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To become a qualified aerospace engineer, receiving hands-on training is invaluable, and for the manufacturer, a steady stream of able recruits is just as important. To nurture this sort of talent, the Canadian aircraft manufacturer, Bombardier, has set up a partnership with Singapore Polytechnic at the AeroHub, which opened in Singapore in January 2016.
Following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the aerospace company and the polytechnic in February 2014, work began on developing the AeroHub, which is designed to support scheduled and unscheduled maintenance for Bombardier's Learjet, Challenger and Global aircraft. It will, however, serve a dual purpose as a teaching facility for students studying for a Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering and Diploma Aerospace Electronics.
This 'real-world' training, working alongside Bombardier's highly skilled aeronautical engineers, will play an instrumental role in preparing students for the rigors of professional life.
The MOU was the first of its kind and shows how seriously Bombardier, and the aviation industry in general, is committed to supporting educational development, not only in the 'home base' countries, but all over the world.
Singapore Polytechnic students were given the opportunity to complete internships at Bombardier Business Aircraft's Singapore Service Centre. Third-year students from Singapore Polytechnic's courses completed a semester-long industrial project internship at the centre within its new aircraft interior workshop.


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Diving back into WikiTree again this month. If I am going to have an online tree, then I definitely prefer this one, because of the Honor Code (even though they can't spell LOL), the levels of privacy, the emphasis on providing sources - and, of course, it's FREE (my favourite price).
Over a year ago in July 2014 I set up the MURCH One-Name Study (to be my WikiTree version of
murch.org). At the moment, a lot of them are my own ancestors (!), but I am slowly creating profiles for all the MURCHes on murch.org as well. Now I'm thinking of doing the same thing for the BLAGDON surname.
Exactly a year ago I set up the South Pool One-Place Study to link up all the profiles where the ancestors have something to do with South Pool, Devon, England.
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Wonderful Winter Break
By Lura Sanborn - Research & Instruction Librarian December 15th, 2015
Warm wishes for a wonderful winter break!
The library looks forward to welcoming you back with the new year.
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Shevchenko, Alexander Vasilyevich. Winter. Fine Art. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 14 Dec 2015.
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Applicants to the program must have:
- A bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution in the U.S. or Canada prior to matriculating at EVMS. Official transcripts from the awarding institution must indicate the date the degree was conferred.
- Successfully completed each of the following medical school prerequisite courses with a grade of "C" or better:
- 2 semesters or 3 quarters of physics with labs
- 2 semesters or 3 quarters of organic chemistry/biochemistry with labs
- 2 semesters or 3 quarters of chemistry with labs
- 2 semesters or 3 quarters of biology with labs
Online coursework is not accepted to fulfill prerequisite requirements. Prerequisite courses taken abroad are generally not accepted, however exceptions may be granted on a case-by-case basis.
- A cumulative grade point average of 2.75 (B-) or better.
- MCAT (Students pursuing medical school)
- One-year program: MCAT with a strict minimum score of 503.
- Two-year program: MCAT with a minimum score of 496. (Exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis if all other application requirements are exceeded.)
- We will accept MCAT scores from exams taken January 2017 to present for the 2019-2020 school year.
- Applicants with an MCAT score below the accepted minimum for either program will not be considered for admission.
DAT (Students pursuing dental school)
- Taken the DAT with an academic average score of 18, with no less than a 17 in any section. We will accept DAT scores taken from January 2016 to present for the 2019-2020 school year.
- GRE: We do not accept GRE scores.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents.
All courses to fulfill the degree requirements for the Medical Master's program must be taken at EVMS. No credit will be given for courses taken at another institution.
Since we have a rolling admissions process, applicants are encouraged to apply early and submit all of their application materials as they become available, even when planning to take the MCAT/DAT at a later date. When your MCAT/DAT score is released and received by Admissions, your file will be complete and ready for review by the admissions committee.


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2012 Theme: Reclaiming Our Bodies: Confronting Oppression & Celebrating Ourselves
No matter where you go, or the body you inhabit your body is supervised, policed, governed, judged, legislated, assumed upon and about. This year's conference seeks to interrogate expectations, explore solutions and share successful strategies.
Visions in Feminism is a Washington, DC-based collective of people brought together by the common goals of social justice, and feminism. Each year Visions in Feminism seeks to provide a forum for diverse perspectives on feminist praxis. The conference not only sustains a feminist dialogue that will keep the movement relevant, but also hopes to inspire action by those in attendance. This action is intended to bring about the critical changes necessary in destabilizing the institution of patriarchy and other forms of oppression. Visions in Feminism brings together speakers, attendees, and organizers in an attempt to build a larger and stronger feminist community. The Visions in Feminism conference is been co-organized with the Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program at American University.
The conference is taking place on March 24th, at American University.for the conference is a sliding scale of $10 – $15 in advance and $15 for day-of registration.
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Last New Year's, I bundled myself up and drove north from Timonium, and utilized back roads to cut across the Loch Raven Reservoir and celebrate the New Year with some formerly lost friends in White Marsh. Even though I didn't know many people there, it was nice to reconnect. I had a shitty job — I was delivering pizzas at two different places — and my job search was pretty fruitless.
So it's a year later, and I've got a lot to be thankful for. I found a great, well paying full time Office job, and a cool part-time job with great benefits for voracious readers like myself. For the first time in my life, I moved into a city — Washington, DC. I was able to get rid of my car, and my cats are both alive and in great shape: Tippy's staring out the window restlessly, Guy is cleaning himself in the foyer.
For the first time in my life, I've actually been able to grow a beard. Nothing's perfect: I'm still single. That may never change, I may in fact be a confirmed bachelor. But maybe tomorrow I'll meet my soul mate. A coworker (who I had lunch with twice this week, actually) told me I looked like I've been losing weight, and she is, by the way, smoking gorgeous. Sadly, I'm far too clueless to know if she's trying to get me to ask her out (because I'm clueless).
I didn't actually write any sort of a "Where Will I Be Next Year?" post, possibly because I was a little depressed and generally bummed out.
Where do I see myself in a year? Still in this apartment, possibly with an additional bookshelf or two (where I put them is anyone's guess). The job front is uncertain — I really have no idea what's going on with the part time gig, but I do need to start making some serious decisions regarding those options. Maybe I'll be involved with someone, I won't be. Hopefully I'll have some money in my savings account, and food in the pantry. I can make one fairly reasonable prediction: I'll probably still be blogging (although perhaps on a new computer).
Tonight I'm taking it easy. Being broke made this an easy decision. I've got beer in the fridge, and hot dogs, chili, and cheese for dinner, unopened Netflix envelopes stacked next to the TV for entertainment and an overwhelmed basket of laundry to occupy my waking hours in the morning. I might go up to the roof at midnight to see if there are fireworks (and I might not).
This is, I think, the most beautiful version of Auld Lang Syne I've ever heard. It's somber, reflective, optimistic. Happy New Year. (Even if it has been postponed!)


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Rice's energy-stingy indoor mobile locator ensures user privacy
Camera-based location system bypasses the cloud, mobile networks
HOUSTON — (Oct. 20, 2016) — Rice University computer scientists have created a new system for mobile users to quickly determine their location indoors without communicating with the cloud, networks or other devices. The battery-saving scheme uses image recognition and "hashing," a method that reduces key details in a photo to short strings of numbers called hashes. To determine a location, the system hashes a photo from the user's camera and compares it against a pre-downloaded, highly compressed location database called a hash table.
The indoor mobile positioning system called CaPSuLe, short for "Camera-based Positioning System Using Learning," was presented in September at the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers System-On-Chip Conference (IEEE SOCC) in Seattle.
In tests on a commercially available smartphone, CaPSuLe calculated locations in less than two seconds with greater than 92 percent accuracy using less than 4 joules of energy, said system co-inventor Anshumali Shrivastava, assistant professor of computer science at Rice. "The core of our system is a hashing-based image-matching algorithm that is more than 500 times cheaper — both in terms of energy and computational overhead — than state-of-the-art image-matching techniques."
Shrivastava said CaPSuLe is a proof-of-concept application that uses a combination of machine learning and inexact computing to address three of the primary problems facing mobile application designers.
"Privacy, computations and energy are the big challenges," he said. "Inexact computing helps with all three. In short, it allows us to determine answers with something less than 100 percent confidence. There are many situations where a miniscule loss of confidence, say 1 percent or less, works just as well as the golden solution. Yet that tiny difference in accuracy can give us exponential gains in computations and energy. Certainty, or confidence, is a resource that can be traded, and as always, the sweet spot is not the extreme."
For example, a traditional brute-force image-matching technique that Shrivastava and colleagues used for comparison with CaPSuLe consumed greater than 500 times the energy and took almost 17 minutes to complete a single location query when computations were performed on the mobile. For that extra energy and time, the accuracy improved to 93.4 percent — less than 2 percentage points better than the accuracy of CaPSuLe.
In describing how CaPSuLe might be used, Shrivastava cited the example of a shopping mall. The mall owner would need a gallery of images of the interior of the mall; CaPSuLe would scan those images for key features like store marques, escalators, benches, kiosks, etc. Rather than storing the images, the system stores a table of hashes, which serve as image fingerprints. These fingerprints are lightweight and can be computed very fast, Shrivastava said.
To test CaPSuLe, study co-authors from Korea's Seoul National University made a CaPSuLe app that ran on a smartphone. Tests were conducted in a Seoul shopping mall, and the hash table was prepared using 871 reference photos.
"Cloud-based machine-learning applications are getting a great deal of attention, but cloud-based solutions have inherent privacy drawbacks, and they are typically computationally and energy- intensive," Shrivastava said. "CaPSuLe shows that a 'cloudless,' probabilistic approach can be a viable and more sustainable alternative."
This effort is a part of Rice University's Center for Computing at the Margins (RUCCAM), which is led by study co-author Krishna Palem. Additional co-authors include Rice's Chen Luo and Seoul National University's Yongshik Moon, Soonhyun Noh, Daedong Park and Seongsoo Hong.
RUCCAM brings together researchers from Rice and universities around the world to explore solutions to the physical and energy limitations currently restricting the continued expansion of computing capacity needed to solve emerging workload problems. The researchers intend to change the manner in which computational resources are utilized, even at the margins of stability and accuracy, to increase the efficiency at which answers can be calculated.
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CAPTION: Rice University's CaPSuLe system could allow mobile users to quickly determine their location indoors without having to communicate with the cloud, networks or other devices. (Image courtesy of Shutterstock.com)
CAPTION: Anshumali Shrivastava (Photo by D. Soward/Rice University)
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Located on a 300-acre forested campus in Houston, Rice University is consistently ranked among the nation's top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has highly respected schools of Architecture, Business, Continuing Studies, Engineering, Humanities, Music, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences and is home to the Baker Institute for Public Policy. With 3,910 undergraduates and 2,809 graduate students, Rice's undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio is 6-to-1. Its residential college system builds close-knit communities and lifelong friendships, just one reason why Rice is ranked No. 1 for happiest students and for lots of race/class interaction by the Princeton Review. Rice is also rated as a best value among private universities by Kiplinger's Personal Finance. To read "What they're saying about Rice," go to http://tinyurl.com/RiceUniversityoverview.


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I have fallen completely in love with TGF stamps!! Today I have made a card with a new cutie pie I found as a digi in the TGF store. I decided to go with Shabby Chic as theme for this card and looove this style right now!!
This is my card!
I have coloured the stamp with Copics:
Hair: V09, 06, 04, 01, N5
Skin: E04, 11, 21, 00, 000, R22, 20
Dress/Shoes: RV69, 66, 55, 52, 00
Bows: RV66, 55, 52, 00
Green: G99, 94, 21
Cupcake: BG09, 49, 13, 15, 10
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Hypoallergenic Cats and Dogs Come with a Hefty Price Tag
Lifestyle Pets offers an interesting line of premium pets, including the first scientifically tested hypoallergenic cats and dogs. The hypoallergenic kittens range from $5,950 for a low-end breed up to $35,000 for a Ashera Exotic Kitten, which blends the bloodlines from African Serval and Asian Leopard Cats.
Along with hypoallergenic pets, Allerca also offers the Titan Family Protector – a fully trained, 2 year old German Shepherd that "provides a frontline deterrent to any criminal or harmful intent." The price tag for this dog is $85,000 to $135,000.


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While many banks require 35% or more up front as a down payment on financing bare land, Northview Bank sees it differently. We are your partners to help you own the land that's perfect for your plans. Whether you're eyeing land in the woods for hunting or four-wheeling or considering a lake lot to hold on to until its time to build your cabin, Northview Bank has flexible terms that make buying land possible.
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These shoes, hot off the Dolce & Gabbana a/w 2014 catwalk, are among the most ornate and beautiful we've seen in ages.
It's worth opting for a shorter hemline just so you can show them off.
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Obama takes a stroll down the National Mall
May 21 - U.S President Barack Obama - he's just like us. Encouraged by the warm weather, the leader of the free world shuns his convoy and takes a walk to the U.S. Department of the Interior, surrounded by secret service agents. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) U.S. President Barack Obama shunned his usual traffic-stopping convoy in favor of a stroll down the National Mall in Washington D.C. on Wednesday (May 21). Surrounded by secret service agents and officials, Obama took a leisurely walk around the mall, enjoying the warm weather. He stopped occasionally to greet bystanders before heading to the Department of the Interior ahead of a planned event at the venue.


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Retail group expects holiday sales to rise up to 4%
New York — The nation's largest retail trade group is forecasting holiday sales for the November and December period to rise between 3.6 percent and 4 percent to $678.75 billion to $682 billion.
The estimate from the National Retail Federation, released Tuesday, compares with 3.6 percent in the same period last year.
The dollar figure excludes sales from autos, gas and restaurants but includes online spending and other non-store sales.
The forecast is based on an economic model that considers such indicators as consumer credit, disposable personal income and monthly retail sales. It's a key industry barometer for retailers who depend on the last two months of the year. Holiday sales account for nearly 20 percent of annual retail industry sales. It also offers a snapshot of the mindset of the consumer.
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Miami Florida (PRWEB) March 30, 2012
Newborns are now being saved in Florida as a result of the Safe Haven for Newborns program, providing them a chance for a future. Unfortunately, from time to time, we experience the tragedy of a newborn left in an unsafe place and not surviving. The Garden of Innocence is for those precious little ones.
The Garden of Innocence is made possible by the generosity of Woodlawn Park Cemeteries who donated this beautiful location and the special headstone which will provide a dignified, peaceful, final resting place for any newborn that is abandoned in Florida, tragically resulting in their death. It is our hope and prayer that we never have to place and innocent child in this Garden. The management and staff of Woodlawn Park Cemeteries are very compassionate and caring.
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Sept 6, 2013 – Lara George & Husband Mark 9th Wedding Anniversary – Read Her Tribute To Hubby
Nigerian gospel singer Lara George and her husband, Mr Gbenga Alexander George are currently celebrating their 9th wedding anniversary.
The couple who got married exactly 9 years today are in a festive mood.
The talented gospel artist took to her Facebook page few hours ago to drop a heart-rendering tribute to her husband.
Read it below;
"It was 9 years ago when we first looked into each others' eyes and said 'I do.' Wow! 9 years ago! Seems like just a heartbeat passed since i said yes to you my love.
Olowo ori mi; my sugar, my baby, my bobo, my friend, my husband and so much more. I celebrate our love today in a very special and brand new way. Nobody said it's been easy peasy lemon squeazy… but it's been special, and I am grateful to God for you.
My Olugbenga George- I am honoured to be your wife. I pray that this will only be the beginning of more greatness to come for me and you together as one. While in this life, nothing will separate us in the name of Jesus. And humbly… so very humbly, i accept this love from you because it is such a beautiful thing.
I look forward to such more beauty ahead. May God restore for us the years that the cankerworm has stolen. May peace surround us round about and may our children be blessed beyond our wildest imaginations. May you and I together grow and mature to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ and may we be all that Jehovah has called us to be.I love you my darling. I truly do. I just wanted to let you know today especially (even though it's coming a day late). I will always love you. Happy anniversary!"
This is beautiful. May the Lord continue to bless their union with peace and love.


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Albemarle golf beats Powhatan, finishes second in tri-match
Albemarle's golf team picked up a win over Powhatan this week 166-176 with Jack Robbins' 37 leading the way for the Patriots. Brogan Ezell, Ryan Porter, Chase Northcott and Justin Peck all carded scores from 42-44 as the Patriots rolled to a win.
Thursday, the Patriots took the course again, this time in a tri-match at Birdwood against Eastern View and Fluvanna County. Eastern View picked up the win with a 169 as a team while Albemarle took second at 171 and Fluvanna finished with a 191.
Ezell led Albemarle with a 41 in the tri-match while Robbins had a 42 and Porter and PEck finished with 44s.
Orange golf beats Culpeper
Ryan Dodson and Colby Romasco both carded 41s Thursday as the Orange County golf team beat Culpeper 171-203 to pick up a dual match win at Lake of the Woods.
Trent Carr's 44 and Anthony LaCava's 45 rounded out the scores that counted for the Hornets.
Culpeper's Noah Brear finished with a 41 to lead the Blue Devils.
Charlottesville golf picks up a pair of victories
Charlottesville's golf team wrapped up the regular season with two victories this week over Orange County and Powhatan. With the wins, the Black Knights finish 13-1 and enter the postseason with a head of steam.
The Black Knights beat Powhatan 155-181, with Zach Russell's 37 setting the pace. A.J. Stouffer was right behind him with a 38 and Emmy Timberlake finished with a 39 while Banks Northington shot a 43.
Alex Oliver and Whit Stephens led Powhatan with two 42s.
At Meadowcreek early in the week against Orange, Charlottesville beat the Hornets 149-164, with Stouffer and Northington sharing medalist honors with rounds of 35. Timberlake had a 37 and Russell finished with a 42.
Ryan Dodson led Orange with a 39 while Anthony Lacava and Colby Romasco each had a 41 and Kaleb Marshall had a 43.
Charlottesville, Orange, Albemarle, Powhatan and the rest of the Jefferson District will compete in the JD tournament Monday at Lake of the Woods.


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February is all about the HEART! MediLodge of Richmond reminds you that it isn't just all about the Valentine flowers, cards and candy. This is a perfect time to keep those New Year's Resolutions going strong – to be a healthier and stronger you in this New Year! Heart disease has been called the Silent Killer because it often has no noticeable symptoms. It's more deadly than all forms of cancer combined. And it's not just "an old man's disease."
In 2003, research revealed that heart disease was by far the No. 1 killer of women, and actually killed more women than men. To save lives and raise awareness of this serious issue, the American Heart Association launched Go Red For Women. And the red dress has become the iconic symbol of our battle against heart disease in women.
National Wear Red Day® — the first Friday each February — is our special day to bring attention to this silent killer of women. We encourage everyone to wear red, raise their voices, know their cardiovascular risk and take action to live longer, healthier lives.
A decade of success since the first National Wear Red Day in 2003, we've made tremendous strides in the fight against heart disease in women. Through research and education to healthy lifestyle changes, we're proud that:
1. 34% fewer women now die from heart disease, saving 330 lives every day.
2. More women are taking ownership of their health by developing healthy lifestyles:
♥ 37% are losing weight
♥ 43% are checking their cholesterol
♥ more than 50% exercise more
♥ 60% have improved their diets
♥ 33% have developed heart health plans with their doctor.
3. Awareness is up. 23% more Americans now realize heart disease is the #1 killer of women.
4. Awareness among minorities is up, doubling among Hispanic women and tripling among African American women.
5. 15% have quit smoking, and high cholesterol has declined by 18%
6. More communities have joined the fight. Registration in Go Red For Women is now more than 1.75 million. More than 25 million Red Dress Pins have been worn to support the cause. More than 185 cities host GRFW events and luncheons. And more than 2,000 landmarks light up in red on National Wear Red Day.
7. Legislative efforts are making a difference. Women no longer pay higher premiums than men for health coverage. And 20 states have programs for low-income women to get screenings for heart disease and strokes through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's WISEWOMAN.
8. More gender-specific guidelines have been developed, because women's symptoms and responses to medication differ from men's.
9. Gender-specific medical research is up. The FDA now requires clinical trial results be reported by gender.
10. Gender-specific inequalities have been identified; ensuring women receive the same level of heart treatment as men.
Visit www.goredforwomen.org for more information on this very important movement.
According to www.sheknows.com the 5 best ways to improve your heart health could be something that you already enjoy and love! Taking a brisk walk, swimming, going for a bike ride or do a little circuit training. Take time to take care of YOU and your Heart!
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Jeff Dennes has yet to design a mobile phone app with an ATM�s most coveted capability � producing currency upon command.
�A lot of people have asked for that,� said Dennes, chief digital officer for Huntington Bank.
Huntington launched multiple mobile banking apps in 2011. PNC Bank, Citizens Bank and Dollar Bank are also among financial institutions now offering mobile phone opportunities for customers.
�The response has been fantastic,� Dennes said. �I always looked at it as though customers using our (website) would also use a mobile phone app, and we�re seeing that now.�
In June, Huntington began offering apps for iPhones and Android Phones. In September, an app for iPads was made available.
Of Huntington�s 1.7 million customers, 700,000 (58 percent) use online services, Dennes said. Among online users, 140,000 (20 percent) are using phone apps.
�It�s a pretty healthy percentage,� he said.
People using online services visit the website �six or seven times a month,� Dennes said. People using phone apps visit 30 times each month.
�That�s every day,� he said. �Most of the time, they�re checking account balances.�
Huntington�s mobile phone apps offer users the ability to view account balances and history, transfer funds between Huntington accounts, pay bills and locate an ATM.
Citizens Bank has mobile phone apps for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch units that allow customers to view accounts and pay bills.
PNC Bank lets owners of smartphones review account balances and recent transactions, pay bills, transfer funds between PNC accounts and find ATMs.
Dollar Bank has a mobile phone app for customers with iPhones, Android phones or Blackberry phones. Services include the ability to review account balances and transactions, paying bills and transferring funds between Dollar Bank accounts.
Dennes said banking apps and online banking support, but will not supplant, buildings and tellers.
�This is not going to take away banks or our in-store Giant Eagles offices. In fact, we�re expanding,� he said. �You�re never going to reach everybody with a phone app. This is about expanding services, not replacing services.�
The initial response shows people will use apps almost daily.
�We�ve got a base now,� Dennes said. �We�re looking toward the future to see what else an app can do.�


text: Hilary graduated with a phyiscal therapy degree in 2001 from Indiana University--Go Hoosiers! She moved to AZ just a few months after graduation and fell in love with the southwest! And she has had the pleasure of working with children and families in AZ for the past 11 years now. Hilary enjoys working in a variety of settings including children's hospitals (inpatient/outpatient), outpatient clinics, home therapies, and schools. She recently finished her certification in Neurodevelopmental Treatment (NDT) for children with CP and other neuromotor disorders. Hilary has experience in orthotics to improve gait, as well as assistive devices and equipment recommendation for community access. She is energetic and love working with children--they keep me young! Hilary stated, "The uniqueness of each child I've treated over the years has not only been a wonderful learning experience and assisted me to become a well-rounded therapist, but each child and family have blessed me with such beautiful friendships! I am so grateful for that! I have found a home here at Bright Horizon Rehab Therapy because of our abundance of motivated and knowledgable therapists, and because Horizon clinic's one-of-kind, home-like atmosphere. Thank you for checking out our website and I will look forward to meeting you!"


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Thailand has the second-highest level of obesity (8.5% of all citizens) in Asia. The government has increased the tax payable on all products with a high-sugar content.
Malaysia has a whopping 13.3% obesity level, the highest in Asia.
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- Free access to major features, including the Aquaventure and marine exhibits
- 11 pools to choose from, the closest being the Blu Pool
- Close to a large section of Atlantis Beach
- Large suite types available -- great for families or groups
- Clean rooms with contemporary Caribbean decor, iPod docks, mini-fridges, and coffeemakers
- All rooms have balconies –- many with water views
- Close to the casino, Marina Village and Lazy River Ride
- Several restaurants near the lobby with varying prices
- Dining plans available for advance purchase
- Walking distance to a grocery store for essentials
- Free shuttle to get to other areas of the resort
- Right near from the Atlantis library, convention and business centers
- Areas of the hotel, including the entrance, feel outdated
- Expect crowds in the lobby (cruise ship passengers are dropped here)
- Food and beverage prices are very marked up
- Guests can expect to walk a great deal; wear comfortable shoes
- Some rooms show wear and tear and have minor maintenance issues
- The beach area can get busy with jet skis and vendors
- Restaurant and bar opening times may fluctuate
- The pools shut down early at night
- Fees for use of Wi-Fi, the fitness center, and non-motorized water sports
Bottom Line
With 600-plus rooms, the comfortable Coral Towers (formerly the Brittania Beach Hotel) is a section of Atlantis that appeals to mid-range travelers -- mostly families. It's cheaper than the Royal Tower but closer to the action (and crowds) than the budget-friendly Beach Tower. Though decor and amenities are similar to the Beach Tower, Coral offers larger room options, such as the Regal Suite, which has two full bathrooms. It sits next to the harbor (some rear-facing balconies have views of it), and offers easy access to Marina Village for more choice in restaurants, shops and after-dinner strolls among the yachts. In the front is the Paradise Lagoon for non-motorized water sports (for a fee). Expect to pay a hefty fee for just about everything, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime trip for many.
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"In the world of local kid's entertainment, there is no bigger name than The Great Zucchini! You're like a phenomenon ... all the parents know you!"
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"The Great Zucchini is instantly likeable, and effortlessly charming."
- Gene Weingarten, The Washington Post
- Gene Weingarten, The Washington Post
The Great Zucchini has been entertaining young children as a magician and preschool teacher. He performs his hands-on, interactive magic shows for more that 400 groups a year. His experience, coupled with his gentle nature and wacky facial expressions, makes kids immediately feel comfortable and ready to laugh. He will have you laughing at the gags he does to entertain toddlers. We each have different styles, but it does come down to keeping the kids attention and keeping control. If you EVER entertain children, this is a lecture you will want to attend. There is a lot to be learned from studying Eric's approach to entertaining young children. The lecture is free to paid-up Ring 50 members, all other magicians $15 at the door.


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Experience_____________________________________________________________01/07-Present Sole Practioner, Traci B. Taylor, Esquire, St. Petersburg, FL. Plaintiff's personal injury, affiliate attorney of the Law Firm of Kenneth L. Olsen, practicing in multiple areas of insurance defense. 10/01-1/07 Partner, Athanason & Taylor, P.A., Largo and New Port Richey, FLAdministrative partner for a plaintiff's personal injury firm that had two offices and five employees, oversaw all business operations, and handled a full case load of both pre-suit and litigation files. Areas of practice included, automobile accidents, products liability, general liability, insurance coverage issues, and PIP suits. .
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11/95 - 3/97 Commercial Litigation Adjuster, Armor Insurance Co., Tampa, FLSupervised the administration of the Commercial Claims Department, administered all commercial auto claims in litigation and losses over $50,000.00. Prepared reports for the reinsurer.
2/94 - 11/95 Litigation Specialist, All Risk Claims Service, Treasure Island, FLDirected excess and surplus lines litigation claims through out the United States, attended nationwide mediations, settlement conferences, and trials.Types of insureds included college fraternities, trucking companies, fireworks distributors, circuses, and carnivals.
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Fridays at school was always considered not different from Saturdays. Lectures hardly hold so we just gist our time away. I was with my guys discussing about everything and nothing, most of us were sitting on the desk, i was at the extreme. The time was just 9 am. I took a glance around the hall and noticed stella looking at me, we had gotten a bit closer since i ran into her or she ran into me. She was with her girls, the types that when they look at you they see books. I waved at her, she waved back and started coming towards me. She got to where we were sitting, my guys were still talking but an observant me knew they were eagerly waiting to eavesdrop on whatever it was stella was about to say to me.
"Hi" she said
"Hello, stella how far? I asked
"I'm fine and you"
"I just dy, wetin you bring for me?" I asked giving her the mr charming smile
"My humble self" she smiled, a cute smile i observed.
"Well i can manage, lets start with a kiss" I said with a naughty grin as i noticed the tempo in my friends conversations drop, those bad guys..
"Well you can't manage me joor, am enough for you" she said with a fake frown
I smiled and rubbed her hands while pouting my lips "well babe, give me everything"
She laughed and punched me lightly on the chest.
"I wanted to know if you have gone for your medical tests and stuffs" she finally asked
"Nop, i just got my form last week so i just have the x-ray and blood test left to do" i explained scratching my head.
"Well i want to go do mine today, why don't we go together" she said with a little plea in her eyes
I looked up and frowned like i was in deep thought
"Hmmmm, well yea but you have to beg for my company" i said and smiled at her
She bowed and said please
"Bribe me" i winked
She came closer and pecked me, i was shocked but i didn't let it show. At this point my guys almost stopped their fake conversation.
She laughed and i looked at her
"Ok, i accept. Lets go"
she ran back to where her friends were seated and picked her handbag. We both started leaving, steve, one of the guys shouted
"Tochi so you wan carry her go abort the belle for medicals abi?" Everyone laughed
I turned and shouted "your father" at him, put my hands accross stella's shoulders, she slid hers around my waist as we left the hall. I didn't see them but i felt everyones eyes on us…
To be continued…


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Not that long ago in the land of OZ, I posted a squat challenge on facebook and then posted a squat video: https://confessionsofahawaiianprincess.wordpress.com/2014/03/15/squats-away/
My squats in that video, for lack of a better look, reflected how tired my body felt after doing 40 squats. Actually, I wanted to say lazy but realized that's not a very yogi-like attitude.
At any rate, not too long after my first squat video, my friends at Bikram Yoga Glasgow reposted my squat challenge and nine of them clicked like, so I thought this would be a fun opportunity to work at doing the squats to the best of my current ability.
After I did the first video, some people asked me questions about the curtsy/booty busting squats, so I tried to demonstrate them a little more clearly. At one point in the video I show myself doing the squats from the rear. Ideally the back leg will, at some point, rest horizontally on the ground. I'm not there yet, but will be someday.
In another couple of months I'll do another squat video and show the two videos side by side, to show the progression of my squat practice. I'm a fan of showing progress in ways that have nothing to do with a number on a scale and different videos are a great way to show how much stronger my body is becoming. I encourage you to find ways to record your strengthening body. Embrace your body in the now, and celebrate as it becomes more of what you're working for it to become!


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2013 was a massive year for the iPad, both in terms of new hardware and in terms of software. iOS 7 basically wiped the app slate clean, creating a void that thousands of developers all tried to fill. New hardware opened up new options for most developers to exploit with the latest apps. Without further ado, here are my twenty-five favorite apps for the past year. (more…)
With school coming up just around the corner, it is important to have all the tools you might possibly need for the next school year. Nowadays, many students use iPads as a tool in their studies, and for good reason: the iPad has a wealth of amazing apps for education. The following is a roundup of iPad apps that are geared toward, but not limited to, high school students. Find out which apps students can't miss after the jump.
As a user of Twitter, the ability to check my profile on the move is something that's essential. The range of Twitter clients out there for the iPad is huge, but the temptation to stick with the official Twitter app is something that many Twitter users may find hard to overcome. In this article, I'll be looking at a small number of the many Twitter clients out there for the iPad, namely Tweetbot for iPad, Twitterrific and Twitter. Read on to find out how these three apps compare in terms of their user interface and the features they deliver.
Word games have been around for ages and they still live on as strong as ever in today's day and age. The App Store hosts countless games that fit the genre, however it's hard to find ones that truly stick out. This roundup will focus on 10 different word games that are among my favorites as well as other writers' favorites here on iPad.AppStorm. To find out which apps made the cut, read on after the break.
A few months ago, we posted a roundup of eight awesome 8-bit iPad games. Now we're back with eight more awesome 8-bit games for the iPad so you can enjoy even more wonderful, pixel-y goodness. Read more about this new round of retro-inspired games after the break.
Whether you're planning a romantic getaway for two or a cozy night in, Valentine's Day is fast approaching and so we here at iPad.AppStorm have compiled a list of ten apps that will help ensure that your day goes as smoothly as possible.
From music and movies to dating and dining, we've got Valentine's Day covered. Hit the jump to find out more! (more…)
Although developers continue to stun us with intricately made graphics for their iOS games (and boy, do they look great on the iPad's Retina Display), it seems as if everyone, both old and young, still have an emotional attachment to '80s arcadia. Luckily for us, the nostalgic 8-bit art style from this age also translates well to our iPads, and even graces some of our favorite games here at iPad.AppStorm.
In today's roundup, we'll be looking at eight different iOS games that bear the beautiful 8-bit graphics we so love, but also provide hours of exciting playtime. Find out which apps made the cut after the break! (more…)
It's Game Week here at iPad.AppStorm, and all this week we're going to have tons of reviews, giveaways and other good stuff, all centered around the gaming world!
If there is one thing the iPad is good at, it's gaming. The 9.7-inch screen is the perfect canvas for any developer to make a killer game. Since us writers really love iPad games, we cover them a lot. Heck, it's even Game Week here at iPad.AppStorm and iPhone.AppStorm.
With the growing market of games for the iPad, it's quite hard to sort out the good from the bad. Of course, there will always be the classics that we can rely on, but there are tons of other lesser-known games that are just as great. This roundup brings the best of both worlds together. Did your favorite games make it to the top 50? Find out after the break. (more…)
When Apple released the new iPad this past March, its most hyped feature was the Retina display that doubled the screen resolution to 2048 × 1536. The new display looked amazing, but it made nearly all previous wallpapers worthless. Shortly after the new iPad's release, our own Jacob Penderworth delivered a great list of 100 high definition wallpapers. Now that four more months have passed, giving designers and photographers enough time to stockpile their content, we're ready to deliver you with a list of 100 more wallpapers to show off on your iPad.
As someone that loves to constantly change the look my iOS devices, I've spent a great deal of time scouring the net to find great wallpapers. After the break, you'll find a true labor of love — a treasure trove of great wallpapers in a multitude of categories (displayed in alphabetical order), ranging from abstract, black & white, movies & television, nature and scenic (just to name a few). (more…)
Do you also have an iPhone?
If you're the proud owner of a new iPhone, right after your figure out how to add your contacts, make phone calls, set up your email and send text messages, you're going to wonder, "Which apps should I download?"
That's where I come in. I'm here to save you from embarrassment. That's right, because all your already-have-an-iPhone friends are going to bombard you with "Haven't you downloaded that app yet?" until you're fully dialed in. So here are 50 common yet useful and well-known apps to get you started covering many of the bases you'll likely use your iPhone for: social networking, entertainment, news, productivity and more. And the best part? They're all free.
Head over to iPhone.AppStorm and check out the article!
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Apios (Apios americana) is a vine native to the Maritimes and other parts of North America. It produces brown oval tubers, ranging in size from a walnut to about 2/3s the size of a hen's egg. The tubers, which contain three times as much protein as potatoes, have many names including potato bean, hopniss, Indian potato, hodoimo and American groundnut.
The apios plant grows 3-15 feet and winds it way up trees. The plant is related to legumes and fixes nitrogen — so it may help, not hinder, the growth of the plants it climbs on.
The tubers are traditionally boiled. Apparently, some First Nations boiled the tubers and then dried and ground them into the flour. They made something like apios fritters by frying apios dough in animal fat. Another traditional recipe was to roast the tubers with maple syrup.
The only place in the world where apios are grown commercially is in Japan. The plant was introduced accidentally, possibly with apple tree seedlings. For more than one hundred years, apios had been cultivated as a crop.


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If you were going to cast someone for a role called "The Dark Mute," Kurt Sutter might be who you're looking for. That is, if you are looking for a cross between a biker and a medieval warrior, complete with a ponytail, heavyweight tattoos and a smile with a hint of menace.
Sutter, of course, is the creator of FX's long-running intense Hamlet-like biker drama "Sons of Anarchy." When that show squealed to its dynamic halt last year, the writer/producer turned his attention to an even more primitive world: 14th-century Wales. That's the backdrop for the latest series "The Bastard Executioner," which airs Tuesday with a two-hour premiere on FX.
"I've never been a 'Dungeons & Dragons' guy or been to a Renaissance Faire," admits 55-year-old Sutter, "but it's been fun for me to immerse myself in the history of the time."
"The Bastard Executioner" tells the story of Wilkin Brattle (played by Australian actor Lee Jones), a soldier who has grown tired of war during a time of upheaval and rebellion. Along the way, he has become something of an enemy of the state and was intent on going into hiding until he is persuaded by a mystic named Annora. Brattle believes Annora has a divine message for him — to take on the identity of a royal executioner — and soon he finds himself back in the fray.
Katey Sagal, Sutter's wife and a veteran of "Sons of Anarchy," plays Annora. The actress is thrilled by the change in roles.
"For seven years, I played a very dark character, a woman that was defensive and sort of always waiting for the next shoe to drop," Sagal says.
In her new role, it's a wig, peasant clothes "and, thank God, no high heels," she says with a laugh. Since Annora is of undetermined origins, Sagal didn't even have to master an English accent.
Another bonus was "not to be on the concrete of North Hollywood, but in the gorgeous air in Wales," she adds.
Wales was also an attraction English actor Stephen Moyer, who starred as a vampire for seven seasons on HBO's "True Blood." The history geek in him was excited to film at real landmarks like Caerphilly Castle, which was built in 1115.
"The extraordinary aspect of that is that our characters, the way that Kurt has written it, would have been in those castles," he says.
Sutter's quest for authenticity even went to making sure that the characters didn't look like they had been to the dentist.
"After seven years of wearing fangs, I really didn't think I was going to be coming onto a show where we were going to have to have teeth casts," jokes Moyer, who plays Milus Corbett, a devious lord with political aspirations,
The idea for "The Bastard Executioner" came from Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer ("A Beautiful Mind"), who says he was "just fascinated with the whole the premise of an executioner and the moral complexity of that." He took it to FX and they decided it was the fit for Sutter.
"He got excited about the vaguest of ideas and almost immediately turned it into what it is in now," says Grazer, author of the recent book "A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life," in which he writes about conversations with people who inspired him.
Like the Jax (Charlie Hunnam) and SAMCRO (Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original), Sutter sees Wilkins and his warriors as outliers. That's what intrigued him about the series — besides FX didn't want "a show where there's just a head in a basket every week."
Along with offering an "opportunity to work out all my Catholic (expletive)," Sutter hopes "Executioner's" setting "ultimately becomes a backdrop for an interesting character struggle and complex relationships."
As for the role of "The Dark Mute," Sutter — who began his career as an actor — cast himself.
"I am the only one who would hire me as an actor," he deadpans. "Look, acting was my first passion. This role is fun because it is in the background with a limited mythology. I think I end up in five episodes with one bigger than the others."
Like his wife, Sutter didn't have to learn a British accent — or any lines for that matter. He hints, though, that both "The Dark Mute" and Annora will be dropping breadcrumbs throughout the first season to give viewers hints regarding the significance of the characters.
"Sons of Anarchy" was criticized for what some saw as excessive violence. No doubt Sutter, who likes to cultivate something of an outlaw image, invites that to a degree and plans to showcase some of it in "Executioner."
"Nothing wrong with colorful brutality," he reckons. "The violence, as absurd as it could be sometimes on 'Sons,' always came from an organic place and that it was never done in a vacuum, meaning that for every violent act there are ramifications. And I feel like I was able to follow through with that. That's sort of my same mandate here."


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Saturday Events
- 8:15 – 8:45 AM: cooks may arrive to set up your stations
- 9:00 AM: Ladies & Gentlemen…. Light your Eggs! Start up of today's cooking festivities!
- 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM: Various classes showing the versatility of the Big Green Egg
- 3:00 PM: Shut Down your Eggs. (cool down begins, hanging out continues!)
- 7:00 PM: Load Up your Eggs! Pick up of pre-purchased demo eggs.
Germania Park is the official home of the Porkopolis Eggfest! This private park is operated by the Germania Society of Cincinnati www.germaniasociety.com with outstanding indoor and outdoor facilities. The Porkoplois Eggfest will be at the outdoor pavilion. This 50' by 130' pavilion has a bar with 9 taps, bandstand, private restrooms, walk-in refrigerator, ceiling fans, beer garden, play ground, play field, and more electricity than you could ever need! Please join us for an amazing day at an amazing park!


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Paola Builes Aristizábal
Colombian Beauty Queen Paola Builes Aristizábal Stripped Of Crown For 'Lingerie' Pictures.
A beauty queen who was gunning to be Miss Colombia had her hopes shot down when she was disqualified after pictures of her in underwear emerged.
Paola Builes Aristizábal, 21, was named Miss Antioquia on Aug. 10, and that qualified her to compete for the Miss Colombia Crown, according to Bluradio.
But then the purportedly inflammatory pictures emerged, and pageant organizers decided they showed Aristizábal in underwear too racy for contestants to EVER be pictured wearing.


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So I haven't been writing lately. I've decided to create a new blog for all my Brazilian Jiu JItsu experience. It is named Oss and Roll. "Oss" embodies the spirit of perseverance and how someone reacts to pressure. Roll on the other hand would refer to jiu jitsu mat time. I am also busy with some other BJJ related projects that you might want to look into.One of which is Manila Kimonos. So it was really busy for me and I wasn't slacking around at all.
Don't worry this blog will still be getting posts hopefully in the near future.


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My wife and I were in a tough spot with a car that wasn't worth what we owed on it that wasn't going to be big enough anymore for our growing family.
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Automotive Lease Packaging (ALP) has provided novated motor vehicle leasing services to Northern Health (NH) for the past six years. ALP services are provided for NH employees that include quotations, procurement, financing, servicing and vehicle replacements. Services are provided for new and used cars.
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I called up Leon on Thursday morning and told him I need to get into a BMW X5 by Friday night as I was going up to Sydney. Leon organised the finance and got me in the car in time. Unlike the other financing companies I spoke to, he actually spent the time in our first phone call to explain everything, and he also helped guide me through every stage of the process. Could not thank Leon more for all his help.
…Gehan Waduge talked me through the advantages of novated leaseing. Explaining the advantages and guaranteed discounts that would be available through his company's selective negotiation with car dealerships. Initially I found it a bit hard to believe I am usually suspicious and tend to tread carefully but within a short period of time he was able to prove me wrong and trim about $3000 off the price of the vehicle I had pre‐selected … I was soon able to pick up my brand new Mazda from the Melbourne show room with the added beauty that I did not have to sit in a car dealership all day drinking endless cups of coffee while waiting for a car sales person to do the paperwork…


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P90X Protein Bars Review
P90X Protein Bars are good to eat between meals for a lot of reasons. It is now regarded as scientific fact that several small meals during the day are better than 2 or 3 big meals. The saying goes something like, Eat like a King for breakfast, a Prince for Lunch and a Pauper for Supper. Now we know it's best to have all meals about the same with snacks in between. You need to be getting enough carbs and protein. It has to be a good balance. The problem is, most of us gorge for one or two meals a day and then we don't eat anything in between. Then, we are super starving and then we crave bad stuff and eat far too much of it. It's also a fact that the body will go into starvation mode if you aren't feeding it. I'll likely talk about it more in another blog but think of your body as an old Steam Locomotive. The dude (or dudette, to be politically correct) shoveled coal into the furnace to make fire which heated water to make steam to drive the locomotive. If too much coal is shoveled in too fast, it will smother the fire. If not enough is shoveled in, the fire dies. Then, if the fire dies and you shovel too much in, it just sits there with minimal fire. You get the idea right? P90X Protein Bars help fill in the gaps of not eating. If your body doesn't get some food every few hours, it will go into starvation mode. **NERD ALERT HERE** If your body goes into Starvation Mode it starts to shut down non critical systems. You think to yourself, I'm taking in less calories so I'm losing weight. Not so. The Starship Enterprise goes into energy saving mode and shuts down all but life support. No Warp Engines, no holodeck, no replicators, just life support. When you starve yourself, you walk slower, think slower, talk slower, everything gets lethargic and your body thinks you are trying to kill it until you eat again and then, it throws a party, uses what it needs and stores the rest as a reserve. It's something scientists call FAT. You need to eat more often to avoid that and P90X Protein Bars may be your answer.
P90X Protein Bars Flavors
When we first got started with Beachbody Programs, we basically only had one flavor of P90X Protein Bars. We had Cafe Mocha. At our very first Summit they introduced an upcoming flavor of Peanut Butter. We now have 4 flavors. We now have Cafe Mocha, Peanut Butter, Wildberry Yogurt and Chocolate Fudge. I wish I could tell you which one was my favorite but I can't. When I order them, I order the assortment box that comes with all 4 flavors in it. Also, if you get on Home Direct, you can get free shipping. I like reaching into the box of P90X Protein Bars and just pulling out a bar and letting "fate" decide which flavor I get. I also use the P90X Protein Bars as a go to meal sometimes when I'm on the go and know I won't be in a place to make a Shakeology drink.
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Most people don't understand how important it is to put on muscle to keep the calorie burn high but more importantly, most people don't know how to keep it. That includes eating balanced meals and making sure you have enough protein to keep the muscle you have and enough carbs to fuel you through your workouts. Even though they say P90X Protein Bars, you can and should use them regardless of which workout you do. They are constantly working to improve the taste and the formulation of the P90X Protein Bars. We have even heard they may be developing the protein bars to include a Shakeology version. I am excited to see what we have coming up with the new products Beachbody keeps developing for us. It is absolutely great stuff. You can Be a Coach and make a commission anytime anyone buys these great products and save 25% when you order for yourself, or you can be a customer and just order them. There is a 30 day money back guarantee on everything we have. Contact me and let's find out what's right for you and start you on your fitness journey!!


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"On the Wall": Six Fingers in One Hand
Diana Ayyoub, Emirates Today - 30-05-2010
The artist Baseem Rayyes presents in his exhibition (On the Wall), which was opened in Vindemia Gallery, Aspen Hall in Kempinsky Hotel in Dubai recently, the different human cases; so he draws happiness, sadness, worry and fear on his characters' faces which he generally tries to show the separating wall between them but in a symbolic way. Rayyes expresses, in his paintings, on showing how the individual deals with his life and energy, his dreams and sorrows, so he focuses on the nature of life which becomes needy for using the senses and tools we own in order to be able to harmonize ourselves with its development.He often draws the man's hand with six fingers. The Syrian artists expresses the reality in an expressionist style, which may sometimes include some irony, and sorrow, sadness and happiness in other time, but eventually they are all cases which we live in our daily life and stay in our memory. But on the other hand, the relationship among Rayyes's characters, in this exhibition, cannot be established without a separating barrier; he tries to prove, through time which he abbreviates, or actually which humanity abbreviates, how walls started to separate people who are no longer separated by distances. The artist's characters are distinguished by their ability of living freely in the painting; he lets them decide their attitudes, express their feelings ranging from love, happiness and sometimes pain, and interpret their reality _ whether to be closer to each other or further from the time perspective and not distances.
Rayyes gets deeper in symbolism in order to express the problems of society and the beauty of life. He resorts to it so much when he draws humans with six fingers in one hand, two heads or even three eyes. Actually, they are references to the development of society and its needs which may be more than what man owns, so they force him to develop his tools. Colors, which Rayyes uses to draw these scenes are mostly orange, white or green; he focuses a lot on powerful backgrounds then he starts drawing his characters with a lighter or darker degree in order to keep the balance of the color rhythm in his works. Rayyes talked about his exhibition, "wall stores events, and personally, I reconstruct stories and events. I reached a new level of the wall; I do not talk about the wall as a structure but as a concept; the world is continuously connected, and the wall is a separation between characters. We have decreased places but have built the wall of time." Concerning mixing between animals and humans in his paintings Rayyes said, "Mixing between animals and humans is normal; humans cannot exist on earth without animals. There are animals within the wall and consequently this cannot deprive man from his humanity; man is connected to the earth and to everything that surrounds him and cannot be separated from his surroundings. Theory of "killing the parents" is a failure." Rayyes said that he tries to return man to his family in nature, so "as an individual, I was born in old Damascus and was touched with the life there; I lived surrounded by nature and I cannot be away from it." Rayyes considers that the change in humans shape is his distinguished print; he tries, through these shapes, to express what man tries to do; he extends his body to explore everything on earth because the five senses are no longer enough. He considers that humans are developing their conception and consequently developing their tools. Rayyes assures that the painting is an equation consisting of a group of values, and the artists increases or decreases the elements of those values so that he can balance it in the way he wishes. There are paintings which are rich aesthetically but simple philosophically. He finally adds, "My paintings take from the environment in which I was raised; I lived alone for a while, the thing that has been reflected in my works. But personally, I am still exploring because the one who thinks that he has already achieved his goal is actually finished, but who always searches always finds new things."
Syrian artist Baseem Rayyes combines between colors and writing. Beside his artistic works, he writes short stories; he has participated in many solo and group exhibition along with writing where he recently won the third grade in Al-Sharja Arab Creativity Prize for short story for his collection (Tomorrow, I Will Sew My Mouth), which consists of 22 stories, in the 13th year of the competition (2010).
Translated by: Yazan el-Haj
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At Starr Ranch Growers, we strive to be true to ourselves and our customers. By growing and nurturing fruit instead of producing and monetizing we have become a leader in a culture of keeping things simple. By striving to be our best we just so happen to help our customers out too.
Look into the heart of any truly successful company and you'll find a pulse created by family. Sometimes close-knit by ancestry and DNA, and sometimes the products of shared vision and values, it's a solid corporate kinship that blaze trails while holding a solid moral compass.
We believe that one such company is today's Starr Ranch Growers, founded in the heart of Washington's apple country in 1934 by the late Paul "Tommy" Thomas. And as the Starr Ranch Growers family marks our 75th year as a leading fruit grower, packer and shipper, we vow to continue the traditions Tommy learned from his forebears and passed on to successive generations.
Simply put, Tommy was taught to study and learn, work hard and treat others honestly and respectfully. For three-quarters of a century that failsafe formula has worked well not only for our Wenatchee-based fruit company but also for our customers.
A vast fruit universe and a global family form a small world
In those early years the apples were shipped in wooden boxes as well as old whiskey barrels. And, remember sea vessels provided no refrigeration; so the enterprising Mr. Thomas insulated the barreled fruit with sawdust, and during the long voyages the ships' holds were opened to allow cooling.
Much of the apple volume – Winesap Variety! – was grown on the original 300-acre Starr Ranch south of Pateros on the Columba River. Starr was formed by Tommy and other growers in the 1940s, and pears were added to the export manifest.
When the orchard was flooded in the 1960s with the construction of the Wells Dam, Tommy and his fellow partners bought two more 100-acre ranches near Brewster and constructed the first packing plant now known as one of Star Ranch Growers' warehouses.
In the 1970s, after 40 years as a Washington fruit man, Tommy sold his interest in Oneonta Trading to his son Dalton.
At the time, Starr Ranch Growers consisted of fifteen growers packing out of a single shed. Today, there are more than 7,000 acres of orchards and multiple plant locations.