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Scans supporting Roomates titles also issued as Roommates are noted at the end of the entry posting. Titles only issued as ‘Roommates’ follow the Roomates section. Changes/corrections to the post are welcome.
Side A: Please Don’t Cheat On Me, My Heart Belongs To Only You, Band Of Gold, Sunday Kind Of Love, Gee, My Foolish Heart, My Heart, Making Believe.
Side B: Glory Of Love, The Nearness Of You, Yes My Love, A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening, To The Aisle, I Want A Little Girl, Song Of The Dreamer, Oh Baby Love, The Only Girl For Me.

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Sticking a good article by Adam Hudson here for future reference.
"Slavery transferred wealth from black labor to white property owners because African slaves were not paid for their work. For centuries, slavery allowed whites - including those who did not own slaves - to amass wealth for their communities, while blacks were politically and economically oppressed. This laid the foundation for a massive wealth gap between blacks and whites that persists to this day, more than a century and a half after slavery's demise."
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Beate's Inspiration Challenge #27 is to use the colors or pattern from this beautiful scarf. My eye was first drawn to the rich colors of burgundy and dark grey and made me think of winter and snow.
I sat down to create this card yesterday and couldn't come up with a thing, except to choose some patterned paper that I thought would work well. Today I had my inspiration come back to me for a bit and created this Joy card. I pulled out my silver embossing powder and heat gun for the snowflake (which is also used to represent the "o" in joy). The card itself is pretty simple, but I've decided that sometimes simple is OK. Thanks for the fun challenge, Beate!
Cardstock, Patterned Paper, Stamps: CTMH; Nestabilities; Other: shimmery ribbon (reasonableribbon.com); silver metallic gel pen, platinum Bella dots.
Beautiful Christmas card! Love it!
I love that you used the snowflake for the O in Joy! I also like the scallops you created around the sentiment! So cute!


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The new business will see BACA supplying Egis personal protective equipment over the next two years.
Managing Director Marc Calder said: “We are delighted to announce this latest contract win with Egis. We will be providing the company with a range of PPE including safety shoes, gloves and clothing".
This latest contract demonstrates how BACA continues to expand throughout Europe.

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Edtris 2600 is an unofficial port of the popular game Tetris to the Atari 2600. As various shaped blocks fall from the top of the screen, stack them so they form a solid line across, at which point the solid line will disappear. If the stacks reach the top of the screen, the game is over.
More details about this game can be found on MobyGames.com.

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February 15th, 2018, marked the fateful day Google started blocking ads on its Chrome browser — a browser with almost 60% market share in both desktop and mobile markets. Google originally made the announcement in June 2017 that it would soon begin blocking low-quality or disruptive ads, releasing guidelines on how to meet their advertising standards in December 2017.
As one of the most prominent technology companies, not to mention a company that makes about 90% of its revenue from advertising, why in the world is Google blocking ads?
What pushed Google to make this decision?
Nobody likes seeing an ad pop up on a site — especially if that ad disrupts what you’re trying to accomplish.
Google took this anecdotal observation and quantified it after partnering with the Coalition For Better Ads to conduct a 25,000 person study on how users interacted with ads.
The findings are what you would expect.
Words like “annoying” or “distraction” were used when describing ads — words you don’t want customers using when they’re perusing your site.
Feedback like this shows a problem that’s more than banner blindness; ads are causing a poor experience for users (which should scare you with Google’s new push toward user-behavior metrics). This idea is what led Google to jump in on ad blocking.
After reviewing survey data, Google decided to use the Better Ads Standards, created by the Coalition for Better Ads, as a guide for what is blocked by Chrome.
If any one of these 12 ad formats is used, Google will block every advertisement on the site. Though a strict penalty, it’s assumed Google is being heavy-handed to ensure ad guidelines are followed.
How does Google enforce their ad blocker?
Sample pages are pulled and crawled from a site, giving a Passing, Warning or Failing grade based on a percentage of pageviews that don’t meet the standards.
Google will notify sites via their Ad Experience Report in Search Console if a site doesn’t meet the ad standards. If a website does not fix any issues within 30 days, Google will begin to block ads on the site.
What does the Chrome Ad Blocker mean for the digital marketing industry?
PageFair reported third-party ad blocker use grew 30 percent in 2016, and that number hasn’t slowed down.
Users are already blocking ads, and the more people that turn to third-party blockers, the more likely Google’s own advertising network’s ads will be blocked.
By Google taking control and blocking ads that actively annoy users, advertisers are forced to create engaging, relevant ads — something we’re 100% behind. If users no longer see annoying, disruptive ads, they may be less likely to use a third-party ad blocker that blocks all ads.
Just like the white-hat SEO practices we live by at Blue Compass, advertising with the consumer in mind means no pushback from Google and a better user experience all around.
Who will be affected by the Chrome ad blocker?
After a little digging, WIRED was able to dig out some information from the Google team regarding the effects of their ad blocker.
While this doesn’t surprise our team at Blue Compass, we do think the Chrome ad blocker will impact more sites than Google is letting on.
Sites like Target, YouTube and other popular sites have never served annoying ads. It’s often the smaller sites, like local news sources, where we tend to see autoplay video and interstitial ads in abundance. It’s when visiting these sites that we believe users will see the biggest change.
If you’re a small business owner or local organization, be sure to review any ads you may have on your page and make sure they fall into the new guidelines. And if you are an advertiser preparing to place digital ads on other websites, you need to do the same.
When Google rolled out their ad blocker, they took a smart, proactive approach to online advertising. PageFair’s 2017 report showed 77% of US ad-blocker users say they’re not opposed to ads — just annoying ones.
The problem is the ads, and Google has recognized this. By taking the step to protect users, Google will hopefully stop third-party ad-blocking software from eating into their revenue and help those of us who just want a browsing experience without pop-ups.
Even though it’s a self-serving move, it’s good to know that Google is focusing on user feedback and their interaction with sites. The more we move toward a user-friendly web, the better.
How do you beat the ad blocker?
If it hasn’t been drilled home yet, the answer to beating the new Chrome ad blocker is creating ads that have user experience in mind.
Serve your ads to relevant users and provide your users with value. Blanketing ads across the Google network will only drive up your costs and create disdain toward a brand.
If you’re worried about your ads or any that may be on your site, reach out to Blue Compass, and we can help.
At Blue Compass, we have always adhered to Google’s standards, and with ads, it’s been no different. Our team of digital experts frequently works within Google’s network and knows how to handle any type of AdWords campaign.

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Yesterday some of us discussed a new friendly tournament on the global chat.
I’ve promised to launch a new friendly tournament, below you can read the conditions we’ve agreed to. Just like the previous tournaments I’ve lauched, I hope a lot of players will sign up for it.
We start now. The tournament will last until the end of January.
At the end of January (after the tournament is finished) I’ll do the math and I’ll let you know who performed best at this tournament.
You could be disqualified by cheating/unfair playing (adding diamonds, elites or more than 3 legendaries to your deck or adding (a) card(s) of an different faction to your deck. But again, this is a friendly tournament. It is supposed to be fun and I cannot imagine that anyone would seriously try and/or like to sabotage such a thing..


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Florian Kupfer first burst into dance music consciousness with 2013’s insta-classic "Lifetrax", filling much of the subsequent two years with a flurry of singles (more on L.I.E.S., an anonymous but hotly picked-up white label edit of Sade, plus efforts for Rush Hour’s No ‘Label’ and W.T. Records) and DJ gigs across Europe, Australia, the USA and Russia.
He surfaces once again for Technicolour — Ninja Tune's singles label—with Explora, a four-track EP, brimming with punchy percussion, swatches of low-end menace, mechanical grind at a steady build, and a deep unidentifiable rumble. There is a certain darkness which pervades his body of work and Explora is no stranger to it, submerging the listener deep in the void somewhere between the crazed collectivity of the dancefloor and the inescapable solitude of the home that awaits. Inspired in equal parts by the solace of Berlin winter, dormant emotions following the 9/11 attacks and psychedelic experimentation, Kupfer proves once again that much magic can be made on a one-take hardware jam in his bedroom.


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It has been a whole year since I lost my best friend. I remember the day I received the news like it was yesterday.
It was 8:30am and I was just about to head out the door for school when the phone rang. I froze on the doorstep and my knuckles turned white on the handle, my heart jumped into my throat and my feet suddenly felt glued to the floor.
My sister, Lila, made her way down the stairs and lightly touched my shoulder before going to answer the phone. Finally the piercing ring of the phone ended and I waited with bated breath as she lifted the receiver to her ear. I slowly turned my head to look at her, it seemed that was the only part of my body that was able to function. My eyes followed the colour as it drained from her face, she slowly put down the phone and turned to look at me, her eyes brimming with tears.
The room began to sway in my vision, I couldn't catch my breath. My legs suddenly gave in beneath me and before I knew it my head hit the tiled floor of the hallway. Lila rushed over to me and lifted me up so I was resting against her, "I'm so sorry, Krystal. I'm so sorry." She repeated these words to me over and over until they all blurred into meaningless noise that hummed under the ringing in my ears.
I don't remember much of what happened the rest of that day. I only remember speaking once. I remember being stood outside her hospital room where she had been staying for the past month and looking up at the nurse talking to her mum. I asked in a quiet voice, "Was she alone?" No one heard me the first time, so I cleared my throat and tried again, "Was she alone?" The nurse turned to me and gripped my arm, "She slipped away in the night, I'm sorry. No one was with her at the time."
I took a deep breath and felt the anger boiling up inside me. My hands balled into fists and hot tears spilled down my face, the nurse tried to console me but I wasn't listening. I turned and fled from the hospital. I raced across the car park and didn't stop until it felt like my lungs were on fire. I collapsed to the ground and slammed my hand down onto the gravelly surface causing cuts and scrapes that I didn't notice at the time. I furiously wiped the tears from my eyes and looked up at the sky, taking in short, shallow breaths "I broke my promise."
"Krystal?" I blinked and looked up at Lila, she smiled at me gently and placed a large bunch of red roses down. "Come on, you've been sat here nearly an hour. It's time to go home." I nodded and Lila went to join the small gathering that had come to Anna's grave to commemorate a year since her passing. I ran my fingers lightly over her name and bent my head, "I hope you're not alone now." I smile and look up at the sky as I had that day, the clouds slowly move across the sky and I feel a gentle breeze wrap around my body. I laugh quietly and know that she is okay, Anna isn't suffering anymore.
I look back down at her grave stone and know that if I was in the same position as she had been in, I would never have been so brave. She faced cancer for 7 months before passing away. She was never scared of the treatment she had to receive, nor was she scared of death. Her only fear was that she would die alone. As I stand I feel a shaking in my legs, the thought that I couldn't be there with her making my heart feel heavy.
I turned to leave and I spotted an old woman stood by a grave. She looked up at me and smiled. I nodded in respect and took a step to go when she beckoned me over, I felt that I couldn't say no so I slowly made my way over. I came to a stop beside her and saw that the grave dated back 20 years. A lump formed in my throat at the thought of this woman being alone for 20 years, she looked up at me and gripped my hand, "I couldn't be with my husband when he left this life. That is the only regret I have."
I gasped and tightened my grip on her hand, she smiled and patted the top of my hand. She held out a small, sequined bag and gestured for me to take it. "It's too late for me, but this will help you." I held out both my hands and she placed the bag carefully into my waiting hands. "Drink this before you sleep tonight."
I opened the bag and pulled out a small, round bottle, no bigger than my thumb. "What is it?"
She smiled and looked back down at her husband's grave, "It will help ease the pain of the loss you have suffered."
"Thank you." I dropped the bottle back into the bag and slipped it into my coat pocket.
"Krystal! We have to get going now." I waved my acknowledgement and thanked the lady one more time before running over to my family. I kept my hand over my pocket on the journey home and watched the world fly by as I wondered with excitement what this little potion would do.
I know that accepting the bottle and actually thinking of drinking it was a mad idea, completely insane, but the bottle gave me a feeling that I hadn't properly felt in a year. Happiness. So when the time finally came for me to sleep, I sat on my bed and pulled the bottle from the bag. The glass shone in the moonlight and as I unscrewed the cap I felt a little fluttering of butterflies in my stomach. I put the bottle to my lips and swallowed the liquid in one. I set the bottle down on my nightstand and led down to stare at the ceiling that was dotted with glow-in-the-dark stars. It didn't take long for me to fall asleep that night.
I woke with a start and looked at the time, it was 9pm. I frowned and lifted the clock so I could look closer at the time. I had come to bed at 11:30 so why was it telling me the time was 9 o'clock? I threw the clock on my bed and ran down the stairs, pausing at the bottom. I looked down at my clothes and saw I was in a pair of jeans and a plain blue t-shirt. I gripped the shirt in my hand and raced into the living room and my parents looked up at me, "What's the matter?" I shook my head and noticed that the Christmas decorations were different.
I backed out the living room and stumbled into the kitchen, the dining table had been set up ready for a party. Food was cooking in the oven and glasses were scattered around the sides. I felt tears gathering in my eyes and blinked them back, "This can't be happening." I rushed back to the living room and pressed 'info' on the TV controller. Sure enough, the date was January 1st 2012. The day Anna died.
I grabbed my jacket off the hook by the door and stuffed my feet into the first pair of shoes I could find. "I'm going to see Anna." I had the door open and was out of the garden before my parents had even got to the front door.
I ran the whole way to the hospital and didn't stop until I was stood outside Anna's room. I leaned against the wall and took a few moments to compose myself before opening the door and stepping inside.
5 stars It deserves 10!!
OMG this is sooooo good! I actually cried! Your writing is seriously AWESOME!!

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Villa Giovanna is conveniently located within easy reach of major highways and other routes to Naples and Caserta, both equidistant from the villa.
I love my region, so I created video, flyers and PDF files to keep them on mobile phone. That's infos to reach this beautiful places. Also you can find GPS Coordinate if do you want to join them with car.
Villa Giovanna is located inside a private avenue with street lighting and automatic gate.
Private access just for residents only.
Please take a look about our 20 pictures. You can find some travel trips and distance from Villa Giovanna and our recommended places.
Besides it architectural beauty, Naples is the home of two impressive Castles (Castel dell’ovo and Maschio Angioino) and the folklore attached to them. Caserta’s Bourton Royal Palace is a miniature of the famous Palace of Sun King at Versailles. The location of Villa Giovanna allows quick access to Historic Pompeii and Herculaneum, both a must see.
In the same general area we suggest visiting the city of Pozzuolii and Capua with their Amphitheaters, museums and important excavation..
We have not mentioned yet a visit to the islands of Ischia and Capri … loved by everyone who visits them. Other interesting sites to visit is the Sansevero Chapel Museum where you will find the famous masterpiece, the life size “Veiled Christ”, renowned for the tissue-like quality of the marble it was carved from/ (Giuseppe Sanmartino in 1753). Don’t forget your camera!!
Villa Giovanna is an intimate place to stay; with 3 bedrooms (2 double and 1 bunk bed) in total: 6 beds, 2 2 bathrooms. We have a large living room which opens up into a beautiful characteristic garden and swimming pool. A great place to relax outdoors as you organize a fun evening with the BBQ.
Don’t forget to enjoy Neapolitan music while here…music that lives forever.
First time in Italy - definitely not the last time!!!
Incredible host, very charming and warm welcome by friendly owners who let us feel like home looking after us throughout the stay. Beautiful villa with all amendments you need to have a perfect short or long stay. We have been provided all details about what can be seen in the surrounding region , local shops and restaurants to enjoy fully our holiday.
We can highly recommend the place and accomodation which has fulfilled our requirements beyond expectations!
Thank you so much for your great notes in your review.
We are always delighted to see our guests happies about their holidays in our tiny villa.
Vincenzo and his family were very helpful and hospitable even after I looked myself out! Nice beach walking distance and ideal for day trips in the casserta region. The surrounding area can be of putting but it is a main road that leads to Naples! With family in the region I will no doubt be visiting again.
I'm so glad that you enjoyed your stay.
And also thank you to for the review.
A big hug from Castel Volturno.
I would not recommend this villa or area at all to anyone. In addition I will not use this site again or make a recommendation to use it. The reviews appear to be false or certainly unreliable at best. I give it a one star rating only because this is the minimum.
This villa was somewhat tired and it seemed unused, it needed to be freshened up throughout and cleaned. The pool needed a clean and the shower leaked profusely.
The immediate locality, however, was the worst; it was very dirty with rubbish of all kinds strewn on the pavements. In addition it appeared to be the "red light" district. We felt unsafe and understood why everywhere was gated. When we took our car down to the beach there were men to watch them to make sure they were not stolen or broken in to. We had paid to be imprisoned within a villa. Not at all what we expected from the reviews we read.
We left after two days and moved to Sorrento for the rest of our week.
The reviews appear to be false? I’m sorry to not agree that. Every reviews and who wrote them correspond to the dates booked. It’s not false. It's normal that not everyone thinks it at the same way.
This villa was somewhat tired and it seemed unused, it needed to be freshened up throughout and cleaned?
Last tenant was there for one week. As the others before him. How you can say that is not unused and not freshened?
During the che-out and check-in time even if the tenant has to leaves the villa in a clean state, we always clean again everything.
The pool needed a clean and the shower leaked profusely?
I’m sorry about that, every two days we been there for all our guests to put some products to clean the pool, recycle water and clean the filters, It was cleaned before your arrived too. The Pool is not shared with any other family. It was only for you. You have rented a Villa not an hotel or residence with Pool shared. The hotels and residences have more than 50 hosts together Need soomeone 8 hours per day to collect the leaves in the pool. We leave the pool net for that reasons.
About the shower when we cleaned the Villa, it has worked properly. Why you didn’t not call me for this problem?
You felt unsafe? You were in a private park no stranger can enter without permission. Nothing dangerous has ever happened. The gates have been requested from the contract of American N.A.T.O. base when we had an American tenant for many years. Do I have to remove the gates to let feel somebody safe?
About the parking near the beach. There is blue line (it’s a road marking that is present on the side of the carriageway) in Itlay indicates that parking is not free. The men who ask to pay for parking, leave a regular receipt of the company that work for the municipality.
The Villa is in the middle of region. Car is necessary. You can reach everything. And when you come back you can have relax in the Pool, join the garden, Barbeque etc.
- Royal Palace of Caserta at 40 km, the little sister of Palace of Versailles in Paris.
- Naples at 35 Km): The Castles, Churches, Museum, Royals Palace etc.
And more we sent to all my guest a pdf Guide. With GPS coordinates to reach all these places easly.
You left the Villa with a whatsapp message and you left the keys in the garden instead off in my hands.
Our overall impression of the villa was great!
We met Vincenzo early hours of Sunday morning & he safely delivered us to the villa, albeit a rather sleepy family! He was very welcoming & showed us around. We had a very hot first week so the air conditioning was much appreciated! Everything in the villa was expected & the amount of space we had with 3 children was fabulous! We all loved the pool & Vincenzo regularly cleaned it, communicating when he would come & to do what.
Customer service was excellent, our mobiles weren't working so Vincenzo & his son Tony helped us sort this out, twice! We also had problems with our car which again Vincenzo helped us sort out. We couldn't be more grateful as our Italian is not great! 100% satisfied :-) thank you so much.
We had a car for two weeks & visited Pompeii, & went to the areas surrounding the lakes for meals. The local beach was really lovely, earlier in the week quieter, we practically had it to ourselves then Thursday was much busier! We had sat nav so used trip advisor & tapped in our destination, making the journey much easier. Lovely places to go & to see.
The second week the weather was a bit stormy in the night & the temperature cooled down, thank goodness. We travelled about more in the day & went to Magic World the water park which we all loved!
So all in all a fabulous family holiday for us all - the villa was great, customer service exceptional, weather fab & we cannot thank Vincenzo enough.
Good morning and thank you for you kinds and super notes.
We apprecied a lot. We can never stop to help our guest. It's impossible for us say I can't. We will do always the best to let our guest have a super and fantastic stay in Villa Giovanna.
And thank you in advance to anyone will chose Villa Giovanna.
Our overall impression on our stay at Villa Giovanna was superb. It was clean, tidy and very presentable. We were met by the very friendly owner Vincenzo when we arrived who we found as time went by very helpful and obliging. Later during the stay we met Tony, his son and Giovanna his wife who were also very friendly and obliging. Tony speaks very good English and so does Vincenzo. Overall our stay was beyond what was expected and I would recommend this Villa to everyone.
The location meant you need a car ideally to be able to see the sights or you could even use local transport. There are many eating establishments along the main road to suit all appetites.
If we were to visit the area again, then we would re-book Villa Giovanna with no hesitation.
Good morning and thank you a lot with your super feedback.
It was very pleasure to have helped you. Our Target is always: take care of our guests.
So we can give any help as possible to let them stay as best way as possible in Villa Giovanna.
Hope we can meet you again.

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JOMO provided Quatre free of charge for the purpose of my honest review, for good or ill.
Last year I received a Facebook Friend Request from Joseph Mou. If I don’t know who you are, and you don’t send a message explaining the request, sometimes I simply decline. Sometimes I accept. And sometimes, if I have time, I’ll click on your profile and try and figure out our connection. In this case, when I looked into him, I found Joseph worked for JOMO Audio. So I accepted.
Then, instead of waiting around for him to make the first move, I sent a message. It was a strategic message. I worded it in such a way as to assume he was already offering me a product to review. And indeed, he had a few irons in the fire, and was looking for new reviewers to cover them. It turns out, Eric Chong of Effect Audio had dropped my name in a conversation, leading Joseph to my Facebook page.
When Joseph asked about the design I wanted for my set of customs, I said, “Something organic, but impressive.” He ended up going with the standard Quatre aesthetic. Which may not sound very impressive, but when I got them in hand, they were. Pinky was mighty impressed. I’ve had a few CIEMs over the years, but these really blew my hair back. They are visually stunning.
Even better, they fit! Perhaps the best fit I’ve ever had. No hassle, no tweaking, no learning curve. They just seal instantly and stay that way. I wish I could say that for all my customs.
The JOMO Audio Quatre is part of the Mélange series, which consists of two hybrid IEMs. The Deux and Quatre. Deux is a two-way hybrid. One Balanced Armature, and one Dynamic Driver. Quatre utilizes a four-way crossover. Three BA’s and one DD. Another thing setting the Mélange series apart is the tuning filters. Balanced, Musical, Energetic, and Impact. Each one increases the bass presence over the last, making a more and more V-Shaped signature. But get this, even the weakest filter, Balanced, is super warm and rather bassy. There is no neutral filter. The Mélange series clearly has a purpose, and that’s to be JOMO’s answer to the basshead audiophile.
JOMO and Effect Audio have teamed up, and the UPOCC copper Ares II is provided as the stock cable. EA is taking over the world! This the third Ares II I own now. Luckily, this is wonderful cable, and should be considered an upgrade over most other companies stock cables.


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Menotropins are a mixture of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH). FSH and LH are important in the development of follicles (eggs) that are produced by the ovaries in women.
Menotropins are used to help your body produce multiple eggs during ovulation, in preparation for in-vitro fertilization.
Menotropins may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
You should not use menotropins if you have primary ovarian failure, abnormal vaginal bleeding, uncontrolled thyroid or adrenal gland disorders, an ovarian cyst, breast cancer, uterine or ovarian cancer, a tumor of your pituitary gland or hypothalamus, or infertility that is not caused by lack of ovulation.
Do not use menotropins if you are pregnant.
Menotropins will not cause ovulation if your ovaries are not functioning properly.
Your doctor will perform blood tests and a pelvic exam to make sure you do not have conditions that would prevent you from safely using menotropins.
Your male sexual partner's fertility should also be checked before you are treated with menotropins.
Using menotropins can increase your chances of having a multiple pregnancy (twins, triplets, quadruplets, etc). A multiple pregnancy is a high-risk pregnancy for the mother and for the babies. Follow your doctor's instructions about any special care you may need during your pregnancy.
Menotropins may also increase your risk of tubal pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth, premature labor, birth defects, or fever after childbirth if you become pregnant after being treated with this medicine. Talk with your doctor if you are concerned about these risks.
Although menotropins can help you become pregnant, this medicine can harm an unborn baby or cause birth defects. Do not use menotropins if you are already pregnant. Tell your doctor right away if you become pregnant during treatment.
It is not known whether menotropins pass into breast milk. Do not use menotropins without first talking to your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
How should I use menotropins?
Follow all directions on your prescription label. Your doctor may occasionally change your dose to make sure you get the best results. Do not use menotropins in larger or smaller amounts or for longer than recommended.
This medicine is injected under the skin. You may be shown how to use injections at home. Do not self-inject this medicine if you do not understand how to give the injection and properly dispose of used needles and syringes.
Menotropins come in a powder medicine that must be mixed with a liquid (diluent) before using it. If you are using the injections at home, be sure you understand how to properly mix and store the medicine.
Gently swirl the medicine after mixing. Do not shake the mixed medicine or it may foam. Prepare your dose only when you are ready to give an injection, do not save it for later use. Do not use if the mixture has changed colors or has particles in it. Call your pharmacist for new medicine.
You may need to use more than 1 vial of menotropins for your entire dose.
Call your doctor for instructions if you miss a dose of menotropins.
What should I avoid while using menotropins?
pain, swelling, or warmth where the medicine was injected.
-225 International Units subcutaneously (SC) or intramuscularly (IM) daily.
-Menotropin may be administered together with urofollitropin, and the total combined dose should not exceed 225 international units (150 international units menotropin and 75 international units urofollitropin, or 75 international units menotropin and 150 international units urofollitropin).
-If given with urofollitropin, the total combined dose of urofollitropin and menotropin should not exceed 450 international units daily.
-Continue treatment until adequate follicular development is evident, then administer human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG).
-Withhold hCG if monitoring on the last day of therapy suggests an increased risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS).
Initial dose: 150 international units SC or IM daily for the first 5 days of treatment.
-If patient response is appropriate, give hCG 1 day after the last dose of menotropin.
-If inadequate follicle development or ovulation without subsequent pregnancy, treatment may be repeated.
What other drugs will affect menotropins?
Other drugs may interact with menotropins, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products. Tell each of your health care providers about all medicines you use now and any medicine you start or stop using.

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text: The town of Mutriku hides one of the most well-preserved old quarters on our coast. Declared a Monumental Site, it guards historical and artistic houses and palaces which recall the histories of important families and the feats of great Basque sailors, but also those of anonymous fisherman and energetic women who lived around the port. We’ll stroll through the streets and discover some of the history of the Basque Coast’s seafaring towns.

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If the tens of thousands of pictures of torture taken by Syrian photographers do not attract the attention of a Western audience, what can a foreigner who doesn’t even speak Arabic hope to accomplish?
Several specialists in the Syrian conflict sign a text in the book.
Available online and in the the Musée de l’Elysée’s bookshop.
For several months, Martin Kollar roamed the roads of Europe and searched through his personal archives to bring together in a rich corpus his idea of the provisional – a difficult subject to address visually. Nevertheless, Kollar didn’t waver and, with Provisional Arrangement, offers us around thirty images that all, in their own way, explore the notion of temporary – and, implicitly, the far broader notion of memory in the process of (de)construction.
Provisional Arrangement is the concretization of Martin Kollar’s project submitted for the first Prix Elysée launched in 2014 with the support of Parmigiani Fleurier. For the book edition of his project, Martin Kollar chose London publishers MACK, joined by the Musée de l’Elysée to co-publish Provisional Arrangement.


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The spinny wheel game is designed to play in a group environment. Two modes or versions are available.
Version #1: "discussion only" where a discussion question is chosen based on the spin, then discussed. No "answer" needed, and no points—no score is kept. See an example here. This option is best for discussion questions that have no one right answer.
Version #2: "team competition" where a question is chosen based on the spin, then answered. Points are awarded or deducted, score is kept. This option requires both answers and points to be entered for each item. See an example here.
You can create a game for each lesson or just one for the course. In fact, you can create a game for each lesson and make the last lesson game a that uses information from the entire course. When in edit mode, each lesson has a tab for "Spinny Wheel Game". Therefore, you can have one game for each of your lessons.
Under the Instructor Menu > Set Up Course > Other Tool Options, you will see the area where you can make your games public. Each game URL will be listed in that area once they are made public—they will not be linked to your site, so you need to share the links. Players do not have to be registered or be logged in to play. This is a great way to promote your course!
When you are logged in as the instructor for your course, edit/create any lesson and you will see the "Spinny Wheel Game" tab near the bottom of the page. Expand that tab to enter your information. Follow the tips in the course software.
Add all lesson terms and definitions as items with just one click. Click that link and all the terms and definitions for the lesson will be added. You will need to go through each item and set the category and adjust the point value if desired (the default point value is 1 point).
Add all quiz questions as items with just one click. Click that link and all the quiz questions and answers for the lesson will be added. You will need to go through each item and set the category and adjust the point value if desired (the default point value is 1 point). The quiz questions are added with a specific formatting, so it is okay to edit the wording of the questions and choices, but don't change the spacing or how the answers are displayed. For example, "What is your favorite color? (A) blue (B) red (C) green (D) orange" is the proper formatting. If you try to add spaces or return characters, or change the (A) to A), the formatting will fail in the displaying of the questions.
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Although you can have up to 100 categories, anything past 20 or so gets a little messy. So try to limit the number of categories you use.
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I hope you had a lovely Easter, friend! We spent some great time with family and enjoyed a yummy meal together. While I was grocery shopping this past weekend for Easter lunch I made sure to pick up my weekly flowers. I had planned on picking up some tulips or hydrangeas but when I saw these pretty garden roses I was instantly inspired. I love their pretty, pale pink color. I knew they’d look perfect with some eucalyptus, so today I wanted to share with you what I came up with. You can see other simple arrangements from grocery store flowers here. This simple floral arrangement with roses and eucalyptus was not only easy to assemble but came in under $10!
This arrangement can be altered if you want to use a different flower or don’t have garden roses available in your area. It’s super versatile.
I use a somewhat shallow vase and created a grid pattern on the top using clear, water-proof floral tape.
I clipped the eucalyptus so that it would hang nicely on each side without fall out. I placed it on one side first and clipped a few roses shorter in length and then placed the in the middle to hold the eucalyptus in place.
I cut and placed eucalyptus on the other side to balance it.
I placed seeded eucalyptus throughout the middle of the roses, making sure they were slightly taller than the roses so that they’re visible.
Isn’t it elegant? It’s so simple that I really hesitate to call it an arrangement. It took all of a few minutes to throw together. I’m enjoying it’s beauty in our breakfast nook currently.
You really can’t go wrong with roses and eucalyptus. This particular variety of roses happens to be one of my favorites. I love love their soft color and round shape. We’ll soon have some roses blooming in our yard and I can’t wait to bring a few inside. Take a peek at the latest blooms from our yard on last nights Instagram post. I’m exited to share all about the new rug in the photo last this week. I’m going to share why we decided to layer our rugs. Until then, have a great week!

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text: So Sad About Us is one the Who's most covered songs. The Merseys, Shaun Cassidy, Primal Scream, The Breeders, and most notably The Jam are among the many artists who have recorded studio versions of the song. Beyond the sheer number of covers, it is also one of The Who's most frequently imitated songs. It is "an archetypal early Who song" and "hundreds of bands have based their entire careers on this one song." With its ringing guitars, Beach Boys-styled harmonies, crashing drums, and lovelorn lyrics, it is one of the early forebears of the power pop genre, along with other early Who staples such as "I Can't Explain" and "The Kids Are Alright". Pete Townshend and one-time Jam frontman Paul Weller performed an acoustic duet of the song as captured on the album The Who and Special Guests: Live at the Royal Albert Hall.


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As I said in my last post, I went to Slovenia in 2017 to find out what everybody is gushing about whenever the country is mentioned. The second part of my trip led me to the 43km long strip of Adriatic coastline that is squeezed in between Italy and Croatia.
For convenience reasons I picked a hotel in Portorož . I knew nothing about this city and was very surprised when I arrived. It is the only city on Slovenia's coast sheltered behind a a protruding headland and as such has bloomed into a real Mediterranean holiday resort. Aside from its huge marina and the long and fully accessible promenade it mostly consists of hotels, restaurants, clubs and all the other accommodations tourists need for a beach vacation.
The real reason why I definitely wanted to include this part of the country in my trip, however, is Piran . This pearl of a town sits right on the tip of the aforementioned headland and despite its small size manages to tick all the boxes on the list of delightfully typical Mediterranean characteristics. The first thing I spotted when I came over from Portorož was the marina, which sits just in front the Tartinijev trg (Tartini Square), the town's very obvious center of life. From this plaza, narrow streets wind their way between lots of small houses, all still in the characteristic medieval architecture. These provide some very necessary shade to escape the blazing heat of the sun.
Its geographical position means that Piran has two very distinctly different parts. The downwind side is pleasant, calm and inviting with its coast promenade and lots of restaurants and cafes. If, however, you walk all the way to the tip, you can take a look at the windswept side that is open to the Mediterranean Sea. I had a hard time getting up again once I had settled myself into the shade to stare out at the waves and enjoy the cool breeze.
After soaking up as much sun as possible, I started towards the last leg of my journey. On the way back up North, I made two stops. The first was at another famous cave system, the Postojnska jama . It is very different from the Škocjanske jame I visited on my way South. The tourist center built around the cave is quite large, with a dedicated hotel, restaurants, souvenir shops and more. In comparison it was definitely much more crowded. The reason probably is that access to this cave does not involve a hiking trip and long walks along damp tunnels. There is a narrow-gauge railway that brings visitors down into the cave and later back out again. Once down there, a guided tour leads through the cave with very little room to take good photos.
Overall, the cave is worth a visit and especially comparing the two caves is quite interesting. But if I only had time for one of them, I would definitely pick the Škocjanske jame over this one.
My second stop was Rakov Škocjan , a 300m deep valley that is not very well known. I noticed it on the map and decided to check it out. This is not a typical tourist attraction. There is no tourist center or even a proper parking lot. The area contains several hiking trails that lead down into the valley and they are fairly reasonably signposted. The main attraction of this area are two natural bridges. Unfortunately, the valley occasionally is flooded, which was the case when I got there. So, I didn't get to see all of it, but still enjoyed exploring this remote place.
In the last post I focus on the capital and my unplanned mountain climbing trip.
Dresden is a place that has been close to my heart pretty much since we originally moved there. Even now that I'm no longer living there, it is still what my mind brings up when I think of "home". During last year's Christmas holidays I took quite a few photos in and around Dresden.
Surprisingly enough I got some really nice shots out of it, considering the fact that it was winter and therefore quite bare and colorless all around. This lends itself beautifully to black & white photography, of course. I am especially happy with several of the motifs I shot in the famous city center, of which until then I had barely any photos worth mentioning.
Dresden is really just ridiculously photogenic. You can find interesting things to aim your camera at pretty much everywhere you go. The city itself, of course, with famous sites like the Frauenkirche or the Canaletto view. But then there are also the meadows along the Elbe river and the beautiful landscape all around, especially Saxon Switzerland.
The most famous church of Dresden (destroyed during World War II and then rebuilt) is probably the most iconic landmark in the city. With the ensemble of the re-imagined Neumarkt around it is very much the heart of the city and a great photo motif, although fairly difficult to shoot without a wide angle lens.
When you move upwards from the Elbe river towards the North-East you enter the "highlands", where the city quickly makes way for rolling hills, farmland and winding roads. I love this place for its serenity and beautiful rural, panoramic views.
This lovely little gem in the East of Dresden is technically a city district. But it still retains a lot of the charme of the standalone village it used to be. Its vineyards and the famous palace gardens invite you to stroll around and let your mind wander.
For quite a while I was considering to let the hilarity continue that we have a website online that is supposed to be a photo blog...without actually having a blog on it. And we are just a couple of months short of hitting the one year launch anniversary, too.
But during the weekend I had some time to kill, so I finally sat down to actually implement the code that enables us to do what we have been planning for a long time. And so this post hopefully marks the start of something that is a lot of fun for us and maybe occasionally makes you smile.
This is the idea that originally inspired the whole Brofolio thing. The basic gist is that we pick a topic (either by picking one or by one of us challenging the other). Then we both try to take the best picture we can for this topic and compare the results in a blog post.
We both spend quite a lot of time developing our photos (i.e. digital editing). If we encounter an aha moment, why not write a little summary and share it here?
I take most of my photos while I'm traveling. Depending on my mood I sometimes even blog about it. For this blog I would focus mostly on the photos, of course.
During the last year, both of us have been out and about. As this shiny new blog looks pretty empty right now, we might use the dismal Winter days to write up some of these experiences and breathe some life into this website.
So, we invite you to come visit again soon. Also, you can follow our Twitter account @BrofolioPhotos, where we will do our best to announce new blog posts.


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Professional sports damage the body. The repetitive stress of games, playing through injuries, and training sessions combined with the number of games played each week and the air travel, ages the body faster, increasing the potential for injury each year, but players now have an option to counter these effects.
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Each group session is 90 minutes in length with the goal of each workout being different and each week building on the week before.
Camp sessions are organized in 1 and 2 week, multi-day sessions with an optional water therapy day.
The exercises used in the REGEN camp can be used in combination with a personally designed Home Program* to compliment your summer training program as well as during the competitive season, making these tools useful year around.
* For a personalized Home Program, speak with Scott.

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I went walking at precisely the wrong time today. Noon. The sweltering sun at its zenith. And yet. Buck had taken a few minutes before lunch to work out on the weight bench. I was frustrated with my lack of focus, and told him I was going down to the gate. We agreed we would take a swim and have some lunch when I got back.
Approaching the stream bed, two graceful whitetail deer woke me up to my life as they leapt from woods to woods, across the gravel road. Thanks to them, I got out of my stuffy head and into the moment.
All the other scuppernongs (fox grapes) are gone, but this natural arbor was too high for the deer to reach (or me, either). They are beautiful.
This grotesque black mushroom is magnificently horrible.I poked it with a stick and ugly little beetle-ish bugs crawled out.
Buck and I kept seeing this flash of white at the edge of the woods out back. I finally walked out there today. Don't know the name, but it sure is pretty.
The American Beauty (French mulberry) is a harbinger of Fall. Seems like it has begun to bloom early. Okay by me.
Yesterday, I led Maggie out the front door for a slow, short walk around the driveway to woods edge. She hobbled, then warmed to it, and walked out from the border of grass into the recently bush-hogged brush, where her good nose picked up a scent of something that interested her. I walked quickly over when I realized she had picked up speed and was about to dive into the woods.
"Maggie, no! Stop!" I shouted. Last thing I wanted was to lose her in the thick brush. Too late. She was gone.
And then, only about 6 feet from me, a tiny spotted fawn sprinted across the clearing. Maggie was in luke-warm but very interested pursuit. The baby bleated, "aahck!" It sounded like a peacock. I ran, grabbed Maggie by the collar and began walking her back toward the house. She strained against my hold, but never barked. She just made gutteral huffing sounds and watched the fawn. It had run into the plastic sliding doors of the pool house. I looked and saw that it was pressed against the plastic, all brown spots, toothpick legs and big eyes. Thunderclaps spiced the air and big rain drops began to fall. The baby cried out again.
I got Maggie back into the house. She was so charged up, she ran back into the bedroom to see if she could see the deer from the glass doors there, but the angle was wrong. Finally, she came back to the foyer and stood staring out the front door, breathing heavily.
By this time, the sky had fallen. There was thunder and heavy rain.
Buck and I put Maggie into the garage and drove to the grocery store to pick up supper supplies. The baby was gone.
This morning, I saw a big doe patrolling the area. Mama. Good.
As for Maggie, she had a big adventure. The vet has approved an aspirin regimen to go along with her twice daily doses of SAMe and Cosequin. Her metabolism has settled back down and the pain seems to have ameliorated for now, thank heavens. It was a joy to see her get all revved up, even though the baby deer was scared half to death. Maggie wasn't baring teeth or growling. She was just curious and, for a moment, felt the thrill of youth again.


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Small drawing for “Tattooed Books” – an online campaign launched by De Basm Association. It is inspired by the book entitled “poveste nepovestita”/”untold story” by Ruxandra Berindei.
Every book we loved tattooed our soul for ever, leaving invisible traces that helped us become who we are today.
A drawing or a line of text about a book we cherished most in our childhood is to be sent to De Basm until 25th October, along with a short motivation. Most endearing answers will receive, what else, ones of the most beautiful books of today’s Romanian children’s books.


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Cryptococcus gattii is a topic covered in the Guide to Diagnostic Tests.
While found around the world in tropical and subtropical areas, this yeast emerged as a human and animal pathogen in 2000 in the Pacific Northwest after being recognized on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Unlike Cryptococcus neoformans, which mostly causes illness in immunocompromised individuals, C. gattii can cause disease in healthy, immunocompetent persons and in immunocompromised persons (HIV-infected, organ transplant, hematologic malignancy).
McPhee, Stephen J., et al. "Cryptococcus Gattii." Guide to Diagnostic Tests, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2017. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/GDT/619556/all/Cryptococcus_gattii.
McPhee SJ, Lu CM, Nicoll D. Cryptococcus gattii. Guide to Diagnostic Tests. 7th ed. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/GDT/619556/all/Cryptococcus_gattii. Accessed April 19, 2019.
McPhee SJ, Lu CM, Nicoll D. Cryptococcus Gattii [Internet]. In: Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. [cited 2019 April 19]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/GDT/619556/all/Cryptococcus_gattii.


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Witch Hunt (1994) — In a twisted 1950's where everyone does magic, a private detective investigates a murder case without it.
Detective Philip Lovecraft lives in Los Angeles in the 1950s when an ambitious Senator is holding hearings, on Magic. Magic is the new influence in Tinsel Town. Lovecraft is unique in that he is the only one who refuses to use magic in his work. Shortly after he is hired, he finds his client, Kim Hudson, accused of the murder of her husband, a film executive. Philip uses the tallents of a local witch, Kropotkin, to explain what is happening only to see her accused of the murder and sentenced to be burnt at the stake. Reminiscent of Roger Rabbit, without the toons.
Witch Hunt DVD is manufactured on demand when ordered and ships worldwide! Important: This title has been compiled from the best-quality video master currently available and has not been remastered or restored. The print transfer is supplied on premium Taiyo Yuden DVD-R with thermal print in a clear plastic wallet.


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The Shinty Preview – Saturday 7 August 2010.
The Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup semi finals take centre stage at Mossfield, Oban on Saturday 7 August 2010.
Inveraray and Fort William meet in the first Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup semi final. Inveraray have had weakened sides for most away matches this season but all their big guns will likely be available for this one. John Smylie’s team has been in phenomenal form in front of goal recently, having racked up 20 goals in their last 2 matches against Bute and Glasgow Mid Argyll. The Fort have won the last 3 finals – a record which they are fiercely proud of. Gary Innes returns to the side which edged out Bute last weekend as does John MacDonald and Victor Smith. This leaves the Fort at full strength with the exception of long term injury casualty Duncan Rodgers. With each side having a potent attack, the outcome of this tie could depend on how each defence copes with the tie. Throw up is at 1pm.
Kyles Athletic and Kingussie follow at 3.30pm. The sides met at the same stage last season with Kyles going through to the final following a replay after the first semi final was controversially abandoned with Kingussie leading 4-1. Kyles will miss the influence of Donald Irvine, who won the Albert Smith medal in the 2009 final, as he is working abroad. Kingussie manager Steven Borthwick may be tempted to start with Iain Borthwick and Fraser Munro who were both on the bench against Lovat last week. Ally MacLeod may also come back into contention as he returns to fitness following a broken thumb.
There is just one match in the Scottish Hydro Premier Division as Glenurquhart welcome Glasgow Mid Argyll to Blairbeg. Glenurquhart know that victory will put them 5 points clear of second bottom Oban Camanachd. The visitors have been on the wrong end of some heavy defeats recently but one bright spot has been the form of Mark Bain who has netted 3 times in his last 2 outings. Mid Argyll enjoyed a 1-0 victory in the corresponding fixture earlier in the season thanks to an Andy Mathie goal.
Kinlochshiel occupy second place in Marine Harvest North Division 1 on goal difference but they can go clear at the top if they take anything from their match with Kilmallie at Canal Parks. Leaders Lochaber are not in action so Shiel have the chance to regain top spot. They will have to do so without buckshee back John Don MacKenzie who serves the second game of a 2 match ban. However they will find Kilmallie desperate for the points after the Canal Parks side recently dropped 3 out of 4 against the other two west coast sides, Lochcarron and Skye Camanachd.
Skye will be looking for revenge when they play Inverness Portree in the noon throw up at Pairc nan Laoch, The Islanders are boosted by Somhairle MacDonald’s return whilst Iain Nicolson is also included after missing the draw against Kilmallie because of work commitments. Inverness enjoyed a 6-1 win over Skye when the sides met at the Bught recently. A home win would lift Skye from seventh to fourth.
Third place Lochside Rovers and sixth place Kilmory meet in Oban in Marine Harvest South Division 1. The sides are only separated by 2 points so this is an important clash. Kilmory won 4-3 when the sides met on the opening day of the season with David MacAllister scoring twice.
The match between bottom side Inveraray and Ballachulish at the Winterton was postponed.
The match between Marine Harvest North Division 2 leaders Glengarry and Kingussie at the Dell has been postponed.
Kinlochshiel and Kilmallie meet at Kirkton.
Skye Camanachd and reigning champions Glenurquhart meet at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree. The home side will be without Darryl McIntosh whose thumb is broken in 6 places. The Glen will do a fitness check on Ruaraidh Cameron who was forced to come off at the interval in the Aberdein Considine Sutherland Cup defeat to Lovat with a hamstring problem.
The Marine Harvest South Division 2 match between Aberdour and Bute is off.
Marine Harvest North Division 3 leaders Aberdeen University travel to Battery Park to play Lochcarron. The Students have Lochaber hot on their tail and they know that they cannot afford any slip ups in their pursuit of the title. Lochcarron had an impressive win over Lochbroom last weekend and David MacCuish has been an influential player for them this season.
The match between Inverness and Strathglass at the Bught has been postponed as has the game between second top Lochaber and Ardnamurchan at Spean Bridge.


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November 25th, 2009 Lena Rodziewicz & linux.
Open a file ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list in your favorite editor.
Find line started with “inode/directory” and comment it with #. Save file.


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I had an abortion two years ago and I am grateful every day for this right, and decision. I was 24 with $2000 dollars saved to my name – in no position to care for a child. My abortion cost me nearly half that.
However, I would like to bring to light the fact that abortions in Nova Scotia – although accessible in hospital – are unavailable privately. Many abortions taking place in Nova Scotia currently come from out of province (notably PEI and NB). As a result, hospital abortions in Halifax are backlogged up to 15 weeks…..
I was 10 weeks pregnant and still considered low priority. I was sick, and I was miserable. I took matters into my own hands and wallet, with my lovely and caring partner. We both flew to NFLD where we paid 1000 dollars out of pocket on top of flights. The private Morgentalar Clinic in St. John’s had amazing staff.. and were incredibly supportive. I was out within 4-5 hours without any issue and after I pushed my way through annoying protestors I was sitting at a nearby sushi restaurant drinking beer and eating raw salmon (finally my sickness was gone and my appetite was back). I was finally conversing with my bf without a cranky tone.
I returned home that day happier than I had been in a while. Forever thankful for Dr. Morgentaler.
Medical coverage in Nova Scotia reimbursed me for 128.00$ … chump change compared to the whopping 1500$ ++ spent.
Nova Scotia needs to legalize privatized abortions and open a clinic. If NB and PEI are not going to recognize the importance of reproductive rights (mostly PEI) then maybe Nova Scotia should step up its game so it can keep up with the demand.
How can I help ???


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Wheelersburg tennis improved to 4-0 Thursday evening following their 5-0 victory over Portsmouth.
In singles, Drew Jackson defeated Luke Rodbell in straight sets (6-0, 6-0) to give the Pirates their first point. Mason Nolan continued that trend by defeating Savanna Spence in straight sets (6-1, 6-0) to put the Pirates up 2-0. In the final singles match, Rohit Kateria defeated Jairemiah Brown in straight sets (6-0, 6-1) for a clean sweep in the singles competition in favor of Wheelersburg.
In doubles, Wheelersburg’s team of Carson McCorkle and Logan Davis defeated Sheridan Sutherland and Sam Finn in straight sets (6-0, 6-0) to give the Pirates their first of two doubles wins on the evening. Alex Thomas and Preslee Etterling sealed the deal in favor of the Pirates by defeating Portsmouth’s Ella Gullet and Sydney Tackett in straight sets (6-0, 6-0) to give the Pirates the 5-0 win over the Trojans.
Wheelersburg will travel to Jackson on Saturday to face the Ironmen while Portsmouth will face Minford on Tuesday.
The Portsmouth West Senators claimed a win over East on Thursday, defeating the Tartans 4-1.
In singles, Matt Campbell of West defeated East’s Noah Stiltner in straight sets (6-2, 6-0) to give West the 1-0 lead. Joel Durant of West continued that pace by defeating East’s Ethan Howell in straight sets (6-1, 6-2) to give the Senators the 2-0 advantage. East would get a win in the third singles match when Ethan Johnson defeated West’s Cole Tackett in straight sets (9-7, 7-5) to earn the win.
In doubles, West would continue their pace when Isaiah Norman and Molly Taylor defeated East’s Marissa Fulk and Andrew Pyles in straight sets (6-3, 6-1). In the final doubles match, West’s Eli Adkins and Bailee Wireman defeated Kamryn Paish and Kirstin Loper in straight sets (6-0, 6-0) to give West the match win over East, 4-1.
West will face Notre Dame on Monday to try and pickup back to back wins in 2019.


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US: Negroid Drug Dealer Calls Police to Report His Drugs Being Stolen – Evil Racists Arrest Him!
Evil hateful racists such as myself have always made the evil, hateful assertion that most colored gentleman are unintelligent. But cases like these prove that isn’t the case – that they’re being held down by HATRED FOR THE SKIN and nothing else.
When a Florida man’s cocaine disappeared from his car, he made a phone call.
Soon after reporting the theft, David Blackmon was arrested.
Can you imagine the hatred of these cops?
This poor m̶o̶n̶k̶e̶y̶ man just had his precious cocaine, that he worked for, stolen from him, and instead of helping him recover it and buying him some cookies to make him feel better, the police arrest him! How is such racism even possible in CURRENT YEAR?
Can you imagine what paradise we’d be living in if there’d be no racism in CURRENT YEAR?!?!?!
We can still do this, don’t give up!
Blackmon, 35, of Fort Walton Beach, called deputies Sunday morning to report that someone had stolen a bag of cocaine and some cash from his car, according to a statement from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s office. He told a deputy who responded that he was a drug dealer and that someone had broken into his vehicle while it was parked, taking about $50 and a quarter ounce of cocaine.
So this is how the so-called “land of the free” rewards honesty and entrepreneurial spirit – by arresting our equals for absolutely no reason at all!
But the deputy saw some cocaine still lingering on the center console next to a crack rock, the statement said, as well as a crack pipe on the car floor near the driver’s seat.
Blackmon was then arrested and charged with resisting an officer without violence, possessing drug paraphernalia and possessing cocaine, a felony charge.
HE DIDN’T EVEN RESIST, AND STILL GOT ARRESTED! Don’t they know racism makes Jesus sad?!?!?!

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So, I’m not really sure what the deal is with this. BBTS.com had it listed as a “Prize Figure”. It is essentially a snap together plastic statue. It’s very cool looking, nicely painted with great mold details. I really like it and it was cheap. I’m just not sure why it’s called a Prize Figure. In any case it looks really cool and at that price, you can’t go wrong.
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1. send me an email, saying you want to be interviewed.
1. What do you keep in the third drawer down?
2. What writer, director or actor would you like to be?
I SO wish I was that dude who wrote Memento. BRILLIANT!! That’s all I thought about after I watched it — that I wish I had written it.
3. How did you spend New Year’s Eve 1999-2000?
Playing TABOO in downtown Baltimore. Terribly FABULOUS, eh?
4. What is your favorite living thing besides people?
I guess that would be Hayley, diva that she is. She would probably try to kill me if I said otherwise.
5. What person would you like to be stranded on a desert island with?
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Did you know Main Street, U.S.A. boasts a Fire House? Engine Co. 71 (71 stands for the year Walt Disney World opened) is located next to City Hall. This early-1900’s Fire House pays homage to all the men and women firefighters around the world. Badge to Walt Disney World are proudly displayed inside, along with the equipment and details you would see in any other firehouse.
Here in the Fire House you can be recruited, not to fight fire, but to play Sorcerer’s of Magic Kingdom. Merlin will enlist your help in battling a villainous takeover of Magic Kingdom. A cast member will explain the game and hand over cards that will unlock videos at portals throughout Magic Kingdom. The Fire House serves as home base. This game is fun for all ages; give it a try to see if you’ve got what it takes to be Merlin’s apprentice!

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I’m often not sure what the age range of my readership is, but probably most of you are not too young to remember the old-style accordion photo wallets that people (primarily grandmothers) used to keep in their purses before the advent of digital devices that not only make phone calls, but serve as virtual luggage for all of our digital data, including photos.
A photo wallet is a sleeve of connected plastic photo cases that usually fold up in an accordion fashion upon themselves. Sometimes they slide into a leather sleeve, sometimes, as exampled by the photo I have here, they fold into a metal wallet or compact that then slips into your pocket or purse. I’m sure men didn’t carry these around so it was probably the latter. I’ve searched in vain on Google to find some additional images of these. I’m not sure why they’ve disappeared but I distinctly remember them from my youth.
My grandmother had several of these in her purse, or as she called it then, her pocketbook. When she would meet someone for the first time, she would whip one out to share photos of her grandchildren with her new friend. I wish I had some video of this because it was a movement that was almost like a ballet, it was so smooth and choreographed. Her arm would reach into her pocketbook and as the wallet cleared the edge of her purse, with her thumb, she’s flip the latch and out would flow this stream of accordion folded photos, reaching 2 to 3 feet in length when fully extended. Then the two would intently examine each photo while my grandmother gave the details of date, location and other information about the object of her affection, usually to verbal acknowledgements by her audience that yes indeed, she had beautiful grandchildren!
My youngest son Perry and his wife, just gifted me with my first grandchild, Jack. This allowed me to join a large but elite club of proud grandmas. My only responsibility in joining this club is that I am obligated to share photos and stories about my precious grandchild. My son and his wife have decided that they do not want to publicly share Jack’s life with strangers on Facebook and while I respect their choice, it puts me into the dilemma of how to share photos of my new darling with all my friends. I have an iPhone and although it doesn’t carry near the dramatic cachet of flipping out the photo accordion, it’s probably the best way to physically share numerous photos with my friends. But remembering my grandmother’s flair with the photo wallet, it had me go into my closet and pull out the two photo wallets that I have and clean them up. I am now in the process of printing out some 2×3″ photos of Jack on my inkjet printer to fill up the sleeves. Be sure to ask me to share them with you when you see me next!
Oh, yes, I remember those photo wallets – some were accordion and some were more like a bound book. I love the image of your grandmother gracefully releasing the cascade of family photos.
Despite the convenience of digital, I think there’s still nothing like touching and feeling photographs. Carry your pictures proudly, my friend!
I knew you would ‘get’ the concept CJ. You and I share that tactile connection with memorabilia! Love that about you!
Thanks you for this wonderful word picture about the pride with which all grandmothers, world wide, share precious photos of their grandchildren.
I loved the image of the accordian ‘Grannie’s Brag Book’ as they were named in my country and also smile about the different terms you use to describe what I would call your grandma’s handbag.
Looking forward to becoming a grandma myself some day!
One of my readers emailed me today to let me know about a company that prints custom accordion books. http://www.mpix.com/products/funstuff/accordionmini. You basically drag and drop your photos onto one of their design templates and for $20 you get a beautiful little book. I love this idea and can’t wait to order some for myself. What a sweet little keepsake to give someone; a grandchild, good friend, souvenir of a trip…. so many different ways to think about using this. Thanks Michelle!

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