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Analyzes the body's metabolic status. These results are important for hunger-free weight loss and in order to develop an optimal nutritional plan.
Determines the ratio between muscle mass, body fat and water levels.
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A warming wrap of fragrant hay that relieves cramping, relaxes and promotes blood circulation. The wrap is brought to your room by a therapist and applied on your bed. It soothes and helps your liver detoxify your body.
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Magnetic field therapy involves the use of natural and man-made magnets in order to treat various physical complaints and illnesses. By stimulating the cells, the metabolism is improved and the healing process promoted.
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Evaluation of around 150 foods by means of a tensor.
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Sony India introduced the FE 14mm F1.8 GM, a small, large-aperture, ultra-wide-angle lens, to its E-mount lens lineup on Thursday.
The company stated that the camera, which is priced at Rs 162,990, enables users to capture the environment from new perspectives, especially when photographing landscapes, architecture, starry skies, and interiors.
“The FE 14mm F1.8 GM, the new lens in Sony’s G Master series, features exceptional resolution, quick and quiet autofocus, and a remarkably compact design,” Mukesh Srivastava, Digital Imaging Head at Sony India, said in a statement.
“We are always innovating and aiming to provide our customers with technology that meets their needs and helps them to realize their ambitious vision and offer what they want,” Srivastava said.
The latest lens has a lightweight optical shape, measuring only 83mm x 99.8mm and weighing approximately 460g, and is equipped with sophisticated optical technology that provides exceptional clarity and contrast.
Due to the optimum aperture of F1.8, users can make light point sources, enabling them to catch astrophotography or shoot in other low-light conditions without resorting to excessively slow shutter speeds.
When filming in low-light situations, Sony’s patented Nano AR Coating II technology maximizes visibility by suppressing flare and ghosting.
Additionally, the latest lens has many sophisticated and flexible control options, including a focus hold button, a focus mode switch, and a focus ring, the company said. These features help ensure smooth, effective activity in a variety of shooting conditions.
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Lipton’s expert mixologist have crafted a delicious blend of Lipton Iced Green Tea Mix with Citrus flavor to make the most refreshingly delicious iced tea for you and your family. Our Iced Tea Mixes are made from real tea leaves, real cane sugar and flavors sourced from natural sources, so the taste is always delicious and satisfying. Lipton iced tea is the perfect addition for any of your meals because it is tasty and refreshing. So don’t just default to the usual, enjoy the sweet, Citrus filled flavor taste of Lipton Green Tea Citrus Mix. A brilliant taste for a brighter day!
Lipton Iced Tea Mixes are the easiest way to prepare delicious and refreshing iced tea in just seconds. Just pour 4 tbsp of Lipton Iced Tea Mix in a glass, add 1 cup of cold water and enjoy a perfect glass of iced tea! This mix makes 20 quarts of iced tea.
At Lipton we never compromise on quality. Only the best tea leaves go into our iced tea mixes. All our tea leaves are sourced from around the world and expertly blended so you can enjoy a premium quality experience. You will reward yourself with the fresh, delicious taste that makes iced tea a great choice.
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"I'll probably just go back home. If I don't have any symptoms I don't know if I'll get tested again. But I definitely don't want to bring anything back to my family," said Thomas Webb in downtown Raleigh, one of several passers-by who spoke to ABC11 about the holiday rush for coronavirus testing.
Kristen McCollum told us, "most likely I will stay here but I do have a COVID test scheduled for tomorrow morning."
"I'm going home to Wilson and probably going to get a COVID test," Terrance Hinnant added.
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Alyssa Gennis lives off-campus from UNC in Chapel Hill. "They've had testing available for us. I got tested before I went back to my family for Thanksgiving and I'll probably get tested before I go back for Christmas," she said."
At Advance Community Health in southeast Raleigh, the team is staging free drive-thru COVID testing sites across Wake County almost daily through the pandemic. And the traffic has been decidedly heavier in the holiday season. Advance typically tests 150 people per day at its site. Friday, outside Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School, it was more than double: 325 people.
"It's a big number for us, a very big number," said Advance Community Health Spokesperson Kelly Wright. "I think it's because the holidays are coming up and people are getting smarter about being safe around family and friends, if they choose to do that. And, they want that negative test result."
But, while the number of people getting tested is rising for the holidays, so are the warnings about increased vigilance to stop the spread of the virus.
"They should limit their contacts as much as possible ahead of a planned gathering to reduce the chance of exposure. And, also to allow time for the tests results to process. Because with increased demand for testing, you need to give it time to get results back," Wright said.
The official holiday line from state health officials and the CDC: Yes, get tested. But, please don't travel.
"I'd caution everyone, if you can change your (holiday travel) plans, do," said NC Heath and Humans Services Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen.
Dr. Cohen urging North Carolinians to keep holiday gatherings limited to the people you live with; Otherwise, keep them outdoors and socially-distanced.
CLICK HERE for Wake County COVID-19 testing sites. CLICK HERE for the Test Site Finder from NCDHHS.
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https://abc11.com/wake-county-covid-test-raleigh-swinburne-covid-19-testing-advance-community-health/8882300/
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I heard this phrase the other day and I thought it was genius! It perfectly sums up America today. People have champagne taste, but only beer money. Meaning, people love the finer things in life – you might enjoy big houses, expensive vacations,and nice cars. None of that is bad stuff, but if you only have the money to afford a small apartment, a camping trip, and a Ford Escort, then you are trying to buy champagne with only beer money!
The Problem Is…..That It Is Possible
The average household earns almost $50,000 a year. With this income, a family should live rather modestly (especially if they have children). Their house value should be somewhere below $125,000, their cars should each have a value of no more than $5,000, and the vacations should be limited to one small one a year. However, people tend to embrace the YOLO (You Only Live Once) lifestyle and continually match their friends’ nice cars and homes as if it were a game to be won. Of course, they don’t buy their stuff with cash that’s laying around the house. Nope, they start financing everything, because after all, that’s what everyone else does!
In order to buy that “champagne” car we decide to borrow from the bank. It might only cost us $250 a month, so it’s no big deal. Then we find that perfect executive style “champagne” house. Oh we could just live in it forever and be so happy! Back to the bank we go and start paying out $1,600 a month in mortgage payments instead of our cheap $600 rent. We are quite happy for a month or so, and then the weather begins to turn cold. “We could really use a vacation,” you think to yourself. “After all, we work way too hard. We deserve to get away.” So, out comes the credit card to pay for that “champagne” Caribbean all-inclusive vacation.
After a few of those “champagne” moments, we begin to realize that we have no cash left at the end of the month. We have the finest bubbly all around us, but we still have to pay for it each month, which means that we are now in shackles without escape. We can’t sell the car because we owe more than we could sell it for (and then we would be without a car). We can’t really sell the house because we overpaid for that too (since we wanted it so bad), and that credit card bill certainly isn’t going anywhere. We had champagne tastes, but only beer money, and since we overspent we can barely afford the necessities of life! This is certainly not the way you want to live.
I Prefer Water
I’d say that my income is somewhere in between champagne money and beer money, but quite honestly, I prefer water (figuratively speaking, and literally). Beer money would mean that I can afford a $125,000 house, but what’s wrong with the $75,000 house that I just bought? Absolutely nothing, and I am loving my extra cash flow every month! It has allowed me to pay extra money toward my mortgage and to make a few car investments (yes, I am flipping cars again). By purchasing water (back to figurative speaking again) with my beer-ish money, I have so many more options available to me than those with champagne tastes – and that’s the way to truly live and be happy. It is a carefree, easy going lifestyle that I promote to everyone I meet.
Are you trying to buy champagne with your beer money? You might need to check yourself and curb your spending.
My name is Derek, and I have my Bachelors Degree in Finance from Grand Valley State University. After graduation, I was not able to find a job that fully utilized my degree, but I still had a passion for Finance! So, I decided to focus my passion in the stock market. I studied Cash Flows, Balance Sheets, and Income Statements, put some money into the market and saw a good return on my investment. As satisfying as this was, I still felt that something was missing. I have a passion for Finance, but I also have a passion for people. If you have a willingness to learn, I will continue to teach.
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https://lifeandmyfinances.com/2014/02/champagne-taste-beer-money/
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FluoroGrip® Lightning Strike Protective Film Coatings
Current systems utilizing embedded metallic foils require costly maintenance and repair once the object incurs a lightning strike event. Integument’s LS-1000 acts as a sacrificial surface layer that protects underlying composites and can be easily repaired by simply removing from the damaged area and replacing it with a new section.
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- Mechanical performance, environmental durability and thermodynamic stability over the typical life cycle of the structure or equipment it is bonded to
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FluoroGrip® Lightning Strike Film Coating Lay-Up
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FluoroGrip® lightning strike films offer peel and stick installation and can be easily applied by hand on composite or metallic structures.
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- Acts as a sacrificial layer that can be removed and replaced once the area has been damaged due to a lightning event
- Does not require primers or hazardous solvents, and the solid sheet design assures consistent coverage, even on edges, angles and corners
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A scheme to have landlords carry out checks for “Right-to-Rent” has resulted in seven landlords being caught renting homes to illegal immigrants.
A pilot scheme launched in the midlands last December has, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA), proved a success and is expected to be rolled out nationally within the next few months.
The scheme, which is being piloted in Wolverhampton, Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall, and Birmingham, requires landlords to inspect documents which determine the residency status of all prospective tenants. Failure to comply will result in fines of up to £3,000.
Following the growing immigration crisis in Calais the government has announced a clampdown on rogue landlords who rent to illegals which could result in jail sentences and a ban on future involvement in letting property. It is also suggested that the law may be changed to allow instant evictions for illegals.
When the scheme is eventually rolled out nationally, landlords will need to be aware of the various documents which they can use to determine identity and residency status, with Home Office help, and will need to be careful not to breach the discrimination laws: all tenants will have to be checked in the same way, including those who appear to be UK born.
The pilot scheme is currently in its evaluation stage by the Home Office, which is also tasked with the process of returning people to their country of origin to tie in with Right-to-Rent checks.
David Cox, MD of Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA), said feedback from their members in pilot areas had been very positive.
“Conducting ID checks on tenants has been in our code of practice for years, though some tenants have been unwilling to show passports and visa documentation. Now it’s the law, it makes things easier for landlords and their agents.”
Others have claimed the pilot has largely been a failure, and investigations by The Economist and The Guardian newspaper have discovered that the seven landlords’ fines have been just £800 each, and that only around half of those tenants looking for rental accommodation in the pilot area since the scheme’s introduction have been properly assessed under the legislation as having a right to rent or stay in the UK.
There investigations discovered that the pilot scheme may have encouraged some landlords to discriminate against prospective tenants from overseas. The Guardian reports a mystery shopping exercise found non-Britons were blocked from renting properties on 11 out of 27 occasions.
Questions also remain though about how these lasted government suggestions on quick evictions will work in practice.
It’s currently a criminal offence to remove tenants without a court order. Obtaining that order can take months and a bailiff is needed to actually evict tenants, usually taking a further few weeks. Just how this new measure announced by Mr Brokenshaw will work is unclear.
The whole thing raises many questions: who pays for the eviction which, could be costly and very time consuming? What happens to the evicted illegal immigrants, will they just disappear? Will the process comply with Article 8 of the Human Rights Act – the right to family and private life? What if children are involved?
Communities Secretary Greg Clark has said that cases involving tenants that refuse to move out will still end up in court but that the process would be quicker as landlords will have official Home Office evidence to present to the court.
When asked if evicting a tenant would not just result in them disappearing, unless they were handed to the police, Mr Clark said the new initiative was part of “joined-up system to send people home”.
See “New measures to crackdown on illegal immigrants renting properties” – here
Scheme to carry out “Right-to-Rent” checks, results in 7 prosecutions for renting to illegal immigrants – http://t.co/O1QqHPGoXZ
— LandlordZONE® (@LandlordZONE) August 13, 2015
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Where are you going to watch the Xavier-Providence game? It's obviously not going to be at Cintas, since the game isn't being played there. You could watch it at your house. I don't know what your setup is; maybe it's awesome.
Or you could watch it with some of the coolest Xavier fans around.
Who is coming out for the @XU_Xtreme_Fans viewing party tonight?! 2$ domestic drafts, 3$ craft beers, 5$ pizza, and so much more!— Ryan's Pub (@Ryans_Pub) January 22, 2015
Did you read that last one? There's going to be "so much more!" I'm too old and too not in Cinci to have my finger on the pulse of the cool kids at Xavier, but this is definitely the kind of thing that is awesome.
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Monday, September 30, 2013
I’m going to begin with a little shameless self-promotion as Soccer iQ was named as one of the Top 5 soccer books of the year by the NSCAA Soccer Journal (otherwise known as the Best Publication Ever!). It’s been quite a month for Soccer iQ. In addition to the laurels bestowed by the Soccer Journal, September was also a record sales month, more than doubling the amount of copies sold on Amazon during its previous best month, which incidentally, was August. I thought I might mention that as we approach the holiday season and you’re brainstorming for gift ideas for the soccer people in your life.
Now, about them Georgia Bulldogs… We all anticipated a very difficult away weekend against the likes of Missouri and Kentucky, and we were not disappointed. I’ll try to get to Kentucky in the next entry. For now I’m just going to focus on Missouri. I have my reasons. If you think it has anything to do with the result, well, just keep reading. We arrived in St. Louis on Thursday afternoon, grabbed lunch and headed straight to training where Georgia soccer legend Carrie Patterson was waiting to greet us. Carrie holds about 101 scoring records for the Bulldogs, and she’s followed soccer into an assistant coaching gig at Mizzou. We had a light walk-through session to show our players what we expected out of the Missouri team. Their style was going to be a lot different than the teams we’d recently played. Mizzou is very athletic, fast and physical; and they like to go forward at the speed of sound. It was going to be a game of opposing styles and whichever team could best impose its style was likely going home with the result.
If you’ve been a follower for any length of time you should know two things about me: I love the road trips and I love to eat. Typically these two things fit quite nicely together as our travel weekends are always highlighted by some quality dining experiences. Let’s just say the Dawgs don’t skimp when it comes to food stops. Many a fine cow has found its way onto my plate during the fall. I have absolutely no discipline when it comes to restaurant dining. Maybe it’s because we almost never ate out when I was growing up, but whenever we go out to dinner, I eat like it’s an Olympic event and I’m favored to take gold. I think that subconsciously there’s a part of my brain saying, “This may be the last time you ever eat out so you’d better make it count.” Regardless, that’s why I balloon up in the fall. (I can’t really say why I balloon up in winter, spring or summer.) My motto is No Food Left Behind. Anyhoo… Beth has our family on a gluten-free diet. In case you’re like I was a week ago, gluten basically means wheat. And any diet means a life-altering challenge for me. It’s not the taste of gluten things that it’s difficult for me to sidestep; it’s more a matter of convenience. Gluten is basically the plate of my existence. PB and Js go on bread. Cheese goes on crackers. Dip goes on pretzels. There’s gluten in everything that holds my foods together. I find it’s more a matter of utility than of taste. Regardless, this was going to be the first road weekend where I couldn’t gobble up dinner rolls like Pac Man or dive head first into one of our many pasta meals. The way I saw it, everyone else had two games this weekend; I had three.
On Friday mornings of our travel weekends, we find a room in the hotel and give a scouting report of our opponent. We’ll talk about the key points to the match and show our players some video of the team we’re about to face. This particular hotel didn’t have a meeting room available for us, but they offered us the breakfast area once the serving time had passed. This is no big deal, and it’s not the first time we’ve had to hook up a laptop to the lobby television. However, we’ve never actually had other hotel guests stay in the room once we gathered. But this time there was an elderly couple, probably in their mid-seventies, that quietly occupied a table in the back corner as we got down to work. So there I am at the front of the room, talking about the strengths of the Missouri team, when the man begins to amble around to exit the room. Then from out of nowhere, he stops, turns to me and asks, “Coach, do you choose your players on beauty?” And then he stood there waiting for an answer. Ummm… Yeah, there’s no right way to answer to that. Just think it over for a minute and you’ll understand where I’m coming from. Talk about your awkward pauses. Anyway, it was a funny distraction that left me looking like a deer in headlights, much to the delight of our players.
As for the game… Wow did we come out on fire! We started off as well as we have all season and had the run of the park for the first 25 minutes. But as you well know, all of that means nothing if you can’t stick the ball in the net, and that was the piece of the puzzle we just couldn’t seem to find. When you’re dominating a good team, you know that you’d better also produce some goals because the tide won’t forever stay in your favor. Eventually Mizzou was going to settle in and take back some of the game. We’d prefer if they had to do that with a goal or two already in our bank. The soccer gods don’t look kindly upon teams that refuse their charity. They have a habit of making you pay for leaving goals on the table. Thankfully, I think they were a little preoccupied with some other matters on Friday night.
As anticipated, Mizzou started taking back some of the momentum in the latter stages of the half. We didn’t break their spirit when we had the chance; now we were in for a battle. Despite our early monopoly of territory, the two best chances of the half fell to Mizzou. At this point I feel obliged to mention an interesting little sidebar to this match. On the night before the game, we received an email from Mizzou’s Event Management office informing us that it was their ROTC night, and as part of the promotion, they planned on firing off a cannon “after each Mizzou goal.” Huh? Well, apparently Woody doesn’t like the sound of cannon fire. Woody hadn’t been very busy this year, but on Friday night she made two spectacular first half saves from close range to get us into the intermission level at 0-0. One of those saves was absolutely absurd as I swear she materialized from thin air to protect a wide open goal.
Here’s the thing… every coach I know hates promotions like that if for no other reason than superstition. Coaches don’t create these promotions; we begrudgingly tolerate them. But there is nothing that will draw the ire of the soccer gods more than a dance-on-your-grave promotion and we all know that. We know that the gods demand quiet nobility and detest even a hint of strut. They exist to keep us humble. When we color too far outside of the lines, they make their presence known. The cannon idea didn’t come from the Mizzou soccer staff, but that wasn’t going to stop us from framing it a little differently when we mentioned it to our team. And in all fairness, Mizzou hadn’t been shutout in 20 games. Someone surely saw it as a pretty safe bet. After all, that’s quite an impressive streak. (At this point I highly recommend you read the blog entry from Sept. 17 called Elephants for further instruction on how to end a perfectly good streak.)
I wasn’t in the Mizzou locker room at the half and I haven’t spoken to anybody who was, but my guess is that some paint came off the walls because they came out for the second half just absolutely possessed. It was nothing like the way they had started the match. Now they had some fire in their bellies. There would be no more run of the park for us. It was time to grind. In the 60th minute, with Mizzou pressing, Summer hit a long clearance into Garcia. Garcia’s flick-on header was flawless and put the ball directly into the path of Marion Crowder who was already sprinting at full stride down the left wing. Crowder turned the corner behind the Tiger’s defense and slipped her shot past the charging goalkeeper to give us a 1-0 lead.
Honestly, I wasn’t so sure we were going to be able to make that goal stand up. The goal did nothing to temper Mizzou’s fevered pace and we were absorbing more pressure than we’d seen all year. They continued to charge at us in wave after wave after wave. Thankfully, our defense, which by the end included pretty much everyone, stood strong and limited the Tigers to one more chance… One more. EXCELLENT. Chance. A Mizzou attacker danced into the penalty box with the ball at her feet and a chance to equalize. When the ball came off her foot, I thought she’d done exactly that. But Woody charged out, dove and got big enough to deflect the shot away from danger. It was her third, highlight-reel save of the game, and each one of them was more difficult than any other save she’s had to make this season.
We held on for a 1-0 win. It wasn’t pretty, but we weren’t complaining. When you’re on the road, you take what you can get. We’d put three points in our account against a very good team and that was reason enough to celebrate. I believe that for a team to have a great season, the goalkeeper has to win one game for you. On Friday night, Woody did exactly that. It was a fitting way to punctuate the SEC Defensive Player of the Week award she’d claimed five days earlier. Woody had kept the cannons quiet as the soccer gods terminated another majestic streak. I’m tellin’ ya, you don’t want to mess with those suckers.
As we boarded our charter plane for Lexington on Saturday morning, I felt a little bit empty. Normally on the morning after a win I’m downright jolly, but not this time. There was something in Columbia I had anticipated doing as soon as Mizzou made its move to the SEC. Somewhere in Jefferson County, a man named Ryan Ferguson is in jail for the murder of the sports editor at the Columbia Tribune. It is a murder he did not commit. It is a murder he could not possibly have committed. If the case was tried again today, there would be literally no physical or forensic evidence to tie him to the crime (there wasn’t any the first time around either), and there would be no eyewitness testimony linking him to the crime. This is indisputable public knowledge. But to reverse Ryan’s conviction on appeal would be detrimental to the reputations of people who put him there. So in jail he sits, robbed of the single-greatest gift our society offers – his freedom.
I first saw Ryan’s story a few years back on Dateline. It angered me then as it still does today. I’m angry at the detective who took the ‘confession’ of Chuck Erickson (and by ‘took the confession’ I mean fed him the details of a crime that Erickson clearly had no idea about whatsoever). I’m angry at the prosecutor who, among other notable indiscretions, coerced two ‘witnesses’ into giving false testimony. But most of all, I find it absolutely maddening that there is a perfectly correctable situation that the powers-that-be are unwilling to correct despite an avalanche of evidence that says they got it wrong the first time around. And I’m disappointed in myself for not being able to do more to fix it. I’m disappointed in all of us who sit by idly when one of our citizens is detained by corruption inside the system because it is diametrically opposed to the very foundation of this country’s ideals. How did we let this happen? Many great men and women gave their lives specifically to create a place where things like this wouldn’t happen. How can we square with that? And how do we continue to let this type of injustice go unchallenged? Don’t we realize that if it can happen to one man, it can happen to any man? How close to home does it have to hit before we say it’s time to stand up? These are the things for which we should be firing cannons!
Ryan's story should scare the heck out of all of us! So for almost two years I’d been waiting for this trip to Columbia. I’d planned on swinging by the prison to say hi to this guy, just to let him know that there was one more person outside those walls who believed in his innocence. I never made it over there. There was too much film to watch and edit. There was a soccer game to prepare for. So I did nothing. Not one, single thing. We won the game 1-0. Ryan’s been in jail for ten years. Sometimes I just don’t get it. Thank you for reading. If you liked this entry, I hope you’ll visit www.freeryanferguson.com to learn Ryan's story and make a donation to his defense fund. You can see the media coverage of his story by CLICKING HERE.
UPDATE: Ryan Ferguson's conviction was overturned and he walked out of prison a free man on Nov. 12, 2013.
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Psychosocial model for Palliative Care
33 health professionals trained.
Involving 1,127 patients and 1,494 family members
MODEL THAT PROVIDES support for terminal patients and their families, as well as providing training for the health professionals involved in their treatment and the corresponding grieving process. This model’s principal objective is improving the care quality of terminal patients and their family members.
Moreover, the model aims to generate palliative care knowledge and make it available for other institutions, in order to help more people and improve their life quality during their final days.
To achieve this we work with:
◗ The National Institute of Cancer, through an integrated care model to improve the quality of life of terminal patients and their families.
◗ The National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition “Salvador Zubirán”, with research protocols on psychology, psychiatry and thanatology to generate evidence and experience on palliative care.
◗ “La Caixa” Foundation that shares with us their experience on the Spanish palliative care model.
◗ Inbursa Foundation provides financial support, important to funding the project.
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Get Venison Chili Recipe With Beer
Pictures. Cans of pinto beans, kidney beans, diced tomatoes, and tomato sauce provide a hearty base for the ground beef in this slow cooker chili recipe. If venison is not available, substitute ground sirloin.
Written by pip and ebby december 09, 2016. I have made it for numerous chili cookoffs, and it always seems. Loaded with venison, pork sausage and a variety of beans, this unique chili recipe will not only whet your appetite, but also dazzle your taste buds with incredible flavor.
Red beans, beer, ground cumin, yellow onion, chili powder, diced tomatoes and 12 more.
« bacon, beer, and cheddar cornbread cowboy camping stew ». We like it because it's more sweet than spicy. Written by pip and ebby december 09, 2016. Serve with hearty texas toast to scoop up what's left after chowing down.
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14 May, 2021 | By Magnus Frejd |
On June 2, 2016, the CFPB proposed ability-to-repay that is new payment processing needs for short-term and particular longer-term customer loans. Relying mainly regarding the CFPB’s authority to prohibit unjust or abusive cashcall loans fees methods, the proposition would generally need that lenders payday that is making car name, and particular high-rate installment loans either originate loans satisfying strict product characteristic limitations set by the guideline or make an ability-to-repay determination centered on verified income as well as other information.
The CFPB is also proposing to establish special “registered information systems” to which lenders would have to report information about these loans to facilitate the ability-to-repay determination. In addition, servicers would need to get brand new repayment authorizations from customers after making two consecutive unsuccessful efforts at extracting payment from customer reports, and will be susceptible to brand brand new disclosure demands linked to re re payment processing.
The rule’s principles are summarized below, and extra details will follow in a Mayer Brown Legal improve.
Reviews in the proposition are due on September 14, 2016. When the CFPB considers those commentary and problems a last guideline, it anticipates supplying a 15-month screen after book before loan providers will soon be needed to comply.
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The overlapping fdhA and fdhB genes of Methanobacterium formicicum, which encode the α and β subunits, respectively, of formate dehydrogenase, were cotranscribed as part of an approximately 4.5-kb transcript. An additional gene (fdhC) upstream of fdhA was cotranscribed with fdhA and fdhB. The deduced amino acid sequence suggested that fdhC has the potential to encode a hydrophobic polypeptide with a calculated molecular weight of 29,417. A hydropathy plot of the hypothetical polypeptide indicated several potential membrane-spanning regions. The putative fdhC gene product had 28% identity with the deduced amino acid sequence of the nirC gene from Salmonella typhimurium. Northern (RNA) blot analyses and primer extension assays located a transcription start site 268 bp upstream of the initiation codon of fdhC. A sequence identical to the consensus promoter sequence for methanogenic organisms was situated between -35 and -25 bp from the proposed transcription start site. In addition to the 4.5-kb transcript, Northern blot analyses detected a 1.1-kb transcript with an fdhC-specific probe and a 3.4-kb transcript with either an fdhA- or fdhB-specific probe. The levels of all three transcripts were significantly greater in cells grown in media supplemented with molybdate.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Molecular Biology
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https://pennstate.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/identification-of-formate-dehydrogenase-specific-mrna-species-and
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According to Donna Karan, gold has always attracted her by its passion and power, and as a designer, she has always liked combinations of gold and black colour. She finally succeeded in creating a fragrance to reflect its warmth, power and attractiveness.
The fragrance is built of two main elements, which carry a scent of gold: lily from Casablanca and amber. Lily is intoxicating and sparkling, it attracts and seduces, while amber is warm, as a touch of gold.
This complicated and powerful, but also gentle and feminine fragrance includes the following notes: lily, amber, acacia, white cloves, gold balm, golden pollen and patchouli from East Asia.
The bottle with perfume water is in the photo (above), while edt bottle is translucent.
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due To the fact that the hemangioma is a collective term that includes quite a large and diverse number of benign tumors (vascular in nature), it is very difficult to give exact numbers of patients with this complex disease. According to contradictory data from around the world are exposed to from 0.9 to 17.7% of people in different countries.
Because hemangiomas are common in children, don't be scared if on the face or other parts of the body there are vascular growths. The tumor is benign, the work of the organs does not break, unless they germinate, for example, in the ear or in the liver.
Oncologists treat a hemangioma (tumor arising from blood vessels) irradiation. Also used a laser, diathermocoagulation, cryosurgery, hormonal therapy, sclerotherapy. If these methods do not eliminate the tumor, it is removed surgically.
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Guide and hands-on support for clinical studies in cell therapy
An online guide is now available that provides step-by-step guidance for clinical studies in cell therapy. The guide was formulated within the Cell Therapy program, run by the Innovation Center at Karolinska University Hospital.
Karolinska Trial Alliance - Support all the way
Karolinska Trial Alliance (KTA) is a clinical research organisation offering hands-on support for clinical research for optimizing the process of conducting clinical trials. administrative support for researchers.
The guide is divided into three areas:
1. Considerations during development
This section contains information concerning:
- the classification of cell therapies
- various types of studies
- data required to proceed to clinical trials
- how various types of cell therapies are classified
- the type of data and preclinical tests needed to be granted a permit to start a clinical trial
- how cell therapy products are manufactured.
The guide also includes information on how to obtain scientific and regulatory advice from the authorities.
The guide is designed to help anyone working within cell therapy, describing the requirements in Sweden, the EU and the US for assessing cell therapies prior to clinical studies.
2. Clinical trials
This section provides information about the requirements stipulated in regulations and directives that must be met during the planning, implementation and completion of clinical trials in cell therapy. Much of the information in this section can be generally applied to all clinical trials.
3. Application for market authorization
This section contains information on the application process in both the EU and the US.
One of the projects within the program, "Clinical implementation model for cell therapy in the public health setting", also formulated an operational model to address what functions would be needed specifically at Karolinska University Hospital to support the development of new cell therapies.
Regulatory mapping and sharing knowledge
The projects have jointly held internal seminars in cell therapy in collaboration with the Swedish Medicinal Products Agency and others. Reports summarizing information from external seminars and meetings have been written to share knowledge and experiences. At least three different cell therapy projects at Karolinska University Hospital have received support and guidance from these projects and gained approval from the Medicinal Products Agency to advance to clinical trials.
The project "Action plans for regulations, laws and ethics" has maintained continual contact with both national and international pharmaceutical regulatory authorities governing cell therapy. Comments that the project submitted to an open consultation prior to the EMA update of Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 on Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMP) were included in the summary report that the European Commission published following the consultation.
The collaboration with Vävnadsrådet (Swedish national council for organs, tissues, cells and blood) has generated a shared understanding of how various cell therapies should be classified.
More about Karolinska Trial Alliance
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https://www.karolinska.se/en/karolinska-university-hospital/Innovation/cell-therapy/guide-for-clinical-studies-in-cell-therapy/
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I would like to give a big welcome back to all of our members, old and new, for what is hoped to be a steady return to normality!
Our exciting plan is to start by establishing 'group hubs', and you will see some pictures below where this has already started to take place. Please be assured that all of the required systems (such as facemasks, distancing and sanitising) will be in place to help prevent the risk of Covid-19 infection.
The transition from hub training to training in individual
detachments will take place at a point in the future when it is safe to
do so. Each Company has its own schedule so, if you have not yet been
contacted by your Detachment/Hub/Company admin, please be patient - they
are working as hard as they can to make their reopenings happen
successfully and safely. In order to achieve this, I would ask you to
assist our organisation by ensuring that your contact details are
up-to-date, as there are still some restrictions on room/building
capacity so attendance lists may need to be prepared in advance.
Plans for residential events are already being drawn up, including training weekends and this year's Annual Camp (subject to the predicted progression on the Government's 'Road Map'). These can only take place if we - the cadets and Adult Volunteers of Yorkshire (N&W) ACF - work together to make them happen, and I am in no doubt that that will be the case.
I hope you are all looking forward to your return, and I personally look forward to seeing you all over the next few months.
Good luck and stay safe.
Colonel Jim Greenlee, Commandant,
Yorkshire (N&W) ACF
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https://armycadets.com/county-news/return-to-face-to-face-training-1/
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About Monique Berry
Sand Lake, MI
I have been in love with music all of my life. As a child, I listened intently and obsessively, studying and memorizing the lyrics to old, classic songs. My biggest problem at that time was that I was incredibly naïve and took the lyrics in songs way too literally. Subsequently, I was confused--a lot--and often asked questions like, “How was Pappa a rolling stone? Was he a man or a stone?” And, “can we ride on the dream weaver train?” because it sounded like fun. I didn’t relate well to metaphors, and I still don’t. (Similes however, are a different story.) I started writing songs and playing piano as a very young girl. What spilled out of my mouth then, and now, with no surprise are literal statements that mirrored my life. (hmm, was that a metaphor?) I mean what I say, and I say a lot in my songs, which is not always easy to share. Music is like air to me, it allows to live, feel, move and express myself honestly and completely. I’m Monique Berry, singer, songwriter, musician. I hope you enjoy my music…literally!
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I remember sitting in the aisles of Barnes & Noble’s digging into my favorite book. I’d glance over towards the “self help” section and think….”who would read that kind of a book?”
And friend, I have to admit that now….that’s the ONLY section I snag my books from. Well, the amazon version of that section.
Each and every single day, I’m filling myself up with either a book in written form, audible form, or listening to a podcast. Why??
Because the time you spend investing in yourself is NEVER time wasted.
Every minute you spend investing in yourself will pay you back 10 fold.
So whether or not you listen to one of these books, read it in hard copy or tune into an episode (hint, hint: Rising Moms Podcast is pretty cool!)
If there’s one thing I’ve learned that’s changed my life, it’s that YOU matter. Investing in yourself matters.
It needs to be a non-negotiable.
19 Must Read Books for the Woman Who Wants More
- The Illusion of Money by Kyle Cease
- The Joy of Missing Out by Tonya Dalton
- Brazen by Leeana Tankersley
- The Go-Giver by John David Man
- The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
- The Leader Who Had No Title by Robin Sharma
- Present over Perfect by Shauna Niequist
- Girl Code by Cara Alwill Leyba
- The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
- You are a Badass by Jen Sincero
- 31 Prayer for the Dreamer & the Doer by Jenn Sprinkle & Kelly Rucker
- Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
- Don’t Settle for Safe by Sarah Jakes Roberts
- Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T Harv Eker
- High Performance Habits by Brendan Burchard
- You are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero
- Grace, not Perfection by Emily Ley
One of my mom hacks for reading books, is Audible. I can get lost in dishes, laundry, or scrubbing the toilet when I’m listening to a great book. It allows me to fill my cup and also take care of some of those daily essentials in my house. If you want to check it out, you can get 2 free Audible books.
Also, if you’re REALLY wanting to create some change in your life, you can grab my Rising Moms Journal to establish the habits you need to rise above the daily overwhelm.
I’m always looking for new books to read. What’s your Must Read?
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https://renaefieck.com/simplify/12-must-read-books-for-the-woman-who-wants-more-in-life/
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I've been with Hanko for about 3 months now, I have been nothing but impressed with them thus far. Withdrawal times have been very reasonable, the spreads are low, but the customer service has been even better. Any time I've reached out for help they've solved my issue. I went to make a deposit today that I saw confirmed on the blockchain but hadn't reached my trading account. I reached out to them and provided some information and within minutes my money was there. They've been super quick and helpful about everything.
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Antibodies to malaria antigens at enrolment and at 36 gestation weeks. (A) Antibodies to variant surface antigens expressed by placental-binding and non-placental-binding parasite isolates. (B) Antibodies to merozoite antigens and schizont extract. Data presented as box plots with the Y axis representing antibody levels as a percentage of the positive control. The whiskers denote the 10th and the 90th percentiles with outliers. Wilcoxon matched pairs test performed for antibody comparisons between enrolment and 36 gestation weeks. N = 1,009.
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Pat Narduzzi has filled the coaching vacancy on his staff and is turning to someone that he has plenty of familiarity with.
According to The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman, Pitt will be hiring Ryan Manalac as its new linebackers coach. The 35-year old was most recently the defensive coordinator at Bucknell and has a long history with Narduzzi as he played for him at Cincinnati and then served as a graduate assistant for him at Michigan State.
Feldman says that Manalac is “considered a rising star in coaching.”
Manalac was born in Pickerington, Ohio and was a linebacker at the University of Cincinnati from 2005-08. Following his time with the Bearcats, Manalac joined the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2009. After two seasons, he then decided to get into the coaching profession.
The first stop in Manalac’s coaching profession was as a graduate assistant and operations assistant under Narduzzi at Michigan State from 2011-15. From there, he moved onto Valparaiso in 2016 as their linebackers coach. The following season, Manalac was hired as the defensive coordinator at Ohio Dominican in 2017 and then became the defensive coordinator at Bucknell in 2019.
Manalac is replacing long-time Pitt linebackers coach Rob Harley, who accepted a position as defensive coordinator for Butch Jones and Arkansas State.
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https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2021/01/19/report-pitt-to-hire-ryan-manalac-as-new-linebackers-coach/
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School Board announces students of the month, receives comments from parents on bullying and harassment concerns
The Breckenridge ISD school board met Monday night and announced students of the month. They also received comments from the public regarding potential harassment and bullying in classrooms across the district. This included hearing an appeal case from a parent who had previously appeared in front of the board.
Some normal business on the night included a tax collection report and a report on the bilingual program within the district. The board also passed a contract for repairs to wall joints and building envelopes due to water leakage.
Student of the Month
The students of the month were announced with administration members at the beginning of the meeting. This month’s students are:
Kennadie Mathis (East Elementary)
Caylee Duran (North Elementary)
Hevelynn Ramirez (South Elementary)
Keaton Ragle (Junior High)
Kelton Wylie (Breckenridge High School’s student of the semester)
Comments and hearing
Comments from the public included two parents speaking about bullying and harassment issues within the schools. Comments came from parents Catherine Boles and Danielle Spooner.
Boles said she wasn’t sure how to label the issue but said there is problems with a child in one of the classes among the district. Boles asked for details as to what was being done and echoed how long it has been going on.
“This is going on the thirteenth week [of the situation] and apparently the school board has not been notified until the last two weeks maybe,” she said. “And I don’t understand how that happens. How does that happen?”
Spooner was the other speaker on the night and brought up similar issues within the high school. She echoed there were worrying signs of future problems to come within the district if things are not done.
“Thank you very much, you have done very good this year,” she said. “But …. It’s not safe for children to walk from areas of the school to the buses. A parent broke up a fight … I’m seeing things and I’m hearing people say ‘oh no, that’s not going on,’ and it is.”
The board members responded saying they are doing everything they can to stifle any type of inappropriate behavior that may be occurring in the district.
The theme of these comments continued with parent Heather Dabney’s appeal to the board regarding a student within the district she feels is disrupting and threatening the learning environment for other kids. Dabney was at last months meeting as well and brought up concerns of bullying within the district.
After nearly an hour-and-a-half in closed session with Dabney, the board opened back up to the public at 9:09 a.m., according to the meeting’s minutes, and announced they will uphold their previous decisions with the level one and two complaints.
“The Board as come to the conclusion that the administration at North Elementary is taking this issue very seriously,” the motion states. “The board has reviewed the measures being taken and feels they are handling the issue properly.”
All board members voted in favor of this response.
Dabney has said she is not happy with the outcome and plans to take the issue to the state-level.
Since that meeting, Dabney has filed a level one complaint and then appealed it to level two. The district had rejected her requests in both appeals, which involved assigning a tracking aide to a student with disabilities, according to background material of the agenda.
Level three, the last level of appeal, is put on the board as an agenda item and dealt with in closed session. Afterwards, the board comes out and announces their decision on the appeal.
BISD Superintendent Tim Seymore said in a previous interview he has not had a level three appeal since coming to Breckenridge.
Other Business and reports
Other business on the night had to do with wall joint and building envelope repairs due to water leakage within the high school and junior high. This is in response to roofing work the district had done over the summer. Seymore said the leakage has gotten better, but there is still work that can be done to combat it.
The work will be contracted in a variety of areas, such as the high school auditorium and cafeteria, and locations in the junior high, including the bandhall, the V.O.E building and the gym.
The board also heard a report on the bilingual program within the district, led by BISD’s Chief Learning Officer Molly Johnson. She said students who identify as English as a second language (ESL) has declined in the last few years, making it so the program is no longer required in the district by the state.
Though, there are still requirements to serve the kids that are in the district. Johnson said there were 121 ESL students in the district. She then gave details about where they had ESL students and the district’s next steps in trying to obtain ESL-qualified teachers.
The BISD School Board meets on the second Monday’s of each month. Their next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Dec. 10 at the school administration building.
Correction: This story initially had the spelling of Catherine Boles name spelled incorrectly. The name has since been verified and updated throughout the story.
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https://www.breckenridgeamerican.com/news/school-board-announces-students-month-receives-comments-parents-bullying-and-harassment
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Freezer Vegan Cheddar Biscuits
Published April 10, 2011 by Vegan Derby Cat Party
Just wanted to let you know about the success I had yesterday with thawing and baking my cheddar biscuit dough yesterday. Here’s a link to the recipe!. Since the recipe makes 20 biscuits, I like to freeze half the dough for another occasion. I was just a little worried about this particular batch, because it had been frozen for months! They came out just fine though. ; )
I pulled the dough out early in the morning, and let it thaw out in a covered and greased glass bowl.
By the afternoon it was ready and I used a sharp knife to cut it into quarters, and then halves to make 8 dough balls.
Which I placed into a lightly greased muffin pan, with water half filling the empty cups to prevent the pan from warping.
I then baked them in a preheated oven at 350*F for 25 minutes.
These are superb with a variety of meals, and make a nice breakfast or a yummy snack!
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https://veganderbycatparty.com/2011/04/10/freezer-vegan-cheddar-biscuits/
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Australia has been the subject of a campaign of cyber-attacks by a state-based actor. What does this mean for Australian businesses?
Protection from the threat
Alerts released by the ACSC will provide your security staff with key intelligence to protect your organisation from state actors.
The data released about the recent nation-state campaign indicate a tried and tested strategy: targeting known vulnerabilities of Enterprise Infrastructure. The techniques used aren't new, but they are employed at scale.
The ACSC advises prioritising the following mitigations:
- Prompt patching of internet-facing software, operating systems and devices.
- Use of multi-factor authentication across all remote access services.
Based on further analysis of the tactics employed you can reduce the risk more to your organisation by:
- Limiting remote access to your network where it isn't necessary.
- Disabling advanced and rarely necessary features such as Powershell.
- Ensure your organisation employs an application whitelist where possible.
- Disable Microsoft Office macros where possible.
The above mitigations won't necessarily stop an attacker using a vulnerability, but they will disrupt their campaign by limiting their options.
In addition, as always, a special focus on email security is a necessity. Attackers will often resort to email phishing attacks when their advanced strategies are exhausted. Regular training for your staff, robust security platforms and intelligence, and proper financial and information controls will limit the damage an attacker can do using these methods.
Work from home users and Incident Response
Working from home raises further concerns in response to these threats.
Having users working outside of the office raises obstacles for effective and appropriate Cyber Incident Response Investigations. Where possible, staff should be working on company hardware and using company software. Several advisories have been released to this end.
Ensure your security staff are ready and prepared to investigate an incident involving a home user with protocols for data collection and communication with that user. If an advanced threat is not properly contained within a staff member's home, it could leave your business network vulnerable to further exploitation.
Ultimately the Prime Minister's announcement references an ongoing threat rather than a new one and, while the usual mitigations apply, it is a reminder for us all to stay diligent.
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https://www.claytonutz.com/knowledge/2020/june/australias-cyber-attack-by-state-actors-what-you-should-do-now
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Agarwood & Amber Candle
Size : 15cm L x 11cm W x 10cm H
Candle - Agarwood & Amber
Warm and encompassing fragrance combines sensuous aroma of Agarwood with rich warmth of White Amber Tuberose and Patchouli. Agarwood is a precious resinous wood indigenous to Vietnam.Highly sought after due to the unique richness of its fragrance.
|Material||Cochine candles are made using the finest essential oils, eco-friendly cotton wicks and the creamiest botanical wax from renewable resources. We are dedicated to using this more natural alternative to paraffin wax.|
|Product Care||Avoid drafts, vents or air currents. This will help prevent rapid or uneven burning, sooting, and excessive dripping.|
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https://www.indigo-living.com/hk_en/agarwood-amber-candle.html
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Sarcasm alert: This piece is dripping with it and, if you’re not careful, will ruin your clothes.
Grumpy Old Teacher (GOT) really should have thought of this years ago. How much easier his life would have been and how far fewer the many, many hours he has put into teaching would have been.
Why struggle the entire year to cram an overloaded curriculum into a short-circuited school year? Why sweat out the pacing guide that says a 13-year-old child will outrun a racehorse over the course of nine months? Why put in 10 or 11 or 12 hours a day, arriving at school two hours before the first bell rings and staying until the last child who has come for after-school help has to leave?
All it takes is one simple opt-out form given to parents at the beginning of the school year with all the year’s topics listed. Check off everything you don’t want your child to learn in Algebra or Geometry.
Proofs are hard? Check it off. GOT will excuse your child.
Too many defnintions to learn? Check off half the topics on the list. It really doesn’t matter which ones; pick them at random. But your child will only have to do half the learning.
Theorems? Schmeorems. Check off the ones you don’t want taught. GOT will respect your orders.
In return, his long day will dwindle into those obscenely-short, but in the contract, hours that makes teaching the laziest job in the world. In fact, even during those must-be-on-property hours, GOT can finally, finally … HALLELUJAH! … become that tired cliche that never really existed and sit at his desk, feet up, cup of tea in hand (GOT is not a tea drinker, he loathes the stuff unless it’s on ice, but let’s not spoil a long-held false idea that namby-pamby, liberal teachers don’t drink real American beverages like coffee) reading the newspaper.
They still print newspapers, don’t they?
All because the world of education has become one of parents checking off a list of what children should learn. Father knows best, amiright? Amiright? AMIRIGHT?
Let’s time-travel back to the 1950s, a decade of segregation, a decade of long-faded TV shows that featured no black people, a sterile world of white-people-only …
Go ahead and make checks on that list. GOT double-triple-dog-dares you.
An end-of-year bonus awaits GOT. When the test scores come in and are atrocious, the administrators, state inquisitors, and district staff like the assistant deputy nepotistic washes-the-board’s-cars-on-the-weekend in charge of raising test scores superintendent show up, all GOT has to do is pull the forms out of his desk.
The parents opted out.
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https://grumpyoldteacher.com/2021/10/10/opting-out/
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GCSV Announces $3.7M Awarded for AmeriCorps Funding
ATLANTA (August 6, 2020) – Governor Brian Kemp announced today that Georgia has received $3,711,928 in AmeriCorps funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency responsible for AmeriCorps and other national service programs.
These grants will put 597 AmeriCorps members on the ground to serve with 22 organizations. AmeriCorps members will tackle some of the toughest problems in Georgia including education, economic opportunities, healthy futures, veterans and military families, homelessness, people living with disabilities, financial literacy, and environmental issues.
AmeriCorps’ unique model means that the grants announced today will leverage an additional $3 million from the private sector, foundations, and other sources – further increasing the return on the federal investment.
In addition, CNCS will provide over $2 million in Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards for the AmeriCorps members funded by these grants. After completing a full term of service, AmeriCorps members receive an award of over $6,000 that they can use to pay for college or to pay off student loans.
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https://www.dca.ga.gov/local-government-assistance/partnerships/georgia-commission-service-volunteerism/newsroom-5
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Malden Station by Windsor is the Ultimate Upscale Community For Your Student!We want your college student to be successful throughout their career at Fullerton College! They need a good foundation and support to gain this success. At Malden Station by Windsor, we want to help support their productivity by giving them property wide Wi-Fi and private group study lounges. Their health is also important to us so we are providing an on-site 24-hour state-of-the-art fitness center.
Once the studying and fitness are through it is important to relax and appreciate their success. We encourage them to relax out by our resort-style swimming pool. If they need to unwind after a long day, a luxury resident lounge club is open to them onsite. On the weekends, your student can relax and catch some sun or host a BBQ using one of our grilling stations.
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The Honey Pot Company Mommy To Be Daily Wipes
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From the region’s earliest days, the Cuyahoga River has been both a thoroughfare and an obstacle. A means of crossing it that didn’t obstruct late 19th
Century river traffic posed a dilemma.
Zenas King contributed to the answer by founding a company that built three major bridges across the Cuyahoga River.
King was a native of Vermont, born in the farm community of Kingston in the spring of 1818. He worked as a farm laborer until the age of 21 when he moved to Milan, Ohio to become a building contractor. Health issues lead to a career change, and he began to study the design and construction of iron bridges as early as 1858. He moved to Cleveland in the early 1860s.
He established in 1871 the King Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Company
in Cleveland, and shrewdly located his plant on a railroad line—greatly facilitating the shipping of bridge components to job sites.
King was responsible for several innovations in bridge design and became renowned for his sales and marketing ability. He established a network of agents to seek bridge building contracts and by the 1880s King Bridge and Manufacturing was the largest manufacturer of highway bridges in the United States. By the time of King’s death in 1892 his firm had constructed thousands of bridges across the United States.
The three bridge he built in Cleveland were innovative and well-designed in bridging the east and west banks of the Cuyahoga.
The Center Street Swing Bridge taken from the American Courage freighter with the Detroit-Superior bridge in the background.
King Bridge built the Center Street Swing Bridge at Center Street and Merwin Avenue, the Central Viaduct
which extends from West 14th
Street to Carnegie Avenue, and the Detroit-Superior high level bridge
(Veterans Memorial Bridge).
Built in 1901, the Center Street bridge is a rare example of a bobtail swing bridge—meaning the bridge pivots from one end rather than the center. This design was important in this location because of the necessity to avoid a pier that would obstruct the river channel. The bridge deck is 350 feet long by 24 feet wide.
Watching the bridge in action is fascinating—an alarm rings, the gates descend, and the deck begins to turn to a position parallel to the river. The movement is rapid and carefully balanced, functioning reliably almost 125 years after completion. The bridge is about to undergo an $8.6 million maintenance and renovation
to insure its safe operation far into the future.
The Central Viaduct was the earliest of the three King bridges, having been constructed in the late 1880s. It was a steel structure positioned approximately where the Innerbelt bridge is located now. On a dark night in 1895 it was the scene of a terrible accident when a safety interlock failed—resulting in a streetcar filled with late-night commuters plunging without warning into the river and drowning 17 people.
The Central Viaduct was in bad condition by the early 1940s and was condemned and scrapped to supply steel for the war effort.
King Bridge’s most notable project is the Detroit-Superior Bridge. The 1878 Superior Viaduct
had reached obsolescence by the 1910s, with its swing section a constant source of aggravation as the bridge closed for at least five minutes each time a ship passed by.
Detroit - Superior Bridge, shows streetcar travelling across lower deck.
The new Detroit-Superior bridge formed a graceful arch that rose high above the river and posed no obstacle to river traffic. An unusual aspect was the streetcar tracks that ran below the bridge’s deck. This feature included passenger stations at each end—all of which closed in 1954 when streetcars disappeared from Cleveland streets.
The Detroit-Superior bridge was under construction for five years, ending with its dedication on Thanksgiving Day 1917. The bridge cost $5 million to build a century ago. The equivalent cost today would be approximately $85 million.
Over 3,000 feet in length, the bridge was built outward from each bank, the structural steel being joined in the middle. While the two halves of the bridge failed to align exactly, this was anticipated and easily adjusted with winches and cables as the last rivets were set in place.
When the new bridge was completed, the Superior Viaduct was no longer needed. Explosives were used to bring down the offending swing section, ending an era in Cleveland history and transforming the remnant of the old bridge into a relic.
Representing two different technologies and approaches to bridge design, the surviving King bridges remain in excellent condition in daily use more than a century after they were built.
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A time-trial/triathlon bike that’s savagely fast and brilliantly simple. For racers who want super-bike speed, without all the fuss.
Less drag. More speed.
Simple, clean and elegant design provides incredible aerodynamics, minimizing drag at the all-important low yaw angles where riders spend the bulk of their time.
Full length cable housing, easy-to-adjust disc brakes and easy-access covers on the stem and headtube make travel, set-up and maintenance much easier than other TT rigs.
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Donaldson Plastic Surgery understands that enlarged pores, scarring, fine lines, sun spots, discoloration and other signs of aging can be distressing. Over the years, patients have trusted us to provide effective solutions to these issues. Dr. Jeffrey H. Donaldson has always offered the most current concepts and techniques in aesthetic services to ensure that our patients get the appearance they desire.
Who Can We Help with Halo?
There are many people out there experiencing different visible aging signs, such as fine lines and uneven skin tone, but are reluctant to undergo surgical procedures. They’ve constantly wished for alternative ways to get rid of such conditions. Treatments like Halo are less costly and have fewer risks, with sustainable results, and are therefore good choices for hesitant patients.
Halo is a hybrid fractional laser treatment that combines non-ablative and ablative wavelengths into one treatment to reduce downtime while enhancing the results. Typically, this procedure helps patients get the results they want with little to no downtime. It was developed to help patients that are experiencing visible aging signs such as fine lines, sun damage, and uneven skin tone.
How Does Halo Work?
As noted, Halo treatment is a combination of two laser treatments: ablative and non-ablative. The ablative laser targets teeny pathways in the skin without causing damage to the area around it. Meanwhile, the non-ablative laser creates a controlled injury in the skin to trigger the production of elastin and collagen, and this helps to minimize wrinkles on the skin. This hybrid treatment targets the dermis and epidermis to help reduce the appearance of sun damage, brown spots, and enlarged pores. Unlike traditional methods, the Halo treatment only requires a few days of healing time.
What Happens After A Halo Laser Treatment?
After the treatment, the patient is usually advised to keep the skin protected at least for 24 hours. After that, they are free to engage in their day to day activities with no fears at all. The skin begins to peel after 24 hours and can be covered using makeup. If you receive a facial treatment, you will start noticing changes after two to three days, starting with a light bronzing appearance, then skin peeling. The peeling is necessary to reveal the new skin.
How Long Until I See Halo Results & How Long Will They Last?
Typically, you should expect to see the results after two to five days following the treatment. The results last for many years as long as the patient protects the skin from direct UV rays.
Why Do We Recommend Combining Halo and BBL?
We recommend combining your Halo treatment with BroadBand Light (BBL) therapy in order to maximize the benefits of your laser treatment. Halo is excellent for addressing texture and fine lines, and BBL is primarily used for treating brown spots and pigment. When we combine the BBL and Halo treatments, we find that our patients experience more than just an additive effect of the two treatments. They often enhance the effects of each other!
These treatments are usually combined in the same treatment session, so there is no additional downtime.
Not everyone is a good candidate for this combination treatment – ask your provider if you would benefit from adding a BBL treatment to your procedure.
Schedule Your Consultation Today!
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Please note: you can only register multiple children for the same camp. To register more than one child to different camps a separate registration is required.
No Information Available at this Moment.
Fall Sessions: Cancelled
Winter Sessions: Cancelled
March Break Camps: March 15th – 19th, 2021
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On August 9, 2021, the United Nations issued a report based on more than 14,000 studies and approved by 195 governments indicating that the Earth’s climate is changing more rapidly than previously predicted—with some unavoidable dire consequences for the future—and unequivocally linking climate change to human activity. The report warns that “many changes in the climate system become larger in direct relation to increasing global warming. They include increases in the frequency and intensity of hot extremes, marine heatwaves, and heavy precipitation, agricultural and ecological droughts in some regions, and proportion of intense tropical cyclones, as well as reductions in Arctic Sea ice, snow cover and permafrost.”
It sounds alarming because it is. But is anybody really listening? Some industries and companies are talking, making commitments, and taking action. These activities aren’t purely altruistic. They’re linked to the Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) evolution in business thinking, driven by economic factors and the reality that climate change affects us all.
Brands and Causes
Our Vision: Brands can leverage their positioning and creativity to draw attention to some of the world’s most important ESG challenges. A creative campaign has the potential to generate more positive impact than any single speech, study, or annual report.
Our reading list: NeA Belgian brewery launched a limited edition beer with an unusual taste to warn drinkers about the impacts of climate change: “The future of beer is here. And it tastes horrible.” The UN Environmental Program (UNEP), The Ocean Agency, and Adobe joined forces to work on an Ocean League campaign involving creativity and positive changes to protect the oceans.
Our vision: Continuous innovation among financial institutions and in financial practices is critical to ramping up our collective response to climate change. Capital markets continue to favor companies that demonstrate ESG commitment and results. Even disruptive cryptocurrency players have turned their focus to resource consumption and sustainability issues.
Our Reading List: Moody’s ESG Solutions launched the Global Compact Screening tool to assist investors in evaluating business commitments to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) principles. The Crypto Climate Accord focuses on solutions for the decarbonization of the cryptocurrency industry. The National Law Review provides guidance on credit mechanisms used to encourage sustainable habits.
Our vision: Many companies are facing growing pressure to match their promises to drastically reduce carbon emissions with quantifiable deeds. Financial giant BlackRock recently committed to achieving “net zero emissions across [its] entire assets under management by 2050.” Other companies in the agriculture and power-hungry tech sector have struggled to meet their commitments.
Our reading list: A recent Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) study found that 338 large companies from across the globe, such as PepsiCo, BMW, and Bayer, collectively reduced their emissions 25% between 2015 and 2019. The Yale Center for Business and the Environment produced a report highlighting nine infographics that illustrate how S&P 100 companies can attain net zero carbon emissions.
The Economist will host a webinar titled “Closing the Loop for the Climate: Harnessing the Circular Economy to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions.”
The event will bring together circular economy and climate change experts to discuss the role of the circular economy in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Wholesale deal in East Layton. Can be a great home for a fix or flip, buy and hold or as your residence. Currently set up as a duplex put can be easily converted back to a single-family home. Zoning is M-1 ( 18 Plex or smaller). Surrounded all around it are new subdivisions with homes 350k up to a half million dollars.
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2998 Braeburn Way, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126
MLS ID: 2946469
This is the home you have been waiting for! Stunning, tastefully remodeled 5 Bedrooms 4 Bathrooms Home, located on a beautiful .14 acre lot on a Cul-De-Sac street in Highlands Ranch. Filled with custom features and upgrades! Beautiful new engineered maple hardwood flooring (Oct/2019) and upgraded light fixtures throughout. You will be amazed with the beautiful natural light, vaulted ceilings, stacked stone gas fireplace, plus Bose surround sound speakers in this large Family Room. Tastefully updated kitchen with white quartz countertops including island, subway tile backsplash, all newer SS appliances including Samsung Flex Duo oven, under-cabinet lighting, and a light and bright eating nook. In addition, on the main level you have an office and bathroom. Upper level offers a restful Master bedroom featuring coffered ceiling, large customized walk-in closet and a 5-piece bathroom plus three more bedrooms w/mountain views, a full bathroom and a convenient laundry room. The fully finished basement offers an ample Bonus Room with a large wet bar (wine cooler included), tons of counter space and cabinets, a 5th non-conforming bedroom and bathroom. All new interior and exterior paint, new blinds, and new Carrier A/C and Furnace (May/2019). Oversized 2 car attached garage. Storage shed (10x8). Come enjoy the outdoors in this amazing backyard! Beautiful landscaping. Magnificent patio/deck with new railing area to entertain. Walk to schools, parks and back country trails.
Luke is an expert in his profession and is known in the industry for the genuine care that he provides to his clients. His top priority is understanding his client’s goals, then delivering results that exceed their expectations.Let's Connect
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New MITEI consortium focuses on speeding the energy transition, engaging with industrial leaders, to deploy clean energy advances at scale
Researchers make the case for a slow-flowing, electrochemical compound as a cost-efficient, grid-scale battery backup for wind and solar
Tenth annual U.S. C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium focuses on equity and justice in the clean energy transition
Awards support research to improve the efficiency, scalability, and adoption of clean energy technologies
MIT-led team finds that holistic optimization of electric power and hydrogen supply chain infrastructure is favorable for emission reductions and decreased infrastructure costs.
Sun will serve as faculty lead of the MIT Energy Initiative's new Future Energy Systems Center
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The process of using Jodi365 to find and connect with the right match requires that one first create a user account and, at a minimum, verify their mobile phone number.
Then, one has to complete our detailed profile questionnaire, describing not only themselves but also their partner preferences.
Profile privacy settings give the user the option to hide one's pictures and some sensitive profile details (including income) until they feel comfortable revealing them to matches.
Once a new user's profile is manually screened and approved, the user may browse recommended, mutually-suitable matches.
For new users who opt to receive personalized matchmaking assistance, we provide handholding from the start, through our team of relationship managers. The assistance includes screening suitable matches and reviewing handpicked matches every week, connecting with select matches on one's behalf, and making personal introductions as appropriate.
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What Attracts Men to Women
As per the ancient hindu text, Manu Smirti, a man’s ideal woman/wife is described in these words: Karyeshu Mantri, Karaneshu Dasi, Rupeshu Lakshmi, Dharmeshu Patni, Kshyama Dharitri, Bhojeshu (Snehushu) Mata, Sayeneshu Veshya, Shat Karmanari, Kul Dharmapatni.
Karyeshu mantri means a wife should be able to advise and assist her husband like a minister.
Karaneshu dasi means a wife should be able to serve her husband like a servant.
Rupeshu Lakshmi means a wife should be beautiful and appealing as goddess laxmi.
Dharmeshu patni means a wife should be a husband’s companion in noble deeds.
Kshamaya dhaitri means a wife should be like the earth in tolerance and forgiveness.
Bhojeshu mata means a wife should be able to feed her husband like a mother.
Shayaneshu veshya means a wife should be like a prostitute in bed and be able to please her husband.
And these qualities are what summed up as the qualities a man looked (looks???) in his ideal woman.
But over centuries, have the winds of change, women’s education and empowerment, and huge western impact brought any change on the psyche of Indian men? I don’t think so.
It is said that women are as mysterious and deep as the sea, but when it comes to men, there is nothing even to compare them with. I am trying here, with my limited knowledge about men on what men really want in their women.
1. Appealing appearance
A man would always want his wife/spouse/girlfriend to look appealing and well maintained. No man would like to tag along someone who is not well maintained and shabby in appearance. It is not necessary that one should have chiseled features or a certain color of eyes or skin to look attractive, a neat and well-maintained frame, mildly fragrant body, and an ENCHANTING SMILE is all that it takes to make men go mad about you.
Tyra Banks is dark, but very attractive and beautiful lady.
2. Men like meat, bones are for dogs
Some women are so desperate to achieve the size-zero figure that they starve themselves to bad health and bones and this size-zero fad is obviously for non-health reasons, one of them may be to look more appealing and attractive to men. But, do men really find bony girls pretty. I don’t think so. Poets have always described their dream women as fuller and buxom. More than skinny anorexic girls, men like their women to be SLIM AND HEALTHY. A fuller and plumper Scarlett Johannson finds herself amongst the most sexiest women’s list year after year rather than an ill-appearing skinny bony Mary-Kate Olsen. Even Saif Ali Khan has declared that he did not like Kareena Kapoor in Tashan because she was size zero.
3. Non-nagging partners please
According to a recent research, nagging is one of the main causes of conflict in today’s marriage. A constantly nagging woman who is always at her spouse’s neck, shouting and yelling at him, unnerves the man. A woman becomes the least desirable when she is nagging, howling, and yelling.
4. Men are drawn to women, who look and behave like their mothers.
Men look up to their mothers as the perfect woman and role models and often look out for qualities in his partner that are similar to his mother’s. Mother’s characteristics leave an indelible impression and men are often attracted to people with her features and warmth.
Most men hate to admit it, but all men like their sweethearts to be superwoman. She should be able to cook for him, love him, take care of his needs, wash his clothes, iron his clothes, wash his dishes, look after his home, respect his family, work in the office, take care of his family, take care of her own family, do grocery shopping, maintain everything at home, do the cleaning, do the washing, look after his pets, and most importantly give birth and love and care his children. In short, every man wants his wife to be a superwoman…..though they don’t know and won’t admit that “superwoman” is the synonym for “WIFE.”
6. Men like to “own” their woman
Most men are possessive towards their wives/girlfriends and they have a general feeling that they “own” their girlfriends/wives, which is not a bad thing. Once a man commits himself to a relationship with his girl, he likes to call her “my girlfriend” and “my wife”…..well, women also call their guys as “my boyfriend” and “my husband”, but the owner feeling is much more pronounced amongst men. So, if you give them the hint that you are ready to get “owned” by him (not easily ownable), he will be happy.
Fragrance is always seen as men/women magnets. A mild floral fragrance not only makes the wearer confident and appear fresh, it attracts whom you want to attract. Men like their ladies to smell good, many men like to sniff their women’s hair and if you have a smelly oily scalp, it sure would be a turn-off. Likewise, body fragrance should be mild and pleasant and not OTT and headache-inducing. Men find nice and pleasant smelling ladies attractive.
8. The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach
The proverb “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach” means one way a woman can get the affections of a man, is by cooking him a good meal. While feminists and highly-evolved creatures and so-called flag-bearers of emancipation of women will disagree, this statement remains a fact and holds water as it had since ages. A woman’s cooking ability is the most desirable of desirable features. Even though, a man would be forced to shut up into silence about this fact, but home-made food cooked by his spouse would make him the happiest. It is said that “proverbs are not necessarily absolute truths, but they are generally correct.” MOST OF THE WELL-FED MEN ARE THE HAPPIEST ONES.
9. Respect his parents
Most of the eligible bachelors (Indian), if asked about what qualities they are looking in their would-be spouses, would blurt out…….”she should be able to take care and respect my parents.” After committing to a relationship, what is the next step a man does, well, take and introduce his girl to his family for their approval. A girl also does not feel the security until she is introduced to the guy’s family. So, family’s approval and nod is important for both the guy and the girl. If a girl is accepted into the man’s family and wins their love and gives them respect and care, the man is bound to be more loving towards his girl.
10. Be a good mother to his children
Last, but not the least, a man is attracted to females who they think would make great mothers. A wild and unaffectionate lady is sure to turn off a guy and make him run for his life. Normally, guys observe how their prospective partners behave around small children and underline in their minds that “yes, she is the one…..she will be a great mother to my kids.”
Well, these above-mentioned pointers are based upon my personal opinion and you are free to add your own points. Actually, even, I would like to know what are the other features in women that men find attractive (actually, I am thinking on ways to convince my husband to let me cut my hair really stylish and I need help).
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If your children have ever come down with mono, you know it can be a harrowing experience. The symptoms are difficult to handle, and your child may have to stay home from school.
Unfortunately, the US estimates between 200 and 800 cases of mono per 100,000 young adults occur every year. I wanted to know when I could send my kid back to school after they’d been diagnosed, and thought that others might as well.
Your child should not go to school if they have mono. They are contagious until around five days after their fever breaks and other symptoms, such as fatigue, body aches, sore throat subside. Before this, keep your child home from school if they have mono.
Mono can last for days, weeks, and sometimes even months. There are many facets to this disease, so let’s take a look at what mono is and when you can send your child back to school.
- Can My Child Go To School With Mono?
- What Is Mono?
- Mononucleosis Symptoms And Diagnosis
- How Serious Is Mono For My Child?
- Is Mono Contagious?
- When Can My Child Go Back To School?
- What If My Child Has Been Exposed To Mono?
- Mono Prevention Tips
- Related Guides
- Final Verdict
Can My Child Go To School With Mono?
It’s best to keep your child home if they have mono, and for the first five days after having a fever. The virus can be contagious during this time. It is less likely that someone will get the disease from being around someone with mono after this time.
It’s best to keep your child away from other kids until their fever has been gone for five days.
It’s up to the doctor and the school if they will allow sick children back into class after this time. Sometimes it takes longer than five days before the doctor knows if someone can return to school.
Your child may be able to go to school while they still have mono but only at the discretion of their doctor. Be sure to check with them as well as the school if you want to send your child back to school after mono.
What Is Mono?
Mono, or mononucleosis, is an infectious disease caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. Mono is called ‘the kissing disease’ because it is spread through saliva. Of course, you don’t have to kiss someone to get mono. You can spread it by using the same drinking cups, water bottles, or utensils.
According to the Mayo Clinic, you can expect to see signs of mono between 4 to 6 weeks after exposure. For this reason, it’s difficult to track down the source. Younger children usually aren’t diagnosed with mono. Mono-like symptoms in this age range are usually due to other causes.
Instead, it’s common in teenagers and young adults. People between 15 and 19 are commonly infected. As we’ll examine below, adults are rarely infected due to previous exposure and immunity.
Is Mononucleosis A Bacterial Infection Or A Virus?
Mono is a virus, which means that antibiotics aren’t effective. Sicknesses caused by bacterial infections can be cured quickly with antibiotics, but viruses must run their course.
Mononucleosis Symptoms And Diagnosis
It may be difficult to diagnose mono at first. This is because it has many of the same symptoms as common colds or the flu. The Center for Disease Control lists the symptoms of mononucleosis as:
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Swollen liver or spleen
- Sore throat
- Body aches
As you can see, many of these symptoms are the same as a standard cold. Doctors will usually test for mono, but you may have to ask if you have doubts. The test is a standard blood work panel, so prepare your child for that.
After a mono diagnosis, your child should stay home from school and isolate from other kids.
How Serious Is Mono For My Child?
For most children, mono will seem like a long, miserable cold. However, the enlargement of the spleen may become a more serious issue. Even after symptoms subside, their spleen may remain enlarged.
If this is the case, they should avoid any trauma to the spleen (including contact sports). The spleen could rupture or bleed if any strain is placed on it. This is the only long-term or dangerous problem that may arise from mono.
If your child’s spleen or liver is enlarged, their doctor may focus on treating that organ specifically. Otherwise, antibiotics are useless against mononucleosis. It’s a virus, so antibiotics may make it worse.
Instead, the CDC recommends treating mono with rest, fluids, and pain relievers. Fever-reducing over-the-counter medications can help your child feel better during the worst days of their mono infection.
Your child’s infection can last for weeks or months, though their fever shouldn’t last that long. Make sure to keep in contact with their doctor and keep track of symptoms.
Is Mono Contagious?
Mononucleosis is contagious, especially during the fever period. During this time, your child shouldn’t go to school or interact with other children. While mono isn’t as contagious as the common cold or some other communicable diseases, it’s still dangerous.
While it doesn’t spread as easily, it still spreads. To avoid other children becoming sick, make sure to keep your child isolated while they are contagious.
It’s hard to keep mono from spreading due to the nature of the virus.
How Long Is Mono Contagious For?
There are some reports that mono isn’t contagious for long, but experts disagree. In an article reviewed by Elana Pearl Ben-Joseph, MD, KidsHealth states that mono can be contagious as long as symptoms last. This can be anywhere from 2 weeks to several months.
Mono is difficult for your child, and they may feel sick for a long time. To avoid spreading the sickness, keep treating your child for mono even as the symptoms (listed above) subside.
Can I Catch Mono From My Child?
There is a very small chance that you may catch mono from your child. Most adults are immune to the virus due to exposure as a child. Whether you were infected or not, chances are you carry the virus – which makes you immune to it now.
Mono can spread among siblings. This is why isolating an infected child is important. It’s unlikely to spread to adult family members, including uncles, aunts, parents, and grandparents.
When Can My Child Go Back To School?
Here’s the answer everyone has been waiting for. It may be hard to keep your child home due to work schedules and other concerns. However, the reality is that the longer you keep them home, the better.
The standard for sending your child back to school is usually about 5 days after their fever has stopped. Their other symptoms (as listed above) should be gone as well. However, every child is different.
You should consult with the school and your child’s doctor before deciding to send them back to school.
Do I Need A Doctor’s Release To Send My Child Back To School?
Some schools require a doctor’s release. To make sure, check with your child’s school beforehand. They will let you know what they need to allow your child back into class. In the meantime, they will probably allow you to pick up coursework and homework for your child.
Getting a doctor’s approval is the best route to go, however. It may not be easy for parents to determine if a child is still contagious, so consulting a professional is best.
What If My Child Has Been Exposed To Mono?
Mono has an incubation time of about 1-2 months. If your child has been exposed to mono, stock up on an over-the-counter fever reducer, fluids, and other supplies.
There is a chance that your child won’t get mono, even if they have been exposed. It’s up to your child’s immune system. Just be aware that they might have contracted the disease. Because it takes a while for symptoms to start, just do your best to be prepared.
After exposure, your child isn’t contagious. Doctors seem to agree that children are only contagious as long as they are showing symptoms. They can still go to school and may never need to take time out.
Mono Prevention Tips
There are a few ways you can prevent your child from contracting mono. Mostly, these are the same rules that apply to other contagious illnesses. However, there are a few unique tips for protecting your child from mono.
Encourage your child to avoid sharing eating utensils, drinks, and food with friends. Of course, not everyone has mono or is spreading it. The only sure way to keep your child from catching mono is to ensure that they are never exposed. This means making sure they know not to come into contact with someone else’s saliva, including kissing and sharing water bottles.
Avoid Contact With Active Mono Patients
It sucks that your child may not be able to see their friends for a while. If their friends have mono, it’s important that they stay away. Since it is so easy to spread, it’s important that you don’t send them to see their sick friends.
As stated above, it’s generally okay for your kids to see their friends again after the symptoms pass.
Healthy Immune Systems
If you are worried about your child getting sick, you should protect their immune system. There are a ton of natural immune system boosters (including garlic, zinc, and echinacea). If you aren’t sure where to begin, there are plenty of resources online.
Even if your child has been exposed, a healthy immune system can prevent infection.
Get Enough Sleep And Eat Well
Diet and sleep are important for keeping us healthy. Make sure that your child is eating right and getting enough sleep. This can help protect them against mono and other sicknesses. If they aren’t getting enough exercise, encourage them to get moving.
All of these tips require proper communication. Make sure you explain the need for sleep, healthy eating, exercise, and a strong immune system. Mono may not be life-threatening in most cases, but it is a long and miserable disease.
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Mono is not fun for anyone involved. Always consult your child’s doctor to determine if they are ready to return to school after mono. Doctors generally allow children back to school if their fever and other symptoms have been gone for at least 5 days. To prevent mono, make sure to avoid contact with infected people. Don’t drink or eat after people who may have been exposed.
My name is Keren Tayler. I am a work-at-home mama to three lovely girls, Sarah + Rachel + Hannah. I have been blogging for the last 5 years. I worked for other mom blogs, did hundreds of product reviews and buyers’ guides. Prior to that, I was a staff accountant at a big accounting firm. Needless to say, researching and numbers are my passion. My goal is to be an informative source for any topic that relates to mom’s life and homemaking.
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It is back to the festival time in India. Starting with Onam (which we did not celebrate this year due to floods and destruction) we went through Rakshabandan and Gokulashtami.
With some major festivals that line up close to each other, Krishna Jayanthi, the Ganesha Chaturthi, Navrathri and Deepawali the addition of sweets and carb-rich eating rate goes up very fast, not to mention the candy overflow for Halloween and Christmas bakes. I am a bit sceptical about the number of sweet stuff that going to flow back into the house during these seasons of festivals. The fact is, we have pretty much eliminated a large number of decadent sweets and white sugar off for a while now, I don’t wish it would filter back in. So, this year you are in for desserts and treats which will not make you buy white sugar anymore. Hope that sounds good!!
Let’s still keep the happiness button on and see how far we push it this time.
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It was a few years back when I came back from work and I saw that my husband and children have prepared for Ganesha Chaturthi with a beautiful store-bought cake. The logic was simple-if we celebrate our birthdays with a cake why not for god!! My dear mother in law played along to the scene and we all had a fun one with mothakams and a cake offered side by side. Somehow, this did not digest well with my dad and he expressed his displeasure at this as we were messing with some traditions. Well, we did not go to object but just realised we created a tiny family tradition for ourselves.
Lord Ganesha may have accepted our ways. For the total foodie he is, this must have been a good change from the routine mostly dessert ladoos, sundals and the modaks. Each year after that, we make a little healthy something for him to tuck in. This year we tried Quinoa pidi kozhakattai.
This quinoa pidi kozhakattai.
The current recipe is one with a very healthy twist. As there are enough modakam recipes (sweet dumplings made typically for this festival) floating around online, we felt he (Lord Ganesha)may prefer something savoury. We also wanted to keep it healthy which is our main goal for the season.
Quinoa pidi kozhakattai is a steamed dumpling made with cooked quinoa which is infused with a spicy tempering.
Quinoa is a seed that has gained a lot of popularity in recent years. Cooked and eaten like a grain, Indian quinoa recipes are relatively low. Popularised as high protein food, quinoa still has about 39 grams of carb per 1 cup of cooked quinoa. These carbs are complex and hence considered in higher value. The complex carbs also reduce the sugar spike which therefore lowers the glycemic index. The advantage is the higher protein and complex carb combination keeps you full for a longer time.
There are many varieties of quinoa. For this recipe, I have chosen the regular white quinoa and cooked it down a little longer to make it a bit mushy so it holds shape better.
Quinoa pidi kozhakattai
Indian Quinoa recipe for a steamed dumpling similar to the one made during ganesha chaturthi.
- 1 cup quinoa White or red
- 3 cups drinking water
for the Dal
- 3 tbsp Moong dal
- 1 cup drinking water
For the tempering
- 1 tbsp coconut oil swap for any neutral oil with a good smoking point
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp Urad Dal
- 1 small dry red chilli broken into bits
- 10-12 curry leaves
- 1 small green chilli chopped ( optional)
- 1/4 tsp grated ginger
- 1/2 cup grated coconut
- salt to taste
- 3 cups drinking water
- Wash drain and keep the quinoa aside.
- Bring the three cups of water to a boil and add the quinoa. Cover and cook till the quinoa is done.
- In a seperate cooking pot add moong dal and water and cook it till it is soft but stays as seperate grains.
- Drain and set aside
- In a pan heat the oil and add the mustard seeds.
- As they splutter add the urad dal, followed by the curry leaves and red chillies.
- Roast till the urad dal turns golden and then add the ginger, chilli and mix well.
- Add the coconut and let it roast for a couple of minutes.
- Now add the drained cooked moong dal and the quinoa.
- Remove from heat and mix well till the cocout tempering mixture is incorporated well.
- Allow this to cool for 5 minutes or till you can manage to make balls out of it with your hands.
- Take lime sized portions and make oblong balls out of the mixture.
- Set a steamer with water and into the steamer basket ( or the plates of the idly cooker), place the balls you have made
- Steam for about 10 minutes.
- Allow it to remain in the steamer till you are ready to eat.
- Serve with chutney or crushed jagerry
The mixture can be made ahead for a busy day. I go all the way till making little balls and then place them in the refrigerator to steam in the morning. You can add grated carrots, zucchini to the mixture, just saute it along with the coconut in the tempering.
Calories: 254kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 8gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.002gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 378mgPotassium: 51mgFiber: 4gSugar: 1g
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
There are a few more quinoa recipes that are here on the blog.
Quinoa lemon rice – An Indian quinoa recipe that is perfect as a main with the tangy flavours from lemon and the spiced tempering.
Pegan Quinoa salad– Planning a salad bowl? try is miso dressed quinoa salad with colourful rainbow veggies and chickpeas.
Oats , quinoa idly– Yet another Indian quinoa recipe that is light, zero oil and fermented making it one of the healthiest breakfasts.
Chipotle quinoa and beans– TRy the smoky flavours of chipotle spice with a handy mix of black beans and quinoa. Add it to your wrap or as a bed for some kebabs, they are spectacular.
Toasted quinoa ladoos– Reach into this energy ball jar anytime for a satiating quick snack. Check out the post to know how to remove the saponins from quinoa.
If you are looking for more naivedyams for Ganesha Chaturthi, try these
Upma kozhakattai – The savory traditional recipe that was the inspiration for this quinoa pidi kozhakattai.
Sweet Aval kozhukattai – There is no way you can send Ganesha without some sweets. Try this zero oil, jaggery sweetened, beaten rice recipe.
No-cook apricot almond modak – Modaks are key to Ganesha Chaturthinaivedyams. Here is a no-cook healthy version that at other times you can keep as an energy ball.
Kozhkattai maav deepam – Light up the pooja area with these rice-flour lamps. Make them edible or as decorations.
Chickpea sundal – South Indian Ganesha Chaturthi’s are not complete without sundal. Here is an easy spiced chickpea sundal.
Paal payasam – the bamboo rice paal payasam is not only exotic is a delightful treat to make during this season.
Easy Peanut Ladoo- Peanut ladoos are the easiest to make and keep as prasadam during the festival season.
I will catch up with you later this week with something yummy for the festive season. Till then enjoy the posts, Tweet, Pin on all our social media handles too.
This recipe is added to the #161 Foodie Monday Blog hop as an addition to the collection of Ganesha Chathurthi recipes.
See you at the next post!
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David Cameron has appointed George Eustice, his former press secretary and former Ukip candidate, as his new adviser on Energy and Climate Change issues, it was announced today.
Mr Eustice, a backbench MP, will join the Prime Minister's Conservative Parliamentary Advisory Board - taking up the role later this month.
Last week, rumours that climate sceptic Peter Lilley had been given the role prompted outrage from environmental campaigners. Downing Street quickly denied the suggestion, announcing he would be working for Foreign Affairs.
Mr Eustice, who was unsuccessful as a south-west candidate for Ukip in 1999, became Head of Press for the Conservative Party under Michael Howard and later Press Secretary for Cameron during his leadership campaign in 2005.
The move is likely to be greeted with mixed reaction from campaign groups and green businesses. A long-time opponent of onshore wind and solar farms, he recently wrote in a blog that "the sudden proliferation of random, single [wind] turbines is starting to blight the Cornish countryside." However he is known to be a keen proponent of marine energy and recently backed Friends of the Earth's Bee Cause campaign, which urged the government to help stem the rapid decline of bee populations in the UK.
However, one source in the environmental sector questioned the former Portland Communication director's background and previous expertise in the environmental area.
It is unclear how influential the advisory board - whose members include Jo Johnson and Jesse Norman - will be on government policy. Though some sources said the move will help modernise the Tories position on climate change at a time when pressure is being exerted from the right of the party to ditch the green agenda.
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An Interview with Salmaan Moolla - Student Volunteer for Operation Entrepreneur (en anglais)
Every summer, 80 Canadian Armed Forces veterans or transitioning military members get the skills, knowledge, confidence and networks needed to start and grow their own business by attending one of our seven-day intensive business boot camps.
The boot camps are held on university campuses and run through our Operation Entrepreneur program. Since its inception in 2012, the program has helped veterans launch over 300 businesses across Canada.
Its success relies heavily on student volunteers who are often members of Enactus, a global non-profit and community of student, academic and business leaders committed to using the power of entrepreneurial action to transform lives.
Student volunteers help plan and organize the logistics of the week. They are also paired with a veteran to provide one-on-one coaching to help develop their business pitch and identify important next steps.
In August 2018 we sat down with Salmaan Moolla, a student volunteer from the University of Regina, to discuss his volunteer experience.
When did you first volunteer for the Operation Entrepreneur program? How did you hear about it and what kept you coming back?
“I first volunteered in my 2nd year of university just after I joined Enactus. I’ll be honest, a large part of why I got involved was because I thought it would be a great resume builder. It also seemed like a nice program to be part of and a great way to test my knowledge and skills in business.
“At my first boot camp in 2015, I really fell in love with it. I’ve volunteered every year since.
“It was amazing to be interacting with veterans and hearing about their passions and fantastic ideas. Up to that point, I had never interacted with a veteran and my only exposure to the military was at Remembrance Day ceremonies.
“I loved the business mentoring aspect and helping someone grow and develop their business. Over the course of the week you develop a bond and a friendship, so there’s also a personal relationship aspect, which was more valuable than I expected.
“It’s funny, during the mentoring sessions I felt that I was mentoring them, the rest of the time, they mentor you. You end up learning so much.”
Tell me a little bit about your experience with the program. What kinds of things did you do?
“I mentioned the mentoring and coaching, so that was part of it. But I did a lot of different things like I helped with logistics, organizing events, transportation. One of my tasks was picking up veterans at the airport, which was awesome to meet the participants firsthand and give them a warm reception.”
What did you most appreciate? Do you have a great moment or memory from the program?
“The best moment of the whole week is the grad ceremony. There are really two parts to that. At the end of the week everyone does their business pitch. They stand in front of the class and you get to see what they’ve gone through – the progress they’ve made.
“At the reception in the evening, everyone is happy. They know they’ve accomplished something. Everyone is smiling. A bond has been built over the week and no one wants to leave, it’s amazing.”
What is one aspect of the volunteer experience that surprised you?
“I was surprised by how inspired I felt. The drive, passion and energy that every veteran has when they walk in that door is contagious. It’s what made me realize that no matter what happens in life, you have to do what is passionate for you. Their resiliency is also so inspiring.”
Did you learn anything about yourself? About the military?
“I’m a first-generation immigrant born in South Africa and came to Canada when I was young. I had never had a connection with the military and had been exposed to certain negative stereotypes. After volunteering at boot camp, I saw the military in a new light. I saw passion and dedication to country and it made me happy to say that I’m Canadian.”
What would be the advice you would give to someone thinking about being a student volunteer? Why should someone volunteer?
“It really is a great and fantastic resume builder. But then, way beyond that, the program changes you. It’s an experience. A fun experience. An emotional experience. An all-around incredible experience. I’d say to take the time to immerse yourself in the participants’ back stories and soak up their knowledge. In my opinion, it’s the most fulfilling thing someone in their university or college career can do.”
Salmaan is still working towards finishing his degree at the Hill School of Business at the University of Regina. He’s now an entrepreneur himself and is busy putting some of the lessons he learned during boot camp to good use as he develops his own start up called Financial Foundations which aims to bring financial literacy to the masses using technology and digital education.
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The War on Terror is a war fought today by multiple states from the US to Russia and from Syria to Saudi Arabia. Within these wars, the hospital is part of the battlefield. This has been enabled through the criminalisation of entire communities and by extension their healthcare providers. Humanitarian aid has faded into an enemy landscape.
While medical facilities have always been unacceptably targeted in times of war, the nature of war is constantly evolving, and so too is the way in which the provision of healthcare interacts with military objectives. In the past year, MSF hospitals and supported facilities have been attacked in Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen. In each of these countries, international military coalitions are supporting the state in a battle against a criminalised or terrorist-designated enemy. The majority of the MSF hospitals and supported facilities that have been hit have been operating in areas controlled by these ‘enemy’ groups.
This is not because MSF or other health care providers support ‘terrorism’, but rather because at the core of humanitarianism and medical ethics is the principle of impartiality. Medical workers should never be expected to provide treatment based on the determination of a patients political, military, religious or other affiliation. In conflicts where everyone is someone else’s terrorist, the provision of medical treatment based on need alone mitigates against the medical act becoming a dangerous extension of political and military interests.
For an organisation like MSF aiming to provide impartial healthcare in count-terrorism conflicts, stepping over the frontline of what is considered by the state – and often its international military backers – as acceptable humanitarian assistance, carries potentially deadly consequences. The targeting of healthcare has occurred through both direct attacks on health facilities and health workers, as well as through indirect and sustained means including siege and sanctions. What we are also seeing in today’s War on Terror environment is the targeting of healthcare that is often justified as a ‘mistake’ or as an unfortunate consequence of a war against an enemy that is allegedly indistinguishable from its civilian surroundings.
Within these environments, defending the ability of health workers to treat those termed as ‘terrorists’ is about defending medical ethics from being eroded by those who seek to subjugate all acts of humanity to the political and military interests of the most powerful. Indeed, as the War on Terrorism expands, being able to provide treatment to those who have been designated as ‘terrorists’ may well be the defining struggle of contemporary medical humanitarianism.
In today’s counter-terrorism environments, how have the limits on what is considered to be acceptable humanitarian action been set? How can these limits be challenged and at what cost?
State Support or Benefitting the Enemy?
Humanitarian aid is often aligned to the political and military interests of major donor states. This sets the tone for what kind of aid provision is considered to be acceptable. Afghanistan offers a good case in point.
The beginning phases of the war in Afghanistan were characterised by a highly mobile and fluid insurgency up against a large number of international boots on the ground. The international forces were aiming to build the legitimacy of the state in part through the provision of social services in the form of humanitarian assistance. However, the current phase of the war in Afghanistan is characterised by highly mobile international and Afghan Special Forces up against a local insurgency that is gaining more territory on the ground. In this context, humanitarian aid is seen as an unacceptable form of benefit to the enemy.
This trend is not unique to Afghanistan. ISIS, Boko Haram, the Pakistani Taliban, the Al Shabaab and other groups designated by the US and its allies as ‘terrorist organisations’ are controlling varying degrees of territory around the world and are being battled through airstrikes, drone strikes and Special Forces operations.
In these contexts, humanitarian aid is coming up against a growing counterterrorism legal infrastructure that seeks to criminalise a broad notion of ‘material support to terrorism’. These legal frameworks enforce the limits to what is considered acceptable forms of humanitarian assistance. These limits are often at odds with the impartial provision of assistance based on needs alone.
What does this look like on the ground? In Afghanistan as well as in other contexts, hospitals are raided and patients are arrested under a law enforcement justification. This is often done without a warrant of arrest and without following due process. In times of conflict, such as in Afghanistan, making the hospital an extension of a law enforcement operation by arresting wounded combatants that are designated as ‘criminals’ under domestic law erodes the neutrality of medical facilities.
In Yemen, the Saudi government sent letters to aid agencies asking them to leave areas under Houthi control in order to be safe from the coalition bombing campaign.
However, the limits to acceptable humanitarian action are not exclusively set by the interests of western donors. In 2012, the Syrian government passed an anti-terrorist law that made illegal the provision of humanitarian assistance — including medical care — to areas held by or working with the opposition, forcing most health structures to go underground. While western donors sought to find ways of channeling assistance to these areas, the Syrian governments assertion of sovereignty in restricting aid delivery was what set the limits on the provision of humanitarian assistance.
Ultimately, when humanitarian aid attempts to operate in areas controlled by the enemy – or attempts to provide assistance to those designated as part of the enemy – it is vulnerable to being targeted or subject to policy level access constraints. And when the enemy crosses a frontline to seek treatment, they are vulnerable to being arrested.
These are not necessarily new dilemmas in war zones. What is new is how the War on Terror has created a legal and moral framework for justifying such a conduct of warfare. It should come as no surprise that an increasing number of states are fighting domestic wars under the War on Terror banner.
The legal and moral justifications enabled by the War on Terror narrative are combined with an aid system that is either entrenched in playing the role of an auxiliary to the major donors political and military interests or subject to the assertion of sovereignty from those states resisting those interests. Stepping over the line set by either of these dynamics carries potentially deadly consequences.
‘Mistakes’ in the Making
Once health workers have crossed the line of what is considered an acceptable form of humanitarian assistance, there are numerous ways in which hospitals come under attack.
Some of the most recent direct attacks on health-care have been carried out by states that are indiscriminately bombing entire neighbourhoods and communities in their counter-terrorism operations. In Syria, hospitals have not only been directly targeted but also hit along with schools, market places and bakeries. Other attacks, such as in Gaza, have been conducted by those who justify their targeting of hospitals within the framework of an ever-expanding legal grey zone that sees hospitals as potential human shields for ‘terrorists’. Another approach that we can see, in a context such as Afghanistan, is in a subtle combination of both patterns: a willingness to use often disproportionate force combined with a willingness to blur the distinction between combatants and civilians, which results in hospitals being ‘mistakenly’ struck.
The bombing of the MSF hospital in Kunduz – which resulted in the biggest loss of life for the organization in a single airstrike – is an illustrative example of broader challenges facing medical humanitarianism in counter-terrorism environments.
MSF was attacked by US Special Forces, operating in support of the state, in a context where its medical facility was within an area controlled by an enemy — some of which are designated as ‘terrorists’. The American reaction was that the bombing was a mistake, simultaneously allowing them to escape any meaningful legal consequences and conveniently removing Afghan forces from the picture. In the investigation into the bombing, the Ground Forces Commander explains how he could not have imagined any hospital could still be functioning in the zones controlled by the Taliban. Their own investigation also reveals how the US forces considered that most civilians had fled the town and that anyone who remained was thought to be hostile and threatening.
In a context where entire populations are designated as hostile, the killing of ‘civilians’ or the bombing of protected facilities is problematically justified as a mistake post-facto. This is rooted in a ‘with us or against’ approach to warfare that turns entire communities into acceptable targets before a strike, only for mistaken targets to be determined and apologised for after the attack. A policy of ‘shoot first, ask questions later’. The supposed lack of ‘intentionality’ to target civilians becomes a key feature of the mistake narrative. If civilians were not intentionally targeted, they were ‘mistakenly struck’ – as the US stated in their investigation of the Kunduz bombing. The lack of intentionality is used by the military to avoid having to respond to violations of the laws of war with anything more than minor administrative reprimands.
Whether intentionally bombed or mistakenly struck, humanitarian aid in counter-terrorism environments risks coming under attack when it operates beyond the limits to aid delivery that are set by the state and their international backers, and where the distinction between civilian and combatant has been eroded.
Where to From Here?
What does this mean for an organisation like MSF? The first scenario is one where the organisation is able to obtain a negotiated agreement to operate with full impartiality in conflicts characterised by counter-terrorism operations. This would include the ability to cross frontlines if they exist, or for patients to reach its facilities regardless of whether they are considered a terrorist or criminal. This would entail the unlikely exemption of hospitals from the ‘with us or against us’ logic of the War on Terror.
The second scenario is that MSF does not reach a negotiated agreement with various parties to the conflict but decides, instead, to operate with full impartiality regardless. This would mean accepting more risks for MSF and its patients.
The third scenario is that MSF does not reach a negotiated agreement and decides to compromise on its impartiality by adapting its projects so that they do not treat enemy combatants, opponents or armed opposition groups in counter-terrorism environments. This would entail, for example, avoiding surgical or trauma projects.
The final scenario is that MSF does not reach a negotiated agreement and does not compromise, while being unwilling to accept a higher level of risk. This would result in it deciding not to work in and pulling out of such environments.
If MSF does not resist the most recent forms in which health care comes under attack, it will be accepting a reality in which health care providers serve at the benefit of the most powerful due to the limitations set on their ability to operate outside of these interests. Resigning to the historic reality that health care has always come under attack or ignoring the specificities of the War on Terror environment will mean that MSF will fail to challenge the very real obstacles to healthcare delivery in contemporary conflict. Failing to resist these trends will mean that it will be giving in to being blown in the winds of prevailing political interests. The very act of impartial health care delivery is at stake.
By Jonathan Whittall. Photo by Andrew Quilty © MSF, 2015.
In Syria, for example, surgical supplies are systematically removed from aid convoys that sporadically enter areas under military siege. In Iraq, the international sanctions imposed on the country during the 90’s resulted in the decimation of the health system.
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Machine Control software offers you smart and customised positioning solutions for road construction and civil engineering applications.
Benefit from a web-based interface to share and visualise positioning, reference models and constructed data across the Machine Control portfolio in real time.
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RFTA approves partial funding for 27th Street Underpass
A project slated to create a safer pedestrian path across Colorado Highway 82 came one step closer to being funded Thursday, following a Roaring Fork Transit Authority meeting.
The RFTA board unanimously approved a resolution to accept $1 million in grant funding from the Colorado State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, which provided the money through the American Rescue Plan Act. To receive the grant, RFTA is required to provide $250,000 in match funding, according to RFTA documents.
Born out of partnership between RFTA, the Colorado Department of Transportation and Glenwood Springs, the project includes building a tunnel under Highway 82 at the 27th Street intersection to provide pedestrian access to the RFTA transit station on the east side of the highway.
In 2018, a bicyclist was killed at the intersection while crossing the highway, and CDOT reported multiple non-lethal accidents between vehicles and pedestrians at the crossing since 2015.
“The 27th Street Underpass project is a critical safety project for our community,” City Manager Debra Figueroa said. “I am excited to partner with RFTA and CDOT to move this forward, and we will do our best to keep the community informed about the project milestones.”
Figueroa said the project will cause traffic disruptions as it gets underway and asked travelers to be patient with construction crews as they work to make Glenwood Springs a safer community for pedestrians.
City Engineer Terri Partch said the city budgeted $750,000 to contribute to the project, which is estimated to cost about $10 million. Crews could break ground on the underpass in spring, she added.
“This project will do two things: make transit use safer, and make it easier to catch a bus in South Glenwood,” Partch said.
As a consent agenda item, the RFTA board did not discuss the grant. Board Chair Art Riddile motioned approval of the consent agenda, and Board Member Greg Poschman seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.
Reporter Ike Fredregill can be reached at 970-384-9154 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Young anglers in the Roaring Fork Valley have a bright future on the local rivers and lakes, or wherever their fishing pursuits take them, writes Scott Spooner in the latest installment of “On the Fly.”
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https://www.postindependent.com/news/rfta-approves-partial-funding-for-27th-street-underpass/
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Writer and director Dee Rees (Pariah, Bessie) and Virgil Williams have adapted Hillary Jordan's acclaimed 2008 novel for the screen. She has incorporated the literary device of telling the story through six narrators, giving us varied accounts of the racial hatred and violence in the Jim Crow South of the 1940s.
Laura McAllan (Carey Mulligan) has married late, escaping an old maid’s life with her family in Memphis. She and her husband Henry (Jason Clarke) have moved to Mississippi Delta to start a new life. She describes their home: "When I think of the farm I think of mud. Encrusted knees and hair. Marching in boot shaped patches across the floor. . . . I dreamed in brown."
Henry, a former engineer, is delighted to have his own land and throws himself in the farm work with the sun beating down and the hard ground barely yielding to the plow. He oversees several tenant farmers, including an African-American family headed by Hap (Rob Morgan) and his devoted wife Florence (Mary J. Blige). Although they have worked this land for years, the law recognizes “a deed, not deeds.”
Hap’s family are sad and worried when Ronsel (Jason Mitchell), their oldest son, is dispatched to Europe as a member of the 71st Tank Battalion called the Black Panthers. When he returns home after World War II, he is unhinged by the challenges of readjusting to civilian life, especially the virulent racism in town.
Much to the surprise of both men, Ronsel is befriended by Jamie (Garrett Hedlund), Henry's brother who has just returned from serving in the Air Force. Unable to talk to anyone else about their war experiences, the white airman who drinks too much and the earnest African American stand by one another as racial tensions accelerate in the community.
Dee Rees has done an exquisite job drawing out the nuances in this ensemble piece. Perhaps the stand-out performance is by Rob Morgan who portrays the head of the Jackson clan. Besides his duties as a hard-working farmer, a wise and emotional father, and a sensitive husband, he serves as preacher at a half-constructed church. He has learned to walk the delicate balance of maintaining his dignity while acquiescing to the realities of life for people of his race and station. He tells his son, “There’s no point in fighting. They are just going to win anyway.”
Mudbound is an insightful history lesson that shows how southern whites, threatened by changes they perceived in their world, turned African-Americans into scapegoats for all their troubles. The film sounds another call to resist any acceptance of the terrible scourge of racism during both past and present times.
The creative people behind this cogent and hard-hitting drama want us to come face-to-face with the dehumanization and bigotry of racism and its violent offshoots which isolate people from each other and destroy communities. There is a flicker of hope and grace and love at the end of Mudbound, and we appreciate this needed gesture of hope amid the troubling and deflating picture of the toll of hatred and division.
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https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/reviews/view/28534
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Our throw-on-and-go T-shirt is a bright and cheerful everyday option. Choose between two options, both with stripy long sleeves and crafted from supersoft breathable jersey. We've gone that extra mile to ensure this style can be worn over and again with colours that won't fade.
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Our exchange service is temporarily unavailable, but please don’t worry, as your returns will automatically be refunded according to our generous returns policy. Take a look below for more information.
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These large outdoor chess pieces are made from a heavy sturdy plastic making them ideal for outdoor play. The pieces have screwable bottoms that can be removed in order to weight down the pieces with sand to make the set quite heavy.
This is a full set of 32 Chess Pieces. Made in Germany. Chessboard not included.
Because they are so large, we could not take our traditional line-up pictures of these chess pieces, so please feel free to call if you have any questions at all. This item is special order. Due to the large size, there is a shipping surcharge on this item. Additional shipping time may apply.
- King Height: 25"
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BOSTON -- Of all the once-reliable aspects of the Boston Celtics that have eroded for the team during its recent skid, none is more troubling to coach Doc Rivers than its inability to produce timely stops.
And Rivers isn't talking about Kobe Bryant's fadeaway jumper over Ray Allen with 7.3 seconds remaining Sunday, which gave the Los Angeles Lakers a 90-89 win over the slumping Celtics. Allen played near-flawless defense on the play; Bryant simply made the type of shot he's made time and time again throughout his career.
Boston led by 11 points with 9:17 remaining, and while its offense certainly downshifted, its typically unwavering defense did too. Maybe even more so.
Of the 24 points the Lakers scored in the fourth quarter, a staggering
18 came in the paint. (How many points did Boston score in the paint in the fourth quarter? Zero.)
Considering the Lakers added four fourth-quarter free throws, only one basket came outside of the paint: Bryant's winner. What's more, Los Angeles generated only two fast-break points in the period, meaning the Lakers simply brought the ball down the court, got it inside the paint, and scored.
"I don't know if concern is the word, but we haven't been able to get timely stops to end the game," Rivers said. "If anything bothers me, over the turnovers and the offensive [struggles], it's that we've been able in the past to lean on our defense when we go cold offensively.
"The Atlanta game, down the stretch, they scored every time. The Orlando game, down the stretch, they scored every time. And again tonight. The biggest quarters over the last three games, offensively, have been the fourth quarters by the other teams. And we have to reverse that."
For the second time in four days, the Celtics watched an 11-point fourth-quarter lead disappear. The Lakers needed only two minutes to turn that double-digit deficit into a one-possession game by scoring four straight baskets, including Jordan Farmar's driving reverse layup with 6:58 to go that made it 81-78.
The Celtics were still clinging to that three-point lead with less than two minutes to go, but couldn't get the key stop to seal the game. Bryant drew a foul with 1:39 to play and made both freebies, then Ron Artest not only blew past Kevin Garnett, but muscled his way through Kendrick Perkins for a little runner in the lane with 41.8 seconds to go.
It was the second time in three games that Garnett barely slowed his man driving to the basket for a crucial hoop; he simply lost Artest to the inside, and similarly let Rashard Lewis blow past him for the winning bucket against Orlando.
At the other end of the floor, the Lakers got the stops they needed, even if they were questionable at times, like when Artest drew a Paul Pierce charge to set up Bryant's winner.
"It's hard to say," Allen said of the Celtics' inability to get defensive stops when they needed them. "There's one play where Kobe went to the free throw line; it was a judgment call. And then Kobe, the last shot he took, he just shot it over me. It wasn't like it was bad defense."
The Celtics can't simply lament one failed stop, as Allen acknowledged. The failed stops before that led to Bryant's final chance. "We put them in that situation," Rivers said.
Added Allen: "Obviously, we have to keep the ball from going in, that's getting stops. By any means necessary, whatever the means, we have to do it."
Pierce tried to find a positive, saying, "Our defense was strong for most of the game." Problem was, it wasn't solid for the final seven minutes. The Celtics have preached consistency and being a 48-minute team. As in many of the past 17 games, 11 of them losses, the Celtics again were inconsistent at best.
"We've been beating ourselves," Rasheed Wallace said. "We've had double-digit leads, coming into [the fourth quarter] and losing those leads. I don't know, I guess we just have to go a little bit harder, step on the pedal a little bit harder."
Forget the gas pedal. The Celtics need to rediscover how to jam on the brakes and get a stop. It might be the only way to stop their losing ways.
Chris Forsberg covers the Celtics for ESPNBoston.com. Follow him on Twitter. Material from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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https://www.espn.com/boston/nba/columns/story?columnist=forsberg_chris&id=4875651
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Modulating scalable Gaussian processes for expressive statistical learning
Abstract null null For a learning task, Gaussian process (GP) is interested in learning the statistical relationship between inputs and outputs, since it offers not only the prediction mean but also the associated variability. The vanilla GP however is hard to learn complicated distribution with the property of, e.g., heteroscedastic noise, multi-modality and non-stationarity, from massive data due to the Gaussian marginal and the cubic complexity. To this end, this article studies new scalable GP paradigms including the non-stationary heteroscedastic GP, the mixture of GPs and the latent GP, which introduce additional latent variables to modulate the outputs or inputs in order to learn richer, non-Gaussian statistical representation. Particularly, we resort to different variational inference strategies to arrive at analytical or tighter evidence lower bounds (ELBOs) of the marginal likelihood for efficient and effective model training. Extensive numerical experiments against state-of-the-art GP and neural network (NN) counterparts on various tasks verify the superiority of these scalable modulated GPs, especially the scalable latent GP, for learning diverse data distributions.
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https://www.scinapse.io/papers/3182322885
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Te Reo Māori is an important part of New Zealand culture and the earlier you can introduce it to your bubba, the better. What better way to start teaching your child than through Global Baby’s selection of books written in Te Reo?
With classics like The Very Hungry Catepillar (Te Anuhe Tino Hiakai) and Who’s Hiding? (Ko Wai E Huna Ana?) expertly translated into Te Reo, as well as educational books like Everyday Words in Māori, your Kiwi kid will embrace Māori language from day dot.
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https://globalbaby.co.nz/collections/te-reo-maori-books
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Businesses with a digital focus who were already fully integrated with the future economy are gaining market share day by day. Those who didn’t are being left behind, but may not be dead yet. They either have one now and are implementing it ferociously or they will never open again.
Now, what if you are in a business that can’t go digital, travel for instance. Well, if you are big enough (too big to fail some might say) then you have access to capital through the government or capital markets. However, it’s the mom and pops of the world, or Main Street who don’t have that option.
Does the stock market make no sense to you right now? How can a negative 4.8% GDP number and 30 million new jobless claims over the last 6 weeks equate to a rising stock market?
Well, it’s primarily because Wall Street doesn’t equal Main Street. Yes, over a long period, the stock market will be in line with the overall economy. However, that period can be extremely long with zigs and zags along the way. The past two days, Google and Facebook have report earnings for Q1. They both reported great numbers and showed guidance that was much better than expected. Yes, the lockdown didn’t take effect until March so the next quarter may show a different story, but both companies suggested that April wasn’t all that bad either for their businesses.
How can that be?
Well, both are massive businesses with a focus on digital. These types of businesses should thrive in terms of eyeballs when people have more free time. How often do you find yourself with an hour free and instead of reading a book you scroll Instagram for an hour?
This seems obvious, but that’s not how these companies make money. They need advertising and advertising as a whole is way down. Well, sort of. Brand advertising is way down but direct response advertising is way up. Brand advertising is long term vs. direct response which pushes you to buy something now. If you are a business that wants someone to buy now, where are you going to spend your ad budget? Google, Facebook, or Amazon. So while Google and Facebook may be down in terms of total ad dollars, they are taking massive share of the remaining pie and leaving others in the wake. Amazon is doing the same in it’s business. Wal-Mart and Target doing the same. The smaller businesses are not and they are getting crushed right now.
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https://rickroma.blog/2020/04/30/stock-market-main-street-and-digital/
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These qualifications set out the nationally recognised standards for providing quality service to both your internal and external customers. It covers a wide range of service to customer activities in different situations, some of which are complex or non-routine. Its aim is to assist your organisation in providing a continually improving service to your customers.
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Price per delegate Level 3: £995 + VAT based on a maximum of 6 assessment visits and 2 Internal Verifications + C&G registration and certification fee.
All Fees and prices shown on this page are for courses starting in the 2021-22 academic year unless stated otherwise, and are correct at the time of entering/printing information, however these may be subject to change. The College cannot accept legal or financial liability as a result of any such changes.
The course information describes programmes offered by Colchester Institute. The College takes all reasonable steps to provide courses as described, but cannot guarantee provision. The information is for guidance and does not form any part of a contract.
The College reserves the right to update and amend information as and when necessary. Colchester Institute will do its best to provide the courses shown, but may have to modify or withdraw a course depending on customer demand and other factors.
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https://www.colchester.ac.uk/course/customer-service-levels-2-and-3/
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When it comes to operating systems, there’s no more important company than Microsoft. For years now, the software giant has been dominating the OS landscape around the world. And with nearly every release of its operating system, it has been able to improve upon its preceding launches. If nothing else, Microsoft understands the operating system space, and knows how to be successful in that market.
But Microsoft Windows 7 was arguably one of the most important launches in Microsoft’s long and storied history. After launching Windows Vista, the market rebelled against Microsoft. Vendors allowed for “downgrade rights” to revert a computer back to Windows XP. Consumers didn’t opt for Vista as much as the software giant would have liked. In addition, the enterprise practically ignored Windows Vista. It was bad all around.
With Windows 7, Microsoft fixed that. The operating system is what Vista should have been in the first place. And now that Microsoft has confirmed it’s the fastest-selling version of Windows ever released, it’s clear that consumers are happy with what they’ve found this time.
Even so, Windows 8 is just around the corner, and rumors are swirling about the upcoming operating system and what it will feature when it’s likely released next year. Although details are relatively slim for now, one thing is for certain: Windows 8 will be even better than Windows 7.
1. It improves upon a nice operating system.
Windows 8 will not be a major update. Instead, the operating system will simply improve upon Windows 7. As mentioned, Windows 7 has been a hit among consumers and enterprise customers. From what’s known about Windows 8 so far, it’s clear that Microsoft doesn’t want to fix what isn’t broken. Windows 8 will look awfully similar to its predecessor and boast many of the same features. It will simply be an improvement over an operating system that already appeals to customers.
2. The security keeps improving.
With each subsequent operating system release from Microsoft, the company has improved security. After Service Pack 2 was released, Windows XP was quite secure. And although Vista faced some pitfalls at first, Service Packs helped secure that OS, as well. Windows 7 is arguably the most secure version of the operating system yet. As long as Microsoft continues along that path-and it will-expect Windows 8 to be even more secure than its predecessor.
3. The ARM compatibility is key.
At the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the next version of Windows would support ARM-based devices. That is extremely important. Now companies that want to sell products using an ARM chip have the opportunity to use Windows. Not only could this move help Microsoft and its vendor partners, but it might also deliver more options for customers who want to use Windows. It’s a win-win.
4. An application store, perhaps?
Speculation abounds that Microsoft plans to release an application store with Windows 8. If it does so, it will put its operating system on an even playing field against Mac OS X Snow Leopard and the upcoming “Lion,” which will ship with the App Store built in. The future of desktop operating systems will include applications marketplaces. And it’s nice to hear that Microsoft is willing to acknowledge this.
Reasons Windows 8 Will Best Windows 7
5. Instant-on is what’s needed.
One of the biggest issues some users have with Windows is that it can take a long time to boot up the operating system. According to recent rumors, the software giant is working on a solution for that that could deliver near-instant-on functionality. It might not seem major, but considering how annoying it can be to wait for Windows to boot up, having much faster startup times sounds awfully nice.
6. It might be more suitable for tablets.
Microsoft has been saying for years now that its operating system is ready for tablets. But as vendors have shown, they’re more likely to invest in an Android-based tablet than try their luck with Windows 7. Thanks to support for ARM-based devices, and the likelihood that Microsoft is working hard on making Windows 8 more tablet-friendly, consumers should expect many more mobile devices running the software giant’s next OS.
7. Better power consumption
One of the issues with Windows 7 is that it doesn’t deliver the kind of efficient functionality that consumers and especially enterprise customers are after. However, leaks surrounding Windows 8 development suggest that Microsoft is working on a vastly improved power-saving feature in its operating system that should drastically improve battery life on mobile devices running the software. If that’s true, there will be many happy customers out there.
8. What’s with History Vault?
Windows 8 might have a new feature, called “History Vault.” According to Winrumors, the feature is similar to Apple’s Time Machine, which provides a simple backup interface to users of Mac OS X. Microsoft’s option will let users restore individual file, edit old documents and much more. Microsoft hasn’t confirmed the feature, but if a robust backup utility like that comes to Windows, it would be quite nice.
9. A better interface
Windows 7 comes with a solid user interface that doesn’t take much time to get used to after coming off Windows XP. And although Microsoft hasn’t said much about its upcoming operating system, it’s becoming clearer that Windows 8 will feature a similar interface. However, this time around, those who follow Microsoft believe the interface will be a bit more streamlined and slightly easier to use. If Microsoft can follow through on that, it might just have a winner on its hands.
10. Microsoft’s lesson learned
Aside from the operating system itself, Windows 8 will likely be better than Windows 7 for one main reason: Microsoft doesn’t want to repeat the embarrassment of Windows Vista. Microsoft’s last operating system before Windows 7 was a nightmare for the company. The software giant became complacent and thought it could coast, but instead failed miserably. The result was a loss of trust from vendors, customers, and investors. It was a bad time for Microsoft, and the company doesn’t want to relive it. So expect the company to do something special with Windows 8. At this point, it has no other choice but to deliver an even better operating system.
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https://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/microsoft-windows-8-10-reasons-it-will-shatter-windows-7/
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Executives & Professionals
Designed for C – Suite Executives and Professionals looking to push the reset button on their career. The program is modeled to address executives in a manner that meets their standards or preferences. Due to the high-profile nature of this population the business of each client is appropriately handled with total discretion. We work closely with our residents and their employers assuring them of a “soft landing” back to their job or transitioning to a new career. We are equally committed to the assistance of healing families as this is often a significant factor in successful long term recovery.
Maybe you already own or have launched a successful venture or have a lingering idea for an app, fashion line, or small business... but, it was delayed by addiction, alcoholism, or trauma. We have found that our residents have great passion towards things they create... and we support that passion with seasoned entrepreneurs, credentialed teachers, and change agents in most industries to make the lives of our residents bigger, fuller, and with authentic meaning.
Residents are able to turn their addiction from drugs and alcohol to their "passion project" and attack their product or service with the same vigor they had for their addiction. And if at any time during the process they feel overwhelmed, they are surrounded by fellow sober peers and recovery experts to help pause and take care of their sobriety in real time.
Each client gets a world class mentor in their industry of choice to help and support them navigate this brave new world.
Creative Spirits & Artists
We know that the most difficult work of the now clean and sober creative spirit or artist comes when they are faced with immersing themselves back into the reality of daily life where triggers, temptations, relationships, and lifestyle can be extremely dangerous hurdles.
To empower our residents to take the right steps toward long term sobriety they will have access to a recovery playbook and a sober mentor in the industry specifically matched to them. This world class mentor can share their own career path and explain how living sober has worked for them while chasing and accomplishing their dreams. The mentor is also able to open their book of sober resources and networks forming a truly powerful partnership.
You lost your identity as an athlete, teammate, hero and you are asking yourself… “Now what?”
Drugs and alcohol may have played a role in you losing out on the sport you love. Maybe your addiction and alcoholism kicked into high gear at the height of your career, or when you got injured, or when you did not get the D-1 scholarship, or after college the pros never called.
Through START UP RECOVERY you will have access to: A recovery playbook, a sober mentor, and a recovery teammate along with a fitness and nutritional plan. This comprehensive program offers a solution to leverage your innate drive, competitive nature, and discipline into getting back on the field or court, or finding a new purpose, or a new career piggybacking on your good name, and a new meaning in the game of life.
It is important for you to know... you are not alone.
You have blown up in college or your career through drinking and drugging. Your parents and or family are devastated, your are full of shame, and your friends are moving past you in life. (That last part of the sentence is all B.S. by the way). Everyone has their own path to discovery, their own path to education, their own path to success, and their own manner to walk that path. We support several options from landing a new job or transferring skill sets to a new career. We also work with addiction and drug counseling programs at local colleges and universities.
Residents are under "new management" this time as they "push the reset button" on their career, family life, or college experience. Recovery comes first, and then everything else. We make sure every resident has peer groups that support this reorganization of priorities as well as access to a Professional Sober Mentor who can act as a real time counselor/guide in the desired industry. We offer each resident a customized plan that can include everything from resume building, job placement, degree planning, living on a budget, and daily scheduling.
ASU Online is a key partnership we have to help residents acquire a real degree from a real college. We feel strongly that our residents may be judged on their past, and want to arm them with credentials that move them past that feeling of "shame" and into a formidable future with a degree from a Top 50 school in the US.
“One thing is certain in life. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.”
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https://www.startuprecovery.com/about/who-we-serve
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escee.com TRAVEL - The Royal Mile - 1/23 The next day, we set out to explore the Mile from head to foot, starting at the Castle. Unfortunately visibility was a bit poor this day. We were actually going to start the day with a hike up Arthur's Seat, but decided against it because we wouldn't have been able to see anything. Copyright © 1997-2022 RTR/escee.com. All rights reserved. Neither photos nor content may be reproduced without express written consent from copyright holder.
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IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME occurs when bony growths called spurs can pinch on your rotator cuff tendons causing pain and inflammation with shoulder activities.
Shoulder arthroscopy is surgery that uses a special camera called an arthroscope to examine or repair the tissues inside or around your shoulder joint. This procedures is recommended for shoulder impingement syndrome to make more room for Rotator Cuff tendons.
THE PROCEDURE: You will receive a block and general anesthesia before the surgery. This means you will be asleep and unable to feel the pain. During the procedure, the surgeon:
AFTER THE PROCEDURE:
Recovery time following the arthroscopic procedure varies depending upon what is found and needs to be repaired during the surgical procedure. Most people fully recover and the pain they experienced prior to the surgery is no longer present. After the procedure, rehabilitation is necessary to strengthen the weakened muscles, which can take several months.
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https://ascstevenspoint.com/procedures/orthopedics/shoulder-scope-shoulder-impingement/
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Blueberry Cream Cheese Loaf
- 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, divided
- 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Preheat oven to 350°F and grease two 9×5-inch loaf pans. Set aside.
- Toss blueberries with the 2 tablespoons of flour. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter, cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
- In a separate bowl, stir together the remaining 2 cups flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually mix into the wet ingredients until thoroughly incorporated.
- Gently fold in blueberries and pour batter into prepared loaf pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45-55 minutes.
- Let cool on wire rack 10 minutes before running a knife along the edges and inverting out onto wire rack to cool completely.
- Slice, serve, and enjoy!
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https://recipesfiber.com/blueberry-cream-cheese-loaf/
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When it comes to low maintenance hairstyles, nothing’s easier than an Afro since it’s simply the way our hair grows out of our heads. And thanks to an array of amazing hair brands, you can now even rock faux Afros via wigs and crochet braiding the hair onto your head –making for the perfect protective styling.
The daily hair care routine for this protective style merely consists of moisturizing and teasing strands, which is why it’s right up our (lazy girls) alley. Not to mention, you can create diverse looks including lived-in hairstyles that will look great for up to 6 weeks.
You can add a bevy of textured hair extensions to fashion everything from a blown out halo to a tight TWA.
No matter the hair pattern, a faux Fro is an effortless and fashionable way to style your strands for the summer. For inspiration on how to slay the look, check out the gallery below.
You can rock a kinky curly texture.
You can frame your face with bangs.
Stun with a kinky faux-fro.
We love this asymmetrical faux-fro.
This faux-fro looks like its growing right out of her scalp! #amazing.
You can even fashion your crochet braids into Afro Puffs
This definition is gorgeous.
This faux fro is streteched to perfection.
This full fro is so good, you’d never know it was faux.
‘Fros don’t have to be huge. This cropped ‘fro is absolute perfection.
This ‘fro is big, bold and so much fun.
We can’t get enough of this divine ‘fro!
This colored fro is one of our favorites!
We love when Black women aren’t afraid to play with color and this ombred ‘fro is straight goals.
This ‘fro proves that sometimes bigger is actually better.
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https://www.essence.com/hair/protective-styling-101-faux-afros-natural-hair-inspo/
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The Amazon Product Advertising API returns errors in three categories so that you can easily determine how best to handle the problem:
- "2XX" errors are caused by mistakes in the request. For example, your request might be missing a required parameter. The error message in the response gives an indication what is wrong.
- "4XX" errors are non-transient errors. Upon receiving this error, resubmit the request.
- "5XX" errors are transient errors reflecting an error internal to Amazon. A 503 error means that you are submitting requests too quickly and your requests are being throttled. If this is the case, you need to slow your request rate to one request per second.
- If this doesn’t help diagnose your error, you will want to check with the Getting Started Guide for more details about the issue. You can also check the Best Practices Guide for more suggestions.
- If no helpful information can be found there, please post your question to the Product Advertising API Forums. Many experienced members of the Amazon Associates program regularly participate in the forums, and often answer questions.
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An ordinary guy suddenly finds himself forced to fight a gladiator-like battle for a dark website that streams the violence for viewers. Miles must fight heavily armed Nix and also save his kidnapped ex-girlfriend.
Rod leads a radio show dedicated to horror. Until suddenly the announcer begins to receive strange calls from a child who desperately asks for help. At first thinks that it is a bad joke until he discovers that this is not the case. These calls hide a dark secret…
Marlborough’s beloved grapevines star in this comedy feature, which was shot at a winery in just 11 days. Twenty-something Harry (Hayden J Weal from Chronesthesia) is dumped by his fiancée, just days before their wedding at a vineyard. Two of Harry’s friends ensure the wine doesn’t go to waste as they try to cheer him up. Written and directed by Casey Zilbert, the film was inspired by classic Ernest Hemingway novel Fiesta (aka The Sun Also Rises) about drunken expats in Europe. Hang Time is Zilbert’s first movie; at university, her studies included Fiesta and wine science.
Dane ‘Marbles’ Marbeck can see ghosts, thanks to a homemade drug: his late father’s neurological medication mixed with marijuana. Officer Jayson Tagg, a wannabe super-cop on the trail of a serial killer, ends up murdered. So when Marbles’ mum plans to sell the family farm, and the only way of buying the house off her is taking the money offered by Tagg in exchange for his help, Marbles accepts. The unlikely duo of stoner medium and ghost cop struggle to reconcile their differences while they navigate their way through ghouls, perverts, a mysterious hooded figure, and an unexpected shot at love. It becomes clear the only way Marbles and Tagg will solve the case with their souls intact is to confront their deepest regrets and overcome their prejudices.
Mata, Missy and Makareta. Three cousins. Three lives. Separated by circumstances, yet bound together by blood. Orphaned Mata believes she has no whanau and lives out her lonely childhood in fear and bewilderment. Back home on the land, educated Makareta flees an arranged marriage to study law and begin the search for her missing cousin. She leaves behind cheeky yet dutiful Missy who takes on her role of kaitiaki (guardian) of the land. As the years pass, loss of the family land seems imminent and the women’s promise to bring their stolen cousin home seems more unlikely than ever, until a chance encounter changes everything.
Five years after being acquitted for the murder of his family, Sean (White) is finally ready to move on with life. But the bitter ex-cop (Malcolm) who led the investigation remains adamant that he’s guilty – and will stop at nothing to bring him down.
Brandon prepares to give his last stand-up comedy show. As his stories and jokes pass, the public begins to cheer up. But at that precise moment Brandon will realize that these stories have a strong relationship with his past. More than he imagines.
Freddy and Marvin have their sights set on a future filled with “monies and honeys”, believing that a life of crime and debauchery will get them there. Unfortunately, living a life of crime comes with consequences. When a series of straightforward jobs are botched, they cross paths with their most intimidating enemy yet, The Upholsterer. The ensuing chaos caused by her two henchmen Semo and Royon their hunt to find the boys forces them to reconsider their careers as criminals.
‘The Legend of Baron To’a’ tells the story of Fritz, a Tongan entrepreneur who returns to his old neighbourhood and inadvertently causes the theft of his late father’s valued pro wrestling title belt by some ruthless gangsters led by ‘man-mountain’ Tahu. When negotiation and diplomacy fail to get it back, he is forced to embrace his father’s legacy to reclaim the title.
When Zoe and Tim find out they are having a baby, they resolve to not let parenthood change them. Tim runs towards being a dad, while Zoe runs away from being a mum. Terrified that her life won’t be her own anymore, Zoe is still determined to tick off a list of their wildest dreams before the baby arrives. Zoe’s increasing denial about her impending birth pushes her, and her relationship, to the limit.
A group of friends must confront their fears in a terrifying game. They must sit by the other players in a circle made of a hundred candles, take one of them and tell a horror story. As stories are told and candles blown out, strange events will start to happen. They will feel strange presences around them, lurking in the shadows. But they MUST NOT leave the game or else a terrible curse will fall upon them…
Immi the Vegan dreams of finding a good vegan man and gaining the confidence to perform her songs in front of a live audience. But lately her dates have mistaken her for a vegetarian or tried to send her photos of their meat and two veg.
Scientist Doctor Who accidentally activates his new invention, the Tardis, a time machine disguised as a police telephone box. Doctor Who, his two grand-daughters, and Barbara’s boyfriend Ian are transported through time and space to the planet Skaro, where a peaceful race of Thals are under threat of nuclear attack from the planet’s other inhabitants: the robotic mutant Daleks.
Coming of age as an Indigenous woman on the South Pacific Islands is a process full of change. Every island may be different but they are connected by a shared history. Everywhere she goes, Vai is someone else, and yet she remains connected to her roots.
In the increasing public discourse on mental health, Leanne Pooley’s inspiring and fearless documentary tracks an extraordinary young woman’s journey from suicide survivor to advocate for those struggling. The fact it leaves you hopeful and with tangible advice makes it vital viewing.
Outrageous Fortune is a New Zealand comedy-drama television series, which ran from 12 July 2005 to 9 November 2010 on TV3. The series followed the lives of the career criminal West family after the matriarch, Cheryl, decided the family should go straight and abide by the law. The show was created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang and produced by South Pacific Pictures.
Like the show itself, episodes took their names from Shakespeare quotations. The show concluded after 6 seasons and 107 episodes making it the longest running drama series made in New Zealand. The primary cast for the show’s run consisted of Robyn Malcolm, Antony Starr, Siobhan Marshall, Antonia Prebble, Frank Whitten and Kirk Torrance; Grant Bowler appeared in a sporadic role throughout the show’s first five seasons.
The show premiered on 12 July 2005 and was welcomed by high acclaim. It won many of the major categories in the New Zealand television awards for its first 4 years, with Malcolm’s performance warmly recognised by most New Zealand reviewers. Following the show’s success, both the United States and England adapted Outrageous Fortune into their own respective series, neither of which were renewed after the debut season.
Set in a world many thousands of years in the future. Earth’s cities now roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive Traction Cities, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the Outlands who will change the course of his life forever.
Michael has life pretty sweet. His girlfriend adores him, his best mate David is loyal to the end, plus David’s girlfriend doesn’t mind a quick hook-up either. But Michael’s self-regarding lifestyle comes crashing down when he is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Desperate not to let his life just fade away, Michael steals the $200,000 raised for his treatment, and catches a one-way flight to London. He isn’t there for long before his nerve and sense of humour earn him a vicious beating in a back alley. Waking up cold and bloodied, he finds himself being watched over by the ethereal Sylvie; a mysterious French drifter. They fall head over heels in love, and attempt to outrun death itself.
Fun, disarming and musically provocative, the Topp Twins are New Zealand’s finest lesbian country and western singers and the country’s greatest export since rack of lamb and the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.
20-minute follow-up made up of never-before-seen footage It will reportedly involve the “bizarre and unsettling things” that happened to Farrier and Reeve as the began taking Tickled to film festivals and theaters last year, and it will feature the two of them beginning to “answer questions that remained once the credits rolled on Tickled, including whether the disturbing behavior they uncovered will ever come to an end.”
Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.
Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.
The contemporary story of Chinese New Zealand-born over-achiever Emily Chu, raised to believe she can get anything she puts her mind to. Even if ‘anything’ is at odds with her traditional Hong Kong born parents’ wish for her to become a doctor like her two older sisters. Everything is coming up roses – until she meets James, a European New Zealander, and accidentally falls in love with him. But if her father finds out, she will face disownment. By the time Emily realises that she’s sacrificing the respect of her family to follow her heart, James, too, has fallen irrevocably in love and there’s nothing for it but to try and keep their relationship a secret. Happy endings don’t come easy, if at all, but that doesn’t mean they don’t happen. But for Emily to get one, she needs to show James and her family that she has learned a lesson about the selflessness of love.
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Football bets have always been a popular market for many people to bet on and there have recently been a lot of new markets added to betting platforms and one that is becoming increasingly popular is player transfer bets, where you can place a bet on a player to either sign a new contract or to sign for another team here is a list of options that are popular for many punters to use when placing these types of bets. Some of the odds on these types of bets can be very low but some can be very high if the players are linked with a move to a club that is not capable of pulling off the move, another market that is now available is manager transfers with the same as the players you can bet on them to either stay or leave to a new club. These transfer bets have become very popular and especially at the start of the season and during transfer windows. When the new seasons start there are a lot of customers placing bets on which manager will be sacked first or even which manager will win a trophy first. You can get some great odds on these types of bets with there always being transfer rumours but there is always some truth behind certain transfer rumours so it gives punters some clues to what is going on behind closed doors and what bets they think they should place.
Football transfer bets have become one of the most popular markets for fans to bet on and since the return of fans football betting markets have shot up to new records with more fans than ever before placing bets on their teams and also on these new players / manager markets. The premier league seems to be the favourite for fans to bet on when it comes to players switching to the league like when ronaldo has recently joined manchester united the player was one of the most betted on across all the markets on which club he would join, manchester city were leading the race to sign him but united come in last minute and snatched the deal. A lot of people placed bets on this transfer as it was one of the most talked about across the football world in recent years, the same as when messi was leaving Barcelona and signed for psg.
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In-Depth: Rep. David Young (R-IA) introduced this bill to increase State Department oversight of the end result of U.S. funding of education in Palestine.
IMPACT-se, a research institute that analyzes educational materials for their compliance with standards of peace and tolerance based on international declarations and resolutions, has played a major role in shaping this legislation, which it supports. IMPACT-se CEO Marcus Sheff said:
“Congressman Young’s vision in initiating and introducing this bill is timely, remarkable and potentially extremely significant in offering young Palestinians a peaceful vision for the future… Ultimately, [current] textbooks are a major impediment to the possibility of peace… They deny young Palestinians the chance of a violence-free and peaceful future and perpetuate eternal war.”
There are three cosponsors of this bill, including two Democrats and one Republican.
Of Note: Despite a curriculum overhaul in 2016 and 2017, Palestinian education for grades 1-11 fails to meet the international standards of peace and tolerance in educational materials established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. UNRWA — the branch of UN that runs UN-sponsored schools in Palestine — maintains 349 schools in the Palestinian territories, with 240,000 students in Gaza and 50,000 students in the West Bank.
The U.S. contributes millions of dollars a year to the Palestinian Authority and UNWRA (in 2017, the United States’ $354 million contribution was more than double that of the EU, the second-largest funder).
This bill would mandate that the Secretary of State check the Palestinian Authority curriculum against internationally recognized standards of peace and tolerance:
RESPECT: The curriculum should promote tolerance, understanding and respect toward the “Other,” his or her culture, achievements, values and way of life.
INDIVIDUAL OTHER: The curriculum should foster personal attachment toward the “Other” as an individual, his or her desire to be familiar, loved and appreciated.
NO HATE: The curriculum should be free of wording, imagery and ideologies likely to create prejudices, misconceptions, stereotypes, misunderstandings, mistrust, racial hatred, religious bigotry and national hatred, as well as any other form of hatred or contempt for other groups or peoples.
PEACEMAKING: The curriculum should develop capabilities for non-violent conflict resolution and promote peace.
UNBIASED INFORMATION: Educational materials (textbooks, workbooks, teachers’ guides, maps, illustrations, aids) should be up-to-date, accurate, complete, balanced and unprejudiced, and use equal standards to promote mutual knowledge and understanding between different peoples.
GENDER EQUALITY: The curriculum should foster equality and mutual respect between women and men. It should refrain from stereotyped gender roles.
SOUND PROSPERITY and COOPERATION: The curriculum should educate for sound and sustainable economic conduct and preservation of the environment for future generations. It should encourage regional and local cooperation to that effect.
Current curricula in Palestine fails to meet this standard because:
Radicalization is pervasive across the curriculum. Textbooks groom young Palestinian to sacrifice themselves through martyrdom, glorify jihad, and feature a radical Islamist (and occasionally Salafi) worldview.
It rejects negotiations with Israel as the preferred method of achieving statehood. Rather, current curricula teaches that a Palestinian state will be achieved through martyrdom, violence, and religious war.
Martyrdom is taught as a life goal, and it is implied that children should not tell their parents if they intend to become martyrs. Boys are told their reward for martyrdom is marriage to 72 wives in heaven; girls are told that martyrdom gains them equality with boys; and those who choose a nonviolent life are denigrated as cowards.
Jihad is held up as the most important aspect of life. Science lessons are used to teach violence, and war is a permanent state of being. Violence is specified as a legitimate and even necessary tactic to gain Palestinian statehood.
Palestine’s war with Israel is portrayed as a permanent and natural state of existence, as a phenomenon that has accompanied humanity since the dawn of history.
It demonizes Israel, mostly describing it as the “Zionist Occupation” and systemically characterizing it through examples of evil-doing. There are no examples of cooperation between Israel and the PA, and no education for peace and coexistence.
Violent images, imagery, and examples are evidenced throughout the curriculum. For example, the new textbooks contain graphic descriptions of the Nabka. A fifth-grade linguistics textbook describes leaving behind “body parts” of friends and neighborhoods in 1948. Science textbooks use violence in everyday examples of scientific principles: for example, a science textbook teaches Newtonian gravity through the image of a boy with a slingshot targeting soldiers to explain power, mass, and tensile strength.
European Union lawmakers, observing these issues with the Palestinian Authority’s curriculum, approved amendments in April preventing aid from the EU to the PA from financing educational materials considered to be discriminatory or intolerant.
On a high level, the debate over PA textbooks generally falls along two lines of argument: the first, in opposition to current textbooks, argues that PA textbooks spread a culture of violence that prizes martyrdom and jihad (as discussed above). The second line of argument holds that, although imperfect, PA textbooks represent a step forward in the evolution and design of a Palestinian school curriculum that is essential to the development of a national identity. Those in the latter camp assert that PA textbooks do not incite Palestinians towards anti-Jewish views or violence, or constitute a “war curriculum.”
At the foreign policy level, Palestinian curriculum reform is an important element in the broader U.S. policy goal of promoting Middle East democracy and governance reforms. Multiple U.S. agencies, including the United States Agency of International Development (USAID), the State Department’s Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), and the State Department, fund education reform and initiatives in the West Bank and Gaza.
Summary by Lorelei Yang(Photo Credit: Cineberg / iStock)
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Photo-report from our program at The British Educational Children's Center
Recent activity of Kalos Eco & Tree Owners Club mostly includes planting the rare & special kinds of trees all the way we are, supported by sharing the experience, dispensation of seeds and tasting of chocolate and other "products from the trees" with new people we've met. Coming to Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province we tested new approach in both to find active energetic patrons for planting new trees and increase the environmental awareness - to give lectures to the kids, supported with planting the seeds of cacao for their own garden and tasting the freshly-made chocolate. The first place which holds the event was The British Educational Children’s Centre. With big help of school's teachers - special thanks to Adriana!) - each of about 30 kids from 7 to 11 years planted own seed of cacao, tasted the chocolate and learned about the life of cacao tree. Venus just appeared in a sky that morning first of June - what's give us as choco-lovers extra-reasons to be happy!
We were glad to see that our little listeners were smart, full of attention, open-minded and already had extensive knowledge about the world around. They loves the chocolate and tea we served (not surprise - it was tea made from ancient trees at north of Thailand) and excited to plant their cacao seeds. We going to continue - as we also got very positive experience and hope that dozens of young cacao sprouts soon will have a new life.
Program points as we, wrote it for us to remind the order:
We all know the chocolate; We love it; When we eat it we feel happy.
But do you know how to make a chocolate, and how cacao look like?
Time ago I'm also didn't know any idea how cacao look like, even after visiting some chocolate museums and factories; even when by lucky chance we start to live near to trees of Cacao; in the South of country, in a wonderful place on a river and near the waterfall.
Our house was small & modest, however cosy and has a awesome views to the water below, surrounded by various interesting trees and other plants, including cacao;
Trees there are so many, that we recognized chocolate trees not immediately -
as they small and not-remarkable on a scenes with other big-neighbors from the first sight
until the tree trunks became blossoming and soon were fulfilled big fruits - Cacao.
Cacao has very ancient history.
Theo Brono -Food of God - Shukra or Venus give to Earth & people
Tribes of Maya & Atzech considered cacao as a sacred tree
our meeting with cacao also was exciting and miracle
Tree of cacao is not big - it give the energy to fruits growing from trunk
First appearing the flowers; Then the fruits coming from them
Trees loves shady places with lots of water
Cacao glad to meet Big neighbours - giants, which giveour tree the shadow from direct sunlight
can live even insde the house under care, but seldom has fruits there
because there are no much space in a pod for the roots - and roots is the place of power
for the first years roots growing faster than the tree we see
we even worried that tree growing too slow - first fruits coming after 7-8 years
harvest collected twice a year
looking at the size, color of cabosse and... how it sounds - when there is sound of hollow drum - fruits ready
after collecting cacao opened to get the fruit flesh
to put it under the Sun - for fermentation
cacao has a special relations with Sun
First, covering its leaves in shadow, beans are taking-eating the rays of Sun
then being opened, temperature going up - beans becaming so hot that we can even burn if touch it
10 to 14 days to be ready - dried
When we getting them to create the chocolate
Anybody know how to make a chocolate?
Its simple - 3 ingredients - cacao- sugar - milk
we cn eat it even fresh - you can try
but for real chocolate first we need to roast the beans and clean them
if we can we can roast cacao together and see what happens wiith beans
they mostly consist of valuable oils, full of goodnesses
Aroma fulfill the area...
Then we can make amazing chocolate desserts on any taste!
---------degustation of chocolate - ----------
--------planting of tree------------------
this place chosen not randomly!
Hua His is a special place with sweetest pineapples, litchi and other plants
as we bring here some cacao fruits and planted first 22, rains began":)))
Cacao loves rains. Here we are - first sprout in Hua Hin.
This trees will give a birth of your school's own cacao farm
We grow this tree together, and then each of you will grow own tree hhere in a pod with soil.
We will you show how to properly grow this divine Tree!
Initial plan here was presentation of Dozen Hotels & Dozen Villas concept and creation of the first Dozen Hotels Hua Hin. To do that we decided to upgrade our online booking software - that's how it looks now, installing there new option of "week-end rate" and new nice & easy template. By chance it was rainy all our stay here and the first sprouts of Hua Hin cacao appears earlier that the first Dozen of hotels. So the plan was changed and faced to the Nature!
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Moving stock overview will help you with being more planned during your movement cycle. It will be less complex to follow your resources. Likewise, it is immense when you are endeavoring to get an accurate measure from your Citiesmovers packers and movers in hyderabad. Exactly when you are aiming to pack isolated, make an exact moving stock once-over and it will help you with figuring the proportion of squeezing supplies you will require. Regardless of the way that, it will in general be a bit monotonous, it truly saves time as time goes on. So before you start doing anything related to your turn, take some time and make a precise moving stock summary.
Make a moving stock once-over to help you screen your development
Get a precise moving examination with the help of a moving stock summary
Right when you are needing to move, plainly you should understand the sum it would hamper you. Thusly, one of the essential exercises is to get a moving appraisal. Additionally, to get an exact moving examination, you should tell your movers unequivocally what you are needing to move. Additionally, moving stock overview will help you with doing that. Thusly, making a moving stock once-over is one of the chief Hyderabad moving tips that you will get when you decide to move. If you need to find an optimal offer you should get checks from a couple of rolling associations, take a gander at them and pick the best one.
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Creating a moving stock summary can be monotonous, yet it's everything except something imperative to do. You can create it's anything but's a piece of paper, while you are going through your stuff, or you can use your phone. There are a couple of astounding android applications for figuring everything out your things. Likewise, that is the most easy way to deal with do it. These are helpful applications, which permits you to make requested stock once-over with search and imagining. They are not hard to use, as they have convincing interfaces and clear course. They moreover have a plan reliant upon real conditions. You can put all of your properties into one of these applications. Every property is isolated into rooms, and each room has its own summary of things. You can add an extra space, for example, and it's anything but's a sub-once-over of things that are taken care of inside.
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Android applications are very valuable while making a moving stock overview
Make your moving stock once-over
A couple of gathering find that using a PDA is to jumbled. If you experience trouble with downloading, presenting and getting around android applications, you can do it as it was done in bygone times and record it's anything but's a piece of paper. Using a PC to make a stock summary isn't profitable in the current situation, as you should move around the house a ton. If you have a PC you can use it, anyway be careful so as not to drop it some spot while you are going through piles of stuff. Along these lines, the best way to deal with do it is by using a phone or making it's anything but's a piece of paper.
Make an alternate stock summary for each room
The most honed technique to make a capable and obliging stock overview is to segment your moving stock once-over by rooms. If you can, you should make an alternate stock summary for each room that you have. This will help you with staying more planned. You can start with gigantic things, the ones that you can without a doubt spot. Then proceed ahead to more unassuming things. To have a separated stock show, you should add a couple of focal points for every thing.
Here is what you should note
Partition your moving stock summary by rooms. It will help you with being more organized and it will be less complex to follow every thing that you needing to pack for the move.
Your first section should contain the thing's name.
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Note the present status of your things. Note the state of your things before the move.
You can add the evaluated worth of things.
Consider where will you place your thing in your new home and record it. This will be very valuable during a moving truck dump and dump.
Leave a spot for additional notes and considerations that you may have.
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Make an alternate moving stock once-over for your set aside things
Taking care of your things in a public amassing
In case you mean to move a couple of things to a self-accumulating, make an alternate stock overview for limit also. Right when you are taking care of your things in a public accumulating Chandigarh, it's anything but an extraordinary thought to have an overview to make certain about the space of your things if you can't find something during dumping. So before you seek after your movers and fault them for missing things, check your ability stock overview. It will be of amazing help with such conditions.
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UBP Asset Management Taiwan Ltd
UBP has delicately cultivated the Asian market. UBP Asset Management Taiwan Ltd. was set up on 6th September 2018. UBP AM Taiwan, as a part of UBP spirit, will introduce UBP asset management products to grasp the investment opportunities in the market, and provide more high-quality products with a stable, flexible, diversified, and professional service. We aim to introduce unique products for the Taiwan market with flexible and innovated investment strategies.
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Jorginho’s stoppage-time penalty ensured Chelsea avoided conceding further ground in the Premier League title race with a dramatic victory over Leeds United at Stamford Bridge.
Teenager Joe Gelhardt, brought on as an 81st-minute substitute, appeared to have earned a late point for Leeds with his first touch – the 19-year-old sliding in to send Tyler Roberts’ low cross past Edouard Mendy.
In a hugely entertaining encounter featuring three converted penalties, Raphinha put the visitors ahead with the game’s first spot-kick after 28 minutes following Marcos Alonso’s mistimed challenge on Daniel James.
But Chelsea, knocked off top spot in the table following their 3-2 defeat by West Ham last weekend, fought back as Mason Mount met Alonso’s low cross with a first-time finish to restore parity before the interval.
Thomas Tuchel’s hosts were awarded a penalty of their own before the hour mark after referee Chris Kavanagh reviewed Raphinha’s sliding challenge on Antonio Rudiger, allowing Jorginho to complete the turnaround.
Despite Gelhardt’s heroics, it was Jorginho who had the final say with another confident penalty after Mateusz Klich brought down Rudiger to deliver a victory that ensures third-placed Chelsea remain two points behind leaders Manchester City.
Champions City beat Wolves 1-0 earlier on Saturday, while Liverpool, in second, defeated Aston Villa by the same scoreline.
Defensive problems continue to trouble Chelsea
Such is the unforgiving nature of this season’s title race, defeat by West Ham was enough to cost Chelsea two places as they continue to wrestle with Manchester City and Liverpool in an already enthralling battle at the top.
With seven minutes remaining, it appeared the European champions would lose further ground at the beginning of a relentless Christmas schedule, yet despite letting another lead slip they remain within striking distance with this hard-fought win.
Tuchel admitted that, given the high standards expected at Stamford Bridge, his side’s recent form of one win in four matches in all competitions has looked “kind of horrible” – adding his side had been “trying to escape with 90% effort and intensity” in recent matches.
After a promising start, in which Mason Mount went close and Reece James attempted to catch out goalkeeper Illan Meslier with a disguised free-kick, the Blues were initially unable to make their early superiority count against a depleted Leeds.
Wing-back James displayed his versatility as he was given permission to roam around a midfield missing Mateo Kovacic and N’Golo Kante, while another obvious positive for Tuchel was Mount’s continued run of form in front of goal as the England midfielder scored for a third successive league game.
But it is at the back where Chelsea’s concern remain. They have conceded eight goals across their last three games following Wednesday’s 3-3 Champions League draw with Zenit.
And while Alonso atoned for his penalty error by dispossessing Stuart Dallas to assist Mount, there is much work for Tuchel to do if his side are to sustain their title challenge.
More to follow.
- 28AzpilicuetaSubstituted forChristensenat 74′minutes
- 6Thiago Silva
- 24JamesBooked at 34mins
- 3AlonsoSubstituted forLukakuat 87′minutes
- 19MountBooked at 60mins
- 11WernerSubstituted forHudson-Odoiat 74′minutes
- 1MeslierBooked at 90mins
- 14LlorenteBooked at 90mins
- 3FirpoBooked at 42mins
- 46ShackletonBooked at 53minsSubstituted forKlichat 59′minutesBooked at 69mins
- 10RaphinhaSubstituted forGelhardtat 82′minutes
- 20JamesSubstituted forCresswellat 87′minutes
Match ends, Chelsea 3, Leeds United 2.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 3, Leeds United 2.
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A neglected element languishing at the bottom of the periodic table could be used to build clocks so precise they could be used to find dark matter.
Physicists at the National University of Singapore have found that lutetium (Lu) holds promise for building extremely precise clocks. Currently, the world uses cesium atomic clocks to tell time. An atomic clock makes only one mistake in 300 million years, which means one that would have been built when dinosaurs were still around would still be on the dot up to this day.
But scientists do not really see lutetium as a replacement for everyday timekeeping. Scientists have a grander vision than that. They believe that ultra-precise clocks could open up possibilities for applications that are not possible with current technologies. These include detecting mini time warps caused by changes in the Earth's gravity field, thus allowing us to find dark matter and dark energy.
How A Cesium Atomic Clock Works
Ancient timekeepers have defined the second as 1/86,400 of a day. However, fluctuations in the Earth's rotation caused irregularities in how people all over the world tell time.
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In recent years, however, researchers have discovered that atoms such as aluminum and ytterbium can be used to build even more precise clocks. They use high-frequency visible light, adding more data points to the definition of a second.
However, these so-called optical clocks are highly sensitive to changes in temperature. This is why the less precise cesium clocks are still preferred. The discovery of lutetium as a timekeeper could be a game-changer as it is far less sensitive to changes in the temperature of its environment.
"We have definitively shown that Lu is the least sensitive to temperature of all established atomic clocks," says first author Kyle Arnold in a statement.
"The ultimate performance of a clock comes down to the properties of the atom — how insensitive the atom is to its environment," adds lead researcher Murray Barrett. "I would call lutetium top in its class."
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Dark matter is that part of the universe we can't observe. It has a gravitational pull but does not emit ordinary light. The theory is some 28 percent of the entire universe is made up of dark matter. Another 68 percent is said to be made up of dark energy, a mysterious force believed to cause the universe's rapid expansion.
The problem is there is currently no way of finding out if this theory is true. Lutetium optical clocks could possibly change that. According to Einstein's theory of relativity, gravity distorts time. And because there are differences in gravity in various parts of the world, time varies ever so slightly depending on where the clock is located.
Currently, atomic clocks cannot detect these time fluctuations. Lutetium clocks, which are a hundred times more precise, can help researchers map out the entire Earth's gravitational field by detecting the time differences around the world. And because dark matter exerts gravity, lutetium clocks could also be used to detect it and dark energy.
"Some theories that say dark matter is around us, so if we cross a chunk of dark matter, this would perturb the clock," Jérome Lodewyck, physicist at the Paris Observatory who was not part of the study, says.
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Mar 29, 2018 it had two main purposes first to remedy the current dearth of readily accessible information on sheep diseases and second, through royalty income, to assist the institutes parent body the animal diseases research association in its bid to purchase additional grazing land at gilmerton, the institutes original site. These animals are highly susceptible to respiratory diseases, which account for almost 50% mortality amongst them. Ms word and powerpoint documents can be read by using their respective applications or any alternatives. This is generally encountered in greedy feeders when lush green pasture is available. Unlike cattle, in which the disease has been more extensively studied, chronic diarrhoea is not a consistent feature of johnes disease in sheep and goats. Most common diseases affecting sheep and goats parasitic respiratory hoof reproductive metabolic other diseases. Foot scald is caused by a bacteria fusobacterium necrophorum that is a normal inhabitant of sheep, goat, and cattle farms, whereas footrot is caused by the introduction of a second bacteria bacteroides nodosus which usually walks onto the farm in the hooves of an infected animal.
Nutritional diseases of goats management and nutrition. If one doe is clinically ill, many more in the herd are likely at risk. Important diseases and disorders in goat and sheep emphasizing on etiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment. This revised and updated version of outline of clinical diagnosis in sheep now covers the whole field of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases and poor production of sheep. Diseases that affect sheep maryland small ruminant page. Overall, i found this book to be an excellent and comprehensive treatment of the diseases and management of sheep and goats. Morbidity and mortality are the two important factors resulting in heavy losses in sheep production and improvement programs. The first edition of this text had an exceptional group of chapter authors. These osmanabadi goats are suitable for stall feed,semi stall feed and open grazing goat farm systems.
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How Long It Takes for Breast Milk To Refill
Did you know your breasts never completely drain of milk? Even after a successful feed, babies tend to remove only 75-80% of the available milk. And, your body is constantly producing milk (not just between feeds).
The amount of milk breasts can store between sessions will vary from woman to woman and is not determined by breast size. So, how long it takes to refill breast milk to capacity will be unique to your particular body as well as how often you’re feeding your child.
As mentioned, the breast is never completely empty, but milk flow is greatly reduced by nursing to the point where no significant amount is expressed. It typically takes 20-30 minutes to rebuild to an adequate flow and closer to an hour to rebuild to peak flow.
And, the emptier the breast, the faster your body produces milk. So, feeding more frequently and encouraging your baby to feed for a longer amount of time can reduce the time it takes to refill your breasts between feedings.
As a result, your body will produce more milk to keep up with your baby’s demand.
Below are some easy ways to encourage your body to refill breast milk faster by increasing breast milk production and breast milk supply.
Tips to Increase Breast Milk Supply
If you’re worried your baby isn’t getting enough milk, there are several easy steps you can take to monitor their feeds and encourage better milk production in your body.
Practicing skin to skin and implementing more frequent feedings are typically the best first steps. And you should also examine your diet, stress levels and medications.
Each of the tips and techniques below with decrease how long it takes for beast milk to refill and stimulate your milk supply.
1. Don’t skip skin to skin
Skin contact is incredibly beneficial to milk supply. This simple act produces oxytocin, also known as the love hormone which helps mothers and babies bond and also stimulates and increases milk production.
Skin to skin is a great way to encourage the let-down reflex to get things flowing. You can also try using a warm compress or massaging the breast during and after feeds.
2. Try more frequent feedings
Breastfeeding works by supply and demand. So, the easiest and most effective way to increase supply is to increase the amount of feeds in day. You should aim to feed 8 or more times a day.
3. Weigh baby before and after feedings
Weighing your baby can help determine how many ounces of milk your baby gets from feeds. Measure these amounts against the recommended intake for their age to see if your milk supply falls short for what they need. If you feel you’re not producing enough milk for baby, follow more tips and suggestions below!
4. Ensure baby has a proper latch
A shallow latch (or what’s sometimes referred to as a lipstick nipple latch) can affect the amount of milk your baby receives during feeds and in turn, your milk supply. Improper latch can also lead to painful breast conditions that can deter proper feeds.
Here are some ways to get your baby to latch properly so they can nurse more productively and improve how long it takes to refill breastmilk.
- Make a “U” shape to compress your breast to help baby get more of the breast in their mouths.
- Encourage baby to open wide (their mouths should fully cover the nipple and areola).
- Point your nipple to their nose so it bypasses their gums and ends up towards the roof of their mouth.
- Try to make baby’s lower lip the first to contact the breast and anchor to the outer edge of the areola.
- Try different feeding positions to find what’s comfortable.
- Check with your pediatrician to ensure baby doesn’t have a lip or tongue tie.
5. Drain as much milk as possible
Offer both breasts during feeds and if milk supply is really low, you can even switch back and forth between breasts to get as much milk out per feeding session as possible.
And, if baby is lazily sucking and not actually drinking any milk, try squeezing the breast to get more milk into their mouths and encourage consumption.
6. Pump between feedings
Hand express or use electric pumps for 10 minutes or so after each feed. This will signal the body to refill the breast more promptly and increase supply. And, if you’re exclusively pumping, try hand expressing after each pumping session next to baby. This can boost the amount of milk produced even more.
7. Try foods that encourage milk production
Proper nutrition is so important to milk supply as well as staying adequately hydrated (at least 2 liters of water per day). In addition, you should plan 3 healthy meals each day with snacks in between. Here are some foods that are believed to increase milk supply to include in your diet:
- Lactation cookies
- Oatmeal or oat milk (contains iron which nursing mothers need)
- Fennel seeds (a licorice flavored seed that contains estrogen-like compounds)
- Lean meat or poultry
Refrain from smoking and avoid excessive caffeine intake (limit to 3 cups of instant coffee per day).
8. Refrain from supplementing between feeds
Providing your baby with extra formula, unnecessarily, can decrease your milk supply. This signals the body to slow down production due to artificially decreased demand.
However, if your doctor has encouraged formula feeding to help with your baby’s nutrition or growth, you’ll need to continue those supplements and use other techniques to decrease how long it takes to refill breast milk.
9. Reduce stress
Stress can decrease your milk supply. If you’re overly concerned about breastfeeding or have other sources of anxiety in your life, you might be shooting yourself in the foot.
Do the best you can to implement more relaxation and stress relief in your life and literally let things flow!
10. Check your medications
Some medications are known to decrease milk supply. Because of that, you’ll need to pay attention to the drugs you use for cold and flu. And, try to refrain from hormonal birth control while you’re actively breastfeeding because it can lower your supply.
11. Make sure baby is staying awake during feeds
If your baby will only nurse for short periods, it’s likely they’re eating and sleeping schedule is off. A drowsy baby is typically not an effective eater. Follow the tips, below, to create more engaged feeding sessions with your baby.
The Best Feeding Schedule to Refill Breast Milk Faster
It’s important to establish a set time for feedings to ensure your baby is the most alert and attentive while nursing. Try to establish a newborn sleep and feeding pattern as follows: eat, play, sleep.
According to this newborn sleep schedule, you should nurse baby first thing after they wake so they’re not drowsy and the most focused on the task.
This also prevents baby’s from relying on you to fall asleep. If baby’s become accustomed to being nursed to sleep, it’s much more difficult for them to learn to self-soothe and fall asleep on their own!
While it’s helpful to follow this pattern of eat, play, sleep, you should always pay attention to your baby’s hunger cues. When your baby goes through growth spurts they may need to feed more frequently or longer.
This may disrupt the nursing routine you’ve become accustomed to as your body changes how long it takes to refill beast milk.
But, things typically realign after a few days as your body meets the new demand with an increased supply of milk.
Baby’s needs change from time to time, so you may need to practice some extra patience when getting up more frequently in the night. Just remind yourself it will pass pretty quickly!
Tips for Maintaining Healthy Breasts While Nursing
If you’ve wondered how long does it take to refill breast milk, you may also wonder what it takes to protect your breasts while nursing.
As a new mom, those virgin nipples can be tender and sore for the first few weeks while you toughen up. Because of that, you’ll likely need help from safe and proven nipple creams and breastfeeding essentials like these:
- Lansinoh cream to help with soreness or to lubricate breast pumps
- Disposable nursing pads or reusable ones to shield nipples and collect milk
- Silicone breast pumps to relieve engorgement
- A nursing pillow to help you get a proper latch
- Nipple shields to correct lipstick nipple and protect cracked or chaffed nipples
- A cold/hot compress to help with clogged ducts
If you ever experience fever, rash, white pimple looking spots on your nipples or can’t empty your breasts, be sure to reach out to your doctor for further care!
And, while nursing can be uncomfortable for a bit, it should never be painful. Bleeding, cracking and open wounds should be reported to your healthcare provider for assessment and treatment.
When should I be concerned?
After trying these techniques, if you’re still having issues with low milk supply and how long it takes to refill breast milk, reach out to a lactation consultant or your healthcare provider.
They can provide more specific medical advice for your unique circumstances. In some cases, supply issues may be due to other underlying health issues that need to be resolved.
These are some of the factors that can affect how long it takes to refill breast milk and may decrease your supply:
- Increased stress
- Thyroid or pituitary imbalances and other hormone complications
- Insufficient milk producing tissue
- Breast surgery or augmentation
- Metabolic issues and medical conditions like high blood pressure, anemia or retained placenta
- Certain medications for cold and flu and hormonal birth-controls
- Smoking or excessive caffeine consumption
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Is it okay to stop breastfeeding?
It’s important to understand that breastfeeding is not for everyone. While there are several benefits to breastfeeding like passing antibodies to your baby, possible reduction of postpartum depression and a boost in weight loss, there can also be several downsides.
Some women have very real mental or physical limitations to breastfeeding which make nursing their baby incredibly uncomfortable, damaging and even impossible.
If breastfeeding negatively affects your mental or physical health, it’s okay to stop.
The most important thing is to have a healthy baby AND a healthy mom. There are other viable methods to feeding and nourishing your child.
For instance, some women enjoy and prefer exclusively pumping. Or, you can try baby formula which has come a long way over the years and even purchase breastmilk from breast milk banks.
Whatever you decide, is what’s right for you.
Milk production continues non-stop, but is based on supply and demand. The more frequently and completely your breasts are drained of milk, the more milk your body will produce. If you want to decrease how long it takes to refill breast milk, simply introduce more feeds or more opportunities to express your milk.
Yes. Using a breast pump in between nursing sessions can help increase milk production and milk supply. Breast milk is produced based on supply and demand. Pumping for 10 minutes or so after breastfeeding increases the demand for milk and in turn your beast milk supply.
It should be noted, however, that pumping is only beneficial to milk supply if it’s done in conjunction with regular breastfeeding. If a mother pumps and then skips a breastfeeding session, that can have a negative impact on milk supply.
The breast is never completely drained of milk even after a successful feed. However, as the amount of milk in the breast decreases, milk flow is significantly reduced. Milk flow typically “builds back up” in 20-30 minutes.
The amount of milk a breast can hold will vary from woman to woman and is not bound by breast size. You can get an idea of the amount of milk your breasts generally hold by pumping into a measured bottle or weighing your baby before and after feeds. However, weighing baby or measuring milk in a pump can never truly indicate the amount of milk in the breast.
Breast milk works by supply and demand. If you want your milk to refill faster, increase your amount of nursing sessions or express milk in between feeds with a pump or by massaging the breast with your hands. You should also ensure your baby has a proper latch and doesn’t fall asleep during feeds. Here are some other helpful tips and techniques to decrease how long it takes to refill breast milk:
– Drink plenty of water (2 liters per day)
– Eat 3 healthy meals with snacks
– Try lactation cookies and other lactation-friendly foods
– Decrease stress, caffeine consumption and smoking
– Get skin to skin time and massage the breast during and after feeds or use a warm compress
– Refrain from supplementing in between feeds if possible (formula, juice, etc.)
The Bottom Line
How long does it take to refill breast milk? Here’s the bottom line:
Breastmilk is always being produced and takes 20-30 minutes to rebuild to adequate flow after a feed. However, for the strongest flow of breast milk, you should wait an additional 30 minutes or so.
You can reduce the time it takes to refill breastmilk by increasing the demand for milk and making healthy diet choices:
- Practice skin to skin.
- Nurse at least 8 times per day for the first 4 months.
- Encourage baby to stay alert during feeds and ensure a proper latch.
- Offer both breasts with each feed and switch back and forth if needed.
- Hand express or pump for 10 minutes after each nursing session.
- Reduce stress, drink plenty of water and eat foods like oats, garlic, lean proteins and fennel seeds.
- Avoid excessive caffeine, smoking and certain medications, as well as hormonal birth control.
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WILD SOUTH BY PETER RYAN
One of my favorite outdoor writers of all times is Charley Waterman. He was one of the last “Jack of All Trades” outdoorsmen who did and loved it all and wrote about it: Big game, upland game, waterfowl, fishing, camping, etc. The great thing about Charley was that he admittedly was not the best hunter or fisherman, (or writer for that matter), but his love of the outdoors and the pursuit really came through in his work. And furthermore, Charley could tell a good story, which is an art that is lost on many new hook and bullet writers.
I recently had the good fortune of reviewing the new book by Peter Ryan entitled: Wild South: Hunting & Fishing the Southern Hemisphere. As I read, I was instantly struck by how much Peter Ryan reminded me of Charley Waterman, except his book covers hunting and fishing in Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Papua New Guinea, and South America. As Charley Waterman was to the North American continent, Pete is the man who has done it all in the Southern Hemisphere and has written about it. And I would add that he writes well and tells a great story.
One might think that after having traveled so broadly and accomplished so much that Pete might be rich or prideful, but his humility really comes through in the book. Peter is not a rich man who uses money to buy trophy hunts in far off places, but rather is family man who worked hard and saved for his trips abroad and took advantage of the hunting and fishing opportunities that were available to him. From his book, we learn that Pete doesn’t hunt and fish to boost his ego, but rather does these things because he loves it and because it is an essential part of who he is. I can relate to this. Of himself, Peter humbly reports:
I was never as good as the best fly-fisher, tracker, marksman or dog-trainer. There was always too much to do, so many different disciplines that to master them all was impossible. It was enough for me to be the bumbler, Mr. Nobody from Nowhere, who loved it all and never gave up, not once. Maybe there’s a kind of honour in that.
Although I’ve always loved to hunt deer, I’m not much of a big game hunter. With that said, I really enjoyed Pete’s tails of chasing big game in the Southern Hemisphere. Pete has a way of transporting his reader to these remote wild places. One of my favorite things about this book is when Pete goes into detail about the people, their culture and languages. For example, he states regarding the Swahili’s interpretation of the lion’s roar:
To the Swahili-speaking peoples the lion’s long roar and finale of descending grunts is said to be “Nchi ya nani? Yengu. Yengu. Yengu” Whose land is this? Mine. Mine. Mine.” It’s stunning up close, especially if the cat is using a rock, hard ground or some other object to work his wall of sound.
Such detail shows a love and respect for the game animal as well as the different cultures he’s experienced. For Peter, hunting is not about the kill, as the story about his only lion hunt shows. Pete passed on a younger lion that most hunters would have taken and this was the only hunt for lion he will ever have. That says something.
My very favorite parts of the book are about fishing and bird hunting. Pete shares tales of hunting quail and pheasants in Australia and New Zealand, Perdiz in Argentina, and Francolin and Guinea fowl in Africa with his German Shorthair Pointer, Saxon. He also writes of fishing for Peacock Bass in the Amazon, Dorado and massive trout in Argentina, Trout in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa (which really surprised me). I’ve read about all these great game fish before, but learned for the first time about Papua New Guinea’s Black Bass in this book. I was intrigued by the following description:
If you ask a mad-keen fly-fisherman what the toughest river fish in the world might be on a pound-for-pound basis, you’ll get a variety of answers – dorado, tigers, Saratoga, barra. Few will name the Papuan black bass, which is a pity. By any measure they may be the dark horse of the bunch. It’s only their remoteness and difficulty that has kept them out of the limelight.
Such description makes me want to strike out upon a quest to tackle such a fish. Heck, all of Pete’s stories about fishing stirred within me a bit of wanderlust to see the world and to experience such wild and beautiful places.
But this book is more than just about hunting and fishing. It is really about life and man’s place within nature. Peter had the rare opportunity to become a hunting guide in Africa, but he shares that he turned this down because of his desire to raise a family. On the flipside, in the Epilogue, Peter tells of another instance of a job offer with excellent pay halfway across the world in a big city and the choice he made:
Everyone has a choice like this, in some way, at some stage. It’s a battle between the head and the heart.
It would be impossible to match that kind of income locally. If we took it we would never again have to worry about getting a new car, or fixing the hot-water system, or retiling the bathroom . . . the thousand and one cares that wear you down. There were other advantages too. The job offered a new beginning after some hard times. On the other hand, life in a sprawling industrial city wasn’t the dream we’d been working towards. VJ and I talked about it all night and got lost in the details, but in the end realized the only advantage the offer had was the money. It was that simple.
Nothing else about it was better than the dream we had been pursuing. There didn’t seem to be any point to slaving away to make more money to buy a place we liked when we already had one. Some would call it foolish but we stayed.
When shall we live, if not today?
Amen, Pete. I don’t call that foolish one bit. On the one hand, he could have chosen all nature as an African Hunting guide but no family, and on the other, had he accepted the good paying job in the city, he could have chosen money over his beloved outdoors. I totally understand why Pete made the choices he did. There are so many things in this beautiful world that are more important than money. As an outdoorsman and a father of six kids, I greatly admire Pete’s decisions and believe that he has his priorities in order and has found a balance between his two loves: His family and the outdoors.
In short, for those who love the outdoors for the right reasons, this is an excellent book. I am glad to have the opportunity to review it and I highly recommend it. Follow Peter Ryan on Facebook at the following LINK.
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We're extending our support for the pre-school nurseries who are doing such a great job providing essential childcare services during the lockdown by offering them priority access to online delivery slots.
Thanks to a continued expansion in our online service, we're offering the 5,000 nurseries across the UK who shop online with us a Priority Pass, providing advance access to online orders up to 21 days ahead, and the opportunity to book a recurring slot.
Kathryn Munden, who manages Rainbows Nursery in Swinton, Greater Manchester, receives her online order every Monday, with the delivery being used to make meals for around 30 children a day. She says the Priority Pass will make a huge difference.
"It's taken a big weight off my mind," said Kathryn. "We've been open all the way through the various lockdowns, so being able to provide everything for these children is important, as it means their parents can keep doing the great work they do every day. Children need quality and certainty because so many other things in the world are different."
We emailed nurseries to to let them know about the Priority Passes initiative – and Kathryn says it made her day when she received it.
She said: "I was so excited when I saw the email! Everything's been so difficult for everybody and we're all trying to do our best and work together, so having that security of knowing the slot's there and you can book the shopping in your own time is great.
"We need deliveries to come at a certain time of day at the start of each week so we have the items we need for the week ahead and so that it fits in with what our cook needs. You don't want to be putting the shopping away at the same time as cook is preparing lunch."
The nursery has 50 children on its register, aged from eight months to four years old. There are around 30 children in the nursery on a typical day.
Kathryn said: "The order each week is food for the children, cleaning supplies and hygiene products – everything we use, we get on this order.
"We try to ensure our children are getting the best meals we can give them.
"We do the shopping once a week because we can only really have space for a week's worth of food. We work off a menu and children recognise if you change what you buy and it sometimes means that child doesn't eat that meal. You also have to be careful watching for allergies and we know every ingredient Asda has and can easily check on the website, which gives us a lot of confidence."
The nursery's connection with Asda goes back a long way – children from the nursery helped open our nearby Pendlebury store in 2011, and Kathryn says she's ordered online since the service launched.
Kathryn said: "Swinton is the supermarket capital – I don't know anywhere with more supermarkets than we've got here – so shopping at Asda has been a definite choice for us.
"We choose Asda because of the prices and because the fruit and vegetables we get always look and taste good. It lasts well and is as good and fresh on the Friday as it is when we receive it on the Monday.
"We're a private nursery but we are working on tighter budgets and we've got to heat the building and light the building however many children we have in that day.
"The Asda website's really easy to navigate and it's easy to know what's in everything. If someone has a question – for example if someone's on a plant-based diet or has allergies – being able to check what the contents of something are is really useful."
Kathryn says a number of the Asda delivery drivers have become familiar faces over the years.
She said: "We have been dealing with Asda for so long that there are drivers we recognise, like Simon who we see all the time. They know our routine and they will say straight away what the temperature of the frozen food is so we don't need to worry. They're always really helpful and friendly people."
In addition to ours new initiative for nurseries, we're also extending our Priority Pass offer for more than 400,000 clinically extremely vulnerable customers and 2,500 care homes.
We're able to extend support for our most vulnerable customers thanks to an increase in online capacity, which has risen from 450,000 weekly slots at the start of last year 2020 to 850,000 now, with another 50,000 expected by April.
Simon Gregg, our Vice President of Online Grocery, said: “Nurseries provide a vital service to parents across the UK, including many Asda colleagues, who continue to benefit from their support under lockdown. By giving them priority access to slots it will enable them to receive regular grocery deliveries, which makes it possible for them to continue serving communities and carrying out their essential role.
“Since the start of the pandemic we have increased delivery capacity and accelerated our online expansion to meet levels we had anticipated reaching in eight years in a matter of months, and it is because of this that we are able to extend our support for our most vulnerable customers.
“We have supported clinically extremely vulnerable customers since shielding began and throughout the winter, and I am pleased that we are able to extend our Priority Pass offer to give further peace of mind as the vaccine programme rolls out.”
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With a net worth of $109.3 billion as of 2021, Warren Buffet is the 6th richest person alive on earth. He is not only a good investor but a great motivational and inspirational personality.
Warren Buffet Quotes revolve around business, investment, work ethics and life improvement. He is one of the best examples of consistency, hard work and success.
Here are the some the wise Warren Buffet Quotes on success, investment and business that will definitely make an impact on you.
30 Warren Buffet Quotes
1. “Tell me who your heroes are and I’ll tell you who you’ll turn out to be.” ― Warren Buffett
2. “The most important investment you can make is in yourself.” ― Warren Buffett
3. “If you don’t feel comfortable owning something for 10 years, then don’t own it for 10 minutes.” ― Warren Buffett
4. “The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.” ― Warren Buffett
5. “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” ― Warren Buffett
6. “You can’t make a good deal with a bad person.” ― Warren Buffett
7. “Money is not everything. Make sure you earn a lot before speaking such nonsense.” ― Warren Buffett
8. “If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don’t care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.” ―Warren Buffett
9. “In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love.” ― Warren Buffett
10th of 30 Warren Buffet Quotes
10. “I really like my life. I’ve arranged my life that I can do what I want.” – Warren Buffet
11. Rule No. 1: never lose money; rule No. 2: don’t forget rule No. 1
12. “Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing.”
13. “After all, you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out”
14. “I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute.”
15. “If you’re in the luckiest 1% of humanity, you owe it to the rest of the humanity to think about the other 99%.”
16. “Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing.”
17. “Never depend on a single income.”
18. “No matter how great the talents or efforts, some things just take time. You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.”
19th of 30 Warren Buffet Quotes
19. “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” -Warren Buffets
20. “I don’t measure my life by the money I’ve made. Other people might, but I certainly don’t.” – Warren Buffett
21. “It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.” – Warren Buffett
22. “I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.”
23. “If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.
24. Just buy something for less than it’s worth.”
25th of 30 Warren Buffet Quotes
“It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.” -Warren Buffet
26. “Every decade or so, dark clouds will fill the economic skies, and they will briefly rain gold.”
27. ” A very rich person should leave his kids rich enough to do anything but not enough to do nothing.”
28. “My wealth has come from a combination of living in America, some lucky genes, and compound interest.”
29. “It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.” – Warren Buffett
30. “Your best investment is yourself. There is nothing that compares to it.”
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Now, which Warren Buffet Quotes from the list you loved the most and why? You can tell in the comment section.
You can also share these wise quotes with your family and friends. It’s easy to share the love and inspire someone with your words and action.
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First Sunday of Lent
The First Sunday Of Lent: The Sunday Of Orthodoxy
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Learn About The Feast Of The Sunday Of Orthodoxy
The Sunday of Orthodoxy is the first Sunday of Great Lent. The dominant theme of this Sunday since 843 has been that of the victory of the icons. In that year the iconoclastic controversy, which had raged on and off since 726, was finally laid to rest, and icons and their veneration were restored on the first Sunday in Lent. Ever since, this Sunday has been commemorated as the "Triumph of Orthodoxy." Learn More »
Listen To The Hymns Of The Sunday Of Orthodoxy
Apolytikion (Tone One)
O Christ our God, begging forgiveness of our sins, we venerate your pure image O Good One. Of Your own will You condescended to ascend upon the Cross in the flesh and delivered those you created from the bondage of the enemy. Wherefore, thankfully we cry out: When You came to save the world You filled all things with joy, O our Savior. Listen »
Kontakion (Plagal Fourth Tone)
The undepictable Word of the Father became depictable when He took flesh of you, O Theotokos; and when He had restored the defiled image to its ancient state, He suffused it with divine beauty. As for us, confessing our salvation, we record it in deed and word.
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GenePath Diagnostics operates a state-of-the-art lab and R&D facility in Pune, India as well as an R&D lab in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We are an innovation-centric company with a strong emphasis on continuous R&D, and working closely with clinicians to develop affordable, high quality and scalable solutions. Examples include creating one of the world’s most efficient genetic tests for population screening of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), building a high quality and affordable solution for chronic myeloid leukemia (BCR-ABL) and now building one of the most sensitive and specific tests for COVID-19. We are a unique company in that we are both an advanced R&D team as well as a cutting edge lab, thereby allowing rapid feedback between the two steps, to create truly world class products and services.
In early 2021 we launched GeneClinicX, our preventive healthcare division that offers personalised and data driven healthcare programs that focus on heart health, weight loss, and reducing the risk of Type 2 diabetes or better managing the condition, if already present. Our approach is scientific, data driven and real-time, leveraging the best in modern medical technology. Our cross-disciplinary team of dietitians, geneticists and doctors create medically valid solutions personalized to participant needs, and our solutions are both easy to implement and sustainable, thereby driving long-term success of our programs.
At GenePath, we strongly believe in our culture and our company’s values are the principles and ideals that we live by.
Our core team has an appropriate mix of scientists, clinicians and engineers who are highly experienced in molecular diagnostics. Our extended team of close collaborators also includes several medical domain experts such as endocrinologists, infectious disease specialists, haematologists, paediatricians, nephrologists, oncologists and onco-surgeons and genetic counselors. This unique blend of skills helps us focus on providing quality output that is meaningful and clinically relevant.
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For the first time in the eight-year history of the Malden Reads program, the 2018 kickoff event was held at Malden High School on Feb. 15. Usually staged in the Converse Memorial Building of the Malden Public Library, the kickoff emphasized the intergenerational nature of the book choice, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, a young adult novel that can be enjoyed and appreciated by all ages. The Malden Reads committee collaborated with the student-run Black Culture Club at Malden High School to host an event that was inclusive and celebratory as well as profoundly moving, challenging and inspiring, which reflected the book’s topical themes.
“One of the things that I think is really exciting about this joint venture between Malden Reads and the high school is the way it’s showcasing student voice and issues that are relevant to students, starting some great conversations among students, educators and community members,” said Sean Walsh, Malden High School English teacher and Drama Director, who was involved in the collaborations.
The event featured exhibit tables from a host of community organizations: American Association of Arab Women, Chinese Culture Connection, Immigrant Learning Center, Malden Arts Little Free Libraries, Malden Overcoming Addiction, Malden Public Library, Malden High School Writers Den, North Shore Black Women’s Association, North Shore Hispanic Association, Outreach Community & Reform Center, and Raising a Reader, MA, as well as a local representative from the Anti-Defamation League. There was also a table with information about deceased rapper Tupac Shakur, whose words inspired the title of “The Hate U Give.”
In an interview at the event, Malden Superintendent John Oteri said, “I found the book incredibly powerful, riveting, and had a message that really resonates today. With our Malden community, I think that we can learn a lot from this. This book is about social activism and taking a stand, and that’s something all of our students here at the Malden Public Schools are able to do.”
Event goers enjoyed food donated from Anthony’s of Malden, Dockside Restaurant, Fresco’s Roast Beef & Seafood, and NJR Mediterranean Catering. Student artwork that emphasized the themes of this year’s book was on display. An interactive photo project was held at the event with portrait photographer Susan Margot Ecker, which celebrated Malden’s diversity with words and photos.
A special presentation in the Jenkins auditorium, hosted by the Black Culture Club, featured storytelling, poetry, song, dance and even a comedy routine by teens, tied in with the themes of this year’s book selection. Breakout sessions on related topics were offered following the presentation, including a presentation by Malden High School’s Haitian Culture Club.
Mayor Gary Christenson, who also attended the event, said, “I can’t say enough about how much Malden Reads has helped to promote literacy in this community. Growing up, I was taught that reading is one of the key ways to be successful.”
Walsh was thrilled with the event. “I’m so grateful that Malden Reads selected this book and so proud of this community and events like these,” he said.
Attendees were able to pick up the first copies of the Malden Reads 2018 Calendar of Events brochure. To see an online list of events, visit the Events page of the Malden Read website. You can also view the program in calendar format on the website’s Calendar Page, or download a pdf version of the brochure.
To learn all about Malden’s “One City, One Book” program, including sponsorship information, links, resources, and photos, visit the Malden Reads website at maldenreads.org.
Click to see a video of Christina Charles, from Malden High School Black Culture Club reciting the poem “Unite Us” by Khosal Khiev.
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Let's salute to our Indian Army together, We are proud to be Indian.
Mir Alam Ali Khan, also known as Nawab Alam Yar Jung Bahadur, was an Indian judge and politician
Alam Ali Khan was the eldest son of Mir Hashim Ali Khan The Nawab Hashim Nawaz Jung, a colonel with the Hyderabad Imperial Service Troops and Nizams regular Forces. Received education at Madrasa-e-aliya and the Nizam College, where he obtained both a B.A. and a B C L.For a short period he served as a Cadet in the Army. Obtained his M.A from Madras University, subsequently, he moved to England to complete his education at Oxford University’s Lincoln College here he attained his barrister-at-law and returned to Hyderabad.He died in 1974.
Ali Khan was appointed Munsif-darj-e-awal (first session judge) for the court of Beerad and soon also became Nazim-Sardar-e-Adalat(inspecting officer) at the court of Gulbarga. For a long time he served as the inspecting officer for the courts of Andhra Pradesh, and was later appointed Nazim-e-Sardar (Chief Justice).On 2 August 1943, Alam ali khan was conferred the title Alam yar jung,the next day on 3 August the High court remained closed,in honour to felicitate and celebrate.After his retirement from his judicial offices he was appointed Judicial and religious member of HEH the Nizams Executive council wherein he held the judicial portfolio.
Nawab Alam yar jung had three brothers and four sisters. The brothers included Nawab Talib Ali Khan, Accountant General of Hyderabad, Col Subhan Ali Khan,also Barrister at law Mir Iqbal Ali Khan Barr-at-lae .The sisters included Mehdi Begum, Tahira Begum and Wazir Begum.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I am owe you this news since a long time, for as you see I’m making an account here of events from three month ago: our visit to the youth prison during Christmas. As an excuse, it may be mentioned that I had to wait for long until the photos arrived which were taken during our visit. It is not allowed to take cameras or mobile phones with them and take pictures. One of the police officers made the pictures and promised to send those to us later. But it took quite a while under this promise came to be fulfilled. Lately, I have been very busy with my studies, so I had to postpone some of my work to a later date. Nevertheless, even so the lively memories of this visit to the prison continue to engage our thoughts day by day.
I have to tell you in advance, that our criminal law and the functioning of prisons is closer to the more primitive forms of the Roman law that it is probably the case in the US. The main idea in putting someone behind bars is that such a person needs to be punished. Offering them a chance to change for the future is still less prevalent that it probably is the case in your country. So the persons sent to prison are kept behind bars, and learn from each other the wild tactics of violence and outrage.
Our story took its start in November when my wife, during her studies in pastoral psychology, began reading about pastoral care prisoners. The desolate spiritual state and the lack of any help for those wishing to change their lives for better raised in her a strong sense of compassion towards those people, and I felt we need to do something for them. We have to tell them about and bring them the love of Christ. The next time she talked about these to the young people during a bible study in the congregation. She proposed to pay a visit to these people in the prison during Christmas and bring them the good news. Well, everyone was very excited about the idea, boys and girls were all prepared to take part in this important project. Of course, it was not as easy as it first seemed. Visiting a prison has strict rules and time intervals that must be obeyed. We contacted one of our colleagues who works as a pastoral counselor in a prison some 80 miles away. He mediated for us by the commander of the prison to be allowed to enter for a visit during Christmas. Only 12 of us were allowed to enter, and all persons were previously checked for their past police records.
One of the difficult questions was: what should we take with us to the prisoners? This question was the more appealing as we heard that we were going to visit a prison for young persons of between 18-25 years of age, kept behind bars for 3-7 years. We have prepared a Christmas theater. It was a piece of drama about the visit of three strange persons to the cradle of the newborn baby Jesus. One of those persons was a philosopher, the other one a shabby poor man, and the third one was a prisoner in chains. It was fascinating to see how those three persons pour out their hearts before Jesus and find peace. I also prepared a short sermon which I adapted to the language and thoughts of the prisoners. We asked the young boys and girls of our congregation to bake cookies, and we prepared about 30 packs with candies, Christian calendars, and cosmetics. We have learned a few Christmas songs accompanied by guitar. The participants were aware that this was not an excursion but an important way to serve the Lord among souls living in institutional darkness. We have asked them to pray that the Holy Spirit of God may come with us on this visit and bless our service there, so that all hearts may be opened to his calling that they may feel his Love and the new life that he wanted to give them in Jesus.
On the morning we woke up to go to the prison, all boys and girls were excited. The tension was the highest when the door of the prison was closed behind us. We could feel the rigid, bleak air, and a strange sense of tightness that is hardly possible to tell you with words. After having been scanned through we were allowed to enter the first courtroom. They led us through the buildings. It was an extremely sad view to see young boys hanging on the bars and staring upon us, the new visitors. We were led though narrow corridors which raised a claustrophobic sense in some of us. Finally, we arrived in a place where about 30 young men were waiting for us. It was depressing to see them there as prisoners. God blessed our service, his word was revealed with much power, and they were closely following the theater as well. One of the songs that we sang there is rather unknown, so we were all the more surprised that one of the prisoners began to sing that hymn with us. The question was immediately raised in our thoughts: from which believer family could this boy come, that he knows this song? And why is he here? We personally gave the small presents to the prisoners and wished them a merry Christmas. Afterwards they were led away from the hall by one of the commanders.
When we came out from the prison, while still on the street, the boys and girls looked at one another. It was clearly visible how deeply they were impressed by what they had seen and heard. The next occasion we discussed our experiences with the rest of the bible study group. All, except for a 15 year old girl told me, they wished to participate in missionary work among prisoners on other occasions as well. This visit to the prison had a positive effect among the larger community of our congregation as well. We are thankful to God that he made this possible to us and he show us how important it is to pray for those living in prisons that God may open their minds and drive away that deep darkness in which they live, and make it possible to them to find their way back to the society from which they had been separated.
Brothers and sisters, I have been telling you in such details about these experiences purposefully, so that, on the one hand, you may share in our experience, and, on the other hand, that you pray too for these prisoners, and others all around the world. It was shown long ago that prisons do not help people getting better, and the experiences there make deviant attitude only worse. Without the help of God’s love for them it is impossible to change for better. But I believe this change is possible. Pray for them that God may touch their hearts, lead them to real freedom and healing. Pray for our youth that they devote their lives to following God and serving him wholeheartedly.
May God bless you, keep you and lead you in peace.
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I just saw this article on MSN. I bake a lot of cupcakes so I was immediately drawn to it. I just love cupcakes. I love that they are individually packaged personal cakes that you don’t have to share with anyone!
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Scientists have found a 67 million-year-old fossil of a snake coiled around dinosaur eggs and a hatchling. This is the first evidence of snakes eating dinosaurs.
"It's a stunning, once-in-a-lifetime find," said paleontologist Paul Sereno of the University of Chicago, who was not involved in the study. "We've caught one of the rarest moments in the fossil record, which is prey and predator, together."
Geologist Dhanajay Mohabey of the Indian Geological Survey first unearthed the fossil 26 years ago in a rocky, limestone outcropping in the northwestern Indian village of Dholi Dungri. He thought all the bones at the site were those of dinosaur hatchlings.
But in 2001, University of Michigan paleontologist Jeff Wilson, took a second look at the fossils. The team then recognized they had actually found a snake coiled around a broken egg, with a hatchling and two other eggs nearby. The findings appeared Mar. 1 in Public Library of Science Biology.
The newly discovered species of snake, Sanajeh indicus, measures about 11.5 feet long. The hatchlings, part of a group called titanosaurs, measured about a foot and a half long. Titanosaurs were the largest animal to ever walk on land, with adults that could reach up to 100 feet long.
Unlike modern snakes, S. indicus lacked jaw joints that allowed it to open its mouth incredibly wide, so it relied on its large overall body size to prey on the fledgling dinosaurs. Luckily for the snake, the titanosaur hatchlings had soft skeletons that "may have been somewhat collapsible, so you can fold their ribs up a bit and get them in your mouth," Wilson said.
It's likely a slow-rising flood or a storm caused adult titanosaurs to flee, abandoning their nests. The snake then slithered into the nest.
Once the babies start hatching, they begin to "pop their leg or arm out. There will be some kind of activity, and the snake is attracted to that. It will coil itself around the egg," he said. "As soon as it came out of the egg, there's a snake waiting for it."
Unluckily for the snake, that moment was frozen in time because a landslide buried the site right then, Wilson said.
The team has found three or four other spots at Dholi Dungri where snake fossils were uncovered near dinosaur eggs, Wilson said.
The findings may offer insight into the origin of snakes. The reptiles first appear in the fossil record around 98 million years ago, Wilson said. But finding such a complete snake fossil is rare, with only a half-dozen well-preserved specimen from this period. "A lot of their early origins are uncertain. More fossils from an early time help put together a picture of snake evolution," said Wilson.
The fossil find shows some modern animal behavior has very old roots, Sereno said. "Snakes have been at this eating egg-thing for a hundred million years. Before birds fell prey to these things, their ancestors did."
Images: 1) Reconstruction of scene, Sculpture by Tyler Keillor and original photography by Ximena Erickson (image modified by Bonnie Miljour). 2) Fossil from the site, Wilson et al. 2010, PLoS Biology 3. Schematic, Wilson et al. 2010, PLoS Biology.
Citation: "Predation upon Hatchling Dinosaurs by a New Snake from the Late Cretaceous of India,"/Jeffrey A. Wilson, Dhananjay M. Mohabey, Shanan E. Peters, Jason J. Head/Public Library of Science Biology, Mar. 2010, Vol. 8, Issue 3.
- Dinosaur Fossil Reveals True Feather Colors
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- Stunningly Preserved 165-Million-Year-Old Spider Fossil Found
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Samantha Parrington is the heiress to a wealthy and eccentric family who often adopts strange philanthropic causes. At one point, Sam's parents decided to take in the Hulk, and although reluctant about the idea at first, Sam actually managed to bond with the beast after she helped to calm him down, halting his rampage through New York. However, her father took most of the credit for this act which only caused Sam's relationship with her parents to be further strained. Sam eventually led a feminist rally against patriarchal ideals through New York City mainly due to her fathers previous actions. This protest caught the attention of Amora the Enchantress who used Samantha as a pawn in order to attack the Hulk, when she turned her into a super powered femizon version of Brunnhilde the Valkyrie.
Samantha Parrington first appeared in The Incredible Hulk issue 142 (1971) as she was transformed into the Valkyrie. Samantha's appearance as the Valkyrie predates that of the true Asgardian Valkyrie in The Defenders issue 4 (1973).
Major Story Arcs
Return as the Valkyrie and with the Defenders
After her battle with the Hulk, the spell wore off and Sam returned to her normal life until Pluto and Lorelei restored the Valkyrie's powers within her for their own malicious schemes. Samantha, in the form of Valkyrie, was forced to serve the two deities until being rescued by the Defenders. It was at this time that Brunnhilde's essence was restored to its own Asgardian body and since she had long grown tired of life on Midgard, she was more than happy to allow Samantha to continue serving as the Valkyrie of Earth. Samantha stayed with the Defenders until they disbanded, and although she vehemently disliked her parents involvement, they often professed how proud they were of her and attempted to offer money to the team on more than one occasion.
Recently, Samantha has returned to the scene as the Valkyrie and was a member of the Initiative and helped to train future recruits after joining the Pro-registration side of the super hero Civil War. Later, she joined up with the recent incarnation of the Lady Liberators, led by the She-Hulk, who had been tracking down the Red Hulk.
Powers & Abilities
Samantha has the ability to transform into a version of Brunnhilde the Valkyrie at will, giving her all of the abilities of the aforementioned Asgardion, including: superhuman strength, able to lift c. 45 tons., immunity to diseases, high resistance to injury, as well as having agility, stamina and endurance enhanced to the point that it is better than the average Asgardian. Like the other Valkyries, Sam is also able to sense the "deathglow", or the coming of death, for nearby individuals who are close to dying. Also, because of her access to the Valkyrie power, Sam has access to years of training in armed and unarmed combat, making her a formidable opponent.
While in the form of the Valkyrie, Sam also has access to a version of the Dragonfang, the enchanted sword of the Brunnhilde, as well as the winged steed of the Valkyrie, Aragorn.
Real Name: Samantha Parrington
Height: 6'3" (as Valkyrie); 5'7" (as Samantha)
Weight: 475 lbs. (as Valkyrie); 130 lbs. (as Samantha)
Known Relatives: Reginald Parrington (father), Malicia Parrington (mother)
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Heiress, adventurer
Creators: Samantha Parrington was originally created in1971 by Roy Thomas and Herb Trimpe.
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