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Until I met Edward, I used to get regular hair trims to keep split ends at bay. But he loved long hair and something about his lovely compliments and that sweet smile he gave me looking at my long tresses, just didn't encourage me to cut them short.
Today it was he who pointed out that my hair were not as beautiful and smooth as they were before. Thanks to the split ends, this was the first anti-compliment I had received from him. Now the only way out was cutting my hair short which I am sure would upset Edward!
To get a mood change, I read my favourite Harry potter book. While reading it, a sudden thought crossed me: Wouldn't it be great if we could make a hair potion?!! My thoughts drifted towards fairytales, from Harry potter and Cinderella to Rapunzel.....and I fell asleep.
***It was a lovely dream! A beautiful woman with a river long mane of gorgeous golden tresses was letting her hair down the bewitched castle to help a sauve Prince climb to her.
After chatting and flirting with Rapunzel for a while, the Prince climbed down the castle again using her beautiful hair.
I couldn't help my curiosity and shouted "RAPUNZEL RAPUNZEL" when the prince was gone. She smiled at me and let her hair down saying "Climb Bushra".
I climbed nervously and stood paralyzed for a while on the terrace, staring at those gorgeous, long golden tresses.
"Rapunzel what's the secret of your Split end free hair?" I asked "Please tell me! I want to charm my Prince too!"
To this the beautiful lady broke into a song:
"I have hair so gorgeous, shiny and long
The Prince can climb them, they are so strong
I never cut them short with the fear of split ends,
My shiny long tresses are envied by all my friends
I'll tell you the secret, you can have them too,
The answer is TRESemme` split remedy shampoo
"TRESemme TRESemme you are so awesome, you are a dream come true, my mother and sister are gonna love you too---tra -la -la... WAKEUP!!!!
It was Mum! I jolted upright on my bed only to find Mum standing along my bed, staring at me.
"What's up with you girl! I swear you are going crazy about hair. Calling out names of shampoos in dreams?!!! Get up and get ready for breakfast."
I was too excited and shocked at the same time to say something and I silently obeyed her. Through the entire breakfast the only thing which went in mind was TRESemme and like a dream come true I received my sample from Indiblogger to try out the new range of TRESemme and share my experience :)
Here's how I felt about the Shampoo+Conditioner duo:
To start with, when it comes to shampoos and conditioners, TRESemme is my favourite brand. I love the smooth and shine range from TRESemme! The new range is as promising and exciting as the previous ranges by TRESemme!
What about the split-ends? Do they have any effect? Yes! Rapunzel was right.... ;)
All in all, the product is awesome but does not hold the "no split-ends within 3 washes" claim true! For better results, I would advise you to first get yourself a quick hair trim, get rid of those split ends first and then start using this range from TRESemme -It will work wonders! :D
So next time I meet Rapuzel in my dreams, I'll let her know she was right and I'll flaunt my own long hair to her. Meanwhile, you all don't forget to try this duo! Are you game? ;)
Stay split-end free,
Psst! Don't you want to know what was Edward Cullen's reaction on our date? He gaped at my split-end free hair and said "Wow! I bet Bella will be jealous of your hair!"
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Ah the good old Edward and Bella tale , but loved how you added the twist and made it your own :)ReplyDelete
Do I here some angry warewolves ??
Loved how detailed your review was
All the best !
Ah the good old Edward and Bella tale , but loved how you added the twist and made it your own :)ReplyDelete
Do I here some angry warewolves ??
Loved how detailed your review was
All the best !
Thank God, my husband likes short hair. Loved the way how you included the verse when you asked her for hair remedy. Good luck!ReplyDelete
Great one...loved the way you've made the twists.. :-) best of luck..ReplyDelete


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A gallstone obstructs the bile pipe, it can bring about manifestations like sudden onset of extreme pain particularly in the correct side of the guts, back pain, fever, itchy skin, vomiting, bloating, indigestion, chills and mud shaded stools.
Apple Juice and Apple Cider Vinegar
The acidic way of apple juice vinegar prevents the liver from making cholesterol that is in charge of framing the most widely recognized kind of gallstones. It additionally assumes a key part in dissolving gallstones and easing pain. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Blend one tbsp of apple juice vinegar in a glass of squeezed apple and drink once consistently. Apples contain malic acid that helps with softening the gallstones and vinegar keeps the liver from making stone-bringing on cholesterol. It is a fast solution for agony amid a gallstone attack.
Lemon Juice
Another great element for monitoring gallstone attack is lemon juice. It prevents your liver from making cholesterol, which helps in quicker recuperation. The pectin in lemon juice is accepted to help dispose of gallbladder pain credited to stones.
In addition, the vitamin C in lemon juice makes cholesterol more water dis-solvable, which advances speedier end of waste items. Lemon juice being acidic in nature, works simply like vinegar in preventing your liver from making cholesterol. Simply include the juice of a large portion of a lemon in glass of water and have it twice or thrice a day.
Peppermint helps digestion by stimulating the stream of bile and other stomach related juices. Besides, it has a compound called terpene that can successfully break up gallstones. It is likewise accepted to help relax spasms and relieve acute gallbladder pain.
Peppermint oil contains terpene, a characteristic intensify that is accepted to break down gallstones. It is additionally useful in processing since it empowers the bile stream and other stomach related juices. Heat up some water and include 1 tsp of new or dried mint leaves to it; cover and soak for 4-5 minutes. Strain and drink this peppermint tea in the middle of your suppers to work better as a home solution for gallstones.
Vegetable Juice
When suffering gallstones, it is fundamental to eliminate singed and greasy sustenance. For possibly 14 days, take after a strict eating regimen in light of products of the soil juices. A blended vegetable juice made of beet root, cucumber and carrots is a decent solution for gallstones. Beet root scrubs the liver and reinforces the gallbladder. Cucumber's high water substance is extraordinary for detoxifying the liver and gallbladder. Carrots are rich in vitamin C and different supplements that are useful for the insusceptible framework. Include level with measures of beetroot juice, cucumber juice, and carrot juice to reinforce and purify your gallbladder and your liver. This mix likewise helps in purifying your colon and blood. The high-water content in cucumber and high measures of vitamin C in carrots detoxify the bladder. Have this juice twice every day for an inconvenience less bladder.
Psyllium is a decent wellspring of solvent fiber, consequently it is viewed as a decent solution for gallstones. The fiber in psyllium ties to the cholesterol in bile and keeps gallstones from framing. Furthermore, it advances typical defections, which diminishes danger of the gallbladder framework getting to be distinctly congested. Also, psyllium counteracts blockage, a condition connected with expanded gallstone arrangement. A high fiber eating regimen is basic to treat gallbladder stones. Psyllium is an incredible wellspring of solvent fiber which ties to the cholesterol in bile and counteracts gallstone arrangement. You can bring it alongside your other fiber-rich dinners. Before going to bed around evening time, blend 1 tsp of psyllium to a glass of water and drink promptly.
Dandelion is another exceptionally helpful herb for the treatment of gallstones. It contains a compound known as taraxacin that aides in bile discharge from the liver. This additionally detoxifies and metabolize fat amassed in the liver. At the point when the liver begins working appropriately, it helps gallbladder working. Dandelion leaves do a great deal bolster your liver, guide your bladder's working, advance bile discharge, and detoxify and metabolize fat productively. Pour some boiling point water more than 1 tsp of dandelion leaves put in a glass. Cover and let it ingest for 5 minutes. You can likewise add nectar to this and drink dandelion leaves tea twice day by day.
Milk Thistle
A Mediterranean her, milk thistle helps in contracting gallstones and disposed of bladder torment. Keep 1 tsp of smashed drain thorn leaves and seeds in a muslin sack and place this pack in high hot water. Give it a chance to assimilate for 5 minutes and include honey (discretionary). Drink this milk thorn tea for man viable home solution for gallstones.
Red Bell Peppers
A wealth of Vitamin C in their circulation system were not as prone to get the obnoxious stones. A solitary red bell pepper contains 95mg of vitamin C and having impressive measures of it will help you in keeping the repulsive stones.
Pear Juice
Pear contains pectin that ties to cholesterol-rounded gallstones for simple flush-out of these stones. Be that as it may, as indicated by the British Journal of Nutrition, pectin does not prevent gallstones nor have significant impact on metabolizing cholesterol. Pear juice is common and it wouldn't damage to attempt it as a home solution for gallstones. Drink thrice day by day a blend of ½ glass of high hot water, ½ a glass of pear juice and 2 tbsp of honey.
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Marty McFly and Doc Brown had the Delorean to go travel through time; We have the Tu Vez Blast-From-The-Past Truck. Every week, we'll hop in our time traveling machine, gun it to 88 MPH, and go back in time to bring you the best from the good ol' days. Will it be a clip from an old telenovela? An old school music video? Stick around and find out!
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This past week I was in Paris, (Paris, France not Paris, Texas). In my wandering around the city, I turned down a random street and was confronted by an unexpected sight. Among all the gaudy Louis XIV palaces, baguette stores, and smoking Parisians was a Mexican restaurant called La Lucha Libre. It was decorated with Lucha Libre stuff and the sign had a luchador chick on it. I went inside and ordered some tacos. They tasted…well…like they were made by French people. But it did get me thinking about the worldwide impact of Lucha Libre.
We tend to think about Lucha Libre and luchadors as a purely Latino phenomenon. In Mexico, Puerto Rico, Peru, and elsewhere, Lucha is one of the most beloved sports around. In the States, Lucha is broadcast on some Spanish TV channels to huge ratings. Some Lucha stars such as Rey Mysterio, Jr. and La Parka have made the transition to American pro-wrestling. Still, this makes sense given the amount of Latinos here in the U.S. What has surprised me in my travels is how often I've run into it in non-Latino countries. I've personally seen El Santo's movies dubbed into English, Italian, Greek, Japanese, and Turkish. There are Lucha themed restaurants and bars in several countries all over the world. I've seen luchador matches on TV in England and Italy. In Japan, some wrestlers have adopted the luchador masks as part of their costumes. These include Japanese wrestling legends like like The Destroyer, Tiger Mask, Jushin Liger, Último Dragón, El Samurai, The Great Sasuke, ant Dragon Kid.
Once, on a trip to Greece, I was wearing a t-shirt of El Santo. I walked into a cafe, and the guys behind the counter started pointing at my chest and yelling, "El Santo! My hero!". They explained to me how big he was in Greece. I later found "El Santo Vs. Las Momias De Guanajuato" at a Greek video store. If Lucha Libre can be that popular in the place where wrestling was born, you know something is going on. Maybe, the luchador taps into something in our collective unconscious with their masks and stories of good verses evil. Or maybe the Greeks just got tired of wrestling naked covered in olive oil.
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Physical Address
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Mailing Address
74 King Street, P.O. Box 1027
St. Augustine, FL 32085-1027
(904) 819-6437
Kristy Myers
Vice President of Institutional Advancement
(904) 819-6290
(334) 750-9710
Kristy received her BA in Psychology/Secondary Social Science Education from Auburn University in 1993. As a student at Auburn, Kristy was tasked with providing leadership to the phonathon program as the first phonathon director (1991-1993), and this is where she realized her passion for higher education fundraising. Upon graduation in 1993, she was promoted to director of annual giving. Her successful tenure in that position prepared her well for the easy transition one year later into major gifts fundraising, where she served as the director of development for the College of Sciences and Mathematics from 1994-2000. Kristy briefly left Auburn in 2000 to pursue a career in corporate sales where she served as an award-winning Senior Executive Sales Representative for Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceuticals. She returned to Auburn in 2006 to continue her fundraising career as the managing director of development for the College of Human Sciences. Kristy retired from a distinguished 23-year fundraising career at Auburn to join the Flagler team in November 2018. She has been warmly embraced into the Flagler family and looks forward to building on the long-standing tradition of excellence for which Flagler College is known.
Jeff Davitt
Senior Director of Development
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Jeff graduated with a sport management and business administration degree, coordinated part of the volunteer effort for Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville (2005), and then worked in the community relations office of the Miami Dolphins. He returned to Flagler College in 2008 to coordinate the annual giving initiative, in 2012 he became a Development Officer and in 2018 he was promoted to Director of Development. Jeff earned an MBA degree from the University of North Florida in 2012 became a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) in 2013. In 2016 he served as the President for the local chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and currently sits on the board as the VP for Communications.
Kerri Carlyon '02
Assistant Director of Development
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A 2002 graduate of Flagler College, Kerri earned degrees in business administration and communication. After graduation, she worked for six years as an advertising account executive. In 2012, she returned to her alma mater to assume the role of Research and Stewardship Manager in the Office of Institutional Advancement and in 2013 became the Assistant Director of Alumni Relations. She became Assistant Director of Development in 2019.
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Jody joined the department in January 2016 after moving to St. Augustine from Oklahoma. Before moving to Florida, she worked as the Administrative Assistant for the Academic Deans of Western Oklahoma State College; was the event coordinator for the Oklahoma River Cruises; owned/managed Gelato & More in Las Vegas, and was the Systems Analyst at Sun Oil Co. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with minors in Computer Information Systems and Management. She is grateful to be part of such a great team and an amazing college.
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After relocating from Nassau, Bahamas, Sierra attended Flagler College and earned her Bachelor's Degree in Strategic Communication in 2017. During her time as a student, Sierra was one of the top callers in the student phonathon program, president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals collegiate chapter and an avid volunteer in advancement and alumni events. As the new Manager of Annual Giving, Sierra enjoys using marketing and strategic thinking in order to advance the Annual Fund at Flagler College. Sierra is grateful to be carrying on her Flagler Legacy as the first college graduate of the Aitken family.
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Did Marconi Really Hear the Letter 'S' Across the Atlantic ?
It was on Thursday December 12 in the year 1901, that Marconi claimed to have successfully received a wireless transmission from Poldhu in Cornwall at his temporary listening location near St. John's on the North American island of Newfoundland.
It is stated that the radiating equipment at Poldhu was a 75 kW spark transmitter, which was operating somewhere in what we would today call the longwave or maybe the mediumwave band. The signal was fed into a temporary vertical fan antenna system.
The receiving equipment at the old hospital building near Cabot Tower on Signal Hill St. John's Newfoundland, was a longwire antenna held aloft by a balloon or a kite, a simple untuned coherer detector, and a set of headphones. It is suggested that the transmitter was radiating on several harmonic frequencies in addition to the emission on the fundamental frequency, and it is quite probable that the receiver was also receiving some of the untuned harmonics as well as the fundamental.
That event is dated exactly 111 years ago tomorrow, Monday December 12, 2012. However, all throughout these many years, it has been quite popular to deny the veracity of the event, and to declare that Marconi & his assistant George Kemp did not actually hear the letter S transmitted across the Atlantic from England, but instead, they simply heard the crash of static produced by strong winter storms.
It is true, in the headphones, the actual sound of static and the sound of a spark from a distant wireless transmitter were quite the same in that era. However, there is a real difference between the irregular sounds created by lightning and the regular rhythmic sound of a continuous stream of the letter S, three dots, in Morse Code.
We should remember also, that both Marconi & Kemp listed in their diaries the times & the dates when they state that they heard the letter S from England. The Marconi diary shows that he heard the signal from Poldhu on 14 separate occasions during the Thursday & Friday; and the Kemp diary shows that he heard the signal on 11 separate occasions, a total of 25 times altogether.
In addition, it is known that lower frequency radio transmissions in the middle of winter at a low sunspot count can cover quite long distances, as is revealed also in observed mediumwave coverage during similar conditions in Australia & New Zealand.
However, in the middle of last year, an interesting original postcard was offered on eBay, and the message on this postcard tends to confirm the fact that it was believed in Newfoundland at the time that Marconi did indeed achieve what he said he achieved.
The message was written in black ink onto a 2d (two penny) Newfoundland postal card with the printed postage stamp in orange showing a portrait of Queen Victoria. The message was written on January 15, 1902, just a little over a month after Marconi's stated reception of the wireless signal from England. The card was addressed to Mr. William Codner at 18 Wickford Street, St John's, though the sender did not give his own name nor complete address.
This card was posted at Broad Cove NS, indicating North Shore to distinguish it from another place with a similar name, and it was carried by the old Conception Bay Railway. Three postal cancellation dates show January 18 & 20, 1902. The message on the card reads as follows:
Dear Sir,You will please tell your friend the adjutant who is (at) St Johns that a mistake was made in referance of date of first message wireless telegraphy received in Newfoundland. For factule information, please mention right date first message across the Atlantic was received from Lizard Point in Cornwall at 11:20 am Wednesday the 11th November 1901.
(Two illegible initials)
The writer accuses the Adjutant of making a mistake regarding the correct date for the 1st Morse message across the Atlantic, but he himself makes several mistakes, due no doubt to his reliance upon his own memory, and not checking up on the accuracy of the information. We would see the mistakes on this 110 year old postcard as follows:-
1. The write spells the word "reference" incorrectly, as "referance".
2. He also spells the word "factual" incorrectly, as "factule".
3. There were 2 Marconi wireless stations located on the southern coast of Cornwall, 6 miles apart. The station at Lizard was subsidiary to Poldhu. The Poldhu station was the one that Morsed the letter S to Newfoundland, not the Lizard station.
4. The 11th of November in the year 1901 was not a Wednesday, instead it was a Monday.
5. It is true, that Poldhu did send the letter S to Newfoundland on Wednesday the 11th of December, but the Marconi/Kemp diaries and subsequent news reports indicate that the signals on the 1st day were not received reliably at St. John's. The 1st verified reception, it is stated, was on the next day, Thursday, December 12, 1901.
What is the writer of the card trying to say? In spite of his 5 mistakes, he is endeavoring to state that the 1st reception of a trans-Atlantic wireless signal occurred at 11:20 am Newfoundland time, on Wednesday December 11, 1901. It is true, there are reports that the signal was heard on that date, though neither Marconi nor Kemp considered that the reception was sufficiently attested, due to the many changing propagation conditions. On this the 1st day, several attempts were made at reception, but many logistical problems intervened, including the fact that a large balloon broke loose, taking the long antenna wire with it. Continuous attempts at reception on the 1st listening day were impossible.
Why did the unidentified writer write to Mr William Codner? Was Codner the editor, or maybe the reporter, for the local newspaper in St John's? Who was the Adjutant? Was he interviewed about these Marconi events by the local newspaper?
I guess we will never know, but the postcard, with all of its mistakes, does throw light onto the fact that at least one Newfoundlander at the time believed that Marconi did indeed receive the letter S across the Atlantic on that memorable occasion. Maybe the radio historians should be arguing as to which day should be listed as the 1st day of reception (Wednesday December 11, 1901 or Thursday December 12, 1901), rather than questioning as to whether a signal was heard at all.(AWR/Wavescan/NWS 198 via Adrian Peterson)
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I was 19 when we landed in Korea. Nearly all the soldiers were National Service and quite outstanding. We'd trained for combat in the flat fields of Norfolk – but unfortunately Korea is enormously hilly! I've since learned that in the three years of the war, the country suffered its worst weather of the century.
John Bowler in Korea in 1952
The first time I came under fire, I only had my pistol in hand. I never allowed that to happen again; it was a Lee Enfield rifle with a bayonet for me from then on.
The line was static between the two large armies and all the front-line platoons fought the Chinese in No Man's Land. No 3 Platoon carried out 15 patrols and met the Chinese on eight occasions.
The Chinese had been carrying out much work on a high point on a ridge (named 'The Diggings') half a mile inside their lines, and we decided we should 'upset' them. Division would supply a napalm air strike in the afternoon which would include the Chinese strong points on the two neighbouring ridges. We would then raid the Diggings that night.
"We opened up with rifles, Bren, grenades."
The plan was to take 21 men, dropping 10 off as a Firm Base at the edge of No Man's Land, while the remaining 11 would go along the ridge half a mile into the Chinese lines and raid the Diggings. The 24 guns of 14th Field would cover the withdrawal.
It was a clear moonlit night. The men moved brilliantly and silently; they were very experienced by then. The Chinese were on ridges on either side of ours as we climbed, chattering away to each other. If they had been watching, they would have seen 11 men from the Welch Regiment silhouetted in the moonlight.
We settled into position 10 yards from the Chinese trenches. The men in them seemed to be washing up with much banging and shouting. Lance Corporal Hannam went over to a nearby crater, looked in and returned to say, "There are two Chinese in it, playing dice." I said, "Good – drop a grenade in and we'll use that as the signal." So he did and we opened up with rifles, Bren, grenades. There was total silence from the Chinese for 30 seconds or so, then they responded with machine guns, automatic rifles and grenades of their own. There was a lot of lead flying around for some time, but then I heard the 'pop' of a small mortar. I knew how dangerous they could be from a previous patrol. It was time to go.
I shouted, "Run like hell!" and counted the men out one at a time. When I came to the wireless operator – Private Devlin – I found a Chinese grenade had blown him over and the radio handset, which was separate from the radio, had come out of its housing. It was gone, and I wasn't going back to look for it!
Lance Corporal Hannam, second left, and others forming up
We were now totally out of touch with our artillery, our Firm Base, our whole battalion. As I counted the last man out, I glanced back at the Chinese trenches. To my horror, I saw 30 to 40 Chinese troops pouring over the top of their trenches firing as they came after us. As we ran flat out down the ridge path, we came under fire from our pursuers and also from the ridges on both sides. We were running for our lives. I knew we had to become a fighting force again, but how to stop 10 frightened men?
Army discipline had to be the answer, so I shouted at the top of my voice, "Patrol halt! Number from the front!" And these 10 wonderful men shuddered to a halt – with bullets zipping past their heads – and barked out their number from one to ten. I had control again, and we trotted back to the Firm Base as a fighting force. Discipline had always been strong in the Welch.
"We came under fire from our pursuers... we were running for our lives."
The Firm Base had another radio, so we were able to call the guns down on the ridge. The 14th Field were fantastic and the ridge disappeared in yellows and reds as 254 shells fell on it. Then a group of Chinese attacked the Firm Base but Corporal Davies and his men drove them off. We returned quietly to Hill 355. We had three wounded, but none seriously – we were so lucky.
The following night there was suddenly much firing at the Diggings as they fired on one of their incoming patrols. We had no patrols there, so 14th Field joined in. Thirty-six hours later there was a Chinese Captain on our wire at dawn. We took him in, looked after him, and sent him through to Division. He revealed his superiors were holding him responsible for the deaths of 32 Chinese. They gave him the choice of a court martial, after which they would shoot him, or leading a daylight fighting patrol against the Welch on Hill 355. They gave him time to consider, so he hopped it. He told Division everything he knew.
The inscription on the Korean War memorial in London.


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State Politics
NC reaches $2.5 million settlement with estate of inmate who died of thirst
The state of North Carolina has agreed to pay $2.5 million to the estate of Michael Anthony Kerr, a mentally ill inmate who died of dehydration in March 2014 after lying handcuffed in his own feces and urine for five days.
The Department of Public Safety released news of the settlement at 4:51 p.m. Monday, as state government was closing for the day.
Kerr, a former army sergeant and preacher, was incarcerated at Alexander Correctional Center. His family said Kerr's mental health deteriorated after the murder of two of his sons. Kerr was convicted of shooting into an occupied dwelling.
Kerr went off his psychiatric medicine in the fall of 2013. Prison officials put Kerr into solitary confinement in February because of his disruptive behavior. In his cell, he sang loudly, kicked or banged on his door and flooded his cell.
According to prison records and letters from inmates, Kerr spent the last week of his life lethargic and unresponsive, lying in his own waste. On March 12, prison officials took him in a van to the mental hospital at Central Prison. They had to first cut off the handcuffs because the lock was crusted with feces. When the van arrived in Raleigh, Kerr was dead.
The department said $1.5 million will be paid by insurance.
In its news release Monday, the department said it was moving to improve the treatment of mentally ill inmates. The department has requested additional funds for mental health services and has begun training prison staff in crisis intervention training, which teaches officers how to appropriately manage mentally ill inmates and minimize the use of force.
The department disciplined 40 employees after Kerr's death and fired nine. Five of the fired employees have succeeded in rescinding their dismissals.
Joseph Neff: 919-829-4516, @josephcneff


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Ralph Cavaiani
Meet Our Agent
Business Development/Owner
Ralph sold his first home in 1977 "for sale by owner" when he was an entrepreneur in the healthcare field. After 30 plus years owning and leading two successful healthcare companies, he retired from the healthcare field and starting working with his sons, Greg and Jay, in real estate development and sales. Ralph's experience in developing subdivisions, residential and commercial real estate sales, and experience in the banking industry as an investor and on the board of directors of a local bank has provided a platform for helping clients and customers experience success in many types of real estate sales.
Having an MSSW in social work administration from UWM has helped him understand the psychological and emotional issues that buyers and sellers experience in the process of selling and buying real estate.
Ralph has also served on many not-for-profit boards in the areas of mental health, substance abuse, and Christian ministries in and around the Milwaukee area.
Ralph leads Response Realtors in the area of business development and enjoys being a part of a dynamic group of sales agents focusing on ethics and integrity in all of their real estate ventures.


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Forcing bulbs
Amaryllis are commonly forced into bloom for the Christmas and winter holiday seasons. I love Amaryllis in the spring! The whites and peach colors are just perfect for this time of year. Often people ask if these are lilies. In fact, they are related. Amaryllis are an excellent cut flower, lasting, in some cases, several weeks as they open one flower after another.


text: Erben Celebrates Silver Award We were honoured to be nominated at the recent Edrington Supplier Awards 2015, which took place in Glasgow on the 19th of May 2016. The Edrington Group, makers of The Macallan and The Famous Grouse and a number of other premium spirits, awarded Erben with a Silver Award. The award, which is based on range of criteria across a number of areas including quality, innovation, delivery & service, was collected by Sasha Erben (Managing Director) and Sandra Shand-Brown (Commercial Director) who were exceptionally happy with the win. Congratulations to the whole team at Erben, whose dedication & exceptional customer service were the driving force for this achievement. Back Back


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e-Zassi structures Open Innovation data into qualified ideas for efficient due diligence, without legal risks associated with IP disclosure.
- Stage $500K in TTM Revenue
- Industry Software
- Location Atlanta, GA, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded October 2007
- Employees 5
- Website ezassi.com
Company Summary
e-Zassi offers the only front-end innovation assessment solution, as a web-app, to securely automate, analyze, sort, rate, and score the open innovation process and the mass of unstructured data that it inherently produces. Currently servicing the medical device industry market, the software does not disclose IP, while showing relevant data and analysis to make go-forward decisions on qualified innovation ideas.
Peter von DyckCEO
Peter is a serial entrepreneur in the medical device industry with 20+ years experience. In 2000, he founded Zassi Medical Evolutions, a medical device firm that has commercialized breakthrough technologies in the wound care and infection control markets. Zassi Medical Evolutions was sold in 2006 for 15x. Prior to Zassi Medical Evolutions and e-Zassi, Peter served in numerous capacities for both small and large medical device companies.
Walter GallerVP Marketing
At e-Zassi, Walter oversees all external marketing efforts - from the company's social media outreach to public relations, and has day-to-day responsibility for the user interface and content strategy. Earlier in his career, Walter held senior marketing positions with healthcare companies Coventry Corporation and Columbia HCA and led the digital strategy practice group for a Southeast-based marketing consulting firm.
Jeff BlakeVP Sales
Prior to e-Zassi, Jeff was Director of Sales and Marketing for Dontech Incorporated's optics and electronic display products for a world-wide customer base, from US and foreign governments to industrial process equipment and telecommunication customers.
Jeff's career up to Dontech included various sales management positions at national and international industrial supply, specialty gas supply, and environmental engineering and laboratory sup
James CannanCTO
Jim's expertise in cloud computing and SaaS is based on his almost two decades developing software and e-business applications. Over the years, Jim held senior management positions with Humana Healthcare, Fidelity National, Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and Touch Point Channels and Integrations products with direct responsibility for product management, design and construction of the flagship standards-based product suite.
Ray BrandstaetterController
Prior to acting as the controller for Zassi Medical Evolutions since 2000, he spent 10 years in financial analysis, accounting and forestry research with Canada's largest forest products firm. There, he was responsible for the consolidation of operating results, plans and forecasts for nine operating divisions with annual revenues exceeding $700 million.
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I'm really enjoying recording my weekly favourites and can't believe I'm on week 5 already – the weeks are flying by! The next week sees J finish her first half term at school and I'm looking forward to some quality mummy daughter and family time over half term:
- J had her first school disco and was very excited about it. We spent Friday evening getting her ready and I loved watching her get excited as the time went on
- Taking a leap into the unknown. I spoke last week about taking myself out of my comfort zone, well that has led to the leap into the unknown. I can't talk about it just yet (in a few weeks I will!) but the unknown scares me, I like being comfortable, but I felt a weight lift off my shoulders upon deciding to take said leap
- Buying a pumpkin face piñata. It's locked in my bedroom for Halloween but I was so excited upon making the purchase, even if the hubster rolled his eyes at me
- Talking of pumpkins, I really enjoyed pumpkin picking with J and my mother in law. There was a wave of golden sun after a rainy day and it was a great end to the day
- Playing Staccups with the hubster, J and my mother in law has also been good fun. We were gifted it but it's been played most evenings by my competitive household
- Making chocolate candy apples with J one evening after school. They may not be Instagram perfect, but it was a quick and easy activity to do together


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Finding some off-cuts of tape in a drawer.
Realising its full potential.
Introducing Adventure Tape…
Rich Brooks is the Technical Director at Watts Urethane. He has been working with Polyurethane for the past 17 years and is credited as the inventor of Adventure Tape.
He is a keen downhill mountain bike rider and developed the tape, primarily, as a way to protect parts of his bike during his, far too regular, crashes!
Favorite Adventure
Mountain Climbing
When not running Adventure Tape, Anthony can usually be found in, on or around the water. Having taken up windsurfing at the tender age of 10, it was soon apparent that if it involved water, he was interested. A keen surfer, stand up paddle boarder and more recently water-skier, Anthony's favourite adventures usually involve waves, warm water and white sandy beaches. Weirdo.
Favorite Adventure
To be out on the water!
Andy has over 20 years of experience managing manufacturing operations in technology businesses. He enjoys challenges, problem-solving and people. He says "Generally people provide the challenges and problem-solving opportunities, however, adventure is what truly fills your soul". Andy also runs a youth football team in Devon.
Favorite Adventure
Bungy jump – Fairlop Waters
A new addition to the team, James designed the Watts Urethane Material Development Lab, where he now works testing and improving the properties of Adventure Tape.
When allowed out of the lab, James enjoys running, bouldering, and mountain climbing.
Favorite Adventure
The kind of day-long hike that ends at the pub.


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For those of your looking for really edifying music, with a blend of historical orthodox theology, or those interested in teaching yourself or your kids the The Shorter Catechism, we just got turned onto a album by Bruce Benedict (go to ITunes) called "The Shorter Catechism, Vol 1", which uses the exact words from this 1600's catechism, but put to folk rhythms. Already, even our kids have started singing the words (and reinforcing a similar catechism that we've already been doing with them). Check it out if your interested. We just wanted to pass the word for those interested. Usually, songs kids enjoy are not enjoyable to parents or vice versa. At first, it sounds strangeto hear such substantial lines put to music, but they begin to grab you after a listen or two.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Most Encouraging Christmas.
Here's my big guy at 3 months! Also his 1st Christmas!
So here's the juicy details of our Christmas month. It's been the most encouraging month by far. It started out with 4 separate Christmas parties hosted by our family and visiting friends. While crazy, it was wonderful! It has had much relational fruit. Selah got to go over to her friends house for dinner, Brad now plays basketball every Sat. night with some men (this is wonderful, because the men here are hard to meet because they are ALWAYS at work) and we got invited to a party by a Korean friend. All of these friends, and hopefully more, were made through these parties. We also got to have a local store worker over for a little bit-also a hard task because they work 7 am-10 pm and sleep in the same store.
Then, last Sunday, we had another small Christmas party with some local friends. We've also gotten to know some friends better this month and done lots of dinner hosting. Here's us at Christmas dinner with a friend who's family is out of town right now. We even got to introduce him to real American apple pie!
Christmas morning we had a friend and his wife over for cinnamon rolls. They wanted to come over and give the kids gifts before they had to leave for work, so 6:30 am and we're hosting. He's been incredibly busy, so it was nice to see them both. They stayed and had coffee with us while we opened our stockings. After that, we talked with some family in Texas and then it was off to open more gifts. We rested in the afternoon and did a little of our Christmas story reading of "One Wintry Night" by Ruth Bell Graham-fantastic book about the entire story of Christmas from Creation to Easter. The pictures and story are beautiful That night, we had a friend over for dinner (see picture above) and then crash into bed. It was a wonderful holiday.
This month was our anniversary also. We decided to go to a hotel and eat some Indian/International food. It was wonderful! The back drop to dinner was a choir of Santa dressed young people. The best was when I was about to sit down, what did mine ears hear? Nothing other than "Feliz Navidad" sang by the aforementioned Chinese choir. It was actually a "Feliz Navidad"/"Rudolph" medley. You just can't pay enough for that type of entertainment.
Here's a family Christmas picture. We are no longer worried about if everyone is smiling, but rather if everyone is sitting down in the same place.
We are also getting more and more encouraged at our language skills. Are we there yet...hardly. But we are getting more comfortable in speaking and actually having more in depth conversations. Life here is getting to seem more like life rather than this frantic, confused existence.
Sorry for the random pictures with few captions, but I figured the pictures weren't hard to figure out, so I just did them randomly. We have spent much time rejoicing this month. For answered requests, fun care packages, new friends, more mad language skills, wonderful and healthy family, the season itself.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
A Christmas Offering: "God's Gift"
God's gift to the world is rejected
not initially embraced
it is covered in flesh wrapping
bound in suffering lace
Opened in anguish
smells of death raise up high
but oh what joy awaits us inside
Such pompous for rags
a waste of time seems his shame
who will awake early and eager?
so profane is this thing
Though no eye can now see
yet a rattles shakes noise
how quickly we'll put aside all of our toys
To accept such a grace that joy may be won,
for glory eternal, let no one lament,
cannot be apprehended
efficiently or in a moment
by BV
Friday, December 21, 2007
Seeking Contradictions!!
First of all, some qualifiers… (1) We are not against "big churches", rather we're against the mindset of those in big churches who hide in the big group, apathetic in living like Christ. We're not against "seekers" (as in "seeker churches") as should be obvious. Rather, we against the notion that the church exists for seekers rather than for God. Romans 3 makes clear that actually, no one seeks God! In fact, by definition, "church" in Scripture is the assembly of God's people, of whom "seekers" are not a part. Therefore, in fact, it's impossible to have a "seeker church".
With that lengthy qualifier made…it dawned on us what a walking contradiction "seeker churches" are in much of what they do. For example, every seeker church will be very quick to say we're saved by faith, not by works. {So far so good}. However, in stead of being places where the content of this faith is fully declared and articulated, "seeker churches" tend to be the last place one will find thoughtful, comprehensive theological teaching. Rather, every church I hear that praises a "seeker sensitive" mentality spends all their time on "how to" teaching {How to be a good…How to live…. How to find…} Catch the irony….the necessity of faith for salvation would seem to compel more rigorous preaching and certainly more God centered sermons. How to's concern works, which they supposedly minimize (in the conversion process). Seeker churches, of all places, claim to focus on the unsaved, nonChristian.
In short, "seeker churches" fill their building with a lot of people who don't love Jesus (after all, they're "seeking") to tell them how to live (i.e. do works), despite the fact that they can only be saved through faith (the content of which is barely if ever taught).
Consequently, the very method attempting to win seekers may be sending them to hell!! (since they are being taught how to do works but unfamiliar with the content of our faith).
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
9 years ago, today!
4 kids, 4 continents, endless moves, deaths, and many starbucks later, we are still having a great time being married. Anyone who says that married gets boring the longer you're married have just stopped trying. My wonderful husband does a fantastic job of taking me on dates, serving our family and leading us all in Godliness and intentionality.
We're going to enjoy some hot pot after the kids get to bed and go out this weekend. We've got some friends baby-sitting for us! We'll get some pictures and post them this weekend.
To my wonderful husband-here's to 9 years and the next 90-I love you!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Romans 9--Passionate Love and Rigorous Thinking
There is a terrible lie that abounds saying essentially that one is either "loving and practical" or "aloof and theological". Similarly, it is said that if you truly believe in God's sovereignty of all things, even the human will, we'll become cold, lazy, and fatalistic. (Of course, this runs absolutely counter to history's greatest kingdom laborers, like Spurgeon, Edwards, Whitefield, Judson, Carey….to name a few.) In Romans 9, ironically, both one of the most neglected and yet hotly debated chapters in Scripture, we see both coming together. In most of the chapter, Paul lays out a very full argument on the sovereignty of God in individually electing who would be His people (i.e. what people today call "Calvinism"). However, notice 9:1-3, where Paul pours out his heart more sincerely and passionately that perhaps any of us have for His people: "I am speaking the truth in Christ--I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit-- 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh." Let this convict us not to compromise Scriptural teachings for the sake of worldly logic and in the so-called name of "love". Let our hearts not grow cold for God because we think we are growing warm towards people. We are pierced in heart at how deep, hard thinking and zealous, consuming love come together not only in this text, but throughout the church's history….but how easily we separate them.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Song Lyric of the Week
Robbie Seay wins it this week with his song "New Day" which says, "If you're like me, you need a hope, a coffee, and a melody, so sit back down and let the world keep spinnin' round…"
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Honor and Shame in Practice
Recently, we've seen a few noteworthy examples of the daily implications of this honor-shame dynamic. Example #1: Bank loans—we asked one of our tutors about what would happen if she did not pay back her student loans, what would happen? She replied that they bank would post her name on the internet. "So…?" we thought. When asked about it, she explained how horrifying it would be for that to happen to her. We asked, "Who would read it?" She said probably no one, but nevertheless, she would know and be humiliated. Example #2: No Smoking in Beijing Taxis—recently it was announced that smoking in Beijing taxis was prohibited (at least by drivers, we think passages but can't recall). The punishment was that people would have their pictures posted online.
Though we laugh at how crazy this sounds to American ears, we see again how much we all desperately need help if we are to learn to communicate with so many people in the world who think so differently than we do. When we surround ourselves with like minds, it's easy to forget our narrow our vision can become.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Christmas Idol?!
Brad thought I was crazy. I see NO other reason why someone would be kneeling in front of a tree, hands folded and eyes closed-murmuring. The verdict, she was praying...to the tree.
Saturday, December 08, 2007
From Selah's eyes
This picture is Mrs. Christina, when they were visiting us in China. But they left today.
This woman at the bottom is also Korean. She is the mom of the girl above her. But I've never seen her husband, when she picks her daughter up from school. Maybe she doesn't have a husband. All the pictures are of my Korean friends. They are all Korean....except Mrs. Christina.
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Why are more people offended by lack of choice rather than abortions themselves?
The issue apparently is not abortion itself. Apparently, the outrage is that people in one country are not getting to choose abortion. In contrast, where there is choice, there is no outrage. Abortion then becomes an arbitrary matter. The real "issue" for many people is CHOICE. Consequently, we could just as well expect such outrage is the people in China we denied the CHOICE to drink Cokes whereas Americans were given the choice. Would we see the same outrage and cries of injustice? Would other countries be so hated because of the lack of "choice"? I doubt it. The truth is that our society uses the hot issue of to give stronger persuasion to the value of choice. Pro-choice-abortion advocate have no grounds to malign China or any other country so long as they defend its existence in America. It's an evil everywhere it exists.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Monday, December 03, 2007
Last few from the parents trip
Here's Kesed-about 9 weeks now! He's rolling some and smile often. He's been a great baby so far. I'll tell you, it's hard not to spoil him when you know he's probably your last.
The grandmother's got these costumes for the kids! Now we'll have some things to go along with the various objects Malachi uses as a sword-pencils, sticks, half eaten bread, crackers...pretty much anything will do.
We have some good friends of ours visiting right now, so we'll try and post some of those pictures soon. We also had a great time having some Christmas parties this weekend. We'll blog that later also.


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In business, competition is tough. What's your edge?
For some companies, it could be the technology they're using. For some, it could be their history and experience. For most, the factor that separates the good from the best is the commitment and efficiency of their workforce.
Studies show that 71% of today's younger workforce is either not engaged or actively disengaged at work. This poses a big problem for companies seeking growth and progress.
The issue of demotivated and disengaged workers is not easy to solve. However, there are ways to approach it other than just increasing compensation and firing lackluster employees. Compensation is rarely the problem, and high employee turnover can cost your company a lot of money.
Here are some out of the box ways to approach this problem.
Make your workplace conducive to work.
Work environments greatly affect employee productivity. If your office is dry and monotonous, reminiscent of '80s insurance sales floors, it's time to make a change.
Start with creating a green space that employees can go to during breaks for some change of scenery and headspace. Landscape architects in New York, including MPFP, suggest creating a temporary haven for stressed out minds.
Consider incentives geared towards socializing.
Individual incentives work in the short-term, but rewards with a social component usually get better results. Food is one of the most effective motivators – believe it or not. For example, if you reward your top performers with pizza, best believe they will share it with their team. This way, everyone is motivated to perform their best to reach a collective goal.
Be open to telecommuting.
Many workers have adapted their work styles with today's distraction-filled and fast-paced culture. Requiring them to stay in one place for days on end could be what's keeping them from performing their best. If possible, give employees the option to work remotely several days a month. Many multinational companies have already used this approach, and results show that employees work even more hours when they do so at home.
Try these three approaches to boost employee morale and productivity! You'll be surprised at how much more your workforce can do with just a bit of creativity injected in the way you handle employee engagement.


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Since 1957, Tall Timber has had a tradition of cleaning up camp and taking on projects with each other, all with the common purpose of preparing camp for another summer of campers. It is much the same today. The projects never end as we seek to improve camp or repair things that need some TLC. We welcome you to come and work, worship, meet new people, and share life together in this stunning and special place.
Please take a moment to register so we can plan for your arrival, (i.e. lodging, food, projects, etc.). We will use this information to place you and your team with a project that matches your skills and interests with the current needs of camp.


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Saturday, September 12, 2009
Horoscope & RSS Feed are back
As I mentioned earlier, traffic on AstroSage.com has increased a lot and hence we have to move to a new and more powerful server to manage that much traffic. Due to this moving process, some of the feautres like daily horoscope and RSS feed became unavailable. Most of the features are restored now, but if you still find any feature not working, please let us know.
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Bad-Habit Neurons Identified
Be it smoking, drinking too much alcohol, eating junk or any other bad habit to that matter have neurobiological roots (dorsolateral-striatum) responsible for the repetitive stimulus behavior. A research team from Duke University medical center, North Carolina, recently found in depth, that a rare type of striatal brain cells known as FSI (fast spiking interneuron) are responsible for habit formation. These investigations are published in the journal eLife.
The previous study showed that the striatum neurons fire at each other in two pathways – excitatory go pathway and inhibitory stop pathway. But this study reveals, FSIs are very rare and may only make up 1% of the striatum neurons but they are connected to 95% of main neurons in the stop/go pathways. Considering the brain activity in mice, the researchers found that formation of habit made the FSIs more excitable and when the mice were administered a drug by chemogenetics which decreased the firing of FSIs resulting in reversion to their pre-habit neural activity patterns, and hence the habit formation was stopped.
Prof. Calakos said, "We find that this cell is a master controller of habitual behavior, and it appears to do this by re-orchestrating the message sent by the outgoing neurons." These findings may show a path to towards new treatments for substance abuse, addictions and other compulsive behaviors.


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Publication Date: October 7th, 2010
Hodder Children's Books
Format: Paperback, 372 pages
The beautiful cover did me in – again. So much so that I've bought the second book without knowing how the first one would turn out.
There wasn't much character development and as a result, the characters felt inanimate – robotic, almost. Also, the relationship between Jane and Evan happened in a whiplash-inducing manner, something that I'm not a big fan of. Jane was caught in the middle between Evan and Luca and yet I didn't see any instances where she vacillated between the two. She's the type of girl who just goes with the flow. If she's with Evan, then Luca doesn't enter her mind and the same goes if she's with Luca. The good thing about it is that the love triangle didn't make me want to facepunch someone; actually, it didn't make me feel anything at all. And really, that's the root of the problem. This book couldn't induce any sort of feelings from me.
There were some elements of this book that suffered greatly. Like the lack of background information on how Luca was supposedly connected to Jane; that she's his half and vice versa. Ultimately, the book failed to hook me into its pages that regretfully, I had to give up reading.


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one // my new bike!
two // peonies. my sister grew them in her garden, and i may have stolen some
three // weekends at lake michigan
four // the moment i learned how to fishtail braid my hair (it's been up like this ever since)
five // despite not having taught in three(!) years or so, i'm back to Spinning! and it's just what the doctor ordered. oh endorphins, you sneaky little devils!
six // that sunday a few weeks ago where i bought 4 pairs of shoes that were all the same color
seven // because everything about this card is perfect
eight // so much fun with this one. always!
nine// the most perfect night there ever was for a baseball game in Detroit
ten// making a narwhal stamp in my art class. expect narwhal Christmas cards this year, everyone.
Oh, hello!
Pardon the absence! Life, ya know?
If you're a reader who knows me personally (which i'm guessing 99.5% of you are - if not, nice to meet you!), you'd get it...life is changing seasons, turning pages, onto the next chapter, changing course, and any other metaphor you can think of for a major life change. I won't go into too much detail on that, but things have been changing in my little corner of the world. Call Captain Obvious if you want...he can fill you in!
Because it's been awhile, I thought I'd just go ahead and leave a whole bunch of pictures up here for now, documenting my recent haps and shenanigans.
Time to dust the keyboard off, shoo the crickets away and get blogging again!


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So I decided to keep the momentum going from MATS, and have signed up for Lilla Rogers' Bootcamp. It is the same premise as MATS where we have a 'mini' assignment to warm up and then a 'main assignment' to conquer, but on a more realistic timeframe: monthly instead of weekly.
I'm not sure how these ideas will be used yet but I'm very excited to find out! Our main assignment is revealed tomorrow… wish me luck!
and we're already off and running with the Week 1 mini: Cuckoo clocks! fun!!!
I would never really have thought about doing a piece of art with cuckoo clocks in it, so it was really fun to browse images of all the crazy clocks out there in the universe. What I really love about them is they seem to tell a little story.. a bit like a photograph-- a moment in time frozen of a maiden milking a cow or a deer in the forest.
so I did some sketches...
and decided I like the Red Riding Hood sketch the best. I did it up in a bit more detail and was hoping to add colour but ran out of time.
|cuckooo… grandma….??


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I have been completely floored by the effects of berries on my health. I started adding blueberries to my oatmeal last summer and began noticing differences in my energy level and immune system within a few weeks. Simply being bored with oatmeal gave me insight into a food I've ignored all my life – a food that belongs in any clean eating lifestyle.
Obviously berries have been exalted for their copious anti-antioxidants, but for some reason many people ignore them. I snubbed them because I didn't believe I'd really notice a difference in my health. Plus I thought I'd have to eat pounds of berries a day to reap any benefits. But in my experience, even a half cup a day or every other day can make a big difference in how you feel. Not only that, but berries add flavor to otherwise bland foods you may already be eating for energy or protein.
I add thawed blueberries to plain, 0% fat Greek yogurt for a high-protein snack or breakfast. Greek yogurt is sour, but when you add berries, a few drops of honey, and chopped walnuts it's quite tasty. Plus I'm happy knowing I'm getting about 20 grams of protein in one sitting.
Shakin' it Up with Berries
You couldn't have a discussion about berries without talking about shakes. Ideally, if I have access to a blender, I'll make a fruity protein shake before my workout. Here's my current favorite, adapted from Oxygen magazine (January 2010):
1/3 cup frozen blueberries or blackberries
1/2 banana, cut into chunks (fresh or frozen)
2-3 large frozen or fresh strawberries
3/4 cup low-fat milk
1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder
Place all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth. Serve immediately.
This makes about one large glass. You can substitute pineapple cubes for strawberries or add any other berries as you like!
Fresh berries are expensive unless on sale, so I buy frozen. Blueberries are now on the "dirty" list of foods as far as pesticides go, so I try to buy organic. However, the large 5-pound bags at Costco are so seductive that I usually just buy regular (though stores do sell frozen organic berries).
Don't bypass berries in your quest for a hard body. Not only do they add flavor to your clean eating lifestyle, they are amazing health boosters!


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"Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." –Warren Buffett
I admit it. I love quotes. I get inspired by them. I even have them as wallpaper on my iPhone. And now with such easy access to numerous quotes by simply scrolling down my Instagram or Facebook feed, I can get my daily fix in just under 10 minutes. As someone who is career-driven and wants to have much business success, these quotes are daily reminders of what it takes to succeed.
Below are the best quotes related to succeeding in business. Enjoy!
If you are going through hell, keep going. – Winston Churchill
To succeed… You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. – Tony Dorsett
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. – Thomas A. Edison
If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you. – Robert Collier
Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition – in having put forth the best within you. – Henry J. Kaiser
Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. – Vince Lombardi
You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. – Zig Ziglar
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business. – Henry Ford
You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. – Steve Jobs
A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts. – Richard Branson
Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill
Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out. – John Wooden
You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It's called perseverance. – Lee Iacocca
I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing. – Martha Stewart
Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were. – David Rockefeller
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. – Maya Angelou
It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop. – Confucius
I've always believed that one woman's success can only help another woman's success. – Gloria Vanderbilt
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they're supposed to help you discover who you are. – Bernice Johnson Reagon
The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. – Bruce Lee
If you don't value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents. Value what you know and start charging for it. – Kim Garst
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it. – Debbi Fields
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. – Helen Keller
Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. – Henry Ford
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. – Mark Twain
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. – Jimmy Johnson
The essential question is not, "How busy are you?" but "What are you busy at?" – Oprah Winfrey
If you genuinely want something, don't wait for it – teach yourself to be impatient. – Gurbaksh Chahal
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. – Beverly Sills
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and to be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart. – Thomas Watson, Sr.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. – Swami Vivekananda
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. – Harriet Tubman
Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway. – John Wayne
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. – Buddha
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. – Henry Ford
Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning. – Robert Kiyosaki
If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours. – Ray Kroc
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. – Vidal Sassoon
Have a very good reason for everything you do. – Laurence Olivier
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This is what I love about instant replays during television sports: we get to see the play from a variety of camera angles. And depending on the camera angle, your initial judgment of what happened during the play can vary significantly from your judgment when you view the same play from a different camera angle.
True in life as well.
Our perspective skews our view of everything. That is why you can see my glass as half-full while I may believe it's half-empty. In everything from religion to politics to parenting styles, what we see is always limited by who we are, by the way we were raised, by the experiences we have been through.
It's something to consider whenever we insist, in private or in public, that our way is the right way or the only way.
Wayne Dyer, the self-help guru who passed away last week, said it perfectly (at least from my perspective): "If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
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'One would normally say that a book of this quality is a page turner, but this one is not. The wonderful images make you linger . . .'
– Roger de la Harpe
The Best of Getaway Gallery is a celebration of the photographers who constantly brave hot and cold, rain and shine, early mornings and late nights to capture the unbelievable pictures that are submitted to Getaway magazine every month. It is their dedication to their art, and their determination to capture these fleeting moments of beauty, that has produced the fantastic images that appear in this showcase of the best wildlife and travel photography that South Africa has to offer.
If you ask any of the staff photographers who have worked at Getaway over the past 22 years they will all agree that judging Getaway Gallery is the highlight of the month. The seemingly simple task of choosing the most beautiful, or most intriguing, or most amazing of the submitted photographs is given some perspective when considering that more than 500 images are received every month, and that this collection is a showcase of the past seven years of Gallery winners. What started in 1989 as a simple idea – a space for readers to share their best images – has developed over the years to become the foremost African travel and wildlife photography competition in South Africa – if not the world.
The images collected together in the pages of The Best of Getaway Gallery represents the work of almost 100 photographers, and are a true reflection of the incredible talent we have in South Africa.
About the Editor
Cameron Ewart-Smith, the current editor of Getaway magazine, has been a travel journalist and photographer since he can remember and has worked on and off for Getaway for the past 12 years.
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Mountain Bike Uplift Locations in Scotland.
An easy guide of where to go for a day's uplift assisted riding in Scotland.
An easy guide of where to go for a day's uplift assisted riding in Scotland.
Although Scotland is surprisingly short on mountain bike uplift centres, we've very much gone for the quality over quantity approach. Uplift Scotland is your resource for the who, what and where of uplift assisted Scottish mountain biking centres.
Spread out across all corners of our vast, beautiful country are a mixture of van+trailer, gondola and chairlift mountain biking venues as good (if not better) than anything else in the world.
Ever wished that there was an easy way of getting back up to the top of that hill you spent 40 mins climbing, only to spend 5 minutes bombing back down it again?
Good news – with an uplift ticket you simply chuck your bike onto the back of a trailer or hook it onto the chairlift of gondola and get yourself comfy until you reach the top again. Think of it as a ski-lift for bikes.
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Gift Registry
Dishes and wine glasses break! Video and photos last forever….give the gift of a wedding video or photo booth rental. Memories to last a lifetime.
Water Tree Events offers gift registry services that allow your guests to contribute towards the purchase of any of our services (Wedding Videography, Photo Booths and Paparazzi Girl Photography. 5 simple steps to giving the gift of video & photo booths.
1) Check our availability.
2) Pick your services. Videography. Photo- Video Booth. Paparazzi Girl
3) Complete the agreement and set up the account.
4) Send link out to your guest letting them know they have the option as a gift to contribute towards your videography or photo-booth as part of your special day.
5) Guest can then log in to your page and make gift any dollar amount they wish.
Simple. Meaningful. Beautiful.


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This will be my last post for 2018, and with it comes a sincere blessing to all my blog followers for a joyful, enjoyable and thankful Christmas experience. This is a special post unlike any others, for here I share my own personal experience of how one Christmas day became so important to the rest of my life. I have featured both the Rufous and Golden Whistlers in this post as examples of joy and thanksgiving since these two birds can be heard singing their hearts out non stop at this time of year bringing our bush alive with their joyful song. The Golden Whistler is featured in my book for this reason. Last weekend while in Wagga Wagga I took a short trip out to The Rock Nature Reserve, which Sue Taylor raved about in her book 100 Best Birdwatching Sites in Australia, but which we find disappointing each visit. My main goal here was to catch a glimpse of the Red-capped Robin, which I long to see, but alas as a storm moved in the only bird I heard was several persistent Rufous Whistler. The drought has caused many birds to desert this area for want of food and water.
But for their different colored chests (which give them their name) they look and sound similar. They are heard most only in the Spring and Summer while they chase mates and nest. Endemic to Australia, the Golden species is found mainly along the humid east coast of Australia, SW WA and Lord Howe Island. The Rufous is found all over Australia mainland and is more often seen in the dryer open woodland west of the ranges. Recent scientific research has discovered that many song birds sing so joyfully and with full on vigor for the pure delight of doing so, because it has an endorphin release in the brain that gives them a feel good feeling. Rejoicing and being thankful has a very positive and life giving effect in humans as in birds. This Christmas is a time for us all to take heed of these little songsters, and realize the health and social benefits of having a joyful spirit. It actually builds up our immune system and helps keep us healthy.
Listen to the several different calls of the Rufous Whistler…
In this video clip you will see (slightly out of focus) one of the amazing abilities of the Rufous Whistler with this repetitive call. All bird sing their most and best as sun rises and sun sets. Birders know this as the Morning and Evening Chorus. If you want to see and hear a bird joyfully communicating with its mates and thankfully enjoying its breakfast after a long sleep, morning is best. Then just as sun starts to set again they excitedly call and have their last feed for the day before finding their roost, usually moving to the top of the highest trees as the suns light diminishes.
As I explained in a previous blog post at the commencement of our Spring, the sound of the Golden Whistler is one such call that tells me here in Sydney's Royal National Park that Spring has arrived and the Whistler is seeking a mate and/or nesting his mate. Note that I have only shown photos of the males, as they are main whistlers, they do communicate with each other as they foragein a similar way to the Whipbird.
Listen to the song of the Golden Whistler, it also varies at intervals…
Again they call with such enthusiasm…
My last meditation for the year is in the form of my own personal testimony to how one Christmas at the age of 16 my life took a new journey. If you take the time to read it, it may encourage you to discover the joy I did and like the Whistlers…
"Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth!
Worship the Lord with joy!
Enter his presence with joyful singing!
Acknowledge that the Lord is God!
He made us and we belong to him;" – Psalm 100: 1-5 (NET)
"Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice! Let everyone see your gentleness. The Lord is near! Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God. And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 4:4-7 (NET)
This is the true joy of having the indwelling Holy Spirit of Jesus who keeps us joyful in his peace and love even through the difficult times of life. Jesus is the reason for the season, so why not look him up if you have not done so already. Check out my Birder Sanctuary page for more spiritual encouragement and direction. As I shared in my AboutUs page, my wife and I are not religious we are grace and faith people who have come to believe in Jesus as the Way, the Truth and the Life.
You can still purchase my book as a great Christmas gift for a grandchild or child on my BirdBook page.
NOTE: All photos, videos and music used on this website are photographed, composed, performed by the site owner and remains his copyrighted property, unless otherwise stated. The use of any material that is not original material of the site owner is duly acknowledged as such. © W. A. Hewson 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018


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So you finally managed to land a date with that hot lady from the gym. Congratulations! If you happen to be an introvert, this is a great thing for you. Being an extrovert or an introvert isn't about being shy or speaking out. Rather it's all about how you get the energy and how you handle life events and situations. Extroverts get their energy while being around others, while introverts need quietness and solitude to recharge. Most people ask about the reasons behind extroverts talking too much. And the easy answer is extroverts need to work things out verbally. Meanwhile, introverts contemplate on thoughts and ideas in their heads before they express their opinion. Every one of us, both extroverts and introverts, are
Every one of us, both extroverts and introverts, are spiritual, cognitively, biologically, and physically wired to love, be loved, be in love and belong. The only major difference is that each one of us has a different approach to love and feel desired.
So, if you are dating an introvert, here are the three things an extrovert should know about dating introverts:
1. Put your energy into listening
Extroverts tend to speak when it's time to think. Extroverts are also infamous for being interrupters. Whenever someone starts to talk with us, extroverts can hardly wait to chime in their opinions which in most part weren't well processed in the brain. This makes other people annoyed especially introverts. This behavior of extroverts makes people silenced. Other folks gave their time and attention to listen to your thoughts and feelings, and when to interrupt them in the middle, when they are having a conversation with you; it makes them feel their words are unimportant. It's vital to allow others their turn and express themselves as it's beneficial in establishing trust and rapport. So, before going out on a date with an introvert, spend some time to create a list of questions you might ask your introverted date to feel comfortable to open up and talk about herself and her feelings. This is how thoughtful exchanges are supposed to happen.
2. Suggest quite places for dates
Extroverts get their energy from being around others. Big parties, nightclubs, or favorite restaurants make them feel awake and alive. But, it's the opposite for introverts. Famous places and high-key events drain introverts, and they always want to escape from it. If your girlfriend is an introvert and intends to end the night early in situations like these, it means she feels exhausted and feels drained from all the noise and energy of the crowd. Introverts feel themselves in familiar or lower-key places for a date. I know this might seem dull and boring to you at first, but it gives you both of you the chance to know each other better without distractions from the outside world. And if you feel any hesitation to do this, remember this will create conflicts later in your relationship when you want to go out, but your partner wants to spend the evening indoors.
3. Don't Rush
Extroverts want to try new experiences. They think fast and move fast. They become impatient when someone they are dating doesn't keep up with them. If you are dating a woman, who is an introvert, spontaneous enthusiasm can quickly become overwhelming and exhausting to her. So, slow down and be patient. This way you can also become less judgmental about others and patient with yourself.


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Local Information: Swords, Co. Dublin
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Situated on the main thoroughfare in Swords, Co. Dublin, and formerly known as The Hawthorn, Forty Four Main Street has been extensively refurbished to a very high standard. Popular with local residents and guests from further afield, the plush banquette seating invites you to settle in and relax with a beverage and perhaps, a bite to eat. An excellent spot in which to watch the latest sporting fixture, the atmosphere also lends itself to a more intimate night out.
At Forty Four Main Street, they have a wide range of appetizing dishes on offer throughout the day. For lunch, why not enjoy an Open Boston Prawn Sandwich or Beef & Guinness pie, or some tasty Calamari to name just a few.
Or for dinner their evening menu includes a delicious choice of meat, fish and vegetable dishes. Why not try their Seasonal Vegetable Tempura or some sumptuous Lamb Shank, or perhaps a nice Pan Fried Sea Bass is more to your liking? Whatever your tastebuds require, we've got the answer!
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A number of years ago one of my students was surprisingly admitted to a prominent public university. He wasn't unqualified, but classmates with stronger credentials were Wait Listed or Denied. I told the Dean of Admissions that I assumed that he was a political admit, and my boss at the time was shocked that I would openly use the "p" word with the Dean.
I eventually learned the story. Apparently the boy was the very last admit to the freshman class, and a prominent state legislator who headed the Appropriations Committee had conditioned his continued support for the university budget on the student's admission. Fortunately or unfortunately, the boy never ended up enrolling. During the summer, he was involved in an alcohol-fueled incident where he vandalized fifteen cars, and he had to meet with the Dean of Admissions and the university psychologist. When he claimed he didn't remember the vandalism because he was drunk, the psychologist responded with a Law and Order moment (J.K. Simmons, not B.D. Wong), concluding that he would have remembered after the fifth car.
I thought back to that situation when I read a couple of weeks ago that an independent investigation had concluded that the President of the University of Texas had overruled the University's Admissions Office and ordered underqualified applicants, most of them with wealthy parents, to be admitted.
It would be easy to react to the Texas story with shock and outrage, especially when that is how one feels, but it would also be as disingenuous as the gendarme in Casablanca who discovers that there is gambling taking place in Rick's Café. Is there anyone naïve enough to believe that the University of Texas is unique among colleges and universities, both public and private, in admitting candidates who get in because of who they know rather than who they are?
I have read the Kroll report, and here are the facts regarding undergraduate admission (the investigation also covered admission to the UT Law School and MBA program). The UT admissions process included a practice of putting "holds" on any application where the President's Office received a letter or inquiry from a "person of influence"—generally a member of the Legislature or Board of Regents. The original justification for "holds" was to ensure that the person of influence was notified prior to a negative decision.
A number of the holds were admitted on their own merit, and the majority of the up to 300 holds in any given year were competitive for admission, but 72% of holds were admitted compared with 40% admitted overall. 82% of the holds were Texas residents. The number of holds has increased in recent years, partly because technology allows for computerized tracking and also because admission to UT has become more competitive, with nearly 40000 applications for just over 7000 spaces. The other changing dynamic is that President William Powers and his chief of staff, Nancy Brazzil, have been less collaborative than previous presidents, more willing to order certain students admitted over the objections of the Admissions Office. The report found no evidence of any quid pro quo, but President Powers justified the interventions as being in the best interest of the University.
Kroll found that there were only 73 enrolled students in the six-year period from 2009 to 2014 with grades and SAT scores a full standard deviation below the average admitted student. Some of the exceptions demonstrate influence, some a commitment to ethnic and racial diversity, and in a few cases a reward for legacy status, despite the fact that Texas law prohibits legacy preference in admissions.
So what are we to make of all this? First of all, as already stated, I have a hard time calling this a scandal, but it certainly doesn't reflect well on the University of Texas at a time when it has already received significant judicial and public scrutiny for its affirmative action program. One may certainly question the use of affirmative action to achieve diversity as described in Fisher v. Texas, but the goal is at least laudable. The practices described in the Kroll report constitute affirmative action for those who are already privileged, and there is no possible defense for that.
The culprit tying together both of those is Texas Education Code Section 51.803, better known as the "Top 10% Law." That law, which requires UT-Austin to admit automatically applicants who rank in the top 10% of their high school class, has had the impact of diversifying the student body at the expense of holistic admission review, admitting students who are not as prepared or qualified for success. The original law was amended to limit top 10% admission to 75% of the student body at UT-Austin, but it places great stress on the institution's ability to value other important qualities, especially at a time when application numbers are surging.
There are two relevant ethical principles at stake here. One is transparency. The Kroll Report notes that nowhere in any public description of the admissions process at UT is there reference to the system of holds, and saves its strongest criticism for the President and Chief of Staff's failure to reveal the existence of holds and end-of-cycle meetings between the President's Office and Admissions during a previous internal review, saying that they "appear to have answered the specific questions asked of them with technical precision" and "failed to speak with the candor and forthrightness expected of people in their respective positions of trust and leadership." (Kroll Report, p. 14)
The other issue is fairness. Should any institution have a "side-door" admissions policy available to only to the few connected enough or savvy enough to know about it? And is the use of political influence in the admissions process particularly egregious at a public flagship university with responsibility to all the citizens of the state? President Powers may have acted in what he believed were the best interests of the University, but were those the best interests of the state of Texas? To be fair, the students admitted by order of the President over the objections of the Admissions Office did not take the place of an already-admitted student but increased the size of the freshman class.
As a counselor I have never been comfortable with the politics of college admissions. I tell students and parents that I don't understand the politics on a particular campus and don't want to. At the same time it is my responsibility to advise my students about the realities of college admission.
It is not uncommon for a student or parent to contact me and tell me that they know someone who has influence and can help them gain admission. When they tell me that the individual with connections wants to know to whom they should address the letter, I know they don't have the hoped-for influence, because the person with influence would already know the person to contact and would do so by phone call rather than letter. Based on that I suspect the Kroll Report may have underestimated the level of influence in the process at UT-Austin, because its review of the folders of the 73 enrolled outliers and its recommendations focused on letters of recommendation. I'm betting the most powerful behind-the-scenes lobbying for individual candidates didn't involve a letter.