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April 16, 2018 03:10 ET | Source: Stamper Oil & Gas Corp.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stamper Oil & Gas Corp. (TSX-V:STMP) (FSE:TMP2) (OTCQB:STMGF) (“Stamper” or “the Company”), is pleased to announce Chapman Petroleum Engineering Ltd., independent petroleum consultants of Calgary, Alberta, has completed an update on the Oil & Gas reserves and economics evaluation (“Chapman Reserves Evaluation Report”) that was previously announced on January 23, 2018, on the Sudan development prospect under National Instrument 51-101 (“NI 51-101”).
The Company has filed on SEDAR the updated Chapman Reserves Evaluation Report dated April 12th, 2018, in compliance with National Instrument 51-101 (“NI 51-101”).
The Company’s reserves and economics evaluation performed on Block 25D and Block 25E of the Sudan prospect as set forth (the "Reserves Data") in the Chapman Report. Chapman has been updated with Gross Property Reserves of 182 million stock tank barrels (“MSTB”), which translate into a 22% increase.
The update was undertaken as a result of new positive test information from the recently drilled Rawat C-10 well on Block 25D. Log analysis shows pay in three of the known reservoir zones of the Galhak Formation, as well as a new pay zone in the main Galhak Sand.
As previously announced, State Oil Corporation (“State”) may farm-in up to a 50% interest pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Sudan operator on Block 25. State has an office and technical personnel in Sudan and upon approval of TSX.V, State will become a 100% wholly owned operating subsidiary of Stamper.
Plans are to equip and tie in the six completed and tested wells to production facilities. In addition, the four already drilled wells waiting completion are expected to be on production early 2019. Stamper intends to drill six new infill wells on identified locations along the trend in late 2018 and 2019. As of the new updated Reserve Data, a total of 33 new additional locations will be drilled between 2020 and 2022 in the Rawat and Wateesh areas.
Operating costs have been estimated to be $10,000 per well per month plus $8.00 stock tank barrels (“STB”) for variable operating costs. It is estimated that transportation costs to a sales point will be $5.00/STB. These cost estimates are based on the experience and judgement of Chapman and discussion with the Company.
Chapman Petroleum Engineering Ltd. founded in 1985, is a Canadian consulting firm providing comprehensive petroleum engineering, geological and geophysical and management services covering the full spectrum of the oil & gas industry, domestically and internationally. Chapman services include reserve and economic evaluations and resource assessments, acquisition analyses, specialized technical studies, property exploitation and resource management, and representation for regulatory and legal purposes.
The key professionals at Chapman each have from 25 to 45 years of broadly diversified experience in the oil & gas industry, domestically and internationally. Chapman are Qualified Reserve Evaluators and Auditors under Canadian Securities Regulation NI 51-101.
Stamper Oil and Gas Corp. (TSX-V:STMP) is an independent international oil and gas company, engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of conventional oil and natural gas properties. The Company plans to identify and build out a portfolio of high-impact oil and gas prospects, with a focus on Latin America. Stamper is committed to creating sustainable shareholder value by evaluating and developing future prospects into commercially viable assets.
The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Qamar M. Malik, MSc., Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, who is the independent qualified resources evaluator as such term is defined under National Instrument 51-101 (“NI 51-101”) and Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation (“COGE”) Handbook.
The National Instrument 51-101 (“NI 51-101”) report is subject to a number of conditions, including but not limited to, its Regulations Services Provider and TSX Venture Exchange acceptance.

industry_corpus2: Petrochemicals


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For other uses, see Bant (disambiguation).
Bant is one of the so-called green villages (Dutch: groendorpen) in the Dutch province of Flevoland. It is a part of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, and lies about 7 km north of Emmeloord.
The name Bant is derived from the estates of Bant or Bantega, which at one point existed in what is now the municipality of Lemsterland, and extended into the area that is now the Noordoostpolder.
After World War II, before the founding of Bant, the site was used as a prisoner camp for Nazi-collaborators under the name Kamp Westvaart. The camp was accommodated with watchtowers and armed guards. Several prominent collaborators served sentences in the camp. Jan Gunnink, former head of the KP-Meppel, a prominent resistance movement during the war, served as camp commander.
The camp was subject of a social experiment, in which prisoners were offered a contract in which they declared they would not resist and fight in exchange for free movement within the camp. Every prisoner signed the contract. The experiment was later cancelled, but because every prisoner kept to their promises, they were set free. Remaining sentences were instead served out as regular labourer.
Modern Bant was designed by the board of the Wieringermmer, one of whom's jobs was to design and oversee the construction of ten settlements in the Noordoostpolder around the town of Emmeloord. Bant was thus founded in 1951 to the north of Emmeloord, which was founded in 1943, in land reclaimed from the IJsselmeer.
In 1998, part of the children's' movie The Flying Liftboy, known in Dutch as Abeltje was shot in the town. The town's formerly reformed church, not the Bantsiliek, served as an important piece of decor behind the department store in which the protagonist worked as an elevator boy. In an important scene, the elevator is sent flying out of the elevator shaft, and the church features prominently. The church building has since been sold to a private owner.
Bant celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2011.
In 1955, a Catholic church was built in Bant, and was given the name Bantsiliek, a portmanteau of Bant and basiliek, the Dutch word for basilica. The church was dedicated to Ludger. At first the church was part of to the Diocese of Utrecht, but was later transferred to the Diocese of Groningen. As the population growth in Bant fell behind expectations, the parish was merged with the parishes in Creil, decicated to Nicholas, and Rutten, dedicated to Servatius in 1991. The new parish was named "The Good Shepherd" (Dutch: De Goede Herder). In 2001 the churches in Bant and Creil were shut down due to falling numbers of churchgoers. Their inventories were largely incorporated in the church in Rutten.
After 2001, the church building was re-purposed as the new location of the municipal initiative Samen op Weg, which aimed to unite the various Dutch protestant churches and house them together in the same church building. The other church buildings were sold and the main hall of the Bantsiliek was divided in two, a church hall and a reception area. The chapel dedicated to Maria remained as a place of silence. Large parts of the church have been modified and the church was ready for use on Saturday November 27, 2004, and was officially commissioned on Sunday January 23, 2005.
In 2009, the church, designed by Antonius Vosman Junior, took part in the finals round of "The Most Beautiful Church of the Netherlands" (Dutch: De Mooiste Kerk van Nederland) of the NCRV radio-programme Plaza. The church received the most votes, but the jury elected the Sint-Willibrordusbasiliek in Hulst as winner instead.
Bant is also home to two elementary schools, a sporting club, a holiday park, a small industrial area, a driving school and a supermarket, as well as several bars and restaurants. Every five year, Bant is the scene of a major town feast.
Bant lays on the crossroads of the provincial roads N715 and N718, the latter of which ends in Bant and extends north beyond Bant as the Lemsterweg. The N715 leads to Creil in the west, and an on-ramp onto the nearby A6 motorway, beyond which it connects to Kuinre via the N351, and Luttelgeest. The N718 due south runs parallel to the A6 and leads to Emmeloord. Taking the Lemsterweg north leads to Lemmer, and also provides access to Rutten.
Bant has no railway station. The nearest stations are Kampen railway station in Kampen, Steenwijk railway station in Steenwijk and Lelystad Centrum railway station in Lelystad.
^ "Postcodetool for 8314AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 16 December 2015.

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Website design for The Concentrium, a small independent publisher.
Website for The Concentrium. Built as one sliding page, the site is a portal for the company's books so each title's link take you to the author's page.
To see it in action, visit theconcentrium.com.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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The Happy Hour Guys go Beyond Kombucha!
How do solar arrays, SCOBYs, and seriously flavorful drinks combine in NYC? Mark, Jimmy and Squigs stop out in Astoria, Queens to see what Spiro & co. are doing with this age-old process. Around every corner, something tasty, interesting and awesome. Enjoy!
The Happy Hour Guys go Beyond Kombucha! by The Happy Hour Guys is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 3.0 License.
I buzz you. Please buzz me back.

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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The Empire Necklace is a minimalistic pieces that will decorate your neck with chic elegance. The design is very delicate and the fine line of zircon stones twinkle like a string of diamonds in the middle.
It is made in silver, oxidized or 24 carat gold-plated.


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yarnthings Archives - Page 4 of 40 - Say It, "Rah-shay"
The shop had a hat called “Barley” made up with the yarn and I just had to get me some! The pattern is free on Ravely and it really is easy to work up. A few knit rows, a few purl rows and the hat is coming together!
Summer in Philly is now doing that thing where there are days when the humidity is not quite as hellish and the days can be, dare I say it, pleasant! This means that evenings after work makes me want to grab a chair, settle somewhere there is a breeze and work up a few rows.
Splurge, as defined at Dictionary.com, is to indulge oneself in some luxury or pleasure and today I have splurged. Evenings and weekends are no longer for complaining about getting ready for work or for doing something that I am just going to fuss about.
Knitting and crocheting can be such a solitary act that it’s easy to knit alone somewhere and be in your own head. WWKIP Day a specific day to get out of your house and go to a local event (with your knitting in tow) and hang out with likeminded people.
I needed something quick and adaptable for summer fashion but practical for cool nights. The Bee started talking about a poncho I made for her when she was “so much younger” (her words) and I decided that was the project.


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A close family member passed away yesterday. Not too shocking considering he is 70 something old and has been really sick for the past two months. He lives in Cirebon so I didn't go to his funeral. I didn't feel anything when I heard about it this morning but when I did my Ashar prayer, I suddenly thought about him and a wonderful memory flashed back through my mind.
I called him 'Njit (grandfather) Salim', I can't really figured it out where he sits in my extended family three but he is like a brother (I think) to my grandma. He used to live in Duren Sawit area with his wife. He had a huge house and pretty well off but he didn't have a biological kid. I used to go to his house with my mom, grandma, aunties & uncles once every few months. One of my uncles was somewhat adopted by him and lived with him for a few years. He was a very loving man, definitely the warmest person in my family. He would never hesitant to hug me and kiss me all over my face and mess my hair when I was a kid. A memory I could never recall happened between me and my dad. All I felt was loved whenever he was near. He used to give me money too every time I went there. Some twenty or fifteen thousand rupiahs. It was considered a lot of money back in the days. I also remember I used to collect golf balls from the golf holes in his front yards. Then I would take it home to play bola bekel.
He was definitely the closest thing I have to a grandpa. I've never met any of my grandpas. He was always there during important moments in our family and served as a guardian.
Then I left the country and didn't really see him anymore except for one or two occasions. He has separated with his wife and married his current wife and has 3 children and lives in Cirebon. Things have changed. Like people said, sometimes you are on top of the wheels and there are times when you would have your turn to stay at the bottom. And that's what happened to him. The situation was reserved and without a doubt, it's our turn to return the favor and the kindness he had given us. Toward the end of 2011, he got really sick and had to stay in the hospital here in town for almost a month. My mom always went to the hospital to help take care of him. She even thought of bringing him home so she can watch him closely. An idea that I rejected because I just couldn't imagine a dying person in my house :(. I just didn't think I could handle it all. Plus, my mom was about to go to her Australia trip so I asked her to really think about her decision. I'm kind of ashamed now that I think about it, I felt so selfish. I guess I was too busy to stop for a moment to realize how special he made me feel when I was a kid :'(.
So mom brought him to my grandma's house instead where he stayed for almost a month. During that period, I only took ONE day off work to visit him. I didn't even really talk to him because he needed to get ready for a doctor visit but I was surprised to see him looking fresh in his wheelchair albeit very bony, but he looked very full of hope.
Now he is gone for good. He took his last breath on a Friday morning, a day where muslim believe to be a good day to leave the world as that means you're a special person in His eyes. RIP, Njit Salim. May God grant you a special place right next to him. You will always remain a wonderful memory of my childhood.


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Will your first offer be your best offer? More often than not, yes! So what's the problem?
If you are serious about selling your home, you will eventually need to pack all of your personal belongings so get a head start.
You and your doctor will work in partnership to achieve your best possible level of health. An important part of this relationship is good communication.
Although the elderly are definitely concerned about the need for planning for these issues, it is not often a priority. It is human nature not to worry about an event until it happens.
Let Your Healthcare Decisions Be Heard This National Healthcare Decisions Day!
End-of-life care is something we should all think about, and while the majority of people think it’s important to discuss, only 27% of us actually start the conversation.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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Summit Child Development Center is dedicated to serving the needs of young children by providing a high-quality, christian early childhood program within a safe, nurturing environment. The Child Development Center encourages the physical, social, emotional, creative and cognitive development of each child through the use of Developmentally Appropriate Practice. Our program is founded on Christian values and principles and is committed to meeting the individual needs of children.
At Summit Child Development Center we believe children are a blessing from God, and it is a privilege to teach, care for, and be a part of your child's early education.We believe that there is a critical link between a child’s early experiences and later success in life. We believe that you cannot separate child care and education; children learn best through their play, interactions and experiences.
The learning environment at Summit CDC is structured in such a way as to give the child an opportunity to independently explore, select, create and problem-solve. Classrooms are organized around interest centers and play areas that include art, math, science, language arts, blocks, dramatic play, cooking and nutrition. Summit CDC staff plan and facilitate these experiences for the total development of your child.
•To provide a quality program to meet the needs of you and your child.
•To provide quality care for children and support for parents. To give each child the opportunity to experience a fun and nurturing environment while molding a self-reliant child with high self-esteem and Godly attitudes.
•To provide a stimulating, religious environment with developmentally appropriate activities for intellectual, emotional, social and physical growth.
•To support and enhance relationships between CDC staff, children and their families.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


text: What is a rupiah you might ask. Rupiah is the national currency of Indonesia, aka IDR (Indonesian Rupiah). $1 USD = 13.295 IDR (at the time of this writing). To check the rate, open Google and type USD to IDR and you will have the current exchange rate. When I first moved to Bali in 2012, the exchange rate was $1 USD = 9.800 IDR. That is better than 35% increase in buying power. Some might want to call that inflation, but if you use a bottle of beer as the standard, there has been no change.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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A well-rounded collection of greenwash 'gems', non-environmental wonders, and things that are actually good. The objective: help the sustainable business agenda take a long, hard look in the mirror.
"Sustainable development was viewed as a real issue by members of this group, but mainly in terms of how it could adversely affect core business. Sensitive to their potential media and market exposure, companies in this category went for high visibility attire, drawing attention to their "low hanging fruit" strategy. They made much of taking smart business decisions (increasing energy efficiency, ending gas flaring), without really explaining why this wasn't done years earlier. These achievements were then appropriately highlighted in advertisements and CSR reports. Despite broad commitments to sustainability, however, they continued to grow their core business in the knowledge that this was unsustainable in terms of planetary boundaries."
New Yorker by the way of London, working with changemakers to transform organizations from within. Things I can't help reading about: energy, transparency, leadership, and business disruption (the good, the bad and the ugly). Things you'll find on this blog: all of the above, plus a healthy dose of greenwashing.

industry_corpus2: Power & Energy


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Minimize, to the greatest extent allowed under the law, the costs, fees, and taxes associated with administering your estate.
In order to create an estate plan that meets these goals your attorney cannot be the only member of your team. It must be a collaborative effort between the client, the estate planning attorney, and the client’s financial advisor, insurance advisor, and accountant. Every client has a unique family and financial situation that causes us to structure an estate plan in different ways.
One of the most common places an estate plan can get screwed up is by using beneficiary designations. This is where it is so important that all of the advisors are on the same page regarding how the estate plan will be structured.
I’ll use an example. Say I have a client with modest assets and three children. On his instruction I prepare an estate plan that leaves 10% of his estate to his church and the remaining balance in four equal shares to his three children and one grandchild who checks in on him every week. Say this client had a life insurance policy that he purchased ten years ago. At the time he filled out the beneficiary designation for the life insurance policy he named his three children as the remainder beneficiaries. If that life insurance policy is a majority of the client’s assets and the attorney doesn’t coordinate with the insurance advisor, then the client’s estate plan isn’t going to accomplish what he had intended. The church and the grandchild are going to get significantly less than the client wanted.
In most situations, I recommend to my clients that we update their beneficiary designations to name their revocable living trust as the beneficiary (after a surviving spouse). For a variety of reasons, I don’t recommend this strategy for any tax-deferred accounts. This strategy works especially well for clients who have a tendency to change their mind about the final distribution of their estate. The client needs only amend the terms of the trust instead of getting beneficiary designation forms for every investment and policy they own. By working together as a team each of the client’s advisors can provide value to the client. In order to truly serve the client’s needs, each advisor needs to have input into the plan. More importantly, after the plan has been designed, every advisor needs to be a on the same page in the implementation of the plan so that the client’s wishes are actually fulfilled.


text: The spoken word. Morse Code. The telegraph. The telephone. The typewriter. We have them all covered in this super fun and super clever show.


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Complete 44mm Cylinder Kit for the 47cc / 49cc Reed induction engine. This engine comes on Cag and Daytona Pocket Bikes, Pocket Quads and Small Dirt Bikes. You can choose from 10mm or 12mm Piston Pin Option.
SSP-G 47mm Big Bore Cylinder Kit for Morini AD50 engines commonly found on Hyosung, Suzuki and TGB Street Scooters.
Hoca Racing Kit for 50cc, 2-Stroke Minarelli Style Engines. Made in Taiwan, this kit includes everything you need to increase overall speed, horsepower and torque!
Hoca Racing Kit for 90cc, 2-Stroke Minarelli Style Engines. Made in Taiwan, this kit includes everything you need to increase overall speed, horsepower and torque!
SSP-G 180cc Big Bore Kit with Oil Cooling for 150cc and 125cc 4-stroke GY6 Engines. This complete Power Pack comes with a 63mm Cylinder, matching Crankcase and an Oil Cooler Kit.
SSP-G 180cc Big Bore Kit without Oil Cooling for 150cc and 125cc 4-stroke GY6 Engines. This complete Power Pack comes with a 63mm Cylinder and matching Long Case Crankcase.
SSP-G Oil Cooler Kit for the 180cc Power Kit or any GY6 that uses an 80.5mm Cylinder Stud Spacing.
SSP-G Replacement Cases for Oil Cooled 180cc Big Bore Kit. This Set Includes Left and Right Cases, Right Case Cover, and Case Gaskets.
Airsal 46mm Big Bore Cylinder Kit for Kymco and SYM Vertical 2-Stroke Engines.
Athena 47.6mm (70cc) Honda Elite/Dio-SR (1994-01) Big Bore Cylinder and Head Kit.
Polini Corsa 47mm (70cc) Honda Dio Elite SA/SR (1994-01) Big Bore Cylinder and Head Kit.
SSP-G 39mm (50cc) Honda Elite/Dio SR (1994-2001) Cylinder Set.
Big Bore Cylinder Kit for 50cc 2-stroke TB50 1DE41QMB engines.
50mm (81.3cc) Honda Elite/Dio-SR (1994-2001) Big Bore Cylinder Kit.
SSP-G 39mm 2-Stroke Air-Cooled Cylinder Kit for the Kymco Cobra 50, Super 8 50, Super 9 50, People 50, Like 50, Yup 50 and many more.
SSP-G 47mm 2-Stroke Air-Cooled Big Bore Cylinder Kit for the Kymco Cobra 50, Super 8 50, Super 9 50, People 50, Like 50, Yup 50 and many more.
SSP-G 47mm 2-Stroke Liquid-Cooled 72cc Big Bore Cylinder Kit for the Kymco Super 9 50 ('00-'04) and Kymco Dink 50 ('98-'02).
SSP-G 47mm Big Bore Cylinder and Head Kit for the Yamaha Zuma 50F, C3 and Vino Classic 50cc 4 Stroke Liquid Cooled Scooters. Upgrades to 75.6cc!
SSP-G 59mm Kawasaki Z125 Ceramic Coated Big Bore Cylinder Set.
SSP-G 47mm Big Bore Cylinder set for 50cc 2-stroke Minarelli engines found on many popular 2-stroke full size scooters and ATVs. Upgrades to a 70cc.

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


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The beautiful Cascade Mountains provide the perfect backdrop to relax or enjoy numerous recreational activities in the alpine setting of the Thousand Trails Leavenworth RV Camping Preserve. At this special RV camp in Washington, we have 300 acres of beautiful forests and meadows. During the winter months you'll be able to ride your snowmobile directly across the street to over 200 miles of groomed snowmobile trails. You can cross country ski, snowshoe, and sled down hills that are all located right here at the Leavenworth RV camp in central Washington.
Leavenworth RV Camping Preserve is located just 29 miles from the Steven's Pass Ski Resort. Ice fishing is available at Fish Lake located four miles from the resort. Each year, two to three million people visit the Bavarian Village of Leavenworth, located 17 miles from the RV camp in Washington. The village is world famous for its Bavarian architecture, seasonal festivals, unique German restaurants, specialty shops and art galleries.
Sunny summers provide perfect conditions for kayaking or paddle boating on Alpine Trout Lake and Otter Pond, both located on the preserve. At Leavenworth, you can hike on over seven miles of trails also located at the RV camp. Local wine tasting in Washington's vineyards, hiking, fishing, river rafting or sunbathing on the shores of Lake Wenatchee are all possible within a few miles of the preserve.
Leavenworth RV Campground "Coolest Kid-Friendly Hotel..."
We are excited to announce that the Leavenworth Tiny House Village is one of Reader's Digest's "15 Coolest Kid-Friendly Hotels Around the World for 2018." Read all about it on their website under Overnight at a tiny Bavarian house.
Whether you're planning a retreat for the whole family, a group of friends or a getaway for two, there's no shortage of unique activities to explore at Leavenworth RV Campground. Plan activities upon arrival or visit this page before your departure to plan ahead. Looking for more? Our friendly staff can fill you in on all of the great ways to make your stay a memorable experience.
Rental check in: 4 p.m.
Rental check out: 11 a.m.
Upon check-in you may be asked to provide a valid ID, and a certificate of insurance and registration for your rig. Members should also have their membership card on hand.
Minimum check in age is 21 years old.
Guests aged 18 years old and under at the time of check in are considered children.
Pets are allowed. Pets in our rentals are charged $10 per pet, per night.
The rates displayed do not include any applicable service fees or charges for optional incidentals.
For late arrival arrangements, please contact our Reservation Department at (877) 362-6736.
Tow vehicles (behind an RV or 5th Wheel) cannot exceed 20 feet in length.
All full hook-ups (sewer sites) are reserved for Thousand Trails Camping Pass holders only. This applies to all retail guests including RPI.
Rental rates are based on 4 people. Add $5 per night/person for each additional person over the 4 included.
In rentals, linens have been provided for your convenience. If used, a convenience fee of $15 will be applied to your stay. The fee can be prepaid at the time of check in. Linen packages include bedding and towels for 2 or 4 (depending on accommodations).
Your credit card will be charged one night rack rate prior to arrival.
To make changes to your reservation, please call our Reservation Department at (877) 864-2728 and specify that you booked your reservation online.
If a RV/Tent site reservation is canceled at least 2 days prior to arrival, an administrative fee of $25 will be charged prior to refunding any advance deposit. Otherwise the one night deposit will be forfeited.
If a rental reservation is canceled at least 7 days prior to arrival, an administrative fee of $25 will be charged prior to refunding any advance deposit.
Rental reservations that are canceled within 7 days of arrival are not eligible to receive a refund.
In the case of multiple sites booked, cancellation penalties apply to each site that is canceled or changed.
Prices and site type are subject to availability.
No refunds will be issued for early check out.
Maximum 6 persons per site. More than 6 persons will require rental of an additional site.
Extra vehicles (over 1 passenger vehicle) are charged $10 per vehicle, per night.
If 50 amp service is available, there is a $5 per night fee.
Please note: Leavenworth RV Campground is an age qualified resort (55+) and does not allow reservations with children.

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A threatening statement to be sure, but one that was met with cheers from the almost sold-out crowd at the Houston stop of Guns N’ Roses Not In This Lifetime tour Friday night.
For those in the crowd — mostly 35 to 50 — songs like “Jungle,” “Sweet Child of Mine,” and set closer “Paradise City” provided part of the soundtrack of their collective adolescence. For those fans, Guns N’ Roses harkens back to a time when CDs came with parental warning stickers and a rock band from Los Angeles could seem legitimately dangerous.
With the band's debut album Appetite for Destruction set to turn 30 next year, those days are gone, but the music still resonates.
As promised by tour production manager Dale "Opie" Skjerseth during a media preview on Thursday, the stage had been designed to "present the band." Two giant video screens on either side of the stage spotlighted different performers throughout the night, and three center screens alternated between showing the band and a series of graphics matched to the song. And, yes, there was “a lot of pyro” boomed throughout the set.
Overall, the band turned in an impressive, high energy performance that utilized the multi-level stage well. Lead singer Axl Rose, bassist Duff McKagan, and guitarist Slash moved from the center stage to two side stages and elevated platforms in the rear of the center stage. Maybe Rose and Slash didn’t stand very close to each other more than a couple of times, but they don’t have to be buddy-buddy to deliver the thunderous spectacle the crowd expected.
Rose’s voice displayed power and range throughout the set as he held notes on tracks ranging from “Estranged” to “The Seeker.” Ever the showman, he even swapped T-shirts throughout the set, mixing in a few jackets (white alligator for “November Rain,” a weird, fringy western thing for “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”).
In many ways, the night belonged to Slash. The guitarist, sporting his signature top hat and sunglasses (and the same shirt throughout, natch) dropped a number of impressive solos throughout the set. Highlights included long intro and outro solos for “Rocket Queen,” a solo performance of the Love Theme from The Godfather, and busting out a double-necked guitar for “Civil War.” The cameras provided numerous close-ups of the guitarist's hands as he wrung every note out of his instrument.
McKagan got his own opportunity to shine when he took over lead vocals a cover of the Misfits’ song “Attitude” while wearing a shirt with the image of Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister.
The setlist followed the one played two nights before in Arlington pretty closely, but the band mixed in “Catcher in the Rye” and “Don’t Cry” into the encore. Shortly thereafter, the final notes of “Paradise City” mingled with the last explosions, and it was time to go home. Judging by the cheers echoing off NRG Stadium’s ramps as people headed to the parking lot, just about everybody had a great time.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


text: Blue-Ribbon Babies and Labors of Love Edition by Christine Ward Gailey and Publisher University Of Texas Press. Save up to 80% by choosing the eTextbook option for ISBN: 9780292781825, 0292781822. The print version of this textbook is ISBN: 9780292721272, 0292721277.


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Adam Zuvanich Sep. 19, 2017 Updated: Sep. 19, 2017 6:02 p.m.
Burbank's Isaac Cantu, Marcus Bolden and Tristin Zamora, along with Memorial's Anthony Esparza and Xavier Banks, discuss last week's wins to start District 28-5A play.
Football is therapeutic for many of the players at Memorial, including its senior quarterback.
Anthony Esparza said both of his parents have battled drug addiction, leading him to battle depression and forcing him to fend for himself at times. He works in the kitchen at a local pizza chain on Saturdays and Sundays, the only two days of the week he does not spend at school and with the Minutemen.
Esparza described time with his teammates as a “getaway,” moments he can be distracted from his home life and have fun. But football had been hard to enjoy for Memorial, which took a 21-game losing streak into Friday’s District 28-5A opener against Jefferson.
The Minutemen stopped that skid with a 23-17, triple-overtime win at Edgewood Veterans Stadium. It was their first win since Esparza’s first varsity game as a sophomore in 2015 and also ended a 30-game losing streak in district play that began in 2013.
The players at Burbank, a San Antonio ISD school about eight miles away from Memorial, can relate. The Bulldogs’ only win during the past two seasons came against the Minutemen, and they also started this season with two losses.
Just like Memorial, Burbank broke through with a district-opening win no one saw coming except for the players and coaches on its sideline. Even some of them were surprised by the 35-32 win against Highlands, last year’s district co-champion and the only 28-5A team to start this year with two wins.
It could be a wild race in 28-5A, since the two teams that finished at the bottom of the district standings last year are tied for first place after the first round of league games. At the very least, Friday’s triumphs provided hope at schools where hope can be hard to come by.
Giving up is an ever-present threat at Burbank, where head coach Mark Perez said only about half of the players who enter the program as freshmen stick with the Bulldogs through their senior year. Some stop playing because they have to work to help support their families. Some do not want to work during practice and the offseason.
Cantu quit the team for the final two games of last season, even though he was a team captain. He said he is glad to be back with the Bulldogs, who were upbeat and focused at Monday’s practice.
Memorial coach Kemmie Lewis said learning how to win has been one of the chief challenges for his players, who were not sure how to react after beating Jefferson. He said the campus and community long have been resigned to losing.
Like Esparza, many of the Minutemen cope with off-the-field issues. Lewis says he has “kids that are semi-homeless, kids that barely have a meal besides meals at school, kids that are fathers.” So the coach has gradually tried to build up his players by aiming for small daily victories such as making it to school on time or lining up correctly at practice.
Now that the Minutemen have experienced a larger win, a Friday night game with playoff implications, they yearn for more. Because while football is an escape, winning makes it even more worthwhile.

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Beauty to me has nothing to do with you as a HUMAN, your outer shell. It is your BEING, your inner-self (your soul) that speaks volumes. You can tell when beauty enters a room. It’s a smile, a pretense, an aura that makes you feel invited and warm. To me, that is pretty. Something else that is pretty is self-care. No, it’s not a selfish thing to care about yourself. In fact, it’s vital that you do. You are more useful to others when you care about yourself. Self-love can’t help but radiate outward and gush all over the person next to you. It’s contagious!
So, what do I mean by caring for yourself? Lets start with the most basic.
EAT HEALTHY FOOD. We all know what that means- shopping in the produce isle. Wholesome foods spell better health, less inflammation and feeling good.
STRETCH AND MOVE! Yes, get up and move. Dance, take a walk in nature, join a gym, whatever it takes, but not moving and stretching as we age, your muscles will begin to shrink. Hence, pain and immobilization. I stretch a 1/2 hour twice a day. It has helped stiffness and pain immensely.
DO SOMETHING YOU LOVE. Taking a few minutes to sit down and really enjoy a cup of coffee without your phone, or running yourself a nice bubble bath or taking good care of your skin. That’s one of my favorite ‘self-care’ things I enjoy, and I do it all in the comfort of my home. In fact, I look forward to it too. I have since I was 14 when my mom gave me a jar of ponds cold cream to wash my face. “Don’t use soap on your face dear, it’s too harsh,” she would say. My mother had the most beautiful, soft skin. She also taught me always to take my make-off before bed. And I never missed a night. Thanks mom!
So, what have you done for your skin lately? If you’re a skincare passionate like me, the answer is, everything! Because there is just about every potion out there claiming to fix anything. I remember my sister saying when we were younger, “I hope they find the fountain of youth before I’m 50”. While that may be a bit of a pipe-dream (there’s still gravity to deal with) there are ways to keep your skin looking fresh, less wrinkly, and prettier without breaking the bank. Let me explain.
First and foremost (and this is the deal breaker folks) consistency. If you know you’re not consistent about skincare, (and believe me, I’ve met many that couldn’t be bothered with potions and lotions) then this article is not for you. And please, you won’t hurt my feelings by moving on to another topic. But if you are dedicated and want to learn more, I would love to share with you my tried and true tips on wrinkles and fresher looking skin. You really do deserve it dolls? So, pour yourself something hot to drink and let’s get started!
You’re covered in dead skin cells! Sorry, it’s not pretty, but there’s no sweet talking out of this one. And they’ve been dead for at least a month. This is serious stuff. Not to mention, kinda gross too. Our body will naturally shed millions of dead skin cells a day allowing new ones to travel to the surface as the old flake off, but the process is slow (as we age it gets even slower) and the “buildup” we accumulate from the dead skin cells remaining on the surface, creates a substance called “keratin” –the body’s natural process of protection. We do need dead skin cells to protect us from the elements, but a buildup of this ‘protection’ is counterproductive. Without regular exfoliation, you’ll accumulate an abundance of dead surface skin cells which create clogged pores, discoloration and aging – and the most common is dull, lifeless looking skin. Who needs that, right!
Exfoliation removes dead surface skin cells which helps reveal the more luminous, younger looking skin beneath.
I use prescription strength Retin-A 0.1% (also known by its generic name, tretinoin)—potent derivative of vitamin A. You need a prescription for this. I started with the 0.5 about 15 years ago and worked my way up to the strongest strength. There really is no other topical agent out there with more scientific studies supporting its efficacy in terms of reducing fine lines and wrinkles. Tretinoin can be a little irritating when you first start using it —it’s not uncommon to experience some redness, peeling, and sun sensitivity. And that is the main reason so many stop using it. But, if you can bite the bullet, what I call, the ugly stage of dryness and peeling for the first few weeks, your skin will eventually adjust and the benefits will be amazing! Really!
Tretinoin truly is the gold standard of anti-aging. Prescription Retin-A first became popular more than 20 years ago as an acne treatment. But doctors and patients soon noticed another benefit, one with enormous impact on those who were looking for a way to keep skin vibrant and smooth.
Retin-A users reported improvements in skin texture, including diminished wrinkles and brown spots. Early studies soon confirmed its anti-aging effects. In 1988, Dr. Voorhees and his colleagues at Michigan published the first double-blind study of Retin-A’s effect on photo-damaged skin and found that all 30 patients who completed the 16-week study showed statistically significant improvement. “There is so much historical evidence that this ingredient works better than anything else, said Dr. Joel L. Cohen, clinical assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Colorado, and the effects are more than superficial”. “It actually works to remodel skin on a cellular level,” Dr. Cohen said.
Retin-A does double duty in helping to boost collagen. According to research at Michigan, it has the potential to stop photoaging before it starts. “The retinoids prevent the rise of collagenase after UV exposure,” Dr. Voorhees said. Collagenase is what breaks down collagen. But regular use of a retinoid product also increases the amount of new collagen formed, research has found, and that new collagen will last for years.
So, if Retin-A is so effective and so well studied, why isn’t everyone using it? Many dermatologists blame a lack of patient education. “It’s one of the most misunderstood drugs,” said Dr. Kenneth Beer, a dermatologist in Palm Beach, Fla., and a clinical investigator for Allergan, the maker of prescription Avage and Tazorac. People use Retin-A too much, use it too often, experience negative side effects and then give up on it too soon, doctors say.
The problem with Retin-A is that it may actually make skin look worse — with redness, flakiness and peeling —for up to eight weeks. “But by 24 weeks, patients will see dramatic, marked improvements,” Dr. Lee said.
Manufacturers have come up with ways to make it more tolerable, less irritating and more effective. Brand-name prescription versions contain emollient moisturizers and have more-advanced delivery systems for getting the active ingredient into the skin. These additions are the main difference between generic Retin-A and the pricier name-brand versions (a large tube of a name brand will run about $150 versus about $80 for a generic). ( I google a Retin A coupon code and fill the prescription at Walmart for half the price).
Doctors generally recommend using no more than a pea-size dab for the entire face. They advise using the product once every three nights (or once a week if skin feels irritated) for a couple of weeks, then every other night, eventually working up to every night if the skin can handle it. (Seriously, no more than a pea size on a freshly washed clean, and dry face. I wait 20 minutes before I apply my Retin-A then I add my moisturizer).
OTC retinoid products include Neutrogena Healthy Skin Anti-Wrinkle Intensive Eye Cream, RoC Retinol Correxion Deep Wrinkle Daily Moisturizer with SPF 15, Avon Anew Line Eliminator Neo-Retinol Line Plumper SPF 15, MD Skincare Alpha Beta Daily Face Peel and SkinCeuticals retinol 0.5 and 1.0 formulas, Paula’s Choice CLINICAL 1% Retinol Treatment.
MORE EXFOLIATES, AND IT LOOKS LIKE A LIPSTICK!
Ever wonder why guys look much younger than women? Because they shave, and shaving is a form of exfoliation. And by the way ladies, Vellus hair—endearingly known as peach fuzz— we all have it, and if you took a zoom mirror and checked out your profile, you’ll know what I’m talking about. While it’s often barely noticeable, there is a pretty way to remove it. “WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, shave my face”?! I know, it freaked me out too, but even Marilyn Monroe shaved her Vellus hair. And no, it doesn’t grow back thicker or longer. That is a huge misconception. Trust me on this! I did a lot of research and I’ve worked in spa’s my whole life and watched all the girls doing this, and it grows back the same. Another reason why to rid your face of peach fuzz, (another spa girl beauty wonder) your make-up will go on flawlessly. Otherwise the foundation will just sit on top of the hair. Makes perfect sense, right? I buy the pastel blades online (link below) and the Finishing Touch Flawless available online or BedBathAndBeyond. GAME CHANGER LADIES!
A AHA (alpha hydroxy acid) or BHA (beta hydroxy acid) exfoliate can make a world of difference in your skin’s appearance.
AHAs (alpha hydroxy acids, glycolic and lactic acids) and BHA (beta hydroxy/salicylic acid) act to “unglue” the bonds holding dull, dead skin on the surface. Once those bonds are broken—gently and evenly—skin naturally sheds. So, although you won’t actually see your skin exfoliating, you’ll soon see the smoother, younger-looking skin hiding beneath.
Retin-A and alpha hydroxy acids, such as glycolic acid, work to boost your skin’s natural collagen formation while increasing its elastic fibers to improve your skin tone and minimize wrinkles. Because they perform different functions, using the two together improves your skin more effectively than using either product on its own. For example, Retin-A irritates skin while alpha hydroxy acid is an anti-inflammatory that balances the effects of Retin-A.
The best AHA I have tried to date is the Drunk Elephant T.L.C. Sukari Babyfacial This stuff is the Bomb! Check out the reviews, it really does what it claims. Pricey, yes. But, if you have a Sephora in your area, ask for a sample. Or, some of the kits from Sephora ‘Favorites’ will include the drunk elephant baby facial. I bought this kit, however, it’s no longer available online but might be in stores. It’s the ultimate for winterizing dry skin.
Drunk Elephant Baby Facial- Game Changer for fresh skin!
Timing is everything, and use your skin as your guide. I use my Retin-A at night (but not on the nights I use my AHA), and glycolic acid twice a week. (Never use them together, or any type of Vit C ingredient. It’s too irritating). I love the Drunk Elephant T.L.C. Sukari Babyfacial. The nights I use the Drunk Elephant facial are Sunday and Wednesday evenings, and I apply a good moisturizer (I love the one by Lancer in this kit) and a facial oil (in kit) afterwards. This facial does sting a bit, but that means it’s working.
Aging gracefully has never been more fun! In fact, as an over-50 gal, I feel more confident now than ever! I’m having a blast!
Feel free to email me about any questions. I’m happy to help!
I hope you have fun trying my skin routine. I have much more to share but that will be on a later post.


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Six players - a full one-fifth - of the first round of the 2012 NBA draft came from either Duke or North Carolina. From an all-rookie first teamer to a player who played more in the NBA Developmental League than they did with the team that drafted them, their plights were varied. Here's a look at how each player's first season the pros turned out.
Harrison Barnes, Golden State Warriors - Golden State already had some intriguing young wing talent in Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson when it drafted Barnes, a 6-foot-8 small forward from North Carolina.
Barnes fit right in on a team that more than doubled its regular season win total and pushed eventual Western Conference champ San Antonio in an entertaining six-game series in the conference semifinals.
Barnes started 81 games in the regular season, averaging 9.2 points per game. In the playoffs, his output jumped up to 16.1 points and 6.4 rebounds per contest. He had games of 26 and 25 points against the Spurs.
Since the moment he stepped on campus at North Carolina, Barnes was deemed to have a bright NBA future.
While he had moments in a largely solid college career that fueled doubts, his first season as a pro, which ended with a spot on the all-rookie first team, should go a long way toward quieting them.
Austin Rivers, New Orleans Hornets - Rivers never quite found his footing during his rookie year in New Orleans. He played in 61 games and started 26 for the then Hornets - now Pelicans - before a broken bone in his right hand ended his season in early March.
Prior to that, he was averaging 6.2 points per game. His 37 percent shooting was the worst among the Hornets' regular contributors.
However, the former Duke star was solidly in the playing rotation - averaging 23.2 minutes per game. But with Eric Gordon and Greivis Vasquez likely maintaining their spots as the Pelicans' top two guards heading into next season, Rivers' future remains unclear.
Kendall Marshall, Phoenix Suns - Among the 2012 draft picks with area ties, Marshall's case was the most curious. At the start of his sophomore season at North Carolina, he was considered a solid college point guard, but not a threat to jump to the pros. By season's end, he was the most important player on the Tar Heels' roster, showing newfound scoring flair, deft leadership and unparalleled court vision. That led to the Suns making him a lottery pick. But Marshall looks to have plenty of work to do to become the point guard the Suns envisioned on the pro level.
Marshall averaged three points and three assists in 48 games. He started only three times, failing to unseat Goran Dragic. He eventually played nine games in the NBA Developmental League.
John Henson, Milwaukee Bucks - Henson was a useful, albeit not prominent, piece on a Bucks team that snagged the final spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs. With his long wingspan and exceptional shot-blocking ability, the former North Carolina big man's potential is clear. But with his slight frame, the room for improvement was, too.
As a rookie, Henson started in nine of the 62 games in which he played and averaged six points and 4.7 rebounds. But with a sudden increase of playing time in the final week of the season, Henson showed what he's capable of, averaging 15 points and 15 rebounds during the Bucks' final five games. While his impact wasn't big, along with third-year center Larry Sanders, Henson figures to be a big part in the future of the Bucks' front line.
Tyler Zeller, Cleveland (via Dallas) - Zeller was thrust into the starting lineup after the Cavaliers' veteran center Anderson Varejao had his season cut short by injury in mid-December. It was a rocky adjustment for the former North Carolina star as he averaged 7.9 points and 5.7 rebounds per game while having to learn how to guard NBA centers. But by season's end, he'd handled the task well enough to be selected to the all-rookie second team.
Zeller's size and mobility made him an alluring option coming out of college. Next season, he should be able to add an uncommon amount of experience - for a second-year center, at least - to the mix.
Miles Plumlee, Indiana Pacers - After a career at Duke that saw him struggle to stay in the starting lineup, it was a bit of a surprise to see Plumlee go in the first round. But the Pacers justified the selection by pointing to Plumlee's sturdy 6-10 frame and a raw offensive game that they felt they could work with. Plumlee spent 15 games in the NBA Developmental League and eventually made 12 appearances for the Pacers.
But once the postseason arrived, Plumlee did not see any action. His contract guarantees him another year, but it will be a challenge to crack the frontcourt rotation for a team that seems settled after falling just short of the NBA finals.


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Nashville and environs has a sizable Muslim population. I haven't heard any denunciation of the the terrorists by them, unless the media is silent on that.


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Seeking women ages 18-32 to participate in a study on ethics and morality. Generous compensation. Anonymity guaranteed.
When Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology study conducted by the mysterious Dr. Shields, she thinks all she'll have to do is answer a few questions, collect her money, and leave. But as the questions grow more and more intense and invasive and the sessions become outings where Jess is told what to wear and how to act, she begins to feel as though Dr. Shields may know what she's thinking... and what she's hiding. As Jess's paranoia grows, it becomes clear that she can no longer trust what is real in her life, and what is one of Dr. Shields' manipulative experiments. Caught in a web of deceit and jealousy, Jess quickly learns that some obsessions can be deadly.


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Let’s face it, presets are a pretty awesome way to help with the sometimes daunting process of editing photos. Sometimes you just need one click to make your photos pop and that pretty damn cool, especially if you are into saving time.... Your presets can be found in the Presets toolbar on left-hand side, and all you have to do is click the preset you want to use to instantly apply the edits! If you have more than one preset in your Lightroom program, you can hover over each preset to see a preview of what your image will look like once you apply a preset.
Finishing touches. After the black and white conversion is complete you may want to add a finishing by touch by applying a split tone or adding grain.
Presets Heaven is one of the biggest resources offering free Lightroom presets on the Internet. You can help this site growing by sending your feedback and presets, using this contact page . Thanks!
Your presets can be found in the Presets toolbar on left-hand side, and all you have to do is click the preset you want to use to instantly apply the edits! If you have more than one preset in your Lightroom program, you can hover over each preset to see a preview of what your image will look like once you apply a preset.

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Since 1955, Bartholomew Heating & Cooling, Inc. is your best choice for repair, installation, and service in homes and buildings just like yours in the Kalamazoo and outlying areas. We take special pride in the craftsmen we train and employ--a fact you'll see in the reviews below. It's also noticeable immediately in the attitude and integrity our technicians bring to your job site. Our entire company works hard to make your experience with us hassle-free and enjoyable. You can also be assured that Bartholomew Heating & Cooling, Inc. stands behind the work we do as well as complies with all local codes. This is why, as you can see by the map and reviews below, we are rated so highly for Furnace Repairs and Air Conditioner Repairs in Lawton MI. Call us today at (269) 381-9045!
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Our offices are located at 17339 Redland Road, Suite 100 in San Antonio, Texas.
To reach our location from downtown/airport, take US-281 North, continue on US-281 North to N. Loop 1604 East. From N. Loop 1604 East take Redland Road exit and take a right on Redland Road. If you are coming from IH-10, take N. 1604 East until you see the Redland Road exit, continue with a right on Redland Road.


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After centuries of “mother knows best” parenting, the nation’s dads are beginning to make their presence felt. Approaches to childcare have changed radically over the past 30 years. More mothers are going back to paid work, many more homes are dual-income households, and the increase in lone-parent families, rising divorce rates, the introduction of flexible working hours and greater awareness of fathers’ rights brought about by the high-profile stunts of groups such as Fathers4Justice have contributed to a tectonic shift in attitudes towards family responsibilities.
Gone are the days when a father’s annual contribution to parenting involved leaping up and down in a sack on school sports day. Modern dads mean business, and the government has started to take notice. The recently announced work and families bill gives new fathers the option of taking three months’ paternity leave supported by a weekly state allowance of £106. If implemented, the proposals represent a significant realignment of the role of the father in childcare.
But before we break out the congratulatory cigars, it’s worth remembering that Britain is only just catching up with its European counterparts. And some social commentators tell us that the modern family is in crisis.
The government’s proposals provide the opportunity to discuss parenthood and childcare within the classroom.
After finding out how aware students are of the laws surrounding maternity leave, explain the government’s proposals to extend paid leave to new mothers and fathers, news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_poli tics/4355488.stm.. Structure a comprehension exercise, designed to elicit empathy and understanding of the issue, around the case study posted at news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4357366.stm. Use the article as a way into a discussion of the students’ own experiences of working parents and early childcare. Challenge students to synthesise the material they have encountered and to comment on the work and families bill.
Using information at www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1269665,00.html, discuss the reasons why some men do not take up paternity leave.
In the maths classroom, ask students to compare the government’s new proposals with provision made in other European countries www.rollercoaster.ie/pregnancy _birth/paternal_leave1.asp and to represent their findings using suitable presentational methods. KS4 pupils might benefit from investigating the social and cultural factors that underline attitudes towards parenting in Finland (www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,404715,00.html), Denmark and Iceland (news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe /4629631.stm).
As part of the citizenship curriculum, discuss the impact of these new proposals on businesses, using two recent press releases (www.fsb.org.uk/news.asp?REC=2808 and www.cbi.org.uk/ndbs/press.nsf.) to stimulate debate. Draw up a list of the pros and cons of the bill.
Widen the discussion to include the rise of dad action: see www.fathers-4-justice.org. The homepage of Fathers Direct, the national information centre on fatherhood, includes articles and advice. See www.fatherhoodinstitute.org.
Discover some of the legal, economic and social problems faced by working mums and dads offered by the Department for Trade and Industry – www.dti.gov.uk/er/workingparents.htm. Outline the role and function of pressure groups to students before asking them to visit www.maternityalliance.org.uk, noting the ways in which this group is seeking to influence government policy and social attitudes. Find out what the Equal Opportunities Commission has to say about parent power and the rights of working parents www.eoc.org.uk/Default.aspx?page=17909. Discuss the statistics on the site and the implications for society.
Investigate the history of the British family by exploring information found at www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/victorian/vfam.html. Encourage older students to compare 19th-century parenting to today’s. Younger students might benefit from a discussion of Victorian family photos at www.gtj.org.uk/tpack/vic_childhood_en.html. Analyse the composition of the family portraits held at www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.exe/CollectionSearch. and commission a piece of creative writing focusing on the relationships depicted.


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Fat quarters are a common cut of fabric found in quilt shops and typically measure 21 inches x 18 inches. They are made by cutting one yard of fabric in half both lengthwise and crosswise.
An iron-on transfer is a piece of paper printed with a heat transferable ink. Using an iron-on transfer is the quickest and easiest way to transfer a design onto your fabric. All of our paper hand embroidery patterns include an iron-on transfer. Yay! You can check them out in our Patterns section.
A wash away marker commonly used to trace a Printable PDF embroidery pattern onto fabric. After you've finished your embroidery, dab the lines with a damp cloth and the marker will disappear.
Embroidery floss is a loosely twisted thread that comes in 6 strands. It is manufactured by several companies including DMC, Cosmo, Anchor, and Presencia and comes in hundreds of colors and styles. The most common style is 6-strand mercerized cotton embroidery floss. Mercerized cotton refers to the process the cotton floss goes through to give the cotton strength, luster, and the ability to better hold onto dye. Other styles of floss include metallic, satin, or even glow-in-the-dark floss. For hand embroidery, the 6 strands in the floss are commonly separated into less strands to achieve different line weights. For our embroidery patterns and kits, we recommend separating the strands in half and using 3 strands when stitching.
Perle cotton is a decorative floss made of 2 tightly twisted strands that cannot be separated in the same way that the 6-strand embroidery floss can be. Perle cotton is great for blanket stitching an edge or for hand quilting.
Embroidery stabilizers are typically used on the back of fabric to keep the fabric from stretching during the embroidery process. You don't need to use a stabilizer for hand embroidery however it can be very useful when stitching on a tricky fabric like a stretchy t-shirt. Embroidery stabilizers can also be used as an embroidery transfer tool (learn more on our Embroidery Tips page). There are 4 basic types of embroidery stabilizer and they relate to how you remove the stabilizer when you’re done embroidering. They are cut-away (or permanent), tear-away, heat-away, and water soluble. There are also different types of ways they can be attached to fabric including sew-in, stick-on, and fusible or iron-on. It’s important to get the right combination of “putting on” and “taking off”. At Penguin & Fish we like to use tear-away fusible embroidery stabilizer. Two different brands are Pellon’s Fuse-N-Tear and Sulky’s Totally Stable.


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Gwang Yang BBQ is a one stop destination for getting all kind of Korean food which has an ability to tantalize the taste buds of its diners. The renowned chefs of the restaurant and their signature dish like Gang Yang bulgogi are bound to leave the guests palate desire for more. The moment you enter the eatery you will have a sense of belonging to the place and feel at home. While going through the menu you will observe that it has been carefully selected to suit all the palates irrespective of the liking towards non vegetarian food or other side dishes of the Korean origin. The meat used in preparing the cuisine is of topmost quality, and an extra care is taken to prepare it in a clean and hygienic way.
The traditional Korean dishes like Yukhoe Bibimap, bulgogi jeongol, marinated galbi, galbitang, naengmyun, gopchang jeongol encourage you to take your family or bunch of friends out for a lavish lunch where they can feast upon barbecued Korean cuisine. The Korean BBQ Los Angeles Koreatown mesmerizes the guests with the minimal décor, the seating arrangement where the whole bunch of people can sit together around the table top grill and watch their meat being cooked or cook their meat themselves along with the servers. Gwang Yang BBQ is one of the best Korean BBQ places in Koreatown Los Angeles to visit for authentic Korean food which is highly appreciated by the Korean people as well.
The best way to kick start the Korean meal is by cooking the bulgogi which is made in the simple style of Gwang Yang region of Korea where the focus is on retaining the taste and tenderness of beef but has a strong overall effect on the cooked dish. The raw beef is marinated at first and then chopped into thin slices which are cooked over black oak charcoal in a way that it retains its softness and smoky flavor to the core, you will realize the effect once you put the meat in your mouth. The meat pieces are as soft as velvet and require very little effort to chew on them which is another plus point for the meat lovers.
Gwang Yang BBQ has pleasant and professional staff member who are present to help the guests select the dishes, explain the ingredients to them and also helps in cooking the meat as per their preference. The place is very opt for large group dinner or lunch and also has facility of booking private rooms. They also have few rooms with glass walls where you can have an intimate meal with your friends. The restaurant offers you the novelty among dishes which are fresh and hip giving you a break from the same old run-of-the-mill kind of food. The venue is usually jam packed and buzzes with people especially on Friday nights.


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Now that the traditional western New Year and the Chinese New Year has passed what’s next? Will it be another year as usual? Will you be tossed around by economic, social and political events? Some people try to add excitement to their lives by making a New Year’s resolution. However, most people never keep them. It’s apparent in many areas of life. Look at the gyms that are full in January. By Valentines Day, most of the people with a resolution are gone. Not to be seen until next January.
Since there was nothing new I have said so far, what will be new for you this year? Can you commit to something new this year? While you are at it, commit to something you have always wanted to do, except, it never seemed like the right time. Or your money was not right. Why not this year? You get one life and this is not a dress rehearsal.
Most people believe they have to find what they are passionate about in order to do it well. According to this quote it is the reverse. Become the best at something and you will surely be very passionate about it.
In Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers, he searched for the common link between people who were masters at something. What he discovered was that each of them had practiced their craft for a minimum of 10,000 hours. He found this to be the case for athletes, musicians, computer programmers or attorneys. There are no short cuts and that dispels the myth of overnight success. Those who practiced less than 10,000 hours were good, however, not excellent.
When everyone is asleep, the best are practicing and putting in their 10,000 hours. That requires a very special commitment and the ability persevere. What will you master?
RIM (Research in Motion) is the maker of the highly successful Blackberry smart phone. The past couple of years, however, have been turbulent for the company and that all came to a head on Sunday when the Co-Chairmen & CEOs, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, resigned. Starting Monday, January 23rd, COO, Thorsten Heins will take over the reins of the organization.
While many speculate why the RIM fell behind in a market they once led, the fact is they continued promising investors that their next big breakthrough was just around the corner. Except, after weeks, months and years there were still no results. The hope is Thorsten will lead them back to the leading edge they once held.
It’s clear that RIM is walking the plank. Over the past couple of years, Apple and Google have been eating RIM’s lunch, and there has been much speculation about their being acquired by a competitor. Yet, the tech company continues to say ‘give us more time’. Thorsten may possess the leadership and marketing skills to move them to the next level. At the same time, he was part of a failing enterprise. The only thing RIM may have succeeded in doing is playing the shell game. Perhaps, once again, they are buying time.
RIM isn’t the only business having this problem. In the early 80s, Xerox was the inventor of the first mouse we use for computers. They also invented the first laptop and had a number of other R&D breakthroughs. Except, they were poor at commercializing their innovations. When Steve Jobs visited Xerox, he saw the many innovations and took them back to Apple. The rest is history.
Perhaps RIM’s precarious future is reminiscent of IBM in the late 80s. When IBM was in trouble, they brought in Lou Gerstner. He was an outsider for the technology industry. He brought to the table leadership and a fresh perspective. RIM needs the same.
RIM has tough decisions to make. They are being rather nice to people who have caused the stock price to drop 75%. From my perspective, they are taking a huge risk by keeping Thorsten who was COO and keeping the Co-CEOs in the organization as Vice Chair and Director.
Right now RIM needs to bring in an entirely new leadership team and distance themselves from the Co-CEOs. If they still have value, they can be leveraged as consultants with no decision-making authority.
Second they need to stop seeing RIM as a device company. They need to look at themselves as, let’s say, an entertainment company or an information network. That way they can create service offerings to differentiate themselves. Their devices become a way to get services to the public. If they view themselves from another perspective, it would completely change their marketing strategies. Additionally, they would have to build organizational structures like an entertainment or information network company.
Such a move would take guts. It would require tough decisions and someone with a bold vision to execute it. They would also need to make a leap in how quickly they go to market. If they structure themselves as a different kind of industry, outsourcing may be a more cost efficient way to produce devices as well as intellectual property.
From the way it appears, the board seems to have great hope for Thorsten. However, everyone knows that hope is a poor strategy.
If you have no idea about what you want from life, it is easy to use circumstances as an excuse. If that is the case, get clear about what kind of life you want. Then choose what you will be responsible for to make it happen.
On the other hand, many people give up on their dreams because they think they were born at the wrong time or in the wrong gender or race. There is no power in that kind of life.
There is power in taking a stand for something regardless of what others believe. If the people in your environment are unable to support your stand, shape the environment around the new conversations you create. For sure, the environment will respond. If necessary, go create a new environment that can support you. It’s your life. What do you want out of it? Forget what others believe is right for you. Only you get to decide who you will be in this world. And this is no dress rehearsal.
We are taught to believe that a relationship is made up of 2 personalities coming together. We even think certain personalities are more compatible than others. I say that is a myth and I would like to dispel that myth and offer a new perspective on relationships.
The Chinese demonstrate this by over filling a cup with tea. It says that when the mind is full, it is very difficult for anything new to enter. When people already know the facts without real proof, it is a flat world syndrome. Over 600 years ago, most people in Europe knew the world was flat. It was their point of view. Even in today’s knowledge society, we believe in something that is analogous to believing the world is flat.
What perspective do you have about what is possible in your life as well as those around you? Allow yourself to explore like a novice instead of being the expert who already knows everything.
What do you think? I’m open to ideas. Or if you want to write me about a specific topic, let me know.
At the risk of being politically incorrect, I would like to address the US economy from a rarely discussed perspective. The stock market had more responsibility for the economic crisis than you may think.
While the latest mortgage fiasco was very damaging to the US economy, it is only part of the story told by the media. An equally dangerous practice was taking its toll on businesses: publicly traded companies buying back shares of their own stock in excess to drive stock appreciation.
By virtue of telling people that change is difficult, we teach people to avoid change. However, everything in our existence depends on change. We change our clothes every day without complaint. We change years every 365 days. We change cars every few years and our biological make up requires our cells to die and be replaced throughout our lives.
Why do we not see how our lives are steeped in change?
Those who live without changing the above mentioned would surely experience decay. Perhaps it is only our perspective on change that has decayed. Yet, we hold on to outdated perceptions as though they will save us. It’s a new year. What will you allow to change?


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My dear husband was out in far neighborhoods canvassing for a brand new liberal against a career conservative. This is one of the country’s anxiously watched Congressional races. Each of the candidate’s television ads smear two good men, though, and do not set out policy in any reasonable manner. That is nothing new, but for a moment, the partisanship in Congress and within society appeared heartbreaking to me. I thought of taxes/tariffs, immigration, thousands of people in need of retraining for high tech jobs, Miami underwater in a few years, and no one being able to find a way through. Accusing, fighting, exaggerating, and insulting have become the norm in place of measured discourse.
Why not step out of the ring and walk away? I do belong to an active, missional church that serves God’s Kingdom on Earth. What good is party affiliation? After all, my Grandpa Hobby ran a non-union factory in Berne, Indiana, and he voted for Theodore Roosevelt, the trust buster. Later in a different era, he supported FDR.
Then I heard this morning’s NPR report about Amazon and Bernie Sanders, which imagined Bernie’s teeth in Amazon’s leg. Unable to swat him off, Amazon made its decision to raise wages for its workers to $15.00. It is a living wage, not a minimum wage. And government didn’t have to force them to do it. Someone who cared did.
So, I sat down for a couple hours and read Mark Lilla’s The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics.
Here are my take aways. Be kind, please. I’m only a curious citizen trying to find my way. Because Lilla seems to be scolding and encouraging his college students, among others, I’ll leave it to the collegiate types to argue his points amongst themselves. The boldface type and underlining are mine, not Lilla’s. I apologize to him for quoting the book, but I do recommend that you get a copy.
Mark Lilla, a Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and a prizewinning essayist with a ton of books, sounds a little weary of the voices of privileged kids carping at him about their individual rights and all-important identities. But he rallies and gives all liberals a thorough talking to.
His driving point is that we must become citizens again, not just identity politics groupies who don’t want to do the boring, hard work of developing political capital while winning hearts and minds. He is careful to separate his concept of citizenship from the trials of immigrants and immigration. Citizenship, to him, means the older idea that the country must survive, aided by informed, active involvement in politics—which means not only fighting to win seats (extremely important in the age of Trump) but also reaching out to the other side and finding points of agreement. Yes, first the winning, but then the compromising and essential drudgery.
To be clear, he values those in the ‘60s who worked to gain civil rights for all. ‘But during the 1970s and 1980s a shift began. The focus of attention was now less on the relation between our identification with the United States as democratic citizens and our identification with different social groups within it. Citizenship dropped out of the picture…The only meaningful question became a deeply personal one: what does my country owe me by virtue of my identity?’ pgs. 64-65.
That the good life is that of self-reliant individuals—individuals embedded perhaps in families, churches, and small communities, but not citizens of a republic with common goals and duties to each other.
That priority must be given to building rather than redistributing wealth, which allows individuals and families to maintain their independence and flourish.
That the freer markets are, the more they will grow and enrich everyone.
That government, to quote Reagan, ‘is the problem.’ Not tyrannical government, or inefficient government, or unjust government. Government itself. pgs. 30-31.
In a footnote, Lilla names a further contributor to the Reagan Dispensation’s movement toward individual concerns over the good of all. ‘…with the growth of suburbs, money, and individualism, churches became ‘remarkably free of dogma, guilt, and social obligation.’ pg. 32.
So, why blame liberals? Lilla is a liberal himself, but he says ‘Too many programs were introduced in the Great Society, too quickly and with rhetoric so elevated that it created exaggerated expectations, which resulted in inevitable disappointment.’ pg. 36. ‘Most foolishly, liberals grew increasingly reliant on the courts to circumvent the legislative process when it failed to deliver what they wanted…Liberals lost the habit of taking the temperature of public opinion, building consensus, and taking small steps.’ pg. 37.
He continues in this vein, concluding that Americans now feel that even if they want to work together for a common good, all branches of government are so partisan and ineffective that it is of no use.
He says that liberals should have counteracted Reagan’s economic individualism by teaching young people that ‘they share a destiny with all their fellow citizens and have duties toward them.’ pg. 58. But instead, ‘Liberal political education now takes place…on campuses that are largely detached socially and geographically from the rest of the country…’ pg. 59. He calls it a movement ‘From We to Me.’ pg. 65.
‘The forces at work in healthy party politics are centripetal; they encourage factions and interests to come together to work out common goals and strategies. They oblige everyone to think, or at least speak, about the common good.’ pg. 75.
In contrast to the ‘Facebook model of identity: the self as a homepage I construct like a personal brand, linked to others through associations I call “like” and “unlike” at will…Citizenship [is] the central concept of democratic politics…a bond linking all members of a political society over time, regardless of their individual characteristics, giving them both rights and duties.’ pgs. 85-86.
Ah yes, the old rights and duties talk, one worth considering every day, as far as I’m concerned. Of course, I’m an old retired middle school/junior high teacher, and we made frequent use of that lecture.
Then Lilla speaks to his students about the tsunami of identity ‘pseudo-politics’ that he feels is drowning them. ‘What replaces argument, then, is taboo. At times our more privileged campuses can seem stuck in the world of archaic religion. Only those with an approved identity status are, like shamans, allowed to speak on certain matters…Propositions become pure or impure, not true or false.’ pg. 89. College professors, particularly those from the 1960s, recognize today’s ‘student narcs’ parsing the English language. Lilla says that ‘the New Left, fresh from real political battles in the great out there…imagined launching their politically committed and informed students into the world, not watching them retreat into themselves…liberal politics aimed to inspire individuals to actively remake society. Today’s focus is on the passive social construction of individuals.’ pgs. 90-91.
Lilla says the framers of the Constitution knew, of course, that energy needed to be focused into government, not the whims of royalty. Government and the common good were foremost in their deliberations. Today, as in times past, winning elections for county commissioner is important. Working for candidates and voting in the primaries are important. Stomping around the neighborhoods for signatures on a referendum is honorable. Listening, as well as talking, is democratic.
‘…over the long period [the movements that reshaped our country for the better] are incapable of achieving concrete political ends on their own. They need system politicians and public officials…willing to engage in the slow, patient work of campaigning for office, drawing up legislation, making trades to get it passed, and then overseeing bureaucracies to see that it is enforced.’ pgs. 107-108. In other words, ‘Martin Luther King Jr…the greatest movement leader in American history…’ needed Lyndon Johnson ‘…a seasoned congressional deal maker willing to sign any pact with the devil to get the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act passed.’ pg. 108.
Demos, Lilla says, is the people, and liberals have defined the people too narrowly. After the 1968 convention, the Democratic Party unintentionally marginalized blue-collar unions and officials and replaced them with educated activists, increased reliance on the courts rather than the legislative process, and ‘cast opponents as immoral monsters, rather than simply as fellow citizens with different views.’ pg. 111. Yes, Lilla is well aware of the far right media and Trump’s transgressions.
Lilla preaches his primer to liberals who want to win elections and win centrist, working-class voters back. Some of his points: elections are not prayer meetings where folks are interested in your personal identity; Americans hate to be scolded and they do much better being told that they are already good and that they can improve; stop trying to expose the degenerates and run them out of town; shut up and listen, or as he says, ‘listen and imagine.’ He talks to students, imploring them to use the generosity with which they approach people in far off lands with those in our own land, ‘the Southern Pentacostals and gun owners in the mountain states.’ Accept that they too are Americans, he says. Listen to the people, not the media hype. Accept that you will not ever agree with everyone on everything. It is an essential element of democracy. pgs. 114-115.
So for now, I’ll remain a Mennonite of the liberal persuasion, trying with many others to focus out—way out, further than my own concerns. I’ll still march and write letters and vote, but I’ll pray for the courage to reach across the great-American-tribal aisle, and I’ll pray for the humility to listen.
Greta! What a great summary of his ideas–not sure I have to buy the book!! So, I am with you–in prayer for the courage and humility to reach across and listen but not sure that I’m there yet (especially after these last few weeks)!
We are all pretty exhausted, but the story goes on, and on. Prayers for energy.
Long, but so well worth the time to read.
Yes, I tried to find stopping places, but his book just kept moving along to its final points. Thanks so much for reading!

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In its three decades of production, no Ford car outside of the Mustang has enjoyed such a spectacular run as the Taurus. After its beginnings as an unassuming midsize sedan, the 2016 Ford Taurus represents a different sort of animal altogether. It’s now a full-size menace, and Alabama drivers are taking notice. Offered with a host of upgrades and with a confident style all its own, the 2016 Ford Taurus in Scottsboro, AL is arriving at Harbin Automotive in early 2016, and we can’t wait to show it off.
For the new model year, the 2016 Ford Taurus offers three compelling powertrains that beg to be noticed. Standard for Taurus drivers is a 3.5L V6 platform tuned to deliver a potent 288 hp along with 27 highway mpg. Meanwhile, two awesome EcoBoost options are now offered as well: a 2.0L EcoBoost inline four-cylinder slated to return 240 hp, 270 lb-ft of torque and up to 29 highway mpg, and the SHO-exclusive 3.5L EcoBoost V6 that blends turbocharging and direct injection to generate a robust 365 hp and 350 lb-ft of torque. The Taurus SE, SEL and Limited trims will receive a six-speed SelectShift automatic transmission, while the SHO will come with wheel-mounted paddle shifters.
As always, performance is key to the Taurus’ charms, and in its 2016 version, this is never more obvious. Enjoy your spin in the 2016 Ford Taurus when it arrives at Harbin in early 2016.
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Once inside the 2016 Ford Taurus, drivers enjoy an exceptionally well-rounded cabin with high-quality soft-touch materials throughout. Buyers may now even sweeten the deal with a heated steering wheel, heated and cooled front seats, heated rear seats, and Active Motion to help diminish fatigue while driving. Finally, those who’d like to feel a little home-away-from-home appeal can outfit their purchase with ambient lighting as well, cementing the Taurus’ welcoming appeal.
As for technology, headlining the Taurus’ offerings is the all-new SYNC 3 hands-free interface, which offers faster performance and upgraded voice recognition to allow drivers to make phone calls, stream music or access turn-by-turn navigation. Meanwhile, the Taurus also offers terrific crash-mitigation features, such as BLIS with Cross-Traffic Alert and Adaptive Cruise Control, helping to keep passengers safe during travel.
After three decades of steady upgrades, it would seem that with the release of the 2016 Ford Taurus, the model has truly arrived. To learn more or to schedule your test drive, visit Harbin Automotive today!


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General Description: The Wade is medium sized, barbed shouldered, straight stemmed dart point. It has deep basal notches with long inversely tapered barbs. The cross section is biconvex or flattened. The shoulders are barbed. The barbs are often as long as the stem giving the appearance of a basal notched point. The blade edges are typically excurvate but can be straight. The distal tip is acute. The stem is usually straight but may be slightly expanding. The side edges of the stem are usually straight and the basal edge may be straight or slightly concave. The stem is thinned and is usually slightly ground.
Deep to shallow random flaking was used on the blade and stem faces. Short and fairly deep flakes were removed in the retouching process of the blade edges and the stem.
The Wade point is usually found in the Tennessee River Valley drainage in northern Alabama and Tennessee. The maximum extent of the distribution for the type is not known however a few specimens of the type have been found in the Ohio River Valley in Indiana as well as in Missouri. The point has been found in pre ceramic contexts in Shell Middens as well as in Early Woodland contexts associated with pottery. The Wade may be related to the Buck Creek Barbed and the Kampsville Barbed types which are found in west-central Illinois. The Wade point has been found with Motley points in caches.
The size of the Wade point ranges from 39 to 80 mm in length. The average size for the point is in the 40 mm range. The width ranges from 27 to 45 mm with the average being 34 mm. The maximum thickness range is between 5 and 9 mm with the average being 7 mm. The stem length is between 9 and 12 mm with the average being 11 mm. Stem width is between 10 and 16 mm with the average being 14 mm. The Wade point was named by James W. Cambron and David C. Hulse in 1960 for points they found at several sites near Wade Landing on the Tennessee River, Limestone County, Alabama.


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Cameron from BBQ Spit Rotisseries takes a knee in Ep 13 of Season 2 ‘Living the Dream’. Cameron runs the Sydney branch of one of Australia’s most successful independent BBQ retail stores. In this episode, Cameron takes us behind the scenes of what must be a dream for so many of us – he gets to hang out and play with BBQs and talk ‘Q with people all day long. If you’ve ever dreamed of running your own BBQ shop, this is your episode!
What should people look at when redesigning their backyard?
Any food he wishes he’d never put on a spit roast?
How has the retail landscape changed and what will happen in the future?
What are some changes he expects and what are some new BBQs that we should be keeping an eye out for?
What would he have on his pit if money were no object?
What goes into making a good quality spit?
How to make your shop stand out from the crowd?
Do people prefer to buy online or in person?


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I know Christmas is over but I had to share this Eggnog cake with you. Even though in the video tutorial she mentions this will be a great Christmas cake, I feel that if you are an eggnog fan you will want to make this as often as you can.
This dessert is basically eggnog in cake form. It also has a delicious chocolate buttercream frosting, which is super light.
Preheat oven to 350F. Prepare my ‘Simple Vanilla Cake’ recipe according to instructions, reducing the sugar from 1 cup to 3/4 cup; replacing the 1 cup milk with 1 cup eggnog. Line 2, 8-inch cake rounds with parchment paper; set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, beat together softened butter, sugar and vanilla until fluffy. Add the eggs and beat again until creamy and smooth. Next, pour in the eggnog (I recommend using warm eggnog).
In a separate bowl, combine all the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder and salt. Sift the dry ingredients into the cake batter and whisk by hand to avoid over-mixing the batter.
Divide the cake batter evenly between prepared pans. Bake in preheated oven for approximately 40 minutes for 2, 8-inch rounds; or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Allow the cakes to cool in the pans for about 10 minutes, then invert onto cooling rack to cool completely. Once the cake is completely cooled, use a serrated knife to split each layer in half. Soak each layer with additional eggnog for extra flavor before adding the chocolate buttercream.
FOR BUTTERCREAM: Soften butter at room temperature. Butter should still hold its shape and not be melted! Place butter into mixing bowl and whisk on high speed for about 5 minutes until light and fluffy.
Melt chocolate chips in microwave or over a double boiler until smooth. Add melted chocolate, cocoa powder, vanilla and salt. Continue whisking for a few minutes, scraping down the sides of the mixing bowl.
Add the confectioner’s sugar. After its incorporated, turn mixer to high speed and whisk for 3 to 4 minutes, or until frosting is light and fluffy.
For snowflake garnish: melt white chocolate melts until smooth. Transfer into a pastry bag tipped with Ateco tip #2, or cut off the tip of a small plastic bag. Pipe small snowflakes onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Allow the chocolate to set, then gently lift with the edge of a spatula to transfer onto the cake.
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By using the same traditional seasoning and firing techniques to our range of Oak Adjuncts we are able to replicate this barrel structure in wines without the high expenses of barrel purchase and maintenance. The use of these Oak adjuncts provides the winemaker with greater flexibility with different oak flavour profiles in his oak regime at considerable savings over traditional barrels.
Tank staves by direct attachment to rings in tank.
Oak powders added early to the wine can aid in the stability of the colour polymers and offer excellent oxidation protection to the wine.
As with powders, fine chips may also be used during fermentation and present no problems during wine transfer etc.
Typically used post fermentation during the maturation of the wine, although a number of wineries have used the blocks during.
Used post ferment for the maturation of the wine. Extraction time is generally from 3 – 6 months. For Mini staves the wood is cut longitudinally with the grain.
Oak adjuncts are oak products used to supplement/replace the use of oak barrels in winemaking. An adjunct is processed from the same wood used for barrel manufacture, into a product that is easily used in winemaking, but importantly at a fraction of the cost of new barrels.
A 200 year old oak tree cut down to manufacture barrels usually results in more than 80% of wasted wood. The wood rejected from barrel manufacture due to cracks, wavy grain etc and thus would not make a ‘wine tight’ barrel can be utilised as an adjunct as we are only after the flavour derived from the wood during toasting. Adjuncts are thus the more environmentally friendly option in winemaking and with today’s research technology and understanding of wood toasting regimes, adjuncts combined with micro-oxidation techniques are proven to emulate the results obtained from barrels.


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Bootie Seattle @ Chop Suey — Valentine’s Party!
Seattle Bootie Seattle @ Chop Suey — Valentine’s Party!
Bootie Seattle gives our heart to Chop Suey -- our original Seattle home -- for one final month before returning to Neumos, and what better way to celebrate than with a Valentine’s Party? Bootie’s resident DJs throw down a night of mixed-up mashed-up love songs for you -- whether you come with a date or pick one up here! Only $5 before 10 PM!
It’s the Bootie Seattle Valentine’s Party at our original Seattle home, Chop Suey! Whether you love Valentine’s Day or loathe it, Bootie has got mixed-up, mashed-up love songs for you! Bring a date, or find one here! Get ready for some wet kisses, as Bootie co-creator Mysterious D comes up from San Francisco to joing Bootie Seattle resident DJs King of Pants and Destrukt, as they all spin a night full of mashed-up love songs to get romance sparking on the dance floor! Plus free Bootie CDs for the first 100 people through the door. Don’t forget to WEAR RED!


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