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Dick Cash Releases a review of Zamurai PBN Blueprint, a "How To" Rank Page 1 in Google in 27 days or less through a safe, simple yet cost effective plan by following along the 6 step method (too long took out- to setup PBN's or Private Blog Networks for high PR back-links.)
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How to Protect Chrome Wheels in the Winterby Michael G. Sanchez
Consistent cleaning, polishing and waxing is the key to minimizing the corrosive effects of road salt. The addition of a coat of wheel wax to a clean and polished wheel is the final, essential step to protecting it from winter conditions.
Caring for Your Chrome Wheels
Caring for chrome wheels is cumulative. This means that the more you wash and polish your wheels, the easier they will be to take care and the less road gunk and grime they will collect. Wash your wheels frequently during winter. Use one of the various chrome-specific cleaners on the market. After cleaning them, apply dedicated chrome wheel polish. Last but not least, wax your wheels with a dedicated chrome wheel wax. Completing this three-step process about twice per month is a good schedule during the winter months.
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Advice for people at higher risk from coronavirus, including older people, people with health conditions and pregnant women.
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Appointments are available for young people aged 18 and under to offer free confidential advice concerning relationships, how to stop smoking, safer sex advice and contraceptive advice from our nursing team. You are welcome to bring along a friend, partner or parents.
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This clinic is for patients once they have been stabilized by the hospital and they would like to attend the clinic at the surgery.
We have baby clinics run by nurses and doctors every Wednesday between 10:00am - 12:00pm
These are normally held on Saturday mornings starting late September. We will display notices as soon as appointments are available. You can also make an appointment for the practice nurse to administer the vaccine in normal surgery hours if you cannot get to the Saturday clinics.
It is particularly important that the following high-risk groups have the flu vaccination: asthma, past history of stroke, immunosuppression including those patients on high dose steroids, diabetics, those with heart and chest disease, kidney disease and the over 65's.
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To find out more please contact us by telephone on 01233 624642. This service should not be used for health related queries or prescription requests.
If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to make an appointment with the practice nurse to discuss your travel arrangements. This will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required.
There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below
It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible - at least 6 weeks before you travel - as a second appointment will be required with the practice nurse to actually receive the vaccinations. These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine. Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.
Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.
Travelling in Europe
If you are travelling to Europe a very useful booklet has been published with advice and guidance to help you get the most out of your holiday. To visit please click:- http://ec.europa.eu/publications/booklets/eu_glance/86/en.pdf (this is a large document and may take a minute or two to view)
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There's no better way to make an outfit pop than to pair it with an exquisite piece of jewelry! Textured Cross Charms With Rhinestones are made of a mix of metals, and they feature beautiful cross shapes with imitation gems, enamel accents, and imitation pearls. Transform them into earrings and necklaces, or use them in fun craft projects!
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Daily Archives: June 29, 2016
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Good Wednesday to one and all. We have an absolutely awesome brand of air blowing across our region over the next few days. This taste of September isn't going to last very long, so enjoy it while we can. As … Continue reading
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I've been working on the styling for the Southwest Airlines Customer Community. We've been using Lithium to host this community for around a year now, but we're in charge of our own styling changes. Luckily, they use SASS for all of their stylesheets and themes, so I have quite a bit of capability when it comes to styling work.
We performed a WCAG 2.0 audit, and one of the AA-level items we failed on was providing outlines for all elements on the page - namely, the search buttons right underneath the hero image at the top of the page.
While working on this ticket, I really wanted to restore the default outlining provided by the browser. It didn't take a whole lot to get an outline reapplied to the search button, but I really wanted it to match the rest of the page's outline styling.
After quite a bit of digging, I managed to find this StackOverflow answer that did exactly what I wanted. Turns out that the magic is applying some
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OKLAHOMA CITY – It's the first weekend of summer and the state is alive with activity.
A signature art event opens tomorrow at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts opens.
This includes more than seventy works from artists including Van Gogh, Monet, and Degas.
This is a great exploration of French art that will continue through the summer, closing on September 22nd.
Jazz In June is already in full swing in Norman at Brookhaven Village and tomorrow at Andrews Park.
This the festival's 35th year– and it's free!
It continues tonight and tomorrow night from 6 to 11 pm.
The Oklahoma City Barbeque Championship is tonight through Sunday at Remington Park Racetrack and Casino.
It's the 25th anniversary of The Festival of the Pig, and the winners go on to the World Series of BBQ in Kansas City.
The festival will feature craft beer, live entertainment, and classic cars.


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This week I went out for Cathedral Ranges Take 2. I thought I'd cover as much of the north side as possible, although after finishing and looking at the map again, I forgot to do Ned's Peak. Argghhhh!
Anyway, it was a pleasant day – 23 degrees, mostly with a strong sun. I started at Ned's Gully Carpark and walked straight up to Ned's Saddle. This is almost 3km with 400m ascent. There's a good amount of shade in this area, but from here to Little Cathedral Peak, the trees are more sparse and it was very hot in the sun.
Also, there were a lot of flies. So many different types of flies. The normal horrid Aussie bush flies. And these awful things that kept biting me:
It was a rocky climb up to Little Cathedral. There are orange markers to follow the path, and you do need to make the effort to look up where they are. I ended up in some awful prickly wattle. It really is awful. I had to turn back and pay more attention to where the path was. At the top of Little Cathedral, the view is awesome.
It would have been a really nice place to sit down for a bite to eat at the top, but there were waaaay too many flies. It was unbearable. Whilst eating a muesli bar, and doing a bit of a dance to keep the flies off me, I noticed this fellow:
He saw me coming with my phone so he hid:
I was still getting attacked by flies so made a move towards Cathedral Peak.
It was only midday, so I was pretty sure I still had time to get North Jawbone done.
I head along the Ridge Track, which was a couple of hours of this:
Because I have a perfectly rational fear of having to rely on my arms to hold on to things in case I plummet to death, I move very slow along this kind of surface. While watching my every foot and hand position, I also had to look up to follow the orange markers. Not that you could get lost following a ridgeline, but I found out many times that the orange markers lead the easiest way.
It's very tiring paying such close attention to where you are walking. It was such a relief to veer off towards North Jawbone. The land of easy walking, lyrebirds, and fewer flies.
I got a bit of a rude shock when there were more rocks to walk on to get up to North Jawbone, but I made it up there quick enough. Stopped for about 10 seconds because the horrible big flies were out again, and scrambled back down.
From here it was a nice easy stroll down to Cooks Mill Campground and along Little River Track back to the start. Unfortunately Little River Track is part logged, part pine plantation. This was the only downside in the scenery.
Aside from the horrendous flies, other animals spotted were many cicadas, lyrebirds, rosellas, kookaburras, big lizards, little lizards, a mouse, an echidna, and a black snake. There were also heaps of nice wild flowers out 🙂
The end result of the day included scratches, bruises, sunburn, fly bites, stinging nettle rash, and… looks like one of those big flies feeding off me and spreading disease. I highly recommend wearing long pants and long sleeves when walking around here – mostly because of the prickly wattle.
The walk was around 15.2km and took me 5hrs 30 mins. It would have been quicker if I was not so crap at balancing on rocks. It would have taken longer if there were no flies because there were lots of nice places to sit for a bite to eat, but I didn't do that.
I'm kinda looking forward to doing a slightly more relaxing walk next time, but I always seem to gravitate towards big hills and tortuous things.


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Former basketball player Dwyane Wade and Being Mary Jane star Gabrielle Union announced earlier this week that one of their kids is trans, providing a much-needed example of how to support your child should they tell you that they want to transition.
Wade popped by Ellen DeGeneres' talk show to make the announcement, ESPN reports. In an interview segment that aired on Tuesday, the retired NBA All-Star told the Ellen host that the younger of his two children with first wife Siohvaughn Funches is a transgender girl whose name is Zaya and that her pronouns are she, her, and hers.
While even the most well-intentioned cis parents might stress over what to do if their kid told them that they're trans, Wade made his and Union's compassionate, affirming response sound like a no-brainer. "When our child comes home with a question, when our child comes home with an issue, when our child comes home with anything, it's our job as parents to listen to that, to give them the best information we can, the best feedback we can," he told DeGeneres. "And that doesn't change because sexuality is now involved."
It really is that easy!
Zaya commented on the announcement herself in a video tweeted by Union on Tuesday.
"What is the point of being on this earth if you're trying to be someone you're not?" she said. "It's like you are not even living as yourself, which is the dumbest concept to me. Be true, and don't really care what the 'stereotypical' way of being you is."
Supportive models like this from such well-known public figures come at a critical time for trans youth in the United States. Nearly a dozen states have considered passing legislation that would punish, and in some cases criminalize, doctors for giving gender-affirming health care, like hormones and puberty blockers, to minors. South Dakota's highly publicized version of this bill died in committee on Monday, but the legislative battle over trans kids' access to medical care rages on in Ohio, Colorado, and elsewhere.
Given Wade's status in his sport, his vocal support for trans youth could have a majorly positive impact on the acceptance of trans athletes, particularly student athletes, whose participation in several sports, including powerlifting and track and field, has become a topic of debate and reactionary fear-mongering from both sides of the political spectrum.
On Wednesday, three Connecticut families represented by conservative nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom filed a federal lawsuit to block trans athletes in the state from competing in girls' sports, the Associated Press reports. They argue that girls assigned male at birth possess a "biological unfairness," despite evidence to the contrary for those undergoing hormone replacement therapy.
Terry Miller, one of the two trans girl athletes at the center of the lawsuit, described these attacks on her talents and personhood have been "unfair and painful." Like anyone else her age, she probably just wants to live her life as much on her own terms as possible. Thankfully, there are parents out there like Wade and Union who affirm her right to do so. Here's hoping their announcement sparks even more support.
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While limited groups of Turkish infantry forward deployments have crossed into northeast Syria, seeking to move US-allied Kurdish forces away from its border, as Bloomberg reported this morning, we now have the first on the ground visual confirmation of a US troop exit from key border posts.
A Russian film crew with RT appears to have gained access to the now abandoned US military base in Tel Arqam, near the town of Ras al-Ain along the Syrian-Turkish border.
Describing it as appearing like a "ghost town" after American special forces have moved, presumably further inland to another US base east of the Euphrates, the base which lies but a few kilometers away from the Turkish border has been "completely abandoned" of US forces, with a few Kurdish fighters left.
The report describes of the US abandoned Tel Arqam base:
Constructed of wood, metal and plastic, the base houses several barracks and command facilities, while its barbed wire defenses and watchtowers remain erected around the perimeter. Yet, all the US troops have already withdrawn, leaving what once were battle positions and the surrounding area empty. A handful of Kurdish fighters are the only people seen in the footage, who now solemnly watch guard over the base.
This as the full Turkish assault has begun, with Turkish F-16s now bombing targets in northeast Syria's Ras al-Ayn and Sarekaniye, and as SDF leaders are making a last ditch appeal to Washington for a 'No Fly Zone'.
The White House's Sunday night statement essentially giving the 'green light' for Erdogan's invasion, dubbed 'Operation Peace Spring', has angered current and former US defense officials involved over the past few in partnering with and training the SDF.
Trump, however, rejected the charge that he has "abandoned" the Kurds, saying on Monday they are a "special people and wonderful fighters".
He warned Turkey of "economic devastation" if implementation of their proposed 'safe zone' led to any "unnecessary fighting" — despite Erdogan and other top Turkish officials vowing to "correct the demographics," which many have taken to mean ethnic cleansing and mass relocation of the region's Kurdish community.
Clearly Erdogan has remained unmoved by such White House warnings, however, it appears the Pentagon is thus far going along with Ankara's 'safe zone' narrative.


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Last coordination with the rafting and tubing communities for cleaning the river event.
Setting up the tent and finishing the rice straw installation.
Still had lots of works to be done, but lots of visitors in this area.
A great sunset on the main gate.
A pair of huge basket.
Picture was taken by a volunteer.
A late afternoon on the main gate, a day before the festival.
We worked over the night.
My son played on an installation while waiting for me.
Finishing touch late of night...
Hoping we find the great morning next...


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Mindblowing avalanches of hip-hop, a (whisper it) indie renaissance and the ever-growing dominance of an endlessly inventive electronic scene: by anybody's standards, 2013 has been the best year for music in some time. As everyone's music taste has steadily melted into one gigantic crossover success, the genre divides have seemed less important than ever. In a year where 'Get Lucky' led a disco revival, Kanye went full space-cadet, and Bowie had a number one album, these were my favourite records.
Thanks for reading, see you in 2014!
10. Psychic – Darkside
Nicolas Jaar's woozy, skittish techno made a longform return in October, as he returned with guitarist Dave Harrington in his side-project, Darkside. Having early in the year released their gorgeous album-remix of Random Access Memories, their third LP was a more experimental affair, adding dub beats and fuzz to the cyclical, disjointed Jaar sound. It's minimalism calls to mind the 90s techno elite (Hawtin, Villalobos etc), but it also incorporates the space-prog and psychedelia alluded to in the band's name – it's techno-progrock fusion, undulating on whirring beats and strung out riffs, looping through the dark side of your mind.
9. Settle – Disclosure
Omnipresent thanks to its inescapable string of singles, the Lawrence brothers' Settle was just one of the years' fantastic mainstream successes. Brain-wiping repetitive beats, giant hooks, and a raft of excellent guest vocalists allowed the album to dominate the summer, zinging dance-pop, heavily indebted to late 90s garage, that was as suited to drivetime sing-alongs as mindless gurnathons. Get past the singles' over-exposure, put it back on, and just try and sit still.
Dumb surf-punk will always have a place in my heart, and in 2013, FIDLAR did it best. Though Light Up Gold beat the Strokes at their own game and Wavves put out a decent second LP, only these LA boys were operating at a Black Lips level of debauchery and young-dumb-fun. Pure sex, drugs and rock n roll, I've played this again and again since February and thanks to its stellar hooks and sheer euphoric delivery, it's still fresh. If you enjoy getting buzzed and shouting, this is the album for you.
7. Zomby – With Love
Following in the footsteps of Actress and Pantha du Prince, 2013 brought us a newly delicate, emotive Zomby – on record, if not in reality. Dark paranoia, lush instrumentation and beats from jungle, garage, dubstep and hip-hop pulsed through this double album, interspersed with miniature symphonies that were more classical than electronic. Spacious, beautiful and complex, With Love only grows with each listen.
6. Arc – Everything Everything
Taut, rhythmic indie has been stuck on the back-burner since Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand were relevant, but in January, it hit boiling point again with Arc. Stuffed with riffs, witticisms and creativity, it was a colossal follow-up album for the Mancunians – all electronic-influenced indie with wordplay worthy of the most tongue-twisting MCs. The gun-fire percussion and razorsharp guitars combine to hysterical effect, building complex songs that are catchy enough to be termed pop.


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I can't tell you how many hours I spent in that very same position when I was a kid. Curled up with a good book, with my feet up in the air. Some things are just genetic, I guess.
Love of a good book must be one of them. My youngest princess is taking off with her reading lately, too. I'm so proud of her. She reads and spells everything she sees. The teacher in me is thrilled to see both girls reading so well. I'm excited to work with her more this summer while she's out of school. I love that my kids love books like their mama.
Looks like Prince Charming is next! Hee Hee. What a little genius, he is! : )


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Differences in Mastodon API responses from vanilla Mastodon¶
A Pleroma instance can be identified by "
version field in response from
Flake IDs¶
Pleroma uses 128-bit ids as opposed to Mastodon's 64 bits. However just like Mastodon's ids they are sortable strings
Attachment cap¶
Some apps operate under the assumption that no more than 4 attachments can be returned or uploaded. Pleroma however does not enforce any limits on attachment count neither when returning the status object nor when posting.
Adding the parameter
with_muted=true to the timeline queries will also return activities by muted (not by blocked!) users.
Adding the parameter
exclude_visibilities to the timeline queries will exclude the statuses with the given visibilities. The parameter accepts an array of visibility types (
direct), e.g.,
visibility: has an additional possible value
Has these additional fields under the
pleroma object:
local: true if the post was made on the local instance
conversation_id: the ID of the AP context the status is associated with (if any)
direct_conversation_id: the ID of the Mastodon direct message conversation the status is associated with (if any)
in_reply_to_account_acct: the
acctproperty of User entity for replied user (if any)
content: a map consisting of alternate representations of the
contentproperty with the key being it's mimetype. Currently the only alternate representation supported is
spoiler_text: a map consisting of alternate representations of the
spoiler_textproperty with the key being it's mimetype. Currently the only alternate representation supported is
expires_at: a datetime (iso8601) that states when the post will expire (be deleted automatically), or empty if the post won't expire
thread_muted: true if the thread the post belongs to is muted
emoji_reactions: A list with emoji / reaction maps. The format is
{name: "☕", count: 1, me: true}. Contains no information about the reacting users, for that use the
Has these additional fields under the
pleroma object:
mime_type: mime type of the attachment.
id parameter can also be the
nickname of the user. This only works in these endpoints, not the deeper nested ones for following etc.
Has these additional fields under the
pleroma object:
tags: Lists an array of tags for the user
relationship{}: Includes fields as documented for Mastodon API https://docs.joinmastodon.org/entities/relationship/
is_moderator: boolean, nullable, true if user is a moderator
is_admin: boolean, nullable, true if user is an admin
confirmation_pending: boolean, true if a new user account is waiting on email confirmation to be activated
hide_followers: boolean, true when the user has follower hiding enabled
hide_follows: boolean, true when the user has follow hiding enabled
hide_followers_count: boolean, true when the user has follower stat hiding enabled
hide_follows_count: boolean, true when the user has follow stat hiding enabled
settings_store: A generic map of settings for frontends. Opaque to the backend. Only returned in
chat_token: The token needed for Pleroma chat. Only returned in
deactivated: boolean, true when the user is deactivated
allow_following_move: boolean, true when the user allows automatically follow moved following accounts
unread_conversation_count: The count of unread conversations. Only returned to the account owner.
Has these additional fields under the
pleroma object:
show_role: boolean, nullable, true when the user wants his role (e.g admin, moderator) to be shown
no_rich_text- boolean, nullable, true when html tags are stripped from all statuses requested from the API
discoverable: boolean, true when the user allows discovery of the account in search results and other services.
actor_type: string, the type of this account.
Has an additional field under the
pleroma object:
recipients: The list of the recipients of this Conversation. These will be addressed when replying to this conversation.
Accepts additional parameters:
recipients: Only return conversations with the given recipients (a list of user ids). Usage example:
GET /api/v1/conversations?recipients[]=1&recipients[]=2
Account Search¶
Behavior has changed:
/api/v1/accounts/search: Does not require authentication
Search (global)¶
Unlisted posts are available in search results, they are considered to be public posts that shouldn't be shown in local/federated timeline.
Has these additional fields under the
pleroma object:
is_seen: true if the notification was read by the user
Move Notification¶
type value is
move. Has an additional field:
target: new account
EmojiReact Notification¶
type value is
pleroma:emoji_reaction. Has these fields:
emoji: The used emoji
account: The account of the user who reacted
status: The status that was reacted on
Accepts additional parameters:
exclude_visibilities: will exclude the notifications for activities with the given visibilities. The parameter accepts an array of visibility types (
direct). Usage example:
GET /api/v1/notifications?exclude_visibilities[]=direct&exclude_visibilities[]=private.
with_move: boolean, when set to
truewill include Move notifications.
falseby default.
Additional parameters can be added to the JSON body/Form data:
preview: boolean, if set to
truethe post won't be actually posted, but the status entitiy would still be rendered back. This could be useful for previewing rich text/custom emoji, for example.
content_type: string, contain the MIME type of the status, it is transformed into HTML by the backend. You can get the list of the supported MIME types with the nodeinfo endpoint.
to: A list of nicknames (like
lainon the local server) that will be used to determine who is going to be addressed by this post. Using this will disable the implicit addressing by mentioned names in the
statusbody, only the people in the
tolist will be addressed. The normal rules for for post visibility are not affected by this and will still apply.
visibility: string, besides standard MastoAPI values (
public) it can be used to address a List by setting it to
expires_in: The number of seconds the posted activity should expire in. When a posted activity expires it will be deleted from the server, and a delete request for it will be federated. This needs to be longer than an hour.
in_reply_to_conversation_id: Will reply to a given conversation, addressing only the people who are part of the recipient set of that conversation. Sets the visibility to
An endpoint to get multiple statuses by IDs.
Required parameters:
ids: array of activity ids
Usage example:
GET /api/v1/statuses/?ids[]=1&ids[]=2.
Returns: array of Status.
The maximum number of statuses is limited to 100 per request.
Additional parameters can be added to the JSON body/Form data:
no_rich_text- if true, html tags are stripped from all statuses requested from the API
hide_followers- if true, user's followers will be hidden
hide_follows- if true, user's follows will be hidden
hide_followers_count- if true, user's follower count will be hidden
hide_follows_count- if true, user's follow count will be hidden
hide_favorites- if true, user's favorites timeline will be hidden
show_role- if true, user's role (e.g admin, moderator) will be exposed to anyone in the API
default_scope- the scope returned under
privacykey in Source subentity
pleroma_settings_store- Opaque user settings to be saved on the backend.
skip_thread_containment- if true, skip filtering out broken threads
allow_following_move- if true, allows automatically follow moved following accounts
pleroma_background_image- sets the background image of the user.
discoverable- if true, discovery of this account in search results and other services is allowed.
actor_type- the type of this account.
Pleroma Settings Store¶
Pleroma has mechanism that allows frontends to save blobs of json for each user on the backend. This can be used to save frontend-specific settings for a user that the backend does not need to know about.
The parameter should have a form of
{frontend_name: {...}}, with
frontend_name identifying your type of client, e.g.
pleroma_fe. It will overwrite everything under this property, but will not overwrite other frontend's settings.
This information is returned in the
verify_credentials endpoint.
*Pleroma supports refreshing tokens.
POST /oauth/token
Post here request with grant_type=refresh_token to obtain new access token. Returns an access token.
Account Registration¶
POST /api/v1/accounts
Has theses additionnal parameters (which are the same as in Pleroma-API):
fullname: optional
bio: optional
captcha_solution: optional, contains provider-specific captcha solution,
captcha_token: optional, contains provider-specific captcha token
token: invite token required when the registerations aren't public.


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What is GROOMSMEN On-Site Haircuts Mobile Hair Salon & Barbershop Co.?
We are the leading on-site and mobile salon and barbershop. We offer convenient, professional, first-class haircuts at affordable rates for an amazing experience.
What makes GROOMSMEN On-Site Haircuts Mobile Hair Salon & Barbershop Co. unique?
We ensure that anyone can get a professional and quality haircut anytime and anywhere: we come to you. This is what really makes the service so unique: because you no longer need to wait at the barbershop or salon, you can schedule your haircut to take place at any location you want.
How does GROOMSMEN On-Site Haircuts Mobile Hair Salon & Barbershop Co. deliver these on-site mobile services?
The GROOMSMEN On-Site Haircuts Mobile Hair Salon & Barbershop Co. provides mobile and on-site services at any location you choose. Approximately, 2018, we have plans for a state-of-the-art, custom-designed Airstream unit, which will be well lit, modern, and built to help us provide quality grooming services. It will have three barber/styling chairs, along with three sinks, a separate area for walk-in customers, and a restroom.
Who is GROOMSMEN On-Site Haircuts Mobile Hair Salon & Barbershop Co. for?
We are perfect for everyone. If you're looking for high-quality grooming amenities but don't have the time to visit the barbershop or salon, get in touch with us.
Does the mobile unit need to connect to local facilities?
In 2018, we will have state-of-the-art features such as an enclosed self-supporting unit (electric, water, trash) and climate control. It is self-contained and does not need to connect with a local facility.
How can I find out where your services are available?
Our services are available in Metropolitan Atlanta. You can easily schedule an appointment with us with the "Book an On-site Appointment Now" button.
I like to have a regular barber or stylist I can trust. Does your service offer this?
We allow you to choose from the best hair stylists and barbers in the country using the online appointment system that we have in place.
Do I have to book an appointment, or can I walk in?
You can always come in for an appointment, and you can book an appointment online as well.
What other services does GROOMSMEN On-Site Haircuts Mobile Hair Salon & Barbershop Co. provide?
GROOMSMEN On-Site Haircuts Mobile Hair Salon & Barbershop Co. not only offers great hair cutting services but also provides blowouts, hot towels, neck massages, hot towel shaves, and different hair care products.
What if I'm worried about loose hairs when I return to work?
After your haircut, we shampoo your hair, which removes loose hairs.
How much does a haircut cost?
You always receive great value for money at GROOMSMEN On-Site Haircuts Hair Mobile Salon & Barbershop Co. Shoulder length and longer is $96 and shoulder length and shorter is $48.
How long does a haircut take?
Haircuts for men, which may also include a shampoo, hot towel, and neck massage, generally take anywhere between 30-45 minutes. Women's haircuts may take longer, approximately 45-60 minutes.
Is there a charge for canceling?
No. You can cancel an appointment at any time. However, we recommend that as a courtesy, you contact us 24 hours in advance. If you are more than 10 minutes late for your appointment, we will cancel it automatically.
What forms of payment do you accept?
You can pay with credit or debit cards (American Express, MasterCard, Visa) or with cash.
My company would like to offer your services to our employees. Do you have corporate agreements to offer these services?
Yes! GROOMSMEN On-Site Haircuts Mobile Salon & Barbershop Co. is a fully insured and licensed company that has enacted several key agreements to ensure that we can offer our services seamlessly to corporate employees on-site. For further details, contact us here.


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This is probably a simple solution, but I haven't been able to figure it out. How do you enable kudos on a TKB article? I've figured out how to enable kudos on COMMENTS of a TKB article....but not on the article itself. Any help?
@calebmt - Here is how you can enable it, https://lithosphere.lithium.com/t5/Support-Forum/Kudos-settings-for-TKB/m-p/169763#M7761
I hope this helps.
This helps. It seems to still not be working for my particular community. I wonder if I've made some sort of change on my Studio instance that is preventing those kudos from showing. I can get them to show for the comments but still not for the original article/post.
I'll see if support has any answers. Thanks, @VarunGrazitti


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Taking the plunge and setting out to pick a dog breed that suits you best is something that can be scary at first.
If you take the time to educate and inform yourself about the different dogs, this decision will not be as intimidating.
The Lancashire Heeler dog has a similar appearance to the Cardigan and Pembroke Welsh Corgis, which are its cousins.
The black and tan markings may indicate a connection to the Manchester Terrier as well. Historically, the Lancashire Heeler dog breed was utilized for maneuvering livestock to markets.
They would do this by using their short height to nip at the farm animal's heels and also being agile enough to spring out of harm's way if kicked. This breed was also used for capturing rabbits and rats on farms.
The Lancashire Heeler is equipped with a shiny, rough coat that comes in both black and liver colors with tan accents.
Below the weather-resistant thick topcoat is a particularly fine topcoat, which is a bit longer around the neck area.
A little research can go a long way in helping you pick the dog which is best suited for all involved parties.
Included herein is everything you need to know about this breed before considering it as a purchase.
Lancashire Heeler – Before You Buy…
Being a successful and satisfied dog owner requires learning and being aware of the many responsibilities and challenges it entails.
Using sound judgment is a must in making this important decision, which will end up changing your life one way or another for the next several years.
Setting on the road to buy a new puppy dog can also have its pitfalls, which may not first be realized.
Utilizing common sense, being level-headed and avoiding emotional involvement with the puppies you view will go a long way toward your long-term success.
What Price are Lancashire Heeler Puppies?
A Lancashire Heeler puppy can range in price from $600-$800, which is neither terribly expensive nor inexpensive.
Since dog prices often vary, it is always a good idea to shop around and see if you can save yourself a few bucks on what is being offered.
Assuming you are willing to invest some time, there are always deals to be located when shopping for a puppy.
And before finalizing the deal, try and have an informative discussion with the breeder so you can get yourself some peace of mind.
How to Find Reputable Lancashire Heeler Breeders?
Depending on the breed, finding the "perfect" puppy may not be as easy as it seems.
You can increase your chances of locating a quality canine by joining online dog groups (on the web and social media) and browsing through your local breeders, many of whom have websites.
Don't forget to also skim through the new dog classified ads, since many breeders post there as well.
As with many things, it helps to be determined, persistent, calm and collected when shopping around for a new dog. A little bit of luck can help your cause, but do not rely on this.
3 Little-Known Facts about Lancashire Heeler Puppies
- The Lancashire Heeler breed was recognized by the kennel club in 1981, mainly due to a breeder who displayed great interest in the breed.
- The Lancashire Heeler is a strong working dog that can carry an object up to its own size.
- The Lancashire Heeler breed is also known as the Ormskirk Terrier.
Physical Traits of the Lancashire Heeler
The Lancashire Heeler is a small dog breed that is relatively low to the ground and has a greater length than height.
They often have a smiling appearance when their mouths are somewhat open and lips were drawn to the rear.
Additional features include front feet which turn outward and funny looking big ears.
This energetic breed has a short, hard and flat coat, which is either black or tan. Its curved tail is an accurate reflection of this dog's upbeat personality.
How Big is a Full-Grown Lancashire Heeler?
The Lancashire Heeler is classified as a small dog breed, usually weighing between 7 pounds and 13 pounds.
They only reach a maximum height of approximately 10 to 12 inches tall when full grown, therefore, they are quite low to the ground.
Being quite petite in size and rather active, this breed can reside in an apartment or condo dwelling of limited size, as long as it is well exercised and taken for its daily walk.
Of course, a house with a decent sized yard would be ideal for this breed.
What Is the Life Expectancy of the Lancashire Heeler?
The average life expectancy of a Lancashire Heeler is approximately 12-13 years, which is around average when it comes to dogs of similar breeds.
For this breed to have a long and healthy life, make sure to keep an eye on its exercise and activity, mental stimulation and serve it premium food.
Intelligence, Temperament & Personality Traits of the Lancashire Heeler
The Lancashire Heeler is a high energy dog that is playful, affectionate and does not shed much.
Their seemingly limitless energy makes them a dedicated and playful companion for adults and families with older children.
This breed is trainable. However, they have a stubborn streak which makes it important to be firm and patient with them. If they do not receive an ample amount of exercise, they may become nervous.
It is best to socialize your Lancashire Heeler with both other animals and people at a very early age. Since it is a herding dog, it may attempt to herd family members and even cats.
Due to its somewhat stubborn temperament, it is recommended that this breed is properly trained.
The Lancashire Heeler's Diet
Being a smaller dog, a full-grown Lancashire Heeler only requires one bowl of food per day, or two smaller bowls twice daily. Make sure as a dog owner to adapt to your dog's eating tendencies.
Also, be careful that it does not over eat and put on extra weight which can cause its health to degrade.
Make sure to provide your pet with a high-quality brand of dog food, mixing in the dry with canned, if possible.
Although this breed has an affinity for people food, this should be limited since it can cause vitamin and mineral imbalance and other health issues.
How Much Exercise Does The Lancashire Heeler Need?
The Lancashire Heeler is an extremely active dog that requires a high level of daily exertion for a healthy and content existence.
Physical activity also wards of boredom in the breed, which can lead to unruly behavior. This dog breed is always anxious to go for walks, thus making it a very loyal companion.
In addition to taking walks, it also enjoys playing outdoors so it can quench its desires to chew, dig, chase, retrieve and herd.
Awareness of your pet's surrounding environment to prevent heat and cold-related illnesses is recommended.
Although it is a breed that can handle most non-extreme weather conditions, proper and regular monitoring is always a good idea.
Lancashire Heeler Health and Conditions
To avoid any unpleasant and unhappy future surprises, it is always important to know which health conditions a breed is predisposed to acquiring.
A sick no dog is not a lot of fun and it can create an unhappy atmosphere in the home.
Some breeds of the Lancashire Heeler can be prone to hip dysplasia, usually as a result of poor breeding practices.
This breed is also prone to certain eye disorders which should be monitored, especially at an advancing age.
A trip to the vet once a year is strongly recommended to properly monitor your pet's health and keep their vaccinations up to date and current.
Keep an eye on your dog for any unusual behavior which may be a sign that your pet is not feeling well.
My Final Thoughts on The Lancashire Heeler
The Lancashire Heeler is a spunky, intelligent and energetic breed that is better suited for older children or active families and adults.
It is best for this breed to live in a large home with a yard and access to open land so it can get a sufficient amount of physical activity.
This breed can have a stubborn streak to it, which can make it somewhat challenging to train.
Since this can be a nervous dog prone to boredom if not adequately exercised, proper training is essential.
Its compact size makes this dog a suitable traveling companion.
If you plan to be away from your dog for an extended period of time, it is best to make care arrangements, so it does not misbehave.
All things considered, the Lancashire Heeler is a friendly reasonably priced low maintenance dog that does not require a very high budget.
If this breed is compatible with your lifestyle, it may be worth a closer look.
- Lancashire Heeler – Before You Buy…
- Physical Traits of the Lancashire Heeler
- Intelligence, Temperament & Personality Traits of the Lancashire Heeler
- The Lancashire Heeler's Diet
- Lancashire Heeler Health and Conditions
- My Final Thoughts on The Lancashire Heeler


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Report: Lenny Dykstra indicted on cocaine, meth, terroristic threat charges in Uber incident
Lenny Dykstra was indicted Wednesday on charges of cocaine possession, meth possession and making terroristic threats, according to TMZ, dating back to an incident with an Uber driver in May.
It's not the first troublesome incident for the former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies player who took the field in the 1980s and '90s. He's already served six and a half months in prison previously and could return on the charges filed in Union County, New Jersey.
He faces 3 to 5 years on each charge.
Why happened with Dykstra and the Uber driver?
Dykstra was arrested in May after allegedly threatening an Uber driver with a gun. According to the police report, Dykstra requested an early morning Uber ride from Linden, New Jersey, and once in the car he changed his destination to Staten Island.
The driver said Dykstra would have to change it in the app in order to be driven there, and the former major leaguer reportedly got hostile.
"Dykstra then placed a black pill bag with an object [the driver] believed to be a gun to his head and said 'take me to Staten Island or I'll blow your (expletive) head off," according to the police report.
The driver drove Dykstra to the Linden Police station and ran screaming for help. Dykstra told officers he was kidnapped and allowed police to search him. Though he recanted his permission, police determined probable cause and found what they believe to be marijuana, a glass pipe, a straw with suspected cocaine residue, a vial of suspected cocaine and two pills thought to be MDMA.
What is Dykstra's side of the story?
Dykstra has denied the driver's side of the story from the beginning, including in police body cam video obtained by TMZ. He told the police the driver was going to kill him, that the driver drove 100 mph to get to the station, and said multiple times he didn't have a firearm.
Dykstra held a news conference with his attorneys after the arrest to tell his story, claiming the driver kidnapped him. He filed a countersuit against the driver.
His camp seems to still be sticking to this side of the events, enough so that Dykstra's attorney, Matthew Blit, told this to TMZ Sports:
"A grand jury will indict a ham sandwich. The evidence in this case overwhelmingly confirms Lenny is innocent."
Has Dykstra been in trouble before?
Oh, yes. The 55-year-old served time for grand theft auto and filing a false financial statement. He's declared bankruptcy, attended rehab, admitted to steroids and written a book.
More from Yahoo Sports:
• NFL's TV ratings dip wasn't about Trump, study finds
• Ex-Olympian Gold eyes return after battling mental illness
• Yankees' Sabathia rips 'terrible' ump after ALDS loss
• Dan Wetzel: Will new revelation get Louisville the death penalty?


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If you've been reading my travel posts for a while, you know I'm a huge proponent of taking advantage of the points/miles opportunities out there. It's how I'm able to travel as mush as I do! (News Flash: I'm not rolling in the dough!) I get asked pretty frequently about how I managed to accumulate miles/points that make travel so attainable. It can definitely be overwhelming if you're just starting out. Today I'm sharing the programs that I'm most loyal to because of both the rewards they offer and how the programs themselves play into my future travel plans.
Here are where my loyalties currently lie:
- Chase Sapphire
- American Airlines
- Southwest
Now lets take a quick look at why these top my list.
Chase Sapphire
You can read here why the Chase Sapphire Reserve is the best travel card ever and here as to why the Chase Sapphire Preferred is my favorite card (I don't currently have the Reserve, but that's a story for another day.). You can compare the two cards and other travel cards here for yourself!
Regardless of what Sapphire card you have, the major perk and the reason I love accumulating Ultimate Rewards points is that they transfer to SO MANY PARTNERS. And most transfer at a 1:1 ratio, meaning 1 UR point = 1 United Airlines Mile, for example. Michael and I used our UR points to book two round trip tickets to Europe this summer by transferring our UR points to United Miles. Perfecto! (Note – If you ONLY have the Chase Freedom card, you can't transfer your UR points, that's why the Sapphire and Sapphire Reserve cards are the ones to get. However, if you have the Freedom + the Sapphire or Sapphire Reserve, you can transfer UR points earned on your Freedom to the Sapphire account so that they can then be transferred to a travel partner.)
Y'all know I'm obsessed with the Southwest Companion Pass, and Southwest is actually my favorite domestic carrier (I'm a fan of the boarding process and hello $8 WiFi!). Also, when Southwest tweeted this tweet to me, they really won me over. 😉
The Companion Pass is the bomb.com if you're always traveling with someone – you basically split the cost of 1 ticket anywhere Southwest flies. I had the pass in 2015 and 2016 and Michael just got it for 2017 and 2018. You can read how I got it here (and how to get it for two consecutive years here), however, Southwest made a few major changes to how you can obtain the pass, which go into effect on March 1, 2017. I'll be doing an updated post on how to obtain the pass soon, so stay tuned!
I also love accumulating SW points because they're super easy to redeem (no black out dates), and it usually doesn't take too many points to get to where you want to go! I amassed my original bank of Southwest points by signing up for the Chase Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Credit Card and the Chase Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Business Credit Card. Both cards usually offer a nice sign up bonus if you hit the minimum spend requirements. Compare the personal card to other travel cards card here!
American Airlines
I started accumulating AA miles kind of by chance. I used to travel a lot for work, and I always flew U.S. Airways. I accumulated a ton of points this way and then U.S. Airways merged with American. So now I have a nice base of American miles. American Airlines is part of the One World Alliance so AA miles can be used to book flights on carriers that are also One World members. Michael and I used our AA miles to book our round trip flights to Southeast Asia last year on Cathay Pacific.
SPG (Starwood Preferred Guest)
I had never really stayed at Starwood properties until I got into the miles/points game. But then I learned how valuable Starpoints can be. These points have a lot of perks, but here are two of my favorites: The fact that a very small amount of points can go a LONG way. Michael and I used a few thousands points for a long weekend stay in the West Village (NYC) during the Christmas holidays. And second, similar to the UR points, Starwood points can be transferred to several different airline partners – and there's a huge bonus – For every 20,000 points you transfer, you'll get a 5,000-mile bonus. So say you need 100,000 miles to fly first class on American from NYC to Rome, you'll only need to transfer 80,000 Starpoints and you would receive 20,000 bonus points for free!
I amassed my initial bank of SPG points by signing up for the American Express SPG credit card, and it's still how I earn most of my SPG points! You can see if that card is a good fit for you and read more about it and other travel credit cards here!
With all of this said, these are just the programs that work best for me and my travels. If you're just starting out. Pick one loyalty program and stick to it. You don't want to have a small amount of points spread across a ton of different programs. Once you accumulate a good number of points/miles with one program, then you can start diversifying depending on your travel and what programs will be most beneficial to you!
I hope this helps to get you started! If you have any questions about accumulating points/miles or any questions about the specific programs that I mentioned, please let me know! Comment below or shoot me an email (email@example.com). I'm more than happy to help!
Disclaimer: If you click and/or sign up for a credit card through certain links on this site or any of my related social media platforms, I may make a commission from that click and/or purchase. As always, all opinions are my own.


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Increase Email Engagement & Conversions: An Intro to Buyer Personas ¾
If you are here reading the Sendlane blog, it's a good bet you're someone who is thinking about how email marketing can increase your brand recognition & encourage more sales. You're always considering the best messages to send & working to increase the size of your email distribution list. And you are constantly looking for new ways to convert email subscribers to actual buyers.
What Is a Buyer Persona?
Simply put, buyer personas are fictional characters who tell you what kind of content will best connect with your audience. This keeps them opening emails, clicking through to your website, and buying your product. By using their own historical data and researching industry trends, companies can create representations of their ideal customers. In return they are able to better understand what makes people pay for their product or service.
Why are Buyer Personas Important?
Buyer personas are important because they help you identify your ideal customers and target them more effectively in your content and messaging. As email inboxes become more and more crowded, you can't just send out a mass marketing email and expect people to click on it. You have to personalize. Send targeted messaging to specific groups of people based on an ever-growing list of demographics. Get creative.
If all that seems overwhelming, buyer personas make it easier. They help you simplify and streamline your marketing strategy so you can always deliver the right message and build a better content and email marketing strategy. While the term may seem like just another marketing buzzword, creating profiles that represent your ideal customer is actually one of the more practical steps you can take to strengthen your overall sales strategy.
The best part about buyer personas is that you don't need a professional consultant to create them for you. Using data you already have and a little bit of imagination, you can create buyer personas in just one afternoon!
How Do You Create a Buyer Persona?
Creating a buyer persona may seem a bit daunting, but it can actually be accomplished in just a few steps. We've broken them down below … let's get started!
Step 1:
The first step towards the future is often reflecting on the past and that is no different when it comes to creating your buyer personas. Before you can start writing the story of your ideal future customer, you need to understand who are your current customers. Here's a quick list of ten data-points we recommend having on file about your current clients:
- Location
- Age range
- Gender
- Employment type
- Job title
- Income level
- Buying motivation
- Buying concerns
- Websites visited most often (personal and professional)
- Interests or hobbies
If you didn't capture information like this at the point of sale, consider sending out a short survey to clients asking them to answer a few questions. Keep track of all the information you receive and store it someplace that is easy to access and easy to segment based on the key information you learn.
Expert Tip: Consider offering a small incentive for customers who complete the survey, such as a discount on new products or their monthly subscription.
Step 2:
Start imagining what your ideal customer looks like. Get your team together and use all that data you collected to build the life story of this person. As with any well-told story, a good place to start may be with the five W's you learned in grade school: who, what, where, when and why. Here's a few basic questions to help you get started:
- What is their gender?
- Do they have a family?
- What is their job title?
- What is their annual income?
- Where do they live?
- What is their level of education?
- What are their goals – both personally and professionally?
As you begin to dive deeper into the personalities, demographics and motivations of your ideal customers, a pattern will begin to emerge that will become your buyer persona. In fact, more than one buyer persona will likely be the result!
Expert Tip: Pull your customer service team into this exercise! As the direct connection between your product and your customers, they can be a huge help in creating ideal customer personas.
Step 3:
Now it's finally time to actually create your buyer persona. Give them a name, write a short description of who they are, maybe even consider drawing a little picture to represent them! In fact, the best way for us to explain this might just be to create some buyer personas of our own:
Once you have your buyer personas mapped out, start creating email engagement strategies for each one. Tailor the images, words, call-to-action or incentives in each message for each persona and create automated workflows. These will reach every individual at the right time and place based on their persona.
For example, Marketing Matt may only check his email during the work day, but CEO Cindy might check it later in the evening after she puts her kids to bed. Just remember – knowledge is power and your buyer personas give you the best knowledge to engage customers through email marketing and encourage more sales. Now it doesn't really matter what you're selling – the marketing approach to these buyer personas is going to be pretty different right?
For Marketing Matt, you'll appeal to his millennial personality. You'll let him know that your product will make his life easier as a middle manager and impress his superiors with its ability to cut-down on costs and ensure more results. For CEO Cindy, you'll appeal to her role in higher management and desire for a streamlined and efficient company. You'll hook Matt with modern, image-heavy marketing, while Cindy will be drawn in with fact-based material that focuses more on statistical proof than social proof.
Pulling It All Together: How Do You Use Your Buyer Personas?
Expert Tip: Share your buyer personas with everyone at your company, from the product development team to customer service agents to (of course) sales reps. Everyone can use these to help them do their job better!


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Thursday, December 22, 2011
What I've Learned About Self-Publishing So Far
2 comments:
Great blog, Chris...laughed out loud a few times, and that is hard to do for me.ReplyDelete
I read your book, "The Traveler's Companion" and enjoyed it. The characters were interesting and held my attention right up to the end. A good character becomes someone you care about, and I cared about yours.
The plot and sub-plots held together nicely, and, as a Si-Fi newby, I thought your novel was a good entrance into the field for me. Can't wait to read your next book.
Full disclosure...I am CJC's step-mother; I really don't have to say anything nice about him...so when I say I enjoyed the book...I really did!
- AnonymousDecember 26, 2011 at 5:03 PM
Great blog entry. I especially agree about the importance of copy editing. Can't tell you how many 1 star reviews I've seen for books due to bad/no editing.ReplyDelete
While we're on the subject, may I recommend my copy editor (who I found out about from Chris). Her name is Jessica Swain and you can read about her services on her web page at http://www.strangelandediting.com/.
P.S. I also read "The Traveler's Companion" and enjoyed it. Best of all, no copy edit problems ;-).


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Snowbee Intermediate Switch Line (SI 200 – 450 Series)
Following the huge success of the Snowbee XS SF Switch Floating line, the company has now developed an Intermediate Density fly line for all the new Switch/Skagit rod users worldwide.
Switch fishing is one of the fastest growing divisions in the game fishing market and uses a technology and line profile that combines single and double-handed casting in a single rod.
The Snowbee SF 200-450 Series has proved to be one of, if not the best, in the market so far.
2013 sees the extension to this series, a brand new Intermediate Switch profile line, based on the same successful solution, so now when fishing is hard one can get down even better.
The new lines are still intended to be used in conjunction with a short Polyleader for best presentation, but the SI 200-450 lines will now extend the depth and control to cover fishing in all conditions.
Sink Rate approx 1.5 ips line and grain weights to suit as follows:
- #3/4 SI 200 200 Grain
- #4/5 SI 250 250 Grain
- #5/6 SI 300 300 Grain
- #6/7 SI 350 350 Grain
- #7/8 SI 400 400 Grain
- #8/9 SI 450 450 Grain
The lines are memory free, pre-looped both ends, and come complete with fly line degreaser and in two colours. Clear labeling helps to identify specific grain weights and all are barcoded.
Price £49 (€56.23)


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The Omen (1976 FIRST PRINTING)
New York: New American Library, 1976. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 7 Inches. 202 PP. First printing with full and complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. "The Terrifying New Shocker of Supernatural Evil from 20th Century-Fox" on the front cover. Novelization of the..... More


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Castaway Lodge
- Free WiFi and free parking
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We originally booked a 2 bed lodge (for 5 of us) but decided to change to the 3 bed lodge…
One room, detached apartment Near the beach. Simple facilities but adequate. Ideal as a…
Castaway Lodge
- Garden Cottage
- 2 Bedroom Top Floor Apartment
- 4 Bedrooms Villa with Private Swimming Pool
- Castaway Reef View
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What's around Castaway Lodge
- Anse Aux Pins Beach - 1-minute walk
- Anse Royal Beach - 21-minute walk
- Domaine de Val des Près - 26-minute walk
- Seychelles Golf Club - 2.3 mi / 3.8 km
- Baie Lazare Beach - 6.4 mi / 10.3 km
- La Mouche Beach - 3.9 mi / 6.2 km
- Anse Furbans Beach - 4 mi / 6.4 km
- Anse Boileau Beach - 5.3 mi / 8.6 km
Getting around
- Victoria (SEZ-Seychelles Intl.) 23-min drive
- Airport shuttle (surcharge)
At a glance
Key facts
- 6 apartments
- Check-in time noon-midnight
- Check-out time is 10 AM
Required at check-in
- Credit card, debit card or cash deposit required for incidental charges
- Government-issued photo ID may be required
Travelling with others
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Airport shuttle (available 24 hours) *
- Free self parking
Payment types at the property
Other information
- Smoke-free property
The manager
Speaks: English, French.
At the property
- Barbecue grills
- Hiking/biking trails on site
- Snorkelling nearby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Garden
- Picnic area
- Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
- Wheelchair-accessible parking
- English
- French
In the apartment
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Private bathroom
- Shower only
- Hair dryer (on request)
- Flat-screen TV
- Cable TV channels
- DVD player
- Free WiFi
- In-room safe
Also popular with travellers from the UK
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Also known as
- Castaway Fishing Lodge Mahe Island
- Castaway Lodge Mahe Island
- Castaway Lodge Apartment Mahe Island
- Castaway Fishing Lodge
- Castaway Fishing Mahe Island
- Castaway Fishing Lodge Seychelles/Mahe Island
- Castaway Lodge Apartment
- Castaway Lodge Mahe Island
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Optional extras
Housekeeping and linens are available for an additional fee
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
FAQs for Castaway Lodge
Does Castaway Lodge offer free cancellation for a full refund? Yes, Castaway Lodge does have fully refundable rooms available to book on our site, which can be cancelled up to a few days before check-in. Just make sure to check this property's cancellation policy for the exact terms and conditions. Is parking offered at Castaway Lodge? Yes, there's free self parking. Are pets allowed at Castaway Lodge? Sorry, pets aren't allowed. What are the check-in and check-out times at Castaway Lodge? You can check in from noon to midnight. Check-out time is 10 AM. Is an airport shuttle service offered by Castaway Lodge? Yes, an airport shuttle is available.
Recent reviews
Good 7.8 From 15 reviews
We were disappointed overall. We choose this place because we thought it had a pool ( there were pics of the pool attached to listing), when we arrived we were told the pool was only available to certain guests. Our apartment was on a very busy road and all you could hear were loud stereos in cars driving by all night. The road the apartment was on was too busy to walk on, had to use taxi for everything. A few times we had no water for showering and had to contact manager. Wifi went down our last day. Manager contacted us on 2nd day because housekeeping felt the sheets were too dirty when they went to change them and asked us to be careful. There was no place to eat in the apartment, you had to sit on the bed with plates. Room had lizards in it. Overall, hugely disappointing with no pool, felt like the add was very deceptive.
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The Sims series is so popular and successful that I finally decided I had to see what the fuss is all about. I came into the game with no previous Sims experience, and to be honest very little at all with simulation games altogether. I wasn't sure what to expect, and more importantly, whether or not I'd find the game enjoyable.
From launching the game I was taken straight away to Create-A-Sim. All very simple and thankfully easy to use, with tons of customization possible including "shaping" using your mouse, making it possible to create whoever you want. A neat feature that I discovered here was that you can save your Sim – or even Household if created a family – to this online Gallery in-game where other fellow Simmers can download your creations, also allowing you to do the same with theirs. I was very impressed with this and even spotted some Sims based on real-life celebrities that made me laugh!
After spending far too much time trying to create a virtual me (perfectly normal I'm sure!) you're then directed to choose where your Sim or Household will be living. You have two options here, either a pre-made home or an empty lot. I chose the empty lot – a decision I quickly regretted! While it's a lot cheaper to buy a empty plot of land, it does requires you to actually build – yikes! Luckily there is a tutorial in "build-mode" explaining the new features to Sims veterans, as well as some basics tips for beginners, but I still found myself lost despite the slightly irritating tutorial pop-ups every second. When I finally got my head round the building basics and created myself a block to live in, I was just feeling frustrated and already questioning whether the game was right for me.


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Perhaps the most damning criticism of the 'evidence' for the haunting of Borley Rectory comes from the pen of Harry Price himself in private correspondence.
Considering the later interest he claimed to have expressed in the case it is a fact that he only visited the house once during the incumbency of the Rev Foyster and his wife Marianne (1930-35), when alleged paranormal activity reached a peak, and this was enough to convince him of the bogus nature of these events. On 15 October 1931 he wrote to Dr D F Fraser-Harris: 'Well, we went to Borley on Tuesday last, and have had two nights on the premises. It is the most amazing case, but amazing only in so far that we are convinced that the many phenomena we saw were fraudulent because we took steps to control various persons and rooms [and] the manifestations ceased. We think that the rector's wife is responsible for the trouble, though it is possible that her reactions may be the result of hysteria. Of course we did not wire it to you because although, psychologically, the case is of great value, psychically speaking there is nothing in it.'
In a letter to Eric J Dingwall on 17 October 1946 he wrote: 'I agree Mrs Foyster's wine trick was rather crude [a glass of wine turned to ink in their presence, a common conjuring trick using a small pill slipped into the glass, Price himself was a skilled conjurer], but if you cut out the Foysters, the Bulls, the Smiths etc. something still remains.' That 'something' must be a reference to the large number of reports submitted by a group of volunteers Price recruited through The Times to observe supernatural phenomena at the rectory during the period when he acquired the lease for a year between 1937 and 1938 - all volunteers were given a pamphlet explaining the types of phenomena they were likely to encounter and how to deal with them, thus priming them perfectly. But in a letter to Gordon Glover written in February 1938 he wrote: 'As regards your various criticisms, the alleged haunting of the Rectory stands or falls not by the reports from our recent observers, but by the extraordinary happenings there of the last 50 years' thus discounting all the 'evidence'.
Despite the fact that a number of observers remarked that the rectory possessed unusual acoustic properties, owing to the house being built around a three-sided courtyard very close to a farm, that gave the impression of noises made outside being produced inside the house, Price chose to omit this from his books. Complaints of unpleasant odours detected inside the house could also have their origins in the farm rather than some supernatural source. On the other hand, there were many descriptions of cooking and perfume-like odours wafting through the house that were often given a paranormal origin in the absence of any logical explanation; turns out there was a factory nearby that manufactured fragrances and condiments. Who knew?
Another significant omission was any mention of rats and mice in the house that could easily have caused the many scurrying and scuffling sounds reported. In fact Price goes out of his way to state: 'on no occasion have I ever seen or heard the slightest indication of these rodents. And never once has any observer, to my knowledge, mentioned rats.' Amongst many examples that prove the contrary, given in The Haunting of Borley Rectory, is an instance when two observers wrote in their report that they: 'Heard faint "scrabbling" sounds outside which we attributed to the activities of mice.' This is edited in Most Haunted House (p199)to read: 'while sitting in the Blue Room in semi-darkness, they heard faint "scrabbling" sounds outside' with no mention of the likely cause. Even in MHH (p82) Price quotes an extract from Foyster's account of events, 'a terrific noise started up in the hall, which we found was due to the cat having its claw caught in the rat trap.'
The arrival of the Foysters was an unfortunate coincidence that helped perpetuate the legend thanks to Marianne Foyster's apparent faking of poltergeist-type phenomena. This was probably inspired by the fact that immediately prior to moving to Borley, Lionel Foyster had been the rector in Scotville, Nova Scotia, Canada, five miles from Amherst, scene in 1878-79 of a famous and much-publicised outbreak of poltergeist activity centred around a young woman. In Haunting of Borley Rectory the authors list 19 points of similarity between the events in Amherst and those at Borley, including the violent throwing of small objects, small outbreaks of fire and, unusually, messages written in pencil on walls in the house. Price reports that over 2000 unexplained events took place during the five years of the Foyster incumbency (almost all reliant on the personal testimony of Marianne, who in later interviews admitted to faking most of the events), but as noted earlier, he only bothered to visit the rectory once. Admittedly he was busy with other cases, but this does seem odd.
Finally, one of the reasons for Price's reluctance to visit the rectory much after 1929 may be an incident that was said to have occurred in the early days of his involvement that year when he conducted a journalist Charles Sutton from the Daily Mail around the house. According to Mr Sutton: 'Many things happened that night I spent in the famous Borley Rectory with Harry Price and one of his colleagues [his secretary Sheila Kaye], including one uncomfortable moment when a large pebble hit me on the head. After much noisy 'phenomena' I seized Harry and found his pockets full of bricks and pebbles. This was one 'phenomenon' he could not explain, so I rushed to the nearest village to phone the Daily Mail with my story, but after a conference with the lawyer my story was killed. The News Editor said: 'Bad luck, old man, but there were two of them and only one of you.' This story emerged soon after Price's death in 1948 and many apologists claim that it was simply made up to discredit the reputation of somebody who could not answer back. The authors of Borley Rectory: the Final Analysis (pp80-81) helpfully point out (also with reference to another accusation of 'hocus pocus' made by a journalist from Life magazine in 1944 about the notorious 'flying brick') that the writers were 'in the employ of popular and not particularly intellectual publications' and that 'Frankly, sensationalism is part of the stock-in-trade of some newspaper reporters and although many people felt that Price was far too concerned with publicity, there is the possibility that in regard to these two alleged incidents it may have been a case of being sinned against rather than sinning.' The hundreds of sensationalist newspaper reports written uncritically about the Borley haunting escape censure however.
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Michael Ellsberg, a writer in Berkeley, Calif., learned about taking a stand at an early age. His father is Daniel Ellsberg, the former military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers in the early 1970s (a story recounted in Steven Spielberg's Oscar-nominated film "The Post").
At 40, Michael is taking a very different stand of his own: asking men to honor the #MeToo movement by signing an online Consent Pledge. "I'm a Man, and I Commit to Making Sure All My Sexual Encounters Are Fully Consensual," it reads.
The idea is for men to take a public vow to honor so-called affirmative consent — that is, to "commit to getting a clear verbal or non-verbal 'yes'" from sexual partners. Signatories also agree to stop if they do not believe, in their "honest assessment," that their partners are sober enough to give full consent. The campaign, he said, was inspired in part by a hard look at his own dating history, where he saw in himself too many of the behaviors that women are vividly describing as unwanted.
Mr. Ellsberg, who has written three books including "The Education of Millionaires," which chronicles the success of wealthy college dropouts, wants 10,000 men to take the vow by June 1. Here are excerpts from a recent interview.
For obvious reasons, women have been most vocal in debating the shifting boundaries of consent. What inspired you to try to get more men involved?
When I read about the Aziz Ansari allegations, I had to reckon with myself and realize, "I've been that guy, more than once." I've been that guy who's pressured, pestered, begged or badgered a woman for sex while on a date. And I know I'm not the only man who is having that realization right now. It's time for us men to take the lead on educating other men, rather than just getting defensive when women are telling us they want us to change.
Who are you trying to reach with the campaign?
Consent is important for everyone, obviously, including women and gay men. But I'm focusing on men who have sex with women because that's where I see the most widespread crisis in society, and that's the group I belong to. The Consent Pledge is for men who are single, in a relationship, married, divorced, monogamous, polyamorous — everyone. As I say on the Pledge, signing it does not mean one has or hasn't followed it in the past. Many of us are ashamed about times in the past that we've disrespected women's boundaries, and we're terrified to talk about it, certainly in public.
Are you terrified?
I'm nervous as hell about putting this out, because when you're a guy talking about consent issues, the first question is, "What's your record?" My record is far from perfect. I've definitely been Robert from "Cat Person." My personal opinion is that very few guys have a perfect record on respecting sexual boundaries. But I think it's important for guys to be able to talk about this even knowing that they might be called out for past behavior.
What are your own memories that make you squirm?
I spent my entire 20s completely immersed in the pickup world. I was a wannabe pickup artist. What pickup teaches young men is to view women as objects, and basically try to figure out what kind of robotic, mechanical thing you can say to play on her emotions enough to get her to want to have sex with you.
I used to try to pick up women on the New York City subway. I never touched women on the subway, but I definitely invaded their space. If it's crowded and a guy is hitting on them, they're definitely a captive audience and can't get away. I always thought it was just a numbers game, and was just trying to approach as many as possible. But I realize now that they probably felt really uncomfortable, and I feel terrible about that.
Aside from online channels, how else do you plan to get the word out?
I'm also having as many face-to-face conversations with men as I can. We're asking young men in particular to make a massive shift in the way the whole courtship dance has played out for hundreds of years — assuming things without knowing things. When it comes to talking about sex before it happens, there are essentially zero examples in movies, TV, books, songs or poems of a guy saying, "Hey, do you want to do this?" before they have sex.
What about the view expressed by some that affirmative consent might be difficult to achieve in all circumstances, given the murkiness of courtship, desire and even sex?
Affirmative consent was created at Antioch College in 1991, and for the first two decades or so of its existence, it's basically just been the butt of jokes. And I can understand why. It seems mechanical, and foreign. The concept has really only had any widespread cultural currency in the past several years, since California made it state law on college campuses.
It's now also state law in New York for college campuses, and possibly soon in the entire nation of Sweden. It's clear to me that enthusiastic consent is the wave of the future. We men can complain about that, ignore it or try to resist it — futilely. But it's better to get ahead of the curve and learn to do it well.
What do you say to skeptics who insist that it kills the mood to pause before sex to hammer out terms?
The essence of affirmative consent is making sure that your partner is totally good about what's happening and there's no reservation. You can make sure in lots of different ways. You don't have to ask at every juncture, "Can I unbutton your blouse?" "Can I touch your breasts?"
If you're really committed to looking for the nonverbal signals, you're just going slowly and making sure from your partner's body language and eye contact that she's clearly into it. If you can't tell, then you stop and ask with words. Once you get the hang of it, it really doesn't need to be that big of a deal. It's just like talking about S.T.I.s or birth control before sex. We've learned how to do that, I hope, without destroying the possibility of eroticism afterwards.
The campaign is in its infancy, but what's the response been like among men so far?
Some men are saying that they don't need to sign it, because they think it's ridiculous and unnecessary, or because they feel confident they've never, ever violated consent.
Some men get it instantly. I am actively encouraging them to do outreach to other men. I want to build an army of male missionaries of affirmative consent, and these are my guys. Some men agree with it, but they're scared to sign it or talk about it publicly. I can empathize with these men.
I'm a writer who writes openly about sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, so to speak. I grew up in a political family and am used to a lot of public jostling. But I must admit, even I am scared about talking about these issues right now.
Was your father an inspiration to you in this campaign?
My father set out some really big shoes for me, and I'm not at all convinced I'm filling them, or ever will. But he was my primary example of how to live life as a man. If you look at my father's two memoirs, an undertone is the intense guilt he felt at being part of two systems — the nuclear holocaust arsenal he helped build as a war planner, and the Vietnam War — that he came to view as, basically, decent people committing truly evil acts.
His books show the process he went through of extracting himself from these systems and doing what he could to counteract them. This is what I was hearing every night, in seemingly endless lectures at the dinner table, since I was a little boy. So I got the message that, when you see yourself as part of a system that is wrong, you need to extract yourself from it, and do what you can to counteract it.
This interview has been edited and condensed.


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While we can't all take long vacations and have to suffice with weekend getaways, Neemrana is always a good option to get a much-needed break from our hectic schedules. Located just three hours away from Delhi, we've listed a bunch of hotels in Neemrana where you can unwind and get away from the city.
Need A Mini Getaway? These Hotels In Neemrana Are Only 3 Hours Away
Neemrana Fort Palace
If you're looking for a regal, luxurious getaway, Neemrana Fort Palace is your best bet. This beautiful, palace-style resort has 72 stunning rooms and comes with a stunning pool, zip lining and you can go sightseeing to the fort. Definitely a splurge, it's just the place to go if you've been extra good the past few months and want to treat yo' self to a fancy weekend away.
Hill Fort Kesroli
One of the oldest properties around {from the 14th century, to be precise} Hill Fort Kesroli is pretty-as-a-picture and will bless your Instagram feed like no other. With gorgeous gardens, a pool and multiple luxury rooms to chose from, this swanky Neemrana property is a slice of heaven. Pick from one of their lavish rooms or suites, they're each better than the next. They also have a rooftop swimming pool {yes, pure bliss} and an excellent spa. Vacay goals?
Shiva Oasis Spa And Resort
The resort sits on ten acres of land that has the prettiest, landscaped gardens. Lounge by the pool or go de-stress at the spa, it's the perfect place to just unwind at after a hectic week. Go for dinner at the open-air restaurant, or swing by the golf course to try your hand at the game. Spend the weekend here, enjoy the resort, and return to work feeling refreshed.
Dadhikar Fort
If you're really looking to switch off from the world, check out this fort as you won't even get internet here! Chill amidst strutting peacocks and the view of the Aravallis while you have your breakfast. Set in a fort on top of a hill, you really will feel cut off from civilisation here and it's just the detox you need. We hear good things about the traditional musical programme in the evening, so make sure you stick around for that.
The Grand Hira Resort
The Grand Hira Resort is another hotel that'll leave you feeling spoilt rotten. Go to the mini golf course or to the Ayusha Spa for some much needed TLC, and just spend the weekend catching up on some sleep and enjoying the sights around. Go explore the area nearby and just get some peace and quiet.


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- Video: SMR We pray from Bauffe Chapel
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- PUENTE LATINOAMERICANO MEX-GUATEMALA/ ColPaPe SMR Nov 2018 - Enero 2019
- Puente Latinoamericano: celebrando los 200 años de Emilia de Oultremont
- Visita General ColPaPe 2017
- 11th OCTOBER 1818 – 11th OCTOBER 2018 I consider it a special gift of God to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Our Mother Foundress, whilst preparing our 2019 General Chapter.
- Mi experiencia en Casa Betannia: ...fue la primera vez que tuve un contacto tan cercano con la realidad tan dura que afronta la gente en diversas partes del planeta, que hacen crecer a cualquiera como persona...
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"In the beatitudes, Jesus, you teach us to how to live with a new spirit and to be happy in living this way." This quote, from the closing prayer of the morning of May 15th, was one among many beautiful ones offered to us by our Canadian sisters. Indeed, it corresponds beautifully to the purpose of our being here in Chapter which is to discover how we can live our charism of reparation with Mary in a spirit of kenosis with happy and even joyful hearts.
We all appreciated the reflections that Piluca offered us after her consideration of the six images we created the other day which depicted potential ways in which we might live SMR internationality. Her thoughts provided a wonderful starting point for a plenary session during which we offered our own perspectives on the images as a whole. This conversation gave us many insights into how we might go about reorganizing in view of our reality and Mission.
An interesting dynamic followed in which representatives from two different parts of one continent had a "goldfish bowl" conversation about a subject of their choice. They chose to talk about how they might collaborate in ministry. Two sisters from two other parts of one continent talked about how they and their sisters manage to live life to the full in the midst of aging, illness and diminishment. Both of these "presentations" were opened up for comment.
After lunch we watched an excerpt from a video produced in 2011 called "Tree of Life." With it, we entered into a visual experience of creation from chaos. We know that is from chaos that life and its patterns emerge and that all living creatures today live in the midst of both. Though we did many other Chapter tasks after the video, the photos of the emergent Universe were a perfect starting point for an evening meal eaten in silence in preparation for the reconciliation ritual which followed. How ready we are for a well deserved day of rest and relaxation!