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Losing An Arm and A Leg
Imagine that you are working on a home improvement project and, being a bit of a klutz, something goes horribly wrong: a slip of the saw and you've lost the tip of a finger. Is there any hope of regaining your lost digit?
While there young children reportedly have the ability to regrow amputated fingertips, in adults it's possible with special medical treatments (or maybe not even that). Cut off your whole finger – or (stars forbid) an entire arm – and unless it can be reattached, it's gone for good.
While lobsters can regenerate their claws, and many lizards can regrow their tails, humans and other mammals have notably poor limb regeneration abilities.
The notion that such an "animal" ability could somehow be transferred to people has been a part of science fiction since its early years. A good example of this is Romeo Poole's 1926 short story "A Hand from the Deep", which has a Doctor Whitby experimenting with crayfish extracts on an unsuspecting patient:
"The theory is nothing very new. As early as 1906 it was observed that when a limb is amputated at the middle of a bone, the bone starts to grow out again, but increases only about one-fiftieth of an inch in length before it is halted by some other influence. You know also, of course, about the little warts of so-called 'proud flesh' that apparently try to replace the original muscular tissue in case of injuries, but which are misshapen or misplaced. What Whitby was trying to get at, as I see it, was to so control these misdirected efforts of nature as to produce a new and perfect limb.
"The human body is already able to repair damaged bones by rebuilding small particles of the bony tissue; it is also able to replace muscle, nerve and even finger-nail tissue, although in somewhat imperfect forms. Whitby was trying to induce it to build a lost member in perfect form.
"It seems that Whitby has been experimenting for years with the ductless and other glands of shellfish in pursuance of this theory of regeneration, and we have upstairs the living proof that he was able to prepare a glandular extract that changes the bodily cell-structure as well as influencing the building-up processes of nature; but it appears that he near succeeded in isolating the one influence from the other, both being present in his preparation.
Of course there are terrible side effects to the treatment; quite improbably the patient starts turning into a crustacean himself.
Later science fiction tales usually assume as a matter of course that "autodocs" and other advanced medical treatment technology will make limb regeneration almost routine procedure, albeit often a slow and painful one.
But wouldn't it be better for future humans to be able to do that on their own?
The only vertebrates able to regenerate entire arms and legs as adults are some species of salamanders. After a limb is amputated, cells are mobilized to to start healing the wound. In humans, scar tissue forms. In newts, on the other hand, cells migrating to the wound site form a structure called the apical epidermal cap (AEC) . Cells under the AEC begin to proliferate and create a tumorlike mass called a blastema which eventually will grow into the newt's new limb.
If humans could be given that ability, you could create a superhero (or supervillain) or a super soldier. It's no surprise that some research in limb regeneration is funded by the US Department of Defense.
But the exact molecular signals that direct salamanders limbs to regrow are still being sorted out. And it's not at all known whether similar mechanisms would function the same way in mammals (like humans) if they were somehow transplanted.
There was an interesting paper last year that suggested the removal of a single gene in mice can stimulate scarless wound healing. But despite the wildly speculative headlines, the study did not actually even try to look at whether the mutant mice could regenerate digits or limbs. Mouse limb regeneration – let alone human limb regeneration – is still firmly in the realm of science fiction.
Are there aspects of limb regeneration that haven't been fully fictionally explored? What would be the implications if all ordinary people had that kind of wound healing ability for society and medicine?
The wound healing ability in axolotls has also allowed scientists to surgically induce the formation of extra limbs. What if humans had that ability as well?
Additional Reading and Watching
Video: Newt Limb Regeneration from the HHMI 2006 Holiday Lectures — Potent Biology: Stem Cells, Cloning, and Regeneration
Video: Superhero Science: Limb Regeneration
Gardiner David M and Bryant Susan V. Regeneration Basics. UC Irvine Limb Regeneration Lab.
Interview with Jon Mogford, Program Manager of the Defense Sciences Office at DARPA (2009) [Military projects on wound healing]
Whited Jessica L and Tabin Clifford J. "Limb Regeneration Revisited" Journal of Biology 8:5 (2009)
Bedelbaeva Khamilia et al. "Lack of p21 expression links cell cycle control and appendage regeneration in mice" Proc Natl Acad Sci 107(13): 5845–5850 (2010)
[note that the "appendage regeneration" refers to closure of a hole punched in the mouse's ear]
Illingworth, Cynthia M. Trapped fingers and amputated fingertips in children. J. Ped. Surgery 9:853-858. (1974)
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Middle Image: California Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma californiense II by marlin harms on Flickr.
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I am using an excel file database to import to Jump as my data table in Jump. I have also created a limit table in jump to be used with my data table. Can any one tell me how to connect the two tables so that when i am using the capability tool to calculate the CPK analysis the limit table is used. here is a sample of the data table and limit table
I have also added the upper and lower limit as columns in the dataset.
Thank you very much.
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You can import your spec limit table from the Capability platform : after selecting your columns for analysis, select Import spec limits from the Spec limits triangle menu and choose your limit table. The CPK analysis will be performed using your limit table. Then from the Capability report window, your can save your spec limits as column properties if you wish.
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Cigar Team Hits the Road: La Aurora Factory
Posted: May 16, 2018
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Our Cigar Team recently hit the road to Santiago to visit the La Aurora factory in the beautiful country that is the Dominican Republic. As we drove through the city of Santiago after we arrived in the evening, the city was alive with motorcycles and traffic. Congested narrow streets with daredevil bikers weaving in and out of traffic. Although, we would rather be stuck in Dominican traffic then on I-90 during rush hour. Our bus began the arduous task of climbing the steep winding roads leading up to the top of Camp David. The bus carried all ten of us up to the top and when we reached the peak we were speechless looking at the view over the top of the city. After the long flights and our perilous ascent we all welcomed the sight of Manuel's travel humidor full of Sapphire, Ruby, and Diamond robustos. The next morning we were up early to grab a quick bite at the Camp David restaurant for some fine Dominican coffee and some La Aurora Cameroons. Soon we were picked up by the bus and headed to the factory. The La Aurora factory has recently opened the La Aurora Cigar Institute. The first of its kind, the Institute is focused on educating people on the history of cigars in the Dominican Republic. La Aurora is the oldest factory in the Dominican and their dedication to the history of the company and tobacco education is remarkable. From the warm entrance to the factory featuring a couple classic cars we were directed into the museum. This small museum has exhibits that show the entire process that the tobacco has to go through to be rolled into a premium cigar. The exhibits included seeds to fully grown plants, the inside of an aging barn, and the giant press used to bundle the bulk tobacco. Once we exited the museum we were in the middle of the processing area. The workers diligently worked on separating leaves to be used in blends. One of the leaves they were working with was Andullo. Andullo is normally used for pipes and is an extremely difficult tobacco to work with. Andullo and the process is native to the Dominican and La Aurora has taken on this difficult process to in order to produce the DNA. We were then ushered into the barrel aging room and the aroma was simple divine. Given the opportunity to open lids and see tobacco that was aging in old rum barrels was very cool. We left the barrel room and headed straight to the rolling floor. Here we were shown how skilled the rollers are at La Aurora and the multitude of different brands being produced in this modest space. The rolling room was impressive. We watched bunchers hard at work producing several bunches a minute, only to be placed into the press for a short while and then transferred to the roller responsible for the wrapper. We took a quick look at the packaging facility as each individual band is meticulously placed on every cigar by hand and then slid into the cellophane and finally the box. We visited a small room above the rolling floor where Manuel Inoa, the Master Blender for La Aurora, was waiting with a presentation. Everyone was provided a La Aurora DNA training kit including small puros of the Five tobaccos that make up the DNA, a lighter, a cutter, and a DNA toro. During the presentation Manuel would give us cues to light up and taste the individual components of the DNA while asking us to describe the flavors. In between samples of the different tobaccos we would sip club soda and smell coffee to help cleans our pallets. When we had smoked through the small sticks it was time to light up the DNA toro. Once the toro was lit everyone in the room could see how the different tobaccos worked together to make this delicious cigar. The next morning we awoke early and headed to the fields and the fermenting barns. The fields this time of year are bare and the last of the tobaccos are being processed out of the barns and put into the massive pilons. One glance around the fermenting room and you could see the scale of the production at La Aurora. Massive bundles of tobacco just waiting its turn to be crafted into the perfect cigar. Back at the factory it was our turn to attempt to blend a cigar. Once we selected our blends it was time to get to work. Every person in our group was paired up with a rolling team and given a small crash course on bunching. Our dedicated cigar consultants were tasked with rolling ten robustos. We found out that bunching a cigar is an art and looks easier than it truly is. Additionally, so is wrapping the cigars. The wrapper leaves are delicate and thin and the process of applying a wrapper is very difficult. With a few of our consultants taking time to work on this craft, we were greeted by Guillermo Leo, the owner of La Aurora. One of our consultants had to perform under the watchful eyes of Guillermo. In true Binny's style that consultant took care of his work and got the stamp of approval from the third generation owner. We all posed for pictures in the halls and were out for our final night in the DR. Back at Camp David, it was a bittersweet meal as we knew it was our last chance to take in the culture and share a meal with our new friends. We would like to thank La Aurora for their hospitality and urge all who read this to try their DNA. It is true representation of the Dominican DNA.


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Thursday, October 25, 2012
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Gorgeous card I love the image and she is coloured so beautifully. The layout is fabulous. Caroline xxxReplyDelete
Beautiful, Frances......adore your coloring of this cute Tilda!ReplyDelete
Love the design and all the wonderful details....the metal corner is especially gorgeous!
Frances, this is just beautiful! Magnificient coloring, and wonderful scene created with those 2 images. love your layout and warm colors. Hugs.ReplyDelete
OMGosh, Frances, so cute! Love your image & coloring, stitching, fab papers, colors, design & embellies! :^)ReplyDelete
Hugs, Penny
Gorgeous card,ReplyDelete
HUGZ Fleur xXx
Bee-autiful card and coloring Frances!!ReplyDelete
Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!
Hugs Sophie
Esta preciosa la tarjeta. El detalle al relieve me encanto.ReplyDelete
Gracias por compartir y mucho exito siempre!
Abrazos, Myrna
Frances your card is amazing! love your fantastic coloringReplyDelete
Fabulous card, great fit for our sparkles and swirls challenge. Thankyou for joining us at Simply Magnolia. Tracy xxReplyDelete
Darling card, Frances. Love how you colored your little Honey Bee.ReplyDelete
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AH Frances! I am always in awe of your incredible skills! This is so beautiful! Thanks so much for playing along with the Magnolia-licious Challenge! :)ReplyDelete
This is just adorable, Frances! I love the flower on which Tilda is sitting. Your coloration is fabulous! Thank you for joining us at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog!ReplyDelete
¡Gracias por tu visita y tus comentarios, me encanta leerlos y me hacen muy feliz!
Thanks for your visit and your comments, love to read them all, they make me very happy!!!


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Brand engagement usually means brand loyalty and brand loyalty means brand acquisition. Right?
A marketer who conducts his/her actions by the principle "loyal customers are worth up to 10 times as much as their first purchase" would give you a positive answer, but a true marketer takes into consideration the data.
A research study conducted in 2014 showed that Romanian's brand loyalty is 60%, but this has little influence on their acquisition.
The question arising from that fact is: What has a greater influence on the acquisition decision of Romanian customers?
We invite you to see Tudor Galos' thoughts on the subject.


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A pilonidal cyst is a painful condition that plagues many patients. The term refers to an inner skin infection (abscess) that occurs on the natal cleft of the buttocks. Because the pain can intense and the cyst may cause deformity, it is important to find the most effective treatment plan and the best doctors.
Symptoms and Causes
The first symptom is typically pain. Usually, in the early stages of the cyst the pain is mild. Because of this, patients often do not seek quick treatment. The skin at the surface of the cleft will begin to swell, becoming very red or even white. The cysts vary in size. Generally the larger the size, the worse the symptoms become. The pain may even become debilitating, requiring emergency care.
There are competing theories as to the source of the infection. Many believe that it is due to impaction of hair beneath the skin at the gluteal cleft. This can be from a high frequency of sitting caused by inactivity or having a desk job that requires sitting for long periods. The hair can be forced into the skin and after time become infected.
This condition was extremely common during World War II, with over 70,000 soldiers reported having pilonidal cysts.
Even though these cysts are an infection, antibiotics are not often effective for treating pilonidal abscesses. The primary choice of treatment during an acute infection is to drain the infection. This is done with local anesthetic to numb the area. Your surgeon will then drain the pus inside the cyst. This is the first step, however this is not a curative step. For a cure, a second surgery is done to address the cyst cavity itself and remove it from the body.
There are several methods for cyst treatment. They range from excision to open wound techniques. The difficulty with closed techniques is that the tension on the wound in that area places it at very high risk of wound breakdown. Because of this, many surgeons these days resort to open wound techniques.
One way of addressing the tension on the wound is to utilize tissue flaps. Flaps are challenging however, and if done improperly, can lead to an even larger problem. Since few utilize them, most surgeons have little to know experience in the use of these flaps. Our surgeons have been trained in the use of flaps and have successfully used them to treat patients with pilonidal disease.
Contact Colorectal Experts Today
If you would like to know more about pilonidal cyst removal and the treatment plan that works best for you, contact the surgical experts at La Peer Health Systems today. For a consultation, call 888-397-7135 or fill out our contact form.
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Release Date: 15 November 2010
Format: DVD
Runtime: 1 hr 11 min (71 min)
Colour: Colour (PAL)
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 SD
Mike Harding takes a magical journey in story and song through Yorkshire Christmases past and present. A special time in a special place.
He explores the many and varied ways Christmas is still celebrated across Yorkshire.
As he travels round the three Ridings he shares some living Yorkshire traditions with the Grenoside Sword Dancers, the Knaresborough Mummers and the Village Carollers of the South Pennines.
He also joins the audience for the annual Nativity play at Westfield Primary School, Cottingham , near Hull, and he enjoys more unique Christmas music from the county with Jim Eldon, Coope, Boyes and Simpson, Leyburn Ladies Choir, Hawes Silver Prize Band and East Witton Male Voice Choir.


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The Serpentine are a race of snake people that once ruled Ninjago, but were banished to five separate tombs, to separate the five warring tribes. They now inhabit the world of Ninjago, after being released by Lloyd Garmadon. They consist of five tribes. Each tribe is further divided into four classes: Generals, Warriors, Soldiers, and Scouts. An additional rank, Snake King, rules over all five tribes.
Very little is known about the beginning of the Serpentine. One theory is that they were once snakes created by the Great Spinjitzu Master, and someone or something altered their genes to grow more human-like. Probably caused by someone or something to give only one snake the power to turn things wicked like Lord Garmadon. That snake is The Great Devourer. Pythor made himself king of the Serpentine in the first season. Lord Garmadon was the Serpentine King in Season 2-Part 1. Skales is the current (and final) King of the Serpentine.
- "Had you released the Constrictai, the Venomari, or heaven forbid the Anacondrai, then we would have had a tussle."
- ―Skales to Lloyd Garmadon
The Anacondrai are the most feared of all tribes. Since the Anacondrai were locked away without food, they became cannibalistic until Pythor was the last one remaining. They resemble Anacondas. Pythor is known to have the power to turn invisible. This is the only tribe that does not have a silver Fang Blade. Since Pythor dies when he is eaten by The Great Devourer, the Anacondrai Serpentine Tribe is now extinct. The only known rank in the tribe is as follows:
- Pythor - The General of the Anacondrai.
The Constrictai are led by Skalidor. They are strong and large. Constrictai are capable of traveling under the ground, but can be located by following the raising of the ground as they tunnel under it. According to LEGO.com their staff's anti-venom allows you to breathe again after being constricted or choked by a Constrictai. They are orange and black in color. With the exception of Skalidor who has a snake tail, all Constrictai members have short legs. They seem to resemble Boa Constrictors. The ranks in this tribe are as follow:
- Skalidor - The heavyweight General of the Constrictai
- Bytar - The warrior of the Constrictai
- Chokun - a soldier-class member of the Constrictai
- Snike - a Scout-class member of the Constrictai.
The Fangpyre, led by Fangtom, are red and white and have large fangs. Their fangs can turn inanimate objects into living snake-like creatures. Vehicles will turn into living snake-cars, mechs, or wrecking balls. Each vehicle takes on snake attributes such as a tail and eyes. They are also able to bite living creatures and turn them into snake people. The venom slowly mutates the cells. However the venom is useless if the victims heart rate rises. They seem to resemble Pit vipers. The ranks of the Fangpyre are as following:
- Fangtom - The two-headed general
- Fangdam - Fangtom's two-headed Warrior
- Fang-Suei - A Fangpyre soldier
- Snappa - A Fangpyre scout
The Hypnobrai has been known to have two generals. Their original general, Slithraa, was challenged by his second-in-command, Skales, who won, which resulted in the latter replacing the former as the new general with Slithraa being demoted to a warrior.
The Hypnobrai have a dark blue, yellow, and grey colour scheme. They resemble the Spectacled (Indian) Cobra and have the same Specactled pattern on their hood. Their eyes in fact are red with spirals giving them a "dazzling" look which, when they use , hypnotizes their victims. The Hypnobrai are a Serpentine tribe with the power to hypnotize and control anyone. The ranks are as follows:
- Skales - The current Snake King and General of the Hypnobrai; former Warrior
- Slithraa - The current Warrior of the Hypnobrai; former General
- Mezmo - A Hypnobrai soldier
- Rattla - A Hypnobrai scout
The Venomari are led by Acidicus and live in toxic bogs of acid that only they can survive in. They are green in colour and have the ability to spray venom at an enemy. This venom sabotages the victim's vision and makes them hallucinate, making the victim see everyone turn into what they fear most. They have four eyes, unless they lose one, like Lasha, have scars, and are red, lime green, and dark green]. They resemble spitting cobras. The ranks of the Venomari are as follows:
- Acidicus - The Venomari General
- Lizaru - The Warrior of the Venomari
- Spitta - A Soldier of the Venomari
- Lasha - A one-eyed Venomari Scout
Social Classes
Snake King
With the help of Skales, Pythor successfully united the five Serpentine tribes by challenging the other generals for their staffs. Skales and Pythor were both wearing earplugs, so when Skales gave Pythor the sacred flute Skales just pretended to be annoyed and threw down his staff. All the other snake generals were so annoyed by the flute that they all threw down their staffs also. After defeating them, he dubbed himself the Snake King. However, after Pythor's defeat when he was eaten by the Great Devourer, Skales attempted to become the Snake King. He failed to when all of the Serpentine abandoned him and the other generals to follow Lord Garmadon.
Lord Garmadon ruled the Serpentine for the first half of Season 2. He would hit them, yell at them, and blame them for his failures. This made the Serpentine angry, so Skales abandoned Lord Garmadon in the middle of the ocean, and finally made himself the Snake King.
Skales is the current and final Snake King.
The generals are the leader of their respective tribes. Generals are easily distinguished from other Serpentine in that rather than legs, they have a tail. Like warriors and soldiers, they also have a less humanoid shaped head than scouts. In addition to the tails, the generals are also normally in possession of their tribe's respective Snake Staff which is able to act as anti-venom to a tribe's power. For example, the Fangpyre staff would be able to return a person who has been bitten by a Fangpyre and is turning into a snake person to their normal state.
Generals are able to be debunked by being defeated by a Serpentine of a lower class, as seen when the Hypnobrai warrior, Skales, defeated the Hypnobrai general, Slithraa. Skales grew a tail while Slithraa lost his. This is likely the same for other tribes.
The Serpentine Generals are as follows;
- Hypnobrai
- Fangpyre
- Venomari
- Constrictai
- Anacondrai
The warriors are the second-in-command of their tribe. They have the same shaped head as their tribe's generals, but normally have different markings. Rather than having tails like the generals, warriors have humanoid legs.
As Pythor was the sole living Anacondrai member, there are no known warriors from his tribe.
Warriors are as follows;
Below warriors, are soldiers. Soldiers have humanoid legs like warriors and snake-like heads, but unlike the warriors, they are of a different shape than their respective generals'. They also have very large fangs. The soldiers typically have different head molds then the general and warrior and seem to look like each other such as with Constrictai and Fangpyre as well as Hypnobrai and Venomari
Soldiers are as follows;
It appears that the soldiers are the judges of the slither pit, as Mezmo, the Hypnobrai soldier was the judge of the Hypnobrai slither pit, and in All of Nothing, Fang-Suei was the judge of the slither pit in the snakes' underground base, and he is the Fangpyre soldier.
Scouts are at the bottom of the Serpentine social ladder. They have humanoid legs like warriors and soldiers, but also humanoid heads with a snake-like hood.
Scouts are as follows;
Vipers are not actually part of the social classes, but they are part of the Serpentine armies. The vipers are small and can fit into a minifigures hand like a whip. The young Great Devourer resembled a Venomari Toxic Viper, except it had frills behind its head. Also, its bite can turn the purest of things evil.
Vipers are as follows:
- Fangpyre
- Golden Viper
- Sly Viper
- Fangpyre Viper [1]
- Hypnobrai
- Hypno Viper
- Unnamed Transparent Blue Viper
- Venomari
- Toxic Viper
- Unnamed Transparent Purple Viper
- Constrictai
- Unnamed Transparent Orange Viper
The Serpentine once ruled Ninjago with The Great Devourer. Had it not been for the people of Ninjago and their sacred flutes which controlled the Serpentine, the Devourer would have consumed the land. The Great Devourer was banished to the lost city of Ouroboros and the five serpentine tribes into five tombs.
Years later, Lloyd Garmadon, son of Lord Garmadon, discovered and freed the Hypnobrai to get revenge on his uncle and his uncle's students. Freeing the Hypnobrai led to the release of the four other tribes; Constrictai, Venomari, Fangpyre, and Anacondrai.
Pythor P. Chumsworth, the last living Anacondrai, declares himself destined to reawaken the Great Devourer. To do so, he defeated the four generals of the other tribes in combat using a stolen sacred flute, given to him by Skales when no one noticed, and took their Snake Staffs, declaring himself the snake king. All Pythor needs to do at this moment is to find the four fang-blades of the Hypnobrai, Fanypyre, Venomari, and Constrictai tribes.
The Serpentine then found the four silver fang blades and released The Great Devourer. The Devourer ate Pythor and the rest of the Serpentine then realized that it was a bad idea to release it. They quickly go to the Fangpyre tomb and lock themselves inside. Fangtom blames the mishap on Skales, because he was Pythor's right hand man. However, the last we see of the serpentine is when the generals hear the Great Devourer has been destroyed and Skales says, "Someone's going to have to lead now." implying that he is going to take charge.
However, his first order resulted the Serpentine to be trapped underground again by the Stone Army.
Tribe Tombs
- Hypnobrai - They were kept in an icy terrain styled cave with ice features.
- Fangpyre - They were kept in a graveyard near a mutated tree with two snake-like heads. It is misty and ghostly-looking.
- Constrictai - They were left in the desert in the Mountain of a Million Steps. They were in a dark cave inside the mountain with art and stories drawn on the wall.
- Venomari - These snakes were thankfully in their home the Toxic Bogs. They were kept inside a tree.
- Anacondrai - They were left in a horn shaped rock prison where they starved or got eaten except for Pythor. It had rock walls and was littered with the remains of Anacondrai.
Appearances in Sets
9449 Ultra Sonic Raider
9556 Bytar
9591 NRG Kai vs Chokun
9448 Samurai Mech
9450 Epic Dragon Battle
9564 Snappa
9567 Fang-Suei
9571 Fangdam
9442 Jay's Storm Fighter
9455 Fangpyre Mech
9443 Rattle Copter
9445 Fangpyre Truck Ambush
9457 Fangpyre Wrecking Ball
853404 Ninjago Magnet Set: Sensei Wu, Fangpyre and Ninja Jay
9555 Mezmo
9573 Slithraa
9579 Starter Set
9456 Spinner Battle
9441 Kai's Blade Cycle
9444 Cole's Tread Assault
9446 Destiny's Bounty
853403 Hypnobrai Slithraa Key Chain
9557 Lizaru
9569 Spitta
9562 Lasha
9447 Lasha's Bite Cycle
9450 Epic Dragon Battle
9449 Ultra Sonic Raider
853103 Venomari Soldier Keychain
- The Serpentine can live for a very long time. This is shown when it is revealed that Skales and Fangtom were friends before they were locked in the tombs.
- Despite there being an Anacondrai staff in the TV show, one doesn't appear in any sets.


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Lunch Pals is a lunchtime mentoring program where businesses, community organizations and individuals are paired with a nearby school to provide students with the additional presence of caring adults.
Each student is identified by school personnel as a child who could especially benefit from a supporting relationship. Sometimes students are facing social, family and/or academic challenges, or are just at a point in their lives where they will especially benefit from an additional positive and encouraging adult who spends time with them.
Currently more than 1,000 individuals and 65 organizations in the Tampa Bay area are part of the Lunch Pals program. The first step to becoming a Lunch Pal is to attend a Mentor Workshop hosted by Pinellas County Schools.
Lunch Pals is a partnership between Pinellas County Schools and Raymond James that is supported by more than 65 business and community organization partners. Individuals are matched to an identified nearby school, and volunteers spend 30 minutes a week with a student during his or her lunch period on a designated day during the school year. By simply having a positive, consistent figure to read with, to talk with or to confide in, students become more engaged and more motivated in school.
To learn more about our impact in the Tampa Bay / St. Petersburg community, view our 2018-2019 program report.
If you're an individual looking for a unique volunteer opportunity, please click the link below to attend a Pinellas County Schools mentor workshop and get started.
Or, if you would like to offer your employees or members the chance to get engaged in a meaningful volunteer opportunity, please consider partnering with Lunch Pals. We'll provide the tools, resources and platform to help promote this program to your organization and prepare your employees with complimentary on-site training. Please contact us to learn more about getting your organization involved.
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Raymond James hosted an end-of-year celebration for mentors and mentees.
Click above to watch the brief video.
For more videos about Lunch Pals, please visit the
Pinellas County Schools YouTube Lunch Pals Playlist.
Lunch Pals participants have the opportunity to attend summits designed to leverage the Lunch Pals experience for personal and professional development and enhance mentoring skills.
At each summit, Lunch Pals will:
For more information, including newsletters and other mentor resources, please visit the Pinellas County Schools resources page.
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Salvador Lopez-Barr fell in love with his running coach, Hollis Bathen, while training for his first marathon.
So it seemed only fitting to propose to her during another 26.2-mile race, this one in Chicago. It was his fifth and her eighth, though the Chicago Marathon also held a special place in Hollis' heart -- it was the first marathon course she ever ran, back in 2004.
"So I decided to propose to her at the end of the race," Salvador, 36, said. "I only had to make sure to keep up."
Salvador -- a black-haired, cheerful attorney from San Francisco -- had a simple plan. Buy the engagement ring. Carry it for 26 miles. And then -- in front of the finish line grandstand, the TV cameras, photographers, and the cheering crowd -- get down on one knee and simply say "will you marry me?"
The proposal was to be a surprise. Everything had to be perfect, so Salvador prepared diligently.
He bought Nike runner's shorts with an interior pocket flap to hold the ring's box. The pocket was so tiny, Salvador had to find a smaller box. The pocket also didn't have a zipper. Salvador safety pinned it closed.
Everything in place, the couple began their run. In an attempt to qualify for the Boston Marathon, both Salvador and Hollis were running eight minute miles.
Hollis, at 30 a lithe and beautiful woman with blonde shoulder-length hair, was the more experienced runner. She would set the pace.
After three and a half hours, the couple neared the finish line, matching each other stride for stride. Right before they reached the grandstand in Grant Park, Salvador untucked his pocket flap, de-safety pinned the enclosure, pulled out the box ... and tripped.
"I did some kind of somersault," Salvador said. The grandstand gasped. The crowd let out a collective "oh."
After the race, Salvador would explain that he had planned to trip, but not to go sprawling like he did. He scraped up his knee and elbow. Other runners, concerned, tried to help him up. Salvador shooed them away.
"I'm thinking to myself 'get away man, this is all staged, it's cool, it's cool!"
Meanwhile Hollis, intent on making her qualifying time, was exasperated.
"I was so bummed! Because the first marathon we ran together he cramped up at mile 12 and we had to walk eight miles," she said. "And I was like 'oh my god, you can't fall here! Get up!"
That's when Salvador held up the box.
"And I was like, 'you tripped on a tiny box?!'"
Salvador popped the question.
Hollis, dumbfounded, and still frantic to make their qualifying time, realized she was being proposed to. She said yes. But there was one hitch.
"I had mittens on so he couldn't really put the ring on," Hollis said. "So he just sort of tried to hand it to me and I was like 'no no, you have to put it on me!'"
So Salvador, exhausted, slightly bruised, and in love, did what any man in that situation would have done. He tried to place the ring over her finger.
On her right hand.
While her mitten was still on.
"All I remember thinking was 'I think it's supposed to be my left hand,'" Hollis said. She de-mittened, he placed the ring on her finger, and they crossed the finish line engaged. All according to Salvador's plan.
"I looked down at my hand and I saw this ring and I was like, is this really happening?"
Salvador assured her it was. His family and best friend, and her mother and their friends -- who had all flown in from San Francisco, the couple's home -- congratulated them at the finish line.
Finishing at 3:36, Hollis qualified for the Boston Marathon. Salvador did not. But no matter how unlucky he is running, he's very lucky in love.
Or as Salvador says, "it was about as romantic as you can be at mile 26."


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Tupac Shakur was an American rapper, record producer, and actor. At the time of his death, Tupac had a total income of $40 million. However, he continues to rake in millions yearly as though he were still alive.
Tupac's Wiki
Tupac Amaru Shakur was born Lesane Parish Crooks on June 16, 1971, in East Harlem, Manhattan in New York City. A year after his birth, he was renamed after Túpac Amaru II, who was an 18th Century South American Peruvian revolutionary executed after he led an uprising against the Spanish rule.
Tupac's family were active members of the Black Panther Party, a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization which would later influence the social and political theme of his rap lyrics. Shakur had a passion for theatre and poetry at a very early age. At school, Tupac studied jazz, acting, ballet and poetry and performed in school Shakespeare plays. He also began recording music.
Shakur was discovered at a poetry concert after which he joined alternative hip hop group Digital Underground as an MC, Backup dancer and roadie.
Tupac Shakur enjoyed enormous success in his music and acting career. He has sold over 75 million records worldwide and is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time.
He rose to fame in the early 90's when he launched his solo career. Tupac also went by monikers; 2 Pac and Makaveli. His debut solo album "2Pacalypse Now" released in 1991 received gold certification 1995. Tupac went on to release more successful albums like Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z… (1993), Me Against the World (1995), and All Eyez on Me (1996).
The latter which became Tupac's last album released alive became his best-selling album, selling over 10 million copies to receive Diamond Certification.
A lover of arts, Tupac got his first professional starring role in 1992 movie "Juice". He followed up with "Poetic Justice" (1993) alongside Janet Jackson. His other movies include A Different World (1993) and Above the Rim (1994).
Career Earnings
After Tupac's death, his estate came under the supreme control of his mother Afeni Shakur. Tupac's fifth album "The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory" which he had recorded in 1996 while still alive was posthumously released in November 1996. The album was a major success, and have since been certified 5 times platinum.
Tupac was in debt to Death Row Records at the time of his death as he was unable to fulfill his part on the 3-album $3.5 million deal he had signed with Death Row Records in exchange for his $1.4 million bail while in prison.
In order to clear his debts, his estate began re-releasing several of his previous works. Also, unreleased materials were also released to incredible success. As of 2016, over 7 of his previous platinum records have been re-released and all have gone multiple platinum again.
Tupac's estate also set up other money-making sources like a channel on Spotify which records multi-million streams. Tupac's estate also earns royalties from TV shows, video games, and films. Tupac has been portrayed in at least 5 biopics of other celebrities. His own biographical film "All Eyez on Me" is slated for release in 2017. Merchandises are not left out as Tupac's estate makes even more from his likeness by selling Makaveli-branded Tees, sweaters, and sneakers.
In 2015, many letters Tupac penned during his 1995, 8-month stay at Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York were auctioned off at Bonhams Auction, garnering about $60,000. In 2016, another 4-page letter Tupac wrote to Nina Bhubaneshwar was sold at auction for $172,725.
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To preserve Tupac's legacy, his mom, Afeni set up Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation which provides training and support for kids looking to hone their creative talents.
Tupac Mom, Sister, And Kids
Tupac's mother Afeni Skaur was as much a legend as he was. She controlled his estate after his death and had a total asset of $50 million until her death in 2016.
After Afeni's death in May 2016, there were questions about who would inherit the late rapper's wealth. Thankfully Afeni had taken care of that by setting up a trust to control his music rights. In the trust, Afeni named former Warner Bros head Tom Whalley to control Shakur's catalog.
She also named close family members and charities as the heirs to his inheritance leaving out her estranged husband Gust Davis. Prior to her death, Davis had filed for divorce, demanding half of the rapper's wealth and $20,000 per month in alimony.
Afeni left behind a daughter and Tupac's half-sister Sekyiwa Shakur among others. Tupac's estate continues to make an average of $1 million annually.
Tupac's only half-sister Sekyiwa Shakur was born two years after him. Tupac referred to his sister in a few of his songs as "Set".
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Tupac died without leaving any children behind on record. Claims have, however, been made to the existence of a secret daughter but they are yet unsubstantiated.
Is He Dead Or Alive?
Raised in a violent neighborhood, Tupac lived the thug life and was more often than not entangled in one conflict or the other leading to multiple indictments. Tupac was active in the infamous East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry, attacking other rappers mostly with violent words in his lyrics, notably in "Hit Dem Up" a diss track directed at The Notorious B.I.G.
The feud led to him being attacked and shot in 1994. Tupac survived and lived another 2 years before being shot yet again in 1996 which lead to his untimely death on September 13, 1996, at the age of 25. At the time of his death, Tupac had earned over $60 million from album sales.
Due to his continued prominence in hip-hop culture, there have been many conspiracies around the possibility of Tupac still being alive but he only lives on through his music and the great legacy he left behind.


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It's time for him to live the life he's always wanted to live
Bruce Jenner Quits Keeping Up With The Kardashians Reality Show
According to TMZ reports:
Bruce Jenner wants NOTHING to do with Hollywood, and that includes his own reality show … TMZ has learned.
Sources connected to both the Kardashian family and the production tell TMZ … Bruce will NOT come back for another season of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" if the network picks it up. The family is currently shooting the last installment of the series … and even if it gets renewed we're told Bruce wants out.
Bruce now reluctantly takes part in the show … but only when it's absolutely necessary. Whenever possible he'll shoot his scenes in Malibu — where he now lives.
We're told Bruce has a clear vision of his life as soon as the season ends … golfing, spending time with his kids — off camera — flying helicopters and riding motorcycles.
Our sources say his kids have become a real priority — Bruce wants to cement the relationship with his sons that he never had when they were growing up. The relationship is much better than it was but he wants to continue to strengthen it.
Kris and the klan are just going to have to accept that Bruce is…different now.
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Focusing on narratives with supernatural components, Karen J. Renner argues that the recent proliferation of stories about evil children demonstrates not a declining faith in the innocence of childhood but a desire to preserve its purity. From novels to music videos, photography to video games, the evil child haunts a range of texts and comes in a variety of forms, including changelings, ferals, and monstrous newborns. In this book, Renner illustrates how each subtype offers a different explanation for the problem of the "evil" child and adapts to changing historical circumstances and ideologies.
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The History of Protestantism
by 'James Aitken Wylie'
Book 13 From Rise of Protestantism in France (1510) to Publication of the Institutes (1536)
Chapter 6 Calvin: His birth and education
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Greater Champions about to Appear Calvin His Birth and Lineage His Appearance and Disposition His Education Appointed to a Chaplaincy The Black Death Sent to La Marche at Paris Mathurin Cordier Friendship between the Young Pupil and his Teacher Calvin Charmed by the Great Latin Writers Luther's and Calvin's Services to their respective Tongues Leaves the School of La Marche.
THE young vine just planted in France was bending before the tempest, and seemed on the point of being uprooted. The enemies of the Gospel, who, pending the absence of the king, still a prisoner at Madrid, had assumed the direction of affairs, did as it pleased them. Beda and Duprat, whom fear had made cruel, were planing stake after stake, and soon there would remain not one confessor to tell that the Gospel had ever entered the kingdom of France. The Reformation, which as yet had hardly commenced its career, was already as good as burned out. But those who so reasoned overlooked the power of Him who can raise up living witnesses from the ashes of dead ones. The men whom Beda had burned filled a comparatively narrow sphere, and were possessed of but humble powers; mightier champions were about to step upon the stage, whom God would so fortify by his Spirit, and so protect by his providence, that all the power of France should not prevail against them, and from the midst of the scaffolds and blazing stakes with which its enemies had encompassed it, Protestantism would come forth to fill Christendom with disciples and the world with light.
The great leader of the Reformation in Germany stepped at once upon the scene. No note sounded his advent and no herald ushered him upon the stage. From the seclusion of his monastery at Erfurt came Luther startling the world by the suddenness of his appearing, and the authority with which he spoke. But the coming of the great Reformer of France was gradual. If Luther rose on men like a star that blazes suddenly forth in the dark sky, Calvin's coming was like that of day, sweetly and softly opening on the mountain-tops, streaking the horizon with its silver, and steadily waxing in brightness till at last the whole heavens are filled with the splendor of its light.
Calvin, whose birth and education we are now briefly to trace, was born in humble condition, like most of those who have accomplished great things for God in the world. He first saw the light on the 10th of July, 1509, at Noyon in Picardy. [1] His family was of Norman extraction. [2] His grandfather was still living in the small town of Pont l'Eveque, and was a cooper by trade. His father, Gerard, was apostolic notary and secretary to the bishop, through whom he hoped one day to find for his son John preferment in the Church, to which, influenced doubtless by the evident bent of his genius, he had destined him. Yes, higher than his father's highest dream was the Noyon boy to rise in the Church, but in a more catholic Church than the Roman.
Let us sketch the young Calvin. We have before us a boy of about ten years. He is of delicate mould, small stature, with pale features, and a bright burning eye, indicating a soul deeply penetrative as well as richly emotional. There hangs about him an air of timidity and shyness [3] , a not infrequent accompaniment of a mind of great sensibility and power lodged in a fragile bodily organisation. He is thoughtful beyond his years; devout, too, up to the standard of the Roman Church, and beyond it; he is punctual as stroke of clock in his religious observances. [4] Nor is it a mere mechanical devotion which he practices. The soul that looks forth at those eyes can go mechanically about nothing. As regards his morals he has been a Nazarite from his youth up: no stain of outward vice has touched him. This made the young Calvin a mystery in a sort to his companions. By the beauty of his life, if not by words, he became their unconscious reprover. [5] From his paternal home the young Calvin passed to the stately mansion of the Mommors, the lords of the neighborhood. The hour that saw Calvin cross this noble threshold was a not uneventful one to him. He was not much at home in the stately halls that now opened to receive him, and often, he tells us, he was fain to hide in some shady corner from the observation of the brilliant company that filled them. But the discipline he here underwent was a needful preparation for his life's work. Educated with the young Mommors, but at his father's cost, [6] he received a more thorough classical grounding, and acquired a polish of manners to which he must ever have remained a stranger had he grown up under his father's humble roof. He who was to be the counsellor of princes, a master in the schools, and a legislator in the Church, must needs have an education neither superficial nor narrow.
The young Calvin mastered with wonderful ease what it cost his class-fellows much labor and time to acquire. His knowledge seemed to come by intuition. While yet a child he loved to pray in the open air, thus giving proof of expansiveness of soul. The age could not think of God but as dwelling in "temples made with hands." Calvin sublimely realized him as One whose presence fills the temple of the universe. In this he resembles the young Anselm, who, lifting his eyes to the grand mountains that guard his native valley of Aosta, believed that if he could climb to their summit he would be nearer him who has placed his throne in the sky. At this time the chaplaincy of a
small church in the neighborhood, termed La Gesine, fell vacant, and Gerard Chauvin, finding the expense of his son's education too much for him, solicited and obtained (1521) from the bishop the appointment for his son John. [7] Calvin was then only twelve years of age; but it was the manner of the times for even younger persons to hold ecclesiastical offices of still higher grade to have a bishop's crozier, or a cardinal's hat, before they were well able to understand what these dignities meant. [8] The young Chaplain of Gesine had his head solemnly shorn by the bishop on the eve of Corpus Christi, [9] and although not yet admitted into priest's orders, he became by this symbolic act a member of the clergy, and a servant of that Church of which he was to become in after-life, without exception, the most powerful opponent, and the foe whom of all others she dreaded the most.
Two years more did the young Chaplain of La Gesine continue to reside in his native town of Noyon, holding his title, but discharging no duties, for what functions could a child of twelve years perform? Now came the Black Death to Noyon. The pestilence, a dreadful one, caused great terror in the place, many of the inhabitants had already been carried off by it, and the canons petitioned the chapter for leave to live elsewhere during its ravages. Gerard Chauvin, trembling for the safety of his son, the hope of his life, also petitioned the chapter to give the young chaplain "liberty to go wherever he pleased, without loss of his allowance." The records of the chapter show, according to the Vicar-General Desmay, and the Canon Levasseur, that this permission was granted in August, 1523. [10] The young Mommors were about to proceed to Paris to prosecute their studies, and Gerard Chauvin was but too glad of the opportunity of sending his son along with his fellow-students and comrades, to study in the capital. At the age of fourteen the future Reformer quitted his father's house. "Flying from one pestilence," say his Romish historians, "he caught another."
At Paris, Calvin entered the school or college of La Marche. There was at that time in this college a very remarkable man, Mathurin Cordier, who was renowned for his exquisite taste, his pure Latinity, and his extensive erudition. [11] These accomplishments might have opened to Cordier a path to brilliant advancement, but he was one of those who prefer pursuing their own tastes, and retaining their independence, to occupying a position where they should to some extent have to sacrifice both. He devoted his whole life to the teaching of youth, and his fame has come down to our own days in connection with one of his books still used in some schools under the title of Cordier's Colloquies.
One day Mathurin Cordier saw a scholar, about fourteen years of age, fresh from the country, enter his school. His figure was slender, his features were sallow, but his eye lent such intelligence and beauty to his face that the teacher could not help remarking him. Cordier soon saw that he had a pupil of no ordinary genius before him, and after the first few days the scholar of fourteen and the man of fifty became inseparable. At the hour of school dismissals it was not the play-ground, but his loving, genial instructor, who grew young again in the society of his pupil, that Calvin sought. Such was the great teacher whom God had provided for the yet greater scholar.
Mathurin Cordier was not the mere linguist. His mind was fraught with the wisdom of the ancients. The highest wisdom, it is true, he could not impart, for both master and pupil were still immersed in the darkness of superstition, but the master of La Marche initiated his pupil into the spirit of the Renaissance, which like a balmy spring was chasing away the winter of the Middle Ages, and freshening the world with the rich verdure and attractive blossoms of ancient civilization. The severe yet copious diction of Cicero, the lofty thoughts and deep wisdom of this and of other great masters of Roman literature, the young Calvin soon learned to appreciate and to admire. He saw that if he aspired to wield influence over his fellowmen, he must first of all perfect himself in the use of that mighty instrument by which access is gained to the heart and its deep fountains of feeling, and its powerful springs of action touched and set in motion language, namely, and especially written language. From this hour the young student began to graft upon his native tongue of France those graces of style, those felt cities of expression, that flexibility, terseness, and fire, which should fit it for expressing with equal ease the most delicate shade of sentiment or the most powerful burst of feeling.
It is remarkable surely that the two great Reformers of Europe should have been each the creator of the language of his native country. Calvin was the father of the French tongue, as Luther was the father of the German. There had been a language in these countries, doubtless, since the days of their first savage inhabitants, a "French" and a "German" before there was a Calvin and a Luther, just as there was a steam-engine before James Watt. But it is not more true that Watt was the inventor of the steam-engine, by making it a really useful instrument, than it is true that Luther and Calvin were the creators of their respective tongues as now spoken and written.
Calvin found French, as Luther had found German, a coarse, meager speech of narrow compass, of small adaptability, and the vehicle of only low ideas. He breathed into it a new life. A vastly wider compass, and an infinitely finer flexibility, did he give it. And, moreover, he elevated and sanctified it
by pouring into it the treasures of the Gospel, thereby enriching it with a multitude of new terms, and subliming it with the energies of a celestial fire. This transformation in the tongue of France the Reformer achieved by the new thinking and feeling he taught his countrymen; for a language is simply the outcome of the life of the people by whom it is spoken.
"Under a lean and attenuated body," says one of his enemies, "he displayed already a lively and vigorous spirit, prompt at repartee, bold to attack; a great faster, either on account of his health, and to stop the fumes of the headache which assaulted him continually, or to have his mind more free for writing, studying, and improving his memory. He spoke but little, but his words were always full of gravity, and never missed their aim: he was never seen in company, but always in retirement." [12] How unlike the poetic halo that surrounds the youth of Luther! "But," asks Bungener, "is there but one style of poetry, and is there no poetry in the steady pursuit of the good and true all through the age of pleasure, illusion, and disorder?" [13]
That Calvin was the father of French Protestantism is, of course, admitted by all; but we less often hear it acknowledged that he was the father of French literature. Yet this service, surely a great one, ought not to be passed over in silence. It is hard to say how much the illustrious statesmen and philosophers, the brilliant historians and poets, who came after him, owed to him. They found in the language, which he had so largely helped to make fit for their use, a suitable vehicle for the talent and genius by which they made themselves and their country famous. Their wit, their sublimity, and their wisdom would have been smothered in the opaque, undramatic, poverty-stricken, and inharmonious phraseology to which they would have been forced to consign them. Than language there is no more powerful instrumentality for civilising men, and there is no more powerful instrumentality for fashioning language than the Gospel.
"Luther," says Bossuet, "triumphed orally, but the pen of Calvin is the more correct. Both excelled in speaking the language of their country." "To Calvin," says Etienne Pasquier, "our tongue is greatly indebted." "No one of those who preceded him excelled him in writing well," says Raemond, "and few since have approached him in beauty and felicity of language."
Calvin fulfilled his course under Cordier, and in 1526 he passed to the College of Montaigu, one of the two seminaries in Paris the Sorbonne being the other for the training of priests. His affection for his old master of La Marche, and his sense of benefit received from him, the future Reformer carried with him to the new college nay, to the grave. In after-years he dedicated to him his Commentary on the First Epistle to the Thessalonians. In doing so he takes occasion to attribute to the lessons of Cordier all the progress he had made in the higher branches of study, and if posterity, he says, derives any fruit from his works, he would have it known that it is indebted for it, in part at least, to Cordier.
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Honey Jalapeño Chicken with Avocado Cilantro Lime Rice
This meal is SO quick, especially with a little prep the night before. We cooked the rice the evening prior, and mixed it up while the chicken was cooking and voila! A 15 min dinner. We did only marinate the chicken for the minimum 10 minutes, and it was absolutely delicious, but next time I'm going to try marinating it overnight to see if we get a little more kick of out of the jalapeños (and we will definitely be making this again soon!).
Honey Jalapeño Chicken
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¼ cup honey
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
4 garlic cloves, minced
6 jalapeño peppers, finely chopped
1 tablespoon finely grated lemon zest
2 teaspoons kosher salt
¾ teaspoon black pepper
3 pounds chicken tenders
½ cup chopped fresh cilantro
Sour cream for serving
Preheat the grill and oil the grill rack.Whisk together the honey, soy sauce, oil, garlic, jalapeños, lemon zest, salt, and pepper. Toss the chicken in the marinade and let stand for at least 10 minutes. Grill the chicken until well browned and cooked through, 4 to 6 minutes. Serve the chicken sprinkled with the cilantro and with a dollop of sour cream on the plate.
Avocado Cilantro Lime Rice
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4 – 5 cups cooked brown (preferably day old)
2 medium, ripe avocados
2 Tbsp fresh lime juice
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 small clove garlic, minced (optional)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Mash avocados in a large mixing bowl. Stir in lime juice, cilantro, cumin and garlic, then season with salt and pepper to taste. Stir in warm cooked rice and serve warm.


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Revitalize your Chakras - Guided Hypnotic Meditation & Visualization
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Revitalize your Chakras and invite more balance and connection into your daily life!
This 30 minute guided meditation includes hypnotic suggestions to help balance your Chakras - your energy centres - and awaken your inner wisdom so you can connect more fully with your passion and purpose.
This meditation is for you if:
- You feel overwhelmed and out of touch with who you want to be
- You feel stuck and don't know where to begin to make change happen
- You are looking for more balance and confidence in your daily life


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Success is not an act, it's habit.
This simple rule advises that by making habits easier or harder by as little as 20 seconds, you can give yourself an edge.
I like to refer to this as the 20-Second Rule, because lowering the barrier to change by just 20 seconds was all it took to help me form a new life habit. In truth, it often takes more than 20 seconds to make a difference-and sometimes it can take much less-but the strategy itself is universally applicable: Lower the activation energy for habits you want to adopt, and raise it for habits you want to avoid. The more we can lower or even eliminate the activation energy for our desired actions, the more we enhance our ability to jump-start positive change.


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Sure, Lex Luthor did finally bail on Smallville after seven seasons, but only after he had sustained more bodily damage than a human can withstand without resembling a bowl of lumpy mashed potatoes. (The kind with little, chewy bits of potato skin in it.)
Other supporting characters from Smallville didn't share his resilience. Or his burning, unrequieted man-love with Clark, for that matter. (But that's another story.)
Not even the love of a doe-eyed, blank-faced woman like Lana Lang could keep Whitney around for more than a season.
He met his final fate (0:41) in the 'Nam* early in season two before his nasty habit of crashing shiny, new pickup trucks could get any worse.
* Yes, the 'Nam. I think the Smallville location scouts were shooting for an "Iraq" look-and-feel, but ended up with "the Los Angeles hills." But who gets killed by mortar rounds in L.A.? Hence: the 'Nam.
Martha Kent
When your choices are between:
A) more drowning in corn (0:09), more drowning in water (2:12), and having meteors demolish your house while you're still in it (1:27), and
B) moving to Washinton, D.C. to pursue your career as a Senator
…yeah, I'd opt for moving far, far away with Secret Service protection, too.
Please note that–like Whitney–Mrs. Kent was also party to trashing two pickup trucks. I'm starting to think there's some sort of quota.
Pete Ross
Pete Ross had his share of vehicular mayhem, as well. (Caught in car explosions, much? 0:56) Although, most of the "mayhem" he saw over his few seasons on Smallville was visited upon his skull.
The resulting memory loss from those concussions is the only way I can explain his one-episode return in season seven for even more abuse. The good news is, no one can forget a beating that severe. (2:07)
Ouch. Was that a squeal?
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I had inherited this car from my uncle around 10 years ago and I know nothing about its history. I'm finally in a place where I can start to work on some of the minor issues it has so on to my question.
My carbs are leaking around the butterfly spindle. I'm trying to determine if they have been rebuilt before or not and if they have stock spindles or oversized spindles. I can't seem to find the stock spindle diameter on these carbs.
The ones currently installed are measuring 0.312in or 5/16.
None of the places to order from specify the diameter other than stock or 0.010 oversized...
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Also standing on this prestige thoroughfare is the Media One Building, the building dating from the early Twentieth Century recently renovated by architecture firm Kub Planning.
The building's restyling focused on its long, narrow façade, six storeys high with a loft on the seventh floor. In the renovation project the existing façade, very dated in style, became an internal façade, with a complex clear glass structure constructed in front of it.
The clear glass extension thus created set up a fascinating dialogue between the surfaces of the original façade, now an internal wall, and the new, transparent outer skin. The installation of an external panoramic lift helped to speed up access to the various floors.
The building's interior was refurbished with SistemN Grigio Medio 60x60 by Marazzi Tecnica, aninnovative porcelain stoneware produced with the aid of environmentally-aware, state-of-the-art manufacturing processes. SistemN proved to be the ideal choice for this project, with its complex varieties of surfaces and materials, since it is a porcelain stoneware collection in neutral shades (available on a graduated scale from white to black) with excellent technical performances,suitable for installation on the floors and walls of private or commercial areas, indoors and outdoors.
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The OVCA organizes and runs numerous events throughout the year. If you're interested in testing yourself against teams from across the OVCA and beyond, then consider curling in one of our events!
The Goldline City of Ottawa Bonspiel dates back to February, 1956, when 76 teams competed for eight trophies. The bonspiel now consists of three divisions and 20 events.
The OVCA Mixed has a division for any level of curler. There's an Open, Senior and a Colts (6 yrs and under) division and a themed party on Saturday night.
An incredible group of teams will come to Ottawa in 2018 and will treat fans to the best junior curling possible at the 25th annual Brokerlink-OVCA Junior SuperSpiel.
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The Little Rock Championship has been held in the OVCA since 1990, to provide curlers a social and competitive championship to act as a springboard for Little Rock curlers to future youth curling.
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One cannot live on curling alone! The annual OVCA Golf Tournament is a great way to wrap up the curling season.


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This time i am going to talk about the action of Court against Tahir-ul-qadri in Pakistan.
LAHORE: The Anti-Terrorism Court, Rawalpindi on Monday declared Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr. Tahirul Qadri proclaimed offender in Rawalpindi vandalism case.
The court no-II of the ATC(Anti-Terrorism-Court) also issued arrest warrants for the PAT(Pakistan-Awami-Tehreek) chief as he failed to appear before the court despite repeated summons.
PAT workers had gathered at the Lilla Interchange and staged a protest demonstration on Qadri's call couple of months back. The workers had allegedly attacked and injured police officials, after which they were arrested and charged under the Anti Terrorism Act.
Dr. Qadri is currently in the United States for his heart treatment, and recently he has undergone an angiography. The doctors have advised him complete rest for at least a month.