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We do deserve some self-pampering from time to time, but to make it a habit can be quite a drain on the budget. Here are 7 of the most popular things Singaporeans are known to regularly splurge on, why they should be given up, and what are the alternatives that are as good.
Sixteenth-century English poet Thomas Tusser hit it right on the head when he wrote, “A fool and his money are soon parted” to describe anyone who spends carelessly so that he finds himself broke or deep in debt. Admit it or not, we have had our “foolish moments” from time to time, splurging on things that we can do without in the name of self-pampering.
Mind you, that is not a totally bad idea, as there will be instances when we deserve to eat at a fancy restaurant with friends or loved ones, or to buy that super-limited edition pair of kicks as a reward for an achievement or to celebrate a special occasion. The harm comes when we spend too much and on a regular basis that it affects our financial stability to the point where it’s a struggle trying to make it to the next salary period.
What makes this situation more worrying is that we might not be even aware that we are spending our hard-earned money on things just because we have grown accustomed to doing it, or because it’s the in thing among your friends.
Think about it: Would it hurt you or ruin your day if you stop buying your favorite stuff and instead go for alternatives that are less expensive but have similar qualities? Or better yet, keep your money for something more worthwhile? You may be surprised by how much you may end up with by the end of the month.
So what are these money-draining things that you can actually forgo with just the right self-control and frame of mind, and you end up the better for it? Here is a list of the more popular items most Singaporeans waste their money on.
Most of us will need our morning caffeine fix to jumpstart the day, but spending S$5 or more for a cuppa? Every day? That could add up to S$100 a month, and S$1,200 a year. And that’s not including the weekends or the after-office gathering that usually ends with another cup.
Sure, branded coffee is served in a cool and comfy setting, and has those nice designs on top. But when you get right down to it, you buy coffee for its taste and the kick it gives you. So why not go for the less expensive brands that offer the same quality and can be had for just S$3 or even less? You can even invest in a good coffeemaker and brew your own cuppa.
Sold for S$1 to S$1.20, bottled water is sadly the new addiction among Singaporeans just because it doesn’t seem cool carrying a water bottle with you at the office or someplace else. Okay, you can be forgiven for not preferring to drink straight from the public tap and thinking that a dollar or so won’t hurt your wallet.
The thing is, you buy bottled water about twice a day, which comes to about S$60 a month and S$730 a year—a substantial amount. If you want to save, start teaching yourself that carrying a water bottle isn’t uncool, it’s practical. And our tap water is very much safe to drink.
How often do you really go the gym to work out so you can fulfil your New Year’s resolution to lose weight? For a lot of people, the answer is “from time to time.” Unfortunately, your monthly membership dues remain constant even if you don’t visit the gym regularly – and that’s a total waste of your hard-earned money.
If what you really want is to get fit, you can do so at home and just download fitness apps for free. All you need is a commitment to becoming fit, and that works with or without a gym membership.
Okay, so you feel great because you are regularly taking multivitamins. But you will notice also that it’s taking quite a chunk out of your monthly budget.
If you really want to be healthy, all you need is to eat a balanced diet that includes nutrient-dense food, get enough sleep, exercise, and lead a clean life (no smoking, minimal alcohol intake). A healthy body is capable of producing the nutrients it needs to function efficiently. Note also that even if you take vitamins but neglect your body’s health, you still won’t feel fine.
Just like those big packs of assorted chocolates that may seem inexpensive but include some varieties that you don’t eat and end up in the trash bin, bundled cable TV will have channels that you won’t watch at all. So you’re basically paying for things that you don’t like, and that’s a total waste of money.
The trend nowadays is streaming service through internet platforms. You pay for what you want to watch, and what makes it even better is you can literally bring the TV show with you as it can be streamed to your mobile device.
Not all credit cards are created equal. For whatever reason, some credit cards charge higher interest rates compared to others, and because you have been using them for quite some time, you somehow don’t mind the extra cost of paying for their interests.
But that should not be the case, as there are equally great credit cards just waiting to be tapped. If you’re not sure which card to go for, here are some tips on how to choose a credit card that will be of much help.
Whether it’s clothes, shoes, furniture, or home décor, most of us understandably will like to get them brand-new because we believe they have the highest quality and also for the thought that nobody has used them before. For this reason, we don’t mind forking over loads of dollars.
But if you’re trying to save as much as you can, there’s an alternative that has taken Singapore by storm, and it’s called second-hand shopping. With just a little effort, you can find a lot of great thrift stores that offer used furniture, vintage accessories, and of course, pre-loved clothing.
A good example is the Salvation Army Family Thrift Store outlets in Serangoon and Bukit Timah that fashion junkies will love with their one-off designer coats, vintage shoes, and even ‘70s sunnies.
By realizing how much money you are unnecessarily spending on these items, you will have taken the first step into becoming a wiser spender. The next move, of course, is to actually give them up, and that can now be easily done with the alternatives that are as good – if not actually better.
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After a sell-out UK tour in 2017, Bianca Del Rio is returning this summer, launching her new show Blame It On Bianca Del Rio at Liverpool’s Empire Theatre.
Bianca is the alter ego of comic Roy Haylock, a drag performer and season six winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Throughout the competition, his quick wit and willingness to mentor the younger queens struck a chord with viewers, and both Haylock and the character he created became firm fan favourites.
As a character and comedian, Bianca Del Rio is a self-professed “Clown in a gown,” a hilariously hateful comic known for her foul mouth and unapologetic humour, with her victims hardly having time to feel the sting before she zips on to the next topic.
Originating from Louisiana, not only is Bianca an internationally known TV personality with glittering comedy credentials, she is also an award-winning costume designer and actor, having appeared in Rent, National Lampoons Dirty Movie, various TV productions and her own movie series Hurricane Bianca with Margaret Cho, Alan Cummings and RuPaul (the second instalment is due for release in May).
Bianca Del Rio plays Liverpool’s Empire Theatre with support Myra Dubois on Thursday 19th July 2018. Tickets are available now.

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When you have a UX designer for a mom and a software developer for a dad, its was only a matter of time till they start scouring the product space for new gadgets to help support your learning.
In our careers, we've seen how technology and good product development has improved the countless of lives - particularly individuals with disabilities. With all the devices that our kids are exposed to, we were determined to find one that could potentially make a positive impact on Neela's growth. My husband and I both use the Apple Watch in our daily lives and seen some of it's benefits, particularly around time management. From moving us along our daily calendars to small reminds to stand up from our desks to take breathers, we began to wonder if there was a comparable product that was simple and safe to use for younger kids.
The key selling point for us was their ingenious use of icons to remind Neela of what tasks she's supposed to do next. This is reflective of the same visual schedule tool that her therapists and teachers use. This also means that younger children that don't know how to read yet can begin using the Octopus watch.
Asides from programing your child's daily schedule, you may also include age-appropriate chores to your kids to-do list. Parents can also program rewards to encourage and recognize your child's progress and accomplishments.
Trying to pair the watch with your mobile device was not as smooth as we expected it to be. . Since the watch's bluetooth only turns on for a few moments (which is great for your kids security), we had to make sure the synching process was on point or you will miss the chance.
If you've used any wearable, you might expect the interface to take up the entire watch screen. It took us a minute to realize that ours wasn't actually broken.
Octopus by JOY has been a good investment for us. Among the available kid wearable items, it may not be the most affordable but it definitely outperforms other products by not overcomplicating things (which is easy to do when building a new tech product). It takes common habit building concepts like repetition, positive reinforcement and translates it beautiful into a device that is easy to use.
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When I say “teachable moment” I don’t mean that there are lessons here that everyone should know. I actually mean that I will literally be using this IBM situation as a case study in my FDI Law class. Why? It’s rather classic stuff, it’s an easy case, and it illustrates both how US anti-bribery laws work and common mistakes foreign investors make in China.
The International Business Machines Corporation, the computer services provider, agreed on Friday to pay $10 million to settle claims that it gave cash and gifts to Chinese and South Korean officials in connection with about $54 million in government contracts.
The applicable anti-corruption law in the United States is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which makes certain kinds of bribery and related activities done overseas illegal. The FCPA covers a lot of territory, but it’s basically focused on improper accounting practices and bribery.
Why is accounting involved? Well, companies do two different things. First, they bribe government officials. Second, they cover it up, or attempt to do so. Enforcement of the FCPA would be a lot more difficult if it just made bribery illegal without going after the creative ways companies have used to hide these practices.
Moreover, enforcement has to deal with the usual excuse of “we (HQ) did not authorize that bribe, it was the employee acting on his own” — that excuse can work to separate the company from the act of bribery (sometimes), but if the company has an affirmative duty to keep adequate books and records that can be used to ferret out illegal activities, then the government can use that obligation as a secondary enforcement target.
In this case, the complaint against IBM was made by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which has authority to impose fines under the FCPA. The Department of Justice handles criminal matters — IBM’s activities did not rise to that level here.
�Deficient internal controls allowed employees of I.B.M.�s subsidiaries and joint venture to use local business partners and travel agencies as conduits for bribes or other improper payments to South Korean and Chinese government officials over long periods of time,� the S.E.C. said in the complaint.
“Internal controls” refers to that FCPA focus on accounting practices. In other words, the SEC is slapping IBM on the wrist, saying that they failed to adequately supervise their people, and not that IBM (as a single entity) knowingly permitted these illegal activities.
What were they doing over here in China?
[T]he SEC alleges that officials created a “slush fund” to pay for travel and entertainment expenses in order to help IBM win deals between 2004 and 2009. The SEC contends that the trips and entertainment expenses covered by the slush fund had little or nothing to do with business meetings or training.
This all makes me a bit nostalgic. The case relates to activities that took place between 1998 and 2009, so we’re talking about almost my entire time in China (so far). All that travel-related bribery was rampant at that time and only recently has been curtailed, with respect to American companies, due to stepped-up FCPA enforcement and, more importantly, a crackdown by Beijing on official travel.
So the SEC is saying that IBM’s internal controls were not adequate, which allowed these activities to persist for so long without, apparently, HQ catching on. No red flags went up because the IBM system was not designed to manage this kind of thing. No surprise here — what company in China doesn’t have a huge line item on its books designated “Entertainment Expenses”? The entire freakin’ tax system practically mandates that kind of structure.
The accounting provisions in the FCPA make more sense when you look at a case like this. If the FCPA was strictly an anti-bribery statute, then the choice is between a strict liability system (i.e. IBM is liable for all actions of its employees — no excuses) or one that includes a knowledge requirement (i.e. IBM only liable for acts it knew about).
You can see how this case is a nice illustration of the FCPA and the relationship between bribery and accounting practices. It also contains a good example of what used to be a very common type of bribery. Sounds like classroom gold to me.
“As part of the settlement, IBM has consented to the entry of a judgment relating to the books and records and internal control provisions of the securities laws,” the company said in the short filing. IBM has also agreed to pay a total of $10m. That figure includes $5.3m for the profits the company gained from all of the deals in South Korea and China where bribes were given, $2.7m in prejudgment interest on that $5.3m, and $2m to cover the civil penalty for breaking the FCPA.
So of the ten million bucks they will pay, eight million covers disgorgement (profits gained from the deals they won through bribery in South Korea) and related interest, while two million would correspond to a fine.
I don’t know about you, but bribery that took place in two different countries over the course of many years, including the delivery of bags of cash to South Korean officials, and all they have to do is pay two million bucks? By the way, under the terms of the settlement, IBM is not even admitting any wrongdoing.
Seems like IBM is getting a really good deal here — agreed?
A very good deal – in fact, the kind of deal that would make a company like IBM start to think that FCPA is just an irritating cost of doing business. The thing that caught my eye was this: $5.3 million of the $10 million fine is to cover the profits made as a result of the bribery. No wonder they were so quick to settle! I have to think that, by this point, they’ve made many times that sum just off the relationships formed due to the bribery.
If the SEC was really serious about stopping this kind of thing, they’d publicize the names of the officials who received all of those junkets. A few releases along those lines and they could shut down enforcement for a couple of years.
Totally. Also keep in mind that the disgorgement covers S. Korea only, I assume because they couldn’t tie in the China bribes to specific deals. So IBM got away with years and years of China bribery with a pittance.
It does seem a bit schizo, since the US government has been charging ahead very aggressively with FCPA in the past two or three years. The overall climate has been really good recently with respect to scaring the crap out of companies, but this kind of slap on the wrist — I agree with you, it’s not exactly going to scare anyone.
My impression has been that the big fines are usually reserved for foreign companies or particularly embarassing U.S. citizens while fines for U.S. companies are usually just ‘public spankings’ to encourage faith in the U.S. government’s ethical beliefs.
I also find it very hard to believe IBM did not make a good deal more than $5.3 million from the bribes. Honestly if that’s all they made they’ve made probably the worst risk-benefit calculations in the history of the practice.
I’m interested in the law itself though, not being American, what is needed to prosecute a company here? Does it have to be registered in the US (or will a US listing do), and what about holding companies?
Remember that the government has to prove its claims, so that 5.3 million figure represents only what the SEC thought it could prove in court.
A US listing brings a foreign company within the scope of the FCPA. Indeed, a lot of folks have been anticipating cases involving Chinese firms listed on NASDAQ and NYSE. As far as a holding company is concerned, I’m not sure. Subsidiaries are obvious, but if a foreign multinational had a US sub but the violation concerned someone way up in a holding entity — good question . . .
Yes, I’ve been going through financial statements of all the US-listed VIE companies from China, so I’ve seen many a reference to this act, but I was never certain quite how far its jurisdiction went.
Thank you for your answer, it was most enlightening!
Let’s talk about that for a minute. Law firms and accounting firms were particularly active in this area in the 1990s, and maybe even to today. Foreign companies that needed to get things done in China would often work through these firms because they had relationships with the officials. The firms developed those relationships through many of these “educational” trips that would involve an hour lecture in their New York office, days of touring and the mandatory stop in Las Vegas. The firms would pay all the expenses, and even provide daily pocket money. In Vegas a popular ploy was to enter into gambling partnerships – where the accounting firm partner would put up the money for gambling with the agreement that they would split any profits, but the partner would absorb all of the losses. By the end of the 1990s many tax officials had been to so many countries on these tours they had grown tired of the travel!
Because the accounting firms are not U.S. owned they presumably do not fall under the FCPA and cannot be pursued by the SEC. Law firms have more of a problem, since many are U.S. owned. But the client rarely knew how the sausage was made and only benefited from the relationships the firm had.
Has a law firm ever been subject to such an FCPA investigation? I have no idea but would like to know. Also remember that most of these “gifts” had nothing to do with specific deals — they were all about relationship maintenance, sort of like what IBM was doing here.

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The outline for this column occurred to me while I was planning last month’s column about antibiotics because of the consequences of excessive faith in antibiotics.
One of my early patients in 1954 when I first hung out my shingle insisted on a penicillin shot for a cold. After hearing my best pitch about penicillin not helping virus infections and the greater severity of allergic reactions to shots (because you cannot stop giving medicine that is already in there), he still wanted the shot. Probably as a result of my psychological state as a tenderfoot M.D. I gave him the shot. He got quite a severe allergic reaction, but bless his heart he didn’t blame me. He spread the word that I was conscientious and really explained things.
Fresh from this experience, I had my first Christian Science patient, a lady with young children. She wanted to respect her new religious outlook but didn’t want to be caught dead with appenditis or some other curable scourge. So she was very happy to forego optional or futile treatment. After my earlier experience, seeing her was like a breath of fresh air. I was beginning to see the point of Christian Science. When she called me about her 2 year old swallowing a marble, I told her not to worry but if she insisted on worrying a little bit, she could watch for the marble’s appearance. In a few days she called to say she had found seven marbles and we had a good laugh.
So you can see I was learning some things about rolling with the punches. I am sure that these early positive experiences permitted me to come up with “the Christian Science Pledge” which our family took when we went on 2 week back packing vacations. The pledge went like this: “If I get some nickel or dime ache or pain that is not worthy of helicopter evacuation I will keep my mouth shut in order not to spoil the trip for everybody else.” Now when I get a new Christian Scientist patient who is embarrassed about feeling the need to see a doctor, I feel honest about reassuring him that I am the nearest thing to a Christian Scientist that ever graduated from medical school. I hasten to add that I have never attended their services.
Think of these thoughts when your doctor is trying to reassure you that you don’t need high powered treatment (antibiotics are the immediate context). These thoughts also illustrate that taking a Panglossian attitude is just fine if it happens to be at all realistic. Pangloss was the guy in Voltaire’s Candide who believed that everything happened for the best in this best of all possible worlds. A few days after I wrote this it came to me where Voltaire got the name, Pangloss: gloss all over the place as in pandemonium or panamerican.
Modern religions are only a few thousand years old. It is hard to imagine that human psychology was radically different before religions arose. It’s not that religion and culture don’t have a role to play, but the building blocks of morality clearly predate humanity. We recognize them in our primate relatives, with empathy being most conspicuous in the bonobo and reciprocity in the chimpanzee. Moral rules tell us when and how to apply these tendencies, but the tendencies themselves have been in the works since time immemorial.

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When he became an apostle, John was twenty-four years old and was the youngest of the twelve. He was unmarried and lived with his parents at Bethsaida; he was a fisherman and worked with his brother James in partnership with Andrew and Peter. Both before and after becoming an apostle, John functioned as the personal agent of Jesus in dealing with the Master's family, and he continued to bear this responsibility as long as Mary the mother of Jesus lived.
Since John was the youngest of the twelve and so closely associated with Jesus in his family affairs, he was very dear to the Master, but it cannot be truthfully said that he was "the disciple whom Jesus loved." You would hardly suspect such a magnanimous personality as Jesus to be guilty of showing favoritism, of loving one of his apostles more than the others. The fact that John was one of the three personal aides of Jesus lent further color to this mistaken idea, not to mention that John, along with his brother James, had known Jesus longer than the others.
Peter, James, and John were assigned as personal aides to Jesus soon after they became apostles. Shortly after the selection of the twelve and at the time Jesus appointed Andrew to act as director of the group, he said to him: "And now I desire that you assign two or three of your associates to be with me and to remain by my side, to comfort me and to minister to my daily needs." And Andrew thought best to select for this special duty the next three first-chosen apostles. He would have liked to volunteer for such a blessed service himself, but the Master had already given him his commission; so he immediately directed that Peter, James, and John attach themselves to Jesus.
John Zebedee had many lovely traits of character, but one which was not so lovely was his inordinate but usually well-concealed conceit. His long association with Jesus made many and great changes in his character. This conceit was greatly lessened, but after growing old and becoming more or less childish, this self-esteem reappeared to a certain extent, so that, when engaged in directing Nathan in the writing of the Gospel which now bears his name, the aged apostle did not hesitate repeatedly to refer to himself as the "disciple whom Jesus loved." In view of the fact that John came nearer to being the chum of Jesus than any other earth mortal, that he was his chosen personal representative in so many matters, it is not strange that he should have come to regard himself as the "disciple whom Jesus loved" since he most certainly knew he was the disciple whom Jesus so frequently trusted. P.1554 - §3 The strongest trait in John's character was his dependability; he was prompt and courageous, faithful and devoted. His greatest weakness was this characteristic conceit. He was the youngest member of his father's family and the youngest of the apostolic group. Perhaps he was just a bit spoiled; maybe he had been humored slightly too much. But the John of after years was a very different type of person than the self-admiring and arbitrary young man who joined the ranks of Jesus' apostles when he was twenty-four.
Those characteristics of Jesus which John most appreciated were the Master's love and unselfishness; these traits made such an impression on him that his whole subsequent life became dominated by the sentiment of love and brotherly devotion. He talked about love and wrote about love. This "son of thunder" became the "apostle of love"; and at Ephesus, when the aged bishop was no longer able to stand in the pulpit and preach but had to be carried to church in a chair, and when at the close of the service he was asked to say a few words to the believers, for years his only utterance was, "My little children, love one another."
There was another side to John that one would not expect to find in this quiet and introspective type. He was somewhat bigoted and inordinately intolerant. In this respect he and James were much alike—they both wanted to call down fire from heaven on the heads of the disrespectful Samaritans. When John encountered some strangers teaching in Jesus' name, he promptly forbade them. But he was not the only one of the twelve who was tainted with this kind of self-esteem and superiority consciousness.
John's life was tremendously influenced by the sight of Jesus' going about without a home as he knew how faithfully he had made provision for the care of his mother and family. John also deeply sympathized with Jesus because of his family's failure to understand him, being aware that they were gradually withdrawing from him. This entire situation, together with Jesus' ever deferring his slightest wish to the will of the Father in heaven and his daily life of implicit trust, made such a profound impression on John that it produced marked and permanent changes in his character, changes which manifested themselves throughout his entire subsequent life.
John had a cool and daring courage which few of the other apostles possessed. He was the one apostle who followed right along with Jesus the night of his arrest and dared to accompany his Master into the very jaws of death. He was present and near at hand right up to the last earthly hour and was found faithfully carrying out his trust with regard to Jesus' mother and ready to receive such additional instructions as might be given during the last moments of the Master's mortal existence. One thing is certain, John was thoroughly dependable. John usually sat on Jesus' right hand when the twelve were at meat. He was the first of the twelve really and fully to believe in the resurrection, and he was the first to recognize the Master when he came to them on the seashore after his resurrection.
Several years after the martyrdom of James, John married his brother's widow. The last twenty years of his life he was cared for by a loving granddaughter.
John was in prison several times and was banished to the Isle of Patmos for a period of four years until another emperor came to power in Rome. Had not John been tactful and sagacious, he would undoubtedly have been killed as was his more outspoken brother James. As the years passed, John, together with James the Lord's brother, learned to practice wise conciliation when they appeared before the civil magistrates. They found that a "soft answer turns away wrath." They also learned to represent the church as a "spiritual brotherhood devoted to the social service of mankind" rather than as "the kingdom of heaven." They taught loving service rather than ruling power—kingdom and king.
When in temporary exile on Patmos, John wrote the Book of Revelation, which you now have in greatly abridged and distorted form. This Book of Revelation contains the surviving fragments of a great revelation, large portions of which were lost, other portions of which were removed, subsequent to John's writing. It is preserved in only fragmentary and adulterated form.


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(4) The loud debate in Denmark mentioned in paragraph ⑥is between and .
(1) What is true about this passage?
Noma is a Michelin-starred popular restaurant famous for their authentic Nordic food.
Mr. Sonko’s success story is a small piece of heart-warming news whilst Denmark is being covered by anti-migrant sentiment.
Although succeeded to become a restaurant owner, Mr. Sonko is sorry that he left Gambia.
Now that he is one of the co-owners of Noma, Mr. Sonko will no longer be washing dishes.
(2) Who put an offending anti-migrant advertisement on Lebanon newspapers?
(3) What is the best title of this passage?


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Well now we know upgrading to a 140mm fan ca really improve the performance. I feel the design of the top down cooler does have useful advantages as well, especially with the resent stories of overheating and catching fire VRMs and hot running memory.
The quality of the SF524 is excellent though and it’s really well put together. The tightness of the fan screws could do with looking at but it’s easily fixed.
I see the cooler retailing for between £35 and £40. That seems like a good price for the solid build that you get here. I’d be happy to recommend it, though there are a couple of improvements that could be made.
I really liked this review. But I think that you had notice about existing Cooler Master Gemini II S524 (not SF524). Many people could make a mistake with that.
And it would be very interesting for me to see a such test for CM Gemini II S524.
And you have to check, that in testing screens you wrote “CM Gemini II S542”, when it is “524”. Yeah, that is a small mistake, but it also can cause some misunderstanding.
Thanks for the comment Kot. We’ll look into fixing these errors.


text: I've had a bow in my hand since I could walk it seems... And haven't put it down yet!!! Born and raised in the Midwest, chasing whitetails, moved out to Colorado in 2013 due to family and loving the hunting opportunities... Not to mention the people are incredible!!! God bless and rock the stick and string!!!!


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Nili Brosh: Jam Track Central Preview!
My very first Jam Track Central 20 Licks series comes out NEXT FRIDAY! In celebration, here's one of the licks for #Nilick of the Week #168. Tone by HeadRush, Ibanez Guitars, and Dean Markley Strings!
Nili Brosh // Nilick of the Week #168 - Jam Track Central Preview!


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The holidays are right around the corner. You and your family are sure to have a great time, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be some stress involved. Whether it’s hiding gifts from the kids or finding a place for all those decorations, some parts of the holiday season just aren’t that fun. Let Secure Self Storage give you a hand and help you make this time of year as relaxing as it should be.
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When storing your decorations, it pays to be careful. Simply adding a twist tie or two around a string of lights can be the difference between a tangled nightmare and a pleasantly organized box of decorations. For Christmas lights, try wrapping them around an empty coffee can (which you can also fill with other decorations). As for more sensitive objects such as glass ornaments, placing them in cups or empty egg cartons is an easy way to avoid a disaster.
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Dany Heatley will not play for the Minnesota Wild tonight. He’s a healthy scratch for Game 1 against the Colorado Avalanche.
The 33-year-old Heatley, who is in the final year of a six-year $45 million contract, has seen his scoring numbers drastically decline over the years. Once a 50-goal scorer, he recorded only 12 goals and 28 points in 76 regular season games.

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text: This book fits into the "too close for comfort" shelf so well I had to create one just for it. Now, I may not have a gay best friend that I'm in love with, or do a ridiculously poor job of selling houses, but the baby-craving to absurd levels (as in "maybe you should stop staring at other people's children before someone calls the cops on you" levels)? Hell yeah: I'm right there. And Berg is one of my favorite authors, and she tackles the subject maybe a little bit too well, because the book made me uncomfortable. I did not want to find out how Patty solved her problems, mostly because I knew it would not be a solution applicable to my problems. Also, Patty's ability to shield herself from things she doesn't want to recognize (they are too long and spoiler-ish to list here, but trust me, as a reader you see them coming from miles away & a few of those plot points were also uncomfortably close to my own experiences dealing with family and friends) was, perhaps, also a little bit too close to the bone for me. Usually, seeing characters I can relate to is what reading is all about for me, but, as much as I enjoy Berg's writing style and her ability to describe things in concise and apt ways - "I always thought I'd have five or six children, and I have imagined so many lovely domestic scenes featuring me and my offspring. Here we are outside on a hot summer day, running through the sprinkler, The children wear bright fluorescent bathing suits in pink and green and yellow; I wear cutoffs and a T-shirt. There is fruit salad in the refrigerator. Later, I will let the older ones squirt whipped cream for the younger ones; then, if they pester me enough in the right way, I'll let them squirt it into their mouths - and mine." - I almost couldn't finish the book, it was that bad. Melancholy mood to begin with, add a dose of (much too realistic) fiction, and even one of my favorite authors gets a bad rating, unfortunately.

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Nicaragua, located in America's heart, is the ideal destiny for those looking for something different.
Either for a well deserved rest, to escape routine or to have an adventure, we offer many ways to enjoy your stay in Nicaragua.
For your convenience we are located in two offices, the main one being at Managua's most centric zone.


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The profitability of telecommunications companies depends on their ability to provide a useful service to their customers. Vodafone in Australia has recently announced losses that may see them exit the market because of percieved problems with the quality of their service if their customer numbers keep declining.
The role of the telecommunications engineer is to design networks that fulfill the needs of the customer. Factors that need to be considered include cost, serviceability and maintainability. Service levels specify the qualities of the service offered to customers by a service provider. These qualities may vary in cost to meet the requirements of the customer in terms of speed and reliability. In order to ensure that a specified level of service is being provided the quality must be measurable and measurements provided to prove that the advertised service level is provided.
Some of the metrics that customers might want to have reported to them are service availability, physical access to the system, reliable billing, fast fault rectifictation, performance levels including bandwidth, latency, jitter, packet loss, availabilty and volume. See Akamai Network Performance Comparison for examples of latency and packet loss.
The average throughput of the network, for example 100Mb/s or 1Gb/s.
Variation in latency may be caused by congestion.
The percentage of packets lost.
The volume of data that is allowed to be transferrred withing a given period - for example 100GByte per month.
Service levels may be subject to contracts between the supplier and customer - see the Service Level Agreements.wiki page.
Many network performance monitoring tools have been developed to measure service levels - see the Stanford list of network monitoring tools at http://www.slac.stanford.edu/xorg/nmtf/nmtf-tools.html.


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Worth the travel and the time. Enjoyed it so much, I would like to go back! If they will have me – lol. D.H.
Enjoyed being with each and every person here!!!! We all learnt something from each other. It was a wonderful training. I am proud of each and every one of you!
2 weeks away – WOW!!!
Its hard to believe we are just 2 weeks away for the training. We have many great surprises for those lucky individuals attending this class. Have you signed up yet?
When you want to succeed as much as you want to breathe, THAT”S when YOU will be successful! Have you locked your spot in for my upcoming training?


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BLK 31, Ghim Moh Link (BTO) located at Queenstown in Singapore.
BLK 31, Ghim Moh Link The nearest MRT/LRT station for Ghim Moh Edge BLK 31, Ghim Moh Link is EW22 Dover which is about0.65km away . There are 13 bus stops near BLK 31, Ghim Moh Link. There are1taxi stands near BLK 31, Ghim Moh Link.
There are 3 supermarkets near BLK 31, Ghim Moh Link, the nearest is at 25 ghim moh link #01-11 , singapore 270025 by Sheng Siong , around 0.3 km away. 1 convinence stores are around the corner.


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The five-day spirit of celebration has possessed Kolkata. Dasabhuja (10-handed) Durga and her children have come to her “baper bari” or father’s house. The exquisite sculptures of the goddess, her children and the demon—shining bright in the gorgeous pandals festooned with lights and ringing with laughter—are fashioned in closely packed lanes of the heritage Kumartuli, the potter’s quarter.
With its roots in the early days of the British East India Company, the quarter has thrived for centuries, close to the ghats of River Hoogly, on the fringes of north Kolkata. Durga idols became their chief project when the city launched its first public spectacle of the puja in 1910 in Balaram Basu Ghat in North Kolkata.
Ironically in the quarters where the powerful, demon-slaying female goddess gets shaped into multiple spectacular forms every year, women have found themselves in age-old gender biased roles. Traditionally, men have dominated the potter community of Kumartuli. Women were usually discouraged from entering the commercial studios, except when the exigencies of the business demanded it. In this milieu, over the past decade, a few women have carved a niche for themselves in the art and commerce of sculpting Durga idols. They find a kinship with the figure of the goddess they sculpt, seeing in her a power that must be earned and used in the service of the community.
They find a kinship with the figure of the goddess they sculpt.
Mala Pal, 32, has been able to name the workshop after herself despite working with her older brother, Gobindo Pal and husband Bhanu Rudra Pal. She admits that she required their support to enter and stay in the field. Mala’s father was a regular patriarch and “quite naturally” forbade her from entering the workshop. Her brother knew she had a “knack for pottering round with clay” but it was not until the death of their father in 1985, that Mala got a chance to practice the craft. The business was in dire straits and Gobindo needed extra help. Mala was enthusiastic and wanted to work as a sculptor. Soon she began assisting her brother, made small idols and jewellery. She also helped run the workshop while her brother was away. “I was travelling for a project outside the city and was delayed due to bad weather. An idol had to be finished and delivered to a client. Mala stepped in and executed the work to perfection. It was then that I realised I could rely on her,” recalls Gobindo.
She speaks of failures that marked the beginning of her career and how persistence saw her through. “It was my task to execute the Durga idols, finish and send them off to the clients. I first began by managing the hired hands and then slowly learnt the craft on the job. It was hard and I was worried about retaining my clients.” Her idols go to places like Garia Sarkar Bari or Chor Bazaar and are a testimony to her craftsmanship and business acumen. Not unlike the Goddess who was given weapons and thrown into a war, Kakuli intuited her way around the business.


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The goat is skinned for feast, yet polluted with plastic. A person asked me to come there to ask me something, and I came.
I said by joke it is witchcraft. But the guy really was thinking it is. What happened is that they found some plastic in the goat.
Due to the environment polluted with plastic, the goat had stomach full of it.


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If you have been in Assembly or came to the Wellbeing workshop, you will have no doubt come across the children discussing the concept of 'kaizen' in terms of goal setting. It can also be located in plenty of Blog posts and no doubt some Seesaw entries!
When we look at our school over time , we can see many examples of this incremental and ongoing improvement. I came across this example of kaizen being discussed recently by a company who design beautiful kitchen tools of all things!
"Do you feel your knife designs are always evolving?
The concept of ‘Kaizen’, continuous improvement, influences everything we do. Our goal is to make each knife as the best knife that we can make. In this way, we are constantly refining our knives and constantly evolving.
I don’t ever want to get to a place where I am perfectly happy with what we do, it will mean that I’ve lost the ability to push this craft to the next level."
I relayed this example to the staff as, although our 'craft' is most decidedly very different, we too are constantly refining our practices and constantly evolving.
The Transition Programme in Term 4 is a great example of this. If I look back a few years, this process was fairly quick and minimal. Teachers discussed children in detail with the following year's teachers, but the conversations were more hard data based - not necessarily focussed on the whole child.
We moved onto transition days, then weekly transition sessions which were mainly observing the social and emotional side - now it's very much focussed on the 'whole' and, this year, also including parents who are able to come and connect as well.
Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher of the late 6th century BC, of Ephesus (one of my favourite places!) said, "You cannot step into the same river, for fresh waters are flowing in upon you".
I love this, as this is exactly the way we need to respond to our learners' needs, fresh waters are definitely flowing as they grow and develop across their time with us.
We had a Board member a few years ago who enjoyed using the word 'nimble' - I think of her every time I now say it - and agree - for this is what our children need the adults in their lives to be, especially as they transition into new spaces - agile, flexible and quick thinking!
The Silent Auction at the Fair was a great success - thanks to organisations who donated and bidders who bid online and on the day. With over 67 Lots this year, not all Lots were bid on, so we now have 6 Lots available to bid on.
So, click on this link, start bidding, share the link with family, friends and colleagues. Online bidding closes at 9pm on Monday 27 November.
Want to Join the Enviro Group?
You may be aware that we are now an Enviroschool. This is very exciting because it pulls together many of the threads around Sustainability we have been working on for the last 5 years or so. Our Student Council is largely involved with environmental projects, trapping, gardening, planting and growing trees to name a few of the initiatives. This is a great example of what is known as student agency; kids being active, doing the things they think are important and often leading those things. It is not surprising when you consider what the world looks like today and how our kids perceive their future; they want to act to make the future a brighter one.
Sustainability also encompasses culture and communities and, for this reason, we are reaching out to interested parties so that we can take joint ownership of the Enviroschools' Kaupapa. If you are interested in joining a group to help plan, plant, make, coordinate with community groups or just muck in and participate in a school centred community initiative, please join us in the staffroom for a 30 minute meeting at 3.15pm on Tuesday 5 December.
Check out the Enviroschools' website.
Our online ordering of students’ stationery has been very successful, so we have teamed up with OfficeMax MySchool again for 2018! During 2017 we were rewarded with over $1000 because of your support ordering stationery through OfficeMax. These rewards went towards resources and art materials the students used to create amazing pieces of art displayed in our 2017 WBS Arts Celebration.
Free delivery on orders over $46.00.
So, for 2018, you can order online at www.myschool.co.nz/worserbay using your credit card. Simply select your child's Year Group and follow the instructions on the website. Website orders over $46.00 qualify for free delivery.
To order by mail order and/or pay by cheque, all you have to do is go to www.myschool.co.nz and, when you get to the checkout, click on the Mail Order Form button. This will build a customised mail order form for you to print. Stationery lists will be online by Monday 11 December, and everything on the list is a must for 2018 .
There are additional products available, that’s up to you. If your child already has a book bag and pencil case, this does not require purchasing again. Your child may have a few books left over that you can also remove from the list. If your child is Year 4, 5 or 6 and already has a pair of headphones at home that they can bring to use at school, there is no need to purchase those.
Orders can be placed from Monday 11 December.
Orders must be received by Office Max prior to Wednesday 10 January to guarantee delivery before school starts.
This year our stationery drop off time is Tuesday 30 January from 9.00am - 10.00am, so you can pop in, if you would like to, say “hi”, catch up on holidays and get the books in the right place. Teachers will be in a meeting from 10.00am, so please stick tightly to this timeframe.
We never have staffing concrete or inflexible as teachers needs, like student needs, can change as the year progresses. We also like to work as a whole, of interconnected parts..... which means we can be more responsive. To this end, please find our starting point for next year below.
Gillian Menaker, Shona Fort, Scott McGregor, Susie Keenan, Ximena Aitken and Carl Pynenburg full time from Term 2.
Gillian will be leading the team in Autahi and Ximena in Tautoru.
John McDougall, Anna James, Gabrielle Meech and Nicola Stevenson.
John leads the Senior team.
Suzanne Kershaw, continues as the Additional Support Coordinator, Chief organisation guru, Reading Recovery teacher, Student Achievement analyser..... and that's just the start of her role description. Basically, Suz works small miracles across all areas!
Carl will be working part time across the school over Term 1, along with Hayley. I'm sure we will still see plenty of Chris, Sherwin and Neil as well in this capacity - still being worked through!
Cloe and Tori will continue with providing extra support in classrooms, along with Christine in the Library and our darling Office staff - Carolyn and Steph!
Better mention that I'm here too - Jude.
Kia Ora to all of you in the Worser Bay community. Firstly, I'd like to thank Jude and the Board of Trustees for offering me the opportunity to join such an awesome whānau. I am originally from Auckland where I have been teaching for the past 3 years at Balmoral School. I am hugely passionate about the performing arts and have been involved in stand-up and improv comedy over the last 10 years. I enjoy sharing my passion for reading and digital technology as well in the classroom. You can often find me playing football or netball during the week and relaxing with a good movie in the weekends. I look forward to starting a new chapter of my life in the capital with you all in the new year.
Now that Summer is here, students will need adequate sun protection when playing outside.
For more information, please refer to our Sun Protection Policy on SchoolDocs.
Please do not use the bottom of the school driveway as a drop off zone. The yellow lines are there for a reason. We have had a couple of reports of near misses on the crossing due to cars pulling in and stopping there. Please help keep our children safe.
Thank you to everyone who collected Yummy Stickers this year. Thanks to your help, we have just received $390 worth of Sports Gear for our school. Please keep collecting those stickers.
If you are a parent, staff member or member of the school community and draw down a new ASB home loan of $250,000 or more, ASB will donate to your chosen participating school $500. Visit www.asb.co.nz/schoolbanking for more information.
Your new home loan application must be received, approved and then documented in a facility agreement, along with the completed school voucher, before 30 June 2018. This home loan offer is only available on loans secured by an owner-occupied residential property provided to ASB, with a minimum of 20% equity.
Terms and conditions apply, see voucher. Promotion ends 30 June 2018.
Eva, Olive, Vera, Violet, Evie, Greta, Nye and Pyrenees.
Kaia, Kirsty, Thomas and Yasmin.
During Discovery time, children work on their own mini projects or play. During this time, they are being critical and creative thinkers as they tackle projects and social dynamics. You can see our learner attributes of being a thinker, being powerful, being connected and being a goal setter coming through in our play. We have been very busy thinking like builders, planners and designers this week. Have a look to see what we’ve been up to.
We’ve been reading the book Hands Are Not For Hitting and have been thinking about what our hands are good for. We have come up with some fantastic ideas about how our hands can be kind and helpful. Have a look at our Blog to see our ideas about what helpful hands can do! Many hands make light work! We have helping hands in Autahi!
It has been fun to work in our new space and collaborating with different people!
Scott and Wanwan’s Literacy groups have been learning about alliteration. They spent the week recrafting and editing their pieces of writing ready for publishing.
Ben bought blue boots, Benjamin’s baby’s blue boots.
Benjamin’s blue boots blast because Benjamin’s blue boots are blasting boots.
Ben’s boots bring beautiful bees.
Little Lillian’s lizard Lenny loved life like Luke’s lizard Lax.
Lenny and Lax like lawns and licking little lollipops .
In Tautoru we have just finished our latest inquiry into Hyrdo, Wind, and Solar power.
Did you know that wind travels around the world in many different directions?
Did you know that the biggest dam in the world is in China? It produces more than 30,000 megawatts a day!
Did you know that photons from the sun split when they hit your solar panels? They then turn from light photons to electrons.
This team of tender, thoughtful Tautoru thinkers (aka the Service Team) have ONE more week to collect as many toys, books, personal items and clothing as they can to package up and donate to the City Mission, in our joint effort to put smiles on faces this Christmas. They have done an amazing job of writing to businesses in our community for help and donating many items themselves. If you would like to join us in our crusade, we would LOVE one last big drive to help us collect as much as we can for a worthy cause. Please drop any donations off in Tautoru.
In Weeks 8 and 9, we have planned some exciting EOTC activities for the children. We hope some of you will have time to join us for the fun, as we will be needing parent help for all of these activities. Please let your child’s base group teacher know if you can help out on any or “all” of the trips. Many thanks for your support.
On Monday 4 December, we will have our annual Teddy Bear’s Picnic at Miramar Park. We will leave school and walk to the park (9.30am), have a day of activities and games and a picnic lunch (all parents invited) and then head back to school at 1.40pm. Bring your teddy bear, lunch, morning tea, drink bottle and plenty of clothes for all weather.
On Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 December, we will be visiting a dairy farm at 845 State Highway 1, Te Horo. We have the opportunity to see the cows being milked, watching the tanker take the milk away and feeding some calves. We are very likely to get dirty during this experience, so will need gumboots and old clothes (as well as a jacket and a hat). If we do not have gumboots, we are are not allowed to go near the milking shed.
We will also need morning tea, lunch and a drink bottle. We will go to Te Horo school for lunch and a play, before returning on the bus to school.
Please give permission and make payment of $14.50 via Online Payments.
On Tuesday 12 December, we have booked the Splash pool at the Aquatic Centre, for the children to have a swim. We will be leaving school at 9.30am, will have a swim and a short play at Kilbirnie Park, and then return to school at 12.30pm.
Please give permission and make payment of $5.50 via Online Payments.
On Thursday 14 December, we will be having some Athletics activities and a free play at Worser Bay beach. We will be leaving school at 9.15am and returning at 12.30pm. Please ensure that your child has a sun hat and suitable shoes and clothes for a day at the beach.
We’ve been having a lot of fun exploring different ways to create dramatic plays and working with different people to prepare ourselves for our Extravaganza of Creativity Evening next Thursday 30 November at 6.30pm.
The ICT Student Council Group have been helping teachers to organise the "Hour of Code" event this year. They have been trialling the "Gumball Play Lab" so that we can become experts and teach others.
Students in Mahutonga/Matariki have new login details that they have already received or will receive shortly.
First we discovered all the things that it could be. Some people thought it looked like a flower and others thought it looked like a Minecraft flower. At first I thought it looked like a stamp that looked like a plus.
Then we organised our thinking into a chart. We found out that each time the pattern grew it added five. It added one to the top and one on the four sides.
We drew the next two in the sequence so we could check if it was right. We thought that we would find the tenth in the sequence. We did this by adding five. From there we did trial and improvement to find a formula.
BEDMAS is to help us with order of operations. It helps us make the formula.
We have had heaps of fun in our Languages programme this year - a huge thank you to Cloe, Maria, Sarka, John and Wanwan.
We have been exploring patterns in Maths using visual prompts. There have been some great questions to help explore the ideas.
This is an example of some of the thinking which Alexander, Rico and Jan have been doing. Exciting stuff.
You can respond on the Padlet on our Blog.
We want to end child poverty in New Zealand. We did an Inquiry about this and realised that there are thousands of kids living in poverty in New Zealand. We wanted to do something to help so we organised this event.
Year 4, 5 and 6 will be taking part in this event. You can sponsor us on this Give a Little page. All donations will go directly to KidsCan!
On Wednesday 29th November, we are going to Otari-Wilton’s Bush for a solid half day of tramping, taking in the sights while testing our fitness and reviewing our knowledge of native flora and fauna.
We will be meeting Rewi at the information centre at 9:45am for a brief introductory chat, then heading off for a good walk. The students will be able to choose between a 2+ hour tramp or a 1 hour option depending on their level of enthusiasm. We will be keeping our eyes and ears open as we walk, identifying trees and birds and making observations about the success of the reforestation in that area; asking how is Tane’s Cloak looking?
The group who walk the shorter distance will do a nature treasure hunt in the areas close to the Otari entrance. We will meet for lunch in the picnic area and then spend some time playing games.
Students will need to bring morning tea, lunch, sun hat, water bottle, as well as a raincoat and warm gear. (The longer tramp gets up onto the skyline and is quite exposed; cold on a cold day).
There is a cost of $6 per child to cover the cost of the bus. Please give permission and make payment via Online Payments under "Fees and Donations" by Monday 27 November, if you haven't already.
We have already had some kind parents offering to help but could do with a few more. Please let Nicola know if you are able to help on the day.
Our Inquiry focus is around the Power of the Body and we will be exploring the provocation; Healthy Body Healthy Mind? This is going to involve quite a lot of activity and time outside of the classroom.
As a kind of tying together of one of the Inquiry strands, children in New Zealand who experience hardship and our Health focus, we have organised a Duathlon fundraising event with KidsCan, involving running and swimming on 6th December. This will also fit into our beach based programme which takes place over the last two full weeks of the term, from 4th to 15th December. This will include sailing, kayaking, water safety, swimming and many other events. We have done this over the last 5 years and it just keeps getting better. We are already praying to the weather gods; take it easy on us, Tawhirimatea!
Special events for Year 6 students to put in the diary are the Year 6 Dinner on Tuesday 12th December and the annual swimming pool trip to H2O Extream on Monday 18th December. And, don’t forget The Wrap on Thursday 14th December. Wow! We are going to be busy people!
We will be taking Year 6 students to H20 Xtream on Monday 18th December for an end of year fun day out. Please let Nicola know if you are able to help with this trip (drivers and people who can stay for the day to help supervise).
There is no cost to attend apart from a gift per family.
The Rock Academy holiday programme gives young singers and musicians the chance to bond with fellow creatives. Confidence building activities such as busking, audition simulation and song writing are a great way to build self-esteem. It’s lots of fun and very educational. Their musicianship level can go through the roof with consecutive days of playing, singing and learning. They go busking every day at around 12.30pm outside Unichem Pharmacy, Bay Road, Kilbirnie.
Time: Starts at 9:00am and finishes at 3:00pm. Drop off 8:45am.
For more information or to book, please email Geoff or visit the website.
Dates: Dec 18th 2017 – Jan 26th 2018 from 7.00am-7pm daily.
; Weekly: $238 per cub/week or $448 for two or more siblings/week.
Discounts Available: Wild Card (15%).
Interactive Activities and Morning Tea, Lunch and Afternoon Tea provided.
One-on-One Care: Provide for cub(s) if needed for extra support.
Contact: 0800 PRIDE 4 U or register online.


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I’m feeling overwhelmed and don’t know where to start?
I felt good at the time, but now I have sore muscles. Help?!
I’m huffing and puffing like a steam train – is this OK?
It is quite common to be a little stiff and sore after workouts – especially if you worked very hard, dramatically increased the duration or intensity of your exercise, changed your exercise routine or if you haven’t exercised for a little while.
It is very normal and in fact it is good. It is called DOMS (Delayed Onset of Muscle Soreness) and is generally at its worst within the first two days following a new, intense activity. It is caused by microscopic tearing of the muscle fibres (don’t worry this is normal and supposed to happen) and is part of the adaption process that leads to greater stamina and strength as the muscles recover and build. In fact, if you’re never feeling any muscle soreness you may not be working out hard enough!
Movement helps! Go for a walk or a swim, have a massage or do some light stretching. Click here for some running race recovery tips from our blog that are valuable regardless of what activity caused your muscle soreness.
Please note that this sort of muscle pain / soreness / stiffness is not the same as the muscle pain or fatigue you experience during exercise. Nor is it like the sudden, sharp and intense pain of an injury such as a muscle strain or sprain that occurs during activity, often causing swelling or bruising. If you ever feel this sort of pain stop immediately and consult a doctor or specialist such as a physiotherapist.


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This catalog, broken down by counties, gives the name of the mineral producer, the commodity and the number of mines it controls in the county. A listing of the producers' addresses and phone numbers are also given.
This paper lists millage the tax increase for municipalities for fiscal year 2014-15. It is broken down by municipality, population growth, population factor, CPI factor and FY 2014-15 millage rate increase limitation.

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United Nations troops are on patrol in the Ivorian commercial capital, Abidjan, as the country braces for parliamentary elections on Sunday. The vote is the first since presidential polls a year ago sparked months of violence after the incumbent, Laurent Gbagbo, refused to step down.
Mr Gbagbo is awaiting trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of crimes against humanity. His Ivorian Popular Front party has called for an election boycott. The former president and his supporters claim the electoral commission is loyal to the new governing party led by Mr Gbagbo’s rival, President Alassane Ouattara, and will falsify the results. They also accuses the army of intimidating supporters during the campaign.
Ivory Coast’s former ruling party has pulled out of the electoral commission, saying the new government refuses to include opponents in planning for coming parliamentary polls. Ivory Coast’s president says he hopes the former ruling party will take part in that vote.
Former President Laurent Gbagbo’s party says it is quitting the electoral commission because the government of President Alassane Ouattara is refusing to engage in a dialogue on security, the electoral commission, and preparations for legislative polls.
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After purchasing XO Theme you’ll be able to download it directly. Make sure to unzip the downloaded zip file first before continuing.
Navigate to your WordPress Dashboard and click on Appearance > Themes.
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A mental illness frequently suffered by baseball fans from Brooklyn and Queens, NY.
Symptoms include draping oneself in blue and orange, having delusions of winning the world series and the most frequent and dangerous symptom, choking in the month of September.
I guess that Mets fan is too retarded to figure out his team will never win.
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A fan of the baseball team The New York Metropolitans, who are usually the most dedicated fans in all of New York. Those who put up with the losing seasons are the best fans of all, and all Yankee fans can go and blow George Steinbrenner.
All Mets fans are true to the orange and blue, and Yankee fans buy overpriced hotdogs.
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People who spend way too much time on Urban Dictionary clicking the thumbs down on the latest factual information regarding their underachieving and boorish New York sports franchise. The fact of the matter is, the Mets had a lucky season in 1986 and have done very little since then. Their claim to fame that season Dwight Gooden cannot keep his nose clean and they continue to play in Shea Stadium in Queens. I have seen the stadium myself and can honestly say it needs to be demolished or turned into a museum. Perhaps the Mets will stop being mediocre and become competitive. It's pathetic that the Braves continue to dominate the National League East, not to mention the fact the Mets can barely compete with a team that was on the brink of folding and a franchise that cannot fill a stadium or keep a team in tact. Mets fans are also used to being pampered by a bias East Coast media which for some odd reason favors them to compete with the Braves for the division title each season.
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Have you wondered what is expected in the classes at the horse shows? Well this is your chance to learn!
Three clinics are being planned to help you at Oxer Stables in Burlington. Dates to be confirmed.
April 3 will focus on riding a dressage test. Lecture format then lunch and demo's on how to ride.
Cost will be $25.00 per person includes lunch.
Driving clinics are available with 2 other organizations for those new to the sport.
May 23 Orchard Park Stables, Campbellville - Tri County Carriage Association "Intro to Driving" Lecture & Demos - Free!


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Clay is a man of few human talents. As a wolf, he hunts well and can fight off a grizzly twice his size, but has no aspirations. The idea of a Mate isn’t something he has ever seriously entertained. Dreamed about, maybe, but he knows the chances are nearly non-existent.
Then he meets Gabby, a human girl. She hates him at first sight, yet he can’t let her go. Who he was is no longer important. Now, who he needs to become to win her over is the only thing that matters.
Melissa Haag currently resides in Wisconsin with her husband and three children. Touch is her first published novel. She is currently working on book three of a separate five book series.


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What you can do right now to attract guests, market your space, and increase your income as an Airbnb host.
Thank you to Buffalo, NY Premier Surfaces for sponsoring this week’s post!
From starting a side hustle for a little extra cash each month to generating a full location-independent income, so many people are looking to get paid to rent their space on Airbnb. With its growing popularity over the last couple of years, Airbnb currently boasts a community of over 650,000 hosts, with even more travelers seeking accommodation. Basically, there’s a lot of opportunity to make that money, honey. But have you stopped to consider if your space really ready for guests?
Obviously there’s the basics of making sure your space is clean, with fresh sheets on the bed, working WiFi, and at least like, one pillow and blanket. As a budget traveler, that’s typically all I really need and look for when choosing a place to stay, aside from, you know, the need for a literal roof over my head. But think about it: There are probably tons of homes and apartments in the same area as yours, probably within just about the same price range as yours. Especially if you’re located in a big city or just outside of one, the market can be incredibly saturated. So as a new Airbnb host, what’s the best way to stand out from the rest and attract guests to your home? Here are some of our top tips to spark some inspiration and help get you started!
As a solo-traveler, this has been super important for me, and it’s one of the first things I look for when choosing Airbnbs I’ve previously stayed in. With the self check-in option, everything was ready for me whenever I was ready to check in, so it was way less of a hassle for me to get settled in when I had already had a long day of traveling and just wanted to crash.
Plus, we know that travel fails and unexpected setbacks happen all the time. As a host, you won’t have to wait around or change your schedule to let your guest in, should they have any delays at the airport or on the road. With a self check-in system, you can either just send your guest the code to the door or let them know where the key is hidden, and it’ll be that much easier for both you and your guest when they arrive.
Yep, you heard me. It might seem a little silly to cater to millennials’ social media obsession, but the one thing that so many Airbnb hosts don’t consider when prepping their space for guests is its marketability, which is something you can control right away when you’re just starting out. Right off the bat, when your new listing doesn’t have any reviews yet, guests are going to have to rely on whether the pictures of your place look sketchy or inviting. I’d be willing to bet that the prettier your home looks in the pictures on your listing, the more traffic your listing’s page will get. It’s really that simple!
Even after you start to book your first couple of stays, if your space is well-decorated, modern, trendy, and most importantly, social media-worthy, it basically guarantees you free marketing for your listing when your new guests inevitably post about how cute it is on their Instagram stories, Snapchat, and whatever else the crazy kids use these days. And trust me, they will.
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I know that personally, when I’m in the market for a place to stay on my next trip, I’m going to be way more inclined to ask my real-life friend about that awesome place with the gorgeous kitchen they posted about on Facebook during their vacation last summer, and trust their genuine recommendation over anyone else’s, hands down.
Leave Something Special For Your Guests!
Set up a coffee bar! It can be as simple as leaving a coffee maker on the counter with a couple of cute coffee mugs and a couple of different flavors of coffee ready to go. A much better and more personalized option than hours-old coffee you’d find in a hotel lobby.
Leave some snacks in the cupboard or drinks in the fridge! It always makes me happy to find that a host left me a grab and go snack that I can take with me on the plane or bus ride home with me. And as far as drinks go, (as long as you know your guests are of legal drinking age), feel free to get creative! When my sister and I went to Chicago this past summer, we opened the fridge and found that our host had left us with a couple of beers. It really is the little things!
Chances are you know the area better than your guests, so offer some local recommendations for fun things to do, places to eat, or must-see spots to check out while your guests are in town! This can be as simple as writing out a list, or just adding a small section of local favorites to your listing.
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Fish and seafood with these two labels come from sustainable and well-managed fisheries. Here's what to look for.
Many seafood sellers are working to raise awareness about the need for sustainable, ecofriendly fishing and the importance of not purchasing seafood on the endangered list. That’s great, but it does have one downside: a glut of ecolabels that can make for confusion at the seafood counter. When you’re grocery shopping and you’ve forgotten your Monterey Bay Guide, look for these two labels: Marine Stewardship Council and Friend of the Sea. Fish and seafood with these labels came from certified sustainable and well-managed fisheries.
The Marine Stewardship Council’s standards for sustainable fishing and seafood traceability meet the world's toughest best practice guidelines. With their practices and diligent efforts, they are transforming the way seafood is sourced—and helping you get the best produce for you and the Earth.


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Football player Joshua Yorwerth, then of Peterborough United FC, has been suspended from all sport for a period of four years following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV).
During an attempted out-of-competition test at his home address on 25 September 2018, Mr Yorwerth failed to answer the door despite being at home.
Mr Yorwerth later admitted he did not answer the door as he had been using cocaine the previous weekend and believed that if he was tested he would face a two-year suspension.
Mr Yorweth was charged with an ADRV pursuant to regulation 5 of the FA Anti-Doping Regulations – “Evading, refusing or failing to submit to Sample collection”, as well as regulation 4.2 of the FA Social Drugs Policy Regulations – “Prohibited conduct”.
UKAD’s Chief Executive, Nicole Sapstead, said: “All athletes have a responsibility to comply with sample collection regulations, regardless of the circumstances.
The period of ineligibility shall apply from the date of provisional suspension (3 October 2018) until midnight on 2 October 2022.


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How to open IDMS file extension?
IDMS files are incessantly popular. However, a file name containing IDMS file extension is problematic for some of the users. They have problems with correct opening of a file with IDMS extension. However, it should be remembered that IDMS file extension can match one or more types of files. The most popular is Adobe InDesign Format but if there are others, you will find information concerning them below.
So, it is worth looking close at the problem concerning IDMS files and search for its solution.
A list of programs supporting files types with IDMS extension can be found below. Applications are sorted according to appropriate operational systems and their popularity.
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What are the reasons of errors concerning IDMS extension of files?
If IDMS file does not open, firstly, it is worth using files associations built in the Windows system with application that can support them. In order to do it, you should double-click a IDMS file icon. A list of programs that probably support such a file will appear. It is enough to choose one of them so that Windows would open a given extension with it. Incorrect file’s association will result in Windows trying to open IDMS file with a wrong program all the time even if there is an appropriate application supporting this format on a drive. In this case, it is necessary to perform the above mentioned registry scanning and associations’ repair.
If associations are correct and Windows still cannot open the file, most probably the computer does not have appropriate software supporting files with name containing IDMS in their extension. The solution to this problem is very simple. You should buy or download a free (if they exist) application that will allow you to open, browse and edit IDMS format (You can also try to find more informations on FileInfo). It is no risk because many paid programs have free test versions enabling to check their functionality.


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So, I was gittin' my hair did (as we say down heah) the other day and my fabulous stylist casually mentioned his friend who had recently purchased eight Geckos. For roach control. Although I have no intention of trying it, I had many, many questions. First of all, just how bad of a roach problem do you have to have to justify the addition of eight crawly, poopy things to your household? His friend, as I recall, paid around $50 for her Gecko stash, but it might have been $200, which is a lot of money. No word on whether or not they can talk.
Geckos, according to random sources on Google, can grow up to a foot long. And they poop, a lot, probably more if they're hoovering up mountains of insects. Neat. And just how does one control a free-roaming Gecko? I would be scared one would crawl on me at night. What if a roach crawled into your bed (trust me, it happens to the best of us) while you were sleeping. Sure, that's vile, but you would never know. Unless a wild, crap-happy Gecko was in hot pursuit. And what happens next? How messy is the capture and consumption? Does the Gecko go elsewhere to relieve him or herself afterwards? I think not. So, you're woken up by an attacking lizard, maybe with a steaming pile of dung on your pillow. Fun!
Google also informs me that Geckos must live in a warm climate, between 84 and 88 degrees. So...your house will be hot and filled with crap. Lizard crap. Apparently, the Gecko also indulges in the occasional mouse, but isn't mouse poop fairly innocuous compared to foot-long Gecko poop? The Gecko, by the way is a foot long, not their poop. At least I hope not. Now that I think about it, I don't really know. But I feel sure it's bigger than mouse poop, which is starting to sound cute, given the alternative.
How do you keep the Geckos in your house if they have to be free range? Do you put them away when you have guests? What if you can't find one of them? Do you warn your guests of the situation? Do you even have guests if you have that kind of roach problem to begin with? Do you even have any friends? Do they eat children? Do they chew on couches? Do they burrow in furniture, attacking if they're disturbed? Do they bark? This is all too much for me.
I think you have to be a lover of Geckos to do this. Otherwise, you might just call an exterminator. Or move to a new house. I wonder if they have Gecko Rescue organizations, for trend whores who get tired of their Geckos and release them into the wild. Can feral Geckos survive? I wonder if Rescue Geckos would be cheaper. Do people actually use Geckos as roach control or is it just an elaborate internet hoax? I have a tummy ache.
Hee! This reminds me of my sister's suggestion that I borrow a friend's horses to "mow" my lawn for me. In terms of time, effort, and equine transportation costs, I think it is just cheaper and more efficient to use a mower or hire a yard guy.
When I lived in lovely downtown Charleston there was a "Palmetto Bug" (read ROACH) that apparently had a crush on me and landed smack on my pillow one night. Which I found absolutely repulsive. However, I have found in such instances a good cat and a flip flop can do the job of apparently 8 geckos.
I think I'd rather have the roaches. We do live in South Carolina, after all. Aren't we kind of asking for it?
When I had a housefly problem in my house someone suggested that I buy these flying parasites that attach themselves to the flies and kill them. I guess I was supposed to release the parasites into the air in my house.
1 Flip Flop + 1 good cat = 8 geckos? Flying parasites? Grass eating horses? I love y'all!
Our geckos are MUCH smaller. they are, oh, really a lot smaller than 12 inches. I'd have to get a metro and convert to inches but i'll guess and 3 inches???
Anyway, they do eat roaches.
And when the roaches crawl on you, you WILL wake up.
And not be able to get back to sleep.
And be skivved out of your skin.
Geckos don't leave hordes of poop but most of ours are in the recamera and go in and out through itsy openings and we don't manage them at all. the rest live in the kitchen (outside) and are fat (but still itsy) with roaches.
this is kathy (from mexico) but i have to attach my external drive and run keepass just to get my fracking password and at 2:30am it just isn't worth the trouble.