text:
Mr. Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will chair, at the Quai d'Orsay on June 17, the first Steering Committee meeting to prepare for the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP 21) to be held in Paris in 2015.
The Steering Committee meeting will provide an opportunity to review the status of UN negotiations and to establish the initial guidelines in order to prepare for COP 21, in coordination with the presidencies that will precede us – Poland and Peru. Throughout this process, this committee will ensure that the views of experts from civil society - whose involvement in the preparations for the conference will be crucial to its success in 2015 – are sought.
The main purpose of COP 21 will be the conclusion of a new international climate agreement, applicable to all countries after 2020. Preparations for it are well under way. France's bid to host this conference was approved by its regional group at the UN in April, paving the way for an official nomination at the COP in Warsaw in November 2013. The Paris Le Bourget site has been chosen as the venue to host the conference.
This committee, hosted by Mr. Laurent Fabius, will bring together Ms. Delphine Batho, Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, Mr. Pascal Canfin, Minister Delegate for Development, Mr. Nicolas Hulot, Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of France for the Protection of the Planet, and Mr. Jacques Lapouge, Ambassador responsible for Climate Negotiations.
Learn more on Climate change.


text:
Really, it all comes down to care and cleanliness. Some hospitals are just filthy looking. Period. And a filthy hospital is usually a breeding ground for nasties like staph and MRSA.
Care rather covers the whole spectrum. Are nurses available to talk to families? Will they call the patient's doctor if necessary? Does someone answer call buttons promptly and courteously? If a patient requests something like a bath, how is that request handled? Are meals being served hot and on time? These are all aspects of care and part of helping a patient feel as though he or she has received good care from people who *do* care about their patients. Get the care issues nailed down, and chances are, you'll have satisfied patients and families.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
All About
Vegetable Dishes
Explore 416 recipes, 2 projects, 171 articles, 31 galleries, 279 videos, and more
Perfect Grilled Vegetables
Our guide to the best grilled vegetables will keep you fired up all summer long. Just pick your veggie -- or make mix-and-match kebabs -- and master a few basic techniques. Always heat the grill to precisely the recommended temperature and use skewers to keep small or narrow veggies from falling into the fire (wooden ones should be soaked in water for 30 minutes beforehand so they don't burn). Finally, if you'd like to add restaurant-worthy crosshatch marks, wait until the grate leaves a set of lines, then rotate the vegetables 90 degrees. It's surefire advice for mouthwatering success.
Quick Meatless Recipes
Find quick meatless recipes from Martha Stewart. Browse our collection, including vegetarian lasagna, pizza, salads, tacos, and more.
Meatless Comfort Food Recipes
Satisfy your desire for comfort food with 45 of our favorite meatless dishes, including full-flavored vegetarian chili, pizza, eggplant parmesan, lasagna, baked ravioli, and macaroni and cheese.
Lighter Comfort Food
Healthy en Papillote Recipes
Potatoes 101
How to Bake Fennel Chips
Garden Tour: An Edible Landscape
Beautiful and bountiful, Roger Griffith's upstate New York garden supplies fruit, flowers, herbs, and vegetables all summer long.
Other Ideas To


text:
Writing for Buffalo Rising since 2009 covering development news, historic preservation, and Buffalo history. Works professionally in historic preservation.
As for me, I would like to live in a downtown near Niagara Falls. It's a beautiful place and I think it would be great to live there. Especially if moving there can help to reduce your student loan debt. I think that it's such an interesting offer. Many of people have student loans debts and even use payday loans online to make payments. So I think that if it's possible to buy a house or rent an apartment in a nice place and at the same time reduce your college debt then it's very advantageous. Probably there will be customers who will get interested in this offer and will decide to move to Niagara Falls.
As for me, I would like to live in a downtown near Niagara Falls. It's a beautiful place and I think it would be great to live there. Especially if moving there can help to reduce your student loan debt. I think that it's such an interesting offer. Many of people have student loans debts and even use payday loans online to make payments. So I think that if it's possible to buy a house or rent an apartment in a nice place and at the same time reduce your college debt then it's very advantageous. Probably there will be customers who will get interested in this offer and will decide to move to Niagara Falls.
$7000 over 2 years.. X 20 students = $140,000..out of a $200,000 loan...
gosh..where did I leave that $60,000...am I missing something?
Niagara Falls was a shithole when I was a kid and it is a shithole now; if a young person wants to reside in the inner city, relocate to Buffalo when there is some form of night life and entertainment unless watching drunks walking down the street is still considered Saturday night entertainment as it was when I was a kid living there…
Niagara Falls is one big ghetto with a casino in the middle of it….
I don't really get it. They make you MOVE there, but it doesn't say anything about working there. A new grad would probably have a better chance getting a job in Buffalo rather than NF (unless they are maybe planning on working in hospitality management or something).
If I had moderate amounts of loans but got a job in Buffalo, I wouldn't even want to bother with this. It's a long and bad commute (I grew up/my family lives on GI and bridge traffic is really annoying when you are driving around so many out-of-staters) to live in a place with nothing to do. =/ Especially for a young college grad. It just doesn't say very appealing. But I guess to some, it may!
Here's an idea: They want to get rid of blighted housing. Okay, remove it. Then replace it with what -- the same housing you can get anywhere else in the country?
How about copying the Solar Decathlon that is such a success here in Washington. Held every other year, universities from around the world compete to build a 900 sq ft. house that is judged by three criteria: Energy efficiency, use of renewable energy, and use of recycled materials. The final criteria is overall design.
Finalists actually build the houses and put them on the Mall where people can visit them. Over the years, it has helped push home energy efficiencies and make people aware how wonderful a small house for two people can be, and how energy efficient it is.
Perhaps NF could, instead of building the same old stuff, decide to build a neighborhood that is unique -- a place for retirees who can live cheaply alongside average income people. That could generate a whole new industry in energy efficient housing, and it could propel R&D into this area. People would come all over to see how well people actually live in them, and see how they can improved.
It's possible that this is a good deal for the city. But the only way it's a good deal is:
1. The people that move here generate enough economic activity that in turns generates at least $200,000 in tax revenue, and
2. That is new economic activity that wouldn't have happened but for this program.
if both can be proved, then sure -- the city should spend millions of dollars on this. If it pays out $10 million to lure thousands of people here, and those thousands generate more than $10 million in tax revenue, it's a good deal.
However, I'm not sure anyone at City Hall has crunched the numbers (If they have, they haven't revealed it), and I really doubt 20 people can generate at least $10,000 in tax revenue per person.
This is more "horse pushing the cart" thinking. Cities grow because they have generating economic activity. New wealth is being created and also jobs. this in turn attracts people like a magnet to go there for opportunities. NF, however, is thinking backwards, that if it attracts people, somehow economic activity will magically be generated.
Again, if City Hall can show us where that sort of thinking has worked, I'd love to see it. But I don't think they can.
So all we are left with is a program that someone dreamt up, it sounds sorta good, and they figured it's not a lot of money, so give it a shot. Thank goodness it isn't a lot of money.
But it sure is crazy-ass economic thinking. Will they try communism next?
I have 80k in student loans. 7k will not convince me to live move from North Buffalo to the Falls. It's not really even worth the effort and I'd probably not break even
Bump it up to something worth my effort and we'll talk. Make it 20k divided over 2 years and you'd peek my interest. Make it 50k max I'll put my current house on the market tomorrow.
Well I'm guessing they want to turn this into something sustainable and eventually see natural growth of the area.
They want to turn the neighborhood into an Elmwood Village.
In order to do so they have to stabilize area to make it naturally attractive and start a positive upward spiral. Vibrant neighborhood, people want to move there, this attracts shops which makes the area even more vibrant, which in return attracts even more people. So forth and so forth.
Think of those 20 as the seeds that will cement some stability into an otherwise undesirable area.
20 might not be enough though, or it might be the right number. This has never been done before so who can say where it will end up.
In many ways Niagara Falls actions mirror the discussion that should be taking place in the national election.
The contrast between how they handled the Wallenda event (going after him for the overtime related to police officers, etc) and just giving money to people who've done nothing to earn it would seem to be the recipe of dependency that Washington has cooked up for us.
The message is clear, try and do something in Niagara Falls, whether it be a small business opening, an event that will be seen by millions on tv, or a factory to make solar panels, and the hoops presented to you will be dizzying. Do nothing but move here, no job, no options, and we'll support you.
Tom Friedman from the New York times often writes about how corrupt and poorly run Middle Eastern countries have been, because they've always had the fall back of oil. The natural resource of the region creates a wealth that can mitigate the poor national leadership. I think on a very small scale, the same has happened to Niagara Falls. No matter how poorly run, the city always has a flow of tourists, because of the falls.
Abraham Lincoln made a memorable statement about the Falls...
" When Columbus first sought this continent---when Christ suffered on the cross---when Moses led Israel through the Red-Sea---nay, even, when Adam first came from the hand of his Maker---then as now, Niagara was roaring here....In that long---long time, never still for a single moment. Never dried, never froze, never slept, never rested."
Long after the poor leadership of Niagara Falls is gone, and we're gone, the only other constant will be the water over the falls.
Instead of recreating the wheel why not do something that has worked somewhere else?
Every time I hear things like this, the Walenda thing, and all the general crap that goes on in Niagara Falls it makes me feel like NF is doomed forever and for always.
I didn't notice that until you pointed it out. 20 people for two years... that's a good start, but not much of a dent.
Even with low prices, how many recent grads are ready to buy a house? It's just an incentive to get $300/mo taken off your rent.
I know I wasn't the most fiscally responsible at that age. I'd make sure the payment went directly to the student loan instead of putting it into somebody's pocket.
Other than that, it really IS a good idea. Maybe not the best way for the city to spend its money, but a good idea nonetheless.
As a 24 year old healthcare worker buried in debt, this really does sound appealing.


text:
Caring for a senior parent, friend or relative is a process rife with decision-making: Should I quit my job to provide care full-time at home? Would Dad do better in assisted living? Can we bring in home care to help Grandma as her Alzheimer's advances?
Then there are the small, daily decisions that are equally challenging, like how can I get him to take this pill? or, upon opening a new bill that arrives in the mail, how will we pay for that trip to the ER?
"Your decisions matter" is the theme for this year's National Healthcare Decisions Day (in Canada, it's called National Advance Care Planning Day), which takes place Monday, April 16th. If you're a caregiver, you probably know all too well that your decisions matter, that the person in your care is affected by the choices you make on their behalf.
Stop for a moment though, and think about your own decision-making. Do you know what kind of healthcare you want at the end of your life? Also, as a caregiver, are you prepared to make end-of-life decisions for your caree?
Few of us want to face the end, but we will. Though we won't know how or when or where it will happen, face that uncertainty with confidence; be prepared. "We all hope to communicate to the very end. It doesn't always happen that way." Those are the stirring words from an informational video on NHDD.org. After your taxes are filed, take time on April 16th to talk about healthcare decisions with the ones you love.


text:
Welcome to Trimdon Village Community Infant and Nursery School.
As the name suggests we are situated in Trimdon Village, which is the original 'Trimdon' and is most commonly known as the mining village. The mine played a huge part in the village and as a result all schools in the Trimdon areas all include the circular 'wheel' motif.
The school officially opened on the 3rd December 1959 and has undergone various changes over the years, such as a new Nursery unit and the demountable buildings. We are a small infant school with children ranging from 3 to 7 years of age and we welcome new faces with open arms.
If the information you require is not available on the website at present, please feel free to pop into school and see us!


text:
5 BRILLIANTpaul815 | 19/09/2012 | See all paul815's reviews (1)Absolutely fabulous game and so absorbing. close attention must be paid to the type of horse you are racing and the race run accordingly.It's no use racing a back of the pack horse at the front and vice versa. persevere and you'll love it.
5 Brilliant Stuff - and a bargain!!!!!conjollins | 31/01/2012 | See all conjollins's reviews (2)For anybody remotely interested in horse racing this is a dream. Fantastic simulation - I owned G1 Jockey 3 and loved it too but the MOVE controls blow that out of the water. The addition of Revolutions(for the perfect race) and horse abilities to trigger add a nice touch. 2 player is great fun. Haven't played online yet but looking forward to trying this. At the price this is a steal - GET IT NOW!
4 Addictive Game!Colin164 | 27/12/2011 | See all Colin164's reviews (9)I found this game to very addictive, ok its never goig to be the best selling game of the year but im a fan of horse racing and found this to be very entertaining and excellent value at 7.99, graphics are ok and gameplay is good. All in all a nice little game for the price.


text:
The following interview was adapted from an Oct. 29, 2009, conversation between Dean L. Gregory Jones and David Crabtree, a broadcast journalist with WRAL television in Raleigh, N.C., and a special student at the Divinity School.
Q Your 2009 state of the school report noted that even as the economy has shown signs of recovery, income from the school's endowment has declined and likely won't return to previous levels for some time. Regarding the church, you pointed out that some denominations are considering dropping the M.Div. as a requirement for ordination. Given these realities, what are the most significant challenges this divinity school is facing?
What the economic meltdown of the last year did is to accelerate issues that we would have had to face anyway. It really hasn't been a process of just responding to economic challenges, though those are very real.
The deeper issues are the ways in which the needs of the church and the academy are changing. The Divinity School has long had a commitment to serving the church and preparing people for leadership in the church, in the academy, and in the world. The challenge is to understand as deeply as we can how those needs are presenting now and how we can build on our strength and address our weaknesses.
If it was a question of tightening our belts to deal with the budget challenges, we probably wouldn't be able to do it very effectively. We wouldn't only be cutting fat; we'd be cutting muscle, and probably starting a spiral downward.
Q As you face these challenges, you're not looking at tomorrow, or a month from now. How far ahead are you looking?
The question I've put to our faculty and staff is: What should we be doing over the next three years to prepare for the next 25 years? We need to be thinking about both degree-based education and non-degree education for a variety of people including those right out of college. Some will be preparing for ordained pulpit ministry, but others will want to fulfill their call to Christian vocation in a variety of professions. We need to be equipping people for that kind of Christian imagination. Whether they're ordained as clergy, or whether they serve as lay people, we want them to have a deep and rich Christian imagination.
Q The mission of this school is "to engage in spiritually disciplined and academically rigorous education and service and witness to the Triune God in the midst of the church, the academy and the world." You've been talking about what you have to do to maintain this during these next three years as you look ahead a quarter of a century. That's a lot to balance.
The strength and vitality comes in being sure we try to maintain that balance. One of the things that has marked the Divinity School as a really strong institution with very high aspirations is recognizing that we want to be both academically and spiritually focused. Sometimes I've talked about the link between the love of learning and the desire for God, and we want both sides of that to be really rich and important. But that means that you don't compromise on either.
In the same way, we talk about the church, the academy, and the world. We are three overlapping communities: a community of worship, a community of learning, and a community of transformative service. When any one of those is weak, it causes the other two to suffer. Whatever we do with whatever constituency, we want it to be of very high quality.
Q One of the key concepts that you have talked about through Leadership Education at Duke Divinity is "traditioned innovation." Define that concept for us. How does the idea come to play at this point in the school's life?
In the church, as in business, we often put things in opposition. So there are the conservatives who want to preserve the past, and there are the liberals who want to think about change and new opportunities, and often they end up butting heads. Innovation is being stressed these days because of the need, whether it's for revenue or for new life, but it's often confused with making things up as you go along. If you just keep making up new things, you often end up with chaos, not creativity. Innovation without attention to practice and tradition sounds more like a middle school band concert than improvisation.
Traditioned innovation, much like a great jazz combo, draws on the richness of the past to discover genuine creativity. Jaroslav Pelikan has a wonderful distinction: he says, "Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. Tradition is the living faith of the dead." I think holding both of those words together, traditioned innovation, enables the greatest sense of new life, whether it's for the Divinity School, for congregations, or whatever the institution.
Q With a climate full of changes and challenges, how do you prepare students for the leadership that the future will demand?
We are blessed to have a lot of students who are fresh out of college. The median age of our entering class each year tends to be somewhere between 22 and 24. We also have a wonderful mix of second vocation people in their 30s, 40s, and older. The challenge is to go both "deep and wide," to use the old hymn. We need young people steeped in Scripture and history so that the vibrancy of tradition informs their creative leadership.
If we try to prepare them to lead the church of 20 years ago, they're going to vote with their feet and leave. We have to show them the connection between deep learning and appreciation of Scripture, and the cultivation of a scriptural imagination. The best organizations I know of have a habit of investing in young people, and that's what education is about.
Q As you look to transition as society and the world are transitioning, how do you deal with the risk?
The Divinity School is a healthy enough institution, and a strong enough institution, that it wouldn't be difficult for us to say "What's worked for us is going to keep working for us." It may be that the economic meltdown of the last year was a gift to us—because it presented challenges that compelled us to take risks that will help us get ahead of the curve.
For example, we've put strong emphasis on residential education and the formation that occurs inside and outside the classroom. I think it's important that students engage one another over lunch about classes, or about the sermon they've just heard in chapel, and that they share their different sensibilities and reactions. The broader culture desperately needs people who know how to engage in what I call meaningful disagreements. That happens through residential formative education.
Some of the new initiatives we're looking at involve "place and space" education, which combines face-to-face learning supplemented with web-based learning. [This allows] people who work during the day— and who are in positions of practice and engagement in the world—to access theological education here.
That's a risk because our faculty is not used to teaching that way. It means engaging adult learners in a new kind of education. I've been really heartened to see the openness and the engagement of our faculty. They're willing to take such risks, but it means that 10 years from now the school will be different in significant ways.
Q What will it look like five or 10 years from now?
I hope it will be an even more vibrant place, with more students in more degree programs. Lay people like you would be able to participate in degree programs focused on sustaining vocation in a distinctively Christian way. Some students would be on campus for shorter periods of time, while others would move here to pursue traditional degree programs like the three-year master of divinity.
My hope is that we'll have far more varied ways to access the extraordinary strengths of the Divinity School faculty—through classes, through videos, through engagements—and that our faculty will help provide resources for the church, provide leadership to the academy, and help a world yearning for spiritual depth and meaning and truth discover the riches of the Christian gospel.
Q Part of your challenge is to keep the school true to its past as you move forward. You touched on that a little bit before but I would like to hear a more about that.
Duke Divinity School's great tradition is primarily, though never exclusively, focused on preparing pastors, preparing people for ordained ministry. We don't want in any way to diminish the significance of that. We want also to enrich education for laity through new master's degree programs, and through ways of engaging Christians in their vocations in the world.
We hope to prepare both laity and clergy for new ways to be part of the body of Christ in and through congregations and vocations in the world. That kind of ongoing learning may be initiated through a degree program at Duke Divinity School, but we hope it will be sustained through lifelong education and formation.
Q When you are reading Scripture, do certain passages jump off the page that didn't yesterday, or a year ago?
A verse that has become very important is from the Letter of James, the first chapter, verse 19. It says "Brothers and sisters, let us be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger." We probably ought to inscribe that over the door into the dean's office, into the faculty conference room, into the meeting rooms in churches.
We tend to be quick to speak, slow to listen, and quick to anger.
As we've dealt with the challenges of the last year, I've been drawn to two books. The first is the Book of Acts. My colleague Kavin Rowe recently published a book called World Upside Down. It's a study of the Book of Acts that is fascinating because you are looking at a vibrant new community empowered by the Holy Spirit, but it is traditioned innovation. The Holy Spirit is making all things new in continuity with the people of Israel, except that there has been this interruption called Jesus, and the resurrection of Jesus from the dead is posing all sorts of new questions.
I've been surprised by how important the Book of Numbers has become for me. Part of the problem is the name; nobody gets too excited about reading a book called Numbers. In the Jewish tradition, it is often called "In the Wilderness." If that's the title, what better description is there for where American culture has been for the last year? In many ways, the foundations were shattered, and we have been trying to figure out what to do.
But the story of the Book of Numbers is about the people of God in the wilderness trying to discern where God is calling them, and how to meet the challenges that are presented. Moses sends out the 12 spies to the promised land.
Ten of them say, "We better go back to Egypt. There are obstacles up ahead. They look so large." Only two of the 12, Joshua and Caleb, call for the people to trust God to lead them to the promised land.
Egypt was suffering … was slavery … was oppression. But Egypt was familiar. My father said every church he'd ever been a part of had a "back to Egypt" committee. Every person I know, myself included, has a back to Egypt part of our soul. So, as I looked at the challenges that we faced, I started to think about obstacles and that those obstacles look like giants. But it's the calling of Joshua and Caleb that we had better trust that God will lead us faithfully to the future.
Q One of the great challenges we face in our vocation and in our spiritual life is about renewal. There are many times when we want to go back to Egypt. How do Christian leaders continue to bring their faith to the work of leadership?
At the heart, it is about being people of prayer—of not forgetting the end, namely, of bearing witness to the reign of God. Even pastors and seminary deans can get stuck just thinking about the daily, responding to whatever is the latest crisis.
Second, the people I admire most as leaders are those who read widely and ask big questions. I've developed a habit of asking really inspiring people, "What are you reading?" That led me to The Opposable Mind, a book by the dean of the business school at the University of Toronto that has rich implications for how we ought to be thinking as Christians.
It led me to the novel Cutting for Stone, which is set in a mission hospital in Ethiopia, and written by Abraham Verghese, a physician at Stanford. The vocation of healing runs as a central theme through there.
When you read things like the Book of Numbers, Cutting for Stone, and The Opposable Mind, the imagination is renewed—I hope always in ways that will keep us freshly thinking about the end.
Dean L. Gregory Jones discusses how Christian institutions can meet the changing needs of the church by drawing upon tradition even as they encourage innovation. Watch the dean's video interview with Faith & Leadership, the online magazine of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.


text:
[ November 1, 2012 to November 30, 2012. ] American Diabetes Month takes place each November and is a time to come together as a community to Stop Diabetes®!
Read Article[ November 15, 2012 to November 18, 2012. ] Riders from around the world take on two challenges: raising the money needed to fund research for better treatments and a cure for diabetes, and reaching a personal training goal to prepare for a destination cycling experience.
Read Article[ November 17, 2012; ] For your convenience, Step Out takes place annually at two locations in the Houston area and offers a 5K run, 3K walk and activities for all ages. Both the 5K and 3K are non-competitive and all fitness levels are welcome. Pets and strollers are welcome on the 3K route.
Read Article[ November 17, 2012; ] A day of free medical screenings, bilingual educational workshops, cooking and exercise demonstrations, diabetes support services, exhibitors and fun for the community.
Read ArticleHigh Hopes Gala – Boston, MA
[ November 17, 2012; ] The High Hopes Gala was established in 1999 to promote awareness and raise funds for the vital diabetes clinical care programs and groundbreaking research initiatives at Joslin Diabetes Center.
Read Article


text:
It is in our gallery:
http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/images/a ... till25.jpg
another new pic
15 posts
• Page 1 of 1
"Dumb and Dumber To"
In theaters! Check JCO's Movie Area: http://jimcarreyonline.com/movies/dumbndumber2.html
Thanks for the pics! they are really cool! I copied them to me album
Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color, choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable!
15 posts
• Page 1 of 1
Who is onlineUsers browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests | ||


text:
THE GOSPEL AND MARRIAGE by Noah Brennan
Looking deeply into the darkness of self and the light of grace
Noah Brennan is a fellow missionary and a critical part of our pastoral team here in Quito.
"We were just about ready to throw in the towel," said one couple after attending a marriage retreat hosted by La Fuente. Thanks to the grace of God, they are now fighting together as one for the sake of their marriage.
Cate and I were able to challenge the married people of La Fuente during the retreat with these two questions: What if I married the wrong person? and Love can't be this hard, right?
Those are essentially the questions that were making this couple wonder if they should throw in the towel, and if we are honest these are questions that will always sneak into our minds, no matter how good our marriage is.
Really these questions go to the root of who we see ourselves as and what life is all about, but to summarize briefly you could answer them this way: yes you did marry the wrong person, because we are all inherently wrong, and that is precisely what makes love
so hard; which means that it is only the power of the transforming work of God's grace has the ability to overcome these realities.
To say it another way, without the daily application of the power of grace in our marriage, we will always be on the verge of throwing in the towel.
The view from our living room window
So those are the facts,
right? But the thing about just bare facts is that they don't relay the way God's truth and mercy have an incredible power to cut to the very heart of us all. To summarize themes in two paragraphs doesn't show you the effect of this truth applied to individual lives. I cannot think of anything more amazing to witness than the truth of the gospel breaking through resentment, hurt, and anger to shine the light of grace and forgiveness into a our darkness.
It simply is impossible to not be moved as you see the truth of the gospel reach deep down into the hearts. Seeing that look of dread as they look face to face with their wrongness, and then to see the tears of joy as they understand (more deeply than perhaps they had before) the overwhelming joy which grace brings.
That ́s what I wish I could show you, not just the gospel as a set of spiritual truths, but the gospel as hope in face of desperation, the gospel as healing to deep, hidden wounds.


text:
This web site was constructed as an informational tool for the do-it-yourselfer who has a desire to install a properly designed sprinkler system.
Carefully study the different design ideas presented on this site to see which one best meets your specific needs.
Keep in mind that an improperly designed system can waste time, money and our most valuable resource WATER!
Listed here are the questions most important to selecting the type of system you need. What is my water source?
City or "potable" water – This is the easiest option to attain, but it can come at a big price. In dry hot weather, where there is a need to irrigate several days per week, your water bill can go up hundreds of dollars. Some water districts allow a separate meter for irrigation. With the second meter the customer does not get charged a sewer fee but it could cost more than $1000.00 to have it installed.
Well water – If a good well is available on your property, once the well is in, it's free water! This can be risky though, due to the fact most well drillers these days will not offer any guarantee that the hole they put in the ground will produce water. You could end up spending thousands for a dry hole in the ground! Make sure you understand the drillers policy prior to entering into a contract. Also, ask around and find out which driller has the most experience in your area. Remember, once the well is drilled that has water available, there is still a pump, motor, piping and the electrical controls to get that water out of the ground.
Lake, Pond or River – This is the best option if the body of water does not require a permit to extract it for personal use. Permitting can get ugly depending on what Government entity you are dealing with and you will have to keep accurate records of the total water used on a monthly or annual basis. If the water is on your property exclusively then you are free to install a pump and your irrigation system. When installing a pump always consider rising water events due to heavy rainfall. Make sure your pump and motor will remain high and dry by placing it well above flood stage. If your body of water has a major spill way to deal with these events record the elevation of the spill way and then use that reference to put you pump 2 feet higher than that.
Rain water collection –This design is becoming more and more popular where there are mandatory watering restrictions and for people who want to have a quote "Green" system that does not infringe on the normal water supplies listed above. If desired you can have a back up tie in to potable water in times where has been no rain for extended periods. This system uses a large tank buried in the ground similar to a septic tank. The tank is supplied water by an extensive drainage system that catches rain water in many different locations on the property. It can be fairly expensive due to the fact you still need a pump to use the water in the tank. One negative, aside from the expense and limited water is the amount of debris that can potentially get into the tank and then possibly the pump. Irrigation pumps do not like to pump debris only water!


text:
June 23, 2014
Great item at a great price
April 14, 2014
Really handy - but keep away from mud, as it is a white bag!
March 15, 2014
Cracking bag,fab colours large enough to put a days worth of food, drinks spare socks etc
February 28, 2014
Very happy
February 27, 2014
My girlfriend loves it!
For full terms and conditions please see our Delivery & Returns policy


text:
mise en scène [French]
1. the process of setting a stage, with regard to placement of actors, scenery, properties, etc.
2. the stage setting or scenery of a play.
3. surroundings; environment.
from Dictionary.com
Technical info:
» RAW adjustments
» taken at session for Life is beautiful contest
© 2007 Dudko. All unauthorized use prohibited.


text:
Blue Ridge Harley-Davidson® Jumpstart™ Motorcycle Simulator
An authentic riding experience
If you're interested in learning to ride, but have never been on a bike before please come in and try our JUMPSTART™! The JumpStart combines a Harley-Davidson® motorcycle with a specially-designed, stationary support stand. No knowledge or previous motorcycle experience necessary, the motorcycle will not move.
You'll mount the bike, set your boots on the foot pegs and fire up the engine under the watchful eye of our trained personnel. And then, sitting comfortably on the bike, you'll give the throttle a twist and continue to shift through the gears – all safely and securely attached to the JUMPSTART™ platform. You can then sign up of our Riding Academy Course with confidence, knowing that learning to ride is just what you need to jump start your riding experience! To learn even more about riding you can also attend our Boot Camp or Garage Party events.
Are you an experienced rider who'd like to share the riding experience with others as a Trainer? What are you waiting for? Please click here.


text:
Home > Accessories > Racquet Accessories > Gamma 1- Pack Lead Tennis Tape (1/2 Wide X 36in) (Item #ALTI)
Gamma 1- Pack Lead Tennis Tape (1/2 Wide X 36in)GAMMAItem #ALTI |
Our Price $3.00
Gamme Lead Tape is used to customize racquets and to increase weight and/or stringweight.
Also Available in a Roll
Color | Silver |
No reviews have been written for this product.
Be the first one! –
Write a Review


text:
Call Toll Free No:1-800-398-3128 to order over the phone.
Discount AC Parts is proud to offer Pontiac Grand-Prix AC Kit with the highest quality. This item is AC Kit -discountacparts New Compressor and Receiver Drier and will ship Within 24 Hours and Ground shipping over $50 is free. The price is $255 and has a $0 core charge. AC Kit weights approximately 17 pounds and has a 12 months Warranty. Kit includes 3 parts - brand new OEM AC compressor, new receiver/drier and expansion device. Just like you wouldn't change your oil without an oil filter, you need to change the drier when changing the compressor. These parts are premium quality and guaranteed to fit. There are no Tech Notes.
If you are looking for other parts please use our New Part Search for full catalog.


text:
By now everyone knows that red wine, in moderation, is good for your heart, but not everyone knows that one reason is the antioxidant-rich tannins in grape skins, seeds and stems. I recently realized that some of the world's healthiest foods, like walnuts and spinach, are high in tannins, too. For help on finding fun new ways to add these foods to my diet, I reached out to the one person who would be as remotely interested in the challenge as I was: Maria Helm Sinskey, an F&W Best New Chef 1996 and the culinary director of Robert Sinskey Vineyards. Sinskey created extremely delicious and complex-tasting dishes featuring tannic ingredients, adding a small amount of fat to soften the tannic edge. Here, her amazing recipes and wine pairings.
Wine Pairing Tips
- 8 Health Benefits of Drinking Wine
- My Week of Healthy Wine Drinking
- Healthy Cooking in the 21st Century
- A Sensualist's Guide to Wine Pairings
- Your Wine Questions Answered
- Amateur Hour | Learning to Taste Wine
- Alexandra Guarnaschelli's Healthy Wine Pairings
- Maria Helm Sinskey's Secrets to Homemade Ricotta
- Interview: The Vineyard Kitchen | Maria Helm Sinskey


text:
The Nokia N9 is a unique device not only due to the buttonless design but also the original MeeGo OS, which is not used for any other smartphone. But the enthusiasts are able to turn even such a device into a high-end Android device porting an early build of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on it.
Alexey Roslyakov of NITDroid team got the chance to port Android to the handset calling his project a "Progress". There are lots of bugs coming with the OS but still the device functions with a limited number of features just great.
The same team is currently working upon porting Android 4.0 ICS to the old Maemo-based Nokia N900. I bet this project will be no less interesting, considering the latest trial was pretty impressive.
The best thing about the Nokia N9 and the Android 4.0 is that the device doesn't have any physical buttons, while this OS doesn't require any. Another good point is the presence of a large 3.9 inch display which allows to have a comfy navigation among the apps and while web browsing.
And finally the enthusiasts mentions that soon he will be able to provide the functionality of both MeeGo and Android on the Nokia N9. The users will just require to reboot their handsets to change the OS.


text:
Few people can look at Jennifer Love Hewitt and say she isn't a fine example of sexiness in television. Her starring role on Lifetime's The Client List has been a highlight in the last year, for reasons that should be obvious for a series about a day spa that gives its customers a little extra work, if you know what I mean. And the way they promote the show is admirable. The Client List is all about sex appeal and there is no better way to sell the new season than to throw Hewitt into a saucy music video and have her dance and sing like she's got nothing to lose.
The video for "I'm a Woman" can be found down below and shouldn't surprise anyone with its overly sexualized portrayal of Hewitt. She dances around in practically nothing while men in suits surround her. Is this objectifying? Absolutely, but it sells the show in a way that stays true to its subject matter. If The Client List were about a woman making money as a librarian, then you could reasonably expect something much, much tamer. But we're trying to sell sex here! There's no room for beating around the bush and if this video makes you feel at all outraged by it's content, then you might need to take a deep breath and chill out.
If there's anything you could say against the "I'm a Woman" video it's that it fails to mention it's even promoting The Client List. If you skip past the video title then you're likely thinking Hewitt decided to make a racy music video just for the hell of it. I don't care either way, but some might use that as a way to make the show look bad. But really, if you can't appreciate a smoking hot woman being splashed with water then this probably wasn't meant for you.


text:
WestminsterResearch will not be accepting deposits until 16th March 2015. This is to allow for a system upgrade and server migration.
Items where Author is Davidson, Emma
Jump to: Bedi, R Number of items: 1.
Bedi, RBedi, Raman and Furnham, Adrian and Swami, Viren (2012) Predictors of job satisfaction among general practitioners of South Asian descent in Britain. In: Bedi, Raman and Davidson, Emma and Liu, JingJing, (eds.) Indian health professionals around the world: a common agenda. Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO), New Delhi, pp. 121-127. ISBN 9780957159808 |


text:
This is the only mesothelioma book written by survivor Paul Kraus and the only website where it is available for free. Request yours today and you should receive your copy within 72 hours
Response to Talc Treatment May Predict Mesothelioma Prognosis
How well a mesothelioma patient's lungs respond to a procedure designed to eliminate excess lung fluid may be a better predictor of survival than the stage or subtype of their cancer. A group of pathologists and thoracic surgeons in Italy came to that conclusion after evaluating the cases of 172 mesothelioma patients who underwent a procedure called talc pleurodesis or talc ...Mesothelioma Risk High For Sheet Metal Workers
A 24-year study of more than 17,000 sheet metal workers shows that even indirect exposure to asbestos can be deadly. The study found that these workers are much more likely to die of mesothelioma or asbestosis than the general public – even though their industry does not use asbestos. Mesothelioma is an extremely rare cancer in the U.S., with about 2,500 ...Mesothelioma Risk from Recycled Textiles
Sorting rags for Italy's textile industry may not sound like a dangerous occupation. But a new study in the Annals of Occupational Hygiene finds that rag sorters in the industrial province of Prato have a significantly elevated risk of malignant mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is a fast-growing and incurable cancer linked to asbestos exposure. Most people who contract mesothelioma have either worked in ...Learn about the types of mesothelioma - pleural and peritoneal, statistics, and how mesothelioma is diagnosed.
Learn about the different types of asbestos and where this carcinogenic mineral can be found even today.
Learn about the compensation available to mesothelioma victims and how to identify reputable law firms.
2005-2014 - Cancer Monthly, Inc. All Rights Reserved | Sitemap


text:
Main Contents begins from here.
News & Events
Headquarters News
Jul 28, 2011
Consolidated Financial Results for First Quarter
ended June 30, 2011
- Announcement of Financial Results [PDF: 26KB]
- Statement of Operations [PDF: 12KB]
- Balance Sheet [PDF: 14KB]
- Information by Business Segment [PDF: 11KB]
- Statement of Cash Flows [PDF: 13KB]
- Notes to consolidated financial statements [PDF: 21KB]
Supplemental Financial Data [PDF: 75KB]
Download all [PDF: 130KB]
*The content in the following news releases is accurate at the time of publication but may be subject to change without notice. Please note therefore that these documents may not always contain the most up-to-date information.
Banner area begins from here.
Sub Menu begins from here.
Search within "Press Releases"
Conduct a search within "Panasonic Corporation's Press Releases."


text:
Product Overviews
All of our products are carefully designed to be the most potent, bioavailable supplements available. HPDI products are backed by current research and supported with comprehensive literature.
- HPDI Product Overviews
- Abstracts and Research
- Foundational Supplements
- Rejuvenate! Product Comparison
- Dr. Hank Liers Original Formulas
- 2DOCS Pet Supplements
- Health Recommendations Index
- Articles
- Charts / Tests
- Coenzyme Vitamins
- Statement on Additives (Excipients)
- Newsletter Archive
- Radio Broadcasts
- Recommended Reading
- Recipes
- Testimonials
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.


text:
Down to earth investing, growing
Main Navigation
Home Page
SlowMoneyFarm blog
SlowMoneyFarm food blog
Facebook SlowMoneyFarm
Twitter SlowMoneyFarm
Google+ SlowMoneyFarm
Book & More
SlowMoneyFarm Amazon
JanHoadley profileAmazon
Get It Quick!
GettingBy LessonsRural
SlowMoneyFarm Offers
Food Home
Food Packages
Food Packages 2
Memorial trees
Disaster Timeshares
Farm Shares
SlowMoneyFarm concept
About SlowMoneyFarm
What is SlowMoneyFarm?
Growing SlowMoneyFarm
Investing SlowMoneyFarm
Investment FAQ
Recycling Matters
Naturally raised foods
Show or Breeding Stock
meat rabbits
Small Livestock
Large Livestock
Our Country Life
Visit SlowMoneyFarm
From A Farm Dog
Down Country Roads
Naturally raised foods
Many livestock breeds were made to get by on foraging. Pasture, hay and other forages make up the backbone of their diet. There are many labels applied to what "naturally raised" foods mean and to us we strive to as much as possible allow for plenty of room while still allowing maximum observation and care for our animals.
These ducklings are started in a small area with heat. However once they start growing and feather out they are much easier to care for and happier outside. Like chicks, goslings and turkey poults they are somewhat fragile when hatched and need warmth. Our viewing area provides transparency of your food supply. You can find many with third party verification but we go a step further - you SEE the animals from the comfort of your home. This allows for greater security and biosecurity but also allows you to see how the animals are raised.
Once they feather out and are outside ducks are hardy birds that love an unexpected shower. Other species prefer to be under shelter during the rain.
Small livestock is currently the backbone of SlowMoneyFarm. Poultry, rabbits, pigs, sheep & goats are economical to keep without a lot of room. A few cattle will also be maintained as the operation grows but that really needs more than 20 acres for full time pasture or, alternately, leasing pasture land.
Slow Money Farm seeks to share and teach about agriculture - a diverse industry. Be it well run large farms or smaller operations we'll bring information your way as well as food.Join us on Twitter or Facebook for updates of plans, profiles of animals, and view our blog for additional information on ag, options and your food supply.
We have a focus on heritage/heirloom breeds for a good reason. Many for hundreds, or thousands, of years fed American families quite well in a home setting. As a custom farm with options our 'home' food production will be more than just ourselves. Growing food for you allows us to grow food for ourselves. That is beyond an income - it is independence from the swings of corporate decisions, it is common sense food without a government stamp of approval and we eat the same food grown in the same way you do. You will SEE our layer chicks grow.
This display is in a farm store but is similar to what we were thinking of doing, directing a webcam in the side to allow viewers to watch the babies grow, then as they get bigger will move to a larger area. You'll see them take the first sips of water up to where they lay their first eggs...there is little more transparent than that! The photo on the left was taken in a plexiglass display area in a farm store and is typical of what will be used to see the young chicks, turkeys and so forth grow.
There will be videos as well as possibly occasional gatherings but so much depends on the right land and getting started ASAP. There are some breeds that we plan on using that may not have another 10 years. Their numbers have dwindled over the last 20 and one hog breed may be gone from America forever. This was a breed developed for outdoor pasture raising that performs poorly in confinement. As small hog farms disappeared so did the Saddleback. There are others it isn't too late - yet.


text:
"The spiritual is never tense; it cannot be. There is no spiritual tension, only bodily tension, only mental tension.
"Bodily tension has been created by those who, in the name of religion, have been preaching anti-body attitudes. In the West, Christianity has been emphatically antagonistic toward the body. A false division, a gulf, has been created between you and your body; then your total attitude becomes tension creating. You cannot eat in a relaxed way, you cannot sleep in a relaxed way; every bodily act becomes a tension. The body is the enemy, but you cannot exist without it. You must remain with it, you must live with your enemy, so there is constant tension; you can never relax.
"The body is not your enemy, nor is it in any way unfriendly or even indifferent to you. The very existence of the body is bliss. And the moment you take the body as a gift, as a divine gift, you will come back to the body. You will love it, you will feel it – and subtle are the ways of its feeling.
"You cannot feel another's body if you have not felt your own, you cannot love another's body if you have not loved your own; it is impossible. You cannot care for another person's body if you have not cared for your own – and no one cares! You may say that you care, but I insist: no one cares. Even if you seem to care, you do not really care. You are caring for some other reason – for the opinion of others, for the look in someone else's eyes; you never care for your body for yourself. You do not love your body, and if you cannot love it, you cannot be in it.
"Love your body and you will feel a relaxation such as you have never felt before. Love is relaxing. When there is love, there is relaxation. If you love someone – if, between you and him or you and her, there is love – then with love comes the music of relaxation. Then relaxation is there....
"This same phenomenon happens if you love your body; you become relaxed, you care about it. It is not wrong, it is not narcissistic to be in love with your own body. In fact, it is the first step toward spirituality.
"That is why Dynamic Meditation begins with the body. Through vigorous breathing the mind expands, the consciousness expands; the whole body becomes a vibrating, living existence. Now the jump will be easier. Now you can jump; thinking will be less of a barrier. You have become a child again: jumping, vibrating, alive. The conditioning, the mental conditioning, is not there.
"Your body is not so conditioned as your mind. Remember this: your mind is conditioned, but your body is still a part of nature. All religions and religious thinkers – who have been basically cerebral – are against the body because with the body, with the senses, the mind and its conditioning are lost.
"With breathing, you begin to feel your whole body, every corner of it; the body is flooded; you become one with it. Now it is possible for you to take a jump.
"The jump that is taken in sex is a very small jump, while the jump that is taken in meditation is a very great jump. In sex, you "jump" into someone else. Before that jump you need to be one with your body, and in that jump you need to expand still more – to another's body. Your consciousness spreads beyond your body. In meditation you jump from your body to the whole body of the universe; you become one with it.
"The second step of Dynamic Meditation is cathartic. Not only will you be one with your body but all the tensions that have been accumulated in the body must be thrown out. The body must become light, unburdened, so the movements are to be vigorous, as vigorous as possible. Then the same thing that is possible in dervish dancing, in Sufi dancing, becomes possible. If your movements are vital and vigorous, a moment will come when you will lose control. And that moment is needed. You must not be in control because your control is the barrier, you are the barrier. Your controlling faculty – your mind – is the barrier.
"Go on moving. Of course, you will have to begin, but a moment will come when you will be taken over; you will feel that the control is lost. You are on the brink, now you can take the jump. Now you have again become a child. You have come back; all the conditioning is thrown. You do not care for anything; you do not care for what others think. Now everything that has been put into you by society is thrown; you have become just a dancing particle in the universe.
"When you have thrown everything in the second stage of Dynamic Meditation, only then is the third stage possible. Your identity will be lost, your image will be broken, because whatever you know about yourself is not about yourself but only a labeling. You have been told you are this or that, and you have become identified with it. But with vigorous movement, with the cosmic dance, all identifications will be lost. You will be, for the first time, as you must have been when you were born. And with this new birth you will be a new person."


text:
Say hello to Summit for Windows 8.1
Always create a system restore before attempting to modify your system with any themes or tool! I am not responsible for anything that happens to your computer! See FAQs if you're updating this theme from an older version.
Do not mirror, modify, or redistribute without my consent. Sharing is OK, but you must link directly back to this page.
Dark variation here: Valley
Q: What is summit?
A: Summit is an OS X Yosemite inspired theme for Windows 8.1
Q: How can I download this?
A: Press the download button on the right side of the page
Q: How can I install this theme?
A: Take the content of the zip folder you downloaded and place it in C:\Windows\Resources\Themes. Make sure you patch your computer using UXThemePatcher or UXStyle.
Q: How do I update the theme?
A: First, make a restore point to make sure you can always go back if anything goes wrong. Afterwards, change your theme to another theme such as the default aero theme. Log off and on, then insert the new theme files in the appropriate location (see above). Apply the theme and you're good to go!
Q: This doesn't look exactly like OS X Yosemite!
A: This is my take on Apple's flat style, so does not necessarily match OS X Yosemite 100%
Q: Help! The theme isn't applying and I am getting a grey basic theme!
A: Make sure to patch/override your uxtheme.dll file using UXStyle or UXtheme Ultra patcher.
Q: Will there be a windows 7 version?
A: Possibly, but I currently don't have Windows 7. Please do not ask as I already addressed this.
Q: Will there be an Aero version?
A: I'm not sure as the creator of Aero8 is not the nicest guy in the world.
Q: May I use this theme in my transformation/customization pack? May I make a mirror/redistribute it? Could I modify it for public use?
A: Absolutely no, unless you have permission from me.


text:
Product Description
Available while supplies last.
Tub filler is not included.
Medi-Tub 6060E Eclipse Corner Tub
The Eclipse is a luxuriously designed corner bathtub with a traditional oval interior. Molded floor pattern provides fall-prevention assurance and adds a piquant flavor to the design.
- Includes overflow drain
- Hydro option features 8 directional and adjustable water jets, powered by 1HP electric water pump with inline heater (for maintaining the water temperature)
- Soaker option is safe for bathing salts and aromatic oils
- Air option features 27 air jets, powered by 3-speed air jet blower
- Dual option features 24 air jets, powered by 3-speed air jet blower with 300W inline heater; 8 directional and adjustable water jets, powered by 1HP electric water pump with inline heater (for maintaining the water temperature)
- Extra-deep, full body soak
- Acrylic bath shells are thermoformed in high-gloss Lucite®
- Pre-leveled for easy installation
- Color of material is consistent throughout its thickness, for long-term durability
- Non-porous surface for easy cleaning and sanitizing
- Solid, one-piece construction for safety and durability
- Contemporary design coordinated with latest trends in home décor collections
- Very efficient water drain system (3 min)
- Handcrafted in the USA
- 5 Year Limited Warranty
Color: | White | |
Water Capacity: | 65 gallons | |
Size Options: | 60-in L x 60-in W x 23-in H | |
Materials: | Acrylic | |
Weight: | 130 250 Pounds | |
Listing: | Made in the USA | |
Bathtub Capacity | 1 person | |
Tub Features | Adjustable Direction |
Dimensions & Weights
Inside Depth: | 18.4 inches |
Overall Length: | 5 feet |
Overall Height: | 23 inches |
Overall Width: | 5 feet |
Items in this collection
From $937.00
You Save Up To $1,670.65
From $950.20
You Save Up To $1,598.63
From $2,047.00
You Save Up To $1,782.25
$898.13Your total:
Add to Cart
People Who Viewed This Also Viewed
- Atlantis 4170I Atlantis Indulgence$2,317.00
Questions & Answers
There are no questions from the community yet
Customer Reviews
This product has no customer reviews yet
Write an online review and be the first to share your thoughts with other customers
Write an online review and be the first to share your thoughts with other customers
Manuals & Downloads
Tag This Product
A tag is a keyword assigned to a product which helps describe the item and allows it to be found by other customers
Add a new tag:
Separate multiple tags with commas
What's this?Additional Details
Mfr Part # | |
Sku | |
Group # | 1079173 |
Category | Whirlpool Tubs - 471 |
Style | Modern - 3 |
Sales Rank | 28 |
Your Recently Viewed Items
You have no recently viewed items. After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to products you are interested in.
Your Recommended Items
You currently have no recommended items. Browse a few more items to give us an idea of what you like.
©1999 - 2015
Copyright notice | Site Map | By using this site you agree to our Terms & Conditions of Use and Privacy Statement


text:
Browse this – Simple Ideas For Helping You To Understand Cats
Though they are independent, cats need care, just like all pets. Grooming a cat is different from grooming other pets. It takes time to keep a cat clean and to brush them properly. Look at this article for cat grooming tips to improve your cat's appearance.
Cats are one of the best pets on earth. They funny, warm, soft, and very playful. Raising a cat should be pretty easy after reading the advice listed here. There's only one step that you have to take, and that's getting the actual cat. Have fun taking care of your new furry friend.
If your cat kicks litter all over the floor, simply use a bigger container. A large, roomy tote with high sides makes a good litter box. A big round tub also makes a good litter box. A restaurant size bus tub is a capacious litter box. Providing higher sides and more space will solve your cat's litter kicking problem. Taking care of cats can be an interesting pasttime. The ideas in this article can help make things easier for you. It is not always easy being a cat owner, but if you are like most cat owners you wouldn't have it any other way. Try the information in this article and see how well you do with your cat. Let kittens and cat-friendly pet dogs get to know each other slowly. Put up a baby gate to keep dogs in one room while your new kitten gets used to its surroundings. Supervise carefully when the kitten ventures to the gate to meet the dogs. When the kitten feels safe, it will climb the gate. If it feels threatened, it will pop right back out to safety.
Most cats are prone to wax build up and ear mites. You can purchase a solution at the pet store that will clean out your cats ears. You put a couple drops in each of your cats ears and then hold them closed while massaging them for a minute. When you let go, stand back or you will get covered in the liquid when your cat shakes its head.
Cats are amazing animals and some of the most interesting domesticated friends humans can have. These felines are one of the most common household pets and flood the streets of every major city when active. Learning to coexist with your cat is quite the challenge. These critters can be stubborn little guys and can pose a big challenge to understanding all their little nuances. Keep your cat occupied by making your own dangly toys. Using soft cotton rope, cut a length of about two feet. Tie a knot at one end. Tie another knot about three inches from the opposite end. Unravel the rope below this knot. Attach the rope to the back of a kitchen chair for your cat to play.
If you want a cat to come your way, it may be a good idea for you to refrain from looking at them. Cats do not like it when people look them directly in the eye, so they tend to go the other way. This is why it seems as if cats always gravitate toward people who are not really fond of animals.
If you offer a variety of foods to your cat, it will be less picky about what it eats. If you start them off eating the same type of food all of the time and you never change it up, this will most likely be the only food they will eat in the future.
Choose a high quality food. The key to a healthy cat starts with nutrition. Take a look at the ingredients label. If you look at most "popular" commercial cat foods, you may be surprised to see the top ingredient listed is corn. Cats are carnivores, so look for a food with a real meat as the top ingredient. You may pay more up front, but these foods are often more nutritionally dense, meaning your cat eats less and the bag lasts longer. Microchip your cat. Your pet may be an indoor cat, but that doesn't mean it'll never dash through your door or slide outside via an open window. A collar and identification tags can help bring your pet back to you. But experts point out that collars that do not snap apart quickly if your cat gets it caught on a branch or even a bush can accidentally strangle your cat. Your important information can all fit nicely on a rice grain sized microchip. Most shelters have a scanner that can pick up the facts located inside the chip.
Find out how much food you are supposed to be feeding your cat. While cat food containers give general information, find out from your vet how much food your cat should be eating. Many owners do not do this, and end up overfeeding their cats. Take the time to find out the proper amount so you don't end up with an overweight kitty. Cats are creatures that need to be occupied if they're not sleeping. If your cat is left to its own devices, it may start scratching furniture and climbing on everything in sight. Having cat toys around can help prevent this. The article below will show you a few of the most popular toys that your cat will enjoy. If your cat suddenly goes off its feed for no apparent reason, try tempting treats such as jack mackerel, tuna, or cream of chicken soup in small amounts. These are not complete foods and shouldn't be fed long term, but they are extremely tasty to cats. A finicky cat may start eating again and keep on when given one of these treats.


text:
These homeowners wanted big remodeling bang on a moderate budget. Designer Kevin Alter suggested focusing their dollars on frequently used spaces such as the kitchen and master bath while choosing simple but effective upgrades (like new windows and fewer
Like the kitchen, this master bath renovation looks like a million bucks but cost a fraction of that. A pared-down palette and tricks from tradesmen cut costs but not corners. It all started with the homeowner's request for a bigger window. Alter suggeste


text:
The Corvette racing world lost another legend this month when Robert D. "Marietta Bob" Johnson passed away on May 7, 2012 at age 85. He earned the nickname "Marietta Bob" to differentiate him from his racing partner, "Columbus Bob" Johnson. They were named for their hometowns in Ohio. Marietta Bob didn't start racing until he
A legend in the Corvette world for more than 50 years passed away last Tuesday in Newport Beach, Calif. Andy Porterfield first started racing Corvettes in 1957, and amazingly he was still racing them in 2012 at the age of 80! "Porterfield? Hell, he was racing Corvettes when I started," racing icon George Follmer said


text:
New York tech scene celebrates Tumblr purchase
Interview by
May 21, 2013
Members of the New York City's tech scene are celebrating the announcement that Yahoo will buy the NY-based blogging service Tumblr.
Yahoo plus tumblr equals...Yumblr?
Interview by
May 20, 2013
Yahoo's Tumblr acquisition is a big part the mission for new CEO Marissa Mayer -- a mission to make the aging Internet company cool again.
Solar plane only goes 58 MPH, but might change how we fly
May 20, 2013
Inventors of an experimental solar aircraft simply want to prove it's possible to fly long distances using energy from the sun.
Who do you trust more with your free speech: The government or tech companies?
Interview by
Aug 21, 2013
A secret meeting, a handful of tech CEO's, and the future of your freedom of speech online.
Meet AppNexus: The online ad platform you already use everyday
Interview by
Apr 29, 2013
While most people haven't heard of AppNexus, many Internet users almost certainly interact with the company on a daily basis.
Are 'smart guns' ready for market?
Apr 19, 2013
Technology exists where only electronically recognized users can fire a gun, but are gun buyers interested?
Bundling no more? Netflix, Hopper chip away at traditional TV
Interview by
Apr 17, 2013
The TV industry is changing fast -- and one of its pillars, bundling, may be about to fall.
MLB.com: America's pastime is higher tech than you think
Interview by
Apr 11, 2013
Baseball, with its passion for tradition, is higher tech than you think. MLB.com CEO Bob Bowman discusses live streaming and baseball's mobile strategy.
New technology lets deaf, hard of hearing make calls in HD
Interview with
Apr 10, 2013
A company called Purple Communications has new technology to help people who are deaf or hearing impaired communicate digitally through an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter.
Ray Kurzweil on the surprising simplicity of the human brain
Interview by
Apr 5, 2013
Legendary inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil shares his thoughts on the way humans and technology are becoming more intertwined and an irony of the human mind.


text:
First-year students have a full schedule of classes and programming every day. Second-year students have a greater degree of flexibility in arranging their elective classes. Here are detailed resourses on the semester and academic year:
Fall 2013
- First-year (pdf)
- Second-year (pdf)
- Labs and special events – first- and second-year students (pdf)
J-Term 2014
- January 2014
Spring 2014
- First-year (pdf)
- Second-year (pdf)
- Labs and special events – first- and second-year students (pdf)
Planned Elective Course Schedule
This list represents the elective schedule in a two-year cycle, to assist students with planning their enrollments. It is subject to change and additions.
Course Catalog
Descriptions and details for all graduate business courses
Murphy Online is a self service tool allowing you to access important information. On Murphy Online you may manage bill payment, view your student account,view course schedules, look up grades, view degree evaluations and unofficial transcripts and more.
Each UST MBA student has a personal identification number (PIN) that will allow access to Murphy Online. If you forget or lose your PIN, please contact the IRT Tech Desk at (651) 962-6230 for assistance.


text:
find and save
TV Guide
Branded Content
Submit your news
Your Photos
Business Services
My 1-2-3 Cents
A wrestling blog for intelligent fans. No catchphrases needed.
Ole! (And Not the Anderson)
About this blog
Recent Posts
Going Into March Like a Lion
March 3, 2015 5:25 p.m.
Seussing Up the Macho Man
March 2, 2015 5:20 p.m.
Quick Thoughts on Fastlane
Feb. 23, 2015 5:20 p.m.
Cue The People's Court Theme Here...
Feb. 21, 2015 5:20 p.m.
Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
Feb. 19, 2015 5:20 p.m.
Jan. 9, 2013 5:20 p.m.
El Generico (vs. PAC)
AAPW Main Event (2012)
Photo courtesy: Jason Wilkey
Kevin Hunsperger
@kevinhunsperger & @my123cents on Twitter
Our friends at
Pro Wrestling Ponderings
broke some pretty big news recently. El Generico, one of the best indy wrestlers in the business, has signed a developmental deal with WWE.
This is exciting news. In 2012 I had the chance to meet Generico as he wrestled PAC (Adrian Neville, another recent WWE developmental signee) at AAPW Main Event. The two put on an exciting match that left the crowd on its feet and left the commentary team (myself included) speechless at times. Generico made such an impression on my kids, who up until that point had only seen one other indy show, that they still 12 months later do his signature Ole! Ole! chant. It's pretty cool.
In April of 2012 we had a chance to see El Generico wrestle Sara Del Rey at a Chikara show. Again, it was one of, if not the best match on the card. I guess you're starting to notice a theme here. Generico is an excellent wrestler, but I think he also does a good job of entertaining the fans, a great combo to have when moving up the ranks in the world of sports entertainment.
Cross, Generico, PAC, and Cabana
Photo courtesy: Brian Kelly
The obvious question now is how will the WWE utilize the masked star. I feel like they have to keep the masked gimmick alive for him. I'm sure they will change his name, but I really think he will translate will to WWE fans. He has all the potential to be the success that I think WWE hoped Sin Cara would be.
There aren't a lot of details at this point, and in most cases when someone new signs with developmental it takes months, if not years to make it to the main roster. With guys like Neville and Generico there though, I hope they along with Kassius Ohno (Chris Hero) get called up sooner rather than later. This is truly an exciting time for wrestling fans. Again, congratulations to El Generico. This is a well deserved accomplishment. Ole!
Recent Posts
latest blogs
Financial Advice from Jim Cramer
'Mad Money' Lightning Round: World Wrestling Entertainment Isn't for Me
Mar. 04, 2015
Jim Cramer's Top Stock Picks: DIN PRGO
Mar. 04, 2015
Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Fear and Skepticism Are Good
Mar. 03, 2015
Jim Cramer: I'm Making My Peace With This Happy Market
Mar. 03, 2015
Read More


text:
*Nana Books 12-14 — Recommended
Posted in Manga Reviews on December 7, 2008 by Johannaby Ai Yazawa; adapted by Allison Wolfe
published by Viz; $8.99 US
Picking up from Book 11, I figured it was time I indulged myself and got caught up on this amazing series.
Time is flexible with this series, what with its narration frequently taking a nostalgic tone of wistful memory. That's even more obvious in the first chapter, in which we've jumped ahead to see Hachi and her daughter (!) Satsuki and her friends gathering for a summer fireworks festival, just as they did back then (which is the reader's current time).
The flash-forward drops hints, based on which characters appear and which don't. I like this approach, because later, when all the strands come together, it's neat to see how now led to then, yet it still leaves surprises to come. And it's, in a way, happier, knowing that some of them, at least, are still talking, even if there's plenty of foreshadowing that not everything ends well.
Once we're back in present-day, things become much more melancholic. Nana's trying to get Hachi and Nobu back together, even though Hachi's engaged to Takumi. She has a misguided idea that Nobu's better for Hachi, which may even be true, but it's really a way for Nana to keep her friends together and make herself most comfortable. And she's right about the appeal of a girl who seems like she needs to be rescued to a certain kind of boy.
It's even more odd that Nana's focused more on Hachi than her own upcoming marriage plans with Ren. But then, when a record company has to approve the idea and the date, maybe it doesn't seem as romantic. They're all seeking comfort, stability, the sense that they belong somewhere, and they're hoping to find it in official recognition of their relationships. But that brings its own problems, like press conferences and celebrations that are really marketing events.
It all comes to a head at Reira's birthday party, the same day as Shin turns 16, in Book 13. All this promotion turns them into celebrities, causing people to concentrate on them instead of their music. Yazawa does a particularly good job with the art in these sequences, balancing the confusion of a celebrity crowd with powerful solo emotional moments, trying to find someone or avoid being seen by a particular person.
Takumi comes off particularly hard-hearted in this episode, as he always puts work first, above his fiance and her feelings. He's breaking up couples left and right, sometimes without even recognizing it, and lovers are forced to realize that more mature considerations — like reputation or career or future plans — may take the place of acting on feelings. The key question is how to balance love and control: of yourself, of your emotions, and sometimes of others. Especially in the face of desire.
Takumi isn't that bad a guy, but I think I've figured out why he seems like such a villain. Many of the characters are driven by not wanting to be alone. They need attention, whether from a crowd at a performance or fans buying the CD, or from friends or lovers. Takumi, on the other hand, makes it clear he's putting business first. (Some other characters do the same, like Shin asking for money for sex, or Yasu's mysterious silences, but we can see that they don't really mean it or that they're wrong for doing so.)
Nobu's getting together with a porn star. Shin's been warned away from Reira. Hachi is torn between Takumi and Nana. Meanwhile, Ren and Nana are wrapping sex and death and rock'n'roll together into one sexy couple. Although their never-ending love drove the series premise, as the books continue and we see more than one kind of relationship, I'm not sure that their love is really the way things should be.
On a completely different note, I love the way couples take baths together to have serious discussions. I'm sure part of it's cultural, but it seems so warm and comfortable and intimate and potentially sexual (but not necessarily so).
In Book 14, Nana's band Blast is on a press tour, making appearances to promote their album. There's a lot of discussions about fans and groupies and how they should behave, and separated, the guys start misbehaving. One's into women, another's doing drugs, and the more I learn about Yasu's past, the more I want to know. He attracts the most beautiful women. Ren, on the other hand, was more attractive before I knew more about how he thinks. As life moves faster, more characters retreat into memories (which means flashbacks for us, distinguished by a different font) to reassure themselves of who they are now.
Typical for me, Book 14 ends on a cliffhanger, in which Nana, kept apart from Ren by the tour, learns something she didn't want to know and may not listen to him explain.
Here's a review of Book 13 that explores the depth of character development with some spoilers.
11 Comments
"On a completely different note, I love the way couples take baths together to have serious discussions. I'm sure part of it's cultural, but it seems so warm and comfortable and intimate and potentially sexual (but not necessarily so)."
LOL. I don't think it's cultural, but more that Yazawa is picking up that many of us are at our most relaxed and off guard when we're in the bath or shower. My SO and I usually have the best discussions when I'm taking a bath. He sits on the toilet since there DEFINITELY isn't enough space for two, but there's something about sitting alone in the warm water that makes me crave conversation and find it easy to be forthright.
There was a study recently that warm drinks can actually make people react more positively to and comfortably with one another (which is why if you're looking for someone to "warm up" to you, you should invite them for hot cocoa, tea, or coffee, not cold beer), and I'm sure the same works with baths!
It made me laugh, though, when you pointed this out. I'd noticed but never noted it in the books against my own life or the reasoning behind it before.
- Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Dec. 8, 2008: Betty Page
12/08/2008 at 5:25 AM[…] [Review] Nana Vols. 12-14 Link: Johanna Draper Carlson […]
[…] Souls and The Dawn of Love at Boys Next Door. Johanna Draper Carlson gives her stamp of approval to vols. 12-14 of Nana. Michelle Smith reviews vol. 1 of Papillon at Manga Recon. Deb Aoki gets a chuckle out of vol. 1 of […]
- Velma
12/08/2008 at 1:50 PMAh, to miss Rivkah, I would like to point out that what Johanna says about baths being cultural is absolutely true. Although I agree with your statement, as a person who is Japanese, I can personally tell you that baths are a cultural thing, from onzen to hot springs, to domestic households, where even though it's very traditional, it is still expected that when a man comes home from work, his wife will have a hot bath waiting for him, even if she is a worker too.
I think that Ms. Yazawa is taking that cultural aspect, and making it more modern and sexy for a younger reader, all while still enforcing a traditional value.
If you see Hachiko-Nana, she is very obsessed with romance, and she wants to be a wife. she would be the kind of wife that had the bath ready for her husband when he came home from work, but the difference being she might join him.
I guess it might be hard to do, but one cannot separate the Japanese aspect from manga by using American cultural aspects. They're quite variant!
Aha, and please, although I know it sounds horribly sexist, and has even declined in the years (although not by much, understand that it isn't a bad thing at all that a woman would feel more "wife-like" while in a tub with her lover, in Japan.
And even though the Nanas are their own people, the reader can see that they secretly long for the same goal – marriage and love.
The bath is a cultural thing that enforces that desire, and a lot of little girls can relate to.
[…] easily. Brilliant stuff, with books 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 out this […]
[…] what am I buying? Manga. All my favorites seem to come out in the same month: Nana, High School Debut, Sand Chronicles, Oishinbo, Black Jack, Parasyte… good […]
- Claudia
04/13/2009 at 7:23 PMWell, Nana, certainly is the manga that tops my Favourites list. (I do happen to read scanlated versions, however I don´t think that Ai Yazawa is going to suffer much from it since I buy it in 3 languages (English, Spanish and Japanese)I know Im pretty obsessed by it, but I can´t resist it. When I walk into a Borders store and see Nana on the shelf i have to get it. When I walk into a Vid (not Viz) store and see it displayed i also have to buy it. When I go to the Asian neighborhood in LA and i see it being sold I also buy it.
The aesthetic beauty that is demonstrated by Ai Yazawa really comes to its peak with this manga. Her previous stories like Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai and Gokinjou Monagatari, and Parakiss are all very beautiful but they are sometimes lacking in line definition and can sometimes appear to be old school shoujo style drawings,well Parakiss not so much but still there is something missing, that Ai Yazawa has finally pinned down and applied to Nana. The storyline is also very mature and there are so many things happening that you can´t get bored. As opposed to her other stories, the supporting characters of the story also get their time in the limelight and they each get to grow while you watch them each reach maturity.
This manga is classy, interesting and ever so beautiful. It is not easily constricted into one category but transcends them with the superb handling of both art and story. […] Yazawa's addictive manga series had six volumes, 8-13, released in English in 2008. It's a briliant blend of character development — as […]
- Shojo Beat in September: Rasetsu 2, Love*Com 14, Sand Chronicles 6, High School Debut 11 » Manga Worth Reading
09/28/2009 at 7:54 AM[…] Nana Book 18 — the most mature and involving of the lot, the story of a rock chick and her best friend looking for love and satisfaction […]
- Haley
02/20/2011 at 3:10 PMThese Nana books are amazing! I hope the writer starts feeling better soon :)
Leave a Reply
Comments are closed.


text:
Vegas Ain't Gotham City
By A Real Person on May 12, 2011
You see a lot of zany junk on the Las Vegas strip — even in broad daylight — but this may indeed take the cake. A dude dressed up as Batman (and kinda cut, if we're being honest) jaws with a guy. They eventually fight. Batman does not win. In fact, he gets a nasty suplex in the process:
Highlight might be around the :53 mark, when some lady yells, "Oh, he ain't saving the world now!"
I think this is the same guy who's exposed in the documentary "Confessions of a Superhero". It's about the people who dress up like Superhero's and pose for pictures in exchange for tips. Kinda sad film if I remember. But if this is the same guy, he has a long record of losing his temper and getting into fights there.
I'm sure this video is supposed to be "hi-larious", but I just feel sorry for the poor guy. Kinda depressing if you ask me… like watching a school kid get bullied. *shrug*
I don't know. Once Batman told that guy to suck his motherfucking dick, I found it hard to sympathize with him.
nothing like a guy dressing up like a superhero and fighting like a girl who hasnt ever fought, das good stuff
. . .after all this time, we find that Robin was the real muscle behind the dynamic duo.
There are so many levels of sad here. The crazy street person dressed as Batman getting laughed at and beat on. The grown man who has so much so much bullshit machismo that he thinks beating up homeless Batman is cool. The crowd of people watching the events unfold and cheering like its some weird version of the AND1 mixtape tour.
Nerdist, I thought you were supposed to make me feel better not worse.
anyone sayin that was sad or whatever, QQ the guy coulda walked away instead of screamin "suck my ****" i would have fought him for that too.
and that was hilarious
I feel like I'm being stalked by Nerdist O.o
Half of the things posted this week are things I saw just a day earlier.
I saw this a few days ago while waiting for class to end, now its on here.Lol at Batman flailing his hands, then getting dropped.
Polo-shirted friend, I thank you for bringing the reign of fake Batman to an end. It surely must have taken a lot of courage, to stand up to a giant like him. I thank you for inspiring other polo-shirted douchebags out there to stand up to their oppressors, be proud and pop their collars high. I want you to know this: you were not the only one Batman forced to suck his testicles dry. I too, like many others, have experienced this fate and succumbed to it. Like so many others before me, I reduced Bats' urethra to a vacuum, as he had commanded. I have spent my life in a rehabilitation center ever since. But you, you faced danger and punched its spandex-enveloped ass to the ground. You broke through its tough rubber-foam armor and gutted him like you did your wife 2 years ago. The boys in the ward were all cheers when you finally gave it to him. We want you to know how much we appreciate this. We love you.
(Our hero's emotional recounting of the event seen in this interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgTkN_dBywU&).
Why post this? It's just depressing.
Damn. I was like a mile away working at the time. Fudge!
I thought Batman was about to get the Bane backbreaker. Although,
it was pretty funny to hear the someone say "batman's trippin'" -
Batman is everywhere this week…How about the rooftop Batman arrested in Petoskey Michigan
I think the first commenter is right. This looks like the guy from that documentary, "Confessions of a Superhero." If it is in fact him, that guy had it coming. If you watch the documentary you can see that he's a little cracked in the head–there's one point where he talks about killing people in "the old days" to psychiatrist. The shrink then asks if he is in fact confessing to murder, because he would need to report that, and then Batman back pedals and is all "I just made sure they weren't heard from again."
I got the feeling he was like one of those kids in school that told everyone he'd made it with a girl or stole something from a store to seem tough, but in reality he went home and cried into a pillow. Watch the documentary, it's really sad/interesting.
Why is this on here?
If I wanted to see trash fight I would turn on a daytime talk show -
As much as I think it should the be the guy from confessions of a superhero, the movie is based on the people outside the chinese theatre in LA so its doubtful. All will fear the newest super villain "pop collar douche"
Yeah, I agree, he lost me at "suck my dick"…
Also, I appreciate the fact that a guy named BigDickJones anonymously posts about the falseness of a Batman costume on a blog. Awesome.
Also, just found this podcast not 3 days ago and man, apparently this place has high standards for content. Impressive.
In the comments on youtube BatMaxo86 is the Batman in the video.
[…] 16. In videos posted by Ted, kids created a Empire Strikes Back musical, while Batman got a beatdown. […]
Yeah, this was great. But think about how INFINITELY more great if Batman just destroyed that dude. Like, Bat-cabled him out of a Tokyo tower or something.
That would never stop being viral.
It maybe a lot of things but great isn't one of them.
Does anyone else think this looks very fake? I mean, they fight like children. Batman didn't even try to look like he's actually fighting, he just mockingly waved his hands. The other guy for some reason kept slapping him without aiming or any weight behind his hits. And then they pulled a choreographed throw to top it all of. It's like that live action theatre Americans call "wrestling".