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For my passion project, I have decided to start to run. My goal by the end of the semester is to be able to run 10 kilometers. I have not ran for a long time as I mainly train at the gym to keep fit. I am excited to start a new form of training in addition to my regular routine. I will be tracking my runs through a running app on my phone. I will also track my progress through this form. I am going to additionally take into consideration my meals before and after my runs to get optimal results in my goal. In the future I hope to join a running competition between 5 and 10 kilometers, so I am excited to start my journey. I have never done anything like this before, I have been very sportive my whole life, playing hockey, swimming, basketball, volleyball, soccer etc. however I have never been competitive or serious about running and individual sports. I am excited to have the opportunity to better myself as a runner, take on this new challenge and see how running can relieve stress and contribute to mental health.
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Studies show that 70% of people over 65 will need some form of senior care and it's one of the most complex challenges an individual and family will confront. As many professionals know, consumers do not plan for long-term care nor do they save for it.
When family members become involved in senior care, they get so wrapped up in the day-to-day activities of the other person, the caregiver has difficulty keeping up with one's routines and needs. Families are busy working at jobs, saving for retirement, and raising children; they often believe their modest income would never afford extra care. They get stuck in the challenges and forget to seek free or low-cost care options in the community.
What's one not-so-well-known source of financial help for seniors that could assist them in paying for senior care?
Mara Botonis with WhenCaringTakesCourage.com - Veterans Aid and Attendance is a benefit paid by Veterans Affairs (VA) to eligible veterans, veteran's spouses or surviving spouses who need financial help for in-home care, assisted living facility or a nursing home care. For more information contact Veteran's Affairs: 1-800-827-1000 or apply online at https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ or visit VeteranAid.org.
Stephan Forman, LTC Associates - Tragically, about 40% of seniors will lapse or surrender their life insurance policies, unaware that a third option exists only about a dozen states require that you be informed. A life settlement is the sale of a policy for less than its face amount but more than its cash value. If you no longer need or cannot afford your plan, this is worth a look. Just do your homework.
Ginalisa Monterroso - theMedicaidexperts.com - Some retired seniors have private health insurance from their previous job. The policies have coverage for home health care and residential rehabilitation. Our older adults should call their insurance company and ask if they are coverage for "Convalescent care." It covers short-term care in an inpatient rehabilitation facility.
Rhonda Caudell, EndlessLegacy.com - PayingforSeniorCare.com is created & maintained by the American Elder Care Research Organization. The mission is to assist individuals in implementing long-term senior care. The website is designed to help families, and caregivers locate information about long-term care resources for their loved ones, and to find the public and private programs available to assist in covering the cost of such care.
Donna Schempp, Care Manager at Eldercare Specialists - For those who qualify for Medicaid, look for the Medicaid Home and Community-based programs. Use of volunteers from faith communities can offset the cost of hired help in some circumstances.
Alex Chamberlain, EasyLivingFL.com - Consumers should use geriatric care managers. In reality, they can access comprehensive resources and help you navigate all kinds of benefits programs, leading to a substantial long-term cost savings and time.
Carol Marak, Aging Advocate, Editor at Seniorcare.com, and Columnist. | 2019-04-18T13:27:00Z | https://www.seniorcare.com/resources/financial-planning/sources-for-families-to-pay-for-senior-care/ |
‘The Boss’ plans to release his autobiography later this year to share an insight into his imagination and inspiration.
Fans of Bruce Springsteen look set to gain a valuable insight into the American rock star’s psyche and imagination later this year. The 66-year-old has announced plans to release his much-anticipated autobiography entitled “Born to Run” in September and the Music maestro promises that the publication will explore the “poetry, danger and darkness” that energises his work.
Known to many millions of devotees across the globe as simply ‘The Boss’, Springsteen divulged that his thoughts had turned to his latest project as far back as 2009.
That was the year that the veteran rocker performed with his E Street Band at the NFL Super Bowl and it seems that he began assembling material for the publication shortly afterwards.
He had expressed some reservations back in 2012 about joining the list of musical celebrities penning their memoirs, referring to similar projects undertaken by established stars such as Neil Young and The Who’s Pete Townshend. Yet it seems that with the assistance of New York publishers Simon & Schuster, the book is to finally become available for the general public to pore over.
As you might expect from the noted New Jersey-born singer-songwriter - with record sales well in excess of 100 million units worldwide – he has negotiated a hefty sum for the new book. His publishers are believed to have agreed to a figure of around £7 million ($10 million) in advance, clearly expecting that they will have a best-seller on their hands.
Mirroring the title of one of his most successful studio albums, Springsteen’s autobiography is expected to set out the events in his life that provided the impetus behind his dynamic stage shows.
His energy in front of an adoring audience has made him one of the world’s best live performers, with his extensive shows typically spanning three hours or more.
His website has divulged some of the topics to be covered in the book, including what drove him on as a musician despite personal struggles during his career. It will also look into the emergence and rise in popularity associated with his E Street Band.
Springsteen’s distinctive gravelly voice has earned him admirers ever since he first came to the public’s attention in the 1970s.
With his recordings often providing a mixture of commercially viable rock tracks with more folk-oriented tunes, his longevity has been assured through a large fanbase. His influences and style often pander to their own senses, including Americana and working class themes, with an infusion of poetic lyrics.
As befits his home-grown talent, Americans have supported him to the tune of around 60 million album sales. Not that surprising when you consider classic releases such as “Born to Run” (1975) and “Born in the U.S.A.” (1984) have been included in his back catalogue.
Music critics have also acclaimed his abilities, rewarding the musician with an Academy Award in 1993 for “Streets of Philadelphia”, two Golden Globes and a staggering 20 Grammy Awards.
The book is expected to be available on 27th September. | 2019-04-19T00:50:08Z | https://uk.blastingnews.com/entertainment/2016/02/springsteen-to-prove-that-he-was-born-to-run-00786127.html |
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In a large heavy-bottomed soup pot, heat the oil and butter over medium. Clean and dice leeks and onion, sprinkle with salt and sauté until very soft and transparent. Scrub and dice potatoes then add to the pan with the water. Bring to a boil and simmer until potatoes are tender when pierced with a knife, about 15 minutes. Puree with an immersion blender or, working in batches, transfer soup to a blender jar, filling it no more than halfway full, and puree until smooth. Return soup to pot and whisk in sour cream and cream. Taste and season with salt and pepper, then thin with additional water if necessary. Gently warm the soup just until heated through. Serve immediately, with warm crusty bread. | 2019-04-25T14:58:29Z | https://www.grandcentralbakery.com/recipes/soup/grand-central-bakery-potato-leek-soup/ |
Shinseki asked the Veterans Affairs Committee to back the creation of a new position -- assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and construction -- to manage relationships with the department's 15,000 suppliers.
Shinseki also said he wanted to create principal deputy assistant secretary positions in two areas: acquisition, logistics and construction; and construction and facilities management.
Shinseki said the new positions would not require increased funding or adding Senior Executive Service slots, but instead would be supported with existing resources.
He promised the committee that the anticipated savings from acquisition reform efforts would go to veterans. "Every dollar I can save, I can put into care and benefits," Shinseki said.
Improved management of information technology is essential to better management of VA as a whole, Shinseki told committee members. "Great IT development and execution, in turn, depends on very well-managed and disciplined acquisitions support and project management," he added.
In the past, VA IT setbacks have "largely been [the result] of project management and acquisition failures," problems the department has started to resolve with the development last June of the Program Management Accountability System, Shinseki said.
Reviews of programs under the system resulted in the cancellation of 12 IT projects last month for a savings of $54 million, Shinseki said.
Rep. Steve Buyer, R-Ind., the ranking member on the VA Committee, endorsed Shinseki's request for the new appointments. Buyer asked the VA chief to provide him with a detailed acquisition reform policy within 30 days.
The committee's chairman, Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., did not immediately endorse Shinseki's requests and reminded Buyer that he was speaking for himself and not the full panel. | 2019-04-20T21:06:34Z | https://www.afge.org/article/va-chief-pledges-acquisition-streamlining |
For Vinyl’s latest release, the San Francisco funk veterans allowed acclaimed producing team The Rondo Brothers free reign over old master tapes from their “Flea Market” sessions. In doing so Fogshack Music Volume 1 was created.
The eight tracks on the disc are all worth the listen. Non-stop infectious beats, layered with tight percussion and synthesized effects, create the canvas in which The Rondo Brothers paint a very funky picture. The disc also features special guest Bernie Worrell (Parliament/Funkadelic, Talking Heads), who's futuristic style of funk complements The Rondo Brothers and Vinyl very well.
Digging through multiple hours of tape, trying to create new organic compositions is a daunting task, but The Rondo Brothers (Jim Greer and Brandon Arnovick) never flinched and even relied on the "spontaneous studio moments [that] helped to create some of the best music" for the finished product, Greer stated. Even though each track offers something interesting and unique, there are several tracks that stand out. 'Give and Go,' the opening track, creates a gigantic landscape of sonic textures that revolve around a central melody. Worrell's percussive keyboard style, which is very distinctive here, is perfectly placed. Another strong offering, 'Swellyons for Rufus' draws inspiration from the Latin, or even Caribbean style of jazz. Its slick horn melody is accompanied by an irresistible stride-piano riff reminiscent of a smoky Havana jazz club in the pre-Castro era. The song 'Imperial Majesty' is a perfect example of how much creativity The Rondo Bros. put into this project. The track was edited from its original 20+ minute jam, into the tightly woven four minute Reggae concoction that is totally different than Vinyl's original composition.
Fogshack Music Volume 1 is an interesting collection of material, (I'm curious if there might be another Volume in the works?) and I recommend giving it a listen. Each track packs very powerful and unique punch, which shows exactly how much effort and creativity went into this project. | 2019-04-26T14:05:54Z | https://homegrownmusic.net/product-reviews/vinyl-the-fogshack-music-volume-1-cd |
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Raw sewage flowing from Mexico into the U.S. regularly fouls San Diego County's waters and beaches.
Concerns have been raised for years about this ongoing public health menace and ecological disaster.
Environmentalists worry that with climate change causing more storms, the problem will intensify.
There are structures in place in a few areas to catch plastic, Styrofoam and sediments. Some would like to see these types of remedies applied to other areas near the border, which can become raging rivers of pollution and trash during storms.
Next week the San Diego City Council will decide whether a developer can construct a high-rise apartment building in Bankers Hill near Balboa Park.
The owner of the property, St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, sees the project as a way to expand its ministry and give it more financial security.
Opponents, particularly the volunteer group Uptown Planners, believe the building contains too many luxury apartments and is too tall, which would throw shadows across the park.
A likely selling point for the city council is the inclusion of 18 affordable homes for individuals and families with very low income — $43,800 or less for a family of three.
On Thursday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission held a conference to consider giving the go-ahead to Southern California Edison to continue transferring tons of spent nuclear fuel from wet to dry storage at San Onofre.
Much of the public is not in a mood to trust SCE with such a dangerous job after a near accident in September during fuel transfer.
The NRC said recently that in spite of a string of violations over a six-month period, there is no cause for an FBI investigation into criminal charges. | 2019-04-19T00:59:02Z | https://www.kpbs.org/news/2019/jan/25/roundtable-edological-crisis-border/ |
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There is only one way for your images not to get stolen over the internet: don’t share them on the internet!
Starting with that idea in mind, then why bother with these countermeasures that make the viewer’s experience less enjoyable? I decided not to use watermarks and to upload a mid-resolution version of my images. I’m uploading 2048 px wide images, which is fine for most screen (1080p included) but is not enough to get a massive print. I didn’t say to encourage people to steal your images, so 2048 px wide is enough, especially on social media like Google+ and Facebook, who resize your full-resolution images.
I share so people can see my images. Otherwise I would keep them on my computer… To me, having someone use my image on his/her website is more of a compliment because they liked my image. I do share so people can re-share: the more people see my images, the better. I don’t see a reason why my images would need to stay on my website, because then less people would be able to see them. Now, of course, I don’t want people sharing the image and saying it’s theirs. This is why the only thing I actually care about is attribution and sharing without modification. I’m all for showing beautiful images, but I don’t want people re-using my images for something else (composites, ads, etc…) without my authorization.
Going with “All rights reserved” wasn’t going to work for me. I don’t see myself paying for a desktop wallpaper… so I don’t expect people to pay me either. However, I expect people to pay me if they are using my images commercially: if they are earning money thanks to my images, I should get some of that money. Hence, the choice of a Attribution / Non Commercial / No Derivatives license from Creative Commons. It’s works for everything I said above. Another good thing is that the 3 conditions can be waived by the owner, which means that you can sell your images or allow derivatives to specific people.
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization based in California that released several copyright licenses free of charge. Their goal is to help expand the range of creative works available to other to share and to build upon. You can find more information on Creative Commons licenses, on their website. | 2019-04-19T02:57:23Z | https://anotherangle.eu/posts/why-share-my-images-under-a-creative-commons-license/ |
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From the UK series "Fast and Loose" this is an amazingly funny interpretive dance of "Careless Whisper".
SUBSCRIBE to the OFFICIAL BBC YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2IXqEIn LAUNCH BBC iPlayer to access Live TV and Box Sets: https://bbc.in/2J18jYJ More on this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ysgpg Hugh Dennis invites David Armand to perform a hilarious mime to Queen's 'Don't Stop Me Now' , whilst Pippa and Ruth try to guess the song.
SUBSCRIBE to the OFFICIAL BBC YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2IXqEIn LAUNCH BBC iPlayer to access Live TV and Box Sets: https://bbc.in/2J18jYJ More on this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xxp6t Hugh Dennis invites David Armand to perform a hilarious mime to Wet Wet Wet's 'Love Is All Around', whilst Jess Ransom and Laura Solon try to guess the song.
SUBSCRIBE to the OFFICIAL BBC YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2IXqEIn LAUNCH BBC iPlayer to access Live TV and Box Sets: https://bbc.in/2J18jYJ More on this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00y44nq David Armand mimes the words to Phil Collins' "You Can't Hurry Love" for Humphrey Ker and Jessica Ransom to guess the song.
David Armand, star of the BBC comedy "How Not To Live Your Life" shows his "dancing skills" during this tvshow "Fast and Loose"
David Armand, star of the BBC comedy "How Not To Live Your Life" shows his "dancing skills" during this tvshow.
Learn BTS (방탄소년단) - 'Boy With Luv' (작은 것들을 위한 시) feat. Halsey with Brian’s detailed explanation! Follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel! :) Danced by Brian Li - https://instagram.com/briankevli Ellen Min - https://instagram.com/ellenmint_ Our couple account: https://instagram.com/eebeelife Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EllenandBrian/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EllenxBrian Discord: https://discord.gg/EllenandBrian Twitch: https://twitch.tv/EllenandBrian This video is mirrored so you should watch it as if you’re looking at yourself in the mirror. You can also follow what I say in terms of the direction (left/right). Feel free to change up the speed of this video depending on your personal preference by adjusting it in the YouTube settings and repeat the parts based on your own learning pace. Timestamps: 0:23 Pre-Chorus explanation 2:29 Chorus 1st 8 count 5:00 Chorus 2nd 8 count 6:19 Chorus 3rd 8 count 7:19 Chorus 4th 8 count 8:01 Chorus 5th 8 count 9:56 Chorus 6th 8 count 10:57 Chorus 7th 8 count 12:59 Chorus 8th 8 count 14:07 Chorus w/ counts 15:26 Chorus w/ 0.75x speed 16:17 Chorus w/ full speed! ----------- #BTS #BoyWithLuv #EllenandBrian Disclaimer: We do not own any of the music or choreography. FTC: This video is not sponsored.
SUBSCRIBE to the OFFICIAL BBC YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2IXqEIn LAUNCH BBC iPlayer to access Live TV and Box Sets: https://bbc.in/2J18jYJ More on this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yz5vj Hugh Dennis invites David Armand to perform a hilarious mime to Carly Simon's "You're So Vain", whilst Pippa and Humphrey try to guess the song.
This dance interpretation was performed by the Halal Mighty Movers, the dance ministry of the Sword of the Spirit Full Gospel Ministries, Buntay, Dulag, Leyte, Philippines, during their Youth Power Up, a youth evangelistic activity. The said activity was participated by the ROTC unit of the Visayas State University, Tolosa Campus. It was held at the Function Hall, Brgy. Market Site, Dulag, Leyte.
SUBSCRIBE to the OFFICIAL BBC YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2IXqEIn LAUNCH BBC iPlayer to access Live TV and Box Sets: https://bbc.in/2J18jYJ More on this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yc223 Hugh Dennis invites David Armand to perform a hilarious mime to The Bangles' 'Eternal Flame', whilst Pippa Evans and Ruth Bratt try to guess the song.
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Learn BTS’s ‘Dionysus’ chorus choreography with Brian’s detailed explanation! Follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel! Danced by Brian Li - https://instagram.com/briankevli Ellen Min - https://instagram.com/ellenmint_ Our couple account: https://instagram.com/eebeelife Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EllenandBrian/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EllenxBrian Discord: https://discord.gg/EllenandBrian Twitch: https://twitch.tv/EllenandBrian Bilibili: Ellen和Brian https://space.bilibili.com/399114140 Weibo: Ellen和Brian https://www.weibo.com/u/7030512687 This video is mirrored so you should watch it as if you’re looking at yourself in the mirror. You can also follow what I say in terms of the direction (left/right). Feel free to change up the speed of this video depending on your personal preference by adjusting it in the YouTube settings and repeat the parts based on your own learning pace. Timestamps: 0:21 Chorus explanation 7:47 Chorus w/ counts 8:47 Chorus w/ 0.75x speed 9:20 Chorus w/ full speed! ----------- #BTS #Dionysus #EllenandBrian Disclaimer: We do not own any of the music or choreography. FTC: This video is not sponsored.
From http://www.beatahowe.com - Learn how to interpret music and incorporate it into your dance. This video will skyrocket your dancing skills by teaching you how to interpret the music you dance to.
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A young talented Atlantan, India Bussey, performs an interpretive dance to Black Butterfly. Thanks for watching. For entertainment purposes only. No copyright infringement intended. | 2019-04-20T10:20:51Z | http://dia-log.info/search?q=Interpretation%20of%20dance |
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Having confessed to the crime of murdering his 43-year-old mother and 11-year-old sister, one would have expected that the young footballer, Solomon Nyantakyi, would proceed to give reasons or better still explain the circumstances that led to the dreadful incident.
The contrary is what is happening as Solomon Nyantakyi, who is currently under investigations has refused to disclose details of what led to the murder of his relations to the Italian police.
Solomon, following the murder on Tuesday night, confessed to being guilty of committing the crime. Interrogations to ascertain the specific reasons why that happened has proved futile as the footballer is firmly holding back information.
The 21-year-old was arrested by police on an escape route in Milan on Wednesday morning after tracking him following the murder of his mother, Patience Nfum and his kid sister, Magdalene Nyantakyi, 11, who were all Ghanaians residing in Italy.
The woman, Patience Nfum, originally from Ghana arrived in Italy some years back to live with the family.
Raymond Nyantakyi, elder brother of the suspect, reportedly discovered the lifeless bodies of his mother and sister on his return from work Tuesday evening.
Nyantakyi, the head of the family was traumatized upon reaching the police station after he had received news of the murder. The husband and father had recently moved to London barely two months ago because of work.
It is still unclear, the reason for the murder but reports suggest Solomon Nyantakyi may have been under the influence of narcotics as he committed the heinous crime. While many believe his affiliation to a notorious gang may have been the reason for his recent action, his team coaches attribute Nyantakyi’s actions to depression.
Solomon was touted as one of the rising stars in Italian football as he flourished in the youth system of Parma, winning several titles with them.
He was promoted to the Parma senior team by Roberto Donadoni before the club went on administration and the young player’s career took a nose dive.
The 21-year-old played for Serie D for Imolese Calcio last season. He is reported to have put his career on hold and joined a gang noted for committing serious crimes in Italy.
CELEBRATION OF WORLD ORAL HEALTH DAY. | 2019-04-22T12:37:58Z | https://ritefmonline.org/solomon-nyantakyi-holds-back-details-on-why-he-murdered-mother-and-sister/ |
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It’s a classic design dilemma Bob Furniture Sofa Bed or sectional?With tailored styling and luxe fabrics, slipcovers are the easiest way to update your furniture and give your space a new look. Bob Furniture Sofa Bed, especially dark brown ones, are chosen for their practicality. You’ll be looking at your couch in a new way after seeing these decorating ideas. This beautiful Santa Barbara home features Bob Furniture Sofa Bed in an Ardecora fabric by Richard Shapiro. Ways and ideas for laying out your living room, with a versatile L-shaped sectional sofa. | 2019-04-26T09:53:38Z | https://wohnkulturideen.info/bob-furniture-sofa-bed/ |
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This wonderful Ranch style Townhome is the end unit for added privacy. Single story living with no yard maintenance. Brick accents greet you as you enter the foyer with coat closet. Great Open Floor Plan. The Living room and Dining Room are open to each other and a pass through window opens the Kitchen to the dining room so the cook can be apart of the all the activity. Off the kitchen is a great deck overlooking the creek with plenty of trees for privacy. The deck also features an outdoor storage closet. The Master has full bath and walk-in Closet. There is closet style Laundry in the hallway with an additional Bedroom and full Guest Bath nearby. Home has all new paint and flooring. | 2019-04-21T16:21:17Z | http://www.joannakrealty.com/property/76-Huntress-Drive-Greer-South-Carolina |
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This upper unit is in the Cedar Gardens and is located a short walk to all the amenities of Gibsons. Constructed in 2012 and still covered by 2-5-10 Warranty. Featuring vaulted ceilings, stainless steel appliances, hardwood floors, a natural gas fireplace and granite countertops. There is a clubhouse for meetings or special events and bike/scooter storage. Please call to explore this great opportunity. | 2019-04-23T10:10:29Z | http://thebrackettgroup.com/mylistings.html/listing.r2053889-207-518-shaw-road-gibsons-v0n-1v8.56108333 |
These dance instructors offer dance education in a non-competitive environment. They have been around 14 years. Let their instructor show you the some of the best dancing moves.
Trying to find some of the pros who provide private ballroom dance lessons for teens and young adults in your area? Look no futher and hire Oceans Dance Studio. This diligent expert offers ballroom and latin dancing lessons for students of all levels.
If you're looking for a dance school for adults that provides private dance, hip hop dance, and ballet lessons, choose Talaria Dance Academy And Theatre, LLC. They offer classical and social dance lessons. Learn ballroom dancing with these teachable dance instructors.
Kat is an impressive individual who provides private ballroom dance lessons and jazz dancing lessons in Largo. Check out and try fun dancing with Kat Wagner. This expert teaches latin and ballet lessons for adults and kids of all ages.
Improve your choreography by hiring these adventurious dance art professionals. They also teach hip hop, irish step, tap, and line dance lessons. These innovative dance demonstrators are available group and private lessons.
If you are seeking for someone in Edgewater who will do dance teaching services, check out and try Champion Dance now. They provide group and private latin dance lessons for all levels. They are always ready to serve their clients anytime.
Oceans Dance Studio is a school that provides chachacha, dance, and african dance for teens, kids and adults. This pro has been a ballroom dance teacher for many years now. They complete assigned tasks with competence and dedication.
Hire the dance teachers of NRITYA Academy to provide you quality instructional programs. Book an appointment with Geetha Karkera. They also provide competitive, social, and wedding dance instruction for students of all ages.
Check out Orbit Performing Arts Academy if you need private hip hop dance lessons and public classes at affordable rates. Try out a dance class with Orbit Performing Arts Academy. They are one of the dance schools that also offer beginner and couples dance lessons. | 2019-04-24T03:51:07Z | https://lessons.com/fl/ormond-beach/dance-classes/ |
Roll the scar between your fingers for 2-3 minutes or as tolerated until the scar feels loose, less painful and more pliable.
For best results, try pressing into the perineal body at different angles and locations in the perineum. Hold each different direction for 90-120 seconds.
Another technique is to do ½ moon strokes with your thumbs. Place your right thumb up to the first knuckle in the inside of your left pelvic floor muscles. Start from 2 o’clock position and take about one minute to stretch down to the six o’clock position; then change sides and perform the ½ moon strokes on the other side. | 2019-04-24T12:07:59Z | http://pelvichealthsolutions.ca/for-the-patient/what-is-dyspareunia/episiotomy-scars/ |
Bora bora facts may help any of you who have the plan in conducting vacation to Bora-Bora. It will be bad if you don’t know about any information related to Bora-Bora before visiting such vacation destination. Therefore this information really can help you to gain such information actually.
What people really need to know about Bora-Bora is about the fact that is has lesser visitors compared to Hawaii within 10 days of visiting within the entire year. So, do you have already recognized about it? Yet the quality is indeed undeniable.
When you conduct vacation to Bora-Bora, you may realize that the roads wrapped such area only has certain number such as 32km or about 19 miles from the beginning to the end of the road. It means you may find lesser vehicles which may disturb your peace of vacation right?
Some people say that they are afraid of any dangerous animals when they visit Bora-Bora. Yet, you may notice that the only animal existing within Bora-Bora is the animal brought by the visitors. So, you don’t need to worry about it indeed.
You may notice about certain movie or film such as Couples Retreat which was filmed in Bora-Bora especially at St.Regis resort. Any fans of such movie indeed have the need in visiting Bora-Bora I believe. So, what is about you?
If you visit Bora-Bora, you may recognize in how you can visit 3 different villages such as Vaitape, Faanui, and also Anau. Those three villages are inhabited with around 9000 people who mostly work at tourism industry. They also have good personality indeed.
I believe any of you may concern about the meaning of Bora-Bora. The name is actually Pora-Pora which has the meaning of “first born”. It is actually the language of Tahiti which there is no “B” in Tahatian language.
You may notice that Bora-Bora is famous for the entire world. In fact, Kim Kardashian and her family has boasted that Bora-Bora is the most exciting and meaningful vacation that her family ever conduct.
You may recognize that Tahitian people are very friendly. Yet, there are considered to be very shy to any visitors especially foreign visitors. In this case people need to know how to deal with the local people whether to socialize or gaining information.
If you spend your vacation in Bora-Bora, you may recognize that there are still many people who love to conduct stone fishing. It is the most popular among people who love to do fishing indeed. Therefore Bora-Bora can become best place to do fishing.
You can also notice that Bora-Bora may become the source of black pearls as well. It may become so much popular among modern people indeed. So, what do you think?
In how to spend vacation in maximum quality, people should know how to learn facts about bora bora first to avoid problems ahead. | 2019-04-20T08:41:24Z | https://www.myinterestingfacts.com/bora-bora-facts/ |
The more I read about blockchain and the more I talk to the CIOs, CTOs, developers, and tech-savvy executives I call early adopters, the clearer it is that everyone will need to make sense of blockchain for their organization.
In the biggest sense, blockchain is a proxy for the genuine excitement about applications and platforms that cross company boundaries and support vast ecosystems. Let’s call these collaborative ecosystem applications platforms. Marshall Van Alstyne explained the logic of these platforms in his book Platform Revolution. We should all be excited about such applications.
In a technological sense, blockchain is key for creating an unalterable, trusted record of certain types of transactions. But the problem is that blockchain tech isn’t really needed for all collaborative ecosystem applications.
So, how can each of us figure out what blockchain really means to us? When is the excitement about blockchain about a collaborative ecosystem application that does not in actuality need blockchain? When do such apps really require blockchain? How can existing enterprise data feed blockchain applications and vice versa?
As a start of this series of articles, I am going to focus on how Syncsort is answering these questions. Syncsort is a company that focuses on building the infrastructure to support the modern data supply chain. With products for data integration, data quality, capacity management, mainframe optimization, high availability and security, Syncsort is dedicated to the general proposition of its tagline: Advancing Data. On my podcast, I recently spoke with Syncsort’s CEO Josh Rogers and CTO Dr. Tendü Yoğurtçu. The way they are making sense of blockchain provides important lessons.
Syncsort has identified four megatrends that they are paying especially close attention to and ensuring that their business strategy aligns with. Those are the cloud, streaming data and IoT, data science (which includes machine learning and AI), and data governance. Yoğurtçu told me that Syncsort views blockchain, in many ways, as falling under the data governance mantle and that as a result, the company is focusing on early research and product development to support the growing adoption and expansion of blockchain usage.
Both Rogers and Yoğurtçu see the greatest benefits from blockchain in applications where manual confirmation or cross-border parties are involved, or where automatic tracking and validation visible to all parties is desired. Blockchain helps to eliminate the middleman in many transactions and improves security by validating the authenticity of products and components and reducing counterfeiting. But blockchain-ready applications and tools are nascent and they must mature for blockchain to be widely adopted.
But Syncsort is preparing for this growing adoption because blockchain has applicability in so many sectors, especially those with supply chains, from food to car manufacturing, to cross-border trade. Blockchain can reduce the complexity of tracking these chains and simplify and solidify contractual arrangements between companies.
In addition, Syncsort is very focused on software for the fast-growing Big Iron to Big Data market, driven by the need for data-driven organizations to quickly extract value from critical data across their enterprise, often moving this data from traditional data systems like IBM mainframes and midrange systems and then seamlessly integrating it into a growing number of next-generation analytical platforms. The ability to access and integrate traditional and blockchain data for analysis will be part of this equation.
Given this context of what blockchain can do best, it’s worth returning to the original question of when using blockchain makes the most sense. Rogers told me that part of the difficulty of answering the question is that blockchain technology is still in such early stages.
Rogers added that Syncsort will be engaging in partnerships in the blockchain space that will enable the business to add value and begin to understand the key integration points of working with blockchain.
Yoğurtçu also cautioned that blockchain isn’t completely enterprise-ready yet. She mentioned that to run transactions on blockchain, data will need to be integrated into an existing transactional infrastructure, which requires a new set of tools and utilities to support that integration. Therefore, Syncsort is focused on creating a data pipeline that extracts useful data out of the blockchain platform and delivers it wherever it’s needed.
But if Syncsort and other companies can figure out these data movement questions, the power of blockchain could be more fully leveraged. Then the use cases I mentioned earlier become highly pertinent and businesses can adopt blockchain applications to deal with complex logistics or supply chain issues.
For their part, Syncsort is preparing for the expansion by investing in technology to move data in and out of blockchain. Yoğurtçu said she believes the company is in the best position to manage this data migration because of their existing expertise moving data in and out of mainframe, Hadoop, cloud and on premise data stores as well as streaming distributed platforms.
When data is brought into blockchain, the platform will likely have the same challenges as other platforms in ensuring that once data is in the data lake or warehouse, it can then be extracted for use by applications. And this will lead to data quality, synchronization, and integration problems, and these will need to be supported by a product like Syncsort.
Yoğurtçu also said Syncsort intends to increase the number of security products in the company’s portfolio that can leverage blockchain. As part of this, Syncsort will be partnering with the Hyperledger project.
It’s too early to know the complete shape of the blockchain universe and how companies will use it in the future. But as the technology continues to gain traction, it’s worth analyzing the most promising use cases as well as how businesses like Syncsort are responding as a way to predict what happens next. | 2019-04-20T09:01:55Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/danwoods/2018/11/26/how-blockchain-will-change-the-data-supply-chain-syncsorts-predictions/ |
THE prospector and geologist in the field, in the search for gold, are very often faced with a real difficulty. The: mineralized rock _frequently contains gold which is so finely divided or associated with sulphides that it is not recognizable in the gold pan. In recent years, the practice has been to take samples, send them to an assay office, and sit down and wait for results. This paper describes a method of solving the difficulty of proving the presence of this fine gold. | 2019-04-24T18:42:13Z | https://store.cim.org/en/a-field-test-for-gold |
Pop sensation Anne-Marie is touring Australia this October. On what will be her first ever Aussie shows, she will be playing Sydney's Metro Theatre and Melbourne's TRAK Lounge Bar with a collection of hits from her debut album 'Speak Your Mind'.
The singer-songwriter will perform chart-topping tunes off the album including her most recent hit ‘2002’—a song she co-wrote with touring partner and long-time friend, Ed Sheeran. The track has soared up the charts in Australia reaching #3 on the Shazam AU charts, #3 Shazam Future Hits, #12 on Apple Music AU, #6 on iTunes AU and #7 Spotify AU charts.
Anne-Marie’s incredible voice has been celebrated on some massive features over her career. Her powerhouse vocals can be heard on Marshmello’s chart-busting track ‘Friends’, ‘Rockabye’ (the UK’s longest-running No.1 in 22 years) alongside Clean Bandit and Sean Paul, ‘Catch 22’ with Australia’s very own Illy which peaked at #11 on the ARIA Chart, and her most recent David Guetta collaboration ‘Don’t Leave Me Alone’. Since its release, ‘Friends’ has soared charts across the globe and become one of the year’s biggest worldwide hits after hitting the top spot on the global iTunes and Shazam charts. It is now Platinum certified in Australia.
No stranger to arenas, the singer spent two years touring as Rudimental’s lead live vocalist before concentrating on her solo career. She is currently touring the globe with megastar Ed Sheeran.
Grab your tickets and catch Anne-Marie on her debut Aussie shows this October! | 2019-04-22T20:03:10Z | https://www.eventfinda.com.au/news/2018/08/anne-marie-australian-tour?utm_medium=rss |
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While the kick-off of the holiday season means good food, family time, and movie marathons, it also brings the most epic shopping sales of the year. Yes, we’re talking about Black Friday and Cyber Monday. We all know our kids are hoping for that one special doll or toy, but it’s simply not worth breaking the bank over when there are so many deals to be had!
We’ve scoured the latest ads to put together our must-have savings from all of our favorite stores, for everyone in the family. Happy (bargain) shopping!
Hours: Most Walmarts are open 24 hours on a normal basis, including Thanksgiving night, but all of their deals will be available online all day Thursday. They will also have exclusive deals that can only be found by using their mobile app.
These movies, ranging from $1.96-$7.96, make the perfect binge session.
Save up to $70 on an iPad Mini 2 to stream all your favorite things.
You know the kids will want the Bounce Pro 7-foot Trampoline, and it’s only $79.
The 20-piece Pyrex Storage Set, for only $19, will keep the fridge organized to your heart’s content.
The toddler-sized Volkswagen Beetle, for $99, would make for the perfect photo op with a big red bow on top.
See all of Walmart’s Black Friday deals here.
Hours: Stores will open from 6 PM Thanksgiving night until 11 PM Black Friday, and will have pre-Black Friday deals early on Wednesday (11/23). To take advantage of these savings, you’ll need the Cartwheel app.
Start early on that New Year’s resolution with a Fitbit Charge HR for $89.95.
Save up to $75 on the Graco Milestone All-in-One Convertible Car Seat to keep baby safe and snug.
There is 30% off all apparel, accessories, and shoes so you can easily shop for the whole family.
$49.99 for a 4-foot (life-size for your kids) Elsa or Darth Vader?! Imagine the look on your kid’s face. Worth every penny.
See all of Target’s Black Friday deals here.
Hours: Stores will open at 5 PM on Thanksgiving night with closing times varying by location, but you can shop select doorbuster deals online the entire day of Thanksgiving.
Get the football fan in your life what they really want — the Samsung 4K Ultra HD TV for $479.99 (that’s a savings of $320)!
The teen in your home will worship you for buying the Xbox One Special Edition Bundle for $299.99.
They also have great deals on movies this season with prices ranging from $1.99-$17.99. You can finally catch up on all those films you meant to see in theaters.
Looking for the perfect stocking stuffer? Get everyone in the family a colorful Dynex Portable Charger for only $2.99 — dead phone batteries be damned!
See all of Best Buy’s Black Friday deals here.
Hours: Stores will open on Thanksgiving night from 6 PM to midnight and reopen from 7 AM to midnight on Black Friday.
There will be a number of coupon codes available to use online and in-store.
THANKS1 can be used to get 30% off your entire purchase on Thursday from 6 PM-12 AM.
THANKS4 will give you 40% off all regular-priced purchases on Friday from 7 AM-12 PM.
THANKS6 will save you 25% off your entire purchase on Saturday from 8 AM-12 PM.
THANKS7 allows you to take 50% off any one regular-priced item on Saturday from 12 PM-10 PM.
Stay up-to-date with Michaels’ deals here.
Hours: Stores will open at 6 PM on Thanksgiving night, but hours may vary based on location.
There will be Kohl’s Cash galore! $15 for every $50 spent, to be exact.
If you buy a Series 2 Apple Watch you’ll receive $105 in Kohl’s Cash.
Hook your toddler up with the play kitchen of their dreams for only $59.99!
Trying to get back to the gym? All Nike apparel will be 25% off!
See all of Kohl’s Black Friday deals here.
For the first time ever Toys R Us will be open for 30 straight hours, starting at 5 PM on Thanksgiving night. However, Black Friday online deals will start Wednesday (11/23) at 9 PM. Get your most comfortable shoes on, parents.
Bed Bath & Beyond will be giving out coupons toward 20% off your entire purchase between 6 AM and 12 PM on Friday.
Amazon is sure to have excellent savings, but they haven’t revealed them just yet. In the meantime you can shop their Countdown to Black Friday Deals to get a head start on your shopping.
Ebay will be hosting different deals every hour starting at 9 PM on Thanksgiving and will have free shipping.
Walgreens is offering a 3-day shopping pass for 25% off all regular-priced items from 11/24-11/26.
The Disney Store will have a Magical Black Friday sale in which you can receive an additional 20% off from 11/25-11/27.
Covered Goods has an exclusive deal for Babble readers! Gift your bestie a multi-use nursing cover and save 15% off any order with the code BABBLE15 from 11/25-11/28.
Micuna will have two major cribs on sale. Their LIFE crib will be 50% off as well as their Harmony crib. What a steal!
Dress your kids from head to toe in the adorable designs from Busy Bees using the code HAPPYTHANKS30 for 30% off.
Not all of us feel like braving the crowds in-store on Black Friday, which is why we’re all about embracing Cyber Monday. Here are some noteworthy deals you can take advantage of from the comfort of your own home.
Looking for new workout threads? Enjoy 20% off site wide on Crane & Lion with the code CYBER20 from 11/25-11/28.
Get some of the classiest baby clothes around from Noble Carriage, with 10% off all orders over $100 with the code TAKE10 and 20% off all orders over $200 with TAKE20.
Find some incredible gifts and home decor items on bunglo and save 40% off with the code LUCKYYOU.
There are gorgeous items to decorate your baby’s room at Lil’ Pyar! Enter code SHOPSMALL from Black Friday to Cyber Monday and save 30% on your purchase.
Pick up something sparkly for yourself from Gold & Grey Jewelry and save 40% off site-wide, no code needed!
The Children’s Place will have 50-75% off across their whole site, but you can get an additional 20% off an order of $40 or more with the code EE838B.
Get your credit card swiping arm ready — this weekend is going to be a busy one! | 2019-04-20T05:02:20Z | https://www.babble.com/home/black-friday-cyber-monday-2016/ |
“Georgic,” today’s Merriam-Webster Word of the Day, is the root of my surname. Those who know me well would probably see humor in this, especially since I have never lived on a farm, have never been known for a particularly green thumb, and consider successfully growing jalapeño peppers and basil on the roof deck to be a major agricultural achievement.
Nonetheless, there must be something deep inside me that longs for connection with those earthy roots. I remember fondly stories of my grandmother growing up on a farm in Ireland. Along with her, some of the people closest to me in life have been great gardeners. This includes, oddly enough, every guy I’d put in the category of partner / boyfriend / significant love interest.
Through the latter I’ve had the chance to get my hands dirtier than I would naturally tend to do. There is something very primal and satisfying about digging in the dirt, about watching a seed planted in the darkness and silence of the earth emerge, in time, into the the light of day.
The earth’s cycles are the cycles of our souls: Life, Death, Rebirth to New Life.
This entry was posted in Reflections and tagged earth, farmer, georgic, surname. Bookmark the permalink. | 2019-04-25T04:21:45Z | https://imageandlikeness.org/2012/08/17/my-agrarian-roots/ |
Citation Mathew, R. and N.R. Menon 1984 Filtration in Perna viridis and Meretrix casta under heavy metal stress. Mahasagar Bulletin of the National Institute of Oceanography 17 (3): 183-186.
Address University of Agricultural Sciences, College of Fisheries, Magalore - 575 002. | 2019-04-18T12:51:51Z | https://sealifebase.org/References/FBRefSummary.php?ID=105438&database=FB |
On October 11, I flew into the beautiful city of Halifax. At daybreak, Anissa Reed and I headed up the Eastern Shore. The leaves were red and orange, a soft wind blowing out to sea. We passed dozens of signs “STOP FISH FARMS,” “OPEN NET SALMON FARMS ARE NOT WELCOME!” Clearly there is a battle going on here.
After and hour and a half, we pulled into Murphy’s Campground near Sheet Harbour. Brian and Marilyn Murphy welcomed us with steaming coffee, warm cookies and muffins. We climbed down the wharf into the saucy little RYAN, a distinctly east coast wood boat.
With the west wind freshening at our backs, Brian told us his family have lived on Shoal Bay for 6 generations.
His family used to fish lobsters, but for the last 50 years Brian takes people out to enjoy the wild beauty of the bay that he and Marilyn call home. Ecotourism is a big economic resource to this regions. The bay is shallow, only about 13 meters average depth and Brian explained how there is very little current to flush this bay. As he throttled back RYAN, Brian spoke over the wind, “and this is where they are planning to put the fish farm. There’s going to be 36 pens, 750,000 farm salmon.” The depth sounder read 35 feet, only 10 meters! Brian explained that during the winter storms the waste from this industrial feedlot would be smeared across the beaches of his home.
Tangier Lobsters nearby stands to lose their lobsters here when the salmon farms start using drugs to kill the sea lice. There is a lawsuit before the courts in New Brunswick for lobsters killed by drugs used on salmon farms to kill sea lice.
Snow Island and Loch Duart of Scotland have united to put 4 over-sized salmon feedlots in the area around Sheet Harbour. This region was once safe from salmon farms, but Loch Duart has developed a salmon that can survive the frigid waters of Nova Scotia. The town, the town council, the fishermen, nearly everyone seemed against their home waters being used to flush salmon feedlot waste. With a population of 2,000, each of the salmon farms would produce untreated waste equal to a town of 40,000! This community has a sustainable lobster industry that fuels the local economy. They cannot move their fishery off shore as other fishermen have done after the salmon feedlots moved in. The signs made it clear this community is not willing to give their way of life easily. They are standing ground.
Next we headed to the Sheet Harbour High School. The children looked worried. They asked what would happen to the lobsters. Two boys with T-shirts they had made, came and asked me what would happen to the local sea trout that they loved to fish. These were hard questions for me. The natural urge is to protect children from bad news. I could only tell them wild salmon and sea trout have gone into steep decline wherever there are salmon farms. It was clear they were part of this fight.
Bill and Claire Williams invited us back to their home and treated us to THE MOST incredible meal of fresh lobster!
Bill ties world famous flies.
As they talked I heard the wisdom and knowledge of a man who has spent his life here. Clare is a woman of enormous capability and standing on the frontlines with her husband.
Bill showed us a stack of boxes a meter and half high containing documents collected and read since the beginning the year when this industry first began to threaten his way of life. Bill has risen to the challenge, doing things he never dreamed he would have to do becoming investigative reporter, spokesperson, defender of a place and a way of life he loves. We trained Bill to sample for the viruses that will be threatening the wild salmon and sea trout of his home.
We were joined by Marike Finaly and Karin Cope of APES, Association for Preservation of the Eastern Shore. Through the meal a disturbing tale of millions of government dollars given to the salmon farming industry in eastern Canada, an MLA that threatens to sue people who disagree with him. People feel betrayed by the NDP leadership in Nova Scotia, abandoned in favour of the salmon farming moguls. Deals offered to preserve one bay if people will shut up about the feedlots going into other bays. Huge private dollars went into liming the West River and 11,600 wild Atlantic salmon have returned, but the proposed salmon feedlots with profits shared by a Scottish company would be placed near the mouth of this river. No one felt the salmon of the West River would survive this.
At 7pm I gave a talk to over 100 people of Sheet Harbour. I told them about the denial and coverup exposed by the Cohen Commission. I told them how the federal and provincial governments and industry testified under oath that no exotic viruses have been brought into British Columbia by the salmon farming industry and how we are now tracking three European fish virus everyone denies are here.
Nova Scotia was a place of natural wealth; abundant cod, logging, deep-sea shipping ports, tourism and lobsters. But every generation is being forced to make do with less. Now the people of the eastern shore are expected to let go of their lobster fishery, tourism and way of life that includes clean water and gorgeous views in service to an industry that has sparked anger and regret around the world. | 2019-04-20T22:30:54Z | https://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2012/10/nova-scotia-day-1-.html |
O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband?
O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
Read . . . . .‘wife’….. mentioned in the Holy Bible (KJV) .
I am no preacher, but, am a prime sinner and living in this world in HIS mercy. For a sinner like me too, when I read “The Holy Bible” KJV, the following verses were given in the context of “husbands”.
why will ye go with me?
Ruth 1:13 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown?
both to great and small.
in that saidst thou truly.
for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
as it is fit in the Lord.
and be not bitter against them.
that the word of God be not blasphemed.
that your prayers be not hindered.
Please, donate as little as possible to Wikipedia <<Click here>>, a Non-Profit Organization. | 2019-04-23T18:13:18Z | https://davidmathiraj.com/2014/10/04/husbands-mentioned-in-the-holy-bible-kjv/ |
The recent death of former President George H.W. Bush had Times News Staff Writer Stephen Igo reminiscing about the day 30 years ago when he got to spend a little time with Bush, who was then vice president of the United States. While campaigning for president that year, Bush stopped in Kingsport to visit the house where his parents lived briefly in 1922.
Barbara Bush, the snowy-haired first lady whose plainspoken manner and utter lack of pretense made her more popular at times than her husband, President George H.W. Bush, died Tuesday. She was 92. | 2019-04-20T22:54:06Z | http://sngvarnish.cloudapp.net/tags/george-h.w.-bush |
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Please be sure to follow all instructions during the course of the registration.
If you are a church planter or home missionary, meaning you are starting a church in the U.S., or have recently, and are attending this conference with the intent to possibly raise support then please select church planter in the first button.
The Dennis Brown Memorial Home Missions Conference is hosted by First Baptist Church of Englewood, CO, pastor Clifton Mizer. | 2019-04-22T00:02:54Z | http://homemissions.info/register/ |
The history of Hospitality and Protocol Department formerly known as Reception Department dates back to the rule of Maharaja Pratap Singh. The infrastructure of the department was, however, created by Maharaja Hari Singh in thirties.
Ever since the advent of popular rule in the state, the Department has been working under the patronage of Hon’ble Chief Minister. Commonly known as Tawaza Department in the post independence period, it came to be rechristened as Hospitality and Protocol Department in 1978-1979. The Department provides hospitality to VVIPs/VIPs and other state as well as paying guests who visit J&K from time to time.
The professionalism imbibed by the rank and file of the Department over the decades has made it a time tested and highly effective organization in meeting the challenging and sensitive obligations of hospitality and protocol.
Engagement of “Stewards”, purely on need basis in the Hospitality and Protocol Department J&K.
Content Provided and Maintained by Department of Hospitality and Protocol, Government of Jammu & Kashmir. | 2019-04-25T16:28:15Z | http://jkhospitalityprotocol.nic.in/ |
Ok I am not having that problem anymore. But I now have a differant one.
know exactly what you want for the ports configuration. | 2019-04-19T10:40:24Z | https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2004-July/014120.html |
Floating at the entrance to Pokétopia, this Colosseum offers a beautiful view.
Location of Gateway Colosseum in Pokétopia.
Gateway Colosseum (Japanese: ゲートコロシアム Gate Colosseum) is the first Colosseum in Pokémon Battle Revolution. The battle theme is Rental Battles, like the Battle Factory. Gateway Colosseum is led by Colosseum Master Joe.
Gateway Colosseum floats at the entrance of Pokétopia and is lit by bright neon lights. All battles here are depicted as being held at night.
The battle theme, Rental Battle, requires the use of Rental Passes, as the theme's name implies. At first, a player only has two Rental Passes to choose from, a Red Rental Pass and a Blue Rental Pass. However, after beating Waterfall Colosseum, a Purple and a Green Rental Pass are unlocked for use in the Gateway Colosseum, and after beating Sunny Park Colosseum, a Gray and a Yellow Rental Pass are unlocked for use in the Gateway Colosseum. Any Rental Pass used in completing Gateway Colosseum will be unlocked for use in every other Colosseum.
After completing the Pokétopia Championship at Stargazer Colosseum, the battle theme will be permanently changed to Trade Battle. Like Rental Battle, Trade Battle also requires the use of Rental Passes, but the key difference is that a player is given the option to trade Pokémon with any Trainer who they defeated, also as the theme's name implies. Trading Pokémon is limited to the Pokémon selected for battle, meaning that the three Pokémon not selected to battle (two in Double Battles) will not be eligible for trading. The Trade Battle is one of the four battle themes who only appear after the Pokétopia Championship, along with Sunny Park's Little Battle, Courtyard's Survival Battle, and Stargazer's Masters Battle.
Beating Gateway Colosseum's Level 30 Open gives the player a Bronze Badge and a blank Battle Pass with a Gateway Colosseum picture, and beating Gateway Colosseum's Level 50 All unlocks 37 pieces of gear in the shop, if they have not been unlocked already. The default battle mode is Single Battle, and Double Battle is unlocked after beating Single Battle.
The Pokémon and Trainers are not set, except during Rank 1 of both single and Double Battles.
This page was last edited on 18 April 2019, at 05:26. | 2019-04-21T20:29:30Z | https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Gateway_Colosseum |
Experts believe there is between three trillion and 23 trillion tonnes of coal buried in the seabed starting from the northeast coast and stretching far out under the sea.
Data from seismic tests and boreholes shows that the seabed holds up to 20 layers of coal - much of which could be reached with the technology already used to extract oil and gas.
Dermot Roddy, formerly professor of energy at Newcastle University, said: 'This is thousands of times greater than all the oil and gas we have taken out so far, which totals around six billion tonnes.
'If we could extract just a few per cent of that coal it would be enough to power the UK for decades or centuries.' Geologists have long known that Britain's onshore coal deposits extend under the North Sea but were uncertain about the scale.
Energy companies have previously ignored them because they were seen as inaccessible.
But with advances in technology in recent years the deposits may be easier to extract than first thought.
Engineers are planning to sink the first boreholes into the seabed using a rig on the coastline around Tynemouth later this year.
The North Sea coal is the remains of vast swampy forests that covered what is now Europe and North America when the continents lay joined together around the equator 310million years ago. | 2019-04-23T04:01:00Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2593032/Coal-fuel-UK-centuries-Vast-deposits-totalling-23trillion-tonnes-North-Sea.html |
we are going to be in NYC from Aug 7 till Aug 12.
I would like to go to some church in Harlem (??) to listen to the gospels.
Could somebody give me some ideas? Where to go? When ? (should it be Sunday, morning/lunch time/afternoon etc)?
Is the entrance free for tourist?
Should I dress in a special way?
Can't wait to get to the Big Apple!!! Youpppppiiiiiiiii!
I think it might be viewed as a bit disrespectful to treat someone's church as a tourist destination. I think you'd enjoy what's known as a Gospel Brunch. | 2019-04-25T13:52:41Z | http://wirednewyork.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-5186.html?s=36ad5fbefdae57c00e2d88d5dd7619fe |
How do you speak your mind when you can’t say a word?
Shh... Hear that? When was the last time you experienced complete silence? In a world of constant chatter, how long would you be able to stop talking? In Bess Wohl’s Small Mouth Sounds, six unlikely wanderers fleeing city life embark on a silent retreat and discover just how hard it can be to keep their mouths shut. Filled with awkward and insightful humour, this unique and compassionate new play asks how we address life’s biggest questions when words fail us.
If you’re like me, you’re constantly on the go and dreaming of the next time you’ll be able to take a break. This quiet and surprising gem of a show gives you a hilarious glimpse at what it might be like to go on a meditation retreat. I think I’ll stick to a night out at the theatre to unwind! Prepare yourself for your cheeks to hurt from smiling! | 2019-04-23T10:02:22Z | https://segalcentre.org/en/shows/2019-2020/small-mouth-sounds |
Since its completion in the fall of 2012, Cuneo Hall has transformed Loyola University Chicago’s main quad and southern campus. Designed to complete the University’s historic quad, the building respects the architectural style of the adjacent Cudahy Hall (1910) and Dumbach Hall (1908) through its use of traditional brick, limestone, and clay tile details.
This traditional architectural vocabulary conceals a LEED Gold, net-zero ready building that employs innovative active and passive mechanical systems to substantially reduce energy consumption.
A central atrium not only organizes 4-stories of classrooms and faculty spaces around its perimeter, but also provides natural ventilation and abundant natural light, creating a vibrant internal campus hub. Following the completion of Cuneo Hall, SCB, along with Argonne National Laboratory, received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to evaluate how the innovative ideas and integrated processes from the design of the new high-performance Cuneo Hall could be applied to retrofitting the existing Dumbach Hall to achieve powerful energy savings. | 2019-04-21T06:24:41Z | https://www.scb.com/project/cuneo-hall/ |
I’ve been following Paterlini’s music and watching him slowly evolve over a course of three years now, previously singing praise to his self-released Fragments Found (2010) and Autumn Stories (2012). In fact, I loved his last album so much that I invited him to contribute a piece to my benefit compilation, …and darkness came, which even appears on Now as a bonus track. For this album, Paterlini once again goes the self-publishing route (I suspect that he will soon be snatched up by one of the bigger labels), and takes on a grander pursuit in attention to detail and sonic quality of each piece.
Read Headphone Commute Interview with Fabrizio. | 2019-04-22T14:36:11Z | https://headphonecommute.com/2013/06/12/fabrizio-paterlini-now-self/ |
Fluoride Action Network | The concentration data of fluoride and health risk assessment in drinking water in the Ardakan city of Yazd province, Iran.
The concentration data of fluoride and health risk assessment in drinking water in the Ardakan city of Yazd province, Iran.
Source: Data in Brief, 18:40-46. | June 30th, 2018 | By M Mirzabeygi (Rad Fard), M Yousefi, H Soleimani, AA Mohammadi, AH Mahvi, and A Abbasnia.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) reports, Iran is located in the global fluoride belts, so that is why carrying out extended research on this contaminant anion in water supplies must be considered. Due to the various industries in the Ardakan city, this region is severely suffering from fluoride contamination. This study was designed to investigate the fluoride concentration and its distribution pattern as well as related health risk assessment in groundwater resources of 28 villages of the Ardakan city in Yazd province using SPADNS method according to standard instructions. Our results show that, the average concentration of fluoride was 2.92?mg/l (range: 0.9–6?mg/l), also in half of the villages, the concentration range of this element was over than standard level (1.5?mg/l) given by WHO rules. In addition, risk assessment results showed that HQ value is higher than 1 in 46.4% of samples of groundwater resources in age groups of infants, children, teenagers and adults. Therefore, it is necessary to take measures to reduce fluoride concentration in drinking water in order to control resultant fluorosis. Actions should be implemented to enhance monitoring of fluoride levels to avoid the potential risk of high Fluoride concentration. | 2019-04-21T02:56:04Z | http://fluoridealert.org/news/the-concentration-data-of-fluoride-and-health-risk-assessment-in-drinking-water-in-the-ardakan-city-of-yazd-province-iran/ |
SWINDON fans can get their hands on the perfect Christmas presents with new merchandise available over the next two weeks.
The Robins will open a pop-up shop at the Abbey Stadium on Saturday, December 15 and Saturday, December 22 from 10am to 2pm.
A wide range of new clothing and gifts from new suppliers Slide Industries will be available for fans eager to get kitted out ahead of the 2019 SGB Premiership season.
Fans will also be able to buy their season tickets from the shop, available at reduced early bird prices until January 6.
"It's coming up to Christmas now, and we all know how quickly the new season comes around once we get into the New Year," team boss Alun Rossiter said.
"We'll have some great new gear available at the shop and a chance to get your season tickets, so we'll hopefully see plenty of Swindon fans come down to get some Christmas shopping done!" | 2019-04-20T10:37:51Z | http://swindon-speedway.com/news.php?extend.3202 |
There were two events last summer, one wonderful, one tragic, that occurred within days and metres of each other. Together, they both summed up what it means when the phrase ‘Beeston community’ is used.
The tragedy was the drowning of 12-year-old Owen Jenkins; while the wonderful event was the transformation of the canal side cottages from derelict wrecks seemingly only fit for the bulldozer into an incredibly beautiful public space.
While the event was tragic, Owen’s death saw something wonderful emerge from it. Spontaneously, thousands displayed their sorrow by donning purple: for a while the whole town was festooned with shades of mauve to mulberry, plum to raspberry. On the day of his funeral, Beeston’s streets were lined with those paying their respect; the hundreds of motorbikes that formed the tale of the procession was a sight that will live long in the memories of Beestonians.
The Canalside Heritage Centre wasn’t transformed into a top-class attraction, café and garden by some top-down project. Rather, locals decided to take the dilapidation into their own hands and create something wonderful. After a great year of events, development, and ambition its looking like a place we will treasure for generations: and while our grandkids will enjoy the gardens overlooking the weir, they will solemnly acknowledge the land it backs onto, which will be known by all as ‘Owen’s Place’.
Stories like these, stories that illustrate how a community works, are what makes us all proud to put together The Beestonian. I personally started writing about Beeston a decade ago, and swiftly discovered that not only were people interested, but that there were more stories out there than I ever imagined. Putting them out through a magazine seemed like a natural step, and 7 years on I’m delighted that we have become part of Beeston’s fabric, with our issues disappearing from stockists so fast our drop-boxes are scorch marked.
However, we realised some time ago that to keep it free and accessible was a difficult job. We are staffed by volunteers, and rely on local advertising to cover print costs. This generally works well, but we were unable to get out as many issues as we’d like. Surveys we ran always came back with the same conclusion: readers wanted to actually read the thing!
We’ve now found a way to expand our accessibility, keep the magazine free and run sustainably for years to come thanks to a helpful community grant (thanks National Lottery!). This will be the last issue in the current format, and at Beeston Carnival in July we are returning with something beautiful, something colourful, something that you are part of us much as those who write it. We want a truly community magazine, and we want YOU to be part of it.
We have a wonderful town. We have more stories to tell than we can fit in a magazine, so we’d love you to help us. Write for us. Report for us. Tell us what you are doing. Read us. If you own a business, consider advertising with us. This is YOUR magazine.
This town, this unique gem of a place cosied between the city, the Trent, and the rolling hills of Bramcote is not just where we live, it is our home. As became clear in both awful and wonderful ways last summer, that is precious. We are all delighted that we get to shout that out to the world each issue. | 2019-04-20T22:56:38Z | https://beestonian.com/tag/community/ |
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I was also a Retail Manager for 16 years so I have relevant ‘business experience’ of work-related issues, whether they’re impacting on someone’s personal or professional life. | 2019-04-26T06:44:50Z | https://www.pro-counselling.co.uk/counsellor-3087.html |
Class 2S have been producing some fantastic work as part of our science learning. Our new topic for the summer term is based around solids, liquids and gas. The main learning intention has been to help the pupils be able to identify each different matter. We have been looking at the appearance of different matter, as well as thinking about their properties.
Class conversations have been a large part of this learning. All pupils have worked together to brainstorm a list of items that could be then be placed under a solid, liquid or gas heading.
The teaching staff have been helping the pupils by asking questions such as can we pour this, or can we see it or touch it? We have found that some items such as an ice cube can be difficult to categorise.
Different worksheets were then completed by Class 2S. Some pupils used Communication in Print to help sort some everyday items into one of the scientific groups. Others were asked to use a colour code to signal if an item was a solid, liquid or gas. The pupils have been labelling their work throughout.
You can watch a Class 2S member explaining a little more about her science learning in the video above. | 2019-04-23T09:59:22Z | http://turneyschool.co.uk/2015/04/23/class-2s-solid-liquid-gas-video/ |
A reciprocity rate of R 180.00 has been fixed between clubs within the Gauteng North Golf Union for the remainder of 2017.
The idea was first tabled at the Alliance Meeting in February 2017 and was then carried to the Delegates Meeting 7 March where it was also accepted by the delegates. Please note that this rate is only applicable to members of clubs who are unable to play on their home course due to official GNGU, SAGA or Sunshine tour events and or course maintenance.
The GNGU rating panel have concluded its task in measuring all the courses in Gauteng North, using the USGA slope rating. Its purpose is to have our courses conforming with international standards by 2020 when the global handicap network will be implemented. The rating panel has been granted the courtesy of revisiting clubs in order to see if suggested changes were implemented or not, at the reciprocity rate of R 180.00. This rate in only applicable to the Rating panel member himself and not to anyone he may bring along. The Rating panel member must phone the club and confirm his visit before arriving at the club, stating his intention and purpose of visit. | 2019-04-24T02:03:23Z | http://www.gngu.co.za/reciprocity-rates-and-the-rating-panel/ |
Mere moments after the B.C. government announced its intention to develop additional measures to improve its “preparedness, response and recovery” relating to spills of diluted bitumen, including the oil that will flow through Kinder Morgan’s controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, the constitutional verdict was already in.
“The government of Alberta will not – we cannot – let this unconstitutional attack on jobs and working people stand,” Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said.
The constitutional jurisdiction over pipelines is clear all right. Clear as bitumen.
Those two words – where possible – are crucial.
The real constitutional question here is whether B.C.’s anticipated oil-spill regulations encroach on the core of the federal government’s power to approve interprovincial pipelines such as Trans Mountain.
And the answer to that by-no-means-clear question will ultimately turn on what B.C.s regulations actually say and do.
In the meantime, here’s what we know: B.C.’s anticipated regulations will build on existing pipeline and rail transport measures, which were approved last fall absent any constitutional controversy whatsoever. The new regulations will be designed to ensure immediate and geographically specific responses following an oil spill, whether from a pipeline or from the rail or truck transport of oil; maximize the application of regulations to marine spills so as to complement existing federal measures; restrict the increase of diluted bitumen transportation until the behaviour and effects of spilled bitumen can be better understood and managed; and allow for compensation for the loss of public and cultural use of land, resources and public amenities resulting from bitumen spills.
The development of these regulations is prudent. There is much we do not yet know about how diluted bitumen behaves in different environments and how long spilled oil remains an ecological threat. In order to fill these gaps in our scientific knowledge, B.C. will create an independent scientific advisory panel to inform future spill-response measures. These efforts complement, rather than contravene, the federal government’s commitment to invest in world-leading marine safety, including research on cleaning up oil spills.
As a matter of constitutional law, so long as B.C.’s safety regulations are enacted in a bona-fide manner to protect British Columbia’s environment and economy from bitumen spills, and not as an indirect way of usurping the federal government’s approval of Trans Mountain, the courts should uphold them. So long as B.C.’s safety regulations are conditions of operation that apply to the transport of diluted bitumen across the board and do not amount to a prohibition of a federally approved project, the regulatory powers of the province and the federal government can co-operatively co-exist.
Of course, when it comes to co-operative federalism, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. In a recent case involving an open-pit gold and copper mine southwest of Williams Lake, B.C., a federal environmental assessment concluded that the adverse environmental effects of the project could not be justified. The project’s proponent, Taseko Mines, challenged the federal government’s decision on constitutional grounds, arguing that the federal environmental assessment violated the province’s clear jurisdiction over what was an exclusively provincial undertaking.
After all, we’re in a federation.
The biggest threat to Alberta Jobs is not refining it in Alberta. | 2019-04-19T14:39:03Z | http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=20371 |
Better late than never? Isn’t that what they say? Sometimes life gets in the way of those self-imposed deadlines that you set for your small blog. Get ready for that one-two punch of posts this week and then boom, right back on schedule.
Music For Touching entered my life through one of those “if you bought this, then try” emails. It came in hot and unapologetic. The preview track, “Crybaby (A),” is an in-your-face pop number whose bass line immediately hypnotizes you. Add in catchy melodies and the bombastic baritone saxophone sounds of previous On Queue cameo mention, Colin Stetson, and you have a perfect representation of this avant-garde pop hit.
When the Brooklyn-based indie group, Mobius Band, broke up in 2010 after two releases on Ghostly International, the three members all began pursuing new projects. Peter Sax began recording as Ladies and Gentlemen, Noam Schatz became LOLFM, and Ben Sterling created Cookies. This new period of uncompromised creative output resulted in Music For Touching, a brilliant display of comforting and familiar pop melodies dressed in an experimental edge giving a new sense of humor, grit, and unexpected splendor to the popular music canon.
The album–best played front to back and uninterrupted due to the creative and seamless transitions heard throughout–draws from a range of disco, hip hop, classical pop, and electronic timbres that blend with the voices of Melissa Metrick, Areni Agbabian, Ashley Giorgi, and Ben Sterling.
“Spill Of Sugar” and “Music For Touching” align closely with the idea of ballads. They both act as palate cleaners placed in between maximalist and experimental soundscapes like “Introduction” and “Human Problems.” I am most impressed by the pacing of this project. When it comes to experimental music, I find that my attention can be lost in moments of oversaturation. The experimental edge makes a positive impression on me in this release due to the moments the listener is given to recover or recharge. An intensely catchy pop melody and structure gives way to a gritty experimental take on pop. Rinse and repeat.
This is the only release from Cookies thus far. The band has gone silent since the media buzz that formed around this album in late-2014. There is no shortage of sonic and formal creativity keeping this album playing on my queue frequently. I’m keeping my fingers tightly crossed for a Sophomore project from Cookies.
I love this next story. Shout out to Harry Shapiro for hipping me to this gem of a record.
The setting is a town of 600 in Alaska steeped in Tlingit tradition. In Kake, Alaska, which sits on an island in the Southeast part of the state, Archie James Cavanaugh was born and raised. The small town was brimming in musical talent and housed a forty-piece jazz orchestra. Smaller groups of varying genres came from this group and is where Cavanaugh credits his early musical exposure and interest.
Cavanaugh’s musical promise grew through his years in school. He took guitar lessons from local legends and never lost sight of his dream to record and album. Soon, Cavanaugh decided to assemble a professional band and travel to a recording studio in Portland, OR in order to make this dream a reality. The result was an incredibly elegant and well received debut album whose best tracks rival those of any major label release of the time. In fact, many mistook the “A&M” printed on the album to be the major label when it actually stands for “Archie and Melinda,” a nod to his wife who co-wrote the album.
Cavanaugh is deeply religious and in touch with the traditions of his Tlingit community. This can most prominently be seen in the album artwork: an image of a raven that represents Tlingit mythology in which a raven opens Pandora’s Box. Sickness and disease spread into the world and turning it from white to black. For such a dark story, the album has no lack of joy and pulse within the sound. “Light Unto The World” is a soulful gospel number that rings with a religious enthusiasm heard in Cavanaugh’s voice and the deep and lively connection within the band.
The album opens with the most well known and strongest track, “Take It Easy.” An acrobatic and catchy bass line is soon joined by guitar chords and glide with an exceptional ease within the groove. The title and theme of the song match perfectly with the vocal style Cavanaugh brings to the entire album. He is laid back and sings with a confidence that and be felt reverberating through the entire band.
The impressive musicianship on every track lifts up even some of the, perhaps, less captivating moments of the album. “High Rise” features the distinctive and funky organ and horn writing in the album, but the other true highlight of the album comes with “Make Me Believe.” The band plays a tight groove during the hook of this love song that made waves all the way in Japan where it was released as a limited edition single.
It is through word of mouth occurrences, like Harry’s suggestion to me, that this private press release has given Cavanaugh a couple of hits and a little bit of stardom. It has been a slow rise for this masterpiece, but it seems to be starting to get some of the recognition that it deserves. The 26-year gap between his first and second release is a good indicator of the pacing associated with the career of this talented performer. While it might not be immediately apparent from the Native American artwork and title, Black and White Raven is a window into ‘70s soul music rich in vibrancy and funk.
If you are ever given the opportunity to see a Peanut Butter Wolf live DJ set, don’t hesitate and immediately get tickets. There are few people who have the ability to turn DJing, often viewed as a passive action with little skill other than buttons needed, into an eclectic display of music history and musicality. Once I saw Peanut Butter Wolf live, I went home and drove into any recorded set I could possibly find. I stumbled across one done for Bandcamp Weekly earlier this year. The set featured many new and old gems signed to Stones Throw Records including a single from a then upcoming release by Jerry Paper. October 12th was a long awaited release day for me and Like a Baby did not disappoint. | 2019-04-20T12:12:54Z | http://www.danlanga.com/on-queue/on-queue-october-pt-1-cookies-archie-james-cavanaugh-jerry-paper |
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Phyllanthus debilis (Elapitawakka) is a medicinal plant used in traditional systems of medicine in Sri Lanka. Present study was carried out to evaluate in-vitro anti-oxidant and anti-proliferative activity of the water extracts of aerial parts (AP) and roots (RP) of P.debilis plant and the role of polyphenolic compounds in view of its medicinal use.
Total polyphenols, flavonoids and proanthocyanidin content of the extracts were quantified. DPPH, hydroxyl radical, nitric oxide and hydrogen peroxide scavenging potentials and the total antioxidant capacity, ferric ion reducing power were determined to evaluate antioxidant capacity. Anti-proliferative activity was assessed with MTT assay for Human Rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) and normal rat liver cells (CC1) after 24 h exposure to the plant extracts. DPPH and MTT assays were carried out for AP and RP extracts after removal of polyphenols to assess the contribution of polyphenols on antioxidant and anti-proliferative activity of Phyllanthus debilis.
Flavonoid content of the AP extract was significantly lower than that of RP (P < 0.001) while no significant difference was observed in polyphenolic as well as in proanthocyanidin contents. All the assays except for phosphomolybdate assay demonstrated that the RP extract had higher antioxidant capacity (p < 0.001) compared to AP. Further, antioxidant capacity and anti-proliferative activity were lower (p < 0.001) in AP and RP in the absence of polyphenols compared to the crude extract.
Root contains higher levels of flavonoids than the aerial part. Moreover, the presence of polyphenols is required for antioxidant and anti-proliferative activities of both AP and RP.
Reactive free radicals are constantly generated in human body through biological reactions. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as hydroxyl radical (OH.), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), superoxide radical (O2) and singlet oxygen (O2.) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) such as nitric oxide (NO˙), peroxynitrite (ONOO−) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are the main sources of reactive free radicles. The production of free radicals are neutralized by endogenous antioxidants and enzymes, however excessive production of reactive molecules causes oxidative stress. As a result they oxidize biologically important macro molecules such as DNA, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates . DNA strand breaks and abnormal DNA linkages caused by ROS and RNS are closely associated with carcinogenesis . The consequence of oxidative stress is also associated with cardiovascular, metabolic, inflammatory diseases and various neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis .
Plants produce broad spectrum of polyphenolic compounds as secondary metabolites for their survival under stress conditions. Polyphenols have an ability to neutralize free radicals by donating them electrons or hydrogen atoms which may play a vital role in health benefits .
Phyllanthus debilis (Elapitawakka/Bim nelli) is an annual plant found in Sri Lanka. The genus Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae) contains about 800 species in worldwide and most of these plants have been used as drugs in traditional systems of medicine all over the world . Studies carried out on P.debilis with authenticated plant are very limited up-to date. Aqueous extract of P.debilis has shown anti-hyperglycemic and hypoglycemic activity in mice . Further analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity have been demonstrated for the petroleum ether extract of the whole plant in animal models . Anticancer, antibacterial and antioxidant activity have also reported with different solvent extracts in vitro [5, 8–10].
The whole plant of P.debilis or its parts are used to prepare porridge or ‘decoction’ in traditional medicine and folk medicine to treat ailments such as liver complications, diabetes mellitus and skin diseases in Sri Lanka . The present study was carried out to explore the antioxidant activity and the potential anti-proliferative activity of the water extract of P.debilis plant as used in traditional systems of medicine. Since it is important to understand the contribution of polyphenols on antioxidant and anti-proliferative activity, further investigations were carried out with the plant extracts after removing their polyphenols.
Gallic acid, 2-deoxy-D-ribose, Folin-Ciocalteu’s reagent and other chemicals needed for cell culture and cell viability studies were purchased from Sigma Chemicals Co. (P.O. Box 14508, St. Louis, MO 63178 USA). 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), aluminium chloride, polyvinyl-polypyrrolidone (PVPP) were purchased from Fluka (Flukachemie GmbH, CH-9471 Buchs). L-Ascorbic acid, hydrogen peroxide, N-(1-naphthyl)-ethylene diaminedihydro chloride and ethanol were purchased from BDH Chemicals (BDH Chemicals Ltd, Poole, England). All chemicals used were of analytical grade.
SHIMADZU UV 1601 UV/Visible spectrophotometer (Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan) was used to read the absorbance. LFT 600 EC freeze dryer was used to freeze-dry the plant extracts (LFT 600 EC, −90–95 °C temperature, 10 valves with Hitachi pump). Cells used for the assessment of anti-proliferative activity (RD, CC1) were incubated at 37 °C in a humidified CO2 incubator (SHEL LAB/Sheldon manufacturing Inc., Cornelius, OR 97113, USA). Olympus (1X70-S1F2) inverted fluorescence microscope (Olympus Optical Co. Ltd. Japan) and digital camera (MDC 200 (USB 2.0) 2 M pixels with CCD chip) were used for assessment and imaging of cell morphology.
RD cell line was kindly donated by Dr Sunethra Gunasena, Medical Research Institute, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka and CC1 (Normal rat liver fibroblast) cell line was obtained from Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
Phyllanthus debilis plants in the seeding stage were collected from Pannipitiya area in the Colombo district, Sri Lanka (June 2014). The plant was taxonomically identified and voucher specimens were deposited in Botany Department, Bandaranayaka Memorial Aurveda Research Institute, Nawinna, Colombo, Sri Lanka (Deposition number: 755/a).
The plant materials were washed in distilled water followed by deionized water and air dried. The aerial parts and the root parts were separated and freeze dried until a constant weight was obtained. Dried samples were ground using a kitchen blender. The powdered aerial parts (50 g) were refluxed with 500 mL of deionized water for 3 h in triplicate. The roots were pooled together and the powdered roots (50 g) were refluxed as previously. Decoctions were filtered through a glass funnel plugged with cotton wool, then through a Whatman filter paper. Filtrate was centrifuged at 10,000 rpm for 15 min and the supernatant was freeze dried. The freeze dried samples were weighed and stored at −20 °C in sterile glass bottles until further use. The yield was calculated as a percentage of the dried plant material.
Polyphenols were removed using Polyvinyl polypyrrolidone (PVVP) column as described by Soysa (1997) [12, 13]. Briefly, a cotton wool plug was placed inside a 5 cm3 syringe after removing the plunger and the needle. Syringe was filled with PVPP (1.7 g). Water extract of AP and RP (3 mL) was layered over the PVPP column. The PVPP column was placed in a 15 mL falcon tube and centrifuged at 2,000 g for 10 min. Centrifugation was repeated for 6 times with the same column adding 1 mL of the extract and each fraction was collected to separate tubes. The first fraction was discarded and remaining fractions were analyzed for the presence polyphenols. The Absorbance of AP (aerial parts) and RP (root parts) before and after PVPP treatment were scanned for wavelengths using a UV/Visible scanning spectrophotometer.
Total polyphenolic content (TPC) of the AP and RP were determined using Foiln-Ciocalteu’s method . Gallic acid was used to construct the standard curve and total phenolic content was expressed as w/w% gallic acid equivalents (GAE w/w %).
The flavonoid content of the extracts was determined by aluminum chloride colorimetric assay . Calibration curve was plotted using EGCG (− (−) -Epigallocatechingallate) standard and flavonoid content was expressed as w/w% EGCG equivalents (EGCGE w/w %).
A volume of 2 ml of vanillin reagent (1 g vanillin in 50 mL, 70 % H2SO4) was mixed with 200 μL of the sample (400, 500, 700 μg/mL). The resulting mixture was allowed to stand for 15 min at room temperature. The absorbance was determined at 500 nm . Calibration curve was constructed using EGCG and the total proanthocyanidin content was expressed as w/w % EGCG equivalent.
Qualitative analysis for the phytochemicals were carried out using the methods described by Saeed et al., (2012) for alkaloids, tannins, terpenes, saponins, cardiac glycosides present in the water extracts of the plant .
Total antioxidant capacity was determined using phosphomolybdate method . Results were expressed as w/w% ascorbic acid equivalent (AAE).
In vitro antioxidant activity of the AP, RP, PFAP and PFRP were determined using stable free radical 2,2′- diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) . Results were expressed as percentage inhibition calculated from the formula (1).
Hydroxyl radical scavenging activity of AP and RP was determined in lyophilized plant extracts. Fenton reaction was used to generate hydroxyl radicals in vitro . The assay is based on quantification of degradation product of 2-deoxyribose by condensation with TBA. The percentage scavenging activity of hydroxyl radical was calculated using the formula (1). Ascorbic acid served as the positive control.
Assay was carried out according to the method developed by Fernando and Soysa . Percentage scavenging activity was calculated using the formula (1). Ascorbic acid served as the positive control.
The reducing ability to convert ferric ions to ferrous ions by AP and RP was carried out as previously described . Ascorbic acid served as the positive control.
This assay is based on Griess Illosvoy reaction . The pink azo-dye generated during reaction was measured at 540 nm. Ascorbic acid served as the positive control.
RD (Rhabdomyosarcoma) and CC1 (normal rat liver) cells were cultured in tissue culture flasks with DMEM (Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium) supplemented with 10 % FBS, 3 % glutamine, 1%penicillin-streptomycin, and 1 M HEPES (4-(2-Hydroxyethyl) piperazine-1-ethanesulfonic acid) buffer in humidified CO2 incubator in 37 °C.
Cell morphology was observed before and after the treatment of the extract at different concentrations using an inverted fluorescence microscope. Images of the cells were captured.
Cells were plated in 24-well flat bottom tissue culture plates at a density of 2 × 105 cells/well and kept overnight at 37 °C in a CO2 incubator to obtain a 70 % confluent mono layer. The cells were treated with AP, RP, PFAP and PFRP at different concentrations for 24 h. Cells for negative controls were exposed to the same conditions without the plant extract. Cycloheximide (0.1 %, 50 μl) served as the positive control. Medium was replaced by MEM (1 ml) and MTT reagent (100 μl, 5 mg/ml). The contents were incubated for 4 h at 37 °C. Isopropyl alcohol (750 μl) in 0.05 M HCl was added to dissolve MTT crystals. Absorbance was recorded at 570 nm. Percentage cell viability was calculated using the formula 2 .
Each experiment was performed at least in triplicate for three lyophilized samples prepared from aerial extracts and for the pooled sample (lyophilized) of the root extract. Calibration curves were considered as linear if R2 > 0.99. The EC50 values were calculated from either linear or logarithmic dose response curves where R2 > 0.95 was considered as linear. Student t test was carried out for the statistical calculations using Microsoft Excel.
The extraction efficiency of aerial parts and the pooled sample of the roots were 12.1 (±0.5) and 12.5 % of the dry weight respectively. Total polyphenol content, flavonoid and proanthocyanidin content of extracts are depicted in Table 1. Mean values for TPC, flavonoid and proanthocyanidin content are higher in roots. However a significant difference was observed only with flavonoid content which is a subgroup of polyphenols. Significant difference was not observed for both polyphenolic and proanthocyanidin content between AP and RP (Table 1).
Plant polyphenols are secondary metabolites, which synthesize for their defense against abiotic and biotic stress conditions. They also play numerous roles in biological systems such as antioxidants, antimicrobial and anticancer agents . Gallic acid, rutin, corilagin, furosin and geraniin are some of the polyphenols characterized in aerial parts of P.debilis . Flavonoids are also a subset of polyphenols. They involve in regulatory mechanisms in cell proliferation and differentiation to protect eukaryotic cells from oxidative stress through regulating the activity of different protein kinases . Flavonoids have ability to scavenge free radicals and also serve to chelate metals that generate free hydroxyl radicals via the Fenton reaction . The highest amount of flavonoid content was observed in RP than AP (P < 0.001) (Table 1). Proanthocyanidins is a subset of flavonoid which is synthesized in flavonoid biosynthetic pathway. They are oligomers of flavan-3-ol units with diverse biological activities . Both roots and aerial part showed similar proanthocyanidin content. The present study also showed the presence of alkaloids, tannins, terpenes and saponins but the absence of cardiac glycosides. However a previous study reported that absence of saponin, triterpenoids, and tannins in p.deblis .
Reducing potential is a marker of antioxidant capacity and it was assessed by ferric ion reducing assay. Ferric ions can be reduced to ferrous ions by the antioxidants present in the plant extracts. Ferric ion formation is monitored through the blue green colored complex at 700 nm . Both parts of the plant showed higher reducing ability than the ascorbic acid standard. The capacity to reduce Fe 3+ by the root extracts is significantly higher (p < 0.05) than the ascorbic acid or AP at all the concentrations studied. Furthermore the root showed a reducing capacity even at 0.2 μg/mL (Fig. 1).
The assay is based on the reduction of molybdenum (VI) to molybdenum (V) which forms a green chromophore with phosphate in the acidic medium . Total antioxidant capacity of both AP and RP depicts no significance difference (Table 2 and Fig. 2). Ferric ion reducing power results indicate higher reducing potential of root but molybdenum reduction assay demonstrates no significant difference in antioxidant potential in both extracts. This showed that though the capacity to reduce Fe3+to Fe2+is higher in roots, overlapping curves signifies (Fig. 2) that the capacity to reduce Mo6+ to Mo5+is similar in both parts. The positive control, ascorbic acid also showed different behavior in reducing power between ferric ion and molybdenum (VI) ion.
Hydroxyl radicals are generated by reducing the oxygen molecule to water and it is one of the main sources of reactive oxygen species in biological systems . The values obtained for EC50 show that hydroxyl radical scavenging ability of RP is significantly higher than AP and no significant difference were found between root and ascorbic acid (Table 2). Further it was observed that the percentage scavenging ability of RP is higher at lower concentrations (below around 20 μg/mL) than the gallic acid. Scavenging capacity of AP is parallel to that of the gallic acid standard (Fig. 3).
Figure 4 Nitric oxide (NO) is a free radical and a signaling molecule which is responsible for various biological functions. It has been found that the peroxynitrite derived from NO under oxidative conditions is a highly reactive radical which can damage macromolecules . The Present study showed that roots of P.debilis has high NO scavenging capacity and the EC50 is lower than the ascorbic acid (p < 0.001) (Table 2). These observations suggest that the possibility of using P.debilis in the treatment of degenerative diseases by scavenging nitric oxide free radicals. However further research should be carried out in this regard.
Hydrogen peroxide is a metabolic byproduct results from the action of superoxide dismutase with superoxide radical. Superoxide radicals have a capability of generating reactive oxygen species . Hydrogen peroxide is less toxic than superoxide radical in biological systems. Both roots and aerial parts of the plants showed moderate activity against H2O2 scavenging activity. However the EC 50 values were higher than the ascorbic acid reference standard (Table 2).
The presence of polyphenols in both shoot and roots is evidenced by showing an absorbance peak between 190 and 700 nm. The broad peak observed around 235 nm was remained constant while the signals between the 230 to 500 nm were disappeared from both parts of the plant after PVPP treatment (Fig. 6). Data published by Shela et al., (1993) states that polyphenolic compounds in white wine had a maximum absorbance between 250 – 350 nm . Similar observations were also found in the present study.
Antioxidants readily react with DPPH radical change its original purple color into yellow . The DPPH radical scavenging capacity of the root is comparable to ascorbic acid and significantly higher (P < 0.001) than the aerial parts (Table 3). Interestingly, DPPH scavenging capacity of the root extract at lower concentrations is higher than that of ascorbic acid but lower at high concentrations (Fig. 7). A previous study has reported that methanolic extracts of P.debilis has high DPPH scavenging activity and the results are comparable with the present study .
Polyvinyl polypyrrolidone (PVPP) is highly cross linked polymer which has high affinity towards polyphenols [13, 34]. In the absence of polyphenols both root and aerial parts showed high EC50 values for the DPPH assay. The EC50 ratios with the absence and presence of polyphenols are over 100 fold for both extracts. These results indicate that polyphenols are the main contributory factor for DPPH radical scavenging activity and involvement of non-polyphenols for the antioxidant activity is negligible. Spectrophotometric analysis suggests that the substance(s) which have maximum absorbance around 235 nm are not responsible for scavenging of DPPH (Fig. 8 and Table 3).
Figure 9 depicts the morphological changes of RD cells treated with AP and RP extracts. Shrunken cells with condensed cytoplasm and membrane blebbing characteristics to apoptosis were observed in RD cells treated with plant extracts . The cell death was concentration dependent for both AP and RP with the cell lines investigated. Normal rat liver fibroblast cells(CC1), showed apoptotic features characteristic to apoptosis only at high concentrations.
Anti-proliferative activity was high in RD cells by both AP and RP extracts compared to the CC1 cells (Table 4 & Fig. 10). Even at a concentration such as 1200 μg/mL, the percentage cytotoxicity of CC1 cells was only 58.99 ± 2.43 % and 54.11 ± 0.88 % for AP and RP extracts respectively. Several compounds which have been isolated from P.deblis provide evidence for antioxidant and anti-proliferative activity confirmed in the present study. Gallic acid, rutin, corilagin, furosin and geraniin isolated from P. deblis and geraniin have shown high DPPH scavenging activity [10, 36]. It is reported that geraniin has antioxidant properties and induces apoptotic cell death in human lung adenocarcinoma cells in vitro and in vivo . Gallic acid is a common naturally occurring phenol found inplants used for therapeutic purposes including phyllanthus species . It acts as an antioxidant and exerts anti-proliferative effect on glioma T98G cells via dose-dependent epigenetic regulation mediated by miRNAs [39, 40]. The authors have further reported that the anticancer activity is based on its antioxidant effects.
The EC50 for MTT assay is significantly high (P < 0.001) for the RD cells treated with polyphenol free extracts compared to the crude extract (Figs. 9 & 10 and Table 4). Dose dependent increase in cytotoxicity was observed even in the absence of polyphenols at high concentrations. However the percentage cell viability in the absence of polyphenols was only 28.41 ± 2.94 and 26.77 ± 5.37 %, even at a concentration of 600 μg/mL with AP and RP respectively. At the same concentration AP and RP had 69.09 ± 0.70 and 63.36 ± 1.60 % cell viably respectively.
Hypophyllanthin and Phyllanthin are non polyphenolic compounds found in some phyllanthus species including P. deblis have shown that they exhibit anti-proliferative and antioxidant activity in vitro and vivo [38, 41]. The presence of non-phenolics which have anti-proliferative activity may have contributed to the cell death in the PVPP treated extracts (Fig. 10). However the contribution is low compared to the phenolic compounds.
The evidence supports that polyphenolic compounds are essentially responsible for cell death activating via the increase production of ROS (Reactive oxygen species). Based on the results it may be more effective to prescribe root instead of whole plant in therapy.
The present study reveals that antioxidant activity and anti-proliferative activity are higher in root compared to aerial parts which associate with their phenolic content. Polyphenolic compounds present in both RP and AP extracts show a significant contribution for antioxidant activity and anti-proliferative activity against RD cell line. It was also found that P. debilis does not show cytotoxic activity against CC1 control cells as same as the cancer cells.
We acknowledge University of Colombo, Sri Lanka for the financial assistance by awarding the Research Grant AP/3/2/2014/RG/11. The authors are grateful to Dr. S. Gunasena Medical Research Institute, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka for providing the RD cell line, Ms. Sudeepa Sugathadasa and Ms. Pushpa Jeewandara, Department of Botany, Bandaranayake Memorial Ayurvedic Research Institute, Nawinna, Colombo, Sri Lanka for the identification of the plant.
The technical assistance offered by technical staff, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, is also acknowledged.
Designing the project, data interpretation and revising the manuscript was carried out by PS. SW supervised the project. All the experimental work, data analysis and drafting of the manuscript were carried out by DP. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. | 2019-04-22T02:05:34Z | https://bmccomplementalternmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12906-016-1324-5 |
All families are different. They all have different traditions. In this adorable story by Amanda Peet and Andrea Toyer, Rachel Rosenstein doesn’t understand why her Jewish family can’t have a Christmas Tree in their living room like everyone else on the block.
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This video will be an eye-opener for everyone. Dr. Greer is the founder of The Disclosure Project, a nonprofit research project working to fully disclose the facts about UFOs, extraterrestrial intelligence, and classified advanced energy and propulsion systems. They have over 500 government, military, and intelligence community witnesses testifying to their direct, personal, first hand experience with UFOs, ETs, ET technology, and the cover-up that keeps this information secret. | 2019-04-26T16:25:28Z | http://blog.lotusopening.com/2011/09/dr-steven-greer-presents-promise-of-new.html |
Last week we introduced you to Sherrie Perkovich as a new Petaluma Wine! contributor and she did an awesome job with her first post Wind to Wine: the #Petaluma Gap story. This week we are pleased to announce our second wine contributor, David Sandri. David is a veteran in the wine industry for over 25 years and has earned the title of Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) from the Society of Wine Educators, Advanced Certification with Wines & Spirit Education Trust (WSET), and is a Wine Location Specialist (WLS). He has 10-years experience in wine judging throughout the United States and is published internationally. He regularly lectures in the Sonoma State University Wine program on various topics, and helped in the development of wine appreciation courses through College of Marin.
With David and Sherrie contributing to Positively Petaluma there will be no other local source or publication as focused on creating content around Petaluma’s wine industry. We are very excited to have two very experienced wine contributors on our team who will help put Petaluma Wines on the map. | 2019-04-24T04:25:43Z | http://www.positivelypetaluma.com/2015/07/positively-petaluma-welcomes-petaluma-wine-contributor-david-sandri-csw-wls-wset-certified-advanced/ |
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Gertrude McKee was born in Dillsboro, North Carolina in 1885. She was the daughter of a well-known farmer, businessman, and former state representative, William Allen. She later graduate from Peace Institute (now Peace College) in 1905, and later the Woman’s College of The University of North Carolina (now UNC-Greensboro) awarded her an honorary doctorate.
Back in Jackson County, she married Enrnest Lyndon McKee. Already the daughter of a prominent Jacksonian countian and now the wife of a successful Sylva businessman, Gertrude McKee operated in area’s most prestigious social circles. She served on various local committees and soon became an officer in various organizations at the local and state level. During World War I, she was a community leader in such programs as Liberty Loans, the Salvation Army, and War Savings Stamps. She became president of the North Carolina Federation of Women’s Circle (1925-27) and then the North Carolina chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy (1928-30). In 1926, Governor Angus McLean appointed her to the North Carolina Educational Commission. She was a Trustee for various North Carolina schools, including Brevard College and Western Carolina Teachers College (now Western Carolina).
The Democratic Party nominated Gertrude McKee for the North Carolina Senate in 1930. She served in this capacity for three terms (1931-33, 1935-37, and 1943-44). In Raleigh she earned a reputation for being an advocate of welfare programs and for children’s education. Her legislative decisions reflected her ongoing work back in Jackson County. She believed that all children should receive at least a 6th-grade education, and she wanted to end child labor laws. She advocated for Social Security for the needy and also wanted to regulate beer and wine sales.
McKee was elected for one more term in 1948. But the Jackson County native died before assuming public office once again.
Teresa Kay Beck, “Grtrude Dills McKee” in William S. Powell, Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Vol. 4 (Chapel Hill, ) and Angela Michele Whitener, “The Integration of Women in North Carolina Politics: An Examination of Appointment to Boards and Commissions (Masters Thesis. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina). | 2019-04-24T22:32:40Z | https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/gertrude-d-mckee-1885-1948/ |
19:00 Barbeque(Braii) at the club. Book at registration, 195 sek/20 euro. Not to miss!!!
About 7-8 july: Surfski SM is a part of Swedish Champion Week (SM-Veckan). And we wants to show the surfskisport for more people. The plan is to do one Lifesaving Race and a short track race for doubles. The doubles race will be a handicap race were we try to make even teams.
North wind. The race starts at Kvickbadet Höganäs, then we round the lighthouse "Svinabådan" and after that we aim for next mark a West bouy marked with a yellow bouy. The finnish line is in the beach in Helsingborg. The area have a nice promenade and there will be, if the weather is nice a lot of people welcomming you when you after 20 km paddling take the finnish line.
South wind. The race starts at Gröningen in Helsingborg. The area have a nice promenade and there will be, if the weather is nice a lot of people see you start the race. After the start we aim for a yellow buoy 800m out and after that the lighthouse Svinabådan. After the lighthouse turn slightly right and go ahead to Höganäs harbour/marina. You see the marina and the big container crane. Aterra Wave Challenge welcome competitors and paddlers from all countries. The race is open for surfski.
Register office is at Aterra Kajpromenaden 12 (GPS Stuvaregatan 6) Helsingborg Sweden.
The race follow the coast around 1-2 km out in the sea. It goes from Höganäs to Helsingborg or the other way. Its about 20 km long and we have had winds for all seven years we have arranged the competition.
20 km downwind in open sea.
The finnish is in Gröningen in Helsingborg or Kvickbadet Höganäs.
**NEW Class SS1 U18! Born 00-01. 19 km.
Trailers park in front of Aterra.
09.30-11.00 at Aterra Kajpromenaden 12 (GPS Stuvaregatan 6) Helsingborg Sweden.
11.00 Goes to Höganäs Kvickbadet.
Startday 7 july. Day for SS1.
30 min to start land flag on land up on beach. Long Signal 3-5 sec.
5 min to start 2 flags up.
2 min to start 1 flag up.
1 min to start 1 flag in hand.
During this minute the start can go any time.
Start flag down + 3 sec. long signal.
Boat 1 +46XXThis boat will ensure the safety of the last competitors.
Boat 2 +46XX This boat will patrol the last 2/3 of the competitors.
First person how cross the finnish line and have followed the track wins.
"Svinabådan" lighthouse out in the sea.
Hittarp/Laröd the last village before Helsingborg.
You shall be dressed to manage at least 30 minutes in water.
Colourful clothing on shirt and/or PFD, fully black is not allowed!
Start Höganäs: When you arrive register, load your ski on a trailer and fasten it, a buss go to the start 11.15.
Start Helsingborg: When you arrive register, put dry clothes in a bag and put the bag in one of the cars with trailer. You will find your clothing in the clubhouse.
Buffé will be served in or outside Helsingborgskanotisterna. Depends on the weather. This is included in the fee.
WE have a good chef in the club that will fix us a great evening barbeque. Book mealticket at registration!
Ride hard and good luck! | 2019-04-25T09:56:04Z | http://wavechallenge.se/surfski-awc.html |
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For a Wyoming-based artist who grew up on the music of the ‘70s, it seems fitting that her latest watercolor work should honor one of that decade’s most prolific vocalists. Kay Stratman, a painter based in scenic Jackson Hole, not only finds visual inspiration from the majestic mountains surrounding her studio, she also credits the unique voice of Joni Mitchell as stimulus for her new collection of “splash ink” paintings.
“In college, I’d listen to Joni Mitchell before bed nearly every night. So I always had her songs floating around in my head. Even now when I’m hiking in the mountains around Jackson Hole, a Joni Mitchell song keeps me from thinking how tired I am,” Stratman said.
Stratman’s musical bent traces back to her playing the flute in college. She has long kept a file containing snippets of song lyrics that she refers to for possible painting titles. After completing one of her watercolor paintings, she sorts through this file to discover the lyric that best matches her painting’s color, vibe, and storyline.
The “Joni Mitchell” collection wasn’t conceived as a trio, they just came together that way. When Stratman pondered the titles for her most recent work, it seemed obvious that certain “Woodstock” song lyrics from Mitchell’s “Ladies of the Canyon” album were a perfect match.
“We are stardust.” A star-filled sky lit up by northern lights. The area of golden specks near the tree line was a happy, unexpected accident. The title just popped into my head.
“We are golden.” The warmth radiating from this painting is from the sun setting over a northern Minnesota lake where I grew up. To me, this piece is wrapped in a lovely golden aura.
“We’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.” This one is just as it appears. A picturesque scene of sandhill cranes gliding in for a landing. The title gives the piece a sense of urgency, almost a political statement. In this crazy year in which we are living, we have to find our way back to civility, as well as protect what natural world we have left.
Tim Cotroneo is a Minneapolis-based freelance writer specializing in travel, entrepreneurial profiles, and golf.
What beautiful paintings, and as a child of the 60s and 70s I certainly can relate to how Joni’s music can be so inspirational. | 2019-04-18T14:25:26Z | https://traveldreamsmagazine.com/wyoming-artist-connects-with-inner-joni-mitchell/ |
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in the long run, we are concerned with the risk that running without a COO poses in regard to leadership continuity.
But the profound change of the CEO's vision means COOs can now assume more strategic roles in defining and operationalizing the necessary transformation--building bridges and generating business value across the enterprise.
The COO as coach: "The primary job of the COO," says Mitch Russo, who spent five years as a COO after selling his company to the Sage Group, "is to improve the quality of the executive team through coaching, involvement, and problem-solving.
Riding Shotgun concludes that the success and impact of the relationship should be thought of as related to fit between the two top executives, the capabilities of the COO in relationship to the reason the position is established, and a match between the COO's aspirations and the company's plans for that person.
Hyperion Solutions: Four years after joining as president and COO, Godfrey Sullivan is taking over as CEO of the software firm; predecessor Jeffrey Rodek is leaving voluntarily.
With companies like Lucent, Reuters and 3M jumping on the bandwagon in recent months, eliminating the COO job is practically becoming a small fad.
Greg Milne, 45, previously the company's COO of North America, has been appointed president and COO.
Take the 60 minutes to view this webinar (on your computer, mobile phone, iPod or printed out) to learn easy-to-implement techniques to be a more polished and articulate writer as a COO.
Claflin, the company's president and COO, succeeds Eric Benhamou, who will remain chairman.
Baum, the president and COO of Hasbro and a Dial outside director, succeeds Malcolm Jozoff, who resigned after the company failed to meet analyst earning expectations for fiscal year 2000. | 2019-04-20T12:24:22Z | https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/coo |
Is your passion local outreach? Is it your calling to fulfill the Great Commission? By volunteering with World Mission Thrift or Bibles for Missions Thrift Centers, you can do both!
Volunteering at one of our Thrift Centers provides an opportunity to demonstrate the Love of Christ to our customers and fellow volunteers. It also generates revenue to support World Mission’s efforts to bring God’s Word to those who would otherwise lack access to the gospel. This is accomplished through the distribution of the Treasure, our solar powered MP3 audio Bible, and other technology.
We have a variety of volunteer opportunities to match your gifts and talents and can provide highly flexible schedule options. Whether you are looking to take on a leadership role in one of our stores, become part of store team, be part of a project team or serve in our office, we have a place for you! We currently have volunteers who serve as many as 40 hours a week and others as few as 4 hours a month and everywhere in between.
The most important step is the first: make the decision to become a volunteer today! | 2019-04-24T23:53:18Z | https://grandrapids.craigslist.org/vol/d/grand-rapids-volunteer-and-community/6838721024.html |
Available - ‘Brainstorm,’ oil on wood. ⛈🎨⚓️ Prints & other merch available in my @redbubble shop!
A place to make art has never looked so in sync with art itself.
Here is a #sneakpeek into a video we shot a couple weeks ago, we'll post it all over the next few weeks. | 2019-04-21T20:09:55Z | https://ello.co/search?terms=%23brainstorm |
On 21 March 2018, the European Commission proposed new rules to ensure that digital business activities are taxed in a fair way within the EU. The Commission has made two legislative proposals: a first initiative to reform corporate tax rules so that profits are registered and taxed where businesses have significant interaction with users through digital channels (so-called comprehensive or long-term solution); a second initiative proposing an interim tax covering the main digital activities that are not effectively taxed in the EU, according to the Commission’s judgement. This position will solely set out the views of the European Tax Adviser Federation (ETAF) on the European Commission “Proposal for a Council Directive on the common system of a digital services tax on revenues resulting from the provision of certain digital services COM(2018) 148”. | 2019-04-21T00:37:43Z | https://etaf.tax/index.php/newsarea/opinion-statements/122-etaf-position-on-the-commission-proposal-for-a-digital-services-tax |
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The Grob (G115E) Tutor T1 is the current elementary trainer aircraft for the Royal Aircraft. It is also flown by students in the University Air Squadrons and provides air experience flying for Air Cadets up and down the UK.
Like all trainers, the Tutor has to provide the right balance between performance and stability to allow budding jet jockeys the chance to cut their teeth before moving on to the Tucano.
Black Horse have taken this well known aircraft and turned it into an awesome model for both advanced training (one up from a high wing trainer) or scale Sunday flying with character! A tough, aluminium undercarriage that has the practicality of a trike configuration makes an ideal follow-on from a pure trainer.
Like all Black Horse models, there is a careful combination of CAD design, CNC cut components and highly skilled assembly back at the factory to create a reliable, interesting model that is fun to fly. The Tutor is the kind of model that you can use as a weekend 'hack' or enter a local scale competition. Even the majority of 'moulded' parts are glass fibre with an immaculate spray finish that even the best modellers would find hard to replicate. That's years of Black Horse experience for you! | 2019-04-18T15:06:34Z | https://www.modelandhobbyworld.co.uk/black-horse-grob-tutor-t1-artf-1179-p.asp |
(ANSA) - Vatican City, September 8 - Pope Francis said Monday that he was "deeply affected" after three Xaverian nuns working as missionaries in Burundi were killed. The three nuns, named as Luci Pulici, 75; Olga Raschietti, 82; and Bernardetta Boggian, 79; were killed at their convent in Kamenge, a suburb of the capital, Bujumbura. "Deeply saddened by the tragic death of the Xaverian missionary sisters killed in Burundi, the Holy Father wishes to assure his heartfelt participation in the profound suffering of the congregation for the loss of such dedicated sisters and, in the hope that the blood they have shed may become the seed of hope to build true fraternity between peoples, he raises fervent prayers for the eternal repose of their souls and for their generous witness of the gospel," read a message to the Xaverian order.
"To their families, the entire institute and those who mourn their loss, he imparts the comfort of his apostolic blessing.
Two of the three Italian nuns were found with their throats slit, an anonymous police official was quoted as saying by media. Kamenge Mayor Damien Baseka said two nuns were killed "savagely". The bodies of Pulici and Raschietti, were found on Sunday, while Boggian's was found early on Monday, Vatican radio said.
Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini expressed condolences overnight, and said the killings brought "great pain".
"We're once again witness to the sacrifices made by those who, with complete dedication, spend their entire lives relieving the overwhelming suffering that still exists in Africa," Mogherini said.
Church sources said initial reports indicated that the killings could be the result of a robbery that went wrong.
Vatican radio said the three nuns had been working among the sick and poor in Burundi for seven years. Prior to that, they had been missionaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Raschietti had spent 50 years in Africa. | 2019-04-22T22:30:48Z | http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2014/09/08/pope-deeply-saddened-by-nuns-killings_488095c4-f7b3-4c3a-9821-0d433222aff4.html |
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And it's bad, when i can't send report to teamers in my team, so it is sad.
And kick vote will be nice, because sometimes you need to play with a loudmouth who sing Russian Anthem. | 2019-04-24T12:46:09Z | https://forum.deathgardengame.com/discussion/1321/reports-kick |
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How To Stop Overeating. As a former poster child for binge eating, I am sharing how I finally got control over my cravings and appetite.
How to stop overeating, that is the questions asked by millions of people everywhere. It happens to the best of us, myself included! Sometimes things taste so dang good I just can’t stop myself from eating them, even when I’m plenty full! What is it that causes us to eat so much?! I am sure there are psychological reasons and many therapists could give you a laundry list of reasons why it happens. But the biggest thing you can do is to first admit it’s an issue for you!
I remember the first time I realized that I had a problem with binge eating. That was a tough pill to swallow but it was true. When I first started dieting I would do really well but after a while, I would slip and it would result in a binge where I could pound down an enormous amount of food and STILL be hungry. This was NOT healthy and I realized if I wanted to lose weight and keep it off I had to change!
I started paying more attention to my hunger and tried to be better at gauging it and keeping it in check. I tried to figure out for me what exactly caused me to “binge”. The cause of binges will be different for everyone. Do some soul searching and figure out what triggers you to overeat? Is it stress? Are you an emotional eater? Are there certain people in your life that trigger this behavior?
Get to the root and make sure you know exactly what is causing your overeating tendencies. I finally figured out that when I felt out of control or overwhelmed I tended to binge. I knew that when I started to feel that way I needed to find a better coping mechanism. Now when I start to feel emotional and find myself reaching for that extra helping, I know to stop myself and take a mental check of the situation. This has made all the difference.
I also, by nature of working out as often and as hard as I do, am ALWAYS hungry and my actual appetite has been hard to control. As a curious person, I went on the lookout for natural appetite, management supplements that would help me to reign things in a bit. Getting proper nutrition while working out is essential so you do need to eat, but portion control is still an issue whether you eat healthy or not.
For the first time in a very long time, I feel in control! And that is a very big deal because I love to eat as much as I love to work out.
And the part I am super pumped about is the fact that both products are stimulant free and are completely natural. In a world with a super sketchy and not very well regulated diet pill market, these are indeed a very welcome find.
Now for the fun part – my two superhero friends, that are helping me to take back control of my appetite and cravings.
These work for me but every single human is so different and what works miracles for me might not be the best fit for you. So please consult with a doctor or herbal practitioner before trying.
How To Start A Proper Diet!
I like how you talk about being aware. I think so many people can get breakthrough simply by being aware of what they are eating and why they are eating.
I know what helps is journaling everything you eat. Yes its a pain but its worth it! It causes you to be aware of what you are eating and it gets rid of the mindless feasting!
I’m sure every one of these helpful tips will be nice for the start of the new year!
Great tips, especially around these holidays!! Thanks for sharing them!
I need all of these! Thank you so much!!
This comes right at the right time when Im trying to get back into healthy eating. Some really good tips in here — thanks!
Thanks so much for your honesty! I always wondered about supplements. Good to read about your experience.
Thanks for sharing! Interesting to read! | 2019-04-23T15:04:30Z | https://maybeiwill.com/how-to-avoid-over-eating/?replytocom=644352 |
Mining workers dissatisfaction in South Africa has now hit the country's second-largest gold producer, Gold Fields Ld. (JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI), as about 12,000 employees downed tools at the KDC mine, on Johannesburg's West Rand.
Gold Fields said it has been granted an urgent interdict to end the illegal strike, allegedly over disagreements involving the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and related structures on the mine.
Shares of Gold Fields fell nearly 6% percent, at 98 rand, their lowest level since July 20, as a consequence of the strike announcement.
This further escalation of labour frictions comes as a significant portion of South Africa's platinum production remains shut down as a result of violent industrial action at Lonmin's (LON:JSE) Marikana mine, which some feared could spill over to gold producers. | 2019-04-24T16:32:42Z | http://www.mining.com/south-african-strikes-spread-hit-gold-fields-67998/ |
Massive wildfires swept through northern parts of California- killed at least 11 people and left more than 100 people injured on Monday. The fires burned in the wine country of Napa and Sonoma counties has caused over 1500 residences and building destruction.
Authorities have said, hundreds of firefighters were battling 17 different fires across multiple countries around the state on Monday night. The fire intensified by the strong winds charred at around 90,000 acres of land; forcing nearly 20,000 residents to evacuate.
The California Fire Director Ken Pimlott later said at a press conference that the fire ignited Sunday night and Monday and spread swiftly due to the dry conditions.
We gathered up a few of our things and our pets and headed out to our car. We could see the sky was turning red. …We didn’t know until the last second. There was smoke all over the area.
we have determined that this incident is of such severity and magnitude that an effective response is beyond the capabilities of the state and affected local governments and supplemental federal assistance is necessary.
The National Weather Service has warned that very low relative humidity would continue to pose a critical threat through Tuesday morning. They also mentioned winds were expected to weaken later in the day and on Wednesday.
Are Model Natalie Halcro and NFL star Shaun Phillip still dating? Know all about their dating life! | 2019-04-20T23:00:41Z | https://articlebio.com/massive-wildfires-killed-at-least-11-and-left-over-100-injured-in-northern-california |
Full gondola shelving unit. Shelves not included. Compatible with 48" wide shelves located in accessories.
Full Gondola 14" x 48" x 60" High w/ Pegboard Back. Shelves not included. | 2019-04-19T00:19:06Z | https://www.steelshelving-usa.com/store-fixture-shelving-p/460-1414.htm |
Adds a beautiful touch to any bed...arrived pretty wrinkled though...just throw it in the dryer with 3 fabric sheets and it will fluff up.
Give your bed a finished look with our multi ruffled bed skirts. Our basic color story will match any bedroom decor. This luxury bed skirt is designed with 5 layers on each side. Available in a 14-inch drop in sizes of twin, full, Queen, King and California King . This beautiful bed skirt instantly brings class and sophistication to a room. This Multi Ruffled Bed Skirt from Elegant Comfort is sturdy and long lasting. It easily falls over the edges of your bed, hiding any storage area and preventing collection of dust. Ideal for a home with country or cottage interiors. You can complete the look of this bed skirt by pairing it with matching bed sheets, pillowcases, blankets, comforters and duvet covers. This bed skirt can be machine washed and tumble dried to keep dust and grime at bay.
this bed skirt looks lovely on my bed. The light blue color is very nice, and I love the tiered layering of the bed skirt. I would recommend this to anyone.
I really like this bed skirt. I didn’t realize when I purchased it that it is form fitting to the box springs, which makes it easier when placing it. Good drop length to floor. Ruffles very nice, I bought to go with my Madison park comforter.
Well, there’s nothing to dislike about this bedskirt! I purchased the hot pink color for my new bed and it is fabulous! I love the five rows of ruffles on the 15” drop and the fabric is very soft and wrinkle-free, but not polyester. Not sure of the fabric content because I didn’t read the label (my bad!) That didn’t occur to me as I was totally pleased from the get-go. The purchase price was amazing, too. Thank you Overstock.com!
I really like this bed skirt. It’s very pretty and playful.
This is a bright cheery red color that surprisingly matches the red in my bedspread - not an easy thing to do. I fluffed it in the dryer to get the wrinkles out. Fits great and stays in place. Ruffles are a nice touch. Threw away the old cheap one I had that would never stay in place nor did the red color match. Reading customer reviews really helps - I made the decision to try it and I’m glad I did. Really love it!
Doesn’t wrinkle. Wish the drop was longer but it’s much better quality than other ruffle skirts we’ve purchased. This one seems like it will last.
I love this!! I thought it looked great online, but it looks even better on my bed. And I didn’t have to iron it before I put it on my bed—just a 20 minute run in the dryer with a slightly damp cloth.
Decent bedruffle. Love the additional layers of ruffles. Color is a soft purple, but exactly what I needed. This matches the purple unicorn bedding that overstock Had as well.
Just the right color to match my bedding. The ruffles add a great touch. It was just what i was looking for! Thanks overstock for yet another great purchase!
Very cute! Arrived on time. Very pleased with the bed skirt.
Beautiful bedskirt! I’ve been looking for a while and when I saw this, I had to get it! Great quality as well.
Beautiful color as well as quality.. definitely will recommend.
I love this sham, it went on very easily and I love the ruffles. The only thing I didn't like was the gray was just a little darker than expected.
I typically give 5 stars if I would purchase the item again. This product arrived in perfect condition, seems to be very good quality and matches the description provided. Perfect for the little girl's room we decorated!
I ordered in black and am very pleased with this. It fits my standard size guest bed perfectly. The ruffles were pretty wrinkled, but am hoping they will fall out with time.
Not happy with this purchase. I cannot use the bedskirt because it does not have split corners. This would work for a bedframe that does not have a footboard. It is a bright white and appears well made, unfortunately I am not able to use it.
Read the reviews - hoping for a bed skirt that stays in place plus I needed red and that is sometimes hard to find - usually it’s burgundy. Crossing my fingers!
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After spending some time in Europe, I came to appreciate the German style beers, and while I have no favorites, I often found myself looking for particular varieties that are hard to get anywhere else. About 15 years ago, I decided to experiment with brewing beer and ended up with several recipes that I found myself making repeatedly. What started out as a hobby and personal adventure to satisfy my palate soon saw friends and family join me for regular tastings. My focus is on drinkability and recipes that are less frequently found in restaurants and bars. My favorites include Pilsners, Dunkelweizen, Belgian Wheat, and Hefeweizen. | 2019-04-22T22:59:30Z | https://picobrew.com/brewmarketplace/BrewerDetails.cshtml?brewer=23D3A2D4CC79482E960BB894E27EDA59 |
Revitalise dull, limp locks with the KLORANE Leave-in Spray with Essential Olive Extract; a nourishing treatment that leaves hair looking thicker and replenished.
Ideal for weak and ageing hair, the lightweight formula penetrates the core hair follicle to strengthen from root to tip with a patented extract of antioxidant-rich Olive Oil helping to protect against free radical damage.
Adding texture and volume at the root, it stimulates the scalp and strengthens the core fibre for healthier looking regrowth. Brimming with nutrients and vitamins, tresses appear full of life and sumptuously soft.
Spray generously onto towel-dried hair focusing at the roots and lengths. Do not rinse. Massage and style as usual.
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Apply to wet hair and massage gently into the hair and scalp for one minute. Rinse thoroughly.
Received to review A really nice fragrance and works well. Im not sure Id pay full price for it.
This was a lovely smelling product. It did feel very much like lotion when I put it on and not as creamy as my usual conditioner. My hair get lovely afterwards but I felt I needed to put more on my hair than necessary due to the consistency. I have dry hair and so maybe this was why. For normal hair this would be perfect and would not make your hair greasy!
i have very fine hair so a lot of conditioners are too heavy and leave my hair greasy looking straight after washing but not this one. My hair is lovely and shiney and feels in great condtion. You don't need to use very much so it might be expensive but would last a very long time. | 2019-04-25T16:09:03Z | https://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Green-People-Organic-Conditioner-Clarifying-Vitamin-Vegan/71863011?from=shop&tags=36202%7C208961 |
HOW TO FIX 1986 NISSAN 300ZX : WHY IS MY 1986 NISSAN 300ZX NOT GETTING ANY SPARK?
Having problems with your 1986 Nissan 300ZX ?
Why is my 1986 nissan 300zx not getting any spark?
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I want to buy a torch that can work with battery (AA). I think I decide well. :) The light power more than satisfy. The lighttime too. Sturdy built gadget. Very good quality, it is looking so nice.
The strobo mode is useless for me. It can not stand its bottom.
Ok light for the money. It's nice that you can use AA bateries so you don't have to invest into expensive bateries and chargers.
Kinda big, not the brightest, the mode swich can be difficult to use if youre not used to it.
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Quanto ao produto, excelente, bom acabamento e qualidade sem comparação com os demais que já utilizei, boa qualidade.. Good quality..
Great light for edc or as a back up. Functions very well. I would definitely buy this light again.
a primeira lanterna que obtive...gostei muito tem 5 modos, incluindo strob.ótima qualidade.recomendo. | 2019-04-26T09:41:57Z | https://m.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_662977.html |
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The Provincial organizing body for track and field, cross country and road running in Alberta, Canada. Programs, news and results.
Event information, results, records and rankings, photos and news.
News, calendar, records and results of Canadian track and field.
Provincial organizing body for track and field, cross country running, race walking, and road racing. News, programs, calendar, results, records and rankings.
New Zealand's National Body representing the sport of athletics (track and field) aims to promote participation and facilitate excellence in the sport in New Zealand.
Coordinates track and field, road running and cross country running in Nova Scotia. Calendar, clubs, programs, rankings, records and results.
Promotes road racing, cross country running, track and field, snowshoeing and race walking in Yukon, Canada. Contact information, calendar and results.
For all interested in coaching Track and Field in Australia. Information, guidelines, services and resources.
Information about and for all those involved in Athletics in Cheshire.
A non-profit organisation spanning all disciplines of athletics for deaf people in the United Kingdom.
The EAA consists of the national European Athletic Federations which are members of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
The Association is a group of OHSAA registered Track and Cross Country Officials in Mahoning and Columbiana counties in Northeast Ohio.
Information and statistics for athletics in Scotland.
Governing body for UK athletics (track and field): events, results, features, profiles and live chats.
Youth information, cross country information, membership details, upcoming events and rules.
USA Track and Field Minnesota is the local governing body for long distance running, track field, cross country and racewalking in Minnesota.
Includes the states of New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. News, contact information, membership information, Grand Prix information, track and field, road racing, cross country, race walking, mountain/trail running, board of governors, officials, Junior Olympic program, and links. | 2019-04-21T00:35:41Z | https://morefunz.com/sports/track-and-field/organizations/ |
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Integrated Water Resources Management is a participatory planning and implementation process for the sustainable development, allocation and monitoring of water resource use in the context of social, economic and environmental objectives. It brings stakeholders together to determine how to meet societys long-term needs for water and coastal resources while maintaining essential ecological services and economic benefits.
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This nation is in Vacation Mode for the next 1,287 turns. This nation cannot be attacked or traded with during that time.
Western Faroe Island is a nation led by Emperor Oppilan on the continent of Asia. Western Faroe Island's government is a Republic with very moderate social policies. Economically, Western Faroe Island favors moderate policies. The official currency of Western Faroe Island is the Yuan. At 1,249 days old, Western Faroe Island is an ancient nation. Western Faroe Island has a population of 99,798 and a land area of 63,500.00 sq. miles. This gives it a national average population density of 1.57. Pollution in the nation is almost non-existent. The citizens' faith in the government is completely depleted with an approval rating of 0%.
02/05 08:38 pm - Faroe Island had war declared by Ajourna for the reason of "$$$$".
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Bunol is situated in Spain, in the Comunitat Valenciana region where it is within Valencia and the local Alborache area.
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Lorentz National Park is located in the Indonesian province of Papua, formerly known as Irian Jaya. With an area of 25,056 km² (9,674 mi²), it is the largest national park in South-East Asia. In 1999 Lorentz was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. An outstanding example of the biodiversity of New Guinea, Lorentz is one of the most ecologically diverse national parks in the world.
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It looks like the greatest operatic hero in the Triad this season comes armed with a checkbook!
General Director and Principal Conductor James Allbritten announced today that an anonymous donor has stepped forward with a $100,000 donation to the company.
“The long-range health of Piedmont Opera has become one of the company’s primary goals. This donor has helped us take another step to ensure the opera remains a vibrant part of the arts scene here in the Triad,” said Allbritten.
The donation is restricted to replace the Norman and Matilda Anne Nickel Johnson Trust, bequeathed to the opera in 2005 in memory of Norman and Matilda Johnson. Norman Johnson was the founder of Piedmont Opera and for 18 years served as its general director. He also served as the director of opera at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. In his 40-year career, he was also the director of the Denver Lyric Opera. This trust has provided operational expenses for the company on an annual basis. The anonymous donation will be used to extend the life of the trust.
This is the second large-scale donation that Piedmont Opera has received within the last three years. In 2014, Jane T. Hanes donated a $400,000 historic home located in downtown Winston-Salem which has become the company’s offices. | 2019-04-21T16:05:35Z | https://yesweekly.com/piedmont-opera-receives-100000-anonymous-donation/ |
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YES, COPDers CAN improve aerobic capacity with one-legged exercise training compared with two-legged training in stable patients with COPD. However – how practical is it for the COPDer riding out in traffic for fun and exercise perched upon one of those crotch-numbing seats on an upright bicycle with one pedal?
Studies are great and as a COPDer, some studies are cause for great excitement learning how we can add more to our daily lives to help ourselves. The big question here is – how do the study results transfer over to using it in a practical way?
Thanks to Chris Wigley a COPD friend and fellow EFFORTS member in Canada for the following study. Published in Chest – results on one-legged exercise training.
Additionally, how do water workouts help the COPDer gain FEV1 if they are strenuous air exchanges?
My swim coach, Marilyn Grindrod cranked up our workouts yesterday and I feel it for the first time – excited and pleased to feel muscles I have not felt in years and my endurance has increased…far fewer slowdowns to breathe. It seems to me that oxygen must be moving more getting to the rest of the body.
The water workouts will build up the muscling around my left hip so – hopefully – I can get back on my regular recumbent trikes.
Currently we are working harder on my upper body conditioning and muscle building for my arm pedal recumbent trike. One way or another, I have a cycling trip to take.
I would like to know why these bike studies use the upright bike when – for most COPDers, we are better off on the more stable and comfortable recumbent trikes – many due to mobility issues.
Most seniors can ride a recumbent trike – fewer can ride the crotch killing upright bike.
*From Respiratory Diagnostic and Evaluation Services (Mr. Dolmage), West Park Healthcare Centre Toronto; and Department of Medicine (Dr. Goldstein), University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background: Most patients with severe COPD are limited by dyspnea and are obliged to exercise at low intensity. Even those undergoing training do not usually have increased peak oxygen uptake (V̇o2). One-legged exercise, at half the load of two-legged exercise, places the same metabolic demands on the targeted muscles but reduces the ventilatory load, enabling patients to increase work capacity. The purpose of this study was to determine whether one-legged exercise training would improve aerobic capacity compared with two-legged training in stable patients with COPD.
Methods: Eighteen patients with COPD (mean FEV1, 38 ± 17% of predicted [± SD]) were randomized to two groups after completing an incremental exercise test. Both trained on a stationary cycle for 30 min, 3 d/wk, for 7 weeks. Two-legged trainers (n = 9) cycled continuously for 30 min, whereas one-legged trainers (n = 9) switched legs after 15 min. Intensity was set at the highest tolerated and increased with training.
Results: Both groups increased their training intensity (p < 0.001) and total work (p < 0.001). After training, the change in peak V̇o2 of the one-legged group (0.189 L/min; confidence interval [CI], 0.089 to 0.290 L/min; p < 0.001) was greater than that of the two-legged group (0.006 L/min; CI, − 0.095 to 0.106 L/min; p = 0.91). This was accompanied by greater peak ventilation (4.4 L/min; CI, 1.8 to 7.1 L/min; p < 0.01) and lower submaximal heart rate (p < 0.05) and ventilation (p < 0.05) in the one-legged trained group.
Conclusion: Reducing the total metabolic demand by using one-legged training improved aerobic capacity compared with conventional two-legged training in patients with stable COPD.
The cornerstone of pulmonary rehabilitation is exercise training, based on the premise that altering physiologic processes will result in improved outcomes.12 Intensity and duration are important determinants of the physiologic adaptations that occur in response to exercise training.3456 However, most patients with COPD are so limited by dyspnea, even at modest levels of ventilation, that their training is restricted to low-intensity exercise.7 As a result, when undergoing exercise training they are usually unable to increase their peak oxygen uptake (V̇o2),8 although this measure is the recognized standard for confirming the physiologic effects of aerobic exercise training.
One approach that might allow training at a higher intensity, addressing the peripheral muscle deconditioning, is to partition the exercise to a smaller muscle mass while maintaining the same muscle-specific load. We have reported that patients with COPD achieved more work when cycling with one leg.9 Despite the same load being applied to the muscle, one-legged exercise placed the same metabolic and functional demands on the targeted muscle, at a lower total metabolic load, and hence a lower ventilatory load. The next logical step is to test the hypothesis that training using a one-legged technique, thereby increasing the muscle-specific stimulus, would induce physiologic changes sufficient to increase peak V̇o2. We report the influence of one-legged training on peak V̇o2 during incremental exercise compared with conventional two-legged training under identical conditions of training frequency and session duration.
Inclusion required a diagnosis of COPD10 based on standardized spirometry,11 clinical stability, smoking abstinence, and willingness to enroll in an inpatient or outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program that included supervised exercise, education, and psychosocial support. Patients were excluded if they were hypoxemic at rest (Pao2 < 55 mm Hg), had comorbidities that limited their exercise tolerance, or were unable to provide informed consent. After baseline assessments, patients were allocated to one of the two exercise training methods (one-legged or two-legged training) according to an unrestricted computer-generated randomization list. The study was approved by the West Park Healthcare Centre Research Ethics Committee.
Both the one-legged and the two-legged groups followed the same training regimen, except that one-legged trainers used the first half of the session to train one leg, followed immediately by completing the session using the other leg. Patients allocated to the one-legged group cycled while resting their inactive foot on a crossbar located midway on the ergometer head tube (Fig 1 ). Two-legged trainers cycled continuously throughout the session. Training was performed on an electromechanically braked cycle (Collins CPX Bike model 0070; Warren E. Collins; Braintree, MA) while breathing room air. Supervised training sessions were scheduled for three times per week for 7 weeks. The intensity was intended to allow 30 min of continuous exercise excluding warm-up and cool-down periods. The intensity was set at 50% and 70% of the peak power (Ppk) attained on the baseline incremental test for the one-legged and two-legged trainers, respectively, and reduced as necessary to obtain at least 30 min of continuous cycling; therefore, during the first week of the program, patients trained at a mean of 40% Ppk for one-legged and 56% Ppk for two-legged training, respectively. When the exercise duration reached 30 min for three consecutive sessions the training workload was increased by 5 W. The goal was to train at the highest power that the patient could maintain for at least 20 min. If, at any time, the patient found the workload intolerable, it was reduced to its previous setting. All other rehabilitation modalities were similar.
One-legged cycling. The subject is shown (having given informed consent) pedaling with his right leg while resting his left leg on the crossbar, midway on the head tube.
… The load was set at 80% of the Ppk achieved on the baseline incremental test. Patients breathed ambient air during all tests.
Eighteen patients, 9 randomly allocated to each group, completed the study. Two patients withdrew: one allocated to the one-legged group, following an acute exacerbation; and the other patient, allocated to the two-legged group, was uncomfortable cycling. The baseline characteristics of each group are presented in Table 1 ; there were no significant differences between study groups. All of the nine patients allocated to the one-legged group could easily manage this technique after simple instruction from the trainer.
Both groups significantly increased their training intensity (p < 0.001) over the duration of the training program (Fig 2 ), with no significant difference between groups in the progression of training intensity. Three of the nine subjects in the two-legged group progressed to a training intensity of > 80% Ppk; one of the nine subjects in the one-legged group progressed to a training intensity of 86% Ppk. Both groups significantly increased their total work per session (p < 0.001) over the duration of the program (Fig 3 ). The slope of absolute work vs training time was greater in the one-legged group than in the two-legged group (p < 0.05).
Models suggest that a limitation in the exercising muscle contributes to the low peak V̇o2 in COPD patients.3031 In our study, peak V̇o2 during incremental exercise increased among the one-legged training group, and V̇e at submaximal exercise decreased.71932 Some of the observed differences between groups, such as the lower submaximal HR and the increased posttraining peak V̇e in the one-legged group, were unexpected.
Although the effect of one-legged cycling on constant power endurance time was large, it also increased in the two-legged trainers, which almost certainly prevented there being a significant between-group difference. Had one-legged cycling been compared to a control group who did not exercise, there would undoubtedly have been statistically significant differences in constant power endurance. The latter measure is quite variable36 and therefore requires a larger sample size than was included in this study.
To minimize any small bias that might be associated with the absence of blinding,8 we used standardized instruction and encouragement during the exercise tests and included a comparison group of two-legged trainers, who expected to experience a positive training effect. The changes in effort independent submaximal responses, such as HR, also supported the differences being attributable to a treatment effect. Within the spectrum of COPD patients, this training modality may be most effective among the more severely ventilatory-limited patients.
In summary, we report the effects of one-legged cycle training on aerobic capacity in patients with COPD. Compared with conventional two-legged cycling, there is evidence that one-legged training enhances the adaptive response of peripheral muscle, resulting in increased peak V̇o2, Ppk, and peak V̇e. A large prospective clinical trial will better characterize the ideal candidate and provide a sample size sufficient for this method of training to be assessed using more variable outcomes such as constant power exercise and health-related quality of life. Muscle-specific training should be considered in conjunction with other approaches that improve exercise capacity in patients with chronic respiratory conditions.
The authors thank the patients of West Park Healthcare Center as well as Mika Nonoyama and Stefania Costi for help supervising the training sessions.
I wrote the following about 2004 for the American Lung Association and re-found it goggling for COPD. I’m posting it here in hope you will see the value in early detection Spirometry testing.
“Living with COPD/Emphysema and Sarcoidosis was a living death. I existed. I struggled to breathe, when I moved I panted, gasped for air like a fish out of water.
As I slowly showered and dressed, ready to go somewhere, I couldn’t sit down to rest. I fell asleep.
I went from a physically active life landscaping, restoring a wonderful property in Port Townsend to a blob who existed in front of her computer.
I searched the world web to discover what COPD/Emphysema was – what Sarcoidosis was, everything, anything I could find out about my diseases and the medications I took.
I couldn’t sleep in a bed – I couldn’t breathe – I dozed sitting in a chair.
By the time I arrived at the Pulmonary Department at the University of Washington Medical Center, I believed my days were numbered. Previously diagnosed with COPD/Emphysema, an open lung biopsy showed the fibrosis and granulomas of Sarcoidosis evenly throughout both lungs.
Without energy, I felt isolated, without a purpose, a shell, a mockery of the person I used to be.
I regretted a 40-year smoking habit, but didn’t dwell on it. The single most difficult thing I’ve ever done is stop smoking. I craved cigarettes and for the first time understood a drug addict’s ‘craving’ for a drug. I craved a cigarette many times a day, then almost daily for more than two years. Even today, occasionally the urge to smoke a cigarette becomes almost overwhelming.
That is how I felt then. Today I’m energized with purpose.
I found a support group online – the non-profit EFFORTS, begun by COPD’rs, run by COPD’rs and filled with folks like me working to change the world’s awareness of COPD. I want other lung folks to know they are not alone and how they can lead the best quality of life possible.
I want to see Spirometry tests for patients. common place among physicians – to catch COPD early – before it is too late. Other than stop smoking, the single most important thing Lungers can do for themselves is exercise. | 2019-04-24T20:36:21Z | http://pugetsoundblogs.com/copd-and-other-stuff/tag/pulmonary/ |
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