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I adapted this recipe from a lamb shank recipe we cooked at the Institute for Culinary Education in New York. Shanks are cross cut, and are best prepared when braised (seared over high heat, then cooked in liquid for a long, slow period). Excellent for a Sunday night dinner with friends and family. I like to serve this with either fried polenta or blue cheese mashed potatoes and roasted carrots.
Time: one hour active, five hours inactive
Need: Searing pan, crock pot, natural coffee filter, string
4 servings
4 Hat Creek Grown beef shanks (2 packages), cross cut into one inch pieces
Salt and freshly ground pepper
Canola oil
Olive oil
2 sprigs fresh rosemary
½ tsp whole peppercorns
2 cups warmed beef broth
2 cups warmed red wine
1 cup medium diced onion (about ½ of a medium sized onion)
½ cup medium diced carrot (about one medium sized carrot)
½ cup medium diced celery (about one large stalk of celery)
¼ cup medium diced red pepper (any sweet pepper)
1 TB fine diced jalapeño pepper (any hot pepper)
1 TB fine diced garlic
1 TB butter
1). Thaw Hat Creek Grown beef shanks and bring to room temperature. Salt and pepper each side. Let sit.
2). Rub inside of crock pot with olive oil, turn on high heat. Place rosemary sprig and peppercorns inside coffee filter. Tie and place in crock pot to heat. Cover.
3). Chop all vegetables, put onion, carrot and celery together, set aside. Put red and jalapeño pepper together, set aside. Keep garlic separate.
4). Add 2 cups of warmed beef broth and 1½ cups of the warmed red wine into crock pot. Cover.
5). Preheat searing pan over medium heat, add canola oil to coat bottom. Sear each shank on all sides until well browned. Set aside.
6). Carefully! Deglaze searing pan with the remaining ½ cup of warmed red wine. Stir with wooden spoon and reduce to ½. Add remaining liquid to crock pot.
7). Wipe out any remaining wine or bits of beef with a paper towel. Put searing pan back onto medium heat and add canola oil to coat bottom. Saute the onion, carrot and celery until starting to get transparent, add red and jalapeño peppers saute for two or three minutes more. Season with salt and pepper. Add garlic stir well and remove from heat. Add all of this to the crock pot.
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The Affordable Care Act Young Adult Mandate and Use of In-patient Care
One of the key potential benefits of increasing health insurance coverage is providing greater access to health care. Yet it is notoriously difficult to find good evidence of the effect of having insurance on utilization, since people who have insurance may differ from those who do not - for example, they may be more educated or less healthy – in ways that could also affect their use of health care.
Researchers Yaa Akosa Antwi, Asako Moriya, and Kosali Simon take up this question in their paper, Access to Health Insurance and the Use of Inpatient Medical Care: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act Young Adult Mandate (NBER Working Paper No. 20202). The authors note that the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s young adult mandate provides a valuable opportunity to explore the effect of health insurance on utilization. The mandate allows young adults to remain as dependents on their parents' private health insurance plans until they turn 26 years old. This provision of the ACA went into effect in September 2010. The past literature has established that the man-date increased insurance coverage among young adults, but has not explored the mandate's effect on young adults' use of care.
The paper focuses on inpatient admissions, making use of a nationally representative database, the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Inpatient visits are rare but costly events for the young adult population - in 2008, only about 5 percent of people age 19 to 25 had an inpatient visit, but these visits accounted for over 30 percent of health care expenditures. The authors have data on nearly 800,000 non-birth hospital visits during the period 2007 to 2011.
The authors look at use of any inpatient care as well as care related to treatment of mental health issues. Mental health care is of particular interest for this age group because the life changes that occur during the transition from adolescence to adulthood can trigger mental health problems. In fact, mental disorder is the second most common reason why young adults seek hospital-based medical care, after childbirth. Moreover, past research has established that the use of mental health care may be more sensitive to price than the use of other health care services, and thus more likely to be affected by insurance coverage.
The empirical strategy employed by the authors is to examine how inpatient care use changed after the law was imple-mented for the group potentially affected by the mandate, young adults ages 19 to 25. Young adults ages 27 to 29, who were unaffected by the mandate, are used as a control group to pick up any trends over time in the use of care that are unrelated to the mandate. The authors confirm that young adults ages 19 to 25 and 27 to 29 had similar visit trends before the law.
The authors find that inpatient visits increased by 3.5 percent in the affected group, those ages 19 to 25, relative to the unaffected group, following the mandate's implementation. This increase is driven primarily by visits that do not originate in the emergency room (ER), which are more likely to be scheduled and thus may be more sensitive to price.
The effect of the mandate on young adults' use of mental health care is even larger, as visits increased by 9 percent. Unlike general admissions, much of the increase came from visits that originated in the ER.
The authors also show that the mandate decreased the share of inpatient admissions from uninsured patients by nearly 3 percent, while increasing the share from patients with private health insurance. The share of admissions from Medicaid patients also declined after the mandate's implementation, indicating that young adults may have found remaining on their parents' insurance plan to be a more attractive source of coverage than Medicaid.
The authors note that their findings are consistent with the hypothesis that health insurance increases the use of medical services, including inpatient care. They note that their results on the use of hospital-based mental health services differ from a previous study of the effect of health reform in Massachusetts. This "could reflect the availability of outpatient mental health care providers in Massachusetts that might be absent in other states." They note that "future work using household- or individual-level surveys as well as more comprehensive hospital data sets will help us better understand the mechanism behind the increase in inpatient care use found in this study, as well as shed light on the effects of the law on the use of care in other set-tings."
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During the time just prior to the cremation of H.H. the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa I was fortunate to meet Trungpa Rinpoche at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim. As an American I had come to India/Nepal in 1972 with copies of Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism and Meditation in Action, which were my first introduction to the wisdom of the great Kagyu masters.
At Rumtek Monastery years later, at the time of the passing into nirvana of H.H.Karmapa I entered the room where Trungpa Rinpoche was seated with their Eminences Tai Situ Rinpoche, Shamar Rinpoche, Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche and Gyaltsap Rinpoche. I was wearing white zen and shentab having some years before received the Demchog "Tra/Hair" Wang in Swayambhunath, Nepal, as it had been passed down by an unbroken lineage from the time of Milarepa and Rechungpa. As I sat down Trungpa Rinpoche said to me,
"We're going to test your realization".
I remember looking up at the gurus of the Kagyu lineage and experiencing the blessing of that moment. I innocently replied. "I haven't done the practice yet".
Trungpa Rinpoche laughed and said. "O.K..then you're excused".
I later found out he had wanted to dip my cloth in water for me to dry. Lucky for me I gave a suitable answer and got off the hook.
I feel fortunate to have had some connection with Trungpa Rinpoche as a lineage guru in such a way. Some years later I attended the cremation of Trungpa Rinpoche in Vermont. The sky was clearly filled with rainbows and the blessings were apparent. I felt filled with Rinpoche's blessing that day.
Through the years the writings of Trungpa Rinpoche continue to be a source of teaching and inspiration.


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London Fashion Week Festival (LFWF, I'm abbreviating for later when I get fed up of typing it!) is an event held twice every year typically in February and September.
The event is for the general public to attend at a fee – there are ticket bands that correlate with what you're allowed to do at the event. Having been writing for fashion articles for the past few months for a company in California, they invited me to go to the event and they would willingly pay the money. I would then cover the event through various articles for them. If you go on their website (I'm not giving it out for the privacy of the company etc) you'll find my articles, they're all well-written and polished.
In all the articles, what I fail to mention at any one point is that it's a load of absolute shit.
Actually no, I wouldn't say it's all a load of shit as with my ticket (which the company paid for) I got a free tote bag (which I'm now using as a gym bag) that makes me look cool. Other than that, I wouldn't ever go again in a million years and there are millions of reasons why.
Arriving at the event everything was very formal, the big, tall security guards instructed us where to go to collect the tote bags so we went.
That's when things started going downhill. My tote bag was practically thrown in my face as I handed over my ticket and things only got better, trust me. The line was great. Waiting squashed in a queue of 100+ people to get let into a warehouse of hot, sweaty fashion wannabes is the only way I can describe the experience. Yet, the clothes that were available were insane, the rails of endless designers with some utterly strange designs took my eye everywhere. They were all on sale too, don't get me wrong, I wasn't ever going to buy any piece of clothing from there (as I couldn't afford it) but there were some good deals.
I think my main problem with the whole event, despite the poorly managed system of only being allowed in and out (there was no re-entry), was the fact that I felt so intimated by everyone there.
I'm no fashion expert by a mile. I know what's fashionable, I just can't pull off what models can and I don't have the money to keep up with the constant trends that are always evolving. However, these people were just something else. Every look I felt like I was getting judged. I'm not self-conscious of my clothing but people there really didn't make me feel comfortable at all. It truly felt like if you can't afford Gucci you're not worth their time. I mean, I wouldn't ever say anyone looked horrible but the state of some of their clothes, they're definitely not the ones to judge.
I saw a coat on sale for £595, SALE, needless to say, I bought 7.
Obviously, in that kind of situation, you want to get in and out as soon as possible so you don't have to endure anything you don't have to. Yet, lucky me had a ticket to the catwalk which was in an hour and a halves time and you're not allowed. What are you meant to do for that amount of time in a few rooms swarmed with hundreds of people?
Well, I decided against it, it really wasn't worth the wait or the hassle of staying around. One of the highlights of the day was getting 2 free copies of Elle and being able to just have a laugh the whole day with my boyfriend (who was an awfully good sport for coming with me anyway.) Despite hating the event itself, the day wasn't a bad one, we had fun (no thanks too LFWF) and we both decided to never, ever go again.
Summed up I think it's pretty simple, go to LFWF if you want some designer sales but really be willing to adhere to the rules of classic trendsetters and those basic bitches that hate your sweatshirt and jeans, you'll have a ball. Personally, I'd keep the £50 you've got to pay for the ticket and go on a shopping spree in Cheshire Oaks one day instead.


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Purchasing Agent
Purchasing agents, also called buyers, buy goods, materials, commodities, supplies and services and ensure that they are of the quantity, quality, price and availability required by their organization. They are sometimes thought of as professional shoppers seeking out the highest quality merchandise at the lowest possible price for their organization.
Their work follows a general process; it begins with a purchase assessment (determining which commodities are best), then a search for a good product, finding a supplier, negotiating with vendors on a reasonable low price and awarding a contract that outlines all details and stipulations. In order to carry out their jobs successfully, they must examine sales records and inventory levels of the company's current supply, pinpoint suppliers and keep knowledegable about changes affecting both the supply and demand for products.
Purchasing agents must keep up-to-date on tax laws, importing and exporting laws and insurance policies. Since some of the purchases are from foreign countries, it is important for a purchaser to know how to fill out specific duty documents and also what one can and cannot import and export. Purchasing agents also have to know how the goods are going to be transported from the supplier. Purchasers must use the Internet and research catalogs, network with other purchasers, inspect samples from suppliers, attend trade shows and conventions and do a lot of negotiating in order to keep up-to-date with the latest trends and to make informed decisions.
In large organizations, purchasing agents often specialize in a specific product or group of related commodities, such as steel, wheat, lumber, cotton or oil. Purchasing agents also follow market trends, changing prices and market futures in order to determine which purchases to make. This aspect of their career is closely linked to a retail analyst.
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Diapet had one of the earlier models of the Civic in 1:40 scale. Here, they are seen in brown, red and silver. They come in a windowed box sharing the G-16 model number.
In brown – which comes with a silver undercarriage and chrome wheel covers.
The details are good for a model released in that era (circa 1970s) – including an operating trunk.
In red with a silver undercarriage. Operating hood/bonnet and front doors showcase details under the covers.
In silver. Check out the details on the inside of the doors.


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Clogging Cue Sheets
Note: These are all pdf files, which can be opened or
viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader. These are listed by dance level,
and the name of the choreographer is in parentheses.
Almost all the cue sheets are in the Northern California style.
Feel free to contact me
if you have any questions or you find any problems with the links.
Those marked "NEW" are recently added, although not necessarily new dances.
Those marked "FAIR" will be danced at the fair, July 2018.
- Baby's Got a Hold on Me (adapted)
- Big Train From Memphis (Elling)
- Clover (Elling)
- Faith (John-Smith)
Grandma's Feather Bed - line dance (Thorpe)
- Hard Hearted (Elling)
- I'm Walkin' (2017 version) (Elling) FAIR
- Ladies Love Outlaws (Elling)
- Oklahoma Dust (Elling)
- Our Country (Elling)
- Peach County Jamboree (Elling)
- Right or Wrong (Elling)
- Something to Talk About (Elling)
- Song of the South (Elling)
- Trashin the Camp (Elling)
- White Lightning (Elling)
- 1, 2, 3, 4 (Waymouth) FAIR
- All You Really Need is Love (Elling)
- Bandwagon (Elling)
- Believer (Dwight-Gilroy)
- Better Life (Norris)
- Bing Bang Boom (Rife)
Bop (Elling)
- Brown Derby Jump (Hansen)
- Burn Down This Town (Elling)
- Cajun Hoedown (Elling
- Cajun Moon (Oden)
- Celebration (Woodall)
- Cindy (Brown)
- Crash and Burn (John-Smith)
- December 1963 (Mason & Adams)
- Devil Went Down to Georgia, The (Kochis)
- Diggy Diggy Lo (Smith)
- Doreen (Campbell & Rach)
- Early In the Morning (J.Smith)
- Faster (Elling)
Get Back to the Country v2017 (Elling)
- Get Happy (Willyard)
Gone Gone Gone (Elling)
- Grandma's Feather Bed - couple dance (Thorp)
- Grease (Revercomb)
- Hand Clap (Willyard)
- Head South (Brown) (rev. by Elling)
- Heartbreak Hotel (Oden)
- Heartbroke (Elling)
- Hot Rod Lincoln (Cook)
- I Gotta Feeling (Elling)
- I Want a Cowboy (Elling)
- I'll Have What She's Having (John-Smith)
- I'm On My Way (Elling)
- Just In Case (Brownlee)
- Let's Hear It For the Boy (Enriquez)
- Liquid Lunch (Tripp) FAIR
- Love Gets Me Every Time (Rice)
- Love Someone Like Me (Nimmo)
- Maple Leaf Rag (LeCounte)
- Montana Cowgirl (Elling & Norris)
- Mr. Pinstripe Suit (Colton)
- Mr. Zoot Suit (Elling)
- My Baby Loves Me (Elling)
- Natural Thing, The (Willyard)
- Neutron Dance (Campbell)
- No One Else On Earth (Norris)
- Old Hickory Lake (Morris)
- On the Robert E. Lee (Welch)
On the Road Again (Elling)
- Philadelphia Chickens (Elling)
- Pink Warrior (Hunsaker)
- Power of Love, The (Elling)
Raggle Taggle Gypsy (Elling)
- Ride Gambler Ride (Elling)
Road Runner (Elling) FAIR
- Rolling In the Deep (Willyard)
- Romeo (Elling)
- Sawing On the Strings (Elling)
- Sideways (John-Smith)
- Something Wild fair version (Elling)
- Something Wild original versions (2) (Elling)
- Sugarfoot Rag (Correz)
- Tennessee Shuffle (Velmire & Mills)
- Teenage Dream (Ramirez)
- Tequila (Pchajek)
- Tequila for performances (Pchajek / rev. Elling)
- That Love (Hill) FAIR
- Toenail Moon (Elling)
- Wake Up Little Susi (Elling)
- Walking On the Sun (Willyard)
- Uptown Funk (John-Smith)
- You're the One That I Want (London, Hanzel)
- Zoot Suit Riot (Hunsaker)
- All Night (Zamani
- Angel in Blue Jeans (Elling)
- Ballad of Jesse James (Elling)
- Ballad of Sally Anne (Elling)
- Bare Feet on the Blacktop (Ellinger)
- Barrowland Ballroom (Elling)
- Best Years of Our Lives (Green/Pace)
Betty's Bein' Bad (Bilz)
- Butterfly (Willyard)
- C'est La Vie (Willyard)
- Cake By the Ocean (Bice)
- Cantaloop (Dwight-Gilroy)
- Chick Habit (Enriquez)
- Clap Your Hands (Elling) FAIR
- Cotton-eyed Joe (Millier) short version
- Countrified Soul (Summey)
- Don't Stop Movin' [original here] (Ramirez)
- Down at the Twist & Shout (Lantz)
- Ex's and Oh's (Elling)
- Feel It (Ramirez)
- Fiddlin' Man (Sykes)
- Freight Train (Elling)
- Geronimo (Donleavy)
- Get Rhythm (Weisshaar)
- God Blessed Texas (Elling)
- Gone But Not Forgotten (Ellinger)
Gotta Get Away (Elling)
- Hambone (Barrett & Bilz)
- High Horse (Bilz)
- I'm at Home on the Range (Ellinger)
- I'm From the Country (Grant)
- Ida Red (Driggs)
- In My Neighborhood (Norris)
- Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (King)
- Just Dance (O'Donley)
- Long Way to Fall (Elling)
- Love Revival (Elling)
- Monday Morning (Dwight-Gilroy)
- Moonshine (Allen)
- My Type (Elling)
Nancy Mulligan (Dillingham) FAIR
- No Train to Memphis (Elling)
- Oklahoma Swing (John-Smith)
- Old Time Rock & Roll (Sikes)
- Pink Cadillac (Welch)
- Rhythm of the Wheels (Elling)
Roads We've Never Taken (Elling) FAIR
- Scatman Jack(Posedel)
- Shout & Feel It [Plus version] (Elling)
- Sold (Norris)
- Stir It Up (Welch)
- Sugar (Hill
- Tell Me Ma (Dwight-Gilroy)
- Tennessee Backroads (Elling)
- That Man (Bartes) FAIR
There's Nothing Holding Me Back (Willyard)
- Thibodaux (Nuske)
- Volcano (Hunsaker)
- Wake Me Up (Habash)
- Walking On Sunshine (Bilz)
- What's the Rumpus? (Elling)
- Whichever Way the Wind Blows (Elling)
- Backroad Song (Willyard)
- Bluesberry Hill (Bilz)
- Cowgirls Do (Elling)
Galway Girl (Enriquez)
- Hands Up (Farmer)
- Kentucky Jelly (Bice)
- LOA [Love on Arrival] (Campbell)
- Must Be Love (Ramirez
- My Oh My (Elling)
- Renegades (Poe)
- Say Hey (I Love You) (Elling)
- Thank God I'm a Country Boy (Elliott & Jensen)
- Untold Stories (Liter)
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In a recent blog post, Microsoft has announced that it's shutting down it's code repository and sharing platform CodePlex. Launched just over a decade ago, CodePlex has been usurped by GitHub, which Microsoft says they are partnering closely with.
As of last Friday, no new CodePlex projects could be added with the service shutting its doors on 15 December 2017. When that happens, the site will be backed up and turned into a read-only archive.
Microsoft says they have put together a "streamlined" migration tool to help developers shift their code over to GitHub.


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She Was A Girl With A Price Tag
The Violent Story Of A Handsome Heel
And The Women Who Loved Him
Johnnie's kisses were hot on Josette's mouth. Her body knew the beginning of a strange ecstasy. Then a voice inside her sounded a warning. She tried to fight free…
It happened at a summer dance. Josette Veech should have known she was asking for trouble when she went to Johnnie's car. In that way she was like the rest of the Veeches – a shiftless family in a whistle-stop town – all headed for trouble. There was Kenny, a good-for-nothing bum. He lived off his sister, Mary. She, in turn, lived off other men. There was Ernie, a crooked railroad foreman. And pretty Jen who was burning life's candle at both ends. Here is a vivid, compelling novel filled with violence and the lust for life!
This Avery Hopwood Award-winning novel was adapted as a 1946 film (which is available, free to view, at the Internet Archive here) starring Ava Gardner & George Raft.
Title: Whistle Stop
Author: Maritta M Wolff
Imprint & Number: Popular Library 257
Cover price: none
Publication date: 1950
Cover artist: George Rozen
ISBN: none
Cover artist Jerome George Rozen had a twin brother, who was also an artist and also produced paperback covers, named George Jerome Rozen…
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USDA's Bird Repellent and Application Strategies Research
European starling on corn by USDA NWRC Jim Carlson.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) studies repellent compounds, formulations, and application strategies for reducing wildlife damage. Recent work with Arkion Life Sciences resulted in five co-owned patented technologies using a plant-based compound called anthraquinone (AQ). AQ causes avoidance behaviors in birds and mammals through both visual cues related to the compound's absorption of the ultraviolet spectrum and post-ingestive consequences (e.g., an unpleasant taste or sickness). Repellents and application strategies currently marketed and sold worldwide "trick" birds and mammals into overlooking food items or deter them from sitting or perching on items.
The NWRC is the research arm of the USDA Wildlife Services program. Its mission is to apply scientific expertise to resolve human-wildlife conflicts while maintaining the quality of the environment shared with the wildlife. Arkion Life Sciences is a technology-based company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets environmentally friendly, proprietary products and technology.


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Tycoon Games has announced the release of Summer Session, a Manga dating simulation game featuring multiple endings. Developed in collaboration with Hanako Games, Summer Session puts players in the role of Julius who struggles to find love while keeping up with his classes and a variety of other activities.
Riva Celso, programmer/designer of Tycoon Games stated "I am very happy about the result we obtained with Summer Session. It is a fun game with hilarious dialogue and intriguing characters, and very replayable thanks to the multiple endings." Summer Session is available for PC and Mac platforms, and was made in collaboration with Hanako Games, a well known site for anime games fans. In the game you play the role of Julius, a socially-awkward young guy taking summer classes at his university. During his time at the campus he'll meet several characters, from his cute classmates to his sexy biology teacher. What will it take to get a date with one of them? Every choice you make affects Julius's skills and his reputation with the other characters. Lift weights and buy new clothes to impress the ladies, but don't forget your schoolwork if you fail the final exam, you'll lose your chance at love! Play your cards right and you'll unlock special endings.
Inside Mac Games has posted a review of the Massively Multiplayer Online RPG Darkwind from Psychic Software. The game, which takes cues from classics like Car Wars and Roadwar 2000, is a turn-based car combat game. Here's a clip from the review of the game:
Darkwind is about vehicle combat, yes, but vehicle combat is a means to an end. There really is no "You" in the game- your in-game entity is your gang. Through vehicle combat, you advance your gang's skills and equipment loadout. Vehicular combat isn't without perils, as the in-game injury system is harsh. No sickbays, no curing spells, no magical tonics. Got a bad wound? That member might be out for two weeks. While time passes quickly in the Darkwind universe, that's a long time for your star race driver to be out. One of the more valuable sets of gang statistics is your Fame and Reputation. Reputation advances positively for hunting down raiders or other miscreants, but negatively for smashing the more law-abiding members of society. Fame just continues to spiral upward as you progress in the land of Evan. Both are public statistics, and influence both human players reactions as well as NPC reactions to your gang.
Touch Arcade recently posted a new review of Vay, an iPhone port of the SegaCD original. In the game players take the role of Heibelger, Prince of Lorath, in his quest to find his kidnapped bride and avenge his slain subjects. Touch Arcade recommended the game to fans of old school RPGs who aren't concerned with dated graphics.
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Gameplay in Vay is fairly straightforward and consistent with the typical top-down RPG of old. The game involves trekking about a vast world consisting of castles, towns, caverns, and most every sort of terrain. Several other characters found in the game world can join Heibelger (as hes known in the iPhone version) on his quest and aid him in battle. And battles, there are many. Character leveling is achieved through victory in the games turn-based battle system in which characters can attack with weapons and spells or protect themselves with shields. At times it seems that the heros party is attacked every five paces. While I find this to be a bit excessive, character leveling is important when it comes time to battle the various bosses encountered in the game world. Die-hard RPG hounds, however, may take the frequent skirmishes as par for the course. The various towns strewn about the land are full of characters who can be engaged in conversation in which helpful information may be found to aid Heibelger in his quest. Weapons, armor, and other items may be purchased with gold found in treasure chests or obtained in battle. The high level of character-to-character dialog ads a nice degree of depth to the game. One of the particularly nice points of this title is its soundtrack. The music is wonderful. Every setting seems to have its own score and the sound quality is superb, thanks to the original title featuring CD-based audio tracks. The music adds a great deal of atmosphere to the overall Vay gameplay experience.
Worthplaying recently posted several new screenshots from Wakfu, an upcoming tactical MMORPG from the creators of Dofus. A new trailer of the game is also available.
Taking place in the same world of the flash based Dofus, although far in the future from the events of the original game, Wakfu will feature a cartoon based visual style and an environment which responds to player actions.
The story of Wakfu takes place a long time after that of DOFUS. An ogre named Ogrest gathered all the six Dofus and gained boundless powers. The ogre offered his beloved the dragon eggs. But she turned down the present though worthy of the gods themselves, and Ogrest started shedding tears of rage and pique. The tears of the ogre made the ocean level increase so much that parts of the World are now submerged to the inhabitants' great displeasure. Now gods and heroes of the World are starting a new adventure before reaching Ogrest and confront him in an ultimate fight! In Wakfu, the player will discover a vast world inhabited by all sorts of surprising creatures. Game servers will be able to host up to 25,000 players simultaneously.
MVC has published a new interview with Activision Blizzard CFO Thomas Tippl. In the interview Tippl discusses the merger's impact on the new company including job cuts, autonomy of existing teams, and possible future game projects.
How much autonomy is Blizzard going to retain and is there scope to use Activison and Vivendis licences within that division?Blizzard has established the most successful business in all of video games. Its not like we need to go there and fix something. Blizzard will continue to operate as they have done in the past fairly independently.They have a top notch management and development team and we have a very high degree of confidence that they know how to run the business and a track record to prove it. In addition, they have an extraordinarily strong product pipeline, with Starcraft, Wrath of the Litch King and Diablo 3.Its tremendous, and it would be a big mistake for us to distract them with new ideas. But there are some opportunities we will be exploring, especially relating to their expertise in Asia. If you consider that Guitar Hero is not in Asia yet and that the only way to create a business there is figuring out ways to work in internet cafes, etc., we hope to benefit from their expertise.Whats going to be the main effect of the merger on your studio network?Its not about the size, but the quality of the developers. If you look at Vivendi Games, Blizzard is top notch, and within their business, theres some very good development talent there that can complement what we already have. Well be going through a portfolio review process and the idea is to come out with a stronger team than each company had on a standalone basis.
Whats going to be the main effect of the merger on your studio network?Its not about the size, but the quality of the developers. If you look at Vivendi Games, Blizzard is top notch, and within their business, theres some very good development talent there that can complement what we already have. Well be going through a portfolio review process and the idea is to come out with a stronger team than each company had on a standalone basis.
SCLegacy has posted a complete list of articles from its coverage of Blizzard Entertainment's recent Worldwide Invitational event in Paris. Articles in the collection include information about the upcoming StarCraft II, the recently released Diablo III, and commentary from Blizzard developers.
From Comprehensive StarCraft II Review:
The backbone of all great Protoss forces, the Zealot, has been reinstated with the upgradeable Charge passive ability. It's a fantastic and necessary component to this classic fighter. The Zealot still does remarkably well against both Zerglings and Marines. The Charge upgrade is a necessity as early as you can get to it. With the Terran's rolling out Marauders, Charge is the only chance Zealots have to be useful. They do better all the way through the game against the biological Zerg. The Stalkers are one of the more fun units to use. Their Blink ability makes them incredibly useful, especially in the first half of the game. They're a must-have unit as it's the earliest unit that can attack air as well as ground. While they aren't especially hearty, Blink gives them a new lease on life and makes them a dangerous force in groups of four or more. In groups, their focus fire is enough to take out Roaches with ease and their extra mobility makes sneak attacks or harassment an enjoyable addition to the game. Stalkers were present in every game I played or witnessed; they're a worthy addition as a new staple of the early to mid-game Protoss force. Nullifiers are actually more useful than I had anticipated. Their Anti-Gravity ability was very useful in destroying chokes and taking key enemy units out of commission. While Anti-Gravity removes chokes, Force Field excels at creating them. In many of my games my force fields funneled the Zerg into Psi Storms or Colossi beams - creating the perfect death trap. The Nullfier's attack, while not overly powerful was enough to make them useful even if they didn't have the energy to cast their abilities. It could attack air and ground, which complemented any force and made a nice supplement to the early game Stalker air defense.
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Part of why I love living in the Bay Area, is because I can wear scarves year round. In my Miami youth, I remember all the stylish European girls wearing neck scarves – even in the stifling heat. They looked so stylish. I attempted this feat, but after 5 minutes felt claustrophobic and hot.
Tight scarves are being worn currently, but if you don't have a swan neck (I don't), then it looks more attractive to wear the scarf loosely around your neck. I like to tie one around a basic hand bag or my wrist. Scarves are a multi-faceted accessory, and you can find them at any local thrift shop – or you can go fancy, and visit your local Hermès, www.hermes.com
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The University of Maine women's basketball team has shared some exciting experiences during the program's resurgence over the last few years.
This spring, the Black Bears will have another opportunity to expand their collective horizons during a trip to Italy.
"Italy is one of those things that I wouldn't necessarily be able to experience on my own without the university," said senior Courtney Anderson of Greene. "It's really exciting."
The team will tour Venice, Verona, Florence, Siena, San Gimignano and Rome from May 15-25.
"It's been something I've probably been working on the last couple years, when to go and where and what we would get the most benefit from," said UMaine head coach Richard Barron, who previously has visited Italy both as a tourist and to recruit.
The trip is being paid for with private donations, according to UMaine Assistant Athletic Director for Public Relations Laura Reed.
NCAA Division I basketball teams are allowed to participate in such a foreign tour only once every four years. That makes it a one-time opportunity for UMaine student-athletes.
Barron believes the timing is perfect, given UMaine's large group of upperclassmen, including seven juniors who have been together for three years.
"It's a chance for team bonding. It's a chance for the educational experience of going abroad," said Barron, who explained there are added benefits for the Black Bears' group of seven international players.
"(It's) the chance for some of our players to play closer to home, maybe to have family that wouldn't be able to otherwise see them play," he explained.
UMaine has players from Greece, England, Germany, Austria, Serbia, Sweden and Finland.
The tour will begin in Montreal, where the Bears will play one game. The group will then fly to Italy and will compete in three games while there.
The trip will include guided tours of each city, along with visits to the Accademia Gallery, a Tuscan farmhouse, the Coliseum and the Forum, the Vatican and the Catacombs.
"I've never been to Italy, so I'm really," said junior Liz Wood, who praised the hard work of the UMaine coaching staff in making the trip a reality.
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UMaine is offering a limit number of fans the chance to join the team on its trip to Italy. The cost is $3,500 for individuals and $6,000 for couples and includes bus transportation to Montreal, round-trip airfare to Italy, hotels, daily breakfast and dinner, ground transportation and guided tours.
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Psalm 136:1-3 (KJV)# Permanent link to Psalm 136:1-3
1 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Daily Prayer:Oh Lord, surely Your mercy is in all things. You are so merciful to take me in, when I am broken. Your mercy is displayed, each time that I sin but come back to You for forgiveness. In repentance, I can feel Your mercy, as You change my heart from within. You are oh so merciful to usher in the Spirit, that I might have Your protection. I would be so far gone if You were not there to show me grace. Your love and kindness tells me how merciful our God is. I do not deserve Your love but still it is on full display. You never stop loving me. You never stop showing me mercy and compassion. Even when I need You most, You are there for me. I once thought that You could never forgive me but now I know that You can never give me enough mercy. I was so wrong about You. You do love me and continue to show me mercy. I love You Jesus. Amen.# Permanent link to Today's Prayer (04/11/2018)/April 11, 2018/
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The last half of this chapter helps us remember what the Lord has done for us. Speaking of the Lord Jesus, "who remembered us in our low estate". Continue Reading
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EUnetHTA Multi-HTA EDs: An Early Dialogue taking into account the opinions of HTA bodies only. Multi-HTA EDs provide consolidated recommendations from all participating HTA bodies. Coordinated by the EUnetHTA ED Secretariat. Detailed information regarding Multi-HTA EDs (including the EUnetHTA Guidance document, necessary templates, etc.) is available on the Multi-HTA ED page of this website.
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Sometimes words are not enough...
Web pages and writing only go so far. Not when you can say so much more with photos and video...
To paraphrase Hillary Clinton (who, in her turn was quoting from an African proverb) "It takes people to make a program". That's certainly the case with the Urban Rehabber Program. Since our first meetings back in early 2000, some 14 or 15 thousand real estate investors, professionals and "newbies" have attended Urban Rehabber monthly round table programs.
We quit counting seven or eight years ago when we passed seven thousand-and-counting registered participants. Some then and today attend one or two meetings not to be seen again. Others have been with us for years; a handful from the very first days.
In the end of course it is people, those who become involved with a group and its programs that make it all work. But how best to reflect that? With that thought in mind I have assembled photographs and video clips drawn mostly from our round tables, but also from the many workshops we teach. For lack of a better term, we will call it our "Investor-Rehabber Gallery".
Images of a sampling of the many projects our members have undertaken suggest both the nature and opportunities that characterize The Work. These project images merely hint at the impact our program members have had across the Chicago area. Anecdotal samplings suggest well over 2000 homes have been "restored to function" by our program members; and the work continues.
We will add to the collection in the months ahead, particularly more video clips. If you have a project you are proud of, send some photos along, together with a short description, for consideration. We'd love to hear about your work.
Who We Are and What We Do–Gallery
You will find we are a diverse group, from every walk of life. From every "Demographic". There are experienced investors, failed investors working on "getting it right this time", and newcomers bright with enthusiasm. Old Hands and Young Hands one might say. It all contributes to a wondrously dynamic mix of talents and personalities.
Enjoy our new Gallery. While the link is included here, you will always find it included on the Menu Bar of this website.
- Philip Elmes


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- Heartworm disease is transmitted by mosquitos carrying blood from an infected animal (dog, cat or ferret) and injecting it into an uninfected animal. Heartworm larvae then travel through the bloodstream and grow inside your pet's heart.
- Heartworm disease is only found in dogs that are outside a lot or live outside. Inside pets that only go outside a few times a day do not get heartworm disease and do not need prevention.
- There are safe and effective heartworm preventatives available to you at affordable prices that will protect your pet against numerous parasitic infestations including heartworm disease.
So did you guess correctly! Number 2 is the statement way out of place. It only takes one bite from an infected mosquito for your pet to get heartworm disease. Indoor and outdoor pets are all susceptible and should all receive prevention. Heartworm disease is a blood born parasite and our standard intestinal parasite deworming medications do not stop heartworm. There are numerous preventative options for cats and dogs and many that are safe and effective. Stay tuned next week for tips on prevention!


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Kabunza: Bullwhips
As usual, I seem to be incredibly busy lately. But here is a picture of something shiny to make up for it!
Anyone who knows me, or follows my blog, knew that I would end up building these eventually. I have made 4 bullwhips so far (of varying lengths) and while I do not plan on taking any custom orders for them yet, I will be building one on occasion to be put up for sale in our Kabunza Etsy shop. So, keep your eye out for them if you fancy grabbing one for your toy bag.
At the moment, I simply do not feel that I am good enough to be building them to specific measurements and criteria given to me by others. Hence why I will be building them at my own pace.
To date I have only been playing with nylon, but as I improve in skill, I am sure that I will end up wanting to experiment with kangaroo hide. So keep your eyes open for more posts along similar lines.
The whip in the photo is a 5 foot 12 plait black nylon paracord bullwhip with 2 bellies (one 8 plait and one 6 plait). Stainless steel 402 grade ball bearing shot loaded braided polyester core with a waxed nyltex shot blocker, 4 point nylon fall hitch and a 10 inch stainless steel rod handle. Stainless steel 8mm ring chainmail transition and pommel.
Flogging workshop at Dream Visions studio – Instructional video 05/10/14
Once more, I popped along to the Gatwick Dungeon in Surrey to teach a flogging workshop. Due to the amount of new people, I found myself repeating a few techniques that were shown in the previous workshop that was hosted 6 months ago. However, in this video there is a couple of pointers on sensation play and rest techniques that I often overlook in a workshop but which tend to come in really handy.
Let me point out again that nothing compares to actually going to one of my workshops and learning from me personally, there is an insane amount of information that simply cannot be covered by watching a few videos or having me there to guide you through the steps and nuances when I finally stop talking. But for those people who are overseas or who are too nervous to attend one, I hope this helps a little.
A big thankyou to Dream Visions Studio for filming this video at the workshop and to my play partner, Jinx, who did a little bunnying for me.
And, of course, if you want to get yourself a decent pair of floggers or a Dragons tail, check out my Kabunza Etsy shop!
Kabunza: Headquarters!
Kabunza has finally moved into it's own headquarters!
We moved in last month and aside from putting up some room dividers (which I am hoping to do as soon as possible to section off our areas), we have pretty much settled in and made ourselves at home.
Our workshop and office is located in the heart of Swindon (the address can be seen on the Kabunza Facebook page, or you can message me and I will relay it to you) and is open most weekdays (depending on what events we will be attending) for visitors to come along and browse our current stock or even have a look through our leathers to order something custom to be made. I am also willing to give tuition at this location for anyone wishing to learn techniques from me privately.
Because we share a building with a kink friendly publishing firm, we have access to a lot of space, so with a little luck we will also be hosting a few workshops and events here (I have even been thinking about hosting a small but regular peer rope event). I will keep people posted about these through my Kabunza page on this blog as and when we plan them.
Of course, you will still be able to purchase our items through our Etsy shop, but now everyone has the added option of popping by the place where everything is made, having a look at our construction process and browsing through it all in person!
Officially open to the public! Come along and check us out!
Photos courtesy of Dark Desires photography.
Photography by Dark Desires photography.
All images are copyright © Dark Desires photography
A Velvet Thought – Mistresses Musings: Update 09/06/14
My blog has been going through a little neglect as of late due to life being incredibly busy.
Kabunza has moved into its own offices and we are trying to get everything up and running while also trying to keep the business stocked with lots of groovy creations (a Kabunza bullwhip being one of the things currently being tested), I have been going through some serious Japanese rope bondage tuition, a lot of events (many of which I am doing workshops or demonstrations at. See my Events page for listed ones near you), discussions and meetings about possible future photoshoots and talking at BDSM conferences, and this is to name but a few of the things on my list.
But, rest assured, I will be writing blog posts about everything I can as soon as I get some free time to do so!
In the meantime; watch this space, keep safe and stay kinky 😉
Kabunza: Hyperlights, Tri-Layers and Whumpers. Oh my!
During the process of designing the improvements that I have recently been introducing into all of our standard Kabunza floggers, I have also been working on optional variations of flogger styles. I am happy to introduce the Kabunza "Tri-Layer" Floggers and Kabunza "Whumper" floggers to bolster our ranks of impact toy options.
Our flogger selection now consists of the following variations:
Hyperlight floggers are incredibly light and perfect for tickling or gently dragging across areas of sensitive skin. 48 luxuriously gentle 14 inch falls created only from silk suede or nappa. These floggers are super soft and intended to be used for sensation play rather than serious impact play. We normally create these floggers singly with a wrist loop and short 3 inch string of chainmail unless otherwise requested.
To put it as simply as possible, Minipoi are essentially miniature versions of our standard poi floggers. 24 falls (16 inches in length) that are half the width of our standard and a 3 inch string of chainmail with lighter hardware and rings. Due to the thin width of the flogger falls (half a centimeter), these very light and quick variants tend to pack more of a sting than a thud. We normally make these floggers available for purchase singly unless otherwise requested.
Our standard floggers are what I consider the best medium. During a process of over 3 years of testing, I have found that this weight and fall count to be the best average for general use. Not too light and not too heavy. Good for prolonged play and packing a decent impact at the same time. 24 falls, each at 1cm in width and with a length of between 16-18 inches depending on the style of flogger. We normally create this type of flogger in Nunchaku (16 inch falls) or Poi (18 inch falls) and are purchasable in pairs unless otherwise requested.
Our Whumper floggers consist of a larger fall width of 1.5cm and include wider and heavier hardware and rings. These floggers pack significantly more weight and wallop with each impact. In the hands of a strong arm and sadistic nature, expect severe bruising when used. With 24 falls, we normally create this type of flogger in Nunchaku (16 inch falls) or Poi (18 inch falls) and are purchasable in pairs unless otherwise requested.
Our Tri-Layer floggers are a little different in that they consist of 36 falls instead of our standard 24 and are made from 3 separate hides, usually one leather, one suede and one nappa. Offering a veritable plethora of sensation options. The falls have a width of 1cm, are usually created in the Nunchaku (16 inch falls) or Poi (18 inch falls) styles and are purchasable in pairs unless otherwise requested.
And, of course, our current style types consist of:
Poi (as seen above):
Designed with some of the more creative or aesthetic styles of play in mind (including Florentine), our standard poi floggers consist of 18 inch falls, a 5 inch string of chainmail that has been created with 8mm rings in metals of stainless steel, blackened steel, brass, bronze or a mixture of the aforementioned metals and ending in a pair of leather or suede finger loops. This style of flogger is usually created in matching pairs.
Nunchaku (as seen above):
Each of our Nunchaku are built with efficiency in mind and some techniques (such as ricochet flogging) can only be done effectively with this style of flogger. Well balanced with 16 inch falls, a solid red oak handle, a 3 inch string of chainmail that has been created with 10mm rings in metals of stainless steel, blackened steel, brass, bronze or a mixture of the aforementioned metals and a plated steel ball bearing swivel connection. The falls of these floggers will never tangle and are easy to keep spinning for prolonged play.
With hard work and determination, Kabunza has been improving in leaps and bounds over this past year and once again we are almost ready to jump up to the next level. But I will announce the news as we progress. All I will say for now is that new designs are constantly being imagined, expect more BDSM and impact play creations to fill our ranks in the very near future, we will be expanding into new areas of creativity and, with a bit of luck, new literal areas as well.
If you do not see something you would like to purchase already up for sale in our Etsy shop, do not hesitate to contact us with a custom order request.
Until the next update, happy shopping!
And don't forget to join our Facebook page for the chance to win free goodies 😉
Flogging, dragon tail and impact play workshops for 2014
Every year I tend to get many requests to do workshops where I teach people safety and techniques on various styles of BDSM play.
I do not charge anyone for doing a workshop. All I ask is that my fuel/travel expenses are covered and that I am allowed a Kabunza trade stand at the event in question.
Having a trade stand at a workshop/event allows me to earn the money for my time separately as well as allowing me to share safe knowledge as freely as possible. Essentially minimising what an event needs to charge people for having the good sense to actually do the research and learning in their BDSM interests.
My events page has been updated to include all events that I will definitely be attending in 2014.
This year seems to be filling up unusually fast and I still have several requests to consider, so I thought it might be best to publish a blog post reminding people to get their requests for workshops in as quickly as possible.
My contact details can be found: Here.
Don't delay if you want me for a specific date or event. Once I place an event on my blog page, it is pretty much set in stone unless the event itself is cancelled.


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I was told by an elderly female patient last week that, "Even the simple farmers know not to drink the water downstream from the cows." First, I laughed at this woman's candor. But then it struck me that, although this woman was making reference to the water supply in this small town being downstream from the ranches and farms carrying pesticides and waste, there may be a bigger concern here. This town, like many others in the US, has a water supply that travels through 2+ waste water treatment facilities before arriving here.
Realistically, the waste from the cattle (and humans for that matter) has been removed from the water supply at the point that it comes out of a tap in the town. However, what few people know is that a potentially bigger concern in the water is the amount of hormones that go untreated in the water supply. With 28% of women [source] of reproductive age using oral contraceptives, there are high levels of estrogen and/or progesterone being put into our water supply in towns that receive water from waste water treatment facilities. These facilities were never designed to remove hormones from our water.
There are plenty of researchers noting the effects of these hormones on our fish populations.
It has been well documented that fish are being affected by hormones in the water. Some studies have shown the decreased fertility of fish in these waters contaminated with contraception. There have also been a number of studies documenting sex morphology changes in male fish in the contaminated water.
But it is not just the fish that may be affected.
We currently have epidemic levels of infertility in this country. Is it possible that our high levels of infertility in this country have something to do with the estrogenic hormones in our water supply? For men, these exposures to hormones can cause changes in their ability to produce sperm. For women, even after coming off of the birth control pill in order to get pregnant, she may still be receiving large amounts of hormones in her water that make it difficult for her to get pregnant.
I for one feel that while we may be preoccupied protecting our animal populations, we should also be looking for long-term ecologic solutions for our human population, as well. It is a trending topic right now that taking the BCP is linked to depression, among other concerns. So what are we going to do to get women off of the pill that may not only harm them, but also their greater community? Why aren't we more seriously looking to fertility-awareness based methods like NFP?


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After the completion of the American Wine Specialist course via the North American Sommelier Association (NASA), local Santa Clarita Valley residents Eve Bushman, Beth Greenwald and Danise Davis earned a "certification in the first globally-recognized course on American Wine."
The trio had studied together before. In 2010 they obtained their Level 2 Intermediate Certificate in Wine and Spirits from the London-based Wine and Spirit Education Trust Limited, in classes led by local wine educator DiMaggio Washington.
"I took the American Wine Specialist course for two reasons," began Eve Bushman of Eve's Wine 101. "For one, I had done a couple of wine judging stints and wanted to expand my knowledge by learning more about the different types of wines produced all over the U.S. Secondly, I thought it would contribute to my credibility as a wine writer."
Wine aficionado Beth Greenwald commented, "While working in the industry (All Corked Up, The Cellar, Roman Holiday), I began my wine studies for personal knowledge and to better assist customers on their selection of wine." Danise Davis, a wine expert and a local SCV-based realtor, added, "I've been interested in wines most of my adult life. After 2000, I started getting more serious and realized the more you know, the more you realize you don't know. This class was surprisingly useful. Since completing the course, I've had numerous opportunities to utilize things I learned. I've traveled to Washington state, taken friends wine tasting in Santa Ynez, and poured at charity wine tastings ... Life is full of serendipity!"
According to the NASA's website (www.nasommelier.com), the American Wine Specialist course "focuses on the upbeat, pioneering, adventurous frontier of American (USA) wine. From the East coast to the West coast…and everything in between." It further states that the "American Wine Specialist certification, issued by the North American Sommelier Association, (is) recognized internationally by the Worldwide Sommelier Association (www.worldwidesommelier.com)."


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Alright my lovers!
Sorry there was no blog post yesterday, these past few days have been a bit mad. I only just moved back home yesterday. Just as a warning over the next few weeks blog posts may be a bit irregular and there might not be two a week.
So the big news is that I finally got an industrial placement/ year in industry job… and I start 3 weeks today…oh and it's also the other end of the country! You can see why I might be a bit MIA!
I only found out on Friday, so now there's a big rush to find somewhere to live and sort through all my things before the big move.
Honestly, I couldn't have hoped for a better placement. I was interviewed at Estee Lauder and turned down, it broke my heart but I now realise that it was the right decision as I'm not quite ready for London life just yet. But I can tell you, my new job is still within the health and beauty industry which in itself is a dream come true and the actual role has a lot of links to my favourite module at uni which looks at more of the Psychological side of Marketing. I've always loved Psychology and studying people/customers behaviour, it's one of the reasons why I chose to study Marketing.
And that's about it folks! Right now I'm somewhere in-between really excited and super stressed, I know it's gonna be a great year though and I can't wait to start this new chapter in my life!
What's new in your world?


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8 Things You're Not Allowed To Say About My Kid's Halloween Costume
I have fond memories of Halloween as a kid, and my favorite part was definitely the costumes. We were poor, so my mom sewed our costumes or we made them from things we found around the house or at thrift stores. While they weren't elaborate or expensive, our costumes were special to us and when I had kids I tried to carry on the same traditions. My kids choose what they want to be, and I make it happen. So I couldn't believe it when people had the audacity to say rude things about my kid's Halloween costume. I mean, who does that? They are kids, and Halloween is supposed to be fun.
It honestly seems like some people think that costumes should be a demonstration of wealth, conformity, or gender norms. So, when my daughter wanted to be a vampire/witch/faerie princess, and we made her a strange hybrid costume, no one seemed to get it and a few people let me know that they didn't approve of makeup on kids. She was 7, people, and it was freaking Halloween. Besides, her wearing makeup is totally OK with me, as long as she doesn't use mine. When my son wanted to wear a tutu and a cowboy hat for Halloween, I was cool with that, but not cool with people raising their eyebrows at a boy in a tutu. He was a 2-year-old toddler, you guys. Do we really need to put 2-year-olds in gendered costumes? The answer is no, we actually don't.
Then, last year, both of my sons wanted to be construction workers, so I got them matching costumes, even though I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't convince our four kids to go as the Village People (maybe this year?). Our oldest changed her mind the day before Halloween and went as a "zombie," which meant that she wore her regular clothes and just added a little bit of makeup. I, of course, was happy with any option that made her feel comfortable, because being a tween girl is hard enough.
My kids wear what they want 365 days a year, as long as whatever they're wearing is weather appropriate. You might not understand their creative spirit or approve of what they're wearing, and that's OK as long as you keep your mouth shut. Because, honestly, it's none of your business, and it's not about you. So, please, just let my kids have fun and refrain from saying the following things about their homemade, one-of-a-kind Halloween costumes:
"What Are You Supposed To Be?"
My kids choose their own costumes. Sometimes I don't even know what they are until they tell me. Does someone at every house we stop at need to ask, "What are you supposed to be?" I mean, why do you care?
"Is That Homemade?"
Sometimes it looks like my kids dress themselves, because they totally do dress themselves. I am not going to fight with them about clothes. Parenting is hard enough as it is, and they have a right to bodily autonomy. So if my kids' costumes don't meet your standards, that's OK by me, because the only standards those costumes have to meet are their own. Besides, we can't afford to buy five $50.00 costumes.
"You Look Like Everyone Else"
A couple of years ago, my daughter was literally one of at least 300 Elsas in her school's Halloween parade. That was the costume she chose, though. It didn't matter what I wanted her to wear, and it doesn't matter what you think about it.
"Isn't That The Same Costume She Wore Last Year?"
My daughter has gone as some variation of witch or vampire the past couple of years. It makes her happy and it's easy, because we already have the supplies. Why would I say no to that?
"That's Too Grown Up"
Can we please stop sexualizing kids? My child wearing a short skirt, a bikini top, or red lipstick doesn't make her "slutty." She's a freaking kid. Besides, you shouldn't be slut-shaming anyone on Halloween, and especially not children. If you see a kid in lipstick and think it makes her look like what you perceive to be "sexy" that's your problem, not hers. And gross.
"It Doesn't Conform To Traditional Gender Roles"
My partner and I don't do gender roles in our house, and for some very good reasons. Mainly, because we think they are bullsh*t. If one of our sons wants to wear a skirt, or one of our daughters wants to go as Batman, or either of them wants to dress up as Batman in a skirt on Halloween or any other day, that's fine by me. Please don't say anything about it, unless, that is, you want to complement them on their costume. There's no such thing as a "boy" or "girl" costume. Gender is a social construct and I refuse to force my kids into gendered costumes just because you might be offended.
"You Don't Understand It"
I get it. I haven't always been familiar with the things my kids are into and I've had to look a few things up on the internet. Gone are the days when kids were either a ghost, a witch, or a vampire. Now, kids have a whole internet full of pop culture references to choose from. So, yeah, you might not understand or recognize a costume, but that doesn't mean it's not an awesome depiction of their favorite Pokémon monster or My Little Pony.
"They Aren't Wearing A Costume"
So, yeah, there are 100 reasons why one of my kids might not be in a costume on Halloween. They might have had a tantrum and refused to put it on, it might be too cold for the costume they picked, they might be feeling overwhelmed or anxious, they might have lost a key component of their costume, their costume might not fit, or they might have had an allergic reaction to the face paint. Honestly, those are just a few things that have actually happened to my kids. So, if you see a kid on Halloween who isn't in costume, just assume that you'd best not ask. Instead, just smile, hand over some candy, and say, "Happy Halloween." And maybe even throw in an extra piece for a kid who might not be having a great night.
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