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This small medieval walled town, listed as one of ‘les plus beaux villages de France’, has it all, from its architectural significance, breathtaking views, magnificent walks, three caves (Grottes des Canalettes), historical Fort Liberia, lively Easter parade with Giants, arts and crafts, boutiques, restaurants and bars, Little Yellow Train, and even horrible histories and witchy warnings.
Best of all it is easily accessible by car, train and bus!
When Villefranche-de-Conflent was built in 1095 by Guillaume-Raymond, count of Cerdanya and Conflent, it was known as Villa Franca (town of free-trade) and allowed special tax privileges to attract skilled and assorted trades people. Settlers could live tax-free for three years, after which they could pay as little or as much as they wanted, whenever they chose. Situated at the confluence of the rivers Têt, Cady and Rotja, it was fortified to protect the surrounding valleys from invasion.
It is now one of the fourteen Vauban sites on the UNESCO world listing, due to the royal military architect’s remodeling of the town in 1681, when he added height to the Ramparts and built the Fort Liberia above.
Once in the walled town, if you wish to visit the Fort, pop into the Café Canigou on the Place du Génie, and ask to be taken by ‘Shuttlebus’. Alternatively, you can walk via the 734 underground steps up through the mountain, (although there has to be an attendant by the door for you to enter), or by the open footpath. The way is signposted.
Warning! Steps or path, it is rather a steep walk, so some may prefer to spend the extra euros for the shuttle (Land Rover).
We walked up the path, and the views of the valleys and mountains on the way to the fort are beautiful. Once inside, you can buy tickets or a guide, available in English, at the bar leading off from the courtyard of the fort.
Especially worthy of seeing is La Prison de Dames with its horrible history of the female criminals, most famously Anne Guesdon and The Chaplain, living out the remaining 36 years and 43 years of their lives, respectively, chained to the wall of their cell. Whilst I couldn’t help but feel the horror of being imprisoned in this way, there is no doubt that they did commit crimes most horrid. Poisonings and child sacrifices would normally have lead to them being burnt at the stake, but they escape this punishment due to the Kings concern over international relations!
We decided to brave the alternative route down to the town, “les milles marches”, built under Napoleon the Third in the Nineteenth Century. As we descended, the way seemed endless in the narrow, dimly lit tunnel. Chills ran down my spine as my thoughts turned to the 22 men who fell to their deaths whilst creating this amazing construction.
Including all the steps of the passageway and those of the fort there are 1279 to climb and descend!
The Ramparts, or City Walls, are worth paying to walk around. They really are in fantastic condition, and you can see the architectural influences from the Middle Ages up to the 17th Century. You can choose to walk round alone, or with the aid of an audio guide. I believe there is also the option of a guided tour, as with the Fort.
Even in winter, this town is still charming, and you can walk the Ramparts and venture up to the Fort. A couple of café’s and boutiques will be open for business, but expect most to be closed.
However, from March onwards the town really starts to wake up, and by summer it is positively buzzing.
The 11th Century Church is worth a visit, and you will notice the rose marble, which is local to the area. There is also a small Museum to see.
Each shop is so individual, with handmade crafts including jewelry, soaps and earthenware. You will also notice a few shops selling handcrafted witch dolls, or Poupées Sorcières. Do not be afraid, these are believed to bring luck and protection when you hang them in your house or nursery!
The many restaurants and cafés are yours to discover, and look delightful. Sit in the squares either end of the village, taking in whatever magical atmosphere is on offer that day.
If you’re around at Easter, look out for the yearly Fête des Geants which takes place over Easter weekend. This tradition is actually carried out across Europe, although it is most deeply rooted in Catalan areas, and stems from medieval times. Traditional music, enormous Papier-Maché costumed giants representing an historical aspect of their town, a fun family day out and a chance to bring out your inner child!
There really is so much to do and see in this area.
We took the Yellow Train (Petit Train Jaune) back in October, when it was so quiet we had a whole carriage to ourselves! I highly recommend this as a day out. Be aware it will be busy during the summer months, and the outdoor carriages will potentially be extremely hot.
We have yet to discover the wonders of the caves, Grottes des Canalettes, however, I think it would be a shame not to see them. The pre-historic cave, la Cova Bastera is located just opposite the walled Villefranche de Conflent, and the other two caves, Les Canalettes and Les Grandes Canalettes are within 500m of the town as the crow flies. In July and August there is a music show in the cathedral of Les Grandes Canalettes every evening.
A visit to these caves may also be welcome during the hot summer months due to their constant temperature of 14˚C.
For more details about the town, shops, restaurants and bars, the fort and things nearby, you can visit www.villefranchedeconflent.com which also has listings for accommodation should you wish to stay.
Bus: 2 Euro Return from Perpignan Bus Station located next to the new side of Train Station. Buy tickets on the bus.
Train: 2 Euros Return from ‘old side’ Perpignan Train Station. Buy tickets from the red machines located in the hall.
Nearby is the small village of Casteil to discover with its animal park, Parc des Animaux, the working Abbey de St Martin, and the spa town of Vernet-les-Bain. Eus and Prades are also worth a visit amongst the many nearby beautiful towns.


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The Law Office of Richard Thomas handles cases in both Yuba and Sutter Counties (as well as surrounding counties). Our primary focus is criminal defense, family law, guardianships, conservatorships, juvenile law, adoption and general civil litigation.
You will receive from us the high quality representation usually provided by large law firms with the efficiency and accountability that a smaller firm can provide.
Richard Thomas has successfully tried numerous criminal defense and family law trials before both judges and juries.
Our commitment and success is the result of years of practicing in the local area. This includes cities such as Yuba City, Marysville, Colusa, Live Oak, Gridley, Chico, Paradise, Oroville, Wheatland, Browns Valley and Oregon House.

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We got a few recommendations to check out Shinjuku Gyoen. Starting mid-March, adults pay an entrance fee of 500 JPY. TL:DR: totally worth it.
Like the previous parks, Sakura was blooming but not on all the trees yet.
You can however, step right up to them and touch the flowers.
And some of them were low enough that Madelyn could reach them.
‘Hanami’ is the traditional get together for flower viewing.
The park is empty enough for a shot like this.
I didn’t even need to pull a branch down to do this.
Groups of people were taking turns taking photos under this one.
There’s a Japanese-style garden here in Shinjuku Gyeon.
Got them to ignore the wide field for just a few seconds.
See? Banyak crowd around each tree!
So… we shoot from a low angle.
Getting rid of annoying people!
Angled just right to block a person behind her. Hah!
Got my son to take this photo.
Lovely mix of white and pink Sakura.
One way to keep your head warm.
My last view of Shinjuku Gyoen.
Last day. And 1 last visit to Ueno Park. This truck served Sakura ice cream. It tasted like…er… flowers.
Remembering the times when he needed to be fed as a baby.
Playing around with slow shutter speed.
The trees outside the hotel are finally blooming!
I like how even public roads are lined with Sakura trees.
Bye Japan! We shall be back!

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Happy hump day! This is the gorgeousness I get to experience everyday when I walk down my street, I swear the blooms this kind of year make me so happy (insert all the heart eyes)! This chambray peplum is actually more of a linen, light cotton material then it is chambray which is great for the warmer weather but having chambray in the name is definitely deceiving. Luckily I bought it in store so I knew what the fabric was prior to seeing the online description. I know I am looking a little patriotic with the blue and white then the red flowers but I couldn't resist shooting at such a perfect location especially when it is a block from me. I have been searching high and low for a Chloe dupe, and I think this one is perfect for the price point, but I also love this one with the buckle detail and at 50% off, I may just need to scoop it up as well! This may be my favorite look so far this Spring, really I love anytime I can wear white denim, they give off such a crisp, fresh look that I absolutely adore.
Linking up with What I Wore, WIWW, and Oh, Hey Girl!
This is the perfect spring look! That peplum top is fabulous!
I love chambray and I love peplum! The marriage of the two makes this my dream top!!
Cute outfit and those wedges look super comfy.

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The Lucio Tan group is venturing into shipping with the launch of a ferry service tomorrow between Kalibo and Boracay.
Mabuhay Maritime Express Transport Inc., a subsidiary of Philippine Airlines Inc. which was established in August 2016, will initially provide ferry service between Kalibo and Boracay, and vice versa utilizing brand-new 42-meter catamarans.
PAL is targeting to start the ferry service between Kalibo and Boracay by the last week of October.
MME earlier secured a green light from the Board of Investments as a domestic shipping operator of high-speed passenger ship with a project cost of P602 million to service the Kailbo-Boracay, Aklan route.
MME’s new ferry service is in time for the reopening of Boracay Island to tourists and will complement its airline operations.
All of PAL’s flights at Caticlan are run by its domestic subsidiary PAL Express, which operates A320 family aircraft and Dash 8 turboprops.
The Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation said about one million of the 6.6 million overseas visitors to the Philippines in 2017 stopped in Boracay.
Boracay is popular with Chinese and South Korean visitors, which are the largest markets for the Philippine tourism industry.
PAL’s parent firm, PAL Holdings Inc., posted a total comprehensive loss of P444.78 million in the first six months, up 59 percent to P444.78 million from P279.79 million year-on-year.
The country’s flag carrier posted total revenues of P75.13 billion in the first half of the year, up 13 percent from P66.31 billion on the year.
PAL Holdings’ total expenses climbed 15.2 percent to P75.57 billion from the previous year’s P65.61 billion mainly due to the increase in flights mounted.
Topics: Lucio Tan , ferry service , Mabuhay Maritime Express Transport Inc. , Philippine Airlines Inc.

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Carrie Brown’s seventh novel, The Stargazer’s Sister, is the richly-told tale of Caroline Herschel, sister of the famous astronomer, William Herschel, and an astronomer in her own right. Beginning with the early life of ‘Lina’ in mid-18th century Germany, where she is tormented by her cruel brother, Jacob, and abused by her mother, the story then moves to England. Rescued by her favorite brother, William, and swept into William’s life as if she is mere flotsam in the vast sea of stars, Lina escapes, some might say, from the frying pan into the fire.
Lina is thrilled to be with her brother and swears she will never complain, no matter what he asks of her. Amazingly, she lives up to this promise (well, almost) though she is required to run the house, cook food for the workers who are struggling to create William’s enormous telescope, help William at night by taking notes while he charts the heavens, and even feed William while he works, as if he were a baby. She is even asked to sift dung.
In spite of these impossible demands, little sleep, and the constant threat of poverty, Lina is able to learn about the cosmos at her brother’s side. His passion becomes her passion. She devotes her life to William, in the way that a poor woman with no marital prospects would be forced to do in the 19th century. William has no qualms about taking his sister’s help; indeed, he could not be a ‘genius’ without her.
Wonderfully written with keen insight into the obsessive, almost marital relationship between Lina and William, The Stargazer’s Sister offers us a glimpse of the limited world offered to women of intelligence in earlier times.

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The big news in the web marketing world this week has been Google unveiling a cool new feature: Google Similar Images. This new tool allows you to find an image that interests you, and then search for other images that are similar.
Here's an example. The image on the left is a shot of a Leafs goal that I found, and the image on the right is one that Google says is similar.
Not bad, eh? At first I assumed that Google was just relying on the image name and surrounding content, and maybe cross-referencing with some basic image attributes like orientation and maybe dominant color.
Boy, was I wrong. After all, this is Google we're talking about. They're probably the smartest people in the world. And this new image similarity search is scary good.
Don't believe me? I spent some time randomly searching for hockey teams and players. Check out some of the "similar" images Google came up with.
Lmaooooo the Jiri Tlusty one is classic!!
There is absolutely no question in my mind that I'm going to have to steal this concept for the NBA. Well done, sir.
lololololol!!!! HILARIOUS. I like the Avery one the best.
Hilarious! I think I like the Canadiens one the best.
OMG! I laughed so hard my husband had to come check up on me. That was awesome. Especially the Sean Avery one... I could have done without the Islanders/Tank one... 'cause we didn't ATTEMPT to tank, but it was reasonable.
You could seriously do these all night, couldn't you?
Hahahahahaha........classic. You have got to make this a weekly series or somethin. That was hilarious. Didn't get the Toskala one though. Fine mesh sieve?
Lol great post. welldone. Thanks I needed the laugh.
I think it still has a few bugs to work out, though. I ran a picture of Kyle Wellwood and didn't get any blimps.
It's a joke about how badly Toskala played this year. A sieve is a piece of kitchen equipment with lots of holes in it. The one pictured is a fine mesh sieve, so it's holes are very small and... wait, crap, maybe it doesn't make sense. Dammit.
I hope everyone recognized the enormous restraint involved in not doing a Kyle Wellwood joke here.
You are a comic genius, DGB. Awesome.
Pretty sure a Wellwood image would bring up an expensive creampuff.
true story: just after Jiri Tlusty was drafted, I did a search on him to see what he looked like, more info, etc. After several pages into the search (safeseacrh off) I saw what I thought was a shirtless pic.
It was a totally naked pic. Of a cover of a gay pron movie called "Czechers". Apparently it started tow guys named JIRI [last name] and [first name] TLUSTY.
I'm upset there wasn't a Wellwood/Stay Puff Marshmallow man entry.
There can never be enough Wellwood commentary.
This is quickly becoming one of my favourite hockey blogs on the net!
Geeat post! Down goes Sean Avery!
Once again, this is brilliant. I really needed a good laugh today, after my dear habs were swept yesterday, so thank you very much, that was great!
Super funny! The toast pic was classic.
If you worked where I worked you'd probably snap.
I am glad I found your blog through puckdaddy, I love it when blogs link to stuff that is 10x better than what they actually write!

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(0:32) MailChimp is moving all forms to single opt-in by default: Users will still have the ability to set to double opt-in, but single opt-in will be the default behavior for all forms in MailChimp starting October 31st.
(4:27) Alto Mail app is shutting down: The app will be taken off the app store on November 9th and support will fully discontinue on December 10th. Goodnight, sweet prince.
(7:15) How to fix Outlook DPI scaling issues: Courtney Fantinato writes a great article based on her talk at Litmus Live on correcting DPI scaling in Outlook. Key action items: 1) add an XML namespace 2) force DPI setting with Outlook conditional comment 3) use CSS instead of HTML attributes.
(11:48) Open source HTML email modification tools: EDMdesigner released TextVersion JS to strip out HTML markup and provide customize markdown, Bulletprooflist to convert lists into table-friendly lists, and BulletproofLineLength to force wrap long lines into separate lines.
(13:57) Creating my own Gulp-based email workflow system: Inspired by her attendance at Litmus Live, Tori Pugh outlines her Gulp workflow which includes the use of Nunjucks templating and JSON for dynamic data.
(16:05) Don’t design your emails: We give our takes on this article advocating for only ever using rich text emails and not designed, HTML emails.
(24:14) SendGrid files for IPO: Having raised $80M to date and processed more than one trillion emails, SendGrid will be going public.
(25:30) Emma sold, CEO steps down: Emma was acquired by Insight Venture Partners. Co-founder and CEO Clint Smith has stepped down, with CFO Wellford Dillard succeeding him. The company will remain in Nashville.


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Most Americans know someone who has died of a stroke—not surprising, considering that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) cites it as the cause of 1 out of every 18 deaths in the United States. Most of us also recognize that responding quickly when a loved one experiences a stroke can significantly impact a stroke’s severity. What many Americans may not realize, says Dr. Farida Sohrabji, a professor at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, is that recognizing stroke in women has, historically, been far more complicated than identifying it in a man—and that women suffer far greater complications from stroke as a result.
Educational campaigns and faster treatment times, along with advances in treatment methods, have resulted in a decrease in stroke mortality of 35 percent or more for both men and women, according to the CDC.
However, the “stroke burden,” in terms of impairment caused by strokes, continues to be heavily borne by women. The question is, why?
When a patient’s experience of a stroke does not correspond with the more predominant symptoms of slurred speech or drooping facial muscles, female patients can lose precious time waiting to see a doctor.
The challenge is how to address these divergent outcomes. Major studies in the early 2000s probed a possible link between hormone replacement therapies and decreased stroke susceptibility, but later science undermined their initial findings, said Dr. Sohrabji, herself a laboratory researcher. “Larger, randomized, double-blind studies have shown that that is not the case,” she said.
One solution is ensuring that hospital ERs are prepared for the more subtle signs of stroke in women. “We need to have more education about these atypical symptoms,” Dr. Sohrabji said.
Women and men can also take protective measures to reduce their risk of stroke.

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BSECC has installed many irrigation meters ranging from 80mm meters to 600mm meters. We understand the quality and safety requirements required to successfully work on large irrigation projects. BSECC has experience with data sharing software and understands the importance of on time data quality.
BSECC has overhead spotters, and employees with asbestos awareness training to ensure all sites can be completed. We also have the capacity to install the telemetry units for the meter installations.

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Price is for a minimum of 10 guests. Birthday child is free of charge. Price includes a $4.19 tax for a reserved room or a $2.09 tax for reserved picnic tables. Please call us if the time desired is not available.
Price is for a minimum of 10 guests. Birthday child is free of charge. Price includes a $4.19 tax for a reserved room.
Price is for a minimum of 10 guests. Birthday child is free of charge. Price includes a $4.19 tax for a reserved room or a $2.09 tax for reserved picnic tables. Please call us if the time desired is not available. Starting Nov 1, 2016 all guests will be required to wear our re-usable non slip socks.
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Greetings everyone! It’s almost Christmas, and I’d like to share a wonderful article from Kenneth Copeland’s site about St. Nicolas, a.k.a.Santa Claus. I hope it inspires you for this most wonderful time of the year.
Each December, images of Santa Claus are everywhere. We see visions of a large man in a red suit with a long white beard and rosy cheeks. But the real Santa Claus, or St. Nicholas as he is known, was not some marketing invention. He was a godly man whose giving spirit became an example of Christ’s love.
From what is known about St. Nicholas, he lived during the third century in Turkey. He was from a loving Christian family who taught him the importance of loving God and honoring the Lord with his giving spirit. At 19, he joined the priesthood. His uncle, a bishop, prophesied that Nicholas would lead and encourage people. He also prophesied that Nicholas would become a bishop and lead a spiritually fulfilling and devout life. In fact, Nicholas did help the poor, became a bishop and lived with a desire to honor God in everything he did.
He was known to spend entire nights tirelessly studying God’s Word just so he could bring fresh insight and revelation to the people in his congregation. He was known for reaching out to those in need, praying, fasting and relying on God’s Word completely.
The true story of St. Nicholas is a beautiful picture of the giving that Christmas is all about. The greatest gift that anyone can ever receive is the gift of Jesus Christ. He was given 2,000 years ago to all mankind by our Heavenly Father so that we could have a relationship with God. Jesus is our hope, redemption and victory. He’s the reason we can experience the Blessing in our lives. He is our advocate with the Father, our blood-covenant friend who will never leave us nor forsake us and continually works to bring to pass the New Covenant. In Him we have the joy of living a heavenly life on earth.
St. Nicholas, the real Santa Claus, exemplified the real meaning of Christmas. Christ mass means “anointing celebration.” It’s the celebration of “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power.” It’s the celebration of how the anointed Jesus “went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil” (Acts 10:38). It’s the story of our triumphant Savior, Jesus the Christ, the Lord of lords and King of kings! Merry Christmas!
Until next time, may happy days abound!
Artist Catherine Donahue acquires a commission to paint the cover of an author's new historical romance novel, drawing her deeper into the nostalgic emotions she's been recently experiencing toward a past love. Will this new adventure keep her stuck in the past, or will it be a second chance at love?
Lijuan loves to dance. But when a curse befalls her, will she conquer or be under its spell forever. A short story of raw passion, courage, and love.
See how Divine Will handles a woman's insidious habit. You won't want to miss this.
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To be a college freshman is to be drowning in debt, struggling to grow up, academically adrift, and--of all indignities--bested by fish in math. But it gets worse! Not only are undergrads learning and studying far less than earlier students, they also appear to have hit a record level of emotional stress while doing so. The latest depressing academic report, "The American Freshman," finds a conspicuous number of the 200,000 surveyed freshman reporting "below average" emotional health, finds the New York Times Tamar Lewin.
Female students appear to be particularly affected: every year since 1985 women have indicated emotional health levels below that of men--and "that gap has widened" in recent years (Caitlin Flanagan may have a theory regarding this development).
What gives? Why are college students more stressed even as they spend an increasing amount of time socializing, and less time studying? One theory: emotional stress and depression seems to be afflicting students even before they enroll as freshman. "Students know their generation is likely to be less successful than their parents', so they feel more pressure to succeed than in the past," remarked Jason Ebbeling, director of residential education at Southern Oregon University, to the Times. "These days, students worry that even with a college degree they won't find a job that pays more than minimum wage, so even at 15 or 16 they're thinking they'll need to get into an M.B.A. program or Ph.D. program."
Students, the Wall Street Journal has a suitable prescription: a jello-shot primer.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


text: I have a 95 neon with a 2.0 sohc in right now that runs very,very horrible. I want to either build the 2.0 w/sohc or go 2.2 sohc stroker and drop it right back in and be on my way. My question is what do you guys recommend as internal parts and anything bolt on. Oh and it will be a N/A motor no turbo....yet. Currently the entire car is stock and not very well maintained by its previous owner. I picked it up for 550 from a dealer and I have to make it live again. I am not going to do a 2.4 or 2.0 dohc I'm staying sohc. If there are any extra things I need mention it. I also need different rims I still have the stock 13s. Hate em. I will put a fuel cell in the car. It is a MTX with the 3.55 ratio. It will be a daily driver.


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We know how much work goes into making an application and the Trustees are keen to help charities as much as possible prior to submitting your request for funding.
In order to make sure that your project is a good fit with the Volant Trust’s areas of funding, please read our FAQs, criteria for funding and how the application process works below.
Do you accept applications from individuals?
No, the Volant Trust only accepts applications from registered charities, community interest companies and community organisations with projects based in Scotland.
We need funding for equipment. Will you provide funding towards this?
No, the Trust does not provide funds for capital expenditure. It specifically gives funding towards project and administrative core costs.
Will you accept an application for one of your ‘Other Funding’ areas such as multiple sclerosis or international causes?
No, the Volant Trust has decided that it will only receive applications for the Open Grants programme, which specifically alleviates social deprivation faced by women and children.
Do you fund projects from across the UK?
Our Open Grants programme is only open to projects taking place in Scotland, whose beneficiaries are based there too.
Is there a limit to the value of grants awarded?
The Volant Trust seeks to fund projects that will make a real difference to the beneficiaries. We deliver a funding programme which makes multi-year awards (for up to three years) of £15,000 or less per annum.
Will you accept applications for fund raising campaigns or to support us in our fundraising activities?
No, the Volant Trust will only support project or core costs. We cannot support general fundraising activities.
Can we make an application for funding to then distribute to others in the form of grants or Bursaries?
No, the Volant Trust will only support projects or core costs that will support organisations to deliver work to support our specific programme areas.
If you have read through the FAQs and still think you are eligible to apply, please complete our Eligibility Checklist, to help you to determine whether your project meets our funding criteria.
Our Open Grants programme will consider one-off projects or multi-year applications. Only in exceptional circumstances will grants exceed three years.
We are keen to support work that will make a lasting difference with awards made at any level up to a maximum limit of £15,000 per year.
You can apply to our Open Grants programme at any time. All applications are handled by Foundation Scotland, an independent grant making charity, and must be submitted via their website. There are two stages to the application process. Firstly, all applicants are required to complete an initial enquiry form outlining their project. Then once reviewed, you may be invited to submit a full application.
To help you to determine whether your project meets our funding criteria we’ve put together a short series of questions.
2. Is your charity, or the project for which you are applying for funding, directly concerned with the alleviation of social deprivation, particularly among women and children?
3. Does your project take place in Scotland?
4. Are all of the beneficiaries of your project based in Scotland?
If you answered ‘Yes’ to all 5 questions, your project may be eligible for funding.
Please note: we receive far more applications than we are able to fund, so even if you meet the criteria this is not a guarantee that we will be able to support your project, as competition for funding is high.


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น้ำเชื่อมกลูโคส / Sweet base for pastries and confectionery that makes pastries, ice creams, confectionery soft and has a longer shelf life.
•A sweet base for pastries and confectionery.
•It delays the sugar recristallization.
•To makes pastries and confectionery soft and flexible.. It stops the product drying up and keep their softness and freshness and has a longer shelf life.
•Clear color and viscous texture.
•Sweeter less than sugar about 15%.
•It prefers to use for making cake, toffee, caramel, ice cream and garnache.
•Boil Glucose syrup to 60 –C before using. Heat the syrup until wished viscosity.
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is the first flock of Black Welsh Mountain sheep in the United States to become fully USDA/APHIS Export Certified.
We do not coat our sheep but instead keep our pastures neat and well-tended year-round.
Export Certified registered Black Welsh Mountain lambs and breeding stock available late Summer and early Fall 2013.
A limited number of Black Welsh Mountain fleeces and washed fiber is available following each year's Spring shearing.


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Center Georgia State College offers different online degree choices over the partner, bachelor’s, and ace’s levels. These programs incorporate a completely online introduction for forthcoming students. The vast majority of the courses are finished nonconcurrently with a couple of synchronous ventures relying upon the course. The courses are conveyed through a learning administration framework called Desire2Learn, and all separation students approach a consultant. Students can speak with their counselor through email, telephone, or face to face. Educational cost for Center Georgia State is the most reasonable on this rundown with an undergrad rate of $5,070 and a graduate rate of $3,825 every year.
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Albany State College offers 23 online partner degrees, 8 online four year certifications, and 5 online graduate degrees. All separation students approach an online written work focus and also an online math focus. ASU utilizes the Desire2Learn learning administration framework to sort out and convey their online courses. All students must finish the GaVIEW Introduction including a short test before they can start a course. Yearly educational cost is $6,200 for undergrad programs and $4,500 for graduate programs.
Southern Utah College offers completely online programs at the partner, bachelor’s, and ace’s level. SUU has made the Graduate Extension; an extraordinary chance to gain graduate credit while still an undergrad understudy. College students can acquire up to 12 graduate credits that they can request of for credit to check the credits toward their college degree too. The educational cost for this program is valued at the undergrad educational cost and students can select in classes toward the start of any semester.
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Valdosta State College offers a noteworthy 65 online degree programs, including 12 four year college education programs, 28 ace’s programs, and 3 doctorate. VSU additionally offers an online program called SmartPath Center that is particularly intended for students wanting to finish all center classes in only three semesters. SmartPath Center works with students to make an arrangement particular to every understudy’s one of a kind circumstance and requirements. This program offers center classes and is just for non-science majors.
With programs outfitted towards working grown-ups, Amberton College offers 6 online four year college education programs and 12 online ace’s programs. Students can finish courses at their own pace and can begin a program toward the start of any semester. The college offers non-conventional semester plans including a winter semester from December to February. Amberton College likewise has a compensation as-you-go strategy and in addition installment intends to help anticipate students gathering long haul obligation.
The College of Iowa offers a wide choice of online four year college educations, graduate degrees, and declaration programs. The college’s online graduate degrees incorporate programs in training, nursing, social work, and correspondence. For college degrees, choices incorporate political science, business, administration, and game and amusement administration. There are additionally adaptable majors like connected investigations, which enable students to redo coursework to their particular needs and premiums.
The College of Arkansas offers an abundance of online programs, from undergrad through doctoral degrees. Balanced foundational degrees in business, correspondence, and interdisciplinary investigations shape the center of the college’s undergrad offerings. Bragging more than twelve one of a kind ace’s programs, postgraduates can browse degrees, for example, a MBA, an Ace of Instruction, or an Ace of Nursing. For the individuals who as of now have a graduate degree, there are various doctoral programs in both instruction and nursing.


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I've just got back from 2 weeks in Tassie, mostly to visit my Grandmother, and to celebrate her 90th birthday, which we did in some style at Stillwater in Launceston!
Car parked, ready for the summit!
Today was the VK1 (And most of the rest of VK!) [SOTA](http://sota.org.uk) party, and I did my first ever activation on Mt Ainslie, VK1/AC-040, and had a bit of fun! I learnt just how far down the hill the activation zone starts, 25m altitude is a bit further than I thought! Here's my chair at the summit pole, the end fed antenna is strung up in the trees to the left.
Well, the soldering is finished anyway! Still have to find a box, get all the connecting hardware, shield the oscillator, and build the L-Match circuit (and maybe the fine tuning circuit, and RF pre-amp).
Have got my Beach40's mic amplifier in, and tweaked the carrier suppression via the balance pot and cap. I'm managing a carrier suppression of 24 dB, which i don't think is too bad for a first time homebrew build, but I do need to get some non-capacitative flathead drivers, would make these things a bit easier!
Got the audio amp done!
Well, after a week or so of experimentation, I've got a VOX circuit that works with my [OzQRP MST2](http://ozqrp.com)! In addition to the below VOX circuit, I put in isolation transformers and 40dB attenuators for the MST2's speaker out to my sound card's microphone input, and similarly for the revrse: sound card speaker out to MST2 microphone in.
Well, yesterday we continued the odyssey, and got all the capacitors and transistors in, finishing off today with the transformers and chokes, pin headers and crystals, so we're all done for the easy bits!
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Apron Pattern - Mary Mulari - Crisscross Apron - is currently on backorder. You may still purchase now though and we'll ship as soon as more become available.
This popular reversible apron pattern features a durable pattern paper with clear easy-to-sew instructions. Adult apron uses only two 1-yard pieces of fabric.
This apron has the look of a traditional Japanese style apron. I plan on making one in Japanese indigo prints and maybe adding a little sashiko.


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Harley Davidson is a well-known Motorcycle manufacturing brand and is known to provide its customers with some of the best quality touring bikes. The engines of Harley Davidson motorcycle are a mechanical marvel and are famous for the sound they make, especially without the mufflers on. The reason the engine produces this unique sound is because of the way their engine is designed. The Harley Davidson brand is one of the most popular brands in the world. It stands for Freedom and that is why people are willing to gladly pay the high price for these bikes.
Harley Davidson bikes are considered to be a part of the American Heritage. So much so, that there are people willing to tattoo their logo and bikes on themselves. Harley Davidson was founded in America in the year 1903 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since then they have been an instant hit on the streets of America.
In today’s world where progress has been happening faster than ever before and metropolitan cities are growing larger and larger by the year. Traffic is one of the issues almost everyone faces. Buying a motorcycle in such situations makes much more sense than buying a car. Buying a motorcycle saves costs, both in the long term and in the short term. Motorcycles are also known to be faster than cars in traffic situations.
What makes riding a motorcycle a good experience?
Nothing beats the feeling of an open road and wind in your face and this is really thrilling and is very different from what people in cars experience. The motorcycle community is really tight. They usually have clubs or groups where they typically meet up on certain days or events to admire other bikes and be social and at times, ride together for long distances.
Where can one buy these muscle machines?
One can buy a Harley Davidson bike across the United States of America from their various dealerships. A Harley Davidson usually costs around $5000 and upward. A used Harley Davidson for sale can also be bought from various dealers across the country and even on some websites online.


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I liked that humans in BR had a unique feel, somehow that unique feel was lost when it came to the Half Elf. I think tis reasonable for 4e BR to grant half the bonus of the parent of the human and half the bonus of the Elf.
The only races that might affect is Rjurik, Brecht, Khansi who might have elvish overlap. Which would lead to Half Elves that have the bonuses of Elves which would be weird. Most of them though would have one the elves dont' have (at least if My current Idea is kept).
Alright I spent some time looking at races. I feel I have a good answer to a conversion to Birthright.
The races listed in the 4th edition are.
For ease of transtion and for others who are picking up Birthright for the first time I would say we keep racial starting abilities the same.
The only issue we have then is the different humans we have in Cerilia. I would suggest that we keep human starting abilities the same but include racial feats to keep them seperate. The goal would be one racial feat for each tier ... heroic, paragon, epic.
Brecht - Unsure. Thievery boosts? Guild boosts.
Vos - Combat boosts, Strength check boost.
I think the most important thing is ease of transtion from 4th edition core rules and our rules. If we complicate it too much then we keep any new people away. I also feel if we keep it simple then it is easier for others to house rule it to fit their style.
I would discount both Eladrin and Elf and put back the Sidhelien. They are closer to the Eladrin, but they're not the same, which is the beauty of the BR setting. Likewise, the half-Elf will need to be altered.
given the overall complexity of the rules, a race write-up and tweak to stat bonus's and racial abilities should be fairly trivial for a new player to pick-up.
I see the Sidhe as somewhere between eladrin and elf - possibly moving between the two over the years as they move to one of the elven cities for a century or three and then grow bored with the city and go back to the wild.
In terms of mechanics I like the eladrin more than the elf, but I'd swap wild step for fey step and use the elf skills for the sidhe. Making them immortal shouldn't have a consequential mechanic impact as I haven't seen any age-related attacks, etc and a game will typically play out over a few generations at most making immortality a fluff issue rather than a mechanic issue.
What about goblins as a race? I'd say they should be as playable as the sidhe, although orogs and gnolls are probably beyond the pale.
I see what you are saying but still feel that the base descriptions of the elves will keep their personality in tact without the need of creating a new race. After reading both descriptions again I do agree it looks like they took the elf race from before and split it into two races.
I good way to do it is that different realms are one or the other, or better yet let them both be available as Sidhe. Simply two types of elves much like humans.
I haven't read the Monster Manual yet ... are goblins in there and is there a way to convert them into a playable class there?
Yes Goblins are in the MM and their stats are listed at the end to be used as a playable race.

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Top Line: AllAboutVision.com has launched Spanish translations of some of the most popular articles in its Eye Conditions & Diseases section.
Close Up: In the U.S., Spanish is the primary language spoken at home by 38 million people ages five and older, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Instituto Cervantes, a non-profit initiative created by the Spanish government, says that 45 million people speak Spanish as a first or second language in the U.S.
Vital Stats: Translated topics include astigmatism, cataracts, conjunctivitis, macular degeneration and presbyopia. A total of 17 Spanish articles are currently available. The extent to which the translation efforts will be broadened in 2017 will be determined by the traffic generated by the initial group of articles for the remainder of this year, according to AllAboutVision.com.
Top Line: Specialty-specific health information technology company Modernizing Medicine announced major technological advancements to its suite of products and services.
Close Up: An enhancement to the company’s specialty-specific electronic health record (EHR) system, EMA, and practice management system, Analytics is designed to give ophthalmologists and other physicians near real-time population health data to help support the transition to value-based health care.
Vital Stats: With the announcement of the general availability of Modernizing Medicine’s Apple Watch technology, users will be able to view scheduling to provide insight into the day’s agenda, including which patients are coming in, what time the appointments are and which rooms patients are in; Intramail; viewing Notes; and more. Apple Watch application functionality is facilitated through modmed Pocket Practice, a native iOS smartphone application.
Top Line: In an effort to be more eco-friendly, Super Optical International has teamed up with Shark Glass Recycling North America to use recycled windshield glass in their Cincinnati based lens manufacturing facility. Shark Glass Recycling is a market leader in the recycling of post-consumer windshields, providing solutions for both the glass and PVB (PolyVinyl Butyral) interlay. Super Optical found a unique way to use their recycled glass powder material in their lens blocks.
Close Up: FastGrind lenses come to the user pre-blocked for an easy grinding experience. Super Optical discovered they could mix the Shark glass powder recyclable filler into their block technology, eliminating waste and use of new materials. The block is now made of 50 percent Shark Glass and 50 percent proprietary material.
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The Great Room lounge offers contemporary, stylish surroundings in which to enjoy your complimentary breakfast, or a drink from the well-stocked bar.
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Powderpost beetles are a type of bug with several interesting characteristics. This list has been written to better inform the public about some of the odd and quirky details surrounding this subfamily of insects.
There Are “False” Powderpost Beetles.
Getting this detail out of the way early, there are true Powderpost beetles, hereafter referred to simply as “Powderpost beetles,” and then there are “false Powderpost beetles,” also known as “auger beetles” or by their family name of Bostrichidae. Ironically, the Bostrichidae family of 700 different insect species includes Powderpost beetles; Lyctinae is a superfamily of Bostrichidae and comprises 70 different species. The largest distinction between the two is that you can actually see a Powderpost beetle’s head. The anatomy of a false Powderpost beetle has its head positioned downward instead of forward. Both classifications belong to the Bostrichoidea superfamily of beetles.
They Got Their Common Name for a Reason.
While these guys do not bite, they absolutely love bark. The preferred food of Powderpost beetles is the wood of deciduous trees, the kind that shed their leaves in the fall. Furthermore, these creatures live in such trees and event heir larvae will feed upon the wood within. If efforts are not made to stop these pests, such as wood preservatives, infested trees can be rendered into nothing more than pillars, or “posts,” of wooden powder and “frass,” the informal term for insect leavings.
They Will Attack More Than Just Trees.
As briefly mentioned in the previous fact, they enjoy wood; trees are just the most direct means of access. If left untended, anything made of deciduous wood, such as toys, tools, books, flooring and the like can become a home and ongoing food source for Powderpost beetles.
These Bugs Were Made For the Cold.
Because Powderpost beetles favor deciduous trees over evergreens, they have evolved to survive the colder periods of fall and winter-the seasons where their preferred type of wood is most susceptible to the elements. While they are a hardy subfamily, Powderpost beetles can lead to a genuine home infestation in regions with little ventilation and high humidity.
While it can take years to detect infestation of Powderpost beetles, the most common way by which people discover one is from the “shot holes” made by emerging adult beetles. These small openings, ranging between one-thirty-second of an inch to one-eighth of an inch in diameter.
There are several countermeasures and preventative steps that can be taken to avoid an infestation by these creatures.
Dry all rough lumber in a kiln. The high temperatures will “cook out” any insect life within the lumber.
They don’t like sanded, varnished wood. A big incentive for Powderpost beetles is holes that are sufficient to penetrate and then store their larvae. Wood that has been sanded down and then varnished offers denies the bugs this incentive.
Keep wooden tools inside. The viability of shovels, wheelbarrows, hammers and just about any other tool that involves wood becomes a target for Powderpost beetles, and several other debilitating issues, if left outside and exposed to the elements. Additionally, wooden barns and sheds are poor storage facilities for such tools; they only serve as an additional food source for the beetles.
Borate-laden surface sprays can work. While this chemical makes wood surfaces inhospitable to larvae and stopping the threat of future beetles generations, it will not work on wooden surfaces that have been water-treated. Infested wood that has been varnished, waxed or sealed requires other approaches.
Professional fumigation works on furniture. If you suspect that one of your chairs, tables or anything else has been compromised by Powderpost beetles, a professional exterminator can be hired to place those items inside of a controlled chamber and blasted with traceless and fatal-to-bugs fumigants.
Despite their similar behavior, termites belong to order “Blattodea,” an order of classification reserved for termites and cockroaches. Where termites will eat any and all aspects of dead plant matter, Powderpost beetles, belonging to the order “Coleoptera,” a classification dedicated to beetles, feast on the starches within wood.


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The Mute swan is native to Europe and much of Asia, and was introduced elsewhere in the world such as North America. With an average weight of 25 lb the male mute swan is among the heaviest flying birds. It is about 5 feet long and the adults are completely white. They have an orange bill with a black knob at the base. As with other swans it flies with its neck in the straight position, as opposed to herons and egrets. This swan is protected in most introduced areas, and is kept in park ponds and other public water areas thanks to its beauty and graceful movements. One of the mute swan postures has been immortalized as a sign of love : when a couple is facing each other and are close, their silhouette forms a heart shape. A less pretty picture of those attractive public park birds is the fact that some have escaped into adjacent areas and have become naturalized, to the point where in some places they are now treated as an invasive species due to the damage they inflict to crops or water plants, since these constitute their diet. But in Japan, there are still few of them, mainly in park ponds, while the wild ones migrate from other Asian countries to Japan mainly in the winter. The mute swan has been celebrated in Japanese poetry since more than 1,000 years. This is also the bird that Hans Christian Andersen chose for his tale ‘The Ugly Duckling’, as the mute swan juvenile looks very different from the adult, with grey down and no white.
Mute swan on a pond at the Imperial Palace Gardens. Tokyo.
As with other long-neck birds, mute swans have a very flexible neck, and their usual posture on the water has been immortalized in art and poetry. Imperial Palace gardens, Tokyo.


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All products available in our catalog are available for private brands.
We regularly participate in PLMA’s “World of Private Label’ Trade Show in Amsterdam.


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We would like to invite everyone here to a Klipsch HQ Tour (and party!) on June 24, 2014. Think of this as a mini-pilgrimage of sorts. It won't be the full-fledged thing but after all the interest we got on a Reddit thread, we decided to throw this together.
Klipsch HQ Tour Date is June 24.
Special event from 4:30-6:00pm and official tour from 6:00-7:30pm.
Visitors are welcome to come to Klipsch Headquarters (3502 Woodview Trace, Indianapolis, IN 46268), starting at 4:30pm. At that time, there will be a very special event going for Klipsch employees that includes live music, food trucks AND demos of a new, unannounced product series. Visitors are welcome to join in on the fun. At 6pm, the official visitor tour will begin and will last approximately 1 to 1.5 hours in which visitors will get to demo Klipsch speakers & headphones, learn about the history of the company, check out the oh-so-very unique anechoic chamber and much more.
whoever goes, take lost of video and pictures please.
take lost of video and pictures please.
I find it highly curious that the videos of Amy are always getting lost.
If someone can get a video or still image of her earlobe..... now that will be a challenge!
How much are you willing to pay for video footage of Amy's earlobes Richard??
I'd love to see something like that in Hope next year at the gathering.
Man, you guys are creepy.
You don't know the half of it, Chad.
Greg needs to come in here and whoop some ***, apparently.
I say we have it on Roy's front lawn.....LOL!!
Yea, Greg and what army?
Sounds like a few of Indy's top sound engineers are going to be in attendance. I'm IN.
hope you all have a blast…a bit of a drive for me though.
*Please arrive no later than 5:45 PM. You are very much encouraged to come to the bleedingkeys concert at 4:30 PM.
Park in front of the building and come through the main doors. A Klipsch employee will be waiting for check-in.
Man I wanna come to this so bad... not sure if I can swing it or not.
Well I was going to go but my 6 year old son has strep throat and I have to stay with him. To everyone that goes enjoy!
Thanks for everyone who made it out. Hope you enjoyed the sneak peak of the new products!
Thanks to all the employees to stayed over to give these fans quite a show. It was a bit melancholy for me, being in those hallowed halls. Great to see old friends and make some new ones.


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Juliana is a face of traditional style yet entirely original. Designed by Sem Hartz in 1958.
Juliana Text is the digital revival of this version. This was now digitized by Sam Berlow.
Juliana shows lots of detail that it is an original design, though reminiscent of the handsome type faces produced in Italy in the first part of the sixteenth century. The capitals are partly 'classic' in style, with very few outstanding features (which is all the good). The K and R have flowing terminals; the S is comparatively level at head and foot; the U has arms of equal weight; the W is crossed in traditional fashion. The capitals are probably slightly less tall than the ascending lowercase letters. The lowercase has no eccentricities; its forms are different from other faces only in small detail. The b has a serif at the foot but no crotch; k has the sample style of terminal as the capital; the i and j have diamond shaped dots (the full point in Juliana is of the same design). The arches of h, m and n are comparatively flat. The lowercase w differs from the capital; it is not crossed.
The important thing to note is that the designer has not attempted to create a new design by making the letter noticable; he has achieved his object by allowing his own innate understanding of the Roman letters to express itself with restraint and dignity.
Juliana is a trademark of Monotype GmbH registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.


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An astounding 40 million American adults suffer from anxiety disorders, and only about one-third receive treatment.
What is anxiety? Anxiety is a nervous disorder characterized by a state of excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behavior or panic attacks. There are several types of anxiety disorders, including social anxiety, panic, and various phobias.
What is Depression? Depression is defined when the feeling of emptiness and despair in addition to other symptoms take hold of your life and won’t go away.
Work and family issues, lifestyle choices, and financial stress, are only some of the external factors that may cause both anxiety and depression. Side effect from prescription medication, drug and alcohol use, and symptoms of medical illness are other possible factors of anxiety and depression. Also, people who are suffering from anxiety disorders and depression may have spinal subluxations wreaking havoc on the central nervous system, causing the nerves to misfire resulting in higher blood pressure and anxiousness.
Prescription medication such as Paxil and Xanax are popular solutions for people suffering from anxiety and depression. However, these medications come with risk of mild and severe side effects. Natural therapies like yoga and massage also have their place in the treatment plan for anxiety.
Dr. Levitz will perform a full chiropractic assessment to determine if Network Spinal Analysis or other chiropractic adjustment techniques will help reduce the tension in your body that triggers anxiety episodes. Many people who receive chiropractic care experience a change of attitude and a new outlook on life.
Call Levitz Family Chiropractic today at 805-646-0105 to schedule your chiropractic assessment and be on your way to a more physically and emotionally healthy way of living.


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Jill Homan is President of Javelin 19 Investments, a Washington, DC-based real estate development, investment, and advisory firm with more than $155 million in investments and transactions and a leader in the new Opportunity Zone ("OZ") area. Ms. Homan has more than fifteen years' experience in real estate acquisitions, dispositions, development, financing, asset management and leasing totaling over $400 million in total capitalization.
Since January 2018, Ms. Homan has worked with legislative and Administrative members to develop a comprehensive understanding of the OZ program and advocate for regulations that allow for the real estate industry to participate in the OZ program. She has helped working groups of attorneys and accountants develop real estate deal structures to fit into the program guidelines and advocated for issues of importance to the real estate industry.
As a fifteen year veteran of real estate development, Ms. Homan is co-developing a $52 million multifamily project in an Opportunity Zone and raising OZ capital. Ms. Homan has applied her knowledge of emerging communities and her expertise in policy and real estate to advise investors and developers on the OZ program. She has been a featured panelist on numerous past and future OZ programs.
Ms. Homan previously worked as vice president for Perseus Realty, where she was responsible for acquisitions, underwriting, assisting in the capitalization of ongoing projects, and managing due diligence processes. Additionally, Ms. Homan assisted in the formation and structure of a discretionary GP investment partnership and managed its investor relations.
She has extensive political and policy experience, having worked on Capitol Hill as a legislative assistant and press secretary. Currently, she holds elective office and senior political party leadership positions. Further, she was one of eight members of the site selection committees for the 2016 and 2020 national conventions for one of the two major political parties.
Ms. Homan earned both a Master of Business Administration and Master of Public Policy degrees from Duke University, focusing on finance and authoring a thesis on urban revitalization. Further, Ms. Homan holds two undergraduate degrees from the University of Dayton--a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in German.
She is LEED® AP (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional) and a member of Commercial Real Estate Women DC (CREW DC). Additionally, she serves on the Board of Visitors for Duke University's School of Public Policy and as the Co-Chair of DukeDC, the Duke University alumni organization of metro Washington, DC.

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Home » Television » How Accurate Is Law And Order?
Law and Order, which debuted in 1990, is one of the most popular police procedural dramas on television. It has spawned two spinoffs (Special Victims Unit and Criminal Intent) and has won over 40 awards. Star Mariska Hargitay has been nominated for an Emmy Award multiple times. But how accurate is the show’s depiction of the lives of police officers and investigators? According to experts in the field, the show hits the mark in some areas and is way off base in others.
One area that is somewhat misleading is the amount of time that the detectives on the show spend on one case. In real life, law enforcement is typically spending time on several cases at once and jumping back and forth between them. In addition, criminal investigations typically take much longer than is depicted on the show. For example, suspects are usually picked up immediately, and trials happen within in a matter of weeks. For real law enforcement departments, these aspects of their work can stretch out to many months.
In addition, some of the language used by prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges is wildly different than what would actually be allowed in court. In a true courtroom scenario, all players must be careful not to say anything that would result in a mistrial.
For dramatic purposes, suspects on the show are often arrested in the most public and embarrassing circumstances possible; for example, a doctor is arrested at his office when he has a waiting room full of patients. In reality, law enforcement officers would typically avoid approaching someone in this way unless there’s a concern that they could flee or harm others.
Law and Order, as with legal dramas in general, relies too heavily on DNA and computer evidence in order to find suspects. In reality, forensic evidence is never as cut and dry as it appears on television, and smaller justice departments don’t necessarily have the resources needed to exhaust these avenues.
Despite these flaws in accuracy, many professionals in the field note that Law and Order is one of the more true-to-life pop culture depictions of their work in comparison to other legal related television shows. For example, the plots are well-researched and often come directly from criminal law textbooks and other case studies. In addition, the show does a good job of highlighting the tension that can exist between different departments and bureaus.
Unlike many crime shows, Law and Order relies on former lawyers, prosecutors, and officers to write and review their scripts, and often employ legal consultants to weigh in as well. However, since creative license is taken to make the stories more interesting (and able to be digested in just 60 minutes), some flaws do naturally occur.
If you are interested in criminal justice and want a fairly accurate television depiction of the field, Law and Order is probably one of the best sources in modern popular culture and will likely remain as one of the most popular police dramas on television.
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"The magic that is Samantha! Yesterday I finished taking my 2nd Fearless course with this woman and it leaves me wanting more... More instruction, of course, but also more of the feeling that this tiny woman can create in her workshops.
In her presence, I can feel weight and doubt being lifted and replaced by a joy of sheer abandonment and acceptance. Besides the sense of empowerment Samantha evokes, it is wonderful to see the joy and brightness in many of the faces that have tentatively entered into her realm.
Samantha is like a magical being who unselfishly opens her creative soul for all to enjoy. Those that are open and able to receive the gift that she is willing to share are the lucky ones, because the philosophies that she espouses can be applied to many areas of life. Life is art. Art is life. Samantha is a gift to art and life.
Thank you Brenda for saying what I wanted to say, but never found the right words! Samantha is amazing! I feel so lucky to have taken classes!
I took a workshop from Samantha a number of years ago and found it to be totally amazing! If we hadn't moved away from Calgary since, I would take any and all others that I could. Sam is open, encouraging, and very freeing...and she's an awesome artist as well.


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In the three-plus years since introducing Personalized Learning (PL) in individual schools within a large public school system, the Imaginarium, Denver Public Schools’ (DPS) innovation lab, has been studying the conditions that help and hinder the implementation of PL at scale.
Accountability systems must be flexible and reflect the expected outcomes of PL. The promise of PL is that students will learn at their own pace, have opportunities to pursue their own interests, apply their learning to “real world” problems, and develop learner and personal agency. Research suggests that as a result, students will be more engaged, develop desirable 21st-century skills, and grow the capacity to steer their own learning. But standardized tests focus instead on whether students have mastered an agreed-upon curriculum. Using them as the only—or even the primary—benchmark for learning represents a mismatch that conflicts with PL’s pace and scheduling and inhibits teachers’ ability to fully embrace PL.
District personnel and supports must be aligned with the philosophy and goals of PL. Not all supports offered by a school system are compatible with PL. For example, some central office staff may be philosophically opposed to allowing students voice and choice in their learning, focusing instead on a “no excuses” approach. Conflicts arise when a school leader or teacher tries to implement PL but is accountable to a supervisor or coach who does not support a student-centered model of instruction.
The community must be involved in the move to PL. At a recent community meeting with Latino families, DPS collaborated with Education Reimagined to explore student-centered learning. Although it was new to attendees, parents expressed an overwhelming interest in and support for PL, asking, “How can I get this kind of learning for my child?” When parents understand the philosophy behind PL and grasp its potential to prepare their children for success in their chosen path—while also addressing their social-emotional needs and demonstrating the principles of cultural responsiveness—they become strong advocates in the community for PL, and they support and promote its expanded implementation.
School systems must learn institutional patience in measuring results. Apple, FedEx, and Airbnb almost foundered. WD-40, bubble wrap, and implantable pacemakers began as failures. The electric light bulb, alternating current, and online shopping were initially met with derision. Despite the urgency to improve our public education system, system leaders must recognize that, like any innovation, PL is unlikely to be a fast fix. They must allow PL time to demonstrate its effectiveness. The Imaginarium has built a research-based theoretical model that shows clear pathways via PL to student academic growth, social-emotional wellbeing, and 21st-century skill development. By continuously gathering data and testing this model, we are able to monitor progress and provide evidence-based guidance to decision-makers about scaling, increasing everyone’s confidence that in the long term, PL will make a difference for the better for all DPS students.
Have you used ideas like these in your own district? Sound off in the comments below, and check out this post about the landmarks you'll see along the way on your personalized learning implementation journey!
Susan Trickett is the Director of Research and Strategy at Imaginarium, the Denver Public Schools’ Innovation Lab.


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Agile & Business: Little's Second Law: "People are remarkably good at doing..."
Little's Second Law: "People are remarkably good at doing..."
Little's Law is justly famous. I highly advise that your firm think about it, and use it as a justification for reducing the number of projects "in the system". And for having team members only work on one project. There are other reasons to do this, but Little's Law is enough.
It is: "People are remarkably good at doing what they want to do."
This is a law of human nature. Linked to the top value of Agile (in my opinion): Humanity or People. And linked to one of my favorite documents, The Declaration of Independence.
Since we are free, we do what we want. We can be advised or commanded, but we will ultimately do what we want (and this is probably a good thing, especially if you want us to do it well at all).
In one sense, it is another way of saying "where there's a will, there's a way."
The law also directly implies that people are remarkably good at not doing what they don't want to do.
To me, the law suggests to managers and those on teams who would lead, that they convince and influence people to understand why they want to do something. You are not changing motivation, you are revealing motivation.
To me, it implies one should work with good people who generally will want to do the right thing, once they see and understand it. If you work in alignment with the energy of this law, success can come easily. If you work against this law, success can be difficult.
In my opinion, Lean-Agile has this law embedded in many of its practices. For example, it reminds me of one of the Poppendiecks' 7 principles: Respect People.
A few comments about what this law does not say or imply (in my opinion).
This law does not imply that people will always want the right things. This law does not imply that people will always have the courage to do the right thing. The law does not imply that people will never be lazy.
Origin: I am fond of quotes, as some of you will have guessed by now. This phrase came to me one day, as I was thinking of some quotes. In fact, I thought it was a quote for a moment. And I remember thinking: "This is a bit mushy to be a quote. Really it is kind of obvious." And certainly it was to me. But the phrase would not leave me. I used it in several teaching and coaching situations, and it struck me as an obvious truth, a truth that some managers seem to want to avoid. (I suppose many of them want to live in the fantasy that they can control other people. To the degree this might really be true, this is slavery, a most abhorrent thing.) And it is a truth that many of us, including myself, do not recognize and work in accordance with often enough.
By and by, it struck me that this phrase, which just came to me, was important enough to call a law. Surely it is not without meaning that "it just came to me". So I call it Little's Second Law rather modestly, and somewhat jokingly. And in deference to Little's Law, which also needs more recognition.
I beleive, you had coined one of the would be 'most famous' quote for the software development process, either Agile or water fall.
The importance of human value, cant be stressed any better than this quote, which is gonna determine the success of any process models.
Thanks for your kind comments. As I said, "it just came to me", perhaps we might say, from God. I was honored to "receive" the quote, and by your compliment.
Of course, this might be said of many things we create. They come to us.
As a related thought: We are still learning why God gave us so much freedom.


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Share your action to show your support to add a ring to the Olympic symbol and start seeing the world as it really is.
it’s threatened by climate change.
so that the world doesn’t change.
Antarctica is one of the world’s greatest and most precious wild places. It’s also one of its most vulnerable. One hundred and thirteen million square kilometers of Antarctic land and sea provide a habitat for a large number of plant and animal species, such as the emperor penguin and the Weddell seal.
However, most of Antarctica’s species are migratory: they come to Antarctica to breed and feed their young during the summer and leave the continent at season’s end.
In order to understand the main threats that face this unique continent, we must focus on overfishing, climate change, and ocean acidification.
Do you know why? Because climate change and ocean acidification put Antarctica’s habitat, the ability of krill to develop, and, therefore, the hundreds of species that feed on it, at serious risk, which, in turn, puts the whole marine ecosystem at risk.
Meanwhile, we are witnessing the melting of Antarctica’s ice shelf and its glaciers, a rise in ocean temperatures, and changes in ocean stratification, ocean currents, and the ocean’s nutrient cycle, as well as in its oxygen content and pH. These are very big changes that have had big impacts. Think: over the past fifty years, the western part of the Antarctic Peninsula has recorded a rise in temperature four times larger than the average rise in temperature experienced by the rest of the planet. Sea ice covers a surface area 40% smaller than it did twenty-six years ago.
And this issue isn’t just Antarctica’s. Consider that if a whole ecosystem, such as Antarctica’s, changes, it will also affect the rest of the planet’s sea and land ecosystems.
We work for the conservation and rational management of Antarctic natural resources, encouraging the creation of marine protected areas in vulnerable habitats and the incorporation of the effects of climate change into adaptive management mechanisms and management assessments of the krill fishing industry.
In order to do this, we work with NGOs, scientists, technicians, and government representatives to highlight the value of Antarctic marine ecosystems and to propose the incorporation of conservation initiatives and adaptive management mechanisms, which take the effects of global shifts, such as climate change and ocean acidification, into account.
That’s what we do to look after the sixth continent, which belongs to all of us.
Help us to change the world so that the world doesn’t change.
© Copyright 2016 - Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina.


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text: This is an Access Fort Wayne production, headquartered at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The interview is from a program called "The American Veteran" which is produced and hosted by Dale Parish and co-hosted by Carl Fowler. Their guest for this episode was Dana Failor, a U.S. Navy veteran. Mr. Failor served from 1965-1969. This episode was recorded in February 2014.

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Open plan 40ft x 12ft portable building. Plastisol steel exterior.
Complete with heating, lighting and power sockets. Carpet tiles to floor.


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At least 18MB more space needed on the /boot filesystem.
This shows that i have 13MB of free space in /boot but i dont know how is that possible?
Last good idea i tried was to boot gparted live and resize /boot. Then i noticed that gparted is showing my /home partition almost full to the top (400GB) which is not true. I gave up since it would need 6 hours for computer to move litle bit of the nothing to the right.
Does anyone have an idea why is /boot partition full when its actually not?
I edited in the table header for you; it helps demonstrate how much unused space is available in /boot: 13M. It doesn't sound like that's enough. What guide recommended a 250MB /boot partition?
Look for old initramfs, for kernels that are no longer installed.
I removed that and .img files also. Whatever i did from start to end, partition size was same.
That guide is for F15, not F20 :) Anyway, can you update your post with ls -al /boot please?
Erase obsolete kernel versions "yum erase kernel" (keeps the current version).
Check Space usage in /boot and subdirectories "du /boot | sort -n", I have 88 M, 87 M in /boot itself.
Check files in /boot "ls -la /boot", should contain two vmlinuz* and initramfs* for the current kernel.
Check the file system on /boot (assuming it is on /dev/sda1):"cd && umount /boot && fsck -f /dev/sda1 && mount -a"
It will let you know what's consuming the space.


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Nowadays obesity seems be a big issue for millions. sports can be quite the best choice if you wish to reduce a several weight, no one will ask you to be professional, it’s not important if you have too much excess weight or just want to shed some extra pounds; running will help you achieve your goal.
If you select running as your main sport to decrease your excess weight and achieve your desired shape, you should understand that you can decrease those extra pounds when you eliminate more calories than you get; this could be mixed with healthy exercises that should should suit with your health status beside proper dieting program.
In order to lose one Pound, you should throughout your daily activities about 3600 calories, this could be of high risk if you don’t adjust your lifestyle and eating habits, consult your dietitian about how could you achieve this without losing your health.
All people wish to be positive when deal with others, as all of us hate fear and stresses. everybody wants to drip while using contagious attraction that comes with self-confidence and everyone wants to believe in and have assurance in themselves. What do you need to change about yourself to own all of this? Body-weight, I believe is only the physical symptom of exactly what the actual issue is.
I believe the result can be found in the writing of Ezra Taft Benson: ?Some of the biggest fights will probably be battled within quiet compartments of your own spirit.? What is your battle? Are you willing to put fear aside for now and task your demons?
It is a information for regular people who have active way of life to follow to be able to get slimmer and get rid of fat. The program itself has been created by Rob Poulos, who actually was once overweight himself. Using the techniques defined as part of his program he efficiently got down to his focus on weight and he’s discussing they with you in the Fat Dropping Heater program.
Operating for weight-loss will work, but you will want more than just 20 moments of beating the sidewalk to see actual results. You’ll likely be more hungry than ever before so fibers and excellent proteins is a must. You will need to push metal to help avoid deficiency of muscular huge, and you will probably need to show reliability in every of your time and effort.

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I got an email Monday that said this: "Well, stick a fork in Pinterest: Flickr pulls pin on Pinterest image sharing."
If you ask me, it's much ado about almost nothing.
FIrst off, there is a misconception that Flickr has made its entire site "unpinnable," and that's not actually the case. Only photos set to "private" or "unsharable" will be unpinnable, which makes all kinds of sense to me. Still, photographers on Flickr have gotten really bent out of shape over copyright with their images being shared on Pinterest, and I find myself scratching my head a bit over this.
I kind of thought the point of publicly posting your work online is so more people could see it, find out more about you, and hopefully give you money for it. The way people are using pictures on Pinterest is not malicious or commercial or denying the owners money (in fact, since it's the fifth top driver of web traffic now, a lot of people are making more money because of Pinterest). People use Pinterest largely to catalog things they think are cool or inspirational.
And beyond that, guess what happens when you click a photo from Flickr that's been shared on Pinterest? It links you right back to the source of the image...on Flickr.* Based on how much web traffic Pinterest is driving overall, I dare say that Pinterest drives tons of traffic to Flickr (as it has for women's magazines, for example).
Pinterest is already making changes, first by allowing individual sites to block "pinning," and then to allow any user to flag an image for copyright concerns. They're making concessions here, and as this intellectual property lawyer points out, they could use some changes on their copyright policy to make it more compliant, as well. And I agree that these changes are overall good and necessary, but sites should think long and hard before blocking pinning and have an extremely good reason for doing so, as it will cost them site traffic and, potentially, sales.
So it's a bit premature to be saying "Pinterest is dead." Pinterest is not only very much alive, but major brands are taking advantage of it and reaping great results. Lion's Gate, for example, doubled its YouTube traffic by using Pinterest strategically, and travel marketers are having a field day with it. And nonprofits, of course, have made great use of it too. So "Happy Pinning," I say!
Am I totally off-base here? What has your experience been with the "dark side of Pinterest"?
*Most of the time. There have been complaints that people can download/upload photos on Pinterest directly, and don't give attribution. This seems like far too much work for a user, so I wonder why Pinterest doesn't simply disable the option to upload your own images?


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We look forward to serving you in our catering facilities during ceramitec.
After more than 16 years at the trade fair venue in Riem, Messe München has rethought its gastronomy and catering offering, which has resulted in the development of a new concept in recent months. Holger Stromberg, cook for the German national soccer team, worked with Messe München as an advisor on this matter. The new concept was launched on August 1, 2015, and was implemented by restaurateurs Michael Käfer, Alfons Schuhbeck and Josef Able. At the same time, the gastronomic facilities were also reallocated between the partners.
Käfer Service GmbH has been a partner of Messe München GmbH since 1998. As part of the reshuffle of gastronomy and catering, Käfer Service GmbH, which also owns Käfer Party Service in addition to its catering facilities at the trade fair, will take over the banqueting business in the ICM—Internationales Congress Center. As the market leader in high-quality event catering in Europe, Käfer couldn't be better qualified for this and has set itself the additional goal of enhancing the international reputation of Messe München through innovative catering concepts.
With his Impuls- and Cateringservice, Josef Able has been a partner of Messe München since 1998. He has demonstrated his company’s efficiency, and the top quality of its products and services,not only at the Oktoberfest (“Able's Spanferkelspezialitäten” since 2010) but also as part of a large number of events and trade fair activities. His promise to the customer is: “The best gourmet meals and drinks—fast and at a fair price.” His catering concepts focusing on individual service will also bring added value to the trade fair.


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Activision is a publisher that’s been stagnant over the last year partly because of obnoxious microtransactions that they persist on using to milk every last penny out of their consumers. Activation’s poor business practices include the latest Black Ops 4 Smiley face reticle that it’s charging for $2.
The Black Ops 4 Black Market is a cesspool of microtransactions basically. Those being for mostly cosmetics and not gameplay affecting purchases. At this point, it’s way too much to hope for properly unlocking in-game items by gameplay. Might as well drop that sentiment in this steadily corporate taken industry.
Still, I mean there should be a limit, charging a whole dollar for literally a dot? And then $2 for a smiley face dot. They really aren’t holding back on this.
Just the latest little snippet of large scale gaming industry corporations abusing their reputation. It’s no secret that Call of Duty is a gaming phenomenon. That’s well earned as well to an extent since the games used to be amazing back in the day.
Recently, however, with the failing sales and backlash on their other games, Activision has sort of had to bank all their success on the Call of Duty franchise. This means they need to make as much money as possible from the consumers of Black Ops 4.
The base game alone was around $60 but on top of that, its battle pass rounded up to $50. This is already overpriced segmentation of the game to sort of rob the customers basically. God forbid anybody releases a full game anymore right?
Hopefully, that unlawful practices investigation on Activision pans out and something can be done. It’s getting really frustrating to be robbed of good gaming experiences just so these corporations can make a quick buck. Whether it’s how EA handled Star Wars or how Activision is handling Call of Duty.
At least Bungie’s safe now.


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At the age of 27, I suddenly lost the sight in my left eye due to optic neuritis. I went to three ophthalmologists including the head neuro-ophthalmologist at NYU hospital. I was offered only steroids as a treatment, which I was afraid to take because my body is extremely sensitive, and I was concerned about the side effects.
Fortunately, a family friend told my mother to get me to a chiropractor immediately. I was a member of the Edgar Cayce organization, the Association for Research and Enlightenment, and I was aware that Edgar Cayce recommended chiropractic adjustments for all sorts of ailments, and that the A.R.E. had a listing of chiropractic members. I decided that I wanted to be treated by a chiropractor who would treat me with the Cayce remedies for blindness.
I called the A.R.E. and was given the name of Dr. John Pagano (author of Healing Psoriasis) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. I called him immediately, and he told me to come over right away. My mother agreed to drive me to his office, although she had always been skeptical about my interest in the Cayce readings.
When we met Dr. Pagano, he told me that he had successfully treated a woman the previous year, who had been blind in both eyes for several months due to optic neuritis. Dr. Pagano told me that he could make no promises, but he would treat me the same way he had treated her, according to the Edgar Cayce readings.
The first thing he did was to take an x-ray of my neck. When the x-ray developed, he was excited to find that the deviation shown in the x-ray of my neck proved to be identical to the deviation in his previous patient’s neck. He suspected that my spine was pressing on certain nerves and cutting off the circulation.
Dr. Pagano massaged my neck with his hands and then with an electrical massager to increase the circulation to the area. He then adjusted my neck in the area that Cayce said affects blindness.
When I got home, I made a phone call to the other woman whom he had helped. She was very encouraging. I told her that the three doctors I had seen were pessimistic about my prognosis. She told me not to worry, she had been told by experts that she would probably never see again.
Later that evening, I was excited to find that my sight had begun to return. After a week of adjustments, my sight was completely restored. I went back to one of the ophthalmologists I had seen, and told her what had happened. She examined me and said, “It’s amazing — you’re cured!” I have never had a recurrence of the problem. Neither has Dr. Pagano’s first optic neuritis patient.
Since then, Dr. Pagano has treated several more (optic neuritis, and otherwise) visually impaired patients, with varying degrees of success.
While sitting up straight, gently roll your head over to the left side as if to touch your left shoulder. Slowly bring it back up and over to the right side. Repeat this several times. Roll your head forward and backward several times in the same manner. Then slowly roll your head to the right, forward, left and backward several times (in a circle). Then roll it in reverse order several times.
Make a paste of potato skin peelings from thick-skinned potatoes. Include a little of the pulp. Place over your closed eyes for approximately 20 minutes. This helps to reduce eye strain.
Buy a bag of organic carrots. Grate them into a gelatin mixture as if making jello. Be sure to include the top portion of the carrots, including the greens if possible. It is better to use the unflavored jello, because you don’t want to pollute your body with sugar and artificial coloring. Cayce said that gelatin helps the body to assimilate vitamins and minerals 6 times better than it would otherwise do, and that the vitamin A will be carried directly to the optic nerve.
Soak two cotton balls in a 50/50 mixture of Glyco-Thymoline and water. Gently squeeze them out and place over each closed eye for approximately 30 minutes.
Roll a towel into a tight cylindrical roll. Lie down with your neck stretched over it. Make sure it’s big enough to allow the arch of your neck to stretch out over it.
Saturate a cotton or gauze pad (make-up remover pads found at most local pharmacies) with pure cold-pressed castor oil. Place over closed eyelids for 20-30 minutes.
Cayce stressed the importance of the mind and “right thinking” in any healing process. I believe this to be the most important aspect of healing. The universe appears to operate under the law that “like attracts like.” This law can assist with healing if you can bring yourself to the feeling place of what it was like to be healthy, to have your sight. Remember what it was like, or what it would be like. Think about what you are wanting and why you want it. Do this with an attitude of excitement in knowing that it is coming to you.
If you can bring yourself to the point of actually remembering what it was like, the universe will see you as healthy and since like attracts like, you will attract more health. The thought with positive emotion will in time, I believe, improve your condition. Test it for yourself. Remember that negative thoughts and emotions attract more negative thoughts and emotions. Be gentle with yourself. If you find yourself thinking negatively, don’t criticize yourself, just laugh it off and start again with your uplifting positive thoughts.