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If you have always lived on rent or if you have always lived in an apartment building or shared an apartment with someone, building your home can be quite an interesting experience. There are many things you have to keep in mind when you make the decision to build your own home for the first time. It is definitely not something that you can do with a little savings and it is definitely not something that you can do in a rush in a few days or months time. Therefore, it is important that you read through this entire article and get some good ideas prior to starting. Here are some tips.
Purchase Proper Land The first thing you should do is to purchase proper land. The land you decide to build your house on will determine if you need long term retaining walls Malvern or not. Therefore, it is important that you keep all of this in mind when you purchase the land. It is not an easy thing to do and if you do not know how to get it done, you may want to speak to someone who has experience in the area so that they can help you with this.
Have a Rough Idea of What You Want It is important that you have a rough idea of what you want. If you have a rough idea of what you want then it will be easy to construct the whole thing. For an instance, if you want timber decking Malvern in your backyard, then you can think about this when you buy the land and ensure that you buy land that has enough space for this. Furthermore, you can tell the architect about this too.
Have a Proper Master Bedroom A proper master bedroom is very essential in any home. Therefore, regardless of whether you live alone or with someone else, it might be a good idea to ensure that you have a proper master bedroom. You can incorporate things like a walk in closet, an attached bathroom and anything you feel will benefit you and make you enjoy your new home.
Get All the Necessary Documentation It is also important that you get all the necessary documentation for the purposes of building your house. There are many legal certificates that you need to get in order to build a house. Therefore, ensure that you get all these permits and certificates so that you do not fall in trouble later. Ensure that you get all this and keep them with you, so that if requested you can show them.

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Houston has seen an influx of bars and restaurants through the years. Many have come with such fanfare, we are often surprised when they close without a flicker. I was pleased to have recently stumbled on to a new Midtown find, Weights & Measures. As it turns out, this is one of those bars/restaurants that has a great hamurger on their menu.
Besides the sleek retro decor, and great bar with an inspired whiskey selection, Weights & Measures has an in-house bakery creating some of the best baked-goods around. This includes freshly baking their hamburger buns on-premises throughtout the day. Topping their Wood Grilled House Ground Beef Burger with this sesame bun lured me into ordering without even perusing the rest of their menu.
While it took sometime for my hamburger to arrive, I was quick to forgive this slowness once I was presented with my meal. This burger was tall centerpiece of the white plate, accompanied by a side of house-made chips, and a colorful splash of thinly sliced sweet and spicy house-made pickles and other pickled vegetables including cauliflower. Taking this all in, I quickly divorced (cut in half) the burger, which revealed a thick and juicy medium (cooked to order) temperature feast. The bun was nicely grilled in the middle, yet it was firm with a nice sweet taste, with multi-colored sesame seeds adorning its top.
From first taste to last, I marveled at the flavor of this hamburger. The encrusted patty was topped with white cheese, greens, and thinly sliced onions. There was no overpowering flavor in the bunch, each working together igniting me to burger heaven. Those thinly sliced russet potato chips were quite addictive, as was the pickeled vegetable medley. It didn't take long for me to clean my plate, and my Mother wasn't there to make sure I did. This was done voluntarily, with not one crumb remaining.
Weights & Mesaures is a new Midtown entry worth checking out. From drinks, baked goods, and food/burger - I've enjoyed them all. Oh, did I mention they make a great Latte? I hope this is one of those new bars/restaurants that survives to become a Houston desitnation.
Cheers to Eating More Burgers!
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Facilities to Meet Your Needs
Whether you're here for summer camp or a retreat, our facilities are sure to meet your needs. Bordering the Appalachian Trail just 20 minutes north of Harrisburg, PA, Camp Hebron is a sanctuary for groups of all ages and sizes.
Lodging ranges from motel-style to rustic cabins, with accommodations for as many as 400 in certain seasons.
Meeting Space
Meeting space is generally included with group retreats, and is available for rental by the day as well. Each group is assigned a meeting space according to group size and need.
Recreational Activities
Recreational options include our lake, pool, gymnasium, horseback riding, playing fields, indoor climbing wall and more. Summer campers and retreat guests alike find plenty to do at Camp Hebron.
Dining Facilities
The best conversations always go with food. Our two spacious dining halls, Sylvan View Retreat Center and Breezewood Inn are accented with fireplaces and places to relax and enjoy each others company.
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Moses Mountain Communications Facility
This site is located at the top of Moses Mountain, approximately 15 miles north of Nespelem, WA and 6 miles east of State Highway 20. This site served as a lookout for the Mt. Tolman Fire Management Center before construction of a communications facility that currently occupies the site. In July and September 2007, cleanup activities included removing approximately 5 cubic yards of solid waste from five locations at the site, removing a 20x8x8 steel shipping container, excavating contaminated soil located beneath and adjacent to the removed steel shipping container and from one waste pit located northeast of the shipping container, collecting confirmation samples from the base of the soil excavation and submitting samples for chemical analysis, removing 33 sealed lead-acid batteries.


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Thinking about Dan Roam
I met Dan Roam about five years ago. I'd picked up 'Back of the Napkin' after the third person, upon learning that I'd not read it, said incredulously (how often do you get to use that word?!) 'YOU haven't?!!!!!!!??. I was so taken with the book and Dan's philosophy about the power of simple, thoughtful drawings that I sent him an email, asking him to come to GBN and talk with us about his book. To my total surprise and delight Dan responded immediately 'I know GBN and yes, I'd love to come visit with you all.', and that began our friendship.
Dan's thinking about drawing, about how to convey a message succinctly and clearly, are all around me all the time. Just yesterday, in a Christmas message from Kommunikationslotsen, my pals in Cologne, Germany, they quoted Dan in their e-advent calendar - 'There is no problem that can't be helped by a picture.'.
Dan made quite an impression on International Forum of Visual Practitioners members when he spoke at our annual conference in 2010. He told us 'the person who draws the best picture gets the money' and urged us to 'put the markers on your clients' hands!'.
Earlier this month I signed a contract to confirm that next year, at the IFVP's 20th annual conference, Dan will once again close our conference and give us something to think about for another five years. I am sure Dan will blow our minds at AustinTX 2015, and he assures me he will wear his cowboy boots!
I think of Dan whenever I buy a banana and what he said in a workshop once 'A banana is a facilitator's best friend. It's easy to carry, comes in its own wrapper, doesn't need refrigeration, and is a great source of protein.'.
I think I live a very blessed life. I hope the same is true for you. Happy New Year to you and yours.


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About the Institute of Risk Management (IRM)
IRM is the leading body for professional Enterprise Risk Management. We help build excellence in risk management to improve the way organisations work.
We provide globally recognised qualifications and training, publish research and guidance and set professional standards. IRM members work in many roles, in all industries and across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors across the world. We are independent and not-for-profit.
High standards of quality and integrity are vital to the success of the risk profession. Our qualifications, training, events and thought leadership programme are underpinned by our Professional Standards. This defines the knowledge, skills and behaviours todays risk professionals need to meet the demands of an increasingly complex and challenging business environment.
Get involved with the IRM:
IRM provides:
Recognition: Internationally recognised qualifications and courses for risk professionals throughout their careers.
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Gospel Truth (orchestra) - PDFs in .zip file
Gospel Truth (orchestra) - PDFs in .zip file
An audience-pleaser that blends Baroque, Old Timey and Contemporary Gospel styles. Includes optional places for improvisation and several call-and-response sections that feature a violin soloist.
Works equally well for string orchestra or string quartet with optional piano. Can also be performed with SATB choir. (4:49)


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Four Podcasts That Keep Me Motivated
Does anyone else find it impossible to get any work done when you listen to music? I've tried all the 'Focus' playlists on Spotify, relaxing sounds and classical music and they nothing apart from distract me.
The one thing I have found I can listen to whilst working is podcasts. Not only is it relaxing to sit and listen to someone talk, they can also be my greatest motivation to keep working.
I have become addicted to listening to a podcast every time I have a spare minute. There is nothing like listening to creative, entrepreneurial women who are absolutely killing it to light a fire under your butt to get working hard!
My journey into podcast listening is relatively new but I wanted to share four of my favourite podcasts which I can listen to all day (literally) and which I learn incredible lessons from in life and in business.
Make It Happen
Jen Carrington is a creative coach who works with creative business owners to find their purpose and create a sustainable business. Her podcast, Make It Happen, is full of incredible advice and tips not just from Jen herself but also from her amazing bosslady creative guests who each have their own amazing stories. My favourite episodes come in the form of Mini Episodes which each give a snippet of advice and reassurance on every aspect of running a business. Plus, it is excellent to hear a familiar northern accent every now and again!
Listen When: You want advice from someone with relevant and excellent experience
The Goal Digger Podcast
The Goal Digger Podcast is hosted by Jenna Kutcher, self-confessed mac and cheese addict and entrepreneur. My inspiration from Jenna comes mainly from the fact that she started her photography business completely from scratch without any experience, just a desire to get going (not too different from my own story). Her podcast is ideal for me as she does not hold back with advice and is keen to tell her story with all the nitty gritty to help other creatives and women.
Listen When: Imposter Syndrome kicks in and you need to a bit of encouragement from someone who has been through it all.
Being Boss
I started listening to Being Boss after seeing it appear in most creative business owners 'must listen to podcasts' lists. The hosts Kathleen and Emily are both bosses of their own website design and branding businesses and it is inspirational to hear successful people talk about the industry I work in myself. Their advice is invaluable, both in business and life and I can't recommend it enough.
Listen When: You need boss-worthy advice for any area of your business.
Ctrl Alt Delete
The first podcast I ever listened to was that of writer Emma Gannon, who I have followed online for a huge amount of time. Ctrl Alt Delete is based on people who have grown up on the internet and their experiences online. Her guests all have their own unique stories about everything from MySpace to internet trolls and hearing how others experience compares to your own and what lessons they have learnt is very entertaining.
Listen When: You need reassuring that you are not the only person overwhelmed by social media.
I'm always on the look out (or listen out?) for new podcasts to keep me and my creative business going so if you have any recommendations, drop them in a comment below!
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Colourful, cool and cultured
Live at River Landing and you're primed to enjoy a life of culturally rich options, leisure, and Saskatoon's own vibrant downtown
Browse a Picasso, or see a play
As a resident of No. 1 River Landing, you'll be in the centre of Saskatoon's cultural scene – and its landmarks. As of 2017 the Remai Modern Art Gallery will not only be Canada's foremost gallery of modern art, with an enviable trove of Picassos, but will open its doors and cultural heart to the community as a place where you can learn, browse and socialize. Adjacent to it: the Remai Arts Centre, home of the city's highly rated Persephone Theatre – the genial host to plays, social events, and live performances.
Spend a jazzy night out, or relax by the river
From No. 1 River Landing you'll find Saskatoon's social, entertainment and restaurant scene is not only thriving – it's remarkably
close. Walk to bars, boîtes, bistros, and live beats to suit every taste and inclination. Also a "not-to-miss" is the Farmers' Market – throughout the year destined to be your culinary go-to for everything fresh, local, and gourmet.
And, of course, right on your doorstep, one enviable environmental asset: the 36 acres of River Landing itself.


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Kelimutu is a volcano that consist of 3 lakes that are strikingly seen at the summit of the mountain. The three lakes periodically change its color mostly into blue, red, and brown. The changing of the color scientifically believed to be caused by the changing reaction of the mineral that contains in the lake that are perhaps by the gas of the lake. In the local perspectives, the color changes represents the social situation alarm which may happen in the future. The colors make this mountain lakes become very interesting and remain one of the most popular visited place during their stay in Flores.
Among the locals, the three lakes has their own names. Tiwu Ata Mbupu (Lake of Old People) is usually blue and is the westernmost of the three lakes. The other two lakes, Tiwu Nuwa Muri Koo Fai (Lake of Young Men and Maidens) and Tiwu Ata Polo (Bewitched or Enchanted Lake) are separated by a shared crater wall and are typically green or red respectively. Each of the lakes represents its own meaning and has long been believed to be the most mystical place for most local people who live in the area of Ende.


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ICAS and ISCA sign agreement to establish reciprocal membership for chartered accountants
ICAS has signed a Reciprocal Membership Agreement (RMA) with The Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA).
Under this RMA, an ICAS CA can apply for full membership with ISCA, and attain the CA (Singapore) designation, a recognised mark of excellence in business and a pre-requisite for being a public accountant in Singapore.
Similarly, ISCA members can pursue ICAS' CA designation without having to fulfil additional professional or educational requirements. To be eligible, the ISCA member must be a Chartered Accountant of Singapore, or CA (Singapore), and has completed the Singapore CA Qualification.
Both ICAS and ISCA recognise the importance of mutual recognition of qualifications in this dynamic, global business environment.
The RMA and MoU were signed on 4 April 2017 by Professor Mark Allison, Executive Director of Education, ICAS and Mr Gerard Ee, President of ISCA.
Professor Mark Allison CA, Executive Director of Education, ICAS, said: "I am delighted to be in Singapore today to sign this RMA on behalf of ICAS. Providing reciprocal membership of ISCA for ICAS CAs creates opportunities for our members to work in one of the world's most vibrant cities.
"It also cements ICAS' position as a truly global institute and helps strengthen ties with our colleagues in Singapore.
"Both ICAS and ISCA recognise the importance of mutual recognition of qualifications in this dynamic, global business environment."
(Professor Mark Allison with Mr Gerard Ee)
Gerard Ee, ISCA President, said "The RMA and MoU with ICAS represents a significant step forward towards our vision to be a globally recognised professional accountancy body, and supports Singapore's vision to be a global accountancy hub.
"We are delighted to be able to provide our members who have completed the Singapore CA Qualification the opportunity to attain ICAS's CA designation, paving the way for our members to pursue greater career opportunities in key financial and business centres around the world.
"We believe our enduring relationship with ICAS will continue to bring more value to members of both institutes, who will now enjoy a wider range of technical resources, networking events and professional development courses."
A stringent assessment process was undertaken by ISCA and ICAS to review the qualifying requirements in education, examination, practical experience, professional standards and regulations of both institutes to reach the reciprocity agreement.
ICAS and ISCA also signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore further collaboration on member services and professional development for their members around the world. These include granting their members mutual access to each institute's events and continuous professional education courses.


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The Mexican Cultural Institute and Museo del Chocolate (Mexico CIty) invite you to join us for an evening of wine and award-winning Mexican Chocolate at Verde. Executive chef Mariana Villegas will create small bites especially for this occasion using some of the best cacao in the world. You will also have the chance to talk to experts from the chocolate industry in Mexico who will be present for this event.
Tickets are $25 and available here
Where: Verde Curated Greens
22 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
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This is a 3D papercraft based on the 2D sprite of Princess Zelda from the original Legend of Zelda game on the NES. She makes her only appearance at the very end of the game, after Link has defeated Ganon and retrieved the Triforce. The small version requires less printing (and space), but is more fiddly so I recommend the larger version.
Dimensions (Small):
Height: 12cm
Width: 10cm
Depth: 10cm
Pages: 4
Dimensions (Large):
Height: 15cm
Width: 13cm
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|Rediff India Abroad Home | All the sections
Keep off Mumbai Harbour!!!
April 22, 2004 00:51 IST
The Defence Ministry on Wednesday said that naval guns located in Mumbai would carry out live ammunition firing practice on Thursday.
The firing practice of live ammunition would be carried out on April 22 from the naval guns located at Mumbai Harbour Landmarks, Middle Ground and Oyster Rock from 11am to 1pm and from Colaba Point from 1.30pm to 3.30pm, a Defence Ministry release said in Mumbai.
It said the danger areas for Middle Ground and Oyster Rock firing is the seaward area extending from East and Middle Ground to South of Oyster Rock up to a distance of 12km.
Similarly, the danger area for Colaba Point firing is seaward area extending from southwest of Colaba Point to northwest of Colaba up to a distance of 22km.The ministry has advised all mariners, ships, boats and crafts to keep clear of the danger areas during the timings fixed for firing.
More reports from Maharashtra
Read about: Telgi case | Mumbai blasts


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Welcome to DHTI!
We're always looking for new students to enroll in our program. Our team is passionate about increasing diversity in healthcare in the Bay Area and about developing skills for new arrivals to take with them to the healthcare workplace through coaching, connecting them with mentors, and volunteering. We work with people who have been in the U.S. for a short period and those who have been in the Bay Area for longer. We have participants from Afghanistan, Syria, Uganda, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Bhutan, Nepal, the Philippines, Guatemala, China, and Mongolia. Our participants often have many years' experience in their previous countries: we've worked with several doctors who had more than 10 years' experience in their home countries. We have also had participants who had little to no experience in healthcare.
Because our participants come from many backgrounds and are at different places in their healthcare careers, we have developed different stages to help newly arrived individuals become employed in the U.S. healthcare system. All participants who have not worked in the U.S. go through our Job Readiness workshops where you learn about resume and cover letters, develop computer skills to apply to jobs without assistance, and to begin to develop leadership skills that you will carry with you as you are becoming more engaged in healthcare. Job Readiness workshops are conducted at the same time as Career Exploration which is the stage that most of our participants begin. Through the Welcome Back English for Health Training Curriculum, Career Exploration builds a foundation for participants to enter the healthcare field. Participants learn about the U.S. healthcare system, the basics of working on a healthcare team, and medical terminology. The heart of this program is an emphasis on soft skills and the importance of soft skills in healthcare.
After the basics, we work with participants to help them enter into credentialing or certification programs at Merritt College, College of Alameda, or other local schools. These programs help develop technical skills after learning soft skills in DHTI's programs.
One of our most important programs is Career Learning where participants complete two stages. The first stage is a 36-hour, in-depth course designed to teach participants how to work as a team, HIPAA, and the differences between working at a clinic, hospital, and skilled nursing facility. Upon completion of the first stage, participants will experience work in different healthcare settings through job shadowing and volunteering.
If you would like to learn more about how you can continue or start your career in healthcare in the Bay Area, come to our next Healthcare Career Awareness Day. Keep up with us at Twitter @DHTIOakland Instagram and Facebook at Diversity in Health Training Institute. Click on the links below. Thank you.


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Everyday Arias are back with a new and wonderful collection of opera shorts and world theatre equivalents. This time we are screening in the centrally located Grosvenor Casino, Russel square casino ( 61-66 Russel Square...very near the tube station) on Saturday the 25th of November from 2:00-4:00 pm.
All of the films selected are set in everyday surrounds, making the ordinary extraordinary. After previous wonderful programmes , we are honoured that our November season boasts an equally fantastic array of internationally acclaimed film makers and Opera makers.
Francesca Levi, creative director of Everyday Arias, says that "although the collaboration between opera and film is not new, we hope to reinvigorate the art form by incorporating the everyday with the extraordinary. This exciting juxtaposition of creative visions will hopefully prove stimulating for both the die-hard opera fan and new audiences. As the title suggests, it is a very approachable concept of the art form."
Come and join us for a delightfully elective collection of films designed to enlighten and inspire the mind.


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Faculty: Susann Eddy
Pedagogical/Therapeutic Eurythmist & Co-College Chair
Susann Herb-Eddy has been teaching Eurythmy to children and adults in the greater Detroit area since 1986. Her work also includes therapeutic Eurythmy. Previously, she worked as an eighth grade teacher at Karl Schubert Schule in Vienna, as a group leader of autistic children in Switzerland, and as a Kindergarten assistant in Toronto, Ontario. She also has experience as an early childhood teacher and has had various experiences in psychiatric hospitals near Toronto, Ontario.
Susann completed her four year artistic Eurythmy training in Dornach, Switzerland and then went on to complete her therapeutic Eurythmy training in the United States. She received her B.A. from Mercy College and her diploma in Waldorf Education and Special Education from the Waldorf Institute of Mercy College.
Her interests and hobbies include hiking, traveling, languages, reading, music, plays, knitting, studying, and alternative medicine.
She is a mother of two adult children who are DWS alumni.


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Welcome to Grace Academy!!
It's my privilege to welcome you to visit our school website and get to know the school.
The school now has classes from Nursery to Class XII, with two sections each from Classes Nursery to X and Science, Commerce and Humanities subjects for classes XI & XII.
It is from the beginning that the founders envisioned school that will be different from other schools including many Christian based institutions.
At Grace Academy we look at everything from a different point of view. The basis of this view point or attitude is the "Holy Bible". The sacred book shows us who we are and what our relationship with God is and should be. It gives objective standards for our behaviour, lends dignity to our treatment to one another, provides motivation for personal excellence, makes the syllabus exiting as it gives a reference point for all subjects, and then encourages us to apply this viewpoint to the rest of life. A campus characterised by learning by peace, by joy, by lasting friendships. It is an academy of "grace".
I hope and pray, that if your child happens to be admitted to Grace Academy (God willing), will pass out from this school as a well-rounded individual and will be Christ like being.
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The Match Foundation, Inc., is our vehicle for sharing the inventions we develop in our applied work on our preK-12 campuses. The Foundation supports the success of the Match School and collaborates schools and districts across the country as they work to improve educational outcomes for children in high-poverty communities.
For more information or to make a tax-deductible donation to the Foundation, please visit Match Education.


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Baby Enya is 7 Weeks Old!
I have been a terribly forgetful person all my life and pregnancy has taken a big chunk of my memory retaining abilities so I'm possibly turning into a goldfish now, nor not, I can't remember. Anyway I can't believe 7 weeks of my maternity leave has passed just like that. The days have been quick … More Baby Enya is 7 Weeks Old!


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A recent interaction reminded me why a physical store will always have a decisive role in creating positive customer experiences, particularly when returns are involved.
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Far from a panacea, responsive design needs to be deployed only when developers have a clear understanding of how their content is used across devices and situations and the bandwidth that is available, both to the user and your staff.
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Retailers need to embrace rather than resist consumer 'showrooming' as an opportunity to help the buyer bridge real and digital worlds in the increasingly complex purchasing decision process. The 'Amazon effect' happens when the retailer fails to provide the right tools that customer really wants in the aisles.
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After spotting a commercial for Julius Jr. on Nick Jr., my kids have been talking about the show nonstop. They have a few Julius the monkey items including a favorite pair of pajamas and cannot wait to see the adventures of Julius Jr. and his friends. To get the kids even more excited, we went to NickJr.com and learned about the entire crew of adorable animals. The kids even did a craft and tons of coloring sheets. Puzzles, games, even a Julius Jr. cirriculum and all kinds of fun are available on NickJr.com.
Julius Jr. is a funky monkey with a penchant for invention. Together with his best pals, Worry Bear, Sheree, Clancy and Ping, they build a playhouse out of a simple cardboard box, but when they step inside, to their surprise and delight, they discover a magical playroom where ordinary objects come to life and fantastic adventures are just a door away! Julius Jr. and his best pals are coming to Nick Jr. Sundays at 11am/10c starting September 29th.
What are you waiting for? Set the DVR and grab the kids to watch this cute new cartoon on Sunday!
Disclosure: Compensation was provided by Saban Julius via Glam Media. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of Saban Julius.


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Western Australia : Roy Criddle | 2016
A boy growing up in WA country after WWII.
I was the luck kid in our 7 child family line-up. The hardships of the Great Depression while the family lived in Tenindewa happened before I was born and the traumas of World War II were over by the time I was aware of the World around me. In Corrigin I was lucky to be a boy in a real country town with a good school. My luck just went on when we moved to Narrogin for my 'growing up years'. A new Senior High School opened in time for me to sit my Junior Certificate and, with the financial support of a Teaching Bursary, I was able to remain at school another two years to complete the Leaving Certificate.
Yes, I was indeed a lucky Kid.
Physical Description
220 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm.
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Criddle, Roy Allen.
Corrigin (W.A.) -- Biography.
Narrogin (W.A.) -- Biography.
Western Australia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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General setup 1 1 1 IMPORTANT NOTE 1 Most of the illustrations in this User's Guide show the MFC-J470DW. Memory Storage 1 Volume Settings (MFC models) 1 Your menu settings are stored permanently, and, in the event of a power failure, will not be lost. Temporary settings (for example, Ring Volume 1 Overseas Mode) will be lost. If you have chosen Set New Default for your You can choose a range of ring volume 1 preferred FAX and COPY settings, those levels, from High to Off. The machine w
Chapter 1 Beeper Volume 1 Speaker Volume 1 When the beeper is on, the machine will You can choose a range of speaker volume make a sound when you press a key, make a levels, from High to Off. mistake, or after you send or receive a fax. a Press Menu. You can choose a range of sound volume levels, from High to Off. b Press a or b to choose General Setup. a Press Menu. Press OK. b Press a or b to choose c Press a or b to choose Volume. General Setup. Press OK. Press OK. d Press a or b to choos
General setup Automatic Daylight Sleep Mode 1 Saving Time 1 You can choose how long the machine must be idle (up to 60 minutes) before it goes into (MFC models) 1 Sleep Mode. The timer will restart if any operation is carried out on the machine. You can set the machine to change automatically for daylight saving time. It will a Press Menu. reset itself forward one hour in the Spring and backward one hour in the Fall. Make sure you b Press a or b to choose have set the correct date and
Chapter 1 Auto Power Off LCD screen 1 (DCP model) 1 Setting the backlight The Auto Power Down feature will turn off the brightness 1 machine after it has been in Sleep Mode the number of hours you choose. When this You can adjust the brightness of the LCD feature is Off, the machine will remain in backlight. If you are having difficulty reading Sleep Mode and not turn itself off. the LCD, try changing the brightness setting. NOTE a Press Menu. The machine will not power off automatically
General setup Mode Timer (MFC models) 1 1 The machine's control panel has four temporary mode keys: FAX, SCAN, COPY and WEB. You can change the amount of time the machine takes after the last Fax, Scan, Copy or Web operation before it returns to Ready mode. If you choose Off, the machine stays in the mode you used last. a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose General Setup. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose Mode Timer. Press OK. d Press a or b to choose 0Sec, 30Secs, 1Min, 2Mins, 5Mi
Security features 2 (MFC models) 2 Setting and changing the TX Lock 2 TX Lock password 2 TX Lock lets you prevent unauthorized access to the machine. NOTE While TX Lock is On, the following operations If you have already set the password, you are available: will not need to set it again. Receiving faxes 1 Setting the password 2 PC-Fax Receive (If PC-Fax Receive was already On) Make a careful note of your password. 1 While the TX Lock feature is turned on, your machine a Press Menu.
Security features (MFC models) Changing the password 2 Turning TX Lock on/off 2 a Press Menu. Turning TX Lock on 2 b Press a or b to choose Fax. Press OK. a Press Menu. 2 c Press a or b to choose b Press a or b to choose Fax. Miscellaneous. Press OK. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose d Press a or b to choose TX Lock. Miscellaneous. Press OK. Press OK. e Press a or b to choose Set Password. d Press a or b to choose TX Lock. Press OK. Press OK. f Enter the four-digit number of the e Press a o
Sending a fax 3 (MFC models) 3 Additional sending NOTE • Most settings are temporary and the options 3 machine returns to its default settings after you send a fax. Sending faxes using multiple • You can save some of the settings you use most often by making them the default settings 3 settings. These settings will stay until you change them again. (See Setting your When you send a fax, you can choose a changes as the new default on page 10.) combination of settings, such as Fax Re
Sending a fax (MFC models) NOTE NOTE Even if you choose Light or Dark, the You can choose four different resolution machine will send the fax using the Auto settings for black & white faxes and two for setting in either of the following conditions: color faxes. • When you send a color fax. Black & White • When you choose Photo as the Fax Standard Suitable for most typed Resolution. documents. 3 Fine Good for small print and transmits a little slower than Changing fax resolution 3 Stand
Chapter 3 Setting your changes as the Additional sending new default 3 operations 3 You can store the fax options you use frequently for Fax Resolution, Sending a fax manually 3 Contrast, Glass ScanSize and Real Time TX by saving them as the Manual transmission lets you hear the default settings. These settings will stay until dialing, ringing and fax-receiving tones while you change them again. sending a fax. NOTE aPress (FAX). To send a multi-page fax, use the ADF. b Press a or b to c
Sending a fax (MFC models) How to broadcast a fax 3 Dual Access (Black & White only) 3 a Load your document. You can dial a number and start scanning the bPress (FAX). fax into memory—even when the machine is sending from memory, receiving faxes or c Press a or b to choose printing PC data. The LCD shows the new job Advanced Settings. number. 3 Press OK. The number of pages you can scan into the d Press a or b to choose Broadcasting. memory will vary depending on the data that Press OK.
Chapter 3 g Press Black Start. Canceling a Broadcast in progress 3 Faxing from the ADF a Press Menu. The machine starts scanning and b Press a or b to choose Fax. sending the document. Press OK. Faxing from the scanner glass c Press a or b to choose When the LCD asks you Next Page?, Remaining Jobs. do one of the following: Press OK. To send a single page, press 2 (or The LCD will show the fax number being press Black Start again). dialed and the Broadcasting job The machine starts send
Sending a fax (MFC models) Real Time Transmission 3 Overseas Mode 3 When you are sending a fax, the machine will If you are having difficulty sending a fax scan the document into the memory before overseas due to possible interference on the sending it. Then, as soon as the telephone telephone line, we recommend that you turn line is free, the machine will start dialing and on Overseas Mode. After you send a fax sending. using this feature, the feature will turn itself off. Sometimes, you
Chapter 3 Checking and canceling waiting jobs 3 You can check which jobs are still waiting in the memory to be sent and cancel a job. (If there are no jobs, the LCD shows No Jobs Waiting.) a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose Fax. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose Remaining Jobs. Press OK. Any waiting jobs appear on the LCD. d Press a or b to scroll through the jobs and choose the job you want to cancel. Press OK. e Do one of the following: To cancel, press 1 to choose Yes. If you wan
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We just launched an hour hunt for my cell phone, which disappeared while I was updating Facebook on the couch last night. Somehow the couch swallowed it and it only wanted to disgorge it this morning.
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16th Jul 2019
Stranger Things (2016)
Chapter Seven: The Bite - S3-E7
Continuity mistake: At the very beginning the band the camera pans by is totally different from the one standing behind the mayor later on. For one there are no more clarinet players, a cymbal player suddenly appears right behind where the mayor stands and the drummers are 3 totally different boys, with the 3rd from the right missing his glasses suddenly and the second drummer being much shorter. (00:00:40 - 00:01:15)lionhead
13th Jul 2019
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Question: In Biff's casino Marty is escaping Biff and his goons - he goes into the stairwell and jumps from one stair to another. What I don't understand is how this stairwell works as it seems to be double, with 2 sets of stairs ending up on the same floor parallel to each other, one on one end and one at another but on the same floor. Does this even make sense? Can anyone tell me why a big building would have 2 sets of stairs in 1 stairwell going parallel and end up on the same floors? Any special name for this type of stairwell perhaps? I can't find anything on it.lionhead
Chosen answer: Your assumption is pretty much correct. There are 2 staircases spiralling around each other like a double helix. It is a fairly common way of constructing fire evacuation staircases as it allows a greater number of people to use them at the same time.
I see, so it's purely for fire escape reasons or more to handle overflow capacity in general?lionhead
8th Apr 2019
Shazam! (2019)
Question: What is the actual reason given why the police couldn't find Billy's mom? Just the fact his mom didn't want to find him and left doesn't mean the cops would stop looking. It's hard to imagine a 5 year old isn't able to tell the cops his address, where he goes to school or where he lives in general. Teachers, neighbours, his physician or dentist, classmates, all can tell where the mom is. Next to that isn't his dad in prison and thus easy to find?lionhead
Answer: He was a baby when he was abandoned - all he knew about his mother was her name, not her birth date or social security number. He didn't know anything about his father and his mother went back to her maiden name. In case you're wondering not everybody has their DNA taken.
He knew his full name. He's a legitimate son born in wedlock. They would have easily tracked down the father who is an inmate: that is on top of what the original poster mentioned, such as his home address or other minimal information. Lionhead, I believe this belongs in the Plot Holes section rather than simply the Questions section: I am not informed about Pennsylvania's laws for child abandonment, but I think it's rather unlikely that someone could just drop their kid in the middle of a crowd and get away with it entirely, especially when the kid knows his own full name.Sammo
I'm not too eager to put it in the plot holes section, because it is plausible I suppose that she disappeared willingly and they couldn't find her specifically. But you address the right point I was trying to make that the cops won't simply stop looking for his mother. It's a crime to abandon your child and they will look up and question a lot of people. And I mean a lot of people to find her. Even if there is literally no family besides mom and dad, the dad will be found since he is in prison. He won't be able to help much but contact will be maintained, even if he doesn't want it.lionhead
The thing is, they don't even have to question a lot of people since the kid is not a newborn left on the steps of a church or something: he was able to provide his own full name to the authorities. So it's absolutely straightforward for the police to see who his parents are - although it should be noted that he was born in a different state, I don't think it should be a particularly complicated research for the authorities.Sammo
2nd Apr 2019
Aquaman (2018)
Factual error: Aquaman lifts a submerged submarine towards the surface, which should start to sink again straight after releasing it, as its ballast tanks are still full of water. It shouldn't stay floating like that.lionhead
11th Oct 2018
There's Something About Mary (1998)
Question: Ted's friend Dom knows a guy who can find Mary for him. Later on it's revealed that Dom is also Woogie, Mary's old boyfriend who got weird on her and is still obsessed with her. However, if Dom knew Healy could find Mary why didn't he use him himself to find Mary and stalk her again?lionhead
Answer: Mary mentions to Dom that there was a restraining order against him, which was the first reason. But he also mentioned he spent 9 years in therapy sessions trying to get past their former relationship. This would suggest Dom hadn't considered trying to find Mary until Ted took the lead.Lummie
4th May 2018
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
Question: When McClane and his boss are in the van with the FBI agents and Gruber guesses who of the FBI is in the van there is a man sitting in the back. Who is he and why doesn't Gruber guess he is in the car as well?lionhead
Answer: He is actor Richard Russell Ramos and he's credited as FBI Chief. Simon does allude he's there because he uses the plural "FBI agents" and Jarvis is not from the FBI. However, it seems Simon's point is made that he knows who is in the van because he's watching them. There was just no need to identify everyone in the van.Bishop73
15th Mar 2018
Speaker for the Dead
Plot hole: It took Ender only a few hours to unravel a mystery that 3 generations of highly educated and skilled xenologists and xenobiologists were unable to do. Pipo, of the first generation, was restricted by the rules imposed on him by the congress and he found out the truth but died because of it. After that Libo should have simply asked the piggies what happened and should have digged into the piggies' reproduction system, like he should have done in the first place as that is his job. Both Libo and Miro and Ouanda broke the rules so they shouldn't have had a problem with asking the right questions. They weren't afraid of the piggies either, loved them even. Libo would have had the answer to the reason for the death of his father and understood the piggies in a week, even though Novinha had hid the original data. If not him Miro and Ouanda would have had plenty of time to figure it out as well, just by asking questions. They would have learned a lot more about the descolada virus decades sooner as well, giving them more chance to combat it successfully.lionhead
Suggested correction: This entry first claims that it took three generations to find the solution, then states that individual in the first generation found it. If one xenologist can arrive at the solution from scratch, a literal genius like Ender can certainly rapidly come to the same conclusion using the data the next two generations compiled in the meantime.Phixius
They were all geniuses. The other 2 generations should have found out just a quickly or even quicker if they would have just simply done their jobs. It doesn't make sense.lionhead
They were all highly intelligent, but Ender was in a class all by himself.Phixius
But in Xenocide Miro's siblings like Ela, Olhado, Quarra and Grego are in the same league as Ender in intelligence, solving impossible questions without either Ender or Valentine even grasping it well enough to understand. Surely Miro isn't the only one lacking. They got that genius from their parents, the second generation xenologists Libo and Novinha who are both geniuses as well. At least the third generation should have figured it out long before Ender showed up. Mostly my point is they haven't actually done their job in all this time instead of them not being as smart as Ender to figure it out. Just ask the right questions like Ender did and voila. Its their job to ask questions but they didn't do it and their attitude towards the piggies is all wrong.lionhead
27th Jul 2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Continuity mistake: In the beginning of the movie when the guardians are getting ready to fight off an inter-dimensional being Rocket winks a couple of times at Starlord. Starlord then responds but is looking to his left at Rocket, whilst Rocket is on his right side. The scene is for no reason mirrored, proven by the big orange device behind him also switching from being on his left to on his right. (00:03:45)lionhead
18th Jul 2017
Preacher (2016)
Revealing mistake: The Amazing Ganesh gets sawed in half (for real) by a chainsaw but the blades separating the 2 halves and thus his body are already in place as seen when he pushes the two halves towards the audience. So the saw wasn't really cutting through anything. (00:11:40)lionhead
Suggested correction: That is exactly how magicians perform the trick. Once inside the box the victim folds up into 1 of the 2 boxes and the blades inserted. Then cut and shown to the audience to show they have been cut in half.Ssiscool
Except the great Ganesh actually saws himself in half. He never learns the trick normally, he just actually saws himself in half and kills himself, then respawns. That's the idea of the scenes.lionhead
18th Nov 2016
The Strain (2014)
Plot hole: The nuclear explosion is on Liberty Island, a small yield, but nonetheless big enough to move an enormous amount of water towards the coasts on all sides. When we see Sertrakian and the others at the harbor no water is heading their way - they should be washed away by it. (00:37:30 - 00:38:45)lionhead
14th Jul 2016
Band of Brothers (2001)
Replacements - S1-E4
Question: When members of Easy company spot Captain Sobel again one of the replacements asks Bull "Who is he sarge?" and Bull replies "It's our first CO." Then the replacement asks "What happened?" and Bull replies with "He got promoted." I never understood that line. What was it about his promotion that made Bull say that? As I understand it Sobel was already a hated man before becoming Captain. So what did Bull mean?lionhead
Chosen answer: Col. Sink gave Sobol a promotion after the men came to him and said they wouldn't follow him into battle. It was a promotion that ensured he wouldn't see combat and took him away from the troops, so it was technically a punishment.Captain Defenestrator
11th Jul 2016
Game of Thrones (2011)
Battle of the Bastards - S6-E9
Continuity mistake: When Jon Snow is all alone in the field drawing his sword to fight the incoming enemy cavalry, behind him we see an empty field. but seconds later as the enemy cavalry is near him they are met by Jon's own cavalry from behind. (00:37:30 - 00:38:20)lionhead
28th Mar 2016
Fail Safe (2000)
Factual error: Near the end of the film Colonel Cascio calls his mom in NYC to tell her to get out. However, there is absolutely no way they let someone inside the control room contact the outside world at this point giving out warnings or sensitive information about the situation. Any contact with the outside world is cut.lionhead
11th Nov 2014
Horns (2013)
Deliberate mistake: During the entire movie nothing is mentioned about the rape of Merrin until the very end, even though it is quite obvious for a forensic investigator to determine she was raped, and something like that would be very important to help find a suspect. This is done deliberately to continue the plot as rape would make Iggy less of a suspect (being her boyfriend for years) and someone like Lee more (known by Iggy and others he had feelings for her).lionhead
24th Jun 2014
General questions
I'm looking for a movie, or short film about WWI. I remember a scene were they were in the trenches, a gas attack hits them, and one of the soldiers (a rather chubby one) couldn't find his gas mask. After panicking and trying to grab others masks he chokes. I think the movie starts with an old man grabbing a young guy at a store by the collar and starts talking about WWI, it also ends with the same man and boy again where the old man says "That, was my war." That's all I remember. It might be British made and from the 80's or 90's. I hope someone can help.lionhead
22nd Jun 2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Question: Who put Magneto in that plastic prison? Nixon and his cabinet don't seem know anything about mutants or see them as a threat (even after Cuba). Yet they put Magneto in a plastic prison as they know he can bend metal, so why wasn't anyone in the US government and most notably the President informed of this fact? It would have made Trask's appeals a lot more justified. Even likely sentinels would have been put into action a lot sooner rather then later.lionhead
Chosen answer: Government agents were previously aware of mutants - they are probably the same ones that imprisoned Magneto, and his attempt to prevent JFK's assassination was most likely covered up due to the revelation that Kennedy was a mutant. Magneto was already in prison by the time Trask pitched his Sentinel idea to the government, which is probably why the program wasn't instituted.Phaneron
15th Mar 2014
The Last Days on Mars (2013)
Factual error: They inject the infected Brunel with antibiotics to fight the bacteria, however there is no pulse and that means the antibiotic can never spread through the body, as there is no blood circulation.lionhead
9th Jul 2013
White House Down (2013)
Factual error: Doesn't matter how good the programmer/hacker is you cannot override NORAD and launch its missiles remotely without authorization. Especially not on your own with just the presidential identification.lionhead
9th Jul 2013
White House Down (2013)
Factual error: An ICBM is not an AA missile, yet from NORAD the terrorists aim one to take down Air Force One. An ICBM cannot be told to take down a plane, it doesn't have the guidance or right detonation capabilities.lionhead
7th Jul 2013
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
Plot hole: Even if someone would make all nuclear powers launch their nuclear missiles and then destroy them you still wouldn't have a nuclear weapons free world as most of those nations have plenty of nuclear weapons in reserve. A lot would be even be armed and ready to go for a possible second strike. (01:24:10)lionhead
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"The explicit Laplace transform for the Wishart process"
The first part of the talk will provide an introduction to mathematical finance. We start with a brief historical and philosophical perspective on the field and briefly review the main problems one tries to solve. We concentrate on the valuation of simple derivatives and review the famous Black-Scholes formula. After that we recall how the weaknesses of this standard approach motivated the introduction of more advanced models, in particular stochastic volatility (SV) models. In the context of SV models we review the role played by characteristic functions and the fast Fourier transform. This last point will serve as an introduction to the results of the paper, where we derive the explicit formula for the joint Laplace transform of the Wishart process and its time integral which extends the original approach of Bru (1991). We compare our methodology with the alternative results given by the variation of constants method, the linearization of the Matrix Riccati ODE's and the Runge-Kutta algorithm. The new formula turns out to be fast, accurate and very useful for applications when dealing with stochastic volatility and stochastic correlation modelling.
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Arcady Zadrovich is one of the most popular models at Muscle Hunks, and it's easy to see why. Arcady is a serious muscle man who spends hours sweating in the gym, pumping iron to perfect his incredible physique. And unlike competition bodybuilders, who we don't get to see naked, Arcady is horny and loves to show off his ass and rock hard cock. Wouldn't you love to lick this huge bodybuilder all over his body, from his massive arms and bulging pecs and shoulders to his erect manmeat? I know I would!


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This post is the first in a series focusing on the process of starting an Escape Room Business.
I remember it like it was yesterday. The excitement of doing our first escape room. Even though we didn't escape we were so excited by the concept that we were hooked instantly. After a doing handful of escape rooms my family and I decided that we would open our own Escape Room business. We thought that our area desperately needed entertainment alternatives besides movies and a bowling alley. Let's just say this, we weren't wrong.
We had the desire and we had the passion, what we didn't have was knowledge. We had never been serious business owners previous to deciding to open Cracked it! Escape Games in our hometown of Jacksonville, North Carolina. We took our idea of opening our own escape room and in roughly 45 days went from nonexisting to forming a company and opening our doors to the public on January 7th of 2016. We are coming up on our 1st year anniversary of being open to the public and we have learned a ton over the last year.
The purpose of this series of posts is to give you, the possible future Escape Room owner, some things to think about before rushing head-long into opening your own business. I also hope to point you in the direction of resources that have been invaluable during our startup phase. As we enter our second year of operation we still have an incredible amount to learn.
Many people would think that we rushed into opening a business with no real business experience, in an industry with no real track record. Let's say this, they weren't wrong.
One of the greatest resources we have available to us is our Small Business Center Network available at our local community college. We have formed a great relationship with the staff and regularly attend FREE seminars to help us grow as business owners and entrepreneurs.
Most people who want to get into the escape room business have never owned a business previously and just don't know where to start. Before risking everything, your family, your personal savings, and your sanity while opening an Escape Room business take a personal inventory and see if being a business owner is for you. Ask yourself these questions.
Do I have the ability to set goals and plans to reach those goals?
Do I have the capability to prioritize?
Do I have a strong and positive attitude?
Do I have the energy and passion for my goals?
Do I have good moral strength and character?
Do I have integrity?
Do I have the willingness to take a chance
Am I a risk taker?
Am I a self-starter?
Do I take the initiative?
Do I have good reasoning skills?
Am I able to make independent decisions?
Do I have strong leadership skills?
Am I well organized?
Do I use time wisely and efficiently?
Am I a procrastinator?
Do I have the ability to work with others who may not share your beliefs?
Am I eager and always willing to learn?
Do I have the ability to change and adapt?
Do I have a need to satisfy others?
Am I Motivated to seek information?
Do I have a creative mindset?
Am I being persistent and proactive in a professional manner?
Am I informed and updated on industry events and trends?
Am I a good financial manager?
Do I have the aility to motivate others?
Am I confident in public settings
Do I have a willingness to recognize contributions of others?
Am I fearful of failure?
Am I self confident?
Do I view failure as an opportunity to improve and learn?
Before you decide to take the leap and start your own business have an honest conversation with yourself and see if you have what it takes to not only open your own business, but to sustain it through its growth phases and the long term.
Brian Vinciguerra is the co-founder and chief marketing officer of Cracked it! Escape Games in Jacksonville, North Carolina.


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Medical education has always been a priority in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at Baylor University Medical Center. Promoting more awareness and understanding of the specialty of Physiatry (the other name for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) is one of the purposes for the student elective program.
This elective is designed to expose the student to various aspects of physical medicine and rehabilitation. The elective can be individualized according to the student's interests. The student will participate in patient care in both the inpatient and outpatient setting with the attending physician and/or the resident on the rotation. Exposure to the rehabilitative care of patients with stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, amputation, neuromuscular diseases, and musculoskeletal problems will be available. Exposure to electrodiagnostics, pediatric rehabilitation and other educational opportunities may also be available if the student desires. The student will attend weekly didactic sessions with the residents.
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Ascension of the Morning Star is a novel-length work that offers an alternative to Breaking Dawn. The work is represented in two books, Evening Star and Morning Star. Each book will appear as a separate story on this site. This is Part I.
In Part I: Evening Star, we find Bella and Edward preparing for their marriage. From engagement to wedding night the whirlwind of 55 planning days is a roller coaster of emotion, intrigue,and surprises for everyone. Exploring sexuality & intimacy, will Edward be ready? As the big day draws nearer, everyone realizes this is a good-bye, but not everyone realizes how true that is...
The facets of their transition to marriage are much the same as other young couples, however, they are not like any other young couples and they face a specific set of challenges on their way to the altar. Their journey will force the Cullen family to confront the demons of their hearts and rediscover their connection to humanity they thought to be lost forever. Even the humans find compelling forces of change in their lives because of this one strange human. A young woman's presence has altered the destiny of those she loves.
Post Eclipse, AU, Cannon Characters and Relationships. Mature for sexual situations.
The story of Ascension of the Morning Star continues with Part II. A major shift in tone, action, and impact from Part I. Hang on to your hats. It is a thunderbolt from the begining and rarely lets up. Whereas Part I is light and laughter, Part II is darkness and tears.
When Bella's transformation is not a dream come true, the future is anything but assured, yet, one thing is clear. By her existence, she will rock the foundations of both the human and mythical worlds. Although there are bright signs of possibility in unexpected places, but the question is simply this: Would you follow your destiny if you knew it would cost you your eternal life?
What if Bella isn't the only one changed by her choice to follow her Destiny?
Canon characters and relationships explored in greater detail. Contains family relationships, humor, mature situations, sensual exploration, action, and inference; horror, angst, hurt, gore, limited violence, loss, mystery, psychic phenomenon, and mythic/religious references.
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How do you say goodbye to the love of your life? Is it even possible to go on living? My contribution to the Fandom Against Domestic Violence.
While babysitting Nessie, Jacob and Alice turn their attention off her for one minute, only to learn that she was always watching them.
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It's September 11, 2001 in New York City. Jake is working as a fireman when the towers are hit. Will he be able to save his girlfriend, Bella, who works in Tower 2?
Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.
Warning: violence, tragedy, strong language. This is a story about tragedy, real life. Tissues will be needed. It's inevitable.
Jasper, a guitar, soft music by the light of a campfire. What's his favourite tune?
Written for the quickie contest: A snapshot, a moment in time, a short story in <500 words.
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Edward and Bella's futures are headed in two very different directions. Can their love endure their looming separation and the promises held within their last kiss?
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AH: Bella and Jasper fell in love, but now he has to leave on a top secret mission for the army. He'll be gone a year with no contact allowed... How will Bella cope with not knowing if he's thinking of her or even if he's alive?
After her parents are killed in a plane crash, a young girl is rejected again & again by foster families for being too old. She wishes on a star nightly, but will she find what she seeks? Will the Cullens be that family?
NC-17 for later chapters. Warning" Violence, and sexual aggresion may be part of this story.
Winning Summary:
"I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I make tonight." With that one hope Isabella Swan faces life as best as she can. The tragedy of her parents' death, leaves her alone in a system where her age leaves her undesirable for adoption. That is until one day two people come into her life offering her a chance at hope. The Cullen family takes to Bella like a long lost sister. What happens when Bella is taken from the Cullens by a lost relative? Will Bella's hopes be destroyed? What happens when fate steps in years later to reunite Bella with the one's she loved and who loved her so long ago?
Bella knew what she would say, "Don't you want to be my sister?"
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At one point everyone in Biloxi knew about Mary Alice Brandon...this is the story of the human girl Alice Cullen used to be.
When Mike Newton breaks up with Bella as they both head off to the University of Washington, Bella is devastated. She spends all her time and energy trying to get him back, despite her friends' pleas to let him go. Bella is so hung up on Mike, she almost doesn't even remember the stranger she danced with on Halloween. Almost.
When Edward & Bella's son, Nathan, goes missing it turns their lives upside down. This is the journey they take to find him, & in the process realize everything isn't what it seems. M for language, themes, & future lemons EPOV E/B Eventually NO CHEATING!
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A long overdue trip back home turns into something unexpected for Bella Swan, Hollywood's It Girl. Finally, the tireless PA Alice is able to get her best friend and boss to get some much needed rest and relaxation. Well, as much relaxation as one can get between hospital visits. And what does Alice's wickedly handsome surgeon of a brother have to do with things?
A little bit of smut to start the week off right.
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Our choices determine the path of our destiny. What if Bella decided to try and move on that night at the movie theater? This is a story exploring what happens when we take the other fork in the road, how small changes can change everything. Do we always meet with the same destiny? Do we make our own fate? Or, as Forrest asked, is it a bit of both?
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Isabella Swan is an antique document specialist. When the papers she is working on lead her overseas, she finds herself immersed in the mystery of the enigmatic Edward Masen. What secrets will she find as she explores the documents and letters of the elusive Cullen clan and what does Edward want her to find out about him?
Breaking Dawn filming wraps up in Vancouver in less than a month.
Let's go with Rob and Kristen as they explore the city - and each other!
A one-shot in two parts. Part I KPOV. Part II RPOV.
Robsten RPF as always. NC-17 for lemons and language!
Ten years after they parted in the woods, both Edward and Bella have learned to chase the sunshine - one to find meaning in an immortal existence, the other to avoid facing her past. Everything changes when Bella's work brings her into danger.
It should have been easy to leave Jake behind, as easy as it had been for him
to let her go. Part of her had sort of hoped he'd phase and alpha-command her not to leave,
but he didn't. She left angry, knowing that she shouldn't have expected anything else. She should never have let him kiss her in the first place, behind the church, in a moment of weakness.
What could she have done to prevent it? Seeing Emily in that wedding dress—Sam standing
beside her, looking absolutely moronic with that grin on his face. It had torn her straight in half. A few years to heal hadn't been enough to erase the damage. Sam had been her first love, and she'd promised to never fall in love again.
What she felt for Jacob was hardly love, but it had come with a glimpse of a future she was hungry for: one with a man of her own, a blissful lack of awareness of the existence
of Sam Uley. She obviously wasn't going to find that in La Push. She hadn't stood a chance against Emily when Sam had imprinted, and whatever it was that Jacob felt for Bella Swan
was just as bad.
He'd told her his secret: how he felt trapped, but that didn't change the fact that he never intended to free himself. Kissing and touching were fine, but she wanted what Bella had—
which was all of Jacob without restrictions.
When Edward left her broken and alone, Jacob scooped Bella back onto her feet. For three years, he's tried only to mold her back into a person, but he's sacrificed more of himself than he'd hoped to. Becoming everything that Bella needed while knowing that he'd always be second best to Edward, Jacob stripped himself of everything that he was. His only chance to live again--through the most unlikely person of all--might be fast disappearing as well if Leah makes good on her escape plan.
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Edward goes to talk to Charlie, and Charlie will always see Bella as his little girl. One-Shot. Based of the song "Stealing Cinderella" by Chuck Wicks.
Wiccan cousins Bella, Alice, and Rose have sensed a dark force moving into Forks. Will they defeat it before it's too late? And how will the mysterious Cullen brothers help them?
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Losing a parent is hard. Maybe even impossible.
What if Jacob didn't see Renesmee right after she was born? What if he and Leah left town together instead? What if he came back five years later? What if the first time Jacob sees Renesmee, she looks sixteen, and he doesn't know who she really is?
This story picks up in Chapter 26 of Breaking Dawn with one small change. Jacob doesn't imprint on newborn Renesmee. Instead, he leaves town. When he finally returns for Charlie's wedding to Sue Clearwater five years later, things are very different between the Cullens and the Wolfpack. How will Jacob fit in with the Cullen family now, and should we be worried about the Volturi?
Bella and Edward are just back from their honeymoon and are attending Dartmouth so that Bella can remain human for a while longer. But, when Renee is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Bella will do anything to try to save her - including taking her Biophysical Chemistry education to a whole new level. She asks Edward for his help and begins experimenting to try to find a way to save Renee's life - and in the process, comes face to face with mortality and her own ethical conflicts.
"Death doesn't bargain." - August Strindberg, The Dance of Death
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From the moment they met, their eyes, their shared smile, it had always been enough. She'd offered her hand, he'd taken it and they left together, their future was set. They would always be together.
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Princess Alice has spent her entire life in the shadow of her beautiful older sister, Rosalie. When a mysterious new prince shows himself in their court, Alice is shocked when he only has eyes for her. Jasper is determined to win Alice's heart, but she is cautious and afraid to give her love to him. When she discovers that their love is more forbidden than she thought, she has to decide if she's willing to fight for him. Is it finally Alice's turn to live out her love story? Can Jasper give her the fairytale she deserves?
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**WINNER of the Twilight Gem Awards - Best Non Edward/Bella**
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Messaging app, Viber will launch its Sticker Market next month, which will feature original and licensed content, e27 has come to know.
Viber Media Inc has confirmed the news to e27; however it refused to confirm the date of the launch, except, "Stickers will encourage the more than 200 millions users to express themselves creatively and make messaging on Viber fun."
We also got to get the first look of the stickers and Viber confirmed that it will find place in the Stickers Market.
Viber has upped the ante adding more features lately. In its July-end update, it launched doodles and 'seen' status.
Viber all along has been free of "annoying ads" and continues to be the same way. It also, promises to keep the P2P (Viber-to-Viber) calls free. However, with the launch of the Stickers Market, Viber hopes to monetize its service with paid stickers, which will have licensed characters too. Viber, without disclosing the names said that the company has tied up with some brands for licensed characters. An all free service had puzzled many industry analysts and users till now. The Cyprus-headquartered startup says that its focus was on improving the user experience, before it came up with a revenue model.
It also can go for a revenue sharing model as it tied up with Indonesian mobile operator AXIS to provide Unlimited talk and chatting on Viber at daily, weekly and monthly plans, for IDR 500 (US$ 0.04), IDR 2,500 (US$ 0.21), and IDR 8,000 (US$ 0.69) respectively.
e27 feels that Stickers and licensed characters have a great revenue potential for messaging apps including Viber. Users get the stickers for free, brands can actually push their own customised characters, which spell their brand philosophy.
While Viber is tethered to a mobile number, like WhatsApp or WeChat, it is also known for being a platform and device agnostic as it is available for both the PC and the smartphones across OSes – iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Windows, Mac, Symbian, Nokia S40 and Bada devices. A Linux client too is available in beta, which would cover almost the entire range of platforms available.


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An Epidemic of Ignorance
Humans are pattern-seeking primates whose brains evolved to look for and find meaningful patterns in the noise and chaos of nature. When we connect A to B, this process is called learning. Sometimes A really is connected to B, and sometimes it is not. The only reliable way to know for sure is via the scientific method. The problem is that our brains were designed millions of years ago, but science is only a few hundred years old.
One of the most nefarious anecdotal patterns in recent years has been a seeming connection between autism and vaccines. Parents whose children are diagnosed with autism (A) search for a probable cause; they remember that they had their children vaccinated (B) and forgivably assume that the correlation is causal. These parents worry for their children, enough sometimes to sue the companies that manufacture the vaccines. But collectively they could contribute to a public-health disaster if enough parents were to stop vaccinating their children and communities began to suffer a return of communicable diseases once thought to be routed.
The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear
By Seth Mnookin
Simon & Schuster, 410 pages, $26.99
This tragedy in the making has now been chronicled in a book that should be required reading at every medical school in the world. Seth Mnookin's "The Panic Virus" is a lesson on how fear hijacks reason and emotion trumps logic. But the story starts with a bit of bad science. On Feb. 26, 1998, the prestigious British medical journal The Lancet published a paper by a medical researcher named Andrew Wakefield who claimed that he had found a causal link between autism and the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine. Even though the journal's editors made it clear that further research was needed, at a press conference Dr. Wakefield announced: "With the debate over MMR that has started, I cannot support the continued use of the three vaccines given together."
Never mind that almost no medical researchers in the field agreed with Dr. Wakefield's findings and that health officials in the U.K. immediately denounced his recommendations. Parents of autistic children glommed onto Dr. Wakefield as a medical messiah. Worse, parents of non-autistic children began to withdraw from vaccination programs, quickly creating the risk that some communities would lose "herd immunity"—the threshold level that permits even those never inoculated to benefit due to the successful immunization of those around them.
Rates of unvaccinated children in New York and Connecticut, for example, doubled between 2005 and 2010. In New Jersey, they rose by 800%. In many other places around the country, they have fallen below the herd immunity rate of about 90%. The consequences are tragically predictable: Mumps and measles are on the comeback trail, and if this medical mass hysteria is not checked soon we could face a terrible resurgence in these deadly diseases, which killed hundreds of millions of people before the invention of vaccines.
In a brilliant piece of reportage and science writing, Mr. Mnookin explains precisely how medical researchers set about determining whether there is a causal connection in an apparent pattern. "Broadly speaking, there are three ways scientists collect data to test new theories," he explains. "The best possible method is through a randomized clinical trial, in which researchers take a sampling of a population and arbitrarily test their hypothesis on one half while leaving the other half untouched." New cancer drugs are often tested in this way.
Of course, ethically we cannot give half a population a disease and then try different methods of curing it, so "the second-best option is a case control study, where investigators analyze a group that has been naturally subjected to the issue under examination." When even this method is not available, researchers may turn to the least reliable method of a simple case series. "These are oftentimes nothing more than an interesting phenomenon someone happened to notice," Mr. Mnookin notes.
The apparent link between autism and vaccines is one such example. Still, Dr. Wakefield's research is quite possibly one of the weakest studies ever published in the history of science. Just this week, a thorough study of the data by the British Medical Journal concluded that it was nothing less than an "elaborate fraud"—a conclusion supported by Mr. Mnookin's own debunking. As he carefully documents, autism existed long before the MMR vaccine was introduced, and hundreds of millions of children have received the MMR vaccine without developing any negative side effects whatsoever (let alone autism).
At the very least, Dr. Wakefield's research exhibits several classic examples of researcher bias. He already believed there was a link before he conducted his study, so he was subject to "experimenter bias." He relied on the memories of parents who brought their autistic children to him to determine whether autistic symptoms began before or after the vaccination (so they were subject to hindsight bias). Worst of all, according to Mr. Mnookin, Dr. Wakefield received more than £400,000 to provide support for publicly funded lawsuits against the drug companies that make the vaccines. "The entire report wasn't built on a house of cards," Mr. Mnookin concludes. "There weren't any cards to begin with."
If the research linking autism to vaccines is so badly flawed, why do so many people believe that there is a link? People have always feared vaccines, going back a century and a half to when vaccines first began to be widely used—it is counter intuitive to subject yourself to a small dose of a deadly disease. Mr. Mnookin also convincingly argues that "anxiety about the individual's fate in industrialized societies" plays a role in motivating anti-vaccination crusaders. "Then, as now, they appealed to knee-jerk populism by conjuring up an imaginary elite with an insatiable hunger for control," he writes. "Then, as now, they preached the superiority of subjective beliefs over objective proofs, of knowledge acquired by personal experience rather than through scientific rigor."
The deeper reason for this fear, I believe, owes to our evolution: We are just not cognitively equipped to grasp the concept of immunization, because we cannot see bacteria and viruses and because anecdotes are more emotionally satisfying than experimental methodology. Television media, constantly in search of good visuals to create cheap emotional connections, are particularly terrible at telling the story.
On World Autism Awareness Day in April 2010, for example, an episode of "Larry King Live" featured (on one side of the table) two medical researchers explaining why there is no link between autism and vaccines and (on the other side of the table) the former Playboy bunny Jenny McCarthy explaining why she thinks that there is a link. Video clips of her adorable autistic son, Evan, helped to stack the deck. "The type of journalism that relies on the reporter's notion of what does or doesn't 'seem' correct or controversial is self-indulgent and irresponsible," Mr. Mnookin rightly concludes. "It gives credence to the belief that we can intuit our way through all of the various decisions we need to make in our lives and it validates the notion that our feelings are a more reliable barometer of reality than the facts."
We may have evolved to "feel" rather than think our way through problems, but we have also developed the remarkable gift of cognitive flexibility. We have the power to override our instincts and employ reason, logic and science to solve our problems and advance our species.
—Dr. Shermer is the publisher of Skeptic magazine. His next book
is "The Believing Brain."
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