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Concerns of California parents about paying for their children’s college education may grow if they get a divorce. Amid worries about child and spousal support, college savings might slip down the priority list, but with colleges costing an average of more than $20,000 per year for a state school and over twice that for a private school, it is likely that help will be needed.
Both children and parents might need to revise their plans. For example, a child may want to consider attending a state school instead of an expensive private one. Parents may want to look into what kind of loans, scholarships and grants might be available. Generally, a parent cannot be forced to pay for graduate school or a particularly expensive education. Divorce agreements that include plans to pay for child support usually limit the time period.
Another option is a 529 plan. This allows savings to accumulate tax free, and there are no taxes on withdrawals that are used for education. A 529 plan is usually owned by one parent who has the ability to withdraw funds or change the beneficiary, so the other parent may want the divorce agreement to specify the purpose of the plan.
Making sure a child’s college education is paid for may be one way that parents can help protect children during a divorce. Most of the time, it is also a good idea for parents to try to avoid conflict in front of their children and encourage the child’s relationship with the other parent. Parents may find that negotiating child custody and other agreements involving their children results in a more harmonious coparenting relationship than going to court. The agreement can then be made legally binding. If parents need to change some aspect of the divorce agreement later, they can go to court to ask for a modification.


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Fall has arrived and there’s still plenty of time left for bike riding, climbing and trail running. But before you know it, there will be snow on the ground. We all understand, as mountain dwellers, that once the rain starts falling and temps start dropping, preparing us for the winter ahead, we have to change our activities.
In 1985 I was given a pair of Techno Pro Husky skis for my Birthday, and a pair of Caber ski boots. After one season the tips delaminated and I lost my two big toe nails. I was hooked!
With Jackson Hole’s 50th anniversary approaching, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort has decided to give the mountains devout followers a present. The new Teton Lift opens on the anniversary date December 19th.. The new chair is somewhat controversial, but with new terrain becoming available it will be a race to see who gets first chair. Here are three of the most important things you need to know about the new chair.

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electric fish food maker pelletizer on sale produced by Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd.
Castor Oil Plant is widely used in squeezing oil from vegetable oil seed,such as soybean, peanut, sunflower seed, cotton seed, sesame, tea seed, copra, jatropha curcas, castor seed ,etc.electric fish food maker pelletizer on sale is specially for the palm fruit better after adjusting Castor Oil Plant structure .
electric fish food maker pelletizer on sale consist of 5 parts including hopper, gearbox, press case, pressing screw, machine body.

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I am a father of a little boy//girm (Special Child, name, aged) years already underwent general school system in (Area and city name) and as I am not satisfied from the current education system, therefore, I have searched a lot for his/her better education. (Describe in your own words).
Fortunately, I have found your reference and will be very grateful if you can please consider my son/daughter being your student at Institute Name and City. (Cordially describe your requirements).
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With due respect, I beg to say that we have recently shifted from (Area name) to (City name) and in order to continue the studies of my children I have considered your school due to its high reputation and quality education Special Child. I know your School tries to make adjustments to accommodate children who have special educational needs. (Explain the actual cause and situation).
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Threaded barrel models feature a 1/2"-28 thread pattern for popular muzzle accessories and top and bottom Picatinny rails for attaching tactical accessories.
Smoothly contoured, comfortable grip features a natural pointing grip angle with replaceable grip panels for a non-slip hold.
Accurate sighting system features a drilled and tapped receiver for Weaver- or Picatinny-style rail for easy mounting of optics.

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Article in Mizzima about our campaign to free journalists at the Bi Mon Te Nay Journal.
“The British Foreign Office has dropped human rights as a priority in Myanmar and instead now focuses on promoting trade, claims Burma Campaign UK.
Dubbing British Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire an “ostrich”, the rights NGO said the minister ducked recent questions in the British Parliament about the growing number of political prisoners in Myanmar in a push “to win business deals” with the government, according to the group’s press release October 29.
During Foreign Office questions in Parliament October 28, Sir Bob Russell MP asked Mr Swire how many additional political prisoners have been arrested this year. Rather than admit that the number of political prisoners has more than doubled, with hundreds more having been arrested and awaiting trial, the rights groups says Mr Swire bizarrely started talking about the release of 3,000 petty criminals.
An article by Mark Farmaner, Director at Burma Campaign UK, in Huffington Post.
Andy Hall is a migration researcher who defends the rights of migrants in Thailand, including migrants from Burma. He documented exploitation of migrant workers at a factory owned by Wirat Piyapornpaiboon’s Natural Fruit company. Instead of taking action to end human rights violations against his workers, he is taking legal action against Andy Hall. He is suing him on a range of charges, including defamation, saying that he was “broadcasting false statements to public media'” and also demanding damages. If convicted, Andy Hall could be imprisoned for seven or more years and fined more than £6.6m (around $10m).
Mr Farmaner said President U Thein Sein’s speech in Milan was part of a “diplomatic offensive” aimed at building opposition to the special rapporteur mandate.
Economic reform has taken preference over political reform in Burma, said an international human rights group campaigning for the release of what it terms political prisoners still jailed in the country.
The Burma Campaign UK is urging Britain’s foreign secretary to pressure the Naypyidaw government as part of its No Political Prisoner Left Behind campaign.
“Economic reform has been given greater priority than political reforms by the Burmese government, yet still Burma is being ranked as one of the most difficult countries in the world to do business in,” campaign director Mark Farmaner told The Irrawaddy.
He was referring to a recent World Bank global study that ranked Burma as one of the worst places to do business because of numerous bureaucratic and legal obstacles. For example, a company wishing to build a warehouse has to go through 16 application processes which on average takes 159 days.
“The real beneficiaries of economic reforms in Burma are the same business cronies who were dominating the economy before the reforms began. The business cronies have key sectors of the economy stitched up, making it hard for foreign businesses or small and medium size Burmese businesses to compete,” said Farmaner.
Burma Campaign UK is petitioning the British government to pressure Naypyidaw to free Htin Kyaw, a leader of the Movement for Democracy Current Force that campaigns against land grabbing. He was arrested in May for protesting without permission and distributing leaflets that criticized the government, said Farmaner. Htin Kyaw is now serving a nine-year sentence in Insein prison.
An article by Burma Campaign UK’s Researcher Alec Scott.
‘In the past 8 years opium production in Burma has nearly tripled. Ninety-seven percent of Southeast Asia’s opium is produced in Burma, with 92% of production located in Shan State in the east of the country. Shan State is mountainous and home to many ethnic peoples, such as the Ta’ang whose villages and pagodas cover the hilltops of the state’s northern townships. This tortuous landscape of tea plantations and paddy farms has become one of the epicenters of the region’s bourgeoning heroin and methamphetamine trade.
Article in the Huffington Post by Mark Farmaner, Director at Burma Campaign UK.
“This week Thein Sein, President of Burma, will be visiting The Hague, in the Netherlands. As a man with a lot of blood on his hands, you might be thinking this is long overdue. But instead of being indicted at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity, Thein Sein will be receiving red carpet treatment from the Dutch government.
Anna Roberts and Emily Butler at the TUC in Liverpool with our photo wall of new supporters for Burma Campaign UK’s Rose-Tinted Glasses campaign!

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ALOHA is taught in school centers - public, private, private with public funding -, academies, community centers, sport clubs and associations which include the programme as part of their curricular or complementary offer. If you want to know your closest ALOHA center contact us here.
What happens if ALOHA is not in my School center yet?
We recommend you to speak with the Parents’ Association of your School or with the staff in charge of complementary activities from your Center to raise the possibility of including ALOHA among their educational offering.
At any rate, the ALOHA delegation from your area will give you further information. Click here here to obtain the contact details. If you cannot find them here, please contact info@aloha-europe.com.
There is no specified time to complete all the ALOHA levels, each child will progress at their own pace depending on their needs. In any case, the expected average duration to finish the programme is 4-5 years, although from the first 6 months the benefits of ALOHA are already noticeable.
Tiny Tots 10 levels For children starting the programme aged between 5 and 7 years old.
Kids 8 levels For children starting the programme aged 8 years or over.
Children will do one itinerary or another depending on their age when starting ALOHA. Either way, the children will have acquired the same knowledge and will boost the same skills.
Both itineraries are independent one from another. Once finished the Tiny Tots itinerary, it is not necessary to do Kids later.
When a child has finished all the levels, should he attend refreshment lessons?
It is not necessary, on completion of ALOHA the students will have maximized their superpowers for their lifetime.
Why from 5 to 13 years old?
The early years matter because, during these first years the brain experiments a greater plasticity as, in this time, all brain connections are formed.
The connections that are not used during this vital stage will be subjected to a “synaptic pruning” process ceasing to form part of the children neuronal net.
The cognitive work carried out by the student during the ALOHA lessons contributes to stimulate these connections so they can pass the “pruning process”. The more connections remain in the children brain, the more competent their adult brain will be.
Does ALOHA improve children’s academic performance?
The first noticeable changes are linked with mathematics and their capacity to keep focused.
All this will have a positive impact on their self-esteem and dexterity to face the daily challenges.
If a child already obtains good grades, Does he need ALOHA?
Look at it this way, if the parents of Novak Djokovic, the famous tennis’ player, had thought that their son was just good enough playing tennis and they had not encouraged him to train more, today he would probably not be the world champion he is today... It is the same with good grades. Obtaining good marks is always good news but it does not mean children are making the most out of their potential.
As children successfully pass through the school grades, the difficulty level is increased, so students need to work harder to obtain the same marks as in previous grades.
When children train with ALOHA their memory, their attention and concentration, their logical thinking... they need less study time and effort to keep getting good marks and even improve their school performance.
What is the scientific base supporting ALOHA?
Several studies have shown the benefits of learning arithmetic with the abacus in children cognitive skills.
For example the study 'The Impact of Abacus Learning of Higher Arithmetic on Cognitive Abilities of children'(2005), carried out using a significant sample of the ALOHA Mental Arithmetic students, proved the programme’s positive impact on children brain functioning and cognitive development.
From the variety of abacus existing, ALOHA students use the Japanese abacus, also known as Soroban. This type of abacus consists of an upper bead and four lower beads.
Does ALOHA interfere with the mathematics learnt at school?
No. It is as if the father of a child speaks English and the mother French: the child will learn both languages. The same happens with ALOHA. Children are given more resources, with all the benefits that come with them.
What kind of return can a Master Franchisee expect?
The economic results depend on each partner’s skills, resources and dedication. Nevertheless, ALOHA’s partners have the support of a leading brand within the educational field with proven worldwide record of success.
What is the support offered to master franchisees?
ALOHA’s Master Franchisees run their own business but they are not left on their own. They are given an initial package to shorten the time to market and benefit from the continuous support of ALOHA Europe, whose mission is to assist each partner during the opening process and to help them succeed in the market.
I am interested in setting up ALOHA in my country, How can I obtain further information?
Please contact us at info@aloha-europe.com or fill in the franchise form available here and we will contact you shortly.


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Funeral Spray: This is a large flower arrangement that is placed upon an easel. These flowers are usually big in size, so if you are ordering the arrangement online, make sure you allow plenty of time for it to arrive. The flowers arrangement attached to the easel usually represents a special meaning of memory.
Inside Casket Flower Bouquet: This is a memorial tribute given to the deceased. These flowers are placed inside the casket for small open casket services. A small clutch, bouquet or garland are most popular for including inside the casket.
Wreaths: Wreaths can be a beautiful alternative to a regular funeral flower spray. Flower wreaths can be displayed at almost any area of the funeral service, including the gravesite. Adding personal touches such as ribbons, bows and garland can make the ceremony feel more tranquil. Small flowers or roses can be interweaved amongst the wreath and removed by guests as keepsakes.
Funeral Vases: If you are unable to attend the ceremony, sending sympathy flowers can be the next best thing to pass along your condolences and thoughts to the family. It can be a perfect way to show compassion and love without saying a word.
Funerals can be a tragic time in the life of any family. It can be emotionally draining and stressful. Attention to detail and personal touches in your flowers are very important. Customizing your sympathy flowers is a great way to show that you truly care. These acknowledgments, especially after the funeral service is over and the routine of daily life is being established again, are greatly appreciated by the recipients. Including personal messages with the flowers is an excellent way of effectively passing on your feelings of condolence.
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Lily and Iris Teardrop Spray – £45 (includes delivery) – Asiatic lilies and carnations are presented with irises, spray carnations and choice foliage to create this lemon and blue teardrop spray.
Mixed Flowers in Cellophane £30 (includes delivery) – This sheaf of fresh flowers is simply arranged and presented wrapped and tied with a ribbon. The selection includes cream Asiatic lilies, blue iris, white carnations, yellow spray chrysanthemums, white September flowers and blue statice, hand-tied with leather leaf and palm leaves.
Classic Funeral Wreath – £50 (includes delivery) – A classic selection of flowers including irises, carnations and spray chrysanthemums nestled into this traditional circular wreath.
Classic Funeral Posy – £45 (includes delivery) – A classic selection including large-headed roses, freesias, lisianthus and spray chrysanthemums presented in a posy design.
Classic Funeral Sheaf – £45 (includes delivery) – The soft blue shades of iris are complemented by Oriental liles, large-headed roses and lisianthus in this classic sheaf, which is tied together with a cream ribbon.
White Tribute Wreath – £100 (includes delivery) – Pure white roses, Asiatic lilies, carnations and spray chrysanthemums are beautifully arranged to form an elegant wreath accented wth lush and vibrant greens. Displayed on a wire easel, this stunning tribute is a wonderful symbol of eternal life.
If someone you know if having health-related issues or is in the hospital, sending flowers is also an excellent way of saying get well soon.
Sending flowers can be a unsuspecting boost of happiness for the recipient, no matter what condition they are in. It is important to keep in mind the personality type of your recipient. While some people like calm, soothing colors in their flowers, others may enjoy bright, vibrant colors in their arrangements or bouquets.
Since emotions during this time can be sensitive, taking the time to send flowers to a loved one can be effective in establishing messages of support and love.
Give the gift of love, life and beauty to express your true feelings for the illness or loss of someone special.
Funeral flowers in the form of bouquets and baskets are given grieving families who have lost a member. This symbolizes your support for the family in times of need.
When you hear that a person, who you knew, has passed away, your first reaction would be to visit the grieving family instantly, be at their side, and comfort them. However, due to some reason or the other, it may not be possible for you to be physically present with them at that time.
May be you live too far away and cannot travel to that place. However, you can express your heartfelt condolences by sending funeral flowers.
Offering funeral flowers to the mourning family in respect of the person who passed away is a general practice. It is true that you cannot take away the sorrow with your flowers, but the gift can bring a hint of happiness to the grieving family. You can opt for cheap flowers since you will be sending them through post. They do not require being expensive.
You can find cheap funeral flowers in a number of online stores. Buying through online stores will help you save money and they are the best places to get cheap flowers. The prices are reasonable for sympathy flowers and you will notice that it is easy to order them.
Superb value traditional floral tributes like funeral wreaths, sprays, sheafs, posies and cushions prepared by SerenataFlowers.com specialist in-house florists.
In case of sending funeral flowers, you need to follow a particular etiquette. You cannot choose any kind of arrangement. Many cemeteries and funeral homes have certain rules regarding glass containers. Thus even if you like a beautiful lily in a glass vase, it would not be a good idea to gift it. If you wish to send sympathy flowers as a group then your choice will become more diverse.
You will have good room for more selection. You can opt for larger flower arrangements. While making the selection, make sure that the choice is a general. Everyone should give his or her consent for the same gift. For the flowers,choose a big card that has enough space to include all your names. You should always add your contact name and address on the card.
It is completely acceptable to send funeral flowers to the grieving family’s home. As it is the time to show your sympathy, you can send your flowers directly to their home. That will give it a more personal feel. If you want to know the correct time for sending funeral flowers then you should know there is not proper time. You should send funeral flowers as soon as you hear the sad news.
Express your deepest condolences with superb value traditional floral tributes like funeral wreaths, sprays, sheafs, posies and cushions prepared by SerenataFlowers.com specialist in-house florists.
With SerenataFlowers.com you can arrange delivery of funeral flowers direct to funeral homes with their next day courier delivery nationwide in the UK.
“Easy and fast online transaction from the choosing of the beautiful flowers to the delivery. I ordered two bouquets of flowers within the week, one for my mother’s birthday & another for a funeral, going to north and south London destinations.
Both arrived on time as stated within the time slots requested & were presented exactly as per the website photos.
When someone says, “This place smells like a funeral home” chances are there is a lily nearby. This is often considered the go-to funeral flower and there’s significant meaning behind this strongly aromatic blossom. Lilies suggest that the soul of the deceased has returned to a peaceful state of innocence.
Christians think this flower symbolizes purity, virginity, and the radiance of the soul. It’s believed that the Virgin Mary’s tomb was covered in this flower.
Similar to the flower, the peace lily plant symbolizes innocence and rebirth of the departed’s soul from the complex physical world to a greater place.
This is what I usually send to people I know who are grieving. I love how this plant will last for a while in the person’s home of office.
Just like lilies, roses are a very common and appropriate funeral flower, and each color rose has a slightly different connotation. White roses are the ultimate symbol of spirituality, purity, and innocence.
At a funeral, the classic deep red rose evokes love and grief. The yellow rose is often given by friends to show their bond. The rarer dark pink roses are used to express thankfulness to the deceased.
Roses can be mixed in with other flowers or uses in a casket spray, standing spray, or wreath.
Orchid plants make particularly special gifts. Unlike orchids in an arrangement, these last longer in the home or office.
Unlike other flowers, the meaning behind chrysanthemums varies globally. In America and Europe, the meanings focus on sympathy and honor. The color plays a role in the meaning as well. Red symbolizes love, while white symbolizes innocence.
In Asia, chrysanthemums symbolize rebirth and are more often given at baby showers than funerals.
Carnations are often used in funeral wreaths and standing sprays. As with other flowers, each of the colors has its own meaning. The red shows affection and the white tends to symbolize innocence. For Catholic and many other Christian funerals, pink carnations might be a good choice since it’s believed they were created from the Virgin Mary’s tears.
Talented florist use carnations to create beautiful arrangements replicating sports logos, favorite activities and other personalized tributes.
These are mostly added into an arrangement of assorted flowers. There are a variety of thoughts behind the meaning, ranging from “you’re included in my prayers” to deep anguish.
Some believe this flower symbolizes sports, games, and rashness so be careful not to insult!
The meaning behind this flower is not as well-known as the others, but many believe it symbolizes true heartfelt emotions.
As with the peace lily, the plant version of this flower will always last longer than the cut arrangement.
Send Sympathy Flowers and Express Your Deepest Condolences.
On such a sad occasion, it is important that you let your relative or friend know that you are thinking of them and that they have your love and support.

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Ground-breaking companies which are excelling at the cutting-edge of food and drink innovation are being urged to enter a prestigious food award.
The Future Food Awards has been launched to celebrate pioneering companies that develop new products, discover innovative tastes and flavours, and create food ideas or technology to generate sustainable solutions for the production, transport or preparation of food and drink.
The awards are the brainchild of Holly Shackleton, editor of Speciality Food – the biggest trade magazine in the fine food sector – and Sue Nelson, founder of The FoodTalk Show – a dedicated podcast with worldwide listeners.
The Future Food Awards – the result of a merger of the New Producer Awards and the FoodTalk Awards – comprise nine categories including Young Producer, Drink Innovation, Mission Driven and Technology, and give food and drink businesses ranging from small-scale producers to technology-driven innovators their time in the spotlight.
Amy Moring Co-Founder of Hunter & Gather Foods said: “We were over the moon to win the Speciality Food Awards Newcomer of the Year category last year. This has provided us with additional contacts in the industry off the back of the PR, plus credibility within the start-up community”.
Category winners will pitch to a panel of prestigious judges at Bread & Jam – the UK’s first food founders’ festival – on 3 October this year at the Institute of Directors in London’s Pall Mall. The overall winner will be crowned Supreme Champion of the Future Food Awards.
All finalists will be presented with trophies, promotion in Speciality Food and prime slots on the The FoodTalk Show – as well as access to some of the most revered professionals in the UK’s food and drink industry.
Entries to The Future Food Awards 2019 close at midnight on Sunday 30 June 2019. If your business is a taste of what’s to come in food and drink, enter for free or find out more at www.futurefoodawards.com.
For all categories, the awards are only open to food or foodtech sector businesses that have been trading for two years – with the exception of the Newcomer and Young Producer award.
Impossible to Categorise: a company innovating in the food sector and making an important contribution that just doesn’t fit into the other award categories.


text: This Ripmax Micro Stunt Car is perfect for indoor use. With the built in moving chassis suspension system this car is more than up to use on home made jumps and racetracks. The battery is built in and can be charged from the transmitter with ease.

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Join Tectonic Space as we celebrate the opening of our next Pop Up Art Show at M.A.P. Technologies Gaming Lounge.
Located at 229 Park Ave in Baltimore, M.A.P. Technologies is a gaming lounge and event space that also provides gaming sales, repairs, and trade ins. For more information, visit M.A.P. Technologies on Facebook.
The opening reception will also feature writer Kondwani Fidel for a spoken word session!

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Minecraft Club: Come play Minecraft with your friends on the library’s server. We’ll have different challenges each session. Don’t have an account? No problem, use one of the library’s. The club meets the first Thursday of every month. Minecraft Club is brought to you with federal funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Grades 6-12. Register online. Thursday, June 2, 4:00 pm, second floor Computer Center.
Teen Tinker Club: Learn how to code LEGO WeDos using Scratch! Tinker Club is brought to you with federal funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Grades 6-12. Space is limited, please register online (registration begins April 28) . Thursday, May 19, 4:00 pm, second floor Computer Center.


text: Mazatlan is better known as the Pearl of the Pacific, because of the beauty of its beaches and its fauna. This is an inexpensive place that offers a lot of entertainment opportunities. At the beach, you can practice parachute jumping, scuba diving, and playing baseball. Every year, the Mazatlan Carnival takes place in March. This is the most important festivity of the region.


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United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates has made it clear that the U.S. will not try to shoot down the rocket that North Korea plans to launch. President Lee Myung-bak has also announced his opposition to a military response.
These comments represent a change from the previous positions stated by South Korea and the U.S. Earlier, they pointed out that the road the North is taking goes against United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718, which prohibits the North from engaging in ballistic missile activity.
It seems President Lee and Gates have reluctantly modified their stance, concluding that the last channels of communication with Pyongyang should not be completely closed even after its launch.
However, although the two countries have adopted a united front about the use of military means to stop the North Korean launch, the interests of South Korea and the U.S. are not necessarily the same.
Gates has dampened talk of a missile launch, saying the North Korean rocket is not a threat since it would not reach U.S. territory.
But how about South Korea? The security of the South depends totally on its alliance with the U.S. Seoul’s defense depends on how fast U.S. forces can be committed in the Korean Peninsula from bases in Japan, the Pacific regions and the U.S.
Since North Korea’s missiles could strike Hawaii, Guam or even Alaska, it seems they are intended to pre-emptively block the commitment of U.S. forces to the Korean Peninsula in the event of war.
North Korea’s missiles might not be a direct threat to the U.S., but they are to Seoul.
Clearly, the comments by Gates and President Lee reveal close cooperation between the two countries, but we can’t help harboring considerable concern about the Korea-U.S. alliance.
It is not enough to vaguely confirm the Korea-U.S. alliance. Instead, Seoul should talk about how to block hundreds of missiles that the North has targeted at the South.
It should discuss whether we can be 100 percent confident that the U.S. will not neglect the security of the South, and also look at what measures the two governments are taking against North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction.
The South Korean government might be forced to accept that it has no choice but to participate in a missile defense program, which has been delayed because of budget problems.
We might also have to consider developing long-range missiles and nuclear weapons, a move that so far has been unnecessary because of our alliance with the United States.


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Famous Supply has over 45,000 products in stock with experts to serve the residential, commercial, institutional & industrial markets.
Order how and when you want: Online at eFamous, over the phone or at the Famous Supply location nearest you.
Famous Supply is a fourth-generation family-owned wholesale distributor committed to serving the industry professionals.
Our showrooms have everything you need for your home improvement project.
Famous University is Ohio’s largest and most trusted HVAC and plumbing trade continuing education program.
Building lasting relationships across generations begins with good people and good food!
Counter days, cookouts, open houses, and regional expos that bring trade professionals and contractors together.
Share industry news, best practices and, family affairs.
Family-owned since 1933, we’ve done business with your great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, and now you. We’ve seen it all, from the first forced air coal furnace to the birth of WiFi connected Smart Homes. Famous Supply takes great pride in being easy to do business with, serving you with hundreds of years of combined technical expertise, and our Famous Family of caring associates who are committed to going above and beyond.

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This spring, China’s south suffered the worst drought in 50 years, exacerbating the country’s status as one of the most water-scarce in the world. While the severity of the drought has resulted in unprecedented shocks to the energy and agriculture sectors (to name just a couple), China’s not alone in facing a paradigm shift in how it must manage its water. In fact, it’s joining a club of countries that are rethinking and recasting water governance and management.
Australia has developed the world’s most sophisticated system for water trading, which last year alone traded over $3 billion in water rights.
In the U.S., counties use a practice called water banking, which recharges aquifers with water during times of plenty to make water available during drier times.
For its part, China is combining a willingness to try new and innovative solutions (like piloting its own water rights trading program and centralizing water governance in the Yellow River basin) with a more tried-and-true approach of massive infrastructure spend (it has committed 500 billion to 600 billion yuan for the construction of water treatment facilities between 2011 to 2015) to serve the myriad needs of its user base. The growing importance of water security will bring more of these examples to light, requiring ingenuity – in the form of water policy, infrastructure and business models – in steady supply.
For more than two decades companies have valued our ability to serve as their early warning system, to interpret what is happening in the world today and how it may impact their business tomorrow.
Our “Radar” services range from the general – monthly cross-industry trending digests – to the bespoke – tailored analysis of the most critical emerging issues to your business, and recommendations on how to tackle them.
This is the sixth in a series of blogs giving a glimpse of what’s on our radar. If your company could benefit from an early warning system, to identify key threats and opportunities as you navigate the rapidly evolving sustainability landscape, please contact us.

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Vietnam airport transfer service. Vietnam hotel transfer service. Transfer from airport to hotel. Transfer from hotel to airport.
Enjoy transportation from Hanoi to Halong Bay via a private vehicle transfer. Take advantage of good prices and safe drivers and arrive at your destination inexpensively and safely.
Take advantage of a private transfer from Hanoi to Halong. Choose from a 4-seater car, a 7-seater car, a 15-seater van, a 29-seater coach, or a 45-seater bus, depending upon your needs.
Your transfer provider takes pride in being the reputable transportation provider that many travel agencies throughout Vietnam rely on. It offers on-call services for many businessmen when they arrive and/or need a luxury car for the visit of a business partner.
Travelers and tourists will experience the same professional treatment and, if requested, will be assisted in planning their itineraries even before arriving in Vietnam.
How to get Vietnam visa in Austria?

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It is becoming increasingly common for people to take out their own funeral insurance policies in Abbots Leigh BS8 3 as a way of putting aside money to cover costs if anything happens to them. This can be done as a way to prepare for the future and spare loved ones the stress and pressure of planning and paying for the ceremony. We understand that preparing for your own burial or cremation may be the last thing on your mind, but we help you make plans and arrangements in advance so that your family don’t have to worry.
As a way of giving you and your relatives in Abbots Leigh BS8 3 some peace of mind about the future, we offer advice on different insurance policies. Our experts give clear and simple advice to explain the process and how you can spread the costs to a price you can afford. The policy is designed to cover funeral-directors’ costs so you and your family won’t need to worry in the event that something happens suddenly. We have a range of funerals plans available to suit different budgets and personal requirements so don’t hesitate to ask if you would like anything extra.
For more information on the services we offer with regards to funeral insurance policies in Abbots Leigh BS8 3 and plans, take a moment to fill in your details in our quick contact form so our advisors can get back to you. We’ll talk you through all the options and give you information on the payment plans we have available.

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text: Tellington TTouch Method for You. Price: $395. Or pay in full by April 26 for the discounted early-bird tuition of $355.


text: TTS Markets is the fastest growing brokerage firm in ASIA was established in 2014 with all prominent currency pairs. For centuries, India is the best for all kind of tradings. As a Footprint, TTS Markets Imprints its ubiquity in Darrang If anyone asks, Which is the forex brokers in darrang, TTS Markets is the first name pop-up in traders Mind. Our clients' repeatability justifies the word without any compromise. TTS Markets has long History full of great achievements, technological breakthroughs and long-term relations with our traders. TTS Markets offers industry's most reputable award-winning trading platform-the MT4, which provides hassle-free trading experience.


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Make “Tobacco Quit Day” a reality by decideng when you’ll quit tobacco and mark it on your calendar.
Making your intention to quit official helps you prepare for the transition and also helps you put your plan into action. Sharing your planned quit date with friends and family—through Facebook, for example—can help you feel accountable and rally support, too.
Start building your quit plan!
Remind yourself why you want to quit.
If you want to be a successful quitter, you’ll need motivation. Keep this list handy and refer to it often—before, during, and after you quit—for motivation to stick with it.
Every time you feel like reaching for tobacco, do something physical instead. Take a ten-minute walk around the office, take the dog for a walk, or do some gentle stretching.
Replacing an unhealthy habit with a healthy one can help shake up your patterns and make quitting easier. Plus, exercise can help ease nicotine cravings and keep weight gain to a minimum as you say goodbye to tobacco for good.
When you feel like using tobacco today, wait four minutes before you act on it. (Set a timer if you have to).
Tobacco cravings can seem so strong, yet they’re usually short—only lasting about three minutes or so. Many people find that if they wait it out, the craving is weaker and easier to ignore. And let’s face it, that craving will pass whether you light up or not.
Thinking about simply switching to a different tobacco product? Think again. All tobacco products contain harmful chemicals and poisons that are just as addicting as regular cigarettes. E-cigs are also dangerous!
Remove cigarettes or other tobacco products from your home and car. This decreases accessibility and can help you avoid breaking a smoke free streak.

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The book offers unique insight into the modern world of wireless communication that included 5G generation, implementation in Internet of Things (IoT), and emerging biomedical applications. To meet different design requirements, gaining perspective on systems is important. Written by international experts in industry and academia, the intended audience is practicing engineers with some electronics background. It presents the latest research and practices in wireless communication, as industry prepares for the next evolution towards a trillion interconnected devices. The text further explains how modern RF wireless systems may handle such a large number of wireless devices.
Discusses novel RF systems, CMOS low power circuit implementation, antennae arrays, circuits for medical imaging, and many other emerging technologies in wireless co-space.
Written by a mixture of top industrial experts and key academic professors.
Christopher Siu is a faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). Prior to joining BCIT, he worked in industry for 15 years in the United States, Canada, and Asia. He specialized in the design of high speed analog integrated circuits, and worked for companies such as PMC-Sierra and Philips Semiconductors. His research interests include analog/radio frequency microelectronics and wireless communication. He holds 3 U.S. patents, and received a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1994.
Krzysztof (Kris) Iniewski (kris.iniewski@gmail.com) is managing R&D development activities at Redlen Technologies Inc., a detector company based in British Columbia, Canada. During his 12 years at Redlen, he managed development of highly integrated CZT detector products in medical imaging and security applications. Prior to Redlen, Kris held various management and academic positions at PMC-Sierra, University of Alberta, SFU, UBC and University of Toronto. He has published over 150 research papers in international journals and conferences.
Dr. Iniewski holds 18 international patents granted in USA, Canada, France, Germany, and Japan. He wrote and edited several books for Wiley, Cambridge University Press, Mc-Graw Hill, CRC Press and Springer. He is a frequently invited speaker and has consulted for multiple organizations internationally. He received his Ph.D. degree in electronics (honors) from the Warsaw University of Technology (Warsaw, Poland) in 1988.

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text: Roger Williams University School of Law, "Newsroom: Sutherland '98 Honored as Care NE CFO" (2014). Life of the Law School (1993- ). 368.

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One of Trinity’s most popular intramural sports is Intramural Volleyball.
This program gears up in the early spring (March and April). Intramural volleyball runs independently of Trinity’s House System. Students join friends to create teams of up to 12 players who will compete in either the Junior/Senior division or Freshman/Sophomore division. Pool play is held, with pool leaders advancing to the final bracket for a Championship match.


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BOSTON (AP) — Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is again demanding that President Donald Trump stop using the band's songs at rallies.
Tyler's attorney sent a cease-and-desist letter to the president Wednesday, a day after the song "Livin' on the Edge" was heard playing at a Trump rally in West Virginia.
It's not the first time Tyler has asked Trump to stop using Aerosmith songs. Tyler sent the Trump campaign a pair of cease-and-desist letters in 2015 for its use of the band's music.
The latest letter says by using "Livin' on the Edge," the president "is falsely implying that our client, once again, endorses his campaign and/or his presidency."
Tyler said Wednesday on Twitter that it isn't a political issue, he just does not let anyone use his songs without permission.

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Okay, sorry, I got a late start today. But, since I promised, here I am with the revenue-based financing illustration and comparison table.
APR is typically 7-18%. Total annualized repayment will be 50-80% over a 5-7 amortizing year loan.
The royalty on monthly gross revenue is usually 2-10%. The cap is typically 2x - 5x the original/principal investment.
For term loans, bank loans have a specified monthly payment.
The monthly payment is based on gross revenue and therefore fluctuates as gross revenue does.
Typically, has strong covenants which are minimum performance measurements contained in the small business loan documents that, if unmet, trigger a loan default.
Typically has very light covenants.
Requires business or personal assets pledged as collateral for the bank loan.
Often requires a personal guarantee by one or more of the business' owners.
May require collateral. Will often accept intangible assets (i.e., intellectual property) as collateral when required.
Carries no personal financial liability.
Seth W. is the founder, CEO, and majority owner of a up-and-coming marketing company. The firm is cash flow positive. Seth has the opportunity to purchase a marketing software system that will enable his company to expand quickly with minimal bodies. He approached his bank. They like him but his firm has only been in operation for 2 years, has no real tangible assets, and has revenue that varies widely from month to month. (The company primarily gains customers via periodic conferences.) So the bank VP says, "Sorry, we'll keep an eye on you for the future but there's nothing we can do now."
Seth recently read about revenue-based financing and thinks it may be a good fit for his firm. He has his CFO investigate. She finds a firm that's willing to invest at 8% of gross revenues to be repaid over a 5-year period. Seth's firm takes an investment of $150,000 with a cap of 3x revenue - or $450,000 repaid over the term.
Summary: Seth's firm repays a lot more than it would have with a bank loan. However, the overall terms provide the flexibility his company needs with no dilution of his equity. So this option is great for his firm at this stage.


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(IT-NEWSWIRE.COM, May 09, 2015 ) Toronto, ON -- The 10A SecuPower USB Charging Station that recently took Amazon by storm has held a press conference explaining the benefits of their products above that of other competing brand. One of the key features according to the CEO of the company is "the fact that our multiport charger has no dedicated high and low current port but instead uses Intelligent Chip Technology to turn any of the 5 ports into a powerful charging port also enabling it to have specialized features which protect both your device and charger against things like overcurrent, over voltage and short circuits."
The SecuPower 5 Port Desktop Charger is carefully engineered to blend into any space with a power indication light consisting of a hazy blue light instead of the blinding LED's normally found on USB chargers of the tabletop variety. It also comes standard with a stand in order to keep it securely upright, saving valuable space on any work area or tabletop. As mentioned previously the total rated output of this charger can be as much as 10A with each port supporting an individual charge of 2.4A. This gives the SecuPower charger an effective wattage of 50W on 5V which is quite large for a compact, travel friendly charger like this.
When queried on why SecuPower is the best the marketing manager said, " It determines the best charge time and current for your devices, it comes with a secure stand, it looks elegant and comes with a 30-Day Money Back Guarantee… what more could you possibly want?"
SecuPower is a start-up based out of Toronto, ON. They are manufacturers of USB Charging Stations. They recently opened up their new product line in 2014 and intend to release several affordable charging solutions.


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Expanding its Mi TV series range, Xiaomi launched a new Mi TV 4C model in China. The new model is the 50-inch 4K HDR TV that sits between the previously launched 43-inch and 55-inch Mi TV 4C models. The Xiaomi Mi TV 4C 50-inch will go on sale starting Tuesday, April 3 for the price of CNY 2,199 (approx Rs 22,700). Though the sale is yet to begin, the model is already open for reservation on Mi.com in China.
The new Mi TV 4C model features ultra thin bezels and 4K HDR support. The smart TV has a 50-inch 4K Ultra High-definition (UHD) display panel with a resolution of 3840×2160 pixels, and viewing angle of 178-degrees and 50Hz refresh rate. The screen has a dynamic response rate of 9.5 milliseconds and comes with direct type backlight.
The TV is powered by a 64-bit Amlogic Cortex-A53-SoC equipped with a quad-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz and 750MHz Mali-450 GPU. The processor is paired with 2GB of RAM, and it also has 8GB of onboard storage.
The new Mi TV 4C also has two 8W speakers that support Dolby Audio and DTS-HD audio dual decoding. A standard 11-button Bluetooth based Mi Remote Control is bundled along with the package that supports gesture and voice-controlled search functionality.
For connectivity, the Mi TV 4C 50-inch model includes dual-band (2.4GHz/ 5GHz) Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth v4.2 LE alongside three HDMI ports, two USB ports, AV output, and an Ethernet port.
Similar to the older Mi TV 4C series, the new 50-inch model runs the Android-based PatchWall interface. The UI is claimed to come with AI technology that predicts content preference based on user history. It also offers features such as speech recognition and unified search. As for the video formats, the Mi TV 4C supports HDR 10, H.264, H.265, Real, MPEG1/2/4, WMV3, and VC-1.
Last week, Xiaomi also launched the Mi TV 4S with a 55-inch 4K HDR display. The model debuted in China at CNY 2,999 (approximately Rs. 31,100) and had an all-metal body, a 4K panel with a direct-type backlight, 178-degree viewing angle, refresh rate of 60Hz, and 8ms dynamic response rate.


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Q: What is digitally printed glass?
A: Digitally printed glass is the application of ceramic inks via our progressive painting system that are tempered into the glass.
Q: How long does the image last on the glass?
A: Great question! Our ceramic paints are extremely durable to scratching, fading, or any changes. The paint is fired into the glass surface similar to how glaze is fired onto pottery.
Q: Is this glass safe after it is tempered?
A: Absolutely! Most of our glass is tempered, making it three or more times stronger to impact and is classified as safety glass.
Q: Is the installation process more difficult or different than standard window glass?
A: Our digitally printed glass installs the same way any other glass panel would.
Q: I have an idea of what I want, but I need some help, now what?
A: Glad you asked. We have artists and customer service representatives to help you with custom designs.
Q: Where could I use printed glass on my project?
A: You can use printed glass anywhere there is an application for glass. For example, we have installed glass in churches, commercial office spaces, and in private residences.
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A new APTA document provides highlights of the provisions in the 2014 proposed physician fee schedule rule that will affect physical therapy.
Available to members on APTA's Medicare Physician Fee Schedule webpage, the highlight summary document covers changes that will affect payments, the proposed addition of critical access hospitals to the therapy cap, changes to the Physician Quality Reporting System, claims and registry reporting, and more.
Due to continued high demand, APTA will host a third Q&A call for members to answer questions about functional limitation reporting requirements. The next call-in will be Tuesday, July 23, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm (ET). Participants will need access to a computer and the Internet. Space is limited, so secure your spot soon. To register please e-mail advocacy@apta.org with "July 23 Call" in the subject line.
All providers who bill outpatient therapy services under Medicare Part B must submit functional limitation data (G-codes and appropriate modifiers) for any Medicare beneficiary, or claims will be returned unpaid. Therapists must report functional limitation data on the beneficiaries' current functional status and on the projected goal at scheduled intervals throughout the episode of care, including at the outset of the therapy episode, no less frequently than every 10th visit, and at discharge.
If you can't make any of the call-in sessions, APTA will add questions posed during these calls to its existing FAQ documents on the Functional Limitation Reporting webpage.


text: After passing Smokies you feel like you’d done one chapter of the Appalachian Trail. The first chapter! I did not think I would go that far. I could considered myself as a thru hiker. Nobo, heading mt Katahdin. Finally I learned how to pronounce Katahdin. I didn’t need to learn it earlier. I did not want.


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Urban Financial Services Coalition (UFSC) is proud to announce a very special fundraising campaign, “Bigger Dreams, Bolder Future” and to ask that you consider investing in our youth by making a donation to help us fund scholarships for outstanding participants of our two signature programs. Our campaign goal is $5,000, by Friday July 29, 2017 and with your support, we are fully convinced that we can raise that amount!
UFSC is a group of minority financial professionals working together to provide professional development for its members; financial literacy to the community; and scholarships to young people who are interested in pursuing a career in the financial services industry. In addition to promoting personal and professional growth within our industry, we collectively voice current concerns and marshal resources to improve the economic development of under-served communities.
Our two youth programs are dedicated to developing future leaders for the financial services industry – the UFSC MARK I Leadership Program and the Intercollegiate Oratorical Competition.
Outstanding participants of each program compete for a college scholarship. Both programs have been highly successful and are very well-respected.
The UFSC MARK I Leadership Program is a one-year national apprentice challenge program that involves intensive classroom training; apprentice-style group competition; and the development and execution of an individual leadership development plan supported by on-going monthly leadership coaching sessions. We focus on specific areas of skill development that include personal leadership skills, financial literacy, business plan preparation, entrepreneurship and physical fitness.
The Intercollegiate Oratorical Competition is open to college students from around the country to give them an opportunity to showcase their oratorical and presentation skills before minority financial professionals and senior level executives. The winner will be celebrated as the Urban Financial Services Coalition Collegiate Orator of the Year.


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This call produces the distress calls, bark calls, and chatter or alarm calls that you commonly hear everyday in the woods. Easy to use with a quick tap of the hand.
You won’t be disappointed with your selection.


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I have selected below the method(s) I would like ME And You Estate Agents to use in contacting me.
I understand that the information I have provided will be used solely for the purpose of acknowledging me and arranging a valuation appointment.
Please complete this simple form above and we’ll be in touch within an hour or two to confirm your free, no obligation property valuation appointment.
What we’ll do– M.E (Mark Ellison) will carry out comprehensive market research into your property and the surrounding areas to gain a realistic valuation with our online tools. However, nothing compares to a physical visit to your property, so we will need to see it first-hand. Visiting your property will help us appreciate key indicators that can affect your properties valuation. Our expert knowledge of Cheltenham means we are well placed to give you an honest and realistic property valuation.


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In this post, I will describe the process of integrating the Oracle BPM/Human Task and Oracle UCM/Web Center Content. This is required to get the Attachment functionality in you BPM process or in Human Task flow.
Document Store not available. Please configure the document store.
You need to make sure that your SOA/WLS/UCM configuration is correct and these settings are scattered on multiple locations in Oracle Enterprise Manager.
configure the username and password the BPM/SOA engine will use to connect to the UCM server which is located in the Weblogic section of EM. So rightclick on your domain in Weblogic Domain -> yourdomain -> Security -> Credentials.
make sure the UCM server will accept our connection, so right click the Oracle Universal Content Management server in the WebCenter section of your Enterprise Manager. Make sure the Intradoc (IDC) serverport is correct and that the IP filter contains the SOA/BPM server hostname.
That’s’s all, Now you can attach files to your BPM or Human task flows.
If you have configured for the Notificatons in your Human task or BPM process, The attachments can be sent alongwith Notifications.
Will describe about the BPM Notifications in my next post.


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If the body lacks vitamins, it affects appearance – hair, nails, etc. They become brittle, dull. The reason for this may be lack of Biotin, known as vitamin B7, writes the website “Docportal”. Doctors called the top 5 reasons spring beriberi.
For hair development vitamins B3 and B7. The reason for the hair breakage can be a deficiency of any of these vitamins.
Lack of vitamins A and C can aggravate the condition. Add in the diet more eggs, fish and fruits and vegetables yellow.
The lack of iron in the body, lack of vitamin C can also contribute to disease jeep-Ekbom. This is a condition in which the patient experiences unpleasant sensations in the legs that cause an irresistible urge to move them.
Source of vitamin D – salmon, tuna, beef liver and egg yolks. A lack of vitamin D can cause high blood pressure.
A lack of vitamin B12 can cause muscle weakness and lack of bladder control. If a person suffers from low blood pressure due to vitamin B12 deficiency, increase the consumption of beef, milk and eggs.


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Living in North Africa, it’s always interesting to see how life changes during this time.
Most restaurants and cafes close down completely, while other businesses such as stores and banks open late in the morning and close in the early afternoon. People choose to sleep much later, allowing you to walk freely without much of crowd around you in the mornings. Some days this is easily welcomed, while others, it can seem almost eerie. What used to be the time for rest after the lunch hour has now become the busiest time to buy anything in the local market as everyone is shopping for the evening meal.
Once night falls, what was already a night culture becomes an even greater one, as cafes and restaurants open back up and stay open until close to 2am. Many nights you can hear groups of kids singing in the street and it doesn’t take long for the smell of cigarette smoke to waft through any open windows.
These are just a few of the culture changes that happen during the month of Ramadan.
But for me one of the most significant times in the day is when the sun is setting and ‘fatour,’ the breaking of the fast, happens.
As the day nears its end, the streets become practically desolate with everyone rushing to get back to their homes for the traditional meal of soup, dates, and different types of bread. At the start of sunset, a siren goes off signaling to everyone that the daily fast is over and the feasting may begin. If you are quiet, you can hear the sounds of neighboring televisions playing a popular show and silverware clinking against bowls and plates as food is devoured.
This story is an account from a Cafe 1040 team member in North Africa during the month of Ramadan. It is incredible that our students and staff get to experience this Islamic holy month in the heart of a Muslim community.

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Based in North Wales for its stunning countryside and coastline, Parafest is unique to the UK and combines a flying event with a music festival.
Four days of flying, four nights camping or vanning.
Parafest isn’t just a festival; Parafest is a festival you can fly at!
Paraglider and hang glider pilots have the great free flying sites of North Wales all within easy driving distance. Paramotors, powered hang gliders, trikes and SSDR are all welcome to fly out of a dedicated field within the festival and can explore everywhere from the countryside, to the coastline, to the mountains and valleys of North Wales.

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We are a major supplier of flights both scheduled and charter package holidays. Finding the right flight at the right price requires, experience, technology, information and sometimes even a bit of luck.
We are an authorized IATA travel agency for scheduled airlines worldwide enabling us to offer special fares to many other exciting destinations around the Globe.
Managing flight yields is a complex business. There are dozens of flight options to most destinations and often hundreds. As a general rule the lower the price the less flexible the ticket but different airlines have different rules. Because of this fluid pricing structure it is very difficult for anyone to guarantee the absolute lowest price for any particular flight.
But the more experience you have and the more information there is available to you, the better your chances of finding the best compromise between price and flexibility. Contact us for details of the latest fares and availability.


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J.D. came down last night and we pounded tin, and put up the roof of the maternity ward on the chicken condo. I've hired J.D. to be my driver next week when we go down to Old Tucson to tape another batch of True West Moments. Jeff Hildebrandt is flying in this weekend for an appearance at the Coolwater Church on Sunday and then we're driving down to Tucson and taping all day Monday with a crew out of the Old Pueblo (we're still going to Wichita next spring). This time out we are answering mostly questions from viewers and we've got a ton to pick from. I'll feature a few of them in the next couple days.
Proofed the final pdfs of the Best of the West Resource Book this morning. Very strong. Going to be a big tradition around here and if you've ever desired to have all the contact info on the best events, craftspeople and artisans in the entire West, this is going to be your cup of tea.
"I believe your feet are much larger than Stephen Hawking's."
"If you find a path with no obstacles, if probably doesn't lead anywhere."


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Hi from Chicago! I hope my answers have been helpful for you.
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A physical effect called superinjection lies beneath advanced light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and lasers. For several years, this effect was thought to happen only in semiconductor heterostructures — that is, structures made up of two or more semiconductor materials.
IndiTri™ is Indium Corporation's proven high-purity indium trichloride (InCl3) compound that delivers a consistent percentage of indium with a wide range of applications.
With advanced materials now a critical enabler of semiconductor industry growth applications and Korea the world’s second largest semiconductor materials market, the stage is set for SMC Korea 2019, the region’s premier electronics materials conference.
With the improved power of the new measuring method that can characterize materials at scales considerably smaller than any existing technologies, the discovery and study of 2D, micro- and nanoscale materials can be accelerated.
Nordson MARCH, a Nordson company, a global leader in plasma processing technology, announces the introduction of its FlexTRAK®-SHS automated plasma treatment system.
Miniature, easy-to-produce particles, known as quantum dots, may soon replace more costly single crystal semiconductors in progressive electronics found in camera sensors, solar panels, and medical imaging tools.
Smartphones consist of a large number of small switches known as transistors that could help manage multiple tasks more than making calls—navigating neighborhoods, sending texts, Googling names, and snapping selfies.
According to a study by Rutgers-led research team, reported in Materials Today, a new method to control light discharged by exotic crystal semiconductors has been discovered by the researchers, which can possibly lead to more efficient solar cells and other developments in electronics.
With the rapid growth of China’s semiconductor industry as the backdrop, industry leaders and visionaries will gather at SEMICON China 2019 for insights into the latest developments, innovations and trends in the electronics industry.
Southwest Systems Technology, Inc., the leading manufacturing resource for the Southwest, today announced plans to exhibit at the SMTA Dallas and Houston Expo & Tech Forums.

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How often do you pick up a call from an unrecognized number? How many marketing emails lie in your inbox unread? The way we communicate, organize, and spread important information is changing rapidly and traditional forms of outreach are falling short. For example, in an active political climate, campaigns and organizations need to be able to communicate with their communities at scale. Knocking on doors and phone banking are slow and resource heavy. Email open rates are declining and automated blasts have become oversaturated and ignored. It’s becoming harder to authentically connect or get people to take action when it matters most.
We’re excited to announce our investment in Hustle, a peer-to-peer text messaging platform that will solve this problem by providing organizations with an affordable, efficient, and effective tool to reach their target supporters and customers. In the 2016 election cycle alone, over 40 million messages were sent & received across Hustle’s clients. Through Hustle, organizers working for the Bernie Sanders campaign or Planned Parenthood were able to recruit more volunteers, increase voter turnout, and raise money.
Personal conversations between two people are still the single most effective way to move people to action. Hustle’s technology has become increasingly important in empowering impact organizations and the platform has demonstrated success outside of the political realm, as well. Today, universities, unions, non-profits, and businesses are using Hustle to build and maintain relationships with their most important contacts.
Hustle brought on Taylor Curry, an independent designer and Bridge alum, to build a brand system that better reflected Hustle’s values of impact, authenticity, empowerment, and respect. We sat down with Taylor and Roddy Lindsay, Hustle’s co-founder and CEO, to chat about the project and the role design will play in the company going forward.
What are some of the key elements of the Hustle brand & culture that you wanted the rebrand to evoke?
Roddy: We had several different goals, which made this a challenging redesign. First, we wanted to evoke the breadth of the product and brand…that Hustle is a tool that can be used by many different people and types of organizations to achieve their goals. Second, we wanted to connect both the human and informal element of the product—that Hustle connects real people to have authentic dialogues about important topic—with its impact-driven, results-oriented, lets-get-stuff-done qualities. That called for brand elements that evoked togetherness as well as impact.
What were some of the benefits and challenges of working with an outside designer?
Roddy: Taylor was able to look at the brand and the product with a fresh pair of eyes, which was invaluable. Being in different cities, some of the coordination was sometimes a challenge. Hanging out in person a few times before and during our relationship was essential to build trust. Putting in that in-person time up front paid off.
Have there been any surprises that the design process uncovered?
Roddy: Taylor finding the “Us” within the word “Hustle” was a happy surprise. It suggested a way to visually bring together the community and relationship-building component of our product with the unabashed drive and raw energy that the word “hustle” brings to mind.
I was also surprised that we were drawn to wildly different styles in the early iterations. Hustle’s focus on genuine relationships in the age of bots and automation may seem quaint, and I was drawn to some of the old-fashioned styles that harkened back to an era of hand-painted storefronts on Main Street. On the other hand, the very edgy, italicized, bold styles attracted our CTO, Tyler, who is relentlessly focused on getting sh*t done — another key part of our product. Taylor was able to synthesize all of this different feedback and personality elements into the final iteration, which we all love.
What role would you like design to play in your next phase?
Roddy: A good design foundation, especially at this early stage of our development, is an investment that will pay huge dividends in the long-term. In the beginning of the year, we also hired Matthew Ferry, who was the design director at Change.org, to lead design at Hustle. He’s been working on embedding design thinking and collaboration with design throughout the company culture.
We’re working to apply this great core brand work to everything we do and raise the bar in terms of our product experience and marketing materials. We are creating as much of a solid base as we can across the organization so that everyone in the company has access to create beautiful, on-brand materials in their day-to-day. Every time we communicate, either internally or externally, we should be putting our best foot forward through our design and be proud of it.
Tell us about your process for the rebrand.
Taylor: My branding process is pretty straightforward: research, analyze, brainstorm, design.
Which of these actions best describe what Hustle does?
Which of these archetypes fits your brand?
How well do you think the current brand communicates your archetype / desired brand personality?
Why do people love Hustle?
This helped me understand the current brand, and where the company hoped to go. The results of my research + discussions with the founders set the groundwork for the rest of the project.
Throughout the brainstorming & design phases, I continually referenced the values that emerged from that initial research. I bet the team was tired of hearing me repeat it in every design review, but having that north star in place ensured we were staying on track & true to the vision.
As the center point of the brand, I aimed to provide a cleaner, more polished logotype that still had a nod to the approachable, easy style of the previous logo. The new logotype uses a customized italicized slab serif to evoke a sense of speed & speed while still feeling personal & grassroots. The “us” connection was a way to subtly highlight Hustle’s focus on genuine human relationships.
When it came to the mark, the fist icon was such a powerful visual that I struggled to change it. I also loved the story behind it — (Roddy & Perry used it in their first iterations of the platform to differentiate a Hustle message from a regular text). Unfortunately, the fist comes with a fair amount of meaning (defiance, resistance) that the already rebellious company name didn’t need. I felt the flag really embodied all of the qualities of the brand — empowering, aspirational, moving forward, carrying a message… I started tinkering around with that idea and developed the final flag mark out of the H in the logotype.
Once we nailed down the logo, mark, and primary color scheme, I developed an illustration style, brand implementation examples, and a thorough set of brand guidelines to complete the identity package.
What were the biggest challenges and surprises in the process?
Taylor: We got pretty far with one logotype concept before deciding it just wasn’t right. It was leaning heavily on the “us” component and was a little too retro/vintage looking over all. It was tough to start over on the logotype when we’d made so much progress, but it was absolutely for the best.
What were the unique challenges of designing for a product in the political space?
Taylor: I remember sending over the final project proposal the day of the election. We had gone back and forth a few times hammering out scope details and that’s just when it was ready. When the election results came through, I wasn’t sure what would happen. We were all still pretty stunned when we talked a few days later, but Roddy was quick to say that Hustle’s work was far from over and in fact more important than ever. That conversation kind of set the tone for the project, and got me even more excited to contribute.
We tested a bunch of color schemes and styles, from very techy, modern & clean to more vintage Americana, and landed somewhere in the middle. The modern twist on red, white, and blue felt empowering & unapologetic, but I made sure to allow for plenty of color combinations that wouldn’t feel too politically-charged given the breadth of organizations & causes they support.
How do you ensure the brand still works for other spaces Hustle is looking to expand into like higher education, etc.?
Taylor: While it may seem to skew political, the flag icon really works for any space. Much like a crest or heraldry, it can symbolize connection to cause, a team, a creed, a common goal. The logo & flag are primarily shown in a neutral navy with canvas accents, and I included a range of secondary colors & icons to combine across different industries.
How would you like to see the brand evolve going forward?
Taylor: In short order, I’m looking forward to seeing some of the animations & illustration elements that got sidelined for the initial launch to be included, because I think they add even more personality. I’m most excited to see how Matthew Ferry (Hustle’s new Head of Design) implements the brand in the product. He’s working on an initial re-skinning with colors & fonts before working to improve the user experience and really take it to the next level. Hustle’s also looking to hire a Comms designer, and it’ll be awesome to see how he/she interprets the brand as the product, goals, and political climate evolves. I’ve been really impressed with how dedicated the team has been to design & the whole rebrand process, so I can’t wait to see more of the brand in the wild.
Hustle is hiring their first communication designer. If you’re interested in the opportunity, visit the Hustle careers page. To see more of Taylor Curry’s work, check out Spirit Animal Design Studio.


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We at COSMOS are building a Virtual Reality metaverse. We are revolutionizing the VR world. Cosmos CR aims to create this platform so end-users can navigate, explore and actively use the applications created in the virtual world. Content creators can build their own content and sell it or let people use their creations. On COSMOS, distance is not a thing, in our VR developed world you can party with friends far away, take courses being held across the borders, and play games as if you are a part of it. We are developing an open source platform to let the developers develop with ease using our SDK. We dream to provide a platform for VR enthusiasts to work on it and utilize the technology according to their needs. We are hopeful that our efforts will let the VR community to grow bigger and stronger.
VR Gaming will be the ultimate dream of every gamer. Being immersed in the environment you play in, is the best experience ever. On Cosmos platform you will be able to play games in VR or launch your own game and earn as much as you want.
Studying online is never the same as studying within classes. Cosmos will solve the problem by building a VR based Cosmos University. In Cosmos University you will feel the experience of an actual class and interact with others as if real.
Either you want to party with friends across borders, or join clubs without the need to pay high, Cosmos is your ultimate destination. On our platform one will be able join clubs, bars, parties or any other sort of gathering and have fun with their friends and relatives far away.


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The University of New Mexico in Los Alamos, New Mexico, is a driving force within the community, offering residents the opportunity to pursue two-year degrees and certificate programs so they can continue their education at other New Mexico universities or enter New Mexico’s workforce.
Students who wish to pursue baccalaureate programs will be able to seamlessly transfer to another campus of the University of New Mexico, not to mention most other institutions in the state or country.
To accommodate its students in pursuing bachelor’s degrees, the Los Alamos campus offers those students the opportunity to complete coursework right on campus.
You will be able to enhance your college life at Los Alamos by joining one of the school’s many student organizations, from the Phi Theta Kappa honor society to student government, or participating in cultural celebrations, movie nights and other social events.
To earn the certification or degree to land a job that will help you and New Mexico prosper, you can apply at any time throughout the year. The school offers an open admissions policy to allow all students the opportunity to apply.
To offer students from trying financial backgrounds the opportunity to transform their future, the Los Alamos campus is authorized to offer reduced-rate tuition to New Mexico residents. All students may apply for UNM financial aid by filing a FAFSA.
This web site and associated pages are not associated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by University of New Mexico, Los Alamos Campus (UNM Los Alamos). CampusExplorer.com has no official or unofficial affiliation with University of New Mexico, Los Alamos Campus (UNM Los Alamos).

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Marvel Is On A Roll With Their New 2016 Hip Hop Variant Covers.
of admitting to it and not a shameless sales gimmick. The previous editions have been met with much love and fly off the shelves as if Jet Packs were installed. The Big Man at Marvel, Axel Alonso, is making leaps and bounds with these new Album covers. Legends and Rookies alike will be immortalized by Immortals, names such as LL Cool J, Wu Tang Clan, Big Daddy Kane, Chance The Rapper, Kevin Gates, and Salt-N-Pepa are swapped out for Heroes or Villains. This is true genius and elevates these greats to the standards of following set by the likes of Elvis Presley and Kiss. I am marvelling at the genius being expressed by Marvel Comics, yes pun intended.


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On April 5th and 6th, over 6000 collegiate cheer and dance athletes gathered in Daytona Beach for an annual spring break tradition – the NCA Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championship. The highlight of this competition is the opportunity to compete outside in the legendary Daytona Beach band shell, in front of a huge crowd of cheer fans and beachgoers alike. This year’s competition brought two new divisions, along with the usual favorites.
This year, all eyes were on the Junior College division. While it was the smallest division of the competition, featuring only two teams, it was also the toughest and arguably the most exciting division. The two teams, Navarro College and Trinity Valley Community College, have been fighting over the top spot for years, with TVCC winning the last two years. After finishing day 1 in second place by 0.26, Navarro was determined to finish the competition with a strong day 2 performance. They were able to achieve their goal, hitting a zero deduction routine in front of a packed band shell, and were able to beat out TVCC to secure their 13th national title and their 5th grand champion title with a score of 98.13.
In another fan-favorite division, Coed D1A, all eyes were on the University of Louisville, Oklahoma State University, and Texas Tech University. Last year Texas Tech was able to take home their first national title since 1982, so expectations for their program were high going into this season. Texas Tech sat in second place going into finals, behind the University of Louisville, who always seem to be the team to beat every year. In the end, neither Texas Tech nor Oklahoma State were able to outscore the University of Louisville, with OSU finishing in second place and Texas Tech finishing in third. This marks the University of Louisville’s 18th title in the Large Coed D1A division. The University of Louisville were also able to capture the gold in the All Girl D1A division, bringing home their 5th consecutive title and their 15th in 20 years.
NC State was another program that walked away from Daytona Beach with two new national championship wins, one in the tough Small Coed D1A division, and one in the new Game Day DI division. This makes 7 total national titles for the Pack! In the Game Day division, NC State put on a show by bringing in their marching band, twirlers, and dance team to assist them in leading the crowd as they would on game day.
The most touching and heartfelt moment of the competition came in the Small Coed DII division, where Blinn College’s routine paid tribute to a teammate who passed away in January. Their performance was good enough to place them in first both days, and the team held up photos of their fallen teammate when they received their trophy and banner.
Congratulations to all of this year’s finalists and winners! This year’s NCA College Nationals was one for the books, and definitely one of the best in recent memory. View a list of results below, and check out photo galleries of select divisions here.


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Sylvia C. has not voted in the 2017 San Diego A-List.
It's just the right size for school aged children with some truly fascinating fossil and rock displayed. Very helpful and informative owner and staff. Do yourselves a favor and check it out...you won't be disappointed!
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Little Elvis was sick over the weekend. I went in to check on him on Saturday evening, and noticed a bad smell. Poor baby was sick most of the night and some on Sunday. He's still tired today, but is eating some and managing to keep it down.
He was such a sweet boy through all of it. Once, after I cleaned him off after getting sick, he ran to his playroom to do his little jig with his cars.
While he was sweet most of the time on Sunday, he did lose his patience with me once.
I had the audacity to vacuum all of the rooms in the house instead of just our bedroom. Little Elvis did not want me vacuuming. He was so mad, that he grabbed my cell phone, hid behind a chair and called Bob!
Little Elvis will do this. He has figured out how to call the last person I dialed. He called Bob twice and my mom once on Sunday.
Not only is he calling Daddy when Mommy upsets him, he's also become much more demanding with the television.
On Saturday morning, Bob and Little Elvis were watching Disney. Bob went into the kitchen to get something and Little Elvis flicked through the channels until he found this video of Beyonce. Right after it ended, a commercial for some exercise video came on, and the women were wearing skimpy exercise outfits.
Little Elvis is quite a fan of skimpy outfits on pretty women. He was very vocal with his protests when Bob put Handy Manny back on.
Little Elvis is a picky eater. It might be surprising to find out that his current favorite food is mustard.
Any time that I don't put the refrigerator lock on, he will open up the fridge and root around until he finds that yellow bottle. He will then yank on the top with his teeth until all that tart, mustard-y goodness comes out.
"There's no such thing as too much mustard, Mommy!"
He got in and out of the fridge without me knowing the other day. I walked out of the kitchen to find him, the table and the floor dotted with mustard.
Little Elvis always does super cute things. But the other night, he was especially animated.
He's been covering his ears for the past few days. I think he likes the way his voice sounds when he does this.
When you couple the covering of the ears with yogurt-y hands, it's apparently that much more fun.
He's quick. He kept putting his somewhat empty yogurt bowl on his head, but when I grabbed the camera he dropped it.
I have some proof, though. This is what yogurt does to clean hair.
It started snowing this morning! So, I bundled Little Elvis up in his snow suit and new snow boots for some fun in the snow.
My pictures don't do them justice, but there were lots of little white flakes floating down.
Little Elvis loved his snow boots and wanted me to put them back on him after I took off the rest of his snow gear.
I think he had fun.
The potty has become an interesting part of Little Elvis' nighttime routine. We have managed to get him to sit on the chair, sans diaper, for several minutes at a time by reading and re-reading his favorite books -- this week it's "Happy Easter Clifford!"
He will not go, though. He patiently waits through several retellings of his stories, and will only pee once we put him into the bathtub. I've started putting the "bucket" portion of his potty under the stream, which he tolerates.
Bob and I joke that he doesn't really see the potty as anything other than his naked reading chair. At least we're getting him to sit on it most nights.
Since we want to encourage potty training, we've switched to the cheapy diapers at Wal-Mart -- still doing the Huggies at night, though.
Things were going pretty well, until last week. Little Elvis opened up one side of his diaper while I was dressing him. I restuck it and bundled us up for a trip to the mall.
We hit the big play area first, and after a few minutes he started grabbing at his crotch. I figured he was telling me that he was going to the bathroom, and congratulated him on recognizing this fact.
His diaper didn't seem to have anything in it, so we headed down to the train table at Barnes and Noble. He was the only one there and was having a pretty nice time. Just as other kids started to arrive, he began grabbing at his crotch again.
I looked, and his little overalls were soaked. His diaper? It was wrapped around an ankle -- because his ankle sweat has ALWAYS been such a problem.
The moral? Do not refasten the Wal-Mart cheapy diapers, or take the diaper bag with me next time.
The potty humor has already begun. And it's quite possibly our fault.
Little Elvis sometimes toots at the dinner table. This makes his parents giggle like 5th graders. And our son likes an audience.
He now says "Toot!" when he poots and starts giggling. And that makes his juvenile parents laugh even harder, which gives him that much more incentive.
It didn't take me as long to fix Lightning as I thought it would!
I forgot to take a before photo, but trust me, it was awful. You could see the stuffing in at least 4 different places and frayed edgest all around his windows. Little Elvis must have noticed the rips too, because he wasn't playing with Lightning very much.
But after an hour at Mom's Auto Body, both Little Elvis and his car were ready and raring to go.
Since we weren't sure if I could fix Lightning (and I'm still not sure it will last!) we bought a replacement. We found a velvety-type fabric pillow/blanket combo at Wal-Mart.
Little Elvis is suspicious of the new car, especially since his first one looks so much better.
My aunt made him this super-cool fleece Cars blanket for Christmas. So, I think I'll use this new fleece blanket to make him something else. Any ideas?
Remember Little Elvis' aversion to Santa?
He may not like the chubby, white-haired dude, but he does like the old elf's taste in presents. So much so, that he didn't really want any of his other presents.
Now, while Santa did a great job selecting the type of toy, his selection of fabric was not so hot.
For the first 3-4 days, that car went everywhere with Little Elvis. It slept with him, ate with him, played in the leaves with him,... you get the idea. Now, he's mainly a sleep toy.
Lightning started showing signs of wear on the first day. But after Little Elvis got sick on him, and he had to take a spin in the washer and a tumble in the dryer, he looks awful. My mom suggested hand-sewing braiding at every seam.
I don't mind the hand-sewing bit, but I'm a little concerned about getting Lightning alone. Think I'll have to sneak in and get him in the evenings.
The parachute-type fabric didn't set off any red-flags for me, but then he was the only option we found. We're already scouring around for a replacement in a different fabric.
Today Little Elvis had an appointment with a speech therapist. We've been concerned about his speech for a while now and the doctor recommended we set up an evaluation a couple of months ago.
I know some might think he's a little young for me to be worried over his speech. At first, I was the only one concerned. I kept reading about all of the things he should be doing at certain ages. I would get so frustrated by those. Because they would set out these age ranges and then stick a sentence at the bottom saying not to worry if your child isn't doing that, because each child is different.
"Yeah, I got a car. Now I just need my license."
If each child is different, then why post those age ranges. Multiple searches on the matter also left me confused and upset. Then Bob started to agree with me. It's never a good sign when he agrees with one of my crazy tangents.
"Food is just better when it's in my hair, ok?"
It didn't help matters that my son is fairly tall for his age. I would see all these other little boys that were his size that were using two word sentences and using several words. It wasn't until after I set up our appointment that I realized those boys were all 10-12 months older than he was.
I've also got some family members who had speech delays.
He was doing the cutest head resting on hand pose, but I just couldn't catch it.
But we went into today's appointment with a whole fistful of new words, and an upbeat attitude on my part. I felt fairly certain things would be ok.
It was so nice to hear something other than, "Don't worry," or "He'll develop at his own pace," or "All kids are different," or "He's a boy."
Instead I got some good advice to help him continue learning new words and sounds -- and a little weird advice about staying away from letters, numbers and colors. Bob and I will discuss that this evening.
It will be a happy meal, which I'm sure my little angel will not eat. But, hey, I need something new to worry about anyway, right?
Gram had to be the one hiding this go round. Oh, how Little Elvis loves peek-a-boo.
This is just to honor Bob's hair. My dad shaved all of my husband's hair off during our visit. I told him to use the 1-inch clippers, but like I know what I'm talking about. It was too long, but we missed the happy medium and now it's really short.
"What do you mean it's past my bedtime? If you get to stay up playing cards, then I want to, too!"
"Mommy got these neat socks for Christmas, but I think they look better on me."
"Her legs aren't as cute as mine!"
At least he's got on a shirt and socks this go round.
Shortly after Little Elvis was born, my parents picked out the names they would like to be called. My Dad (former coach) picked Coachpa, and my mom picked Gram.
Bob and I were excited to see which names Little Elvis would really use at Christmas this year.
My dad's "name" actually makes sense, but it also makes us laugh. See, my dad is the athletic director at my former high school. As such, most of his clothes (shirts, hats, coats, etc.) have a big "T" on them.
Little Elvis likes the letter "T" and would often point it out on his Coachpa. Last week, we pointed at my dad and said, "Who's that?"
Little Elvis looked up at him and said, "tuh!" After we finished laughing, we acknowledged that he was indeed, right. Little Elvis has done this repeatedly since. So for the moment, my dad is "Tuh."
When we ask about my mom, he will just smile shyly and point at her, although he did run through the house yelling "Duh-duh!" at her the other day.
He's finally started really talking the past few days and we couldn't be more excited. We love all the cute things he says and does now -- like arguing with Daddy that a six is a nine.

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Online behemoth Google is preparing to try to “steal online retail from Amazon,” according to Marcus Wohlson at Wired. Google’s position is a “pretty high perch from which to take aim,” Wohlson wrote.
Big retailers don’t have an incentive to work with Amazon, as evidenced by the struggles it has had breaking into fashion. The big brands already have stores of their own and fear losing their identities to Amazon.
But what they do want is more play on search, which gives Google leverage over Amazon.
The San Francisco business Inkling is working with Google to overtake Amazon’s Kindle business, according to Wired. Meanwhile, another startup called Bloomreach helps companies optimise their search results so they’ll show up on Google before Amazon does.
An e-commerce company called Shoprunner doubled sales in one year by improving Google search results, but company executive Fiona Dias told Wired she’s wary of the search engine.
Google’s aggressive e-commerce bid could put Amazon in big trouble, wrote Kerry Folan at Racked.
If Google could get people products as cheaply as Amazon, it could present a real threat.


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This is Donald, a handsome Beige Brown Rabbit Head Sculpture. He is a sure a talking point and uplifts the onlookers mood. The rabbit expression, sculpted by hand from clay, and fired three times, first the bisque firing, the second the the under coat firing, the third being a glaze firing. He is a great addition to any interior design, he is meant for indoors as only his eyes are glazed. A plinth would would be an impressive staging of the sculpture or he could be fitted to a wooden or concrete stand.
Donald would be an amazing present for a collector or bunny lover – for anyone -young, old, many young men are seen with their house rabbits on social media, everybunny loves rabbits?
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I don’t think this is a problem. Compare this to music, where the instrument places limitations on the music that can be created with it. The tuning system of a piano only gives you a certain set of tones, but the ones available can be combined in countless ways to produce pleasant experiences whereas an inexperienced violin player can create the most hideous combinations of tones. Practically all popular music in the past decades has used the same tuning system and new beautiful combinations keep being discovered. Innovation in a restricted space can be beautiful, sometimes even more beautiful than innovation in an unrestricted space.
Other than the plot structure, interesting stories are created by our own imaginations. Being told everything does not make for an interesting story. It is the art in what the writer chooses to tell outright, and what he hints at and how that immerses us in a story. Winston Smith in 1984, Lúthien Tinúviel in The Silmarillion, Michael Smith in Stranger in a Strange Land – I have an image in my head of what each of them looks like, and that image far exceeds the description offered by the authors. The end result of a story is always co-created by the author and the reader. The more the story is able to pull the reader in to this co-creation process, the more interesting it is.
The narrative and the art played by the words together serve to create emotions in the reader. An interesting narrative told in an interesting fashion is guaranteed to create some kind of emotional response in the reader. Part of the skill of the writer is being able to relate to the audience in order to direct these emotions, as in this aspect as well, the final result is always co-created by the author and the reader.
Interesting stories consist of a good narrative and word choices that invite the reader to co-create the story’s universe and be open to the emotional ride offered by the story. Great stories go beyond that. They instill the reader with a sense of purpose for a lasting effect.

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