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AN ALL INCLUSIVE VACATION
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Click here to buy now and schedule your dates later. (GOOD FOR 2 YEARS!)
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$844 for 2 persons.
$243 per each additional person, up to 5 people max.
5 person max.
Hiawatha VACATION DESCRIPTION
The Hiawatha vacation package is best suited for folks that think outside and enjoy camping modern style in a Platform Tent at a campground on Lake Superior. Platform Tents have a wooden floor, bunk beds, futon, table and chairs, and a refrigerator, electrical outlets and WIFI. You have your own outdoor grill and a fire pit for evening fires and roasting hot dogs and marshmallows. Many folks tell us that our restrooms are the cleanest they’ve ever seen. You should just bring your own bedding and cooking items if needed.
Kayaking the shoreline along Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is an experience that you will not want to miss. This is arguably the most beautiful shoreline in the United States. On the Paddler’s Choice trip you will see Bridal Veil Falls, sea caves, beautiful stained rock walls, Kissing Rock and the Lovers Leap Arch. A 1 hour lunch break (lunch included) on a remote beach. All skill levels welcome. Minimum age is 8 years old.
We use tandem double kayaks and all the kayaking gear is included. This tour begins with your check in at 8:30 AM (E10846 County Rd H58 Munising, MI, 49862) and finishes around 3 PM.
The Grand Island Sunset Dinner Cruise is a 27 mile circumnavigation around Grand Island which is the 3rd largest island on Lake Superior and has a beautiful shoreline of cliffs, sea arches, sea caves, beaches, wood lines, lighthouses, and a history of Native American Cultures that date back thousands of years. You will be eating and wetting your whistles at the Duck Pond Eatery and Beer Garden which is located next to the Paddlers Village. You will receive a free entrée on the Grand Island Sunset Dinner Cruise. Featuring over 40 Michigan craft beers, and a menu featuring, burgers, whitefish, BBQ pulled pork, sandwiches and salads. Alcoholic beverages are not included in this package.
If the dates you have chosen are unavailable or if you have more than 5 persons please call us at 906-387-1695 and we often can build a custom package for you.
**Late Season Bookings After Labor Day Weekend, The Grand Island Cruise will be a lunch cruise on the day you check-out 11:00Am-2:30Pm. (There are no evening dinner cruises offered that time of the year).
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This is not the only type of vacation experience we offer. Our Pictured Rocks vacations give you the chance to enjoy family fun together, and all include a kayaking tour at the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Take a look at our other packages here.


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My passion is working with clients who struggle with eating concerns and body image issues. I have experience with anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder. I can also help if you feel that your relationship with food and/or exercise is complicated but have not been diagnosed with an eating disorder. I practice from a Health at Every Size® perspective and offer an inclusive space for all. I value being empathetic while challenging my clients to step outside of their comfort zone and unlock their strengths. Taking the first step to get help and support can be intimidating but it can lead to growth and change!
Hi! My name is Yanina Marti, and I am a Bilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I have always been passionate about helping others and sharing my knowledge. I am grateful to have the opportunity to work with a variety of populations with different backgrounds and see them thrive and succeed after life has presented them with difficult challenges.
We all struggle in the relationships that are important to us and need help some of the time to develop skills to strengthen these relationships. We lose connection and have difficulty communicating with our partners or spouses; we get stuck in conflict with our children; we lose track of who we are; we dread going to work because it feels hostile or unsafe; we question our faith; we have trouble expressing needs at school; and we neglect our bodies and our health. The relationships we have with ourselves and others are always evolving and we need to change with them.
Life can be difficult to manage. I work with individuals, couples, and families. I am a down to earth and authentic person. My desire is to provide an empathetic and non-judgmental atmosphere where you can deal effectively with the challenges you are facing in your life. My hope is to facilitate change where YOU want it, in order to help YOU embrace a more satisfying existence. I work with those struggling with relational issues, anxiety, depression, trauma, LGBT, health/cancer, grief, divorce/separation, parenting issues, and mood disorders. I utilize several therapeutic approaches in order to best serve you.
I am a licensed professional counselor who has a straightforward approach that is combined with empathy and understanding. I will take a person where they are, not where I want them to be or where others' tell them they should be. I have worked for the past 10+ years with individuals who experience a combination of symptoms/stressors. I have worked with many different individuals with varying diagnoses, to include depression, anxiety, bipolar, PTSD, trauma, and personality disorders. I use a combination of therapies to be most effective in approaching treatment with others.
Life teaches a new lesson every day and it is not always something pleasant, expected, or easily managed. As a counselor it is my mission to help you manage and cope with the stressors in your life. Trust, connection, and the feeling of safety are all needed for successful therapy.
Hi there! I'm Chelsea - I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor and trained EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapist. One thing that I've learned across my practice is that sometimes life circumstances, relationships, past memories/experiences - can make us feel stuck. Stuck in our pasts, stuck in current situations, and stuck in our heads at times. My goal as your therapist is to create a collaborative effort where we work to meet your treatment goals together. You don't have to figure everything out on your own - I think it's important for us to normalize that :)
I know that for some, the idea of laying out who you are & your struggles to a complete stranger can be an extremely daunting task, but you will find that in taking this step of faith, you are able to accomplish much more than you have ever realized. Whether you struggle with Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, Adjustment Disorders, Grief/Loss, ADHD, Autism, or Spirituality Issues- help is available. I have come to the understanding that when you are still, and ask God for guidance, he communicates through the "coincidences" of our lives.
We all go through stressful periods in our lives. Sometimes it's a result of a traumatic event, such as a sexual assault, loss of a loved one, or difficult life transition. Sometimes it's more complicated to pinpoint. Maybe we are having trouble coping with school, work, or everyday life and are not sure why. Maybe we feel stuck and just feel "off" or not ourselves. I believe that everyone is capable of changing their life and moving toward happiness. Whether you are new to therapy or have gone in the past, I'll work with you with non-judgment and compassion to help to you on your journey of personal growth.
We are often told to “just get over it”. Although often well-intentioned, this saying is neither helpful or realistic. It is my firm belief that we don’t “get over” things, but we make meaning and learn to live with our experiences. As a certified EMDR therapist, I take pride in helping people do just that. Trauma impacts us all in unique ways and EMDR can help people achieve a variety of their personal goals related to healing, growth, and becoming “unstuck” from past experiences. From minor to major traumas, I am committed to helping you overcome your past and look forward to your future without fear and distress.
Life can be overwhelming and difficult at times. It is healthy and beneficial to take time for yourself to work through these stressors and to learn effective strategies to cope with these pressures. I am committed to creating a safe and therapeutic space for my clients to be able to begin the healing process. It is my life's passion to help individuals and families experience relief from their current symptoms and improve family relationships and family dynamics.
Have you been struggling with trying to figure out a better way to manage your life and situations? Do you find it hard to have motivation to do things? Do you struggle with adversity and managing stressors? Do you have issues with addictions? I am non-judgmental and supportive to validate people and help them learn new ways of coping and living to improve their quality of life. I also run Art Therapy groups to increase insight and mindfulness about symptoms/coping skills, which have been effective in improving moods and decreasing stress, creating a sense of community, and a family away from family (but not during COVID).
I enjoy working with kids, teens and adults. I have worked many years with middle schoolers, but with kids in general. I work between two of our offices at Optimum Wellness Counseling - Belle Vernon and I am taking new clients at our newly opened Greensburg location. My focus is CBT, DBT and person centered therapy. I focus my sessions on strength based techniques and work to help the client through identifying positive coping skills, mindfulness and grounding techniques. I want to see success and growth for my clients to help them thrive in an ever-changing world.
Licensed Professional Counselor, M Div, MS, LPC, NBCC
I enjoy working with children, adolescents, families, and adults. In particular, I work with individuals (and their families) impacted by traumatic stress. I would describe traumatic stress as an "unhealed wound." These wounds can manifest themselves in disruptive behaviors, defiance, anxiety, depression, struggles with focus, aggression, self-injury, perfectionism and substance use. When wounds are triggered it is common for the person to engage in a fight, flight, or freeze response. The trauma oriented work that I offer assists people of all ages to engage in more effective responses to their wounds. The fight, flight, or freeze response goes away.
Since therapy is about connection, finding the right fit for you is important. I aim to make this process more comfortable. I provide a safe and confidential environment. I have my Master of Art degree in Counseling with specialization in Clinical Mental Health. I am currently working on my doctorate in Clinical Psychology. I am a licensed professional counselor in the state of Pennsylvania. Among my areas of training and experience are the treatment of anxiety, depression, mood disorders, complex trauma, PTSD, dissociative disorders, and women’s issues.
Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step in your life. We are offering therapy in Norwin, Jeannette, Greater Latrobe and Penn Trafford School Districts along with our offices in Greensburg. Innersight is proud to offer quality care with one of our 10 licensed therapists. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 21 years of experience and owner of out group practice. We work children and adults with a wide range of mental health diagnosis including but not limited to : PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, Adjustment Disorder, ADHD & ODD. We also provide medication management with our 2 CRNP's.
Currently Accepting New Clients! My name is Jess, and my goal in my work is to make sure the person I sit across from feels heard and understood, whatever their age or background. I tailor my approach to meet the client's needs, so if we find you need tangible worksheets, I'll get you those to work on... or, if I find your 10 year old relates to gaming or art, we'll find ways to integrate Minecraft or canvas painting! It seems to me that everyone just needs a safe place to process and grow in ways that are meaningful to them and that will highlight their strengths and abilities... it's my aim to provide that for every client.
It can be easy to lose sight of who we are when faced with difficult life experiences and finding who we again can be challenging to navigate alone. I believe that when we discover who we are both in and outside of the context of our experiences, we develop the ability to better manage uncomfortable emotions, thoughts, and whatever else life throws at us. You no longer have to navigate this experience on your own!
What type of mental health professional is right for me?
Some of the most common types of mental health providers in Greensburg are psychologists, licensed counselors, therapists, psychotherapists, and licensed clinical social workers, all of whom diagnose mental health conditions and provide individualized treatment.
Services offered, education and credentials vary by type of mental health professional. Each professional in Greensburg then may specialize in certain areas, such as depression, marriage counseling, or anxiety. Although many mental health providers are not licensed to prescribe medication, they may coordinate with a provider who can.
Both in-person and online therapy sessions are available from most psychologists.
How to find a specialist?
You can refine your search using the filters on this page. There are several categories you can filter by to find mental health professionals with the experience you are looking for. You may want to filter for CBT Psychologists in Greensburg, or Child Psychologists in Greensburg.
Many find it useful to use filters to view only psychologists that have experience working with certain issues, like Greensburg psychologists specializing in EMDR.
What method of therapy is right for me?
When it comes to treatment methods, there's no 'right way.’ Each method of therapy can be beneficial for a variety of issues. Psychologists in Greensburg specialize in therapeutic approaches such as CBT, EMDR, and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), among others. Finding a psychologist or therapist who is a good fit for you is the most important step to discovering what type of therapy, or combination of therapeutic approaches, will meet your individual needs. Learn what to expect from different types of therapy and how they work.
How to use my insurance?
Many therapists accept health insurance. Check to see if your insurance is covered. Feel free to discuss this when you contact the therapist.

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The Tanaya Silver Kids Anklets/Bracelets
This pair of Sterling Silver (92.5%) anklets or bracelets is adorned with black and silver beads and comes with spring ring hooks. Handcrafted to perfection, these anklets pack the miraculous child-friendly properties of pure silver .Gift this exquisite pair to a toddler , this pair is ideal for children between the ages of 2- 6 .
Measurement : Length: 6.5 inches (kids size; extra links provided to adjust length).
Gemstones used: Beads of black Onyx.
Made of:Sterling Silver (92.5%)

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Title: Get Even (Don’t Get Mad #1)
Author: Gretchen McNeil
Publisher: Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins Children
Release Date: 16th September 2014
Genre: Young Adult, contemporary, mystery
Page Count: 320
Four school girls with nothing in common are secretly a vigilante group known only as DGM: Don’t Get Mad. They retaliate against bullies, but when their latest target is murdered before they can humiliate him and DGM is framed, they realise someone knows their identities, and is coming after them next unless they give themselves up.
Get Even should have been an amazing book. I stayed up until 3am reading it. I don’t even remember the last time I did that with a book. It SHOULD have been amazing because it was a thrilling mystery about four amazing, strong girls with nothing in common who worked as a fabulous team (seriously, put these girls in superhero costumes and they will KICK ASS), it had an incredibly diverse cast, the relationships were all organic and realistic, the plot was interesting, the mystery was mystifying, until… the final page. The VERY FINAL PAGE is where it all went to hell.
Why? How can one book, one which I was sure was going to end up a 5 star read, end up only 3 stars?
I’ll tell you why. There’s a little thing called GENRE CONVENTION. DO NOT FUCK WITH IT.
Let me ask you a question:
- Is a romance without a happily ever after still a romance?
- Is a sci-fi without advanced technology and/or a futuristic setting still a sci-fi?
- Is a dystopian without the violent heroine starting a rebellion still a dystopian? (don’t answer that one, it’s tongue in cheek).
- Is a murder mystery without revealing the murderer still a mystery?
This book is a mystery. It’s a Young Adult Contemporary MYSTERY. There is a mystery. There is a murderer. There is a large cast of characters who are suspects, each with a great motive. There is Hidden Evidence, Inference Gaps, and Foreshadowing. It’s utterly thrilling. And if the book had actually revealed who the murderer was, I could say with certainty that there were a few red herrings.
Unfortunately the book ends before the denouement. The only reason I can think of why someone would do this is to extend the book into a series.
And I really fucking hate being bribed or suckered into reading a series.
I don’t mind cliffhangers. The characters could still have been hauled away. But leaving the biggest mystery unanswered really grind my fucking gears. Especially because I was so engrossed in this book that I stayed up until 3am reading that. Did I mention that? That’s because that NEVER HAPPENS. I feel betrayed by this ending. I feel personally fucking affronted. I’m not smart enough to figure out who the murderer is, and I was really, really looking forward to it being revealed.
BUT NO. I have to buy the NEXT BOOK to find out. Or maybe it’s a series-wide mystery and I need to read ALL THE BOOKS.
No. I need closure. I need satisfaction. Neither of which I got from this horrible, cash-grabbing ending.
I loved, I loved SO MUCH the multiple points of view. I loved the four protagonists. I loved their characters, their motivation, their chemistry together. I loved their friendship, their fighting, their wit. I loved the enormous cast of characters. I loved the sweet love interests for each girl and was rooting for all of them (even the spicy-scented, crooked-smiled cliché). I loved the villainy of the awful adult characters that demonstrated how authority cannot be trusted, especially in the case of bullies. I loved the use of Twelfth Night as the Shakepeare Play of the Book, and I especially loved it being mashed up with The Warriors because omg that fil is amazeballs has anyone else seen it? I loved getting a glimpse into American high school life because I have no idea what Leadership class is. Is there really a class that teaches teenager show to be leaders? That’s awesome.
But most of all, I loved the way this book made me feel, the way it kept e reading way past bedtime with my husband snoring beside me, eagerly flipping pages because I WAS DESPERATE TO KNOW WHO THE KILLER WAS.
I should have flipped to the end to find out that I WOULD NEVER KNOW.
3 stars for the ending alone.
Thanks to HarperCollins Children and Edelweiss for providing a free review copy for an honest review.

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As a new gardener, it is expected that you will make a few mistakes. Many homeowners wish for their garden spaces to appear as if it is an outdoor oasis with a walking path, focal point tree, and even a water feature. It is best to have a variety of plants and shrubs to add depth and dimension to your design.
Design the Garden Space First
When you are designing the outdoor garden space, draw in areas for walkways and raised planting areas. If you opt to include container beds, it is ideal for placing those strategically so that it will add to the design. Tree placement should be near the center area of the garden, and shrubs should be placed from the tallest near the outer edges to the shorter options being near the open space.
Fertilize the Ground One Week before Planting
It is ideal to use a rototiller a week in advance for the ground area in which you choose to plant shrubs and beautification plants. At this time, you will also want to spread natural fertilizer and rototill the area again. This will help to incorporate the compost and begin feeding the soil to promote better root development.
View the Watering Instructions on Plants
Each plant or shrub has different water needs. It is best to speak with an experienced gardener for strategic placement of plants with similar watering requirements in the same area. You will also want to read the tags that come on the plants to see what the grower suggests as far as watering. As a general rule, the plants should be watered just before sunrise and just after sunset to prevent the leaves and delicate stems of some plants from becoming burned from the hot sun. It takes a little bit of trial and error to get it right. Asking for the help of landscape gardeners, Shrewsbury can provide helpful insight and help you to select the right plants for your garden area.
Allow Enough Room for Plants to Spread out
Shrubs tend to grow and spread out over time. Some decorative grass items and other plants will also augment as they mature. For this purpose, it is best to plant things that will grow large at least a meter to a meter and a half apart. In the spaces, you can add flowers and ground covering items. Flowers or small plants can withstand being less than a meter apart, with some being able to be planted within a few centimeters of each other.
Following a few simple gardening tips, you can pass the novice gardener stage and quickly become a professional. It is mostly about selecting the right plants and placing them in the most appropriate areas. Adding in focal points with containers or ornamental planters is also a good idea. This will make your garden space unique. A healthy garden requires proper watering with enough space between plants for them to develop healthy roots and strong topside attributes.

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Hello and welcome to Crafty Kayes Room. I enjoy cardmaking, scrapbooking, off the page and miniatures. I would like to share some of my projects with you. I hope that you enjoy your time here and will visit again soon.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Today I have used a Le Suh 3d wedding cake image on a Darice embossed background and a Spellbinders Decorative Oval. Finished with a Sticker Store greeting.
This is a Hearty Crafts Winter Flowers image on a Cuttlebug embossed background.

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Super-Healthy Lingonberry Smoothie
A super-healthy lingonberry smoothie. It's packed with cold-fighting vitamins and powerful antioxidants that will keep you strong and healthy.
- 1 cup lingonberries or cranberries
- 1/2 cup raspberries or other fresh or frozen berries
- 1 banana
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt
- 1 tbsp honey or maple syrup
Start with the liquid ingredients. Pour the yogurt (or milk) in a blender jar.
Break the banana into chunks and place it into the blender.
Add the remaining ingredients and process until completely smooth.
Pour the smoothie in a glass and, if you wish, decorate it with lingonberries.

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I am going to brine some chickens overnight........I am going to make BRICK CHICKEN which is when I cook chicken on my grill flat w/ some bricks on to of it....comes out good....Tomorrow, I am having some people over for dinner and dont really want to spend much time at the grill so I was wondering if I can cook ahead of time and then just reheat? Of course I want the crispy skin etc.....What do you think?
I butterflied a few chickens - having party - want to cook early and then just re-heat later. How do I do this? Can I do this? Please read this.
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Your Chickens will cook in 3-4 hrs. and can be held wrapped in Foil an towels , then placed n a cooler . You will not , however you will not have Crisp Skin .
For that , you will have to place them on a hot grill , or an oven @ 300*F. (I would grill skin down ) .
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Meet ‘This Old House’ host Kevin O’Connor at Rhode Island Kitchen…
Guest speaker Kevin O’Connor of PBS’ “This Old House” joins the Rhode Island Kitchen & Bath team to co-host the “10 Steps to a Successful Remodel” seminar Saturday, May 20, 2017.
(PRWeb May 17, 2017)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/05/prweb14342603.htm
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Spray-Vac® Stabilizer aids in the administration of spray vaccines for poultry and livestock. It is especially designed to prolong the viability and improve the effectiveness of reconstituted spray vaccines. Spray-Vac® Stabilizer mixed with ordinary tap water replaces distilled water in spray solutions. It rescues vaccines from the harmful effects of both tap water and distilled water, and will not clog spray nozzles. This new generation stabilizer is especially engineered for poultry viral and bacterial spray vaccines such as fragile bronchitis and mycoplasma vaccines. A pink color indicates that the spray solution is completely safe and ready to receive the vaccine.

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- $3.8m towards realignment of Princess Royal Drive in the Albany Port Authority
$300,000 for the planning of Albany Ring Road
$2.6m for new buildings at Great Southern Institute of Technology, Mt Barker Campus
$3.8m from Royalties for Regions for a community services and health science block at Great Southern Institute of Technology’s Albany campus
$2m from Royalties for Regions for Denmark High School
$500,000 for works for Katanning Senior High School
$700,000 for improvements to Denmark College of Agriculture
$500,000 for improvements to Spencer Park Primary School
$500,000 for Great Southern Institute of Technology for equipment/minor works
$963,000 towards development of Albany regional resource centre
$22.7m towards Water Corporation for infrastructure upgrades
$1.6m for Western Power networks expansion and upgrades
The State Government has committed to major school and college works projects across the Great Southern as part of a $41million funding package for the region in the 2013-14 State Budget.
Treasurer Troy Buswell said the Great Southern would benefit from a sustained investment in infrastructure this financial year as well as targeted social programs.
Mr Buswell said the State Budget provided funding for major education and health and road projects.
The education projects include $2million for Denmark High School and $2.6million for new buildings at the Mount Barker campus of the Great Southern Institute of Technology.
In addition, the Denmark College of Agriculture received $700,000 for improvements, while Katanning Senior High School and Spencer Park Primary School each received $500,000.
The Treasurer said the State Budget also allocated $3.8million for community services and a health science block at the Albany campus of the Great Southern Institute of Technology.
The Government has allocated $3.8million for the realignment of Princess Royal Drive in the Albany Port Authority, and $22.7million for the upgrade of Water Corporation infrastructure.
“The Liberal National Government’s commitment to investment in the Great Southern is improving the standard of living in regional Western Australia,” Mr Buswell said.
“This year we are building on our record of investment in key services like health, education and police as the State Government continues to work to improve access to efficient and quality services for all West Australians.”
The Treasurer said the $386million surplus provided in the State Budget reflected the Government’s responsible decision-making to ensure a strong and vibrant economy for future generations of West Australians.
“The Government has made responsible decisions to ensure the continued growth of the Great Southern region and is committed to building stronger, safer regional communities across WA,” he said.
Record investment in regional WA by the Liberal National Government is set to continue with a total of $1.3billion budgeted through the State Government’s Royalties for Regions program in 2013-14.
Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls said the Government’s Royalties for Regions program had supported more than 2,500 projects across WA since 2008.
“These include transformational programs such as Pilbara Cities; Ord-East Kimberley Expansion Project; Mid West Investment Plan; Gascoyne Revitalisation; GROH Housing program; and the Southern Inland Health Initiative,” Mr Grylls said.
“This year’s State Budget builds on these programs and will further transform regional communities with a $300million commitment over five years to help the State’s agricultural sector capitalise on opportunities.
“The Liberal National Government is making a real difference for people in regional WA and helping to create communities which are better places to live, work and invest.”
Treasurer’s office - 6552 6400
Regional Development Minister’s office - 6552 5500

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Former Disney starlet Miley Cyrus and a couple of her friends decided to pay homage to her dog Floyd with the same tattoo. If you’ll recall, Floyd passed away as the result of a coyote attack on April 1st.
She announced the sad news on her official Twitter account, telling fans: “I don’t wanna say it because I don’t want it to be real… But my precious baby Floyd has passed away. I am broken.”
Shortly after Floyd’s untimely passing, the singer’s mother Tish gifted her with a new pooch by the name of Moonie. Sadly enough, at the time it was still too soon for Miley to have another dog, so she gifted Moonie to a family friend.
Since, Miley has decided it’s time to move on with her new adorable dog, Emu Coyne Cyrus. Alas, she has not forgotten her sweet puppy Floyd and has gotten a tattoo on her ribcage in his remembrance. We can’t help but to think that this was just another excuse for Miley to be risque and show off her body on Instagram, but we digress. Perhaps it’s just Miley being Miley?
Either way, she and a couple of her pals got the same tattoo to commemorate the pet of which she had for three years before meeting his untimely demise. Miley still has her other dogs Bean, Happy and Mary Jane to keep her company — after gifting her ex-fiancee Liam Hemsworth with Ziggy, her bulldog back in January 2012.
Miley was so broken up about the loss of her pet Floyd that she erected a small shrine in his honor, complete with fresh flowers and little stuffed Floyd dogs. In addition, she had a giant blow-up Floyd dog on stage with her during her concert in Brooklyn, New York just days after his passing.


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Hi All Archers!!!
I know he’s at it again and a lot of you have been asking if the intercounty Frost Bite shoot will be on this year I can confirm its on!!
Similar format as before see below, alongside the intercounty bit I’m going to run the novice shoot again so if you could all do the usual shout out at the clubs circulate as required.
So please see the below.
As the heading suggests, in collaboration with Bedfordshire, we have arranged a intercounty match. Details as follows.
We are hoping that all NCAS clubs and archers will be able to take part.
1. Round to be shot: Frost Bite, 80cm face @30m including all the junior rounds (Cold Bite @20m Chilly Bite@10m not official round but get some new archers and those that can’t get 30m).
2. Eligible archers: All genders and ages. If a junior please give your age and round/distance shot.
3. Bow Styles: All Compound, Recurve, Barebow & Longbow, Including Traditional ( Wooden Arrows, wooden Bow) outside of Longbow.
4. When to be shot: Starts Nov1st 2023 closing date 31st March 2024.
5. How round is to be shot: Where possible can the 3 dozen be shot on the same day.
6. Record all the scores as you would normally, X`s, 10`s and so on. Please submit the final score totals only (not each individual arrow value) in the normal format, including the following information.
Archer, Gender. Club. Bow Style. Senior/Junior (if junior age) Please indicate if you’re a Novice and round shot. Hits, 10’s, X’s, Score
Example: J Doe. Female. Earth. Longbow. Senior. 36 (hits). 13 (10’s). 5 (X’s). Score: 360.
7. All the scores will be on trust. We will be watching you.
8. Scores can be submitted either by sending the details direct to myself or your club selection committee volunteer. If these are to be sent direct to me please let me know details as mention in point 6.
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What a fun, colorful collection of kitties, Gattina! Are Arthur and Rosie jealous?? Great reflections for the day! Hope you're enjoying some sunshine and that you have a fun weekend!Sylvia
these are stunning my friend. I love them :)
Bbeautiful all the figurines crystal figurine. And all cats. Wonderful
They are all beautiful Gattina but I really love the whole look of the second photo!
I love the top shot, so much going on and the colors are amazingI have a crystal cat collection too
C'était un week-end de cristal, décidément : tu photographie cette superbe collection, et moi je trouve un sujet au pied (à la roue) de ma voiture à mon retour de rando avec mes chats...Tes clichés mettent en tous les cas extrêment bien les facettes dépolies en valeur, bien vu !
Weird, but TOTALLY wonderful. Awesome idea and great shots. Mickie
30 years ago, I lived near to a Swarovski showroom. Sometimes i stop and wish I could have some. 30 years down the line, I don't wish for them any more. Once my daughter bought a very delicate glass sail boat for me. She put is on top of the piano. don't know how she turned the page, and the boat fell and broke to pieces. Since then, i told her, it is not the time to buy these.
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Say what you will, “Do What You Will” is my delicious new song of the day. It comes courtesy of San Francisco-based group PAPERCUTS, a band created by Jason Robert Quever which features fellow members David Enos, Frankie Koeller, Graham Hill and others, who have found a lovely home at legendary music label SUB POP. The song is included on the band’s newest album Fading Parade, the band’s 4th album which was released in March 2011, and the gurus at SUB POP provided the following description of the album: “This is dream pop of the highest order, but unlike a lot of contemporary bands that fall under the same sonic umbrella, PAPERCUTS isn’t trying to emulate shoegaze heavy hitters from yesteryear. Instead, Quever’s embraced a gentler, more sophisticated approach to presenting pop music that’s steeped in atmosphere.” I couldn’t agree more (you can read the complete SUB POP bio of PAPERCUTS by CLICKING HERE). You can check out the video for “Do What You Will” below, and for all things PAPERCUTS be sure to visit their Tumblr blog, and you can also follow them on Facebook. And for all things SUB POP be sure to visit SUBPOP.com. To purchase your own copy of PAPERCUTS’ latest album Fading Parade CLICK HERE.
PAPERCUTS’ Dreamy Track “Do What You Will” Makes Me Want To Run Through A Field Of Lavender
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Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Engineering System Design & Optimization
- Development of parametric method for small aircraft design.
Small aircraft in the form of personal or remote controlled aircraft design could be approached in such a way as to derive optimum performance for any configuration that may be developed for given mission. In practice, the aerodynamic performance is estimated from the coefficients obtained due to the chosen wing profile. However, it can be envisioned that every section of the configuration could contribute to the aerodynamic forces.
The research aimed at developing a technique or method that takes into account the contribution of all sections of the configuration with the objective of improving the accuracy in the evaluation of aircraft performance.
The concept of the method is built on object oriented technique. Input parameters comprise of two kinds, namely, fixed and design parameters were considered. The output gives the geometry and performance characteristics of the aircraft. The performance is modelled as integral function over the surface and results in Lift and Drag forces.
- Development of Lift-Tipping mechanism for small tricycle truck for Municipal waste collection.
A number of small waste collection trucks such as tricycles are in use in a number of developing countries. The use of such technology has been popular in Ghana. This research consider design of lift-tipping mechanism for small solid waste collection trucks being used by Zoomlion Ghana Limited. The lift-tipping mechanism is developed from a five bar mechanism with one degree of freedom. The mechanism is modelled and simulated using Solid Edge software as the first step. Results of the simulation show that a height of 70% of the length of the lifting bar could be attained and a tilt angle more than 40o could be achieved. The actuation of the mechanism could be achieved by employing power screw, hydraulic or pneumatic actuators, and rack and pinion combinations. This mechanism will improve the operation of the collection truck.
The system had since been built and tested in the laboratory. It is expected that a field test of the tricycle truck fitted with the lift-tipping mechanism be undertaken in due course.
- Development of mechanized ‘Kente’ weaving loom for rural industry.
‘Kente’ is a celebrated cloth in Ghana that is produced in narrow strips of between 5.0 cm and 15.0 cm. The art of weaving ‘kente’ started more than centuries ago and has since been hand woven. It is, as at now, produced with same traditional loom. The process is very laborious and time consuming taking about 14 day for simplest (single weave) 1.5 m by 2.4 m and 40 days for some specific designs with experienced weaver. The aim of this research is to develop a mechanized weaving machine that is expected to enhance the ‘kente’ weaving process and promote the industry. The process involves three motions that are orthogonal and periodic. The design makes use of three types of cam and follower configurations to control the heddle, beater and shuttle motions respectively. The simplicity of the machine would be such that it could be moved and operated within any convenient available space.
- Plasma Gasification for Municipal Solid Waste Treatment.
Plasma gasification is the process of converting matter/solid into gas in an oxygen-starved environment to decompose waste material into its basic molecular structure. Plasma gasification does not combust the waste as incinerators do. It converts the organic waste into a fuel gas that still contains all the chemical and heat energy from the waste. It converts the inorganic waste into an inert vitrified glass. The plasma reactor does not discriminate between types of waste. It can process any type of waste.
A potential solution to waste management is Plasma gasification, which is environmentally friendly and has the advantage of converting the solid waste into useful by-products. Also, the syngas produced could be used in energy generation.
Initial stage of the research was the assessment of the municipal solid waste generation in Ghana. Currently, a laboratory scale reactor is developed and will be tested for various parameters.


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A zany fantasy by the author of "The Sorcerer's Appendix" and "The Frogs of War". As Clerk-in-Charge of Avocado Preservation in the Mountain City of Axoloti, Quintzi Cohati has been predicting the future for 40 years, and his lies are getting a bit thin.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
The plot rattles along . . . the metaphors are quite inspired ( STARBURST)
Ingenious, energetic and goodhumoured ( DAILY TELEGRAPH)
Magical comic fantasy from one of Britain's funniest writers
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Book Description LEGEND PAPERBACKS, 1996. Paperback. Book Condition: New. book. Bookseller Inventory # 0099499010


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There are few experiences which are as isolating and devastating as infertility. It rips away our dreams, our identity, and even our sanity. Yet most of this struggle takes place in private, while life barrels on as usual. Sometimes even our closest friends and family are unaware that anything is wrong. And even if they know some of the details of the struggle, they cannot fully understand unless they have been through it themselves. Millions of us deal with this torment every second of every day, yet it is rare for us to connect because society has taught us to suffer in silence. I have been dealing with infertility and pregnancy loss for the past 12 years, and each time I connect with a fellow infertile, I win back a small piece of myself.
There have been few musicians who have been bold enough to openly express the devastation of infertility. I am only aware of three songs on the topic, but these songs have been some of my best friends in my darkest times. So when nine songs came to me and pushed their way out into the world, I felt compelled to share them with as many people as possible. I want my fellow Sisters to know that we are not alone, and I want the fertile population to gain a glimmer of understanding of the storm which violently churns just behind the smiles of their infertile loved ones.
A collection of original songs on the theme of infertility and pregnancy loss.


Only in a small ranching community do you get a phone call like this. "Two of your bulls got out. They are behind the Tasty Freeze and headed toward the town swimming pool."
Additionally, only in a small ranching community will you arrive to find a half dozen or more helpful folks already fixing the fence, putting the bulls back through the gate into the pasture before returning to their coffee drinking at the corner gas station/coffee shop.
God Bless this country and those things that remain with the stamp of a Courier and Ives Americana — Western style.
I do know that in the majority of the good old USA, people find it hard to believe there are still people who "live like that." But it's the truth.
We are at least one generation and maybe two into a world where it is a genuine belief the West is dead and can only be found in Hollywood or in a book. Those people live in a concrete and asphalt world defined by Wall Street and where travel by subway, train and taxi is the norm. If they own a pickup it is because its trendy — functional is not a factor.
The work-place fashion never includes a pair of five-buckle over shoes and the fine canvas duck wear by Walls or Carhart is unheard of. They actually think Powder River is just a place and Panhandle Slim probably is some guy who advertises for the tobacco company along with that Marlboro guy.
Honest, cross my heart, it is the truth. I heard her say it. "I couldn't finish the cookies I was baking until one of the chickens laid an egg."
Not ever did the former domestic diva of daytime, Martha Stewart, ever tip-toe to the barn to check the nests in the haystack to see if she had one more very fresh egg to finish her baking project.
There are just some things that brand rural life as unique, genuine and almost unbelievable, unless you live there.
Calving season on the domestic front means the not so rare event of thawing out a half-frozen baby calf in the house bath tub filled with warm water. This is another event not glorified in the halls of polite company.
Somehow we need to not let people forget there are places in our country where a big Saturday night event is watching a family movie on the television with popcorn and Kool-Aid for refreshments. Remember there are places where nuisance varmints are not gangs with guns and knives but black "kitties" with big white stripes down their backs and the occasional raccoon or possum.
The West isn't dead and nobody knows it better than those that live in the West. We carry on day to day pretty much as we did decades ago. Fashion trends come and go, markets rise and fall, it rains or it doesn't.
Constants are the cows need fed, the water pipeline needs fixed and Ma is still nagging about the hole in the floor of the house where the snake keeps getting in.
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Ciara and Russell Wilson were joined by their kids Future and Sienna and Russell's sister, Anna, to participate in the "Something New" TikTok dance challenge.
Ciara and Russell Wilson are killing time in quarantine by taking a stab at the viral TikTok dance challenge set to Wiz Khalifa and Ty Dolla $ign's "Something New," alongside their son, Future, daughter, Sienna, and Russell's sister, Anna Wilson. While so many families are stuck at home to practice social distancing and avoid further spreading coronavirus to others, many are struggling to find activities to occupy their time—but not the Wilson household. The power couple decided to entertain their little ones by trying their hand at one of the popular dance challenges that has become a viral trend on the app, and Russell's sister Anna, who plays for the Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team, gave them some assistance.
"1st Family Tik Tok Post," Ciara captioned the post. "Too much fun. #Family." In the clip, the chorus of Wiz Khalifa's "Something New" sung by Ty Dolla $ign plays while 2-year-old Sienna leads the lineup by doing her toddler rendition of the dance, in which the participant is meant to push each elbow out to the side before shimmying and clapping. The youngster is followed by her 7-year-old half-brother, Future Jr., who also puts his own spin on the choreography. A very pregnant Ciara, who announced that she was expecting her third child back in January, goes next, followed by Anna and finally Russell, while Sienna and Future run around. The results are just too cute, and we're glad this family is keeping busy with some fun activities during these trying times.


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Brenda Saget reports House & Garden is 17% up on ad pages year to date with the April "color" issue 35% ahead.
Is there life after Mad Ave.? Bob Schmidt, former Levine, Huntley, Schmidt & Beaver CEO, now heads CarroSELL, the outfit that puts ads on airport baggage carousels at JFK, and airports in Dallas and Honolulu and will be rolling out nationally. Bob, who's got a 100-year-old house in East Hampton, N.Y., makes calls himself, signing up new clients for CarroSELL ads.
Book party Wednesday at Le Colonial on East 57th in Manhattan for Chris Casson Madden's latest, "Getaways," all about "carefree retreats," and published by Clarkson Potter.
There's long been a "worst Hemingway" competition for parodists. Now Hemispheres, the United Airlines mag, sponsors a "faux Faulkner" contest as well. Speaking of "faux," Faulkner, who never got overseas in World War I, claimed all his life to have a plate in his head from being shot down on the Western Front.
The magazine biz loses a good one in Mike Kelly, leaving Entertainment Weekly for venture capital/Internet riches. Taking over as publisher, David Morris. His official bow takes place Oscar night at EW's annual bash at Elaine's.
Love the cover line on the March issue of Quest, "Hairstyles of the rich and famous."
Coastal Living, the sleek Birmingham, Ala.-based lifestyle mag, named a new exec editor, Mary Kay Culpepper. She was with Weight Watchers.
New York Times Publisher Emeritus Arthur Ochs "Punch" Sulzberger making pitches to other former Marines to finance a show of Marine-oriented art in Manhattan this September. Tax-deductible contributions to the Navy League of New York charitable trust, care of MCPAO, 805 Third Ave., New York 10022.
Wow! Dave Ferm moves from prez of the Business Week Group to head Primedia's biz-to-biz group. Big move for a heavy hitter. Got to be huge bucks and/or stock. Meantime, William F. Reilly, founder of Primedia who resigned last year, has relocated to 375 Park Ave., New York 10152.
Times Mirror Magazines has a new director of corporate sales, Bruce Revman.
Southern Progress Corp. promoted Valerie Fraser to exec editor for creative development, you all.
Travel & Leisure created a new post, that of style director. The very stylish Laura Begley is it.
At Parade, Jack Griffin's new GM-exec VP. In civilian life Jack's a demon hockey player, throws a mean elbow.
Golfweek in Orlando promoted Dave Seanor to VP-editorial director. Jeff Babineau becomes editor.
Dept. of "Don't forget who helped you get there": Steve Bornstein, who started in ESPN's mailroom and is now a big deal at Disney, tossed a party at Elaine's for Bill Creasy, ESPN consultant since the start-up.


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Chicken in White Wine SauceSubmitted by: WAZZ_MOMMY
IntroductionA healthy, easy dinner! A healthy, easy dinner!
Chicken Breast, 1 lb, in 4 pieces
Canned Tomatoes, 1 can
Onions, raw, 1 cup, chopped
White Wine, 1 cup
Garlic, add to taste
Italian Seasoning, add to taste
Parsley, add to taste
â€¢ When hot, add onion and cook, stirring frequently, until softened but not browned.
â€¢ Add tomatoes and garlic (or italian seasoning) and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes.
â€¢ Place chicken on top of tomatoes/onions. Pour wine over chicken and sprinkle with parsley.
â€¢ Cover and reduce heat to simmer. Simmer until chicken is cooked all the way through, about 15 minutes.
â€¢ Remove chicken and wrap in foil to keep warm.
â€¢ Bring wine/tomato/onion mixture to a boil and cook about 3 minutes.
â€¢ Place chicken on rice or pasta and dump wine/tomato/onion mixture on top of chicken and pasta.
Number of Servings: 4
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Each Tuesday, the Times-Union will publish some of the better catches made in the area. Call (904) 359-4449 before noon on Mondays. Please leave a contact number. For other outdoors-related questions, call Jim Sutton at (904) 359-4215.
A free inshore fishing seminar is at 7 p.m. Thursday at West Marine at the St. Johns Town Center. Captain Tommy Derringer will speak on fall tactics for redfish and flounder. (904) 520-4650
The JOSFC's monthly meeting is Thursday at the clubhouse at the Mayport Boat Ramp. This is the Thanksgiving potluck dinner event. Members are urged to call in and let the club know what dish you're bringing. (904) 406-5819.
A benefit bass tournament for Somer Thompson will be Nov. 22 at Whitey's Fish Camp, at 2032 County Road 220 in Orange Park. The event is sponsored by the North Florida Bass Masters. The payout format is 50 percent to anglers, and 50 percent to the family of the little girl found slain last month. Entry fee is $40, with an optional $10 for big bass payout. (940) 759-3846


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To highlight the Prometheus Awards’ four-decade history and make clear why each winner deserves recognition as anti-authoritarian or pro-freedom, the Libertarian Futurist Society is publishing an Appreciation series of all past award-winners.
Here is an Appreciation for Kurt Vonnegut’s story “Harrison Bergeron,” the 2019 Prometheus Hall of Fame winner for Best Classic Fiction.
The government’s Handicapper General enforces new constitutional amendments mandating that no one can be stupider, uglier, weaker, slower – or in any way better – than anyone else.
To enforce this authoritarian and radical egalitarian edict, perfectly capable people are forced to accept and wear various disabling devices that handicap their capabilities and basic humanity.
Leave it to the great American novelist Kurt Vonnegut Jr. to come up with such a classic cautionary fable about a dystopian future in the United States in which coercive egalitarianism – a close cousin of progressivism – is taken to such radical and inhuman extremes in a perverse authoritarian revolt against personal excellence.
To celebrate the Prometheus Awards’ four-decade history, the Libertarian Futurist Society is publishing Appreciations of all past award-winners, that make clear why each winner deserves our recognition as pro-freedom.
Here is an Appreciation for Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We, the 1994 Prometheus Hall of Fame winner for Best Classic Fiction.
By Michael Grossberg We imagines a world of repressive conformity and stagnant stasis within a totalitarian State.
With his landmark novel Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin bravely pioneered and imagined what later came to be known as dystopian literature.
For better and worse, that dark and cautionary new genre was inspired by the millions of innocent people whose lives were destroyed by the Russian Revolution under Lenin’s communism. The genre took on even more moral weight after the world witnessed the horrors of all the other statist-collectivist variants (from socialism to national socialism and fascism) whose authoritarian excesses and violent extremes of dictatorship, war, famine, poverty and social collapse so brutally marked and disfigured the 20thcentury.
We, written in 1920-1921 by the Russian writer and first published in English translation in 1924 in New York, was so critical of collectivist authoritarianism that it wasn’t published in the Soviet Union until 1988, when the era of glasnost led to its first appearance with George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. A year later, the two dystopian novels were published together in a combined edition.
“I think a full understanding of justice also has to include honoring and rewarding worthy acts and accomplishments. ” – William H. Stoddard
Here is part 2 of the Prometheus Blog interview with LFS President William H. Stoddard.
This part of the interview focuses on the Prometheus Hall of Fame for Best Classic Fiction, which Stoddard has been closely involved with for two decades.
As chair of the Hall of Fame finalist judging committee, Stoddard leads a group of LFS members who read, discuss and rank the annual nominees to select a slate of typically five finalists for the entire LFS membership to rank and vote on. The winner is inducted into the Prometheus Hall of Fame, established in 1983.
Kurt Vonnegut’s cautionary fable “Harrison Bergeron” was inducted into the Prometheus Hall of Fame at the 2019 Worldcon in Dublin, Ireland – where acceptance statements by the late Vonnegut’s family and by the Vonnegut Museum and Library were read.
In ‘Harrison Bergeron,’ first published in 1961 in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Vonnegut blends a satirical and tragic tone in depicting a dystopian future in the United States where constitutional amendments and a Handicapper General mandate that no one can be stupider, uglier, weaker, slower (or better) than anyone else. Vonnegut dramatizes the destruction of people’s lives and talents and the obliteration of basic humanity via a denial of emotions and knowledge that leaves parents unable to mourn a son’s death. ‘Harrison Bergeron’ exposes and mourns the chilling authoritarian consequences of radical egalitarianism taken to an inhuman and Orwellian extreme that denies individuality, diversity and the opportunity to excel.


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• Pride and Prejudice (2005 movie version)
• Pride, Prejudice and Cheese Grits by Mary Jane Hathaway
• First (Wrong) Impressions by Krista Ball
• Promises by Wendi Sotis
• Charlotte: Elizabeth Bennet's Story by Linda Phelps
• Miss Bennet & Mr Bingley by Fenella Miller
• From This Day Forward by Joanna Starnes
• And Who Can Be In Doubt of What Followed by Alexa Adams
• Mr Darcy Came To Dinner by Jack Caldwell
• A Most Civil Proposal by C.P. Odom
• Searching For Pemberely by Mary Lydon Simonsen
• Pride and Prejudice (1995 Miniseries)
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Okay so that's 13, but what good is a challenge if you don't challenge yourself?!?! And beside it a P&P challenge so it goes without saying that you should at least read the original that started it all!
If it wasn't for Jane Austen introducing Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy to us 200 years ago, then my life would be so dull. Indeed!

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I've been programming computers since 1976/77 Started on TRS-80's, Commodore PET, & Apple II, also had Access to a mainframe at University of Minnesota. In college started working with VAX mainframe & IBM PC's. I've programmed 6502 assembly, 8088 assembly, COBOL, FORTRAN, BASIC(many variations), C, C++, PASCAL. I Still have my original Apple IIe which was upgraded to //e enhanced.
I wrote a program for processing message traffic for the US Navy Submarines in 1994 that is still in use today. (should have sold it, I had no idea it would last this long (I do maintain the copyright though))
I have an Apple //e, w/AE Serial Pro, Ramworks III w/1M & RGB option, Apple SCSI rev C, 3.5in Drives & ASCO/LIRON controller, Mouse, SCSI ZIP250, And the coupdegrace Transwarp w/W65C802. Used so much power that I had to replace the Apple power supply after awhile w/Applied Engineering power supply. Have Uthernet, CFFA & Apple HS SCSI card in a ROM01 IIGS with PS/2 Mouse using a PS2 to ADB converter. I also have an EPROM burner that I used to change the ROM's a little. Altered Video Rom Character set. An AST Sprint Ramdisk. And a Sprite II card (never had a use for but looked cool at the time, one of those technologies that never really developed).
I Want to add an RGB LCD screen to the mix, need a scan converter or something to adapt the 15.75KHz to something atleast twice that.
I wrote a loader to enable DOS 3.3 binary programs to work in ProDOS. It attaches to the front of the binary program and relocates the program to where ever it needs to be to run. Works with most programs. Anybody wants a copy just ask.
Computers, Electronics, Robotics, High Energy Physics, Magnetics, Astromomy, Photography, and now Microcontrollers.
Tesla & Einstein are my heroes.
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David Benjamin was born in Sparta, Wisconsin, in 1949 and lived in nearby Tomah until he was thirteen. He began his first novel, The Adventures of Stanley and Peggy, the Sniderman Twins, in the fourth grade. It remains unfinished. A contributor to the Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Wisconsin State Journal, Benjamin is also the author of The Joy of Sumo: A Fan’s Notes. He now lives with his wife in San Francisco and Paris.
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The Girls behind the Guns
Since 2012, we have often written about RET’s presence in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where we work with former adolescent soldiers. Their reintegration into civilian life, after having been enrolled into illegal armed groups, is a long and complex process. By 2016, over 500 under-aged soldiers had reclaimed their lives after taking part in the RET programme. Our approach is truly holistic and we prefer to work intensely, but with fewer participants at a time than most other programmes. By doing so we ensure their durable reintegration into their communities and life. In these last five years, we have had only 2 former combatants return to fighting. The positive effects of these reintegrations echo throughout the affected communities long after the youth have left the armed groups.
However, there is a certain cohort of under-aged soldiers we would like to draw your attention to in this article: young women.
The images of young boys parading large guns designed to be carried by men have become the terrifying symbols of many conflicts and fragile environments. The hope and playfulness of children and youth crushed to create agents of violence may be one of the darkest realities human communities have to confront. What we often fail to grasp is that young boys are not the only ones targeted by armed groups. Young women, though not as numerous, are also preyed upon to fulfil different, but perhaps more degrading roles. They are the cleaners, the cooks, sometimes the fighters and very often, the sex slaves. Their lives are needlessly ruined, maybe even more so than the ones of the boys.
Understanding their experience and how to help them is necessary to have a more complete picture of Demobilisation, Disarmament and Reintegration (DDR) programmes of the kind RET is engaged in. This is important as DDR is one of the most challenging ventures the international community, governments, civil society and specifically, NGOs can engage in. It is, therefore, also a measure of the commitment organisations have to serious conflict resolution and long-term change.
Nyota* (15 years old), Borauzima* (16 years old), Mapenzi* (16 years old) and Kyavira* (14 years old) are four of the girls whom we have helped get back to a stable and safe life in their community. The testimonies they brought back from their experience in illegal armed groups help us understand the roles young women play and the daily hardships they must confront.
During their time in the armed groups they were ordered to cook and clean. They were used as messengers and often provided the menial labour necessary for such organisations to function when they are not engaged in combat. These maintenance roles, which represent very hard labour, must not hide the fact that young women and girls are very often also used as sex slaves. This was the case of Nyota, Borauzima, Mapenzi and Kyavira.
These roles place young women at the very low end of the social hierarchy of the groups and open the door to every sort of abuse. All four explained that they were routinely victims of physical violence. Pushed, dragged on the floor, shaken and forced into unwanted sexual acts. This was made worse by psychological aggression. Seen as objects to be exploited, they reported being rejected and isolated, terrorised and deprived of any sort of affection. Such traumas during adolescence are even more damaging than their combined physical wounds.
Simply getting young women out of these groups is by no way enough. The support they need to rebuild their lives is complex and requires skilled professionals. Upon arriving at RET’s Centre for Transit and Orientation (CTO) they expressed feeling fear, anger and anxiety, coupled with very low self-esteem. They had nightmares and difficulties controlling their emotions, as well as, eating disorders such as anorexia. They had lost their social skills and retreated into solitude, sadness and despair. In order to address all the hurdles separating them from a safe and integrated life in their communities, RET’s programme worked with them in four general steps.
To begin with, once the four young women had left the armed groups and arrived at RET’s CTO, there was a need to prepare them for the activities and services to which they would have access. It is important for any participant to start by having them understand that what they have lived through is not acceptable as “normal”. They must accept that it is not their fault and that these traumas can be overcome. These young women also need to know what type of support they will be receiving and understand that their confidentiality is guaranteed. Protection mechanisms need to be in place to ensure that these young women are actually safe and perceive this environment as a safe haven.
Once reassured and aware of the opportunities proposed to them, they then benefited from health check-ups, hygiene kits and medical services through our specialised partners and local hospitals.
The third step was to offer them professional psychosocial support. This was done through activities such as individual counselling sessions, participative games, sports, group therapy, theatre, discussion groups or support sessions with the host families who had opened their doors to them. All these activities aimed at increasing their resilience and prepared them to plan for their future. This paved the way to the fourth step: their socio-economic integration into their communities.
Once Nyota, Borauzima, Mapenzi and Kyavira had started to recover, they were led through an orientation process, which helped them to decide on how they wanted to shape their future. They were presented with the opportunity to either go back to school and pursue their studies, or attend vocational trainings to practice a trade. They all decided to learn to become tailors and, thus, received a basic training and were introduced to professionals to learn from their experience. Once their training was completed, they were offered economic reintegration kits. They continue until this day to practice their trade and to benefit from regular follow-up from our RET team to make sure their reintegration remains a success.
The case of these young women shows us that leaving the armed groups was just the beginning. Helping them repair their broken lives is a much longer process, which involves time, effort and many forms of intervention and know-how. Of course, the RET programme also works with young men and boys. It equally includes many awareness-raising activities for the community to avoid future recruitments and create the conditions in which, hopefully, child soldiers will one day be less and less a sad reality in unstable and fragile environments. To get there, however, it is important to acknowledge that young boys are not the only ones who suffer and that behind the images of them holding guns are young women who suffer just as much, if not more.
We, of course, wish to thank our RET colleagues in the field for their dedication day-to-day on the ground in ensuring that these programmes are designed and implemented in the most effective manner possible. We also thank the Government of DRC for welcoming RET and for their collaboration and Luxembourg’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as the Government of Germany’s Federal Foreign Office for their support to out programme in DRC throughout the years. The lives of all these young women and men could not have been changed without the generous support of all these key RET stakeholders.


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Rustico Restaurant & Wine Bar offers authentic Italian fare inspired by the traditional cuisine of Southern Italy. Gino Romano & Michelina Scotto bring their collaborative efforts and combined passion for distinctive Italian cuisine and wine to the revitalization of a historic landmark located in downtown Stevensville. The decor of Rustico emanates old world rustic Italy with a soothing palette of brick red, amber and natural cherry wood floors. The wine bar offers guests the opportunity to enjoy drinks before or after eating, sample pairings from our bar menu, or simply to unwind in a relaxing atmosphere. Rustico's wine list offers over 20 wines by the glass as well as a 200 bottle collection, focusing mainly on the varietals of Italy, the second largest producer of wines worldwide.


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This character apartment boasts superb panoramic sea views to the Isle of Wight, Boscombe Pier and the rolling Purbecks. The apartment benefits from being located just yards from the sandy beaches, pier and Overstrand Development on Boscombe seafront.
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Fueled by money from casino gambling, New Mexico’s Indian pueblos and reservations are throwing their political weight into the state’s water tug-of-war
WaterWatch of Oregon has a newly revamped Web site designed to educate people about the Beaver State’s rivers and watersheds.
A controversial plan to dredge the Snake River west of Lewiston, Idaho, has been stalled by a judge – for now
Fresno, Calif., is fighting a federal ultimatum that would make the city bill residents based on how much water they use
Lake Powell is drying up in the drought, a reminder from nature that human beings are not in control, after all.
The writer says California’s agricultural elite is holding on to Colorado River water that could better serve the region’s growing cities.
In Native River, William D. Layman uses words and photographs to explore an earlier era of the Columbia River, before it was tamed and transformed by dams
The history and impacts of dam removal are considered in Watershed: The Undamming of America by Elizabeth Grossman and Dam Removal: Science and Decision Making by the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment


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Another race, another baffling set of decisions made by the FIA that overshadowed the action on track.
Drivers were unhappy with the handling of track limits violations throughout the event, with over 40 incidents relating to the white line highlighted during the Austrian Grand Prix.
Whilst these decisions were problematic, to say the least, there is a whole other argument to have on that.
For the most part, the sprint delivered with overtaking aplenty at the Red Bull Ring, but despite the thrills and spills on track, the decision-making off it left a lot to be desired.
I wrote at the start of the season - before Michael Masi was removed from his post - that F1 should be careful what it wished for.
Unfortunately, complications and a state of confusion at almost all of the opening 11 races prove this theory correct.
Here are three areas of contention from the Austrian GP weekend that highlight the need for change.
Sergio Perez made his way, unsurprisingly, into Q3 in Friday's qualifying session and eventually set the fourth-fastest time of the day.
Yet the Mexican would eventually start the sprint from 13th after the FIA stewards noticed a track limits infringement on his best Q2 run, albeit shortly after Q3 had started.
In finding him guilty, all of Perez's times were deleted from Q3 and he was sent back to where his second-best time in Q2 would have left him.
But the failure to spot the infringement, despite the new VAR-style remote set-up to help the stewards, is not good enough in a sport where the finest of margins make or break a weekend.
It meant that Pierre Gasly, 11th quickest in Q2, was not afforded the opportunity to take part in Q3. At the start of the sprint, the AlphaTauri driver collided with Lewis Hamilton. That may not have happened if the FIA had acted more quickly.
Perez, unknowingly, burned through two further sets of tyres in Q3 and risked suffering the same fate as both Mercedes drivers in a session that ultimately the record books will show he never took part in - an unfair price to pay for the governing body's inadequacy.
Alex Albon - Forcing a rival off track
This is where the usual groans over a lack of consistency enter the fray.
The thrilling British Grand Prix, where the final 10 laps saw overtaking left, right and centre, raised questions about racing conduct after Max Verstappen and Perez both forced rivals off the track.
But unlike last season, where the reigning champion's on-track antics prompted a refresher of the laws of engagement, both drivers were in control of their defences and remained on the track themselves, at least partially absolving the FIA of ridicule.
But fast forward to the sprint in Austria and Alex Albon is penalised five seconds for an innocuous incident with Lando Norris - the McLaren running wide at turn three after attempting a move around the outside.
The fundamental lack of consistency may come down to the switching between two race directors but whatever the reason, it's simply not good enough when drivers, teams and fans alike are left scratching their heads after a decision.
A lack of consistency has been an issue for far too long now. Action must be taken.
Sebastian Vettel - Behaviour in the drivers' meeting
Sebastian Vettel was handed a suspended €25,000 fine for his behaviour in Friday's drivers' briefing after reportedly leaving without permission.
It is understood the four-time champion became frustrated during the conversations that took place and stormed out of the room, landing him in hot water.
It is not the right thing to do. Fact. Should a fine have been given instead of a suspended fine? Probably, if his behaviour was deemed so serious.
But to suggest Vettel was not being a good role model, as highlighted in the stewards' report, frankly shows how out of touch the governing body is at the moment.
The GPDA director arrives each weekend with a different societal or environmental cause adorning his t-shirt, speaks eloquently whenever a touchy subject is raised and is involved in less-fortunate communities to help provide a way into F1 through activations.
The statement released, accusing Vettel of failing to be a proper role model, is simply absurd.
I hope there is a rethink within the FIA to address the issues highlighted above and certainly an apology made to Vettel for the utterly foolish remarks made about the German.
But no doubt F1 is reaching a crisis point at which the body that governs its rules and regulations seemingly cannot be trusted.

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This is the crisis President Biden refuses to acknowledge.
ABC World News Tonight aired this video of a young child at the border begging for help from the border patrol agents who found him:
The report says they found the kid just wondering around by himself in the desert near the border, crying and asking if they could help him. He told the agents that he was scared that he could be robbed or kidnapped.
He wasn’t traveling with this parents, but rather he was traveling with a group of migrants that abandoned him. Luckily, he was found by our unsung heroes at the border and taken into custody.
But as Curtis points out in the tweet, this is what Biden has done to the border. This is all his fault. He’s fueled this surge in a big way by his reckless rhetoric during the campaign and his irresponsible policies, undoing what Trump had put in place to keep these surges from happening again.
I’d like to think that after this heartbreaking segment that ABC talked about Biden causing this, but you know they didn’t. Do we really even have to check? If this were Trump this little boy’s face would be all over the media with pundits decrying Trump’s horrific policies. But Biden gets a fanboi pass from his propaganda media. Despicable.


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Gopnik, Adam - The King in the Window
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Oliver Parker is a ten-year-old American boy miserably trapped in Paris, where his father is stationed as a journalist. Intimidated by his French school and its prickly teachers, oppressed by gray and wintry Paris, and feeling curiously remote from his father-who spends more and more time staring dully into his computer screen--Oliver longs to return to America. But if he has to stay in Paris, Oliver sure wouldn't mind if the elegant and very French little girl down the street, Neige, deigned to notice him. During dinner with his parents one cold January evening, Oliver feels silly wearing the paper crown of an Epiphany-festival French king. That night, looking in the mirror, he sees a boy in an ancient French doublet gazing back at him. The boy, Francois, tells Oliver that he himself is kingly, and that he has a special mission--rescuing souls. Only days later, on a trip to Versailles, Oliver is transported to the French spirit kingdom, ruled over by the fatuous King Louis the Nth. There, the famous playwright Moliere tells Oliver he must deliver France from the forces of the great Egg, who sucks up the spirits of men, women, and children when they look into a mirror of glass or of water. Oliver reluctantly rises to the challenge. Fortunately, he has help--from the can-do American Charlie, who arrives for a visit; from Neige, a Parisian diva in training; and from Mrs. Pearson, a British author and personage who leads a foray straight through Lewis Carroll's looking-glass. Ultimately, Oliver pursues Egg into the underworld-located directly underneath Paris--and realizes he must save not just the world, but all of its souls as well. In a marvelous denouement in which Oliver musttransform Eiffel Tower itself to fight the soulless wraiths, the boy proves himself a true king. The King in the Window is a beautifully written, suspenseful adventure tale in the tradition of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien--an instant classic.


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- Liangkai Liu, Xingzhou Zhang, Mu Qiao, Weisong Shi, SafeShareRide: Edge-based Attack Detection in Ridesharing Services, in Proceedings of USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Edge Computing (HotEdge), July 10, 2018. Boston, MA.
- Qingyang Zhang, Yifan Wang, Xingzhou Zhang, Liangkai Liu, Xiaopei Wu, Weisong Shi and Hong Zhong, OpenVDAP: An Open Vehicular Data Analytics Platform for CAVs, in Proceedings of the 38th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Vision/Blue Sky Track, July 2-5, 2018, Vienna, Austria.
- Pengfei Duan, Kun Wang, Xiaoshan Yu, Liangkai Liu, Huaxi Gu, Yantao Guo, Flow Driven Energy-aware Routing Algorithm in Data Center Network, The 17th Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT), 2016.
- Hao Lan, Liangkai Liu, Xiaoshan Yu, Huaxi Gu, A Novel Multi-Controller Flow Schedule Scheme for Fat-Tree Architecture, the 15th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN), 2016.
- Jiachen Ma, Xuanzhang Liu, Kun Wang, Liangkai Liu, Huaxi Gu, Virtual Optical Network Embedding with SDN Architecture Based on Memetic Algorithm, The 4th International Conference on Computer Science and Network Technology (ICCSNT), pp. 1050-1053, 2015 (EI indexed, 20163002647946).
- Lijing Zhu, Kun Wang, Duan Zhou, Liangkai Liu, Huaxi Gu, An Optimization Algorithm to Build Low Congestion Multi-Ring Topology for Optical Network-on-Chip, accepted by IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems, 2018.
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Online shoppers warned of ‘longer delays’ due to virus
Online shoppers frantically buying from overseas sites are being warned that they could face delays to receive their orders in the wake of coronavirus.
As Australian consumers turn to eBay, Amazon and other sites to cope with the retail downturn and disruption, international sites and their delivery services are warning of "longer than usual" delays.
FedEx - a global delivery service based in the United States and distributing globally to 220 countries and territories - said it was still shipping, but working to "adjusted delivery commitments".
"These work and travel restrictions may affect shipments to and from impacted areas, as well as shipments moving within those areas," FedEx said in a statement.
"We have adjusted delivery commitments for certain impacted areas."
FedEx is "operating to and within impacted areas as local conditions and restrictions allow", it said, while "adhering to all regulations and guidelines from government authorities related to containment of the virus".
E-commerce platform Amazon has reported a spike in online shopping demand, causing "longer than usual" delivery times. It has also taken drastic measures to stop sellers from cashing in on virus-related panic buying, removing 2,500 US sellers for breaches to its policy, CNN reported.
The $US1 trillion business has also sold out of some key brands and household products as consumers flood the site with orders.
"In particular, you will notice that we are currently out of stock on some popular brands and items, especially in household staples categories," Amazon said in a statement.
"We are working around the clock with our selling partners to ensure availability on all of our products, and bring on additional capacity to deliver all of your orders."
United Parcel Service (UPS) - the American package delivery company - said it had also resumed services, including to mainland China (except Wuhan City).
It comes as Australian brands are being forced to take drastic measures in a bid to remain open amid growing coronavirus concerns.
As calls for self-isolation and social distancing increase, the demand for online shopping is growing exponentially.
In Australia, David Shafer, executive director of Kogan.com, said the Australian e-store - specialising in consumer electronics, TVs and home appliances - was shipping "as per normal".
Mr Shafer said Kogan had "months of stock" levels in its warehouse, while its supply chain in China was "just kicking back into gear".
In Australia, popular online fashion retailer The Iconic has noted "limited" disruption to online orders because of increased demand, while Myer said there had been no delays to its online shopping deliveries in the wake of coronavirus.
Australia Post said there were "international delivery delays" because of COVID-19.
"We are working with partner airlines and other postal operators to move items as quickly as possible," it said in a statement.
Australia Post has also introduced strict new measures to deal a surge in internet shopping. It said deliveries would no longer require a signature "to minimise the risk of contracting or spreading coronavirus".
"In all cases, whether a driver or postie delivers to the door or a customer goes in to their local Post Office to collect a parcel, an Australia Post staff member will ask and record the customer's name and sign on their behalf," Australia Post said in a statement.
"The customer will still need to be present for this to occur, but contact will be minimised."
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How to Fight Depression Without Medication ? : Prescription medications can be life-saving for many people suffering from depression. Antidepressants, such as Prozac (fluoxetine) and Zoloft (sertraline), is the most commonly given medications for depression. While they are generally beneficial, they can have adverse effects and be costly depending on your health insurance coverage.
This article outlines some natural therapies for depression, including vitamins and lifestyle changes. It also discusses other options, such as practicing mindfulness or improving your home environment. Here we mention some points below to How to Fight Depression Without Medication :
Increase your sleep time
Sleep and emotion are inextricably linked. If you don’t get enough of the former, the latter will suffer, whether you have depression or not. Make sure you have “excellent sleep hygiene,” as sleep specialists term it, to promote your mental well-being.
This implies that you stick to consistent bedtimes and wake-up times, that your bedroom is set up for good sleep (it’s dark, quiet, and uncluttered), that you have a soothing bedtime routine that doesn’t include sitting in front of a device, and so on. Also, even on days when you’re inclined to close the shades and stay inside, try to spend some time outside each day. Because light plays a vital part in regulating sleep cycles and circadian rhythms, a lack of sunlight may make sleeping at night more difficult.
Reduce Caffeine Consumption
Caffeine is found in coffee, tea, soda, and even chocolate. It’s fine to have a moderate amount of caffeine in the morning if you prefer it, but limit your caffeine intake after late afternoon to avoid disrupting your sleep.
If you rely on caffeine, gently reduce your intake to avoid the unpleasant symptoms of caffeine withdrawal. Instead of reaching for a Coke or a cup of coffee, take a quick walk around the block.
Increase your vitamin D intake
A vitamin D deficiency may play a role in depression, according to some studies. Ask your doctor if you should take a vitamin D supplement if you aren’t getting enough vitamin D from your diet and lifestyle (such as sun exposure). Deficiencies in some nutrients may contribute to depression symptoms.
A supplement may be beneficial if you are having trouble spending enough time outside or if the weather is overcast and you are unable to obtain enough sunlight.
Make a Spiritual Connection
Many people who are depressed find religion to be a helpful source of support, but there is no obligation to join a church, synagogue, or mosque unless you want to. Simple daily practices like meditation or making a gratitude list can help improve your mood and overall well-being.
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), which combines aspects of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with mindfulness meditation, has been shown to be effective in treating depression and reducing future relapses of symptoms, according to research. Different types of mindfulness meditative techniques have also been shown to be useful in the treatment of depression in studies.


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Media mogul Barry Diller is planning an IPO with the websites in his Match Group, which includes Match, Tinder, OkCupid and OurTime. While CBS News financial contributor Mellody Hobson said online dating is now "mainstream," she was shocked by the company's worth.
"I mean these numbers, I have to say, they blew me away. I had no idea this business was this valuable," Hobson said Friday on "CBS This Morning."
Match Group, with its 4 million paid subscribers, is worth about $5 billion.
"They're going to make $900 million in revenues this year. Approximately just shy of $300 million will be profit," she said.
According to Hobson, dating sites in the U.S. are expected to bring in $1.17 billion in 2015. Dating apps alone could bring in $628.8 million. That's an increase from $1.08 billion and $572 million, respectively.
One reason the company is planning to go public now, Hobson said, is because "the market is red hot."
"We're at all-time high," she said.
The pool of online dating users is also continuing to grow.
The Pew Research Center found that 1 in 5 adults between 25 and 34 years old has used online dating and it's hugely popular with older singles too. A dater aged 45 to 54 is just as likely to date online as someone aged 18 to 34.
One of their hottest brands is Tinder, an app popular with younger users that Hobson said is "growing by leaps and bounds."
"Tinder supposedly, the company will not confirm this, has 50 million monthly users but only 300,000 monthly subscriber," Hobson said.
Following the IPO, Hobson expects Match Group to focus heavily on Tinder and other mobile apps.
But Match Group isn't alone. Hobson said there are 500 different dating apps available on the Apple App store.
"I think the competition will continue to heat up," Hobson said. "You'll probably see competitors also think about going public."


Do you need Velcro for a felt board
You don’t need a large piece of velcro for it to stick the felt board.
We bought our velcro tape from Art Friend in The Gardens and also from Daiso.
So that’s something you can try instead of a felt board.
Probably save you a lot more time, too..
Does Gorilla Glue work on fabric
Gorilla Fabric Glue is a 100% waterproof, no sew solution for hems, embellishments, trim and more! Formulated to bond fabric, and hard-to-hold embellishments, Gorilla Fabric Glue provides a fast setting, permanent bond that remains flexible after washing.
Is there Velcro that sticks to fabric
VELCRO® Brand Sticky Back for Fabrics is an easy to apply peel and stick fastener that provides a permanent bond to fabrics with no sewing, gluing or ironing required. Fabric bond withstands laundering. Our durable VELCRO® Brand closures can be reused hundreds of times.
What materials does hot glue not stick to
For hot glue to stick, the glue needs surfaces like fabric and other woven materials or rough surfaces like cardboard and wood….In most cases, if not all, hot glue does not stick to smooth surfaces like:Metal.Wax.Silicone.Vinyl.Greasy, oily, or wet surfaces.
Can you glue felt with Elmer’s glue
With acrylic felt (the kind you usually find at craft stores), hot glue would probably melt it. I use Aleene’s Tacky Glue for felt to felt, and it works wonderfully! But be careful not to put on too much of it because it WILL soak through and leave visible spots. I’ve used Elmer’s but I like Aleene’s glue too.
Does hot glue work on fabric
Best Practices for Using Hot Glue Sticks with Fabric. … Once you find the right glue gun and glue stick, hot melt is excellent at bonding fabric and other porous materials.
How do you get velcro to stick to fabric
Fabric FusionWith steam activated, heat steam iron to highest setting.Remove VELCRO® brand logo release liner from back of loop tape.Position adhesive side on fabric.Place fabric, fastener-side down, on pressing surface.Press for 90 seconds, applying pressure and moving iron back and forth.
Does Velcro stick to felt fabric
As you may have noticed, we love felt. It’s so inexpensive and versatile and even durable! … I used just the prickly side of self-adhesive velcro to stick the felt sheet to the wall. This is roughly a yard and a half of black felt.
Can you use spray adhesive on felt
If you are using spray glue, you can easily spray the wood surface and felt to create a strong hold to the wood.
What glue works best on fabric
Best Fabric Glue: Strong like GorillaAleene’s Platinum Bond Adhesive Super Fabric.Permatex 25247 Fabric Repair Kit.Aleene’s Fabric Fusion Permanent Fabric Adhesive.Dritz Home 44153 Liquid Adhesive Unique Stitch.Aleene’s 36116 Original Tacky Glue.Amazing GOOP 150011 Plumbing Adhesive.Dritz 401 Fabric Glue Stick.More items…
Can you use Mod Podge to glue felt
Apply a medium coat of Mod Podge Fabric along the outsides of your felt rectangle.
Can you put Modge podge on fabric
Fabric Mod Podge is really tough, very durable AND it’s washable. … If you are using Mod Podge on fabric-to-fabric (for instance, gluing a patch to a shirt) then yes, you should use the Fabric formula because it is washable.
What kind of glue is best for Felt
tacky glueThe best glue for felt is tacky glue, hot glue, or permanent adhesive, but there are pros and cons to each adhesive!
How do you glue down felt
Tips For Gluing Felt: You don’t need any special glue, though we prefer the contact cement listed above. According to Dan’s advice, he’s had success by putting a very thin layer of glue on BOTH the felt and the wood. Then, press down firmly for just a few seconds and let it dry for at least 10 minutes.
Can you use Gorilla Glue on felt
4. Gorilla Super Glue Gel. Gorilla Super Glue is one of the strongest bonds you could ask for while being incredibly quick-drying as well. The no-run control gel formula is great to use on felt.


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ICO survey shows many councils have work to do to prepare for new data protection law
Published on: 20th March 2017
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Local councils are being offered advice from the data protection regulator ahead of a new law coming into force next year.
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