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2012, Astro-LOA, astrology, consciousness, Deepak Chopra, Galactic Center, Kim Falconer, planetary energies, The Spell of Rosette
The 'future' in my Quantum E. Series is not lightweight. I've written a post-apocalyptic Earth were things have gotten pretty harry: totalitarian government, solar shields blocking the sun, geo-engineering gone very wrong, loss of civil rights, gender biases, speciesism, tectonic plate shifts and the only currency is drinking water. Many have asked me if that's what I 'see' for our future and my answer is no, not if we change the way we think, right now.
There are now 7 billion people on Earth and all we need is one percent of us to train our thoughts towards appreciation, compassion and awareness and it will raise the consciousness of the whole. Why? Because that's all it takes to shift a paradigms. One percent. Not such a big ask, eh?
Instead of my fictional 24th century Earth, I'm wishing for a world where there is reverence for all life, where we treat the planet and every inhabitant as a thou, not an it. From women, children and men to plants, animals, rivers, oceans, valleys, forests and grasslands, storms and thunder, sand and foam, if we treat them all with grace and respect there will be a beautiful world left behind for our offspring. What kind of wish is this? It's a Neptune into Pisces wish as this planet returns to its home sign of compassion for the first time in over two and a half centuries. It is my hope that we will 'entrain' to the love, awe and communion that this transit represents.
Love yourself. Love the world. There is no power stronger than love. – Deepak Chopra
How can we co-create this? The first step is letting go of fear and the judgement that fuels it. Can you imagine what it would be like to view the world without the proviso of 'good' or 'bad' and to remember that all roads lead to enlightenment? Impossible? Well, I'm not one for getting stuck with the 'realistic!' I prefer to think that success can look like failure in the middle and if things go pear-shaped in 2012, I will say, here we are, in the middle, going strong.
But it's 2012, you say? Isn't the world supposed to end?
Here is the complex answer: The word cosmos means a 'harmonious and orderly system'. If we believe this system is closed, has defined boundaries in which everything functions, then the system is determinate. Life is determinate. We can say what will happen as if it is already so. In that case, because the system is ordered and predictable, the planetary energies will symbolize equally predictable events: Line up with the Galactic Center, Uranus square Pluto will overthrowing outmoded social structures, the lengthy transit of Mars in Virgo will be busy taking things down to their component parts, cleaning them up and putting them back together again, the retrograde of Venus in Gemini will do a clean-sweep-rethink of our personal core values, Neptune will bring compassion, or deception and so on.
But when it comes to consciousness, we are no longer in a closed system. Enlightenment is experiencing this.
Nothing is deterministic at the level of consciousness because the source of reality, (consciousness itself) is acausal. It's outside the closed system.
Objects, events, measurements, facts are all modes of human perception, not attributes of the universe. –Deepak Chopra
Here it is simplified: There is no spoon.
In other words, we get to make up our own damned minds!
So what is the impact of the planetary energies of 2012? It depends completely on the individual and where they stand, conscious or unconscious, inside or outside the 'closed' system. It depends on their level of awareness. This is why the oracle of Delphi said, Know Thyself. Awareness is everything!
It's important to remember that we've had intense and fantastic 'line ups' of planets in the past and not everyone goes through a major shakeup. Even when Rome burned or Atlantis sank, somewhere else in the world, canaries were sang. We always get to choose how we respond to the energy coming our way. We decide. The more aware we are, the broader the choices.
As Jarrod Cossica says, If consciousness is currency I've got me a goldmine! –The Spell of Rosette
Bottom line, I don't see 'Dec 2012' as signalling any observable 'end'. If anything, I see it as an expansion. Change is happening, of course, and I am rooting for a rise of consciousness that brings creative and healing awareness to the planet.
Now, what are you intending for 2012?


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You see you can talk about how great Asians are but you know this fact.
Black men threaten white men in a way that Hispanic, Asian and Arab men don't.
This fear is ancient and you can trace it to its origins in the first Indo-Aryan invasions of Black civilization. Once you understand the White man's ancient fear and you began to understand why the economic, legal and political systems oppress Black men.
- Is it because the Blackman built the world's first civilizations?
- Is it because the Blackman has surpassed White men in every field of human achievement?
- Is it the Whiteman's sexual inferiority complex they feel regarding the Black Man?
Part of their fear of black men is that we are seen and thought of as so physical we can hurt them, in addition, what can we do to their women? This comes back to the physical; the potency the strength there. There is reason why white men used to chop of black men's penis and keep them as a trophy.
That fear partly sexual goes back a long way, and that comes down to the fact that white men regard black men as better sexual performers than they are.
They don't say this publicly, but they say, 'gee they're so natural' and they began to wonder. 'Our women could they not be attracted to that ?" and that drives them up the wall.
Therefore all their efforts to de-man black men. In the past it was lynching, of course, but now they put blk men in cages, called prisons, again to de-male blk men. they can't call blk men 'boy' but they still do their to make sure black men don't have jobs, make sure black men don't threaten them in other ways
Black men are the only race of men to really go toe to toe against the white supremacist. There is no Asian or Hispanic, or Native American Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko
Come to the Foundational black american conference on June 22
That's if they let you in (lol)
Whites and delusional minorities are always claiming blacks should "work hard and stop looking for handouts" but when blacks achieve they are chomping at the bits to find reasons why blacks don't deserve to sit at the table ?
Which is it ?
College admissions is nothing but game.
It's not just a cold statistical numbers score that lots of ppl naively think it is..
They can and do say anything to black students "your application was late" "it got lost" "We don't like your essay"............. ANYTHING.
Our black ass is not getting in - No matter what.
They reserve over 60% of seats for white students at most schools, graduate and undergraduate and then about 10-20% for asians and Indians.
And even with all that whites cheat all the time
This was a scandal were at least 33 affluent individuals, including television actors, corporate executives and bankers, allegedly engaged in crimes such as bribery and fraud in an effort to buy admission for their children into America's most prestigious universities. These included Yale, Georgetown, Stanford, Wake Forest and other schools.
The ringleader and organizer was allegedly paid tens of millions of dollars to ensure admission for his clients' children. This involved bribing athletic coaches to secure a place at these elite schools for students who did not even play the sport in question. Standardized exams were altered, "corrected" and taken by people other than the students.
If whites and Asians are so great then why the need to cheat ?
They're letting dumb-ass white students in there all day because of their fathers or uncles. Most blacks applying could run circles around them academically but they would never ever be admitted.
And this is what it really comes down to
Black excellence.
White supremacists must everyday say to themselves "Why can't black people just die ?"
"How is it possible they are still here ?"
They never expected us to last this long and grow stronger despite all the drugs, war, molestation, guns, police brutality, AIDS, glass ceilings, minstrel shows/ media destruction/ music destruction, prison systems, killings of our boys and girls, poison water/ food supply, Katrina, Haiti.
Were still here
White supremacists are baffled at our resilience and cannot come to terms with it.
So we are taking no one's spots trust me.
You have a legacy and being a legacy only works if you have a trust fund and your parents have been donating a good % of their annual salary to the school or your dad holds political office or your parents are fortune 500 CEOs, COOs, CFOs or CAOs. Anyone else, it's still a crap shot.
It might get your resume an extra 5 second glance but if they see average jobs and medium income zip-code on your application, you can forget about it.
Blaming the handful of black people that get in is ridiculous. More Black Americans are becoming doctors (despite the obstacles set for black people) and non-blacks hate to see a black person who is superior to them in anything and become bitter and jealous.

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I wasn't too keen on having to use one of the three shelves provided for the grill tray as it means when its in the top oven/grill, I'm only left with two shelves in the main cavity, that and the grill tray also doesn't come with a handle either so I've been having to use a triple wrapped tea towel in substitution for lack of oven gloves.
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After seeing Kasia Dietz's post about Jennifer Fox Geraghty's project, "L'Amour (Or Less…)," I was incredibly intrigued by the title. What does that mean, love (or less…)?
L'Amour (Or Less…) is a web series in the making that shows a variety of answers to the question, "What happens when people from two different cultures try to form a romantic connection?" Jennifer, an American expat screenwriter and actress in Paris, and her talented team reenact true-life dating stories between an expatriate and a Frenchman or woman. Aren't you curious to see what it's really like to date a French person?
Here is the description of the first episode as seen on the website: "The pilot episode tells the story of Jane (an expat) and Pierre (a Frenchman) who meet in a champagne bar and… well, perhaps they find love, perhaps they find disaster, perhaps the truth is somewhere in between. You'll just have to see it for yourself."
I had the pleasure of meeting Jennifer for coffee to discuss her web series. She is smart, articulate, and hilarious! On top of that, you can see her passion, talent, and dedication to her project, which is currently on Kickstarter fundraising for the pilot episode. I'll give you the link to donate now because I am absolutely certain that you will want to support this artistic endeavor.
My interview with Jennifer was so much fun. Hope you enjoy getting to know this fabulous artist and her incredible project as much as I did!
Why did you come to Paris?
I was on my way to Prague to look for a location for a script I had written. That fell through, so instead I came to Paris for a week. There was something about it that felt like home, like I was supposed to be here. I found myself writing all the time. I thought, anywhere where I can write this easily, I should be.
Did you have any second thoughts when you were back in New York after this trip?
No hesitation. I leap before I look. I went back home, knowing for sure that I wanted to move, and I looked into how to do that.
[A full explanation of how to apply for visas and her experiences with the application process can be found in detail on her blog, Jennyphoria.]
When did "L'Amour (Or Less…)" come about?
I spent the first year here writing. I wrote two feature-length screenplays. I was feeling very proud and accomplished because it's a lot of work. The problem is that after you've written a screenplay, you're like, "OMG, I finished it!" And your friends are like, "Greaaaat! Can I see it?" The problem is if I show you my screenplay, it's not interesting, unless you're used to reading screenplays. It's a weird format; it's strictly visual. You never write about what anyone is thinking. It's all dialogue and pictures. I would describe what we're saying, wearing, what our gestures are. But it's strictly visual. What you're thinking right now, I wouldn't write. I'd say "She's watching her intently." It's not fluid. It's not like reading a novel where you see the pictures in your head, and you're in another world. It's a bit more disjointed. The purpose of writing a screenplay is not for you to read it but to see it. So there's a disconnect there where I've written these things but I don't know how long it's going to take me to show it to you.
It was a combination of the fact that I really wanted to show somebody something right away. I wanted to have something tangible that I had done. I wanted to show that I'd been doing something with this visa that I'd just been given, coupled with the fact that dating here is ridiculous, and I have all of these stories and my friends have all of these stories. I thought, in my personal life, I've been dating and figuring everything out, and my friends are, too. And I thought, why not put these two things together? So that's how it happened.
So all of these are true stories?
The stories are mine and my friends'. They're all true. There are twelve in the season, some are expat women and French men, expat men and French woman, and some homosexual stories.
I am fascinated by the cultural differences between us. I didn't realize how American I was until I went on a date with a Frenchman. I had my assumptions and he had his and they were not the same.
What assumptions in particular?
All sorts of things. Tiny little things that you don't think about, that you don't realize.
I just started talking to my friends about it, and I would hear about their dates. Some of the stories were really awful and funny, and some of them were super romantic and lovely. Once I decided that I was going to do this series, I started asking my friends, "Tell me about a date that you've had. Tell me about one that was really terrible or one that was really romantic or one that was just really weird." People love to talk about this stuff, so I got some great stories.
What are some of your favorites or little details that were standouts from the series?
Well, I'd rather not give too much away but what I really like is that they're almost all unpredictable. At the end of every episode, we are going to say what actually happened in real life after the date.
People are really going to love that. We need closure!
Right. Exactly. What I like about it is that people will see this really lovely wonderful romantic date, and then at the end we'll see they never saw each other again. Or you'll see this really horrible terrible tragic date, and they've been married for eight years. And I like that. Or sometimes you'll think one thing is happening, and it's really something completely different. But that's exactly what the person who was in that experience experienced. So that's what I like. I like that it's shocking and confusing and bizarre – just like it really is.
That's great because you're actually living it with them then!
People have so many stereotypes about the French. People are fascinated by the French, Parisians in particular, and romance and what it means. They think that they're either super romantic like the first guy (in the promo video) or total jerks like the second guy. And I've had people come up to me and ask me, "So what's the truth? What do you really think? What's the answer?" And there's no answer. Everybody is different. That's why it's fascinating. Because there are some cultural things that are maybe true across the board but everybody is different and every story is different and they're all interesting in their own way. That's why it's fascinating to me.
I like that I can't show you an entire relationship in five minutes. I get to show you one experience, and then you know what happens because that's how real life goes.
Will you ever have a part one or part two or interconnected stories, like in Love Actually?
Each story is one episode. No, because they're true. I don't want to orchestrate it. Sometimes people tell me, "Oh what if this happened? Or wouldn't it be cool if that happened?" Unless it really happens, I don't want it to be in there. I don't want to manipulate anything. I take the true story, and I dramatize them. I ask the person, "What did you really say? What really happened?" If they have that information, I'll use it. I'll dramatize it a little bit and make up the dialogue but it's what happened. I don't want to make anything up; I don't want to contrive anything. If you met at this restaurant, but we can't film there, we'll film at another restaurant. I'm okay with changing that. But I am not going to change anything significant. It's important to the story that it be real; I think that's what interesting about it. So no, there'd be no way to do the Love Actually bit, although I love that movie.
Are most of the stories in the series intercultural?
They're all intercultural. It's always an expatriate and a French person, and the expatriate can be from anywhere. That makes it more French. We are exploring dating the French.
In terms of the actors, where are they from? Would you specifically choose an actor to play a certain expat, say if one of the two people was Italian?
Right now, all of the expats are Anglophones. The people that we have are American, British, Canadian, and Australian. I don't think I'd stick true to the original culture because I wouldn't want to give away your story. It would be more about the actor's talent than where they came from.
Another thing, characters always have the same names. Every expat woman is named Jane, and every Frenchman is named Pierre. Every expat man is named John, and every Frenchwoman is named Marie. There's a level of anonymity. If you're going to give me your story, you need to know that I am not going to exploit you. And also, him! If you're telling me your story about your crappy date, I don't want to make this guy feel bad because he was on the crappy date.
Your team is amazing! Where did you find them?
It just happened. I had met Alexis briefly before. Out of the blue, I sent her a message "Hey, can we talk? It's nothing bad!" She said she would come onboard, and she knew someone who introduced us to the director of photography, and he brought some other members of the team and crew in. Alexis knew Marinelly, the actress who plays the Frenchwoman in the promo, and she knew the other two main actors. I knew a bunch of people. When you're in that world, you tend to meet people who are in that world.
Honestly, it just happened. We'd say, "Oh god, we really need an editor!" And someone would go, "I know an editor!" And they'd be like, "Oh! Your project is amazing! Yes, I'll do it for free!" Everyone worked for free, which is amazing because they're all professional.
That just shows how amazing your project is and how inspired people are by it.
I think it was a combination of them liking the idea and them liking our passion for the project.
I think so, too!
That's why we need the money now. They agreed to do the pilot for free in the hopes that it would get picked up and they'd get paid to do it later.
How does Kickstarter work?
The funding will go to you but you pay 5% to Kickstarter and 5% to Amazon, and you have to pay for all the incentives. $5,500 is what we are trying to raise for this kickstarter fundraiser, which is to cover the costs for the pilot. Only a little under $1,000 more to go!
I wish I had $5,000 so I could tell my sister's story of meeting her husband here in Paris!
A few of your favorite places in Paris:
What is your favorite quartier?
I really like to go to different places all the time, but I love the 19th. I love Buttes Chaumont. I love the canal. I love that it feels authentic French and not touristy. I love picnicking along the canal.
What's in your picnic basket?
(Laughs) Wine. And sometimes some food. (Laughs)
Those are the best kinds of picnics!
Wine, cheese, charcuterie, bread, the usual.
What was the location of your most romantic date in Paris?
It was everywhere. We just walked and talked and went to museums.
A question about your adorable dog Moxie: What's it like moving a dog across the world and having her in Paris?
Moving her was tough because she had to go in the cargo hold. Having her here is great. She loves it! You know, they say that Parisians are so rude. If you want a Parisian to be nice to you, get a dog. (PatriciaParisienne laughs.) They come up to you, they play with her, they just love her. She loves that! She gets to come with me to more places, like a restaurant, a picnic, a friend's house. It seems much more dog-friendly here. She can come with me on the train. By law, she's allowed in every apartment and every hotel. And she loves baguettes!
Thank you so much for your time!
Once again, here's the link to the Kickstarter fundraising page and the official L'Amour (Or Less…) page. With six days left of the campaign and just under $1000 to go, every penny helps!


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See Crossfade's review and photos from Ms. Lauryn Hill's UM Homecoming concert.
After some rumbling that Lauryn Hill could be making a rare live appearance at the Arsht Center turned out to be false, it turns out she's making a Miami appearance after all. The reclusive legend is set to headline this year's homecoming concert at the University of Miami on November 5 according to the student newspaper. The bad news for all "townies" though is that the event is "officially" open to UM students and alumni only.
The announcement comes after the Arsht Center sent out a promotional flyer touting a November 6 concert by Hill. They clarified that the flyer was premature, though hinting the concert could happen at a different venue. Whether this is the other venue the rep from the Arsht was alluding to or a separate November 6 gig open to the general population is still a possibility that remains to be seen.
But any concert by Hill is huge news, considering she's been a veritable recluse for the past ten years. Besides a short lived rocky reunion with the Fugees between 2004 and 2006, she only returned to the stage on a regular basis late last year. Those shows have received mixed reviews and have had their share of drama.
She toured with the Rock the Bells festival this year, but on the tour's last date in Baltimore she made fans wait three hours before she took the stage. Apparently, she was busy getting a manicure, and when she did take the stage she rushed through a 20-minute set.
Then again, when things go smoothly she can still bring it. Here she is performing a solo version of the Fugees classic "Ready or Not" at the NYC date of Rock the Bells.
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Here's what our brothers-in-blog at the Village Voice had to say about that NYC show:
Sorry to disappoint all you blog-readers but she didn't do anything crazy--she was usually somewhere between a bit frazzled, totally enraptured, kind of psyched, frustrated at mic feedback, and frantically flapping her arms to wave directions to her band. If you believe Twitter, her voice is shot (she did drop "To Zion" about an octave), but I think it's just gone from one type of beautiful to another type of beautiful--a little more rough around the edges, a little easier to crack in the romantic parts, and still enough to make Chris Rock look like he was gonna break down on the sidelines. And oh yeah, go see her because her arrangements are totally fucking bonkers now.
We just hope things go smoothly, but most of all, considering the average UM frosh was only 8 when The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill came out, those 'Canes appreciate the hell out of it. For the rest of us, Robyn is in town that same night, and you really can't go wrong with her.


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Trump was elected fair and square: Ignorant Democrats, 'liberals', confused Millennials, Sanders' supporters, Black men, Susan Sarandon, Trump Apologist Left…all Hillary haters, did not go to vote, voted for Trump, or voted for nonsense 'third parties', including fascist Garry Johnson's "Libertarian" party.
You have set the planet on fire. You CAN'T WALK THAT BACK, you ignorant fools.
Millennials are politically ignorant, they don't know the difference between liberalism, libertarianism, and socialism. You can see on this blog the articles written by them against Hillary and IN DEFENSE of Trump.
So, yeah. Trump won because of you. He IS YOUR president. He was LEGALLY elected. YOU CAN'T WALK YOUR VOTE BACK!
You accused Hillary Clinton of fiendishly wanting to be president with the sole purpose of bringing World War 3, but it was YOU, with your ignorance and hatred of women and of Hillary in particular, who has put us in the path to nuclear annihilation.
You reap what you sow.
I spent this year writing in this blog with my ESL that the zombie Left and Millennials were going to vote for Trump, and they did. They voted directly, they voted for him by not voting at all, they voted for him by voting for nonsense 'third parties'.
You voted for FASCISTS. Trump and Garry Johnson ARE fascists.
Now go expiate your guilt: Go get arrested and beaten over the head by fascist cops. You deserve that too.


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Mission: Educating generations, serving our community
Vision: To be the leader in addressing educational, social, and physical needs of students and staff
School Nursing Services
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"Healthy Children Are Better Learners." OASN
Annual Screenings for: Screenings by request for:
* Vision * Height/We
* Hearing * Dental
* Scoliosis * Blood Pressure
* To supplement the efforts of parents and health care providers in maintaining and promoting the optimum wellness of students.
* Data is collected, evaluated, and referrals are made as needed.
* Follow-up is important to ensure that every student reaches their health potential.
* The school nurse is available to help parents access the health care system as needed.
These services include:
Staff In-services.
Provide information for teachers as requested.
Assist classroom health instruction upon request.
The school nurse coordinator is the liaison regarding health matters between the student, their family, school personnel, community health agencies and the
student's health care providers.
The school nurse is available for 1:1 counseling regarding health related issues concerning students.
The Nurse Coordinator:
* Provides first aid as needed.
* Is concerned with control of communicable disease in the school.
* Contacts parents as needed for follow-up of certain illnesses and injuries.
* Contacts parents of students with chronic or acute health concerns to discuss the schools role in each student's care.
* Develops Individualized Health Care Plans as needed.
* Coordinates and administers medications at school to those students who provide proper permission forms signed by their parent/guardian
and licensed prescriber.
* Coordinates each building's clinic with the support of health aides and support staff.
* Serves as a member of MFE/IEP/IAT Teams when medical/health considerations are involved.
Children should remain home if:
* They have a red, raised, itchy rash that has not been
* They have a temperature of 100 or greater or have not been fever free for 24 hours.
* They have extremely red, matted eyes (possible pinkeye) not yet treated.
* They are coughing or sneezing profusely, or vomiting.
* They have live head lice.
ood attendance in school is important to academic success…school nurses
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The 2-chamber design of the O2k helps to search for defective O2k components, by switching components linked to O2k chambers A and B between sides A and B.
- The two chamber design of the O2k has many benefits, including advantages in trouble shooting. By switching components between sides A and B of the O2k, it is usually possible to locate an instrumental problem, finding selectively a specific defective component of the O2k. This component can then be serviced by the user or replaced by Oroboros without the need to ship the entire O2k.
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A new ways to express our feelings, our thoughts, our prayers, our frustrations, angers and joys. Much more than any other social network site, Twitter is the place where the digital frontiers between countries are more clearly redefined by the gatherings around a specific topic. Everyday, secular boundaries are annihilated in minutes by hastahgs that range from the most serious to the most foolish topics. And as they come, soon they disappear, without trace.
Looking at a map of a hashtag distribution can provide you some level of insight, if you're involved with things like market research or social media monitoring. But that's not what I want to talk about today.
Instead , I picked some of the 'snapshots' I started to collect in January, once in a while, from TrendsMap. I share them on a small blog, Hashtrash (also on Tumblr, of course, and you're all invited to visit it), and It's nothing too pretentious or technical, and definitively not something to take too seriously.
But for me, being from a time, as a kid, when you had to push your imagination really hard to conceive and understand how many people are in the world, and how diverse our cultures are, to see in almost real time so many people 'talking' about any specific subject still kind of blows my mind – fort the best and the worst.
And even with all the fakes accounts, bots and spammers on Twitter, these snapshots do feel sort of genuine to me. They feel Human. Frozen digital whispers of a non stop conversation that will go on for a long, long time.
(Click through the images to see the original post with dates and time stamps; images created with TrendsMap and Pixlr-o-matic)
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Planning to do any Black Friday shopping in Minot, ND this year? Time to think and act if you want the best deals. If you are a Hyatt (loyalty club) member you can book at $65 per night for November 24th and 25th.
If you are a CAA member, there are offers for you as well, $70 per night.
I have personally stayed at this hotel in 2016 and have nothing but compliments for the hotel. A hot breakfast buffet is included in your stay, with omelettes made to order.
A mere 7 or so minutes from the Minot airport and on the north west side of the city, you are conveniently located to shopping and amenities as long as you have a car.
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Meet Tony, our endearing turtle friend. He's quick and easy to make and will certainly crawl right into your heart! Make it as a pincushion, a soft and squishy toy for a toddler, or jumbo-size it and turn it into a pillow for your favorite little one! Make two so Tony won't be lonely (his girlfriend's name is Theresa).
Tony finishes at approximately 11 1/2" from nose to tail. Fill with fiberfill or Ground Walnut Shells if making him into a pincushion.


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The iPhone 4S and professional photography | TiPb
The camera on the new iPhone 4S is winning converts even among professional photographers. I am no expert but I have been mightily impressed with the quality of photographs taken with this phone, especially in low-light situations.
Professional photographer Ryan Bolger has this to say:
Within the first week of my new marriage to this phone I took over 2,000 photographs. I'm amazed at the detail & the versatility of the iPhone 4S' camera. I've even used it on some paid client assignments. That's how much I trust it as a professional photographer.


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VIZ Media announced today the release of THE PRINCE OF TENNIS on Amazon Instant Video. The first season episodes of the sports anime (1-13) will be available for purchase starting Wednesday, May 18th for $1.99 each.
THE PRINCE OF TENNIS is based on the smash hit manga (graphic novel) series created by Takeshi Konomi that has sold more than 30 million copies in Japan, and is also published exclusively in North America by VIZ Media (Rated 'A' for All Ages).
THE PRINCE OF TENNIS anime series (dubbed, TV-G) follows the on and off court adventures of Ryoma Echizen, the 12-year-old son of a famous tennis player and a prodigy in his own right. Looking to make a mark, he joins his junior high school tennis team, known as one of the most competitive in Japan. Ryoma is cool and collected, and some might even say he's cocky, but he's got the skills to back up his attitude, with a virtually un-returnable "twist serve," and quickly defeats numerous upperclassmen to secure himself a first string spot on the team. With talent in his blood and fire in his eyes, he backs up his confidence on the court with amazing skills. Now he has to overcome the older players on his high school team who are dead set against letting him surpass them. To defeat the slippery "Viper" Kaido, the calculating Sadahara Inui, and a host of other opponents, Ryoma will need everything he's gotten from his father and more!
THE PRINCE OF TENNIS is a phenomenon in Japan, where the manga continues to be published and the anime series has drawn rave reviews. Games, related merchandise, and a live-action film have fueled the title's continued popularity.
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Photo: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This blog was originally published in Impatient Optimists. Written by Gary Garmstadt, Amie Newman, Wendy Prosser.
I am optimistic about the possibilities within reach for newborn health and I hope you are too. Here's why. The first-ever Global Newborn Health Conference occurred last week. It was a powerful experience to be surrounded by policy makers, program managers, researchers, practitioners, and champions for newborn health from around the world. We have better data and better information on causes of death, simple, cost-effective solutions and delivery strategies to save newborn lives. But that's not the only reason I'm optimistic.
It was particularly inspiring to see moms join the effort from around the world, in the room, with newborn infants in their arms and laps. Many more mothers joined in by watching the web-stream and taking to social media: blogs, Tumblrs, and Twitter using #newborn2013 and #NewbornActionPlan to share their own experiences, spread awareness of the issues in global newborn health, and offer solutions. It's a perfect example of the impetus in action for expanding the traditional group of newborn health champions, using creativity, and engaging a strong array of partners beyond our immediate sphere of influence that will help us, ultimately, save newborn lives.
Why is this important? Because if we are to make true progress when it comes to newborn health and lives, we must be innovative and recognize the ways in which newborn health is embedded within a broad, complex system with many influential leverage points and influential people along the way.
A story from Honduras captures this idea. A community in the southern part of the country introduced a new health strategy aimed to advance newborn health but, interestingly, utilized a leverage point that didn't directly involve newborns. The plan urged pregnant women to develop birth preparedness plans, and included improvements in the quality of care at the facility level.
To ensure that women would get prenatal care, this town made it a law that husbands are required to take their wives to the clinic for prenatal care. If a husband didn't comply, he found himself sweeping the streets. The town is using social stigma to encourage positive behavior change.
It's rather unorthodox, but this change received buy-in from community leaders, lawmakers, law enforcement, health personnel, and, most importantly, the wives. It changed the way community members looked at prenatal care: it's now a family responsibility with transparent oversight by the community.
So, not only did this leverage point exist outside the health system, it's an example of the kind of lever that exists, within this complex system of newborn health, which is not directly linked to a newborn baby's health.
We know of the influence a mother's health and care has on a newborn, as well as of cultural norms, policies related to education–especially for girls, and even the nutritional status of young women before they become pregnant. A healthy newborn now has more opportunities to grow into a healthy child with more chances to become a healthy, productive adult, to start the cycle again and to contribute to long-term economic prospects of poor countries.
We know that the newborn is the nexus to improving everything else along the lifecycle. And this is the challenge facing the newborn community now—we can't look only at the 28 days after birth; we must look at the entire system. We can't go it alone as a newborn health community.
With the energy created by this conference, we have the opportunity to build on the extraordinary advances made in maternal and child health, and more recently in newborn health. Just as in child health, so much can be done that is simple. But we have to think outside the box, beyond the usual domain of maternal, newborn and child health.
My hope is that the energy generated at the Global Newborn Health Conference will continue and expand into the broader context, leading to new partnerships and use of a wider array of and more innovative levers like the ones I've discussed in this post, for impact on newborn health.
The conversation and hard work continues. We will bring this creativity and inspiration, along with the evidence and knowledge we currently have about what works to improve newborn health, to our broader work on investing in women and girls. Catapult is an example of a new mechanism for taking action to empower and improve the lives of women and girls; there you will find number of project through which you can make a difference.
As we now prepare for the Women Deliver conference, an opportunity to highlight the critical importance of investing in the health and well-being of girls and women, in May in Kuala Lumpur, we recognize that this extremely valuable investment in girls and women must start with a healthy newborn.


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As some of you know, I bought a Leica kit late last year. I've been gradually putting the gear through its paces. Of course the main item I was after was the M6. However, a Leica CL was also included. When I bought it, the former owner told me that the CL was actually his favorite camera to shoot with. At the time, I found this hard to believe with an M6 sitting right there. However, after taking it out and about in downtown Baltimore, I'm starting to see why.
Patrick Joust was nice enough to give me a couple rolls of (very) expired T-MAX 400 at the Film in Baltimore meetup last March. I thought the CL would be the perfect test case.
I do have to say though, that this film was in bad shape. The lead sticking out of the canister was much lighter than the film inside the canister, and the film was so brittle that I actually snapped off the tip when I was loading it into the camera. It's interesting going out to shoot when you know that none of your shots may be coming out. As you may have noticed though, I like exploring, so even if the shots didn't come out, I could still write it off as "scouting."
In the end, NCPS did a great job developing and scanning the film. It came out a bit grainy, but hey, this was just a test.
So the CL may not have the amazing build quality or cache of an M6. It's a practical photographic tool that accepts great Leica glass like the 40mm Summicron. And for a price that leaves some room for actual film and travel. Sounds like a deal to me.


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by Eamonn Byrne
Tinryland senior footballers had to settle for a share of the points in this S.F.L. round 2 game played in Kilbride on Wednesday 23rd April. A draw was probably a fair result to a match that saw both sides dominate at various stages. Tinryland took the lead within the opening minute when Shane O'Neill won a free which was converted by ace sharpshooter Paul Broderick. Over the following 15 minute period however it was the home side that dominated scoring 5 unanswered points from centre forward Seamus Gray (2) midfielder Darragh Foley (2) and lively corner forward David Moran who was proving a thorn to the Tinryland defence. In the 15th minute Tinryland finally put together a productive spell and after good play involving Matthew O'Toole, Cian Lawlor, and Cathal O'Toole the ball was transferred to Diarmaid Walshe who duly slotted over our 2nd point. More good play one minute later from Shane O'Neill, Owan O'Gorman and Jack Lowry resulted in Paul Broderick reducing the margin further and when Cathal O'Toole won a free in the 17th minute Paul reduced the gap to the minimum. Tinryland looked to be getting to grips with Kilbride at this stage and the sides were level in the 18th minute when Matthew O'Toole won a free which Paul Broderick converted once again. Twenty one minutes had elapsed when Kilbride pressure resulted in the only goal of the match scored by David Moran who angled a soccer like shot past Trevor O'Reilly despite strong pressure from the Tinryland defence. The home side stretched their advantage back out to 4 points when Seamus Gray successfully converted a free before Paul Broderick did likewise at the Bunclody road end after good play involving Diarmaid Walshe and Cian Moore. Tinryland were back on track now and when Robbie Power won another free in the 26th minute Broderick maintained his 100% record with dead balls. The final act of the half was completed with a spectacular point by Carlow's ace forward when he reduced the margin to the minimum following good approach play by Owan O'Gorman. Half time score Kilbride 1-6 Tinryland 0-8.
Tinryland introduced Danny Moran into the fray at the interval for Cormac Walshe who was hampered with a groin injury for much of the first half.The second half was only one minute old when Tinryland were back on level terms via a Richard White point following good play from Matthew O'Toole. Jim Fitzpatrick for Kilbride and Diarmaid Walshe for Tinryland then traded points with the latter point the product of good play involving Cian Moore and Shane O'Neill. Tinryland finally took the lead in the 41st minute when Paul Broderick scored another special after superb play from Cathal O'Toole. At the other end Trevor O'Reilly was forced to make a great save but the ball fell to Kilbride corner forward Brendan Butler who levelled matters once again. By the 43rd minute the home side were back in front when Darragh Foley slotted over a point. Tinryland began to shuffle the pack then with Jeff Sutton entering the action for Shane O'Neill and Ciaran Townsend making his seasonal debut in place of Robbie Power. Townsend did not take long to get in on the scoring action slotting over the equaliser following a passing movement involving Richard White, Owan O'Gorman and Matthew O'Toole. Cathal O'Toole then fluffed a great chance to restore the Tinryland lead before we finally inched ahead once again with 4 minutes remaining when Owan O'Gorman pointed following good work from Matthew O'Toole. The final minutes saw Tinryland with a number of chances to consolidate the lead but the ball was given away on at least 2 occassions and when we spilled the ball in defence deep into stoppage time Darragh Foley made no mistake with the subsequent free kick to level matters for the final time. Final score Tinryland 0-13 Kilbride 1-10. The seniors are back in action on this coming Saturday 26th April with a tough home game against Co. champions Old Leighlin at 7 p.m. Tinryland: Trevor O'Reilly, Kuba Dobosz, Mark Dempsey, Jack Lowry, Matthew O'Toole, Owan O'Gorman 0-1, Cian Lawlor, Cian Moore, Cormac Walshe, Cathal O'Toole, Diarmaid Walshe 0-2, Shane O'Neill, Paul Broderick 0-8, Richard White 0-1, Robbie Power. Subs Danny Moran, Jeff Sutton, Ciaran Townsend 0-1, Paul Doyle.
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Note: This recipe involves hot oil and requires adult supervision.
- 3 Tablespoons peanut oil
- 4 cups boiled rice, cold
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ a green, red, or yellow pepper, chopped
- ½ cup mushrooms, sliced
- ¼ cup water chestnuts, sliced
- ½ cup bean sprouts
- ¼ cup scallions, chopped
- 3 eggs, beaten
- ½ cup parsley, chopped
- Cook rice according to instructions on package.
- Allow to cool.
- Heat the oil in a wok or skillet over high heat.
- Add rice and fry until hot, stirring constantly.
- Stir in salt and pepper.
- Add the green pepper, mushrooms, water chestnuts, bean sprouts, and scallions, stirring often.
- Push the mixture to the sides of the wok or skillet, making an empty space in the center of the rice mixture.
- Pour beaten eggs into the empty space.
- Let the eggs cook halfway through.
- Blend the eggs with the rest of the rice mixture.
- Heat until the eggs are fully cooked.
- Remove the pan from heat.
- Sprinkle the chopped parsley over each serving.


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Model – High Speed Lithium – Full Spec
Year – 2019
Colour – White
Mileage – 2,753
Warranty – 1 year
This is an ex-demo vehicle which has been used for trade-shows, customer demos etc. over the last year. It is in excellent condition with very small signs of usage, if any.
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Finally a vehicle you can charge at home. The onboard lithium technology does not require special charging points, apps or timed charging bay reservations. Simply plug ME into a standard UK 13amp wall socket for 4-6 hours for a full charge. The advanced battery management system controls the charging process automatically.
In case you hadn't noticed, ME is small and you can park at least 2 in a standard parking bay. In fact Westminster City Council is perfectly happy for you to do this. And because it's electric Westminster has heavily discounted parking in 'pay bays' so you just pay for the first 10 minutes…and then its free for up to the maximum period stated.
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Donna Buell
Pastor Donna was appointed to our church from the summer of 2008 until June 2015. She received her seminary training at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. Donna graduated from the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. She has over 25 years of experience in pastoral ministry and shared the responsibilities of ministry with her husband Marty Raths here in Northfield.


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I had hoped that the CMC would actually do their job to sustain orderly markets. Epic fail.
After all the gyrations yesterday, it was apparent a 35% producer allotment was the right number to take some 2mm barrels out of the supply, to assure orderly markets. This morning the motion was made to remove 25%, to make sure there was enough fruit to enter new markets, I guess. The motion falied with only 4 members voting for it. 2 abstentions Amazing. The Ocean Spray members seemed impatient to vote no, and when they got their chance they did vote no. Only one broke with the crowd and abstained. So, US growers, we are preparing to grow a crop of 7.5mm barrels and the markets only need 2.2mm barrels. You do the math!
I predict that some day we will look back and wish that we would have done something to help ourselves. Opportunity lost.


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I am really trying to change my eating habits and start eating more nutritious meals. I don't generally eat a lot of calories but my nutrient intake definitely ain't good.
So I am making an effort to cook and prep food for quick, easy AND healthy meals.
This is a recipe I've made many times over the years I've tweaked it some over time such as using different flours, different additives (berries, nuts, banana) and such.
I ran this recipe through a calorie counter and I believe it's a good healthy snack if you don't eat multiple muffins 😉
If you add a banana to it you get more rise I find. So feel free to modify. This batch didn't have a banana in it.
Healthy Blueberry Muffins Serves 12 regular muffins
- 2 cups flour (I used 1/3 oat bran and regular white flour, usually I use whole wheat)
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/3 cup raw cane brown sugar
- 1/4 cup 0% m.f Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup Almond milk
- 1/4 cup olive oil (fractioned coconut or vegetable oil works just as well)
- Dash of salt (or to taste)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup blueberries (I used fresh you can use frozen as well)
1. Combined flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda and mix. In a seperate bowl mix together wet ingredients (egg, milk, yogurt, vanilla extract, oil and sugar)
2. Gently mix the wet with the dry till combined and then fold in the blueberries.
3. Bake at 425F for ~5 minutes and reduce to 370F for the last 15 minutes or so. Check if done with a toothpick. Some ovens may vary so check your muffins accordingly.


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Some of the lovely orders that have gone out. I was getting too overwhelmed with all the ribbons and bows so the two-headed sloth came to my rescue.
Pyynö wasn't happy with her first sketch of the mental looking girl (read: Salla) so she drew it again for the final version of the PoVintage comic. Even though the second version is better, I really liked the original as well and wanted to use it somewhere. Finally it ended up here.


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Migos is a Southern-based hip-hop trio comprised of family members Quavo, Offset and Takeoff. The group is known for their chart toppers such as 'Versace' and 'Bad and Boujee.'
Migos is a hip-hop trio from Lawrenceville, Georgia, comprised of family members Quavo, Offset and Takeoff. Known as purveyors of trap music, the group has ignited global trends like the dab — the head-dropped arm-bent dance — and their mixtapes and videos have gone viral. Among their notable hits are "Versace" and "Bad and Boujee."
"They're the Beatles of this generation… There's a generation of kids — like, the YouTube generation I came up with — that are growing up on something that's completely separate from a whole group of people. That song, Bad and Boujee, is just fly. There's no better song to have sex to."
So spoke the actor and musician Donald Glover at the Golden Globe awards on January 8, 2017. With these words, he sent the internet into meltdown — and "Bad and Boujee" to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, officially ordaining Migos, the trio from Lawrenceville, Georgia, as hip hop's hottest property — the Fab Three of trap.
Migos are a family affair. They are two cousins, Quavo, 26, and Offset, 25, and Quavo's nephew Takeoff, who at 22 is just four years younger than his uncle. Purveyors of trap music, the bass-heavy Southern variant of hip hop, Migos are renowned for their distinctive offbeat "triplet" rhyming style — rapping to a frequency of just three beats in a standard 4/4 time signature — copied by Kanye West and Drake, among many others. Migos' mixtapes and videos have been going viral — igniting global trends such as the dab, the head-dropped arm-bent dance — since 2013; now they have exploded into the mainstream.
Quavious Marshall (Quavo), Kiari Cephus (Offset) and Kirshnik Ball (Takeoff) were all born and raised in the sleepy suburban town of Lawrenceville, Georgia. They grew up together. Quavo's father died when he was four years old; Takeoff and Offset's fathers both left when they were young. So Quavo's mother, a hair stylist, often looked after all three boys in her small house. The boys all called her Mama, but "she was the father figure," Quavo told Rolling Stone in February 2017. "She knew how to raise you as a man."
The three boys had different personalities. Takeoff loved wrestling and used to practice in a makeshift ring in the back yard. Quavo was obsessed with marine documentaries on the National Geographic Channel — though he was also a star quarterback at Berkmar High School. Offset played football, too, but his short fuse repeatedly got the better of him — as a result he ended up at military school.
Quavo and Takeoff began rapping early, the former recording mixtapes as Crunk Boy by the time he was in the eighth grade. His classmates did not see his potential. "Everybody laughed at me," he told XL Magazine in May 2014. When Offset spoke up in support of his cousin, Quavo persuaded him to try rapping, too. The following year, in 2009, the trio had formed their first group: Polo Club.
But rapping was not their only extracurricular activity during high school. The lyrics of their song "Bando" detail their involvement in the drug trade — a "bando" is an abandoned house where drugs are sold and/or manufactured. As Offset told Rolling Stone, making music "took dough," which they needed not only for expensive recording equipment but also for clothes and jewelry, so they looked the part.


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Apple is ready to release its all-new fourth-generation iPad with Retina display -- better known as iPad 4 -- with a whopping 128 GB of storage tomorrow, but before Apple opens its doors on Tuesday at 8 a.m. local time, most consumers will want to know whether or not this particular tablet is worth its hefty price tag.
All that storage ain't cheap. For 128 GB, roughly the same space as you'd expect in any decent laptop, this "jumbo" iPad 4 costs $100 more than the previous highest-end iPad, starting at $799 for Wi-Fi only and $929 for high-speed LTE connectivity.
The LTE iPad 4 with 128 GB costs only $70 cheaper than Apple's own MacBook Air, but people are more likely to compare the iPad 4 with another tablet-laptop hybrid coming this week: the new Surface with Windows 8 Pro from Microsoft, better known as Surface Pro.
The release date for Surface Pro is arriving later this week -- Microsoft will hold a launch party on Friday night and start selling the computer on Saturday -- so many consumers will be likely be able to compare these two adaptable, high-tech devices. Not only are they similarly priced, but the iPad 4 and Surface Pro both boast 128 GB of storage space as well, bridging the gap between tablet and laptop in more than a few ways. So which of these two devices is right for you?
iPad 4 Vs. Microsoft Surface Pro
Everything about Apple's announcement of the 128 GB iPad last week was strategic: Not only does the release date undercut Microsoft's planned arrival for Surface Pro, but the price and storage space of the high-end iPad 4 most certainly favors Apple over Microsoft. Not only does the 128 GB iPad 4 cost $70 less than the Surface Pro, but the Surface Pro, despite boasting 128 GB of storage, only offers 83 GB of that space for users: Microsoft admitted last Monday that the Windows 8 operating system and native software occupy 45 GB of space.
The iPad beats the Surface Pro from a price and storage perspective, but there's more. The Surface Pro, which is an untested commodity in the hardware realm, is further powered by an unpopular commodity in the software realm, better known as Windows 8. While Microsoft's latest and bravest operating system features a lot of glitz and glamour, sales have been extremely sluggish, as Windows 8 only claims about 2.26 percent market share for desktop operating systems -- a very unimpressive showing, considering how Windows 7 claims 44.5 percent market share and Windows XP claims 39.5 percent market share.
Compared to Windows 8, iOS is a much more stable and useful operating system for both recreational and productive purposes; businesses seem to favor iOS and iPad, in particular. Apple said in its press release last week that "virtually all of the Fortune 500 and more than 85 percent of the Global 500 currently deploy or test iPad"; by releasing a 128GB model that can essentially store as much as a laptop can, Apple only secures its own standing.
"Companies regularly utilizing large amounts of data such as 3-D CAD files, X-rays, film edits, music tracks, project blueprints, training videos and service manuals all benefit from having a greater choice of storage options for iPad," Apple said. "The over 10 million iWork users, and customers who rely on other incredible apps like Global Apptitude for analyzing team film and creating digital playbooks, Auria for an incredible 48 track recording system or AutoCAD for drafting architectural and engineering drawings, also benefit greatly from having the choice of an iPad with more storage capacity."
But here's where the Surface Pro really loses against the iPad: Not only is the device more expensive to begin with, but the Surface Pro is sold without its all-important keyboard; customers will have to buy that separately -- in red, magenta or cyan -- for $129. Comparatively, adding the exceedingly useful Ultrathin Keyboard Cover from Logitech to the iPad 4, which makes it a fully functional laptop that's lighter and thinner than the MacBook Air, costs only $100. Considering the vast utility of that particular Logitech keyboard, paired with all the advantages of owning an iPad 4 (i.e., it's fast, it's portable, it's cool, etc.), consumers in the market for a new computer can pay less for more with the 128 GB iPad 4.
About The Surface Pro
Unlike the Surface RT tablet released in December, the Surface Pro is a fully realized tablet-laptop notebook hybrid that can run the new Windows 8 operating system from Microsoft. The components are packed into a dark titanium VaporMg case, measuring 275mm x 173mm x 13.5mm, and comes with a Surface pen for writing and a built-in kickstand for hands-free use.
Still, the key differentiator between the Surface Pro and the Surface RT is the processor: Simply put, Intel's presence in the Surface Pro allows Microsoft's laptop to take full advantage of the new Windows 8 platform. The Surface Pro is not inhibited by any incompatibilities between Windows 8 and the ARM processor in the Surface RT, which means it can run the full Windows 8 OS, as well as any standard Windows desktop applications, including support for any legacy apps or Windows 7 programs, as well as all the new Windows Store apps.
Microsoft's Surface RT was powered by an ARM processor, which simply can't achieve the computational speed of most modern laptops today. Microsoft believes it will have better luck with the Pro, which is powered by a beefier Ivy Bridge i5 Core processor with Intel's newest HD 4000 graphics and 4 GB of RAM.
The Surface Pro has the same 10.6-inch touchscreen as the RT model, but the Surface Pro's ClearType HD Full 1920 x 1080 pixel display resolution is significantly sharper than the RT's 1366 x 768 ClearType HD display. Better yet, the Surface Pro features 10 different points of multitouch support, compared to just five points of multitouch support on the Surface RT.
The Surface Pro features two 720p HD Lifecams centered on the tablet's front and rear sides, as well as a USB 3.0 port, a micro SDXC card reader, a mini DisplayPort, stereo speakers, a headphone jack and a cover port. The laptop itself is packed with an ambient light sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, compass and support for wireless 802.11 a/b/g/n bands, as well as Bluetooth 4.0. However, since the Surface Pro is a laptop, the Pro can only achieve roughly four to five hours of battery life, compared to the Surface RT's 8 to 9 hours of life.
Microsoft is selling the Surface Pro with 64 GB of storage for $899 and 128 GB of storage for $999.
About The iPad 4
While similar to the third-generation iPad with Retina Display released last March, the iPad 4 is faster than its predecessor in every single way and is the fastest tablet Apple has built to date.
With the all-new custom-built A6X chip, the iPad 4 has double the chip speed and graphics performance of the iPad 3's A5X chip, which was pretty impressive in its own right with a quad-core graphics processor. The A6X chip packs a lot of punch, which helps the iPad power its enhanced features in a quick and seamless way, including picture stabilization and face detection for both photo and video recording. The A6X, with all its power, is efficient enough to give owners 10 hours of solid "all-day" battery life.
If double the chip speed or graphics performance wasn't enough, the iPad 4 makes significantly faster and stronger connections to Wi-Fi and cellular networks. Phil Schiller, Apple's senior VP of marketing, said iPad 4 owners will experience "ultrafast" Wi-Fi that doubles the connection speed of the older model, the iPad 3 -- and furthermore, for LTE customers, Apple has expanded the number of LTE frequencies supported by the iPad to include more carriers in Europe, Australia and even here in the U.S., such as Sprint-Nextel.
iPad fans will only notice a few noticeable differences in the outer appearance of the iPad 4 versus previous iPads, including the smaller 8-pin Lightning connector on the bottom of the tablet. Besides that, the iPad 4 comes preloaded with iOS 6 -- more specifically, iOS 6.1 (released Monday) -- and has access to more than 800,000 apps on Apple's App Store, including 300,000 apps specifically designed for iPad.
Apple starts selling the new iPad 4 at $499 for Wi-Fi only and $629 for LTE-capable models, with those prices now ranging up to $799 for Wi-Fi only and $929 for LTE. Check out this article if you want to see what critics had to say about the iPad 4. (Spoiler: It's mostly positive.)


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Amanda Bynes Remakes A Fairy Tale
It's not "Snow White," it's "Sydney White." And it's not the seven dwarfs, it's the seven dorks. There isn't an evil queen, but an evil sorority princess in the updated remake of the classic fairytale.
The movie stars Amanda Bynes, who just had a hugely successful summer with her role in "Hairspray" and the launch of her clothing line, "Dear."
Bynes began her career at 10 years old on Nickelodeon's "All That" and then spent four seasons on the sitcom, "What I Like About You." Now she is tackling her first "college movie" as she plays Sydney White, a college freshman who wants to join her late mother's sorority.
The movie adheres closely to the original fairy tale. There is even a poisoned apple, but in computer form.
"I get an apple computer from my father and the evil witch poisons it by getting a hacker to ruin my college essay," Bynes told The Early Show co-anchor Hannah Storm. "So there's a bunch of different subtle hints to Snow White in the movie."
But there are also references to Bynes' personal life. Like her character Sydney, she is a huge comic book fan.
"I grew up loving Archie comics and I was obsessed and I collected them," she said. "I have like 400. I still have them. I, basically, when I was meeting to do this movie, said 'What if my character had a comic book, you know, obsession?' So they added it in and now my character is a comic book freak as well, so it kind of makes her relate to dorks."
Sydney goes to live with seven dorks and tries to bring them out of their shells. As pretty and successful as she is now, Bynes says she can relate.
"When I was 13, when all the girls were, you know, turning into women and looking cute, I felt very awkward," she said. "I went on Accutane, which actually really helped me. Six months while I was on it, my face was so red and it dries you out from within. So I felt really awkward and I never went to the movies with my friends because I felt so ugly. I felt, you know, like I was so -- I felt hideous. "
Now that she has come into her own, she understands that she is a role model, but doesn't want her fans to think she is infallible.
"I think that I really believe that you don't have to be perfect in order to, you know, be an actress or be whatever you want to be," she said. "Also, I really feel like if you put your mind to something you can achieve it, you know?"
But Bynes had been able to stay out the glaring eye of the paparazzi and avoid the pitfalls that have befallen her contemporaries like Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears.
"I feel all those other girls are so talented and I'm just lucky to be doing what I'm doing and I'm definitely not perfect but -- I don't know, I guess I have strict parents who I, you know, don't want to disappoint and I look up to them, and other than that I'm really not perfect," she said. "I'm not that cool."
"Sydney White," opens nationwide Friday, Sept. 21.


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Because Acquires Majority of Former London Records CatalogueBecause Group acquires Warner Music 90, encompassing a majority of former London Records catalogue
The Because Group has acquired Warner Music 90, which encompasses the majority of the catalogue formerly known as London Records, from Warner Music Group.
Warner Music 90, which will be renamed London Music Stream, is home to the majority of former London Records artists, including Bananarama, Happy Mondays, Fine Young Cannibals, Orbital, Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat, East 17, Goldie, Shakespears Sister and over 50 other important catalogues.
This acquisition, part of the Parlophone divestment process agreed between Warner Music Group and Merlin/IMPALA, sees the majority of the iconic London Records' catalogue return to the independent sector. London Music Stream will operate separately from the Because Music UK office and have its own identity as an independent source of repertoire.
Earlier in the year, Because also acquired the catalogues of ten prestigious French artists including Mano Negra, Rita Mitsouko, Camille and Les Negresses Vertes, also as part of the Warner divestment process.
In addition to these acquisitions, Because Music UK has been nominated in the Independent Label of the Year category in the 2017 AIM Awards. This follows the label's win in the same category at the Music Business Worldwide A&R Awards last year.
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2 links of fake sausage, one spicy, one sweet/savory
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 yellow onion, sliced
1/4 red onion, sliced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 large red bell pepper, sliced
1/2 green bell pepper, sliced
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 cup white wine
Place the sausage in a large skillet over medium heat, and brown on all sides. Remove from skillet, and slice.
Melt butter in the skillet. Stir in the yellow onion, red onion, and garlic, and cook 2 to 3 minutes. Mix in red bell pepper and green bell pepper. Season with basil, and oregano. Stir in white wine. Continue to cook and stir until peppers and onions are tender.
Return sausage slices to skillet with the vegetables. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 15 minutes, or until sausage is heated through.
Add a little more white wine while simmering if needed.
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Ladies love a good mani and/or pedi, don't they? I'm certainly no exception. I have very thin nails that tend to break. In spite of taking vitamins and putting all kinds of products on my nails to strengthen them, they just won't grow and break easily. Let's face it, they are just ugly!
I had tried many times through the years to polish my own nails, but A.) They looked like a 2-year-old painted them; and B.) They usually started to chip in two days. So, I finally thought I must resign myself to the fact that if I wanted cute nails that would last at least a week or more, I had to go to a salon and spend the time and money it would take to get them done.
After years of this, I started thinking there must be a better way. It might not be the way that works for everyone, but it works for me. I personally don't enjoy going to a nail salon; I go for the end result – not to be pampered. I'd rather spend my money buying a new blouse or purse, than spend it at a nail salon.
As I usually do, anytime I want to learn something new, I sat down at my handy computer and started researching. I found literally thousands of videos on YouTube about different ways to do your nails. I was so hopeful and excited, I couldn't wait to get started.
While at the salon, I would normally get the white French tip acrylic nails for my hands and then just have them do a regular polish on my toes. Sometimes I would get one toenail with a hand painted design.
After researching, I found a product, Artisan Flexwrap Acrylic Dipping Powder Pro, that I used to do the acrylic French tip manicure. I did try this and was amazed with the results, however, it is a product that is still harsh on your nails when trying to remove them. I only like them because they will last 2-3 weeks for me (since my nails grow slowly). So, while I will still occasionally do this, I wanted easier and less harsh alternatives for most days. Later, when I do the French tip nails again, I'll share an article about how to do them and post pictures.
The next alternative to something that is more durable than a regular nail polish is the gel nail polish. After much trial and error, here's what I found necessary for gel manicures:
- You have to have either an LED or UV light.
- LED lights are generally more expensive but dry the polish much faster.
- Not all brands will work with LED lights, but most brands work with UV light. There are exceptions to this rule, so find out which light is required by your chosen brand of polish before purchasing the polish and/or light.
- Not all gel polishes are created equal. Do your research and read reviews on the polishes that are the best. So far, I like OPI, Sally Hansen, CND and Candy Lovers.
- For best results, you have to put your nails into the UV or LED light between each layer of polish.
- For each manicure you will need one or two gel polishes, a top coat polish and a base coat polish.
- In addition to the polishes and LED or UV light, you will need to invest in good tools and supplies: cuticle oil, cuticle trimmer, files, buffers, acetone, tweezers, brushes (optional, for art), dotting pens (optional, for art), alcohol wipes, nail clippers, cuticle pusher, orange sticks, lint-free wipes for nails, pointed cotton swabs, and decorative jewels, decals, and nail glue (also optional).
First prepare your work area:
- Find an area to use that is a safe zone if you accidentally spill polish or acetone. I like to use a folding table that I bring out just for doing my nails.
- Place a cover over the table that protects it (if necessary), such as an old blanket or cheap table cloth.
- Place your LED or UV light in a place on the table or nearby to allow easy access.
- Poor a small amount of acetone into a container for easy dipping when necessary.
- Lay out your nail prep, base coat, 1 or 2 gel nail polishes, top coat, and cuticle oil on the table.
- Lay out all tools and accessories.
Next, prepare your nails:
- Clip nails to desired length.
- Using rubber cuticle pusher or orange stick, push cuticles down.
- Using orange stick, scrape white rough areas left on nail after pushing the cuticles down.
- File and buff nails until they are smooth. Use coarser files to help even out the tips of the nails. Use buffers to smooth tips and buff out ridges on nails.
- Wash hands and nails thoroughly with soap and water. Dry nails completely.
- Apply nail prep solution and wipe off. This step is necessary to make sure base coat adheres to nail.
- Working with one hand at a time, apply base coat being careful not to touch cuticles. All polish should only be on the nail bed.
- Using pointed cotton swabs dipped in acetone, clean around edges or cuticles where base coat went past the nail bed. This is very important with gel base coat, because once it's cured by the light, you will not be able to get it off and it will feel like glue.
- Place hand into the light and let it dry the recommended time by the light manufacturer or polish. I usually go for 3 minutes. A good base coat will still be sticky when finished.
- Apply first coat of gel color and repeat step 8, making sure all excess polish is cleaned up before curing.
- Cure first coat of gel color in the LED or UV light.
- Apply second coat of gel color. Again, repeat step 8, making sure all excess polish is cleaned up before curing.
- Before curing in the light, decide if you will apply any jewels.
- With the second coat of gel color still wet, using tweezers, apply any desired jewels to nails. If necessary, you can place a tiny dot of nail glue on the nail first.
- Place hand into light and cure the second coat of color and any decorative jewels that have been applied to the nail.
- If you want to put any decals onto the nail, now would be the time to do it (nails should feel dry).
- Once all designs (if any) are placed onto the nails, it's time for the top coat.
- Apply the top coat. Again, repeat step 8, making sure all excess polish is cleaned up before curing.
- Cure top coat in the LED or UV light. I go extra time for this step (5 minutes in UV light).
- Rub nails with lint-free alcohol wipes. Nails will feel sticky before doing this step and will feel smooth and dry after this step.
- Put cuticle oil on the cuticles and rub it in. Wipe off excess cuticle oil.
- Voila, you're all done…well almost, because that's just one hand. LOL. You can certainly do both hands with each step, but I found it easier to do one hand at a time, because then you have a completely dry hand to work with when painting the other hand. Also, if you paint any decoration, you have your other hand for comparison.
Nail Removal:
To remove nails soak them in acetone for about 15 or 20 minutes and then lift them off with the orange stick. Do not scrape, because this can damage your nail. Continue soaking until the gel polish comes off easily. Finish clean up by wiping nails with acetone soaked wipe. I like the Onyx Proffessional Soak Off for removal. Onyx Professional Soak Off Shellac & Gel Nail Polish Remover Coconut Scented 4 oz – Removes Gel Nails, Nail Polish, Artificial Nails, Nail Glue, Glitter Polish & More.
For the nails I'm showing here, I did all of the steps shown above, but after the 2nd coat of color was cured, I then used a different color of gel polish and applied the dots by using a dotting pen. I then had to, of course, cure this layer in the light, as well. WARNING: Make sure your first color is completely dry before applying a second color, because the two colors will run together, if you don't. Then I applied the top coat to the newly decorated nail. All the polish was by the brand, Candy Lovers.
Candy Lover Brand 6 pcs Nail Gel Polish 10ml Soak Off UV Gel Nails #25
One more bit of information I wanted to tell you is that it is going to take some time to get used to doing this. Allow plenty of time to do this. I like to sit on a Sunday afternoon and watch movies as I do this. It is sort of forced "me" time that I, would not normally allow myself to enjoy. I also love that I am saving money in the long run, even though it will cost you initially to buy all your necessary polish, supplies and tools.
I hope this helps to give you the courage to start doing your own manicures. Please also check out YouTube.com to find all sorts of pretty patterns and unique techniques. There are tons of decals, jewels and other accessories available on Amazon.com.
If you have any questions please leave a comment. I also welcome all tips, because I am still a newbie at this.Google+