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Prayers were answered and souls were crushed on a Sunday where nobody rested, as all hell broke loose in the sports world. LeBron James announced he was taking his talents to the Los Angeles Lakers for $154 million over the next four years. After the King dropped that news on the world, the dominoes started falling across the NBA free agency spectrum. Notably, both JaVale McGee and Lance Stephenson also signed with the Lakers, joining James. While LeBron fans-turned-foes took to the internet to express their displeasure with the King leaving the Cavs, Lakers fans did the opposite in exuding pure joy. Watch the video to see how it all went down.
The agony and ecstasy dichotomy was on full display at the World Cup as both of Sunday's matches went the full 120 minutes, resulting in wins via penalty kicks. Spain and Denmark were devastated while Russia and Croatia respectively rejoiced in their hard-fought victories.
Perhaps the biggest shocker of the weekend came via tweet, care of Seahawks safety, Kam Chancellor. At 30 years old, the Super Bowl winner announced his retirement from the NFL citing risk of serious injury if he were to continue playing. The Rush wishes Kam a happy retirement and an exciting new chapter!


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Rajasthan Royals beat KKR in royal manner by 19 run at Sawai Man Singh Stadium. Bowler's played vital role in the victory of Rajasthan Royals.
Jharkhand boy Rahul Shukla (2/28) and Siddharth Trivedi (3/23) played jolted KKR by his impressive bowling performance. Rahul Shukla took wickets of Manvinder Singh Bisla and Jacques Kallis in the same over.This was a huge setback for Kolkata Knight Riders.
Again Siddharth Trivedi bowled out Manoj Tiwary and Gautam Gambhir in a single over.Defeat was imminent for KKR after this setback.
Though Eoin Morgan of KKR tried till end to snatch victory for KKR but it was too late for him.
S. Trivedi has been adjudged Man of the match.
KKR captain Guatam Gambhir blamed batsman for the defeat. He said ""Yes I am very disappointed. 145 was always chaseable because it was very good wicket to bat on."
Rajasthan Royals: Shane Watson c Morgan b Lee 5 (10b, 1×4), Ajinkya Rahane c Bisla b Narine 36 (34b, 3×4, 1×6), Rahul Dravid b Bhatia 17 (20b, 2×4), Stuart Binny lbw b Shukla 14 (11b, 3×4), Brad Hodge (not out) 46 (31b, 7×4), Kevon Cooper st. Bisla b Narine 0 (2b), Dishant Yagnik (run out) 16 (11b, 1×4, 1×6), S. Sreesanth (not out) 1 (2b); Extras (b-1, lb-6, nb-1, w-1): 9;
Total (for six wkts. in 20 overs): 144.
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Watson), 2-46 (Dravid), 3-63 (Binny), 4-101 (Rahane), 5-101 (Cooper), 6-137 (Yagnik).
Kolkata Knight Riders bowling: Brett Lee 4-0-20-1, Mohammad Shami 3-0-26-0, Sunil Narine 4-0-28-2, Jacques Kallis 4-0-28-0, Rajat Bhatia 3-0-21-1, Laxmi Ratan Shukla 2-0-14-1.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Manvinder Bisla b Shukla 1 (4b), Gautam Gambhir c Yagnik b Trivedi 22 (22b, 1×4, 1×6), Jacques Kallis c Yagnik b Shukla 0 (1b), Manoj Tiwary lbw b Trivedi 14 (13b, 1×4), Eoin Morgan b Cooper 51 (38b, 3×4, 3×6), Yusuf Pathan c Yagnik b Cooper 0 (2b), L.R. Shukla c R. Shukla b Trivedi 2 (9b), Rajat Bhatia c Binny b Tait 12 (7b, 2×4), Brett Lee c Shukla b Sreesanth 5 (6b, 1×4), Mohammad Shami c Rahane b Cooper 5 (10b), Sunil Narine (not out) 2 (2b); Extras (lb-5, w-6): 11;
Total (in 19 overs): 125.
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Bisla), 2-20 (Kallis), 3-40 (Tiwary), 4-43 (Gambhir), 5-44 (Pathan), 6-56 (Shukla), 7-90 (Bhatia), 8-103 (Lee), 9-122 (Morgan).
Rajasthan Royals: S. Sreesanth 4-0-25-1, Shaun Tait 4-0-29-1, Rahul Shukla 3-0-28-2, Cooper 4-0-15-3, Siddharth Trivedi 4-0-23-3.
Man-of-the-match: S. Trivedi

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If you are one of the few people who has a sunroom in your home, then chances are that it is actually your favorite room. Sunroom offer a comfortable environment that enables you to relax and enjoy natural light during the day as well as beautiful view of the landscape. The idea of sunroom started in 17thcentury but it started gaining popularity in late 19th century when material such as steel and lager panes of glasses become readily available and more affordable.
Sunrooms have really evolved with time and today's sunrooms are made with unique styles and unique features such as the use of French doors wood, brick and aluminum around windows to give them unique look. Some even have central air and extension. The interior design of sunroom can be simple or lavish depending on what you want. If you want a lavish sunroom, you can include element such as fireplace, sheer or curtain, ceiling fan artful wall sconces among many other to make the room more lively and lavish.
Do you have a sunroom in your home and are you wondering what you should do to make it stylish and durable? If yes then below are tips to help you.
A sunroom is actually an extension of your house. It is therefore very important to choose a color that blends with with other accessories of your house. Experts recommend that you sold add pillow and accessories that blends with the color that you already have in other part of your home. You can have beautiful bold colors during warm months and warmer tones during colder months.
When it comes to furniture, designers are seeing a trend where more people are buying furniture and accessories that look more like interior pieces. Sunrooms are actually perfect places to have seating upholstered in fabric including those made with chenille, leathers and outdoor velvet.
Very few people are willing to give up using the sunroom when summer and spring are over. To many, sunroom make a great place for reading book, watching TV in the colder months. During winter season, you can bring a portable electric fireplace or heater to warm the room. In addition to that, you can also add some cozy decorative throws to add warmth during cold season.
Many people usually prefer to install flooring that consist of wood, tile, brick or concrete. You can also use rugs especially if you want to designate spaces. However, if you have installed intricate floor design such as brick pattern or mosaic tiles, it is recommended that you leave them uncovered in order to show their unique style and design.
Since sunroom allow a lot of light inside, they are a perfect place to grow your favorite plants or flowers. Having plants in your sunroom also help to improve air quality. Some of the plants that are recommended for sunrooms include African violets and begonias because they require low maintenance and produce colorful boom throughout the year. Peace lilies is another great option for your sunroom because they have amazing color and they grow tall.


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Wow. Technology truly has no limits. I'm currently blogging from my IPhone. Although I think this is the best thing since sliced bread, this may be very, very old news to most experienced bloggers and readers.
Anywho, It's been a few days since I've had a moment to lay back and let my mind wander. Topic of today: The wonders of living a sober summer. Well I'm a week into this attempt at living, eating, and drinking healthy and I can tell you it is NOT easy. Today has been my biggest test thus far as I'm currently laying by the pool and want nothing more than to sip down a pomegranate margarita on the rocks with a salted rim.
The reason for ditching the drink? Two main reasons. Since my 21st birthday I've been a victim of the beer belly accompanied by an empty wallet. On top of it, hangovers just aren't fun. But, let me this emphasize that this phase is not and I repeat NOT permanent. Solely temporary for the sake of a challenge and to save a few bucks, lose some lbs… and if I'm being truly honest, a few headaches too. I'd like to step into my final semester of college in a healthy, fresh state of mind. So far I'm loving the benefits of avoiding the alchy. I'm writing more, sleeping better, weighing less, and remembering the memories I make.
If you'd like to participate in the remainder of summer sober challenge with me below is a list of Low Cal "mocktails" that are super yummy all under 40 calories! Perfect for those who want to stay on the diet track, but still want to hang with the girls and look the part! My fav is the Faux-Ito, or a hangover free version of the infamous mojito!
Last day of Summer 2013: Saturday, September 21st. that's only six weeks! If you accept this wonders of sobriety challenge, let Writer Girl know which one is your favorite. Good Luck and happy drinking!


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Line is shutting down MixRadio a year and two months after it bought the business from Microsoft in December 2014. Line says its decision to close the Pandora-like service is due to the subsidiary's "overall performance" and "the financial challenges posed by the music streaming market." The difficult of making money while streaming music is something that's hurting even the industry's biggest players, including Spotify. And MixRadio picked a difficult strategy, offering free access to its radio streams and offline mixes supported by ads, and focusing solely on mobile.
The closure is not solely due to financial reasons, though: Line notes that the "priorities of Line Corporation" also played a part in the decision. In June last year, the company's CEO, Takeshi Idezawa, said that after years of trying to attract users globally, Line's main priority is Asia. The app has some 215 million monthly users, but 65 percent of these are in its four core markets: Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Indonesia. As TechCrunch notes, the company has been developing localized services for these countries, partnering with Indonesian motorbike taxi app Go-Jek, for example. Similarly, although MixRadio is being shut down, the company continues to operate its Line Music streaming service in Japan and Thailand.


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WMBL Division Finals: Edmonton, Weyburn Game 2 Winners
By Tony Playter
WMBL Communications
Game 2: Edmonton 9 at Medicine Hat 0
(Series tied 1-1)
Edmonton starter Erik Sabrowski continued his dominance of WMBL hitters as he tossed a three-hit shutout in the Prospects' 9-0 win over Medicine Hat. Sabrowski, the freshman from Cisco Community College, has made two impressive starts in the 2017 playoffs, winning both games while not giving up an earned run.
Medicine Hat sent Tyler Skinner to the mound in Game 2. He had a rough outing facing 23 batters over four innings. Edmonton scored seven runs on nine hits and two walks against Skinner. The Mavericks bullpen finished the game giving up six hits and two runs over five innings.
Nick Spillman led the Prospects with four hits, two RBI and a run. Edmonton leadoff hitter Jake Lanferman, now batting .407 in the playoffs, had two hits, two walks and scored three runs.
For Medicine, Hat Cleveland Tenn., native Chris Caffery had one of the Mavericks' three hits.
With the best-of-five series now tied 1-1, the teams will travel to Edmonton for Game 3 Wednesday night and Game 4 Thursday night. Game 5 will be back in Medicine Hat Friday night if needed.
Game 2: Weyburn 6 at Swift Current 0
(Weyburn leads the series 2-0)
A five-run second inning was all Weyburn needed to grab a 2-0 series lead over the Swift Current 57's. The Beavers added an insurance run in the sixth to make the final score 6-0.
It was a total team effort for the Weyburn Beavers as all nine hitters reached base. Luis Jimenez, Ulysses Fluellen and Cam Williams all chipped in with two hits each in the Beavers fourth consecutive playoff road victory.
Outfielder Blake Adams had a pair of hits for Swift Current.
Weyburn started Winnipeg native Ryan Johnson and he provided a quality outing going six shutout innings giving up just five hits. Johnson picked up the victory with a little help from his bullpen friends, Beau Rabedeaux, Cody Pamperin and Eric Evans shut out the 57's hitters over the final three innings.
Dustin Wells got the nod to start for the 57's but lasted just 1 2/3 innings in the loss. The senior from George Fox University was tagged for five unearned runs on five hits and a walk before giving way to the Swift Current bullpen.
The series now shifts to Tom Laing Park in Weyburn for Game 3 Wednesday night and Game 4, if necessary, on Thursday night.


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Outside his family room 3 years ago, Perry Cho saw a small bird making a nest on a silver birch tree.
The next two years the bird returned, this time building the nest on his cherry blossom. He decided this was the perfect opportunity to photograph the full 28-day cycle from nest construction to first flight.
"My family room is quite high so I was looking down onto the tree, and I was on a step, and I put a bucket on one step and stood my tripod on it and a couple of times I nearly fell from doing it but that's what I did. On weekends I stayed there for 8 hours, just taking shot after shot. I literally have thousands of photos of this, every day, right from when they were making the nest."
Perry photographed the birds each evening after finishing work; he is a senior partner at a large accountancy firm by day and an obsessive photographer by night (and in every other spare moment).
Each night, Perry struck the golden hour, and this late afternoon light would shine through the leaves of the cherry blossom, providing the perfect studio backdrop in front of which his Willie Wagtails could perform.
And so it was, with dappled dollops of glowing red and green in the trees behind, that Perry captured the sometimes perilous, always fascinating miracle of a new family of small birds coming into the world.
The first surprise for Perry was how these tiny birds build their nests. When he shows me, the excitement in his voice is contagious.
"I never knew, until now, they make their nest from cobwebs. They fly away and get cobwebs from somewhere and they just slowly build the nest. See?"
He shows me several images capturing the bird as it uses its beak to wipe the cobwebs onto the nest, securing it to the tree branch.
When it comes to photography, to say Perry is enthusiastic doesn't even begin to describe it. This photo shows Perry with a few of his mates' cameras, volunteering as an official photographer at the Port Fairy Folk Festival. He also volunteers at the Warrnambool May Races, and is always ready to offer up tips and feedback at the local photography group on Facebook. He once had a photograph published in Australian Geographic, a real highlight for him.
What do you love about photography, I ask him.
"Just a challenge – it's something new, it's creative, it's art."
When I interview Perry we are looking at hundreds of his photos of birds, so I ask him if he is a bird watcher.
"No I'm not, I'm not. How I got into bird photography, when I first got back to digital cameras I used to take all my family and my kids started saying – after a while they said, 'piss off dad'. So I thought I'll take wild life, they cant tell me to piss off." He laughs then continues. 'But they fly off!'
"So I – I'm fanatical – just you know, see this is incredible, look at that." And immediately we are back to the photos of the birds.
'Day 4 - Little baby bird basking in the sun'
Perry shows me a photo of a tiny baby bird just four days old. It has wispy tufts of hair sprouting out of its head and eyes that are pinned shut. He's ecstatic.
"E.T. – See he looks like E.T. His little head! He's only a day or two old. They're really tiny, see? When they hatch."
'Day 7 - The babies are now much bigger and the speed of growth really amazes me'
There are numerous photos of the adult birds feeding their sightless young. The foregrounds in these photos are so sharp that you can see each moth, each fly proffered in the beak of the bird to its young.
"And they work on vibration of the tree, I've tried it, I've just touched it and SHOUKULT! "
Perry makes a funny noise and springs out of his grey office chair like a baby bird looking for food.
"The babies will come up. That's how they know the mother is here."
"Really? Because they can't see yet? I ask this thinking how much insight the simple act of observation gives you, and how patient Perry must be.
"Yes, no no, exactly the point." Perry is flicking quickly through photographs on his iPad, looking for favourites to show me.
"And so it's the mum who does most of the work?" I ask.
"No, No, both. They take turns. They work so hard, all the time, back and forth, feeding their babies, protecting them from rain. I don't wanna put them under any stress that's why I use a 600mm. I use a 600mm, a 500mm, a 400 mm, 200mm.'
The more that Perry tells me the story of this bird family, the stronger sense I get of his reverence for the parents. Imbued in all of their acts is a tireless, selfless nurturing and protection of parenthood, an animal instinct many humans can identify in themselves. I wonder if this reminder of our taxonomic kingdom in common helps us feel empathy for them.
Day 12 - Cleaning of the babies dropping are also another routine the parents have to do.
"I never knew, every so often, it will eat the (the word I should use is excreta is it? Or the poop!) The bird actually goes and take the poop, and take it away."
I'm surprised and a little disgusted but not shocked; I know that many animals eat the 'poop', of their young (even dogs do it) but it still makes my stomach turn slightly.
In this instance, the reasoning behind the parents eating their baby's poop is actually quite touching.
"It's because they don't want the poop to fall onto the ground below so that wild animals like foxes, or cats will know that there's a bird up top." Perry explains.
When you think about it, this is incredibly insightful, or essential as a learned behaviour in an environment containing introduced urban predators.
Perry saw proof of how important this cleaning up process is for the adult birds when at one point, the unthinkable happened.
Day 13 - The adult collecting the baby's poop in mid flight
"It missed the poop and then it flew down, to ah take the poop away in flight in mid-stream." Perry explains.
"Really? It caught it?"
"Yeah it caught it. It's really a fluke that I captured that on camera." Says Perry, moving on to the next shot.
Incredibly, in this sublime shot, you can see the blurred swoop of the adult bird catching the droppings in mid air.
'Day 12 - This baby is struggling to stay on the nest'
What happens next breaks my heart a little bit.
Perry begins to take me through a series of photos that capture the terrifying moments of one of the baby birds being squeezed out of the nest by its siblings, and its hopeless struggle to get back into the safety of the nest.
"There were four little babies, which was above normal and one of them actually, see it is struggling? It is falling off the nest!"
In one photo, the baby bird appears to look down to the ground beneath, contemplating its fate. I imagine for it, this must feel as it would for us to be peering down from a skyscraper while dangling from a window ledge.
For me, the desperation in the last photo has not yet ceased to be upsetting, though I've viewed it a number of times. I think it is the gesture of this tiny bird, flattened against the nest with its wings hugging it as tight as it physically can, its head bowed. It is a pose that suggests defeat, as if it knows it can no longer sit snuggly and safely inside.
I find this a very emotional photograph, conscious as I am of my anthropomorphising, surely that is what art is all about.
Perry flicks to the next photograph. It is of three plump baby birds, mouths open to be fed, sitting snuggly in a nest.
"And it actually, it disappeared." He says.
"One day I just woke up and there was only three babies left instead of four. "
I think about the foxes and cats.
I think about the efforts these parents have gone to; gathering cobwebs, securing the nest, hunting moths, eating poop.
I think about the plummet, the lonesome fall of this fragile ball of flightless feathers and bones.
But Perry doesn't seem upset, and I'm wondering why.
Day 14 - Great news, the 4th baby that fell from the nest is still alive. Adult is seen feeding it on the ground
Perry shows me the next photo, of a baby bird on the ground, and I momentarily wonder if we have jumped right ahead in the chronology and this is one of the three surviving birds learning to fly.
He continues telling me his story.
"But funny enough, a few days later, the baby was on the ground. So it might be hiding in a bush somewhere, so the birds were actually feeding up and down.
"So they couldn't get it back in the nest…?"
"No they wont be able to get it back in the nest. No, No"
"But it survived."
"It survived."
I'm elated. So is Perry. We both can't believe it. Suddenly I realise that this is a happy story, that we've been spared the inevitable. He shows me proof, the solitary bird standing alone on a carpet of green moss, exercising its wings, preparing to learn how to fly.
Perry had lay down on the wet ground to take that photograph, managing to control his shutter speed at just the right level in order to capture both the form and colour of the birds wings, as well as their motion.
'Day 17 - The fallen bird still exercising its wings on the 17th day'
"So all four, all four survived, and look at them, look at them! And every so often they come up, they flap their wings to exercise their wings."
At this point, we are both excited, in raptures in fact, that all four birds survived. We are also in complete agreeance that these baby birds are adorable.
"Aren't they cute!" says Perry.
"And my biggest thrill is, see how they're flapping their wings? I actually captured them flapping their wings?"
"That photograph is beautiful," I agree, taken aback. "The wings almost look translucent!"
Day 15 - The babies are still constantly flapping their wings
Astonishingly, Perry has captured these baby birds taking their first flight. Just after they flapped their wings, it was take-off.
"That was his first flight. I actually captured it, I was so thrilled! It flapped, and I had a long lens, and I… and this is when he actually flew for the first time. And it was really, really quick. Look at that. "
I think to myself that surely this was Perry's most thrilling moment, the pinnacle of the spectacular photographic ascent that were his last 15 days.
And while he is very proud of that action shot, I think his true favourite is the last photo he shows me, the one he calls 'The Three Tenors'.
It's a beautifully composed photo. It sings with colour, motion and intimacy. The three fat birds cuddle into each other, framed perfectly in the foreground.
They are singing.
"The three tenors. Them singing. Absolutely they are, that to me is priceless."
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I had heard about how Perry took photos of the raising of the chicks but the story that goes with it Emily is superb. Such a great read. Thank you.
And this is how we learn more about a species from observation and how beautifully Perry records the moment by moment story of the life of these spunky little birds. And the photo of Perry bristling with cameras - he is an artist! Beautiful story Emily and well set up. It was a joy to follow this picture by picture - word by word.
Thanks for this Perry - captures the whole reason for the universe. Should be mandatory viewing for all those partaking in the duck hunting season - but then again, perhaps not.
Thanks Emily for bringing this beautiful story to light. I love your photoes from beginning to end Perry. We can learn a lot from birds.
So very talented Perry such a gift
What a beautiful story and simply breathtaking photos to accompany it. Well Done Perry, you are very talented and extremely patient. Thank you for sharing with us all :)
The perfect combo ... a well crafted story with evocative pics. I was there for the full month. And I loved the way Emily pulled together the life cycle of the willy wagtails with the passion of Perry's love for photography
What a fantastic read Perry and what an amazing talent. The patience you must have to capture these amazing shots. Well done !
Brilliant patience and moving connection to the subject by Perry, sensational sequence of photographs.
As always fantastic photography Perry - look forward to catching up again at the May carnival. Cheers
Good on you, Perry! Great work, you deserve all the praise you get. The Three Tenors is my favourite as well. :) It's good to see photography portrayed in good light (pun intended) for a change. Keep up the good work!
Fantastic effort Perry. How wonderful to be able to see nature in all of its glory
Really cool photographic story!
Amazing article. I have seen Perry's work from the beginning to now. He is so lucky to have all the wildlife around him to take shots of. I don't have that variety in London. I too am in awe of his equipment. Just wish he can send his leftovers to me.
Great story, what a lovely thing to read. The photos are just stunning.
Amazing photos! Well done Mr Perry Cho!
World class photography! More significantly, the patience needed to tell this story is beyond most mortals!
Wonderful pictures... I admire the dedication!!
Lovely images and the story gives us a little insight to the incredibly talented Perry Cho, his passion and his persistence.
Awesome photos Perry ,such patience to capture the perfect shot .
Spectacular photos as always by the brilliant Perry Cho
What an amazing story and even more beautiful photos. Great job to all involved. How wonderful.
Wow, excellent photography capturing the minutest detail possible. Perry, your passion and perserverance are clearly reflected in these photos. Great job! It's always a joy to see your photography! Thanks for sharing.
Wow, excellent photography capturing the minutest detail possible. Perry, your passion and perserverance are clearly reflected in these photos. Great job! It's always a joy to see your photography! Thanks for sharing.
Well done perry great patience for a great photographer
Wow that is awesome well done perry
Great article, a fantastic read and excellent photography!
Wow, fantastic photos Perry, beautiful, and in our own wonderful Warrnambool backyard, well done
Very nice article and great photos - I very much like the motion of the wings and the body sharp, very well done
What a wonderful story Emily. Not only of the bird family but of Perrys dedication to documenting the highs and lows of nature photography . Amazing photos from a truly amazing gentleman.
That is brilliant, very interesting read lovely to see what mother nature has in store for us,. Beautiful photo's Perry, great camera work, well done.
Being friend with perry over 20 years and he s always passionate about wild life and bird photography Great story behind great photographer you deserve it perry
Absolutely great read, loved every moment. And then the photographs that have been captured and spectacular and obviously are taken by someone who's very passionate about photography. My hat goes off to everyone involved
Well done Perry beautiful images. What a great article and read. Great photo of you.
Not everyone can tell a story as well as Emily has done with this one. Stunning photos from Perry as usual Made for a great read
I was engrossed in the story and marvelled at the photos, amazing!
Perry, it is amazing to see your patience and passion for minute details like the life of a bird. Excellent photography and well taken.
What truly amazing photos, and an amazing story to go with it. Thank you for sharing this.
Just loved it Perry,so beautiful,bring us more, regards Jan
Great story to go with the spectacular photos. The Patient Eye shows his true colours. Your passion has been well rewarded with this engrossing encounter
Perry your passion and talent for photography is a blessing for all of us. What a privilege to see these incredibly intimate images.
You can have great equipment, but you also need to know how to use it and have the passion. Mr Cho shows he has these attributes and more!
Wow amazing images. The Canon 600mm is so clean. I can't wait to see it work with the new 1DX II.
Great story ! Loved it
Such a great story Beautiful images love seeing little birds from birth...
Been a fan of Perry Cho for a long time. Super talented photographer with unequalled passion in whatever he chooses to do in life. So glad he took up photography so that we can all enjoy his incredible work, especially with birds which must have been very challenging, yet exceedingly rewarding. Love the article, Mr. Patient Eye - keep up the great work!
Amazing images, extraordinary talent and patience!
Beautiful, moving photos. I, too, love willy wagtails, and watching them nest and rear their babies is just amazing. Your pictures tell it all. Thank you, Perry, for sharing them with us.
A fantastic read, nature never a ceases to amaze me and the photos are exquisite!
Your dedication and patience shows in all your work. Onya Perry.
Beautifully written & very touching.....excellent photography. Well done, Perry
Truly beautiful photos - congratulations Perry, your perseverance paid off. The Three Tenors is a real highlight.
Amazing photos. I have looked at them several times - and I'm still not done. The story of the photos is terrific.
What a lovely article! Perry is obviously so passionate!
Love this! The photos are brilliant and the story is captivating! Could be the inspiration for a great kid's movie!
I think you summed up Perry very well here
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Have the Last Laugh On Me! Tickets are selling well as a play shortlisted for a Channel 4 Comedy Award makes its debut at the Camden Fringe Festival. The Bridge Magazine interviews its award-winning writer, John Hill.
John Hill's Edinburgh Fringe debut received a rave review and now his 60-minute comedy play, How Does That Make You Feel?, comes to the Lion and Unicorn Theatre as part of the Camden Fringe Festival.
How Does That Make You Feel? Is an unmissable performance for summer 2016, a one hour play based on a true story, by award-winning writer John Hill.
On Thursday 11th August 2016, when asked what motivated him in particular after splitting from his fiancée who had fallen in love with the counsellor, Hill replied: "They say good comedy comes from pain and misery – so I guess I've just been lucky."
Do you have what it takes to write a successful piece based on your misfortune? John Hill has. The plot is about a doting husband who, on discovering his wife is going to relationship counselling, insists on being part of the solution, unaware he's all of the problem.
The story was inspired by the writer's experiences of couples' therapy: he went to sessions only to watch his partner's growing infatuation with the counsellor destroy their relationship. The play started life as a shorter piece and has since been developed and destruction-tested in festivals and productions across London and the UK.
Best known as a travel, greetings card and comedy writer, Hill has penned several sitcoms, films and plays such as Blood Match, We Need To Talk About Clive, and Instructions Not Included, as well as being an author and a journalist.
John has IMDB -International Movie Database – it's a database of who does what on films and TV programmes credits for TV sitcoms; his Edinburgh Fringe debut got a 5-star review, and his first feature film script came second in the Reddit Screenwriting Contest.
Tall, athletic and elegant, John Hill speaks with a deep and convincing voice. He appears to be a reserved, calm and thoughtful person. He is not an open book. No matter how adept at reading body language one might be, Hill presents something of an enigma. However, he will invite you into his world in glimpses as he flashes his beautiful gap-toothed smile.
According to Mike Corke in his article entitled "Sitcom, why audiences laugh" published in The British Comedy Guide
"Comedy brings balance and provides interesting elements for wider audiences, allowing a larger number of people, with different views of the world, to identify in their own way with what's going on."
1- Talking about How Does That Makes You Feel? in particular, what do you think could fascinate and move the audience?
Character drives everything, so you try to create believable characters that the audience will care about, and identify with to some degree. And in the process you hope that you can generate a lot of humour following their story.
2- The play is based on true story, your story. You have had a near-death experience; making the decision to put it into a play to convey a message sounds a little like self-therapy. Where do you draw your strength from?
I think all writing is a form of self-therapy and all experiences are research. I've had several near-death experiences, but it's not necessarily my ones that have gone into this play.
3-What kept you going in general? And what motivated you in particular after this unfortunate experience?
They say good comedy comes from pain and misery – so I guess I've just been lucky.
4- Imagine the scenario. If she was to come back would you forgive her and give her a second chance?
You can never blame someone for loving someone else or wanting to be with someone else, so there's nothing to forgive. And as for second chances, you have to move on.
5- It is believed that comedy writers have the best eating habits – do you think that's true?
I haven't met enough comedy writers to form an opinion on that one way or the other.
6- Do you think it's true to say that comedy writing is both passion and leisure?
For me writing is all-consuming. Life is what happens during the small gaps when I'm not doing it.
7- Changing the subject. What do you like to have on your plate?
Hill: My favourite cuisine is probably Italian, although I also love Spanish food and I couldn't live without curry.
8-You look athletic – what are your favourite sports/ leisure activities?
I'm not really a big sports fan although I do like rugby and motor racing. My favourite form of leisure is probably travel, but I also enjoy food and wine, cinema and music.
9- Writing is an introspective art, but to be successful you have to be both writer and salesman. How can writers learn to deal with rejection?
I don't think you ever learn to deal with rejection: you just get better at pretending it doesn't matter.
10- Is it ethical for a counsellor to fall in love with his patient?
You can't help who you fall in love with, so that isn't a question of ethics, but what you do about it can be for some professions.
11-Have you been able to mentor others?
I have, and it's something I really enjoy, though I couldn't tell you if I was any good at it.
12- Your highs and lows?
Lows – every rejection. Highs – every success, no matter how tiny; and listening to an audience laugh at something I've written.
13- What advice do you have for those aspiring to pursue a career in writing?
You've got to love doing it for the sake of it. You need to grow a thick skin. And you need persistence by the bucket load. Don't let a few failures, or a life time of them, stop you pursuing your dreams.
14- Shakespeare wrote with just quill and ink on parchment. Computer and software speed up the process for modern scriptwriting. Do you use software as a modern writer?
I mainly use Final Draft and some bespoke script-writing templates for Word. I can't image writing without a computer but some of the preparation is done with pen and paper.
Thank you very much John for opening up to The Bridge Magazine...
For those who either have queries about How Does That Makes You Feel? or who wish to experience it live:
Venue: Lion and Unicorn Theatre, 42-44 Gaisford Street, London NW5 2ED
Dates: Monday 22 to Saturday 27 August 2016
Time: 8:00pm
Tickets: £10 & £8 concessions
Book via www.camdenfringe.com
Web: www.johnihill.co.uk/CamdenFringe2016
Enjoy the show
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Stephen Estrada's paintings come out of his lifelong explorations of the natural environment. Working at a variety of scales he creates paintings that evoke movement, light and the ever-changing textures of the land and sea.
Stephen was born in Chicago, IL. His father soon moved the family to Southern California to be closer to his extended family in LA and Mexico. He grew up surfing and hiking the nearby mountains and deserts. Those early experiences instilled a deep appreciation for the power and fragility of the natural environment. His mother, a painter, studied at the Chicago Art Institute and continuously encouraged his creativity. After graduating high school in North Carolina where his family had relocated, he moved to Massachusetts to attend the Boston Art Institute. He took a studio in the Plant Shoe Factory, a thriving artist enclave in Boston's Jamaica Plains section.
On February 1, 1976 fire destroyed the building and the work of over 100 artists who lived and worked there. Soon after, Stephen moved to Washington DC to attend the Corcoran School of Art. He studied with Bill Christenberry and Robert Stackhouse who encouraged his exploration of the natural world as a source for his paintings.
While continuing his studio practice Stephen took a job at the Smithsonian American Art Museum where be began a successful 25 year museum career. His positions included exhibition designer at the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery; Design Chief overseeing exhibits at the National Air and Space Museum; and Curator and Director of the US Diplomacy Center and Museum. There he worked with six current and former Secretaries of State to create a new museum to promote a better understanding of diplomacy at the US Department of State in Washington, DC.
In 2012 Stephen returned to the studio full time. His current body of work began following a trip down the Pacific Coast Highway in 2010. Back in his studio, Stephen discovered one of his only early paintings to survive the fire: a surfer, skidding down a large wave, a memory of his years in California. He knew it was time to return to the sea as a source for his paintings. His current work includes the Latitude 37 Series, an exploration of exact points along the 37th parallel from Half Moon Bay, California to coastal Virginia.
Stephen's work reflects 19th century American painters such as Albert Pinkham Ryder whose evocative land and seascapes inform his use of light and tonalist approach. Influences include contemporary photographer Clifford Ross as well as early Renaissance artists who used layering and visualization of deep space as an avenue for spiritual exploration.
Stephen works from his studio in Silver Spring, MD. He has shown extensively on the East Coast, including the BlackRock Center for the Arts in Maryland, the Arts Club of Washington and Cornell Art Museum in Delray Beach Florida. His work is in numerous public and private collections including the Mellon family of Virginia.


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Hoyer: Democratic Primary Could Damage Party
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) acknowledged during an interview with The Fix Wednesday that the ongoing nomination fight between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama has the potential to cause a major fissure within the Democratic Party due to the deeply personal connections voters have with the candidates.
"When they attack one another, it's not just an attack on the other candidate, it is taken I think by women and by African Americans in a more personal sense," said Hoyer. "To that extent I think the continued clash between the two candidates, which is inevitable, is not particularly helpful."
The historic nature of the choice between Clinton and Obama has largely been cast as an unalloyed good for the party, but Hoyer said that the strong identity politics at work in the race may embitter each side toward the other.
Hoyer, the second ranking House Democrat, made his comments as part of washingtonpost.com's "PostTalk" program. They came just hours before Geraldine Ferrarro, the party's 1984 vice presidential nominee and a Clinton supporter, stepped down from the New York Senator's finance team following remarks she made that questioned whether Obama would be where he is in the race if he were white.
Hoyer's full answer about the potential problems created by the increased vitriol between Clinton and Obama on the campaign trail is below.
Is he right?
Chris Cillizza
March 13, 2008; 6:00 AM ET
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René van Slooten was interviewed by the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant, and talked about cryptographic codes in Poe's writings. Whether it is true or not, van Slooten asks enthusiasts on Poe and/or cryptography to help searching for encrypted messages. De Volkskrant, 23 March 2013[i] Column by literary editor Arjan Peters. You may call me a […]
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Here are three things the Obama administration has done that you probably didn't know about:
Ever struggle with those accordion-style rubber sleeves on nozzles at the gas station? The sleeve — technically a "vapor recovery nozzle" — was required by the Environmental Protection Agency to keep gasoline vapors from leaking into the air. But most cars and trucks now have technology that does the job better, so last year the EPA abolished the nozzle requirement. Because each sleeve-equipped nozzle can cost as much as $300, the change will save gas stations thousands of dollars.
Ever apply for financial aid for a child heading for college? Until 2010, the application form — the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA — was a parents' nightmare. (I write from personal experience here.) It required digging up information from multiple sources, and the complexity of the task discouraged thousands of families from applying for aid. So the Department of Education got to work and simplified the form. Some applicants can now complete much of it automatically, importing online data from their tax returns. The new FAFSA still asks too many questions — 116, compared to 127 on the old one —but it's a big improvement.
Obama: In some editions, Doyle McManus' April 28 column urged President Obama to fill the vacancy left when Cass Sunstein stepped down as head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Last week, the president nominated Howard Shelanski, an economist at the Federal Trade Commission, to head that office. The Senate has not yet acted on the nomination. —
Ever come back from a trip overseas, only to find yourself stuck in a horrifyingly long line at immigration control? Now there's a program called Global Entry that allows frequent travelers to undergo a pre-screening process, skip the line and run their passports through an automated kiosk, like self-checkout at the supermarket. This program actually started under George W. Bush, but the Obama administration has expanded it big time. I've tried it, and it works.
All three stories are examples of a little-recognized push by the Obama administration to streamline federal regulations.
Until last year, the effort was led by Cass Sunstein, who ran an obscure corner of the Washington bureaucracy called the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Now a professor at Harvard Law School, Sunstein is an evangelist for simplification and consumer-friendly language and design.
One of his proudest accomplishments, he says, was nudging the Department of Agriculture toward replacing its old "food pyramid" with a simpler "food plate" showing that half your diet should be fruits and vegetables. He presided over big-ticket items too, including a rule to standardize safety warning labels that could save employers as much as $2.5 billion, and a rule to simplify doctors' and nurses' paperwork that could save hospitals and medical practices as much as $5 billion.
"My job was helping people figure out how government can make people's lives better, and how we can eliminate red tape and complexity," he told me.
In his recent book, "Simpler: The Future of Government," Sunstein points to a surprising statistic: In his first four years, he says, Obama issued fewer new federal regulations than any of the four presidents who came before him, including Ronald Reagan. Obama's revocation of hundreds of outmoded rules produced savings for government, business and consumers that will add up to billions, he says.
But wait, I hear you say. Isn't Obama a big-government Democrat? Isn't he responsible for two of the biggest expansions of federal power in recent history, the 2010 Affordable Care Act (more often known as Obamacare) and the 2011 Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act?
The answer, of course, is yes: Obama is a big-government man, and so is Sunstein. They don't hide their belief in an activist federal government; they just want to make it smarter and more effective.
Sunstein is frustrated that the administration hasn't gotten credit for its regulation-trimming efforts. And indeed, conservative critics dispute his numbers, saying that even if the number of regulations issued has declined, the number of rules with a major economic impact has risen.
Even those who admire the streamlining, though, say it hasn't gotten much recognition. "They haven't advertised it very well," said Elaine Kamarck, who ran the high-visibility "reinventing government" campaign of the Clinton administration and is now at the Brookings Institution. "No one knows that they've even been trying, let alone that they've accomplished anything."
And that, she says, makes no sense, especially for a Democrat. "If no one knows about your efforts," she says, "then the deep-seated cynicism Americans have about the efficiency of government will constrain the efforts of any activist president."
Public opinion polls bear her out. Under Clinton, the percentage of Americans who said they trusted the federal government to do the right thing gradually rose. Under Obama, it's plummeted. A Pew Research Poll last month found that only 28% of Americans said they had a favorable view of the federal government, down from 42% in 2009, Obama's first year in office. Even a majority of Democrats said they had an unfavorable view of the federal government.
For an administration that's trying to implement an ambitious new healthcare program as one of its top priorities, those are daunting numbers.
So here's an assignment for Obama's new director of the Office of Management and Budget, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, a Clinton administration veteran so universally respected that she won unanimous confirmation in the Senate last week: It's time to relaunch your boss' government reform agenda. It's time to renew Obama's "regulatory look-back," a program that nominated 580 useless regulations for the scrapheap and actually dumped a lot of them.
And when you've done all that, it's time to make sure the American public knows about it.
Follow Doyle McManus on Twitter @DoyleMcManus
[Update on April 27, 2013 at 11:28 a.m.: An earlier version of this column contained a sentence urging President Obama to hire someone to succeed Cass Sunstein as head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. On Thursday, the president nominated Howard Shelanski, an economist at the Federal Trade Commission, to head that office. The Senate has not yet acted on the nomination.]


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Have you ever had a situation with money that sent you into total panic? A recent travel "adventure" cost us an unexpected $4000… and we didn't panic or get scared! In fact, it was fine… because we are willing to have an intimacy with money where we know we can always create more!
If you would like to know more about how you can go beyond the fear of money, beyond the secrets around money that are keeping you from having all the money you would like, and beyond all the blame, shame, regret and guilt that you have around money, this is the show for you!
In my new Blog Talk Radio series we've been talking about money – a lot!
What have you decided that money is, that it isn't that keeps you from creating more money than God? If you are willing to start changing your decisions around what money is and isn't you may just find a whole lot more money starts showing up!
What if having money isn't wrong? What if you could have an intimate joy around money instead of fear? I invite you to listen to the show above to get started with changing how cosy you are willing to get with your money!
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Developing and refining innovative personalized therapies and technologies for patients requires a talented, diverse and specialized collaborative team. This includes not only physicians and scientists but also a wide range of allied health and technical staff.
The Center for Individualized Medicine often has career opportunities available throughout its programs. Of particular interest are applicants with expertise in one or more of these areas:
- Bioinformatics and systems biology
- Information technology
- Genetic counseling
- Project management
Faculty careers
Search openings for clinician-researchers and scientists by visiting Mayo Clinic's physician and scientist careers page and selecting "Research" in the "Search by Specialty" drop-down box.
For more information about faculty openings, contact:
- Jennifer Schilbe
- Human Resources
- Mayo Clinic
- Phone: 507-266-6214
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Allied health careers
Visit Mayo Clinic's external applicant careers page and search by job type or keyword.
Bioinformatics and systems biology
Master's and doctoral-level bioinformaticians are needed to develop, create and support:
- Scientific data management systems and data visualization applications
- Custom bioinformatics workflows for genomic data processing
- Networking capabilities for moving large amounts of genomic data and facilitating external collaboration
- Tools and applications to enable automation, new analytics, metadata management and data delivery
Information technology
Information technologists support personalized medicine by discovering, translating and applying software engineering techniques and solutions to:
- Manage and store vast amounts of scientific and laboratory data
- Enhance analytics, workflows and algorithms
- Implement new hardware and large-scale infrastructure
- Develop clinical decision-support tools for the electronic medical record
- Perform clinical phenotyping and integrated molecular analysis
Genetic counseling
Genetic counselors play a pivotal role in individualized medicine by helping patients:
- Become informed about genetic testing options
- Understand the risks and benefits of genetic testing
- Interpret results
- Understand the implications of the results for themselves and their family
Additionally, genetic counselors provide psychosocial support to patients and families as they undergo genetic testing and learn their results. Genetic counselors work closely with Individualized Medicine Clinic physicians to determine next steps and make medical recommendations for patients and families, when applicable.
Project management
Project managers play an integral part in advancing the mission of the Center for Individualized Medicine and supporting the efficient implementation of the strategic plan by applying knowledge, skills, tools, and project and portfolio best practices to transform research into clinical tools.
For more information about allied health openings, contact:
- Natalie Brewster
- Human Resources
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- Phone: 904-953-1513
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Carlow Golf Club Membership 2019
We are delighted to announce that we are now accepting applications for membership to Carlow Golf Club for 2019.
Full Membership €936 ( Entrance Fee €1000 payable over 10 years)
Juvenile Membership €105
Student Membership €160
Overseas Membership €340
When you join Carlow Golf Club you are becoming a member of one of the finest golf clubs in Ireland with amazing playing conditions all year round. As a member you will have the opportunity to play in a wide range of weekly competitions and you can also partake in the many social functions that we hold throughout the year.
We have excellent facilities for all our members including a practice range, practice putting green, our own club professional, a fully stocked golf shop, clubhouse bar and restaurant with a private members bar and snooker rooms. As a full member of Carlow Golf Club you also have access to our Oak Park nine hole course throughout the year.
To learn more and to become a member of our golf course you can request further details and an application form by calling our club office on +353 (0) 59 9131695 or Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Golf Tip For Week – How to Practise "Feel"
POSTED ON May 3rd - POSTED IN Golf Swing Tips
(1). When practicing or at the range find a target about 1 meter or 3-4 feet apart. Use varying distances for each session. This is the markings where you need the ball to land in order to reach the hole.
(2). Line up 15-20 balls then try to chip each of the balls to land within the space between the chosen target.
(3). Try practicing this drill with different clubs, again this allows you to feel how the ball will rise and roll.
Note: This practice drill helps you to visualise where the ball will land & is a great drill for improving that all important "feel".


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Want to rapidly grow your Instagram to 200k+ followers?
Learn the exact strategies I used to grow my brand's Instagram account.
My name is Kevin Tang, and I'll be your instructor for Instagram Explosion. In over a year, I've used Instagram to take my business to 6-figures in revenue and over 200k followers. In this course you will learn exactly what I did to make it happen.
In 2016, it's still EASY to get a large following through Instagram (and monetize them).
In fact, it took me less than a year to get 200k followers to my brand's Instagram account (you can see it below).
And I barely tried.
I'm not saying that to brag. When I first started using Instagram, I didn't know it would help my business at all. At first, I thought it was just a fad.
But then I realized that my followers were coming to me fairly easily, and I got a lot of really targeted traffic to my site. I quickly got to 10k followers, then 50k. And I still wasn't TRYING. I was just posting pictures every few days.
Within a few months, I decided to really figure out how to leverage Instagram into paying customers.
When I made the decision to focus on Instagram, my brand absolutely exploded. Sales were through the roof. And I was even getting connections to extremely hard-to-reach celebrities.
Over the year, I became well-versed in Instagram and the tactics necessary to grow an account.
I can confidently say that right now, Instagram is definitely the #1 social media platform you must dominate if you want to achieve exponential business growth. (Keep reading to find out why Facebook fails).
Raise your hand if you've tried to grow your business on Facebook.
You probably worked really hard to create content & blog posts. You've added Facebook "Like boxes" everywhere and you told your audience to "Like" your page on FB.
And what does Facebook do?
Facebook BARELY shows your audience your posts. In fact, on average only 5-10% of your entire audience even sees a post in their timeline and less than 1% actually CLICK on your post.
My Facebook page has 175k followers, but I get a measly 65 likes per post. That's just bad.
Instagram is the social network with the HIGHEST engagement numbers. In fact, brands see on average 5700% HIGHER engagement than Facebook. Yes, you read that right. And for Twitter, that number grows to 120000%. Yikes!
Google Adwords and Facebook Ads are great for some people and businesses.
But for many others, paid advertising is very cost prohibitive. If you're a startup, you can't really afford to lose $1000 on ads that didn't convert.
On the other hand, Instagram accounts generally grow very organically.
When I first started, I spent $300 on a few paid shoutouts.
And I NEVER spent a dime after that.
Despite my lack of advertising spend, Instagram has easily been my #1 customer acquisition channel. Hands down.
That's because Instagram has built in viral mechanisms (like shoutouts) that help pages grow organically very fast. Add these viral mechanisms to the massive engagement that Instagram accounts get and you have a recipe for quick growth.
This is how we quickly scaled our business to a 6-figure revenue in only one year.
A lot of people don't believe they can make profit with Instagram. Here are questions or concerns I hear all the time.
"There's only 1 thing you can link to (your bio link). How in the world can you get traffic with just that 1 link?"
"There's no way to TRACK my sales. I can't invest time and money into something I can't track."
"Just because you have followers doesn't mean anything. Instagram followers don't buy anything."
Wrong on all 3 counts.
Not only did I generate tons of traffic, but that traffic converted at a much higher rate than my other traffic sources.
Here are some traffic numbers from my Google Analytics within a SINGLE month. (10% of the traffic came from Instagram)
Traffic from Instagram converted to mailing list subscribers 120% better than my other traffic, and it also converted to paid customers 250% better than my other traffic.
One of the key strategies I will teach you is how to get Instagram followers from Instagram to your website, despite having only 1 link to use. This little nugget is the key formula to getting a 6-figure revenue off of Instagram.
When I first started out on Instagram, I literally didn't do anything. I mean I posted a picture maybe once a week. Maybe once every 2 weeks.
As you can probably imagine, that didn't help us grow very fast. At the beginning it was linear growth.
But even with me barely trying to work on Instagram, I noticed that my follower count was steadily increasing.
That's when I got curious and tried a little bit harder. I must have spent hours learning about the platform, trying multiple strategies, and perfecting my approach to Instagram.
And that's when I saw exponential VIRAL growth.
If you start out without a plan, you'll spend months without getting impactful growth. But with a concrete plan, you'll be able to experience massive growth in a shorter amount of time.
So let me show you what I learned from 100's of hours of trial and error on Instagram.
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This Is a great course for anyone who wants to grow their brand and their business through social media. Instagram is a powerful SM tool, and its power can aid in your success. I liked the fact that the instructor is not repeating textbook contents. He uses his real business and real successes as examples. He gives plenty of tips and tricks on niches and strategies that will help you along. Definitely worth the price of admission.
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I've completed about 60% of the course so far and I wanted to leave my impressions, which have been really awesome. The instructor discusses a lot of interesting components to starting off on Instagram and introduces tools that I never heard about but will use now.
Not EVERY brand & business can do well on Instagram. One good example is Paypal. They SUCK on Instagram. That's because their service (sending money) doesn't rely on many visuals.
You have to be a company that relies on VISUAL marketing. Any company that is visually based can use Instagram very effectively to achieve growth. Fitness, fashion, cars, luxury, photography, makeup, art, and MANY other niches are using Instagram everyday to achieve amazing growth.
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Happy 20th Birthday 3.14159265358979323846 Day
on March 14, 2008 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Pi
Happy 20th Birthday, Pi Day. Coincidently, that's the number of digits of pi I memorized for no apparent reason. And yes, of course, you know 50.
This blogger has some fun ideas about how to celebrate the day:
Write a poem following the "rule" of pi. For those of you belonging to a "cult", you might try this instead of the more common haiku. It's:
1 word three letters long
1 word 1 letter long
1 word 4 letters long
1 word 1 letter long
1 word 5 letters long, and so on.
And I said: a weird marsupial is moving among the green treetops.
Um. Maybe some of you will be better at this.


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i've finally gotten around to starting my flag model.
i'm not going with the standard paint scheme (dark cool grey) since i already have a few shades of this green to work with, and finding a place to buy tamiya paint here has been impossible!
so here's the progress after day one. the paint's still super rough. i had some issues with the parts...(tough figuring out what's goin on with japanese instructions) it seems as though it wanted me to defy physics to get the inner parts of the torso to articulate... i ended up having to do some hacking and slashing to get it working...
i've primed all the parts normally, but i'm doing the painting with a brush, like i've done in the past with warhammer models. (not sure how that'll turn out...we'll see)
here's the torso and head so far
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This morning, I woke up to a snow-covered balcony and plenty of flurries falling from the sky. *checks calendar* Yep, it's March 23rd, but it's also March 23rd in Chicago. As such, spring's true arrival seems to be a bit fluid and totally up to Mother Nature. So, while I've been shifting my wardrobe to brighter colors and neutral heels, winter has not-so-politely asked me to pump my brakes.
In an effort to not be so bummed (or pissed) about this, I've decided to think about five things that I can do to keep my sanity during this transition period between winter and spring.
1. Load up on hot cocoa. Ever trying to wean myself from coffee, hot chocolate has become my go-to drink when I need to warm up and treat myself at the same time. The Spicy Aztec Hot Chocolate Mix ($10.50) from Lake Champlain Chocolates is sure to make you feel warm on the inside while also supporting fair trade. Anyone else a fan of spicy chocolate treats? I'll talk about my obsession with cocoa chili powder another day.
2. Invest in an incredible throw. Curling up on the couch with a cozy throw is one of my favorite things to do. In fact, it's basically a must-do on Sundays. While perusing Instagram the other day, I stumbled across some beautiful alpaca wool throws made by Sackcloth & Ashes ($99-$109). For each blanket that you purchase, they will provide one to your local homeless shelter.
3. Brighten my space with some beautiful blooms. I've been on a hunt for tulips and peonies to brighten the mood in my apartment. I've also been lusting after this bouquet from Flowers for Dreams, a Chicago company that makes a donation to local charity with each order. Pretty, right?
4. Flip off the frigid temps with a brightly-colored mani. After a season of "Lincoln Park After Dark" and similar shades, my digits are ready for lighter colors. I chose a stone gray polish over the weekend, but I'm eyeing something a little more fun like this yellow from Pear Nova for my next trip. If the sun won't come to me, I'll create my own sunshine.
5. Spread some warmth with cold weather supplies. If you still need to break out your gloves, hats, and thick socks, then you know that those without homes/living on the streets still need those items as well. Reach out to your local shelter or community housing group to donate any cold weather items that you can.
What's it like in your neck of the woods today? If it's still cold and snowy, how are you coping with this transition period? Any additional tips to share?


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*This post is not part of the previously mentioned series on detox, but it is related.
Going through the process of Spring Cleaning as well as my own personal grief process after the death of my grandmother, has stirred something up for me. I have become inspired to include an energetic aspect to my detox program this season for anyone who is interested.
On April 17th. The full moon following Spring Equinox (and by coincidence Palm Sunday), I will be offering Reiki I attunements for the first 10 people to sign up on a donation basis.
Reiki is something that has guided and assisted me in my personal and spiritual development for 20 years. I was first given the Reiki I attunements at age 18, and I was trained as a Reiki teacher/master in the Usui tradition ~10 years ago. I find this energetic healing technique to be profoundly calming, healing and focusing of the life force energy to creating shifts on a deep level.
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Black holes are what happens when the universe divides by zero and eats anything that tries to notice. They're cosmological grizzly bears: an inevitable result of nature that is majestic and terrifying to every species intelligent enough to comprehend them.
Black holes happen when reality has an overflow error: you put too much stuff in one place, and it breaks both the stuff and the place with gravity. Gravity is usually the responsible older sibling of the universe, always pulling things together. Black holes are where gravity goes full Al Capone, calls a meeting of all the fundamental forces of existence and makes a big showy spectacle of crushing them. It doesn't just crush matter; it crushes the quantum laws that define matter, stomps them all into a compacted nugget until matter stops existing so much. It simply overrides reality.
And yet, most people treat them like cosmic vacuum cleaners. Science fiction characters are worse at understanding black holes than they are at aiming laser weapons, and the coverage they get in most schools only encourage students to kill themselves with trampolines and bowling balls. That's a shame, since black holes are literally the ultimate everything, so we're looking at how cool they are.
#6. They're the Brightest Things in the Sky
"Black hole" is as simple and descriptive a title as "Pied Piper of Hamelin," and equally misleading. The one thing everybody knows about black holes is that not even light can escape, meaning they're pictured as the interstellar equivalent of open manhole covers: pitch-black doom awaiting the unwary. But black holes are often the brightest points in the sky.
What people forget is that while there is an "event horizon" boundary inside of which light can't escape, there's also an "entire rest of the universe" where it can, often in galaxy-blinding quantities. When a rotating black hole consumes a cloud of interstellar gas, the material is drawn into a spiral, like fluid swirling down the plughole of existence … which is actually what's cosmologically happening.
Meteors light up because a thin layer of gas is being compressed by plummeting space rock and further heated by friction. When gas clouds fall into a black hole, the whole thing is being compressed, plummeting, and being heated by friction. The consumed cloud is its own meteor and atmosphere, and both are burning with cosmic fire. They get so hot, they don't just glow white, they glow X-ray, converting 10 percent of their total mass into pure energy. For comparison, fusion warheads only convert 0.5 percent of their mass into energy. Understand: Black holes create a place where dropping something releases 20 times more energy than thermonuclear detonation. And our galaxy's central black hole, Sagittarius A*, will be doing that this year.
Black holes can glow so brightly that they defeat their own gravity. Supermassive black holes can reach the Eddington limit, where continuum radiation force defeats the otherwise irresistible gravitational attraction. (That sentence contains more band names and anime series subtitles than anything else I've ever written.) The radiation becomes so intense that it blows away the incoming material. And this isn't radiation as in "nuclear"; this is radiation as in "light." As in "move toward the light, except in the real heavens, the light can be so intense that it shoves you back."


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Near Bardejov in Saros County [?], Gabolto's Jewish cemetery is overgrown with brush and trees that hide many of the monuments. Meyer Spira of nearby Bardejov, the only Jew remaining in the area, lists himself as the caretaker of both cemeteries. As far as I can see, Mr. Spira has done nothing in Gabolto and very little in Bardejov, perhaps due to his advanced ago (80s.) He says he has the grass mowed twice a year. Keeping the fence surrounding the Bardejov cemetery is all that he can be done by him.
The cemetery is not visible from the road. The mayor's brother led me there. He is a developer/builder, who offered to clean up the site for, I believe, $20,000 U.S., an investment probably not to be made without some security/bond that the work would be done.
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Hello, Maw. Yes, you can absolutely fill the bottom portion with folded clothes. Just make sure you do not surpass this wardrobe box's gross weight limit of 65 pounds. I hope that is helpful!
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With it being St. Patrick's Day tomorrow, we have had all things green on our minds. I'm not gonna lie, this is kind of a big holiday around here. For one thing, Ryan is Irish. Irish like, his granddad was the first generation born in America- I just realized our babies will only make the fourth generation. The second thing is, St. Patty's is an anniversary for us. 8 years ago Ryan and I celebrated St. Patrick's in New Orleans with friends. We weren't a couple yet at this point. It was the heart to hearts talks the two of us shared on the trip that really drew Ryan to surprise me with flowers the morning of my birthday (the 15th). By March 17th, (St. Patty's) we were a couple.
Needless to say, we love to celebrate in some form or fashion. When we sought out to do something different, fun, and green, I began to realize food coloring wasn't an option for us. Just when I thought zucchini pasta might be as exciting as it would get, Ryan found a fun cocktail to make, and I found a great way to make natural green food coloring.
Turns out you can make green food coloring with spinach and it will not alter the flavor of whatever it is you are making. You just have to use more of it because it isn't as strong toned as the store bought kind. That's something I am definitely willing to adjust to.
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- Two hand fulls of spinach
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Place the spinach in a sauce pan and fill it up with water about 1/3 from the top. (I had used a little more than I would have liked.)
Bring to a rolling boil and then turn it low to simmer for roughly 15 minutes. This allows the water to evaporate.
Carefully pour your contents into a blender and blend until completely smooth. You may want to allow it to cool a bit first depending on your blender. Once you've done that, refrigerate until ready to use. If you won't be using it within a few days of making it, freeze it and be ready to roll on a whim. Try freezing in ice cube trays for perfect portion control.
All natural green food color drinks, here we come!
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One of Morecambe's oldest pubs will close for a major refurbishment.
The Chieftain will shut after closing time tomorrow (Saturday) and reopen soon after a modern makeover.
Owners Enterprise Inns will revamp the Pedder Street hostelry as one of its chain of Craft Union pubs.
Craft Union is advertising for a new manager for the Chieftain on its website.
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Sunday, July 12, 2009
The Decathlon That Mattered
This was the one I was super confident about. Last time, I talked a bit of trash - 7 personal bests for the weekend. Well... here's what actually went down.
On Thursday, I was notified of the absence of any other competitors in the decathlon. Did I really want to do 10 events all by my lonesome? ... Hell yes!
On Friday, an uneventful 3 hour team bus ride from U of C to Edmonton was followed by a nutritious meal of a burger and fries courtesy of Boston Pizza (it didn't look like this). A late night (11 PM is waaay past my bedtime) was coupled with an early, early morning, but whatevs, I'll still dominate.
By the time it was time for me to race, a small crowd had gathered to watch the guy with the accent silly enough to attempt a decathlon by himself.
100 - Naturally, my start was awesome. Starting by myself is way easier because I can concentrate on starting and not beating the guys either side of me. The last 30m is a bit harder, but I managed a Canadian PB (that's a PB while I've been in Canada, heh). Despite having to wait 10 minutes for a wind indicator be setup, there was no wind reading, but take it from me that there was a headwind: 11.94
LJ - FOUL, 6.22 (-0.6), FOUL. Meh. The two fouls were BIG jumps but I had my foot over the line by a little tiny bit - that's the rules.
SP - Being the only one competing in the event, I had a 4:1 official-to-athlete ratio going on. I must say I quite liked the attention. I can warmup however I like, pretty much whenever I like, and I can be totally relaxed and focussed on the job at hand. My first throw was "like BAM!". I've possibly been saying that too much lately, but it was definitely deserved this time: 9.66, PB by 0.59.
HJ - Training for this event has been going very well, so much so that Coach Duncan was rallying support from the team, to come and watch me PB. I, unfortunately, disappointed my fans: 1.60
400 - Luckily, the individual 400 events were being run at a similar time so I was put in the 6th lane of the last heat: 53.50, Canadian PB.
A solid Day 1 (2887) was wrapped up with a 10 minute ice bath (cold!), a lively meal of chicken parmigiana with the cool kids from the track team, a trip to the nearest sports bar to watch the UFC 100: Canadien Georges St-Pierre dominated his fight with flawless takedowns. Woo!
My arrival at the track was met with a pleasant site: the sky was the same colour as the track - blue, yay! My warmup felt tired and sluggish, but by the time I was ready for hurdles I was feeling good. Clearly, I was feeling very good.
110H - Form over the hurdles was as good as it has been during some training sessions but it was definitely good enough for a 1.26 second PB: 18.57, BAM! ... The 3.2 m/s tailwind may have helped a little...
DT - The situation was the same as discus - a crazy relaxed and focussed warmup followed by success. Coach Eric (sitting down on the right) had a wickedly simple and effective cue for me: "See the front, see the back." The last two warmup throws were in excess of 33m, but I didn't throw that far when it mattered. This experience (and the one from shot put) gave me huge insight into the mindset I should be in when I'm throwing. Another PB, BAM!: 30.66
PV - At this point, I'm 2 for 2 personal bests for the day. I'm not really expecting another until the 1500, but, well, it sorta just happened. BAM!: 3.90
JT - Although, it's beneficial in the physics sense to have a strong headwind when throwing javelin, I'm not really used to it. The result was acceptable : 31.55
1500 - It was me telling everyone there was a PB coming up this time, but it was still me doing the disappointing. I was so sure was going to though... I put in a huge effort, so it wasn't for a lack of trying, but the conditions sucked (lots of wind). The support was amazing. Yelling people lined the track - inside and out. Lockie was running the infield screaming encouragement. I laid everything on the track, but it wasn't good enough for a PB: 4:40.65 (1:11, 1:18.5, 1:19, 0:52)
Day 2: 2534. PB, BAM!
Overall: 5421. PB, BAM!
Maybe it was the numerous personal bests, extremely supportive team, sibling and sibling-in-law or being the centre of attention for practically the entire weekend, but even I'm exhausted but I would totally do that again... BAM!
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Dear Justice Family,
We have so much to be thankful for at Justice St. Academy Charter! The hard work and dedication by all stakeholders of Justice St. Academy have proven to be effective. Our efforts have been recognized time and time again. Justice Street Academy Charter is a proud Gold Ribbon School, which was granted by the California Department of Education during the past school year. This prestigious award recognizes the collaborative efforts at our school and reflects what we already know --- Justice is the place to be!
This year, we applied to renew our Affiliated Charter status with LAUSD. What an incredible feeling to know that all of our efforts to provide a rich and well-rounded elementary school experience are being noted by our District! We are proud to be a CA Gold Ribbon School, CA Distinguished School, an Affiliated Charter, and a part of the 900+ Honor Schools. Our students are flourishing as we continue our journey through Common Core Standards and Smarter Balanced testing. This is a direct result of the drive to excel and establish our school as one of the best in LAUSD. A huge "congratulations" to all stakeholders is in order for building a warm, safe, and nurturing learning environment. Let's continue to thrive and build upon all of our successes.
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Lastly, I would like to give a big thank you to all of our wonderful students! You are a powerhouse and I have truly enjoyed watching you grow and learn this year. Our students are charismatic, talented, and always willing to step up to roles of leadership. You have given your best this year and we are all very proud of your accomplishments! I want to wish our 5th grade scholars all the best as they transition to middle school, high school, college, and beyond. Set your goals high, dream big, and you can accomplish great things. The sky's the limit!
In closing, my message to our students comes from some of my favorite Dr. Seuss excerpts. The meaning behind these selected lines speaks volumes. Believe in yourselves…I believe in you!
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I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!
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All My Best,
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