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A cascading cornucopia of cool comics, cartoons & classic collectables - plus other completely captivating & occasionally controversial content! With nostalgic notions, sentimental sighings, wistful wonderings, rueful reflections, remorseful ruminations, melancholy musings, poignant ponderings & yearnings for yesteryear! (To say nothing of a few profound perplexities & puzzling paradoxes thrown in for good measure.) Plus a bevy of beautiful, bedazzling, and buxom 'Babes'!
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Approximately 30 years for me, Kid. I bought Iron Man 152 in a second-hand bookshop in 1985 or 86, and only got to read #153 last year. It felt a little strange reading 153 in that I knew the setting and the situation, but the actual events were completely new to me.
Strangely, for me, there's always a sort of 'anti-climactic' sensation following close on the heels of that sense of accomplishment I feel in finally finishing something I'd started years before, DD. Paradoxical I know, but that's the way it is. As time wears on however, the sense of achievement re-asserts itself.
For me the longest time it took to finish a story was 27 years - in SMCW in 1975 I was reading the Spidey story where he has 6 arms and he fights Morbius the Living Vampire but I missed the final part. In 2002 I bought a Spider-Man Marvel Essentials volume and finally got to read how the story ended.
Did you feel you'd finally fulfilled some long unfinished task, CJ? Or weren't you bothered?
No way I can beat 46 years. Twenty, maybe. I had Avengers #43, Tales of Suspense #88, and Thor #132 when they were new, but I missed the next several issues of each. Years later, I bought the various reprint series (Marvel Triple Action, Marvel Double Feature, Marvel Spectacular) and finally read the conclusions to the Living Planet, Captain America's showdown with the Red Guardian, and Cap's umpteenth battle with the Red Skull. And all seemed like an anticlimax.
I had Fatman the Human Flying Saucer #2 and #3 when they first came out in 1966 or '67. In the 1980's, I found #1 in a local comic book store, and thus acquired a complete set. Such as it was.
I had World's Finest #178, but never had #180. (#179 was a reprint issue, not part of the arc.) I saw a copy of #180 in that same shop where I had found Fatman #1, and the price was reasonable, but I still didn't buy it. Since it was an imaginary story, not canon, I didn't really care how it turned out.
Yeah, but they're ALL imaginary stories, eh, TC? To be honest, I didn't really start wondering what happened next until I got my replacement for #178, many years ago - but since then, I felt compelled to one day acquire #180. DC released a replica edition of the Giant-Size #179 several years back, so I now have all three.
Beats me. I don't follow up, my reading habits were just to read the comics. DC wasn't into long story lines back then and marvel reprinted their best story arcs several times, such as Galactus or Thor vs Mangog.
I do recall a JLA comic team up with the JSA where I never got to read the story with Superman standing on the cover saying one of them has to die and only lately did I ever get to read it. But that doesn't count since I didn't actually own the comic.
It did take me decades to track down a decent copy of Mary Marvel 5 ever since i saw the cover art reprinted in Sterankos history of comics it's the one she's riding a butterfly. But again I never read the comic so that doesn't count.
Usually I just give up! Because I've forgotten the storyline.
Those comics couldn't have been doing their job, Phil, if they didn't entrance you enough to wonder what happened next. I've still to read Superboy #148 to find out what happened in #146 (again, the middle ish was a Giant-Size reprint mag). I first read #146 in December 1968, so that's very nearly 47 years.
I had Justice League #100 and #101, with the first two episodes of a three-part Justice League/Justice Society/Seven Soldiers of Victory team-up, in 1972. I missed #102, but finally read the full serial when it was reprinted in a DC digest ca. 1980. I think #102 may have been that one with Superman on the cover saying, "To save the world, one of us must die."
The reprint did cut out a brief scene where Green Lantern rescues some kids from an earthquake, but I probably would not have known the difference if I hadn't seen the original.
And, yeah, the term "imaginary story" is pretty silly. As if any of them were real.
I think when I finally acquire Superboy #148, that'll be last continued tale that I never got to read the 2nd part of when I was a kid. If there were ever any others, they didn't leave an impression on my young mind, I'm afraid. What's scary, TC, is that it doesn't seem anywhere near as long ago as it actually is since I first read WFC #178 and Superboy #146. Someone hit that pause button.
Kid. I did think of it as an unfinished task but I didn't buy the Spidey Essential just to read the ending of the story, I bought it for purely nostalgic reasons to re-read all those SMCW stories.
Ah, nostalgia - the reason for this blog's continued existence, CJ.
It was more luck than anything. I read a lot of the Marvel super special large format reprints where they collected the storylines. The JLA one I got in a department store on vacation in Asia and when I got back to the UK of course there was no way I could find the next issue. There weren't even any comic book stores in London then and I'm sure I read the whole run as a reprint someplace. But by then I wasn't a kid any more. I did like the JLA two parter where they met the three demons, I think that was reprinted in the 70s which is where I read it. DC Secret Origins when they reprinted golden age stuff was a favorite.
Phil, I thought you were American (going by your spelling and phraseology), so if that's the case, did you spend some time in England, or are you a Brit who emigrated to the States?
I am but I spent time in school in the UK in the 70s. That's why I read those Marvel BW reprints. I was already familiar with the characters so for me it was fun reading their early adventures and UK comics. We would visit family in Asia where I got most of the up to date US color comics (I know don't ask me why they had them but they did) and when we went to France I got French versions of color Marvel comics. I really enjoyed these as they were Buscema Avengers in full color in French. This was the early 70s before comic shops even opened in the UK , but once Forbidden Planet opened up I stopped with the BW reprints and saved up for the U.S. Imports . The good thing about UK Marvel was I got to read all those early stories back in the day before they were readily available so I was more informed than a U.S. of my age would have been.
Ah, I see. Lucky you - you had the best of both (and a bit) worlds then.
After 43 years I've finally got to the end of the Septimus strip that started in the nursery comic Seven and concluded in Esmeralda. The clever hedgehog joins his family in Happyland where they presumably live happy ever after.
D'you know, I'm sure I used to buy Esmeralda. I wonder if I bought Seven as well? Google here I come.
Adventure Comics #416. It took me 43 years JUST to identify it! I was 5 years old, and my mom had handed me a dollar or two to pick out my own comic at the grocery store. I agonized over the decision--it was either a comic book full of female heroes (I still have a crush on Wonder Woman), or a random Marvel Treasury edition (that I've long since acquired). I ran to ask my mom if I could get both, but realized on the way that I had lost the money she gave me. I was so ashamed that I clammed up, and didn't say what had happened. I never saw that comic again. I could never remember the title, number, or publishing date. I asked at conventions, at comic shops, message boards--all I could remember was it was a white cover with lots of pretty girls. Just a couple months ago, I had this discussion with a long-time friend, who shares my fascination with old comics. He said, "Adventure 416. I don't want it anymore--I'll sell it to you for ten bucks."
When I saw it, I almost cried. A gorgeous Oksner Supergirl on the white cover, with a bevy of beauteous superheroines. Sure, the stories were reprints, even then. Sure, the charm of the stories doesn't satisfy my 48 year-old self near as much as my 5 year-old self. But, y'know what? I'd buy it again--it's a "save" point in my memory--to a simpler time when a buck could get me a handful of comics and a candy bar. Sigh...
A great reminiscence, Jerry. I looked up the cover to see what it looks like and I'm pretty sure I had that issue as well. One thing 'though - the first Marvel Treasury Edition wasn't released 'til 1974, so unless Adventure Comics #416 had been sitting in that spinner-rack for a couple of years, it couldn't have been a TE. Could it have been a King-Size Special perhaps?
Because of patchy distribution of US comics in the UK there were no doubt quite a few stories I didn't manage to follow up - the main one was around issue 119- 120 of Amazing Spider-Man (1973) I recall reading the issue where on the last page and last panel Peter Parker is on a plane and the next issue "blurb" below is "introducing the Hulk" or similar I only managed to follow that issue up in the recent Panini pocket edition of Spider-Man about 3 years ago (I must have missed this story in SMCW) = I also picked up issue 119 in the Barras for £2 last year, so that's about 30 years ago. However I still have an outstanding story I haven't managed to read the conclusion off and that is Justice League of America 101 . I read issue 100 (part 1 of the the 7 Soldiers of Victory story) in 1972 and still haven't read (or seen) issue 101 anywhere for the conclusion (I loved that story as well)
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Back in the early '70s, I read quite a few DC comics out of sequence because of that 'patchy distribution' you mention, McScotty, but usually it was mere months of a difference (perhaps a year or so in some instances) rather than multiples of years. I've probably forgotten a few, but once I acquire Superboy #148 my mission will be over. (At least 'til I remember another one.) Funny how some of us are driven to pursue things to their ultimate (is there any other kind?) conclusion, eh? Best of luck in obtaining that issue - eBay beckons.


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Beijing Institute of Technology visited Beijing Baxy on Saturday and came away with a 2-1 victory, allowing them to advance to the third round and take on Dalian Aerbin.
Even though the Chinese Super League is on break for two weeks, there was still Chinese football action to enjoy over the weekend as second round CFA Cup matches were played across the country. The most tasty of all the clashes was right here in Beijing, with BIT taking on Beijing Baxy in a heated hometown derby.
BIT struck first very early on, foreign striker Matías Alonso headed a cross off the back of his teammate and past the keeper to give the visitors the lead in the 8th minute. With the surprise early lead, the "students" of BIT sat back and focused on defense, only pressing one or two men forward on the counterattack and losing the posession battle 71%-29%.
Yet it was BIT that would get on the board again, this time a long strike from defender Wang Chao hit a teammate and was redirected into the net. Baxy, struggling in the league this year, now needed to find a way to break down the tight defense of BIT and get themselves back into the match. They kept pushing forward, but BIT's defense focused tactics were enough to push back.
Late in the second half, with Baxy continued controlling the pace of play, they finally broke through and found a goal in the 80th minute. A cross from the left found Taiwanese midfielder Chen Haowei on the back post. It wasn't a well delivered shot, but it somehow snuck in past the keeper. The goal made things interesting during the final minutes, but it wouldn't be enough, as BIT heads on to the next round to face Dalian Aerbin, while Baxy's struggles continue.
There was little in the way of surprises in the second round, but two third division teams beat China League sides, with last year's relegated Guizhou Zhicheng visiting Wuhan Zobon and winning 6-5 as well as Tianjin Songjiang losing at home to Dongguan Nancheng.
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Highlife legend Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba is back with another campaign song for the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
A video posted on instagram by music producer Appietus shows the Highlife musician in the studio listening to the song.
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Daddy Lumba has in the last two elections endorsed the candidature of Nana Akufo-Addo.
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Planning home improvements? Hornchurch firm NC Construction brings years of commercial expertise to new builds, renovations and extensions
PUBLISHED: 17:09 09 April 2018 | UPDATED: 10:34 01 August 2018
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NC Construction Services Ltd, based in Hornchurch, Essex, is branching out into residential home improvements and refurbishments after many years working in the commercial sector, in direct response to potential clients looking to add space and value to their property.
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Operational Programme 'North Sea Region'
Transnational Cooperation Programme under the European Territorial Cooperation Objective, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
On 3 October 2007, the European Commission approved a transnational cooperation Operational Programme between Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom (with participation from Norway). The "North Sea Region" Programme falls within the framework laid out for the European Territorial Cooperation Objective and has a total budget of around €274 million.
Community assistance through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) amounts to some €134 million, which represents approximately % of the total EU investment earmarked for the European Territorial Cooperation Objective under the Cohesion Policy for 2007-13.
The North Sea Region Programme runs from 2007 to 2013 and will provide Community support to 38 NUTS II areas in the participating EU Member States (along with all of Norway). The Programme covers a population of about 60 million people and an area of 664 000 km.
1. Purpose and aim of the programme
The Programme's main aim is to make the North Sea region a better place to live, work and invest in. It seeks to make a measurable difference by:
- increasing the overall level of innovation taking place across the region;
- enhancing the quality of the environment: and
- developing sustainable and competitive communities.
North Sea Region 2007-13 promises to deliver a long-term strategic approach to transnational cooperation. It will provide a catalyst for cooperative projects that can support investments in infrastructure that are of transnational relevance. An additional aim is to encourage cross-fertilisation between projects that address similar issues, and that provide complementarity with other programmes – be they European, national or regional in make-up.
The Programme will also pool resources to provide critical mass while tackling transnational issues that are of genuine importance to the area.
2. Expected impact of the investment
North Sea Region 2007-13 will support actions and investments which offer clear added value to the area. The emphasis will be on stimulating transnational cooperation that can provide concrete benefits. Projects that were approved under previous programmes will not simply be able to extend their activities under the new programme.
The focus will be on supporting innovative and tangible transnational initiatives. Efforts will be made to engage with key actors that were not involved in partnerships forged under the previous INTERREG programmes. A series of indicators will be harnessed to monitor and quantify the programme's performance and level of accomplishment.
3. Priority axis
The Programme is structured around the following priority axes:
Priority axis 1: Building on our capacity for innovation [approximately 20.9% of total funding]
This priority aims to boost innovation at all policy levels and in all sectors. The goal is to encourage a transnational partnership approach between business, industry, researchers, universities and public bodies which can be harnessed to promote innovation in line with the EU's Lisbon and Gothenburg agendas.
By strengthening the capacities of clusters and networks across business and society, innovation-based projects will create favourable environments for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), business development and economic growth. Increased adoption and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) will play a key role in increasing the region's innovative capacity.
Priority axis 2: Promoting the sustainable management of our environment [approximately 28.5% of total funding]
Transnational cooperation will concentrate on the development of preventative and responsive measures that address acute and chronic marine pollution. Actions will also focus on integrated coastal zone management, and how best to look after the sea and its marine ecosystems.
The priority also addresses the risk climate change poses to society and the environment. Efforts will be undertaken to improve environmentally responsible energy production practices, which will contribute to a lower carbon economy.
Priority axis 3: Improving accessibility in the North Sea region [approximately 28.5% of total funding]
This priority aims to improve accessibility throughout the North Sea region in order to deliver economic and social benefits. Public and private partnerships will be encouraged to develop and implement transnational concepts for an efficient transport system. Work here should address common technological, financial, planning and administrative constraints.
Providing support for innovation in transport and cargo logistics will help to address the region's accessibility issues. Projects that promote the development of multi-modal transport corridors and seek to improve transport monitoring systems are also likely to receive Programme support.
Priority axis 4: Promoting sustainable and competitive communities [approximately 17.1% of total funding]
This priority aims to strengthen urban and rural areas in a way that will create conditions to build up innovative capacities and generate jobs and growth. Transnational cooperation will concentrate on those geographic areas that are suffering from economic and population decline, and subsequent social pressures. Projects will have to tackle issues like service delivery, integration of immigrant labour and economic restructuring. Axis four also focuses on promoting efficient energy consumption.
Priority axis 5: Technical assistance [approximately 5.0% of total funding]
Technical assistance is available to help implement the programme. Financial support can cover administration, monitoring, evaluation and control.
Financial and Technical information
Operational Programme 'North Sea Region'
Intervention TypeOperational Programme
CCI no2007CB163PO055
Number of decisionC/2007/4479
Final approval date03/10/2007
Breakdown of finances by priority axis
|Priority Axis
|EU Investment
|National Public Contribution
|Total Public Contribution
|Building on our capacity for innovation
|28 600 000
|28 600 000
|57 200 000
|Promoting the sustainable management of our environment
|39 100 000
|39 100 000
|78 200 000
|Improving the accessibility in the North Sea region
|39 100 000
|39 100 000
|78 200 000
|Promoting sustainable and competitive communities
|23 400 000
|23 400 000
|46 800 000
|Technical assistance
|8 300 000
|5 500 000
|13 800 000
|138 500 000
|135 700 000
|274 200 000
View programmes for this regionSVERIGE , Sweden BELGIQUE / BELGIË , Belgium UNITED KINGDOM , United Kingdom GERMANY , Germany DANMARK , Denmark NEDERLAND , Netherlands
Managing authorityNational Agency for Enterprise and Construction The North Sea Programme Vejlsøvej 29 DK- 8800 Silkeborg
Web : North Sea Region Interreg IVB Programme


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The new apostolic administrator of the Latin Patriarchate says his main task will be to promote dialogue among Christians in the Holy Land — and between Christians and other religious groups.
Fr Pierbattista Pizzaballa took office on Wednesday as the temporary chief clergyman to the local Catholic population.
The Italian-born Fr Pizzaballa, a Franciscan priest, replaces Fr Fouad Twal, who reached the mandatory retirement age of 75. The patriarch has traditionally been a native Arabic speaker, helping serve the local population. Fr Pizzaballa, a 51-year-old Italian, says there's been no change in policy and he'd hold the position until a "proper and better candidate" was selected.
For the past 12 years, Fr Pizzaballa has led the body responsible for protecting Church holy sites in the Middle East.
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'The Model Has Completely Evolved:' One-On-One With Cruise Planners' Michelle Fee
Host Agency & Consortia Cruise Planners Claudette Covey May 05, 2014
Cruise Planners-American Express Travel is the largest home-based travel agent network in the cruise industry, featuring more than 800 franchise owners. Last year CEO Michelle Fee, CFO Tom Kruszewski and COO Vicky Garcia acquired the company from Palm Beach Capital, a private equity investment firm that had been the majority owner of Cruise Planners since 2005. We sat down with Fee to discuss how the company has changed and evolved during its 20-year history, and why it's important for independent agent to join a host agency.
TravelPulse: When was Cruise Planners conceived and how has it changed and evolved over the years?
Michelle Fee: We're actually celebrating our 20th year anniversary this year. We were a full-service travel agency in our little local community and we realized we had to change or we were going to become dinosaurs. So we came up with this concept of driving in independent contractors and building this outside sales force.
Twenty years ago there was no email and nobody had a Web site. It was really difficult to communicate – we used to do so via fax. We did have a backend office and there was this little chat room where could post information for our agents to view but they couldn't respond or anything like that. We'd make little copies of special deals on pink and green paper and then every Friday we'd mail it out to all the reps around the country.
The first Cruise Planners class had five people in it. We started out with just the three of us – me, Lynn Korn and Marvin Davis. We were the three cofounders. They've since retired.
When we started, host agencies were in their infancy. Twenty years later it's a different story. The model has completely evolved. We now have over 60 home office staff. Their jobs are 100 percent to support our agent community.
We have a marketing team, we have a technology team, we have a business development team – so we have teams of people now whose sole responsibility is to help our agents grow their business.
TP: What are the pluses and minuses of being with a host versus being independent?
MF: I don't get it when agents thinks they can do it alone, because it's really hard to compete with big host agencies. We're a business in a box. We do things for our agents that allow them to do what they do best, which is sell travel.
Because all our agents do business as Cruise Planners and not individually we're able to market one message. We just do it automatically and then we send the agent an email saying, 'This was sent to this list of customers and so and so forth.'
So I don't really get it when an agent decides that they want to go it alone because they can't compete with the deals. Our whole job is to negotiate with cruise lines. So one person, maybe someone who's running a small local travel agency, they can't be great marketers, great technology and great sales people. There's not one person who has all of that within one space. We're that person for our agents.
TP: What kind of travel do Cruise Planners agents book?
MF: We book everything. Our core business is cruise but we evolved into being top producers for most every major tour company as well. We realized years ago that not everyone wants to cruise every year so we evolved our tour and land programs as well.
TP: What is the greatest challenge facing the travel advisor community and do you have a recommended course of action?
MF: The greatest challenge is competing in the marketplace. There are so many deals and bargains out there. Again, I think if agents align themselves with the right host they can compete.
We create package deals for our agents to go to market with – things that give them a competitive edge. I think trying to compete with some of the online players can be difficult. So you have to have the products behind you.
TP: What is your consortium and why?
MF: Obviously we're with American Express and we're very passionate about that fact. It certainly brings credibility to a home-based agent who's new to the business. Eighty percent of the people that we bring on board have never been in travel before.
Besides all the other tools that every other consortia brings, American Express brings that credibility. Also nobody else can redeem pay with points. But we can. We have access to card members. So we have things that a normal consortium would not have the ability to access.
TP: How has the image of independent contractors changed since the inception of Cruise Planners?
MF: There used to be a travel agency on every single corner. In our local community we probably had 20 of them. Today if you drove the neighborhood you're lucky if you find one or two.
We're just doing business differently. I think home-based agents are so much more accepted today than ever before.
TP: How was business last year and how does it look going forward?
MF: We had a really good year. Certainly at the beginning of the year there was a little hiccup when cruise lines were getting negative PR. It started out strong and then it had a little blip and then it went right back – because cruisers are always going to cruise. They get that things that happen. It's a machine out in the water and sometimes things do happen.
This year we're actually off to an amazing start. We bring in new agents every eight weeks. We grow every year and this year is no exception.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian College women's tennis team had its 2017-18 season opening match with Gwynedd Mercy University postponed during the doubles competition due to rain.
The match started with the Griffins picking up two wins in doubles action but the third contest was unfinished due to the rain starting.
The contest has not been rescheduled at this time.
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Growing Plants Indoors – A Beginner's Guide
November 19, 2010 by glreview
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The first thing you need to consider when growing plants indoors is selecting the right type of light. The variety of plants that you decide to grow will dictate the type and strength of light that will be needed for optimal growth and big buds. It is wise to choose plants that matches the care and time that you will have to put into your garden. There are many plants that are easy to care for, and that will grow safely inside your home or grow room. You will need to provide them with the correct amount of water, soil, lighting, nutrients, temperature, humidity and ventilation, that they are used to getting in their natural habitat.
Light is the most important part of your indoor garden and such a vital factor for plant growth. Their growth rate and the amount of time they remain active all depends on the light they receive. You need to know how much light to your specific plants require. Three points that need to be considered when dealing with light includes: intensity, hue, and duration. Learning about these principles will give you the best chances of indoor garden success.
Obviously, you will need to choose the proper bulbs to help light your indoor plants. Artificial plant lighting has been used for a long time to grow plants and in just about every setting. There are many varieties to choose with systems that run fluorescent light bulbs including compact fluorescent lighting (CFL) and high efficiency LED lighting to high intensity discharge (HID) systems that include metal halide (MH) and high pressure sodium (HPS) light systems. The average fluorescent tube can last up to 10,000 hours, whereas a standard incandescent bulb only lasts 1,000 hours. Metal halide and high pressure sodium grow lights are the most powerful, but they do take the most energy and give off the most heat. Always consider how you will ventilate the heat out of your grow room or area.
Water and nutrients are also a vital part of every plants life. You need to when and how much water to give each variety. Some do well in drier conditions and others need lots of water. Soil consistency can vary so getting the correct mix is important to successful gardening. One way to tell when a plant needs water is to stick your finger into the soil about two or three inches. If it's dry, you need to thoroughly water that plant until the water is running out of the bottom of the pot. This way, you will be sure that the roots are being wet completely. Do not water every day, wait until more than just the top one-third of the pot dries, or else you'll end up over-watering the plant. If your finger doesn't dig down easy two inches into the soil during the test, then you probably need a better soil mix.
Temperature and humidity are very important to a prize winning harvest. Get a digital thermostat that shows the day's high and low so you will know if you need to cool the room down. With a little bit of garden knowledge, growing plants indoors is pretty easy just as your not growing in a room that is colder than usual like an unheated basement. In this case, you may need to add a small heater to keep a more constant temperature. You may also need a humidifier or ventilating system inside your home in order to provide the plants with an appropriate level of moisture and ventilation. Some avid growers even do a bit further an get a CO2 tank to give help flowering plants produce bigger buds and flowers.


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We are having a girl! Feeling so overjoyed!
Many of you know that this is my third pregnancy and the only baby that has made it to the second trimester. For those of you who don't know, my amazing doctor had me tested for every blood disease/genetic mutation and we found out I have a genetic mutation that thickens my blood during pregnancy and can cause blood clots, which is why I've lost my last two babies.
My blood flow isn't efficient for the growth of a baby so it passes around 8 weeks. To stay pregnant, I have to take a blood thinner shot in my stomach everyday of my pregnancy. So crazy, but so thankful my doctor figured this out.
My amazing husband has given me every shot, hugged me everytime it has hurt, and has endured all of my emotions from the pain my body is enduring. Although these shots burn and leave bruises, I am thankful for them. They have required CJ and I to have a different level of trust. I've always been thankful for him, but I'm more grateful for him than ever.
This genetic mutation comes with chronic pain, which is why I have always been in pain since I can remember. There hasn't been one day I haven't felt pain in my body. But, with all that being said it is nice to have answers now.
My pregnancy hormones also caused my body to get Hashimoto's disease, which is an autoimmune disorder. It has caused a whole new way of living. It's not the end of the world, but if I don't take care of my body with thyroid medicine and my eating habits, it can hurt the baby.
My point in all of this is I need prayer. We have a faithful God that has brought us this far, a geat support system, but if you pray, please keep us in mind. Most days aren't a struggle, but there are many days that fear takes over. Today is one of those days.
I'm overjoyed, excited, and so in love with my baby girl. I'm also afraid, afraid that the heartbeat will disappear. I know my God is good, so I shouldn't fear right? But, there are days like today where I'm overwhelmed. Thank you to everyone who has reached out, and shared your own situation with me. You are so encouraging. 💕


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Governor Abbott has appointed Annelise Gonzalez, for terms set to expire on February 1, 2023 to the Nueces River Authority Board of Directors. The authority shall administer the control, employment, and conservation of the waters of the Nueces River Basin, forestation and reforestation, groundwater, storm water floodwater, water quality control, solid waste, and parks and recreational facilities.
Annelise Gonzalez of San Antonio is the director of business development and community relations at San Antonio Board of Realtors. She is a cohort with the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber's Latina Leadership Institute. Gonzalez received a Bachelor of Arts in political science and a Master of Public Administration from The University of Texas at San Antonio.
The Governor additionally appointed Chad H. Foster Jr., Debra Young Hatch, Marshall Davidson, Howard "Tony" Wood, and William "Bill" Schuchman and reappointed W. Alston Beinhorn for the same term, as well as Karen Knolle and reappointed John Galloway for terms to expire on February 1, 2021.
These appointments are subject to Senate confirmation.
¡Felicidades, Annie!


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Question: After watching a rerun of Who's the Boss, I couldn't remember if Tony and Angela ever married on the show. Did they? And if they didn't, why not? D.S., Collierville, Tenn.
Televisionary: They didn't actually marry on the show, but they appeared to be on their way. In the last episode, Tony and Angela had separated and Angela was looking for a new housekeeper. Tony showed up to try out for the job, the implication being that he wanted to give their relationship another shot, too. I answered this question at length a couple years back. You can read that answer by doing an archives search.


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- How do I: Upgrade the system software?To install an upgrade to the Allworx system software, you will need to perform the following steps:
You will need to download the system software from the Allworx Partner Portal, and make sure those files are loaded onto the Allworx system in the Update folder.
If you cannot download the files from the server admin page, you will have to use an FTP program to load the files into the Allworx.
You will need to perform a system backup before you run the system upgrade. In case something goes wrong with the installation, you will want to have a copy of the configuration available to rebuild the system.
Once those steps are done, the system upgrade can take place.
First notes:
If you have not backed up your system software, or if you are at all uncertain if you have ever backed up your system software, please follow the guide on 'How Do I: Backup the Allworx' to do so BEFORE you run a system software upgrade.
- How Do I: Download system software:There are two methods for downloading the system software:
Method 1, Automated download
- Open a new Internet browser.
- Navigate to the server admin page of the Allworx system and log in.
- Click on Maintenance > Upgrade.
- Under the 'Copy the files to the update area', click on the link for 'download from the web', then click the OK button. This will download the current "released" version of software for your model server. If this process is successful, you may proceed to the next step 'How To Update the System Software'.
- If this process is NOT successful, you will need to FTP the files manually, and you will need to follow the below steps for Manual download.
Method 2, Manual download
- Open a new Internet browser.
- Navigate to the Portal, log in, and go to Support & Training > Software.
- Find the version of the system software that you want to download for your system. Usually there are two choices, the Production and a Pre-Production. Make sure you choose the right version for your model of system.
- Click on the link for the system software to begin downloading it to your computer.
- When the 'Save' dialog box comes up, make sure you note where on your computer the software is being downloaded to, so you can find it later. Then click 'Save' or 'OK'.
- When that is done, you can close the browser, the software is now downloaded onto your computer.
- Using your FTP program, transfer the system software files to the update folder of the Allworx system. The parameters for the FTP program are:
- IP- the same as your LAN IP for the Allworx.
- ftp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/update
- Anonymous and passive settings are to be used
- How Do I: Update the system software:
- Open a new Internet browser window, and navigate to the Allworx server admin page and log in.
- Click on Maintenance, then Update
- At this point, the new System Files should be in the Update folder of the Allworx system. If not, then you will need to follow the steps above (How To Download System Software) first.
- Click the 'Activate Update' button. If the correct files have been loaded to the Update folder, the system will prompt you that the "the update was successful" and notify you that the system will reboot automatically. If you are notified that the update failed, verify that the correct software had been downloaded from the website, and that all files contained in the downloaded "zip" file have been copied to the update folder. Loading the incorrect version for your model server is the most common reason for a failed update.
- When the system has rebooted, it will have the new system software installed. To confirm this, you can click on the 'about' button under the Allworx logo on the admin page. It will display the currently installed version number of system software.
- How Do I: Save files from the Admin pages?From the browser save html pages as htm only (system events, system configuration, etc)
Save anything that default saves as .txt (sip logs, pri logs, pretty much anything on the tools page) as a text file (*.txt)


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CBA Student & Faculty Excellence Fund-Scholarships
Recipients of the Carl Mammel CBA Scholarship must be enrolled in, or intending to enroll (as freshmen), in the College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha. Preference is given to candidates in the CBA Scholars Academy, be residents of the metropolitan Omaha, Nebraska trade area who have indicated an intent to pursue a career in the Omaha area following graduation from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and be selected based on ACT results, high school academic ranking, leadership potential, evidence of involvement in activities and teach recommendations.
In order to retain or renew the scholarship, recipients must attain a 3.3 GPA in their freshman year (or through the first 30 credit hours), maintain a 3.4 GPA in the sophomore year (or next 30 credit hours), maintain a cumulative 3.5 GPA during junior and senior years (or 60-plus hours), participate in at least one student business organization beginning their sophomore year and continue, in good standing, through graduation and participate in the College of Business Administration's internship program during junior year.
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Humánny pokrok – A van for vegan food festivals in Slovakia
Our work is revolving around the issues of animal exploitation and sustainability. We are working towards ending the animal agriculture in order to save tens of billions of animals every year and in order to stop catastrophic climate change. Our project is promoting sustainable and compassionate diets, that don't include any animal ingredients, that have lower environmental impact and lower carbon footprint. We are helping plant-based enterprises grow in every part of the country and we are helping individuals to find these enterprises in their vicinity. We want to grow even more, get more attention to these issues, and work towards supporting both the supply of and demand for sustainable and compassionate plant-based alternatives.
This work is important in order to overcome the currently greatest obstacles on the road to future of humanity. We need to stop the climate change and we need to start behaving towards the animals and the environment with respect. The most important thing here is the fact, that everyone can contribute to overcoming these obstacles and everyone should start doing so, since we have only limited time to do that.
The initial seed grant was an important step forward for our organization and for how we were planning our development. It was a significant boost for our growth, however as a growing organization, we always have new costs and expenses popping up. Most of those are operational and mostly can be covered by our budgets. Every time when we are trying to make a larger step, bigger cost-saving investment, or a future expansion, there are some costs, that are much bigger than our current level of development allows us to cover. Having an option to deal with this issues at once and not needing to save little by little for many months in a row really speeds up our development and ability to help animals and environment more effectively and more promptly.


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A recent article posted by The National Law Review entitled "Thinking of Selling? Start Early, Build Your Team" explains the importance of putting together a good team of trusted advisors well in advance of selling your business. Your team should include an attorney, accountant, investment banker, and wealth manager. This team will help you with various aspects of selling your business such as: Setting a realistic valuation on the business Finding potential buyers Handling due diligence and information requests from buyers Structuring a transaction for tax & liability protection Dealing with the sale proceeds and making sure your goals are met It is a good idea to put this team together as soon as possible if you're thinking of selling, so everyone has time to prepare. There are so many aspects to a business sale and it is essential to have an experienced team of professionals to guide you in the process. Click here to read the full article. A recent article from The San Angelo … [Read more...]
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission Event Travel and Accommodation Subsidy
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Event Travel and Accommodation Subsidy
For survivors attending the Sept 16-22, 2013, TRC and Reconciliation Canada events in Vancouver, BC
Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Development Canada and various church donations have contributed a total of $200,000 to support the participation of residential school survivors in Truth and Reconciliation and Reconciliation Canada events September 16-22, 2013.
The FNHA will administer the TRC travel and accommodation subsidy to supplement the travel and accommodation costs to survivors who will be attending the Sept 16-22, 2013 event in Vancouver, BC. The FNHA will administer these funds and leverage our relationships with travel vendors to offer discounted airfare and ferry fare for survivors, information will be posted on TRC, Reconciliation Canada and FNHA websites.
Due to the last minute nature of this opportunity, the FNHA will manage all subsidy requests with the intention to support the highest number of survivors possible. The TRC expects over 2000 survivors to attend the event, and depending on demand, there is no guarantee that a subsidy will be provided. Please note that all applications will be handled with the utmost of confidence.
Download the TRC Subsidy Overview
Download the TRC Subsidy Form
For more information please email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Please submit the travel and accommodations subsidy form no later than Wednesday, September 11, 2013 by 4 pm.
**Please note that completion of this form will not guarantee subsidy funding—the number of subsidies and the subsidy amounts will depend on the number of applications that are received, as well as regional representation of survivors.
*** If you have any problems opening the documents send a message to the email above.


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Dollar prices edged up in early Asian trade on Wednesday, bolstered by higher U.S. Treasury yields but still constrained against the yen after the Bank of Japan's move to trim its purchases of Japanese government bonds triggered tapering fears.
The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six major rival currencies, inched up slightly to 92.536, not far from its overnight high of 92.640.
The euro was slightly lower on the day at $1.1933, well below its nearly four-month high of $1.2089 set last Thursday.
Against the yen, the dollar was slightly lower at 112.62, struggling to make headway in the wake of a 0.5 percent drop in the previous session when Japan's central bank slightly reduced the amount of its Japanese government bond (JGB) purchases in its regular buying operations.
While the move was a technical tweak in line with the central bank's policies to date, it unleashed a wave of speculation that the BOJ could be poised to unwind its massive, ultra-easy monetary stimulus.
Yields on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note reached a 10-month high on Tuesday, partly lifted by the BOJ's action.
The 10-year note yield stood at 2.551 percent in Asian trading, up from its U.S. close of 2.546 percent on Tuesday, when it rose as high as 2.555 percent, its highest since March.
"The BOJ's move reminded traders of the fact that major central banks are willing to normalize their monetary policy," said Masafumi Yamamoto, chief currency strategist at Mizuho Securities.
"I think this unwanted strengthening of the yen will make the BOJ more cautious in going forward, when they want to move toward normalization," he said.
Sterling was slightly lower at $1.3535, but remained supported by expectations that Brexit talks will have a positive outcome. Source: Reuters


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The Football Federation of Cambodia conducted a short skill and fitness test at the Olympic Stadium yesterday for a group of 40 referees and assistants, including three from the distaff side, who will officiate during the season opening 2012 Hun Sen Cup competition, which kicks off on January 7.
The workshop was held under the watchful eyes of five FIFA nominated Cambodian instructors and Tetsu Karakida, a referee supervisor from Japan. The participants were divided into five groups and were put through various stress tests for speed, stamina and endurance. The routines included repetitive short sprints and brisk walking, two prime skills required for referees who have to keep pace with the players all the time during a match.
An additional session focusing on offside officiating for assistant referees was conducted yesterday afternoon.
The FFC is planning a similar workshop for referees in March 2012, according to football referees instructor Tuy Bunhoeurn.


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Dr. Byrd witnessed the impact of United Way for more than 15 years in North Carolina. She worked with NC State University and had a partnership through the 4-H Youth Development program to assist with youth programs in disadvantages areas. She also has been part of the employee campaigns. Dr. Byrd wants to contribute to the work that United Way performs in both Lake and Sumter Counties. There are many deserving organizations that make a difference in the lives of so many in need. She is always amazed when she hears of the projects United Way serves. It is amazing the difference made with limited funds. She wants to be part of making a difference.


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09 Jun Summertime Treats at Coligny!
By Teen Contributor Savannah Toomer:
When teens go to the beach, there has to be some type of food. Well, right across from Coligny beach, you'll find Coligny Plaza which is full of many different places to get food! Today I want to talk about my favorite treats to eat at Coligny. So let's get started!
One of my favorite treats is a cup of Rita's. They have custard, exotic flavors of Italian ice, frozen drinks, and so much more! My favorite is their vanilla custard with rainbow sprinkles. Just a bite and my day is a whole lot better!!
Today I went by the House of Jerky to see what it was like. Let me just say the store was so cute, but looked so delicious at the same time! I asked the owner if I could try some and he gave me a piece of the Black Pepper Venison Jerky and oh my gosh! That was the best jerky I have ever tasted! I'm planning on going there later to buy some!
Who doesn't love candy? I mean seriously I think everyone loves candy!! Well, I go to the Hilton Head Candy Company for my candy. They have such a variety of candy, it's amazing! They are known for their amazing salt water taffy that is to die for good. But, warning if you have braces, don't get it stuck in your braces because the dentist might get mad at you (I do it anyways…shhhh)!
One of my most favorite ice cream shops in the world is the Frozen Moo! So please moooooove out the way so I can get my ice cream please 🙂 My favorite flavors are the banana and the coffee. The most popular flavor is the Butterscotch Bomb and it sounds pretty good. I might have to go try that later. Anyways, Frozen Moo is the place to go for ice cream and their milkshakes are pretty good too!
What are YOUR favorite summertime treats at Coligny?
About Savannah:
Hello! My name is Savannah Rose Toomer and I'm not your average 14 year old girl. I live on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina with my amazing grandparents, and go to boarding school up in Virginia. I love to write stories, read interesting books, take photos of the most bizarre things I can find, have a great time with friends and family, spike a volleyball, shoot a basketball, play lacrosse, and food is definitely on this list of things I love! I work as a teenage blogger for Coligny Plaza and I love it because it involves photography and writing. If you're ever looking for me, you'll find me at Coligny 🙂


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A brief analysis of some of the data contained in the 2010 report on Portugal from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) easily lets us see what a fundamental role education has played in promoting development. It has been thanks to education and the investment in getting people qualified, in research and in technological innovation – benefits which have repercussions throughout society – that a large number of countries have managed to catch up somewhat on the route to economic growth and offer their populations better standards of living and well-being.
If Education for Global Citizenship (EGC) contributes towards better informed citizens, who are more aware of the specific present-day problems, then it will certainly also contribute to the establishment of more sustainable and sustained development across the world.
Naturally, when we talk about development, the first thing we need to do is clarify exactly what we mean by the concept. Countless definitions have been suggested over the years but, being highly subjective, all, without exception, are subject to criticism.
For this reason, the only one singled out here is the one put forward by the UN in its Declaration on the Right to Development, where development is presented as being "a comprehensive economic, social, cultural and political process, which aims at the constant improvement of the well-being of the entire population and of all individuals on the basis of their active, free and meaningful participation in development and in the fair distribution of benefits resulting therefrom." (United Nations, A/RES/41/128)
Thus, in accordance with this definition, rather than the accumulation of wealth, development has to do with human well-being and people's freedom to exercise their own choices. For this to be achieved, boosting human capacity is fundamental and education is surely an essential ingredient for the sustained increase in the quality of life worldwide. An increase which, over the last two hundred years, has undoubtedly been due to the technological progress made as a result of the role played by education in research and innovation.
The specialists say than in the last 40 years every region has made progress in terms of human development, although at different levels. The regions of Eastern Asia and Asia-Pacific appear to have been especially successful, having achieved considerable economic progress.
However, numbers aside, there are other important realities that need to be analysed. Many people still live in circumstances of severe deprivation in many aspects of their lives.
Education's Contribution to Global Citizenship
A number of economic studies, disseminated at national and international encounters, have been unanimous in considering education to be a key, and perhaps even decisive, factor for the success of countries in general and the developing nations in particular. Only education opens the way for a more sustainable emergence from poverty.
"... education must be a process which is open to all throughout their entire lives. Because it's not enough, as has happened in many developing countries, to promote literacy and basic education. That's precisely why they're still developing, because they haven't acquired the capacity to build their own prosperity, by themselves and for themselves."
MAYOR, Federico (2001). "Endogenous Development and Democratic Government"
Subsequently, the countries that achieved the greatest economic growth over the last decades, with clear benefits for their society, are also those that made the greatest efforts in the field of education or made a greater commitment to promoting intellectual development.
One good example of this practice, a 50-year-long success story, comes to us from Eastern Asia, the so-called "Tigers" or "Dragons" of the Far East. The focus on an educational strategy geared towards technology has allowed them to develop the necessary qualifications that are essential for people to master the new technologies. Basic education was given priority at the outset, but as growth occurred and the need for more specialised, educated workers became more pressing from a competitive point of view, secondary and higher education soared too.
Click here to see the expanded version of the assessment report (Portugal 2010) in PDF format.
Take a look, too, at:
» Participatory Methods and Pedagogical Resources (In Portuguese)
» Oikos and "Education for Global Citizenship " (In Portuguese)
» Schools / Teachers / Instructors
» Oikos' Global Citizenship Projects
(Projects in the Spotlight: feed of the global citizenship projects)
» MDG Documentary Cinema (In Portuguese)
» (En)forced and (Un)equal – Against Human Trafficking and Labour Exploitation (In Portuguese)
» MDG Showcase – Scenarios for the Future (In Portuguese)


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Saturday, 18 April 2009
For all Amie Soto Blossom Fans
The tunnel comes out here.
Shame it was misty and grey.
It has been mentioned that Amie hasn't been on here for a while. As you can see she doesn't sleep all the time and loves the beach. So Amie Soto Blossom No 1... fans here she is.
In Devon the fields meet the sea. Sad to say they often fall into it too.
Now I know what your thinking. Rock Painting. It did cross my mind.
How on earth would I get it up the tunnel?
Posted by Soggibottom at Saturday, April 18, 2009
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Are you trying to say that we only come here for Amie??? YES WE DO!!! Hehehe, kidding dear. ;)
Love the view. My god, it's amazing. Wouldn't want to be near the edge of the cliffs though! Eek!
- 19 April 2009 at 02:18
- Soggibottom said...
Bunny I really did wonder how I could shift that rock!
- 19 April 2009 at 15:58
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