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I’ve been photographing some old stuff, and they are now posted in the gallery
Americans in Tunisia (in WW2 Gallery)
Napoleonic Prussians for FoG:N (in 19c Gallery)
And finally Guadalcanal fleets for VaS ( in WW2 gallery)
Take a look if you like! 🙂
“One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you’re into jazz.”
R.I.P Lou Reed
Here is a blog with some lovely paint jobs –
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Yellow is a pain, but if you get an even effect, it can be the lift you need
Sometimes something that should be reasonably quick isn’t. A quick fire effect with the airbrush … Mmm somehow just didn’t come together. I guess I should take more care , but I don’t really like to spend an hour on a single piece. Oh well…
After painting so much 15mm its hard going back to 28mm fantasy . The new high elves are just tops, but so much work. I don’t really want commit too much time to them. So a flat white base with washes us my preferred route. Still take an eon . The new army painter ink washes are great though. So there is life after Devlan mud.
Well all over for another year. It was a good event , heavingly busy.. Not much sign of recession here. Some new stuff , but not as much as last year I thought
Perrys AWI plastic continentals
Perrys 16th c plastic extras
Warlord plastic greens
Warlord D&D demo
Salute… Here a bit too early the queue seems to be doing concentric circles
Only one thing for it
And wait it out
While being in a red weather warning seems bad.. Being here is lovely, the Glen y Afon is a great looking venue in the snow
For anyone travelling today. The roads are clear, with a bit if slushy snow
After what seemed to be a glacially long time, the Raspberry Pi arrived.
The kids are really excited … but I feel a anticlimatical moment when they are presented with a black and white flashing cursor.
This may take up a bit of my time for now 🙂
A few pics of the day …
the queue doesn’t get any smaller, despite me trying to time it to arrive a bit later!
the entrance is right at the end somewhere !
A few salient shots of 3-ups in plastic.
Perry Africa Korp


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He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis. Certifications include LEED Accredited Professional Building Design + Construction from the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). Professional affiliations include Lambda Alpha International – Ely Chapter Member, Newhouse Architecture & Design Competition Juror, Crain’s Leadership Academy Participant, USGBC Illinois State and Local Government Committee Member, AIA National Illinois Regional Liaison for the Young Architects Forum and AIA Chicago Tour Coordinator for its National Conventions, Member of the AIA150 Chicago Planning Team, Chair of its 1999 Professional Development Conference and Former Chair of its Young Architects Professional Interest Area. He is sought-after Presenter at industry conferences and expos.
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Paris is a magical history tour. Armed with any number of Paris guidebooks as well as specialized tours, you can experience your choice of centuries in a full or half day by strolling through the districts (or Arrondissements) of the central core of the city, which evolved from particular eras into a collective whole. One reason my favorite area of Paris is the Left Bank (Rive Gauche) and its core areas of the Latin Quarter and St-Germain-des-Près is the geographical compactness of history dating from the Roman era to the 21st century.
In a city known for creating trends -- and rejecting them just as easily -- the 6th Arrondissement (which centers in St-Germain-des-Près and includes some of the Latin Quarter and Montparnasse) has been a vital center of fashion as well as intellectual and religious life for centuries. As I live in a city where history is measured in decades, the experience of moving through centuries in a half or whole day is breathtaking.
The student area of the Latin Quarter (centered in the 5th) has gotten pretty tourist ticky-tacky, particularly closer to the Seine River along Boulevards St-Germain and St-Michel, but it's certainly not to be dismissed, and especially as the quarter moves into the St-Germain-des-Près district next door. In fact, the 5th Arrondissement is rich in history -- from the Romans to medieval times (the Cluny Museum), to the événements of mai 1968, when the Paris student revolt erupted along with the student protests in the US and around the world. Like other communities surrounding universities, say Georgetown or Berkeley, the 5th has a mixture of student life and intellectual, political or artistic gentry. That phenomenon has earned the latter the term of "Bo-Bo" to my French friends -- "bohemian bourgeoise."
The 6th, however, is a step up in the snob category as the continuing center of much cultural fashion. It was here that the French "cafe" originated in the late 17th century by Francois Procope, that the Institut of France and its famous academies (such as the Académie des Beaux Arts) are located, where American writers and ex-pats of the early to mid 20th century (including Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, and Henry Miller) lived, and in cafes where French intellectuals such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir did their writing and by doing so created cafe societies of distinction (Café Flore, 172 Blvd. St-Germain, Les Deux Magots, 6 Place-St-Germain-des-Près, and Brasserie Lipp, 151 Blvd. St-Germain, for example). Paris' artists, theaters and jazz clubs have always been feverish here, and haute couture brought new luxury in the 1960s with Yves Saint-Laurent and subsequently a host of French and other international designers.
Trolling along Rue Jacob, Rue Bonaparte and Rue l'Université in one area of the quarter brings high end upholstery and home furnishing shops, art galleries, specialty bookstores, seamstresses for expensive children's clothing and, in one dazzling window, a shop of perfume bottles in modern designs of pyramids and cones of ruby and white. At the prominent intersection of Blvd. St-Germain and Rue Rennes, what used to be the renowed cafe Royal St-Germain across from Les Deux Magots in early 20th century was replaced by the funky Drugstore Publicis in the 1960s and is now the dramatic Emporio Armani (149 Blvd. St-Germain), a series of transformations that in one building capture the changing fashions of the quarter.
As you walk through the 6th, you can peer into hidden courtyards and wind through narrow cobblestone streets, then suddenly discover a blur of high fashion storefronts (pink, tangerine, teal and mauve appear to be once again the hot pastels of the spring -- along with ruffles, asymmetrical and bias-cut anything). The original Poilâne's the famous bread shipped daily around the world, is practically hidden at 8 Rue du Cherche Midi, while the massive 17th century church of St-Sulpice, made recently more famous in The Da Vinci Code, has a copper band in the floor originally built to capture the spring equinox (and at the time, the exact date of Easter) and magnificent Delacroix murals.
The area has been replete with American ex-pat writers, such as Edith Wharton (1908) at 53 Rue de Varenne, Gertrude Stein (1903-1937) at 27 Rue de Fleurus, and Janet Flanner (1925-World War II) at the Hotel St. Germain des Près, 36 Rue de Bonaparte, where I in 1977, as an aspiring writer on my first trip to Paris, wrote in my journal the dreamy line from chanteuse Edith Piaf, "Ça me fait voir la vie en rose," thus beginning my own love affair with Paris.

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Adapted from the L. Frank Baum novel, "The Sea Fairies" penned the year following his success with "The Wizard of Oz"., it is set on a School Auditorium stage. The students of Mr. Cutler gather to give their book reports on their favorite character from the Baum novel. Leave it to the students to make these reports more Magical, more Alive... they decide to turn the simple reports into a MUSICAL like on the ever-popular TV series, "GLEE"!!!
Join Us, as Trot (VICKI OCEGUERA – “Honestly Abe”) and her Grandfather (MARC RACO) take an undersea adventure with the Mermaids! Reluctant at first, because they have always heard "no one ever saw a Mermaid and lived to tell the tale!" Experience the Mermaid Magic - Meet in person the hilarious King Anko, (KIMBERLY CUELLAR) the villainous Zog (CARL HSU), his slightly zany assistant Sacho (KYLE JAMES JOHNSON), an underwater Goldsmith (MS. CUELLAR) who saves the day with her street-wise, rap-style delivery, three Mermaid Princesses (the Optimist ASHLEY ARAN), the Pessimist (KACEY CARDIN) & the Botanist (PAIGE MITCHELL) and the beautiful Queen Aquarine (KIMBERLY DINARO).
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“Mental health is the greatest health challenge of our time,” Denise Lo, Chief Partnerships Officer of CAMH Foundation, the fundraising arm of the Toronto-based Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), told benefits advisors at Benefits Alliance’s 2023 Spark Conference in Toronto in April.
The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic continues, with hospital visits, admissions and virtual care visits for mental health conditions spiking significantly over the past three years. “Five hundred thousand Canadians miss work every week due to mental illness,” she said. Those who continue to go to work despite experiencing mental health challenges may have lower rates of productivity, engage in absenteeism, and are more likely to leave the workplace altogether.
To assist plan sponsors in designing a workplace mental health strategy, CAMH has created the Workplace Mental Health Playbook for Business Leaders, an evidence-based resource for organizations seeking to improve the mental health of their employees. “Since launching the playbook it has been downloaded tens of thousands of times,” she said.
While she acknowledged that a one-size-fits-all model doesn’t apply to mental health, the playbook can walk employers through the steps to a healthier workplace. “You can measure your performance and track your progress,” she said. “The data will show what is working and what is not.”
A top-down approach
The first priority for organizations is to develop an organization-wide mental health strategy that sets out their goals, said Lo. This strategy needs to involve every level of the organization and be equitable and fair to all employees, to prevent someone from falling through the cracks, she said.
The remaining essential components of a mental health strategy are:
- mandatory mental health leadership training;
- tailored mental health supports in the workplace;
- a return-to-work process; and
- tracking progress.
Leadership on a broader scale
Plan sponsors can go one step further by supporting CAMH’s No One Left Behind campaign, “the world’s largest fundraising campaign to support hospital-based mental health research,” said Lo.
CAMH’s facilities and services for patients and their families uniquely position it as a “living lab,” she explained. The campaign will accelerate its research and innovation in brain science, equitable access to mental health supports, precision medicine, youth mental health and late-life mental health (i.e., stopping dementia before it starts).
More than $400 million of the $500 million goal has been raised, and Lo hopes that more employers will be part of the home stretch. “Your organization can build a future where no one is left behind,” she said.
Workplace fundraising campaigns are also an excellent way to engage employees. CAMH offers ideas and a toolkit for community fundraising. Its Sunrise Challenge is also available as an annual peer-to-peer fundraising event that can involve and inspire employees. This year’s event was held from May 29 to June 2.

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Enterprise Community Development and RRHA celebrate ribbon-cutting
RICHMOND, VA — City of Richmond Chief Administrative Officer Lenora Reid, Interim chief executive officer for Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority (RRHA) Stacey Daniels-Fayson, Virginia Housing CEO Susan F. Dewey, Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development director Erik Johnston and other community leaders joined representatives of Enterprise Community Development (ECD) socially distanced and with masks on -- for the grand opening of a $30 million mixed-income and mixed-use infill development in the National Historic Landmark neighborhood of Jackson Ward.
The project draws inspiration from the rich neighborhood of Jackson Ward, listed as a National Historic Landmark District in 1978. During the early 20th Century, Jackson Ward was the region's epicenter of black banking and commerce and has been referred to as "Black Wall Street," much like a similar thriving business community in Tulsa, OK. The area was also home to many theatres, jazz clubs, churches, schools and other institutions that were central to life in this vibrant community leading it to also be known as the “Harlem of the South.” The Rosa, a four-story building located at 744 N. 2nd St., provides 72 homes for low-income seniors, and is named after renowned local educator Rosa Dixon Bowser, the first black teacher hired in Richmond and who helped create Virginia's first professional African American teachers association. The adjacent Van de Vyver Apartment Homes, located at 701 N. 1st St., features 82 mixed-income apartments, including 36 affordable units designated for workforce housing and is named after the school for predominantly African Americans that was once on the site.


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(Local News ~ 08/22/16)
by Tim Bondy Mountain Home News A new business development effort and a candidate running for the state supreme court highlighted the discussion as the city council meet Aug. 8. After a few starts and goes, the city council established a quorum with Councilman Rich Urquidi and Mayor Rich Sykes unable to attend the meeting due to prior obligations...
(Obituary ~ 08/22/16)
Jacqueline Rosemary Venable, age 57, beloved wife, mother, sister and daughter, passed away at home in peace on Aug. 19, 2016, after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Jackie was born in South Ockendon, Essex, England, on Dec. 12, 1958, the only daughter in the middle of four brothers. She came to the United States in 1980, residing in Las Vegas, Nev...
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The NνShuttle is a stable, very robust, versatile undulating towed vehicle for the deployment of a wide range of oceanographic monitoring equipment. Developed by Chelsea Technologies Group & the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK, NνShuttle has been designed to meet the requirements for a low cost, large payload vehicle which retains the hydrodynamic performance of its sister vehicle, AQUAshuttle. NνShuttle has a large, uncluttered cargo bay of some 100 litres capacity and can fly with an expansive suite of instruments for the measurement of parameters such as conductivity, temperature, depth, chlorophyll, hydrocarbon and Gelbstoff fluorescence, turbidity, optical transmittance, bioluminescence, nutrient, redox and dissolved oxygen. It also has capacity to carry a mechanical Plankton Sampler or an Optical Plankton Counter. NνShuttle has been designed to accommodate the new generation of oceanographic sensors such as the Fast Repetition Rate fluorometer FASTocean which gives oceanographers a unique insight into phytoplankton health.
NνShuttle can be towed from research vessels and ships of opportunity at speeds of 5 to 15 knots, to operational depths of >150m. It can be launched and recovered while the vessel is underway, by a non-scientific crew with minimal training. NνShuttle is self-contained, with an independent power source and an integral servo control system driving the elevator. The required undulation path is adjustable and the depth and pitch parameters are stored in solid-state onboard memory. These parameters are set over the RS422 communications interface and can be downloaded either prior to launch or during deployment in real-time. The stand-alone capability, ease of handling, high data rate and versatility of sensor & sampling packages make this a cost effective and productive platform for large scale data collection.
The standard NνShuttle package comprises the underwater vehicle, alternator and servo control system.
Typical Instrumentation playload can include combinations of: CTD-F, fluorometers, Transmissometer, Nephelometer, Bioluminescence, Irradiance meter, Optical Plankton Recorder, Plankton Sampler, Nitrate/Nitrate sensor, and SeaWifs bands sensors.
NvShuttle Body Length (body): 1.31m Height: 0.58m Width: (ex. sponsons) 0.50m Weight (including Servo Control, exc. instrumentation) 72kg In Air
45kg In Water
Operating Profile Control: Self-contained processor control of elevator servo from pre-programmed profile or real-time communications Depth Range: 0 to 80m unfaired (0 to >150m faired) typically Towing Speed: 5 to 15 knots Drive / Climb Speed: up to 2 m/s Engineering Details Flight Programme: Input from computer via RS422 link Elevator servo: Digital control with Impeller driven alternator powering digital servo above 5 knots depth sensor. Power: Impeller driven alternator powering digital servo above 5 knots. Material: Welded stainless steel frame onto which Polyethylene panels are fixed, Stainless steel frame & towing yoke Support Systems Winch: Dedicated winch with slip ring assembly only required when used in real time mode with power/data communication to surface deck unit. When towing on a bare cable, a standard ships capstan may be used. Cable: Rochester 7-H-314A or equivalent for real-time deployments Fairing: Indal Flexnose(R) fairing is used for increased depth and undulation range performance
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Video shows the Plankton Sampler being deployed from a NvShuttle towed oceanographic vehicle while on trial in China


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Curiosity has always been for me the incentive to learn. When a few years ago my children started asking me how to say some words in other languages, I came up with the idea of doing this book, an ABC book to learn letters but also to intrigue children to languages by finding words that began with the same letter in many languages.
The zero edition was a print for the family in a few copies, with the cover designed by my son Mattia and the illustrations of my mother. Now I propose to you this version, with the drawings of the talented Giulia Baratella (who worked for DeAgostini, Mondadori, Hachette Livre, Rusconi and others) with the personal conviction that while learning the letters we can stimulate the curiosity of our children and give them something useful for their future.
This book is an ABC book to learn letters, but also it aims to stimulate children’s curiosity so that they grow up without fearing linguistic differences, so that they can understand that learning other languages is not an hard task, and with the hope that this way they will consider such differences a resource rather than a barrier.
DetailsThe book in numbers More than 60 pages (plus the cover), 81 words, translated into 6 languages with a total of 486 words, 53 pictures of objects, people, animals, concepts and places, plus illustrations of 28 European countries with, and, for lovers of precision, 12 phonics pages (2 pages per language) with the phonetic rules and the phonetic version of each word.
Printing process has finished.
The book is: 29,7 cm (11,69in) x 21,0 cm (8,26 in), x0,9 cm (0,35 in).
The amount collected by the Kickstarter will cover the costs of production, graphics and illustration of the project. In addition to this Fucina Logica has agreed to donate part of the revenues to the "Città della Speranza" Foundation, an international reference center for the study of pediatric diseases who has granted permission to use their logo on the book and that we will proudly print on the cover
As all dreamers we hope our project will skyrocket. But our accountant is a nasty person and gave us this prospect based on our (worste) sales expectation.
All rewards for backers within European Union and the US are custom free.
After searching and selecting the words Giulia begun drawing them, one by one, ofen changing details...
The book contains illustration of persons, things and animals, but also many nations,
And here are the printed copies:
Some History of this project
When I was a child in the summer they always took me to the sea on the Adriatic coast, near Venice, and in those days, we speak of the '70s, tourism in Italy came mainly from Germany. Therefore, knowing the German would assure a job in the thriving tourist industry in the area. And of course my parents sent me to a German course. I hated him deeply. It was all very difficult ... to say Apple (Mela in italian) it was necessary to say "Apfel", to say Pear (Pera in italian) it was "Birne". I was only 7 years old and they seemed like words from another planet. I did not learn German and even now, with some self-taught course and many trips, I know only a few sentences. With our children Stefania and I have never stopped making small trips bringing them always with us. And when they began to ask me how to say certain words in this or that language for a moment I felt the same fear and discomfort of when I tried to interpret those words so different from those that I knew and used every day. Thus the idea of this book was born. The first edition (my Zero edition) was a print for the family in a few copies, with the cover designed by my son Mattia (7 years in 2017) and the drawings designed by my mother or taken from the internet.
Risks and challenges
ABC x6 has 3/4 colored and finished illustrations and is professionally edited day by day as new illustrations are finished and approved.
Spell final check and a last check on the layout will be completed within the first week of November and then immediately start production in order to be able to ship early December.
We will produce the book whatever it takes, the bigger risk is that, becaouse of production or shipping delay, you receive it after Christmas.
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Mysore's Wadiyar royal dynasty welcomes baby boy
Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar and Trishika Kumari Devi were married in 2016. Photograph: (Twitter)
Mysore royals Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar and his wife, Trishika Kumari Devi, welcomed a baby boy at a private hospital in the southern city on Wednesday morning, media reports said.
In a break from protocol, a pregnant Trishika, who belongs to the royal family of Rajkot, had participated in the Dussehra rituals in September, the first time in 56 years that a pregnant queen participated in the festivities, a media outlet reported.
Trishika and Yaduveer were married in June 2016. Yaduveer was legally adopted by the late Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar’s wife Pramoda Devi in 2015. He was coronated as the 27th king of Mysuru and the titular head of Wadiyar dynasty the same year.

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Preheat oven to 350°F. Remove sausage from bag and place in single layer on rimmed cookie sheet. Place in the oven uncovered, for 20-25 minutes until sausage reaches internal temperature of 145°F, about 10 minutes.
How do you cook pre cooked sausage?
To steam precooked sausage, bring a pan of water or beer to a boil. Remove the pan from heat and add sausage. Cover the pan and let it stand 10-15 minutes. It is not advisable to add sausages to vigorously boiling water because it may cause them to split.
To ensure product is cooked thoroughly, use a cooking or meat thermometer to make sure sausage has reached an internal temperature of 160°F.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Place sausage links on a shallow baking pan.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes or until cooked through and browned, turning links once.
How long do you cook pre cooked sausage?
Pre-cooked sausages take around 10 minutes, whereas raw ones may take up to 30 minutes. Keep in mind that boiled sausages won’t be brown and crispy on the outside. However, you can brown them afterward in a frying pan with a little bit of oil. Remember that only sausage links — not patties — can be boiled.
How long does it take to cook sausage at 350?
For ovens set at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, cook your sausage links for a minimum of 25 minutes, turning each piece at 10-minute intervals, and keep in mind that larger links can take at least an hour to cook through completely. If you need to program your oven for hotter, the sausages will cook a bit faster.
To cook sausage in the oven, I preheated a conventional oven to 350°F and sprayed a nonstick baking sheet with canola oil. Since my smoked sausage was fully cooked as-is in the package, the purpose of cooking it is to thoroughly heat it through and add that desirable crispiness.
Can you cook pre cooked sausages in the microwave?
You can cook raw sausages in a microwave oven, from the packet, and they’re perfectly safe. … However, you DO get a cooked sausage that is fully cooked and perfectly safe to eat. In short, the answer to the question “can you microwave sausages?” is Yes, you can!
How do you cook fully cooked kielbasa in the oven?
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil; top with parchment. Poke holes all over kielbasa. …
- Roast until skin is crackling and beginning to brown, about 20 minutes. Flip; continue to roast until dark golden brown, about 20 minutes more.
- Slice and serve, with horseradish and mustard.
What is the best way to cook sausages?
The correct way to cook sausages
- Bring the sausages to room temperature before cooking. …
- Don’t prick them. …
- Heat a heavy-based frying pan on a low to medium heat. …
- Add around a teaspoon of fat to the frying pan. …
- Place the sausages in the pan. …
- Remove the sausages from the pan and allow them to rest for a few minutes. …
Can you pre cook sausages and reheat them?
Yes, you can reheat sausages. The best methods are using the microwave or hob. Consider cutting your sausages in half length-ways before reheating, as this will help them heat through without burning or drying out.

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In today’s economy, most people have a job that doesn’t allow them to spend much money on living expenses. This means that they live paycheck to paycheck. By providing fast cash, many payday lenders give borrowers that much needed assistance when a bad credit situation arises.
Because of the internet, anyone who has a job can get fast cash. Whether you have a small paycheck or a large paycheck, you can get the cash you need. By checking your balance online, you can access the money you need when you need it most.
People who need fast cash often use cash advances. While some pay bills every month, others never manage to make enough money to cover their needs. Cash advances are easy to obtain, especially if you have a checking account. They can come in handy when there are emergencies and the only way to get the money you need is with a credit card.
You only need one of the following to be able to apply for a loan.
Even though you can get fast cash through online lenders, you must have a social security number, driver’s license, personal financial information and a valid government ID to process your loan request. The lender will verify your income, verify your Social Security number and confirm your citizenship. Then, all you have to do is provide them with a paycheck stub.
If you are looking for fast cash, payday loans are the answer. They make it easy to have the cash you need by offering flexible repayment terms and easy approvals. Within three business days, you can have access to your money, which includes both traditional and fast cash for an emergency.
You can also use these loans to supplement your existing income by using a credit card. This will free up more money for your lifestyle. Since this type of loan is usually approved with no paperwork obligations, you have more options for acquiring money.
It is recommended that you start out by using a credit card instead of cash. This gives you the opportunity to see if the borrowing process works for you. If you are not satisfied with how the process works, you can always turn to another option.
All it takes to be suitable for this loan is for you to be over 18!
In order to obtain online payday loans, you must be 18 years old or older and be employed. In order to get approved, you must provide proof of a bank account and identification. Some lenders even require you to provide a down payment, so be sure to read the fine print of the agreement before signing it.
Once you are approved, you can expect to receive a check for fast cash within three business days. Most people are able to repay their loan within thirty days. This means that you can easily access the money you need without delay.
Fast Payday Loans is the quickest way to acquire fast cash. There is no waiting time, no paperwork or waiting around. You can obtain the money you need immediately and avoid unnecessary delays.

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Something that is a little confusing to me is why U2 opened Rattle And Hum with this song. It’s not a U2 song, they don’t cover it very well, and it doesn’t fit in with much of the rest of the album. My guess is they wanted to start the movie off with a bang, and this is what they chose, instead of something like Streets, which has led off many of their shows. Oddly enough, they only played this song live 15 times (plus one snippet) according to @U2. All of them (except the snippet) coming on the leg of the tour where the movie was recorded, with the last time being one of the nights where the color segment of the movie was filmed. So it’s not like this was a significant enough part of the band’s repertoire to feature in the movie, let alone as the lead song. This gets one of the lowest ratings for a live U2 song that I'll ever give.
I get that the band were going through a phase at the time, looking back at the past and the music that came out of America. This song obviously wasn’t that, although made famous in America by Charles Manson. I remember when the movie came out that there was even some controversy about that, Bono saying “This song Charles Manson stole from the Beatles, we’re stealing it back,” and people asking who the heck U2 thought they were to be defending the Beatles. Kind of tells you how thin-skinned some people are, and how they can read anything into anything someone says. It’s like politicians who will take a word said out of context and twist it. Stupid, just trying to gain points but it ends up being just another part of the corruption of the system.
An interesting little twist on the phrase “helter skelter” would be the definition “out of control”, which would have been a much better song to put in the movie.
While reading about this song I found someone who said that Bono had put a neat twist on the lyrics, saying “you ain’t no lover but you ain’t no dancer” instead of the original “you may be a lover but you ain’t no dancer”. I think it is far more likely that Bono simply got the words wrong on a song that he hadn’t learned very well (kind of like Watchtower on the movie, where they’re learning it in the dressing room right before the show). And that is odd because the lyrics are so very simple. To be controversial for a moment, I find most of the Beatles songs to be simple, the same verse repeated several times with just slight changes in the lyrics. Not necessarily a bad thing - U2 have done it at times - but I much prefer songs with a little depth, where you get three verses that are much different.
It’s funny watching the movie to see Bono swinging around with the microphone and the long wire dangling off it. Those were the days, before wireless, where you’d have some guy running around the edge of the stage making sure the microphone didn’t get caught on anything or anyone. Hard to believe that it was more than a quarter of a century ago.
My rating for Helter Skelter: 5 / 10

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Many stars would not be condemned to this step: Heidi photographed for a cover without a gram of makeup and caused avalanche of comments
The German model was posing in a natural edition in the latest issue of the German magazine “Harper’s Bazaar”.
Heidi Klum is one of the most desirable women of today, and many would say that he is one of the most beautiful women in the world. The famous model was on the cover of the German edition of the magazine “Harpers Bazaar”, and what is interesting is that she posed for the cover without a gram of make-up.
“No makeup, I feel free,” Heidi wrote and released the photo.
Of course, the photography caused many comments that were generally positive. “I Like Natural Beauty”, were just some of the comments.
What is certain is that many others would not decide to pose without a make-up for the cover page for a magazine.


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It’s been a while since I sat down a just said hey and asked you guys – how are you? I really hope that you’re all doing wonderful. What a crazy couple of months so many positive steps forward and some well, steps I could go back and hit the ever wishing redo button – come on, you know what I’m talking about, that button that we all wish we had that we could smash and REDO!
Sadly, I wish smash that button so hard that I would shatter myself and who would be there to pick up the pieces? The best thing to honestly try to remember is that pain is only temporary, really if you think about it, no matter what the pain is, there is so much that we are, as humans, designed to handle without other brains just shutting off.
I guess, what I am saying in my own way is don’t stop smiling and stop and take a look around you for a minute, look at the sky, the beautiful city, town and stop thinking about the what if and start thinking about what you do have. Keep smiling – no matter what! always.
Ever look at a clock and be like oh its only two (2) hours longer, that’s nothing and another time two (2) hours can feel like two (2) days, time is a funny thing – sometimes it feels like we have to much time on our hands but in the end its always, there wasn’t enough time.
I’ve always said that when it comes to love there is never a regrettable experience because no matter what, you grow from it (good or bad) and you will always learn a lesson. Love is a funny thing – I seem to find someone fairly quickly also and truly I am not looking for it when it happen, I just always keep my heart open and its true what they say some it starts with a smile and a bite of the lip and then, you’re talking all the time, and taking it slow becomes a fast rollercoaster. I choose to be happy.
In short, shorty – I am happy.
Life is beautiful, the day, the night, maybe I’m different because I see grey at day but the night is full of color. I wish that I wasn’t so hard on myself and I could forgive myself for the mistakes I’ve made – it’s become very clear to me that sometimes I try so hard to not allow myself to make those same mistakes and to find the reasons why and why not I guess what I’m asking you is,
can you get to a future if your past is present?

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File: US Supreme Court Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Samuel Alito listen as US President Trump (2nd R) speaks during the swearing-in ceremony of Brett Kavanaugh (R) as Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court at the White House in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump vowed Saturday to nominate a successor, likely a woman, to replace late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg "very soon."
"We will have a nominee very soon," he told reporters in Washington, adding: "Most likely it would be a woman."
Ginsburg, a progressive icon and a vocal Trump opponent, died Friday at the age of 87.
Her death gives the president the opportunity to tilt the nine-justice Supreme Court bench solidly toward the right for decades to come with a 6-3 conservative majority.
"We want to respect the process and the process will move, I think it's going to move quickly actually," Trump told reporters.
Ginsburg's death comes just weeks before the November 3 presidential election, offering Republicans a chance to lock in a conservative majority at the court.
Only two female justices remain on the court: Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, both progressives appointed by former president Barack Obama.
Trump told reporters he would likely choose a female replacement.
"I think I could say that - it would be a woman. If somebody were to ask me now, I would say that a woman would be in first place, yes, the choice of a woman I would say would certainly be appropriate," he said.

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By Alan Hoffman, September 19, 2021
ReX — the proposal for a Bay Area Regional Express Transit Network — was introduced in a previous article here. Many have asked what design principles guided ReX in its initial development. This article focuses on 10 of those principles.
1. Re-purpose existing infrastructure where feasible
ReX was designed to use the region’s existing and proposed Express Lanes — a smart use of existing freeway lanes, particularly in high transit-flow corridors. In other cases, arterial right of way would be repurposed to support express services and feeders. The right express network can increase freeway person capacity.
2. Create or integrate with community hubs
In an area as large as the Bay Area, it’s difficult to create an express network that gives everyone a single-seat ride to most major destinations. But “hubs” can facilitate transfers to surrounding destinations of regional importance: just choose the hub closest to your destination.
Transfers at ReX hubs would be super-easy, as express and many feeder services will use the same passenger platforms. But these should be more than transportation hubs. They will also be community hubs, featuring significant public space, eateries, gardens, water features, passenger and intermodal facilities, and a range of parking for cars, bicycles, scooters, and microvehicles. Food courts especially would serve even people not arriving by transit. The more central the hub to the life of the community, the more successful it will be as a transportation center.
ReX anticipates approximately 30 hubs (and 62 smaller express stations) serving 17 ReX Express routes. An additional 62 “ReXlink” feeders will connect the Hubs with surrounding destinations.
3. Strengthen the Bay Area’s transit agencies
ReX was designed to channel resources toward local and regional agencies to support operations, maximize ridership, reduce operating costs, and improve transit safety and usefulness. It was not designed to compete with the region’s many transit providers or detract from their financing. Rather, ReX strengthens partner agencies by providing transitways and station facilities that speed up access, alighting, and boarding while increasing ridership and lowering operating costs.
ReX will also serve its partners by co-branding local transit routes that meet ReX operating standards irrespective of who is the operator.
4. Improve equity on the transportation network
Express transit in particular is increasingly being asked to improve system equity. ReX was designed to radically improve access from Communities of Concern to the broadest range of regional employment, commercial, and recreational opportunities, doubling the number of such communities served by effective transit. Several hubs are proposed in or near such communities to create additional opportunities to bring services, shopping, and gathering and green spaces closer.
5. Systematically cover the region’s destinations
ReX was designed to systematically cover the region’s many destinations, particularly those with the greatest concentrations of jobs and/or residents. ReX does this through a smart network rather than a corridor-by-corridor approach.
6. Make transit as seamless as possible
ReX was developed in consultation with Seamless Bay Area, a Bay Area local advocacy group. To simplify travel by transit toward seamlessness —
- Both express and “ReXlink” feeders stop at the same platforms within ReX hubs; passengers don’t need to exit the station.
- ReX directly serves most of the region’s most important transit centers, facilitating connections.
- Co-branding and a smart map help potential users navigate the system.
7. Build the right infrastructure
While ReX takes advantage of existing and proposed freeway express lanes, it also proposes its own connective infrastructure designed to get transit vehicles from the freeway to stations without getting bogged down in traffic, having to wait at traffic signals, or make sharp turns. Market research is clear that potential users value being out of traffic.
The faster and more direct a route, the cheaper it is to operate. With many bus operating costs exceeding $180/hour, every minute in delay at a traffic signal costs the taxpayer $3. With hundreds of buses and hours of delay, the cost is considerable.
Infrastructure must also be provided in locations with the greatest demand, so ReX infrastructure is proposed for locations that already have a BART tunnel, for example, as there is still considerable opportunity to increase transit ridership to/from downtown Oakland, San Francisco, Berkeley, and San Jose.
Depending on the cost model used, ReX proposes $18 or so billion in infrastructure, including hubs, stations, and transitways.
8. Expand hub catchment areas
ReX express routes are supported by a large network of specially designed feeders — “ReXlink” routes. These follow a different route design philosophy from traditional bus routes.
“City bus” routes typically are planned to optimize coverage, giving transit access to more areas. They feature closely spaced bus stops, and riders are expected to wait by the side of the road for their vehicle.
ReXlink routes instead use —
- Direct Connectors that link a hub with a nearby destination (like a college or medical center/hospital) with non-stop (or very limited stop) service.
- Loops that are one-way, very short routes. These high-frequency services offer minimal wait time and significantly lower operating costs.
- Hybrid BRT routes that may behave like BRT on one corridor, but then access a freeway, serve a hub, and continue down another corridor.
- Hybrid Loops that are also Direct Connectors with a short loop at the end.
9. Design for civic importance
ReX cannot be implemented with duct tape. As the region’s express transit network, it needs to reflect its civic importance through quality design and materials so that any resident of the Bay Are should feel proud of the system and happy to use it.
10. Build-in the “Three Protections”
ReX is designed to provide riders with the Three Protections they seek: protection from the elements, from moving vehicles, and from other people.
Protection from the elements means stations must be designed to minimize exposure to sun, wind, and rain. Protection from moving vehicles means passengers wait behind sliding glass doors. And protection from other people is a function of space, lighting, sightlines, and activity, all of which are specified for stations and hubs.
ReX is an ambitious plan for the Bay Area, but the principles that guided its development apply to any region seeking to raise transit’s profile and utility. It creates a win-win for transit providers as it moves toward a seamless, integrated system for getting around the region easily and quickly.
Alan Hoffman heads the Center for Advanced Urban Visioning. He consulted to the SFCTA on transit planning for the Bayshore community and developed TransForm’s Bay Area Regional Express Transit Proposal (ReX) for MTC. Hoffman holds an MS in planning from MIT, a master’s in administration, planning, and social policy from Harvard, and a BA in social relations from Cornell. You can reach him at email@example.com.


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Berghoff Leo Collection 12-oz. Food Container
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Keep your foods or liquids fresh and tasty at home or on the go with this leak-proof Leo food container. Thanks to it's wide opening, it is easy to fill with your favorite food and eat when you get hungry.
- 12-oz. food container
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Use these frugal gardening tips from the Great Depression Era to save money while growing vegetables and fruits for your family.
Now days, it is almost a hobby or a trend to have a little backyard garden. We share with our neighbors when we have a bountiful harvest, and we may grow enough to spend some time baking pies or canning in the fall, but for the majority of us, it is not necessary for our survival. During the Depression Era, this was anything but a hobby for the majority of folks that cultivated their own garden. Families worked on their gardens together because having a good harvest meant there was more to go around during the off season and cold winter months, and that meant less money they would have to spend when budgets were already so tight. These folks mastered the backyard garden. Here are some frugal Depression Era gardening tips to help you master yours!
Frugal Depression Era Garden Tips
Carefully plan out what you will be growing and the season you have to grow it in. It is vital that you grow only the produce that makes the most sense for your family’s needs and the part of the country that you are living in. Since most people didn’t have much space, it was essential they use whatever space they had wisely. Also, only grow what your family will eat. If you want to grow squash, but no one will eat it, it is wasted food and wasted space.
Don’t buy more produce from the store than you absolutely need. In other words, if you will be having beans in your garden, the month they harvest, don’t buy beans at the store out of habit. Instead, thoughtfully plan your store purchases – only buying what you need to supplement what you are harvesting.
Plan out recipes you will be using when things are ready to harvest. Plan dinners that will give recently harvested produce a starring role in main dishes such as soups and casseroles. This will limit what you have to work with, but will more closely resemble the money-saving habits of depression era gardeners. If you can’t use all of the produce that you harvest, make a plan for canning or freezing the excess produce to use later.
Use whatever free gardening supplies you can find. Re-purpose things you would normally throw away in your garden instead of buying garden tools. For instance, a milk jug can be cut to create a scoop for your soil when you are planting and an old box-spring from a bed can be used as a trellis for your peas to vine up on. The more you can get for free, the less you will have to spend. Here are some household items you can repurpose in your garden.
Plant some fall harvest vegetables that will last for a while in storage. There are lots of vegetables that are harvested in the fall, such as potatoes, turnips, and even carrots if you get them before it gets too cold. All of these root vegetables allow you to extend your gardening season, and they will stay fresh if you have a place to store them that is right around 50 degrees.
Compost from your kitchen if you can. Composting is a wonderful way to provide nutrients to your garden, and it is a free form of fertilizer. If you have never composted before, here is how to get started.
Build a cold frame to extend your gardening. A cold frame will allow you to garden many plants well into and often through the winter. This is a project you can build yourself, and if you intend on gardening as if you are completely broke, you should probably use re-purposed items as well.


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The Outsiders is a book my school assigned me to read earlier in September, so I thought I would review it after finishing it. It follows the perspective of Ponyboy, a 14-year-old boy part of a gang of poorer families on the East side of town known as greasers. The greasers have a rivalry with the West side of town kids, known as the Socs, which is short for socials. The Socs are rich and have nice cars and clothes, which is one of the reasons the greasers despise them. Early in the book, Ponyboy is jumped and beat up by the Socs, and readers are exposed to the violent nature of both groups through jumpings, memories, and fights between the two groups of people, who seem to be polar opposites. Ponyboy is friends with a gang of greasers consisting of his brothers, Sodapop and Darry Curtis, and his friends, Two-Bit Mathews, Dally Winston, Johnny Cade, and Steve Randal. Throughout the book, Ponyboy and the gang get into heaps of trouble, relying on each other for help in the darkest moments of the book. One of these relationships is seen between Johnny and Ponyboy, who have always been best friends and support each other throughout the book. As the plot unfolds and both greasers and Socs are injured or killed, Ponyboy begins to realize the two groups might not be as different as everyone thinks.
I didn’t think much of it at first, but The Outsiders is a very good book. It has emotional moments that impact the characters’ lives in very detailed ways, a very good plot that is easy to follow, and really likeable and dislikeable characters, which makes the book, in a way, feel very alive and real. What makes it so intriguing is that this book is based on real-life events from when the author, S.E. Hinton, was a high schooler in the 90s. In fact, the book was written by her at the age of 15! It makes you wonder how such a good book can come from someone only a year older than me. The Outsiders is full of deep meanings behind everything, and without giving too much away, is pretty sad. The whole idea of two social groups, one poor and one rich, both thinking they are right and the other side is in the wrong, is really interesting and is explored thoroughly by Ponyboy throughout the book.
While it does mention some inappropriate topics for kids 12 and under, such as underage smoking, gang violence, characters from broken homes, and death, I think it should be suitable for anyone 13 or older. For anyone who is looking for a deeper book that still has a great story and characters, I would definitely recommend The Outsiders. That’s all for this review, so I hope you enjoyed it. Happy or reading!
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton is available to checkout from the Mission Viejo Library. It is also available to download for free from Libby.

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Shroom (シュルム Shurumu), alternatively known as Demon God Shroom (魔神シュルム Majin Shurumu) is a Demon God of the Dark Empire who serves Mechikabura. Shroom is the Dark Empire's god of death, and is thus a grim reaper.
Shroom is a demon with light purple skin and spiky silver hair which he holds up with a bandana that covers his forehead. He wears blue potara earrings on his ears, which are rounded instead of pointed like that of most Demons' ears. He wields a dark Scythe the size of his body as his primary weapon.
He is noted to be even more unhinged than any other Demon God, granting him the title of Death God. He has no qualms with killing one of his own henchmen in order to strike a blow on an opponent. He hates having to teleport.
He refers to Gravy as "old man".
Dragon Ball Heroes
Dark Empire Saga
Main article: Dark Empire Saga
- Xeno Janemba Saga
In the manga, in a version of Age 774, Towa who has appeared in Hell along with the Grim Reaper Shroom to retrieve the Five-Star Dark Dragon Ball from Janemba: Xeno, easily defeats that timelines Goku.
Shroom calls upon a Grim Reaper Soldier who appears from a portal in the ground and attacks Janemba. When Janemba attempts to retaliate with a kick, the soldier grabs a hold of his leg. Shroom then uses his Scythe to cut through the two of them in one swipe. Janemba however rematerializes gaining more power than before due to the Dark Dragon Ball.
This time, Shroom goes in for the attack personally and while at first Janemba is able to put up a decent fight he is ultimately cut in half again and the Dark Dragon Ball falls to the ground.
However, before Towa can retrieve the ball, Goku: Xeno, Vegeta: Xeno and Chamel show up in front of them. Chamel vows to destroy Towa and Shroom with Towa commenting that Chamel had betrayed them after all. Chamel tells Goku and Vegeta to attack Shroom while he deals with Towa and they all begin to battle. Goku and Vegeta struggle against Shroom as they have little strength after having their souls mowed, one of Shroom's special abilities.
- Mechikabura Revival Saga
He appears once again along with the rest of the Demon Gods when Mechikabura is using Dark Shenron to have his youth restored and attempts to buy as much time for his master as possible by holding off the Time Patrol. He confronts Super Saiyan Goten: Xeno in battle briefly.
Dark King Mechikabura Saga
Main article: Dark King Mechikabura Saga
- Descent of the Demon Gods
Shroom is able to defeat Evil Demon Janemba in battle. He then goes on to overwhelm base Son Goku: Xeno and base Vegeta: Xeno and soon after matches Chamel in combat. Shroom proves to be an even match for Super Saiyan Gogeta: Xeno in battle, with them fighting evenly until Gogeta's fusion time runs out. He was able to hold an advantage over the injured Super Saiyan 4 Goku: Xeno (who has very little stamina remaining).
In the Dark King Mechikabura Saga, even with assistance from Android 17 (GT), Hell Fighter 17, Gero and Myuu, Demon God Shroom is defeated by Xeno Goten.
Techniques and Special Abilities
- Ki Blast
- Flaming Death Scythe (フレイムデスサイズ Fureimu Desu Saizu) - Shroom's special attack from Dragon Ball Heroes.
- Soul Reaping - Shroom is able to harvest energy from a target's soul by attacking them. A Saiyan whose soul has been reaped will be temporarily unable to transform.
- Scythe - Shroom's demon god scepter is a scythe, fitting his title of grim reaper.
Main article: Demon God Shroom possesses the Demon God state, and has only ever appeared in this form. He is uniquely known as the Death God (Shinigami) and possess the ability to reap souls.
Main article: Demon God
- Shroom (Demon God) vs. Xeno Janemba (Fused with Dark Dragon Ball)
- Shroom (Demon God) vs. Xeno Janemba (Evil Demon)
- Shroom (Demon God) vs. Xeno Goku and Xeno Vegeta
- Shroom (Demon God) vs. Chamel
- Shroom (Demon God) vs. Xeno Gogeta (Super Saiyan)
- Shroom (Demon God) vs. Xeno Goten (Super Saiyan)
- Shroom (Demon God) vs. Chamel (Demon God)
- Much like many of the other Demon Gods appearing in various Dragon Ball media, Shroom's name comes from a sauce, specifically mushroom sauce.


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Welcome to our Cinema Paradiso
“Frankly, my dear , I don’t give a damn.”
“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore”
“A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fave beans and a nice Chianti”
“Show me the money!”
“Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape”
Based Seaham Town Hall the group will meet on the 4th Thursday of every month between 2pm and 5pm with a prompt 2.30pm start for the film.
Cost will be £3 including refreshment (Tea/Coffee)
Thursday 25th March
Belle is an excellent film with Gugu Mbatha-Raw in the starring role as the mixed race child raised in the home
of the Lord Chief Justice, played by Tom Wilkinson, who struggles with the need for 18th century propriety and
his promise to the deceased father of Belle Lindsay to love and protect the child. This was the age when the
evils of chattel slavery were still thought of as legitimate trade, and so Belle is not allowed to sit at dinner when
guests are invited, nor be allowed to attend a debutante coming out party.
Sadly Belle, a beautiful young woman of dusky skin has to be almost hidden away.
The film also incorporates the story of the Zong massacre in which over 100 slaves were thrown overboard from
a slave ship so that the owners might claim insurance.
Belle and her suitor John Davinier, brilliantly portrayed by Sam Reid help lighten the story from one of racism and
slavery to the changes that had to come forth with the Abolition of Slavery Act. Excellent performances from all.
It is a film of sadness, hope, romance and ultimately deliverance.
Running time 99mins
Film for May
A Mystery film
It is a 1992 comedy and some of the actors are Ewan McGregor Pete Postlethwaithe and Tara Fitzgerald.
Running time 103mins
Film for June
Calendar Girls details are :-
Hilariously quirky comedy starring Helen Mirren and Julie Walters. When twelve extraordinary members of the Women’s Institute, a proper local charity, decide they need a new way to raise money for a very worthy cause, they turn to their annual calendar. Not wanting to divorce themselves from the traditional photographs, they give the calendar a very traditional twist. Behind the baked goods, the apple pressing and the flower arrangements are the women completely nude! This heartfelt story will have you laughing and crying at the same time.
Running time 104 mins
Film for July
Swimming With Men:-
Faced with a full-blown mid-life crisis, accountant Eric (Rob Brydon) joins an all-male group of synchronised swimmers, discovering that making patterns in a pool can for a couple of hours at least smooth out the bumps in his work and marriage.
Initially keeping their personal lives in the locker, the ramshackle squad and coach Susan slowly learn to reveal their inner lives, as well as their paunches. But can they get their lives and routines in sync as they embark on an unlikely journey to Milan to compete in the World Championship?
Running time 96mins


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Over the past few days I have shared a few Mexican theme recipes with you. Here is the guacamole recipe I made. Guacamole, has become one of my favorite dips over the past couple years. Surprisingly, I did not start to eat it, until moving to Japan.
I made this only minutes before guest arrive, to avoid it from turning brown.
4 tbsps of B’s Pico de Gallo
3 Roma tomatoes diced
1/2 pack of guacamole mix (optional)
Cut the avocados in half and you can use a spoon to easily get the avocado out of the skin. Mash the using a fork. Next, add in half the pack of the guacamole mix (I like to use this, just for some added flavor), mixing well. You can also, just use the mix packet and not use the Pico de Gallo. Last add in the Pico de Gallo and mix in. Lastly, top with some dice tomatoes.


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Green water, caused by millions of suspended microscopic algae, is the curse of many pond keepers, so what is the best way to control this nuisance? A good quality pump, filter, and ultra-violet clarifier system, of a capacity to suit the size of the pond is all that is required.
As water is pumped through the clarifier, the single-celled algae are exposed to high levels of UVC radiation emitted from a UV lamp. This UV exposure destroys the algae cells, which are then broken down by bacterial action in the filter. The UV output of the lamps degrades with time, and so they will need replacing periodically.
Regardless of the brand of clarifier being used, there is an Arcadia Ultra Clear UVC lamp available, so that every pond keeper can have clarity all year long.
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Apple MacBook Pro 13 Review – Just got even better
Apple has released the 2015 version of the MacBook Pro hardly changed compared with the version that came out in 2013. The laptop still has an excellent screen is very well organized and has a very long battery life of 11.5 hours while browsing through the fast yet economical Broadwell processor. The new force touch ‘touchpad is a nice invention, which we did not think we missed him. Despite the small number of changes, the price is increased considerably.
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VerdictIn early March, Apple announced during one of his keynotes a completely new, thin and light laptop with Core M, for which the name ‘MacBook’ was again taken out of mothballs. Much attention was paid to the new MacBook, making us almost unaware that Apple would be other laptops, the MacBook Air and the 13 “Pro -MacBook of faster processors, faster SSD and has a new pad. The new MacBook is not yet available, but the MacBook Pro does. We were able to test the basic model to see how the improvements birth.The changes to the MacBook Pro are limited to distinguish the internal hardware of the laptop and therefore the new MacBook Pro outside not from its predecessor. Pastor who himself was a further development of the MacBook Pro Retina in 2012 and despite the nearly three year old design, we find the MacBook Pro still does not look stale.
Or aesthetic reasons, have formed the basis of the unchanged housing we do not know, but for the strength we see no need to make adjustments. The aluminum case feels solid, as you would expect from a laptop of almost fifteen hundred euros. Compare your MacBook Pro with the average ultrabook, then the weight will be a little disappointing; MacBook weighs almost 1.6 kilograms, while many ultrabooks sit around 1.4 kilograms.
Keyboard and Touchpad
Apple MacBook Pro 13 (2015) As the housing is the keyboard of the MacBook Pro remained unchanged. The flat, black keys are backlit and do not have too much travel; something that we see in many ultrabooks. Through the use of a thin housing the keyboard is also thinner, with a short travel distance as a result. The keyboard itself gives clear feedback.
Apple MacBook Pro 13 (2015) The touchpad has been changed and now Force touch functionality, so the touchpad is not only down, but in every place ‘pushing’ is. Force touch furthermore causes that your touchpad ‘deeper’ in can press, thus again which adds extra functionality to the touchpad. The operation of touch Force relies on a clever piece of delusion, because although you will experience it as the touchpad itself is not moving. Press the touchpad surface, you hear clicking sound coming from the laptop and thanks to a vibrating motor surface moves somewhat. Press harder, you will hear two clicks and the vibrating motor activated twice. Before you feel the surface seems to definitely move down, but that’s not the case.The additional force touch-click gives the ability to display previews of different things again. Force a touch-click on an image displays using QuickLook preview delivers again and within Safari on a preview of the website located behind the link. For us touch force a useful addition to the existing movements of the multitouch touchpad, though it was not a functionality that we missed tremendously. The sensitivity is set and if you do not want to use force touch, then the functionality, like just disable all other multitouch gestures.
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The Force touch touchpad after little has changed on the outside. The connectivity options are also unchanged. Links are a USB 3.0 port, two Thunderbolt 2, a 3.5mm jack and the magnetic MagSafe connector. The USB c connector that Apple installs on the new MacBook, has not yet made its way to the MacBook Pro.
Right there is a SD card reader, HDMI and the second USB 3.0 connection. Ethernet and Firewire are not provided, but can be used with the help of adapter cables on the Thunderbolt connections.Viewing:-249
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