An Education for Life...
“We have been very happy with Bethany as it allows people to be individuals and guides them with a soft hand in the right direction; their flexibility is their key to success.”
Parent of an A Level Pupil
Bethany enjoys a reputation as a particularly friendly and happy community. It is a strong, thriving school and the Head firmly believes that school should be enjoyed rather than endured.  It is this atmosphere of positive nurturing and encouragement which makes Bethany ‘refreshingly different’.
Located in Kent’s ‘Garden of England’, Bethany combines an idyllic rural location with easy accessibility. London is less than an hour by direct train, Gatwick Airport one hour by taxi (Heathrow an hour and a half) and the Eurostar terminals at Ashford and Ebbsfleet 45 minutes.
The curriculum and information technology
Bethany offers a broad range of subjects taught in modern classrooms with specialist facilities, the latest addition to which is the Science Centre. Small classes ensure that pupils receive plenty of support and guidance. The entire campus is served by a wireless network, and from Year 8 all pupils are encouraged to have their own laptop and much of the curriculum is delivered through ICT. Over 94% of our sixth-form leavers progress on to university courses, leaving Bethany with a mature self-confidence and clear direction. Our learning support department enjoys an international reputation for its success in giving specialist help to dyslexic pupils within our mainstream school.
“for a child that wasn’t coping at Primary School to come away with results like this is amazing, once Bethany had channelled him in the right direction he just took off”..
Parent of a GCSE pupil
The Independent Schools Inspectorate said, “The curriculum and the educational opportunities provided within it make an excellent contribution to the pupils’ achievements and success.”
We believe that activities outside the classroom are very important in developing pupils’ personalities. Everyone takes part in sport at least three times a week, as well as in activities sessions three afternoons a week. There is a choice of around 25 activities each day including horse riding, chef school, archery, symphony orchestra, Bee Keeping & country pursuits, to name just a few. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme is hugely popular and very successful at Bethany. Throughout the School, there are opportunities to perform in drama, music and dance. Our art department is particularly strong and many students join us to take advantage of our ‘mini art college’, choosing to study art, textiles and photography at A-level. We have recently become members of the National Schools Equestrian Association enabling our pupils to become part of our equestrian team and to participate in national competitions.
Every pupil becomes part of their own boarding house family which is home to around 25 boarders. There is a full and varied programme of weekend activities and visits for all boarders. In the upper sixth, students board in the purpose-built sixth-form centre and have individual study-bedrooms with en-suite facilities. The community at Bethany is also enriched by the presence of 30–40 pupils from around the world. The girls’ boarding house has benefitted from an extensive refurbishment programme during Summer 2013 with total remodeling of some areas and new furniture throughout.
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Number of pupils 347
Number of boarders 119
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This morning I woke up, checked the weather and saw it “felt like 30°F” outside. My first thought? That’s not too bad. Clearly my brain has been warped by our recent days of sub-25°F temperatures, normally I would see 30 and think “holy hell that’s cold!” Today, not so much. However that is not to say I will be upset to leave this ice chamber we call home for nine days of hot, hot, hot weather.
For soon we will be here....
And the thunder storms don't even bother me! Mainly because Singapore is the type of place that gets one thunderstorm a day for 15 minutes. I suspect every forecast includes a thunderstorm, just to be safe.
I cannot, repeat CANNOT wait to get out of the London winter and into the tropical climate of South East Asia. I'm not even bringing a sweater with me. I may never come back!
Florence is one of my favorite cities in Europe. It holds a special place in my heart and I love returning to it, and will continue to do so no mater how times we visit.
This time will be special too. A last hurrah. A farewell, good luck, congratulations, we’ll miss you kind of trip. Full of fun people, good food, maybe some wine (maybe? Try yes!) and of course gelato. I can’t wait!
PS – I made (or is it bribed?) Dave little pumpkin bread acorns so he doesn’t feel too upset I’m hitting Italy without him.
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Sorting the Next Few Months
Dave and I are usually really, really bad about making plans. OK, we can decide to eat at X restaurant tonight, or I can make a reservation for next week at Y place I want to try. But ask us to plan something for next month, or two months out, and we both run and cover our heads with pillows while whimpering like babies. We’re just not planners. The past few years we have been taking two-week trips around the time of our birthdays/anniversary and usually you plans trips like that in advance, right? Not us. We plan them about three weeks before we leave, and usually in a panic because we realize We. Have. No. Time! This makes my current goal of sorting our spring/summer plans quite hard.
This July will be Dave’s 5th anniversary of living in London, and in June I will hit the four-year mark. An aside – WOW! Time flies. Because of Dave being here five years we have to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain, an immigration status that will move us from a five-year visa (four year for me) to being able to live in the UK permanently assuming we don’t up and leave for a year at a time. It also means Dave doesn’t have to be employed for us to live here. There are quite a few steps to get that status and I plan to go through them here in the future. But all this matters because it means we can’t travel for up to a month between mid-June to mid-July. That may not sound terrible, oh NO! A whole month without leaving London, the HORROR, but it does mean that we are trying to fit in some trips before we get sequestered here (or possibly get kicked out if the ILR doesn’t go through, you never know!). Add to that we are trying to use BA miles to book these trips which means all this must be done pronto; those BA mileage tickets disappear faster than a piece of sausage dropped on the floor in front of Riley.
Since Dave and I travelled through Europe way back in the day, and have lived and travelled here for quite a few years we’re (very fortunate to be) searching to find places to go for the weekend. And again, the mileage tickets. So I am trying my best to plan, strategize, deal with immigration requirements, get over my aversion to making plans, pestering Dave, pestering some more, and pouring over maps, guidebooks, blogs, websites and magazines to decide where to go. Living in London can be this strange alternate universe at times, when it really hits you that a weekend trip can involve Italy! Or Spain! Or France! Or Greece! It still boggles my mind when we have a free weekend and decide to “just go to Paris.” I mean how is that possible, to “just” go to Paris? We’re trying to take advantage of all the places we can travel, places easy and worthwhile for a weekend, and hopefully, maybe, fingers crossed, free on BA.
We do have one big trip planned, a much needed trip to the beach. I am so sick of the cold. Sorry, but my California roots start showing right about now, when the cold just drags on and on and oooooonnnnnnnnn. And the gray. Oh, the gray.  So we’re heading to Thailand (via Singapore) and I couldn’t be more excited. I just saw an old NYT article that said planning vacations brings more pleasure than the actual vacation. The article said the six or seven weeks leading up to a vacation are more beneficial than the after effects, since the glow fades quickly when you get back to real life. So I am basking in the glow of our upcoming trip to Thailand. The sun, the hot temps, the food, the beach, the sand. Yippie!
Aside from Thailand, I’ve got Florence and Germany on the books, along with a quick trip back to the states. I’m also considering a little jaunt over to Amsterdam to see the tulips. And that’s our spring and early summer so far. But I am working on more. I’m not sure where we’ll go, I’m not sure when, but I do know we still have a lot of Europe to see. And I am going to start booking things without waiting for Dave to approve. Next thing he knows we’ll be spending a weekend in Moldova. Assuming BA flies there.
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I made the pumpkin cinnamon roll pancakes. They were good. Even Dave thought so.
Riley had no opinion on the matter.
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The mice make pancakes.
Dave was in the states for nine days last week. When we weren’t too upset and lonely Riley and I enjoyed pancakes. I love breakfast. LOVE. We don’t eat breakfast in London very often, we usually just skip to lunch on the weekends. I miss breakfast but I am also picky, and must admit I prefer American breakfasts (yes, I am playing the American card when it comes to breakfast). Like fluffy pancakes (FLUH-FY, none of this flat, paper like or stodgy crap they serve here), eggs not dripping in oil, and sausages not made of blood. Anytime we go back home Dave and I both manage to fit in multiple breakfasts at our favorite spots (even though he is not as much of a breakfast person as I am. He likes certain things and can leave the rest. Me, not so much). We go to Rick and Ann’s and get potato cheese Smitten Kitchen and the second was a lemon ricotta from Bon Appetite. I was a happy camper eating my American style pancakes, although I will admit that I probably never need to eat another carrot cake pancake in my life. They were good but…been there done that. This weekend I am making pumpkin cinnamon roll pancakes found here. They sound like my pancake nirvana, hopefully I saved the best for last. Since we aren’t planning on going back home any time soon, hopefully all these pancakes will satisfy me for now. Or at least until Dave goes out of town again. Because you see, pancakes and breakfast food are my guilty pleasures when I have the house to myself. That's kind of sad actually.
In other news, Riley and I are both hoping the cold weather ends soon. Please? I keep reading about people in the states heralding the start of spring while I check my weather app to see it “feels like” 20° F. Riley has gotten a lot of use out of her new jumper the past few days.
Warning - I am not a food photographer! Especially since I was hungry and wanted to eat!
Lemon Ricotta with Sauteed Apples
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Sacred Heart Thrift Store. Photo by Carmel de Bertaut.
On the northwest corner of College and Seventh streets in Hollister, the Sacred Heart Thrift Store offers low-cost goods to the public while helping the disadvantaged.
 store manager Marcella Harris. “We are like a thrift store but mostly we are a charity.”
At Christmas and Easter, low-income county residents can get groceries through the store to help them celebrate the holidays. The store follows county guidelines to determine who is low-income. Groceries are provided by means of a debit card that can be used at local stores.
“I like thrift stores and I could tell this store needed help,” Harris said.
Hollister resident Rebecca Salinas, who has volunteered at the store for five years, said she loves the “atmosphere of giving” and she especially likes the services for the homeless.
Sacred Heart Thrift Store currently has 13 volunteers and is in need of more so they can expand their operating hours. The store is currently open Monday through Thursday, as well anoon.
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Cairo Criminal Court sentenced two defendants to three years in jail over charges of rioting and violence charges outside the Shura Council in November of 2013.
The court also fined them 100,000 pounds each and ordered placing them under police probation for three years.
This is the re-trial of the defendants, Abdel Rahman Sayed Mohamed and Abdel Rahman Tarek. In the first trial in February, the court sentenced them to 15 years in jail.
The defendants, among 24 others including activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, were charged with organizing an unauthorized protest,blocking the road.
Abdel Fattah and another defendant were handed a five-year sentence while 10 others were sentenced to three years in jail.


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The `condition` element specifies the basis on which events are selected to be deleted. When specifying this condition, the attribute names should be referred to with the table name.
To delete only the specified output category, use the `current events`, `expired events` or the `all events` keyword. For more information, see Output Event Categories.
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Just realised I had not posted this on my blog...... its a good 8 months old now (check the hairstyles). Anyway, anyone who's met me in person will probably know I am a different person after a few beverages.
Well, I had more than a few beverages on this occasion and thought I'd film a music video in my hotel room....On my own....At 2am.
Got to send a shout out to Glen Madeiros on the vocals, they just don't make music like that anymore.


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Anyone else see the problem...
So I went to Rogers to pickup my pre-order. I discovered I hadn't really looked at the pre-order receipt that carefully...
I went an hour and a half after opening and my timing was perfect. I missed the 37 people that were lined up for the store opening, most of who were trading in for the game. So I avoided the delay and was the only person in the store when I arrived.
Perfect for the upcoming argument that I was expecting.
I walked into the store and found the same manager who sold me the pre-order on duty. One hand was reaching out for my trade-ins and the other held my Xbox 360 copy of Modern Warfare 2.
Seems he remembered me and realized that I had wanted the 360 version despite what the receipt said.
Hey! This copy looks like it will play on my Xbox!
Oh and I didn't pay that price. I traded in Grand Theft Auto IV (like I am going to miss that) and a $19 copy of Gears of War 2. Still ahead of the game! Until my Prestige Edition arrives that is.
So I am all ready for Friday's HoC LAN.
As for tonight? Who wants to play more Borderlands?
So where is our new PS3 gaming system?
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! But we love how closely they stick together. They play together and sleep together; so sweet.
We entertained a lot of family at our house over the holiday season and the kittens were the highlight for all. As long as there weren't TOO many people in the house at once, they joined the gatherings.
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As you can see, they are comfortable throughout the house now!


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Rafael Nadal has won his tenth French Open title.His first title at Roland Garros since 2014, Nadal defeated Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 in a one-sided Final. The Spaniard becomes the first player in the Open Era to win the same Grand Slam on at least ten occasions.
The Spaniard had breezed into the decider with a straight-sets – 6-3 6-4 6-love – victory against Dominic Thiem
Nadal, didn’t drop a set at this year’s tournament,  Wawrinka had come through a five-set thriller against world number one Andy Murray in his semi final. It was Wawrinka’s fourth grand slam final but his first defeat
Yesterday Jelena Ostapenko caused a major shock by winning the women’s French Open title at Roland Garros.The unseeded Latvian came from a set and a break down to beat favourite Simona Halep 4-6 6-4 6-3 for her first professional title. The 20 year old is the first unseeded player to win the women’s French Open since 1933, and the first ever Latvian to win a Grand Slam.It also means more heartbreak for Halep who has now lost three finals at Roland Garros.
Meanwhile Maria Sharapova’s out of Wimbledon before it’s begun. The former champion will miss the grass court tennis season with a muscle injury she picked up at the Italian Open last month. Sharapova was due to go through qualifying – as her ranking isn’t good enough for direct entry following her return from a 15-month drugs ban.
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As every year in July, France gets on the bike with the Tour de France for 3 weeks of intensive competition.
This year, the Tour de France left Brussels on July 6, 2019 and will finish like every year on the Champs Elysees on July 28.
Let’s wish all the runners good luck!
For further informations on the route, go on the official website of Tour de France.


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Pour éteindre la forte polémique qui avait suivi l'inauguration de la statue de Jan Christian Smuts en 1964, un comité, présidé par le maire de Le Cap, Jan Dommisse, fut formé et commanda au sculpteur Ivan Mitford-Barberton une autre statue de Smuts.
À ette statue (Rhodes must fall) au motif qu'elle serait un symbole de la domination blanche sur l'Afrique du Sud. En 2010, des étudiants de l'université du Cap l'avaient notamment recouverte d'un sac poubelle pour symboliquement dénoncer l'esclavage.
 La statue de Smuts
Monument en Afrique du Sud </s> Socna, Sokna, Soknah, Sawkna, Sawknah, Sukna, Suknah, Suknh ou Isuknen (, amazigh : Isuknen) est une oasis et une ville située au centre de la Libye.
Socna est située à environ  au sud-ouest de Houn, dans le nord du Fezzan (Sahara libyen).
Socna; la température moyenne annuelle est de
Jusqu'au milieu du , on y parlait une langue berbère orientale, le Socna. Le Socna n'était plus parlé que par une poignée de vieillards lorsqu'il fut étudié dans les années 1920 par Tommaso Sarnelli, un médecin militaire italien.
  « Socna : Libya », sur le site Geographic.org
Fezzan </s> Ciung Wanara est une légende soundanaise. Elle raconte l'histoire du royaume de Galuh et de l'origine du nom de la rivière Pamali.
Elle a inspiré le film Tjioeng Wanara, sorti en 1941.
Culture soundanaise </s>
 Aïssatou Badji (née en 1980), athlète sénégalaise ;
 Aliou Badji (né en 1997), footballeur sénégalais ;
 Djignabo Bassène (mort en 1906), résistant casamançais au colonialisme français ;
 Dominique Badji (né en 1992), footballeur sénégalais ;
 Fatou Kiné Badji (née en 1995), judokate sénégalaise ;
 Fayçal Badji (né en 1973), footballeur international algérien ;
 Ibou Badji (né en 2002), joueur sénégalais de basket-ball ;
 Landing Badji (né en 2003), footballeur sénégalais ;
 Marietou Badji (née en 1986), athlète sénégalaise ;
 Mohamed El Badji (1933-2003) ;
 Ndiss Kaba Badji (né en 1983), athlète sénégalais, spécialiste du saut en longueur ;
 Pape Badji (né en 1992), joueur sénégalais de basket-ball ;
 Stéphane Badji (né en 1990), footballeur sénégalais.
 Youssouph Badji (né en 2001), footballeur sénégalais.
 Badji, un village du Cameroun. </s> La quatrième édition des championnats du monde de basket-ball 3×3, renommés coupe du monde de basket-ball 3×3 à compter de cette saison,u Parc des Chantiers de Nantes, en France, du 17 juin au .
La Serbie, tenante du titre, remporte sa troisième médaille d'or dans le tournoi masculin. Chez les femmes, la RussiConcours de dunks
Le concours de tirs à trois points est ouvert à un membre de chaque équipe engagée dans les compétitions masculine et féminine. Dix tirs sont à prendre face au panier. Les deux meilleures femmes et les deux meilleurs hommes après le premier tour sont qualifiés pour la finale.


It is, I believe, as one national newspaper said "the s."
The Lib Dems pledge to bring in an immediate 1 penny income tax rise 'to rescue the NHS and social care.'
The manifesto also pledges to "fcare."
The Guardian notes . . . "Despite the considerable length of the Labour manifesto (128 pages, compared with 100 for the Lib Dems and 88 for the Conservatives), it has little to say on the detail of the different options."


Rainbow's 1st album and a very good one indeed.
Of the 9 tracks featured on this album I really like five or six of them. There's a great instrumental, some slower ballads, some classic rockers. Its all here if you like it.
I have to guess that if you're reading this and are willing to spend the money...that you already know the album and dont need my review of the music.
THe sound is very impressive. I had to play this new shm sacd at least three times to really hear whats on this disc. At first the sound was very disappointing. This is common with SHm Sacd;s.
THis sacd is very nicely mastered and features great sound all around. I was concerned at first that perhaps this might be a recording with low end not recorded well.but I can assure you that the bass is respectable and the drums rendered very well.
This sacd has a solid sound stage, good rendering of the instruments. Dio's voice has nice texture and weight. Blackmores guitar and the synths sound great. Track after track.....its all good.
The particular way these shm sacds are mastered is still mostly a mystery to me. I have an inkling that perhaps they are recorded in double Dsd and down converted to traditional Dsd RESOLUTION .The sound is very cohesive............almost addictive.
I still feel that the 2nd wave of shm sacds sound different than the first batch. But I still feel that they sound magnificent and would not want to discourage prospective buyers from wanting to get this disc . A terrific album and an excellent shm sacd.
Quick Facts: Originally released 1974, gatefold. Ritchie Blackmore has now left Deep Purple for the first Rainbow album with Ronnie James Dio. This SHM SACD released 3-26-2014.
Performance: Solid and great hard rock, but not screaming or offensive. The classic 1970's sound of rock music. Blackmore is an exceptional guitarist. This disc performance has straight ahead grooves, synth and organ music. Ronnie James Dio's voice is high quality Rock N Roll. Lyrics are typical of this genre/period with songs of mountains, Kings, castles, and that type of thing.
Stereo Sonics: I listened at 70 decibels, PCM 88.2KHZ. Great depth and clarity. Exceptional ratio of hard rock bass to the rest of instruments. As Analogue points out some of these 70's discs can be muddy and over amplified due to original master, not this one. This disc is very well done to SHM SACD.
Packaging: The little Japanese box, which I love, with original mini gatefold LP. Green ink disc. Mini black and white paper booklet with Japanese writing dated 2014 and English lyrics.
Very happy with this disc, no need to look any further.
This first "Rainbow" Album is a very good one.
The music,. I suppose, is well known by everbody who loves Ritchies Guitar! But: Hear that Great voice of Mr. Dio.
"Catch the rainbow" and "Temple of the King" are so very beautfull ballads, so well sung and played!
But all the songs are GREAT!
This is a very famous disc, and if don't have it.... I say... BUY THIS SACD! Really! very good job done!
Detail? Great! The bass is very good, it doesn seem a CD, this SACD, it's like one of the best LP's played on a Qualty turntable.
very nice Packaging.
Bìut Attention, please: it's a "PURE" SACD, No Hybrid!. so, if you don't have s SACD Player, don't bchoose this one. Even the best CD Player, without "SACD", could't perform it for you.
Higly raccomanded. BUY IT! Love it, Enjoy this release...You will not regret it. I'm sure!!!


An extremely interesting point raised by the excellent Mark Reckons.  For all the pained harrumphing of Lord Tebbit and the like, what evidence that there is strongly suggests that Mrs Thatcher was as pragmatic a Conservative as David Cameron – the Coalition is something that, in general conception, she could certainly have countenanced.


Keeping in mind my limited knowledge in telephony systems, will I only have to purchase the IP PBX hardware or software?How much does my internet bandwidth affect VoIP?Is it a problem if wireless internet is used?
What network protocol is to be used?Do i need a SIP Provider anyway?
By "work with Windows 2008 R2", in what way?
Reeba1812; is this service deployment in the U.S. or in Kuwait?
- IP PBX's are sold in different forms. Some are appliance based and includes hardware, others are software based and you can use your own server. Considering 3CX since you mentioned you wanted a Windows soltuion - that specific PBX is software based. Internet bandwidth does affect VoIP, how many concurrent calls will you be using at one given time?
I'm a big fan of Asterisk-based solutions...
Thanks for the suggestions. If i'm using WIMAX with a hosted VoIP service, are there any issues with that?Do you think its a good idea?
3CX still does seem to be a great option, but I've heard a lot about the support being unavailable at demand. Will I need to buy SIP trunks for making local calls using 3CX?
I'm still confused about what we need SIP for. Can I connect an analog line to my IP-PBX directly?or will I need SIP trunks for 3-4 concurrent calls for 10-15 users?Is SIP only used for local calls (Since local calls are free in kuwait landline-to-landline, i'm not sure if I should use my SIP provider for local calls.) How does SIP help with international calls?
I think you are probably correct on the lack of cloud options in Kuwait. With that said, there are several good suggestions above like what Scott Alan Miller said about 3CX. I bet that option would do well for you over there....good luck!
If you're open on softphones, perhaps Lync would be useful?
This works in my domain environment. To access it from an external environment, should I purchasing SIP trunks or just use VPN?
Wait this is a sidebar, but you're located in Kuwait?I just saw this online: shark tank collapses at scientific center in Kuwait. Is it making headlines over there?


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Do you guys shop at chain markets, farmers markets, or grow your own food?
This recipe calls for frozen puff pastry (well because it makes it so much easier), but you can opt out and make your own. I'm working on making my own as well and hope to share a how-to /recipe for it soon!Stick around to see how it goes as I slowly cut processed foods out of life & the upcoming recipes that I'll be creating!Till then, enjoy this galette!


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This sounds so much like the Radiant Recovery rules for overcoming sugar addiction. I wonder if they accidentally stumbled across the same (similar) treatment, but for different reasons (hers are endorphins & other neurochemicals). That said, I'm used to her rules (Desmaison's), which are 25-30gm for breakfast within an hour of rising, and other than that difference, I did exactly the Kruse plan for 6-8 weeks some time in the last year, which no long-term effect on my sugar cravings. My question for those really familiar with the leptin recommendations - do you think that breakfast difference would make or break the success of the experiment?I'm willing to go another 6-8 weeks to see if leptin resistance is playing a role for me, but I need to have a solid sense of my chances of success to go it again!


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Designed by parents - for toddlers, kids and grown-ups
"Music Color Lite" combines between the learning of colors and the familiarity of classical music. This integration of music and colors is simply breathtaking. The app is very easy to use.
Simplicity is the key to a successful app for children. For the younger ones, even swiping can get a little tricky. "Music Color Lite" relies only on taps, making it super easy for little fingers to navigate.
Each full category has 9 items displayed by cute cartoon images, which are associated with the color of the category. Tap an image, and a real life photo of the item pops open, accompanied by the sound it makes. Tap the picture anywhere, and it disappears.
Every category of color is also attributed to a different classical composer. While inside a category, his musical pieces are played. The app features famous pieces by 12 composers: Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Strauss, Bizet, Grieg, Rimsky-Korsakov, De-Falla, Holst and Saint-S*ns.
Playing around with the app, you'll discover something even cooler each item has not one, but 5 real pictures and sounds! Some items even bring up more classical pieces. Bringing up something new every time you tap is a great way to keep kids attention.
With dolphins and butterflies, flowers and trees, tractors and fire trucks, clouds and sunsets, it would take a while for the little ones to get tired of this game!
* Very easy to use - your child merely has to touch a picture to open an item.
* While in the main page, all classical pieces are played in sequence.
* 3 full categories of colors and music: blue, yellow and red.
* Every item has 5 different photos (and may play a corresponding sound).
* Each full category features a simple game in which the child has to choose the correct color.
Download this precious app for your little one, it will teach them a lot and your child will just think its fun!
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Changes: * Added 2 new languages: Slovenian and Filipino. The app now supports 32 languages.
* Finally it's released: "Music Video Touch"! - A truly unique app.
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A meeting with Piotr Szulkin – and a chance to see his artistic work, his films, and speak with the artist himself. Everyone’s welcome!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: We are sorry to inform you, that Piotr Szulkin, due to health complications, will not be present at the exhibition held at the Museum of Cinematography. Nevertheless, everyone is still invited to the exhibition and screening of ‘Ubu Król’ at 17:00. (Before the screening, film critic Kuba Mikurda, will discuss the director’s filmograph‘GOES BY’ is the title of the exhibition dedicated to the art work of Piotr Szulkin. The Museum of Cinematography will host the exhibition from the 28th February. The opening will take place at 17:00, followed by a meeting with the artist and a screening of his film ‘Uby Król’. Both the Łódź Film School and the Museum of Cinematography invite you to take part in the event.
Piotr Szulkin, a visual and lyrical artist with a unique imagination, is a graduate from the Directing department of our Film School. He is also a lecturer at our school. As a director and screenwriter, Piotr Szulkin amassed success with his tetralogy comprised of the following films: ‘Golem’, ‘Wojna światów - Następne stulecie’, ‘O-Bi, O-Ba. Koniec cywilizacji’ and ‘Ga, ga. Chwała bohaterom’. He was able to filter the concept of science-fiction through his artistic and oneiric work, creating a unique cinematic language, which spoke to critics and viewers alike.
‘Ubu Król’ was created in 2003 and will be screened at the Museum of Cinematography on the 28th February. The main cast consists of: Jan Peszek (Ubu), Katarzyna Figura, Marek Siudym and Jerzy Trela. The protagonist of the film, which itself is an adaptation of Alfred Jarry’s play, is Ubu. In his violent quest to assume power of the State, Ubu flatters the working classes and befriends people of influence by preaching about freedom and democracy. After the film’s premiere, Tadeusz Sobolewski (Gazeta Wyborcza, 16.01.2004) wrote the following: Szulkin’s film is a serious work which is permeated with disillusionment, fear and loathing. ‘Ubu Król’ is not a playful surrealist work or a satire of the political classes. It is a caricature of our world perceived at the exact moment when we lost all illusions'.
Piotr Szulkin won numerous awards for his films – his debut feature, ‘Golem’ was awarded the Bronze Lion at the 7th Gdańsk Film Festival in 1980. A year later, Szulkin won the Grand Prix and FIPRESCI awards, both for the screenplay in ‘Golem’, at the International Film Festival in Madrid. In 1982, at the same festival in Madrid, he won the Grand Prix and awards for both directing and screenplay for his film ‘Wojna światów - Następne stulecie’. That same year, Szulkin also received the Special Jury prize at the International Film Festival in Trieste.
The ‘Goes by’ exhibition, hosted at the Museum of Cinematography from the 28th February,rtistic works of Piotr Szulkin.
Entrance is free to the opening of the exhibition, the meeting with the director and the screening.


Survey Warns Y2k Problem May Imperil Many 911 Systems
WASHINGTON, D.C. — County-run 911 emergency response systems risk an immobilizing computer failure on Jan. 1, 2000, because half of the nation's counties lack plans to deal with the Y2K problem, the National Association of Counties said Tuesday.
The association's survey of counties found half of the 3,069 counties are without a comprehensive strategic plan to deal with potential and real computer failure caused by the year-2000 problem.
Fifteen of the nation's 16 most-heavily populated counties have developed countywide year-2000 strategic plans, the association found.
The year-2000 problem arises from the fact that early computer programs used a two-digit format to express a year, with "98," for example, standing for 1998. Such computers could read the "00" of 2000 as 1900, which in turn could cause a variety of failures.
- Counties are spending millions of dollars to deal with Y2K, with the final bill for all counties estimated at $1.7 billion. The money is coming out of counties' general funds in most cases.
- Small counties are generally far behind on the problem, with 74 of the 119 smallest counties having no countywide plan.
- About one-third of all counties have completed inventories of computerized equipment to find which need attention, and another two-fifths say they are about halfway through that job.


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Discussion in 'Linkin Park Chat' started by SuperDude526, Sep 28, 2012.
I love ATS. It´s the most creative and best work for me. The Catalyst is still one of my favourite songs on this planet. Living Things has some great songs on it, but I miss the flow on the album. That´s one thing I love about ATS.
I don´t know if it will be their best album. At least I hope there will be some more awesome stuff like ATS. But until now it´s definitely their best album for me.
I see you've written off future LP albums.
THIS. AHHAAH but i don't think it is the best so far though.
The title of the thread says it all. The Catalyst is my favorite song ever.
I like it sure. But it's not my favorite. Itr has great songs and it's differnt. But too much is wrong for it (interludes, robot boy, probably the worst ending to an album yet, ect). I do love it. The actual songs (minus Robot Boy) are amazing. WFTE, The Catalyst, Blackout, WaK, WTCFM, ect. The songs are great. Next time if they do something like ATS, I want the ATS experimentation without interludes.
It's an objective opinion.
This thread is like Meteora. It's all been said and done before.
What a unique and interesting topic. I would have never thought of a discussion surrounding how good A Thousand Suns is before.
It's their most ambitious album. Move along now.
ATS is definitely not my favorite LP album, but it is very good. I like it a lot, it's actually grown on me a lot since it first came out. My favorite track on the album is either BITS or Blackout, I can't choose.
Awesome. Also, yes, A Thousand Suns is the best.
I agree with this 100%!!!!! ATS is my favorite record of all time! It just has a certain magic that I don't think any record will ever be able to recreate.
Yes "A thousand suns" is the best song with lyrics.
I also like "Lost in the echo".
Well, it displayed their highest level of lyricism, utilized different structures and had the best production values. On the other hand, it ended on an overwrought and hackneyed acoustic ballad.
I agree with the first part, but I loved the acoustic song at the end.


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Built in the 18th century as a whaling station, Ilimanaq’s colonial buildings are now part of another vital industry — and an inspiration for Europe.
The shop and storage building, built in 1777 and used for storage continuously until 2012. Some of its outer walls were covered with plywood boards and broken windows were boarded over. (Realdania By & Byg)
The storage building was used for storing things continuously until 2012. This photo was taken just before restoration began. (Realdania By & Byg)
The counter in the shop, prior to restoration ... (Vandkunsten)
... and after. (Jan Knudsen)
The restored buildings, prior to the official opening. (Realdania By & Byg)
The restored buildings officially opened as visitor facilities in 2017. (Bauman Boe-Whitehorn Arkitekter)
The interior of the Mission House after restoration. All colors used in the restoration are as close as possible to the original. (Jan Knudsen)
The view of Ilulissat Icefjord from the Mission House. (Jan Knudsen)
At the same time as the renovation was taking place, local authorities built 15 luxury rental cabins. Unlike other buildings in the village, they are outfitted with flush toilets, which required installing a sewage system. Eventually, all buildings in the town will be connected to the system. (Realdania By & Byg)
The new cabins offer views of Ilulissat Icefjord. (Realdania By & Byg)
Tourism is a welcome shot in the arm for Ilimanaq’s economy, but fishing will continue to remain the primary occupation for most of the village’s 85 residents. (Realdania By & Byg)
Combining historic restoration, new construction and infrastructure improvements is a model that could be applied elsewhere in Greenland and in Europe, according to Europa Nostra (Jens V Nielsen)
Built in the late 18th century, the colonial buildings at the Ilimanaq whaling station and mission some 190 miles (300 kilometers) north of the Arctic Circle, have received Europa Nostra designation, in recognition of a Danish and Greenlandic project to restore them to their original state.
Regarded as one of Europe’s most important cultural awards, Europa Nostra designation is granted to 30 projects each year for their efforts to preserve or promote Europe’s most important cultural-heritage sites.
The buildings had been in use until shortly before restoration began in 2013, but three centuries of use, misuse and exposure to the harsh Greenlandic environment, had left them badly damaged.
[Thanks to philanthropic efforts, a long-awaited visitor center at Ilulissat Icefjord could soon become a reality]
But because they were relatively intact and, crucially, almost unaltered since being built, restorers believed they would be able to return them to their former state.
The project, involving Greenlandic authorities and Realdania, a Danish philanthropic investor, sought to incorporate as much of the original building material as possible while also modernising them so they were suitable for use as a tourism destination.
Now complete and open to visitors since 2017, one of the buildings, known as the Mission House, has been put to use as a restaurant and lounge. The other, originally a shop and storage building, is intended to use for conferences and as an exhibition space, including a display about the restoration and the nearby Ilulissat Icefjord, itself a major tourism draw.
The shop also has space for local craftspeople to sell their work and there is a cold-storage facility that allows local fishermen and hunters to sell their catch.
In addition to seeking to provide the village of Ilimanaq and its 85 residents with improved economic opportunity, the project also provided local craftsmen with job-training and experience working on restoration projects.
In granting the Ilimaniaq buildings Europa Nostra status, the European Union highlighted the commercial and educational aspects of the renovation were worth incorporating in similar projects in Greenland and Europe.
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Last Saturday, while planning a {family impact day} of cleaning we received a text message from family friends asking if we could baby sit two littlies. Without thinking at all I accepted. Another massage came saying that they were in search of others to look after the other 4. I said not to stress, that I could have them all. I ended up baby sitting 5 of them plus bringing Jie too equaling 6.
Being in another persons home, watching how the kids all interact with one another, how personalities shine through, how each child handles they're emotions and the extent of the littlies tantrums was all a very new experience not only for me, but for Jie too.
All I could do was teach. Teach how important it is to work as a team, treat each other with love and kindness and that the only person that they can control of is themselves. It was struggley for a while but soon the kids got it. Time outs went to those who kept forgetting but only two before they realized how serious I was ;)
After dinner and some cleaning, age appropriate board games came out and the kids were laughing and having a tonne of fun! "It's my turn next" was the most said word of the night and yummy surprise treats all round after gaming was the highlight for the kids.
Noodles and Vegemite seemed to be the crowd favorites as far as food went and after the littler kiddos went to bed me and the two elder ones hooked into a choc muffin each.
The following day the kids spent the day amusing themselves, playing games, watching movies and skyping to friends on the computer, more board gaming, watching foxtel and nerf gunning.
Later that night the kids went from being good to all fighting. It was mental. Emotions everywhere wondering where Mum and Dad were, how long until they would be home, dinner to be done, cleaning to do etc. It all got too much for the oldest who took it out on all those around him. I was in shock but understood.
All in all it was a very eventful weekend, great kids, great family and a lot of entertainment!
Best of all I checked off a RAOK Challenge by just being me.. just me!
Written by Mel Of Bacchus Published on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 Lables: Jiedyn (Son), Moments, Penny (Faithful Friend)
Wow, sounds like a big test that you handled really well! I don't know how I'd watch that many kids at once, I'm nervous about having 2 lol!
You are a freakin legend, that's how you do it. :-)
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Licorice root has a history of use spanning from Greece to China as a medicine to soothe stomach usets, to reduce inflammation, and to treat upper-respiratory problems. The extract has also been used topically to treat dermatitis, eczema, pruritus, cysts, and skin irritation. Numerous modern scientific studies have evaluated the bioactivities of molecules from licorice root, particularly the flavonoid saponin glycyrrhizinic acid and its aglyclone glycyrrhetinic acid, which were found to have anti-inflammatory, antiparasitic, antibacterial, anticancer properties and numbererous other bioactivities of therapeutic interest.


Ae barrens and more. The countryside maintains an isolated characteristic, one that might intimidate some visitors, while enticing others.
Farther west, and to the more northern part of the county, lies a former American Indian encampment, and later, in the 1880s, the home of Deer Park, a pine lumbering community.
From the majestic waterfalls to fall leaf colors, moose sightings and numerous recreational activities to enjoy, Tahquamenon Falls State Park — which remains open year-round — has a great deal to see and do.
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The park was also the former site of a U.S. Coast Guard Lifesaving Station.
Muskallonge Lake also has a boating access site, with anglers provided excellent opportunities to catch the park’s namesake species — smallmouth bass, perch, northern pike and walleye — with more species, including trout and salmon, available for fishing on Lake Superior.
The village of Newberry, located about 25 miles south of Tahquamenon Falls State Park, serves as the gateway community for these two state parks. There are shops, restaurants, a golf course, lodging and gasoline found there.
The waters found here — either tumbling, falling, moving slowly or lying flat — will capture the imagination of those who experience them, often leaving indelible impressions and a sense of the way things must have been — back more than a century ago when pine was king in these north woods.


Electronic usage data serves an important purpose for librarians who need to assess user activities with electronic collections. Comparing usage reports by different vendors requires sorting out the various types of reports that are available and assessing how and if they can effectively be compared....
Source: Measuring the Validity of Usage Reports Provided by E-Book Vendors: Emerging...
Until more recently, COUNTER reports were predominantly used by content providers and consumers of electronic journals and databases. One of the most significant developments with COUNTER Release 4 is that it integrated book reports as part of the latest COUNTER Code of Practice. Release 4 makes it...
Chapter 3 introduces a case study, which involves a medium-sized academic library that has been acquiring e-books primarily through large subscription packages from three major vendors. All three vendors in this case study – ebrary, EBSCO, and Safari – provide COUNTER usage reports to their customers....
Apart from the overall success of COUNTER Release 4 in further enabling e-book vendors to provide standardized usage reports, some major "roadblocks" remain. The fact that publishers and vendors of e-books deliver their products differently led to COUNTER's development of book reports to cover the...
In addition to their COUNTER reports, ebrary, EBSCO, and Safari provide their own custom reports. Vendors' non-COUNTER data, which are unique and more detailed, provide librarians with a potentially deeper perspective of overall usage. Chapter 5, the third part of the case study, evaluates vendor...
While ebrary, EBSCO, and Safari have implemented COUNTER reports to supply customers with standardized usage data, their "coexisting" non-COUNTER reports offer unique and in-depth information on user activities. Therefore, librarians should explore the benefits of both data and find strategies to...
Examining inherent challenges with interpreting usage from different vendors' reports leads to the authors' reflections on how to deal with the challenges of comparing "apples" with "oranges" in different types of usage reports and look for possible solutions. The case study intends to help...
This paper investigates via a survey methodology, project critical success factors (CSFs) of a UN organization as perceived by computer and information technology trained and certified professionals. James Wan and Raafat Saade adopt their CSFs from three seminal studies done at different times. They...
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An experimental study was conducted with 17 experienced information technology (IT) project decision-makers. Each participated in a computer based simulation where they had to choose whether to continue an ongoing IT project despite negative feedback, (called escalation of commitment), or abandon it...
Besides lack of organizational support, using project risk management tools and methodology effectively has been one major challenge to project success. As China is extending its project management (PM) concepts from mainly construction and national defense projects to many other industries, project...
The resource-based view of the firm from strategic management literature is applied to examine In this view, assets contribute to competitive advantage if they add economic value, are rare, are difficult to imitate, and have organizational...
For most of projects, including major infrastructure enterprises a key success factor is an appropriately selected general contractor. In addition to technical and organizational criteria the assessment of its financial capacity is strongly important to provide liquidity to the cash flows of the8...
The purpose of this paper is to extend knowledge of enterprise architecture and the importance of the operating model of a firm through a Dynamic Capabilities perspective. First, the authors attempt to position Private Educational Institutions in an operating model. They propose a model that relates...
A novel hybrid method based on Cosine Similarity and Mutual Information is presented to find out relevant feature subset. Initially, the supervised Cosine Similarity of each feature is calculated with respect to the class vector and then features are grouped based on the obtained cosine similarity...
This article deals with the concept of information overload as a crucial element of the changing information environment. Against this background, the authors discuss an alternative process for the conceptualisation of educational media literacy. By combining two nationally-based concepts on media...
This study aimed to identify and analyze factors affecting customers' adoption of E-Banking services in Jordan. The study sample was 450 E-banking services users, who have been chosen from nine main banks selected by the researchersfed demonstrates how a weak-matrix organizational structure and agency interpretation along...
Spam is now of phenomenal proportions since it represents a high percentage of total emails exchanged on the Internet. In the fight against spam, we are using this article to develop a hybrid algorithm based primarily on the probabilistic model in this case, Naïve Bayes, for weighting the terms of the...
In the previous chapter we have discussed the main fields related to the research: ontological engineering, knowledge management, and Virtual communities of practice. As stated before, our concern is representing domain knowledge by creating OIS ontology. After reviewing the ontology literature to find...


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So the surprise beauty box came to an abrupt end!I think Glossybox, which to me is geared at teenagers I always found poor . Love Lula do a good organic box , but cost comes into play with organic and it tends to be bulked up with lip balms and hand creams which a years later I am still finding about the place!Both still do a surprise box but for most companies the grief they got every month was just too much!
So now what we mostly have is a choice. Every month boxes like Latest In Beauty, You Beauty, offer a subscription after a recent re-vamp. It had gotten very stagnant with not many new samples being available or that is how it felt to me. I hope they can keep the flow and not keep putting items from the monthly selection items into their Limited Edition Boxes ggrrr!
Love Me Beauty won funding on the Dragons Den recently and they have also struck a deal with Debenhams so hopefully some fresh samples coming there. Look Fantastic does a Box now too but it has never appealed to me…
I just want some new things to be wooed by!So in all my thinking about this and a conversation with Sandra @ Beauty Balm Blog about beauty boxes ..I think we need a 40+ box with targeted skincare and makeup products to try. The samples are out there, so surely companies would be jumping at the market?
40+ customers have the most money to spend on beauty and if they like the products and see results they won’t be scared to really invest in that full size product if it works for them!
Let us see other smaller niche brands as well as the big ones that are working so much harder to please us!
I am bored, bored, bored with what I am seeing, surely there is some exciting upcoming brands out there that need introduced to people?Or international brands wanting to break into the UK?
I don’t want to look at a monthly selection and see same, same, same …yawn!
Disclaimer: I am not paid for any of my blog posts and all my thoughts are entirely my own!
← Your Chance to try some Bio_Extracts Vegan Skincare!CTotally agree. Same old, same old!I’d love to see stuff aimed at 35+….I spend my disposable income on skincare and makeup and would love the opportunity to try decent products that I WOULD ACTUALLY BUY!
Wouldn’t that be lovely?Beed feeling this for some time, it just came out of me today. I think we need a box for our age group and would pay more for the right products!
Fantastic post Nicola and thanks for the mention!I too am a Love Lula fan!
Hey Sandra, most welcome. I agree we need o find ‘that’ box that suits us individually, if it exists!
Having had every beauty box from Look Fantastic bar the first one, they got to a stage last year where I was getting quite a few duplicates but the last two boxes I’ve had this year have been brand new items and ones I’ve never tried before. The only thing is I wish they wouldn’t put that crappy Elle magazine in, it’s full of nothing but adverts and overpriced clothes!Either make the box a bit cheaper or give us an even better quality item!
Once I start seeing repeats I am off!
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So I have been wanting to try Rainbow Rowell for some time, and this post convinced me to do it!
Glad it makes you think of us!And let us know what you think!
Dan Graham, area manager of facility operations with physical resources, described that “the tunnel ran from the DAWB to the Library. Then, halfway over, there was another tunnel that ran off that to the basement of the Peters building – where the Schlegel building is now.”
Diaram added that she doesn’t have any safety concerns about the tunnels because she doesn’t “go to campus enough to worry about the school collapsing.”


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The UPC is a new court that is intended to rule on European patents for all UP/UPC Member States expected to take effect April 2023. Within this new court, parties will be able to enforce patent rights across all participating Member States in a single enforcement action, and patent owners will be able to seek cross-border injunctions and damages for the first time in Europe.
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NewsObituaries Sir Andrew Stark
Popular ambassador to Denmark Sunday 23 April 2006 23:00 BST
Andrew Alexander Steel Stark, diplomat: born Fauldhouse, West Lothian 30 December 1916;1953-55; Head of Chancery, Belgrade 1956-58; Head of Chancery, Rome 1958-60; Counsellor, Foreign Office 1960-64; CMG 1964, KCMG 1975; Counsellor, Bonn 1964-68; CVO 1965; attached to Mission to UN with the rank of ambassador 1968; Under-Secretary-General, United Nations 1968-71; ambassador to Denmark 1971-76;6-78; chairman, Maersk Co 1978-87; Chairman, Anglo-Danish Society 1983-95, Honorary President 1995-2006; Pro-Chancellor, Essex University 1983-95, Chairman of Council 1990-93; married 1944 Helen Oxley Parker (two sons, and one son deceased); died White Notley, Essex 3 April 2006.Andrew Stark was successively scholar, schoolmaster, soldier, diplomat, businessman and Pro-Chancellor of Essex University. His chief claims to fame were his long tenure of the British ambassadorship in Copenhagen and his seeing off of the ill-advised Central Policy Review Staff Report of 1978 on the future of the Foreign Service.
Stark was born of humble parents in the village of Fauldhouse, West Lothian. He won a scholarship to Bathgate Academy, entailing a six-mile walk to and fro each day, rain, hail or snow. He lost his parents when he was still quite young. His brother died 50 years ago and his two sisters not long after. Never did he expect to reach within eight months of 90.
He was always proud, rightly, of his Scottish ancestry and retained his Scottish accent despite the snobbery of the Foreign Office. He became a schoolmaster in 1937 and taught English. But when the Second World War came he immediately volunteered for service in the infantry and after Octu was commissioned in the Green Howards - a far cry from West Lothian. Then, because of his excellent German, learnt from boyhood,ended the war as GSO II on Eisenhower's staff planning D-Day.
Two months later, Stark married a glamorous Essex girl, Rosemary Parker, a Parker of the Strutt & Parker estate agent partnership, and began a very happy marriage of nearly 62 years. Three boys resulted - Michael, who followed him into the Foreign Service, Antony, a banker, and Donald, who died tragically young.
More importantly, from Bonn in 1964, he had the delicate task of retaining a Russian fighter, which had crash-landed in the British zone of Berlin, until full details of the Soviet plane had been recorded. It was a masterly example of procrastination. In Belgrade the Starks made many friends, including Serbs. He was devastated when, after Tito's death, Yugoslavia collapsed into civil war and ethnic cleansing.
Eight months before his retirement - and very reluctantly - Stark returned to London at the behest of his Permanent Under-Secretary, Sir Michael Palliser, to head up the FCO team versus the Central Policy Review Staff team headed by Sir Kenneth Berrill and Tessa (later Baroness) Blackstone. The CPRS had an absurd remit, including the merging of the Foreign Service with the Home Civil Service. After several exchanges Stark emerged triumphant, with The Economist declaring, "Game, Set and Match to Sir Michael."
He became prominent too in his county of Essex. The Starks bought a medieval farmhouse, Fambridge Hall, where Andrew, in his old Panama hat, loved to feed the ducks in the pond and Rosemary created a garden fit to be open to the public several times a year for charity. He became a member of the Council of Essex University, then Chairman and ultimately, Pro-Chancellor. Under his guidance the rebellious earlier years of that university were soon history.
Stark continued to advisebought a Jaguar. Indeed, he bought five Jaguars. Five-Jag Stark also had a talent for dancing - he cut a dashing figure in his swirling kilt long into his eighties.
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Second attempt at fatheadough, inferno pizza!
1 ½ cups Shredded Mozarella Cheese 2 tbsp Cream Cheese ¾ cup Almond Flour 1 pinch Garlic Salt sesame seeds Toppings
Mozarella Cheese spicy chorizo fresh jalapenos pickled jalapenos pesto drizzle chill oil drizzle
Plan ahead for the pizza toppings that you will use. Pre-cook any raw ingredients so that they are ready to go. You’ll have some time to dice veggies while the crust is baking. Put your pizza stone or cookie sheet in the oven. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. In a microwave-safe bowl, add in the mozzarella and cream cheese.
Microwave for 15-30 seconds at a time, and stir with a fork.
Once you can no longer distinguish the shredded cheese, add in the almond flour. Knead the almond flour into the cheese and make it into a well-blended ball of dough.
Place your ball of dough on a large piece of parchment paper. Use another piece of parchment paper and a rolling pin to flatten out your dough. I try to get my dough down to about 1/8″ to 1/4″ thick. (Save the second piece of parchment paper, you’ll need it later)
(Optional) If you want, you can make some stuffed crust by rolling the outside of your dough over onto itself with cheese. Even if you don’t add a mozzarella cheese filling, I still recommend folding the outside over itself slightly to give you a thicker outside crust.
Sprinkle some garlic salt across the dough. Sprinkle sesame seeds on crust, Use a fork to poke holes all around your crust and put in the oven.
Bake the dough for 8-10 minutes until you get a nice dark brown bottom. Remove from the oven. (This will take some experimentation to find what you like best. For me, light crust = too cheesy flavored, dark crust = tastes like real pizza dough)


There are many things we do to care for ourselves and to look our best. We spend time, money, and effort perfecting our hair. We use extensions, paints, and polishes, and use tools to care for our nails, and the list goes on. So how much more time and care and effort should we spend on our face, that thing that people first see, and the place our smile calls home? From facials and peels to professional skin care services, we need to take care of our faces too.
At Weekend B Skincare, I offer professional skincare services from peels and facials to waxing and permanent tattooing, and more. And I also offer the opportunity for you to find your fabulousness, your look, and your healthiest and most beautiful skin. If you are seeking help with your complexion, want help redefining your eyelashes, or perhaps bringing out a more defined brow, you can find the help, experience, and caring professionals at Weekend B Skincare to make it happen.
Your best you is right there, and it just may need the help of professional skincare experts to help you realize it. It might just be that you are seeking a better quality of skincare services, like effective and safe facials? Whatever it is you need, if it involves healthier skin, looking better, or other beautifying services, then the chances are good that you can find it at Weekend B Skincare.
I appreciate you taking the time to visit and hang out, and I hope that I can help you to embrace, discover, and realize your best self now. Contact us today for a consultation and let me show you how we can help. Everyone deserves to look their best, to feel their best, and to be comfortable in their skin. At Weekend B Skincare, I want you to be more than comfortable, we want you to be your most fabulous best.


I'm a fan of Spiderman, but I am not fond of playing with arachnids. I am quite amazed with my brother's collection of spiders which he takes care and trains for SPIDER WARS. Most of these spiders he bought from Colon in Cebu.
Here are some of his spider collections.
Author: RZE Label: Hobby, Spiders
Big Joe's Baby Back Ribs
When I'm in Dipolog City, I really couldn't resist the mouth watering Grilled Baby Back Ribs of Big Joe's Cafe.
For only P130, one can taste this sumptuous meal which is made of very tender and choice pork ribs. The meat really melts in your mouth.
There are two restaurants that serve this kind of dish in Dipolog City, but I like the sauce Big Joe's more. I recommend this to my friends who are visiting Dipolog City.
Here is a TVC of Big Joe's cafe which I was commissioned to produce.
Author: RZE Label: Dipolog City, Food
I passed by the Dapitan City Hall last Friday to reactivate my Voter's registration. I took some pictures of the new building at day time.
Th new City Hall houses almost all the LGU offices in the City. For those who are not familiar with the location of the offices, the City Hall provides a Help Desk at the entrance part of the building. The receptionists were very hospitable and helpful.
Author: RZE Label: Dapitan City, Photography
The New Dapitan City Hall
Dapitan City Hall at night
The City Hall is located at Lawaan. Just right after you cross the Polo Bridge if you are coming from Dipolog City.
Author: RZE Label: Dapitan City
Dinner at Kan-anan (Dapitan City)
Had dinner with a friend earlier at Kan-anan restaurant located at the Sunset Boulevard, Dapitan City. We ordered different types of barbeque and pochero.
The place has a homey ambiance and service was fast. I just hope that next time they serve the pochero hot.
Author: RZE Label: Dapitan City, Food
Good thing that future Zamboanga Councilor BG Guingona asked about my voter's registration today. Since I wasn't able to cast my vote last National Election I checked the status of my registration at the COMELEC's website and found out that it was deactivated.
I really want to exercise my right of suffrage during the next election. Therefore, one of the first things I am going to do when I arrive in Dapitan City it to reactivate my voter's registration.
To check for the status of your voter's registration visit the Precinct Finder Section of the COMELEC's website. If you are also deactivated or if you have not registered for the next election, you still have time to register. Registration is until the end of October 2012.
Author: RZE Label: Election 2013
I've tried almost all Internet service providers but I've stick to Sun Broadband now.
Sometime in March this year, the Online Marketing representative of Sun Cellular visited Zamboanga City to meetup with the Zamboanga Bloggers group. James Lim explained to the group about the latest services of Sun Broadband. I was impressed by the roaming feature of Sun Broadband wireless connection. When using the Sun Broadband stick in an area where there is no Sun Cellular signal, the stick borrows the signal from Smart Telecommunications. This is brought about by the purchase of Sun Cellular by the PLDT Group.
Aside from the sumptuous dinner Sun Cellular gave us Broadband stick to try out their service.
James Lim of Sun Cellular explains what's the lasest with Sun Broadband
The Sun Broadband connection is very amazing so far. What's nice about it is I can have Internet connection 24/7 wherever I go. From the prepaid stick given to us, I already migrated to postpaid service to avoid the hassle of reloading. I believe the postpaid service is more cost-efficient.
The only worry I have now is that if I already move to Dapitan City, I will have a slower connection because the Sun cell site in Dapitan is only 2G. I hope they will upgrade the cell site there soon. Please...please.
James Lim of Sun Cellular with some of the members of Zamboanga Blogggers community
Try out the Sun Broadband experience and I can assure that you'll enjoy it!
Author: RZE Label: Internet, SUN
One of the prettiest faces Zamboanga City has ever produced. Nancy Leonard, a student of Ateneo de Zamboanga University is the reigning Miss Zamboanga. This Fil-Am beauty has graced the runways of Asia's Latin City. She also represented the city in the Miss Silka National pageant in Manila.
While cleaning my external drives for unimportant files last night, I came across some photos taken several months ago. Looking at the pictures made me realize how fat and ugly  I look (or looked) :).
I've been doing my cardio exercises for several weeks already. I think I am making progress because I could already fit in my old clothes.
Actually, I'm inspired to do exercises for several reasons. First, I would like to be able to dress up. When trying to buy clothes from Penshoppe or Oxygen it is very difficult for me to buy the shirts that I like because they do not have a XXL or XXXL size. Second, when you're fit you look younger. Third, exercise is good for the body. :)
I posted the picture above to keep track of the developments of my exercises. In the next days I intend to level up my exercises by going to the gym. I hope I won't get tired. hehehe...
Author: RZE Label: Health, Project Sexy
Zamboanga Fashion Week 2012
One notch higher for the fashion scene in Zamboanga City!
CMK Creations presents a week-long showcase of fashion skills and talents through "Zamboanga Semana de la Moda"
The event will feature the works of homegrown designers as well as celebrity designers from Manila such as Edwin Uy , Dave ocampo , Cherry Veric and Renee Salud. Local models will also be given the chance to walk the runway.The grand gala night will be on November 16, 2012 at the Convention Center of Astoria Regency Hotel, Pasonanca, Zamboanga City.
For tickets and reservations you can contact 0905-575-4735 or visit CMK Creations located at 343-A Mayor Jaldon St., Zamboanga City.
Author: RZE Label: Events, Fashion
Eat Bulaga's Mr. Pogi 2012 Zamboangueño finalists
Credits to Eat Bulaga's official Facebook fan page for the images
Two Zamboangueño cuties are included in the roster of finalists for the Search for Mr. Pogi 2012 of Eat Bulaga. Marcus Paolo Reyes and Frederick Lim II will be competing against 14 other lads from around the country.
EB's Mr. Pogi helped launched the careers of famous male celebrity winners such as Jericho Rosales, Danilo Barrios and Edgar Allan Guzman.
You can support Marcus and Derick by texting the following:
EB (SPACE) POGI15/NAME AND ADDRESS
SEND to 2344 OR 367
EB (SPACE) POGI16/NAME AND ADDRESS
The grand finals will be on September 16, 2011 over GMA Network.
Author: RZE Label: Support, TV
Mischie sings Boom Tarat-tarat
Watch this very cute video of my niece. Mischie sings Twinkle, twinkle little stars and other Willie Revillame songs in front of a mirror.
Author: RZE Label: Family, Video
Multimedia and Animation Initiative
When I was a child, I could not survive a day without having to watch my favorite animated series such as Thunder Cats, Silver Hawk and GI Jones. I always wondered how to create this animated shows.
I was given the chance to explore the world of animation when I started working in Ateneo de Zamboanga University. I was assigned to research and developed a curriculum on Multimedia and Animation. I can proudly say that the ADZU curriculum for Multimedia and Animation is the first of its kind in Mindanao. In fact, ADZU was the first to implement it in 2005.
My knowledge on animation increased when I represented ADZU in the Animation Council of the Philippines (ACPI). I met owners and administrators of different animation houses and schools in the Philippines who were very kind enough to share to me the tricks of the trade.
Together with the members of the Animation Council of the Philippines
During a students tour at TOIE Animation studio. TOIE produces Japanese anime shows such as One Piece, Dragon Ball etc.
Here is a MagTV (ABS-CBN Zamboanga) feature on Animation in Zamboanga City.
After several years of absence in the animation scene in the region, this year I will be active again in my advocacy to make Region 9 as the animation capital of Mindanao. STI Zamboanga invited me to help them with their Animation Curriculum and hopefully we could come up with an Animation Festival soon. I am also planning to gather artists in Dapitan City and Dipolog City and introduce them to animation and to produce short animated films. I already have initial support from my friend Eric Tansingco, owner of Take One Animation. Hopefully, I will be able to get more support for this initiative.
"Animation offers a medium of storytelling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world. " - Walt Disney
Author: RZE Label: Advocay, Animation
I never imagined it could happen to me. I experienced one of the darkest days in my life. I did some crying when I'm alone. The hardest part is when so called "friends" weren't there when I needed comfort and ears to listen.
But God is so good to me. With Faith and prayers He lifted me up and reminded me of the important things in life - Family and relationship with Him.
Scanning through my notes, I came across the words He spoke to me several years ago.
"So come to the life of Faith that I want to bring you out from that fear, where the enemy has been holding you. The enemy knows that I have prepared great things for you and he has been trying to convince you day and night  speaking to your ears, saying, "No you can't do that." Do not believe him...I will back-up every thing that I revealed to you."
Yes, I am destined for greatness. Embracing this promise from God made me stronger. Inspired by Bruno Mars' song, I say, I broke the chains that bound me and left the past behind me because it's now the right time to begin fulfilling my destiny.
Author: RZE Label: Lyrics, Positivity
The first time I met Bernadette Lou "Biel" Faundo was during the Ateneo Seniors Summer Program (ASSP) where I handled  an animation class. You could easily remember Biel because of her sweet and angelic face and personality. I remember that she sits in the front row and would ask questions. Perhaps she was really interested in animation because she is an artist herself (Biel paints).
The next time I met Biel, she was almost about to graduate from college. She was prettier but still very charming. Later on she joined Miss Zamboanga and was crowned. It paved the way for her to go into modelling in Metro Manila as she signed with Victo Rio Production, Events and Artist Management.
Biel was also crowned Miss Philippine Youth Tourism during the Search for Mr. and Ms. Philippines Youth 2011. She represented Zamboanga City for the Search for the Mutya ng Pilipinas 2011 and bagged the Miss Photogenic and Miss Informatics awards.
This charming Zamboangueña is a complete package - beautiful and intelligent. She is a graduate of BS Nursing from the University of the Philippines and one of the top notchers in the Nursing Licensure exam.
My Christmas Wishlist (2012)
It's the start of the BER months. In the Philippines it signifies the start of a very long Christmas celebration. Aside from celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, Christmas is also the time to give our friends and love ones special gifts.
To help those who are planning to bless me this Christmas, here is a list of the things I wish to receive (hehehe):
loveable and cute dog
pair of  running shoes
chino pants since my waist is getting slimmer :)
Here are also a list of my goals for Christmas:
6-pack abs or a fit body so that I can already wear the clothes that I want
I hope that our family will be complete during my sister's wedding day on December 23
Peace of mind, a happy love life and good health
Author: RZE Label: Christmas, Family, Personal