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My Dad is due to turn 65 this year and rather than make him a cake that merely represented his age I thought I would create something fitting and fun to help celebrate his birthday!
That's when I came up with Animal!
I'm making two cakes this week so in order to help prep in advance, this one is actually a fruit cake.
Once baked and cooled, I covered the fruit cake in marzipan and white icing and then set about the arduous task of cutting the fur which looks like feathers (that was after the three deliveries of every pointed cutter known to man and a mix up with the icing!)
The icing colours I used for the fur are Ruby Red and Poppy Red Renshaws icing.
Fur/ Feathers: – In order to create the fur/feather-like shape I used two of the largest cutters from Lindy's pointed oval cutters and a large lily leaf cutter from the Valley Cutter Company. I randomly placed the feathers in a circular motion to help Animal come alive and then I mixed the two colours together and continued to cut the feathers. When I first placed the icing onto the cake I was concerned that I was making a spiral cake but after continuous cutting and shaping, I finally started to make the face appear. You have to remember to constantly view the cake from the top and build up in layers until you achieve the desired look.
Eyebrows & Eyes: – To create the eyebrows I used the two larger Lindy cutters and fanned them out until they appeared as brows, I then rolled out white icing and using the above circle cutter, cut the icing to form the shape, I then sliced the bottom of the whites off to create a straight line. I rolled up some black icing and flattened it for the pupils.
Mouth & Teeth:- To make the mouth I cut out one large oval and a large circle, I then cut them in half, I scored the red tongue in the middle with a knife and then started to mould the teeth in my hands shaping them as they were made. To finalise the mouth I rolled a slim sausage and edged the teeth with it, finishing off by covering the top edges with a final few fur/feathers.
All in all, I'm really pleased with the results of the cake and happy that I persevered, it was a little taxing in the beginning but once the layers were created and the face started to appear the cake took on a life of its own.
The real joy was when I gave it to my Dad who was thrilled with it and says it's my best cake yet!
Happy Birthday pops!

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Yesterday, I attempted to build a realistic model of what the 2018 season might look like based on Steamer projections with minimal tweaks. Today, though, we are going to have fun with best-case possibilities. Today, my friends, we'll take a swing at what an optimistic projection of the 2018 Braves may look like.
Full disclosure – I'm not putting together a model that projects Dansby Swanson to hit .412 or Nick Markakis to hit 45 home runs. We will remain as close as possible to a realistic projection. My goal isn't to build the best team in the history of baseball, but a realistic best-case scenario of the 2018 Braves.
The "Realistic Model" from yesterday suggested that the roster as it currently looks would be worth 31.6 fWAR. As a 0.0 fWAR team is comparable to a 46-win team, that put the Braves at roughly 77 or 78 victories if things went as I projected. I was conservative with most of my projections, but also not pessimistic. My approach was to build a baseline of the most likely possibilities. I won't build a pessimistic roster because, honestly, how in the world would that be fun? However, today's roster, the Optimistic Model, certainly sounds very fun to tackle. I'll leave my realistic model baseline to compare with.
As always, let me know what you think about the roster. Was I too optimistic? Not optimistic enough? Or just crazy? Probably the latter, but I do ask that you don't refer to me as cray cray. I have feelings.
The Optimistic Model
I did disagree with Steamer yesterday as it suggested the Tyler Flowers/Kurt Suzuki duo would be worth only 2 fWAR. That seems low considering the two seasons Flowers has put up as a Brave (3.6 fWAR, 695 PA) and Suzuki's resurgence last year (2.7 fWAR, 309 PA). Suzuki, by the way, didn't do anything exceptionally crazy except focus more on elevating the ball with pull. Kids, don't let Joe Simpson tell you that the key to success is hitting the ball to all fields. Sometimes, the best option is to whack the crap out of the ball to your pull side and put it in the air. Assuming Suzuki continues that trajectory and Flowers does as well, another 5 fWAR season between the two is completely possible. Realistic – 3 fWAR, Optimistic – 5 fWAR
First Base
Again, I felt Steamer got this one wrong, projecting a conservative 4 wins out of a player who has been worth more than that in four of the last five seasons. That run includes last year when Freddie Freeman swung a wet newspaper to the tune of 4.5 fWAR in 117 games. Could he post another 6-win season? Why not? This will be his Age-28 season after all. Realistic – 4.5 fWAR, Optimistic – 6 fWAR
Second Base
Steamer didn't know what to do with Ozzie Albies. While projecting just a .315 wOBA, Steamer believed that his BABIP wouldn't look so hot and that the increased pop wasn't legit. Again, I had to disagree but kept my expectations low. With this model, I can unleash an Albies that mimics last year's successful one. Albies posted a .347 wOBA in 57 games last season, passing 1.9 fWAR. Over a full season, that's a five-win player. We'll exercise some caution here and drop Albies a tad, but either way, I would be shocked if Steamer's 1.7 fWAR projection is the more accurate than the range I am presenting. Realistic – 2.6 fWAR, Optimistic – 4.5 fWAR
I liked Steamer's projection of Dansby Swanson enough to only tweak it based on playing time. What would happen if Swanson actually lived up to his 2017 projections, though? Well, Steamer actually was pretty bullish on Swanson to begin with (.715 OPS, 1.8 fWAR) coming off his 2016 summer of success. But let's imagine, for a second, the more reasonably hopeful projections for Swanson. Something along the lines of a .285/.350/.440 projection with decent defensive metrics. Had he been that guy, Swanson would have been close to Xander Bogaerts and his 3.2 fWAR last season. While not a likely outcome based on last year for Swanson, it's certainly a reasonable best-case scenario, no? Realistic – 1.5 fWAR, Optimistic – 3.2 fWAR
Third Base
This is the toughest position for me. You could simply take Johan Camargo's production (.299/.331/.452, .330 wOBA) and project it over a full season. If you project good-to-great defense, you're left with a pretty familiar name – Todd Frazier. Both players would get to that level of production in a different way, but the end of the story is the same. If we suggest that Camargo does do that – and ignore Rio Ruiz, Charlie Culberson, and even Austin Riley for this exercise – it gives us a pretty convenient projection. Furthermore, it's not even much of a stretch. Realistic – 2 fWAR, Optimistic – 3 fWAR
Left Field
I'm not going to get crazy here. Nick Markakis is who he is at this point. Projecting much more out of him is pie-in-the-sky projections and not a likely best-case scenario. Certainly, any projection is possible, but I'm trying to keep my feet on the ground. Even if I'm on my tippy-toes, let's keep grounded. Steamer gave Markakis a 0.1 projection and I bumped that up by half-a-win, suggesting that Markakis would be better in left field. To be fair, Markakis has been a 3.5 fWAR player with the Braves. Assuming a full-win would be perfectly fair. That could eat into Lane Adams' time because, but we'll give him a full win as well under the premise that he'll fill in and also play left some against left-handers and when Markakis DH's in interleague play. Realistic – 1 fWAR, Optimistic – 2 fWAR
Center Field
This is another position I don't believe needs much of a change from its previous projection. I felt Steamer underrated Ender Inciarte's output with a 2.3 fWAR projection. Since becoming an everyday player in 2015, Inciarte has been a 3.2 fWAR player on average. It also can be argued that his Fangraphs' defensive metrics, which took a hit last year, will normalize because other data (such as Statcast) continue to show that Inciarte is a world-class defender in center field. However, it's difficult to project much more offensively from Inciarte right now than what we saw last season (.304/.350/.409, .350 wOBA). Realistic – 3 fWAR, Optimistic – 4 fWAR
Right Field
Oh, this is going to be fun. I tried to not go crazy with Ronald Acuna yesterday, but what happens if he lives up to the hype in 2018? In each of the last four seasons, a rookie hitter has put up a 5-win season. Six years ago, a rookie hitter finished with a 10-win season. I bet you can guess who that is. Could Acuna put up a Mike Trout rookie season with 30 homers, 49 steals, and a .409 wOBA with amazing defense? Anything's possible, but even that might be too much to hope for. However, could Acuna do better than Jason Heyward's 2010 season? That, too, is possible and a bit more likely.
Just to be clear – for the purposes of this projection, Acuna must play at least 150 games. But if this optimistic projection is closer to reality than the actual "realistic" one is, you can start referring to him as the 2018 Rookie of the Year. Realistic – 2 fWAR, Optimistic – 5 fWAR
Starting Rotation
I stuck with Steamer as far as their starting staff projections went because I found them rather realistic. However, what if they aren't? What if they fall short – especially for the young duo of Luiz Gohara and Sean Newcomb? Combined, Steamer gave them 4.2 fWAR. What if they doubled that? Isn't that within the realm of possibilities? Furthermore, Julio Teheran has been a 3-win player twice in the last four seasons. I'll stick with the conservative projections for Brandon McCarthy and Mike Foltynewicz, but let's double Max Fried's initial 0.6 fWAR projection. This could be a bit too much of a leap of faith for some people, but remember that the young 2013 starting pitching staff that included a rookie Teheran was worth nearly 14 wins despite having Paul Maholm start 26 games. Realistic – 10 fWAR, Optimistic – 16.3 fWAR
Once again, I kept my expectations low here, but my excitement for the bullpen is actually much higher. I love A.J. Minter, Jacob Lindgren, and a number of the relievers who are developing. I like the idea of Lucas Sims and others moving to the pen where their pitches could only improve. I think Arodys Vizcaino, Daniel Winkler, and Sam Freeman form a solid nucleus. However, I leaned on Steamer's projection to a large degree to help craft my own with the Realistic squad. I won't get too focused on projecting individual relievers for this exercise but will look back at a very successful, non-Craig Kimbrel-fronted pen from 2016 and project a return to that for 2018. Realistic – 2 fWAR, Optimistic – 4.2 fWAR
To Sum Up
Again, we came into this knowing that 46 wins is comparable to 0.0 fWAR, or replacement level. We know that the Braves reached 26.4 fWAR in 2017, good for 72 wins. And we also know that the Realistic Team model from yesterday produced a projection of 31.6 fWAR, or between a 77 and 78-win prediction. What will the Optimistic Team model produce? Will the Braves reach 90 wins?
Drumroll, please…
I mean it, guys. Drumroll!
53.2 fWAR! If you had been following along, this will come as no surprise. Every spot on the team received a boost of at least one win with huge gains at second base (Albies), right field (Acuna), and starting pitching (the young guns). It makes sense, doesn't it? If the Braves of 2018 are to get to the playoffs without an infusion of outside talent, it's going to come down to the best prospects they have produced over the last few years actually producing at a high rate, correct?
Now, do I think 99 wins from this roster is likely? No. Not everything will go right by any means. You simply cannot predict that a 20-year-old Ronald Acuna will have a 5-win debut season or that young lefties Luiz Gohara and Sean Newcomb will reach 4-wins each. Maybe one of these things happens and even that's a stretch to believe. The chances of all three happening are simply not good.
There will be injuries. There will be disappointment. While there is an outside shot at a surprising Miracle-like 99-win Braves team in 2018, it's highly unlikely that everything will go just right. Many of you follow more than one Georgia-based team. I probably don't have to tell you that something bad could happen. And remember that I'm not doing a pessimistic roster, which would…be scary to even try. The roster from yesterday is not the opposite of this roster. In my mind, the most likely result for the 2018 season is the Realistic Team model.
However, could a few things that I suggested in today's model happen? Certainly. Some are better bets than others because they recently transpired. Freddie Freeman has had a 6-win season. The catching combo of Flowzuki has produced a 5-win season. Julio Teheran has been a 3-win pitcher. Just having these things happen again would account for a five-win increase to the Realistic Team model. In the comment section from yesterday's article, commentator Roger made that point. Take the 77-win team and have a few things from today's article happen and they turn into an 83 or 85-win team. If that were to happen, the Braves would be contenders and in a year when the second Wild Card team only needs 83 or 85 wins, the Braves could have an outside shot of being a playoff squad without making many roster changes.
What I have given you with these two rosters is a range between what is a pretty conservative, though not pessimistic, view of what the 2018 season could look like versus what the year could look like if you changed the difficulty level to rookie with no injuries. I do believe the answer is somewhere between the two, but much closer to the Realistic model. How close to the Realistic model is the difference between being an improved ballclub and being a playoff contender.
After seeing these two teams, do you believe the Braves have a chance to compete for a playoff spot in 2018? Or will they need to add some help to get there as I'll focus on in tomorrow's post? Let me know in the comments.


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Luckily, the DVDs are on the way with tons of fun features. As a teaser, "Extra" can offer an exclusive look at one of the deleted scenes!
'True Detective' Finale: The Plot Twist We Never Saw Coming!
In the clip, we see the explosive moment that ended Rust's relationship with girlfriend Lori.
Warning! The video includes strong language.
For more bonus material, pick up "True Detective" on DVD and Blu-ray starting June 10! A digital download of the series will also be available.


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Apple's iOS 6 Maps app has received so many complaints and been the butt of so many jokes that you'd think Nokia could capitalize on Cupertino's fail by releasing a stunning maps app to dominate the iOS space. No such luck. Nokia's Here Maps is a mess.
It's not as if Nokia doesn't know mapping. It's already one of the biggest mapping companies next to Google, with a huge suite of mapping content and tools. When it announced an iOS map app earlier this month, beating Google's highly anticipated Maps iOS to the punch, it seemed like a no-brainer. But you might as well keep waiting for Google's app, because Here Maps is a wreck.
For some strange reason, the maps are blurry, giving the app an unfinished look. As for the menu buttons and app navigation experience, Here Maps feels stale and outdated. Some of the most popular and successful iOS apps shine based on design, but Here Maps seems stuck in a Symbian past.
As for the content, Here Maps provides only satisfactory driving, walking and public transit directions. It found most of the locations I was asking for, though it occasionally needed very specific detail. For example, "sf DMV" gave me no results whereas "San Francisco DMV Office" worked.
Besides looking bad, the app's biggest problem is the bugginess – I got error messages like "Sorry. Routes aren't available just now. Please try later" many times. When I tried to use features like turn-by-turn audio directions (a feature that, oddly, is only available for walking, not driving) downloading the audio didn't work. When I tried to save a map area for offline viewing, that download failed as well. At one point, the app flashed incessantly between the map and list directions for a good five seconds.
What's strange about the iOS app experience is that it also falls short of Nokia's Here browser experience, which is quite enjoyable. Nokia clearly has the data and content to power great mapping experiences. The company has partnered with tech giants like Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo and Oracle to provide mapping content. It just doesn't know how to translate it into a useful iOS app.
On the Here browser experience, you can view multiple public transit routes. Yet on the Here Maps iOS app, you only get one, which can be frustrating in cities like San Francisco with more than one way to get around. But hey, at least Here Maps has public transit directions, which Apple Maps doesn't. Beyond that, however, Here Maps isn't any better of an experience than just using Apple's built-in experience.
Nokia also has stuffed in some other features, like Collections, that lets you store your favorite locations for easy access across platforms. You'll need to sign up for a Nokia account or via Facebook to get this feature, though. It's potentially a useful feature, especially if you're planning a trip and you want to store all of the addresses for on-the-go access. You can also opt to see traffic incidents on the map, somewhat like how social navigation app Waze works. But the app warns that traffic view is still in beta, so the accuracy could be off. And as noted earlier, other features like turn-by-turn audio directions – did I mention they're only for walking?! – and saving maps for offline access failed to work in my testing.
If you're looking for an Apple Map's replacement, you won't find it in Nokia's Here Maps app. I still prefer using the Google Maps browser experience, and there are plenty of well-designed, third-party apps that provide driving, walking and public transit directions. If the Here Maps iOS experience could mirror the experience of using the Here desktop experience, Nokia would have a much better chance at dominating the maps space. For now, let's just wait for Google to release its iOS app.


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Hello, friends!
I hope this finds you well. It is a beautiful day here. The sun is shining. I have the doors open and can hear the birds chirping!
One gorgeous day and all the waiting and wishing for the nice weather disappears!
So I wanted to share a few things with you.
The last 9 months on this Young Living journey has been life altering. I don't say that lightly at all. Our health and wellness have benefited so much. I'm out of the slump I was in. I'm sleeping better than I have in years. I haven't raised my voice since last summer! True! Young Living has been my first line of defense in caring for my family. We use less over the counter medications and go to the Dr. less.
I know when I first thought about trying Young Living I was a bit unsure of how they could work and help our family. Switching out all the chemicals in everything felt too overwhelming to tackle. Where do I start? How can I afford this? Is it really going to matter?
Nine months later I'm happy to say that in small steps each and every month I have gotten rid of almost every toxic cleaning product, beauty product and done it without spending a fortune. And it does matter! My kids are learning how to better care for themselves and their home and I know this will matter in their lives. If there is something I can do now to keep them from so many toxins getting into their growing bodies I'm going to do it. It's worth it. If you don't have your health you have nothing.
I never set out to have a Young Living business. I just wanted some healing for myself when I joined. I sold my first kit by accident when a friend saw my diffuser and wanted one! I got a $50 thank you check from Young Living just for sharing! Pretty cool!
A month or so later I decided to gather a few of my dear friends and share what these oils had done for our family. As of today, that entire group that came that night joined me. Some that night, some months later. I get texts and updates from many of them sharing their successes and it makes me so happy! When I'm sharing these it's not about selling it's helping people find a better way. Why wouldn't I want that for everyone?
I have personally enrolled over 25 people since I've been actively sharing. Quite to my surprise, this stay at home momma of 17 years has built a business. All with a $160 starter kit! Yep, that's it. I've realized I have something that every single person needs and will benefit from! I 100% wholeheartedly believe this to be true! The more I educate myself and learn there is SO much science behind whey these products are incredible when interacting with the human body!
Young Living is amazing. I have just fallen in love with this company. They are the real deal. Run with integrity and they make the best oils money can buy. There is a HUGE difference in oils! Don't be fooled by labels. Educate yourself. They can put anything on the label they want. Those oils from the grocery store that say pure or therapeutic or organic they aren't. They only need to have 5% EO to be labeled this way. There is practically no oversight so you need a company that didn't just decide to sell oils yesterday. YL has been around over 22 years. They oversee the process from the SEED to the time the oils is SEALED! No one else can say that. They care about the environment and helping others, they are top notch.
When you buy from someone like me you are helping my family not some CEO at the top of some company! Me, little momma of three kids who works from home and is passionate about helping others. You won't get that from some kid at Whole foods or from an aisle in Target. That's the beauty of their business model! Yes, YL is an MLM. If you really know how an MLM works it's really a great thing and puts the opportunity in the hands of a person like me and they determine their worth by how hard they work. Not some lady in the human resources office. I can take this wherever I want and I'm excited to see where it goes.
On that note, I would love to have you join me on this journey! I haven't had one person tell me they regret buying their starter kit! If you're interested in the business I can help there too. Young Living is adding a FREE extra oil to the starter kit this month it's a large bottle of Tangerine oil! They do an extra oil only a couple times a year. AND for any of my blog readers, I will pay the shipping ($15 credit to your YL account OR I will send you $15 via Paypal). Your choice. This if good ONLY until MAY 20th.
You can order with my link HERE.
If you have any trouble ordering you can reach me at firstname.lastname@example.com or on FB Susan Duane Here are some instructions I put together which may be helpful!
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Today we have prom, baseball game and baseketball practice! Wish me luck!! Until next time!! xo
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29.002 Diurnea lipsiella (November Tubic)
ws: male 22-25mm, female 15-18mm (MBGBI4.1), fw male 10-12mm, female 7-8mm (Sterling & Parsons); Oct-Nov; oak (Quercus spp), bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), aspen (Populus tremula), small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata); local in woodland throughout GB except N.Scotland
ID: Males: generally drab with distinctive antennae. The antennae are described as "fasciculate" in MBGBI4.1 and as "finely pectinate" by Sterling & Parsons - but the "pectinations" are more like hairs and lack the rigidity of a comb - so perhaps "hairy" would be a better description. Forewing light brown, brindled grey and ochreous, a shade darker distal to an indistinct line from tornus to costa at 3/5; 2nd discal stigma (and sometimes 1st) usually discernible as a dark smudge. Female forewing short with acute apex, light grey with black markings.
Male genitalia
§1 Burnbanks, Cumbria; 14/10/2017; male; fw 9.8mm; to light
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 29/11/2017 (§1)


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Double Baby Boxer Wallet Chain
Martine Ali
This product is currently sold out.
Double Baby Boxer wallet chain created with signature Martine Ali hardware and keyring detail. Sterling silver dipped brass. Hand treated with patina. Comes in handmade medicine bag from North Carolina.
- Heirloom silver
- Hardware made from non-precious metals
- Made in NYC


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The Rise of Socialism and the Rent Seeking Elite
By JC Collins
"Learn to distinguish the difference between errors of knowledge and breaches of morality. An error of knowledge is not a moral flaw, provided you are willing to correct it; only a mystic would judge human beings by the standard of an impossible, automatic omniscience. But a breach of morality is the conscious choice of an action you know to be evil, or a willful evasion of knowledge, a suspension of sight and of thought. That which you do not know, is not a moral charge against you; but that which you refuse to know, is an account of infamy growing in your soul. Make every allowance for errors of knowledge; do not forgive or accept any break of morality." – Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
Fiat currencies and fractional banking cannot function in a true capitalist system. Capitalism is the great promoter of competition and production, both of which are stifled under the non-productive and non-competitive manipulated systemic structures of a debt based economy.
Like to ancient monsters, fiat and fractional methodologies feed from each other to the detriment of the disorganized masses.
Fiat, the vacuum of wealth, is the necessary component of the fractional banking expansion of non-production.
Fractional banking, the act of expanding the money supply by leveraging debt for more debt, is the exterior skin which holds the ever increasing injection of fiat.
Both expand together until non-production reaches a critical stage.
Production is the only true measure of economic growth and stability. Primitive man produced the means of survival with survival acting as the true measure of wealth. The goal on an instinctual level has always been about survival. And survival serves the larger esoteric act of creating opportunities of consciousness.
More on that in another post.
The metrics of survival were found in food hunting and gathering, food storage, water sources, and other knowledge based actualizations.
The actualizations were realized through patterns and processes. The largest pattern which primitive man could observe and study was the rising and falling of the sun.
The sun, a great mystery to ancient man, was correctly determined to be the bringer of all life. This is why the attributes of all monotheistic gods and the sun are one and the same.
As such, gold became the sun actualized upon the Earth and silver became the actualization of the moon. Both precious metals were reckoned to be stable containers of survival actualized as wealth retention. Wealth, as we've discussed previously, is human time and labor. Time and labor are the required components of survival.
It wasn't long before man's fall into consciousness brought about a realization of self. This self, or separation of whole, soon devised methods of transferring the time and labor of others to their own storage containers of wealth.
The wealth storage containers mimicked the patterns in nature to further develop sociological structures. These tribal structures, rudimentary laws, were to orbit around the wealth containers, held in check by the gravity of the larger mass.
This was the first rent seeking, a method of ensuring survival from the time and labor of those disorganized within the world of matter.
A pattern which repeats since the beginning of human consciousness is one where the rent seeking elite pull more and more of the wealth within its body politic while the larger disorganized masses are left with ever decreasing means of survival.
The increase in survival means for the rent seeking elite leads to wastage. This wastage slowly develops into all manner of cultural and sociological debasement. Those at the top of the metaphorical food chain become lost to the world of matter and conscious awareness becomes trapped within the pleasure actualizations of the physical world. The large disorganized masses, left with marginal means of survival, dream of winning the lottery and becoming one of the elite. Both cannot escape the prison of the senses and it is soon forgotten that production is the true product of mans time and labor. Wealth, being security of survival, no longer drifts upon the waves of the longing sun, but is now locked into the harvest of gold and silver, both of which bring us backward so we may move forward once again.
Since the esoteric sun is separated from the exoteric gold in the minds of man, conscious economics has no path home and the fall of man is complete.
Continued in Part Two
(Really busy this week so I'm attempting to get this idea out piecemeal as I have time. Thanks for your patience everyone. – JC)


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Located in the heart of Missouri, Princess Nails has become an industry leader in nail services. Our salon was founded on the idea of delivering only the finest nail and spa services to clients all over the Missouri area.
Our salon takes pride in providing our valued customers all good services and top-high quality products as well as materials. You can find all nail-related services, from Manicure to Pedicure. At Princess Nails, a wide choice is provided to customers, so you can use any services that you like. All of our services are at decent prices, so there is no hesitation when you use one or even more services at our salon.
Our goal is to create a relaxing and clean environment so that your experience with Princess Nails is more than simply a "trip to the nail salon." We want to make sure that you're so satisfied that you keep coming back for years to come.
We understand that Safety and Sanitation are key to your peace of mind. Our implements are medically sterilized and disinfected after each use. Buffers and files are used only once then discarded. Paraffin waxed is also never recycled for another use. All pedicure procedures are done with liner protection. And above all, staffs are trained to follow a proper sanitization protocol that puts client's hygiene as the number one priority.
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How to get the most out of your lunch bag
There are many variables that can affect the length of time food, beverages, or other lunch bag contents will stay cold. These include the ambient air temperature, the temperature of the contents at the time of packing, the volume of contents packed, and the amount and/or type of ice packs used.
Below are more tips on how to get the most out of your Arctic Zone lunch bag:
Cool contents beforehand
The colder the contents are at the time of packing, the longer they will stay cold.
Fill your lunch bag completely
The fuller your lunch bag is with cold food (and drinks), the longer the contents will stay cold. A small lunch bag, fully packed, will stay cooler longer than a larger, partially loaded lunch bag.
Use Ice Packs/Ice Walls
Our lunch bags may be used with or without ice packs/walls, however, ice packs/ice walls will extend the amount of time that food stays cold.
Double up on Ice Packs/Walls
Stacked ice packs keep lunch bag contents cold the longest.
Opt for Ice Walls
Our Freezable lunch bags have exterior pockets that are designed to hold the Ice Walls which maximizes the amount of space you have inside your lunch bag for food and drinks.
Keep your Lunch Bag in the Fridge (if possible)
If you have access to a fridge during the work or school day, place your lunch bag in there for maximum cooling.
Keep your Lunch Bag Sealed
To maximize the performance of your lunch bag, keep the bag closed until lunch time so that no cool air will escape.
Clean your Lunch Bag
Keeping your lunch bag clean will ensure your lunch bag stays bacteria-free. Most food residues can be wiped clean with a mild soapy solution and a damp cloth. This applies to both the interior and exterior of the lunch bag.
Most of our lunch bags feature interior linings with Microban® antimicrobial protection that helps inhibit the growth of odor and stain causing bacteria.


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In 2013, the Friends of Alexandra Park and a team of volunteers planted 45 native edible trees and shrubs in the park, including:
- 3 Red Maple (Acer Rubrum)
- 4 Sugar Maple (Acer Saccharum)
- 9 Service Berry (Amelanchier Canadensis)
- 9 Redbud (Cercis Canadensis)
- 6 Paw Paw (Asimina)
- 3 Hazlenut (Corylus Americana)
- 6 Black Chokeberry (Aronia Melanocarpa)
- 3 Purple Flowering Rasberry (Rubus Odoratus)
- 2 Highbush Cranberry (Viburnum Trilobum)
Why native?
Native species are adapted to local conditions and therefore require less water and maintenance. They also improve our local biodiversity and provide habitat and food for birds, mammals and various insects.
Why edible?
Edible plants increase equitable access to healthy, local food. Planting edible species is also a way to strengthen community by empowering neighbours to share in the harvest of city-grown food resources.
A BIG thank you goes out to everyone who helped dig, plant and water the new trees. It was a real community effort!
Alexandra Park's new trees are brought to you with the kind support of LIVE GREEN TORONTO and the SCADDING COURT COMMUNITY CENTRE.


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FREEDOM OVER POLICE STATE MIND: "Decriminalisation of all drugs for personal use: HIV infections and associated crimes have all dropped as a result." That should be applied everywhere! Some governments really place the freedom, happiness, and wealth of their citizen before their thrill to use "dictatorial power" through police state minds. Same for Sweden who against Covid didn't impose any lockdown or mask-wearing and has seen no more death than every past year with normal flu …
In the '90s, Portugal was in the grip of a drugs crisis.
The country had one of the worst rates of overdose deaths in Europe, as well as the highest rate of HIV among drug users.
In response to this public health emergency, Portugal's government set up a group of experts including doctors, psychiatrists and judges to come up with a nationwide strategy.
The committee proposed a raft of radical measures including the decriminalisation of all drugs for personal use.
In 2001 the new law came into force and overdoses, HIV infections and associated crimes have all dropped as a result.
Dr João Goulão, one of the architects of the drugs policy, spoke to Witness History about the success of the strategy.


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During hurricane season, one must be constantly vigilant and prepared. Be it just a tropical storm or a Category 4 monster, these storms are nothing to joke about.
However, when your power is out and it's been three days, you might start to get a bit of cabin fever. This is especially true if there's flooding and you can't exactly go out. So here I am, ready to rescue you from the throes of boredom of impending hurricanes. This is a nerdy guide to surviving hurricanes, because, well, you know who we are.
Get Batteries; Charge Everything
We're all dependent on our phones, laptops, and tablets. It's just a fact of 21st century life. You need to make sure all your electronics are at 100% before the storm hits. Buy extra batteries (AAs and AAAs especially), check what batteries your electronics use (especially flashlights), and get portable battery packs so you can recharge your phone and tablet.
Your laptop will only last so long, so make sure to turn it onto battery saver and close out any background processes. These things, as well as turning down your brightness, will help it last as long as possible.
Download Shows, Podcasts, & Games
Chances are your internet will either be out or unreliable during a major storm. So before it hits, download all the shows you want to binge on your laptop, tablet, or phone. Same goes for games. Many streaming platforms will let you download straight to your device if you have an account, so make good use of that. Podcasts are a great way to kill some hours as well, and require less battery power than television shows, movies, and games. Download a bunch ahead of time and enjoy yourself!
Our choices? The Adventure Zone, Choices, and Stranger Things.
Just remember, you do want to conserve your battery life, so don't go on TOO much of a bender.
Play Tabletop Games & Board Games
A great way to pass the time, especially if you're with friends and family, is to bust out some non-technologically inclined games. Huddle around some flashlights and candles and start a D&D campaign, perhaps the storm will even add some atmospheric sound effects for you. Settlers of Catan is also a great choice, or maybe try a new game you've never even heard of! Get adventurous.
Or you can start a Monopoly or UNO game and it'll last you the whole hurricane and make you a whole new slew of enemies at the same time!
Read A Book/Comic Book
You can't go wrong here. There's something quite romantic about reading a book by candlelight as a storm rages on outside. Get lost in a totally different world and block out the rest. You can read an old favorite like Harry Potter or perhaps grab a new book from your local library or bookshop. Also, grab a comic book or seven! They're fun to read and look at. We suggest Captain Marvel or The Sandman.
For something moody and hurricane appropriate, we recommend Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier. For the escapists out there, try The Captive Prince by C. S. Pacat.
Always been wanting to write that book? Comic series? Podcast? Screenplay? Well, what are you waiting for? Grab a pen, some paper, some sort of light source, and go for it! What better origin story for your best seller than on a dark stormy night? If you have the time, plan out what you want to write, get a new notebook for the occasion even. Use a really fun pen. Make it an event.
Sleep Through The Hurricane
Hey, if you can sleep through a hurricane, you should. It passes the time, for one. Secondly, it's probably needed. None of us get enough sleep, it's time to catch up on some Z's.
Stay Safe
Not getting bored it one thing. It's a luxury thing really. The most important aspect of getting through a hurricane it staying safe. So make sure you have enough water and non-perishable food for at least three days. Fill up your bath tub prior to the storm to use for cleaning and flushing the toilet. Take care of your pets! Make sure they have food, water, and something like a Thundershirt or calming treats to help them through the stress of the storm.
If your power goes out and there's flooding inside your home, turn off all electricity via your breaker, in case it comes back on unexpectedly and you put yourself at risk of being electrocuted through the water. Board up windows if winds will be strong in your area, protect your car, and use common sense. If things are dicey, get out.
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It easily adjusts to varying heights for users of all sizes, and can stand on its own. The HurryCane Walking Cane is a reliable and handy mobility aid that is suitable for any user.
It provides stability and support on all terrain thanks to a patented pivoting head that provides three points of contact with the ground. The cane also folds down for convenient storage and transport between uses and includes a wrist strap and travel bag for portability.
This foldable walking cane is height adjustable so that it can be modified and made compatible with users of all sizes.
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Seniors are important members of our society. We need to respect and revere age. Their experience is to be cherished and cultivated. They are important because of the practical experience they offer.
We live in a fantastic age of healthcare where the average lifespan is well into the 70's and 80's. Unfortunately, many practices have not kept up with the special needs of seniors. These vital members of our families and society need special care and attention. Many families are having difficulty being in the "Sandwich Generation", helping to meet the needs of grown children along with the care of their parents.
We at Rancho Wellness understand the difficulties families and seniors face with the healthcare system. Our team based approach will help to alleviate your concerns regarding your healthcare.
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Double-Vinyl + mp3, Gatefoldsleeve, printed innersleeves, The vinyl package includes a black and a coloured white vinyl disc. Vocals on 'Cold Comfort' are by Rachel Goswell, singer & gitarrist of the UK-band Slowdive while Danish singer/songwriter Lina Tullgren sings on 'In The Garden'. Jenny Lee of the US-band Warpaint contributes vocals for 'Try A Little' and Lisbet Fritze sings on 'Blue September' and 'One Last Kiss To Remember'. Additional performances are by Jeppe Brix (guitar), Manoj Ramdas (guitar), Silas Tinglef (guitar, bass), Jakob Høyer (drums) and Jakob Falgren (bass). CD & 2LP tracklist: Tracklist: A1 / 01. Cold Comfort A2 / 02. Church Of Trees B1 / 03. In The Garden B2 / 04. Foggy Figures B3 / 05. Blue September C1 / 06. Trnt C2 / 07. One Last Kiss To Remember D1 / 08. Sleeper D2 / 09. Try A Little D3 /10. Giants Trentemøller returns with his fifth studio album 'Obverse' in September 2019! Anders Trentemøller is a well-known multi-instrumentalist, but perhaps the one he's most adept at is the studio itself. 'Obverse' is the result of him expanding that skill even further. 'Obverse' often feels like an instrumental album because it started life as one, the driving philosophy being "what if the pressure of having to perform these songs live is removed entirely?" Granting yourself the freedom to chase down every idea a studio offers comes with privileges. What happens when you reverse a synth part mid-verse? Why not send an entire track through a faulty distortion pedal? Inspiration reveals itself in a variety of forms and, before long, a simple chord progression contorts into something entirely new. It's a work method that yielded great results for the legendary German Kosmiche/Motorik experimentalists of the 1970's. Intentional or not, 'Obverse' embodies more than a little of that spirit without even a hint of pastiche. So it only makes sense that 'Obverse' would stray from its original roadmap. In due time, half of the nascent com
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Strategic Objectives for the Way Forward
IOM holds the view that in a world ever on the move, more can be achieved for migrants and societies alike by working collaboratively rather than individually. Additional complementarities between the work of IOM and civil society organizations (CSO) and enhanced impact of individual and collective actions can be achieved through greater IOM-CSO dialogue, resource pooling and joint action.
To this end, the Organization has three strategic objectives with regard to enhancing its engagement with CSOs:
1. Take stock of existing partnerships with CSOs: By creating and maintaining a repository of information on IOM-CSO partnerships, IOM seeks to better inform future engagement with CSOs.
2. Develop platforms, such as the annual and regional IOM-CSO consultations, for two-way exchanges between IOM and CSOs: IOM holds the view that sustained dialogue facilitates the identification of joint priorities, the exchange of good practices and the strengthening of synergies between IOM and civil society.
3. Empower CSOs to have a greater voice in the Organization: Through regular communication with CSOs on policy and operational issues, IOM seeks to ensure that partners are well informed and can therefore more effectively engage with IOM at the global, regional and national levels.


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Bedford Central School District
What you need to know.
Our Mission
BCSD...Inspiring and Challenging Students
A message from the Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools
We seek to provide an environment which builds the foundation for lifelong learning and responsible citizenship. Accordingly, we are dedicated to cultivating curiosity and a passion for learning by providing challenging educational opportunities for all students so they may achieve their full potential as productive and contributing members of society
Our schools foster the development of positive interpersonal relationships and self-esteem within a safe and secure environment. They are places where all are treated with mutual respect and empathy, encouraged to act responsibly, and contribute in their own way as valued members of the community.
We understand that the objectives of an educational program are best realized when mutual understanding, cooperation, and effective communications exist among the home, community, and school.
We hope you find the information contained herein about our schools and programs helpful in developing a full understanding of who we and our approach to education.
Bedford Hills Elementary School
Bedford Village Elementary School
Fox Lane High School
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Our Schools
Fox Lane Middle School
Mount Kisco Elementary School
Pound Ridge Elementary School
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BCSD Core Values: We believe...
An Excellent Education
- Should be well-rounded, rigorous, challenging, and provide students with the foundational and critical thinking skills required for continued learning.
- Should connect students with teachers who are supportive, foster curiosity, and are inspirational to all students.
- Should foster self-confidence, self-awareness, and general social and emotional growth and well-being.
- Should prepare students for their future as respectful and productive citizens and members of our society.
- Should foster the love of learning.
Students Learn Best When
- They feel personally actively engaged and challenged.
- They have positive and productive relationships with their teachers grounded in mutual respect.
- They have a safe, comfortable, supportive environment where they are respected as individuals, and feel membership in a community.
- They have and can access a wide network of varied support systems, and systems exist to identify and address student needs.
- They are encouraged to be creative and curious learners.
The Role of Parents/Guardians in the Educational Process is
- To encourage, motivate, and support students and educators.
- To foster growth, independence, and self-advocacy for students.
- To collaborate with and advocate for students and educators.
- To be in a productive two-way relationship with the schools, and to foster and model for students mutual respect.
- To be informed about and engaged in the educational system and process.
The Role of Technology in Education is
- As a tool to foster digital citizenship through responsible, respectful, effective, and appropriate use.
- To facilitate communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and deep learning.
- To create endless opportunities for deep exploration, analysis, and synthesis of information.
- Not to replace learning, but rather to be an essential tool to aid in the education process by allowing students to access higher levels of thought about the content and processes of the curriculum.
District Fiscal and Operational Practices
- Should place students first.
- Should be responsible for the present and the future.
- Should respect all stakeholders.
- Should be transparent, clear and as simple as possible.
- Should be balanced and prudent.
Curricular Programs
The following links will introduce you to our curricular programs:
District Data
Programs to provide support for students
Emergency Closing/Delayed Opening Procedures
The District also posts delay, early dismissal, or closing information on the District Website, BCTV, and uses WHUD, News 12, NBC-TV, CBS-TV, FOX 5, and ABC-TV to broadcast school closings, late arrivals, and early dismissals.
On days when inclement weather is predicted, the decision to close school could be made the evening prior. If not, the decision-making process begins at 3:30 a.m. and includes research on weather conditions, assessment of site conditions for our schools, consultation with the highway departments of our towns, and a conference call with regional superintendents of schools. A decision will be made by approximately 5 a.m. and the communication process will be initiated.
Some important information:
- A "Delay" means a 2-hour delay for students and staff. Students report to their bus stops or arrive at school 2 hours after normal time.
- For Early Dismissals, the earliest dismissal bus runs for the high school/middle school begin at 10:20 a.m. Elementary students are dismissed at 11:30 a.m.
If schools are closed, facilities are not available for use for after-school or evening activities by internal or external organizations; therefore, all after-school activities are canceled, except for after-care programs in the schools.
For Early Dismissals, staff members are dismissed 30 minutes after the students.
If schools are closed or there is an early dismissal on a Friday, please check the District website for the status of weekend activities.
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For certain, there will a budgetary solution. The state must constitutionally pass a balanced budget. Thus, something, or quite a lot of services will be cut.
While the Louisiana higher education, hospitals, local governments and many systems and citizens are concerned about the outcome, the state survives in a parallel universe. Due to a variety of reasons, the economy is strong, yet, not strong enough right now to take in more revenues for the state government to spend.
On Wednesday, Bayoubuzz publisher Stephen Sabludowsky, discussed the issue with Michael Hecht, President and CEO of GNO Inc. Part I, below, focuses upon the extent of the budget problem and the upside of the economy. WATCH THE INTERVIEW VIDEO, BELOW
SABLUDOWSKY: We're going to talk about the legislative session, the upcoming legislative session, but before doing that, is there any business announcement that you want to discuss or just tell us how you're doing business-wise --how is the area doing?
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HECHT: Well, 2014, Steve, was our best in our history here, and not just in the number of announcements but in the diversity of the announcements. There was heavy industry, international trade with companies like Chiquita, international Shipholding coming back. Yuhang Chemical major mainland Chinese investment in Louisiana. But there were also software like High Voltage software coming down from Chicago and then some different ones like Nest--an accelerator, incubator out of Finland--that's open up its second shop in the United States in New Orleans. And it's that diversity is going to make us, in the future, intolerant to shocks, like the oil shock that were going through right now. So, that was very good. Of course, the big recent announcement was Copa Airlines announcing that on June 24 they're going to restart direct service to Panama City and from Panama City you get a direct connection, without going through immigration to 51 destinations in Central and South America. So, in a very real way, the gateway to the Americas has been reopened. And we continue our talks to get a direct flight from London, that's actually going very well, our numbers keep getting better and better, our economic numbers, arEsce tourist numbers keep improving and I think pretty soon we'll be able to get our flight in the evening in New Orleans and land in Europe early in the morning the next day and that's going to take us from being a top second-tier location to a truly global destination for the first time in, what, many decades.
SABLUDOWSKY:So we really have something to look forward to and you're doing a terrific job as I have mentioned before. So the Louisiana legislative session, Louisiana is really in a critical time in terms of the budget. It's like two different Louisiana's is the way that I think that I've explained it and I'm sure that others have done so also. The economy is doing quite well as you mentioned but our government is not. We're flat broke. Were actually roughly $1.6 billion
HECHT: we're spending more than we're taking in. We're upside down.
SABLUDOWSKY: Yes we are. And the number is, as I appreciate it, the number that has been used in the media and the legislature has been $1.6B dollars which for a less than 25 billion-dollar budget, I mean that's pretty substantial so does GNO Inc. have say a policy position, a legislative position yet, or you're all, any type of programs that you want to talk about?
HECHT:Well we definitely have a framing, I guess you would call it, on the current session and, I think the point you made is an incredibly important one, to keep talking about, is that we have to unpack the very real public sector challenge with a deficit, unpack that from the very real private-sector progress . We want to make sure that when were fixing the public sector problem that were not undermining the private sector. We want to make sure that when we're fixing the public sector deficit problem, that we're not undermining the private sector progress--that we don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. And so that's what we're getting the word out about in terms of the public sector and the deficit what's causing this a number of things that have come to bear: The repeal of Stelly in terms of personal income taxes, the Katrina money being over, the oil price drop, the 2008 recession--all these things have come together-- what they mean is that will lost about 5 billion of revenue from the peak in 2008. At the same time, our spending, has basically been flat at the state level and that's why we have the deficit. Revenues going up like that, spending like that and you end up underwater pretty quickly. But, at the same time, you've got to look at the data and Steve you can look at the most basic data, non-farm job growth and you can see that for the four decades before Katrina, we under-performed the nation by half. The nation grew 80% we moved 40%, places that we compete against like Houston and Atlanta group 200%. Looking at the exact same data just going back to 2008, we have been performing alongside places like Houston and Atlanta. Houston and Austin, roughly, at the very best. So, It really is happening but again it take some time. When the governor makes an announcement about an 1000- person operation that's opening up--what's not said is that those 1000 jobs are going to come online in about 10 to 12 years. There is a timing delay. So people who have been demanding results of this growth today in terms of the tax revenue actually don't understand that were actually talking short-term future growth not immediate impact and so it's important to make sure that we get the timing in perspective.
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Conflicted: Survive the Apocalypse Board Game
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The world is coming to an end, and every aspect of your survival depends on your strategic thinking, cunning, negotiation skills and most importantly, your sense of humor.
Conflicted: Survive the Apocalypse is a player versus player board game for 2 to 6 players, 13 years and up. Each player controls a Leader someone with the skills and courage to find Assets and rally Survivors. Together they will form a camp that must be defended from Attackers, corrupt Government and other Leaders.
Will you survive the Apocalypse?
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Review of the mid-year expenditures shows the Livingston County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) has expended only 41.85% of the budget line item for Board of Prisoners. Year to date the sheriff's office has spent $200,902 with housing detainees at other facilities.
The cost of medical care for detainees has increased and taken a hit on that budget line item. For the first 6 months of 2016 the LCSO has spent 54.06% or $9,731.55 dollars on medications and medical care for detainees.
Both these figures are well below what costs would be to have the Livingston County Jail open when including costs of required staffing levels to be in legal compliance. This does exclude factoring in the costs of repairs to the building and equipment to even get our facility in a position to staff and house detainees.
Other areas of the LCSO budget look very good and the majority of line items are at or below the projected expenditures to date.
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Ning Feng is recognised internationally as an artist of great lyricism, innate musicality and stunning virtuosity. Blessed with an impeccable technique and a silken tone, he performs in a range of colours from intimate delicacy to a ferocious intensity. The Berlin based Chinese violinist performs across the globe with major orchestras and conductors, in recital and chamber concerts.
Recent successes for Ning Feng have included a return to Budapest Festival Orchestra with Iván Fischer in Budapest and on tour to China performing Dutilleux L'arbre des songes, tours with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and Jaap van Zweden to Europe, Asia and Australia, a tour to China with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and Lawrence Foster as well as successful debuts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Xian Zhang, National Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda and BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and Simone Young. In recital and chamber music Ning Feng performs regularly with Igor Levit, amongst others, at many of the world's major festivals and concert venues.
Highlights of Ning Feng's 2019/20 season include returns to the Budapest Festival Orchestra with Iván Fischer, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Osmo Vänskä, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra with Xian Zhang and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra with Yu Long. He will be giving his debuts with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Amsterdam Sinfonietta with whom he will perform Henze Violin Concerto No.2. New to his repertoire will also be the Goldmark Concerto which Ning Feng will be performing with the Royal Philharmonic, China Philharmonic and Shanghai Symphony Orchestras, all under the baton of Yu Long. Chamber music highlights include Ning Feng's return to the Schubertiade Festival for duo recitals with Igor Levit and chamber music concerts at Cologne Philharmonie and for the Barbican Centre in London. He will also be performing a number of solo Bach recitals marking the 300th anniversary of Bach's completion of his solo sonatas at the Hong Kong Arts Festival and elsewhere.
Ning Feng records for Channel Classics in the Netherlands and his new disc 'Virtuosismo' featuring Paganini Violin Concerto No.1 and Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto No.4 will be released in September 2019. His earlier recording of Bach's complete solo works for violin was hailed by Gramophone as "unlike anyone else's… it's the illusion of a freewheeling conversation projected from within that held me captive." Further discs include recordings of the Elgar and Finzi violin concertos with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and Bruch Scottish Fantasy with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, 'Apasionado' with the Orchestra Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias featuring works by Sarasate, Lalo, Ravel and Bizet/Waxman, two releases with the Dragon Quartet featuring string quartets by Schubert, Dvořák, Borodin, Shostakovich and Weinberg and two CDs of violin solo repertoire.
Born in Chengdu, China, Ning Feng studied at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin with Antje Weithaas and the Royal Academy of Music in London with Hu Kun, where he was the first student ever to be awarded 100% for his final recital. The recipient of prizes at the Hanover International, Queen Elisabeth and Yehudi Menuhin International violin competitions, Ning Feng was First Prize winner of the 2005 Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand, and in 2006 won first prize in the International Paganini Competition.
Ning Feng plays a 1721 Stradivari violin, known as the 'MacMillan', on private loan, kindly arranged by Premiere Performances of Hong Kong, and plays on strings by Thomastik-Infeld, Vienna.


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Hobby Lobby raises minimum wage to $13/hour
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. says it's raising its minimum wage for full-time employees to $13 per hour.
The Oklahoma City-based retail chain announced Monday that part-time employees' pay would increase to $9 per hour.
The company has more than 500 arts and crafts stores in 41 states, and the increase will affect more than 15,300 employees nationwide. Hobby Lobby notes that its minimum wage for full-time workers is far above the national minimum wage of $7.25.
Last year, Hobby Lobby raised its minimum wage to $12 per hour.
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This year, TOCCA has partnered with Bright Pink, an organization that focuses on education and support for young women who are at high risk for breast and ovarian cancer. In their honor, TOCCA will be donating 50% of sales of its Eau de Parfum Viaggio set to Bright Pink throughout the month of October so they can continue to be a resource and inspiration for young women. The cute and classy limited edition coffret set features Colette, Giulietta and Bianca Eau de Parfum in three charming, miniature Old World-style bottles. This travel-friendly set is ideal for boudoir or purse, and is a perfect introduction to Tocca fragrance itself. TOCCA Eau de Parfum Viaggio is available at TOCCA's New York flagship at 605 Hudson Street and online at http://www.tocca.com.
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Pumpkin Pie with Wheat Germ Crust
Pumpkin Pie with Wheat Germ Crust
Nutrition FactsServing Size: 1 slice (115g)
Servings Per Recipe: 10
Calories 220
Calories From Fat 100
- % Daily Value
- Total Fat 11g 17%
- Saturated Fat 3g 15%
- Trans Fat 0g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
- Monounsaturated Fat 5g
- Cholesterol 50mg 2%
- Sodium 125mg 19%
- Total Carbohydrate 26g 9%
- Dietary Fiber 3g 20%
- Sugars 11g
- Protein 6g
- Vitamin A 140% Vitamin C 4%
- Calcium 8% Iron 10%
- Vitamin E 20% Thiamin 10%
- Folate 15% Phosphorus 15%
- Magnesium 8% Zinc 8%
Thanksgiving just isn't complete without a homemade pumpkin pie. By adding wheat germ and using whole wheat pastry flour, we've not only boosted the nutrients but added another tasty dimension to the crust. We've also reduced some of the saturated fat by substituting canola oil for some of the butter.
Serves 10
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup Kretschmer Honey Crunch Wheat Germ
1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1/4 cup canola oil
1 to 3 tablespoons water
Pumpkin Filling:
2 large eggs
1 15-ounce can pumpkin puree
3/4 cup 2 percent evaporated milk
5 tablespoons pure maple syrup
1 3/4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/4 teaspoon salt
In medium bowl add flour, wheat germ, whole wheat pastry flour and salt. Stir to combine. Cut in butter using fingertips until mixture is crumbly and no big lumps of butter remain. Stir in canola oil and add water as needed to form dough into a ball.
Wrap dough in plastic wrap and freeze 15 minutes.
Meanwhile prepare filling. Preheat oven to 425° F. Beat eggs in large bowl. Stir in pumpkin, milk, maple syrup, pumpkin pie spice and salt. Set aside.
Remove dough from freezer. Roll dough between two pieces of parchment paper into a 12-inch circle. If dough cracks, pinch it together.
Remove top sheet of parchment. Place 9-inch glass pie plate on top of dough, rim side down, and flip over with dough and parchment. Peel back parchment and press dough into pie plate. Seal or patch cracks with extra dough pieces.
Trim dough to 1/2-inch overhang. Fold overhang under to create an even rim around the pie. Use fork tines to create design around pie rim. Poke bottom of crust with fork 4 or 5 times.
Pour filling into crust. Bake in preheated oven 15 minutes. After 5 minutes, place foil around pie edge to prevent burning. Reduce temperature after 15 minutes to 350° F and bake 30 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean.
Cool on wire rack for 2 hours. Serve immediately or refrigerate.


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Mates for day, brought together by McLeay
No word, said Mark Latham, was expressed more than "mate" inside the Labor Party.
It was used by people who did not always vote for each other, and some were "100 per cent committed to the destruction of your political career".
But Labor's great hope as leader for this year's federal election was quick to add a qualification: "At the end of the day we come together and declare our tribal instincts."
And so they did. In a gathering of mates not to be seen again, 500 of the tribe celebrated Leo McLeay's 25 years in Federal Parliament on Friday evening.
The invitation-only dinner at a stylish Pyrmont wharf eatery was a farewell for McLeay, who is retiring at the election.
It was much more, though, for a generation which had grown up together and now marked the passing of the old guard. The Premier, Bob Carr, said their political bonds could not be broken despite betrayals and disagreements over the years. Carr, who rose through the ranks with McLeay, said he could still "smell" the party branch meetings when they crunched numbers for their promising careers ahead.
It was, said Carr, only under a ramshackle, hard-to-put-down, rambling, lunatic party called the Labor Party that a working class kid from Marrickville like McLeay could go so far.
Former prime minister Paul Keating described his mate McLeay as "the archetypical inner-city hustler" who had the passion, connections and loyalty to make it. "People say Leo was good at stacking branches, but he wasn't as good as me," he said.
Among the evening's stories, Keating recalled McLeay's days as a former PMG employee spending "a week at a time" installing telephones at Liberal Party headquarters - and eavesdropping for Labor.
Keating remembered a drawn-out disputes committee meeting at the ALP's Sussex Street headquarters during his term as state party president.
"I said to Leo, 'What's on here, mate?' McLeay replied: 'What's on here is that we're going to rub these guys out.' " And, Keating added: "It will come as no surprise to you that we did." Keating paid special tribute to McLeay's wife, Janice, for "putting up with you for all these years". It didn't work if a politician's partner was not with them, he said.
Keating hoped Labor would not become a homogenous party of staffers who became MPs. It needed raw energy, people with "fire in the belly" who took a chance.
The mates listened intently, among them Kim Beazley, John Faulkner, Anthony Albanese, Michael Egan, Michael Costa, Carl Scully, Morris Iemma and Mark Arbib. One notable absence was Laurie Brereton, no longer a McLeay mate after a falling out.


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Working in a natural environment is a totally different experience than a typical office job. Besides having the privilege of savoring tasty herbal drinks and listening to the beautiful wildlife orchestra every day, we also stand a higher chance of observing and witnessing some of the greatest nature findings in the garden (think Nat Geo)!
Spread across 8 acres of the secondary forest, Tropical Spice Garden is a natural tropical habitat to more than 500 varieties of flora and fauna, ranging from native trees to sub-tropical plants, and creepy crawlies to mammals. Therefore when luck strikes, it is no surprise that you may encounter a Malayan water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) swimming in the water garden, a yellow-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier) feeding on a praying mantis, or a colony of giant forest ants (Camponotus Gigas) making their way back to their nest.
One sunny afternoon when everyone is off for lunch, something happened in front of the garden's pantry that grabbed everyone's attention.
A live "Urban Jungle" show was happening in front of our eyes – an Oriental whip snake (Ahaetulla prasina) was attempting to consume a green crested lizard (Bronchocela cristatella)! Being the naturalists that we are, we started to observe and document the behavioral and physical changes of the two species. The initial thought was: "The slim, slender snake will have a hard time swallowing the bigger and stronger lizard. Surely it'll eventually give up…" To our astonishment, instead of giving up, the snake took almost an hour to finish a large and surely satisfying meal.
During the first 20 minutes, the snake maintained a firm grip on the lizard's neck, which was very much still alive and struggling to escape.
Within half an hour, the lizard's head was already halfway in the snake's mouth with its legs still twitching! Soon, some small black ants started to gather around both reptiles. Despite the distraction of the ants crawling over both reptiles, the snake continued its mammoth task of a meal. As time goes by we realized that the lizard wasn't moving anymore, which we concluded that it might already be dead at that point.
At the 45 minute mark, there was a dramatic change in the situation. The snake started to utilise its powerful muscles – expanding its jaws to accommodate the size of the lizard, we noticed a pale banding on the throat becoming more apparent. This banding pattern is only noticeable when a whip snake is feeding or feeling threatened.
Lastly, when 95% of the lizard was swallowed, the whip snake looking quite proud of itself gradually moved away from the limelight of our keen observations.
The Oriental whip snake is one of the common tree snakes that can be found in secondary forests, residential and agricultural areas throughout Southeast Asia. It is mildly venomous towards its prey – insects and small vertebrates – which it actively seeks out as it glides from tree to tree.
A common sight in Tropical Spice Garden, the green crested lizard (Bronchocela cristatella) also has a widespread distribution in primary and secondary tropical forests.


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BMW E30 M3 - Bathurst 1000 1988
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The car sadly retired on lap 89, robbing both Brock and his co-driver Neil Compton of a finish. The year after witnessed an even more radical departure for Brock, as he raced a Sierra RS500 at Bathurst!
Number: 56
Race: Bathurst 1000
Driver: Peter Brock, Jim Richards
Year: 1988
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St. Petersburg, formerly Leningrad, is a Baltic port on the River Neva and the second largest city in Russia. Named after its founder Tsar Peter the Great it was renamed after Lenin in 1924 before reverting to St. Petersburg in 1991. There are currently no plans to change the name again.
The city is home to several world class cultural facilities, includin the Hermitage art museum, the Mariinsky Theatre whose ballet company of the same name produced Nijinsky, Nureyev, Anna Pavlova and Natalia Makarova.
Continuing the musical theme, the city is also home to the Conservatory, from where Dmitri Neved performed in the orchestra in the 1970s. Touring West Germany Neved returned to Russia with a woman hidden amongst the instruments. Lena Siebert later married Neved amd settled in St. Petersburg and escaped justice for being a member of the Baader-Meinhof terrorist group.
During the recording of Toten Herzen's Malandanti album, Neved left the city to become Susan Bekker's voice coach. After the fall of communism Neved struggled to adapt to a market economy and lost his job at the Conservatory, effectively frozen out when colleagues came to see him as an odball for dabbling in the occult.
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Although Lena Siebert-Neved had a business office in St. Petersburg the city was not associated with witchcraft or Malandanti activity. Writers Pushkin and Gogol have featured supernatural elements in stories set in St. Petersburg, but the closest the city has come to paranormal activity was Rob Wallet's disappearing act on the doorstep of Neved's former Conservatory colleague Alexander Nadashvili.


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New Rochelle, NY, June 30, 2014--Zebrafish, a model organism that plays an important role in biological research and the discovery and development of new drugs and cell-based therapies, can form embryonic stem cells (ESCs). For the first time, researchers report the ability to maintain zebrafish-derived ESCs for more than 2 years without the need to grow them on a feeder cell layer, in a study published in Zebrafish, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available free on the Zebrafish website.
Ho Sing Yee and coauthors from the Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Pulau Pinang), Universiti Sains Malaysia (Penang), and National University of Singapore describe the approach they used to be able to maintain zebrafish stem cells in culture and in an undifferentiated state for long periods of time. The ability to establish and grow the zebrafish ESCs without having a feeder layer of cells to support them simplifies their use and could expand their utility. In the article "Derivation and Long-Term Culture of an Embryonic Stem Cell-Like Line from Zebrafish Blastomeres Under Feeder-Free Condition", the authors show that the ESCs retain the morphology, properties, and ability to differentiate into a variety of cell types that is characteristic of ESCs, and were used to generate offspring after transmission through the germline.
"By addressing a major technical bottleneck in the field, this new culture system enables an array of exciting cellular and molecular genetic manipulations for the zebrafish," says Stephen Ekker, PhD, Editor-in-Chief of Zebrafish and Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Zebrafish is an authoritative peer-reviewed journal published bimonthly in print and online. It is the only peer-reviewed journal to focus on the zebrafish and other aquarium fish species as models for the study of vertebrate development, evolution, toxicology, and human disease. Tables of content and a sample issue may be viewed on the Zebrafish website.
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