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Fern lands a role in a community theater production but fears she is not talented enough to be a star actress; Prunella and Marina compete to read a book.
George's friends decide to throw him a surprise party; Fern helps an elderly neighbor and discovers his kung fu past.
Arthur and his friends are surprised by their class rankings; Brain ignores his friends once he becomes hooked on a new television show.
An animated series based on Marc Brown's books chronicling the third-grade adventures of Arthur and his friends.
Arthur and his friends all react differently to the news that Mrs. MacGrady has cancer; special guest Lance Armstrong.
George spends time with his new friend, Carl, who has Asperger's syndrome; D.W. and James ask their siblings to coach them through the pre-school swim meet.
The Tibble Twins decide to sell their art so they can buy the Krummy Kreepy Kastle; Arthur, Binky and Sue Ellen find a private woodland oasis.
Fern writes poems for greeting cards but burns out quickly from all the business; Prunella's new school locker is said to be haunted.
Baby Kate and her dog, Pal, venture to the Children's Zoo in search of the Dolly Llama; Brian and Sue Ellen decline to join the Lakewood Pride Committee.
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Kamalame Cay
What We Love
- Its hyper exclusivity: a 96-acre private island that welcomes just 70 guests
- The only overwater spa in the Bahamas
- Direct beach access from all 19 rooms
- The self-serve tiki bar next to the resort's beachfront freshwater pool
What To Know
- A continental breakfast basket, afternoon cookie delivery, and departing gift are included in the rate
- Each room includes a golf cart and bicycles for daily use
- The all-inclusive Guest of House rate (an additional $200 per person) includes all meals, drinks—alcoholic and non-alcoholic—and an array of aquatic adventures
- Bar
- Pet-friendly
- Pool
- Restaurant
- Spa
The Lowdown
Beachcombers and fishing enthusiasts will find their bliss on this dreamy, remote Caribbean refuge, named after the shaggy red trees that dot the private island's powder-soft sands. Limestone cottages are kitted out with stylish wood and host plenty of repeat guests – a testament to the resort's unmatched warmth, thanks to the Hew family who has owned the atoll since 1994. The ever-ready front desk staff can swiftly arrange a host of customized experiences, including candlelit dinners by the ocean, snorkeling picnics, or sunset cruises. Three miles of private beach offer a range of rather lazier lounging options, from hammocks to covered palapas. For the ultimate taste of barefoot luxury, the juniper-and-cypress oil massage at the resort's overwater spa (where you can spy sea life through the clear glass floor) is a must.
All 27 rooms and suites have bougainvillea-laden exteriors and are spread across cottages, bungalows, and Balinese-style beach houses. If you're honeymooning, consider the one-bedroom Cottage Suite (there are four on the property) with its 17-foot ceilings, sea-view soaking tubs, and expansive wrap-around balconies.
The Great House is the only full-service restaurant on the property, but it's a fine one, with a Bahamian menu that's chock-full of dishes featuring freshly caught seafood and locally sourced tropical fruit (for a bit of both, try the conch salad spiked with pineapple and mint or the grilled-to-perfection snapper drizzled with mango chutney). The resort also hosts a nightly torch-lit barbecue at the Tiki Bar & Beach Grill next to the freshwater pool.
This heavenly retreat is a mere mile from the world's third-largest coral reef, teeming with angelfish, stingrays, and nurse sharks. To get here, take a zippy 15-minute flight from Nassau to Andros Island and follow it up with a 20-minute drive to Kamalame Cay.
How to Get There
Kamalame Cay is absolutely stunning. It absolutely exceeded my expectations. It's magical.
We stayed in one of the beach bungalows called Red Coral. They are a string of white huts right on the beach. While they are a 15 minute drive (via golf cart) from the main buildings (restaurant, bar, pool etc), they are so very special to stay in and seemed better than the larger huts set further back from the beach.
I will never forget the experience of waking and watching the sunrise from bed, french doors and side windows open, listening to the waves. Collecting shells along the beach once the sun was up, paddle boarding, spotting rays along the shore. The outdoor shower. It's insanely beautiful and peaceful and relaxing.
The other huts are spaced well enough so that you don't feel the presence of other people. The staff were all lovely and very friendly. The breakfast hampers were appreciated so that you needn't leave the bungalow till lunch time. The cookies at turn down each night were a nice touch, especially in the glass jars.
Driving around in golf carts the palm tree shaded roads is dreamy. It is one of my most memorable and favorite vacations I've ever had.
Some notes on what could be better:
I would go back in a heartbeat if getting there was a little easier. Once you land in Nassau you need to fly or take a boat to Andros. If you are traveling with a group and you can spring for the private sea plane or boat, that seems ideal and very easy.
However otherwise you must take a small plane from Nassau to Andros then a 20 minute taxi ride to a five minute ferry ride, which will take up a good part of your day. And if you take the small older planes Le Air or Randolph then they are very small and a bit rundown and both have infrequent and inconvenient flight times (super early or mid afternoon) and days when the flights don't operate at all (Saturdays or Sundays I believe) so it's all a bit complicated to arrange and match up with your flights from Nassau. I think if it weren't this way then they would be booked solid all the time and that is the only reason they still have availability when other resorts are already booked up. It's ultimately worth it once you get there but it's a lot of travel and it adds up.
The instructions on how to get there were not great however they have just updated the website and they are better now.
Overall the resort is beautifully decorated. Occasionally a little bit run down but still charming just a little rustic. The golf carts are fun but must be charged regularly.
The staff were puzzled by us not wanting fresh sheets and towels every day and had trouble complying with this request.
The breakfast hampers are a lovely idea you just get a knock on your door around 9/9:30, however the ability to customize to avoid waste would have been appreciated, the presentation and variety could have been better (i.e. more savory items, not wrapping cereal boxes in cling wrap, stainless steel bento boxes instead of plastic). A large glass carafe/ bottle of filtered tap water with the breakfast hamper and/ or at turndown would be appreciated, to avoid having to rely on small plastic bottles.
The music playlist at the Tiki Bar and pool was the same playlist repeated over and over day after day. I gave them feedback about this so hopefully it's been addressed.
The was too cold to enjoy swimming in during March which was disappointing, I assume it's not possible for them to heat it. A wetsuit might have helped.
The food at dinner was sometimes quite good (the blackened fish with pineapple was really great) but sometimes not (a Vietnamese salad I received as a room service item at dinnertime was placed in a tiny bowl and was almost a soup and essentially inedible).
The lunch menu is a bit limited and the food quality is not great. Quite expensive for four tiny shrimp on skewers that were fairly dry and unseasoned. I would have like to have seen more healthy options, including some salad, and I expected to see a lot more fresh locally grown produce. More kids menu items would have been appreciated and it seems there are off menu items for some reason - I was surprised to hear someone order a grilled cheese even though it did not appear on the menu, would have been nice to know that was an option prior to the day we left, when my 7 year old was growing a little tired of the burger and chicken fingers.
Wi-Fi is patchy, it should be guest accessible at main house at the very least, I was never able to use it and instructions as to how to access it should be put in the rooms. The Wifi hotspot they hand out on request never worked properly, it worked briefly then stopped, someone came to fix, same thing happened again. I returned it and asked that it be removed from the bill. It wasn't, I had to then ask again for it to be removed. Best to just avoid it, not worth the trouble, but perhaps they've fixed this now as I did pass these issues on. They provide cell phones to guests as there are no landlines at the beach bungalows but they seem to constantly run out of money.
I saw an earlier review prior to going about trash on the beach and we didn't find this to be a problem. Nor did we find bugs to be huge a problem either. You do see them regularly spraying for I assume Zika which is a little disconcerting but it seems to be working.
Despite these issues, it's still of the most incredible places I've ever been, and one of my most memorable and favorite vacations I've ever had. I still absolutely highly recommend going there if you have the chance, and we really hope to go back soon!
The resort was incredibly beautiful. Loved the rooms. We preferred the beach cottage over the larger room we started out in. The place is shabby chic and made you feel like you were very much off the grid. The golf carts and breakfast baskets were cute touches.
Now for the bad-
Housekeeping was spotty. We stayed in 2 different rooms during our stay and both had signs of people having stayed there before us and things left behind.
The lunch spot is very good however there was only one time in our entire stay that we weren't overcharged. At first we thought it was a mistake but it was every day... and we literally ordered the same stuff everyday but the bill was all over the map. Sometimes it was changing the actual price of the menu item, sometimes it was adding a bunch of cocktails (I was pregnant so that wasn't happening), and other times it was adding charges for french fries and coleslaw (that were automatically served with their lunch dishes). There were only 2 of us but I imagine it would be impossible for a large group to even notice all the different ways they were secretly adding charges. They accommodated is at the main office and kept readjusting the bills... it just wasn't how I wanted to spend my vacation (scouring bills and standing in an office everyday to fix them). Besides that we had a great time, it just changed the vibe completely for us and we won't be going back
Words that come to mind when we remember Kamalame: paradise home from home, so welcoming, feel like family, super relaxing, out of this world food and drinks, amazing brunch experience, proper play time as adults, golf buggies!, stunning sun rises and sets, staff were perfection, gorgeous and very well planned interiors and exteriors, nature at your feet (in and out the water! Nothing scary though lol), paddle boards and kayaks, reef swimming over the blue hole (thought we were in a nature documentary!), missing it! And so may more....
When we think to our stay in Kamalame we are sad, and this is because we are not there anymore!
If you want absolute luxury but feel like you are part of an island experience then don't think twice, you must visit!

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Human metapneumovirus in the preterm neonate: current perspectives
Authors Maitre N, Williams JV
Received 15 February 2016
Accepted for publication 13 April 2016
Published 28 July 2016 Volume 2016:6 Pages 41—49
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/RRN.S76270
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Review by Single-blind
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Editor who approved publication: Dr Robert Schelonka
Nathalie L Maitre,1 John V Williams2
1Center for Perinatal Research, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, 2Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract: Premature birth (<37 weeks gestation) occurs in ~11% of all births in the US. These infants are at risk of chronic lung disease and respiratory conditions, including bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Respiratory viruses are important causes of acute respiratory illness (ARI) in preterm infants, leading to rehospitalization, increased health care burden, and long-term morbidity. Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a paramyxovirus discovered in 2001 that is related to respiratory syncytial virus. Epidemiologic studies show that HMPV is a leading cause of ARI in children and adults worldwide. Prematurity is a major risk factor for severe HMPV disease, requiring hospitalization. Moreover, limited data suggest that HMPV infection during infancy is associated with asthma and recurrent wheezing, which are common long-term pulmonary complication of prematurity. HMPV causes nosocomial outbreaks of ARI in hospitals and long-term care facilities, although there are few studies of the prevalence of HMPV in neonatal intensive care unit populations. HMPV is a common and important virus in premature infants, and caregivers for preterm infants should consider this virus in patients with acute respiratory symptoms.
Keywords: prematurity, chronic lung disease, human metapneumovirus, bronchiolitis, BPD
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I love small books happy books easy to read, relaxing books The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper was all of these things Actually, it was like going on a vacation with good friends and coming home well rested and contented.This is the book that you choose, when you get stuck in the same genre or nothing strikes you as interesting It s for everyone at any time It s a little treasure that was a joy to experience It may be Phaedra Patrick s first novel, but I m hoping it won t be her last. In This Poignant And Sparkling Debut, A Lovable Widower Embarks On A Life Changing Adventure Sixty Nine Year Old Arthur Pepper Lives A Simple Life He Gets Out Of Bed At Precisely Am Just As He Did When His Wife, Miriam, Was Alive He Dresses In The Same Gray Slacks And Mustard Sweater Vest, Waters His Fern, Frederica, And Heads Out To His Garden But On The One Year Anniversary Of Miriam S Death, Something Changes Sorting Through Miriam S Possessions, Arthur Finds An Exquisite Gold Charm Bracelet He S Never Seen Before What Follows Is A Surprising And Unforgettable Odyssey That Takes Arthur From London To Paris And As Far As India In An Epic Quest To Find Out The Truth About His Wife S Secret Life Before They Met A Journey That Leads Him To Find Hope, Healing And Self Discovery In The Most Unexpected Places Featuring An Unforgettable Cast Of Characters With Big Hearts And Irresistible Flaws, The Curious Charms Of Arthur Pepper Is A Curiously Charming Debut And A Joyous Celebration Of Life S Infinite Possibilities Charming Many modern charms each have inspirational meaning Charm jewelry make lovely gifts with added meeting to cherish Author Phaedra Patrick gave us her gift with this charming inspirational book literally and figuratively A charming story.about a charming man named Arthur..about a charm bracelet I HAD NO IDEA I had not read the reviews , that Arthur finds which belonged to his deceased wife Miriamabout the journey Author takes new discoveries about Miriam, his adult son and daughter, new people he meets, and himself.about loveArthur discovers strengthwhich is kinda charming THIS IS NOT A HEAVY MEATY NOVEL IT DOESN T REQUIRE TISSUES THANK GOD.Do you know what I ve been reading lately I HAVE ONE HOUR LEFT TO FINISH LISTENING TO Only Child by Rhiannon Navin An AUDIOBOOK that does requires TISSUES I don t want it to end yet I m dying to know how it will end at the same time so I m taking a break from it for a few hours.ITS A STORY ALL ABOUT THIS AMAZING KID ZACK He can come to my house.I d take care of him anytime So..Taking an adventure with Arthur and meeting his new friends was lightly charming Great preventative medicine lol How could a charm bracelet stir up so many emotions and curiosity After Arthur s wife passed away and he was cleaning out her things, his discovery of a hidden charm bracelet had him curious about what each charm meant He also wanted to know why he never saw Miriam wearing it and why she had it hidden in the toe of a boot.This charm bracelet pulled him out of his hermit slump and onto adventures he never dreamed of as he traced where each charm came from and what their meaning was to Miriam He had a few surprises.Every adventure made him wonder what his wife s life was like before she met him He couldn t stop searching for the meaning of each charm These adventures also made him feel guilty he never took Miriam anywhere.Arthur s finds and discussions with the people he met left him happier andconfident He also was helping those he met come to grips with what they were dealing with.Arthur was an absolutely endearing, charming, sweet character for me I really enjoyed his antics and his thinking and especially the adventures he took us on We traveled the globe with him I wanted to know the answers about the charms too and loved sharing Arthur s days.THE CURIOUS CHARMS OF ARTHUR PEPPER is an adorable, enchanting, uplifting read Be prepared to fall in love with Arthur Pepper THE CURIOUS CHARMS OF ARTHUR PEPPER has a very clever, enjoyable story line that gives you a nice cozy feeling It felt like a big hug that you didn t want to end Give yourself a marvelous treat, and don t miss reading THE CURIOUS CHARMS OF ARTHUR PEPPER There aren t enough delightful words to describe this book 5 5This book was given to me free of charge and without compensation by the publisher in return for an honest review. This novel was a stinker and there was nothing charming about it.When I first started reading it I was worried that it would be a clone of A Man Called Ove Well, that was one thing I didn t have to worry about Arthur was no Ove and I don t mean that as a compliment Arthur was a world class ditherer, worrywart and second guesser He was an insecure little man who felt threatened at the thought that his wife might actually have had a life before she met him I found him to be completely annoying.Everything about this story felt forced and contrived It was riddled with implausible circumstances, convenient coincidences and unbelievable occurrences I rolled my eyes throughout a good portion of the book It was all so clich d A member of my book club nailed this early on in the book she said it was nothingthan juvenile writing and that s exactly what it turned out to be Even the story s interesting premise couldn t save it I was so disappointed because I was really looking forward to reading this and expected to thoroughly enjoy it.As The Man in Black would sayRead with SBC book club August 2016. My 60 year old dad died very suddenly of a brain aneurysm almost two months ago I ve lost one of my best friends and my very favorite book buddy We would read the same books and go meet authors together our latest book obsession was Fredrick Backman s stories We even went to meet him a few months ago My dad got a good selfie with him, as he often did with authors I bought The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper for my dad for Christmas because I had heard that it was a lot like A Man called Ove which he was actually in the middle of reading again when he died I haven t been able to bring myself to truly pick up a book and read since I lost my dad but I thought maybe listening to the audiobook of the last book I ever bought him might be worth a try.I m so glad this book found me at this time in my life A story of grief and hope a journey after the loss of someone you don t know quite how to do life without Beautiful story, and now that I ve read it I know that it s time to pick up a book and start reading again Let s do this, 2017. My thanks to Harlequin UK Limited and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra PatrickThis endearing story starts on the first anniversary of the death of Miriam Pepper, Arthur s wife Aged sixty nine, married for forty years and still mourning the death of his beloved Miriam, Arthur discovers a mysterious charm bracelet when he finally has the courage to go through Miriam s belongings The discovery of the bracelet sets Arthur, not only on a quest to find the meanings behind each charm and a part of Miriam s life that he was unaware, but also on his own voyage of self discovery.This is a very well written novel and the characters are wonderful I found the story captivating and I couldn t turn the pages fast enough to experience Arthur s journey with him, a journey which brought him to the most unlikely situations with an assortment of equally fascinating characters and places While Arthur himself is just adoring, his search for answers to the charms and his quest for purpose in own his life is helped by many other delightful characters in the book, his estranged children, Lucy and Dan, his neighbours, Bernadette, Nathan and Terry I loved all of these characters in their own right, still laughing thinking of Terry s lawn, it must be the best mowed lawn in the UK This moving story is like a warm fuzzy hug that just wraps itself around you from the first page It was enchanting, charming and humorous At times, it jogged memories of the past for me personally or made me ponder and reflect on my own life experiences At times it was emotional without being overly dramatic It is a quirky story full of hope, with the message that life is for living and new experiences It is a gem of a book that I really loved, an excellent debut I hope this book is a huge hit in 2016, I loved it a lot. 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I love this story of Arthur Pepper He s so wonderfully endearing that you can t help fall in love with him as he travels around the country trying to solve the mystery behind the charm bracelet Beautifully written, funny and moving, this is one of those books that you will always remember. To readof my reviews, please visit Lit Wit Wine Dine.Arthur Pepper misses his wife It has been a year since she passed away Miriam and Arthur were married for forty happy, peaceful, uneventful years It s not until Arthur steels himself to the task of sorting her things that he discovers a charm bracelet he d never seen before A telephone call to a number on one of the charms prompts Arthur to begin a journey in search of the truth of his wife s past prior to their meeting Along the way he meets some interesting characters, forges some unlikely friendships, and slowly discovers that it is possible to be happy, or at the very least, content again The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper has a lot going for it Arthur is a very likable guy If fact, most of the characters are of an equally likable, upbeat sort The story is pretty relatable in its essence We ve probably all learned things about a spouse or lover at one time or another that made us question how well we really knew that person Arthur s adventures help him to reconcile three versions of his wife the wife he thought he knew, the post finding the bracelet wife he then questioned if he ever knew at all, and finally, the true Miriam Unfortunately, there was something I found lacking that I ve not been able to put my finger on after having reflected for a few days I can only describe it as an inability to be excited or completely engaged Perhaps it was a bit too predictable Maybe it was the implausibility of some of Arthur s adventures While I appreciate why so many readers are giving such glowing reviews, I find myself unable to do likewise There was nothing overtly wrong with the book It just left me feeling a little flat 3 5 starsThanks to MIRA via NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.


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UC Santa Barbara Seeks To Authorize Retailers of Patented Filament LED Lighting Technology
On July 30, 2019, the Regents of the University of California filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission and lawsuits against five major retailers for the unauthorized distribution of UC Santa Barbara's patented filament LED lighting technology.
Authorized Retailers and Suppliers
Recognizing our industry partners that have licensed the technology
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have dedicated years to developing technology that reinvented the traditional incandescent light bulb, creating an option for consumers and businesses that requires less energy, creates less heat and distributes light in all directions. By some estimates, the average American homeowner can save up to $600 per year in energy costs by switching from incandescent light bulbs to LEDs.
UC Santa Barbara has amassed a portfolio of patents that cover filament LED light bulbs. Reflecting Thomas Edison's enduring fame for inventing the light bulb, many products on the market today that infringe UC Santa Barbara's patents are called "Edison" or "vintage" LED light bulbs because they resemble Edison's iconic light bulbs with glowing filaments visible inside glass bulbs. These bulbs may include a variety of filament LED configurations, such as different shapes of filaments, different numbers of filaments, and different lengths of filaments. Products containing filament LEDs include lighting fixtures that are installed in residential, commercial, or industrial settings that include filament LED light bulbs.
Since filament LED light bulbs became available in 2014, the market has grown substantially. In 2019 alone, projected sales are more than $1 billion. Retailers have been profiting from the unauthorized sales of this technology since it first became available, despite UC Santa Barbara's efforts to notify infringers and establish licenses with companies in the lighting industry.
These prior efforts, which are consistent with conventional practices in university technology transfer, have not been sufficient to address the ubiquitous and explosive infringement in this industry. As a result, UC Santa Barbara has opted to take more aggressive action through the initiation of these legal actions.
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UC Santa Barbara and its legal counsel, Nixon Peabody LLP, have identified five major retailers who represent a large cross-section of the retailers who sell filament LED light bulbs containing the unlicensed technology. Those retailers are Walmart, Target, Ikea, Amazon.com and Bed Bath & Beyond. UC Santa Barbara is seeking to establish licenses involving the payment of a reasonable royalty from the defendants, the amount of which will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Bed Bath & Beyond has already reached a settlement with UC Santa Barbara, having become an authorized retailer. UC Santa Barbara is the first university to assert its intellectual property rights in this manner, against an entire industry through retail sellers of infringing products.
UC Santa Barbara encourages retailers to sell filament LED light bulbs and hopes they continue to make the benefits of filament LED lighting technology widely available to the public. However, retailers that sell such products must respect UC Santa Barbara's intellectual property rights, and receive authorization from UC Santa Barbara in the form of a license in order to commercialize filament LED light bulbs.
Our hope is that these lawsuits demonstrate the importance of respecting the rights of university patent owners. Companies must appreciate that, when selling technology patented by a university, it is their responsibility to do so only with the proper license agreement in place.
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UC Santa Barbara encourages any company that seeks to sell (or that already sells) filament LED lighting products to contact the University through our Contact page. We will work together to negotiate a reasonable license agreement that will benefit the University, you and your customers.


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Oltia Books started out in 2008 and was the brain child of Pippa Forde.
Pippa is the Director and has been working as a bookkeeper for a few more years than she is prepared to mention, using the old red books when she first worked for the family business (Regent Cinema, Redcar) many years ago. She has seen the introduction of computerised systems and keeps her skills up-to-date with all the latest systems that are now available either desktop or online.
But where does the name OlTiA come from?
It is made up from the names of her daughter's, Oleta & Tia!
Pippa doesn't work alone as there are a team of bookkeepers at Oltia Books and we cover most areas of Sussex within an hours drive of Crawley though we have clients further afield.
Our senior bookkeepers are Sue Thornton & Tracy Glover.
Sue has come from a background in Financial Services and joined the team in 2010 after taking time out to be with her family. She was looking for a challenge with the ability to update her skills and studied with AAT gaining Level 2 & 3 in Accountancy.
Tracy joined the team in 2014 already having her AAT Level 3 and her previous employment was within an accounting department in industry. She is a busy mum of two and wanted flexible hours whilst gaining further experience in all aspects of bookkeeping.
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Last month, the Bugs for Beginners site debuted a brand new feature that allows you to search for restaurants and events closest to you that serve edible insects. This search includes not only full-on entomocentric restaurants, but also food trucks and pop-up events.
"That's great!", I heard from a lot of people.
"...but what can I eat there...?"
They continued.
"How do I know which one to go to? How can I convince my partner to go with me?"
These are all fair questions.
The Solution: You Can Now See The Menus of Places That Serve Edible Insects
I added a new feature so you can add a menu and description to any restaurant or ento chef's info page, to let people know what to expect. For example, My friend MikroKosmos in Berlin often serves Grasshopper Caprese at her pop-up ento events, so I added that to her info page
Another example is my Canadian friends at Alligator's Gourmet Grilled Cheese. They serve ants and crickets in their famous "Mad Hopper" grilled cheese sandwich, but they are only open seasonally from May to August—exactly the kind of information that should be noted in their info page, so that someone won't be heartbroken when they fail to find them in September.
These menus and descriptions are like Wikipedia— anyone can contribute. In fact, allow me to take the time to beg you to contribute. Please contribute. Pretty please contribute. I'll love you forever if you contribute. There is no all-seeing, all-knowing, web scraper or filter—this database needs to be filled with information from all over the world, and I super duper need your help to fill it!
Reminder: How can I find edible insect cooks and events near me?
- Go to the new Search page. You will have the option to allow us to detect your current location (it doesn't work very well on mobile), or you can simply search by city and/or country, if you know you'll soon be traveling to a place that might have yummy bugs around.
- Click it.
- Ta da!
It's that easy. You will immediately be directed to our list of edible insect restaurants and upcoming events, sorted by how close they are to your supplied location.
What if I Know About Upcoming Edible Bugs Restaurants, Pop-Ups, or Events?
That is awesome, thank you so much for wanting to help!
All you have to do is tell us about it here and it will automatically be added. Afterwards, you will be given the option to add menu items and/or a description.
This new feature is very much of a work in progress, with the desired goal of making it easier for bug chefs and bug newbies to find each other and spread the love of entomocentric cuisine. If you have any suggestions on how to make it easier to use or otherwise improve it—for example the new menu items and text description is something people asked me for—please send me an email!
I'm Mic. I love reading about, writing about, thinking about, photographing, and especially eating, food. Especially bug food. Enough talk, let's eat!


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Dec 24 - Serendipity: A stunning old fashioned rose pink glitter polish
Christmas Tree
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Christmas Tree
I've really enjoyed reading your advent posts. Ciate have had a lovely selection of polish in the advent calendar this year. I like the sparkly ones and locket xxReplyDelete
Thank you so much, it's been a great selection, I just wish there was more variety when it comes to the colors! :o) XxDelete
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I agree with you that the inclusion of some velvet would have been nice. I never bought the calendar this year as a few of the shades looked similar, which is a shame. Still it's nice to get a new nail polish everyday xxReplyDelete
Such beautiful shades, Confetti looks so lovely - would love to try them all though :-) Hope you had a lovely Christmas xxx
I loooove confetti! Never tried a Ciaté nail polish before, maybe I should buy one... :DReplyDelete
i think that they all look super pretty and perfect for the holiday season :)ReplyDelete
That is so cool. I want to do that with my nails.
I got the ciate advent calander isnt it fantastic!
Aw these are so pretty and party perfect, love the pinks and metallics. Hope you're having a wonderful weekend hun!ReplyDelete
Great post! Those Ciate bottles are always so much fun! I especially love the confetti one. I may have to sneak that into this month's budget, hah!
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-Stephanie Eva
i've always wanted a ciate calender but they're so expensive! i'm definitely going to get my hands on them one day :) also that pink nail polish is just beautiful
There were so many beautiful shades of polish - what a fab way to start off a nail polish collection :D xx
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My friends told me these nail polishes are really lovely.
That nude color caught my eye!
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This makes me want to get this advent calendar next year. Although I am with you there were so many nail polish blogs up this December.ReplyDelete
OMG! I NEED that red one. I love advent calendars... Wish we had them here in Brazil... It isn't such a traditional thing. =/
Have a great day and week!
*______* These are sooo gorgeous. My favorites must be Confetti, Locket and SerendipityReplyDelete
Oh my gosh these are all soooo beautiful...I must have them all haha
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At long last the 5th chapter of Extra Stage is complete. This chapter tells the untold tale of how Gascogne survived. With this we have finally moved past the events of the anime themselves and from here on will focused on the post-anime events. The next chapter, based on plot summaries I've read in the past, will likely focus on Misty, while the last two will probably focus on Hibiki and Dita.
Going forward, I am going to work on Railgun PSP chapter 2 next. I don't know if I'll be completing it before returning to Extra Stage but if my previous experience teaches me anything it's that I have a hard time putting down VNs.
In any case, enjoy chapter 5.


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I found myself on Friday looking for more images to make "OOB" or Out of Bounds. Some just seem to be more suited to the idea than others.
I did, finally, find this one. It has a nice double feeling… With the OOB Scouts looking for their way (perhaps back in bounds?):
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"Bar Stool Carbon Tax Economics at work in Australian Economics Modelling –
The Australian Government is proposing an additional taxation cost on Australian businesses for the purposes of taxing the carbon economy. The Government have promised that money from the tax will go back to helping businesses adapt to the new economy and to compensating low income families.
The following is a graphic example of how this type of economic modelling works in practice.
The following has been Adapted by Michael D. Robinson from
"Bar Stool Economics by David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D"
(With my apologies to David R Kamerschen for what I've done to his original piece.)
When you are in the poor end this sounds great, but how many people are trying to start businesses in Australia and get to the top end, or develop existing Australian companies and businesses?
Calculating this like the carbon taxation economics model it gets worked out somewhat like this.
Read this and see if you think that the Carbon pricing model being proposed still makes sense. Whether this is right or wrong it bears considering in my view.
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we are being told we should pay the carbon tax on everyday items it will go something a little like this.Bar Stool Carbon Taxation Economics Explained.
The tenth man to arrive at the bar employed the other nine, so he offers that they all pay what they can and he'll cover the rest of the bill. Feeling generous he doesn't mind paying a little bit more for his employees so the daily drinks after work becomes a regular thing in the men's lives, in fact it almost becomes a necessity as part of their community structure and daily lives.
When the bill arrives at the end of the night the first four men (considered poorest) would pay nothing. The cost of their drinks is normally paid for by business (ie the boss who pays their wages, provides them with an income, and now pays for some of their drinks at the end of the day).
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest, and in this example the Australian producer being taxed for ) would pay $59.
Note 7 out of the ten men pay below the average cost of $10 for the night out. It sounded like a good arrangement to all so, that's what they decided to do.
The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the carbon tax came into place and changed everything. There was going to be a $20 fee for large groups (aka the carbon economy tax / levy / fee) for taking up space in the bar but in return if they had ten customers they would get a luxury booth and special treatment. The men felt important, they no longer were like everyone else, they were setting a trend and doing something better than everyone else. Although the bar owner charged the group the $20 fee, but the bar manager also saw that this group were good customers so he ( a.k.a. the government's compensation plan) decided to give back $20 in compensation to the group reducing the cost of their drinks.
The boss decided to not tell the men of the additional cost of the private booth as he wanted them to enjoy the rewards of working hard and he thought it wasn't really that much anyway, the men will appreciate what he's done for them. So he doesn't tell them about the $20 a night additional fee which he pays each night in advance.
All the men know is that because they are good customers the manager is going to reduce the cost of their daily drinks by $20. So instead of a round of drinks costing $100, all get to share $20 compensation. They start to think they will all be compensated around two dollars each....on average, but then it gets discussed that the compensation should be according to how much they are spending.
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so each night the boss quietly covered the $20 group table booking fee for the next, and still the first four men were still unaffected. They would still drink for free. They drank as much as they always did, it didn't cost them any more and it didn't cost them any less so it didn't change their drinking.
But what about the other six men? The ones actually paying the final bill at the end of the night? How could they now divide the $20 windfall compensation so that everyone would get his 'fair share?' The boss didn't mind covering the $20 group fee because he figured that it would get the majority of that back since he was paying the majority of the bill.
But after a while the men discussed this and realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33 and they should all share in the compensation being paid back to them as they were all being regular customers. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer, and that wasn't popular because no one else was being paid to drink their beer, not even the poorest in the group.
So, the bar owner (the government's carbon economics advisory group) suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing for their drinks (100% savings). They were FULLY COMPENSATED and were very happy with the arrangements.
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before, except the boss who despite getting compensated $10 had still paid an extra $20 but he didn't mind as he enjoyed spending time with the men at the end of the day they were getting good value for the extra $10 it cost him.
***In reality the $20 booking fee equates to the extra costs business carry in these sorts of regulations.
This continued for some time until some of the men realised that the boss was getting back $10 and none of them were getting back anything like that and they began to be disgruntled.
As the men began to compare their compensations from the loyalty discount compensation program they started to work out who was benefiting most from from the $20 discount....the boss.
'I only got a dollar out of the $20,'declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, their boss saying' but he got $10!'
'Yeah, that's right,' exclaimed the fifth man. 'I only saved a dollar, too.
It's unfair that he got ten times more than I got' 'That's true!!' shouted the seventh man. 'Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!'
'Wait a minute,' yelled the first four men in unison. 'We didn't get anything back at all. You all at least got back something from the $20 extra compensation that was a group thing for us all but we got nothing. The system exploits the poor!'
The next day the boss closed his business deciding that he didn't want to continue under these circumstances. He went to another country to work with people who would appreciate what he was doing for them.
That night when the remaining 9 men arrived for drinks they agreed that they would continue their nightly ritual despite being out of work because even though the boss had left there were still nine of them and they got a good discount at the end of the night so it was worth continuing the arrangement, so the nine sat down and had beers without him.
When it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important about the reality of their situation.
Between them they had just over $30 which is what they had paid ever other night but because there were nine of them and the big spending boss was no longer a part of their group, they weren't going to get the $20 bonus they usually got so the bill came to $90.
To make it worse if they wanted the private booth in future nights they would have to pay $20 up front as well.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes may get some benefits from it, but at some point they decide it is just not worth it and they go elsewhere. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, charge them too many fees and levies and they just may not show up any more. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier and when they do, it isn't just the nine remaining men who loose out, the "bar" looses as well.
The above has been Adapted by Michael D. Robinson from
For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.
If you don't think this is real stuff look at what these credible big businesses are talking about, dumping $1BN dollars of construction in Australia and taking business elsewhere!!!!!!
Bluscope steel slams Australia's Carbon Tax …. the bosses are just saying, the business will go elsewhere!
has lost trust in the Gillard Government and that any proposed compensation scheme for emissions trading was like "putting a bandaid on a bullet wound."Meanwhile,
Mr Kraehe, who is Bluescope Steel Chairman, said the carbon tax was ill considered and wouldn't give businesses enough time for consultation.
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The other night I had a lady ask me how to solve a tricky SEO problem she was having with a competitor and she asked me because a friend of mine told her I am an SEO Consultant.
She told me her SEO problems and I gave her a solution that was a bit outside of the box and she didn't understand that it was the solution to her SEO problem. She kept on saying here is the problem, here it is and I told her just to remove it. Sometimes you have to let go. But above all, sometimes you have to listen, then you understand.
When you know your competitor is your superior at SEO or worse yet is a SEO Consultant with far superior SEO knowledge, SEO Experience and link energy than you possess. It is time for you to get your own SEO Consultant and then LISTEN to him. Sometimes the answer is going to be a horse pill you aren't willing to swallow, but like a rip tide, if you fight it the wrong way you are always going to lose. So if your way clearly isn't working and you have wasted two years doing it your way. Listen to good SEO advice when you ask for it and try it another way for six months. What do you have to lose when you have already lost? Nothing, right?


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Renovation Mortgages in Guelph, Milton, or Mississauga – Purchase Plus Improvement
If you have your eye on a fixer-upper, or are thinking about building your dream home, financing your endeavours may be easier than you think.
Renovation Mortgage – What is it?
Renovation Mortgages allow homeowners to renovate a newly-purchased or refinanced home, or build a new one, and roll the cost of the improvements into the balance of the mortgage. This allows the homebuyer to benefit from the low interest rate associated with a mortgage, and the simplicity of one mortgage payment, while putting down less than 20% of the home's 'as improved' value.
Qualifying for a Renovation Mortgage
To acquire this type of mortgage, the first thing you must do is make the offer conditional on a renovation mortgage program such as CMHC's 'Purchase Plus Improvements' program. The next step is to acquire at least three quotes from contractors, to determine the cost of the renovations. CMHC will approve a mortgage loan of up to 95% of the 'as improved' value of the home – or the value of the newly constructed home – provided the money you're putting into the home does, in fact, improve the value.
Other Factors to Consider when Renovating
While newly constructed homes may receive up to four monetary advances before the home is completed, with refinanced or newly-purchased homes, CMHC only advances up to 95% of the original value. You must be prepared, then, to finance the renovations and improvements up front, keep all your receipts, and await reimbursement after the renovations are complete and the mortgage lender has time to evaluate the improved value.
If you're thinking about performing renovations on a new home but you've put down more than a 20% down payment, consider taking advantage of a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) – a low-interest line of credit that is secured against your home.


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Offbeat films 'Birdman,' 'Budapest Hotel' capture Oscar's eye – Reuters
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Reuters) – Show business satire "Birdman" and colorful caper "The Grand Budapest Hotel," on Thursday captured nine Academy Award nominations each, including best picture, for a year recognized for its original feats in filmmaking.
Joining the two Fox Searchlight releases in the best picture race is "Boyhood," whose director, Richard Linklater, pushed cinematic boundaries by making it over 12 years with the same actors.
"Boyhood" received six nominations overall and comes to the race as a frontrunner after winning the Golden Globe for best drama last weekend.
"It's harder and harder to get any film made, and all of these movies are really original and difficult," said Tim Gray, awards editor for entertainment industry publication Variety. "On the scale of difficulty, all of these are off the chart."
British World War Two biopic "The Imitation Game" garnered eight nominations, including best picture and best actor for Benedict Cumberbatch. "American Sniper," an Iraq war film by director Clint Eastwood, also earned six nominations, notably best picture and a surprising best actor nomination for Bradley Cooper as the sharpshooting hero.
Other best picture nominees were "Selma," a slice of Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights work, and "The Theory of Everything," a portrait of the marriage of physicist Stephen Hawking. Sundance festival winner "Whiplash" rounded out the field of eight competing for the top Oscar, a number that surprised some awards watchers since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences can nominate up to 10.
If it was a good year for offbeat films, it was not so favorable for diversity, after inroads last year. Most notably, "12 Years a Slave" made history as the first film by a black director to win as best picture.
This year, in the 87th Academy Awards slate, there were no actors of color in the four acting races, and no women managed to crack the best director category.
"Selma" in particular seemed to stumble badly, picking up just two nominations, best picture and best song, despite speculation that it would fare well and that Ava DuVernay had a shot at becoming the first black woman to be nominated for best director.
"We can blame Hollywood for a lack of diversity, which we're seeing across Oscars today," said Tom O'Neil, founder of awards tracker Gold Derby. "It is the whitest Oscars in recent times in acting categories, and there is no gender diversity in directors."
The best picture race promises to be competitive, with no clear favorite five weeks before the Feb. 22 awards ceremony in Los Angeles. But the Academy branches that nominate contenders seem to have gravitated to films that challenged the creative status quo.
Both "Birdman" from Mexican director Alejandro G. Inarritu and Wes Anderson's quirky "The Grand Budapest Hotel" offer innovative visual spectacles and original characters. They go head-to-head in four races – picture, director, cinematography and original screenplay.
"Birdman" features Michael Keaton, a best actor nominee, as a washed-up former superhero actor battling to make a comeback by putting on his own Broadway play, his angst captured in what looks like one long shot in the cramped confines of the theater.
"I am very happy for the whole Birdman flock because it took a lot of courage to make this film out of conventions," said Inarritu.
"The Grand Budapest Hotel" was an early favorite last year with critics, with its whimsical story of a hotel concierge caught up in a murder plot. It won nominations for its colorful production design, costumes and makeup, among others.
If there was a latecomer to the race, it would be "American Sniper." The real-life story of the most deadly sniper in American military history is also roaring to life at the box office, but Eastwood, 84, failed to make the cut for best director.
Some of the other notable surprises were the nomination of Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard as a beleaguered worker in "Two Days, One Night" and the exclusion of Jennifer Aniston, who gave a critically acclaimed performance in "Cake."
The animation category may have served up the biggest snub of the day with the omission of "The LEGO Movie," which is based on the toy building blocks loved by critics, children and their parents.
Julianne Moore is considered the favorite to win the best actress Oscar for her portrayal as a woman with early-onset Alzheimer's. Fellow Golden Globe winner, Eddie Redmayne, is a strong contender for best actor for his role as physicist Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything."
Meryl Streep extended her Academy lead as the most nominated performer of all time with her 19th nod, this time for her supporting role in the musical "Into the Woods."
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Don't miss South Carolina's largest dog-friendly walk/run and "Mutt Market"! This year the 2 mile walk/run is through beautiful DOWNTOWN Greenville! Join us Saturday, April 28th at 8:30 a.m. for the 7th Annual Mutt Strut, benefiting the Greenville Humane Society. This two-mile walk/run begins and ends in the festive Mutt Market at Falls Park! It features free food, vendors, live music and plenty of doggie entertainment! You won't want to miss this family-friendly event, which benefits the Greenville Humane Society!
To register or donate, visit ghsmuttstrut.com.


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Dec 09 2014
I was thinking about what to have for supper. It would be one of our favorites, pork chops, fried potatoes and applesauce. I like chops on my smoker but when I do fried potatoes I like doing them inside in my steel skillet then fry the potatoes in the pork chop grease for added flavor.
About an hour before cooking I seasoned the chops with a little Adolf's tenderizer, Penzey's 4S salt, and fresh ground pepper; covered and in the fridge. Adolf's is a natural tenderizer made from ground papaya. The 4S salt is a mix of sea salt, smoked paprika, sugar, black pepper, turmeric, onion, garlic, celery, rosemary and thyme.
Before starting the chops I baked some take home and bake garlic knots. I fried the chops in my Lodge steel skillet with a tablespoon of bacon grease 4 minutes per side. They went in a covered casserole dish with just enough water to cover the bottom and in a 325 deg. oven. I then fried the golden yellow potatoes, with some sliced onion, about 10 minutes and then turned for another 10 minutes. The 20 minutes was time enough for the thin chops to get done in the oven.
The chops seasoned
Potatoes and onions with a little olive oil
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From Japan comes the Yamazakura Blended Whisky. "Yama" means mountain and "Zakura" means cherry trees. This whiskey has a recipe in which all Japanese Distilleries are represented. So this is a very special whiskey.
The nose is spicy and spicy with strong influences of oak and lotus blossom. The tongue experiences first earth tones, and pickled spices and fruit ditto take over. The finish is nice drying, fairly light and sweet.


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Last week, Glen Carey, an Origami Risk sales executive, partnered with professionals from insurance broker Beecher Carlson and TPA Gallagher Bassett to host a webinar: "From Silos to Synergy: Achieving Efficiency through Collaborative Risk Management Technology." In this blog post, he reflects upon the conversation that transpired.
I recently had the pleasure of hosting a webinar with risk professionals from Beecher Carlson and Gallagher Bassett. The focus of our conversation centered on the technological revolution so many of us have experienced in our personal lives, while essentially being stuck in a technological rut in our professional lives. The good news is companies have started paying attention—realizing that not keeping pace with the evolution of technology can come at a high price.
Professionals in the insurance industry are not strangers to this technology gap—especially when it comes to the legacy technology often used to manage risk, claims, insurance policies and safety. In fact, this gap is what spurred my co-panelists Beecher Carlson and Gallagher Bassett to shift away from their legacy systems—freeing up the tremendous amount of resources required to develop and maintain their former in-house solutions.
They highlighted some of the benefits they've experienced since transitioning to a modern web-based risk management information system from an outside vendor:
- Collaboration and transparency because of the fluid exchange of accurate and timely data among disparate internal and external systems
- Increased computing power, improved security and reduced IT costs—thanks to the cloud-based nature of their systems and decreased dependence on maintaining internal servers.
- Efficiencies from having an intuitive, easy-to-modify system that can easily configure workflows.
Beecher Carlson and Gallagher Bassett also dispelled common misconceptions that evolved RMIS technology is prohibitively expensive; time consuming and cumbersome to deploy; and provides only marginal ROI.
At the heart of a risk manager's job is to understand at a granular level the potential impact of any exposure to his or her organization—whether that's a claim, incident, property, department, policy, program, carrier, employee, vehicle, inspection or report.
Yet, too many people are making multi-million dollar insurance decisions based on data cobbled together from multiple sources, rekeyed into spreadsheets and analyzed in the few remaining days or hours before a renewal. It simply doesn't have to be this way.
If any of this resonates, please listen to our webinar and learn how the RMIS evolution can evolve how you do your job.


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Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market Lists August 27 Activities | Events
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The Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market, a Western New York tradition featuring more than 30 vendors selling fresh, seasonal and local products, is open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday, rain or shine. Providing musical entertainment at the open-air venue this week, Aug. 27, will be singer/guitarist Kate Shaffer from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Members of the Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters will also make their annual visit to the market to put their creativity on display.
The market also welcomes several community groups this week, including the Richmond Ashland National Register Historic District Initiative, Massachusetts Avenue Project, Assumption Church and Our Lady of Black Rock School, and the popular SPCA Whisker Wag'n! Arrowhead Spring Vineyards and Schulze Vineyards & Winery will offer wine-tasting.
A new Electronic Benefit Transfer system is in place at the market for the 2011 season. The EBT system allows individuals and families receiving public assistance to purchase products from eligible market vendors. And now, the market is also participating in the Fresh Checks program. For every $5 worth of tokens that you purchase at the market using your EBT card, you will receive a Fresh Checks coupon worth an additional $2. Buy $20 worth of tokens with your EBT cards, and you'll receive an additional $8 in Fresh Check coupons, redeemable at participating market vendors. Visit the Elmwood Village table this Saturday for details!
For a complete list of market vendors and events, please visit the market's website at www.elmwoodmarket.org. Frequent updates are also available by becoming a fan of the Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market page on Facebook.
The Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market: Always fresh, always seasonal, always local!


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Links to Bus Routes For 2019/2020 School Year
Please click on the school below to see the route:
High School
Middle School
Hill Intermediate School
Bick Primary School
The danger zone for a school bus is the area 10 feet around the bus.
The two most dangerous places are:
Please take the time to check your children's clothing and book bags to make sure they are safe.
Talk to your child about:
Motorists around school buses need to know the signals and laws that concern school buses to help keep children safe:
Parents are very important in helping keep children safe on the school bus. Parents can help by:
We strive for a safe and happy school year!


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He Jin
He Jin (pronunciation (help·info)) (died 22 September 189), courtesy name Suigao, was the military Grand marshal and regent of the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.[1] He was an elder half-brother of Empress He, the empress consort of Emperor Ling, and a maternal uncle of Emperor Shao. In 189, he and his sister shared power as regents when the young Emperor Shao was put on the throne following Emperor Ling's death. During the time, the conflict between He Jin and the influential eunuch faction intensified. The eunuch faction lured He Jin into a trap in the imperial palace and assassinated him. While He Jin's subordinates slaughtered the eunuch faction in revenge, the warlord Dong Zhuo took advantage of the power vacuum to enter the imperial capital Luoyang and seize control of the Han central government. The subsequent breakdown of central command brought forth the beginning of massive civil wars which led to the end of the Han dynasty and the start of the Three Kingdoms period.
He Jin
|General-in-Chief (大將軍)
|In office
184 – 22 September 189
|Emperor Ling of Han / Emperor Shao of Han
|Intendant of Henan (河南尹)
|In office
180 – 184
|Emperor Ling of Han
|Court Architect (將作大匠)
|In office
180 – 184
|Emperor Ling of Han
|Palace Attendant (侍中)
|In office
180 – 184
|Emperor Ling of Han
|Administrator of Yingchuan (潁川太守)
|In office
? – 180
|Emperor Ling of Han
|Personal details
Nanyang, Henan
|[1]22 September 189
Luoyang, Henan
|He Zhen
|General, regent
|Courtesy name
|Suigao (遂高)
|Marquis of Shen (慎侯)
He Jin was born into a family of butchers in Nanyang, hometown of the dynastic founder Emperor Guangwu. During the reign of Emperor Ling his younger half-sister entered the palace and soon became one of the emperor's favourites. In 180, she was made empress and He Jin henceforth began a speedy escalation up the bureaucratic ladder.
When the Yellow Turban Rebellion erupted in 184, He Jin was appointed General-in-Chief (大將軍). He manned the imperial armory, secured strategic forts around the capital and moved quickly to crush the uprising at Luoyang led by Ma Yuanyi (馬元義), a follower of the rebel leader, Zhang Jue. The campaign was deemed a success and He Jin was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Shen (慎侯). After the rebellion was quelled, He Jin continued in the role of General-in-Chief, technically with control over all the imperial armies. During this time, other members of his family, such as his younger half-brother He Miao (何苗), were also elevated to positions of importance.
In 188, perhaps as a counterweight to the power of the He family, Emperor Ling created the Army of the Western Garden. The emperor ostentatiously paraded in front of the army and had himself named "Supreme General" (無上將軍). The emperor also had the army placed under the command of Jian Shuo, a trusted eunuch. By commanding the Army of the Western Garden, the emperor could put He Jin under his own command.
When Emperor Ling died in the early months of 189, and the stage was set for a showdown between He Jin and the eunuch faction. Jian Shuo plotted to lure He Jin into a trap in the imperial palace and assassinate him. When He Jin entered, a minor official Pan Yin (潘隱) subtly warned He Jin about Jian Shuo's plot. Astonished, He Jin returned to his camp and evaded the assassination attempt. Afterwards, He Jin had Jian Shuo arrested and executed. He also seized command of the troops previously under Jian Shuo's command.
With the support of the elite Yuan family, particularly Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the succession dispute was resolved in favour of Liu Bian, the son of Empress He, who ascended the throne in the fifth month of that year. He Jin and his sister, now the Empress Dowager, jointly took on the role of regent.
During the summer months, He Jin and his subordinates engaged the eunuch faction in court politics. The eunuchs, now without a military power base of their own, relied on the support of Empress Dowager He and He Miao. At the urging of Yuan Shao, He Jin summoned the general Dong Zhuo to the outskirts of Luoyang, in an attempt to force the Empress Dowager to back down. In the ninth month of that year, He Jin entered the palace to request the Empress Dowager to agree to the execution of the eunuchs. Zhang Rang, the leader of the eunuch faction, found out about He Jin's plan to kill them through a spy who overheard the conversation between He Jin and the Empress Dowager. The eunuchs then lured He Jin into the imperial palace by pretending to summon him in the name of the Empress Dowager. He Jin entered the palace unsuspectingly, without his subordinates and bodyguards to escort him, and met his end at the hands of the eunuchs.
The situation soon spun out of control. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, both with significant control of military forces within the capital, stormed the palace and massacred the eunuchs. The resulting power vacuum allowed Dong Zhuo to seize control of the imperial court. As soon as he held supremacy over the capital, Dong Zhuo deposed the emperor in favour of the Prince of Chenliu, who came to be known as Emperor Xian. The deposition as well as Dong Zhuo's subsequent atrocities incurred the wrath of many. In 190, warlords from the eastern provinces formed a coalition to oust Dong Zhuo, which kicked off a series of civil wars that were to last for nearly a century.
He Jin had at least three half-siblings:
- Empress He, the empress consort of Emperor Ling and mother of Emperor Shao
- Lady He, full sister of Empress He, married the adopted son of the eunuch Zhang Rang
- He Miao (何苗), courtesy name Shuda (叔達), born Zhu Miao (朱苗), an elder half-brother of Empress He born by the same mother thus actually not blood-related to He Jin. He served as General of Chariots and Cavalry (車騎將軍), killed by He Jin's subordinate Wu Kuang (吳匡) in 189 for sympathizing with the eunuch faction who assassinated He Jin
According to historical sources it is widely believed that He Jin had at least one son, He Xian (何咸), who survived the downfall of the He family in 189, and that He Xian had a son, He Yan (c. 196–249). As He Xian died early, his wife Lady Yin (尹夫人) remarried and became a concubine of the warlord Cao Cao, who adopted He Yan as a son. However, He Yan was buried at Lujiang when one's place of burial was customarily supposed to be his ancestral home, which contradicted the fact that He Jin was from Nanyang; so He Yan was probably a grandson of He Miao, as what Weilue suggested, while it was recorded that there had actually been several families of Zhu clan, which might be the clan that He Miao was from, at Lujiang during Eastern Han.
See alsoEdit
- ^ a b de Crespigny (2007), p. 312.
- Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
- de Crespigny, Rafe (2007). A biographical dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23–220 AD). Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-15605-0.
- Fan, Ye (5th century). Book of the Later Han (Houhanshu).
- Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).


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Philippines inflation expectations high despite easing rice prices: Citi
Though retail rice prices have started to fall in several regions of the Philippines, increased inflation pervasiveness and high inflation expectations suggest that inflation may not return to the policy target quickly, said Citi analyst Nalin Chutchotitham in a Philippines Economics Flash release on Oct 31. Despite noting dovish remarks from policymakers recently, Citi expects another 50bp rate hike for the fourth quarter of 2018, with possibly another 50bp hike in the first quarter of 2019.
Rice prices easing
Retail rice prices -- which have a 9.6 per cent weight in the consumer price index -- have fallen in several regions, though they remain significantly above early-2018 levels. This could be due to new harvests, orders to release government stocks in September, and a possible reduction in hoarding after official signals on import liberalisation, said Citi, noting prices might have fallen faster if not for delayed imports.
"Planned rice imports could bring down inflation by 1 percentage point over time by reducing supply constraints, but there could still be bureaucratic delays, as well as uncertainty on local production (6.8% import dependency in 2013-17) due to natural disasters," said Citi.
Inflation outlook
The central bank has forecast October inflation to come in between 6.2 and 7 per cent year-on-year, citing lower food and electricity costs despite higher petroleum prices and water rates. The Department of Finance expects the CPI to rise 0.5 per cent month-on-month, due to higher crude oil prices and a weaker peso. Citi's estimate is for inflation to ease to 6.6 per cent in October, compared to 6.7 per cent in September, partly due to energy price base effects.
However, upside inflation risks remain, including pressures from wage and transport fare hikes. Recently approved were a 4.9 per cent minimum wage hike in Manila and a one-peso increase in the minimum fare for jeepneys in Manila, central Luzon, and Calabarzon, as well as in the minimum bus fare in metro Manila. Effective in November, road transport could contribute 0.2 percentage points to inflation, said Citi.
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Inflation pervasiveness is growing, with more items in the CPI basket recording inflation of over 4 per cent. Inflation expectations also remain high -- "likely still too high for (the central bank's) comfort", said Citi -- with the Bloomberg consensus in October standing at 5 per cent for 2018, significantly above the 3 per cent mid-point of the central bank's target.


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Are your teeth hurting or feeling more sensitive this winter? We take a look at what causes these common dental issues and effective ways to curb them.
Possible reasons your teeth hurt during the cold season
- Uneven contraction of teeth layers
During the winter, the cold air getting into your mouth causes the different layers of your teeth to contract. In most cases, the speed at which the inner dentin and the outer enamel contracts varies thereby stressing your teeth. This can result in increased sensitivity and discomfort.
- Teeth grinding
Another reason your teeth may be hurting more this winter is the wear and tear of the enamel caused by their constant chattering whenever you go outside. This means they lose the much-needed layer of protection and consequently expose them to external factors like infections and hard foods.
- Low levels of vitamin D
Vitamin D is one of the vital elements that helps to keep your teeth healthy and strong. The primary source of this vitamin is the sun. Considering that there's a limited supply of sunlight during the winter and the fact that you spend most of your days indoors, it's likely that the reduced levels of Vitamin D will negatively impact the development of your teeth. To increase you vitamin D intake over the winter months, try adding more foods to your diet that contain Vitamin D, Such as salmon, canned tuna, mushrooms, shrimp and egg yolks, to name a few.
How to reduce tooth pain during winter
- Breath through the nose
This may sound like a no-brainer, but it's arguably one of the most effective tips to reduce toothaches triggered by cold weather. The end goal is to keep your teeth warm and minimize uneven contractions of their layers. You can also choose to wear a scarf around your mouth or take hot beverages and water to keep warm.
- Change your toothpaste and toothbrush
For proper dental hygiene, it is recommended that you change your toothbrush at least once every 2-3 months. For sensitive teeth, consider switching to a different style of toothbrush and choose a soft bristle brush.
Other effective ways of reducing toothaches triggered by cold air during winter include using desensitizing toothpastes and rinsing with a fluoride mouthwash a few times a week.
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army brat
A child whose parent is in the army. The phrase is often associated with the fact that such a child has lived in many different places (as relocations are common for members of the military). After being an army brat, I'm very happy to have lived in the same place for the last 20 years. Yep, Susie's an army brat—her father is a decorated soldier.
army brat
n. a child born to a parent in the army. (Such a child will live in many different places.) I was an army brat and went to seven different schools before I got out of high school.
Army brat
A child of a member of the regular army. Although brat is not a flattering term, the phrase is not at all derogatory. It dates from the first half of the 1900s. Because regular army personnel often are transferred from station to station, their children frequently had to change schools, and this circumstance is what is most often referred to. A New York Post article in 1971 had it, "I was in sixteen different grammar schools. Then I'd be whisked away because my father was in the Army and I was an Army brat."


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Dirty money has no place in the UK. Criminals who seek to use this country as a place to launder their ill-gotten gains should know that they have nowhere to hide.
The government has already taken tough action against Britain's crime barons, using the Criminal Finances Act and tools such as unexplained wealth orders, and is keeping the pressure up. The new National Economic Crime Centre will ensure our response has even greater impact in future.
But government can't do this alone. Agents, lawyers and accountants have a crucial role to play. Yes, they might be eager to close that big deal – but they must not close their eyes to the warning signs. If something about the transaction doesn't feel right, the onus is on them to flag it up via a suspicious activity report (SAR) to the National Crime Agency.
The government's Flag It Up campaign, working with partners across the property, legal and accountancy sectors, is designed to help property professionals spot the signs of money laundering. The campaign will be promoted across LinkedIn and digital advertising on professional websites as well as on social media and at industry conferences.
However, it's really up to you to know the signs. Is your client being evasive or contradictory? Do you have a feeling that the source of that large sum of money might not be legitimate? Are you wondering why they need to use so many different bank accounts?
Flagging up those concerns by submitting a SAR means you are doing the right thing by your country. Our world-class professional services are crucial for our prosperity and anything that damages the reputations of these sectors has a corrosive effect on the rest of society.
Money laundering is not a victimless crime. Those with dirty cash to clean don't just sit on it – they reinvest it in serious organised crime, ranging from drug importation to child sexual exploitation, human trafficking and even terrorism. Money launderers are dangerous individuals, the kind who wreck lives, legitimate businesses and our national security.
Legal and moral obligations
Property professionals are a crucial line of defence against these criminals and that's why they are under a legal obligation, as well as a moral one, to file a SAR when they spot something is amiss. Those with nothing to hide have nothing to fear.
In really serious money laundering cases, a high-quality SAR can provide crucial intelligence to help law enforcement agencies build up a profile of criminals and prevent them committing further crimes.
We are working with the property industry to reform the regime, to not only ensure that law enforcement agencies are able to use SARs more effectively but also to make the submission process easier and more efficient.
Choosing to turn a blind eye or not looking closely enough could have major consequences, both personally and professionally. Not only could you damage your firm's reputation if you let something slip through the net – you could lose your licence or even face prosecution if you are found to have facilitated money laundering.
Please do your bit to help – it really matters and our collective efforts are already paying off. For example, earlier this year, the UK moved up Transparency International's world rankings of the least corrupt countries from 10th position to eighth.
We are determined that together we will keep up the momentum and send a message loud and clear to criminals who want to launder their ill-gotten gains in this country: it simply will not wash.


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Whenever I teach improvisation, someone will inevitably ask, "How do you rehearse improv? Isn't it all just made up?" The answer usually doesn't go over well. I tell them, "Improvisers need to rehearse to relearn how to not know what they're doing."
See? I told you it wouldn't go over well.
Now, if you're like almost every one I've told this to, you're probably shaking your head at such nonsense. But trust me, it's true. In fact, the rehearsal process for improv is probably more natural than what other actors do—like, for example, memorizing reams of other people's words. On the other hand, every one of us, as social human beings, improvises our way through the day but rarely ever recites a memorized line.
Rehearsing improv is merely reacquainting ourselves with the instinct to react to the environment around us. A play might be thought of as an elaborate dance, a meticulous reconstruction of a particular series of events. Improv, on the other hand, is more like a sport for which the players practice their reactions and hone their skills to prepare for the unpredictability of a game/performance.
When I was considerably younger and sporting a great deal more hair, I first experienced improv up close and personal through a rehearsal.
Carleton College had a number of student run "clubs," ranging from chess to hunting. The newest club when I was a first-year student was an improv troupe. I saw a performance of theirs in our student union where the group managed to offend more people in three words than I ever imagined possible. In a scene about fighting a whale, one of the performers shook his fist at the heavens and screamed, "Fuck you, God!"
At such a politically correct school, this was (a) incredibly offensive, (b) ridiculously stupid, and (c) fucking hilarious. And I don't mean funny ha-ha or funny strange. I mean funny dickhead. It was quite an event.
Later, I ended up at one of their open rehearsals, which I believe was a thinly veiled PR measure after the "incident." As I sat in the back, I smirked at what they were doing. This time, I was smirking from funny strange—a bunch of people were running around with great speed and volume, playing. This was the essence of ridiculousness.
I should not have been surprised when they enlisted some of us who were watching to perform with them. We acquiesced without too much grumbling, as there was a contagious intoxication to the whole ridiculousness of it all.
We were lined up and told to tell a story as a group, each individual in the specific genre he or she was given. I got rap. Before I had time to think "What the hell am I doing?" they pointed at me, and I started rapping, "straw-straw-straw-str-str-str-STRAWberries" in my best Beastie Boys kind of way, trying hard to just match their level of ridiculousity.
It was only afterward when the leader of the group tracked me down and insisted I join that I realized the cascade of laughter that followed my performance wasn't at me but with me.
Looking back, I see that moment with particular significance. For years after that I would practice, study, and talk a lot about improv. The more I learned, the more I realized that the art form depended on cultivating moments like my first open rehearsal.
Improvisers describe moments like that first rehearsal as "out of your head" when you let your heart guide you. On its face, this notion is as absurd as the material that resulted when we managed to do it right. For years, I played along with this "not thinking" notion of performing, only because I was so new to the skill that it played to my strengths—I had no idea what I was doing anyway.
In our everyday life, we tend to be driven by our heads. Thinking our way out of scary, novel situations is a primary—and usually effective—defense mechanism against the unknown. You can hardly blame us. For decades, we are subjected to creepy classrooms and tense, on-the-job situations that condition us to know, remember, come up with the right answer. To answer incorrectly is unacceptable and punishable by acute embarrassment, if not worse.
That's why little kids so good at goofing off, at playing, at improv, because they only react with their hearts. They're engaging the world with honesty, unaware of any particular good or proper way. This oneness they maintain with their bodies and environment protects them from adult maladies like panic attacks.
Adults only seem to return to this instinctual, heart-led state in situations where they're completely comfortable or utterly panicked. In either state, there's simply no time or reason to think our way out. We just react. Not coincidentally, it is precisely these moments we try to recreate as performing artists because they are so fundamentally true. When we open ourselves up—crying or laughing—we are truly ourselves, having stripped away the pretense of finding the "right" way or answer. And truth, reflected by others, is something people pay to see.
I had a hard time accepting this. I bristled at this concept of letting go of your head onstage. Finally, while I was working with some particularly gifted improvisers at the Brave New Workshop, I gave voice to my doubts to this supposed philosophy. "You can't get completely 'outside of your head,'" I complained, "and not think onstage or we'd all go 'blah, blah, blah,' rend our clothes, and throw our feces at the audience." They would smile, shake their heads, and repeat "heart not head."
I would have protested more but (a) they were incredibly good at what they did, (b) I didn't have a better way to do it, and (c) whatever we were doing was pretty fucking funny. Just like that first rehearsal, I found myself playing along again. Eventually, I realized, that was precisely the point.
Which brings us back to rehearsal. The only way to truly develop this subordination of thought is to get it in our bones. Or to be more exact, to get it in our muscles. Like any physical activity repeated over and over, improvisation develops certain muscle memories in the body. Like a tennis player miming the follow-through of a ground stroke so that they can accurately react without thinking, so too do improvisers and actors alike develop memories in their body to react constructively in a performance.
And so we play. And play and play and play. We do stupid warm-ups: "Zip Zap Zop," "Seven Things," "What are You Doing?" We do nonsensical games called "Story, Story, Death," "Dueling Playwrights," or "Alphabet Line," or intricate long-form improvisations like "Harold," "Montage," or "Day in the Life." We do scene after scene after scene.
When we catch ourselves not playing, when things inevitably go wrong, we talk through what happened. Sometimes this is expressed in terms of rules (e.g., no blocking), but essentially it's all just a reminder to play and to react.
There's a strange presentness in a heightened state of reaction. While usually very fleeting, the relief from worries about the future or regrets about the past is quite invigorating. What's even more transcendent is when you're able to bring that state of being off the stage and into your life.
Regardless of where it takes place, improvisation is a thoroughly an acquirable skill like memorizing lines or hitting a tennis ball. We all might differ in how we execute it, but the path remains the same for all of us: Practice. Practice. Practice until you can be spontaneous without thinking about it.❦


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National Democratic Congress (NDC)'s Parliamentary Candidate for the Tema East Constituency, Mr. Isaac Ashai Odamtten thinks that according to him the previous president of Ghana is the only one who can save Ghana from the ongoing crises.
Mr. Isaac Ashai Odamtten, who is also the immediate past Metropolitan Chief Executive for Tema during a visit to tribal Chiefs in Tema said that "Ghanaians have seen that in the previous tenure of the Mahama he has proven himself to the Ghanaians and he can be the mother for the people of Ghana who takes cares of her children more than anything".
He said that "as compared to the current leadership which is ruling Ghana the Mahama is way better than this corrupt government and I don't think I need to prove anything because Mahama's performance from the previous tenure was extraordinary an everybody knows that".
Mr. Isaac Ashai during the tour introduced the newly elected candidates to the chiefs of Tema region and showed them the constituency in which they are going serve (after the win of the election of 2020 as he thinks).
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