text:
Thailand Rehab Reviews and Testimonials
We've helped 100's of people find treatment in Thailand for substance abuse and mental health issues.
We've helped 100's of people find treatment in Thailand for substance abuse and mental health issues.
Here's what some of them have to say about their experience with Thai Rehab Helper and their time at drug and alcohol treatment centres in Thailand.
"My life was pathetic and I just couldn't get a day clean. I tried so many times and almost gave up hope.
Aged 54 I thought I would spend the rest of my life using heroin and smoking crack. I was alone with no family or friends, no job, no hope, and poor health. I was sure that I would die.
Thankfully I realised that I needed to start a new life and have the tools to help me for when I left treatment, and that's what a rehab in Thailand gave me.
My life is now amazing. I know in my heart that coming to Thailand for drug treatment was the best thing I ever did."
Written by – Bill F. (Australia) – Free from heroin and crack for 18 months at time of review.
"I'm so grateful to the team at Thai Rehab Helper. They were happy to answer my questions and help me choose a Thai rehab clinic that I was comfortable with.
There was no pressure to do anything and it really changed my life.
I would recommend rehab in Thailand. It really is a special place filled with wonderful people with a big smile!"
Written by – Carol C. (United Kingdom) – Enjoyed 3 months at a rehab facility in Chiang Mai.
Thailand rehab reviews and feedback help us improve our service and give the best advice to those we help.
Please share your experience of Thai rehab centres by contacting us.


text:
Joomla is a powerful content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its user-friendliness and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular Web site software available. Best of all, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone.
Ydeveloper offers its world renowned experience to build interactive, innovative & efficient Joomla solutions for all of our eCommerce client. Ydeveloper offers Joomla development solutions according to customized needs of our clients, all according to various industry verticals.
Expert Joomla Development
Ydeveloper is a USA based Software Development Company serving clients all over the world. We offer expert Joomla consulting services to clients in application development, modernization, application maintenance and migration. We also provide customers with consulting services in the area of testing, debugging and evaluating existing Joomla applications in order to identify and avoid or eliminate Joomla application crashes or slowdowns. Additionally, our skill set covers Joomla application hosting and deployment, and administration/maintenance of databases such as SQL Server on Windows environment.
To Hire Joomla Developer, please contact us.
Ydeveloper's greatest asset is our talented team that fervently strive to fulfill every client's requirement with passion, precision and professionalism. Without the remarkable skills, dedication and experience these creative and hard-working professionals bring to the table, there can be no development. So we strive to provide the best, most up-to-date infrastructure to support their supreme efforts on the behalf of every single assignment.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
*S4M-03281 Richard Simpson: Birth Rates in Scotland
That the Parliament notes that the number of births reported by the Registrar General in the most recent midyear population statistics was 52,687 (2001), 51,239 (2002), 51,792 (2003), 53,576 (2004), 54,259 (2005), 54,961 (2006), 56,726 (2007), 59,240 (2008), 59,331 (2009), 58,937 (2010) and 58,766 (2011); notes that, following the low point in 2002, an increase of over 7,000 births annually is being sustained; understands that there are growing concerns regarding births where there are complex needs, such as multiple births or where drugs and alcohol issues are involved; believes that there has been a lack of any substantial progress in reducing the number of pregnant women who smoke or, after having successfully given up in pregnancy, resume smoking; notes what it considers to be the continuing low levels of initial or sustained breastfeeding; understands that there are demographic workforce pressures and these might be exacerbated by new pension arrangements; calls into question the whole basis of what it understands is the decision of the Scottish Government to cut the intake of midwifery students by 40%, with the closure of midwifery training at three university nursing and midwifery departments, and considers that this increasingly appears to be a misguided decision.
No doubt this is a party political challenge along the lines of 'we would do better by pregnant women by not closing midwife training facilities'. But he is asking the Chamber to agree that £40 million of public expenditure is failing to persuade a critical target population to stop smoking. It's hard to imagine that £40 million (or more) spent under a different administration will stop people smoking.
Supported by: Mark McDonald*, Lewis Macdonald*, Iain Gray*, James Kelly*
I had thought with Give it Up for Baby (the scheme paying expectant mothers £12.50 a week to enrol in smoking cessation and keep off cigarettes for the duration) that they had found the magic bullet. The scheme, started in Dundee, has recently been declared a rip-roaring success and it has been announced that the government wishes to launch it across Scotland. I guess it is a little reassuring that not all the Parliamentarians are fooled by this hype. The facts are:
1. Scottish health boards have other priorities, many of which are far more urgent than smoking cessation;
2. Even if they didn't and the money available to be spent on this was limitless there is no proof that this expenditure would bring down the smoking rate further.
News: 1. There has been a reduced nicotine inhaler on my local supermarket shelf for nearly a month.
2. We are in the middle of the 2012 UK National Smoking Cessation Conference. Tomorrow's programme (i.e. for Tuesday) is here.


text:
Vancouver Coastal Health
A hairdresser is on site once a week. We also have regular visits from a Podiatrist, Dentist and Optometrist.
The resident population is multicultural and languages spoken by residents are predominantly English and Cantonese.
Accreditation is an external peer review process to assess and improve the services health care organizations provide to their residents, based on standards of excellence set by Accreditation Canada or by CARF.
Our care delivery is founded on a resident and family centered care model. Our residents and their families are integral to the care decision process.
113 long-term private rooms with shared washrooms.
Residents pay 80% of their after tax income which covers the cost of food and accommodation. Minimum and maximum rates apply. There may be other costs not included in the resident contribution. Visit our Costs page for more information.
Programs vary from the Strength Training Program under the direction of the Physiotherapist, Music Program with the Music Therapist and Recreational Programs carried out by a team of activity workers. Programs include trips, special events, special lunches, weekly Chinese lunch, music therapy, entertainment and one-to-one therapeutic activities.
The lodge can accommodate wheelchairs, small scooters and portable oxygen.
Motorized scooters are allowed.
Visitors are encouraged to bring family pets that are clean and healthy to visit. When the pets are outside the resident's room, please keep them in a cage or on a leash and under control as many residents are frail and could be accidentally injured by the pet. Pets are not allowed in the dining areas.
We are a non-smoking facility. Smoking is restricted to outdoor areas according to the Vancouver by-laws. Staff members are not able to assist residents to outside areas or assist with lighting cigarettes.
The building has perimeter security and is equipped with smoke detectors, sprinkler and fire alarm system.
Buses are available at the corner of Cambie and 57th Avenue. Langara Golf Course and Parks are within walking distance. The corner store, restaurant, florist, and bank are across the street. Hairdressing is available at the lodge. Handi-dart can be arranged by the lodge.
Alcohol is permitted in individual cases and must be approved by the attending doctor. If approved by individual's doctor the use of alcohol is permitted in moderation. However, for safety reasons, alcohol cannot be kept in resident rooms. Alcohol that is brought in will be kept in a locked cupboard at the care station. For safety reasons, residents are not allowed to supply alcohol to other residents.
Information last updated August 2016
Copyright ©
Vancouver Coastal Health. All Rights Reserved.
We recognize that our places of work and Vancouver Coastal facilities lie on the traditional homelands of the fourteen First Nation communities of Heiltsuk, Kitasoo-Xai'xais, Lil'wat, Musqueam, N'Quatqua, Nuxalk, Samahquam, Sechelt, Skatin, Squamish, Tla'amin, Tsleil-Waututh, Wuikinuxv, and Xa'xtsa.
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) provides health-care services through a network of hospitals, primary care clinics, community health centres and long-term care homes.
Search our health-care services in Vancouver, Richmond, North and West Vancouver and along the Sea-to-Sky Highway, Sunshine Coast and BC's Central Coast.


text:
The 3M Purification (Cuno) Aqua-Pure AP200 under sink drinking water filter is ideal for "point of use" applications. Perfect for under sink applications. The 3/8" NPT inlet/outlet conveniently attaches to the cold water feeding any sink faucet. This filtration system has dual action capabilities. It's activated carbon content removes chlorine and enhances the tast/odor of water. Also this system will remove dirt/sediment down to 5 microns. AP217 filter cartridge is included with the AP200.
Product 1/5


text:
Joel and Ben were best friends who both loved pumpkin pie. Despite all their ups and downs growing up, throughout their childhood pumpkin pie had been the one thing that had always united them. They would regularly hang out together; eating different varieties of pie, comparing recipes, watching cookery shows and documentaries on the pumpkin growing process. At weekends they would often visit pumpkin growing competitions and after working together as teenagers to create their own pumpkin growing business at their allotment, they would often enter the competitions themselves. They devoted their lives to pumpkin pie and everyone who knew them knew about their obsession with it. Sometimes people even mocked them for it! But they loved it, and as they grew into adults they continued to learn everything they could about it. One year, at the Pumpkin Farmers Summer Camp, they made a pact, promising each other that they would spend their lives spreading the message of pumpkin pie, to all who had not yet experienced the joy it could bring.
One day at the annual Pumpkin Pie Appreciation Society Conference, Joel and Ben listened to a pumpkin grower, who like them, had devoted his life to pumpkin pie. He gave a talk on how pumpkin pie was best served warm, that cold pumpkin pie was inferior. He argued passionately and convincingly and his love for pumpkin pie was obvious.
After the talk, Joel turned to Ben and began to compliment the speaker, praising his insight and clearly agreeing with what the speaker had said. It was obvious that the pumpkin grower was right, his points were excellent and he had been growing pumpkins for years and years. He knows everything there is to know about pumpkins, and about pumpkin pie. He even referenced the Pumpkin Pie Appreciation Society's guidebook to back up his points! It must be true that pumpkin pie is best served warm.
Joel noticed that Ben looked troubled and asked his friend what was wrong. Ben began to explain that ever since he was little, he had enjoyed pumpkin pie not warm, but cold, straight from the fridge! He explained his reasons for this, all he knew about pumpkins and pumpkin pie, all his experience and his study had lead him to believe that it was best enjoyed cold. He also, quoted the Pumpkin Pie Appreciation Society's guidebook to back up his thoughts.
Joel and Ben both love pumpkin pie. They have both devoted their lives to it. One thinks it is best served warm, and the other thinks it is best served cold.
Who is right, Joel or Ben?


text:
Vision Questions - This is designed to be a Spirit-led self-evaluation of where you currently are in light of of our church's eight vision statements. It is also a prompt for moving strategically forward spiritually.
Desiring God - God centered resources from the ministry of John Piper
The Gospel Coalition - Resources from a fellowship of evangelical churches deeply committed to renewing our faith in the gospel of Christ and to reforming our ministry practices to conform fully to the Scriptures.
Albert Mohler - Mohler provides daily in-depth analysis and commentary on contemporary culture and theological issues.
The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) - Setting forth the teachings of the Bible and resources on the complementary differences between men and women, who are created equally in the image of God.
Together for the Gospel (T4G) - A website and ministry devoted to standing firm in the Gospel.
Monergism Books - Monergism Books is a Reformed Christian Internet bookseller with the goal of equipping Christians in the truth by making available the finest classic resources of historical orthodoxy. This is done in the hope that the church will embrace, and recover a Christ-centered gospel and the true Biblical doctrines of the historic faith.


text:
Gather Boston Brunch
by Kayla Mills
Gather in the heart of Boston's Seaport for a boozy brunch with friends or family. This bustling area of Boston doesn't have as many brunch spots as you would think. but Gather – located at District Hall – has brunch covered. Gather has a minimalist, industrial design with floor-to-ceiling windows. Brunch starts at 10 a.m., and you should plan to be prompt; at 10:30 seats started to fill up and there were lots of big parties the day we visited.
As soon as I got to the table, I saw the little print out of their waffle options. You can order a waffle with a variety of different toppings and I love toppings so I was all about this feature. Some mornings I have no idea what I'm in the mood for, but asking for recommendations never fails. I asked Kat, one of the waitresses, about the most popular items. She immediately recommended the poutine. I have had poutine in Montreal once, and it was a little much for me. The overwhelming amount of gravy was off-putting, but I was having a brave day and decided to trust Kat.
Gather has a lengthy "morning buzz" menu. I am always happy when I see more than Bloody Marys and mimosas offered for brunch. I am thrilled to report that Gather offers 11 brunch-specific cocktails! I started with the coffee collision, and my boyfriend Richie ordered a blueberry lemonade. The coffee collusion was similar to an espresso martini. It went down smooth and paired well with the waffle we ordered to share, which we topped with caramel, whipped cream, and bacon. The blueberry lemonade had a strong blueberry presence and was not as tart as a traditional lemonade. It was refreshing and a good option if you're a fan of blueberries. The waffle was served golden brown – not too flakey, doughy, or airy – and if I may brag, our topping selections were spot on. The bacon was crumbled on top and was nice and crispy, there could have been more whipped cream but I have a sweet tooth so I am sure someone else would complain if there was too much of it.
If you are hungover and need a cure, Gather's waffle fries topped with pulled pork and cheddar jalapeño sauce are the answer. The pulled pork poutine was amazing. Waffle fries will always be superior to normal fries, and if I had to rate them I would say they come second to curly fries. There is something about how every crevice of the waffle fry has the opportunity to crisp. The pulled pork made this meal. The marinade was not overly sweet, and the reasonable amount of cheese did not mask the other flavors. When I'm back at Gather, this will be the first thing I order, it is perfect to share with the table or order as a dish for yourself.
The shakshuka and the old school breakfast sandwich were our picks for our main dishes. I will eat almost anything that has to do with sweet potatoes and was in the mood for something savory. I would highly recommend this traditional Middle Eastern dish. I loved the blend of feta, bell peppers, and onions to give this dish some amazing flavor. The shakshuka was extremely filling, and I barely finished half of it. But, excellent news: this dish reheated well on Monday for lunch! The old school breakfast sandwich was a BEC (bacon, egg, and cheese) served on a croissant. This sandwich was nothing out of the ordinary. For $14, I wish they upgraded the bacon to a thick-cut style, and I prefer smaller home fries vs. the potato wedges that were served beside the sandwich. Richie, however, had no complaints. The mix of onions and peppers elevated the potatoes and provided some color, but I still have mixed feelings about the price of this plate.
If you're planning a group brunch, Gather should be on your list. There are multiple high-tops, plenty of drinks, and the high ceiling made for excellent acoustics, even when the restaurant was full. The service was on point despite the crowds. I would recommend a reservation, especially if you are with a group! If weather permits, take advantage of their outdoor seating. This day was surprisingly chilly, but there is a view of Boston Harbor from outside that we will have to come back for!
Gather is your best bet for a Boston Seaport brunch spot. Cure your hangover or continue the party with a friend, multiple friends, or family.
Gather serves brunch Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.


text:
Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 | 12:50 p.m.
The next time somebody says that it's a small world please ignore him. Take it from me, having just done a whirlwind tour to the Philippines, then to New York, followed by a trip to Tampa, it's still a very big world.
I recently visited the training camps of both pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao in the Philippines, and WBO titleholder champion Miguel Cotto in Florida. Since my first visit was to Baguio in the northern part of Luzon, where Manny is training, I will tell you about my impressions of Manny's preparations in this article. In my next column, I'll do the same about Miguel's training base in Tampa.
To get to Baguio, one must first fly to Manila, the country's capital. Philippine Airlines has a regular daily flight direct to Manila that includes a one-hour stop in Vancouver, Canada. Its rates are reasonable and the service is excellent.
The plane arrives in Manila at approximately 5 a.m., and the drive to Baguio takes four to five hours, depending on traffic. Only part of the drive is on a regular highway, after which the road continues through one small town after another with traffic moving very slowly. About one hour before arriving in Baguio, the scenery becomes spectacular. Green mountains and valley vistas highlight beautiful scenic views of the China Sea.
Baguio itself is a mountain town 5,000 feet above sea level. It was built by the United States after taking control of the Philippines from Spain after the Spanish American War. Our government constructed Camp John Hay, a beautiful recreational area with huge pine trees, a great golf course and other amenities. It served as a rest and recreation area for U.S. servicemen in Asia until 1990, when it was transferred to the Filipino government.
Camp John Hay now houses the Manor, a luxury hotel constructed entirely from Canadian logs. This is a very popular summer vacation resort for the Manila elite. Freddie Roach, Manny's trainer and Alex Ariza, his conditioning guru, were both ensconced at the Manor when I arrived.
Pacquiao, on the other hand, chose to stay in a hotel in town which housed the gym in which he was training. If Freddie's hotel rated five stars, which it does, Manny's hotel was so awful it would not even get one star. If there was a minus category, it would rate a minus five. But there is no accounting for taste. Manny was happy as a clam at his hotel and refused constant requests to move to the more luxurious Manor Hotel where the rest of us stayed.
The gym that Manny trained in was not much different from the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, California, so I could see right away why Manny and Freddie felt so comfortable training there. The residents of Baguio respected the rules with regards to private workouts, enabling Manny to train in relative solitude. On the other hand, the morning runs were quite different. Manny would start at five in the morning and soon, hundreds of runners would materialize out of the darkness and run with Manny up and down the hills and roads. It was quite a scene.
Manny's workout at the gym can only be described as awesome. In more than 40 years as a boxing promoter, working with Hall of Fame fighters like Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, and Roberto Duran, I've never anything like it. His training sessions go on for about four hours without a break. After the usual warming-up exercises, Manny boxes most days with two or more sparring partners, then hits the mitts with Freddie for at least 10 more rounds.
This display of energy and stamina exhausts anyone watching, Manny doesn't stop. He skips rope and works the heavy and light bags continuously for more than an hour. Only then does Manny finally stand still, which allows his Filipino trainer Buboy Fernandez to pound his midsection with a bamboo pole for about twenty more minutes. The brutal workout finally concludes more than four hours after it starts.
In the sparring sessions, Manny trots out his entire arsenal of tactics and weapons. I was amazed once again to see him attack from one side and then the other. When his sparring mate reacts, Manny's no longer there but is either right in front of his opponent or on the other side entirely. This unique tactic of disappearing in plain sight is the "Siegfried and Roy" weapon in Manny's arsenal.
The shear athleticism that Manny brings to his workouts reminds me of the great martial artist Bruce Lee. The more one reflects on Manny and his ring performances, the clearer it becomes that he is the Bruce Lee of boxing. This athletic style is unique in boxing to Manny. In more than four decades of promoting fights, I have never seen anyone like Manny Pacquiao and his Bruce Lee style of boxing.
The mitt sessions with Freddie were also revealing. While Manny hits the mitts Freddie coaches him in moves he will undoubtedly use when he faces Cotto. It is fascinating to watch the teacher and pupil converse while Manny pounds on Freddie's leather pads.
Three years ago, the mitt session would have consisted of Freddie giving instruction to Manny. Over time Manny the pupil, having learned so much from Freddie, takes an active and important part in the dialogue which sets out the plan Manny will use in fight night against Cotto. Watching the two of them interact now is like being at a boxing ballet, so well attuned are they to each other.
After three days in Baguio I headed down to Manila to catch my plane home. It left at 5 p.m. Sunday and arrived in Las Vegas at about 6 p.m. Sunday. Somewhere, somehow, I picked up a day which seems only fair since I lost one when I flew to the Philippines.
I also came away with the impression that Manny is getting better, improving all the time. Bottom line, Manny is getting into great shape as he prepares to give us another Pacquiao-Bruce Lee type of performance. He knows that in Cotto he faces his toughest foe ever, a real tough, determined opponent.
In my next column I will discuss Cotto's training and just what he is doing to counteract the typhoon that is Manny Pacquiao.


text:
The idea for Dark Days started to form up while creating work for previous solo exhibition, "Graveyard Classics", and colorwise it can be seen as a logical continuation for it.
The theme itself is pretty straightforward: letters, five (Acton) or three (Act), with additional small letters here and there (usually crews), all painted in black and white. The main "thing" with the works is the surface/canvas. It has layered structure, usually mimicking concrete or brick wall or a wall which has torn wallpaper on it. Or combination of all 'em. Unfortunately pictures don't do justice for the works: due to the technique and technical restrictions of digital cameras, nearly all small details get lost in the process. So that's why I added few close ups of the work, they might shed a bit light to the chosen technique.
I begun the ground work for these in early 2018, pretty much the same time when I booked the space from Unckan Store for my next exhibition in 2019. Original plan was to paint a few prototypes with the chosen technique and then start working 'em on a much larger scale and have few of 'em on display at the exhibition. But the further I worked, the more I realised I was focused on the works at hand and I kept creating more and more of the same size, perfecting the technique… and soon I noticed I had more than enough small or medium sized works for a possible exhibition. But didn't have any larger paintings done. So I postponed the idea of working with bigger canvases… and painted six miniature paintings instead. So in total I had 15 black and white paintings done by the end of 2018.
Usually when I am holding an exhibition, I wanna add some extra elements to them. This time I decided to choose maybe a bit bolder approach: naturally I had some merchandise (t-shirts, back patches) for sale but I also brought few canvases that differ a lot from the style of the actual exhibition and had 'em on sale as well. Only that the people buying 'em could get the works immediately with 'em whereas with the actual works of the exhibition you had to wait until the closing date. Four of these canvases are from the "Thank You For the Music" collection, which still is a work under process, started earlier this year. More about that particular theme here.


text:
What Should I Read Next???
BookBrowse — Reviews, genre lists, and read-alikes in fiction, mystery, nonfiction, children and teen.
Booklist Online –Book and audiobook lists and reviews for adults and youth; blogs and webinars for book lovers.
BookPage — Book reviews, author interviews, e-newsletters, blogs, book lists by genre, children's books.
BookSpot — Links to dozens of book-related websites, including reading lists, bestsellers, first chapters, book awards, genres, authors, publishers, criticism, literacy resources, e-resources for writers.
Books, Music & Movies — Staff picks, multimedia blog, and more from the Chester County Library.
Fantastic Fiction — Author and series information.
GoodReads — Get book recommendations; create your own "bookshelf" to track and share the books you read; search and browse books by genre, subject, author; engage in literary trivia and quizzes.
Guardian Children's Book Site — Book reviews, editor picks, lists, multimedia, blogs, selected first chapters and author readings.
Hennepin County Library: Books and Reading — Browse book, audiobook and eBook lists for adults, teens and children, and an "If You Like" genre search.
Kent District Library: What's Next Database — Enter title, author or series name for printable list of titles in a series.
Library Booklists — Book lists focused mainly on crime fiction, links to published lists, a database of author birthdates, and reading group resources.
LibraryReads — Book lists with annotations.
NextReads (LibraryAware) (select Featured Resources, then tab to NextReads) — Book suggestions in 26 genres, including for children and teens. Use your valid CCLS card to sign up for a free monthly e-newsletter.
NoveList Plus — Book recommendations, reviews, lists, articles, read-alikes, fiction & nonfiction, award winners, and more. For all ages.
Overbooked — Book lists in fiction and nonfiction, including "starred review" lists.
Plymouth District Library: Youth Booklists — Book lists organized by age of child, from preschool through grade 8, and book-related resources for parents.
Readalikes (Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County) — Find new authors based on an author you like.
RUSA: The Reading List – Highlights top books in genres and backlist suggestions.
Seattle Public Library: Books & Media — Staff-created reading lists for children, teens and adults.
What Should I Read Next? — Find a book recommendation or suggestion for what to read next by searching a database of real readers' favorite books; searchable by title, author or ISBN.
Whichbook.net — Offers book, eBook, and audiobook lists based on a selection of up to four criteria in a dozen categories: happy…sad, gentle…violent, optimistic…bleak, etc. Also searchable by character, plot and setting criteria.
YALSA's Book Awards & Booklists — Variety of lists from the Young Adult Library Services Association, including award winners, lists for reluctant readers, lists for the college-bound and teen-nominated titles.


text:
Take a look at this lawn in the photo. Located outside the WJPA building on Lake Robbins Drive, in The Woodlands, Texas this lawn has not received irrigation – except for rainwater for the last 11 months. The only water this lawn has received is from rain.
How is that possible? Good lawn practices, proper (and inexpensive) care of the soil under the turf, and only a small bit of organic fertilizer.
Here's how it was done:
The lawn receives about an inch of compost per year. Two compost applications (each a one-half inch deep), made in October and early April, help add organic material to the soil, as well as adding essential microorganisms that assist grass roots to grow and resist disease. Once a year, again in April, a scattering of organic fertilizer is spread on the lawn.
The lawn is mowed weekly between April and the first of October. From the beginning of October, through the end of March, mowing is discontinued.
No large patch, take-all patch, sooty mold or insect problems are present. Because of that, no herbicides, fungicides or pesticides are used or needed.
According to recent studies, soil with sufficient organic matter (about five percent of the total mass) can three quarts or more of water per cubic foot. Instead of rolling off the surface of the soil when it rains, the soil absorbs much of it. This makes the soil under the turf into a passive rainwater catchment, which grass roots can access during dryer periods.
Water stored in the soil, added to increased permeability of the soil because of the organic matter, allows grass roots to grow deeply and strong, enhancing the turf's ability to withstand disease and pests.
This healthy lawn signifies what is possible with a small amount of work at low cost, without depending on purchased water or expensive lawn treatments.


text:
Should You Use Retirement Funds for your Business Startup?
Posted On:
It always comes back to money, doesn't it? You have a dream of starting your own business but looking at your bank account balances reminds you that in this case your dreams may be larger than your wallet. Some businesses may require very little in startup funds while others may take millions of dollars.
Likely, the business you want to start or purchase will be somewhere in the middle but before you can sign the papers, you have to find the money. Some people tap their 401(k) but is that a good idea?
The Penalties
IRS rules don't allow you take money from your 401(k) without penalty until you reach the age of 59 1/2. If you do you have to pay income taxes plus a 10% penalty along with losing the compounding effect you receive from having the money in the account gaining interest and value. If that doesn't make sense to you, remember that taking money out of your 401(k) prior to age 59 1/2 costs you a lot more than just the amount you withdrew.
Sometimes, through a complicated maze of converting 401(k) assets in to an IRA and going through other legal and financial hoops, you can use your 401(k) assets to fund your business startup without paying the penalty but that's a risky strategy.
The Positives
Paying interest on a bank loan or giving up some control of your company in order to gain investor funding is a cost that is tough to swallow for new entrepreneurs with little cash flow. Using your 401(k) assets may remove all or much of those liabilities.
Some investors are more comfortable putting their investment dollars to work in businesses they control instead of placing the funds in to Wall Street investment vehicles that may rise or fall at will.
The Negatives
The largest and most important negative to this strategy is your potential for loss. If you were to only use investor funds or bank loans to fund your startup, the most you're going to lose is your business. Since registering your business and following appropriate laws shields your personal assets from your business losses, the worst that would likely happen is that you lose the business.
If you use retirement funds, not only would you lose your business, you would lose the funds you were planning on using to fund the years when you can no longer work and that can be catastrophic.
Bottom Line
No article can tell you what is appropriate for your situation but in general, using your retirement funds for your business comes with too much risk. If you can't find the funding from any other source, rework your plans but finding small business funding may be easier than you think.


text:
By Peter Leistikow
This post was written as part of a class assignment from students who took a neuroethics course with Dr. Rommelfanger in Paris of Summer 2016.
Peter Leistikow is an undergraduate student at Emory University studying Neuroscience and Sociology. When he is not doing research in pharmacology, Peter works as a volunteer Advanced EMT in the student-run Emory Emergency Medical Service.
Over the course of 15 years, psychologist Dan McAdams studied how Americans describe their lives. Specifically, McAdams wanted to know what kind of life narratives were associated with lives high in "generativity;" that is, a concern for and commitment to promoting the well-being of future generations. He ultimately discovered that generative adults had narrative identities that emphasized redemption, such as a second chance or delivery from suffering (McAdams 2006).
The observation that it might be essential to have overcome adversity, reaping all the lessons and baggage it entails, in order to become a compassionate, mature adult is especially important in light of new developments in the field of dampening or even erasing memories. This alarming area of research warrants a further examination by policymakers, and it is the recommendation of this briefing that decisive limitations should be imposed on access to this technology.
|Image courtesy of Flikr
Memories were not always considered malleable; it was not until the 1960s that experiments in rats challenged the ideas that memories could be subjected to further modification, given the right conditions (Singer 2009). Fearful memories are made when emotionally salient events are labeled by the amygdala in the brain as emotionally significant and sent to the hippocampus for consolidation, strengthening synaptic connections into what will become a memory (Lu 2015).
The views, opinions and positions expressed by these authors and blogs are theirs and do not necessarily represent that of the Bioethics Research Library and Kennedy Institute of Ethics or Georgetown University.


text:
Hiphugger Classic Set
$98($111 Value)
Holds up to 8
regular pad
What's inside
- 2 Hiphugger in Beige
- 1 Hiphugger in Black
Quantity: 1
* Saver Sets are not eligible for Custom Set discount.
Free returns & exchanges within 45 days of purchase
Completely washable and reusable
Feels just like your favorite pair of undies
Holds up to 8 teaspoons of liquid
Perfect for light and moderate leaks
Our underwear
Keeps you dryAbsorbent underwear that holds up to 8 teaspoons of liquid.
Odor resistantTraps unwanted smells so you feel fresh and worry-free.
AbsorbentBreathable moisture barrier that helps protect your clothes from wetness.
Moisture-wickingQuick-drying inner lining, so you don't feel damp.
Hiphugger Classic Set
4.9 (58 Reviews)
Average Fit
0 reviews
0 reviews
Most Recent
Highest Rated
Lowest Rated
Most Helpful
No Reviews Found


text:
Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Park Lane Hotel
Object Number:
ca. 1960-1980
Cardboard, ink, staple and striker
2 x 1 7/8 in (5 x 4.9 cm)
Beige matchbook with reverse striker; "The/Park Lane/Hotel/36 CENTRAL PARK SOUTH, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10019" in brown with drawing of skyscraper and trees printed in green on front; "CLOSE COVER STRIKE MATCH ON BACK" in brown on footer; "DIAMOND MATCH DIV NEW YORK, N.Y." in brown on manumark; "(212) 371-4000" in brown on saddle; "The height of luxury/in New York City/soars 46 stories/over Central Park." in brown on reverse; "THE PARK ROOM/THE PARK LANE BAR" in brown on white interior.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joshua Shapiro
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.


text:
Charged with verifying the accuracy of payments for numerous oil and gas leases, a state agency faced the same challenge every year: it could manually examine only a small percentage. With limited staff and legislative caps on the number of employees it could hire, the agency needed to augment its capabilities to meet volume demands. A combination of artificial intelligence, intelligent automation, and enhanced data and analytics was the only scalable approach that would allow the agency to achieve 100 percent reconciliation and compliance. And the stakes were high: the contracts represent significant revenue that helps fund public education in the state.
To help ensure that oil and gas producers comply with the terms and conditions of each contract, KPMG and our alliance partner, IBM Watson, developed a solution expected to:
KPMG was introduced as a strategic advisor to the state agency by our alliance partner, IBM Watson. Given our existing relationship with the state, teaming with IBM Watson came naturally. In fact, the agency's CIO said the KPMG and IBM Watson teams worked seamlessly to help the agency meet its business needs without expanding its staff. KPMG's unique breadth brought together a multidisciplinary team to work alongside the agency to facilitate a rapid and comprehensive response. Our team included:
With the breadth and depth of these resources working on their behalf, the agency can more efficiently and effectively review production data and maximize the state revenues that fund education. For the KPMG account team, this objective also aligns with our higher purpose: not only to leverage the technology that enables transformation but to create better lives for our fellow citizens.
Artificial intelligence, intelligent automation, and data and analytics are much more than gee-whiz technologies, so it's important to understand their capabilities. Intelligent automation, for example, is not likely to eliminate jobs as much as technology will handle low-value tasks so that people can focus on more high-value work. With demands on government agencies only increasing – but without the corresponding headcount – these advanced technologies can give agencies the ability to scale their operation to meet increased demands.
Alliance partners bring a wealth of insights and intelligence that you can access through workshops and one-on-one meetings to help you harness technology to create greater business value.
Be willing to examine some of your processes to find the hidden nuggets you had never thought about before where it would make sense to deploy artificial intelligence, intelligent automation, and data and analytics.
Related services


text:
Apple may only have revealed what the iPhone 7 will look like last week, but it looks like people are over that, and have already moved on to the iPhone 8. Mainly because we were all a bit underwhelmed with what the 7 had to offer (headphone jack, or lack of, we're looking at you).
According to TechInsider, Apple is going to skip the usual 'S' version of each phone model it tends to bring out a while after the initial one's release, and jump straight onto the 8 - coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the iPhone's existence.
Because it's the 10 year anniversary, those in the know are predicting a big overhaul for the humble iPhone, and if these insights are anything to go by, it'll be all kinds of ~futuristic~.
Here's what the rumours are so far:
The screen will fit the whole of the front display of the phone, with no borders around the edge. It's also thought that it'll be made up almost entirely of glass, so god help us if we drop it.
The home button won't be visible, which many tech geeks thought would be the case with the iPhone 7, but it seems not.
The screen will be clearer than ever before, thanks to having an AMOLED display. I don't have a clue what that is but all we need to know is that it's different to the LCD display current iPhones have.
It will have wireless charging, the wizardry we've been waiting on. Apparently, Apple recently submitted a patent on the technology they'd need to make this happen, which makes us think our dreams of a world where we don't have to carry around an iPhone cable might actually become a reality sooner rather than later.
And... no it won't have a headphone jack. Of course it won't, Apple don't reverse their technology, do they? But by that time we'll probably all have adapted to the lack of headphone port and will have moved on with our lives. Hopefully.
Looks like the future's closer than we think, if this is being released next year.
[H/T Tech Insider]
Follow Cat on Twitter.
Like this? Come and check us out on Snapchat Discover.


text:
Feather Extra Large Weighted Blanket- 15 Lbs
- Regular Price
- $169.00
- Sale Price
- $169.00
- Regular Price
- Unit Price
- per
Immerse yourself in Saranoni softness and comfort with the most luxurious weighted blanket out there. Our silky soft lush fabric you know and love is now available as a cover for our new weighted blanket. The calming weighted effect creates pressure on the body that mimics the feeling of being hugged and encourages deep relaxation. The stylish duvet cover provides an irresistible silky softness against your skin and looks beautiful in any home.
Typically a weighted blanket should be around 10%-12% of your body weight plus a pound or two.
An extra large weighted blanket measures 60" x 80" and weighs approximately 21lbs. A great option for teens and adults. Not recommended for children 5 and under.
Weighted Cover:
- Feather, a light creamy taupe color - a perfect neutral
- Removable silky soft polymicrofiber cover
- Interior ties to secure weighted insert
- Invisible zipper for insert access
- Machine washable on cold; hang or lay flat to dry
Weighted Insert:
- Hypoallergenic glass beads
- 100% cotton outer
- Double stitched grid design
- Small pouches for equal weight distribution
- Spot clean & hand wash


text:
This week, the gay news site Pink News posted and then deleted a fawning profile of a gay couple with a troubling age gap. The article reported that the younger man, Kayleb, is 22 years old while the older man, Mark, is 55. This is creepy enough, but it gets much worse: the two have been "dating" for six years. Kayleb claims he was 17 when he met Mark, but the math would seem to put him at 16. Either way, it's repulsive and wrong.
Somehow, it gets still worse. Mark was apparently Kayleb's "first boyfriend," and they originally had a "sugar daddy arrangement." Translation: A 49-year-old man was paying a high school boy for sex. And this is something that a prominent, widely-read LGBT site thought we should join them in applauding.
It should go without saying that middle-aged men don't really "date" high school boys. The correct term in this case is "grooming." Mark found and groomed a boy young enough to be his son. Indeed, Kayleb refers to his abuser as "daddy," so the father-son comparison is grotesquely apt. The kind of relationship that used to be featured on "To Catch A Predator" is now celebrated by LGBT media.
Celebration of the morally degraded is becoming shockingly regular. Only two months ago, Vice promoted and glorified "the next generation of drag queens" — a group of pubescent and prepubescent boys who dress like grown women and dance for the amusement of adults. Around the same time, the Left cheered a 7-year-old boy in high heels and a skirt who led the LA Pride Parade ("Trans child wins LA Pride Parade with fierce strut in heels," as the MSN headline put it). Meanwhile, an 11-year-old boy gyrates on stage at a gay club while men throw money at him.
There are many other examples of this sort of thing. Just this past week, a drag queen decided to teach young children how to twerk at a public library in the UK. This is only slightly less creepy than the photos of small children lying on top of a drag queen at a drag queen story hour in Oregon. These macabre events are held all over the country, despite the fact that some of the drag queens have been outed as sex offenders.
All of this moves our culture in the direction of sexualization of children. Normalizers of child sexual abuse will never come out and say, "We intend to normalize child sexual abuse." Instead they'll encourage us to be open-minded about "age gaps," and they'll admonish us for being disturbed by drag queens performing for children, and they'll insist that there's totally nothing sexual about men throwing money at a boy dancing in women's clothes. In other words, they'll do everything they're currently doing. And they'll trust that they can scare us into silence by calling us bigots for speaking out against it.


text:
Dec 2014 01
Pee Wee Lions Provincial ChampsPosted in Featured, Videos
The Kelowna Pee Wee Lions won their first ever provincial gold medal last week, as the defence pitched three consecutive shutouts.
The championship game between the Lions and the Victoria Outlaws took the format of a "shoot out" or overtime rules. Each team began with the ball on the 20 yard line and was given three chances to score. If neither teams was successful they moved the ball closer. Fortunately for the Lions, they scored on their second play, and the defence stood tall.
Ryan caught up with head coach Kendall Gross to talk more …


text:
The York Community Stadium site at Huntington, will see a range of facilities provided that will give York City Knights every opportunity to grow and develop as one of the leading Rugby League teams in the area. The Knights have an agreement that will give them full use of the stadium and conferencing facilities on both match days and non match days helping to generate revenue for the club. The Knights have signed a 99 year lease at the new stadium, giving them security and a great new home with excellent facilities, for many years to come.
The Stadium Site
The Project will deliver an exciting sports scheme, comprising:
An 8,000 all-seat community sports stadium to host professional football and rugby league games.
A new leisure and sports centre including:
- 25m swimming pool,
- teaching pool (with spectator provision),
- leisure fun pool,
- 100 station gym,
- dance studio,
- group cycling studio,
- competition standard sports hall (with spectator provision),
- extreme Clip 'n' Climb play centre,
- outdoor high ropes climbing facility,
- 3G astro-turf pitches (multi-use games area).
The proposed scheme will also see the delivery of a large community hub within the Stadium's East Stand ("Community Hub") providing a range of uses and space for Community Partners focused around an atrium containing an Explore Library and cafe meeting area.
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust ("NHS") will have a significant presence within the Community Hub where it will deliver a range of specialist outpatient services in high quality modern accessible premises. The NHS will also have use of the Stadium hospitality areas for staff training and development activities.
York Against Cancer, a locally based charity, will have a prominent presence within the Community Hub through a retail unit, office and meeting space.
York St John University:
Brand new 3G training pitches have been developed in conjunction with York St John University at their Haxby Road site, which will provide York City Knights with free training for a 20 year period. The Knights also have class room and gym facilities here as part of their training agreement. The site will also be the home of the reserves/ academy team in future years.
University of York:
A new Regional standard athletics facility has been provided as part of the project at the University of York, along with a fields sports area capable of providing games and training for both football and rugby as well as athletics field events. A sand dressed hockey pitch was also part of the development.


text:
Most on the net daters have probably encountered the "online going out with etiquette" quandary: how do you always be polite and professional in every times, although still internet dating? Some people use online dating as an excuse to get a date or perhaps get in touch with an ex long-lost friend. Whilst these interactions can be fun and rewarding, it could be very annoying for those who are not happy with their online dating sites experience. The one thing that you need to figure out about online dating is that social grace doesn't actually matter — at least in most cases. It has the okay to be yourself and you can match as many people as you want to, somebody that your online relationship should be done for fun.
Should you have gone more than e-mails and chat rooms to face-to-face get togethers and messages or calls a few times with someone special, afterward internet manners allows short-time breakups. The sole Check Out This Info satisfactory exception is a long, exclusive marriage, especially you with physical intimacy. Typically, online daters just want to find out one another, nonetheless sometimes facts just do work out. Web based daters that have a short-distance relationship or perhaps one in which one of the companions isn't content, can take benefit of the no-communication rule and try to fix stuff with other means. Sometimes this can even bring about a new relationship. But most people simply move on to home. And the most detrimental thing that they can do is to become too involved in the amateur dramatics, which could actually lead them into simply being hurt.
Online dating services is one of the good ways to meet other folks. You can find someone you can trust and share your daily life with, who appreciate it more if you were to get their friend earliest. If you take into account the online dating etiquette guidelines, though, you may avoid any kind of bad relationships that may arise.


text:
I don't remember the details of the trial David Irving v Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt as I was only around thirteen at the time. But I do remember it taking place. I remember that a big court case was in session because a man adamantly refused to believe that the Holocaust had happened.
Even at that age, I was shocked. How could someone deny the horrors of the Holocaust, a subject that was an annual part of our curriculum in school? I had no idea how someone could deny such overwhelming evidence for a tragedy like that, or why they would want to.
Fortunately, Deborah Lipstadt, historian and university professor, was already on the case. In fact, she'd been brought into it by the denier himself, David Irving, who sued Deborah and her publisher, Penguin Books, for libel in the English High Court. Denial (based on Deborah's memoirs: History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier) covers this incredible woman's intense and intricate legal battle. If you think that sounds dry, let me assure you that it is anything but. I'll explain why.
Rachel Weisz (The Light Between Oceans) portrays the determined and gutsy Deborah Lipstadt, a woman of knowledge and conviction. One of the things that impressed me the most was the selflessness of her fight. She could easily have settled out of court, as several advised her to do and had done before her. She also could have chosen to represent herself in court. Instead, she listened to the advice and judgment of her legal team and made the difficult decision to remain silent while they did the work. Sometimes that's the harder battle - to be silent and allow others to fight on your behalf. Oof, right in the conscience.
The name "Deborah" holds a special significance for the protagonist of Denial. She tells Anthony Julius at their first meeting that she always knew her name was meant prophetically. Deborah was a biblical prophet and the only female judge of Israel that we know of. She led her nation to victory in battle and saved her nation from destruction.
She was a warrior, a woman who gave everything she had and challenged people to stand up and be who they were meant to be. She had chutzpah, and I personally love that Ms. Lipstadt draws parallels so quickly and jumps at the chance to defend her people by refusing to capitulate and takes this difficult legal battle to a high-profile court.
Andrew Scott (Sherlock) plays notable solicitor Anthony Julius and Tom Wilkinson (Belle) portrays the gruff yet endearing Richard Rampton, Deborah's barrister. Legal process can be exceedingly cold, but the two of them convey a range of emotion and self-control as they seek to navigate their slippery opponent in the courtroom. Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner) plays David Irving, the slippery opponent himself, with an oily sort of ease. He's often played the bad guy, but this is a different breed entirely. His portrayal of a real-life figure makes him all the more haunting.
One of the most chilling scenes occurs when Rampton and Lipstadt take a research trip to Auschwitz. Rampton takes photographs of thousands of shoes that remain on the site. It took me back to when I visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C., only a year after this case. I will never forget that trip, but one of the things that hit me hardest was the hallway filled with shoes. Thousands of shoes that still smelled from wear, thrown into a pile after being removed for the last time. That smell put flesh onto history, and it was a pungent, lingering reminder of the horrors of the Holocaust.
The UK release for this film was on January 27 2017, International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It's a tender tribute to the memory of those who suffered and were killed. Not all of us are called to defend what most would call established history in a high court of justice. But we are all responsible for remembering. Deborah used her voice, and in Denial, she continues to inspire others to use theirs.


text:
They steal our identity on the internet and activate a small loan, at our expense, that takes away little money a month on the account so we don't realize it. Or they try the big shot and divert to their advantage a substantial bank transfer that concerns us. But they can also steal our identity on social networks to write in our name things that are very damaging to our reputation. For the hard drive data recovery service this is important now.
How to steal data
A far more widespread threat than the ordinary internet user can imagine because identity theft can now take place in so many ways, even without any fault on the part of the victim.
The great attacks of cyber criminals entering international servers are becoming more and more frequent of web services, hotels and so they stock up on users' personal data. And these data breaches add to the more classic phishing or malware techniques used by criminals to steal data from users' PCs or mobile phones.
Because identity theft occurs
Identity theft occurs mainly in two cases, according to experts.
- When someone uses the identity of another person to carry out an activity for which the consequences are to be applied to others e.g. consumer finance. In this case the attacker does not care who the victim is
- When someone uses another person's identity to carry out actions on behalf of a specific person e.g. impersonate someone on a social network to give him statements.
If they steal personal and credit card information
The most frequent frauds involve the purchase of objects in installments with financing, the purchase of credit or telephone services, up to the opening of current accounts for the issuance of empty checks. All the data that allow the identity to be authentic are useful: for example if you provide a mobile number to the victim, any checks will be confirmed, and then the first phone calls after the missed payments will reach the victim, further delaying the detection of fraud. The bottom line is that online it is easy to trust unverified names and addresses.
If they steal mail access
And so far if we only steal generic personal data, not access passwords. Of course, things get worse if someone gets access to our inbox. The most common online fraud for companies is to monitor the correspondence between a company and a customer, and then, when there is a purchase order, to send the customer an e-mail in which they are told to pay on a another current account: having monitored the correspondence, the fraudster can refer to exact names, order number details, making the email particularly credible.
Most services, however, currently allow the password to be reset with a link sent via email, so by accessing the inbox, the password is needed, the address is not enough an attacker can have access to all of these services. Perhaps the victim will find that his password no longer works, but in almost all cases he will simply ask for a new reset to regain access.
If they steal the social identity
Naturally, identity theft is aimed at "making someone say" things. "Beyond account access, it takes little to create a fake profile for a person on a social network, especially if that person doesn't use that social network.


text:
AH contributor Aaron Auzins has done an interview with Galloping Ghost Productions (makers of the new arcade fighter Dark Presence), and has been kind enough to pass it along to us. It gets into a lot of detail about GGP as a company as well as the long development process behind their upcoming arcade fighter Dark Presence. Since it is too large to fit the whole thing on the front page, just hit the post break to read the rest. AA will denote Aaron who is asking the questions and Doc is the head of GG who is answering them.
AA: First of all, can you tell us how Galloping Ghost originally formed?
What prompted the initial desire to produce games for the arcade
Doc: I actually started Galloping Ghost back in 1994 when attempting to
make a game with many of the same features as Dark Presence, but the
technology just was not there to do all the things we wanted. The
video quality was not the greatest from the start, and most of the
software tools had to be written from scratch. We got that game
nearly complete after several years. It was fun to play, but visually
it was not up to standards, so it never was released. After a break,
we started everything over and headed back to the filming studio. We
spent close to 3 years filming all of Dark Presence and Conquering
Light. We are still a pretty small company and most of the staff has
to pull multiple duties, but that has really only made things run very
cohesively for such a large project.


text:
< Return to Search
Search through titles, authors, reviews, and more by simply entering any search terms. For example, to find everything on our site mentioning cats, search for cats. To exclude results mentioning dogs, search for cats -dogs. To find everything mentioning cats or dogs, search for cats | dogs.
Search terms can be grouped using parentheses which is particularly useful when using the or operator: |. For example, to find everything mentioning New York or Chicago, search for (new york) | chicago.
Searches can also be narrowed to only search specific fields. For example, to find everything on our site mentioning cats in the title, search for title:cats. Similar to text searches, to exclude results mentioning dogs in the title, search for title:cats -dogs. To exclude results mentioning dogs anywhere, search for -dogs title:cats. To find everything mentioning dogs anywhere or cats in the title, search for dogs | title:cats.
Searches can be filtered and sorted by attributes. While each result can have multiple values for each field, they only have one value for each attribute. This makes it possible to do ranged searches and sort by attribute value.
For example, to find all books with 150 pages, search for pages:150. While this is useful, it is often more helpful to be able to search for a range of values. To find all books that have between 150 and 200 pages, search for pages:150..200. (Note the .. between 150 and 200.) This is a ranged search.
Ranged searches can also be performed with dates. For example, to find everything posted in 2014, you could search for posted:2014-01-01..2014-12-31. However, the same results can be achieved by searching for posted:2014. This can be expanded to find all content posted in 2014 or 2015 with posted:2014..2015.
To sort the results by a particular attribute, instead of only by relevance, simply add sort:, followed by - for descending order or + for ascending order (default), and ending with the attribute name. For example, to sort results by posted date in descending order (newest first), search for sort:-posted. Alternatively, to sort results by posted date in ascending order (oldest first), search for sort:+posted.
All of these searches can be combined to narrow the results down considerably. Just remember to put general text searches at the beginning of the query. That is, title:cats dogs is not the same as dogs title:cats.
For example, to find all fiction books published since 2010 that are under $10.00, simply search for genre:fiction published:2010.. price:..10.
Or, to find every children's book that was a gold or silver winner, sorted by newest awards first, simply search for category:childrens rank:gold|silver sort:-year.
To find the most recently published gold winners under $25, silver winners under $20, and bronze winners under $15, simply search for (rank:gold price:..25) | (rank:silver price:..20) | (rank:bronze price:..15) sort:-published.


text:
Los Inmortales is one of the well-established historic pizzerias of Buenos Aires. Founded in 1952 by two friends, he company went from one restaurant on Avenida Corrientes to 5 restaurants around the city.
Pizza is part of the porteño culture and Porteño refers to a person who lives in a port city, such as Buenos Aires. This was the gateway into Argentina for millions of immigrants, mainly in the late 19th and early to mid-20th centuries. My own Italian and Spanish ancestors among them. Italian immigrants influenced greatly the local culture. They brought their regional cuisines and introduced new ingredients. A family friend always recalls how his mother brought arugula seedlings with her on the ship, for example.
We used to eat at Los Inmortales as a family. Not long ago, I took my husband to the original restaurant on Avenida Corrientes for a true porteño experience.
The restaurant is long and narrow, with wall-length mirrors on one side and photos of well-known artists, actors, and tango singers. These are the Immortals whose artistic legacy has shaped local culture through the generations. A mural depicting Carlos Gardel, the quintessential tango singer, dominates the dining room. It was unveiled on June 24, 1955, on the 20th anniversary of the iconic tanguero's death in a place crash in Colombia.
As soon as we sat down, our waiter brought a basket of deliciously crispy pizza bread. We were already in heaven. We ordered the pizza I remembered from childhood, with mushrooms, mozzarella and provolone cheeses. Gooey and cheese, the crust was the perfect complement to this cheese bomb. Any self-respecting pizza in Buenos Aires like this one comes out the wood-burning oven with a sprinkling of oregano, olive oil and a few green olives. Forget holding it with your hands, it's strictly a fork and knife affair. Or a visit to the cleaner's later.
We got there relatively early, maybe 9 o'clock or 9.30 and had no problem finding a table. Because Los Inmortales is located in the middle of the theatre district, it got busier as the night progressed. Also, Argentineans eat late. This branch stays open until 3 am.
Los Inmortales practical info
Lavalle 746
Corrientes 1369
Paraná 1209
Mendoza 2330
Paseo de la Bahía, Bahía Grande, Nordelta.


text:
With the rage of social media taking over society, people are becoming so comfortable with taking their details public, few realize exactly how their Tweets or Facebook wall postings can affect their lives – including their work life.
Here are 10 ways Facebook can hurt you at work:
1.Boss Bashing
Having a bad day at work is one thing but broadcasting your heated complaints about your boss can be cause for termination.
2. Handbook No-No
Some companies have issues with employees posting any work-related information online. Violating company policies can also get you fired especially if you are posting work gossip or company secrets.
3. Employment Opportunities
If you are currently employed but use Facebook to seek out new job opportunities, you are not likely to be employed for long.
4. Inappropriate Postings
Some employers have no tolerance for employees posting inappropriate comments or pictures online, especially for people who are company representatives or in the public eye.
5. Co-Worker Problems
Being friends with people you work with can cause tension in the office based on what is said in the virtual world.
6. Busted Excuse
People who take sick days should not be posting about the fun time they are having playing 'hooky' from work.
7. Too Personal
Many jobs require a level of privacy between employees and their clients/customers. Having a public profile that others can access can be bad for business and can be dangerous for employees safety.
8. Too Opinionated
In some cases, your personal opinions broadcasted on Facebook can work to your detriment at your job.
9. Giving Advice
Those in certain industries such as healthcare and law may be approached via Facebook to offer advice. Giving that advice in a public forum can be reason for termination.
10. Lack of Productivity
If you are working on the clock when your latest Facebook posts go up, you could be cited or fired for wasting company time and not being productive. Many companies have instituted strict policies regarding the use of Internet in the workplace for personal reasons.


text:
De Silva made his highest ODI score off 75 balls as his side reached their target in less than half the allocated time after Zimbabwe were bowled out for 154 in 41.3 overs.
Niroshan Dickwella made 41 in the other significant contribution as Sri Lanka compiled 155 for two in 24.3 overs.
Earlier, the visiting seamers scythed through the top order to leave Zimbabwe 50 for six before Peter Moor (47) and captain Graeme Cremer (31 not out) fought back.
Sri Lanka meet West Indies at the same Harare Sports Club venue on Wednesday while Zimbabwe's next game is against West Indies in Bulawayo on Saturday.


text:
Exergen Corporation Supports Retailers This Summer With Nationally Syndicated Radio Campaign
WATERTOWN, Mass., July 28, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Exergen Corporation kicked off its summer marketing campaign with a Radio News Release (RNR) communicating to families the importance of traveling with an accurate and convenient thermometer. The health news spot, titled "Be Prepared for a Sick Child on Vacation" highlights what to pack in the event of illness. The RNR aired nationally through syndicated radio networks like Main Street Radio, Business Talk Radio, CNN, Fox News and Fox Business.
Both the 30-second and 60-second spots feature advice from Linda Ciampa, a registered nurse and mom, who brings credibility to the message. Ciampa endorses and recommends the Exergen TemporalScanner because its accuracy is supported by more than 50 peer-reviewed published studies.
"Typically cold and flu season is when we focus on promoting the TemporalScanner, however this year we also wanted to do a big push during the busy summer travel season," said Dr. Frank Pompei, CEO of Exergen Corporation. "We chose to do a radio news release because of its extensive reach. We are continually looking for new marketing channels to promote the TemporalScanner."
The RNR was picked up by more than 1,100 channels reaching a listenership of more than 20 million. The RNR is complemented by Exergen's far reaching radio advertising campaign that airs on Indy Car Radio, Motor Racing Network, Progressive Radio Network and Total Traffic and Weather. It also highlights the importance of bringing the Exergen TemporalScanner on a family vacation.
Exergen markets two models of the TemporalScanner thermometer: a professional version for doctors' offices and hospitals, and a consumer model sold in major retailers nationwide. More than one billion temperatures are taken each year with the TemporalScanner. It is used in thousands of hospitals, clinics and pediatricians' offices across the country, as well as in millions of homes. It is the #1 preference of pediatricians in the US and #1 selling retail thermometer. The Exergen TemporalScanner's performance is supported by more than 50 peer-reviewed published studies covering all ages from preterm infants to geriatrics and all care areas from hospitals to homes. For additional information, visit www.exergen.com.
Melissa Rubin
Rosica Public Relations
95 Route 17 South, Suite 202
Paramus, New Jersey 07652


text: Indoor parties are no problem with SuperGames' many options for indoor fun! Don't let frigid winter temperatures, rainy summer days, or lack of event space stop you from throwing an amazing party- We have smaller options that still offer big-time fun! From Interactive Activities and Virtual Reality to Bar Games and Escape Rooms, you can find everything you need that will fit your budget AND space!


text:
However, after only enjoying the Friday night sessions and a yummy supper, a few hours sleep Shaun got a shocking headache (4am). The next morning we were up at 7am and Shaun finally shares with me that he is worried that this headache feels like a brain bleed (he had one 2 & 1/2 years ago!). I asked if he wanted me to call an ambulance or take him to the hospital. He said that he would have a shower and some breakfast and see how he felt. At breakfast he looked terrible and so I decided he needed to get to a hospital so off we went.
As he showed no other signs of a bleed unlike last time where he was nauseous and his sight was blurred he just had a headache, so none of us including the hospital staff were sure he was having a bleed. Gave him a CT Scan, which showed that he was. So off to a bigger hospital that could cope with this by ambulance. I left him and headed up to the conference centre to pack up before heading down to St Vincents Hospital. The Neurosurgeons there were all a bit gungho about getting in to Shaun's head and removing what had caused the problem (an Arterial Venus Malformation, which he was born with and which had bled before) but we told them they needed to talk to our specialist first, as he had been the only one we trusted. (Incidentally, he had moved to Melbourne & we had organised to see him anyway on the following Monday at his clinic!!). So they did, and released us to go to this appointment on the Monday morning at The Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Our wonderful specialist Dr Vinni Khurana decided he needed to admit Shaun and do an assessment on his AVM with the possibility of surgery to remove it. No one, except Professor Morgan in Sydney til now had been willing to do this as it was such a high risk due to the flow of blood through this, the size & position of it. Our 3 children drove down from Canberra to Melbourne on the Tuesday, and Shaun's mum flew in as well from Adelaide. My mum paid for an apartment that Tam had organized but no one had thought about the cars and how we would get parking for them!! In a 24 hour period, I spent $85 on parking. In the one next to the apartment I paid $10 for 10 minutes!! So we ended up taking them out to where my mother-in-law was staying with Shaun's brother. It was easy to get around town on the Trams and Trains.....& cheap!!
On the Wed it was my 50th Birthday and the kids went out and got me a lovely bunch of flowers. Later that day a beautiful bundh of flowers arrived from all the scrapbooking ladies. That night with my family, Pat, (mother-in-law) Darren (brother-in-law)& his son Ethan we went to an Afghan restaurant on Brunswick street....yummy!! The kids also gave me a lovely pink chunky knitted scarf. The next day was Pat's birthday, and they gave her some Crows (her footy team) stuff to wear to the football on Sunday! So although it was not the birthday I had planned, it had some lovely moments to it. The specialist came in that day and talked with us all and had advised us to consider surgery, although it was very high risk, they thought that leaving it was high risk also.
On Thursday, the top neurosurgeon, Mr John Laidlow, was back and had spoken to the other specialist, looked at all the scans and came in and told us that if Shaun was his brother, he would advise him to leave the AVM alone, go home and get on with his life. That Shaun would come out of the surgery worse than how he was now after the bleed. Well.....to say the least I was shocked. We certainly were stuck between a rock and a hard place. Shaun was going nuts with boredom too, as his room did not have a TV. He couldn't read and would work on his crosswords but only in short time frames as that's all he could manage. That night Pat came back to the apartment and we cooked a yummy dinner, the kids had bought a cheesecake as a birthday cake and we celebrated our birthdays yet again.
Friday morning, the boys were flying home. Tristan had a wedding to go to on the weekend, & Caleb needed to get back home before his partner, Lani with their daughter flew out to Tassie
Saturday we went with Pat and Darren to watch Ethan do his Karate. WE also caught up with Darren's ex...Em who shouted us breakfast which was nice. Tam & I then once again, left the car and caught the train into the hospital. Darren & Pat went off to try & get some tickets to the football game on Sunday between the Brisbane Lions & Darren's team, Carlton. Tam was so looking forward to going to her first AFL game....but was going to be cheering on the Lions!!
It had been a long and exhausting week, with late night, early mornings and we looked forward to some down time in the evenings. Sadly that wasn't really possible and things went from bad to worse and we ended up having to flee to my girlfriends that evening. Tam got hurt and the next day we spent 9 hours in accident and emergency with her, as they were concerned her voice box may have been permanently damaged and had to do a CT scan. Praise God she was fine & we finally got out at 10.30pm. The car had been parked out at the railway station near my brother-in-laws. Being so late, we were advised not to try and get the train for safety reasons. Couldn't get accommodation for the night near the hospital as the airport was closed and everyone was staying in town, so had to catch a taxi out ($30) and then get the car and then try and find a motel. We found one, Sunshine Motor Inn 608 Ballarat Road Sunshine VIC 3020
The lady was lovely and when she heard our story gave us a discount. The price included an all you can eat breakfast which we then had to be up early for (would have loved a sleep in!!) Pat came by after breakfast and we rearranged the luggage and stuff in the car then headed over to the hospital. Pat was going to join us once Shaun had had a final CT scan then HOME!! We finally hit the road about 3.30pm on Monday Pat in Tam's car sharing the driving with her, while I was driving our car with Shaun in it (not able to drive!!). We got home just before 11pm & were all glad to be in a decent bed at last!!
This photo was taken by my 'mean' husband and daughter. I was so tired and we were watching TV in a small lounge area in the hospital when I fell asleep, they woke me laughing!! Aren't they awful???


text:
The Most Joyous Part: The Millions Interviews Lauren Groff
Earlier in the summer, I was on a plane that took off from D.C. bound for California, and I read Lauren Groff's latest novel, Fates and Furies, during the five hours of flight. Not all of it — I'm a slow reader. But also it was so good I wanted to save the end for somewhere I'd be alone. I did pause for a bit to write in my journal to gush about her. "Lauren Groff — " I started, cutting myself off. "When I read her, I am mesmerized. She goes so far into the worlds she creates. How? It must be so difficult and demanding. Or maybe not. Maybe it just comes naturally to her."
I got the chance to talk with her on the phone a few weeks later, and ask her how she does it. It turns out, it is demanding — but I think it also comes quite naturally.
The Millions: Fates and Furies is about the marriage between Lotto, a playwright, and his gorgeous and mysterious wife, Mathilde. The ambition and love between the two of them is fascinating and all consuming — both for the friends who envy them throughout the novel and for the reader immersed in their lives and secrets. What drove you to write about a marriage?
Lauren Groff: I tend to write two projects at once because otherwise I feel as though I'm putting all my hope and work into something that will probably fail. Focusing on one novel for years and years at a time can feel scary. So I wrote Fates and Furies while I was writing my previous novel, Arcadia, and when I got tired of working on one book I would go to the other one. Arcadia is about a utopian community, and it struck me that in fact the smallest, deepest community you can have is within an intimate partnership. In a relationship, you wake up every morning committed to doing your best, every day you fail, but the next morning you wake up and try again.
TM: How did you do the work of writing Arcadia and Fates and Furies at the same time?
LG: I had butcher paper on the walls of my office at the time I was working on both of the books, and I would write Lotto's point of view on one big page and then go over and immediately write Mathilde's on another. I went back and forth like this for a few years, until I felt like I had built up the story enough to know it inside and out.
TM: Toward the end of part one of Fates and Furies, Lotto articulates this thought: "Paradox of marriage: you can never know someone entirely; you do know someone entirely." Do you agree with his assessment?
LG: I would say that we all have quiet subterranean rebellions going on at all times. I adore my husband very, very much but not a day goes by that I don't have thoughts that he'd be horrified to know about.
I would say that there have to be things that we keep secret. There's no such thing as full disclosure. Because if we didn't have secrets, we would have no internal life at all, which would make for a very sad existence. So I think it's a beautiful and creative and magical aspect of being human to have these constant internal eruptions. I think those parts of ourselves that exist in a state of pure and selfish personality — the parts that are not shared — are actually very beautiful.
TM: I loved your most recent story in The New Yorker, "Ghosts and Empties" — which also hits the same chord in regards to inner lives. In the "This Week in Fiction" interview about that story, you commented that there's a part of you that has lately been resisting the cause-and-effect impulse in story writing. How did you mature into this next phase of writing?
LG: I don't know if it's maturing or going backwards! I think as you mature as a writer, you go after what feels most honest and real to you as a human being at that particular moment in time. In the beginning, maybe you train yourself to write stories that are more like stories –something happens, and then other things that happen as a result, you write in terms of cause-and-effect. I do think that life can be perceived as a series of reactions, to an extent. But the more I think about my life as it is at the moment, everything exists in a swirl of confusion. So I was trying to write something that feels more true to my current mode of perception when I wrote "Ghosts and Empties."
I've always been interested in the cusp between fiction and autobiography. My senior thesis in college was about that vague space between the two. Also, when I wrote "Ghosts and Empties," I was thinking about the amazing William Maxwell story, "The Thistles in Sweden," which is one of my all time favorites. It is a perfect story. I think that's something you do as a writer — write in conversation with a work that you really, really love.
TM: Your books and stories are all quite different from each other — I keep trying to find a common thread, and I'm not sure there is one solidly obvious one. One thing I keep coming back to is the concept of home in your work, and how many of your characters — from Lotto in Fates and Furies to Bit in Arcadia, or even the narrator of the short story "Above and Below" — are so grounded in the selves that come from their homes, even as they are running, or exiled, from home. Is this something that you think about consciously when you write, or something you see as playing a part in your work?
LG: That's a beautiful way of putting it. I think I am haunted by community. Particularly the pressures of community versus freedom. I think a lot of this comes from being such a homebody. Home is where I'm happiest. Homebodies can survive in the world, but we may not like it very much. I think that's an artist's reaction to the world in general: we have to make these safe spaces in order to create things. In truth, I would be very, very bored if I kept doing the same thing over and over again in my work, and so I'm always trying something new and different — and failing, mostly. But still, no matter what we do when we think we're trying to be completely experimental in terms of subject matter, in the end, we are whom we are. And so we always end up circling back to the things that are important to us.
TM: Do your drafts come out in a trance or is it persistence that's seeing you through to the end?
LG: They don't come in a trance, though sometimes a short story will come out in a beautiful burst. But most of the time when I write, I sit there day after day, and it's work, you know? It's like training for a marathon. You just kind of do it. And most of it is just a mess, and a disaster. But then you just do it again, and something clicks in, and you think, oh, okay, so I have to rewrite everything I've been doing.
TM: I've heard you write many, many drafts, and the first drafts are written by hand.
LG: I write almost everything by hand. It works out well for me because I can't read my own handwriting, and so I don't go back to read the drafts I've just written. I do a draft, and by the time I've finished it, I understand the foundational problems that are ruining the book. And then I just start over again. That way I'm building my idea of the world of the story, I'm building the characters. The things that I remember when I'm finished with one draft are the living details, and the living details are the ones that are meant to be in the story, that mean something.
My drafting system is insane, and it's very wasteful, and I'm frustrated for years and years at a time, but it ends up working out for me, because otherwise I would end up polishing foundationally problematic work. My impulse always is to spend all my time playing with words — that's the most joyous part for me.
TM: Your characters are exceptionally vivid. I'm thinking in particular of Handy in Arcadia, with his grey eyetooth. And in Fates and Furies, both Lotto and Mathilde are carefully and artfully drawn as humans. Can you talk a little bit about how you create the physical details of your characters?
LG: I don't really know people until I can see them; it means a lot to me to be able to envision the world I'm writing about. I just need to know as much as possible, and the physicality of the characters is part of that. So one of the things that I do is to find an image that corresponds to a character and put it up on my wall as I'm writing. Or I think about people that I know, and let them speak to me. It's all part of building the world of the novel.
TM: Lotto is a person who makes things — he's first an actor, but then a playwright, and you've written parts of his plays and included them as excerpts or scenes. What was it like to write as another writer — and a different kind of writer?
LG: Research can obsess me, and in this case, I became obsessed by playwrights and their plays. I started reading a lot of [Henrik] Ibsen, [Anton] Chekhov, Eugene O'Neill, and then I read their biographies. Playwrights possibly have a different brain than the rest of us. There's something to be said about being able to edit out the external, visual items in a story and just concentrate on the dialogue and the character. As I wrote Fates and Furies I was trying to figure out what it would be like to be a playwright. I've always loved plays as well as operas, in particular, because I find them so beautifully melodramatic and funny and ultimately satisfying. They transport you in a way that almost nothing else can. Though actually, now that I think of it, novels might be the closest literature has to operas. They're both so big and populous and they both can incorporate so many different musical or tonal modes.
TM: In an interview with The Rumpus, you discussed climate change, and said the world was "clearly barreling toward disaster." You've also said that Arcadia came from thinking about utopias — and that you wrote it as a reaction to the many and various dystopian scenarios that one might imagine. What role does climate change play in your writing, and what, in your heart of hearts, do you think is going to happen?
LG: I don't know what's going to happen, of course, but I do wake up in the middle of the night imagining terrible things. It all has begun to feel especially urgent now that I have children. They did not ask for any of this, and they haven't done anything wrong, but they will be the ones to struggle through it. I don't know if anyone could be prepared for what will happen. All I know is that fiction and poetry and literature that doesn't even subtly address climate change feels as if it is missing something very fundamental about what it means to be alive right now.
What I mean by this is that the novel, through history, it is a text that traces an individual through space and time. Of course wars have always occurred, and there's always been millenarianism; there's always been some kind of threat, either real or perceived to the human project. But it's never been so globally certain as it is now that something very bad is going to happen because of what we have done to the environment; it is all happening right now. And so a perfect book about someone's love story that, 50 years ago, might have felt incredibly powerful and beautiful has stopped speaking to me at all these days. Escapism is not where I need to be right now if we're talking about serious art. We have a moral duty and responsibility to speak to the greatest urgencies of our time. Why else would we be writing? Why should we write fiction that doesn't critique the now? That doesn't think deeply about the mistakes that we've made, the ones that have brought us to where we are?
On the other hand, I have developed an equal allergy to apocalyptic fiction, which I know is going to be contentious. I just think a lot of it is very passive. Some of it is really beautiful — I'm thinking about Margaret Atwood's brilliant novels, or about The Road by Cormac McCarthy. But some apocalyptic fiction takes for granted the end of things, it's not interested in pushing back against the now. It seems like a horrible lie, sometimes, to read how, no matter how awful it gets on Earth, the human spirit will prevail! It provides a sort of false catharsis: we read these apocalyptic books in the comfort of our homes with a mug of hot tea beside us; we're wrapped in our thousand thread-count sheets, and when we finish these books, we feel like we fought some sort of war, that we've waged some sort of battle against evil; we're self-satisfied. But we haven't fought anything; we haven't done anything. We've read a book. I would never say that someone's choice to write about any particular topic is wrong, or that someone else's choice to read or write anything is not legitimate. Personally, though, I'd rather look at climate change more subtly, let it slip in gently, not have it cudgel me over the head.
TM: What do you read that does satisfy this criteria?
LG: I thought that Kate Walbert's The Sunken Cathedral did it really beautifully. I would argue that Ben Lerner's 10:04 did it really well. And then also a lot of poetry does it gorgeously. Maybe it's easier in poetry because the space is smaller and poets are more radical formalists, I don't know. Jynne Martin — who's also my publicist, full disclosure — is amazing, and she just had a book come out, and part of it is about climate change, and is done so beautifully.
TM: When did you know you were a writer?
LG: I was a writer long before I wrote anything interesting. I went into college thinking I was a poet. But I'm a terrible poet! And yet I love it, in the same way that I'm a terrible singer, and yet I love to sing, and I'm a really bad dancer, but I love to dance. There are some things we do with glee because we're liberated by being absolutely terrible at them. That said, I was quickly disabused of the idea that I was a poet, and I started writing fiction and I spent three years out of college trying to find a way to live and write at the same time. I wrote a couple of atrocious novels, and then I went to get my graduate degree at University of Wisconsin-Madison, because I was so tired of trying to do it alone. At that time I was also writing these Lorrie Moore knock-off stories, which was super fun until the moment I got into Lorrie Moore's class, and I debated giving her one of these awful stories that was similar to but not at all, really, like hers. But she's amazing — she's warm and gentle and kind — and not at all intimidating.
TM: How has living in Florida influenced your work?
LG: I feel a deep ambivalence about the state of Florida. Living here has been fruitful for me, because for a large chunk of the year — the part of the year that I love the most, the summer — I barely go outside at all. I can't handle the heat. So I spend a lot of the summer inside in the dark, with the lights off. I have the summer and winter reversed. I think it's good to feel like an outsider when you're a writer.
I do find the natural beauty here extraordinary and moving, even though nature here wants to kill you. We have this banana spider living in our backyard right now that's about the size of my hand. It's so beautiful to watch. I go out there with my coffee and sit and watch the banana spider in the quiet and heat. There's part of me that would love to live in Brooklyn with everybody else, but I know that I would be forced to be more social than I am, and my work gets done because I'm not as social as I would be otherwise. I have no readings to go to here, and I don't teach, so I have a lot of time to dream, and to mess up.


text:
Privacy Policy
- We are the sole owners of the information (name, email, address, phone number) collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via this website, email, or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.
- We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g. to ship an order.
- Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.
- Online payments are settled through Payfort, hence, all payment information are subject to Payfort's terms and conditions, and privacy policies. payfort.com/general-conditions/


text:
Hey everyone! For the month of August I have decided to participate in a nail art challenge hosted by Bianka, @nbnailart. Bianka seems to host nail art challenges every month, also under the dedicated account @glamnailschallenge. I absolutely love the quality of the manis this girl creates, so I'm excited to participate in this latest challenge!
The first prompt for this challenge was Nautical. Luckily, I already had the perfect stamping plate from ColorClub, aptly named "Nautical" (pictured below). I hadn't yet used this plate so this was clearly the perfect opportunity.
For this mani I kept it fairly simple, in terms of technique at least. Just direct stamping, no reverse stamping or freehand.
- For this manicure, I started by applying my favourite base coat, Orly Bonder, to all of my nails.
- I painted my thumb and pinky a deep navy (Zoya Ryan).
- I used that same polish to stamp designs directly from the plate on to my pointer and ring fingers which had a white base (China Glaze White on White). As you can see, the stamped designs turned out much lighter than the painted nail with the same shade, but it was pigmented enough for stamping! I usually only use stamping polishes, but occasionally regular polishes do a good enough job too!
- For the middle finger I used a blue "holo" (doesn't necessarily appear holo on the nail) base (Zoya Dream) and stamped the scales design on top in silver (Born Pretty Store #2).
- I finished off the mani by applying the Maniology No Smudge Nail Polish Top Coat (Use code SUPERNOVA10 to save 10% off Maniology purchases (affiliate)), followed by my regular glossy top coat (Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat).
I had been actually craving a nautical mani, even before I discovered this challenge so this was perfect timing! What are you wearing on your nails right now?


text:
Mayor Andrew J. Ginther invites you to his Family Bike Ride on the new Camp Chase Trail.
Saturday, August 13 at 11 am
Hilltop YMCA, 2879 Valleyview Drive, 43204
Bring your bike and helmet and be among the first people to ride the new trail with Mayor Ginther. Also get the chance to enjoy outdoor activities, food and prizes.
The City of Columbus is proud to celebrate the nearly complete Camp Chase Trail, which runs through the Hilltop and stretches over 12 miles, from Big Darby Creek to the west side of the city. The trail will also be a key link of the Ohio to Erie Trail, spanning over 325 miles from the Ohio River to Lake Erie.


text:
"Incredibly inspiring," "an amazing human being," and "invaluable to hear him first hand," are among the words heard from participants after experiencing Patch Adams, M.D., the real man behind the hit movie starring Robin Williams. Adams is a social revolutionary who has devoted his life to changing America's healthcare system. Medical doctor, clown, man of many hats, Adams is the founder of the Gesundheit Institute, a home-based medical practice in West Virginia that has treated more than 15,000 people for free. He believes that laughter, joy and creativity are an integral part of the healing process and therefore, true health care must incorporate those aspects of life.
Whether it means putting on a red clown nose for sick children or taking a disturbed patient outside to roll down a hill with him, Adams does whatever is necessary to help heal. In his frequent lectures and performances, Adams's irrepressible energy cuts through the businesslike facade of the medical industry to address how the need for a caring relationship between doctor and patient is at the heart of true medicine.


text:
Do abandoned power stations and warehouses get your blood pumping? If so, turn to the Techno sound library. Its 4 kits and 252 loops will give you the industrial-strength basslines and assembly line rhythms you need to create your next big bangin' loop. With the Techno sound library, the terrifying, fist-pumping tones of a post-apocalyptic future are at your command.
Available via the Custom Shop and IK Online Store.
The Techno library is part of Elektronika Series.