcast radio stations to a wide audience.
Initial development of DAB technology began in the early 1980s in Germany and first DAB transmissions were made across the country in 1988. Key choices concerning the specifics of the technology to be used were made in 1990 and the complete protocol was finalized in 1993.
The United Kingdom was the first country to adopt DAB as a widespread radio broadcasting system. The first commercial DAB radio receivers went on sale during 1999 and by 2001 there were more than 50 DAB stations being broadcast across London. These first stations were either run by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) or individual commercial ventures.
In 2006, approximately 500 million people worldwide were within coverage of DAB radio broadcasts but sales of DAB receivers were still limited to a handful of European countries. Around 1000 DAB radio stations were in operation around the world at this time.
One of the main objectives of developing DAB radio was to improve the overall sound quality of transmissions by achieving higher fidelity and more resistance to noise and interference.
On many of the early DAB systems however, a better quality of sound can be achieved via the established FM (Frequency Modulation) radio stations due to the relative inefficiency of the audio codec used for DAB broadcasting.
Despite this failure to improve sound quality there are many other benefits inherent to the DBAB system. DAB radio stations are more bandwidth efficient than their analogue counterparts, so more stations can be made available and broadcasting costs are lower.
DAB radio transmitters also have the capability to automatically tune to a particular station chosen from a list, as well as receiving textual information about the broadcast, such as the title of the current song or traffic information for the station.
A newer version of DAB, termed DAB+, was made available in 2006 with the adoption of a new audio codec. This upgrade has the primary goal of achieving greater sound quality for DAB radio transmissions.
The aim of Social Network Analysis is to visualise and understand the relationships between people and then act upon these findings. People within the network are referred to as nodes, relationships between people are referred to as ties, while information about the node are node attributes.
Social Network Analysis provides a visualise map of where crucial information and knowledge is flowing within the business. For example, suppose you want to analyse who is talking to who and how frequently this collaboration happens in a research project. Using a social network analysis survey to ask the question "Who do you collaborate with?" across the sample of users will provide you with the data to create the network map. The questions typically use a Likert Scale to gauge how often collaboration occurs:
1. Very Frequently
2. Frequently
3. Occasionally
4. Rarely
5. Very Rarely
6. Never
The data collected from all respondents is then transferred to a matrix. Where people are labelled as nodes and the strength of the relationship between nodes is labelled 1 to 6. This marix can then be analysed using UCINET or NetDraw. Both software programs are typically used for Social Network Analysis and both allow statistical analysis. However, UCINET itself does not visualise the network, NetDraw is bundled within UCINET and provides that capability.
Social Network Analysis is interested in the whole of the network and not just the individual's ties and links. Taking this holistic view or Systems Engineering approach, allows the structure of the ties and how they interact in terms of strengths (derived from the Likert Scale) to be analysed.
Once you have your social network analysis data then it can be used to visualise the social relationships and identify collaborative groups, cliques of people, areas of poor collaboration and personal networks (ego networks). This information is very powerful and can help to identify where collaboration, knowledge management research and Information Management can help. Powerful knowledge sharing people often bridge networks together and these are called knowledge brokers. When working in teams you would assume that the knowledge broker would be the team leader, but you may also discover that a team members has a wider collaborative network.
Radio broadcasting is a means of transmitting audio signals via the air as radio waves. These radio waves travel from a transmitter to an antenna and from there are sent to a receiving device to be interpreted.
Radio waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation with a very high frequency. They are invisible to the human eye and sit above infrared waves in the electromagnetic spectrum. They provide a relatively simple and inexpensive way to transmit signals to wide audiences.
Whilst radio stations are commonly known as public systems there are also many stations that exist for non-broadcast purposes, such as base stations used by the emergency services, dispatch stations used by truck and taxi services, amateur radio stations and emergency broadcast systems.
The two primary types of radio station are AM and FM stations.
AM radio stations were the earliest wide-scale broadcasting systems to be developed. AM stations use amplitude modulation to change the radio carrier signal so that it can be interpreted by the listener.
A key advantage of AM radio stations is that the signal being transmitted is relatively unsophisticated, and as such it can be detected and decoded with basic equipment. However, this simple signal is vulnerable to interference by bad weather.
FM radio stations use frequency modulation to alter the radio carrier signal and broadcast a message. FM stations broadcast in the VHF (Very High Frequency) range of airwaves in the frequency range of 88 MHz to 108 MHz.
FM radio was invented in the 1930s by Edwin Armstrong with the sole purpose of solving the interference problems inherent in AM radio. FM radio is almost immune to this interference and has also achieved greater signal clarity by spacing radio stations further apart than AM stations.
The emergence of the Internet has prompted radio stations to broadcast online. Since the 1990s radio stations have been broadcasting on the Internet where they do not suffer from the licensing restrictions applied to other stations, and there is no need to setup air transmission equipment to be able to broadcast to the world.
Radio communication is a widely used form of communication that takes advantages of the characteristics of radio waves to transfer messages across wide distances. Radio messages are sent from a radio transmitter and are received by an antenna which sends them to a receiving device.
The most popular usage of radio communications today is radio broadcasting – an audio broadcasting service widely used by listeners for music and broadcast conversations. Other types of communications sent via radio waves include Morse code, and more recently DAB, or Digital Audio Broadcasting.
The two most common forms of radio broadcast include AM and FM; the two techniques used to broadcast commercial radio stations. Radio waves can also be sent and received via citizens band radio (CB radio) or even transmitted via satellites.
The fundamental idea behind broadcasting radio communications is to transmit a carrier signal which can be received by a correctly tuned receiver and then to vary that carrier signal according to the message you want to send.
A.M. stands for amplitude modulation and was the original method used to broadcast radio stations. It involves changing the amplitude of the carrier signal to send a message. It is a very simple system that does not require a lot of expensive equipment to receive a signal.
AM radio signals are subject to interference by EMI, or Electromagnetic interference. This is most notable to listeners during weather events such as lightning storms.
F.M. stands for frequency modulation and involves varying the frequency of the carrier signal to transmit a signal. This technique is used in the VHF, or "Very High Frequency", range of airwaves.
FM Radio allows broadcasts to be made with much less interference than AM signals, and by spacing FM stations further apart they are less likely to interfere with each other. The range of an FM broadcast is not as great as an AM broadcast so they are more suitable for local radio stations.
Green Stone Radio was a women's radio show run from New York. With high profile support the radio show broadcast on 7 affiliate radio shows and provided women focused humour and information.
The station closed in 2008 after operating for less than a year.


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Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects. TwHP has created a variety of products and activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom.
The National Register Can Help TeachersFor teachers who want to enliven classroom instruction by using historic places, the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places can help in a number of ways in addition to Teaching with Historic Places lesson plans and other services. Having an inventory of more than 80,000 nomination forms of historic places throughout the United States, the National Register can lead you to places that tell some of the fascinating stories you want your students to learn from the past.
Cleveland Arcade, Cleveland, OH. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
National Register Program:
Americans are proud of their heritage and are honored when places in their communities and states are entered in the National Register. Historic properties in a community are tangible links with the nation's past that help provide a sense of identity and stability. The National Register, which recognizes the values of properties as diverse as a dugout shelter of an Oklahoma pioneer settler, the Breakers Mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, and a 12,000-year-old prehistoric site, has helped many to appreciate the richness and variety of their heritage.
Listing a property in the National Register provides recognition of it's historic significance, consideration in planning Federal or federally-assisted projects, eligibility for Federal tax benefits, consideration in decisions about coal-mining permits, and eligibility for Federal preservation grants.
Federal, State, and Tribal Preservation Offices:
Federal agencies, states, and American Indian Tribes look for and evaluate buildings, sites, and other physical remnants from the past within their lands. Then they nominate properties they decide are historically or culturally important to the National Register. Since most registered places are privately-owned and significant to the history of the locality or state in which they are located, most nominations come through State Historic Preservation Offices. The professionals in State Historic Preservation Offices work closely with local governments, historical organizations, and the public in locating and researching places that might qualify for recognition in the National Register. State offices, like the National Register, maintain files on listed properties, and also have information on other places within their states.
National Register List:
The first step in teaching with historic places all around us is to find those places. Either the National Park Service's National Register office or state preservation offices can provide information on National Register properties in any state or county. The address and telephone number of the National Register of Historic Places are: National Park Service, 1849 C Street, NW, 2280, Washington, DC 20240; (202) 354-2213.
NPS Focus
Visit NPS Focus, an online database, to find out more information about properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Summary information about National Register properties can be found through the use of a simple or an advanced search. This system makes it possible to find places linked not only geographically, but also by characteristics such as architectural style, theme (area of significance), period of significance, resource type, architects, or significant people. For example,
• if you are planning an instructional unit on industrialism and the Gilded Age, you can use the NRIS to identify properties associated with Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, or other key figures; industrial complexes or company towns from the late 19th century; or local mills or factories.
• if you are focusing on milestones of the Civil Rights movement, you can obtain a list of properties nationwide representing African American history since 1950.
• if you want to explore how your state's evolving demographics relate to trends in U.S. immigration and cultural diversity, you can request a list either of resources in that state (or even in a specific county or city) associated with various ethnic groups, or of properties in several states associated with a single group.
The search will then create a "Title Display List" of different places that fit the specified criteria. From this list, select a property and view the summary information. From the summary information navigate to the text of a National Register nomination or see the photographs associated with a nomination. Basic information such as resource name, address, location, and date of listing all appear in the summary information..
You can use both the NPS Focus and the NRIS to conduct your own electronic searches to identify National Register properties by state, county, or city. To conduct more complex customized searches, or if you have questions about the NPS Focus or the NRIS, contact the National Register at email@example.com.
Documentation About Historic Places:
Once you have identified one or more historic places, you can obtain copies of the documentation kept by the National Register by writing or calling your State Historic Preservation Office, or contacting the National Register at the address and number given above. The National Register maintains files on more than 80,000 historic districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects. Because historic districts often include hundreds of historically-significant buildings and other features, the listings in the National Register represent more than 1.4 million places important to the nation's history. Approximately 90 percent of National Register properties represent state and local history, and teachers would be challenged to find a more accessible summary of major historic themes, people, and events for many areas of the country as can be found in the documentation for these places.
Historic properties are not limited to those listed in the National Register, but because investigations constantly bring to light new places, there are decided advantages to starting with National Register properties. These places have been documented already, and every property file includes considerable information useful to teachers: a physical description of the place listed, geographical information, one or more maps, an explanation of historical significance, a bibliography, and at least one black and white photograph. Frequently, files contain other information as well, such as site plans, historic photographs, copies of primary documents, drawings, or other materials.
Photographs from the official National Register and National Historic Landmarks archives - from a variety of sources, including State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPO) and nomination preparers, have been posted to the web through the photo sharing site, Flickr. Each individual picture, collection, or set, is accompanied by a textual description and explanation of the historic significance of the listed property.
A number of materials that the National Register program produces for other purposes than classroom education can also benefit teachers. In addition to informational brochures, the National Register publishes technical "bulletins" on specific types of resources to assist those evaluating properties for possible nomination to the National Register. The brochures and bulletins include basic information about the National Register as well as information on the different property types eligible for a National Register nomination. The bulletins also include technical information and guidance on preparing nominations for specific kinds of places, such as archeological sites, cemeteries, battlefields, and residential suburbs. These bulletins generally contain historical background, bibliographies, and guidance in understanding what these places tell us about local, regional, state, or national history. Such understanding is essential for teaching or learning from places and for explaining how they meet National Register criteria for significance. Therefore, bulletins on topics cited above, as well as post offices, mining resources, aviation resources, landscapes, and other types of places might help you interpret the cultural resources you find in your communities. These brochures and bulletins are free and are located online at http://www.nps.gov/history/Nr/publications/index.htm.
The National Register program also has participated in the creation of other publications, books, and videos that can benefit teachers. From the National Register's "Publications" webpage you can find information on the following books: National Landmarks, American's Treasures, Building the National Parks, and African American Historic Places. There is also a video that teachers can order entitled, American Legacy: The Work of the National Register of Historic Places.
Additionally, the National Register program has helped to produce special editions of CRM, a technical periodical produced by the Cultural Resources Programs of the National Park Service. The following editions are available online:
• The National Register of Historic Places: Volume 25, no. 1, 2002
• Creative Teaching with Historic Places: Volume 23, no. 8, 2000
• Archeology and the National Register: Volume 18, no. 6, 1995
• Using the National Register of Historic Places: Volume 17, no.2, 1994
• Teaching With Historic Places: Volume 16, no. 2, 1993
• Traditional Cultural Properties: Volume 16, Special Edition, 1993 (search under the Issue Title)
• Cultural Diversity and Historic Preservation: Volume 15, no. 7, 1992
National Register Participation:
You and your students may find important places in your state or community that are not listed in the National Register. Direct participation in the process of researching and nominating a property to the National Register is another option for educators. You already know that students who "do" history demonstrate greater interest in and mastery of the subject. Participation has the added advantages of reinforcing the idea that history has value in "the real world," and of demonstrating one way to translate learning into good citizenship.
The National Register bulletins discussed above will help you identify, research, document, and register historic places. Nomination information, forms, and instructions for completing them also are available on the National Register Web site. You may also obtain a free "Starter Kit," or a computer disk with the information you need to prepare nominations electronically, by writing or calling the National Register.
Although completion of the entire nomination process from identification to listing may be beyond the scope of a single year's class, the project can be divided into stages and combined with other endeavors that provide each participating class with a sense of accomplishment. One class could conduct initial research, write articles for a local newspaper, and submit information to the local library. Another class could analyze how the property relates to broad national themes as represented by National Register criteria, design a school exhibit, and work with the State Historic Preservation Office to nominate the property to the state and/or national registers.


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Father in Iraq Watches Birth of Twins Via Skype
(WHITEFISH, Mont.) -- No mountain was high enough, no river was wide enough, and no valley was low enough to keep one Montana man from watching the birth of his baby twins on Sept. 25 at North Valley Hospital in Whitefish, Mont.
Jon Zimbelman, 31, Skyped with his wife, Erin, all the way from Basrah, Iraq, where he works as a contractor in the private sector, to watch the delivery of his now-2-week-old twins, Braylon and Brielle.
Erin Zimbelman, 32, of Kalispell, Mont., was worried the hospital might not allow the Skype session to occur, but got the final approval just in time for the babies to arrive.
"I just told him, go get to hard line, go to your office, be ready," Zimbelman told ABC News.
Because Zimbelman was giving birth to twins, the delivery had to take place in the operating room, where Internet connections are not normally allowed. The anesthesiologist had the final say, and he eventually agreed to allow the iPad in the room.
Zimbelman said she's gotten nothing but positive feedback about the experience.
"I hope other people will be able to do it, or that hospitals won't say 'no' right away. That was my main concern. No one gave me an answer until the day of, a couple hours before we were doing it all, so it was really nerve-racking," Zimbelman said.
But the pregnancy also had its complications.
Zimbelman's mother unexpectedly passed away on July 6, so he used the one trip allowed to him to return home for her funeral.
"My husband's mom died and so he had to come home for that instead of coming home for the birth," Zimbelman said. "He had visa entry issues. It was only a one-entry visa."
So she had to come up with a plan B for him to still be there for the babies.
"I haven't heard of anybody doing it," Zimbelman said. "I don't know if I'm the first or whatnot. But I had to come up with plan B."
The hospital, knowing she'd need extra help pulling off the Skyping idea, allowed Zimbelman's friend in the delivery room.
"He got to the see the babies before me, so he was excited," said Zimbelman. "My girlfriend held up the iPad so he could watch everything that was going on. He said it was life-changing for him. A couple years ago, this would be impossible."
Zimbelman was worried about the Internet connection working properly because, "Usually Iraq has pretty bad Internet connection, but it was flawless the whole way through."
The babies are now happy and healthy, but still awaiting their first meeting in person with their father. Hopefully, he can make it home for the holidays.
"They're doing great," Zimbelman said. "They are the best babies. They're sleeping good and are just precious."
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San Cisco – Awkward
As a creative it is important to get yourself in a designy mood. Nothing is as good as feeling bouncy and happy and everything flows off your fingers. Music is a great way to get there. So I thought I will share some very good pieces from my playlist with you once in a while. Let's start our 'Creative Soundtrack'. We start with the young, new, very sympathic and very talented australian band San Cisco and their song 'Awkward'.
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Bicycle aficionados know very well what its wish to take a trip at nighttime. The health risks of your misfortune manifesting is much more than when traveling in working day time. Naturally quite ahead of time, we now have visit rely upon Guided cycling lights for lights our way and advise other commuters of your presence on your way. flashing bike lights
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Illumination - From the moment light bulbs were created, they already have continued to evolve. When halogen bulbs got all around we had been appropriately surprised by their brilliance and everything with that being said "Halogen" was regarded higher-stop. A lot more illumination arrived when LEDs gained notoriety. Compared to the outdated halogen lights, Light emitting diodes offered at the very least 10 times A lot more candlepower. Aside from that but they are also victors in conserving durability and energy once i will show you additionally on.
Economical - The standard flash light light or halogen bike light bulbs we were so astounded with just before gives out about 6 to 10 many hours, based upon consumption, of light. However, the energy needed by LEDs to provide light while cycling is much less than that. Actually, they lasted in close proximity to 100 time. This comparing is made by utilizing several dual A batteries for types of source of light. The halogens experienced a blended output of 300 candlepower however the Brought experienced an output of 1,500 candlepower!
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Let me guess…It's 4pm and you're sitting at your desk still recovering from a post-holiday sugar coma. Your favorite "skinny jeans" are tight. And you are trying to convince yourself you didn't eat that many Sparkly Lemon Cookies. But you finally admit, "Maybe I did get a little boy crazy with the Gingerbread Men" (Ha! You showed him.) Now the hunger pains set in. But you think (dramatically), "No! I'm not eatingever again!" False. Skimping on meals is not going to get you back in your skinnies any sooner. If anything, it will mess up your metabolism even more than your holiday binging. Rather, focus on eating nutritious, balanced meals and working out. It will help get your metabolism pumping and your body burning calories, which will have you back in your skinnies before you know it!
Here's my 7 Days to Skinny Jeans Plan:
The Rules
- Commit. Keep your eyes on the prize (a.k.a. those darn skinny jeans) and if possible, enlist a partner in crime. It's always easier when you have a buddy for support!
- Drink lots of water! At least 8-10 glasses a day.
- Pick one exercise to do every day (save one day for rest).
- Pick one meal from each category for each day.
- Pick one snack for each day. (I like to have a snack between lunch and dinner, but the timing is really up to you.)
- If possible, try to sneak in your exercise before breakfast. Otherwise, just make sure you squeeze it into your schedule. This is the important part!
Breakfast Options
- Greek yogurt topped with walnuts, a handful of berries (or sliced banana) and a light drizzle of agave nectar
- Steel cut oatmeal with 2 tablespoons of dried apricots, 2 tablespoons of slivered almonds and a splash of almond milk
- Veggie omelet with a slice of whole grain toast (Click here for my favorite omelet recipe!)
- Breakfast smoothie
- Half an avocado stuffed with cottage cheese and a side of sliced tomato
- Ezekiel toast topped with 2 sliced up hardboiled eggs served with half of a grapefruit
- Breakfast Quinoa (Make a big batch and eat it for breakfast for a few days. It's delicious!)
Lunch & Dinner Options
- Whole-grain pita filled with chicken, arugula, sliced tomato, a teaspoon of crumbled feta and a drizzle of olive oil; serve with a side of grapes
- Grilled Bruschetta Chicken with a small side salad (use a mixture of lemon, olive oil and balsamic vinegar for the dressing)
- Zucchini "Pasta" with a side of quinoa
- Two slices of cauliflower crust pizza with a side of steamed vegetables
- Sesame-Tofu Stir-Fry (Another excellent meal you can make a big batch of to last a few days.)
- Beet, Orange & Fennel Salad with a side of quinoa
- Healthy Chicken Salad served over lettuce or on a slice of whole-grain toast
- 1 medium apple with 1 tablespoon of peanut butter
- 1 cup of red grapes and a low fat string cheese
- ¼ cup of almonds
- ½ cup of bran cereal (or Grape Nuts) with milk and a few berries
- Raw veggies with 3 generous tablespoons of hummus
- 1 hardboiled egg with a few whole-grain crackers
- Celery with a tablespoon of almond butter and a few raisins
Exercise Options
- 30 minutes of cardio (running, kickboxing, elliptical, swimming, step aerobics etc.)
- 1 hour of yoga or Pilates
- Intervals: run for 60 seconds, walk for 90 seconds (repeat 8 times)
- Circuit: 100 jumping jacks, 20 crunches, 20 squats, 10 push ups, 25 bench dips (you can do this using a chair), 60 second wall sit, 60 second plank (repeat two times)
- 1 hour hike with steady incline
- Quickie: 20 lunges, 50 jumping jacks (or swap out jumping jacks for jumping rope for 2 minutes)
- Semi-Quickie: 15 minute jog, 20 squats, 20 sit-ups
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The province's plan to allow liquor sales in grocery stores is creating tension between owners of private liquor stores who see opportunities to move underperforming store licences and owners of more established stores who fear added competition in already saturated markets.
The government will create a limited number of new special licences allowing grocery stores to sell B.C. VQA wines. And while it won't grant any new licenses for private liquor sales, it will lift the restriction on how far an owner can move the licence of an existing store, which would give grocery stores more flexibility to obtain licences.
Lifting that restriction was "disappointing" to Dave Crown, a director with the Alliance of Beverage Licensees B.C., which represents pubs, bars and private retail outlets and is one of two groups that speak for segments of the private store business.
"The reason that the moratorium (restricting the number of licences) is on is because we've already got way too much retail space in this province," Crown argued.
Crown said private licensees opened outlets and ramped up operations in anticipation of former premier Gordon Campbell's campaign to fully privatize B.C. liquor sales, which never happened.
He added that ABLE's members worry that lifting the restriction will allow licenses to be bought in less-populated rural locations and moved to urban locations that are already saturated.
Previously, if a private-store owner wanted to move a licence, it could only be moved within a five-kilometre radius of its existing location.
"Every time you create more retail space but you don't expand the market, it hurts people already in it," Crown said.
However, there are early signs that grocery retailers are making plans to take advantage of the changes.
Ralph Mundel, senior director of marketing and communications for Thrifty Foods, said the 29-store chain is "well underway" with its efforts, but couldn't reveal any details because too many regulations still need to be ironed out.
"I can't even tell you whether it will be in all stores, because there are restrictive covenants on in a lot of the malls we operate in," Mundel said.
The province also needs to write a specific definition of what constitutes a grocery store, said Stephen Harris, executive director of the B.C. Private Liquor Store Association.
Government won't allow sales in convenience stores, but Harris said it isn't clear whether retail chains such as Walmart, which has full grocery outlets in some stores, or London Drugs, which carries limited grocery offerings, will be considered grocery stores.
Harris also said lifting the restriction on re-location does give owners of struggling stores a chance to find better locations. He noted that liquor stores will still be restricted from locating within one kilometre from another liquor store, which helps.
Otherwise, "the market will quickly sort out where it makes sense to have a store and where it doesn't make sense."
"What the public will be concerned about is access and price," Harris said. "Price probably isn't going to change as a result of any of these rules and we've already got 1,400 different places to buy liquor in the province — and that will stay relatively constant."


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The Course Repeat Option provides undergraduate students who have done poorly the opportunity to repeat courses and be able to calculate their new grades in place of their previous grades. Thus, if a course is repeated using this option, the grade of the most recent attempt of that course will be used in calculating the cumulative GPA and for completion of program requirements. The original course will remain on the official transcript for historical purposes only.
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Note: Effective Summer 2005, this new comprehensive Course Repeat Option replaced the existing Course Repeat and Freshman Forgiveness policy. The Course Repeat Option is not retroactive to courses already repeated under prior policies. Students repeating courses originally taken on quarters or that do not have the same title, course abbreviation, or catalog number as the original course must submit a Course Repeat Form to All-in-1 in BH 116.


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West Ham boss Sam Allardyce is backing striker Andy Carroll to play his way into England's World Cup squad.
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Carroll headed the Hammers into a first-half lead at Sunderland on Monday night and went on to put up a fine individual display in the 2-1 win that took them to the brink of Premier League safety.
Although there are only six games left for Carroll to impress, Allardyce feels he has enough time to prove to Roy Hodgson he is worthy of a place on the plane to Brazil, most likely in preference to Southampton's Rickie Lambert.
Allardyce said: "There are six games to go and I think if he continues to score, if he scores anything like he did last season - he scored eight in the last 12, I think - if he gets another two or three or four goals, I think it will hopefully be difficult for Roy to ignore him.
"There are not a lot of them today, unfortunately. I used to play against them every week, Andy Carrolls, when I played many years ago. There used to be one in every side.
"But there's a quality with the size and the stature of the man. It's not just a heading ability, it's an all-round quality that he has.
"He's quicker than he looks, some good hold-up play off the chest at times, takes the ball with his feet, he's got a terrific shot on him.
"He's superb in the air and he's young, so hopefully he keeps on not growing stature-wise, but growing in terms of his experience and his ability to stay fit and becomes an even better player than he already is.
"It's a bit scary to think where we might be if we'd had Andy all season. We didn't have him all season last season and finished 10th; we have had him even less this season.
"We are now 11th, we are one point behind our last year total, so we have 37 points and this time last year, we had 38, we have had our best run of results since we have been back in the Premier League.
"Since Andy and the other players got fit - and I always said coming on the back of January, 'Once our players are all fit, watch out, we will be okay, we will win football matches'.
"The form we are showing at the moment is proving that. It's been an outstanding run from the players and an outstanding achievement."


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ZLS students receive History Expo awards
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[May 16, 2014]
Ten Zion Lutheran School students qualified for
participation in the IL History Expo at the Prairie Capital
Convention Center in Springfield. Emily Messner, Katie Lynn, Elijah
Burton, and Will Messner all received Superior rating awards. Emma
Cooper, Kathryn Nobbe, Madelyn Koehler, Emma Ritterbush, Tori
Tripplett, and Greyson Rademaker each received an Excellent rating
Zion Lutheran History Expo project entries included:
Elijah Burton -- How did the constitutional
issues of the late 19th century and early 20th century affect
the political landscape of Chicago and Illinois?
Emma Cooper -- How has the Scully family
impacted IL?
Madelyn Koehler -- How did the Our Lady of the
Angels School fire impact the schools of Illinois?
Katie Lynn -- How has the First United Methodist
Church impacted Logan County?
Emily Messner -- Why is the U-505 in Chicago,
Illinois, and what has been its impact there?
Will Messner -- How have the Chiefs impacted
Peoria and Central Illinois?
Kathryn Nobbe -- How did Eugene D. Funk, Sr.
improve corn agriculture?
Greyson Rademaker -- How did Bethel Church help
shape the Emden Community?
Emma Ritterbush -- What impact has State Bank of
Lincoln had on Lincoln, Illinois?
Tori Tripplett -- How did Cahokia Mounds impact
on the early days of the people of Illinois?
One hundred and seventy-two schools from around
Illinois participated in this year's History Expo.
More information regarding the Student Historian Program and History
Fairs can be found at:
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Left to right: Emily Messner, Elijah Burton, and Katie Lynn were
awarded Superior ratings at the Illinois History Expo at the Prairie
Capital Convention Center in Springfield.
Will Messner received a Superior rating at the IL History Expo at
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The Los Angeles Modern Quilt Guild was lucky enough to have Denyse Schmidt to town this past weekend for a visit that included a talk and two workshops. The weekend started on Friday night with her talk. It was hugely inspiring and spanned her career, design process and inspirations.
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Standing outside the RV he rented Thursday (May 21) for a family Memorial Day weekend trip from his home in Shipshewana, Ind., to Ohio, Matt Oxender was all smiles, according to WSBT-TV, South Bend.
The RV fit the bill perfectly, he said.
"You have all the luxuries of home right there. It has a nice full size refrigerator, so you don't need to run to town for dinner or anything. There's plenty of space for the kids. And you're right there with all the action. You don't have to go to a hotel room and drive back and forth," he said.
It all comes for about $800 for the long four-day weekend.
It's not cheap, but it's better than the alternative, Oxender said.
"By the time you figure out renting hotel rooms each night, this comes out to be about the same. And it's a convenience. It's all about the convenience," he said.
And it's a convenience that's suddenly skyrocketing in popularity.
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As the head representative for Cruise America RV Rentals at Techworks in Elkhart, Slusher has seen the down economy's effects on rentals recently. He's also seen a sudden upswing.
"We have nothing available. Nothing on the lot," Slusher said. "All of our RVs are rented for the holiday weekend."
It's a far cry from just two years ago, when rentals were sluggish.
"We were down to maybe one or two calls a day (for RV rentals). Now, we're up to maybe a dozen every day," he said.
Rentals are up, too.
"We're up 13% from last year. And, last year, we were up 100% at this time. So, we are up 13% over that hundred as of last year," Slusher said.
He thinks there's a simple reason why.
"I think it's a money thing right now. People want to save money. People don't have a lot of money like they used to (for vacations). So, they're going the cheapest and best way they can go," Slusher said.
It's quickly becoming a national trend.
Across the country, rentals and sales of RVs are on the rise over the last few weeks.
Experts say it's another encouraging sign for the hard hit RV industry.
"The kids can play, rest, and relax in there if it gets too hot outside," Oxender said.
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