Located on a quiet tree lined street in East St Kilda, Quest on Redan is just a short tram ride away from the popular St Kilda beach and cafes, restaurants and boutique shopping that makes St Kilda a sought after location.
Alternatively, the cosmopolitan restaurants and shopping of Chapel Street and Toorak Road, as well as Richmond, Prahran and South Eastern suburbs are all close by. Quest on Redan provides clean and comfortable accommodation at "3 star" budget prices, with its 40 studio apartments all featuring kitchenette facilities.
Tram and train services are within easy walking distance and complimentary secure off street parking, guest laundry and BBQ area is provided for all guests. Quest on Redan - for the discerning budget conscious traveller.
Quest on Redan are able to offer various bedding configurations, from Queen through to King Split beds. Apartments are suitable for two people but a third person can be accommodated for a small additional fee. Please place request upon booking with us and we will accomodate as best as possible.
Kitchenettes with hotplate, microwave, fridge and coffee making facilities are provided with all cooking utensils. Cots, iron and ironing boards,hair dryers are available on request at no charge.
Each apartment is fully furnished complete with a small kitchenette. The cooking facilities include 2 hot plates and a microwave, ideal of cooking a simple meal or a snack on the run.
two queen or twin bed studio apartments joint.
Centrally located for the corporate traveller, Quest on Redan provides an ideal base for those on budget in the St. Kilda or South Yarra areas. We have copy and fax services available.
Free secure car parking on site.
Quest on Redan is located at the hub of St. Kilda's and South Yarra's HOT spots.
Shopping, dining out, dancing, site seeing - all of this is just a short stroll or tram/train ride away.
Being so close to Albert Park and other key area, Quest on Redan is an ideal property to base yourself during major events such as the Annual Grand Prix.
If you want to keep fit during your stay, indoor and outdoor facilities are close by including the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC).


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History was written nearly thirty years after Elsa Morante and Alberto Moravia spent a year in hiding among remote farming villages in the mountains south of Rome. There she witnessed the full impact of the war and first formed the ambition to write an account of what history - the great political events driven by men of power, wealth, and ambition - does when it reaches the realm of ordinary people struggling for life and bread.
The central character in this powerful and unforgiving novel is Ida Mancuso, a schoolteacher whose husband has died and whose feckless teenage son treats the war as his playground. A German soldier on his way to North Africa rapes her, falls in love with her, and leaves her pregnant with a boy whose survival becomes Ida's passion.
Around these two other characters come and go, each caught up by the war which is like a river in flood. We catch glimpses of bombing raids, street crimes, a cattle car from which human cries emerge, an Italian soldier succumbing to frostbite on the Russian front, the dumb endurance of peasants who have lived their whole lives with nothing and now must get by with less than nothing.
History: A Novel ePub (Adobe DRM) can be read on any device that can open ePub (Adobe DRM) files.


Lost sight of the bigger picture? Spending more time in the day speaking negatively to yourself? BEWARE! This is how disease in the body is formed. Read on to banish self sabotage and learn in three easy steps how to get your self-love back.
Dr Amanda Foo-Ryland shares her learnings from a recent challenge about how to fall back in love with your life. She also gives you her bespoke 15-minute hypnosis to help re-programme your mind to love you.
We recently ran a Facebook mindset course around falling back in love with life and with you. We invited people to join us as we ran our own big challenge using NLP mindsets.
Our challenge was the cycle up Mont Ventoux, in turns out it was 32Km of constant uphill and we mean uphill.
"The Ventoux is a god of Evil, to which sacrifices must be made. It never forgives weakness and extracts an unfair tribute of suffering."Roland Barthes, French philosopher.
19km to go with legs pumping my inner chatter arose from that annoying place. It was incredibly hot, 32 degrees and my heart and lungs were screaming, let alone the numbness in my feet and the aching in my palms and neck.
Sarah (my wife and wing woman) had been back and forth along the climb and I knew she knew I was hurting, her final words before driving away, 'find your rhythm'.
I knew that the hardest part was to come, a steady 4-5% was now increasing and I knew it would for the next 7km. It would change rapidly reaching 10% in a very short time and maxing at 12%!
Louder it rose, that wicked voice inside, 'you can't do this, you haven't trained enough, it's too far, it's too hot, it's too steep'. I unclipped my left foot, allowing the bike to naturally halt and stopped.
I had to make a choice and fast! My self-love needed to be installed and fast, I needed to believe that I was more than this.
I took a drink, stretched and reset my mind. There was no way I had come this far, faced all these mini curve balls (my Dad fell very ill, I had to head to the UK so training became limited) and this 'hill', which I now referred to rather than mountain, was not going to beat me.
Even though my body was screaming and physically having the juice to complete this was borderline, the notion that this hill would beat me was inconceivable.
Right foot click in, gloves back on and eyes focused. Left, right, left, right, push, pull, repeat. The sudden rush of blood to my legs made them ache in that same way your hands do when they have been freezing cold and numb.
Despite this I found myself smiling and when Sarah checked in with me in the support vehicle driving beside me she said 'You look fresh', 'Yep' I replied and I meant it.
Step 1. It's OK to have negative dialogue.
You know that voice well, you know the mocking tone, the volume, the pace. It comes from nowhere and can stop you in your tracks. When this happens know you have a choice, you can listen or you can DELETE it. All you do is shout DELETE, DELETE, DELETE or your version of it inside your head, or shout it out loud if you can. Scare the voice away, let your own self love and belief shine through.
Step 2. It's OK to stop and breath.
This step was a shock to me on the mountain that day, I thought that I had to keep going, no stopping was allowed but that was just my frame. That's too hard, we need to stop and regroup, hydrate in my case and nurture in most cases. Look at what's working, take time for you, relax and then keep going. I did this 4 times on that climb, once I made the voice go away that first time I stopped, I had decided I was winning. Stops meant stretching, getting the feeling back in my feet, taking a gel and pressing go again, ready and full of conviction.
Step 3. Love yourself, fully and completely.
This is not about being an egotistical nightmare, this is about quiet, steadfast, love. A knowing that you are so much than you ever think you are. You can do so much more than you can imagine. Even as you have taken the time to read this, your neurology has created around 10,000 new neural networks for you to use.
You have a choice, it is that simple, decide to love who you are, don't wait until you are slimmer, richer, fitter, smarter, older.
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Green means go and with the LaserMax Spartan green laser you can go for the tight groups at POA with the Springfield Armory XDM 4.5 CO2 model.
There is little more that I can say about the new Air Venturi Springfield Armory XDM 4.5 that will help better define it as the new benchmark in blowback action CO2 air pistols. Yes, there are blowback action CO2 models that have higher average velocity, but another 25 to 50 fps isn't going to make a significant difference when the cost of that higher velocity is a loss in hands-on performance. While there are certainly other CO2 models that are as realistic in their overall design as the Springfield, they can only make that claim from the left side of the gun, the right side of the slide and frame have white lettering and manufacturing marks that instantly defines them as air pistols, even the very best of them (except the Umarex Glock 17). Only the Springfield has achieved near 100 percent authenticity in every category of comparison to its centerfire counterpart. Why not 100 percent? Because no matter how brilliantly disguised the manual safety is, the fact that it has a manual safety in the first place, is a departure from the centerfire pistol design. It is a strange point of contention but the requirements of CO2 semi-auto air pistol manufacturing require a manual safety be added if the design of the centerfire gun it is based upon does not incorporate one. The XDM CO2 model has managed to comply without any other compromises and close enough in my book compared to every other blowback action model currently offered today.
Why I pick the LaserMax Spartan over any other compact laser for the XDM is for its small size, almost negligible weight, and reasonable price. It is a very good fit for the XDM whether it is the 9mm, .40 S&W, .45 ACP or 4.5mm CO2 model. The LaserMax is also sold by Pyramyd Air, so it is one-stop shopping.
The only issue I have found has been sighting accuracy. The test gun shoots low and there is no way to adjust the fixed white dot rear or red fiber optic front sight. This is easily corrected by adjusting POA when you know where aimed shots hit; no different than learning to correct with any other pistol that does not allow for windage and elevation adjustments, be it a 19th century Colt Single Action or 20th century 1911 with early military-style sights. They were never meant to be target pistols, nor are the XDM 4.5 models, unless equipped with target sights or slide-mounted optics, which Springfield offers for its centerfire guns. For the air pistol, the only way to dial in accuracy to POA without correcting aim is with an accessory rail mounted laser, and that is the reason for this fourth and final installment on the XDM 4.5 CO2 model.
With an authentic MIL-STD 1913 Picatinny rail, the CO2 model can accept any laser or light/laser combination that would fit the centerfire pistol. If you don't have a laser, you will quickly find that most made for the centerfire pistol cost more than the XDM CO2 model. There are, however, less expensive lasers for air pistols and a couple that are made for centerfire handguns that are priced affordably enough to pull double duty. My personal choice is either the LaserMax Spartan red or green laser, which sell for $89 and $105, respectively, from Pyramyd Air. They are a value for the price and are ruggedly designed for use with centerfire pistols.
The green laser is easier to see in daylight than a red laser, and with the Spartan's flashing laser beam it paints a brilliant flickering dot on the target that is even easier to pick up.
Mounting the Spartan on the XDM is the same as with the centerfire pistol and it takes a dozen or so rounds to get the windage and elevation adjusted to the significantly lower velocity of BBs vs. centerfire cartridges, and the pistol's optimum range of 21 feet. Once done, the XDM 4.5 is dialed in and the POA no longer an issue. So how accurate is the 4-inch smoothbore barrel with a laser?
I have a preference for the green laser vs. the red since it is better suited to shooting outdoors in daylight (though a red laser at 21 feet is still quite visible in daylight). Testing red and green lasers on centerfire guns, I have managed to pick up a green laser on targets out to 25 yards, whereas a red laser at that range in daylight is almost imperceptible to the human eye. Indoors, in dim light or darkness, it is a moot point, but for the difference in cost between the red or green Spartan, might just as well go green.
This example has been used on about a dozen different guns over the last few years, so the screws are showing a little wear but still hold the laser tight to the rail. The key operating feature is the ambidextrous ON/OFF paddles that extend into the triggerguard allowing the unit to be activated and shut off quickly with the trigger finger.
For the final test of the XDM 4.5 I started with Umarex Precision steel BBs. At 21 feet I fired at 1-second intervals with a full magazine (20 rounds) and ended up with every shot in the red except one, for a spread of 1.81 inches with the one flyer outside of the bullseye, and two in the red a little high at 12 o'clock, leaving a best single group of 10 hits measuring 1.0 inches in the center and a best 5-round group overlapping at 0.44 inches.
With the laser, the XDM has no POA issues and it is possible to shoot tight groups at point of aim. Here I shot 20 rounds with one flyer in the black and a tight pair that I shot a little high. The main group is 1.0 inches with a best 5-rounds overlapping at 0.44 inches.
I wanted to give the Dust Devils one last go in the XDM and with 20 rounds loaded, I again fired at 1-second intervals and there were no failures with the Dust Devils and XDM. The 20-shot spread measured 1.875 inches with two tight groups, one shot left of the bullseye and another centered in the red. The best 5-round group, all overlapping in the red, measured 0.55 inches.
I wanted to see how well Dust Devils performed with the laser since they can be less precise downrange than steel BBs. The XDM put 20 of the frangible BBs into two tight groups measuring 1.875 inches with a best 5-round group, all overlapping in the red at 0.55 inches.
Bottom line with the XDM 4.5, the pistol is capable of tight groups with or without a laser, but for POA shooting, adding a laser does make the XDM a bit more accurate without aiming corrections. Once I have my hands on a production gun we'll find out if the POA issue with the fixed sights is the nature of the beast or just preflight jitters. Either way, the Air Venturi Springfield Armory XDM 4.5 is the new blowback action CO2 pistol to beat!
I have for many years now used the KWC Tanfoglio Limited Custom as a Standard of Comparison for my semi-auto action BB pistols. With adjustable rear sight, great accuracy (the fixed hopup – they call it SpinUp on the box, makes for unheard of long range plinking, a great shot count of 55 to 60 useable power shots per co2 and a perfect balance in my hand.
I read your reoprt on the Limited Custom and just wondering how the XDM stands up in comparison to the Limited Custom?
I know it's like comparing apples and oranges -they're both fruit sorta. I'm just interested hearing what you think about comparing big metal to mostly plastic and if the XDM can keep up with the Tanfoglio Limited Custom.
And as a side note the 2 Limited Customs I got from PA back then had no printed Toy Warnings anywhere on the guns!
Ah Red, you are a man after my own heart. The Limited Custom is one of my very favorite CO2 models. Alas, they are scarce these days, no longer listed by Pyramyd Air. But you have a point, the Limited Custom is one of the most accurate of all CO2 pistols, bettered only by the optics equipped Tanfoglio Gold Custom, which is still available and about as good as shooting a CO2 Blowback Action pistol can get. I'll see if I can make a fruit salad one of these days and test the Limited Custom against the Springfield.
Looking forward to that comparison!
I had one of the Tanfoglio Limited Gold Custom models and to be honest it did not appeal to me. No matter how I set it up it just held uncomfortably, mostly unbalanced to my way of shooting. There are several action BB pistols out there like that. Another is the Sig Sauer Open style of gun. The bulge on the lower backstrap does not fit my hand at all and the Open model similar to the Gold Limited with the optics bridge and compensator made it through 1 co2 cartridge before I sold it off! The Beretta FS92 style of pistol was another with a grip that was too uncomfortable for me. Just too large and bulky.
I have large hands and one of the most comfortable guns for me is the Colt 1911 style with the straight back strap – probably the reason I have so many of them!


We have put together this list of items that are either needed or desired. We decided to go with BabyList so we only had to share one list. Below, you will see links to our store specific registries as well as some random items we found online outside of those retailers.


Clean space clean head. If anything, a cluttered desk mirrors your work ethic. It can influence your creativity, your drive. The wooden desktop organizer allows for a stylish to organize your things, whilst also keeping them in your eyesight, so you don't lose track of items or leave them in a drawer somewhere. Essential items can be stored on top, and underneath it allows for space to store a keyboard. Your desk will be clean, organized and ready for you to do your thing.


The GasPak™ EZ Gas Generating Container Systems are multi-use systems that produce atmospheres suitable to support the primary isolation and cultivation of anaerobic, microaerophilic, or capnophilic bacteria by use of gas generating sachets inside multi-use incubation containers. The system offers bio-performance and reliability without the need for a catalyst or activation procedure. The GasPak EZ Gas Generating Sachet contains all the ingredients needed to create a specific atmosphere for specimen incubation. The sachet and specimens are placed in the clear, stackable, plastic GasPak EZ Incubation Container. The container is sealed and the sample is incubated.
To use the GasPak EZ Anaerobe Pouch System or the CampyPouch System, place the sachet and specimens in the GasPak EZ resealable pouch and incubate.
The small GasPak EZ Incubating Container holds 15 – 18 Petri dishes. The large GasPak EZ Incubating Container holds 30 – 33 Petri dishes or a combination of Petri dishes and tubed media.
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Buckle up for a wild ride involving a missing gerbil, a crazy cat, and a tattooed baby that will have readers of all ages laughing!
This hilarious novel stars the Herdmans, the worst kids in the world, who made their first appearance in author Barbara Robinson's classic The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
In The Best School Year Ever, Imogene, Claude, Ralph, Leroy, Ollie, and Gladys Herdman haven't changed a bit. They still set things on fire and knock the other kids black and blue.
One day the teachers ask all the students to think of compliments for their classmates, and Beth Bradley picks Imogene Herdman's name. At first, Beth can't think of anything good, but soon she begins to see Imogene in a new light.
Maybe behind all of the outrageous pranks, there is something good about the Herdmans?
Critt, C. J,, Critt, C. J., Stritch, Elaine,, Stritch, Elaine.
Critt, C. J,narrator., Critt, C. J.|Narrator, Findaway World, LLC., Harper Children's Audio (Firm)., HarperChildren's Audio., HarperCollins (Firm)., Playaway Digital Audio., Recorded Books, LLC., Stritch, Elaine,narrator., Stritch, Elaine.


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"Well, his first pitch was a change-up, that was a ball, so I was thinking he'd come hard with the next one, and he threw a slider down-and-in," Michael Chavis was saying, trying not to grin too obviously. "I happened to catch it with the barrel of the bat..and yeah, it went pretty far."
Chavis' go-ahead home run to left field, leading off the sixth inning, was the turning point and most memorable highlight of Sunday's Pawtucket Red Sox matinee against the Syracuse Mets, a titanic blast that cleared the bullpen, cleared the fence behind the walkway, and presumably landed about halfway across the parking lot. Chavis' homer was measured at 467 feet, and put the PawSox on top 3-2 over their opponents on a sun-splashed day in the mid 60s. It was seemingly the most perfect day of spring for baseball so far, but while the team announced a crowd of 4172, it seemed like about 3000 of them stayed home to watch Tiger Woods win the Master's. That was too bad, since the PawSox got decent pitching, solid defense and some exciting power hitting.
But more to the point, Sunday was another day when it began to look like Chavis might be the kind of infield prospect who forces his way to the big leagues way ahead of schedule. And it also underscored that the 2019 Pawtucket edition could be one of the more offensively talented squads the triple-A franchise has had for quite a while.
An easy example of that offensive prowess would be what happened right after Chavis' missile-launching. Syracuse righthander Tyler Bashlor, who appeared in 24 games last season for the New York Mets, stuck his next offering squarely in Sam Travis' ribs. That brought up first baseman Josh Ockimey, who deposited a Bashlor offering over the fence in almost straightaway center field. In the space of three batters, Pawtucket had turned a 2-2 deadlock into a 5-2 advantage. The Syracuse club has some bonafide hitters too, and former San Francisco Giants lefty Dan Runzler was re-introduced to well-traveled Carlos Gomez with a two-run circuit clout to left in the seventh, but the home team hung on to win the briskly played game 5-4.
But getting back to Chavis, the 5'10, 216-pounder played third base yesterday, but has also seen action at first and second. Of course, the Boston team already has young Rafael Devers installed at third base, and hot prospect Bobby Dalbec, at double-A Portladn is also a third baseman, so Chavis might be asked to diversify his portfolio to secure a spot in the majors. But with the kind of contact he was making Sunday–in his other at-bats he singled, grounded out, and flew out to deep right–that day might not be far away.
"I figured if I was going tyo hack at it, I might as well try to do some damage on it," Chavis added of his blast. "I had fouled a fast ball straight back on my first at-bat, just missed it. But in that (sixth inning) at bat, it so happened that I got a good pitch to hit with that slider."
Chavis professes no problem with switching around the infield, and pointed out his experience at third may be helpful in other spots. "One good thing about me playing second base is that I have a better arm than most of the people playing there everyday," he noted.
"Michael finished strong when he arrived here last year," said Pawtucket manager Billy McMillon. "He is a pretty good hitter, and that was a good at-bat."
The second chapter in the Sunday fireworks was Ockimey's smash, and while seeing Travis get plunked in front of him might have made most hitters a little bit skittish, the first baseman had a plan when he stepped into the box.
"I've been facing Tyler (Bashlor) ever since he was with Brooklyn, and I know he has a really good fastball," said Ockimey. "But he also has a good breaking ball. I know with him, the first good pitch you get, you gotta get it, because you don't want to fall 0-2 to him, and then have him bust one over the corner. I have taken that same approach when I face him lately."
Ockimey's day also included some nifty fielding plays, snaring a fourth inning liner off his shoetops, and navigating some Mets bunting attempts, along with the usual fielding his teammates' throws.
"Josh is getting better defensively, but he's still a work in progress," said McMillon. "He has looked like he's moving more athletically this year."
"I'm just trying to keep it simple, and just catch the ball," said Ockimey, who has previously noted he spent much of his off-season concentrating on fielding.
Pawtucket got five solid innings out of starter Ryan Weber Sunday, as the former Tampa Bay Ray held the Mets to six hits and two runs, with pitches that never got much over 89 mph on the stadium radar gun. Runzler got the win with two innings of relief, marred only by his problems with a pair of Syracuse's ex-major leaguers, as former Marlin shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria lashed a one-out double down the left field line, just before Gomez pounded his shot into the PawSox bullpen. Righty relief prospect Tavis Lakins, 24, pitched a perfect eighth, and then lefty Bobby Poyner made the ninth a little too exciting with a pair of walks, before securing the save.
LINEUP STRENGTH: Sunday's PawSox lineup was a formidable one, with seemingly no easy outs in the top six hitters: Tzu-Wei Lin led, followed by defending International League batting champ Rusney Castillo, Chavis, Travis, Ockimey, and IL veteran Bryce Brentz.
"I think the guys have done a lot of good work with their offensive approach, executing their gameplan, and not getting outside their comfort zone at the plate," said McMillon.
TEBOW-MANIA: The big buzz surrounding the Syracuse club has been its right fielder, Heisman Trophy winner and erstwhile quarterback Tim Tebow. Tebow had an rbi-single to right in the second inning, and walked in the sixth, but sandwiching those at-bats were a pair of strikeouts in the fourth and eighth innings.
Tebow's eighth inning at-bat against Lakins is perhaps instructive. Tebow looked lost as Lakins quickly got two strikes on him, with a 91-mph cutter inside, following by an 82-mph breaking ball. But then he hung in and fouled off a 92-mph heater, another 82-mph curve, and a 94-mph fastball that was Lakins' best. Finally Lakins got Tebow to fan on a 92-mph fastball that may have had a little dip at the end. After Sunday, Tebow, listed at 6'3, 255, was batting .161 on the season.
Pawtucket's home stand continues this week, with the Buffalo Bisons in town for three games, through Wednesday. Buffalo, the AAA affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays has a couple of interesting players. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., just 20 years old, was named Baseball America's 2018 Minor League Player of the Year after hitting .381 with 20 home runs in 95 games split between AA New Hampshire and Buffalo last year. The Bisons also include Craig Biggio's son Cavan Biggio, an infielder, and Dante Bichette's son Bo Bichette, an outfielder. Buffalo had also boasted former Red Sox hurler Clay Buccholz, but he was promoted to the Blue Jays on Saturday and picked up a win against Tampa Bay.

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I just received an e-mail stating that I have finally reached $5,000+ in sales!! I just started in April and just hosted my 5th cooking show and 6catalog shows. I was just wondering if this is a good start for me?? I was wondering how other new consultants are doing?? I know there are days when I get disgusted and wonder if I'm doing okay or what I should do different. At my last cooking show the host had 12 guest in attendance. I ask ever guest if they was interested in booking a show and not a 1 said yes. I did get a maybe out of one lady. Any ideas from anyone on getting bookings would be appreciated.
It sounds like you're doing really well! Are you having fun? Keep up the good work!
Oh believe me I absolutely love it!! I just wish I could get more bookings.
Sounds like you are doing awesome!
I saw some wording on another thread about how someone was asking everyone to have a show without saying those words exactly and I loved it. I need to find again for myself and when I do I will post it here.
* When needing to look for those NEW contacts...refer to "F-R-A-N-K"
Congrats on hitting your $5000! I find if I'm having fun, it shows and the bookings follow. They want to have as much fun as you and the current host. So, just concentrate on having fun! I always figure if they have a good time and I was able to teach them 1 thing - my job is done. Then they book! Good luck and stay positive!! You are doing great!
From another newbie, I would suggest not comparing yourself to others. I'm only with PC for not quite 2 months now and I have drove myself insane comparing to what everyone else is doing or accomplished. Set your own goals and then if you achieve them then you did great, if you don't, tweak your plan and make new goals. I've read on here of all the recruits, recruits with recruits, 2nd day with PC and has a recruit etc, I read all the awesome shows people are having and I think WTH am I doing wrong? 10 shows and I have zero recruits. I have sales, no recruits. I just bellyached to my director for over an hour last night on how I must not be doing things right b/c I'm not meeting my own expectations. What are your expectations?
My first month (June) I reached the $3000 SAT level with 5 shows and this month I will only have 5 shows and prob just over $3000. I do have my first $1000 show but overall I have not met any of my goals therefore I don't deem myself successful. Then there are others that would think its great and that I'm nuts.
Make this about what you want and strive for your own goals. You can go as far or as high as you want.
"If you can believe it, your mind can achieve it."
You're doing a great job! I got my email congratulating me also. I have to admit- I did not really put in an effort until last month- When I first started with PC (this was last July), I was a demonstrator for Stampin Up! and a full time middle school teacher AND a adjunct teacher at a community college! I AM NUTS!! Well, I got pregnant and about a month before I was induced- I was ordered on bed rest- so I quit SU, my full-time job, and kept PC and my adjunct position. Now I am really selling great! I am able to focus more on booking and coming up with different ideas of different shows, etc. I have 12 shows booked already for the next three months- I have 7 shows in Sept!
My advice is to have fun!!!!! Also to keep your shows short and once you get the hang of the show, you can add more things into it. When I first started- I had too many things and it lengthened my show. Now I am able to do what I can do in a short time because I am used to all of these things. Does that make sense?
Have a tasting party and offer prizes for those who order and book a party, etc.I had 4 bookings from mine.


Martyna Kosecka, born 1989, Gdynia, Poland. Pianist, composer and conductor.
She has graduated in piano class of Julita Książkowska from Music High School in Gdynia. She took part in International Piano Workshop in Olsztyn and Rzeszów (2007-2009).
She obtained an MA degree in the composition class of professor Krzysztof Meyer, BA degree in orchestral conducting in class of maestro Rafał Jacek Delekta in Music Academy in Kraków and MA in orchestral conducting in class of maestro Szymon Bywalec in Music Academy in Katowice.
She participated in international and nationwide conducting masterclasses held by important conducting authorities as Maestro Colin Metters, Alexander Liebreich or Tadeusz Strugała. Kosecka lead concerts with various ensembles, such as Ensemble 4020, Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra and many others. Her electronic piece Topic: the music of pressure has been presented in a competition Call for sounds during International Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn (2009). She was also a finalist of 54. Tadeusz Baird Young Composers Competition (2013) and a laureate of 4th Zygmunt Mycielski National Composers' Competition (2013).
She is a winner of 5-Minute Opera Competition, organized by 28.Music Biennial Zagreb in Croatia in 2015 (a reward is a new opera commission) and winner of Swiss EKLEKTO Ensemble call for proposals at the same year. She is an author of libretto and electronics to the contemporary opera-theater "At the Waters of Lethe" by Idin Samimi Mofakham, being staged during NODO Festival in Czech Republic in 2016. She was a scholarship holder of Minister of Culture and National Heritage in academic years 2011/2012 and 2013/2014. She is also a scholarship holder of SapereAuso Foundation for talented young artists in year 2013/2014.
Since 2012 she is a member of Youth Circle next to Polish Composers' Union. Martyna Kosecka participated in many national and international composer's masterclasses, held by Chaya Czernowin, Beat Furrer, Phil Niblock, Alvin Lucier, Agata Zubel, Uros Rojko, Caspar Johannes Walter, Martin Smolka, Christian Wolff, Peter Ablinger, Philipp Glass, Peter Kotik, Bernhard Lang, Charlemange Palestine, Carola Bauckholt and the others. Her classical compositions were played on 52, 56 and 57 Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn, AudioArt Festival in Cracow, SoundScreen Festival in Bydgoszcz, aXes Festival in Cracow, OstravaDays 2013 and 2015 Festival of New and Experimental Music in Czech Republic, IMPULS Festival in 2015 Austria or 28.Music Biennial Zagreb in Croatia. Her music was played in Poland and other countries of the world (Norway, Czech Republic, Armenia, Iran, Belgium, Georgia).
In her compositions she is searching for unusual combination of sounds, paying attention for quality of harmonies and moments in music. She uses a great variety of styles and techniques in her works: from clearly atonal music to compositions connected with post-spectralism and neo-sonorism. Recently her main goal is searching for new exceptional sound fields in music with help of electronic processing of acoustic instruments.
In 2013, together with Iranian composer Idin Samimi Mofakham, she co-founded Spectro Centre for New Music, specializing in giving workshops in area of modern music and organizing concerts (from improvisation genre, already famous composers' works to discovering still unknown young artists and promoting their music). Their intensive tries and vivid activity helped to run the festival of contemporary music – 1st International Contemporary Music Festival in Tehran.


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Following the global success of the smash hit single "Dark Horse", and the not-so-successfull follow-up "Birthday", Capitol Records and Katy Perry go ahead with the promotion of her fourth studio album "PRISM", released on digital retailers on October 18, 2013. The fifth official single taken from the album is the song "This Is How We Do". It was added in some Australian and New Zealand radios early this year as the official fourth single in these countries. Now, the song written and produced by Klas Åhlund and Max Martin, also becomes an official single for the rest of the world.
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Presenting the much anticipated second Chill Out compilation from Enhanced Music. 'Enhanced Chill - Vol. 2' is a selection of the freshest and finest Chill Out, Ambient and Leftfield styles of music brought to you by your favourite Enhanced artists. Featuring 21 stunning tracks comprising of brand new Originals as well as downtempo remixes and exclusive reworks of classic Enhanced tracks from the likes of Tritonal feat. Cristina Soto, Estiva & Cardinal feat. Arielle Maren, Juventa, Aruna, Speed Limits, Suncatcher and many more.
Few DJs have been so consistently revered as Danny Tenaglia. The fact that he's never been out of favour with the house and techno fraternity is testament to what a talented and passionate selector he remains to this day, some 30 years since he began DJ'ing in his beloved Miami. From those early years through the birth of tribal and progressive house through to his 4/4 eclecticism and more recent techno-focused output, he's always remained in that esteemed and elite category of 'a DJ's DJ'. Honouring Balance with his first compilation in six years and adding to a body of mixes that includes some indisputable classics, Tenaglia continues the custom of bringing something truly special and unique to the Australian series.


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The Gernsheim Collection
Cover: The Gernsheim Collection
Photography: Collections and Criticism
By Roy Flukinger
Preface by David L. Coleman; foreword by Alison Nordström; afterword by Mark Haworth-Booth
This selection of masterpieces from the Gernsheim Collection, one of the world's most important collections of photography, effectively constitutes a visual history of photography from the earliest-known photograph to images of the mid-twentieth century.
Series: Harry Ransom Center Photography Series
362 pages | 10 x 13 | 195 color and b&w illus. |
The Gernsheim Collection is one of the most important collections of photography in the world. Amassed by the renowned husband-and-wife team of Helmut and Alison Gernsheim between 1945 and 1963, it contains an unparalleled range of images, beginning with the world's earliest-known photograph from nature, made by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826. The Gernsheim Collection includes some 35,000 major and representative photographs from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; a research library of some 3,600 books, journals, and published articles; about 250 autographed letters and manuscripts; and more than 200 pieces of early photographic equipment. Its encyclopedic scope—as well as the expertise and taste with which the Gernsheims built the collection—makes the Gernsheim Collection one of the world's premier resources for the study and appreciation of the development of photography.
Published to coincide with a landmark exhibition staged by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, which owns the collection, this volume presents masterpieces of the Gernsheim Collection, along with lesser-known images of great historical significance. Arranged in chronological order, this selection effectively constitutes a visual history of photography from its beginnings to the mid-twentieth century. Each full-page image is accompanied by an extensive annotation in which Roy Flukinger describes the photograph's place in the evolution of photography and also within the Gernsheim Collection. Flukinger also provides an enlightening introduction in which he traces the Gernsheims' passionate careers as collectors and pioneering historians of photography, showing how their untiring efforts significantly contributed to the acceptance of photography as a fine art and as a field worthy of intellectual inquiry. Appreciations of the Gernsheim Collection by Alison Nordström and Mark Haworth-Booth confirm its singular importance as a collection of outstanding breadth and depth in the history of photography.
2012 Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award for distinguished catalog in the history of art.
Foreword by Alison Nordström
A Historiography
The Plates
Afterword by Mark Haworth-Booth
Roy Flukinger is Senior Research Curator of Photography at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. He lectures and publishes extensively in such fields as regional, cultural, and contemporary photography and the history of art and photography. He has produced nearly fifty exhibitions ranging from classical photohistory to contemporary photography, and from photographer's retrospectives to American, regional, and Texas photography.
Alison Nordström is Curator of Photographs at George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, where she is also the USA director in the MA program in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management with Ryerson University. She is editor of the academic journal Photography and Culture , London. She has curated more than one hundred photographic exhibitions and is widely published.
Mark Haworth-Booth served as a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) from 1970 to 2004 and helped to build up its great collection of photography. He is now an Honorary Research Fellow at the V&A and a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art. His latest book is Camille Silvy (1834–1910): Photographer of Modern Life .
When The University of Texas at Austin purchased the Gernsheim Collection in the summer of 1963 it was the largest, and arguably finest, collection of photographs held in private hands, made up of some 35,000 photographic prints representing several hundred artists. The collection's clearest strength remains its holdings in nineteenth-century British photography, including hundreds of images by such masters as David Hill and Robert Adamson, Lewis Carroll, Julia Margaret Cameron, Roger Fenton, and Henry Peach Robinson. The Gernsheims carried their passion for the medium into the twentieth century by also collecting significant works by modern photographers, such as Alfred Stieglitz, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Man Ray, Paul Strand, Albert Renger-Patsch, Edward Weston, and Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Helmut and Alison Gernsheim were also pioneering historians of photography, for they researched and wrote more than 30 books and more than 200 articles based on this collection. Indeed, the history of the origins of photography cannot be told without the Gernsheims' most significant (re)discovery: a heliograph taken by the French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826–27. The Gernsheims touted this landscape view taken from Niépce's upstairs window as "The World's First Photograph," and as such, this unique and remarkable object represents the foundation for photography, film, television, and video.
As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of the collection's acquisition by The University of Texas, it is appropriate to celebrate it through this volume, The Gernsheim Collection , which is part of the newly established Harry Ransom Center Photography Series, scholarly editions drawn from the photography collections at the Ransom Center and published by the University of Texas Press.
At the heart of this volume are two sections authored by Roy Flukinger, Senior Research Curator of Photography at the Ransom Center, who has worked with the Gernsheim Collection for forty years. The first of these is a long biographical essay that examines Helmut and Alison's careers as collectors, historians, and exhibitors of photography. Flukinger develops a complex portrait wherein Helmut Gernsheim's overriding passion for photography as an expressive medium shaped him as a historian, as a collector, and ultimately as one who energetically struggled to find the collection a suitable permanent home.
Flukinger has also selected 126 photographs for the plate section to illustrate highlights from the collection, and he has accompanied them with texts that provide the images' history, significance, and special attraction to the Gernsheims. Scores of masterpieces from photography's first 150 years are included, plus many rare examples by lesser-known artists whose contributions are nonetheless seminal to the history of photography.
Alison Nordström and Mark Haworth-Booth have made contributions to this volume as well. Nordström, Curator of Photography at the George Eastman House, has written an elegant piece that encourages us to consider the complex relationship between the Gernsheim Collection and the histories of photography that the Gernsheims wrote from it. Haworth-Booth, former Senior Curator of Photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum, recalls Helmut Gernsheim's "unreasonable" personality, a quality that simultaneously made Gernsheim a pioneering spirit and a difficult colleague in the field of photographic history.
To all of those contributors the Ransom Center is enormously grateful and appreciative, for they have brought a fresh perspective not only to the Gernsheims, who built this fine collection, but also to the collection itself. The Center is also grateful to those who have supported the production of this book, without whom it would have been impossible to carry it through to its present form. Foremost among these is The Hite Foundation, which has generously supported this publication in memory of Sybil E. Hite. Generous funding has also been provided by Janet and Jack Roberts, Jeanne and Van Hoisington, Margaret Hight, and William Russell Young III. We also wish to thank DJ Stout and Julie Savasky, at Pentagram, who have designed this handsome volume.
Since the beginning of the Gernsheims' collecting in the 1940s, their collection fostered dozens of books and hundreds of articles. Since its arrival in Austin in 1963, it has further served as a source of scholarship for generations of students and faculty at The University of Texas as well as for historians, curators, collectors, and countless others. It is our hope that The Gernsheim Collection will inspire future scholarship from those interested in all aspects of the humanities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
David L. Coleman
Curator of Photography, Harry Ransom Center
Series Editor, Harry Ransom Center Photography Series
Nathan Lyons


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Standard Rules – Sunday 6s
Reverse Coed 4s Rules
State College Volleyball
A community volleyball league that highlights the strong town and gown relationships in State College, PA
Standard 6s Rules
Team Composition
Scoring & Standings
Weekly Team Responsibilities
1) Rosters – Any number of players may be added to a team's roster up to 4 weeks prior to the start of the end-of-season tournament by having the player(s) sign and date the team's liability release form, which is in the binder. If there are players in the end-of-season tournament that are not on the team's roster, the team forfeits. Forfeits or addition of players after the 4 week deadline are left to the discretion of the commissioners.
a. All players must sign a team liability release form before playing in the league. No one is permitted to play without signing the release.
b. All team members and team captains are responsible to ensure compliance.
i. Failure to have a player on your roster will result in 1 loss for your team regardless of the actual play results.
ii. A second offense will result in a 3 losses penalty.
iii. Penalties for any subsequent offenses will be decided by the commissioners.
iv. Commissioners will do periodic roster checks throughout the season to ensure compliance.
v. Referees should remind captains to have all players sign the liability release form prior to match play.
vi. Four weeks prior to the playoffs, rosters will be pulled and no more players can be added to teams.
c. A player is not eligible to play in more than one division or more than one team per season.
d. Minors must be at least 14 years old and have parent or guardian sign a release form before playing.
2) Co-ed – Each team must play with a minimum of two women and a minimum of two men on the court at all times.
a. In the event that a team has fewer than 6 players, teams may play with 4 or 5 players, as long as there is at least one woman and one man.
b. Teams will forfeit all games when they do not have any women or if they have fewer than four players.
c. There is no requirement that a female must touch the ball before being played back to the opponents.
3) Regular Season Scoring – A match will consist of three games to 25 points, win by 2, with a cap of 27.
a. Rally scoring will be used.
b. Each game counts toward the league standings.
c. The match should be called during the third game if the total match time has reached 1 hour. At that point, the team with the most points wins (even if there is only a one-point difference).
d. Coin toss or equivalent to start match – winner decide who serves first, loser chooses court side.
4) Deciding Games – During the regular season, there will be no 'deciding' game.
a. All three games count toward the league standings.
b. There will not be a coin toss or equivalent for game 3.
i. Teams will NOT switch sides halfway through game 3.
5) Standings
a. Standings are calculated as a percentage based on the total games won throughout the season over the total games played.
b. Penalties assessed to a team are assigned as a loss and count as a game played.
c. If, at the end of regular-season play, two teams are tied for a place in the standings (same win/loss record), the places will be determined in the following way:
i. Games won in head-to-head competition
ii. If head-to-head games are even, then teams will be seeded based on their win record against the highest ranked team in the division. If a tie still exists, compare wins to second place team and so on, until one team has more wins than the other when playing matches against other teams in the division.
6) Playoffs
a. Format: Double-elimination
b. Scoring: Best 2 out of 3 games to 25. Win by 2. First two games are capped at 27. Third game has no scoring cap.
c. 1 hour time limit applies.
d. Deciding game has another coin toss or equivalent.
7) Warm-Ups
a. Must be done in the assigned gym and not in hallways / adjacent areas.
i. No one should play with balls outside of the gym.
b. The ref should allow approx. 5 minutes of warm-up before starting the match.
c. The earliest match of the night MUST start on time. The only exception will be issues related to access to the gym or equipment.
i. If there are issues, play for 1 hour from start time.
d. Captains and refs are responsible to keep matches on time.
8) Center Court is available for warmups if it does not have a match scheduled.
a. Exceptions: if there is a forfeit and no one is warming up for the next match OR if the last scheduled match ends early, the referee(s) and captains may mutually agree to allow play on the center court.
b. Unless it is discussed and agreed upon by both captains, always assume that the center court is out of bounds.
c. While playing on Court 1 or Court 3, if there is live play in Court 2 the entire court is out of bounds.
i. Do not enter Court 2, this will be an automatic loss of point. If the ball enters the court notify someone (if possible) but do not enter the court. This rule is for safety reasons.
ii. The areas directly behind Court 2 are in play; if the play can be made without interfering with activity on another court or injuring anyone that might be in the areas behind the court the play should continue.
9) Substitutions – There are three methods. Each team may sub using one method per game.
a. Regular USAV substitutions: Players and teams have an unlimited number of entries per game. If using this method, a male must sub for a male and a female must sub for a female.
i. An example: Player Amy plays all three front row positions. Player Belinda substitutes in for Player Amy and plays all three back row positions. Player Amy substitutes back in and plays in the front row.
b. Queue method of replacement: A Team may choose a position and replace any number of players when they get to that position. Each player will play all 6 positions and then rotate out waiting in the queue to rotate back in. As long as the required number of women is on the court, replacements do not need to be male for male and female for female. Alternately you may have a female only queue and a male only. A team must decide to have one mixed queue or two separate queues (male queue and female queue).
c. Libero – Substitutions involving a libero are not counted as regular substitutions and their number is unlimited. A libero cannot take part
in normal substitutions and may only enter or leave the game while the ball is out of play and before the whistle for service. It is necessary to have a rally between replacement of two different players involving a libero.
10) Injuries – Anyone may sub for an injured player as long as the required number of women remain on the court.
a. The injured player may return to the game whenever they are able.
11) Late Players – If a team is playing with less than 6 players, late players may enter the game at any time and in any position – assuming the required number of women are on the court.
12) Forfeits – If a team cannot be fielded by 15 minutes into the scheduled playing time, the team forfeits all three games.
a. If a team is less than 15 minutes late but the match does not start on time the late team will forfeit 1st game. The 2nd game will be played. If a 3rd game cannot be completed in 1 hour, the team with the most points will win the game.
13) Refereeing – Teams will be required to referee according to the schedule set at the start of the year.
a. Teams who do not supply a required ref will have one loss added to their record, per game missed.
b. Additional responsibilities will be assigned for the end-of-season tournament.
c. Referees are expected to stop play (whistle) when a violation of the league rules has occurred.
d. Referees are required to have a whistle to run a match. Whistles are available in equipment bag.
e. It is suggested to have two refs during a game (one with the whistle and one for the scoreboard).
f. During playoffs, you must have two refs.
14) Serving – The ball must leave the server's hand before it is struck for a legal service.
a. Allowing the ball to drop after it has been tossed for serve is a side out.
b. Net serves are not a fault, and the ball is in play.
15) Hit Characteristics – All body parts used to return the ball is legal.
a. This includes any foot play or "kicking" the ball over the net.
16) Lifts (Carries) – A lift is called only when the ball is caught and/or thrown, it does not rebound from the hit, or otherwise comes to rest.
a. A lift or carry does not occur every time a player contacts the ball with an open palm in an upward motion. A lift is called only if the ball comes to rest in the players palm.
17) Multiple Contacts – A "double-contact" is called on a player that hits the ball twice in succession or the ball contacts various parts of his/her body in succession on the second or third contacts of a play.
a. A double-contact can not be called if one player contacts the ball multiple times on the first contact on his/her side, regardless of how the ball is played over the net (serve, spike, pass).
18) Net Violation – Any touching of the net that is not incidental is a violation.
a. The definition of incidental contact is only hair and clothing.
b. Any body contact with the net at any time is a violation.
19) Center Line – Any part of the foot or hand may cross over the center line entering into the opponents court provided that some part of the penetrating foot or hand remains either in contact with or directly above the center line.
a. Other body parts touching the opponents court is a fault.
i. The exception is hair.
b. Examples
i. Sliding backwards on your butt partially under the net is a center line fault.
ii. Knee(s) touching into the other court is a fault.
c. Official Rules: 11.2.1 It is permitted to penetrate into the opponents' space under the net, provided that this does not interfere with the opponents' play. 11.2.2 Penetration into the opponent's court, beyond the center line: 11.2.2.1 To touch the opponent's court with a foot (feet) or hand(s) is permitted, provided that some part of the penetrating foot (feet) or hand(s) remains either in contact with or directly above the center line. 11.2.2.2 To contact the opponent's court with any other part of the body is forbidden. 11.2.3 A player may enter the opponent's court after the ball goes out of play. 11.2.4 Players may penetrate into the opponent's free zone, provided that they do not interfere with the opponents' play.
20) Net Play
a. Attacking the ball over the other team's side is a fault (ball is NOT in the plane of the net, but COMPLETELY on the other team's side).
b. Blocking (not attacking) is legal if the other team has already used their 3 hits or if there is no one able to make a play on the ball.
21) Court Boundaries
a. Players (except server) must all be in the court (may be on the line, not over) for serve.
b. Do not move into another court to continue play when the other courts are in use.
i. This will result in the end of play and the point awarded to the opposing team.
22) Overhead Objects – All overhead objects above 15 feet are legal.
a. Play continues as long as it doesn't cross the net and if the contact was over a playable area.
b. Everything below 15 feet and connected to the ceiling (backboards, bleachers, etc.) is out of play.
i. Play over will be called if the referee thinks a play could have been made if the object were not there.
c. All wall objects are out no matter what height.
i. The track is considered a wall object.
23) Stray Balls – A play-over is NOT called every time a ball enters the court.
a. Play-over is only called if the ball affects play on the same side of the net as the ball is on, or if you feel the ball is a hazard to the players near it.
b. Examples:
i. A ball that rolls across the back of the court should NOT be whistled and called a play-over.
ii. A ball that is quickly batted away by the person who sees it, and it does not prevent that player from making a good play on their ball, should NOT be a play-over.
iii. A ball that is rolling under the hitter's feet should be whistled long before it gets to that dangerous spot.
iv. A ball that rolls in front of a player trying to play a ball causing them not to be able to make the play should be called a play-over.
v. A player on the other side of the net watching a ball that has entered their opponent's court should NOT call "ball on" to distract others unless the ball is a hazard. If they do call "ball on" it is NOT automatically a play-over.
c. Captains are responsible to bring issues of stray balls to the attention of the referee.
24) Antennas – Unless antennae exist on the net, this will be a judgment call.
a. Given the quality of the nets and the lack of tightness that we are able to get from the equipment it is very difficult to make an accurate call on whether or not the play was inside or outside the line of the antenna.
b. If both teams disagree with the call and the referee(s) cannot say for sure, this should result in a 'replay' of the point.
25) Replays
a. When NOT to call #1: If the ref doesn't see a fault happen and allows play to continue and then when the rally is over they learn and agree that the fault happened it is NOT a play-over. The team at fault losses the rally and the other team gets a point and serves.
b. When NOT to call #2: If the ref blows the whistle before they should have, they must make a decision that will not penalize either team.
i. Example: The ref thought the ball hit the floor, so the blow their whistle. It turns out that the ball hit the player's foot. Which means play should continue. But the ball immediately goes up and lands in the bleachers. No one could have touched the ball. This is not a play-over because the whistle didn't have any effect on the result of the play. The team that hit the ball into the player's foot wins the rally.
c. When to call #1: When the proper call cannot be determined. The ball hits the floor and the referee cannot tell if it is in or out. Some people think it's in and some think it's out. This is a replay. Unless both captain agree on what to call.
d. The ref blows the whistle before they should have, they must make a decision that will not penalize either team. Example: The up ref thinks a player enters the adjacent court, so they blow the whistle to stop play, but the down ref says they got a clear view of the play and the player did not enter the court. The ball was still in play when the ref blew the whistle. Since no one can foresee the real outcome of the play, a play-over is directed.
26) Conflict Resolution
a. The referee's decision is final.
b. Captains (or the assigned designee) should be the only player communicating with the referee.
c. Do not yell at the referee. See Unsportsmanlike Conduct section.
d. If there is doubt regarding a call, the referee can decide to replay a point.
27) Unsportsmanlike Conduct – If a player exhibits any unsportsmanlike behavior (in the judgment of the referee), they, along with the captain, should be given a warning.
a. The first warning is a finger shake.
b. If the player is warned once and repeats bad behavior, it is up to the discretion of the referee to award either a point or a side out and a point.
c. If unsportsmanlike behavior continues, the player will be ejected from the match.
d. Keep play light. These are not certified referees and this league is intended to be both fun and competitive.
28) Equipment
a. All teams scheduled to the play the first match of the evening need to assist with net setup.
b. Teams that are scheduled to play the last match of the evening will be assigned equipment duties. This will include the following responsibilities:
i. Place all scoreboards in bags.
ii. Place clipboard, whistles, first aid kit, binders and anything else owned by the league in bags.
iii. Hang the nets in the corner of the closet.
iv. Place poles in corner of the closet.
v. Place bags in the corner of the closet.
29) Score Sheet
a. The captain or a team member must fill in how many games won and loss next to the team name.
b. If you forget to write your scores, you will be given a warning. If you forget the second time, it will result in a 1 game loss penalty.


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Home City of Austin City Council Laura Pressley's Campaign Kicks Off
Laura Pressley's Campaign Kicks Off
Laura Pressley
Candidate Drew Big and Loud Crowd in Announcing Run for Austin City Council
Updated 10:10am Wednesday, December 14, 2011
A newcomer to Austin politics got off to a noisy start at the venerable Scholz Garten on Saturday, drawing about 125 people to hear her announce her candidacy.
Laura Pressley previously gained local media exposure by crusading against the addition of fluoride in Austin's drinking water and talking about the health dangers she says are posed by the airport security scanners. She said she is qualified to address the scientific issues involved, based on her PhD in chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin. Her pleas to the Austin City Council regarding these issues went unheeded, triggering her decision to run.
Pressley won't say which council seat she will seek. Three incumbents, in addition to Mayor Lee Leffingwell, are running for reelection: Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole and Council Members Mike Martinez and Bill Spelman.
"I'm leaving open which seat I will run for," she told the crowd. But she vowed not to let the so-called "gentlemen's agreement," which sets aside seats for an African American and Latino, stand in her way. "I don't have any trouble going into that sandbox," she said. "I have no fear of going against that—no fear at all."
She said she is taking feedback and will probably decide which seat to run for in late January. Candidates cannot file for a place on the ballot before February 6. The deadline to file is March 6.
Pressley said she wants to run ads on TV and do radio interviews and is a "big fan of alternative media."
"I've spent hour after hour watching the council ignore people, not only us but their own commissioners," Pressley said, referring to a recommendation by the Airport Advisory Commission not to install the scanners now in use at the airport.
Focusing on health
"I want to focus on the health of Austin—environmental, individual, and economic—and how to keep jobs in Austin."
Regarding economic health, Pressley cited examples of money spent on contracts for out-of-state companies, such as a $4 million contract she says was awarded to a Minnesota company to pick up large items for Austin Energy. She said software contracts have been awarded to California companies. "Why doesn't the council buy local?"
On the topic of environmental health, Pressley said the Fayette Power Plant located in La Grange, east of Austin, is spewing sulfur dioxide and mercury that's killing trees. "That plant needs to go," she said. "We need clean energy programs—and no rate increases for us."
Noting that the city gets a lot of its energy from the South Texas Project, a nuclear plant, Pressley said the possibility of an accident means questions need to be asked to make sure the plant is safe.
Individual health could be improved by creating more organic gardens and improving water quality. "Water is the most important thing we put in our bodies. Where's our organic water? It's not coming out of our taps," she said, and claimed that chemicals in Austin's tap water exceeds standards.
Pressley's concern for clean water is not only personal but professional. In 2007 she co-founded Pure Rain LLC, an Austin-based company that sells bottled rain water. She travels extensively to market the water, which is sold locally at Whole Foods and Central Market, according to the Pure Rain website.
Another individual health issue is the airport scanners that she said operate on a microwave frequency. She recommends that passengers opt for a pat down inspection and not go through the scanners.
Pressley said no one on the current city council has a technological background, and water quality, energy, and pollution issues are technical. "We don't have anybody on the council to ask hard questions," she said. "That's what I'll do."
Enthusiastic supporters
Several people warmed up the crowd before Pressley took the stage, including Neil Carman, longtime director of the state Sierra Club's clean air program. Carman, who like Pressley holds a PhD in chemistry, said , "In the elections next spring we need to un-elect some of the people on the council," drawing hoots and applause. "I can't think of a better person I know to run."
Harlan Deitrich, owner of Brave New Books, gave an energetic pitch, saying Pressley was incredibly intelligent, incredibly honest, and a very strong woman. "She has a fire in her belly and a passion for this," he said. "She's doing this to win."
John Maltabes, a visiting scholar at Hewlett Packard Laboratories, and a top fundraiser for SafePlace for many years, said he had known Pressley for 15 years. Of the campaign to come, he said, "We will go door-to-door and knock on every door in Austin."
On a personal note, Pressley is married to Leif D. Allred, an engineering manager at Applied Materials. The couple owns a home at 2210 White Horse Trail, just a few doors down from Lamar Middle School in the Allandale neighborhood. Pressley said she has one daughter, 26, who lives in Seattle.
She told a compelling personal history as a survivor of domestic and sexual violence who came to Austin as a poor, single woman to pursue a graduate education at the University of Texas. She told a similarly moving story about the generations of women in her family who had suffered from abuse in a 2001 press conference video at the State Capitol that focused on funding for family violence services in Texas.
Pressley is a current steering committee member for Texans for Accountable Government, an Austin-based nonpartisan political action committee that focuses on safeguarding individual liberty, protecting personal privacy and property rights, election integrity, safe water, and electing representatives to office, according to its website.
She is also on the steering committee for Fluoride Free Austin and has served on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, including SafePlace, which operates a 24-hour hotline and an emergency shelter for women and children escaping domestic violence; Women's Advocacy Project, which gives legal advice to victims of domestic violence; and served as volunteer Development and Fundraising Chair of the (updated 10:10am December 14, 2011) DiscoverHope Fund, which creates opportunities for women in poverty through microcredit, entrepreneurship and training.
Pressley's campaign treasurer is Jason Wahoski, a product marketing manager at Applied Materials.
This report was made possible by contributions to The Austin Bulldog, which operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit to provide investigative reporting in the public interest. You can help to sustain The Austin Bulldog's reporting by making a tax-deductible contribution.
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package util

import (
	"os"
	"os/exec"
	"strings"
	"syscall"

	"github.com/BytemarkHosting/bytemark-client/util/log"
)

func CallBrowser(url string) error {
	log.Logf("Running a browser to open %s...\r\n", url)

	var attr os.ProcAttr
	attr.Sys = &syscall.SysProcAttr{HideWindow: true}
	attr.Files = []*os.File{os.Stdin, os.Stdout, os.Stderr}

	path, err := exec.LookPath("cmd")
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	// so on windows when you're using cmd you have to escape ampersands with the ^ character.
	// ¯\(º_o)/¯
	url = strings.Replace(url, "&", "^&", -1)

	log.Debugf(log.LvlOutline, "Executing %s /C start \"%s\"", path, url)
	proc, err := os.StartProcess(path, []string{path, "/C", "start", url}, &attr)
	if err != nil {

		return err
	}

	_, err = proc.Wait()
	return err
}


I have a tendency with my own work to not publish things or move onto the next stage because everything with the current stage isn't quite right.
In this case I haven't posted to my blog/website/homepage for such a long time because I've been needing to rewrite the RSS generator code and the thing that takes screenshots of each page.
And before I can do those things, I've needed to work out what to do about THE BIG PROBLEM.
...is this, and reading Phil Gyford's post also made me think about it, when I want my website to be somewhere where I can post about my projects, post about my work, post photos, podcasts and just simple writing like this, how (or do I) get all of that to fit together?
This triggered by going back and pruning all my old blog posts, some made sense at the time they were about general things going on, many were "Hey, look at this new GPS unit you can attach to a camera" and some were posts in response to someone else's blogpost which no longer exists. While others I liked because it was about something I did or made like Simulated Landscape Painting From Simulated Landscapes or The GeoCitification of Fashion which I feel are worth keeping around.
All in all after killing everything off I ended up with a handfull of posts, or what I shudderingly think of as "Medium" style posts, of which I still have a back log to post.
So here I am, I'm both wanting my website to be the start of a portfolio, somewhere I could in the future point people at and say "I do that kind of thing" and somewhere I can just jot down ideas and random writing. But I'm expecting the random writing to outnumber the "proper" posts 20 to 1, and I don't want the random writing to flood the homepage and drown out the less temporal post.
The solution ended up being really simple, I'm just going to pop the "journaling" writing into an expanding list of headlines in the second spot, and carry on as normal with everything else.
Well theoretically simple, if you take into account the distinct lack of time to actually do anything, because adding this one feature involves adding the other features and obviously a complete rewrite of the base code.
All this because I'm trying to reclaim my own content and move things back to a homepage, no more relying on photo hosting sites, audio hosting sites (todo), micro-blogging sites and so on. I'm tired of generating "user content" for other sites only for them to vanish, change terms & conditions, sell out or become toxic. Forever moving stuff onwards and onwards.
A long time ago, about 20 years now, people started building themselves homepages, with titles like "Welcome to Steve's Corner of the World Wide Web", "Sue's Magnificent Homepage" and so on. Setting up a homepage was both pretty easy the HTML and slightly later CSS was fairly simple and tricky in that you had to sysadmin a server someplace to FTP files onto.
I had the unrealistic idea that setting up a server to host your "homepage" would become easier and that everyone would have their own server in their house where their homepage lived. This was something I assumed would happen soon and in a couple of years everyone would be visiting everyone else's homepage, leaving comments, linking back and forth and being very web like.
Clearly I was very wrong and I don't think they'll ever get there, using services is just to quick and easy.
So here I am, now stubborly writing this post in a text editor, hand editing the HTML, trying to take control and making life a lot harder and slower for myself.
...you know, I just had the time.


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Bergljót Arnalds (born 15 October 1968) is an Icelandic actress, writer, television representative and producer. She has been awarded the Icelandic AUÐAR-verðlaunin, a pioneer's award, for creating the first Icelandic computer game, Stafakarlarnir.

She is best known for being the author of a best-selling children's book and for her TV work. She was the producer and host of children's television program 2001 nights, which aired on SkjárEinn.

She has played various roles on stage and in films. Among her roles are Dolly in The Devil's Island, Lucy in Dracula, Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire and Sophie in Sophie's World.

Books
 1996 – Stafakarlarnir (Icelandic)
2006 – The Most Amazing Alphabet Tale (English)
 1997 – Tóta og Tíminn
 1998 – Talnapúkinn
 2001 – Gralli Gormur og stafaseiðurinn mikli
 2001 – Í leit að tímanum
 2003 – Gralli Gormur og litadýrðin mikla
 2005 – Jólasveinasaga (Icelandic)
2005 – The Thirteen Icelandic Santas (English)
 2007 – Gralli Gormur og dýrin í Afríku (Icelandic)
 2007 – Mousey Rattail in Africa (English)
 2011 – Íslensku Húsdýrin og Trölli (Icelandic)
 2015 – Rusladrekinn (Icelandic)

CD-Roms
 1997 – Stafakarlarnir
 1999 – Talnapúkinn
 2004 – Gralli Gormur og stafirnir

See also

 List of Icelandic writers
 Icelandic literature

References

External links
 Bergljót Arnalds' profile
 profile

1968 births
Living people
Bergljót Arnalds
Icelandic women children's writers
Bergljót Arnalds
Bergljót Arnalds
Bergljót Arnalds

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The Monthly Herd-- March-- Whoa! It Went Fast!
I decided to start sharing my couponing adventures on the blog!
Paid 22.49 for 166.00 worth of groceries!
Our Publix takes competitor coupons. I received a $10 off $50 coupon from Lowes Foods so went in and couponed. In the end paid only 6.16!
The pizza and oreo bar helped me get to 50. lol I was short when I got to the register. Ah!
Foodlion has a text program. Sign up and they send you free or bogo offers now and again. For St Patrick's Day they sent a $2 off cabbage. With sales that made nearly 6 pounds of free cabbage.
Gatorade bars were buy 5 save 5 at my bar with a 1/1 rebate on ibotta for each making all five free.
The coupons.com mobile app offers free products (usually produce) now and again. This week there was a free potatoes offer. You could buy 1.50 in potatoes and they refund you the price (minus the tax). So my sweet potatoes were only 3 cents.
I was just browsing the store to get a few extra steps in. Didn't find much but found some marked down butternut squash. I love the pre-diced squash but no way I'm paying 4 bucks!
I was finishing up some ibotta bonuses (sabra avacado, croutons, ragu) so went to Foodlion. I also had a $2/8 produce competitor coupon. And used the free Deer Park coupon they mailed out a while back that I'd shared. If you still have yours they expire 3/31 so don't forget to use it!
I was picking up a birthday cake that they had to fix so I wandered the store. The mug cake was another freebie on Ibotta, the coffees were free with digital coupon on the Publix app. They'll make a great donation!
Want to know more? Join our FB group that's all about coupons and savings!
I'm slowly working on a website and FB group for couponing where I'll share deals and coupons. Feel free to join, ask questions, share your hauls, etc!


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Sitting room has a game table, with games, sink, microwave, coffee, tea, mugs, wine glasses and under counter fridge.
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Bedrooms have individually controlled heating and air conditioning.
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Internet available throughout the property.
Sitting room has a game table and chairs, with games, sink, microwave, coffee, tea, mugs, wine glasses and under counter fridge (see listing picture).
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Well maintained public and semi public courses within a 1/2 hour drive.
Away from it all, yet only a mile to the historic Sonoma town square, full of tasting rooms and eateries. Beautiful creek side walking path to town starts across the street.
The property is very pretty and private. Loved picking fresh cherries for breakfast. Really enjoyed walking into town for dinners, wine, etc. Thsnks for your hospitality!
In the heart of the Sonoma Valley, beautiful California wine country. Many, many vineyards and tasting rooms, lots within walking distance. Lots of wine tour operators or easy exploring on your own. Great restaurants and shops. The California wine country experience at it's best. Elegant, informal and relaxed. You can easily explore Napa too which is 13 miles away.


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Ghana Red Cross Society Constitutes Teams On COVID-19
The Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS) has constituted five-member teams at various districts as part of its risk communication and community engagement activities to educate members of the public on the COVID-19 pandemic to help contain it in the country.
The teams will use megaphones at public places including; markets and radio stations and community information centres to spread the message on the disease to inform behavioural change towards halting its spread.
The teams are made up of the District Officers of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) and District Officers of GRCS, Health Promotion and Disease Control Officers, and two volunteers of GRCS.
The Districts, where they would carry out their activities include; Chereponi, Bunkpurugu/ Nakpanduri, East Mamprusi, West Mamprusi, Bole, Sawla-Tuna-Kalba, North Gonja, Saboba, and Tatale-Sanguli, located in the North East, Savannah and Northern Regions.
This followed a day's review meeting in Tamale on Thursday, and attended by members of the teams to review the GRCS's activities in the area of emergencies and what to do during this COVID-19 pandemic to save lives.
The review meeting, organised by the GRCS in collaboration with NADMO and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) with support from the Swiss Red Cross, was also used to update participants on the facts about the COVID-19, the precautionary measures to contain it and risk communication on it to enable them to better educate members of the public on the disease.
The country confirmed two cases of COVID-19 on March 12, and by April 15, the number of confirmed cases rose to 641 with eight deaths.
Mr Abdul-Rahamani Yussif, Northern Regional Manager of GRCS, during the review meeting, said the move was in line with their emergency activities to strengthen community resilience to save lives.
Mr Abdul-Rahamani said the GRCS officers and volunteers were initially visiting homes to educate residents in the communities on the disease but had to suspend it because of fears of infections, hence the decision to use radio stations in the communities.
He advised members of the teams to be guided by the code of conduct of the GRCS and observe the highest standard of precaution in the discharge of their duties, emphasising that "As much as you want to save lives you need to protect yourselves from being infected with the virus."
He further advised them to desist from sharing unsubstantiated information and rumours about the disease on social media to avoid misleading community members.
Mr Iddrisu Abubakari Ziblim, Northern Regional Human Resource Manager of NADMO reminded the participants that the education on the COVID-19 was a national exercise and urged them to be effective on the field.
On motorbikes that were recently distributed to District Officers of NADMO, he said it would enable them to visit and educate the communities.
Madam Rahinatu Yakubu, Northern Regional Health Promoter at the GHS urged them to be sensitive in communicating messages on the disease to the citizenry to enable them to appreciate and ensure community behavioural change towards response against the disease.


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Health selected
The gay men breaking blood donation rules
By Ben Hunte BBC Victoria Derbyshire programme
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48598461?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=650&width=850&caption=BBC+News+-+Health
Men who have sex with men are barred from giving blood in England, Scotland and Wales for three months after sexual activity - but some are deciding to break the rules.
"It galls me every time I hear an advert on the radio asking for people to give blood, when there's a huge section of society that is just denied that for no good reason," says David - not his real name.
He is a sexually active gay man who donates blood to the NHS several times a year.
"I grew up in a family who gave blood regularly and instilled in me that that was the right thing to do," he tells the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.
"I did it before I started having sex with men - and I carried on doing it afterwards because, for me, that was the right thing to do."
In 2017, rules were relaxed in England, Scotland and Wales to allow men who have sex with men to give blood after abstaining from sexual activity for three months.
Previously, they had to wait a year - which remains the case in Northern Ireland.
NHS Blood and Transplant - the organisation that looks after blood in England - says the timeframe exists because, while all donations are screened, "there is a period of time following contact with any infection when it would not be detected by our screening tests".
'Deep homophobia'
The Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO) - which advises UK health departments - recommended the changes after concluding new testing systems were accurate and donors were good at complying with the rules.
It followed campaigning from LGBT organisations. But for some, it is still not enough.
David says the law remains "rooted in deep homophobia".
"I don't see why I should be denied the rights to help fellow people," he says.
"Certainly I don't think the people whose lives I've potentially saved would complain."
Asked why he takes the risk, knowing medical professionals believe it unsafe, he says he practises safe sex and is tested more frequently than heterosexual people.
"No straight person I know goes and gets checked every six months," he says.
David, like other men the programme spoke to that knowingly breach the rules, says he takes the Prep drug every day - which can prevent users from contracting HIV.
However, SaBTO's guidelines says those who have used PrEP within the previous three months cannot be accepted because of concerns about how it might impact on HIV screening results.
Image caption Su Brailsford says the safety of seriously ill people is the priority
Su Brailsford, a consultant in health protection at NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), says it is "very concerned" by the programme's findings.
Donating before three months is not illegal and while the NHSBT does have strategies in place to protect blood supply, it cannot currently stop people such as David donating if they lie during donor health checks.
Ms Brailsford says: "The safety of the seriously ill people who receive blood is our number one priority.
"Blood donation exists for patients, not for blood donors.
"Anyone can acquire a blood-borne infection or a sexually transmitted disease but some people have an increased risk of exposure.
"At a population level, men who have sex with men have a higher risk.
"Using protection like a condoms or Prep can reduce this risk but may not eliminate it.
"We have to consider not only the donor but also the potential risks of their partner."
"All donors have to complete the donor health check when they come to donate - so it's not just men who have sex with men who we ask about what sort of sex they've been having."
The facts around blood donation
NHS Blood and Transplant needs 1.4 million units of blood each year to meet the needs of patients across England - more than 6,000 blood donations per day
Some 210,000 new blood donors each year are required to replace those who stop donating and to ensure the right mix of blood groups
The number of men giving blood has dropped by 24.8% over the past five years in England, while the number of women giving blood has fallen by 6%
Some 40,000 more black donors are needed in England, as they are more likely to have the blood type needed to treat the increasing number of patients with sickle cell disease
A full list on who's eligible to give blood can be found here.
Source: NHS Blood and Transplant
The safety of the UK's blood supply has recently been in the spotlight.
Families have been giving evidence in an inquiry examining why thousands of people in the 1970s and 80s were given infected blood products from high-risk sources - with many contracting hepatitis B or C or HIV.
But times have changed and blood screening has improved, leading many to suggest the three-month wait to donate should be reduced further.
The campaign group Freedom to Donate campaigns on this issue.
But for the charity's Ethan Spibey, "it's not helpful" for individuals to break the rules.
'Discrimination'
Ryan - not his real name - has been donating blood, against the rules, for nearly 10 years.
He says the rules makes him feel he is not good enough and his blood does not matter.
"It's not nice that you're almost discriminated against and you know that you are doing something that you shouldn't be doing," he says.
"But at the same time, morally, you are helping somebody else by giving blood."
Image caption 'Ryan' says who he has sex with should not prevent him from giving blood.
Ryan gives blood after promising his mother he would continue to medically donate whatever he could, shortly before she suddenly died.
He says he would not consider abstaining from sex in order to give blood and he takes precautions over his sexual health.
Asked whether he was worried other people giving blood would not be as careful, he said there would always be a risk - including with heterosexuals.
"How many heterosexual people have sex without contraceptive devices or condoms or anything? How much risk are they taking?" he asks.
"I don't think that who I choose to have sexual relations with, or fall in love with, should have any bearing on giving blood."
Follow the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on Facebook and Twitter - and see more of our stories here.
Blood donation rules relaxed for gay men and sex workers


Decide what changes need to be made. Some changes, such as adding a child or changing the name of your spouse, are relatively simple. Others, such as changing what assets you would like to leave to whom, are more complex. Clarifying what changes you need to make will help you decide which method of changing your will is right for you, according to the American Bar Association.
Choose a method for amending your will. If you wish to make a small change, you may want to use a codicil, which is an amendment attached to your original will. If you wish to make large changes, however, you may need to write a new will. It is wise to consult an attorney when deciding what changes to make and how best to make them, according to FindLaw.
Write down your desired changes. If you are using a codicil, you can simply write the changes on a new sheet of paper. Note on this paper that it is a codicil to your last will and testament, and include the day, month and year you are making the change. If you decide to rewrite your will, use the same format as the original will, and remember to include the day, month and year you are writing the new will.
Sign and have witnessed your new will or codicil. Both a will and codicil must be signed by the testator, or person making the will, and by at least two witnesses. Some states have specific additional requirements, such as notarization, so check with an attorney or your state's laws regarding wills before you have your will signed and witnessed.
Attach your codicil to your original will, and file your original will in a secure location. If you have more than one copy of your original will, attach a copy of the codicil to each copy of the will. If you have written a new will, gather up all the copies of your original will, along with any codicils, and destroy them. Be sure your will is properly signed, witnessed and notarized if necessary before you destroy any previous copies, recommends FindLaw.
ABA Family Legal Guide: How Do I Change My Will After It Has Been Executed?
ABA Family Legal Guide: What Happens if I Fail to Keep My Will Up To Date?


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Q: Get all possible combinations of quiz answers I have a dictionary with questions as keys and answer option lists as values.
quiz = {
  'Question 1': ['yes', 'no'],
  'Question 2': ['dogs', 'cats'],
  'Question 3': ['apples', 'oranges']
}

What's the best way to get all the possible answer combinations?

A: There is in fact 8 possiblities 2**3 that you can get with itertools.product
from itertools import product

quiz = {
    'Question 1': ['yes', 'no'],
    'Question 2': ['dogs', 'cats'],
    'Question 3': ['apples', 'oranges']
}

for responses in product(*quiz.values()):
    print(responses)

# each row is a tuple
('yes', 'dogs', 'apples')
('yes', 'dogs', 'oranges')
('yes', 'cats', 'apples')
('yes', 'cats', 'oranges')
('no', 'dogs', 'apples')
('no', 'dogs', 'oranges')
('no', 'cats', 'apples')
('no', 'cats', 'oranges')

A: Firstly, I think you meant all eight possible combinations for the answers to the three questions. Secondly, since you are enumerating all possible combinations, trying to optimise on the efficiency front is moot - it is going to take exponential time in any case.
Coming to the main question at hand, you can simply iterate through all the items as mentioned in the other answer by azro.
One interesting approach using bit manipulation would go like this:
quiz = {
  'Question 1': ['yes', 'no'],
  'Question 2': ['dogs', 'cats'],
  'Question 3': ['apples', 'oranges']
}

for i in range(8):
    ans = [quiz['Question 1'][i & 1], quiz['Question 2'][int((i & 2) / 2)], quiz['Question 3'][int((i & 4) / 4)]]
    print(ans)

Explanation: Any combination of answer choices can be seen as taking either the first choice or the second for each question. Forming a corresponding bit sequence leads to a number between 0 to 7 = 2^3 - 1.
NOTE: A major flaw in this method is that this will work only if there are exactly 2 choices for every question. It can be made to work for other variants but it would still require the number of choices to be consistent for each question.

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