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Claymore lightsaber > double-bladed staff.
As a new era dawns for Star Wars, who will carry on Darth Vader’s villainous legacy in the upcoming The Force Awakens? Director J.J. Abrams and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan are betting on Kylo Ren, the new red lightsaber-wielding bad guy portrayed by Girls star Adam Driver.
Entertainment Weekly has devoted this week’s cover to the galaxy’s newest BAMF. Though much is said, little is yet known.
We do know Kylo Ren isn’t his name. It’s a title, like “Darth” was for Vader before him. The “Ren” comes from his alignment with the Knights of Ren, who are in cahoots with the First Order, the new regime from the ashes of the fallen Empire.
The Abrams mystery box means whatever answers we get just brings up more questions. What is Kylo’s rank in the Knights of Ren’s hierarchy? What is their goal? What is Kylo’s goal? Every decent villain needs his ulterior motive.
Of all things to hint at, EW alludes to his lineage. A Redditor’s lightbulb went off, suggesting “Kylo” is Leia SKYwalker and Han SoLO’s offspring. And maybe jet fuel can’t melt steel beams while we’re at it.
But as “new” as Abrams and Kasdan hope Kylo Ren to be, he has the familiar Cobra Commander-style hallmarks: the imposing dark silhouette, the inhuman face, and the unique lightsaber which Abrams says is a weapon of Kylo’s own design. Resembling a medieval claymore, Kylo’s tri-lightsaber became an instant object of wonder, as in, “How the hell does it work?” Some suggest the sword’s origins can be found within Star Wars games like Knights of the Old Republic and The Force Unleashed, despite that stuff being swept under the rug by Disney.


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Eponine Momenceaux. Photo by Niki Kannan.
We met after the CST reception for Aaton, Angenieux, K5600, Transvideo last Thursday in Cannes. I was invited to lunch by AFFECT, Aaton and Transvideo President Jacques Delacoux, CST President Pierre-William Glenn, AFC, and Angenieux President Pierre Andurand. Pierre-William led the way to his favorite restaurant, Astoux & Brun (depuis 1953). Apparently he goes there almost every day during the festival. It’s well deserved. Pierre-William supervises all the projections and technical details of the Cannes Festival.
Pierre-William, Pierre Andurand, Jacques Delacoux all advised: “Interview Éponine.” They knew something the critics at Cannes didn’t know. “Dheepan” would win the coveted Palme D’Or two days later — first prize at Cannes.
The story unfolds like an ethics class, or like a screening of the “Battle of Algiers. Your sympathies sway. Dheepan was a Tamil Tiger in Sri Lanka. The battle lost, he arrives in France, pretending to be married to a woman with a little girl. He finds work in a housing project in a tough banlieu, and one cannot overlook the fact that director Audiard’s original intent was a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s “Straw Dogs.” It was a total surprise to all the critics that “Dheepan” won — but obviously not a surprise to Glenn, Andurand, and Delacoux.
“Dheepan” was shot with a Sony F55 from Panavision Paris.Eponine said, “I like the fact that it is a lightweight, comfortable, shoulder resting camera. We did tests in advance, and I thought it had the best colors for faces, with the best color gamut, and color space. We shot in spherical widescreen with Cooke S3 lenses, Angenieux Optimo 28-76 mm zoom and occasionally 24-290. In India it was Cooke S4, but for the majority of the shooting it was S3.
Here are excerpts of an interview for the AFC (afcinema.com) by Brigitte Barbier, translated from French by Alex Raiffé. Courtesy of the Association of French Cinematogrpahers.
For his seventh feature film, Dheepan, which is in the Official Competition of the 68th Cannes Film Festival, Jacques Audiard chose an unknown aspiring actor to play the lead role. The story is about a former rebel soldier, a young woman, and a little girl who pretend to be a family in order to be evacuated from their war-torn country. Upon arrival in France, they have to adapt to a new life in a violent housing project. It is there that this imaginary family will, over the course of time and the events they face together, learn to form a “real” family.
A graduate of La fémis’ Image Department in 2011, Eponine Momenceau directed an experimental film screened at the Palais de Tokyo in 2013 and a film for Arte, Jungle, as part of the Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris – La fémis. She was the director of photography for several short films and then one day Jacques Audiard called. He saw her film Waves Become Wings at the Palais de Tokyo, and he wanted to offer her the job of director of photography on his next film, because he was interested in combining cinema and contemporary art. A few days later, she was asked to do tests for the film.
Eponine Momenceau felt that over the course of their conversations, Jacques Audiard reconsidered his concept of the screenplay and its visual style. Then he called to confirm that he wanted to work with her, he wanted a new direction for his movies, he didn’t like the feeling like he’s just sailing forward.
The heavy lifting, from preparations to shooting.
“We thought we’d shoot a lot of the scenes on a tripod and we ended up shooting a lot of them from the shoulder. As we weren’t dealing with professional actors, they first had to get comfortable with the scene. I watched how they would use the space, I had a viewfinder with a zoom and I would look for the right angle.
Lighting a Jacques Audiard film.
Eponine said she had great support from Michel Barthélémy, the production designer, who was always thinking of the lighting for each set, he would choose very appropriate wallpapers and colours for the walls. She said she got a lot of help by her crew, Marianne Lamour, the gaffer, and Edwin Broyer, the key grip.
Eponine used the most powerful lights in Sri Lanka. There, she used Molebeams, placed far in the distance in order to light the jetty which was completely in the dark. She also used 18 kWs on a crane, the only light coming in through a window, in order to obtain high contrast.
She also used a Ring Light, especially at night, for frontal lighting, but she never used them on the lenses. She also used boxes set up with Kino Flo bulbs, created by Pierre Michaud, the gaffer.
She tested the Sony F55 and found that it did a very good job rendering skin tone and other colors. It was fortunate that she chose this compact and lightweight camera because a lot of the scenes ended up being filmed from the shoulder. Eponine opted for Cooke S3 series lenses, which she likes because of their vintage “flaws”: they have a tendency to vignette or to flare, which “breaks up the digital effect.” She often used them without “matte boxes” and without a filter, in order to be able to handle the camera however she pleased.
Otherwise, she also used the Angenieux Optimo 28-76 zoom. She also used a Mitchell filter to reduce the sharpness.
On shooting her first feature film with Jacques Audiard.
“That’s a great first question: how do you propose another technique of filming when the one he already used in his past films is extremely interesting?
“It means being reactive. Not setting up too much in advance (generally speaking), having good instincts and making lots of suggestions. Being receptive to unforeseen circumstances and be flexible because Jacques Audiard doesn’t like feeling that things have been predetermined, and that the actors can’t move because there are marks all over the place. Putting as much lighting as possible off set.

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In perhaps the least surprising news of the week thus far, Tottenham Hotspur have confirmed the departure of Tim Sherwood.
Having initially joined the club’s coaching staff under Harry Redknapp in 2008, the 45-year-old was earning a solid reputation for himself when he was appointed as first team coach in December 2013. This came in the wake of Andre Villas-Boas being sacked, after some heavy defeats placed the Portuguese under intense pressure.
But although Sherwood was given an 18-month contract, it was widely expected that he would be relieved of his duties if he failed to deliver a top-four finish. And a little under 48 hours after Tottenham beat Aston Villa to cement sixth position in the table, the Londoners have confirmed the inevitable departure of their former midfielder.
“We appointed Tim mid-season as someone who knew both the players and the club. We agreed an 18-month contract with a break clause at the end of the season and we have now exercised that option. Since appointing Tim as assistant first Team coach in 2008 and then as technical co-ordinator in 2010 and Head of Football Development in 2012, we have been supportive of him during football management changes throughout that period.
Sherwood becomes the second Premier League manager to lose his job since the final day of the season on Sunday afternoon, with Pepe Mel being shown the door by West Bromwich Albion on Monday. West Ham United are also believed to be considering the position of Sam Allardyce, who has lost the support of the Upton Park faithful.
When Sherwood’s future first came into question, it was thought that Spurs had set their sights on Luis van Gaal. However, the current Holland coach, who will become a free agent after the World Cup Finals, is now widely expected to be named the new Manchester United boss, which could even be confirmed within the next 24 hours.
Mauricio Pochettino, who has impressed since replacing Nigel Adkins at Southampton last season, is said to be a frontrunner for the Spurs job. Frank de Boer, the Ajax coach, has recently claimed he is also wanted by the White Hart Lane club, whilst former Liverpool and Chelsea boss Rafael Benitez, now of Napoli, is also a potential contender.

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MBA started its "SING!" program in 2017. SING! is a student-created production which challenges students to create original stage-plays to be performanced in front of an audience of their peers, teachers, friends and parents.
SING! meets twice a week after school on Mondays & Fridays from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM. Students take on a variety of collaborative roles whether it's actor, scriptwriter, director, tech crew (lighting and sound), or stage crew.
There are two exclusive showings of our SING! production a year. One production is held in the evening open to everyone. Parents, teachers, friends, community members are welcome to attend. There is a daytime production exclusively held for MBA students and stafff members.
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Very interesting information about 485 Madison Ave. I didn't know there was so much TV activity there. I had thought there had only been experimental work.
Bob Hall was the third actor to play The Green Hornet (from Detroit), from 1943 to 1946. Hall was only 17 at the time. I had the article with his obit in 1967. I think he was quite young when he passed, perhaps in his mid-forties. The story also mentioned he was the youngest actor to play the role.
I said in an earlier email that the "Studio 1" TV series did an episode from a radio studio at 485, based on the War of the Worlds broadcast. I think I said the studio was on the lower floors. Since then I haven't been able to verify that so I'll retract the part about the studio's whereabouts.
Re: Studio 9 - was the news televised from it or did they just do voice-over?
It will be forty years on Feb. 21 that the false EBS alert occurred. Were you or any of the retirees on duty that day?
I hope you don't mind these emails, since I'm not a retiree. The posts are fascinating; like the old phone company commercials, they're the next best thing to being there. I enjoy reading about the way it was in earlier days.


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MINI presents the latest MINI LIVING Urban Cabin at the interdisciplinary architecture exhibition China House Vision in Beijing from 21 September to 4 November 2018. The micro-apartment concept was developed in cooperation with local architect Dayong Sun.
MINI Living started in 2016 and is dedicated to developing novel residential concepts for urban conurbations worldwide. Developments in big cities such as space shortage and price increases are taken into account, as well as the desire for flexibility, local identity and communal interaction. In order to address these diverse aspects, the project takes the “creative use of space” principle as developed for the classic Mini in the field of automotive design and applies it to the residential context.
Every MINI Living Urban Cabin consists of three formal elements. The living and sleeping sections on one side of the micro-apartment and the kitchen and bathroom on the other side are designed by the MINI Living Design Team. The third section is defined by MINI as an experiential space with the character of an installation: for each cabin, a local architects’ bureau is invited to fill out this space. The theme selected always has to be relevant to the specific location. In Beijing this experiential space was developed in collaboration with local architect Dayong Sun. He has created an open area of encounter as a homage to the courtyards of the traditional hutongs. Golden, telescope-like mirrors are mounted above this interactive space, reflecting the immediate environment but also the broader urban context. A swing at the centre of the space provides a playful shift in the viewer’s perspective. The storage and seating facilities positioned around the Urban Cabin are designed in geometrical shapes reminiscent of traditional Chinese tangram puzzles, also acting as an attractive feature for contemplation.
Dayong Sun’s design is inspired by the hutongs common in Beijing’s more traditional districts. A hallmark feature of the city’s architectural history, these residences are made up of courtyard buildings and passageways that are particularly appreciated for the combination of private withdrawal spaces and communal living areas which they offer. This model is now gradually disappearing from the urban landscape as a result of demographic change. The MINI LIVING Urban Cabin in Beijing echoes the underlying principle of hutong while at the same time translating it to the modern age.
MINI Living is focused on forward-looking stimuli for a style of residential architecture that focuses on human beings and their need for individuality, flexibility and community.
“Each MINI Living Urban Cabin creates maximum quality of living within a very limited space in a specific situational context”, explains Oke Hauser, Creative Lead MINI Living. “The result is a global network of creative residential solutions in which people all over the world feel at home, while at the same time providing a public space for innovative forms of co-living”.

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Background: The rapid growth of gene expression databases has created a need for contentbased searches as an alternative to unstructured database queries using keyword- or metadata-based searches. Content-based searching is the ability to retrieve all experiments with similar gene expression patterns in a database regardless of the biological annotations provided for these experiments.
Objective: While this concept is still in its infancy in a general context, in this study we focus on applying it to a specific subset of gene expression datasets, by only querying experiments involving time-series expression profiles.
Method: To this end, we propose a novel experiment fingerprinting scheme obtained by clustering expression profiles, for content-based searching of time-series microarray experiments. To determine the retrieval ability of the proposed scheme, we performed a simulated information retrieval task on a large set of microarray experiments gathered from a public repository. The relevance between any two experiments was then defined using their commonalities based on annotated disease associations.
Results and Conclusion: The results showed that relevant experiments can be more successfully retrieved using this new method compared with traditional differential expression-based methods.
Gene expression database, time-course data, time-series profile, content-based search, information retrieval, modelbased clustering.

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"The concept that guerrilla warfare is an end in itself and that guerrilla activities can be divorced from those of the regular forces is incorrect."
The Maji Maji War, in southwestern Tanganyika (1905-1907), sparked by German efforts to confiscate tribal lands and institute forced labor on cotton plantations, left 15 Europeans and 389 of their African mercenaries dead, as well as some 300,000 tribesmen, the latter mostly from starvation and disease due to a systematic campaign to destroy their crops and carry off their cattle.
By the end of June of 1940, in the aftermath of the Fall of France and the evacuation of over 330,000 British and French troops from Dunquerque, a further 150,000 Allied troops from other ports, and the surrender of France to the Germans, the U.S. had initiated the shipment to Britain of 500,000 Enfield rifles and 80,000 machine guns, with 130 million rounds of ammunitions, as well as nearly 1,000 pieces of artillery with a million rounds, along with other materiél.
During World War I approximately 14,000 Swiss citizens served in the French Foreign Legion, of whom half died in combat.
The last notable occasion on which elephants played a role on a “Western” battlefield seems to have been at Thapsus (Feb 5, 46 BC) in what is now Tunisia, when about thirty were employed by Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito and King Juba of Numidia, though they did not prevent Caesar from achieving a crushing victory.
On June 5, 1916, the second day of Russia’s “Brusilov Offensive,” the Austro-Hungarian 1st (Vienna) Reserve Rifle Regiment lost 77 percent of its personnel killed in action and most of the rest wounded, captured, or both.
During the South African War (1899-1902), Morning Post correspondent Winston Churchill, officially on leave from the army, was being paid £250 month, plus expenses, arguably equal to £20,000 today.
Roman Catholics, who numbered about a fifth of the U.S. population during World War I, comprised 35 percent of American servicemen.
At the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941, the Imperial Army had over one million troops in China, where ongoing combat operations since 1937 had already cost about 180,000 dead and 425,000 wounded, and another 700,000 in Manchuria, watching the Soviets.

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The Ray-Ban ‘Justin’ sunglasses are inspired by the iconic Wayfarer shape with slightly larger rectangular lenses. Crafted with rubberised light Havana frames, the men’s sunglasses have brown gradient lenses that provide 100% UV protection. Complete with signature branding on the temples and a branded case.
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Although the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) turned dovish on Thursday, trimming the key repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25 percent, foreigners were sellers on Thursday. On Friday, the yield on the benchmark closed at 7.52 percent, up 2 basis points over Thursday s close.
Treasurers believe investors are pulling out fearing fiscal slippages following the largesse to farmers proposed by the government in the interim Budget. The Budget also proposed zero tax for individuals having a taxable income up to Rs 5 lakh, and also withdrew the tax on notional rent on a second self-occupied house.
The rupee appreciated by 0.2 percent to 71.32 on Friday, compared with 71.45 on Thursday.
The RBI in its sixth bi-monthly monetary policy meet on Thursday relaxed the rules for FPI holding of corporate bonds by withdrawing its April 2018 regulation wherein no FPI was allowed an exposure of more than 20 percent of its corporate bond portfolio to a single corporate. Pankaj Pathak, fund manager at Quantum Mutual Fund, said, We do not expect large flows immediately as fiscal concerns and political uncertainty will weigh on investor sentiment.
The quota for FPI investment in gilts was Rs 2.23 lakh crore as on February 8, according to CCIL data. The utilisation as on February 8 was 72.5 percent for gilts.
The NSDL data show that as of February 7, the limit for FPI investments in corporate bonds was `2.89 lakh crore while the utilised level was 70.26 percent.
FPIs invest in various debt market instruments such as government bonds (G-secs), state development loans and corporate bonds, but with prescribed limits and restrictions by the RBI.

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Some Sunday thoughts from cottage country.
It's hard to say sorry. Big companies especially need to get better at it. Hell, I'm Canadian and say it all the time and still need to get better at it.
What struck me about this whole Note 7 mess is that Samsung just hasn't made people feel good enough about its response. It did all the right things — got the phones back en masse, issued new ones quickly, with sufficient (albeit strange) differentiation — but they missed the emotional impact that this recall had on people. And now, after several replacement Note 7s have reportedly exploded, the company has stayed largely silent, except to say the investigation continues. The trend is disturbing.
It's akin to a relationship gone south, and all you see can see after the breakup is a totally different person staring back at you.
People are scared. They're scared to buy Note 7s, they're nervous to be around other people with Note 7s, and they're especially hesitant to use one themselves. And that's OK: It's normal to be worried when you've been told a thing in your house — in your pocket— could explode without warning. The difference is that the Note 7, or any phone, is meant to stay near you most of the time, to be a companion. Even a friend. It's akin to a relationship gone south, and all you see can see after the breakup is a totally different person staring back at you.
Despite the recent rash of fires from the new batch of Note 7s, the chance of an individual unit spontaneously alighting is still very low. And yet, when I peer at the replacement Note 7 on my desk, I can't help looking at it a bit sideways. My response is as emotional as it is based in fact, but that's the point: Samsung hasn't adequately addressed the underlying human side of this very technical problem.
It's also a side of tech that I don't think we, as the media, successfully approach. No piece of tech has engendered more sustained discord, more animosity, more feigned us vs. them, than the smartphone, both inter- and intra-ecosystem. And yet we don't really acknowledge the cause of this vitriol, since we generally only address it after it's been expressed. I don't want to play the role of armchair psychologist, so I'm just going to end with this: Phones are not phones, but extensions of ourselves, and our lives, over which we have considerably more control than most other areas. And when that control is upended in some way — by an errant software update, or the fear of an exploding battery — it becomes more distant from us.
Samsung hasn't adequately addressed the underlying human side of this very technical problem.
It's for those reasons that the Pixel's announcement, that it was at once not a Nexus and too much like a Nexus, was so divisive. I was lucky enough to use the phones briefly at an event in Toronto, and came away impressed and confused. On one hand, the phones are objectively great — nicely-built, and conscientious of the way people use their phones today — but, in the hands of Google, they have limited carrier support in the U.S. and are being positioned as both Galaxy and Nexus. I want the Pixels to do well, but I also know how difficult that will be.
Andrew and Russell did a great job on the Pixel hands-on, and both of them really understand where it fits in the Android ecosystem.
...the results of the Blind Camera Test. I'm of two minds about the results: Samsung ramps up the color saturation of its photos, which is naturally pleasing to the eye, but there are also examples where the phone is objectively better. The iPhone 7 also holds its own, but Apple goes for a more natural look — #nofilter to Samsung's Juno or Ludwig —which can turn some people off. Different strokes.
The LG V20 goes on sale on October twenty days too late for most people. (October 28.) Seriously, LG, you had one job, and it was to get this phone into people's hands two weeks after the September 6 announcement.
But seriously, Verizon isn't just a wireless network provider; it's a services company, a content producer, and an enormous ad funnel. You think Google's deal to sell the Pixel on Verizon was all about the company pre-installing a couple of apps and controlling software updates? No, it was all about Google promising to advertise the crap out of its new phones on every Verizon-owned publishing channel, including AOL.
We're approaching a time when the Note 7 will have to be recalled again, but this second round of problems has, I believe, damaged the Note brand's reputation beyond repair.
And if this text message can be verified as having come from a Samsung representative... wow. Just wow.
Hurricane Matthew looked devastating. Hope all of you are safe and unharmed from the inundation.
If you're in Canada, have a very happy Thanksgiving, and if you're in the U.S., happy Columbus Day!


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Magical memories are created every day at Gulliver’s, which is specially designed for children aged two to 13. So it doesn’t matter if you’ve got toddlers or bigger kids in tow, there really is something for everyone to explore and enjoy!
From theme park classics like the rollercoaster, log flume and dodgems to a host of weird and wonderful rides and attractions, there’s loads to discover with lots of new things to see and do all the time!
With free parking all day, every day and a host of soft play areas, interactive shows, activities and entertainment on offer too, there’s more to Gulliver’s than meets the eye.
To enter for the chance to win a day out at Gulliver’s Kingdom in Matlock Bath, Gulliver’s World in Warrington or Gulliver’s Land in Milton Keynes (your choice!) simply complete the Rafflecopter form below by 9th August 2018. Terms and conditions apply. Good luck!
Terms and conditions: Tickets are non-refundable, non-transferable and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. The family ticket prize is valid for up to four people (at least one adult and one child). Winners will be contacted by Gulliver’s hotline to arrange their visit to their preferred park on a mutually agreed date, subject to availability. UK entrants over 18yrs old only. Competition closes 9th Apugust 2018 at 12AM GMT. Allaboutamummy.co.uk is not responsible for inaccurate prize details supplied to any entrant by any third party connected with this competition. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Twitter or any other Social Network. No cash alternative.
Milton Keynes Gullivers Land - I can walk to it from my house.
Warrington - it's not the closest to us but I would like to take my Mum when we visit next as she'd love to spend some fun time with her granddaughter and it's just down the road from her place.
Warrington as I have never been there!
Matlock Bath is the nearest to us however my son loves the mine train at Gulliver's World at Warrington so it would be a close call between the two!
Gullivers world in Milton Keynes please.
Ooo MK would be perfect!
Milton Keynes as it's right near my Best Friend and we could take her 2 Beautiful Girls.
I'd like to try the warrington one.
How have I.not been before?
Warrington please If I win!
I'd love to visit Gullivers Kingdom at Matlock Bath, we've been to the Warrington one and it was so amazing!
I would love to visit the Milton Keynes Gullivers, it's quite near to our home town.
Would love to go to gullivers world in Milton Keynes.
Milton Keynes for us - dino park if we could!
Matlock as I haven't been there since I was a kid!
I would love to visit the Matlock Bath one please.
I'd love to take my Daughter to the Warrington park!
The Warrington park is the nearest to us, so we'd love tickets to there.
I’d choose Matlock Bath for us to visit!
I’d go to the Matlock bath one.
it would be the matlock one for us! my little ones keep asking to go when they see it advertised so would be fab to win and get to take them!!
Milton Keynes Gullivers Land please.
We would love to visit Milton Keynes!

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Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Mobile Phone has it all and will change the way you engage with people and media as it has a 5.7 Inch IPS Display, MTK6589 Quad Core 1.2GHz CPU as well as an 8GB Rear Camera.
This “Scribble” cell phone comes in a white case and certainly aim to attract attention especially as it has a stunning 5.7 inch IPS display that also will detect every moment due to having a 5 point capacitive touch screen. If you like to stream videos or take photos, the “Scribble” mobile phone has two built-in cameras with one being 2 megapixel and the other being 8 megapixel, plus this phone has a resolution of 720p at 258 pixels per inch, which results in some quality visual viewing.
When it comes to power and performance this “Scribble” 5.7 inch display phone can deliver as it has a MT6589 Quad Core 1.2GHz processor that makes certain everything runs correctly and efficiently. Coming with Android 4.2, the “Scribble” phone’s choice of operating system is certainly a good because this is one of the most advanced and commonly used systems about that is being used by a number of smart devices. With Android 4.2 you can change lay-outs, customize menus, create profiles and access the pre-installed Google Play store to have access the thousand of applications that are stored there. This 3G phone is a suitable choice for anyone wanting power, performance and style at a super wholesale price.
This Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Mobile Phone is in stock now, we guarantee it can be dispatched within one working day with a 12 months warranty. Brought to you by the leader in electronic devices and wholesale Android Phones, Chinavasion.
Même format que le galaxy note 3, c’est un beau téléphone pour un petit prix. Ne pas s'attendre à du grand luxe, il fait ce qu'on lui dit, c'est fluide et c'est déja pas mal. 3G et wifi en France pas de soucis.
EXCELLENT! O smartphone é muito bom. Tela muito grande. Parabéns.
Hi guys, i am from Greece...... after 10 days i have this product to my hands...... JUST PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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MD grew up in Vietnam and learned at age 12 that she has chronic hepatitis B. She kept this information to herself until she came to the United States to attend college. After attending a student conference, she wondered why people with various health conditions keep them secret. She decided eventually to tell her roommates, and is gradually coming forward to speak about living with the virus.
MD's story is available in English and Vietnamese.

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CINCINNATI, OH (WJHG/WECP) Port St. Joe alum Roman Quinn is once again on the Phillies 25 man, big league roster.
The 25 year old outfielder, a second round pick of the Phillies back in 2011, has been hampered by injuries in the last few years, but when he's been healthy he's put up good numbers.
He's fought his way back from a torn Achilles tendon, and most recently, a torn ligament in one of his fingers.
He had surgery for that latter injury back in May and after rehabbing after that operation made it back to Triple-A Lehigh a month ago.
He played well there the last 25 games, hitting 296 in Triple-A, prompting Friday's call up.
This Roman's second call up to the parent club, the first coming in 2016, during which he hit 263 in 57 at bats, and also made a stellar play in center field with this throw to the plate.
Roman joined the team Friday in Cincinnati, making it there in time for the game, and was called on to pinch hit in the 7th inning, bouncing out to third in that lone at bat. The Phillies losing the game 6-4.


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Vacation should be about fun and relaxation, not responsibility. But that doesn't mean you don't need to think about your pets while taking a break from the real world. Pet rabbits need regular care and shouldn't slip your mind while you are taking a much-needed rest.
Rabbits need daily care, playtime, and food and water. An overnight trip may not require a pet sitter but anything longer than a 24-hour getaway should deem a sitter necessary.
You may not feel comfortable or trust your sitter 100% to watch your rabbits closely during their out of cage time, so unless you have a dedicated rabbit room you may just want to have your pet sitter handle your bunny without letting them run around a room too much. Your sitter will feel really bad if your rabbit eats or gets into something they shouldn't have or gets lost!
A detailed instruction list can be left for the sitter to reference and also contain emergency contact numbers, including your exotics vet.
If you don't have any close friends or family that are willing to stop by and care for your rabbit, consider asking them if you can bring them to their house for them to watch. If you don't know anyone personally who is comfortable caring for your rabbit in your absence, check out Care.com for an experienced pet sitter near you, call your local exotics vet to see if any employees would like to make a little extra cash, contact a local rabbit rescue group, or check with your local trusted pet store to see if they know of anyone.
Some dog and cat boarding facilities will board exotic pets, including rabbits, for a nominal fee per day. Daily feedings, medication administration, play times and other needs can be delivered by trained staff but you'll probably need to transport your own enclosure and supplies to the facility. A simple phone call to ask the center if they will be willing to board your rabbit is all it takes. Many facilities may be willing to board a rabbit even if they've never boarded rabbits before.
If you plan on boarding your pet you may feel more comfortable writing out instructions for the facility if you don't know them well. You'll need to provide food, treats, toys, and contacts for your exotics vet (find an exotics vet near you) in case there are any issues while you are out of town.
If you are driving to your temporary destination you may want to consider bringing your pet rabbit along with you. Depending on how many rabbits you have and how large the enclosure is, this may or may not be very practical. One rabbit can be easily transported in a small carrier (but make sure they don't get too warm or cold while in transport) and then set back up in their enclosure at the place where you are staying. Campsites and other places that don't have access to electricity are not good options for vacationing with rabbits as you wouldn't want your ferret to overheat or freeze. But if you are staying in pet-friendly hotels (find a pet-friendly hotel) or with friends or family that don't mind a rabbit or two as company, you may be able to take your pet along with you on vacation!
Regardless of what you do with your pet while you are out of town, you should get a pre-trip check-up by your vet to make sure your rabbit is in good health.
Why Does Your Rabbit Have a Head Tilt?
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With stunning views sweeping across the Dee estuary, Cleaver Heath is an important heathland on the Wirral and the perfect reserve for an evening stroll at sunset.
A carpet of purple shades of heather and bright yellow gorse in summer is bissected by a footpath running lengthways through the reserve. To the east of the path the ground is dominated by mature heather, with sphagnum mosses also present.
A recent heath fire has created a large area of bare ground to the west of the reserve, and the vibrant green shoots of new growth are already bursting through the charred earth. The surrounding woodland is dominated by birch and oak, along with rowan and holly.
Common lizards enjoy basking on the sandy paths, whilst butterflies and a range of birds can be discovered in the surrounding woodlands.


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The season finale of America’s Got Talent jumped 17% from last week to a 2.1 rating among adults 18-49, according to Nielsen overnight numbers (though it was down 13% from last season’s finale). NBC led all broadcasters Wednesday night with a 1.8 rating/6 share.
Fox finished in second with a 1.5/5. The season finale of MasterChef matched last week’s 1.5, but was down 25% from last year.
CBS trailed in third with a 1.0/3. Big Brother dropped 14% to a 1.8, while NFL special Undrafted earned a 0.5.
The CW pulled in a 0.4/1. America’s Next Top Model dipped 17% to a 0.5 and A Wicked Offer rose a tenth to a 0.3.


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Investing in stocks is an excellent way to grow wealth. Making money in equities is not easy. It does not only require oodles of patience and discipline. But also a great deal of research and a sound understanding of the market, among others.
If you are going to invest profitably, this is no easy task. You will need to develop your knowledge and turn that knowledge into experience.
Everyone is looking for a quick and easy way to riches and happiness. Before you make your first investment in the stock market, sit down and do an honest self-assessment. Determine how you relate to money and how much risk you feel comfortable taking.
Investing regularly, avoiding unnecessary financial risk, and letting your money work for you over a period of years. And decades is a certain way to amass significant assets.
This list of Stock Market Investing Tips will give you a structured path to begin your journey. And what you need to avoid from the beginning.
Before you invest in any company, you should know your purpose and the likely time in the future you may have need of the funds.
If you are likely to need your investment returned within a few years, consider another investment; the stock market with its volatility provides no certainty that all of your capital will be available when you need it.
Make your goal to get the most profit from the smallest amount of work possible. In other words, focus on making every trade count so you’re not working the nine-to-five grind for the rest of your working life.
The best advice is to get started and don’t stop. Time isyour greatest ally or your biggest enemy. As soon you get started, the more wealth you can mount up, but it takes time.
Investors who consistently invest in the stock market and are willing to leave their money in the market for long periods of time — 15 years or longer — tend to earn strong, positive returns, reports the SEC’s website Investor.gov.
You can’t go to Point B from Point A if you don’t know where Point A is. Where your investments are concerned, Point A is your present financial situation, or your starting point.
There’s nothing wrong with hoping for the ‘best’ from your investments, but you could be heading for worry if your financial goals are based on unrealistic expectations. For example, lots of stocks have generated more than 50 per cent returns during the great bull run of recent years.
Proper research should always be taking on before investingin stocks. But that is seldom done. Investors usually go by the name of acorporation or the industry they belong to. This is, however, not the right way of putting one’s money into the stock market.
You must know where you want to end up financially before you can make a decision about the proper investment to achieve that end.
It doesn’t matter if your investment objective is to make present income, to conserve your capital or to generate tax-free interest, as long as you know what your investment objective is.
Never invest in a stock. Invest in a business instead. And invest in a business you understand.
In other words, before investing in a company, you should know what business the company is in.
Most stocks are traded through major investment exchanges orover-the-counter. In either case, you need an investments broker to handle your stock transactions.
If you don’t feel confident in your capacity to create your own investment decisions, you might need the services of a full-service broker.
Diversification of portfolio through asset classes and instruments is the important factor to earn best profits on investments with minimum risk. The level of diversification depends on each investor’s risktaking ability.
Whether you do your own research or depend on the services of an investments professional, you should have a clear understanding of how the investment you are buying works.
Never invest in anything that you don’t understand.
The basis of investment advice is, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” In other words, diversify your stock holdings, so if one stock caves in, you don’t lose all your money.
There is no better long-term risk management plan than diversification of your stocks, says the U.S. Securities and ExchangeCommission.
The popular way to manage risk is to diversify your exposure.
Overall it has been witnessed that even great bull runs have shown bouts of panic moments. The volatility witnessed in the markets has certainly made investors lose money in spite of the great bull runs.
Nonetheless, the investors who put in money systematically in the right shares and held on to their investments patiently have been seen generating outstanding returns. Hence, it is wise to have patience and follow adisciplined investment approach while also keeping a long-term broad picture inmind.
Risk tolerance is a psychological trait that is genetically base. Your risk tolerance is how you feel about risk and the degree of anxiety you feel when risk is present.
Risk tolerance also affect by one’s perception of the risk. The idea of perception is significant, especially in investing. Generally speaking, you should never own an asset which keeps you from sleeping in the night.
Anxiety stimulates fear which triggers emotional responses (rather than logical responses) to the stressor. During times of financial uncertainty, the investor who can maintain a cool head and follows an analytical decision process invariably comes out ahead.
The largest obstacle to stock market profits is a lack ofability to control one’s emotions and make logical decisions. In theshort-term, the prices of companies reflect the combined emotions of the whole investment community.
A person who feels negative about the market is called a“bear,” while their positive counterpart is called a “bull.” During market hours, the continuous battle between the bulls and the bears is reflected in the continuously changing price of securities. Typically, bull markets are usually easier for trading, while bear markets can be more challenging.
The stock market fluctuates, both up and down. There is no need to panic if your stock investment takes a slight dip in market price, just have a plan in place to cut your losses if the trend continues downward.
Marketing hype to the opposing, there is no tried-and-true method of timing the market. If you don’t have a prearranged loss threshold, you might find yourself pursuing the market down and end up selling at the bottom.
Leverage simply means the use of borrowed money to execute your stock market plan. In a margin account, banks and brokerage firms can lend you money to buy stocks, usually 50% of the purchase value.
The use of borrowed money “levers” or overstates the result of price movement. Suppose the stock moves to $200 a share and you sell it.
Leverage is a tool, neither good nor bad. However, it is a tool best used after you gain experience and confidence in your decision-making skills. Limit your risk when you are beginning out to make sure you can profit over the long term.
It can be easy to get emotionally attached to a specific stock, particularly if that stock has done well for you over a number of years.
But there might come a time when it is advisable to sell that stock, either to lock in a gain or to cut your losses.
We are existing in a worldwide village. Any important event happening in any part of the world has an influence on our financial markets. Hence we need to constantly monitor our portfolio and we should keep the impact on the desired changes in it.
If you can’t review your portfolio because of time constraint or lack of knowledge, then you should take the help of a good financial planner or someone who is competent in doing that.
Stock market investing is risky business for all but the most disciplined of investors. While there are still ways to lose money, today’s investors have many more tools at their disposal. To understand values and trends, making modern investing less of a gamble.
Investing in the stock market is a great chance to build big asset value for those who are willing to be consistent savers. Make the necessary investment in time and energy to gain experience, appropriately manage their risk, and are patient, letting the magic of compounding to work for them. The younger you begin your investing job, the greater the final results – just remember to walk before you begin to run.


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If you and your spouse are getting divorced and you own a wide range of assets or highly valued property, it is important to hire an attorney with significant experience handling these types of complex divorce cases.
At Family Law Group, LLP, we draw upon more than 35 years of combined experience representing clients in all types of divorces — from relatively straightforward matters involving limited property issues and no children to the most complex divorces involving children, business ownership, retirement accounts, investments, stocks and stock options, and various other assets and liabilities. We serve clients in Livermore, Walnut Creek and throughout the Bay Area.
We often work with forensic accountants, business valuation experts, tax professionals, child specialists and other experts, depending on each client's specific needs. We will listen to your goals, collect all pertinent information and may turn to our network of trusted professionals to best represent you.
Our law firm has represented clients who work for themselves, as well as companies of all sizes in a variety of industries, including technology/web, medical practices, law practices, accounting firms, winery owners and ranch owners. Our experience in these areas can help you navigate the complexity of dividing these properties.
We welcome the opportunity to meet with you personally to discuss your situation and answer any questions you may have. To discuss a high-asset divorce, call our lawyers at 925-344-3524 or email us to schedule a consultation.

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From above! See how the river flows round the garden.
As seen on 'Britain's Best Walks' with Julia Bradbury!
Sitting in a truly special setting right on the bank of the beautiful East Lyn River, the Lodge at Myrtleberry offers comfortable self catering accommodation for up to six people (additional accommodation can sometimes be made available for larger groups up to 11 people - please enquire). It sits in a large open garden on a wide bend of the river, surrounded by oak woodlands on steep hillsides; it is almost the only property in the dramatic National Trust owned Watersmeet Valley.
Sharing the site with the owners' home the Lodge is nevertheless private and completely self-contained. It has been an extremely popular holiday cottage since the 1950's with succeeding generations of families returning year after year. Just over a mile down river is the fishing village of Lynmouth on the dramatic north Devon coast. Just over a mile up river is Exmoor National Park's open moorland.
The Lodge at Myrtleberry is perfect for keen walkers - and their dogs - and those looking for a special place to unwind.


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Book a speaker that makes people think.
You’ve got an upcoming event, conference or team meeting and you want something different.
A speaker that makes people put down their phones and listen, not text.
A speaker that engages, provokes conversation, empowers and entertains.
Real-life examples of overcoming adversity that make quarterly sales targets look like a cake-walk.
Powerful, inspiring messages from a unique “no sugar-coat” perspective that will compel participants to live life more fully and consciously.
An eye-opening presentation on the challenges and triumphs of diversity and how it can drive positive change.
Have event dates in mind? Questions? Contact Tamara.


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HOBOKEN, N.J. -- Authorities say two women were driving drunk when they separately caused numerous crashes involving parked vehicles.
Hoboken police say the accidents occurred early Saturday.
Responding officers found 23-year-old Janelle Green, of Newark, driving the vehicle, while 24-year-old Jamila Banks, of Alexandria, Virginia, was in the front passenger seat. After interviewing the women, authorities determined Banks had been driving and struck at least two parked vehicles before the pair switched places and Green hit at least two more vehicles.
No injuries were reported in any of the crashes.
Green and Banks are both charged with drunken driving in a school zone. It wasn't known Tuesday if either woman has retained an attorney.

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Subcategories of rental products include: Services technology-based includes event marketing and management , web hosting . Catering items includes catering equipment , serving dishes - serving ware , dinnerware . Services by people includes party-event staff , performing artists , professional services . Equipment includes audiovisual equipment , catering equipment , entertainment equipment . Products for sale includes custom stickers - buttons, drinks , award trophies - engraved . Recordings-Information includes video recordings for sale. Housing includes lodging , popup campers , apartments . Transportation includes limousines (with driver) , buses , trucks-vans .
My daughter s 1st birthday party.... Hello I am looking to rent out a place for my daughter s 1st birthday party. I need a place that already comes with tables and chairs. If there is a kitchen that will be great. It s for about 100 guests. I need the place for Sat.April.14,2012 for about 6hrs. If you have any information feel free to contact me ASAP. Thank You!
I am looking for all vendors that are interested in selling things at our health fair 6/7/2011 10-3 please call me to fill out your paperwork. Hurry while there is still time. $100 for your table. 773-709-0885. For our scholarship program.
Queen Esther s Jewels, up to the minute in fashion and for all ages! Very affordable and beautiful. I am interested in find events where I can set up a table of Queen Esther s Jewels.
Have rental space available southside of Chicago around 63rd and Western. Reasonable rental fee to fit your budget. Parking area, dry bar, kitchen. 50 people. email: Nate Metcalf at natemetcalf@att.net.
Im looking for a place to throw a party hosting at least 400 guest. We have security and everything else under control, just waiting on a price.
At St. Jerome School in Chicago (60616) they have a big school hall. They rent out for parties, wedding receptions, etc. The website is: www.stjeromecroatian.org They have a max of about 200. If you live in Central Stickney= (60638), You do have to be a resident of Central Stickney though. you can rent out the Park District. They have a max. 80 people.
For a party room, may I suggest Room 43 Located on 1039-1043 E 43rd Street, Chicago, IL. Two Rooms - 300 Capacity for 2,000 for 6 Hours or 150 Capacity 1,000 for 6 Hours. The latest you can hold your event is to 2am. Kind Regards!
Hello Emily, I have been searching all day for a hall. I came across the Chicago Park District. They rent out small rooms for about 30$ dollars an hour. One I called was 30$ dollars for two hours. However go to the website chicago park district. You can look for the parks that are close to the area code you need. My cousin had a baby shower in one two years ago. It was really nice.
Jewell Events Catering, an off-site high-end caterer, has been serving Chicagoland areas for the past four decades.
Many users want rental products, e.g., hall, catering, or equipment, for their parties or events, e.g., a birthday party, wedding, sports event, conference meeting, training or moving.
Find it all here: Select an event, click on products to see products to rent for that event, sorted by popularity. Products for rent include party rental items, halls, catering, sound, light, housing, services, limousines, and services based in/around Chicago.

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Elias M. Fryberger, Jr., 81, husband of Ida (Mahoney) Fryberger died Sunday, September 2, 2018, at his home in Spring City.
He worked as a farmer for the Bryn-co-ed Farms until his retirement. His many interests included tractors and fishing, but after retirement found a new love in NASCAR.
In addition to his wife of 58 years, he is survived by his children; daughter Laurie Roe (Tim Fitzgerald) of Phoenixville, sons Phillip Fryberger (Juanita) of Pottstown, Roger Fryberger (Robin) of Paoli, and Elias M., Fryberger, III (Judy) of Malvern; two sisters, Judy Lee and Ann Slider; and two brothers, George Fryberger and Carlton Fryberger, seven grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.
He is predeceased by his son John Fryberger, sister, Geraldine, and brothers Christopher, Elsworth, and Douglas.
In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to The American Diabetes Association, 2451 Crystal Drive, Suite 900, Arlington, VA 22202 or www.diabetes.org.

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I Sell Wonder. What Do You Sell?
Selling is often seen as an intellectual pursuit but buying is often done in an emotional state. So, how does one bridge the gap? Let’s look at commercials. I heard it said that a good TV commercial must be visual, novel, and emotional.
If you have a product you can show in the booth, you have an easy visual. If you sell a service or aircraft carriers, you have to use stand in images for your visual component. If you sell your family’s third generation widgets with a secret family recipe, you will have to find another way to be novel. And if you talk at people about the benefits of your product or service in straight facts, you’ll never engage them emotionally.
We’ve all had someone try to manipulate us. No one likes it. To engage someone emotionally does not mean to try to manipulate them emotionally. The number one way to fall down the manipulation trap is to try using fear as your motivation. Yes, fear sells but if your client steps back and looks at what happened and realizes you used fear to sell them, they will resent you. Fear is a short term sales game.
On the other side of fear are the positive emotions of love, safety, friendship, etc. If it’s easy to see the fear you could use to sell, it should be just as easy to turn it around and find the positive emotional sell.
I Sell Wonder, What Do You Sell?
This is where magic really works it’s wonders! Magic is truly visual, novel, and if done correctly, can be very emotional. When starting out, young magicians, often present their tricks as puzzles that need to be figured out by his audience. People watch the trick and think to themselves, “Hmm, I wonder how he did that.” They are trying to solve an intellectual puzzle. But as the performer grows and matures he learns to present his mysteries in ways that play to the audiences emotions. They no longer want to know how the trick is done. They don’t care. They just know they loved the magic and they felt for a moment that sense of wonder.
Jeffrey Gittomer points out in “The Little Red Book of Selling” that people love to buy from someone who makes them laugh. Why? Because laughter is a release of stress. I’ve been performing magic since I was 6 years old and at the end of trick when something amazing happens, people often laugh. Why? Because they don’t know what else to do. I’ve broken the laws of physics and they are in shock. The sense of wonder created at the end of magic trick can be one of the most stress free moments of a person’s day (or maybe even their week). It is the perfect time to subtly introduce the benefits of your product or service.
Is Magic the Perfect Sell Vehicle?
Maybe. Magic is visual, novel, emotional, and funny. It’s like the perfect four part harmony of salesmanship. Having a magician at your trade show booth, hospitality suite, or client event, who understands how to sell subtly using magic will make your prospects or clients remember you and make them more receptive to receiving your message.
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What Does Martial Arts Have to Do With My Trade Show Booth?
I won’t belabor the comparison, but when you are exhibiting at a show you are in a fight; a fight for eyeballs, ears, and sales. You want to have someone on your side with the ability to attract visitors, educate them about your product, entertain them enough they stick around and tough enough to do it all day, everyday.
Over the last 9 months, I’ve gone through a personal journey that has changed the way I look at what I can do for you and your trade show exhibit.
At Christmas of 2015 my family and I took photos. We hadn’t done a family photo and years and boy did it show. When I saw how round my gut had become, I knew I had to do something. I had a friend who used to be a professional Muay Thai Fighter and he was also out of shape. We decided we were going to go to a gym and we were going to get back into shape.
When I started in February of 2016 my only goal was to get into shape. And have I! As of this writing I have lost about 40 lbs and more than four inches off of my waist.
Muay Thai is not actually a martial art – It is a combat sport. Most people are not familiar with the term combat sport so the term martial art gets used in it’s place. As a combat sport, the end result for most practitioners is to fight. I wasn’t even thinking of that when I started. I was more interested in punching and kicking the pads held by my classmates and having fun while sweating it out with my buddy. The amount of work it takes to kick or punch something for three minutes straight is insane. When I first started I couldn’t even hold my hands up in a proper boxing stance for three minutes. But I pushed myself and starting getting into better and better shape.
As I lost the weight everything started to change for me. I changed physically. My stamina increased. My sleep improved. All the things you would expect to improve did. But things I didn’t expect started to improve. My focus sharpened. My temperament improved and most importantly my drive to succeed reappeared.
But It’s not just about brute force. You may have heard boxing called “The Sweet Science” because you can use your brain to defeat brawn. The best way to do that is to adapt. There is no magic bullet that works for every prospect wondering the show floor. Some you have to raise the energy up to bring them in. Others may shy away from a full frontal assault and I have to lure them in with an amazing display of magical skill not thrown directly at them but in an almost off handed way. I will help you bob and weave your way to your most successful trade show booth ever.
Find out today how I can help you knock out the competition. Call today at 773-818-0195 for a free consultation.


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The Australian jazz fusion band Crossfire was formed by guitarist Jim Kelly, keyboard player keyboardist Michael Kenny, and percussionist Ian Bloxsom in 1974, in Sydney.
Additional band members have included Tony Buchanan (flutes), Don Reid (sax/flutes), Phil Scorgie (bass), Greg Lyon (bass), Doug Gallagher (drums), and Steve Hopes (drums/percussion).
Crossfire were of a high enough standard of musicianship to gather worldwide recognition, the band served a long apprenticeship in jazz venues, often as the backing band for other artists, with the various members still concentrating on session work. Early on the band showed a lot of blues influence in their playing probably due to members having played in R&B and soul bands previously.
By the late 70s the band was touring widely overseas, spending time in Asia, Europe and America, having played such prestigious gigs as the Newport Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scott's in London and The Montreaux Jazz Festival in 1982 (see pictured right).
They recorded seven albums while together, including a live album with U.S. vocalist Michael Franks (see previous post) and produced Australia's first direct-to-disc LP in 1978 (as included in this post). Crossfire also performed on collaborative tours with Lee Ritenour, Don Grusin, and Randy Brecker.
Lead guitarist Jim Kelly went on to release several CDs as a leader and record with D'Volv, in addition to working as Head of Guitar Studies at Southern Cross University in Lismore.
Likewise, further information on Greg Lyons (Bass) can also be found at his website. Greg is pictured left in the studio, sometime in the late 70's.
The analog direct-to-disc recordings were therefore the most expensive and the most ideal when judging on quality of sound alone. The drawback of the vinyl long playing record is however that only a restricted number of copies shall be pressed. A number of 1500 per matrix is the maximum if a relatively high level of quality is to be guaranteed.
The rip was taken from my mint condition 'direct-to-disc' vinyl at 320kps and sounds as crisp as the day it was cut Ah - give me a shot of vinyl any day ! It is somewhat regrettable that you will only experience a digital version of this album, but I'm sure you will enjoy the music just the same.
I also include full album artwork along with select photo s of the band at that time period as well as current photos. Thanks to Greg Lyons for some of these shots.
Note: While doing some research into this album, I stumbled on a 'weird' copy of this LP for sale on eBay. The pressing in question has 'Armada Records Logo' printed on its label, rather than 'Trafalgar Records Logo', even though it clearly states the LP is released by Trafalgar.
The correct label is shown on the right, and the 'pressing error' below right.
Bassist Phil Scorgie is the right spelling of Phil's surname.
Good information about cutting discs perth. Very helpful these contents about cutting discs perth for me.


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British prime minister David Cameron is gearing up to fight the toughest campaign of his life to win reelection on May 7.
Nevertheless, his announcement earlier this week that he intends to serve out two terms — and no more — has started the race to determine his successor. Despite Cameron’s efforts to signal that he will step down in 2020, there’s no guarantee that Cameron will be so lucky. The next Conservative Party leadership race could start immediately after the British election if Cameron leads the party to defeat or, possibly, after 2017 when Cameron has pledged (if reelected) to hold a referendum on continuing the United Kingdom’s membership in the European Union.
But even if the Tories win a renewed mandate (an outcome that seems more likely today than at any time in the past two or three years), a second Cameron term will now become even more consumed by the debate among his would-be successors to define the party’s future. Notwithstanding the planned 2017 EU referendum, the party’s next leader will determine whether the Conservatives should be relatively more pro-Europe or anti-Europe in an era that features the rise Nigel Farage’s populist and eurosceptic UK Independence Party (UKIP). The next Tory leader will also face a fragmenting political environment that appears to be transitioning from a two-party to a multi-party system and a growing sense of constitutional crisis in the aftermath of last September’s referendum on Scottish independence. Moreover, the next Tory leader will also have to choose between two strains of economic policy — a pro-market Thatcherite approach or the more centrist ‘one nation’ Tory approach of her predecessors that concedes a stronger role for government social welfare.
Obviously, a lot depends on timing — a leadership contest in 2015 could bring a different result than a contest in 2017 or 2019.
Cameron, in his remarks earlier this week, singled out Johnson as well as chancellor George Osborne and home secretary Theresa May as particularly strong candidates. Though Cameron almost certainly prefers Osborne, whose leadership stock is certainly on the rise as the economy improves, the two frontrunners today are clearly Johnson and May (pictured together above), whose personalities and approach to politics and government couldn’t be more different.
It was certainly the kind of move German chancellor Angela Merkel would never have made.
Surprising reporters and many members of his own party alike, British prime minister David Cameron earlier this week announced that he will not stand for a third term — that is, if he and the ruling Conservative Party win reelection on May 7.
George Osborne, the chancellor who’s taken as much heat as Cameron for the budget cuts of the past five years and who, insiders say, Cameron prefers as his successor.
It’s too soon to tell if the strategy will help Cameron and the Tories win what has become a very tight race with the center-left Labour Party. On the one hand, it’s a little presumptuous for a British prime minister to look past an election in just over five weeks’ time to proclaim that he won’t be running for reelection in five years’ time. Cameron’s shot at winning a second term is precarious enough as it is. Moreover, there’s a real question that he’s now made himself a lame duck for the second term, which promises to include a tough 2017 referendum on the country’s membership in the European Union if Cameron wins. What happens, by the way, if the Conservatives win a shaky minority government in May, lose a confidence vote in early 2016? Will Cameron resign when early elections follow? (Notwithstanding the new law purporting to establish fixed-term parliament.) Needless to say, it’s not the most intuitive step for a prime minister to launch a slow-motion leadership race so close to a general election.
On the other hand, it’s not out of character for Cameron, who’s never seemed to crave the premiership in the same way as former occupants of 10 Downing Street. It stands in contrast to Margaret Thatcher, who said he hoped to ‘go on and on’ after winning a third term and who finally left office after 11 years as a result of Tory regicide or to Labour prime minister Tony Blair, whose chancellor, Gordon Brown, pushed him out after a decade of intraparty sniping. Though the British media will spend this week talking about Cameron’s statement, the succession question will burn out by the time the real campaign begins, so you can expect relatively little off-the-record briefing about when Cameron will leave. His casual remarks end the speculation, for example, that he might resign after the 2017 referendum or in 2018. After all, if he hangs on until 2020 as he hopes, he will have served as the Conservative Party leader for fully 14 years — just as long as the Iron Lady herself.
Scotland votes: Should it stay or should it go?
The answer could change the economic, social and cultural outcomes of the lives of both English and Scottish residents for generations to come.
Does Venezuela need its own Margaret Thatcher?
Though the snap Venezuelan presidential election — just six days away — will likely have huge implications for the country’s economic policy, and though most economic commentators would agree that Venezuela is in dire need of economic reform, neither candidate seems especially keen on discussing those reforms in a campaign that’s been heavy on personality and emotions.
But the negative aspects of legacy of chavismo — a growing public sector and nationalized industries, ever-expanding army of bureaucrats, widespread power outages, crumbling infrastructure — sound an awful lot like much of the problems that the United Kingdom faced in the late 1970s.
Is Venezuela entering its own ‘winter of discontent?’ And if so, does it need a Margaret Thatcher?
When it comes to South America, Thatcher is most well-known for the Falklands War against Argentina in 1982 (see Thatcher pictured above during that war).
But one Venezuelan blogger has already argued that Romuló Betancourt, the first democratically elected president of Venezuela in 1958, was its ‘Thatcher.’ Betancourt’s major contribution was normalizing democratic elections and peaceful transfers of power, an institution that has so far continued in Venezuela without interruption, even throughout the chavismo era. Economically, the Betancourt government’s most notable achievement was land reform that boosted rural peasants.
Perhaps the better example of Thatcherite economics in Venezuela is the second term of Betancourt’s successor (and one-time interior minister) Carlos Andrés Pérez (pictured below). Despite presiding over the largesse of the oil bonanza that to the rest of the world was an oil crisis, Pérez (or ‘CAP’) returned to office with high hopes that he could unlock another era of plenty on a relatively populist campaign built on empty promises.
Upon election, he rapidly sought a $4.5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund, in return for crushing reforms that included a tax overhaul, a reduction in tariffs and custom duties and privatizations of state-owned companies. But those reforms (the ‘paquete‘ or the ‘package’) most controversially caused the price of gasoline prices to rise (and the secondary price of public transportation) due to the elimination in Venezuela’s famous gasoline subsidy — to this day, Venezuelan gas prices are the lowest in the world, and Venezuelans believe cheap gas is practically a birthright.
Until then, Venezuelans had seen themselves as different, more civilized, more democratic, better than their Latin American neighbors. Thirty-one years of unbroken, stable, petrostate-funded democracy had made us terribly cocky. In a sense, the riots market Venezuela’s re-entry into Latin America. The country was no longer exceptional: just another hard-up Latin American country struggling to put its democracy on a stable footing.
Those riots ultimately led to the dismantling of Venezuela’s two-party system, CAP’s impeachment in 1993, and two coup attempts in 1992 — one in February 1992 by a little-known lieutenant colonel named Hugo Chávez, who would of course take power by democratic means just six years later in a landslide election victory.
So if Thatcherite policies ultimately paved the way for chavismo, could chavismo pave the way for a countervailing turn back to neoliberal reforms? Fast-forward two decades, and the country with the world’s largest proven reserves of petroleum finds itself with a budget deficit last year that equalled 17% of GDP and a public debt burden that’s now equal to 50% of GDP. So if he wins the presidential election, Chávez’s anointed successor Nicolás Maduro will have far fewer economic tools at his disposal than Chávez did to achieve his goals.
Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles certainly isn’t going around the country advocating the elimination of gasoline subsidies, but Capriles seems far likelier than Maduro to enact the kind of policy reforms that could balance Venezuelan finances back toward a more stable equilibrium.
But say what you will about the positive aspects of chavismo in reducing poverty in Venezuela and giving voice to a largely forgotten underclass excluded from the country’s oil wealth for a half-century, Venezuelan finances are hardly in great shape, and the winner of Sunday’s election will face significant financial pressures — all the more so if oil prices fall over the next six years.
We all woke up in the United States this morning to the news that Margaret Thatcher, the former prime minister of the United Kingdom, died at age 87.
There’s not much I can add (Andrew Sparrow’s live blog at The Guardian is a good place to start) to what will certainly be a week’s worth of paeans to someone who was undoubtedly the most consequential British prime minister since Winston Churchill — and, serving fully 11 years from 1979 to 1990, the United Kingdom’s longest-serving prime minister in the 20th century.
Friends in the Health Service told me that by the mid 1980s, psychiatrists engaged in the early diagnosis of their more disturbed patients ceased asking them for their own names and birth dates and so on, and asked instead for the name of the prime minister. If patients failed to remember that, they knew they were properly sunk.
You’ll hear over the next 48 hours the extent to which Thatcher changed Great Britain, Europe and the world, but most immediately, it’s remarkable the extent to which she changed the Conservative Party. Her influence still lives on today in Tory prime minister David Cameron’s government in the same way that Ronald Reagan’s ghost hovers the Republican Party, even today, in the United States.
It’s not just that she was a woman in a party of old men — German chancellor Angela Merkel won’t likely go down in history in the same breath as Thatcher.
It’s not just that she came from a humble background in a party of aristocracy — her predecessor Edward Heath came from an even more humble background.
It’s that she in many ways was the first truly conservative prime minister of Great Britain, in that her free market fervor really represented a radical departure from the paternal ‘One Nation Tory’ stance of her predecessors. It’s easy today to forget just how truly broken the UK economy had become in the late 1970s under Labour — strikes, inflation, economic malaise, rubbish uncollected in the streets. But she inherited a Britain that had reached a post-war nadir, and that turned around in her time in office.
She so transformed British politics that Labour prime minister Tony Blair, when he came to power in the landslide 1997 election, was essentially a Thatcherite — he not only pulled the Labour Party (‘New Labour’) far from its trade union roots, but he arguably pulled it to the right of the Old Tories under Heath and Macmillan.
The essence of Thatcherism was to oppose the status quo and bet on freedom—odd, since as a prim control freak, she was in some ways the embodiment of conservatism. She thought nations could become great only if individuals were set free. Her struggles had a theme: the right of individuals to run their own lives, as free as possible from the micromanagement of the state.
Photo credit to Denis Thorpe of The Guardian.

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Have you already planned your next journey? What about Slovenia? Ljubljana offers a lot of things to do, while visiting the city. A promenade with fancy restaurants, bars and coffee shops can be explored in the old town. The picturesque houses were built during the baroque and art nouveau epoch.
There will be no rush, while exploring the shops and the points of interests, a cool drink is always offered in one of the little restaurants along the riverside.
The castle can be reached by foot or by a funicular. For families with kids in a stroller or for older people I would recommend to take the funicular as the road might be too steep. Up there, you will catch an awesome view through the city. The castle has been modernized. The architect made a perfect match between old and new. The restaurants, like the Gostilna na Gradu or the restaurant Strelec are popular for weddings. A reservation for dinner during the high season might be a good advice.
The marketplace is located between the dragon and the triple bridge. It’s also a meeting point for locals. Farmers sell there a wide range of seasonal fruits and vegetables. One part of the market is reserved for clothes. Other goods can be bought in the huge building next to the marketplace.
Young and old enjoying dinner at the river. During the warm season tables were placed outside, so that everyone can feel the light breeze, while dinning and watching the boats passing by. There are also lots of restaurant in the old town. We have tested some of them and we recommend Marley & Me.
For sport activities, bird watching or just relaxing, the park Tivoli will be a great choice. In the middle of the garden, a restaurant with a huge terrace offers drinks and delicious pastries. From there you will have a gorgeous view to the city. What about a cool drink and chat with your best friend over there? Have a try.
Many of the trips around Slovenia can be booked in the tourist information center. We decided to book a tour to the lake of Bled and we were very lucky to have Barbara as our private guide. She knows a lot about her country and she showed us different points of interest. A private guided tour is a good choice to get a bunch of information within a short time. The first stop was the former residence of Tito. The terrace of the Vila Bled offers a great view to take some stunning pictures.
One of the best cream cake is served in the restaurant which is located in the Vila Bled. Without tasting that delicious treat, you can never leave Bled, mentioned Barbara. The huge piece is a highlight for sweet tooth, others might share that huge portion.
There is only a short ride by boat to the small island. After climbing 99 stairs to the top a shop with handmade gifts or a museum and chapel can be visited. If you still are hungry, a restaurant is located next to the gift shop. Back to the mainland a trip around the lake is waiting, to digest all the desserts.
There are three famous wine-growing districts in Slovenia, like Podravje, Posavja and Primorje. Wines from there can be tasted in the local restaurants around. Please have a try.
Also during the winter season a trip to Slovenia is recommended. The Christmas market in Ljubljana is well known and ice skating on the lake of Bled is an adventure for the whole family.
Ljubljana can be combined with other near by countries and cities for example Trieste or Venice in Italy, Budapest in Hungary or Villach and Vienna in Austria.
Such a beautiful city! Great Gallery and I agree, the cream cake at Lake Bled definitely is a must!
Yes indeed, the cream cake is a must. You cannot leave Bled without tasting the cake.


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What’s the main reason your staff return to camp each summer? We know it’s not the reasons “real world” HR believe in… 4-day work weeks, high pay, flex schedules, telecommuting, in house barista, etc, etc. In the summer camping world, we know that the #1 reason staff return to camp is for the relationships created the previous summers.
With contracts out to staff invited back for another summer, now is the perfect time to remind them about these great relationships. A solid social media strategy that pulls on emotional heart strings, might just be the trick to pulling a few more great staff back to camp.
We’ve blogged a few times about creating a staff specific instagram feed. If you haven’t done so, start with that. Reason: 61% of Instagrams almost 1 billion monthly active users are 18-34 year olds – isn’t that your camp’s staffing sweet spot?
Staying in front of your staff with relevant content might be the thing that tips an on the fence staff member your way or even better helps them to recruit a friend to come along with them to work at camp. Here’s a link to our blog post on getting started with Instagram; Instant Staff Recruiting Upgrade with Instagram.
Email your staff a link to your new staff Instagram feed and ask them to follow you and share their favorite camp photos from the summer. This will only take a few minutes assuming you have good staff contact software. Read our blog post How to select the RIGHT summer camp management software for guidance on your camp software. You can send this to staff from previous years also, but we HIGHLY recommend only reaching out to staff asked back.
Sharing photos in Instagram is simple. Just open the picture in your own feed, click the paper airplane icon and select who to send the pic to. Best part of this is you get to curate which shots make the feed and avoid any inappropriate shots, like those boozy days at the beach shots, if you want.
Spice it up and hold a staff photo contest. Offer some cool camp swag for prizes, awarded based on who collects the most “likes” and comments.
Be sure to include a link to the staff social media feeds within the staffing section of your website. You definitely want potential staff to find this feed. If one of your staff or camper families say, “check out our camp, its a great place to work” you can bet that your website is the first place they will go. They will then click your social media icons (don’t believe us, ask you web master for the click analytics). If you only have the highly curated camper pictures, that’s all they will see about your camp. While smiling, happy, safe kids can be a huge selling point to camper families, it may not be enough for a 20 year old college student looking for an experience in the mountains. Show staff what your staff is really like.
Have your summer social media staff keep this feed active during camp. Parents of staff members love to see what’s going on with their kids. We all know that parents are very involved in this generation of college students life and have input on how they spend their summers. Reference our blog post 5 Reasons you should get a summer camp job (and get your parents support!) to get an idea of what parents are seeking in a summer job for their kids. You have a great opportunity to “sell” to the current staff families and build content for the next group.
The bottomline is that everyone in camping needs to be promoting summer camp as a great place to work. We spend a lot of effort as an industry promoting the benefits of camping experience for kids via social media. With just a little more effort we can all make a huge impact on promoting the wonderful benefits and opportunities that camp staff jobs offer also.


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This board has come from blending the best bits of the Missing Link and the Saving Grace, hence the name “The Blender”.
I designed it primarily for flatter slower waves, with faster hollow sections, just like the wave in Riyue Bay in Hainan Island Off southern China.
This board still has high performance features, but it is wider all over, with a more relaxed rocker. The bottom starts with a single concave in the nose, flowing straight into a subtle double concave through the centre rolling out into big rolled V inside the slight double, making this board a dream to surf on the nose and tail, it really feels like easy surfing. It turns with flow and speed and will glide through any fat section with ease, and on the nose it just locks in.
An easy board to surf suiting all abilities and all conditions upto 4-5ft.
I first rode this board in the 2015 WLT in China, and finished 3rd in the world. So I can assure you this board works!


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2 Glass Door Beverage Display Cooler for Sale: Tall Reach In | Iron Mountain Refrigeration & Equipment, LLC.
This 2 door upright reach-in beverage display cooler features a dynamic cooling system to provide fast cooling and even inside temperature. The digital temperature controller with LED display also features a defrost timer. The tall double glass door merchandiser has a lighted canopy for advertising of your choice. Two vertical interior lights completely illuminate each shelf to highlight beverage displays. Additional features include two locking double-glazed, self-closing doors with outer tempered glass and a self-evaporating water tray.
Take a look at our space saving sliding door model.
Your purchase includes a full 1 year warranty on parts and labor. An additional 2 year part-only warranty applies to the compressor.
Iron Mountain Refrigeration & Equipment warehouse is in Bristol, Wisconsin. We are located in southeast Wisconsin, just north of the Illinois - Wisconsin border and just a 10 minute drive west of Interstate 94. We offer free shipping nationwide!
Can this unit be plugged into a residential electric of 110 volt?
Yes, it runs on a standard outlet and can be used residentially.
Is there a discount if three are ordered?
Yes, we can provide a custom discount when multiple items are ordered and shipped to the same address. Give us a call at 833-734-8880.
We sell extra shelves on our website. This cooler has a left and right shelf.
Parts Support - do you carry and sell parts for this cooler past the warranty period?
We do have most major parts for all of our products and can get them as needed from the manufacturer.
The height is shown as 80". Is that with or without the casters?
The height includes the wheels on this cooler.
Free shipping is inclued nationwide, residences included! Unfortunately this model only comes in white with black trim. We have had customers use sign printing companies to get custom decals to go over the white sides and display panel.

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Falls Creek Farm/CQHA Pointed Shows!
Welcome to the Connecticut Quarter Horse Association. I believe we are finally getting out of winter and heading into some very welcome warm weather!
It's the time of year to get out and practice our skills in the show arena and enjoy our horses and many friendships.
CQHA provides a family friendly atmosphere and the opportunity to learn and compete with your American Quarter Horse. In addition to our annual shows, we host an a beautiful banquet each year in February where we celebrate everyone's achievements throughout the show season and, of course, our wonderful horses.
Mark your calendars for our new and improved June CQHA show which will be held June 12th - 17th in West Springfield, MA. This show is shaping up to be amazing with great awards, free food, and valuable giveaways...you will not want to miss it! The Class Awards, High Point Awards, and random draw giveaways are going to be exceptional thanks to our wonderful sponsors.
Our Spring show was a great success last week.......I am thrilled that Falls Creek Farm has been purchased by Taylor Kungle's family and that they have many plans to make it an exciting showplace! The changes that have been made in the short time they have owned the farm were very evident and enjoyed by all. Even though Mother Nature was not always kind to us, the clean white walls looked amazing and brightened the arena, and the footing was much improved. The show office and judges room were well done and much more accessible. The gathering in the Belt Buckle Bar reminded me of the old days with the addition of the pizza! It was also great to meet Jim and Maureen, Taylor's parents, and see their excitement about the beautiful Falls Creek Farm that we all love. There were many other improvements, great random prize drawings, and lots of attention to detail; I think the team at Falls Creek Farm did an amazing job! I'm very much looking forward to coming back to show in September.
In addition to a wonderful Spring show and the opening of our 2018 season, the first challenge in our annual Battle of the Barns contest was a huge success, bringing in over $2,000.00 for CQHA. The baskets were beyond expectations in terms of quality and the generous bidders are hopefully enjoying their purchases - thank you to everyone who participated!
Last, but not least...this year at the AQHA Convention in Jacksonville, FL, our CQHA club was well represented and had plenty to be proud of - Whitney Lagace, Donna Rosciti, Marge and Andy Tanner, Wanda Lounder, and I were there working within our respective committees, and I am proud of our involvement. Congratulations to Wanda Lounder, a CQHA Board Member, who was named Director of VT, NH, and ME! I was fortunate to be named AQHA's Most Valuable Professional this year, which is an amazing honor. I want to thank my Board of Directors for nominating me and my hardworking team at Powder Brook Farm for always supporting my passion. Working for the good of the industry and our wonderful horses has been a labor of love.
In closing...thank you for taking the time to read my message and getting caught up with us. I look forward to seeing you at our shows enjoying and competing with your amazing American Quarter Horses!
To promote and encourage all CQHA approved shows within the state of Connecticut or CQHA Inc. and sponsored shows outside the State of Connecticut.
Formulate publicity and educational programs and other activities in the interest of Quarter Horses.


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Melt the butter in a double boiler, then mix in the crushed ‘Petit Beurre’ biscuits. Place it in a round cooking ring, leaving enough space for the cream. In a large bowl whip the cream cheese, anthotyro cheese and sugar. Place the mix in the refrigerator. Softly whip the créme fraîche, turning it to whipped cream. Combine with the cheese mix and blend thoroughly. Pour filling onto the prepared crust.
Garnish with Organic Apricot Fruit Topping and sprinkle lemon zest.
Anthotyro is a soft white goats cheese very similar to ricotta.


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6 highly-fragrant candles labeled with unique Christmas-themed pictures. These amazing scented candles come in 8oz canning jars and are priced at only $10 each!
Sell For Only $10 Each!
A Choice of 6 Beautiful Candles: Christmas Memories (brandied fruit), Balsam Fir (woodsy blend of winter trees), Christmas Wishes (candy cane and caramel apple), Backed Apple Pie, Gingerbread, Christmas Spice (cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and allspice). Each candle burns up to 55 hours.
Raise money with ease using these wonderful "Holiday Art Collection Candles". Each magnificent 8oz candle features a beautiful holiday themed picture. They are made from the highest quality blended waxes and fragrances available, hand poured right here in the USA!
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Your Group Keeps 40% of Everything You Sell!
How Does the Holiday Art Collection Candle Fundraiser Work?
1. Order 1 Holiday Art Collection Candle order-taker PER fundraising participant – they’re FREE of charge!
2. Have your group members show the order-taker to friends, family, neighbors, and or co-workers and invite them to purchase 1 or more. (Note: Your participants will collect the funds up-front, and will take note of their supporter’s name and mailing address on the order form included).
4. Place your product order with us by completing and submitting the Order Form online or by fax, and forwarding payment.
Product Availability This brochure and products in the brochure are available year round.
Our group decided to try something new for our holiday fundraiser and we ended up doubling our sales! Although we didn't have much participation we still ended up raising over $2,000 profit for school events.
We needed a quick fundraiser before Christmas so I just printed JustFundraising's $10 candle order-takers right off their site. We just completed a 1 week blitz and sold 600 candles - wow! I was amazed. Thanks so much!
Our school raised over $1,500 profit which will help pay for supplies, field trips and families that needs some extra help.
We have a very small church, so i was really impressed on how easy it was to sell these candles. The Gingerbread and Christmas Spice were big sellers! We managed to profit $840, which for our small church will help out significantly this Holiday season.
Our High School Band Boosters raised over $7,000! Although we only had 25 sellers participate, the band members took the brochures home over Thanksgiving and had a bunch of sales. All of the money raised will help pay for a trip to Disneyland over the Easter break.
We sold these candles for our annual holiday fundraiser at church along with the Journey Of Faith candles and raised over $500. All the money raised will go towards maintenance expenses for the church.


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A Country Gardens Bed & Breakfast is a private, secluded, romantic country inn bordering thousands of acres of national forest yet only minutes from specialty shops, restaurants and art galleries. Relax in front of your fireplace or enjoy the sunset and starlit skies from your private patio or our 2 acres of landscaped grounds.
This and other Arizona Bed and Breakfast Inns can be found here online in The Register.


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Fring made a smart move when they opened up their API to developers in 2008 and, despite the loss of Skype as an SIP earlier this year, the service has gone from strength to strength ever since.
In case you don't know, Fring are a mobile VoIP network based on peer-to-peer technology that lets users talk and 'chat' over their phones using internet messenger services like Google Talk or AIM.
The latest Android incarnation of the Fring application has tackled major bugs from previous versions such as the dreadful echo that often accompanied some calls as well as vastly improving audio quality overall.
Most significantly, Fring can now utilise front facing cameras of models such as the EVO 4G or the Galaxy S, making it the first true video call app on the platform.
Apart from an open API another thing the Israeli based company do well is listen - many of the bug fixes and improvements of this version sprang directly from customer feedback. That's the kind of thing we like to hear. And see.