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2017 Wedding Dessert Trends
It's the time of year where we are celebrating new beginnings, and with that comes new possibilities. New plans will be made, foundations will be laid and most importantly many things will be cause for even more celebrations. Throughout the year many people will be getting married and couples will embark on a beautiful journey together. Weddings are essentially a big celebration, and with all parties, come sweets and deserts. Two things that are loved early and highly looked forward to. Whether you're set to have a wedding this year, know someone who is, or if you're a wedding planner looking for ideas, you'll want to keep reading so you know what the dessert trends for 2017 will be.
One thing is certain, that there will be cake there at the wedding no matter what happens. Think of it as the standard issue dessert choice for weddings, it's a tried and true formula which has been going on for years and you can count on it being on the menu in 2017 as well. But let's look beyond the standard tiered cake.
I recently had the opportunity to attend a wedding of a dear friend whom I've known a couple for years and they have been known to try unconventional ideas. The ceremony was beautiful and when the food was served I was surprised that there were a lot of dessert items that were inspired from carnivals and fairs. Cracker jacks, funnel cakes, cotton candies, you name it and it was there! Apparently this is a trend that is catching on quickly and its safe to assume that it will remain popular into the next year as well.
On the other hand, one can assume that an elegant miniature, minimalist approach will be popular as well. Expect to see smaller dessert items such as cupcakes, chocolate truffles, pretzels, macarons and more on the dessert table. The miniature theme is pretty popular in other cuisines as well so expect to see to see that carry over into desserts. Sampling a few miniature desserts is a fun way to indulge, and not feel like you are going overboard!
Another fun idea that is popular is the 'Do-It-Yourself' stations. Everybody has different tastes and preferences when it comes to food, making it hard to cater to them all, especially when desserts are concerned. An easy, yet practical solution is to give the option to the person themselves, allowing them to make the dessert to their liking. I have heard about this idea at a few different weddings, and it sounds very fun twist. Besides, who wouldn't love to see a chocolate fountain! With this option, you can have all sorts of different desserts, fruits, and other options for dipping. You can rest assured that there will be many a satisfied sweet tooth at your wedding if you choose to go this route.
If you're looking to get married and are looking to see what might be trending regarding desserts, then think about serving one (or more) of these options to your guests. Have fun experimenting, and don't forget to taste test before hand – it's the sweetest part!


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Dynamic RSS Feeds
Because I have been harrowing away on another application, I've been working out some different things.
So, I have added Dynamic RSS feeds to the site.
In order to access a sections RSS feed, just replace the word "Content" with "feed" (sans quotes, of course).
The main news feed is https://alterform.com/feed/ , but the other ones are https://alterform.com/feed/Art/ and https://alterform.com/feed/Art/Digital, etc etc.
They're also prettier than your standard RSS feed, so click the links and check them out 🙂
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March 17, 2011 – Nick Engelfried
In Mexico a ban on capturing and exporting wild parrots, combined with a major public education effort, seems to have slowed the rate at which endangered birds are being taken from the wild. Partly thanks to a law passed in 2008, wildlife protection officials reported the number of parrots taken from the wild and sold in Mexico dropped to the lowest level in nearly a decade last year. Conservation groups like Defenders of Wildlife have hailed the trend as a victory for many parrot species.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies ninety-four of the world's 330 parrot species as endangered. Though loss of tropical forests and other habitats is the most important cause of the decline, many parrots are taken from the wild to be sold as pets or to collectors of rare animals. Often these birds are smuggled out of their country of origin under unhealthy and stressful conditions, and as many as three-quarters of parrots taken from the wild end up dying during transit. In countries like Mexico the international parrot trade has helped push many rare birds near the brink of extinction.
In 2007 Defenders of Wildlife published a report documenting the impact of the parrot trade in Mexico, and arguing that the capture of wild parrots threatened the country's natural heritage. The next year the Mexican government passed a law prohibiting the capture, import, and export of all of Mexico's parrot species. However the new law was just the first step toward ensuring a future for these birds—conservation groups have had to work with the Mexican government to ensure enforcement of the law while educating the public about the importance of parrot protection. Defenders of Wildlife used posters, radio, and even children's books to spread the word about how ordinary people can help protect parrot species.
Though the parrot trade in Mexico continues illegally, the new law and public education efforts have already had an effect. This is good news not only for the more than twenty parrot species native to Mexico, but also for parrots in other parts of Central America. In Guatemala, which shares a border with Mexico, the parrot trade has been illegal for a long time and poachers have smuggled parrots into Mexico for sale. Now that selling wild parrots is banned in Mexico as well, there will be less incentive for parrot poaching in Guatemala and other nearby countries.
While Mexico works to save parrots within its borders, pet owners in the US can also help fight the illegal parrot trade. Before purchasing a parrot as a pet, Defenders of Wildlife urges owners to seek out documentation proving the animal was either bred in the United States or imported legally after being bred in another country. All imported parrots should come with permits showing US Fish and Wildlife Service approval—a parrot that does not come with such forms may have been captured from the wild and imported illegally. Parrot breeders in the US should be able to produce written records showing when the bird was hatched and where it came from. Again, parrot sellers who cannot produce such records may have come by their birds illegally.
Mexico is home to twenty-two of the more than three hundred parrot species in the world, ranging from the magnificent scarlet macaw to the tiny yellow-naped Amazon. Mexico's diverse assortment of natural ecosystems—which includes lush tropical forests, mangrove wetlands, mountainous areas, and deserts—has made it a good habitat for a large assortment of parrots, including some found nowhere else in the world. Species like the Mexican parrotlet, maroon-fronted parrot, and red-crowned Amazon live only within Mexico's borders.
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Temperature Control Demonstration Unit.
Temperature Control Demonstration Unit Technical Description This training system provides a comprehensive experimental introduction to the fundamentals of process control using an example of temperature control. All components are clearly laid out on a vertical front panel. The large-format process diagram provides an aid to understanding. The system comprises two water circuits. In the secondary circuit fresh water is heated up by a heat exchanger. The temperature is measured by an electronic temperature transducer at the fresh water outlet. The outlet temperature of the fresh water is regulated by the flow rate of warm water in the primary circuit. The primary circuit comprises an electrically heated tank, a pump and an electromagnetic proportional valve as the actuator. Both circuits include variable-area flowmeters. The controller used is a state-of-the-art digital industrial controller. A ball valve in the secondary circuit enables defined disturbance variables to be generated. The controlled variable X and the manipulating variable Y can be tapped as analogue signals at lab jacks. This enables external recording equipment, such as a plotter or an oscilloscope, to be connected. An instrumentation and control software with interface module (USB) is available as an accessory. This enables the key process variables to be represented, and control functions executed. The well-structured instructional material outlines the technological fundamentals and provides a step-by-step guide through the experiments.


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Chief Justice of India TS Thakur said on Friday that evening courts will be revived across India to deal with the more than three crore pending cases that have built up because of more than 4,000 vacancies in district courts where 2.7 crore cases are awaiting disposal.
The evening courts will help clear the backlog by hearing and disposing of petty cases such as those involving traffic challans and violations, said Justice Thakur.
At a Supreme Court Bar Association event on Friday, Justice Thakur said: "The 13th Finance Commission had cleared Rs 500 crore for the creation of morning and evening courts. However, very little of it was utilised and a large chunk had was returned to the government because the advocates did not cooperate and resisted."
However, the chief justices of India's high courts have decided to revive the courts, with financial assistance from state governments, according to the Hindustan Times.


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Given how popular both PDF and Microsoft World document file formats are, you'd think there would be a super simple way to convert PDFs to Word documents on macOS straight from the PDF file itself. Unfortunately, that's not exactly the case.
The main benefit of turning a PDF into a Word file is that it makes it easy to edit and format in Microsoft Word. When you're done editing it in Word, you can always convert it back to a PDF file via the Export function under the File tab.
To convert your PDF to a Word file, you'll need to use some extra tools. Here are three different ways to do it.
How to Convert PDF to Word Files Using A Free Web-Based Tool
The easiest and fastest way to convert a PDF to a Word file that you can open on your Mac is by simply taking advantage of one of the many free web-based converter tools that are out there. There are lots of them out there, but for this article, we'll be using Smallpdf.
Smallpdf's PDF to Word converter tool is free to use but offers many more tools and features with its premium plans. Two plans are available at $8 a month on the web or $12 a month on the desktop and web (plus a 14-day free trial for both plans).
Open the Finder on your Mac, navigate to the folder where your PDF is saved, select the PDF file and drag it into the blue space on the web page.
Alternatively, select Choose File in the blue space on the web page to open a file upload window, select the PDF file from the appropriate folder and then click Open.
If your PDF file is stored in your Google Drive account or your Dropbox account, you can click From Google Drive or From Dropbox in the lower right corner of the blue space to open Google Drive/Dropbox and select the file directly from your account to upload it.
It might take several seconds or longer for the conversion progress to be completed depending on the size of your file and your internet connection.
After the conversion is finished, select the down arrow beside the file name to instantly download it as a DOCX file.
You can also select the envelope icon to generate a link on the web, the Dropbox icon to save it to your Dropbox account, or the Google Drive icon to save it to your Google Drive account.
How to Convert PDF to Word Files Using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC for Mac
It turns out that it's possible to covert a PDF to a Word file directly from the PDF document itself — but only if you're using a premium Adobe Acrobat Pro DC plan. This plan offers a complete PDF solution for both Windows and Mac starting at $15 a month with a seven-day free trial.
We'll be using the free trial version of Adobe Acrobat Pro DC in the following steps.
Click the blue Start free trial button followed by the Get started button.
On the following page, enter your email address into the field labeled Enter your email and then use the dropdown list to select the plan you'd like to sign up for (monthly, prepaid annual, or annual paid monthly).
Click the blue Continue button when you're done.
Don't worry, you won't be charged until your seven-day trial is up. If you just want to test it out, you can cancel the plan before the seven-day trial is up to avoid being charged.
On the following page, create/sign into your Adobe account by entering your password.
Enter your payment information on the next page and then click the blue Start free trial button.
Once your payment information has been accepted, click the blue Get started button.
Acrobat Pro DC will begin downloading to your Mac. Once the download is complete, double click on the downloaded file to start the installation and follow the instructions.
When the Acrobat Pro DC Installer window appears, enter your email and password and then click the blue Sign in button.
Answer the questions that Acrobat DC asks you, using the dropdown list to provide your answers. Click the blue Continue button when you're done.
Click the blue Start Installing button. The installation might take several minutes.
Once the installation is complete, the Acrobat Pro DC application will automatically open. Select the Open File button to select the PDF file from a folder on your Mac.
In the vertical menu on the right of your PDF file, select Export PDF.
On the next page, make sure that the Microsoft Word option is highlighted in blue. Optionally select the gear icon to make adjustments to your DOCX settings.
Click the blue Export button and then use the next window to choose where you want to save it on your Mac by clicking the recent folder suggested or the blue Choose a Different Folder… button.
Optionally rename the file and click Save. Once the conversion is complete, the file will automatically open in Word.
If you don't want to pay for Acrobat Pro DC after your free trial is up, you can cancel your plan by navigating to account.adobe.com/plans, signing into your account, navigating to the Plans tab, clicking Manage plan and then clicking Cancel plan on the following page.
How to Convert PDF to Word Files Using An Existing Application on Your Mac
The final method involves using an application that comes already installed on Mac computers called Automator. This application is used to help you automate certain tasks by creating workflows.
Although it won't convert PDF files directly to DOC or DOCX file formats, you can use Automator to save PDFs as Rich Text files (TXT), which you can then use to open in Word.
The following instructions apply to Macs running on macOS 10.4 or later.
Select your Applications folder to open it.
Select the Automator application, marked by the robot image.
In the window that asks you to choose a type for your document, select Workflow and then click Choose.
In the vertical column farthest to the left side of the window, select Files & Folders.
Now in the vertical column in the middle, click on Ask for Finder Items and drag it into the open space to the right of it. You'll see a new box appear inside of it.
Now go back to the column farthest to the left again and select PDFs.
In the vertical column in the middle, click on Extract PDF Text and drag it again into the open space to the right of it, beneath the other box. Another box will appear.
In the Extract PDF Text box, select Rich Text instead of Plain Text for the Output.
Click File > Save to give your newly created workflow a name and select the File Format dropdown list to select Application instead of Workflow. Then you can save it anywhere you want on your Mac.
Go to the folder where you just saved the workflow app and double click on it. (It should appear as a robot icon.)
A file opening window will pop up.
Select your PDF file and then click Choose. The PDF file will automatically be converted and saved as a Rich Text document in the same folder where the original PDF file was saved.
Right click on the newly created Rich Text document, hover your cursor over Open With and select Word.
Whenever you want to convert a PDF to a Word file, you can use the workflow application you created in the above steps. Consider keeping it on your computer so you don't have to create a new one every time you want to convert a PDF to a Word file.


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1. Re: Is this Tech Preview best run under macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or 10.12 (Sierra)?sshetty Jul 19, 2017 10:15 AM (in response to megadeth769)
Thank you giving the Tech Preview a try, your inputs and feedback is surely valuable.
Glad you like the new interface.
We want our users to try this both on Sierra and High Sierra and let us know how they like the new features and in case of any concerns.
As for the Multimedia Audio Controller we will test this out and check what's best we could do.
Keep you feedback coming!
2. Re: Is this Tech Preview best run under macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or 10.12 (Sierra)?stefanpmac Aug 22, 2017 6:13 AM (in response to megadeth769)
I run the Tech Preview on Sierra to run a High Sierra Beta VM (for some reason the latest version of Fusion doesn't like High Sierra).
So far, it's all good with exception to the messages on startup that the VM was unable to boot off the primary volume or the network, but then boots anyway? I am not sure if this is a VMware issue or a High Sierra one.
3. Re: Is this Tech Preview best run under macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or 10.12 (Sierra)?wila Aug 22, 2017 7:50 AM (in response to megadeth769)
I was hoping that installing the updated VMWare Tools would resolve the missing Multimedia Audio Controller issue that's occurred since installing Windows 10 Creators Update (1703).
In another thread they reported that the easiest way to fix this issue is by removing the audio controller from the virtual hardware and then adding the audio controller again.
They even mentioned that you could do so with the VM running IIRC.
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Boulevard Smokestack Series Imperial Stout - 2014
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Style: Imperial Stout
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Like India Pale Ale, the classic Imperial Stouts were originally brewed with high levels of alcohol and hops to withstand the rigors of a long sea journey, not to India but to Imperial Russia and the Baltic States. Our version is an over-the-top riff on the style, with a huge grain bill featuring several kinds of malted barley, wheat, rye, oats, and spelt. Robust grain and coffee flavors are counterbalanced by date and plum notes from the Scottish yeast. To add extra complexity and depth, this Imperial Stout is made up of a blend of freshly brewed beer and several barrel-aged beers, carefully balanced. Za Vas!
Color (EBC) 282
Bitterness (IBUs) 63
Original Gravity (Plato) 22
Terminal Gravity (Plato) 6
Alcohol (ABV) 11.0%
CO2 - Bottles / Cans 2.8 vol. (5.6 g/l)
CO2 - Kegs 2.8 vol. (5.6 g/l)
Sensory Profile
Aroma Rich malts, chocolate/coffee, bourbon, oak, vanilla
Malt Roasted, chocolate, caramel
Hops Supporting bitterness, some spicy/herbal flavor
Balance Malt, barrel character
Body Full
Malt: Pale Malt, Amber 50, Cara 120, Cara 300, Malted Wheat, Chocolate, Roasted Barley, Chocolate Rye, Malted Rye, Golden Naked Oats, Flaked Oats
Adjuncts: Dark Brown Sugar
Hops: Magnum, Citra, Palisade, Perle, Athanum
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W.W. (Jake) Benfield Jr. and Donnie Warren Benfield of Gastonia celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary with a family dinner on May 1.
The couple was married in York, South Carolina, on May 1, 1954.
They have two children, Dean Benfield, and wife Carroll, and Brenda Benfield Stillwell, and husband Randy.
Their grandchildren are Joshua Dean Stillwell, and wife Haley, and Wesley Scott Ledwell. Their great grandchildren are Parker Timothy Stillwell, and Kennedy Grace Stillwell.
Jake retired from Pharr Yarns and Donnie retired from Wix Filters.
They are members of Calvary Baptist Church, Calvary Baptist Church Young at Heart, Lowell Masonic Lodge #590, and Order of the Eastern Star.
Their hobbies include beekeeping, gardening, and hunting deer and wild turkey.


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They are the victories that shocked the world, ushered the west into a new era of populist, anti-establishment politics and defied the odds, experts and opinion polls. But what does the Trump victory mean for Brexit and the balance of power in Europe?
- Will Trump's support for Brexit lead to a new kind of 'special relationship'?
- UK needs to pursue a strong relationship with the new administration to put pressure on the EU for a good deal.
- Isolationist new president leaves the future of NATO and EU military cohesion at risk, to Putin's gain.
As the European continent enters a new age of uncertainty in the wake of Donald Trump's victory in the race for the White House, attention is turning to the consequences for 2016's other shock result, Brexit.
The question has risen as to how the positions of power have shifted around the UK and EU negotiating table and, with many other factors at play and political turmoil abroad, whether the UK can expect an easy transition out of Europe.
It was widely expected that the Clinton administration would have put pressure on the EU to go soft on the UK, offering essentially a better deal in return for maintenance of good relations with the US. All this is now off the table.
A recent NASDAQ poll found that 94% expect the US election to strengthen the case for a hard Brexit, an economically damaging severing of ties with the EU trading bloc, while 74% said it would make the EU more likely to compromise in Brexit negotiations.
It was a great honour to spend time with @realDonaldTrump. He was relaxed and full of good ideas. I'm confident he will be a good President. pic.twitter.com/kx8cGRHYPQ
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) November 12, 2016
In Quotes: Donald Trump on Brexit
- Shortly after the Leave result on the morning of June 23rd, Trump called a press conference to praise the "great thing" that the people of the UK have "taken back their country."
- The then-unlikely Presidential nominee partly blamed Barack Obama, saying "I was surprised that President Obama would come here and be so bold as to tell the people what to do and I think that a lot of people don't like him and I think if he had not said it I think your result might have been different, but when he said it, people were not happy about it, and I thought it was totally inappropriate."
- "I actually think that his recommendation perhaps caused it to fail," Trump told the press conference.
- Donald Trump described himself as "Brexit plus plus plus".
Just arrived in Scotland. Place is going wild over the vote. They took their country back, just like we will take America back. No games!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 24, 2016
Brexit Britain and Trump's America – kindred spirits?
The reaction to Trump's election result in the UK was the same as anywhere else in the world. The world's fifth largest economy rooted for Clinton and reacted with horror to the outspoken Trump's remarks on Mexican "rapists" and pu**y grabbing.
But the hard truth is that the UK government cannot afford a frosty relationship with Washington as it burns bridges with its neighbors. Remain voters will have to swallow the potential that the Trump-Brexit association could bring or it could find itself isolated.
An Era of Uncertainty
Donald Trump's opposition to NATO and the EU in general presents further problems for Europe. An isolationist policy plays into the hand of Putin, weakening his principal opposition to expansion and influence,
The Trump victory has come at the worst possible time for France, with a general election on the horizon and an upswing for France's own political pariah, Marine Le Pen.
Félicitations au nouveau président des Etats-Unis Donald Trump et au peuple américain, libre ! MLP
— Marine Le Pen (@MLP_officiel) November 9, 2016
In an era of uncertainty for Europe, there are many possible ripples from the arrival of this most unexpected of US leaders. What is certain is that the balance of international power has been dealt a blow in 2016 that may come to shape the rest of the century.


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Winter is prime time for camp seekers. So many families are exploring options and trying to determine which camp(s) will be a best fit for their children's needs and interests this coming summer. There are camp fairs, camp talks, camp open houses, and a whole host of camp and camp-related events—all in the interest of helping parents and guardians and their campers to find a just right camp for this coming summer. There's no shortage of opportunities to learn more about camp!
Today we highlight two important regional resources who support families of campers with serious allergies and asthma and one national one:
The Allergy and Asthma Foundation, New England Chapter is sponsoring a talk for parents tonight at Newton Wellesley Hospital. Nat Saltonstall, President of the ACA New England Board of Directors and Director of Beaver Summer Programs in Chestnut Hill is on the panel and so are Will and Sandy Rubenstein of Camp Wingate*Kirkland, an overnight camp on Cape Cod. For families in Boston's Western suburbs, it's great to have an opportunity to discuss this important topic in person. And, for those who cannot attend tonight, the Asthma & Allergy Foundation, New England Chapter is sponsoring another talk in late February—this time at Salem Hospital on the North Shore. Jason Sebell, Director of Camps Kenwood & Evergreen (ACA Accredited overnight camps in NH) will be a panel member for this opportunity. See the details on our Event Calendar.
Specifically with regard to serving campers with food allergies in summer camp settings, we link to the work of Dr. Michael Pistiner, a local pediatrician and food allergy expert
and great friend and supporter of summer camp and creator of AllergyHome.org a site designed with parents, camps and schools in mind. In this excellent post, Dr. Pistiner offers help with the camp planning process for campers with food allergies.
And for excellent articles and updated information on this critically important topic, we also highlight our favorite national source, the American Camp Association, which offers these educational resources for camp professionals and families of children with food allergies.


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In the last six months, I've done 79+ interviews, articles, and guest posts for the launch of Contagious You. Have you seen them? Many of them you can find on my Articles & Interviews page.
In the meantime, here are seven you may enjoy:
In the last six months, I've done 79+ interviews, articles, and guest posts for the launch of Contagious You. Have you seen them? Many of them you can find on my Articles & Interviews page.
In the meantime, here are seven you may enjoy:
With Contagious You coming out tomorrow, we've had questions on what's the difference between this new book and Contagious Culture.
If you've already read Contagious Culture, Contagious You is a great next step. It will introduce you to new frameworks, help you strengthen your IEP and influence, build more of your field, lead in new ways, integrate this content with your team and relationships, work better with "George," and even invite "Georgette" to shift (if s/he wishes and if you're an "invitation"). If you ARE George (and hey, we all have our "George/Georgette moments"!), this book will help you explore why, what, and how you might shift if you want to have a different impact and/or feel better doing so.
I've talked with several people and organizations this quarter who are stressing about pipelines, culture, and organizational results. These three things go together. They all effect each other. And they're a big opportunity to reboot, remember, and revise.
In times of stress it's more essential than ever to remember the why, the who, and the intentions behind it all. It's also when it's most essential to take excellent care of ourselves. We can't do our best work, or bring in our best business, or have our best impact when we're "in scarcity," stressed, and scared.
Last year I went to the doctor for my physical and was told that while my all systems were running awesome (BP, blood work, etc. – thank God), my BMI (body-mass-index) put me in the "high" category – had I tried exercise? My body fat was 20.5% at the time (healthy), I exercised five days a week, prioritized sleep, and ate super clean 93% of the time (wine, chocolate, and a really good taco are necessary pleasures in my world), and I felt great. I was grateful I understood BMI. I was also grateful that my body felt solid, that I felt healthy, and that I knew I was taking care of myself. That was my measurement.
Recently I was asked to consult with an organization to help them shift their culture to one of greater health, leadership, productivity, and morale.
The team pulled together consisted of several thought leaders from different industries, some of the organization's leadership, several of their employees, and me.
It was a powerful group.
After digging in and assessing what was up in this particular organization, we found some very rich and delicious low hanging fruit.
The organization originally thought it was going to take lots of money, initiatives, tools, training, and all sorts of new skills and magic to make the changes they wished for.
For some of the suggestions we unearthed, money, initiatives, tools, training, and all sorts of new skills and magic would work, be helpful, and in the end be very cool. They'd also take more collaboration, more money, more time, and more planning. Some of them they came up with I'd file under "let's check culture change off the list" things -- so we tossed those.
All good. They chose to do some of the highest leverage and well intentioned initiatives.
But, here was the real magic. Some of the highest leverage things they could do were actually "none of the above". They were free, easy, and effective.
And, even better, they could be implemented immediately.
The catch? They did require awareness, intention, attention, and of course... a decision to Show Up.
Want them? Here you go... don't underestimate the power of simplicity...
Moving fast, jumping from meeting to meeting, focusing on the past and the future -- but not the now, is one of the most challenging epidemics we've got going on right now in the land of leadership and "humaning". Slow down. A little goes a long way.
Breathe. No matter what's happening, breathe. Notice where your body is right now. And then be IN it. In this moment. This is all you have. (Yep, reading this, with me, all you have. Right now.) Give this quality of presence to yourself, and to whomever you're with, and you open up more space, clarity, connection, and ironically more resourcefulness and therefore productivity.
It's fairly easy to get so caught up in the day to day that we forget WHY we do what we do in the first place. This is low hanging fruit and incredibly powerful fuel. It doesn't have to take a lot of time or energy to access. You need awareness and acknowledgement to cross the bridge of purpose.
Remember WHY you're doing the work you do in the first place. Help your employees connect to WHY they're working with your organization, how their impact matters, and how their job ties directly to the mission and what you're all there to do.
You expect the best -- or simply A LOT -- from yourself and others. And then, when it happens, you move to the next without acknowledging the win, the who, the what of what's just occurred. The train keeps going... but no one feels seen, appreciated, valued, or acknowledged. Boo. This counts for you too. Self-appreciation is gold (and free) here. Even in the failures, especially in the failures, there is treasure in acknowledgement.
Let your people know you care about them. Acknowledge and honor wins AND fails -- and especially the risks taken -- even when they didn't net out so hot. (That risk could have taken your company or relationship to the next level so keep the energy moving and the gates open for more inspiration and risk.) And of course, you too. The more solid your own self-appreciation and self-care, the stronger your energetic field, and the better you are for them.
Worth addressing?
Go get it.
This article first appeared on Inc.com on February 27, 2017.


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This is one of the photos that I took last week whilst being driven home.
I think that it's mostly due to processing, but I like how bright the sky appears in comparison to the arch of Anzac Bridge, as well as the road.
I like that the cables don't appear to be even in their positioning of the photo due to what lane we were in when I took this photo.
I also like the mix of the subtle and bolder colours in this shot.
I think that angularity and shape are quite prominent in this photo, but they don't dominate the scene as this still feels very much like a scene captured rather than a photo purely about pattern and perception.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy.


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HPF The Mineral Engineers Quarzwerke GmbH, Frechen, Germany, will introduce the kaolin-based additive TEC 110 which has been developed to improve the mechanical properties of elastomers.
A silanized variant of this product also makes it possible to cut down on the additional use of flame retardants. The strength of elastomers is increased by the mineral filler Chinafill which is said to be superior to precipitated silicas, while providing similar property improvements, and in the calcined state has been successfully used for permanently elastic seals. This product, too, is based on the mineral kaolin.
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Many sites are designed to shift according to the viewers resolution instead of being locked into a single one. I think going for that design so the google ad can be better placed. The Map should be directly along side the list of tagged members. With the Google Ads to the far left, and right of the site, sorta bookending it.
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|華氷 Kahyō
|Kakashi Hiden: Lightning in the Icy Sky
|Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 (Mentioned)
|Appears in
|Novel, Game
|Kekkei Genkai
Kahyō (華氷, Kahyō) is a member of the Ryūha Armament Alliance. She later becomes the warden of Hōzuki Castle.
Kahyō and her older brother, Rahyō, were born in Kirigakure. Because her ancestors were conquered by Kiri, Kahyō was distrusted by the village and considered expendable. After Kahyō married, she and her husband chose to leave Kiri in order to escape this mistreatment. They settled in the Land of Waves, hoping to find freelance ninja work. Although they did indeed find work, they were no more respected there than in Kiri. Disheartened, Kahyō's husband turned to drinking and eventually drowned in a stupor.
With her husband gone, Kahyō stopped pursuing ninja work, instead choosing to support herself and her son, Hakuhyō, by doing odd jobs. The jobs were boring and didn't pay well, but Kahyō was satisfied because nobody got hurt. But one day, while Hakuhyō was playing in the woods with a friend, the two were attacked by hornets. Hakuhyō used the Ice Release he'd inherited from his mother to save his friend, not worrying for himself. The friend, scared of Hakuhyō's ability, abandoned him.
When Hakuhyō didn't come home that night, Kahyō went looking for him. She asked the locals for help but, having heard from Hakuhyō's friend about her Ice Release, they would tell her nothing. She eventually found Hakuhyō alone and in desperate need of medical attention. She tried to find a doctor, but all of the Land of Waves' doctors had been hired by the Allied Shinobi Forces to assist in the Fourth Shinobi World War. So Hakuhyō died, and Kahyō became convinced that no amount of effort would allow her to escape the world's cruelties. When the war ended, she and Rahyō joined the Ryūha Armament Alliance in the hopes of rectifying this.
Kahyō has long, curly hair. Her shinobi-attire consists of snow-white clothes and a mask with a hook-pattern on it. In disguise, she wore a long, blue dress.
Kahyō has shown to be a very skilled kunoichi being able to go head to head with Kakashi Hatake, the Sixth Hokage, and surprising him on several occasions. Her power was also enough to humiliate the Fourth Raikage in a training bout. As further testament of her skills, Kakashi recommended that she be put in charge of the Hōzuki Castle.
Nature Transformation
Kahyō is able to utilise the Ice Release, by simultaneously combining the water and wind-natured chakra to produce ice. Through the use of her kekkei genkai, Kahyō can freeze moisture in the air to form ice swords, which she can form from great distances. She is also able to freeze targets to death by causing ice particles to form on their body either remotely or through physical contact. The technique is very useful in neutralising shinobi and is on par with the Fire Release: Heavenly Prison.
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Kakashi Hiden: Lightning in the Icy Sky
Main article: Kakashi Hiden: Lightning in the Icy Sky Naruto Uzumaki assaults the Armament Alliance's compound in the Land of Waves to capture Garyō, its leader. Kahyō tries to defend Garyō, but the Naruto she directs her attacks at ends up being a shadow clone. She realises this in time to block Naruto from escaping with Garyō. Garyō tries to convince Naruto to let him go by, among other things, telling him how Kahyō's son died. Naruto shares his condolences, but it doesn't change his belief that the Armament Alliance's terrorist activities are wrong. Sai swoops down and, despite Kahyō's efforts to stop him, flies away with Naruto and Garyō.
Two months later, Kahyō, Rahyō, and the rest of the Armament Alliance come up with a plan to have Garyō released from the Blood Prison by hijacking the Tobishachimaru, an airborne ship. Kahyō poses as a regular passenger in order to get aboard and is assisted by Kakashi Hatake, one of the Konoha-nin providing security. She plants ice particles on him in case she'll need them later. After the Tobishachimaru takes off, Kahyō secludes herself in a bathroom stall while Rahyō and the others begin the hijacking. When members of the security detail confront Rahyō, she remotely freezes them to death.
Kahyō hears someone moving in the air ducts running throughout the ship and attacks them with shards of ice. This dislodges the duct, dropping the person, Kakashi, in front of her. Kakashi recognises her from their earlier encounter and believes that she is hiding from the hijackers. He takes her with him to find a safer hiding spot. Kahyō pleads with him to have Garyō released so that Rahyō will not need to kill any of the passengers as he's threatened to do, but Kakashi explains that he can't do that. He promises to save as many as he can before leaving her in an out-of-the-way location.
Kakashi and his cohort, Might Guy, soon set off exploding tags in an effort to force the Tobishachimaru to land, but Kahyō quickly stabilizes the ship and puts out the flames. She changes into her combat attire, dons a mask, and joins Rahyō, who is now fighting Guy and Kakashi. Kahyō trades attacks with Kakashi, who does not recognise her because of the mask, but does know who she is from Naruto's report about when he met her. Kakashi sympathizes for the death of her son, but argues that it is inevitable that a shinobi will lose somebody they love. Kahyō retorts that the deaths of fellow shinobi are one thing, but that the death of her son is an innocent life that can't be compared. Kakashi points out that the Armament Alliance is now threatening to kill the innocent passengers aboard the Tobishachimaru.
Kahyō becomes angry by Kakashi's observation and performs Ice Release: Earthen Consecutive Chains of Ice, which starts spreading across the area, engulfing everything it comes into contact with. Rahyō tells Kahyō to stop and, when his order is ignored, he knocks Kahyō unconscious. Though the Chains of Ice disappear, a hole is left in the floor and the different pressures between inside and outside start sucking out those on board. Kahyō's mask is blown off while this is happening, allowing Kakashi to see her face before he too is blown from the ship. When Kahyō regains consciousness, she plugs the hole with ice.
One of the passengers pleads with Rahyō to release her son, whose asthma is acting up and has lost his medicine in the hijacking. Rahyō contemplates allowing the boy to die as a form of payback for the death of his nephew, Hakuhyō. Kakashi reveals himself and pleads with Kahyō to let the boy leave with Sai, who helped him get back onto the Tobishachimaru. Rahyō, frustrated by Kakashi's return, attacks him. When Kakashi begins defending himself, Kahyō activates the ice particles she planted on him earlier to prevent him from using chakra. With Kakashi neutralised, she overrides Rahyō and allows the boy and his mother to go with Sai. When another passenger complains about this "special treatment", she freezes him to death.
Kahyō shares her history with Kakashi so that he can understand why she's doing what she's doing. Kakashi has no response to the cruelties that she's experienced or the senselessness of her son's death, and is silently taken away. As the Tobishachimaru nears the Blood Prison, Rahyō and the rest of the Armament Alliance begin outfitting the remaining passengers with parachutes, seemingly so that they can disembark safely. Kakashi, having escaped his confinement, confronts Rahyō, explaining to the passengers that the parachutes are loaded with explosives that will detonate when they reach the ground. He tries removing some of their parachutes, but the ice planted on him by Kahyō still impedes him.
Kahyō questions Rahyō about whether Kakashi's accusation is true, to which Rahyō reluctantly says that it is. Saddened, Kahyō attacks Kakashi but her ice projectiles miss and Kakashi, in his counter, discovers the ice binding him is gone. He attacks her, but stops short of killing her, realising that's what she wanted. Kahyō admits that Kakashi's earlier words have been resonating with her, but only now has she become convinced that she was wrong. As she starts articulating her regrets, the Tobishachimaru begins to sway from all the damage it's received and a fire breaks out. While Kahyō focuses on extinguishing the flames, the ship heaves and Rahyō is flung overboard. Kakashi is unable to save him and Kahyō cries out in despair.
The damage to the Tobishachimaru causes it to rise higher and higher into the sky, which will eventually kill everyone on board. Kakashi convinces Kahyō to help him stop this and save the passengers by puncturing the helium sacs that keep the ship airborne. Once this is done, the Tobishachimaru starts plummeting to the ground and Kahyō uses her ice to hold the ship together and ease its fall. It works, but this rapidly depletes the moisture in the air until she can no longer make ice, at which point the ship starts tipping again. Kakashi leaps through a hole in the hull out into the clouds the Tobishachimaru is falling through and uses Lightning Release: Purple Electricity to induce rain.
Now able to make ice once again, Kahyō stabilizes the Tobishachimaru and lands it near the Blood Prison. Several passengers are injured in the crash, but none are killed. The Konoha ninja who converge on the wreck take Kahyō into custody on orders of the Fifth Hokage. Because of how many passengers died because of the Armament Alliance, Kahyō should be sentenced to death. But Kakashi proposes that Kahyō instead be given life-imprisonment on the condition that she become warden of the Blood Prison and use her ice to keep the prisoners in check. The Fifth Hokage agrees to this on the condition that Kakashi become the Sixth Hokage. Kahyō vows to accept this assignment if that is what Kakashi asks of her, so he officially takes on the title of Sixth Hokage.
A few months later, the Five Kage visit the Blood Prison to render final approval of Kahyō's position as warden. When Kahyō humiliates the Fourth Raikage by freezing off his beard, the other Kage decide that she is more than qualified. In time, Kahyō writes a letter to Kakashi, telling him that, although she is constantly busy with her duties, her heart is finally at peace.
- Kahyō is mentioned in Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 in a side quest in the Shikamaru's Tale Adventure Mode DLC. It is revealed that shortly after she took over as lord of Hōzuki Castle, the number of secondary offences within the prison had dropped significantly. As a result, Shikamaru suggests that Kakashi send her a gift to reward her for all her hard work.


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WherePalazzo Strozzi
CategoryModern & Contemporary Art
Good To KnowOpen also Mondays, Open until Late
March 19, 2016
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The exhibition From Kandinsky Pollock. The Art of the Guggenheim Collections at Palazzo Strozzi brings to Florence an extraordinary collection of European and American modern art from the period between the 1920s and 1960s.
More than 100 masterpieces – paintings, sculptures, and photographs – from the Guggenheim collections in New York and Venice give the visitor the opportunity to compare essential works by European artists like Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Man Ray and Lucio Fontana, with those by renowned American artists like Jackson Pollock, Marc Rothko, Wilhelm de Kooning, Alexander Calder, Roy Lichtenstein and Cy Twombly.
The exhibition is extraordinary not only because of the works that are on display but also because of the historical connection between Palazzo Strozzi and Peggy Guggenheim: it was here that she decided in 1949 to show part of the collection in Europe, which eventually became the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.


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I was walking through a forest with my dog one summer morning, around 10am, when I looked up through the trees and saw an enormous figure staring my way. Our eyes met during the piercing "crack!" of a twig breaking underfoot. With the sound still fresh in our ears, our two sets of eyes propelled into each other. This was the first time I had seen a spotted owl outside of captivity. Our stares remained locked until a sound echoed through the woods from behind the grand bird, and it whooshed its gaze away from mine and turned its head to look.
I collect various owl figurines which strike me in one way or another. A lovely friend of mine recently gifted these to me:


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Identifying Dark Matter Subhalos with Fermi
Nestor Mirabal, NASA/GSFC (USA)
Roberto A. Lineros, IFIC CSIC/UVEG
The all-sky coverage and unprecedented sensitivity of the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard NASA's Fermi satellite is producing the most detailed inventory of the gamma-ray universe from about 20 MeV to more than 300 GeV. This remarkable dataset provides an unprecedented opportunity to understand the demographics of gamma-ray point sources and could help us achieve a major breakthrough in physics beyond the Standard Model. I will describe the great promise of machine-learning algorithms in identifying potential dark matter signals in the Fermi catalog.


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Rome, Munich, the French Riviera -- all European bucket list spots renowned for their history, their culture, and their affinity for chain smoking and tiny cars. But you know else they're known for? Overpriced everything. And hoards of visitors blocking your view of tired tourist traps with their iPads.
Sure, you'll want to visit them eventually -- just to say you did -- but why not make your next vacation about avoiding those crowds and saving money at the same time? To that end, we mapped out eight under-the-radar alternatives to popular European destinations, based on the kind of activity you're looking for. Adventure sports, wine tastings, the beach?! These secondary spots are equally as awesome, just a whole lot cheaper.
Credit: Flickr/Cameron Rogers
For Beer
Instead of: Munich, Germany
You're hitting: Prague, Czech Republic
Thanks to Oktoberfest and its many medieval breweries, Munich is synonymous with beer. Prague is poised to knock it off its suds-soaked throne, however, not just because of its illustrious brewing history (the original Budweiser, called Budvar -- from Prague), but also because this city loves it some brew: It boasts the highest consumption of beer per capita in the world, at 39 gallons per person. Meanwhile, nearby Plzen (where they invented Pilsner, mind you) is home to Pilsner Urquell and throws a massive two-day festival celebrating the stuff.
Plus, the point of this entire exercise: Beer in the Czech Republic is literally CHEAPER THAN WATER (at least a bottle of Fiji) at less than $2 per half-liter. Czech it out at U Fleku, a brewpub that's been around since 1499, or the annual 17-day Czech Beer Festival.
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For Beaches
Instead of: Italy
You're hitting: Croatia
Just across the Adriatic Sea from the Big Boot, Croatia features miles and miles of similar crystal clear waters and white sandy beaches, as well as dozens of little isles like the beautiful Paklinski Islands near Hvar. And you can visit it all on the cheap, too: an average day in Croatia, including hotels and meals, will set you back around $65, compared to around $105 in Italy.
While you're here, check out Yacht Week -- a series of wild, week-long parties on rented boats.
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For Partying
Instead of: Ibiza, Spain
You're hitting: Riga, Latvia
Riga might not boast Ibiza's beaches, but the Latvian capital is fast becoming famous for having the best club scene and most debaucherous parties in all of Europe. Plus, with cheap booze, Eastern European beauties, 20-hour summer days, and parties that basically never end, you'll be converting to Latvian Orthodox before you know it. Also, there are lasers.
The Old Town is packed with pubs, clubs, and bars -- all lubricated by the notorious Riga Black Balsam, a Latvian herbal liquor often mixed with vodka or schnapps. On average, a local beer here will set you back between $1 and $3, a cocktail between $2 and $5.
Credit: Flickr/Lars Plougmann
For Adventure Sports
Instead of: Interlaken, Switzerland
You're hitting: Bovec, Slovenia
Due to a strong Swiss Franc, Switzerland is consistently an expensive vacation destination. For an adrenaline rush that doesn't come when you get the check, though, visit Bovec (Eastern Europe's adventure capital) and the surrounding Triglav National Park. Where a white-water rafting trip will set you back upwards of $110 in Interlaken, it'll only cost you $40 in Slovenia.
Not only that, the Soča River beckons with kayaking and hydrospeeding, and the nearby Alpine mountains are prime for canyoning, rappelling, rock climbing, hiking, and biking. Oh yea, and skiing in the winter. Cementing itself as a well-rounded adventure town, there's also paragliding, bungee jumping, and ziplining. All at a fraction of the cost of visiting Switzerland.
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Gout Cure: A Verified All natural Gout Diet
Gout diet is focused on controlling the uric acid in one's body. Gout is a type of arthritis that now you might get when the the particular crystals in the acid will end up far too much. The delimas of the crystals to increase change from one one individual to another. There are various causes which could lead to one suffering from gout: grow older, lifestyle, girl or boy and genetics are a few of the actual known leads to. Recent surveys show that diets could sometimes cause gout; as such it is important to maintain healthy diet plans.
Exactly what can a Gout Diet Do? As mentioned previously, gout is brought on by too much uric acid in the particular human body which forms small uric acid in the actual joint. These kinds of tiny crystals result in intense gout as a consequence of irritation of the crystals. Continual gout in addition leads to build up of the crystals by the body processes bones, when this happens, to be able to may result in hard working liver failure, discussed destruction and kidney stones. In vengeance of the seriousness of the gout, it is vital to be watchful to halt the actual disease via further evolving by way of a specific gout diet.
- When the disease enhancements, you will subsequently be suffering from rigidity, swelling as well as using up up of the joint parts.
- When you find yourself referred to a physician, he can look at the diet as part of the gout treatment.
- A gout diet consists the specific intake of meals with low purine such as beef, seafood, beans, peas, liver along with dried beans.
- Studies show which a proper gout diet must have 30 % as well as less calories.
- If you decide to consume specific food merchandise, it is best to consume just one with under ten percent.
Fact, the complete eating habits should include fruits, cereal products, intricate carbohydrates and veggies. If you want to eat beef, then it needs to be trim meat, poultry as well as soy. Preserving a rigorous gout diet will make sure which you do most certainly not suffer gout and could assist you in getting completely healed from that. Observe that gout can easily re-occur in the event that it is not treated, that is the main reason it's very necessary to provide you with on a gout diet as quickly as possible.
Is an Advantage There are a Lot of Treatment Alternatives for Gout
Considering treatment treatments makes sure that anyone do not suffer from some other health issues. Keeping a Proper Gout Diet In accessory for getting much less protein additionally much more dairy, there are lots of stuff that it is possible to do to ease obtaining gout arthritis: Firstly, you must figure out how to have a rigid gout diet as well as drink a lot of water, while staying away from alcoholic beverages. It is vital to avoid dehydration simply because excess h2o in your body will take away the extra uric acid that produces gout arthritis.
You need to stay on your diet mainly because it promotes a healthy bodyweight that is very important. Research has revealed in which fat everyone is very likely to a gout arthritis attack. For the reason that when you are over weight, someone add excess stress on your joints. It will be frustrating to adopt a gout diet as it usually means changing your eating habits, and altering recipes which can be very difficult in order to stay on. In the event you actually want to maintain a healthy as well as endurance, then this is the better way to go.
Some of the foodstuff you are allowed to eat are generally avocado, guacamole, black cherry and also celery. A gout diet is absolutely not too shabby diet in the end. Additionally, make sure that the food in the diet tend to be high in supplements and bromelain, and also incorporate a blueberry enzyme since it may cleanse the urate from the human body. In bottom line, the best way in order to avoid obtaining gout osteoarthritis is become sustaining a rigid gout diet and prevent consumption of alcohol. By doing this, you will reduce possibilities of getting the disease.
Alkaline is the Opposite of Acidic So You Want to be Eating Food that is Less Acidic
Your body works at its best if it's slightly alkaline and also when you have a higher body pH after that it helps reduce Uric acid as the uric acid becomes more soluble and easier to discard coming from your body.
Most popular remedies for gout consist of the administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDS like ibuprofen, indomethacin and naproxen. Nonetheless, aspirin is just not utilized given that it could boost uric acid preservation. But these drugs usually are not really efficient and possess undesirable unwanted effects such as stomach pain, bleeding and ulcers.
Many men and women will combine chopped garlic cloves with black cherry juice as well as beverage this on a daily basis in buy to be able to defend against their gout signs.
Corticosteroids are Prescribed for Extreme Situations of Gout
Allopurinol, probenecid, and colchicine obtain employed to assist you ease gout and lower the possibility of getting a recurrence. Click this link (internet site) to find out strategies to fully utilize treatment to your gout pain.
- Reviews indicate that almost 1% of all the adults may show symptoms of gout at some point in their lives.
- Departed untreated, frequent attacks of gout might lead to joint deformity and harm to other organs in some cases.
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Anything Else I Need to Know?
Yes. While a low purine diet can be very effective if followed properly, there are very many more things to take into consideration when getting rid of your gout. For instance, your weight, our health, entire body pH, family history, existing medications, etc. As well as getting rid of the signs and symptoms you need to prevent your gout returning, because recurring gout can lead to permanent joint and kidney damage.
High purine diet consists of the following types of food: all red meat, offal, game, gravies, poultry, roe, anchovies, shellfish, sardines, herring, mackerel, peas, lentils, beans, mushrooms, cauliflower, asparagus, yeast. Avoid alcohol, especially beer.
Colchicines may also be turned for you to when anti-inflammatory prescription medication is incompetent at manage the actual signs. To help you stay away from upcoming episodes, typical ingestion involving reduce dosages associated with anti-inflammatory drug treatments plus colchicines might be encouraged via doctors, in addition to medicines that will decrease the manufacture of urates.
Several people have the impression that the curse of gout can be an entirely self-inflicted condition experienced by over eating and over indulging, much like royals as well as the aristocracy with old. Nevertheless this is is not the whole story as we now know.
Traditional Gout Solutions Could be Come to Higher Control Aches Through Assaults
Additionally they help limit the amount of symptoms, and also stop potential kinds. Substantial doasage amounts associated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory prescription medication is actually one of the most well-known remedies regarding gout. A medical expert can also suggest treating corticosteroid in the affected location.
Alvin Hopkinson is a leading researcher in the area of natural remedies and gout cure. Discover how you can get rid of your gout permanently using proven home remedies, all without using damaging drugs or drugs. Visit his site now at http://www.goutremoval.com If you enjoyed this writeup, you might also like: Reduced Uric Acid Diet.
Tens of Thousands of Sufferers Search the Internet Every Single Day for Gout Aid
Many people are looking for a cure and others are looking for simple ways to ease the intense pain. Whatever your case is, you have come to the right stop. Because you are about to learn a minimum of 5 secrets most doctors would never share with you.
- Cherries treatment is a good choice for a lot of patients for many reasons and the most popular is that it is natural and free from side effect.
- As for the choices, you can either drink the liquid form in juice from cherries or the less popular solid tart range.
- In both cases, immediate relief was experienced by many patients.
And here's where your natural gout diet regime comes into play: Purines, as well as present within our body's chemistry, also occur in our food at varying levels. So now you can see that the more food you eat made up of high purine levels, the more chance of high uric acid, and thus gout.
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- Are you aware that today over 66 million people have arthritis or chronic joint pain?
- Normally, that is roughly one in three people that are suffering from arthritis at this moment.
- That is almost as large as the populace of Virginia...times 10!
- Do you think the chronic joint pain caused by arthritis is reserved for the elderly?
- It isn't limited to those that are older.
- Arthritis has an effect on all ages.
- There are nearly 300,000 children in the usa with some form of arthritis or rheumatic disease.
- You happen to be one of the privileged who is not currently suffering from arthritis, don't believe that it is not affecting you.
- Arthritis costs the U.S. economy $86.2 billion annually.
- That is not a mistake.
- The cost to the country is in the billions of dollars each year.
- I know several people whose lives are impacted by arthritis and also related diseases.
- My wife is one of those.
- Kim continuously experiences joint pain as a result of arthritis and lupus.
- She takes medications daily and frequently visits doctors and physical therapists in order to cope with the hurting.
Surgeries Also Have Taken Place in the Past
Do you know someone with arthritis? You might be surprised at what he or she has to go through to deal with the hurting. You could also be surprised at the limits that places on daily living. I decided to make a difference. I became a volunteer for the Arthritis Foundation. They are the only national not-for-profit organization that supports the more than 100 forms of arthritis and related conditions with advocacy, programs, services as well as research.
- They partner with organizations to offer exercise programs and courses specifically for those suffering from arthritis.
- They offer these programs in my own hometown of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
- Each year the Arthritis Foundation holds walks across the country to raise funds and attention.
- My group, the Pain killers, took part in the Fredericksburg Arthritis Walk this past May.
- We helped raise more than $33,000.00 in Fredericksburg for the Arthritis Basis.
- I encourage you to honor that person you know with arthritis by helping with the Arthritis Walk in your area.
Get Your Friends as Well as Coworkers Involved as Well
There are many ways to get involved. You will make new friends and have fun while working to eliminate the no 1 cause of impairment. Treatments for gout are effective in giving fast relief of pain, and can reduce the appearance of the gout attacks without side effects. Gout is treatable, gout can be preventable. And remember that once having suffered a gout attack, you're more likely to have recurring gout. People suffering from gout are at risk of developing more severe conditions, such as kidney stones.
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Some variables which can make you much more prone to gout certainly tend to be a top meat/high alcoholic beverages diet plan, or it could be a health-related situation for example diabetes. Men and women that are fond of eating foods with high purines like shellfish, caviar, sardines, and anchovies are also likely to possess gout.
Reddening-this is a Simple Side Effect of the First Two Mentioned
With time and without proper care this "beast", as it may also be termed, can be particularly dangerous and in the long run cause extreme pain and take care of immobility of the body. Many have taken in order to healing gout remedies but if not read carefully, many of the prescribed antibiotics have long term side effects that are preferable to avoid. Many are suffering from natural gout cures such as natural drinks, alkaline water and other such profitable packaging in which do aid but not solve the problem.
- However, it is important that you speak with your doctor before you try any remedy for gout assault treatment.
- Make sure it is safe so that you can use the method before you do.
And if all you are doing is getting rid of the symptoms of gout, only for it to go back over and over, it can cause joint damage and kidney problems down the road. The objective should be to get rid of your excruciating pain quick, and, at the same time put items in place to prevent it returning.
Purines are At the Heart of Your Gout
And so a minimal purine diet is a key part of one's gout remedy. Purines in your body provide the protein and energy you need. But during the process the purines breakdown, forming uric acid as a byproduct. When there is too much uric acid for your filtering system to deal with, the excess uric acid forms into crystals in your joints, causing your gout.
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Star fruit - This spectacular star formed fruit when cut into slices this shape becomes far more noticeable. It is commonly obtainable in most American grocery stores as well as beneficial to reduce symptoms of gout and Knee Pain. Getting this particular fresh fruit seasonally is actually another great option for ensuring the vitamins and nutrients are certainly not degraded caused by prolonged storage. Star fruit is too expensive especially if not in season in that case try another fresh fruit instead.
Gout Diet Foods that You Should Eat are Not as Rare as You Might Think
Many people look at the list of foods they should no longer eat and begin to wonder if there is anything left for them to eat. There are quite a few foods that can still be loved by a person that is affected with Gout Treatment.
- One of the best foods doctors have found to work almost immediately it reducing the pain of a gout attack is crazy or black cherries.
- This is because they have a specific material known for reducing uric acid levels quickly.
- Not only should you eat all of them raw, you should fruit juice them freshly and drink one to two glasses a day.
An Episode of Painful Swollen Joints is Much Better Called Gout
Quite often referred to as gouty joint disease, it really is extra generally than not a type of arthritis. Though the big toes tend to be one of the most often affected joints, any joint inside the body can get the immediate and extremely painful attacks of gout. Swelling and inflammation will often be felt within the affected regions as well.
These are a few of the finest types of fresh fruit for gout settlement and adding them into your diet is a great way to relieve gout symptoms and potentially get rid of the problem entirely. The fresher you can buy and take in the fruit the more effective the results will be. Within just a few days you can observe the significant gout and Knee Pain relief.
Some of the most effective gout attack treatments that have been reported are applying ice, eliminating alcoholic beverages, diet customization that will include a low sodium diet, increasing water intake, losing weight and exercising regularly.
Additional gout normal remedies that one could test consist of keeping away from booze. Consuming a lot of booze considerably raises the quantity of the uric acid in your body. In addition, it impacts the correct operating of the lean meats together with filtering system. Rather, it is possible to consume genuine dark cherry liquid mainly because it helps with protecting against gout assaults.
One particular of the very best organic gout cures that men and women usually neglect is consuming a lot of h2o per day. We all know that drinking water allows get rid of our technique so by flushing out your abnormal uric acid which is responsible for gout we are able to stop gout attacks. Consuming water also assists a person who is hoping to shed bodyweight to control their appetite. Chubby men and women are far more susceptible to gout so drinking drinking water has more than just a single gain.
The most effective treatment for gout and Knee Pain is altering our lifestyle habits which include our own food intake, addictions and exercise. Believe it or not there are reports that show that many fruits can help alleviate the symptoms of gout and other forms of arthritis simply by eliminating uric acid in our system. Now here are some suggested fruits that will certainly allow you to experience gout reduction, read it now and know which fruit essentially work for you.
Freshly made juice is always good for health but for dealing with gout try several home made fruit juice made from raw vegetables. All you need is a mix of cucumber juice, beetroot juice and carrot juice, the mixture does taste good but here you need to forget the taste and pay attention to the uric acid level which will definitely go down because of the cleansing effect of the juice.
- Gout is the most intense form of arthritis and it develops when the level of uric acid in the body are high.
- Typically, a gout attack affects the big toe first, you will experience excruciating pain if the surface is bad.
You may also decrease your current meats absorption simply because beef is loaded with plenty relating to elements in which boost the quantity of urates in your body. You may want to think about having a smaller amount of purine-rich foods just like don't forget your asparagus, anchovies, caviar, crab, body organ beef, weeds, peas, in addition to pinto beans.
Gout is the widely referred to as the gem induced arthritis, this is when the term Gout crystal comes from. It is almost always characterized by the depositing of crystals in joints and tendons in one's foot. Gout may also be genetic, specifically in the event that there's a history as part of your family with men and women having one of these illness particularly. Gout is more likely to have an effect on men rather than women. It typically happens throughout middle ages for men and also right after menopausal for females.
This is a Form of Arthritis that's Marked by a Sudden Sharp Joint Pain
The condition could involve any joint though mostly it begins with the big toes or around the feet. The joint parts that are involved turn out to be swollen and painful, the skin around turns shiny and red. An attack can last 10 days if not treated. In addition to joint pain, there may be an ulcer or lump development under the skin. Kidneys can also be damaged when involved. An understanding of this disease is important for keeping gout out or in finding gout cures.
- Drinking plenty of water and avoiding drinks high in sugar which can increase weight are good for relief.
- There are also two major drugs that can help reduce attacks.
- Included in this are Allopurinol and also probenecid, these people directly lower uric acid levels in blood.
Cherries - One of the most typical and well-liked fruit that people eat for gout relief due to the fact this certain fresh fruit has amazing gout relief qualities. It would be good if you're able to have them freshly gathered due to the fact the gout relief elements and nutrients continue to be strong.
Cherries are also beneficial in gout cure try to eat bing cherries to help reduce your own uric acid levels.
There are various ways to achieve a more alkaline body but probably the easiest is to drink alkaline (ionized) water which is water with extra o2 in the form of OH-, not O2. It's described as being lively as well as much tastier than regular water, and you can cook with it.
Apple cider vinegar has been used down time for all manner of hardships, including gout, as well as has proved to be pretty effective.
This is Not a Permanent Solution to Cure the Gout
So that is why some doctors prescribe some kind of drugs and medicines to lower down the uric acid degree in the blood of the body. This is also not a permanent gout therapy. To find the permanent result you should change your diet and lifestyle. Diet plays a very important part to reduce the level of uric acid in the blood vessels. And this is the most safest and effective method to get rid of the gout problems.
Terms of gout, it is believed that, when drunk, apple cider vinegar changes your blood pH in a way that helps to alleviate high uric acid blood levels. But it is also being used to deal with the swelling and painful pain of gout, when applied directly to the affected area, e.g. gout in the foot.
- Strawberries - Having fresh strawberries is a fantastic gout cure that actually works great.
- When achievable try to get them as fresh as you can to be able to still acquire all their therapeutic components and full nutrients.
- Purchasing them if they're in season is a good way to make sure they are high quality.
Such a Low Uric Acid Diet Will Certainly Go a Long Way to Help Relieve Your Gout
But, there are so may other factors that influence a good outcome. For example, although diet is very important; your weight, general health, body pH, family history, drugs, etc., all contribute to the gout.
You can find out exactly how to do this with an easy, step-by-step natural gout remedy report that thousands of ex-gout victims around the world have successfully used. And it doesn't matter if you have gout toe, ankle or knee etc., this record has every thing covered.
- The tight gout attack treatment for you might not be the same as it is for someone else you know.
- However, there are a few different ways your doctor will likely begin your course of treatment.
- Generally, the first is in order to modify your diet.
- Reheat the mixture if you need to and repeat.
- Remember not to use boiling water.
- And test the heat prior to deciding to put your foot in.
Another Simple Remedy is to Neutralize the Uric Acid
As you remember from science class, bases will neutralize acids. Therefore, one quick remedy that you can immediately try is a baking soda remedy. Just about all you need to do is combine a fifty percent tsp. of cooking soda (a base) in 8 ounces of water and drink up. You can look at this remedy at least 4 times per day during attacks. Remember that baking soda does contain sodium though!
Through this example, it is very important then to determine the type of kidney stones you are suffering from in order to determine the type of food you should eat. Following that, it should be additional decided which of the foods belonging to a food group is rich in purine. By doing this the treatment of any type of kidney stone will not result to increasing the level of uric acid that may later form into uric acid gout crystals.
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I don't know how to say this…
Between the weird CGI adjustments to make old people almost look young and the terrible CGI blood, this is one the worst movies I have ever seen.
Imagine the characters from Polar Express acting in a gangster movie. Imagine a dozen old washed up actors taking their last breath while relying on CGI to make them look younger.
It was creepy and cringeworthy throughout. I will use this movie as an aid in sleep tests to make sure the patients are in the deepest stage of sleep possible.
It was 3 hours of superficial movie making by forcing every bit of film used to make it into the final cut.
How is this movie directed by the same guy who directed The Departed.
Still stunned…
This movie was very difficult. I have never reviewed a movie without watching every minute of it. This movie took me 3 days to watch. IT WAS OVER 3 HOURS LONG!!! People making 3 hour movies better have a damned good movie on their hands or they should be put in jail.
There were glimpses of genius in this movie. The scene where Al Pacino was in prison being confronted by "Tony Pro" played by Stephen Graham. That was grade a script, world class acting and a well shot scene. If you combine all of those scenes from the whole movie… you will have a 17 minute movie. I would much rather watch that. If you threw some credits on the front and back you could have a solid 25 minute short.


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Thailand's Drivers Continue to Drink and Drive Despite Strict "No Drunk Driving" Campaign
BANGKOK – Thailand's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation today released the latest figures of traffic fatalities for the last five days of the weeklong "No Drunk Driving" campaign.
In total, the department said 367 were killed, and 3,342 were injured in the first five days of the week-long campaign to stop drunk driving.
Only yesterday which was the fifth day of the campaign, there were a total of 445 traffic accidents on highways and roads across the country.
A total of 87 people died and 465 were injured, drunk driving is blamed as cause of most fatal accidents.
Chonburi province in the East has the highest accumulated death toll of 31, while Chiang Mai has the highest accumulated traffic accidents of 129 cases.
Motorcycle remains the vehicle that involved most road accident or 84.06% of total road accidents.


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Deadlines, family commitments, and some technical difficulties have delayed our May dip into the LOAC Wheel of Fortune, but it's not like we forgot or anything, believe me!
Since May is the fifth month of the year,. we opted to look at all our releases to-date that have a "5" in their volume number — that encompasses "Volume 5s," "Volume 15s," and in the case of Dick Tracy, even a Volume 25! For the first time, if memory serves, we're also including a pair of 2019 releases in a Wheel of Fortune population, since both Spider-Man and Donald Duck celebrated their fifth volumes (in Donald's case, his fifth volume of dailies).
So here's the population, eleven titles strong:
Looking at the list, I found a few surprises in it — I didn't realize we finished the Al Williamson run on Corrigan before our seventy-fifth release, or that Bungle Family (which is still fresh in my mind, a testament to the quality of the strip) fell into our first hundred books. Anyway, here it is, loaded into the Wheel and ready for a big spin:
And this month's featured title is <insert drum roll and dramatic pause here> …
A real pleasure to see the Wheel bring up LOA (as we like to refer to it), since in my opinion this is one of our consistently-best, yet perhaps most-underappreciated series. In one pithy sentence: Harold Gray knew how to tell a story. And he moves to a near-novelistic approach beginning with the tales in this particular volume, which marks the end of Annie's first decade and the beginning of its second.
This volume opens with one of LOA's most-reprinted continuities: the saga of the blind fiddler, "Uncle Dan." Annie and Sandy team up with him during one of those periods when gal and dog are on their own, and the trio run afoul of that snake-in-the-grass agent, C.C. Chizzler. (I said Gray knew how to tell a story — I didn't say he was subtle!) These strips formed the basis of a Cupples and Leon collection, a Big Little Book, and a turn-of-the-21st-Century Pacific Comics Club paperback.
Annie and "Daddy" Warbucks reunite just in time for Christmas, 1933, but happiness doesn't last long as the continuity we called "Bleek House" unfolds over the next twelve months. Have Annie's real parents — Boris and Libby Bleek — found their lost daughter at last? Can they separate her from her beloved "Daddy"? Where do the unctuous Phil O. Bluster and Warbucks's staunch friend, Wun Wey, fit into the picture? How does "Daddy" end up behind bars? And why is he penniless by the time he is once again a free man? It's a compelling, entertaining read, and our collection includes another excellent Introduction from Gray scholar Jeet Heer, plus information about the Little Orphan Annie radio show and motion picture of the period.
Annie and "Daddy" are both shining examples of qualities we associate closely with America, but which are really universal, and universally admired: the willingness to stand up for the downtrodden who are mistreated by those in power; quick wit and ingenuity; the ability to successfully collaborate with others, or call on a a core of self-reliance that sustains when other, less hearty souls have abandoned the cause. I may not always agree with Harold Gray's politics or positions, but I greatly admire the way he crafted and grew these two characters, who often remind us of the best to be found in the human condition.
Of course, we have since published many more LOA volumes, carrying Annie, her friends, and family through World War II and into the 1950s. Throughout the years and all their attendant trials, she remains what Dean has dubbed her: America's Spunkiest Kid. There are many high points in Annie's long-running narrative, but if you're interested in sampling one slice of it, you can't go wrong by picking Little Orphan Annie, Volume 5 — and you may decide to come back for more!
Speaking of that, rejoin me in this space in just a few weeks for our June spin of the LOAC Wheel of Fortune …


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Have you ever had an idea for a card that you thought would be really cool if you could make a card for Redemption? When you're having your quiet time in the Bible, do you ever get distracted because the scripture sparks a cool card idea? When you're playing the game, have you ever thought that your favorite deck or theme is missing an ability that would really make it fun or help you deal with a certain problem? Having visited the card creation section of the message boards I know we have a lot of creative players out there with good ideas. Now is your chance to make that great idea a reality!
How do I win?
This summer Cactus Game Design is giving two players a chance to create their own Redemption card! What will it take to be one of three lucky players? First you'll have to show up at the Redemption National Tournament. If you haven't heard about it yet, you can find the details here. Next, you'll need to win the Type 1 – 2 Player event, Type 2 – 2 Player event or the Booster Draft event. The National Champion in each of those three events will be allowed to submit their own card design to be printed and released in the new set the following year!
- Winners will need to submit their card ideas by October 1st, 2015.
- Winners may make any existing card type they wish, except a Dominant.
- Submitted cards will be put through the normal testing an development that all cards go through. Play testers will work with the winners in an attempt to keep the integrity and effect of their card true to the original intention. We cannot guarantee that the card will be printed exactly as it's submitted.
Q and A
Let me take a moment to answer questions that I'm sure will come up.
Q? – Why not allow the winners of all 7 categories make their own card?
A. – This is new territory for us and we want to make sure it's manageable. If it goes well, it's something we'd like to do in future years too. We might be able to expand or change to other categories but it's too early to tell.
Q? – My favorite category is one of the 4 that doesn't get this special prize. How did you decide on the categories you chose?
A. – We chose Type 1 – 2 Player because it is the largest and most popular category. We chose booster draft because it is also a very popular category that traditionally uses the new cards released for the first time at the National tournament. We've also added Type 2 – 2 Player to accommodate people who only desire to play Type 2.
Q? – What if the winner is already a Redemption Play Tester? Don't they already get to create cards?
A. – While Redemption Play Testers do get to create cards, there are limitations and restrictions on what they are allowed to create and include in each set. For example, if a play tester submitted an idea for a David reprint for The Early Church set it would not have been included because the set design was using Heroes from the early church era. The only limitations being put on the winner is that card created conforms to the current card types and it cannot be a Dominant.
Q? – Why aren't we allowed to create a Dominant.
A. – For power level and game balance we cannot allow Dominants. They are one of the most difficult card types to balance.
It's time to fine tune your Type 1 or Type 2 deck, hone your drafting skills and start brainstorming card ideas. What will you create if you win?
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