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Find out all about iron, including what it does, how much you need, where to find it and who might need to supplement their diet
What is iron and what does it do?
Iron is an essential mineral that's needed for making haemoglobin, a protein found in red blood cells that helps transport oxygen around the body. It plays a key role in supporting the immune system, too.1
Iron also helps maintain our energy levels, regulate body temperature and may even improve athletic performance.2
If you don't get enough iron, you can feel tired and may be more susceptible to infections.3 A severe lack of iron could even lead to iron deficiency anaemia, which causes pale skin, feeling out of breath and heart palpitations.4
Function of iron
What does iron do in the body?
Iron is important for making haemoglobin in red blood cells, which carries oxygen around the body into our muscles and tissues. Iron is also found in muscle cells as myoglobin, which accepts and stores oxygen for later use.5
You also need iron to support your immune system. If you're not getting enough in your diet, you may be more susceptible to illnesses and infection.6
How much iron do I need?
Women aged 19-50 need 14.8mg a day, and men 8.7mg a day. Women need more iron than men due to menstruation, pregnancy and breast-feeding. After 50, women need 8.7mg of iron a day.7
If you're not getting enough iron from non-meat sources in a vegan or vegetarian diet, if you experience heavy periods or have a stomach ulcer that may cause internal bleeding, you will need more iron.8
How much iron do children need?
- 0-3 months – 1.7mg a day
- 4-6 months – 4.3mg a day
- 7-12 months – 7.8mg a day
- 1-3 years – 6.9mg a day
- 4-6 years – 6.1mg a day
- 7-10 – 8.7mg a day
- 11-18 years – girls 14.8mg, boys 11.3mg a day9
Iron foods
Which foods are the best sources of iron?
The best animal-based sources of iron include:10
- red meat, including pork and lamb
- fish and shellfish
- liver or liver paté – avoid during pregnancy, due to high levels of vitamin A
- eggs
The best plant-based sources of iron include:11
- dried fruits, particularly figs and apricots
- dark green leafy vegetables
- nuts and seeds
- chickpeas
- beans
- fortified breakfast cereals
Iron from animal sources (haem iron) is more easily absorbed by the body, but you can increase absorption of non-haem iron from plant sources by eating them with a source of vitamin C.12 So, you could have a glass of orange juice along with a veggie curry but avoid having a cup of tea, as it can stop your body absorbing non-haem iron.13 Leave at least an hour either side of eating before your cuppa.
Iron deficiency
What are the symptoms of iron deficiency?
If your body doesn't get enough iron, you won't have enough haemoglobin for your tissues and muscles to function normally. This leads to a condition called iron deficiency anaemia.14
Symptoms of iron deficiency anaemia15 include:
- fatigue
- feeling weak or tired
- pale skin
- shortness of breath
- heart palpitations
- headache
- sore tongue
- hair loss
- mouth ulcers
More than two billion people across the globe have iron deficiency anaemia, making it the world's most common nutritional deficiency.16 Women are particularly at risk, due to periods, pregnancy and breastfeeding. Vegetarians, vegans or those who don't eat a lot of meat may also have low iron levels.
What happens if I have too much iron?
If you consume too much iron (more than 20mg a day) either through food or supplements, you may experience:17
- stomach ache
- nausea or vomiting
- constipation
In very high doses, iron can be toxic or even fatal for young children.
Iron supplements
When should I take iron supplements?
You may need to take iron supplements if you are:
- anaemic
- have heavy periods
- vegan or vegetarian
- don't eat enough iron-rich foods18
Always talk to your GP before taking iron supplements. The NHS advises taking no more than 17mg a day, unless advised by your doctor.
Should children take an iron supplement?
Breast-fed babies usually get enough iron from their mother's milk for the first six months, while bottle-fed babies will typically consume a formula fortified with iron.19
Children should get all the iron they need from a healthy balanced diet. However, if they're vegetarian, vegan or a fussy eater, they may need to consider a supplement. Always talk to their doctor before giving them any iron supplements, as high doses can be fatal in young children.20
Should women take an iron supplement in pregnancy?
Pregnant women do need more iron, but should be able to get the amount they need from their daily diet. Iron supplements are only recommended if blood tests show the mother is anaemic.21
What are the potential benefits of taking an iron supplement?
The major benefit of taking iron supplements is to help prevent iron deficiency anaemia. But they may also be useful if you exercise regularly – we lose iron through our sweat, which could be a problem if your iron levels are already low22 – and can help maintain healthy skin, hair and nails, too.23
Advice is for information only and should not replace medical care. Please check with your GP before trying any remedies.
Written by Nic Hopkirk on December 4, 2018
Reviewed by dietitian and nutritionist Azmina Govindji on December 10, 2018
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5. University of California San Francisco. Haemoglobin and Functions of Iron. Available from: https://www.ucsfhealth.org/education/hemoglobin_and_functions_of_iron/
6. Dr Mary Jane Brown, PhD. Healthline. 10 signs and symptoms of iron deficiency. Available from: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/iron-deficiency-signs-symptoms
7. NHS. Iron. Available from: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/iron/
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10. British Nutrition Foundation. Iron. Available from: https://www.nutrition.org.uk/nutritionscience/nutrients-food-and-ingredients/minerals-and-trace-elements.html?start=8
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13. Zijp IM, Korver O, Tijburg LB. Effect of tea and other dietary factors on iron absorption. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11029010
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19. Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition. Feeding in the First Year of Life. Available from: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/725530/SACN_report_on_Feeding_in_the_First_Year_of_Life.pdf
20. As Source 7
21. Southampton Children's Hospital. How to increase your child's iron intake. Available from: http://www.uhs.nhs.uk/Media/Controlleddocuments/Patientinformation/Childhealth/Ironintake-patientinformation.pdf
22. Ottomano C, Franchini M. Sports anaemia: facts or fiction? Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3417720/
23. Wright JA, Richards T, Srai SKS. The role of iron in the skin and cuteaneous wound healing. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3417720/


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3 Tips from a Dermatologist for Clearer Skin
Almost everyone is affected by acne at some point in their lives, so a trip to the dermatologist is often called for. These skin experts can work with each individual to discover which treatments work for them. In fact, there is no cure for acne but simply treatment options. Whether you visit a doctor for collagen induction therapy or blackhead removal, consider these top tips from the professionals for clearer skin.
Cleanliness Counts
Simple skin cleanliness is the key to clearer skin for most people. Patients don't have to go to great lengths by requesting collagen induction therapy, for example. Ideally, patients should keep their hands and hair away from the face. Patients don't subject their skin to excess friction, oils and particles with this cleanliness strategy. Washing the face twice a day is also a prime example of how clearer skin is achieved with cleanliness. Pores don't have a chance of being clogged when the skin is clean, so fewer breakouts occur.
Frequent Dermatologist Visits
A professional should evaluate patients on a frequent basis because acne can worsen over time. For example, patients might suffer from cystic acne where large tumors grow in place of standard pimples. No other skin procedure, including collagen induction therapy, can help a patient in these cases. Professionals drain the cysts and devise an acne care plan that works for the individual. In most cases, patients visit their doctor several times a month for severe acne flareups.
Incorporating Several Medications
Most patients know about the topical acne medications found at drugstores, but a doctor usually goes further with their treatment options. For serious acne sufferers, doctors combine topical and traditional medications. Doctors may advise their patients to take a certain drug in pill form while using soaps and lotions directly on the skin itself. Clearer skin is almost guaranteed when both medical regimens are used simultaneously. However, only doctors can prescribe these medicines and topicals during scheduled appointments.
Although acne sufferers might blame the warm weather in San Antonio for their blemishes, it's not just sweat that contributes to breakouts. If patients aren't satisfied with their doctor's acne treatment strategies, there are many professionals with varying experiences regarding this frustrating ailment. Ideally, patients should find a doctor who they feel comfortable with, and who makes considerable progress with their acne issues. A dermatologist could be a patient's partner for life when fighting off acne breakouts.

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Mornings with Martinez: Baker, short order cook and owner, Pepe makes STARs shine
It was 5 a.m. on a dark March morning in the Heights, but the lights were bright at STARs Café.
Owner Pepe Martinez was in the kitchen setting up for the opening rush. After making himself a cup of green tea, he slipped on a pair of food-grade gloves and began the morning baking.
First, a dozen pecan raisin scones had to be proofed in the oven. While they were rising, Pepe spooned batter into paper-lined muffin pans. When the scones were properly puffed, he added the muffins to the oven and turned up the heat. Off-season, he'll bake — all at once — a tray of scones, several croissants and a couple of dozen muffins, two or three each of flavors including blueberry, lemon poppy, orange blossom and pistachio. But on summer days, the oven runs late into the morning, perfuming the Heights with sweet smells.
With the baking underway, Pepe headed to the basement to brew a batch of coffee. At STARs, customers help themselves to a variety of blends from carafes on a sideboard. Counter staff prepare espresso-based drinks and other hot beverages, take orders for the kitchen and serve up the baked goods.
Rising from dishwasher to roast master and owner at the Hamptons Coffee Company, Pepe knows coffee. At STARs, he insists on "fair trade" organic beans — those meeting strict environmental and fair labor standards — that are blended and roasted to his specifications by an up-Island company.
"It's better the way I roast it," he said. "There's a very thin line between smoked and burnt."
In the basement he weighed ground coffee into filters — a quarter pound per carafe — for the two brewers. Once the first batch of five was ready, he started on backup carafes; while they brewed he was on the move between the basement and main floor to check the oven, accept deliveries or handle any one of a dozen other tasks. The steep staircase factors big in his daily routine, accounting for many of the 15,000 steps — around 7.5 miles — recorded on his Fitbit.
He's done harder jobs, Pepe said, like picking strawberries in California after he arrived in the United States illegally from Mexico at age 26. "That's the worst job ever," he recalled. "When I see guys working the fields, I feel for them."
Not satisfied with or especially good at being a picker, one day Pepe spoke with the harried supervisor driving laborers to the fields. "He says to me 'You're not making money, everyone else is making money,' and I say, 'I know, but I can't do what they do.' And he says 'what can you do?' and I say 'I can do your job.'"
The bold offer was accepted. The next day he was transporting the pickers, tallying their harvest and delivering strawberries for processing.
Now 51 and a legal resident of the U.S., Pepe started his East End restaurant career in the 1990s as a dishwasher at O'Mally's in Southold where he badgered other kitchen staff about the particulars of their positions. The chef asked why.
"I told him, 'Because I don't want to be a dishwasher, I want your job.' He laughed, but he let me do his job," Pepe said. "Sometimes I worked as the side person and he let the side person cook, while he did the dishes, so that we could learn."
Later, as a dishwasher at the Hampton's Coffee Company in Water Mill, he watched the coffee roasting process carefully. When a manager left, Pepe announced himself ready to take his place.
A native a Tampico, Mexico on the gulf coast, and one of six children, Pepe said he always has been a quick learner, but was trouble at school.
"No school wanted me. I had to go far to find a school that would take me," he remembered. "I had to walk two and half miles and then spend another half hour on a bus."
Pepe discovered STARs while delivering coffee to the cafe's founder, Cheryl Hannabury, who died in 2002, and is the inspiration for the Island's Gift of Life Foundation. He bought the business in 2005 with his wife, Lydia, and, following years of commuting at 4 a.m. from Southampton, they moved to Shelter Island in 2008. Their children, Emma and Sebastian, attend the Shelter Island School. Pepe also has two daughters, Elizabeth and Rebecca, who live in Hampton Bays.
STARs was already popular, and Pepe was grateful that Ms. Hannabury's parents let him keep the name. The business, with its Grand Avenue sidewalk seating, was located in the basement of the building it shares with Reich-Eklund Construction and the Daniel Gale real estate office. Pepe moved the cafe to the first floor in 2006, expanded the menu adding Mexican-influenced items, and opened a seasonal juice bar and ice cream parlor in the space downstairs.
At 6 a.m., with the sky beginning to brighten, Pepe removed the baked goods from the oven, just as Mike Bebon, of South Ferry Hills, arrived looking for a cup of decaf en route to the ferry and Brookhaven National Laboratory where he is operations deputy.
Pepe stepped out front to say hello. Mr. Bebon said the welcome he received from Pepe and the cafe's self-appointed greeter, Bob DeStefano, who stops in most mornings, made him and his wife, recent transfers to the Island, feel at home.
"He really broke the ice for us" Mr. Bebon added.
A few minutes later a caller ordered a breakfast burrito. Pepe headed back to the tiny kitchen. Over a triple sink, ranks of skillets and saucepans hung beneath open shelves stacked with dozens of mixing bowls, whisks, spoons, spatulas and tongs. Nearby, refrigerators held ingredients prepped for the day.
Pepe cracked two eggs and as they sizzled on the griddle deftly broke the yolks. He laid a couple of slices of bacon beside them to crisp and over the flame of one of the four gas burners heated a tortilla before transferring it to a cutting board. He topped the eggs with the bacon, slipped them onto the tortilla, which he folded, rolled and wrapped in foil.
While he worked, the front door opened again. He called a greeting out the pass-through window. "I don't have to worry about him," he said as a regular helped himself at the espresso machine. "He makes his own."


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Froehlich, Findlater, Chellappa Awarded $1 Million DoD Grant to Assist Visually-Impaired Veterans
Three UMIACS faculty members—Jon Froehlich, Leah Findlater and Rama Chellappa—have been awarded a $1 million grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command via the Department of Defense to work on a project that will assist visually-impaired veterans.
The team will develop a new vision-augmented touch system called HandSight, which is intended to support daily activities by sensing and feeding back non-tactile information about the physical world as it is touched.
HandSight consists of tiny CMOS cameras and micro-haptic actuators integrated into one or more fingers and is supported by a smart watch for processing power and speech output. Computer-vision and machine learning algorithms are utilized to support fingertip-based sensing.
Their first goal is to allow visually-impaired users to touch printed text and receive speech output in real-time. Eventually, they hope users will be able to touch a piece of clothing and hear suggestions for coordinating an outfit or touch a piece of fruit and instantly know its color.
The grant will be awarded over the course of three years. Froehlich, an assistant professor of computer science, is the primary investigator on the grant while Findlater, an assistant professor in the iSchool, and Chellappa, chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, serve as co-principal investigators. The team is being assisted by three computer science masters and doctoral students, and an undergraduate student from the School of Architecture.
Read more about the project here.


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NEW YORK (29 October 2013) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai warned about the increase in violations and abuses in several parts of the world against those who exercise or seek to exercise the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of elections, "which indelibly stain such elections".
In his first report* to the UN General Assembly, Mr. Kiai documents incidents which range from summary executions, disappearances, torture and ill-treatment, and arbitrary detention of peaceful protestors, to harassment, stigmatization and criminalization of political leaders and supporters, particularly from the opposition, as well as members of civil society organizations engaged in the electoral process.
"Such incidents are shocking in their own right," the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, "but they are even more outrageous given the context. Elections are a time when governments should give people more space – not less – to organize, voice their concerns and express their collective will."
The human rights experts stressed that the legitimacy of any electoral process can be deeply undermined if people are not allowed space to express their collective will and confer legitimacy on Governments by assembling peacefully or associating freely.
"Any restriction imposed on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association must pass the strict test of necessity in a democratic society and of proportionality, as enshrined in international human rights law," Mr. Kiai said.
"The threshold for imposing such restrictions must be higher in times of elections since electoral periods are a unique moment in the life of a nation to confirm, and even strengthen, democratic principles, such as non-discrimination, gender equality, pluralism of views and parity," the expert added.
In his report, the Special Rapporteur urges UN Member States to improve efforts to facilitate and protect the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of elections, and to be particularly vigilant in relation to the needs of groups which are at greater risk for attacks.
Mr. Kiai also calls upon the UN General Assembly and the Human Rights Council to address thoroughly the issue of human rights violations and abuses in the context of elections, and urges the diplomatic community and other relevant stakeholders to public denounce such violations and abuses.
A side-event taking stock on the first three years of the mandate will take place on Wednesday 30 October, from 1.15 to 2.30pm (US Eastern Standard Time) at Conference Room 6, 2nd floor, North Lawn Building, New York.
Mr. Maina Kiai (Kenya) took up his functions as the first Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association on May 2011. Mr. Kiai has been Executive Director of the International Council on Human Rights Policy; Chair of the Kenya National Human Rights Commission; Africa Director of the International Human Rights Law Group; and Africa Director of Amnesty International. As Special Rapporteur, he is independent from any Government or organization and serves in his individual capacity. Learn more, log on to: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/AssemblyAssociation/Pages/SRFreedomAssemblyAssociationIndex.aspx or http://www.freeassembly.net/
(*) Read the full report: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/FAssociation/A_68_299_en.pdf
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End S-COMM: The first step to restoring our rights & getting accountability
Over the last two years, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and other DHS officials have made contradictory statements that local governments and their police departments can opt out of the controversial "Secure Communities," or S-COMM, program. Then without logic or explanation, DHS/ICE immediately retracts the option, declaring that collaboration is mandatory.
And now there is a flurry of news stemming from the release of materials from DHS that show the lack of transparency and misinformation about the program and provisions for opting out of S-COMM. The materials were released after a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights, National Day Laborer Organizing Network and the Cardozo Law School Immigration Justice Clinic.
This is all further evidence of the need to end S-COMM.
The demand for opting out is a good start to restoring rights and instilling confidence in communities that police are there to protect and serve, not detect and deport. And let's continue the fight to end all punitive immigration policing and collaboration programs.
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In a world where Bluetooth Portable speakers are getting more and more popular, with players like Sonos, Jabra, Jawbone, and many others indulging, Cambridge Audio have gone and updated their Minx Go Portable Bluetooth Speaker to the next version.
The new version promises an exceptional sound quality and an amazing battery life of up to 18 hours.
Much like the Minx 100, this not only pairs with your phone and almost any other Bluetooth device, it also has built in ability to stream internet radio as well as plug in various other devices.
With brilliant features such as just a 2 hour charge time, and a built in USB Charger that you can use to charge your phone or tablet while you play music from them makes it a very clever device. Simple pairing make this easy to use, and a small foot print delivers an amazing sound quality, full of deep bass and clarity.
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Twice the battery life, half the cost
Superb sounding Minx Go breaks new ground for wireless speakers
London, 6th June 2013, 2pm
Minx Go, £99.95 RRP
Available from www.cambridgeaudio.com and Richer Sounds stores nationwide
Better sound for twice as long and all at a ground-breaking price point is the promise for the new Minx Go portable wireless music system from London based sound experts Cambridge Audio.
Designed to easily pair with your phone, tablet or computer, Minx Go lets you play music and internet radio stations that are either stored on your device or from yourfavourite apps with unbelievable power and in exceptional quality.
Music non-stop!
Thanks to the latest intelligent lithium-ion rechargeable battery technology, Minx Go can be used on the move for almost twice as long as typical competitor products.
It also recharges quickly, taking around two hours to reach full charge. For added flexibility, when connected to the mains, Minx Go can also be used to charge-up your tablet or phone thanks to its inbuilt USB power socket.
Pairing your device is simple
Minx Go works with any phone, tablet or computer that supports Bluetooth including iPhone, iPad, Android smartphones and tablets, or just about any MacBook or laptop PC. Just pair with Minx Go, play your music and enjoy…No network, no passwords, no hassle!
So if you can play it on your smartphone, tablet or computer, you can also enjoy room-filling sound with Minx Go. Listen to Spotify, Napster, Last.fm, Tunein, BBC iPlayer radio and more…
Plus, unlike DAB, Minx Go is a born traveller, bringing the world's content to you or letting you take your favourite national/local stations with you wherever you and your smartphone go.
And because most of us use more than one device to listen to our music, Minx Go remembers up to 8 previous phones, tablets and computers so family and friends can easily enjoy their favourites too. Just press play!
As well as streaming music wirelessly, you can also connect other devices like MP3 players and iPod Classic to your Minx Go for room-filling sound.
Premium performance
Like every Cambridge Audio product, Minx Go was created by the company's own design team based in London.
Despite its portability, Minx Go is crammed with an array of five premium quality speakers and the latest Digital Signal Processing (DSP) technology to deliver massive power from the smallest possible footprint with an expansive, clear, deep sound that really fills your room with music.
Perhaps most impressive is the amount of detailed bass that Minx Go pumps out thanks to the Bass Radiator neatly integrated into the rear panel.
Minx Go Technology
- 5 speaker array delivers every note with precision and authority:
- 2 Titanium tweeters for exceptional crisp detail
- Twin 2" woofers for pure and natural vocals
- Minx Go's rear-mounted Bass Radiator (ABR) goes really deep and low and gives the impression of a much bigger system
- High performance integrated lithium-ion battery offers an incredible 18 hours of wire-free music playback (at background listening levels)
- A Powerful digital amplifier delivers expansive power from a system that's small enough to hold in your hand
- Digital Signal Processing means consistent performance, whatever you're listening to and however loud you're listening. Unlike other portable systems, your music stays distortion-free, even at top volume
- On board Digital to Analogue converters squeeze maximum detail from your streamed music before it's processed into the sounds you hear
- A rear mounted Auxiliary connection lets you boost the performance of your iPod, TV and Blu-ray player too
- Gaming – if you play games on your laptop, phone or tablet, you'll know how lousy the sound can be. But now you stream audio using Bluetooth to Minx Go and hear all the bangs, crashes and effects in the most amazing detail
- Acoustically damped construction – Minx Go's subtle design conceals a host of neat features to maximise the quality of your music. Beneath the scratch resistant high gloss lacquer, Minx Go's acoustically damped cabinet is designed to eliminate vibration and distortion – even at high volumes
- Available in high gloss black or white, Minx Go comes complete with a travel pouch.


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|Running race name: Northampton Running Festival 2014
|Date and Time: Sun 20/04/2014 10:00
|City: Northampton
|c/o: Delapre Abbey
|Country: United Kingdom
|Latitude and longitude: 52.225544 -0.889627
|About the event:
The course has been measured at 3516 metres to provide a 12 lap marathon course (and 6 lap half marathon course). The course will be run clockwise starting and finishing on the South lawn.
10k runners will complete a shortened first lap starting in the same place and heading directly round the perimeter of the lawn before heading into the ornamental gardens.
|Other notes:
Parking: There is ample off road parking in the park close to the start.
|Trail? No
|Cross country event? No
|Multi-stage event? No
|Initiatives for children and families:
|How to apply and entry fee:
Marathon: £26.00
|Award Description:
|Dressing rooms:
Toilets: Available at Delepre Abbey close to the start both before and after the race. Changing facilities are limited.
|Aid stations:
There will be a Gu aid station in the start finish area providing water, Gu energy gels and jelly babies.
|Official website:
|Flier: Not available
|Final ranking: Not available
|Event on Facebook: Link
|Race type
|Terrain type
|Course map
|Race 1
|42.195 km
(= 26.224 mi)
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|Race 2
|21.0975 km
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|Half marathon
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|Race 3
|10 km
(= 6.215 mi)
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Olive Paper Lunch Poche
List of Features
- Washable Paper exterior fabric
- Insulated Interior
- Hand wash only - No washing machines please
- Removable insulated insert for easy daily cleaning
- Detachable strap for wearing as messenger bag (47")
- PVC, Phthalate, Lead and BPA Free
- Extra back pocket for cutlery and love notes
- Dimensions: 9"L X 5"W X 8.5"H
Product Description
A contemporary version of our large cooler bags, our Lunch Poches (French for "Pocket") were designed to complement foodie, fashion and wellness focused lifestyles. It's time to stop using shopping bags to carry your lunch and elevate the lunch experience. Purposeful features include a removable insert lining for easy cleaning, a messenger strap to double as a purse, and an inspirational name tag to remind you to live with intention. Constructed of washable paper, this eco- inspired textile combines the beautiful tactile feel of paper with the durability of leather. After washing and some time, expect a vintage washed-look (like your favourite pair of well worn jeans). Our Olive Poche with antique hardware ensures a perfect match with any outfit and is easily unisex. Hand wash only.
Bought this a few months ago and the strap ripped right off with normal use. Customer service is excellent and it was replaced. The bag looks beautiful, but the material is not as durable as I would like. I also have one of the linen versions for my kids which has lasted for years, I should have purchased another of those. Go with linen if you want it to last.
En magasinant en ligne, j'ai changé de choix à la dernière minute et je n'avais pas remarqué que cette boîte à lunch était en carton... je m'attendais qu'elle soit en lin. J'espère qu'elle sera durable, parce que le format est vraiment chouette
This bag is well made, and holds quite a bit of stuff. When mine arrived, it did have a few pen marks on the fabric which I could not, for the life of me, clean off. I sent the company an email, and a new bag is being mailed to me right away. Customer service was very helpful!!
Love it! I am not sure about the paper... I can not put it in the washing machine:(


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Principal's Message
Steven J. Williams, Principal
Dear Parents, Students, and Community Partners,
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to Driftwood Middle School, home of the Cardinals. The 2019-2020 school year will be a magnificent time for students and families; a year filled with exciting changes, opportunities, and accomplishments. Here at Driftwood, our goal is to challenge every student academically, to grow them socially and emotionally, and to guide them in becoming critical thinkers and confident problem solvers.
Our school learning community is strengthened by our partnerships. We believe that educating children requires dedication, commitment, and a successful partnership with all stakeholders. Students are expected to display good character and to make wise choices that will result in successful outcomes. Parents and community organizations are encouraged to take an active roll in the educational process.
Parents, please take time to regularly review your child's grades online via the Pinnacle Gradebook portal, and talk with your children about their school experiences. Your interest and concern in their school progress will motivate them to do their best. Also, maintain contact with your child's teachers and staff members to help establish a successful home/school partnership. I encourage your participation in extracurricular activities such as the Parent Teacher Student Association, school concerts, athletic events, and Title I Parent Curriculum Nights. I invite community organizations to partner with us by volunteering your time and resources to aid us in meeting the needs of our families and staff.
I welcome the opportunity to meet all of you. Please know that I have an open door policy and you are invited to DMS anytime. I look forward to working with you and your child throughout the school year to provide a productive, safe learning environment that supports student achievement. Let's make this an awesome year full of Cardinal pride!
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Dell is falling for bamboo. Having already introduced a computer with a bamboo case, today they'll begin shipping netbooks with bamboo cushioning, rather than the customary styrofoam and plastic. This is the latest detail in the computer maker's ongoing plan to green its supply chain.
As the AP points out, bamboo has become a popular choice in the green movement, used in everything from floorboars to t-shirts. That's thanks to the grass's natural properties: Not only is it incredibly strong, it grows amazingly fast–up to 24 inches a day. And that makes bamboo one of the most sustainable building materials on earth.
The bamboo comes from China's Jiangxi province (pretty far from Sichuan, where the pandas dwell, in case you're wondering). The forest itself is certififed by the Forest Stewardship Council, which monitors growing and working conditions.
The packaging itself is pulped without chemicals by Unisource Global Solutions, which has also invented a system to recapture the water used in the process. Apparently it's cheaper than regular paper pulp. This move might be slightly ahead of its time: The bamboo can't be recycled yet. However, Dell is working to certify the bamboo for recycling with corrugated cardboard, and they expect the clearance to come in the first half of 2010. Afterwards, the bamboo cushions will start making their way into more of the packaging that Dell produces.


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A few nights ago I was asked to speak to a group of European journalists who were invited by the State Department to visit the United States for a few weeks during this extraodinary and remarkable political season. The journalists were mostly in their 30s and 40s...along with a few 20-somethings. They were from Germany, Scandinavia, Turkey, Italy, France and Canada (an honorary European for this occasion, I assume). Most had visited the US before.
Their voyage took them to places they hadn't seen before: Cleveland, Arkansas, Tennessee, Utah and Colorado before ending up in Washington DC where they were to meet various spokespersons for media organizations and government departments.
When I met them, they had just come back from the view of what the French might call "L'Amerique profonde" - the "real" America.
Their shared impressions were that Americans fit into a number of stereotypes - friendly, hospitable and curious, if somewhat jingoistic and even defensive about how this country has changed during the years of the Bush Administration. They hadn't met anyone (as far as they were willing to admit) who soured them on this country.
As we talked for a couple of hours, it became clear to me that whatever ideas and impressions they brought with them had been transformed by their time here. But they felt that Americans are equally ill-informed about the rest of the world.
It occured to me that this may have been, as they say, a "teachable moment."
I asked if they had filed reports for their newspapers from this trip. Many of them had.
Did their editors agree with the direction their stories took?
"No," they all said. "Our editors all want stories that show how stupid and undemocratic America is."
Why is that?
"Well," said one Spaniard, "It makes for a better story. It's easier to get something like that in the newspaper."
It reminded me of a visit to Turkey a few years ago. I was meeting with television journalists from NTV - a Turkish all news network, much like CNN. The managing editor, a very smart young woman took me and all American journalists to task for our appalling and simplistic coverage of the Muslim world.
"You always show the same things," she heatedly said. "You start with the muezzein's call to prayer, followed by a shot of men praying in a mosque, followed by explosions in Iraq, then a shot of Shiites flagellating themselves in the street during the festival of Ashura. You end the sequence with a crowd burning an American flag." She smiled as she finished and her journalists nodded in agreement.
"You are right," I said. "I've seen those shots too. But let me describe how Turkish tv views America."
"You've seen our reports?" she asked.
"No. But I can guess. You start off with a long shot up 5th Avenue in New York when the crowds are thickest. Then you go to a shot of the Chicago Grain Exchange with floor traders going berserk, screaming and selling shares. Then there's a shot of the Statue of Liberty, followed by a night shot of Vegas. You finish with a shot of scantily clad women, roller blading along a sidewalk in Venice Beach, California. Of course you have to show an American fighter jet dropping bombs or staffing civilians in Vietnam."
She was stunned. "So you have seen our work."
"No. But I know television and tv cliches. We do it in America and I just assumed you do it in Turkey."
I told that story to the Europeans here in Washington, and we started to discuss how journalism could move past cliches. More importantly I heard about how hard it is to get past an editor's pre-conceived notions of America. I think I saw some light going on over heads all around the room.
Perhaps the next international exchange should not be just with reporters. Bring on the editors.


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Scratch 2.0 Beta – My first impressions
The Scratch 2.0 BETA is out now! I've been waiting long for this update on my favorite visual programming language, I'm very exited so I feel like sharing my first impressions with you.
First, the name 2.0 is exactly what the BETA is all about. Web 2.0, meaning the strength of sharing as a win-win situation for both the consumer and the producer, is clearly the core phenomenon in this update. Wikipedia, YouTube, cloud services and social networks are all great examples of that. Scratch now implements more characteristics from social networks and 2.0 initiatives, such as cloud stored data, a browser-based platform, social RSS feed, a profile page and the ability to follow other users and be followed.
Now let me deduce the news:
When entering the BETA page, you see a bunch of featured projects. I entered the "Apple Catch"-project and signed in (my account name is Willjax) and immediately was given access to the browser-based coding environment. I now have complete access to remix, republish, or start "from scratch" with a new project. No download, just inside your browser! MIT is working on a download version for offline use, if you prefer that. You will still need Adobe Flash 10 or later though.
The coding environment looks the same but a lot is different. You can now more easily copy-paste content between sprites or from one project to another, using the backpack. This feature, along with the sprites now being able to copy themselves, solves the biggest issues from the previous version! Earlier, sprites wasn't able to appear two places at once. You had to create a new sprite for every appearance, even if they were completely identical.
Another cool thing, is the cloud data storing inside the code. You find this script in the data tab. This lets you store codes, statistics, variables and sprites online. You can use this for keeping high score data, tracking the process for everyone who plays it, letting them rate their favorite sprites, ect.
The most impressive new feature is the webcam integration, that even tracks the movements and lets you interact physically with the project, using hands, head or whatever you are capable of moving and shaking around. It's a lot like the Kinect, though the Kinect tracks the depth of the video, Scratch tracks movements. This means, that when not moving, the webcam won't be able to track you.
For the more social functionalities, the profile page is definitely interesting. Just like your Facebook profile, though a lot more simple, you can show your recent projects, write about yourself, show what projects you are working on, show your favorite projects, followers, following, and finally: comments.
For now, the help pages are still under construction. Maybe that's because they are not crowdsourced like the Scratch Community Page. A little more "2.0" here would be nice. The best way to find help and inspiration is still by asking other users.
Now all that Scratch 2.0 needs, is a build-in compiling-tool to convert the Scratch-project to an .exe-file, so that projects can be played, shared and stored offline using any computer! (But don't worry: You can find one here: http://www.chirp.scratchr.org/scratch2exe.html )
And maybe an iOS/Android/Win RT-integration for creating apps for smartphones and tablets, using Scratch 2.0.
Try Scratch 2.0 BETA here: http://beta.scratch.mit.edu/


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Jon Snow won't appear in any of the Game of Thrones spinoffs, according to Kit Harington.
In an interview with GQ Italia (via Digital Spy), Harington confirmed he won't be a part of any of the new shows. "I think there's going to be spinoffs, but I'm not going to be involved in any of it," Harington said.
Harington's comments aren't necessarily surprising, considering HBO President Casey Bloys said no existing Game of Thrones characters would appear in the potential spinoffs. Still, with these projects still in development, Harington's statement seem to confirm the intention of these spinoffs to explore different aspects of George R. R. Martin's world.
"The great thing about Thrones for HBO is that you can sell it in a totally different way," Harington said. "You could set it 300 years earlier and save a load of money because (all the actors) are very expensive now."
HBO reportedly has five different spinoffs in development for consideration, with one of them being produced by longtime Game of Thrones Bryan Cogman. That latter one is said to be a prequel series, and Cogman is working closely with George R. R. Martin in the project's development. Martin has made sure to note that "potential" is the key word with these spinoffs, as HBO has not necessarily committed to airing all five possible successor series.
IGN also spoke with Jane Goldman, a writer on another of the prequel series, about how her spinoff will be "recognizable as a past event" to fans. None of the spinoffs will air before Game of Thrones final eighth season, which will premiere sometime in 2019.
Read about why the last ever episodes of Game of Thrones made the cast cry and what Ned Stark said before he died, according to star Sean Bean.
Alex Gilyadov is a freelance writer for IGN. Be sure to check out his YouTube channel and follow him on Twitter.


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Pet Product Review – Return Moi Pets – Bringing Your Pets Home …. Pet Recovery
As you all know, I travel quite a bit. In fact, next week, I'll be away on vacation. When I travel, what's my biggest fear? Let's put it this way, I am totally consumed 24 hours a day on where my pet is, and if he's okay. Yes, he is microchipped, and he has pet sitters, but, seriously, thats not enough. You know there are rare times, when out of fear or panic, your dog escapes and runs away. And lets face it, they have 4 legs, and a lot faster than you. Now, imagine, your' a dog walker, or watching a pet, what do you do when this happens. Hopefully the owner left instructions what to do, and who to call.
So, that's the basic, I've been introduced to one more level of pet protection and pet recovery that I think is quite ingenious. Its called ReturnMoiPets. I'm going to recommend immediately that you go to www.returnmoipets.com for info. Now, what ReturnMoiPets does is give you a tag with an ID number, then you simply go online and create an online profile of your pet. Hopefully, that will be the end of your relationship with ReturnMoi, but in the case your pet goes missing or is lost, you call them. From there ReturnMoi calls pet owners all over the area and creates a search and rescue alert. Then, they incent people with a special gift pack to look for your lost pet and make a call if they see them.
Here is a short video to describe the service:
ReturnMoiPets is a simple concept but one, I think, is super affective. If you're concerned about your pets' where abouts like I am, and certainly if you're an active traveler, consider ReturnMoiPets. Go to www.returnmoi.com for more info.
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Question of the Week: What's going to be bigger in five years: audiobooks or ebooks? And why?
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Geo-fencing is a new technology that Philippines advertisers should learn to leverage for their campaigns. What exactly is Geo-fencing? Why does it matter for businesses and brands?
It is a feature for marketing platforms that allows advertisers to specify where ads should be displayed. Using GPS, an ad platform can determine the location of a device (smartphone/tablet). If the device falls within the parameter of the geo-fence, it will trigger the advertisement display. Geo-fencing is another form of location-based marketing.
AdMov is an example of an ad-platform that supports geo-fencing. You can specify areas within the map on where your ads should run. If an Uber or Grab vehicles pass through those location, the tablets will display the ads to the passengers.
What are the Benefits of Geo-Fencing in the Philippines?
* Reach People Near-by – geo-fencing allows you to reach people near a certain area. Let's say you are running a campaign for a newly opened store. You can pin the map and specify the radius of your geo-fence. Any passenger within that area gets alerted about the newly launched store. This technique help raise awareness to these affluent riders. This helps expedite your entry to the market.
* Advertise Within Your Competitor's Locations– geo-fencing can be used to display ads near the location of your competition. Let's say you are running a campaign for a BPO company. You can target their recruitment centers to display your ads inside the vehicles. Your ads will be able to persuade potential candidates to apply to your company instead. You can offer more alluring rewards to convince them to switch to your BPO instead. This gives you an edge against competition.
* Target People Based on Their Life Situations– segmenting on social media advertising can be very tricky. It is extremely hard to determine the present needs of people. Sure, you can target the age, demographics and what the pages they like. However, these are not enough to identify people who are in situations that need your product.
With geo-fencing you can reduce the guess-work and target the right group of people based on their circumstances in life. If your company is a diagnostic clinic, you can target major hospitals to display your laboratory offerings. The patients within these hospitals will most likely become your customers.
These are the ones who got sick and will have alot of laboratory works after operations. These are the people who would like to cut medical costs through your service.
* Target Hard to Reach Communities– there are places wherein it is forbidden to hand out flyers or setting up out of home advertising within their vicinities. You can use geo-fence driven ads to by-pass these restrictions.
Let's take BGC for example, only a handful of brands can advertise inside this district. Using AdMov, you can target all Uber/Grab cars passing within BGC to display your ads. Despite the restriction, you can reach out to the affluent office workers and residents of that area.
* Boost Up Foot Traffic for Slow Moving Branches– a pain in the food industry is how to boost up sales for their certain branches. You can leverage geo-location to encourage people within an area to avail your promos.
Geo-fencing is an exciting dimension for brands and advertisers. The samples mentioned above are just the tip of the iceberg. If you can think of a better way on how to leverage geo-fencing hit us a comment below.
Author: Bobby Ben Davis Cristuta
Bobby is the CMO and Co-founder for Admov Philippines. He is a serial technopreneur. He is passionate in delivering emerging marketing channels and bring Manila as destination for innovative advertising technologies.


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Linux Mint announces the MintBox Mini, a small computer running Linux Mint that can fit in your pocket.
The MintBox Mini is powered by an AMD A4 6400T and a Radeon R3 GPU and equipped with 4GB RAM and 64GB SSD.
The tiny computer has 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi and Gigabit Ethernet network connectivity, 5 USB ports (3xUSB2.0 and 2xUSB3.0), jack input/output for headphones and microphones, a MicroSD reader and two HDMI sockets for dual monitors/TVs.


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2017-2020 Chevy Bolt EcoHitch
The EcoHitch™ hidden hitch for the 2017-2020 Chevy Bolt is designed to be completely concealed so you only see the receiver once it's installed and has as much brilliance in every detail as your Bolt. This means you don't have to see an unsightly crosstube underneath your vehicle.
Rated for 300 pounds tongue weight at the trailer ball, and 2,000 pounds towing weight, this Chevy Bolt trailer hitch won't make you leave anything behind on your next big journey. *If you're going to be towing and need trailer wiring, click here! Ensure your wiring harness does not drag on the ground by visiting our Eclipse trailer wiring bracket.
Trailer Hitch Part number:x7359 (2")
Available Accessories:
Bike Racks
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With the Chevrolet Bolt, you are getting a vehicle that has completely reinvented what an electric vehicle can be, so you want a hitch that won't compromise any of its features. With the EcoHitch, you are getting a trailer hitch for Chevy Bolt that is as beautifully head-turning as your Bolt which includes features such as a concealed design and made from recycled materials.
With 300 pounds tongue weight at the trailer ball, and 2,000 pounds towing weight capacity the Chevy Bolt EcoHitch™ hidden hitch has the strength to bring along any items that you need on your next big adventure. We've created a perfect hitch for the Bolt that gives you the freedom to maintain its all-electric, long-range drive and still have great style and performance. The EcoHitch for the Bolt comes in 2-inch receiver size so you get a variety of choices of which bike racks and cargo trays that will work for your receiver.
Applications includes:
2017 Chevy Bolt EcoHitch trailer hitch
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2017-2020 Chevy Bolt EcoHitch Features:
- Completely concealed design
- 100 percent bolt-on installation - no drilling required
- Engineered to meet stringent national SAE J684 towing safety standards
- Rated for 300 pounds tongue weight at the trailer ball, 2,000 pounds towing weight
- Available in 2-inch receiver
- Designed to complement the aerodynamic contours and underbody airflow of vehicle
- Coated with high impact powder coat for duability
- Material can include a qualified combination of aerospace grade aluminum, stainless steel or steel*
- Made with 100% recycled and recyclable materials
- Lightweight
- Free shipping to lower 48 states
- Made in U.S.A
- Lifetime Warranty
*Depending on the application, the product can include a combination of up to three qualified materials
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*WARNING* Your vehicle may have a lower tow rating than this trailer hitch. If your vehicle's tow rating is less than the rated towing capacity on your Torklift Central trailer hitch, your trailer hitch capacity is limited to your vehicle's factory rated towing capacity.
EcoHitch Installation on 2017 Chevy Bolt
*This video is intended to give a general overview of how this hitch is installed. For more specific information or details, please refer to the written instructions.


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Human Resources
Hmong College Prep Academy is expanding its programs and services to more students and families in the next several years. The school is now recruiting dynamic educators for the 2017-18 school year.
Join Our Team of Dynamic Educators!
All applicants must have experience working with children with diverse ethnic backgrounds in an urban school setting.
To apply for open positions listed below, please complete your online application by clicking on the link below. The following items must be included for a completed application:
- Complete online application
- Attach résumé or C.V.
- Attach three (3) letters of reference
Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.
Benefits Include Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Flexible Spending, and Retirement
Ms. Wendy Leigh Morina, Sr. Human Resources Manager
Fax: (651)289-1802
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Phone: (651)332-8573
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Sure booze is the ultimate ice breaker, but getting sloppy drunk isn't going to improve your social skills. So the next time you're out and you simply have nothing to say, excuse yourself and pull our your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. TableTopics is a fun app that is designed to get the stimulating conversation flowing. Featuring two question sets, Starter Set and Happy Hour set, you can get started with 60 questions. While additional sets can be purchased, if you need more assistance than that, you should probably just go home and play Sims.
Social Anxiety? There's An App For That
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Whose opinions do you want to read on Platform?
Whose opinions would you like to be reading more of on ConservativeHome's Platform?
Are there particular political figures or activists you'd like to see writing for us?
Which policy areas do you feel are under- or over-represented in the Platform pieces we feature?
I am now taking charge of the Platform section of the site and am keen to ensure that we feature articles on the kinds of topics from the kinds of authors whose views you want to be reading.
As ever, if you want us to consider an article for publication, email it to me on [email protected]; but if you have your own ideas as to people we should be commissioning to write for us, please email me or leave your ideas in the comments section below.
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The K-1 Visa or the US Fiancé Visa is the only way to legally get one's Fiancé into the United States for marriage, sooner or later. Similarly, in other countries the Fiancé Visa is known by other names. In the United States, the one and only entry visa available for the purpose of marriage is a Fiancé visa (K1 visa).
While it is possible to get a Fiancé into the US illegally with the intention of marriage, using other kinds of visa like a student's visa or a visitor's visa, getting caught would mean immediate cancellation of the existing visa along with permanent life ban on entry into the U.S. The matter is quite delicate, since getting married to a boyfriend or girlfriend who is on a non-K-1 visa permit would make the legal status of the person's stay in the U.S. questionable, and if it is found the person's sole objective behind entering the United States was to get married to a U.S. citizen and get a permanent resident's permit through a Green Card, it might lead to a life ban on the person's entry into the US border. Over the past few decades, there are quite some number of instances when female immigrants use a student's visa or a visitor's visa to gain entry into the US solely to get married to a US citizen.
Pre-requisites for getting a Fiancé visa?
1. The resident must be a legal US citizen at the time of application.
2. The resident must have met the fiancé within the past two years, when the visa application is submitted. This requirement needs another clarification. The two persons should either have met somewhere outside the US, or if the meeting has taken place inside the US, the fiancé of the resident must have returned to his/her native country before applying for the K-1 visa. This is possible only for non-third world and non-Soviet citizens/residents.
3. Both the resident and the Fiancé must be legally capable of getting married based on age restrictions etc.
4. The resident must meet certain minimum limits of regular income in order to get a K-1 visa.
5. The Fiancé or the person applying for a K-1 visa must not have any kind of a criminal record anywhere.
6. The applicant or the Fiancé must not have violated any US immigration regulations anytime in the past.
Can a valid fiancé visa application be rejected?
While the chances are pretty low if all the above requirements are met, there is still a possibility of rejection. Only 60% of the K-1 visa applications filed each year with the USCIS are finally handed over to the applicants. The primary cause being not rejection of applications but excessive delays leading to termination of the application by one of the Fiancé's! Thus applying much in advance is very important.


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*HL Slim Pro*-Do Not Buy Read Side Effect Free!
To losing your weight and keeping it off can surely be a challenge, particularly if you only trust upon modest exercise and a diet. To truthfully experience the results that you are dreaming for, you required to take your weight loss routine a step additional by also joining a supplement into your daily routine. With the right supplement, you will be able to give your body the additional support that it essential to keep the weight off and to uphold a slim and attractive figure.
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What is HL Slim Pro?
HL Slim Pro is anadvanced breakthrough weight loss formula that is medically proven to work. The formula's result is based upon confirmed research studies regarding about weight gain. The concept fundamentally explains that the human body is intended to gain weight and that it is not possible to consume calories that your body needs.
Though, dissimilar your ancestors, you just do not need to burn them as rapidly and it stops you to having a slim and attractive figure. With this, the main goal should not to be removing of your fat cells, but to shrink your cells to standard size, which is accurately what HL Slim Pro does.
A Holy Land Health Product
It is always beneficial to understand the producer behind the product. In this circumstance, HL Slim Pro is made by Holy Land Health, a corporation that has been working in the supplement and on the health industry for years. With this method, you can feel confident that the product you are using is not only tested, but accurate as well.
The Benefits of HL Slim Pro
Here are the main advantages of this formula into your daily health routine.
- Prominent weight loss with in some weeks
- Overpowers your appetite
- Increases your metabolism
- Improves your energy levels
- With over all natural ingredients
- With no side effects
- Ingredients reviewed by specialists and clinically confirmed to work
- Made in the U.S in an FDA accepted facility
- With absolute 100% money back guarantee
- Side Effects
- Overall this product is medically proven and having no side effects and any disadvantages
Ingredients in HL Slim Pro
Sideways from the product's skill to shrink your fat cells using intestinal enzymes and CLA, the formula covers an array of additional ingredients that work well to meet your requirements. The main elements in the product includes:
Green Coffee Bean Extract
The green coffee bean extract is resulting from unripe coffee beans and it is accountable for preventing weight increase and fat absorption into your body. This ingredient also works well to improves your body's fat burning metabolism so that you can easily turn your movement levels much more real and powerful in routine.
Green Tea Leaf Extract
Other ingredient is the green tea leaf extractwhich is responsible for breaking down fat cells that are in the procedure of oxidizing the fat. This extract is also able to remove the additional fat from your body. By this CLA and digestive enzymes have an easier time decreasing the remaining cells.
Garcinia Cambogia Extract
The last ingredient is garciniacambogia extract. This multipart is derived from a fruit that creates in India and East Asia and it is known asthe hydroxycitric acid (HCA). The HCA has a amount of health benefits, countingoverpowering your appetite, stopping calories from turning into the fat, and calming your blood sugar levels.
By joining the above ingredients has led to an amazing result. Those who use this product on their daily routines will able to experience significant body slimming and fat burning advantages. When you practice this product, you can definitely finally feel self-confident and you will be happy with your physical appearance for years to come.
Though this formula does not necessitate you to diet and frequently exercise when you use it, those who use this product experience faster and better results. The best method of exercise when using this supplement is a moderate level. The moderate level improves your metabolism, it does not tired you out, and it allows you to get through your daily routine so that you can move all day. As for the diet, it is best to justavoid on high-calorie foods and to eat more fruits and vegetables.
How to use this product
Not to be worry if there is no dosage directions on its label. You just have to take two capsules with a glass of water daily. Take it with only Luke warm water and also keep on drinking much water so that the poisons can flush out from your body I challenge you that you are going to see its outcomewithin two weeks without doing any hard work in your life style. I just recommend you just follow a healthy way of life. This may be your last hope if you are not honestwith you than there is no other solution to help you out except cutting fat with the help of operations or you just compromise with your huge body for the entire life.
Where to Buy
If you are interested in buying HL Slim Pro, then you just have to visit the brand's website. This product is currently being obtainable for $69.99. If you buying a two month supply, then you have to pay only $59.99 per bottle. When you order, the product will be sent and you should take it within one week or two. This product is available with money back guarantee. So If you are not satisfied with this product for any reason, than you can contact the brand and have your return processwithin 180 days of buying.


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J.K. Rowling accepted a charitable donation as a settlement from those responsible for leaking her pseudonym. The High Court hearing, which took place on Wednesday 31st July, coincided with Rowling and her creation Harry Potter's birthdays.
J.K. Rowling has accepted, in lieu of further legal action, a sizable charitable donation from the law firm which leaked her identity as Robert Galbraith, the author of The Cuckoo's Calling.
J.K.Rowling at the London premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2.
The critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful crime novel The Cuckoo's Calling was revealed to have been written by Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith earlier last month.
It wasn't initially clear how Rowling's identity had been revealed until Russell's solicitors, who had been representing her interests, released a statement apologising to the author for having leaked the statement. Apparently one of the firm's partners, Chris Gossage, told Rowling's secret to his wife who repeated it to one of her friends. This friend, a Judith Callegari, informed The Sunday Times of Galbraith's identity.
Jk Rowling at the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2.
Rowling, in a statement issued on her website shortly after Russells' statement, said "I feel very angry that my trust turned out to be misplaced." She also described her wish "to keep this secret a little longer because being Rover Galbraith has been such a liberating experience."
Rowling has since taken legal action against the firm, bringing proceedings to London's High Court against Gossage and Callegari. The High Court hearing took place on Wednesday 31st July and a settlement was agreed, following further apologies by Gossage, Callegari and Russells, which would cover Rowling's legal costs and a donation to the Soldiers' Charity. The charity, which is in its 68th year, gives "lifetime support to serving and retired soldiers and their families".
Wednesday 31st marked the birthday of J.K. Rowling and her much beloved creation Harry Potter.
Daniel Radcliffe, photographed at the 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards in London, played Harry Potter in the film adaptation of Rowling's books.
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The Chef Shed, at Aller Farm
Down a narrow twisting Devon lane is Aller Farm, a lovely traditional west country dairy farm. Beyond the gates of this secluded valley farm, nestling in the Blackdown Hills area of outstanding natural beauty, this farm holds a couple of secrets. The first is the incredible luxury glamping site surrounded by woods and fields – http://allerfarm.co.uk – the second is a little old shed, made of recycled pallets and repurposed telegraph poles – this is the Chef Shed and it is the ideal venue for laid back summer dining events.
As well as offering shed evenings for guests myself with me providing all the food I also use the space to curate evenings – challenging other cooks and foodie legends to come along and get to grips with the paired back cooking facilities. All the food served at the shed has to be served using a wood fired oven, a barbecue and a 2 burner camping stove. Prices for dinner start at £40.00 for a standard evening and up to £50.00 for a special guest night. Recently I have had Juanitta Henessey (of master chef fame!) – http://fosburyfoodie.co.uk/ come to cook a wonderful evening and also Steve Lamb (and old friend from my River Cottage days) – http://www.stevenlamb.net – has been over for a shared night of foodie fun in the chef shed.
The concept has grown and now due to popular demand I have added a winter venue and also a national tour of the shed – not the actual shed – but the philosophy of "Shed"
I have cooked in professional kitchens for the majority of my adult life. From the slopes of French alpine ski resorts to the dizzy heights of the London restaurant scene and back down to earth, and very much more at home, at River Cottage. Having spent the first 15 years of my career working to develop my skills, I have spent the last 5 getting rid of most of them, learning to just cook. Not to fuss about how something looks – it looks as it should look after all, and focusing purely on ingredients. I feel a bit like I have finally worked it out, after catching glimpses over the years. I have finally found my foodie happy place, and it's a very relaxed and homely place to be, it's full of laughs, sharing, rushing, too much to do, accidental brilliance and abject failure. There are all sorts of intrusions from friends and family, things to be discussed, tea to drink, problems to solve and jokes to tell.
'Shed Food' has become my tag-line. Regardless of where I am cooking, I am always attempting to channel the shed, keep things simple, tone it down at the same time as making these simple dishes as real, good and honest as I can make them. The simple pleasure of local honey on freshly baked sourdough bread, the joy of home-cured bacon and eggs with handfuls of fresh wild garlic thrown in. But what this thing is all about is the joy of the discovery, the ingredients. The freedom and brilliance of not deciding what to cook and then buying what you need to do so, but simply setting off to see what is good at the butchers today, or what the local grower has tucked away in their polytunnel and then just letting things happen until you have a meal. What's great about this is you end up immediately with better food, you connect with where you are, and the season, and it seems very natural.
What's on at the Chef Shed?
Follow Tim or search #chefshed on social media to find out whats on, where and when. Or email email@example.com for the latest info and to make bookings…
Private chef for hire. Occasional food writer. Forager. Former @rivercottagekitchens head chef. @thecountryfoodtrust trustee.
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The Black Keys will release their new album Turn Blue on May 13. How do we know this? They have released a creepy, kitschy teaser video (watch it below). And how do we know about this video? Well… because Mike Tyson Tweeted about it. Yes, Mike Tyson.
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|ACTIVITY DECIBELS (dB)
|Whisper in a quiet library
|30 dB
|Refrigerator humming
|40 dB
|Normal conversation
|60-70 dB
|MP3 players
|60-120 dB
|Telephone dial tone
|80 dB
|Power lawnmower
|90 dB
|Power saw at 1 meter
|110 dB
|Rock concert
|115 dB
|Jet engine at 33 meters (or a gun blast)
|140 dB
Loudness (intensity) of noise is often measured in units called decibels (dB). Decibels measure the relative loudness of noise. An increase in ten dB of a sound indicates that a sound has become approximately ten times louder. An increase in twenty dB of a sound means the sound is 100 times louder. The loudness (dB) of some sounds found in day-to-day life is shown in Table 1. MP3 players can be extremely loud. Some produce the level of noise heard at rock concerts.
Research from workplaces has shown that long-term exposure to loud noises can permanently damage hearing. Occupational health regulations often limit workers' exposure to 80 dB for an eight hour period. A relationship exists between dB exposure and time. Workers can be exposed to noise in a louder environment, but for a shorter period of time . For instance, a worker might be exposed to 83 dB, but only for a four hour period. By listening to an MP3 player set at 95 dB, you will reach the maximum daily allowable noise exposure in only 15 minutes. The ear-bud type headphones used with MP3 players are another consideration. They sit in the ear canal and are designed to deliver high levels of sound in noisy environments.
Listening to high intensity noise for long periods of time can result in permanent hearing loss. It damages the cochlea (hearing organ) in the inner ear. The cochlea is made up of tiny hairs, each responding to sound (vibration). With frequent, loud noise exposure, these hair cells sustain damage and cannot recover. As hearing loss progresses, it becomes difficult to make out common speech patterns. Ultimately, the ability to identify environmental sounds may be lost.
Apart from permanent hearing loss, prolonged exposure can result in tinnitus (ringing in the ears), less ability to communicate and changes in behaviour. The effects may be seen at home, work and in social settings. In children, hearing loss can impact speech and language development, academic achievement and social development.
Well over 250 million MP3 players have been sold worldwide. Children, teens and adults use portable music players, and one out of every five people under the age of 30 may have an MP3 player. All are at risk of permanent hearing loss. By listening to a player at high volume more than an hour a day for five years, as many as 10 per cent of young users may suffer permanent hearing loss.
According to the Canadian Community Health Survey, about four per cent of Canadians have enough hearing loss to prevent them from communicating in a group of three or more without a hearing aid. One per cent of 11 to 20 year olds say they have a hearing problem. Almost everyone who listens to a MP3 player for long periods of time is at risk of permanent hearing loss.
Health Canada - It's Your Health:
About Kids Health –
The hospital for sick children:
Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention –
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Some companies have already capped the maximum volume that their devices are capable of producing. Often this self-imposed cap is in the 90 to 100 dB range, which could still cause damage. It is best to consciously set the volume level of your MP3 player below 60 to 70 per cent maximum. With many units, setting it any higher may result in sound intensity that, heard long enough, could cause irreversible damage.
You can also limit the amount of time you listen to MP3 players at high volume. Take frequent breaks to give your ears a chance to recover. Remember, damage occurs with high sound intensity for long periods of time. Normal hearing will return if you give your ears a chance to rest.
Headphones that block out background noise may help as well. Listeners often turn up the volume of portable devices to drown out noise around them. Instead, use headphones that block or remove unwanted environmental noise. You will need less volume to hear your music and can listen longer.
While listening to music on the go may improve your lifestyle, permanent hearing damage will not. If you are concerned about possible hearing loss in yourself or your child, talk to your doctor about having a hearing test done.


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We protect and interpret cultural heritage
Research infrastructure of DAM is eligible to versatile large-scale rescue research. It is the unique Central European institution, which is able to prevent irreversible losses of valuable heritage data caused by an intensified building development activity, in the condition of factual unenforceability of respect towards the protection of the heritage of humankind. We are able to fundamentally change and innovate the procedures and the efficiency of archaeological rescue research and heritage research. The building development activity was never so intensive and this boom causes unprecedented liquidation of even whole sites. In the Czech Republic, the principles of heritage protection come into force only very slowly, whereupon many priceless cultural heritage remains vanish in the meantime. The duty of archaeological and heritage protective watching briefs is often circumvented, the legally stipulated archaeological research is abridged by the investors to mere selective recovery of finds. Only a methodologically, personally and instrumentally well-equipped institution is able to solve and turn this critical situation, until the practice is settled to the level of heritage protection to meet the requirements of society. This is possible to achieve by a radical increase in quality, coordination and quickness of research, as well as by offering reliable survey analyses, inclusive of large-scale excavations, to investors still before the beginning of an investment project.
Rescue research, is often carried out by institutions at regional and sub-regional level, which do not have sufficient capacity to build up a similar instrumentally and personally equipped infrastructure. The best possible (that is, high-quality and complex) exploitation of research data, for which we provide is of key importance to an efficient and economic expenditure of means for rescue and heritage archaeology. The positive impact of the extended accessibility of our infrastructure will encompass not only a massive increase in the yield of research data from new excavations, but mainly the increase in efficiency of the field component of research, its acceleration thanks to experienced teams equipped for large-scale research, and, after all, price reduction as well. This aspect is important not only for scientific and research subjects, but for administrative and commercial entities too. Large-scale excavations are an integral part of schedules and financial planning of strategic constructions and infrastructure of the Czech Republic, mainly those concerning transportation, economy or energy.
DAM with support by the Masaryk University (MU) is able to provide for professional trainings and workshops for both research experts and workers in institutions of primary rescue research, and for workers in Building Authorities and representatives of major building investors and developers. Only a systematic influence on the building sector can secure a real and permanent positive change, which will be beneficial to both investors and society. By providing reliable survey and analyses, the investors will be able to assess better the economy and time horizons of their investments and society will be enriched with the valuable heritage data rescued.
Our research results are presented to scientific world by our publication activity and by attendance on international conferences. We prepare exhibitions and open days for public. We systematically educate students in heritage care and interpretation, in effective and friendly methods of data acquisition and in practice of negotiation with building sector for rescue research preparation and providing.
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Call for Papers
The IOWC Graduate Workshop on Migration and the Environment
in the Indian Ocean World
Indian Ocean World Centre (IOWC), McGill University
6 December 2018
The Indian Ocean World Centre (IOWC), McGill University welcomes submissions for its Graduate workshop on "Migration and the Environment in the Indian Ocean World". The workshop, to be held on Thursday, 6 December 2018 at the IOWC, McGill University, is part of a larger collaborative conference hosted by academics from McGill University and the University of Glasgow. The larger McGill-Glasgow conference will take place on 7-8 December and graduate students accepted to the workshop will have the opportunity to attend the larger conference and participate in its discussions. More information about the conference can be found here.
The IOWC is a leading research centre dedicated to international collaborative study and inquiry, both maritime and littoral, of the Indian Ocean world (a macro-region running from eastern Africa through the Middle East and South Asia, to China, Japan, and Australia). We welcome papers from graduate students studying any aspect of history related to migration and the environment in the Indian Ocean world, including, but not limited to, slavery and abolition, bonded labour, and themes in economics, human-environment interaction, religion, and culture.
Paper proposals should include:
- Full name and contact information (including university)
- Discipline and focus of research
- Title and brief abstract (max. 250 words) detailing the subject, time period and disciplinary approach of study
The deadline for submissions is 1 July 2018. For inquiries and to submit a proposal for the graduate workshop, please contact Rebekah McCallum or Joseph Howard at email@example.com. Notification of acceptance will be conveyed by the end of July.
The registration fee is $50 CAD. This registration fee enables the graduate student to attend the larger McGill-Glasgow conference (cost of conference dinner separate). Participants will be responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses. Accepted conference papers will be considered for publication in the IOWC Graduate Working Paper Series and/or the Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies.


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