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I find it hard to tell the truth. Which is not to say that I am in the habit of lying. I am a nonfiction writer and a journalist. It's my job to tell the truth. But each time I set words down, I realize I am wrestling with more than one truth.
It is partly a trouble of writing about activists and underdogs and do-gooders, my specialty. These are people who have so often had their stories stolen from them— mangled, distorted, or transformed by media or politicians or Hollywood. They are trying to change the story that other people know about them. And you have to hold both their truth and the other truths—the truths of their adversaries, detractors, and peers—in your mind as you write.
You would think that the facts would be anchors: They would pin the story to the page. But there are so many stories that can bind the same facts together—each with a different protagonist. Each of the people you interview and later write about sees themselves secretly as the hero, the underdog, the victim, or the villain. Their mind has cast themselves in this role, and when they see what you wrote, they may say, No, that's not the story I know. They may try to control it—to write it for you.
They may have told you a story—sitting across from you at the table over a coffee or a beer and leaning nervously into a tiny microphone—and not realized that it, too, is fiction. They left out the people who helped them along and made themselves too heroic. They exaggerated a small detail. Later, you ask them again, Is this true? They say, No, you got it wrong. As if you, and not they, had created the fiction. You have to hold them to the facts, but even beyond dates and places and physical details, there are the questions of meaning and morality.
I once wrote a story in which the hero was an endangered, possibly extinct, bird. But the creature's tiny spirit had summoned scientists from different countries to speak to one another, across cultures, across political barriers. When I sent them the draft, the scientists asked me to edit them out. The bird was their secret. The scientists could not be spoken of by name in the same paragraph together—the political barriers were too great. I would get them in trouble.
When I sit down to write stories, I so often want to imagine people are more courageous than they are, or more beautiful, more evil, or more consistent. And sometimes the people in the story want this, too. I have stand back and think beyond them. Nail my story to the facts but draw forth my own truth and insight. Because in the end, the story I tell is my own—the truth as I have known it.


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The communication of genetic material with biomolecules has been a major interest in cancer biology research for decades. Among its different levels of involvement, DNA is known to be a target of several antitumor agents. Additionally, tissue specific interaction between macromolecules such as proteins and structurally important regions of DNA has been reported to define the onset of certain types of cancers. Illustrated in Chapter 1 is the general history of research on the interaction of DNA and anticancer drugs, most importantly different congener of bleomycin (BLM). Additionally, several synthetic analogues of bleomycin, including the structural components and functionalities, are …
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By Émer O'Toole Half Wits, Webster's Theatre New theatre group, Half Wits' take on Neil Simon's The Odd Couple proves a friendship can be just as infuriating as a marriage. The time is 1965, the place: New York, and Oscar Madison's pigsty of an apartment is everything you would expect from a stereotypical bachelor: left-over rubbish from … Continue reading Theatre Review: The Odd Couple
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Live Review: Mac DeMarco
By Tony Inglis Barrowlands, Glasgow, 24 November 2017 The first time I saw Mac DeMarco play live – a few years ago, in Glasgow's now shuttered iconic club venue, The Arches – kids literally hung from the rafters as Mac and his band closed out their set with a raucous, hilarious, ingratiating rendition of Metallica's … Continue reading Live Review: Mac DeMarco
Live Review: The War on Drugs
By Tony Inglis Barrowlands, Glasgow, 9 November 2017 One sure fire way to avoid the #dadrock backlash is to be extremely good at what you do. The War on Drugs have so far been immune from the criticisms that plague other all white, male guitar bands of the moment because their brand of arena-ready revivalist … Continue reading Live Review: The War on Drugs
Album Review: Taylor Swift, reputation
By Tara Fitzpatrick "The old Taylor can't come to the phone right now..." Having gone almost entirely off the grid since that celebrity-spat with Kanye and Kim Kardashian-West, Taylor Swift is back with a dramatic reinvention and her most ostentatious marketing campaign to date. 'Reputation' her sixth album, is a 15 track analysis of fame, friendship … Continue reading Album Review: Taylor Swift, reputation
Live Review: Julien Baker
By Tony Inglis CCA, Glasgow, 9 November 2017 Tennessee singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Julien Baker arrived in Glasgow riding a crest of popularity, but not completely shielded from criticism. Touring off the back of her weirdly divisive new album Turn Out the Lights, its recent release has garnered a reaction ranging from an outpouring of … Continue reading Live Review: Julien Baker
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By Tony Inglis CCA, Glasgow, 18 October 2017 About three quarters of the way through Alex G's set at the CCA (or (Sandy) Alex G, as he has rebranded himself this year so as not to be confused with the dumbfounding uber popularity of a similarly named YouTube star), the eponymous Alex Giannascoli takes a … Continue reading Live Review: (Sandy) Alex G


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The R&S®RTP and R&S®RTO oscilloscope supports serial triggering and decoding of Automotive Ethernet BroadR-Reach or 100BASE-T1. Errors are identified reliably and efficently using the trigger. You can trigger on frame start, Idle frame, MAC frame including destination & source address, frame type and data and on various error conditions.
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You can analyze the decoded bus on different decode layers. Most important is the ternary signals to directly correlate the decoding to the electrical signal. For further analysis, you can additionally show the scrambled and descrambled bits.
Telegram display as color-coded bus signals and in decode table
You can analyze the decoded bus frames by overlaying the signal with color-coded data. Address and data content can be displayed in hex, bin or ASCII format. You always have the best overview with the flexible screen setup. The protocol details can also be displayed in a concise table. Select the data format and decode layer that best fits your analysis needs.
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Forensic science, as used by investigators on police shows and lawyers in the movies, is embedded in our cultural imagination as a reliable and objective instrument for establishing guilt and innocence. However, it appears that we're idealizing forensics, which rely much more on subjective interpretations and questionable analyses than we've been led to believe. Law enforcement is guilty of overstating the reliability of forensic techniques, and scientific rigor is lacking in investigations.
Guilty Until Proven Guilty
Public Radio International's podcast Science Friday cast doubt upon the scientific worth of tests that the criminal justice system has touted as ironclad for decades. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has criticized the procedures, and the FBI admits that its use of forensic techniques is geared to serve the prosecution in the majority of cases. In the podcast, the host talked to skeptics like Suzanne Bell, professor of forensic and analytical chemistry at West Virginia University:
What's worse, the much-needed oversight process is in limbo because the multidisciplinary commission President Obama appointed to oversee the reliability of forensic science —the National Commission on Forensic Science— is now gone because the Trump administration let the commission expire.
IRA FLATOW: Let's talk about a general lack of science in some big areas of forensic science. Let's go through some of these– for example, like bite marks. How good are bite marks, Dr. Bell, for evidence?
SUZANNE BELL: Well, I think they've been pretty well discredited to this point. The science or the underlying assumptions of bite-mark analysis was that A, human dentition is unique, and B, that when you make those marks in skin, the skin will reflect that uniqueness. And both of those have been pretty well disproven. It's a subjective method.
Class and Punishment
There are many aspects to this issue, not only scientific ones. The guests on the podcast talk about the way forensics disadvantages low income defendants, who don't have the resources or know-how to challenge law enforcement analyses of crime scene data. Judges are hesitant to allow experts to testify against the state's evidence unless they know why there should be a question raised about it, which in turn is unlikely without the expert testimony itself. The socioeconomic consequences of over-reliance on faulty forensics and exaggerated expert testimony are too significant to ignore.
State's Evidence
The podcast doesn't mention the point that is most glaring here, which is our cultural idea that evidence is objective and sacrosanct. The National Academy of Science was cautious about causing alarm in its report linked above, but it described a situation where the variations in methods, rigor, and training in the various disciplines that make up forensic science make it impossible to portray the process of identifying the guilty as in any way precise or objective.
Like any other science, forensics is about inference, not evidence. We need to acknowledge that data can be interpreted in many different ways, that we should question our certainty about the assumptions underlying these supposedly airtight methods, and that science is a legitimating institution that serves to protect the powerful and validate their authority.
I highly recommend people listen to the 18-minute podcast for an inside look at forensics and justice.
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You know, we keep hearing about all these great things science was supposed to do for us, but it sure seems like it's fallen short in recent years. Personal jetpacks, flying cars and exterminating everyone over 30 are all now 13 years overdue. Basically, thanks for the microwave ovens, scientists, but what have you done for us lately?
Well, science delivered, and it delivered big. Get ready for slimmer, sexier mice, because doctors at Louisiana State University have found the secret to exercise- and diet-free weight loss.
LSU researchers injected mice that they had fattened up with amlexanox, a drug normally used to treat canker sores in humans. The mice lost the weight through increased metabolism, not by moving around more or eating less. Once off the drug, the mice gained the weight back, but it was too late for their young, sexy new spouses to dump them.
The next step is to test this treatment on obese humans, who look forward to getting that wheel out of their living rooms.


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Joining the financial services industry in 1983 I have held a variety of advisory and management roles with both local and national companies.
Following the Legal Services Act 2011, I trained under the Society of Will Writers and qualified to accept client instructions on Wills, Family Trusts and Powers of Attorney.
In December 2012 I obtained my 'Statement of Professional Standing (SPS)' from The Chartered Insurance Institute, well ahead of the Retail Distribution Review deadline of January 2013"
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I hold the Diploma in Financial Planning and am a member of the Personal Finance Society. Living near to the Norfolk/Suffolk border, I am ideally located to look after clients across the Norfolk and Suffolk area. I am also qualified and authorised to advise on Long Term Care Fees"


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Roosevelt Island Residents Vote Overwhelmingly For Hillary Clinton But Donald Trump Wins And Is President Elect - Are You And Your Kids OK?
According to the NYC Board of Elections, Roosevelt Island residents
Roosevelt Island Residents Voting At PS/IS 217 11/8/16
voted in yesterday's Presidential Election as follows:
- Clinton 2,229
- Trump 331
- Stein 70
- Johnson 34
- Write in 28
The vote tally for Roosevelt Island Election Districts (82 E.D. - 87) from the NYC Board of Elections is here.
The NY Times reports that Donald Trump received 279 Electoral Votes (270 needed for victory) to Hillary Clinton's 228. Ms. Clinton received more total votes 59,733,960 (47.7%) to Donald Trump's 59,520,324 (47.5%). Arizona's vote is not final yet and is not counted in this tally.
Have you come to terms yet with the results of yesterday's Presidential election? Does the phrase President-Elect Donald Trump fill you with gloom about the future of America, make you happy or just resigned to the next 4 years of President Trump?
The Roosevelt Island Twitterverse reacts to President-Elect Donald Trump today.
I don't think I've ever ridden a subway car that was so full yet so silent— Nick Turner (@SFNick) November 9, 2016
@SFNick @Rooseveltisland I think New York is in a state of shock about what country we belong to...— Amanda Sadlier (@amandasadlier) November 9, 2016
A Roosevelt Island resident known as "The Walrus" recommends this NYU Langone Center Webinar on helping you and your child deal with the election results:Walking past Starbucks on Roosevelt Island, NY, playing Bob Marley's Three Little Birds. Doesn't feel like everything's going to be alright— Carl Packman (@CarlPackman) November 9, 2016
A free 30-minute webinar for parents and caregivers from the Child Study Center, part of Hassenfeld Children's Hospital of New York at NYU Langone.
Whether your emotional reaction to Tuesday nights presidential election results was joy or anger, as a parent you may find yourself in the position to explain and answer questions about politics and the presidential election results to your child....
Here's President-Elect Donald Trump's Victory speech last night,How do we talk to our children about Donald Trump's victory? https://t.co/SRlJmyJeWe— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) November 9, 2016
Hillary Clinton's concession speech today
and President Barack Obama's remarks
on the Presidential transition today.
UPDATE 11/10 - President Obama met with President-Elect Trump today.
Is it possible that Obama and Trump can work together?
.@realDonaldTrump on meeting with @POTUS: "I very much look forward with dealing with the president in the future" pic.twitter.com/A7lCpHPNea— POLITICO (@politico) November 10, 2016


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In what many are calling a sure sign that a new bubble has arrived, Apple Computer (AAPL) today announced that the company had acquired the legendary rock band, U2. The transaction, which was confirmed before the markets opened this morning, was valued at $1.8B. Apparently the deal was pushed through late last night with some urgency, following Google's purchase of Web 2.0 darling YouTube for $1.65B.
Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs acknowledged as much in the statement released this morning:
"While many of our competitors are investing their shareholder's money in small, unproven, Web 2.0 companies, we've decided to invest in content. And there's no greater content than the ultimate Rock 'n Roll 2.0 band, U2. The band shares our commitment to excellence, passion for creativity, and love of a great melody."
U2, led by lead singer and noted humanitarian Bono, has been a fixture in Apple ads and is also featured on the only iPod designed for a band. Bono and Jobs have grown increasingly close during the past two years and merging the two world-renowned brands seemed like the logical next step.
The deal, with details still being finalized, assures U2 a prominent role in Apple's numerous media properties. U2 will be a permanent feature on the iTunes homepage, highlighting the band's entire music catalog, as well as all music videos and feature-length concerts through the iTunes Movie Store.
All future U2 albums will be available exclusively through iTunes for the first month of release and the band has agreed to produce a monthly podcast, giving people an inside look at life inside the world's most popular rock group. The podcast will also be an iTunes exclusive.
The new partnership is not one-sided, however. U2 will be the featured performers at a brand-new, three-day concert and Apple festival called MacStock. The annual event will take place in New Orleans and replaces the current Macworld Conference held each January in San Francisco. The three days will kickoff with a keynote from Jobs, followed by numerous general sessions, workshops, demonstrations and what Apple calls, "Interactive Explorations." Multiple "Art Tents" will be setup for artists of all kinds to demonstrate their craft.
The evenings will feature over five hours of music, concluding with a full U2 concert. The band is expected to tap many of its high-profile friends and musicians to populate the rest of the schedule. Fourty-percent of the proceeds from the festival will be donated equally to fight world poverty and rebuild New Orleans, causes shared by both Bono and Jobs. One proposal currently under consideration would dedicate the third day of the event to social causes and may include a "significant address" by a world leader. Names mentioned include President Bill Clinton, investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett, and Bono himself. With his recent and substantial push into charitable causes, Microsoft's Bill Gates is listed as a potential "surprise guest."
U2 is also providing over 250 exclusive music samples from throughout their career to produce the first "U2 Jam Pack", an add-on for GarageBand that will allow anyone to add a touch of U2 to their original composition. The pack will be available early next year for $69.
There is unconfirmed speculation that many of Apple's products will be renamed to reflect the new relationship, including iTunes - uTunes, iLife - uLife, and possibly the ultimate re-branding, iPod - uPod. A less likely scenario involves U2 renaming itself i2. Though a band does not exist by that name, a large technology company does, and most analysts remain skeptical.
All four members of the band will become Apple employees, though they will continue to operate out of Dublin.
"U2 connects with culture better than anybody I know," Jobs said in the release. "I look forward to working with them to develop insanely great products in the years to come."
The release closed with this quote from Bono: "Apple exists for the same reason U2 does - to make people smile, to make people think, to change the world, and send our kids to college. What can I say - it's a beautiful day!"
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A proliferation of phony heroes is prompting such groups as The Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation to lobby for tougher laws to punish the impostors.
The organization reports that there are 113 living recipients of the nation's highest military award, but an FBI agent who tracks the fakes said impostors outnumber the true heroes.
"There are more and more of these impostors, and they are literally stealing the valor and acts of valor of the real guys," said Agent Tom Cottone, who also works on an FBI violent crime squad in West Paterson, N.J.
Some fakers merely brag about receiving the award — and that's not illegal — but some impostors wear military uniforms and bogus medals. The FBI has about 25 pending investigations of such phony heroes, said Cottone.
Anyone convicted of fraudulently wearing the Medal of Honor faces up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine. But there's no such penalty for other medals.
Colorado Democrat takes lead
The Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation and other veterans groups are looking to change that. They've enlisted the help of U.S. Rep. John T. Salazar, D-Colo., who is sponsoring the Stolen Valor Act to penalize distributors of phony medals and those who pretend to be decorated veterans.
Salazar's legislation would make it illegal to make a false public claim to be a recipient of any military valor award, such as the Medal of Honor, a Silver Star or Purple Heart.
"It is about more than punishing people," Salazar said. "It's about preserving the history and honor of those medals."
World War II Medal of Honor recipient Charles Coolidge of Signal Mountain, Tenn., got flimflammed out of his medal — at a military reunion of all places — when someone offered to help recondition it and gave him back a fake version of the award.
Lost medal returned
Cottone tracked down Coolidge's real Medal of Honor from a man who was selling and trading medals in Ohio. "It was a big surprise to me to get it back," said Coolidge, 84.
Coolidge received the Medal of Honor for leading an outnumbered section of heavy machine guns during four days of fighting against German infantry and tanks in France in 1944.
Cottone said he recovered two fake Medals of Honor at a New Jersey gun show. Both were made by HLI Lordship Industries Inc., a former government contractor for the Medal of Honor.
The company, based in Hauppauge, N.Y., was fined $80,000 in 1996 and placed on probation after admitting 300 fakes were sold in the early 1990s for $75 each.
"If we don't maintain the integrity of these military awards, the real ones won't mean anything," Cottone said.
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final exam term is made me tird.
summer vacation comes, i want to go travel by bicycle.
bicycle travel is very hard. weather is very hot.
but, i want to adventere. i think, bicycle travel give me confidence, patience, adhesiveness.
if i achieve that when the summer vacation, it will be good for my future.
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Miners in northern Spain block motorways and occupy pitheads against job losses and pit closures.
Mon, 11/06/2012 - 01:19
An indefinite strike started in the mines last week after the government announced a 60% cut in subsidies. This will mean effectively the end of the mining industry. The mining counties have already been hard hit by the crisis. Youth unemployment has tripled in Asturias since the start of the crisis and young people are leaving the county in search of work elsewhere.
Since the start of the strike the miners have been blocking motorways all over the province of Asturias, using burning tyres and trees. They have blockaded the port in Gijon and blocked the train tracks from Madrid to Gijon. Two mines have been occupied for the past ten days. There have been demonstrations in Olviedo and Mieres in Asturias, and in Madrid.
There will be a general strike in the "comarcas mineras", the mining counties of Asturias, Castilla Leon and Aragon on the 18th of June.
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Everyone knows that the most basic way to lose weight is to slash your calorie intake. Most health researchers agree that trimming about 500 calories from your daily diet is the magic number need to drop a pound in a week a healthy and reasonable amount. But just how do you trim those calories without feeling deprived? Here are some easy suggestions:
1. Trim your liquid calories. Many popular coffee drinks contain as much as several hundred calories, depending on the size you order. And a 12-oz. can of soda sneaks in up to 180 calories. Yikes!
2. Be vigilant about serving sizes. That bag of chips you snagged at the grocery checkout stand might have as many as four servings inside! Anytime you eat a packaged snack like chips or crackers, portion out a serving and put away the rest, since it's easy to munch your way through multiple servings without realizing it.
3. Beware unhealthy add-ons. Tea is calorie-free, but fruit flavorings and sweeteners can make it as calorie-laden as soda. And a healthy salad can go downhill fast if you load it with bacon, cheese, nuts, and thick dressings.
4. Switch to a smaller plate. Research shows that we tend to fill our plates, whether we're very hungry or not. So swap your dinner plate for a salad plate and you could eat up to 25% less without realizing it.
5. Don't eat while distracted. Multitasking by munching while watching TV, driving, or completing some other task sounds like a great idea. But when you're not aware of what you're putting in your mouth, you tend to unconsciously consume extra calories because you don't realize you're full.
Employing one or more of these easy tricks can help you lose those extra calories without a thought!


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Thursday, February 26, 2015
Spider Gwen #1
Last month I conducted an interview with Jason Latour on the series. I poked my nose into Marvel's announcement of Secret Wars and got to ask him lots of nosy questions about the series. Now it's finally here and I got to read it straight away!
First let me point out what I love about the book besides Gwen's awesome outfit which is pretty much all the rage in the cosplay world right now. I love that Gwen was in a band and got kicked out by her egotistical leader Mary Jane. This happened to me in my early twenties. I started a band with another girl and after we gained some slight popularity, basically I had to go. I was kicked out. Then the band literally disappeared. Hope that happens to Mary Jane. Did I ever tell you how much I disliked her as a child? She was my least favorite character in Spiderman and I actually preferred the blond, rich Gwen Stacy to her. Perhaps that's why I am also so in love with House of M. You know, besides the fact that it is awesome, Peter actually marries Gwen in the alternate reality made by the Scarlet Witch. To this day, I think it is one of TWO crossover collections I own in trade format from the Marvel universe.
In this universe Mary Jane is just as egotistical and self centered as I had always imagined her to be. She's just less subtle about it but it's not really MJ's fault. I mean, she's been written into Spiderman by men since conception and mostly served as a plot device to constantly make things more complex for Peter Parker. I liked her better before she ever dated him. This all being said, I'm liking Spider Gwen. We get to hear her inner monologue which is much less self deprecating than Parker's conscious and she gets some witty come-backs and one liners in there when she runs into The Vulture. The Vulture by the way looks badass. All the artwork is really quite stunning. Robbie Rodriguez is the seriously owning this and I'm hoping they don't trade him out in five issues like so many other awesome Marvel titles that went south *cough Savage Wolverine cough*.
At any rate, I can't wait for more. :D Go get yours now! I command it with my floppy green fist!
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The Green Dragon with Flame from the Papo Fairytale World collection - Discounts on all Papo Toys at Wonderland Models.
One of our favourite models in the Papo Fairytale range is the Papo Green Dragon with Flame.
Papo manufacture wonderful, amazingly accurate models of all sorts of toy figures, particularly fairytale figures including this model of the Green Dragon with Flame which can be complemented by any of the items in the Fairytale or Fantasy ranges.
All Papo model figures are beautifully hand painted to give wonderful role play to children and are also great collectors items for the Fairytale enthusiast.
All Papo models comply completely with relevant safety regulations and are CE tested and approved.
These Papo models give a wide ranging addition to a child's imagination and education and offer great play value.
Ages: 4+
Manufacturer: Papo
Model: 39025 Green Dragon with Flame
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Reviewed by nichola shaw
green dragon with flame
Makes a great addition to the fairies and castle etc my 3 daughters play with! attention to detail too and cheap. Superfast delivery too.
Reviewed by Emma Oliver
Wonderful Service & A Great Product
Customer service was very good - toys arrived within a day! My son's face when he finally opened the box was a picture (he's only 5)- it has made his summer and goes with his Knights set really well and it even inspired him to make his own cardboard castle. The dragon's are well made and are a great price. Thank you.
Reviewed by Claire Reed
Green Dragon
I bought this for my 3 year old son who has a medieval castle. He had the knights but no king, queen or Dragon! The detail of all three models is amazing and the models are such good quality. After ordering they arrived very quickly. My son loves the new additions.
Reviewed by Katalin Szokoli
Nice products, great service not cheap but worth any penny.
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Taking care of your pool tiles is important to enjoying your swimming pool, as well as reducing costs that may be necessary for repairing issues that could have been prevented. Every homeowner needs to commit to the time and effort that are required by such care, since they will also stand to harness the rewards. And if you would like to start now, here are some general tips that are aimed at helping you do that.
Clean your pool tiles properly
It may seem like a simple measure that does not have any lasting effect, but the proper cleaning of your pool tiles can stave off major problems. You see, your swimming pool should be free from dirt or contaminants that can seep into the joints and wreak havoc.
Cleaning your pool tiles should depend on two things: the type of material that you have, and the type of build up it features. If you have ceramic pool tiles, for instance, and they feature white and flakey residue, scrub the dirt off with a nylon bristle brush or a nylon scrub pad. If you have calcium silicate scaling, using a pressure washer or an acid solution is necessary.
Check for damage every so often
It is also important to stay on top of anything that may be happening to the tiles, as well as the other components of your swimming pool. Employ a monthly inspection routine to help alert you to any signs of damage. If your pool gets subjected to a lot of use, as well as extreme weather conditions, this frequency should be upped to twice a month.
Repair any issue as soon as possible
When you do spot these signs, make sure that they are fixed as soon as it is possible. Doing this will help arrest the development of the damage, as well as prevent its escalation into affecting other components of the pool. Additionally, having immediate repairs will help you save on potentially bigger costs down the road.
Commission the right professional help
Finally, get the quality professional assistance that you need and that your swimming pool deserves. For most instances, your installer is also the best resource person to consult when it comes to its care and maintenance. Ask for personalised guidance through every integral part of the pool tiles installation and maintenance process so that you do not miss out on any important measures that you should be doing.


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Twelve-year-old Jason loves playing baseball. His stepfather, David, loves Jewish tradition. On Saturdays, the two clash as Jason is forced to miss his Little League games to observe Shabbat. Resentful, Jason continues to play on Shabbat without permission, inventing elaborate excuses to leave the house. His cover is blown when he is injured on the field, and he finally discovers what is truly important to his family.
Sandy Koufax, one of the greatest pitchers of all time, played for the Brooklyn/L.A. Dodgers in the 1960s. Although he was not a religious man, when Game One of the 1965 World Series against the Minnesota Twins fell on Yom Kippur (the holiest day of the Jewish calendar), Koufax refused to play. The Dodgers lost that game but eventually won the World Series. Sandy Koufax earned the title of Most Valuable Player for pitching shutouts in Games Five and Seven. His decision to sit out Game One garnered national attention and inspired pride in the hearts of American Jewry.
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As cold weather continues and snow is forecast in many parts of our service territory, Columbia Gas wants to remind people about simple tips that can keep you and your home safe during the winter.
- Make sure all appliances and heating equipment—such as a furnace, water heater or stove—are inspected and operating properly, and operate all pieces of equipment according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- Keep natural gas meters and exterior vents clear of snow and ice to prevent damage and provide easy access should maintenance be needed. Remove snow from the meter with hands or a broom. Never use a shovel, or kick or hit the meter to break away snow or ice. If the meter is encased in ice, contact Columbia Gas for assistance.
- Check your carbon monoxide detectors and smoke detectors to ensure they are operating properly. Carbon monoxide can accumulate in enclosed spaces due to faulty equipment or with improper venting.
- Never use stoves, ovens, or outdoor grills as a source of heat.
- Provide adequate ventilation when using fireplaces or unvented space heaters.
- If you are using a fireplace, use a glass or metal fire screen large enough to catch sparks and rolling logs.
- If you are using a space heater, place it on a level, hard surface and keep anything flammable at least three feet away from things such as paper, clothing, bedding, curtains or rugs.
- Turn off space heaters and make sure fireplace embers are out before leaving the room or going to bed. Using secondary heating sources, such as space heaters, can increase the chance of carbon monoxide poisoning.
- Protect your pipes. Run water, even at a trickle, to help prevent your pipes from freezing. Open the kitchen and bathroom cabinet doors to allow warmer air to circulate around the plumbing. Keep the garage doors closed if there are water lines in the garage. Be sure to move any harmful cleaners and household chemicals out of the reach of children.
- If you smell the "rotten egg" odor of natural gas, whether inside your home or outside, leave the area immediately and call 911 and Columbia Gas at 1-888-460-4332 from a safe location.
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Our first annual Missions Weekend was a tremendous success on so many levels. I hope you enjoyed the time together as much as I did!
Here are a just a few of my personal highlights, all of which are a distinct expression of God's blessing on our church. This list could be much longer, but for the sake of time, I'll stick to five.
1. Watching a multitude of KingsWay members serve with joy, including many of our young adults and teens – I had the privilege of attending the Bolivia Missions Foundation banquet Friday night. At the end of the evening, when we honored the wait staff who helped prepare and serve the meal, I leaned over to Aliza and said, "I think the entire Frontline ministry is up there." The "all hands on deck" trend continued for the next three days. The host families, the band, the tech team, the international lunch team, the admins, translators, greeters…you name it, they were involved. The Missions Weekend simply would not have happened without you!
2. Listening to Josh Kruger Jr. share a clear, compelling vision for the gospel ministry their family is doing in Namibia – I still can't believe he got up at 3AM to Skype with us. I told Josh this week that I think he spoke with more clarity and precision in the middle of the night than I sometimes have in the middle of the day. His trust in God to provide for their financial needs is a provoking example for all of us.
3. Hearing Andrea Baker share story after story of how God is rescuing and saving some of the most vulnerable women in Bolivia – Charles Bridges once warned Christian ministers against the danger of "looking too eagerly for present fruit." Patience, forbearance, and a willingness to keep loving people in messy situations over a long period of time are the marks of genuine, Christ-like love. That is precisely what the Bakers have modelled in El Alto for over a decade. Hearing the challenges they face and the faith in God's power that they exercise in the face of those challenges was humbling to say the least.
4. Learning how God is on the move in Sovereign Grace churches around the world and remembering that the gospel ministry we do in Midlothian is part of a much bigger story – Mark Prater was so kind spend the weekend with us. He's a capable executive director for our denomination. He's also a faithful pastor. I felt that at multiple points during his Sunday morning sermon as God used his words from Matthew 28:16-20 to strengthen my faith for not only international missions, but also local missions. I've been praying in response the last few days for an increase of Spirit-empowered boldness in speaking about Jesus with the kids and parents involved in my boys' soccer teams at the Y.
5. Seeing the wealth of generosity that overflowed from the church to support our international missions efforts – We raised $2,434 last Sunday on top of our regular tithes and offerings for our International Missions Fund. That's the account we use to provide additional missionary support, finance short-term mission trips, and help the orphanage in Bolivia. We also purchased a total of $1,871 in merchandise from SutiSana, which enables Andy and Andrea to provide dignified employment for women coming out of prostitution.
We serve a great big God, friends. Remember that this week. The God who is saving men and women all over the globe is always with us – at home, in the car, and at work. And He's just as much on the move in our city as he is on the other side of the world. Allow all you rejoiced to hear last weekend to fuel your expectations of how God's wants to use you this week as you share just how much Jesus has done for you. May the Lord use our Missions Weekend every year to renew our ambition for his glory.


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I've been offline for much of the last month, but I've not been doing nothing.
Next year (and quite possible for the latter stages of this year) I am likely to be running the new OCR pilot of the first GCSE Computing course in living memory.
The decision was taken to use Python as the language of choice and, not having any experience of Python, I've spent the last fortnight learning the language and writing a guide / workbook / printable resource for the students.
My 3rd draft is now available at scribd, and all things being well should also be shown below.
Feedback is, of course, more than welcome. And the document it itself can be printed for your own use should you wish.
Introduction to Python (3rd Draft) http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=30659064&access_key=key-1mfeaudsyg2i3ftd16ik&page=1&viewMode=list


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I don't usually comment on IT investment research issues on the BPM in Action blog but unusual economic times demand a different approach. The financial status of your business process management (BPM)-enabling technology supplier could have a direct effect on your enterprise's ability to compete. (That assumes your enterprise's financial status is stable.)
Maureen O'Gara reports that Microsoft's recent quarterly result (period ending March 31) represented the first time in the company's 30-something-year existence in which revenue in the same quarter the previous year was higher. I am not going to take the time to research that factoid because I believe annual and trailing-four-quarter results are more important. But her comment made me sit up and take notice.
So how did the other software market leaders do in the last three or four months? Oracle reported quarter-over-quarter revenue growth (for the period ending February 28), but that result did not take into account BEA's revenue during the same period the year earlier. In a fair comparison, Oracle revenue was down too. IBM was down overall and even its software unit deflated although it was up slightly adjusting for exchange rate differences.
SAP will announce its results Wednesday April 29. No one in the investment research community is expecting an SAP outcome that counters its three larger enterprise software competitors. These four companies account for about 40% of all software spending.
Each is also a major factor in providing BPM-enabling technology. The question then is
"Is the BPM sector of their businesses outperforming the whole?"
One way to tell is to look at smaller software suppliers totally or more significantly tied to BPM. The problem is that very few of the smaller companies are public companies. (PegaSystems is an exception about which we'll know more in May.) And the percentage of the larger companies' business that relates to BPM is so relatively small that they do not have to break it out the way Oracle separates applications from database/middleware or IBM separates WebSphere from Lotus.
Another indicator is to follow the marketing activity. In tough times, companies do not invest marketing and development dollars in products that are not succeeding the marketplace. That's where the admittedly hard to find good news is for BPM:
- I expect important NetWeaver BPM news out of SAP's upcoming Sapphire user event
- Microsoft is nearing formal release of BizTalk Server 2009, after months of beta; key documentation hit the web site in April
- IBM has activity firing on all BPM cylinders from WebSphere to FileNet to Cognos to Lotus; there is a BPM track as part of the May 3-8 IBM SOA Impact event
- Oracle, although it has a lot on its plate in general and some new BPM rationalization issues in particular with the Sun acquisition, has pulled together a viable BPM story as part of absorbing BEA
So that's good news in particular for the BPM stack players. And none of these companies are going anywhere (although I have seen a resumption of Microsoft-SAP and IBM-SAP merger rumors). In fact, traditionally, the large suppliers emerge from down economic times even stronger.
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I hope you are all having a great week!
I'm busy here getting ready for the NEXT Release of My Time Made Easy ™ LLC! Well, that actually all started a week or so before the LAST release, and I'm almost done finalizing the template for MARCH! LOL! I have over 40 different templates designed/created in tangible form, and about 14 sketched (just last night while I was at the hairdresser I was very inspired) that I will have to "create" to make sure what is on paper translates to cardstock!
It is ONE thing to have an idea, another to make it work. Even more so…when you are creating templates for the WORLD to use and assemble you need to make it 1) EASY AS POSSIBLE 2) Use as little cardstock as possible 3) TRY your best to be unique!
Some of the stuff I have coming, I am just OVER the MOON for!!!!!!!!! Some of my best work is yet to come 😀 So I hope you'll keep coming by for all that goodness.
So as I sit here packing stamp orders, I forgot all about the project sample on the website for the Pretty Packaging © Shutt-erfly ©!! One of the customers I am packing an order for commented on that, that she was hoping to see a closer view! Well, Donna thank you for reminding me I had not yet shared this project with the world in a "close up" view!!
Packing some popcorn.
I really loved this sample too!
I used the Shutt-erfly © template to hold a bag of Poppycock Popcorn. Its AMAZING! Comes in a variety of flavors, and I love giving it out to people as a small thank you. It is always fun to do something small and dress it up BIG! Makes people feel so special. It doesn't take a lot of effort either. People remember gestures like that.
I LOVE the colors of our Pretty Printables Digi Paper in the Shutt-erfly © and Flutter-By collection, and this was THE project that inspired them.
The butterfly, is really the WOW as the main focus here too!
I used the Pretty Impressions © All A Flutter set
I stamped the solid butterfly outline in chocolate, then the inner solid wings in a rust ink.
I love making the butterfly 3D!! Our Pretty Pieces ©Flutters and Flowers © Cut File makes that easier than ever (and allows you to make it bigger/smaller!)
I then used Copper ink and stamp the diamond grid pattern!
Adhesive rhinestones, colored to match really add to this too 😀
I want YOU to share your creations made with ANY of our products! So share a link here so everyone else can see what YOU have done!!!
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Kelly Clarkson Releasing First Christmas Album
Christmas is coming a little early for Kelly Clarkson fans this year.
The singer is releasing her first-ever Christmas album, 'Wrapped in Red,' on Oct. 29. "I'm super excited to put out my first Christmas record," Kelly says. "I absolutely love Christmas music and have had a total blast recording and writing for it. I can't wait for y'all to hear it."
While the 'Wrapped in Red' full track listing is yet to be announced, the album will feature a mix of new tracks and old Christmas favorites. First single 'Underneath the Tree' is a new tune co-written by Kelly. 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,' 'Blue Christmas' and 'Run Run Rudolph' will be among the included holiday staples.
Guess Kelly's been doing a bit more than just riding around with Maroon 5 and planning her wedding!


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Hello experts,
maybe you are having an idea, what might be the cause for this and know or can point me to the solution.
Windows 10 (German) - RAM Disk 3.7.4 (64 bit)
I am having Microsoft 2013 (German) on an Windows 10 Laptop (German - Hardware Laptop) installed.
Am having 16 GB RAM and gave RAM Disk 4 GB. I am using NTFS for my RAM Disk and simulate a HDD.
When I want to save a Microsoft Office Document, like Word, Excel, etc. on the RAM Drive, I am getting an error message, Office is unable to save the file. Of course I am able to save the file, on the disk drive.
As I am able to save a picture, done from Paint Program, on the same path in RAM disk, I guess, there must be a setting or security function active, that blocks me, from saving the file.
I am able to copy Word, Excel files to the RAM Disk, I am able to open them, but I am unable to save them. When I do so, I am getting, for example from Excel, a dialog box, that informs me "... Error when save the file. Removing or repairing some features, Microsoft Excel might save the file. Click on continue, to start the repair into a new file. Click cancel to interrupt the file saving process ...".
The message is in german, so not sure, if a screenshot will help ...
Some months/weeks ago, I was able to write the Office files, to the RAM Disk, so it might be a issue with RAM Disk, as I installed some months/weeks ago the latest version, or a patch/security setting inside office, is blocking it. I tried to uninstall RAM Disk and reinstall it, but this did not resolve the issue. Also using FAT32 is not solving it.
My temp variables are on default.
I was looking via Dr. Google for a solution, but haven't yet found something usefully.
Many thanks for your help.
Best regards,
Unable to save Microsoft Office 2013 files on RAMDisk anymore
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Saturday, 9 March 2013
March Issue Of Littleport Life Available Online
This post just to let everyone know that the March issue of Littleport Life is now available on our website as well as being delivered to every household in Littleport.
If you live in Littleport, but haven't received a copy then please let us know via the website.
In this latest issue we include a diverse range of articles as well as news from many local organisations. If you are involved with a local organisation that isn't featured then let us know about it. Littleport Life magazine's goal is to represent the interests of the whole community.
Thanks to all of our contributers and if you have an idea or a story you'd like to share then you can get in touch via the website.
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From the pink hues of Lake Hillier in Australia to the painted powders that mark the Indian holiday Holi, this edition of FACES Magazine takes an illuminating look at colors through the ages. Spin the color wheel and learn how our color schemes work, understand how color can set and affect a mood, and discover why we use colors to express feelings. Kids can trace the history of a staple of their lives: crayons—as well as learn how to make their own. And a real treat for the eyes, this edition of FACES introduces you to some of the most amazing and colorful locations and animals on the planet.
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No letters? If Rowan writes a letter, it could be revealed in discovery, of course.
Other letters, written by bishops to other bishops about other bishops have also been revealed in discovery, as we noticed in Judge Randy Bellows' recent decision in favor of the Virginia Churches. Perhaps Rowan Williams would not like to see his own letters with the Lambeth Letterhead ending up in a U.S. Court, especially since several bishops who might be in question are being threatened with litigation by The Episcopal Church. Especially if those letters tell certain bishops that they are welcome to Lambeth after all. That would not not exactly aid TEC's current litigation storm. No, sir.
"In circumstances where there has been divisive or controversial action, I have been discussing privately with some bishops the need to be wholeheartedly part of a shared vision and process in our time together," he said in his Pentecost letter. An unnamed spokesman (could it be the Ty-d-Bowl Man?) tells The Living Church that the letters got shelved for telephone calls (can't exactly put those in the box with the rest of the discovery stuff, now can you?). But the Archbishop of Canterbury might be advised not to leave any phone messages on the answering machine of some bishop involved in "divisive or controversial action." The mind boggles at the thought.
A blogger in Kentucky writes of a recent visit by the Presiding Bishop and reports that Katharine Jefferts Schori said announced "there are no plans to spend time enacting legislation at this year's Lambeth Conference. Rather, the conference is designed to allow everyone to spend time together, get to know each other, communicate, and learn from one another."
Since The Episcopal Church has all ready made it quite clear that Lambeth Resolutions are not legislation with any binding authority over The Episcopal Church, it's hardly surprising that Bishop Schori is going around telling people that "there are no plans to spend time enacting legislation at this year's Lambeth Conference." As we know the recent TEC party line is that Lambeth has no authority to enact legislation, so what's new with that?
However, that being said - some resolutions, like some canons, are more equal than others. And a resolution to reimagine Lambeth 1.10 is certainly on the docket. It's a long way to go and a lot of money to spend just to hold hands and sing Kum-ba-ya.
If Rowan puts in writing anything having to do with the official status of bishops now under threat of litigation (as in, "we know you recently voted to separate from the Episcopal Church and join the House of [fill in the blank], but you are still welcomed at Lambeth just the same, though we do refrain from placing hotel lamp shades on your head after hours or engaging in performing spirited cartwheels across Her Majesty's lawn during the tea, and of course, please, please, don't pat the corgis") then his letters are open to discovery in court or worse - made public on the internet.
Since Rowan has shown his communications staff the door recently, it may be that the lawyers have finally moved in.


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Over the years, business mogul and President-elect Donald Trump has put his name on everything from vodka to planes to casinos. Though most Trump-branded projects aren't built by the mogul himself — he prefers to license his name — Trump is often eager to take credit.
Here is a list of things that have, or have had, Trump's name on them.
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This is Trump wine, served at his hotel in Las Vegas. Trump Winery is located in Virginia and owned by his son Eric.
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In 2007, Trump came out with Trump Steaks. They were sold through The Sharper Image, but performed so poorly they had to be taken off shelves just two months later. They were also marketed briefly on the QVC shopping channel.
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According to Trump's website, it's "one of the purest natural spring waters bottled in the world." It is still sold at Trump Tower and various other Trump facilities.
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This is the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Las Vegas, one of nine Trump hotels around the world.
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Most recently, Mr. Trump opened the Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office in Washington, D.C. He attended the grand opening of the hotel on Oct. 26, 2016.
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Trump: The Game was released in 1989. Its objective: To beat other players in real estate mogul-ship. It was discontinued in 1990.
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This is Trump Tower in Manhattan, headquarters of the Trump Organization as well as home to Mr. Trump's own three-story penthouse and transition headquarters.
The New York City Trump Tower is one of seven around the world.
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Trump created the Trump Shuttle in 1988, buying a fleet of planes and turning them into a luxury flight experience. The Trump Shuttle went out of business in 1992.
This is the Trump Taj Mahal casino resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It filed for bankruptcy (one of several Trump institution bankruptcies) in 1991, when it was $3 billion in debt. The casino shuttered permanently in October 2016.
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Trump's cologne came out in 2004, the predecessor to two other scents, Empire and Success. The fragrance was discontinued in 2007.
Trump vodka appeared on shelves in 2006, its press materials touting: "Success, distilled." It was off the market by 2011.
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Trump University opened in 2005, promising to teach Mr. Trump's secrets to financial success. But it has had a troubled history...
Trump University closed in 2010 when it couldn't cover the cost of its programming; not enough students were signing up for its $35,000 "Gold Elite" mentoring program. Since the shuttering, several lawsuits alleged that Trump University (which was not actually an accredited university) defrauded its students.
Trump agreed to settle the civil suits for $25 million shortly after the election.
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Trump magazine was founded in 2007. It folded in 2009.
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NBC's "The Apprentice" began running in 2004, with Trump hosting the show through 2015. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been chosen to host the coming season.
Mr. Trump's name will remain in the show's credits as executive producer while he serves as president.
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Trump has written 16 books, according to his website, mostly about how to find financial success. "How To Get Rich," seen here, came out in 2004.
Trump's Las Vegas hotel features the DJT (Donald John Trump) restaurant. According to its website, it serves a "superbly crafted menu of modern American cuisine."
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The Donald J. Trump collection includes ties, shirts, suits and accessories such as cufflinks. Previously sold at Macy's — which dropped it soon after Trump launched his presidential campaign — the collection can now only be found online.
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Trump Model Management was founded in 1999, according to the company's website.
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Trump has more than a dozen golf courses worldwide. Here, he's seen entering his Trump Turnberry golf club in Scotland in 2015.
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His "Make America Great Again" hats became a popular symbol of the campaign. Other Trump paraphernalia includes campaign pins, T-shirts, posters and more.
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The Best Tips for Picking Your Bathroom Vanity
It is not always easy to choose the right bathroom vanity, and there are many factors to think about and important questions to ask yourself when you start shopping for it. This is especially true if you are creating a new environment in important rooms of your place – whether you are looking for a bathroom vanity that works in a small space or you are updating a spacious master bathroom.
Here are some suggestions that will guide you through the process of finding the right vanity for your space.
Before making a purchase, consider how much counter space and storage space you would like to have in your bathroom and how much you will need – it is really important to make sure to note the dimensions of the area where your bathroom vanity will be installed, and pass it on to your renovation team upon planning.
Select a spot for your vanity that won´t disturb with your bathroom´s traffic flow or block the bathroom door or shower door. Another good thing to note is if the area is accessible for cleaning, the doors vanity can open and the space close to the vanity is enough for foot traffic.
Types of montage
There are a number of different options for mounting.
Free standing – this is the most popular and means the vanity is seated on the floor and attached to the wall. This kind of vanity helps a lot if you need storage space.
Floating – this vanity is wall-mounted and in the last years this type of vanity become popular because the designs are modern and contemporary. This kind of vanity saves floor space and is really good for small bathrooms. It also gives you the option to store things underneath it.
Open space – this kind of vanity has visible storage space without door panels or drawers covering them, this vanity gives you a fun, spa-like environment.
Variation of sinks
During this process, it's important to consider vanity style, counter space and style of the bathroom.
Undermount sink – the sink is designed to be under the counter for more space and easy clean up.
Self-rimming – this kind of sink is resting in an opening counter or vanity, it is called a drop-in-sink too.
Vessel, usually this sink just sits on top of the counter surface and doesn't need any special installation. It is very simple, and options range from glass, all the way to mosaic.
If you are in need of a bathroom renovation, or would like to upgrade your bathroom vanity, contact Siema Kitchen & Bath. Our experts would be happy to help you figure out the appropriate style and size of bathroom vanity, that fits practically and functionally into your space.
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Sketchbooks keep everything together in a book form, but I found them to be generally too thick and heavy. For a firm surface, I wanted a stiff backing sheet and cover (more weight). When the pages shifted, the graphite rubbed off. To save weight and preserve the artwork, I tore out completed drawings as soon as I got home. Then I had to trim off the ragged bits before scanning. If I was going to be on the road awhile, I might start a new sketchbook because the one I'm not-quite-finished-with may not have enough pages for the trip. I sometimes reused the covers of an empty sketchbook, but more often I just recycled them.
After using up dozens of sketchbooks, I decided to try something a bit more "green": a covered clipboard. This one is A5 size (half a sheet of letter-size paper), so it's easily portable. I fold the cover all the way around to the back, so it's no bigger than a normal sketchbook, and it's plenty stiff. To keep the pencil digging into the paper below, I clip a thin, firm sheet of plastic under the current work-in-progress.
I've been using this setup for about a year now. The clipboard turned out to be even easier to hold than the old sketchbook, in either landscape or portrait orientation. It's light, comfortable and unobtrusive. My 2mm/6B drafting pencil and .5mm/2B mechanical pencil work for everything from rough textures and dark shading to fine details. I use a small kneaded eraser to clean up smudges and pull out highlights. Sometimes I'll use white charcoal for duotones. I'm considering ditching my retractable eraser, since I rarely use it. Maybe I can find a smaller pencil case.
Finished drawings are now put away inside a folded sheet of copy paper clipped in behind the paper stash. When I get home, I take them out, ready to scan. The clip holds everything firmly, so there is less shifting during transport. Very little graphite or white charcoal rubs off. These days, I carry a mix of loose sheets in a variety of colors and textures–just enough to give me options, and only as much as I need for the day. If I'm heading out on a longer trip, I keep an extra assortment in the suitcase. Finished work is removed from the clipboard and stored with the extra stash, and new sheets are added to the clipboard to replace the used ones.
This setup allows for more flexibility and it's turned out to be less expensive (since I can buy loose sheets), thinner, lighter, and easier to use than a sketchbook. What about longevity? Well, back in 1995, I bought a covered clipboard for my legal pad at work. The "hinge" has split a few inches, but I still use it for writing. That's a pretty good track record, I think.


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Sneeze at free trees? Nuh-uh! You can reserve one AND pick it up right in Lefferts at the Maple Street Community Garden. Everything you need to know and every line to fill out is right here.
The most local pickup is at the Comm Garden at 237 Maple on Sunday October 6 at 11am. Be sure to reserve in advance and get your Johnny Appleseed outfit cleaned and pressed.
The Q at Parkside
News and Nonsense from the Brooklyn neighborhood of Lefferts and environs, or more specifically a neighborhood once known as Melrose Park. Sometimes called Lefferts Gardens. Or Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Or PLG. Or North Flatbush. Or Caledonia (west of Ocean). Or West Pigtown. Across From Park Slope. Under Crown Heights. Near Drummer's Grove. The Side of the Park With the McDonalds. Jackie Robinson Town. Home of Lefferts Manor. West Wingate. Near Kings County Hospital. Or if you're coming from the airport in taxi, maybe just Flatbush is best.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
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Aquatic Investigators: Advanced
Aquatic Investigators is the fourth of five series in the 2017-2018 Zoo Homeschool curriculum exploring global biomes. Each series is a detailed exploration of a different major global biome, the ecosystems that define it and the animals that make it their home. Students may register for individual series or for the entire curriculum.
Aquatic Investigators: Surf's up! From shallow streams to coastal tide pools and deep marine trenches, the world's aquatic habitats are home to an extremely diverse group of animals. We'll explore the amazing adaptations that these species have evolved to survive and discover how our local watersheds feed the world's oceans. Class will meet once a week for five weeks.
Aquatic Investigators: Advanced is a drop-off only program. Advanced courses cover the same themes and concepts as Primary courses, but include more detail, longer discussions and higher-level experiments and activities.
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Basic Guidelines For English SpellingsREAD THESE ARTICLES
1A small model of a human figure, typically one of a baby or girl, used as a child's toy.
puppet, marionette, figure, figurine, modelView synonyms
- 'As well, both the dolls and the human models are masked.'
- 'Baby dolls are the must-have for many little girls this Christmas.'
- 'Toy makers now have to compete with an explosion of video games, interactive dolls, action figures and gadgets that appear to come alive when hooked up to a television set.'
- 'Our models are dolls, teddy bears and vintage mannequins poised for draping by fashion designers who play and train here.'
- 'Matchbox cars, dolls, and action figures all offer the opportunity for your child to learn visual discrimination.'
- 'The kit consists of dolls, glove puppets and models, including a garage, designed to encourage interaction.'
- 'But he's no mere gatherer of porcelain dolls, ship-in-bottle models or hockey cards.'
- 'Their hair is cut so the boys look like porcupines and the girls like china dolls.'
- 'Research shows if a woman is given a baby or a doll to hold she is twice as likely to hold it on her left, rather than her right hand side.'
- 'And do the pictures still show girls playing with dolls, boys with cars?'
- 'There are toys for the girls: soft dolls and wicker houses.'
- 'But here we are talking about things like boys playing with dolls and girls playing with trucks.'
- 'A baby in not a doll, neither should it be treated as one.'
- 'My daughter would also have liked the children's room, full of dolls dressed in hand-embroidered baby gowns and Victorian toys.'
- 'Toys, including dolls and teddy bears, were stored in boxes and there were several trophies, some crayons and a child's cough medicine on the mantelpiece nearby.'
- 'The main categories of toys exported are soft toys, dolls, plastic toys, educational toys, electronic and mechanical toys and games and puzzles.'
- 'There are so many dolls and soft toys in need of names.'
- 'Girls dressed the dolls and put them in prams, beds or cradles which were often handed down from one generation to the next.'
- 'In the second session, children were exposed to art works such as art from waste, clay modelling, making Papier-mache dolls and pot painting.'
- 'For example, people dance, play musical instruments, act in plays, and play with dolls and model trains.'
- 1.1North American informal An attractive young woman.beauty, beautiful woman, attractive woman, belle, vision, Venus, goddess, beauty queen, English rose, pictureView synonyms
- 1.2North American informal A generous or considerate person.'would you be a doll and set the table?'
- 'Karen was, and is, a doll and her friends were great.'
- 'For seventeen years she had been nothing but a doll, following her father's orders.'
- 'Oh, and be a doll, and leave me a review.'
verb[with object]informal doll someone up
Dress someone smartly and attractively.
dress up, dress smartly, dress attractivelyView synonyms
- 'I got all dolled up for a party'
- 'Get on your fanciest dress and get all dolled up!'
- 'I get dressed, get all dolled up in my black shirt and blue jeans.'
- 'She's the kind of girl that will always be beautiful whether dolled up in a dress or wearing a paper bag.'
- 'With Gladiator he's put Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix on the map by dolling them up in pleated skirts and throwing them into a pit.'
- 'The girls were up before me already getting all dolled up for the big day.'
- 'Some people get all dolled up and that's fine but I rarely feel like dressing up.'
Mid 16th century (denoting a mistress): pet form of the given name Dorothy. The sense 'small model of a human figure' dates from the late 17th century.
nounBritish Horse Racing
A temporary barrier on a racecourse or gallop.
verb[with object]British Horse Racing
Place a barrier in front of (a jump or other part of the course that is to be omitted from a race)'staff incorrectly dolled off a fence at the meeting'
- 'The incident followed on from a similar episode where the first five home were thrown out after taking the incorrect course after three fences in the home straight were dolled off due to the low sun.'
- 'The local stewards threw out the winner for going the wrong way round the final flight which had been dolled off.'
- 'His vision obscured, only at the last minute did he spot that the fence had been dolled off because it was damaged.'
- 'I couldn't use the one good rein, and it was dolled off on the inside all the way round at the fences.'
- 'The last fence was dolled off.'
1940s perhaps a variant of archaic dool 'boundary marker'.
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Category Archives: Tea Recipes
How to Make Your Own Passion Tea
I'm not a big coffee fan, so I don't visit Starbucks all that often. But there are some Starbucks drinks I enjoy, and one of them is Iced Passion Tea. I love the hot version when it's colder out, too.
The tea is herbal and mostly made from hibiscus flowers, which means it should have at least some of the blood pressure benefits of regular hibiscus tea.
These days, I only buy Passion tea when I'm traveling and need a quick, tasty drink. When I'm at home, I just make my own passion tea instead. It's a lot cheaper than going to 'bucks every day, and healthier, too.
So I thought I'd share with you how to make your own Passion tea, using the same ingredients.
I guarantee it will taste as good as the Starbucks one, and this way you can make it exactly to your taste.
Plus, you can also control the amount of sugar, which is the main drawback to the Starbucks version — a small (or a Tall in Starbucks language) Passion Tea contains only 60 calories, but those calories come from 15 grams of pure sugar. That's a lot of sugar for an otherwise healthy drink.
Where to Buy Passion Tea Bags
The Passion ice tea isn't actually produced by Starbucks. They use Tazo tea to make the infusion, and say as much on their website.
This is great, because you can buy the exact same Tazo tea that Starbucks uses, without going into a Starbucks store to pay their overinflated prices. (Yeah, I said it!)
Amazon sells a 6-pack of Tazo Passion tea bags for less than $30 — that's a great price for 6 packs of 24 passion tea bags each, or a whopping 144 teabags in all.
This amount of tea should last you for months, even in hot weather, and you'll get tons and tons of iced tea and brewed tea out of it.
Passion Tea Ingredients
What ingredients does Tazo Passion tea have? I checked, because I'm particular about my tea, and I'm happy to say that they are all natural.
No artificial colors, weird chemical fruit flavors or E-numbers whatsoever.
Here's the skinny, straight from the packaging:
- Hibiscus flowers
- Natural tropical flavors
- Citric acid
- Licorice root
- Orange peel
- Cinnamon
- Rose hips
- Lemongrass
- Fruit juice extract
How to Make Passion Iced Tea
Making your own passion tea couldn't be simpler. Here's the recipe:
Hot passion tea recipe
- Boil water on the stove, or in your hot water dispenser.
- Use 2 Tazo passion tea bags for 12 oz of water, or 4 tea bags for up to 20 oz of water.
- Put your tea bags in a tea pot or other container, like a big glass jug.
- Pour the just-boiled water over the tea bags.
- Let the tea steep for at least 10 minutes.
- Add your own choice of sweetener to the tea: honey, sugar, or a no calorie sweetener like Splenda if you prefer.
You now have a strong passion tea, and it should be a beautiful red-pink color. You can drink this tea as is, if you like hot passion tea — or cool it down to make ice tea.
Iced passion tea recipe
- Make the hot passion tea recipe above.
- Taste the tea to check the level of sweetness, add more if you prefer a sweeter ice tea.
- Let the tea cool.
- Pour over ice cubes and enjoy!
- Store in the refrigerator for up to a week.
If you would like a sweeter tea that taste's more like iced lemonade, you can add a splash of fruit syrup or lemonade syrup to the tea.
A great taste to try is raspberry syrup, which complements the hibiscus flavor and color really well.
Blackberry syrup also makes a fruitier, more lemonade-like tea.
Filed under Herbal Flower Teas, Hibiscus Teabags, How To Steep Tea, Tea Recipes
Spribiscus: the Perfect Summer Drink
I never heard of this until today, but there is a drink out there called Spribiscus. Isn't that a great name?
I think this is maybe a Southern thing. Or at least a Texas thing, because I found it listed on this menu for a café in Austin, TX. Makes sense, you need creative recipes for cool drinks in really hot weather.
Anyway, you can probably guess what Spribiscus is made out of, just from the name.
It's hibiscus ice tea and Sprite, mixed together.
I had to try this out for myself, so I bought some Sprite to test this recipe.
I made my usual strong hibiscus tea from dried hibiscus flowers, let it steep, let it cool, then poured it into a glass I'd half-filled with Sprite and ice.
(If you want to know how to make hibiscus ice tea, you can find the recipe here.)
Love the taste!
Turns out Spribiscus is a really, really nice variation on basic iced hibiscus tea.
You get the fruity, flowery taste of the hibiscus, combined with a refreshing hint of citrus and nice bubbles from the Sprite.
Add lots of ice…ahhh.
As far as I'm concerned, Spribiscus is my new favorite summer drink.
Filed under How To Steep Tea, Loose Leaf Hibiscus Tea, Tea Recipes
How to Make a Hibiscus Tea Rinse for Your Hair
Sometimes it feels like a waste to use foodstuffs for non food purposes. Like an avocado face mask, a cucumber eye treatment, or a tea rinse for your hair.
Still, the hibiscus tea rinse I'm going to talk about is worth a small guilty feeling.
It's also a great way to use up hibiscus tea that's gone cold in the tea pot, or has steeped too long. And in that case, no need for guilt!
What Can Hibiscus Tea Do for Your Hair?
As you know if you've ever made hibiscus tea, the tea itself is a ruby-red, and it leaves stains if you happen to spill any.
It can also leave red color in your hair — if your hair is light enough, and if the hibiscus tea you use for the rinse is strong enough.
It's not like a regular hair dye; don't expect the kind of spectacular, long-lasting results you would get from unadulterated henna. After you wash your hair a couple of times, the hibiscus stain will go away.
But then, that's also the charm of this rinse. You can try it out without worrying that it will actually dye your hair without any way to remove the color, the way henna does.
Herbal Conditioner
Several dark-haired people on the Long Hair Forum who have tried a hibiscus tea rinse have reported that it didn't add color to their hair at all.
Instead, the tea gave their hair extra softness and shine, the kind you get from a really good conditioner. So it's worth trying, just for that, I think.
Hibiscus Tea Rinse Recipe
- Make hibiscus tea from tea bags or loose tea leaves, following this recipe.
- Do not remove the tea bags or tea infuser from the tea!
- Instead, let the tea steep for a much longer time, at least 1 hour, but you can leave it as long as 24 hours. It won't spoil.
- Take out the tea bags or leaves, and pour the tea into a glass container that's easy to pour from. Don't use plastic, or it will stain!
- When you take a shower, wash your hair with your usual shampoo and conditioner. Then pour the hibiscus tea rinse over your hair.
- Leave the hibiscus rinse in your hair and let it dry naturally.
If you try this herbal rinse, please let me know in the comments or via email how it works out for you! I'd love to add some photos and make a 'before and after' series.
Filed under Loose Leaf Hibiscus Tea, Tea Recipes
3 of My Favorite Herbal Tea Mixes
I realize you probably came to this website looking for hibiscus tea, but on the other hand, maybe you're already a hibiscus tea fan and are looking for some variety, just like me!
I love almost all kinds of tea, especially herbal and flower teas, and I'm always looking for new brands and new tastes to try out.
These are three of my favorite herbal tea mixes. Not all of them are caffeine free, but I have marked each so you won't buy the wrong thing by mistake. I've also added steeping instructions.
1. Davidson's Earl Grey Tea with Lavender
Davidson's has the best loose leaf tea bar none, as far as I'm concerned, and their bulk prices are great too.
This Earl Grey loose leaf tea is the classic English black tea infused with bergamot, but what's special about it is the added lavender flowers. They give the tea a flowery note and a delicious scent. It's a perfect afternoon tea, and it goes well with high tea, cake or cookies.
How to Steep Earl Grey Lavender Tea:
- Put a teaspoon of tea into a tea pot or preferably, a tea infuser.
- Pour 1 pint or more of boiling water over the tea and into the pot.
- Cover the cup or pot and steep for 5 minutes.
- Remove tea infuser.
Note: this tea contains caffeine. It's also a strong black tea; don't overbrew it and let it get bitter!
Buy Davidson's Earl Grey Lavender Tea at Amazon
2. Traditional Medicinals Organic Raspberry Leaf Herbal Tea
These tea bags contain 100% organic raspberry leaves. So, technically, this is not a mix, but I love it so much that I wanted to include it.
Raspberry leaf is a special tea that is, I'm not kidding, a godsend to women. I'm not saying men can't drink it, but they won't get the benefit of its special properties!
For hundreds of years, women have used raspberry tea to help alleviate menstrual cramps and labor pains and strengthen the uterus. And best of all, it tastes great, not at all medicinal. In fact it reminds me of black tea, even though it's caffeine free. You could drink this with a bit of honey, but it's tasty enough to drink plain.
How to Steep Raspberry Leaf Tea:
- Put the raspberry leaf tea bag in a tea cup or pot.
- If you're using a larger tea pot, put two tea bags into the pot.
- Single tea cup: pour 1 cup of boiling water over the tea bag and into the tea cup.
- Full tea pot: pour 1 pint of boiling water over the tea bag and into the pot.
- Cover the cup or pot and steep for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Gently squeeze tea bag to get the last bits of raspberry goodness out.
- Remove tea bag.
Note: this tea is caffeine free.
The manufacturer of this tea, Traditional Medicinals, recommends drinking 3 to 4 cups between meals.
Buy Traditional Medicinals Raspberry Leaf Tea from Amazon
3. Davidson's Herbal Cranberry Orange Tea
I know, I know, it's another Davidson's tea. But they are so good!
This mix of flowers and fruits is perfect if you want to drink a healthy herbal tea that's full of Vitamin C. The tea contains organic cranberries, chamomile, rooibos, rosehips, hibiscus and orange peel, with sweet orange essence for extra flavor.
As a fellow enthusiast wrote on Amazon,
"You can feel a touch of sourness of the cranberries and hibiscus flowers, the refreshing taste of the orange peels, and the pleasant taste of the camomile."
I couldn't have put it better myself. You can also combine this tea with pure hibiscus tea if you want to make a tea that's a little fruitier and sweeter than plain hibiscus, but still has all the wonderful health benefits of hibiscus tea.
How to Steep Cranberry Orange Tea:
- Put a teaspoon of tea into a tea pot or preferably, a tea infuser.
- Pour 1 pint or more of boiling water over the tea and into the pot.
- Cover the cup or pot and steep for 5 minutes.
- Remove tea infuser.
Note: this tea is caffeine free.
How To Make Hibiscus Ice Tea
I love to drink hibiscus tea as a hot drink when it's cold out, but in summer, I prefer hibiscus ice tea. It's refreshing and cool, it looks beautiful, and has a flowery, slightly tart, delicious taste and aroma. I think it tastes much better than plain ice tea made from tea bags.
When I serve this ice tea for the first time, people often think it's lemonade or a cocktail or some kind of fruit punch — the jewel-like, deep red color of hibiscus doesn't make anyone think of tea! Then they taste it, and fall in love. I honestly haven't met anyone who doesn't love hibiscus ice tea. The only difference is that some people like it sweeter than others. Personally, I like the tart refreshing taste of hibiscus tea, and I don't want to overwhelm it with sweetness, so I let people who like sweet tea add honey to their taste.
Here's how I make hibiscus ice tea, two ways: a simple recipe for hibiscus ice tea and a fancy recipe with added spices and garnish. The fancy ice tea is what I usually make for company.
One important tip: the deep red of hibiscus stains easily, so take care not to use plastic lemonade pitchers or anything that will stain. Glass pitchers and metal saucepans are fine.
Simple Hibiscus Ice Tea Recipe
(serves 6)
6 cups cold water
1/2 cup hibiscus flower tea leaves
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups ice
- Bring water to a light simmer in a large saucepan.
- Add the hibiscus flower tea to the water, then simmer for 5 minutes over moderate heat. Remove saucepan from heat.
- Cover the saucepan and let it steep for half an hour.
- Pour the liquid into a pitcher through a sieve. Discard the flowers.
- Add sugar and ice, and stir until all the sugar has dissolved.
- Chill the tea and serve in a glass when it's cool enough.
Fancy Hibiscus Ice Tea Recipe
(serves 6)
6 cups cold water
1/2 cup hibiscus flower tea leaves
3 cinnamon sticks
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups ice
fresh mint leaves
orange slices
lime slices
- Bring water to a light simmer in a large saucepan.
- Add the hibiscus flower tea, the cinnamon sticks and a handful of fresh mint leaves to the water, then simmer for 5 minutes over moderate heat. Remove saucepan from heat.
- Cover the saucepan and let it steep for half an hour.
- Pour the tea into a pitcher through a sieve. Discard flowers and spices.
- Add sugar and ice, and stir until all the sugar has dissolved.
- Chill the tea.
- When it's cool enough, serve in a tall glass with a long spoon. Garnish the glass with one orange and one lime slice, and set out a pot of honey so people can sweeten the ice tea to their taste. You can also add extra sprigs of fresh mint leaves.
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