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This acrylic necklace by Tatty Devine is a wearable homage to abstract art. The piece features technicolored charms that are made to resemble paintbrush strokes or organic shapes. Additionally, the accessory can be size-adjusted according to a wearer's aesthetic preferences.
Consisting of a heavy metal chain, and primary color charms, this accessory is both vivid and playful, making a bold statement when worn. The acrylic necklace looks elegant when paired with a monochromatic outfit, and adds more fun to a wardrobe pairing that is already colorful.
Embracing a vibrant Kidcore aesthetic, this fun jewelry piece is inspired by abstract art, along with children's apparel. Adding a childlike element to any outfit, this adult-friendly jewelry piece is bright, imaginative, and an affordable take on high-end designs.
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The first time I wore this, some one told me I looked like a giraffe. That's a complement right?!!??
Jumpsuit: Anthro, early summer sale rack
Belt: J. Crew, easily ten years old
Shoes: Steve Madden
This jumpsuit looked really sad on the hanger. Really sad, and really long. Being 6" tall I have a hard time trying to find anything that should hit me at my wrist or below the ankle and over the years I developed coping mechanisms, such as sleeve rolls and never wearing pants. Seriously, in the days before 'designer' denim, I didn't own a single pair of jeans till my senior year of high school when "tall" jeans became available, a pair came home with me and looking back, I see they were high waters. *sigh*
So, back to the dressing room, I try on this sad, long jumpsuit because it is 80% off and when I see a discount like that a chemical is released in my body and it makes me want to own said heavily discounted item (normally that means heavy alterations, reincarnating it into something else, or the item will sit in my closet mocking me) . Once I try it on, I realize why it is marked so low, the pants drag the floor on my 6" frame! I can wear heels and pants ?!??! Lucky me.
Today, I came into work in my inbox was a WHO WHAT WEAR talking to the whole jumpsuit trend, nice to know I am on trend sometimes. While at work I wore a black jacket with rolled up (read as too short) sleeves, but it is just too darn hot in Texas right now to wear anything more than necessities.
In other news, 10 year old belts and 15 year old handbags make me wonder if I have hoarding tendencies.

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Our property manager and your primary contact is a year round resident of Pacifico. Being fluent in English and Spanish his concierge services will assure you have the ideal tropical vacation experience.
Our 3 bedroom condo was a sales model featuring high end Robb & Stucky furnishings and decor. For the first 3 years the condo was used exclusively by the owners during the USA winter months. It's preferred second floor location provides a view of a classic swimming pool used primarily by adults and the impeccably maintained landscape courtyard from the master bedroom/living room deck. Throughout the Pacifico complex there are 3 additional pools including a 25m lap lane, lagoon pool children's zero entry wading pool and Jacuzzi. New to the pool areas is food and drink poolside service.
The open condo floor plan has a large living area perfect for family and friends to gather. Surrounded by large palm trees, the balcony has dual 10 foot koolaroo, full coverage, shades making a private outside haven. The master suite king bed has it's own large flat screen tv. The in suite master bath has two sinks and a large shower. The second and third bedrooms both have a queen bed, generous closet space and separate bathroom with shower. The living room sofa can be folded out to a queen size bed.
Q: Can you suggest a car service to pick us up and drive us back from Liberia airport 17 miles (26 kilometers) away?
A: Taxi service is available the airport to the condo for approximately $50 one way. The taxi stand is in front of Auto Mercado grocery store outside the main gate of property. To hire a taxi walk to the taxi stand and direct the driver to the condo entrance.
Q: Is the condo walking distance to the beach, supermarket and restaurants or should we rent a car for the week?
A: Local activities, bars, restaurants, shopping, beach in Coco are within walking distance or a short inexpensive taxi ride, however to fully experience as much of this beautiful country during your stay you will want to travel outside of Coco. Excursions can be arranged through tour companies if you do not want to rent a car. Driving in Costa Rica is similar to North America however most roads are 2 lane. Rural roads are usually gravel/rock with and somewhat rough. Cars should be rented at the airport upon arrival as there is no car rental agencies in Coco. We suggest including a GPS in your car rental package as Costa Rica does not have a street sign system. Parking at Pacifico and in Coco is free.
Q: You have several washrooms in the condo, is there only one shower?
A: There are two full baths, both with large showers. There are no bathtubs in the condo.
Q: Is Wifi included?
A: Yes, attached is our 'Key's to Condo' that includes the WiFi access code
Q: Are there free gym facilities at the condo?
A: Yes, there is a local gym in the Pacifico Retail shop near the entrance. No, it is not free, however, the owner has provided discounted weekly rates to guests staying at Pacifico.
Q: Do the pools get crowded this time of the year?
A: The pools are rarely "crowded" and there is poolside service from the bar & grill to lounges, chairs and even to condo. There are 4 pools to choose from. Guests at the condo also are authorized to use the Pacifico Beach Club pool for an additional Guest fee paid direct to The Club at time of it's first use. It is located approximately 1.5 miles away and accessible by free shuttle service at designated hours. The Pacifico Beach Club offers 2 small swimming pools, beach access, lounge chairs, cabanas and a full service restaurant.
Q: Can you suggest some zip line, bike rentals, tourist attractions we can book when we arrive?
A: Yes, after receiving your reservation dates and car rental plans. Even after staying in Costa Rica for over 12 months during our 3 years of winter snowbirding there we still have a list of new 'to-do's' on our next visit. Never an idle moment in this country, unless that's what your objective is while enjoying the panoramic environment.
Q: Is there a payment or travel protection plan that you offer?
A: The HomeAway/VRBO travel protection payment for property is made through the "Book It" link on the listing website. They also provide explanation of what is included and not included.
Q: Is all of the money due up front or can we pay in installments?
A: Payment in full is required prior to check-in. Our guests also have the option to pay on-site at time of check in using a major credit card or PayPal. Any on-site payments made direct to owner do not include the travel protection service offered by HomeAway/VRBO.
Q: Do you require a security deposit?
A: Yes, $500, an initial rental deposit, will block out the requested rental dates to assure they are not made available to any other party. Upon receipt of payment of rental payment this rental deposit is held as a security deposit until you've checked out and property inspection is completed.
Q: Does the rent fee include access to Pacifico's Beach Club?
A: Yes, the Beach Club restaurant and bar is open to the general public, but use of the clubs two swimming pools and ocean side lounge area has a separate fee that is paid directly by condo guest(s) to Club at time of first use. The separate fee varies by term of use (either daily, weekly or monthly) and guest age (under 18 are free when accompanied with adult).


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A list of the Must-See Places in Cebu:
1. Sto. Niño Church
Also known as Basilica de Santo Niño Church. Located in the heart of Cebu, one hour away from Mactan Airport, depending on the traffic. When it comes to religion Cebuanos are a good example of faithful believers. It all started when a Spanish explorer named Magellan came to Philippines and planted Christianity in the hearts of the Filipino people. Ever since that day it became a strong foundation of faith and values among the people.
Sr. Sto Nino is the oldest church in Cebu and a very popular tourist destination. The spanish architecture inspired church is famous for its grandeur design and the miraculous Sr. Sto Nino. A very extravagant events happens every second week of the month of January where believers of Sr. Sto Nino celebrates his greatness. The so-called event is the ever sought party in the Queen City of the South , the one and only "Sinulog Festival." People from all walks of life simply gather in this colorful event to dance and party all day long. Unlimited list of activities piles up to feast your appetite for fun. A series of street dance, boastful floats, beauty pageant, drinking contest and endless party surely keeps everyone busy.
During this event the church is jam-packed with worshipers and tourist. If you want to see the church closely and be at peace while roaming around its corridors better avoid those dates. While your around the area don't forget to visit the Magellan's cross located at the side of the church.
2. Magellan's Cross
Located near Basilica del Santo Niño along the City Hall Lane, Cebu City. This cross is said to be the cross planted by Magellan when Christianity was established in the country. They said the original cross is enclosed inside the cross.
3. Cathedral Church
A few steps away from Sto. Niño Church, from KFC go straight to the alley that sells all kinds of flowers, christian ornaments and food stalls. Check out the museum just beside the church too where they feature artifacts about the church during the old days.
4. Fort San Pedro
The oldest and smallest fort in the Philippines, located at Pigafetta Street, Cebu City. A historical place if you want to get to know Cebu during the spanish colonization. A few metres away from Plaza Indepedencia. Its a garrison made museum, event halls that offers a packages for intimate celebrations like birthdays and wedding events.
5. Fuente Circle
A playground for kids and chill-out spot for adults. This park lights up at night where people gather to sit around. It looks pretty nice during the holidays most especially in December where a giant christmas tree will be set-up in the center polished with colorful lights and huge christmas decorations.
6. Casa Gorordo Museum
This ancestral house features a variety of information about a rich families lifestyle back then. Located in No 35 Lopez Jaena, Cebu. Check out the Colon Monument a few steps away from the museum. It symbolizes as a landmark for Cebu's oldest street.
7. Colon street
The oldest street in Cebu. A busy place where people buy and sells goods at a cheaper price. Beware of pickpocket's around this area. Make sure to wear something ordinary to keep you away from deceiving and abusive people.
8. Tops
One of the most popular tourist spots in Cebu. It is found in Barangay Malubog, Busay, Cebu City. An overlooking place to see the metro, better to be there late in the afternoon to avoid the blazing heat of the sun. See the lights glow as the sky turn black and the city comes alive with flying colors. From JY Square Mall in Lahug there are plenty of motorcycles that can take you up to the top, or for your convenience better take the taxi for safety purposes.
9. Cebu Taoist Temple
Located in Beverly Hills Subdivision a nice place to see another great view of the metro.
10. Mountain View Nature's Park
Located in Sitio Garahe Busay. A great place for dinning and doing some exciting activities with family and friends.
11. Lapu-Lapu Shrine
A 20 metres bronze statue in Punta Engaño, Mactan Lapu-Lapu City. It was built to honor a native leader who defeated the spanish soldiers during the Battle of Mactan in 1521.
12. South Road Properties (SRP) Cebu
Check out the nearby Chapel of San Pedro Calungsod
Rising soon is SM Seaside City and is said to be the biggest mall in the Philippines.
13. Beaches
The best beaches are almost everywhere in the island. Enjoy the white pristine waters of the Queen City of the South. Check out: Sumilon Island, Camotes Island, Malapascua Island, Bantayan Island, Pandanon Island and Mactan Islands. Endless of resorts to choose from with great variety of rates that will suit your budget.
14. Food
Try the ever famous Barbeque Stalls at Larsian nearby Chong Hua Hospital. Never miss the Seafood Restaurants in Sutokil located in the farthest end of the island of Mactan. Check out Local foods too like bibingka in Mandaue, Siomai sa Tisa with hanging rice in Labangon and of course Cebu's pride Lechon in Carcar or Talisay,
15. Adventure
There are numerous adventures,treks and diving sites that you can try. From swimming with the whale sharks or catching the sunset at Osmeña Peak.
Cebu is for everyone! A great place for good food, exciting adventures and lovely sceneries. There's the mountain to make you feel closer to the sky and the pristine white beaches to soothe your senses. My heart will always say yes to this great city. Everything that made me who I am today is because of all the travels I've had, without a doubt it's truly more fun in the Philippines.
(The photo on the right side was taken at Osmena Peak Dalaguete Cebu, it is considered as the highest point of elevation in the island of Cebu).


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Missing my home!
Memories are the best gift by GOD to man! Anyone disagreeing??
Ramanagaram has always been very close to my heart! An amazing place. You should see it to believe it! The glory that it gets in the early mornings, when the first rays of Sun hits the boulders is something that is indescribable! I enjoyed each and every mornings that I spent there!
All those days are in a sense now haunting me here! The weekends here have become more and more dull as the hostile weather continues its dominance... We had two winter storms back to back this week! The last one being yesterday!
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Future uncertain for hidden gem on headlands
Just down the hill from the grand new Cavallo Point development at Fort Baker in the Marin Headlands is a yacht club with a bar and grill and a million-dollar view.
It is one of those unknown gems of the Bay Area, right next to the Golden Gate Bridge on a historic little bay no one's ever heard of. This is the Presidio Yacht Club and Travis Marina, which has a complicated history and an uncertain future. It is part of a national park, which is both a blessing and a problem.
"I think we are an endangered species," said Louis Canotas, the manager.
The place was originally a yacht club for military personnel, but when the U.S. Army marched out of the Presidio and Fort Baker more than 10 years ago, the club and the 65-berth yacht harbor became affiliated with Travis Air Force Base in Solano County.
It is a bit of an anachronism. When military bases ringed San Francisco Bay, there were several facilities like this - clubs open to the military and their dependents in the Presidio, at Fort Mason, on Treasure Island, in Alameda and Mare Island.
This is the only one left, and the bar and grill is open to the public four days a week, offering $7 hamburgers $4 cheese quesadillas and $3.50 beer. The yacht club building originally was built to service a submerged wire net designed to prevent enemy submarines from sneaking into the Golden Gate during World War II.
It is surrounded by the even older Fort Baker, where generations of soldiers manned field artillery.
It is not far from the Bay Area Discovery Museum, and occasionally people in search of the Discovery Museum have discovered the club and the bar and grill instead.
That happened the other day when Ken Trammel of Rohnert Park wandered in looking for a public restroom. "I didn't know this was here," he said. "Is it open?"
"Sure," said Canotas, the manager. "Would you like a beer?"
Simply casual
While the luxurious new Cavallo Point resort and its upscale Murray Circle restaurant are described as "casually elegant," the Presidio Yacht Club is simply casual, the kind of place where small-boat sailors put their feet on the chairs and tell sea stories, some of them true.
They even have bands most Saturday nights, and there is plenty of free parking.
The yacht club is supposed to be open to military personnel, federal employees and retired military, but the 27 different classes of membership means that almost anybody can join.
Doable dues
The dues aren't bad - a $50 initiation fee and $180 a year. It's certainly not the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco - visible just across the bay - or the Corinthian in Tiburon.
"We are not pretentious," said Jack Gordon, 72, who has been a member for 18 years and says he is retired from a couple of careers. "We are just a club for normal people."
The club is off the beaten path at the edge of the water. "This is a little bit of heaven," said Jerry Wynkoop, 61, who loves to watch the fog roll in the Golden Gate in summer, the herring runs in winter, and feels close to the life on the bay most other days.
The problem is that the Presidio Yacht Club and the Travis Marina are sitting on a piece of property that is unique in the world, just inside the Golden Gate, with a close-up view of the world famous bridge. San Francisco glistens on its hills just across the bay.
The place is owned by the National Park Service. By law, it became part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area when the Army pulled out.
The Park Service has plans for the waterfront at Fort Baker and the tiny Horseshoe Bay. The Park Service has not developed these plans yet, but it is interested in what spokeswoman Chris Powell calls "an appropriate and compatible opportunity for public enjoyment of the waterfront."
This probably includes transforming the yacht harbor from a marina into a day-use facility, like Ayala Cove on Angel Island, where boats could sail in for the day. At present, boats are permanently moored at the Travis Yacht Harbor. A few people even live aboard their boats. One of them is Wynkoop, a disabled veteran of the war in Vietnam.
The National Park Service has not completed its plans for the area and is willing to talk to the Travis people. "It will be another year before we really get solid plans for the waterfront," Powell said.
One-year lease
In the meantime, the Travis Marina and the Presidio Yacht Club have a one-year lease from the Park Service. "We think they do a great job," Powell says of the operation. "But a national park has a different set of guidelines."
That's what worries the Travis and Presidio people. They feel like a tenant who has rented one of those legendary apartments with a drop dead view and a kindly landlady that used to exist on San Francisco's Telegraph Hill.
It is a great place now, but who knows what the future will hold?
"Nothing is going to happen for at least a year," Powell said.
If you go
The Presidio Yacht Club at the Travis Sailing Center is open to the public from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursdays; from 4 p.m. to midnight Fridays; from 11 a.m. to midnight Saturdays; and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays.
For information call (415) 332-2319, or
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I was recently looking for a new sleeping bag for Finn, I wanted a 2.5 tog as he is always cold, however with it coming up to summer I felt I needed a lower tog one just in case the summer appears, which hasn't happened yet.
Enter the Babasac, The Brand new 2-in-1 multi tog baby sleeping bag, with inner layers that easily zip out.
|Excuse the snot, he had a cold!
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Saves having to purchase summer weight and winter weight sleeping bags
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I bought a size 6-18 months with a minimum weight of 15.15lbs, Finn is only just hovering over 17lbs so it will last him a wee while yet. I did feel it was lacking in the length department however a quick check on their website shows a max length of 87cm, which is similar to the Growbag at 86cm. I'm not sure if mine might have shrunk in the tumble dryer as it looks significantly shorter!
The Zip out panels make changing between togs a breeze, helpful on those in between days when you're not sure what tog to put them in.
Using it is easy, simply leave the layers zipped in for 2.5 tog or unzip for 1 tog. The Babasac can be washed with or without the layers.
I would definitely recommend this sleeping bag, it also saves a fortune as you don't need to buy two different tog bags.
You can find Mama Designs ltd, the makers of the Babacsac on twitter, facebook and on their website.
Mama Designs is also the face behind the Mamascarf which is a breastfeeding scarf, I might do a review on that at a later date as although I only breastfed for 5 weeks, I found the Mamascarf a godsend!


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I remember once watching both the PBS Newshour and the Daily show back to back, and the Newshour had the more clever caption for their graphic of a particular story than the Daily Show. Ever since the Daily Show started, occasionally mainstream news shows will run something just a little funny (OK, maybe that started with Charles Kuralt)> Just this past Sunday, ABC's This Week (which I watched) had a video montage of Obama's Cleveland speech which consisted of showing us how many times Obama said Boehner. I believe it was eight, like something out of the Daily Show, Obama in rapid succession saying "Boehner"(snip)"Boehner"(snip) "Boehner"(snip) etc.
Apparently I should have been watching "Face the Nation", where Bob Schieffer had the man himself. Whether by Republican design or not, Boehner showed a rare flash of reasoned insight and declared himself in favor of the Obama tax plan, if that was his only alternative. He even apparently admitted that only 3% of small businesses yielded personal incomes of over $250,000.
Now I doubt many, if even any, other Republicans are going to take this position. So Boehner's position, even as House Minority Leader, amounts to essentially nothing in terms of votes or the real world. It could be a nice wedge for Republicans, though, if blogs and pundits around the country talk about it a lot. But since Boehner is in the House, even if he could get a lot of Republicans to vote with him for the Obama plan, the legislation would still face the Senate. Where they have yet to decide they have no alternative.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
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Amira Willighagen
Amira Willighagen (Nijmegen (the Netherlands), March 27 2004) showed already at the age of 9 her talent as an opera singer. She demonstrated this by participating in and eventually winning the TV-show / talent show Holland's Got Talent 2013 (the Dutch version of America's Got Talent), in the Netherlands broadcasted by RTL. During her audition in the city of Zwolle, Amira already wowed the jury with her interpretation of the aria O mio babbino caro from Puccini's opera Gianni Schicchi.


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text: Asset Based Lending Asset finance industry funds 32% of UK business investment By CreditMan Friday, October 9, 2015Figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 5% in August compared with the same month last year – the twenty-third consecutive month of growth. August saw strong growth in new finance provided for IT equipment and commercial vehicles, up by 81% and 15% respectively compared with August 2014. Following revisions to official business investment data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the percentage of UK investment in machinery, equipment and purchased software financed by the asset finance industry has been revised up to 32.0% in the twelve months to June 2015. Geraldine Kilkelly, Head of Research and Chief Economist at the FLA, said: "The revised ONS business investment figures show that the industry's contribution to the funding of investment is much greater than previous data suggested. The percentage of UK investment in machinery, equipment and software has grown from a low of just over a quarter in 2010 to almost a third in the year to June 2015."


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Mercedes-Benz unveils SL63 AMG
Mercedes-Benz has finally revealed the all-new Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG alongside the launch of the Mercedes F1-W03 race car in Spain. The announcement has surprised many, as it comes less than two months after the new SL-Class made its world premiere at the Detroit Motor Show. Normally the high performance variants of Mercedes models take a lot longer to come to market.
The SL63 AMG features the familiar M157 twin-turbocharged 5.5-litre V8 engine found in the E-, CLS-, S- & M-Class AMG models, that produces 530 bhp and 590 lb/ft or torque. If you specify the 'AMG Performance Package' this jumps to 557 bhp and an incredible 664 lb/ft or torque. Thanks to the all-aluminium bodyshell and assorted magnesium components the SL's body now weighs 110 kg lighter than its steel bodied predecessor.
The result is a vehicle that is much more nimble and gives much improved performance - the 0-62mph dash now takes just 4.3 seconds (4.2 seconds with the AMG Performance Pack) on the way to a limited top speed of 155mph. This rises to 186mph with the Performance Package.
The power is channelled through AMG's seven-speed Speedshift automatic gearbox to the rear wheels. The car also has a launch control function, known as Race Start.
The new SL63 also gets 30% combined fuel consumption savings with 28.5mpg and CO2 emissions at 231g/km compared to 328g/km for the previous generation.
What has surprised us most about the new SL63 is how much it looks like the normal SL. We would have expected a little more aggression and sportiness from the top of the range AMG model, but you would be hard pushed to spot the difference between this and an SL350 with AMG styling.
At the front there is a front bumper with the de rigeur daytime running LED lights sitting atop the new larger air intakes, which are either side of a larger main lower intake. At the sides there is the familiar V8 badge and more sculpted side skirts. The rear has a decent sized lip spoiler for the bootlid and there is a new style of quad exhaust with a trapezoidal shape. It's definitely a subtle look but one which seems to find many fans of the AMG models. We can expect in due course there will be an SL63 Black Series model with much more extrovert styling for those who want it.
Pricing has yet to be released but expect a price increase over the current model, which is around £106,000.
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17 Jun 2014
They talk about fluoride yet fail to mention it is a waste product contaminated with lead, arsenic and radio-active elements.
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- Cllr Chris said...
Let's look for a moment at those 2% (according the hexafluorosalicic acid producer YARA) contaminants. 2% of what? Look at that formula again for the "Acid". It's already 60% - 80% water. That addition of water is making it look as if it's "only 2%" contaminants. The more water that is added the apparently less % contaminants! Whereas when you put the 2% impurities against the actual chemical (F6H2Si) which is 20% - 40% of the solution then the impurities become between 10% & 20% of the raw chemical. Which, when you think about where it comes from and how it is obtained, makes far more sense now. Because otherwise it would be too expensive to get rid of these impurities. So all they do is add water to the chemical and - Hey Presto - the contaminants can be dismissed as "only" 2%. BUT - when the already diluted chemical is then added to our water supply the dilution of the chemical has to be compensated for by adding more volume of the fluoride solution. Effectively - far from being only 2% contaminants - for every 5 parts "fluoride" added there is 1 part (20%) contaminents. They hide it sneakily don't they! Am I wrong?
BTW - no response from Lord Colwyn yet. It seems his 19 lines of "you-don't-know-what you're-talking-about" is all we are going to get on the subject. Isn't it frightening that such people can be so adamantly indoctrinated in favour of fluoride without having a clue how to answer even simple arguments against?
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The win saw Wasps moved up to second on the GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP table behind Leicester with tries from Raphael Ibanez, Tom Voyce, Joe Worsley and Tim Payne.
Worcester piled on the forward pressure with a first-half score from Pat Sanderson and a late breakaway effort by full-back Nicolas Le Roux, with Shane Drahm kicking two conversions and two penalties.
But they failed to match the Premiership champions for execution and paid in the end for the narrow ambition of their limited game-plan.
Wasps, who suffered a shock defeat at Sixways in the Premiership 11 months ago, deployed their strongest available side despite the long-term absence of Lawrence Dallaglio and Josh Lewsey.
French hooker Ibanez and England hopeful Ayoola Erinle came into the starting line-up, but lock Simon Shaw missed out on a place on the bench with a sore back.
Coach Ian McGeechan opted to move Worsley to the open-side to directly oppose Worcester skipper Pat Sanderson, with Jonny O'Connor on the bench.
Wasps scored inside the first two minutes after Erinle wrong-footed the Worcester midfield and support arrived to drive Ibanez over.
Van Gisbergen's conversion put him level with Wilkinson's record Premiership streak of 28 successful kicks at goal.
But in the tight the champions were in trouble. They were unceremoniously shoved backwards at the scrum and Worcester's forward-based tactics saw their backs rush in to add weight to a string of lineout drives.
Sanderson was bulldozed over after five minutes, with Drahm converting, and Wasps did well to keep out a prolonged assault on their line midway through the half.
The hot-tempered game threatened to boil over when Matt Dawson swung a punch at prop Chris Horsman - only for Drahm to miss a straightforward penalty.
He made no mistake from 40 metres on the half-hour mark and Wasps were struggling to turn their more ambitious approach into points, despite Dawson raising the tempo from scrum-half and Voyce threatening on the wing.
They did win a penalty when Worcester's backs were called for crossing in first-half injury time to give Van Gisbergen the chance to break Wilkinson's record.
The 45-metre effort was well within his range, but the full-back showed a rare trace of nerves with a scuffed shot which he dragged five metres wide of the left post.
Van Gisbergen demonstrated what a rarity that was early in the second half after his side regained the lead with a brilliant piece of opportunism from Stuart Abbott.
The centre, making his 50th Premiership appearance, kicked ahead and beat the covering Jonny Hylton to the ball, then held off the tackler to give Voyce the scoring pass.
Van Gisbergen added a cool conversion from wide on the left, then stroked over penalties in the 48th and 50th minutes before Drahm responded with one of his own for Worcester.
Wasps forged 14 points clear on the hour with another piece of opportunism from a free-kick, Worsley taking Alex King's pass and bursting through Drahm's tackle to the line for Van Gisbergen to convert.
Le Roux's late effort might have given Wasps a few worries but Payne powered over in injury-time and Van Gisbergen converted with his sixth successful effort on goal.


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- Prepare your coop for winter. Clean out and replenish with fresh bedding, preferably a deep bed of at least 20cm. Repair any holes or gaps where there may be cold drafts.


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Michael (Jerry O'Connell) is unable to stop the wedding. Natalie (Shannon Elizabeth) gets even with Kyle (Jake Busey) by knocking him out before shag time. The next day their marriage is annulled. Michael wins the bachelor money and pays off his debts in Las Vegas. Michael and Natalie get married. Steve (Horatio Sanz) finally catches Tricia (Jaime Pressly) in bed with another woman (the maid). He joins them for a threesome. Kyle, Jill the librarian and her Granny share some quality time.
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AN EARLY morning blaze yesterday destroyed two workers' quarters located in Kampong Bunut that housed 47 labourers of a local construction company.
The fire also gutted eleven vehicles parked nearby the houses.
According to a statement from Fire and Rescue Department, it received an emergency call about the fire at Simpang 639 at 3.08am.
Twenty firefighters and four fire engines from Bandar Seri Begawan, Beribi and Berakas fire stations rushed to the scene immediately.
By the time the firefighting team arrived at the scene, the massive blaze had engulfed a 15 metres by 40 metres bungalow house which then spread to another house.
Both houses were made of wood and zinc.
Led by ASO Abas bin Haji Ahmad, the firefighters controlled the blaze in eight minutes.
Fortunately, no one was hurt in the fire.
In the statement, the Fire and Rescue Department advised the public not to overload the use of electricity and make sure that wirings at home are carried out by accredited companies registered under the Department of Electrical Services.
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All homes must also be equipped with a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector and a fire blanket.
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"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
–falsely attributed to Thomas Jeffersion
The epigram is correct. More than a couple of times I have heard or seen that quotation cited as an example of the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson. As it turns out, the whole thing was likely a fabrication by someone who did not believe being honest in political discussion was as important as appearing to have the support of a great American thinker. Serious Jeffersonian scholars hold that the man never wrote any such thing.
He did, however, write, "no freeman shall be debarred the use of arms (within his own lands.)" Though that too has been distorted by dishonest advocates, its occurrence in a 1776 draft of the Constitution for Virginia is just as it appears in this paragraph, complete with parenthetical. Broader surveys confirm the notion that Jefferson was not so much concerned with supporting bunkers full of anti-government militia gunmen as he was concerned with supporting the ability of American landowners to defend their personal turf.
It is true Jefferson worried about aristocratic oppression, and he clearly stood in support of some right to bear arms. That only makes it all the more odd that opponents of gun control policy would elect to distort his words so much, lacing their literature with falsehoods. Sticking with the facts would still show him supporting related principles. Then again, those who support strong restrictions or even outright bans on civilian firearms also tend to take things too far.
Esteemed legal scholars have made mockeries of their own reputations by interpreting the 2nd Amendment as if it existed only to address issues related to militia activities. It would be absurd to suggest that matters of personal self-defense and even defense of property never entered into the framers' discussions. While it is fair to characterize the actual text of the 2nd Amendment as ambiguous, to summarily invalidate all arguments related to armed personal defense is an unreasonable stance that seems oblivious to context.
Somewhat like the abortion debate, gun policy suffers from the hijack of extremists. Those who absolutely insist there is a public interest in preserving civilian access to .50cal vehicular sniper rifles constitute one faction pitted against another that is committed to prohibiting any civilian participation in America's gun culture. I would imagine an overwhelming majority of Americans occupy some middle ground. Yet policy emergent from that middle ground gets hammered by extremists launching attacks from opposing directions. Good ideas are cut down in the crossfire.
More relaxed supporters of extreme gun control may fall short being true advocates as they acquiesce to the depth with which gun culture has become a part of American society. Yet those truly concerned about saving lives ought to recognize that disarming America's civilians is not likely to be the best method of accomplishing their goal. More than a few other societies support or even encourage firearm possession and use by ordinary citizens in a way that does not translate gun culture into an persistent increase in firearm killings.
In part this can be blamed on the extremists. Though a cutthroat economic paradigm, draconian enforcement of vice laws, and assorted other self-inflicted social problems are part of it; a shortage of responsible regulation is also part of the problem. In some states, selling a small bag of cocaine to partygoers intent on a lively weekend is cause enough for lifetime imprisonment. Selling a gun to a likely murderer usually draws a much lesser penalty, while selling a gun to an unstable undocumented individual who can briefly wear a safe sane facade may not result in much of a penalty at all.
It is true that respectable storefront gun shops risk being run out of business for failure to follow procedures and keep proper paperwork. That is all the more reason those business owners and their loyal patrons should oppose the continued legality of car trunk gun dealers and vast firearm expositions where regulatory oversight often cannot be brought to bear effectively. Can whatever value these institutions add to American culture really offset the lives they indirectly remove from our society?
Efforts for comprehensive firearm bans fall flat for all manner of reasons. Municipal examples like Washington, D.C. or Chicago, IL are not entirely misleading. It is true that people intent on gun violence in those areas can take a short drive to a place where ordinary gun commerce is unaffected by local laws. Yet in both those places, people intent on gun violence are usually but a stroll away from a black market dealer. It seems to me that an outright prohibition on guns would do more to unite gun seekers with criminal organizations than it would to keep guns out of the hands of violent criminals.
So what should you think about the 2nd Amendment? Lots of people have strong feelings one way or the other. Yet a thoughtful approach does not lead us to either extreme. This is clearly one area of governance where compromise could work wonders. Eliminating American gun violence is not a realistic goal, but curtailing it through more sensible regulation surely is. The trick is to balance this compromise so that it accomplishes real good by keeping firearms out of the hands of citizens known to be insane or predisposed toward violence without going so far as to drive responsible gun owners into the black market.
Accomplishing this on a political level would involve getting gun owners' advocacy groups down off the mountain of bogus slippery slope argumentation. Replacing a mishmash of state policies with a more coherent federal approach could be helpful. Sure, it would mean that law-abiding gun owners would have to let The Great Satan of federal government keep records on their identities and arsenals. "If you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to fear," does not apply to torture, unwarranted incarceration of indefinite length, etc. The potential for abuse is too great. On the other hand, just what plausible scenario involves government abuse of a database recording who owns which guns?
Of course, safety measures should stop short of being silly. Mandatory trigger locks serve much more as window dressing than a reasonable alternative to traditional methods of safe gun storage. Prohibitively expensive ammunition taxes would discourage practice shooting — a vital part of making the transition from inexperienced new gun owner to trained safe gun owner. Besides which, given what Canadian tobacco taxes do for organized crime, imagine what a 500% bullet tax would prompt.
One set of extremists ought to abandon false narratives about a totalitarian state being the inevitable outcome of federalizing gun policy and closing enforcement loopholes in gun commerce. Another set of extremists ought to abandon false narratives about unrealistic or ineffective safety measures. Without those blights on the political landscape, it should become easy to focus on measures that respect the American tradition of responsible gun ownership while also respecting the American desire to minimize abuse of the deadly power that comes from holding a loaded gun in your hands.


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23 Sep 2007Quiz Night
Obvious technical limitations mean we can't run the "name the artist and title" audio or video questions - nor can we re-run Frank Sidebottom's sublime medley of Manchester hits that constituted an entire round of its own!
Instead we have the twenty-one remaining text-based questions over two rounds with a possible twenty-seven points maximum score. This is for FUN only - so no cheating - and please do not email us the answers, which we will post next weekend:
Round One
1. Name the first DJ and the first live act at The Haçienda. (2 points)
2. Which famous spy was 'The Gay Traitor' bar named after? (1 point)
3. Give the name (or type) of two businesses that were run from The Haçienda during the day. (2 points)
4. Name the last DJ and the last live act at The Haçienda. (2 points)
5. 'Flesh' was the second gay night at The Haçienda. Name the first. (1 point)
6. The Pet Shop Boys used an artist's films as a backdrop at their Haçienda concert. Name the artist. (1 point)
7. Name the two resident DJs at 'Wide'. (2 points)
8. Name the three designers of The Haçienda trainers. (1 point)
9. What was the building originally used for before becoming The Haçienda? (1 point)
10. Name the person that co-promoted 'Flesh' with Paul Cons. (1 point)
Round Two
1. Following closure, The Haçienda reopened with three new nights. Name them. (3 points)
2. Name either the author or the work from which The Haçienda name was taken. (1 point)
3. What was the name of The Haçienda's 1989 US tour? (1 point)
4. Name the band formed by Paul Morley and Trevor Horn. (1 point)
5. Name the building company responsible for The Haçienda flats. (1 point)
6. When Frankie Knuckles played The Haçienda on New Year's Eve 1996 was he paid:
a. GBP 5k?
b. GBP 15k?
c. GBP 25k? (1 point)
7. Who bought The Haçienda DJ booth at the auction (and then lost it)? (1 point)
8. A regular performer at The Haçienda, born Alexander Coe in Bangor, worked at Shelley's in the mid-eighties, now a superstar DJ. Who am I? (1 point)
9. Which internationally famous ex-Haçienda DJ started out as a chef at Dry Bar? (1 point)
10. What was the Factory catalogue number of The Haçienda cat? (1 point)
11. Which famous television music programme was recorded at The Haçienda in the mid-eighties? (1 point)
Many thanks to both Elliot Eastwick and Urbis for kindly allowing us to re-run the quiz.
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Definition of Carex
1. Noun. Large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Cyperaceae, Family Cyperaceae, Sedge Family
Member holonyms: Carex Arenaria, Sand Reed, Sand Sedge, Carex Pseudocyperus, Cypress Sedge
Definition of Carex
1. n. A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the order Cypreaceæ; the sedges.
Definition of Carex
1. Noun. Any member of the genus ''Carex'' of sedges. ¹
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Definition of Carex
1. a marsh plant [n CARICES]
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1. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Mohr (1901)
"Of the extensive genus carex, represented by about 500 valid species and ... carex laxiflora. carex bromoides. Extending throughout the State: carex ..."
2. Report (1913)
"carex aquatilis Wahlenb. Water Sedge. In very wet places on the «ast side. ... carex aurea Nutt. Golden-Fruited Sedge. Frequent in open or slightly shaded ..."
3. The New Forest, Its History and Its Scenery: Its History and Its Scenery by John Richard de Capel Wise (1880)
"carex REMOTA, Lin., Remote carex. The Forest streams, 1214. carex INTERMEDIA, Good., Soft brown ... The south side of the Forest, towards the sea. carex ..."


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លើសពីនេះទៅទៀត យើងក៏ចង់ឆ្លៀតឱកាសនេះសាកសុំមតិយោបល់ ក៏ដូចជាសំណូមពរ ពីសមាជិកទាំងអស់ដើម្បីរៀបចំផែនការសំរាប់ក្រុមក្នុងជំហានទី២ផងដែរ ក្រោយពីបានបញ្ចប់ផែនការទី១(ផ្សព្វផ្សាយចំនេះដឹងតាមរយៈវ៉េបសាយ)ដែលអាចចាត់ទុកថាទទួលជោគជ័យ។ គួរកត់សំគាល់ផងដែរថា ការកំនត់ផែនការសំរាប់ក្រុមនឹងអាចចូលរួមចំនែកក្នុងការអភិវឌ្ឃវិស័យគណិតវិទ្យានៅកម្ពុជាផងដែរ…
សូមមេត្តាចែករំលែកមតិយោបល់ ដើម្បីអភិវឌ្ឍជាតិខ្មែរ….
- 1. jupiter - ខែកក្កដា 21, 2009
I think here are few problems.
1) We don't have good trainers. It is hard to say it. I am not saying that i can solve IMO problem, but What m trying to say is that, even the teacher who train us to go to IMO cannot garantee to solve most problem in IMO. How abt student who has been trained by him? Will they be able to solve? Less likely….. And barely speaking as a past IMO contestant for Cambodia, the training i got was what I regard as USELESS and wasting time.
2) We didn't select the right people. As far as I know, Teacher sokha who is responsible for it, always choose those who passed grade 9 to train. Unfortunately not all the students that were good in grade 9, will be good in grade 12. And surprisingly, even though they did not pass smart student National Examination , they still can go.
Here are a solution i suggest.
One of the good idea is to learn from the countries who did well.
Why not we look at the selection procedure in for example Singapore.
Here is the link : http://sms.math.nus.edu.sg/Simo/Selection_Flowchart.pdf
- 3. Vatey - ខែកក្កដា 22, 2009
I feel regret bout this!!! Well I think Jupiter's opinions are great, I agree. I think we should train the students who pass the out-standing students exam in grade 12 not grade 9. It seems crazy, isn't it? Otherwise, students don't have enough time to focus on the exam. Let's have a look through this year time table. The students have to have IMO competition and just after 3 days they're coming back, they'll have a national exam here. Everyone will choose to focus more on the national exam cuz it's more important!!
So the solution is that the government should focus on the smart students problem, try to do things that make them easy to consider, plz don't put too much pressure on them…. 🙂
- phal sovannrath - ខែកុម្ភៈ 4, 2012
wooow……..i agree with ur opinions……. good !
- 4. jupiter - ខែកក្កដា 22, 2009
agree….. All trainer want their student to did well.
- 5. jupiter - ខែកក្កដា 22, 2009
Another point is that, we must base on experience. The most contest a person takes, the more experience he has absorb. Sometimes in IMO one student compete more than 2 times.
For example, the best of Japan : Makoto Soejima, has attended 4 times in IMO.
One of the best of Germany : Peter Scholzt also 3 times….
But to do so, we must choose student since they were at grade 10 or 11 sth. That is why perharps we need do IMO selection test which open to all grade. Just like Singapore Mathematical Open. But the problem is money and corruption.
- 6. dizzy - ខែកក្កដា 22, 2009
Since I don't know much about this, I seem to have no idea to exchange…dizzy nas…let's government do the rest tov…he tied-he solves.
- 7. តារារស្មី - ខែកក្កដា 22, 2009
ឺwell, after participating in IMO, I was so regret with my poor result, sorry everyone! That was the reason of the creation of this math group! This group was made to boost and help next generation in Math competition especially IMO! So, I found some reasons that we couldn't achieve good result:
1.The way we select the candidates is not good enough! Only those who were outstanding in grade 9 can be selected, who know they can be as good as they were in grade 9? As I kno, only 50% of the Cambodian IMO contestants passed the 12th grade outstanding exam! Though it might not be a poor selection, why don't we just motivate those who try to be outstanding in grade 12 have chance for IMO team selection test? As far as I know, many students who weren't success in grade 9 try even harder than those who do! Then all students will try hard together!!! Moreover, why don't we give some chances to students who are outstanding since grade 10 or 11? They may even better than some in grade 12! Also, if they are selected, they will have enough experiences and get good result some time soon!
2.Information of IMO should be spread more, thus students can have enough preparation for it! Some outstanding students don't even know what IMO or APMO is! So how can they prepare for it? usually, some only know a few weeks before APMO! Then they just randomly prepare for it which is n.th most of the time! Such standard needs more pratice! What if they know and prepare since 10th grade or even longer than that?
There are more, comment later…
- 8. muygech - ខែកក្កដា 25, 2009
strongly agree .. sth must be changed but can it be changed before next selection?? smey, you're thinking of reporting it to de government,right?? support!!
- 9. Monypich Sou - ខែកក្កដា 30, 2009
Yeah sure….It should be……I hope that Cambodian Math Student will be the best math candidates over the world….~_~
We are Cambodian,So we have to do everything for our nation…
Cambodia, Kingdom of Wonder!
- 10. Kchao Sokphal - ខែសីហា 11, 2009
I am glad to hear the excahnge on how to improve the competition result.
I would like to see more discussion about the improvement of knowledge (mathematics in this case).
What should we do, especially at the early stage, to prepare Cambodian student for the completion?
"The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now."
- 12. វណ្ណ វណ្ណរដ្ឋ - ខែកញ្ញា 17, 2009
ខ្ញុំបានស្គាល់កែហទំព័រេនះពីលោកពូ សុផល ខ្ចៅ ហើយគេហទំព័រនេះគឺគួអោយចាប់អារម្មណ៌ និង មានប្រយោជន៍ណាស់សំរាប់ប្អូនៗសិស្សានុសិស្សខ្មែរយើងដែរ។
ខ្ញុំសូមសំណូមពរអោយជំនាន់គណិតវិទ្យានៃកម្ពុជាជួយផ្ញើរព័ត៌ផេ្សងៗអោយខ្ញុំបានដឹងផងទោះបីជាខ្ញុំគឺជាសិស្សមិនពូកែផ្នែកគណិតវិទ្យាក៏ដោយ តែខ្ញុំអាចចែកចាយព័ត៌មាន នេះនៅក្នុងសហគមន៍របស់ខ្ញុំ។
- 13. A keav - ខែវិច្ឆិកា 20, 2010
Yes,in cambodia have a lot of smart student that can get the good result,but it also depend on the education from teacher or their study hard too.
So i hope ta kmer student will be pass all the exam on over the world.
Try and try we will can get the good result! so su su………..!
Good luck bye…


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There has been more bad news for people who need to sell their house fast in Grimsby, as property prices across the UK fell for a second month in a row. According to an article in The Guardian, the average house price in the UK dropped by 0.6% in January to £223,285, this was on the back of a 0.8% fall in December. The consecutive drops have led to just a 2.2% annual growth rate for house prices in Britain, the slowest increase in property pieces over the past six months.
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At only 20, Ian Mugoya is the new heartthrob in town. Having bagged the role of the luscious player that every woman wants in the new KTN hit series, Changing times. Ian Mugoya popularly known as George, keeps women glued to their tellys every Tuesdays. we bet he has made it to the majority of Kenyan women hottest men around list. With that gorgeous bod, chiseled jaw line and sense of style, who wouldn't put him on top of her list?
We at Uhidaya couldn't resist the urge to have a chit-chat with him, and this is what he had to say;
U: That body, how do you stay in such great shape?
I: i train atleast once a week ...
U: Would you ever consider doing a nude scene?
I: In Kenyan screening nude scenes is prohibited it becomes stricter if the programme is prime time, but in future in a more cosmopolitan and open minded industry, if my script says so, I will play my part 100%
U: How did you land the role in Changing Times?
I: I auditioned for the role and I was privileged to get the call back among the hundreds who auditioned
U: In what ways do you think you are like George?
I: George and I are similar in many aspects apart from the womanizing trait inn him
U: You quite the lady's man in changing times, does that translates to real life?
I: I am not trying to be modest, but I honestly don't think I am (Uhidaya shouts out NOOO to this one, maybe Jalango, but not you)
U: Before appearing on changing times, had you ever done any media related gig?
I: This is my first time but I intend to stay and become a phenom with each day and each script
U: What do you loathe about George?
I: George is my boy...there's nothing wrong with him
U: What's your idea of a date?
I: Perfect date is some quality time with a composed, ambitious, beautiful, stylish mamaa with a sense of humor
U: Whats your life guiding philosophy?
I: One step at a time!
Dream big...then take baby steps towards your adult dreams
U: Some final word for us to keep:
I: Keep on your grind, work hard on achieving your goals and most importantly, Stay Happy.
And do not forget that there is no second chance for a first impression.
Well what can Uhidaya say???
...WE WERE IMPRESSED JStay Uhidaya.


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Why Meal Plans Work Against You…
"I am struggling to lose weight. I have been fighting this battle for years. I have been on every diet imaginable. So why am I right back to where I started?"
These are the words of many who walk into my office for the first time. I see the pain in their eyes. I hear the frustration in their voice. They come to me requesting a "meal plan".
Is a "meal plan" really what you need? Stop and think about this for a minute.
What is a meal plan?
A meal plan is typically a sheet of paper with 3 meals and several snacks listed throughout the course of a day, with instruction as to how much to eat, when to eat, and what to eat. There is a list of foods to eat, those to avoid, and depending who is giving you this meal plan, there might be other rules such as don't eat past a certain time or don't eat carbs at dinner etc.
Your doctor, your spouse, your mom, your dad, perhaps even your child tell you to lose weight. In order to do that, they tell you to go on a "meal plan" or a "diet". These are really one in the same.
Guess what? These meal plans are working against you. How?
They dictate to you what you should eat, when you should eat and how much you should eat. Since when does your doctor, spouse, mom, dad or child know what YOU want to eat, how much YOUR body needs to eat, and when YOU need to eat?
They don't.
Only you know what lies within your personal boundaries, which includes your feelings, thoughts and inner signals. When you try to follow what other people tell you they think you need, it eventually backfires.
And this is just part of the reason why meal plans and diets just DON'T WORK.
To learn more about why meal plans are working against you AND to discover the other big mistakes that keep you yo-yo dieting, join me on my upcoming webinar on February 17th.


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Tue, Jan. 05, 2016 Posted: 12:13 AM
What's your long-range plan? Where do you see yourself in 3 years? 5 years? Sometimes, these questions seem trite because of overuse; but they are important questions because planning is necessary for fulfilling purpose. I recently looked back over what we achieved in 2015 and I am grateful; but I also realize that better planning could have helped us achieve more.
At my age, I'm beginning to understand how valuable time is and how short even 70 years of life can be. But I remember being 20 and thinking that I had all the time in the world to achieve my goals and figure out what God wanted me to do. Three kids later, that seems so laughable. Each day, I'm tempted to feel overwhelmed because there is so much to do, not only for my kids but also for the dreams and vision God has given me to empower others.
Sometimes we examine our lives and in despair, we realize we have not achieved our goals, still lack a sense of purpose or have not been the parents or spouses we should have been. Focusing on these things only halts progress. They bring crisis, a state of frustration that paralyzes you from moving forward.
Rather than focus on the past, embrace the future. Make plans for the long range. I once heard a life coach guru talk about having a plan for every day of the year tied back to your goals and purpose for the year. It sounds intense; but it's actually a Biblical principle. Are you surprised? Consider the following scripture:
Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are; help us to spend them as we should. (Psalm 90:12, Living Bible)
There's no way to number your days without making a plan. Likewise, there's no way to spend them as you should without making a plan. Literally, God had a plan from the beginning of creation. Those 7 days were intentional and each focused on a subset of creation. He had action items for each day. He even planned His rest on the seventh day. I think there's something to learn from this.
So what can you do?
This is not a new coaching technique; it's a Biblical approach to fulfilling purpose and I hope it helps you in your journey.
Lenita Reeves is an author, speaker, pastor, wife, mother of four children and is hooked on all things purpose. She spends her time writing, speaking, blogging and conducting seminars on discovering and maximizing purpose. Click to receive your free Letting Go on Purpose eGuide. And, remember to subscribe remember to all her blog posts at http://www.purposehouse.net.
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Michelle Chong is probably best known for her ability to be a bimbo noose-anchor one minute, an honest 'celebrity' maid thereafter and an 'ang-moh-loving' SPG the next on Channel 5's popular skit show The Noose. She's so good at playing so many characters that sometimes you don't even notice that she's the only girl on the show - didn't notice riiiight?
Have you ever hosted a talent show before?
No actually, I have been busy filming Chinese dramas. I'm excited to see what kind of talent we have in
What kind of 'acts' would stand out to you?
'Acts?' *looong pause* I don't feel anything for any of my 'ex'.
*I was a little bewildered at this point, thrown off by her very serious expression...and then later realised she was playing with me :P. After recovering from the little word play, she continues...*
I've kinda had enough of magic. There's so much magic everywhere, for instance all those Taiwanese programmes, everyone's always coming on to do some magic trick here and there; and even my little cousins are doing magic tricks.
I'd like to see more of the conventional, old-fashioned kind of acts, like really good singing or dancing. For the more rare/extraordinary type, maybe acrobatics or fire swallowing. Although I don't think there's enough of those acts here to judge and compare. So the judges have a tough job. Oh, but I'm very scared of the eyepopping or how many bugs I can eat type of talent.
Maybe to really wow people they have to come up with a combo act, not just singing but singing while spinning plates on sticks with their feet?!
How would you judge ?
By the passion in their eyes. The passion they have in their acts.
Biggest challenge?
Calming their nerves in front of a huge live audience.
Any hidden, OMG-worthy type talents ?
I have no talent. When I joined the show, producers asked me if I could do anything, I told them I had no talent. They asked me to try pole dancing and I said "No thank you", because I wasn't sure if I could do it, skali I hurt my back then how right? Oh, but I am learning some martial arts for a Chinese drama, does that count? I go for training for that and its really good. Apparently I look like the type of person that can do martial arts really well but actually I really have no clue about it.
What do you think of FD and Irene bring to the table as Judges? Are they suitable to judge a show like this?
And they tell me this isn't a comedy show? You have Irene and you have FD and you have me and Gurms. Sure not? Sure its not a comedy show?
She stops and ponders the question a whle and then asks, "Why do YOU think they'd make good judges?"
summerr : "Well I understand they have many years of experience in the entertainment industry, so they'll know what it takes to survive la... and should be able to give constructive advice to contestants?"
Michelle : "Oh, so you mean FD and Irene can do this?" *Michelle sticks out her foot and arms and mimics spinning plates on sticks* and we both burst out laughing - can you imagine FD spinning plates on sticks???!!
Tis not easy getting a straight answer from a comedienne. But I definitely had loads of laughs chatting with her. To say she's quick on her feet (with the punchlines and parodies) doesn't even begin to describe my chat with her.
I must see if she'll let me interview her post-show as Leticia or Lulu or one of her other characters. It would be fun to see/hear Leticia's take on the show or Barbarella's take on the contestants right?
Have you set your reminders yet? OMG! premieres tomorrow right after the National Day Parade on Channel 5!
xoxo, s.
ps. I'm actually gonna be watching the parade at home this year, cos I wanna catch Airi and Sylsyl sing the theme song. Plus there's also Taufik's performance - so much to look forward to on tv tomorrow night!


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- Mapping the Literary Text: Spatio-Cultural Theory and Practice
- Philosophy and Literature
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 42, Number 1, April 2018
- pp. 67-80
- 10.1353/phl.2018.0003
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How should we theorize the connections between literary expression and space/place? Literary texts are replete with spatiality, but the "spatial turn" has yielded little in the way of systematic thought about the relationship between literature and space, its advocates eschewing the notion of a "spatio-cultural" map. Here, I outline parameters we could use for reflecting on that relationship. I present two intersecting axes—the "abstract-concrete" one and the "individual-collective" one—along which spatio-cultural phenomena can be located. These range from sociopolitical concerns to identity, to awareness of the nature of space and time themselves, to textual dimensions of literary works.
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This spicy Cajun soup recipe from Hurst is one our best sellers. It is incredibly easy to make and costs less than $1.00 per serving (including some warm cornbread!). Any type of protein can be used, but this time I went with a Smoked Turkey Sausage that was on sale. Enjoy!
Hurst's® HamBeen's® Cajun 15 Bean Soup was an immediate success when first introduced several years ago. It is our spiciest "out-of-the-bag" recipe and customers really enjoy the great smokey flavor our secret seasoning blend provides.
What you need:
1- Package Hurst HamBeen's Cajun 15 Bean Soup (If you look closely, you can see the flavor packet inside.)
As mentioned above, the sausage was on sale, so that made my protein choice a lot easier. I look for can goods that are on sale which really brings the final meal cost down.
Total cost of meal: $8.93
- 1lb. – Smoked Turkey Sausage (any type of meat, chicken, pork, or seafood can be substituted)
- 1 Can Diced Tomato
- 1 Large Onion, Chopped
- 3 Cloves Chopped Garlic (This can vary to individual tastes)
- Juice from 1 Lemon
- 1 Box Corn Bread Mix (At $.49, Jiffy was by far the lowest priced corn bread mix)
After sorting and rinsing the dried beans, place them in a large bowl and cover with 2″-3″ of water. Let sit for at least 8 hours. *TIP Do this right before you go to bed, then when you wake up, remove from the water and they are ready to go.
The beans will plump up from soaking in the water.
Place the beans in a large soup pot with 8 Cups of water and bring to a rolling boil. After boiling for several minutes, reduce the heat and simmer the beans for about 2 1/2 hours.
While you wait…
Prepare your onion, garlic, sausage, and lemon.
- Dice the onion into roughly 1/4 inch pieces
- The garlic can be prepared however you like. Some like whole cloves, others prefer minced.
- Slice the sausage on the bias (slight diagonal); it provides nice bite-sized pieces and just looks better than plain rounds.
In a large pan, put a small amount of oil (vegetable, olive, etc.) and heat at medium-high. Once the pan is hot, drop in the sausage and onions. You should hear a sizzle if the pan is at the right temperature. Once the onions are translucent and the sausage begins to brown, add the garlic. Saute for another 3-4 minutes and then set the mixture aside for later.
After 2 1/2 hours, your beans should look similar to these. Most of the liquid has reduced and the beans are almost completely tender. At this point, if the soup is too thick for your liking you can add a 1/2 cup or more of water to get your desired consistency. Remember that the can of tomatoes will also contribute some liquid to the dish.
Add the sausage/ onion/ garlic mixture, the diced tomato, and the lemon juice. Stir to combine all ingredients and then simmer for another 10 minutes.
The final step is to add the Cajun flavor packet and stir well to combine. Let the seasoning incorporate into the soup for at least 15 minutes, just enough time for:
This mix only required 1/3 cup of milk and 1 egg. I also had an extra can of sweet corn in the pantry, so I added it to the mix for extra flavor and texture.
Fifteen minutes later and the soup smells incredible! The beans are still intact and not mushy at all and the sausage (along with the seasoning) adds a delicious smokey flavor. Time to plate…


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Those of you that know me will be aware that I love to mix a good cocktail. Somewhere along the way I got the "front of house" job in the world of house parties and dinners. It usually comes along with the 'take the bins out' role. With this comes the responsibility of making sure everyone has a glass of whatever it is you have to offer. I think there's a bit of an art to getting a drink right and that we should take as much care over them as we do with the food that follows. There is no excuse for a badly made drink in a bar or restaurant, to get on my high horse, I ALWAYS want ice in my vodka and tonic and some citrus too please.
For the last 5 or so years every Christmas day we have a Christmas cocktail. We have it after the opening of presents and before lunch. My mum will weakly protest for half a minute with worries about over seasoning the stuffing and getting timings right, my dad will essentially have a taste of whatever is going but manages to nurse it into the watery, iceless drink that I complained about above….
I digress, my love of good drinks and my growing list of Christmas cocktails has inspired me to put together a list of drinks that you can count on and impress your friends with. Some will be simple – apparently a mix of 2 or more constituents makes a cocktail and some more involved.
The first on the list is the 23 Skiddoo. It's a special occasion drink, it hails from the bar at 11 Madison Park in New York. It seems to be marketed as winter drink but it's got lots of fresh flavours – elderflower, thyme, lemon juice, so I reckon it's a good summer drinker too. The fizz doesn't have to be champagne, try a not too dry cava or prosecco. I think it's great, the elderflower liqueur is worth the initial outlay because it tastes delicious and you'll soon start adding it to everything.
Give it a go, bubbles are always a good way to get a party started.
For the thyme syrup
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon thyme leaves (or fresh normal thyme leaves)
For one 23 Skiddoo
- Ice
- 1 ounce gin (whatever you've got, though something floral like Bloom may be good in this if you've got a cabinet full of different gins)
- 1/2 ounce Elderflower Liqueur ( I used St Germain- you can get it at the supermarket or on Amazon)
- 1/4 ounce thyme syrup
- 1/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
- 3 ounces chilled sparkling wine
1. Make the thyme syrup in advance: put the water and sugar into a small pan and bring it to the boil, stir it until the sugar dissolves, take it off the heat, let it cool a little and then add the thyme leaves and let the whole thing cool completely. You can keep it in the fridge.
2. To a mixing glass add ice, the gin, thyme syrup, lemon juice and elderflower liqueur. Stir it until it's cold, strain into a champagne flute and top with sparkling wine. We garnished ours with a sprig of thyme which essentially gets up your nose or pokes you in the eye…