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The Secaucus chapter of the People to People International—a worldwide organization that fosters peaceful relationships among different cultures—held its second annual International Festival in Buchmuller Park April 30. The theme for this year's event was umbrellas, which lined the park and are meant to represent peace. (Last year's theme was honoring 9/11 survivors.)
President Dwight Eisenhower launched PTPI in September 1956, as an effort to promote a more peaceful world through international understanding.
Cultural coexistence
In that spirit, the International Festival featured Bollywood dancing, a multicultural children's fashion show, taekwondo demonstrations, and samba dancing. Not to mention foods—and interpretations of foods–from over 20 different countries, including Germany, Japan, Brazil, and Sweden.
"This is just one of PTPI's events to bring everybody together from different nationalities, and promote peace." said Donna Lastella, a PTPI volunteer whose food table represented France. Her offerings included bread with cheese, Nutella, and jelly on the side.
"In France, the sandwiches, they give you the bread and everything on the side—the side sandwich, so to speak," Lastella said. "If you get a ham and cheese sandwich in France, they literally will give you the bread on the side and the ham and cheese on the side."
"We need to raise awareness so that everybody can work together for one common goal and make the community a better place." – Cathy Wolfe
As an Italian/Slavic-American providing her interpretation of cuisine from a different county, she helped embody PTPI's idea of "culture sharing."
Eshaan Mangat, 15, vice president for the PTPI Secaucus Chapter, stood over samosas filled with vegetables at the India table–a staple of Indian culture, according to Mangat. "It's kind of like a street food—basically like potatoes, peas and a bunch of other stuff you can put in, and then they fry it," said Mangat, an American born student of Indian descent.
Next to Mangat, at the Middle East table, Preston Luh shared his collection of bread, carrots, and pita chips with spices.
"This promotes love and peace," said Sumera Haan, who presented chicken biryani—a combination of rice, chicken and Indian spices—at the Pakistan table. Though from India, Haan said that biryani is popular there as well. She said that cultural expressions are "what is needed in the world right now. This should happen in every part of the U.S."
"This is our special cultural food," added Ruahsana Ahmed, who was assisting Hann with the food, and is from Pakistan herself.
"Whatever the special occasion—a wedding, any kind of party, any celebration, we celebrate with biryani. [It has] lots of spices." According to Ahmed, the dish takes a good two to three hours to cook. "It's not easy to make."
Other food offerings included Polish perogis, Greek dolmades, and sticky rice and mangoes from Thailand.
Before the event began, the vendors gathered at Trolley Park for their "peace walk" to Buchmuller. "Today is actually just trying to educate the community," said Cathy Wolfe, an officer for PTPI's Secaucus chapter, as the procession maneuvered down Paterson Plank Road towards the festivities.
"We need to raise awareness so that everybody can work together for one common goal and make the community a better place. This town is rich with cultures, so we want to share it with the community."
Mayor Michael Gonnelli also made an appearance at the event, taking pictures with young children. Speaking of its importance afterwards, he said, "It is something that is very cultural. It brings a lot of recognition to the different cultures. It was Indian. It was American—several different cultures. It really proves how diverse Secaucus is."
For more information on the PTPI's Secaucus chapter, visit https://ptpi.org/Chapters/Find-a-Chapter/Chapter-List/Chapters/Secaucus,-New-Jersey-(GIFT)-Student-Chapter. You can also call 201-320-8491.
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10 Facts About Me!!! - Jenna
Heyo! It's your favorite trash here! I figured you might wanna know some about me so here are ten facts about me! Enjoy my lovely rice cakes! :)
1: My name is Jenna (duh) and I look like this!
2: I love cats! I even have one, her name is Gwiyomi!<3
3: Squid (Sara) is my older sister
4: My bias group is BTS and my UB is J-Hope!
5: I like red, black, white, and pastel pink!
6: My lucky number is 7
7: I have very high self-esteem (YOU SHOULD TOO!)
8: 01' liner (I tend to look older)
10: My astrology sign is a Taurus!
This is random but nice so I hope you enjoyed! Tell me something about you! It can be totally random or just your favorite group. Until next time, rice cakes!
Hiatus!? - Jenna
Hey there! So, it's Jenna! I know we've been inactive and it was an unexpected hiatus of us but Sara reminded me that we still have Dukbokki Time! So, I am going to be working on Dukbokki Time and Sara will just be posting on Facebook, like she has been recently.
As of now, Dukbokki Time is no longer on the terrible hiatus it has been and is probably on a nice semi-hiatus. I am just very busy with school and I don't keep up with new stuff like I used to so I will try to get caught up soon but I am busy so I'll post what I can, when I can.
Thank you for understanding and loving Dukbokki Time! Kpop as you have! Please enjoy and have fun, rice cakes! -Jenna
sorry for the huge delay in post. recently due to no internet we have too put off posting for awhile i finally was able to post this at least but we will make it up! we have better stuff comeing up! so please be paitent! i love you rice cakes!
This Blog -Jenna
Hey guys, I just wanted to post something in the personal blog since I don't post on here much and I post on the kpop blog more.
I've been working a lot on the website and posting stuff if you couldn't tell and I'm finally posting on here but I have no idea what to say.
So I'm just going to give you guys my SNS information since it's all linked to Sara's.
Personal: @Jenna_Netroe
Kpop: @J_Aggio
Dukbokki Time: @DukbokkiT
So yeah, that's just about it. ^_^ Thanks for reading this little thing.
hello guys! it's Sara I just wanted to make something short but just to say that remember that everyday and second are brand new and you make what you want in that very moment. so be happy and smile all you can so when you do die people will remember you as a wonderful person. some things that make me happy are my cat, Asian food, kpop, kdramas, and god/Jesus. if you keep I good head and out look in life then you'll be happy. but there are ups and downs. so make today a good day♡♤
Weekly Reviews
So I think I'm going to start doing weekly MV reviews. I will try to do MV reviews every Tuesday. I'm going to try doing newer MV's but if there aren't any new MV's out then I'll do an older one like around the end of 2013 old.
So my first MV review was 2NE1 Gotta Be You and I think I will do maybe Infinite's Last Romeo MV next, I don't know yet so if any new MV's come out and they're really good I'll do a review instead of doing Infinite's but for now, it looks like Infinite's MV is next.
From 2NE1's Gotta Be You MV
From Infinite's Last Romeo MV
Our Pages - Jenna
So I'm putting up links to our pages on Facebook so you guys can go like them if you want to - we'd appreciate it!
Link to our Facebook page, Kpop Kdrama: https://m.facebook.com/home.php?refsrc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F&refid=8&_rdr#!/profile.php?id=1445066115726363
Link to my Facebook page, T.O.P: https://m.facebook.com/home.php?refsrc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F&refid=8&_rdr#!/profile.php?id=372554952885652
Link to my friend and I's Facebook page, Kpop Lovers: https://m.facebook.com/home.php?refsrc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F&refid=8&_rdr#!/profile.php?id=483744975085689
Link to my friend and I's Facebook page, Lee Hyun Woo: https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=547802851999413
So, those are the links to the Facebook pages. It's mean a lot if you went and liked them even if you don't, thanks for checking them out. ^.^
About Me - Jenna
So, Sara made a post and I decided I should make a post like this too. ^.^
I have a cat named Gwiyomi which I love to death - she even likes Kpop. Her bias is Taeyang of Big Bang.
I like spending time watching korean dramas or variety shows or videos of my biases. When I'm bored I tend to look at pictures of idols like Lee Joon, T.O.P, Kevin, ect.
That is basically all of the things that are least boring. >.< I hope you enjoy our blog! Thanks for stopping by. Goodbye!
This Is Me-sara
so I thought I'll make this post about me and what I like most. Fist is my cat echo-chan! I am so crazy for her I would do anything for her cause she's always there for me no matter what I go through. second is I am determined to travel to japan and other places when I'm older and lastly is I'm a Christian and all I try to do is help my friends and family. I should be a councilor. BTW I suck a lot at spelling but that's OK! its fun this way. but yeah there's the maim stuff to get me started on this blog! oh and me and my boyfriend have been together for a little over 2 years now:)
sara & jenna
this is just my own little personal section on our life and what not.

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The Spear of Forked Tongues is a Ninjago weapon used by Lloyd Garmadon. It is a brown bident with a grey head and long, spiked, pale green tines (referred to as "tongues" by the official description). Its points can apparently be filled with poison, which is injected into foes when the spear pierces their bodies.
Ninjago.com Description
Fill the tongues with your venom of choice. The forked tongues pierce your enemy and inject venom for instant effect. Yikes! So of course, this is another one of Lloyd's favorites.
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Our Memorials page is dedicated to our fellow classmates who have passed from this life… If anyone has photos, obituaries or memories they want to share, let us know. email to email@example.com
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Birthday: November 27, 1956 Deceased: January 12, 2012
Hill, Judy Caryl Was called home to be with the Lord January 12, 2012.
Judy was born November 27, 1956 to Count V. and Ernestine Evans Hill in Blytheville, AR.
As a child she accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior at Main Baptist Church of Aurora, IL. under the leadership of the late Reverend Robert E. Morgan. She participated in many youth activities of the church including the youth choir and BYPU. She began preparing herself for life and community service by attending Washington Elementary in the Caruthersville Missouri Public School System and Beaupre and Oak Park in the East Aurora School District 131. Judy continued her education at Simmons Junior High and graduated from East Aurora High School in the 1974 graduating class.
After High School Judy went on to study and receive her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Western Illinois University's College of Fine Arts. Judy's academic achievements were recognized as she attained a position the Dean's List when she graduated in the summer of 1980. After college, Judy had brief career in film and stage performance prior to pursing a career in Education. Judy taught at K.D. Waldo and Henry Cowherd Middle Schools of the Aurora Public School System. She retired from teaching in 2001 after thirteen years due to ill health. While teaching, she also continued to pursue her Masters Degree in Education until her health failed. Judy was an inspiration to her students as a teacher and she continued to inspire them following her retirement.
Judy was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Judy leaves to celebrate her life and cherish her memory: her father, Count V. Hill; her brother, Lloyd L. Hill (Diana); her sister, Evangelist Mary Jane Bethea of Benton Harbor, MI; nephews, Brandon Hill, Aurora, Brian Hill, Chicago; Ellis Bethea III, of Benton Harbor, MI; nieces, Kayla HIll, Michella (Minister Shamontay) Jones of Berrian Springs, MI., and Demetria (Elder Harry) Simpson III of South Bend, IN., and many grandnieces and nephews, cousin, and friends. Visitation will be held Friday, January 20, 2012 at James from 6-8pm. Funeral Services will be Saturday, January 21, 2012 at Main Baptist Church 10AM Viewing/11AM Service. Interment in Lincoln Memorial Park. James Funeral Service is serving the family. 630-851-6503.
Published in the Aurora Beacon News on Jan. 19, 2012 – See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/aurora-beacon-news/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=155539203#sthash.gdOMv6EO.dpuf


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Endless Season Update 04/30/2009
REPORT #1164 "Below the Border" Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
Regarding the elephant on the beach, all of the talk about swine flu in Baja is just that…talk! As of today, there are nada, none, zip cases reported here in East Cape, as well as the rest of Baja Sur and West Coast of Mexico. The following link is a Google map with an up-to-date map of all reported cases. http://tiny.cc/V8Q8j
As promised, the Mexican Department de Pesca has begun inspecting to be sure that anglers are abiding by Mexican fishing regulations. Apparently a panga is being provided by alternating hotels each month.
Marlin action exploded early in the week but it has slowed somewhat as the baitballs have been broken up by schools of feeding skipjack.
Dorado action continued at a better than average rate for this time of the year with many larger fish being caught close in.
Beach action also has heated up early; larger roosters have begun to show in shallow water close to shore. There were reports of "Bubba" class roosters seen feeding on mullet. Lance Peterson sent us a photo of his first of the '09 season caught earlier this week and photographed by his wife Colleen before it was released. He commented that he had lost even a larger one just minutes before hooking the one in the photo.
Water temperature 72-77
Air temperature 58-91
Humidity 42%
Wind: SE 4 to 6 knots
Conditions: Mostly Sunny
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:45 a.m. MST
Sunset 7:47 p.m. MST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Angler count was even less than last week. Enrique Soto reported good action under the bird schools at the Entrada for a mixed bag of bonito, sierra and a few firecracker sized yellowtail. Dorado were still being reported by commercial fishermen 15 to 20 miles west of the entrada.
Lopez Mateos reported small tuna and yellows outside Bode Soledad, beginning at ten miles and improving out to twenty miles.
Estero action took a back seat as scallop season began capturing the attention of most of the locals this week.
Water temperature 69 - 77
Air temperature 59 -90
Humidity 50 %
Wind: NW 7 knots
Conditions: Sunny
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:03 a.m. MST
Sunset 7:50 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The blue water fishing is improving, but not by a lot. A few sailfish are being reported, but the average is still only about 1 sailfish per day per boat. The clean water has come in to about the 18 mile mark, which is better than the 24 miles last week. The blue water is about 30 miles out.
With the very low fish counts this last couple of weeks, Jamie Morales, the owner of the Vamonos Fleet, was telling me this weekend's annual International Sailfish Tournament should be changed to jurel (jack crevalle), chulas, and barriletes (black skipjack tuna). This is because the action is still outstanding for these inshore fish.
However, a lot of other people must have thought the same thing, because the tournament has been delayed until the weekend of May 22nd. Of course, this was all done in solidarity for the other sporting events in Mexico, which are shut down due to the swine flu. There is no swine flu here in this state, but the federal mandated program is shutting down all sporting events in the republic.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 78 - 83
Air temperature 72-90
Humidity 61%
Wind: WSW at 12kt
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:20 a.m. CDST
Sunset 8:036p.m. CDST
Cabo San Lucas
The warm spot of water between the 1150 and the Cabrilla Seamount was expected to give up a couple of blues or blacks but failed to produce much of anything at all other than a couple of dorado. There were a few tailing fish sighted on the Cortez side.
We had a couple of good days of fishing for football tuna in the 5 to 15 pound class in the middle of the week. The fish were with a large pod of dolphin on the Pacific side just to the south of the San Jaime Banks. When the wind picked up on Thursday the fish were more difficult to find.
Just like last week, once again it was a case of scattered fish. Almost every boat was able to get a dorado this week, and a few boats managed to get three or four.
Inshore, the bite is still on for sierra and yellowtail; it's decent for amberjack and pargo and there are a few grouper to add to the mix. The yellowtail were up around Los Arcos on the Pacific side and the sierra were on the Cortez side of the Cape. When the winds blew hard in the middle of the week, the water really greened up on the Pacific coast and most of the action moved to the Cortez side.
George & Mary Landrum
Water temperature 75 – 78
Air temperature 61 – 95
Humidity 30%
Wind: SSE 7 knots
Conditions: Sunny
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:47 a.m. MST
Sunset 7:46 p.m. MST
No Stinkin' Swine Flu Here
What, you want to fish outside of California?!
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Team Effort to host clothes-give-away ministry this weekend
by Halei Lamb | August 30, 2018 4:49 pm
On Saturday, September 1, Team Effort Missionary Baptist Church, located at the corner of Six and Elm Street in Twin City, will host a clothes-give-away ministry from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Clothes and shoes of all sizes will be available for men, women, boys, girls, and toddlers. For more information, call 478-763-2270. Pastor Rev. Samuel Carlyle invites all.


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Winter Solstice Tea from Peet's Coffee & Tea
For tea drinkers who want the convenience of tea bags, try Peet's Winter Solstice Tea*, their most complex blend ever. The whole leaf and broken leaf black teas come from Darjeeling, Yunnan, and Sri Lanka. Mellow cinnamon, earthy allspice, pungent whole cloves, chopped Madagascar vanilla beans, bergamot and zesty orange peel add layered flavors. Winter Solstice Tea will brighten your winter day no matter how short it is!
Included in the directions on the side of each box, Peet's writes, "Bring the water to a rolling boil, pour immediately onto the teabag, and cover with a lid to retain heat while steeping." After using your Kup Kap for brewing, continue using it while drinking your tea to further retain heat from your first sip to your last!
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Food, car and house sales are plummeting. Our world leaders now talk openly of global recession. And, perhaps most tellingly, word spreads that during a forthcoming state visit the Queen is planning to wear a red suit that - and I wish you to steady yourselves against the nearest, sturdiest piece of furniture before I go on - she has worn before. Truly our straits must be dire.
The time has clearly come, therefore, for me to share with you my handy list of Dos and Don'ts for beating the credit crunch. (Or Do's and Don'ts for those of you who'd like to argue the merits of grammatically incorrect apostrophes being deployed in the service of dispelling visual confusion. And I know from a recent column that touched on this subject that many of you fine, passionate, if possibly slightly underemployed people exist.)
Do empty your cupboards
Food cupboards first. Come on, we haven't got all day. I've got a bottle of nam pla at the back of mine. I don't even know what nam pla is. I was staring at the label for 20 minutes before I realised it wasn't a misprint.
Take out all unidentifiable sticky bottles, lever off the shelves any jars spot-welded by their own juices. Hose them down, polish them up and establish them in your mind once more as useable entities.
As ever in matters of prudence and economy, I offer my late, great-aunt Eileen as your best guide. She once emptied her store cupboard and found a 22-year-old bag of icing sugar at the back. We suggested she offer it to the V&A. "Don't be ridiculous," she said. "It'll do for our Kenneth's christening present." And it did.
In the right frame of mind, your clear-out can double as therapy, which will reduce your outgoings. A junk- or food-stuffed cupboard is like a mini-archaeological dig through the strata of your soul. Down you go through abandoned kitchen appliances, sports gear, organic cleaning products: the detritus of discarded hopes, dreams and futile attempts at reinvention revealed in unforgiving physical form. When I reach the last of my kitchen cupboards, I find that I once bought a packet of polenta. It remains untouched. Ah, boiled cornmeal - who'd have thought you could work as metaphor as well as you do dated dinner party staple?
Central heating is your enemy. I am a cold-blooded creature - never mind cast ne'er a clout till May is out. I shuck not a sweater until the sun is burning overhead in mid-August, so if I can live without heating, so can you. I am typing this in two T-shirts, four jumpers, two pairs of trousers and a rug over my legs. I can't move, but I'm toasty.
Eat out of the freezer
Trust me, all that "eat within a year of freezing" nonsense is just that. It's one of those things that has become received wisdom, like exercise being good for you, living well being the best revenge or the truth setting you free. There's pounds worth of food in them there drawers, so get defrosting - and if necessary heavily disguising with cheap spices - and eating. What's the worst that can happen? Even if you end up with food poisoning, you'll still save money. It's hard to go shopping when you're jackknifed over the toilet and leaking from both ends. Admittedly not impossible, with an iron will and robust laptop, but if you're that dedicated to the art, you probably haven't read this far anyway.
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The Longwood Story
We are ever growing and evolving. We are fueled by a passion for difference, service excellence & your happiness. We have fun, we work hard and we are innovative.
Thanks to Belinda's extensive experience in hospitality development and management, Longwood is recognized as a leader in the industry. Belinda sets the highest standards for service and design and implements the most progressive amenities.
Inspired by the communal sharing of food, Chef Dave believes in the bounty of New England. He supports local farmers who follow all-natural farming methods. Chef David is a 14 year Four Seasons veteran. He also oversaw 27 Whole Foods locations. Read more about Chef David here.
Named one of the Top 40 Business Leaders Under 40 by Providence Business News, Nichole is inspired when Clients consistently tell her that our team is the friendliest and most responsive in the industry. "Putting ourselves in the Clients' shoes and going above and beyond to be kind, is what we, as a Team, excel in." Read more.
Scott Darby brings his unique and extensive hospitality and investment experience gained, amongst other, at Fidelity Investments, where he oversaw the financial activities of the Seaport Boston and Boston World Trade Center.
A graduate of Culinary Institute of America, a veteran of Four Seasons, Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center, and most recently Director of Operations of the famed Boston Harbor Hotel, Jaime leads our operations team with confidence, passion, and clarity.
every one of our venues
Like many who attended non-profit events & black-tie galas in the city of Boston, we grew tired of parties and gatherings in spaces that all looked the same: four walls, no windows, salmon-colored wall paddings, and crystal chandeliers.
We realized Boston had a tremendous need for unique event spaces – spaces with personality, style, and most importantly: a soul.
We realized Boston had a tremendous need for open-minded venues where guests could feel an intimate connection with the location, where the event planners knew their clients personally and could respond quickly to their individual needs.
We decided to change it. We converted our only restaurant into a private event venue in 2000 and set on an industry (and life) -changing adventure.
A dedicated private event venue proved to be exactly what Boston needed. The flexibility of the floor plan & the adaptability of the operations, combined with the care of the service, earned high marks from a discerning public. With no operational distractions (no off-premise catering), we are razor focused on what we do best – creating your event. To this day, this is our difference.
Slowly, we have been growing and expanding.
We lead with our hearts. Our venues are like our children. Their success is not the only goal. We want them to be happy, fulfilled, surrounded by loving people, & giving back to the world. We realize that being in the event & lifestyle industry, we have the unique opportunity to contribute to the world via non-profit events & fundraising efforts.
We host a countless number of such events & guide their organizers into how to structure it to raise the most support & awareness. We work with non-profits that passionately support their causes, yet struggle to attain their fundraising goals. Our expertise shows them how to efficiently manage their valuable time and money and focus their efforts on maximizing the impact of their missions. This is our responsibility.
Every day we work to create unmatched memories for you, our clients and guests, by anticipating your unique needs and by honoring the individuality & soul of each of our venues. We are an organic, ever growing and evolving company. We are fueled by the passion for difference and your happiness. Every day, we work harder, we think smarter & we are more creative. This is our essence.
We continue to raise the bar in our industry because of all of you as our clients, guests, colleagues, and friends deserve it. Thank you for being there for us.
First, we start with Unique Venues.
Be it urban chic State Room with inimitable view of Boston, be it glamorous Belle Mer right on the edge of Narragansett Bay, be it the European history and architecture of Alden Castle or the understated luxury and classic Americana at Wychmere Beach Club. Our locations, their settings, and designs cannot be duplicated.
But it is not just space. Our culinary arts and our planning process set us apart even more so!
Culinary Arts – we embrace Local and To Order.
Being locally owned, we are proud to lead by example in our commitment to support local purveyors and vendors. We also simply believe that local and in season taste the best. This is why our menus are so seasonal. This is also why we invite you to a tasting relatively close to your event date. The tomato you will be eating in July is just not available in January! We always favor artisanal, local, and small batch productions.
All of our local culinary offerings are prepared in-house & to order, just like at your favorite local restaurant. We don't prepare food in commissaries or in advance. Each our venue has a fully outfitted kitchen and a talented culinary team. With Chef David Blessing at the helm, we create ever more intriguing dishes – to be eaten with all senses.
The Planning Process – we get personal.
We deliver the WOW not only during the event but also through the entire planning experience. It can get deep and personal, especially if it is a very private event. We listen to your needs & provide you with the best possible experience. We have built our reputation on cultivating sincere relationships.
We recognize that our clients, corporate clients and brides alike, have truly deep reasons to throw a party or host an event. They have causes that really matter. Many of our non-profit clients dedicate their lives to their causes and through the event they not only want to show their appreciation to their supporters but they want to spread awareness and raise funds.
Every event needs to inspire, fulfill, bring satisfaction and reach a higher goal. It is much deeper than just a party.
Our Commitment – we are mindful of our environment.
Throughout all of our venues, it is our goal to minimize our environmental impact by using energy efficient technology and water conservation. We are certified by the Sustainable Business Leaders program.
Some key elements of our green initiative include:
– Recycling system for all products that are accepted by local recycling companies
– Completely free of polystyrene products
– Independent water filtration systems that purify & bottle our own water
– Energy efficient light bulbs
– Low spray valves in kitchen sinks to promote water conservation
– Energy efficient ice machines that use only half the energy of the standard model to run
– Energy efficient gas ranges, broilers & stoves which allow for more accurate heat delivery
– Energy efficient food warming cabinets in our kitchens
– 100% recyclable & chlorine free paper towels, napkins & tissue.
We make our clients comfortable to just go for it, to believe that how they imagined their event can really become reality with LONGWOOD. We are always original and all about the mix. Our event specialists embrace every style from urban chic at State Room to seaside glamour at Belle Mer, from modern vintage at Alden Castle to simply beach at Wychmere Beach Club.
We surprise, seduce and delight in each of our venues. And those who know us, know that we will never lose our intelligence, our wit, and our ability to be just a little bit ahead of the times.
We enjoy pushing the envelope, doing something that no one has done before. Our guests desire and deserve best experiences, both on an emotional and functional level. That's why clients love us.
Serving Community
Over the years, we have hosted numerous non-profit organizations in our venues. With our extensive expertise, we guide them through the timeline, menu selection, and logistics, to ensure their event is as successful as possible. Coming soon: How to Plan the Most Profitable Fundraiser.
We also believe that engaging in philanthropic activities is key to creating lasting social change. Together with our many clients, we support the incredible work of charitable organizations in Boston, Cape Cod, Newport, and beyond.
Feeding Our Neighbors
Chef David Blessing leads our involvement with this trail-blazing organization. Feeding Our Neighbors works with the Boston Rescue Mission to accept unserved event and restaurant food that is otherwise thrown out. One in six of Boston residents struggles with hunger. [Learn More]
Flower Angels
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Patagonia's 2015/16 campaign revolved around protecting the Jumbo Valley from development. This is a long-time issue right in my own backyard and I was grateful to help on the project. Click here for the catalogue.
Shell Canada (with Nature Conservancy of Canada)
My job here was to highlight the success of the Mount Broadwood land donation located in Fernie, British Columbia. It was the largest conservation initiative of its kind in Canadian history.
Destination BC
Destination B.C.'s new brand is moody and powerful, bringing to life this amazing province's raw and natural beauty. My task was to capture wintertime elements in the Kootenay region via this style. Some of my work has been used as overall signature imagery for this new brand push. Here's a postcard you can get for free.


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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Must-see 'Band Called Death,' Luc Besson's Funky 'Extraordinary Adventures' and More
A Band Called Death - Drafthouse Films - Blu-ray and DVD
Director: Mark Christopher Covino, Jeff Howlett
Cast: Bobby Hackney, Dannis Hackney, David Hackney, Henry Rollins, Alice Cooper
To quote my interview with the stars of this fine film: "A Band Called Death has one of the best stories you'll see in a movie this year. Or next year. Or any year. It's almost too good to be true, but it all really happened."
It's pretty common for documentaries to knock you off your feet, though most of the time that happens when the subject matter is just plain depressing. That's not the case here. This is an incredibly uplifting, wondrous story about a trio of brothers who were well ahead of their time musically. But it's way, way more than that. The story of the band's roots and what happened to them after they failed to make it big is plain ole awesome. And best of all, you don't need to have any kind of knowledge of music to appreciate it.
Special Features: Commentary with directors Mark Covino and Jeff Howlett; Commentary with the Hackney family; "DEATH Live at SXSW 2013;" "Q&A Live at the Vermont International Film Festival;" deleted scenes; "Let the World Turn" music video
Read our interview with the stars of A Band Called Death.
Other Notable New Releases
It's a pretty eclectic week for new releases, offering a little something for everyone. On the action front we've got Olympus Has Fallen, the first of this year's double bill of movies that blow the White House to pieces. By most accounts it's a lot of fun and makes great use of its R rating and absurd premise.
The U.S. finally gets The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec this week, which should be a big deal if you're a fan of The Fifth Element director Luc Besson and have been waiting for this since it hit France in 2010. It's a pretty funky, energetic movie about an Indiana Jones-esque adventurer who gets caught up in a wild plot involving dinosaurs and mummies from ancient Egypt, and should appeal to those who like quirky movies that don't take themselves very seriously.
Next we have two films that got warm receptions on the festival circuit, the brilliantly titled thriller Errors of the Human Body, and The Company You Keep, directed by and starring Robert Redford. And if you want a complete and total departure from any of these films, you've got the straight-to-DVD flick The Hot Flashes, starring Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah, Wanda Sykes, Camryn Manheim and Virginia Madsen as a bunch of middle-aged women who challenge a local team of high school girls to a basketball game. Yep, this is a real movie.
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Citing concerns that computers aren't topping holiday wish lists, market research firm Gartner has cut its forecast for fourth-quarter PC sales.
The firm predicted on Monday that worldwide PC sales would hit 51.9 million for the quarter, up 10 per cent from last year but below earlier forecasts. For the year, Gartner now envisions growth of 11.4 per cent over 2003, down from its prior forecast of 13 per cent.
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According to Home Remedies For You, a pulled trapezius muscle can be treated by rest, neck exercises, restricted movement of the affected part, application of ice or cold compresses and elevation of the injured area. Other treatments include massage therapy and acupuncture. Prescription or non-prescription anti-inflammatory medications helps reduce symptoms.
Home Remedies For You explains that prevention of movement and resting allows the trapezius muscle to heal and recover from the injury. The other treatments, such as massage therapy, are used to reduce pain and swelling.
According to Home Remedies For You, ibuprofen and naproxen are some medications which can minimize the inflammation and pain. However, for severe pain, oral steroids may be prescribed to relieve the symptoms.


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NICSA Partners with NECF In Support of First-of-its-Kind Online Program through UC Berkeley
Boston - January 26, 2004. The National Investment Company Service Association (NICSA) announced today that it is partnering with New England College of Finance (NECF) to promote a new online program with UC Berkeley Extension. This innovative and timely program, entitled "Accelerated Program in Financial Services", was created under the direction of an Advisory Board of senior management from prominent companies in the banking and investment management/mutual fund sectors. The program targets college graduates who seek industry knowledge as well as graduate-level education. The program has received funding support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and is recommended for seven to nine graduate credits in transfer into masters degree programs.
"This is an exciting and very timely program", says Barbara V. Weidlich, president of NICSA. "We can now offer anytime, anywhere access to industry-specific education delivered at the graduate level, with credits transferring into highly regarded MBA programs. This will provide a perfect complement to NICSAs existing portfolio of conferences, seminars, regional meetings, and our online Certified Mutual Fund Specialist program delivered in partnership with Acadient."
In this jointly-delivered, fast-paced program, students will be engaged in parallel tracks. They will enroll in either a finance or general management concentration through Berkeley while simultaneously focusing on financial services education through NECF. Students will participate in online cohort groups at NECF where they will apply the lessons learned in their Berkeley studies to real-world financial situations. All learning will therefore be tied to the industry, ensuring relevance, practicality, and collaboration among students and companies. The program will culminate in a Capstone Project, which students will create as a strategic deliverable to their employers. The program may be completed in six to eight months.
"We are delighted to welcome NICSA as a partner in this important industry-driven program", says Robert A. Regan, president and CEO of NECF. "The NICSA brand resonates throughout the industry, and its large global membership is precisely the audience this online program is targeting. By leveraging our combined resources, brands, and intellectual capital, NICSA, UC Berkeley, and NECF deliver extraordinary value to the financial services industry."
Under the terms of this partnership agreement, NICSA and NECF will share revenues, and members of NICSA will receive a substantial tuition discount in the program. In addition to promoting the program to its members, NICSA will serve on the Advisory Board overseeing the program, where it will provide thought leadership on behalf of its members.
The program is scheduled for a March 2004 launch and will be offered four times throughout the year. Admission is open to college graduates of the financial services industry, and requires a written recommendation from management. For more information about this program, you may visit www.nicsa.org/apfs.
About NICSA
The National Investment Company Service Association (NICSA) is a not-for-profit trade association providing leadership and innovation in educational programming and information exchange within the operations sector of the worldwide investment industry.
NICSA membership totals more than 400 companies operating in major financial centers in the United States, Europe and Asia. The membership represents all segments of the mutual fund industry including mutual fund complexes, investment management companies, custodian banks, transfer agents and independent providers of specialized products and services.
NICSAs services to members include education, training and networking opportunities through conferences on a wide range of industry issues and developments; specialized publications, and access to NICSAs membership directory. NICSA also offers an On-Line Learning Center featuring the Certified Mutual Fund Specialist Program, the first-ever certification program of its kind.
NICSAs website (www.nicsa.org) offers up-to-date information about all of the Associations programs and activities.
About NECF
New England College of Finance is a not-for-profit educational organization serving all segments of financial services. Founded in Boston in 1909 as a banking institute, NECF achieved national prominence when it became recognized as an accredited, degree-granting college - the only organization of its kind in America ever to achieve full collegiate status. In 2002, NECF was selected by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to be its partner in delivering online education to the financial services industry worldwide. A major eLearning grant from Sloan enabled the creation of NECFOnline and its partnership with UC Berkeley Extension. For more information about NECF, visit its web site at http://www.finance.edu.


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Grey Weighted Starfish - large - ready to ship
Grey Weighted Starfish - large - ready to ship
– Please note: This is a therapeutic product - not a toy.
- In stock – Ready to Ship
- Local pick up is available as an option and layby too!
- Simply give me a call 0404 207 952 or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com before ordering on website.
- Handmade in Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Weighted starfish fully washable in warm or cold water by hand or machine.
- Grey minky fleece on one side
- Purple minky dot fleece on reverse side.
Weight = 2 kg
Additional two layers of cotton in between to hold poly pellets securely in place.
Approx 55 cm wide
Australian made Poly pellets which are used to weight products.
Weighted quilts, blankets and lap pads etc. should always be used with adult supervision and on advice from your Occupational, Speech Therapist or other professional therapist.
Weight of quilt or blanket should be from 5-10% of child or adult's weight. Again, your professional Occupational or Speech Therapist will advise.
Every effort has been made to ensure the poly pellets used in construction are secure in the four layers of fabric and triple stitching on outside perimeter. However, as with all types of fabric, care should be taken to ensure that no damage is done to the fabric or structure. Please check integrity of products before use.
Wash on cold or warm wash, can be tumble dried on LOW setting, however, air drying is preferable, do not hang weighted products from the edge, as this could damage the blanket due to the weight involved. To keep the product looking it's best for as long as possible, I would suggest putting it inside a pillow case or doona cover before washing. Always ensure laundry equipment is able to accommodate the weight of the products to be laundered.
A weighted product should never be used as a restraint. In addition, the person using the weighted blanket must be able to physically remove it unaided if required.


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The waiting room was already full when I walked into the clinic. Sniffling construction workers blowing their reddened noses, crying babies pulling at their mothers' blouses, slumping seniors with their walkers standing ready before them - around me was a cross-section of humanity fallen through the cracks between our private and public healthcare systems. I needed a quick prescription from my physician friend whose vision created this small safety net of care. "Is Bill in?" I inquired of the harried receptionist whose desk was heaped with a clutter of lab reports, medical files and phone messages. "No," she replied, giving me a who-are-you-to-refer-to-the-doctor-by-his-first-name look. "Who is the physician on duty this morning?" I persisted, feeling a bit put off. "Sign in and have a seat," she said with practiced inattention. "The doctor will see you as soon as he can." I sat down as told. By first count, there were at least a dozen people ahead of me. If there were only one physician to examine all these patients, I could be here all morning - maybe even longer. I glanced at my watch. It was now past nine. As I started thinking of the meetings I would have to reschedule, I felt an impatience building inside of me. All I needed was a simple prescription, less than a minute of the doctor's time. Wasting a half day was just absurd! I sat and fumed for five minutes until the growing frustration finally pushed me to a decision. No, I would not blow a whole morning waiting in line for a little piece of paper. I walked back over to the receptionist's desk.
"I'm Dr. Lupton," I said with as charming a smile as I could muster. "Could I speak to the clinic director?" This obviously placed me in a different category. The young lady disappeared in haste through a door marked "off limits to patients" and reappeared in a moment followed by a curious and altogether courteous middle-aged man who immediately invited me back to his office. This was all the access I needed. As soon as the director learned of my support of the clinic and my long-standing relationship with its founder, he slipped me quickly into an examining room and within five minutes I had my prescription in hand. I pretended to be oblivious to the ugly stares as I walked back through the waiting room on my way out.
Access. That's what privilege gets us. Privilege moves us to the front of the line. It gets us into places where others cannot go. It gets us exclusive benefits, special treatment. Money can often buy it. But so can social status and connections. And it makes others envy us, but mostly resent us. "Is there something wrong with privilege?" I asked myself as I drove away from the clinic in plenty of time for my next appointment.
I tried to remember if I had heard a sermon on this subject. I could not. Social class is something we seem a bit uncomfortable talking about publicly in our culture. Maybe because one of our cherished national myths is that we all are equal. We love our log-cabin-to-white-house stories. Our disdain for a caste system, like in India let's say, is because there is no opportunity to move up the social ladder. Yet privilege and class go hand in hand - the higher the class, the greater the privilege. And even within each social class there is a hierarchy, a pecking order, that determines who gets to eat first and best. It's a principle of nature. It keeps everyone striving. What makes privilege palatable to us is our fundamental belief that anyone can have it if they work hard enough. Privilege is good, we could reason - a positive motivating factor, something to aspire to, the legitimate reward for diligence and persistence and prudence and sound investment.
So why did I feel so impure when I left the clinic? Why did I find myself working so hard to rationalize my behavior? Perhaps it was the resentful stares that made it so hard to dismiss the incident from my mind. But would it have been fundamentally different had I entered and left through a back door so that no one in the waiting room would have known? Would it have been more righteous if I had patiently waited my turn and wasted an entire morning waiting on a one-minute prescription?
Eventually, reluctantly, my thoughts drifted toward scripture. After all, it is the book I say I try to live by. The random surfacing of parables and passages that percolated in my mind was hardly reassuring. A banquet where guests were posturing for the best seats…Jesus interrupting his day to touch sick people…"I came not to be served but to serve"…"the last will be first and the first will be last"…"the greatest among you is the servant of all"…"put the interests of others ahead of your own"…"see others as more important than yourself"… No, not reassuring at all! In every passage, however, privilege was assumed, not denied - nothing intrinsically wrong with some having more and some less. But how one uses his privilege, how privilege affects one's attitude toward others - that was quite obviously the critical issue.
Did I believe that my time was more valuable than those sitting in the waiting room? I cringed when the thought occurred to me. Did I think of myself as more important than construction laborers in mud-caked boots and under-employed moms with watery-eyed infants and hobbling senior citizens? If someone had asked me those questions, I would have responded with an emphatic "absolutely not!" But my actions would have betrayed me.
One cannot un-ring a bell. I cannot undo my clinic visit. I can repress it and go on. Or I can allow the angry glares of less-privileged patients to serve as a corrective to a seductive tendency - the powerful pull of privilege to make one feel superior to others.
So do I use my privilege to serve my own interests or not? Of course I will, much of the time, no matter how much of a servant-leader I aspire to be. Only a handful of Mother Teresa types have ever successfully resisted the temptation. And even Mother Teresa didn't die destitute on a Calcutta street. A more manageable question is this: am I willing to honor those in line ahead of me as people worthy of my respect and care, or will I continue to view them simply as those I need to find a way around? I can't help wondering if, in the economy of the Kingdom, a morning of assisting seniors with their walkers and offering stressed-out mothers relief from their fussy toddlers might not have been more significant appointments than the "important" meetings I hurried away to make.
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Could it be time to update your Gmail password? It's been reported that hackers have stolen and published the logins and passwords of nearly 5 million Google accounts. Scott Drake explains the security breach.
A user who goes by "tvskit" posted an archive file on a Bitcoin forum. The claim is that at least 60% of the compromised accounts are believed to be active. Most of the accounts are apparently Russian, although there are apparently accounts whose users speak English and Spanish.
Google is encouraging users not to panic about the leak. "We've protected the affected accounts and have required those users to reset their passwords." One writer suggests that two-factor authentication is a good idea to strengthen the safety of one's gmail account.
The password leak is a helpful reminder that security is important and that there are always people working to steal passwords.


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We have a number of rooms of varying sizes and set ups available for hire at very reasonable rates that can be hired by the hour or by the session; morning sessions from 9.00am - 12noon, afternoon sessions from 1.00pm - 4.00pm evening/twilight sessions by negotiation. Prices from £10 an hour or £30 a session. Contact Pastor Jason if you would like more details. Please take a few moments to read the conditions of hire below. Please note we don't hire out rooms on a Sunday.
Children's Parties
Rooms are hired out for children's parties, the fee is £40.00 and includes the use of the Dining room, the Kitchen and room 5 below, (room 5 is big enough for a bouncy castle - toys are not included); please read the conditions of hire below and download, complete and return the Party Booking Form to the church. If you want to know more contact us.
- Foyer view 1
- Foyer View 2
- The Lighthouse Coffee shop
- Room 1
- Room 3 view 1
- Room 3 view 2
- Room 5 view 1
- Room 5 view 2
- Room 5 view 3 with tables
Digital projection facilities are available on request.


text: Our family is forever grateful for Rabbi Gadi's unique expertise in circumcision. My search that led us to Rabbi Gadi all began towards the end of my second pregnancy with our second son. I work in the medical field and began doing extensive research regarding vaccinations. We decided for our family that we did not want our son to have the Vitamin K shot administered. It is nearly impossible to obtain a pediatrician to perform a circumcision, with refusal of administering the Vitamin K shot (standard medical protocol). With our new son, we decided to take another route. We desperately were seeking the professional services Rabbi Gadi provides! Living in Alaska has its challenges, so no surprise that when I searched for a Rabbi to perform our sons circumcision, there was none available in state to contact. After researching many dead ends, I found Rabbi Gadi online and decided to contact him directly to discuss our options. After our first conversation, I felt that I could trust him. We spoke off and on until we coordinated a convenient time for him to travel to Alaska. The day that we had so anxiously awaited finally arrived, and we could not have been more pleased with the entire experience. Our whole family, Grandparents included were all able to participate in the memorable experience. Rabbi Gadi was so thorough at explaining the procedure, there was no room for anxiety or worry. He has such a calming grace, wonderful spirit, and easy going personality! He fit right in with our family and home. As far as the procedure, he utilizes sterile medical grade equipment and is very quick and precise. The level of care and compassion exercised by Rabbi Gadi is unmatchable! He blessed our family with a beautiful prayer before the procedure, and was extremely nurturing to our son up until the moment he left. We could not be happier with every decision that led us to having met Rabbi Gadi! If we had to go back and do it again, we wouldn't change a single thing. In fact, we hope to bare more son's one day and plan to call on Rabbi Gadi again. Not only did he take exceptionally good care of our son while here, we learned so much from him through sharing his wisdom and beliefs. He is just an all around great person. I truly believe our experience could not have been as wonderful as it was without Rabbi Gadi. He provides a much needed service to families all over that seek his expertise. If your research has led you this far, look no further! Forever grateful to you Gadi! Timmons family


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Cool stuff and well done!
Cool stuff and well done!
Totally unique and surrealistic work here!! Love it very, very much.
Great art, which I think is inspired a bit by Giger, Beksinski and as already mentioned Whelan.
Again, very good work and please keep us posted with Your art.
Gutalin! Check your messages
absolutly beutiful and truly inspiering. thank you so much for sharing this with us
I would LOVE to have these printed as posters! Inspiring talent, Gutalin!
Wow, this got to be a top row
ZBrush, CS, 2009
I imagine you use 2.5 d tools a lot.. i would love to kno more about the way you do them.
This detail especially, great work man, keep posting.
Looks a lot like H R Geiger's work. I like it alot.
Top row..I can't stop looking at the L51...that has to be made piece by piece and composited, unless you are in good grace with a render farm somewhere...
The L54 is so much like H.R. Giger (I see the file name HRGTr )--have you studied his work for very long or just does his style have a natural home in your mind?
Please show some more of your work technique.
Yeah, great work. And it becomes a real digital Giger
Please keep working on this landscapes. They are amazing and highly inspiring.
IT'S Stunning!, really so good panoramic images, i love it!


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When eating your way through Louisiana, the world becomes your oyster. Served at shuck shacks as well as gilded New Orleans restaurants, oysters are on the menu everywhere. And for good reason: They're plentiful and affordable, making them as much a part of Louisiana's culinary culture as crawfish.
"Seventy percent of oysters harvested in the U.S. are from the Gulf with the majority coming from Louisiana waters, " said Charlie Whinham, public information officer at Louisiana Tourism.
So what's the difference between Louisiana oysters and others varieties that vie for attention on the raw bar? It's all about the oyster's terroir — where and how the oyster is farmed — and the environmental factors, notably the Gulf Coast's warm waters. Louisiana Gulf oysters tend to be large and tender with a mild flavor due to the freshwater influence from the Mississippi River.
While wild harvested oysters appear on the market, the most popular varieties are those commercially bottom-farmed and dredged or cage-farmed. These oysters are plump with a creamier texture, making them a favorite among chefs for baking, charbroiling, or eating raw.
To sample the difference, consider traveling the Louisiana Oyster Trail. Spawned in 2012, the Oyster Trail zigzags through Jefferson Parish spotlighting an eclectic collection of more than 20 restaurants stretching from Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River to the Gulf. Each location is easy to find; look for the 3-foot-tall oyster sculpture displayed at each restaurant, designating it as an official trail stop. The trail includes restaurants in Metairie, Gretna, Grand Isle, Bucktown, and Lafitte.
Apart from the Oyster Trail, New Orleans' restaurateurs for generations have venerated oysters by means of frying, baking, and chargrilling. One such restaurateur is Chef Ryan Prewitt, named James Beard 2014 Best Chef in the South. His New Orleans restaurant, Pêche, also garnered the James Beard pick for 2014 Best New Restaurant in America. While it's a small detour off the Oyster Trail, Pêche specializes in Louisiana seafood, and oysters are stars on the menu.
"We source only Gulf oysters. Primarily offering Grand Isle caged-raised and bottom-dredged oysters, which typically possess a creamy mineral flavor, as opposed to a salty brininess," said Prewitt. The restaurant staff can shuck between 7,000 and 8,000 oysters weekly. "Here, we concentrate on raw oysters because you can taste all the differences in flavor," Prewitt said. "Raw on the half shell is the most exciting way to eat an oyster."
Slurping off the shell with or without a splash of Tabasco sauce isn't for everyone. No worries. Consider the oyster options: Acme Oyster House is famous for chargrilled oysters sauced with herb butter, while overstuffed oyster po-boys are part of the menu at Desire Oyster Bar that's inside the Royal Sonesta Hotel, another quality detour from the official trail.


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great fight!!!
November 3, 2012
Inner Mongolia Indoor Stadium
Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Lü ZhenHong def. Bao YinNa via tapout (armbar) Rd. 1, 3:05
Cui LiuCai def. Yang Liang via verbal tapout (armbar) Rd. 1, 2:07
Zheng JunFeng def. Wen JunCheng via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Irshaad Sayed def. Xue GuoBin via TKO (ref stoppage no defense) Rd. 1, 3:24
Jumabieke Tuerxun def. Zhang YongQiang via submission (Von Flue Choke) Rd. 1, 1:30
Wu ChengJie def. Zhao EriDeMuTu via tapout (head arm choke) Rd. 1, 2:20
Liu PingYuan def. Shang ZhiFa via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Rodrigo Caporal def. Arthit Hanchana via tapout (head arm choke) Rd. 3, 1:48
Zhang MeiXuan def. Amu RiJiRiGaLa via tapout (heel hook) Rd. 1, 3:45
Yuan ChunBo def. Sandro da Silva via tapout (kneebar) Rd. 2, 4:43
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Urine Dipstick Without Microscopy May Be Used to Rule Out Urinary Tract Infection in Infants < 90 Days Old
EBM Focus - Volume 9, Issue 19
Read the Complete EBM Focus and Earn CME.
Reference: Pediatrics 2014 Apr 28 early online (level 2 [mid-level] evidence)
Serious bacterial infections occur in about 9% of febrile infants aged 1-90 days, with urinary tract infection (UTI) being the most common diagnosis (Pediatrics 2004 Jun;113(6):1662). UTI screening methods include urine dipstick and microscopy of centrifuged urine. Urine dipstick is a relatively simple procedure that can be performed in office settings with minimal training, whereas microscopic examination of urine requires more extensive training. A recent retrospective diagnostic cohort study evaluated both urine dipstick and microscopy for detection of UTI in 6,536 febrile infants aged 1-90 days.
All infants had urine samples obtained by catheterization. The urine dipstick testing used colorimetric interpretation by a semiautomated urine chemistry analyzer. In addition to the comparison with microscopy, a combined analysis was performed, with a positive result defined as positive findings on either urine dipstick or microscopy. The reference standard was urine culture, with UTI defined as presence of > 50,000 colony-forming units/mL of any urinary pathogen. A total of 6,394 infants (98%) with unequivocal urine cultures were included in the analysis.
The prevalence of UTI was about 12% by reference standard. For detection of UTI in the overall analysis, all tests had negative predictive value > 98%. The urine dipstick testing had sensitivity 90.8%, specificity 93.8%, positive predictive value (PPV) 66.8%, and negative predictive value (NPV) 98.7%. Microscopy analysis had sensitivity 90.3%, specificity 91.3%, PPV 58.6%, and NPV 98.6%. The combined urine dipstick and microscopy analysis had sensitivity 94.7%, specificity 87.6%, PPV 51.2%, and NPV 99.2%. The addition of microscopy to urine dipstick was estimated to produce 8 false positive diagnoses of UTI for every diagnosis missed with urine dipstick alone. In 53 infants with subsequent UTI diagnosis after negative urine dipstick, no adverse outcomes were observed.
Urine dipstick testing is a rapid and inexpensive test for detection of UTI that does not require specialized training. These new findings demonstrate that a negative result on urine dipstick testing may rule out UTI in infants < 90 days old. Although adding microscopy analysis to urine dipstick testing resulted in a higher negative predictive value, this must be weighed against an increased number of false positives with combined analysis, which can lead to additional use of healthcare resources and potentially increased antibiotic exposure. Taken together, these data support urine dipstick testing without microscopy for detection of UTI in febrile infants while waiting for urine culture results.
For more information see the Fever without apparent source in infants less than 3 months old topic in DynaMed.


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Sound Designs by Gareth Fry 2010
Stan Won't Dance, UK tour. Director: Liam Steele and Robert Tannion
Sweet Nothings
Young Vic Theatre. Director: Luc Bondy
NT Masterclass
NT Masterclass - An introduction to Lighting and Sound Design with Jon Clark and Gareth Fry, Cottesloe Theatre, 5th March 2010.
Peter Pan
National Theatre of Scotland, Kings Theatre, Glasgow, Barbican Theatre & UK Tour. Director: John Tiffany
"I could also spend days praising Davey Anderson's wonderful Celtic music and Gareth Fry's immaculate sound design." AYoungerTheatre.com
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Young Vic Theatre. Director: David Lan
Sucker Punch
Royal Court Theatre. Director: Sacha Wares. Original music and sound design.
"the boxing scenes being especially effective thanks to Gareth Fry's outstanding sound design" Edward Lukes, The London Magazine
Prisoner of 2nd Avenue
Vaudeville Theatre. Director: Terry Johnson
Light Shining in Buckinghamshire
Arcola Theatre. Director: Polly Findlay
No Idea
Improbable Theatre, Director: Lee Simpson
Toured the UK (Manchester, Liverpool, Ludlow, Plymouth, Birmingham and Bristol) and Young Vic, London, Spring 2010
Toured to Egypt and Syria, Winter 2010
Film4 Summer Screen and Glyndebourne at Somerset House
(trailer below features some of my time lapse photography)
Black Watch
National Theatre of Scotland. Glasgow, Aberdeen, Belfast, London, Washington, North Carolina, Texas, Coventry, Chicago. Director: John Tiffany. Devised in 2006, toured extensively 2007 to 2014
2008 Helpmann Award Sound Design winner.
2009 Olivier Award Best Sound Design.
Fraulein Julie
Schaubuhne, Berlin & toured internationally. Director: Katie Mitchell
Duchess of Malfi
Royal Theatre, Northampton. Dir: Laurie Sansom
Reproduced Sound
talk at the Wales Millenium Centre for the IOA
Somerset House Ice Rink
Complicite, Barbican Theatre, London. Paris, Tokyo, Taipei. Director: Simon McBurney
Performed: Setagaya Public Theatre, Tokyo, Barbican Theatre, London, Theatre de la Ville, Paris, National Theatre, Taipei, Lincoln Centre, New York, Hyogo Ats Centre, Osaka, Esplanade Theatre, Singapore, UMS, Ann Arbor, Freud, UCLA, Los Angeles
Devised Spring 2008, Toured Spring 2009, Winter 2010 and Summer 2013
Beauty and the Beast
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Monday, October 27, 2014
making things
Grad school. Three semesters in with one to go. I had been warned there would be a lull, or rather, a huge dip in motivation in this third semester. It's true. I've found it incredibly hard to be motivated to get my work done and at times, hard to be creative at all.
Making things has been extremely limited during my program, but it's hit an all time high. I get caught in a cycle of having school work to do so I put off creative activities (or social activities or exercise activities,) but then I procrastinate on actually doing the school work so I have no time later to do the creative activities. After three months, I finally got my act together and spent a fantastic few hours making new earrings for Concept 47. And I semi-blogged here this weekend (really just a little read more repost.)
It felt great.
So the question is, how do I do this more?
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Sunday, October 26, 2014
read more: the better-writen bio that could be mine
"I struggle often to justify my love of aesthetics. I love to rearrange furniture and choose lipstick shades and curate art collections and have amassed more than enough statement jewelry over the years, and I sometimes treat these gifts as if they're burdens. I sometimes wish I could trade these passions for something more "worthwhile" – whatever that means – and then I realize how ridiculous that sounds. Gifts are gifts. Passions are passions. We don't choose them; they arrive, packaged in cardboard. They're often bubble-wrapped, I think, and sometimes I use that same bubble wrap to suffocate them. Lately I've been working really hard not to do that, and instead, to pop the wrap a bit at a time with a new challenge (pop) or project (pop) or pursuit (pop pop pop)."
- Erin Loechner, Design for Mankind on writing her 'real bio'
- Erin Loechner, Design for Mankind on writing her 'real bio'
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For the last thirty plus years, Thanksgiving has been a time when my home was filled with family and food. Enjoying each others company and sitting down to celebrate a traditional Thanksgiving dinner which usually included all the standard favorites; tossed green salad, cornbread or oyster dressing, sauteed green beans, sweet potato casserole and an assortment of cakes and pies was the routine. Typically, my table preparation and meal would take two days to complete, with chaffing dishes assembled, cake stands cleaned, silverware polished, crystal washed, table arrangements made, groceries bought, etc. In the past, I loved the challenge of making this special time "perfect" but I have to confess my husband, Pete, was always the "key" to making the event a success. He corrected or camouflaged many cooking snafus all while having to withstand my overbearing, dictatorial attitude telling him what needed to been done. With his gracious style, our dinners were always enjoyed by everyone. Thanksgiving 2014 was different. Only my daughter, Cosima, and my "granddog," Sophie, were here for the holiday. Since it was just the four of us, Cosima decided she would prepare the dinner. My husband and I were pleased she wanted to do the cooking. We asked her what she had in mind and she replied, "Something untraditional." Being particular about what he eats, he tried to insist she get a "Honey baked Ham" and a red velvet cake, two standards he loves that he knew he could count on to satisfy his Thanksgiving dinner desires. She balked and said, "We're an untraditional family. So, I am going to prepare an untraditional Thanksgiving dinner."
In a relaxed, organized manner, Cosima started preparing the meal at mid-morning and was done by 2:00pm. I set the table in five minutes and the only task my helpful husband had to do was cork the wine bottle. Our surprise menu was as follows; a hatch chile feta dip with gourmet crackers, avacado and grapefruit salad, grilled lobster tails with sriracha butter and a "to die for" blackberry and lime cake, complimented with a New Zealand sauvignon blanc wine. My daughter found all the the recipes on Pinterest, something I know nothing about but need to learn. The meal was delicious and light. We had "just enough" to eat. Need I say more; you get the picture.
Thankful for my many blessings and thankful for this "Untraditional Thanksgiving Dinner!"


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Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No 8 in C minor
Dear theatre-goers, changes made into evening programme were due to the illness of conductor Gianandrea Noseda.
The highlighting of performances by age represents recommendations.
This highlighting is being used in accordance with Federal Law N139-FZ dated 28 July 2012 "On the introduction of changes to the Federal Law 'On the protection of children from information that may be harmful to their health and development' and other legislative acts of the Russian Federation."


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The Following Channel is from higher powers, Divine, the ancestral plane and is prophetic through Quornesha S. Lemon| Whether the Yellow Margin Moray Eel appears in dreams, visions, waking life or synchronicities, it is a sign and message that you are to call on higher powers for help in the direction as to where your life is going. If that means meditation, or, prayer, or ritual, you should be guided as to the next steps to take. Remember that it is okay to not do it all by yourself. Know that there are healers, shamans, and other beings available to assist. But in order for someone outside to help us, we must first help ourselves. You can look forward to miracles as you take the right steps towards a better outcome and expect changes to come about rapidly. The Yellow Margin Moray Eel is a sign that you will have what you need when you need it and is a reminder for you to not fear abundance, thriving, or being successful. As it is okay for you (us all) to do so. Shake off old outdated beliefs that keep one stagnant.
This message isn't, obviously resonant with all whose paths it crosses, as perhaps you may come into contact with someone of this vernacular, mastery or skill. Therefore, it is a sign from the universe that you're meant to work with such a person.
If this is not you, then it is time to get clear to rejoin your tribe or the rest of the world of infinite beings. It's time to bring your light to the forefront. However, if you aren't able to invoke, heal or otherwise on your own, call on the assistance of shamans, healers, intuitive people, etc. to assist you. This synchronicity can possibly have specific meanings for you, it's time to get insight.
The Gift that Quornesha Has can never be duplicated, She is a Shaman, Writer, Healer, And Teacher with incredible prophetic/healing gifts. Please do not infringe upon her rights as the author. You are not permitted to reuse, nor are you to sale as you wish. This information has been made available to you for the purpose of introduction and demonstration. All rights reserved. If you'd like to use this in a magazine, online publication, or other, please ask for permission first. Legal actions will be taken if you proceed to impose. Be blessed, bless others and be at peace on your journey. What you do is coming back on you. Make sure that it is good and all is well within you, through you and around you. The source sees all and knows what you think it does not.


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Brademas: Congress Knew What It Was Doing
Former Representative John Brademas, one of the original sponsors of P.L. 94-142 and currently president of New York University, testified before a Senate subcommittee last month at hearings marking the 10th anniversary of the law. The following was excerpted from his testimony.
I realize that the enactment and implementation of P.L. 94-142 have been the subject of some debate and controversy and that there are some who maintain that those of us in Congress did not really understand what we were doing when we wrote the law. Not so.
We who worked in committee and on the floor to fashion the legislation had clear and compelling objectives.
First, there was a pressing problem for which a federal response was both necessary and appropriate. For we were as a nation falling critically short in the goal of providing all handicapped children with the special-education services they needed.
As late as 1973, we heard testimony in committee that our educational system completely excluded 1.75 million handicapped children and provided inadequate educational services to 2.5 million others.
We listened to horror stories from educators, state officals, parents, and representatives of handicapped groups who told us of handicapped children placed in schools but left to languish without help; of children allowed to stagnate in large, impersonal state institutions; of children simply left at home with no chance of an education at all.
A second point, often forgotten in the debate over P.L. 94-142, is that by 1973 the courts had decided that the opportunity for a handicapped child to receive a publicly supported education was grounded in the United States Constitution as a right--and that the states were under an obligation to ensure that right.
Even as we were writing the legislation that was to become P.L. 94-142, 40 cases had been filed in 26 states to ensure that this obligation was being fulfilled.
The federal mandate of P.L. 94-142--"to assure that all children with handicaps have available to them ... a free appropriate public education"--was not, therefore, imposed on unsuspecting states. In fact by 1973, 40 states already had some form of legislation for educating handicapped children. By the time the law was enacted in 1975, 45 states had established, in their own laws, plans to provide full educational services to all of their handicapped children.
The problem, of course, was finding the resources--and the political will--to translate those goals into reality.
At the time we in Congress were studying the matter, the states had a long way to go. In 1971-72, 7 states were educating fewer than 20 percent of their known handicapped children; 19 states fewer than a third. Only 17 states had even reached the halfway figure.
In writing P.L. 94-142, then, its authors intended to:
(1) Make explicit a federal responsibility in respect of the education of handicapped children; and
(2) Assist the states in meeting their own obligations, under their own laws and own court decisions, to educate handicapped children.
If I may further refine the aims of its authors, P.L. 94-142 had six essential objectives:
(1) To guarantee the availability of a free appropriate public education to all handicapped children;
(2) To increase federal assistance in order to help state and local school agencies provide special-educational services to all handicapped children who required them.
Before I recite the other points, let me expand on this second one. P.L. 94-142 channeled federal funds to states and local school systems to help them meet the burden of educating all handicapped children ages 3-21.
The formula devised in P.L. 94-142 based federal payments to states and schools on a percentage of average per-pupil expenditures, with the federal share of the cost of educating handicapped children set to rise from 5 percent in 1978 (when the payments were to begin) to 40 percent in 1982.
The allocation to a state or to a school system would vary depending on the number of handicapped children served. This mechanism was deliberately designed as an incentive to encourage local schools to expand their services to handicapped children as soon as possible and so become eligible for increased federal funds by the time payments were to begin in 1978.
In fiscal 1978, available federal funds were to be equally divided between the states and the local schools. After that date, 75 percent of the money was to be directed to the local school system with the state to keep 25 percent.
Because it costs far more to educate a handicapped child than one with no disability, the legislation specified that federal funds could be spent by the state or local education agencies only for the additional expenses attendant to the higher cost of educating handicapped children.
The law also contained a program of incentive grants to states of $300 per handicapped child served be4tween the ages of 3 and 5.
(3) To ensure the appropriateness of the instruction provided each handicapped child through requiring an individualized education program for each;
(4) To require that for each student, educational services be provided in the least restrictive environment feasible;
(5) To establish specific compliance requirements at the federal, state, and local levels;
(6) To assess and assure the effectiveness of these efforts to educate handicapped children.
In its final form, P.L. 94-142 was the product of the labors of many dedicated legislators, both Republicans and Democrats.
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I am so honored to share that my ever inspiring friend and mentor Jack Canfield has shared his praise for my new book Paleo Dog which I co-author with Jean Hofve, DVM. (Rodale Books 2014)
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Graham Wili: Musical Director
We feel very fortunate to have had Graham as Musical Director for over ten years. He is a true all-round musician, with a busy and varied professional career. To work with him on a piece of music is an education in itself, and we are astounded time and again at the quality of performance that he can draw out from us.
Graham is also Musical Director of Chorleywood Choral Society, and Principal Conductor of the English Philharmonia. He has performed in some of the most prestigious concert venues throughout England and across Europe.
He made his Royal Festival Hall conducting debut in spring 2003, with a performance of Verdi's Requiem, and returned there two years later with Truly, Madly Mozart, a combination of operatic excerpts and the C Minor Mass. His most recent Royal Festival Hall appearance was in 2008, when he conducted the world premiere of Chris Williams's Songs of the Coromandel Coast to a standing ovation, in a performance that was recorded live by Omnibus Classics. With the English Philharmonia Chamber Choir, Graham has made a recording of carols by Chris Williams, Nowell! Nowell!, released in June 2010.
As Chorus Master Graham has worked with Grange Park Opera, and in a review for The Guardian of Tchaikovsky's The Enchantress, critic Andrew Clements singled out the chorus for special mention as being 'superbly drilled'.
Graham is also Musical Director of the Gaudeamus Singers and conductor of the BP Choir. He regularly provides voice coaching for the National Youth Choir of Wales, and has been a vocal coach on the Liturgical Music courses for the last four years.


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Utilizing a dedicated server will give your website its own set of resources to work with and isolate it from other user's issues. This provides numerous advantages to your website and will increase your websites speed and decrease loading time in general. Dedicated server providers, such as Prolime Host, can offer these solutions at a much lower cost than initially expected, particularly with the recent advances in hosting technology. All of this results in an improved speed ranking and this better SEO for your website.
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Google and other search engines do not negatively rate virtually hosted sites with shared IPs however the risk to the website owner is the same. As a website grows it will require more resources and more bandwidth in general. Utilizing a dedicated server ensures these resources will be available for the website and thus maintain the speed and keep the load times of the website down. Virtual / Shared hosting does not offer this advantage and can cause bottlenecks or slow speed as a website grows.
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St. Eugene Alumni Spotlight Bio
My name is: Ryan Pierson
I graduated from St. Eugene in 2011
I attended Fenwick High School
I graduated high school from Fenwick Salutatorian Class of 2015
I am currently at the University of Notre Dame Studying Mechanical Engineering. I had the opportunity to study abroad in London for the summer engineering program. I am the student manager for the ND football team.
Some of my accomplishments include:
Lawless Scholar (99% on HSPT exam)
4 years of baseball and football team
Student ambassador
Friar mentor (tutor)
Fenwick math team
Eucharistic Minister
Kairos Retreat Leader
National Honor Society member
Illinois State Scholar
National Merit Finalist
AP Scholar with distinction
Presidential Award
St. Eugene gave me a strong foundation in education and faith that set me along the path to success. I'm very grateful for the people at St. Eugene and everything I learned during my time there...my teachers allowed me to grow into the person I am today!


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The remaining three elective seminars allow you to pick your area of focus. Workplace conflict has common elements and in this seminar you'll work through everything from conflict coaching to the impact of technology and conflict resolution. Rounding out our options are hands-on seminars that will focus in the area of Negotiation and Third Party Neutral skills and strategies. The options allow you to pick and choose based on the experience you have already and the needs of your organization and the roles you're likely to play in addressing conflict.
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Texas is not exactly the first place that young gay couples are likely to think of when they are looking for a welcoming community where they can begin a family, but the city of Houston elected its openly gay Mayor Annise Parker (D) to three consecutive terms. Shortly after her most recent electoral victory, Parker announced that her city would provide health and life insurance benefits to the same-sex spouses of Houston employees that are legally married in other states — an announcement she deemed necessary to bring her city into compliance with the Supreme Court's most recent gay rights decisions.
The chair of her county's Republican Party promptly labeled her nod towards equality "one of the most egregious acts by an elected official I've ever seen." Then he filed a lawsuit seeking to block Parker's decision.
On Tuesday, State District Judge Lisa Millard issued a temporary order preventing Houston from extending these benefits to gay couples. Although Judge Millard's order does not provide much detail on why she did so, it's not difficult to guess why this happened. In 2001, Houston amended its charter to provide that "[e]xcept as required by State or Federal law, the City of Houston shall not provide employment benefits, including health care, to persons other than employees, their legal spouses and dependent children." In 2005, the state of Texas amended its constitution to provide that "[t]his state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage."
These amendments, however, are likely to run headlong into a much higher authority — the United States Constitution.
Years before last June's decision striking the unconstitutional Defense of Marriage Act, the Supreme Court held in Romer v. Evans that a Colorado amendment forbidding gay rights legislation violates the Constitution. "[L]aws singling out a certain class of citizens for disfavored legal status or general hardships are rare," Romer explained, and "[a] law declaring that in general it shall be more difficult for one group of citizens than for all others to seek aid from the government is itself a denial of equal protection of the laws in the most literal sense."
Texas's anti-gay amendment can be distinguished from the amendment at issue in Romer because it is somewhat narrower — the Colorado amendment was a sweeping ban on pro-gay laws while the Texas amendment forbids only marriage equality or providing rights to same-sex couples that are "similar to marriage." Nevertheless, it would hardly be a stretch for the justices to apply Romer to Texas and the 28 other states that enacted anti-gay constitutional amendments restricting marriage equality.
While there are five justices on the Supreme Court with fairly consistent pro-gay records, several of these same justices have indicated that they prefer an incremental approach to a sweeping decision extending the blessings of liberty to gay couples nationwide. In the lead up to the DOMA decision, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg pointedly criticized Roe v. Wade for moving "too far, too fast." During oral arguments on the fate of California's anti-gay Proposition 8, Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked if there was any way to limit a pro-gay decision to just California. Striking Texas' anti-gay amendment — and similar bans on marriage equality throughout the country — is a logical next incremental step now that DOMA is no longer good law. While applying Romer to states like Texas would do nothing for same-sex couples whose state or local legislature is hostile to gay rights, it would also mean that pro-gay officials like Mayor Parker would be as free to push equality as they are to enact any other policy.
As Texas' judiciary is notoriously conservative, it is difficult to imagine Romer being applied to Texas' anti-gay amendment by the state's own courts. Nevertheless, a case enabling the U.S. Supreme Court to strike Texas' amendment could reach the justices as soon as next year.
(HT: Josh Blackman)