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Love Was In The Air On Valentine's Day Fifty couples in Latvia got married at what's known as the Love Cup Festival. They were trying to set a Guinness World Record for most simultaneous weddings while floating in hot air balloons.
Fifty couples in Latvia got married at what's known as the Love Cup Festival. They were trying to set a Guinness World Record for most simultaneous weddings while floating in hot air balloons.
Good morning, I'm Mary Louise Kelly. Love is in the air, or at least it was in Latvia this Valentine's Day. Fifty couples got married in hot air balloons at what's known as The Love Cup Festival. They were trying to set a Guinness World Record for most simultaneous weddings while floating in hot air balloons. No word yet on whether they qualified. We do know the balloons were tied to cars to keep them from soaring too high, and those knots were tied tight. It's MORNING EDITION.

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Intellectual Property Lawyer in Orange County | Krongold Law Corp.
Intellectual property covers a wide area of intangible property interests: patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Patents protect novel, non-obvious, and useful inventions of things or methods (e.g., stapler, coffee-maker, etc.). Trademarks protect a word, name, logo, or device used in commerce as a source identifier for goods or services (e.g., SWINGLINE staplers or STARBUCKS coffee). Copyrights protect original works of authorship fixed in a tangible form, such as a drawing, musical composition, photograph, sculpture, book, or software program (e.g., the content of a play or movie). Trade secrets protect information that is not generally known to the public; confers an economic benefit from not being publicly known; and is the subject of reasonable efforts to maintain its secrecy (e.g., the formula for Coca-Cola).
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To qualify for patent protection, an invention must have patentable subject matter, that is, consist of a “new and useful” process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter; must have “utility,” that is, be useful; must be “novel,” or new; must be “non-obvious,” meaning its use or function cannot be something that is simply the next logical step of an already patented invention; and must not have been “disclosed” to the public prior to the application for the patent (so-called “prior art”).
The firm has successfully prosecuted and defended trademark infringement claims. These claims arise from use of a word or symbol on or in connection with goods or services to identify source. Infringement claims can be filed if there is a valid and legally protectable mark; plaintiff owns the mark; use of the mark (or substantially similar mark) in commerce, without consent, to identify goods or services; and that causes a likelihood of confusion among ordinary consumers as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or approval of the goods. The infringing use can be any reproduction, counterfeit, or copy of a registered mark, used in commerce in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of any goods or services, where such use is likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive. The “likelihood of confusion” factors include: strength of the mark; proximity of the goods; similarity of the marks; evidence of actual confusion; marketing channels used; type of goods and the degree of care likely to be exercised by the purchaser; defendant’s intent in selecting the mark; and likelihood of expansion of the product lines.
State and federal law protects against the acquisition by improper means, or the disclosure or use of trade secrets without consent by a person who used improper means to acquire knowledge of the trade secret. “Improper means” include theft, fraud, bribery, industrial espionage, breaching a contractual duty to keep something confidential, or inducing others to breach that duty. The term “improper means” does not include “reverse engineering, independent derivation, or any other lawful means of acquisition.” Liability can extend not only to the person who stole the information, but to one who knowingly uses or discloses the trade secrets.
A federal court may enjoin “any actual or threatened misappropriation … provided the order does not prevent a person from accepting an offer of employment under conditions that avoid actual or threatened misappropriation.” 18 U.S.C. § 1836(b)(3)(A)(i). This provision allows for employee mobility without threat of injunction in certain situations.

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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London - Southampton's England international goalkeeper Fraser Forster will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on a knee injury, the Premier League club announced on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old injured his left knee after colliding with Sam Vokes in the early stages of Southampton's 2-0 defeat of Burnley on Saturday and a subsequent scan revealed that he had damaged his patellar tendon.
In a statement on their website, the club said: "A scan on Monday showed that the goalkeeper had suffered damage to his left patellar tendon, with the injury and resultant surgery ruling him out for the remainder of this season.
"A longer-term prediction of when Forster will return to action will be made following further assessment once the effects of the operation have settled down."
Veteran goalkeeper Kelvin Davis, 38, will deputise for Forster, having replaced him during the win over Burnley at St Mary's.
"No one will be any sadder than Kelvin Davis, who did an outstanding job replacing Fraser in such circumstances," said executive director of football Les Reed.
"Nobody could be better placed to step into the fray in terms of experience and ability."
Forster joined Southampton from Celtic last August for a fee of around £10 million and has helped the club keep a league-high total of 14 clean sheets this season.

industry_corpus2: Sports


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The big kids have all left for school already.
Simon is about to head out the door and we are watching the clouds turn pink from our kitchen window.
Every time I see the sky turn this color, I wonder what it looks like from the beach.
One morning I’m going to go down to the beach and watch the sunrise.
Most days I’m awake long before the sun comes up, which is not hard to do in the winter months in Aberdeen.
But even so. In eighteen months of living in Scotland, I have not yet made it down to the beach for a sunrise.
And so on this day, this halfway through the dark month of January day, I tell you, I am going to do it. This Saturday. I’m going to make a thermos of coffee, grab a pile of blankets and drive down to the beach to watch the sunrise.
Why am I telling you I am going to do this?
It seems like it would have been a better idea to do it, to take pictures and then to blog about it next week. Instead of blogging this week about an intention.
But friend, I am choosing to blog about an intention to watch a sunrise because it has something to do with an intention for the year.
I have been tagging my Instagram photos with the hashtag #ChasingDaylight as a bit of a teaser. Because I know that whatever else I do in 2015 that I want to chase the light. I want to be outside in the actual light, whatever light there happens to be in Scotland. And I want to chase the light that is in the world. The light that is shining within you and within me. And most of all I want to chase the Light of The World. Because if there’s one thing I’ve learned in my forty years on Planet Earth, it’s that if I’m not chasing Jesus, I’m going nowhere.
Much like #48walks in 2014, I have not been sure how to launch this project. I don’t have a logo or a plan for the whole year.
But I’m framing my year and my writing in #ChasingDaylight. It’s the narrative arc that is in my heart much like the story of walking was for me last year.
So the real reason I am telling you that I am going to watch the sunrise this weekend instead of after I have already done it is that I want to invite you along. I want to invite you to the idea #ChasingDaylight and whatever that looks like for you.
To make it even simpler than last year, I am not going to attach a number. Partly because I want to chase the light every day and partly because I want you to feel like you can do this for 2 days or 22 days or 222 days.
I’m hoping to come up with at least one challenge a month that you can join in on if you want. They will all involve getting outside. There will still be lots of walking. Of course, you can make up your own #ChasingDaylight challenges. Or you can just watch. Because you probably already have a lot of challenges happening in your life.
Since January is halfway over (can I get an AMEN?), I’m making this month’s challenge super simple.
Get outside and watch the sunrise from somewhere fun.
And just like last year, you can participate any way you like. Leave me a comment saying: I’m chasing the light with you this year! Or tell me on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram.
If you blog about #ChasingDaylight, link back here so I will know and then I will share your post in my weekly-ish links.
Here’s to getting outside, even in the winter!
Love this idea. I’m in!!!
YAY!! I can’t wait to chase some daylight with you SUPER SOON!
I’m chasing the light with you this year!
Yes! Must get down to the beach for a sunrise! Been thinking about it for months… now have no excuses.
Great idea!! Maybe I can join you some!! And I need to continue more fervently in chasing Jesus and growing in my walk with Him!

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Interland will change its name to Web.com, the company said today as it closed on the acquisition of the domain's owner, hosting provider Web Internet LLC. The name change will take place in the first half of 2006, Interland said, calling the decision "a strategic move designed to clearly align the company with its branded line of business."
The move illustrates the growing importance of branding in mass-market web hosting. As the web's largest hosting companies pursue small business customers, Interland has fallen significantly behind better-known competitors. Interland currently hosts 463K hostnames, down 57K from August, while Go Daddy (+600K hostnames) and Yahoo (+200K) have had huge gains in the same period.
Interland's decision also reflects the increasingly prominent role of domain names in business strategy and the Internet economy. In announcing the name change, Interland President and CEO Jeff Stibel noted "significant direct navigation traffic" from Web.com as a primary benefit - meaning that Interland hopes to capture hosting business from web users who type "web.com" into their browser. Interland paid $4.8 million for Web Internet LLC, which will add about $75,000 a month in hosting revenues. A transaction at two times annual revenues ($2.4 million) would place nearly half the deal's value in the domain name itself. Investment bankers have said shared hosting providers typically are acquired at 1.25 times revenue, and sometime less.
Web Internet LLC is an accredited ICANN registrar, which may offer opportunities for Interland to develop new business, and could also make it cheaper for the company to use discount domains for customer acquisition. Web.com has been selling domains for $6.95 a year, while Interland recently lowered its pricing to $7.95 a year. Current Web.com CEO Will Pemble will become an Executive Vice President at Interland and "focus on building Web.com’s consumer and registrar business."
A domain trivia note: While web.com has become associated with hosting, it initially was used on a web site for a laundromat.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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We begin by understanding the search specifications through a comprehensive discussion of the search requirement. This will help us grasp and fully appreciate the client’s business, the position’s specifications, and the required professional and personal attributes of the candidates.
Our consultants comb the different industries and work environments and target those that match the search specifications. An extensive database is further mined for matching profiles.
All potential candidates are then subjected to thorough screening and interviews to ensure that relevant information on their suitability could be ascertained.
This process enables us to endorse only those that best fit the client’s search specifications.
We endorse high potential candidates based on a professional evaluation of their profile and suitability to the job.
Candidates are endorsed as soon as they qualify within a committed timeline of 2 to 4 weeks upon confirmation of search assignment.
Our consultants actively find ways to manage the client’s requirements. Interview and meeting schedules, follow-ups and follow-throughs are carefully coordinated to facilitate client-candidate communication.
Our consultants will also assist, if necessary, in making the job offer to the identified candidate and help clarify opportunities, client’s expectations, as well as the candidate’s own position and expectations. In doing so, a professional and productive session is ensured.
As soon as the identified candidate accepts the job offer, a background investigation or reference inquiry is conducted.
The inquiry includes information gathered from the candidate’s previous employers and other relevant references, and is subjected to a high degree of confidentiality and discretion. Thus, the client is not disclosed to the references.
Should the hired candidate leave the client within an agreed reasonable period from date of appointment for any reason other than changes in the terms of the original appointment (position, location, compensation and benefits), ArtikaniAsia will conduct another search and replace the candidate at no cost to the client.
Our involvement does not end with the assignment of a candidate. Within three to six months after hiring, feedback is solicited from the client on the candidate’s successful adjustment to the job. We ensure that the client feels confident in having made a sound hiring decision and that the candidate is likewise pleased to have done the same.
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industry_corpus2: Technology & Research


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This project consists of 1 x 660MW Super Critical Coal based high efficiency Low NOx Power Plant. Internationally recognized standards and statutory regulations will be followed for the plant and its equipment design, manufacturing, assembling, and testing.
The general trend in recent coal-fired power plants is to build larger size units, and most of the new coal-fired units built in the last five years have been in the 600 MW to 1,000 MW size range.
The advanced technology will consist of supercritical boilers, state of the art steam turbines and air emission controls including low-NOX burners, flue gas desulfurization, particulate collection, and continuous emission monitoring.
The Project will be based on proven technologies and use advanced coal plant designs to achieve efficient operation and competitive tariff.
The Project will be complete consisting of boiler, associated steam turbines, feed cycle, balance-ofplant equipment, electrical and l&C, material handling, coal receival, liquid fuel receival, coal piles, colony and other components.
The boiler will be designed to burn a wide variety of bituminous imported coal from many potential sources. This is addressed in the fuel source section. This provides a range of fuel that would support economical fuel purchase.
Fuel sulfur content was also evaluated and a seawater flue gas desulfurization system can also be added, provided to burn higher content sulfur fuels which may be economically attractive to purchase.
The warm-up and ignition fuel will be high speed diesel (#2 diesel) oil. This fuel will provide initial firing and will stabilize the combustion until the coal flames are stable, about 30% to 35% load. Details of the design depend on the specific supplier chosen for the Project.
An evaluation was performed to select the thermal cycle design. The higher Pressure of a supercritical cycle results in a higher efficiency than a subcritical cycle. A typical subcritical cycle has a maximum turbine throttle pressure of around 174 bar and a typical throttle pressure for a Supercritical cycle is around 248 bars. This difference in pressure results in a heat rate difference of up to approximately 2%. There are currently over 460 supercritical units in operation in China, Europe, Korea, Japan, and the United States, and a few in the developing countries. The European, Japanese, and recently, the Chinese suppliers have standardized on supercritical designs for units larger than 600 MW. With the High price of coal, the higher efficiency of the supercritical design justifies the higher capital cost. Capital cost of a supercritical versus a subcritical plant was also considered for the selection of the technology.
The capital cost of a supercritical plant is generally approximately the same as, or 2% higher than, a subcritical plant. Based on the above lx 660 MW gross (ISO) unit is selected.

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Chris is CEO to the National Grid pension trustees, appointed in 2018 with a focus on evolving the governance structure, including expanding the internal expertise beyond investment.
Chris was previously CEO to the Royal Mail pension trustees, and was with Royal Mail from 2009. Experience included the transfer of assets and liabilities to Government, design and implementation of numerous funding and investment solutions, member of the Investment Committee, and accountability for the executive service to the trustee boards of all Royal Mail’s pension arrangements.
Chris chairs the PLSA’s Defined Benefit Council and is a member of the PLSA Board.
Chris previously worked as a pensions consultant at KPMG providing company-side advice to a range of clients, and started his career as an actuary at Aon Consulting.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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To anyone involved in game design, feedback loops will be a well known concept. To those in gamification, they are often talked about, but not everyone will know what they actually are and how they can be used.
Feedback loops come in two main flavors; positive feedback loops and negative feedback loops. Which ever you are looking at they are constructed in a similar way, with two or more phases.
A positive feedback loop amplifies something, whereas a negative feedback loop will reduce something.
Let’s take make up a game. It is a multiplayer shooting game and it employs powerups and health packs (old school here). Consistent kills gives the player certain experience points that lead to ability boosts (like speed or strength). These boosts lead to the player being able to get more kills, leading to more points and yet more boosts.
Now, if this was the only feedback loop in play, it could get unbalanced very fast. The most skilled players get reward upon reward, whilst the less skilled players get trodden on more and more. If this continued to happen unchecked, the less skilled players would never come back. If you consider our flow and player journey charts for ages ago, the player would be pushed continually into the frustration area as the challenge increased far faster than their skill increased.
This may not seem like it has much relevance to gamificaiton and negative feedback loops are rarely seen, but if we think about feedback in general – we can see that these positive loops are present almost everywhere. In your career there is a very common one. Do a good job, get good feedback, get promoted and repeat. Now, the difference here is that this can take years to happen – far to long for most millennials (or most others if we are honest).
Just for fun, we can add that to our previous flow diagram. The feedback loop continues until you hit the promotion sweetspot and move up a level.
With that in mind, an analogy!
Take a Slot machine in a casino. Put money in, pull the lever, stand a chance of getting money out. Ignoring the random nature of the payout for a moment, most people are of the opinion that the more money there is in a slot machine, the more chance there is that it will pay out. So, here you have your positive feedback loop.
However, there is a random element here as well, the win comes at a seemingly random time. Whilst you know that your chances of winning are increasing, you don’t know when that win will happen. In gambling, this is often where the addiction lies – that element of chance, with the knowledge you have to win eventually!
In work, we normally have a similar random element to our feedback loop. Do a good job, get praise, get promoted – at some point. We rarely have this mapped as a definite point in our career. Waiting for the seemingly random event of a promotion (or any other career forwarding event) can cause massive frustration and will cause people to leave. Think of the whole “Glass ceiling” issue many complain of. Unlike in gambling, where you go in knowing there is an element of chance involved, in your career most would rather have some control over the outcome of their hard work. I doubt many will get addicted to the random nature of promotions!
Using feedback loops and shorter defined goals and checkpoints, we can help keep people far more engaged than just expecting them to repeat an action over and over again with no feedback or visible chance of a “win” at all.
Great article, specially the connections between known game situations and company ones. I could easily think in some problems I find in my job about how difficult is for the company to keep the employees engaged when getting a promotion is so long. Even more in the case of small companies where after two or three promotions you will probably be at the highest level already, at least for a long time.

industry_corpus2: Gaming


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I was amazed! But you know, seeing the couple they were, and the wonderfully helpful friends they had, I could believe it.
This wedding re-afirmed with me the importance of family, whether they be blood-related, newly acquired, or just those friends that might as well be your brother or sister you're that close. John's family couldn't be there (but they watched via Skype from England, all in their pyjamas - no joke), but the newlyweds had a second wedding celebration over in the UK just for his side of the family, and in as much spectacular fashion as the first.
So enjoy a glimpse of the most beautiful wedding you've ever laid eyes on, that was organised in record-time!


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My latest book, The Long Road to Revolution, is the story of the pivotal events in colonial America leading to the outbreak of the American Revolution. This book includes well-known events, such as the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the first shots at Lexington and Concord. Other tea parties, incidents of tarring and feathering, and rioting are described. Rivalries between the colonial powers--England, France, and Spain--and the consequences for the American colonists are detailed.
In addition, the impact of pirates such as Blackbeard in the early 1700s is discussed. There is also a wealth of information about the Indians during this time period. This book covers many famous American patriots such as Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington. It also includes the viewpoints of the Loyalists or Tories and the British soldiers stationed in the colonies.
Did you know that German Hessians were more than a quarter of the troops sent by the British to fight in America, that most of them were not mercenaries, and that many stayed in America after the war? The Hessians and the American Revolution, available as an ebook, describes all of that as well as the major battles that the Hessians participated in and their important role in the Revolutionary War. Fascinating facts about the Hessians and those they were involved with are highlighted.
There are individual stories about many of the Hessians and what happened to them after the war. The impact of these troops on American culture is discussed.
For other ereaders, go to the Store page.
This is the story of one of the biggest Indian victories in the history of North America. The French and many different Indian tribes decisively defeated a much larger British army led by General Edward Braddock in 1755 in western Pennsylvania, during the French and Indian War. Among the British ranks was a young officer from Virginia named George Washington. In this war Washington gained valuable military experience, which would later enable him to become commander-in-chief of the American army against England in the Revolutionary War. Famous people such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Gage, and Daniel Boone--all involved with the Braddock Expedition--would be changed forever and would distinguish themselves further in the decades to come.
Still another ebook is The Irish Who Fought for Mexico: The San Patricio Battalion in the Mexican-American War. During the Mexican-American War, when the United States wanted to expand, hundreds of Irish and other immigrant soldiers decided to fight on the Mexican side. Known as the San Patricio Battalion, they fought in the important battles of Monterrey, Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, and Churubusco.
The San Patricios were among the fiercest and most determined soldiers in the Mexican Army, fully committed to their newly adopted country. As a result, the San Patricios hold a highly respected place in Mexican history. This is their story.
To purchase from Fast Pencil.
The first sports history book by Daniel Grimes is Ten-Cent Beer Night and the 1974 Baseball Season. Ten-Cent Beer Night in Cleveland on June 4, 1974, was a promotion — at a Cleveland Indians vs. Texas Rangers game — that led to the biggest riot by spectators in the history of sporting events in North America.
The 1974 baseball season was significant for many other events as well. In that year, Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's all-time home run record, the Oakland A's went for their third World Series title in a row, Tommy John surgery was performed for the first time, and the fiery Billy Martin set out to turn the Texas Rangers into a winning team. This was a pivotal period in baseball history where old-school and modern baseball collided.
The second sports book by Daniel Grimes is The Packers, the Ice Bowl and the Memorable 1967 Season. The Ice Bowl, an epic contest between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys, was the coldest pro football game ever played. It pitted Vince Lombardi and the Packers’ 1960s dynasty against Tom Landry and the up-and-coming Cowboys. The challenge of playing against a strong opponent was compounded by the brutal, sub-zero temperatures. In a heart-pounding thriller, players and fans alike proved their mettle.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


text: Apart from the Central Library, the department has its own library with ample number of text books and reference books. Copies of BIS Codes and other such supporting materials are available. All the Projects Reports, Survey Camp Reports and other Technical and Non-Technical activities reports are also available. Students and faculty can avail this additional facility.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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When installing imagemagick there's an option to have it done automatically, just tick the checkbox and you are good to go.
Microsoft is introducing their new First Person HyperLapse Technology, pretty interesting.
Demo and tech videos, and a PDF.
Others have reported same error when using VB, and it's not only when resizing.
No solution as of yet, other than what you have done yourself, by adding an error handler.
Sorry, missed the part where you said you do get output.
As a work around maybe include an error handler and simply ignore the error, something like "On Error Resume Next", dont know how it is in VBS.
Not the best solution, but if it works, who cares.
Topic: Extract frames from Animated GIF - Galaxy S5 Sequence Shot?
fmw42 wrote: 1) As far as I know, IM has no direct way to access data from a camera.
What about from an IP camera ?
I know IM can fetch images from the web by using a web address instead of a harddrive path´, so maybe an IP camera would too, dunno, never tried an IP camera, but maybe worth looking into.
Topic: How to make black and white image?
Re: How to make black and white image?
I just sat and starred at the images for 5 mins, and there really is a lot more detail using that method by adding more green, look at the grass and the flowers, more depth and detail.
Also looked at your page snibgo, about grayscale, some interesting results.


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It's been a strange winter here on the farm. Temperatures have soared to 70 and fallen into the teens, so the grass doesn't know if it should grow or retreat! The upside of the warmer days is that we're using less hay and the bees have been able to clean house.
Bees do not hibernate. Like penguins, they spend all winter in a huddle mass, constantly moving to keep the hive at a steady 56 degrees. Again like penguins, they rotate so no bee has to stay on the cold fringe or gets roasty toasty in the center. While pine and fir trees do produce some pollen, temperatures rarely afford bees the opportunity to collect and process it. They survive on their summer food stores, and when those run out...they starve. It's common to lose lots of bees in late winter (February) because it's too cold to open the hive and check on them and the food starts to run out. Bees continue working all winter long, plugging gaps in the hive to keep the chill at bay, seeing to the queen's needs, rearing young, and dying. Worker bees only live about 2-3 months (although in some instances they can reverse the aging process by taking on a different job), so the spring bees are a new generation from the winter ones.
I was able to open the hives about a week ago to feed them candy - a mixture of corn syrup and granulated sugar cooked until clear, poured into a mold, and placed on top of the frames. When it's cold, the bees can chew it up. On warm days, should the candy begin to melt, it will drip toward the center of the hive where bees spend the winter, making it more accessible on cold days. There is no water in bee candy; too much condensation on a warm day could drown the bees.
There was no sign of life in the Red Hive, though I didn't lift any frames or spend longer than I needed to. The White Hive had a dead bee on the doorstep, but when I opened the cover a guard came out to check on me. Hooray! Bees!
Why was there a dead bee? As I mentioned, bees aren't able to go outside when temperatures are low. They are extremely fastidious and generally keep a 75ft perimeter around the hives - no droppings, no dead bees. All their funk builds up over the winter, so any warm day is a chance to clean house!
Though bees enjoy the unexpected warmth as much as we do, it often lands them in trouble. As temperatures fall in the afternoon, or fail to rise in the shade, bees get chilled and are unable to fly home. You may find them on the ground, on your deck railing, or even (as was the case at my house) on your front door. The good news is, with a little help from you they can survive just fine! Scoop them up and take them inside (make sure your container isn't airtight!) They don't need anything to climb on, although it's not a bad idea to put a kleenex or something in there with them. Bees are used to crawling through networks of comb. Give them a little honey - a little goes a long way! - and leave them alone for the night. Your houseguest will become agitated after she warms up and has a full belly. After all, she's supposed to be home! Bees are social creatures, they live in hives up to 60,000 strong, so don't be surprised if she's lonely and a bit anxious. Leave her someplace quiet and dark. The next day, well after sunrise, take her outside and let her go. She might take a few orientation laps around you - don't swat at her!! - and then she'll zip home to relate her adventure!
I have always believed that any creature will show you gratitude within their ability to overcome instinct, and animals continue to convince me this is so. The 4ft cottonmouth we saved from strangulation did not strike, nor did the juvenile coppermouth we released. The bee did not sting, dogs have not bitten...maybe I just have a way with things. Give it a shot; I promise you'll be rewarded. Small things make a big difference.

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


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The word recaka (pronounced Re-cha-ka) means “exhalation” in Sanskrit and is considered part of pranayama, or “breath control.” According to the yoga sutras, asana (poses) & pranayama are the highest aspects of balancing the body and mind. Recaka incorporates both pranayama & asana instruction in our yoga classes. We also provide personal fitness evaluation, programming, and training.
Yoga is a Sanskrit word, meaning “union.” We can think of yoga as the union between body, mind, and spirit. The concept of yoga is complex and many early students relate to yoga through the various physical poses called asanas. In fact, asanas are only one of the eight limbs of yoga according to yoga sutras (teachings). Other aspects of yoga include meditation, outer awareness, and breath control.
When performing asanas, yoga practitioners are involved with stretching their muscles, but other processes also occur. Asana develop strength, mindfulness, and balance. Concentration on one’s breath and proper alignment are also vital elements of maintaining various asanas. Classes with Recaka incorporate all eight limbs of yoga with asana as the base to beginning one’s personal yoga journey.
Ronald practiced various styles of yoga for over 15 years and is an American Council for Exercise (ACE) certified Personal Trainer since 2007 and an ACE certified Group Fitness Instructor (GFI) since 2013. He trained with Beth Shaw and Claudia Micco from the Yogafit school since 2008 and received his 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (200-RYT) certification through Yoga Alliance in 2013. In 2015, he completed his certification for teaching yoga to children (RCYT) and adolescents through Yoga Ed. Ronald is interested in both the physical and spiritual aspects of yoga and has used his practice to incorporate “present-ness” into his daily life.
Recaka provides one-on-one and small group yoga classes, personal fitness evaluation, and other wellness programs.
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Come along and support us at the Stoneleigh Show. This is the first show of 2011 and the Club AGM will take place around 13:00 on Sunday, probably followed by BBQ roast dinner!. We have applied for pitch 54 which is the area we have traditionally had the club stand in recent years.
Set-up from mid Saturday. The position is marked on the map.
See below the information sent by the organisers. Please note the application dates if you are going to send in a camping form.
I will post other details closer to the event.
See you there - Don't forget entry to the show is free if you are driving a kit car. :drive: You can park your Nova related kit-car on the club stand for free :bananasplit: if you are a member of Club Nova :groupwave: . Charges apply for non-members.
So to camp we have to pre-book now, what if some one just turns up and wants to camp will they still be able.
I guess that was a question, and one that it would be good to nail down - do we need to book to camp Mick?
Theoretically, yes - you need to book to camp. But in reality I have always forgotten to send my camping form in and still been able to camp. The rules for this year are the same as previous years, but this year I'm ahead of the game enough to get them scanned on the forum for all to see.
As we tend to camp on the stand, rather than in the allocated campsite (which is not strictly following the rules) it doesn't seem to cause a problem. It may just take longer at the gate to pay your money.
So who's going this year then?
I'm coming over for a wedding on the Sunday, but I'll pop in for the Saturday night if anyone's about :cheers: .
Sarah and I will be coming for the Sunday but no camping for us - pregnancy demands a Travel Inn !
Mick - may need ot be in touch with you Sat pm re the build up passes to see if we can pop in for a cuppa on the Sat pm and drop off the fridge !
Thanks to everyone that visited us.
Our show attendance was beset by minor problems, but was saved by brilliant weather (very unusual by recent standards) and turned into an excellent event.
For me the problems started when MicksRedNova overheated and ground to a halt on the M5 hard-shoulder a few miles short of Junction 19. I was able to coax it along the road, followed by Sue and the caravan, to the Gordano Sevices where the AA Relay guys came and ferried me home. Just as I was off-loading the stricken car from the trailer at home I had a call from Alex. His roof pump had failed and although he had got to Stoneleigh he and Liz had to escape through the sunroof! :help: Fortunately, his call meant I was able to grab my old Smiths pump and some hydraulic oil and come to the rescue (see pics of Alex with car in bits elsewhere).
At about the same time as my mini-disaster was happening Rab was having similar over-heating issues when his fan came adrift and stopped cooling his Nova on its way up from Southampton. He was able to coax it home and still made it to Stoneleigh in his tin-top.
On Sunday, before starting his pump change, Alex gave me a hand to strip and clean the BBQ burners and we finally got it going well enough for Sue to cook the two roast Pork joints for Sunday lunch after the AGM. (Funds for a replacement BBQ were voted through so the old one went in the skip at the end of the show).
Next Kevin (NovaIce) had a roof problem with a seal leaking in the left hand ram, and had to rush down to the stalls and buy a cheap mop to hold the roof up for the show days (see pictures below). And then Jim (JimCub) blew the main fuse for his roof pump and spent a couple of hours under his dash and in the front bonnet replacing it with a trip switch.
Despite all the above we had a jolly good time, mainly thanks to the dry, sunny weather, and although the line-up of four cars was tiny compared to previous years we still had a lot of interest from the public and some new members joining, also Jon managed to get over from France on Monday in time for the final BBQ burger cook-up. So thanks to: Mike & Elaine, Alex & Liz, Kevin and Jim for bring the four Nova's along and to everyone else that attended and helped make it a (mostly) enjoyable weekend.
Jon made it over from France.
An opportunity to compare a Nova alongside the lone Eagle.
The final cook-up of the old BBQ after packing the Gazebo away.
At least I managed to get a Nova to the show - even though it was the Caravan!
Apologies all, bit slow on photo downloading this year.
Hopefully Mick can remind us of the categories, Phil Long Service?, Mike regular attendee?, Rab 'In face of adversity'.
I can now type sorry for being late I got there you were all in bed.
After that I drove to stone's my kids have grown up in front of club members that extends my famaley.
I guess Jordan will be opening next years AGM by singing the Nova signiture tune, oh she wil also have to write it as well.


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“It’s not going well,” he replied, and she rolled those lovely eyes at him, looking back out the port window.
Stef looked up at him again, eyelids tinted red at their edges. Her cheeks were mottled pink, her brow pinched, her whole face twisted. Dark brown curls of hair were plastered against her forehead; others stuck out at odd angles from around her headset. He thought about the last time they had been naked together, seventeen days ago, making love standing up in the steam and heat of the shower.
He met her gaze, waiting, and her voice trembled just a little when she spoke.
“It’s better here,” he said.
He didn’t respond to her sarcasm, and Stef studied him for a moment.
Stef bit her lower lip and glared at him, quiet for a moment, and then said, “You’re awful.” There were tears at the corners of her eyes now. He’d fallen in love with those eyes the very first time she’d looked at him, stuck in an otherwise dull and sterile briefing room, fifteen months ago. They had been together for the entire rotation, had talked of getting an apartment when they returned home.
The rock from space had hit the Earth on April sixth, nine months and fourteen days into their rotation, and the virus had spread from there, kicked up into the atmosphere by the impact and swiftly sent around the globe. Billions of people were dying. Their caretakers were catching the bug and dying. Their governments were falling apart and dying. Today he had told Stef the truth: they were never going home.
Captain David Sen turned and looked through the thick plastic that separated them from the freezing vacuum outside, staring down at the glowing blue planet below. The world was ending, but the planet wasn’t going anywhere. The stupid, lazy planet wasn’t doing anything more than it had ever done, spinning mute in its orbit, unconcerned with the evolution rates of alien viruses or the inefficiencies of the human immune system. He closed his eyes and touched the fingers of his right hand to his forehead. He thought of his mother, kneeling before Vishnu and praying for her son’s safe return, and wondered if she had died yet. His father was already gone.
For four hours a day, David watched. They all did, in turns, their shifts scheduled by people down below who were dead now. There were one hundred and sixteen people on board his ship, the U.S.S. Spokane, and less than thirty of them were military, but everyone was required to watch. David saw that they kept to it. Most days there wasn’t anyone on the other end to read their reports, not anymore, but they watched anyway.
It was dull and repetitive work, manning the screens, and the lack of casual conversation in the past two months had made it that much worse. They sat mostly in silence now, sipping their ration of bad coffee, watching the data roll in and thinking about the wave of death sweeping over everyone and everything they knew back home. Occasionally a spike would roll across a screen, and whoever was on duty would note it in the logs.
It seemed almost a joke, what they were doing: analyzing reams of data transmitted across thousands of light-years from various probes. Out there past unfathomable spans of black void, the machines were searching for resources to plunder, planets to colonize, life-forms to observe, all in the name of a humanity which would likely never benefit from their toils.
He sat back, closed his eyes for a moment, ran a hand over his face and felt rough stubble against his fingers. Stef hated that, told him it made him look like the villain in a bad Bollywood film, and he resolved to shave before going to bed. He opened his eyes, breathed out, and returned to watching, wondering why he was doing it.
“Man … you look worse than usual,” said a voice to his left, and David turned to give the speaker a wan smile.
First Sergeant CJ Watson had been only a Corporal when he and David had met. They had done two rotations together, first out to Saturn and later in to Venus, and had become friends over long games of cards and drinks made from the quasi-legal stills that could be found on every ship in the fleet. CJ was black, short and thin, balding at the age of twenty-five but sporting an outrageous mustache. He had a mind for machines, and was in charge of the V3 Systems responsible for their food, water, and air.
“You tell Stef?” CJ asked him, and David gave a slow nod, back to watching the screens, looking for spikes.
It wasn’t an answer, but it didn’t matter. In the past twenty-four hours he had met with every officer on the ship, commissioned or enlisted, and told them that he had no intention of returning to earth in thirteen days as scheduled. Watching his shipmates and friends struggle, one by one, to accept the reality that their life on Earth was over had left him numb, in a kind of daze. The fact that he hadn’t slept since making the decision didn’t help.
CJ made a noise of distaste and sympathy. Everyone on the ship was dealing with something similar. The lines of communication were breaking down, but there was still enough news to know that nothing good was happening down on Earth.
“It’s crazy, being stuck up here.” CJ said.
“You’d rather be down there?” David asked, trying to keep the bitterness out of his voice. He wasn’t entirely successful, and CJ held his hands up in a gesture of peace.
“Too bad,” David echoed, and shrugged. He had earned the double-bars of an Air Force Captain only two months before the Spokane had begun its orbit of Earth. David’s father had never received a commission, let alone his own ship. When David had called home to tell him about the promotion, the man had visibly swelled with pride, saluted, and then broken down in tears.
He found Stef waiting for him in his cabin, her own shift at the watch not scheduled for another four hours. She looked up from the screen at his desk as he came into the room, and David could tell even at a distance that she’d been crying. Her cheeks were still that mottled pink color, and there were dark rings around her eyes. He stopped at the door, hearing it slide quietly shut behind him.
“Hey,” she said, offering him a terrible impression of a smile.
“I wasn’t sure you’d be here,” he said.
He crossed the small room in a few strides and leaned over her left shoulder.
“You’re reading my mail?” he asked.
Clenching his teeth and trying to shove his annoyance away, David focused on the screen. He scanned the short paragraph three times, unsure he was reading it correctly, then moved to the small bed attached to the wall and sat down on it. He stared at the floor for a moment, elbows on his knees, palms against his forehead, before looking up at Stef. She was looking back at him, but didn’t speak.
U.S.S. Vermont crew exposed to live culture of alien virus VO-864e in lab accident at 08:27. Virus has invaded the ship’s atmosphere. Cpt. Takamatsu dead (self-inflicted). Have assumed control. The Vermont is now quarantined. DO NOT ATTEMPT PHYSICAL CONTACT. Virus studies will continue as long as possible.
David took in air to speak, couldn’t think of anything to say, blew the air out as a sigh and looked again down at the floor. He heard Stef get up and move closer, felt her sit down next to him on the bed, felt her hand take his.
“She was the one you had a crush on, right?” Stef’s voice held sorrow, pity, and a simple, sweet understanding that made his throat ache.
David ran a shaky hand through his dark, matted hair. Deborah Almstead? The valedictorian of his graduating class at the Academy? She was going to die? It seemed impossible. Deborah and the rest of the crew were supposed to become heroes; the U.S.S. Vermont had been preparing for the first manned jump outside of the solar system. Now it was nothing more than a floating deathtrap.
“What are we going to do?” he asked, the question not really directed at Stef. She answered anyway.
“I don’t remember,” David admitted. An itch had begun on the left side of his ribcage. He scratched at it, couldn’t seem to find the right place, and was suddenly overwhelmed by the desire to tear his suit from his body. Tired, disgusted, sick of living on this ship and wearing this damned thing at every hour of the day, he tugged at the carbon-fiber fabric, knowing he could never hurt it.
“God, I want a shower,” he snarled.
Stef was quiet, still resting her head against his. David could smell her skin, the sweat and grime that were always present, no matter how well their suits recycled their body’s fluids. During his first rotation, whenever he had been alone and then returned to a group the smell had disgusted him. It still sometimes happened, but never with Stef. He wondered if that was what love meant: sometimes the person you’re with doesn’t smell so great, but you just don’t care.
Stef gave him a small smile and kissed him on the right side of his lower jaw.
Someone was pounding on the door, apparently forgetting that there was a buzzer. Stef rolled over next to him and made a roaring, moaning noise of disgust.
“Go away!” she shouted, her hand grabbing the nearest object – a boot – and hurling it at the door.
“They’re not supposed to know you’re in here,” David murmured, eyes still shut.
“Everyone left in this entire system knows that I’m sleeping with you,” Stef snarled, rolling roughly onto her left side, her back to him, and throwing an arm over her face.
“Captain?” someone asked from outside the door, and gave a lighter, more courteous knock.
“I’ll be with you in one moment,” David called.
David sat up and checked the clock. Two hours. They’d given him two hours. He rubbed his eyes, yawned, and crawled over Stef’s outstretched legs.
“Don’t turn on the light,” she growled as he headed for the door.
“Love you too,” he muttered, grinning despite himself and opening the door to his cabin. Standing before him was one of the youngest members of the crew, a first-year Private. He was standing at attention, stiff as a board, and saluting.
“Yes, Sir,” the soldier said, adopting a formal posture that nonetheless seemed, compared to his previous stance, downright leisurely.
“Pick a sentence and finish it,” David said. Private Jacobs nodded, took a deep breath, and spoke.
David paused for a moment, considering this news. In planetary designation terms, an E1 was like opening the Ark of the Covenant and finding the Holy Grail stuffed inside. Not only Earth-like, but a level one: a planet onto which human beings could step out, take off their helmets, and survive. At least, that was the theory. No probe had ever located one before, and there had been debate among scientists over whether that would ever change.
“Go, Jacobs,” David said, glancing over his shoulder as the door opened.
Jacobs saluted and went. David, still coming to terms with the fact that he was only going to get two hours of sleep, didn’t return the gesture. He stepped into the room, picking up the boot Stef had thrown on the way, and sat down on the bed. Stef groaned.
“Tell me it’s not my shift yet,” she said.
“It’s not your shift yet …” David began.
“I hate you with the white-hot passion of a thousand burning suns,” Stef replied without missing a beat, eyes still closed. David snorted laughter.
“They found an E1,” he said, and now Stef opened her eyes, sitting up and staring at him in disbelief.
“Then isn’t it your job to decide where the ship goes?” Burke asked. It didn’t seem to David that the woman was being deliberately obtuse, and so he answered honestly.
Burke sat down in a chair, resting her head in her hands for a moment before looking back up at David.
“There’s no one left down there,” she said.
Stef, sitting behind him, coughed and stirred, but when David turned to look at her, she did not immediately speak up.
“Do you have something to contribute, Sergeant?” David asked her.
“Jacobs,” David called. The Private, sitting at the end of the room, visibly jerked.
“Yes, Sir,” Jacobs said, and left.
“You think we can do it,” David said to Stef, and she considered for a moment.
Stef gave him a cool glance that, in the privacy of his cabin, he would have laughed at before kissing her. Here in the Command Center, he simply met her gaze until she looked away at the monitors.
“Don’t think they’ll just give it away,” David said.
“She has a point,” Doctor Burke said.
“Oh, yes, she’s right, we could storm a military outpost if we wanted to,” David said, his tone dry. The doctor sighed, shook her head, went back to staring at the monitors.
“Captain, I just mean it’s not impossible,” Stef said.
“Not saying it would be without sacrifice, Sir,” Stef said.
“Your every wish is my most vital command, Captain,” Stef said, turning to her console. David rolled his eyes and turned away from her.
“May I say something, Captain?” the Doctor asked, and David nodded.
David, who thought that number optimistic, said nothing. Burke continued.
Burke held her left hand out, looking at the wedding ring on her index finger. She closed the hand to a fist, opened it back up again, looked at David.
David took all of this in without comment, considering the Doctor’s words. At last he opened his mouth to speak, but before he could begin, the door to the Command Center opened and CJ stepped in.
“You wanted to see me, Sir?” he asked, and David closed his mouth. He looked for a moment longer at Dr. Burke before turning to CJ.
David nodded, stood, and looked around the Command center until at last his gaze fell on the woman he loved. Stef was peering over her shoulder at him with her big, beautiful eyes, and a thought ran through his head: I am incredibly lucky.
“The Master Sergeant has command,” he told those assembled around him, and turned to leave.
Stef’s report was waiting for him when he woke, but she was not in the room. This didn’t surprise David; she was probably asleep in one of the crew compartments. He read through the report twice, mulling it over.
He supposed that it should be an easy call. The people on Earth were dying, and their civilizations were dying with them. The emergence of an E1 planet to which the healthy could flee, just at this moment, was an occurrence so improbable it seemed miraculous. A more religious man might have seen in it the hand of God.
It should have been easy, but it wasn’t. There were other ships in orbit, some of them with active cultures of the virus. There was still a possibility of a cure. If they left Earth now, they were abandoning that chance, abandoning those people left on the planet who might somehow survive, either through natural immunity or isolation.
There was no guarantee of success even if they rounded up enough human beings to reach a minimum viable population, a number which scientists couldn’t seem to agree on. There was no guarantee they would survive the trip; the numbers were ambiguous. A lot of things would have to go right, and if they made it to the E1 at all it would take decades, possibly centuries, before they could spare enough people for any sort of return to Earth.
The last page of the report held the end of a data table and was empty at the bottom. Stef had doodled in this white space with her stylus, and David found himself staring at the picture. It was simplistic, almost a child’s drawing. A man with shaded skin and a woman with curly dark hair, holding hands, standing outside with smiles on their faces, the sun beaming down above them. David wondered if the star exuding those lines of light was meant to be Sol, or Alpha Centauri B.
He was not afraid of how the military might react; there was little military left, and no government for it to serve. It was not the breach of protocol that troubled him, but the idea of giving up on the only home his species had ever known. The choice seemed to tear at his very core, filling him with doubt. Who was he, a newbie Captain, to make that choice for the people aboard this ship, let alone anywhere else?
Yet Stef had put it most succinctly. “The world is ending,” she had told him, and he knew that she was right. Returning to Earth was madness. Impossible. The only alternative was to survive in orbit, using up resources from other planets and moons, keeping most of the population in cryo-storage most of the time so as to live off the meager amount of nutrients that they could produce away from Earth, hoping that somehow, someway, they would find a cure. Was that really what he wanted?
David ran through the report again, checking and rechecking Stef’s numbers, knowing that she must already have done so herself. He thought about raising a family under an alien sun. He wondered if there was anyone left alive who could reliably build a house, let alone a fusion reactor. Would they even make it all the way there? It was a twelve-year question, and not one that could be answered by any means other than making the attempt. It was safer to stay in orbit. Was it smarter?
It seemed like no matter which direction he looked, all he could see were cons. He thought of his mother, praying every day to Vishnu, asking for His wisdom and guidance and favor. He thought of his father, who had died an atheist, laughing at the idea that mankind’s destiny was in any hands but its own. What would they tell him, if their voices could somehow stretch across the void of death and reach him here in this dark place, hovering above the planet he had once called home?
David sat at his desk in thought for some time, eyes closed, breathing in the stale air that circulated throughout the ship. At last he reached out to the console before him and tapped the screen, turning on the ship-wide PA.
“Attention, this is—” he began, and stopped, taking a deep breath before speaking again, broadcasting to the hundred and fifteen other people aboard.
You have a real talent for writing. I was sucked into this story so fast. That for me is an indication of a great writer, grabs you and brings you into the story quickly, and makes you feel one with it. Love your writing, and am looking forward to Blood Hunt!
Thanks very much, John. I’m glad you enjoyed the story!
I don’t mind reading longer stories online as long as they’re great. Although it began to wear on my eyes, this story just kept getting better and better until the resolution. It’s nice to read stories that end with a realistic resolution because few writers seem to be shooting for that mark anymore: resolution and transformation of character and objectives. Well done!


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From the moment we stepped off the plane, we knew the next three days were going to be magical. The three hour ‘Ice Flight’ operated exclusively by Discover The World from London Heathrow to Kiruna, was the first stage in our journey to Swedish Lapland and the Ice Hotel.
Our first night involved ‘sleeping on ice’. There is a tutorial to show you how to do it, but we were too excited exploring the hotel and checking out all the suites to go. The place is incredible, I couldn’t contain my child-like excitement and desire to explore it all!
Every year hundreds of artists from all over the world submit their designs in the hope they might be selected for one of the 55 suites. They build the hotel in two weeks with ice harvested from the Torne River which then melts back into the river each spring. Over the 27 years the Ice Hotel has been in business, no two rooms have ever been the same. It’s -10C in the hotel so sleeping on ice can feel a bit extreme but the sleeping bags they give you are pretty cosy. I hope by reading this blog, you'll get a sense of how amazing it is there, if you ever get the chance to visit, do it.
On our first evening as we sat down to a delicious dinner of moose, reindeer, arctic shard and an array of deserts, we talked about how today was a day of firsts and ticking off bucket list goals. First time in Sweden, eating reindeer, being in the Arctic Circle, seeing the Northern Lights, and soon to be, sleeping on ice.
The following day was Alexis’s Birthday and we vowed to make it the best one yet. We were woken up with warm lingonberry juice before dashing to the dressing room and getting ready for our first activity; cross country skiing.
We skied across the frozen river and into the forest where there was a fire waiting to warm us up. I kept stopping to take pictures, I couldn’t believe we had just skied across a frozen river!
In the afternoon we experienced a traditional Swedish sauna, involving taking an ‘icy plunge’. Cannot describe how strange it was lowering into a hole cut in the ice and what felt like the coldest water on earth!
Next up was the wilderness dinner. Barely able to contain our excitement for the evening ahead, we drove out into the forest where we found a wooden hut, lit a fire and sat in a circle to enjoy wine and yet another delicious dinner. Between courses we went outside and lay down on reindeer skins on a frozen lake to look for the Northern Lights. It had been snowing and overcast all day so there was no chance of seeing them, but that didn’t detract from the magic and wonderment of the evening.
After a night in the ‘warm accommodation’ (not sleeping on ice), we woke up wondering how this trip could possibly get any better. Today had plans to show us just how!
Four of us loaded onto a sled pulled by 16 dogs. They absolutely melted my heart with their blue eyes and different personalities. It felt pretty cool to be so low to the ground as we travelled through this vast, frozen landscape. What an experience! I feel like I could stare at trees covered in snow all day long, simply look at them, breathe and think. It’s enough.
That evening was our James Bond snow mobile tour, which we felt was the pièce de résistance. That was until we had our surprise adventure on our final morning.
It had been overcast for the last two days and looked to be the same today, so I was intrigued as to where he was taking us!
We skied cross country through a stunning forest where I fell in love with the peace and simplicity of the trees once again. We gained height heading for the top of the mountain and when it became too steep, took the skis off and hiked through thigh deep powder.
I turned around and the view took my breath away. We could see the sunrise over a cloud inversion covering the entire frozen river, Ice Hotel and all the places we’d explored by dog sled, skis and snow mobile the last few days. Our hair was frozen and it felt like being in Narnia.
We sat at the top of the mountain admiring this little slice of heaven we had found ourselves in. Steffan made a fire and fed us warm coffee and pine tea. I don’t drink coffee so he pulled some leaves off a trees and I drank them in hot water instead. Apparently it's full of Vitamin C, love it!
As we boarded the plane back to London, we found ourselves talking about the trip as though we’d been there for a whole week. It was just three nights. Three absolutely incredible, magical and unforgettable nights and days.
The Ice Hotel, the locals and staff, the scenery, the adventures on offer... It really is the trip of a lifetime, I hope you get the chance to experience it for yourself.
I travelled with Discover The World, a family run company that create tailor made trips all over the world. I also travelled to Iceland with them last year which you can read about here and here. There are a wide variety of activities on offer at the Ice Hotel with DTW and they will absolutely ensure you have the best trip possible.
It's really cold there so you need to take lots of layers and the kind of clothes you would wear for skiing. I had thermal base layers, thick socks, thick mountain gloves, a buff, and the warmest hat I own. My absolute lifesaver was the Evolution Arctic Parka and Alexis wore the Loska Primaloft Parka both from Musto. Without these I think more than my hair would have frozen!
The Ice Hotel also provide boots, mittens, a balaclava, sleeping bag for sleeping on ice and an ice suit which you can wear for all activities. It's a definite good start but I would strongly advise taking another jacket and layers to keep warm.

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I love this recipe and you can also use Turkey for the patties instead of Chicken which is just as tasty.
1. Mix the mince meat with the shallots, chilli and half the coriander into a bowl. Using your hands, shape the mixture into 2 patties.
2. Spray the pan with oil (lightly) and heat over medium heat. Add patties and cook for 5 minutes each side until cooked through. While you are doing this, cook the noodles following the instructions on the packet.
3. Cook the snow peas in a saucepan of boiling water for 1-2 minutes or till tender. Drain and rinse under cold water.
4. Combine the noodles, snow peas, cucumber, three quarters of the bean sprouts (if using) and remaining coriander leaves into a bowl.
5. Divide the noodle salad between the 2 people and top with patties and remaining sprouts (if using).
I absolutely love this recipe, full of flavour and easy to make. A great light meal to eat at night and before bed.

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Our women’s poncho-style mini dress offers a wonderful wardrobe alternative for fall and winter. The dress is made from an exceptionally high quality cotton blend fabric that feels soft and that moves with the wearer. The dress features a low, vee neckline. It has long sleeves with no cuffs. The hemline has several points that extend its length and that provide the poncho look. A white lace trim appears several inches above the hemline. Pair this dress with an infinity scarf, as shown, and knee high boots to complete the look.


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Everyone has those days when you know you won’t have the time and energy to deal with cooking- this make-ahead spinach and mushroom frittata will come to your rescue! Make it the night before and eat it the next day for breakfast, lunch or dinner after warming it in an oven. It’s flavorful and filling, packed with protein and good fats.
Recently, I’ve been enjoying fresh herbs. Trikaya stocks fresh oregano, thyme, rosemary, sage, tarragon, the list goes on! They’re great for eggs, pastas, grilled vegetables. Trikaya’s products are stocked at Nature’s Basket, Foodhall and their own store in Crawford Market in Mumbai. I’m not sure about outside of Mumbai but if anyone knows where to find them, feel free to post in the comments.
This frittata is similar to my green frittata from a few months ago but has a different flavor with the rosemary and thyme. You can play around with the flavors to create your own frittata – caramelized onions and rosemary are a perfect pairing; oregano and za’atar with haloumi cheese would be divine! Just use the basic proportions below in terms of the egg and milk.
Cook the mushrooms in a pan with ½ tbsp olive oil, until most or all the water is released and evaporated.
Blanch and chop the spinach and set aside.
In a pan, sauté the onions in one tbsp of olive oil on medium heat until softened. Add the cooked mushrooms and chopped spinach, along with the rosemary and thyme. Sauté for a few minutes more until the flavors are incorporated and the mixture is fragrant with the herbs.
Grease the pan or baking dish you will use with olive oil. Spoon the spinach-onion-mushroom mixture into the pan evenly.
In a separate bowl, beat the eggs and milk using an electric beater or emulsion blender. Add salt to taste.
Pour the egg-milk mixture over the spinach-onion-mushroom mixture.
Bake at 200C for 45-50 minutes until the frittata is completely set and slightly browned. Be sure to check on your oven every 10-15 minutes; ovens tend to have a personality of their own!
I like to pair it with a piece of multigrain toast and a salad. If you need some salad inspiration… check out my green salad.


text: Support our annual turkey drive! Our goal is to collect 200 turkeys. This matches last year's goal of one ton or 2,000 pounds. A Chester County Food Bank truck will collect turkeys and will distribute them to families in our community for Thanksgiving. Giant gift cards are welcomed. Questions? Contact John Grillo.


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Sprint 3 has largely been behind-the-scenes efforts to get ready for some upcoming significant features (especially Debrief Lite).
An automated build/test of Debrief Classic is now performed on every commit, and it's now included in every release (rebadged as Debrief Lite). This has allowed us to de-risk the eventual builds of Debrief Lite proper. Debrief Lite _may_ grow from Debrief Classic, but we've got to complete our Usability (UX) planning regarding "what would the perfect lightweight version of Debrief look like?" before we can make a decision.
We've also made great progress in the export to PPT capability, with (manual) support for two quite different master slides. Look out for this capability being integrated into Debrief at the end of Sprint 4.


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It feels weird to not have grad school. This time last year I started my final year of grad school and was fully entrenched in my thesis proposal work. I can safely say I miss school. Despite the emotional roller coaster that ended smoothly ( Thank God), I miss that crazy adrenaline rush of the new semester and the commuting. 🙂 However the show must go on. In an attempt to take it easy and recover from the academic rush I am dedicating my time to working on my handmade business and blog to bring it up to the place I want it to be. I know that takes a lot of work and time. Despite feeling I am not where I want to be I know that even with the small efforts of the work I put in during the summer I am getting there :). I think the two opportunities I am about to share with you speaks to that growth so far. Both opportunities encourages me to press on and keep building. One step at a time! Here goes.
So you know whats next…. Sew, sew, sew, sew! I have already made a plan for the pieces I will have to add to what I already have in stock. I will be adding some new infinity scarves, fall and winter pencil skirts, shrugs, some holiday pieces etc. This event is known for attracting a lot of shoppers looking for unique handmade pieces as well as gifts so if you are in Toronto do check out this event at the MARS Discovery District.
I have two weeks to add those new pieces as I curate the garments and accessories I will have available. Wish me all the best! I will pop by the last week of the show to give you an update on all the pieces I was able to add and how plans are coming along.
My awesome friend Carla Beharry who has dedicated countless hours to community capacity building work around health and wellness, mindfulness, HIV/AIDS prevention work and business coaching with others in communities locally and internationally has organized an amazing event highlighting the challenges and resilience in diverse women in Toronto and Waterloo regarding social and racial injustice within our society. Tickets available here This Ted talk like forum will feature women from various backgrounds in community work, fashion, fitness, health and wellness who will share their stories and experiences to empower each other in an evening filled with hope and resilience. Guess who gets to be apart of it? Moi! I was very anxious when she asked me to be one of the speakers at first. I mean I do have a lot I can talk to about challenges but also a lot about hope and resilience in the face of those challenges. So I accepted! 🙂 This is also a great opportunity to connect my research from my recently completed thesis at the community level to give back. I am looking forward to connecting with like minds.
That’s a wrap for now! Thanks for stopping by. As always, thanks for coming along my sewing and entrepreneurial journey!
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Congratulations, Uta! I’m so glad to hear your hard work is paying off. I hope to see you at the Etsy show.
Thanks Lori! ,😊 It will be great to see you!


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For our assistance to people with disabilities in situations of poverty, exclusion, conflict and disaster.
For campaign success with our partners at the International Campaign to Ban Landmines in creating the 1997 Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty, which bans the deployment, stockpiling, production and sale of anti-personnel mines, and ensures their destruction.
For our service to refugees as well as our contributions to the elimination of landmines.
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I was in a terrible car accident. Moseley Collins took my case. He took care of every single detail. All I had to do was get well.
When they hurt me, I knew who to call. I knew who would help me and who I could trust. Moseley Collins.
People come to see doctors and hospitals to get help. But sometimes they get hurt.
What I like about the practice of law is I get to help people by winning their cases, paying their bills and giving them a fresh start in life.
If you've been hurt by a hospital or doctor, call me.
I want to speak to you about faith in God.
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When I got hurt, I couldn't even work so I called Mosely Collins. When he won my case, I was able to start a whole new career.
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Every 5th Wednesday, Glasshalfull in Carrboro donates 10 percent of their sales to Piedmont Health’s Carrboro Community Health Center. Drop in for a glass of wine or dinner for a great cause! (full list of 2019 dates is below).
Glasshalfull is a contemporary American restaurant, bar, and wine shop located in Carrboro, North Carolina. Both the food and wine selection are influenced by the cuisine of the Mediterranean, and the menu features ingredients from local vendors. Glasshalfull’s menu changes regularly depending on what is in season, and the dishes are meant to be enjoyed with wine or spirits.
See you soon! Go to https://glasshalfull.net/dine-for-a-cause/ to learn more.


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The Saint Matthew’s Children’s Ministry curriculum is inspired by the Big Picture Story Bible by David Helm. The curriculum seeks to highlight the grand narrative of the Bible, and to show the children that the stories in the Bible are not isolated stories, but together they weave the rich tapestry of the history of God’s people and the unfolding of the Kingdom of God on earth. It includes both Old and New Testament stories that point to and reveal Christ as the Saviour and Promised Forever King.
5 to 10 years or Kindergarten to Grade 5. Lesson plans can accommodate a small class of 2 children up to a group of 20 students.
Approximately 45 minutes. There is supplemental material to extend the time, if needed.
The curriculum has liturgical components such as Lighting of the Candle and a modified Prayer of Confession. However, the main body of the curriculum can be used by any Christian denomination that seeks to give the children the “bigger picture” of Scripture and God’s eternal plan in Christ. Each of the 28 lessons either point to Jesus as the Promised King, or reveal Jesus, his character, attributes and love.
The Big Picture Story Bible by David Helm.
Scripture references in the stories were taken from The Beginning Reader’s Bible, International Children’s Bible.
The Story (#4 above) is often a short drama which the children can spontaneously participate in, or they can choose to be an active observer. Easy, representational costumes for a few of the Bible characters can be quickly donned, and the lines or simple actions given to any child who volunteers. In this way, children are learning the stories by hearing, seeing, and doing!
Each lesson plan has a poster picture that depicts the Bible story. The lesson is introduced by looking at and talking about the poster picture.
The poster summary on the back of the poster contains key elements of the lesson. These elements can serve as a script for the teacher.
A take-home paper called the Kingdom News is available for each child to share with their family and to communicate the lesson. When printing, choose the double sided short edge and landscape formats.
This includes liturgical and prayer elements such as Collect for Purity, Prayer of Confession, the Lord’s Prayer, and Bible Songs.


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HI everyone . I was wondering if there is anyone on here who has started a YouTube channel and what's your experience? I love food and have a blog. I have a bit of background with video/sound editing and always thought it would be fun. Plus with technology nowadays, it seems like people would rather watch a video than read a post lol.
I've read and watched a lot of articles and vids but wanted to hear what it was like in the beginning, how important is equipment, etc. Thanks guys!!
The link is below, let me know your thoughts!
Congrats for taking the first step of initiative by posting here and seeking for tips! Whatever steps you take, please post them here. I think it would be cool to follow this and also see if it can jump-start my interest in a YouTube channel, too!
I started with a DSLR Canon T3i but that's because I was a film major in college. Honestly, any point-and-shoot camera (anywhere between $100-$200) is a good start. You can find one that records 1080p HD videos. Just be sure to look into it (video quality, zoom ability, etc.). I invested in a lighting kit, but the best lighting is natural lighting. You'll need a tripod for sure but it doesn't have to be too fancy as long as it does the job.
What I'm trying to say is that you don't need to invest in super expensive camera/filming equipment to start a channel. The most important thing is to have good content that makes people want to subscribe and watch more, and to properly market your video. You can invest in better filming equipment when your channel has a good amount of following, viewership, or when you generate enough income to be able to pay for those equipment. Don't invest a lot of money into making YouTube videos unless it's something you really want to do and love doing. It takes a lot of dedication, hard work, and persistence to grow your channel. It might take a long time before it takes off, but if you love it, you just gotta keep going!
Other than that, you should start a channel ASAP if you really want to start one. I went back and forth on whether or not I should start a channel...for like 2 years! I pretty much wasted 2 years pondering, when I should have just did it. Hehehe anyhow, good luck on your channel if you do start one I hope this helps!
And can I check out yours as well :)?
First off, you've got a new subscriber!
Secondly, can I ask if you've been promoting it your videos via your social media like Twitter, Instagram, etc? If you have not, be sure to do so because it'll help a lot in terms of marketing. Speaking of marketing, you should definitely look into ways to market your channel, like for example using the Google keyword planner to help pick out the tags for your videos. Can I also ask what your channel is about? Is it a how to cook/cooking tips, mukbang, diy snacks, or a snack haul from different countries?
Your thumbnails need to grab audience attention, so make sure you take pretty photos that make people want to click on your video. Bright, clear & crisp photos do help & if you use eye catching text, that should help as well. Make sure the thumbnail says it all (what the video is all about). Pay attention to the titling of your videos. The title is very important. Aside from that, great job in your recent video! I noticed that the lighting has improved and it wasn't as dark as your other videos.
Oh and one more thing, I know this is new to you and that you're not comfortable with speaking in front of a camera, but maybe you can show more of your personality Don't worry, I'm also trying to open up and be less awkward. It's hard but it has gotten a bit better since I've been filming more videos. Anyways I hope this helps. You're doing great, just keep going! You'll get there!
Thanks June! I subscribed back because I love your DIY ideas, so cute and easy to make :).
I post onto Twitter and when I have time, I create a post on my food blog but that's usually not right away and I haven't been as active on the last few years and go back to it every few weeks. So my regular readers probably aren't there anymore :p. I heard about the the keyword planner and went on it once but I will bookmark it and try to use it before posting a video.
I initially wanted it to go hand in hand with my food blog but realized it could be a different platform that's more light and fun. It's a food channel so I wanted to do a little bit of everything but I tried to limit it to 4 different things so it's not too crazy and organized; series if you will. I hope that's not too much.
I did a few with texts but thought it was a little cluttered. I'll have to play around with the font a little bit but do you think it's okay if it's okay without the text? And thanks on the lighting!
I'm getting there with warming up but I'll try opening up more. Maybe I should just pretend the camera isn't there lol.
Wow! You channel is great! I've just subscribed to it! So many useful videos there:) If you want to grow your channel in an efficient way, I can recommend you to join one of the MCNs. But it's difficult to choose a reliable one as there are different networks providing different features and fulfilling different priorities. Make sure to check out this one - http://youtube-networks.com/freedom-partnership/ . My friend, who is a YoutTuber, works with it effetively.
Started a youtube channel with a friend just about a month ago. Our content is pretty much experimental since there's a kpop reaction, vlogs about our lives, reactions and games, and some beauty reviews. So far, not so much views and subscribers but we get a good amount of comments and likes on our youtube channel instagram page. I do think that promoting on social media and interacting with the commenters on your promotional youtube channel posts do get people curious. It's been quite rough but I'm starting to love the process, and I like that I'm getting more comfortable filming.
I have this casual YT page for interest in kdramas only (here is the page, will happy if you guys check it out too) so its not monetized type and I didn't know about camera etc etc hahah so you guys awesome!
Happy to know about you guys.
Thanks! I thought about joining a network but thought it would be better after I gain a little more traction. What's a good number to apply do you think?
I agree, it's tough when there's so many creators out there but I think if you go into it because you love making videos and what you talk about, you'll be okay :).
Thanks! I subscribed to you back! It just took me awhile before replying to your post, sorry!
Thanks! I'll be sure to check it out but I think I might wait until I get more subs and views. Does it matter what kind of content I create?
Youtube is difficult for anyone to have a major break through.
Check mine for example, I'm not looking to get big, but I think I have less than 100 subscribers over 3 years?
Although I treat it more like a personal channel really.
You need to find ways to get views if you want to go big.
and what exactly the meaning of this below... Then can we collaborate with using CJ productions like drama clips, etc for our video (channel contents)?
We provide ample opportunities to collaborate with other partners of DIA TV as well as with the broadcasting, film, game, and music sectors of CJ E&M.
Actually I was invited to join by one of their agents through email because of my contents in YouTube.
You can still try to join, if they disapprove then you can try again next time after creating a few videos.
For drama clips, etc. I think you can but not in full, maybe as part of a mash-up or review, stuff like that.
I watch some videos need to do lot of hard work to make your YT channel stand out from others keep posting on regular time and keep sharing with friends and on your social media profiles.
Seems like a lot of work, but I'm sure you can do it!


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Yesterday, I ran the Cambridge 5K. It was the second 5K that I’ve done and it was the first time I had run an event that was officially timed. According to the web, the temperature for the run was 24 degrees. That’s right….it was super cold. Fortunately, I was very bundled up…unlike some of the race participants. Several runners had on some sweet costumes!
For me, running has been something that has challenged me throughout my life. When I ran track in junior high, I suffered from exercise-induced asthma. I dislocated my left knee during my first year of high school. My knees have always been cranky. However, running in my 30s has become something that I enjoy. And, my knees and lungs have not bothered me for the most part. I think I’m in better shape now than I was when I was in my 20s. Running allows for a lot of contemplative thinking, helps with stress reduction / sleep, and keeps me more physically fit then I would be if I wasn’t pounding the pavement.
Here’s the start of the Cambridge 5K race.
My per mile pace for this race was just under 10 minutes at 9:57. I think I can do better. The cold weather for this run made my lungs feel pretty sore. Next time, I think I’ll be faster. Running really isn’t that complicated. The more you run, the better you feel. The better you feel, the easier it is to run. Just keep running.


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Last night, Republican State Senate candidates David Storobin and Nachman Caller met to discuss the current state of affairs in the district that they are both seeking to represent, according to multiple sources.
Each of the candidates, presumably, would prefer to have an uncontested primary so he could wade into the general election from a position of strength. One source described the meeting as partially a discussion as to who would be the stronger challenger to Democratic candidate Simcha Felder, but Michael Fragin, an adviser to Mr. Caller, described it as more of a general discussion.
Both, however, agreed that while the discussion was respectful, there was no resolution as to which candidate should be the Republican standard-bearer in the election. Complicating the whole matter is the fact that Mr. Storobin might be running as an incumbent, as he is currently litigating the outcome of a March 20th special election in an overlapping senate district that has since been substantially reconfigured during this year’s redistricting process.
Muddying the issue even further are outstanding questions as to whom the Republican leadership will even support. Given Mr. Felder’s apparent willingness to back GOP Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Mr. Felder’s support from the local Democratic establishment, the Republicans in the State Senate could feasibly back the Democrat. However, Mr. Fragin said Mr. Caller had spoken with Mr. Skelos just last week and it was not his impression they’d be supporting Mr. Felder.
There have been reports of Mr. Storobin considering running for the State Assembly instead of reelection to the State Senate, which would clear the primary for Mr. Caller, but if last night’s meeting is any indication, he still considers himself very much in contention for the senate seat.

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There’s another Aussie in town, another who is willing to stand up for Israel against many in the international community.
But unlike me, she is a she and the Foreign Minister of one of the greatest countries in the world.
But she doesn’t stop there. Later on in the interview, she rips the BDSHoles a new one, expressing a truth not many others are willing to.
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