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%#!*%$@$# birth center parking lot!
This happened to my car just hours ago. There was no available street parking, so I had to park in the birth center's miniature 4-car parking area down a narrow alley. Now I'm quite familiar with this parking lot because Eliza was born at the birth center, and I always hated it with a passion, but it has been more than a year since my last well-woman visit, so I'm out of practice inching the car back and forth, forth and back until after five minutes of frustration, I finally manage to squeeze back out the alley. Only today it went like this:
crank the wheel right
inch back
crank the wheel left
inch forward
...repeat many times...
crank the wheel right yet again
inch back
Bam, right into the stone wall. When I got home, I saw my bumper had separated. C is going to kill me. Maybe I'll suggest a fixed bumper in lieu of a birthday present.


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- CothirteenAsked on June 08, 2015 at 03:55 PM
I may have just missed something this simple but is there a way to have a form emailed to the person who filled it out as well as the recipient? I setup a print button but I fear no one will use it to keep as confirmation.
thank you
- SyedAnswered on June 08, 2015 at 04:02 PM
Hi there;
If I am not mistaken, you're referring to Autoresponder. Please review the following screenshots on ho you can create an Autoresponder. I have cloned your form for this particular thread.
I hope this helps. Please get back to us if you need further assistance, we would be happy to help you in any way.
- CothirteenAnswered on June 08, 2015 at 04:06 PM
Ok so thats who it can send the confirmation to...the user as well as myself? Am I the sender? Im not sure who's email goes where...sorry!!
- SyedAnswered on June 08, 2015 at 04:16 PM
Hi there;
Yes, notice that we have now two notifications created, one is "Notification 1" and second is an "Autoresponder 1";
These two notifications works simultaneously. First notification is for sending email to Form Owner itself, and the second one is for User who submit the form.
I hope this information helps. Please let us know further if you need assistance on this, we would be happy to assist you.

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This is not my writing… I am planning to write something like this soon though. This is my favorite love poem, a poem about expectations and realities of love. It is told by Sarah Kay & Phil Kaye, and I even inserted their full video of the poem here. Its original title is "When Love Arrives".
I fell in love immediately the first time I heard this poem.
And this is my favorite part of the poem:
"Love is not who you were expecting, love is not who you can predict.
Maybe love is in New York City, already asleep;
You are in California, Australia, wide awake.
Maybe love is always in the wrong time zone.
Maybe love is not ready for you.
Maybe you are not ready for love.
Maybe love just isn't the marrying type.
Maybe the next time you see love is twenty years after the divorce, love is older now, but just as beautiful as you remembered.
Maybe love is only there for a month.
Maybe love is there for every firework, every birthday party, every hospital visit.
Maybe love stays- maybe love can't.
Maybe love shouldn't.
Love arrives exactly when love is supposed to,
And love leaves exactly when love must.
When love arrives, say, "Welcome. Make yourself comfortable."
If love leaves, ask him to leave the door open behind him.
Turn off the music, listen to the quiet, whisper,
"Thank you for stopping by."


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Hyundai's extra-hot Veloster Raptor may be no closer to a production debut, but the regular range has come in for some significant upgrades.
Launching in Australia this week, the updated 2015 Veloster and Veloster SR Turbo bring tweaked suspension, a new transmission, cabin updates and a sharp new $29,990 price of entry at the turbocharged end.
That price, down from the $32,990 sticker the SR Turbo wore before today (which is up from the $31,990 it launched at in 2012), positions the hot-ish hatch against Toyota's 86 Coupe and neatly below Mazda's new $31,990 MX-5.
Opting for the cut-price turbo will see you go without a handful of items previously standard, however, including Flex Steer, satellite navigation, auto climate control, panoramic glass roof and powered door mirrors.
If you want those bits more than you need the savings, however, there's now the $33,990 SR Turbo+ that keeps the deleted features and also adds heated/ventilated front seats.
In the cabin of all models, there's new coloured seat belts and an updated instrument cluster design, along with contrast stitching to the steering wheel.
There's also black upholstered pillars and headlining for leather-trimmed models, and redesigned seats for the turbo models.
Elsewhere, there's new wheel designs and subtle styling changes to the grille, along with a new 'Blue Sprinter' colour option for turbo models.
New Auto, Tweaked Suspension
Headlining the technology changes is a new seven-speed dual-clutch auto, revealed with the international Veloster range in January.
Replacing the conventional six-speed auto that was available with the outgoing SR Turbo, the new shifter joins the six-speed dual-clutch unit already featured in the non-turbo models.
Hyundai promises a seven percent improvement in fuel consumption, now 7.1 l/100km, while the manual lists fuel use at 6.9 l/100km.
Handling should also be improved across the Veloster range, thanks to new chassis upgrades that include revised springs and dampers with new rebound stops, and a shortened anti-roll bar design to account for wider new 225/40 tyres (up from 215/40 R18).
Engine tunes remain unchanged for the new model year.
Driving the regular Veloster models is Hyundai's 1.6 litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder engine, offering 103kW at 6300rpm and 167Nm of torque at 4850rpm.
In the SR models, there's a turbocharged 1.6, delivering a far warmer 150kW at 6000rpm and 265Nm between 1750 and 4500rpm.
Manual and automatic options are again offered across the range, the auto adding a $2500 premium to each.
- Six airbags and five-star ANCAP rating
- Hill-start Assist Control (auto-equipped cars only)
- Tyre Pressure Monitoring System
- LED Daytime Running Lights
- Automatic dusk-sensing headlights
- 7.0-inch LCD touchscreen with DivX, CD player and MP3 functionality
- Premium audio system featuring 4 speakers, 2 tweeters, centre speaker, subwoofer and external amplifier
- AUX/USB audio input with digital iPod compatibility
- Bluetooth connectivity (hands-free phone and audio streaming)
- Rear-view camera (integrated into touchscreen)
- Rear parking assist system
- 18-alloy wheels (two tone multi-spoke) with 225/40R18 tyres
- Cloth/Leather-appointed seats
- Premium steering wheel and gear knob
- Front sports bucket seats
- Height-adjustable driver's front seat
- Electric lumbar support (driver's seat)
- Manual air-conditioning
- Cruise control with steering wheel-mounted controls
- Steering wheel-mounted audio and phone controls
- Keyless entry with burglar alarm
- Tilt and telescopic steering column
- Trip computer
- Front and rear passenger side power windows
- One-touch window up/down on driver's window incorporating anti-pinching safety feature
- LED high mount stop lamp
- LED side repeater integrated into side mirrors
Veloster + (in addition to Veloster features)
- Leather-appointed seats
- 7.0-inch LCD touchscreen Satellite Navigation with CD player, MP3 functionality and three-years HERE MapCare
- Panoramic glass sunroof
- Proximity Smart Key with push-button start
- Climate control air-conditioning with auto defog function
- Supervision cluster with dot matrix centre display
- Electric driver's seat base slide and tilt
- Electric folding exterior mirrors
- Heated exterior mirrors
- Seat back pocket (passenger side only)
- Fold-down sunglasses compartment in roof-mounted console
- Luggage net
Veloster SR Turbo (in addition to Veloster +)
- Upgraded sports body kit
- LED rear combination lights
- Proximity Smart Key with pushbutton start
- Sports type Supervision cluster
Veloster SR Turbo + (in addition to Veloster SR Turbo)
- 7.0-inch LCD touchscreen Satellite Navigation with CD player, MP3 functionality and three-years HERE MapCare
- Panoramic glass sunroof
- Climate-control air-conditioning with auto defog function
- Ventilated front seats
- Heated front seats
- Electric folding exterior mirrors
- Heated exterior mirrors
- Flex Steer
- Fold-down sunglasses compartment in roof-mounted console
The Veloster range remains the top-selling sports car in Australia in 2015, with 1158 year-to-date sales - with a roughly 50/50 split between turbo and non-turbo models - against 1087 for Toyota's 86 coupe.
The affordable sports-car landscape may soon get a serious shake-up, however, with Mazda's new $31,990 MX-5 due here from August.
PRICING (excludes on-road costs)
Naturally Aspirated
- Veloster GDi - 6spd manual - $24,490
- Veloster GDi - 6spd DCT auto - $26,990
- Veloster+ GDi - 6spd manual - $29,490
- Veloster+ GDi - 6spd DCT auto - $31,990
- Veloster SR Turbo - 6spd manual - $29,990
- Veloster SR Turbo - 7spd DCT auto - $32,490
- Veloster SR Turbo+ - 6spd manual - $33,990
- Veloster SR Turbo+ - 7spd DCT auto - $36,490
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08 April 2014
Istanbul - Blue Mosque
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque, popularly known as the Blue Mosque because of the dominant colour of the interior decoration, must be one of the most visited buildings on the planet, but no pre-reading prepares for its calm, stunning beauty.
The mosque was built in just seven years, starting 1609, on the orders of Ahmed I, upon the site of the palace of Byzantium's emperors. The architect, Sedefkar Mehmed Agha, designed an extraordinarily grand space composed of a main dome surrounded by eight smaller domes. The mosque boasts six minarets, instead of the normal maximum of four, the first to do so.
The interior is simply gorgeous, over 20,000 handmade ceramic tiles from Iznik (Nicaea) at the lower levels and upon the massive piers, the decorative scheme at higher levels executed in paint. There are over 200 subtle stained glass windows. Humankind be praised.
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Prosecutors launch probe into alleged air pollution in Lithuania's Klaipėda
Prosecutors in the Lithuanian western port of Klaipėda have launched a pre-trial investigation into alleged air pollution in the port's surroundings.
The probe follows complaints over port company Klasco's iron ore's handling. Prosecutors say they launched the investigation after evaluating information on norm-exceeding air pollution in Klaipėda's northern residential areas adjacent to the port.
"The pre-trial investigation will try to identify the origin and composition of pollutants and those potentially responsible for the pollution," local prosecutors said.
Klasco rejects criticism as unfounded, saying that hundreds of industry, transport and handling companies as well as the badly-regulated traffic are affecting environment.
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Edition: American Indian Stories
Zitkala-Sa's three autobiographical vignettes were published in the Atlantic Monthly in January, February, and March 1900: "Impressions of an Indian Childhood," "The School Days of an Indian Girl," and "An Indian Teacher among Indians." Zitakala-Sa was by this time taken up by the Boston literary coterie, and also published a number of stories and essays in Atlantic, Harper's, and Everybody's Magazine. One of her most controversial pieces was an essay entitled "Why I am a Pagan" in Harpter's, 1902. Eventually, the vignettes and other stories were collected under American Indian Stories by Hayworth Press of Washington D.C. in 1921.
Zitkala-Sa, a member of the Sioux American Indians, came of age during a time when American Indian writers had begun to transform traditionally oral literature into written literature, for purposes of preservation and also reaching larger audiences via the mechanisms of periodical culture. Much of Zitkala-Sa's literary career was concentrated earlier in her life; later on she became an important advocate for American Indians in Washington D.C., creating the National Council of American Indians in 1926 and holding a position as its president until her death in 1938. (Source: Deter Fisher, Introduction to American Indian Stories)
"Impressions of an Indian Childhood" chronicles a carefree and idyllic time for Zitkala-Sa, dominated by memories of spending time with her mother. The account is written from a retrospective viewpoint tinged with a tone of loss and remembrance--in noting, for example, how she recalls feeling "not wholly conscious of [her]self, but was more keenly alive to the fire within" she draws a direct contrast to how she felt stared down by "palefaces" on her way to school. From her birth to the age of seven, Zitkala-Sa learns of her mother's sadness at the deaths of Zitkala-Sa's uncle and sister at the hands of the white men, eagerly hears legends during the evenings from elders coming over to their wigwam for dinner, learns the craft of beadwork, and roams free outdoors with her childhood friends, chasing her own shadow or eating roots and gum from the earth. There are many humorous moments, such as when she poured lukewarm water from the Missouri onto some used coffee grinds to serve her grandfather when he came over. In retrospect, she is deeply grateful that he nevertheless drank, and when her mother returned to the wigwam, she too refrained from embarrassing her. Again, this is later contrasted with experiences of belittling and embarrassment at school. In her eight year, Zitkala-Sa encountered "two paleface missionaries" who offered to take her away to school. Yearning to ride the "iron horse" and to experience new places (her brother had already been away to school), she deeply wanted to go away to school despite her mother's deep reservations. Her mother relents, and speeding away on the horses and looking back at her mother's lonely figure, Zitkala-Sa says that she "no longer felt free to be myself, or to voice my own feelings."
"The School Days of an Indian Girl": The lines of regret that conclude the "Impressions" set up the lonely, self-conscious days that Zitkala-Sa spends at school. Though she would end up being an extremely apt pupil, even winning a state speech competition, her account downplays her successes and focuses on her difficulties. They begin on the train to the Quaker school she would attend--white mothers and children would stare at her and point at her moccasins. The school is a sterile, cold building with white walls, in direct contrast the colorful and warm surroundings of her home. She underscores in particular the loud noises of hard shoes on the floors, and the clanging bell which imprisoned them under a routinized regime. In a particularly traumatic episode, Zitkala-Sa remembers running away to hide because she did not want her hair to be cut; they drag her out and tie her to a chair and do it anyways. She remembers, "Not a soul reasoned quietly with me, as my own mother used to do; for now I was only on e of the many little animals driven by a herder." After this initial breaking in period, Zitkala-Sa began to learn some English, and to rebel in quieter ways--one time, she was supposed to mash turnips for a meal and she mashed so hard that the bottom of the jar broke and all the mashed turnips fell to the floor. Still, she learned the paleface's curriculum, including about the white man's devil, in addition to the "iron routine" of "the civilizing machine." After three years of school, she returned home, feeling alienated and unhappy, having lost her carefree innocence of her early years. Eventually, she decides to go back for a college career, which meets with displeasure from her mother. It was during this time that she won the oratorical contests, a victory downplayed by her sketch's focus on the racist white flag depicting an Indian girl which an audience member waved as she gave her oratory. When a prize is given to her, it almost seems like an afterthought.
"An Indian Teacher Among Indians":
She decides to become a teacher in an Eastern Indian school, avoiding going home to her mother on account, she says, of her "pride." She recalls her employer looking disappointed when he sees that she is "the little Indian girl who created the excitement among the college orators." She finally returns to her mother's house, when she is sent off by the school to find pupils. Her mother doesn't immediately welcome her into her arms, since at first she thinks that her driver is someone she has brought home. The misunderstanding cleared, her mother welcomes her. They have fallen on hard times--Dawee, her brother, had been fired from his position as a government clerk because he had spoken up against injustice perpetuated on their tribe. Returning to the school after visiting with her mother, Zitkala-Sa finds it to be woefully inadequate: student work was done up just so that the inspectors could grant approval and it was all about the satisfaction of those who "were paying a liberal fee to government employees in whose able hands lay the small forest of Indian timber."
CRITICAL APPROACH/ANALYSIS: (Quotations from this section are from Fisher's Introduction)
A Harper's Bazaar piece on "Persons Who Interest Us" describes Zitkala-Sa as a "young Indian girl, who is attracting much attention in Eastern cities on account of her beauty and many talents...until her ninth year she was a veritable little savage, running wild over the prairie" but that "she has...published lately a series of articles in a leading magazine...which display a rare command of English and much artistic feeling." The description is indeed very much at odds with Zitkala's own account of herself and rather seems to treat her with the very attitudes that she seeks to resist in her account. Her stories far from tell of her progress from "little savage" to educated literary elite, rather, they are intensely critical of the sterile, routinized, surveillance-heavy, and freedom-killing nature of the "paleface" education system. As mentioned above, she hardly celebrates the moments which put her on the map as far as mastering a "white education" goes; winning the oratorical state competition is dramatized more for its triumph over racist attitudes than mastery of a white, rhetorical form. Back at home, she was treated as a valuable and reasonable individual, in both trivial situations like when her mother and uncle refrained from laughing at her mistake in making coffee and more important ones, like when her mother allows her to make the decision to go to school. Upon entering the train car, she is treated like an object to be stared at, and once at school, she is thrown up into the air like a doll and herded along with the rest of her classmates like animals. The piece in Harper's simply does the same thing to her, appropriating her as a celebrity-object to be stared at for her "youth," "beauty," and (vaguely enough), "many talents."
Zitkala-Sa's vignettes clearly show that she is not proud of her beauty or her ability to excel in a "civilized" world--she would rather not feel like she was being "looked at" and self-conscious, and she doesn't view her education as really all that valuable at all, compared to the things which her mother and older members of the Sioux knew. Learning to function in the white man's "system" is not necessarily to have a voice, as borne out by such statements as the one above, or by her brother's firing because he had spoken up against injustice. Interestingly, it is a negative review of one of her stories in a school newspaper that actually gets closer, perhaps, to getting her right: "All that Zitkalasa has in the way of literary ability and culture she owes to the good people, who, from time to time, have taken her into their homes and hearts and given her aid. Yet not a word of gratitude or allusion to such kindness on the part of her friends has ever escaped her in any line of anything that she has written for the public." This seems true in my own readings of her autobiographical material and I suspect she isn't "grateful" because getting a white man's education was something of a necessity for survival in a time during which her people, culture, and traditions would soon be entirely wiped out. There was no choice, and the education was no "gift."
It is, perhaps, not surprising, finally, that Zitkala-Sa moved from a more literary sphere to a more politically active sphere. There seems to be a way in which speaking at all in the press means subjecting oneself to be its property and losing control over one's own intended image and ideas.


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The Brothers Bloom
|Budget: $20 million
|Financed by: Endgame
|Domestic Gross: $3,531,756
|Domestic Distributor: Summit
|Overseas Gross: $1,999,008
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Rachel Weisz
Adrien Brody
Produced by: Ram Bergman
Endgame financed the $20 million The Brothers Bloom, with The Weinstein Company handling foreign pre-sales and Summit picked up US distribution rights while the pic was in post production in 2007. Summit, which was in the process of becoming a fully functional distribution mini-studio, acquired The Brothers Bloom to keep it out of festivals, because they deemed it a mass appeal project. Clearly Summit didn't think the final product was mass appeal and the pic played on the festival circuit anyway. Summit opened the pic in 4 theaters to $90,400 and a decent enough $22,600 per screen average. The Brothers Bloom struggled while expanding to more markets and Summit never pushed its release past 209 theaters and it closed its US run with $3,531,756. Two years later Endgame would begin a prints and advertising equity line for their films to have more control over its releases, which started with The Brothers Bloom director Rian Johnson's next film Looper. Overseas the film had a small release, grossing just $1.9 million across numerous distributors and went straight to video in Spain.


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When I first read Berkeley's Principles and Three Dialogues some years ago, I remember being intrigued by the way Berkeley's brand of idealism promises to dissolve the mind-body problem. Unlike the forms of dualism proposed by Descartes and Locke, there is no problem of how the mental and physical realms could interact: They don't, because the physical realm does not exist! Yet one may wonder, as I did, whether in solving the problem of interaction we generate a new problem to take its place. For if the brain is really a family of sense impressions, it appears curious that there should be such a thing, and why damage to it should have any effect on a person's mental functioning. In Berkeley's system all 'ideas' are passive by nature, and by themselves incapable of producing anything new or causing a change in anything that already exists. In actuality ideas are mere signs which tell us what follows what; it is God who is the true cause of our ideas, the ideas themselves being simply occasions for God's actions. That being so, couldn't God have left the mind "floating", without anything physical[1] to anchor it? I used to think this was a powerful objection to Berkeley's theory, but now I think that a Berkelian could counter it, at least if they follow Berkeley himself in accepting the existence of God. On the view I am considering, ideas may signify not only other ideas, and even other people's thoughts and emotions, but the very principles according to which they feel and think. For someone who takes this sort of position, a brain is really a mind's way of representing another mind. As the mind's image, the brain would have to be organized so as to display the mind's structure, which includes all the relationships between its various capacities and functions. Concerning the objection as to why there should be any such image of the mind, and more importantly, why damage to it results in the impairment of mental functions or even death, a theistic Berkelian can give a cogent reply. They could point out that, if there were no such image, or if damage to it did not result in the impairment of mental functions, a person's mind would be invulnerable, and the person seemingly immortal. If the philosopher who makes the objection is both a physical realist[2] and a theist, a theistic Berkelian can reply that for whatever reasons the physical realist may suppose God had for wanting the mind to be vulnerable, and people subject to death, a follower of Berkeley can suppose that God wanted the mind to be vulnerable, and people subject to death, for precisely the same reasons[3]. This is because an omnipotent being such as God could easily have made the brain, as the physical realist conceives it, to be impervious to damage, either through the institution of natural laws which differ from the actual ones, or through the use of miracles (such as immediately re-growing neurons which have been damaged by a bullet to the head). So I think we can conclude that a theistic Berkelian has no special difficulty in accounting for why the brain (and hence the mind) should be vulnerable; any objection concerning the reasons God may have had for allowing damage to the brain (and hence the mind) is an objection against theism in general. Of course, the dispute over whether theism is tenable is interesting in its own right, as the existence (or otherwise) of God is perhaps the most important issue in philosophy. But that is a topic for another post.
[1] "Physical", that is, in the sense of being a part of that system of ideas which includes houses and trees and stones, not in the sense that it has a material substratum or could exist unperceived.
[2] I use the term "physical realist" to contrast with "physicalist". Physical realists believe that at least the physical world exists, physicalists that at most the physical world exists.
[3] If the theists in question are Christians, these reasons may include the Fall, God's plan for soul-making, and doubtless many others.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Berkeley and Brain Damage
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One must experience the Earth's beauty with full enthusiasm. You may never know, what comes as your last day. So, it is very necessary to travel. Travel to places you have never been before. Explore the magnificent landscapes, sea shores and lakes of the World and make your life worth living. Here, we get you a list of top five getaways, where you should visit at least once in your lifetime.
Sea of Stars, Maldives: Maldives being a favorite destination for tourists has a secluded place which is mystically stunning. This place lies on the Vaadhoo Island of Maldives, which practically abodes zero inhabitants. The place consists of a Sea of Stars that appears as if the sea water is posing the reflection from the stars in the sky. But, in real, it's not the stars that are reflected in the water. There are many marine microbes, known as Phytoplankton, that cause bio luminescence in the sea water.
Enchanted Well, Brazil: One of the famous wonders of Brazil located in the Chapada Diamantina National Park, known as the Enchanted Well or Poco Encantado. The water in this well is about a 120 feet in depth and is so clear that an ancient rock sand tree trunk and the rocks are visible through the lake. When the sun's light falls on the water a crystal clear blue reflection perceives all over, which creates a mesmerizing view for the onlookers. This place is like a heaven and should top the charts of your must visit list of places.
Antelope Canyon, United States: Another famous destination on which you could march upon is located in the Arizona, United States, and known as the Antelope Canyon. The area has a spectacular view with sunshine lighting up the bottoms of the 120 feet deep Antelope Canyon. This naturally built slot canyon is split into two sections, popularly known as 'The Crack' and 'The Corkscrew'. This is brilliant view for tourists visiting here.
To Sua Ocean Trench, Samoa: One of the most idealistic places to find peace is to take a dip in to the To Sua Trench of the Lotofaga village, located on t he South coast of Upolu. Basically, this area looks like a giant hole, which was constructed into a swimming pool for majority of tourist attractions. The water flows in this pool through a lava-tube tunnel and a ladder is vertically placed for divers to jump in to the waters and swim which is surrounded by gardens.
So, now you have the top 5 places list of places, to visit before you die. It is very necessary to explore the beauty of the heaven Earth, on which we live. We live once, and should enjoy every bit of beauty that life offers.
|Sea of Stars
|Tunnel of Love, Ukraine
Tunnel of Love, Ukraine: An eye-catching avenue in the city of Klevan, Ukraine, is a railway track which is completely sheltered in a tunnel of leaves. This is a perfect romantic spot for couples. The track is used thrice a day by a train that delivers woods to a private factory nearby. The greenery all around makes it look like a green corridor and attracts many romantic pairs to visit it. It is believed that in this Tunnel of Love, if a couple truly wishes for something then their wish is surely granted.
|Enchanted Well, Brazil
|Antelope Canyon, USA
|To Sua Ocean Trench, Samoa
So, now you have the top 5 places list of places, to visit before you die. It is very necessary to explore the beauty of the heaven Earth, on which we live. We live once, and should enjoy every bit of beauty that life offers.


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Our Safari guide made the trip especially enjoyable by sharing his delight in the small and subtle aspects of nature. His love of wildlife pervades all the activities. I enjoyed this trip more than any of the others I have been on for years. The canoe portion of this trip was my favourite, but all of it was an outstanding experience.
Our safari guide's knowledge and concern for the environment were major factors contributing to our enjoyment of the trip. His concern that everything was 'just right' showed through many times. He was also brilliant at balancing all of the different personalities and fitness levels of the participants. We'll be back!
I loved this trip. Our guide was able to show me oodles of super things. I was amazed at how much you can learn from elephant dung!
Best interaction we have ever had with a trip leader in the 20 years we have taken trips of this type with several organizations. Zimbabwe wildlife viewing is so marvellous and the lodges were excellent in every way.
We only had a short time on safari and it was important that we could maximise the time we had. Call of Africa safaris helped us choose the best destination for our limited time and budget. We really appreciated the time they spent on our itinerary. Our experience was amazing – we saw heaps of game and felt like we got a great taste of what Africa has on offer.
Our guides were wonderful; they deserve nothing but praise. We felt safe and well cared for in their hands and they were great company.
I believe Call of Africa's conduct of our trip was what made the entire trip EXCELLENT! Their attention to detail was very impressive, and, together with Pat, they are unbeatable trip/safari leaders. Call of Africa are a dynamite team who are very professional.
I found Call of Africa safaris so helpful and accommodating when we were planning our safari. I have lot of food allergies and I thought that this would be a real problem when we went on safari. Well I was wrong! They had it all covered and I never once had to worry about what I was going to eat. I could just sit back and really enjoy the fabulous safari and the excellent guides. Thanks everyone!


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Although I'm not a huge fan of living in the Midwest when winter rolls around, I do love our little city and have a difficult time imagining living anywhere else.Plus, along with having just about everything that we could ask for right here in the 'burbs, we also have the added benefit of being within driving distance to larger cities for whenever we are looking to head over for a visit.Case in point, our recent jaunt to Chicago to check out the fun and excitement of Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament!
As I mentioned last month, there are 11 Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament locations throughout North America that provide far more than a simple meal and show for their visitors.Instead, guests are transported back in time to the age of heroic knights on spirited horses, thrilling swordplay, a master falconer and his gorgeous flying companion, javelins being thrown, a "hands-on" feast (who needs silverware?), and much more.It definitely didn't take any convincing for the entire family to be excited for our own visit to the Medieval Times castle in Chicago!
After we arrived and were checked in, we marveled at the wide array of items and beverages for sale before being invited in to the arena. It was time to head in and get ready to cheer on the Yellow Knight (when you receive your tickets, guests are assigned to one of the six different color areas and the corresponding knight)!
While we had discussed what the evening would ensue, Little Sister B still had lots of questions pertaining to the horses, knights, and more. What was going to happen? Would people get hurt? Would there be real horses? Were they real knights? When was the food going to be served?Fortunately, not long after we were seated our friendly server appeared and the night was underway. I couldn't get enough of seeing the looks on both of my girls' faces as they took everything in in complete amazement!
I have to admit that as much as I chuckled at Little Sister B's incredulous looks, I too had a difficult time tearing my eyes away from the showmanship and performance that is Medieval Times from start to finish.The king and princess, the falconer, the knights' authentic armor and real metal weapons... when jousting, they charge at speeds of approximately 15 to 20 miles per hour and reach an impact velocity speed of about 30 to 40 miles per hour! Where else are you going to see something like that?
Not to mention that while all of this incredible performance is happening, we were served course after course (each quite a large portion) of delicious foods. I was thrilled that Medieval Times also caters to vegetarians, as our plates were far from empty.Definitely plan your visit to the castle when you are hungry, because there is a lot of eating to be done!
By the time the night was coming to an end, both Big Sister E and Little Sister B had eaten their fill and were fully into the action of cheering on our Yellow Knight as he worked to defeat his enemies — not only did they love him because we were assigned to his section, he had thrown each of them a carnation at various times during the show!Besides, just as Big Sister E said when she turned to me partway through with a glint in her eye, where else would they be encouraged to scream and yell as loud as they could while indoors and in public?!
For a completely unique experience that your family is sure to be talking about for quite some time to come (we still like to randomly pull out our yellow flags and towels and cheer for the Yellow Knight while at home!) check out Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament at MedievalTimes.com.Plus, now is a great time to buy tickets with this money-saving promotional offer! Right now you can purchase adult tickets for $36.95 and child tickets (12 and under) for $29.95 by using the coupon code MT3629 through February 28, 2017. Simply click here to take advantage of this great offer!
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hello lovelies! oh my goodness, i can't believe how quickly the past two weeks have flown by! midterms snuck up on me and proceeded to consume every moment of every day. i am so glad that they are done. i am so glad those were the last midterms i will (probably) ever take. now, just one more set of finals! thanks to all the extra studying, i now have a list of fifteen wedding related tasks that piled up and am trying to knock them all out this weekend. the biggest task, which is almost complete, are the save the dates! mailing those guys off certainly makes this whole wedding thing feel very real. only a little more than five months. (:
yesterday, michael and i arrived in nashville! it is so nice to spend some time with my family. it's also really nice to go out to eat. all the other poor college kids out there know what i'm talking about--there is nothing better than having your parents take you out to dinner! last night we ate at this adorable little place called mack & kate's cafe. i don't have any pictures, so you'll just have to take my word for it--adorable! today we went to loveless cafe. it's more than just a restaurant, it's an experience. the wait is about 45 minutes if you call ahead and 2 hours if you put your name on the list when you get there. while you wait, there are a handful of tiny shops that you can peak your head into while you pass the time.
how sweet are the aprons in the window? those would be so cute for a little ranch house.
on our way home we stopped by the arches bridge. you can see the green starting to creep in as spring approaches. it is so wonderful to be in such wide open spaces. new york can be stifling at times and i have been needing some fresh air.
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On the clock: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2014 Record: 2-14, 4th NFC South
Team needs: QB, OL, LB, DE
The Buccaneers performed horribly in 2014, the first season under head coach Lovie Smith. Expectations were high entering last season, but injuries and mediocre quarterback play led to Tampa Bay's downfall. With the first pick in the draft, the Bucs have the ability to draft a franchise quarterback or take a premier defensive player.
While a trade will be discussed, ultimately Tampa Bay needs to please their fans, stay put at number 0ne and draft their quarterback for years to come. That quarterback must be Jameis Winston.
No doubt there is some risk selecting Winston with that pick, due to his off the field issues and lack of maturity, but his talent on the football field is unquestioned. A true winner (26-1 record at Florida State), Winston can help turn the Buccaneers around instantly. It also does not hurt Winston won a National Championship in nearby Tallahassee. Attendance should immediately improve, along with the play of the team.
The Bucs have talent on the roster to compete in the lowly NFC South, and with young weapons Mike Evans, Austin Seferan-Jenkins, and even Charles Sims, Tampa would suddenly be scary up and coming team. With eight picks total in the NFL Draft, the Buccaneers can choose to continue to stockpile talent, or trade those picks for some instant gratification in a veteran.
Whatever the Buccaneers decide, the number one choice is obvious. Draft Jameis Winston.
2014 Mike Evans-WR-Texas A&M
2013 Jonathan Banks-DB-Mississippi State (2nd Rd)
2012 Mark Barron-FS-Alabama
Doug Martin-RB-Boise State
2011 Adrian Clayborn-DE-Iowa
2010 Gerald McCoy-DT-Oklahoma


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The Presepe of artistic bread is baked and displayed in the beautiful Chiesa St. Isidoro Agricola (...of the Bakers). St. Isidore was built in 1643, belonged from the beginning to the Society of Bakers.
The Presepe is made completely out of bread, a representation of the importance and symbolism of bread to Catholics... Bread is the Christ. All the characters are made painstakingly by the skilled hands of the bakers.
The Presepe di Pane is on display from December 9 to January 6 hours 9: 30-12: 00 16: 00-19: 00
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23 August 2005
Animal "Rights" Protesters Shut Guinea Pig Farm
This is just plain wrong. Instead of petitioning to get monkeys the right to vote, some activists have made so many threats to the people behind a guinea pig farm that breeds them for medical research that they've decided to close. I'm disgusted. What else can you do with guinea pigs except use them in new experiments? It's their destiny, that's what they are, guinea pigs. If I woke up as a child and asked my dad, "Dad, what am I?" and the response came back "You're a Crash Test Dummy son", then I'd know what future lay ahead for me. I certainly wouldn't go thinking about becoming Prime Minister.
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Just thought I'd check in as I've not posted for a while.
I graduated on holiday in the states, and then promptly took a week off when I got back (struggled with the jet lag). I've found it tougher to get back into a routine than I thought. I've not managed any early morning before-work runs yet. It's taking me a while to adjust to the freedom that I can do what I like. I've done some short runs, some longer ones, some run-walk splits. This morning I did a slow 40 mins (including some walk breaks). I went into new territory, which was fun. There's a lovely park just beyond the common, so I included a circuit of that. My aim is to get up to 5k, and then maybe a Parkrun.
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We got this tree from Lily when we moved in here a couple of years back. It is one of my most treasured possessions, I love it. Really I do. Each little drawer has a decoration in it that you hang on the tree when it's it's turn to be er, hung on the tree.
The Advent Fairy also puts a chocolate for each of the lads into the drawers as well, so every morning the kids wake up, leg it downstairs and grab their chocolate and hang the decoration. Usually it's nos. 2 and 3.
Himself had a tooth removed (ooh, but it was a big job. Tooth was impacted, "Like suturing jelly" etc.) and, as a result, he's not entirely with it. Due to his lack of with it-ness I'm meant to be more with it.
Yeah, .... that's not happening.
No. 3 said to me today: "Mam, have you noticed how the Tree Fairy is kind've shit at remembering to come and put the chocolates in the tree . . now that dad isn't well??! Hmmm? I think it's safe to say, Mam, that the fairy is not on her game at all".


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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The International Monetary Fund's independence has not been compromised in its involvement in the bailouts of Greece, Portugal and Ireland, said Christine Lagarde, the international agency's managing director, on Monday.
"We are in fact independent, and we are not the yes-man of the euro partners, nor are we the yes-man of the European Central Bank," she remarked in a speech at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
Tampa, Charlotte among gainers.
• U.S. homeownership at 18-year low
The global economy is a bit weaker than the 3.5% growth rate forecast by the IMF in July, held down by a number of factors including uncertainty, according to Lagarde. Read full speech.
Lagarde said she would press policy makers at the IMF annual meeting early next month in Tokyo to implement policy actions required to secure the global recovery.
The IMF chief added that the financial sector is not safer today than it was at the start of the crisis five years ago. She called efforts to establish a single European banking-regulatory mechanism a key test case.
European leaders must improve their implementation of reforms, and be "multiple players playing one game."
Uncertainty in the euro zone is the greatest risk to the global economy, commented Lagarde.
On Greece, Lagarde said that the country faces a "financing gap" due to the poor economy, a "major" delay in privatization and limited revenue collection. "We don't only need 11.5 billion euros of cuts; we need a series of cuts and additional revenue to fill in the fiscal gap and help the country redress its public finance situation. The Greek debt will have to be addressed as part of the equation."
Greece also needs more structural reform to open up professions that require a license.
Der Spiegel reported over the weekend that Greece faces a budget shortfall of about 20 billion euros ($26 billion) preliminary findings of the European Commission, ECB and IMF. Greek officials rebuffed the report. Read: Greece denies budget shortfall.
U.S. stocks closed lower Monday on concern about the long-running regional debt crisis. See Market Snapshot: Shares end lower as Europe progress stalls.
At the same time, the United States must end the stalemate over fiscal policy, which is a "serious threat" to the U.S. and the global economy, Lagarde said.
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True Canna Genetics
Having worked with marijuana seed companies such as H3as Seeds, Reservoir Seeds and Connoisseur Genetics, True Canna Genetics decided to create their own outlet for all of their cannabis seed breeding projects.
Offering a vast range of seeds suitable for a wide range of purposes, some of the seed bank's best sellers include True Canna Genetics Sagans Start Regular, True Canna Genetics Broad Lead Black Regular and True Canna Genetics Seeds Terperella Feminised.
Armed with extensive industry experience and knowledge, the collection has been designed to meet and exceed the expectations of a vast range of clients.
True Canna Genetics even provide strains that are suitable for medical consumption. From Glaucoma, Epilepsy and Parkinson's disease through to MS, Dravets Syndrome and even some forms of Cancer, there has been a significant amount of research that has suggested that medical marijuana is able to help treat and manage a wealth of different conditions.
As a result, medicinal marijuana has continued to increase in popularity, as more patients than ever before rely on the drug to help them to treat debilitating symptoms such as chronic pain, nausea and sleep deprivation.
Many seed banks such as True Canna Genetics have responded by providing high quality medicinal marijuana strains that can be used as an effective method of treatment.


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Salmon & Asparagus Wraps
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Salmon & Asparagus Wraps
- Snap off and discard woody bases from asparagus. In a covered large saucepan, cook asparagus spears in a small amount of boiling lightly salted water for 3 to 5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain and plunge into ice water to cool quickly. Drain again; pat dry with paper towels.
- In a small bowl, stir together cream cheese, lemon peel, lemon juice, and cayenne pepper. Fold in flaked salmon and basil. Spread on tortillas. For wraps, arrange 3 of the asparagus spears and half of the sweet pepper strips atop salmon mixture on each tortilla. Roll up tortillas. If necessary, secure with toothpicks. Wrap in plastic wrap. Chill overnight.
From the Test Kitchen
To tote:
Place in insulated container with ice packs.
Nutrition Facts (Salmon & Asparagus Wraps)
- Per serving:
- 160 kcal ,
- 3 g fat
- (1 g sat. fat ,
- 12 mg chol. ,
- 555 mg sodium ,
- 20 g carb. ,
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Farmhouse Pottery Pantry Bowl - Small
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Pair this small bowl with our large American stoneware mixing bowl for an elegant combination. Effortlessly beautiful, even looks great when not in use. Sturdy, American stoneware.
Made by Farmhouse Pottery, a husband and wife pottery dream-team, in Woodstock Vermont.
- 6.5" x 3.75"
- Durable American stoneware
- Oven, dishwasher and microwave safe
- Hand dipped in a lead-free glaze
- Hand thrown in Vermont, USA
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Livingston JewelersYour Traditional Jeweler for the Future.
Site map for Livingston Jewelers. Loosely grouped by content.
This sitemap is loosely grouped by content.
- Livingston Jewelers Homepage
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- Determining Your Ring size. A cross reference for different countries
- Determining Metal Gauge
- Alloying metals
- How to pick the correct blade size when sawing
- Jerry's Gemstone and Jewelry Cleaning Guide
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comes to mind when you think of the legacy of Benjamin Franklin?
He left the world richer through his contributions as a
statesman, author, printer, inventor, scientist, musician,
and philosopher. (See the book review of
Benjamin Franklin
by Edmund S. Morgan, p. 33.) But did you know that his Last
Will and Testament contained a legacy that produced millions
of dollars for charitable causes, and continues to do so
to this day?
The majority of his estate went to his
daughter and other family members. However, in a codicil
to his will (
http:// sln.fi.edu/franklin/family/lastwill.html
), Franklin
noted that he attributed his success in life to the support
he received as a young artisan in Philadelphia and Boston.
Wanting to repay that civic debt and invest in the society's
future—and knowing the value of combining cash, time,
and interest—Franklin set aside 2000 pounds sterling
to be invested at interest and held in trust for the benefit
of the citizens of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts—for
two hundred years
(from the time of his death in
1791 until the fund's maturity in 1991).
Franklin understood that over the course
of time, circumstances would change. He tried to anticipate
various conditions, but realized he couldn't cover
everything that might happen. So he left certain decisions
to the people who administered the trust after his death.
Over the decades, a variety of managers interpreted Franklin's
wishes, and at times, those decisions have been heavily
contested. Nonetheless, Franklin's bequest generated
millions for his favored causes, with some of those original
remaining funds now reinvested to continue the legacy. In
Boston, the $100,000 reinvested at the end of the first
hundred years grew to $5 million at the end of the second
hundred years. In Philadelphia, the $39,274 reinvested at
the end of the first hundred years grew to $2,256,952.05
by the end of the second hundred years.
Beneficiaries of the original fund—
grown large over time and managed with creative response
to the needs of the times—have included schools, businesses,
museums, and public service organizations. As one example,
Franklin wished to help young apprentices. What to do with
the designated funds when career training no longer included
apprenticeship? Trustees founded the Benjamin Franklin Institute
of Technology. That namesake school has offered training
opportunities to more than 80,000 people, and Franklin might
be amazed to know that many of them are women.
Although many prefer to fund high-impact
projects now, rather than later, Benjamin Franklin's
foresight is an outstanding example of the bang for the
buck that long-range planning can deliver.


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Bab's Christmas at Stanhope
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As we announced on twitter last week, the man with the magic touch, Leo Zero (pictured) shall be completing an excellent line up for our ADE party. We are officially flying the flag for a disco sound that is not often found on the bills at such international music gatherings. Headlining is one our favourite production outfits Crazy P for a DJ Set alongside residents Sean Brosnan and Dom Chung.
Those not familiar with Leo would have most likely heard one of his mixes or edits over the past year having worked with some of the biggest names in music. Whether it be remixing Owl City, Florence and the Machine or Bryan Ferry he always seems to turn pop into gold. We are really pleased to have him on board the Future Disco ship.
It all takes place on Saturday 23rd October at Bitterzoet, Amsterdam. You can see more and keep up to date on our facebook page.


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Nature beckons within this beautiful 8.5 wooded acre building parcel atop Pine Hill Road, in the Historic Village of Tuxedo Park, NY, known for Beauty, Serenity, and Charm... conveniently located 45 minutes from Manhattan. This unique property is privately sited among stone outcroppings and mature specimen trees and is perfectly suited for a fabulous dream house or can be divided into two 4+acre lots. Bordered by 40 acres of "forever green" scenic mountain top property, on one side, and a private 20 acre estate, on the other, at the end of a cul-de-sac, this parcel is unsurpassed as far as privacy, serenity and an unspoiled environment. Perfect for full time country living or a glorious weekend retreat.
Broker must accompany to walk the property. Please give 24 hours notice.
Offered at $695,000.00
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This month I will be doing my VERY FIRST GIVEAWAY.
I will be giving away 3 skeins of my own hand-dyed luxury yarn PLUS an extra skein of undyed, handspun, wool yarn for you to try out your own dyeing!
I will also provide a few colors of Kool-Aid packets, so you can try your very own Kool-Aid dyeing with yarn. Kool-Aid is a great, yummy-smelling, inexpensive way to get a feel for dyeing yarn. You can get some really great color results with Kool-Aid powder, they make some really vibrant, beautiful colors. To learn how to dye with Kool-Aid, YouTube has LOTS of video resources for you to learn.
This giveaway is for U.S. and Canada residents only. Sorry, I can't ship to other countries for the time being, as International shipping charges are pretty crazy expensive. Maybe later as this little business grows I will be able to do a world-wide giveaway.
Just enter here via Rafflecopter and then comment below and tell me why you love the fiber arts, and what your favorite fiber hobby is (crochet, knitting, weaving, spinning, dyeing, etc)
To start your entries, just hit 'ENTER' where it says 'Answer a Question'. This will give you two free entries into the giveaway, and you can answer that question with your Blog Post Comment (which will give you another 5 entries, so make sure to leave a comment!) so that is a total of 7 entries just for leaving a comment letting me know where you heard about Serene Fiber Arts, and what kind of crafting you like to do. For even more entries, you can follow on twitter, like me on Facebook, and tweet about the giveaway.
You can come back each day and Tweet this giveaway again for additional entries!
Thank you guys so much for joining, I wish you the best of luck!
This giveaway ends on May 31st at 11:59pm EST
I will announce the winner at the beginning of June, so stay tuned if you want to know if you won!
Much Love,
Serene Fiber Arts
5/1/2014 02:50:24 am
Hi! I'm so excited you're doing a giveaway!! I have been crocheting since 8 as well, and knitting off and on since I was 16ish! I love both, and I can't wait to learn more! Your yarn is so beautiful!
Hannah Brown
5/2/2014 02:25:50 pm
Great giveaway! I have just recently started spinning and dying wool again after a long time. I love knitting, crocheting, spinning and just about anything else that uses fiber and yarn!
5/3/2014 01:02:43 pm
There is nothing better then making anything out of beautiful, soft yarn. Your fiber fits the bill!
Chelsea Wong
5/13/2014 02:50:28 pm
I discovered you on instagram (chels580). I love your handspun! Thanks for the chance :-)
Chelsea Wong
5/13/2014 02:53:11 pm
I love the creativity and usefulness of the fiberarts. I'm a knitter and a spindler, and its the spinning I'm most enjoying these days.
5/13/2014 03:06:30 pm
Awesome giveaway! I started crocheting in nursing school and have recently learned how to knit...my godmother recently passed away and left her working antique spinning wheel to me- I cannot wait to learn how to dye and spin fiber!!
Amina M
5/13/2014 03:53:37 pm
Hello! This is an excellent give away! I heard about serene fibers through instagram :) I am a knitter! However I do plan on learning to crochet sometime soon, maybe after I'm done knitting all the things I plan to. .haha.
Darlene Vanderhoof
5/14/2014 01:56:54 am
I love your yarn - colors are delicious - I am a knitter and I love fiber arts of all kinds - I also sew, quilt a smidge, make bags - you name it - if it involves fibers, textures and colors - I do it or dapple in it.!!!
5/15/2014 01:48:24 am
I enjoy over arts because it's an awesome way to express creativity! I am an a I crocheter who started about 7 months ago! I heard about your giveaway through Instagram! Hope I win :)
5/16/2014 09:33:31 am
I heard about the site via twitter.
5/16/2014 09:38:53 am
I mostly crochet and am a knitting beginner. I enjoy working with my hands and have done other handcrafts.
5/16/2014 05:58:11 pm
I heard about you on Instagram :)
5/16/2014 05:59:27 pm
Oh, wow. Forgive my lack of proofreading and terrible grammar. ;)
Hello! My favorite fiber art is crochet, but I've been practicing needle knitting lately and loom knitting is fun and fast. I like fiber arts because they produce something tangible and useful as well as beautiful, and I also feel connected to all the women who came before me who worked with fiber, like my mother and my late grandmother.
5/20/2014 04:17:38 pm
Ive only been knitting for a little more than 3 years. Fibers, different stitchesg, patterns, and color fascinate me. To try my own dying would be great!
5/21/2014 11:03:09 am
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5/26/2014 07:41:40 am
I knit! I love the fiber arts because it relaxes me, and I love creating new things!
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5/30/2014 03:01:21 am
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Your yarn is beautiful!! I am mostly a knitter but I do crochet on occasion. I think it is a great way to express my creative/crafty side. I meet with a knitting group at Panera once a week so it's a good way for me to be social too!
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5/30/2014 03:38:21 am
I have been knitting since I was seven years old. I also needle felt and recently learned how to spin on a drop spindle. Currently I have been collecting books and other resoursesto learn how to hand dye yarn. I am never without my knitting, I even brought it to my co-ops GM meeting the other night!!
5/30/2014 03:46:12 am
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Started knitting 6 months ago to make hats for oncology patients to stay warm during chemo. Found out about this raffle on Instagram. Love dyed fibers because it dresses up a hat
5/30/2014 05:23:44 am
I found Serene Fiber Arts on Instagram! I love all the beautiful yarn!
5/30/2014 05:25:23 am
I love knitting, spinning and anything that involves yarn or fiber. Working with my hand is relaxing.
5/30/2014 05:55:36 am
I love knitting and seeing what can be created
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I found out about Serene on Instagram, now following you on there, too! (@brittalevi)
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5/30/2014 07:51:07 am
Heard about your giveaway on Instagram! Your yarn looks amazing and I would love to try my hand at dyeing. I am a knitter and made things since I was a kid. Now following you on FB and Instagram 😄
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5/30/2014 08:06:33 am
I saw you on Instagram and your yarns are very gorgeous! Wonderful site and blog :)
5/30/2014 08:08:05 am
whoops. I love the fiber arts because it makes me feel useful with my time. When I'm knitting I'm doing something and it's usually something lovely :) double plus
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Your yarn is beautiful! Such great colors!
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I learned about your giveaway on Instagram and then checked out your shop! Love your things.
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I am so happy my friend Kristen sent me this link and I really hope to win!
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I found your website on Instagram. I am an avid knitter and I love all yarn related things!
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The MPs started debating the EU (withdrawal) bill on the 7th September. Sir Bill Cash made the following speech and interventions:
The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Mr David Davis): I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.
When I introduced the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill earlier this year, I said that that Bill was just the beginning—it was the beginning of a process to ensure that the decision made by the people in June last year is honoured. Today we begin the next step in the historic process of honouring that decision. Put simply, this Bill is an essential step. Although it does not take us out of the European Union—that is a matter for the article 50 process—it does ensure that, on the day we leave, businesses will know where they stand, workers' rights will be upheld and consumers will remain protected. The Bill is vital to ensuring that, as we leave, we do so in an orderly manner.
Let me start with a brief summary of the Bill before going on to set out its key provisions in more depth. The Bill is designed to provide maximum possible legal certainty and continuity while restoring control to the United Kingdom. It does so in three broad steps. First, it removes from the statute book the key legislation passed by this Parliament in 1972—the European Communities Act 1972. That Act gave European Union law supreme status over law made in this country. It is therefore right that it be removed from our statute book on the day the UK leaves the European Union, bringing to an end the supremacy of European law over laws made in the United Kingdom.
Secondly, the Bill takes a snapshot of the body of EU law that currently forms part of the United Kingdom legal system and ensures that it will continue to apply in the United Kingdom after we leave. This is to ensure that, wherever possible, the same rules and laws will apply the day after exit as they did before. Without that step, a large part of our law would fall away when the European Communities Act is repealed.
But simply preserving European Union law is not enough. There will be many areas where the preserved law does not work as it should. So, as its third key element, the Bill provides Ministers in this Parliament and in the devolved legislatures with powers to make statutory instruments to address the problems that would arise when we leave the European Union.
These powers allow Ministers to make those changes to ensure that the statute book works on day one. This will be a major shared undertaking across the United Kingdom.
Following this, it will be for United Kingdom legislators to pass laws, and for the United Kingdom courts to adjudicate those laws.
The Bill enables us to leave the European Union in the smoothest and most orderly way possible. It is the most significant piece of legislation to be considered by this House for some time, and it will rightly be scrutinised clause by clause, line by line on the Floor of the House.
I stand ready to listen to those who offer improvements to the Bill in the spirit of preparing our statute book for withdrawal from the European Union.
The right hon. and learned Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Keir Starmer) likes to remind me of my past incarnation as a Back Benchers' champion and my dedication to holding the Government to account. I have not changed my views one jot. Let me be clear: this Bill does only what is necessary for a smooth exit and to provide stability. However, as I have repeatedly said, I welcome and encourage contributions from those who approach the task in good faith and in a spirit of collaboration. All of us, as legislators, have a shared interest in making the Bill a success and in the national interest.
Tom Brake: Will the Secretary of State take this opportunity to confirm that the Government will not use this Bill to make policy changes?
Mr Davis: Again, I will go into that in some detail. There is one exception to this, but the primary aim behind the Bill is to maintain policy as it is now. The only exception to that is under the withdrawal arrangements, and that will be time-determined and limited. I will detail that in a second.
John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con): Will my right hon. Friend confirm that if the Government wish to make a change by statutory instrument, that is a parliamentary process? It would be entirely in Parliament's control. It is a synthetic nonsense to suggest that Ministers are bypassing Parliament.
Mr Davis: My right hon. Friend is entirely right—it is a point I will elaborate on later—and the editor of the Evening Standard should know that from his own experience.
The key point of this Bill is to avoid significant and serious gaps in our statute book. It ensures that consumers can be clear about their protection, employees can be clear about their rights, and businesses can be clear about the rules that regulate their trade. Workers' rights and consumer and environmental protections will be enforceable through the UK courts, which are renowned the world over. The Bill provides certainty as to how the law will apply after we leave the European Union, and ensures that individuals and businesses will continue to be able to find redress when problems arise. Without this Bill, all those things would be put at risk.
The Bill must be on the statute book in good time ahead of our withdrawal so that the statutory instruments my right hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (John Redwood) referred to, which will flow from the Bill, can be made in time for exit day—the House will have time to look at them—and so that we are in a position to take control of our laws from day one.
The Bill provides a clear basis for our negotiation with the European Union by ensuring continuity and clarity in our laws without prejudice to the ongoing negotiations. Without this legislation, a smooth and orderly exit would be impossible. The shape of any interim period will need to be determined by the negotiations, but we cannot await the completion of negotiations before ensuring that there is legal certainty and continuity at the point of our exit. To do so would be reckless.
Mr Davis: Let me now talk the House through the Bill's main provisions. The first clause repeals the European Communities Act on the day we leave the European Union, ending the supremacy of EU law in the UK and preventing new EU law from automatically flowing into UK law after that point. When the then Prime Minister Harold Wilson led the debate here in May 1967 on the question of the United Kingdom's entry into the European Communities, he said:
"It is important to realise that Community law is mainly concerned with industrial and commercial activities, with corporate bodies rather than private individuals. By far the greater part of our domestic law would remain unchanged after entry."—[Official Report, 8 May 1967; Vol. 746, c. 1088.]
I think the passage of time has shown that he was mistaken. European Union law touches on all aspects of our lives, in a far wider way than the drafters of the European Communities Act could have envisaged. That means the Bill we have before us today has a difficult task: it must rebuild United Kingdom law in a way that makes sense outside the European Union.
To do that, the first step the Bill takes is to preserve all the domestic law we have made to implement our EU obligations. That mainly means preserving thousands of statutory instruments that have been made under the European Communities Act, with subjects ranging from aeroplane noise to zoo licensing. It also extends to preserving any other domestic law that fulfils our European Union obligations or otherwise relates to the European Union.
Equally, the Bill converts European Union law—principally EU regulations, all 12,000 of them—into domestic law on exit day. It also ensures that rights in the EU treaties that are directly effective—that is, rights that are sufficiently clear, precise and unconditional that they can be relied on in court by an individual—continue to be available in UK law.
I have no doubt that there is much about EU law that could be improved, and I know that this Parliament will, over time, look to improve it. [Interruption.] Including the hon. Member for Caerphilly (Wayne David), who laughed just then. But that is not the purpose of this Bill. It simply brings European Union law into UK law, ensuring that, wherever possible, the rules and laws are the same after exit as before.
Just as important as the text of EU law is the interpretation of that law.
For that reason, the Bill ensures that any question as to the meaning of retained law is to be decided on in UK courts in accordance with the Court of Justice's case law and retained general principles of European Union law as they stood on exit day. That approach maximises stability by ensuring that the meaning of the law does not change overnight and that only the Supreme Court, and the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland, will be able to depart from retained EU case law. They will do so on the same basis on which they depart from their own case law. Any other approach would either actively cause uncertainty or fossilise EU case law for ever.
Future decisions of the Court of Justice will not bind our courts, but our courts will have discretion to have regard to such decisions if they consider it relevant and appropriate to do so, in just the same way that our courts might at the moment refer to cases in other common law jurisdictions such as Australia and Canada. I give way to the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty), who has been patient.
In essence, remember, the aim of the Bill is to translate European Union into UK law and to make sure that no problems arise, whether that means references to bodies that we are no longer subordinate to, whether it means that the language is different, or whether it applies to reciprocal rights. Much of this will be very straightforward and relatively simple. The point that the hon. Gentleman should look at is that the Bill seeks to make the type of secondary legislation, whether under affirmative or negative resolution, proportionate to that. If he wants to talk about the issue further, I am happy to talk to him. As I have said before, I am not going to reinvent the constitution at the Dispatch Box.
There are some elements that simply will not make sense if they remain on the UK statute book once we have left the EU and in the years and decades to come. It would not make sense, for example, for the Bill to preserve the supremacy of EU law or to make the preserved EU law supreme over future legislation passed by this Parliament. Laws passed in these two Houses after exit day will take precedence over retained EU law.
We also do not believe that it would make sense to retain the charter of fundamental rights. The charter applies only to member states when acting within the scope of EU law. We will not be a member state, nor will we be acting within the scope of EU law, once we leave the European Union. As I said to the House when I published the White Paper on the Bill, the charter catalogues the rights found under EU law that will be brought into UK law by the Bill. It is not, and never was, the source of those rights. Those rights have their origins elsewhere in domestic law or relate to international treaties or obligations that the UK remains party to—for example, the European convention on human rights.
Let me clear: the absence of the charter will not affect the substantive rights available in the UK. As I have said before at the Dispatch Box, if an Opposition Member or anyone in the House—I am thinking of my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Beaconsfield (Mr Grieve); I will come to him in a minute—finds a substantive right that is not carried forward into UK law, they should say so and we will deal with it.
Keir Starmer: That is exactly the point that was made earlier. To say that the changes do not matter because we can find that right elsewhere, but then to remove the right to do anything about an effective remedy, would mean that the exercise had achieved absolutely nothing.
Sir William Cash (Stone) (Con): Would the right hon. and learned Gentleman be good enough to explain why other distinguished gentlemen—namely, Tony Blair and Lord Goldsmith—fought so resolutely to exclude the charter of fundamental rights from the Lisbon treaty and, furthermore, failed because their protocol did not actually work?
Keir Starmer: No. I spent 20-plus years as a human rights lawyer interpreting and applying provisions such as the charter and acting for many people to whose lives it made a real difference, as the Secretary of State will know. (…)
Sir William Cash: I would just like to mention, if my right hon. Friend will allow me, that it would not be unuseful to look at the names of the members of the Constitution Committee and make a judgment about their enthusiasm for leaving the European Union.
Mr Duncan Smith: I am grateful for that intervention by my hon. Friend. I know he will be able to make a powerful case in support of the Bill, and he is right, but I will come back to that point.
The basis on which people are arguing—that there has never been a great sweep of powers coming through Henry VIII procedures—is completely and utterly wrong. The reason why I became so concerned about what was happening under the European Union treaties is that section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972 clearly states that all the rules and regulations coming through treaties
"are without further enactment to be given"
immediate legal effect and
"shall be recognised and available in law".
It goes on to say that
"Her Majesty may by Order in Council"—
Order in Council, which is not the procedure in this Bill—
"and any designated Minister or department may by order, rules, regulations or scheme, make provision".
We have sat with that for 40 years, and we have been content to let rules and regulations be made in that way.
To those who talk about rule-takers and rule-makers, such as my right hon. Friend the Member for Loughborough (Nicky Morgan), I say yes, that was the case up until the Maastricht treaty, when qualified majority voting came in. We became rule-takers under that provision, and there has never been a more powerful one in British legislative history. I just sound a cautionary note to some of my colleagues on either side of the House who go on about this being the first time; it is not so.
Sir William Cash (Stone) (Con): In British constitutional history, there are few examples of Bills of such historic significance as this. Since the mid-1980s, I have been arguing for our legislative sovereignty in respect of EU legislation, even under the premiership of Margaret Thatcher, as was seen in my amendment of 12 June 1986. Even then, I was not allowed to debate it, let alone move it. Then we had Maastricht, Nice, Amsterdam and Lisbon. Together with other colleagues—I pay tribute to them all again—we fought a huge battle and here we are now.
Today, at last, we have the withdrawal and repeal Bill, an original draft of which, as my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State knows, I circulated in the House of Commons even before the referendum. It said two very simple things: we need to repeal the European Communities Act 1972 and transpose EU law into UK law when the treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom under article 50. However, contrary to the reasoned amendment tabled by the official Opposition, this Bill—the Government's Bill—will emphatically protect and reassert the principle of parliamentary sovereignty precisely because it is an Act of Parliament, or will be if it goes through. It will repeal the European Communities Act, sections 2 and 3 of which asserted the supremacy of EU law over UK law. That is the central point.
Indeed, the referendum Bill itself was authorised by an Act of Parliament, by no less than six to one in the House of Commons, and as my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State pointed out, the article 50 withdrawal Act was another reassertion of sovereignty, which was passed by 498 to 114 votes in this House. All or most Members of the Opposition voted for it. That result was reinforced in the general election, when 86% of the votes for all political parties effectively endorsed the outcome of the referendum. This is democracy and sovereignty merged in its fullest sense and acquiesced in by the official Opposition, who are now putting up a reasoned amendment against endorsing the very decision that they themselves have already not merely participated in but agreed on. We should therefore be deeply disturbed that they should now seek to decline to give this Bill a Second Reading, cynically claiming that they respect the EU referendum result. In fact, their amendment defies belief. As the snail asserts in "Alice in Wonderland", they
"would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the dance."
This is a serious dance. This is not Alice in Wonderland, but a real dance implementing the democratic decision of the British people—the United Kingdom as a whole.
The Opposition's reasoned amendment fails to comprehend the simplest fact, which is that parliamentary sovereignty is no less embedded in this Bill than in the European Communities Act itself, which, in the very pursuance of parliamentary sovereignty, repealed our then voluntary acceptance under sections 2 and 3 of the 1972 Act. Indeed, Lord Bridge in the Factortame case made the basis of that Act crystal clear even to the point of the House of Lords striking down an Act of Parliament—namely the Merchant Shipping Act 1988—because of its inconsistency with the 1972 Act.
In 1972, therefore, by virtue of the historic invasion of our constitutional arrangements, we acquiesced in the subversion to the European Union of this House—and all without a referendum, which we did have this time when we got the endorsement of the British people under an Act of Parliament passed by six to one in this House.
Furthermore, the 1972 Act absorbed into our jurisprudence not only a vast swath of treaties and laws but the dogmatic assertions made by the European Court of the supremacy of EU law over our constitutional status. I would mention Van Gend en Loos, Handels- gesellschaft and so on—a whole list of cases asserting, through the European Court, EU constitutional primacy over Parliaments, including our Parliament and its sovereignty. That was made even worse by the White Paper that preceded the 1972 Act and pretended—I almost say by deceit—that it would be essential to our national interest to retain the veto and never give it up, because without it the fabric of the European Community would be impaired. The then Government understood what it was all about; they knew that it would destroy the European Union if a restriction was imposed on our ability to veto legislation. Since then, the EU's competencies have been vastly extended.
As for the Henry VIII procedures in the Bill, I hear what my right hon. Friend the Member for Broxtowe (Anna Soubry) said about what I said in 2013, but I am talking about the EU-specific legal jurisdiction and the context in which we are discussing the subject, which is the 1972 Act. Yes, we could have reservations about elements of Henry VIII procedures, but the biggest power grab of all time in British constitutional history has been the 1972 Act itself. It incorporated all the EU laws made and accumulated from 1956 right through to 1972, and my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Rushcliffe (Mr Clarke) was running around as a young Whip cajoling people to move down the route of subverting our entire history and constitutional arrangements through these new arrangements. They subverted the constitutional supremacy of this House.
Mr Kenneth Clark: May I remind my hon. Friend of his contribution to the debates on the Maastricht treaty? He made most of the arguments then that he is making now, but I do not recall him being so enthusiastic for legislation to be speedily passed through this House with no proper powers retained over any of the detail. When did his conversion to this new prompt procedure take place?
Sir William Cash: I am so glad that my right hon. and learned Friend has made that point, because I would like to endorse what he was saying earlier—I would like to see proceedings extended beyond 5 o'clock tonight. I will not have the opportunity to make a speech as long as that which I made on Second Reading of the Maastricht Bill—I think it lasted something like two hours—but for the reasons that have already been given, I think that this Bill is quite different in character. Then, we were dealing with extensions of competencies and here we are dealing with the principles of repeal, sovereignty and democracy.
Mr Duncan Smith: I hesitate to ask my hon. Friend to give way, but simply want to make the point that as he will recall, during Maastricht we were told time and time again that although we had long procedures for debate the outcome could not be in doubt, because to be a member of the European Union meant that all of what was agreed in the Maastricht treaty would come straight into UK law regardless of what this Parliament decided it was against.
Sir William Cash: Absolutely. That is the cardinal principle.
The Henry VIII arrangement in this Bill is a mirror image in reverse of what was done in 1972 to absorb all the European legislation into our own law and apply it so that it could never be changed. It cannot be amended—there is the acquis communitaire, and it cannot be repealed until we have this Bill. That is the point. I ought to add that it would be impossible for us to translate all the European legislation through primary legislation, although, as has already been said, we will have important primary legislation on subjects such as immigration and fisheries. The Government have already promised that.
Section 2(2) of the 1972 Act allows EU law to have legal effect in UK domestic law by secondary or delegated legislation. Read with section 2(4) and schedule 2 to that Act, that secondary legislation, by sovereign Act of Parliament, is expressly given the power to make such provision as may be made by the Act of Parliament itself. There are hosts of examples—including, if I may say so to the Opposition and the shadow Secretary of State, section 75 of the Freedom of Information Act, where the amendment was made within the Act and passed by the Labour party. Let us not get hypocritical about this under any circumstances; this procedure is not as unusual as it is made out to be.
Indeed, the Minister on Second Reading of the 1972 Act, Geoffrey Rippon, acknowledged the novelty of the procedure—it was novel in those days—and added:
"As I conceive it, the power afforded by Clause 2(4) would be used only in exceptional circumstances".—[Official Report, 15 February 1972; Vol. 831, c. 285.]
We now know that, according to the EU legal database, at least 12,000 regulations have been brought in since '73, with 7,900 instruments derived from EU law. It is a wild assertion that the Henry VIII provisions contained in this Bill are an infringement of parliamentary sovereignty, and for that reason the Opposition amendment should be completely disregarded.
Furthermore, Henry VIII powers have been used in enactment after enactment. Indeed, we had them in the recent Energy Bill and Immigration Bill, which contained 22 separate Henry VII powers. There is, however, another important point to be made. The European Scrutiny Committee report "Transparency of decision-making in the Council of the European Union", published in May 2016, goes to the heart of the manner in which the policies and laws of the UK have increasingly been invaded, not merely in process but in practice, which we will reverse—abolish—through this Bill. The Committee established that although majority voting prevails by virtue of the treaties, the decisions are taken by consensus behind closed doors without any proper record, proper speeches or transparency. No votes are recorded, as they are in Hansard. That is the fundamental difference. It is a travesty of a democratic decision-making process and a reason why the Bill is so necessary. The people of this country have had legislation inflicted and imposed on them that is made behind closed doors without anyone knowing who has made it, for what reason and how.
There are political undercurrents that need to be brought out, because the question of who makes those decisions behind closed doors in the Council of Ministers is incredibly important, as Professor Vaubel, professor of economics at Mannheim University, made clear in his work "Regulatory Collusion". Another report, by VoteWatch, demonstrates the extent to which the UK has been on the losing side an ever increasing proportion of times leading up to 2015. I am bound to say that the UK has been on the losing side more than any other state over that time.
I have made my point on the charter. The Opposition have no credibility on that question whatsoever.
Finally, let me say that this is an historic moment and I am glad to be part of it at last.


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- February 22, 2012 at 3:04 pm #74057
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This is a very interesting article showing a " new " finding about the morphogenesis of Candida Albicans. As I have said several times, science is still learning the real mechanisms that allow candida to switch from seed to mycelia (pathogen)
There are several research papers mentioning the influence of the Ph, temperature, genes, and other factors that allow the fungal formation. This article is a revolution about this topic because it loos like they have found the most influential cause.
How does it may benefit our treatment ?? I still don't know but is good to know the Ph condition isn't the real culprit.
It could explain why some people with normal flora develop candidiasis, and why some people recover the flora but candida still don't go away.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/afst-vft071708.phpFebruary 22, 2012 at 4:03 pm #74062
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Man, I hope they can come up with some kind of drug that will kill off and heal your body from this sucker…I bet we will see developments in this area (if the medical industry wants to cure people) in the next decade.
If the medical community doesn't want to heal us, then there will never be developments.
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