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Testosterone is the hormone our bodies produce that is responsible for our sex drive and our muscle mass. Its presence is greater in men than women and often results in aggressive behavior when the testosterone level is too high. As bad as having high testosterone can be, low testosterone is even more dangerous. According to studies done by the Endocrine society, low testosterone levels can be linked to anorexia in women, shorter life span in men, and a greater risk of heart disease and sexual dysfunction in both. There are various forms of treatment for testosterone deficiency including injections, medication and herbal remedies. Herbal remedies are often judged by their ability to increase sexual potency in males.
Yohimbine is an extract from the yohimbe tree. It has long been used in Africa as an aphrodisiac and for other medicinal purposes. Today, it appears in several popular supplements designed to help with impotence. When taken, yohimbine can take up to 30 minutes to take effect and can last from two to three hours.
For centuries the Chinese have extolled the virtues of ginseng. It has long been considered to be helpful in increasing vitality, stamina and longevity in both men and women. It is still highly recommended in China by doctors to their patients over 40.
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He sho wu, also known as ho shou wu and fo-ti in North America, is another herb that comes from China said to be excellent for increasing testosterone levels. He sho wu is one of the most commonly used herbs in China. It is believed that it can increase vitality, energy, longevity and fertility.
Horny goat weed (epimedium grandiflorum extract) supposedly has the potency to match its name. This herb has long been looked at as a source of increased testosterone production and thyroid health, which can lead to improved sex drive. This herb can be sprinkled on food and is often thought of as a viable replacement for expensive and risky testosterone therapy.


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America's Queen of Suspense—Mary Higgins Clark—joins forces with her daughter Carol—bestselling author of the Regan Reilly mysteries—in this fast-paced novel set on a special holiday cruise that sets sail from Miami the day after Christmas.Alvirah Meehan, lottery winner turned amateur sleuth, and private investigator Regan Reilly are guests, along with their spouses, on the "Santa Cruise." The cruise is a gift from Commodore Randolph Weed to a select group that "has made the world a better place." His largesse is prompted by the desire to create a buzz about his new cruise ship, the Royal Mermaid, as she sets out on her maiden voyage. Alvirah, Regan, and her new husband Jack—head of the NYPD Major Case Squad—are joined as guests on the cruise by a mystery fan convention, celebrating "a ghost of honor," as well as ten men who donated time playing Santa Claus, now hoping for a restful post-season. That tranquility vanishes when two Santa suits disappear from a locked room, a storm develops, and an attempt is made on a passenger's life. As the Royal Mermaid sails through troubled waters, Alvirah, Regan, and Jack uncover clues that lead them to dangerous criminals not on the original guest list…
The #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark has written forty suspense novels, four collections of short stories, a historical novel, a memoir, and two children's books. With bestselling author Alafair Burke she writes the Under Suspicion series including The Cinderella Murder, All Dressed in White, The Sleeping Beauty Killer, Every Breath You Take, and You Don't Own Me. With her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, she has coauthored five more suspense novels. More than one hundred million copies of her books are in print in the United States alone. Her books are international bestsellers.
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Employment Support Job Retention Services Program
The bill creates the employment support and job retention services program (program) within the division of employment and training (division) in the department of labor and employment (department) to provide emergency employment support and job retention services to eligible individuals in the state. The bill requires the director of the division (director) to contract with an entity to administer the program to provide reimbursement for employment support and job retention services provided to eligible individuals statewide. In order to be eligible for services for which a service provider may be reimbursed under the program, an individual must be 16 years of age or older, be eligible to work in the United States, have a household income that is at or below the federal poverty line, and be underemployed or unemployed and actively involved in employment preparation, job training, employment pursuit, or job retention activities. The director is required to establish procedures and guidelines to implement and set parameters for the operation of the program.
The general assembly is required to appropriate money to the employment support and job retention services cash fund created in the bill for allocation to the division to implement and operate the program. The department is authorized to accept gifts, grants, and donations for the implementation and operation of the program. The program is repealed, effective September 30, 2022.
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Camp Pendleton general slated for promotion and new command
Marine Maj. Gen. John Kelly, who spent a year as the top Marine in Iraq, has been nominated by President Obama for promotion to lieutenant general and given command of Marine reserve forces.
Kelly is currently at Camp Pendleton as deputy commanding general of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. From February 2008 to February 2009, he was commanding general of 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) -- overseeing 22,000 Marines, sailors and soldiers in Anbar province west of Baghdad.
Kelly was assistant commander of the 1st Marine Division during the assault on Baghdad in 2003 and personally led a force to Tikrit to confront Saddam Hussein's loyalists in the dictator's ancestral home. In early 2004, he was assistant division commander during the fight in Fallujah.
As commanding general of 1MEF (Forward), his mission was to train the Iraqi security forces, help stabilize the Anbar provincial government, try to heal the rift between that government and the central government in Baghdad, and prepare the Iraqis for the U.S. departure.
He joined the Marine Corps in 1970 in the enlisted ranks and became an officer after graduating from the University of Massachusetts in 1976. An infantry officer by training, he has also worked as the Marine Corps liaison with Congress.
The reserve forces have played a key role in bolstering the active-duty Marine force in Iraq and Afghanistan. Kelly has two sons, both Marines who have served in Iraq.
His nomination for promotion was announced Friday by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and is subject to Senate approval, a formality.
After his return from Iraq this year, Kelly told a civic group in San Diego that he was particularly pleased with the partnership between his Marines and the Iraqis. Some of the Iraqis had initially been enemies.
"What I am very proud of is the number of human beings we did not have to kill because we never stopped extending the hand of friendship even in the darkest days gone by," Kelly said.
Kelly also listed the names of 28 troops in his command killed in 12 months.
"I will think about them for the rest of my life because I failed to bring them home," he said, with a catch in his voice. "I will never forget them or their families...I still thank God there were so few this time."
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When it comes to scents, if you typically buy one or two vanilla bean candles and call it quits, you're missing out! Having a different scent for every room allows you to give each space its own personality. Fragrances can set the stage for anything, from a relaxing evening to an upbeat, exciting party.
Here's how to choose the right scent for every room in your home:
The kitchen and dining area is the best place to have tasty, food-based aromas. Try savory scents like thyme and basil, or go fresh with apple, cucumber or pear. Note: Avoid floral fragrances in these rooms – florals can interfere with both the taste and smell of the food you serve.
This is the most dynamic space for smells in your home. The scent you choose to fill your living room with should depend on the type of activity. For more relaxed, every-day use, stick to soft floral scents like rose petal or peony.
But, if you're throwing a party, you should choose a fragrance that gets noticed by your guests – something that emulates a happy, social vibe like wild berry or passion fruit.
Getting rid of bathroom stink is no joke! This may be the most important place to use the right smells. The secret to a fresh bathroom? Use scents that conjure up the feeling of being clean, like crisp linens and ocean scents. And when in doubt, go with citrus! Lemon, grapefruit, orange and lime will all do the trick. Tip: If your bathroom is small, avoid heavy, powerful perfumes – it will overwhelm the space.
If you think we are going to recommend a certain scent that "gets you in the mood," you're absolutely right! Fill your bedroom with fragrances that are natural aphrodisiacs, like lavender, jasmine and sandalwood (used in a majority of colognes and perfumes).
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Attention GOP Leadership! Start here
Richard Pollack at the Washington Examiner reports on a painless way to handle sequester costs -- cut out the unnecessary duplicative federal programs: Duplicative drug abuse and treatment services are strewn over 76 federal programs. Housing services are spread across 20 different agencies. Renewable energy projects go through 23 federal agencies and 130 sub-agencies. Even federal catfish inspections are done by three different agencies. These are only a few of 162 examples identified by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, a congressional watchdog agency, of fragmented, duplicative federal programs and services. The 2013 edition of the annual report originally requested by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-OK, is being released today and it concludes that not only does such managerial dysfunction hobble the federal government, it's also extraordinarily costly. "The $95 billion in overlap identified in this report, combined with the $200 billion in overlap identified in GAO's previous...(Read Full Post)


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Cabo 35
Cabo 35: Western anglers still love this exceptional sportfisher.
April 8, 2003
You've just sold your sailboat manufacturing business, which had been named one of the 100 best American manufacturers by Fortune magazine. Now what are you going to do?
While the temptation might be to have an outrageously expensive and decadent weekend at some magic kingdom, Pacific Seacraft founders Henry Mohrschladt and Michael Howarth took on a different challenge.
With the sale of Pacific Seacraft Corp. came a non-compete clause, preventing Mohrschladt and Howarth from building a new line of sailboats. Fascinated by high-end sportfishing machines by Rybovich, Merritt and others — but thinking that they could do even better — they formed Cat Harbor Boats. They had only two goals: Build a quality product, and do it without compromises.
The irony, of course, is that all boat designs are compromises. Despite this, the Cabo 35 — when introduced in 1992 as Cat Harbor Boats' first design — became a study in uncompromising quality and design choices that work.
In lesser hands, these choices might have resulted in a lesser boat. Instead, Cabo found the right balance in performance, style and comfort, making this model one of the most sought-after boats in its class.
The Hull Thing
When presented with a blank sheet of paper to begin a new design, the builder must decide on the shape of the hull. Mohrschladt and Howarth turned to noted West Coast naval architect Bill Crealock.
While many boats in this class have true deep-V hulls, the Cabo 35 was intended to be a fishing machine, so stability while trolling was important. To address this, the boat was designed with a modified-V hull, with 17 degrees of transom deadrise.
For even more stability, and added lift for planing speeds, wide flat sections are incorporated into each chine, in addition to the usual planing strakes. The 16-foot-long keel that runs nearly to the boat's transom adds further stability.
Superior tooling assures a true hull shape, and expensive materials add to the overall quality construction. Vinylester resin is used throughout to combat blistering, and bi-directional cloth is used for added strength.
The hull is constructed of thick fiberglass from the waterline down. Vacuum-bagged Airex core is used from the waterline up, to stiffen the hull while providing lighter weight. The deck is cored with endgrain balsa, for additional strength and weight savings.
Through-hull fittings and struts are faired into the hull for a smoother look, and less turbulence under way. While the bottom is made to be more slippery, topsides are covered with an aggressive non-slip surface for safety that is effective, without being hard on knees that may kneel on it.
Welded stainless steel rails are through-bolted into backing plates, and run well aft — providing a safe passage forward, with high rails providing a handhold. Precision-tooled hatches fit extremely well in their positions.
Inside the hull, the Cabo 35 is fully gelcoated (not just where you can see it). Bulkheads are tabbed in place and grommets are used for wire runs through them. While wiring, plumbing and other systems are ?out of sight, out of mind," the grommets will prevent chafe and damage to these seldom-inspected systems.
Additionally, all the wiring is neat and tidy — a sign of the care taken in its installation. While inspecting the bilge, you'll also notice that all hoses are double-clamped for extra security.
Room to Maneuver
The large cockpit allows plenty of room for fishing, and the transom door makes bringing in the catch easier — and it makes boarding easier, with the swimstep installed.
Two large fishboxes are provided under the cockpit sole, equipped with sumps, pumps, gasketed hatches and anti-rattle latches. Tackle drawers are fitted on the cabin bulkhead, and should provide plenty of storage for gear.
Up the steps, on the flybridge, are two helm chairs behind a tournament-style bridge. Here, visibility is excellent — both forward and to the cockpit.
Additional seating is provided forward of the console. One drawback is the flat arrangement of the helm console, making flush-mounted electronics harder to view while seated.
When seen in profile, the Cabo 35 is taller than some of the other boats it competes against. The interior is divided into a saloon and galley, with two staterooms and a head belowdecks.
While many boats have the engines installed under the saloon, the Cabo 35 instead mounts them aft of the bulkhead, and has them in boxes — something it shares in common with Bertram and Blackfin designs. So, while the Cabo 35 is big and roomy, the center of gravity is kept down, further reducing tenderness at trolling speeds.
The saloon features a small L-shaped settee to port, and a large U-shaped dinette to starboard. The aft sections of these units cover the forward ends of the engine boxes, cleverly disguising them and allowing the cabin bulkhead to be placed farther aft.
The galley is an efficient design in the forward portside corner, with an average size refrigerator, a two-burner cooktop, a microwave oven and teak-trimmed drawers and cabinets for storage. Corian countertops and exceptional joinerwork provide an upscale feel.
Models without the forward windows have slightly more cabinet space — although Western boaters typically don't care much for that option. Halogen interior lighting lets fish stories carry on into the night. No lower helm station is offered.
Down three steps from the saloon are the staterooms. A walk-around queen-size berth sits on the centerline, forward. Hanging lockers, to port and starboard, and shelves provide ample storage for the weekend. In fact, storage abounds in this boat, with seemingly every nook and cranny used to its fullest — including room for 8 foot rod storage, out of sight.
A second stateroom is tucked under the galley, with bunk-style berths. It's a great setup for anglers intent on the catch of the day.
The roomy head, to starboard, has a shower. With 100 gallons of fresh water on board, there will be plenty of water for long, after-fishing showers.
An alternate layout moves the galley down two steps, and gives up some of the dinette to make room for a stall shower in the head. This layout may be more popular with the cruising couple than a bunch of anglers.
Whatever the weather, the Cabo 35 can pound through where other boats of this size will be turning back.
Power to Spare
While gasoline engines are standard, most Western boats are equipped with twin 375 hp Caterpillar 3208 diesels. With these engines, the 21,000 pound Cabo 35 can cruise in the mid-20 knot range, and top out at just over 30 knots.
Uncompromising quality combined with the right design choices provided success for this model, and Cat Harbor went on to produce an extensive line of Cabo Yachts.
For many, the combination of size, agility and toughness makes the 35 an especially desirable boat for fishing and cruising. In fact, in some circles, it may be considered an offshore angler's own personal magic kingdom.
Cabo 35 Specifications
|37'6" (w/pulpit)
|21,000 pounds
|Fuel capacity
|400 gallons
|Water capacity
|100 gallons
|Standard power
|twin 330-hp engines
Prices (preowned models)
From 225,000 to $500,000
Years of production
For more information, visit Cabo Yachts.
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Some Tips to Find Hotels to Stay When Traveling
To be more competitive, hotels must provide more than lodging. They have to offer extra services to those traveling like swimming pools, eateries, childcare, and fitness centers. Hotels are often the lodging of preference for anyone traveling on business or experiential travel as they frequently have all of the facilities these people want while working and remaining on site. Many hotels now supply business facilities and meeting rooms so guests traveling on business can stay connected with their office and hold meetings with customers in a professional setting.
The quality and price of a hotel is an indication of the number of services it provides. Many hotels offer a star rating system, an unbiased system that allows customers to easily compare hotels to avoid confusion. The star rating system can be used all around the globe so whether you're traveling to a major capital city or distant village, you can identify the accommodation and degree of service offered by any particular local hotel. There's the five-star rating within this rating system that will be the greatest position and resorts with such a position provide the most luxury services. Even six and seven star hotels are being established. On the other hand, there are one star hotels that are the lowest ranked and normally consist of some basic rooms with no additional facilities. While the star rating system is useful for prospective travelers, one should be careful that smaller boutique-style hotels provide luxury accommodation that is on the same level as that of the five star hotel. They may, however, rank lower due to the fact that they do not provide many other services as their counterparts that have bigger names.
In one hotel you'll find various rooms that have different standards and kinds available from penthouses and suites which are the most luxurious to single rooms which are the most basic. Many hotels also provide smoking and non-smoking rooms, and some have a balcony with a view. This will be more expensive compared to the conventional room.
Nowadays, many resorts are considered to be destinations by themselves. Dubai is well-known because of its wealth and has the world's first seven-star hotel. South America has a few hotels in which accommodation is built with living trees. In Australia, a town referred to as Coober Pedy is popular for cave resorts. There are also some certain places in Turkey and Spain in which resorts are constructed in cave formations that are natural and most of the rooms are found underground. In Sweden, Finland, and Canada, Ice Hotels are a favorite spot for tourists. Certain areas of the resort meltdown during spring and they are reconstructed during the autumn.
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Isarithmic Maps of Public Opinion Data
As a follow-up to my isarithmic maps of county electoral data, I have attempted to experiment with extending the technique in two ways. First, where the electoral maps are based on data aggregated to the county level, I have sought to generalize the method to accept individual responses for which only zip code data is known. Further, since survey respondents are not distributed uniformly across the geographic area of the United States (tending to be concentrated in more populous states and around cities), I have attempted to convey a sense of uncertainty or data sparsity through transparency. Some early products of this experimentation can be seen below.
This map is produced from over 30,000 individual responses to the standard 7-point party identification question. I generate dense grid of points across the map, and calculate a distance-weighted mean value for each point, as well as a distance-weighted response density for each point. This grid is then smoothed through interpolation via the akima package and plotted with Hadley Wickham's excellent ggplot2. I use a blue-red diverging color scale to encode mean values, and a transparency/alpha parameter to encode local density (similar to this approach for choropleth maps). Thus, in the northwestern U.S., from which relatively few responses were collected, the colors can be seen to "fade to black." The same process, with a white background, is illustrated below.
The feedback I have gotten thus far suggests that the black background has better æsthetics, but the white background is more clearly interpreted. I would be very interested in hearing your impressions of the relative merits of both.
The party identification maps above show the benefit of this ZIP code-based approach. First, unlike the choropleth approach, local political-geographic features are preserved without being obscured by the shape of boundary lines, such as county borders. For example, there is a clear difference between Atlanta and surrounding, more suburban areas, as well as within Miami, where the southern end of the city stands out as more Republican-leaning than the rest. Additionally, unlike choropleth maps in which variable/color values can change abruptly at boundaries which may be unfamiliar to the viewer, the distance smoothing employed here makes color-encoded information very clear around easily-identifiable major communities.
The other major benefit of this approach is that it can take as input any public opinion data for which some rough information is known about respondent location. Here I use ZIP codes, which are sufficiently granular to offer a nuanced view, but not so specific as to identify respondents. While it unsurprisingly works best with a large number of respondents, as seen here, I have also used a sample of 1,000 respondents, with useful results.
Here is a map of a variable of much current debate — family income. High income levels are concentrated along the coasts and around major cities. Again, compare the white and black backgrounds.
These maps of abortion attitudes, as is the case with many interesting variables, fairly closely mirror the map of party identification. If you have data that you would like to see mapped in this way, especially with variables that don't correlate so well with party identification or ideology, please get in touch with me.
On color
Identifying optimal color schemes has been a challenge with these maps. I generally prefer to use a diverging palette to maximize color variance and the ease with which value gradations can be discerned. However, the excellent ColorBrewer diverging palettes tend to pass through white, which becomes indistinguishable from areas with low data density. As such, I have used analogous color palettes which span about 150 degrees around the hue spectrum, and tend to work well with varying alpha values over both black and white. Here again, I would be interested in hearing ideas about optimal color schemes when transparency is used to encode an additional data dimension.
Edit: The code as it stands right now is embarrassingly ugly and convoluted. Once I am able to incorporate any feedback, and clean up the code, I will be happy to share.
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Any chance for the R code?
Very nice. I'd like to see the code too!
Nice! I love to see the code too so I can get a hint on how to achieve something like this with my data.
Thanks for sharing!
Have you experimented with the amount of smoothing, or even displaying the unsmoothed data? I would worry a little bit that the plots are a bit oversmoothed, particularly when you look at the northeast.
these are really stunning… would appreciate the code, too!
I need to learn how to do this stuff. Excellent and beautiful.
I'm not familiar with the CCES data (and haven't, yet, waded into it, so…) which measure of income are you displaying: mean or median?
I think the white backgrounds all have better aesthetics, and also are more clearly interpreted.
Nice visualizations. I had the same reaction as others: before I read anything, I thought the black looks cooler, but the white is easier to make sense of, in part because it is closer to purple. This isn't as bad with the red-to-green scheme on black, but I don't like the red-to-green palette.
1) Gorgeous.
2) Innovative.
3) Strongly agree with those who suggest the white background. This is not about aesthetics, it's about interpretability. The dark background does not convey the correct information to the viewer. Dark implies dense which implies lots of observations, directly the opposite of what you are trying to convey.
I would go for white. It is much easier for me to interpret white area as sparse. Good job, by the way.
Great graphics!
I do not agree with "white for low density" approach. Not sure which is better, but there is a whole series of the photographs of Earth or its parts showing the degree of development by luminocity at night. Dark regions naturally imply less development, which for U.S. most strongly correlates with low density.
Having been raised on Cleveland's _Visualizing Data_, I have an extremely strong preference for easy interpretation over prettiness. Go with the white background
David Sparks has an amazing eye for presenting data…..Beautifully done
Great work. I don't know if you are still working on this, but some of the color palettes work better than others. I think Red/Blue is better than Red/Green. One of the problems is that the univariate map is now a bivariate map, and it is difficult to perceive bivariate data through color alone. There is quite a bit of cognitive research on how we perceive color. The bottom line is, it's difficult; but some color spaces are better than others. RGB is really bad. HSV is better. LAB is probably better, yet. But the trick is to get one perceptual axis of color (such as hue) to map into income/or votes, and another perceptual axis of color (such as value) to map into population density. The univariate RColorBrewer palettes aren't designed for crossing with a second data dimension.
I'd also suggest trying fewer color bins, especially on the pop density axis. It might reduce the cognitive load of the maps, making it easier to compare both data value and density separately. Or it might not! I don't know.
Great stuff.
excellent, excellent, excellent. thanks for sharing!!
my only comment is more political: your scale implies "independent" is somehow in between or an average of republican and democrat. that may apply to some who are registered independent but is certainly a mislabel of a huge number of independents who certainly don't want to be smack dab in the middle.
again, this is great stuff. thanks for sharing!!
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Service and Inventory Items in QuickBooks
Service Items
You might hire a bookkeeper or an accountant to help you with your QuickBooks or earn income based on the number of hours you or your team have serviced your clients such intangible items are tracked as Service items in QuickBooks ,which has to be itemised in your invoice you send to your customer or bill you create for your vendors. These include services such as accounting, consulting, cleaning, education,landscaping, treatment ,transportation services, etc.
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DIY No Sew Napkinsposted by Andrea | 02/2/2012
A few months ago, I mentioned that we almost always use cloth napkins at our house. And after reading the comments, it sounds like many of you also use cloth napkins.
However, I did receive a few emails and comments that suggested cloth napkins were too expensive.
I got our cloth napkins as gifts so I've never really priced them out… but if you are looking for REALLY cheap {possibly even free} cloth napkins, you might want to check out this simple tutorial for No-Sew Cloth Napkins.
I can't believe never thought about making my own cloth napkins from old shirts! Wouldn't it be fun to mix and match colors and patterns to make a set? What a great gift idea too!
And if you don't have any old shirts you are willing to cut up, I'm sure you can find a bunch at your local thrift store for probably $1 each.
Oh, and if you have unused t-shirts you want to re-purpose, you should read what I do with ours!
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Lea Stormhammer02/03/2012
Fabulous Idea! I'm going to bookmark it and file it away for later use.
I have found that Target routinely has 4-packs of cloth napkins for around $3-$4, sometimes on sale sometimes just regular price, depending on the season. When my children were learning how to eat with utensils, a friend recommended buying a multipack of inexpensive wash clothes for them to use rather than traditional cloth napkins. Worked like a charm!
Here we usually pay a minimum of $3 for a pack of paper napkins (without coupons) and we have to replace them when they're gone. The cloth napkins go right into the wash with the other household linens and then back into the linen cupboard for use again. We've been married for almost 14 years now and still use some of the higher-quality ones we received for wedding gifts. So they really can last a long time! It's amazing how much further my weekly grocery/toiletry/paper goods budget can stretch when I don't have to buy things like paper napkins and paper towels routinely!
We have used cloth napkins for almost 10 years. I found all of mine clearanced at pier one imports. I was given some as gifts and I have even found some at the resale shop around Christmas that were priced for 25 cents each. I have made some as gifts. I bought a large table cloth at the resale shop and made 6 12×12 napkins with enough left over that I can make another 4-6 napkins. I love them. And once you get used to using them its no big deal. I just leave a basket of them on my table so we can grab one when we need one.
After reading your post, I decided to give cloth napkins a try. I found Crate and Barrel napkins at my local thrift store for 0.79 each! Love this idea and love your site! Thank you!
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Kayak Fishing Safety & Self Rescue
This course will include some basic paddling skills but the focus will be on self rescue techniques and general paddling safety specifically aimed at the needs of kayak anglers. We will practice both self rescue techniques and assisted rescue techniques so sign up with your kayak fishing buddy! We will start the day with some very informative lecture topics however most of the class will be taught on the water.
General Eligibility and Considerations
You should be in good physical condition and have the ability to perform all kayaking/fishing related tasks without physical assistance. The days are long and physically demanding. You don't need to be an olympic athlete but you should be in reasonable physical condition. We may need to carry gear, portage kayaks, navigate rough terrain and perform other moderately demanding physical tasks during class. If you have any questions or concerns about the physical demands of the classes, please feel free to call me at 814-360-7789.
Every participant must sign a waiver before class starts. Waivers are common in the kayak instruction industry. If you want to see a copy of the waiver in advance, please contact me and I'll make sure that you get one.
Length: 4-6 hours depending on size of group
Age: Participants must be at least 12 years old. Minors must be accompanied by a legal guardian.
Prerequisites: NONE great for experienced or new kayak anglers
Course Topics
- Basic Paddling Skills
- Self rescue
- Assisted rescue
- Safety Equipment
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A History of Rome (6)
Domitian was succeeded by Nerva (96 – 98). Nerva's reign was brief with nothing much either to commend it or to condemn it. Trajan succeeded Nerva in 98 and ruled until 117. There was a revolt of the Jews in 115 to 117 when many Jews died and many Christians were also martyred. The Christians ended up getting the worst of things with Christianity being officially listed in the empire as religio illicita for the first time.
During the reign of Trajan the Coliseum was opened for business and sporting pleasure. You should already know that the Christians were the primary group chosen to appear there as targets and victims. In spite of all of that, Trajan was considered by historians as one of the best of the emperors.
The theologian and historian J. B. Lightfoot expressed that the laws discouraging the following of any religion against the state religion had always been in place in Rome.
"The law was there, if any one were disposed to call it into action. But for long period of time it lay dormant. Only now and then the panic of a populace, or the bigotry of a magistrate, or the malice of some influential personage, awoke it into activity. Sometimes it was enforced against one or two individuals, sometimes against collective numbers. But, as a rule, there was no disposition to deal hardly with the Christians, who were for the most part peaceful and industrious citizens. In this respect Christianity was on the same footing with other prohibited religions…The good emperors, as a rule, were not more friendly to Christianity than the bad.
…The Roman religion was essentially political. The deification of the dead emperor, the worship of the genius of the living emperor, were the direct logical result of this political system. An arbitrary, unscrupulous prince might disregard this system; a patriotic Roman could not. Hence the tragic fact that the persecutions of Trajan and M. Aurelius were among the severest on record for the early church. On the other hand, the Christians had almost as much to hope, as to fear, from the unscrupulousness of a bad emperor. If the caprice of a Nero persecuted them, the caprice of a Commodus not only spared but favored them."
Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus, or Hadrian as he was commonly known, followed his near relative Trajan (117 — 138). The last and most thorough destruction of Jerusalem was completed under his watchful eye. This is widely overlooked by students and scholars alike.
This revolt of the Jews was put down in three years (ending in 135), during which time Jerusalem was once again burned and the temple mound and much of the city plowed up ("…not one stone will be left upon another"). The Romans built a new city upon the ruins which they named Aelia Capitolina. Aelia being a form of the name Aelius, in honor of Hadrian, and Capitolina indicating that it was also dedicated to Jupiter Capitolina, the Roman god whose temple (among others) had been erected on the site of the Temple ruins. Jews were not allowed to enter the new city.
During this time the Romans renamed the region of Judea Palestine, as it remains to this day. For one day each year the Jews were allowed to congregate upon Mount Olivet to pray, weep and lament for the city. This situation continued unimpeded until the reign of Constantine.
The Christian population of Jerusalem continued to increase until 637 when the Muslims under the Caliphate seized Palestine and Jerusalem.
Hadrian was followed by Titus Antoninus Pius (Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus Pius). With Hadrian the Flavian dynasty came to an end, and with Titus Antoninus the period of the Antonine Emperors began (138 — 161). Antoninus or Pius (a title meaning "dutiful in affection") had no care for Christians and their assemblies were decreed illegal societies. There were many martyrs during the full period of the Antonines although they were known as the five good emperors. Persecutions and martyrdoms began in earnest and essentially continued without a break from this point until the time of Constantine.
The second of the Antonines was Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (161 — 180). His given name was Marcus Annius Catilius Severus, and upon marriage he took the name Marcus Annius Verus. He also came from a prominent family and his father had held the appointment of Consul.
During his reign the Jews were restored to their religious freedom in all but Jerusalem. As in the time of the writing of the book of Acts of Apostles, the Jews had remained busy and successfully promoted many Christian martyrs. Although such actions continued under Marcus, nothing concerning empire wide persecutions is found in the historical records. However, he was emperor during the general Christian persecutions in the regions of Vienne and Lyons, as was noted by Edward Gibbon in his landmark study The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, the source for much of the information found in these essays. Marcus was the true ruler at this time although the younger Verus was vested as co-regent with him.
As was noted, the first chosen heir of Hadrian had been his adopted son Lucius Aelius Verus. He died shortly after appointment as co-emperor with Titus Antoninus Pius. His son, Lucius Aurelius Verus, then was appointed to rule jointly with Marcus at Titus Antoninus' request (from 161 — 169). Marcus then was the power on the throne while the younger Verus was content to partake of the vices accorded his position. Both emperors maintained homosexual lovers. For the son as with his father, nothing specific is recorded concerning any widespread persecutions of Christians during their reigns although scattered or local persecutions continued unabated.
Gaius Avidius Cassius briefly usurped the role of Caesar upon a false report of the death of Marcus in 175. However, he never made it to a coronation although he was listed as emperor by the senate.
Commodus (Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus) was the son of Marcus Aurelius, and following the deaths of first Verus the younger and then his own father, he assumed the throne (180 — 192). He entertained debauchery likened to Nero, Domitian and the Verus's, and also favored the notion that he was a great warrior appearing in over 800 contests at the Coliseum, some real and some choreographed, hence the basis for the plotline in the fictional film "Gladiator." As was depicted in the movie, he did in fact have a man by the name of Maximus Quintilian murdered (along with his twin brother Condianus) although not in the Coliseum, and not by his own hand. However, they were neither generals nor soldiers. They were simply well known model citizens of Rome against whom he harbored a raging jealousy. You should not get your history, either ancient or modern, from Hollywood.
Commodus' favorite concubine, his chamberlain, and the prefect of the Praetorians conspired together and poisoned him.
The day following the death of Commodus, Pertinax (Publius Helvius Pertinax) was made emperor and he reigned for a few months before he too was also murdered by the Praetorians. With the death of Commodus what was known as the Five Good Emperors or the Antonine dynasty, came to an end.
Marcus Didius Salvius Julianus Severus, or Didius Julianus, then head of the senate, was wrongheaded enough to think that he should be appointed as the next Caesar when he heard of Pertinax' murder. As the throne was now available to the highest bidder, he came up with the requirement and was awarded the prize. But as he was without friend or ally he was soon killed by the Prefect of the Praetorians, the Consul Septimius Severus. Pertinax and Julianus had together ruled less than a year. Clodius Albinus, former governor of Britain then assumed the role of emperor though, once again, only for a brief time. He was killed in battle by the same Praetorian, Septimius Severus.


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HRM, Technology and Innovation: Back to the Future
November 10, 2015
We are proud to announce that the Human Resource Management chair of the University of Twente is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and therefore organizes the symposium 'HRM, Technology and Innovation: Back to the Future'.
Looking back at the technological and innovative developments in HRM, the past 25 years have brought us many challenges, which resulted in even more questions than answers. We decided to celebrate a quarter of a century of the HRM chair by arranging a gathering of some of the world's leading scholars and business thinkers and asking them to look over the horizon of Human Resource Management. As the world of HRM keeps on developing at a dazzling pace, this symposium dares to explore the future of the interfaces between HRM, Technology and Innovation.
To discuss this question, we invite academics and business professionals to join our symposium and to look – together with us – into the future of HRM, Technology and Innovation. The symposium will be an interactive day including a keynote address by Professor Chris Brewster from Henley Business School (UK), breakout sessions on future developments in HRM, and plenary discussions on bridging the gap between science and practice.
Key details
- WHAT: The symposium on HRM, Technology and Innovation: Back to the Future!
- WHERE: Campus of the University of Twente (Enschede, The Netherlands)
- WHEN: November 10, 2015
- WHY: To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the HRM chair of the University of Twente
- WHO: Academics and business professionals
- HOW: Through interactive break-out sessions and plenary discussions
The keynote address of the symposium will be provided by Professor Chris Brewster, who is Professor of International Human Resource Management at Henley Business School, University of Reading, in the UK; and at Nijmegen University in the Netherlands. He had substantial experience as a practitioner and gained his doctorate from the LSE before becoming an academic. He researches in the field of international and comparative HRM; and has published some twenty five books and more than one hundred and fifty articles. He has taught in many countries around the world. In 2006 Chris was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Vaasa, Finland.
The program of the symposium comprises a mix of in-depth plenary sessions, highly interactive world café discussions and a plenary debate between scientists and practitioners. The registration starts at 9:00 with coffee; the program starts at 9:45.
Coffee and registration (Ravelijn building, Atrium)
Plenary session – Room RA-1501
- Opening - Prof. dr. Theo Toonen, Dean of the Faculty of Behavioral, Management and Social Sciences (BMS)
- Key-note "HRM, Technology and Innovation"- Prof. dr. Chris Brewster, Professor of International HRM, Henley Business School, University of Reading
- HRM department at the University of Twente: 25 years Ahead - Prof. dr. Tanya Bondarouk, chair of the HRM Department
Coffee break – Atrium Ravelijn
World café discussions
Lunch - Atrium Ravelijn
World café discussions (continued)
Coffee break – Atrium Ravelijn
Plenary session – Room RA-1501
- Findings from the World Café - Presented by the World café discussion leaders
- Plenary Debate - Led by Dr. Huub Ruël, Professor of International Business at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences
Drinks: Atrium Ravelijn
Diner: Faculty Club, UT Campus


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ECO WASTE Server - Dedicated - Re-launch?
ECO WASTE Server is now running 5.5 stable build and has a fresh full wipe as of 3/22/2017.
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This is to everyone that plays on the ECO WASTE Server.
Unconditionally we may be performing a server wipe later on today around 4-5pm EST. This will be happening because of a glitch in are mapping system.
For more information on the cause of this, check out the post on our forums regarding this topic.
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Looks like 5.5.2 Stable build has been conformed ready. I will be updateding the ECO WASTE Server around 5-6pm EST today. As shown on our forums:
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The server has been updated to version 5.5.2. If you find any glitches to your build check this Forum to find out how to get it fixed.
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Fresh Wipe 4/10/2017. New Mods! Town layout with Plots for your shops. And much more to come all in this wipe!
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THE RULE BOOK: A Modern Fairy Tale
The Rule Book
Rule Breakers #1
By: Jennifer Blackwood
Narrator: Alex McKenna
Penguin Random House Audio/Random House Audio
Genre: Fiction – Romance – New Adult
Release Date: January 03, 2017
9 Hours and 13 Minutes
I voluntarily reviewed a publisher-provided, review copy of this book. No remuneration was exchanged and all opinions presented herein are my own except as noted.
Starr Media Second-Assistant Survival Guide
1. Don't call your hot boss the antichrist to his face.
2. Don't stare at hot boss's, um, package or his full sleeve of tattoos. (No. Really. Stop!)
3. Don't get on the malicious first assistant's bad side.
4. Don't forget to memorize the 300-page employee manual.
5. If you value your cashmere, steer clear of boss's dog.
6. Boss's dimples are lust-inducing. Do. Not. Give. In.
7. "The elevator ate your clothes" is not a valid excuse for showing up to important meetings half dressed.
8. Don't break seven of the rules within the first week of employment if you, ya know, are in dire need of money to support your sick mom.
9. Whatever you do, don't fall for the boss. See rule eight about sick mom.
10. Never forget the rules. –
Well, I listened to this cute story twice and I liken it to Chick-Lit Fairy Tale. Only these days the girl gets it all. I wouldn't say it was a one to one correlation to a particular fairy tale I see elements of SNOW WHITE, CINDERELLA, and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
One issue I have — and it is not just with this story — is the compression, speeding up of, or exaggeration of, actual, time. How long it takes to become a "Fortune 500" company and what it means. Yes, Brogan Starr is a young CEO, but even he says he is so "by-the-rules" is because it is the first few years of the company. Fortune 500 companies are the biggest in the country and his isn't. Yes, there are a few Mark Zuckerbergs out there but his product was a new way for people to communicate online and the market is anyone with an internet connection.
She does give him a realistic work schedule though. No house help, no official dog walker, no trappings of wealth.
Believability is important to me. Some fantasy is okay but if the book doesn't ring true then, blech. Thus,another issue for me is that Lainey is hired to be the second assistant sight unseen. If you were hiring someone for IT you might Skype an interview but since neither recognized each other I assume that was not the means. I just found it really hard to believe that premise in the plot, and it is important because it sets up their actual first meeting.
The book makes Lainey a beautiful but inexperienced 24 year-old, and an MBA with no work experience. Most MBA programs have practical experience in them.
The voice is good: peppy and young but a little chirpy.
All in all, the book is cute. There's some sheet time but not a lot of it. It's not entirely light because of sickness and creepy business deals, but I wouldn't say it is dark. It's about the CEO needing grow personally and a Second Assistant learning about the the real nature of a competitive business environment.
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A Hidden Life
It's one of the year's best and most distinctive movies, though sure to be divisive, even alienating for some viewers, in the manner of nearly…
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Bombshell is both light on its feet and a punch in the gut.
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
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An article about the screening of Horace Jenkins' "Cane River" on Friday, November 1st, at the Academy Film Archive in Los Angeles.
Scout Tafoya's video essay series about maligned masterpieces celebrates Steven Soderbergh's Solaris.
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Our contributors share their Top 10 lists for the best films of 2019.
This is the sound of optimism: "Everything on the tour went drastically wrong. But at least there was a tour for it to go wrong on." The optimist is Steve "Lips" Kudlow, lead guitarist in Anvil, a band you've never heard of. In 1973, he made a friend named Robb Reiner in Toronto, who had a drum set, and they vowed to make rock 'n' roll until they were old. Now they are old, at least for heavy metal rockers.
"Anvil! The Story of Anvil" is a documentary about the moderate rise and long, long fall of their band, where musicians in the two other slots came and went, but Lips and Robb rocked on. "How many bands stay together for 30 years?" asks Slash of Guns N' Roses, in a backstage interview. "You've got the Stones, the Who, U2 -- and Anvil." Yeah. And Anvil.
Anvil had one modestly successful album ("Metal on Metal"), is credited as an influence by lots of heavy metal bands, had bad management, lousy record labels and was Canadian at a time (as now) when that doesn't feel synonymous with heavy metal. "I was raised to be polite," says Reiner, after he fails at a job in telephone hard selling.
Reiner is also seen working on a demolition project. Kudrow drives a delivery truck carrying school meals and explains the menu. One day maybe lamb stew and meatloaf. Then meatloaf and pizza. Then pizza and lamb stew. He burns with the original fire: The band will, will, will win the success it deserves.
There are still loyal fans. One, Tiziana Arrigoni of Sweden, books a European tour for Anvil. This was the tour that went drastically wrong. They missed trains. Couldn't find the club in Prague. Weren't paid. Were invited to the Monsters of Transylvania, a heavy metal event. Lips shares the news that the venue seats 10,000: "I hear the mayor of Transylvania is going to be there!" The audience numbers 178.
The documentary, directed by Anvil fan (and "The Terminal" screenwriter) Sacha Gervasi, spends time in Toronto with Lips' and Robb's spouses, siblings, children. The wives are loyal but not optimistic. The rockers are good family men. They were apparently spared the heavy metal plague of heavy drugs, although there is a little weed in one shot.
Down and down they fall. They get the veteran producer Chris Tsangarides to cut their 13th album ("our best work," Lips says) but have to release it themselves. One CD finds its way to Japan, and they are invited to a Tokyo concert in a venue seating (an ominous omen) 10,000. They play at the un-heavy-metal hour of 9:45 a.m. How many people turn up?
I don't know if their music is any good. Their fans think so. The doc doesn't show one song all the way through. But they swore a pledge when they were 14, and they're still honoring it, and at 51, Lips knows he still has it and that Anvil will be back on the charts. Maybe there is hope for Susan Boyle.
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*** This is the copy of the email I sent to the hotel where I was on vacation ***
Initially I would like to thank all the staff of Hampton Inn Lake Buena Vista.
I was staying in this hotel on 7 to July 22, 2010.
The staff are friendly, courteous and very helpful, from sunrise to sunset we are greeted with smiles.
I am suggesting to my friends who visit Orlando to stay at the Hampton Inn Lake Buena Vista.
I would like the staff of the hotel receive my thanks.
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Day 1: Future of D (1/2)
The Future of D talk by Walter Bright and Andrei Alexandrescu was spread into two parts: kicking off the first day, and closing out the second. A brilliant ploy to keep everyone at the conference in their seats through both the days. So this post is notes just from the "Day 1″ potion of the talk.
The features discussed in this talk are not in D 1.0, and they're just under consideration for D 2.0. In many cases, it was clear there was ongoing discussion on the details. I believe slides will be posted for all talks, and possibly video. Links will be provided in future posts.
The notes for these posts were taken live, but the posting came a day or two after. And I'm just a part-time language junkie, so I may encode some of my own misunderstandings or bad vocabulary here — those errors are mine, not any of the speakers! And apologies in advance for any errors, as the notes were raw. Now back to the talk …
D 2.0′s Design Objectives
While D obviously has its roots in being a "better C++", the goal is to be non-religious and do what's simplest and what works. That includes providing features to support other programming paradigms.
Someone from the crowd asked, "What paradigms are you missing?" Walt answered, "For example, more support for functional programming" — especially for the purposes of compiler-supported parallel programming. And promised more info through the talk.
D's Design: Principled Approach
- "No issue left behind"
- Leave as few dark corners as possible
- Have good engineering rationale for those that do exist (e.g. what's the type of adding a signed and unsigned integer?)
- Avoid the "onion in the varnish" syndrome (loosing reasons why things were done) — hope to move beyond old mistakes that were encoded by inertia
- Avoid the "what the heck we were thinking?" question
The Rule of Least Astonishment – when you learn a rule, it's generalizable
One funny term showed up on a slide. "polysemous values" – Some confusion, then laughter from the crowd when walt and andrei admitted this was a newly created word (in this case, to describe values with late determination of type). Must be meaningful in Romanian. [actually, as pointed out in comments, it is a real word, and an apropos one at that]
Features for Modular Development
- Unified Function/Template Overloading
- Uniform Function Call Syntax
The definition of foo(a, args …) allows the function to be called as a.foo(args, …)
Enables more of a model where the class designer implements the minimal amount that works. Extra sugar can be implemented outside of the class. (e.g. import matrix; import eigens;)
- Function Overload Sets
- nothrow
Java does static checking of exception specifications. C++ does mix of static/dynamic. People hate both. nothrow decorates that a function does not throw exceptions.
- Pure Functions – "pure" keyword
Can't read any non-const global data. Can't write any global data, can't modify anything reachable through its arguments, may modify only its own variables and stack. May throw exception.
What can we do with Pure Functions: common subexpression elimination (don't need temporary variables to call same fn with same params multiple times), can be reordered and scheduled by the compiler, can be automatically parallelized, can be memoized (prior calls stored in hash cache), can be tabulated (all possible values pre-calculated at compile time for lookup)
Part 2 (upcoming)
Object Model Improvements, Simplifying Code, Generic Programming, and Standard Library will be covered in part 2 of the talk.
Comments (5) to "Day 1: Future of D (1/2)"
One question I never asked was about the memoization, hashing the previous pure function calls. It was unclear how much overhead was going to be used in runtime to store this, and where it was going to reside… Mayhaps I'll put a NG post together.
[...] there are two posts over at leancode.com summarizing three of the Day 1 talks. You can read part one and part two. Makes me look forward even more to the slides and [...]
Hi Brad! I was confused about that also. I kinda assumed that the memoization would only be done for cases that could be recognized compile time, thus the hash table wouldn't exist at runtime. But it would be great to get that cleared up.
[...] formal of the conference (Saturday was more open discussion). This post is a continuation of the first day's notes. Also note that the slides for all talks have been uploaded by Brad, and videos will appear in the [...]
Having or characterized by many meanings
Synonyms: polysemantic


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Like all squashes, the zucchini originated in the Americas (Mexico, specifically) some 10,000 years ago. Put together with beans and maize, squash completed the trinity of staple foods–called "the three sisters"–enjoyed by early Native Americans. Once squash had charmed European explorers to the New World, the vegetable was introduced in the West and scientists set about developing different varieties. The zucchini as we know it came out of Italy, and there received its recognizably Italian name. The French, however, dubbed the same variety courgette, a name that is now widely used in the United Kingdom.
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Making the decision to move to Israel was neither complicated, difficult, nor scary. Sending our five sons into the Israeli Army, however, multiplied all of those feelings and struck us like an earthquake, deep to the core. Don't get me wrong. There wasn't a moment that I wished for my boys not to serve, but there were many moments I wished there was not the need. I realize I sound naïve, but I longed for the days when I would roll my eyes in boredom as my children discussed football scores and basketball statistics, not army units and ammunition.
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It is especially nice to spend the summer months in Vienna – so check out Vienna in June! VOX Design Team has a range of recommendations for you what not to miss during this month. Donauinselfest One of the event highlights in June is definitely the open-air-festival "Donauinselfest"....More
Viennese don't know what to do and where to go first, as May has to offer so many great events. In this blog entry we present a small selection to you: Eurovision Song Contest The highlight of the month of May is definitely the Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place this year in Vienna....More
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rays of sunshine
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
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Beautiful pictures! I don't think we have any apple trees ( my family plants things all the time but none of it ever grows, lol ).ReplyDelete
My favorite part about spring is the breeze. <3Replies
Thanks, Jordy! haha, we have about..two or three-bigger ones. They're apples are finally good enough that we can eat and make into pies. ;) We also have a peach tree, and grapes, raspberries and blackcaps among other things. ;)Delete
Oh I agree! And just the refreshing smell it brings! :)
Wow, you are REALLY getting good with your camera! Oh, I know, I'm so excited spring is here! We have been getting a garden plowed, and actually planted some seeds, too!ReplyDeleteReplies
aw, thanks Abigail! :D oh yes! Wow, we are going to be plowing the garden this weekend I believe..yay! :DDelete
- AnonymousMay 20, 2015 at 4:22 PM
Beautiful pictures, Sarah! Your novella sounds amazing!!! <3ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you! haha, I'm working on it! :DDelete
Wow Sarah, those photos are awesome!! I LOVE sunrise/set pics. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Cassie! Oh, yes! Although they look more beautiful in person. :) It really was gorgeous when I took all these photos. God is AMAZING! :DDelete
Beautiful photos! The weather has been amazing here too! Although yesterday it was high of 60, which was pretty cold :) UGH....EDITING. I've started editing a book that I finished last year, and even though it's fun for the first few pages, it then turns into just plain down work. ugh. I really don't have anyone I'd send it to to critique it though :( That website looks AMAZZZZZZIING. Like really, less that 20 bucks for a hardcover of your very own book??? CRAZY. Hopefully it's not a scam ^-^ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Autumn! Today it's a high of 78, although a little rainy. Still warm though! :)Delete
GOOD FOR YOU! Don't say 'ugh,' whatever you do, it only depresses you! ;) *gasp* I love editing on paper...with my highlighter, pencils, notepaper and sticky notes! (I love anything to do with writing. :P ) I have lots if people to critique mine. lol! Just send it to someone real honest. ;)
Oh yes! I know, I'm SO going to do it! I don't think so, because a friend of mine did it and it was fine! :D
- AnnaleeMay 23, 2015 at 1:53 PM
These are lovely pictures, Sarah! Yes, summer is SO alive! I love it! I have really been enjoying summerness. ;) I also love this verse of a poem:ReplyDelete
Spring is the morning of the year,
Summer is the noontide bright;
The autumn is the evening clear
That comes before the winter's night.
It's so true. And God designed it the very best way possible!
Have a great weekend!
Love, Annalee :)Replies
Thanks, Annalee! :D It's SO green now, I just love it! That's so beautiful and I totally agree! You too! <3Delete
Great pictures! My favorite part of spring is the flowers:) I really wish we had apple trees. lulu sounds great! If you ever write a novel during November Nanowrimo some of the prizes they give include printed copies of your book:)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Megan! :D Oh, apple trees are great! We have a lot of apple pies. ;) It's finally gotten so we can actually eat them. We should be able to eat the grapes in a few years, they are so bitter now. :) Seriously?! That is SO neat! :D I don't think I'd be able to write 50k in one month though.. :PDelete
I think you could totally write 50k in a month!:)Delete
Gorgeous pictures! I was wondering, what css code did you use to make you profile picture like that?ReplyDelete
Thanks, Abigail! um, I didn't use any css code..Do you mean the photo on the right side of my blog?....Delete
I LOVE these pictures :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Lauren! :DDelete


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Congratulations to David Huang's Lexus IS350 on being in the article in Performance Auto & Sound's Best of the Best 50th Anniversary Issue, April 2007, pg 34, covering 2007 CES, Las Vegas. PAS wrote, "Soundstream debuted some hot head units and this sweet Team Hybrid Lexus."