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Where to buy Barco ClickShare? - Nationwide shipping available now!
ClickShare – wireless presentation system.
HOUSTON TX – Looking for ClickShare? Audio Visual Technologies Group (AVTG) is an authorized dealer and reseller of Barco ClickShare, the exciting new multi-user wireless presentation system. Contact us if you would like to have an on-site demo of this innovative new product.
For years, our customers have asked us for a solution to relieve the technical challenges of collaborative meetings with multiple presenters. ClickShare is that product!
Read our hands-on review, for an in-depth look at this “one-click-wonder” solution.
A standard ClickShare setup consists of four USB powered devices (the ‘ClickShare Buttons’), a storage basket to neatly store the Buttons when they’re not used (the ‘ClickShare Tray’) and a Base Unit. The Base Unit has a fixed connection to the meeting room’s visualization system, and takes care of all the needed processing.
Users who want to get their presentation on the large meeting room screen, simply connect a Button to their PC or MAC. They start the application, click the ClickShare Button and immediately their desktop is wirelessly transferred to the large visualization system. What’s more, ClickShare does not interfere with your laptop’s resolution, and automatically displays the screen content in the most optimal way.
Audio Visual Technologies Group, Inc. (AVTG) is a Houston, TX-based company established in 1952 – a privately held, woman-owned business. AVTG is focused on providing customers with the industry’s most advanced audio visual, digital signage, and video conferencing technologies. We strive to provide the best system integration solutions, applications and deployment options to meet our customers’ business needs. We are excited to be a Barco ClickShare authorized dealer and partner reseller!

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While civilizations on planet earth have been around for millennia, nothing has drawn them closer together quite like the Internet. The ability to connect people across thousands of miles in seconds is mind boggling to imagine. To be able to communicate, share knowledge with billions of people all over the globe is an amazing concept.
With billions of web pages and trillions of a bit of information seamlessly interconnected and stored all around the globe the ability to access this information from a single mobile device is truly genius. The technology had evolved over the years from its beginning in 1997 to what we have now and the future of the wireless Internet access is even more amazing.
The ability to communicate using the Internet was the only tip of the iceberg back in 1997, simple voice communication with analog devices with very limited capability. Then as technology improves, speed and data access grew exponentially along with it and so did the uses of this valuable data.
As time marched on and technology continued to advance so did the ways people used the Internet in their daily lives and we became a more globally connected world. Below is kind of a timeline that shows how the different eras or stages of the Wireless Internet Access has changed or evolved over time.
While the Internet has actually been around for many years, the wireless accessibility to the Internet via a mobile device came about in 1997. The connection speeds and bandwidth were extremely limited by today’s standards; with access speeds of 50 kbps and web pages were only 25 KB in size. The wireless devices were mainly capable of voice communication using analog technology. The download speed was so slow it would take a day and a half to download an 800MB movie.
A year later, the digital age hit the wireless communication industry and it had a huge impact on wireless Internet access. The technology inside the mobile devices advanced exponentially and the features allowed the user to get more enjoyment out of their experience when accessing the Internet. The digital devices were able to access wirelessly at speeds up to 250 kbps and that meant websites could be larger at 125 KB. The same 800MB digital movie can now be downloaded in just over 7 hours.
The broadband access has come to the wireless mobile industry and it revolutionized how the mobile user accessed and used the Internet. Mobile devices and service plans started to include text messaging, data and voice capabilities. The combination enhanced the communication capacity and people were soon talking and exchanging thoughts and ideas with other people on the other side of the world. Connection speeds dramatically increased with access speeds reaching up to 384 kbps and websites size expanded to 194 KB in size. The increased capacity and download speeds increased with the 800MB movie now being able to be downloaded in just over 4 hours.
Mobile devices transitioned into primarily data devices as more and more users were accessing the Internet using their wireless devices. Social media and other messaging services soon displaced text messaging as the primary means of digital communication. True mobile broadband brought new capabilities to the wireless mobile industry and expanded the horizons of the mobile user. Wireless speeds grew exponentially and access speeds reached 50 Mbps and websites grew larger as well to a maximum size of 75 MB. The same 800 MB digital movies can now be downloaded in 43 seconds.
The 5th generation is still three years away and the expectations are mind blowing if they actually come to fruition. However, the technology that is going to be the driver of the high-level access speeds has not been fully developed as of yet. The expected access speeds are supposed to hit an amazingly fast speed of 6400 Mbps and websites will be huge with an amazing, 3.2 GB in size. Download speeds will be so fast, you can download an entire 800MB digital movie in 1 sec.
If the past is any indication, the future of wireless Internet access is going to make the unimaginable possible. If the speed and bandwidth capabilities are even close to what is being expected, then the sky is truly the limit.


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These sheds have dirt floors and relatively high ceiling studs.
Both sheds are used for storage purposes - including boats, cars and machinery.
Both sheds are secured and installed with monitored alarms.
This is the South Island's main centre for selling rams. It has a circular selling area with raised seating and houses 400 sheep pens.
The Association's Ram Fairs dates for this coming season can be seen on the Ram Fairs page.
Hire cost: $23:00 per pen.
The grandstand consists of a large concrete base with kitchen, changing and shower facilities underneath a wooden seating area.
The kitchen is older, but has three working ovens, sinks and hot water heating.
Showers are available on a casual basis at $2:00 per shower.
These facilities are available for an overnight stay if required. Please contact the caretaker for casual rates and to confirm availability prior to arrival.
We have a steady flow of motor home people staying on the grounds. There are also some permanent tenants.
We can offer power sites, safe parking on hard surfaces as well as grass areas, tranquil surroundings, shelter and dump station.
A washing machine and clothes drier are also available for use at a small charge.
Cost: $5.00 per motorhome for unpowered site.
Cost: $10:00 per motor home for powered sites per night. Power paid for by arrangement with the caretaker.
We have four designated playing fields available. These have been used for touch rugby, rugby, marching, tractor rallies, entertainment, horse events and Young Farmer's events.
Hire cost: $115.00 per field.
The ring is sand-based and can accommodate two full sized show jumping areas with ease.
The area also has full lighting, making it suitable for day and night events.
There are approximately 50 older style and 20 larger wooden horse boxes available for hire.
Eighty new pipe horse yards are also available. Arrangements must be made with the caretaker prior to arrival. This is for safety reasons.
Box hire cost: $25:00 per weekend.
Yard hire cost: $10:00 per weekend.
Casual overnight hire: Contact caretaker.
To be negotiated with the caretaker. This is available under the grandstand. Your own sleeping gear is required. Cooking and shower facilities are available. $5.00 per person per night.
Accommodates full size netball/basketball court or tennis court.
There is full lighting, electric wall heating and toilets within the building. The large external doors are fully lockable. Ample parking is nearby.
Available for casual hire. If you would like to use this facility, please contact the caretaker.

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Pasadena California, a Fun Family Destination!
There a million reasons why Pasadena, California is a great family destination. From the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl, to the fun restaurants, and the ability to enjoy the mild, California weather and outdoor recreation all year-it is a fabulous place to visit!
*The Norton Simon- A fantastic private collection with everything from Monet and Rodin to the more current works of Bonnard. My oldest daughter was very excited to see Monet, as they have been learning about him at school. To make visits with the kids a bit easier, they offer a kid friendly audio tour for $3. Admission costs $12 for adults and is free for active duty military and children.
*Kidspace- Kidspace is a fantastic day of fun for the kids. They have newly renovated, and you can TELL by the quality and the fun! With everything from climbing structures that span the height of the building to outdoor water play areas and rock climbing walls, there is something for every age group. Kidspace can get very crowded, so it might be best to plan an afternoon visit when the school groups leave. Admission is $11.00 for everyone ages one and older.
*The Wrigley House- The Wrigley Mansion is the official headquarters of the Tournament of Roses Parade. Owned by the chewing gum magnate, William Wrigley Jr, it was donated to the city in 1958. Tours are free of charge and offered each Thursday at 2 pm and 3 pm.
But not just any park...The Huntington.
*The Huntington Museum and Gardens were my unexpected favorites and our Pasadena MUST DO! The Gardens have everything from a Children's Garden with water features and kid sized plant hideaways, to indoor tropical gardens, and a Japanese Garden that was simply breathtaking. The gardens offer something for everyone. Plan to spend most of the day and enjoy lunch in one of the cafes.
Head over to Old Pasadena for a great outdoor shopping experience. There are many choices from the hard to find and fun like Madewell, to the ever popular H&M, and even some pop up clothing shops. You can browse in one of the biggest Anthopologie stores I have ever seen!
Just a couple of blocks away from the shopping mecca in Old Pasadena, you will find one of my favorite restaurants in Pasadena- La Grande Orange. Set in a train station built in 1934, this charming cafe is extremely family friendly. If you eat in the cafe, I highly recommend the shrimp ceviche. Along with the cafe, LGO also boasts an excellent olive wood fired pizza kitchen. You must try it!
Another must do in Pasadena is Carmela Ice Cream Company. Featuring handmade ice cream, organic dairy and farmers' market produce, it is a delicious feel-good treat.
I hope you enjoy some of our Pasadena, California favorites and I would love to hear more about yours!

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text: Ardeshir Mohassess: Art and Satire in Iran brings together approximately 70 of Mohassess’s rarely-seen drawings, on loan from the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. and from several private collections in this country. Many of these have never been published in a book or catalogue, and several of the early works were censored in his native country. The book reveals this artist’s significant impact on both the international art scene and news media.

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The parents association, The Friends of St Edmund’s, is very active and arranges various events throughout the year. All parents are automatically members and are welcome to help at particular events or within the school. Parent helpers assist in the library, on visits and in classrooms.
Information about events and activities can be found on our Friends of St Edmunds Facebook page.

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Dunes has 10 hideaway pitches and 5 meadow camping pitches. Please note that camper vans and motorhomes are only allowed on meadow camping pitches Chough, Kite, and Buzzard.
Curlew: This is a spacious pitch set in the north west corner of the site and benefits from spectacular views of Carn Llidi mountain.
Guillemot: This pitch is set on an elevated position and benefits from panoramic views from Carn Llidi to St Brides Bay. Guillemot has the option of electric hook up (10amp).
Fulmar: is a large pitch with the option of 10 amp electric hook up. It borders the south west of the site and is conveniently close to the showers and washing up facilities. When you are on the pitch you cannot see your neighbours, the loo or the showers etc.
Razorbill: a cozy sheltered pitch, ideal for a couple but still capable of accommodating a family of 4.
Puffin: benefits from lovely views across St Brides Bay.
Kittiwake: is large and has an extended elevated area with views across St Brides Bay.
Oyster Catcher: is a large flat pitch set in a slight depression and sheltered by foliage on all sides.
Gannet: a lovely family pitch located at the end of its own private track on the north east border of the site.
Cormorant: a cozy family hideaway private pitch with big sky and Pembrokeshire views.
Shearwater: An exceptionally large flat pitch conveniently close to the site entrance and parking. It has lovely views of Carn Llidi and Penberry.
Buzzard: An EHU meadow camping pitch, Buzzard is very large and suitable for either tents or motorhomes. You get this entire paddock to yourself, no sharing. Although not hideaway this is an ideal pitch for those wanting their own space while still being close to the facilities.
Kite: An EHU meadow camping pitch, Kite is very large suitable for either tents or motorhomes. You get the entire plot shown in the photo above to yourself, no sharing. Although not hideaway yet, the pitch is sheltered from the prevailing south westerlies and is an ideal pitch for those wanting their own space while still being close to the facilities.
Chough: An EHU meadow camping pitch, Chough is a nice size pitch suitable for either tents or motorhomes. Although not hideaway yet, the pitch is sheltered from the prevailing south westerlies and is an ideal pitch for those wanting to be close to the new facilities pictured in the background.


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5 Nice wooded lots for $50,000. Pave Street. North Lenoir Water Corp. & Tri-County Electric available.
This Land for sale is currently listed for $50,000. Located in La Grange, NC, Tbd Wildlife St features a lot size of 3.2 Acres and was built in . It has been on Coldwell Banker for 1947 days. This listing is provided courtesy of HARRISON REALTY. Looking for more homes for sale near this one? View all La Grange, NC homes and connect with local real estate agents.

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Jim Crace has been awarded the Impac Prize for his novel Harvest.
The Irish Times profiled Crace.
Stereogum listed the best albums of 2015 so far.
Biographile interviewed Robert Roper, author of the biography Nabokov in America.
Best Coast visited World Cafe for a live performance and interview.
Read an excerpt from Matt Bell's book on the video game Baldur's Gate II.
Stream a new Foals song.
Ozy interviewed author Andre Alexis.
Paste examined the musical legacy of jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman.
Author Bill Hillman interviewed himself at The Nervous Breakdown.
Read an excerpt from his new book, Mozos: A Decade Running with the Bulls of Spain.
The Record shared a primer to the music of dance producer Giorgio Moroder.
The Catapult podcast interviewed authors Jami Attenberg and Emily Schultz.
The Lit Up Show also interviewed Attenberg.
Stream Pitchfork's documentary on the making of Slowdive's Souvlaki album.
Flavorwire recommended comic book series to read this summer.
Paste profiled the band Wolf Alice.
Kate Atkinson discussed her novel A God in Ruins with Morning Edition.
Drowned in Sound interviewed the National's Bryce Dessner about his solo work.
Fresh Air interviewed Etgar Keret about his new memoir The Seven Good Years.


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The Colony has reached full tenant capacity with the addition of four businesses to the Uptown Phoenix property — The Bevvy Uptown, The Drip Room, Burn Total Body Conditioning and Farm and Craft.
The Colony, 5538 N. Seventh St. in Phoenix, is at the heart of the Seventh Street Stretch and its array of culinary options, according to a press release. The Bevvy Uptown settled into the space formerly occupied by Casa Anejo in early March, offering upscale gastropub fare from famed chef Paul Lindsay.
Every Sunday, The Bevvy Uptown is home to the Valley’s only Party Brunch, featuring an all-request piano player, $15 bottomless mimosas or bloody marys and $19 unlimited small plates.
The Drip Room will work its way into the veins of the Uptown Phoenix community when it opens its second Valley location at The Colony in June 2018. The vitamin IV drip studio will offer proprietary blends of vitamin drips, boosters and B12 shots that increase energy, encourage better sleep and make skin more radiant.
Working with a resident team of Driplogists, The Drip Room creates a community that invites people from all walks of life to unite in the name of wellness, whether it’s for health maintenance, illness recovery or even as a hangover remedy, a press release states.
Burn Total Body Conditioning, a muscle-shaking Pilates workout studio specializing in the Lagree Fitness Method, opened its doors in early May. The patented, all-encompassing method uses a Megaformer — a spring-based resistance machine — to channel a total-body-conditioning workout that strengthens, lengthens and sculpts the entire body.
Farm and Craft, a health-forward dining local dining concept, opened its second location at The Colony in late April. Farm and Craft focuses on diverse, sustainable, gluten-free, organic and hormone-free ingredients.
The Colony is home to exclusively locally-based businesses. New tenants join other Colony restaurants such as Stock and Stable, Urban Wax, Pure Sushi, Framed Ewe, Phoenix General and Honor Amongst Thieves.

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I relish getting out of the office and dropping in at one the many sustainable, organic lunch spots in the City, but even more so I savor a healthy lunch from home, put together just the way I like it. Because of the frightening news and links on the danger of BPA in plastics and in the lining food cans, the sole way I am going to store my delicious meals is in glass. After searching and deliberating on different products in the marketplace, cost, and quality we purchased Pyrex® glass storage containers for the home and the office kitchen.
The 10 piece Pyrex® set we have has an array of functional shapes and sizes, each individual piece can be used for baking, cooking, microwaving, serving, and storage. You can heat, cool, or freeze the containers as well as clean them in the dishwasher. The plastic lids are BPA free and the nonporous glass won’t absorb any funky smells. Another reason we chose this product is that it is made in the USA and comes with a 2 year limited warranty. The website lists the price at $35, but we picked our’s up at a Macy’s One Day sale for $17 + tax.

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It’s over, summer is gone and I’m sad! It went so quickly. I had such great expectations but it flew past in a whirlwind!!
I have the timehop app on my phone and it’s killing me!
Yup, that boy in the top picture that is almost as tall as my husband, this was his 1st day of Kindergarten! Where does it go? Time just keeps flying by!!
Don’t let this life slip past. I know God has great plans for anyone that will trust Him, seek Him and forget what they can do but look at what God can do with your life!!
It makes me think about the day I will stand before God.
“You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
Will I have wished I lived differently? Will I have wished I loved more? I don’t want life to pass me by in a whirlwind and I don’t want to be consumed by things that don’t matter in the end.
So as a new school year begins I want to live purposefully, set my goals high, and live each day seeking God and His will for my life!
I was so busy this summer with my businesses and kids that I’ve allowed my time with God not be my priority. In turn my eating wasn’t great and workouts were here and there but not as consistent and I feel it and see it. It’s amazing how these three elements- Faith, Food, and Fitness, truly affect every aspect of your life.
It is so easy to NOT spend time with God, to NOT exercise, and to NOT eat well. Trust me Satan loves when we are in this place and he wants us to stay there. Know that God has so much more for us!!! When we spend time with Him we can hear His voice, He can guide our lives, and He gives us peace, love, and joy that surpasses all understanding!
When we exercise we are taking care of the body God has given us and exercise greatly affect our quality of life.
You are never to old to exercise and remember if you don’t use it, you lose it!
This will be a bit harsh but it is the truth. God designed amazing food for us to consume. He also gave us these incredible bodies that use His amazing food to nourish us with vitamins and nutrients to keep us strong!! Food has become so processed with syrups, dyes, and chemicals that it’s no longer food. These other products are making our world sick, causing people to over indulged, and because of the lack of nutrients our bodies will never be satisfied.
This is not how God designed us to operate and I know when I’m not taking the time to spend time with God everything else falls apart!!
Is food or fitness something you struggle with? I challenge you to stop.
Here is your challenge…spend time with God..get alone (even if it’s in the bathroom) lose distractions and cry out to God. Repent of being sucked into this world and it’s desires. Ask for Him to change you, one day at a time, one choice at a time, and let Him know you want to experience who He created you to be!! Prayer changes everything!!
So DON’T give up, start fresh, and next time you don’t want to exercise or you don’t know what to eat, ask the one who made you and designed you perfectly to help you!!!
Who will take the challenge!?!
Thanks for this reminder today!

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Diabetes is a metabolic disease and in medical science known as Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes is a very common disease and could be very dangerous. It happens when blood sugar increases above the normal level. If a person is having diabetes his/her body stops producing insulin or produces less amount of insulin which is not sufficient to maintain blood sugar. Diabetes is very common diseases these days and here you can learn how to control and Cure Diabetes naturally at home.
Diabetes Type 1: In this Type, diabetes body stops producing insulin. Most people with this type of diabetes are teenagers or below the 40s. In this type, the patient has to depend on Insulin.
Diabetes Type 2: This type of diabetes happens when pancreas producing less amount of insulin or the amount of insulin is produced by the pancreas is not used properly. It is a very common type of diabetes. In this type people with diabetes do not depend on Insulin.
Gestational Diabetes: This type of diabetes mostly happens during pregnancy. A woman who has high blood glucose level increases the chances of having this type of diabetes.
There is no permanent cure for diabetes but it could be controlled by natural remedies, ayurvedic remedies. Following remedies, one can use to control diabetes.
Cinnamon is a very effective home remedy for type -2 diabetes. It contains a bioactive compound which helps to stimulate insulin activity and maintain blood sugar level.
Try to consume cinnamon in limits. Overuse of cinnamon can damage liver because coumarin presents in cinnamon are toxic in nature.
Take a half tablespoon of cinnamon and mix with warm water. Drink this mixture daily in the morning. Boil one stick raw cinnamon in two glass of water.
Now let it steep for at least twenty minutes. Drink this home remedy once in a day until your diabetes level becomes normal.
This natural herb is known as moringa. This natural herb is very famous for to improve the immune system and improves your energy level. Drumstick leaves are a very effective home remedy for diabetes.
Extract 1/4th cup of juice from fresh drumstick leaves. Drink this juice empty stomach in the morning. You can drink this remedy daily to keep your sugar level in control.
Aloe vera is a very good natural herb for type-2 diabetes due to its anti-hyperglycemic effects. It helps to reduce your glucose level and also maintain your blood pressure.
Take a ½ tablespoon of aloe vera gel, ground bay leaves and turmeric. Mix all three ingredients well and consume it before lunch and dinner.
It is a very common and effective natural remedy to control blood sugar. Jamun fruit and seeds are full of ellagic acid, hydrolyzable tannins, anthocyanins which help a diabetic person to Cure Diabetes.
There are many ways to use seeds but one of the easy ways to take seed is first dry Jamun seeds and make it as the powder after grinding.
A diabetic person can take it one spoon twice in a day. Jamun is also known as Jambul, Black Plum, jambolan, jamblang, Indian Blackberry.
Bitter Ground is a powerful remedy to control diabetes. It helps to control glucose not just in the blood but also in the whole body of a diabetic person.
It’s bitter in taste so one can use it as juice and can mix some water to dilute to decrease its bitterness. It affects most when it has taken empty stomach early in the morning.
Fenugreek is a very helpful herbal remedy to maintain the level of blood sugar for a diabetic person. The best way to take Fenugreek remedies is to soak fenugreek seeds for a night and take it before having anything.
For a better result drink water which is used to soak fenugreek seeds along with the seeds in the morning. Take fenugreek seeds and drink used water for 2 to 3 months to get the better result. It will also help to bring down the glucose level of a diabetic person.
Basil leaf is also a well-known one of Home remedies to control the sugar of a diabetic person. It is very rich in antioxidants which bring down oxidative stress and help a diabetic person to deal with stress.
As we all know stress is one of the main reason to cause Diabetes. One can directly eat basil leaves in the morning empty stomach.
Cactus Juice very helpful natural remedy to Cure Diabetes. Taking cactus juice on a regular basis can decrease blood glucose of diabetic person. It also helps to maintain the insulin level of a diabetic person.
Neem tree is highly recognized in the world of herbal remedies to cure many diseases. It can also use to maintain blood sugar and insulin level of a diabetic person.
Taking 5-10 neem leaf daily for 2-3 months empty stomach could bring down insulin requirement by 50% of a diabetic person.
Mango leaf is very handy Home Remedy to maintain the insulin level of a diabetic person. Get 10-20 leaves of mango and soak it for a night into water then drink water after filtering. Mango leaves can be used as the powder.
Dry mango leaves and makes it into powder then have it twice in a day for better result.
Apart from these homemade remedies, a diabetic person should concentrate on fibre-rich diet. Eat more fruit and natural uncooked food, drink more water and do physical exercise on a daily basis.
The daily workout can help to balance diabetes. Exercise reduces glucose level in sugar which prevents diabetes. The workout can also improve your overall health and prevent many diseases related to blood pressure, heart etc.
You can do any kind of physical activity which is an effective way to treat blood sugar.
You can perform Yoga, aerobics, swimming, gym, or any sports. These physical activities will help you to maintain your weight by improving your metabolism. Jogging or even walking can also help you balance your blood sugar.
Diabetes has become very common these days. Around 400 million people suffering from diabetes in the world and the rise of the diabetic patient is very high. According to WHO, the number of diabetic patients will be doubled by 2030.
Diabetes can occur at any age and it can be a very serious health problem. It can be prevented by improving your lifestyle and diet. You can also use natural remedies to cure diabetes to some extent. Leave your comment and suggestion in the comment box.

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The ''Proper Anthem Conduct'' section is just one sentence in a nine-page discipline document provided to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the policy who insisted on anonymity because the document is not public. It classifies anthem protests under a large list of ''conduct detrimental to the club,'' all of which could lead to a paid or unpaid suspension, a fine or both.
Miami's anthem policy comes after the NFL decided in May that teams would be fined if players didn't stand during ''The Star-Spangled Banner'' while on the field. The league left it up to teams on how to punish players. None of the team policies have been made public.

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IT’S JUST as well a competent photographer was on hand to capture the magic of a recent crafty visitor to the Pond Gardens at Hampton Court Palace.
I’m normally quick to blame my photographic disasters on my equipment – the cheapest digital camera in the shop which has subsequently suffered plenty of bumps and scratches on our rural rambles.
Fortunately as I fumble with the zoom to try to capture a fleeting image of the surprise visitor in the foliage, partner Olivia is on hand to take charge of the equipment and show me how it should be done.
Hence for once we actually have some pictures of the animal in question that are not obliterated by branches or marred by careless camera movements.
However it also turns out our visitor is not so cunning or elusive as the folklore might suggest – and the warmth of a sun-drenched grassy spot proved too alluring to resist as the perfect place for a quick afternoon nap.
But anyone sceptical about the couple’s plan to transform around two acres of cow pasture north of Milton Keynes would be amazed to see just what can be achieved when you undertake a labour of love.
Flash forward more than a quarter of a century and today there are around 800 trees – plus four ponds and meadows attracting a huge cross-section of wildlife. What’s more, over the years the ‘Moorhens’ website depicting life in the Battells’ nature reserve has developed something of an international reputation.
Moorhens were the first waterbird to adopt the ponds that were dug to encourage wildlife – hence the name chosen for the website.
“They successfully raised one to three broods each year from 1991 to 2011,” Roy explains on the site. The delight of all that activity earned the shy water birds the URL ‘dedication’ for the website – which since then has attracted more than 94,000 visitors intrigued by different aspects of the project the couple were undertaking.
“Planting, digging and caring for this lot has provided more, and more interesting, exercise than ever before in our lives,” says Roy.
When the couple started to dig out the ponds they vaguely anticipated that this would attract the sort of visitors – ducks, coots and dragonflies – that they had been used to seeing at their previous homes, from Watford to Welwyn Garden City.
A then-and-now picture sequence chronicles the development of the reserve from early 1991 to the summer of 2007 – starting with fencing and hedge-planting and moving on to plant bare-root stock and digging out the ponds.
The hedging is predominantly hawthorn, blackthorn, hazel, dog rose, elderberry and blackberry, but the native hedging of the area includes a lot of elm, which shoots and dies in rotation.
‘The Field’ quickly evolved into an intriguing wooded area providing a surplus of wood for willow wands and similar coppice products, as well as offering home to all types of birds, wildlife and insects, from bluetits and swallows to foxes, badgers and the tiniest insects.
His archive of daily wildlife pictures – including birds and insects in flight – dates from 2005 and has attracted more than 2,500 visitors since 2016.
His latest selection is pretty representative, it seems – from a young magpie with downy feathers to a hungry badger, a little owl, bustling butterflies and dragonflies, clustering rooks and feeding woodpeckers.
But the event of the week was the repeated appearance over one night of a polecat on the hunt – possibly moving a kit in her mouth and then then carrying two dead rabbits back into her burrow.
It’s the quality of Roy’s photographs, coupled with his painstaking attention to detail in chronicling and recording the animals’ movements, which has attracted the interest of enthusiasts and academics around the world.
He sends these out every week to around 100 subscribers, some of whom are in regular contact. The couple also receive numerous requests from around the world for the original pictures.
“Our pictures are in about 10 wildlife textbooks,” he reveals. The couple are also in regular contact with the Bucks RSPB and other local enthusiasts and supply images to a variety of non-profit organisations and for use in museum displays and educational spreads. There is usually no charge, although those making commercial use of the images are asked to donate to the RSPB or Woodland Trust.
Vegans since 1972, the couple used to grow much of their own food in an allotment area: Marie is a painter who is also mad about gardening – as well as “collecting scruffy old books about the world before it was shrunk by modern communications”.
In recent years that became a little too much to maintain with all the rest of the maintenance and photographic work, and a third of the area has become a little apple orchard using 100 unwanted trees rescued and replanted from a nearby farm.
The Battells’ website is a modest one, but the archives provide an invaluable day-by-day record of the natural world around them – and an inspiring pictorial backdrop to the extraordinary transformation they have achieved on their doorstep.


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Need to know what, if anything, Puppet did to your infrastructure when it ran? The Event Inspector in Puppet Enterprise is there to help you parse through the reports, helping you find correlating information and issues.
List the three perspectives you can use to view your infrastructure.
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Slovakian economist Martin Vlachynský is an analyst atINESS, the Institut of Economical and Social Studies in Bratislava.
The current soap opera is far from being wrapped up by the bailout for Spain. We’re only at the 44th episode, and the main character of the whole series – Italy – has so far only been flitting furtively through the background.

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The Orlando Magic is calling on all its spells to be in the playoffs in the Western Conference after it trounced the invading Brooklyn Nets at a score of 102-89 Saturday night for their second win in a row. Magic Center Nikola Vucevic delivered 24 points and 12 boards off the rim followed by SF Evan Fournier with 16, PF Aaron Gordon scored 15, and DJ Agustin had 12 points and 8 assists. SF Jonathan Isaac surprised the team in his contribution of 10 points and 12 rebounds off the glass to help the Magic achieve the win. The victory is a primer for their next battle against the Thunders at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City on Tuesday night.
Orlando is connecting with 104.3 ppg at 44.6% from the field but grants foes to score at 107.4 ppg. The Magic collected 43.8 rebounds, 24.5 assists, 5.4 blocks, and 6.5 steals per outing. Leading the Magic scorers is Center Nikola Vucevic with 20.7 ppg, 52.1% in FG shooting, and 77.5% from the free throw stripe. The team is 4-8 ATS in its last 12 road matches and 10-3 ATS in its last 13 bouts against the Thunders. Orlando is 11th in the East with a 22-31 win/loss tally and currently ranks 24th in the League.
While in Oklahoma City, the Thunders are back home after fighting tooth and nail against the Celtics at the TD Garden in Boston. The closely knit competition drew ooohs and aaahs from the Boston fans as the best teams, that are potential qualifiers for the playoffs, battle it out. SF Paul George delivered 37 points while PG Russell Westbrook made his 6th successive triple-double for the season with 22 points, 16 assists, and 12 boards off the rim. Center Steven Adams and PG Dennis Schroeder had 16 points each while SF Jerami Grant contribute 15 for the Thunders. OKC bowed down to a score of 129-134 Sunday night.
Oklahoma rambles with 114.8 ppg at 46.1% from the field and limits opponents to 109.8 ppg. The Thunders are averaging with 48.0 rebounds, 23.3 assists, 5.3 blocks, and 10.2 steals per match. SF Paul George is leading OKC in point production with 27.8 ppg, 45.2% in FG shooting, and 82.8% from the free throw stripe. The team is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 matches and 3 10 ATS in its last 13 matches against the Magic. Oklahoma City is third in the Western Conference with a 33-19 win/loss score and currently ranks 7th in the NBA League.
Orlando Magic vs Oklahoma City Thunders. The NBA Pick for this match is the Oklahoma City Thunders -10.5. Oklahoma is a strong contender than Orlando.Although it lost its previous game from Boston, the team fought a solid fight to predict them to win against the Magic at a score of 118-108.


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This vintage Motley Crue concert t-shirt is from the hard rocking band's February 14, 1982 performance, in support of their debut studio album, Too Fast for Love. Too Fast for Love was released in 1981, originally on Motley Crue's record label, Leathur Records, however, Elektra Records eventually signed the band and partially re-recorded, remixed and re-released Too Fast for Love.
Our men's black tee spotlights Motley Crue's Valentine's Day 1982 show at the world famous Sunset Strip rock music venue, the Whiskey A Go-Go, in Los Angeles. Made from 100% regular fitting cotton, this tee features washed out distressed effects to the graphics for an authentic vintage look.

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Does Age Predict Technology Adoption?
A common perception is that ‘older people’ (whatever age that is) do not adopt technology as quickly as younger users. It appears some preferences may be ageless. Consider the e-book or e-reader. Whether a Kindle, Nook, Sony or another manufacturer, one might assume that these pieces of high-tech must be in high-demand by nearly everyone but especially among younger users. While Pew has reported e-book reader sales rising, new data from Rasmussen suggests that the printing press may have a few more years to go.
According to Rasmussen three out of four Americans still prefer books over today’s e-books. Approximately 75% enjoy paper, 15% enjoy digital format and another 10% are undecided. The number of paper users does not waiver much based upon book buying habits, 74% of those who bought a book in the last month prefer bound text to screen reading. Here is where it gets interesting. Despite the digital divide in other tech domains, the generations are remarkably aligned in their preference to read “traditional print format” rather than on an “electronic book reading device”. Of survey respondents ages 18-39, 70% prefer hardcopy, as do 79% of middle-aged readers and 78% of consumers 65+. Clearly younger readers are more likely to use an e-reader, 19% compared to only 14% and 10% respectively for consumers 40-64 and those 65 years old and older, but nearly 75% of every age prefers paper.
What accounts for this generational agreement? E-readers are pretty convenient and can lighten the load for those who find it hard to choose which of their summer reading list to take the beach. However, the heft of a book may be an attraction all of its own. Quite possibly readers of all ages enjoy the feel of the book and the act of turning the page. Other fans of paper may still enjoy the taboo act of scribbling on the page. Or, perhaps, sharing a good read feels like more of a gift when handing it off rather than sharing a download.Whatever the reason, these recent data may suggest something I have long suspected. It is not the age of the user but the user’s experience and that predicts acceptance or adoption of a device.
E-readers provide a unique case study. Most younger buyers never used vinyl, 8-tracks, cassettes, or as painful as it may be for anyone over 30 to hear, CDs, to listen to their music. Young music lovers come fresh and ready to embrace new media and devices because they have no mental model – experience and an understanding of how something should look and work – to reconcile or adjust in order to learn something new. Essentially, they have nothing to give up or relearn in order to adopt something new. Unlike many devices such as MP3 players, i-anything or a never-ending list of apps, younger and older users start out from the same place when considering e-book adoption. Whether you are months old chewing on a picture book or a centenarian reading a favorite novel, we all share an idea of how a book should look and ‘work’. While convenient, light and in some cases even a cheaper way to buy books, e-books have not presented a compelling value greater than bound paper, ink and glue to younger or older buyers.
The slow adoption of e-books by all age groups and research being conducted by my colleagues at the MIT AgeLab suggests that adoption is more likely to be influenced by experience and expectations than by birthdays. As technology advances at an unprecedented rate and completely novel devices, applications and interfaces are introduced; the digital divide based upon age alone is likely to narrow as more of us, regardless of age, are overtaken by the velocity of innovation making more of us tech neophytes. Either that or the term ‘older consumer’ may get redefined to be much younger – just think of those future ‘poor old folks’ in their late 20s struggling to keep up. Designers, engineers, manufacturers and retailers will have to rethink who is a lead adopter, what services, experiences and education they will have to provide along with the technology to ensure understanding of new systems, let alone their purchase and adoption.


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Home / Basic Camera Guide / Basic Photography: What Is Aperture In Photography?
Aperture in photography is often the subject of some confusion, leaving people feeling stuck using their cameras in auto mode without ever diverting into other modes.
Taking photographs in manual mode (if your camera has it) will allow you more control over the image, including depth of field.
Aperture is the measurement of the opening where the light and image comes in to the lens on your camera. This is often adjustable and measured in “f-stops”, that describe how open of closed the diaphragm is. The larger the aperture, the more light is able to be captured. As you move through the f-stops, each one either doubles or halves the amount of light captured by your camera, depending on the direction you choose. The larger the number, such as f/8, means a smaller entrance point while a smaller number, such as f/2.8, means a larger opening.
The human eye has an aperture of about 4mm, expanding to 8mm (f/2.1) in the dark and reducing to 2mm (f/8.3) in brightly lit areas. The iris is the diaphragm that automatically adjusts the aperture of the eye depending on the amount of light that is present.
Aperture in photography is used to limit the amount of light entering the lens. A smaller f-stop will let in more light than a larger number one. Aperture also effects Depth of Fieldw (DOF).
Each time you change your aperture, you also change your depth of field. The larger f/number of the aperture, the smaller the depth of field. This is important when you want your subject in focus and the background blurry, such as when taking portrait shots. Macro photography often heavily uses aperture to ensure that the image is sharp where the photographer wants it to be, and blurry elsewhere.
How Do I Use Aperture?
In auto mode – if your camera has one – the aperture is selected for you based upon the conditions in which you are taking the photo.
Adjust the aperture to make the entrance aperture larger will allow more light to be in the image.
Use care while adjusting the aperture, as a large aperture allows for more distortion and other optical aberrations.
Read the manual that came with your camera to learn how to change the aperture, as each camera is different.
Check your lens to see what your minimum and maximum aperture is.
One of the best ways to learn how to use different aperture settings is to take your camera, find something you’d like to take a picture of at varying distances and experiment with changing the aperture.
You’ll see how different apertures affect the image!
Check your manual on how to manually change aperture.
Aperture changes the depth of field.
The larger the f/number, the smaller the aperture.
The smaller the f/number, the larger the aperture.
Larger apertures can cause distortion and other optical aberrations.


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The fight will only widen the rift with his brother. the rift in the rock We could see some stars through the rifts in the clouds. Scientists are studying the Mid-Atlantic Rift.
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: a deep crack or opening in the ground, a rock, etc.
2 : a break in friendly relations A misunderstanding caused a rift within the family.
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These are the instructions to root Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900T (running on Android 6.0.1, built id MMB29M.G900TUVS1GPG2) using Odin on Windows Computer.
Requirements: Your Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900T should have at least 30-40 percent of battery to perform the rooting process.
Step 10: Flashing usually takes 30-50 seconds to complete the rooting process on your Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900T. Once Rooting process got completed, you will be able to see a Green Box with Pass written on it in Odin. During this process Smartphone will re-boot automatically.
Step 12: Now, to make sure you have successfully rooted your Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900T, open Applications Menu on your Smartphone and Find SuperSU App. If this app exists on your Smartphone then it means you have successfully rooted your device. Congratulations.
[*] Warning: The above tutorial only works for Android 6.0.1 with the built id MMB29M.G900TUVS1GPG2.
[*] If your device isn’t running on the same built id MMB29M.G900TUVS1GPG2, then you need to download and flash the firmware based on the same build id then after try to root your device from the above method.
[*] Big thanks to Chainfire for their CF Auto Root file for Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900T. Without using the CF-Auto Root file, the above tutorial was not possible.


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SynGuider is a device mounted to your guide telescope/secondary telescope when your primary telescope is occupied by a camera taking long exposures. In the old days, astrophotographers did manual corrections through their alt-az knobs to correct drift-away issues by keeping a star centered in the cross-hair of their guiding telescope. Today, the appearance of autoguide devices is more and more common. You spend more time trying to perfect your exposures and camera techniques rather than thinking your mount will drift away causing blurry and egg-formed stars (star trails). The SynGuider does that job for you and does it also really good.
With software platforms constantly improving bugs (aka errors in the code) or by adding new features (aka functionalities) there’s the constant need to keep your equipment up-to-date to avoid falling behind with future updates as they come along, finding yourself perhaps in a situation where you can’t update anymore, either because the new update doesn’t support your current equipment, or because the software vendor is no longer making any backwards compatible software updates to cover the huge gap between versions. Software vendors are doing that primarily because of cost efficiency or the complexity in the software is too big to support big changes between the updates.
Sky-Watcher is adding from time to time some good features for their customers such as changes in their algorithms for backlash and drifting or when they want to support new peripherals such as WiFi devices for your mounts. These features are really good or must-have.
In case you lost your RJ-45 plug (item #1 in the photo above) there’s a chance you can create one yourself by looking for an electronics components vendor in your area. It’s nothing else but an 8-pin plug that connects the 1st with the 8th pin together to set SynGuider in programming mode for firmware updates.
For a USB to Serial adapter (item #3 in the photo above) can be found from any vendor online by googling around. The price ranges from a few bucks up to 25 USD.
If you don’t want to use your telescope power supply but rather a secondary power supply according to SynGuider specification it needs a DC 4.5V~14V, 150mA; a +5V power supply.
Now, the way to connect all that together is shown in the photo below.
COM port # is the first option and can be changed. Now make sure you save your changes and open up your LPC2000 software.
Make sure your firmware update file path (it has a “.hex” at the end of the file name) is browsed.
This is the COM # you assigned at the previous stage.
Make sure to uncheck the DTR/RTS option for reset.
Bits per second speed would be the value we saw earlier from the device manager screens of your COM-ports.
Make sure that option has been checked.
In the image above you’ll notice the progress bar starts moving displaying messages such as (Sending Data to RAM). If you receive an error message during the upload process, just press the “upload to flash” button again.
If that doesn’t help make sure to lower your “bits per second” option in the flash utility. High speeds in the data transfer can cause your SynGuider not being able to catch up with the transfer rate.
Now, unplug the power from your SynGuider, the RJ-45 plug and the serial cable that connects to your PC. Connect your SynGuider hand control and the power supply again. Once your SynGuider has started browse in the menu for the option “RESET” and reset your SynGuider device. That will restart your SynGuider will the new firmware software.


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text: The new high performance composite router is designed for more efficient routing of composite materials, in both hand-fed and in CNC applications. Conventional composite routing tools, commonly referred to as "burrs" have a diamond tooth pattern that produces a grinding action more than a cutting action. Therefore, the conventional tools generate large amounts of heat resulting in premature tool failure. The new high performance composite router is a true cutting tool. It cuts the material into distinct chips which remove heat from the cut. Deep cutting flutes increase the chip flow and aids in dissipating heat resulting in longer tool life. The geometry produces a smooth edge on the material, eliminating secondary operations. In a hand router application, the geometry reduces the cutting force required by the operator. In a CNC router application, higher speeds and feeds can be achieved, increasing productivity and lowering costs.


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Home FITNESS What’s It Like To Run The London Marathon When You Have Parkinson’s?
What’s It Like To Run The London Marathon When You Have Parkinson’s?
It doesn’t matter who you are or what shape you’re in, running a marathon is hard work, and it takes a lot of motivation to get through it. One of the best sources of that motivation is to run for a cause you believe in, and that’s what has inspired Joe Lacy to sign up to run his third consecutive London Marathon this year.
Lacy, 62, has Parkinson’s disease and runs to raise money for Parkinson’s UK. Coach spoke to Lacy about how the disease affects his running, and how exercise can help with the physical and mental symptoms of Parkinson’s.
When were you diagnosed with Parkinson’s?
I was diagnosed about four years ago. One of my colleagues was walking behind me in the corridor one day and he said, “Do you realise you’re not swinging your left arm at all? It’s stuck by your side.” Later I noticed I had a shake in my left side, which I put down to stress. I was going through a difficult time at work and I thought it was just stress manifesting itself in that way.
It got worse and I had a couple of incidents during that summer where I felt very strange and that something was definitely wrong. I went to a neurologist and they went through the process of ruling out anything else, because there’s no test for Parkinson’s.
What made you start running marathons?
Once I was diagnosed I was lucky enough that I met a neurologist who encouraged me to get a mixture of medicine and exercise. Being fairly fit at the time anyway was a huge advantage to me. I think that’s true of anybody who has any kind of medical condition – you can deal with it better if you have a healthy body.
I threw myself into all forms of fitness. Golf, swimming, bike, running, gardening even. I had run several half marathons and planned to run a full marathon, but I was never fit at the right time. Eventually I thought, “Now’s the time, if I’m ever going to do it”.
I entered the 2016 London Marathon with Parkinson’s UK and that was such an uplifting experience. The crowds of people along the sides… every one of them cheering you on even though they have no idea who you are. That anonymous support is just really uplifting. It encouraged me to go and do another one.
And now you are training for your third London Marathon?
That’s right. I’ve got a couple of niggly little injuries at the moment which I’m trying to address. I’m not training as much as I was in other years – I’m trying to do a bit more on the bike and swimming to get my fitness up without pounding the feet.
How does Parkinson’s affect your training?
I think the hardest thing about training with Parkinson’s is motivation. I don’t jump out of bed in the morning because I’m stiffer than I should be. You have to work on motivation. Parkinson’s is a lack of dopamine production, and dopamine is actually a motivator as well. When you have less of that you have less motivation to do the physical exercise that you need to help you. It’s a double whammy.
Are there any other physical symptoms you experience?
I have a little bit of weakness on my left side, but I think that’s always been the case – I don’t know how much of that is Parkinson’s.
The traditional Parkinson’s gait is bit of a drag. It’s hard to describe but if you don’t watch it you’ll end up kind of shuffling along. I have to make a firm purposeful step to get my left foot down properly, rather than drag it. And I get a lot of grabbing with my left toes, so consequently I get cramp after about two or three kilometres and I have to walk that off. That’s one of the physical aspects that is quite awkward.
The other one is… not a frozen shoulder, but it’s like a frozen shoulder. It’s another symptom that’s common in Parkinson’s. When I’m running for a while, that shoulder kind of tenses up and becomes quite painful, and that brings on the shake even stronger because of anxiety. The mental aspect of anxiety is just unbelievable. When you get anxious about something, you start shaking. That’s one of the things that made it impossible to continue working. Under any kind of a stressful situation, I would start to shake. When I’m running I’m kind of aware people will see me shaking – probably they don’t, but I feel they might.
Does exercise helps with the mental and physical symptoms?
It does. Physically, if I was to go back to before I was diagnosed, when I would get out of bed in the morning I was really stiff and I’d have trouble getting my ankles to move. Now I do something active every day, I don’t have that problem. I’m much better than I was.
The danger with Parkinson’s is that you lose that motivation, stop doing the exercises and everything just gets worse. It’s a vicious cycle. Physically I’m definitely better. I’ve overcome some of my physical symptoms.
And mentally… If you’re studying for exams and you go for a run, you clear your head – it’s like that. It helps to bring a bit of clarity to your mind in how you deal with things.
The other thing is that my doctor has not increased my medication much at all – only very little since I started. I think that my exercise has really limited the increase, so that’s a very positive thing.
Does training for the marathon help motivate you?
Oh yeah, you’ve got to have a goal. I’ve always done my best work to deadlines. The two targets I have for the marathon are that I want to finish it regardless of the time and the second thing is the goal of raising as much money as possible, because we have this terrible disease that there’s no cure for and it’s been treated by the same medicine for almost 50 years. The research that’s being done is really encouraging, but they can’t keep doing that research without funding. So all I can do is raise as much money as possible and let Parkinson’s UK make best use of that by funding the right projects, and I have a lot of faith in the way they work.
Do you have any fundraising tips?
One of the fundraising strategies I’ve used is to leave it quite late to start, because I’ve found that if you start too early people will put it off and won’t get round to it. If you send it out with just two months to go, they’ll do it straight away. I was the highest fundraiser for Parkinson’s UK in 2016. I was absolutely delighted I got so much support.
What’s It Like To Run The London Marathon With Sight Loss? Amazing!
Now you’re on your third marathon, do you have any advice for beginners?
It’s very hard for people to think they could run a marathon, but I’m convinced that if you can run 5K, you can work your way up to the full distance. The problem with most people is that they set their targets too high. I see people crossing the line or I pass them on the road and they’re absolutely wasted, because they go too fast at the start. They don’t listen to their body. That’s the key issue I would encourage people to think about – you’ve got to listen to your body. If it’s too much for you, back off and pick a smaller target.
Also marathons can be very off-putting, because it’s such a huge task. For Parkinson’s patients any kind of movement that they do is going to help them. I get great benefits from Tai Chi and yoga as well. Both of those are excellent activities. So I don’t want those people to be put off because they’re never going to run a marathon – there are other things they can do. It makes a huge difference to just move rather than be stationary.
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Night Trap designer Rob Fulop has explained how his experience on the notoriously controversial Mega CD title inspired the Petz series.
In an interview published on Gamasutra, Fulop said the controversy surrounding Night Trap proved personally embarrassing.
“Friends of mine, my parents and my girlfriend, didn’t really get games,” he said. “All they knew was that a game that I had made was on TV, being talked about as being bad for kids.
The designer quizzed a Santa impersonator as to what gifts children commonly asked him for, which provided the inspiration for the seminal virtual pets series.
Petz has shifted millions of copies since its inception in 1995, and is currently part of Ubisoft’s portfolio.
Night Trap was a full motion video game first released for the Mega CD in 1992 – back when awful grainy video graphics were the future – and was the centre of a media furore which resulted in its withdrawal from sale in several territories. The plot involved hidden cameras and attacks on scantily clad women.

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This Italian winery takes its name from one of the most celebrated Jewish winemakers.
The wine room today is as it was generations ago, with the old oak casks lined up imperiously along faintly lit corridors. Rashi winery, adjusted to the needs of an ever more demanding and selective market, in which quality is an essential constant, a pre-requisite for a flawless, stable, homogeneous product. This means state-of-the-art equipment, and access to the most appropriate technologies.
The new look, which stands alongside the old, rather than in its place, is one of shiny steel, and electronically-controlled, automatic processes, for past and future living together in a dynamic, efficient present capable of taking on the toughest competition in the acquisition of new markets.
Rashi also produces quality wines from the great new wine regions of New York and California.


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Tuesday, Fox News reported that accuser Vanessa Tyson has retained the same firm that represented Justice Kavanaugh accuser, Christine Blasey Ford.
Mary covered the allegations and backstory in detail here.
Yes, the news about his sexual interlude with Ms. Tyson is beginning to leak out despite the media’s “black”out.
You mean they sought her out, right? What does she need a lawyer for? Is she going to file a suit? What is the gain for her? What does she do? I doubt she has the kind of money that affords this level of lawyer.
She needs the lawyer to extract the highest amount possible.
This is kind of funny, Number 2 guy thinks he has hit the jackpot and going to replace number one guy. Now he has a lawsuit which is going impoverish him regardless of the outcome.
Now Dems have both of these guys in the shithouse. What happens next, another election to replace both? Or do they have to stop the PC stuff cold and ride it out?
Ha. Looks like she is working at enhancing her resume. She is looking to move up in the Sexual Assault Survivors Industry. She can now claim cred as an actual survivor, and depending on how this plays out, she can add something about the ferocity of the push-back.
1) She fears her claim will be met by some manner of legal attack from the accused; or 2) She knows that her claim is bogus and she needs a legal adviser to tell her when to call it off and how to defend herself during the “retrograde maneuver”.
And, of course, she will want to hang a price tag on all the hurt she has suffered.
It is virtually always wise to lawyer up.
Victim Tyson with Nancy Pelosi.
Tyson seems very credible to me.
I have difficulty associating anything “real” and that fruitcake Ford.
Nope, not getting on this train. You can *bet* that if the Gov resigns, the Dems will proudly crow about their morals for years and ignore this, regardless of any confirming facts that come out. God forbid they have *two* of their Govs resign.
I wonder if she’ll also hire Minnie Mouse as a voice coach.
Hmmmm. Somebody is attacking both these characters, using either unsubstantiated or outright silly bits of ancient history to hit them in two of the D’rats sore spots, racism (real or imaginary) or sexual abuse (again, real or imaginary). The idea is apparently to get the D’rats themselves to force them out of office. But we can be pretty sure that whoever is doing this is also a D’rat; of all the characters on the current political scene, only D’rats are both sufficiently vile and devious enough to work a plan like this. The antifa or anti-Globalist types are too thuggish and unimaginative to manipulate public (or D’rat) opinion so efficiently. So I suspect a D’rat, and a big one. But who?
Every bit of Fairfax’s reaction to this is classic behavior of a guilty person.
First attacks the people that broke the story. Then blame various parties for ‘leaking’ the story. All while saying as little as possible about the actual incident itself.
Contrast that to Kavanaugh. Immediate, unequivocal, repeated denials, followed by asking to be allowed to publicly tell his story. Never attacking either Democrats (though they richly deserved it), or Ford herself.
Everything about Fairfax’s behavior is telling me he’s guilty and that he KNOWS he’s guilty.
Perfect. The Blasey Ford law firm will subborn Fairfax’s accuser into changing her age at the time of the alleged assault by three years. (Ford’s claim shifted from “late teens” to when she was fifteen.) Then, like Northam, Fairfax won’t resign, and VA Democrats will saddled with these creeps until their terms run out.
The Ford legal team were ideologues and if this woman thinks they are going to work on her behalf, she is badly mistaken. They took on their previous role to get Trump and to stop a conservative court nominee. That’s the only reason they took the role because it was pro bono. I smell a “We did our best but it was not good enough” excuse coming from them eventually.
Another professor from California? I wonder what their workplaces are like?
I wonder what their workplaces are like?
Some of them have typhus and fleas. Maybe more than they’re admitting.
This bimbo’s face makes my eyes hurt. They say that she gives good baby-voice. Gotta feel sorry for the husband. How could anyone know that the woman he is about to marry is a latent idiot with a valley girl tendencies?
Spandex be damned. There is some stuff in life that just should not be seen and Christine Blasio is of that domain.
You don’t think this woman would want to find a legal team who could actually win.

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ELIZABETH GARDENER BOUGUEREAU was an American from New Hampshire who studied with William Bouguereau, later to become his second wife after the death of his first wife Nellie a few years prior. Her art historical influence is very significant, as she undoubtedly played a role in persuading her husband to use his influence as President of the Academy, Head of the Salon, and President of the Legion d'Honneur, to convince the Academie Julien (and a few years later the École des Beaux Arts) to open their doors to women for the first time in history.
There was an exhibition at the Dahesh Museum, NY, called Overcoming All Obstacles: Women Artists of the Academy Julien which featured her work and that traveled to the Clark Museum, Williamstown, Mass., and the Dixon in Memphis. The Dahesh may still stock catalogs for this show, in which Elizabeth Gardener and other important women artists of the era are featured. The catalogue raisonné of her work is currently in preparation.
Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau (1837-1922), whose work, if ever mentioned, is often accused of too closely resembling that of her husband, the famous William Bouguereau. This was a criticism that originated during her lifetime. She became quite well known during her day and her response to this accusation was "I know I am criticized for not more boldly asserting my individuality, but I would rather be known as the best imitator of Bouguereau than nobody!" Clearly Gardner felt that having to suffer the criticism that her work was too similar to that of the most famous and beloved artist of the time was preferable to not being discussed at all. Although her painting technique does closely resemble the skilled hand of her husband, she does in fact have a body of stunning works, many of which express her unique voice and give her work a degree of separation.
Although currently, her name is not widely known among the general public, her paintings have become re-appreciated among 19th century collectors. One such work is The Farmer's Daughter, which sold April 23, 2010 at Sotheby's New York for the hefty sum of $494,500, which was significantly above the $200,000 to $300,000 estimate. However, compared to Pablo Picasso, who had a painting sell for $106,482,500 in May of the same year, her prices at auction still have room to grow.
McCabe, Lida Rose. Madame Bouguereau at Work, Il 694.
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UNDATED (AP) — Virginia is heading to the Final Four for the first time since 1984.
Virginia had forced overtime on a buzzer beater from Mamadi Diakite (dee-ah-KEE’-tay).
— Texas Tech is going to the Final Four for the first time in school history. Jarrett Culver scored 19 points and the third-seeded Red Raiders produced a suffocating defense in the second half to beat No. 1 seed Gonzaga 75-69 in the West Region final. Tech led 71-69 with 11 seconds left when Gonzaga’s Josh Perkins committed a technical foul by making contact with Matt Mooney, who was out of bounds attempting an inbounds pass. Texas Tech went 4 of 4 on free-throw attempts the rest of the way to seal the victory.
UNDATED (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale scored a career-high 34 points, Jessica Shepard added 24 points and 14 rebounds, and defending national champion Notre Dame beat Texas A&M in the Sweet 16 for the second straight year, 87-80 on Saturday.
Ogunbowale, the Irish’s career scoring leader, surpassed her previous high of 32 points. Shepard dominated down low, and Notre Dame got a sweet repeat to go with its 12th straight win. Chennedy Carter led Texas A&M with a season-high 35 points in another impressive NCAA performance.
—Baylor reached the Elite Eight for the fifth time in six years with another dominant 93-68 win over South Carolina. Baylor will play second-seeded Iowa on Monday night with the winner advancing to the Final Four.
— Megan Gustafson had 27 points and 12 rebounds to lead Iowa past North Carolina State 70-61 in the Greensboro Regional semifinals. Hannah Stewart added 16 points and 10 rebounds. Gustafson, who averages a Division I-best 28 points while also ranking second in rebounding, finished with her 33rd double-double to match the NCAA’s single-season record. She made 10 of her 13 shots.
UNDATED (AP) — A person with knowledge of the negotiations has told The Associated Press that Nebraska has finalized a deal to hire Fred Hoiberg as its coach.
Hoiberg went 115-155 from 2010-15 with the Bulls.
— Kansas guard Charlie Moore has decided to transfer for the second time after an uneventful season with the Jayhawks. Moore began his career at California before transferring to Kansas, where he sat out last season as the Jayhawks made a run to the Final Four.
UNDATED (AP) — James Harden had 50 points 11 rebounds and 10 assists, scoring 10 straight Houston points down the stretch to help the Rockets beat the Sacramento Kings 119-108 on Saturday.
— Tobias Harris scored 25 points for Philadelphia in Jimmy Butler’s jeer-filled return to Minnesota, helping the 76ers hang on to beat the Timberwolves 118-109 and move one step closer toward solidifying the No. 3 seed for the Eastern Conference playoffs. Butler, who was booed each time he touched the ball, had a quiet night.
— Dion Waiters scored 28 points, Dwyane Wade added 16 in his last game at Madison Square Garden, and the Miami Heat beat the New York Knicks 100-92.
— Aaron Gordon had 23 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, and the Orlando Magic racked up a season-high 37 assists in a 121-116 win over the Indiana Pacers to keep pace in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Orlando remained a half-game behind Miami for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot.
— Montrezl Harrell scored 23 points and rookie Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 22 points and eight assists, as the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 132-108. The victory pushed the Clippers’ record to 46-31, a half game back for San Antonio for the fifth seed in the Western Conference playoffs.
— D’Angelo Russell scored 20 of his 29 points in another blistering third quarter against Boston, leading the Brooklyn Nets to a 110-96 victory over the short-handed Celtics.
— LeBron James will sit out the rest of the season, ending his first year with the Los Angeles Lakers with six games to play. The Lakers said Saturday that holding James out would allow his groin to fully heal. James is the NBA’s fifth-leading scorer with 27.4 points per game, and he averaged 8.5 rebounds and 8.3 assists in his first season on the West Coast.
— The Toronto Raptors will be without forward Patrick McCaw for about weeks because of a sprained right thumb. He was hurt during Thursday night’s win at New York. He will wear a splint while he is sidelined. McCaw is averaging 2.7 points and 1.7 rebounds through 26 games with Toronto. The Raptors lead the Atlantic Division and have the second-best record in the Eastern Conference.
UNDATED (AP) — Brandon Hyde earned his first win as Baltimore Orioles manager when slow-footed catcher Jesus Sucre was aggressive on the bases to score the go-ahead run, then added three late RBIs to beat the New York Yankees 5-3 Saturday.
Hyde, a Chicago Cubs coach for the past five seasons, was hired in December to fill the last manager opening in the major leagues.
— Joey Gallo hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning and the Rangers rallied to beat the Chicago Cubs 8-6, long after Yu Darvish flopped in the former Texas ace’s return to his first home in the majors.
— Reyes Moronta struck out five in two innings of lights-out relief work, including Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr., and the San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 for their first victory this season. The Giants were at risk of going 0-3 for the first time since 2012.
— Mark Canha hit a two-run homer in the fourth that held up for Brett Anderson, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-2.
— Miguel Rojas and Martin Prado each had three hits and the Miami Marlins won for the first time this season, beating the Colorado Rockies 7-3.
—Christian Yelich became the first MVP to homer in the first three games of the following season, Josh Hader closed things out with an immaculate inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2.
— Tyler Glasnow and four relievers shut down the Houston Astros after Alex Bregman’s first-inning homer, and the Tampa Bay Rays won 3-1. Bregman went deep on his 25th birthday, but Glasnow was otherwise excellent, striking out four and allowing six hits over five innings.
— Miguel Rojas and Martin Prado each had three hits and the Miami Marlins won for the first time this season, beating the Colorado Rockies 7-3. Limited to a total of six hits in a pair of losses to Colorado earlier this week, the Marlins broke loose for 16 hits against starter Tyler Anderson and four relievers.
—Jorge Soler had three hits and three RBIs, Alex Gordon scored three runs despite not getting a hit and the Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox 8-6 on a wet, cold and windy day. Billy Hamilton got three hits and scored twice for the speedy Royals, off to a 2-0 start for the first time since their World Series-winning season in 2015. The first pitch was delayed 30 minutes because of rain. When the game began, it was 38 degrees and felt like 28, whipped by 18 mph winds.
— J.D. Davis delivered a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning and rookie Pete Alonso contributed three hits and two RBIs as the new-look New York Mets improved to 2-0 with an 11-8 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday.
— Greg Allen hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth inning, then Cleveland reliever Brad Hand escaped a bases-loaded jam and the Indians held off the Minnesota Twins 2-1 on Saturday. The three-time AL Central champion Indians posted their first win of the season and handed new Twins manager Rocco Baldelli his first loss. The teams combined for just six hits, four by the Indians.
— The second game of a series between the Pirates and Reds was postponed Saturday because of rain. The start of the game was delayed 40 minutes before it was called.
UNDATED (AP) — Teuvo Teravainen and Dougie Hamilton scored 21 seconds apart in the first period, and the Carolina Hurricanes gave their playoff hopes a boost with a 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.
— Cam Atkinson scored twice and Artemi Panarin had four assists to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 5-2 victory over the Nashville Predators for their fourth straight win. Columbus maintains its hold on the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
— Anthony Duclair scored twice and Craig Anderson made 42 saves to help the last-place Ottawa Senators beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2. Toronto missed a chance to clinch a playoff berth, falling to 3-5-2 in its last 10 games.
— Alex Ovechkin scored his 50th and 51st goals of the season, leading the Washington Capitals to a 6-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Nicklas Backstrom and T.J. Oshie also scored twice, while Braden Holtby finished with 25 saves as the Capitals won their fourth consecutive game.
— Jordan Eberle continued his scoring surge with another goal, Anthony Beauvillier added two of his own and the New York Islanders clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2016 with a 5-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres.
— Defenseman Vince Dunn scored in close with 2.8 seconds left in overtime and the St. Louis Blues beat New Jersey 3-2 for their 11th straight victory over the Devils. Robert Thomas and Tyler Bozak also scored for the Blues.
— Troy Brouwer scored a short-handed goal and Roberto Luongo stopped 30 shots to help the Florida Panthers beat Boston 4-1 and hand the Bruins their first loss at home since January. Boston has already clinched a playoff berth and will most likely open the postseason at home against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Panthers have been eliminated from playoff contention.
Financial terms of the deal announced Saturday were not disclosed. The 23-year-old Schmaltz arrived in the desert in a November trade that sent forward Dylan Strome and Brendan Perlini to Chicago.
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Richard Pawlak was born in Chelsea, MA. He attended New England School of Art in Boston and graduated Montserrat School of Art in 1981.
Pawlak developed a mastery of many artistic mediums and approaches to achieve an end result. Consequently the combination of technical skills, life experience and the good fortune of learning under excellent teaching, has emerged in the production of a growing body of work.
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In Israeli politics, Benjamin Netanyahu has long been known as the ultimate survivor. But now, a leader who has so often seemed invincible faces grave legal and electoral peril.
With crucial parliamentary elections set for Tuesday, the smooth-talking, American-educated prime minister faces a vote that is widely seen as a referendum on him making controversial moves. On Saturday he pledged to annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank if re-elected, a dramatic policy shift apparently aimed at rallying his nationalist base.
If the election keeps him in power, Netanyahu, 69, will hit a political milestone later this year, becoming Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, a distinction held until now by founding father David Ben Gurion. But with a criminal indictment on corruption charges hanging over his head, that historic marker might carry a very large asterisk.
A polarizing, paradoxical figure, Netanyahu is the sort of politician who’s sometimes down but never out — at least not for long. He’s a onetime elite commando in a state whose military might is still central to its identity. He’s admired by many as a canny political operative, but unreservedly trusted by few.
He has long been willing to form alliances across the political spectrum to maintain power. That fluidity — considered raw opportunism by some — is once again at play in Tuesday’s elections, analysts say.
On Thursday, five days before facing voters, the Israeli leader was on what amounted to a campaign stop — in Moscow, where he thanked Putin personally for Russian troops’ assistance with the repatriation of the remains of an Israeli soldier, Zachary Baumel, killed almost 37 years ago in the first of Israel’s two wars with Lebanon. Such homecomings of remains are rare, and tend to resonate very strongly with the Israeli public.
It was in some ways a rerun of last month, when Netanyahu, reprising a familiar role, played the grateful beneficiary of a political gift from President Trump — this time, the White House declaring that the United States would reverse decades of policy and recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, the strategic plateau seized from Syria in 1967.
Although Netanyahu’s rightist Likud party has long been the country’s dominant political force, its main rival — the new centrist Blue and White party, spearheaded by former military chief Benny Gantz — has also been polling strongly throughout the campaign.
The final preelection polls, released Friday, showed Blue and White with a slight lead over Likud, but also suggested that a bloc of right-wing parties would be better positioned than the centrists to form Israel’s next government.
Camil Fuchs, the veteran pollster for the Haaretz newspaper, said this was the most difficult election to predict since 1996, when Netanyahu first came to power.
He served for three years, then returned to office in the spring of 2009 and has held the job ever since, surviving four elections.
Israeli politics are rarely a pretty sight, but this campaign has been distinctive for its divisive tone. In the final days before the vote, a Likud video highlighted a shaky interview performance by Gantz, sarcastically captioning wild-eyed shots of him as “completely stable.” That was reminiscent of an election-day video in 2015, when Netanyahu warned of Israeli Arab voters turning out “in droves” to support his rivals.
Gantz, in turn, has hammered Netanyahu as fatally tainted by the graft scandals for which he faces imminent indictment. The whiff of scandal has for years been a constant in Netanyahu’s public life, but only now is he facing what appears to be genuine legal peril.
In February, Atty. Gen. Avichai Mandelblit announced that Netanyahu would be indicted on corruption charges pending a July hearing in which he will be given a final opportunity to present any exculpatory evidence.
The prime minister stands accused of improperly accepting expensive gifts for political favors, ordering government action aimed at hurting one newspaper in exchange for favorable coverage from one of its competitors, and helping his friend get regulatory concessions for his telecommunications company.
But unless he is convicted, Netanyahu could remain in office. No law prevents him from serving while under indictment or on trial, but Israel has never faced such a situation, and he would almost certainly face legal challenges over his fitness to serve.
How ordinary people feel about Netanyahu — who is widely known by his nickname, Bibi — has overshadowed debate of actual policy issues such national security, growing income inequality and whether Arab Israelis have the same rights as Jewish ones.
Asher Turgeman, 60, has known Gantz since they attended boarding school together and still keeps his private cellphone number handy. But he still planned to vote for Netanyahu.
The vote is something of a free-for-all, with more than 6.3 million voters eligible to cast ballots for more than 40 parties, an eclectic mix of established blocs and fringe movements. The number of representatives each party sends to the 120-seat parliament, or Knesset, depends on its total share of the vote.
The field is expected to be drastically winnowed — parties with less than 3.25% of the vote get no seats — but no one party is expected to garner an outright majority, meaning the bigger parties have to ally themselves with smaller ones in order to form a coalition. With Likud holding 30 seats, Netanyahu currently leads through such an arrangement.
Israeli analysts believe that if granted a winning hand at the polls, Netanyahu will attempt to establish a new coalition with politically weak extremist parties who will help pass a law granting him immunity from prosecution as long as he remains prime minister.
In February, Netanyahu brokered a deal between three extreme right-wing parties that include candidates advocating Jewish supremacy. But if he tries to bring them into any new government, he could face a rebellion in the Likud ranks.
“I am afraid we’ll awaken Wednesday morning with Bibi in place, with a very, very, very, very right-wing government,” said Christoph Schmidt, a philosophy professor at Hebrew University.
Netanyahu’s political persona has traditionally centered on security; he likes referring to the Mideast a “tough neighborhood.” That translates into a consistently hard line toward the Palestinians that has only hardened in the run-up to this vote.
Throughout the campaign, he has warned Israelis of “the Arabs,” including a constant jingle that featured the line “It’s Bibi or Tibi,” a reference to veteran legislator Ahmad Tibi, a leader of the Arab Movement for Change party. Israeli Arabs make up a fifth of the population.
Feverish media coverage in Israel depicts these elections as deeply consequential. But Schmidt, the philosophy professor, said a similar sense of urgency has hovered over almost all Israeli polling.
Special correspondent Tarnopolsky reported from Jerusalem and staff writer King from Washington.

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So Skeeter's been lying low. Eh?
Skeety admits being partial to Delhi Foodies' Zone, hence it did get updated.
Skeets sooooo missed visiting the blogs of all her blogger friends...Tanu Blotter, Backpakker, Asha, Anita, Woody, Vanilla, and EVERYBODY!
All this while, Skeety's been just running around trying to get life sorted (hehe yeah that was to avoid details :P ).
Skeety's laptop's display conked off. She's been terribly sad.
Skeets also chanced to visit the Mani Tungyur temple, which gave her a lot of peace and space from people.
Skeety! Welcome back. Lovely pictures too, which is always a bonus.
Btw, I couldn't find the tag on your blog that I had once wanted to attempt. Can you send me the link please?
dRoZzY: thanks... it is NOT a Chinese mandir...be respectful...will you? Else utha ke le jayenge...and gadget? tu inna funny kaise hai?
N o no... abhi em bijji.
and me be EastManColour ... not EastManColor!!
Great photography on your blog..
Now you have to sacrifice 15 spider-monkeys before the next full moon.
WELCOME BACK! Great photos! Love how you captured the local color.
Have to read all your posts.
btw where is dat temple in delhi?
good to see you back!! more posts more posts!!
Good to see you back. The pics are good as ever.
Finally you're back!! And this isn't called a hiatus, it's been forever!!
I'm a little slow in updating, tu to mere se bhi zyada hai bey:P Hope the next post appears soon!!
tanu: aahhh is it? can that be seen on your blog?


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