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The content will be accessible and valuable to post-graduate students and senior researchers alike and it will serve as a significant reference for academics and industrialists working in the areas of materials science, catalysis and separation science. | 2019-04-23T13:52:37 | https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/ebook/978-1-84973-832-3 |
All women experience the transition of feeling like a teenage girl to feeling like a functioning adult woman. However, some suffer from imbalanced hormones which is most commonly manifested by cystic acne, polycystic ovary syndrome and struggle with their period.
So, when it comes to hormonal acne, there are many products on the market including antibiotics, Retin-A, and benzoyl peroxide which are supposed to treat the problem, but, in many cases they only aggravate the issue.
The endocrine imbalance is the main cause of hormonal acne, a common problem in women around mid-cycle or before their periods. Estrogen and testosterone are at their higher point in the cycle. They do not have a negative effect on the properly functioning endocrine systems, but on those whose hormones are not able to process correctly.
These women have difficulties carrying out detoxification and the poor diet and lifestyle can only harm the elimination organs like the skin. These effects are at their higher point before their period because during this period the blood comes closer to the surface of the skin. | 2019-04-20T21:28:12 | http://freshsein.com/6-foods-that-are-silently-destroying-your-skin-and-your-hormones/ |
If we grow spiritually, we will grow in grace. Have you heard the expression, "more of us are growing in grease than grace?" This lesson points out some unusual opportunities through which a person could grow spiritually. Some of these kinds of experiences don't make sense until we go through them. When we look back, we can see how God caused us to grow through such happenings in our lives. Yes! We can avail ourselves for Growing Spiritually Through Crises.
6 Then the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau, and he also is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him."
him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two companies. 8 And he said, "If Esau comes to the one company and attacks it, then the other company which is left will escape."
God given wisdom will lead us to probe the possibilities before us whether they be dangerous or advantageous. I think it is good to regularly asked God for wisdom (James 1:5). Then in crises situations God may have already given us the ability to deal with the situation. Not only can we receive wisdom to probe, but to prepare for any battles we may face; Jacob certainly did.
10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth which You have shown Your servant; for I crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two companies.
11 Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and attack me and the mother with the children. 12 For You said, 'I will surely treat you well, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.'"
When we receive a promise from God and claim it as our own we can hold it as a warranty from the Lord. Jacob held onto the Lord's promise and reminded Him of it. Of course He does not need to be reminded but it reassured Jacob to do it. Jacob made his request with a humbling restraint and graciously acknowledged the past mercy of God while seeking additional mercies. Jacob specifically requested the Lord to deliver he and his family. All of us need to regularly asked God for the deliverance only He can give. I asked Him many times to build a hedge around my family like He built around Job.
24 Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day. 25 Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob's hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him. 26 And He said, "Let Me go, for the day breaks."
"Tell me Your name, I pray." And He said,"Why is it that you ask about My name?"
And He blessed him there.
How can the Bible say if you see the Lord you will die, and Jacob lived? The prophet Hosea tells us this was, The Angel Of The Lord, which is a pre-incarnate appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ (Hosea 12:4). In this wrestling match Jacob prevailed. Bible Teacher Ronnie Dunn used to say, "folks this was a fixed fight." A man fighting with the Lord and prevailing makes us appreciate the humor of that thought. Does God allow us to prevail in some battles only if we refuse to let go until we get a blessing? Too many of us give up before we receive a blessing. In the midst of this wrestling event Jacob petitioned the Lord for a blessing, and in his first request God blessed Him just like he asked. Then Jacob asked another petition but God did not answer. Most of the time we will learn from the "no, or silent," answers of God as well as His, "yes," answers. Perhaps you do not call your times of unusual blessings, Penuel experiences (The face of God). If they were special blessings from the Lord, they were Penuel experiences, and they helped us in Growing Spiritually Through Crises. Amen? Amen! | 2019-04-21T02:51:55 | http://preachhim.org/LessonINTERNET03-16-08.htm |
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However, it makes my quite proud to look out at our little trash pile in front of 484 and see that we might care a bit for the pour souls who must pick up our trash. We have all the trash - mostly recyclables -- neatly stacked and accessible from the street. No paper bags, no boxes, nothing stacked on the sidewalk, no televisions, microwaves, or sofa carcasses. Do people really think that a paper Whole Foods bag filled with trash will stand up to some wet snow?
The lack of consideration astounds me at times. I swear I'm going to turn out to be Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino. Watch out. | 2019-04-23T00:50:58 | http://blog.debordconstruction.com/2011/02/wet-paper-trash-bags.html |
As a Christian homeschooling mom of 4 young children, my mornings are important to starting the day off right with some quiet time in prayer and Bible reading. I love to wake up before the kids, grab my cup of coffee, and go sit quietly in my recliner while looking out the sunroom windows that face the lake. There’s something so peaceful and calming about watching the sun rise while drinking a cup of warm coffee (notice I said warm…as a mom of 4, I’ve been known to reheat my coffee only to forget about it in the microwave). The day goes much smoother if I’ve had some quiet time to pray over the day and read Scripture. That’s not to say the day will be perfect, but I seem to handle it much better and with less panic if I’ve had time with the Lord.
Well, this morning that wasn’t the case, I woke up to discover that my two middle children had woken up minutes before me. Since these are the two children that love to cuddle and just be close to me, I decided to seize the moment and involve them in my morning routine of Scripture reading. They both grabbed blankets and snuggled close to me. They were very attentive while I was reading out loud. Afterwards, my son and daughter began to ask questions and I had an opportunity to answer those questions.
Children naturally love to ask questions, they are so curious. Many times, after they’ve asked us 1,000 questions, we feel worn out. But if we can slow down, then we can seize those moments we are given and feed that love of learning. You will begin to see the state of their heart as well. If we don’t teach them, then someone else will and it might not be what we want them to learn.
I know I’ve been guilty of not actively teaching my children the Word of God, making it part of our everyday life. It’s easy to be distracted by all the things we need to do and therefore neglect to take time to teach our children. We may even justify not taking the time, by telling ourselves they are learning about God at church. But we as parents/caregivers have the opportunity to go deeper and answer those questions that their inquiring minds want to know. I’m striving to slow down and look for those teachable moments. They are precious moments for sure!
What are some ways that you are actively teaching your child the Word of God?
Amy is a busy wife, and mother of 4 beautiful children. When she is not homeschooling, homemaking, or running around, she serves as an editor at 1776TV. | 2019-04-22T12:30:50 | https://1776tv.com/2019/03/seizing-the-little-moments/ |
This course is on one hand a traditional drawing course, trying to assist students in their knowledge of line, value and perspective when dealing with observational drawing, while on the other hand, it is a course designed to assist in the transition between the analog and the digital world.
Develop a new set of skills with mediums such as ink, charcoal, graphite, gouache and watercolor as well as a familiarity with Motion Capture, Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop and Flash.
Understand the move to Motion Capture and the 3D world from a 2D beginning.
© 2012 Columbia College Chicago. | 2019-04-23T00:13:28 | http://www.iam.colum.edu/academics/courseSites.aspx?CourseNumber=36-1600 |
Discussion in 'Picture Gallery' started by flalaw, Mar 13, 2007.
thanks to abstract's help i was able to get a really pretty beach picture, on top of which i pasted a picture of me and my girlfriend. i did some photoshopping and resizing and it looks like we're actually there on the beach.
well, here's the next challenge i'm facing. i'd like to put a shadow in, but i have nooo idea which direction to cast it in order to make it look realisitic. i can't really tell where the sun is, so does it matter which direction i cast the shadow? i've attached the picture i'm working with, using stick figures instead of the actual superimposed picture of me and my girl.
does it look okay to use this technique for a layer that has been cut and pasted into the beach picture?
Lookit the clouds to help locate a plausible sun position.
The tutorial is about how I would do it. Exploit layers so you can mess with opacity etc.
PS> If you make up postcards of this, the GF is really gonna be p!$$=# that you didn't actually take her to a beach holiday... cheap #$*&(er that you are! | 2019-04-19T07:01:29 | https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/creating-a-shadow-in-photoshop.287429/ |
I tried to offer a Diners Club or a JCB card, instead, but was told these were not acceptable by “Melvin” who became increasingly eager to close the call.
The scammer’s system seemed to have trouble recognizing my responses as I pressed the buttons on my phone, but eventually I was able to answer all five questions, at which point I was told I was being routed to a person for processing my free cruise.
The last three times this happened, I never got to speak to a human, but this time, I must have gotten lucky, because I was speaking to none other than “Melvin Jones” of Caribbean Cruise Line.
It was a little different, though, this time: Instead of Robo-John announcing that I had been selected to take a 30-second telephone survey and receive a free cruise to the Bahamas for my efforts, it was robo-Sally.
This time, robo-Sally did not give the name of the organization “performing” the survey (more about this later), but instead began the process of performing the survey by telephone keypad.
In the middle of working on a blog post about SMS phishing scams at my desk last night, I received a rather strange call.
The number displayed on the Caller ID was 1 (360) 474-3925.
As it finally dawned on “Melvin” that he had just spent twenty-three minutes not getting a sales commission, the last thing I told him was that I was sure I would be speaking to his company again soon, given the number of times I had received calls from Political Opinions of America. | 2019-04-21T18:14:02 | http://fest-trubachev.ru/West+palm+beach+free+adult+sex+phone+chat+lines/29327.html |
September 4, 2013, part 1 of 2.
September 4, 2013, part 2 of 2.
Today's show largely focuses on Syria and we bring you 2 interviews during the course of the show.
In the first hour I am joined by John Bursill who outlines his view about Syria and then gives us a breakdown of his view of the Australian political spectrum. This show was recorded before the 2013 Federal elections, and therefore contains speculations and discussion which may have been made irrelevant by the Coalition's stunning victory on Saturday.
In the 2nd hour I am joined once again by Leon Pittard, host of Fair Dinkum Radio, and our discussion focuses largely on the Syria situation and failure of our own government to live up to the expected standards of a peaceful democracy. | 2019-04-18T20:30:11 | http://www.truthnews.com.au/archives/category/leon_pittard |
Love to crochet? Here’s a little hat/beret I think you’ll like.. This is Tunny from our Bletchley Collection by Joanne Scrace, which was released in December 2014 and continues to be popular.
The original hat sample, which you can see on the Ravelry pattern page HERE was made in Milburn 4ply (that’s the superwash BFL/silk) with Rust (main colour), Harvest Gold, and Night Sky (contrast colours). We still have some Rust left in the SALE section, however I really wanted something made up in Steel, along with Askham 4ply in Ice and Damselfly. Because they’re pretty together.. wouldn’t you agree? So Tunny was perfect for that, I felt.
It’s the perfect little layer for this time of year when it’s drizzling and you want something on top, but not too much. I wear my hats quite forward on my head because otherwise they just slide off (I have slippy hair?!), but it does also look great worn further back and allowed to slouch. You could also make the body deeper for a fuller slouchy beanie.
I’ve just stocked up on kits – well, put some together – for this cute hat. So you get the A4 printed pattern (with pdf download code), an ECY printed cotton drawstring project bag, a sachet of Soak no rise wool wash (random scent – please ask for Scentless if you’d prefer that), and of course the yarn – that’s one 50g ball each of Milburn 4ply in Steel, Askham 4ply in Air, and Askham 4ply in Damselfly. The price of the kit comes to less than its individual components.
I’ll be stocking up on more kits over the coming weeks – I’ve not had any for ages because we’ve been running out of project bags, and I’ve been too disorganised what with shows, dyeing, and packing up to move house to actually look at how many there are and re-order (I’ve done it now – they should be here soon)! | 2019-04-20T22:37:01 | https://ecyblog.com/2016/06/13/new-kits-tunny/ |
Foot Locker UK (Footlocker.co.uk) is the place to go if you’re on the lookout for some new footwear, but they also sell a range of other sports clothing and accessories. Selling everything from running shoes to leggings, they’ve got everything you need for a good workout. Or just to look good! Remember to visit Playpennies before you buy online to see if you can save a few pounds with the latest Foot Locker promo codes and Foot Locker discount codes.
Grab hoodies, sneakers, trainers, gear, sweaters, tights, shorts, boots, slides, bags, accessories, jackets, shoe care and more for above 20% off with Foot Locker offers and deals.
There are no Foot Locker student discounts on offer right now. However, you can make considerable savings on Foot Locker trainers and sportswear with money off voucher codes.
Also, look out for some great deals in the Foot Locker sales.
The Foot Locker delivery service is free for orders over £25. Otherwise, standard shipping costs £5, with delivery times of 2-3 days.
Remember you can also shave the price of your shopping basket with a Foot Locker discount code.
If you don't want your new trainers after all, you can send them back free of charge with the Foot Locker returns service.
Simply check a few boxes on the order page of your online account, then take your parcel to your local UPS branch with its shipping label attached. This offer applies to Foot Locker sales items too.
To find a Foot Locker near you, use the store locator tool by clicking here.
For orders in the UK, It takes 5 days for your package to arrive and delivery is free when you spend £60 or more, otherwise it's £5. It will arrive anytime between 8 am and 6 pm.
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You can return your items for free within 28 days after delivery either in store or by courier. To return it in store, simply bring your item to your nearest Foot Locker store in its original condition for a full refund.
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Between American Thanksgiving and Black Friday, Foot Locker puts on the "Week of Greatness," an event where they release lines of exclusive limited-edition shoes from Nike, Air Jordan, Puma, Adidas, and other top brands.
They release shoes for every sport they carry, and partner with world-renowned athletes such as Kyrie Irving, Lebron James, Anthony Martial, Gareth Bale, and more!
Originally hailing from America, Foot Locker is an international retailer of sports footwear and athleisure gear.
Foot Locker promo codes give customers the chance to pay less for exciting new models and colourways from their favourite labels.
You'll find a wide range of brands at Foot Locker: Jordans, Vapor Max and Juniors to name but a few. Watch out for more designer trainers at the Foot Locker UK sales.
At any time of year there are usually over 200 items listed on the Foot Locker sales page. These include Foot Locker trainers, clothes and accessories, as well as Foot Locker junior items.
Alternatively, you can shave a percentage off full price purchases with Foot Locker UK discount codes.
Meanwhile, to hear about more cost-cutting Foot Locker voucher codes in the upcoming months, it's a good idea to watch for announcements through Facebook and Twitter. | 2019-04-22T20:03:31 | https://www.playpennies.com/vouchers/footlocker.co.uk |
These young adult books give some much-needed representation with transgender characters who are coming of age. Whether you’re still living through high school, or you’re well past graduation, these 10 books will keep you up late turning pages.
If I Was Your Girl follows Amanda, the new girl in school. She wants to make friends and fit in, but she’s keeping a secret. She transferred schools her senior year because she’s transgender, and wanted a fresh start. When she meets Grant, he’s unlike anyone she’s met before, but she’s terrified that once she tells him the truth their relationship will change forever.
Eighth grader Lily Jo McGother wants her gender to be accepted by her family and peers, but her dad hasn’t come around, and she knows the bullies at school won’t. When she meets Dunkin Dorfman, a new boy who is dealing with bipolar disorder and a family tragedy, both of their lives change.
This novel for middle graders and up is about George, who knows she’s a girl, even if that’s not what people around her see. When her teacher announces the class play is going to be Charlotte’s Web, George really wants to be Charlotte, but her teacher won’t even let her audition for the part. With the help of her friend Kelly, George comes up with a plan to show everyone who she is.
J always felt different—but he was sure someday everyone would understand who he really was: a boy. He tries to hide, to keep himself invisible from friends and family, but when his best friend deserts him, he decides he’s done hiding. It’s time to show the world who he really is.
Singer-songwriter Rae Spoon’s semi-autobiographical coming of age novel follows a young person growing up queer in a strict Pentecostal family in rural Canada. As the narrator’s family starts to unravel, and their father’s schizophrenia becomes less manageable, they find an escape in music.
Ivan E. Coyote’s eighth book, One in Every Crowd, is an anthology of short stories about LGBT youth. The collection blends humor and heartbreak as characters come of age and explore their identities.
Riley Cavanaugh is punk rock, rebellious, snarky, and gender fluid—identifying some days as a boy and other days as a girl. But Riley isn’t out yet, and with a father running for congressman in a conservative Orange County district, the pressure to live a so-called "normal" life is overwhelming. Riley’s anonymous blog goes viral, and a commenter threatens to expose Riley’s real identity.
Grayson tries to stay under the radar because she’s been holding on to a secret—she’s a girl. As her true identity itches to break free, she finds strength in an unexpected friendship and a caring teacher who gives her the chance to step into the spotlight.
This Stonewall Youth Book Award Honoree is a graphic novel that follows Ash and Eulalie, two music-loving, artistic, genderqueer friends who consider becoming something more.
Seventeen-year-old Arin Andrews shares the details of undergoing gender reassignment surgery in high school, from the poignant to the hilarious, in this young adult memoir. | 2019-04-24T21:48:08 | https://www.pride.com/transgender/2018/2/12/10-ya-novels-trans-characters-youll-love-no-matter-your-age |
Pub Tokens are the UK's only pub restaurant gift vouchers or gift cards that are not restricted to a particular chain or brand. By sending Pub Tokens as a gift you can treat friends, family or colleagues in Exeter to: a delicious meal in a gastro-pub or pub restaurant; a well-deserved night away in a charming country Inn or just a few drinks in the local.
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A Friday without The Love List seems ludicrous, but due to a wicked migraine on Thursday afternoon I didn't get around to whipping up your favorite Friday post. Sorry! Perhaps a virtual bouquet of Peonies will fill the void instead?! Fresh blooms fix everything.
Since we'll be in Austin for an extended weekend, blog posts will commence next Wednesday. | 2019-04-23T16:11:42 | http://www.onefinea.com/2016/06/bon-weekend.html |
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Please choose Permits to view Building Permits, Projects to view Planning and Development Projects, or Parcels to view property information. | 2019-04-19T23:10:58 | https://etrakit.cityofnapa.org/etrakit2/ |
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Shield HealthCare is a leading provider of disposable medical supplies, servicing the whole state of Colorado with a focus on customer satisfaction. Shield is dedicated to fulfilling the incontinence and adult diaper, ostomy, urological, wound, enteral nutrition and breastfeeding product needs of consumers and the caregiving community. Shield HealthCare serves customers with Medicare, Colorado Medicaid, dual eligible beneficiaries, HMOs and private health care plans. With distribution and customer service offices in Colorado, we are local and here to help.
In this article originally written and posted by 9News, learn more about Annabel Bowlen, wife of Broncos owner, Pat Bowlen, who has announced that she, like her husband, has Alzheimer's.
In this article from The Denver Post, learn about a recently introduced bill at the state Capitol that fund a study to letting people buy into Medicaid.
In this article originally published by The Gazette, learn why the flu season might be peaking in January for the state of Colorado.
In this article originally published by The Denver Post, learn about the Children’s Health Insurance Program and why some may lose health insurance. | 2019-04-20T00:57:41 | https://www.shieldhealthcare.com/community/colorado/ |
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So why not uniting supply and demand of a diverse product range in the financial sector with new applications, disruptive ideas and new business models springing like mushrooms out of the ground? In other words, keeping the balance between the financial sector and the consumption of a wide range of products with the help of an attractive solution for everyone participating in this bazaar in a figurative sense? Transporting this idea to the financial sector: That is the challenge we accepted, and we are passionately striving for, together with our partners – whatever it takes.
Follow ubitec to get updates about new jobs. | 2019-04-18T19:13:28 | https://itviec.com/companies/ubitec |
It’s just lovely here. Not too big, and not too small, the technology and library are very good, and the teachers are available if you need them.
As part of the Nursing Student Association, Gibson participates in community nursing projects, such as helping administer flu shots to children in elementary schools.
With two nurses as parents, the choice to pursue a career in the medical field was an easy one for Gibson. At first, he wanted to go to medical school, but decided to pursue nursing first because he could start a career that would help him pay for his advanced education. “With nursing, there are a lot of opportunities. You can be bedside, you could be a technician, or you could be out in the field. And, working with people is absolutely amazing,” he explains.
After attending two different schools, he found his niche at HCC. “It’s just lovely here. Not too big, and not too small, the technology and library are very good, and the teachers are available if you need them.” His favorite class so far has been anatomy and physiology, where he has been able to see the circulatory system in action with a simulated model of the heart and dissect an animal heart. His passion for the subject matter has helped him achieve a GPA above 3.5 and entry into the Phi Theta Kappa honor society. | 2019-04-26T00:22:33 | https://www.howardcc.edu/about-us/news-events/profiles/meet-our-students/gibson |
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The summit designed to educate, elevate and empower women of color technologists and techpreneurs in the Delaware Valley and beyond. Our mantra “No More Hidden Figures” exists because as we identify women who work hard behind the scenes, make major contributions in their field, or break barriers in the tech industry, we encourage them to come forth to be seen and heard. The summit will take place on Friday, May 3rd.
The theme for the 2019 summit is one word: FORTITUDE.
Industry experts share their advice, lessons learned, and more via key talks, breakout sessions, and workshops.
Learn how what’s hot and what’s not in tech as well as tips on how to take your career to the next level.
Be inspired to take control of your career and business, and to go after what your really want.
Real talk with Arlan Hamilton as she is interviewed by Jumoke Dada.
Self-made entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs discuss what it takes to succeed in business and use resilience and “GRIT” to thrive in their careers.
A discussion on leveraging technology to support active and blended learning.
Lisa Gelobter will walk her through her career.
Plus processing fees. Tickets are refundable up to 30 days. Tickets are not re-assignable. | 2019-04-21T09:12:22 | https://huetechsummit.com/ |
From July 31 to August 5, thousands of fans rushed to Danube Island in Vienna, Austria to see the top 32 men’s and women’s beach volleyball teams compete for the Vienna Major title. We were particularly excited to cheer on our very own Proteam athletes and hometown favorites Clemens Doppler and Alex Horst.
But cheering for our Proteam beach volleyball players wasn’t the only thing we were doing at the Vienna Major. Our Swatch Truck was on site and was a hub of activities where spectators could come and enjoy themselves between matches. Prizes were awarded on our own version of Wheel of Fortune and Clemens and Alex came by for a special signing session with fans. True beach volleyball enthusiasts were able to purchase the exclusive event watch.
The fans in the arena were on fire the whole week, cheering on their favorite teams and keeping the energy on full blast. The dynamic duo made up of Proteam beach volleyball stars Clemens and Alex, who won silver at the 2017 World Championships on the same court, made it to the quarter-finals where they played against and lost to Anders Mol and Christian Sørum from Norway.
The Viking duo had just won the tournament in Gstaad and they kept their winning streak going by first beating the Austrian favorites and later securing a 21-12, 21-17 victory over the Polish team. Not only is their second Major win in a row, but it also brought their streak of unbeaten matches to 19! Can they be stopped? | 2019-04-26T00:21:07 | https://www.swatch.com/de_ch/explore/swatch-sports/articles/vikings-conquer-vienna |
This morning I awoke at 7:30 or so because of my back (the alarm doesn’t go off until 9:00) and I did my vitals and brushed my teeth. Went to prepare coffee for both of us, which usually means putting sleeves on the cups (we use the plastic reusable Starbucks cups: they’re durable, they’re stackable, and they cost a buck apiece), putting one scoop of xylitol and two scoops of creamer into the cups, and preparing two reusable K-cup filters’ worth of regular coffee per cup, then using the small cup button on the Keurig when brewing. I was planning on prepping both cups for me and my wife, but only brewing mine until she awoke.
I got as far as getting the sweetener and the creamer in the cups when I suddenly was overcome with doubt that I had done it correctly – I thought I’d only put one scoop of creamer in each cup instead of two. I opted not to toss what I’d done and waste the xylitol, since we were pretty low, but instead just set them aside and quietly freaked out over screwing up the coffee. I went into the bedroom and snuggled up to my wife, who woke up and asked me what was wrong. I told her and she tried to reassure me that everything would be okay, but my brain, in the time it took to realize what I thought I’d done, stand there for about fifteen seconds contemplating my options, and then slowly pad into the bedroom with the gait of someone that’s guilty of committing a grievous offense against humanity and was caught doing it, wasn’t having any of it. I’d hit full meltdown mode and I was refuting everything she was trying to reassure me of.
Somewhere in there I got sleepy again and felt that it was wrong of me to have woken her up while I was still sleepy. Again she refuted me and asked me where my evidence was that I had done wrong. After getting her frustrated to the point that she was starting to kick herself for not fixing my problems, we both went back to bed and didn’t wake back up until 11:00. The sleep was the reset that we both needed.
The problem that I have with this is that I have the tools to refute my brain weasels on my own, yet this time I failed to use them – just like I’ve failed to do so very often throughout my life. The version of reality that my brain tries to convince me of is the only thing that I can hear, even in the face of overwhelming concrete evidence against that alternate reality. Maybe I wasn’t awake enough to bring those tools to bear – I oftentimes have morning meltdowns and that might be one of the reasons why. Maybe it’s because I felt like I had to be awake because I woke up and it was light outside, and my body really wasn’t done sleeping, and I was dealing with that fight that my body and my brain were having with one another. I really don’t know what caused it this morning, but I knew that it was almost instantaneous, the feeling that I had massively screwed up and the overwhelming need to be comforted through it.
Yesterday evening we went to go pick up another Brené Brown book, I Thought It Was Just Me, that I think will be helpful. The Gifts of Imperfection is coming to a close and I’m probably going to spend some time with it taking notes before starting into the next book. I read for comprehension this time through, next time I’m going to read it with the intent of following through on the questions she asks throughout the book.
While we were at the store, my lovely wife surprised me with another LEGO Architecture set. This is my ninth set, plus I have the Studio. One of the early sets they had was a rudimentary model of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, currently the tallest building in the world, but they discontinued it for some reason maybe a year or more ago. Yesterday, I found out the reason. They’ve re-released the Burj Khalifa as a vastly improved model – bigger, more complex, more detailed than its predecessor. After a rare dinner out (thank you, loyalty rewards program, for the $25 off!) we came home and started to build.
As usual, my wife separated and sorted bricks and I built. I was amazed at how well built this model is at its core. It felt like an architectural project, with several internal elements designed to reinforce the model as it grows taller and taller and larger design elements that were constructed before being added to the full model. The methods used to realize this set were plenty and as creative as anything I’ve ever seen in a set before. It took about two hours before the spire, the final element that took twenty steps on its own, was added to the rest of the model. The finished piece towers over the rest of my collection at 15.4 inches tall. It’s truly a beautiful thing.
As much fun as I have admiring it over on the top of the bookshelf that I display my collection on, I had just as much fun or more actually building the thing, so this afternoon when my wife asked me what I wanted to do, I told her I wanted to break down the model and reconstruct it. So that’s what we did, and it was just as much fun the second time around as it was the first.
The best part, however, is that it’s worked to completely distract me from my recent downward spiral. We can’t go buy a new model every time I get depressed, but this was a special treat and I cannot thank my wife enough for letting me have it. The timing was perfect.
Last night after I posted my extremely terse blog entry I self-medicated with food and drink – we went to one of our favorite restaurants and I split a plate of poutine with my wife and had half a Cuban pressed burger (think Cuban sandwich with a burger in it), along with a cider. The waitress greeted us and immediately went into the types of ciders they had, since she remembered us and remembered I was a cider drinker. That was a good feeling, knowing that I’m enough of a regular to be recognized. Came home and went to bed in short order.
I’m admittedly not much better than I was last night. I woke up in a great mood, quickly switched to angry at myself for no reason whatsoever, and then soon after that slid back into depression. It’s five after three in the afternoon as I write this sentence and I haven’t been out of bed for long.
Logically, I know there’s no reason for me to be feeling the way I am. I know that everything is proceeding according to the prophecy, and that the events of yesterday are behind me. So I don’t know why I’m back into this well here.
Part of it is a lack of something to do, I think. We had plans to go to a friend’s for a cookout but we canceled them earlier this morning when I was in and out of bed for vitals and meds and I really wasn’t in a good headspace. There are several things that we could do, but I’m reticent to bring them up in case it’s a bad idea, so my brain is telling me that it’s best for me to sit over here and stare mindlessly at the computer like I do so often, just waiting on something better to happen to me.
I really dislike this feeling, this complete lack of momentum to get anything done with my day. I’ve done most of the checklist items up to this point in the day, and once I finish this I’ll be done for the foreseeable future, at least until my alarms go off for my afternoon meds and vitals.
Yet another boring post about my boring life. At least I’m at a point that I can write today.
At three separate times today the subject for today’s blog post crossed my mind, and just as quickly exited before being stored in even short-term memory. This stuff was popping up in the “hey wait OOH SHINY” part of my memory, and I am certain that that is the medical term for this phenomena.
I could write about one of my favorite comic books coming to life this week in AMC’s Preacher. Forewarned that the series would not be mirroring the comics in any way at all, and that material from the comics wouldn’t really start showing up until episode ten, I went in clear of expectations. I was not disappointed. The pilot episode was darkly funny, action packed, brutally violent and gory and just downright weird – which is precisely the spirit of the comics themselves. I have high hopes for this series.
I could write about what they’ve done to poor Steve Rogers in the comics. The internet kinda blew the doors off this one – screw spoilers – and collectively grabbed their torches and pitchforks over the plot twist that they say has been planned for two years and hinted at since 1940. I’m not going to even honor this development by naming it in this blog. What they’re doing is absolutely wrong. There are little kids with Captain America plastered all over their bedrooms crying their eyes out over what they’re doing with him in the comics. You can tell me they’ll retcon this just like they retcon every ludicrous storyline that’s ever done in the comics, and I’m certain they will, but the damage is already being done to the core audience. Rethink this course of action, Marvel, before sales figures force your hand.
I could write about one of my fellow DJs who at this very moment is possibly on stage with his band Super Mega Everything competing for the chance to play the Haight Ashbury Street Fair in San Francisco later this year. This is a huge deal for a NorCal band and would put them in front of thousands of attendees. I really hope it goes well for him and his band tonight. He’s a really decent guy and this would be an excellent opportunity for him to broaden his fan base.
I’m pretty certain what I intended to write about isn’t any of those things, to be honest, but they’re what’s popping into my head now, so this is what you get. Lesson learned: when inspiration hits, don’t put it off – sit down and write.
I have a radio show for three hours later this evening.
There have been times that I’ve dreaded it. Physically, this is one of those times: the other night I ate a piece of pie that had been heated to the point that it burned my esophagus going down and now swallowing almost anything feels like a punch to the solar plexus. Mentally, though, that’s not the case.
The show requires that I connect with our audience through our IRC channel and optionally another gaming outlet. That connection does me a lot of good, since it’s conversation with a lot of people about a lot of things. It allows me to interact with people I wouldn’t otherwise be interacting with, and lately I’ve been craving that interaction.
I think when I’m feeling better (it actually hurts to talk somewhat) I’m going to try one of those alternate outlets in addition to the IRC channel. I think the environment would be a good one for me mentally speaking and the audience would be appreciative of the dual presence.
I try to stop short of promoting my shows here on WordPress, although I will do so on Facebook. The show focuses on Rock and Roll Hall of Famers and so the music is across the board, just like the Hall, and somewhat whiplashy from song to song. If you have an interest in checking things out, send me a message and I’ll try to answer as soon as I can.
I got a lot of good advice about yesterday’s panicky, frantically written post on both WordPress and Twitter. I want to thank everyone that commented and tried to talk me down off the ledge; it eventually worked.
More than one person essentially said “this part of the book is not written about you.” I tend to disagree; the subject matter is relevant to my life. The problem that I had is that I saw one phrase and hyperfocused on that, to the point that the rest of the chapter wasn’t even a blip on my radar. I let that one little bit of cognitive dissonance run amok with the book and with my blog, and I apologize for not having better control of the situation.
It’s true, I am on the internet most all day. I only take a break when I’m doing chores around the house or on those rare occasions that I’m watching a movie. But the internet isn’t a situation that I can’t stand to be away from; if it were, I wouldn’t be able to go to SCA events and forget about my smartphone with the exception of it being my alarm for my medications and vitals throughout the day. The internet is my primary conduit for communication with others, and that’s what I crave, a lot more than the usual content. The things I do on the internet are just filler for the times between conversations.
So yesterday’s panic attack was over nothing, as they usually are. Thanks again to the folks that helped me reframe the situation in my mind into something much more manageable. | 2019-04-20T12:36:44 | https://mwmisoself.com/2016/05/ |
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I'm astonished that they did not kneel and cried like spoiled brats!!?
Democrats refused to applaud President Trump at his State of the Union Address.
MORE DETAILS IN CASE YOU MISSED IT.
Behind Trump’s shoulder, Pelosi shook her head, and it appeared that all congressional Democrats remained seated while congressional Republicans, among other audience members, gave this declaration a standing ovation. The crowd also chanted “USA” in response.
The left are losing their challenge!
TRUMP Motivational speech with a lot of clapping and approval!
Feb.06 -- President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address in Washington.
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We first looked in on production company Just So back in 2015 when we spoke to Jonny Madderson about his diminutive jockey documentary Five Stone of Lead. Today Jonny returns to DN with co-founding/directing partner in crime Jono Stevens to discuss Boys from the Back of Beyond, their absolutely endearing portrait of the Skibbereen community which raised Olympic winning, sporting siblings Gary & Paul O’Donovan, and to also tease us with the potential return of one of DN’s all time favourite one take music series.
Given how oversaturated the news coverage of the O’Donovan brothers was following their Olympic win, what drew you to want to make a documentary about them?
Right now we live in uncertain times, and so this story of community spirit and togetherness seemed almost nostalgic, from another age… which is absurd! So it felt like an essential film to be making now – because right there in tiny Skibbereen you can see the extraordinary, glorious things that can happen when people work together and care for each other.
With the natural charisma and sense of humour of the boys, and a rich cast of characters who live in the village, we had the ingredients for something special. We set out to make an uplifting comedy that was full of heart and might even make you cry.
How did you put the project and your desires for it into motion?
Our company Just So has a story finding network called Real Story Network. It’s a great resource for filmmakers looking to find true stories for films. It was through this that we unearthed the O’Donovan brothers’ remarkable backstory, and also the story of John McAvoy, the ex-armed robber who turned his life around and is now a world-record holding triathlete. In the current climate of fractured communities they felt like two stories that had to be told. We approached Red Bull with them and through this collaboration, we created a series called The Way of the Wildcard – showing that success can come from the unlikeliest places.
How soon into the project did it become clear that this film would be just as much about the Skibbereen community as it would be about the O’Donovan Brothers themselves?
Right from the start. This was our initial attraction to the story. The boys became a global phenomenon during Rio 2016, but as the dust settled and the circus moved on, it was clear that nobody had really told the inspirational story behind their success. They say it takes a village to raise a child, but it takes an extraordinary community to raise a couple of Olympians. It really did seem like there was some secret sauce going round in Skibbereen… so we jumped on a plane to Cork to go and find out more.
Was it difficult to narrow down who from the community you’d feature in the film?
The first time we went, we made a decision not to take any cameras or recording equipment. We just wanted to meet everyone in the town and hear their stories. There are so many amazing characters in that place, but as we moved around it became clear who the storytellers were. They also had to be in some way conspiratorial to the secrets of Skibb’s success.
They say it takes a village to raise a child, but it takes an extraordinary community to raise a couple of Olympians.
How did you define a visual style which would match the subject’s playful and uplifting tone?
There was something magical about that first visit. As we moved around the town, the story felt like a living, breathing folktale. We wanted to bottle this, capture it in the film. So we filmed people where the storytelling was alive – pubs, kitchens, clubhouses.
We also filmed in two stages. The first was purely capturing the interviews. We then edited these and created a shooting script to which we planned the visual storytelling. Because it’s a retrospective story, and most people know the result, we wanted to create a playful narrative that was continually surprising – and like any folktale, we’d embrace story tangents like the world record bra opener!
We shot on Alexa Mini and C300 and also sourced a lot of home movie/iPhone footage. The race scene was a challenge because we didn’t have the rights to the Olympic footage – but in the end, it became a really strong sequence because watching the race play out on the faces of the community gave so much more.
As a long time fan of the Black Cab Sessions it would be remiss of me to not ask about the origins and fate of that series. Was it at all inspired by Vincent Moon’s The Take Away Shows, and can we still look forward to more of them in the future?
Black Cab Sessions was a blessing. It started in 2007, right in the early days of internet video really. We had no idea that it would become this global property. We just felt like music wasn’t being shown online the way we loved it most – up-close, in intimate venues. The one take idea was really a way to strip back the presentation of the performance, so the music was everything. It was also practical – less kit needed and less time editing! Vincent Moon’s work was an inspiration (and actually around that time we became good friends with the team at La Blogotheque) but also the masters like DA Pennebaker, especially Don’t Look Back, and of course Soy Cuba!
Black Cab Sessions as a series just snowballed. Really early on we got an email out of the blue from Brian Wilson’s manager saying they wanted to do a session. The National, The Roots, Jack White, Laura Marling, St Vincent and so many other acts great and small jumped in the cab. I think we did over 250. We also developed the online series into a TV show which BBC Worldwide distributed. Black Cab Sessions USA was a 6 part series, with each 30′ episode taking the cab to discover the musical heartlands of America. It was quite a ride!
We haven’t done a session for a couple of years – mainly as we all got busy with our own filmmaking and music careers. But we do talk about getting the band back together if it was innovative and offered something new. There is one thing we have been working on, which involves a true great from the series, which could be very, very exciting.
Apart from that cryptic tease, what’s next?
We are working on a very exciting new hybrid documentary series about childhood wonder – it will be out in a couple of months. We are also working with John McAvoy on a series to engage and inspire vulnerable young people in the UK. | 2019-04-25T00:16:11 | https://directorsnotes.com/2018/06/28/jonny-madderson-jono-stevens-boys-from-the-back-of-beyond/ |
CINCINNATI – After seven hours of meetings, dozens of political speeches, and plenty of complaints about last-minute cuts and adds to city spending, Cincinnati City Council finally passed a new $1.4 billion budget on Wednesday.
There were few surprises during the marathon session at City Hall, which included three meetings and a veto by Mayor John Cranley. That veto was later overturned – the first time this has happened to Cranley during his tenure as mayor.
Cranley vetoed an amendment to the budget which cut police overtime and delayed a police recruit class, but gave a $550,000 earmark to the Center for Closing the Health Gap.
“I think that supporting the police and crime-fighting initiatives is far more important than supporting an organization that a number of audits and independent coverage by the media has raised significant concerns about their effectiveness and their results, or lack of results,” Cranley said.
Cranley had proposed wiping out the Health Gap’s direct funding next year after it faced a 2017 city audit and was the target of several media investigations into how it spends taxpayer money.
But city council restored much of that funding, and six council members later overrode Cranley’s veto to guarantee funding for the Health Gap, which works to improve minority health disparities.
Since 2007 the Health Gap, led by former mayor Dwight Tillery, has collected nearly $4.3 million in city funding. And it will get an additional $550,000 in city funding next year – more than any other outside group.
Cranley suggested the $550,000 would be better spent at the city’s health department, on dental care and school nurse programs, which would directly help minority communities. But many of the six council members who supported funding the Health Gap – David Mann, PG Sittenfeld, Tamaya Dennard, Greg Landsman, Chris Seelbach and Wendell Young – spoke about the positive impact of the Health Gap.
Dennard hopes to see the Health Gap work alongside the health department.
“We have to give them an opportunity to do better,” she said.
Cranley was also critical of the police overtime cut and the three-month delay of the next police recruit class, which a majority of council had approved on Monday.
But that changed later on Wednesday, when council voted to restore $200,000 for police overtime funding. It also restored cuts to REDI, the Greater Cincinnati Redevelopment Authority, and $88,000 to bring back a state lobbyist for the city.
But council did not restore funding that would have moved a police recruit class forward, so it will still be delayed until April 2019.
In the end, city leaders were able to plug a $32 million deficit and restore human services funding in large part by raising fees and taxes.
Council approved higher parking meter rates, higher building permit fees, increased storm water rates, and greater commercial waste hauler fees for many people who don’t get their trash collected by the city. It also passed a new tax on billboards in the city that would bring in $709,000 in the coming year.
"I'm beyond frustrated ... you want to raise $700,000 from two companies. It's just not right," said Tom Norton of Norton Outdoor Advertising. The new tax will cut his company’s revenue by 10 percent, he told city council.
Council also voted to bring a ballot measure to voters in November that would raise the city’s ticket tax by two percent.
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First, in the American system of government by the people we assume that members of Congress are acting under citizen will. What flies in the face of that are things like cuts in Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid as well as an affront to 90% of Americans who want stronger gun control. Congress refused against the will of the people.
Americans need and want 100% national security,100% homeland security, and 100% protection in our communities. What say you Congress?
We read this week that Congress wants to keep building Abram tanks that the Pentagon says it does not need or want. Why can’t We the People turn off the tank spigot? It is because building tanks creates jobs. However, the jobs are paid for by government and must be classified as welfare.
There are all sorts of defense spending examples like that. Government employment, whether direct or through contractors are a form of general welfare. It can be paid for so long as the GDP is sufficiently large and growing to pay down accrued obligations and domestic social requirements.
Since we ran up the tab and since GDP has been insufficient and since our national demographics have changed, we have an economic deficit. Something has to give, and that begins with American foreign policy. Foreign policy drives defense spending.
Liberals are increasingly facing a conundrum as the Pentagon experiences the deepest cuts in a generation: The significant reductions in military spending that they have long sought are also taking a huge bite out of economic growth. | 2019-04-25T14:21:45 | https://tapeunit.com/americans-strive-for-new-economic-equilibrium-defense-cuts/ |
It is too easy of a reduction to simply label this the new year, to think about it for a moment and then dismiss it until the next one rolls around. It's a little hokey to set a resolution, I suppose, but I still do it every year.
I've had some crazy ones in the past. I wrote five feature length films in a year. I wrote 52 short films in a year. I "taught myself" how to write comics by writing a few of them. It's nice every now and then to think about how far you've come, even if you can still see the starting line if you squint a little.
It's important now, though, as the year is new, to look forward at what we can run towards. Again, it's trite, but there's a reason people set resolutions now. It's an easy place to set a marker, to say I started this on this day.
For a good portion of 2016, I tried to write a novel. I even got 12,000 words into one before I ultimately bailed out of it. It's a discouraging feeling to do that much work on something and then shelve it. Since then, I've been adrift, flitting from project to project, never getting more than 1,000 words into anything.
My New Years resolution, for better or worse, is to stick to an idea and see it through until the end. It could be the worst novel ever written, but I'm going to finish it. I need to believe that I can still accomplish these outlandish goals.
I need a finish line I can run towards.
'Cause life without revision will silence our souls.
This is something I hate to admit, but for most of the days leading up to Christmas this year, I just haven't been feeling it. I've watched the movies and I've listened to the songs and I've stringed the lights, but I've been reaching for something I want instead of reacting to what I have. For no real reason that I can put my finger on, it's been hard for me to find the feeling of the season.
It'd be easy to tell me, of course, that Christmas isn't about what I'm feeling. I think that's an easy answer and I wouldn't argue that you're wrong, but I've always treasured the warmth that Christmas brings me. One of the best Community episodes says that Christmas is the crazy notion that the longest, coldest, darkest nights can be the warmest and brightest. I hope you won't fault me for wanting to find that.
I have every reason for it. Every reason. I have the greatest wife, the best friends, a loving family, a good job, a warm house, and the two cutest dogs on God's green (or right now, grey) earth. I have everything I could ever need and I have the nerve to ask for more.
I'm selfish. I know that I am. That doesn't seem to change too much as the years go on, but every year, for a little while, I remember I get the most joy out of bringing joy to others. I tell people I love them more. I appreciate what I have a little more. I try to give people gifts that I think they'll like.
Stagnation is death is a phrase I've heard about writing. Make your characters move and change. Christmas, if nothing else (and it is certainly more), is a reminder for me that I can change and that, often, I need to.
Let's be better people than we were just a day ago and so much better than last year. With any luck, I think we can be the people we're all meant to be.
The last few posts have been about hard truths that I don't think a lot of people wanted to read. Maybe I've been hidden from a few Facebook timelines. Maybe somebody I haven't spoken to in a while just because time drifted us apart is now deliberately not talking to me. Then again, maybe everyone just accepted what I had to say and moved on.
Either way, we need somewhere to go from here. We need hope, and that's not just because of how an election turned out. We need hope because we just simply do.
The phrase that keeps repeating in my head is "It's time to write." It's why you've seen more blog posts in the last few days than in the last six months. I'm trying out new story ideas in my head. A friend of mine even joined NaNoWriMo, a program that challenges you to write 50,000 words of a novel in just the month of November.
Now is the time, friends, to recommit yourself to the things that most make your heart leap from your chest or beat too fast. Now is the time to be brave and bold.
And for me, it's time to write.
I hadn't planned to blog again so soon, but for the past few days, I've been on Facebook more than I ever am. This is a weird, historic time that we're in and I'm valuing reading everyone's opinions. There are a lot of messages about hope, and frankly, that's incredible. Let us look forward to the future with the belief that it will be better.
I don't write today because of the hopeful ones. There's another type of post I've seen and it demands I put pen to ink in hopes that I can do something to change it. I feel as if I'm probably shouting into the void (which would arguably be the most fitting slogan for Facebook), but I don't think this is time to sit on the sidelines.
The type of post I'm seeing that makes me absolutely boil is the one that says "I'm tired of being judged for voting Republican." I saw two of them just yesterday and they weren't just Facebook statuses, but full blog posts. The premise is rather simple. The writers of these posts believe that people are silencing them from rejoicing about their Republican vote. They believe, in some way, that there is an oppression happening and that it's unfair.
They voted Republican and they demand that you know that it's not because they're racist, sexist or any other type of -ist or -phobic that's typically being associated with leaning that way right now. I think it's important that we believe them. I think, in a divided time, that we have the obligation to trust them that there was no evil in their hearts when they cast their ballot that day.
But, and yes, there is a big but, that doesn't make me any less upset about their blog posts. There's the whole "I don't agree with what you're saying, but I'll die for your right to say it" thing, but the lovely thing about freedom of speech is that it's not the same thing as freedom from consequence.
The consequence, here, is that writing about not wanting to be judged, silenced, or oppressed because you voted a certain way puts your privilege like a stamp on your forehead. I read a post, again by a probably incredibly well-meaning young woman, where she argued that both candidates struggled with character so she had to vote on the issues, however you want to define that.
This person could vote for whichever party she wanted because neither party was attacking her. Do you know who didn't get to just put character aside when they cast their ballots that day? Muslim Americans. Latino Americans. The LGBTQ+ community. Immigrants. Potentially even women.
These are not all of the people groups who struggled with this election and struggle even more with the outcome, and I wouldn't argue that everyone person defined by those characteristics even voted against Trump. Some probably voted for him and I think it'd be wonderful to hear why, exactly.
Again, this is not about who you voted for. And again, this it not an accusation that anyone who voted Republican is any of those -ists or -phobics.
What it is an accusation of, and I pray that you hear this clearly, is of privilege and lack of empathy.
The man these people voted for campaigned specifically on a platform of all of those -ists and -phobics that these people are so quick to distance themselves from. I will accept no argument on this point. There were other issues, sure, that were mentioned, but it doesn't even take a skilled hand at Googling to find examples of racism, sexism, even mocking of the disabled, from the campaign trail.
All of these things had to be ignored in order to vote Republican and that is an action for only someone in a place of privilege.
I am willing to grant you, again, that you are not racist, sexist, homophobic, or any of those other many things, but you need to own that when you cast your ballot, you didn't just not condemn those things, you didn't just say those things were okay, you agreed that those traits can be active qualities of the leader of our country.
And our leader reflects who we are, for better and for worse.
Now at this point, maybe you're feeling attacked. That was the whole point of your blog posts, right, was that you felt attacked for believing and being what you are? You felt oppressed, silenced, marginalized.
I empathize. I really do. It can't be a good feeling, believing that people don't respect who you voted for, what you voted for, who you are.
Maybe there are a few other groups of people who understand what that's like.
When I danced with my mom at my wedding, I picked what is probably not a common song. There were the obvious ones about relationships between moms and sons and probably even songs about weddings. They're all, frankly, a little corny. I couldn't do it.
Now I just want to look more like love.
I just want to look more like love.
This whole world is spinning crazy; I can't quite keep up.
It's the one thing around here that we don't have quite enough of.
So I just want to look a little more like love.
I picked the song not because I thought it applied to that particular moment in time but because it applies to every particular moment. I want that song to be in my head every time I think about doing something stupid, something selfish, something that helps me but hurts another.
That song is in my head this morning and I'm struggling with the feelings that come with it. Something has happened and I didn't cause it, but I'm afraid of where it could be taking us.
I've been of voting age for three elections now and this one has been immeasurably more nasty than the other two. This election thrived completely on an Us Vs. Them mentality and I think it was probably won on it. The more compelling side seemed to better project the need of protecting an Us from a Them and that's where we're left.
What worries me is the definitions of Us and Them. Will people I care about be considered Them? Will people I don't even know but deserve rights just the same as you and I be considered Them? And if so, who will protect Them?
These are questions we don't know, but there is one thing I think I can say with certainty: This Isn't Us.
America is acceptance, and this is straying a little to things more personal to me, but Christianity is acceptance too. Don't believe the scary people you see on TV that tell you they're for something or that they believe something. There are good Americans that want to protect the rights of all people. There are good Christians who want to love all people.
It is now, of course, on us to reveal what we are, if this is not us. It is up to us to love and protect and fight and rally and cry together. I hope that we'll actually do it. I hope this churning in our collective stomachs last more than just today, and this week, and this year. I hope we move forward and find something like healing for a broken people.
I hope we learn, every day, to look a little more like love. | 2019-04-19T18:26:43 | https://www.michaelulrichwrites.com/?offset=1499221679384 |
Brian McClellan is among my favourite epic fantasy authors having given us door-stopping tomes like the Powder Mage trilogy and his new one, Wrath of the Empire, second book in the series set in the same world that started off with Sins of the Empire coming out this year as well.
When I got the ARC of his new novella, War Cry - I had no idea it was a novella. I expected it to be a full on, tour de force epic fantasy novel. A epic fantasy based on the World War was indeed pretty intriguing and then Brian had me reading this at one stretch, this whole Saturday wrapping it up early evening. It is that good, damn addictive.
Every once in a while there comes along a well executed, darkly comic and exuberantly horrific story that forces you to just drop everything else, stay up way past your bedtime reading - dunking coffee to stay awake, looking over your shoulders all the time, grinning like an idiot while your heart is hammering away like a jazz concert on boosters till you hit the last line and then again, stay up all night just thinking about this book.
Tower of Living and Dying by Anna Smith Spark: The 'queen of grim dark' is back with the second installment to the series, Empires of Dust (I thoroughly enjoyed the mad caper that was book one!) that continues the doomed tale of the unbalanced heir, Marith as he wields the power of the throne of the White Isles. Promises to be bleak, grim and sordidly dark. Right up my alley!
Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames : if you thought that the bunch of oldies reunion was the great band ever in the Band Series, then wait until you read the next instalment that tells the story of the daughter Rose and her band. I have heard it tops the first book and that is saying a LOT. Even if its just a speck of dust on that first book, then hells come alive, I would love it.
Choosing to fully flesh out the monster in each one of us, Marjorie Liu, NYtimes bestselling author of works like Hunter Kiss series and comics like Dark Wolverine and Black Widow, literally brings out an exhilarating interpretation to this: Turning her attention to medieval China, layering in a fully realised and a wonderfully epic world (daresay the likes of which hasn't been seen in Graphic novels in recent times!) she and artist Sana Takeda in collaboration, have churned out this groundbreaking series, Monstress (Volume 1 & 2 are out - Vol.3 will hit the stands around Sept) After having quickly run through the first two volumes, I think this one takes the podium, displacing the meandering bloated Saga (currently at Volume 8) from my mind as the best ever running series for a graphic novel. Captivating storytelling that is nuanced, deep and backed up by some brilliant swirling artwork. | 2019-04-21T03:14:11 | http://fantasy-smorgasbord.blogspot.com/2018/08/ |
The Conservative Party's survival as a significant political force was now open to serious question for the first time since the crisis over the Corn Laws. The Labour Party has commanded a fairly consistent level of attention, whether in office or in opposition. But it seems that the Conservatives are fated to be regarded either as unavoidable or irrelevant. This book presents an analysis that suggests that the party leader plays a less important role in Conservative recoveries than a distinctive policy programme and an effective party organization. It examines the Conservative position on a series of key issues, highlighting the difficult dilemmas which confronted the party after 1997, notably on economic policy. New Labour's acceptance of much of the main thrust of Thatcherite economic policy threw the Conservatives off balance. The pragmatism of this new position and the 'In Europe, not run by Europe' platform masked a significant move towards Euro-skepticism. The book also traces how the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Parties adapted to the creation of the Scottish Parliament, exploring the re-organisation of the Scottish party, its electoral fortunes and political prospects in the new Scottish politics. It examines issues of identity and nationhood in Conservative politics in the 1997-2001 period, focusing on the 'English Question' and the politics of 'race'. The predictable results of the Conservatives' failure to develop an attractive, consistent narrative are then analysed. Right-wing populist parties with charismatic leaders enjoyed some electoral success under the proportional representation systems in 2002.
Chapter 6: A question of definition?
So, no change there then? | 2019-04-21T01:06:39 | https://www.manchesteropenhive.com/view/9781526137692/9781526137692.xml |
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Provided one does not think about all those innocent people Neo and his pals slaughter.
This is probably the last Nolan film that I truly enjoyed. Good performances, especially from Michael Caine, help.
Denzel Washington in a gripping variant on time travel—that completely unravels in the last act. Oh, well!!
The trailers had me jazzed, but the actual movie is too much HERBIE on steroids.
Disjointed and unashamedly biased, but given the subject it’s hard to imagine how it could be anything else.
Never thought I'd see you watch a Transformers movie, JB!
I'm still looking to see it mainly for the depiction of the bots as they were created. Michael Bay claimed that he went with the indiscernible-shards-of-metal look because he felt going with the original design would make them look too much like giant toys running around (uhh....). So I do wonder how well this movie pulled it off.
They're still mostly "indisernable-shards-of-metal"--with no sense of actual scale. When Bumblebee transforms into his humanoid form, the animators seem to forget that a Volkswagen, like all cars, is mostly empty space. He becomes a ten foot tall robot that looks solid all the way thru.
Perhaps he's channeling material from the Auto Parts Dimension.
Hah! I suppose that's something that fans just expect and accept. In the cartoons, Megatron transformed into a handgun to be used by another Decepticon, and he'd have to clearly shrink every time in order to do so. Plus, Optimus Prime's trailer would always mysteriously disappear every time he transformed from his truck form.
I thought that could have been the appeal of Bumblebee, though - realistically, he should be the size of a tall human.
Not being terribly familiar with Transformers mythology, I was surprised to see Bumblebee assuming multiple forms. Something that looks like a Ferrari on his homeworld, briefly a Jeep upon arriving on Earth, and ultimately the Beetle.
I played with the toys as a kid and watched the old cartoons and they couldn't do change to multiple forms then, either. They had a form on the home planet but once they came to Earth they were reconfigured to one Earthly vehicle.
It's possible they could do that in the Bay movies, but I haven't seen any of them.
There's a moment in the movie that made me chuckle, tho not in a good way.
A couple of the bad guys arrive on Earth and introduce themselves to the American military--as "Decepticons". Later one of the humans expresses concern over the name, but it struck me as shades of Sinestro.
To Catch A Thief (1955).
Great locations, though as was the wont in those days they chose to shoot most (all?) of the dialogue scenes on a sound stage. The stars are charismatic and nice to watch, but the film overall is second-tier Hitchcock for me, despite a brilliant opening that consists of purely visual storytelling.
Greta Garbo, John Gilbert. Extraordinary cinematography, a rousing orchestral score, and surprisingly low key performances. Predictable, but eminently watchable.
I was watching that too. Amazing how a modern TV with HD capabilities can make a movie nine decades old look so good.
"The Highwaymen" - a Netflix movie that says to be the real story of the cops who tracked and killed Bonnie and Clyde.
Of course, the history is mostly nonsense - irritatingly so for someone like me who knows the story pretty well - but, even ignoring that, it's kind of a bore to get through, although Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson are good with what they're given.
Oh, I enjoyed THE HIGHWAYMEN. There are inconsistencies in the historical narrative, but far less than the much more well known BONNIE AND CLYDE which, for some, is a historical document not to be touched. It was a slow film, carefully building it's narrative, and it also didn't feature the titular characters for whom the search was all about except for glances at Bonnie committing horrendous murders. But I thought it captured the spirit of the manhunt, a subject I'm also well versed in. It also didn't shy away from the less-than-honorable personalities that finally caught up with B&C.
Bonnie and Clyde are romanticized to this day. They are mythical Robin Hood figures when, in actuality, they were cold-blooded killers who didn't give two shits about anyone but themselves and their family. That's the truth. That a movie finally paints them in the light that they actually deserve is, to me, welcomed.
Looking forward to catching it.
films. IRON MAN last night. Forgot how great that movie was.
Melissa McCarthy goes from playing every role that would have once been offered to Rosie O'Donnell to trying for those that would have once been offered to Kathy Bates. The film achieves a strange sort of shabby nobility for characters who are consistently reprehensible in really low-level petty ways. There is also a genuine respect for the written word and those who are capable of working with it. Overall, I wound up enjoying it a great deal, something I was not expecting at the outset.
A remarkable film by Ingmar Bergman. There's a long section in the middle where the two main characters, Harry and Monika, are largely by themselves in the country, and it feels years ahead of its time, like something from the French New Wave. At the end Harry has grown up, and Monika hasn't and possibly she never will, but the film doesn't blame either of them.
On the one hand, a solid case could be made that this is one of the silliest, dopiest, most lunkheaded & outlandish big-budget superhero films ever made. This is one goofy movie.
On the other hand, another solid case could be made that it's also the most colorful, good-naturedly bonkers and stylishly-directed big-budget superhero films ever made. This is one glorious-looking movie.
It may not be great, but I loved watching every single minute of it. Listening to the tin-eared dialogue and spotty acting? Not so much. Probably a grade-C movie overall, but with A+ visuals and direction.
I, like Matt, enjoyed the HIGHWAYMEN. I liked the slow build & especially that they barely showed the faces of Bonnie & Clyde.
I watched this the week of the New Zealand shootings & found that that decision aligned well with the NZ Prime Minister’s comments about not naming the shooter.
The film also made me think of an episode of CRACKER when Cracker had a rant about the original film, going nuts about how it romanticised two cold blooded killers & ignored the victims pain.
Along with the gorgeous Angie Dickinson, and Walter Brennan in one of his best roles... Like stepping into a warm, comfortable brown shoe of a Western. I love this one more & more, each time I see it. Sharp-witted, easygoing and charming, and a heck of a lot of fun.
Inspired by my recent viewing of FLESH AND THE DEVIL, I picked up a Greta Garbo three-pack. This was one, a kind of "happy ending" turn on the Mata Hari mythology. The print was unfortunately in terrible shape--at one point, during a rainstorm, the scratches made it look like it was pouring down indoors!--but the story was entertaining.
The scene where Garbo is seductively lighting candles... great stuff!
Again. Adding to my overall experience are voices that I enjoy listening to no matter what words are coming out of their mouths; Scott, Hayden, Jones and of course Slim Pickens.
BTW, when I first saw this title, decades ago, my eye saw it as Dr. Strange-glove (and still does), which was perpetuated by that single glove he wears. | 2019-04-21T16:23:17 | http://byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=29741&PN=1&TPN=435 |
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There’s a scenario that is becoming all too common on the battlefield. A soldier, sweating in the unrelenting desert sun, is buried under mounds of gear, both protective and connective.
Although body armor claims the lion’s share of the bulk, the ballistic exoskeleton is far from the only necessity added on to the soldier’s growing gear list. In addition to a Kevlar helmet, water and scopes, personal Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS) devices can easily help tip the scale to more than 70 pounds in weight. And troops are finding that all that gear is making for a tight squeeze in military vehicles, which contain more communications gear that clutters dashboards and spaces needed for personnel.
In the years immediately following the Korean War, the advent of long-range radio transmission of three teletype channels and one voice channel was made possible by a B-52 turbine engine mounted to a truck bed. Despite generations of technological advances, troops are still feeling tethered and weighed down by tactical communications systems.
The story is no different for Marine Corps tactical communications systems, said Capt. John Pico, capabilities integration officer for tactical radios at the Marine Corps Combat Development Command's Combat Development and Integration Division.
Multiband radios now have embedded Global Positioning System and wideband networking capability, which can automatically repeat traffic from neighboring radios to extend the communications range, he said.
“Another important advantage of wideband networks is the ability to extend secure data connectivity to dismounted small unit leaders, giving them the ability to reach back to information databases, interactive maps, e-mail and tactical chat programs,” Pico said. The corps’ most recent fielded radio addition — the AN/PRC-117G — has improved the size and weight of older radios by 35 percent, which has left operating forces wanting more of them, Pico said.
Although network modernization remains a continuous endeavor, Pico said he has his eyes on the needed next step. “The next challenge is to provide more capable tactical handheld radios that retain a multiband capability but also provides access to wideband networks,” he said. However, the ultimate hurdle is paying for it. “Better equipment costs more money, and the funding looks tight in the near future,” Pico said.
Military engineers agree that conserving and improving power options for communications goes a long way toward trimming the bulk.
That goal couldn’t come soon enough for the typical soldier who carries between seven to 11 battery types for a 72-hour mission. That battery load alone can total 70 pounds, said CERDEC electrical engineer Christopher Hurley. “And that’s just for a 72-hour mission,” he said, adding that the numbers scale up dramatically for longer missions.
One battery in development is the conformal battery, which soldiers could use to power all their applications. “It will fit the contour of soldier’s body, and it will provide power to all their on board electronics,” Hurley said. Through a hub power manager, soldiers would be able to connect all their devices and have one centralized power source. “This is great because it allows the soldier to significantly reduce the amount of batteries they need to carry because they will have one high-power, high-energy conformal battery that will provide power to all their end items for a 72-hour mission,” he said.
The Army has already deployed some conformal batteries to Afghanistan for research and development, and future programs are slated to further develop the chemistry that is going into these batteries.
Solar panels continue to be the darling of alternative military powering solutions, and some troops are deploying with the Rucksack Enhanced Portable Power System, which provides a power supply for small laptops and sensors. The team at CERDEC is also developing a biological battery that would use table sugar, which is already in the logistics supply chain, to fuel low-power sensors and recharge small batteries, such as AA batteries. That technology could be ready for the field in a year.
“The key to the soldiers is to have many adapters so that the soldiers can use those adapters to power their system with whatever power source he has available — AC, DC, vehicular, solar or lithium battery,” Casanova said.
Streamlining vehicle communications through open architecture is an opportunity to battle the critical size, weight and power issues that have emerged from rapid acquisition of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, one Army official said.
Inside typical military vehicles, “there’s not an awful lot of room for the soldier and his equipment,” she said. “We’ve got boxes all over the place. Not only does he have a cluttered work environment, there’s redundant equipment,” which adds to the complexity of the space. Then there are the second-order effects. The redundant systems add weight to the vehicle, which becomes a huge unanticipated power draw that has a consequence for vehicle maintenance.
Griffith-Boyle is leading the Victory initiative, or Vehicle Integration for C4ISR/EW Interoperability, which aims to change the way of doing business through common data bus Ethernet networks, shared smart displays and integrated GPS. “We’re going after an architecture owned by the government,” she said. For more than a year, a Victory standards setting body has been working with a group of industry and government representatives to develop a standard specification for all the interfaces inside military vehicles.
In late 2009, Victory achieved its proof of concept when it demonstrated experimental architecture that allowed for the display of a Boomerang shot detection sensor to be distributed throughout a Stryker as opposed to displayed on a single device. It delivered its first standard specification in July.
The Victory initiative highlights a similar problem encountered years ago by car makers, said Isaac Porche, senior engineer and defense analyst at Rand. “What the Army is doing is putting in place what the automotive industry already has — an architecture that allows you to plug in new IT systems, to have your networks talking to each other, and to share data so you don’t have multiple sensors,” Porche said.
Car designers, like military planners, seek to trim down weight that could be added in other spots, he said. “It’s especially true for military vehicles because you don’t want to waste any weight on the inside on electronics when you could be using that for extra armor,” he said. “You have so many different systems, and they’re not combined into one, so every box takes up space.” On top of that, each device creates heat, which in turn creates heating ventilation and air conditioning problems.
Moving toward an open architecture will go a long way in lightening the load off the military’s shoulders through increased competition, Porche said.
The military often finds itself locked into an old system supported by a certain vendor, he said. “That’s never a good situation.” Without competition for system upgrades, the military continuously faces the problem of technological obsolescence, which can push off system improvements for years, he said, pointing to the Vietnam-era SINCGARS radio system. In the civilian world, similar devices could be switched out or upgraded as fast as personal budgets allow. | 2019-04-25T20:02:35 | https://gcn.com/Articles/2011/09/06/Cover-Story-communications-gear.aspx |
D.A. Confidential: Want a free copy of The Bookseller?
Want a free copy of The Bookseller?
To me, three things are most evident when an author is really good. First is strong characters, second is a plot that grabs me and won’t let go, and third is a mastery of the English language. Mark Pryor has it all in his first novel and I can’t wait for his next Hugo Marston mystery.
Anyway, you can enter the drawing for a free copy of the book, just visit the site here and drop a comment about a great new book or author you've discovered recently. Yep, it's that easy.
And, come to think of it, I'm always up for hearing about new writers or books, so get to it!
Great review! I've already got my copy and as soon as I dig out of these edits, I'm all over it!!! Woo hoo for you--wishing you much continued success!
Thanks Lisa - concentrate on those edits first, though. When do I get to read it?!
Master of the English language... NICE!
What an awesome review! Congrats!
I won this comp! I'm super excited (I'm a fan and a reader all the way from Australia) and I can't wait to get my hands on your book! Thanks for the heads up :) and keep up the good work!
Excellent - give me twenty hours and I'll pop over and sign it for you!
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This is my DT inspiration card for the new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons, the theme this time is Autumn Hues. This was an easy theme for me as it's my favorite time of year and I love all the colors of Autumn.
Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is Tiffaney Doodles where you will discover a wonderful selection of images.
I hope you'll come and join the challenge sharing your creations with us as I get inspired visiting your blogs.
I took a sheet of cs and sponged with various Distress inks (peeling paint, firebrick red and wild honey), sprayed with gold Shimmer spray which isn't showing very well if at all in the picture, the leaves are punched with a Marvy, dragon fly is from a Sissix die, sentiment is from Great Impressions, made a bow with hemp yarn, for the life of me can't remember what the background fabric is called I've had it for years.
As You Like It: Sweet or Savory - Savoring the beautiful colors of Autumn.
This is my DT inspiration for the new challenge at the Lacy Sunshine challenge blog with the theme Under the Sea Christmas.
My project is a gift bag where I'm using I'm using Shelby's Sea Mint from the Lacy Sunshine online store.
Colored with Copics, added Flower Soft Fine Sand and a little Distress glitter, some pearls, crystals, I've also colored the ribbon with my #46 Copic and added glitter to it, the snowflake is from a Martha Stewart's punch.
In the lower photo I'm using a brand new image called Anenome as a gift tag, colored with copics. She is a very new image so I'm not sure if you'll find her in the shop yet at the Lacy Sunshine online store.
I hope you will come on over and join in this challenge sharing your creations with us as we so enjoy seeing them and maybe this time you will be one of the winners.
If you visit her online shop you will find a wonderful collection and fabulous variety of Heather Valentin's the (artist and owner) creative images, Shimmer Sprays, digital papers along with lots of creative inspiration.
This was a fun one to color using my Copics and a little Flower Soft on the bottom for a sandy effect. The image is Indian Girl Riding Elephant from the Julia Spiri Etsy shop where she has so many wonderful images to choose from.
Julia just added 5 new images to her shop and has a special going on for the next few days, buy all 5 at 30% off and then you can PM her for a free one of your choice. Well worth the visit for the eye candy you'll enjoy.
Hello thank you for stopping by today. This is the 2nd challenge with the theme "Girls, Girls, Girls beginning at the Julia Spiri's challenge blog.
I fell in love with her wonderful images the first time I saw them they are just so adorable and charming. I'm using Little Ballerina, I flipped one to have them facing each other, then did the fussy cut of them to have them a little more of a 3D. You can find her and many more charming characters with such lovely details at Julia Spiri's Etsy store.
I hope you will come and join in this challenge to share your creations with us. There is also Julia's Facebook group where there is a monthly challenge.
Rather than a card I did a little wall hanging for a little girl's room who takes ballet. Colored with Copics, layers of cs, music notes punched, embossed with Sissix musical note embossing folder, added some gems, ribbon, lace and the background is sprayed with various colors of Shimmer Spray by Lacy Sunshine.
A new challenge begins today at Crafting for all Seasons with the theme "Layers", lots of layers.
We have a great sponsor for this challenge PPinky Doll's Art, her images are FABULOUS and she makes hand made dolls that are so wonderful, well worth your time to visit.
I'm using Lonely Bubu for my DT card she is so sweet and there is always so much detail in all of her images, who could possibly resist these sweet little faces.
I hope you will come and join in this challenge sharing your creations with us as we do enjoy visiting your blogs and gaining inspiration along the way.
Good morning, time for a new challenge at the Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog with the fun theme of Winds of Change, relating to changing of seasons, for my DT card I'm using Rory Collecting Autumn Leaves from the Lacy Sunshine Stamps.
If you visit her online shop you will find a wonderful collection and fabulous variety of Heather Valentin's the (artist and owner) creative images, Shimmer Sprays, digital papers along with some creative inspiration..
There is also a Lacy Sunshine Facebook group where challenges are held and surprises every now and again.
Rory was colored with a mixture of Prisma markers and Copics, the punched leaves die cat come from fall colors of Distress inks sponged on cs, then sprayed with Sunshine Peach Sorbert and Sunshine Orange Lacy Sunshine Shimmer Sprays.
As You Like It: Favourite Die and Why- My little cat he is just the cutest and I can fit him most anywhere.
Good morning and thanks for stopping by. Today is the first challenge of a brand new challenge blog which begins at the Julia Spiri Challenge Blog. The theme is Something New, this can be anything that is new to you image, pearls, butterflies etc. This will be a bi-weekly challenge.
If you haven't visited Julia's Etsy store it is a must as she has many wonderful and adorable images there, this is one of my new images by Julia Spiri which is named Naughty Cat.
I do hope you will come along and share your wonderful creations with us as we do love seeing them.
I have colored the image with Copics, added some punched flowers and die cuts my background is sprayed with Mermaid Aqua Shimmer by spray by Lacy Sunshine.
Hello and thanks for stopping by, today is the start of a new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons with a fun theme of " Tic Tac Toe.
We have a fabulous sponsor for this challenge Lemon Shortbread Stamps and she has some wonderful images in The Sweet Pea Store. I've chosen to use Toga Fairy from the Lemon Short bread Stamps Etsy shop for my inspiration card.
I hope you will come and join us in this challenge and share your creations with us.
Colored with Copic markers and touched up with Polychromo pencils, using image, die cuts and pattern papers.
I hope you will come and join in this challenge sharing your creations with us. | 2019-04-18T12:25:50 | http://wwwabarbcardblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/ |
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Have you ever wondered why there are different grades of gasoline? All grades of gasoline have what’s called an octane rating. So what is it and, more importantly, what should you use in your vehicles?
First of all, the engine in your vehicle burns fuel by compression – in other words, your engine is an internal combustion engine or burns fuel internally. The engine allows a mixture of air and fuel into the combustion area and a piston then compresses this mixture. Your spark plug then ignites this mixture causing an internally explosion that produces the power to run your engine.
Therefore, the octane rating tells you how much the gasoline can be compressed before it ignites spontaneously. Should gasoline ever ignite by compression rather than by the spark plug, then it would cause the engine to knock, possibly damaging your engine (think of it as taking a hammer striking the top part of your piston) – obviously this is not something that’s desirable.
Take regular gasoline with an 87 octane rating for example. This grade of gasoline would require less compression than gasoline with a 93 octane rating. Simply said, the higher the octane, the more compression it takes before spontaneous combustion occurs. Another way to look at it is that, the higher the octane, the slower the fuel burns, whereas a lower octane rated gasoline burns faster.
If you use a lower grade of gasoline than what your vehicle manufacturer recommends, then you run the risk of engine damage caused by pinging or pre-detonation. And if you’re using a higher grade of gasoline in an engine that wasn’t originally designed to handle a higher grade, you can actually reduce engine performance and gas mileage. How so? Since the higher grade of gasoline burns slower and you’re using it in an engine that was designed to burn a faster burning fuel, you therefore don’t burn all the fuel. If you don’t burn all the fuel, then all the air that is in the mixture isn’t burned either. Your vehicle computer sees more air in your exhaust system and then compensates by adding more fuel to this perceived lean running condition (more air).
In short, you have more raw fuel being pushed through your exhaust system, causing your catalytic converter(s) to over work and possibly lead to premature failure, not to mention the pollutants released into the air. Unless you’ve had modifications performed to your engine (and computer reprogrammed) to run properly on a higher grade of gasoline, you won’t improve the performance of your vehicle just be buying a better grade of gasoline.
So which grade of gas should you buy? Use the grade that your vehicle manufacturer recommends unless you’ve had your engine modified and your computer reprogrammed to burn a higher grade of gasoline. | 2019-04-26T02:12:18 | https://weberautomotive.com/whats-gasoline-octane |
TAG HEUER BOUTIQUE SPITALFIELDS welcomes you and presents its collection of TAG Heuer watches in London. Choose the watch that suits you most from the broad range of sports and elegant watches. In our TAG Heuer store, you will find a specialized adviser who will answer your questions and help you in your choice. | 2019-04-22T08:00:27 | https://store.tagheuer.com/896945-tag-heuer-boutique-spitalfields |
Received a full dozen box of Sweet Hope Truffles. Receive four of each flavor. The boxes are our tried and true kraft brown box and tied with a blue bow.
Candy Cane – Chocolate centers with crunch candy cane bits, coated in dark chocolate and topped with candy cane dust.
Irish Coffee– We combined two of our classic best sellers, mocha and Irish creme. Chocolate centers are mixed with Irish creme liqueur and infused with Starbucks Christmas Blend coffee. Truffles are coated in Girardelli dark chocolate and topped with a coffee bean. | 2019-04-19T22:35:40 | http://www.sweethopefoundation.org/store/products/1-dozen-mixed-truffles/ |
Massaria disease, which is thought to be caused by a fungus called Splanchnonema platani, was first noticed in London plane trees in the UK in 2009. The disease causes large lesions on the upper surfaces of major branches in plane trees and branch drop.
London plane trees are common in towns and cities, planted as shade and amenity trees, so presence of the disease can be a significant public safety issue for their owners, many of which are local authorities. Dead wood has to be removed before it becomes an unacceptable hazard.
The disease first appears as a pinkish strip on the upper surface of the branch, and develops into a lesion extending from a union with the parent branch or stem. These lesions can extend many metres, but because they affect the upper part of the branch, infection can be difficult to see from the ground. Branch decline in the summer months can be an indication of infection.
Affected branches suffer death of the bark and cambium (the layer of tissue just under the bark), which can affect up to 30% of the branch circumference. When the fungus produces spores, areas towards the edges of the lesions turn black. Lesions are associated with wood decay, characterised by soft rot, often resulting in the death and / or the fracture of the branch. Branch failure may occur within three months of the symptoms first becoming noticeable, but may take up to a year or more.
Plane tree owners should be aware of the increased safety hazard associated with Massaria disease and should regularly monitor trees’ safety. When branch failure is detected, dead wood should be removed immediately to avoid the hazard of falling branches.
For more information visit http://www.forestry.gov.uk/fr/massaria.
Call Elmbridge Tree Services now on 01372 466020 for expert advice on how to manage trees showing symptoms of massaria disease. | 2019-04-25T02:12:13 | https://www.elmbridgetreeservices.co.uk/current-threats-to-our-trees/massaria-disease/ |
Wedges, the perfect shoes for everyone who is tired of high heels but still wants those added inches. We’ve rounded up 8 pairs of Wedge Sandals ideal for this summer.
Wedges are more comfortable than high heels, yet they still look and feel just as stylish. Fashionistas can find wedges in a variety of styles and price ranges. From the catwalk to the high street, they are everywhere. That and more makes the wedge sandals the ideal choice for summer shoes.
In addition to being comfortable and stylish they are suitable for an array of different occasions. Wedge sandals are a great choice for both the office and the beach. They are easy to combine with slacks and pencils skirts. These shoes also look fabulous paired with shorts and summer dresses. What's more, because they are so comfortable, wedges are the best choice for any event where it’s expected to stand for a long period of time. Furthermore, wedges are an excellent choice for dressier occasions in the summer. The more formal styles would be just right for dinners or weddings.
Wedge sandals come in numerous colours and prints. They can suit every taste and style preference. One of the most popular and versatile type of wedges are the espadrilles. This style can easily be combined with both cute summer dresses, casual jeans and even pencil skirts. Another great style to try this summer is the wooden wedge. They are perfect for channeling the retro '70s vibe that is popular this season. Wooden wedges look gorgeous paired with flared pants or groovy wide-sleeved dress.
Here we’ve rounded up 8 pairs of Wedge Sandals perfect for this summer. | 2019-04-24T20:24:10 | http://fashion.fopii.com/accessories/8-wedge-sandals-for-summer-2015.html |
There are 1 new home developments in District 4, Wise, all low-rise that are planned, under construction or recently completed. There are 1 single family home developments in District 4, Wise . The most active developer in District 4, Wise is 4th Generation Home Builders.
Find your new construction home in District 4, Wise by browsing the map, or using the filters above. Filter results based on District 4, Wise homes for sale or homes for rent; condo, townhome or house building type, number of bedrooms or price. More filters are available on the map. Save your search to receive updates on District 4, Wise new home inventory that meets your criteria. | 2019-04-21T21:16:47 | https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/us/united-states/virginia/district-4-wise-new-homes |
Offering impressive performance, individual style and outstanding value for money, Dacia's range of vehicles has plenty to offer. Rest assured Quick Car Credit is the best place to start your search for used Dacia cars in Nantwich. Our dedicated team has years of experience helping customers to find vehicles that represent the best match for their lifestyle and budget. What's more, as all of our used cars come fully inspected, peace of mind is guaranteed. If you're searching for a rugged and affordable off-roader like the Dacia Duster, or an economical and spacious family estate such as the Dacia Logan MCV, Quick Car Credit is here to help. Contact a member of our team today or begin your search here on the website. | 2019-04-26T16:07:57 | https://www.quickcarcredit.co.uk/used/dacia/nantwich |
Step aside fancy pants wine parties, beer and cheese have teamed up and they’re taking over! Denver, Colorado’s Wynkoop Brewing Company is hosting Kegs & Curds: A Toast to Beer and Cheese on Saturday, March 27th at 1 p.m.
The Wynkoop Brewing Co. is pairing up 25 small-batch craft local, national and Belgian brews with a selection of 20 perfectly decadent small-batch gourmet cheeses, courtesy of Fromage to Yours Cheese Shop.
Find out what brew goes best with brie, or what cheesy delight tastes best with your favorite local ale! | 2019-04-19T02:37:05 | https://www.talive.com/2010/03/colorados-first-brewpub-to-host-kegs-curds-a-toast-to-beer-and-cheese/ |
Did you ever try to put out a fire with a promise?
The tale fairly well describes Gov. Greg Abbott’s recently announced tax scheme. Abbott wants to warm us by burning down the house.
To see it clearly, we need to see the forest and the trees. Under Republican rule, the state has shoved onto local governments a good bit of the financial responsibility for things we need and care about, such as education, health services and traffic solutions.
"Look, we’re cutting taxes!” crow state Republican officeholders. On a second look, though, we discover they’ve weakened or cut down our hometown walls — and roads and flood levees and schools — in order to make the claim. Local governments then turn to raising property taxes to make up for state officials’ irresponsible actions. Woe unto local governments, say the smoke monsters of the GOP.
Now, Abbott wants to tell local officials they can’t raise the money to put out the fires. Specifically, he wants to arbitrarily prohibit cities, counties and school districts from collecting more than 2.5 percent in property tax revenue than was collected in the previous year.
Oh, Abbott has included some promises for the future: The state will stop some unfunded mandates and provide some additional pencils for public schools, he says.
The resurgent boom in oil prices helps hide some of the potential damage. The Texas economy is like an old 19th-century oil lamp: When oil prices are up, our economy burns brightly — so brightly it can sometime hide real fires. How much damage can Abbott really do while the oil surf is up? Plenty.
Decades of right-wing attacks on public investment of all sorts have too many believing that the investments only help the undeserving. It’s a kind of ghost-in-the-machine software humming in the minds of the poorly informed. “All our money is being spent on people we don’t like,” says the code.
It’s not true, of course. Believers tell themselves the lie while they are driving — or idled by traffic — on roads paid for with public investment, going to banks where their deposits are protected by programs paid for with public dollars, surfing the internet that was invented with public money, or cheering on our military and first responders who are paid with our tax dollars.
But the equation, “taxes equals benefits for other people, not us,” has been used for decades by greedy con artists trying to convince folks to oppose public investment altogether. Along the way, the con artists manage to demonize the imagined undeserving “others” while keeping most of the wealth for themselves.
Abbott’s tax plan falls nicely into the pattern.
t seems we are often setting fires to our own homes when we light blazes against the darkness of imagined demons.
There are other ways to address alarmingly high property taxes. For instance, we could close loopholes that today let wealthy developers avoid paying their fair share of property taxes.
Tax codes are funny things, though. Too often, when we set out to reform them to make the wealthy pay their fair share, we find out it’s easier for the wealthy to find loopholes than it is for us to close them.
Let’s think constructively, not destructively. All of us want good schools, roads, health care, police and fire departments. Most of us are willing to pay our fair share for them. Let’s make tax fairness universal. | 2019-04-19T08:36:44 | https://progresstexas.org/blog/abbott-willing-burn-down-house-keep-himself-warm |
The second CAGR programme ran from 2012 to 2014 and built on the success of the first CAGR programme, which ran from 2010 to 2012. For a second time, the programme was generously funded by the AHRC and organized by Oxford University’s Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (APGRD).
The first CAGR programme focused on sharing a range of skills with researchers that are integral to public engagement activities. Informed by participant feedback, the second programme took the next step in helping researchers build sustainable partnerships with organizations in the media, arts and heritage, and education sectors by awarding each participant £2,000 for their projects.
Participants again worked closely with experts and professionals in a series of interactive sessions to explore the creative potential for making research on ancient Greece and Rome accessible and relevant to a variety of audiences. The sessions, in most cases, included a visit to a partner organization to see it in operation. Participants also had the chance to learn from CAGR alumni.
In addition to these interactive sessions, participants worked directly with a professional partner to design and deliver a high-quality public programme. Participants’ travel expenses to the relevant venues were also fully reimbursed for the duration of the programme.
Charlotte Higgins (Lead Arts Feature Writer, The Guardian) explored the principles of writing concise, accessible articles for newspapers, popular journals, and popular non-fiction, and managing a public-facing but academically-based reputation. Charlotte Loveridge (Commissioning Editor, Classics, Bloomsbury) and Marina Kemp (Assistant Commissioning Editor, Penguin Classics) offered insights into popular and academic writing from the perspectives of the publishing industry.
Bettany Hughes (Freelance Writer and TV Presenter) explored the principles of preparing and presenting academically-based TV shows for a popular audience. Beaty Rubens (BBC Radio producer) and Caroline Finnegan (BBC TV and Radio producer) offered insight into approaching producers with ideas for new programmes drawing on academic research. An optional tour of the BBC was arranged on an alternative day.
Teresa Doherty (former Head of Collections, The Women’s Library), Gavin Clarke (Archivist, National Theatre) and Michelle Paull (academic and former Modern Literary Manuscripts Curator) explored the possibilities of communicating research to a variety of audiences by working in partnership with libraries and archives.
Simon McCormack (Conservation Manager, National Trust) and Danielle Westerhof (Freelance Rare Books Cataloguer and Historian) explored the possibilities for communicating research to a variety of audiences by working in partnership with historic houses.
Debbie Challis (Audience Development Officer, Petrie Museum) explored the inter-relationships between academics and museum professionals, and the ways in which different audiences benefit from museum collections. Hallie Marshall (APGRD Postdoctoral Research Fellow) offered insight into the role of the academic in interpreting the museum collection for the public.
Bob Lister (Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge) explored the practical and creative considerations of working with schools and communicating effectively with young people. Mai Musié (Classics Outreach Officer, University of Oxford) offered insight into delivering Classics-related programmes on a professional level and the important contributions that academics can make.
Professionals at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre explored the role of the academic in producing creative work and fostering creative engagement with research for the public. The day was led by Struan Leslie with contributions from Roxana Silbert (Artistic Director, Birmingham Rep), Steve Ball (Associate Director, Birmingham Rep) and Tessa Walker (Associate Director, Birmingham Rep), as well as Marie-Louise Crawley (freelance choreographer and dance artist) and Helen Eastman (freelance theatre director).
Discussion panel with David Watson (Principal Green Templeton College - The Engaged University (2011), The Question of Conscience: higher education and personal responsibility, 2013), Abigail Williams (Tutor in English, St Peter's College and Knowledge Exchange Fellow, Humanities Division, Oxford), Sam Sneddon (Assistant Registrar Research, Social Sciences Division), Steven Hill (Head of Policy, HEFCE, former head of strategy at Research Councils UK), and CAGR alumni. This was also a ‘touching-base’ session where programme participants had the opportunity to talk individually with CAGR alumni and programme organisers about ongoing or potential partnership projects.
Programme participants shared with the group what they have been working on with their professional partners. Guest Respondent: Paul Cartledge (A G Leventis Emeritus Professor of Greek Culture, University of Cambridge).
The second Communicating Ancient Greece and Rome programme led to 14 amazing projects, from animations to cookery courses!
To learn more, visit the CAGR showcase page in our Learning section. | 2019-04-19T09:10:53 | http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/about-us/communicating-ancient-greece-and-rome-cagr/cagr-2-2012-2014 |
Easy, step by step how to draw Cookie drawing tutorials for kids. Learn how to draw Cookie simply by following the steps outlined in our video lessons.... 17/12/2014 · How to Draw for Kids step by step - In this drawing tutorial, learn to draw a Christmas snack. Draw & COLOR at your own pace with Fun2draw APPs!
Pareto Analysis Step by Step ~ By Duncan Haughey Pareto Analysis is a statistical technique in decision-making used for the selection of a limited number of tasks that produce significant overall effect.... Okay guys, so I had the idea to make some more fun loving food related stuff since I have been getting requests for me to create some lately. I'm going to start by showing you "how to draw a fortune cookie", step by step.
Pareto Analysis Step by Step ~ By Duncan Haughey Pareto Analysis is a statistical technique in decision-making used for the selection of a limited number of tasks that produce significant overall effect.
17/12/2014 · How to Draw for Kids step by step - In this drawing tutorial, learn to draw a Christmas snack. Draw & COLOR at your own pace with Fun2draw APPs!
Today I drew two biscuits for the Everyday in May challenge of Draw a Cookie. | 2019-04-20T20:51:45 | http://glutenandfoodallergyspecialist.com/victoria/how-to-draw-a-cookie-step-by-step.php |
The Vinyl Council of Australia aims to expand its PVC Recycling in Hospitals program to cover 150 hospitals by the end of 2018.
After launching in 2009, the recycling program has grown to operate in 138 hospitals throughout Australia and New Zealand. It is managed by the the Vinyl Council of Australia and its member partners: Baxter Healthcare, Aces Medical Waste and Welvic Australia.
More than 200 tonnes of PVC waste from hospitals has been diverted from landfill to recycling over the past year. The material is redirected to reprocessors, which use the recycled polymer in new products such as garden hoses and outdoor playground matting.
The program partners also explore designs for new product applications for the material generated through the program.
Vinyl Council Chief Executive Sophi MacMillan says thanks to the great support and enthusiasm from healthcare professionals, the PVC Recycling in Hospitals program is now operating in every state in Australia, except the Northern Territory.
“It’s a great example of how the healthcare sector can demonstrate leadership in PVC sustainability and recover high quality material that can be genuinely recycled locally for use in new products,” Ms MacMillan said.
“We are currently looking at further end product applications for the recyclate.
The Vinyl Council has called on industries and manufacturers to support and strengthen the local recycling industry.
It follows the announcement that the Vinyl Council’s PVC Recycling in Hospitals program has been unaffected by China’s National Sword policy.
The National Sword policy restricts the amount of recycled waste exports that can be sent to China.
Vinyl Council Chief Executive Officer Sophi MacMillan said the Vinyl Council is proud of its flourishing industry program which has remained unaffected by the changes in international waste management strategies.
“We would like to see greater support and incentives from government to encourage local design and manufacturing of products that use recyclate to drive demand for recyclate use in Australia,” Ms MacMillan said.
“This example-setting program is growing precisely because it is supported by the local vinyl manufacturing industry and the healthcare sector as product consumers. It is a clear demonstration that circularity within Australia can work,” she said.
PVC Recycling in Hospitals has diverted almost 200 tonnes of PVC waste from hospitals from landfill to recycling across more than 130 hospitals throughout Australia and New Zealand.
PVC recycled from hospital waste is turned into products such as garden hoses and outdoor playground matting.
“We seek to assure the healthcare sector and its staff that the PVC Recycling in Hospitals is strong and not affected by China’s ban on unsorted materials,” Ms MacMillan said. | 2019-04-25T22:53:40 | http://wastemanagementreview.com.au/tag/new-zealand/ |
Refilling your own small cylinder from a large cylinder is easy and safe with Conwin’s Transfill Manifold. Attaches with easy-to-use hand-tight connections. Tank is not included.
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Refilling your own small cylinder from a large cylinder is easy and safe with Conwin’s Transfill Manifold. Attaches with easy-to-use hand-tight connections. Simplify your Balloon Decorating event with this handy Helium solution, and you’ll spend less time messing with Helium Cylinders and more time decorating, having fun and making money! | 2019-04-26T14:29:04 | https://www.balloonsandweights.com/product/cylinder-transfill-manifold/ |
E-commerce platforms often challenge SEOs with really specific SEO issues. Below you will find eleven important factors to consider when optimizing for e-commerce SEO.
Thoroughly investigate current searching trends before creating the required website structure. By creating too many irrelevant category pages the chances of ranking well in search engines are considerably lower. If you are just starting and have no organic ranking history or link profile available, focus on less competitive query spaces. Limit the amount of products allowed to be indexed. Gradually move the focus towards the more competitive niches and increase the amount of pages you want to rank with. Upfront, extensive keyword research is necessary to make data driven decisions. Avoid keyword cannibalization: this happens when multiple pages are targeting the same query space.
All of the following tips are must do’s, but won’t result in any organic traffic if your website consist of a huge amount of irrelevant pages, not being connected at all. A proper designed website structure is key for getting SEO value with E-commerce platforms.
I often write User with a capital U. It’s all about the user in the end and that’s also what Google is looking at. With the move to mobile of the last 5 years, absolutely make sure your platform is mobile friendly. https://search.google.com/search-console/mobile-friendly Responsive is the way to go but make sure you keep up to date on new possibilities like Google AMP.
You actually want to lower loading speeds. With over half of the organic visitors coming in via mobile and tablet devices, loading speed is key. Most e-commerce platforms will work with responsive setups so make sure everything loads smoothly on mobile before even looking to your desktop. You won’t deliver a great experience if you try to load huge product images on slow mobile connections. Always benchmark with tools like Webpagetest.org or the Chrome Web Developer tools which can mimic mobile users: check the different devices, mobile browsers and test against multiple connection speeds.
This sounds straightforward but don’t forget that if you don’t have any external links or history in rankings, Google is solely depending on your content to determine any rankings for your website. Investing in decent category page content (title’s, meta descriptions, headings and body content) based on your keyword research can really jumpstart your SEO efforts.
Guide Google’s crawlers through the website: develop a proper hierarchy of product categories and interlink them as long as they are relevant. If you want to index new products fast, link them from the homepage.
Related products or categories are often shown at the bottom of the page but only matched based on textual relevance. Invest in proper product recommendation systems, so you can include SEO ranking targets and E-commerce data into the decision tree of deciding on which products to show in a Related products block. Horizontal linking is a key influence to proper indexing of websites with huge amounts of pages.
If you want to make sure you have the most important pages linked in properly, try Visualizing your site’s Internal Linking or Improve internal linking for SEO to get a visual representation.
Add breadcrumbs to every page. This helps Google understanding relationships between different parts and layers within the website. For users this is a great way of navigating too. Don’t forget to markup your breadcrumbs with Schema.org markup.
If a product will become available again. Leave te page up and inform your users when it will be back. Offer an e-mail alert service.
If a product will not return and has no external links pointing to it; add a 410 header so Google removes it from their indices.
If a product will not return and received valuable links: 301 redirect to a relevant product or category page.
8. Do I need unique content for every product page?
You can start with adding a noindex (add a noindex,follow) directive to product pages which don’t have unique characteristics. In most cases, making the basic SEO elements like title’s, metadescriptions, Hx headings and a unique product ID is enough for Google to add the pages to the search results. In the fashion niche it is quite common to have unique colour products indexed and Google is fine with it.
Since most manufacturers deliver the same descriptions to all sellers, make sure to add possibilities for users to create additional content on product pages. Adding reviews is the most common way and can also contribute to higher conversion rates in case the reviews are positive. Reviews often contain longtail, query related, keywords so increase the diversity of queries delivering traffic to product pages.
There are multiple options to add structured data to different page types. Structured data helps Google understand the actual content of pages and in the case of product or review data it can result in rich snippets within the search result pages. Rich snippets can increase click through rates as long as the data shown is relevant and has a better call-to-action value. If you markup products with prices while your competitors have lower prices, it will probably lower click through rates. Showing stock levels while your product is sold out, will influence customer experience negatively so always monitor performance.
Next to investing into category page content, it really pays out to think about the different types of brand related keywords. Customers will search for queries about discounts, customer service, shipping conditions or more product related information like material guides, how to choose the right size or experiences from other customers. Make sure you add an detailed FAQ section to target these longtail queries to keep current clients happy and support potential clients in making the right decision. | 2019-04-23T04:25:54 | https://www.brightonseo.com/seo/11-tips-optimizing-e-commerce-platforms-seo/ |
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For each coffee, the Nespresso Coffee Experts compose a unique and complex aromatic and taste profile. Guaranteeing the consistency of this profile is our primary concern. To achieve this, Nespresso continually tests and selects the world’s highest grade coffee crops.
Through our AAA Sustainable Quality™ Programme, Nespresso works closely with farmers to produce premium beans using sustainable methods. They are harvested by hand, fermented and dried in the sun as we prefer to process the coffee beans naturally.
Nespresso high standards extend to the careful roasting and grinding of beans to bring out the 900 different coffee aromas that differentiate a Nespresso coffee. Our exclusive capsule system is designed to protect the coffee from air and moisture, so that you can enjoy all the aromas on serving.
The high Nespresso standards extend to the careful roasting and grinding of beans to bring out the 900 different coffee aromas that differentiate a Nespresso coffee. Our exclusive capsule system is designed to protect the coffee from air and moisture, so that you can enjoy all the aromas when you serve them. | 2019-04-19T09:30:01 | https://www.nespresso.com/pro/ch/en/pages/coffee_expertise?icid=lk_CH_B2B_EN__Menu_AboutUs_CoffeeExpertise |
I just read an article that said if my child ignores my anger, then it’s an indication that he or she has seen too much of it and has developed defenses against it.
Um … not so much, Mr. Child Rearing Expert.
When my daughter was almost a year old, I made a conscious decision to see if yelling at her would make her stop punching the cat in the face. This was the first time I had yelled at her. She laughed in my face and continued her shenanigans.
Let’s face it; your little one is a badgering menace and a cute little cuddle-bug wrapped up in one jelly faced emotional roller coaster.
And in case you haven’t figured it out yet, you are the hostage.
Ever wonder where your life went while your nagging, illogical, lunatic child asks you for a hot dog for the 14th time in 30 seconds? Trust, patience, and time are foreign concepts to these little creatures. They have mastered the Buddhist concept of living in the perpetual now moment. I want. I want. I want. Joy.
Have you ever felt guilty about being angry at your kiddo as your blood pressure spikes and your temper matches the color of the Little Engine That Could? Welcome to Crisis Island.
Oh yeah, did I tell you that Crisis Island is volcanic and it’s spewing red hot lava everywhere? So you have to leave quickly.
Here are three tips that have helped me combat the urge to lock my child in the closet.
1. Keep a sentimental picture of your little one in your wallet.
Find one that elicits that warm, fuzzy, nurturing, motherly instinct. Pull that picture out at times like these, gaze at it for a few seconds, while taking a few deep breaths. Let yourself remember the good times. A little perspective goes a long way.
2. You can’t always control a baby wildcat.
No one can, however, the more you practice the Jedi Mind Trick below, the better you get at shifting from anger to appreciation.
Trick: Practice being as pissed off as you can possibly be for 15 seconds. Squeeze all muscles and make yourself as tight and rigid as you can — then let go completely and relax.
Next, shift gears and go on a “Rampage of Appreciation” and start being grateful for everything good in your life: a healthy child, your health, a car that works so well, your relationships, your home, the dishwasher, good coffee, your cell phone, toilet paper … It doesn’t take long before your are appreciating everything around you.
None of what you’re appreciating is perfect, but the idea is to appreciate all the parts of your life that are working. You’ll quickly find they outweigh the parts of your life that aren’t. This simple shift will create new neural circuits in your brain! Hallelujah for hard wiring happiness!
3. When the going gets tough, the tough draw a bath. | 2019-04-22T01:15:42 | https://kategalt.com/how-to-create-a-guilt-free-parenting-zone/ |
Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is an emerging molecule in many cardiovascular complications but its role in left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is unknown. The present study explored the effect of exogenous H2S administration in the regression of LVH by modulating oxidative stress, arterial stiffness and expression of cystathione γ lyase (CSE) in the myocardium. Animals were divided into four groups: Control, LVH, Control-H2S and LVH-H2S. LVH was induced by administering isoprenaline (5mg/kg, every 72 hours, S/C) and caffeine in drinking water (62mg/L) for 2 weeks. Intraperitoneal NaHS, 56μM/kg/day for 5 weeks, was given as an H2S donor. Myocardial expression of Cystathione γ lyase (CSE) mRNA was quantified using real time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR).There was a 3 fold reduction in the expression of myocardial CSE mRNA in LVH but it was up regulated by 7 and 4 fold in the Control-H2S and LVH-H2S myocardium, respectively. Systolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure, pulse wave velocity were reduced (all P<0.05) in LVH-H2S when compared to the LVH group. Heart, LV weight, myocardial thickness were reduced while LV internal diameter was increased (all P<0.05) in the LVH-H2S when compared to the LVH group. Exogenous administration of H2S in LVH increased superoxide dismutase, glutathione and total antioxidant capacity but significantly reduced (all P<0.05) plasma malanodialdehyde in the LVH-H2S compared to the LVH group. The renal cortical blood perfusion increased by 40% in LVH-H2S as compared to the LVH group. Exogenous administration of H2S suppressed the progression of LVH which was associated with an up regulation of myocardial CSE mRNA/ H2S and a reduction in pulse wave velocity with a blunting of systemic hemodynamic. This CSE/H2S pathway exhibits an antihypertrophic role by antagonizing the hypertrophic actions of angiotensin II(Ang II) and noradrenaline (NA) but attenuates oxidative stress and improves pulse wave velocity which helps to suppress LVH. Exogenous administration of H2S augmented the reduced renal cortical blood perfusion in the LVH state. | 2019-04-23T00:33:37 | http://mymedr.afpm.org.my/publications/1517 |
Hello and thank you for your thoughts regarding your recent stay at The Driskill. We are so glad that you stayed with us in our historic home. We are happy to know that you enjoyed our updated fitness center as well as our central location to downtown walking spots. We are thankful that you stayed with us and we hope you will think of us again the next time you are in Austin.
On passe la porte et on est projeter dans un autre monde, une architecture à couper le souffle, un gigantesque hall d’entrée, escalier jusqu’au bar, très romantique pour un dernier verre.
Bonjour! Thank you so much for your kind words regarding your recent stay with us. We are so happy to hear that you enjoyed everything from your guestroom, to our fabulous breakfasts to our friendly staff. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts with us.
Hello and thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with fellow travelers. We are so grateful you chose to stay with us and that you enjoyed your stay. Please accept our apology for the miscommunication about the valet. Our goal is to ensure each guest has a great experience from arrival to departure and we are sorry we fell short of this with you. We would be thrilled to have you with us again so that you may have an exceptional stay.
salut! Merci beaucoup de partager vos aimables paroles. Nous espérons néanmoins que cela vous aidera dans vos recherches. Original en anglais Language Weaver Notez cette traduction: Merci pour votre évaluation Mauvaise Bonne Meilleurs voeux de notre équipe Driskill!
"Les chambres dans le nouveau batiment semblent etre minuscules." | 2019-04-26T03:53:53 | https://fr.tripadvisor.ca/Hotel_Review-g30196-d98474-Reviews-The_Driskill-Austin_Texas.html |
P&G is a good outfit, but share holders took a serious hit about 2000 - I want to say 40 or 50%. The dividend was not changed, but do you really want to be concentrated in a small number of stocks?
Instead you might look at some broad mutual funds. Ones that come to mind are the Retirement funds or even Vanguard's Wellington. Not very exciting, but it has a long track record and it is diversified. | 2019-04-20T03:30:38 | https://boards.fool.com/pampg-is-a-good-outfit-but-share-holders-took-a-29009117.aspx |
Description January 20, 1936 photograph of Dr. Wilbert E. Butler tending to a patient with the assistance of a nurse at the King’s Daughters Children’s Clinic at Yarmouth Street and York Street in Norfolk, Virginia. The 1937 Norfolk City Directory indicates that Blanche F. Webb was the director of the facility.
Notes Sanborn Maps Norfolk 1928-Oct. 1950 vol. 1, 1928-Aug. 1950, Sheet 2. SMC Digitization Phase 2. The 1937 Norfolk City Directory indicates that there was also a clinic at 36 Balview Avenue in the Ocean View section of Norfolk (Sanborn Maps Norfolk 1928-Oct. 1950 vol. 5, 1928-Oct. 1950, Sheet 606). | 2019-04-18T15:25:24 | http://smcdigital.norfolkpubliclibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15987coll9/id/2971/ |
“When creating El Vestido, I was first inspired by the flavor pairing of Bacardi Carta Blanca and raspberries. As a child, when I went to visit my dad for the summer, he would take us up to a berry farm in California to pick raspberries. We picked so many of them that we weren't able to eat them all, so we made them into a syrup to mix with our lemonade. I was then inspired by great classics like the Bacardí Cocktail, a Knickerbocker, and a Clover Club - drinks that were among the first I learned how to make when I left the States for New Zealand. The name El Vestido was inspired by the style, sophistication, and elegance of the BACARDÍ brand, and GQ Bar where I was working when I created this cocktail.
UAE BACARDÍ Legacy 2015 winning drink by Eric Ballard, Provocateur, Dubai, UAE. | 2019-04-23T16:40:15 | https://www.diffordsguide.com/en-nl/cocktails/recipe/3934/el-vestido |
This booking photo obtained from the Morton County Sheriff's Office in Mandan, N.D., shows Actress Shailene Woodley after her arrest Monday.
BISMARCK, N.D. — Actress Shailene Woodley has been arrested during a protest of the four-state Dakota Access pipeline in southern North Dakota.
Morton County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Rob Keller says the ‘‘Divergent’’ star was arrested Monday for criminal trespass and engaging in a riot during a protest at a construction site that involved about 300 people.
Both charges are misdemeanors that carry a maximum punishment of 30 days in jail and a $1,500 fine. Woodley’s publicist did not immediately comment.
Keller says 27 people were arrested during protests at two construction sites that prompted the shutdown of a state highway for several hours. No injuries were reported.
The $3.8 billion pipeline is being built by Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners and will cross through North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois. | 2019-04-18T20:42:42 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2016/10/11/divergent-star-shailene-woodley-arrested-during-protest/lhas5wNiO6K5XlOZzK3vOP/story.html?s_campaign=bostonglobe%3Asocialflow%3Atwitter |
Boracay: beautiful beaches, perfect sunsets, great party scene and one of the most travel-friendly spots in the Philippines.
We nearly didn't go to Boracay though, because many people warned us that it had actually been ruined by tourists. But we were so glad we went!
Whilst there are aspects of Boracay that have indeed sapped up some of the bad of the tourists, there is still so much that is wonderful. A big part of how we enjoyed Boracay is because of where we stayed: Boracay Amor Apartments.
Many people find their trip to Boracay ruined before they've even got there: the trip from the airport to the island can be chaotic, stressful and confusing. Not with Boracay Amor Apartments! They organised our transfer and it was so smooth! They sorted out everything: we were picked up from the airport, transported to the ferry area, the island tax was taken care of, we were guided onto the boat, and once we arrived on the island we were taken in a car up to the apartments. In the heat, with jet-lag, this would have been so annoying to do by ourselves!
One of the many things that we loved about the Boracay Amor Apartments is that they are indeed Apartments!
We had two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a fully equipped kitchen, a dining area and a sitting room with a gigantic TV!
But whilst the beds were comfy, the showers had great water pressure and the kitchen was perfect, none of that compared to the view. IT WAS INCREDIBLE!!!
A complete and perfect view of White Beach (the famous Boracay Beach).
Waking up to this view every morning was like a dream come true, I was ready to move in!
But the view just kept coming!! We actually had a 360 degree view which meant from the kitchen's balcony we could see the sunset!
And boy, what a sunset!
Sure the kitchen is fully equipped, but that doesn't mean you can't still enjoy the luxury of having breakfast made for you, right?
Going back to my earlier point about avoiding the tourists in Boracay, this is the place to do it. At Boracay Amor Apartments you can have the best of both worlds: you can both be a part of the tourism (if you like) and you can get away from it.
So Boracay Amor Apartments is located in a very special spot in Boracay, it's quiet (you can count on a great night's sleep), it's authentic (plenty of friendly locals) and the beaches are crisp, but not crowded with tourists and people trying to sell you hats (like in District 2).
Great restaurants? Actually our favourite restaurant in Boracay, Wahine, is right on that same beach!
Cool bars? The coolest bar in town, the Spider House, is just a ten minute walk.
As for everything else in town, District one, two and three our other favourite restaurant - Subo - where you can find perfect Filipino cuisine, it can all be reached within 15 minutes on a cheap 150 peso tricycle.
And actually you can even walk here if you like. We walked from Boracay Amor Apartments along the beach to White Beach and district 1 in the daytime. I think you could do it at night too - as long as you weren't too drunk!
We recommend taking the Boracay Amor Apartments offer of transfer from the airport - it's so not fun to do this by yourself!
But before any of this, of course you must get to the airport itself first! For this we recommend Cebu Pacific Air - we've flown with them all around the Philippines and we think they are great. No other budget airline that we've flown with has ever been so comfortable or easy!
We were worried that we wouldn't like Boracay, and I think without Boracay Amor Apartments we probably wouldn't have - because we stayed there we got to see the beautiful non-touristy side, but still experience the good parts of the touristy side too!
Furthermore, Boracay Amor Apartments has the best view we've ever seen, and it was so awesome to be able to use a kitchen and have a whole apartment again.
To book your own stay, head over to their website or find them on Agoda - make sure you tell them that the Travelling Weasels sent you!
Disclaimer, Travelling Weasels were invited as guests of Boracay Amor Apartments, but as always all opinions are our own. | 2019-04-19T02:16:21 | http://www.travellingweasels.com/2017/07/where-to-stay-in-boracay-amor.html |
This unit supports A4, A5, JIS B5, Letter, Legal, Executive, Folio and Statement sizes. Paper (16 to 36 lb., 60 to 135 gsm), transparencies, card stock, and labels may be used from this drawer. Includes 250-Sheet Tray.Paper size, paper and tray-present and tray-low sensing are supported.The optional printer caster base or MFP caster base may be required when the product is configured with additional drawers (1 to 4) or a duplex unit (T650 only) and when used on a table-top or floor standing. | 2019-04-24T04:58:57 | https://nesonline.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=3995 |
New ceiling panels in the kitchen. A plumbing leak caused damage. Drywall on upstairs bedroom. Plumbing and heating system checked out. Light hauling away. | 2019-04-25T12:08:23 | https://www.n2nowensboro.org/newProjects |
As I shared earlier in the month, I am now a vendor at Highland Yard Vintage, a monthly market that takes place in Chandler Az. I am thrilled to be in the company of so many extremely talented designers, junkers and all around vintage junkies! This months show starts tomorrow, but I thought I would give you all a sneak peak of some of my favorite photos and vignettes from the upcoming show.
I could take all of this home with me!!!
I love this cabinet so much!
I spy a couple of ironstone pichers that might need to be added to my collection!!!
I love how my friend Debbie added these industrial feeling chairs to a traditional style farmhouse table. It makes the whole setting so current and fun!!
I sure wish I had a place to add this huge vintage scale to my collection!!
Its times like this, I wish I had a second and maybe third home to furnish!!!
Is this bedding not to die for???
I swear, "The Sheet Lady" makes me want to completely redo my bedroom every month!!
I wish you could see this dresser in person. It is sooo cute!
You should have seen how excited I got when I found this vintage buffet on legs. It is sooo pretty now that its all fixed up!!
I cant believe I put this vintage scale in there, instead of keeping it for myself!!!
This chair is sooo pretty in person!
Well, I have to go finish painting and getting ready for the show! I hope you enjoyed this very small sampling of the gorgeousness you will find there this weekend.
If you are in Valley and can come out and see us, stop by and say hi!!!
I love that you add touches of greenery to your space. It adds another layer to the texture - all just beautiful.
Objets, creations et photos magnifiques!!!
I hope the market is wildly successful for you!
thank you for sharing all the pictures. I think I could just move in there!
I love the chair you have in your booth. If only I lived closer!
Have a wonderful day creating and prepping for your event.
It's all styled so well Karen. You are a true artist. I loved your statement about wanting more houses just to decorate. It cracked me up as I had just told my husband that a few days prior to reading this. It's the truth though. I loved your vintage scale as well. I don't know how people fit those big things in, but they are so cute. Thank you for the inspiration and a giggle as well.
Gorgeous collection, Karen! it’s nice to see you still doing what you love. | 2019-04-22T14:52:49 | http://www.mydesertcottage.com/2017/08/home-sweet-home-at-highland-yard-vintage.html?showComment=1505591271340 |
Despite a compelling dissent by Justice Victoria Chaney, the California Supreme Court has decided not to grant the Petition for Review in the closely watched Villacres v. ABM Indus., Inc., 117 Cal. Rptr. 3d 398 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010). In Villacres, a divided Second Appellate District panel held that res judicata barred the plaintiff’s claims under the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA), CAL. LAB. CODE §§ 2698-99.5, even though the settlement agreement and release in the preceding class action (of which the plaintiff was a class member) did not list PAGA claims among those released. In fact, no PAGA claims were ever pleaded or litigated in the previous class action. The Villacres majority reasoned that what “could have” been pleaded and litigated, or “could have” been settled and released controls over the actual settled and released claims that parties list in their settlement agreements. See Villacres at 409.
The Supreme Court’s denial of review was thus met with some surprise, particularly after the Court had extended its deliberations (see Villacres v. ABM Indus., Inc., No. S188659, 2011 Cal. LEXIS 1301 (Cal. Jan. 24, 2011)) and the decision continued to attract considerable coverage and interest from journalists, bloggers, and non-parties. Capturing the broad sentiment, the Villacres decision was characterized as “unprecedented” and a “threat” to “all class action settlement[s].” Amicus letter from Michael D. Singer, of Cohelan Khoury & Singer, to the California Supreme Court, on behalf of the California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA) (Jan. 4, 2011) (available here).
Given the infinitely elastic “could have” standard adopted by the Villacres majority, it is inevitable that another employer that has settled, say, a back overtime claim based on a theory of misclassification will posit that it cannot owe PAGA civil penalties for unreimbursed business expenses because such claims certainly “could have” been a part of the case that settled the misclassification/overtime claims. However, that same enticement might operate to cause the Supreme Court to choose the right case, at the right time, to articulate the rule of law advocated by Justice Chaney: that it is the claims listed in parties’ operative settlement agreements—not what might be conceived in an ex post “could have” exercise—that determines what has or has not been released in a class action settlement.
The Villacres petition was denied; formally, its status is “case closed.” However, the scope and definition of class action releases remains very much an open issue. Plaintiff practitioners would be well-advised to craft releases that clearly delimit the boundaries of the release and avoid any language similar to the “could have been” clause in Villacres. | 2019-04-21T02:53:27 | http://www.impactlitigation.com/2011/03/10/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-villacres-appeal-battle-to-define-proper-scope-of-class-action-releases-endures/ |
You want your Bible study to help you grow, make a difference, and change your life. This one will. Life Application Bible Studies include thought-provoking questions, complete lesson format, full NLT text, and the most extensive commentary available in a Bible-study booklet, giving you everything you need to understand God’s Word and apply it to your life. The Studies include thirteen ready-to-use lessons to stimulate thought, discussion, and practical life application. Study questions are thoughtfully arranged, and there is generous space for writing answers, as well as special application questions at the end of each lesson to help you map out your personal action plan. With Life Application Bible Studies, you have everything you need in one place!
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Contains charts, maps, and profiles of Bible people. | 2019-04-21T08:34:03 | https://www.tyndale.com/p/1-2-timothy-and-titus/9781414326528 |
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The memristor has been hypothesized to exist as the missing fourth basic circuit element since 1971 . A memristive device is a new type of electrical device that behaves like a resistor, but can change and remember its internal resistance. This behavior makes memristive devices ideal for use as network weights, which will need to be adjusted as the network tries to acquire correct outputs through a learning process. Recent development of physical memristive-like devices has led to an interest in developing artificial neural networks with memristors.
In this thesis, a circuit for a single node network is designed to be re-configured into linearly separable problems: AND, NAND, OR, and NOR. This was done with fixed weight resistors, programming the memristive devices to pre-specified values, and finally learning of the resistances through the Madaline Rule II procedure. A network with multiple layers is able to solve difficult problems or recognize more complex patterns. To illustrate this, the XOR problem has been used as a benchmark for the multilayer neural network circuit. The circuit was designed and learning of the weight values was successfully shown.
Tran, Thanh Thi Thanh, "Simulations of Artificial Neural Network with Memristive Devices" (2012). Boise State University Theses and Dissertations. 334. | 2019-04-22T10:30:31 | https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/334/ |
As I was a “wigglesome” child, my parents encouraged me to dance. In 1959 my wiggles won a scholarship to dance with the Jose Lemon Modern Dance Company in New York City. My father said, “You’re too young to be alone in the big city. Besides, dancers starve. Learn something practical. You can always dance on your own.” So, I stayed home and went to UTC. I had a teacher’s aide scholarship under George Cress. After I got my BFA I went on to study marketing and promotion. My first job was trimming windows for Lovemans, a Chattanooga owned department store. I soon began illustrating fashion ads and eventually became their Advertising & Promotions Director. Every job built on skills learned from the job before. Retail was my “day job.” On the side I produced radio and TV ads for a score of clients with a crew of advertising professionals. I began getting national advertising awards for illustration and design including an "Addy" (sort of like an Oscar) for creative promotion. I was President of the Chattanooga Advertising Federation and was honored with its Silver Medal in 1975. After hours I still danced like a fiend and painted with a passion.
In 1970 Hubert Shuptrine, a prized native son of Chattanooga and an internationally lauded master watercolorist, sold out at Plum Nelly before the gates had even opened. His light-flushed, realistic Southern style was a huge influence on me and every other artist working in the region at the time. His artistic genius had taken him far beyond rustic art shows, so Fanny Mennen chose me to replace him at her famous clothesline art show the next year. People stood in rain-or-shine lines to get into the colorful autumn woods where they could buy directly from the region’s finest artists and craftsmen. Included in this exciting venue, my primary artist soared. I sold out of paintings early on the first day of the festival and discovered a responsive market that was eager to collect regional work through the years to come.
I had been painting imaginary women, women who I fantasized becoming. But, because of the impact of Wyeth and Shuptrine on my work, the women soon became more realistic, a part of the passing scene, the fading world of the South. I created over a hundred watercolors and egg temperas of women working at common chores. The American National Bank, now SunTrust, honored me with a one woman show, “Women of the South,” which traveled the Southern states. Some of the paintings entered corporate and museum collections. As time passed I held fast to my theme of evolving femininity and returned to a more intuitive style. My paintings again depicted imaginary women asleep with their potential, sleeping women nested in quilts and surrounded with stream of conscious dreams. Eventually my drowsing women awakened and took flight in a series of winged canvases. My work reflected the restless age I was living through, mirroring the times as well as my own transitions. Over the years I was honored with a multitude of one-woman shows. (Really, too many to list.) Talk about twirling!
I have a studio home on Lookout Mountain which eventually became Notchwood, a rustic fine arts gallery offering the fine pottery, basketry and paintings native to the Appalachians. At first I opened only on weekends, but as business became brisk, I gave up my “day job” and concentrated on being a “Gallery Owner & Producing Artist.” At nights I taught classes in advertising graphics and fashion illustration at Hunter Museum and Chattanooga State. I was fortunate enough to travel several times to Europe and apprentice with respected masters in pigment and paper making. In Vienna I saw the works of Gustav Klimt, with whom I felt an immediate identity. His decorative work on the feminine spirit was a new inspiration, closely fitting my own vision. I was doing the double time dance and reveling in it.
In 1984 my paintings took a new turn as I began to portray real women who had the courage to live their dreams to the fullest. I found patrons for the select women who I felt had a sure sense of themselves. These painting were interpretive and representative rather than realistic, in the way photography is. This work became a new way for me to define feminine beauty. The portraits contained symbolic nesting messages along with the distinct personal details pertinent to the subject. I ground my own dry pigments from natural earths, gemstones and minerals. By painting on a wet limestone ground over Masonite, I created a sort of mini-fresco which could be transported. Because dry pigments are crystalline in nature, the reflective results are rich in unexpected depths. Most of these works are life-size and many were designed to fit architectural spaces. I closed Notchwood to the public in 1988 and devoted myself to this new phase of my continuing theme. In 10 years I completed 100 portraits of Distinctive Women. These collected works are registered in the Library of Congress of the United States. They have been exhibited widely, but most famously at the Palm Beach Governor’s Club in Palm Beach Florida and in 1996 at the Trump Mansion Mar-a-lago.
Painting a fresco demands long hours in a rigorous dance of tightly focused attention where no mistakes are tolerated. Up to six months are needed to fully develop a subject with artistic elegance. Occasionally, to escape the strict demands of creating such portraits, I explore other media. I play with Styrofoam, concrete, clay and even house building. I make pots, jewelry and even sinks. Recently I have been keeping my fingers flexible by slapping clay around and letting it slap back. There is a wonderful Chattanooga city program with fine instructors. who really know their stuff. It is a joy to see them guide someone on the wheel. It keeps me dancing.
I truly believe the Primary Artist inside each of us serves an apprenticeship through life, learning each step anew in the never ending dance of self discovery. Because I knew so many friends seeking the best in themselves without a guide, I wrote The Essential Apprenticeship for the Primary Artist in 2004. Through self dialogues it outlines how to define and develop the Primary Artist within. By virtue of our specific DNA, each of us has distinct gifts and a unique perspective from which to perform. This inner elemental artist may be artistic, athletic or pragmatic. It may choose any number of media to express itself, such as music, movement, nurture or numerical facts. Any path in life is enhanced by utilizing the creative impulse of the Primary Artist. Its performance endows us with self worth.
An artist acts on possibilities. Nothing of worth happens until we dance between the real and the ideal. Once we define ourselves as artists we have a higher purpose. We must expect the best of ourselves. Having this self knowledge and human worth is vital to a productive life and a progressive civilization. If young kids can capture this inner personal power when they are ripe with energy, think of the magnificent worlds they will create. Teaching the young how to transform themselves using their Primary Artist has become another quest for me. I am now working on Twinkle-Twinkle: How do I become who I want to be? A youth version of The Essential Apprenticeship. It is another upward step in my lifelong spiraling dance.
On New Year’s Eve of 1992 I married John Harris, a consummate dancing partner. His sales business specializes in institutional outfitting. His solid nature balances my floating spirit. By virtue of this happy match, I became, in 2001, the “Nonnie” to grandson Frankie Alan Reynolds and in 2011 to granddaughter Mollie Poole. My true calling as a besotted observer emerged. One great thrill is to introduce paint and clay to eager young hands. The magical results are always astounding.
I have witnessed so many young artists take their place in the dazzling dance. They see the ideal and make it real. Alan Shuptrine, Hubert’s son, is a master gilder, a rare talent. He created museum quality frames for many of my Distinctive Women Portraits. He has recently turned his masterful hand to watercolors with stunning results. More about him and his exciting work may be found at www.goldleafdesigns.com . Frances MacDonald, a fine encaustic painter, has innovated public mural arts for the young. These delightful streetscapes enliven our environment and involve the young in the exciting artistic process. Kem Alexander, a well known Chattanooga sculptress, has pushed common concrete to new dimensional limits. She demonstrates her ingenious craft with a passion that makes her work memorable. WOW! I could name so many more musicians, actors, writers, teachers, who make Chattanooga a rich cultural nest.
Missy Crutchfield is a tireless champion for the arts in the Chattanooga community. She understands how fundamental arts are to a true education. All of us should be fully aware that the arts describe the combined wealth and worth of a civilization. The arts demonstrate what it is possible for humans to accomplish. The many threads of the arts create the very fabric, the lively diverse textures of our daily lives. Chattanooga is blessed to have a multitude of devotedly practicing Primary Artists thriving in our very midst. They fill our days with ease, magic and delight. They enchant our nights with their dancing dreams. They show us the way to a better tomorrow. Come join the dance.
My father would be proud to know that I never really stopped dancing, and that I rarely dance alone. | 2019-04-19T00:28:55 | http://eveoldham.com/notes.html |
Aroma: Musky, earthy. Benefits: Romantic, soothing, stimulating. Suggested Use: For aromatherapy use. For all other uses, carefully dilute with a carrier oil such as jojoba, grapeseed, olive, or almond oil prior to use.
Suggested Use: For aromatherapy use. For all other uses carefully dilute with a carrier oil such as jojoba, grapeseed, olive, or almond oil prior to use. Please consult an essential oil book or other professional reference source for suggested dilution ratios.
Love is in the Air Blend: Add 1 drop of patchouli oil, 3 drops of jasmine absolute oil and 5 drops of geranium oil to a diffuser and enjoy.
Extraction Method: Steam Distilled from dried leaves. | 2019-04-24T02:22:43 | https://www.vitasave.ca/products/now-patchouli-oil-now87575 |
Maybe so, but it's about the same as playing a guitar along with a CD.
ok, I want a set of these!
The expansion option is nice. Especially if they want to compete with GH IV.
Yeah that's the big question, and how limited?
I mean I would be tempted to import one if it was toooo expensive, I just have a limit on how much I will spend it I have no chance of replacing it.
Looking at ION's website they have two models of electronic drums one for $149.99 and one for $199.99 so it really shouldn't be much more than that. I just hope they worked with HMX with their expansion plans so that when they do make separate cymbals and what not that it can be compatible.
Being able to convert to a real e-drum set will be a definite plus.
The PS3 one works as one with the help of a Mac, but the lack of pads/cymbals takes away from that.
Well, I was already planning on getting it, but seeing the kit may push me into actually pre-ordering it.
ok so they are 300 bucks plus shipping, and the 3rd cymbal is extra.
Does this game sound good on a nice surround system? Specifically 5.1 dolby digital, or dts surround?
Oh yes it does, my flatmate has a very nice set up, it's great.
I certainly see what they mean about adding more music video like effects.
84 songs in Rock Band 2 and an export RB1 to RB2 song option.
Wow. AC/DC is confirmed. And the Guns & Roses song is from Chinese Democracy. And some frigging Replacements too.
And they'll be releasing another 20 master tracks for free this fall as DLC!
My only complaint is the actual AC/DC song they chose. Lame. Hopefully, AC/DC will let them use more (better) songs in the future.
Sweet! There's the "Uncontrollable Urge" that I requested!
And Lush? Good, early Lush? What a delightully unexpected surprise.
I'm also happy to see more tracks with female vocalists, since my wife staunchly refuses to be seen playing the plastic guitar. | 2019-04-25T10:03:04 | http://forum.rifftrax.com/index.php?topic=9840.45 |
Ardentinny Community Council repeated its plea for a volunteer to research and possibly take forward a hydro power project for the village. The issue was raised at its bi-monthly meeting held after its AGM on 7 August, 2012. National Park Representative, David McKenzie stressed that the government and its agencies were fully supportive of such projects and cited examples of where the developer pays for the plant in exchange for 50% of the revenue from the grid while the community takes the remaining 50%. Although the figures didn’t always stack up, as it was mentioned that Forestry Commission Scotland also expected 50%, if the site was on their land. Clearly there is a need for further research into the proposal. Anyone interested in being involved should contact Community Councillor, Dennis Gower on 01369 810220.
PC Donald MacKay brought along security UV Marker Pens for community use. These were distributed among the community councillors for further distribution to residents. Alternatively, you can contact Eileen Connell on 01369 810285 for the use of one. PC MacKay also reported successful patrols with Operation Ironworks and it was agreed that there had been no problems at the Picnic area, as in previous years. He reported that he will soon be undertaking the necessary training for his licence to drive the mobile police facility which will then make visits to Ardentinny.
The Forestry Commission’s representative reported that the beach toilets were ready but had not been installed as they are still awaiting the relevant permissions from SEPA and the National Park Planning Authority. She also requested that anyone seeing anything untoward happening at the beach area should contact the police (01369 763000) immediately rather than wait to report it to them within their working hours.
The MOD had still not confirmed whether or not it will send a representative to Community Council meetings. The Convenor reported that she had been invited to attend HM Naval Base Clyde’s Local Liaison Committee Meetings. Councillor Bill Williamson requested that he might also attend and said he thought there was still a case for an MOD representative to attend Ardentinny Community Council meetings as there was a precedent for doing so and that the invitation had been extended in the light of issues published by the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator’s annual report 2011. In addition, Community Councillor Malcolm Bartley expressed concern about the plans to *privatise the security provision at Coulport.
Centre Manager Aidan Docherty sent his apologies but submitted his report stating that the Ardentinny Outdoor Centre would close on 20th August for 6 months for the purpose of refurbishing the premises. They hope to be back in operation in the village by Easter or June 2013, at the latest. In the meantime they will operate out of Toward and they are continuing to negotiate the purchase of Ardentinny centre from Argyll and Bute Council.
Next PostNext Sunshine, rain, strawberries, compost and a million pounds! | 2019-04-18T19:15:58 | https://ardentinny.org/2012/08/09/wanted-live-wires-to-head-up-potential-ardentinny-hydro-power-project/ |
At flipkart.com you can purchase MuscleBlaze Raw Whey Protein(4 kg, Unflavoured) for only Rs. 5,332, which is 13% less than the cost in Snapdeal (Rs. 6,125).
The lowest price of MuscleBlaze Raw Whey Protein with 250g Creatine 4 kg Unflavoured was obtained on April 18, 2019 8:39 am. | 2019-04-24T16:33:34 | https://www.onlineshopportal.com/product/muscleblaze-raw-whey-protein-4-kg-unflavored/ |
We studied dietary overlap between captive white-tailed deer (n = 3) (Odocoileus virginianus) and cattle (n = 4) for 3 years on 2 rotationally burned, 54-ha longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)-bluestem (Andropogon spp.) pastures in central Louisiana. A third of each pasture was burned each year in late February. One pasture was grazed heavily (61-77% herbage use) yearlong; the other was grazed heavily (50-67% use) from mid-April to 1 November. Deer diets were dominated yearlong by a mixture of browse (49.3~83.2%) and forbs (11.2-47.1%). Cattle consumed mostly grasses during spring and summer and 60 and 40% browse and herbage, during fall and winter, respectively. Cattle consumed more herbage on first-year burns. Dietary overlap under heavy yearlong grazing averaged 25.8, 11.8, 26.0, and 30.7% during spring, summer, fall, and winter, respectively. Overlap under heavy seasonal grazing averaged 18.5, 7.4, and 22.6% during spring, summer, and fall, respectively. Diets of both animals were diverse and overlap generally resulted from sharing small amounts of many plant taxa. Except on recent burns during summer, dietary overlap under heavy yearlong grazing was comparable to that observed under moderate yearlong grazing at half the cattle stocking rate. Moderate grazing (40-50% herbage removal) of similar range from late spring through early fall should have little negative impact on deer forage availability. Grazing during late fall and winter reduces an already limited supply of deer forage by reducing availability of evergreen browse and herbaceous winter rosettes. | 2019-04-20T08:39:13 | https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/1303 |
Following the opening of the first Gap store in San Francisco by Don and Doris Fisher in 1969, Gap has become one of the world's largest specialty retailers, with more than 1.500 stores worldwide.
Gap has become a cultural icon by offering clothing and accessories rooted in cool, confident and casual style to customers around the world.
Gap offers iconic American style to customers of all ages. | 2019-04-21T00:58:47 | https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/brands/gap/ |
Interleukin 28B (IL28B) which is also called as Interferon lambda3 (IFNλ3) has been analyzed for its immunomodulatory activity in mice. Bovine IL28B protein was administered to mice intramuscularly and then the spleenocytes were harvested from mice on 7th day post injection. The collected spleenocytes were analyzed for the activation of B and T lymphocytes using Fluorescent Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) analysis. Helper T cell activation using CD3-FITC, CD4-PE/Cy7 and CD69-PE; cytotoxic T cell activation using CD3-FITC, CD8-PE/Cy7 and CD69-PE and B cell activation using CD19-PE and CD22-FITC was studied. The results show that the IL28B protein activates both B and T lymphocytes. These immunomodulatory activities will have an added value in addition to its antiviral activity to elicit better immune response.
Keywords: Interleukin 28B (IL28B), mice, Spleenocytes, Lymphocytes, Fluorescent Activated Cell Sorting (FACS). | 2019-04-19T23:41:12 | https://www.ijcmas.com/abstractview.php?ID=2360&vol=6-5-2017&SNo=122 |
Owlet can be uninstalled using the standard operating system-specific approach. Please see below for detailed instructions.
Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall Owlet.
Drag Owlet icon into the Trash.
If you added Owlet to your Dock, simply drag it off the Dock. | 2019-04-24T02:05:24 | https://boxshot.com/support/owlet-help/home_uninstall.html |
1 Masayo Horii, 2018 Miss SAKE runner-up and Kaede Kondo,2018 Miss SAKE Aichi participated in “AUTUMN SAKE FEST 2018” at Hisaya Odori Park.
Masayo Horii, 2018 Miss SAKE runner-up and Kaede Kondo,2018 Miss SAKE Aichi participated in “AUTUMN SAKE FEST 2018” at Hisaya Odori Park.
On October 6 , I joined the first day of “AUTUMN SAKE FEST 2018” at Hisaya Odori Park with Miss Kaede Kodo,2018 Miss SAKE Aichi.
This festival was held with 22 selected sake brewers from Aichi Prefecture, and more than 50 kinds of SAKE gathered together.
In addition “AUTUMN SAKE FEST 2018” and 25th anniversary “ZIP AUTUMN SQUARE” were held at the same time, and a lot of visitors enjoyed music live and SAKE.
We served the seasonal sake which was released in the autumn and helped SAKE brewers introduced the taste of their sake at the booth.
I was glad that many visitors were interested in Miss SAKE’s activities and I got a lot of opportunities to take pictures with them.
It was a great honor for us to make a toast with Mr. Hideaki Ohmura, the prefectural governor of Aichi and Mr. Takiya Sugimoto, the chairman of the Aichi brewery association at the stage.
On December 10, “2019 Miss SAKE Aichi Competition” will be held at the Hilton Hotel.
As a brand partner, Photo & Style Co., Ltd. will support and cooperate with us.
I am looking forward to spreading sake and Japanese culture to the world with 2019 Miss Sake Aichi who will be selected this year.
Thank you very much for all the people involved in the event. | 2019-04-24T14:11:43 | https://www.misssake.org/participated-in-autumn-sake-fest2018/ |
The Green Bay Packers have officially made their second round pick a signed member of their team.
On Thursday, the Packers announced they signed cornerback Josh Jackson from Iowa to a contract. Terms were not initially disclosed.
"I want to thank them so much for believing in me," Jackson told the NFL Network audience the day he was drafted. "They're getting a baller, a playmaker."
Pro Football Focus agrees. They say Jackson had the best "passer rating allowed" among any cornerbacks in the 2018 draft. That means that quarterbacks had the worst rate of success against him in comparison to all other CB's. He also only allowed 22.9 percent completion rate.
"He played a lot of zone defense at Iowa...he basically started for one year...this is a guy who looks the part, and boy, last year, he certainly played the part," said WTMJ Packers Radio Network voice Wayne Larrivee.
"This is a great value pick if nothing else."
"Is he physical enough? Only 14 starts...he probably needs some development there," added WTMJ Packers draft expert Jeff Falconio, who still gave positive reviews to the pick. | 2019-04-21T19:14:03 | https://www.tmj4.com/sports/green-bay-packers/green-bay-packers-sign-second-round-draft-pick-cornerback-josh-jackson |
Hi, I'm Yamanda. Welcome to my portfolio.
I am a research psychologist with a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin (2014) and a B.A. in Psychology from Stanford (2007). I specialize in inferential statistics, usually applied toward program evaluation for mission-driven non-profits and public agencies.
Generally, I'm passionate about using data to reform laws and policies that disproportionately affect low-income or otherwise underserved people, such as school district policies that contribute to an overrepresentation of Black and Latino students on alternative campuses. My independent research has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals and books, most recently including Child Development Perspectives and Advances in Child Development and Behavior, and has received funding from the American Psychological Foundation's Kenneth B. and Mamie P. Clark Fund.
I am also deeply passionate about teaching psychology and statistics at the college level. In a former life, I was an Adjunct Professor at Texas State University and Instructor at the University of Texas at Austin, where I taught upper-division courses such as Adolescent Psychology, Introduction to Child Psychology, and Research Methods.
At present, I'm serving as a policy and data specialist for the Crime and Justice Institute in Boston, MA. If you have any questions about my work (or if you would like to inquire about hiring me as a part-time consultant for your organization), I can be reached at yamandaw@gmail.com. | 2019-04-25T19:51:14 | http://www.yamandawright.com/ |
Platinum Research Network provides a streamlined, one-stop shop to a geographic spread of highly-experienced, multi-specialty clinical research teams. Whether you need to support with an upcoming or ongoing clinical trial, we are ready to help. PRN provides support to our clients throughout the entire study cycle, from the initial feasibility to the final study close-out visit.
Platinum Research Network investigators are committed to providing rapid, robust, and reliable feedback for Site Selection and other Feasibility activities. Our sites can operate under a single confidentiality agreement or execute site-level agreements – Your Choice!
Whether you are seeking feasibility feedback for site selection, client proposals, or for general study planning purposes, our investigators and clinical teams are ready to help.
Each PRN Member Company has dedicated feasibility specialists who collate investigator and clinical team feedback across their organization. That information can be reported directly back to the client in a feasibility survey, or collated centrally to provide an over presentation of PRN capabilities.
We operate within your timelines, and aim to answer every question you may have.
Platinum Research Network sites aim to be your first site ready to enroll clinical trial subjects! Our clinical teams utilize Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS) to facilitate organized and timely start-up activities.
Each site has a dedicated regulatory specialist to support the initial regulatory submission, to facilitate approval of advertising materials, and to manage ongoing regulatory activities through study close-out. Our research companies provide electronic and paper regulatory solutions for clinical trials.
All PRN companies have dedicated contract and financial teams, with extensive experience reviewing Clinical Trial Agreements. We aim to provide our first response to an initial CTA request within 2-5 days, depending on the complexity of the trial.
When you work with multiple PRN investigators, we provide your contract team with a single point-of-contact to negotiate contract language and a budget. As a network, our teams work together to provide a streamlined process to achieve Master Service Agreements (MSA) and Master Clinical Trial Agreements (MCTA) with our clients.
For Platinum Research Network, recruitment planning starts before the Pre-Study Visit. You can expect our clinical teams to present you with a recruitment strategy for consideration during Site Identification. Execution of the recruitment strategy starts immediately upon study award.
Every PRN Site is supported by dedicated patient recruitment teams who create marketing materials for IRB approval, who optimize usage of centrally provided materials, and most importantly – who work closely with our investigators to recruit participants from their private practices via EMRs and during daily office visits.
Platinum’s goal is to enroll your first study participant and to have multiple subjects ready to screen for your study as soon as we have received a green light following site activation.
We believe that excellent retention starts with informed consent – ensuring that enrolled subjects fully understand the visit schedule and other commitments in addition to risks and benefits. Our sites deploy technology to facilitate patient visit reminders, and stay directly engaged with our subjects between visits to support retention. Medical transportation is offered to every subject for every visit. Moreover, PRN Investigators are committed to recruiting clinical trial participants directly from their private practices which greatly supports retention efforts.
While each of our Clinical Research Companies operates independently, you can expect the same high-quality service across all sites in our organization. Each company has developed and maintained Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) on an ongoing basis to ensure that the highest levels of quality and safety are delivered on every trial.
All PRN sites utilize the same Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS) to manage every enrolled clinical trial subject’s participation through completion of the clinical trial. Our CTMS includes advanced features such as visit-window management, patient screening, and study visit reminder calls.
Platinum Research Network Sites operate similarly with respect to local study coordination. Each study is assigned to a lead coordinator to serve as a central point of contact to your CRA and project team. The lead is responsible for optimization of source documentation, data entry, query resolution, and protocol compliance during every study visit. An entire clinical team including coordinators, lab technicians, pharmacy staff, and data entry coordinators supports each clinical trial lead. The clinical team remains engaged in ongoing training from the SIV through the close-out visit.
You can expect a Platinum Research Network representative to check in with your project team or site engagement managers to provide support during day-to-day study operations, and to ensure that you are happy with our performance.
Each PRN Clinical Research Company has developed a Quality Assurance program specific to their organization. Across the board, our sites are committed to being “audit ready” at all times.
To support these efforts, clinical research training is standardized across all employees within the organization at the time of employment, and throughout each team member’s tenure. You can expect our investigators to be engaged in ongoing, documented training from the SIV through study close-out. Up-to-date GCP training certificates are available upon request.
Platinum Research Network sites have highly developed QA processes and dedicated QA teams who provide quality checks for informed consent, source completion, and data entry. Queries and monitoring reports are reviewed by QA and site operations managers to ensure delivery on our obligations. | 2019-04-19T05:20:06 | https://platinum-research.net/what-we-do |
When both of my favorite "foodie" type people e-mailed me in less than a week to rave about Lime Leaf, I could barely wait to get over there. They are never wrong - at least about food - so on a recent evening, hubby and I headed to the Tinseltown area for dinner.
Now, "charm" is not the word that comes to mind when I describe this part of Southside Boulevard, but the new Tapestry Park development has it in spades, with brick streets and tasteful shops just waiting for tenants.
Another winner is Lime Leaf itself. While a debate went on over dinner about the acoustics in the tiled space - it was very loud - everyone had good things to say about both the service and the food.
The kitchen got a head start, with experienced owners and chefs from a popular Thai restaurant on Baymeadows making this their new home. They are clearly on solid ground here, and it shows.
We started with the Chicken Satay ($7.95). While the large chicken strips were tasty, the crisp cucumber salad and peanut dipping sauce completely elevated this simple dish. Another table-pleaser was the Crab Rangoons ($7.95). The crab was plentiful, but a winning addition of curry and chives put these little morsels over the top. We split on the Fried Spring Rolls ($7.50), with one diner complaining that they weren't crispy enough. I found them to be delicious, with fresh vegetables and a nice kick of black pepper.
Dinners ranged from very good to fantastic with the Drunken Noodles ($14.95) being the table favorite. The rice noodles were stir-fried with egg, sweet red bell peppers, mushrooms, jalapenos, cashews, spicy chili sauce and plenty of Thai sweet basil.
I also enjoyed a dish called "The Amazing" ($14.95). My chicken was simmered in a coconut milk and a peanut curry sauce before being spooned over fresh spinach. Steamed broccoli adds color and plenty of crunch to what may be my new favorite Thai meal.
The Massamun Curry with Beef ($17.95) came with fork-tender potatoes, while the Thai Fried Rice ($14.95) was fragrant with jasmine rice and chunks of fresh crabmeat. The Lime Leaf Seafood Special ($25.95) was a delicious take on a sweet Thai chili dish, and the bowl was overflowing with large shrimp, scallops, crab claws, squid and mussels.
Worth noting: This place does not skimp on anything. When they say "seafood," they mean it - and you won't leave hungry.
Once again, my foodie friends were right. Lime Leaf is now near the top of my list for Thai food in Jacksonville. | 2019-04-20T04:39:54 | https://www.jacksonville.com/entertainment/dining_out/2009-04-24/story/tinseltown_areas_lime_leaf_a_top_choice_for_thai_food |
Bengt Ljung is a businessman with extensive experience in exploration and mining. Bengt Ljung is a businessman with extensive experience in exploration and mining. Bengt Ljung is a businessman with extensive experience in exploration and mining. | 2019-04-21T09:06:50 | https://www.botniaexploration.com/en/nyheter/vd-har-ordet/ |
Okay, so today was the Free Throw Championship thing for shooting basketballs. And I win 1st place on 10 yrs old girls. Well i won since i was only competing my friend. But at least I won a Free Throw badge, 1st place ribbon, and a free basketballs. The basketballs are only for first place people.
Congratulations, keep up the god work.
Congratulations on first place! Doesn't it feel good when you have accomplished something, such as winning a basketball free throw competition?
Congratulations, keep up the good work.
Yea. Enjoy playing with your balls.
Congratulations. I am happy you enjoy the thing I hate the most. Quidditch is totally better. | 2019-04-25T15:50:54 | http://fantageforum.forumotion.com/t8531-i-won |
The Mediterranean Diet focuses on vegetables, whole grains, fish, nuts, and olive oil. Numerous studies have shown it to be beneficial in treating several chronic diseases, such as diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and cardiovascular disease. Its role in osteoporosis had not been examined…until now. In a 1-year randomized clinical trial, researchers from across Europe sought to study the effects of a Mediterranean-like dietary pattern on indexes of inflammation in elderly adults. Secondary endpoints included BMD and biomarkers of bone and collagen breakdown. They recruited 1294 participants and 1142 completed the trial. Average age was 70.9 years.
Participants were randomized into 2 groups: the intervention group received personally tailored dietary advice as well as food supplies (whole-grain pasta, olive oil, and a 10 µg/d vitamin D3 supplement). The control group received information about healthy eating in their home country. The vitamin supplement was to accommodate the variances in sunshine across the 5 countries in which the study was conducted.
Although the Mediterranean-like dietary pattern had no effect on site-specific or whole-body BMD, researchers found that serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D significantly increased while parathyroid hormone dropped when compared to the control group. In the subgroup with osteoporosis at baseline (site-specific BMD T-score ≤ −2.5 SDs), the rate of bone loss in femoral neck BMD was much slower than that experienced by the control group (P = 0.04). There was no effect on lumbar spine or whole-body BMD.
Given that the normal growth pattern for bone can take years, the fact that these dietary changes were able to alter bone growth in 12 months makes this study significant. The authors conclude by calling for future studies to verify this “significant and interesting” finding.
In the second study, researchers from the University of Missouri in Columbia sought to understand the additive and synergistic effects of the bioactive components of soy-based proteins on the bones of postmenopausal women. The researchers used 2 groups of rats specially bred for studying menopause (N = 40). In the first group, the ovaries were removed while the second group underwent sham surgery. Then, for 30 weeks the 4 groups were fed either a soy-based diet or a corn-based diet and weighed every week. At the end, the researchers analyzed blood samples, including bone turnover markers, body composition, and bone strength. They also examined the bone microarchitecture and mechanical breaking point.
On examination, the researchers found that the bones of the rats that had consumed the soy-based protein were stronger than those of the rats fed the corn-based diet. Specifically, the researchers found that the soy diet improved tibial whole-bone and tissue-level biomechanical properties of cortical bone in rats both with and without ovaries.
International Osteoporosis Foundation. Facts and Statistics. Available at https://www.iofbonehealth.org/facts-statistics.
Jennings A, et al. A Mediterranean-like dietary pattern with vitamin D3 (10 µg/d) supplements reduced the rate of bone loss in older Europeans with osteoporosis at baseline: results of a 1-y randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2018:108:1-8.
Hinton PS, et al. Soy protein improves tibial whole-bone and tissue-level biomechanical properties in ovariectomized and ovary-intact, low-fit female rats. Bone Reports. 2018;8:244-254. | 2019-04-21T16:43:06 | https://lermagazine.com/article/from-the-literature-diet-osteoporosis-and-hip-fracture |
When searching for an urgent care clinic, people need one that is conveniently located near their home or business so that they can get medical care quickly. After all, driving an hour for urgent care defeats the purpose of being seen quickly. Next, the patient needs a location that is open on times that are convenient for their schedule. This is critical. For patients that live in the area we recommend that they come in and see us, there is no appointment necessary to do so.
Colds and flu. Cold and flu season can wreak havoc on the entire community and sometimes it is easier to simply visit a clinic for a walk-in appointment.
Sore throats. A sore throat can be caused by the cold or flu season or by strep and determining which one it is is important when you want to recover.
Car accidents. Any patient should be thoroughly examined after a car accident to ensure that they do not have any major health problems that need to be addressed and an urgent care clinic is much faster than going to the emergency room.
Workplace injury. Is critical to see a doctor after being hurt at work since this creates a foundation for establishing that the injury took place on the job.
Tourists. Anyone from out of the area can walk into our clinic and receive medical care for any range of illnesses, without scheduling an appointment.
Sports injury. Pulling a muscle, spraining something or any type of sport injury requires medical intervention and quickly.
Regardless of the type of health concern, visiting an urgent care clinic can provide the diagnosis that is necessary to receive medical treatment. Perhaps the most important benefit of this type of clinic is the ability to be seen when needed rather than having to wait for days or even a week to get into a primary care doctor. This can cause further health problems so instead of delaying treatment, visiting a clinic immediately puts patients on the road to recovery.
Since this is a full medical clinic and medication can be prescribed, there is no difference in care between going to a traditional primary care doctor or visiting a clinic immediately. In fact, one could say that the care is better since it is faster.
Most insurance companies will still pay for services rendered by an urgent care clinic. Finding out which types of insurance are accepted is as easy as making a phone call or asking when walking in. The billing process is also the same and the rates far more affordable than visiting the emergency room could ever be. Essentially, this is the affordable and convenient way to receive medical care.
As a patient who is experiencing any kind of symptoms, we encourage making a quick visit to our clinic today. | 2019-04-25T22:08:48 | https://www.med1urgentcare.com/blog/services-offered-urgent-care-clinic/ |
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