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The Images of America series of books from Arcadia Publishing Company continue to lead the way in preserving America’s past through historic images as they have done again with the release of Lighthouses of the Ventura Coast.
Three distinctive lighthouse structures have served California’s Ventura County coast since the first lighthouse was built here in 1874. As told in the book, the first Point Hueneme Lighthouse, that met a tragic end, was replaced by a modern art-deco style structure. However, thanks to author Rose Castro-Bran, curator of the Point Hueneme Lighthouse, the old images of the first tower can be viewed in the pages of the book as well as photos of when the new lighthouse was constructed. The other lighthouse included in the book is the reclusive 1932 Anacapa Island Lighthouse that had a short life span under the old United States Lighthouse Service before it came under the auspices of the U.S. Coast Guard in 1939.
The book also goes into great detail about the early years and development of Port Hueneme with some amazing photos, especially one showing acres of Mazda automobiles that had been unloaded from arriving ships.
However, what I enjoyed best about the book are the many photographs and memories of the lighthouse keepers and their family’s that served and lived at the lighthouses. After all, it is the people that are the heart and soul of lighthouse history, which the author has documented in an informative way throughout the pages of this well researched book.
Lighthouses of the Ventura Coast is available at many book stores, independent retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing by calling 888-313-2665 or on-line at www.ArcadiaPublishing.com.
You won’t be disappointed in the book which now helps preserve another slice of forgotten and lost lighthouse history so that it can be preserved for future generations.
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Join us for an online screening of Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope
The Mulberry Bush invites you to an online showing of Dartmouth Films’ ‘Resilience – The Biology Of Stress & The Science Of Hope‘ on August 25th at 7pm. This will be followed by a separate Zoom discussion and Q&A panel.
Delving into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), this documentary chronicles how paediatricians, therapists, educators and communities can disrupt cycles of violence, addiction and disease. Find out more and watch the trailer.
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In June of 2017, Royersford United Methodist Church (RUMC) sponsored a musical concert for the community. There was no admission fee, but a freewill offering was accepted. A crowd of about 70 people attended. All proceeds collected went to the Redbird Mission in Kentucky (a mission supported by Methodist churches throughout the country).
To our astonishment $1,250 was collected that night at the concert. The success of the evenings entertainment and fundraising surpassed all expectations.
Given our success, RUMC has embarked on another musical mission. This Spring we will host Concerts For A Cause: three concerts that include a variety of music (Traditional, Celtic, Gospel, World Music, etc.) by entertainers with regional reputations.
As people who live and work in the Spring-Ford area, we all share a concern for the welfare of people here. Concerts For A Cause has two goals: 1) To bring people together by offering quality musical entertainment the whole family can enjoy and, 2) To raise funds for Spring-Ford Project Outreach through donations and freewill offerings. 100% of the donations from the concerts will go directly to Spring-Ford Project Outreach.
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While the United States struggles with debt, and the rest of the country struggles with unemployment and foreclosures, the demand for luxury goods is apparently enjoying a renaissance.
A story in the New York Times (read it here) says luxury goods are flying off the shelves. Mercedes-Benz for example sold more cars in the U.S. in July than it has in any July in five years.
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And the higher the price the better, as luxury shoppers equate value with price, the story says.
“The rich do not spend quite as they did in the free-wheeling period before the recession, but they are closer to that level,” writes Stephanie Clifford.
The cause, apparently, is the stock market. Despite the recent rout, the Dow Jones is still up 80 per cent from its low in March 2009.
“With the overall economy nowhere near its recession lows, buying nice, expensive things is back in vogue for people who can afford it.”
On the other end of the spectrum — for those just trying to get by — more bad news. Apparently the new U.S. nutritional guidelines will raise a family’s food costs by hundreds of dollars a year, USA Today reports (read that here). For example the new guidelines call for more potassium in diets and even doing that cheaply could add $380 to the annual food bill, Donna Gordon Blankinship reports.
Recent estimates show 49 million Americans make food decisions based on cost, according to Hilary Seligman, assistant professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
“Right now, a huge chunk of America just isn’t able to adhere to these guidelines,” Seligman was quoted as saying.

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Amitabh Bachchan’s New Song Released at the TE3N Music Launch
With less than two weeks for the film to be released, TE3N’s music launch was held earlier on Friday. The function saw Amitabh Bachchan, Ribhu Dasgupta, music director Clinton Cerejo and lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya in attendance.
The film’s music album which was released includes a new song sung by Big B himself. Besides Amitabh, the film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Vidya Balan as well. Te3n is directed by Ribhu Dasgupta and produced by filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh.
In the song Kyun Re, Amitabh’s voice is absolutely enchanting and really conveys the pain felt by his character. TE3N is scheduled to release on 10 June.
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Friday, October 22, 2010
In the Land of Legends and Myths: Mycenae
We are not history buffs, nor do we know that much about Greek mythology. But when you visit a place with ramparts dating to 1350BC -- yes, that is BC!-- there's no other word for it than: overwhelming.
Once thought to be found only in legends and poetry, Mycenae was the most powerful city-state in Greece up to 1100 BC when it was destroyed by fire. The site was discovered in the late 1800's - confirming the existence of a real city and people.
We entered the old city through the Lion Gate -- pictured above -- that dates back to 1240 BC and is considered the oldest sample of monumental sculpture in Europe. The remains of the city's granary still stand as well a burial grounds and artists quarters. Traces of grain were found on ceramics excavated there and now on display in the museum to the side of the city. Finished beadwork, uncut ivory and gold leaf were found in the artists' quarters.
According to Greek mythology Mycenae was founded by Perseus, son of Zeus and Dianae. He employed Cyclops, mythical beings from Asia to build the city thus the style of architecture is called cyclopean.
The museum off to the side houses display cases filled with ceramics and art found at the site.
The entry fee was 8E per person which provided access to the city and the museum. There are restroom facilities on site as well as a snack bar. And numerous fellow visitors were using canes to get around but easily managed the well maintained - but sometimes steep - stairways.

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Today we hear from Sara Piccinini, the senior coordinator of Collezione Maramotti. She reflects on the present (and future) of the Collection amidst these particular times, as well as talking about all the different projects the public collection has put in place to support its artists.
Eduardo Paolozzi’s early deconsacrations – ‘Pop’ collages and lost-wax bronzes on view at Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert
Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert gallery are showing the first of a series of three exhibitions honouring Eduardo Paolozzi.
From next week, I will start a new column for FAD exploring the shared space between food and art. This article is an introduction to this research. Called FOOD ART, it will explore the intersections, collaborations, and engagements between the two cultural spheres.
elix Carr’s debut UK solo exhibition Only My Right Hand Is Mine, on view at PUBLIC Gallery from 9th October – 3rd November.
The PUBLIC Gallery has just announced Mia Wilkinson’s second solo show at the gallery: ‘THIS IS NOT PORN’. It will exhibit a selection of Mia’s recent works (2016-18) exploring the depiction of the female nude in our media-obsessed age.
For the fourth exhibition in its space in Venice, Alberta Pane gallery presented the collective show Extended Architecture. For the… Read More
The students taking their Master on Curating the Art Museum at The Courtauld Institute of Art will inaugurate their show There Not… Read More
Inês Neto Dos Santos is a Portuguese artist who recently graduated from the Royal College of Arts in London. She has always demonstrated a keen interest in the relation between human beings and the elements surrounding their daily lives.
Blain|Southern gallery in London just presented its show on some early photographs by the acclaimed film-maker Wim Wenders. It is an incredible occasion to discover a new side of this all-embracing artist, and to see for the first time some of his archival polaroids!
Harts Lane Studios an experimental art project space in New Cross Gate in New Cross Gate – London, is launching
The hARTs Window Project: an interdisciplinary art submission
New Constellations on Repeat will be an exhibition and collectively-organized brainchild of ten masters students in the department of Visual Cultures… Read More
10th September until 23rd October 2011, daily from 12-7 pm Exhibition, Performances, Workshops – Talks with Chicks on Speed and… Read More
With such a hugely popular show as The Van Gogh Exhibition grabbing all the headlines, it’s easy to forget that… Read More

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SMALL GIFT opened tonight in L.A. at the Santa Monica Airport. It took an entire airplane hangar to put on this art show celebrating Sanrio’s 50th Anniversary. In fact, this wasn’t so much an art exhibition as it was an extravaganza.. the show continues on after this to Art Basel in Miami,.. it’s gonna be Sanrio mania for a bit, folks. But if you’re in Los Angeles, check out Small Gift, which closes November 21st.
The red carpet was canvassed by icons like Tarina Tarantino, Kimora Lee Simmons, Buff Monster (here), and I’m sure plenty of others that made camera flashes pop.
I want one.
Natalia Brutalia and Keroppi, separated at birth.
Let’s talk about the food. Every hip food truck in L.A. was docked out front.
And inside, all the trendy eateries had collaboration booths. Hello Kitty x Beard Papa’s, for example. There was a Pink’s Hot Dogs x Sanrio stand as well.
This is the Yogurtland x Sanrio stand-up. Natalia is the flavor of the month.
Dom Bomb (Brooklyn Projects), and the Lovemade girls, Linda and Tammy. I also saw Johnny Cupcakes but totally forgot to photograph him, mainly because he was sneak-peeking his upcoming Johnny Cupcakes x Hello Kitty collection…
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Comparative Study Confirms Enox Biopharma's Antimicrobial Superiority to Commercially Available Silver Coated Catheters
Study published in the August 2011 issue of UROLOGY
Aug 09, 2011, 09:00 ET
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Enox Biopharma, Inc., a leader in nitric oxide delivery technology for the prevention of hospital acquired infections today announced on line publication of scientific results demonstrating superior efficacy in blocking growth of E.coli on the surface of nitric oxide releasing devices as compared to current market leader's silver coated catheters. The paper was published by Professor Yossef Av-Gay's lab at the University of British Columbia.
Enox's nitric oxide device technology renders medical devices like catheters and endotracheal tubes antimicrobial by sequestering nitric oxide within them in a stable state. Nitric Oxide, which is released by the device over a period of about 2 weeks once used clinically, is a potent antimicrobial agent without the drug resistance issues that plague antibiotics. Previous peer reviewed publications have demonstrated the antimicrobial properties of catheters treated with our technology in comparison to untreated catheters.
The paper titled "Comparative efficacy of commercially available and emerging antimicrobial urinary catheters against E. coli infection in vitro" was published in the August 2011 issue of the peer reviewed journal UROLOGY. The paper reports results from an investigation of the ability of four different types of catheters to prevent growth of microorganisms suspended in fluid medium (planktonic growth) and on the surface of catheters in the form of a biofilm. The study compared a non-antimicrobial catheter, an Enox nitric oxide releasing catheter, a silver coated catheter and an antibiotic coated catheter. The study concluded that both the Enox and antibiotic catheters were effective in preventing planktonic growth and biofilm formation whereas the silver and uncoated catheters were not.
"This study confirms the superiority of nitric oxide as an antimicrobial," commented Professor Av-Gay, who is the President and Founder of Enox Biopharma. "Silver proved to be as ineffective as a non-antimicrobial catheter whereas both the Enox and antibiotic catheters were very effective in reducing and eliminating microorganisms. It must be realized that Enox's ability to do this without antibiotics is a significant advantage as use of nitric oxide avoids the antibiotic resistance issues that come with the use of antibiotics."
John Rewcastle, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Enox, commented, "Recently published clinical results completely independent of Enox have shown silver to not perform as well as hoped in a clinical setting. The results from the current study substantiate these observations and provide a scientific foundation for this disappointment. Enox is uniquely positioned to truly render medical devices antimicrobial without the use of antibiotics to reduce hospital acquired infections which represent a major health risk worldwide and a significant financial burden to healthcare systems."
About Enox Biopharma Inc.
Enox Biopharma, Inc. is an emerging biotechnology company with proprietary methods to sequester nitric oxide (NO) into medical devices to make them antimicrobial. The innate immune system uses NO to block microbial growth - embedding NO into medical devices makes them antimicrobial. Enox's device technology is applicable to any indwelling polymer medical device including, but not limited to catheters, endotracheal tubes and central venous catheters. Infections from these devices, which are often not reimbursed by Medicare, represent a massive financial burden to healthcare systems worldwide.
For more information, please contact:
John C. Rewcastle, Ph.D, CEO or
Itamar David, CFO
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The sequel to The Quintessential Quintuplets will be an anime movie, the creators announced over the weekend. The movie will arrive in 2022.
The romantic comedy’s second season concluded in March with a two-part episode adaptation of the manga’s Sisters War/ Kyoto Trip arc, and there are still several chapters of the manga left which could be adapted to anime.
Indeed, TBS Animation announced at the end of March that more of the series would be animated. I think most fans quite naturally presumed that the sequel would be a third TV anime season.
However, those sneaky folks never actually said that it would be a TV series. Either way, the good news is, there will be more harem hijinks featuring the five sisters.
In addition, none of the announcements say specifically what will be included in the movie. However, manga fans know that there is a finale to the story, which author Negi Haruba finished up last year. And it feels like the words ‘The Final’ have been used an awful lot lately.
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POCKET GLOBE is just beginning its life…
It will be raised in Serbia, in the family of world music festivals.
The first edition of the world music festival POCKET GLOBE will be held from November 10 to 13, 2022, under the auspices of the “Novi Sad – European Capital of Culture”.
NOVI SAD is a city that lacked a world music festival, but also the city that has experienced numerous steps in creating a world music scene.
Thus, the POCKET GLOBE festival itself is a natural continuation of the series of world music concerts of the same name, which have been held in “Eđšeg – Cultural Station” since September 2019.
The organizer of the POCKET GLOBE festival is the “Ring Ring” Association.
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ALTON PARK, Fla. — Provisions of the Affordable Care Act that expand preventive health services for women, including birth control, go into effect today. There has been some controversy over this part of the new health care law, especially from Catholic institutions that do not want to be forced to provide contraceptives.
Click here for an interview with Patricia Diaz, a nurse and Catholic who sees the law requirement as a tremendous step forward for women and families.

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Reimbursement Briefs: PillCam Reimbursement In Japan; 3-D Mammo Code Withdrawn; CMS Data Sharing
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Japan will reimburse PillCam COLON. 3-D mammography CPT code application withdrawn from AMA CPT Editorial Panel meeting. CMS unveils new virtual research data-sharing tool.
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The Senate approved Sylvia Mathews Burwell as HHS Secretary on a bipartisan vote. The new secretary recently responded to questions on policy issues from the Senate Finance Committee, including on the pending Sunshine Act payment disclosure database and on imaging reimbursement matters.
The $860 million purchase agreement will give Covidien the dominant capsule endoscopy platform on the market as the company hopes for FDA approval this year of PillCam COLON 2 as a less invasive alternative for patients who are unable to undergo a colonoscopy.
Firm initially will pursue diagnostic imaging claim for its PillCam Colon 2 video capsule, rather than a screening claim, as the fastest route to U.S. market. The strategy shift follows preliminary clinical trial data review.


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When Alisha Johnson worked in a Texas hospital, she noticed the same elderly patients being repeatedly transferred from nearby nursing homes after their health had once again severely declined.
“It was always the same problems — they came to me really sick with health issues that should have been taken care of much sooner, before they got to me in a hospital,” Johnson said. “It seemed like a waste, and it seemed too hard on these patients because I could tell they were traumatized from being repeatedly transferred from the nursing home where they lived. I knew we could do more to prevent this.”
Now an assistant professor in the MU Sinclair School of Nursing, Johnson researches the successes and challenges of transitioning advanced practice registered nurses, or APRNs, into nursing homes in an effort to improve health outcomes for residents and to reduce the number of residents being repeatedly transferred to hospitals. For a recent study, she spent a year interviewing APRNs about their transition to the nursing home setting and whether their presence there had an impact on improved decision-making that ultimately improved resident health outcomes.
Johnson found that while the transition was rocky for some, the change was smoother when the nursing home staff welcomed the APRNs’ advanced expertise and saw them as collaborators rather than competitors in their current reimbursement structure.
“The staff that works in nursing homes are wonderful, caring people, but what I found was often a lack of understanding of the beneficial expertise the APRNs can provide, as they have advanced training in pharmacology, diagnostics, lab work, blood tests, radiology, early illness detection and medications, and this broadens their ability to direct care decisions that ultimately improve resident health outcomes,” Johnson said. “Also, medical providers are often reimbursed for assessments they give to nursing home residents, so we might want to look at modifying the reimbursement structure in a way that encourages collaboration with APRNs rather than leaving them on the sidelines or viewing them as competition for reimbursement dollars.”
Currently, when nursing home residents need care, nurses or aides must first contact a physician who is often not present in the nursing home, forcing the ailing resident to wait for a treatment plan. Ultimately, this delayed action can lead to miscommunication, declining resident health outcomes and costly, stressful and avoidable transfers to the hospital.
“APRNs have a huge opportunity to fill these care gaps, as research shows residents receive much better care if they stay in the nursing home where they live rather than being transferred to a hospital,” Johnson said. “APRNs can see what is going on in real time and make care decisions much more quickly.”
A 2021 study by MU researchers evaluated the effectiveness of the Missouri Quality Improvement Initiative, a $35 million program funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid that implemented APRNs full time into 16 Missouri nursing homes. They found the APRNs improved the quality of care for nursing home residents, resulting in reduced avoidable hospitalizations and emergency room visits, leading to better overall health and more than $31 million in savings. Each year, billions of dollars are spent transferring residents from nursing homes to hospitals, and MU researchers have found many of these transfers could have been avoided through early illness detection and quicker decision-making within the nursing home.
“Missouri currently has a state requirement that APRNs can’t provide assessments or write orders independently, they must work under a physician, but research shows states that do not have this requirement have just as good health outcomes among their nursing home residents,” Johnson said. “The number of physicians working in geriatrics is decreasing, and there are three times as many APRNs working in long-term care facilities than physicians. So, APRNs can provide tremendous benefits in nursing homes when given the opportunity.”
Johnson recently earned a $200,000 grant from The Donaghue Foundation to further study how APRNs can improve the quality of care delivered to nursing home residents.
“We need decision makers that can do the right things for residents and APRNs can fill that gap,” Johnson said. “We just need to figure out how to better use them, better support them and ensure they are being paid appropriately. It feels great to work on this because it is an under-researched area, and I am excited to be a part of it.”
“Advanced practice registered nurse transition to practice in the long-term care setting: An ethnography” was published in Global Nursing Qualitative Research.
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Taking His Time
- Publication Date: March 1, 2000
- Imprint: Booth-Clibborn Editions
- Trim Size: 10 x 11 1⁄2
- ISBN: 9781861540126
- Page Count: 156
Tony Evans remains one of Britain's most highly regarded still-life photographers who worked successfully and distinctively in editorial and advertising fields on both sides of the Atlantic. This publication, which accompanied a major, world-touring exhibition, is a survey as well as a celebration of his best work.


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The moment the process of getting arrested as well as released via bail bond is finished, it’s now period to find a lawyer to represent you. But before you dash into the alternative, there are elements you have to think about. What this write up is designed to focus the search of yours, provide ideas on what characteristics you need to seem for, and give help on where to do.
You will see honest businesses and deceitful organizations, and it is up to the top businesses to stand up for the rights of theirs and pressure all bail bonds groups within the business to comply using the real written law. This’s most likely what’ll need to take place for the federal government to do anything at all.
In the event you position yourself getting strong-armed by a single bail bonds enterprise, you ought to understand numerous issues. First, many businesses will provide financing plans for anyone that require them, without needing charging some interest. Most bail guarantors are going to refuse this at very first since they’ll all make an effort to get paid in total up front, though it’s crucial to recognize the competition will offer such plans if need be.
In many conditions, bail bondsmen function developing a bail enforcement agent or maybe a bounty hunter. This is so you can have people that are familiar with what you should do whenever your consumers skip out on the specified court date scheduled. It is essential that you can position the clients of yours. Using the assistance of such specialists, you are going to be in a position to recognize them. If it wasn’t, you might be held liable to purchase the bail quantity purchased from the suspect.
In certain states, the loved one, or perhaps a distant relative of the accused is not permitted to publish the quantity, and it must come making use of a registered and qualified agent. This will make life less stressful for the courts provided that they will not have to find out the accused or maybe the individual that guaranteed the total amount either. The agent then is going to keep an eye on the motions of the accused, so they do exactly what they are meant to and deal with the judge whenever the time comes. This’s a tough process for them the way it does pay in conclusion, a proven way or even yet another!
All over the nation, numerous agencies specialize in local bail bonds. Nevertheless, to secure effective bail bonds, it’s crucial for the signer to look for a reputed organization which understands the system effectively and treats its clients with respect. The agency truly ought to provide its professional expertise to get your loved one out of jail in a dignified and fast way


Record and control tempering furnaces, freezers or washing machines on the control system and AMS / SAP?
No problem !
Process control systems and downstream order management systems are often available for systems with their own process controller and possibly already linked to you?
The smaller systems often represent a documentation gap. There are no recordings here and thus prevent continuous treatment tracking.
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With data collection stations as multi-plant systems, process values from these systems such as tempering furncaces, deep freezers or washing machines can be recorded and assigned to the respective component using batch header data. This data is therefore completely available on all downstream systems.
On request, process control with program management can be implemented via one station for several systems, which means that the costs incurred can be kept low. (Only one connection license required for the station!)


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Are you ready to buy a house? Purchasing a home is one of the most important financial decisions you will ever make. There are different types of home, and get yourself one of the Mississauga homes for sale and enjoy the rest of your life in your dream home.
Here is a list of certain things to know about before buying a home.
- Make use of a reputable agent.
All know that agents get a percentage of the home’s sale price, making some buyers wary of using one since they believe it raises the entire cost. For example, if you are based in Honolulu and looking for houses for sale in honolulus, keep in mind that the seller, not the customer, pays the commission. A listing agent does not defend your interests. A knowledgeable agent will work to safeguard your interests and guide you through the whole buying process, from price negotiations to home inspections.
- House purchase involves a contract.
There are papers to sign when purchasing a home. There are also other papers to sign. Contracts are supposed to be bargained over. You are not required to sign a conventional contract. You can make it part of the transaction if you want additional time to evaluate your inspection, forgo a radon test, or make a purchase contingent on a mortgage approval. That is when a knowledgeable agent can come in useful.
- Think about commitment
If you are buying a house with someone, make sure you have a backup plan if things do not go as planned. It is a good idea to have a contract in place for titling, mortgage payments and obligation, repairs, and other matters. A thing is best to get it down on paper.
- Look beyond paint
It is not uncommon for your dream house to include that one room that you have already imagined remodeling. Remember that while cosmetic flaws are relatively easy to correct, renovations to kitchens and baths can be costly. People prefer to focus on the cost of cabinets, appliances, and counters, but they often overlook the expense of labor, which can double or triple the cost. That is not to say you should not buy a house that needs a lot of work, but you should consider such costs when considering whether you can afford it.
Buy the house which you can afford.
This may not be the same as the amount your mortgage provider estimates you can afford. Some lenders estimate that you can make mortgage payments of roughly your gross income. In contrast, others estimate that housing-related costs, including mortgage, insurance, and taxes, will be closer to your gross income. Other elements include your predicted income, interest rates, mortgage type, and the market. Inquire with your mortgage broker for assistance in understanding what is in the play.
Do not hang up on the buying price.
The purchase price is only one aspect of home ownership; make sure to factor in all of the fees involved with your potential new residence. This includes insurance, homeowner association fees, and real estate taxes, which can quickly mount up depending on where you live. Inquire about the upkeep of extras such as swimming pools, high-tech heating and cooling systems, and outbuildings. Finally, a low-cost condition with a high maintenance charge may be more expensive than a higher-cost condition with lower maintenance fees, and a low-cost home with high taxes may cost you more per month than a higher-cost home with reduced taxes.
Find your style
While you may adore artisan homes or the clean look of a modern kitchen, bathroom and furniture, you will be happy if you think about what style of home would best suit your needs. Single-family houses provide more privacy and flexibility, ideal if you have children or pets that require access to a yard.
Get a home inspection.
Avoid any potential unpleasant surprises later by having a home inspection performed by a professional home inspector, regardless of the state of the home. A good home inspector can tell you all you need to know about your home, from the roof’s age to potential problems with the water heater down the road.
You can consult team Arora’s real estate agent and inquire about the potential for profit if the general area’s worth continues to climb. Avail of the offer of houses for sale in Halton Hills and step into your dream house. If you follow all of these steps while buying a house, your chances of a successful transaction will increase.
This article showcase the things that you need to know about before buying a home. You can make use of the above details and purchase the right property at the right price range.

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“What is it? What’s wrong?” Hanali asked.
A tall, leafy green, lady with rose petals for a head smiled back at them. “Hello, you two,” she said.
Evalieh’s body trembled with a chill, and he dove behind Hanali. “Wh-what is that?”
“You mean, Sherral?” Hanali asked.
“Sh-she’s not human is she?!”
Hanali pulled Evalieh forward and had him look at the other clans. “Look, there are more than just humans here—we call them a Hyborie. They’re like an animalistic-human hybrid that sports traits from their parent race.” He shook his head and rubbed his face. Then, he turned Evalieh’s gaze to the Sun Clan, where cats, wolves, foxes, rabbits, and fish stood as people.
Evalieh jerked his eyes around and ruffled his hair. He took a seat and rubbed his face as he tried to rationalize the situation. He felt like he was losing his mind and that the nightmare was getting worse. How could a group of Hybories slipp past him so easily? He was usually so confident in spotting something odd, but this shattered his ego and made him uneasy.
Hanali wrapped his arm around Evalieh and patted him on the shoulder. “It’ll be alright, Evalieh—sorry about the confusion. We forget that only humans live on the mainland.” Hanali looked out and smiled at the crowd of people. “As long as you’re here, the Sun Clan and others welcome everyone and appreciate their differences.” He winked at Evalieh. “Don’t be afraid to learn from others—it’s worth the experience.”
Evalieh looked up at the flower lady and she returned his gaze with a giggle. “You’re exciting!” she said.
Evalieh reared back with a deep gasp. He could have sworn his soul escaped. “Is—is she a monster?” He was too afraid to move and instead shifted his eyes onto Hanali, hoping he had an answer.
Hanali shook his head in disappointment.
Sherral clasped her fuzzy leaf hands into Evalieh’s. She winked and blew him a kiss, forcing him to dodge the imaginative kiss as if it were an arrow after his head.
Trying to flee, Evalieh leaned back into Hanali, smushing him into the seat.
Hanali grabbed ahold of Evalieh and sat him upright. “You’ll be fine.”
Evalieh looked down at his hands and pulled out his mother’s broach. He thought about the many times he failed to understand something, and his mother always said he’d be fine. His lip quivered and he looked up at Sherral. He gave her a slight smile and decided he’d give this a chance, reassuring that he’d be okay.
A gong echoed across the colosseum, and everyone turned their heads towards the center. Evalieh felt out of place and did the same. It felt a little robotic and reminded him of his home, but he wanted to see what was going on. Moments later, Mishavlo made her way to the center and Evalieh gave a sigh of relief.
“My mother is smiling from ear to ear. I bet she told the other leaders about you,” Hanali said.
Evalieh groaned and slumped down in his seat, hoping to hide from any embarrassment. He pulled his antennas down and covered his head. Remembering he’s no longer human himself, he felt a tinge of guilt and questioned his behavior towards Sherral.
With her booming voice, Mishavlo rallied everyone into a cheer, except for the Shaman Clan who ignored her. Behind Mishavlo, came veiled attendants from each of the clan’s gates. They carried a flaming torch, each burning in the clan’s color. “Be it the fire of a warrior’s spirit or the frigid meticulous nature of the moon—today stars a new year for the island.” Mishavlo held her hand behind her back and pointed her sword at the members in each section. “This year is special, as custom dictates, we will decide which clan will rule the island. Through challenges of wit or strength, the triumphant clan will rule,” she said. Then, she stepped out of the way.
The flames were placed on the platform in a circle and illuminated the area in a rainbow. Mishavlo stepped forward, pulled her sword out, and spun around, slicing all the flames at once. As if they were ignited, the flames grew larger and more brilliant.
Evalieh felt a strange tug at his body when the flames grew larger. It was as if a vacuum of wind was pulling him forward. A grieving sweat came over him and pains from his episode rose through his veins, making him feel heavy. He gripped the seat with all his strength and braced his feet against the floor.
A large man plopped down beside Hanali. “Can’t wait to swap into the Warrior Clan—I wanna duel their leader!” He made a fist and cheered, catching Evalieh’s attention.
Hanali slumped over and sighed.
Breathing heavily, Evalieh tried to muster his words together. “Does it bother you that he wants to swap clans?” Evalieh asked.
“It does. Without our god, what do we have to offer?”
Evalieh clenched his jaw, feeling as if his insides were boiling with something to say. “And here you were preaching to me about value.”
“In these few hours, I’ve seen more happy faces than I’ve saw in my whole life. What more could you ask for?” For a moment, Evalieh paused and wondered if he was qualified to say anything. He rolled his eyes, chuckled, and elbowed Hanali. “Kind of reminds me of home—nothing to offer, but I was happy—for the most part.”
Mishavlo stomped her golden heels and shushed the crowds. The waters around the island platform started to bubble and rise into tropical fish and neon jellyfish. They swam around the area and collided into a glittering mist. Everyone except the Shaman Clan gasped with awe. Then, the misty droplets around Mishavlo gathered and cascaded into a fishy humanoid, sporting shimmering fins and scales that looked like flowing fabrics. “Ah ha, mates, I—King Sardine know how to put on a show,” he said.
Next, a glowing wolf glyph appeared before the two leaders and red flames danced around it. Fireworks went off and a great rift sliced through the air. “I can put on a better show than any smelly fish,” came a man’s voice. The Warrior Clan’s leader burst through the rift and proudly posed with his chest out. “Tsarval. Leader of the pack. Let my pelts speak for themselves,” he said.
The ground beneath them emerged with a rumbling mound that sprouted billowing vines. A tall curvy figure bloomed into a beautiful lotus lady. She delicately walked around while flowers sprouted in her footsteps. “I am Lady Floressa,” she said.
At that moment, white bats swooped in from every crevice within the colosseum, frightening the crowd. The bats gathered before Mishavlo and kissed her hand, one after the other as they combined into a man covered in black lace. He stood nearly as tall as her and his skin was as white as his draping hair. “Lord Alderic, at your service,” he said.
A column of light suddenly engulfed the leaders. Evalieh sprang from his seat, he was in awe and fear. A single Hyborie butterfly came fluttering down on stain glass wings. She was quiet and hid her face beneath a veil. She was dressed in long white silks and gave off an otherworldly appearance when she stretched out her six arms.
All the light in the colosseum went dark and all the stars went out, as if someone covered it with a blanket. Evalieh couldn’t see his own hands and quickly sat down. He held onto his seat, feeling his chest being tugged on. Lightning thundered overhead, frightening everyone into cries until a bolt struck at the leader’s feet. Gasps escaped when the light faded in, revealing the Shaman Clan’s leader as he rose from the shadowy scorch marks. Standing nearly as tall as Mishavlo, he was shrouded beneath a thick black cloak and a thorny jeweled mask. Beside him, appeared two cloaked figures bound in chains and straightjackets. Mishavlo clenched her stomach and grumbled at the leader’s audacity.
Hanali grabbed ahold of Evalieh’s arm and leaned forward, his face was red with anger.
Not wanting to be left alone, Evalieh pulled him back before Hanali could jump away.
“Sorry,” Hanali said. He sat back down and the two awaited the shaman’s introduction.
Keeping silent, the shaman leader shuffled beside Lady Floressa and yanked on the two chains, pulling the figures close. Mishavlo snarled and stomped her heels, grabbing everyone’s attention. She kept a sharp eye on the shaman leader as the other leaders gathered around her. One by one, she called for the new clan members to gather and come up to the platform.
Hanali tapped Evalieh on the shoulder and held a gold encrusted vial in his face. “You’ll need this to hold your flame.” Hanali clasped the vial onto a necklace and tied it around Evalieh’s neck before he could be stopped.
Evalieh felt his heart pound and the tugging in his chest grow stronger. He held up the necklace and looked back at Hanali, who urged him on with a smiling nod. Evalieh twitched his mouth back and forth, hoping Hanali would say something. Feeling alone, he took a deep breath and scurried alongside the other new members. He stumbled over the member’s feet and spun around, landing in a woman’s lap. He leaped up, blushing at everyone’s staring eyes. “Sorry!”
Soon after, Evalieh made it into the crowd where they gathered around the platform of flames. Feeling queasy, he clenched his stomach and grit his teeth. Others from all ages bumped into Evalieh, passing him by as he slowly stepped forward. He broke out into a hot sweat the closer he drew to the flames, making him tremble.
Someone bumped into Evalieh, spinning him around. “Sorry. Hi. Hello. Nice to meet you,” she said.
Then, he bumped into someone ahead of him. “Hi. Hello. Nice to meet you,” said a man.
Evalieh raised a brow and straightened up, realizing these new members moved somewhat mechanically and rigid. It reminded him of his training sessions back home where people were conditioned against artificial life to teach them how to behave. The line quickly moved, leaving Evalieh to his thoughts.
When it was his turn, Mishavlo cleared her throat, said his name, and opened her arms. He looked around and fidgeted, seeing how he was the only one left. The others had already rejoined their clan and he began to breath heavy.
“It’s okay,” Mishavlo said.
Evalieh rose onto the platform, feeling the heat radiate off the torches. The flames crackled and popped as their bright light consumed his form. He shielded his eyes and moved forward.
“They won’t hurt you,” Mishavlo said. She smiled and led him along the circle of flames.
Evalieh snapped his head back and forth, feeling the pressure from everyone’s gaze. He pulled his antennas down around his face and looked down. The shaman leader approached from behind and Mishavlo stepped between the two. Evalieh stepped back and looked up at the lady.
“It’s alright, take a piece of the flame, it won’t burn,” she said.
The shaman leader crept around Mishavlo. “I saw him. The crystal bloom’s murderer—what a glorious day for the shamans,” he said. Like a cloudy ghost, he passed through her body and reformed in front of Evalieh. “This island rejects you, doesn’t it? You think a flame will help you, boy? You do not belong, but you will become the shaman’s greatest ally.” He grabbed Evalieh by the wrist and shoved him into the torches, knocking them over.
Fearing he’d be burned, Evalieh cried out and ducked into a fetal position. The crowds screamed as the flames began to erupted. The shaman leader snapped his boney fingers, summoning shadowy hands and beasts to attack the crowds and leaders. Before Mishavlo could help, a pair of hands dragged her halfway into the abyss. Then, the shaman leader threw one of his cloaked figures into the fires with Evalieh.
A burning sensation rose within Evalieh’s chest, he flopped over and gasped, seeing the cloaked silhouette standing over him. Evalieh was paralyzed with fear as the figure flung open its cloak and drove its boney black hand into its chest. With a grunt, the figure pulled out a dripping black flame that had a heartbeat. With a rasp in its voice, the figure chuckled. “A heart for a heart—let darkness have its way and carve a path for a new day,” it said. Then, it shoved the flame into Evalieh’s chest.
Evalieh screamed, feeling his body burn with intense pain and heat. His body seized against his will and crystal butterfly wings protruded from his back. The other clan flames started to swirl around the two and dove into Evalieh’s chest. He writhed in pain and gasped for breath. Flashes of color crackled around him and he clawed at his chest, wanting to rip the pain out.
Through all the chaos and noise, a voice cut through the crowd. “Sunlight, adorn me!” A shimmering ball of light exploded across the colosseum, scattering the shadowy figures into dust. This light rocketed around the area, tackling almost every beast.
Mishavlo broke free and lunged at the shaman leader, piercing the purple jewel on his mask. He fell back and grabbed ahold of his two chained figures, before vanishing in the shadows.
“Brakierie!” Someone said. A sword of light hurtled towards the monsters like a boomerang. It circled Evalieh and the other leaders.
Sprouting bat wings, Lord Alderic sliced through the beasts until he caught up with Lady Floressa. He grabbed ahold of her leaves and flung her towards Evalieh. “Protect Mishavlo’s divine one!” he said.
Floressa took Evalieh into her arms and attempted to heal him with a pod of healing nectar she had in her petals.
Mishavlo broke free and kneeled before them, stroking Evalieh’s face. “It’s not enough.” She shook her head. “Get him to Hanali, they must flee to the Earth & Water Clan. The Great BayoBayo Tree can help,” she said. Then, she lifted her sword. “To war!”


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Indian-born but UK-based rapper Hard Kaur defiantly challenged both Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Shah “to come in the ring alone” and fight in response to the sedition case that the government recently filed against her for her anti-Hindutva comments, promptly resulting in her account’s suspension from Twitter shortly after she posted the video but nevertheless still going in viral by trending in India.
Almost all of India must have heard about about the Sikhs For Justice’s (SFJ) Referendum 2020 campaign for an independent Khalistan by now despite the best efforts of the self-proclaimed “world’s largest democracy” to censor any serious conversation about the movement after Indian-born but UK-based rapper Hard Kaur’s latest video just went viral and became one of the top Twitter trends in the country despite her account being suspended because of it. She defiantly challenged both Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Shah “to come in the ring alone” and fight in response to the sedition case that the government recently filed against her for her anti-Hindutva comments, and she also took the opportunity to condemn the innumerable rape and death threats that the ModiMob of BJP trolls started incessantly sending to her, her family, and even her friends after reacting to the dog whistle that the state blew by taking her to court.
“The Forbidden Fruit”
Hard Kaur, channeling the spirit of strength and independence that runs through her genre, is standing up for herself by doing more than just making a provocative video, however, since she’s also taking her case to the UN. Not only that, but she declared that she’ll symbolically raise the Khalistani flag on India’s Independence Day later this week on 15 August and also promised to release an upcoming song in support of the Referendum 2020 campaign. Her actions represent the highest profile support that the Khalistan cause has hitherto received in both Western and Indian pop culture, but given that Big Tech companies are intimately connected to the Indian state and under its sway in order to receive access to the country’s massive market, it’s no surprise that Twitter promptly suspended her account after what she said. Even so, India Today reported that “Hard Kaur is one of the top trends on Twitter in India” by Tuesday afternoon.
The Crumbling Of India’s Anti-Khalistan Infowar Crusade
Just like that, India’s infowar crusade against Khalistan suddenly crumbled after the country’s citizens became aware of the referendum campaign from a source other than the government itself for what might be the first time ever for most them, which is important because they finally have the chance to hear the other side of the story after the government attempted to monopolize the conversation about this issue by falsely claiming that the SFJ and their legal advisor Gurpatwant Singh Pannun are “Pakistani-backed terrorists”. It also helped that practically every Indianmediaoutletofsignificance reported on her video, which almost all of them did with the intent of impugning her character by attempting to connect her to “terrorists”, though which inadvertently contributed to the footage going viral and trending on Twitter. The state’s now in a conundrum because its official (sedition charges) and unofficial (ModiMob threats) harassment against her has totally backfired.
The State’s Primary Sin
Instead of silencing the SFJ’s campaign, the Indian government and its media allies unwittingly amplified its message by making Hard Kaur the talk of the country. The rapper probably couldn’t have ever expected that this would happen, but that just goes to show how unpredictable the strategic dynamics are whenever a state tries to suppress a democratic movement in the age of social media. The Indian government presumably panicked once she started speaking out in favor of Khalistan and then decided to put immense pressure on her to self-censor after fearing that she could popularize this movement even more than it already is by virtue of celebrity status, though that just provoked Hard Kaur to dig in her heels and push back against this intimidation campaign with all her might. The viral video that she released was the result of the death and rape threats that the ModiMob wouldn’t stop issuing to her after the government proceeded with filing its sedition charges.
“For Every Action, There Is An Equal And Opposite Reaction”
In hindsight, the Indian government should have just left Hard Kaur alone and let her speak as freely about the SFJ’s Referendum 2020 campaign as she’d like, but they instead catapulted her into being the latest icon for free speech and democracy in the world by actively trying to silence her. The resultant sedition charges served to inspire the ModiMob to take matters into their own hands in the hope that she’ll mentally collapse after being subjected to disgusting threats directed against her and her loved ones, but that bullying only motivated her to respond with her viral video, which in turn caused India’s infowar crusade against Khalistan to crumble. Going forward, it can be expected that Hard Kaur will continue dedicating more of her time to the Khalistani cause and being the voice of the Sikh community that’s increasingly comingunderthreat from the Indian government, with her high-profile activism being a nightmare come true for New Delhi.
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hello I'm new to the forums ,so please bare with me. I live in Huddersfield , West Yorkshire ; its a rainy afternoon ,so I thought I'd do a little browsing and chatting. I am not working at the moment ,so do lots of crafty stuff , and find myself on-line a lot too. I love reading blogs , so if anyone has one they want me to take a read of , then let me know. Sandra
Hi I'm Deborah and I'm new here, well when I say new I mean I just realised I joined in 2008 but have never really been keeping up to date with the forum or even posted. I'm hoping this will change now though I love all types of craft and I'll give anything a try, but I would say that at the moment I am mainly a paper crafter. I also love mixed media art, digital art, photography and upcycling furniture. Looking forward to participating in this forum and getting to know some new crafting people


Since there has been a lack of Michelle news, I figured I would do something special for you guys. A while ago I created a fan EP filled with some of Michelle’s best acoustic sessions. This time around I have created a new EP featuring Michelle’s 2009 CMT Studio 330 Acoustic Session. You can download this amazing playlist here.
A few days ago some unreleased tracks from Michelle’s highly anticipated album West Coast Time were leaked on YouTube. The tracks include “Smoke and Feathers”, “Don’t Feel Like Dancing, “What Don’t Kill You”, and “Here We Go Again”. All of the tracks can be heard on the playlist below.
If you live in South Dakota and you really want to see Michelle perform then you’re in luck! On October 9thMichelle Branch wil be performing an intimate solo Acoustic set in Deadwood, South Dakota. Tickets are $15 and can be found on Ticketmaster
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A Burbank police officer jumped into action to reunite a horse with its owner after the two became separated, video shows. A Burbank police officer jumped into action to reunite a horse with its owner after the animal ran away. Officers responded around 12:30 a.m.
Tuesday to the area near Riverside Drive and Mariposa Street after a caller saw the horse with a saddle, but no rider.
Burbank police Sgt. Brent Fekety said the caller saw the horse running frantically down the street. Fekety said the horse got spooked during a ride with its owner and took off. Police found the horse, named Oreo, grazing on some grass in front of a home. That’s when Officer Nicholas Moreno, who grew up around horses, calmly mounted the animal, Fekety said.
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Horse runs through Burbank yards, cop rides animal back to ownerOreo the horse was spooked off after a late night ride, but a Burbank officer who grew up around horses was able to ride the animal back to its owner.
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An Iranian deputy foreign minister says remarks made by certain US official about increasing military aid to terrorist groups in Syria increase insecurity in the Arab country and the entire region.“Remarks made by certain American officials about[sending] military aid to terrorists and irresponsible armed groups, increase insecurity in Syria and the region, ” Iran ' s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Abdollahian said on Saturday. Amir - Abdollahian was reacting to accusations by American officials that the Syrian Army is using chemical weapons against militants.The New York Timesreported on June 13 that US President Barack Obama has decided to begin supplying the foreign - backed militants in Syria with small arms and ammunition. The assistance, coordinated by the CIA, could include antitank weapons, the paper said.The Washington Postreported on June 12 that US Secretary of State John Kerry has vowed American “commitment” to aid foreign - backed militants in Syria following their “disastrous” recent defeats at the hands of the Syrian Army. “We are determined to do everything that we can in order to help the opposition to be able to… save Syria, and that stands, ” Kerry said.
“We have ascertained that the Syrian government has not used chemical weapons, but certain terrorists in Syria have chemical weapons, ” Amir - Abdollahian noted.The Iranian official stated that it is time for the US to stop its wrong approach to Syria, adding, “Such measures contradict the objectives of the international conference [on Syria] in Geneva.” UN-Arab League Special Envoy on Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said on June 7 that the international conference to resolve the crisis in Syria might be held in July. The peace talks had originally been planned to be held in June. “The goal of the conference will be to achieve a political solution to the conflict in Syria through a comprehensive agreement between the government of Syria and the Syrian opposition,” Brahimi said in a news conference after holding preparatory talks with delegations from the United Nations, the US, and Russia in Geneva, adding that another preparatory meeting would be held on June 25.


Rheenendal bus crash inquest postponed
The inquest into the bus crash that claimed the lives of 14 school children has been postponed.
CAPE TOWN - The inquest into the Rheenendal bus crash that claimed the lives of 14 school children and a driver is set to resume in April next year.
The school children and driver were killed when the bus they were travelling in plunged into a river.
It's believed the incident was caused by faulty brakes.
The matter was postponed in the Knysna Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Jerald Andrews, the lawyer representing the victims' families, says, "We were unable to prepare properly the transcript of the record of the previous sitting and we have not received the report of the expert witness that the other party's would have called to dispute the evidence."


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In a world where nothing is black or white, films often try to categorize by using labels of right or wrong. People's urge to put things into arbitrary cornpartrnents is fueled by reasons ranging from personal insecurities to incessant indoctrination by the media, Black & White & Red All Over provides an insightful and intensely entertaining inquiry into these tendencies and how they relate to black culture on both personal and universal levels.
Set in the near future and something like hyperreality, the film focuses on a group of six friends who laugh, argue, and get high, most of them choosing to ignore the fact that black-on-black violence is severely diminishing their population. A murder forces them to analyze their situation and examine their individual identities or face the consequences of possible self-annihilation.
The entire film takes place in the apartment of one of the group, where the world of music, television, and marijuana provides them with escapes from the cold reality of the outside world. Each character represents an ideological section of black culturewithout shrinking to a stereotype.
The beauty of the film comes from its ability to blend extreme style with heightened realism by combining an examination of social and racial issues with refreshingly authentic dialogue and characterizations. Black & White &. RedAll Over neither condemns nor excuses the actions of these characters but rather develops them as multidimensional individuals who must come to grips, on their own terms, with the paths they are headed down.
An ensemble piece with outstanding performances, Black& White&Red AllOver is as light and amusing on the surface as it is dark and foreboding in its underpinnings. Cowritten and directed by DeMane Davis, Harry McCoy and Khari Streeter, this film creates a unique vision.


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Åsa and Paul got married by a lake in her fathers forestland in southern Sweden. It was a three day affair as people came from the UK, USA, Germany. There was a big dinner the night before and a big brekafast the next day. Flowers and decorations came from the forest, the sun shone and the party lasted all night.
First a couple of shots of the family's forest from my medium format film camera...
Gemma and Dan had a lovely wedding in the countryside at the fabulous Kingscote Barn in Tetbury. It was in May - remember that little bit of summer we had when it was 30 degrees for a weekend. Wow. A really delightful quintessentially English spring wedding.
Weeks of rainy weather in England, so we decided to embrace that and go out and brave the elements. We went on three short wet and windy walks from Donna and Andy's cottage, between each short walk we ran back inside to dry off. I had waterproofs, Donna and Andy changed and dried off three times. What a game couple. We looked up rainy engagement shoots on the internet before we went out to see how many other crazy people had done this before. We saw a couple of umbrellas up, but not really rain as such - ha! you call that inclement weather?!
Another ideal pre-wedding shoot in that we picked something that the couple really like to do; which means that they are relaxed, happy and comfortable just being themselves. Åsa and Paul love spending time in their camper van, so we jumped in and drove down to the lake one evening after wrok. I picked a spot which I knew had a horizon view to the setting sun - which luckily came out... we opened a couple of beers, what a great way to spend the evening :-)
Sandy and Paul hang out on sunny evenings after work on Brighton beach just a minute from thier house - to walk, read, catch up with their respective days, so I tagged along one evening for a walk; what a nice way to make for an authentic engagement shoot. I love finding light like this - facing away from a sun that has just set.


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Phemale Safe house exists to support and counsel victims of domestic violence in Columbus Ohio, especially in the multi-cultural African American community. Through advocacy and awareness activities, PSH will help to educate the greater community and connect victims with the resources.

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In general, you have a wide latitude in the technical implementation of safety systems.
Depending on the specific local conditions access readers can be combined with central access control units, if necessary, with turnstiles, floodgates etc.. In any case, the access control units are installed in the secure area to protect them from sabotage or manipulation. In most cases, are surface or flush variants available for access reader or also standing columns by request.
The identification on the reading units takes place by means of various RFID technologies and biometrics.
By lisa communication system it is also possible to mix hardware from different manufacturers (as long as the ID card system is compatible)! This enables you to assemble high-quality hardware into your representative business areas and select more functional equipment for more robust environments.


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I know I can’t be the only person that understands the real reason for the sell off on Wall Street. People with any money put away are scared to death of an Obama presidency.
He’s flat out said he’s going to raise taxes on business owners, individuals, and corporations. These entities already don’t have enough operating capital and he wants to take more out. If you’ve got money put away, you know it’s in jeopardy if he’s elected.
There’s no way any person with any business sense can actually believe that raising taxes and raising spending is going to do a damn bit of good. It’s going to throw our country even deeper in the hole.
As an example, let’s pretend your family is a business and times are tight and you’re having a difficult time making your mortgage. Then Obama comes along and says he represents change. Sounds good.
But what is he going change? He’s going to raise your taxes and the taxes of those you do business with, that’s what he’s promised to change.
Now not only do you have less money in your pockets because of Obama’s tax increases, but those that buy from you have less so they’re not buying. You no longer can afford your mortgage if you plan on feeding your children.
That’s some change.
Remember the “Misery Index” under Carter, the worst president of all time? It’ll come back, but with a vengence.
If you keep thinking it won’t have an effect on you because you make less than $250k, think again. $250k isn’t much as a sole proprietor or small corporation. Even if you work in a gas station, retail store, restaurant, or any occupation in a myriad of sectors, you’re facing some difficult times because you just may be let go so the extra taxes can be paid.
That’s some change I can really get behind. Yeah, right.

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The breath of his talents are evident in the new video, “Searching For Someone,” the title track for his debut LP. The song starts off with a heavy bass drum effect that drops suddenly, giving give way to light piano keys, summery-feeling synth keys, bright, strumming guitar chords, bubbling bass and remarkably melodic hooks, all encompassing Warsaw’s well-honed, strong vocals, which at times can range from semi-falsetto to modal register – a benefit many singers wish they could pull off.
“The song has a good summer vibe to drive around to with the windows down,” he says. “The inspiration for the debut album was to create an audio sci-fi or futuristic love story from start to finish, using experimental sounds that are relatable and current.”
After enjoying a kind of mini DIY hit with his single, “Diamonds,” in 2014, the Toronto artist took his time – nearly two years – honing his sound; writing and recording new songs; reworking them and mixing, and along with his fellow band members, devoting himself to perfecting the sound and stepping up his game, encouraged along by avid fans of his earlier work.
After two years of writing and recording, Eden Warsaw, along with his band, had a bunch of songs to work with and release, whch they’ve been doing. In addition to guitarist and vocalist Warsaw, band members include Phanat Chan (guitar/synth); Kyle Densmore (drums), and Troy Donaldson (bass).
“This actual rollout wouldn’t be possible without the guys in the band,” Warsaw says. “They are massively talented musicians that heard the music in studio and convinced me to finally start releasing everything. We are all like brothers.”
The guys will be performing at Canadian Music Week from May 2nd – May 8th. Visit the Facebook page.
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Words by Raelee Lancaster
A recent article in the Daily Telegraph has reignited the debate over the dangers of video games amongst young children.
The article, published on the 6th of July, interviewed a mother who believes that living with her twelve-year-old son is “like living with someone who is drug addict”. Journalist Jane Hansen, the author of the piece, paints the young boy as an intelligent student who was turned “into a monster” by his video game addiction.
But this claim, when put up against the research, doesn’t add up.
The US Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention found that during 1994-2000, when the video game industry boom began, juvenile violent crime rates lowered by 44% and 24% in young adults. A US Judge agreed, and in a statement said that video games could be healthy for children. He vehemently argued that shielding children from violence seen in video games, and other media, could be detrimental to their wellbeing as they would be ill-equipped to cope with the world outside of their protective “bubble”.
A 1999 Australian Government supports these claims, concluding that there is “little evidence to support fears that playing computer games contributes substantially to aggression in the community.” Some scholars even went so far as to suggest that video games could be beneficial for children as action games improve mental attentiveness as well as visual and fine motor skills.
However, for every hour of screen time a child has, their risk of developing attention-related increases by 10%. It could therefore be assumed that excessive screen time is what led to this twelve-year-old boy’s anger issues. Indeed, excessive screen time clearly has consequences. Obesity, bad eating habits, poor cognitive performance, reduction in sleep and fewer social interaction are all attributed to the depression and lifestyle his mother spoke of to the Daily Telegraph.
In his book “20 Tips for Parents”, Professor Kim Oates, paediatrician and former head of The Westmead Children’s Hospital said that children under two should have no screen time, children between two-five years old should have no more than one hour and those older than five should have no more than two hours. “The right does at the right time of appropriate screen time…can be good,” he told the Daily Telegraph.
It seems that video games aren’t the problem here. The amount of time, however, that young children, like this boy mentioned in the Daily Telegraph article, spend in front of an electronic screen does.


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When I was going to make the photos of my zucchini soup, I made the scientific discovery that pine nuts are slightly denser than zucchini soup. I thought it would be a great idea to throw in a handful of pine nuts and cheese into the soup for both decorational and interesting flavour-and-texture purposes, only to observe that they immediately sank straight to the bottom of the bowl. Cheese is not only also slightly denser, it had the added disadvantage of immediately melting. So finally I added the pine nuts and cheese extremely gently one by one and quickly snapped away in case they sank again.
Zucchinis are, in the botanical sense, from the Cucurbitaceae family, which is from the same family as cucumbers, and probably hence the similarity in size, colour and shape. Pumpkins are also from this family, even though they look different.
The word zucchini derives from its Italian word “zucchino”, and this word is used mainly used in The States (correct me if I’m wrong) and Australia. On the other hand, in the UK they usually call it courgette, which is the french word for zucchini. I’ll say zucchini because I have Australian roots.
We need for four servings: 2 zucchinis, water, 1/2 cup cream, salt, pepper, pine nuts, cheese.
Cut the zucchini in smallish pieces. Cutting it will make the boiling process faster. I didn’t peel the zucchini. Add just enough water to cover the zucchini pieces. Bring to boil and continue boiling until the zucchini pieces are soft. Add the cream and a pinch of salt. Take off the stove and blend with a food mixer until it becomes a liquid texture. Sprinkle black pepper to decorate along with the pine nuts and cheese. I used semi-cured Manchego cheese, which is a type of Spanish cheese.
By the way, at the end, surface tension won the round against density, because the cheese and pine nuts continued on top of the soup all the way to the table and whilst eating.
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Watch: Coldest weekend so far
The coldest air of the season, so far, will stick around through the weekend before a slow and gradual warming trend takes over during the early to middle part of next week. All the time, the weather looks to be storm-free!
Skies will be mainly clear tonight as winds begin to diminish. It will be frigid with lows between 0 and 15 below zero north and single digits above zero elsewhere.
A dry and chilly weekend follows with highs in the single digits far north to lower half of the 20s far south for both Saturday & Sunday. It will be a bit breezy Saturday with lighter winds on Sunday.
Monday and Tuesday look to feature more sun along with higher temps (upper teens north to near 30 south Monday and low 20s north to low 30s south on Tuesday).
The next front looks to arrive late Wednesday or Wednesday evening with a few flakes, mostly in northern areas. It will be a bit milder ahead of that front on Wednesday followed by another dip into the deep freeze for Thursday into Friday AM.
Have a great weekend!


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By Seth Daniel
One defense attorney in the Officer Daniel Talbot murder case is questioning the relationship between the Revere Police and the caseâ€™s key witness, who has received more than $8,500 in witness relocation expenses since the investigation began.
Talbot was shot and killed behind Revere High School (RHS) in the early morning hours of September 29, 2007, while he was off-duty.
On trial for Talbotâ€™s murder is a quartet of defendants, though the lead case is that of Robert Iacoviello Jr., 21, of 59 Thurlow Ave. He is charged with murder and is the accused shooter of Talbot. He also faces two unrelated firearms offenses.
Also charged in the case – but with lesser crimes – are Derek Lodie, 18, James Heang, 18, and Gia Nagy, 18, all of Revere. They are facing various charges of accessory to murder.
Only Nagy is out on bail. The other three defendants have been held without bail in the Nashua Street Jail since October 2007.
Attorney Peter Krupp, who represents Iacoviello Jr., filed numerous motions in Suffolk Superior Court in January and February, requesting more information and also questioning the relationship between the key witness and Revere Police.
The key witness, who is named in court documents but whose name has been withheld by the Journal, is a 22-year-old Revere resident whom many around town would say is troubled – with a past that includes a few run-ins with police over the years.
Krupp questioned why the police chose a key witness that is a troubled young man and who allegedly changed his story several times when talking with authorities about the Talbot murder.
â€œDespite the fact that [the witness] told Revere Police complete lies and altered his story in the days following the incident, Revere Police chose to work with [the witness] and ultimately offered him assistance in exchange for cooperation,â€ wrote Krupp in a court filing.
What does all that mean?
Well, it could mean nothing more than the fact that a young man who has been in trouble several times with police has decided to help them find the murderer of a Revere police officer.
Most people involved with the case would tend to believe that.
However, for Krupp and others defending the case, the familiarity between the key witness and the police could mean the possibility of coercion – and establishing the possible coercion of a key witness to the jury would be a blow to the prosecution, especially in Suffolk County, where juries tend to be skeptical of prosecutors and police.
In the ensuing investigation into the Talbot case – only days after Talbot was shot – court records indicate the witness told Revere Police that he had driven Iacoviello Jr. and another defendant in the case, Jimmy Heang, to the RHS parking lot to help out their friend, Derek Lodie, another defendant in the case.
Lodie was the first individual to allegedly engage in a confrontation with a group of off-duty police officers that were socializing and drinking beers on the bleachers behind RHS. Those officers included Talbot, William Soto, Stacey Bruzzese and former Officer Evan Franklin. Talbotâ€™s fiancÃ©e, Constance Bethel, was also there.
The witness told investigators that he parked on True Street and waited for his friends. Shortly after hearing gunshots, he allegedly fled the scene and went back to a party, where he had been previously, at the McNeil household on Cooledge Street.
After picking up three friends at that party and leaving very shortly after arriving, documents indicate the key witness began driving away from the party.
Then, at the corner of Blaney Street and Constitution Avenue, four police officers, including Officer Soto, made a traffic stop of the key witness and his friends.
Despite the very hot investigation of Talbotâ€™s shooting, and the policeâ€™s existing relationship with the key witness, the group was allowed to leave the scene shortly after being stopped. According to records filed by Krupp, neither the key witness nor his friends were questioned about Talbotâ€™s shooting or their whereabouts during the shooting.
However, the key witness was brought in later for questioning, and on October 4, 2007 – just five days after the shooting – he entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the commonwealth. That MOU indicated the key witness would cooperate with the investigation and provide testimony in exchange for witness protection amenities.
Krupp indicates in a filing that, when questioned, the key witness displayed a familiarity with police that sent up a red flag for him.
â€œIt appears from discussions in the case that [the key witness] began cooperating with police in their investigation soon after the incident occurred,â€ wrote Krupp. â€œIn a recorded interview with police in early October 2007, [the key witness] exchanged a familiarity with the interrogating police officers and a strong susceptibility to being influenced by police.â€
Krupp went so far as to say that during the stop and during the interviews, police and the key witness seemed to be on a first-name basis with one another.
In court filings, he also drew upon an incident that happened on Goldie Street on the evening of Halloween 2006.
In that incident, a Malden man stabbed the key witness on Goldie Street after some sort of confrontation between the two. During the ensuing chaos of a search for the Malden man, police cornered the man in a driveway on Goldie Street.
Coincidentally, Officer Dan Talbot was the officer who confronted the Malden man and ordered him to drop the knife he was brandishing. When the man didnâ€™t comply, Talbot fired eight shots from his handgun at the suspect. Oddly enough, he didnâ€™t hit the man with any of those shots; they all missed.
An investigation into the incident cleared Talbot and all involved Revere officers of any wrongdoing. Police were cleared, mostly, on the statements made by the key witness. In fact, the key witness is believed to have testified for police at the Malden manâ€™s criminal trial, which wrapped up after Talbotâ€™s death, in January 2008 while the key witness was in the witness protection program.
Between October 2, 2007 and February 14, 2008, the state paid more than $8,500 for the key witness to remain in witness protection.
Other major witnesses in the case include the brother of one of the defendants and also a Saugus youth who – in wearing a T-shirt that read â€œFree Lodieâ€ – was the instigator of a major fracas at the 2007 Columbus Day Parade between himself, Revere Police and friends of Talbot.


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No matter where you live, you're more likely to live 5 years longer than in 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed Thursday.
This is the sharpest rise in global life expectancy since the sixties, the report said. In the nineties, global life expectancy dropped dramatically - mainly due to the AIDS epidemic in Africa, and turmoil in Eastern Europe following the fall of the Soviet Union.
Israel is ranked fifth in terms of men's average life expectancy, at 80.6 years - after Switzerland, Iceland, Australia, and Sweden. Israeli women's life expectancy is ranked ninth globally, at 84.3 years.
Life expectancy's most marked rise was in Africa, where the average life expectancy has risen to 60 - a 9.4-year increase since 2000. Factors include the fight against infant and child mortality, progress in access to healthcare, and treatment of HIV.
Children born in 2015 can expect to live, on average, to anywhere between 71.4-73.8 for women, and to 69.1 for men. Both genders can only be expected to live an active, healthy life until about 63.1.
However, the report makes clear that life expectancy varies by country and region, including 29 countries where life expectancy is more than 80 years, all where per-capita income is very high, and 22 countries where life expectancy is less than 60, all in sub-Saharan Africa.
Global health: where do we stand?
A full 303,000 women die in childbirth every year, the report adds, and 5.9 million children die before their fifth birthday.
Two million people are infected with HIV each year, along with 9.6 million cases of tuberculosis and 214 million cases of malaria. In addition, more than ten million people each year die before the age of 70 from heart disease or cancer.
Findings also showed that 800,000 people each year commit suicide; 1.25 million die in traffic accidents; 7.3 million die from air pollution; and 475,000 are murdered every year.
The report notes disease risk factors, as well - 1.1 billion people smoke tobacco, 1.8 billion consume contaminated water, 946 million live near open sewage plants, and 3.1 billion people rely on fuels which pollute.
In addition, 156 million children under five suffer from developmental delays, and 42 million children in this age group suffer from malnutrition.


Justice Department declines to attend hearing on KBR gang-rape case
The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing today into the allegations of Jamie Leigh Jones, a young Texas woman who claims she was drugged and gang-raped by her fellow KBR/Halliburton employees in Iraq -- and then imprisoned and threatened with the loss of her job after reporting the incident to her bosses. KBR has denied the allegations.
While Jones courageously testified before the committee, no one from the Justice Department bothered to show up. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski sent a letter [PDF] yesterday to Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) explaining that the Department was unable to testify because of its "pending investigation" into the incident, which occurred more than two years ago.
But Conyers wasn't buying it. As he said in his prepared statement:
Simply put, it is unacceptable for our own Department of Justice to refuse to testify today. The letter they sent me last night does not begin to respond to the tragedy and injustice that we are looking at now. The department claims to be committed to law enforcement in Iraq, but 1) they will tell us nothing about what is being done in Ms. Jones' case; 2) they cannot give us even one example of a prosecution where the victim was a civilian contractor employee in Iraq; and 3) they cannot describe any steps they have taken to ensure that such Americans in Iraq can report crimes by contractor employees there to federal law enforcement and that prompt investigation and prosecution will occur. The American people and this committee have the right to demand justice and accountability, and I intend to see that that is exactly what we get.
Also testifying before the committee was U.S. Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas), who played a key role in Jones' release after she was allegedly locked up by KBR. In his testimony, Poe reported that his office has heard from three other women who say they have suffered similar experiences. They include Tracy Barker, the wife of an Army Airborne sergeant who was recruited at Fort Bragg, N.C., to work for KBR/Halliburton in Iraq. She claims she was sexually assaulted there by a State Department employee who still works at the State Department today; the Justice Department has declined to prosecute that case. Barker also submitted testimony [PDF] to the committee in which she stated:
In short, when I initially arrived in Iraq I was exposed to a sexually hostile, physically threatening and verbally abusive environment. Although I reported the violations properly ... I was retaliated against and lost my job. I was eventually transferred to a dangerous and extremely hostile camp where I endured extreme sexually hostile conditions by my immediate supervisor and was attacked by a State Department employee. Due to the lawlessness that exists in Iraq I have not had a proper opportunity to seek justice in the criminal or civil arena.
Likening Iraq to the Wild West where no one seems to be in charge, Poe called for the law to intervene and restore order.


GIVEON RELEASES NEW ACOUSTIC VIDEO FOR “VANISH”
I hate you, too, and I wish you would vanish
Long Beach’s own Giveon has stolen the hearts of R&B fans everywhere to start the year, and with today’s release of the music video for the acoustic version of “Vanish,” it’s clear he doesn’t intend on letting up. The original “Vanish” track appears on Take Time, the singer-songwriter’s well-received introductory EP, which is now streaming HERE via Epic Records.
[Watch “Vanish” Acoustic here]
Directed by Goldby7, the video brings us to a dimly lit restaurant, where the acoustic video for “Vanish” finds our protagonist, as the stripped-down, guitar-only version of the outro to Take Time plays. In sync with the pleading nature of the song itself, Giveon tries convincingly to get through to a lady friend, reminding her, “You see what I mean? Saying things you don’t mean to the one that means the world to you.”
Much like the previous videos he’s released in promotion of his EP, Giveon manages to communicate the emotional complexity of his work without an elaborate plot—perhaps a testament to the compelling nature of the music itself.
Since bursting into the national consciousness with his scene-stealing appearance on Drake’s “Chicago Freestyle,” Giveon’s music and storytelling has been praised by fans and critics alike. As Billboard puts it, Giveon makes “..has distinguished himself with his plumed vocals, gutsy outlook on romance, and untapped potential as an A-list songwriter”
With an early top 15 chart performance on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Chicago Freestyle” and fanfare that’s growing exponentially by the month, Giveon has set the stage for his proper, full-length arrival to be an unforgettable one.
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Bodies are piling up
by Smokey Farris
Bodies are piling up.
Perhaps Dirk would have a mishap.
James may like to hack me up with
A chainsaw, in a game of
Pass the hot potato.
Nothing is more serious than death.
In a world of fleshy dioramas.
Rusting against the backdrop of
I blacken catfish over nettles of
Sweet violence and
Castrate the bondage known to
Litigate in the romance languages.
Her way of handling improbable
Handshakes casts wild shadows
On the barred owl waiting near
the barrier between rat life and
Hang town. Point me into her bed,
And I’ll rest my dead heat.

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