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With a bone-shattering roar and thundering voice, the Ogre bays for blood. After a crash and a bang, the beast appears in all its terrifying splendour, shouting loud enough to scare small children and nervous adults alike.
Or at least he will when the Ogre is in full costume. For now, Hugh McLean is dressed in a velvet-like outfit, which while certainly giving him the air of some feral creature, is not entirely convincing. The object of his ire by the way is Jack, who is played by his wife Jamie. Jack’s mother, the pantomime “dame”, meanwhile, is played by a man, Bertrand Membre, who is speaking English in his very pronounced native French accent. Meanwhile, the Ogre’s housekeeper, Hanne Efkind, who has Nordic roots, is trying to speak in a French accent. Confused? You will be.
Welcome to the wacky and rather weird world of pantomime, or just “panto” as it’s informally known. For those who perhaps aren’t familiar with the concept, panto is a peculiarly British way of celebrating the festive season. It’s a type of theatrical entertainment mainly but not exclusively for kids that is usually based on a fairy tale or nursery story and involves music, jokes and slapstick comedy. The the sillier the better is the basic rule of thumb. Exaggeration and overacting of all kinds are prerequisite. Men play the roles of women and vice versa, there’s lots of audience interaction (invited and uninvited) and everyone has a great time. At the Ras Al Hamra Recreation Centre, based on the Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) site in Muscat, panto has become something of a tradition for the Amateur Dramatic Society and this year, they’re putting on the classic Jack and the Beanstalk. Last year’s Cinderella went down a storm, while the previous production of Aladdin proved equally popular.
Y was given a quick peek into the world of putting on a panto, the ups and downs and everything in between. On Wednesday night, the sound of music can be heard drifting out of an open door from a building next to the swimming pool, which is revealed as the entrance to a small theatre. On stage, some people are talking about magic beans. In the wings, a pantomime racing camel is flexing its legs ready for its cue. A beanstalk made of rope is waiting to be raised up and two young girls dressed in beige raincoats are going over their lines backstage waiting for their next appearance.
It’s rehearsals for the Ras Al Hamra Amateur Dramatic Society (RAHADS) and the tension is building, with opening night just a week away (due to open on Dec 11) and work clearly still to be done in order to polish up performances. “It’s getting there,” says a frazzled-looking, Brian Greenhalgh, the show’s director who has the rather daunting task of making it all work and extracting the best out of his cast. Those on stage are obviously giving it their all to impress the director and assembled audience. Each scene is greeted with enthusiastic clapping. The director and his right-hand woman, Nicola Murray, who is in charge of choreography, make notes on clipboards.
There’s an art to putting on the perfect panto. “Cues and timings are everything,” says Brian. Along with 12 principal actors, four dancers and a children’s chorus of 10, there’s around 20 people involved backstage, from making the sets and costume, to doing the sound and lighting. All actors are expected to learn their lines in their own time. If they get stuck, the prompter (Connor O’Neill, 16), is always on hand to offer the right word or sentence.
“There’s an awful lot to remember for some of the main characters,” says Connor’s mum, Jacqui, who wrote the lines for the character of Fairy Moonbeam (played by Denise Sanders) and is one of the children’s directors. Jacqui will be helping to keep the younger performers in line – no easy feat when tired six or seven-year-olds have had enough playing actor or actress for the evening and want to go home. Adults had to audition for panto parts, but every child who turned up got a role of some sort.
“It’s been really nice this time round, especially because we are working with kids,” says Hussain al Noumani, an Omani who plays two smaller roles – a traveller and the agent who sells the racing camel for a bag of magic beans. “There is lots of music and singing, so it’s definitely enjoyable and fun for all concerned.” The panto script was bought in, but the RAHADS have added a few touches of their own – making references to Dubai, Ruwi and Nizwa to localise it – and giving it an Omani twist or two. The milk cow in the original story now becomes Humphrey, a racing camel. “I bought the panto camel outfit online from the UK and had it couriered over,” says Brian. Brian’s wife, Sheila, does front of house, helps out with make-up and organises the food. Julie Nunweek, in charge of lighting and sound with Robert Langedijk (who works for PDO), also made the beanstalk, ingenuiously constructing it out of rope. Everyone, it seems, mucks in. “It’s all about having fun together,” says Robert, which sums up the basic premise of a panto. With that, he turns back to get the spotlight ready for Fairy Moonbeam’s next appearance.
Jack and the Beanstalk is based on an English fairy tale dating back several hundred years. It tells the story of boy called Jack who lives with his mother and their milk cow, their only source of income. When times become hard, Jack has to sell the cow at a market but instead of money, he trades it for magic beans. The beans grow into a giant stalk, which Jack climbs, to discover a giant’s home at the top. He steals treasure from the giant and escapes down the stalk, chopping it down afterwards so that the giant falls to his death.


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Junior, thanks for visiting my blog…I look forward to hearing more from you…Have a great day!
I enjoyed your cover of Adele’s Hello and thought your arrangement was a nice twist. I also watched the weasel video, but I am less of a fan of electronic rhythm machines.
Haha that would be excellent…i will take a look and see what i can rummage up!!
Thanks orgirlinberkeley!! Far too kind!!
Thanks for stopping by my blog. Best of luck with your musical endeavours!
Soundcloud is the one that is pending for you guys I believe 🙂 Any plans for that?
Hi. Thanks for the like and follow. It’s nice to have a young musician interested in my musings. I shall be cheking out your songs and covers.
Absolutely 🙂 i appreciate the comment Frank!!!
Keep it up, you are very talented.
Hi Vicki I just saw this message in my spam. I have been awarded a blogger award on your page? That is fantastic news!!! How do I get to view this?? Exciting times!!
That’s so nice!! My home is under going a bit of refurb work so I haven’t had the chance / space / quiet to record anything new until yesterday…but that should be me back on track 🙂 literally!!!
I liked the song from yesterday and that video! You were right it was perfect! Do you know how to tag people the right way? I just learned yesterday lol. Instead of using their main page url for the list of nominees, use their about page url if they have an about page.
Thank you Vicki 🙂 i dont actually know how to do that…im constantly moving between my phone app and laptop to access the blog but i think the laptop is the most easiest way to efficiently navigate the site so I will try that and nominate 15 other blogs?
yes lol I know that seems excessive, but … it is, what it is. On the blog creation page use the little chain link to put in the nominee’s blog address. If they have an about me page, then use that blog address so it will notify them. That is why it wen tto spam.I did it wrong 😦 Have fun juggling laptop and phone.
ThaNuke for the like and follow. You might notice that on my site I just have lyrics, I don’t play any instruments or sing so I’ve no idea if they are good enough to be turned into songs. Feel free to contact me if you are interested in any of the songs. Not sure if any of them would be up your street!
Thanks for following! If you guys ever need a mixing engineer, an ear, feedback, or anything along those lines, let me know! – Looking forward to what’s to come.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. The powers that be put your comment into my spam folder. If you have a song/post you’d like me to share on my blog, let me know. Best wishes with your music.

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Normally, when you change data in a SQL database, such as inserting new records, or deleting or updating existing records, you don't get the opportunity to undo your changes. If you begin a transaction before you modify your data, however, you do have the chance to undo your changes if things go wrong.
You can also abbreviate the word TRANSACTION to TRAN if you're a lazy typist like me.
It's possible to open multiple transactions within the same script and so it's useful to be able to name individual transactions in order to help identify them.
When you've started a transaction you must always explicitly end it in one of two ways. You can either commit the transaction, which saves the changes you have made, or you can rollback the transaction, which undoes the changes you have made.
You could also replace the words TRAN or TRANSACTION with the word WORK in the above examples. The only difference between COMMIT/ROLLBACK TRANSACTION and COMMIT/ROLLBACK WORK is that you can't use a named transaction with the WORK keyword.
The next part of this series explains what happens when things go wrong within a transaction.

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An online resource for all things blues guitar.
The internet has brought about huge societal change. As a medium that allows for the free (as in speech) interaction of millions of users, it has modified the social conscious in ways that were never thought possible. In an interesting twist, it has had a profound effect on the transmission of musical ideas.
Take, for example, the emergence of Napster, then OiNK.cd and now What.cd?. By allowing music to flow freely, it has changed the face of modern music making. For example, right now, I have access to millions of tracks instantly (or nearly instantly) if I simply know where to look. When in history has that happened? In the past, you had to hope your local record store had a copy or you drove out of your way to find one. And often it wouldn’t be there either. The free transmission of music online has revolutionized music.
How does this affect musicians?
First of all, you can listen! Listen listen listen! My sweet lord, there are hundreds of tracks and each one is a new possibility of new sounds, new rhythms, new chords, new solos, new melodies, new mixes, new genres… I could go on and on…. The possibilities are endless. Inspiration has always been the key ingredient in music and now infinite inspiration is at your fingertips.
But be careful to download safely, some sites do break international and national copyright law. Be sure to know yours before you download. That being said, a careful torrenter on private sites will rarely (if ever) see repercussions.
What else can help musicians?
Well, we talked a bit about infinite inspiration through music downloads, but what about the possibility of infinite instruction? There are millions of online videos available for free and tons of sites that offer free guitar lessons. Just do a Google for what you are looking for and browse through the sites you find. There are hundreds of musical resources, check out this page on jazz resources. Check out the DMOZ listing for guitar education.
Remember, the inspiration is infinite online and so is the instruction. So get out there and do it!
The blues have a certain love affair with the flatted interval. Somehow, the tension created by both a major and minor 3rd interval lies at the heart of the blues. Classical theory shies away from such tension and color, instead using 4ths and 6ths to create the common color. Today I would like to talk a bit about the different uses of tension intervals by mixing major and minor 3rd invervals.
I to III: is this a major or minor chord?
IV to VII: is this a dominant seventh or a major 7th chord?
A unique aspect of blues, and later jazz, is how the 3rds stack. Lets look at a standard C7 chord: C E G B♭. If we take each two subsequent intervals and examine them, we get this.
So, by stacking a major, minor and minor we get a dominant 7th chord (or just plain 7th chord, whichever terminology you prefer). The first stacked interval (C to E) dictates whether the chord is called major or minor. The second interval (E to G) brings it back to the fifth and is the opposite of the first. And the third interval (G to B♭) dictates whether it is a dominant 7th or a major 7th.
I hope you can see the connections between the intervals chosen and the quality of the chord. Let’s try a Cmaj7 chord: C E G B.
When you get involved with jazz, you get involved with some more interesting harmony. It is not, however, that difficult at all to understand. Lets try stacking some different 3rds and maybe an extra one on top.
Let’s look at a common Cdim7 chord: C E♭ G♭ B♭♭. Don’t let the B♭♭ confuse you, its just the proper way to flat a B♭. It’s really an A.
So a fully diminished chord is simply a bunch of stacked minor 3rds. Pretty easy huh? Let’s try a close cousin, the Cm7(♭5) chord: C E♭ Gb B♭. This is also called a half-diminished chord.
Let’s take a short step back and then take two steps forward to add a 9th to our chords. For a regular 9th chord, you use the dominant 7th as a base and add yet another third. Alas, a C9 chord: C E G B♭ D.
The usefulness of these chords is best learned through experience, for example, 7(♭9) chords work great as the V chord before coming back to the root.
The idea is to imagine chords as building blocks. There is no mystery as to how they are constructed. Spend a little time with a piano and get the feel for the correct changes and you’ll pick it up in no time.
The blues chord progression, or 12 bar blues progression, is a standard I-IV-V chord progression that spans twelve measures. While there are a few extremely common twelve bar progressions that repeatedly pop up, there are even more variations on the standard formula. Take a look at my earlier post about the 12 Bar Blues Progression for the basic outline and general information, because in this post, we’ll be looking at some of the common variations.
These first two blues progressions are basic in their construction, only changing a few chords, primarily the durations of the V chords and placements of the IV chord. Take a look.
This first progression is the most basic, but notice how I notate each of the changes. The changes are relative to each other.
The keys of E and A are more popular with guitarists than with pianists, who prefer C or G, because of the tuning of the guitar and the number of accidentals on piano. Let’s look at a common modification to blues chord progressions.
Notice the addition of the IV chord in the second bar, this serves to break up the beginning of the blues progression. Without it, the progression can become stale while sitting on the I chord. This is the most common chordal variation on the blues progression.
Also notice the addition of the IV chord in the 10th measure, this serves to create more movement, leading to the return of the I or root chord. This is another very common variation.
And last is the addition of the V in the last measure, this serves as the “turnaround,” a common blues device that states the end of a progression.
The use of blues chord progressions is extremely common in jazz, especially in the big band or bebop genres. Below are some examples of typical variations, however, this time I’ve included the changes in the key of F for simplicities’ sake.
Notice the similar construction in the first four bars, the only changes are the addition of the diminished chord and the minor 7th chord which serve to create movement and color.
Again, in the 5th bar, we see the diminished chord following the IV chord. The basic idea behind the placement of the diminished chord is that the harmony remains relatively stable while the bass note raises a half step to create tension.
In the 8th bar, we see the chord change to a VI chord, a change uncommon in basic blues. This serves to create color and movement leading into the cadence (or last four measures).
In the 10th bar we see a distinct departure from the standard blues cadence, the IIm7 chord creates some tension and is an inversion of a V9th chord. Again, we see implied chordal harmonies adjusting with changes to the bass note.
Notice the similarities in the bebop blues and big band blues? While they are very similar, bebop blues are designed to be played extremely fast. At these high speeds, the chordal harmonies often act as the melody. Each chord change leads nicely to the next.
The first four bars are identical, but the bebop blues is without the diminished chord.
The second four bars are very similar, but the bebop blues adds a IIIm7 chord before the VI7 chord, again, to create movement leading to the cadence.
The first two bars of the cadence are identical to the big band changes but the turnaround (final two bars) are not. They lead down in perfect major fourths to the root, A-D-G-C and finally back to F. This creates movement that anticipates the I chord.
A lot of folks tend to lump all types of blues in a super genre called “the blues.” However, there are quite a few distinct styles of blues that can almost be put into a different genre all-together. Quite a few more well known genres of music fall closer to the blues than one might think. I’ll go over several different styles of blues and illustrate how they eventually evolved into the common genre’s of jazz, rock and country.
The entire modern genre of blues sprung forth from the traditions of early African American slaves. In the early 1900′s they began to play and sign what could easily be recognized as the precursor to modern blues. Their blues were derived from and based on “field hollers” or traditional work songs found in African American slave communities in the south. This makes the blues one of the few uniquely American genres of music. Obviously based on African heritage, the genre rose to prominence as an accessible form of self-expression in the African American community.
To help you develop an ear for early blues and how it influenced the modern version of blues, I’ve included a few demos of early blues.
In the 1920′s and 1930′s there was a sudden interest in dance bands and big bands that based many of their musical styles after some of the basic chordal movements of earlier bluesmen and women. A few of the more famous names associated with this era are Count Basie, Bennie Moten, and Duke Ellington.
Although not strictly blues in a the popular sense, big band blues and jazz are heavely based on early blues styles. The early styles of jazz in New Orleans developed alongside early blues. Many concepts and ideas flowed freely between jazz and blues before jazz went its own direction while blues did the same.
In the 50s and 60s there began a huge shift in blues. The modern sound was being born and al the famous modern blues guitarists appeared on the scene. B.B. King released his first album in this time frame, as did Eric Clapton as part of John Mayall and the Blues Breakers.
Many of the famous rock bands began their careers in the 60s and were extremely influenced by these early electric blues players. Cream, Led Zeppellin and Jimi Hendrix all were known to cover numerous blues standards.
Unfortunately, due to the copyrighted nature of material recorded from the 50s and afterwards, I can’t bring you much in the way of samples. I am sure if you check around the internet you can find some samples. Better yet, go buy a few albums and listen for yourself. You’ll be glad you did.
When it comes to guitar, there are a hundred, if not a thousand, tricks of the trade. These guitar tricks, or guitar techniques, can help stylize your playing. Each little tip should be worked on separately during improvisational passages or in rehearsed lines. After a little while with each tip, they’ll become second nature and your style of playing will improve drastically.
Breathing may sound like a ridiculous thing to regulate on a stringed instrument, but think of it this way: why do musicians aspire to make their instrument “sing”? Is it coincidence that musicians wants to emulate the human voice? I highly doubt it. The human voice is by far the most emotional instrument we possess. Not only can it modulate beautifully, it can produce words that stimulate us intellectually as well.
Phrasing is a collection of notes that stand alone. The notes, taken collectively, are greater that the sum of their parts. Together they are more than simple musical notes, they are an melody that imparts a reaction on a listener. Phrasing goes hand in hand with breathing, where one phrase ends is where the breath goes. This is a natural way to listen to music. Melodies rarely just hammer one relentlessly except in very intense sections of song.
While breathing and phrasing are general musical concepts, bending is almost exclusive to guitar. A bend is basically when a guitarist stretches (or bends) the string upward (or downward) to raise the pitch of a sounded note. Bends come in many different sizes.
A quarter step bend’s target is off tonality, it sits between the first and second note chromatically (for example: between a Bb and a B) and doesn’t lift a full semitone.
A half step bend’s target is simply the next note chromatically (for example: from a G to a G#) and lifts exactly one semitone.
A full step bend’s target is two half steps about the bent note (for example: from an A to a B) and lifts two semitones.
Bends that are beyond a full step are not uncommon, but require lighter strings and a skilled musician.
Bend’s are extremely common in blues, rock, country, and pop genres of music. Bends are used often in solos and licks because they can blend between notes without distinctly separating. Often times they are used to move into a tension spot or resolve from a tension spot for effect.
Vibrato is another common musical concept that isn’t nearly as exclusive to guitar. Vibrato is the slight modulation in the pitch of a sounded note. Vibrato often sounds a bit “wavy” as the listener hears the pitch vary slightly as the musician rocks the note back and forth.
On guitar, vibrato can be performed like a mini bend, over and over. A small bend, perhaps less than a quarter step bend, would be sufficient to impact a listener. Another common technique is one pioneered by the famous B.B. King. King would often shake his hand around while keeping his finger locked to the string and fret he was playing. This would “push and pull” the string and make it slightly change pitch very quickly.
While some of these techniques are not exclusive to guitar, I hope you can understand just how important they are to master. Let me know if you can this of any other important concepts I might have missed.


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Police in Mondulkiri province’s Sen Monorom city yesterday arrested a man who dumped the body of his unconscious girlfriend in the trash after assuming that he had strangled her dead during a breakup.
Kan Penh, chief of Sen Monorom city police, said that the suspect, Chhom Davith, 26, confessed to police that he attempted to murder his girlfriend Nhara Sreyneang, 23, while fighting with her over a breakup in Sokhadom commune.
“We don’t know cleary what they discussed. However, according to the suspect’s confession, he asked the girl to break up, but the girl did not agree and she cried a lot and laid on the ground,” he added.
Mr Penh said that the suspect wanted to break up with his girlfriend because he believed she had another boyfriend.
Mr Penh said that the suspect then returned home to his sister’s house. Meanwhile, Ms Sreyneang regained consciousness hours later.
Mr Penh said she awoke covered in dirt and immediately went to the commune police station to request that authorities arrest her boyfriend.Police later arrested the suspect at his sister’s home, he said.
Mr Penh added that the suspect was then transferred to the provincial police, where officers with the serious crime department questioned him.
Bo Sovann, chief of the serious crime department, could not be reached for comment.
An officer with the department confirmed that the suspect remains in police custody.

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Schwartz & Wade, 9780375849800, 40pp.
LELA NARGI is the author of numerous books about knitting and cooking. This is her first children's book.
KYRSTEN BROOKER's wonderful books for children include Someday When My Cat Can Talk by Caroline Lazo; Precious and the Boo Hag by Patricia C. McKissack, an ALA Notable Book, a School Library Journal Book of the Year, and a Charlotte Zolotow Honor; and Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street by Roni Schotter, a National Council of Teachers Notable Trade Book.

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Two aircraft came dangerously close to a drone last week while flying near New York’s JFK airport.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first ever 3D printed pills to be sold in the country.
Fiat Chrysler is set to pay a record $105m fine as a penalty for violating federal safety laws after mishandling a series of vehicle safety recalls.
More than 1,000 leading scientists, business people and robotics researchers have signed an open letter warning against the dangers of autonomous weapons, saying artificial intelligence could prompt a “third revolution in warfare, after gunpowder and nuclear arms”.
Japanese automaker Nissan has reached a final settlement in a long running class action regarding its Leaf electric vehicle.
Luxury automaker Ferrari has revealed that thousands of its cars are being recalled due to safety concerns relating to their airbags.

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text: PrivateBug offers details on private schools. This record is for ST JAMES LUTHERAN SCHOOL in QUINCY, Illinois. Private school and boarding school data is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.

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text: The dramatic success of the Boston Harbor cleanup produced some of the cleanest water in urban America. The region’s 15 miles of public swimming beaches, however, have not shown the same progress. The state legislature established a commission to assess metro-Boston’s beaches and identify actions to enhance them. Goody Clancy assisted the commission developing a public process and report.

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Renovation and seismic upgrade for this historic 3-story building in Fisherman's Wharf.
A new cargo facility uses the latest technology to maximize performance of the building.
This 25,000-square-foot center allows students to learn healthcare disciplines in a simulated clinical environment.
The library was built utilizing unique construction methods and many of the materials used for the facility were imported from around the globe.
This renovation was a conversion of the existing Clarion hotel into the aLoft San Francisco.
This project included tenant improvement and ADA upgrades of 45,000 square feet (one and a half floors) of an existing four-story structure.

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Pixel Dan has another early look at an upcoming Masters of the Universe Classics action figure! Check out this review of fan-favorite mini comic character The Green Goddess!
The Goddess goes on sale on www.MattyCollector.com on December 15th! For more info on MOTUC, be sure to check out www.He-Man.org!


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With the latest research highlighting that over a third of over 50s are turning to the stock market to grow their retirement pots, FE Trustnet would like to urge investors to take stock of the risks associated with holding individual company shares.
The latest research from Saga Share Direct has found that one in three over 50s have bought shares in a company to help fund their retirement, with a fifth turning to stock picking for a regular source of income.
While it is encouraging that an increasing number of over 50s are feeling more confident in turning to the stock markets, and have the freedom to do so, FE Trustnet would like to stress the importance of thorough research before buying single stocks. Investors should also note the higher risks associated with buying individual company shares.
FE Trustnet’s Tahmina Mannan says: “The abundance of online/DIY platforms on the internet has allowed easier access to the stock markets than ever before – which in itself is a good thing. However, investors should be cautious in rushing in without doing the proper research leg-work.
“We have all heard of the fortunate few who strike investment success from a single stock’s performance – but these lucky strikes are few and far between. Most investors are unlikely to be so lucky and need to be aware of the risks of single stock exposure.
For those who are less confident or with a lower risk-tolerance - an income investment fund is a good place to start.
There are more than 80 equity income funds in the Investment Association, according to FE Trustnet data, giving the investor ample choice.
When picking a fund investors should consider the different investment strategies that different managers will employ, as well as where the fund falls in the risk/return scale.
Ratings alongside Risk Scores – such as FE Crown Ratings and FE Risk Scores are helpful when assessing a fund, but investors who are still unsure should seek the advice of an independent financial adviser. Investors should also note that a fund should typically be held for at least five years minimum to counter-act the effects of short-term market volatility.
The top 10 equity income funds in the IA UK Equity Income sector this August.
FE Risk Scores – the risk scores work on the basis that cash is zero and the FTSE is 100, to give advisers and investors an idea of how much risk is associated with a particular fund.

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Have a taste of three different apparatus before deciding whcih one is your favorite! This session, students will learn basics on the tissu, trapeze, and ring.
Stretch, climb, and wrap yourself with beauty and grace in our Tissu Foundations class! Students learn the fundamentals of climbing, develop respect for the apparatus, and get a workout at the same time. This class is open to new students of all abilities who want to try something a little out of the ordinary or continuing students who would like to reinforce the basics of the silk.


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UsaBestDealZ.com sells the Playmobil 4879 Spying Camera Set at the lowest price on the internet $26.99!!
Playmobil 4879 Spying Camera Set from UsaBestDealZ.com at the lowest price on the internet $26.99!!
The Spy Camera Set includes a camera with USB port and a color monitor. The images shot from the camera are displayed on the monitor via wireless transmission. The Spy Camera Set can be added to the Playmobil Robo Gang Truck (#4878). The set also contains a bracket for mounting the monitor onto the Playmobil RC Module Set Plus (#4856). Recommended for ages eight to twelve. Playmobil, Germany's largest toy manufacturer, is headquartered in Zirndorf, Germany and has been producing and distributing toys for more than 36 years. The miniature worlds of Playmobil encourage children to explore and learn while having fun. Children's imaginations are transported to medieval times with the Playmobil castle, to the adventurous seas with Playmobil pirates, and many other themed play worlds. The figures can bend, sit, stand, and turn their heads to make realistic role play possible.

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Cockpit Arts is the UK’s only creative business incubator for craftspeople and an award winning social enterprise.
Our business incubation services comprise workspace, on site business coaching and business support workshops, selling and promotional opportunities, as well as referral to specialist advisors and access to finance. We also work with hundreds of craft businesses in other parts of the UK and overseas through our training workshops and consultancy arm.
We offer training and support for makers who do not have a studio at Cockpit but want to learn from our approach; we currently work with 27 makers who are based in London and participate in our London Creative Network programme. See our full list of current participants here.
Since opening in 1986, Cockpit Arts has helped thousands of talented makers grow their businesses, many of who have gone on to achieve national and international success. Our business incubator model is proven to work and our impact reports are positive, showing higher than average economic outcomes as well as social and cultural impact.
As a Social Enterprise, our services and studio spaces are offered to craftspeople at affordable rates. Any profit made is reinvested to support those most in need. We offer special Awards and Bursaries to early stage craft businesses. Cockpit Arts also delivers a unique Creative Careers Programme to provide opportunities for young people referred by The Prince’s Trust. In addition, our Creative Employment Programme generates wider craft employment opportunities in the craft sector through our Traineeships and Apprenticeships Programme.

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text: The theatre department will be performing their one act, Nora’s Lost, for the school on Wednesday September 27th for all hours. Teachers in order for you and your students to see the show, please respond to Mrs.Perez’s email for you to reserve your spot. There will also be a a night performance Thursday the 28th, at 7:00 pm in the Southmoore auditorium. Admission is by donation, and all money raised will go towards the Alzheimers Foundation. Theatre will also be taking this piece to compete against other schools in Oklahoma, so be sure to remind them to break a leg!


text: This is my first post on my redesigned web site. As the page title says, these will be random thoughts. Hopefully I will post some on photography and maybe a little about the human condition as I become aware.


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We don't know. Unfortunately, it will most likely be true.
@ P-Man The Collector's proof? First of all, that pack- way too big. A second portal? Unless it's as a spare... You wouldn't need one. And no Wii? Just shows that's fake more. The Wii is the leader of this operation- you don't think they'd release all special editions on it too?
WAT!!! You have to get all of em to clock the game!
I personally don't really like the portal idea. I mean, I do like the idea, and I love how original it is, but I don't want to by 32 toys just so I can beat the game 100%.
Looks cool beause along with spyro you get 30 other characters.You get figures and place them on 'portals'.the starter pack features 3 figures,the game and a portal.Collecters edition (PS3 and Xbox360) has 10 figures,the game,2 portals,a new spyro plush (creepy) and a in game thing that gives items.
There is no such thing as a true Spyro fan, daimondcynder21. A true Spyro fan is different in everyone's eyes. I personally believe that being a true Spyro fan is completley different to your statement. But that's just me.
well, lots of people hate how spyro looks like, but over the many years the game has been out he has changed. And therefore, if they continue to make new games, he will change and many fans will probably be lost but really, if we are really spyro fans we will support him in any form.
I don't even think that this is Spyro. I mean, it looks like him , with the colors, but not the character itself. It looks nothing like Spyro.
In that case, my hopes have risen a bit!

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According to Variety, "20th Century Fox-based production company New Regency has partnered with the Mark Gordon Company to adapt 'Voltron: Defender of the Universe' into a possible franchise." Gordon has been developing the pic, based on the popular 1980s Japanese animated TV series, comic books and toy line, with Justin Marks penning the script. Should the deal close, project would be one of the company's more high-profile efforts since Robert Harper took over as chairman-CEO of Regency Filmed Entertainment earlier this year. Interest in the property hit a high after "Transformers" turned into a box office juggernaut, raking in nearly $300 million to date. New Regency, which hasn't had a major hit since "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" in 2005, sparked to the idea of a potential franchise.
Verily, the Odinson hath found direction? CBR News deciphers the details.
A set report talks about Heath Ledger's performance as the Clown Prince of Crime. "He seemed like he WAS the Joker," the report reads, "and didn't need to let anyone know it -- rather contained, but ready to explode at any moment in an unexpected fashion. Menacing, but more because he seemed like he was probably crazy, and maybe violent, rather than that he was TRYING to scare you. (and by the way, all he did during the scenes I was in was sit in his holding cell, reacting and listening ... so, he's a very fine actor if I imbibed all this from just watching him sit there ...) He didn't talk a lot between takes, but he also wasn't 'Don't approach me!' in his manner -- a real pro, in other words. In short, he seemed just like the Joker SHOULD seem."
CBR News has a feature about Marvel's movie mastermind Kevin Feige. "I think people are going to find 'Iron Man's' very faithful to the comic," Feige said. "I'm pretty proud that we've done a version of the origin story. There were a lots of scripts that have been developed over the years; a lot of writers and a lot of incarnations over the past 10 years, and all of them had some strengths and some weaknesses but none of them were as true as we're being right now. We sat down with Jon Favreau and we connected. And the truth is, Stan Lee, who made a surprise appearance today which is very cool, mentioned he put Iron Man right into the then-present day conflict of Vietnam and, while we don't necessarily define it exactly, it's certainly made sense to update the story [and set it in] the Middle East."
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow's San Diego round table is broken down by Comics 2 Film where she broke down her involvement in the Marvel movie. "For me what was so great is, our relationship for me is at the heart of the film," Paltrow said. "It was a very layered, real, complicated relationship. I wasn't there when they were blowing everything up."
Finally, the pavement-smashing image from Empire Magazine can be seen in high resolution at Comingsoon.net.
Variety also reports that Warner Brothers has picked up an option on the Oni Press title for McG's Wonderland Sound & Vision to produce and for the helmer to possibly direct. Joe Ballarini is adapting the project. "Some of the films that made me want to become a director like 'Back to the Future' and 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' are based on action, comedy and ground-breaking special effects," McG said. "It is my goal to make 'Maintenance' in the same tradition."
The rumor coming out of Superhero Hype is that the working title for the new movie is "The Punisher: Welcome Back Frank." Shooting is set to start in Montreal late September.
Kryptonsite has fresh spoilers about big surprises coming in November.
There's some candid set photos of Edward Norton and Liv Tyler at Just Jared.
Both based on comics by Ralph Konig and originally made into a German comedy in 1995, the Hollywood Reporter claims that Constantin Film will be making an American version for Screen Gems.
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Intel easily topped analyst estimates for the fourth quarter, reporting records in virtually all of its meaningful metrics for the year as a whole.
Intel’s sales typically peak during the holiday sales season. A number of analysts polled by Yahoo Finance had expected earnings of 66 cents per share and revenue of $14.7 billion. For the fourth quarter, Intel matched the revenue expectation of $14.7 billion, a 6 percent increase, but exceeded the earnings expectation, hitting 74 cents per share. Intel also reported profits of $3.7 billion, up a whopping 39 percent from a year prior.
For the full year, Intel reported revenue of $55.9 billion and profits of $11.7 billion, with unit shipments of PCs, servers, tablets, phones and the Internet of Things reaching record highs for the company. Intel also said that its customers had shipped 46 million tablets using its chips, exceeding a goal it had set for itself.
A 'reinvigorated' PC business apparently means one that's not dropping as fast as it was a few years ago. Shipments from the company’s PC Client Group, though up by 3 percent from a year ago, were actually down by 3 percent sequentially, to $8.9 billion. Desktop sales fell by 1 percent compared to a year ago, Intel said, while notebook sales climbed by 11 percent. But the average price of Intel's desktop chips were flat, while notebook prices fell by 3 percent.
Between the highly anticipated release of Windows 10 and the steady rise of Chromebooks, worldwide PC shipments are expected to decline by a lower-than-expected rate of 3.3 percent this year, and fall by just 1.8 percent in 2016, IDC said on Monday. Gartner said that PC shipments actually rose by 1 percent in the fourth quarter, compared with the prior year. The release of Windows 10 in particular has analysts cautiously anticipating another rebound.
Intel itself has admitted, however, that many high-end hardware makers could skip its delayed Broadwell chips, which are now shipping, for the Skylake chips which will debut this fall.
Intel’s profits are typically based upon its server business, however, where Intel has quietly pushed out older RISC microprocessor suppliers as well as its rival, AMD. Intel reported revenue of $4.1 billion, up a whopping 25 percent from a year ago.
Intel saw less success in its Internet of Things business, which the company is trying to establish as its next major area of growth via standards. At CES, Intel launched “Curie,” an embedded chip that’s small enough to fit inside a coat button. But the business only pulled in $591 million of revenue—though that was up 10 percent from a year ago.
Intel’s other businesses fared worse. Intel’s software business pulled in $557 million, down 6 percent, and its struggling Mobile and Communications Group actually reported negative revenue of $6 million.
Intel will hold a conference call later this afternoon to answer questions from analysts. The company forecast first-quarter revenue of $13.7 billion, plus or minus $500 million, down 7 percent from the fourth quarter.
Why this matters: Intel’s forced to ride the wave of the PC market, up and down. But though the company’s communications and IoT businesses are struggling to get off the ground, the dominance Intel has in servers can fund the emerging businesses—and Intel can still report record revenues.


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Furthermore, there’s no hoops to Proceed through to get service – relevant phone number and email details can be viewed very easily on the company’s contact page, without any requirement to trawl’knowledge bases’ or fill in any forms ahead.
If you are a novice to email Advertising, then this type of simple access to good-quality service is a powerful argument in favour of using Aweber as your e mail marketing supplier.
In contrast to its own Competitions, Aweber supply one of the biggest collections of e-newsletters templates available: you will find more than 700 accessible.
Toe be honest, I don’t adore all of The designs – some of them seem slightly dated. I would believe them to be marginally better compared to Getresponse ones, but not as excellent as Mailchimp’s or Campaign Monitor’s.
Like comparable e-marketing products, Aweber may take your site’s RSS feed and turn it into e-newsletters which get sent out according to your schedule that you define. In Aweber, this is known as’Blog broadcasts’, though you can take advantage of this feature with any material which has an RSS feed.
This operation is Particularly handy for bloggers who need subscribers in their mailing lists to automatically receive e-newsletters containing their newest articles (or, indeed, a monthly digest of blog posts). Essentially, it means that you can force your newsletters from the website – this is a large time-saver.
On the down Side, a number of them look pretty dreadful. And annoyingly, you can not use the normal Aweber email drag and drop interface to edit them. With a little bit of tweaking, you’ll probably have the ability to find something that works ok, but I believe there is definitely some massive space for improvement here.
One thing that you can’t use in Aweber templates which you can in some other competing platforms (such as Mailchimp and Campaign Monitor) is web fonts. You’re restricted to using the usual’safe fonts’ – Arial, Times New Roman, Trebuchet and so forth.
There are good arguments for not Permitting use of web fonts – for example, your emails are very likely to seem more consistently and exhibit more faithfully across email clients – but only using web safe fonts may make templates seem a little bit blander than they otherwise could.
In general, I would give Aweber a Thumbs up in the template section, but it would be nice to see some of the templates freshened up a little, and also the addition of some attractive web fonts.
As you import your information, you’re Given the choice to add your subscribers to a certain set of autoresponders, and tag them. Not all competing products permit the inclusion of imported data into autoresponder cycles so this is a wonderful feature to have.
For anti-spam motives, you may Need to answer some questions about how you collected the information you’re importing. If your list is on the bigger side, you can also need to wait until it’s assessed by Aweber’s anti-spam compliance group (as is true with other email marketing tools).
I tend to consider it as ‘Autoresponders 2.0′ – in which you go beyond conventional’drip’ campaigns and create sophisticated user journeys using’IFTT’ – if this, then – style workflows.
With Marketing automation, you generally design a flowchart where mails are routed based on user actions: email opens, connect clicks, website visits, purchases made and so on.
Aweber lately introduced a new marketing Automation feature which to some degree provides this performance:’Aweber Campaigns.’ With this feature, you may use certain user actions — specifically opens and clickthroughs — along with the program of tags to determine what needs to be sent to whom and when (see above).
However, I Think this operation should go a bit further actually – tools such as Getresponse and Mailchimp provide considerably more flexibility in regards to which types of user behaviour can trigger mailouts.
For example, at Getresponse, you may use triggers such as purchase, specific page visits, subscriber’score’ and revenue pipeline stage to send messages.
On the plus side it is very Straightforward To install follow up emails based on time period – for example, automatically sending subscribers an e-mail email instantly after sign up, a promo code two days afterwards and also a’follow us on social media’ email a week after is extremely straightforward. This is a regular use of autoresponders and it’s a breeze with Aweber.
On the down side, triggering Autoresponders based on user actions and buys is a little more complex compared to key competitors Mailchimp and Getresponse.
Using Aweber, you can make ‘targets’ or combine automation rules with tagging to create autoresponders behave in quite funky ways. . .but if you would like to take advantage of autoresponders in really advanced manners, you’ll probably need to look at other goods, particularly Getresponse, which supplies’advertising automation’ performance that pops up to a built-in CRM.
One minor Gripe I have yet seeing the reactive designs is that to preview them you will actually have to send a test email to a smartphone. On other platforms you can usually just hit a’preview on telephone’ button or comparable. The absence of the functionality is not a dealbreaker by any means, but it will slow you down a little, particularly if you’re sending a great deal of campaigns each month.
Divide testing (also called A/B testing) entails sending variations of your e-newsletters to a number of your mailing list, monitoring the performance of eachand every sending the’best’ variant to the remainder of your list.
Most e-marketing tools handle This automatically for you: you create a few distinct versions of your email (using either differing content or subject headers), send them into a sample of your information, along with your e-marketing solution will roll out the very best performing version automatically to the rest of your mailing list.
Divide testing USED to be good In Aweber: until quite recently, you could make and examine four variations of an email (making Awber’s split testing functionality better than many leading rivals; Getresponse being a notable exception).
For a few Reason split testing is presently completely unavailable in Aweber – I’ve been assured by their own sales team that it is coming back over the next few months, but if you believe you’re likely to want this operation desperately you could be best off considering an alternate email marketing solution.
With regards to how this contrasts With competing products, I’d say that Aweber’s reporting is much more comprehensive than that which is offered in Campaign Monitor or even Mad Mimi; however, I would assert that Mailchimp and Getresponse both provide better reporting interfaces.
With the latter two products you Appear to have the ability to get more of an overview of information in one spot, especially when looking at the operation of individual e-newsletters.
You can choose to subscribe your Users on either a single opt-in or a double opt-in basis (single opt-in is when a consumer is dispersed instantly after completing a form; double opt-in is if they have to click a link in a confirmation email to complete their subscription).
The two Approaches have their own merits, so it’s good to see Aweber being flexible in this respect – not all of competing options provide their customers with this selection.
Aweber Offers an adequate selection of integrations with different options. You will find more than 400 integrations available which allow you to join Aweber to various kinds of cloud-based software – web builders like Wix or WordPress; CRM tools such as Salesforce; landing pages such as Instapage and so forth.
A number of them involve committed widgets; others demand including a snippet of code into a site; others involve a sync tool like Zapier.
It’s uncommon that Aweber will plug into other applications quite as seamlessly as Mailchimp (which appears to be the default option’standard’ email marketing choice for a great deal of programs ), but you also shouldn’t have too much difficulty getting Aweber to operate with a wide range of other SaaS (software as a service) apps.
Data in Aweber is Pretty simple. You can create sections not only based on the contents of any field in your database, but also on user action also – emails opened, web pages visited, links clicked, goods purchased and in the future. It is all very flexible and easy to use.
It’s a bit tricky however To work out how to reach the screen where you make the segments – you basically have to visit some’handle subscribers’ section, search for a number of readers and save the search for a section.
Regrettably Aweber doesn’t let You broadcast emails to multiple segments at once, however. This may cause problems for many users who have a need to’pick and mix’ sections in mailouts on a normal basis.
By way of instance, say you are a dealership with a mailing list containing a field called’car model.’ You have used this field to section your mailing list into owners of VW Polos, Golfs, Passats, Tiguans and Touregs.
You now have an offer that is Specifically relevant to Polo, Golf and Passat owners, and you also wish to send a message about it to those three sections in one go.
You’ll have a similar problem if You want to exclude certain segments from the air; therefore finally it is a little bit of thumbs-down for the segmenting performance in Aweber.
The main Facets of the Item That will nudge me in Aweber’s direction are its ease-of-use and comprehensive support. The latter may be especially important for some potential users, especially those starting out in e-marketing without a truckload of technical skills (you likely won’t get stuck, but if you do, you are able to speak with a real person being on an actual telephone line about your issue ).
It is reasonably priced – although not the most expensive product of its kind on the market, it’s more affordable than several similar options.
It has good export performance, with the choice to import a wide assortment of file types and add the email addresses you’re importing directly into an abysmal cycle.
Segmenting information is relatively simple and you can use both field contents and consumer action (email opens, hyperlinks clicked etc.) to create your segments.
In Case You Have 25,000+ readers, You’ll need to call Aweber for a quote.
A 14% reduction can be obtained In case you pay quarterly; a 14.9% reduction is available if you pay yearly. Additionally, there are some discounts available for students and non-profit organisations.
One Part of Aweber’s pricing Structure that potential users may like is that all features are available on all programs – unlike some competing goods you don’t need to be on more costly plans to unlock certain functionality.
Nevertheless, The functionality available on Aweber – as we’ll see below – is not always as extensive as you may find in competing email marketing solutions.
It’s worth noting that the above Comparisons don’t actually apply to very little lists nonetheless – if you have a small email database, several of these competing goods are greater worth.
* A brief note about Campaign Monitor: you will find some cheaper Campaign Monitor programs available which allow you to host the very same quantities of email addresses outlined above, but they limit the number of e-newsletters that you can send them. For the interest of a comparison, I’ve referenced the costs for Campaign Monitor programs that allow unlimited broadcasts as these plans are comparable in terms of ship volumes permitted to the Aweber ones.
That’s just two examples of Course, and Aweber’s competitors have different pricing tiers which will sometimes make Aweber more economical, occasionally more expensive. But normally I would say Aweber is priced roughly in the center of the e-marketing solution scale.
Obviously, pricing is not exactly the Only variable you need to base your choice on. . .the more important thing to work out is what bang you get for your buck.


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Wireless microphones and other devices operating in the 700 MHz band no longer can be sold or distributed in the United States, and their use must cease by June 12.
Wireless microphones and other devices operating in the 700 MHz band no longer can be sold or distributed in the United States, and their use must cease by June 12 to clear the band for the deployment of commercial and public-safety wireless systems, the FCC ruled in an order released last Friday.
Nodine noted that most wireless microphones operate on bands other than 700 MHz, particularly those manufactured in the recent past, when commercial and public-safety officials voiced their concerns about interference. Users may keep existing devices that can be retuned for use in another band, he said.
Public-safety entities that are deploying 700 MHz systems before June 12 can request that users cease operations in the band with 60 days notice, said Robert Gurss, director of legal and government affairs for the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO).
Most industry sources believe there will be little difficulty getting authorized users — primarily those in the broadcast industry — to clear the 700 MHz band, but Gurss and others have expressed concern about the many unauthorized users in the band that may not follow FCC rulings closely.
With this in mind, the FCC has established an “aggressive consumer outreach plan” to make users aware of the June 12 deadline. Consumers can learn whether their current devices need to be replaced at commission’s Web site, or by calling 800-CALL-FCC.


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DARLINGTON, S.C. – Kevin Harvick captured the pole for the 68th running of the Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Saturday after running a lap of 27.669 seconds at 177.730 mph.
Harvick has started in the top spot twice before at the track Too Tough To Tame. In 2014, he won from the pole, and last year when rain washed out qualifying, Harivck finished second after starting first. On Saturday, Harvick won all three rounds of Coors Light Pole Qualifying to capture his 21st career series pole. Harvick, the driver of the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 4 Busch Beer Throwback Ford says that pit stall selection is the biggest advantage to starting on the pole at Darlington.
Starting second on Sunday will be defending race winner Martin Truex Jr. He has started within the top-10 at Darlington Raceway on five occasions. The driver of the Furniture Row Racing No. 78 Bass Pro Shops Tracker Boats 40th Toyota is currently the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series points leader.
Kyle Busch, 2008 Bojangles’ Southern 500 winner, will start third. Busch finished 11th in the prestigious race last season. The driver of the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 M&M’s Caramel Toyota enters the weekend coming off a win at Bristol Motor Speedway. Busch has started within the top-10 in 21 of the first 25 races this season.
Rounding out the top-five are Chip Ganassi Racing teammates, Kyle Larson and Jamie McMurray.
Brad Keselowski will start sixth, followed by Kurt Busch, Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin and Erik Jones.
The Bojangles’ Southern 500 will broadcast live on the NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) and the Motor Racing Network (MRN) at 6 p.m. ET on Sunday.

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Alex and I know a couple that got married on a whim and within only a month of knowing each other. We have bets on how long it will last because they’re completely wrong for each other and aren’t known for making good decisions. However, it’s their right to make this bad decision, go down to the courthouse, obtain a marriage license, and reap the benefits of marriage in the United States.
It’s a shame that the gay couple my mom cares for (one 92, the other 82) can’t have the same benefits. They’ve been together for at least half a century.
This is a sad sad world sometimes!
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Throughout this post I’ve added sneak peaks at some of the patterns I’ve created via Adobe Illustrator during my free time lately. Since we’re in the midst of decorating our office (Alex picked up the last of the furniture from IKEA on his lunch break today) I’m thinking I’d like to print some of them, frame them, and hang them in the office for some added texture and visual interest.
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Englewood is situated in the delightful village of Landford on the Northern Edge of the New Forest National Park and is within easy reach of Salisbury, Romsey and Winchester. We are situated in the most beautiful country location with your room overlooking our fields and horses with woodland beyond.
Come and stay with us and discover the delights of the New Forest National Park, enjoy a day in the historic cities of Winchester of Salisbury, home to one one of the finest Medieval Cathedrals in Britain and take in the sights and sounds of Stonehenge, feed the animals on a Longleat Safari, visit the market town of Romsey with its fantastic family swimming centre – The Rapids, and Broadlands, home of Lord Mountbatten or spend a day at Pepper Pig world at Paultons family theme park only 6 miles away.
Whether you are looking for an active holiday, or a relaxing break or a stop over pre or post cruise – we really are the perfect location.

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First of all, let me start off by saying I don’t consider myself a fitness or healthy junkie by any means. If you put a mouth-watering cheese pizza in my face, chances are I will devour it before you have time to even ask if I want a slice. I enjoy a leisurely jog yet there is no way I could fathom the idea of signing up for a marathon; however, I will put out a hard sprint at the opening of a sample sale. Fitness to me personally at the age of 37 is being able to fit into my skinny jeans, join my husband on a hike without complaining, and actually enjoying bikini season and shopping for one.
Before having my first child, I was petrified of pregnancy, labor, and everything that comes with the aftermath. It felt as if it would be an alien implanted in my body, taking over, and morphing me into a whole different entity forever.
I got pregnant with my first child at 35. It had taken me almost two years and three miscarriages to hold a healthy pregnancy. Hormonal rollercoasters and a workout hiatus due to a lisfranc injury from running in flat shoes (not recommended ladies) set me back a bit before I got pregnant with my daughter. I was working at a popular Greek restaurant and went to the gym on the regular. While I was a few pounds heavier than I would have liked, I was solid and toned. I’m 5’8″ and my pre-pregnancy weight was 134. In nine months I gained 40 pounds. While I still worked the first three months which burned calories, I didn’t workout much due to my high risk factor and I was down right sick as a dog all day. I didn’t throw up, but I was so tired and nauseous I would lie down all day before heading to work. By month four, I was on an early medical maternity leave and felt like new again. I started working out every day at the break of dawn for 45 minutes at the gym. Afternoons I spent doing yoga at home and swimming for thirty minutes daily at the public pool. I slowly gained the weight, but by keeping up with light weights I maintained my muscle tone and shape. I have a super long torso, so I didn’t even show until I was nearly eight months pregnant. I tended to eat what I wanted without pigging out. The day my water broke I had gone to the gym for an hour and swam for an hour. The first week after having my daughter I dropped 30 of the 40 pounds effortlessly. My appetite increased while breastfeeding, but I started going to the gym 4 days post. I had no clue the dangers or that my internal organs could have collapsed, but they didn’t – ignorance is bliss moment. When I look back at photos I saw the rest of the weight and shift in body change happened gradually. By 8 months I was my pre-baby weight and after one year post I was almost at my skinniest I had been in 20 years. My elimination of dairy and eggs combined with workouts had gotten me to 126 pounds.
I tried for number two that spring, but it didn’t work out as planned. Three more miscarriages in six months. I gained four pounds bringing my weight to 130 before finally conceiving my second daughter. While the pregnancy was similar to the first, my lifestyle and habits were not.
When I found out I was pregnant in December we just moved into a new home and it was quite the project we had undertaken. I had a hyper toddler, no gym membership, and had to manage my previous home on the market, renovations, and my small business. Needless to say, workouts were a thing of the past. The previous owner left us a workout equipment set from the 80’s which helped me squeeze in ten minute workouts here and there but there was no regular schedule of training time.
This pregnancy I ate way more healthier. I didn’t have much of an appetite or any cravings. I had to force myself to eat in general and normally chose lean foods, salads, humus, crackers, steak, and vegetables, not because I was trying to be healthy, but I just wanted basic foods. I worked out at home when I could, as well as renovating and chasing my escape artist toddler. I managed to keep up with squats the whole pregnancy, but I didn’t have the stamina for many since my second baby was head down pushing my pelvis since week 24. She came two weeks early and was a bit smaller than the first. I only gained 33 pounds this time around, but my body felt softer in general. My arms where tighter from lifting my toddler and household projects. I wore the belly wrap hours after labor, this helped contract my uterus down again and shrink the belly. I dropped 17 pounds the first week. At four weeks post I am 141 pounds. The extra weight doesn’t bother me, but I feel I need to tone up in a major way. My stomach feels so soft and my booty does not have its bounce back shape it held previously…not to mention the cellulite factor. This doesn’t make me sad, but I feel motivated over time slowly I will get where I want, and I am excited I survived pregnancy! I am still the crazy old me in the same body that is just a bit worn down. I’ve done stretching, narrow squats, and more core work and resistance bands this month. I’m scared of my uterus falling out, so I haven’t over done the workout or gone for a job. Maintaining our bodily strength and stamina as we get older is a feat in itself – not to mention adding a crying baby or toddler smearing oatmeal on its head demanding to watch Paw Patrol for the 100th time. Give yourself goals but don’t forget to give yourself a guilt free break and enjoy the process.
Here are some tips to help you get where you want to be during and after your pregnancy.
Force extra calories or healthy meals in with quick shakes, juicing, or ice cream. The times I was a bit under weight I ate more ice cream. Diary is good for the baby and the calories are easy to eat. If I needed more healthy stuff I’d whip up a juice with apples, carrots, beats, you name it.
Give yourself long-term goals. Don’t expect noticeable changes over night or within weeks. Create a lifestyle that works for you whatever it may be positively.
Go easy on yourself. We are our own biggest critics.
Motivate others, and you may find you motivate yourself as well!
Give yourself a break. Sleep more, skip a workout, eat that cheat food with your kids. Enjoy life.
Maintain your muscles throughout your pregnancy journey. You just want to keep them alive. Once you shed the pregnancy fat and water weight, workouts will bring you back to where you want to be. You can eat a cookie while dropping a squat. The goal isn’t losing weight. It is keeping the muscles working.
Cardio is good for blood flow to the baby.
Don’t deprive yourself of cravings. Use portion control. I used to stock up at Bulk Barn all types of treats such as candy, chips, sweet, sour, and everything in between. I’d place them in small zip lock bags and when I had that craving I would only eat that portion.
Hydration is key. Drink as much water as you can daily. It promotes blood flow and oxygen to the baby as well as keeping skin supple which reduces stretch marks.
Don’t forget or take lightly your internal health. Take Folic acid, omega oils, probiotics, vitamin D daily throughout your whole pregnancy. After labor you can take raspberry tea leaf to help your uterus contract. I still take prenatals while breastfeeding. Eat foods that promote a healthy baby. Nuts, kale, eggs, salmon, lean meats, and veggies.
Oils such as fractionated coconut oil, grape seed oil, rosehip oil keep things nice down under and can help prevent tears or minimize them at the least.
When you look in the mirror, know you are beautiful no matter what size you are. Don’t sweat the small stuff like spider veins, some extra cellulite, or love handles you have just created a human who will love you for years to come.
Posted on September 2, 2018 by emilyturner23Posted in Health & WellnessTagged fit mom, fit pregnancy, healthy pregnancy, pregnancy.

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With views across the city and beyond - not to mention a prime spot for people watching - there are a few sought-after penthouse properties in the Merchant City.
Those within reaching distance (well, almost) of the famous tollbooth offer perhaps the best perch to watch the whole of Glasgow go by - and we think you’ll agree that this place has the ultimate spot for a sunny day.
The three bedroom property is on the market at the minute, and comes with two private parking spaces below, a high speed lift to the top floor and plenty of space inside.
That includes a fully fitted and kitted-out kitchen, a walk in wardrobe in bedroom two and an en suite for the master, as well as a three-piece bathroom for guests.
But perhaps the biggest draw are the two enormous terraces - one front, one back, offering panoramic views of the city and a prime spot to enjoy stunning sunsets.
The Merchant City below has plenty of bars, restaurants and clubs to tempt you out on the weekend - but honestly, with a flat this cool, we’d be tempted never to leave home again.
Just picture a barbecue on that gorgeous wrap-around terrace and you might just be robbing a bank to make up the deposit for this dream property.
If you’re flush with cash then it’s on the market for offers over £380,000 - a pretty substantial chunk of change, but perhaps worth every penny for your morning coffee on that sun-drenched terrace.


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Academy Events in association with Fireball are extremely pleased to announce the line-up for the second annual ‘Fireball – Fuelling The Fire’ Tour.
Hitting the road throughout October 2017, the run of dates will feature a star studded line-up of the best in punk and ska, headlined by Huntingdon Beach, California’s legendary ska punk outfit Reel Big Fish, with support from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania punks Anti-Flag and Solvang, California-based ska punks Mad Caddies.
Following the huge success of the inaugural 2016 leg featuring Less Than Jake, The Skints, Mariachi El Bronx, KEMURI and The Bennies – which sold nearly 20,000 tickets with eight dates at O2 Academy venues across the UK – the tour is fast becoming a calendar favourite amongst the alternative crowd.
In addition to the announced line up, Fireball’s Hottest Band 2017 winners, Sheffield quartet Sweet Little Machine, will take the opening slot on the 2017 leg of the ‘Fireball – Fuelling The Fire’ Tour, following recent support slots on tours with Me First & The Gimme Gimmes and Patent Pending, promoted by Academy Events.
Recently celebrating their 25th anniversary in 2016, Reel Big Fish were one of the legions of Southern California ska-punk bands to edge into the mainstream following the mid-’90s success of No Doubt and Sublime. World renowned for their hyperkinetic stage shows, sense of humour, ironic covers, and metallic shards of ska, the group cultivated an underground following that broke into the mainstream in summer 1997. Still fronted by original lead singer and song writer Aaron Barrett, they continue releasing albums and touring relentlessly, playing over 250 shows a year to thousands of loyal fans all over the world, gaining more and more underground popularity as the ska scene continues to flourish.
Pennsylvania punks Anti-Flag are well known for their political activism, focusing on anti-war activism, anti-imperialism, class struggle, human rights, and various socio-political sentiments. Their advocacy of progressive political action groups such as Greenpeace, Amnesty International and the global Occupy Together movement has cemented them as one of punk rock’s most politically minded and forward thinking touring outfits over the space of their near 30 year career.
Since their inception, during high school in California nearly two decades ago, the Mad Caddies have sold over 400,000 albums and toured the world countless times, delighting fans with their unique blend of reggae, punk, ska and pop. While trends and times have changed, the Mad Caddies’ commitment to creating dynamic music has only grown stronger.


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In the future, banking organizations will utilize the sheer volume of insights that they have at their disposal, eventually transforming into the most crucial aspect of a customer’s digital financial ecosystem. Combining internal potential with external innovation, banks are already on the path of digital transformation to be an advisor, a value aggregator, and an access facilitator for their customers. To deliver enhanced customer experiences, the likes of Amazon and Google, the banking ecosystem requires the melding of their proprietary best-of-breed technology with the best of what other industries offer.
Banking organizations are constantly endeavoring to facilitate simple, secure, and active engagement with their customers. Offering seamless user experience requires changing archaic procedures of communications, and these organizations are looking to do so in an Amazon-like manner, utilizing apps. Data analytics, too, is going to play an integral role in the future of the banking industry whereby banking companies can assess real-time financial profile and data of their customers to deliver customized solutions and products proactively. In addition to that, banks must be able to share all other essential insights encompassing a consumer’s life, such as medical information, e-commerce history, insurance and investment data, warranties, and much more to offer a single digital repository for everything related to finance for a costumer. Apart from financial services advisory capabilities, banks of tomorrow will also provide purchase recommendations, travel and hospitality advice, healthcare insurance suggestions, and much more under a broader umbrella of services. With the marketplace evolving at the pace of advancement of next-gen technologies, banks are also ready to adopt newer technologies like augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) to take customer experience a notch higher.


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Now that Scott Walker is trailing in the polls, he is becoming desperate. He has been campaigning Al Dente, just hoping something sticks. His latest attack on Mary Burke showed how distressed his campaign has become.
The person who cost Wisconsinites hundreds of millions of dollars to prove a hyper partisan point is now trying to campaign on healthcare? It shows how disconnected he actual is from reality!
"Luckily to be an Obamacare critic, being right is not a job requirement".
The question to Scott Walker, what in this law do you disagree with?
Seriously Governor...you are making a campaign issue over Health Insurance modeled after Romney Care...a republican concept. You need to pee in a cup and show us you are not on drugs.
Remember also that Romney Care was plagiarized from Nixon Care; and that was plagiarized from Trumann Care.
The state had to pay hospitals $73 million due to the dollars they are losing by Walker's denial of basically free medicaid money. This guy is no conservative.

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We’re having a skater appreciation event May 12th at Cream City Skateboard Park . We have TONS of product, we are BBQ’n and the water will be provided by 3 Water. All you gotta do is show with your bag of tricks! We usually never have laid back events like this so take advantage of it! Thanks to our sponsors Thrashdad, GRIME OFFICIAL, Northern Lights Skateboards, Emerica, Remind Insoles, Finatik Apparel and Concrete Native!!!
December 3rd at Four Seasons Skate Park of Milwaukee, Crime Lab Skateboarding and Phase 2 Skateshop will be having a skate team style contest called Last Crew Standing. You and 2 other skaters compete as a 3 skater team for a big cash prize and amazing prizes from Hoist, Elenex, New Balance Numeric, Tensor Trucks , enjoi, Andale Bearings and The Friend Ship. Team entry is $30 and email Roger@crimelabskate.net to sign up as a skatepark, shop, brand, or free agent team! THIS IS GOING TO BE A FUN ONE!! SEE YOU THERE!!
Come catch the Best of the Midwest July 8th at Four Seasons Skatepark with Midwestern born heavy hitters Chaz Ortiz and Greg Lutzka.
Want to win a year of admission or membership to your local park?! Crime Lab is here to help. We're bringing back the Golden Ticket Series - three contests at three skateparks throughout the Midwest, where the winner at each stop will win the Golden Ticket, AKA the pass for a free year membership to that park.
As always, it wouldn't be a Crime Lab event if we didn't have some great prizes from some great sponsors as well. Winners will pick up prizes from Character Skateboards, Good Living Clothing, Cloud 9 Griptape, Wub Wheels, Jerics Skate Shop, and Regal Hardware.
Registration will begin at Noon, and the contest begins at 1:00 PM. The contest entry will be Fargo Skateboarding's normal admission fee plus $5.
Want to win a year of admission or membership to your local park?! Crime Lab is here to help. Introducing the Golden Ticket Series - three contests at three skateparks throughout the Midwest, where the winner at each stop will win the Golden Ticket, AKA the pass for a free year membership to that park.
As always, it wouldn't be a Crime Lab event if we didn't have some great prizes from some great sponsors as well. Winners will pick up prizes from Character Skateboards, Good Living Clothing, Cloud 9 Griptape, Wub Wheels, and Regal Hardware.
Registration will begin at Noon, and the contest begins at 1:00 PM. The contest entry will be The Kitchen's normal admission fee plus $5.
Registration will begin at Noon, and the contest begins at 1:00 PM. The contest entry will be Four Seasons Skatepark.'s normal admission fee plus $5.


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Since I’ve declared it Developer Hegemony week on my blog, I have to include a developer will to power career angle. I’ll talk in the remainder of the post about the value you offer to others. But let me talk for a moment about how to reason about that value.
Right at the core of the book’s message lies the notion that you should stop thinking of yourself as an employee and start thinking of yourself as a one person business. As a business, you sell app dev professionally, albeit to only one client (your “employer”). And, as a business, you need to worry about your marketing, branding, operations and finances.
Today, I’m going to talk about how software craftsmanship makes for good business. And the business to which I refer is your business of one as you navigate your career.
Before I get into the nitty-gritty of why software craftsmanship helps you offer legitimate value, let me talk first about marketing and perceived value. Your career benefits just from being perceived as a software craftsmanship person. It makes me feel a bit slimy to type this, but that doesn’t make it inaccurate.
The principles and practices of craftsmanship have won. The industry acknowledges the wisdom of tight feedback loops, clean and readable code, continuous integration, test driven development (TDD), etc. People either do these things or they talk resentfully about how overrated they are. But both of those things contribute to the common perception of their superiority.
Think of arguing against TDD today as the equivalent of arguing against source control 10 years ago (rightly or wrongly). Putting yourself on the wrong side of history won’t help your overall marketability, and it will get worse as time goes on.
So, in the most superficial sense, you should board the craftsmanship train because it helps your brand by association.
Let’s stop working angles for a moment and consider something straightforward. Software craftsmanship principles lead to better code because they lead to more valuable code as far as the business (your client) sees it.
People could take to the comments and argue ’til they’re blue in the face about whether TDD represents the one true way to code. But what they can’t argue is that TDD forces small, factored, testable units of code into the production result. And they can’t argue that these small, testable units wind up simpler to change. And they can’t argue that simpler to change means less expensive for the business at change time.
Let me generalize, since this subject could entail a post unto itself. Software craftsmanship principles force you to write code in a way that pleases the business. They get frequent deliveries, with code specifically written to promote ease of maintenance and a flat cost of change. Businesses love this. So, if you get a reputation for delivering code with these properties, you get a reputation as a valuable service provider.
When you deliver code on time, your client (employer) loves you. When you continue to deliver code on time, that love and esteem grows. But when they come to you asking if you can make a quick change to the invoicing module and you say, “whoo — not the way we built it,” they get irate. That esteem shrinks.
Software craftsmanship practices steer you away from the kinds of messes that force you to say no. Instead, those practices push you toward yes. You say yes over and over again, deliver over and over again, and your brand grows. You gain a reputation.
Software craftsmanship principles thus earn you a reputation over time as a solid and dependable service provider.
I’ve enjoyed talking about how writing good software pleases your customers (employers). In a world of realpolitik corporate intrigue, simple, PG style narratives feel good when you can tell them and have them be true. Life should always be so simple as, “work hard, help people, and earn rewards.” Alas.
When you develop a skill set that allows you to write code that businesses appreciate, you have a natural tendency to develop an ability to explain that style of software development to the business. You learn about metaphors like “technical debt” and about non-techie grokkable terms like “inappropriate coupling” and “lack of a test suite safety net.” And, when you least expect it, you start to sound an awful lot like a consultant talking about the business of software development.
In Developer Hegemony and on my blog, I urge you to become more business savvy. Pick a niche in which to offer automation services, and operate as a business in that niche. Become an efficiencer. And, while niching in the business of app dev isn’t a great end state, it’s better than talking about how many years of C# you’ve done.
When people do programming contests, they’re participating in amateur hour. Literally. Activities you do that have no business/commercial value are hobbies and thus the province of amateurs. If you want to get serious about the business of software, look to software craftsmanship.
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Airbus SAS, the worldâ€™s largest commercial aircraft manufacturer, expects to increase aircraft material aluminum by 5% to 10% in 2012.
Airbus has been manufacturing the most commercial aircraft each year since 2003 and has handed over 258 customers in June this year. Aluminum accounts for about 75% of the aircraft's weight, such as the Airbus A330.
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Firebrand Candle Company originally began as a craft project during the Christmas Season of 2012.
Soon after, many of the people who received candles as gifts began to ask if I had ever considered starting a candle business. After completing a business planning course through the BUILD Institute in February 2013, I launched Firebrand Candle Company.
Firebrand Candles are inspired by a desire to create intimacy and connection between people, a love of compelling aromas, and a drive to bring positive light to the city of Detroit. Each soy candle is named after a Detroit street and representative of its rich history and culture.
The Goal - turn the sometimes-negative conversations regarding Detroit into ones much more warm, comforting, and inviting.


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Zinc Fluosilicate Report by Material, Application, and Geography – Global Forecast to 2021 is a professional and in-depth research report on the world's major regional market conditions, focusing on the main regions (North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific) and the main countries (United States, Germany, united Kingdom, Japan, South Korea and China).
The report firstly introduced the Zinc Fluosilicate basics: definitions, classifications, applications and market overview; product specifications; manufacturing processes; cost structures, raw materials and so on. Then it analyzed the world's main region market conditions, including the product price, profit, capacity, production, supply, demand and market growth rate and forecast etc. In the end, the report introduced new project SWOT analysis, investment feasibility analysis, and investment return analysis.

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Introducing with CreateBills Multi Company feature - now you can manage your billing with multiple company at one place.
1) Select Company: With this you can select your company that you want to start working on.
2) Create Company: With this you can create a fresh new company for you.
Here some other new features you will get in V1.2 i.e.
Backup: Now you can create a backup of your companies in simple 3 steps. First - Select company using drop down of company selection. Second - Now click to <Create Backup>. And the final Third – Select location set name and save your backup file.
Restore: Now you can restore your company as well by use of old backups that you created through above <Backup> wizard in just few seconds.
a) Select your company from drop down in which you want to restore your backup file or just select a <Checkbox of Company is not listed in selection or I am going to backup a new company> where checkbox will allow to restore your current selected backup file to new company. Initially new company restore will create a restore company with title of <Default> you can just change it further by going through <Company Info> wizard.
b) Now select your backup file that you want to restore.
c) Now just click on <Restore backup> button.
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