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Our friendly team will take time to listen to your expectations and concerns, in order to offer you bespoke options which are suited to your needs. We will explain every step of your treatment journey and answer all your questions to keep you fully informed every step of the way.
Our aim is to deliver excellent patient care and customer service. We want to make your experience with us as relaxed and comfortable as possible. According to our latest patient feedback analysis, 100% of our patients would recommend us to friends and family. Feel free to browse our patient reviews on our website and Facebook page.
We are one of a handful practices in the UK to offer exclusively bespoke treatment options using state-of-the-art digital technology. Our aim is not only to straighten your teeth, but to create a great smile suited to your face. The final result is first analysed and designed on the computer, then a custom-made brace is fabricated using 3D printing technology to offer outstanding results.
Modern treatment options allow us to achieve great results without removing teeth in most of our cases. We will do a careful analysis and explain to you if taking no teeth out is clinically advisable to give you a more aesthetic smile and a more balanced facial profile.
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ROADSHOW is part adventure, part history lesson, part treasure hunt. Specialists from the country's leading auction houses and independent dealers from across the nation, travel throughout the United States offering free appraisals of antiques and collectibles. ANTIQUES ROADSHOW cameras watch as owners recount tales of family heirlooms, yard sale bargains and long-neglected items salvaged from attics and basements, while experts reveal the fascinating truth about these finds. Series hosT 100-400: Chris Jussel; Series hosT 5-600: Dan Elias. Series release date: 1997
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1201: 1/7/2008: Host Mark L. Walberg welcomed viewers to the 12th season of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW from Baltimore, Maryland.
"Angel-Fish" Pin from Mark Twain, ca. 1895: $1,500-$8,000: At the Baltimore ANTIQUES ROADSHOW in June 2007, a guest named Susan arrived with a beautiful enamel lapel pin, a black-and-white photo of her grandmother as a young girl, and a family story that connected her grandmother to one of America's greatest writers, Samuel Clemens. "My understanding has been that she was given this pin by Mark Twain," Susan said. "Samuel Clemens in his older years had a group of young ladies that he corresponded with, and who visited him at his home." The story is true, and the woman's grandmother was Dorothy Sturgis, one of the dozen or so young girls between the ages of 11 and 16 that Clemens, whose pen name was Mark Twain, befriended in his later years.
1885 Chicago Opening Day Baseball Program: $8,000 - $12,000: "Dedication of the Chicago Ball Park, Saturday, June 6, 1885." The Chicago Ball Park became known as West Side Park, and that's where the Chicago White Stockings played, the team that would later become the Chicago Cubs. In 1885 they needed a new park and this is the dedication souvenir program from that day. There is an actual image of the West Side Park, and on the bottom a team photograph. 19th-century baseball collectibles are amongst the rarest and most desirable of all sports memorabilia and the Chicago Cubs are one of the most collected teams, and the condition's amazing.
Field Trip: Antique Cast-Iron Garden Ornament: Ladew Topiary Gardens
1202: 1/14/2008: Appraisals include: Italian Micromosaic Picture, ca. 1865 Appraised Value: $8,000 - $12,000; Pennsylvania Tramp Art Dresser Appraised Value: $6,000 - $8,000; Thomas Hart Benton Drawing, ca. 1933 Appraised Value: $12,000 - $18,000; Johnny Unitas 1958 Championship Jacket Appraised Value: $40,000 - $60,000; 1928 Edna Ferber's Copy of "Show Boat" Appraised Value: $3,000 - $5,000
Field Trip: Edgar Allan Poe Material: Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum
1203: 1/21/2008: 1971 George Nakashima Conoid Bench Appraised Value: $45,000 - $45,000; 1829 D.H. Burr Manhattan Map Appraised Value: $4,000 - $6,000; 19th-Century Eberhart Stoneware Jug & Jar Appraised Value: $6,600 - $8,800; 1798 Nicolas Lupot Violin & Peccatte-style Bow Appraised Value: $140,000 - $160,000; Lionel Blue Comet Toy Train, ca. 1935 Appraised Value: $8,000 - $12,000; Nordfeldt Two-Sided Painting, ca. 1915 Appraised Value: $100,000 - $100,000
Field Trip: Vintage Original Comic Art: Geppi's Entertainment Museum
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Research and analysis
Impact of economic recovery on pay settlements. Incomes Data Services
An examination of the impact of economic recovery on pay settlements both across the whole economy and low-paying sectors.
This paper, written by Incomes Data Services for the Low Pay Commission, explores how economic recovery has affected pay settlements.
It considers 3 main questions:
- to what extent has the economic recovery affected the distribution of pay settlements in 2011?
- how does the level of increase to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) affect the distribution of pay settlements, especially the 3-month data including the month of uplift?
- is the NMW continuing to have an effect on the timing of pay settlements, particularly at organisations in low-paying sectors?
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A very near second best for Rice, in my view anyway. I haven't read them all yet but i have to say I think The Witching Hour takes the top spot for me :-) This novel is a truly unique story thats beautifully told, really makes you think about what may be after life on earth for our souls...if we indeed have souls :-)
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The Toro Company makes Toro lawn mowers. Founded on July 10, 1914, the Toro Company started out building engines for the Bull Tractor Company which was based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. When Bull's sales dropped in 1916, Toro quickly adapted by building engines for both the farming and trucking industries.
Toro also helped in the war effort by manufacturing steam steering winches for the merchant marines in 1919. The first complete machine, a golf course turf roller, was manufactured in 1918. In 1924, the precursor to the modern day push mower was built and named the Toro 30" Park Special and was manufactured for three decades.


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There are no reports of Kevin Jonas ever going to jail, as of November, 2015. Kevin Jonas was the oldest of three members of the pop rock band The Jonas Brothers. The pop group decided to part ways in 2013 due to unspecified reasons.
Kevin Jonas married Danielle Deleasa on Dec. 19, 2009 and the couple went on to star in their own reality show, Married to Jonas. Danielle gave birth to her first child Alena Jonas on Feb. 2, 2014. Kevin Jonas has ventured into the business world after the split of his pop group and as of 2015 has a estimated net worth of 18 million dollars.


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"Made for Good Purpose has a powerful set of tools based on Dr. Michael McManmon's personal experiences and insights as a self-advocate of Asperger's Syndrome. Dr. McManmon defines 'The Donkey Rule', which will be embraced by every reader, as he guides everyone on a path towards achieving their fullest potential." — Lawrence P. Kaplan, PhD, Chairman of US Autism & Asperger Association, and author of Diagnosis Autism: Now What?
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What do readers say after reading MBA Admission for Smarties?
"MBA Admissions for Smarties is a gem of a guide designed to help savvy business school applicants research and pick appropriate schools and present their application in the most compelling way to the admission committees. Going beyond simple tricks and hints, this book helps applicant fully tackle all aspects of their application from the basics of developing your goals to building core ideas for your essays and gathering letters of recommendations and preparing for interviews. After helping thousands of MBA applicants get into their top choice schools, Accepted.com's admission consulting advice is now available for applicants everywhere." – Leila Pirnia, Founder, MBA Podcaster
If there is one thing that a prospective MBAS student should take away from this book it is chapter 1. The question "what are your goals" should be such a simple thing to elucidate but it is the one question that applicants stumble over time and time again. The MBA has become one more thing on a check off list rather than a reasoned, self-aware, ad thought-out process." — Christie St. John, Ph.D., Senior Associate Director of Admissions, Tuck School of Business.
"This is a highly comprehensive book that will be valuable to graduate school applicants and educational consultants alike. Filled with thought-proving questions and tons of examples, it's destined to become the ultimate handbook for MBA admission." — Maxx Duffy, President, Maxx Associates
"This book will help eliminate the initial fears and questions that many prospective applicants have about applying to b-school. The level of detail allows the reader to use this as a reference tool to complete the perfect application. Bravo!" — Christine E. Sneva, Director, Admissions and Financial Aid, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
"Cutting long story short, Linda does a great job in – Push YOU to think differently than just providing you an arid set of suggestions!!" — Sanket of My GMAT and MBA Journey…"
"For starters, the full title of the book is MBA Admission for Smarties: The No-Nonsense Guide to Acceptance at Top Business Schools, and I think that accurately depicts the content within. I think the key merit of the book is that it neatly organizes all the considerations of the business school application process in a concise manner (the book is only 180 pages). You could probably actually go and find 95% of the information contained in the book on GMAT Club, Beat the GMAT, and other sites, but it would take you forever, and you'd sift through an overwhelming amount of information to dig out the gems that Linda and Judy have already identified through their years of experience in admissions consulting." –MBA Boy in A Very Long Conversation With Myself
"I just finished this great MBA Admissions resource – a book by Linda Abraham (founder of accepted.com) called 'MBA Admission for Smarties'…Based on my own personal experience and the experiences about the MBA applications process of a couple of friends of mine, I can vouch that the book describes the MBA admissions process right from to-dos when one first thinks of an MBA to the moment he gets an acceptance letter from an MBA program through some concrete examples at every step." — Amit Pandey, author of the blog, My Journey to Destiny.
"Another thing I loved about the book is that it pretty much covers everything – right from your research (what website rankings really mean and what they don't mean) to check points for interviews to a bit about wait list and reapplications… I would recommend this book for anybody who is looking to get things started or is a bit confused about where to begin or is probably stuck at addressing certain issues like low GPA or GMAT. Even those who have begin their application you could use this book as check point for your draft." — by Asax of the Bschool Admit blog.


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A Broward Circuit Court jury Thursday found a Hollywood construction worker not guilty of manslaughter but guilty of operating a boat under the influence of alcohol in the Oct. 9, 1983, death of Joseph M. Grim, 62, of Fort Lauderdale.
The jury also convicted Michael Clifford Donovan, 35, of attempted resisting of arrest without violence, a charge that stemmed from Donovan's struggle with officers from the Florida Marine Patrol who strapped him down to get a blood- alcohol sample.
Donovan will be sentenced for the two convictions at a later date by Circuit Judge Stanton Kaplan.
The verdict ended a seven-day trial in which the Broward State Attorney's Office tried for the first time in the state's history to win a manslaughter conviction on charges of operating a boat while intoxicated.
Florida prosecutors have won only a few convictions for this boating-related offense, and those convictions were achieved through plea bargaining.
Defense attorney Richard St. Denis argued that the crime of driving or boating while intoxicated has become a trendy issue, and that his client was an unlucky guinea pig for law officers and prosecutors eager to get a jury decision on the matter.
"They said, 'Enough is enough. We're going to get this guy.' " St. Denis contended. "The Florida Marine Patrol has to deal with boating accidents day in and day out. They said, 'This is it. This is our test case. We've got the guy."
St. Denis also tried to place some of the blame for the fatal crash on the victim, noting that Grim's blood alcohol content was measured at two decimal points short of legal intoxication and that Grim's boat was going an estimated 8-10 mph in a 3-5 mph zone.
Prosecutor Barry Goldstein argued that Donovan's "flagrantly negligent behavior" caused Grim's death. A physician called by the prosecution estimated Donovan's blood-alcohol content was as high as .18 the night of the accident, and another expert for the prosecution pegged the speed of Donovan's boat at 25-30 mph.


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|Attach rope to a surface or release it
|Move the character up and down along the rope
|Swing back and forth on attached rope
|Move left or right on the ground
|Pull an object towards the character
Note that we do not have a verb for jump. That is because a rope makes jumping redundant. In fact, we have even said that walking is simply desirable, but not critical. If we can swing on the rope, then it is possible to move without walking if we really had to.
The verb pull is another interesting challenge. We do want to make pulling objects towards us the a key part of the game. However, it is unclear whether it is a distinct action from climb. There is a possibility that we might want to distinguish these actions via interations, but have the basic action the same. For example, the actual verb might be retract. If the rope is attached to an anchored object, this pulls the character towards the anchor; on the other hand, if it is attached to an unanchored object, retracting the rope pulls it towards the player.
How do we know whether we want to separate climb and pull? The answer depends on whether we want to be able to climb up when attached to unsecured objects. If so, they must be separate verbs; otherwise, we can replace them both with retract. We are unsure of which choice we want to make yet, so pull is listed as valuable, but not desirable or critical.
It is still a bit early to know all of your challenges. However, if you have some challenges already, this is going to make your gameplay prototype much, much easier. List several samplechallenges in your game. For each challenge, mention the following:
This information is harder to represent in table format. We recommend that you list each challenge as a subheading with a short, one-paragraph description underneath. After this paragraph, answer the three questions above in either bullet (if short) or topic paragraph (if longer) form.
For the last question (skill, uncertainty, or risk), remember the lessons from class. If it is a skill-based challenge, what skill does it use? It is a timing challenge or a hand-eye coordination challenge? Puzzle challenges that do not involve hidden information are also a skill-based challenge. If there is hidden information involved, we show know that. Finally, let us know if there is a random element that makes the player outcome somewhat unpredictable. You do not need to be too formal here; just answer the question the best you can.
Once the actions and challenges are identified, you can focus on the mechanics. Again, you should not to restrict your mechanics to your main verb. If you have multiple verbs, we are interested in the ways that they can interact. Ideally, a programmer should be able to read this section and understand exactly how to implement the gameplay.
List your actions again, as in the previous section. But this time tell you should answer the following three questions (possibly in table format):
Input is what the player has to do direct the game to perform the action. For example, a platformer may use the space bar, the up arrow, or even the A button on a game controller to perform a jump. A tablet game may require a tap on the screen or a finger swipe. Tell us the exact input or input sequence; if there is more than one input for the same action, let us know.
Limitations are anything that must be satisfied in order for the action to occur. If a limitation is not satisified, the action will fail; the game will either do nothing, or it will perform a second action penalizing the user for violating the limitation. There are essentially three different ways that actions can have limitations. example, platformers have a spatial limitation where the character must be on the ground in order to perform a jump. Limitations can also be determined by resources, such as the necessity of ammo in order to shoot a weapon.
Outcome describes exactly what happens when the user performs it. For example, one possible outcome of a jump action is that the character gains an upward velocity. This tells us exactly what happens when we press the jump button; everything else is a result of an interaction. As a general rule of thumb, if you find yourself listing more than one outcome for an action, figure out what those two outcomes have in common. That is the action. Everything else should be determined by interactions.
We have talked about interactions quite a bit in this class. Interactions are not controlled (directly) by player input. Instead, interactions are a response to a triggering event, such as a collision, a line-of-sight detection, or a resource being acquired.
We want you to list all of the interactions that you know of so far; unlike actions, it is relatively easy to keep adding interactions as you work on your game. Indeed, as you add challenges, you might be tempted to add new interactions. Though you should avoid this, as interaction bloat is almost as bad as verb bloat.
For each interaction, answer the following question:
The trigger event is just some game state that causes the interaction to happen. We gave examples of these above. You do not need to be too formal here; simply describe the basic event.
For the outcome, again you should be as precised as possible. What is the immediate outcome of the interaction (e.g. next animation frame)? Do not try to guess what happens several animation frames in the future. Those outcomes are the result of system feedback (such as in a physics game). The Challenges section of this document was your chance to be informal about this step; now we want you to focus on what really happens. A large part of your prototyping will be making sure that this gameplay allows you to overcome the challenges in the way that you envision.
Your answer to the final question can simply be the name of the verb. You do not need to tell us exactly how the actions control the interaction.
Include pictures of three levels of your game. You need to show the range of your game: there should be an easy level, a medium level, and a hard level. These pictures should include the user interface. These can be rough drawings done by hand or pictures of your paper prototype (highly recommended!).
The reality of any project is that there is always a lot more features you'll want to put in than you have time to implement. Therefore, before actually starting on production, you should triage all your desired project features and sort them by importance, then implement your project features in that order.
You must divide your features into 3 general categories:
This list should be constantly referenced and re-evaluated as the project evolves. As you rethink your project focus or discover certain features are taking longer than expected, you should do another triage and prioritization of your features.
Once you have your prioritized list of features, you need to break these down into doable tasks and assign them to project members. We want to see a five-week plan for your development through the Beta Playtest (October 13th). You should plan to produce an first Alpha prototype in three weeks (September 27th) that includes everything necessary for a playable version of your game with at least three levels. You then need to plan for a second prototype due two weeks later that has all of the intended content. You should give estimates (in hours) of how long you think each task will take to complete. This makes work distribution easier and helps to get an estimate of just how many features you can expect to accomplish. For even better results, during production you should track exactly how long you ended up taking on each task and change future estimates accordingly. Like other sections of this document, you should be reading/adjusting this all the time during production.
While you hopefully answered a lot of design questions during the paper prototyping stage, you should still have a list of the questions you want to answer once you have a computer prototype working. Figure out the biggest potential problems that your game might have in its computer incarnation and focus your feature priorities to answering those questions as soon as possible. It helps to have contingency plans for each of the potential problems. If a feature ends up failing and not being salvageable, what can you do to still have a fun and engaging game? Also, remember that you have not yet tested the actual computer-based input methods for you game, so interface usability should definitely be on your list of questions to address. You should also include any your ideas for features you want to a/b test during the iteration process here.
Due: Thursday, September 7th at 11:59 pm
Create a document answering these questions and submit it through CMS.
This is not the final draft of your concept document. You will have later opportunities to revise your concept. However, you should take this assignment seriously, as we will use this assignment to evaluate the suitability of your game (e.g. is it feasible, is it suitably difficult, etc.).


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Fuse News anchor Jack Osbourne is tearing it up on Dancing With the Stars!
Monday night his elegant waltz earned him an impressive 9/10 score from all three judges. And his heart-wrenching account of how his newborn daughter Pearl helped him deal with his Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis was the emotional focal point of the night. As Jack's coach/dance partner Cheryl Burke told him, "The grace of your being always manages to slip into the grace of your dancing."
Vote for Jack on DWTS right now to make sure the Fuse News anchor makes it through to next week to dance again. He's an incredible guy who's proved to be quite the dancer, so let's help him claim dance floor victory.
You can vote online at ABC.com and on Facebook until 8pm ET (5pm PT) tonight. And when he gets through (with your help), tune in next Monday at 8p/7c on ABC to watch Jack Osbourne shake it again on DWTS.


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Six companies including Top 100 companies such as Booz Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics and Leidos have won spots to support the Army's weapons development center.
The five-year contract will support the Army's Armament, Research, Development, and Engineering Center, which is based primarily at the Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey.
The six winning companies are:
The companies will compete for task orders that help the center, known by the acronym ARDEC, meet its mission requirements.
The center focuses on the advancement of armament technologies and engineering innovation, according to its website. It is a specialty research and development center with the Army Materiel Command.
ARDEC provides life-cycle support for nearly 90 percent of the lethal Army systems used by U.S. warfighters. Its goals are soldier survivability and enhancing platform and area protection.
Interestingly, it also is in the tech transfer business with technologies going to law enforcement in areas such as non-lethal means of crowd control and a forcible entry device for breeching doors.
Military warhead expertise is helping the oil and gas industry develop better drilling technologies. Other U.S. industries have used model-based control and environmentally safer manufacturing methods developed at the center, according to its website.
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Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C., a law firm serving clients nationally and in Europe, announced Wednesday that it has opened a new Washington, D.C., office.
The new D.C. office will be led by Kevin Bell, Scott Chamber sand Richard Oparil, intellectual property lawyers who are joining the firm from Squire Patton Boggs, according to a Porzio news release. They will be joined in the office by Timothy Ayers, a principal with Porzio.
"A unique entrepreneurial spirit, long-standing commitment to excellent client service, dedication to the professional growth of its lawyers and a genuinely collaborative culture constitute a highly attractive environment and were the deciding factors that convinced Scott, Richard, me and our support team to join Porzio in establishing a D.C. office," Bell said. "The firm has the geographic presence and strength in IP and other key practices to offer clients excellent representation under highly competitive conditions. We are very excited about this opportunity to contribute to this next phase of Porzio's IP practice and to the firm's growth overall."
Ayers counsels pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology companies on a range of compliance-related issues. Bell will handle matters relating to complex patent litigation, involving large intellectual property portfolios and foreign jurisdictions. Oparil will focus his efforts in biotechnology, defense, financial services, software and other clients in patent infringement, trade regulation and complex business litigation. Chambers will focus on patents.
The new location, 1200 New Hampshire Ave. NW, will house approximately 12 new lawyers and professionals, according to the release.
Porzio, based in Morristown, currently has offices in New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts.
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Commercial and retail property owners are constantly facing dents, scuffs, scratches, stains and other cosmetic damage to lift doors. Ceilcote have a solution to this problem by offering onsite lift door spraying.
Ceilcote will attend site and carry out the lift door spraying in-situ. Our teams operate throughout the UK. Working at night or the weekend, a set of lift doors can be resprayed ready for use the next morning.
Ceilcote Lift Door Spraying Process
Ceilcote operatives encapsulate the work area with polythene sheeting then carefully mask button consoles and trims that do not require spraying. Scratches and existing imperfections are filled with epoxy body filler. The substrate is then mechanically abraded and finished off by hand with a fine grit sandpaper.
A primer paint is then applied using the Ceilcote electrostatic spraying process, followed by two topcoats in the colour of your choosing. The site is then de-masked and tidied ready for lift operation the next day.
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What's strange is, squirrels should be out in force because this is their breeding season.
That sucks you didn't get anyhing to take home... maybe they already finished thier business, or they are waiting for valentines day!
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Had a car theft ring here. It was 4 grey squirrels and a grey fox. The squirrels would gain access and turn off the alarm and the fox would jump in and drive it to a chop shop. They only hit high end cars. BMWs MBs, Audis and Porsches being the favorites.If you see some squirrels and a fox hanging out on some street corner acting suspicious. Call the police!!


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Windows 7 Release Candidate is out and available for public download under customer preview program. Not much difference in Windows 7 beta and Windows 7 RC in terms of features however Windows 7 RC has many bug fixes and set of beautiful wallpapers designed specifically for Windows 7 RC.
Another big change in Windows 7 RC from Windows Vista is Icons. If you want to use Windows 7 icons to create themes & styles for Windows 7 then here is Icon set extracted from Windows 7 RC by one of deviantart user.
Windows 7 RC icon pack contains over 2000 icons!!!
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Love and sensuality are portrayed in a strange and slightly disturbing manner in this experimental short subject from filmmaker Radim Labuda. As the soundtrack rings out with a pop song in which the singer longs for "somebody to share the rest of my life," the screen is filled with the image of two men spitting honey into each other's mouths, creating an odd juxtaposition between the ideal and the reality. Somebody was screened in competition at the 2007 Rotterdam International Film Festival.
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We live in a time when almost everything in the material sense is available. For someone more, for others less, but in the end we all have access to cell phones, computers, cars, clothes, shoes, fashion accessories, various household items; all kind of the products that sparkle and shine. But how long does a sense of satisfaction last once you get them? Not long, right? As far as we progress in material terms, we are still hungry for intangible values. What really makes you happy? What really fulfills your sense of satisfaction? Experiencing our environment and lifestyle, as well as sharing our cultural heritagewould certainly be a new experience for you. New experiences bring about new feelings, the values that might inspire you for new passions, ideas, hobbies, creativity… anything that you will continue developing after you return to your home.
And that would be the greatest reward for this agency.
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Insurance Coverage For Breast Surgery?
Breast surgery candidates have two types of insurance that may be available for their breast surgery procedure today. Standard health insurance may cover all or a portion of the costs for breast augmentation, breast reduction, breast lift, and breast reconstruction surgery in select cases. There are also insurance plans that some plastic surgeons provide which cover expenses associated with possible complications that may occur after breast surgery.
Protecting Your Breast Surgery Investment
Women interested in breast augmentation, breast reduction, breast lift or breast reconstruction may receive pre-approval from their insurance company for the costs associated with their procedure. Yet, every insurance carrier has a different policy and each policy offers distinctive benefits for the different types of breast surgery. In fact, a woman interested in breast surgery compensation will have their case evaluated for medical necessity before approval of the expenses associated with the surgery. By the same token, there are some safeguards in place to protect women with a true need for breast surgery. The following offers a recap.
Breast Augmentation: The breast implants manufacturers often offer breast implant warranty programs that cover a breast augmentation patient's need for reoperation should a breast implant leak or rupture ten years after the initial procedure. Some warranties provide insurance coverage for plastic surgeon, anesthesia, and facility fees.
Breast Reconstruction: Insurance coverage for breast reconstruction is governed in most states by local law. The Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998 requires that post breast cancer victims be permitted authorization for insurance coverage that includes medical and surgical expenses to cover breast reconstruction. Most of the states follow this Act and insurance companies support the Act. Lumpectomy and radiation results of abnormalty are often covered by insurance as well. Post breast cancer patients may be covered for breast augmentation, breast lift, or breast reduction surgery.
Revision Breast Surgery: Breast revision surgery may be covered by insurance depending upon the reason for the procedure. For example, leaking or ruptured breast implants may be covered by insurance. Revision breast augmentation surgery due to capsular contracture may be covered by insurance companies. Though, some insurance companies do not provide coverage for breast revision surgery. Finally, revision breast surgery due to the mal-position of breast implants, the altered appearance of breast implants because of weight loss or gain, or concerns about systematic disease are not usually reasons for insurance companies to absorb the costs of revision breast surgery.
Breast Lift: The breast lift procedure may or may not be covered by insurance. Breast Lift cases involving congenital deformity or related to disease are usually seriously considered by insurance companies.
Breast Reduction Surgery: Breast reduction surgery is considered by insurance companies should the breast reduction surgery be required due to back, shoulder, or arm pain as well as skin conditions. Breast reduction insurance approval may not occur until after the procedure. Yet, breast reduction patients can commence the pre-approval process prior to breast reduction surgery.
Breast Surgery Complications: There is third party independent insurance coverage available through a number of plastic surgeons' offices that applies to breast surgery complications. This type of insurance covers costs associated with the diagnosis, treatment and management of complications that occur within 30 days of breast surgery. The complications covered under this type of insurance may include complications such as infection, bleeding, DVT, and pulmonary embolism. Plastic surgeons may absorb the costs for this type of insurance policy.
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The boxed set of the Parasol Protectorate releases officially today!
All five books in one tidy box!
My first boxed set as a kid was the Chronicles of Narnia. And contrary to most The Horse and His Boy was always my favorite. Then The Complete Anne of Green Gables. Lastly, but certainly not least, I discovered Susan Cooper and the amazing Dark Is Rising Sequence.
Boxed sets somehow represent an iconic moment of maturity for me. I can't remember owning my first book, but my first boxed set was something significant ~ the completeness of it, the tidiness of it. I was old enough to have them all. I was old enough to have lived long enough for the author to have written them all! (You'll have to remember that at this time, life seemed to be an endless wait for the next Tamora Pierce The Song of the Lioness Alanna book.)
I suppose, all I'm trying to say is that I'm excited to have all my books in a tidy little box!
Prudence ~ The Parasol Protectorate Abroad Book the First: Release date Fall 2013. Writing rough draft. Crazy encounters and climatic battle sequences ahead.
Curtsies & Conspiracies ~ The Finishing School Book the Second: Title changed. Copy edits incoming.
Etiquette & Espionage ~ Finishing School Book the First: Release date Feb 5, 2013. Working promo schemes to begin September.
Manga ~ Soulless Vol. 2: (AKA Changeless) Reviewing chapter by chapter, each drops on YenPlus by subscription. Print release tentatively Dec. 2012.
BIG FAT SPOILER ALERT on the Parasol Protectorate series! Really, DON'T READ THE BLURB ON AMAZON if you haven't read the other books first!
The Omnibus hardback editions are limited run through the SciFi Bookclub only.
The manga editions, Vol. available in print, Vol. 2 by subscription to YenPlus.
Most short stories available in ebook form world wide!
The first Finishing School book ~ Out Feb. 5, 2013
Book News:
Boxed set! Yay!
Quote of the Day:
"That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where hourly I converse
With the old sages and philosophers;
And sometimes, for variety, I confer
With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;
Calling their victories, if unjustly got,
Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy,
Deface their ill-placed statues."
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A great Western actor
What a great Western actor Slim Pickens was.
Mr. Louis Burton Lindley Jr. (slim pickings were what were he expected from his rodeo and Western career so Slim Pickens became his name) was actually a Californian, born in Kingsburg in 1919. That Texan/Oklahoma drawl was developed, over the years. Yet this six-foot-three Californian became in some ways the quintessential cowboy.
And of course 'Slim' turned out to be rather ironic as a name.
I love Slim Pickens, and any Western he appears in (be it good, bad or indifferent) is improved by his presence.
Already by the age of 12 he was rodeoing. He became one of the great rodeo clowns, a dangerous and skillful profession at which he excelled. He appeared in his first Western (he was a natural) in 1950: Rocky Mountain, an Errol Flynn oater with Guinn Big Boy Williams, eminently forgettable.
His build and his voice and his sheer presence (what the Italians call presenza) secured him numerous other roles.
For a time he did the 'comic sidekick' (it seemed to be required) to Rex Allen. And of course he was a staple of TV Westerns, appearing in episodes of Gunsmoke, The Virginian, Bonanza, Wagon Train, Alias Smith and Jones, Maverick, you name it. But he matured into better things than that. He was truly great in "minor" roles in fine Western films.
Of course many (most) people remember him as Major "King" Kong in Doctor Strangelove, and indeed he was magnificent in that, but I think of him above all as the Western character actor. 'Character actor' is not a demeaning term for me, au contraire. He never led, he never "starred", but he always elevated any Western he was in. That's quite a tribute.
I would cite the following:
In The Sheepman (MGM, 1958), a lovely little Glenn Ford Western, he is the marshal, great little cameo though far too short, and he did the marshal or sheriff in various other pictures, notably Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid and Tom Horn. He was just right for that role, big, imposing, authoritative. He was also excellent in The Cowboys as the saloon owner who suggests that Wayne hire the schoolboys for his cattle drive (though he was sadly written out of that picture too soon) and he was the stage driver in The Ballad of Cable Hogue (in which his brother, who used the name Easy Pickens, also appeared). This was particularly appropriate as he had been the coach driver in the 1966 remake of Stagecoach, doing the Andy Devine role (and in fact Slim and Andy had many qualities in common).
He is utterly hilarious in Blazing Saddles, that epitome of comedy Westerns. He was a great choice by the casting people and he acquitted himself with aplomb. It was in some ways a perfect role for an ex-rodeo clown with a long history of cowboy films. He had a wonderful gift for comedy.
If you count The Getaway as a Western, he was splendid in that too. Look also at Will Penny, Major Dundee or Rough Night in Jericho, you'll see quality performances which enhance Westerns and fix them in your memory.
I talked about Tom Horn yesterday and I think that his part in the 1980 movie Tom Horn was very fine indeed. He comes across as a true Westerner, like Horn maybe of a bygone generation, but decent and duty-bound yet sympathetic to Horn. It was a fine, fine performance.
For me, however, the greatest of all his portrayals, ever, was as Katy Jurado's husband in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. He is moving, powerful, authentic, any damn adjective you want.
Slim Pickens died from a brain tumor in 1983 but his films live on.
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Insures against loss or damage to the building and contents including furniture, fixtures, fittings, and personal effects caused by the following perils:
• Debris Removal
An amount of up to 10% of the sum insured will be provided for clean-up costs and the removal of debris consequent upon a loss due to covered perils.
• Alternative Accommodation Expense
The plan will reimburse the cost of alternative accommodation, if the building is rendered untenantable due to an insured peril. The coverage is up to P2,500 per day for 1 month, or a maximum of P75,000.
• Waiver of Average Clause
The Average clause provision under the policy will be waived, provided that the sum insured is 90% of the value of the property at the time of the loss.
Average Clause means that if the amount of insurance is less than the actual value of the property insured at the time of the loss, the insured shall be considered as his own insurer for the difference and shall bear a proportionate share of the loss.
Family Personal Liability
Insures against legal liabilities to third parties, for bodily injury and/or property damage arising out of accidents within the Insured's premises and elsewhere resulting from negligent acts or omission of the insured, his family, or that of his household. The protection is up to P10,000 per person for any one accident with an aggregate limit of P100,000 during the period of insurance.
Family Personal Accident
Insures against accidental death or disablement of the insured and his spouse and up to 4 children consecutively, 24 hours a day, 365 days, anywhere in the world including medical expense reimbursement up to the limit provided.
· Maximum of four (4) children, between 6 months and 21 years old. Hierarchy shall be followed.
· Premiums quoted are for class 1 and 2 and assume that the spouse falls under the same occupational classification.
· Maximum age limit is 65 years.


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REVELSTOKE - Police are looking for help identifying a man whose body was found in a wooded area along the Trans Canada near Revelstoke over two weeks ago.
RCMP say just after 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 26 they received a call from a group of sightseers who had just discovered a body at a makeshift campsite about four kilometres east of Revelstoke.
The man's death is not considered suspicious, according to a RCMP media release. Investigators say the man was transient, and travelled by bicycle during the day and camped at night.
Police say the man passed away in late July.
The deceased is about 5'4" tall, with a slim build and blond hair. He was wearing a red baseball cap, bifocal eyeglasses, a black T-shirt with a white, silk-screened logo reading "roughnecks", a long-sleeved plaid lumberjack-style shirt, tan coloured hiking shoes, white socks pulled up to his shins and blue jeans rolled up as shorts.
He had a blue Super-Cycle bicycle with a front basket with a rear fender to support camping gear, police say.
"Revelstoke RCMP officers are canvassing the community and other communities along the Trans Canada and into the B.C. Interior in hopes of identifying him," Cpl. Thomas Blakney says in the release. "This in turn will permit us to make efforts to notify his family of his death."
Anyone with information with respect to the identity of this man are asked to call Cpl. Thomas Blakney at the Revelstoke RCMP detachment at 250-837-5255.
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By Tukundane Yonna
In his speech at the ongoing 2016/17 budget reading, president Museveni has stated that government is not going to wait for the oil money to develop our country. The president adds that using non-oil revenues, government is already doing commendable work.
"I am, however, not satisfied with the 4.6% rate of growth that we achieved this financial year. Even the rate of 7% is not satisfactory to meet. We must go to double digits rates of growth in order to transform our society rapidly," says Museveni.
Since 2006, government has been insisting on prioritization in the use of the budget resources. The Hon. Matia Kasaija, Member of Parliament for Buyanja county, read the president's detailed statement because he is familiar with the issues.
In the statement, the MP for Buyanja gave the logic of this budget. To summarize, the logic of the 2016/17 budget is, on the one hand, to continue expanding the base of the modern economy so as to lower costs of doing business in Uganda and, on the other hand, to attract more and more investors in manufacturing, services and ICT.


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A young public health doctor's year-long experience in northern India providing medical care for a Tibetan community living in exile leads to life lessons in compassion, generosity, and patience. As a young physician in training, Timothy yearns to make a difference in the world. While working at a U.S. community clinic, he encounters the health problems of refugees who had fled their countries' human rights abuses. He soon realizes that his passion is to live abroad and serve a community as a physician. Following his formal medical training, Timothy lives for a year in Dharamsala, the "Peaceful Resting Place," home of the Dalai Lama in northern India. Working alongside other volunteer colleagues, Timothy's journey leads to the joy and anxiety of delivering babies by candlelight, the sorrow of tending to dying children who have suffered terrible falls, the frustrations of treating drug-resistant tuberculosis, and the challenges and rewards of delivering preventive health messages to newly arriving refugees from Tibet.
Dharamsala is a peaceful but bustling little town. The former British hill station is now the home of the Dalai Lama and Tibetan Government-in-Exile. Over 10,000 Tibetans live in Dharamsala and the surrounding settlements, with thousands of new refugees fleeing persecution arriving every year. For one year, Timothy lives and works at Delek Hospital, founded in 1971 to serve the Tibetan refugee population. In an environment where even electricity can't be taken for granted, he must learn to hone his diagnostic skills instead of relying on high-tech tests, and find a way not only to help but also to leave behind something of benefit that will last beyond his time there. He soon finds that the 35-bed hospital is continually full of sick Tibetans and local Indians, as well as tourists who fall prey to the many tropical diseases that the Indian subcontinent dishes out. The patients and stories he encounters are inspiring, and the resilience and tenacity of Tibetans is humbling to witness firsthand. The Tibetan strength of spirit is most evident in the torture survivors that he meets and whose stories he documents. By documenting and publicizing the mental health needs of a group of Tibetan nuns who had been tortured in Tibet, he ensures that they will receive adequate care in the future. And he learns some sobering and important lessons as a physician: that knowledge about health and sickness is not always enough to prevent illness. For a dutiful physician treating the sick, the key is not to rush to conclusions or order a battery of tests, but to take the time to listen to patients and take into account the context of their symptoms. Timothy also discovers that a physician might be able to relieve the superficial afflictions of this life, but the deeper suffering that people carry with them takes far longer to heal. Ultimately the struggle of exiled Tibetans for improved health and recognition of their fundamental human rights becomes his own.
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I have wanted to transfer my blog from WordPress.com to WordPress.org for awhile now. The more I read, the more I knew I had to do it. I just didn't know if I could do it on my own. Well last night, I took the plunge and officially clicked the "live" button on my new, self hosted site. I am rather proud of myself for doing this on my own. I am no expert, but if I can do it, you can too.
I've successfully transferred all of my old posts and managed to migrate all of my subscribers from WordPress.com. After a few tweeks, I have redirected traffic from my old blog url to the new one as well as fixed some broken links. This is especially important to me because I thought I would have to redo all of my posts on my social media accounts. But no! If anyone clicks on an old link, it actually directs it to the proper post on the new blog! Total score!
Firstly, let me list some of my reasons for wanting to transfer my blog.
- Stories of blogs being shut down on .com
- Plugins and more control over blog appearance
- Better analytics, SEO and data
- Monetization
I researched a few options for hosting and decided on bluehost. Not only did I get an awesome price, my new domain name was included. Setting up the hosting was extremely easy. WordPress is a one click install on the bluehost dashboard and you can also choose a fully guided set-up. That is what I did. Basically, I followed the highlights and entered the information needed. You can click on more information at any time. If you are looking into self-hosting your blog, please check out the following link.
***Bluehost is a great option for an entry level hosting provider. Check out all the tools and resources I use on My Resources Page.
Once you have your domain name registered and have chosen your hosting package, you are ready to pick a theme for your new blog. For now, I have chosen a free one from WordPress. I am looking into purchasing a new theme. I wanted to successfully transfer my old posts from my WordPress.com blog first.
Once you have chosen a theme, you should see at the top of your new WordPress dashboard, that you are in draft mode and that your blog is not live. Do not activate your new blog till you make sure that everything has transferred, the links are working and the theme looks like you want it to.
If you click on view site, you should be looking at your new blog with one sample post in it.
Time to migrate
I am now going to take you through the steps I did.
- On your old blog's dashboard>Tools>Export
- You will then be asked if you would like to transfer your blog for free or paid guided transfer. This is always an option for you if you do not feel comfortable doing the transfer of your blog yourself, but honestly, its really easy, so don't be nervous, click on the free option.
- It will now ask you what you would like to export. I chose all content. This means that all of my posts, categories, tags, media and menus would be saved to an XML file on my computer. I suggest you write this file name down once downloaded.
- Now go to your new blog's dashboard in wordpress.org.
- Tools>Import>Wordpress
- You will now be asked to install the WordPress Importer plug-in. Click install, activate, then run.
- Next you will have to choose the file from your computer. Find the file from above step and click open.
- A screen will appear asking if you wish to assign the old posts to a new author. You can choose to leave the author as imported or select a new name. Make sure to check the box that imports all attachments. These are your media files(pictures).
Once complete, click on view site and all of your old posts should now appear on your new blog. You can now set up your menus and widgets the way you like.
When your new blog is looking the way you like, there are 4 more things you will want to do before you click on activate.
1. Set old blog to private
- On dashboard of old blog>Settings>Reading>I would like my site to be private>Save changes
2. Redirect traffic
- On dashboard of old blog>Store>Search for Site Redirect.
This is a paid feature and it was $17/year at the time of this post. It is well worth not only redirecting your traffic but also preserving your ranking. When my year is up, I will look at the amount of traffic being transfered from my old blog and if it is low to nil, I won't renew the redirect.
3. Make sure all old links on social media will redirect properly
- Go to old dashboard>Posts>All Posts>Click on Edit for the top post. Underneath the title, you will see its permalink. Make a note of the format the permalink is in. Mine was http://www.livingwithbatman.com/2015/05/17/transfer-blog-wordpress-com-to-wordpress-org/ name
- Go to new dashboard>Settings>Permalink
- Make sure the common settings are set the same as above. I clicked on Date and Name.
This step will direct all old links on social media to the proper post on your new blog.
4. Import subscribers from wordpress.com
- Make sure you have Jet Pack downloaded and activated on your new .org self hosted blog.
- Use the signed in screen to select your new blog from the list. Do not use the WP admin dashboard, as the following will not be found there.
Screen should look like this:
- Click>Settings>migrate followers
It will then ask you which site to transfer subscribers from and if you are sure. Click OK.
A message will appear saying that they have put you in a queue for migration. You will get an email when they begin and when migration is complete. Mine was complete in 5 minutes. If you now go to your site stats on the new blog, it should have your old subscriber count. If you go to your old blog, the count will be zero.
You are now ready to go live on your new, self hosted blog. Don't be afraid to transfer your blog from WordPress.com to WordPress.org. I did it and you can too. If you are really unsure of yourself, you can pay someone to do the transfer. It all depends on your comfort level.
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For a quick recipe, gather one package of crescent rolls, 1 pound ground beef, a package of taco seasoning, sour cream, 8 ounces shredded cheese and a bag of tortilla chips. For another recipe, organize the same amounts of beef and seasoning, 3/4 cups water and a few other ingredients.
For the first recipe, layer the crescent rolls on the bottom of a cake pan, and bake according to the instructions on the packaging. At the same time, brown the meat in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat, sprinkling in seasoning and stirring well. Place the mixture inside the cake pan containing the baked crescent rolls, and top with sour cream, cheese and crushed tortilla chips. Set the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit, and bake for approximately 10 minutes or until the cheese has visibly melted.
For the second recipe, also gather six eggs, a cup of heavy cream, two garlic cloves and 1 cup cheese. Begin the meat and seasoning similarly, but add water with the seasoning and reduce to medium-low heat, and allow the sauce to thicken. Grease a baking dish, and preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Place the beef into the dish, and integrate the eggs, cream, garlic salt and pepper in a mixing bowl, and pour over the beef. Top with the shredded Mexican cheese and bake for approximately 30 minutes. Allow the pie to stand for at least five minutes before slicing it. Serve with additional cheese, sour cream, diced tomato and avocado.


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Few companies out there have created a long lasting brand theme like the Coca-Cola company, a tradition that is reflected nicely in this line of vintage soda pop fashions.
Coca-Cola teamed up with fashion designed Nigo of Human Made and Japanese clothing retailer Beams. The vintage soda pop clothing brings back nostalgic feelings of wanting to buy the world a coke. The line utilizes classic designs of the logo and pinstripe uniforms that harken back to 50s visages of soda jerks opening glass bottles while the jukebox blares the latest Elvis Presley tunes.
Nigo says that the inspiration for the vintage soda pop clothing line came from playing with a classic Coca-Cola yo-yo when he was a child.
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Great big thanks to everyone who came out for the show opening! I spend so much time alone in the studio with this work, and it is such a treat to share it with friends. Road Trip runs through August 21 at Artzone 461 Gallery.
Monday, July 25, 2011
New Finished Work
Spring, 28"x50", oil on canvas, 2011
87, 48"x72", oil on canvas 2011
87, 48"x72", oil on canvas 2011
152, 49"x64", oil on canvas, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Road Trip
I'm so happy to announce the opening of my solo show Road Trip this week in the main gallery at Artzone 461. This new body of work explores my interest our contemporary relationship to the landscape as it is shaped by car travel and recorded with digital media. More information can be found here. Hope you can make it to the opening reception on Saturday. Details below.
Road Trip
July 23-August 21
Artzone 461 Gallery
461 Valencia (btwn. 15th and 16th), San Francisco, CA
Gallery Hours
Wednesday-Sunday, noon-6PM
and by appointment
Artist Reception
Saturday, July 23, 5pM-8PM
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The game's main setting is in the 22nd century. The backdrop is a lightly described "mild dystopia," dominated by mega-corporations and social inequity. Day Trippers (the player characters) traverse spacetime by piloting Slip Ships. With these vehicles, they will navigate the multiverse: alternate realities, dream dimensions and (the game) reality itself, to any point in time or space. One caveat, Day Trippers have a limited time frame and If they miss the window back to their point of origin, within 24 hours (hence the title) they cease to exist.
It should be needless to say, but the type of adventures you'll run with this premise is really open to the imagination. However, and specifically in reference to the Game Master's Guide, at no point in presentation of adventure material does the author seemed settled on what you and your group will conceive on your own. In the Generator sections of the Game Master's Guide, there are a series of spacetime adventure location/plot tables that can help a GM to create adventures, which are very comprehensive towards a GM's needs in adventure creation. A brief section in the core rules covers the basic nodes or possible ways to slip including travel through space to known and unknown planets, time, alternate earths, and dream worlds. With any slip, there is a chance that travelers might lose control of their ship. Worst of this is shifting into a compound slip: The Multiversal Chao; though what this means and the relevant details, are only covered in the Game Master's Guide.
Character Building (creation) utilizes a point buy system. Players pick a class or can create their own with the input and approval of the GM. Classes are more of a story element than a template, but there are optional guidelines which outlines advancement for some of the predetermined classes available. Next is distributing points (via d6s) or what most call ranks for Stats (attributes), which there are six. Skills run the gamut of Savage Worlds types and will impact rolls as a (+1) bonus to dice totals. Players can also make up skills, again pending GM approval to fit their character. Beyond the crunchier elements of character creation there are guidelines for having (or creating) gear, hiring a crew, acquiring Rank, Fame and most importantly a Slip Ship.
The mechanics for DayTrippers is a simple dice pool system. Roll the pool based on a specific (determined per challenge) Stat, take the highest result, add or subtract any modifiers based on skills (or lack thereof, difficulty), equipment etc., rated against a Difficulty Level. The system is indeed relatively light and should be easy to grasp.
Both the DayTrippers Core and Game Master's Guide PDFs are configured with a hyperlinked Table of Contents. Illustrations are minimal and vary in quality decent to excellent, from straight black and white illustrations to vector based grey scale. Both books include an index and are laid out in standard double column format. The DayTrippers Core is 44 pages; the Game Master's Guide is 120 pages.
DayTrippers is an interesting narratively-driven RPG. The setting information does an adequate job of coloring in some of scenarios you might run a few sessions with. DayTrippers emphasis is narrative, but the system does have some crunch. My criticisms of this product are with some of the more subjective elements around the edges. As hinted in the intro, elements of paradox are somewhat dismissed; nothing of note in the core book and only a couple of passages in the Game Master's Guide. Is there anything that breaks the game? No. Absolutely no, and for the most part I'm very impressed with the unique premise of this RPG.
Here is the skinny: If you have been looking for a time travel RPG I don't imagine you'll be disappointed. The capability to travel to dream dimensions and alternate realities might just be the cherry on top. But, if you only purchase the core book you'll be missing the best value of this RPG. If you're so inclined, I strongly recommend you purchase both books.
Disclosure: This review uses affiliate links. For the month of November, the proceeds of all of my affiliate links on EN World and from my blog (Within the Dungeon) will be donated to Stacy Dellorfano's Cancer Fight Fund (direct link to the Fundly site). DayTrippers was provided free of charge for the purpose of this review.
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Presidential Malpractice
Crazy as he was, Garfield's assassin was right to insist that the doctor who gravely mistreated the president was responsible for his death.
It's probably a fair bet that most Americans, if they can identify James A. Garfield as a president at all, would be hard put to place him where he belongs in the line of chief executives. Few if any presidents have left as faint an impression on public memory as he did during his brief stint in the White House, from March to September 1881.
With "Destiny of the Republic," a spirited tale that intertwines murder, politics and medical mystery, Candice Millard leaves us feeling that Garfield's assassination deprived...


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Read this tip to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Getting Started with Scrapbooking. and other Scrapbook topics.
Scrapbook pages and layouts should have a "focal point". Your page should tell a story. A focal point is the easiest way to do tell your story. To check your layout, quickly look at the page, then ask, "What's the first thing I see on this page?" If it's not your most important photo then you need to readjust your focal point.
Here are some suggestions on how to create the correct focal point for your scrapbook pages.
1. Size. In general, large photos make wonderful focal points because they are the first to catch the eye. If you have a photo you especially like, you may want to have the photo enlarged if it is not already the right size.
2. Matting. When matting your photo, be sure to select colors that complement your photo so your focus remains on it. Also, experiment with the sizes of the mats for your focal-point photo. You can try varying the widths of the mat, leaving an uneven mat for journaling, or using patterned paper to enhance the general theme of your layout.
3. Shape. When matting your focal point photo, don't feel limited to the size and shape of the original. Call attention to your focal-point photo by adding a contrasting shape. For example, a circular photo on a square mat or an oval photo on a rectangular mat can make good focal point options.
4. Accents. Enhancements are an easy way to highlight a focal-point photo—especially if you're dealing with a photo that's not all that bright or eye-catching. Adding embellishments to your focal point is a smart way to instantly convey the theme or message of a layout. Make sure that the enhancements don't overshadow the focal point—remember that your photos should be the most important part of the layout.
Portraying the right story or image is extremely important for your memory albums. Focal points are an essential part of your scrapbook pages.
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Rehearsal Space Usage Charge: $50.00 per hour
Rentals for For-Profit Organization
Weekday Rate – Monday through Thursday – Up to 4 Hour Rental $1,100.00
Weekend Rate – Friday through Sunday – Up to 4 Hour Rental $1,450.00
Weekday Rate – Monday through Thursday – Day Rental $1,950.00
Weekend Rate – Friday through Sunday – Day Rental $2,450.00
Additional Rental Expenses Required:
- $45.00 /hour for facility manager of your event
- $175.00 (Minimum) cleaning charge per cleaning
Additional Rental Expenses if Applicable:
- $45.00/ per movie technician per hour
- $450.00 per day for sound technician
(Only in-house lighting and sound personnel are permitted to operate our state-of-the-art equipment).
- $45.00 /per stage hand per hour
- $425 per day lighting technician
(Only in-house lighting and sound personnel are permitted to operate our state-of-the-art equipment).
- $400.00 per day for stage manager.
- $125.00 for a box office set up fee for all ticketed events (all tickets will be sold out of The Ridgefield Playhouse Box Office); an additional $2.50/per ticket printing and mailing fee for each ticket sold
- $35/hour per person for box office support on the day of the event (minimum of two)
- $35/hour for security (minimum two security per event)
- $35/hour for concession/box office manager (also oversee's parking attendants)
- $30/hour for parking attendants (1 attendant per 100 tickets sold)
- $30/hour ushers (2 minimum)
Additional Publicity Expenses:
- $450 for press release materials to be sent out three weeks prior to event, two monthlies 2 months prior to event and to all calendar listings
- $350 for posters- design and printing of 50 color posters- Responsibility of hanging posters is that of renter
- Radio ads- it depends on the radio station- typically a :60 spot averages $225/spot – (one week run on one station typically costs $3,000)
- Print ads -2c x 7 inch ad in the local papers average- $650.00 per ad per run.
- Email blast $200 per blast
- Season brochure $350 per brochure (sent to mailing list of 30,000)
- Website listing $250; $75 additional to link to another site per link
**** since radio spots and print ad runs are expensive The Ridgefield Playhouse would be willing to split the ad costs in 1/3 – we would use 2/3 of the :60 radio spot as well as 2/3 of the print ad size
Typically a radio ad run costs us around $3,0000 per station for a one week run- so it would cost renter $1,000 for one radio station for a one week run.


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1:00 – 2:30 at Salvation Army Rose Center, 211 NE 18th Ave, Portland, Or 97232.
Join other older adults for a Conversation on Holiday Wellness, offered by the non-profit organization VIEWS. As our lives change, our holiday experiences may not always live up to our expectations. Identify what YOU find important in holidays. Explore ways to celebrate what you value. Talk about some of your concerns.
Please call the Salvation Army Rose Center at 503-239-1221 for free registration.
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In July 2010, the Department of Homeland Security launched "If You See Something, Say Something,"™ a national public awareness campaign to encourage citizens to report suspicious activity. There are two ways to report suspicious activity:
If it is an emergency, dial 911 immediately. You should also alert authorities if you notice any suspicious behavior as described on this link: If You See Something, Say Something.
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zondag 11 oktober 2015
Monster Mash
There's a new challenge at the Lacy Sunshine blog. This fortnight the challenge is themed Monster Mash (Creepy cute for Halloween or Harvest).
I got to play with this cute image called "Figdet's Purrfectly Scary Fun". I colored it with Promarkers. I love to make pumpkins with nesting dies and so I did it again. The sentiment is made with a Dymo Letra Tag and the black doily is a die cut from a Cheery Lynn die. The little black cats are also die cuts and the little black spider too. The stem is cut freehand out of a piece of scrap cardstock and I traced the leave in Silhouette Designer Studio. Love the pumpkin charm dangling on some white twine.
Hope you'll join the fun to get the chance of winning some awesome Lacy Sunshine digi's. Good luck!
Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!
Challenges entered:
- Aud Sentiments - #142 Halloween Sentiment
- CC & CC - #101 Animals
- Create & Inspire - #31 AG
- Crafts Galore Encore - Halloween
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- Jennifer Bradley zei
Fabulous card Kitty, I love your card design , fabulous image and colouring and the embellishments are super. Thanks for sharing with in our challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends and we look forward to seeing you back with us soon. Jennifer DTmember x
- 12 oktober 2015 om 07:17
- Pink Unicorn zei
I love the halloween scene you have created, those die cut black cats go perfectly with your image! Thank you for entering the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge, "Halloween or Make a Card". We hope to see you back again soon! Karola, CGE DT, InvisiblePinkCards
- 12 oktober 2015 om 20:11
- ~ginny zei
I really like that one blue, piercing eye peeking out from under her hair! Pops right off the page! It's a really fun project! Thank you for sharing your project and creativity with us at Aud Sentiments for our Halloween Sentiment challenge!
~ginny, Aud Sentiments DT
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- 14 oktober 2015 om 05:29
- Newell DymoUK zei
Dear Kitty,
Thank you for sharing this lovely project with us, I think the design is absolutely gorgeous and really gives me a halloweeny type of feel!
I think the touch of Dymo really adds to the character of the design and I am glad it is coming to good use.
With best and warmest wishes,
Jesper K
- 15 oktober 2015 om 16:50
- Jennifer Greco zei
Fantastic! I love all the texture here, the cuts and elements. Really well done. Thanks for joining us at Aud Sentiments, hope to see you again soon and good luck!
Jennifer, DT
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* iPhone suppliers jump on Apple pre-orders
* Euro zone stocks near 10-year highs (reut.rs/2gUuA0L)
* Spanish markets climb on Catalonia relief
* Graphic: World FX rates in 2017 tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh
* Graphic: Catalonia crisis dents Spanish valuations tmsnrt.rs/2yXsTqc
By Helen Reid
LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - World stocks hit a new record high on Monday, boosted by strong global technology stocks, while European trading was lifted by a recovery in Spanish markets after a poll eased investors' concerns over Catalan secession.
MSCI's world equity index, which tracks shares in 47 countries, rose 0.2 percent to its highest ever level. The index has surged 17.7 percent so far in 2017, and is on track for its best annual showing since 2013.
Euro zone stocks climbed 0.2 percent, holding near their highest level in 10 years. European stocks have surged this year as a healthy economy dovetailed with convincing growth in corporate earnings and a reduction in political risk.
"There is an avalanche of things that are happening or going to happen, but markets are just shrugging it off. It's like markets have been vaccinated against bad news thanks to the strength of the global business cycle," said Marie Owens Thomsen, global head of economic research at Indosuez Wealth Management in Geneva.
Spanish stocks jumped 1.4 percent and government borrowing costs fell after a weekend survey suggested Catalan secessionists may lose their majority in regional elections scheduled for December.
Spain's benchmark 10-year bond yield fell 2 basis points to 1.52 percent. Banks Caixabank and Sabadell, which moved their headquarters out of Catalonia due to the crisis, led gains on the IBEX.
The broader market showed signs of relief, with euro zone banks rising 0.9 percent, and Italian stocks - which have been sensitive to the Spanish crisis - up 0.5 percent. Germany's 10-year bond yield also fell.
Technology stocks also drove European trading, riding a wave of gains on Nasdaq and in Asia after Apple said pre-orders for its new iPhone X were "off the charts".
iPhone component suppliers AMS, Dialog Semiconductor and STMicro led gains.
Europe's tech sector has quietly boomed this year, and is outperforming the Nasdaq in the year so far.
Spanish relief also helped the euro recover from its three-month low to trade up 0.2 percent at $1.1635.
The ECB's decision last week to extend bond purchases into September 2018 had sent the euro sharply lower.
In a week of policy meetings by three major central banks, gold edged down on investor caution.
The Bank of England is widely expected to raise rates on Thursday to row back on its post-Brexit vote monetary easing, but investors feared that the decision could create more volatility than the well-received ECB stimulus extension last week.
"This coming week will see whether the BoE has also managed to steer markets in the right direction," said Societe Generale analysts in a note.
Major currencies kept to tight ranges as interest rate decisions by the Bank of Japan and the U.S. Federal Reserve were also awaited.
The dollar was 0.3 percent softer against a basket of currencies as investors focused on the impending appointment of the next Federal Reserve chair, with speculation rife that Fed governor Jerome Powell is the favoured candidate.
An announcement is expected this week.
Sterling rose 0.2 percent against the dollar.
Oil markets firmed and Europe's energy stocks rose on expectations that an OPEC-led production cut due to expire next March would be extended.
Brent crude futures were up 0.6 percent, at a more than two-year high, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 0.1 percent. Europe's oil and gas stocks rose 0.6 percent, among top gainers.
In other commodities, copper traded up 0.2 percent
A surge in tech stocks helped MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gain 0.4 percent overnight.
Japan's Nikkei ended little changed but remained around its highest level since mid-1996. Chinese shares bucked the trend, with the Shanghai Composite Index posting its worst day in 10 weeks.
Apple results on Thursday could offer the next big catalyst for tech stocks' seemingly unstoppable rise.
For Reuters Live Markets blog on European and UK stock markets see reuters://realtime/verb=Open/url=http://emea1.apps.cp.extranet.thomsonreuters.biz/cms/?pageId=livemarkets
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Hosting FAQ
So, I can host at my house or at other interesting places?
How long will Couch Fest Films be?
What am I expected to do?
How many people will be in my house?
Where will the films come from?
How will I receive the films to play at my house?
Will I get paid?
Can I submit a film?
So, I can host at my house or at other interesting places?
Yep, as we mentioned, you can host at home, at work, with a community organization, at school, on a pirate boat, in a tree house, at your local theater, in a cave, as a flash mob, or wherever!
How long will Couch Fest Films be?
We'll work with the hosts to find times that work best for them. Some locations like to schedule movies for the whole day. Other locations like the idea of having only a single show time. We are pretty flexible. In Seattle, we will be trying to match the times around the city so it is uniform and easy for people to attend.
What am I expected to do?
You should enjoy yourself. To host, you should be excited about opening your glorious space to film lovers. At a basic level, you should have a TV and a DVD player. Other than that, it's up to you. Some houses are excited about hosting and have developed themes. Some houses are considering serving homemade lemonade. It's really up to you. Show off.
How many people will be in the house?
That depends on you. You tell us how many people you are comfortable watching films at your space and that is the number we list on the website for your location. The more people you welcome to your place just means more films lovers can experience your space, see films, and enjoy great company.
Where will the films come from?
Here is a list of some of the film festivals we attend to find films that we like: SXSW, SF Shorts, CFC Worldwide Shorts, Seattle International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, International Random Film Festival, and the New Horizon Film Festival.
We have spent too many months in the dark attending many of the most respectable film festivals in the world to bring the very best films. We also receive films from around the world and only accept the very best. We do this because if you have crappy films, you have a crappy film festival. We would get into a dirty school-yard fight defending every single film that we accept for our festival. You can view some our previous winners on our blog here.
How will I receive the films to play at my house?
We can either send you the program DVD, make it available through our FTP site, download from our Google drive or you can create the DVD from a DVD disc image. In most cases, because it is easier, we have hosts download the DVD disc image. Immediately after the festival, you will be required to destroy your copy--fun!
Will I get paid?
Sadly we can't pay ourselves or hosts. But you will surely earn 1.4 million karma dollars for helping to allow this worldwide community event to happen.
Can I submit a film?
We probably shouldn't let you but yes you can still submit your film to Couch Fest Films 2015. If your film is selected, we can't be sure that you will host your own film. But, we can discuss that when we get there.


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Monday, May 25, 2009
I'm back
Knew I couldn't do it all in under 15 minutes. I forgot to mention that the official launch party for Gold Digger: A Klondike Mystery, is on Wednesday, May 27 at Sleuth of Baker Street bookstore, Toronto at 6:00. Wine and nibblies will be served. Sleuth is located at 1600 Bayview Avenue, Toronto. tel: 416-483-3111. You're ALL invited.
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Of course being a mad person I phoned the computer shop after hours three times leaving messages threatening to take them to small claims court in the last message. They did not install the extra 512 MB RAM I paid for. Also after I transfered all the data from my old eMac to the new eMac as a first step, the new eMac would barely work. I could for a short while open an application but then nothing really opened. I gave up. I did test the hardware as one can do on a Mac with the install DVD but everything on the hardware side is ok. I am presently trying to reinstall Mac OS X. I did take some time off this work.
So yes I woke up at 9 AM and got to school and paid for the computer and brought it home at lunch with our business agents van and his driving. I then went back to school and worked at an exam and then came home all set to work on the new eMac and got really mad with it. I really have almost never bought a computer and been happy with the service from the store. I almost want to take the University bookstore computer shop to small claims court as a message to computer retailers.Posted by petert at December 15, 2005 12:04 AM


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Solar power in outer space is more abundant since there are no clouds and the sun shines 24/7 regardless of the seasons or tilt of the Earth's axis. The difficulty is how to transmit the power from orbit down to the surface. Currently, the only way to do that is have massive batteries filled with power sent down from orbit. There are no tethers strong enough to make wired transmission possible. Wireless transmission of electricity has yet to be invented (although Nicola Tesla supposedly invented such a process). Eventually, it will be much more cost effective to have solar power from space. It's going to be a race between space-based solar and fusion power as to the next technology that gives humans limitless, clean power.
The obvious problem with putting solar panels in space is the logistical issues of getting them into orbit. More energy would be wasted in transporting the equipment into space than would be saved by having more efficient solar panels. This is literally a pie in the sky solution to a simple problem.


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Classmates of Sebrina Wise from the Beddingfield High School class of 1989 are holding a barbecue chicken plate sale Saturday starting at 10:30 a.m. in the parking lot of Rent-A-Center at Raleigh and Forest Hills roads. They want to help their friend with expenses.
Wise had Hodgkin's lymphoma several years ago and now has a stage 4 recurrence.
Her husband, David, said she needs a bone marrow transplant to survive. She will start that process next month at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill.
Wise and her family have been featured in The Wilson Times several times.
Her son, Ayden, was born at 23 weeks gestation in the bathroom at Vidant in Greenville. Ayden, now 6, is deaf and has cerebral palsy.