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(Thomaston) Trekkers, a youth-mentoring organization in Midcoast Maine, recently hosted their ninth annual "From the 'Hood to the Woods" expedition at Blueberry Cove Camp in Tenants Harbor. The expedition provided an opportunity for students from Trekkers and their sister organization, Urban Trekkers from Camden, NJ, to build meaningful relationships across cultural boundaries, and to challenge themselves in Maine's beautiful outdoors.
This year's expedition had 40 people, including 30 students, that kayaked Maine's coastline in Port Clyde, jumped from the highest points in local swimming quarries, hiked on Monhegan Island, walked the Rockland Breakwater, went bowling at Oakland Park Bowling Lanes, played basketball, experienced lobstering with a local fisherman in Tenants Harbor and enjoyed a community lobster bake at Blueberry Cove. Throughout the expedition, students and mentors incorporated meaningful discussion about the issues of fear, labeling and race, and engaged in the team building activities that are a trademark of Trekkers programming.
"From the 'Hood to the Woods" was created in 2006 by Don Carpenter, executive director of Trekkers, and Jim Cummings, director of Urban Trekkers, as a way to encourage cross-cultural understanding and dialogue between rural and urban youth. Both men were interested in creating a safe setting where students from all walks of life could engage in meaningful conversations about stereotypes, prejudice and racism. The program they created allows dialogue to unfold naturally, while providing challenging experiences for both groups to connect and build relationships with each other. The students from Maine Trekkers will have the opportunity to visit Urban Trekkers on two different expeditions in the coming year, when they will take part in similar cultural exchanges in an urban environment.
Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center partnered with Trekkers during this program to provide the use of Blueberry Cove Camp. The camp currently offers programs throughout the summer and is also available for group rentals. Tanglewood is part of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Visit their Web site for more information: http://umaine.edu/tanglewood/
Currently celebrating its 20th anniversary of working with local youth, Trekkers connects young people with caring adults through expeditionary learning, community service and adventure-based education. This year, the organization served more than 200 youth and involved more than 100 adult mentors from the communities of Cushing, Owls Head, Rockland, South Thomaston, St. George and Thomaston. For more information about the "From the 'Hood to the Woods" program or Trekkers, visit www.trekkers.org or call (207) 594-5095.


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- First of all download an add-in for Excel. Yes, it says "Excel 2007", but it will work for all versions of Excel including 2013.
- After installing this add-in, In excel, you will find a new button:
|Publish Sync button will appear only after installing Add-in for Excel 2007
- In order to enable two-way sync, select a table, on the INSERT tab select TABLE and press OK:
- The, in DESIGN tab, press Publish and allow Sync.
- In a dialog box, enter a url of the SharePoin(2003/2007/2010/2013) web site, specify a list name that will be created and press Publish.
- The list will be created:
|This list was created right from Excel
|Select your Excel table and Synchronize with SharePoint in order to see the changes made in SharePoint or to send changes made from Excel to SharePoint list
Watch a video demo from SharePoint Conference 2014 starting from 32:00 to 39:00. (credits to Dux Raymond Sy)
|Beyond Deployment: How IT Can Inspire, Motivate And Drive Sustainable Adoption?
See also:
- An article by Dux Raymond

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Urdu Recipe For Tikki burger
Burger is a fast food and it is favorite for youngsters. Although it is a western food yet in east it is also very famous and with new names and different tastes in eastern countries. This is very Delicious one and it can be prepared very easily. Small chains are going at peak in these servings. It takes very minimum time to eat it. It is also eaten sometimes to save the time. The concept started with the same in the foreign countries. The procedure to prepare and ingredients are given below:
Potato 250 grams meshed, two boiled eggs, coriander two and salt one spoon, black pepper and spices half spoons, potato one in round shape, mint coriander, cucumber 1, slices as per need, salad 1 leaf.
Put all the ingredients in a cup and mix them well. Make a paste of all the things. Then mix rest of the items. Now start frying it carefully. Then make a role of the paste and fry it in the pan. Now cover it with tomatoes and cucumbers. Burger is ready to be served to the guests. Hopefully you will like these guidelines as these make the procedure so simple. All the details are given below in Urdu and you can read it.


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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland's congressional representatives have demanded that the postmaster general restore regular mail delivery to parts of the state after residents complained of service disruptions.
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, a Democrat, said Friday that constituents from Pasadena, Windsor Mill and Perry Hall had said they have not received mail for more than a week.
Several congressmen sent a letter to Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahue saying the service disruptions require and immediate solution.
Postal Service spokeswoman Freda Sauter tells The Capital of Annapolis that delays in Pasadena were caused by last week's snowstorms. She says the safety of employees is a top priority.
Sauter suggested that customers contact the local postmaster or call Consumer Affairs at 800-275-8777.
(© Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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One of the most painful things that can happen to a parent is when an adult child treats you with distain or contempt or refuses to have any contact with you at all.
When Parents Hurt is a wonderful book full of how to strategies to help you when you and your grown child don't get along.
The author, Joshua Coleman, is a California-based psychologist who works with parents, families and couples. He, like many others, faced issues parenting adult children when, for several years his young adult daughter had little contact. He calls those years the most painful and confusing years of his life.
Coleman takes a non-blaming stance and yet provides insight about why difficult relationships develop. He provides strategies for parents to accept the relationship and find peace even if it cannot be healed, as well as strategies to regain a positive relationship with the child, if that is possible.
Ten Principles to Help Parents Heal from Hurtful Relationships with their Adult Children
The book outlines 10 principles to help parents heal from the guilt, sadness, regret, anger and disappointment they may feel about their adult children and their relationship with them. They include:
- taking responsibility for your actions that contributed to the problems in the relationship;
- making amends to your child for those actions;
- moving toward forgiving your child;
- moving toward forgiving yourself;
- developing compassion for your child;
- developing compassion for yourself;
- focusing on hope, gratitude and optimism rather than anger, shame guilt and regret;
- developing your identity and life story based on your strengths and achievements as a parent and individual instead of a story about your suffering or failures;
- getting support from friends, family or faith; and
- giving back to society.
Throughout the book Coleman shows you how to apply these principles in your relationship with your adult child. He draws extensively on others' theories and applies them to relationships with adult children. He reminds readers that research shows that only about one-third of mothers find motherhood "very fulfilling."
Why Children Behave Badly Towards their Parents
His insights into why adult children behave badly towards their parents are particularly interesting:
- children sometimes behave towards their parents as others behave towards them, to see what they can learn from the situation. They blame their parents for their problems to see how we accept blame and use our responses as a model;
- children may be raising issues as a way to be closer to their parents even if they are being expressed in a way that is hurtful;
- children may be trying to separate from their parents. They may need to extend the rebelliousness and devaluing behaviour into their mid to late twenties because they are still working on separating from their parents—it's love, not hate that causes them to mistreat their parents;
- Some of the shaming that children do to parents is an attempt to relieve themselves of their own shame by devaluing the parent; and
- Children may shame or reject a depressed, anxious or unfulfilled parent as a way to decrease their feelings of empathy for them. Sometimes children find the only way they can achieve a healthy distance from their parents is through rejections or by moving away.
Some of the other topics Coleman deals with in the book include:
- the environment in which we parent and why it is so difficult today;
- how to handle a child who has a personality mismatch with the parent, for instance, an authoritarian parent with a sensitive child;
- the effect a troubled marriage or divorce can have on relationships with teens and adult children; and
- children who fail to launch.
The Book and the Website
This book was published in 2007 but it is still very relevant. It is an excellent resource for parents who are suffering from poor or no relationships with their adult children and for those who simply want to learn techniques to help them better parent their adult children.
Coleman has a current website dedicated to this topic. He offers webinars for a reasonable amount and a forum for parents to discuss their poor relationships problems. He does not respond to posted comments and in some cases they appear as rants. However they may be helpful for some parents to read and thus understand there are others who face similar problems.
Have you read this book? What did you think? Please don't hesitate to leave a comment in the Reply Box below.


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New Mineral Waste Processing Methods
Doppstadt, the environmental specialist, expands its market activities. Once again, it is a global challenge that gave the enterprise reason to extend the product range.
In the seventies, it was waste disposal and management which required new solutions when Germany turned into a throwaway society. At that time, Doppstadt started developing machine solutions for the shredding, screening and washing of various materials such garbage, industrial waste, biowaste, waste wood and excavated earth – thus helping to solve the global waste problem.
Now society faces a new challenge: the worldwide demand for raw materials increases, but resources are finite. This conflict can only be solved by means of sustainable processing and recycling technologies. For the Doppstadt enterprise, this is a motive to launch machines and technologies on the market for the processing and excavation of mineral mine waste dump because these materials must also be shredded, separated and washed. For many years, Doppstadt has set the tone when it comes to recycling methods. In recent years, they have also developed procedures for the separation of mixtures of materials in the construction materials industry. Furthermore, the enterprise wants to achieve substantial improvements for the economic efficiency of the present screening procedures in stone quarries.
Methods to separate mixtures that could not be sorted into re-usable fractions so far are of great importance in order to reduce or avoid landfilling. After all, more than 50 per cent of the German waste comes from demolition and removal. Even in natural stone quarries, the environmental specialist's solutions help to extend the lifetime of the quarries because the raw material fraction can be utilized much more efficiently. The enterprise regards the solutions to problems that could not be solved so far as its core competencies – such as the reduction of MSW landfills. The aim is to completely supersede landfills one day.
At the beginning of April, Doppstadt will inform the visitors about processing methods at the worlds leading construction machinery trade fair, the bauma in Munich, Hall B5, booth 538/539.


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Nonsequitur: Marco Rubio on the Debt Deal
October 30, 2015
Congress has once again wasted an opportunity to address the runaway spending and growing government that add to the pervasive uncertainty many American families and job creators feel about the future. Instead, outdated leaders in both parties have heaped another massive sum of burdensome debt on the shoulders of our people and our free-enterprise economy. – Senator Marco Rubio
Senator Marco Rubio has a brutally honest assessment of the budget deal passed last night by the Senate (at 3 a.m.). You can read it here.
Nonsequitur: Paul Ryan Elected Speaker of the House
October 29, 2015
"Only a truly functioning House can represent the people," Paul Ryan, Speaker, House of Representatives, October 2015
Nonsequitur: Does the IRS Spy on Americans without a Warrant?
October 27, 2015
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the U.S. Marshals Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Secret Service all use a technology "sweeper" (called "Stingray")to collect cellular metadata and cellular content. All of these agencies are required to obtain a court warrant to use the technology under current Federal executive rules.
The CIA and the NSA are also known use this spy tool, but are not required to seek warrants for use. This probably makes sense, given the nature of these agencies and their primary, overseas targets of investigation.
However, it has been revealed through a FOIA request that the Internal Revenue Service also has the "sweeper" tool. The IRS, who primarily investigates internal targets, i.e. US citizens and corporations, is not required to obtain warrants. In fact, it was not publicly known that the IRS was carrying out warrantless searches so there was no public oversight. Did the IRS use this illegal search method against their political targets? It seems likely. Read more here.
Cinema Verite: JFK on an Open Society
October 26, 2015
"The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society"
(Full speech available here)
What Difference Does It Make? Hillary's "Other" Lie
October 22, 2015
We know former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lied about her inappropriate, and possibly illegal, e-mail practices. In the Benghazi Committee hearing today, we learned that, in fact, she knew that the Benghazi violence was a planned terrorist attack and not a spontaneous reaction to a YouTube video. Details here.


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Ezra Klein offers up some neat video of a self-reassembling robotic chair:
On the continuum between today's friendly iPod and tomorrow's murderous T-1000 that you blow apart with a well placed grenade only to watch it calmly reassemble itself before your horrified eyes, this self-constructing robot chair is pushing uncomfortably close to the T-1000.
I've been reading Peter Singer's Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century and I'm becoming somewhat less concerned about the looming robot slave revolt and somewhat more concerned about serious misapplication of social resources. Singer makes clear something I hadn't previously understood, namely that military applications of robots isn't like military applications of the internal combustion engine — a useful technology being used by the military simply because it's so useful. Rather, in the United States the military actually represents the leading source of funding for basic robotics research (via DARPA) and the leading client for cutting-edge robots.
I think this is pretty problematic in pure economic terms. DARPA — the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — is by all accounts an effective government agency and lots of technologies originally developed with DARPA funds have useful civilian applications. But at the end of the day, having research funded by DARPA rather than through some other mechanism tends, at the margin, to channel work to military applications rather than to civilian ones. Now on some level, that can fine. All the productivity-enhancing or quality-of-life-improving technology in the world wouldn't be worth much if we were groaning under the Stalinist yoke. But realistically, a shortfall in high-tech military gear is far from the most pressing issue facing the United States of America. There are a number of respects in which the USA is lagging behind some group of nations or another, but military technology really really isn't one of them. And over time our disproportionate focus on military-related research and military-related technology is going to undermine the very economic base on which our military strength — as well as our living standards more broadly — depends.


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Motorola Olympus integrates with NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset
Motorola Olympus is the latest unnounced gadget of the Motorola that will first headed to AT&T( according to our prediction). Although, Motorola hasn't reveled any information about this gadget but thanks to some sources that leaked some detail of this phone or tablet. It is not confirmed whether Olympus is a high-end mobile phone or a high-tech tablet but the specifications of it are really interesting and impressing.
Motorola Olympus will come with NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset that means you will get the high quality picture and sound on screen. The Olympus MB860 may be Motorola's tablets or a Terminator phone. Whatever the device will turn to be; now it has passed Certifications of Bluetooth SIG, the Wi0-fi Alliance and the UPnP forum.
According to some Source, AT&T is in talked with Motorola to become the first carrier of this upcoming dual-core Tegra 2 Gingerbread Device that is expected to launch in the early 2011. The device name Motorola Olympus is confirmed by the company itself. It is also expected that this device will be headed by multiple carriers and it might be possible that AT&T will be the first among all.
We will update you soon more about this Tegra 2 device so stay tuned.


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About Elegant St. Croix Caribbean Weddings Magazine
Elegant St. Croix Caribbean Weddings is the premier wedding magazine for couples deciding on a destination Caribbean Wedding. St. Croix US Virgin Islands host many weddings in the Caribbean. It is a beautiful lush green island and a little hidden secret to the world nestled in a chain of Caribbean islands. It is a great place to hold a wedding for locals and destination engaged couples with many businesses in the wedding industry willing to serve. It features many elegant weddings that take place in St. Croix in addition to its history and cultural.
The magazine is a resource guide for all couples locally and internationally on how to conduct a stress free beautiful wedding. It is also a resource for wedding planners and all others related to the wedding industry. We hope that the information will help save you time and heartbreak as you think about how to develop your wedding. The magazine covers all aspects of weddings.
Elegant St. Croix Caribbean Weddings Magazine is available in print and on line. We have had over 55,000 impressions online. Homeland Collections Portrait Gallery would like to thank all our clients whom we have photographed over the years and have shared their wedding day experiences with us in Elegant St. Croix Caribbean Weddings Magazines. We would also like to thank the US Virgin Islands Department of Tourism for their support.
Interested in advertising in our next issue – please do contact us.
About the Staff
Denise Bennerson PhD
Founder, Publisher
Denise Bennerson PhD, owner of Homeland Collections Portrait Gallery, is an award winning Virgin Islands wedding photographer and portrait photographer. She specializes in wedding photography. Her photography is for the sophisticated and discriminating client who appreciates her style of photography. Her wedding photographs tell the story of the couple's elegant wedding day. She has photographed many local and destination weddings in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Denise is the heart and soul behind Elegant St. Croix Caribbean Weddings.
Randy S. Germain
Associate Publisher
Randy S. Germain is an assistant photographer with Homeland Collections Portrait Gallery. He writes articles for Elegant St. Croix Caribbean Weddings. He is also a wonderful editor in chief.
Amber Chancey
Amber has worked in marketing and design for over ten years. She has also helped plan and coordinate several weddings. Her involvement in many weddings and background in journalism and design help her bring support and knowledge to the magazine team. She is a great asset to the magazine.
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Build your future in a way that is tailored to you, through:
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• Self-employment advice, including social enterprises
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Who are we and how do we help you?
There can be no doubt that these are challenging times for some young adults in the Black Country. The Black Country Impact is determined to tackle the barriers that may be
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Taking those first steps:
Impact is in a unique position to have a wide range of influence with local employers across the Black Country. Impact can help you overcome the barriers to employment. We provide:
• a programme to support employability and skills
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• advice and guidance, along with customised support tailored to you. We may even be able to help with travel, childcare and equipment
• brokering between you and the opportunity you decide upon, making it simple for you to start
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"As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more." Psalm 71:14
A bright, mixed media inspired printed on white canvas.
The thick edges of the canvas make it perfect for standing on any display, dresser, or table. Each canvas comes with a ready to hang sawtooth hanger.
A Stephanie Ackerman original design.
Product made in a Tier one and Tier Two China factory. (See details under Mission Partners for our China Solutions Manufacturing story.)


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Women's Rugby World Cup 2017 Qualifying
Women's Rugby World Cup 2017 in Ireland will again feature 12 teams.
The top seven teams from the 2014 tournament in France qualified automatically for Ireland 2017.
- England
- Canada
- France
- Ireland
- New Zealand
- Australia
They have since been joined by Italy and Wales, who were the top two ranked sides outside of England, France and Ireland across the 2015 and 2016 Women's Six Nations.
Rugby Europe Women's Championship winners Spain became the final European qualifiers when they beat Scotland, the side who finished bottom of the Women's Six Nations across those two years, 25-15 on aggregate over two legs in November 2016.
The final two qualifiers were determined at a tournament featuring hosts Hong Kong, Japan and Fiji from 9-17 December. Fiji confirmed their place in this tournament with a 37-10 victory over Papua New Guinea in the Oceania Rugby Women's Championship on 5 November.
Hong Kong and Japan both beat Fiji to guarantee a top-two finish and their places at WRWC 2017. Japan then beat Hong Kong to qualify as Asia/Oceania 1, with their hosts taking the Asia/Oceania 2 spot.


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The first Latin edition of Galileo's Dialogo (Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems), prepared by the famous Dutch printer Elsevier but printed in Strasbourg. Not mentioned on the title page is the translater, Matthias Bernegger, who appended to the text an extract from Kepler's Astronomia Nova (published 1609) and a letter by Paolo Antonio Foscarini. The additions presented arguments to demonstrate that the Copernican system did not conflict with the Bible. The Decree of Condemnation under which Galileo stood in Italy had not been published in France, so his work could be printed there. This Latin edition was later brought out in Leiden and London.
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A life changing event is about to happen to you. It will be the the best time of your life for we have the best Inca Trail Tours for you
Be you young or old, in good shape or not so good, the Inca Trail is for everyone. The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu covers a distance of 26 Miles or 43 Kilometers. What makes these different options unique is the service and time you take onto hiking this amazing trail. No matter which tour you take. We guarantee an unforgettable adventure. Evolve, go the Evolution Treks Peru way!
Make this trek your own personal journey and unveil the beauty and mistery of the Inca Trail.
Join other travelers like you on this unforgettable adventure in the world's most famous hike.
The short inca trail is the best way to get to Machupicchu if you are short of time (or energy!) for that matter. Explore the breathtaking Inca site of 'Wiñay Wayna' following the short Inca trail and arrive at MACHU PICCHU via the Sun gate or "Inti Punku" in only 2 days!
The 5 day private Inca trail hike is the only way you can see some of the off the beaten track places o the Inca trail We have crafted for you, the best itinerary for the Inca Trail hike. This experience keeps our clients away from the other 500 people hiking the trail while ensuring we get to visit every little corner and a secret spot of this beautiful Inca Trail hike. This is the right way to hike the Inca Trail hike.


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Mansen Family
from Newcastle, Northumberland
The honourable family of Mansen from Newcastle, Northumberland (England), which descends from William Manson, ships planter born in Newcastle, father of John Morrison Henderson Whitlow Manson, park keeper born in Newcastle on March 17th, 1883, is bearing armorial arms as following:
Vairy azure and argent, a Swan's head erased gules.
On a wreath of the colours, a Lion's head erased, charged with a Swan's head as in the arms.
These armorial arms are lawfully borne, and will be borne by Patrick William John Mansen, armorist in Chatham, Kent (England), great grandson of the above mentioned family ancestor William Manson, as well as by his wife and children and by all his further heirs which will bear the family name Mansen.


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Chocolate-box Durham boutique hotel
Five minutes from Durham's ancient castle walls, The Town House wins hands down in the romantic hotel stakes. Rooms come complete with extravagant decor and outdoor hot tubs.
Darkly dramatic rooms designed for romancing. • Outdoor hot tubs in the garden rooms. • A destination restaurant that wins plenty of plaudits.
Hit the spot
Within striking distance of Durham's castle, cathedral and city stores.
The Town House has a destination restaurant and cocktail bar, in addition to a summer terrace overlooking the garden.
Good to know
The two Loft rooms are best avoided if you don't like stairs and have heavy bags (it's a listed building with no lifts). Street parking is somewhat limited.
Essential info
Check in15:00
Minimum StayNo
ClosedOpen all year
ParkingThere is on-street metered parking (free after 6pm).
AirportNewcastle – 25 miles
TrainDurham station – 15 minutes walk.
ChildrenWelcome. Cots are available.
LocationOld Elvet, Durham, County Durham, DH1 3HN, United Kingdom
11 rooms and suites
Special features
Each bedroom is differently themed, so expect the unexpected. Moodily styled in deep colours with chandeliers, velvet drapes, ornate mirrors and freestanding clawfoot baths, bedrooms have more than a touch of gothic fantasy. Three garden rooms have their own outdoor hot tubs. Bathrooms are stocked with Molton Brown toiletries, and tea/coffee trays come with complimentary chocs.
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If it has to be a hot tub, you'll want one of the three garden rooms. Otherwise we loved the glamorous style of some of the xxxxxx rooms, with their clawfoot baths and extravagant decor.
Eat & Drink
Dining In
Plush purples, dark wood and candlelight lend an intimate vibe to Gadd's Restaurant at this stylish boutique hotel.
You can share a slate deli board to start – laden with crispy black pudding bonbons, battered chipolatas, game spring rolls, charcuterie and a selection of dips – or try the king prawns tossed in garlic, chilli and basi butter. Other menu favourites include seared pork rib eye and home made fish cakes. Steaks are a speciality.
Served until 10am. Start the day with a mixed Durham grill, scrambled eggs and smokes salmon or maybe Eggs Benedict, plus a good selection of cereals, juices and fresh fruit.
See & Do
You're within reach of all the big city's attractions here – Durham Cathedral and the castle World Heritage Site. You can also go deer-spotting at nearby Raby Castle and check out the outstanding art collections at the Bowes Museum and Auckland Castle. Take a nostalgia trip to Beamish Outdoor Museum, where the past is brought briliantly to life, or stride out on the walking trails of the Durham Dales and North Pennines. If steeplechasing checks the boxes for you, head for a day at Sedgefield Racecourse.


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Moms take care of everyone else. But we need to remember to take care of ourselves. Mother's Day is coming up and this is always a great way to remind moms to take care of themselves.
I'm in my mid 40s and taking of my skin is so important right now. Over time fine lines and age spots have been gradually showing up. But once I hit 45, wow my skin is aging so much faster.
I was recently introduced to Trophy Skin and invited to try one of their products and share my results here on my blog. Trophy Skin makes at home microdermabrasion and antiaging light therapy products.
At home products? yes, I'm all for that. It's hard for me to find time to make facial appointments and there's also the ongoing cost issue. An at-home product means just the initial investment and I can easily fit it into my schedule.
I ordered the Trophy Skin MicrodermMD for home microdermabrasion treatments. It arrived in a gorgeous package and I love the compact size. It sits right on my bathroom counter so I remember to use it a few time a week.
home microdermabrasion
The wand provides diamond exfoliation and gentle suction to remove dead skin and revitalize the skin. I use the Auto function which guides me through the steps with preset suction level and cycle times. Super easy. Just move the wand across your skin following the directions on the LED screen. The kit includes replacement washers and filters.
Being real here and sharing photos with no makeup and no touching up.
I've been using the Trophy Skin MicrodermMD 2-3 times each week. After 2 weeks my skin feels so much softer…excited to results as I keep using it! Like so soft, I keep touching it because of how amazing it feels.
Mid-40s skin problem areas
There are 4 main problem areas I've seen becoming worse as I age
- fine lines around my eyes
- Wrinkles on my chest area and neck
- Large pores on my nose
- Age spots and uneven pigmentation on the sides of my face
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Chamber of Commerce II
Life Span: 1872-1890
Location: SE corner of N. LaSalle and W. Washington streets
Architect: Cochrane and Miller
Chicago Tribune, October 9, 1872
Description of the new Chamber of Commerce—All About the Pictorial Ornamentation—Suggestive Allegorical Paintings—The Finest and Most Richly Ornamented Hall of the Kind in the World.
The hall of the new Chamber of Commerce has received its last ornamental touches. With its fine proportions, the flood of light from its many windows, and the rich coloring of its ceiling and walls, it presents a handsome appearance. The frescoing of the ceiling is in elegant pattern. There is a large oval in the centre, two smaller ones at right angles to it, and ten panels of different sizes. The ovals are of sky-blue, and the larger one is relieved by light, fleecy clouds. The panels are all of a delicate green tint, scarcely distinguishable from blue. The general arrangement of colors is ludicrous, beginning with the prevailing tint of blue in the center of the ceiling, which fades first into pale green, and then into sober drab gray upon the walls. The panels, at the ends and sides, are adorned with scroll work, relieved by fancy sketches. The scroll-work upon the panels at the end of the ceiling supports clusters of brightly colored flowers, fruit, and sheaves; those at the sides sustain shields bearing appropriate devices. On one shield is an anchor, on the other a sword and sickle.
Chamber of Commerce II
The Land Owner
The ceiling terminates in a crenellated border of dark lines, from the points of which depend delicate fantastic ornaments of buds., acorns, and leaves. Both the border and the cornice below it are deeply colored, and might seem a little dull and heavy, were not the hall flooded with light in every nook and corner. Midway the border, on each side and at the ends of the hall, are pictures neatly painted. That at the north end represents the American eagle clasping the legendary arrows, and holding in his talons a scroll displaying the legend—E. PLURIBUS UNUM. At the south end, the nation's bird is seen, with outspread wings, upon a rock amid the angry waves of the city and shipping being visible in the distance. Those at the sides are more elaborate. On the east side appears a female gleaner, of life size, carrying a sheaf and sickle; a landscape stretches out behind her; exactly opposite stands a sailor leaning in a capstan; the lake and city, with wharves and shipping forming the background of the picture. The music balcony, at the south end, forms a handsome ornament, while at the same time, it relieves the general bareness of the wall. The chief pictorial ornaments of the room are at the site of the window behind the chair of the President, These are two large allegorical paintings, not, of course, in the grandest style of art, but still well done and suggestive. That on the left represents the angel of destruction flying over Chicago with an inverted torch, from which sparks fall in showers upon the devoted roofs of the city. The face and figure are not entirely waiting in grace and spirit. A portion of Washington street and a part of the old Chamber of Commerce appear in the foreground. The picture on the right represents the angel of peace returning to bless the city in its desolation. Before her troop two cherubs, one bearing an editorial waste basket filled with the fruits of the season, and the other red flannel of the sanguineous hue known as Solferino. The picture last mentioned excels the other in warmth of tone, drawing, and general artistic execution. A view of the old chamber, and a portion of Washington street before the fire adorns a panel in the southwest corner of the hall, the panel being made in imitation of a window, through which the view is supposed to be seen. In a corresponding place in the opposite is a companion picture of the ruins immediately after the conflagration. A rich wainscoting surrounds the hall, rising to the height of six feet. From the wainscot to the ceiling the entire ornamentation, including the cornice and border, is in imitation of mosaic. The panels between the windows are a shade of drab, relieved by unobtrusive strips of color. Between the arches of the windows, and in various spaces and corners, about the walls and ceiling, there is fine mosaic, elegant in its minute detail. Beside the main border where the walls meet the ceiling , there are two others, encircling the hall, similar in color, but narrower; one crowning the wainscots and the other at the base of the arches surmounting the windows. The hall is probably the finest in the country devoted to similar uses, and scarcely second to any built for the more comprehensive purposes of art.
Chamber of Commerce II
Being built after the Great Fire
Chicago Board of Trade Building Dedication
October 9, 1872
Interior of the Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
The second Chamber of Commerce was "once a beautiful temple in which the Board of Trade held its sessions" and "had in its porch four magnificent columns, the pride of the Chicago renaissance, so to speak, of 1872. These columns are all that remain [1898]. The building was deserted by the Board of Trade, which moved to W. Jackson street. The walls were raised on screws; a steel and concrete foundation was made; the steel cage was carried down within the walls, and thus there rose another of those remarkable towers that are now attracting universal attention. The quadrilateral interior of this building present, next to the rotunda of the Masonic Temple, the most striking view to be found in any of the great Chicago edifices. Balconies surround the court on each story and brass and mosaic ornamentations are used with fine effect. The cantilever principle has been used to obviate the need of posts under the balconies. The Chamber of Commerce building is a tall box, all its grandeur being found within.
Chamber of Commerce
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ISC₃ Innovation Challenge in Sustainable Building and Living
25 July 2019 - 22 June 2020
25 July 2019 - 22 June 2020
The International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Centre (ISC₃) launches the Innovation Challenge to engage, honour and promote Sustainable Chemistry Changemakers from all around the world. The Challenge will provide its winners with global visibility as well as monetary and in-kind start-up support.
The first ISC₃ Innovation Challenge focuses on Sustainable Building and Living and addresses innovators developing solutions in the following thematic areas:
1. Design of construction elements and materials facilitating reuse and recycling. Chemistry-based solutions for modular construction elements or construction materials facilitating dismantling, separation, sorting and recyclability at the end of life.
2. Indoor air quality and/or thermal regulation. Chemistry-based solutions to improve issues relating to indoor air quality and/or thermal regulation;
3. Low cost/tech solutions for affordable housing. Chemistry innovations supporting affordable housing for construction, buildings and living with a focus on challenges in developing and emerging economies;
4. Performance materials and technologies (I). Chemical innovations substantially contributing to longevity and durability of the building/construction and interior, or providing benefits in resource or energy efficiency over the entire lifecycle;
5. Performance materials and technologies (II). Innovative construction chemicals and materials with superior properties regarding performance in the application, use of nontoxic compounds, safe handling and processing, and enabling of end of life treatment;
6. Resilience Engineering. Developing green chemicals and materials with a positive impact on resilience of buildings, especially with respect to emerging climate-related threats.
7. Renewables and Recycling. Design, production and use of renewable materials, re-used construction waste or other recycled materials for new construction products.
8. Substitution of hazardous compounds. Substitution of hazardous compounds and/or substitution of compounds with PBT-properties in construction materials and formulations, in insulation materials or hazardous VOCs in paints, coatings, carpeting and flooring.
The proposals will be assessed against the three main criteria:
Innovation level. Is the innovation unique, distinct and truly original?
Business viability. What is the market potential of the innovation? Is the idea commercially feasible?
Sustainability. What is the sustainability impact of the innovation?
Submitted applications will be reviewed by the ISC₃ team. Authors of the most promising innovations will then be invited to provide more details about their idea in an extended application form. The international jury panel will review the extended applications and select five Innovation Challenge finalists.
The finalists will receive:
Tailored support: access to Customised Support within the ISC₃ Global Start-up Service
Cash prize: the winner receives cash prize of 25,000EUR
Visibility: promotion of your innovation via ISC₃ communication channels
Networking: participation in the Global Sustainable Chemistry Week 2020 with >1000 decision-makers from industry, science and politics
Training: pitch training in preparation to your Pitching Session at the Global Sustainable Chemistry Week
The ISC₃ Innovation Challenge is open for all ideators and entrepreneurs employed by organisations including research institutes, start-ups, small-medium sized enterprises or comparable institutions active in the development and realisation of sustainable chemistry innovations.
Please keep in mind that we accept only one application per team.


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Rebecca Romijn Gets Major Hair Makeover — See Her New Bob
Celebs are going crazy with their cuts! Rebecca is the latest star to get a dramatic hair makeover! See her new bob below and tell us what you think!
Rebecca Romijn, 41, showed off her new bob at the second annual Baby2Baby Gala in Culver City, Calif. on Nov. 9. Looking red hot in a Tommy Hilfiger jumpsuit, her hair cut was cool and modern — what do YOU think of her dramatic new look?
Rebecca Romijn's Hair Cut — Her Dramatic New Chop
Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Hudson and Pam Anderson have all gotten pixie cuts in the last month, while Jennifer Aniston debuted a new bob chop on Nov. 9. The stars have fall fever!
Alongside husband Jerry O'Connell, Rebecca looked stunning. To compliment her new hair cut, she wore a bright red lipstick to match her bold jumpsuit. Her eyes were accentuated with a purple shadow and black mascara.
Rebecca Is Done Having Children
"I am done having kids," she told Us Weekly at the event. Rebecca and her husband welcomed twin girls in December 2008 — Dolly and Charlie.
"Two was always the goal, and we got that and here we are," she told the magazine. "[My daughters] are very good friends. They are each other's best play dates. They keep each other such great company and they play so well but they also fight and it turns on a dime. I'm constantly admiring them and then breaking up fights but they are each other's best company."
Tell us what you think of Rebecca's hair cut in the comments below, HollywoodLifers!
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Award-winning NF-F12 design
Having received more than 150 awards and recommendations from the international press, Noctua's NF-F12 has become a proven premium choice for 120mm cooling needs. Its renowned efficiency has convinced tens of thousands of customers all over the world.
2000rpm industrialPPC version
Thanks to its elevated 2000rpm top speed, the NF-F12 industrialPPC-2000 provides a significant performance boost over the 1500rpm retail version. Combined with the industrialPPC series' robust polyamide construction and advanced protection features, this makes the fan ideal for challenging industrial applications.
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While most axial fans use single-phase motors with 4 slots, Noctua's industrialPPC fans feature a three-phase design with 6 slots, which provides smoother transitions between the slots and thus allows for even higher running smoothness, further reduced vibrations and unprecedented energy efficiency.
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While the standard NF-F12 is one of the most energy efficient 1500rpm 120mm fans on the market, the industrialPPC version's three-phase motor provides a further 10% reduction in power consumption when compared at 2000rpm.
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Both the impeller and the frame of Noctua's industrialPPC fans are made entirely from fibre-glass reinforced polyamide. This material can withstand temperatures up to 140°C and makes the fans even more robust and break-proof than Noctua's standard fibre-glass reinforced PBT fans.
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Are you looking for a place to hold your next family reunion, baby shower, church gathering, or committee meeting? The Christian Center has a room available to rent that may be perfect for your event.
Please note that we cannot accommodate weddings or wedding receptions at The Christian Center.
The Dining Room and Kitchen on the upper level seats 70 at tables or 100 when using only chairs.
The room measures 26' x 38.5'. The use of the kitchen is included in the rental rate.
The room is available from 8:00am - 10:00pm Monday though Saturday.
The room is not available on Sunday.
The rental rate is $40.00 per hour.
Any reservation over 6 hours will be billed a flat rate of $240 for the day. (8:00am - 10:00pm)
An additional $200.00 refundable damage deposit and full payment for the use of the room is required when making a reservation for the Dining Room/ Kitchen.
Your reservation must include your set up time and tear down time. The damage deposit will be returned by mail within 5–7 business days after your event if the rooms are left in satisfactory condition. All reservations must be made in person at The Christian Center Business Office, Monday–Friday, 8:00–4:30. Call 685-4218 for more information.


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In India, abortion is illegal if a woman is more than 20 weeks pregnant - which the girl already is - except in cases where the pregnancy is deemed a risk to the mother's life.
Local media is reporting she only found out she was with child last Friday when her mother took her to the doctor.
The pregnancy was then confirmed by her physician and the girl told her mother what had been happening to her, after which her stepfather was arrested.
The 10-year-old told her mother that her stepfather, who is also her paternal uncle, had threatened her about discussing the rapes.
Her mother now pleading for her daughter to not have to go through with the pregnancy with the medical board of PGIMS, Rohtak meeting tomorrow to discuss the case.
This article first published on Marie Claire.


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Category Archives: Wedding
SURPRISE! Cheesecake-Stuffed Strawberries
Our dear friend over at Wannabe a Country Cleaver has gone and got engaged to the love of her life. The blogging community could not sit idly by without acknowledging her upcoming nuptials.
So here we are with a surprise virtual bridal shower!
I'm not even sure what that means, but I know it involves lots of food, booze, and love. 🙂 If you haven't already checked out Megan's culinary journey on her blog, you should go there now…girl is ridiculously creative and takes fantastic food pics.
I decided to get really crafty for this party (I know, I had a total break from reality and decided to craft. Move over, Martha) by making cheesecake-stuffed strawberries.
Shockingly, these little bites were extremely easy to make. These are perfect for a party because even though they only took 20 minutes to whip up, it looks like you spent all day in the kitchen. Plus, you can easily pop one into your mouth on the way to the champagne bar…I'm assuming all virtual bridal showers have champagne bars, no?
Grab a bunch of strawberries (1 carton), wash 'em, and hull 'em out so there is a little valley in each.
Whip together your 8 oz. cream cheese (I used 1/3 less fat cream cheese and no one was the wiser), 4 Tbsp. powdered sugar, and 1 tsp. vanilla. Combine them and place in a pastry decorating bag. If you're like me, you'll usually put the frosting in a gallon ziplock and ask the nice lady at the grocery store bakery department to give you free frosting tips.
Then grab n' stuff.
Then eat.
Or just grab your strawberries, dunk them into the frosting bowl, and have a party by yourself. These bites are so good, you'll want to celebrate!
Megan, I had so much fun with this virtual surprise party. I hope you had fun too! Wishing you the happiest future!
❤ Mads
p.s. Check out all of the other virtual party recipes and get to know these lovely ladies!
Deviled Eggs-3 Ways – Farmgirl Gourmet
Cheesy Edamame Crostini – Running to the Kitchen
Caramelized Onion & Goat Cheese Puffs – Comfortably Domestic
Easy Bacon Cream Cheese Roll-Ups – My Life as a Mrs.
Sausage & Red Pepper Stuffed Mushrooms – Baked by Rachel
Retro Cheese Cookies – Decadent Philistines Save the World
Blueberry Lemonade Spritzers – Simply Scratch
Lemon-Berry Granita with Balsamic & Basil – Bake Your Day
Fresh Melon & Crispy Proscuitto Salad – A Recipe Junkie
Greek Salmon Wraps – Inside NanaBread's Head
Eton Mess Shooters – London Bakes
Mini Cherry Pies – Table for Two
Summer Strawberry Jello Pie – Lauren's Latest
Red Velvet Ice Cream Cupcakes – Cravings of a Lunatic
The Wedding: Part II
We got the pics from the wedding!
After the ceremony, Jonathan and I dined alone while our guests had cocktails and appetizers. One piece of wedding advice that stood out to me was to take a few moments to be alone with your husband. That, combined with the rumors that the couple rarely get to eat on their wedding day, gave us the idea to take 20 minutes to grab a romantic dinner for two amid the festivities.
The dinner was romantic, but I was also so grateful to have a few minutes to catch my breath and process what just happened.
Then we joined the dinner reception.
In Chinese weddings, the bride and groom take time during dinner to toast each table individually. I think they usually drink Cognac, but since we had 21 tables, we sipped champagne. I still went through about 3-4 glasses. *burp*
The rest of the night was a whirlwind of dancing, late night tacos, and grinning from ear to ear.
It was the best day of my life. Hands down. I was so glad we listened to the wedding advice we liked and ignored the stuff we didn't like. It was exactly what we both wanted and I wish we could do it again every single weekend. SO MUCH LOVE!
P.S. All of the labeled photographs are from our photographer, Poly Mendes. I would recommend her to anyone. She was accommodating, fast, professional, sweet, and told me I looked beautiful. You can't beat that.
The Wedding
It is extremely difficult to write about the best day of my life in a way that shows you how incredible it was for me OR without using a thousand exclamation marks. Instead, please just know that it really was the best day of my life, closely followed by the time I went skydiving in New Zealand–crying tears of happiness mid-air (a different story for a different day).
Anyway, I could not stop smiling or dancing or laughing.
We don't have our photographer's prints yet, but I'll post what we have.
We started our day early with the traditional Chinese tea ceremony. It is customary for the bride and groom to serve tea to parents and elder family members on their wedding day. This is an opportunity for the happy couple to express gratitude to their parents for raising them, and to receive marital blessings from family members.
There was a lot of up and down, kneeling and standing. I lost my shoe a few times and almost ripped my dress a bunch of times.
Basically, we serve tea while a lucky lady (our family friend) says a blessing. Parents drink the tea and then give the couple lucky money and sometimes jewelry that the bride wears. It was lovely.
Then Jonathan and I did a private "first look" photo shoot. I hate saying "first look" because everyone gets in a huff about it. Honestly, it was my favorite part of the wedding. Seeing his face for the first time, being able to snuggle up alone, looking at the ceremony room without any people in it…the best.
However, those pictures are still on lock-down with my photographer. 🙂
Then my daddy walked me down the aisle.
Our friend officiated the wedding, which made it really personal and lovely.
My favorite candid moment shot of the wedding:
We got hitched!
Stay tuned for the rest of the wedding celebration! I promise I'll post a picture with the full wedding dress.
P.S. Photos courtesy of a few people…Robert, Rich, Sam, others?
Wedding Week
Hello Bloggy Friends,
It has been a long time. I'm sorry for my absence, but wrapping up a tough grad school semester, wrapping up my job, planning a wedding, and general shenanigans got in the way. You know how that is.
Anyway, the wedding was an absolute blast! It was easily the best day of my life, and I'm still riding the wedding bliss high this week. *le sigh
It will be a week or two before my wedding pictures are ready, so in the meantime, I'll tell you about the week leading up to the big day.
Jonathan and I flew out on a Saturday…
We spent a lot of time with family, napping, stuffing our faces, and drinking on patios. If you live in Minneapolis and haven't been to the new Psycho Suzi's patio, please run there. They have super strong drinks served in shrunken heads. Plus, you can't beat the view of the riverfront.
A few of our friends flew in a day early, so we got to spend some time exploring the city with them. We had burgers at The Bulldog in Northeast Minneapolis. I had to practice major self-control with the tater tots, which obviously worked really well and I totally did not finish off the entire basket. *cough* *cough*
Then we walked across the Stone Arch Bridge, which has fabulous views of the city and the Mississippi River.
I couldn't have asked for a more relaxing and enjoyable pre-wedding week. We toasted to "WEDDING WEEK" with champagne every day and watched On Demand movies every night. 🙂
More wedding stuff to come!
What they don't tell you about planning a wedding
The wedding draws near. I meant for that to sound crypt-keeper-esque, but I don't think that translates through the internet. It's not so much scary, as it is insane. Especially when I think about how quickly 3 and 1/2 months flies by. Couple that with the fact that we haven't even picked out our invitations? It's bananas.
I had bananas for breakfast. Not the same.
There are a billion things they don't tell you about wedding planning before you dive into it headfirst. You always hear things like, "blah blah blah bridezilla", "blah blah blah so much work", "blah blah blah crazy family drama", but nobody ever gives you specifics. And I have a sneaking suspicion that's true for childbirth too, but we won't go there today.
In the spirit of keeping it real, here are some things they don't tell you about wedding planning:
1) Nobody gives a crap about your DIY table numbers. Will they look fabulous and make people go "aww"? Maybe. Will anybody care that you didn't spend $200 and 15 hours of your life hot glue gunning the shit out of your living room? No. They will not be missed.
2) The free catered tasting is the best part of wedding planning. Shoveling your face with 5 different entree options and chugging back 4 different wine options puts you in a happy place. Would you like a mini margarita to start your meal? Yes, yes, I would.
3) Your future husband has opinions. Crazy, right? This is a bummer to women who have been planning dream weddings since they popped out of the womb. However, this is a really cool thing for women who haven't given any thought to their wedding (i.e., me).
4) Bridal magazines will become useless the moment you actually start planning your wedding. You quickly realize that you could endlessly plan magazine weddings, but nothing you find in there is actually realistic. It also becomes quickly apparent that you don't have to listen to the advice of others.
5) It's important to register in the store rather than online. Why? Because they give you free stuff! Sometimes just registering for cutlery gets you a free knife, etc. Also, registering in the store will save you a ton of time. Trust me.
6) Shop around. With everything. Love that understated hair comb at the bridal boutique? Save yourself $300 by buying it on Etsy for $12. This might sound like a no-brainer, but it really can be a lifesaver.
Ultimately, do whatever is fun and easy for you. If you are a crafter and nothing would please you more than to origami your invitations, then do that. If you want to wear a blue dress because you look stunning in blue, then do that. People will be more comfortable and happy at your wedding if you are comfortable and happy at your wedding.
The best part in all of this madness is that I get to marry my sweetiemonkeypants. The rest of it is just a big fun party dedicated to us! How totally cool!
7) Don't lose sight of the big picture. Stop and take the time to be engaged and happy.
What do you wish you would have known before planning your wedding? What did you have at your wedding that was totally "you"?
Engagement Photo Shoot
Hey Team,
The engagement pictures are in!!!!
Before the engagement photo session, I honestly had no idea why people took engagement pictures. I mean, Jonathan and I already have a ton of pictures together. Why all the fuss?
Then we met the photographer, Poly. She was the sweetest thing and made us feel right at ease. Jonathan was looking particularly dapper, and we were instructed to giggle the afternoon away and smooch from time to time. SO. MUCH. FUN.
She had a knack for making the mundane look incredible!
Despite my initial skepticism, I ended up checking our mailbox three times a day in anticipation. haha I'm such a hypocrite.
It's things like this that remind me why we are in the trenches of wedding planning. I love that handsom dude.
I can't wait to work with Poly again on our wedding day! She was wonderful!
Did you (or do you plan on) have engagement pictures? What was your favorite moment captured on camera from your wedding?


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Kevin Kearney was recently awarded a scholarship to the "Leadership Decision Making: Optimizing Organizational Performance" program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Executive Education. The program focuses on designing environments that help reduce bias and inaccuracy in order to make the overall team and organization smarter. Grounded in theories and evidence from psychology, behavioral economics, and neuroscience, the program teaches leaders to answer tough questions, improve the accuracy of estimates, and more effectively structure negotiations.
Below are Kevin's thoughts on the lessons he learned from the Leadership Decision Making program:
Research has shown that our decisions are disrupted by an array of biases and irrationalities, making decisions incredibly difficult, even for highly educated professional decision makers. Effective decision-making is incredibly important for policy makers, and it is critical to develop techniques of self-distancing to counteract the flaws in our own mental machinery.
With the generous support of the California City Management Foundation, I was afforded the opportunity to attend Harvard University Extended Education's Leadership Decision Making program in the John F. Kennedy School of Government. The Leadership Decision Making program offers fresh strategies and practical tools enabling students to make better choices, and I am confident the knowledge I have gained through this Harvard program will have a lasting and profound effect on me.
The professors leading the program are some of the most renowned and respected leaders in the industry, as they are involved in cutting-edge research and have advised some of the most influential people around the world on monumental decisions and negotiations. Inside the classroom, the instructors are exceptional in imparting their knowledge in an engaging roundtable setting and applying it to real-world situations.
The program's emphasis on diversity created a platform for students to learn and grow from each other's diverse backgrounds, ideas, and professional contexts. Students represented sectors ranging from government to nonprofit, and military to corporate, with almost half coming from other countries across the globe. There are very few places where I would be able to discuss the decision-making process of a Nigerian officer's assignment to analyze the practicality of incorporating females into combative roles, an European Commission employee's challenges with increasing recruitment and retention, and an Indian county executive's turmoil with political maneuvering. Alongside my cohort, I arrived at creative solutions and ideas for these and other diverse policy dilemmas.
As City Managers in California, we are faced with decisions every day that affect residents, employees, and other stakeholders. The Leadership Decision Making program provides the opportunity for students, like myself, to better learn and understand our biases so we can enhance our decision-making skills. Evermore in the public sector, it is important that we steward our positions of authority with integrity and conviction because the right decision, at the right moment, can make all the difference.


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Vote "Underperform" if you believe CTRL will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 0.0 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldControl4 does not currently pay a dividend.Dividend GrowthControl4 does not have a long track record of dividend growth. Previous Next 1.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Control4 insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 2.90% of the stock of Control4 is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions77.33% of the stock of Control4 is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 2.5 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Control4 are expected to grow by 49.30% in the coming year, from $0.71 to $1.06 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Control4 is 24.91, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 16.79.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Control4 is 24.91, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 55.16.Price to Earnings Growth RatioControl4 has a PEG Ratio of 2.26. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioControl4 has a P/B Ratio of 3.09. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 0.0Community Rank: 2.6Dividend Strength: 0.0Insider Behavior: 1.0Valuation: 2.5 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.22 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NASDAQ Industry Electronic components & accessories Sub-IndustryN/A SectorComputer and Technology Current SymbolNASDAQ:CTRL Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIK1259515 Webwww.control4.com Phone801-523-3100Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.04 Current Ratio3.89 Quick Ratio2.74Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio24.91 Forward P/E Ratio33.68 P/E Growth2.26 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$272.46 million Price / Sales2.35 Cash Flow$1.31 per share Price / Cash Flow18.19 Book Value$7.73 per share Price / Book3.09Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$0.96 Net Income$43.84 million Net Margins14.94% Return on Equity12.56% Return on Assets10.07%Miscellaneous Employees670 Outstanding Shares26,800,000Market Cap$640.79 million Next Earnings DateN/A OptionableOptionable Receive CTRL News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for CTRL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Control4 (NASDAQ:CTRL) Frequently Asked Questions How were Control4's earnings last quarter? Control4 Corp (NASDAQ:CTRL) issued its earnings results on Thursday, November, 1st. The electronics maker reported $0.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.02. The electronics maker earned $71.59 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $71.52 million. Control4 had a return on equity of 12.56% and a net margin of 14.94%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.35 EPS. View Control4's earnings history. Has Control4 been receiving favorable news coverage? Media coverage about CTRL stock has trended positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Control4 earned a daily sentiment score of 2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the electronics maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutControl4. Who are some of Control4's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Control4 include Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), KEMET (KEM), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), IntriCon (IIN), MICT (MICT), Tel-Instrument Electronics (TIKK), Video Display (VIDE), Electronic Systems Technology (ELST), ACS Motion Control (ACSEF) and Viewtran Group (VIEWF). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Control4 own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Control4 investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU), Applied Materials (AMAT), Paypal (PYPL), Gardner Denver (GDI), Netflix (NFLX), Lam Research (LRCX), Walt Disney (DIS) and Intel (INTC). Who are Control4's key executives? Control4's management team includes the following people: Mr. Martin Plaehn, Pres, Chairman & CEO (Age 61)Mr. Mark Novakovich, Chief Financial Officer (Age 51)Ms. Susan K. Cashen, Sr. VP of Marketing (Age 58)Mr. Bryce Judd, Sr. VP of Global Sales (Age 44)Mr. Charlie Kindel, Sr. VP of Products & Services (Age 52) What is Control4's stock symbol? Control4 trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CTRL." What is Control4's stock price today? One share of CTRL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.91. How big of a company is Control4? Control4 has a market capitalization of $640.79 million and generates $272.46 million in revenue each year. The electronics maker earns $43.84 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.96 on an earnings per share basis. Control4 employs 670 workers across the globe. What is Control4's official website? The official website for Control4 is www.control4.com. How can I contact Control4? Control4's mailing address is 11734 SOUTH ELECTION ROAD, SALT LAKE CITY UT, 84020. The electronics maker can be reached via phone at 801-523-3100 or via email at [email protected] This page was last updated on 6/6/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff


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Coming to you in late fall is our new Wolf Pup 8.10. For years, weavers have been asking for an 8-shaft Wolf Pup LT. They loved their pint-sized loom for workshops, but wanted 8 shafts. We liked the idea, too, but how to get 10 treadles in such a narrow space—with room for feet? Weavers kept asking, so finally we decided to take on this design challenge. And once Barry started investigating ideas, he and his design team came up with ingenious design solutions for a small loom without sacrificing the features weavers love in their Baby Wolfs. To make ample room between treadles, the team narrowed the treadles, added outrigger legs, and moved the brake release to the outside of the loom. Like on the 8-shaft Baby Wolf, the Wolf Pup 8.10 sports a treadle aid.
The Wolf Pup 8.10 has an X-frame design, providing a sturdy base while allowing the loom to be easily folded up to a depth of 19". Folding the loom is a cinch, with or without a warp on it. For stability and sturdiness, we employ barrel nut construction and traditional woodworking joinery. The Wolf Pup 8.10 is super compact with a foot print of just 28" wide x 35 ½" deep when open. The Wolf Pup 8.10 is the perfect loom for schools, small spaces, and travel.
You can accessorize your Wolf Pup 8.10 with an 8-shaft Wolf Pup High Castle Tray, Wolf Pup Trap, and a sectional beam. If you are a taller weaver, you might consider ordering your Wolf Pup 8.10 with a Height Extender, raising the loom up 2", allowing for more leg room. Visit www.schachtspindle.com for more on the Wolf Pup 8.10.


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I also met Shauna through the New Bloggers Hop (The hop was so full of wonderful women). Shauna loves digital scrap booking and got into quilting very seriously in 2012 when she bought her long arm. Shauna made the twin sized version of Looking Glass using a variety of pink, red, and black prints.
Please hop over to Shauna's Blog for more pictures of her quilt and a giveaway to win a digital copy of the Looking Glass pattern!
Thank you so much Shauna for reviewing for me!
Friday Nov. 21st: Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs
Saturday Nov. 22nd: Lin @ Lin's Quilts
Sunday Nov. 23rd: Beth @ Cooking Up Quilts
Monday Nov. 24th: Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty
Monday Nov. 24th: Anna @ Fresh Dew Drops
Monday Nov. 24th: Anna @ Fresh Dew Drops
Tuesday Nov. 25th: Chelsea @ Patch the GiraffeWednesday Nov. 26th: Shauna @ Shauna's World
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Abdel-Khalik Appointed Chairman of INPO
Dr. Said I. Abdel-Khalik, Southern Nuclear Distinguished Professor, Nuclear & Radiological Engineering, has been appointed Chairman of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations Advisory Council by the INPO Board of Directors. "I am honored to be appointed to that highly visible position and am pleased to bring honor and visibility to the Woodruff School and Georgia Tech," says Dr. Abdel-Khalik.
Over the past forty years, Dr. Abdel-Khalik's research has covered a wide range of areas in both nuclear and mechanical engineering. Dr. Abdel-Khalik joined the Georgia Tech faculty as the Georgia Power Distinguished Professor in 1987 and was appointed to his current position as the Southern Nuclear Distinguished Professor in 1993.
Established by the nuclear power industry in December 1979, the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations promotes the highest levels of safety and reliability in the operation of commercial nuclear power plants. The INPO Advisory Council provides advice to the Board of Directors to ensure the safe and reliable operation of nuclear electric generating plants. The Council consists of twelve experts from a broad range of fields including Design and operation of nuclear plants, behavioral and human sciences; training operators of complex systems; government and regulatory matters affecting nuclear utilities; environmental and medical sciences; safety analysis; and education in scientific, engineering, or high technology subjects.


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CASAC offers a human rights award aimed at enabling a South African student to study towards a degree in human rights law at Trinity College in Dublin, England.
Called the Kader Asmal Human Rights Award (KAHRA), it is named after the late Professor Kader Asmal, human rights champion and political activist, who played a key role in the founding of CASAC. It is presented in partnership with the Canon Collins Educational & Legal Assistance Trust and the Embassy of Ireland in South Africa.
The inaugural Kader Asmal Human Rights Award was made in July 2014 to Margaret Stride, a student from the University of Cape Town, at a ceremony at the University of the Western Cape. The keynote address was delivered by Trevor Manuel, former Minister of Finance.
More about Kader Asmal
Asmal was born and grew up in Stanger in Natal. While still a schoolboy, he met Chief Albert Luthuli, who inspired him and gave him a life-long interest in human rights. At an early age, he was involved in the Defiance Campaign. After qualifying as a teacher, he went into exile, qualified as a barrister in London and Dublin, and received degrees from the London School of Economics and Trinity College in Dublin. He taught at Trinity College for 27 years, specialising in human rights, labour law and international law. He helped to form the British Anti-Apartheid Movement and the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement, and was also involved in the ANC in exile.
Kader Asmal devoted his life to securing, protecting and advancing human rights, focusing on questions of self-determination, the universality of human rights, and all forms of human dignity.
In 1990, he returned to South Africa and was elected to the ANC's national executive committee. He was a member of the ANC negotiating team at the constitutional negotiations, and later served in the post-1994 government as Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry and Minister of Education. His interest in and preoccupation with constitutional liberties and freedoms never diminished, and he brought these different aspects of his academic skills and humanitarian passion to bear on all his portfolios.
Prof Asmal was an honorary member of the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC), and one of the key protagonists in its establishment. He was also professor of human rights at the University of the Western Cape, chairman of the council of the University of the North, and vice-president of the African Association of International Law.
More about the award
The KAHRA forms part of the portfolio of activities managed by CASAC in support of its primary mandate, namely to promote a progressive vision of the South African constitution, which was close to Asmal's heart.
Undergraduate students at South African universities are invited to submit essays on issues pertaining to constitutionalism, human rights, and the rule of law. They are encouraged to look beyond the obvious, and seek to contribute towards an awareness of human rights and civil liberties, particularly their interface with broader issues of development and economic well-being. Students are encouraged to publish their essays in journals.
The price is a scholarship for a master's degree in human rights at Trinity College, Dublin where, as noted earlier, Asmal spent many of his exile years, including a period as Dean of the Faculty of Law. The scholarship is presented in partnership with the Canon Collins Educational & Legal Assistance Trust and the Embassy of Ireland in South Africa.
The adjudication and selection process is undertaken by a valuation committee, comprising members of CASAC's Advisory Council as well as others.


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Case Study: Sloan's Motorcycle & ATV
Sloan's has been serving the Nashville area for more than 58 years. They pride themselves on not only providing the best selection of powersports toys for competitive pricing, but they also take great care of their customers after the sale. It's part of the magic that makes their customers so loyal and makes Sloan's such an industry icon. But, it's just a part of what goes into continuing to grow and build a successful customer-focused business in the powersports industry. Curtis Sloan is constantly looking for ways to innovate and drive high quality ROI for any programs or resources brought into the dealership. He's looking to drive sales & profits for the dealership, so his team can continue to provide outstanding products and service to their local customers.
Sloan's has been a long-time client of PSM Marketing, implementing different elements of the direct-marketing initiatives available for powersports dealers. Sometimes, Curtis will use all the marketing levers available to him, including the Sharp Shooter Program, the LWD program and the Firestorm website. Other times, he'll modify the levers he uses to ensure the highest balance of budget and lead generation (and follow-through) for the dealership. One of the most powerful combinations for ROI that Sloan's consistently uses is the Automated Emails through Firestorm Email, combined with the Onboarding element on his Firestorm Website.
Through the Onboarding technology, when a customer visits an inventory page on www.SloansMotorcycle.com, they will get a dropped into an automated marketing email sequence. This gives the Sloan's team multiple opportunities to reach out a customer who has not yet filled out a form on their site but who is placed further down the sales funnel based on their website browsing history.
And then the automated marketing does the heavy lifting by emailing customers and inviting them into the dealership – without the sales and marketing folks having to lift a finger. It's all set up and running seamlessly in the background to continue generating more and higher quality leads for the dealership
But, since buying this bike last summer, George has been on www.SloansMotorcycle.com over 100 times in the past 30 days. In the Onboarding screen of the LWD program, the sales team can see EXACTLY which vehicles George is looking at and what pages he's visiting.
Plus, George is getting automated emails sent to him as part of the Marketing Automation email sequence set up in the Firestorm email platform – which encourages George to return to the website and to visit the dealership.
Most of the challenges with marketing is the time to implement. With the onboarding technology linked up with Firestorm Email platform, Curtis is able to hyper-target his marketing to people who are most likely to make a vehicle purchase….soon.
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The Waupaca Drop Off Center will be open the following hours and days for 2018 National Collection Week:
Monday, November 12 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Tuesday, November 13 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Wednesday, November 14 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Thursday, November 15 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Friday, November 16 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Saturday, November 17 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Sunday, November 18 9:30 AM – 12:00 NOON
Sunday, November 18 1:30 pm – 3:30 PM
Monday, November 19 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Please respect these hours of operation.
Things to remember when packing shoeboxes:
- Use only ONE strong RUBBER BAND and NO RIBBONS OR STRING to secure the box.
- Use the guidelines listed in the Operation Christmas Child pamphlet or on this website for items to pack in the shoeboxes. If you have any questions, please call the Coordinator. She will be happy to make suggestions.
- If you wish to help support the cost of shipping, please use a personal check (NOT CASH) made out to Samaritan's Purse for your donation and place the check inside the Operation Christmas Child (or other, marked ) envelope. A minimum of $9 is suggested. Place this envelope inside a shoebox -ON TOP of the packed items. Envelopes inserted along the sides of the shoebox or under the packed items may not be found by the Processing Center in Minneapolis before shipping the shoeboxes overseas.
- After November 20, all gift shoeboxes not received by the Collection Center at the time of closing will need to be mailed directly to:Samaritan's PurseOperation Christmas ChildP O Box 3000Boone, NC 28607
You will be responsible for the cost of shipping the shoeboxes to North Carolina.
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Improv 301 Wednesdays 3:30-6:30pm
Improv 301: Harold Structure
|Must have received written notice that you have successfully completed Improv 201.
|Wednesdays 3:30-6:30pm
|Start Date
|Jul 31, 2019, 3:30pm
|Class Size
|16 students
|8 sessions, 3 hours each
|Sep 21, 2019, 12:00pm
This course introduces students to the long form improvisation structure known as "The Harold," developed by Del Close.
"The Harold" is a series of scenes inspired by a single suggestion that fit together into one cohesive half hour piece. Students learn how to 1) perform openings, 2) create scenes inspired by an opening 3) perform "group games," 4) second and third beats (returning to scenes later in the piece).
Course meets for 8 sessions, each 3 hours long.
Students will take part in a class performance, generally held at the UCB Theatre.
Students required to see at least 2 improvised shows at the UCB Theater before the end of the course.
Class Size: 16 Students
Johnna Scrabis, teacher
Johnna is an actor and writer originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a beautiful place that she loves to talk about.
She performs on GOAT every Saturday at UCB Hell's Kitchen and on Teacher Feature (Tuesdays at Hell's Kitchen). She is a founding member of the Hot Metal Arts Collective, a theater company.
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The top section is gibberish. You are trying to use javascript to call a Perl CGI but don't seem to have much of a clue about what is and is not valid HTML/javascript syntax.
The OUTPUT that is generated by the Perl CGI needs to change to be:
This needs to be generated in your Perl code. BUT it does not work as is because the CGI does not understand the concept of a value +1. It wants something C173B202.jpg as a value where this value is the name of the next picture to display.
You need to post some of the Perl code if you want more useful help. When your code displays an image it needs to get the name of the next image. This will be at index +1 if the names are in an array which is probably what your +1 represents. You then need to output HTML that looks like the example above with the +1 fixed.
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Hmm I wasn't sure where to put this! Anyway, instead of doing the usual boring table display I've decided to create something a bit more interesting. This is my original idea (drawn in word lol!) The middle panel will be covered in wallpaper, with a big mirror in the middle so people can try things on (I sell jewelley) and some pretty frames with information written in them, or photos of products. On the two folding out panels, which are on hinges, I will put interesting hooks for hanging my jewellery from. I want it to look a bit vintage eclectic, but also encourage people to touch things and try them on. I'll put a small desk to the side of the booth where people can pay and I can wrap purchases.
So what do you think? Do you think it will stand up ok, or is the whole mirror idea a bit risky? Any crazy ideas to add to it?


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…I am sure we would never have known this information.
According to the New York Times, Comey deployed a "go-it-alone strategy" during the investigation into Clinton because he thought Lynch and other Obama appointees would give Clinton, who was in the midst of a presidential campaign, "political cover."
Thank goodness that Donald Trump won the presidency, otherwise this information and who knows what else would be buried forever, and based not the trail of death behind her that could be taken literally.
Read the whole story at http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/23/new-report-reveals-why-jim-comey-acted-the-way-he-did-during-fbis-investigation-into-hillary-clinton/


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Shiing-shen Chern
Born 26 October 1911 in Chia-hsing (or Jiaxing), Chekiang province (now Zhejiang), China; died 3 December 2004 in Tianjin Municipality, China
In 1979 a Symposium held to honor the Chinese mathematician Shiing-shen Chern sang this tribute:
Hail to Chern! Mathematics' Greatest!
He made Gauss-Bonnet a household word,
Intrinsic proofs he found,
Throughout the World his truths abound,
Chern classes he gave us,
and Secondary Invariants,
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The Maglan unit had sent in sniffing dogs and a small robot into the building as a precaution, and a small robot to minimize damage to the clinic, prior to detonating the charge that would destroy the tunnel whose entrance was found inside the building. But the building was lined with explosives which detonated bringing the building down on the solders. Two explosive devices were detonated against the soldiers, one from within the tunnel and a second one that was concealed within the clinic.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) facilities have become death traps in Gaza, with three of the agency's schools proven to be weapons storage facilities for Hamas and allied terrorists.
Don't however expect to hear a peep out of the UN or the MSM about the use of UNRWA building for terrror.