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Iranian intelligence forces kill 2 Kurd separatists
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's semi-official Fars news agency says members of the country's intelligence service have killed two Kurdish separatists in a clash in the western city of Kermanshah.
Saturday's report quotes Iran's intelligence ministry as saying in a statement that, along with the two killed, a "separatist terrorist team" was dismantled.
The ministry's statement also says some ammunition and documents were uncovered from their house, indicating the militants were supported by some Arab countries. It offered no other details.
Previously, Iran has accused the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia of supporting separatists and inciting chaos in Iran.
Iran says Iranian Kurdish armed groups have found safe havens in Iraq's northern Kurdish region.
In July, at least 10 Iranian border guards were killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen near Iraq's border.
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Finding the perfect intended parents is probably the most important step of your surrogacy journey
One of the biggest decisions you can make in life is to become a surrogate mother for some prospective intended parents. It’s a decision that comes with a lot of emotions and excitement, as you’re giving a couple a chance to become a family. If you’ve recently made this decision, you probably want to know how to find intended parents – a couple or a single in search of a surrogate mother for their unborn child.
You actually have two options to choose from:
- Do your own search via advertisements and personal networking.
- Working with an agency that provides these services for you.
Looking for Intended Parents with a Surrogacy Agency
Surrogacy agency can help you to find Intended Parents
A surrogacy agency offers most, if not all, of the services required in the surrogacy process. One such service is to find intended parents that fit within your surrogacy plans. The agency will screen the couples and connect them to the surrogate mother who shares their desires and goals.
If you opt for an agency to help you find intended parents, the agency will assign a specialist to create your surrogacy plan and find the right fit.
Why should you use an agency for your surrogacy plans
There are a plethora of reasons to hire an agency for your surrogacy plans including but not limited to:
- They can come up with your plan and profile, helping you better understand your concerns and goals of the surrogacy process.
- They can offer professional services and find the right IPs that share your goals and concerns.
- They screen the intended parents to make sure of your safety and commitment to the surrogacy process.
- They deal with the whole surrogacy process, offering support and services to both intended parents and the surrogate.
What kinds of issues can you have with an Agency
You do have some challenges to overcome when you work alongside an agency such as:
- Prospective surrogate mothers go through a rigorous approval process – more detailed than IPs who are looking for surrogates for themselves.
- Agencies have a wide pool of intended parents and surrogate mothers can be matched up to.
Looking for Intended Parents without a Surrogacy Agency
Doing your own search for Intended Parents
You don’t have to use an agency to find intended parents; you can do it on your own. How can you do this successfully though? After all, you don’t have the resources like an agency does? Or, do you? If you don’t personally know any couples who want to have a baby but can’t, then you do have the following methods:
- Social media (networks)
- Surrogacy-related websites
- Surrogacy classifieds
- Referrals from attorneys
After you have found some prospective intended parents, you need to screen them to be sure they fit within your surrogacy goals and plans. You also want to be sure they’re the ones for you for safety reasons. Through this method, most IPs don’t go through a background check, in-home assessment or another screening requirement an agency would put them through.
For that reason, you need to be meticulous about each intended couple you meet before you start the surrogacy process.
Why should you do your own search of Intended Parents
Yes, it can be difficult to find intended parents yourself, but it can be done. What are some of the reasons to consider searching yourself?
- The screening process and intended parents’ requirements are up to you. You may find intended parents who are right for you but would not satisfy the requirements of an agency.
- You don’t have to limit the number of intended parents you can meet (intended parents tend to work with just one agency).
- The only professionals you may need in the entire surrogacy process is the fertility specialist and a lawyer.
What kinds of issues could you have with this searching method
As with anything else, there are drawbacks to doing your own search for intended parents. In fact, doing your own search presents additional challenges you’ll need to overcome.
- You must handle the screening process for the intended parents. You need to figure out if their goals are in-line with your own. Are they safe to work with? Can they financially and emotionally handle the surrogacy process?
- You must ask them difficult questions and be open to negotiations and communications. This can be difficult and put a strain on the relationship.
- It can take longer to find intended parents, and the process in doing this can be rather unpredictable and tedious
- You must take care of everything of the process – from beginning to end.
12 Important prescreening questions to ask to your Intended Parents
As surrogate mother when looking for the intended parents without the support of a surrogacy agency, there are several questions you need to have answered from them.
- How dedicated to the surrogacy process are you?
- How long have you considered surrogacy?
- When would you like the surrogacy process to start?
- What type of relationship is important to you before, during and after the surrogacy process?
- How many embryos would you like to try transferring at one time?
- Will you be using an egg donor or do you have eggs yourself?
- When your children are old enough to understand, will you tell them about the surrogacy process?
- How supportive is your family of the process?
- How will you be involved in the entire process?
- How do you feel about selective reduction or abortion (if necessary)?
- What are you looking for from me during the entire process?
- What kinds of interests and family values do you have
Also you need to agree on the types of surrogacy options (altruistic/commercial or traditional/gestational). You can find more pre-screening questions in this video.
From the answers to your questions, you’ll know if the prospective parents you have found meet with the goals you have. If not, then you’ll have to start the process of finding intended parents over, but at least you’ll know what kind of parents you don’t want.
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Join us for our next After 6 Career event in Downtown Los Angeles, where we discuss the delicate balance of enhancing our careers while maintaining our relationships. REGISTER
Does work and love sometimes leave you feeling some kind of way?
-On paper you have it all, but are tired of everyone asking why you’re not in a relationship yet?
-You have a wonderful relationship, but a job that makes you want to crawl back in bed?
-Or, some combination of the two! It can be a struggle to balance work and life! Let’s talk about it together.
Sometimes we just want someone to listen, or a SISTER CIRCLE to get stuff off our chest without judgment. Join us for our next After 6 event; where we will talk, share, and LISTEN. Let’s lift the burden together!
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Exploiting our Archives: Lukewarm Takes #18 Transformers: The Last Knight
Name a more iconic duo!
I am a man of obsessions. Some are a little more pronounced than others. I am low-key obsessed with the Transformers movies, for example, in the sense that I have now watched five of them entirely of my own accord.
It fascinates me that the Transformers is such an unstoppable, multi-billion dollar multi-media beast that it doesn’t just have some overcompensated Ivy League graduates paying their great-grandchildren and their great, great grand-children’s college tuitions by slumming for Hasbro by putting words inside the metallic mouths of robot-monsters from outer space.
No, the Transformers cinematic universe (and oh how it pains me to write that without a shred of irony, because that’s exactly what this horse shit is at this point: a far-reaching multi-billion dollar multimedia universe, or universes) had an ongoing goddamned writer’s room devoted exclusively to building the Transformers mythology in sequels and spin-offs and TV adaptations overseen by Academy-Award winning Batman & Robin screenwriter Akiva Goldsman .
True, Goldsman didn’t win the Oscar for Batman & Robin but if you wrote the script for Batman & Robin then your punishment should be having that listed first among your credits for eternity. I know that may not seem ice. It may even seem cold-blooded but it chills me to the bone to think of all the terrible, terrible cold-themed puns that man forced poor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a humble, steroid-abusing immigrant, to say, solely for the sake of fifteen to twenty million dollars. I think we all know who the real super-villain is, and it’s Batman & Robin screenwriter Akiva Goldsman.
As a reward for winning the Academy Award and also, confusingly, punishment for writing Batman & Robin, Goldsman had the exquisite pleasure of running the writer's room for the Transformers motion pictures that he also got to run the writer’s rooms for two other Hasbro properties, G.I Joe and Micronauts.
I wonder if this has created a hierarchy of Akiva Goldsman-run writer’s room, with writers getting in on the ground floor thinking up horse shit for G.I Joe and whatever the fuck Micronauts is, all while dreaming of working their way up the ladder and landing that dream job being the ninth screenwriter to take a pass at the eighth Transformers sequel. Dare to dream, kid. Dare to dream. In the future there will be no original screenplays or original screenwriters, only folks who’ve worked in the coal mines of Alf and Star Trek writer rooms for so long they can’t imagine anything that doesn’t involve aliens who may or may not eat cats or host talk shows.
These aren’t movies. They’re industries and the fact that nobody seems to like them somehow has not kept Transformers from becoming one of the biggest biggest franchises in film history. They just keep coming whether we like it or not. At this point, I keep watching Transformers movies out of habit, and when you’ve devoted ten or twelve or fourteen hours of your life to this nonsense, why not just keep going?
The Transformers movies have always been stupid and ridiculous. They’ve got a reputation for idiocy to uphold so Transformers: The Last Knight opens in the time of King Arthur and Merlin (Stanley Tucci), whose big secret is that he’s down with the Transformers, and that gives him a distinct advantage over wizards without a direct line to superhuman robot monsters from outer space. The twelve medieval space aliens form into a dragon and give Merlin a magical staff of incredible power.
We then jump ahead to the present. Transformers have been outlawed, not unlike mutants have been outlawed in Logan only dumb and terrible instead of melancholy and somber, but a whole bunch of them have taken refuge in the junkyard of inventor Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg), who is also the last night of the title. And also, confusingly the Last Jedi and the Last Dragon. Man, if you are a confident white man in our society, there is no limit to how far you can go.
It’s a bit of bleak, dystopian world where the different are held in suspicion and feared. Megatron, the villain of the series, has disappeared but so has Optimus Prime, who has left Earth to look for his maker. I was kind of hoping that this process would involve Optimus Prime also finding himself, you know, riding the rails, hitchhiking, meeting some charismatic drifters, maybe exploring the greatest mystery of all: the mystery of self.
Pow! Pow Pow Pow! Pow Pow Pow!
But no, Optimus Prime goes to outer space and meets a manipulative space goddess named Quintessa who brainwashes him into wanting to destroy the earth and betray the jibber-jabbering meat puppets he seems so curiously fond of, even the one who looked and acted exactly like Shia Labeouf. Optimus Prime becomes Nemesis Prime and then disappears for the next hour and a half so that the movie can focus on other superfluous bullshit, some of it involving Anthony Hopkins.
Academy Award-winner Hopkins (who probably ducked into the writer’s room at times to have an Oscar fight with Goldsman) is given the incredible honor of getting to deliver enough exposition for a dozen Transformers movies, each more needlessly convoluted than the last. But he also gets to deliver dialogue like, “Oh my God! Cybertron is coming!”
When you have dialogue like that, you want to give it to someone who’s not just a respected actor and award winner, but to a goddamn legend, the kind of towering genius of the trade who inspires hungry young thespians to want to get into the business because otherwise, let’s face it, those words might seem a little bit silly.
I like to imagine that in order to secure Hopkins’ services for the film, they had a money truck larger than any in human history roll directly up to Hopkins’ mansion and transform into one of those Ex Machina sexy lady robots to give him a hand job in addition to ten million dollars in cash to seal the deal, Michael Bay-style.
It's Robo-Steam-Punk-Douchenozzle!
Hopkins has made a lucrative second career out of whoring his services out to the highest bidder but he’s really outdone himself here. Whether he’s using slang like “Dude”, “Bitching”, asking of Wahlberg’s character, “No whoopee, Mr. Cade?” or filling the audience in on how great Americans like Harriet Tubman helped protect Autobots through the ages, Hopkins’ role here is less a singularly thankless part than a sustained attack on what’s left of his dignity.
You read that right: Harriet Tubman was down with the Transformers. I’m not sure whether she hid Autobots as well as runaway slaves. Hopefully Harriet Tubman will get her own Transformers spin-off, in which we learn that she could also turn into a horse-drawn carriage due to some Transformers DNA in her blood. After all, if we’re going to get that silly, why not go all the way? I'd like also like to think that Harriet Tubman would have been a Belieber, though this is never discussed in Transformers: The Last Knight.
Early in the film, the government makes a Faustian bargain with Decepticon leader Megatron because when has an agreement with a group of evil aliens from outer space ever gone awry? As part of the agreement, Megatron is allowed to pick out a squad to assist him, and the movie makes a great show of introducing badass Decepticons like Mohawk and Berserker, then does absolutely nothing with them.
"Something like The Happening is happening here, with giant robot car monsters, it is clear"
The accents and dialects of Transformers are exaggerated and cartoonish enough to consistently feel kinda racist but not not enough to be distinguishable. Transformers: The Last Night teases the awesomeness of characters like Decepticon Neon Zeus. The film is all, “Oh my fucking God, you are not going to believe how fucking badass this Neon Zeus guy is. He is a beast! A total badass. And while he’s not gonna do too much here, there may be a spin-off novel that’ll establish him as a Boba Fett-level cult icon. Or you may never see him again. The writer’s room is split, 50/50 on what direction we should take him, with the Yalies wanting to use him extensively in the future, and the Harvard Lampoon people wanting to leave him out of subsequent sequels.”
How you gonna have John Dimaggio, Bender himself, voice a badass Decepticon named Zeus Nitro and then give him nothing to do? Then again, after a certain point, it’s damn near impossible to tell the movie’s 43,000 Transformers apart. The movie devolves, in its third act, into an interchangeable blur of metal on metal as these giant beasts attack each other in seemingly identical clashes.
Yet the movie expects us to care about at least some of these giant robot car monsters from outer space. Early in the film, a scrappy 14-year-old orphan named Izabella loses her pal Canopy the friendly Transformer and we’re apparently expected to weep for his death the way people cried upon the death of Ol' Yeller in the film of the same name.
No! Not Canopy! Anybody but Canopy! Not poor, sweet, tender, life-loving Canopy! He represented the best of us, human or Transformer. No, wait, which one was Canopy, again? The robot dude who disguised himself as rubble and then was more or less instantly killed? Christ, Suicide Squad gave us more reason to care about Slipknot, the man who can climb anything, during his 79 second appearance than Last Knight does to be invested in the fucking life of Canopy, who as a fucking robot I’m pretty sure is already kind of dead.
Then again, Last Knight also doesn’t have much for Izabella to do either, other than pal around with Sqweeks, a gratingly adorable child-like would be fan favorite whose character design implicitly asks, “How closely can you rip off Wall-E from the film of the same name before lawyers and lawsuits enter the picture?”
I’m glad Izabella didn't prove to be a breakout characters. It’s creepy when Tween-age girl characters in film capture the questionable imaginations of much older men. If you can judge a movie by its creepiest fanbase, then The Professional, for example, has one that would probably benefit from a life-changing visit from Chris Hansen and his camera crew.
I was tempted to watch Transformers: The Last Knight out of a deeply masochistic strain of Michael Bay completism, but also because I recently listened to We Hate Movies’ hilarious stroll through the endless universe of hot garbage that constitutes the Transformers franchise. Michael Bay’s pea-brainchild is perfect for smart-ass bad movie podcasts like We Hate Movies, or The Flop House, because they’re so overloaded with crap that begs to be mocked. It's not a movie with a beginning, middle and end so much as it's a movie where a bunch of big, loud, stupid crap happens, and then some more loud crap happens, and more loud crap happens and two and a half later the movie just kind of collapses in a heap under the weight of its own elephantine pointlessness.
When you make a movie where Anthony Hopkins somberly recounts how people like Harriet Tubman have featured prominently in the history and mythology of the fucking Transformers you’re begging to be mocked. You’re sticking a giant “Kick Me” sign on your back so massive it can be seen from outer space.
Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy? You are! Oh yes you are!
Transformers: The Last Knight ends with Coach Optimus Prime admonishing the audience to collectively take a knee while he shares the moral of the movie, which, honestly, wouldn’t look at all out of place on a Successories’ poster: “At the heart of every legend, there is truth. A few brave souls unite to save their worlds. We can be heroes in our own lives, every one of us, if we have the courage to try.”
I don’t want to hate on Optimus Prime, but he lost a little bit of unimpeachable moral authority in the film’s first act, when he flew back to Cybertron and the evil Goddess-type entity Quintessa was all, “You hate Earth now, and you’re a bad guy named Nemesis Prime” his response was basically, “Alright, I guess I’m a villain now! Thanks for the head’s up and funky new direction!”
You can’t make your most heroic character a bad guy arbitrarily, forget about him for an hour and a half, have him almost immediately come to his senses and regain his moral compass when Bumblebee speaks to him in his own voice, and then once again expect audiences to not only still care about him, but to revere him, to quake in awe at this metallic exemplar of all that is good in this world and also Cybertron.
In conclusion, fuck you Optimus Prime, you over-rated football coach of a robot-car monster from outer space. You’re nothing compared to Canopy. That robot-thing from outer space was a goddamn saint! I’m weeping just thinking about him!
Gonna be honest: I thought the character design for the Dinobots (right) was a little weird and a little off.
I only hope that one of the Transformers projects in development is a prequel recounting Canopy’s early days as whatever the fuck he was. I’m willing to accept an enormous amount of money to join the legendary Transformers writer’s room to help make this happen. Let’s do it, Michael Bay-by! That Bumblebee solo nonsense can wait. We owe Canopy that much.
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Graffiti taggers have once again hit San Jose City Hall.
The government building seems to have become a target for graffiti after being tagged early Tuesday, which marked the third time in just weeks.
The graffiti problem also is affecting businesses in the area. Surveillance video from Monday night shows a group of people tagging a restaurant's wall. Video shows the group starting with a garbage can and then worked their way down a 100-foot stretch with cans of black spray paint. The vandalism happened within five minutes.
"Then they just nonchalantly do whatever they do and there's people walking by, and no one says a word to them," said Cody Morgan, general manager for 4th Street Pizza Co.
Morgan said he is used to the vandalism and said the restaurant is tagged about once a week.
"It's very annoying," he said. "Nice place, nice building, nice area right across from City Hall. You wouldn't think you'd have to worry about it, but you do."
About an hour after the pizza shop was hit, vandals tagged City Hall.
"It's disturbing," San Jose City Councilman Ash Kalra said. "It seems quite clear now that City Hall is a target."
Kalra said the city wants to hire 24/7 security while they find a long-term solution.
"It's not good to hear as we're trying to send a message out to the community that we're trying to do everything we can to tackle graffiti, that we ourselves are getting hit," Kalra said.
The city hopes to have 24-hour private security starting to patrol the area by Wednesday night.
A solution cannot come soon enough for businesses in the area. A manager of one of the local businesses said his team removes about 100 taggings every day in the downtown area.
El Agave restaurant workers said the graffiti is starting to deter customers.
"Disrespect, you know," said Oscar Vazquez with El Agave. "People come here all the time. It's a family restaurant. Just disrespectful."
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Nine injured: four were hospitalized and one of those was critical
The crash took place on the Golden Triangle Boulevard overpass
Cleanup continued through early Friday morning and TxDOT crews inspected the bridge
Nine people were injured in a fiery crash along the southbound lanes of Interstate 35W in far North Fort Worth Thursday afternoon, MedStar ambulance confirms.
Of the nine injured, four were hospitalized and one of those was critical. Five people were treated at the scene and released.
The crash, which took place on the Golden Triangle Boulevard overpass, involved at least three vehicles including a sedan, a pickup and a tractor-trailer. A second trailer was among the damaged and burned vehicles.
The cause of the crash is not yet known.
Hazmat was called to the crash to clean fuel spilled from the big-rig. Crews continued to clear debris overnight and through early Friday morning.
TxDOT crews also inspected the bridge for damage before partially reopening the road to traffic.
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Spring is right around the corner and what better way to be reminded of warmer temperatures then next season's clothes, shoes and accessories. Shecky’s Girls Night Out is back on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 24 and 25 from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m.
The event, held twice each year, is a chance to shake of the winter fashion blues and get out with your girlfriends to see what some of hottest vendors like Denim Habit, Show Stopper Shoes and Lolly 38 have to offer for the upcoming spring season.
Enjoy cocktails and shopping -- an awesome combination for a great girls night out.
Tickets are available for $10 or $25 in advance for admission and a goodie bag.
Girls Night Out is being held at the Crystal Tea Room in the Wanamaker building on Market St.
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We outline probable and possible developments with wireless capsule endoscopy. It seems likely that capsule endoscopy will become increasingly effective in diagnostic gastrointestinal endoscopy. This will be attractive to patients especially for cancer or varices detection because capsule endoscopy is painless and is likely to have a higher take up rate compared to conventional colonoscopy and gastroscopy. Double imager capsules with increased frame rates have been used to image the esophagus for Barrett's and esophageal varices. The image quality is not bad but needs to be improved if it is to become a realistic substitute for flexible upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy. An increase in the frame rate, angle of view, depth of field, image numbers, duration of the procedure and improvements in illumination seem likely. Colonic, esophageal and gastric capsules will improve in quality, eroding the supremacy of flexible endoscopy, and become embedded into screening programs. Therapeutic capsules will emerge with brushing, cytology, fluid aspiration, biopsy and drug delivery capabilities. Electrocautery may also become possible. Diagnostic capsules will integrate physiological measurements with imaging and optical biopsy, and immunologic cancer recognition. Remote control movement will improve with the use of magnets and/or electrostimulation and perhaps electromechanical methods. External wireless commands will influence capsule diagnosis and therapy and will increasingly entail the use of real-time imaging. However, it should be noted that speculations about the future of technology in any detail are almost always wrong.
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Hamden police continue to search for answers in the killing of a young mother in 1986.
Thursday night Hamden police posted online, asking the public for any information on the death of 28-year-old Virginia Duclos Bruce.
“We have not forgotten about Virginia,” the post read in part.
And neither has her family, which is devastated by the violent murder of Virginia more than three decades ago.
“She has a son and a daughter that don’t have a mother,” her sister, Carolyn Bird told NBC Connecticut.
During a video chat from Rhode Island, Carolyn Bird remembered her sister who was brutally killed 32 years ago Thursday.
“She was a disco queen. She loved to dance. She played pool. She was a great mom, a wonderful sister,” Bird said.
On Sept. 20, 1986, Ginny – as she was known – disappeared while on a night out with friends at the Highwood Bar & Grill in Hamden. Authorities would later discover her body in a nearby dumpster off of Morse Street. She died after being stabbed multiple times.
Over the years, Hamden police interviewed scores of people and chased down leads. But as of now no one has been charged with the crime.
Tonight Ginny’s family wants justice and hopes someone who might know something comes forward.
“Maybe they won’t be afraid any more. Maybe they’ll say something,” Bird said.
Anyone with information is asked to call police. The state is offering a $20,000 reward for anyone who can help solve this case.
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3911 Sierra Dr
Austin, Texas 78731
Neighborhood: Northwest Hills
- 4 beds
- 2 baths(2 full)
- Built 1962
- 2334 Sq.Ft.
- $386/Sq.Ft.
- 2017 Taxes $14,554
- Status: For Sale
- MLS:7596486
- Last Verified: 11 minutes ago
Overview
Listing courtesy of Ryan Rogers, Kuper Sotheby's Itl Rlty
GreatSchools Ratings
- Doss Elementary School
GreatSchools
Rating out of 10
- Murchison Middle School
GreatSchools
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- Anderson High School
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Property Details
- Association Fee: None
- Baths Full: 2
- Baths Half: 0
- Beds Total: 4
- Lot Features: Curbs, Public Maintained Road, Wooded
- MLS: ABOR
- Property Sub Type: House
- Area Amenities: Jogging/Biking Path, Park, Pool-Community
- Directions: From MoPac (going North)- left onto Far West Blvd, left onto Mesa Dr, left onto Sierra Dr, house is on the right.
- Region: Austin - Northwest
- Sewer: City at Street
- Subdivision Name: Northwest Hills
- Tax Amount: 14554.00
- Waterfront: No
- Water Source: City
- Construction: All Sides Masonry
- Exterior Features: Curbs, Gutters Partial, Patio-Covered, Private BackYard
- Fence: Chain Link,Wood
- Foundation Details: Slab
- Roof: Composition Shingle
- Year Built: 1962
- Year Built Exception: Resale
- Num Parking Spaces: 0
- Parking Features: Attached
- AC: Central Air
- Fireplace Features: Family Room
- Flooring: Carpet, Parquet, Tile - Hard
- Heating: Central Heat
- Interior Features: Ceiling-High, Security System - Owned, Smoke Detector, Walk-In Closet
- Num Fireplaces: 1
- View: Hill Country,Panoramic
- Dining Description: Breakfast Area, Formal Dining Room
- Kitchen: Breakfast Bar, Granite/Marble Counters
- Master Description: Jetted Tub, Walk-in Shower
- Master Main: 1
- Utilities: Electricity on Property, Natural Gas on Property
- Baths Total: 2
- DOM: 165
- Parcel Number: 01370505090000
- Restrictions: City Restrictions, Covenant, Deed Restrictions
- Sqft Total: 2334.00
- Stories Lookup: 1
- Water Access: 0
- Last Updated: 2018-10-15 03:46:53 CST
- Last Checked: 2018-10-15 12:00:03 CST
- Lot Size Area: 0.303 Acre
- Disability Features Desc: Hand Rails
- Sprinkler System: 1
- Upgraded EE Features: Water Heater
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A summer film experience at Selkirk College isn’t just for kids anymore.
Join filmmaking enthusiasts just like you and take your interest in onscreen storytelling to the next level under the guidance of instructors who are working professionals in the industry.
Offered through the Digital Arts & New Media (DANM) Program in Nelson, seven workshops taking place this July for adult learners will help participants learn valuable production skills including story boarding, using professional gear and software, editing, the fundamentals of motion graphics, cinematography, after effects and much more.
“Our youth film camps are wildly popular and felt the time was right to open the door for adults who want to explore some of the more specialized areas of filmmaking,” says Daryl Jolly, School of the Arts Chair. “We’ve brought in some of the top filmmakers in our region to share their expertise with everyone from the hobbyist to someone seriously pursuing this passion.”
Instructors include Jolly, School of the Arts faculty Bryan Webb, Colin Burwell of Empty Cup Media, Gregory Mackenzie of Impatient Pictures and Amy Bohigian of Watershed Productions Inc.
“Empowering emerging and established filmmakers with new skills supports individuals to reach their goals,” says Bohigian. “This also adds value to our robust filmmaking community here in the Kootenays.”
Registration is now open for these dynamic summer learning experiences that range in length from four days to one-day workshops.
• Film School in a Week (July 3-6)
• Directing & Producing (July 19-20)
• Cinematography (July 23)
• Beginner Editing (July 24)
• Advanced Editing (July 25)
• Animation & Motion Graphics (July 26)
• Tilting with Adobe After Effects (July 27)
Find out the detailed prospectus on each workshop and register at. There are still a few spots left in Selkirk College’s Youth Digital Film Camps as well. Go to to learn more.
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Scott Nash attributes the success of My Organic Market to a mixture of serendipity and sound business sense. What started in 1987 as a small organic food delivery and mail-order company operating out of his mom?s garage has become a successful three-store operation with 8,000 weekly customers.
?Part of it was being in the right place at the right time. I grew as the industry did,? says Nash, who started My Organic Market (affectionately called MOM by customers) at the age of 22. ?Part of it was that I worked hard and took a lot of risks.?
Nash is still a risk taker and is working hard to aggressively expand the number of stores from three to 14 by 2014. In 1998, he doubled the size of the original Rockville, Md., location. In 2000, Nash opened a store in College Park, Md., even though real estate experts advised against it. The location was two miles away from Nash?s home, and he was convinced he knew more about the area than the experts. It now grosses more revenue per square foot than the other two stores. In 2002, Nash opened a third location in an economically depressed area in Alexandria, Va. Sales tripled during the first year.Such incredible growth has been accompanied by the challenges of implementing structure for a much bigger operation. Nash has had to quickly adapt logistics such as company policies and employee training to suit the needs of a larger company. The store also contends with a careful financial balancing act. ?Whenever we have money, we sink it into growth. If the store were a person, it would be living check to check,? Nash says. ?But we have a healthy business. We choose to invest in growth, thinking in the long term.?
Nash?s entrepreneurial spirit is most evident when he talks about Whole Foods. ?The most heated competition in upscale foods in the world sits right here,? he says, referring to the Washington D.C.-Baltimore area, where there are 16 Whole Foods and nine Trader Joe?s. True to his enterprising spirit, Nash sees the presence of the two as a source of opportunity rather than worry. He ascribes the growth of his store in part to the way in which Whole Foods has expanded the natural foods industry. For Nash, it?s a case where capitalism has increased consumer awareness and choice.
?They really educate people from the mainstream market, and they spend a lot of money to do that,? he says. ?Their focus is to take business away from conventional markets. We don?t have to do that. Whole Foods does it for us.?
Nash says, however, that he is not in direct competition with the natural foods giant. He describes Whole Foods as an entry point for many of his customers, the place where they first learn about the benefits of natural and organic products. When those people start looking for a smaller, friendlier and less expensive store, says Nash, they turn to My Organic Market.
As for conventional stores, Nash hardly gives them a second thought. ?Our customers are really living and breathing the whole organic foods thing,? he says. ?Safeway?s just not going to cut it for them.?
The layout of the three stores reflects Nash?s niche-within-a-niche philosophy. The stores are designed with the organic foods devot?e, not the crossover shopper, in mind. There is no deli, no salad bar, no caf? and no forest of flowers. Instead, an extensive, entirely organic produce section anchors the stores. ?Most of our decisions are based on the assumption that our typical customers, our best customers, do a lot of food prep in their homes,? says Nash, who adds that MOM?s typical customers are middle-aged people, with kids, who plan their meals. They are not, he continues, people who stop in after work to buy a prepared gourmet dinner.
This minimalist yet purposeful approach to products is reflected in MOM?s advertising and marketing strategy, which relies almost entirely on word of mouth. ?I?ve always believed that the best advertising and marketing is to run a good business,? Nash says. ?People are very enthusiastic about being healthy. So they just tell their friends.?
Another way MOM has built its reputation is through its dedication to the environment. In addition to its recycling programs and community donations, which are typical of many natural foods stores, My Organic Market will switch over completely to wind power in the next year, and the stores? employees are rewarded for buying hybrid cars.
But while Nash is obviously a huge proponent of organic food and the environment, he also knows that it sells. Ultimately, he says, it?s his customers who decide what he does and does not carry in his stores. ?It?s a win-win for sure. We conserve the environment and people like us for it,? he says. ?I have no idea why other businesses don?t do it.?
O?rya Hyde-Keller is a free-lance writer in Madison, Wis.
Natural Foods Merchandiser volume XXV/number 10/p. 150
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New Jersey Civil Rights Act Protects Local Government Employees From Politically Motivated Acts
The New Jersey Civil Rights Act, the state counterpart to the federal law known as “Section 1983,” is a powerful tool for government employees to protect themselves when their public employers violate their civil rights
After the Civil War, Congress passed a law known as “Section 1983.” Section 1983 was part of the Ku Klux Klan Act, also known as the Civil Rights Act of 1871. The Act was passed at the urging of President Ulysses S. Grant as part of a series of measures during Reconstruction to protect the rights (and safety) of freed slaves in the South, who were facing increased violence and intimidation from the Klan and others. Indeed, much of this was orchestrated with local government. Section 1983 therefore made it illegal for someone to act “under color of law or authority” to deprive another person of their rights under the United States Constitution or federal law. Essentially, it gave people a remedy for violation of their rights. It allowed for civil suits, injunctions, punitive damages and the recovery of attorneys fees as well. Over the years, Section 1983 has come to protect the rights of public employees from the denial of rights by local government employers.
However, New Jersey had no counterpart for a remedy for people deprived of their rights under the New Jersey Constitution or New Jersey law, which was not protected under Section 1983. To resolve this gap, in 2004, New Jersey enacted the New Jersey Civil Rights Act to provide a remedy for violations of a person’s civil rights protected by New Jersey laws or the New Jersey Constitution. Like its federal counterpart Section 1983, the New Jersey Civil Rights Act protects public employees from deprivation of their civil rights by their local employers. As currently interpreted by the courts, the New Jersey Civil Rights Act allows for suits only against local governments such as towns, cities, boards of education, counties and local government authorities (such as housing authorities, parking authorities, etc.).
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Caisse de dépôt, Al Gore’s Generation buy majority stake in fintech firm FNZ [Toronto Globe and Mail (Ontario, Canada)]
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP (LYG) More Company Research Source: Toronto Globe and Mail
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PDF Reuters Published October 9, 2018 Updated October 9, 2018 For Subscribers Canada’s second-largest pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec eight to 15 years, according to a joint statement. Story continues below advertisement FNZ, founded in 2003 in New Zealand, and bought out by its management
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New Zealand’s 17-match cricket duel with England over almost five months has ended with victory in a two-game Twenty20 series via a washout.
The Black Caps were up 1-0 going into their tour finale at the Oval in London, but rain allowed just two balls to be bowled.
England, after losing the toss lost opener Michael Lumb for two just as the rain arrived.
Seamer Mitchell McClenaghan continued his good run of form by dismissing Lumb, who got a thick outside edge to skipper Brendon McCullum at second slip.
After a 90-minute wait for the weather to improve, the match was abandoned.
New Zealand’s first meeting with England this year came in Auckland in early February for the start of a T20 series.
The Black Caps lost that and an ODI series by 2-1 scorelines, before drawing all three home Tests.
On their tour of England, they suffered defeats in both Tests, but prevailed in the ODI series 2-1 and now the T20 series.
The teams’ other clash came in a Champions Trophy pool match, which England won to progress to the play-offs.
That meant the Black Caps record against England in all forms this year ended on five wins and eight losses.
Their next assignment is a tour of Bangladesh in October and November.
England’s focus now turns to home-and-away Ashes series against Australia. – By NZ-AAP (Image AAP)
Make sure you check out the latest bookmakers free bets offers ahead of the much anticipated Ashes series at bookmakers.co.uk.
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How To Apply For Dufil Prima Foods Scholarship | Dufil Prima Foods Plc national Postgraduate nutrition scholarship awards is Out. As part of its corporate social responsibilities, Dufil Prima Foods Plc is continuing the Scholarship programme for Nigerian students studying Nutrition and Dietetics at Postgraduate Degree level. DUFIL PRIMA FOODS PLC NATIONAL POSTGRADUATE NUTRITION SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY. […]
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Train Like The Avs: Offseason
You don't need to do complicated exercises to workout like Avalanche playersby Miranda Einhorn / ColoradoAvalanche.com
Casey Bond is about to start his sixth season as the strength and conditioning coach for the Colorado Avalanche. He has been with the organization since 1999, assisting with training camps and serving as a staff assistant strength and conditioning coach.
Bond earned a bachelor's degree in Corporate and Community Fitness and a minor in Nutrition from North Dakota State University. He continued his education by obtaining a Master of Science in Sports Medicine with an emphasis in Exercise Physiology from Eastern Michigan University in 1999.
Bond discusses some simple, pro-endorsed exercises that Avalanche fans can do at home. These body weight movements can be the foundation for any good workout, and proof that you don't have to be a professional athlete to work out like one.
Torso
Recommended: Classic Plank (30 Seconds for 3-4 sets)
Casey Says: "Nothing new, nothing fancy. Any type of planking with your own body weight in perfect posture. We always coach players to get down into a plank and hold that plank as if you are standing with perfect posture."
Timing: "Timing wise I typically say 30 seconds and then that will get pretty easy for a player so then we'll add a little instability, something to make it a little more difficult for them. I stick with 30 seconds and then I typically do 3-4 sets and make it more challenging as we progress."
Looking for More?: Add instability to your plank position to make it more challenging. "Maybe raise a leg in the air, maybe reach with one arm or move an object."
Legs
Recommended: Lunges (4-8 reps for 3-4 sets per side)
Recommended: Split Squats (4-8 reps for 3-4 sets per side)
Casey Says: "In terms of leg exercises for our players and for anyone at home, I recommend anything single leg. It's so good for overall leg development but is great for knee, ankle and hip stability and overall injury prevention for game day or just day-to-day life."
Looking for More?: As you progress, you can start doing weighted versions of lunges or split squats. You can add dunbells or a barbell to your routine. Maybe even try barbell overhead lunges.
Upper Body
Recommended: Pull-Ups (5-12 reps for 3-4 sets)
Casey Says: "Upper body wise I'm a big fan of pull-ups. I believe everybody should be able to handle their own body weight. Pull-ups done properly provide a great stretch and are an overall great movement."
Looking for More?: Pull-ups can be pretty difficult for some people, but if you're looking for an extra challenge, attach a weight to yourself to give your arms an added workload.
Recommended: Push-Ups (5-12 reps for 3-4 sets)
Casey Says: "It's a simple excercise but a great workout for your upper body if done in a proper manner. It targets your torso, chest, shoulders and triceps."
Looking for More?: "Proper form is key with this excercise. You want to have your torso engaged when pushing away from the ground. If you master that then you can add variations to it. You can add weight, instability (Bosu or stability ball) or counting (pause four seconds at the bottom of every rep or lower yourself down to the ground slowly in a five-second span)."
Keep In Mind
Golden Rule: "Be consistent. Stick to a routine and never wait too long between workouts."
On The Road: "Guys travel during the offseason and they can't get to the gym, but there are plenty of things you can do to not get too far removed from your last workout. Never let not having a gym be an excuse for skipping a workout. If you go to the beach, you can workout at the beach. You can adjust your routine for a hotel or wherever you are."
Off-Limit Food: "Biggest one for me is fried food. It's a killer. There's lots of fads and trends out there, but fried foods are not good for you and do nothing for you."
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Welch College
- C+Overall Grade
- 4 Year
- Nashville, TN
- 35 reviews
Welch College Reviews
35 reviews
This place is an unprofessional mess. They will do anything to make a quick buck off a student even if it makes their institution look bad. I've taken classes from several colleges, and this is the far worse of them all.
It is a very small and intimate college. I feel safe here, however some of the advisors and teachers can be a little clueless sometimes. No one seems to be on the same page. The classes are good and the teachers will work with you if you need it.
Welch faculty offers top scholars in several academic fields, and a Word-oriented approach to life and ministry.
Welch college offers a unique experience with a lot of one-on-one attention from staff, faculty, and professors. My advice when considering this college is to know how grounded in grace you are because legalism is an issue at this institution. I gained so many good things from my time at Welch and my faith grew and solidified but it was a trial in patience as well. Be humble and extend a LOT of grace.
I like the small school atmosphere. This gives you an easier chance to have one-on-one with the teacher no problem. The teachers make sure that they can help you in any way necessary. The only thing I can truly say needs improvement is the food. They need to find a different way to enforce better/healthier food. Since the food is not desirable at all students are losing out on the food portion of the tuition and spending more because they eat out.
It's terrible. There's no room for anything.
It's called societies at our college and mines great.
The gym has no air condition or heat. The excercise equipment is falling apart.
It's good if you have friends that help you through it
My school is amazing! I feel so welcome and loved there.
there is always a variety of choices and most are very good to eat.
this is a safe place. night watchman are available if needed.
people from all over the country come here to study
I really like it around here alot better than i do at home, Great people and Great smiles everywhere u go
The financial aid workers here at welch are amazing they really go out there way to make sure you have everything in order and they are really understanding when u have an issue with something good or bad
I have never really felt like i was going to be in danger. I can honestly say i can jog a mile and an half at 10 o clock at night and know that nothing is going to happen to me. They even send an email out telling us how the crime rate in our area is.
There is a good amount of diversity on campus, and everyone seems to get along just fine. There are different races, beliefs, and backgrounds, but we are brothers and sisters in Christ and that's what makes our bond so special. Of course, we have arguments, but isn't any segregation.
I chose Welch College because I can get an awesome Christian education while also getting my degree in Biology, which I will use in Physical therapy. Most of my professors so far have been really great and helpful. The curriculum is very similar to other big colleges, and they help you get what you need to have an adequate degree in what you are studying.
I have been very satisfied with Welch's Academics. It is very surprising because it is a small, private, Christian college, but I feel like I am learning things that I will actually be able to use in the real world. The workload is tough sometimes, but it's not too bad either.
Financial aid is very slow and confusing here. It takes a while for everything to go through your account, and it seems like there is a lot of communication problems. But, you do get the financial aid that you need, usually.
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In 1955, Japan Cornstarch became the leading company in the industry when we were the first to succeed in domestic production of cornstarch, which had previously been produced only in the United States.
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Former Smiths singer Morrissey revealed his 13 favourite singles of all time on his official Facebook page.
What do you think of the Pope of Mope’s selections? Do the New York Dolls deserve the number one spot? What would your list be?
And remember, we’re talking actual singles here, not album tracks or B-sides or whatever. Let the list-making commence.
13. Mr Bloe – ‘Groovin With Mr Bloe’
12. Roxy Music – ‘Do The Strand’
11. The Supremes – ‘I’m Livin’ In Shame’
10. Paul Jones – ‘I’ve Been A Bad, Bad Boy’
9. The Crystals – ‘All Grown Up’
8. Shocking Blue – ‘Mighty Joe’
7. Al Martino – ‘Granada’
6. Buffy Sainte-Marie – ‘Soldier Blue’
5. The Tams – ‘Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy’
4. Bob & Marcia – ‘Young, Gifted and Black’
3. The Sundown Playboys – ‘Saturday Nite Special’
2. Sparks – ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both of Us’
1. New York Dolls – ‘Jet Boy’
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Acts will play the German event next summer
Foo Fighters, Blink-182 and The Chemical Brothers are among the first names to be confirmed for next year’s Hurricane Festival in Germany.
The event will take place on June 17-19 in Scheeßel, Lower Saxony.
Other acts set to appear at the bash include The Wombats, Two Door Cinema Club, Friendly Fires, Darwin Deez, Converge and Comeback Kid.
The line-up is repeated over the same weekend at Hurricane‘s sister event at Take Off Park near Munich.
For more information visit Hurricane.de.
The line-up, so far, for next year’s Hurricane Festival is:
Blink-182
Comeback Kid
Converge
Darwin Deez
Egotronic
Foo Fighters
Friendly Fires
Frittenbude
Kvelertak
Parkway Drive
Sick Of It All
The Chemical Brothers
The Wombats
Two Door Cinema Club
William Fitzsimmons
To check the availability of Hurricane Festival 2011 tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/TICKETS now, or call 0871 230 1094.
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Hello everyone. I have been doing NoFap for two years now, with ups and downs and around two months ago I have started my first streak above 7 days, so I'm very satisfied with my progress. Still I know that I should always keep my guard up. Also, I have learned so much along the way, and I'm excited to help people like me, while learning from them as well. There are so many facilities and help groups for other addictions, and average person wouldn't think that PMO can create problems, so having a community is very important. I hope all of us will change our lives for the better. Thanks for this forum, and thanks for having me
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St. Paul DWI Attorneys
There are a number of various DWI laws that are simply hard to categorize among the other pages devoted to the complex DWI laws. So what follows is a list of miscellaneous, yet important, DWI laws.
Length of Probation
Courts are authorized to stay execution of a criminal sentence and, instead, place a defendant on probation, subject to terms and conditions. The stayed sentence is available for all levels of crime, including felonies. A statutory-mandated condition, though, is that the defendant must submit to the level of care recommended in a chemical dependency assessment, which is also required by statutes (see below).
The length of probation depends on the level of offense: misdemeanor DWIs are up to 2 years, gross misdemeanors are up to 6 years, and felonies are either 4 years or the maximum length of a prison sentence – whichever is longer.
Penalty Assessment
If the defendant is convicted of a DWI with an alcohol concentration above .20, the Court may impose a penalty assessment of up to $1,000.00 in addition to any fine. While atypical, this is still an assessment any defendant faced with a high reading should be aware of and should fight if a prosecutor seeks to impose this penalty.
Evidence at Trial
When prosecuting a driving while impaired charge (the charge not predicated on whether the defendant had an alcohol concentration in excess of .08 as measured at the time or within two hours), the Court may admit into evidence the following:
- Evidence that the defendant had an alcohol concentration above .04 is relevant in determining whether the defendant was under the influence of alcohol;
- Evidence that the defendant refused to submit to the implied consent test is (perhaps) relevant; and
- Evidence of implied consent tests taken more than two-hours after the alleged violation.
Aiding and Abetting
While rarely seen, any person who attempts to commit, conspires to commit, or aids or abets in any violation of the DWI laws may be prosecuted for that offense. Similarly, any person who causes another person to violate any DWI law may also be prosecuted for that offense.
For more on Minnesota’s DWI law, click here.
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The award ceremony was held at the University of Bergen, Norway, which annually awards scholars for outstanding research in relation to the Holberg week. “It is a great honor to receive this award, there are many talented, young scholars out there”, Jensenius said in her speech.
Photo: Tor Farstad/UIB.
In the committee’s statement, it says that Jensenius is awarded the Nils Klim prize “for her research on electoral dynamics, development and the empowerment of women and minority groups in India and elsewhere”.
The Nils Klim Prize is awarded annually to young, Nordic scholars that has shown outstanding research within social science, humanities, law or theology. The prize is given in relation to the Holberg Prize, which is an international research award. This year, the Holberg Prize went to the Harvard professor Cass Sunstein.
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Sadly, his injuries were very severe. Even the spiritual Dan of the seventh rank was unable to cure him in such a short period of time. He has to take it slow this time.
Yun Yan and the other five cultivators had already been completely healed by the Dan of Life and Growth. Every single one of them was high in spirit, lively as a tiger, and even their training improved a little compared to before.
Currently, inside the quiet cave, Uncle Zhong and the other two guards were resting peacefully against the stone wall.
All the pursuers had died. Everyone here could finally drift into a deep sleep without any worries.
Yun Yan and Yun Meng stood outside the entrance of the cave and counted the stars in the sky. However, all they could think about was the commanding way Ling Xian slaughtered the six opponents and how he stepped out to help them despite his struggles with his injuries.
After a while, Yun Meng parted her lips and broke the silence.
"Elder sister, who do you think he really is?"
Yun Yan shook her head slightly in response as she remembered the conversation she had with Ling Xian the night before. She responded, "I don’t know. But one thing is for sure, he is not from the Shi Ao Island and possibly not from any of the 36 islands."
"Not from the 36 islands?" Yun Meng softly muttered, suddenly remembering the history books she has read. "You’re suggesting he is from the continents?"
"I believe so." Yun Yan nodded.
"Man, I wonder what kind of world the continents are. I sure want to go see it." Yun Meng’s eyes were full of desire to travel.
"It must be a world of magnificence. But we would not have the opportunity to see it in our lifetime. Rumor has it that even foundational cultivators would have to fly day and night tirelessly for over a decade to get there." Yun Yan smiled, hinting at Yun Meng to get rid of her irrational thought.
Yun Meng’s beautiful eyes dimmed. However, her optimistic nature allowed her to quickly reorganize her emotions. She brought the topic back to Ling Xian, as she was very curious about this young, capable, and horrifying youth.
"Elder sister, how far ahead in the cultivation journey do you think he is?"
"About that," Yun Yan softly sighed as her face revealed a complex emotion, "To have been that fragile and still kill those men by merely flicking a finger, I’m afraid he has reached the foundational level. I am guessing that he is one of the best in his generation or else there is no way he would be able to achieve what he has achieved."
"Foundational…"
Yun Meng found it hard to hide the shock she felt in her heart. Even though she had guessed that Ling Xian was a foundational powerhouse, hearing her sister confirm her thought overwhelmed her.
In the world where they were from, a cultivator with a ninth level Qi was already considered highly skillful. Foundational cultivators were even higher up, above the others, and out of this world.
In the Yun Clan, there was only one foundational cultivator, and he was already over a century years old. Since Ling Xian's age was the same as Yun Meng, how could she not feel surprised?
"Shocking right? It’s almost unthinkable. I believe he is even younger than me, and yet his cultivation level is so far ahead of mine. I could only watch his back but never surpass him." Yun Yan smiled bitterly; her heart was full of dread.
All her life she was called a genius by others, but only now did she realize what it truly means to be a genius.
The young generation on this island and even the old generation would exclaim and feel inadequate compared to Ling Xian.
"This is unbelievable, how did he get so far in his training? He’s so young in age, yet his cultivation level is so high. How can anyone compare themselves to him?" Yun Meng pouted, she was feeling a little bit depressed, but mostly she admired him.
When Yun Yan thought about the fact that she thought lowly of Ling Xian at first and categorized him a mere mortal, her cheeks flushed with color. There was a hint of embarrassment and a hint of emotion she did not have a name for nor could fully comprehend it.
"This person really is the reincarnation of a divine celestial being! He is just like an immortal who descended down to earth. I am asking for pain every time I compare myself to him," Yun Yan exclaimed.
Just then, a bright voice rang through the air.
"You have flattered me."
Ling Xian walked to her in slow steps. His complexion was still pale, but his injuries, in general, had improved a lot. At least he could move freely now.
"You have recovered?" Yun Yan’s face was slightly pink. This was the first time that she complimented a boy in front of his face. Naturally, she was a little bit embarrassed.
"No, my injuries are too severe this time. To completely recover would take me a little bit more time." Ling Xian grinned softly.
Yun Yan nodded and grabbed onto Yun Meng’s hand. They both bowed to Ling Xian and said, "Thank you for saving our lives."
"It’s not a big deal. You saved my life first. If you didn’t save my life, I wouldn’t have had the chance to save yours." Ling Xian repressed a smile. Even though his face was still very white, the way his eyes displayed confidence was very attractive.
"I originally thought I saved an injured lost traveler. I definitely did not expect that you would resolve the dangerous situation we were in and end up becoming my savior." Yun Yan brushed the bang across her forehead and giggled. However, very quickly, she suppressed her smile as she remembered the identity of the youth before her.
A foundational powerhouse!
Not a single trace of disrespect should be shown!
Realizing the careful way she was behaving, Ling Xian shook his head and beamed warmly. "There is no need to be so restrictive in front of me. I am very easy going."
Haring this, Yun Yan did not speak, her head remained low because she understood very well of the unwritten rules of the Taoism community. When faced with a stronger cultivator, one does not need to display fear, but one must treat the other with nothing but respect.
Seeing this, Ling Xian shook his head helplessly. The unwritten rules in this community had existed for tens of thousands of years. They had been deeply rooted in everyone’s mind, and it was not something he could easily change. Since Yun Yan was unable to be herself around him, he didn’t say much more. He believed that as time goes on, this graceful lady before him would understand the type of person he truly is.
"Do you mind telling me a bit about Shi Ao Island?" Ling Xian softly smiled, finally disclosing the reason he walked out of the cave.
"Of course I am willing to help you out." Yun Yan nodded and asked, "I wonder what kind of information are you looking for?"
"Uhm, you don’t need to tell me much about the way people interact. Based on the way you dress, it doesn’t seem to be very different from the way we do things on the continents. Why don’t you tell me about the different forces that control the Island?" after thinking about it for a while, Ling Xian decided that it would be best to fully comprehend the political forces of the island. This would help him figure out how he should further cultivate, as he needed to decide if he should keep a low profile or not.
"So you really are a cultivator from the continents? Inquiring about how the island is divided amongst different Houses and Clans... I am assuming you want to figure out the true capability of this island."
Yun Yan murmured in a low voice and guessed Ling Xian intention right away. She answered, "There are three super powers on Shi Ao Island. They are the Zi Yang House, Xuan Yin House, and Ying Jian House. These three houses are above all others and control Shi Ao Island."
"Oh, only three sources of power?" Ling Xian frowned as he asked, "How are these parties' true capabilities?"
"Because of my status here, I have no way of knowing." Yun Yan chuckled bitterly, "However, I heard that the Supreme Headmasters of these three forces are all of the completion level."
"Only completion?" Ling Xian softly laughed, thinking that if the strongest people here were of the completion level, he could use his capabilities and live freely.
Under a normal circumstance, to evaluate the capability of a source of power, one only needed to figure out the Supreme Headmaster’s cultivation level. Since all three leaders are of the completion stage, it was clear that the strongest people on the island were of the completion level. Even if there was a Supreme Elder in the House, his cultivation would not exceed the original level.
"Only completion?"
Hearing the care-free tone in his voice, Yun Yan’s eyes were brimming with shock. To a low-level cultivator like her, foundational leveled cultivators were considered to be unreachable. Completion cultivators on the other hand only existed to her in legends. In her entire life, she didn’t think she would have the chance to meet one of them.
However, before her eyes, this youth did not seem to care at all. More than that he seemed to be relieved. This made Yun Yan’s heart drown in astonishment.
He was relieved?
Yun Yan had a strange expression on her face. She was suspicious that she had heard him wrong. Hearing that the three leaders of the three houses were in the completion level, he signed in relief? How was that possible?
Ling Xian did not notice the strange look she had on her face and continued asking, "How about the other Houses outside of the three main forces?"
"About that…"
Talking about this topic made Yun Yan reveal a bitter smile. She said, "The three main forces tightly hold onto their control of Shi Ao Island. Any of the medium to small Houses or Clans must do as they say or they are wiped out."
"So that’s how it is."
Ling Xian brows tightly locked together as he realized that this was very similar to the nine continents. The power structure in both places was very much shaped like a pyramid. Very few leaders led each continent with numerous small to medium forces below them. These smaller forces are then required to pay with spiritual stones or divine treasures every year in exchange for protection.
Because the few controlling parties acquired spiritual stones year after year that allowed them to expand, they grew bigger and bigger every year.
This was a situation where two parties created a mutually beneficial relationship. At the same time, this was also considered a tragedy.
"Ay, they are just a bunch of vampires that suck low-level cultivators dry." Yun Yan exhaled deeply. There was a fraction of hatred and a fraction of helplessness in her voice.
"Why? Do the three controlling forces take a lot of spiritual stones?" Ling Xian raised his eyebrows.
"A lot of spiritual stones? The medium forces can deal with it okay, but small clans like the Yun Clan contribute 90% of their annual income to them." Yun Yan’s face turned chalky. Remembering the sacrifice her clan had to make, and how they struggle every year to combine enough spiritual stones for the ruling parties, she became enraged.
"That is a little bit overstepping the line, but it is no wonder you seem angry now that we are on this topic." Ling Xian's brows relaxed. On the nine continents, the ruling forces only took half of small clans' annual income. If the Shi Ao Island took 90%, they were basically stealing and not leaving the small clans a way to live.
"I must be making you laugh. Every time I think about these people, I become very angry." Yun Yan sighed.
"This is the Taoism community. Since we live in this world, we must follow the rules no matter how unreasonable they may seem. Only when you are capable enough, can you overlook these rules," Ling Xian said slowly. The cultivation community was cruel. Every single rule was based on the pyramid of power, and there were only two paths a lowly level cultivator could choose.
To follow.
Or to die.
"Capable enough to ignore all rules…"
Yun Yan muttered to herself, a wave of overbearing power washed over her eyes as she stared at the crescent moon. "There will come a day when I break all the unreasonable rules."
"You sure are a lady with resolve."
Ling Xian looked at her praisingly and softly chuckled. "Why don’t we compete and see who becomes the first to achieve such level of capability?"
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The golden bridge flew faster and faster. At first, the bridge was simply moving in the Chaos at a regular speed, but later, its moving speed rose and rose again, as if a huge piece of magnet had been attracting it, raising its speed to a scary level. The golden bridge vibrated intensely, and not to mention Ji Hao, even Po and Gui Ling couldn’t stand steadily on it. People on the bridge had no choice but to lie down on their stomachs, with their bodies shaking intensely along the golden bridge.
Both the intensity and frequency of the vibration grew higher and higher, and even though Ji Hao had an incredibly strong body, he felt that his internal organs were even going to fly out through his mouth. The six disciples of Gui Ling were Qi cultivators, so their bodies were only slightly stronger than ordinarily Junior Magi. Therefore, they had been suffering a heavy vomiting since long ago.
Towards the end, the golden bridge spun wildly and violently in the Chaos, tearing countless Chaos streams apart as if it was a giant drill. As a dim blue light spot came nearer and nearer, the golden bridge seemed to be more and more agitated.
The blue light spot in the front grew brighter and brighter, larger and larger. In the end, a thunder boom was generated as the golden bridge bumped directly against a tremendously thick layer of dim blue light screen. An extremely great and heavy resistance came immediately towards the golden bridge.
Ji Hao clearly sensed a strong will of resistance, judging from which, they were not welcome by whatever was behind this dim blue light screen. However, the golden bridge released an extremely dazzling stream of golden light and penetrated the blue light screen light a long sharp needle.
The billions of miles thick light screen was penetrated by the golden bridge. Next, along with the intensive vibration of the golden bridge, Ji Hao and the other cultivators broke into the natural protective screen of this world, then violently and impolitely broke into this world.
The golden bridge quieted down immediately. It transformed into a fist-sized, dark golden light, and silently flew back into the spot between Ji Hao’s eyebrows.
A strong gale had been blowing across the surrounding space. The bone-piercing cold gale transformed into numerous dark blue and dense air streams, roaring over from all directions. Ji Hao and the other cultivators were now high up in the sky, and they didn’t know how far it was from the ground. They tried their best to look down, but saw nothing but winding, dragon-like, dim-blue fierce air streams screaming all over the space.
Cold, terrifyingly cold... The air temperature in this place was incredibly low. It should be because of the natural laws of this world, the temperature in here was way lower than the already discovered lowest temperature back in Pan Gu world. Under the effect of such a low temperature, the gale was nearly liquefied, and contained a frightful destructive power.
The Pan Xi divine mirror was activated. On Ji Hao’s body, dim light streams flashed across, teleporting all fierce air streams away before they touched Ji Hao’s body. Those air streams which were sent away by Ji Hao, then surged out in random directions, clashing fiercely against each other. At the time, a dreadful series of bangs was generated in the air. Numerous strong air streams were shattered, after which, countless whirlwinds began spinning loudly in the sky, while descending along with an awful coldness like shooting stars.
Po had water-clear Yu Yu divine light streams hovering around his body. No matter how fierce those air streams were, his body stayed perfect unmoved. With great interests, he took out tens of different types of metal pieces and threw them into those fierce air streams, watching those metal pieces being rolled into the air streams and blasting into tiny crystal pieces.
Gui Ling had released a black divine light, shielding the six disciples of hers. As for herself, she delightfully opened her mouth, joyfully inhaling those raging-dragon-like, tens of thousands of miles long, bone-piercing cold air streams one after another.
These air streams were scarily cold, but contained a pure water power. Gui Ling’s real body was an enormous turtle, and she was born before Pan Gu world was created. Therefore, any water power could be greatly replenishing to her. Furthermore, the water power in this world contained a mysterious sense of Dao, which made the water power even more beneficial to Gui Ling.
"Let’s go down and take a look!" Ji Hao gave a shout, then took the lead and headed down.
Po and Gui Ling laughed out loud together. They stayed on both sides of Ji Hao to protect him, treading on airy clouds and drifting unhurriedly down. But, their moving speed was still no slower than Ji Hao at all. Meanwhile, tens of exquisite jade talismans flew out from Po’s hands one after another. Next, waves of detecting magics were activated, that allowed them to gain a preliminary understanding of this new world.
The water power in this world was incredibly dense, to an amazing degree.
Roughly speaking, the water power was holding an absolute domineering position in this world, as its amount was over a hundred times greater than the total amount of all the other types of natural powers. Natural powers such as metal power, green power, fire power and earth power existed in this world as well. But compared to the water power, these other types of natural powers were so weak that they were not even worth mentioning.
Because of the domineering water power, the fire power, which was opposite to water power, barely existed in this world. Po tried a few fire magics, but even with his power, he only managed to create a few tiny flames on his finger tips.
Because of the incredibly high density of the water power, the climate change in this world was quite strange. When Ji Hao and the other cultivators dove down from the sky, they had encountered three great storms within merely a quarter of an hour. Before, Ji Hao thought that the storms happened back in the rainy season of Southern Wasteland were already scary enough. But compared to the storms in this world, the rainy season in Southern Wasteland could even be described as gentle.
In the storms they had encountered in this world, there was no such thing as raindrops at all. Instead, coming down from the dense dark clouds were waterfalls. No drops, no streams, it was just like a river in the heaven had suddenly broken, and the river water poured directly on the ground.
The world was dark, with dense dark clouds drifting all over the sky. Because of the low densities of the other types of natural powers, except for those fierce air streams high up in the sky, the lower sky in this world didn’t have even a slight gust of wind. As a consequence, every dark cloud was strangely ‘fat’, and would always float in a certain area without moving, ceaselessly pouring down giant amounts of rainwater.
Without any wind, thunder, lightning, only dark clouds floated in the sky, and countless waterfalls descended from the air, causing endless, muffled noises while falling into the boundless water area down on the ground.
Ji Hao and the other cultivators reached to a spot less than three-thousand meters away from the ground. But the world ‘ground’ was not appropriate to use in this place, because with their eye powers, they had already tried their best to look around, but none of them managed to find a single piece of land.
Pure water, boiling water, waves after waves, whirlpools after whirlpools… The water was domineering this world. The only thing that Ji Hao and the other cultivators could see was water, all over the world, roaring, clattering, which made them feel suffocated for no reason.
Following a thunderous series of roars, three-hundred meters tall waves rolled over, generating sharp torrents of wind. Waves and waves clashed against each other while whirlpools devoured each other. Muffled booms could be heard without an end, delivering a despair that one might feel at the end of the day.
Not even a tiny island could be found. The surface of the water was all clean, without even a single grass drifting on it.
High up in the air, a thumb-sized sun with a dim glow showed a half of its body from time to time, barely delivering a slight warmth to this boundless water world, with its weak and thin glow.
"What a nice place!" Gui Ling laughed happily.
Po and Ji Hao already had their faces twisted like used tissues, because they now felt as if they had been going moldy at the joints of their bones.
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NPR's Online Source Diversity: New Data To Help Guide Newsroom
Male sources outnumbered female sources in three of the NPR online blogs studied. Audience Insights/NPR hide caption
Male sources outnumbered female sources in three of the NPR online blogs studied.Audience Insights/NPR
Late in 2015, this office released the third-year results of an internal NPR study examining the diversity of the outside sources heard on NPR's weekday radio newsmagazines. (Outside sources are the people interviewed and quoted by NPR; they do not include NPR's own reporters and hosts.) Now we have a fourth year of that analysis, this time looking at the makeup of the sources that NPR used in five online blogs during the 2016 fiscal year (Oct. 1, 2015, through Sept. 30, 2016).
The sourcing project, as it is known internally, is designed to give NPR's newsroom employees a baseline understanding of the gender, geographic and racial and ethnic diversity of its sources — and ultimately push the newsroom to "better reflect the diversity of America." It is overseen by Keith Woods, NPR's vice president for newsroom training and diversity.
The newest numbers aren't terribly timely, and two of the blogs tracked in the latest survey were retired in June. But they are nonetheless welcome as the most recent data on how NPR is doing in diversifying its sources.
In total, 480 stories quoting 1,259 sources were sampled across five blogs: The Two-Way (a breaking news blog), NPR Ed (about education), Code Switch (race and identity), Goats and Soda (global health and development) and The Salt (food news). The Two-Way and NPR Ed have now been retired.
The stories came from random dates during the 2016 fiscal year, and results were weighted to reflect that some of the blogs published more often than others. Sources were excluded if their race, gender and/or geography could not be determined for certain.
Overall, 40 percent of the sources quoted were women. The gender breakdown varied somewhat across the blogs: The Two-Way's sources were just 30 percent female, compared to a high of 53 percent for NPR Ed. By contrast, in the last year of the on-air study, fiscal year 2015, 30 percent of all sources were female.
Online sources in most of the blogs studied were overwhelmingly white. Audience Insights/NPR hide caption
Online sources in most of the blogs studied were overwhelmingly white.Audience Insights/NPR
The race and ethnicity of the cited sources varied even more widely by blog, from 85 percent white for The Salt and 82 percent white for The Two-Way to 39 percent white for Code Switch. There was one constant, though: The share of Latino sources was low across all the blogs, varying from 5 percent for The Two-Way and Goats and Soda to 9 percent for NPR Ed and Code Switch.
(The study did not tabulate a combined result for all the blogs, unlike for the last year of the study of on-air sources. In that survey of the on-air work, 73 percent of all sources for the radio newsmagazines where white, while the share of black sources was 11 percent, the share of Asian sources was 8 percent and the share of Latino sources was also low, at 6 percent.)
One other finding jumped out from the online sources study: Overall, 44 percent of the sources were white men.
The study merely collected numbers and was not designed to examine why the numbers are not more reflective of the country. But Woods said that NPR knows from the earlier study that there's a correlation between the diversity of the newsroom and those who are quoted. "It matters who's telling the story when it comes to gender balance and race/ethnicity," he said. The latest newsroom diversity figures are here.
In particular, the earlier study showed that "Latinos were the only journalists who could be counted on to cover Latinos," Woods said. He added: "We have to do better at hiring," particularly when it comes to Latinos, and "We have to raise the level of awareness across the newsroom that we are still doing poorly" when it comes to quoting Latino sources.
Another reason for the wide difference among the blogs (and also between the blog study and the on-air study) has to do with the specific topics of the blogs themselves, Woods said. NPR Ed quoted far more women at least in part because educators are overwhelmingly female (although it should be noted that the education team intentionally seeks diverse sources). Code Switch's numbers were overall more diverse, he said, because "of the intention of the team," whose focus is issues of race and identity.
In its reporting, NPR traditionally over-relies on what the studies referred to as "subject matter experts" (who are more likely to be white and male, if, like NPR, a newsroom turns to professors, politicians and business leaders) than it does sources that could be called the general public. When the blogs in the new study quoted members of the general public, the diversity of the sources was greater than for the subject matter experts.
Woods' takeaway from this snapshot? "Who you cover, what topics you cover and who does the covering are strong indicators of the outcome of your sourcing." And, he said, "it's more than just your intention; how you structure things and execute on that structure is also affecting the sourcing."
He expanded on this:
"It's one thing to scour the existing beats and the existing coverage strategy for greater racial/ethnic and gender diversity. Let's do that. But we have to recognize that beat structures — what we cover, what we don't cover — is having a big impact on our sourcing. If you cover a legislative body that's chronically made up of white men, then that'll be your source base. If you spend more time covering the people affected by that legislative body, your source base is way more diverse. If you choose to give more air time to beats where the institutions and constituents are more representative of the country — faith, for example, or public education — you'll have a more diverse source base. These are choices. These are the structures we create. The problem isn't just looking for the occasional needle in a haystack among the narrow coverage choices we've already made."
One final factor likely accounts for some of the imbalance, but it's not easily documented. It's the challenge of what experts call "implicit" or unconscious bias — the kind of built-in bias that each of us has because of our own background and experiences. But that's why these kinds of studies are valuable, because they can help people in the newsroom see how their choices of whom to interview affect the overall diversity of information sources for listeners and readers.
Indeed, we've been looking at how the newsroom approaches source diversity for the last couple of months (more on that soon) and we've heard one constant refrain: NPR really needs to be tracking this information on a more regular basis.
It's a long, laborious and expensive process to come up with results that are reliable and truly representative. But Woods said he now has a commitment and the funding in place to start a new round of tracking. That is a very welcome development.
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“I’m released, I’m home, I’m fine,” Mr. Ai said in English after being reached on his cellphone shortly before 12:30 a.m. Thursday. “In legal terms, I’m — how do you say? — on bail. So I cannot give any interviews. But I’m fine.”
Photographs of Mr. Ai taken as he arrived after 11 p.m. Wednesday at his vast studio in the Caochangdi arts district of northeast
The release of Mr. Ai, 54, who is widely known and admired outside of
China’s move to douse any flicker of dissent was the harshest in years outside of the restive ethnic regions in the far west, and the vast majority of those detained in the crackdown were, like Mr. Ai, held in secret locations for weeks with no legal justification.Continue reading the main story
Chinese officials announced in May that the authorities were investigating Mr. Ai on suspicion of tax evasion, after police officers took him from the main Beijing airport on April 3 as he prepared to board a flight to
Mr. Ai is presumed to be well connected because he is the son of Ai Qing, one of the most beloved poets of modern China. His detention was nearly certain to have been approved by top Chinese leaders. It is unclear what kinds of discussions took place within elite political circles that ultimately led to his release.
But China came under unusually heavy pressure from all corners of the globe, not only from standard diplomatic channels but also from prominent people like Mayor
“Without the wave of international support for Ai and the popular expressions of dismay and disgust about the circumstances of his disappearance and detention, it’s highly unlikely the Chinese government would have released him,” Phelim Kine, an
Mr. Kine noted that less visible Chinese remain missing and “at high risk” of torture. Among them are Wen Tao, a former journalist and aide to Mr. Ai, and other associates of Mr. Ai, including Hu Mingfen, Liu Zhenggang and Zhang Jinsong.
Gao Ge, Mr. Ai’s sister, said in a telephone interview that Mr. Ai’s wife, Lu Qing, got a call on Wednesday and was told to go to a police station in Beijing. “She didn’t know what would happen, and then the police said that Weiwei was free to go with her back home,” Ms. Gao said. Mr. Ai got home before midnight, and his mother went to meet him.
“All I care about is that he’s home now,” Ms. Gao said.
Word of Mr. Ai’s release first emerged in a report posted online Wednesday night by Xinhua, the state news agency. It said in English that the Beijing police had released Mr. Ai on bail “because of his good attitude in confessing his crimes as well as a chronic disease he suffers from.”
Xinhua also quoted the police as saying that Mr. Ai had repeatedly said he was willing to pay the taxes he had evaded. The news agency reported the authorities as saying that Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd., a company controlled by Mr. Ai, evaded “a huge amount of taxes and intentionally destroyed accounting documents.”
“Bail” is the shorthand commonly used as an English translation of the Chinese term “qubao houshen,” which means obtaining a guarantee pending trial. It generally means that prosecutors have decided to drop charges against a suspect on certain conditions, including good behavior, and to monitor him.”
Liu Xiaoyuan, Mr. Ai’s lawyer, said in a
Mr. Ai’s family members have insisted that he is innocent of the accusations against him. Ms. Gao said in May that Mr. Ai was neither the legal representative nor the chief executive of the company accused of evading taxes and should be freed. During his detention, the family also said that Mr. Ai had been suffering from
After Mr. Ai was detained on April 3, the authorities did not immediately detail any charges against him, and his incarceration was widely considered an attempt to silence a prominent critic while buying the authorities time to decide on the legal grounds for prosecuting him.
He was held in an undisclosed location. On May 15, police officers took Mr. Ai’s wife, Ms. Lu, to see him. Ms. Gao said afterward that Ms. Lu had reported that Mr. Ai seemed healthy and was being given access to medication. On May 20, a Xinhua report said the police had concluded that Mr. Ai had evaded taxes and destroyed financial documents.
The police can legally continue to pursue the case for up to one year after “qubao houshen” releases. During that time, the suspect is allowed freedom of movement, but the police generally hold onto his travel documents.
Few dissidents who have been detained in recent years have been shown leniency. International pressure so far has not helped Liu Xiaobo, a writer who was sentenced in 2009 to 11 years in prison on subversion charges. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last October, which he was not allowed to collect.Continue reading the main story
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Famous People Encountered on the Street
Dear Diary:
A friend of my wife’s who was visiting asked if she had ever seen “Frank.”
“Frank who?”
“Frank from ‘Blue Bloods,’ the TV show.”
“Sure, we once saw Tom Selleck walking down Park Avenue,” my wife said.
Her friend was staggered, unable to imagine a city where, without a ticket or intent, you just run into famous people. So we made our list:
Neil Armstrong, Bill Irwin, Fran Lebowitz, Woody Allen, America Ferrera, Conan O’Brien, Neil Patrick Harris, Jane Fonda, Ted Turner, Ivanka Trump, Emma Watson, Katie Couric, Henry Kissinger, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Richard Meier, Frances McDormand, Joel Coen, Robert Duvall, Ben Stiller, Jeffrey Tambor, Reese Witherspoon, Cyndi Lauper, Al Pacino, Steve Kroft, Emma Thompson, Candice Bergen, Spike Lee, Robert De Niro, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Dianne Wiest, Charlie Rose, Peter Bogdanovich, Mike Nichols, Téa Leoni, Larry Bird, Blythe Danner, Beverly D’Angelo, Bob Balaban, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, Jessica Lange, Stephen King, Phil Donahue, Marlo Thomas, Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Dan Marino, Chris Rock, David Hockney, Keith Richards, Steven Van Zandt, Marisa Tomei, Rhea Perlman, Tina Fey, Scott Pelley, Matt Lauer, Roberto Alagna and Ralph Lauren.
We wanted to include Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis and President Obama, but they didn’t meet the criteria. We had to stand behind a barricade to see them.
An entry in the Metropolitan Diary on Monday about encountering famous people on the streets of New York misspelled the surname of one celebrity the writer and his wife had spotted. He is Richard Meier, not Meyer.
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The most important event of the TV week happens Thursday, when we – or Heidi Klum, actually – crown the winner of season six of “Project Runway.”
The Watcher hasn’t been too happy with the season in general – the first since the show migrated to Lifetime from Bravo – but weak “Project Runway” is still better than most television.
And the season should end with a worthy winner – as long as it’s not Carol Hannah Whitfield.
The other finalists – Irina Shabeyeva and Althea Harper – were the strongest competitors all season. Carol Hannah was steady – her record was as good as Althea’s – but her work was uninspiring. Her two challenge wins came less because she excelled than because the others failed.
But perhaps you disagree. Either way, it’s time to express your opinion. Who is your choice for champion?
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WCC urges responsibility for and support to the refugees in Europe
ACT member Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) continues to support migrants in Hungary. © Daniel Fekete/HIA/ACT
04 September 2015.
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Measurements:
Frame Packed Size: 155cm x 30cm x 28cm.
Frame Weight: 19.75Kgs.
Top Packed Size: 48cm x 38cm x 12.5cm.
Top Weight: 4.5Kgs.
Sides Packed Size: 45cm x 45cm x 18cm.
Sides Weight: 9Kgs.
Total Weight: 33.25Kgs.
** The Material on these shelters are made of Polyester. Please ensure that you fully dry your fabric before storing. Wet or even Damp fabric will allow Mould to grow which with rot your fabric.**
Dervla's Comments - Sales Team. Video
The Commercial shelters are the most popular shelter we sell for Women and those may in some cases find the Industrial grade just too heavy to move about or open. It is important to buy the shelter which is right for you. I myself can open the Industrial shelter but i would make it look like hard work as i don't have the physical strength that a man has. The simple truth is that i prefer the Commercial shelter. My main reasons are that I can open it easily and I can lift it on my own. For someone like myself this is the perfect shelter for me. The Commercial shelter despite the fact that it is lighter then our Industrial shelter it remains very strong and robust.
What really makes the difference is the Frame Shape, the gauge of aluminium used in the bars, and the strength of the angles and connectors are all so important. So many tend to focus on whether the frame is a 40mm or a 50mm but there are so many more factors to take into account. Every difference in the shelter and the fabrics used adds to the cost of production. We strongly believe that we have found the best mix to supply to the Irish market.
Frame:
The strength of aluminium which is used in the construction of our Pop Up Shelters is remarkable for the metal's low density and for its ability to resist corrosion. The Aluminium is cast into a hexagonal shape to be more resilient to bending vs square structured frames.
Heavy Duty Nylon clamps + nut and bolt on all cross bar sections for extra strength and less shaking in wind vs some companies who only use a nut and bolt.
Large base plates on each leg to provide an adequate area for placing a weight on your shelter leg.
Large fixed section of heavy duty velcro on the top corners of frame to help hold your canopy in place.
4 x tapped screw corners in the framework to screw through a brass eyelet in your canopy down into the frame for a tight secure fit. (This will help to prevent your top blowing off your frame which can happen in severe wind (most other companies do not provide this).
5 x Adjustable height settings vs only 3 settings by some other companies. Our shelter can extend to give a clearance of 6ft 8".
Material Canopy:
The Polyester Fabric used by O'Meara Camping has been Fire Tested by BTTG to British standards BS7837:1996 to ensure that our material adheres to all the correct Fire Certified requirements in Ireland. (Fire retardant fabric is just not enough for commercial use if your shelter material is not fire certified you can be asked to remove your shelter by the fire officer on duty. Your shelter must pass a naked flame test). We have seen some videos online showing various types of pop up shelters with fabric so light in quality and weight that a light wind lifts the fabric so easily this is not to be compared to our heavy material. The Fabric used by O'Meara Camping has been graded to 380Gsm. You pay for what you get. Video to view shortly. We have a showroom in Dublin where we welcome you to come in and see, feel and demonstrate our range of shelters.
Material Side Walls:
(Same as Canopy) Fire Tested by BTTG to British standards BS7837:1996 to ensure that our material adheres to all the correct Fire Certified requirements in Ireland. The side walls we use on all our shelters have velcro sections to secure the side wall to the frame and zips to secure the sides to each other. This feature gives you more protection from the wind on the cold days. We also have windows on two of the side panels which can be concealed from the inside with curtains if you wish. One side wall has a zip up door way as a large entrance point and the last side wall is plain Vs some companies who only offer 4 plain side walls. We have seen some companies which supply side walls which are drastically less quality to the tops, most do not have zips, only velcro. Again you pay for what you get. O'Meara Campings side walls are the same grade as the tops which in our Industrial grade is 380Gsm.
Service & Experience:
O'Meara Camping have been stocking and selling pop up shelters for over 10 years. We have grown with our business and learned from our experiences.
We import all our own shelters.
We only sell stock we have available.
We stock a wide range of spare roofs, side walls & frames.
We have a full parts service for all shelters purchased from O'Meara Camping.
If required we will do your frame repairs free of charge (You only pay for the parts required).
O'Meara Camping's Pop Up Shelter is the most reliable, durable and quality pop up shelter around.
This Shelter can be erected in less than 60 seconds! - Visit our showroom for a demonstration.
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Midnapore West, Mar 20 (UNI) The CPI(Maoist)-sponsored 24-hour bandh was today observed in Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and in three districts of West Bengal in protest against the Nandigram firing and Singur issue.
The bandh was supported by the Jharkhand Party and the Congress.
West Midnapore District Magistrate Bhabani Prasad Borat said all markets, business establishments aand educational institutions were closed.
Buses went off the roads in Bankura and Purulia after the CITU-led bus workers' organisations called off the services on recovering some Maoists' leaflets near the Purulia court premises.
The Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani, Hatia-Tata Jammu Tawi Express (8101) and Ranchi-Varanasi intercity (8611) had changed routes following the bandh. Many trains were also cancelled, sources said.
Police said the worst-affected areas included Belpahari, Banspahari, Goaltor, Lalgarh areas of West Midnapore, Ranibandh and Ambikanagar in Bankura and entire Purulia district.
Police were keeping close watch on the Naxal-affected Barikul and Raipur of Bankura district and Bandwan, Joypur, Boro, Jhalda, Barabazar, Ketshila and Manbazar of Purulia district.
CRPF, EFR, CISF jawans were keeping a vigil in the forest areas.
Border areas of Jharkhand had been sealed following today's bandh, police said.
The Jharkhand government sounded high alert following the bandh call, official sources said adding special surveillance would be on railway property and trains, the usual target of the naxalites.
The bandh also affected vehicular traffic in the state as 16 of the total 22 districts are naxal-affected.
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Ever thought about travelling alone? Going on a journey of self-enlightenment? Before you do, Kate Gibbs has a few things that all expert travellers do.
No compromises, no complaining, no forced socialising or heading to a fine dinner when all you fancy is some chips, a beer and a movie to tuck in with: ahhh, travelling alone.
Travelling without companion has its merits, no doubt. It’s a chance to see the world, pick the spot, and spend the entire afternoon eating churros on a San Sebastian seawall without judgement if you so choose. But then, there’s nobody to complain to, no guaranteed soul to socialise with, and nobody to join in the hotel movie binge.
It can be daunting, but brave up, pack the bags, and know that sometimes (even for a short time) there is no better company to explore the world listlessly with than your own. Every experienced solo traveller knows, though, there are rules to making it alone.
Choose the destination wisely
From Bali to Bermuda, the world is a solo traveller’s oyster. Travel + Leisure recently put a pin in Spain as the destination both men and woman travelling alone want to go.
The culture is welcoming and inclusive, it’s safer than many alternatives, it’s not fallen into the fiscal dumps of a couple of its European neighbours, there’s history, culture, jamon Iberico and salt cod croquettes, and the language (should you pick it up) is one of the most beautiful (and useful) in the world.
Also hot on the solo travellers’ list? Italy, Scotland, Hawaii and Chile.
Be bold, no matter their gender
When it comes to world travel, women are doing it for themselves. Female solo travel is all about freedom, exploration, empowerment; all the reasons all men travel alone. But travelling sans companion can often be a deterrent to a woman who may worry about safety, boredom, loneliness; all the reasons men are deterred.
While getting your Eat, Pray, Love on is only a good thing, there are rules to travelling safely as a woman. Ditch the regular purse and go for function over form. Crossbody bags with zipper tops are harder to snatch on the run. Keep the passport and other important documents under your clothes in a hidden security wallet.
Also, make friends with other female solo travellers, compare notes, even strike out on a short travelling quest together.
Keep their network in the loop
Have a standing and regular check-in time with someone trustworthy back home, whether that’s via email, a phone call, a SnapChat. It can often be just as important that they know you’re safe as you are apprised of any safety or travel warnings where you are.
Going off the grid is well and good, but keeping in the loop means you can travel drama free.
Don’t flaunt their solo status
Every random with a card behind the bar doesn’t need to know you’re travelling solo. A slightly fabricated pre-rehearsed story involving meeting up with people or somebody special later can come in handy.
Those “plans” can fall apart as you feel certain you’re around good people. Trust your intuition. Don’t feel guilty when an invitation doesn’t suit you or makes you uncomfortable, especially if it’s at an off-the-beaten-track location.
Don’t overschedule
There’s nothing worse than travelling with someone who wants every moment accounted for, who fills the days like they’re running out of time. You’re responsible for all the planning and the execution, so give yourself a break.
A solo trip should not be about box ticking but about adventure, flexibility, discovery, and it’s all too easy to fall in the trap of clock-watching and never having time to let serendipity take over.
Travel to formerly dangerous places
There are places you just wouldn’t go right now. Read any broadsheet headline and you’d be turned off certain locations riddled with crime, war, poverty so bad you’re better off signing up with a charity to go there and make something else of the trip.
Conversely, where previous generations dared not tread are now on even solo travellers hot hit lists. While the Dominican Republic does have a high crime rate, tourist areas have improved recently. The perfect Caribbean coasts, the country’s old colonial architecture, rainforests and white beaches now make for a (highly Instagrammable) destination for the solo traveller.
Colombia is not the drug land it used to be, and cities such as Cartegena and Bogota have emerged as impressive locations for their rainforests, live music, beaches and colonial architecture.
Cape Town, India, Kenya, they’ve been on the no-go lists for so long and yet recently have opened new travel opportunities. Check recent travel warnings and unexpected places can open up a whole new world.
Don’t avoid their own company
Many people travelling alone do so to meet new people, make new friends that will hopefully last a lifetime. It can, however, be counterproductive.
Join up with new friends too soon and you might long for that moment of peace, that time of reflection and self-discovery, that you needed so deeply.
Do a dry run
Some people are adventurers, and they’ll forever be hiking into dark forests and scaling unscalable mountains alone. But are you one of them? Before you head off on a year-long adventure with only your own reflection as company, give yourself a taste of the trip you have ahead of you.
Camp on a remote beach for two weeks, book into a hotel in a nearby city you don’t know, go and stay in a small town with no phone reception for a few days, it will give you a peek into what you have ahead, and the type of adventure you really want and need..
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Drunk Father Crashes Car, Abandons Injured Kids At The Scene
Police in Madera, California, are searching for 31-year-old Rafael Cortez, a father who allegedly crashed his car while intoxicated and left his injured kids at the scene by themselves.
Around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, local residents said they heard a car speed by and skid when it hit a curve.
“I was sitting in my garage, and I heard the car go by. I could tell he was speeding--had to be doing at least 60, 70 miles an hour,” Curtis Willburg told reporters. Soon after it skidded off the road and into a field, the car crashed.
“And the next thing you know, you didn't hear it (the skidding) anymore, but you heard like thumping. And then when we came out, we saw nothing, but it was a big cloud of brown dirt,” Viola Rodriguez said.
The children, according to CHP officer Omar Godinez were found alone at the scene of the crash, with injuries ranging from minor to severe. Two of the kids are 7-year-old twins, and the older two are 11 and 13 years old.
“He was really bending over and crying, and then when I got closer to him, he had blood on his eye here and a big knot on the back of his head,” Willburg said of one of the children’s injuries. Neighbors reportedly ran to help the kids, calling the police as well as their mother.
“The neighbors from across the street were across the street trying to help them get out from the car,” Rodriguez said. Madera police said that Cortez’ family has not been cooperative with them in their investigation, nor have they offered any assistance in the search.
“We do know he has strong ties out of the country. We are just afraid he will be a flight risk and not be here any longer,” Godinez said. “You don't ever think a father of his children would leave his children there injured.”
Sources: Your Central Valley, KFOR
Photo Credit: yourcentralvalley.com
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Woman Missing After Meeting Up With Someone She Found On Backpage (Video)
A Detroit family is asking for anyone who has information on their missing daughter to come forward.
Cynthia Worthy, 23, has been missing since Friday night. The family was able to track down her car in Oak Park Sunday afternoon, but have no answers as to where their daughter might be, Fox 2 reported.
The family admits that they do not agree with some of the decisions Worthy has made in order to earn some extra money. She was reportedly on her way to meet with someone she found on Backpage.com when she went missing.
“Me, as a parent, finding out that she was doing these things is really difficult,” Priscilla Harrison, Cynthia's mother, told WXYZ. "It's really difficult and my thing right now is for people to hold their opinions and find my daughter. If you see her, call the police department."
“Regardless to what she chose to do, it still does not justify violence or kidnapping someone or holding them against their will,” added Shawn Willis, Worthy’s father.
Worthy’s parents were aware of her lifestyle and said they had finally convinced her to change things up prior to Friday’s disappearance.
“We finally convinced her to stop and she enrolled in school and has been on track,” Willis said. “She told me she is about to stop, ‘I can't do this anymore.’”
The family is now handing out flyers to everyone in the neighborhood and pleading for whoever is responsible to return their daughter.
“Just do the right thing and let her go,” Willis said. “Just let her go, drop her off at a gas station. Just do the right thing.”
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Hillary Clinton Voices Support For Iran Deal, Calls It 'An Important Step'
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke out in favor of the freshly struck Iran deal on July 14.
“Based on what I know now, and I will be being briefed as soon as I finish addressing you, this is an important step in putting the lid on Iran’s nuclear program,” while referencing her own contributions to the legislation saying she was “part of building the coalition that brought us to the point of this agreement.”
Clinton’s vocal support for the deal could come back to haunt her second presidential campaign. Many Jewish voters, a historically Democratic voting block, do not support the deal due to Iran’s multiple confrontations and negative statements toward Israel, threatening to wipe the nation off the map and denying the Holocaust ever occurred, notes The Associated Press via Boston Herald.
Earlier in the day, Clinton was in a closed-door meeting with House Democrats who later became a second voice for Clinton’s approval of the deal.
Clinton “talked about the fact that no deal is ever going to be a perfect deal. But we have to have a deal that not just works but measurably moves us in the direction that we hope to achieve,” said Democratic Rep. Xavier Becerra of California.
Despite her support, Clinton assured listeners that the U.S. will not simply ignore Iran from this point on.
“There will be a number of issues that have to be addressed. I want to just mention, too, the first is enforcement. This agreement will have to be enforced vigorously, relentlessly.
“This does put a lid on the nuclear program, but we still have a lot of concern about the bad behavior and the actions by Iran, which remains the largest state sponsor of terrorism,” she said.
Republican presidential candidates lambasted the deal, with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio saying President Barack Obama gave “concession after concession to a regime that has American blood on its hands.”
Sources: CNN, AP via Boston Herald / Photo credit: Karen Murphy/Flickr Creative Commons
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Report: Trump Security Guard Punched Latino Protester (Video)
A member of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's security team was reportedly caught on video (below) today punching a Latino protester in the head.
The security guard seized a sign that said, "Trump: Make America Racist Again” from some protesters who were demonstrating outside Trump Tower in New York City.
In a video filmed by NY1, Efraín Galicia, one of the protesters, appears to chase the security guard, grabs him from behind, and the guard punches him, reports The New York Times.
Galicia was held back by another Trump security guard as the first guard walked away with the sign.
After the incident, CNN reporter MJ Lee tweeted: "The protester is telling NYPD officer now that he will press charges."
The Trump campaign said that it would “likely be pressing charges,” notes The New York Times.
During the incident, Trump was inside the building signing a pledge not to run as a third party candidate. Trump said in the Fox News Republican debate earlier this summer that he would not make that promise.
Sources: The New York Times, Twitter, NY1 Photo Credit: NY1 Screenshot
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Freaky Ghostly Figure Appears In Snapchat Photo From Children's Hospital (Photo)
A hospital employee in the U.K. sent a Snapchat photo to his girlfriend while working the night shift in the children’s ward, and after looking more closely at the photo, he was shocked to see a ghostly figure running down the hallway.
Andrew Milburn wanted to prove to his girlfriend that he was at work, so he took a picture of a hallway in the children’s ward of the hospital in Leeds where he works. After he sent the image, he noticed what appears to be a ghost running down the hallway.
“My girlfriend asked me to prove I was at work so I sent her a picture as I walked to my office,” Milburn told Daily Mirror. “Unbeknown at the time it appears that I captured a ghostly figure in the corridors. I have since put this picture on Facebook, it has received thousands of likes and comments and has been shared as far as America. It has also been shared on to paranormal investigator groups, many of which believe the picture is real.”
Milburn noted that the strange figure looks to be entering the room that contains the switchboard. While the image may be shocking to most, the man says that many of his coworkers have noticed strange things, like the sound of footsteps in an empty hallway, for a number of years.
“There have been a few odd things,” he said. “Now people are a bit scared, and apprehensive about going to the loo (bathroom).”
While some have accused the man of photoshopping the picture, Milburn maintains that it’s real and says that he was skeptical of ghosts before he took the picture.
Sources: Daily Mirror, Metro
Photo Source: Andrew Milburn via Daily Mirror
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How Cobra Pose Teaches Us About Awareness, Humility and Love?
Photo Credit: Ruth Hartnup, via Flickr Creative Commons
What do you notice when you practice Cobra Pose?
Ornish Lifestyle Medicine recommends the Cobra Pose as part of a daily practice to support a healthy heart. This pose strengthens the upper back, expands the chest and improves the flow of blood and energy to the heart. It promotes the physical health of the heart as well as the emotional health.
Part One: Awareness and Humility
When we begin the practice, we lie face down on the floor, turning the head to one side. As we do this, the arms rest down along side the body. This allows the shoulder wings to relax and separate while the back of the heart becomes more exposed. Here we bring awareness to those emotions that we have a tendency to hide from others and even ourselves. This allows us to hold our feelings compassionately in our awareness as we observe them arising and then dissipating. We simply bear witness to whatever bubbles up in our awareness. We gain the ability to sit with our difficult emotions without judging.
The Cobra Pose teaches us about humility
The Cobra Pose also teaches us about humility. When we lie on the floor facing down, it is a reminder that we have the same connection to the earth as those creatures that live beneath our feet. When we get down on the floor like a snake we resonate with our earthly existence. It is a humble gesture that allows us to accept our limitations without the struggle of wanting our lives and ourselves to be different than we are. This kind of acceptance is key to a peaceful life.
Part Two: Buoyancy and Love
In the second part of Cobra, we begin to lift and lengthen. We bring the front of the heart towards the light of the sun. We allow the sun to ignite the light in our hearts and fill it with warmth, compassion, and love. Love is the true healer of our hearts.
We allow ourselves to be lifted with as little effort as possible. The hands are planted on the floor, but we resist the urge to push ourselves. In this way we train ourselves to be softer, lighter, and trust the buoyancy of our own being.
Begin with Imagery
A wonderful way to practice cobra is to start by imagining yourself moving through the steps of the pose.
- See yourself in your mind’s eye lying on the floor on your stomach.
- Feel the space in the back of the heart and breathe as if the heart is breathing in and breathing out.
- Notice any feelings that arise.
- Begin to imagine sliding the legs together.
- Planting the palms on the floor in line with the armpits, bend your elbows close to the body, and rest your forehead on the floor.
- Continue to imagine brushing the forehead, nose and chin against the floor as you raise your head and follow the lift into the heart.
- For a moment imagine that you are holding the pose effortlessly as you breath. As you read this you are actually imagining yourself practicing.
- When you feel ready, imagine lowering slowly on an out breath, gently brushing the chin, the nose and then placing the forehead on the floor.
- Turn your head to the other side to rest. Finally imagine that you are completely relaxed.
- Now after imagining yourself practicing, take your body through the same steps you imagined.
Contraindications
Because there is pressure on the abdomen in this pose, it can stimulate digestion, but don’t practice this pose if you have an abdominal aortic aneurism or if you have had recent open heart surgery. If either of these conditions exist, you can practice while sitting in a chair. (Chair practice audio).
When we do this pose every day we find new ways to connect to it and new things it can teach us about ourselves. In time we find the shoulders freer, the back stronger, the heart lighter and our awareness more embodied.
What do you notice when you practice Cobra Pose?
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. We push the conversation on urbanism forward, shooting out progressive themes and topics. In addition to an extended conference program that hosts renowned speakers, we also contribute to the public debate on urban development and organise exhibition spaces. Oslo Urban Arena strives to connect individuals from various backgrounds and disciplines and provides several platforms for them to socialise,.
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Facebook @oslourbanarena
Program committee
Erling Fossen
Executive director for Oslo Urban arena and an urban geographer that loves his city. Managing Director for Oslo Metropolitan Area - a non-profit organization working to perfect the urban development of Greater Oslo.
Linnea E. Svensson
Project manager for Oslo Urban Arena 2018. She is a part of the programme committee and is also in charge for the breakout sessions. She is a social anthropologist with a background in events, festivals and sustainability projects and loves cities.
Sverre Landmark
Works in Aspelin Ramm, a property developer active in the rapid development of Oslo city. Sverre believes that attractive areas and cities come as a result of a magnitude of different forces, and that cooperation in good faith between public sector and private developers is crucial.
Marianne Skjulhaug
Architect and associate professor at the Oslo school of architecture and design, devoted to urbanism and landscape. She is also vice president in Europan Norway.
Andreas Vaa Bermann,
Architect, urbanist and Head of Department of Area Development in the Agency for Planning and Building Services of Oslo. He strives for best processes and that each and every development in the cities contributes with some extra quality to the city and its inhabitants.
Asluag Tveit
Tomas Stokke
Lin Skaufel
Victoria Marie Evensen
Committee chair for the standing committee on urban development, Oslo city council. She represents Labour. Victoria has been an elected member of the city council since 2011. Last term she was a member of the standing committee on culture and education.
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RSVP to 'The Face' Pre-Premiere Web Chat
Season 2 of The Face is almost here, but before the show premieres we are partnering with Elle to host a live chat with supermodel coaches Anne V and Lydia Hearst, host Nigel Barker and Mr. Frederic Fekkai himself. Elle's Creative Director Joe Zee will moderate the chat on Elle's Google+ page (RSVP here)! And submit your questions on modeling, fashion, hair, or anything related to The Face in advance of the chat via Twitter with the hashtag #ELLExTheFace or via The Face's Google+ page or Facebook page.
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Select a nursing theory assignment questionand briefly describe the theory. Identify when the theory was introduced, by whom and the concepts behind the theory. Reference your theory.
Analyze the theory and explain either how it could be applied to a clinical setting in which you have worked or how it is currently used in the clinical setting. (Analyze means to look at both the good and bad points and compare them) For example, if you chose a theory based on holistic nursing you need to analyze how this applies in your current clinical practice. You MUST give examples of how it is applied. You may use the word “I” in this assignment.
Sum up your discussion and evaluate your chosen theory – how effective is it?
Example of applying a theory to current nursing practice below
Although over 50 years old, Abdellah’s theories are still evident in the workplace today. For example, Abdellah focused on four major concepts – nursing, the person, health, society and the environment (Reference). This is a holistic approach which is endorsed by many Australian hospitals and the World Health Organization (WHO) (reference). The patient is looked at as a “whole” person and as nurses today we not only fix up the “health” issue but identify and assist with their social environment and any psychological issues. An example of this in my current workplace is how we begin discharge planning from day one of entering hospital. A recent patient I cared for was very stressed that their husband would be unable to cook for himself whilst she was in hospital. The stress was affecting her health and she could not rest. Gore (2010) identified that stress affects all body systems and can cause a delay in healing. I organized for “meals on wheels” to be delivered to her husband until the wife’s return.
Reference list and include in-text references in APA format. (at least 3 credible references. CINAHL in the GCIT online data bases has some very good journal articles on nursing theorists.
Reflection –This assessment is asking you to question your own nursing practice in a critical way, to enable you to take action and learn through reflection. Nursing is unique in that although knowledge drives our practice we are often exposed to situations where empirical knowledge is not enough and we must also rely on intuitive knowledge. There is no right or wrong answer when reflecting – just the ability to internally examine and explore an issue of concern, triggered by an experience that results in you looking at the event with a changed perspective.
Task: Choose an Event that has Impacted on your Nursing Career Whilst on Clinical Placement or at a Health Facility where you Work.
Document your reflections on what happened and support your argument with current research: Write your assignment under the following headings.
1. Description: Describe what actually happened: Where, When, What (What essential factors contributed to this experience), Who was involved, why.
Example: John Barnes (fictitious name) was a 52 year old man admitted to my ward with an abdominal obstruction that could not be resolved. Over the period of two weeks he was on the ward many of the nurses found him to be rude and difficult. During handover nurses complained about his behavior and no one wanted to look after him. On the morning of the event he was put in my care, which I was not happy about. On that morning he rang his call button several times between 7am and 9am. After morning tea he began ringing it again and I decided to ignore it. Etc. He died shortly after a code blue being called. Etc
2.Reflection: What were you thinking and feeling at the time.
For example: What was I trying to achieve: Why did I intervene as I did? What were the consequences of my actions for: Myself, the patient/family, peers/colleagues?. How did I feel about this experience when it was happening? How did the patient feel? How do I know what the patient felt?
Example: On reflection I realized that I had ignored the call bell because I didn’t really like John and I was annoyed that he kept ringing his call bell. I remember as it was ringing I was thinking “Go away you miserable old man”. If I had known he was dying and calling for help the situation would have been different etc.
3. Evaluation:Analyze the situation
What was good and bad about the experience
For example: What was done well by you or others
Example: Looking back on the situation I felt that I really wasn’t listening well at the time of the code and that’s why the mistake happened. I was feeling so guilty about not answering his bell. Jones (2010) investigated code blues and found that a lack of communication between doctors and nurses was a strong factor for nurse errors.
What could have been done better by you or others
Example: If the doctor had realised that I was only a student I think things may have worked out better. Inexperience during codes (Davis, 2006) is a major contributor to errors. If I had only spoken up and not been so scared this incident perhaps would not have occurred and John would be alive today. In a recent study by Smith (2011) it was discovered that fear is a big contributor to communication problems. If I am really honest with myself, I think the incident may not have occurred if I had also listened and answered the call bell when John rang. Interestingly, Barker (2009) maintains that when we reflect on situations it opens us up to a deeper way of thinking and also allows us to come to a resolution. Reflection according to Jones (2010) is cleansing and allows for personal growth.
4.Learning: If it happened again what would you do?
What have you learnt from this event? Has has this experience changed your ways of knowing? What personal changes have occurred? Has it changed your morals/ethics or nursing practice?
# Important - You need to demonstrate critical thinking and reflective analysis in order to pass this assessment.
Professional Development and Regulatory Bodies:
Go to the AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency) website (all information for the following questions can be found at this site) and discuss the following questions related to our professional/regulatory bodies and continuing professional development (CPD). Clearly identify each question in your assignment.
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A day retreat open to men & women aged 18 – 35.
Dana or giving is the basic Buddhist virtue. The Buddha elucidated many ways in which one can give. We can give our energy, time, resources, money; we can even give confidence or faith.
But the Buddha was clear that the greatest gift of all was the gift of the Dharma - the teachings and the path of practice expounded by him through which one may, with diligent effort, become irreversibly freed from the destructive pull of the forces of greed, hatred and delusion, thereby experiencing the ultimate human potential for joy and freedom.
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If you are a man, consider also coming for the Sub 35's week long retreat which immediately proceeds this one. You can find out more information and book a place here:
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Three years on, five FAQs about Greece’s bailout agreement – ekathimerini 1/5/2013
Three years after Greece signed the EU-IMF memorandum, some questions remain. Here are some answers:
1. Could Greece have avoidedthe memorandum?
Clearly not, given the state of its economy in late 2009 / early 2010. The economies of all the countries that signed up to a memorandum after Athens did (Ireland, Portugal, Cyprus) were in better shape than Greece’s and still, failed to avoid it. Greece really needed to borrow money, but it was totally unable to do so.
2. Wouldn’t it be better if Greece had restructured its debt back in 2010?
A debt restructuring could not have taken place in 2010 because it would not have been orderly and consensus-based. Instead, it would would have been a unilateral decision with unchecked consequences, including a euro exit. With the exception of some IMF officials, none of Greece’s key partners (Germany, France, the European Commission, the European Central Bank) was willing to discuss restructuring before seeing the fiscal adjustment program yield results. Their skepticism was fueled by obvious reasons: Greece had a 24-billion-euro primary budget deficit and a trade deficit of a similar size (which is why the country’s bargaining position was so weak). Greece’s partners would first have to cancel the country’s debt and after that finance all these deficits. Also, they would have to cover the huge cost of recapitalizing European as well as Greek banks at a time when when no European mechanism had yet been set up. There was no mechanism and there were no serious signs that the administration of George Papandreou would step up to slash the deficits without outside supervision. Furthermore, in the eyes of foreign officials, Greece already had a bad reputation after forecasting a 6 percent public deficit only to revise it to 15 percent. The reaction of most European parliaments to Greece was one of raised eyebrows.
3. But is it not wrong to adopt austerity policies at a time of recession?
Normally it is, unless there is no one willing out there to lend you money. Every serious critic of austerity (from Paul Krugman to Martin Wolf) who has attacked the German recipe of eurozone-wide austerity acknowledges that Greece was an exception, that austerity here was inevitable. That is because Greece not only had a public deficit and public debt; it also had a mammoth external deficit and net external debt. These called for a drastic reduction in consumption as well as imports so as to reduce the external debt – in other words, a recession.
4. Does that mean the crisis was two-pronged?
Yes. In 2010 Greece had to deal with two emergency crises: a fiscal crisis and an external balance crisis. The former was to be expected but the latter was not. No EU body had issued any warning, no government had taken the necessary measures to prevent it from happening. This was pointed out in a recent Bruegel study (“Financial Assistance in the Euro Area: an Early Evaluation”). Balance-of-payments crises are naturally dealt with using currency devaluation. For euro nations, that is not an option. It could only be achieved through internal devaluation – with the known consequences. A balance-of-payments crisis is when markets stop financing low-risk borrowers because of the country they are in. The credit meltdown impacted also on healthy Greek businesses that happened to operate in the land of two-digit deficits. Here’s a fundamental adversity of this two-pronged crisis: Recession facilitates the restoration of external balance but undermines fiscal objectives. People must make huge fiscal sacrifices for a relatively small outcome.
5. Notwithstanding the spending cuts, the tax hikes and the painful austerity, public debt is still growing. Is that not evidence of failure?
First, the debt grows as long as we have a primary deficit, which adds new public debt. This year will see a surplus for the first time in 10 years. Second, the debt grows because of recession (which we already talked about). Third, after the restructuring the public debt is no longer the biggest problem of our economy. Greece is not under pressure from the markets in the way Italy or Spain are. Greece has bought some time to carry out the requisite adaptations. Managing the debt has become a political issue, the size of the haircut will depend on our partners as long as we stay on the track of reform. The cost of servicing our debt is now (after the recent adjustments) among the lowest in the eurozone, with a moratorium on debt repayments and interest rates that are lower than the rate at which our partners borrow. This last comment is also a response to Golden Dawn’s idiotic claims of “international usurers” that target the nation.
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I have also drafted the next installment in the music ministry miniseries, which is about recognizing whether you have a calling to ministry, but I decided to hold it at least until tomorrow partly so that I wouldn't be announcing it with everything else today and partly so I could make sure I was happy with it and didn't want to add anything to help segue to the third. I expect therefore that it will appear tomorrow.
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On the other hand, I'm also musing on a political installment, related to the marijuana industry in Colorado and the immigration problems in the southwest. Yes, the point is that there is a connection there. That, though, means I'm about to start two articles, and try to get them both posted soon, neither of which has coalesced quite yet--so it is at least likely that neither of them will appear quickly. We'll see.
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E3 2012: SimCity on the way to PC for February 2013
EA announced at its E3 press conference today that iconic game SimCity will reach PC gamers by February 2013.
It will be available through physical retail channels, as well as its own Origin download service.
On the surface at least, it looks as though the game won't differ too much from previous iterations - in probably a clever move from EA - but player actions will now be able to affect Sims in neighbouring cities as well as their own.
As before there's a 'constructable world', but it's possible to mould your city more specifically to your own area of interest - such as a casino resort, manufacturing hub, educational enclave and so on.
For the first time, it's possible to play multiplayer and build a region with friends, as well as collaborate or compete in regional and global challenges.
A new social game from the firm - SimCity Social - will reach Facebook rather sooner than the PC game - within the next month, in fact.
"It is a SimCity for everyone," said Maxis boss Lucy Bradshaw. You can thank her when your Facebook wall starts filling up with hundreds of games requests.
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Last chance to lobby for a PCR Award 2013
There are only a few hours left to put forward who you think should win at the PCR Awards 2013.
Retailers, resellers, distributors and vendors will all be honoured at the event, which takes place on Thursday, March 14th, 2013 at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, London. You can book seats at.
But to be in with a chance of being a finalist on the night, you have to lobby PCR and tell us why your firm, or another company, should be a potential winner by 5pm today.
The categories for 2013 are listed below. To lobby, you simply need to send [email protected] a brief document explaining why you think the nominated company deserves to be a finalist in the category.
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User Story - Ingevity
Name: William Mccullough
Job Title: Quality Assurance Manager
Company: Ingevity, South Carolina, USA
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Ingevity provides specialty chemicals, high-performance carbon materials and technologies that help customers solve complex problems. These products are used in a variety of demanding applications, such as asphalt paving, oil exploration and production, and automotive components that reduce gasoline vapour emissions. Quality Assurance Manager, William Mccullough and his team use GC -FID to support the manufacture of specialty chemicals derived from lignin, tall oil, and their by-products. Ingevity’s Quality lab hosts 5 Perkin Elmer GC’s and Peak’s Precision series of GC dedicated gas generators provide hydrogen gas and zero air to these units. In this user story William speaks about his analysis and discusses how converting from cylinder gas to Peak gas generators has streamlined his laboratory’s workflow as well as eliminated the potential hazards associated with compressed gas cylinders.
Typically what is the focus of your GC analysis - what sort of applications?
“Our Quality Control team utilizes the gas generators to supply a series of 5 Perkin Elmer GC’s with Flame Ionization Detectors (FID) to support the manufacture of specialty chemicals derived from lignin, tall oil, and their derivatives. The majority of the components are fatty acids, rosin acids, and derivatives of those components. The manufacturing facility operates around the clock so the Quality Control Laboratory must stand ready to support this effort 24-7-365. The gas generators operate in a heavily industrious environment, and any analytical and support equipment that is used in this environment must be able to stand up to this challenge.”
What Peak Scientific generators do you have in your laboratory and what GC instruments do they supply?
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What prompted you to choose a Peak generator and how long have you used them?
“The QC Lab has now been using the generators for about one year and could not be more satisfied with the decision! This was a bold move for our department which had historically relied upon the use of compressed gas cylinders. There were many factors that went into the decision, with the primary reasons being safety, supply, and savings. Traditionally the laboratory utilized Helium as the carrier gas, but when the supply of Helium with our vendor tightened a few years ago, it started the conversation to convert to hydrogen. Well, that conversation led to another which brought our team to the generator system. We chose Peak due to the superb customer service that was demonstrated during the exploratory process to learn more about the gas generator systems.”
What has been the key benefit of deploying Peak generators as opposed to your previous gas supply solution?
“There have been several key benefits, with one of the most obvious being safety. By using the gas generator system our team has eliminated the risk involved in the manoeuvring of compressed gas cylinders, and reduced other hazards such as pinch-points when handling valves. Handling gas cylinders can present ergonomic challenges, and because our cylinders were stored outside it often required working in foul weather conditions. A hazard analysis was conducted on the gas generator system prior to purchasing and due to the built in safety features it was concluded that the gas generator system was a far safer alternative to the compressed gas cylinders. A significant additional benefit has been in cost savings. We estimated that based on consumption practices and the cost of compressed gas cylinders, the units we purchased would pay for themselves in 1.5 years! Our department is now witnessing those savings! There is also an added benefit of efficiency by having a constant supply of gases on demand, and not having to ‘change out’ cylinders around peak test periods, or during long weekends.”
How would you describe your purchasing experience with Peak in terms of speed of response, ease of ordering, catering for your needs and timing of delivery?
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Have you ever had a site visit from a Peak engineer? If so, could you describe your experience of this support?
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When William and his team made the decision to switch from traditional gas methods to laboratory gas generators it was not a decision they entered into lightly. Many factors went into the decision, such as; lab safety, supply, and cost savings, all of which supported the switchover. William has stated that based on consumption practices and the cost of compressed gas cylinders, the units they purchased would pay for themselves in one and a half years, which for any lab would be a huge cost advantage. There are many additional benefits to support switching over to a Peak gas generator such reduced downtime, consistent purity and convenience, all of which play a part in a productive lab environment.
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We know that this time of year comes with more than a few obstacles when it comes to maintaining your health routine. Try to incorporate these simple tips to optimize your health during this busy Holiday season.
- Indulge, but in Moderation.
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Holiday Cookies, festive drinks, and family feasts, you know you are going to face these temptations around the Holidays, the key is to make a game plan ahead of time. Let yourself indulge a little but remember, everything in moderation! Try your best to make healthy choices when available and don’t over do the more indulgent choices.
Don’t save health goals for the new year! Sure, office party’s, family functions, and parties might interfere with your routine but try your best to maintain it so that you don’t fall out completely. Keep up with your exercise, adjustments, and chiropractor visits by planning ahead to make sure you schedule time to make your health a priority.
It is more important than ever with the temptations of rich foods and alcoholic beverages to drink plenty of water and stay hydrated. Proper water intake can help curb your appetite and also helps your body digest rich foods, and the best part its calorie free!
These three simple steps will help you enjoy the season without the guilt. Don’t forget to indulge a little, keep up with your health habits, and drink lots of water. We hope you are able to take time to relax, unwind, and enjoy the Holidays with your loved ones.
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Two possible areas have been suggested at Craigerne, adjacent to the High School, and another in the Victoria Park, (Common Good Land), replacing the present “free” pitch.
The Victoria Park is not very large and is the only open space south-east of Peebles, where, over the last 40 years, large housing developments have been built off Kingsmeadows Road.
The all-weather pitch would not only encompass the present pitch but would also necessitate the loss of some of the “rough” dog-walking area and a significant number of trees. Some of the trees are very handsome mature specimens. Lighting columns, high chain-link fencing around the pitch, a car park, (in the park), and a building to house changing and toilet facilities, would also be included.
The sensible option would seem to be the site adjacent to the High School which itself has new changing facilities and car parking already in place. One tree appears to be involved in this area.
If the pitch was built in Victoria Park local kids would lose their only “free” playing area as this pitch would, in essence, be private, with controlled access. Runners also use the flat grass surface to practice. There is not another suitable area in the park for a “free” pitch. Presumably those wishing to use the new facility would have to pay a fee.
Younger High School pupils may have to be escorted backwards and forwards across busy Springhill Road to this pitch. The toilets etc. will have to be kept clean, and the whole edifice locked up at night. Are existing High School cleaners going to do this or are we, the council taxpayers, going to have to pay for extra cleaners and janitorial staff for Victoria Park? Scottish Borders Council is always warning of the necessity of more “cut-backs” so how could they justify this extra, apparently unnecessary, expenditure?
The proposed entrance on Kingsmeadows Road would be onto a busy road, which is often a “race-track”, especially in the evenings.
The housing adjacent to this eastern end of Victoria Park is largely social housing – much of it for pensioners and the disabled. Many residents will go to bed earlier, in houses not terribly well insulated, or with high-quality glazing, that would help to cut down the noise from the facility’s evening sessions, including car doors banging etc. Many of these residents are unlikely to have seen the exhibition at the High School or have internet access to comment on this proposal.
If school football and rugby really need this facility, then the sites adjacent to Peebles High School make sense! Leave the Victoria Park as a free open area for this part of Peebles.
We are, etc.
Alison and Mike Pearson Kingsmeadows Road Peebles
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- 35 Ratings
- Barbara
Very glad to have such a fun activity to do around Rochester. Enjoyed that this room was based on a true story. And thought that the puzzles in the room were fun.
- Kathleen
This is the second escape room that we've tried, and we liked it better than our first experience at a different place. The hosts were very friendly. The room was well developed - challenging puzzles to solve, interesting theme, and good clues when needed. Fun evening out! Highly recommend Locked, and The White Lady's Castle.
- Mark
The game and riddles were great. Some points parts seemed to be impossible to figure out if you didn’t have a hint. But that is a biased opinion. I believe it’s missing one part that could make this more of an immersive experience. I think there needs to be more of an effort put into the back story of the room you are going in. Possible a filmed and edited video to put you in the moment. Especially for the creepy white lady’s castle I experienced.
- Stephanie
The owners of Locked were very accommodating for our group of RIT students and faculty. Thank you!
- Madeleine
It was lots of fun!!! our "monitor" was very helpful ...will definitely been back again!1
- Shimon
It was very professionally done
- Beth
Took my 16 year old daughter, we both enjoyed it a lot. It's good clean fun that makes your brain think and gets your working as a team. Will do it again!
- Lea
It was awesome. The staff was really nice and overall a great experience!!! I will highly recommend.
- Jess
Everything about the escape room experience was fantastic! Andy was kind and super helpful. The activity promoted teamwork and insight. It was so nice to be unplugged from electronics and take part in this fun hands-on experience. We will definitely return!
- Maria
Thank you so much! We had a great time!
- Malloryann
We had a great time. The staff was very inviting and personable. The room was challenging and fun!
- Lashonda
It was so fun. My coworkers and I really enjoyed ourselves. One person didn't show up so they gave me a booklet with free admission to other escape rooms and free apps at a local restaurant.
- Michaela
Fantastic staff and the room was great fun!
- Laura
This room was fantastic - we loved it!!! Andy was awesome to work with!!! Thank you!!!
- Stephanie
The room was well done. The clues/hints were there, but still made us think
- Annika
WhiteLady’s Castle was well thought out and had nice puzzle sequence. Upset that we didn’t figure out more on our own. Had to use all three clues. Owner was great. True escape artist! Looking forward to trying Casino Heist!
- Sharon
The Escape ROOM was inventive, suspenseful and entertaining. Very well thought out and just the right amount of toughness.
- Kim
This was our first time doing an Escape Room and didn't know what to expect and we had an absolute blast!!!
- Lori
This was our first escape room as a family- our youngest son has been to two others. We all had a lot of fun and the owner gave us just enough clues when needed but not too many which was perfect. The White Lady's castle was appealing as it has history in Rochester. It was just spooky enough to really get you into the game. I did not expect it to be so clever! It really gets you thinking and working together. The props and scenery in the room were very well done. We want to come back for the casino heist!
- Cheryl
The room was great! It was tricky, made you think and a lot of FUN all at the same time. We all had a fabulous time and highly recommend it.
October, 2018
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Seven R’s to Help Us through Our Lenten Journey
by Martha Fernández-Sardina
There’s a church in Rome, known as the Church of the Bones, filled with skeletons, skulls, and bones of all sorts that serves as a reminder of how short our lives are. An inscription there reads: “What you are now, we once were. What we are now, you shall be.” An ancient saying comes to mind during this Season of Lent: Tempus fugit; memento mori. Time flies; remember your mortality.
During this season of grace we are called to remind ourselves that one day we will die and see the Lord. That’s why we began Lent with a reminder: “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return” and “Repent and believe the Good News.” These are among the seven R’s which I invite you to ponder in prayer throughout this Lenten Season:
1. Remember: Remember that one day all that we have will pass away. What will endure is who we are in the presence of the Lord – what we are interiorly – which is why Lent calls us to remember our mortality and our immortal soul.
2. Return: The Lord invites us to return to Him. In Ezekiel 18:30 and elsewhere, Scripture calls us to “return to the Lord” for this is an acceptable time…the time of conversion.
3. Repent: When you return to the Lord you have to repent. You have to bring your sins before Him and express contrition and sorrow for them.
4. Rend: The Lord says “Rend your heart, not your garments.” In other words, be surprised, disgusted even, by your sins, and break away from sin, realizing how sin offends God and neighbor.
5. Reconcile: Reconcile with the Lord. Settle your accounts. Ask and receive forgiveness and the grace to start again.
6. Remove: Remove whatever is an obstacle for your growth in holiness and conversion this Lenten Season. Don’t just sit there: do something! Do whatever it takes to be holy.
7. Renew: Renew your commitment to God. During the Lenten journey we prepare for that moment at the Easter Vigil at which you and I will renew our Baptismal promises. Get ready!
Remember. Return. Repent. Rend. Reconcile. Remove. Renew. Each of these actions will lead us to a deeper conversion and deeper cleansing. Indeed, Lent is an appropriate time to do spring cleaning – spring cleaning of our souls, that is. We cleanse ourselves within, so that we may be all that God wants us to be and do all that He wants us to do. St. Leo the Great said that this is an appropriate time to intensify that which we do all year round:
“Initially men are made new by the rebirth of baptism, yet there is still more required – a daily renewal to repair the shortcomings of our mortal nature, and whatever degree of progress has been made, there is no one who should not be more advanced… Dear friends, what the Christian should be doing at all times should be done now with greater care and devotion.”
This is why we pray. This is why we fast. This is why we give alms. Because we want to cleanse our souls of our sin and train ourselves as Jesus did in the desert, with the temptations. We have forty days to cleanse ourselves and train ourselves for the spiritual battle we engage in everyday. This Lenten journey is a time for us to intensify our prayer life, to intensify our self-denial through fasting and the other things we give up. We give them up so as to have mastery over our appetites and our bodies, which will then allow our souls to be free to soar high.
I invite you to take this time of Lent seriously. Make this a time of renewal. Make this a time of training. Make this a time to identify those character flaws and those areas of sin –maybe even repetitive sin– that need to go. They must go, so that we may become all that God wants us to be and do all that God calls us to do. Spring cleaning has arrived: do it well. And remember my Seven R’s: I trust they will help you like they help me.
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People are saying that Nadia (inset) is exerting too much influence on Mark, especially with regards to his finances. Mark speaks up in defense of Nadia, the mother of his girlfriend Ynna Asistio.
Dancer-actor Mark Herras has been plagued with rumors that Nadia Montenegro, the mother of girlfriend Ynna Assistio, is having an undue influence on how he manages his show business earnings.
The 23-year-old entertainer had recently taken control of his finances from his adoptive father Joe Herras, pointing out that it was time for him to take responsibility for his own fiscal management.
In yesterday's interview with Startalk, May 1, an agitated Mark expressed his thoughts on the matter.
"Paano magiging bad influence?" asked Mark in defense of Nadia. "Ang pino-point out nila [gossipmongers], e si Tita Nads daw iyong nag-udyok sa akin na kunin ang sarili kong pera. Which is matagal nang panahon—siguro last year or two years ago pa—na gusto ko na rin hawakan pera ko."
"Kailangan ko i-prove sa family ko na I am responsible enough to handle iyong pera o paano papatakbuhin ang bahay," he said.
FEELING LEFT OUT. It has also been rumored that Mark's family has been feeling left out because he spends more time with the Asistios.
"Siguro iniisip nila na napapadalas ang family outings noong Holy Week," Mark explained. "So pag may time, may chance na makapagpahinga or bakasyon, e gina-grab ko ang opportunity na iyon."
What about the rumor that he spends for everything whenever he goes on vacation with Ynna's family?
"Alangan naman na ako ang lalake, e hayaan ko sila magbayad sa tutulugan at kakainin namin," was Mark's response. "Hindi ako nagbabayad lahat, but I do my share."
LEARNING RESPONSIBILITY. Perhaps the reason he wants to get hold of his finances is because he plans to get married soon?
"Hindi ko iniipon pera ko dahil gusto ko magpakasal or ganoon," Mark replied. "Pinaka-main point nito ay matuto ako at maging responsible sa buhay ko. Hindi naman ibig sabihin na magsosolo ako."
He also pointed that only good things have been happening to him since he became friends with the Assistios.
"Never na akong na-issue na babaero or gumigimik," he said. "Never ako na-issue na lasenggero or tumatambay saan-saan."
As a last message to the people who've been spreading rumors about him, he said:
"Sa mga tao na naglalabas ng maling issue or ginugulo ang masayang relationship ko with my family, e isipin nila na mayroon din silang pamilya. Paano kung sa kanila gawin 'yan? Buhay ko ito, so alam ko kung paano patakbuhin ang buhay ko. Gusto ko maging masaya at maging responsible sa buhay ko at seryoso sa buhay at trabaho."
A TEARFUL NADIA SPEAKS UP. Nadia also spoke for herself regarding her supposed influence on Mark and his money.
"Hindi ko alam kung anong influence, or if influence is the right word," she said. "Kung ano lang siguro ang isang ina sa anak, e, although siyempre not as much as like his real parents. Sa finances nga, e sinasabi ko na huwag masyado magastos kasi nga addict siya sa sapatos. Mawawala lang sandali iyan at pagbalik, e may dala nang tatlong sapatos."
She said that Mark first approached her in Subic to ask for advice on how to handle his earnings after seeing Nadia's kids using an ATM.
"Sabi niya na gusto niya matuto," revealed Nadia. "Nagtanong siya about sa limit noon, wala siyang ATM, e."
Nadia said she's written to Mark's parents about his goals on being a responsible earner and to clear the air on the issue.
"Humingi [ako] ng pasensiya kung naging ganito," Nadia said. "Hindi ako papayag na maapektuhan. Sa totoo lang, sinasabi ko kay Mark at Ynna na sobrang sakit ang mga nangyayari sa business na ito pag hindi ka matatag... Mahal ko si Mark bilang anak ko at hindi magbabago iyon."
She is confident that all be well between her and Mark's parents. "Saludo ako sa pagpapalaki nila kay Mark," she said. "His parents brought him up really well. Mahal ni Mark ang pamilya niya at hindi kami kahit kailan, e gagawa ng paraan na para mawala iyon."
YNNA'S SAYS HER PIECE. Ynna has also been affected by the rumors criticizing her mom and boyfriend.
"Bakit parang lahat ng tao ginagawa..." she said. "Kung hindi nila nasisira relasyon namin ni Mark, e ngayon sila ni Mommy sinisira nila na alam ko na kung kami, hindi nila kaya sirain, e mas lalo ang relasyon ni Mommy at Mark. Sa totoo lang mas matibay relasyon nila. Kung ano man ang problema, ang importante okey tayong lahat. Basta okey tayo at huwag silang isipin."
Nadia apologized to all the people who have been affected by the rumors.
"Ako na humihingi ng pasensiya dahil ganoon ko kamahal si Mark, aayusin ko," she said with conviction.
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It is frustrating to hear people argue that the United States needs to do health care, education, social spending, etc., like Finland or other small European countries do them. A link to one such article in a recent issue of The Atlantic is at the end of this posting. I had the privilege of taking a business trip to Finland in the late 1990’s, hosted by a Finnish gentleman with whom I served on a board of directors. It is a beautiful country, and a wonderful place for its citizens, but it bears no geographic, demographic, economic, ethnic, or cultural resemblance to the United States, and the governing strategies that work fairly well there will not work here.
Finland is about the size of Montana, but the population is only about half that of New York City and, since the northern two thirds of Finland is pretty well frozen over, most Finns are huddled in the southern tip of the country trying to keep warm. They are essentially all Scandinavian, 93% Finns and 6% Swedes, and 83% are Lutheran. In the US “melting pot,” 80% are classified as “white,” which would include Finns, Swedes, Brits, French, Germans, etc. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are as many Finns in the US as in Finland. And the US is 51% Protestant and 24% Catholic with a long list of faith traditions making up the remaining 25%. Is it any wonder we have no national consensus on taxation and spending and size of government? The Finns, on the other hand, are mostly peers of each other, and there is considerable peer pressure to work hard and contribute to society.
Finns tend to be lean, mean, and hard working. Obesity claims only 16% compared to 34% in the USA, and the HIV/AIDS rate is only one sixth of the USA rate. We should not be surprised that health care spending in the US is 16% of GDP compared to 12% in Finland.
Finnish government spending is more than 50% of GDP compared to about 35% in the USA. Education spending is between 5% and 6% of GDP in both countries. Military spending is 2%+ in Finland and 5%+ in the US. Finland has a much higher level of social spending than the US, and an aging population is putting pressure on their system as well as ours. The Finns have agreed to work hard and pay high taxes and take good care of each other in times of trouble. That is not an agreement we will ever reach in this vast and culturally diverse nation which is tending instead to engage in class warfare.
But, back to the trip I took there for some photos. We visited an island corporate retreat in the Baltic west of Helsinki and enjoyed a traditional Finnish crayfish party with lots of singing and drinking. You can read about them here. Yes, those red things on the plates are giant, succulent, crayfish.
This is a view of the retreat as we were arriving by boat.
We also enjoyed the traditional Finnish Sauna, alternating between sweat sessions and dunks in the very cold and clear Baltic sea. That is the charcoal fired sauna on the left and the ice cold sea with escape ladder to the right.
I really wanted to go fishing. Lots of rods and lures available. I made a few casts but no strikes.
Here is a link to the article extolling Finnish education:
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As a new power dynamic takes hold in Washington, one thing is clear for cash-strapped states: Whether they think of federal aid money as an essential economic boost or a wasteful bailout, the help is over.
For states that have leaned heavily on federal stimulus dollars to balance their budgets during their worst fiscal crisis in generations, Washington's more austere attitude will come as a big change. But the really interesting question for 2011 is whether the state-federal relationship may change in more fundamental ways than Congress simply turning off the spigot of emergency budget aid.
Already, the Republican takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives is shifting the conversation in a new direction. House Republicans have pledged to cut $100 billion from the federal budget, a job that almost certainly would require cutting funding for some programs that states rely on. They also have promised to stop "earmarking" federal dollars for specific pet projects and floated other ideas, such as turning Medicaid into a block grant program and allowing the most fiscally desperate states to declare bankruptcy.
President Obama and a U.S. Senate controlled by Democrats are likely to balk at many of these proposals. Whatever comes of them, however, states can expect Washington to increase its scrutiny of the way they spend federal dollars — and plan on having fewer of them to spend.
"We have a $13 trillion national debt," says Oregon's new governor, Democrat John Kitzhaber. "I don't think we're looking at a whole lot of new money going down to the states from the federal government."
State leaders were well aware that the federal stimulus money would eventually run out. But architects of the package figured states wouldn't fall off that funding cliff until they were already well on their way to recovery. That's not going to happen. While state tax revenues recently have ticked upward, revenues in most states remain well below pre-recession levels.
One of the biggest buckets of stimulus funds, federal assistance to help pay for Medicaid, will get smaller each month this year until it finally disappears entirely at the end of June. Overall, states and localities have collected $186 billion in federal stimulus funds since 2009 but expect to get just $23 billion in fiscal 2012 and $14 billion in fiscal 2013.
One of the harshest critics of sending stimulus money to the states is the new House Speaker John Boehner. "Last year … Democrats borrowed nearly $100 billion to bail out state governments and education shortfalls," the Ohio Republican says. Boehner laments that such actions "only make state governments more dependent on the federal government and more vulnerable when the federal funding explosion disappears."
Stimulus money, however, represents only part of the flow of money from Washington to the states. Federal funds support state programs to pay for highways, K-12 education, health care for people with low incomes, and many other programs. Even before the stimulus program began, federal dollars accounted for about 30 percent of state revenue. It's these funds that are likely to become a prime target if Congress is serious about pinching pennies.
Republicans have promised to try and roll back most federal spending to levels of 2008, excluding defense and certain senior entitlement programs..
Data from the National Association of State Budget Officers suggest where the biggest potential targets lie. The biggest pot of money the feds give states is Medicaid, accounting for nearly 43 percent of state spending from federal funds. Elementary and secondary education follows with 12 percent. Transportation is the next largest category with 8 percent.
Marcia Howard, executive director of the nonpartisan Federal Funds Information for States, says she expects Congress will try to consolidate the array of state grant programs that fund various educational, community development and environmental programs. "They'll collapse and broaden, but fund them less," she says. President Obama has indicated this was an idea he favors. In last year's budget, for example, he proposed folding 38 educational programs into 11 funding streams.
Some federal spending reductions could come from doing away with earmarks, which is another idea that the Obama administration supports. Even some of the most ardent backers of allowing members of Congress to insert money for special projects into spending bills grudgingly admit that the practice has become an emblem of government inefficiency.
Earmarks account for only about 1 percent of federal spending, so ending them won't do much to erase the federal deficit. But an earmark ban would hit a handful of states harder than others , notably Hawaii, Mississippi, North Dakota, Vermont and West Virginia. As Stateline reported last month, these states have been receiving more earmarks per capita than any other state because they have had senior lawmakers on key congressional committees..
Critics argue that block-granting Medicaid is a bad idea for states and the poor. "It would shift costs and risks to states, low-income beneficiaries, and health care providers," says Edwin Park in a new report for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Park says the idea also would likely unravel the health reform law, which envisions exapanding Medicaid even further to cover many Americans who currently lack health insurance.
Of course, House Republicans and many of the nation's Republican governors want to overturn the health care law. Short of that, Republican governors are pressing Washington for flexibility in how they cut Medicaid costs. All 29 Republican governors who will hold office this year signed a letter to President Obama and congressional leaders asking them to drop requirements in the stimulus and health care laws that prevent states from cutting Medicaid enrollment.
In a statement related to the letter, Texas Governor Rick Perry, chairman of the Republican Governors Association, said, "Now is the time for the federal government to restore states' flexibility to craft Medicaid programs tailored to their specific needs."
An even more controversial idea being circulated among conservatives would allow states to file for bankruptcy in much the same manner as cities can. Letting states file for bankruptcy would allow them to shed some of their obligations, including contracts with public sector employees, possibly even allowing states to renegotiate existing pension benefits that states are woefully behind in paying.
They might not have to actually declare bankruptcy to gain some negotiating leverage. In New York City in the 1970s, it was the threat of bankruptcy that forced unions that represented city employees and financial institutions that loaned money to the city to make concessions.
Similar groups do not have the same incentive to work with the state today, Richard Ravitch, who brokered the deal, said in a recent forum at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government.
Ravitch, a real estate developer who was until recently New York's lieutenant governor, has questioned whether a bankruptcy plan would be constitutional if applied at the state level. In a recent Wall Street Journal interview, he said he doesn't see a way out of the state budget mess unless "people stop lending money and enabling politicians to have cash to spend." Only then, he says, "people will face up to the miserable, Draconian choices we have."
University of Pennsylvania law professor David Skeel calls state bankruptcy the "best option for avoiding a massive federal bailout." That's particularly true for states such as California and Illinois, where the states already have piles of IOUs and yet still face massive budget deficits, he wrote in a Weekly Standard article.
A bill that may serve as a precursor to state bankruptcy legislation was introduced by Republican Congressman Devin Nunes of California. This legislation would require states and municipalities to provide greater disclosure of their public pension liabilities, or risk losing the ability to sell tax-exempt bonds, a crucial financing vehicle that states rely on heavily.
Outside of Washington, state lawmakers are bracing for tough budget talks, both in their capitals and on Capitol Hill. "It is clear that Washington will, increasingly - and appropriately - be focused on deficit reduction," says Jay Kaufman, a Massachusetts Democrat who is the House chair on the Legislature's Joint Committee on Revenue.
Kaufman seriously doubts there will be any additional relief from Washington this year, but he worries the promised frugality will leave states on the chopping block. "We want to make sure states are at the table" when Congress and the Obama administration start trimming, Kaufman says.
Across the country and political spectrum, Colorado state Senator Greg Brophy hopes Congress will balance the federal budget by reducing spending, which he says he knows will mean reduced federal money to the states. But Brophy, one of the most outspoken fiscal conservatives in the statehouse, says he mostly wants Congress "to listen to the Tea Party." He wants Congress to "honor federalism by working only on things that the federal government should, leaving the rest to the states."
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My lab conducts research in the field of Immunology with an emphasis on the gut mucosa and the skin, the largest surfaces exposed to the external environment in the body. We focus on a fundamental immunological aspect, which is to unravel the mechanisms controlling leukocyte trafficking to the gastrointestinal mucosa and the skin, and its implications for protective and pathological immune responses in these compartments.
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The Kingdom's three major political parties have failed to keep their promise to
provide 30 percent representation to women in the February, 2002 commune council
elections.
Despite the commitments made before the electoral process began, women represent
only 13.15 percent of the total 25,691 candidates registered by the ruling CPP for
seats in the 1,621 commune councils. Funcinpec and the SRP have 13.74 and 20.40 percent
respectively of positions for women on their candidate lists.
In a further twist, the country's election monitoring organizations said the figures
might yet prove even more unimpressive: each party provides a slate of candidates,
but those names at the lower end of the list stand almost no chance of getting a
seat.
Each commune will have between five and 11 seats, depending on its size and population,
and voters will cast their ballot for individual political parties. Seats will be
allocated among the names on their lists in the proportion of votes that party receives.
Commune election law states that the candidate at the top of the list of the party
that receives the highest number of votes in a commune will become commune council
chief. The party with the second highest number will be awarded the deputy chief
position. The remainder of the seats would be allocated in proportion to each party's
share of the vote.
"Most parties have registered double the number of candidates than there are
seats in a given commune to guard against disqualification of, or withdrawal by,
some candidates. If women have been registered only as back-up candidates, not many
will be able to make it," said Panha Koul of the election monitoring body Comfrel.
Prak Vanny, executive director of women's organization Khemara, said it was regrettable
that women's representation was lower than promised.
"This [low registration of women candidates] reflects men's tendency to hold
on to the positions of power and not share it with women," she said.
Chea Vannath, president of Coffel, echoed her sentiments, saying political parties
were still not sincere about the issue of gender equality in politics and were using
women only to pull crowds for party propaganda. She cited the example of a candidate
from Kratie province, whose name was appended to the bottom of the candidate list
just because she had good oratory skills.
"[The party] told her it will be a good idea if she campaigned for them during
the elections," she said, quoting the candidate.
The CPP and SRP, when contacted by the Post, reasoned that finding the right candidates
was a problem as women were still not ready for an active political role in their
local communities.
Ou Bun Long, SRP senator and in charge of election affairs, said his party had nominated
a considerably higher number of women compared with its rivals, and said the majority
of them were in the top 10 bracket.
"In Phnom Penh alone, we have nominated women as our first candidate in 8 of
the 76 communes. All these communes have a strong SRP presence and we are sure these
women will become commune chiefs," he said.
The electoral bodies however agreed that considering how women have historically
been denied the chance even to add their names to candidate lists, a nomination rate
of more than 10 percent for the commune elections was indeed laudable.
"We hope that the quality [of the women candidates] will compensate for quantity
this time, and that step by step the involvement of women will help change the legacy
of political violence in the kingdom," Vannath said. Of the total 75,244 candidates
registered for the commune council elections, 12,053 are women,or 16 percent of the
total nominations.
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Cardiac Solutions is starting off the New Year with a bang! We are proud to announce two new excellent cardiologists will be joining cardiac Solutions from the local area.
Jeffrey M. Greenberg, M.D., F.A.C.C
Fellow, American College of Cardiology
In Cardiology Practice since 2003
Jeffrey M. Greenberg is a board certified cardiologist set to join Cardiac Solutions on January 7, 2013. He is a frequent guest of television and radio, speaking about heart disease and other health-related topics. He is currently the Chief of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery at Arrowhead Hospital.
Medical Education:
- Medical Doctor, University of IL – Chicago, IL
Internship, Residency & Fellowship:
- Internship/Residency-Internal Medicine, Northwestern University – Chicago, IL
- Fellowship-Cardiovascular Disease/Research, Emory University – Atlanta, GA
Board Certification:
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- American board of Internal Medicine, Subspecialty Cardiovascular Disease
Professional Appointments and Memberships:
- Chairman, Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Services, Arrowhead Hospital
- Chief, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Arrowhead Hospital
- Medical Advisory Committee, United Healthcare
- Fellow, American College of Cardiology
- Member, American Heart Association, Council on Clinical Cardiology
- Member, Arizona Medical Association
Community Involvement:
- Speaker, Go Red for Women Campaign – American Heart Association
- Guest on KTAR Radio, Phoenix, AZ – Discussion on Heart Disease in Women
- Named One of the Top 40 People Under 40 of the Most Influential Professionals in Phoenix by the Phoenix Business Journal in 2008
- Guest on Smart Family, ABC 15 – Discussion of Cardiovascular Disease
- Guest on Better Arizona, CBS Arizona – Risk of Heart Attack and Strokes
- Guest on ABC 15 – Heart Disease in Women
- Guest on Sonoran Living, ABC 15 – Women and Heart Disease
- Guest on McMahon Group TV Show, AZ TV 7 – Discussion of Cardiovascular Disease
Hospitals Served:
- Arrowhead Hospital
- Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
- John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital
- John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital
- Paradise Valley Hospital
- Phoenix Baptist Hospital
- Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn
- Scottsdale Healthcare Shea
- Scottsdale Healthcare Thompson Peak
To learn more about Dr. Jeffrey Greenberg, visit his blog at .
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Microsoft Lumia 950 & 950 XL Unboxing & Video Review
Microsoft Lumia 950 & 950 XL Video Review – This video includes unboxing and in-depth professional unbiased video review of Lumia 950 & 950 XL conducted by the PhoneWorld team. Review is based on our opinion about after some serious testing, user ratings, price comparisons and head to head match-up.
This review will help you discover whether Lumia 950 & 950 XL is right for you or not?
Microsoft Lumia 950 & 950 XL – Youtube
Microsoft Lumia 950 & 950 XL – Dailymotion
Disclaimer:
The review is brought to you by PhoneWorld is offered to the public for information purposes only. Any and all information perceived from this review is should be considered the sole opinions of the analyst and assessor of the handset.
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All Star: Kaiden
All-Star: Kaiden
Kaiden was adopted by his biological mother’s foster parent, Deanna, who was a nurse. He was born fighting, with less than 1% chance to survive his first day. Since receiving a kidney transplant at age two, his quality-of-life was as normal as Deanna could make it.
Nine years later they faced another life-threatening illness: cancer. He had a complex battle, trying to fight the cancer while protecting his transplant kidney. Since the fall of 2016 Kaiden received six cycles of chemotherapy, with each cycle being 21 days.
“All of my time and energy is used taking care of him. I'm falling apart inside trying to keep it together,” wrote single mom Deanna. “I really need some help so that I can stop worrying about financial situations and focus on getting him through this.”
Pinky Swear received Deanna’s request, and stepped in to help with gift cards for gas and groceries, a mortgage payment, and an All-Star Weekend. They were also able to come to an All-Star Holiday Toy Shoppe to pick out Christmas gifts for their family.
“Pinky Swear has been awesome! We enjoyed the Christmas gifts, and we're so grateful for the help with my December mortgage. We also loved his All-Star Weekend,” said Deanna. “Since he was battling lymphoma over the holidays, we were unable to go visit our only family. So we invited them to our All-Star Weekend and it was awesome!”
Kaiden is currently two months post-chemo and cancer free. He had surgery in March 2017 to remove his port.
“It is a challenge every day to keep him balanced and stable. He has so many different health issues. But every day is a blessing.”
Kaiden with a pirate ship from the Pinky Swear All-Star Holiday Toy Shoppe >
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Project Lombok
Wouldn’t it be nice if you were able to write
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which would generate those boilerplate setters and getters into the compiled code without messing up your source code?
With Lombok you get this and some other cool features most Java developers have on their wish list – and without setup hassle!...
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- Procedures - Body Surgery - Liposuction
The most common areas for liposuction in women are the lateral thighs, the buttocks, the inner region of the knee, the belly and the neck (double chin). The most common areas in men are the chest, in cases of gynecomastia, the area of the abdomen and neck (double chin). Under certain conditions, it can be done in all parts of the body.
Liposuction
"Liposuction is one of the most common procedures performed in our clinic. Dr Georgiou has a special interest in Liposuction. He was trained by Dr Gerhard Sattler in Germany, a world-renowned professor whose contribution to the development of the tumescent technique was essential."
What is Liposuction?
Lip.
How much fat can be removed?
Generally it is recommended not to remove more than 2-3 kilos of fat each time, in order to avoid serious complications in the patient's health. Liposuction is not a treatment for obesity and it is not a replacement for regular exercise and good eating habits. The best candidates are healthy people with almost normal weight and elastic skin but with stubborn fat pockets.
Which body parts can be treated?
Which technique?
We use the so named tumescent-liposuction. The tumescent.
The advantages of this plastic surgery technique over the other techniques are:
- Effective analgesia (insensibility to pain) in large areas.
- Eliminating the need for general anesthesia, thus avoiding its side effects.
- Minimizing blood loss and bruising (contusion).
- Fast recovery and early return to daily life activities.
- Reduction of postoperative edema (swelling).
Are there any other techniques?
In recent years, new “liposuction” techniques have been used in Cyprus such as laser, ultrasound and radiofrequency, with the purpose of improving the efficiency of classical liposuction making the procedure easier. Unfortunately these methods have failed to prove their superiority over tumescent technique. All three techniques are using heat to liquefy the fat cells, causing some times burn injuries to the skin or deeper tissues. That is why their use should be limited to special cases and only with the judgment of your plastic surgeon.
Non-invasive techniques such as radiofrequency and cryolipolysis, which are also available in Cyprus, are supposed to be an alternative to surgical liposuction. While some candidates may get good results, these methods are not always successful and the may need to be repeated. Liposuction remains the quickest and the most effective plastic surgery method.
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This new Biotechnology market report analysing the nordic region's 135 largest Biotechnology companies shows that competitive pressure is building as companies battle for market share. Competition in the Biotechnology industry is now so strong that 46 have suffered a large decline in their financial performance
This unique Nordic Biotechnology market report individually examines the 135 largest companies in the market. Each company has been thorough research and the results are presented in easy to read written and graphical format.
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Alice Mearns Honey
Alice Mearns Honey (Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA)
Best Poem of Alice Mearns Honey
Back Yonder
There was an old log cabin where I used to go
Because there lived my Aunt Millie and my chubby Uncle Joe. The old wood cook stove did it's job real fine,
Especially when old Joe went fishing and caught one on his line. They were two special folks that I won't soon forget in the old log cabin with that wood burning stove and oil lamps at night that gave a warm glow. I wanted to stay longer when I'd hear them say, "You all come back, stay longer next time, maybe we'll find a big mountain to climb." I went back to the city with a smile and a tear,
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Bryan Cleaveland
Bryan Cleaveland Poems
- Unbreakable A once small and bed ridden beauty, still so ...
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Philip Levine
Where We Live Now - Poem by Philip Levine
1
We live here because the houses
are clean, the lawns run
right to the street
and the streets run away.
No one walks here.
No one wakens at night or dies.
The cars sit open-eyed
in the driveways.
The lights are on all day.
2
At home forever, she has removed
her long foreign names
that stained her face like hair.
She smiles at you, and you think
tears will start from the corners
of her mouth. Such a look
of tenderness, you look away.
She's your sister. Quietly she says,
You're a shit, I'll get you for it.
3
Money's the same, he says.
He brings it home in white slabs
that smell like soap.
Throws them down
on the table as though
he didn't care.
The children hear
and come in from play glowing
like honey and so hungry.
4
With it all we have
such a talent for laughing.
We can laugh at anything.
And we forget no one.
She listens to mother
on the phone, and he remembers
the exact phrasing of a child's sorrows,
the oaths taken by bear and tiger
never to forgive.
5
On Sunday we're having a party.
The children are taken away
in a black Dodge, their faces erased
from the mirrors. Outside a scum
is forming on the afternoon.
A car parks but no one gets out.
Brother is loading the fridge.
Sister is polishing and spraying herself.
Today we're having a party.
6
For fun we talk about you.
Everything's better for being said.
That's a rule.
This is going to be some long night, she says.
How could you? How could you?
For the love of mother, he says.
There will be no dawn
until the laughing stops. Even the pines
are burning in the dark.
7
Why do you love me? he says.
Because. Because.
You're best to me, she purrs.
In the kitchen, in the closets,
behind the doors, above the toilets,
the calendars are eating it up.
One blackened one watches you
like another window. Why
are you listening? it says.
8
No one says, There's a war.
No one says, Children are burning.
No one says, Bizniz as usual.
But you have to take it all back.
You have to hunt through your socks
and dirty underwear
and crush each word. If you're serious
you have to sit in the corner
and eat ten new dollars. Eat'em.
9
Whose rifles are brooding
in the closet? What are
the bolts whispering
back and forth? And the pyramids
of ammunition, so many
hungry mouths to feed.
When you hide in bed
the revolver under the pillow
smiles and shows its teeth.
10
On the last night the children
waken from the same dream
of leaves burning.
Two girls in the dark
knowing there are no wolves
or bad men in the room.
Only electricity on the loose,
the television screaming at itself,
the dishwasher tearing its heart out.
11
We're going away. The house
is too warm. We disconnect
the telephone.
Bones, cans, broken dolls, bronzed shoes,
ground down to face powder. Burn
the toilet paper collected in the basement.
Take back the bottles.
The back stairs are raining glass.
Cancel the milk.
12
You may go now, says Cupboard.
I won't talk,
says Clock.
Your bag is black and waiting.
How can you leave your house?
The stove hunches its shoulders,
the kitchen table stares at the sky.
You're heaving yourself out in the snow
groping toward the front door.
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The Weekly Turbo: LeBron James Plays Poker, Breaking Records,.
Broken.
Paul Zimbler was on a quest to break the world record for playing continuous heads-up poker. He did just that in London recently, playing for 74 hours, 20 minutes and 21 seconds. He played against poker icons like Doyle Brunson and Mike Matusow, and ended up winning overall with 102 wins and 81 losses. All the money went to the Make-A-Wish foundation. Zimbler raised over £35,000 after 1,843 sessions of poker. Congratulations Paul! And thank you!
Read more of the story at PokerNews UK.
New Team Member.
Off the Felt
We sat down with Daniel Negreanu recently for our newest feature, Off the Felt. He talked to us about superstitions, eating a cheeseburger, and what happened to him in the bathroom. Check out Off the Felt for the interview.
RealLeBron
PokerStars is in yet another music video. Earlier this year, Daniel Negreanu made a cameo in Katy Perry's video for Waking Up In Vegas and then its logo appeared throughout the Fabolous video for My Time. Well, PokerStars has done it again folks.
Rapper, Drake, is the next on the list for PokerStars. His video for the song Forever features LeBron James, or RealLeBron (his screen name on PokerStars in the video) playing what seems to be two games on the online poker site. The song is from the soundtrack for the movie More Than a Game, a documentary about James.
Those Are Fighting Words
In a recent interview with Inside Poker, Patrik Antonius gives us a little insight into what he thinks about some online poker players. He thinks Phil Ivey is the only player with an edge over him. He also respects Gus Hansen's game and thinks it is better than OMGClayAiken's and Urindanger's.
Don't let his striking good looks fool you. Patrik is a big fan of mixed martial arts and although he says he won't be fighting, he has extended an offer to fight Mark Vos. He says he would let Vos punch him for three minutes and give him one round to try and win. Antonius apparently wants to break Vos' nose. Picture that right now. We know you are.
Will Harrah's Make a Mistake?
Phil Hellmuth definitely thinks Harrah's will make a mistake, or maybe he's upset because Harrah's didn't pay for his room during the WSOP this year. In an interview on the Hardcore Poker Show, in an effort to defend Jeff Shulman's comments about winning a WSOP bracelet, Hellmuth says he thinks Shulman was trying to make his comments about Harrah's rather than the bracelet.
After speaking with Jeffrey Pollack about Harrah's starting an online poker site, Hellmuth says he thinks a battle could be brewing. He says that the Harrah's and the WSOP could be in a very tough position and that Harrah's could risk losing the WSOP, which is worth $200 million.
He believes that with the launch of an online poker site, Harrah's could begin to flex its muscles as a site owner during the WSOP and restrict or take away logo usage. And that, he says, could force the other online sites to start their own tournaments.
Hear the entire interview at Hardcoresportsradio.com.
Winners Circle
The World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open has a champion. Oliver Busquet overcame Jeremy Brown's 3-to-1 chip lead to take the title. Find out how it all went down, here.
Erik Cajelais is a bracelet winner. He won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the £2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha event at the WSOP Europe in London today. We tell you how he went from not too many chips to a lot of chips and a bracelet, in this recap.
Be sure to follow us on twitter for up to the minute news.
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2012 WSOP October Nine: Russell Thomas on Going Pro, the Final Table, and More
For the past two years, Russell Thomas has worked as an actuary at Aetna Insurance in Hartford, Connecticut. The 24-year-old, from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, graduated from Temple University with a bachelors degree in actuarial science. Thomas, a member of this year’s World Series of Poker October Nine, is already guaranteed a $754,798 payday, though $8,527,982 is up for grabs for a first-place finish.
Thomas has already stated that if he does well enough in the Main Event, that he’ll give up his job as a number cruncher and turn his part-time hobby into a full-time career. Although Thomas is a working man, he is far from a poker amateur; in fact, Thomas had three WSOP scores totaling $126,796 prior to making the October Nine. His largest came in 2010 in Event #16: No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed, where he finished fifth in his very first WSOP tournament for $84,256.
PokerNews recently caught up with Thomas to talk about the October Nine and what he’s doing to prepare for the biggest final table of his life.
We understand you and October Nine chip leader Jesse Sylvia used to be roommates. What’s the story behind that?
We met each other online and we both looking for a place for the summer in Vegas. We had played a little bit together, like small and mid-stakes. I found him and a couple of other guys and we got a nice place in Vegas for the 2010 WSOP.
You and Jesse are obviously close friends after having lived together. Do the two of you talk final-table strategy?
We know each other’s thought process so well already that it’s not a big deal to talk game. Jesse talks hands more than anybody I know, so it’s not like he’s being super guarded. I don’t really mind sharing some of the hands from the tournament.
In 2010 you had an $84,256 score after finishing fifth in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed event. What was that like?
It was my first WSOP tournament ever and I took fifth, so that was a pretty awesome way to start my trip. I did well in cash my first year too, I essentially tripled my bankroll the first week I was in Vegas, which is pretty amazing.
Does making the October Nine triple your bankroll again?
[Laughs] It does way more than that.
What have you been doing to stay busy since making the October Nine?
I haven’t been playing much the past year because of Black Friday, so I was really rusty coming in to the WSOP. I definitely want to use this time to get better and get sharp for the Main Event. I’m a little anxious about how long it’s taking to get to the big day, but I’ll be ready when it comes.
You had a day job before coming to the WSOP, right?
Yeah, I’ve been working for two years. I took three weeks of vacation time to go to Vegas and play a couple $1,000 and $1,500 events. Obviously I didn’t go back to work after making the Main Event final table. I went back to train my replacement, but I’m on a leave of absence until after the October Nine. I’ll probably be going pro, but I wanted to leave my options open.
What was the reaction from your coworkers, family, and friends upon making the October Nine?
Everyone was really excited for me. Random coworkers were coming up to me, ones I didn’t know, and congratulating me. The news travels super fast. It was pretty cool. A lot of them are coming out to watch in October.
It looks like about 100 people will be coming, like 20 members of my family, 15 to 20 coworkers, college friends, poker friends, it adds up real quick. I don’t know exactly what they’re going to do, but I know we’re getting shirts made. I don’t know of a designs or anything yet.
What’s your plan for the days leading up to the final table?
I plan on going out to Vegas about a week beforehand, get on the right sleep schedule, which is going to be sleeping in late as it [the final table] starts at five. So I’m going to be sleeping in until like one, which is tough for me because working a day job for two years, I’ve woken up at 7 a.m. every day. I’m not on a poker player’s sleep schedule right now.
You start the final table fourth in chips and you'll be playing against some stiff competition. What are your thoughts on the final table?
I like my position at the table. I don’t have super-strong players to my left, though I have a couple good players to my left. Greg Merson is really good, but he’s like four to my left, and Jesse’s across the table from me. I think I have one of the weaker players on my right. It’s definitely a tough group of players, but I like my position.
Do you have any big plans with the money that you’ll win?
I don’t know. I want a new car, but other than that I don’t have any outrageous purchases I want to make. Don’t know if I want to buy a house because I don’t know where my house would be if I bought it. I’m still trying to figure out where I’m going to live after the Main Event actually. I don’t know if I want to live in Canada where I can play online poker, or live back in Philly. I don’t know.
Speaking of online poker, did you have a lot of money tied up online after Black Friday?
I have a decent amount on Absolute Poker that I’m never getting back, but it’s all good now. It’s really small compared to the final table score. I lost maybe 30 percent of my real-life money.
You, Jesse, and Jake Balsiger signed with 888poker. How did that opportunity come about and how has it been going?
They approached me after Day 6 of the Main [Event], but I didn’t sign with them then. I signed with them after I made the final table when I met all the 888 people. I really like them. They flew us out to the European Poker Tour Barcelona and WSOP Europe in Cannes, which is really nice. I enjoy being a part of the team. Me, Jake and Jesse have become better friends because of it.
PokerNews will be live blogging from the October Nine Final Table, which you can view in our Live Reporting Section. Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
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Bankroll Builders, Vol. 2: Heads-Up Razz Sit-N-Go's Part 1
When it comes to poker variants, Razz gets a bad rep. Burdened with the stereotypes of being a cranky old man’s game, a fast-track to tilt or an exercise in sheer torture, Razz is actually a fairly simple game to learn. If you can get past the luck factor (which in this game can often times feel compounded when bricks rain on a four-card wheel) and commit to studying the fundamentals, Razz can be an extremely profitable game when played at the lower limits, and an excellent way to grow a bankroll. If you’re bored senseless with no-limit hold’em and are looking to change things up, try a few heads-up Razz sit-n-go's. The variance is lower, the action is swift, and most important, the donkeys are plentiful.
Where can I play?
PokerStars spreads heads-up Razz sit-n-go's with buy-ins starting at $2.20. Players get 1,500 chips to start and the blinds increase every ten minutes. On Full Tilt Poker, both regular and turbo heads-up SNGs are available with the lowest buy-in at $1.10. In the turbos, the blinds go up every three minutes. In regular-speed matches, they increase every six minutes.
Full Tilt also spreads heads-up Razz cash games starting at $1/2 limit; however, low-limit heads-up cash games (below $5/10) cannot be recommended for building a bankroll. No matter how good you are, at those levels the rake will eat your hard-earned roll alive.
Where should I start?
When it comes to bankroll requirements, start with whatever game for which you have 15-20 buy-ins. If you have $25 in your account, start with the $1.10s. With $50-75 try the $2.20s, $5.25s or $6.25s, and with $100-200 go for the $10.50s or $11.50s. The turbo SNGs will take 20-30 minutes to play out while regular ones can take up to 90 minutes.
Should I multitable?
While you’re starting out, try and stick to only one game at a time. If you end up bored out of your mind single-tabling, go ahead and add another, but try not to play more than four at once at these limits, especially on a small bankroll.
How much can I earn?
This year, the top $5.50 heads-up Razz sit-n-go players on Full Tilt have made high four-figure amounts with sample sizes ranging from 10,000 to 20,000 games. At the $11 and $21 levels, some players have netted as much as $40,000 in profit depending on volume. Return on Investment (ROI) varies wildly in the heads-up games. While the top high-volume players average between 7 and 9%, some players have posted ROIs as high as 23% over 10,000 games.
When should I move up?
Move up only if you feel comfortable. By all means, get out of the $1.10 and $2.20 ghetto as fast as possible, but if you’re sustaining a good win rate at the $10.50 or $21 games, proceed with caution when moving up to the next level. While the quality of play doesn’t vary too much between the $2 games and the $21 games, the players at the $33 level have a much stronger skill set.
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Some of the products we manufacture for this industry includes engine covers, key pad housings, kick plates, light covers, machine guards, partitions, POP displays, protective covers for items mounted in gyms, room dividers, security lock mounts, wall plates and smart board mounts.
We also provide sheet metal services such as controls housings and metal brackets for Elevators, welded assemblies for the Railroad Industry to heat the switches and actuators for the Fire Sprinkler System industry.
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White Acrylic, screen printing, and CNC machining all come together to make this point-of-purchase display eye-catching as well as functional.
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To help showcase a new line of locks, our client asked us to reproduce a wooden display into an Acrylic Display which would help more clearly demonstrate the locks.
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Rotating product displays are space-saving, versatile, available in different materials and colors, cost effective and can be fabricated to merchandise your size and type of product. Add a header and you are ready for those important impulse purchases.
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Do you need a display to demonstrate the benefits of your product or how it works? Not only did Polyfab fabricate the acrylic boxes, we also did the fulfillment. After filling the boxes with the product, we solvent-sealed the top to contain its contents.
Smartboard Mounts
Considering upgrading those dry-erase boards to smart boards? Worried about what is lurking behind the walls, like asbestos, which requires an expensive remediation if disturbed? We have the solution. These smart board mounts go over existing boards to mount new smart boards securely without removing exisiting fixtures.
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Penelope Cruz is that friend that you can always count on including to help you get ready for a movie premiere, just ask Salma Hayek. The 43-year-old Spanish actress spoke to InStyle and revealed she actually helped Salma prepare for an event once — in the dark.
," she said. But don't worry, Penelope was actually superqualified to create Salma's beauty look for the big event. She told the magazine she grew up in her mom's hair salon, where women spilled "their deepest secrets," adding: "I could have a second profession as a hairstylist. I can give a really good haircut to anyone who will let me."
Salma and Penelope have been friends for years and aren't shy about giving everyone a sneak peek into their friendship. In January 2017, Salma posted a selfie of the two and captioned it: "Good friends are forever." We are sure Salma looked flawless after her bestie got her ready — we wished she told us which premiere it was so we could see her master work in action.
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Throughout your pregnancy you ought to take time out to properly relax at least once a day. When you take this time out you’ll find you’ll be more in tune with your body and your baby. This is hugely important during pregnancy and your baby’s birth for so many reasons.
Today our lives are so busy that we rarely take time out to properly relax. There is always something to do, somewhere to go and more often than not somebody expecting something from you.
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When you’re not working or looking after your family, when you do find time to relax? You’re probably still doing something like cooking, walking, watching TV, reading or sport. Maybe you’re scrolling on your phone or iPad. Rarely do we actually stop, be still and do nothing.
If you don’t stop and be still until you go to bed you’re risking being out of tune with your body and your baby. Now you are pregnant you need to listen in. Listen to your thoughts, your worries and your fears, rationalise them and maintain perspective. Listen to how your body reacts in certain situations, do you feel tense, or any discomfort. IS your discomfort heightened by those thoughts?
Taking the time to tune into your mind and body can seem quite strange to begin with if you haven’t been used to it. Actually being still and allowing ourselves time to deeply relax can feel like a luxury in your hectic lifestyles. You may not even think you deserve to stop and do nothing. I’m here to assure you that you do, your growing another life in there. The thing is if you don’t do it now, how can you expect to be in tune with your baby and body during childbirth? And again once your baby is here.
This is where breathing for birth comes in. It doesn’t have to take up to much of your day, just 10 minutes here and there will have a huge accumulative impact on you between now and your baby’s arrival. Taking time out each day to breathe for your baby’s birth will make you stop and focus on you and your baby, it doesn’t have to be for long and you can do this anywhere, well almost anywhere!
Okay so I know you already know how to breathe, you do it instinctively and have done since the day you were born. Some people say that breathing is operated by the subconscious part of your mind. But what we are talking about here is purposeful breathing. Long, slowly, steady, deep breathes. Learning that you can control and manage your breathing, gain confidence in your ability to breathe purposefully, working with your body and your baby for deep relaxation during pregnancy. Will help you to achieve a calm confident birth on the day.
Breathing for Birth is good for reducing pain.
Practicing your breathing for birth for just 10 minutes per day will not only help you to deeply relax and connect with your baby but it will also help to reduce any pain or discomfort you may be experiencing during your pregnancy.
Here are just a few of the symptoms you might experience during pregnancy that deep relaxation can help you with:
- Persistent headaches
- Pelvic pain
- Backache
- Indigestion and heart burn
- Morning sickness
- constipation
Headaches
Headaches can be brought on by a number of things, tiredness, stress and dehydration. The first thing you should do is make sure you’ve had plenty of fluids. Following that 10minutes of deep relaxation will help you to recharge your energy levels. If you think of your level of energy as a re-chargeable battery. This quick 10 minute of breathing for birth will re-charge you and help to restore the energy level, in turn helping to relieve the tiredness headache. This deep relaxation breathing for birth exercise will also help to remove any tension in your mind and body also easing a tension headache.
Pelvic Pain
Pelvic pain is also known as pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain or symphysis pubis dysfunction. Pelvic pain is not harmful to your baby but it can be incredibly uncomfortable for you. It’s caused by stiffness in your pelvic joints or the uneven movement of your pelvis at the back or front. It can be uncomfortable and hinder your mobility in pregnancy. Affecting your movement walking, using the stairs cases and getting comfortable in bed. Pelvic pain comes in varying degrees and if you are suffering you should see your caregiver and asked to be referred to a specialist physiotherapist for treatment. Taking 10 minutes out to rest and deeply relax using your breathing for birth technique will help to reduce the discomfort and tension you feel in your body if you have pelvic pain.
Backache
Backache during pregnancy can occur when the ligaments in your body soften in preparation for childbirth, as the ligaments prepare for birth the joint of your lower back and pelvis may ache. You can ease this by avoiding certain movements like twisting round; lifting heavy objects, wearing heals, balancing out your shopping bags over both hands. Its important to make sure you get enough rest especially towards the end of your pregnancy this is another reason why your 10 minutes of deep relaxation using the breathing for birth excerise everyday is good for you.
Indigestion & Heartburn
Later on in pregnancy when your bump has grown and pressed on to your stomach you may find you have indigestion and heartburn. You may find you feel full, sick or nauseous and experience burping. Whereas heartburn is more of a strong burning sensation in your chest. If you find you are experiencing this kind of pain or discomfort your 10 minute deep relaxation exercise, breathing for birth will help ease the discomfort and reduce the pain.
Morning Sickness
Morning sickness occurs early on in pregnancy and generally lasts until 16-20 weeks. Its suggested that the sickness and nausea feeling is caused by a change in hormonal. Worry, stress, tiredness, anxiety can all heighten the symptoms of morning sickness making your 10 minutes of deep relaxation a day a sure fire way of reducing you symptoms and helping you to prepare for birth.
Constipation
Suffering with constipation in pregnancy is common; it can be cause by the hormonal changes in your body. You midwife will advise you on up to date dietary advice but foods that are high in fibre, fruits and vegetables, beans and lentils along with plenty of water will all help ease your constipation. Along with this breathing for birth will help ease the symptoms that go with constipation, helping your muscles to relax and make your bowl movements easier.
All of these common aliments that affect many of us during our pregnancies can be eased by using you 10 minute deep relaxation excersie, breathing for birth. This technique can be used to ease discomfort, to reduce pain, to calm the mind and relieve your mind and body of tension making you feel altogether much better.
Breathing for Birth during Childbirth
Your breathing during your baby’s birth is one of things you can control. Whilst you have full control over your breathing you also have full control over the amount of adrenaline that pumps through your body. Dr Grantly Dick-Read discovered the fear-tension-pain cycle in the 1950’s. He claimed that when a person feels fearful they create tension in their body, in turn this tension creates pain. During this cycle the amount of adrenaline in your body increases. Your breathing changes and you start having short, shallow quick breaths that build up. Your blood and oxygen travel to all the parts of your body that you need for survival. This is called the flight fright freeze response, it’s a natural inbuilt survival mechanism that we all have. When your body is responding to flight fright and freeze response your uterus gets starved of blood and oxygen and functions poorly. This may stall or stop labour altogether.
With just 10 minutes of deep relaxation per day, using your breathing for birth you can learn to control your breath and therefore control the blood and oxygen supply to your uterus. So this makes breathing for birth an amazing technique to get to grips with. Just 10 minutes a day and breathing for birth will become second nature to you ready for the day your baby arrives. The more your practice this technique, the confidence you will have. Making one of the elements of birth that you can control work for you your control on the day rather than against you.
Breathing is good for distraction
You can only really focus on one thing at a time. Us females like to think we can multi task but really its just an illusion. We are really good at flipping very quickly from one thing to another. So focusing on your breathing during your baby’s birth will be hugely beneficial to you, as it will help to cause a distraction. Sometimes when we feel movement and maybe even discomfort in our bodies we tend to focus in on it, making it more noticeable, making to feelings bigger than maybe they need to be. Breathing for Birth will allow your body and your baby to move and create space for your baby to arrive without you over analyzing every single twitch and twinge your body makes. Leaving you relaxed and tension free.
Breathing maximizes the amount of oxygen in your body
Just 10 minutes a day breathing for birth will increase the amount of oxygen in your body. Increase the amount of oxygen to you and your baby. During pregnancy this will help you both to stay healthy. During birth breathing for birth will keep you calmer, more in control, more relaxed. All of this will transfer through to your baby in turn helping to keep your baby calm and relaxed too.
Let’s recap, just 10 minutes of Breathing for Birth per day will help you:
- Reduce pain and discomfort
- Reduce common pregnancy symptoms
- Reduce stress and anxiety
- Reduce tension in your body
- Reduce the amount of adrenaline in your body
- Reduce the need for intervention
- Distract you from any movement and discomfort during birth
- Allow you to focus
- Increase oxygen to you and your baby
- Help you remain calm
- Keep your body relaxed
- Make you feel more in control
- You can do this unaided
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I think you’ll agree that Breathing for Birth is a simple but invaluable technique that you can get to grips with now and reap the benefits straight away and during your baby’s birth. The beauty of Breathing for Birth is that you can do it anywhere, anytime. Its easy to fit into your day.
You can download your Guide to Breathing for Birth and enjoy 10 minutes of blissful relaxation, you’ve earnt it mamma.
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Since Empowered Phoenix (Empowered PhXX) was launched almost two years ago, participants in the innovative women’s business collaborative have learned two important pieces of information: very little local data exists about the needs of women business owners, but access to capital and financial management are needs expressed over and over by female entrepreneurs.
By working with National Bank of Arizona, Empowered PhXX will be able to execute a large scale survey and research study of Metro-Phoenix-based women-owned businesses. At the same time, the organization will be coordinating and promoting a month-long series of events executed by its collaborators, and creating additional on-line tools and educational resources.
“A collaborative effort, we have asked all of our community partners to talk about money,” explains Kristin Slice, Business Analyst with the Maricopa Small Business Development Center who helped to found Empowered PhXX. “We will be elevating all of our marketing efforts, improving collaboration between partners, increasing accessibility of resources to female entrepreneurs, and using this opportunity to communicate the economic value of women-owned businesses in Phoenix.”
Money Month will be powered by National Bank of Arizona, but it will be a community effort. “Working with the Bank team to use their sponsorship and the additional exposure opportunities, we are also able to launch the official survey,” she continues. “At each money-focused event during September, attendees will be asked to complete our survey.”
“For over 32 years, since our founding in Tucson, National Bank of Arizona has been honored to have among its clients some of the best and brightest business owners and entrepreneurs in Arizona,” says Edward Leyba, Senior Vice President, Business Banking Regional Manager. “It is upon that legacy that we have formed a new business banking group, which is dedicated to providing the products, services and expertise that diverse and women business owners expect from their bank.
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