Oh good to know!!! That would be disappointing! Thanks!
How hard is it to get a week pass to the Persian Garden if you are not in Aquaclass? It seems there are no Aquaclass left for the date I am looking at. Also, does anyone have a rough idea how much it costs for a pass for a 5 day cruise? I'm just a little nervous booking a non-Aquaclass room and then not being able to get a pass onboard as my daughter and I love spas!
Do you buy Vacation Protection?
Can you add the Carnival package AFTER the initial purchase? I had noticed it when I went through a mock booking and wasn't aware it could be added later?
It seems prices were fleet-wide when I checked - and I found wine to be a bit pricier than mixed drinks- most of the wines I ordered off the MDR menu were $10-12 a glass. I'm not sure if there were cheaper options available as I didn't ask. I remember my Grey Goose and Soda was $7.95. Cocktails were around the $10 mark as the previous poster mentioned.
As long as you get a good deal on the NCL cruise... I find they often cost more up front. Though, in the end, if you both purchase Cheers, it probably works out to be about the same. I compared two cruises relatively similar and found Carnival had the best price by a few hundred dollars if neither person was going to drink. Of course, if you purchase Cheers, both cruises ended up costing about the same.
Following for Bob Bob's answer... I always buy insurance as well, and have only had to use it once, but it was easy to get my money back. That was insurance I had gotten through Air Miles.
Lattes were just under $4 and milkshakes and smoothies were under $6. Wine was most expensive at around $10-11 a glass for the suggested wines on the menu at the MDR, and most cocktails were just under $10. Bottled water you can have delivered to your room for under $5 for 12 bottles. Water from the bar was $1.25 I believe if you run out.
Yes, directly across from the mall/Walmart.
I'm pretty sure the craft sessions were at 9am.
My personal favorites were the Epic Rock show and Lip Sync battle - the talent level of the performers stood out most in Epic Rock. The humour in the Lip Sync Battle had us in stitches. Food-wise, I really enjoyed the Indian food at Tandoor. Great butter chicken! Never a line-up, either. The MDR was great - everything I ordered was very tasty. The prime rib was exceptional! The flat iron steak was a lot better than I expected. My niece loved the salmon so much she had it every night! The martini bar by the comedy club was amazing! Try the chocolatini if you drink and like chocolate - the bartender wrote my name on mine with chocolate syrup! It was never too busy. They also made great Cosmos - that was the favourite bar for drink quality - great bartenders. Embarkation day, keeping walking and go to the back of the buffet and you will see a cake station. Behind that there are stairs to go up to the BBQ station which is also good and it's quieter up there. Have a fantastic time! I'm so glad I got to do that itinerary on the Splendor! My best cruise yet!
Can't wait to hear your impressions, those of you sailing after the dry dock!
Love to hear you had a great experience! I'm considering that itinerary next year as I'm not sure I'm a mega-ship fan - too spread out, so I don't know if the Panorama will be for me. Just do a short and sweet cruise add on a few days in Santa Monica.
We were just out of Long Beach as well on Splendor and same experience - very little wait. Extremely organized. We arrived at the port via shuttle minutes before 1:00 (the window we chose), carried on our own luggage and were dropping off our luggage in our room at 1:30. I'm sure my son had downed two plates of food in the buffet by 2:00.
I chose this ship and itinerary mostly because Long Beach would be a convenient meeting place for our group, and the price was right! We were on the Feb 2 sailing which stopped at Cabo and spent an overnight in PV. I went in knowing we were sailing on the "Pink Ship" and that decor was not its strongest suit. I found that to be true, I did not care for the decor but in no way did that negatively impact my experience as I had realistic expectations. Embarkation was very smooth. We arrived a few minutes before our assigned time and were on the boat in 15 minutes. We did not purchase FTTF and do not feel we would next time for this port/itinerary. While the ship itself is not fancy with it being a little outdated, the staff made our trip wonderful! Our group of 14 people included 3 senior citizens, 2 grade schoolers, 2 high schoolers, 2 nineteen year olds and the parents... there were activities abound for all of the age groups, even though the kids chose not to attend the kids' clubs. The cruise director Lee and his staff do a phenomenal job of hosting a wide variety of activities with much enthusiasm! The servers in the dining room worked very hard (loved Oscar and Mashudi) but did seem to be stretched thin. There were times we waited for wine and service was a bit uneven. However, I felt this was due to the heavy workload as opposed to the wait staff competence level. We all had ocean view cabins on deck 2. Our room steward Roland was very friendly, greeting us by name in the hallways. He kept our room immaculate and I'm fussy with cleaning. One thing I noticed was the easy availability of elevators. As we were on Deck 2, we took them quite often and never had to wait long for one to arrive which was nice as our seniors have knee issues. The food in the main dining room was very good every night. I never had a bad meal. We only ate in the buffet for lunch and continental breakfast (great banana bread!) and found it was ok. The lines at the Mongolian Wok were always long, though my husband tried it once and thought it was very good. We also enjoyed the Tandoor and pizza place. Everything I ate from there was tasty. I went to the Deli once and ordered a wrap which was meh, but the grilled sandwiches looked great! We did not attend the steakhouse nor make it to the brunch. I had the Cheers package and never had trouble getting a drink. And though I'm not a heavy drinker, I didn't feel it was too difficult to get my "money's worth" considering I enjoy a couple of glasses of wine with my dinner, a few other drinks around the pool or at the shows, along with many a latte. My daughter had the Bubbles package and also never had to wait long to get a soda. As I indicated above, the entertainment aboard was what made our cruise. We saw a movie, some of the musicals (Epic Rock, an 80' show and Studio VIP) a few comedy shows, the Marriage Show and did a trivia event. The talent level of the performers was decent. It was always an enjoyable way to spend an hour. Shout out to the solo guitarist Paul from Canada!!!! He knew all of our favorite songs... The little kids did the Build a Bear and loved their new friends. My daughter bought some perfume and Pandora jewelry in the Fun Shops and chatted with a friendly associate from Argentina (can't remember her name!). I lost a few dollars in the casino :) This cruise stopped at Cabo and Puerto Vallarta. In Cabo, we rented a yacht through Lands End Charters as Carnival didn't have a similar excursion for 14. I was worried about getting off the boat in time as we didn't get the earliest tender tickets but they were running ahead of schedule and we made it in plenty of time. Again, I dont feel we missed out not having FTTF. Our excursion turned out to be wonderful! Wonderful food, lots of drinks! For four hours, we watched whales, did a coastal tour and stopped to snorkel a bit. I would definitely recommend this company. In PV, we just took a taxi to town and went to Mango's Beach Club. We had planned on going to one of the "Monkeys" but gathering our group is like herding feral cats (also missed the cruise critic meet up due to this lol), so we didn't venture away once we had all found each other. The second day, I had wanted to check out the grocery section of Walmart for vanilla and hot sauce, and my daughter picked up some souvenirs at the little shop just at the port as we were finding it too hot to walk far (we're from Canada not used to heat). This was our first Carnival cruise having sailed NCL and Royal, and I would definitely choose Carnival again! It was the most fun cruise we have been on. I feel they offer great value for our vacation dollar, which, being Canadian - trading under 75 cents most days :( - says a lot, lol!!! Any questions, fire away!


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The Small Business Development Center is the U.S. Small Business Administration's largest service program and provides high quality business & economic development assistance to small businesses & entrepreneurs. Their no- and low-cost services help with business planning, sales and marketing, loan advice, management and operations, web and e-commerce strategy and more. Several workshops are held each month in our area free of charge. SBDC Los Angeles is located at 4900 E. Conant Street, Building 02, Suite 108, Long Beach. Visit www.longbeachsbdc.org or call 562-938-5010.
Brazilian Top Team is a traditional Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy, whose head instructor, Professor Marcelo Perdomo, is a Fourth Degree Black Belt with over 30 years experience in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts. Classes are held daily at Brazilian Top Team's 6000+ square foot training facility at 2686 Dawson Avenue. Adult, children, and even Mommy & Me classes are available. Visit http://www.bttlongbeach.com or call 562-331-0138 for class times and more information.
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By: Nicole D'Andria | Comic News | April 10, 2013
MonkeyBrain began as a digital-first comic book publisher back in 2012 that was liked by readers and critics alike. They released creator-owned comics on the comiXology platform, which is the most popular digital comics website. However, if you don't want to get MonkeyBrain comics for your phone, tablet, digital reader or computer this summer of 2013 you will no longer have to worry – because some of MonkeyBrain's comics are making the jump to print! Chris Roberson and Dennis Culver's Edison Rex is a series about the world's greatest villain who finally defeats the world's greatest hero and has to decide what to do with his life afterwards (Megamind anyone?). A collection of the series will be published in June by IDW. In July writer Joshua Williamson and artist Mike Henderson's Masks & Mobsters series will be published by Shadowline (who I forgot existed) and Image Comics. Masks & Mobsters is a noir anthology series set back in the era of the Depression and looks at how the mob is affected when masked vigilantes begin to surface. After Mask & Mobsters, writers Adam P. Knave and D.J. Kirkbride and artist Nick Brokenshire's Amelia Cole and the Unknown World hits the stands in August. This series is about a young woman (the titular Amelia Cole) who is living in two worlds, one our mundane reality, the other a magical land. Unfortunately for Cole, she gets stuck in a third world: one where magic and the mundane are having trouble coexisting with each other. One of the MonkeyBrain creators, Allison Baker, commented about MonkeyBrain's jump to print: "Print collections have been a main goal from the beginning and it's really exciting to see such a major piece of the plan fall into place... especially since it means even more people get to discover the amazing work of our creators!" Unfortunately, the only book I've yet to read from MonkeyBrain was Bandette and I don't see that on the list of their digital comics coming to print, but I hope the colorful comic about a thief in the beautiful city of Paris will soon follow the rest of MonkeyBrain's print books... and has hopefully improved since the last time I read it. But in the mean time, fans of Edison Rex, Masks & Mobsters and Amelia Cole and the Unknown World can finally enjoy these titles in print and I can see a lot of new readers to MonkeyBrain (and comics in general) getting invested, thanks to the new print format. But, only time will tell. What I'm surprised by is how these MonkeyBrain titles are being published by other companies. Why not publish them under MonkeyBrain? They have their fans. I think they could survive being published by their digital counterparts. But I guess it is another good opportunity to get more fans from other companies into the series. Hopefully this all adds up for MonkeyBrain in the end. Look for the print versions of these titles in the summer of 2013. Other collections are still to be announced. Hopefully these will include the cute little Parisian thief Bandette.
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Jane's Story: Treating Bipolar Depression With Electroconvulsive Therapy
Written on February 26, 2018 . Posted in Blog.
Countless Hollywood productions have depicted Electroconvulsive Therapy, or ECT, as a dangerous procedure. These inaccurate depictions have worked to build a culture of fear around what used to be called "shock treatments." In reality, ECT has come a long way since it was introduced in the 1930s.
What is ECT?
St. Clair Hospital's own Dr. Kenneth von der Porten, M.D., Ph.D argues that ECT is one of the best forms of treatment for depression, especially for patients who are resistant to medication. ECT induces a brief, controlled seizure. It can be used to treat Parkinson's Disease, psychosis, depression, and more. ECT can also be used to break up status epilepticus, a dangerous type of prolonged seizure.
Jane's Bipolar Depression and ECT
Jane began receiving ECT treatments for her bipolar depression at St. Clair Hospital after a recommendation from her psychiatrist, Bruce A. Wright, M.D. He recommended ECT because bipolar depression is much harder to treat because patients experience episodes of mania.
Jane admitted she was skeptical at first. "It was a hard decision, and I was initially scared," she recalled. "My husband is very supportive, and he encouraged me to try it. Over the years, the procedure has changed, and it's easier now. It was a much bigger deal 20 years ago; now it's routine."
At the time of ECT's inception, there were no effective psychotropic medications, and it eventually fell out of favor when Thorazine was introduced in the 1950s and 60s. Since then, it's been modified dramatically to provide maximum benefits with minimal side effects.
At St. Clair Hospital, doctors will determine beforehand whether each individual patient will benefit from the procedure and assess any additional medical risks. Patients will have an opportunity to watch a short video about ECT, as well as speak with past patients in the Outpatient Surgery Department.
Conducted in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit, or the PACU, an intravenous line is inserted and electrodes are placed on the scalp to transfer the electric current. Vital sign monitors are applied, and the patient receives general anesthesia and a muscle relaxant.
Throughout the entire procedure, an Electroencephalogram (EEC) records and monitors the induced seizure, which the patient cannot feel. It lasts anywhere between 20-60 seconds. Following the procedure, the patient is transferred to the Recovery Room where they will wake approximately 5-10 minutes later.
Jane continues to receive ECT treatments on a monthly basis and is now an advocate for those considering it. "If your doctor recommends ECT, you should definitely give it a try, especially if your meds aren't working well," she said.
Side effects can include grogginess, mild muscle pain, and headache. Of her experiences, Jane said, "I get a slight headache and I'm sleepy for a while after treatment, but that's all." She also experienced slight memory loss at first, but her doctors were able to adjust her treatments and that issue was quickly resolved.
"Mental illness is just another illness–you manage it like any chronic illness," Jane said. "St. Clair has given me many resources to do that; the whole program is well thought out. For me, St. Clair has been wonderful."
This story is an edited version of a full report published in our Winter 2018 edition of HouseCall. If you want to read the full write-up — which includes more information — you can visit the St.Clair website and download a copy of our Winter 2018 HouseCall here.
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Marianne Martin, geborene Kuhn, (* 14. Mai 1935 in Chemnitz) ist eine deutsche Mundartsprecherin, Heimatdichterin und Fernsehmoderatorin, die überwiegend in erzgebirgischer Mundart schreibt und moderiert.

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Martin wurde in Chemnitz geboren, verzog jedoch bereits ein Jahr später mit ihren Eltern nach Thalheim, wo sie bis heute lebt.

Während ihrer Ausbildung zur Feinstrumpffacharbeiterin stand sie im Feinstrumpfwerk 3 Tannen erstmals in einem Estradenprogramm zur Gründung der DDR am 7. Oktober 1949 auf einer Bühne. In der Folge gründete sie das Ensemble 3 Tannen Thalheim, in dem bis zu 75 Mitglieder mitwirkten. Nach dessen Auflösung 1961 war sie in der Erzgebirgsgruppe Thalheim, bis sich die Gruppe 1988 auflöste.

Weitere berufliche Stationen waren die Betreuung der Kaffeeküche im Feinstrumpfwerk 3 Tannen, eine Außendiensttätigkeit in der Staatlichen Versicherung der DDR sowie die Seniorenbetreuung im VEB KSG Gornsdorf. In den 1980ern übernahm sie die Leitung des Thalheimer Seniorenklubs der Volkssolidarität.

Von 1984 bis 1990 war sie jährlich am Heiligabend in der von Heinz Quermann produzierten DDR-Fernsehsendung Ihr Leitle freit eich alle als Moderatorin zu erleben. Von 1992 bis 2020 moderierte sie die Sendung So klingt's bei uns im Arzgebirg, in der im Mitteldeutschen Rundfunk das Erzgebirge und seine Heimatgruppen im Wandel der Jahreszeiten vorgestellt wurden. Am Heiligabend 2020 erklärte sie dem Fernsehpublikum altersbedingt ihren Abschied von der Sendung.

Am 15. November 2005 erhielt sie für ihr "außergewöhnliches kulturelles und bürgerschaftliches Engagement für die Region Erzgebirge" das Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse des Verdienstordens verliehen. Am 14. Mai 2010 wurde Martin vom Landrat des Erzgebirgskreises, Frank Vogel, zu einer Botschafterin des Erzgebirges ernannt.

Martin ist katholisch und seit 1955 verheiratet.

Schriften
 In Sunneschei liegt unner Land – Lieder und Gedichte aus dem Erzgebirge. H&F-Verlag, Scheibenberg 2001, ISBN 3-933625-43-2
 Hans Joachim Schramm: Mit Marianne Martin durchs Zwönitztal – Geschichten aus dem Erzgebirge. Projekte-Verlag, Halle 2007, ISBN 3-866343-10-8

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Fresno State's big winners for (eventual) endorsements? It might surprise you.
As Fresno State and the NCAA make moves to enter the world of student-athlete endorsements, two figures on campus stand to benefit the most come fall 2021.
As Fresno State enters the world of student-athlete endorsements, two figures on campus stand to benefit the most come fall 2021: the Cavinder twins.
Haley and Hanna Cavinder burst onto the scene as freshmen last year for the Fresno State women's basketball team that won the regular season Mountain West title.
On Thursday, Fresno State announced a partnership with sports technology company Opendorse.
With their strong social media presence, the Cavinders likely stand to benefit the most from the eventual changes to name, image and likeness (or NIL) rights.
The NCAA currently does not allow student-athletes to sign endorsement deals, but those rules are likely to change, starting this time next year, meaning athletes will be able to monetize their NIL rights.
Opendorse CEO Blake Lawrence, a former linebacker at Nebraska, founded the sports technology company in 2012 along with former teammate Adi Kunalic. Since then, the pair have grown the company and have worked with over 15,000 athletes in all of the major professional leagues to maximize their endorsement value.
Although Opendorse has partnered with over 100 schools across the nation, Fresno State is the first college in California to sign on.
Fresno State is joining Opendorse's Ready program, a program that will provide the Bulldogs a step-by-step solution for all student-athletes to capitalize on their NIL rights once the rules inevitably change.
So what type of star power does Fresno State currently have on campus with the Cavinder twins in the upcoming age of NIL endorsements?
"I think that the Cavinder twins and their online presence is eye opening to say the least," Lawrence told The Sun. "For anybody in the Mountain West to look at two young student-athletes that have bonafide name, image and likeness rights value, that if the rules were different, would be able to generate six-figures a year in revenue simply from serving as influencers in social and digital media campaigns."
Opendorse compiled estimations based on the Cavinders' social media presence. The company projects that the Cavinders could earn a combined $167,000 annually with their current online following.
To break it down, both sisters each have 2,300 followers on Twitter, and can earn $21 a post based on Opendorse's estimations. The twins both have over 100,000 followers on Instagram, which Opendorse values at over $3,500 per post.
Their combined Youtube account, with 25,500 subscribers, would bring in $1,090 in monthly
revenue. The Cavinders' combined TikTok account, with 655,600 followers, is the most valuable at $7,884 per post.
To show just how high profile the Cavinders have become, Lawrence compared them to incoming UConn freshman Paige Bueckers, the nation's No. 1 women's basketball recruit who is playing for one of the most successful women's basketball programs in the nation.
Lawrence said Bueckers can earn around $335,000 annually, based on Opendorse's estimations.
"You're talking about Connecticut women's basketball, one of the most storied programs and highly recruited prospects in women's basketball history, and the Cavinder twins at Fresno State are on pace to compete with somebody on that in terms of earning potential," Lawrence said.
While the Cavinder twins are at the top of the Fresno State market, every single student-athlete will learn how to monetize their NIL rights.
Opendorse will provide an analysis for all 500-plus student-athletes on campus to determine what their current value is, Lawrence said. The goal over the next calendar year – up until when the rules are expected to change – is to educate every athlete about monetizing their rights.
"This is what we do with more athletes than I think anyone on the planet, which is providing an assessment to every student-athlete, one-by-one to understand – whether you're the Cavinder twins who have clear value in the name, image and likeness area to a walk-on freshman no matter the sport program that will have to work hard to grow their NIL value," Lawrence said.
"We're providing education to the entire spectrum of student-athletes on campus, and then providing a blueprint for them to grow that value between now and the time that the NIL compensation is allowed."
Another side of education comes with the administration and coaches complying with the rules that the NCAA sets for monetizing NIL rights. Lawrence said part of the focus over the next year will be to work with those groups to ensure everyone understands how to work the market and stay within the rules.
Ultimately, Fresno State can use this as a recruiting tool since no other schools in the state have signed on for NIL support.
"The fact that Fresno State is moving this quickly on it says a lot about the leadership team over there, that they want to be the first school in California to have a solution like this," Lawrence said. "They won't be the last, but being first means a lot in terms of the recruiting conversations they're able to have today that they weren't able to have last week because they have an actual NIL solution."
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Cuomo moves ahead with plan to let fans attend Bills playoff game
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ALBANY — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is moving ahead with a plan to let a limited number of fans attend the Buffalo Bills' home playoff game on the weekend of Jan. 9.
Outside of some protests, the game — where attendance will be capped at 6,700 people in a stadium that seats more than 70,000 — will be the largest legal mass gathering in New York State since last March.
The Bills recently clinched first place in the AFC's East division, the first time a New York-based NFL team has won a division since 1995. They defeated their longtime nemesis, the New England Patriots, 38-9, on Monday night.
The governor has portrayed the game as a test of how state government might take larger steps toward reopening the economy as it waits for the number of vaccinations to hit a critical mass.
"We can't take six months, nine months, 12 months, more of a close-down," Cuomo said during a briefing on Wednesday. "We can't take the economic cost, we can't take the psychological cost, we can't take the emotional cost."
How it will work: The state's plan is similar to one that Cuomo floated a week ago.
Fans will be seated with some distance between them and other groups of attendees. Tailgating will be banned and masks required. Attendees will need to take a Covid test before attending, and will be subject to contact tracing afterwards.
They'll be charged $63 for these tests, according to a release from the Bills. Fans will need to show the results of these tests before being allowed into the stadium.
"It's not about a football game as much as it is 'how do you reopen the economy,' and that is a question that concerns everyone," Cuomo said.
It's obviously quite a bit safer to allow an event in a mostly empty outdoor stadium than at most venues. But the game will be seen as a test for how feasible it might be to administer large-scale rapid testing.
"I don't see a key to the door beyond this key. Really the only key you have is rapid testing. So we will be aggressive in exploring it, and that's what we're doing now," the governor said. "If it works there, could you do Madison Square Garden? Could you do a theater on Broadway, could you do a certain capacity in a restaurant so restaurants can reopen safely? That is the road we are looking at."
And Cuomo, it seems, will be conducting an on-the-ground analysis of how this pilot goes: "I'm going to take my test, I'm going to be out there to watch the game with you," he said.
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How to get your own Christmas tree from a craft store
Craft store craft stores are all over the country these days.
Many of them are owned by small businesses and are known for their handmade craft items.
But the craft aisle at your local craft store may be filled with more than just craft products.
There are some big Christmas trees being sold at craft stores.
Many are made of paper, and some are made from recycled paper.
It's a new trend, and the craft store owners have started to embrace it.
"We're seeing it," said Maryann O'Connor, a co-owner of the Kinsale Crafts in Minnesota.
"People are asking for it.
They're finding ways to use it."
A craft store craft store is located in a large, brightly lit room, with colorful lights that flash on and off to keep the spirits of Christmas at bay.
It may look like the typical Christmas tree, but it's actually a large and beautiful one.
KinsaleCrafts sells Christmas trees for $7 to $12, and it has an array of Christmas crafts you can make.
O'Leary is an artist, and her work has been seen on a number of Christmas specials around the country.
Some of the Christmas crafts are so creative that they could be called art.
Here are a few of the more unusual ones.
A Christmas tree with a candle attached to it.
The paper craft can be a Christmas tree that's wrapped in paper and decorated with lights.
It can be done with a variety of materials, from a plastic sheet to metal.
O'Leary said she got the idea to make a tree for a family that had an elderly relative who was ill.
"It's a way to help people who are suffering," O'Brien said.
"There's no other way you can help people in a way that's festive."
In her shop, the paper crafts are handmade with scraps from the tree, as well as a variety, of traditional Christmas decorations, including a miniature Santa Claus and a miniature Rudolph.
O'tsley said she sells about a dozen of these crafts every year.
The Kinsales, a family-owned and operated craft store in Kinsaleb, Minnesota, said it started doing these Christmas tree decorations about five years ago.
"My sister-in-law, she's a big fan of craft," O'tley said.
O'tsly said it took a few years before the family started receiving requests from people for these Christmas decorations.
She said she started selling them through her store on Christmas Eve.
"A lot of people want to make something out of these paper Christmas trees," O&A said.
The company has about 10 branches in the U.S. and Canada.
In 2015, O&Ahlin said, they started to see more requests for paper crafts in the craft section.
"You get people that are just so into craft and wanting to do something with it," Oahlin said.
One Christmas tree can cost $4 to $7 depending on the size of the tree.
O&Awlin said she has seen a lot of different requests.
"There's one person who wants a $5 paper craft," she said.
The person who bought it had to make it herself, and that person said the item was so beautiful that they were excited to give it a try.
O&Awlins handmade tree is a beautiful one, O'Awlin told ABC News.
The decorations were handmade from recycled newspaper from the grocery store, so it has a lot more than the traditional Christmas tree.
A small paper craft for a baby.
One of the most interesting and unique of the paper craft items is a paper craft with a tiny hole cut out in the back for a miniature Christmas tree to sit in.
The tiny hole is decorated with a string, which makes the tree a little more comfortable to sit on.
"The idea is to take a little bit of paper and paint it on and then take a piece of string and string it all the way around," Oohlin said of her craft.
"It's just so beautiful."
It can be quite the effort for someone to make this little craft, but O&Ansley hopes it will inspire people to get creative with the craft.
"I think it's really important to share that the world has got a lot in common," O'daly said.
"One thing I think about Christmas is I think there's a lot to celebrate," O &Awlin added.
"The world is a big place, and we have to be thankful that we live in a world that we can all have fun and share with each other."
O&Ahlins daughter, Emma, is a fourth grader at the Kansale School of Arts and Sciences in Kansali, Minnesota.
She is a major in art history, and she said she hopes her crafts will help bring people together.
"Christmas is so very special and so wonderful," O Alin said in a video posted
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13 Stunning Birds with Mohawks [A Sight to Behold]
Birds with Mohawks are some of the fascinating creatures on the planet, and many are surprisingly easy to find in nature.
In the list below, you'll explore 13 lovely birds with stunning mohawks and maybe discover some of nature's most eye-catching creatures you've never heard of before!
Birds with Mohawks including:
Eurasian Hoopoe
Western Crowned Pigeon
Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Bare-faced Go Away Bird
Royal Flycatcher
Dalmatian Pelican
Palm Cockatoo
Great Curassow
Grey Crowned Crane
1 1. Eurasian Hoopoe
2 2. Pileated Woodpecker
3 3. Western Crowned Pigeon
4 4. Victoria Crowned Pigeon
5 5. Bare-faced Go Away Bird
6 6. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
7 7. Royal Flycatcher
8 8. Dalmatian Pelican
9 9. Palm Cockatoo
10 10. Golden Pheasant
11 11. Great Curassow
12 12. Grey Crowned Crane
13 13. Northern Cardinal
1. Eurasian Hoopoe
The Eurasian Hoopoe is a medium-sized bird that lives in dry, open habitats throughout America, Asia, and Africa.
The hoopoe's diet includes earthworms, insects, seeds, and berries. It uses its stout bill to probe into crevices for prey, catch insects on its wing, or take them from spider webs.
The female plumage is duller with less radiance than the male's, and it looks browner overall because the black markings on her head, wings, neck, and back are paler.
They use their mohawk to scare off predators by suddenly inflating their crest feathers, making them look three times larger than they are.
They use their long bills to probe deep into cracks and crevices, looking for food.
The hoopoe cleans its feathers by preening, which helps straighten them out and keep them watertight.
2. Pileated Woodpecker
The Pileated Woodpecker is the largest woodpecker species in North America. They often prefer deciduous forests, avoiding heavily forested areas like boreal forests or rainforests.
The distinctive flamming-red crest on the back of their head and red mohawk adornment atop their head makes them easy to spot. It's one of the birds with a red mohawk.
The pileated woodpecker uses its long beak to hammer (peck) holes into rotting wood to search for bugs.
They feed on insects, larvae, earthworms, and other invertebrates; they also feed on acorns, beechnuts, chestnuts, corn kernels, hickory nuts, pecans, and walnuts.
Pileated has a long downy body plumage that helps keep them warm during colder months; they also roost together to share body heat while feeding.
They're monogamous, meaning they form pair bonds between mates during breeding, and both parents help care for their offspring.
They have an excellent sense of smell that allows them to find insect larvae hiding in trees and logs.
3. Western Crowned Pigeon
The Western crowned pigeon, crowned blue pigeon, or Goura Cristata in the Columbidae family, is a rare blue bird with a mohawk.
Though not endangered, there's a massive decrease in their population.
It's a large, blue-grey bird with blue lacy crests on its head and dark blue streaks on the feathers around its eyes. Both sexes look alike, but males are often larger than females.
These creatures are omnivores meaning they eat both plants and animals. Their diet includes seeds, flowers, fruits, insects, mollusks, crustaceans, worms, and snails.
They spend most of their time foraging for food rather than eating what's readily available. Foraging allows the bird to find more food sources and stay healthy!
When threatened, it will shake its head back and forth, making its crown flutter.
Male Western crowned pigeons try to attract females by performing elaborate courtship rituals such as head bobbing and strutting.
The males also build large nests so that females will nest there with him.
4. Victoria Crowned Pigeon
The Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria) is a large, long-tailed pigeon with a mohawk that ranges across the forests of New Guinea.
This species is found in lowland and montane forests, including wet sclerophyll forests, mangroves, swamps, and nests high up in trees. It feeds on seeds, fruit, and leaves.
This pigeon has elegant blue lace-like crests, red irises, and a maroon breast. The male's striking head patterning is one of this species' most distinctive features.
The Victoria Crowned Pigeons are monogamous, living in pairs throughout their lifetime, which lasts over twenty years or longer in captivity.
Unlike other pigeons, they are not very competitive over food sources and tolerate each other when feeding close together at times of scarcity.
A couple uses various nesting sites, which they defend aggressively against other pairs or single birds intruding into their territory.
5. Bare-faced Go Away Bird
The bare-faced go-away-bird is a large bird species in the family Musophagidae native to the eastern Afrotropics. It's named for its exceptional and extraordinarily bare black face.
You can find it throughout Africa, but due to habitat loss and overhunting, it's now only locally common in southern Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe.
Its diet consists mainly of fruits, leaves, flowers, seeds, insects, and other invertebrates.
It nests on the ground or low tree branches, laying two eggs at a time and incubating them by day while both parents feed at night.
They're aggressive birds, attacking other animals and humans who come too close to their nests.
They're monogamous breeders that don't migrate.
In traditional folklore, it was considered an omen of death. The myth says if you see or hear this bird cry at dawn, someone you know will soon die before sunset.
Other traditional mythologies believe that when you see this bird, you must say "Go away!" three times to make your wish come true.
6. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
The Sulphur-crested cockatoo is a medium-sized parrot with a mohawk that inhabits the tropical rainforests of Northern Australia and New Guinea.
They're named for their sulfur-colored crest, resembling a mohawk haircut. You can find them in woodlands, rainforests, bamboo forests, and moist lowlands or urban areas.
In addition to its unique appearance, the Sulphur-crested cockatoo is also known for its quirky personality, making it one of the more popular birds in captivity.
The bird feeds mainly on chia seeds, nuts, fruit, buds, and various berries. They don't drink water as they get most of what they need from their food.
They use their powerful beaks to cut up large pieces of fruit into manageable chunks they can swallow easily and crack nuts open to get to the kernel inside.
These birds are brilliant and can dance to music and solve simple puzzles.
Because of their intelligence and long lives, they're popular animals in the pet trade; they require a lot of training and work.
7. Royal Flycatcher
The Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus Coronatus) is a small bird with a mohawk in the family Tyrannidae. It's found in South and North America, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forests.
Royal flycatchers are primarily brown with long bills, rufous tails, and marvelous crests (red in the males and paler in the females). These crests are spotted in black and blue.
Their diet includes seeds, plants, and insects such as crickets, termites, mealworms, and beetles.
A Royal Flycatcher builds a large nest on branches near water that hangs over the water, making it difficult for predators to reach it.
These birds come from four species: Amazonian Royal Flycatcher, Northern Royal Flycatcher, Pacific Royal Flycatcher, and Atlantic Royal Flycatcher.
After mating, the female builds a deep pouch into the bark of a tree or epiphytic plant, where she lays her eggs, and the male will feed her during the incubation period.
8. Dalmatian Pelican
The Dalmatian Pelican is a white bird with a mohawk and one of the world's most popular birds with the largest wingspan.
They live in wetlands throughout Central Asia, the Middle East, and Southern Europe. When migrating to and from breeding grounds, you can often spot them flying in groups.
They eat mainly fish but will also eat small mammals, reptiles, crustaceans, invertebrates, and insects.
These birds can be aggressive, especially when defending their nests or young ones.
They have a stout body, long neck, and head and waddle when they walk on land.
They're not afraid of humans, so it's common to see them swimming up close to boats or swimmers.
Dalmatians can dive deep underwater at an incredible speed to catch their prey.
9. Palm Cockatoo
The Palm Cockatoo is a black bird with a mohawk that lives in the rainforests and lowland forests of Australia, Tasmania, and Indonesia. They're part of the Cacatuidae family.
The Palm Cockatoo is the largest cockatoo species, with a sizeable black mohawk and red patches on its cheeks. They also have a giant beak among all parrots.
Its aboriginal diet consists of stringy eucalyptus tree bark, palm fruit, tree seeds, and Java almond (nuts from the Kanari tree).
Male Palm Cockatoos are famous for their drumming displays, where they use a carefully chosen branch as a 'drum stick' and tap it on a hollow tree branch.
They make a wide range of vocal sounds, including squawking, whistling, clicking, and chirping.
Like other parrots, Palm Cockatoos are fun birds, love attention, and are known to mimic human speech and play around.
10. Golden Pheasant
The Golden Pheasant, also known as Rainbow or Chinese Pheasant, is a medium-sized bird, typically about 35 to 40 inches long.
Its most recognizable feature is the colorful body plumage of gold, green, blue, brown, white, and purple with a yellow crest on its head, creating an impressive mohawk ridge.
It's native to China, but wild populations now live throughout North and South America, Europe, and Australasia.
Golden Pheasants mainly eat grain and seeds found on the ground. They will occasionally eat insects such as beetles, crickets, grasshoppers, weevils, and bugs.
The male displays his brilliant colors while strutting around to attract females for mating purposes. They may even make clicking noises while they do this.
Golden Pheasant can fly up to 60 mph when threatened or defending themselves. Their average flying speed when cruising is about 38 to 48 mph.
Pheasants are often hunted for sport because their feathers were used to adorn hats during the Victorian era.
In today's world, most bird lovers like to keep Golden Pheasants as pets because they trust humans and are easy to take care of.
11. Great Curassow
The Great Curassow is a large, black-feathered bird with a mohawk found in northern Mexico, Colombia, and southern Ecuador.
It's a member of the Galliformes family (ground-feeding birds), including chickens, quails, and turkeys.
It has a long curvy beak, bright red wattles and comb, and a distinctive black crest atop its head.
You'll typically find Great Curassow living in groups in rainforest habitats and sometimes in dryer habitats.
These birds are primarily herbivores, eating plants and fruits they find on the ground. They eat insects, seeds, small rodents, eggs, worms, snails, and fruits such as figs.
A male's plumage typically consists of mostly black feathers with a white belly, but female plumages vary.
The male's comb and wattles are brighter, larger, and more curved than the female's.
They're shy creatures, limiting their habitat to places they feel safe and comfortable, like protected habitats or remote forests.
12. Grey Crowned Crane
The Grey Crowned Crane or Golden Crested Crane, African Crested Crane, or Kavirondo Crane is a graceful bird inhabiting the arid savannahs of eastern and southern Africa.
This tall, slender crane has elegant long legs, a large head, and a long neck. The crown on the head is dark brown to black with paler wattles.
These fantastic birds consume seeds, frogs, grains, insects, snakes, and fish as they're omnivores.
The Grey Crowned Cranes are classified as endangered by the IUCN due to habitat destruction; it is estimated that 58,000 and 77,000 birds are left in the wild.
During mating, males partake in multiple decorated courtship displays, including jumping, leaping, and bowing.
They're found alone or in pairs during the breeding season but form flocks during migration.
They feed their young using both beak and feet – holding food in the bill until it can be passed over to the chick.
13. Northern Cardinal
The Northern Cardinal is a North American songbird that looks like a cardinal. It's easily recognized by its distinctive crest, which can be raised and lowered.
This small bird with a mohawk mainly inhabits woodlands, thickets, orchards, yards, and suburban areas such as parks and gardens.
The cardinal feeds on seeds, corn, insects, and fruit, including crabapples, cherries, persimmons, rosehips, raspberries, strawberries, and sumac berries.
The male typically has a more elaborate crest than the female, which may display brownish coloration or other variations from the typical deep red.
Cardinals are shy creatures that prefer to nest in more secluded parts of the forest. They like quiet areas with dense foliage like plenty of thickets and shrubbery.
During the breeding season, a Northern Cardinal might attack its own reflection, thinking it's a competitor.
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WALTHAM, Mass. — May 25, 2010 — Brainshark, Inc., the leader in on-demand multimedia for business, today announced that CEO Joe Gustafson is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 Award for the New England region. A seasoned entrepreneur with extensive experience in the IT and technology-based training industries, Gustafson founded Brainshark in 1999 to dramatically improve the way businesses and businesspeople communicate.
According to Ernst & Young LLP, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Gustafson was selected as a finalist from nearly 80 nominations by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on June 24, 2010, at the Boston Renaissance Waterfront Hotel.
"Entrepreneurship is especially vital as our nation recovers from recession," said Kristin Keating, Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year Program Chair for New England. "These finalists create jobs in our area, encouraging healthy growth, development and innovation in the local economy."
Under Gustafson's leadership, Brainshark has averaged a 31% year-over-year growth rate throughout the last decade – doubling its profits last year – and is growing its headcount by more than 1/3 throughout 2010. Companies use Brainshark's award-winning platform to create, share and track the impact of voice-enriched, multimedia presentations. With one Brainshark presentation viewed every 3.5 seconds in locations across the world, companies use Brainshark to improve the reach and results of their communications – reducing the costs associated with travel, print and Web conferencing by up to 90%. This past year, Brainshark launched a free site, myBrainshark.com, which allows individuals to use Brainshark's technology at no cost to create powerful, voice-enriched presentations that are instantly available online.
"It's a great honor to be recognized by Ernst & Young as a finalist for this year's Entrepreneur Of The Year Award," Gustafson said. "This acknowledgment also celebrates the success of the talented and devoted team at Brainshark, where we are committed to providing solutions that let anyone quickly and cost-effectively create high-impact multimedia. We look forward to continuing to execute on that commitment and foster customer success."
The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program celebrates its 24th anniversary this year. The program has expanded to recognize business leaders in over 135 cities in 50 countries throughout the world. Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year national program. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California on November 13, 2010. The awards are the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum, the nation's most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.
Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year awards are pleased to have the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and SAP America as national sponsors. In New England sponsors include Boston Magazine, J. Robert Scott, Marsh, Nixon Peabody LLP, Accounting Management Solutions, Bowne and Regan Communications Group.


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Two US senators have asked the nation's Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to take another look at Google's location harvesting.
Democrat Senators Richard Blumenthal and Edward Markey fired off their request-that-can't-be-ignored (PDF) late last week, asking the FTC to "open an investigation into the potential deceptive acts and practices used by Google to track and commoditize American consumers".
The core of the issue is whether people who say "yes" to the location history feature in Android realise that their locations can be gathered even when Location Services are off. That's because the GPS is only the most accurate source of location data – if a Wi-Fi hotspot is known to Google, for example, then logging into it will give the company a fairly accurate location for a device.
In the letter, the senators say "we have significant reservations about Google's failure to clearly account for how location data is collected and used by the company".
Google had already replied to a previous request for this information in response to a December 2017 letter from the pair, but they remain dissatisfied, because while Google claimed all services are "opt-in", they suspect users' choice is too easily forced.
They believe users might also be unaware that with Bluetooth turned on, location data (including movement) is gathered from beacons, where these are in use.
The letter also plucks out the kind of detail that would only be known to the most dedicated reader of terms-of-service – that Google makes demographic inferences from location data (it's nearly 700 words into this policy document).
"Most consumers do not understand the level, granularity, and reach of Google's data collection", the letter said, "and there are serious questions about whether they have provided their informed consent and maintain a reasonable ability to avoid participating in this collection".
Coincidentally, a few days after the senators penned their letter, it emerged that Oracle had briefed Australia's competition regulator about Google's data-acquisition activities, complete with claims that Android devices send improbably large quantities of data home to Google each month.
Oracle has become an improbable defender of location privacy: during its long, long legal battle with Google over the rights to Java code, Big Red was named by security researcher Ashkan Soltani as the source of the Quartz report that first attracted senators Blumenthal's and Markey's attention.
At the time, Oracle joined Google and Quartz in a deafening no-comment, leaving the question of Quartz's source open.


Pete Kolozsy was born into the circus world as the youngest son of a family of Hungarian acrobats.
Circa ' 67 the family started exploring the carnival side of show business and that was where Pete found his calling.
Free act or just shilling the Insurance Pitch on Speedy's Motordrome for fun.
" Well, he's looking at it. I want to see it ,too! "
Pete is a full time pro showman.
He still tours the country every summer with his unbelievably strange attractions.
If you see something advertised at a fair some day that you just can't believe is real, but when you buy your ticket, you find out it is not only real but alive and true...Odds are that you've just seen one of Pete's shows.
"Little Egypt and The 'Oachin Monkey"
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Research Proposal Based On Ict Facilities Provision In Tunduru District Schools, Ruvuma Region
HomeResearch Proposal Based On Ict Facilities Provision In Tunduru District Schools, Ruvuma Region
The education system and structure of Bangladesh has three major phases-major, secondary and higher educations. Upper secondary schooling is meant for pupils aged 14 to 19 years and includes: classical and scientific (classical kind) colleges; and inventive; technical and vocational faculties. At the end of upper secondary faculty, pupils take the examination for the higher secondary college leaving certificates (Maturità). In 1995, the ratio of higher secondary basic schooling graduates to the inhabitants on the typical age of commencement was 25:one hundred (OECD, 1997). More coherent programmes ('profiles') can be introduced in HAVO and VWO education.
Of those taking the examination (roughly 65 per cent of all those that entered submit-compulsory education) there is a ninety eight per cent go price (Croce, 1997). The regulation on obligatory schooling makes attendance obligatory for all youngsters from 6 to 16 years of age (10 years). Once upper secondary faculty has been accomplished, pupils are awarded a leaving certificates.
At the tip of the third year of obligatory secondary education pupils take the examination of the lower secondary school leaving certificates (Diploma di Licenza Media) which is important for entrance to higher secondary faculties. In 1995, the ratio of upper secondary general education graduates to the population on the typical age of graduation was 51:one hundred (OECD, 1997). Examinations are taken in particular person subjects and there are programmes for every subject, decided by the Ministry of Education. Candidates take examinations in all the topics studied during their remaining year in the secondary school.
The Grundskola includes major and decrease secondary training and lasts from 7 to sixteen years (year 1 is age 7 years). The higher secondary certificates are ratified by an 'homologation committee' which ensures that faculties adjust to laws on the organisation of research. The marks are used as one of the more necessary criteria for selecting the area of research in upper secondary faculty. The Junior Certificate Examination is taken at the end of the third year of second-degree training (age 15 years).
In upper secondary academic education, programmes in all three classes of faculty (Gymnasium, Realgymnasium and Wirtschaftskundliches Realgymnasium) are constructed across the same basic curriculum however a level of specialisation is introduced in every one by the time allocated to subjects and the selection of elective or different topics. Pupils in compulsory secondary training (11 to sixteen) are taught subjects from a number of areas of research; amongst them are: English, mathematics, science and know-how and language studies.
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Our friend Buddy has been rebuilding his health and his bike the All American Way! We are glad to hear the great news of Buddy`s recovery. Please do not take it from us. Check out what Buddy had to say below!
"I got the bike put back together, finally put the front brake mount and caliper on yesterday. I had to custom make a bracket for the caliper since they don't make one for my bike.
It turns out the hospital I initially went to missed two fractures in my ankle and after working a couple of weeks and them not getting better I went to an orthopedist. I had severely bruised my Tallis (the bone that goes across the top if your foot) it was bad enough they were concerned about it becoming necrotic and it having to be replaced with a donor bone (Thank God that didn't happen). It ended up healing well and I had surgery to repair most of the ligaments and some cartilage/fracture of my ankle.
I was off work for 6 months with surgery and rehab. I now have a pin in my ankle that should dissolve over the next 18 months. That's allowing the cartilage and bone that had pulled away to reattach and heal fully.
I have the bike back together with the exception of the front fender. I have to figure out a way to mount a full fender on a springer front end. Springers usually don't have mounting brackets. I wanted to go for a updated old school look. I replaced the hydraulic front end with a springer front end, the original headlight was remounted with an adaptor that lifted it up and out. I manufactured a plate that allowed me to place the bars I wanted on the springer (springers have 5" centers for risers [mounts for the handlebars] and my bars required 3"centers). The bars are 16" pointed ape hangers on 4" risers. The wheels are 16" spoked wheels with 3/8" spokes and sealed rims to run without tubes. The air cleaner cover is off of a mid to late 50's Panhead. The Pipes are the old Vance and Hines Longshots with the dented heat covers removed and the pipes sealed and wrapped with header wrap. Placed new floorboards and highway bars. Jack Daniels derby and cam covers. The tombstone tail light is off of a late 40's Panhead. The Tank is the original tank that the dent was removed and repaired. Both fenders required replacement. The front is yet to be mounted but the back is a 4" stretched fender.
My cousin has a paint booth and he painted it to my specs with Satin black over gloss black. All parts except the derby and cam covers are made in the USA. The Derby and Cam covers were gifts from family that were bought at the local, family owned motorcycle shop. I also rewired the front and rear ends with spools of wire, a solder gun and wire sleeves, no harnesses were purchased from overseas. I've left off some smaller parts because the list is quite long on what I had to replace/rebuild.
Luckily the frame was straight and the only thing I had to straighten was the fender struts which I did with a big hammer, a thick metal bar and a lot of elbow grease."
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Detailed 'Snowman' Crater
Photojournal: PIA14673
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a detailed view of three craters, informally nicknamed 'Snowman' by the camera's team members.
These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft are located in asteroid Vesta's Urbinia quadrangle, in Vesta's southern hemisphere. Urbinia crater is the large, irregularly shaped crater, Sossia the middl...
Apparent Brightness and Topography Images of Urbinia and Sossia Craters
A nearly full Rhea shines in the sunlight in this recent Cassini image.
Rhea's Day in the Sun
This image shows NASA's Dawn's view of Vesta from June 20, 2011, when the approaching spacecraft was about 117,000 miles (189,000 kilometers) away from the body.
Dawn's Approach to Vesta
This incredible, high resolution view of Saturn's moon Dione was taken during Cassini's first close approach to the icy moon on Dec. 14, 2004. The view shows linear, curving features within the reg...
Dione Close-up
Presented here is a complete set of cartographic map sheets from a high-resolution atlas of Saturn's moon Mimas. The atlas is a product of the imaging team working with NASA's Cassini spacecraft. ...
The Mimas Atlas
Eleven years in the life of the Sun, spanning most of solar cycle 23.
A ghostly view of Enceladus reveals the specter of the moon's icy plume of fine particles. Scientists continue to monitor the plume, where mission planning allows, using the Cassini spacecraft's im...
Out of the Noise
This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows a portion of the northern hemisphere of dwarf planet Ceres from an altitude of 2,700 miles (4,400 kilometers). The image, with a resolution of 1,4...
Dawn Survey Orbit Image 25
Fine topographic detail and color variations are revealed in this 11-image, false color mosaic taken during Cassini's second close flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus, on March 9, 2005. This mosaic, ...
Exploring Icy Canyons
A view of Earth rising above the lunar horizon photographed from the Apollo 10 Lunar Module in May 1969.
Apollo 10 View of the Earth
This image of Ceres' limb was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 30, 2018 from an altitude of about 280 miles (450 kilometers).
Limb View of Ceres
+ Full Res This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on April 14, 2012. The camera was pointing toward Enceladus at approximately 75,067 miles (120,808 kilometers) away. This image has n...
Arc of Enceladus (Raw Image)
Saturn's high north is a seething cauldron of activity filled with roiling cloud bands and swirling vortices. A corner of the North Polar Hexagon is seen at upper left. This view looks toward a re...
Saturn's Active Atmosphere
This image shows the surprise that startled Cassini scientists on the composite infrared spectrometer team when they got their first look at the infrared (heat) radiation from the south pole of Sat...
Enceladus Temperature Map
Ligeia Mare, shown here in an artistically enhanced image from NASA's Cassini mission, is the second largest known body of liquid on Saturn's moon Titan. It is filled with liquid hydrocarbons, suc...
Vast Ligeia Mare in False Color
This mosaic of a prominent mound located on the western side of Cerealia Facula was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 22, 2018 from an altitude of about 21 miles (34 kilometers).
Prominent Mound in Ceres' Cerealia Facula Region
This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows an area in Vesta's northern hemisphere that has been illuminated by the sun. As asteroid Vesta progresses from its winter to its spring the sunlight is ...
This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a part of the heavily cratered terrain in asteroid Vesta's northern hemisphere. Some of the craters have fresh, sharp rims, which suggests that they are...
Cratered Terrain
From its station nearly 1.2 billion kilometers (746 million miles) from Earth, the stalwart Cassini spacecraft sends holiday greetings to Earth with this lovely color portrait of Saturn and two of ...
Cassini's Holiday Greetings
Five moons -- dominated by Rhea in the foreground -- share this Cassini spacecraft view with Saturn's rings seen nearly edge-on. Rhea (1,528 kilometers, or 949 miles across) is largest here and is...
Five Orbs
This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the northeastern rim of Urvara Crater on Ceres at lower left. To the right of the crater, the long, narrow feature that appears to jut out toward the no...
Pongal Catena on Ceres
A vertical corrugation in Saturn's almost transparent D ring can give rise to brightness variations. In this graphic representation, the diagonal lines (or arrows) correspond to lines of sight thro...
D Ring Sight Lines
Named for other-worldly paradises, the dark regions of Senkyo and Aaru comprise the center of this image of Saturn's moon Titan. The Egyptian fields of Aaru were paradise for the god Osiris. This s...
The Stuff of Rings July 2, 2004 Full-Res: PIA06349 Evidence from the visual and infrared mappin...
The Stuff of Rings
Saturn's narrow F ring partly obscures the small moon Epimetheus. Interior to the F ring is the bright A ring. Epimetheus (113 kilometers, or 70 miles across at its widest point) is on the side of...
Obscuring Epimetheus
NASA is exploring technologies that could grow structures out of fungi to become our future homes in the stars, and perhaps lead to more sustainable ways of living on Earth as well.
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Recently, A NASA scientist analyzed the age of the Yarrabubba meteor crater in Australia and found it to be 2.229 billion years old, making it now the oldest crater currently known.
Australian Meteor Crater is the Oldest Known
Members of the public have an opportunity to vote for their favorite name for NASA's next Mars rover. More than 28,000 essays were submitted after the contest began on Aug. 28 last year.
Nine Finalists Chosen in NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Naming Contest
Engineers did not have exoplanet science in mind when they designed the Spitzer Space Telescope in the 1990s, but thanks solid engineering, Spitzer's observational powers were used far beyond original expectations.
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An emerging idea, bolstered by three decades of science, is that there are "Goldilocks stars" — not too hot, not too cool, and above all, not too violent to host life-friendly planets.
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One of NASA's four Great Observatories, Spitzer launched on Aug. 25, 2003, and has studied the cosmos in infrared light. Its breathtaking images have revealed the beauty of the infrared universe.


Here are some ideas to help you decide on how to fundraise for The Amber Trust. Download our Fundraising Guide for more suggestions on how to make your fundraising a success.
Also see how some of our supporters have raised money to support the thousands of blind or partially sighted children across the UK, who have a talent or love for music.
A cake sale or coffee morning is one of the easiest ways of fundraising – plus everyone loves a homemade cake! Why not invite a group of friends or neighbours to your house, hold one at work, at school or involve the wider community at your town or church hall?
Bring music to your community and organise a battle of the bands (maybe involving local schools or music groups), a themed concert or a sing-along night. Charge for entry, sell refreshments and collect donations on the night!
Find a sport to fundraise through a sponsored run, cycle or swim (you could organise your own route or join a local event); organise a five-a-side football, netball, or rugby tournament; why not get the cricket club or local golf course involved and enlist teams from your social groups or local companies to enter.
Build a sense of excitement with a timed period of fundraising? For example, a 12 hour silence or sing-a-thon event.
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Why not ask for donations to The Amber Trust in lieu of birthday, Christmas, wedding or anniversary gifts? Or if you have any unwanted gifts, why not sell them on eBay or Mission fish and donate a proportion (or all) of the sales amount to The Amber Trust.
Raise extra funds through raffles and auctions. Ask for local companies or friends to donate prizes to show their support.
Encourage that competitive spirit. Create sweepstakes for national events like the Grand National, Rugby and Football World Cup or popular television programmes. Friends and colleagues make a donation to play and pick a participant/team out of a bag – the player with the winning team/participant gets a prize. Create your own quiz/crossword and charge for each sheet and let the battle of the wits commence. A great way to fundraise at work, with friends or at an event.
Tell your employers what you're doing and ask if they will match any money you raise – a great way to double your donations.
Invite friends to your house for dinner, a party or an evening in. Ask them to donate the amount that they would've spent if they'd gone out instead.
Gift Aid it! If you're being sponsored, ensure your sponsors sign up for gift aid on their donations (there's a tick box on our sponsorship form). This increases the value of their gift by up to 25% at no extra cost to them or you!
Shop online regularly? Then this is for you! Easy Fundraising is a great way to raise money for The Amber Trust simply by shopping online. You don't pay anything extra.


K. M. Dinndorf and H. P. Jenssen, "Lack of Correlation Between Tm, Ho Upconversion Measurements," in Advanced Solid State Lasers, S. Payne and C. Pollack, eds., Vol. 1 of OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series (Optical Society of America, 1996), paper SM18.
When modeling the behavior of solid state lasers, it is common practice to model energy transfer processes by using an "average" energy transfer parameter [1,2]. Although rigorous analytical treatments of energy transfer theory do not support the use of average transfer parameters, their use can often be justified under certain conditions and can greatly simplify the solution of the dynamic equations.


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Stunning Nature Resort located on a hillock in Anjuna, North, Goa. High growth rate. The facility also includes pool side restaurant, roof top restaurant, swimming pool, spa, conference venue, 4 category of cottages. Listed on TripAdvisor and MakeMyTrip with good reviews. Promoter Experience: 15 years. Background of the sellers: Advertising Pre & Post Production.
Successfully running beauty salon business with 4 salons across Goa, receiving over 200 daily customers.
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Company supplying noodles, pastas, rotis and other prepared food items to 7 hotels and restaurants.
- We supply different types of ready made food products to hotels and restaurant in Goa. - Currently supplying to 7 hotel and restaurants which also include 5 star hotels. - Our manufacturing capacity is around 2,000 rotis on a daily basis and we have installed top of the class equipment. - We are planning to add new food items in the future. - Business is managed by experienced hotel management team and promoter has more than 20 years of experience in this business.
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Sturge Island ist eine unbewohnte, vulkanische Insel in der Somow-See des Südlichen Ozeans, etwa 300 km vom antarktischen Festland entfernt. Sie ist die gleichsam südlichste und östlichste der Balleny-Inseln und gehört zum Ross-Nebengebiet, dem von Neuseeland beanspruchten Antarktisterritorium. Sturge Island liegt 85 km südöstlich von Buckle Island sowie 136 km südöstlich von Young Island, ist im Gegensatz zu diesen jedoch nicht von weiteren kleinen Eilanden umgeben. Sie wurde als erste der Balleny-Inseln am 9. Februar 1839 vom britischen Walfangkapitän John Balleny entdeckt und ist nach einem der Geldgeber seiner Antarktisfahrt, dem britischen Kaufmann Thomas Sturge (1787–1866), benannt.

Sturge Island ist in Nord-Süd-Richtung etwa 34 km lang, in Ost-West-Richtung bis zu 15 km breit und bedeckt eine Fläche von 437,4 km². Höchste Erhebung der vollständig von Gletschern bedeckten Insel ist der  (nach anderen Angaben  oder ) hohe und noch unbestiegene Brown Peak.

Die Nordspitze der Insel, Kap Freeman, stellt eine 672 Meter hohe, nahezu vertikale Klippe dar und ist benannt nach Thomas Freeman († 24. März 1839), Kapitän der Sabrina bei Ballenys Antarktisfahrt, der am 9. Februar 1839 erstmals die Sturge-Insel betrat. Vom Südende der Insel, Kap Smyth, sind es etwa 650 Kilometer bis zur nächsten Insel im Osten, der isoliert liegenden Scott-Insel.

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 The Antarctic – Sector 4.20 – Balleny Islands (englisch; PDF-Datei; 350 kB)

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Haybaby
They Get There
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The three years since Haybaby's last full-length release have been tumultuous ones for the Brooklyn band. Following the high of its debut Sleepy Kids and subsequent EP Blood Harvest, singer/guitarist Leslie Hong's father was diagnosed with cancer, which instigated a life-altering move to help him through an ultimately fatal battle with the disease. Over the same period, band members Sam Yield and Jeremy Duvall weathered heartaches of their own; and just when things seemed like they couldn't get harder, the band's tour van was incinerated in a random act of arson.
Writing and recording amidst the tragedy and turmoil, Haybaby's sophomore LP They Get There unapologetically confronts legacies of harm. Whether it's the intensely personal narrative of "Monster," a tense reckoning with the lasting emotional repercussions of an abusive relationship, or in the unstoppable fury of "Witch Like Me," a detonation of rage at the ongoing history of violence against women, it's not surprising that this album contains some of the band's most biting, unforgiving songs yet.
Perhaps what is most extraordinary is the abundance of everything else - the tenderness and lyricism in "Animosity," or the playfulness in opener "Total Bore." They Get There is a record where any spark can turn into a blaze, and where saplings grow in the midst of wildfires. It's the work of a band that has experienced grief,
loss, anger, and arson. But instead of giving up or giving in, the trio has persevered and swallowed it all, converting the negative into fuel for hope. If Haybaby can get there, so can you
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Location, Location, Location! This is one of the key things to consider when looking to build a new home. A great house starts with a great lot! Below are a couple tips to keep in mind when selecting your lot for your new home.
What comes first the house or the lot? Well this depends. Some home plans may not fit on the lot you want. So you need to keep in mind what kind of home plan you are looking to build. Is it a Rambler, Bi-level or 2-story? These are things to think about when it comes to your lot selection.
Begin with the general area you want to be in. Think about access to work, schools, parks, and shopping. Friends or family nearby? Easy access to the interstate? Parks or "walkabaility" important to you? What kind of specials are there in the area you are looking at? Consider the areas outlook for growth, will they be building a school, new business etc. Consider these things and prioritize what is important to you and your lifestyle once you do this and narrow down an area you can start looking at what availability there is for lots.
This is important to think about. If easy access to your home is important, choose a lot closest to the entrance of your development. If you are considering a corner lot think of the pros and cons of having two streets on each side vs. an interior lot with only one street and homes on each side. Think about sun exposure when looking at lots. Consider visiting a few lots at different times of the day to get a good idea of the sun direction and where your preference lies.
When considering new home construction take some of these tips into account when selecting your lot. Our sales team at Thomsen Homes are happy to answer any questions you may have on lots and home plan options.


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Charles Bukowski: Miscellaneous Prose
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This index includes book and periodical appearances of letters, commentary, introductions, reviews, etc. in the 1960's: from Bukowski's first book appearance to roughly the time that his work started being published in collected volumes by John Martin's Black Sparrow Press; the period of time covered by Sanford Dorbin's Bibliography.
1. NOMAD, No. 5/6, edited by Donald Factor and Anthony Linick
Culver City, Winter-Spring I960
"Manifesto: A Call For Our Own Critics" [commentary]
(Dorbin D11)
2. THE OUTSIDER, No. 1, edited by Jon Edgar & Gypsy Lou Webb
"Contributor's Note" [commentary]
101. BLACK CAT REVIEW, No. 2, edited by Neeli Cherry
San Bernardino: The Cherry Press, March 1963
"Yes, Cherry…" [letter], "Dear Neeli…] letter
(not in Dorbin)
119. RENAISSANCE, Vol. 1, No. 4, edited by John Bryan
San Francisco: Renaissance Publications, Winter, 1962
"Peace, Baby, Is Hard Sell" [letter]
3. LITERARY TIMES, Vol. 2, No. 4, edited by Jay Robert Nash
Chicago: Literary Times, March 1963
"Charles Bukowski Speaks Out" [interview]
4. THE OUTSIDER, Vol. 1, No. 3, edited by Jon Edgar & Gypsy Lou Webb
"Dear Jon & Gypsy…"[letter], [letter], [letter] "Letters to The Editors from: Charles Bukowski"
(Dorbin D20-22)
5. MAINSTREAM, Vol. 16, No. 6, edited by R.R. Cuscaden
New York City, June 1963
"Little Magazines In America" [commentary]
Chicago: Literary Times, May 1964
"Examining My Peers" [commentary]
Chicago: Literary Times, December 1964
"Here's What I Say" [interview]
7. MR. CLEAN AND OTHER POEMS by John William Corrington
San Francisco: Amber House Press, 1964
8. FERMENT, No. 6, edited by Zoe Climenhaga
Canton: Transient Press, June 1965
"Lightning in a Dry Summer" [review of Corrington's ANATOMY OF LOVE…]
9. KAURI, No. 10, edited by Will Inman
New York: n.p., September-October 1965
"L.A. sept. 1965 hello Will Inman:…" [letter]
10. INTERMISSION, Vol. 1, No. 20, edited by Gene Cole
Chicago: Hull House Theatre, October 1965
"Dear Mr. Cole" [letter]
11. MY FACE IN WAX by Jory Sherman
Chicago: Windfall Press, 1965
12. STEPPENWOLF, No. 1, edited by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
"Another Burial of a Once-Talent" [review of Corrington]
13. EARTH, No. 2, edited by Steve Richmond
Santa Monica: Earth Books, 1966
"In Defense of Poetry, a Certain Type of Life, a Certain Type of Blood-Filled Creature Who Will Someday Die" [commentary]
14. EL CORNO EMPLUMADO, No. 17, edited by Margaret Randall
Mexico City: El Corno Emplumado, January 1966
"Have been meaning to write…" [letter]
15. INTREPID, No. 8, edited by Allen de Loach
Buffalo: Intrepid Press, June 1967
"Letter from Charles Bukowski" [letter]


(1) Pick one of your sets of great-grandparents—if possible, the one with the most descendants.
(2) Create a descendants list for those great-grandparents either by hand or in your software program.
(3) Tell us how many descendants, living or dead, are in each generation from those great-grandparents.
(4) How many are still living? Of those, how many have you met and exchanged family information with? Are there any that you should make contact with ASAP? Please don't use last names of living people for this; respect their privacy.
(5) Write about it in your own blog post, in comments to this post, or in comments or a note on Facebook.
1. I chose my great-grandparents Thomas Kirkland Gauntt (1870–1951) and Jane Dunstan (1872–1955).
2. I created a standard descendant tree in Family Tree Maker and counted everyone manually.
4. The total I currently know about is 141 increase, and I am sure there are more. Of that total, 116 are still living (as of the most recent updates I've received). I have met, in person or online, 26 of the total, and of those 22 are still living. I've exchanged family information with most of my cousins.
Are there any with whom I should make contact ASAP? Sure, all the ones I haven't yet! In particular, I know almost nothing about the Flynns (although I've tried searching for them and have gotten nowhere). I also need to get updated information on several cousins about whom I have basic information already.
Good luck finding information on your Flynn line. May the bricks in that wall start falling away very soon.
It's good to make these assessments of where we are in our research every now and then, isn't it? SNGF is really good at helping me do that.
I agree the exercises at SNGF show good areas to work on in my research. My original research goal was to get each of my various lines to immigration so my living family were kind of put on the back burner as far as interest in research. I do need to contact my cousins again as it has been several years since I have updated with them.
I used to be in much better contact with my various cousins. I need to get back on the ball.