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- Sutton Group Realty
Spring into the Spirit: Share your News and Promote Events
Updated: Dec 14, 2018
Canada – Each week, Sutton Spirit promotes the volunteer work and charitable projects of Sutton Brokers, REALTORS® and staff across Canada. This free service is designed to raise community profiles in a meaningful way. Studies show that not only does it feel great to give back, there are also marketing and networking benefits. You can make connections with people who share similar interests and build a positive reputation.
Consider these ideas to enjoy the warm weather while supporting worthy causes:
Join in fun runs/walks, golf tournaments and cycling fundraisers such as the Big Bike Ride benefiting the Heart and Stoke Foundation.
Host a dog agility event and collection donations for a favourite charity.
Sponsor a child to attend summer camp (e.g., SPCA pet-focused camps, YMCA- YWCA adventures, the Canadian Cancer Society's Camp Goodtimes).
Host an office barbeque and donate the proceeds.
Follow your passion; volunteer with your local art gallery, community centre, youth sports programs, therapeutic riding centre, etc.
Check your local listings for unique charitable projects.
Explore "voluntourism"; many tour companies combine international travel with opportunities to build homes, teach English, protect endangered animals, and more.
Some of the offices and individuals featured on Sutton Spirit have told us that clients and REALTORS® have contacted them specifically because of our stories highlighting their projects. Others have reported that the coverage helped to increase participation or boost donations.
Contact us to write your story for you free of charge. Our writer will follow up to gather a few details, comments and a photograph or two. (Photo tips: Ideally, take photos outdoors and, for large groups, ask participants to stand close together.) In most cases, it requires no more than 10 to 15 minutes of your time.
All Sutton Spirit stories are distributed to media and Sutton members in the region. Our site www.suttonspirit.com is an online archive, making it easy to share social media links. We also produce an annual magazine, which is delivered to all Sutton offices.
What are you waiting for? Giving back can be enjoyable and rewarding!
Sutton is a 100% Canadian-owned and operated company with more than 8,000 REALTORS® in over 200 offices nationwide. To find out more about Sutton, visit www.sutton.com. To learn more about Sutton Spirit, visit www.suttonspirit.com.
Sutton Group Realty Services Ltd. Contact:
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Making creative, engaging content and interactive experiences – that's what the creatives from advertising agency 72andSunny work on daily. Uber, Adidas, IKEA, and Axe are just some of the companies they've worked with. For Amsterdam Light Festival, they will create their first light artwork.
Outside their day jobs in Amsterdam, the creatives like to engage in art projects to expand their skills and interests. "We have never worked in this capacity as artists before. Therefore, we're very excited about using our combined skills and knowledge of coding, design, and communication to create an engaging piece of light art." The collective draws strength from their wide range of backgrounds and disciplines. "We came together mutually inspired by past editions of Amsterdam Light Festival. Immediately, we had a desire to get involved and test our skills and imagination."
The creatives don't particularly see light as any different to any other medium they work in. "Whether it be paper, digital or light, the most important thing is always the concept behind the work," the collective tells. However, they do see a unique role for light as an art form.
As technology advances, the results can become even more impressive, economical, and sustainable, the collective thinks. "We hope that the future will bring even more light art for the world to see, so we can learn to discuss abstract ideas together."
72andSunny Creative Collective consists of a creative team of writers, designers, and makers, and is part of the Amsterdam hub of the international marketing, advertising and design agency 72andSunny. The creative agency has offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Amsterdam, and is known for its optimistic and daring campaigns.


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But elected officials, developer deny accusations
by Judy Walton | Chattanooga Times
Free Press
A Nashville watchdog group has its bristles raised over political donations made last year to seven Hamilton County commissioners and the county mayor by a Chattanooga Lookouts owner and his business partners.
The Beacon Center, a nonpartisan, free-market research group, believes the donations in November indicate groundwork laid for special tax breaks for a new Lookouts stadium as part of the redevelopment push in the Southside.
"It is no mystery that the leadership group of the Lookouts is trying to use taxpayer money to fund their new stadium, and these odd maximum donations make it appear that they are trying to secure that money through the County Commission," Beacon Center spokesman Mark Cunningham said in an email.
"If put to a referendum vote of Chattanoogans, we believe a new taxpayer-funded stadium would fail. The Lookouts ownership group knows that too, so that is probably why they are attempting to go through local governments instead."
But several elected officials said no one from the Lookouts has talked to them about the stadium, and they ranged from wary to adamantly against using public money to benefit a private business.
They cite varied reasons for the donations, from personal friendships to their vote last October to rezone property where a stadium owner and his partners wanted to build a landfill.
Lookouts minority owner John Woods, a Chattanoogan who now is a wealth manager in Atlanta, said he has business interests here and donates to lots of people.
In this case, he said, he and his partners in the landfill — Charles Lind, Charles Hunt and Greg Krum — gave when the commissioners were starting their fundraising for the 2018 election.
That was a few weeks after commissioners' controversial 7-2 vote to rezone the partners' property in Birchwood for a construction and demolition landfill next to one that closed.
Lind is the owner of CWL Construction and Krum owns Tennessee Waste Haulers Inc.
Woods said the donations had nothing to do with the Lookouts stadium.
"We're not trying to leverage a new stadium," he said. "I think it's unfair what some people have said we're trying to do for the Lookouts."
At the same time, he said, tax money invested in the Southside will be repaid in multiples from increased property and sales taxes in the redeveloped area.
A redevelopment plan adopted by Chattanooga and Hamilton County governments calls for a massive makeover with upgraded infrastructure to support extensive new residential, business and commercial development and includes the possibility of a Lookouts stadium.
"We're a long way from a new stadium, but the message has got to be out there: We really need to get that Southside redeveloped," Woods said.
Who got what?
Campaign finance records show seven commissioners and Mayor Jim Coppinger received donations totaling $47,500 from Woods, his partners or their companies.
The donations came in $1,500 chunks and totaled $6,000 each for Coppinger, Randy Fairbanks, Greg Martin, Warren Mackey and Sabrena Smedley, all between Nov. 2 and Nov. 20. Joe Graham got $4,500, while Tim Boyd got those amounts plus an extra $1,000 from Lookouts owner Jason Freier in January. Greg Beck got the $6,000 total but in February.
Chester Bankston and Jim Fields didn't receive any donations from the group. Three commissioners — Fields, Beck and Graham — since have left the commission.
Fairbanks and Smedley both remember the checks coming in not long after the landfill vote on Oct. 18.
Neighbors in the Birchwood area were hotly opposed to the project, gathering 1,500 signatures on a petition. On the day of the vote, they wore green T-shirts proclaiming "Keep Harrison Beautiful" and packed the chairs in the commission room.
Several commissioners said they had toured the site and considered the neighborhood impact as well as the regional need for such a facility.
The site is in Bankston's district and he voted no. Graham voted no as well, saying he wanted to support the commissioner whose district would be affected.
Fairbanks, Fields, Beck, Boyd, Mackey, Martin and Smedley voted yes.
Fairbanks said he was surprised a few weeks later when "all of a sudden I got a call saying, 'Hey, we're going to donate to your campaign.'"
As far as county help for a Lookouts stadium, he said, "Nobody has personally approached me about it and as far as I can remember we've had no talks at the county. The mayor hasn't mentioned it."
He added, "My first inclination would be I'd rather not use public money to build the stadium unless I get into talks and hear more information that this would be a good investment of our money."
Smedley said she remembered Hunt bringing a donation to her office after the landfill vote.
"He said something like, 'I appreciate your service and the time that was put into it.' I just took it as I was getting a contribution because they appreciated the job I was doing as a commissioner," Smedley said.
And any discussion of the Lookouts?
"If they had something like that in mind they certainly haven't shared it with me," she said.
Some other commissioners said the same. Martin said Woods, Lind and Crum have supported him during his entire time in public service. Martin served a term on the Hamilton County Board of Education before joining the commission.
Graham called Hunt a boyhood friend who offered to help his campaign. He said the question of using public money in the Southside redevelopment "is bigger than nine commissioners."
"If you're going to ask for that kind of money, that should be put on the ballot. Let the public vote," he said.
Bankston said he's heard no request for tax support for a stadium, and if that happens, he'll be opposed.
"I don't see us giving them any money to build a stadium; that's private enterprise. I don't think I could support that," he said.
Boyd said he knows Woods, who graduated from East Ridge High School, and has talked about a new stadium with Freier.
"I was impressed with Jason, he's a sharp guy," Boyd said. "I remember saying, what do you think about a new stadium in Chattanooga? He said, 'Well, that's just going to have to develop over time, [we'll have to] see how the community accepts it, how public officials accept it.' He is knowledgeable enough to know these things take time, they take a lot of cooperation, a lot of transparency."
If there's an ask, he said, "I'm going to be looking at the numbers really closely. Any kind of incentive programs and stuff like that, I want any discussions to be very, very transparent."
All the commissioners interviewed and Coppinger said the county wouldn't act on any incentive package except in partnership with the city of Chattanooga.
Only Mackey said outright that he fully supports using public money to jump-start development that will repay the investment.
"I would take money from any legal source," Mackey said. "Critics can say what they want; we're here improve the community and move the ball down the field. Would you rather see thriving businesses or a field full of weeds on that site?"
Coppinger said he's talked to the Lookouts owner and management, and he and Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke in August 2015 visited a ballpark Freier built in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as the centerpiece of an urban redevelopment project there.
He said conversations so far about moving the stadium are "nothing solid, more of an idealistic approach."
"For me to support any types of tax incentives, what I'm always looking for is the amount of investment that's going to go there, the amount of jobs it's going to create, are those good-paying jobs, and will it enhance the area in terms of economic development. Until you see the overall picture of what's going to happen, it's hard to say how you're going to feel," Coppinger said.
Freier said the Lookouts spoke with the Chattanooga Design Studio a couple of years ago as the South Broad Plan was under development.
Since then, he said, "there's been zero specific discussion."
"Right now what they are trying to do is figure out what the master plan for this site is going to look like. Once those plans fall into place, if we're still part of the plan, we will sit down and talk," Freier said.
"We're totally at the mercy of how this process plays out. We only want to be a part of this if we're wanted, if somebody thinks this makes sense to be a part of their process, too."


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Each year, the District recognizes and honors excellence brought by educators each day in their classrooms. Each campus Teacher of the Year (TOY) was elected by their peers and administration in recognition for their contribution in the classroom and throughout the campus learning community.
Note: The District and State Teacher of the Year program awards are designed to designate teachers as such until the next school year. Therefore, they are awarded and named Teachers of the Year for the next year and not the current year.
Middle School Teachers of the Year
Michelle Oliver, Grade 7 English Language Arts
C.D. Fulkes Middle School
I come from a long, steady line of educators. My complete mission is to reach hearts and teach minds. I want my kids to know their value and potential, and I want to help them gain the skills and knowledge to contribute their value and potential to our world, leaving it a better place.
Angela Yung, Grade 6
Canyon Vista Middle School
As an educator, I have the power to inspire, motivate, and encourage my students. The amount of influence I have on the kids who walk into my classroom each day is immense. Therefore I choose to be kind, compassionate, and empathetic; I choose to be a life-long learner and acknowledge my mistakes; I choose to be passionate about what I teach; I choose to learn as much from my students as I can so that I can be a better teacher.
Keith Fergison, Grade 8 U.S. History
Cedar Valley Middle School
I want students to have a better sense of who they are and a path toward developing their unique worldview.
Julio Araiza, Jr, Grade 8
Chisholm Trail Middle School
As an educator I strive to shape a student's mind and instill excitement for education. As a leader, my goal is to be approachable so that my students feel comfortable to ask for advice or just be someone to talk to. Being an educator and a leader in the classroom is a great responsibility that I do not take lightly. I hope to impact my students in a way that will push them to achieve beyond what they think they are capable of.
Patricia Wirth, Deaf Ed. Grade 6-8 Inclusion
Deerpark Middle School
Education is a lifelong learning process which requires love, patience and trust. Students need to know that educators truly care about them. Educators must lead students to move beyond themselves and instill a love of learning though joy and frustrations, letting them know that they are there to support them.
Jessica Nauman, Grade 6
Grisham Middle School
I chose to teach middle school because of my own experiences as a student. I hope to offer a safe and supportive environment for students to take risks, explore, and become confident in their creativity and education. My mission is to be student-centered to help instill a love of learning in my students.
Nicole Hawkins, Grade 6 Math
Hernandez Middle School
Being an educator and leader in the classroom means that I am the role model. My students look to me for, not only how to solve a math problem, but how to react to others, and different situations. Every day I have the opportunity to make a difference, and that is the goal every day I walk through the doors of my classroom.
Jerry Gee Cordova, Choir Director
Hopewell Middle School
The core of my teaching philosophy is to help students reach their aspirations and holding students to high expectations to allow them to have ownership of their education. I regularly seek out opportunities to create an inclusive learning environment for my students. I am passionate about creating a space where students embrace differences in backgrounds and identities which reflects the diversity of our community.
Jennie Tidwell, Grade 7 Language Arts
Pearson Ranch Middle School
I chose to become a teacher because I love learning. I draw inspiration from other teachers including my mother, father, and husband. My goal is to reach each student and create classrooms full of lifelong learners. I hope that students leave my classroom with the ability to think critically and confidently use their voices to make a difference in the future.
Jodi Choate, Girls Athletic Coordinator, Coach, Grade 8 Inclusion Teacher
Ridgeview Middle School
I had a tough home life, and honestly, there were many days when I did not think I would make it. My teachers and coaches were my Angels, and they saved my life daily. I became a teacher and coach because I wanted to be for kids what my teachers and coaches were for me. My mission as an educator is to make sure that every child knows that he/she matters, there is nothing he/she cannot make it through, and to help shape and mold each child into an awesome adult.
Kelley Smith, ESL Teacher
Walsh Middle School
Being an educator and a leader in the classroom is an honor. When my students acquire English as a second language, they are empowered to create changes and make choices for themselves, their families and their communities. Building relationships with my students and their families – relationships that evolve long after they've left my classroom – is the most rewarding part of my work.
High School Teachers of the Year
Sarah Christian, Credit Recovery
Cedar Ridge High School
Being an educator means that we can empower greatness in more ways than just academically because we have the most important job in the world! Every day, we are blessed with the opportunity to teach, but we also influence our youth and our future leaders in other ways. I want to make sure that I make a strong impact positively so I make it a priority to show my students how to be compassionate and caring in all of their interactions because that will impact them no matter which school they choose or what career path they follow. Our students will remember each of us in some way – I know I'd like them to remember that I never gave up on any of my students and that I was always kind to everyone.
Tara Travis, Kindergarten
I choose to become a teacher because I wanted to make a difference in students lives. Growing up I had a lot of great teachers that taught me the importance of education and life lessons. I knew that I wanted to be that teacher that would influence the lives of students just like my teachers did for me.
Johnny Foss, Math, Swim and Soccer Coach
McNeil High School
I became a teacher in hopes that I could make a difference. If I can help young people figure out how to become free-thinking, confident, problem solvers then I might just have done that. Each day I do my best to show students what their true potential is and help steer them onto that path as best I can.
Tiffanie Harrison, Marketing Teacher and Campus Equity Leader
Round Rock High School
I came to teaching by way of industry, and I've never done anything more meaningful. Teachers have an exponential impact and are the first civic leaders that students see. My mission as an educator is beautifully stated by none other than Ralph Ellison: "If you can show me how I can cling to that which is real to me while teaching me a way into the larger society, then and only then will I drop my defenses and hostility, and I will sing your praises and help you to make the desert bear fruit."
Veronica Mackey, English II
Stony Point High School
The one thing I hope to instill in my students is to embrace and love themselves. We all have our own unique story to tell through our life stories. No two stories are exactly alike; however, each story is just as important as the others. Embrace your story and rise despite any opposition you will face.
Andrew Barba, English/ESL
Success High School
Educators are leaders in the classrooms and communities. As a teacher, we must be experts in our field so that we can produce meaningful lessons connecting to our students' world. We have to model maturity. We must provide positive feedback when the students are struggling. We have to be intuitive and interpret students mood, actions, and words so that we can offer and care for each student. Real leadership is the ability to build stable, trusting relationships so that students will feel safe within our classrooms.
Jason Ziebell, Math
Westwood High School
Being an educator to me means being a role model, coach, confidant, motivator, and guide in learning and life. Often just being a consistent, positive voice in my student's lives is what motivates me each day. I want them always to feel encouraged to take risks and dare to be great.
Alternative Education Teachers of the Year
David Vincent, Special Education
GOALS Learning Center
I am honored to be part of a profession which helps our world become a better place. Education and leadership go hand in hand. When you inspire through education, you inspire future leaders.
William Hicks, High School Math
Round Rock Opportunity Center
My mission is to meet the needs of all my students and develop problem solvers for the future. I want even the most challenging student to enter my classroom and leave having learned something new. I strive to establish a classroom that allows my students to be creative. I want all of my students to find joy in learning again and become lifelong learners. Those two attributes will help them accomplish anything they want in life.


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You have seen pictures of the Okyeame Kwame's Hepatitis B free screening and vaccination in James Town – Mantse Agbonaa which was organised under the auspices of his Okyeame Kwame Foundation, MDS Lancet Laboratories, Theobald Hepatitis B Foundation, Roche and Ridge Hospital RPD.
This year's charity screening and vaccination had participants receive free bottled water and a book from Verna Water.
Indomie, as part of the sponsors served Indomie instant noodles after the screening and vaccination.
The project was also backed by telecommunication giant MTN Ghana, Japan Motors, Kells Consult, Juben, Firm Bridges Communications, Edible Ice, Bella Roma, Wear Ghana, Ahead Media, Daily Guide, Spectator, Flex, Business and Financial Times, Ghanaweb, Ghanagist, Enewsgh, Y FM, Citi FM, Radio Gold, Live Fm,Viasat 1, Lynx TV and GH One.
PHOTOS: Okyeame Kwame's Hepatitis B free screening and vaccination at Mantse Agbonaa
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This approach to yoga applies the principle of viniyoga as taught within the tradition of T Krishnamacharya and TKV Desikachar. It has as its foundation the premise that each individual is unique, and takes into consideration gender, age, lifestyle and ability.
Postures (āsana), special breathing (prānāyāma), and meditation techniques are taught in such a way that each person has an experience of yoga that is meaningful, relevant and useful in their daily life.
Students notice that over time, troublesome symptoms reduce and they feel better physically and mentally.
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If you are thinking of taking up yoga I thoroughly recommend Linda as a
Liz Shute, Pwll Trap April 2014
Finding Linda's Maternity YOGA group was much more than just practising YOGA.
Before Linda's maternity Yoga class became part of my pregnancy, I was 42 years of age with a 23 year old daughter and I was 5 months pregnant, extremely tense, stressed, scared and isolated. I also have two prolapsed disks in my spine and suffer with Fibromyalgia - a long term, wide spread chronic pain syndrome.
During the weekly sessions Linda was highly attentive to the individual needs of each expecting mum to be, offering advice and support freely on the many concerns any of us had. She was faced with questions regarding diet, breast feeding, life styles, birth choices and fears, difficulties with our midwives and doctors and even the choices of products we might use for our new born babies to be, all of which she dealt with and even brought in experts to talk to us if the need arose, but most importantly she served as a stable and central, emotional lighthouse for us all.
The group itself was diverse in our ages, lifestyles and knowledge of YOGA and was exciting, as new mums to be joined and others popped off to deliver their babies. I suppose we became a clan, we were all heading in the same direction for sure. Each week we would find ourselves gathered and being able to share the week we had just experienced, concerns we had, and the treats and teas Linda would provide for us, and the literature on so many aspects of childbirth and motherhood to explore that she would loan to us. All of this wrapped around and was integral to the YOGA session itself.
Linda's YOGA combined with a maternity massage (Cranio-Sacral Therapy) she recommended to me, freed me from so much pain that I had been carrying in my body and that had also altered my posture from the Fibromyalgia, that I was able to finally relax and get ready for my pending birth adventure with a focus of strength and belief in myself.
I gave birth to a beautiful, healthy, strong baby girl on November 20 2011 at home in a water pool. It was an intense experience as it was only three hours long so I did not have the time to use all the techniques I had learned at the classes but I was able to remain in control by using the 'warrior technique' Linda had taught me. I must say also that with Linda's support I felt strong enough to be true to myself and write the birth plan I wanted and to be able to engage with my midwifery team and my partner deeply enough that they all actively supported me and helped me to have the birthing experience I longed for.
Linda's Maternity YOGA is truly holistic. It is simply beautiful, fun and supportive for every mum to be.
Love and blessings to all on their birth journey
Bariane Louise Rowlands March 2012
A new mother's testimonial to Maternity Yoga
After having done yoga with Linda for a couple of years, it seemed natural for me to carry on during my pregnancy.
It helped me on many levels. Firstly it allowed me to keep on exercising when I had to stop everything else due to a bad back. It also helped me relax in the last stages of pregnancy. It was nice to be in different positions for my belly and I could even feel the baby react.
However the time I felt yoga most beneficial was during labour. Thanks to yoga breathing techniques and soft movements, I managed to control my breathing and the pain for hours without pain killers. I stayed calm throughout the experience, which the midwife noticed and recognised as a result of yoga practice.
I had the opportunity afterwards to do yoga with my baby when he was a bit older and he very much enjoyed it too.
Stephanie, St Clears, February 2012


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Advertising Feature
Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 18th October 2018).
Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes.
The RSISX index ended the week at IQD634 (-3.8%) / $678 (-3.8%) (weekly change) (-21.6% and -18.9% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded shares was 148.2 bn and the weekly trading volume was IQD55.5 bn ($45.7 mn).
ISX Company Announcements
- Mosul Bank (BMFI) held an AGM* on Oct. 18, 2018 to discuss and approve 2017 annual financial results. ISX suspended trading of BMFI starting Oct. 15, 2018.
- Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank (BIME) resumed trading on Oct. 15, 2018 due to disclosing 2017 annual financial results.
- ISX requested AL-Sadeer Hotel (HSAD) to provide a subscription letter on the shares issued on Oct. 15, 2018 after the company's decision to increase capital from IQD1.239 bn to IQD1.735 bn through 40% rights issue.
- The Companies' Registrar announced on Oct. 9, 2018 that the transfer process of the management center of Cihan Bank for Islamic & Finance (BCIH) from Baghdad to Erbil has been completed. The Companies' Registrar requested a copy of the new adjusted contract.
- Cross Transactions: 145.9 bn shares of Zain Al-Iraq Islamic Bank for Investment (BZII) (on Oct. 15 and Oct. 18, 2018) which represent 58.2% of BZII capital. 300 mn shares of Iraqi Agricultural Products Marketing Meat (AIPM) (on Oct. 17, 2018) which represents 6% of AIPM capital.


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Processing and analysing gigabytes of data in real time, this company has built an enviable reputation for being one of the leading London companies specialising in algorithmic trading. In an environment where advantages are measured in tenths of a millisecond, efficient data architecture and low-latency coding is crucial to success. Their specialist team now has an opening for a software engineer familiar with aspects of data processing, automation and visualisation to keep them at the front of the field.
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When God Made Me - Chapter 11
"It's okay. You can do better next time."
Seung-ho sighed deeply and shook his head. Today's total had been 3 kills and a whopping 51 deaths. It was certain he had no talents in gaming.
"We're going that way. You take the bus over there, right?"
"Yeah. Today was fun."
"Agreed! Let's have another 6-person queue later."
After exchanging goodbyes with the guys, Seung-ho walked to the bus station. The bus arrived as soon as he arrived.
'Nice timing.'
The third row from the front, on the left side. Seung-ho's favourite seat was empty.
'Luck is on my side, today.'
As soon as he sat down, his heart calmed down. He felt unsatisfied; if he had done just a little bit better, he could have had more fun with his friends while gaming.
'Should I raise my gaming stat with my ability?'
Pro-gamers these days easily earned an annual salary of over a hundred million won if they had the talent for it. It was a career with promising possibilities, not to mention the fact that with Seung-ho's abilities, he could be a top gamer with no problem.
'But I still don't want to do it.'
Apart from RPG games, Seung-ho couldn't game well. If he wanted to be pro-gamer, he had to play games that had a certain victor for every round like AOS or StarCraft, but he didn't like nor was good at those kinds of games.
He did enjoy RPG games; however, he didn't want to make a career out of them.
'Let's just study. I'm a third year now.'
"How did guys do on your tests yesterday?"
"We completely bombed it~"
"I'll repeat the grade!"
As if having expected the answers, the teacher sighed and shook his head.
"Since it was just a mock exam, don't worry about it too much. So let's pick the class president."
It was Teacher Ryu Han-shin's special skill - abrupt change of topics.
"Raise your hand if you want to be the class president!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two names rang throughout the classroom.
The students, who were deskmates in a corner of the room, nominated each other. Even the teacher knew that they were just joking around, but wrote the names on the board as if nothing was amiss.
"Lee Jun-seok, Park Ha-eun. Anybody else?"
Nobody raised their hand after that. It seemed as if the students were still in shock from the mock exams.
"You should do it."
Choi Seul-hwa abruptly turned to Seung-ho and egged him on. Seul-hwa had been his desk mate last year, but somehow had become his desk mate again this year.
Of course, being in the same class was complete coincidence, but Seung-ho still didn't know that Seul-hwa had planned on being desk partners with him.
Flustered, Seung-ho shook his head. Even if it sounded good, becoming a class president was still too much.
'I still have a hard talking in front of the guys, so being a class president…'
But before he could finish his mental screaming, Choi Seul-hwa had grabbed Seung-ho's hand and raised it.
"Seung-ho says he wants to do it, teacher!"
Exclaiming in awe, all the students looked at Seung-ho. His cheeks instantly flushed red.
'T-the fuck!'
When he looked over at Seul-hwa with surprised eyes, she smiled and slowly let go of his wrist.
Seul-hwa had just been trying to initiate physical touch and joke around, but Seung-ho recalled a moment in the past when the bullies had recommended him as a class president in order to humiliate him.
His outer appearance had changed, but internally he was still the Choi Seung-ho that Choi Seul-hwa had extremely abhorred. No matter how pretty and shapely Seul-hwa was, there was no way Seung-ho would have had any good emotions towards her.
"Okay, Seung-ho."
The teacher wrote Seung-ho's name on the board expressionlessly.
Seung-ho sighed deeply and slowly laid his arm, which had lost strength, on the desk. Abruptly, a quest panel popped up in front of his eyes.
Become the class president.
Reward: 10 points
Up until 10 seconds ago, Seung-ho had been frustrated that he would probably get humiliated, but his emotions changed in an instant.
'There's no rule saying I can't be one.'
"You'll be a class president."
Seul-hwa pumped her first as she cheered him on with a "You can do it!"
'I don't know if she's making fun of me, or if she's being sincere.'
The number of candidates for class president were three in total. When the teacher called them, the three students stood in front of the lecture podium.
"In the order of the names written on the board, give us your pledges. First up, Lee Jun-seok."
Jun-seok nonchalantly placed his hands on the podium and began to speak.
"If I become class president, I'll make this a class that knows how to party like crazy."
"Hey, you rascal. Who parties in third year? You need to study."
Teacher Ryu Han-shin flicked Jun-seok on the forehead and called Ha-eun up.
"If I become class president, I'll treat you all to snacks! You all like sweet and sour chicken, right?!"
The students roared in an instant. Who knew sweet and sour chicken was this popular?
Teacher Ryu Han-shin shook his head and spoke.
"When it comes to food, you kids can't use any of your limbs. Next up is Seung-ho."
He'd thought that he might as well give being class president a try, but standing in front of everyone made him feel extremely nervous. His cheeks flushed red, his breathing quickened, and he started sweating without realizing it.
Seung-ho shuffled his feet in front of the podium.
"I-if I become class president, I'll make us a friendly class."
As the students applauded, he felt a bit relieved. However, he thought that his chances at becoming the class president were shot.
'I got so nervous that I said something that would fit in at an elementary school election.'
Sullen, Seung-ho returned to his seat.
"Choi Seung-ho: 25 points, Park Ha-eun 13 points, Lee Jun-seok 2 points. Seung-ho is class president, and Ha-eun is vice-president."
You've become the class president.
Reward: 10 points
Seung-ho yelled in exaltation before he realized it. Seul-hwa, who'd been next to him, patted his arm with her palm and cooed.
The other female students were also happy that Seung-ho had become class president, but they were displeased at Choi Seul-hwa's actions.
'That bitch purposely sat next to Seung-ho and is acting that way.'
'That fox-like bitch.'
'How dare she flirt.'
"Next class is gym, right? Get to the auditorium before the bell rings. I'll be going. Do the greetings well next period, class president."
"Yes, sir!"
Seung-ho looked at the quest completion panel as he calmed his pounding heart.
'To think that I'm class president.'
It was the first time in his life that he'd become one. Of course, 17 of the 25 votes he'd received were from the female students, but that wasn't very important to know.
"Hey, congrats!"
As soon as the teacher left, five friends including Sang-wook were the first to approach him and congratulate him.
"You're the class president, now."
"Now that you're the president, you should do service work for the students. Bring some water."
"I'm good, hahaha."
Then Park Han-seung abruptly walked up. Chang-min and the other kids slowly backed away.
"Congrats, Seung-ho."
"Ah, t-thank you."
He'd become part of the same class as Han-seung, but it was Seung-ho's first time conversing with him since that time behind the gym. It was still a bit scary.
"I also voted for you."
Han-seung laughed as he laid a hand on Seung-ho's shoulder, and then returned to his seat.
"Are you close with him?"
Seul-hwa asked the question as if surprised. He'd thought things were quiet, but her expression was that of one looking at popular kids.
"N-no. We just know each other."
As the atmosphere started getting awkward, someone called Seung-ho.
"Class prez~ The gym teacher said to take the keys to the auditorium."
"Ah, I-I'll take them."
Seung-ho left the students behind and headed toward the staff room.
The female students were gathered in twos and threes on the mats, gossiping. The male students were either playing badminton or following Park Han-seung and going out to smoke.
Due to the fact that the gym teacher was looking at retirement that year, the students didn't really pay attention to him and so the situation looked like this.
"Then 3 versus 3?"
"Yeah, let's play half-court."
"Betting on ice cream?"
Six friends, including Seung-ho, were on the basketball court and decided on teams with a hand-flipping game.
"Sang-hyup, Seung-ho, and me. Geum-taek, Chang-min, and Sung-yun. Those are the teams."
Following Sang-wook's words, the kids split up into groups. When they started the game, a few girls here and there started focusing their attention on the basketball court. The word was that the handsome Seung-ho worked out, so they were looking forward to it.
Seung-ho felt the gazes as well, but his re-found appreciation for gym class was more important.
'Ah, I can't wait.'
He didn't know how many years it'd been since he voluntarily participated in sports, and not because the teacher had told him to.
Following Sang-wook's words, the ball headed straight toward Seung-ho. Flustered at the faster-than-expected speed, Seung-ho barely caught the ball.
Thankfully, Seung-ho remembered the basic rules due to watching basketball on TV during his childhood. Walking while dribbling for a bit, he passed the ball to Sang-hyup with a grounder.
Sang-hyup received the ball, stepped once inward, and took a shot.
Unfortunately, the ball hit the rim and bounce off.
"Seung-ho, rebound!"
He'd jumped as soon as Sang-wook had yelled, but the timing was too late. Geum-taek, who was slightly shorter than Seung-ho, caught the ball and passed it to his teammates.
After that, things became helpless. Every time he caught the ball and dribbled, it was stolen from him. Every time he tossed the ball toward the basket, the ball fell without even hitting the rim.
No matter how much he hadn't worked out, Seung-ho hadn't known himself that he'd be that bad.
'If it's this frustrating to me, how much more frustrating is it to the guys?'
He abruptly thought of his ability. Seung-ho temporarily left the basketball court and called out to his friends.
"Time out, I need the bathroom."
"Hurry up."
Seung-ho hurriedly rushed into the bathroom. After checking that there was nobody around him, he opened the ability modification panel.
Although he tried to input 'Athleticness' as a new stat, a panel saying that it was impossible popped up.
'Is it because the range is too broad?'
After thinking for a while, he entered 'Basketball Dribble', 'Basketball Shooting Accuracy', and 'Basketball Passing Accuracy' as new stats.
'It works!'
Name: Choi Seung-ho
Career: High School Student
Height: 186 cm (+ -)
Weight: 73 kg (+ -)
Strength: 35 (+ -)
Agility: 12 (+ -)
Stamina: 13 (+ -)
Intelligence: 21 (+ -)
Appearance: 41 (+ -)
Charm: 32 (+ -)
Luck: 5 (-)
Basketball Dribble: 4 (+ -)
Basketball Shooting Accuracy: 3 (+ -)
Basketball Passing Accuracy: 6 (+ -)
Left Vision: 1.5 (+ -)
Right Vision: 1.5 (+ -)
Available points: 10
'Ugh, it's only this?'
Even when he thought about it, the stats were quite low. The good thing was that he had become class president, so he had 10 points in stock.
'Ah, but I can't just use the points like that.'
But he had to use them. Ice cream was dependent on this game; not only that, but pride was on the line as well.
'I can't lose. It's the first proper gym class in my life.'
Pondering between dribbling and shooting, he decided that he'd choose only one of them. If he raised both by a little, he'd be pushed back by the opponent team.
'As a man, I have to go for shooting.'
After investing all 10 points into shooting, he returned to the basketball court with a resolutely determined heart.


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About Sleeping Problems
About sleep problems
Everyone has problems sleeping at times. We all have nights where we find it hard to fall asleep, find ourselves waking up in the night or have dreams that disturb our sleep. This is perfectly normal. Often, these problems will resolve themselves after a short period of time.
However, if you have sleep problems that last weeks, months or years, this can start to have an impact on your day-to-day life. If you continue to sleep badly, this can affect your energy levels, moods and how much you are able to concentrate. It can also have an impact on your relationships and social life. It may also affect your ability to carry out usual day-to-day tasks, such as studying, going to work and carrying out daily chores.
If poor sleep is having a significant impact on your daily life, you will generally be considered to have a sleep problem. The most common sleep problems are listed below.
If you suffer from insomnia, this could mean that you have difficulty in falling asleep or getting back to sleep if you wake up in the night. It may mean that you find yourself waking up very early in the morning. You may also find that sleeping does not refresh you, and that you feel constantly tired. For example, you may experience disturbed or light sleep, or wake up and fall back to sleep several times in a night.
Oversleeping is sleeping more than your body needs. While this may have less of an impact on your daily life than insomnia, some studies have linked chronic oversleeping with physical problems such as heart disease and diabetes.
Nightmares and night terrors
Nightmares are intense, frightening dreams that cause you to wake up, sometimes leaving you feeling very scared. They are often related to events or experiences in your life.
Night terrors are like nightmares, but they occur during deep sleep. Night terrors cause a deep sense of fear, an increase in your heart rate and sweating. You may also scream, shout or cry in your sleep. Often, people find it difficult to wake up from a night terror and afterwards have little or no memory of what has happened.
Nightmares and night terrors can affect the quality of your sleep, and cause general anxiety about falling asleep that may lead to insomnia.
Sleep paralysis
Sleep paralysis is when you wake up in the night and cannot move or speak because there are still sleep hormones in your muscles. It usually lasts between a couple of seconds and a few minutes. Although it cana��t harm you, sleep paralysis can be extremely scary, and may lead to anxiety about falling back to sleep.
Sleep walking
Sleep walking involves getting up in the night and walking or moving around. Sometimes you may carry out activities, such as tidying or washing up. Sleep walking is not usually a problem, unless you injure yourself by banging into things or tripping over. However, it can disrupt your sleep and affect how rested you feel the next day.
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I'm not all there.
My heart is not whole.
My mind isn't focused.
Am I even awake?
The second hand doesn't jar me,
the clock does nothing to bolster me,
it does not reach with its brass hands
to pull me from my bed, or shake me
from my dull daydreams.
With a lightbulb burning like a confined sun,
not even blue cloak of noon or black sheath of night
can rouse me from this blank state.
I have to take initiative
and realize, that I could wallow
in this murk,
but that would not stop my life diminishing
with each twitch of the thin second-hand.


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Further in vitro Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of the Marine Sesquiterpene Hydroquinone Avarol
Authors:Pejin, Boris
Iodice, Carmine
Tommonaro, Giuseppina
Stanimirovic, Bojana
Ćirić, Ana
Glamočlija, Jasmina
Nikolić, Miloš
De Rosa, Salvatore
Soković, Marina
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Article (Published version)
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This work extends in vitro screening of antimicrobial activity of the sesquiterpene hydroquinone avarol, a main secondary metabolite of the Mediterranean sponge species Dysidea avara. The antimicrobial activity was in part evaluated by microdilution method against selected bacterial and fungal strains. Additionally, the screening included evaluation of anti-quorum sensing (anti-QS) effects. At a different extent avarol was proven to be active against all the microorganisms tested (MIC 0.002-0.008 mg/mL and MBC 0.004-0.016 mg/mL; MIC 0.004-0.015 mg/mL and MFC 0.008-0.030 mg/mL; respectively). This marine natural product also showed moderate anti-QS effects, reducing Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 biofilm formation (75\%), its twitching and protrusions motilities as well as pyocianin production (39\%). According to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report both on avarol anti Gram-negative bacterial activity and anti-QS effects.
Keywords:Anti-quorum sensing effects; Dysidea avara; Gram-negative bacteria; natural product; Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1
Source:Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, 2014, 15, 6, 583-588


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SHUTTLE organised its internal consortium meeting, with all the partners to share on progress and work together through plenary sessions and working groups. This meeting was held on 26-27-28 November 2019 and hosted by partner MOPS-INP in...
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News and Events
- Contracts awarded for PCP Phase 1- Solution Design
- The SHUTTLE project held its Month 18 consortium meeting on 26-27-28 November 2019 in Jerusalem, Israel. The meeting was hosted by MOPS-INP.
- SHUTTLE PCP : Tender evaluation has started!
- SHUTTLE webinar on the 07th of October 2019
- First SHUTTLE Public Workshop – 30th October 2019
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Hearty Turkey Chili
When is starts getting cold outside, this is one the tastiest ways to warm.
- 2 sweet onions, chopped
- 1 Tbsp. coconut oil
- 4-6 cloves of fresh, crushed garlic
- 2 lbs. organic ground turkey (for a vegetarian option you could use lentils instead)
- 28oz. jar of organic crushed tomatoes
- 3 x 6oz. cans of tomato paste
- 1 finely diced jalapeno
- 1 summer squash, chopped
- 3 organic carrots, chopped
- 1 can organic kidney beans
- 1 can organic black beans
- 1 can organic cannellini beans
- 2 Tbsp. of organic raw sugar
- ½ tsp. sea salt (or Himalayan salt)
- ½ tsp. black pepper
- 1 tsp. smoked paprika
- 1 tsp. cumin
- 1-2 tsp. chili powder
- 2 tsp. crushed chipotle chili
- 1 tsp. cayenne pepper
Sauté the onions in coconut oil in a large pot. Add the garlic, cook for 1 minute, then add the ground turkey.
Once the turkey has browned add the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, diced jalapeno, summer squash, carrots, beans, raw sugar, and spices (those amounts are a good starting point, but add to taste depending on how spicy you like it).
Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer until all veggies are tender (or as long as you can, the longer the better).
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The Liberal and Bloc opposition are really reaching when they dig up the past life of a minister's ex-girlfriend. Pretty sad, actually.
Another sad thing is when Bloc leader, Gilles Duceppe, lambasts our Governor General for talking about francophones abroad in Canada to French President Sarkozy.
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Momma said stand up straight. What she said when I left the house wearing this outfit. And, quite frankly, what she (and my Pilates teacher) tell me often- stand up straight.
Do we look better?
Feel better?
Does the reminder still annoy me occasionally?
So what to do?
Stand up straight. And see where that takes us.
This outfit wasn't planned. In fact, I threw this outfit together on day that wasn't going in any way, shape or form, good. None of the things I wanted to shoot seemed to be fitting or lining up. Time wasn't on my side. I was cranky. And this is the only thing I could think that I wanted to wear. (I had a meeting and was hoping to shoot before it.) Yet, when I put this on– it felt right.
I saw my mom, she loved it. In fact, she asked, "Why aren't you shooting this?" I didn't have a great answer. Her only note: "Stand up straight".
So, I did.
Both shoot the look, and stand up straight.
The thing is : when I stand up straight I do feel better, I look better, my "power" is better. And there are outfits that are better when I stand up straight.
The thing about things not going right? It's amazing how quickly they can change with the right outfit. Or the right posture. It's a thing. Maybe the next time we have a day that seems awful, we could try it?
This top is custom via AAVintedge, and while the rest is from seasons past, I found you similar. What do you put on when you're having a bad day?
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Kicking off 2019 with another incredible challenge.
"Niama Limits: Running to the End of the World".
Juan Pablo will run the Pan-American route from Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) to Alaska (USA) starting on the 1st of January 2019.
The route starts in Ushuaia, Argentina and finishes in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.
He will cross the following countries; Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, USA and Canada.
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Abstract: In this paper, a disturbance observer (DOB) based erbium-doped fiber amplifier(EDFA) gain controller is proposed. In order to stabilize an EDFA gain in wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) channel add/drop networks, the channel add/drop is estimated based on a mathematical EDFA model and compensated using DOB technique. The performance of the proposed control method is theoretically analyzed using Lyapunov method. The performance of the proposed DOB-based gain control algorithm was investigated through simulations. Simulation results verify the excellent performance of the proposed gain control methodology.
Keywords: Erbium-Doped Fibre Amplifier, Gain Control, Mathematical Model, Disturbance Observer, Channel Add/Drop. Theoretical Analysis.
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Get Well Soon Wishes, Quotes and Messages to Text your Friends & Relatives
As one Ancient Greek poet once said: "The best of healers is good cheer". Of course, doctors, medicine and needed care play the vital part in getting a person who is sick back on track. However, moral support from friends and relatives isn't less important.
If someone we love and care about is taken ill, it can be hard to find the right words of comfort or cheering up. And you keep asking yourself: "What would be the best thing to write in a get-well card after surgery?" Well, we sincerely hope that our collection of various get well soon wishes, messages and card ideas will help you express your sentiments of empathy to a person who is ill.
If this is your mother, granny or girlfriend who is injured or feel sick, we've rounded up a great number of uplifting get well soon messages for her. Choose from the best feel better soon ideas and put a smile on her face.
Everyone wants a speedy recovery for their friend, family member or loved one. We want to show our close ones that we think and care about them. Sometimes due to emotions or tiredness, we cannot reach out with a warm wish or card to lift the sick person's spirits. If you don't know what to say to someone after surgery, our collection of speedy recovery quotes will help you to express the way you feel.
Do you want to come up with your own get well soon wish? Yet lack of inspiration gets in the way of that? Don't worry, we've got plenty of inspirational get well sayings so you could choose the one that suits your feelings in the best way.
Take your time, check and save the best get well soon wishes!
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- Praying that you get better soon and experience the joys of being healthy again.
- Thoughtful prayers sent your way that you will soon feel better again.
- These flowers represent my love for you. I hope they will show you just how much I care about you! I will continue to pray for your speedy recovery. Get well soon!
- Feel better in a hurry so we can get back to making fun of you with no guilt.
- Wishing you so much love and so many positive thoughts to get better better as soon as possible.
- You've brought so much joy to my life; I hope to bring some cheer to yours. Get well soon.
- I know how strong you are and your strength inspires me every time. Hope you feel better.
- Hope each day finds you stronger and full of joy. God Bless You.
- An encouraging wish may not be enough to help you in your illness. But I want you to know that I will be always here by your side!
- We pray and hope this finds you well on the way to recovery.
- Let each day be better than the previous. Let your strength guide you to recovery. Best wishes for your recuperation.
- I miss seeing your face every day. Get better soon!
Inspiring Get Well Soon Quotes
- I wish I was a magician so I could make you fit and healthy with the wave of a wand!
- I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worthwhile.
- The treatment is really a cooperative of a trinity–the patient, the doctor and the inner doctor.
- The most important thing when facing an illness, is that no matter how bad it gets, you should never lose hope. Faith is the first step to recovery. Get well soon my friend!
- This card is from your friends, who all wish you a full and speedy recovery. We miss having you around! Get well soon.
- As you rest and heal, know that you are thought of warmly and wished a quick recovery.
- You're an inspiration in how you're dealing with all this. Just focus all your efforts on feeling better and I'll see you soon.
- From sunrise to sunset, from east to west, from north to south, we all pray for your quick recovery. Get well soon.
- You will recover speedily with my love and care and the blessings of the Almighty is always with you. Please get well soon.
- May the good wishes and warm thoughts of those who care about you send a little cheerfulness into your world and help you feel better.
- I hope each day brings you renewed strength and that much closer to recovery.
- Hoping these flowers brighten not only your room, but your heart today.
Touching Get Well Soon Messages
- I hate to see you feeling blue so here is my get well wish to you.
- If hugs and kisses could cure, you'd have been immune to everything by now! I Hope you Get Better Soon.
- Get well soon, so you can resume bringing brightness and delight into our lives!
- Life at home has been less happy since you were confined to your sick-bed. Sweetheart, please get well soon!
- Don't let your gloomy days overcast the beam of your beautiful sunlight. Praying for you and hoping you feel better soon.
- Recovery can be hard work, but remember you're not alone!
- I hope to see you feeling hale and hearty again soon, and I wish you sound health today and years to come. Get well soon!
- During this down time we hope that your recovery is a relaxing and restful one. All the best and we hope you get well soon!
- This is just a quick note to say how much I'm thinking of you as you get better. I'll be around to visit soon, I promise.
- Look outside; the sun is shining and it's telling you to get well soon.
- I am really worried about your health and every one of us are praying every moment so that you heal faster. Get well soon.
- Best wishes that you will soon be back to doing all the things you love.
Inspirational Sayings to Wish Somebody to Get Well
- Never underestimate an old saying like this: An apple a day, keeps the doctor away. Wishing you a speedy recovery!
- The little flowers are rising and blooming; it's the world's way of saying, "get well soon."
- There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.
- The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.
- I hope that you are getting plenty of rest so you can recover from feeling unwell.
- Even on your lowest days, you blossom like a sunflower. Keep your smile shining!
- May your hospital stay be short and your recovery even shorter!
- I'm eager to see you well again. Every day I pray to God to grant you sound health so you can get back on your feet soon.
- I know that there is no fun in being in the hospital. I wish that you are kicked out of there quickly! Get well soon!
- Are you feeling under the weather? Don't let that cloud hover for too long. Let laughter, love, and light be your remedy. Hope you have a peaceful recovery.
- You better swing back into action fast, so that we can party and have a blast. Get well soon.
- I promise to share all the chocolates with you, but please come back home quick. Get well soon.
Funny Get Well Soon Jokes to Cheer Your Friend Up
- I would have written you something funny in your get well card, but I don't want you to laugh and rip out your stitches. Get well Soon!
- In case you're wondering, I sent those flowers for the nurse, not for you! Just kidding! Hope you feel better soon by seeing them!
- Hoping for your complete recovery, because I don't want to come to the hospital for a second time!
- Remember to just take it one day at a time and in no time, you will be completely healthy and smiling once again.
- We're sick without you. Get well soon.
- When you get better we're going to party like there's no tomorrow! Just hurry up will ya!
- You're a tough cookie! Get well soon!
- Folks who think laughter is the best medicine apparently have never had morphine. Be well.
- I miss hearing your bad jokes and your funny laugh. Get well soon, joker!
- Use your superpowers and get well soon!
- Sorry you feel like sh*t, get well soon!
- On the bright side, you don't have to wear a cone. Get well soon!
Uplifting Wishing You a Speedy Recovery Messages
- Now that you have to recover, I'll be spending some of your time bothering you.
- Having fun and enjoying happiness is not the same without you. Wishing you a speedy and full recovery from your illness.
- I want your recovery to be faster than a child running to buy ice cream on a hot summer day! Get well soon buddy!
- We are happy to hear that you are responding well to your treatment. May you have many more years of good health! Sending our warmest wishes for your speedy recovery. We love you.
- If you don't get better fast I will inject you with lots of pain killers. I guess you know that I am not great when it comes to taking injections! Get well and skip my injections!
- Let the prayers of loved ones help ease the burden of illness. We'll be there for you as you make your recovery!
- I am heartbroken to learn of your ill health! I wish you speedy recovery so we can enjoy our lives together. Get well soon.
- You are bound to recover as I know that your illness got defeated in front of your strength and willpower, get well soon and come back stronger.
- Thinking of you lots and hoping for your speedy recovery.
- Take this special gift from me, and I want to let you know that you are not alone on your sick bed. I wish you a fast and miraculous healing.
- Our thoughts and prayers are with you as we wish for a complete and restful recovery. Looking forward to catching up with you again soon.
- Take this time to heal and rest. Invest your time for self-care – you deserve the best! You'll be back to good health in no time.
Thoughtful Get Well Wishes After Surgery
- These flowers represent hugs and kisses to tell you how I wish you were here, and not on that sick bed. Get well soon.
- Sending you all my love and the best wishes possible after your recent surgery. May you recover quickly and enjoy the best of heath for many years to come.
- The human body is amazing in its ability to heal. I hope your healing after surgery is quick.
- Hoping your recovery is comfortable and filled with lots of sweets.
- Sending you well wishes and hoping they will put a smile back on your lovely face. Get well soon!
- Your surgery was your doctor's headache! Healing and recovering is yours! Rest and relax and enjoy all the pampering and care you get! Wishing you all the care and love so that you make a quick recovery!
- I hope this message finds you feeling better and on the road to recovery.
- It broke my heart when I heard you were sick. I wish I could take the pain away faster than the doctors can. Get well soon.
- I know you will come back stronger and healthier, nothing can win over your determination and strength. Get well soon.
- May good health envelop you, spurring a quick recovery.
- From dawn to dusk, I pray for your quick recovery and good health.
- Get Well Soon
To let you know Someone is thinking of you and wishes you well.
Just a little note to cheer you up and say…
Hope you get better soon just take it day by day.
Cheering Quotes for a Speedy Recovery
- Having you by my side everyday makes me happy. The more you stay in the hospital, the unhappier I become. This is wishing you a speedy and full recovery.
- Like a flower in gloom, you lie helpless. Arise and bloom and dance like a fresh blade of grass to the drumming of the breeze of life. Arise and bounce back home like a ball. I wish you quick recovery.
- Praying for a quick recovery and asking God to hold you especially close today!
- I'm missing you so much. Please don't forget to take your medications as prescribed for you. I wish you a speedy recovery.
- May your recovery be a quick and zippy one. Enjoy the time off and we hope to see back on your feet again soon.
- While you rest and recover, I'll be waiting for your sickness to be over. Wishing you a smooth transition back into the healthy life!
- Recover quickly! We all miss having you around the house.
- May you bounce back to your usual self soon! I wish you a speedy and full recovery.
- You are one of the strongest and bravest people I know! Now it's time to heal and get better soon! Wishing a speedy recovery!
- I hope these words can brighten your day – I miss you and can't wait 'til you're feeling better!
- If money can buy back your health, I wouldn't mind closing my bank account just to see you well again. You mean the world to me, so get well soon!
- I pray that the Almighty provides you enough strength for fastest recovery. Get well soon.
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Day 3 – 79 miles from Tiverton to Clevedon
Day 4 – 74 miles from Clevedon to Tewkesbury
Firstly, we are alive and kicking!
We hadn't quite anticipated the uproar that would ensue with an absent day 3 blog (we thought only our mums read it!), but we can confirm that we are absolutely fine, still pedalling and back with a day 3 and 4 combo blog. The reason for an absent day 3 is because it was Sally's birthday on Tuesday and the tapas and white Rioja sponsored celebrations greatly distracted Abbie (in charge of day 3 blog). Huge error which will not be repeated. Apologies all round. Although it is worth mentioning that our days are rather jam-packed when we add in bike maintenance, logistics, dinner and attempts at an early night so we are a little behind on checking in with some of you too, sorry!
To account for blog tardiness, however, we thought we'd succinctly summarise for you our highlights and lowlights of the two days.
• Team Ignition. Living up to their name and getting the LEJOG party started on day 3. We had Lizzie, Mike and Ben join us for 80 miles of glorious Devonshire and Somerset countryside. None of the team had done huge amounts of cycling before and committing to 80 miles was an incredible ask. They all completed the leg with smiles on their faces and celebratory ciders in hand, if with questionable levels of energy gels in their veins (plus unicorn horns on their helmets in honour of the LEJOG birthday, although we note they look a bit dodgy in pics they are definitely unicorn horns). We loved having the team with us and can't thank Ignition enough for their support.
• Zara and Coach Matt taking time from their fleeting trip from Dubai to the UK for a wedding to pick up part of our route on day 4 and cycle 60 odd miles with us through Gloucestershire, including joining us for a lovely lunch by the river (our first chance we've had to stop and have lunch!). You guys are epic!
• Friendly folk everywhere, including a chap (Ken) flagging us down on the side of the road and handing Abbie £20 for our fundraising. If anyone ever needs a place to stop in rural Somerset then Ken is your man and any friend of ours is a friend of his, apparently.
• David and Jane cycling out to us each day on legs 3 and 4 (and we hope 5!) to join us for the last 20 miles of our day. A much needed boost when we start to flag a bit.
• Sally's birthday dinner with the aforementioned tapas and white Rioja, a Beatles singing twin double act, but more importantly our superstar support crew of David, Jane, Lee and Jo. Sal also wants to thank everyone for the birthday wishes which were no less forthcoming despite her being far from home – thanks guys!
• Gravel. We thank Roy for the safety of his route, but it often takes us along canal paths with varying degrees of "path". Ranging from relatively smooth loose gravel on day 3, day 4 saw us wishing we had mountain bikes (let alone hybrids) and considering rerouting any canal paths which come up again.
• Hills, both up and sometimes down (but mainly up).
• 3 punctures. 2 caused by gravel (and possibly the fact that, as it materialised during the change, the guilty tube on Mike's borrowed bike had already been repaired a record-breaking four times) and the third created while fixing puncture one and accidentally over inflating a tyre with co2 gas, exploding said tyre, and almost bursting Abbie and Lizzie's ear drum while Sally was in a field for a comfort break (of course).
• A woman losing her mind at us in a bakery because we asked if it would be possible to fill our water bottles. They did, whilst shouting at us (even though we bought all their sausage rolls and gave them more money for the water). Very odd.
• When hesitating at the base of a hill on day 3 (while looking for our hotel after 79 miles of cycling, which was obviously at the top) hearing a man mutter under his breath 'it's not even steep'. Cue seven glares from seven tired cyclists.
• The weirdest B&B with the angriest woman running it in Clevedon that made us feel like we were in Fawlty Towers. Needless to say we were delighted that David and Jane had made alternative dinner plans for us all at their end of town.
• The horrific industrial wasteland skirting Bristol we had to cycle through on day 4 – thankfully no ringers in tow. And did we mention Gravel?! And hills…? Even the novelty value of the former wore off for Matt and Zara after a mile and a half… sorry team.
So where does that leave us? We are now (when written not posted!) in Gloucestershire enjoying the delights of a Wetherspoons hotel and getting ready for day five. For those that are counting that is county number five, in four days and 300 miles down. Not bad. Day five blog coming tomorrow…
Lots of love
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July Garden Care
Summer is heating up in central Indiana and it's time to talk about your garden! The weather is supposed to be great this weekend, so get out there with your sunscreen and get to it!
Water, Weed, and Deadhead
Water well. Keep flowers and lawns green and healthy by making sure your landscaping gets enough water -- about 1 inch a week. If using a sprinkler, set out a pan or tuna can on the lawn to collect and measure how much water falls. The best time to water is in early morning; this prevents water loss from evaporation and gives foliage daylight hours to dry to prevent disease.
Keep up with weeding. Try working in the cool of morning -- especially right after watering, when roots will be easier to pull -- or in the evening to minimize your exposure to hear.
Deadhead flowers regularly. It keeps your landscape tidy and encourages certain flowers to bloom more.
Mulch. Spread 1-3 inches of wood chips or other weed-suppressing material now that the soil has warmed.
Container Garden Care
Water often and thoroughly. Container gardens usually need daily watering in hot weather, and some plants (such as fuchsia, impatiens and hibiscus) will need water twice a day. If the soil becomes dry and hard, set the container in a bowl or bucket of water for a couple of hours to rehydrate.
Pinch off yellowing or problem foliage and spent flower blooms to encourage lush growth and flowers.
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Harvest Veggies Regularly
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Plant with Caution
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Lawn: Go High
Mow high. The longer grass shades the soil, conserving moisture and discouraging weed. Mow to 3 inches for cool-season grasses, such as Kentucky bluegrass, and 2 inches for most warm-season grasses, such as Bermudagrass and Zoysia. Remember to mow often. Don't remove more than one-third of the grass blade at a time or you'll stress the grass.
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Garden celebration and conversation at KarinyaBy Corowa Free Press
Karinya residents were treated to an in-house film, ice-cream and flower arranging on Thursday 7th November as part of a Federation Council community grant.
The event was collaboration between Phillip Nielson and Aaron Nicholls from Regional Design Service and the Corowa 'Tree of Life' community garden. The aim was to host an inclusive film event about Piet Oudolf – an influential landscape garden architect from the Netherlands, in order to celebrate garden design and start a conversation about gardens in our community.
To give the elderly in our community access to this opportunity, Phillip and Aaron decided to bring the film right to the Southern Cross Care Karinya Residential Aged Care home.
This idea was enthusiastically embraced by Donna Craig, Spiritual Well-Being Co-ordinator at Karinya.
"The result was an enjoyable afternoon that kicked off with floral arranging with flowers sourced from the community garden and from Karinya's rose garden," community garden president," Sally Hughes said.
Following a welcome the film was shown and ice-cream was enjoyed by all.
Afterwards there was much discussion about people's memories of gardens they had nurtured, favourite flowers and the joy of gardening.
"It got everyone talking about all things gardening and started many conversations between residents, carers and volunteers," Ms Hughes said.
"Thank you to Donna from Karinya and the staff who assisted and to Lisa Ginns and David Sloane from the community garden for helping on the day.
"Thanks to Aaron and Phillip from Regional Design Services who partnered with the 'Tree of Life' community garden to host this event."


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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked India's Department of Telecommunications (DOT) in a letter not to issue more licenses to operate telecommunications services until it analyzes the competitive landscape.
India awarded 281 telecom licenses as of June 30 this year, but 343 applicants are still waiting for a decision covering 22 service areas in the country, according to a letter from the DOT to TRAI. The backlog continues even after the DOT stopped accepting license applications in October 2007 after surging interest.
The DOT is worried that with too many licensees, it may not be able to ensure that adequate spectrum is available to operators to expand their services and maintain service quality. The DOT believes there is already sufficient competition in the market but the TRAI wants to study the issue.
TRAI recommended in 2007 that there should not be a cap on service providers in a particular service area, but DOT has asked the regulator to review that decision. TRAI will also decide on whether spectrum should be auctioned instead of the current system of giving a licensee an entitlement to spectrum.
The pending applications are for the DOT's Unified Services Access License (UASL) that allows licensees to offer a variety of services, including mobile and fixed telephony services, and Internet services.
Among the companies waiting for a license are AT&T's Indian joint venture and some construction companies that have found mobile telecom services to be a new diversification opportunity.
A number of companies are queuing up for licenses because the country's mobile telephony market is booming. In May, the latest month for which figures are available, India added 11.6 million new mobile subscribers, up by 35 percent from additions in the same quarter in the previous year, according to TRAI. The country had 415 million subscribers at the end of May, TRAI said.
There is worry in some government and industry circles that investors may be bidding for licenses to make quick money by subsequently selling stakes in their telecom companies at huge valuations to large Indian and foreign service providers, said informed sources.
In the case of 3G services, the government has taken the view that licenses and spectrum should be auctioned. This auction has been postponed since January, as there are divisions in the government on the floor price for the auction.


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"Snow After Fire" Karen Poirier-Brode, M.D.; C.M.
Specialty: OBGYN
Medium: Digital photography, digital art
Dimensions: 11 x 14
Artist Statement: This piece is dedicated to the town of Ft. McMurray, Alberta, Canada who recently experienced a devastating fire. "So snow comes after fire, and even dragons have their endings." JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit
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