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Phoebe Sinclair
writer, wanderer, friend
Literary Agent Wishlist
- Respects a work's integrity while striving for excellence
- Advocate for writers of color and marginalized groups
- Interested in representing a writer with works that range in format (e.g. novels, graphic novels, middle grade, YA, new adult, blog/personal essay)
- Clear and consistent communicator
- Bonus: fan of the Oxford Comma
Completed Works
I'm seeking a good home and/or representation for the following completed fictional works.
Title: "Confessions of a Candy Snatcher"
Genre(s): Fiction featuring a young protagonist, zine illustrations
Summary: 12-year old Jonas Adams Abraham finds trouble he doesn't expect during the thrill of snatching candy from trick-or-treaters on Halloween. In November, a note appears in Jonas's locker. Is it his best-boy Mikey, who'd fight you soon as laugh with you, messing with his head? Or Jonas's classmate Gideon, forcing him to come clean about what went down between them on that dark street in October? Caught in shadows of joy and regret, confrontation and avoidance, Jonas begins to question if maybe the best-worst thing he's ever done was as much fun as it seemed at the time.
Word count: 73k
Inspiration: Confessions Pinterest Board
Title: "Three Tries"
Genre(s): Fiction featuring a young protagonist, graphic novelette
Summary: Three comic book vignettes follow Boston native Flor Ramirez at age 11, 13, and 15 as she perseveres through the ordinary yet difficult adventures in surviving the locker room at the local pool, buying maxi pads from a cute cashier, and navigating public rejection.
Word count: 1,800
Inspiration: Three Tries Pinterest Board
Works In Progress
Title: "Witness" (working title)
Genre(s): Urban fantasy
Word count: 50k
Status: 1st draft, in revision
Inspiration: Witness Pinterest Board
Title: "Nikki "(working title)
Genre(s): Fiction featuring a young protagonist, graphic novel
Word count: 16k
Status: 1st draft, 'resting/fermenting'
Inspiration: Nikki Pinterest Board
PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Discovery Award, 2005
Q: Really?! You're a writer?
A: Yup. For work and pleasure.
Q: How long have you been writing?
A: Practically since before I could read.
Q: What kind of stuff do you like to write?
A: I tend towards lyrical, contemporary fiction featuring young people of color, but I've also written poetry, scripts and, once, lyrics to a prog-rock song.
Q: Where can I read your writing?
A: At the moment, here at Whole Heart Local or on my older Librarytour blog. I also produced a single-issue zine about letter writing (available by request), and a trove of travel writing essays yet to leave the confines of my filing cabinet. Finally, you can peruse my collection of book reviews on Goodreads.
e: hellopho at hotmail dot com
t: @wholeheartlocal


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P.S. I wanted to share with you this quick, pretty, and taste great gift. It's easy peasy to make and very inexpensive and who doesn't need an inexpensive gift at these times? (Plus I have seen this stuff for sale at premier candy shops and it's not cheap)
- Melt one 14 oz. bag of "candy melts" or white chocolate squares you can find easily in the grocery store. I bought my melts at Michael's craft store. I melted mine in 30 second increments in the mirco wave.
- Pound with a mallet and crush into small pieces approx. 10-12 Starlight red and white mint rounds. Just put in a plastic baggie and pound. You can use candy canes too but they are hard to unwrap.
- Pour the melted white candy melts on a piece of parchment paper or waxed paper. Sprinkle with the crushed mints and let harden. Doesn't take long at all. Break up into small pieces and fill a pretty glass. Tie glass up with clear cellophane and tie with a red ribbon. For a festive and fun touch I also added a big silver jingle bell.
- I went looking at one of my thrift shop haunts and found some $1.00 wine glasses to use. The glasses were very heavy and quite large. This stuff is really good. Be sure and hide the leftovers. :)
P.S. S. Here's just a little peek of what's new for 2009 in the boutique at theVintageNest.

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Let's become small, because God is big. Let's become like a child, for a child's faith is exactly that which our Lord desires and demands. Oswald Chambers illuminates the power of prayer, ""In the eyes of those who do not know God, it is madness to trust Him, but when we pray in the Holy Spirit we begin to realize the resources of God- that He is our perfect Heavenly Father, and we are His children...The revelation here is of the free kingdom of love...in which the one who prays is conscious of limit only through the moral nature of the Father's holiness...We are God's children, and we just stay before Him with our broken treasure or our pain and watch Him mend or heal in such a way that we understand Him better." A child's faith is bold. It is sweet surrender, free and honest. A child has not tried to grip the handles of control over life yet. Prayers uttered by a small child are never lofty and verbose, but straight-forward, real, and incredibly simple.
A little girl wears no masks when she asks her daddy questions of the world and tells him her wishes and her joys, her pain and her fears. Even so, let us be like that little girl, going to our Heavenly Papa- no masks, no speeches, just honest conversation. Listening to His gentle voice; then speaking in response from our own heart to tell of our happiness, our sadness, our desires, our questions, our everything. Let us not get caught up in asking for so much, that we forget to seek the Giver more than the good gifts. "Praise and thank God more than you ask for favors. "When you ask God for a favor, stick with it until He gives it, or until you see why He withheld it," my pastor, S. Bowen Matthews, has challenged our church body. So may we pray in bold faith, holding onto the promises of God, and may we pray in surrender, where we do not know what exactly His promises entail. "By scriptural warrant, prayer may be divided into petition of faith and that of submission," E.M. Bounds shares as he examines the prayers of Abraham, Moses, and Daniel.
From where might our prayers arise? If we attempt to pray like a child, do we come up with prayer on our own...or is there a greater Source to our prayers? Is there a Truth and Word from which they emanate? Lauren F. Winner in her book, Still, writes about a study by psychologists on children's evolving understanding of prayer. As they get older, children seem to "understand that prayers come from within themselves," and they see themselves as the author of their prayers. Winner notes, however, "I think it is something those children will unlearn, later, if they keep praying...I think they will come to know that their prayers do not, in fact, come from within themselves. I can participate in prayer...but I am not the author of my prayers; when they come, they come from God."
If true prayer is the work of God manifested in our lives, then it must come forth through the power of His Word and His Spirit. How does prayer originate from God? There is a beautiful invitation awaiting you in the form of the greatest love letter ever known to man. Let us dare to dig into the Eternal Word and soak in the truth that sets hearts and minds free. Let us meditate on His law day and night and find out for ourselves that His Word is sweeter than honey. Let us build our lives upon the Rock of the Word, where the sinking sands of this present age will not bring us down, for we are fixed and stable as His everlasting truth concurrently binds us to Him and frees us from all that entangles in this life. E.M. Bounds touches on the mystery of God's word working through prayer: "The Word of God is the fulcrum upon which the lever of prayer is placed, and by which things are mightily moved. The Word of God is made effectual and operative, by the process and practice of prayer." Bob Sorge echoes this very sentiment: "The one who meditates in God's word will slowly transform the inner well from which his soul draws...The sweetest morsels...are those which Jesus gives directly to your own heart. When the Holy Spirit custom-fits the word to your life circumstances, the sustaining power of His personalized word has the ability to carry you through great tribulation. This is the true fountain of life!"
So let yourself escape away from the noise and clamor of the world today, even for a few moments. Pick up your dusty Bible or use your high-tech app. Find a handful of verses to soak into your spirit. Become a sponge deep on the ocean floor of God's mercy and truth. Listen in prayer to His voice of Love. Wait. Then speak. Speak with boldness like a little child, with raw and rugged honesty. Let His Word become the words on your lips. Let prayer transform you and draw you deep into a secret place with the Father. And let yourself be taken there to the secret chamber of communion again tomorrow, and the tomorrow after that...and every day, until it is your most sacred part of each day, and the days are a collection of holy moments, and all the holy moments become a resting place under His Wing. There you'll hear the Word in utter reliance and dependence, and you'll speak the Word in unreserved power and passion, and your faith will become like a child in sheer simplicity and sincerity.


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One Town, One Product October
Presented by the Bureau of Domestic Trade Promotions (BDTP), the OTOP (One Town / One Product) Marketplace promotes the crafts of the regions that generate and sustain community livelihood. OTOP continues to highlight distinct regional traditions through handmade products from local grassroots communities.
Participating Companies
- ABK 101 Corp.
- Adorno72 Home decors
- Bauang Crochet Assn. Inc.
- D&E Mats and Rattan Crafts
- Elda Shells Trading
- Ferangeli Guitars Handcrafter
- Fulgosino's Handicraft
- Gifts and Graces Fair Trade Foundation, Inc.
- Gloanse Handcrafted Products
- Island Express (RKOC)
- JJW Fashion Center
- Junk Not Handicraft
- La Herminia Piña Weaving Industry
- Mary Ann's Souvenir and Gift Shop
- Mikah's Souvenirs
- Nitz Furniture and Piano Center
- Palawentas Handicraft
- Puyo Handicrafts
- RFSantos Group of Companies Inc.
- Silya Elektrika Atbp
- South Sea Pearl Museum
- Sto. Niño de Plaridel MPC
- Uni-Art Home decors & Furniture
- Yakan Weavers Albarakkatu Multi-Purpose Coop.


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Customs officials last year seized large quantities of heroin, ecstasy and LSD in Switzerland and caught a record number of illegal immigrants. They also confiscated more than 1,000 shipments of illegally imported therapeutic medicines, mostly from India.
According to the Swiss Customs Administration, the amount of heroin seized by officials quadrupled from 14kg in 2015 to 62kg the following year. The number of LSD and ecstasy pills also soared from 5,842 to 63,070, it said in a statement on Tuesday.
The authorities also reported that they had caught a record number of illegal immigrants trying to enter Switzerland last year: 48,838 people, or 57% more than in 2015. Just over two-thirds (33,844) entered canton Ticino in southern Switzerland from Italy.
Border guards also caught 22,104 people who were being sought by the police (11% increase on 2015). The number of cases of contraband was down slightly: 33,523 compared with 35,813 in 2015.
Hard figures
According to separate statistics released on Tuesday by Swissmedic, the Swiss agency for therapeutic products, customs officials also seized 1,028 packages of illegally imported medicines – a slight drop on the previous year.
As in previous years, over half of seized medicines (55%) were erectile stimulants containing the same active ingredient as Viagra or Cialis. They were followed by sleeping tablets (13.5%) and other prescription drugs (13%).
Nearly half of all shipments originated from India. Swissmedic said suppliers generally used spam emails to advertise "generic products at advantageous prices".
In many cases, the medicines supplied have "serious quality defects and arrive without a carton or package insert, which means that there are absolutely no warnings about side effects and precautions or information about the correct dosage", Swissmedic said.
Counterfeit medicines frequently contain too high or too low a dose, or incorrect, undeclared or even no active substances, it added.
swissinfo.ch/sb with agencies


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Thermoseal RG-N120 is a reinforced cellulose gasket material with a nitrile butadiene rubber binder and inorganic fillers that provides a very good crush resistance at high flange pressures. Continuous roll lengths allow efficient and economical fabrication with high speed die cutting equipment. RG-N120 seals oil, water, and coolants well in applications such as small engine intake and cover gaskets, automotive water pump and throttle body gaskets and similar applications with intermittent operating temperatures up to 350° F (177° C).
Ref. Thickness of Measured Values
0.031" (0.8mm)
Density ASTM F1315
75 lbs/ft3 (1.20 g/cm³)
Compressibility ASTM F36J
25 - 35%
Recovery ASTM F36J
minimum 30%
Tensile Strength ASTM F152
minimum 1305 psi (9 MPa)
Fluid Resistance
After immersion in Fuel B
Weight Increase
Thickness Increase
After immersion in Oil IRM903
Weight Increase
Thickness Increase
maximum 30%
maximum 10%
maximum 40%
maximum 15%
Binder Type
Nitrile Butadiene Rubber
ASTM F104 Line Call Out


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VANDALIA — The Vandalia-Butler City Schools are set to begin a program intended to bring non-traditional students – and the tax dollars that follow them – back into the school district.
The program, called Aviator Connections, is set to be voted on by the Board of Education at Tuesday's business meeting. Darren "DJ" Wyrick, recently hired as Butler's new basketball coach, will be the facilitator for the new program if the hire is approved by the Board.
"We have students who leave our district to go to alternative educational settings," said Butler High School Principal Chad Hill. "$5,900 per student goes elsewhere for each one of those students that is not educated here in our district. Only 15-20 percent of our per student funding comes from the state of Ohio, so the remainder of that money is our own taxpayers that are paying for students to be educated somewhere else."
Superintendent Brad Neavin says that the program is intended to meet the needs of students who need options other than the traditional school day.
"In a researched based instructional environment, it is clear no 'one size fits all' for students and their particular learning needs," said Neavin in an emailed statement. "Aviator Connections addresses our desire to reach all students; those who want to take additional coursework that won't fit in their academic day, those who respond better to a more digitized curriculum and those who may be behind in their academic progress due to health, discipline or family issues."
The program is set up with two time slots for students to work full-time online or in the classroom, from 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. and from 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. A student's first course will be four days per week with all assessments completed in the lab on school premises.
A student's second course is one day per week with all assessments taken at the lab by appointment. Any courses after that are one day per week with unit tests completed in the lab.
"Aviator Connections will do what most of the charter schools are doing but yet keep the student as part of Butler High School," said Hill. "Students will still be connected to Butler High School and they will have a facilitator who is interested in them being successful."
Students utilizing Aviator Connections will earn their high school diploma from the Vandalia-Butler City Schools and Butler High School if they meet all the graduation requirements – something that does not occur when a student attends a charter school or online school.
Students are also eligible to participate in extra-curricular activities and athletics as long as they meet eligibility requirements of both the local district and the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
In January 0f 2015, the Ohio Department of Education reported that the equivalent of 108 full-time students of Vandalia-Butler Schools were enrolled in 26 charter schools which, at $5,900 per student, was costing the district $637,200 per year. Of those, 78 were Butler students.
Hill estimates that the program will bring 25 of those students back into the district resulting in a gross decrease of $147,500 going to charter schools. The district will contract with Virtual Community Schools of Ohio to provide teachers at a cost of just under $59,000 per year, and the facilitator salary and benefits will cost approximately $60,000 per year resulting in a net gain of almost $25,000 per year.
Neavin called the program a win-win for everyone.
"This program brings the non-traditional instructional model back into our District where OUR students can best be served by those who are truly committed to their success," said Neavin. "This is a win for our parents, our tax-payers, and, most importantly, our students."
Reach Darrell Wacker at 937-684-8983 or on Twitter @VandaliaDrummer.


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The ABC Kids Expo 2011. We are thrilled at the response from so many professionals. Thank you for taking the time to stand next to me and explain why you think oogaa will be a success, it means so much to us.
After a 14 hour drive we are finally back in Florida, with a carload from Trader Joe's (just found out they are coming to Florida!).


text: During the past 2 weekends I was fortunate enough to be apart of the Carpe Diem show at Loakal in Oakland, CA. I had so much fun creating new artwork amongst so much talent and dope personalities.The gallery was open to the public all 24 hours of the painting day so that people could engage with the artists and observe their creative process. Here is a video taken on March 29th when each artist was given a 4′ X 8′ panel and 24 hours to complete their work. Much love to Sam Grant for putting this video together and Eddie Colla for keeping me current.


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Types of Income
Residual income is synonymous with passive income. But just because income seems passive, that doesn't mean it falls under that category in the eyes of the IRS. Lottery winnings, for example, seem passive but aren't. Passive income specifically means that the income comes from a rental activity or a business in which you do not materially participate [source: IRS].
Generally, income falls into three categories:
- Active income is what you earn from your work or primary activity. It's sometimes referred to as linear income because the amount you earn is directly related to the amount of work you put in. It's fairly consistent.
- Portfolio income includes dividends from stock, bond or mutual fund ownership. Annuity payments also fall under this category. Dividends can be taxed as ordinary income, and certain qualified dividends are taxed at capital gains tax rates [source: IRS].
- Passive or residual income is earned from activities or businesses in which the earner does not materially participate. It's sometimes called leveraged income because one piece of work can create a stream of income that grows over your lifetime.
Material participation is key here because it's different from active participation. There are a lot of guidelines to help you determine whether your participation is material but, in general, the IRS advises that any work you do in connection with an activity in which you own an interest is treated as material participation. In the example above, buying a lottery ticket would be considered material participation [source: IRS].
Types of Passive Income
If the material participation aspect seems confusing, that's because it is. Fortunately, the IRS is very specific about what does and does not qualify as passive income. It falls into two categories: real estate and business income.
If you are a real estate agent, broker or builder, your rental properties don't produce residual or passive income. But if you own a handful of properties that generate rent, that money is considered passive. There are exceptions: Income from leased land might not be considered passive, nor will rental income if you work within a building you own. Property owners might need to clarify this point with an accountant.
Similar rules hold true for passive business income. Your must not be materially involved in the business during the year the income is taxed. It's from past work. If you are not materially involved with — but benefit from — the sale of a company, the gain on the sale will be considered passive.
There might be cases with gray areas, and a tax expert should be able to help you sort out the differences.


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Your GED certificate will be available at the regional superintendent's office soon after you pass the GED test, (and the Illinois Constitution exam, if you did not meet the Illinois Constitution requirements while in high school).
Contact the Regional Office of Education for the county in which you reside to request your Illinois High School Equivalency Certificate and Official Transcript. Costs are $10 for the certificate and $3 for an official transcript. For Iroquois and Kankakee counties, contact:
Iroquois-Kankakee Regional Office of Education189 E. Court St., Suite 600, Kankakee, IL 60901Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 815-937-2950
To locate another Regional Office of Education, go to the Illinois Community College Board's website and search by City on the "ROE locator" or phone 217-558-5668.
Now that you have earned your GED, consider continuing your education. Meet with an advisor to discuss your interests and get information on KCC's programs.
To help pay for college, scholarships are available, and some are specifically for GED recipients. Contact the college of your choice for more information. At KCC, you may contact the Office of Financial Aid at 815-802-8550 or review online scholarship information.
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Ph: 815-802-8100
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We're expecting!!! Yes, the Kelly's are in the family way and preparing for baby #2. We are super excited and I wanted to share the awesome news with you all! We found out while in Miami for Thanksgiving. My husband and I had been trying for nine months to conceive and we finally got the answer to our prayer. God is soooo amazing!
On December 22nd, we were blessed to see our little "jellybean" for the first time and see that beautiful little heart beating at 148 beats per minute.
After 9 months of "negatives", my heart goes out to women who want children but have difficulty conceiving or carrying a child full-term. As a woman, you just expect that you will get pregnant without any problems but that is not always the case. If you're reading this post and you're having challenges conceiving or you've experienced multiple miscarriages, my prayers are with you! Maybe you don't have a problem with infertility but you are getting older and still believing God for a spouse so that you can start a family, I am believing with you! Whatever you do, don't lose your hope!
I'll keep you all posted on my pregnancy journey. Boy, August 6th seems so far away but it will be here before we know it. Please keep our growing family in your prayers :)
Ghia ♥


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Tour of Homes is resurrected
Wed, 01/10/2018 - 5:00am
Rosebud-Sandhills Right-to-Life is bringing back their Tour of Homes. This year's event is scheduled for Sunday, January 14 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. The tour will showcase the homes of Kurt and Kellie Stukel, Cheryl Duimstra, and Vic and Leanna Schmitz.
President Suzanne Braun commented that the Tour of Homes is one of the organization's biggest fundraisers. The group uses the money to create awareness in the community about life issues such as Eye-Openers in the newspaper, a movie night for area youth and adults, and other activities. Some money is also used to support pregnancy centers and programs that help women heal from the effects of having an abortion.
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For every map you fought through in XCOM 2, there was a story behind it. Literally. Each time the team worked on an environment for the game, it started with little stories about why the rooms and buildings were laid out the way they were. Long before players got to the battlefield, the Firaxis dev team identified who lived there and what had happened. One of the artists that worked on this environmental storytelling was Justin Rodriguez, a Senior Environment Artist on XCOM 2.
Justin worked on a variety of game assets, but by far his favorite part was world building and putting little touches on each map to make the place feel "lived-in." "When creating the environments, we made many passes to add in level design, art and lighting. Towards the end of production we would make a pass through the Small Town and Slums levels to give them a little extra decoration and color," Justin explains. "The environmental storytelling we created for the world helped me add cool details and narrative moments in every nook and cranny of XCOM 2. In fact, during our environment art meetings, we started to share the details of the environmental storytelling with the team and it eventually became an integral part of my process when world building." But he was very quick to add that it was very much a team effort.
Today, we're sharing with you some of Justin's favorite stories and Easter eggs that, if you look carefully, you'll find placed all around XCOM 2!
While making our final pass through the Small Town environment, we wanted there to be a contrast in the stories being told here as compared to the other environments you play in. One of the ideas we thought about was how the aliens would disturb the lives of families living on earth? We imagined how over the years people would see the aliens create these giant City Centers and their futuristic technology and propaganda would entice men, women, and children to leave their homes and seek a new life with the aliens and ADVENT.
One narrative we created was about a family living in a small town: a husband and wife with two daughters that would be indoctrinated by the ADVENT and convinced to let their two daughters seek a new life in the futuristic City Centers. We decorated a home to be theirs, with the girls' room on the second story of the home. We wanted their room to feel like it was initially decorated when they were younger, and throughout the years of alien occupation City Center tech and other furniture was added in as they got older. To add to the narrative we decided to keep the room untouched as much as possible as if the parents kept it that way in the hope that their daughters would come home, or at least come back to visit. Later when the environment team was working on decorating Slums, we thought it would be interesting to have a little apartment that was themed to look like a college dorm, and decided that the two students who lived there might be the two girls that left their small town home in hopes to experience a new, bright, life in the City Centers. When working on this space we wanted it to feel run-down and dismal, as if they felt tricked by the ADVENT to move into the Slums and never were able to travel into the new, clean, City Centers.
Another example of a narrative spanning through different environments of the game is the Slums Shrine, and Single Dad Home that we decorated in Small Town. This instance of environmental storytelling was created from a family picture painted by one of our concept artists, Dongmin Shin, to be used as decoration in Small Town. I thought it would be interesting to take this family and create a narrative about how the ADVENT and aliens would disrupt their lives. The player can see hints and clues of the family while moving through different levels. In Small Town, their home exists, but we decorated it to hint that only the father and son live there now. We had the idea that the father was helping XCOM before the aliens took over, and when the wife figured this out, she was angry and left for the City Centers. In the Slums, I built a little shrine that was decorated with a copy of the family picture. The husband's face has a worn out XCOM stencil over it, and only the mother and son remain in frame at this little shrine. There are toys and ADVENT propaganda books collected on the floor. While the little scene can stand alone by itself, the environment team likes to think that players might see this and start making connections with other stories and decorations found throughout the XCOM world.
Not all of the stories we hid were sad, though we felt it was important to always convey hope hidden throughout the ADVENT occupied environments. In the Slums, if you find yourself near an eyeglasses store, you might spot tiny cars on some of the 3D printers instead of eyeglass frames. These toy cars are used throughout the Slums but in this story they are used to decorate the clinic and apartment above and it also gave me a reason to place them all around the environment. Above the store lives the optometrist that manages the clinic and creates the toy cars. We had the idea that this father had lost his family in the war and moved to a City Center to seek a new life. Since he only made it to the Slums, he spends his nights off 3D printing toy cars for the neighborhood children. On his back porch, he even has a drop cloth and a spray can that he left out so newly varnished toy cars could air dry. Even in an oppressed environment like the Slums, the occupants have found a way to bring joy and hope to their lives and others around them.
Next time you find yourself playing XCOM 2, take a look around and see what little narrative moments you can find while moving slowly in concealment in the Slums, Small Town, or City Center. Who knows? Maybe it'll inspire you to create some of your own stories. Let us know!


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Student absences must be reported to the Marist attendance office at 773-881-5350.
Please leave the parent's name who is calling, the student's name, student ID number, and the reason for his or her absence.
The ID number can be found on the Marist school ID or tuition statement. It is the student's current grade level followed by a three-digit number.
If parents do not have the ID number, please leave the spelling of the student's last name and his or her grade level.
A written explanation of the student's absence is required, and should be turned into the attendance office the morning the student returns.
Ms. Colleen Coyne
Attendance Office


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Daydreamer is a whimsical dreaming hare watercolour painting new for Summer 2016. She is quite content sitting in the flowers on a sunny day. Painted in Watercolour on calico fabric.
Daydreamer is available as Medium & Large Mounted Print, Small, Medium & Large Framed Print, Framed with Poem, Greeting Card, Bookmark, Fridge Magnet, and Coaster.
Usual delivery time in the UK is 2-3 working days. Coasters are occasionally made to order. Please allow up to 10 days for delivery.
The poem below, written by the artist is included with each Medium & Large Mounted Print and is printed on the reverse of the greeting card, making it an extra lovely gift.
Snoozing under a willow tree
Deep fur warmed by the sun
The gentle humming of the bee
A day to rest, not to run
All artwork and poems copyright protected by the Artist. Sarah Reilly, Love Country by Sarah Reilly. All rights reserved.


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I can't believe how quickly the weeks have gone by. One minute I had just landed my job, and the next I'm four weeks in and drinking in the beauty of a long weekend. Thank goodness for Canada Day! If it weren't for our beloved country turning 145, I'd probably never get a break until mid-August.
To usher in the start of a fantastically lazy long weekend, I decided to sleep in until 9 a.m. (quite a feat for me considering I usually wake up at the late hour of 7:30 a.m. on the days I'm off work. That darn body clock just doesn't understand the concept of weekend sleep-ins.) What says weekend better than a lazy Saturday breakfast?
Okay, so it's 11:46 a.m. now and breakfast has kind of given way to brunch, but I'm still working on it! I decided to make cinnamon rolls! Everything is from scratch, mind you. (No Pilsbury doughboy in my kitchen!) I had to go out and buy those little packets of quick-rising yeast and everything! If it weren't for my mom's help, I think our kitchen would still look like a war zone right now (with cinnamon and flour shrapnel all over the place).
Who knew whipping up a batch of cinnamon rolls could be so time consuming? I've been at it since 9 a.m. and we're still not baking yet! It turns out that yeast does not like to be rushed. I've had to spend an hour and a half just waiting for dough to rise! It better be worth it in the end. In any case, our house is smelling like a bakery, so that's always a plus.
So far so good I guess. The only down side is my rumbling tummy trying to eat itself. I'm so hungry! Can't wait until these are done. The oven timer promises just 13 more minutes until delicious cinnamon goodness. This is definitely the way to kick off a long weekend. Consider this an early birthday present, Canada!
Update: The cinnamon buns are ready to eat! I made a coffee glaze to go on top, and it tastes delicious! The dough is so soft, with a light crunch on the top. All the brown sugar and cinnamon has melted into a sticky, gooey jelly, and the glaze adds just the right amount of sweetness with a hint of strong coffee. Success! I just don't know if three and a half hours was worth it. Oh well, nothing to do now but enjoy!


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Microsoft is expecting a spike in app purchases by the public this holiday season due to increased Windows and Windows Phone devices and the availability of new Microsoft Gift Cards. Gift cards will be available from several different sources, consumers may purchase gift cards in retail stores or electronically, select retailers will include gift cards in their holiday sales promotions or Microsoft and its partners will distribute promotional gift cards with device promotions in select markets.
Also Microsoft has some big expectations around the amount to be spent on Windows Store due to gift cards,
As a result of consumer gift card purchases and promotional programs for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8.1 devices, we expect consumers to have over $100 million dollars (USD) available in their Microsoft accounts to spend on app and in-app purchases this holiday season.
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Hearing Aid Tax Credit Act Introduced in the House of Representatives
Representatives Devin Nunes (R-CA) and Mike Thompson (D-CA), along with 34 original co-sponsors, reintroduced the bipartisan Hearing Aid Tax Credit Act (H.R. 1882), which would provide a $500 tax credit for the purchase of a hearing aid, or $1,000 if two are needed, once every five years. The tax credit would be available to all individuals with no restrictions based on age or income. This legislation would provide some measure of financial assistance to those who have the greatest need for these devices and are unable to afford them.
H.R. 1882 mirrors the Senate version of this legislation (S. 315), introduced by Senators Dean Heller (R-NV) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) in late January. This same legislation was introduced in the 113th Congress, and received bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.
Academy leadership joined the Hearing Industries Association (HIA), as well as other hearing health-care organizations, for a Hearing on the Hill advocacy day in early March to garner support for this legislation. The Academy urges all of its members to keep up this momentum by contacting your members of Congress and asking them to become a cosponsor of H.R. 1882/S. 315.
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With new school year, reset your children's routines
Parenting is about rhythm.
Sure, it helps if you can sing and dance (or think that you can, no matter the reality). But parenting is about the rhythms of eating and sleeping and toileting. It's about the rhythms of awake and asleep, quiet and active, together and apart. The rhythms of sunrise and sunset, summer-fall-winter-spring run nature. The rhythms of the school week followed by weekend, holidays and traffic lights run society. Our job as healthy parents is to slowly and gradually help our children fit in to these rhythms.
The process can be painful.
The importance of parenting rhythms comes up at times of transition. Right now, most of us are transitioning our families from the slower, later, less demanding rhythm of summer to the faster, more demanding "the bus will be here in three minutes!" and earlier "yes, it's time for bed" rhythm of the school year.
I'm sure that I don't need to explain the pain associated with the process to you. You're living it.
Our bodies and minds are rhythm machines. We thrive on the routine and regularity of schedules. Want proof? Ask anyone who travels to a different time zone how hard the adjustment is. We teach ourselves to be tired at a certain time, to be hungry at certain times, even to pee and poop at certain times. Changing those rhythms is hard for mature adults who understand what's happening. Changing those rhythms for a child can become a war.
"But I'm hungry now!"
"I'm not tired. It's only 8 o'clock. I was up until 10 o'clock all summer!"
"Pleeeeaassssseeee … don't make me wake up now. It's still dark outside!"
Why bother? Shouldn't we accommodate our children's natural rhythms? Wouldn't it be easier – and maybe even healthier – to let them fall asleep when they're tired, wake up when they're rested, and eat when they're hungry?
Of course it would be easier for you, the parent. Think how many fewer battles you'd have to fight. How much happier everyone would be.
I've known parents who parented this way. The first is a young mother who believed that her preschool daughter should eat what she wants when she wants. The second is the single father who couldn't tolerate his junior high school son's unhappiness, so he bought him everything that he wanted. The boy's bedroom had more tech than Best Buy. But it worked. Both the young mother and the tech-dad had very happy children and very few arguments at home.
What's wrong with this picture?
A lot. Both parents are mistaking happiness for health. Neither of these two children had developed the capacity to delay gratification or tolerate frustration. Neither had developed the rhythms necessary to fit into the social world in which they live.
Delay of gratification means being able to wait to get what you want. It's the skill necessary for taking turns and waiting in line. It's essential to the ability to manage your needs and wants and wishes and desires. It's a critical skill to the development of essential rhythms associated with eating and interacting with others. The simple rhythm of give and take, listen and talk.
Tolerating frustration is the complementary skill necessary to control the primitive me-here-now impulses that we're all born with. The newborn needs food now. She needs sleep now. She needs comfort now. By preschool, most children have developed the basics idea of waiting, even if briefly, to get what they need. Living with siblings, visits to the playground, "mommy and Me" classes all give basic lessons in "wait your turn."
It's our job, as healthy parents, to comfort and reassure our kids when they struggle to tolerate frustration. It's our job to model turn-taking, hand-raising, and how to experience disappointment when we don't get what we want.
More often than not, the answer to "I want…!" and "I need …!" and (my favorite), "It's not fair!" is "I know that you're frustrated, sweetie." Label the feeling. Validate the experience. Sit through the rage and resentment and jealousy with your kids. Over time, the experience will become easier. They'll learn the rhythms of giving and getting, waiting and managing their emotions.
Why not give in? You could be like the junior high school boy's father. You could solve every potential upset by buying the latest whatsit or the ten terabyte, wi-fi enabled, Bluetooth whozit. You could be like the preschooler's mother who rationalized that if her daughter is hungry, she should eat. These are selfish fixes that might get you through the moment because you don't want to face the upset. Maybe you yourself are scared of the rage. But these parents are doing their children a huge disservice. They're cheating their children of the opportunity to learn the rhythms of our world.
And like most problems, this problem only gets bigger and badder over time. It's far easier to help a preschooler manage her upset when she learns that dinner will be served in an hour, than it is to manage a 13-year-old's tantrum.
Right here, right now, make the start of this new school year your opportunity to establish rhythm in your children's lives and in your family. Hat time I bedtime? What time is wake up? When is supper? When and where does homework get done? Bathtime? Screen time? Play time? Chores? The rules don't have to rigid and immutable. Life happens. But establishing the rhythms now and facing the complaints and limit-testing now will make the remainder of the school year flow much more smoothly.
Parenting Pointer
Many parents find that their kids struggle with bedtime, especially when the family schedule changes. Here's some suggestions:
1. The pediatrician advises to limit caffeine (e.g., soda), limit liquids after supper, to eat healthy meals and to get healthy exercise every day.
2. Value your child's opinion about when her bedtime should be, but this is a parenting decision. Very few children would put themselves to bed early enough to get the sleep that they need. Remind your kids what their bedtimes are at supper.
3. Don't fall for "it's not fair" about other children's bedtimes. Your job is not to be fair. Your job is to see that each child get what she needs.
4. Many families allow screen time after supper and before the bedtime routine. Reverse this: bathtime, pajamas, lay out tomorrow's clothes before screen time. This will motivate the kids to get those basics done efficiently and diminish family upset.
5. Create a bedtime ritual, then stick to it. Give one five minute warning. Do not give in to whining-pleading-demanding "just one more minute" arguments. All devices are parked in the kitchen overnight, not at bedside. Read a book together in bed quietly. Hug. Kiss. Lights out.
6. And all those "ups" after lights out? "I need a drink of water" or "Come tuck me in again" or "I saw a monster." Teach your children that you will check on them when they're quiet. If you reward these pleas and whines with your time and attention, there will be more and more pleas and cries.
Dr. Benjamin Garber, Ph.D., is a New Hampshire-licensed psychologist and parenting coordinator. He writes and speaks internationally on subjects concerning child and family development. His latest book is "Holding Tight/Letting Go" available from unhookedbooks.com. Learn more about Garber and his child-centered services at HealthyParent.com. Find a collection of Garber's popular press articles on his blog at bdgarberphd.wordpress.com. Garber welcomes your comments at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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At a time when payday lending has dominated the headlines for the Texas gubernatorial race, a new report came out that found the Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority (CRRMA) will be working with ACE Cash Express to collect tolls for the new César Chávez Border Highway toll road that is slated to begin operation this week.
The El Paso Times broke the story that motorists might have to establish an account to use the road or pay off toll charges at the payday loan company's stores – drivers can still pay these items by phone, online or mail. The outlet also notes that customers will be charged $3 to open up an account and an additional $2 convenience service fee.
Experts say that ACE Cash Express is benefiting directly from the partnership because it is getting potentially thousands of customers into its stores and could very well create new clientele. The company has already conceded this in an interview with the El Paso news outlet.
In an email to the Huffington Post, Raymond Telles, CRRMA Executive Director, said his organization has actually partnered with the North Texas Tollway Authority, which is the one that maintains the ACE partnership.
"We asked the NTTA to provide online, mobile app, phone and cash alternatives for El Paso transponder users," he said. "The NTTA has an existing relationship with ACE in [Dallas-Fort Worth], which provides a cash payment option. So, in order for El Paso users to be able to pay cash in person for transponder transactions (as opposed to payments online, by phone or mail), ACE was the only option available to us — just as it is the only non-NTTA cash location available in DFW. The CRRMA does not have a direct partnership with ACE — rather, ACE will be providing these services through their relationship with NTTA. We will also continue to look for ways to expand the available cash alternatives for El Paso users."
It has been reported that the toll partnership with ACE was established in 2010 during Governor Rick Perry's tenure. In addition, which has garnered immense controversy, the man who is head of the state's consumer watchdog agency, is vice president of Cash America, a payday lender in the United States.
Texas has been quite welcoming of the cash advance lending industry in recent years. "Texas is still essentially the wild, wild west of payday lending, where you can see payday lenders charging 400 and 500 percent annual interest rates," said Diane Standaert, senior legislative counsel at the Center for Responsible Lending.
In the past year, payday lending has either become banned in several states or legislatures have started to clamp down on this sector of the economy. Opponents argue that short-term lending comes with exorbitant interest rates and fees and can create a perpetual cycle of debt. Proponents, however, say that industry studies show that their borrowers are satisfied with payday loans and having the option to use one.
Proponents, however, say that industry studies show that their borrowers are satisfied with payday loans and having the option to use one.


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At the end of a long day, I managed to stretch it out a little longer by spending an evening photographing scorpions in the pitch black along the Rio Grande River. The best part is that earlier today I learned that scorpions are much easier to find with a black light on them. So why not photograph one like that, too, right?
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The Other Side of the Rio Grande
In the distance is a river. But unlike any other river – this is a river of borders, rules, laws and a separation of a society once whole, divided in two. On the left of the river is Mexico, on the right, Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA. There is nothing quite as warm as the light from a South Texas sunset or the starry sky that stretches out unimpeded across the desert night. Big Bend gets it's name from the u-shaped turn the Rio Grande makes along it's borders. It's also the Rio Grande that lends so many great landscapes to visitors of this place. But despite these offerings, the river also serves as an inadvertent reminder of 9/11. There are no walls here like they build in other states. No fences. No patrol towers. In fact the river is knee deep in most places if not shallower. However, this border is "closed." I learned today it wasn't always this way but that Mexico and the United States shared the national park and that visitors could wade across the river and have lunch in Mexico and return a few minutes later, unimpeded and not labeled a criminal. Those days seem to be gone. Instead we stand at the edge of the river and look into Mexico and they look back at us.
West Texas Sunset
Driving 60mph I somehow managed to see this guy as he left the pavement for the tall grasses.
Big Bend National Park, Texas
This morning I woke up early, my first day in the park, and despite my own procrastinations and lack of coffee (thank you autofocus), I photographed this shot of a cactus as the sunrise lit up the top of the Chisos Mountains. More tomorrow…


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Chinese Wedding Taboos
Chinese Wedding Taboos
Clueless about traditional chinese wedding taboos? Here, we list 10 major taboos that you might want to pay attention to.
1. Three months before and after the wedding, the couple should avoid going to a funeral or wake, another wedding, or visiting a woman that is about to give birth.
2. If one of the couple's parents passes away before the wedding, the wedding must be conducted within 100 days or postponed for 3 years (1,000 days).
3. Couples should avoid holding wedding during the first lunar month to avoid clashing of luck with the new year. The third (Ching Ming Festival), seventh (commonly known as the Hungry Ghost Festival) and ninth (Tomb Sweeping Day) lunar months are commonly avoided due to the negative yin forces. The lunar sixth month is also avoided due to the belief of the sixth month being a half-year, and therefore implies a half-marriage.
4. If the bride's home visit gifts include a whole roast pig, the ears, tail and other parts should all be in tact. Otherwise, this would imply that the bride is not a virgin.
5. The groom must not open the car door when he arrives to fetch his bride. He has to wait patiently for the bride's younger brother (or younger male relative) to open the bridal car door and pass him 2 oranges. In return, the groom will give this younger brother a red packet for opening the car door.
6. When the bride arrives at the groom's home, the groom's relatives should hide to avoid the couple until they enter their bridal room.
7. Once the bridal bed has been installed, it is preferred that no one sleeps or sits on it.
8. White, blue and green are mourning colours and should not be used for wedding bouquets, decorations or gifts.
9. An old superstition holds that if a woman is a bridesmaid for three times, she's destined to be an "old maid" and never get married herself.
10. All red packets given at wedding should contain even amounts due to the belief that even number is auspicious and odd number is inauspicious.


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September 10, 2014
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Economic realities and their theories define our world regardless of where we live.
After a while, they deserve reexamination to see if they measure up to our needs, interests
and values. This week Ellen visits with Prof. Cynthia Kaufman about her book Getting Past Capitalism and looks
at some of its systemic failings and limitations. Similarly, students around the world are demanding
reexamination of the prevailing economics canon hoping to institute a broader, more politically responsible view of
economic theory. Co-host Walt McRee talks with an organizer of the "Rethinking Money NY"
conference taking place this weekend at Columbia.


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Law of demand is generally believed to be valid in most of the situations. However, some exceptions to the law of demand have been pointed out. One exception to the law of demand is associated with the name of the economist Torstein Veblen who propounded to the doctrine of conspicuous consumption. According to Veblen, some consumers measure the utility of a commodity entirely by its price, i.e., for them, the greater the price of a commodity, the greater it's utility.
Diamonds are often given an example of this case. The diamonds are considered as prestige goods in the society and for the upper strata of the society the higher the price of diamonds, the higher the prestige value of them and, therefore, the greater utility or desirability of them. In this case, the consumer will buy less of the diamonds at a low price because with the fail in price its prestige value will go down.
On the other hand, when the price of diamonds goes up, their prestige value will go up and, therefore, their utility and desirability. As a result, at higher price the quantity demanded of diamonds by a consumer will rise.
Another exception to the law of demand was pointed out by Sir Robert Giffin was observed that when the price of bread increased, the low-paid British workers early in the nineteenth century purchased more bread and not less of it, and this was contrary to the law of demand described above.
The reason given for this is that these British workers consumed a diet of mainly bread and when the price of bread went up they were compelled to spend more on given quantity of bread. Therefore, they could not afford to purchase as much meat as before. Thus, they substituted even bread for meat in order to maintain their intake of food. After the name of Robert Giffin, such goods in whose case there is a direct price-demand relationship are called Giffin goods.
It is important to note that when the rise in the price of a commodity, its quantity demanded increases and with the fall in the price of a commodity, its quantity demanded decreases, the demand curve will slope upward to the right and not downward.
There are some other exceptions to the law of demand which are only apparent and not genuine. In other words, these exceptions to the law of demand are false. One of the false exceptions relates to the changes in the exceptions of the people regarding prices of the commodities in the future. Suppose, the rainfall in India in any year does not occur in adequate quantity and there is widespread drought, the exception of the people will be-that the prices would rise in the future.
Therefore, even if the prices of food-grains are higher at the present, they would demand greater quantities since they will be expecting that the prices in the future would be still higher. This is contrary to the law of demand, but in this case to apply the law of demand is not valid. This is because in this case the increase in the quantity demanded is not due to the rise in price but due to the rightward shift in the demand curve as a result of changes in the price expectations of the people.
Furthermore, statistical data regarding the quantities purchased of various goods reveal that larger amounts of them have been purchased at higher prices and smaller quantities have been purchased at lower prices over the course of the business cycle.
This is also apparently the violation of the law of demand but properly interpreted it does not contradict the law of demand, for this only shows that demands for many commodities increase in times of prosperity periods of the business cycles due to the increase in the incomes of the people, and the demands for the commodities decrease in time of the depression periods of the business cycles due to the fall in the incomes of the people.
Another false exception to the law of demand is found when a commodity is sold under two brand names whose prices greatly differ. It is often found than some people demand more of high-priced brand than of the low-priced, although they are almost identical. This author has seen that some of his friends buy more of 'Supreme Lux' having much higher price than 'Lux' having a low price even though the two are of almost the same quality.
However, this is not a real exception to the law of demand. That is because those who buy more of high-priced brand think that the high- priced brand is different from and superior to the low-price brand. Therefore, for analyzing the nature of demand for these brands they should be regarded as two different commodities.


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4. Set up Scheduling
In this article you'll learn how to set up the Scheduling module for Flight Schedule Pro.
If you're planning to set up multiple Location(s), it's recommended that you do this prior to adding resources. See About Locations.
Add resources that can be scheduled (aircraft, sims, instructors, etc.)
- Add Aircraft and Simulators
- Scheduling Groups & Aircraft Order
- Add Instructors
- Add Equipment
- Add Meeting Rooms
- Set up other scheduling options
- How to transition from another scheduler
- How to let people log in before your "go live" date
Add Aircraft and Simulators
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Aircraft and Simulators are types of resources that can be scheduled on Flight Schedule Pro.
To add an Aircraft, go to Aircraft (left-hand menu) > Add Aircraft
The mandatory fields are highlighted below.
To add a simulator: choose Flight Simulator in the Category field.
Click "Save" to complete.
The new Aircraft is now available for reservation on the Schedule.
Scheduling Groups & Aircraft Order
Add Instructors
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Instructors are a type of resource that can be scheduled on Flight Schedule Pro. An Instructor on the schedule is typically attached to a user that can log in to the system. Instructors will see their own appointments under My Upcoming Reservations on the home page when they log in. They'll also receive email notifications when appointments are scheduled for them, or if changes are made to their appointments. (These email notifications are sent by default but depend on the company's System Email Settings and the instructor user's Email Notification settings)
About Instructor Availability and Work Schedules:
- When you add new instructors, they'll show up as unavailable on the schedule until their work schedule is configured. Only administrators and users with permission to "Override Reservation Errors" can schedule appointments during instructor unavailable times.
- You can grant Instructors permission to set up their own work schedules, or Instructor Work Schedules can be maintained by any user who has permission to "Edit All Work Schedules". If you want instructors to manage their own availability, they must have permission to "Edit My Own Work Schedule". (See article "Set up User Roles" for more information on setting up roles and permissions)
To add your first Instructor (as a new user):
- Go to People (left-hand menu) > Add Person
- On the add a person form, set "Instructor" to Yes (see image below)
Make an existing user an instructor (or verify if they're an Instructor or not):
- Go to People on the left-hand menu
- Select person and click "View"
- Go to Account Settings > Online Access
- Look for the "Instructor" checkbox (see image below). If you mark the Instructor option as "Yes" and click Save, this user will be made an Instructor in Flight Schedule Pro.
Once you've added your first instructor, you'll see a new "Instructors" tab on the left-hand menu where you can add more instructors and manage instructor setup.
Important: Make sure you turn on the Instructor field for any Activity Types you want people to be able to select an Instructor for. (see "Set up Activity Types" below).
Add Equipment
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Equipment is often used to schedule miscellaneous items like headsets, hand-held GPS, iPads, classrooms etc. which can be scheduled alongside other resources on Flight Schedule Pro.
To add Equipment, go to Settings (top-right) > Scheduling > Equipment
Click the "Add" button and fill out the form.
Important: Make sure you turn on the Equipment field for any Activity Types you want people to be able to select Equipment for. (see "Set up Activity Types" below).
Add Meeting Rooms
Classes and Meetings can be scheduled in Meeting Rooms you add.
To add Meeting Rooms, go to Settings (top-right) > Scheduling > Meeting Rooms
Click the "Add" button and fill out the form.
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About Activity Types
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Activity types provide a way for you to:
- Categorize reservations
- Track training and/or billing status
- Identify and correct training and/or billing mismatches
- Define scheduling and dispatching rules
If you're planning to enforce documentation during booking or dispatch, make sure you set up User Documents prior to configuring your Activity Types. See article "Set up User Documents".
Before you can start scheduling reservations, you'll need to add and/or edit activity types to use in your reservations. Here are a few example activity types using FAA-USA documentation.
Add an Activity Type
To add an Activity type:
- Go to Settings (at top right).
- Select the Scheduling option on the General tab.
- Select Activity Types.
- Select Add New to create a new activity type. Or select Edit next to the activity type you want to update.
- Enter the Activity Name to identify the activity type when making reservations.
- Select Active (Yes/No) to make this activity type active (show) or not (hide).
- Select the Layout from the drop down list to define the type of information required to set up and use this activity type.
- Select the Roles Allowed from the drop down list to indicate who will be able to access this activity type.
- Select Save.
Edit an Activity Type
Note that not all of the following types of information are required for all activity types.
To edit an Activity type:
- Go to Settings > Scheduling > Activity Types and select the Activity Type you want to change.
- To change the Basic Information, select Edit next to Basic Information, where you can update the following:
- Activity Name - name that identifies the activity type when making reservations
- Active - make active to show or inactive to hide
- Colors - background and font colors for how reservations with this activity type will appear on the schedule
- Roles Allowed - select the roles who will be able to access this activity type
- Length - enter the minimum, maximum and default length times in minutes for scheduling this activity type
- To show or hide fields that display when this activity type is being scheduled, select Edit next to Show/Hide. When you activate some of the fields, additional options are available and you can choose whether the fields are required or optional.
- To indicate scheduling requirements for this activity type, select Edit next to Scheduling & Dispatch Requirements, where you can
determine the documentation or pilot currency requirements that are enforced during scheduling or dispatching for this activity type for the member, the instructor, and/or the scheduling employee. For each tab, select +Add Requirements and check the box(es) for items you want to check when booking or dispatching a reservation. For each item, choose when the information is required from the drop down list.
- To set the billing defaults for this activity type, select Edit next to Billing, where you can update the following:
- Instruction Types - Indicate one or more instruction types that will be available for time entry by instructors when checking in a reservation
- Track Billing Status - turn on to have FlightSchedule Pro display a billing status of Unbilled, Billed or Paid to reservations with this activity type, which allows for easy identification of reservations with each billing status on the Reservations page
- Identify Billing Mismatch - turn on to have FlightSchedule Pro identify whether times billed for a reservation match the flight log for reservations with this activity type
- Auto-Fill Total Flight Time - turn on to have FlightSchedule Pro automatically calculate times based on the meter entered at the end of instruction
- Flight Instruction Type - Allows you to pre-populate the invoice with a specific instruction type for this activity type
- Auto-Fill Pre/Post Time - Automatically adds instructor only time to the invoice
- Ground Instruction Type - If Auto-Fill Pre/Post Time is active, indicate which instruction type to automatically include in the invoice for instructor only pre and post time
- Track Training Status - turn on to have FlighSchedule Pro display whether a training session has been logged for a reservation with this activity type
- Identify Training Mismatch - turn on to have FlightSchedule Pro identify whether a logged training session matches the flight log for reservations with this activity type
Set up other Scheduling Options
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To review other scheduling options, go to Settings > Scheduling.
Here are a few of the options available to you:
- Schedule time interval: 30 min, 15 min, 10 min, 5 min
- Time format: Standard AM/PM or 24 hour clock
- Default Schedule Layout: Day Horizontal, Day Vertical, etc. If users haven't set up their own default schedule filter, this is the initial layout they'll see when they visit the schedule.
- Business Hours: Once you set up your Business hours, you can disallow users from scheduling reservations that start or end after business hours using Roles.
- Schedule Display Hours: This is a display setting only which defines the start and end time of the schedule on the Day Vertical / Horizontal schedule layouts. For example, you may not want to show midnight to 5am on the day views if there's typically no activity during this time.
- Priority Scheduling Hours: If you define Priority Scheduling Hours, you can restrict scheduling during these times using Roles. For example, you may want to limit how many reservations users can make within these priority hours.
How to Transition from another Scheduler
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It's helpful to define a clear and concise cutover date to Flight Schedule Pro. The strategy outlined below will have your customers and staff using the old scheduler until your cut-over date arrives.
1. Select your cut-over date. This is the first day Flight Schedule Pro will serve as the live schedule. For this example we'll use March 1st.
2. If any reservations exist on the old scheduler on or after March 1st, manually copy them to Flight Schedule Pro. You don't need all users added at this point - you can type the reservation holder's name in the "Display Name" field for the reservation. This won't link the reservation to a specific user, but it will make it clear on the schedule who has the appointment.
If you don't see the "Display Name" field when booking reservations, review your Activity Types to make sure this field is turned on (Settings > Scheduling > Activity Types). It may be useful to create a new Activity Type that's only used for reservations you manually copy over.
3. On the old scheduler for March 1st and after, remove all reservations and fully block all resources.
4. Set the Role Preference for "Allow users to schedule on or after this date" for each role you've given permission to schedule. Roles can be edited by going to Settings > Users > Roles and Permissions. You may also want to show this visually on the schedule by blocking off all resources in Flight Schedule Pro prior to March 1st.
5. On your website, post a link to your special login and/or signup page so users can access Flight Schedule Pro. Your special signup link will take users directly to a registration form. You'll be notified by email when people signup so you can approve or deny their access. Get your special URL by going to "Settings" (top-right) > Company > Login & Signup Pages.
6. Let customers and staff know that Flight Schedule Pro will be live on March 1st and that they'll need to register soon.
Using this method, users can schedule as usual prior to March 1st. When they log in to Flight Schedule Pro they'll be able to schedule on or after March 1st. And, when March 1st arrives you are live on Flight Schedule Pro!
How to let people log in prior to your "go live" date
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When transitioning to Flight Schedule Pro it often makes sense to have customers and staff begin registering as soon as possible. After all, it may take some time for all your users to register. You also may want to approve their access well before they're allowed to start scheduling on their own. Here are a few tips to help you achieve this.
Configure your User Roles to restrict activity until you're ready to go live. For example:
- Restrict certain roles from scheduling prior to a certain date. Do this by setting the Role Preference "Allow users to schedule on or after this date". When you set this date, users will receive an error that says "You're not allowed to schedule until _____." if they try to schedule in advance.
- Hide the schedule from specific roles until your go live date arrives. For any role you wish to do this, uncheck the box for permission "View the Schedule".
- Disable specific roles from making reservations at all. Do this by unchecking the box for permissions "Schedule My Own Reservations" and "Schedule Reservations for All Users".
Use Notices and mass email to communicate during the transition period
- Dashboard Notices are a good way to post information about your transition timeline, and explain to people why they may not be able to perform certain functions right away
- You can also send emails to certain roles and users to notify them of upcoming dates in your transition timeline.


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Beach huts have been around in the UK since the 19th Century, and were created to offer shelter from both the wind and sun, and made from wood. Some of the first to be introduced in the UK were on wheels, in the Victorian times, so that they could keep their modesty.
Much has changed in the UK since that era, but the beach house is still very popular, but for different reasons. There are currently about 20,000 beach huts in the UK, they are normally made from wood and come in all different shapes and colours.
In Dorset in 2006 a pre-war beach hut sold for £216,000, which is one of the most expensive sales of beach huts in the UK, but it does have permission to sleep inside.
So we have checked out what is available in the Essex area:
Frinton on Sea, Essex
A family beach hut for sale, close to WC's, it is on stilts and has steps that lead up to a small balcony. It is also equipped with a fold-away table, beach chairs, beach accessories and a Calor gas stove. The sale price is £15,000. For more info. about this beach hut please check out this link: http://www.beachhuts4hire.co.uk/186/FrintononSea_Essex/display.aspx
Walton on the Naze, Essex
This beach hut is in a prime front row position with direct access to the beach. Yards from the beach and tap, this newly renovated beach hut is simply gorgeous! New roof, just freshly decorated & ready to go with benches, sink, table & chairs, cupboards, this newly renovated beach house offers bags vintage charm. Sale price: £12,500. For more info about this beach hut please check out this link: http://www.beachhuts4hire.co.uk/224/WaltonontheNaze_Essex/display.aspx
Clacton on Sea, Essex
This is a wooden beach hut for sale near Holland Haven Country Park bird reserve. The beach hut is in good condition and was given a new coat of external paint in September 2012. Located in a lovely quiet spot. Inside includes wooden bench, table, beach chairs, steps, cupboards, cooker stand. Close to tap. Sale price: £4,500. To find out more info about this beach hut please check out this link: http://www.beachhuts4hire.co.uk/211/ClactononSea_Essex/display.aspx
Hire your own beach hut at Walton on the Naze, Essex
If you don't fancy owning your own beach hut then you could hire one for the day or for a week. One available to rent at the moment is a lovely front row beach hut, situated next to the sand and sea, it also has a Vintage theme. Day hire is £25 (off peak), Day Hire (Peak) £35, Week hire £100 and Week hire (Peak) £135, to find out more info. about hiring this beach hut please click on this link: http://www.beachhuts4hire.co.uk/194/WaltonontheNaze_Essex/display.aspx
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Photography Classes in Maple Lake MN
Interested in learning about photography in Maple Lake MN? No matter if you are a beginner, hobbyist, or professional, the best way to improve your photography technique is through hands-on training with professional instructors.
Minnesota has many accredited and recognized photography schools. Photography classes cover subjects such as portrait capture, exposure and composition, lighting, posing and unposing, and other photography fundamentals. Growing into a skilled photographer can lead to a successful professional career or lifelong hobby.
There are numerous Photography Classes in Maple Lake MN:
- Maple Lake Photography 101
- Maple Lake Digital Photography Classes
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- Maple Lake Editorial Photography Classes
- Maple Lake Studio Photography Classes
- Maple Lake Photojournalism Classes
Maple Lake MN Photography Classes
Hennepin Technical College
9000 Brooklyn Blvd
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota 55445
Phone: (952) 995-1300
33.48 miles away
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
1501 Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403-1779
Phone: (612) 659-6000
41.34 miles away
The Art Institutes International-Minnesota
15 S 9th Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Phone: (612) 332-3361
41.63 miles away
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2501 Stevens Ave
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
Phone: (612) 874-3700
42.21 miles away
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
100 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0213
Phone: (612) 625-5000
43.54 miles away
Ridgewater College
2101 15th Ave NW
Willmar, Minnesota 56201
Phone: (800) 722-1151
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College of Visual Arts
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Desperate for cash, shale companies are trying to court investors with a new and potentially risky financial instrument that resembles mortgage bonds.
The companies are floating a type of asset-backed security that involves existing oil and gas wells. Producers transfer ownership interests in the wells to special entities that then issue bonds to be paid off by the output from the wells over time.
Raisa Energy LLC, a Denver-based oil-and-gas company backed by private equity firm EnCap Investments LP, closed the first such offering in September and several others are planned before the end of the year, said people familiar with the transactions. The bonds will pay nearly 6% interest on the best quality wells, the people said, with higher rates on riskier assets.
How can shale companies make their asset-backed securities a little more secure for investors? Join the conversation below.
The investments are drawing attention from insurance companies, large money managers and other traditional investors of asset-backed securities. They represent a new avenue for shale companies as the industry's traditional investors sour on the sector following years of disappointing returns.
While similar in structure to securities backed by mortgages and auto loans, the securities pose potential risks because projecting the long-term output from shale wells remains an inexact science. Shale drilling only became a widespread method of extracting oil and gas in the past two decades. Modelling future production has proven difficult because of the complex geology of shale basins and large variability from one well to the next, engineers say.
Thousands of shale wells drilled in the past five years are pumping less oil and gas than their owners forecast to investors, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.
Investors will have to rely on companies' estimates to model potential returns, said Harrison Williams, managing principal at Core Energy Advisors, which advises producers on asset sales.
"The pitfalls are in the underwriting: Is the oil and gas there and will it come out?" Mr. Williams said. "Sometimes predicting reserves has a large component of art as well as science."
Fixed-income investors are willing to take risks after years of low interest rates, said
John McElravey,
head of consumer asset-backed security research at
Comparable nontraditional securities include aircraft and railcar leases, which have similar credit scores to the shale securitizations but lower interest rates of around 4.5% or less.
"There's a lot of cash out there to put to work and plenty of folks willing to take those risks," Mr. McElravey said.
Raisa, which owns nonoperating interests in wells across the country, privately offered its stakes in about 700 wells across the U.S., according to its chief executive,
Luis Rodriguez.
He declined to provide details about the offering, including how much it raised, but said the wells were old enough that production can be modelled with relative accuracy.
"Oil and gas has always been an intriguing place where people think there is a return, but they have a hard time getting their head around the risk," Mr. Rodriguez said. "Investors don't want to own the companies' equities, but this is investment grade."
Existing shale investors have all but cut off new influxes of cash after producers burned through more than $100 billion beyond what they earned since the beginning of 2014. Shale equity and bond issuances are at their lowest level in years, and the vast majority of companies expect banks to lower their revolving lines of credit in coming months, according to a survey by law firm Haynes and Boone LLP.
Securitizing wells may be one of the few sources of new money available to producers, said
Jonathan Ayre,
a partner at law firm Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. It The firm is working with Guggenheim Securities, which also structured Raisa's offering, on a similar securitization.
"The appetite is definitely out there," Mr. Ayre said. "For oil and gas companies looking to monetize their investments, there are not a ton of good options."
Mr. Ayre said the deals have built-in protections for investors, including in the event of bankruptcy. The securities would technically be unaffected by the bankruptcy of the company operating the wells, because the ownership interests are transferred to the special entity.
Still, there could be uncertainty if the operator goes bankrupt and can no longer operate the wells, said
Ed Hirs,
a natural-resources fellow for BDO USA LLP. Shale bankruptcies have increased this year and could grow further as many producers face large debt maturities. Other asset-backed securities, like mortgages, are easier to foreclose on in bankruptcy while wells would be difficult to repossess, Mr. Hirs said.
"No one can go out to the oilfield and grab a working interest," he said.
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Re: Chapter 45
Posted: 13 Jun 2010 03:43
merkin muffley wrote:Freakzilla wrote:It may be sexist bullshit but it is essential to the story.
FH's ideas about gender are always really complex and well-articulated, though. Sometimes I find it more interesting, possibly because it's more convincing, than the idea that there are no differences between men and women. He usually isn't saying that men are stronger than women, or vice versa. [EDIT]
I haven't taken the time to really think it through. There must be lots of interesting things written about FH and gender, eh?
Just to clarify my position (as a "feminist") I do not think that men and women are the same at all, just equal overall, but I think that FH was implying in some ways that they were weaker (which may be truth, and in some ways men are) - and I think he recognised this and compensated for it with females (the BG) essentially running the universe behind the scenes (as many women control men "secretly")


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Are you not a gym person? Neither Am I! The good news? Yoga is not just an excellent exercise to become flexible and release stress, it is also an effective way of burning calories. It all depends of how often you practice yoga and how do you practice it.
There are many types of yoga: hatha yoga, power yoga, integral yoga, bikram yoga, etc. Some styles are more focused on breathing techniques, while others are focused on the flow. Although all of the types of yoga will bring you physical and mental benefits, some fast paced styles are optimal for weight loss.
Many factors determines how quick you will be able to lose weight – your sleep routine, stress levels, diet, and exercise. The effect of yoga practice embraces all of these factors, while most of common exercises not. In another words, yoga is a complete practice to people who are looking for weight loss.
It might feels a bit scary to take an yoga class for the first time for a beginner. You do not have to wait until you feel comfortable in sharing the room with some strangers. It is possible to practice yoga from your home, in your own pace. There are many yoga dvds for weight loss specifically to you!
Here are a top 4 list of the best yoga dvds for weight loss available on the market:
1. Biggest Loser: Weight Loss Yoga
Bob Harper was the host of The Biggest Loser since 2015, an american competition reality show of loosing weight, and since then he has been the personal trainer of many celebrities. He is not just a great motivator, he also know exactly what he is teaching, specially when it comes about loosing weight.
The Biggest Loser weight loss yoga is meant to anyone who took a real decision about losing weight. No matter if you are overweight or had never done yoga before. Harper`s program is tough but effective. After all, you want results, not empty promises!
Bob instructions are given as you have never heard about yoga before. That`s why you will not have any issue if you never had practiced yoga before. And if you have been practicing yoga, you can actually depth your knowledge. His instructions are detailed in order to you achieve proper form while exercising – one of the most important things when doing yoga.
What is included:
This DVD includes 3 workout routines. Before any exercise there is a 5- minutes warm up, and at end of exercise is followed by a cool-down. The interactive menu gives you the freedom to choose what session you feel like to do.
- The first session is a vinyasa series target your core strength. In order to develop your core strength it is composed by a sequence of postures like downward-and upward-facing dog, standing poses, plank, and much more.
- The second session focus on abs workouts and bacbkbends. This session will burn the fat store on your abdominal area, and it will build on you a six-pack abs.
- The third session is a whole body exercise along with hand-weights – if you want to. This last session will burn your muscles and, therefore, enhace your fat burning even after exercising.
2. Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss
This DVD is one of those that become your go-to yoga workout. The value from this DVD workout has no expiration date. Most of people who purchases this yoga dvd to lose weight, still follows its routines even after achieving their ideal weight.
Weight loss is a change of lifestyle, but also a change of mindset. It is not just about counting calories – it is a process of taking care of yourself and your thoughts. With this DVD you will also be able to become more mindful, and loving to yourself on the weight loss journey.
After this workout you will find yourself energized, more focused, and with full determination. Although losing weight is not an overnight process, you will experience some positive effects from the first day of workout.
What is included:
This DVD routine is suitable for people with all level of fitness. The very same workout is available in 4 different ways according to your personal needs. There are 4 instructors for each yoga level, and each one explains how to properly do the yoga posture in a detailed, understandably way.
- You can choose your workout level using Multi-Angle
- There is a personal instructor on-screen icon, which gives you access more detailed instruction
- It offers you a nutrition, exercise and weight management guide. This guides help you to boost your weight loss, and learn how to track your progress.
3. Yoga For Weight Loss for Beginners
Even though the name of DVD is "Yoga for weight loss for beginners", this DVD is perfect for both the beginners with no previous experience and yoga students alike. The moves are fast paced in order to make your heart rate up, and increase your metabolism.
Take a towel, you are definitely going to break out in sweat during the workout. And that's why this program is so effective! Doing with consistency in daily basis, you are certainly going to lose weight quite fast.
What it includes:
This DVD's program are for people who are willing to losing weight and tone their muscles. It is composed by 3 sessions, and in each sessions there are multiples workout from a range of 15-60 minutes. In the total, there are 12 easy-to-folow routines to burn all those stored fat.
- The first session is for beginners, with one session target to teach you a couple of basic yoga postures, and two sessions with many flow-yoga yoga routines of different duration.
- The second session includes several yoga routines with an extra difficulty addition.
- On the last session, the routines are focused on building more strength and toning your muscles along with light weights and resistance band.
4. Yoga for Toning & Weight Loss with Kanta Barrios
This guide does not beat around the bush when it comes about losing weight. From the very start of this DVD, it is given what really matters – an efficient exercise to lose weight! These long, boring instructions found in many DVDs is not added here.
What it includes:
This DVD includes 3 yoga sequences, which can be done in one single workout session, or separately. All those routines aim to tone your muscles, strength your core, and improve your well-being. Regardless the one you choose, it will be intense and a bit fast paced.
- The first routine, Experience Fullness & Radiance, is a 20 minutes yoga practice can be done as a warm up before the following routines, or it can be practiced alone. You are going to loose any kind of tightness of your muscles by executing some stretching yoga postures.
- The second routine, Embody Strength & Confidence, will definitely make you muscles burn a lot! This yoga sequence will develop your core, and encourage you to activate all your muscles while performing the postures. This routine will give you toned muscles.
- The third routine,Express Freedom & Beauty, invites you to depth your practice and burn those fat in the abdominal area. The yoga postures includes back bend, lunging, and supine twists. Stretching comes along with muscle activation, and this will be your focus on this last session.


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I recently had a company into my letting agents trying to sell me 'Legionella Disease Testing' or 'Legionella Risk Assessment' and also telling me the law has changed and its a legal requirement to have a test on every property. To help sell these tests, they produced a brochure saying 500 people die in the UK every year. The company was the 'National Legionnaire Information Centre' NLIC and are travelling up and down the country selling these reports.
The information they provided is FALSE and MISLEADING.
Just to be clear:
The law has not changed. It is not a legal requirement to obtain a Legionnaires test on every rental property and there are not 500 deaths a year, there are 28 deaths a year*. (* During 2011 to 2013, there were 84 deaths from Legionnaires' disease in England and Wales (including overseas travellers). Most deaths occur in people who are 70 years of age or older. From NHS – http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Legionnaires-disease/Pages/Introduction.aspx)
The law remains the same, if there is a potential high risk area, then it needs to be monitored (Under Section 3(2) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974(HSWA) – this is the as it has been for the past 30 years.
There is higher risk going on holiday abroad, the brochure, presentation and information is mis-leading.
1. This act has been around since 1974 and its only now, companies are trying to sell these reports.
2. IT IS NOT A LEGAL REQUIREMENT to obtain this report – it's a GUIDELINE if a RISK is identified.
3. Legionella bacteria is found (in low numbers) in lakes, ponds and rivers. However, this bacteria can grow in air conditioning units and recycled water like hot tub or spa pools – Bacteria like HOT, WET PLACES.
Lastly, Legionnaires disease is VERY RARE.
In 2013, there were 284 people in the UK with it. 88 of these got it while being abroad.
That leaves 196 people in UK.
Out of the 284 people, 83% of these (235 people) were over 50 years old because their immune systems are weaker.
So that leaves 49 people, in the whole of the UK, out of 60 million people under 50 years old.
Legionnaires Disease – can be treated with a course of Antibiotics. (10% won't be cured with antibiotics and will need further assistance)
You have a 0.000003% chance of catching this disease, that can be cured by a course of antibiotics.
This is important because this company are signing people up to monitor this on normal properties for £12 per month, per property. Its such a rip off.
Here are some of the unbelieveable comments from their brochure, from this aggressive company:
Utter rubbish, to the point where its laughable:
'… it is now AGAINST THE LAW not to have a fully managed legionella risk assessment in place… This is as important as a gas safety certificate.'
'Your landlords and tenants can pursue you for damages should you provide the wrong information to them'
'Tenants have the right to withhold their rent in the event of any lack of information…' Utter Rubbish
'NLIC stands for National Legionella Information Centre .. As the country's leading education and independent watchdog we support everything Letting Agents and Landlords need' Ha Ha, don't make me laugh.
Incredibly, they then contacted me claiming the NLIC stands for something else and blaming two other Legionella businesses and that it was not really, in fact, the National Legionella Centre, who produced the brochure that I have in front of me on my desk. Another blatant lie. This is by far the worse organisation I have come across.
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United States Arrived 19 Minutes Ago
My Traffic Feed says that United States arrived 19min ago. I've seen this before. I've confirmed this is not my IP. I'm curious why it doesn't show a city or state? Are you surfing my blog from the space shuttle? Ooh! Are you the President?!? Hello, Mr. President! I heard you were a Twilight fan. What an honor it is to have you on my blog! Six months to go until New Moon; are you excited?
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LOL! We get that sometimes too. It's strange.
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I get that a lot too and I think it does that when people come through AOL. Not sure, but that's my guess.
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