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Our main destination in Montenegro was the Bay of Kotor, a huge bay in the Adriatic, surrounded by mountains, making it look a bit like a warmer version of the Norwegian Fjords.
I didn't fancy the recently fashionable Budva (known as a 'party town') or the resorts of Kotor itself, so decided to book an Airbnb in Perast, a small village on the bay. This was a good decision, especially as we have been in a lot of cities recently and were craving a slightly slower pace. It did, however, take two buses after the overnight train to get here, but we agreed we would rather have a monster travel day and then relax rather than do the journey over a couple of days. One thing I am beginning to realise is that even if things are a bit rough around the edges in the Balkans, things do work and are fairly reliable, so you can plan to catch a bus the same day as arriving somewhere.
The bus dropped us in Perast, or rather, on the road that runs round the cliff high above Perast, and we had to navigate a way down the incredibly steep sides of the cliff to the village. I could see a church spire some way below us, and knew the apartment was close to the church, so I sent Lauren on ahead to see if what looked like steps turned into a viable route down the cliff. This wasn't me being mean, I just had two bags to carry. She reported back that the steps 'seemed to go somewhere' which was hardly a ringing endorsement but in the absence of any other potential route down, we set off. In actual fact the steps eventually after a few zig zags, led us all the way down to the church, and the front.
There was no beach, but plenty of boats tied up and a number of restaurants along the front. The front was too narrow in most places for two cars to pass, which led to lots of backing up, but no visible irritation by the drivers, even when one woman stopped for a chat while 2 cars waited behind her. At times we had to squeeze ourselves and our luggage into small cut-outs of the sea wall, or at other times, balance precariously on the edge of the pavement with the sea right below, to allow cars to pass us. Lauren took great delight in pretending to fall in. Repeatedly.
We found the accommodation easily enough, although there was no answer when we rang the bell. Having been assured by neighbours that we were in the right place, we pushed the gate, which was open, and called out for the owner. Nothing. Lauren was now writhing about needing the toilet, so eventually I tried a couple of doors, found an apartment that looked like the vague memory of the rapidly-viewed Airbnb I'd booked, and decided to make ourselves at home. We were both in the shower when the owner turned up, not at all apologetic or concerned that we had let ourselves in.
We nipped to the tiny minimarket for groceries, and then went for an early dinner (more correctly lunner, as Lauren pointed out, as we had missed lunch). We were both pretty tired after the overnight train and two buses, plus the cliff adventure, not to mention the psychological trauma of a missed lunch, so we were both asleep by 9.
The next day was a lazy one. You need down days when travelling so much. Lauren did some schoolwork, and I did all the clothes washing.
We then made a picnic and went in search of the so-called 'north beach'. We knew it was north of the village, logically enough, so we simply walked along the front, past the odd beach bar and mooring place, expecting to get to a beach at some point. Once we reached the 'leaving Perast' sign I suppose we should have started to worry, but it was a beautiful day and the views over the bay were amazing, so we kept walking, expecting at any minute to find one of the legendary Montenegrin beaches… when we got to the sign welcoming us to the next village, we realised we must have somehow missed the beach, so turned around and wandered back.
We hadn't missed it so much as not recognised it as a beach.
The 'beach' turned out to be a less than 1m wide, 10m long strip of pebbles at the end of the front. It did have a nice wooden jetty so we sat there and ate our sandwich, enjoying the sound of the bay lapping at our feet. There were lots of fish in the bay, and Lauren shared some of her sandwich with them, delighted as they came up to the surface just long enough to grab a bite and dive down again. After lunch, Lauren (who had brought her swimsuit) took a dip in the sea, even though she was quite apprehensive about this (something to do with not being able to see what's in there) and I was super proud of how she conquered her fear. I was also proud of myself for being encouraging rather than just telling her to stop being a wuss and get in, which would have been my first instinct! She swam out a good way, thoroughly and deservedly proud of herself, and then played with a small Russian boy for a while.
In the evening we cooked a simple meal of pasta and vegetables (we have no imminent train journeys) and had another early night.
On our second full day in Perast, we visited one of the islands in the bay, on which there is a church.
Neither of us listened much to the history (something to do with a fisherman hundreds of years ago thinking he saw an image of the virgin mary and so building a church…) but we enjoyed the boat trip and wandering around, soaking up the views, and yet another picnic at a far end of the island the tourists didn't seem to find.
More fish feeding was great fun, as was watching some small sea birds who would disappear under water for over a minute – we had great fun predicting where they would appear when they bobbed back up. There were also a number of cool looking catamarans and sail boats dotted around the bay, and we whiled away the time imagining a life where we could afford that kind of luxury.
After all that excitement, an afternoon at the 'beach' was called for. This time I had brought my swimsuit, and while the water was hardly tropical, it was pleasant to swim out into the bay then dry off in the sun with my kindle while Lauren came up with complicated forms of categorizing seaweed.
This is a lovely place. I feel like I actually started to relax here. It probably doesn't make for exciting reading, but it was just a lovely, pleasant interlude where we chilled out and enjoyed being together in a beautiful place.
The village is tiny, with one minimarket and no bank, but it attracts a good few tourists, including one bunch of cruise passengers on a shore tour from Kotor. Despite the throngs at times, it's still got local residents hanging out their underpants on the main street to dry, and communal tables in the various squares where locals of all ages seem to sit most of the day nattering, and plastic chairs left on the various mini-terraces built out over the water. By the second day here people were greeting us with recognition. Or perhaps horror in the case of the lady who runs the minimarket, after an unfortunate incident with a jar of chilli pesto….
There are downsides to the 'local character' of the place though – rubbish disposal has clearly not been a priority, and its distressing to see plastic bags and polystyrene amongst the fish, and cigarette ends just about everywhere. People smoke all the time including while talking to you or cleaning up outside your accommodation, and make no effort to blow the smoke away from you.
All in all though, I am sorry to leave Perast. There wasn't a great deal to do, I didn't even bother to do much reading about the main tourist attraction of the church in the bay, but we both had a lovely time and enjoyed the slower pace and sunshine.
Next up – Croatia.


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Monday, September 27, 2010
upcoming events for Jack's Path of Courage
Now that the publication date for Jack's Path of Courage: The Life of John F. Kennedy (written by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by me, published by Disney-Hyperion) is less than a month away, I thought I'd start spreading the news about a couple fun events I have planned.
First, on Saturday, October 23, I'll be at Books of Wonder in New York City, from 12:00 to 2:00, part of the "Picture Book Biographies" event, along with Sean Qualls, Bryan Collier, and an amazing lineup of award-winning authors and illustrators. The authors and artists will present their picture book biographies, take questions from the audience, and sign copies of all of their books.
For details, go to the Books of Wonder event page.
Then on Saturday, November 6, I'll be at Book Ends in Winchester, MA, 2:00-4:00 pm. I'll present Jack's Path of Courage: The Life of John F. Kennedy, show some some sketches and talk about my experiences working on the book, answer questions, and sign books.
For details, visit the Book Ends event page.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Award news for Jack's Path of Courage: The Life of John F. Kennedy
Good news- Jack's Path of Courage: The Life of John F. Kennedy, written by Doreen Rappaport and illustrated by me (Disney-Hyperion, October 2010) won't be in stores until October 26, but it already won an Oppenheim Gold Seal Award!
Children's Book Illustrators Exhibit at the Brush Gallery
Brush Art Gallery & Studios (Lowell, MA), until October 24, 2010. Please note the updated and definitive lineup of artists: Christopher Bing, David Macaulay, Kelly Murphy, Matt Tavares and David Wiesner.
Opening reception: Saturday, October 2, noon-2 pm
Meet the illustrators, and book signing: Saturday, October 2, 1-4 pm
Opening reception: Saturday, October 2, noon-2 pm
Meet the illustrators, and book signing: Saturday, October 2, 1-4 pm
first reviews for JACK'S PATH OF COURAGE
The first reviews of Jack's Path of Courage: The Life of John F. Kennedy are in! So far, so good:
From School Library Journal:
"[Rappaport's] descriptive narration is spiced with memorable quotations and Tavares's larger-than-life illustrations. The realistic paintings portray the different periods in JFK's life with depth and detail, capturing his emotions, courage, and sovereignty while remaining true to this unique time in history.... This beautifully illustrated and gracefully told story serves as a superior introduction to our 35th president."
From Publisher's Weekly:
"As with these collaborators' Lady Liberty, the striking cover of this picture-book biography features a closeup portrait of the subject, all the more compelling in this instance with the omission of any type.... Tavares's light- and shadow-infused paintings balance lifelike portrayals of Kennedy with renderings of dramatic events, notably a Japanese destroyer ramming Kennedy's PT boat during WWII and the planting of the American flag on the moon. An evenhanded, graphically stirring biography."
And from Kirkus:
"A striking cover close-up of Kennedy (with the title information on the back of the jacket, à la the author's Martin's Big Words, illustrated by Bryan Collier, 2001) introduces the reader to this biography of the 35th president of the United States.... The handsome and vivid illustrations pop."
Friday, September 10, 2010
Jack's Path of Courage: The Life of John F. Kennedy, book trailer
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
THE EYEWITNESS REPORTS Auction is up and running!
Bid now on some great (and cheap!) original artwork by some of the best children's book illustrators in the biz, like Grace Lin, Scott Magoon, Dan Yaccarino, Anna Alter, and of course Dan Santat, who threw this whole impressive fundraiser together. Here's the cool poster that Dan made to promote the auction, with a list of all the talented illustrators whose work is featured in the auction: (Click on the poster to check out the auction)
And here's my painting that's up for bid, of a giant frog chasing helicopters:
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Worldview Analysis of Terminator 2 Judgment Day
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With help from a homicidal robot from the future who has been re-programmed so as to be mostly nice, the WVM team takes the Wayback Machine to three decades ago and goes on a hunt for the worldview that is preached to the masses through the Terminator franchise. Who owns the future? Who controls history? Sarah Connor? Cyberdine Systems? James Cameron? The Arnold? We cannot be stopped in our quest for answers–you can only hope to slow us down.
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Have you ever wondered what anxiety is? We have all experienced it to an extent, some worse than others. It often starts with overestimating the likelihood of a bad situation.
I will give an example from my personal life. When I finished college I went out and got my first "career job." I put that in quotes because it was the first job related to my field of study, and I saw it as a place I could possibly work for years. About four weeks after I began, my direct supervisor stepped down and an interim supervisor was put in place. As management started to settle into place, it became clear that the department head was a micromanager; she was also condescending and cold. As someone new to the staff, and as someone who has always confronted challenges in a personable manner, I struggled with the department head's style. It got to the point where I had intense anxiety and dread course through my body every time I saw her extension on my caller ID. That progressed into me flinching whenever my phone rang because it might be her. She kind of reminded me of Cruella Deville (a very stylish dresser, but self-serving).
At home I began to think about work all the time. I started to hate my chosen profession. I began to search for ways to avoid the situation that I found so untenable. Worst of all were my beliefs about my future. I felt certain "Cruella" would fire or suspend me for any minor infraction or patient complaint. Given that I was working with drug addicts in their first days of detox, people whose physical misery means they do not tend to be a happy bunch), a complaint was inevitable. The point is, my fear of the worst case scenario was causing intense anxiety. Of course this fear never came to light.
If you find you or your teen is experiencing anxiety, then it is time to evaluate whether you are overestimating the likelihood of the worst case scenario. Try to understand that people are not good at predicting the future, and neither are you. While the worst case scenario could occur, whatever you are fearing will probably end up being just another mundane experience. How many times have you assumed something would turn out so badly that you just couldn't bear it? And yet, you're still here! Now we even call those times "growing experiences."
Try very hard to examine EVERY possible outcome. While your teenage son might have intense anxiety that he will get an F on his next history exam, help him realize he also might get a D, C, B or even an A. Help him know that somehow others have passed this teacher's class. You believe he will find a way to pass too. Remind him of all the times he thought he'd earn a horrible grade, but didn't.
I worked with a girl for a long time who was certain she would never get accepted into any college. She thought her GPA was too low and her SAT scores were mediocre at best. In fact, her grades were a little above average and her SAT score was a little bit above average too. She was so surprised when she was accepted into 6 out of the 9 schools she applied to, and the one she chose even offered her a 75% tuition scholarship based on her grades. She just couldn't believe it! Looking back she realizes she was terrible at predicting the future because her anxiety made her certain the worst-case scenario would come true.
Help your teenager look at the situation he is facing and be much more realistic about the possible outcomes; it will probably be better than he thinks.
Helping teens grow and families improve connection,
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Paul Griffiths told Aviation Business he is "seriously considering" options for a baggage drop off facility and high speed access from near Business Bay in Dubai to DWC
Dubai Airports' CEO Paul Griffiths says he is in the market for ultra-high-speed transit solutions to shuttle passengers directly from the heart of Dubai to its secondary airport at Al Maktoum International.
"There are technologies under development that could allow for passengers to drop their bags off, say near Business Bay and hop into a pod to get to DWC in five or six minutes," Griffiths told Aviation Business.
"We are serious about looking into such technology solutions," he added.
The CEO declined to name any companies Dubai Airports is speaking with.
However, Dubai is currently backing the development of a number of high speed transport solutions.
Port operator and supply chain integrator, DP World, has invested $50 million in the development of the technology vacuum based levitation technology with California-based Hyperloop One. CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem also has a seat on its board.
Using concepts pioneered by Elon Musk, the company conducted its first full systems test yesterday of technology that could shuttle passengers from Dubai to Abu Dhabi in 12 minutes at speeds of up to 750 mph.
Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has also signed an agreement with Hyperloop and is conducting feasibility studies to determine how the technology could be used to develop the emirate's transport system.
Additionally, the RTA is also testing flying taxis to be deployed in Dubai toward the end of the year.
Dubai's primary airport, Dubai International will begin shifting operations to what is currently the city's secondary airport at Al Maktoum International (DWC) in 2022, according to Griffiths. Dubai Airports is aiming to ultimately plans grow total traffic to 240 million by 2050.


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*Tuz Golu in Turkish, is a saline lake occupying a huge area in the arid central plateau of Turkey, about 65 miles (105 km) northeast of Konya, neighboring also Nigde and Ankara provinces. It's the second largest lake of Turkey, after Lake Van, lying at an elevation of 2,970 feet (905 m) as a tectonic lake. Despite it's huge area (580 sq miles or 1500 sq kilometers) for most of the year is very shallow (between 0,5-1 meters), especially during dry summer months when the water evaporates in huge quantities leaving a tick crust of salt on the surface up to 30 centimeters. This salt is extracted, worked, refined and sold in the local market, thus making this the biggest industry for small towns' economy in the area. It's not only the biggest salt lake of Turkey but one of the biggest in the world as well. The density of the water is 1.225 gr/cm3, and salt percentage is 32.4%. The lake has no outlet, and only few surface streams feed it but they dry in the summer when the climate is hot. Rainfall in the surrounding area is as low as 10 inches (250 mm) per year. There are also many small lakes around the Tuz Golu; Kulu Lake, Samsam Lake, Uyuz Lake, Kozanli Saz Lake, Boluk Lake, Tersakan Lake, Esmekaya Lake and Hirfanli Dam Lake.
Lately Salt Lake is in great danger because of industrial pollution and wrong usage of under and over ground waters. This is threatening the lake itself but also flora and fauna of the area, which will definitely have a negative effect on the local inhabitants around the lake. Therefore WWF (World Wildlife Foundation) of Turkey came up with Salt Lake Pilot Project which is currently supporting the Authority for the Specially Protected Areas (ASPA) in their responsibility to conserve and rehabilitate the unique ecosystems of Tuz Lake area. Together with ASPA (Ozel Cevre Koruma Kurumu in Turkish), the basis for an Integrated Conservation Management Plan for the south-western part of Tuz Lake will be developed. ASPA, the main Authority in Tuz Lake, is integrating their own study to the Tuz Lake Pilot Project in terms of specific activities, like hydrological modeling and stakeholders meetings, so as to achieve the common purpose; Tuz Lake Integrated Conservation Management Plan.
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gs1905_gs (370) 2007-02-26 5:42
Konserlerdeki Yıldız yağmurlarını andırıyor
Çerçevede fotografa uymuş
İyi çalışmalar
sayat (2949) 2007-02-26 6:15
Siyah beyaz gibi olmuş, elinize sağlık. Kar mı tuz mu, renkli mi SB mı, göl mü deniz mi, çok değişik yerlere çekilebilen bir fotograf, tebrikler.
amazon (12112) 2007-02-26 11:15
sanki gölün üzerine bir avuç pırlanta atılmış gibi,
ışığı çok iyi kullanmışsınız,
hyasar (7775) 2007-02-26 13:01
Merhaba Selen,
ters isigi cok iyi kullanmissin. figurlerin bir parca daha birbirinden ayri oldugu kareleri cekme sansin da oldu mu acaba? Cekim degerlerine bakinca boylesine guclu bir isik olmasina sasirdim. Oldukca degisik bir ortamdan cok hos bir kare olmus.
delic (6735) 2007-02-27 6:54
Merhaba Selen,
It's hard to tell what's going on here at first. Where the earth ends, where the sky begins, if at all... Including the silhouetted people adds dimension and perspective. Very well done. Only nitpick is the intrusion in the lower right corner, whatever they are. I guess the people could have given you a more interesting set-up; but can't orchestrate them of course.
Guluzar (379) 2007-04-16 17:22 [Comment]
harika bir fotograf eline saglik
egeerhan (50) 2007-04-25 12:48
ok güzel bir ters ışık güneşin parıltılar hoş olmuş Ellerine saglık Selen
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9 Ways to Build An Influencer Relations Program
How do you influence the influencers to achieve your business objectives in today's mobile, social media connected world? Understand that building an influencer relations program to persuade your target audience is a delicate art form especially given the content explosion.
In The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell succinctly defines 3 categories of influencers in "The Law of the Few."
- Connectors. These individuals know lots of people across an array of interests. They've got large social networks and continually bring people together.
- Mavens. These individuals are "information brokers" who solve problems and distribute the answers. They possess the ability to communicate this information in way that facilitates its sharing and dissemination.
- Persuaders. These individuals are charismatic idea salespeople whose negotiation skills cause others to agree with them.
Influencer relations is a three step process:
- Identify key authorities in your specific niche recognized and respected by your prospects and customers for their targeted knowledge.
- Build a relationship with these area experts based on real life interactions that go beyond following their content and social media interactions.
- Work together to develop marketing programs that increase brand awareness and advocacy, hopefully resulting in customer acquisition, sales and retention.
Influencer relations exist in the grey area between rabid fans endorsing your brand and paid spokespeople who are just product shills. Influencer relations must be human and feel real to be effective.
9 Steps to build your influencer relations program
Here are 9 steps to get your program on track to influence the influencers.
1. Who is your target audience?
Before you can figure out who influences your key market, understand your target audience. To this end, create a fully fleshed out marketing persona including a social media buyer persona. Among the questions to answer are: Who contributes to your customer's buying decision? What tradeoffs will the customer make? Where do they spend their time consuming content and communicating?
2. Who are the influencers relevant to your target audience?
Based on your marketing persona, find the key influencers in your niche. While some of these individuals may be uncovered during your marketing persona work, you'll probably need to do additional research across different platforms. Include a mix of connectors, mavens and persuaders for your offering to ensure that your message gathers appropriate reach.
3. What makes the influencer tick?
Do your homework to discover who the influencer is as a person. Take the time to research them via social media and Google. What do they talk about? What are their principles? Do their interests and behaviors align with those of your organization? Go beyond the obvious. Engage with them on social media and in real life. Your goal is to find out more about them and to build a relationship that goes offline and meets in real life.
4. Where does the influencer exert their authority?
Assess the expert's community and realm of influence. Take the time to assess the landscape and where they fit in it. Are there specific topics that people turn to them for answers? How big is their community and/or reach? Is it limited to a specific platform or geography? How doest this relate to your target market?
5. How does the influencer engage with his community?
This speaks to how you'll be able to leverage the power of the expert's following. It has a direct impact on how you can work together to sway your target audience. Sign up for his newsletters, blog posts and other content. Ask pertinent questions in public forums.
6. What do you want the influencer to do for you?
While this may strike some as an obvious question, it can be a make it or break it for the influencer. At the heart of your request, you must have respect for the influencer. What makes this influencer the one person you want to talk about your brand? This means you need to engage with them on their home bases before you ever send them a request.
7. When do you want the influencer to engage on behalf of your brand?
This relates to your marketing plans including your promotional calendar and editorial calendar. Do you need him to give specific presentations or create special content? Do you expect on-going interactions? How does your timing relate to the influencer's schedule?
8. What motivates them to support your brand and/or offering?
Understand that it's about the influencer and their audience and community, not your business, brands or products. Share their content on social media, comment on their blog posts, buy their books, etc. Show you care about the expert as a person. How does helping your firm, brand or product improve the expert's relationship with their audience? Think in terms of what you can offer them.
9. What's in it for the influencer?
Realize that the influencer has worked hard to build their following and invested his time and energy into establishing himself. Therefore, you need to consider the value you bring him, either in terms of direct compensation or in kind. This is particularly important if you're part of a PR agency or employee being compensated to attract the influencer. Also consider how you'll be transparent about your relationship and compensation.
While influencer relations can help you achieve your business objectives, understand that you need put yourself in the influencer's shoes and provide incentives for him to work with you.
What has your experience been with influencer relations?
Happy Marketing,
Heidi Cohen
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Students as teachers create lasting memories at the ECC
While the Early Childhood Center is a fundamental resource for the education department, many members of the Ohio Wesleyan University community are unaware of the day-to-day dealings of the brown brick building they pass everyday en route to the academic side of campus.
The Early Childhood Center strives to utilize unique, hands-on teaching methods in an attempt to capture children's attention. 110 children between the ages of three and five attend the center on a part-time basis throughout the week.
Director and teacher at the center, Kellie Hall, said much of how the children learn is through hands-on activities that give them a chance to immerse themselves in the curriculum rather than just hearing about it.
"Unique to our school is our curriculum," Hall said. "We utilize an emergent curriculum which means we pay close attention to the interests of the children and what is happening in the world around them. We plan activities based on these observations, while also taking into account the state learning standards for early childhood."
The center also offers, on average, a 10:3 student to teacher ratio in each class. This ratio is higher than the average classroom because of the OWU students who work at the center.
OWU students are able to work in the Early Childhood Center as student teachers, field study students, legacy education administrative interns, work-study students, psychology students, drama students, health and human kinetic students, Tree House volunteers, in StAP positions and completing community service for education classes.
Senior Tim O'Keefe works for the Center, and said he believes it is a crucial resource not only to students of the center, but students of OWU's education department as well.
"The Early Childhood Center does a lot of emergence teaching with its students," O'Keefe said. "If children start to express interests in a certain topic, then the teachers will integrate that topic into the classroom. For instance if children are discussing cars during snack time or during guided exploration, then teachers will incorporate cars as well as more lessons on transportation into their lessons. This style allows for the children of the center to be more engaged in lessons as well as show that the teachers of the center adapt to what their students are interested in."
Current sophomore and Delaware resident Alanna Spalsbury attended the center as a child, and said she remembers "loving" her time there, and described her experience as being very "hands-on."
"I remember having show and tell (one boy even brought his pet goat) and the teachers were always very compassionate and actively engaged with us," she said. "Also I know we were active outside daily with there being a track in the backyard and many sensory areas like a sand box and seed station."


text: I thought I spotted Michael Holding at the ground this morning and his was an appropriate face, as the WACA this morning resembled nothing so much as the Oval in that scorching summer of 76. Actually that's a lie, it resembled the English summer of 76 as much as a blast furnace resembles a struck match. By 11am the masses were already reaching for the 2nd dose of sun block and the beer runs were beginning in earnest. Yet it was Australia who foun … Read More


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BACK ORDERS ONLY - (Expected delivery Early May 2020)
The 75mm Badge Creator features s rugged and long lasting Steel Die Set and machine body, easy and smooth action easy spin die table, quick pull handle and stabilising baseboard.
The unit is easy to assemble and simple and quick to operate.
The Small Business Pack consists of:
a 75mm Badge Machine,
a 75mm Desktop Badge Circle Cutter (suits 75mm badges), The Desktop Circle Cutter easily handles multiple sheets of standard or photographic paper for a clean, consistent edge.
500 x Plastic Pin Back components
and a Sample Pack that contains:
100 x 75mm complete Metal Pin Back components,
100 x 75mm complete Mirror Back components,
10 x 75mm photo stand
Full easy-to-read Australian instruction booklet
All Badge Machines feature interchangeable Die Sets; turn the 75mm into any size in under a minute by purchasing an alternative Die Set.
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Modified Mustangs & FordsFeatured Vehicles
James Rooney's 5.0 Powered Ford Fairmont Futura
This Fairmont Futura Will Change The Way You Think About The First Fox-Body Fords
Few vintage Ford buffs will have much to do with a late- model intermediate called Ford Fairmont. Yeah, we remember those--Fairmonts were born in the anemic '70s when Detroit was learning how to build better cars to come later in the '80s. Of course you remember the Fairmont. At least one neighbor had one. It probably replaced their aging Falcon or Maverick. Knowing your dorky neighbor, they probably ordered it with the standard 2.3L overhead-cam four to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Sure . But have you looked at the Fairmont's potential? The '78-81 Ford Fairmont two-door sedan and fastback Futura Sports Coupe make excellent low-buck restomods. You can get into them dirt cheap and funnel your money into nice refinements that can make Ford's lackluster Fairmont a boss ride. The Fairmont and corporate cousin Mercury Zephyr were the first Fox-bodied Fords. In case you're not familiar with the Fox-body platform, it became the '79-2001 Mustang, '79-86 Capri, '80-88 Thunderbird and Cougar, '84-89 Lincoln Mark VII, even the early '80s Lincoln Continental four-door sedan. Thanks to the versatility of the Fox platform, plenty of Mustang performance hardware can be bolted onto the humblest of Fairmonts. Are you beginning to get the picture?
We spotted this Fairmont Futura fastback at the 2000 Carlisle All-Ford Nationals. At first glance, we said, "what the ?" Then we cruised in for a closer look. We shook hands with James Rooney, 25, who molded this stodgy grocery-getter into a work of art we'd be proud to drive anywhere. It's reliable, looks terrific, runs like stink with the throttle pinned, and isn't just another Mustang pocket-rocket. It's different, and that's why we like it.
James bought this car during the winter of 1991 when he was 16. Call it "James at 16." It was that overhead-cam four-cylinder ride your neighbor had. But James was determined to double the number of cylinders. When a friend of his totaled an '84 20th Anniversary Edition Mustang GT convertible, he gave the surviving components, including the 5.0L High Output V-8 with five-speed, a new home in his Fairmont coupe. He even opted for the Mustang's 7.5-inch Traction-Lok rearend--a bolt-in swap. If you study the Futura closely, you'll see the bloodlines and swapability of Mustang and Fairmont. The '84 20th Anniversary Mustangs had an '85 vintage instrument panel with aircraft-style gauges. It's a sharp cluster for the dated Fairmont.
By 1998, James was a lot more seasoned at car building. He took his diamond in the rough off the road and began building the Ford Phantom. James and his close buddy, Ray Cvetkovic, went to work, committed to building the best Fairmont Futura anyone had ever seen.
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These gentlemen started with the engine, building a healthy 302 bored out to 306 ci. It has a steel crank, forged pistons, a main bearing girdle, Edelbrock Performer heads, a Weiand Stealth intake, a Comp Cams custom-ground camshaft, a 750-cfm Holley, and MAC equal-length headers, protected with a K&N air filter. A T5 five-speed funnels the ponies to an 8.8-inch late-model Mustang axle with 3.55:1 gears and an Auburn locker.
If you like the rich black finish, pass your compliments to James who prepped and painted the car himself. That's Glazurit 55, a German finish that gives the Futura a larger-than-life persona. The fascia is a mid-80s Ford LTD nose, a perfect fit for the Fairmont. Those pixeled mirror reflector taillamps were something James thought of himself. He and Ray turned imagination into reality.
On the ground, James and Ray didn't forget handling. They wanted a vehicle as stable as it was powerful. On the ground are '97 Mustang GT five-spoke wheels. Those are Mustang Cobra R binders on all fours. Koni adjustable shocks damp the action. BBK springs keep a ride level in all conditions. Goodyear Eagle ZR radials provide the stick and roll.
When you give James and Ray's Ford Phantom Futura a once-over just for fun, it makes you want to come back for more, thoroughly convinced there's something you might have missed. That's the nice thing about a slippery coupe like this one--it yields the unexpected.


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EC: Temporary IDs Issued Last Year Valid For LG Polls
The Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake had said that persons holding temporary identity cards that were issued for the Presidential and general elections last year, could use them at the forthcoming local government polls as well.
The Elections Department has said that instructions have already been given to all District Elections Commissioners to release the temporary identity cards that were returned following the conclusion of the elections last year.
The temporary identity cards are to be handed over to the relevant Grama Niladharis to be distributed among the people.
Persons who do not posses a national identity card or a temporary card could obtain a temporary identity card after handing over two photographs to the relevant Grama Niladhari.


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The documentary assessment indicated that the site has not contained buildings from the early 19th century to the present time. Field names imply that this may also have been the case in the 18th century. The presence of earthworks along the west side of the site suggest that structures are likely to have existed here in the medieval period as they lie along the line of the road which led to the medieval motte and bailey castle.
The results of the earthwork survey show that the above-ground remains form well defined and regular features, also indicative of buried structures, and the results of this survey are useful in helping interpret the geophysical survey.
The results from the geophysical surveys provide an accurate location plan of anomalies beneath the earthworks which lie along the west road frontage, as well as locating features of interest across other parts of the site. These include the locations of possible structures and the identification of other features such as a possible trackway leading from the main street into the site.
The site comprises a small field bounded to the north and west by roads, to the south by the land of the Royal George and the east by pasture which leads down to a north-south running brook. Further to the north lies the site of Lingen motte-and-bailey castle with the manor being held by Turstin under the Mortimers at the time of the Domesday Survey indicating a medieval date or earlier for the settlement. Some visible remains lie within the site, mainly within the westernmost 20m adjacent to the north-south road. These comprise earthworks of regular rectilinear form truncated by a hollow about halfway along their extent.
The entire area of the survey lies on relatively level ground within rough pasture adjacent to a stream valley on the east. The underlying comprises Silurian rocks described as Undivided on the Geological Survey of 1990. To the east lies grey mudstone of the Coalbrookdale Formation (also Silurian).
The earliest map looked at for the site was the 1842 tithe map. This was used in conjunction with the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club field name survey to identify names associated with fields both on the site and in its environs as in some cases the names given to fields reflect their previous use or ownership. The site itself lies within what was called Birds Meadow which included the fields to its east between the site and the stream. To the south of this field is a field called Mill Meadow which could indicate the presence of a mill down stream as mills commonly owned land containing the water course which fed them. On the other side of the stream from Mill Meadow lies Oldcastle Wood which might be taken to indicate the presence of an earlier archaeological site, such as a hillfort (Shoesmith 1996, 161). Between these two areas is a thin strip of land running the length of the stream called The Plock probably referring to a small plot of land. To the south of the site, the land behind the Royal George Inn and the next property is referred to as cottage garden. The field to the west across the road was called House, Garden and Meadow which probably refers to the existing building on that plot. The next map is the 1891 edition Ordnance Survey (surveyed in 1884). This does not show any buildings on the site and neither does the Ordnance survey 1904 map.
The Domesday survey records a manor at Lingen which implies the village was settled prior to the Norman Conquest. No other information was obtained relating to the site itself.


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These book bags are sure to please any little borrower!
Built to withstand the toughest of adventures (in the school bag!). The bag is made from designer cotton on the outside and lined with cotton on the inside. Can be hand washed. Great 5th birthday gift.
This brand new style fits the Kiwi school scrap books too!
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Sony has launched a new gizmo – Sony Handycam HDR-TG5V that carries some unique features, as compared to its past series HDR-TG1. The past series was carrying specs like 1920 x 1080 AVCHD video, 2.7in touch-sensitive display, 10X zoom optically stabilized lens and a 2.4MP ClearVid Exmor CMOS sensor either.
This new series HDR-TG5, adding 16GB fitted-in memory and geotagging support with Navteq maps, other than the features HDR-TG1 carries along. The menu interface has been designed with good appearance as well as adding Smile Shutter mechanism with it either.
Sony is offered on a price of USD 1,000. This series is also employing the same accessories, as the TG1 do. This system is having an extra battery, travel charger and pouch either.Key Specs and Trivia General
Product Type: Camcorder - 1080i
Digital Zoom: 120
Total Pixels: 23.6MP
Optical Sensor: Size 1/5inch
Optical Sensor Type: CMOS
Min Illumination: 5 lux
Analog Video Format: NTSC
Digital Video Format: MPEG-2
Special Effects: Sepia , Pastel , Old Movie , Monotone
Image Stabilizer: Electronic (Super Steady Shot)
Digital Scene Transition: Black fader , White fader
Min Shutter Speed: 1/2 sec
Max Shutter Speed: 1/1000 sec
Shooting Modes: Digital photo mode
Shooting Programs: Snow, Beach, Candle, Sunset, Sunrise, Fireworks, Landscape, Spotlight, Portrait mode, Twilight mode, Twilight portrait
White Balance: Custom, Presets, Automatic
White Balance Presets: Indoor, Outdoor
Exposure Modes: Automatic, Program
Camera Flash: Built-in
Flash Modes: Auto mode
Widescreen Video Capture: Yes
It also adds many other features.


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What contributes to bad management style? If you were to ask a number of people, it's more than likely that their answers will greatly vary – each drawing on their own experience of serving under a bad manager.
Mindflash conducted this experiment and compiled the infographic shown below. They narrowed it down to the top 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Managers, and it makes for an interesting read. Here are the bad habits and the actions bad managers need to take to address them.
7 Bad Habits of Managers
- Continually breaking your world.
- Chastising your employees publicly.
- Getting all up in their business.
- Withholding positive feedback.
- Be all-knowing all the time.
- Speaking before listening.
- Being afraid of discipline.
How to Kick these Habits
- Create trust by not breaking your word.
- Start solving problems in private instead of chastise employees publicly.
- Get to know the desire of your employees and get all up in their business.
- Boost the confidence of your employees by giving them positive feedback.
- Don't be all knowing and make your employees comfortable.
- Try to listen active instead of speaking before listing.
- Make good and SMART agreements with everyone.
Even addressing one of the issues can make a big difference in a person's management style. The main issue is trying to get a manager to understand that they way they are doing things, might not necessarily be the best way!
However if you are managing people and notice you're doing one of the things mentioned on this list, then you can be proactive about making change. For example, to counter the issue of withholding positive feedback all you have to do is be more free with it. Remember to praise in public and instruct in private.
Simple changes can make a world of difference to your employees happiness and productivity. For more management tips check out: 5 ways great leaders motivate employees.
Source: www.mindflash.com


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3 Ways to Make Your Meeting Room Audiovisuals Rock
Published on November 20, 2013 - By Jennifer LeClaire
If you're marketing meeting room space in the 21st century, you understand how important the audiovisual experience is. You need the right equipment and the expertise to operate it so your business center clients have a rock solid experience.
Northwest Meetings & Events magazine recently published an industry round up of audio video experts. You can click here to read the entire article, or keep moving forward to get the best of the best three tips relevant to your business center.
1. Understand Your Limitations
"Understanding what you have and the limitations of your equipment is really big," Hobie Fugate, CEO of Seattle's Audio Visual Meeting Solutions (AVMS), told Northwest Meetings & Events. "To jump in and get a basic understanding is better than avoiding it, because it's not going to slow down."
2. Don't Wait Until the Last Minute
"We have a rule of one hour prior," Fugate continues. That means everything needs to be set up and checked at least an hour before your business center clients arrive.
3. Have a Trained Pro On Hand
"The best of us have had challenges interfacing with display equipment," says Fugate. "Some things are out of anyone's control." You don't need to hire an AV expert, but someone at your business center should be the "resident expert."
Beyond the article, you also need to consider presenter lighting. You can only depend so much on daylight. Ask your client questions about lighting, whether they need a full rig with lights and stands or if the standard room lighting is sufficient. Depending on what type of presentation they are conducting, they could need a more sophisticated lighting set up.
On the audio side, ask your meeting room client if they need table-top mics so others in the room can join in, especially with important video conferences. Other options include audio recording to document important meetings or standing microphones for individual presentations.
If you really want to compete in the full service meeting rooms market, create a checklist that you can post on your website offering all the options, such as varying screen sizes, branded meeting themes, the number and type of microphones, music considerations and more.
As the meeting rooms business grows more competitive, the business centers that offer a one stop shop may come out ahead in the battle for larger clients.
Image source: ABCN meeting rooms


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dear preacher, thanks for making time for me today
hope you don't mind if i hide behind the curtain
it's been fifteen years since my last confession
by your good book's standards, i've sinned like a champion
but that book seems a tad bit out-dated
please forgive me, for questioning divinity
it's an ugly job, but i think i'm up for it
i'm not saying who's right
i'm just saying there's more than one way
to skin a religion
there's more than one way
to explain our existence
reverend, sir, i don't want to seem malevolent
my teenage angst is far behind me
but father, certainly it's troubling to see
all these people kneeling, instead of dealing
with the fact that we are all we have
so, rise up! rise up!
there's no one to worship!
but plenty of life to lose!
i'm not saying "let's burn down the church"
but do you want to hear my confession?
it's my greatest sin..
okay, here it is:
i wasted half my life on the thought that i'd live forever!
i wasn't raised, to seize the day, but to work and worship
'cause "he that liveth and believeth" supposedly never dies
rise up! rise up!
and live a full life!
'cause when it's over, it's done
so rise up! rise up!
dance and scream and love!
[barely audible outro]
you're not the chosen one
and i'm not the chosen one


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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The City of Minneapolis just offered more opportunities for visitors to stay plugged in, literally.
The city said they have finished installing 36 new charging stations for electric vehicles in a pair of downtown parking ramps.
The new charging stations are available at the Leamington and ABC ramps. A grant from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to the Minnesota Department of Public Transportation made their installation possible.
"As a City that strives to be more sustainable, we must provide a variety of options for residents as they move around the city," Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges said. "We understand that more and more people are making this choice to invest in electric vehicles, and I'm pleased the City is making efforts to support those personal investments and keep up with that demand."
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A smart man named Henning Klevjer recently discovered a new phishing technique. In which all sites can be hidden in a single link.
Before, phishing was contained on servers on the internet. Utilizing URIs, you do not need a server to make a phish site.
In this article, we will examine the method in which URI is received, implantation, sharing, and how antiviruses must react. This article is divided into 8 parts.
Part 1: Understanding The URI
Using the data URI scheme it is possible to present media content in a web browser without hosting the actual data on the internet. Data URIs follow this scheme: data:[<mediatype>][;base64],<data> [1]
So the general syntax would be data:[<metatype>][;base64],<data>
mediatypeis a MIME type string, such as "
image/jpeg" for a JPEG image file. If omitted, defaults to
If the data is textual, you can simply embed the text (using the appropriate entities or escapes based on the enclosing document's type). Otherwise, you can specify
base64to embed base64-encoded binary data. [3]
Ok, we want text/html or text/javascript. And the other part is base64. So our code so far looks like this:
data:text/html;base64,<data> where <data> is our base64 encoded string.
Part 2: Generating The Phish Page
This is when you would, like any other regular phish page, attempt to replicate as much of the website itself as possible without having to use a high amount of scripts. This can be done via using external stylesheets. For this test, we will use a basic javascript function.
Part 3: Obfuscation Using Base64
Next, we will use a tool called Base64 Online [4] to obfuscate our code.
Part 4: Implantation In The Browser
So now, the full code is:
Enter that in your browser and give it a try! You should be greeted with an alert box.
Part 5: Implantation On A Website
So now what we do is take our code and put it in a hidden iframe:
<iframe src="data:text/html;base64,PGh0bWw+PGhlYWQ+PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgndGVzdCcpPC9zY3JpcHQ+PC9oZWFkPjwvaHRtbD4=" width=0 height=0>
Check out the jsFiddle [5].
Part 6: Sharing The Payload
Generally, it's easier to make your own link than to infect other sites, so how do we share a long url without making it look suspicious? Why TinyURL [6] of course!
Note that Google Chrome has a built-in feature that detects redirects such as this and prevents connection. However, if the user attempts to reload the page, the error doesn't occur a second time. Note that this safety feature does not work with previous examples.
Part 7: How Antiviruses Must React (Conclusion)
Due to the nature that these links are not really 'sites', they don't have IPs, which means you can't blacklist them. This means that website heuristics is a must, and any suspicious elements found must be reported accordingly. Lets develop a 'rough-draft' of how we want to protect our users. I will use a mix of Lua and JavaScript as well as english.
If document.contains "data" then
If typeof data is script then
— Deobfuscate Base64 & Signature Check, if fails:
— Heuristics, if fails:
— Sandbox
Part 8: Resources
http://klevjers.com/papers/phishing.pdf [1]
http://www.idg.no/computerworld/article251936.ece [2]
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/data_URIs [3]
http://www.motobit.com/util/base64-decoder-encoder.asp [4]
Stay Safe,


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Southeast Utah Workshops, Public Meetings and Water Rights Hearings
Price, Green River and Moab - September 29 - 30, 2009
Revised: Dceember 9, 2009
A series of public information meetings hosted by the Division of Water Rights - South Eastern Regional Office, were held to discuss current Water Right issues in the region. Among the issues discussed were a review of current State and Regional policy, process and legislative changes such as Proof Affidavits, Non-Use, livestock watering, as well as the Colorado River and Endangered Fish policy, Irrigation Duty policy, Appropriation policy in the Mill Creek and Willow basin drainages, Federal Reserved Water Rights for Arches N.P. and a Utah Geological Survey presentation on the Hydrogeology of the Moab-Spanish Valley.
The following information is available from the meeting:


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Treat yourself or a loved one to a unique experience or better yet come as a group.
The FoxGlass studio can accommodate up to 8 people and sharing your experience will give you something to remember and talk about for a long time to come.
Whether you want to try something new, or already have some experience of working with glass, your FoxGlass taster course will be tailored to your specific requirements.
All materials and safety equipment are included in the price and you'll be fully assisted all the way through the creative process, you'll even get a certificate to take home with you along with any glass you make. We welcome students for 8 years upwards.
Blow a bauble
- Takes around 30 minutes.
Make a spinning top
- Takes around 45 minutes.
2 hour taster session
- A full 2 hours flameworking.
Half day taster session
- 4 hours flamework tuition.


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Judges will reward a smartly executed Baby, Family or Parenting Influencer Marketing Campaign that has delivered results for a relevant brand based on agreed objectives.
Entry Guidance: The entry may be led by a brand or agency, or in collaboration with a technology and/or influencer. The activity could be a one-off or ongoing campaign and there are no physical borders. i.e. the activity can take place in any worldwide region or country.
"The quality of award submissions, the range of topics covered and calibre of the brands and agencies in attendance were a fantastic tribute to the most exciting and fast growing digital advertising technique that is influencer marketing. I'm looking forward to the future events!"Joseph Harper, Kellogg's UK & Ireland Social Lead
© 2020 Influencer Marketing Awards. All rights reserved unless stated. Images used with permission.


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The Academy's clinic is a teaching clinic that offers exceptional care. As a patient, you will be cared for by a student practitioner in the final stages of training. Our student practitioners are caring, compassionate and highly committed to treating each person's unique concerns at the level of body, mind and spirit. Guided by experienced faculty supervisors, your student practitioner will provide treatments tailored to your specific, individual health needs.
The clinic offers acupuncture treatments and herbal medicine treatments. In many cases, we recommend combining the two types of therapies to achieve optimum health and balance.
The Acupuncture Clinic and Herbal Clinic are open most weekdays between 9:00 am and 7:00 pm.
If you are a new patient, please contact the clinic to schedule your initial appointment. We encourage you to call with any questions you may have. 352.548.2332.
How to Find Us
We are located in downtown Gainesville, on SE 2nd just east of SE 3rd Street. On-site and street parking are available.
Acupuncture and Herbal Clinic
315 SE 2nd Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32601
Phone: 352.548.2332
New patient forms are available online. You may:
- Print and complete forms by hand, and bring to your first appointment, or
- Download forms, open and complete. Then the forms can be emailed directly to your practitioner or printed, signed and brought with you.
Please contact us at 352.548.2332 if have any questions.


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5151 San Felipe, Suite 800
Houston, Texas 77056
p. 832.783.5700
Our leadership team has over 200 years
of combined experience in the oil & gas industry.
Our goal is to develop meaningful positions in the most
profitable oil and gas development opportunities.
We use the best technical and operational
processes and never stop improving.
We will take the extra steps to create greater
dependability and more predictable results.
We are committed to operate by the values and
high standards defined by our Code of Conduct.
The name Freedom comes from our love of this most precious gift – the true freedom to make our own performance on the back of our own skills. We know true freedom cannot be taken for granted, must be protected, and requires a dedicated mind set to do so. We take this same passion and apply it to our business. We have a set of values and a way of working that we will not waiver from. They are ours and we will do whatever it takes to protect them.
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Healthy Hair and Skin for Your Wedding
Story by Felicia Zammit-McMann, Owner, Wedding Connections of the Hudson Valley
Photo: Courtesy of Laurie Szostak
When it comes to your wedding day, you want to look and feel your best! You want every inch of you to glow. In the Hudson Valley, we are lucky to have skin-care and beauty experts who know just how important what you put on your skin is for a healthy, glowing look.
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Complete Story
New study aims to reduce overdoses in Ohio
Source: Hicks Partners Newsletter
"Community healing" is moving from trite sentiment to executable action item under a new federally-funded study. The aptly named HEALing Communities study is backed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and will see The Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati lead a coalition of other interstate universities and medical institutions to test proven prevention and treatment interventions in 19 randomly chosen counties.
More information on the study and its aims can be found here.


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Introduction: Oreo Poke Cake With Chocolate Pudding
Simple Oreo Poke Cake with Chocolate Pudding
Teacher Notes
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Step 1: Gather Ingredients
Ingredients that are needed...
-Regular Oreo Cookies
-Instant Chocolate Pudding Mix (will need milk for the mix)
-Boxed Vanilla Cake Mix (will need eggs, water, and vegetable oil)
Step 2: Separate the Oreos
Separate the Oreo cookie from the cream center using a butter knife. Put into two separate bowls. Use about a third of the oreo cookies in a pack.
Step 3: Prepare the Cake
Prepare the cake mix according to the directions on the box. In addition to the ingredients on the box also mix in the cream from the center of the Oreos from the previous step.
Step 4: Preparing the Pan
Start the preparation of the pan by spraying it with non-stick spray. Afterwards layer the bottom of the pan with whole oreos (cream still in the center).
Step 5: Adding the Cake Mix to the Pan
After the cake mix is mixed and the pan layered, dump the cake mix over the oreos making sure to cover all the oreos and spaces between the cookies.
Put the cake in the oven for 30 mins at 350*
Step 6: Crush the Separated Oreo Cookies
Crush the separated oreo cookies from the beginning. Easiest way to do this is to put the cookies in a gallon size zip block bag and use a wooden spoon to smash them.
Step 7: Make the Pudding
Make the pudding mix according to the directions on the box. You will need milk for this step. In addition to the mix add the crushed up oreo cookies from the previous step into the pudding mix leaving some of the crushed cookies for the top of the cake.
Step 8: Adding the Holes to the Cake
Using the bottom of a kitchen utensil, push holes into the top of the cooled cake. This leaves holes for the pudding mix to fill in.
Step 9: Finale
Finally dump the unset pudding mix on top of the cake making sure to fill in the holes made in the previous step. Sprinkle the remaining crushed cookies on top of the pudding. Put in the fridge to set for about half an hour. Enjoy.
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Stay Home Club knows how to reach the inner cat lady in all of us. A great addition to any jacket or bag. But knowing you, it probably won't end up on a gym bag!
- 3.5" embroidered patch
- Iron-on backing makes for easy attachment to any garment
- Sewing on is recommended for anything that will be washed regularly


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Several government buildings will be closed due to the Christmas holiday.
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Rāma's Coronation in the Vision of Sītā
(From Original Oriya Kāvya ' Tapasvinī'
of Poet Gangādhara Meher)
English Translation by : Dr. Harekrishna Meher
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In the flow of the river
of devotion-to-husband there,
Sītā's life was floating,
and in eddies, was restlessly rotating.
Unable to bring and keep
her life in own lap, Dame Sleep
approached Yogamāyā,
and apprised : "O Goddess ! Life of Sītā
has today gone beyond
the human heart's bond.
For twelve years
Virtuous Maithilī,
permeating her bed with tears,
managed to come slowly
in my lap once even.
But today despite my frequent call
in my very sweet tone,
she not at all
paying heed to it, alone
proceeds to the state of heaven.
Idols of eyes, her twin sons,
from her eyes shall now disappear.
All the ten directions
shall seem darkened for her.
In this life of hers
no sun-rise of happiness appears.
So much devoted to her husband,
what fruit did she acquire at the end ?
Kindly make her future bright.
Let the poor lady behold it.
Pouring water from eyes
in her life's basin,
the sobre lady obtained the grand
garden of devotion-to-husband.
Neither any flower bloomed therein,
nor did any fruit appear.
Ah ! Tell me please,
would the life
of the virtuous wife
so desperately suffer ?"
Yogamāyā directed : "Come, My Friend !
Cool night is at its end.
Approaching the devoted Sītā now earlier,
we both will reveal the secret of her future."
With Sleep, entered Yogamāyā hastily
in the cottage of Maithilī.
By celestial lustre, the sylvan site
continued to shine.
Surface of earth turned replete
with the fragrance divine.
By the aromatic affluence
horripilated, Sītā's life aroused.
Under the splendour's influence
her eyes became closed.
There appeared the scene.
Lustrous Sītā has been.
World is being illumed further
by her effusive lustre.
Resplendent with blooming mien,
King Rāma with herself as Queen
has ascended the bejewelled throne there.
Kuśa has sat in the lap of Rāghava,
and in Sītā's lap, Lava.
Holding the lifted umbrella,
Lakshmaņa, the husband of Urmilā,
has stood anear.
Moving the charming chowery moonbeam-fair,
Bharata performs his own duty.
Holding by hand, Śatrughna moves there
the fan prepared with peacock-plumes pretty.
In the mouth of future,
life-lustre of every creature
is flowing apace
forming a stream of river.
Crores of men and women thither
are performing ablutions in the very stream,
knowing it a great place,
sacred, noble and supreme.
By and by, the stream
with its physical expanse
advances towards the ocean of time
in great distance.
Gods and demi-god Vidyādharas with love
are offering from above
soothing showers
of beautiful flowers.
Gods, with demons all,
serpents, human beings
and nymphs celestial,
are permeating there
the entire mundane sphere
with 'Victory-to-Sītā-Rāma' chantings.
In every house, in every life, in every city,
in the river-boat, in the bark of the sea,
in every cavern,
at day and night,
in the even and the morn,
in dolour and delight,
in the hearts of the affluent
as well as of the indigent,
reigns ever-reverberant
the 'Victory-to-Sītā-Rāma' chant.
Observing all these,
stood entranced at the scene
Crest-crown of the chaste ladies,
the Great Queen.
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(Extracted from Canto-XI of Tapasvinī Kāvya).
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
Rāma's Coronation in the Vision of Sītā (Tapasvinī)
Posted by Dr. Harekrishna Meher at 6:47 AM
Labels: Tapasvini
1 comment:
- KhushiG said...
Lovely translation. I love to read the poem again and again and again. You have described the poem with such powerful words that I feel powerful now; don't know why?? but yes,I am feeling powerful now. Thank you for translating the poetry beautifully.
- September 18, 2009 at 6:10 AM
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Aug 08, 2012 6:25 AM GMT
Either that or some really fat person walked by, but the whole building shook whatever it was. (still hasn't shown up on earthquakes.usgs.gov)
GAMRican said4.4. That's just a little nudge.As I said, it felt like a fat person walked by.
CABucky saidDidn't feel it, though some of my friends didShakemap shows it hardly reached your area. Probably muffled by the terrain.
Boris saidLA is going to be hit with a HUGE earthquake sometime in the future according to recent studies


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By the Rev. Dr. Ed Hird
Sir Alexander Mackenzie ranks as one of the most remarkable persons of North American wilderness history and, indeed, as one of the greatest travelers of all time. His transcontinental crossing predated (and indeed inspired) the more famous Lewis and Clark American expedition by twelve years. Even Bernard De Voto, the well-known Utah-born historian said of Mackenzie, "In courage, in the faculty of command, in ability to meet the unforeseen with resources of craft and skill, in the will that cannot be overborne, he has had no superior in the history of American exploration."
Mackenzie realized the dream of a Canada stretching from sea to sea. Beneath the lion and the unicorn supporting the coat of arms of Canada are the Latin words: A MARI USQUE AD MARE, taken from a Biblical text, 'He shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the river to the ends of the earth. Without Alexander Mackenzie (and his Nor'Wester friends Simon Fraser and David Thompson), Canada would have lost her entire Pacific Coast, being shut off from any access to the sea.
In 1764, Alexander Mackenzie was born in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, a windswept, rugged island in the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. When Alexander was ten, his mom died. Neighbours, knowing he had memorized long passages from the Bible, predicted that Alexander would become a clergyman. Through the local pastor's library, he learned about astronomy and the use of telescopes. At age 13, Alexander tabulated all the animal and plant life in the Hebrides, and he and his pastor tried unsuccessfully to get it published in London.
To escape the grinding poverty, his family, like thousands of other Highlanders, moved to the New World, only to become caught up in the American Revolution. His father, like Simon Fraser's dad, joined a United Empire Loyalist regiment near New York, before escaping with his family to Montreal. In those days, every one of Montreal's 4000 inhabitants was involved in some way with the fur trade. To young Alexander Mackenzie, the Montreal-based North West Company fur trade signified adventure, a chance to travel and explore new territory.
The heart of the fur industry was the voyageurs, who were the heroes and athletes of the 18th century. As with the NHL, a voyageur was an old man at forty and forced to retire.
A good voyageur paddled 40 strokes to the minute and could keep up that pace from dawn to dusk with brief stops. They had the reputation of being the finest canoeists in the world, who could travel anywhere. Most of the North West Company's 1,100 voyageurs were Canadians, which in those days meant that they were Quebec-born francophones. The Northwest Company brought together a unique blend of Canadians and Scots like Simon Fraser and Alexander Mackenzie. At the height of the North West Company, it had eight times as many men in Western Canada as the more cautious Hudson's Bay Company.
While looking for the Pacific Ocean, Mackenzie discovered and charted the largest river in Canada, the 2,500-mile long Mackenzie River . He reached the Arctic Ocean on July 14th, 1789 –the same day as the angry Paris mobs stormed the French Bastille. Mackenzie was so heartbroken over ending up at the wrong ocean that he named his river 'The River of Disappointment.' The Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin renamed it the Mackenzie River. Over 200 years later, there are 11 different places named after Alexander Mackenzie in BC and the North West Territories, including the Mackenzie Delta, the Mackenzie Mountains, the Mackenzie Highway, and the Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park.
Mackenzie the Scottish Bulldog was above all things resilient. Rather than give up his Pacific quest, he went to England to improve his knowledge of astronomy and geography. Upon returning to Canada, Mackenzie once again struck out towards the Pacific Ocean, known by some First Nations as the 'Stinking Lake'. This time he traveled down the Peace River and the Parsnip River before trekking the final distance over the 'Grease Trail', traveled by the First Nations for countless generations. Once again his victory was bitter-sweet. Yes, he had succeeded in reaching Bella Coola on the Pacific Ocean. But like Simon Fraser, he too had discovered a route that was useless as a fur-trading canoe highway.
Following his two epic journeys to the Arctic and the Pacific Oceans, Mackenzie wrote an instant best-selling book called Voyages. His book was so popular with the English and Germans that the publisher could not print enough copies to keep up with the demand. During this time, he went back to England, became friendly with the Prince of Wales, and was knighted by his father King George IV. That winter and spring, Sir Alexander was the most popular man in London. No social event was considered a success unless he attended it.
Between his book sales and his fur trading, Mackenzie became one of Canada's wealthiest men. He even spent a brief period in Canadian politics which 'bored him to tears'. He also founded his own fur-trading 'XY Company' and tried unsuccessfully to do a corporate takeover of the failing Hudson's Bay Company.
Few people in Canada realize that Mackenzie was an unwitting 'accomplice' in Napoleon's planned re-conquest of Canada. Napoleon had Mackenzie's book smuggled from England and translated into French. Mackenzie's description of the Western Canada river system was so precise that Napoleon had set up a scheme during the War of 1812 to use Mackenzie's book to invade Canada. Canada would be conquered by a surprise attack from New Orleans, up the Mississippi River. Fortunately for Canada, Napoleon ended up invading Moscow rather than Ottawa.
My prayer is that Jesus may raise up many more Alexander Mackenzies, people with bull-dog persistence, inexhaustible energy, and insatiable curiosity.
The Rev. Dr. Ed Hird
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