Real International Love in {Canada} - Munaluchi Bridal Magazine

Edith and Kamara?s relationship was like the blossoming of a gorgeous flower. First came the planting of the seed; then, it was time for steady and continuous growth. Eventually, the flower blossomed till it became a masterpiece to behold. :) This breathtaking Canadian wedding was photographed by?Julien Hautcoeur. You?ll be inspired and amazed at the beauty of the location, the perfection that is the bride?s wedding dress, and most importantly, the love this beautiful couple obviously shares.

Bride:?Edith Brumant
Groom:?Kamara Benjamin
Wedding Date:?07.05.2012
Location:?Ceremony?-?Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica; Reception?-?National Art Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

How They Met ?.. ?Edith and Kamara met through Edith?s cousin Osmel, who also happens to be one of Kamara?s best friends. Osmel left his home on the Caribbean island of Antigua, where he met Kamara, to live with Edith?s family in Ottawa, ON, Canada to pursue an undergraduate degree. At the time, Edith was just finishing high school, and Kamara was at the University of Florida. Soon, an online friendship developed between Kamara and Edith. Next, it was texting and occasional phone calls. This long distance friendship that was mostly internet-based finally brought an opportunity to meet face-to-face. The two met at last on a vacation back to Antigua for Carnival in July 2004 and had some great times. At that point, they both knew that, somehow, they had to be part of each other?s lives.?

The Proposal??.. ?They decided to officially enter a relationship in December 2007, while on a trip to New York City. The pair worked hard to maintain a long-distance relationship, while Kamara was working in Trinidad and Boston. Even after Kamara completed his master?s degree at the University of Ottawa, Edith?s alma mater, the long-distance resumed as he moved to Seattle to work at Microsoft. A short trip to New Orleans and Texas in summer 2011 quickly put life into perspective for them and they decided that their love knows no bounds, and that neither time nor space could keep them apart. They had been at each other?s side through the bad times (such as the loss of Edith?s father due to cancer), and the distance that kept the pair apart, as well as the good times that were had in travels and good news like job offers and acceptance into university. This couple had been through it all and realized they were committed to each other more than ever before. Kamara surprised Edith with a quick getaway that October in Orlando, where he proposed on bended knee.?

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WEDDING DETAILS??..

?The wedding was?a Thursday, a fairly unique day for a wedding. The couple was on the same page when it came to planning and no decision was made without the other. Early on, the colors were decided: yellow and blue. There was no turning back on those colors after Kamara had already arranged for one yellow and one blue sapphire to be placed inside of Edith?s platinum engagement ring. They also knew what they wanted the feel of their special day to be: modern yet classic, bright, stylish, and well-executed. It was a gorgeous afternoon when their vision began to unfold. The Silver Cloud Rolls Royce pulled up to the entrance of the Notre Dame Basilica Cathedral, an architectual masterpiece located in Ottawa?s downtown. As her mother walked her down the aisle, Edith?s dress seemed to float across the floor. Edith designed the florals including her own bouquet which comprised of daisies, gerber daisies, craspedia and ranunculus with a single sunflower as a tribute to her father. While all eyes were on her, she only had eyes for her soon-to-be husband clad in a debonnaire grey suit with a slim black tie who had turned as he felt her presence near, embraced Mrs. Brumant, then delicately kissed Edith?s hand, guiding her up to the altar. Returning to their respective seats were the bridesmaids wearing knee-length duchess satin sapphire dresses, each holding a single long stem sunflower, while the groomsmen wore sophisticated black suits, a tie to match the ladies? dresses and boutonnieres consisting of craspedia and berzelia.

The wedding party took photos in the picturesque Major?s Hill Park, overlooking the Parliament buildings. After that, the newlyweds took a few more photos at the University of Ottawa; then, inside the National Art Gallery of Canada, the reception site. When it came to getting the best prices and keeping expenses within budget, this couple had it in the bag. They made a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society in lieu of wedding favors, and got great deals with catering, venues, transportation , flowers, etc. Their guests also had free access to view the permanent exhibits in the gallery.

Having their reception in the gallery provided the exact ambience that the couple desired. Their guests were able to view the beautiful scenery as the sun set for the evening through the sky-high glass rotunda where they also danced the night away. There were heartwarming speeches and stories, and great times were had by all as the night rolled on. After such a delectable three course meal, decadent cupcakes, late night savoury treats, and host bar to boot, one would have to agree that this joyous occasion was indeed memorable from beginning to end?

Of course, that?s not the end for this fun-loving couple it?s just the beginning of a lifelong journey side by side at last.?

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Photography by Julien Hautcoeur.? Click here for the full gallery.

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19 million homes may need new doors - Construction Digital

A new?report?estimates that there are 31 million doors over 10 years old installed in UK dwellings. Replacing 19 million of these doors with?energy efficient doors?would produce annual energy and money savings for homeowners.?

Payback periods range from between 5 and 19 years, depending on the type of door being replaced, but average around 10 years, well within the?Green Deal?Golden Rule?i.e. that total costs must not exceed the estimated savings over the lifetime of the measure. Energy efficient doors are recognised by the Government being the third most cost effective product in its list of the 47 measures eligible for the Green Deal.?

David Amos of D&G Consulting, which produced the report, commented: ?Based on extensive research and calculations there is potential to replace 19 million doors made from?PVC panels, timber or aluminium with energy efficient doors (in practice, this means?composite doors) to save homeowners energy and money. However, this is a conservative estimate ? the very minimum. If energy prices rise, as they surely will, the potential savings increase further.?

The report also covers the market for new build and social housing which also need good,?energy efficient?composite doors. From 2018 it will become an offence to let properties with?energy ratings?below E. Currently more than 15% of the total English housing stock is privately rented and much of it needs radical improvement, particularly in energy efficiency.

?Although it is due to be launched in January 2013 (delayed from October 2012), the Green Deal is still very much a work in progress,? added D&G Consulting?s David Amos. ?But the fact remains that in most cases replacing an old?entrance door?with an energy efficient door will save homeowners money, whether they use the scheme to fund it or not.?

The report, Big Savings on Britain?s Doorsteps: Composite Doors and the Green Deal, was commissioned by composite door manufacturer Door-Stop.?

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Source: http://www.constructiondigital.com/under_construction/19-million-homes-may-need-new-doors

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Archaebacteria: The Third Domain of Life Missed by Biologists for Decades

These unusual bacteria are genealogically neither prokaryotes nor eukaryotes. This discovery means there are not two lines of descent of life but three: the archaebacteria, the true bacteria and the eukaryotes


Methanogens, anaerobic bacteria that generate methane from hydrogen and carbon dioxide, make up the largest group of archaebacteria identified so far. Four genera of methanogens that differ widely in size and morphology are seen here in scanning electron micrographs made by Alexander J. B. Zehnder of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Shown here is Methanosarcina. The cells are shown enlarged 2,500 diameters. The methanogens are found only in oxygen-free environments. Image: Scientific American

Editor's Note: Microbiologist Carl R. Woese, a recipient of the Crafoord Prize, Leeuwenhoek Medal, and a National Medal of Science, died December 30 at the age of 84. We are making this classic, definitive essay that outlines the evidence for archaebacteria as a domain of life (independent of eukaryotes and true bacteria) free online for the next 14 days. This story was originally published in the June 1981 issue of Scientific American.

Early natural philosophers held that life on the earth is fundamentally dichotomous: all living things are either animals or plants. When microorganisms were discovered, they were di?vided in the same way. The large and motile ones were considered to be ani?mals and the ones that appeared not to move, including the bacteria, were con?sidered to be plants. As understanding of the microscopic world advanced it became apparent that a simple twofold classification would not suffice, and so additional categories were introduced: fungi, protozoa and bacteria. Ultimate?ly, however, a new simplification took hold. It seemed that life might be dichot?omous after all, but at a deeper level, namely in the structure of the living cell. All cells appeared to belong to one or the other of two groups: the eukaryotes, which are cells with a well-formed nucleus, and the prokaryotes, which do not have such a nucleus. Multicellular plants and animals are eukaryotic and so are many unicellular organisms. The only prokaryotes are the bacteria (in?cluding the cyanobacteria, which were formerly called blue-green algae).

In the past few years my colleagues and I have been led to propose a funda?mental revision of this picture. Among the bacteria we have found a group of organisms that do not seem to belong to either of the basic categories. The or?ganisms we have been studying are pro?karyotic in the sense that they do not have a nucleus, and indeed outwardly they look much like ordinary bacteria. In their biochemistry, however, and in the structure of certain large molecules, they are as different from other prokary?otes as they are from eukaryotes. Phylo?genetically they are neither prokaryotes nor eukaryotes. They make up a new "primary kingdom," with a completely different status in the history and the natural order of life.

We have named these organisms ar?chaebacteria. The name reflects an untested conjecture about their evolution?ary status. The phylogenetic evidence suggests that the archaebacteria are at least as old as the other major groups. Moreover, some of the archaebacteria have a form of metabolism that seems particularly well suited to the conditions believed to have prevailed in the early history of life on the earth. Hence it seems possible that the newest group of organisms is actually the oldest.

The evolutionary record

The earth is four and a half billion years old, and on the basis of the macro?scopic fossil record it would appear to have been inhabited for less than a sev?enth of that time: the entire evolutionary progression from the most ancient ma?rine forms to man spans only 600 mil? lion years. The fossil imprints of unicellular organisms too small to be seen with the unaided eye tell a different sto?ry. Microfossils of bacteria in particular are plentiful in sediments of all ages; they have been found in the oldest intact sedimentary rocks known, 3.5-billion? year-old deposits in Australia. Over an enormous expanse of time, during which no higher forms existed, the bac?teria arose and radiated to form a wide variety of types inhabiting a great many ecological niches. This age of microorganisms is the most important period in evolutionary history not only because of its duration but also because of the na?ture of the evolutionary events that took place over those billions of years.

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Att Samsung Galaxy S3 - How to know if this is block ?

Yes...as long as it is unlocked you can use it with any carrier that provides a SIM card.

That is what I did. I use to be on ATT then I broke my contract to go with T-Mobile's partnered MVNO Solavei. It was a very easy transition.

While T-Mobile is still going through the re-farming stages and hasn't upgraded throughout St. Louis I still get EDGE in some spots and 4G in others because it is an ATT phone. That is something else you might want to think about if those are options for you when it comes to your phone and who the carrier will be.

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L.A.'s Net Set: Portraits Of Lakers And Clippers Superfans - Los Angeles - Slideshows

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Graphic designer - Charlie Edmiston has been a life long fan. He lived near Kobe Bryant as a child and remembers it well. He used to live 5 minutes from my house and would sometimes practice on the courts of my old high school. When asked about his favorite fan moment he quickly responds with being at game 4 of the Western Conference Finals against the Kings in 2002. 8th row with my dad, as Robert Horry hit a 3 to win. It was very epic.

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Instapundit ? Blog Archive ? PROFESSOR BAINBRIDGE ON LEGAL ...

PROFESSOR BAINBRIDGE ON LEGAL EDUCATION: ?I think Deans like Rodriguez should put their administrative house in order first. At my school, and I?m sure at many others, the number of administrators, program directors, and other bureaucrats has increased dramatically. See Roland A. Cass & John H. Garvey, Law School Leviathan: Expanding Administrative Growth, 35 U. Tol. L. Rev. 37 (2003), which notes that the growth in the numbers of law school administrators has outpaced growth in those of faculty and students. Of course, the problem is not limited to law schools. . . . But that?s no excuse for law school deans like Rodriguez to ignore the problem of administrator bloat.?

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Brazil debates treatment options in crack epidemic

In this photo taken Dec. 21, 2012, former soldier Bobo sits on an armchair after collecting recyclables at a slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Bobo spends his day sorting through trash for recyclables to sell. At night, he turns the day's profit into crack. With a boom in crack use over the past decade, Brazilian authorities are struggling to help such users and stop the drug's spread, sparking a debate over the legality and efficiency of forcibly interning users. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

In this photo taken Dec. 21, 2012, former soldier Bobo sits on an armchair after collecting recyclables at a slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Bobo spends his day sorting through trash for recyclables to sell. At night, he turns the day's profit into crack. With a boom in crack use over the past decade, Brazilian authorities are struggling to help such users and stop the drug's spread, sparking a debate over the legality and efficiency of forcibly interning users. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

In this photo taken Dec. 8, 2012, a man hold narcotics at a drug selling point in a slum of western Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The South American country began experiencing a public health emergency in recent years as demand for crack boomed and open-air ?cracolandias,? or crack lands, popped up in the sprawling urban centers of Rio and Sao Paulo, with hundreds of users gathering to smoke the drug. The federal government announced in early 2012 that more than $2 billion would be spent to fight the epidemic, with the money spent to train local health care workers, purchase thousands of hospital and shelter beds for emergency treatment, and create transitional centers for recovering users. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

In this photo taken Dec. 21, 2012, former soldier Bobo smokes crack in his home at a slum in western Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Bobo spends his day sorting through trash for recyclables to sell. At night, he turns the day's profit into crack. With a boom in crack use over the past decade, Brazilian authorities are struggling to help such users and stop the drug's spread, sparking a debate over the legality and efficiency of forcibly interning users. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

In this photo taken Dec. 21, 2012, former soldier Bobo leans against a wall after smoking crack in his home at a slum in western Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Bobo spends his day sorting through trash for recyclables to sell. At night, he turns the day's profit into crack. With a boom in crack use over the past decade, Brazilian authorities are struggling to help such users and stop the drug's spread, sparking a debate over the legality and efficiency of forcibly interning users. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

In this photo taken Nov. 22, 2012, an alleged crack addict checks an out-of-commission laptop in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The South American country began experiencing a public health emergency in recent years as demand for crack boomed and open-air "cracolandias," or crack lands, popped up in the sprawling urban centers of Rio and Sao Paulo, with hundreds of users gathering to smoke the drug. The federal government announced in early 2012 that more than $2 billion would be spent to fight the epidemic, with the money spent to train local health care workers, purchase thousands of hospital and shelter beds for emergency treatment, and create transitional centers for recovering users. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

(AP) ? Bobo has a method: Cocaine gets him through the day, when he cruises with a wheelbarrow around a slum on Rio's west side, sorting through trash for recyclables to sell. At night, he turns the day's profit into crack.

"Sometimes I don't sleep at all; I'm up 24 hours," says Bobo, a former soldier who doesn't use his given name for safety reasons. "I work to support my addiction, but I only use crack at night. That drug takes my mind away. I lose all notion of what I'm doing."

Bobo says balancing crack with cocaine keeps him working and sane. On the shantytown's streets, life can be hell: Addicts unable to strike Bobo's precarious balance use crack day and night, begging, stealing, prostituting themselves, and picking through trash to make enough for the next hit. For them, there's no going home, no job, nothing but the drug.

With a boom in crack use over the past decade, Brazilian authorities are struggling to stop the drug's spread, sparking a debate over the legality and efficiency of forcibly interning users. Brazil today is the world's largest consumer of both cocaine and its crack derivative, according to the Federal University of Sao Paolo. About 6 million adults, or 3 percent of Brazilians, have tried cocaine in some form.

Rio de Janeiro has taken the lead in trying to help the burgeoning number of users with an approach that city leaders call proactive, but critics pan as unnecessarily aggressive. As of May 2011, users living in the streets have been scooped up in pre-dawn raids by teams led by the city's welfare department in conjunction with police and health care workers. By Dec. 5, 582 people had been picked up, including 734 children.

The sight is gut-wrenching. While some people go meekly, many fight, cry, scream out in desperation in their altered states. Once they're gone, their ratty mattresses, pans, sweaters and few other possessions are swept up by a garbage removal company.

Adults can't be forced to stay in treatment, and most leave the shelters within three days. But children are kept in treatment against their will or returned to parents if they have a family. In December, 119 children were being held in specialized treatment units.

Demand for crack has boomed in recent years and open-air "cracolandias," or "crack lands," popped up in the urban centers of Rio and Sao Paulo, with hundreds of users gathering to smoke the drug. The federal government announced in early 2012 that more than $2 billion would be spent to fight the epidemic, allotting money to train health care workers, buy thousands of hospital and shelter beds, and create transitional centers for recovering users.

Mobile street units stationed near cracolandias are among the most important and visible aspects of the government's approach. The units, housed in metal containers, bring doctors, nurses, therapists and social workers to the areas where users concentrate. Slowly, by offering health care and other help, the units' workers gain the trust of users and refer them to treatment centers.

Studies suggest the approach can work: 47 percent of the crack users surveyed in Sao Paulo said they'd welcome treatment, according to the Federal University of Sao Paulo study.

Ethel Vieira, a psychologist on the raid team, thinks their persistence is paying off.

"Initially, they'd run away, react aggressively, throw rocks," she said of users. "Now most of them understand our intention is to help, to give them a chance to leave the street and to connect with the public health network."

Human rights groups object to the forced commitment of children, saying treatment delivered against the will of patients is ineffective. They also oppose the sweeps, which they describe as violent.

"There are legal procedures that must be followed and that are not being followed. This goes against the law and is unconstitutional," Margarida Pressburguer, head of the Human Rights Commission for Brazil's Association of Attorneys, said during a debate last year.

Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes suggested in October that the city would start forcing adults into treatment. "A crack addict isn't capable of making decisions," Paes said from the Jacarezinho shantytown in the week after police stormed the area and seized control of what was then Rio's largest cracolandia.

The Rio state Attorney General's Office responded by telling city officials "the compulsory removal of adults living in the streets has no legal foundation." It said adults can be committed only when they become a danger to themselves or others and outpatient treatment options have run out.

"They give us a place to sleep, food, clothes, everything," said Bobo. "I've been picked up by the city and I liked it. They are doing this for our good."

But even as Bobo endorsed the city's approach, a friend was stepping over to the drug stand for more cocaine. Bobo asked for $5 worth of drugs ? cocaine for now, crack for later. Then he rolled up a bill and dumped a small mound of white powder in his palm for snorting.

With a nose full of cocaine, he set off, ready for another day.

Associated Press

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UFC 155 Tweet of the Day: Alistair Overeem makes fun of Junior Dos Santos following loss to Cain Velasquez

Top heavyweight contender, Alistair Overeem poked fun at Junior Dos Santos during his UFC 155 bout against Cain Velasquez.

During the UFC 155 main event bout between Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez, heavyweight star, Alistair Overeem was intently watching the fight. The Dutch fighter, who could possibly earn the next shot at the belt, went to twitter and took a slight dig at JDS as he was losing the bout:

After making a slight joke about Dos Santos, Alistair did give them both props though on his following tweets, saying it was a "great fight" and a "great performance by Cain."

Overeem is currently scheduled to face Antonio Silva at UFC 156 on Super Bowl weekend, a card headlined by the super-fight between Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar. If he earns a quality victory over 'Bigfoot', he can very well be next in line against the re-crowned champion in Cain Velasquez.

As always, check out more of our UFC 155 coverage here.

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